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Do you think the City of Newnan should have waited until at least mid-month to begin hanging its Christmas decorations in downtown rather than the first week in November?
- Yes: 78
- No: 50
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Bennett finalist for GASSPA award
Posted 11/6/2009
Cindy Bennett, assistant principal at Lee Middle School, is a finalist for the Bennett finalist for 2010 Georgia Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year award.
Small shipment H1N1 vaccine in Coweta
Posted 11/4/2009 | Comments (3)
A new shipment of 200 doses of injectable H1N1 or "swine flu" vaccine has arrived at the Coweta County Health Department, but District 4 is limiting its availability.
Schools: cutting classes not an option
Posted 11/1/2009 | Comments (14)
Although school systems around Georgia are looking for every possible way they can to save a dollar, including trimming the school calendar, Coweta County school officials say there likely won't be any reason to do that here.
Georgia 8th grade scores up in math
Posted 10/27/2009 | Comments (2)
Georgia eighth graders showed marked improvement in mathematics on the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress, but Coweta County students were not among those tested for NAEP last year.
Screaming balloons help Civitans see GYSTC purpose
Posted 10/25/2009
Debbie Stuckey pretty quickly got a roomful of adults busy swirling hex nuts inside inflated balloons so that they made an eery, whirring sound.
Georgia's youth tell flu to 'shoo'
Posted 10/25/2009
Coweta County students in kindergarten through eighth grade are eligible to enter a statewide contest encouraging people to stay healthy in flu season.
Coweta supporters to present Medicaid workshop
Posted 10/25/2009
Coweta Supporters of Developmental Disabilities -- a Parent to Parent Navigator Team -- will hold a Medicaid Workshop on Saturday.
Greater Greener rally set for Wednesday
Posted 10/25/2009
Students at the Coweta County Performance Learning Center expect the second annual Greener Greater Newnan rally to be even greater than the last.
'Caterpillar' crawls for record with 7,340 Coweta youngsters
Posted 10/25/2009
Caterpillars may be slow-moving critters, but a fanciful one in a children's story made 7,340 Coweta children part of a world record event.
Schools taking part in scarecrow contest
Posted 10/25/2009
Local elementary schools have assembled scarecrows that are part of a contest being held by Country Gardens Farm and Nursery.
St. Michael's graduation held at Christ the King
Posted 10/25/2009
Three students -- including two from the local area -- were graduated from St. Michael's Seminary.
School board questions high 9th grade enrollment
Posted 10/22/2009 | Comments (16)
At Tuesday night's Coweta County Board of Education meeting, school board member Michael Sumner asked why the ninth grade numbers are so disproportionate when compared to the numbers of students in other grades.
Schools invest in fueling station
Posted 10/21/2009 | Comments (0)
The Coweta County Board of Education agreed Tuesday night to partner with the Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority on a new East Pine Road fueling station that should save the school system tens of thousands of dollars, according to Superintendent Blake Bass.
Homecoming events under way at Northgate, Heritage
Posted 10/20/2009 | Comments (1)
Sometimes history does repeat itself.