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Georgia superintendent tours Truman Elementary Early Childhood Learning Center; calls it 'second-to-none'
KADN News 15 - Louisiana
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August 26, 2025
LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — The Lafayette Parish School System's early childhood education program is gaining attention and could soon serve as a model for other districts. A school leader from Georgia visited the Truman Elementary Early Childhood...
Georgia State Names Charnay Ryland as Women’s Track and Field Coach
BVM Sports
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August 25, 2025
Charnay Ryland has been appointed as the head coach of the women’s track and field program at Georgia State. Previously, she was an assistant coach at the University of Georgia and has significant experience coaching sprinters and hurdlers. Ryland...
2023-24 School Year Enrollment: 169 sixth grade students welcomed in Rabun County schools
Georgia Mountain News
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August 29, 2025
There were 169 sixth grade students enrolled in Rabun County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education. Rabun County Elementary School was the only school in...
Georgia School District Responds to Calls for More Security After Meadowcreek Elementary Bathroom Shooting
Campus Safety Magazine
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August 25, 2025
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The Gwinnett County Public School (GCPS) Board recently approved the installation of weapons detection systems in middle and high schools, although elementary schools remain excluded from this plan. This decision follows a...
Georgia National Guard to support ICE operations, governor announces
WSBTV - Georgia
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August 25, 2025
ATLANTA — The Georgia National Guard is finalizing plans to mobilize 75 soldiers and airmen to support the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts in the state, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office announced Monday. National Guard planners...
Atlanta Braves induct 1930s outfielder Wally Berger into franchise’s Hall of Fame
WABE - Georgia
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August 25, 2025
Wally Berger of the Boston Bees, right, gives a few tips to teammate Vincent DiMaggio, brother of Joe, in St. Petersburg, Fl., on March 6, 1937. (AP Photo) The Atlanta Braves are honoring one of the franchise’s best players nearly a century after...
Registration Opens for 2025 Vocational Education Programs in Georgia
Business Media Gerogia
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August 26, 2025
According to the Ministry of Education, registration for vocational education programs will begin on September 1, 2025, and will continue through September 25. Registration is available both online at vet.emis.ge and in institutions across Georgia...
Jury trial begins for Georgia man charged in death of missing Iowa teen
KTTC - Minnesota
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August 26, 2025
DECORAH, Iowa (KTTC) – The jury trial started Tuesday for James Bachmurski, a Georgia man charged with the murder of 15-year-old Jade Colvin. The Iowa girl has been reported missing since March 2017. Bachmurski, 65 from Swainsboro, GA and a former...
Georgia will ban cellphones in K-8 classrooms starting in 2026
WUGA - Georgia
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August 25, 2025
Next fall, every public elementary and middle school in Georgia will have to swim against the cultural tide by banishing cellphones. It will be a major undertaking: nearly every teen in America has one, and they have grown up with addictive social...
391 students were enrolled in seventh grade in Wayne County schools during 2023-24 school year
SE Georgia News
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August 29, 2025
There were 391 seventh grade students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education. Arthur Williams Middle School welcomed the largest...
How many students were enrolled in seventh grade in Thomas County in 2023-24 school year?
South Georgia Times
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August 29, 2025
There were 596 seventh grade students enrolled in Thomas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education. Thomas County Middle School welcomed the largest...
81 students were enrolled in fifth grade in Clinch County schools during 2023-24 school year
South Georgia Times
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August 29, 2025
There were 81 fifth grade students enrolled in Clinch County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education. Clinch County Middle School was the only school in...
There were 292 seventh grade students in Dawson County schools in 2023-24 school year
Georgia Mountain News
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August 29, 2025
There were 292 seventh grade students enrolled in Dawson County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 8.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education. Dawson County Middle School was the only school in...
Professor Swanson stalks consumer culture of the American hunter for book on its history
Statesboro Herald - Georgia
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August 27, 2025
Drew Swanson, Ph.D., the Georgia Southern University history professor who previously detailed the re-establishment of Georgia's whitetail deer population, now stalks brightly lit Cabela's stores and dusky old magazines, scoping ideas for a book...
Georgia Serves grants $4.9 million in AmeriCorps funding
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
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August 25, 2025
Atlanta, Ga. (August 25, 2025) – Georgia Serves is awarding $4,951,957 in federal AmeriCorps funding to 17 organizations across the state, enabling approximately 613 AmeriCorps members for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. These AmeriCorps members will...
How many students were enrolled in seventh grade in Bulloch County in 2023-24 school year?
Savannah Standard - Georgia
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August 29, 2025
There were 829 seventh grade students enrolled in Bulloch County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education. Southeast Bulloch Middle School welcomed the...
How to watch ‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ Season 13, Episode 8 for free without cable
Syracuse.com - New York
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August 26, 2025
“Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” continues with Season 13, Episode 8, airing Tuesday, August 26 (8/26/2025), at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Cord-cutters can sign up for streaming services like Philo (7-day free trial), DirecTV (5-day free trial) and other services...
There were 944 seventh grade students in Troup County schools in 2023-24 school year
NC Georgia News
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August 29, 2025
There were 944 seventh grade students enrolled in Troup County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education. Long Cane Middle School and Gardner-Newman Middle...
States face funding cuts for including ‘gender ideology’ in sex education
Rough Draft Atlanta - Georgia
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August 26, 2025
Support local news in ATL Atlanta’s best morning newsletter Rough Draft is a clever, curated, and concise email to help you stay up-to-date. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has demanded that 46 states, including Georgia,...
Atlanta Black Gay Pride set to launch as October Pride lineup unveiled
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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A news conference is scheduled to take place Monday evening to talk about this year's Atlanta Black Gay Pride Celebration, which kicks off Wednesday. ATLANTA - Organizers are preparing to kick off this year’s Atlanta Black Gay Pride celebration,...