Earlier this month the AJC reported that some lawmakers are pushing to change an outdated law banning things like pagers in schools to allow students to bring their own devices to school as part of the educational arsenal. We are talking about North Atlanta so why wouldn’t most kids have iPads, iPhones, ultra-thin notebooks, etc. [...]
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Last week the Forsyth County Board of Education approved the final district lines for the 2012-13 school year. As you can imagine, it’s difficult to satisfy every family and community with changes as large as these.
You can view the maps for the Forsyth County High School Lines, Forsyth County Middle School Lines and Forsyth County [...]
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Tuesday night the Forsyth County School Board provided draft #2 of the proposed attendance line changes for all Forsyth County Schools. Several communities turned out to voice their concern over the changes, most of which centered around the Bethelview Rd. line and those communities on the east side of Bethelview.
Expressing Pain and Praise
As with [...]
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Forsyth County Schools have increased the number of students taking the SAT exam and also increased the average score for the county. While the averages for the state of Georgia have actually decreased over last year, Forsyth County scores have increased; a testament to the hard work and quality education the county delivers to it’s [...]
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The school board released the first drafts for the new elementary, middle and high school districts this week. These new lines effect the following schools:
Chattahoochee ES, Coal Mountain ES, Cumming ES, Sawnee ES, Vickery Creek ES, Whitlow ES, Liberty MS, Little Mill MS, North Forsyth MS, Otwell MS, Vickery Creek MS, Forsyth Central HS, [...]
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Forsyth County Schools were last redistricted in 2009 when five new schools were opened. Since then the school system has grown by over 4,500 new students, now supporting over 37,000 students in the Forsyth County school system.
The new elementary school on Kelly Mill will open in 2012 with the main goal of relieving overcrowding at [...]
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Newsweek came out with their annual ranking of top high schools nationally. This year they have revamped their methodology, resulting in some significant moves for some local high schools. You can see last years rankings here, and 2009 rankings here.
New Methodology
Because of the new methodology, South Forsyth High School moved down the ranks considerably, from [...]
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Only 22 schools in the state made the list in 2010 and South Forsyth Middle School is the only school in Forsyth County to make the list. It is an honorable distinction that they should be proud of. Along with that distinction they were awarded $1000 from Georgia Natural Gas. There are two categories for [...]
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I get asked all the time, “What are the best schools in this area?”. This is a hard question to answer and always a touchy subject because there are so many more aspects to a school than the achievement score. The teachers, gifted programs, sports, teacher/student ratios, % exceeding standards, poverty rate, etc. Generally I [...]
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As reported in Newsweek’s annual ranking of the top High Schools in the nation, South Forsyth High School ranked 199, just behind two other north Atlanta High Schools Walton and North Gwinnett . There are 19 Georgia high schools in the top 500, with 13 of them being located in North Atlanta. I’ve highlighted those schools below among the list [...]
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