Coweta County's school

system will have Dr. Peggy Connell as its superintendent for at least

the next three years.

During Tuesday's board

meeting, the board unanimously approved extending Connell's contract

through 2007. The contract was slated to expire in 2006, but public information

officer Dean Jackson said the board was quite pleased with the superintendent's

job.

Jackson said Connell's

salary will remain at $148,000 for the term of the contract

The board also voted to appoint

Carole Criswell as the first Principal of the new Grantville Elementary

School. Criswell is assistant principal of Newnan Crossing Elementary

School.

Grantville Elementary School

opens next year, and Tuesday's appointment of Criswell followed the

adoption of a new Grantville school district, which was recommended by

this year's parent redistricting committee.

Jackson said this year's

redistricting went far smoother than in year's past, and he said

the parents committee played a big part in smoothing the process.

The parent's committee

was composed of two parents each from Moreland, Eastside, Poplar Road,

Newnan Crossing and Jefferson Parkway Elementary Schools.

The committee was convened

Grantville Elementary School and the redrawing of district lines required

The biggest number of students

will come from the Moreland Elementary school district, which is being

split in half, Jackson said.