Northgate principal

Wayne Outlaw said that preparations for the new school year are coming

along at Northgate. "We've already had some teachers stop in before

Aug.6 picking up materials, getting their classrooms ready, arranging

bulletin boards."

The school

has already been bustling with work to get it ready, including work on

new athletic grandstands, classrooms and a school library expansion.

"They're

working frantically right to try to get that finished up" by the

first day of school, and books are arriving this week, said Outlaw.

The eight new

classrooms are scheduled for completion in early 2003.

In addition

to returning teachers, Northgate will welcome about 10 new teachers this

year. In all, Coweta County welcomed 223 new teachers during the new teachers

breakfast, sponsored by Coweta County banks. Last Thursday was the first

day of a three-day orientation session for those new teachers.

Outlaw and

other principals also expect to register several new students to the school

during the coming week, and many schools have already started working

with new parents to register their children.

Parents who

wish to register their children for the After School Program can do so

on August 9 at the elementary school which the child attends. Enrollment

space is limited.

Times for registration

are Aug. 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Aug. 12 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

There is a one-time, non-refundable registration fee of $10 per child.

Tuition for the ASP is $8 per day.

Tuition payments

made by Friday prior to the week of attendance are $6 per day reserved.

To maintain a space in the ASP, parents must pay for at least one designated

day of attendance each week, regardless of whether the child attends or

not.

Several questions

about the registration, orientation, after school programs or other back-to-school

matters can be answered by visiting www.coweta.k12.ga.us , or by

calling your district school.