The

county's newest school should open for classes by the end

of October.

According

to Coweta County School system operations director Dr.

Doug Bennett, the system is waiting for the contractor to

finish their portion of the school, before school system

employees start placing desks an chalkboards at Smokey

Road Middle School.

"We

should not have a problem getting in by the end of

October. We probably could get in by the first of the

month, but I want to make sure everything's

perfect," Bennett said.

Until the

school opens, 503 students slated to attend the school

are taking their classes at Central Middle School. So

far, there have been no problems with having the students

at what will be the county's new technical school next

year.

Attendance

at the other middle schools has been consistent, with the

largest attendance at Evans with 895 students.

"There

were about 90 students who were grandfathered into that

attendance zone when we drew up the lines for Smokey Road

Middle," Bennett said.

Students

are still trickling into all the county's schools and

Bennett won't have a final attendance figure until after

Labor Day.

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