The Citizen Online - Local Schools

Frostbite 5K St Paul

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:04:07 -0500

Great run Saturday morning. It was a true frostbite run. Look to be about 100 Runners out there but there were at least that many Phantom runners.

Teacher miss school more often

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:49:55 -0500

An article that caught my interest stated that teachers are absent 1.6 to 2.3 times the average worker. I know when I taught in the 80’s and 90’s that I was sick a lot in my first few years which doctors attributed to my work environment. However later I was rarely sick and missed very few days except for non-sick days. I knew older teachers that took every Friday or Monday off to use accumulated sick days before retirement because they were not compensated for these days at retirement.

McIntosh English Teachers

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:05:17 -0400

I would be interested in any comments from parents of current or past students of EDITED for violation of terms of usage regarding her teaching methods. Please keep them civil and honest, but I would be interested in both positive and negative input about her.

Morale at Hood Ave

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:12:45 -0400

Just wondering if anyone knows why employee morale at Hood Ave is so low?

Mcintosh vs. Starrs Mill

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:55:38 -0400

We will be moving to Peachtree City sometime in the upcoming year. Have already visited the city once and loved it. However, we are trying to decide which school district we should live in since our son will be starting High School in the fall of 2010.

McIntosh Soccer

Sat, 09 May 2009 11:57:58 -0400

Cheers to the McIntosh Chiefs soccer team for reaching the State finals for a second year and becoming nationally ranked - #1!

Salt Banned at FCBOE Schools

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:30:55 -0400

I learned something new this morning...

They've removed table salt from FCBOE schools.

You can't find a single salt shaker on a lunchroom table throughout the system.

BOE holds ESPLOST Priorities Meeting

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:58:38 -0400

Minutes
ESPLOST Committee Meeting
March 30,2009

Committee members met at the Fayette County Board of Education's Central Office at 7:00 p.m. Dr. John DeCotis, Superintendent, welcomed the new committee members from the construction committee to the meeting, and

Where have I been?

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:03:49 -0400

I guess I've been teaching and not paying enough attention to the emails from the superintendent's office. I learned yesterday that teachers in Fayette County will be furloughed for a yet undetermined number of days in the school year so as to save the county more money. I understand the furlough of the staff who do not deal directly with students, but those workdays before and after the school year are essential to teachers' long-term planning efforts. (The half-day workdays you can have! They're not worth so much, in my opinion.) Gosh, paycuts, fewer teachers, furloughs...

Special Education Students in a Collaborative Class

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:53:42 -0400

Just wondering if any parents out there ever check their children to see how much attention they are given by a collaborative teacher in a regular class. For any who do not understand, many special needs students are in a regular classroom that has two teachers. One teacher is the regular teacher and the other is a special education teacher who is there to help the students with an IEP. That teacher should be active in the classroom during instruction, directions, tests, and guided practice.

FCBOE's Terri Smith will be inconsolable...

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:03:12 -0400

Vice President Joe Biden has declared there is NO money in the stimulus package for building swimming pools. FCBOE's Terri Smith will be inconsolable.

So the Clayton BOE fired their superintendent!

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:35:35 -0400

The AJC is reporting that the new and improved Clayton county Board of Education fired their superintendent on Friday.

2008 FCBOE Employee Salary Census

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:53:18 -0500

I've created a summary page of every employee job at the FCBOE and created average pay, minimum pay and maximum pay for each position

Berry-Dreisbach admits Fayette school enrollment plummeting

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:24:29 -0500

The FCBOE has been telling Fayette citizens that student enrollment has been around 22,100 students since last September. LINK

SACS accrediation findings for FCBOE

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:47:46 -0500

The January FCBOE called session meeting minutes are finally up, one month later.

The highlight is the preliminary findings of the SACS accreditation team: