What was designed as a town hall and information session evolved into a public hearing as Pleasant Hill residents chided school officials for thinking about shutting down the only elementary school in the historic Black neighborhood.
Gov. Brian Kemp has already requested the legislature put $50 million into the mid-year budget for school safety grants.
The board voted 6-2 not to renew contracts for Alexander II Magnet School Principal Angel Woodard and Vice Principal Meredith Byrd.
The Streets for All Fest runs from March 6-8 with a diverse lineup of biking and walking tours.
Evan Lin and Julia Byron, seniors at MDS, spent a summer taking college-level classes before sending out their applications.
The new statewide amendment approved by lawmakers last spring and passed by voters in November creates a “floating homestead exemption” as well as some changes to how properties are assessed and taxed.
The service, which will also be livestreamed on Mercer's website, begins at 2 p.m.
The Townsend Award, managed by the Atlanta Writers Club in partnership with the Georgia Writers Museum, was created in honor of magazine mogul Jim Townsend. This year, it will be presented April 16 at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta
Contour Airlines, the sole commercial airline flying out of the Middle Georgia Regional Airport, will replace its flights to Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
The 6th Annual Global Trade and Investment Symposium brought together business people, foreign diplomats and Wesleyan students to discuss Georgia’s markets for international trade.
