One of the main concerns for Barrow County Schools regarding the initial College and Career Ready Performance Index report, the state’s replacement for the “Adequate Yearly Progress,” may not be a concern when the current school year’s scores come out in the fall. Read More

Nicole Mays, a special education teacher at Kennedy Elementary, said she started Camp Mays five years ago simply because she wanted to see more of the kids she was teaching in school. Read More

While the students are still waiting for the final report cards, the Barrow County School was delivered one of its own Tuesday, and it’s filled mostly with good news. Read More

The Barrow County School Board on Tuesday approved a tentative budget for the FY14 school year which includes a potential roll-up of the millage rate from 18.5 to 20. All but one board member, Lynn Stevens, voted to approve the tentative budget, which also includes an increase to 170 school days and a reduction in furlough days by three, among other changes. While the budget was approved nearly unanimously and the majority of the items ... Read More

There’s a lot of excitement regarding the new Barrow County School System Career Academy, and Career, Technical and Agricultural Education director Pam McGee echoed what pretty much everyone else was thinking Tuesday night at the Barrow County Department of Education meeting. Read More

The former Apalachee High School teacher who claimed she was unfairly terminated by the Barrow School system is appealing a judge’s decision that found the school did not act illegally. Read More

From new schools to new programs and a new budget, the Barrow County Board of Education is looking at a lot of changes for the upcoming school years. Read More

Schools from all over Barrow County participated in Earth Day events during the week, everything from turning off lights and computer monitors to planting seeds in a garden to watch them grow. Read More

Executive Director of Business Services Chris Griner recommended Tuesday at a work session that the Barrow County School Board plan for a potential roll up of the millage rate to 20 in the FY 14 budget, which would generate an estimated $1,715,000 in additional revenue for the general fund. Read More

A local group aims to get more people active in education. Read More

A collaboration of non-profits, begun by three members of the local Brotherhood Club, is preparing to provide the Barrow County school board with a plan as to how it would like to repurpose Winder-Barrow Middle School after its closing in order to retain its function as a center for the local community. Read More

A judge has ruled in favor of the Barrow County School System in a years-long lawsuit initiated by a teacher who claimed she was forced to resign her position after a parent took issue with postings on her Facebook page. Read More

Winder-Barrow Middle School eighth-grader Quamaine Billings entered Clarence Brantley’s social studies class midway through the year unsure and behind in class. Read More

A planned meeting to discuss a full investigation into the Barrow County Board of Education was postponed Thursday night due to inclement weather. Read More

A change in state law won’t impact class sizes in Barrow County. Read More

Statham Elementary presented its school improvement plan to Board of Education members at the March 26 work session. First year principal, Dr. Swade Huff said transition is difficult and challenging. Read More

Ginger McCullers and Barbara Master’s kindergarten class enjoyed Bramlett Elementary School’s Math Day and demonstrated their knowledge of addition and subtraction. The children played Math games with their parents and entertained them with number songs.  Read More

County Line Elementary participated in the Read to Succeed program this year, a free educational program sponsored by Six Flags Theme Parks. The program encourages students in grades K through 6 to engage in recreational reading. Students who complete six hours of recreational, non-school-related reading are eligible to earn a free admission ticket to a participating Six Flags Theme Park. Read More

Holsenbeck Elementary School had 100 students attend their CRUSH the CRCT party. These students passed 30 or more practice CRCT tests. The students drank Orange Crush and ate treats donated by Golden Corral while a DJ played all their favorite songs. Read More

The Barrow Board of Education had a full work session on Tuesday beginning with school improvement presentations by Statham Elementary and Haymon-Morris Middle School. Read More

At Tuesday night’s Board meeting, Barrow County commissioners will be asked to consider a sewer project which would further link the county with two local educational agencies. The Board will decide on a sewer project with Lanier Technical College and the Barrow County Board of Education “in an effort to provide the campus project with sewer.” The project would involve constructing a pump station and associate connecting lines from county property to the future Career ... Read More

The First Lady of Georgia Sandra Deal spent last week at Auburn Elementary School reading to pre-k and third grade students as part of the “Read Across Georgia” initiative. Deal has visited 65 schools across the state spreading the word about the importance of reading. The initiative is part of Gov. Nathan Deal’s goal to increase the number of students reading at grade level by the third grade. Auburn students presented the first lady with ... Read More

Stephanie Morgan was a much-loved teacher at Statham Elementary School for over 20 years and first grader, Alexis Pellegrini remembers all the great times she and her classmates shared with Ms. Morgan.  Read More

This year’s Fine Arts Festival will take place Monday, April 22 through Friday April 26, 2013, at the Winder Cultural Arts Center. Read More