FROM TUESDAY Floyd County: Alto Park Elementary and Armuchee Elementary under mask requirements this week, All Rome City Schools remain under a mask requirement until further notice. Latest chart below. Bartow County Schools: Adairsville Elementary out of yellow phase; Clear Creek, Cloverleaf remain in yellow. CAMPUS REPORTS: Weekday reports Rome City Schools. 13 cases on Jan. 21;… Read more
We’ve witnessed the rising in home brewing as well as numerous local breweries across Northwest Georgia in recent years. Now comes a program at Chattahoochee Technical College’s Acworth campus that taps (sorry) into those rising interestings. The curriculum for the associates in applied sciences degree includes: “Course work in brewing and fermentation includes production, operations,… Read more
Media release: Starting this summer, Georgia Highlands College brings even greater access to one of the most affordable colleges in the state and country to Marietta. GHC’s newest location will be at 1090 Northchase Parkway. The former GHC Marietta location was a small site opened on the Southern Polytechnic State University campus in 2005 (now… Read more
Coosa High junior Kenzie Nguyen is one of a select group of students worldwide who have been chosen to take part in Yale University’s Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) program this summer! YYGS is one of the most globally diverse, two-week academic summer programs in the world. Serving over 2,000 students from 150-plus countries and… Read more
3:30 p.m. Floyd County Sheriff’s Office says escaped inmate in custody. “Mr Bowman is back in custody at the Floyd County Jail. We’d like to thank all the news agencies for quickly sharing the previous press release and citizens that also helped us spread the word! Thank you to the Fugitive Task Force, Floyd County… Read more
From media releases: The proposed calendar for the next school year, the key item on the planned May extra-penny education tax proposal and chair elections highlighted Tuesday’s Rome City Schools Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Lou Byars presented the 2022-2023 proposed school calendar, which was approved by the board. View it here. The Board unanimously… Read more
Media release: The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) has named the two committees to conduct a national search for the next president of Georgia Highlands College (GHC). Dr. Dana Nichols currently serves as interim president. Dr. Don Green resigned to become president at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. “GHC’s next… Read more
Floyd County Board of Education meeting summary, Jan. 10. Full agenda can be viewed here. The FCBOE elected a new Board Chair, Dr. Melinda Strickland and Board Vice Chair, Jay Shell for 2022 From the Desk of the Superintendent CONGRATULATIONS TO… Pepperell Middle School sixth-grader Alyssa Alford on winning the FCS District Spelling Bee. The six eighth-graders who… Read more
. Floyd County Schools Pre-K Online applications for 2022-2023 open Feb. 1. What to know: Pre-K Applications will be available on the district website homepage beginning Tuesday, February 1, 2022. To participate in the lottery drawing for Pre-K, online applications must be completed by Friday, February 11, 2022, at 3 p.m. If accepted in Pre-K,… Read more
The Georgia Northwestern Technical College Foundation awarded scholarships to 34 qualifying students for the 2022 spring semester. The GNTC Foundation awarded between $250 and $1,000 to each student to assist in paying for the spring semester at GNTC. “We applaud these outstanding GNTC students for their excellence and hard work,” Dr. Heidi Popham, president of GNTC said. “They will be great… Read more
The Georgia Northwestern Technical College Foundation recently added two new members to the Board of Trustees. Amy L. Jackson, president of the Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce, was elected to the board along with Steven M. Henry, chairman of the Catoosa County Board of Commissioners and owner of Steven M. Henry (SMH) Construction, Inc. Jackson… Read more
A new access road to East Central Elementary off Dean Avenue was dedicated on Monday. It offers a new entrance and exit for parents and caregivers as they arrive at EC for morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up. Rome City Schools Superintendent Louis Byars, explained that in the past, cars would back up on Dean… Read more
Darlington requires face coverings beginning Monday. In a long note to students, parents, faculty and staff regarding the COVID surge, Head of School Brent Bell outlines what Darlington plans to do to continue in-person classes. Among the steps is the following: “Beginning Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, Darlington School will require all students, employees and… Read more
From a media release: Earlier this month, Communities in Schools of Rome-Floyd County Executive Director Gregory Wooten stood in a small room at Coosa Middle School, shoulder to shoulder with a group of community partners. In that room were partners from the school, CIS, Floyd County Schools Central Office and nonprofit Helping Hands Ending… Read more