With

students graduating thsi week, Coweta County schools will

soon resemble a ghost town.

But

students who have failed classes this year or are looking

for extra credit will soon start crowding the halls

again.

Summer

school starts June 12 at Smokey Road Middle School. The

first semester ends June 22 and the second semester runs

June 23-July 7.

Students

can register at their home high schools prior to June 2,

and open registration will be at Smokey Road June 6 from

8-11:30 a.m. and June 7 from 8-11:30 a.m.

State rules

require 130 hours of attendance in summer school for

students to receive one Carnegie unit, and 65 hours for

half a unit.

Cost for

this year's program is $150 per half unit. Out of county

students pay an additional $50 per half unit and driver

education is $175.

System

officials made it clear that daily attendance is required

and absences are frowned upon.

"Unexcused

absences will not be tolerated and will result in

dismissal from summer school. Absences due to vacation,

camping trips, church outings, athletic camps,

extracurricular school activities and the like are not

excused absences," read the system's guidelines.

Students

must provide their own transportation to classes and will

not be allowed to remain on campus more than 20 minutes

after their last classes.

The school

system also emphasized that the dress code remains the

same for the summer term as the rest of the year. Items

that are not allowed to be worn include sunglasses,

strapless dresses, tight clothes and hats.