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At least 4 metro Atlanta charter schools on brink of closing, yet program still thrives
EAST POINT, Ga. — At least four metro Atlanta charter schools are on the brink of closing their doors. Their demise seems to raise questions about the viability of charter schools versus more traditional public schools. The state set up charter school programs to add innovation to traditional public...
Cherokee County Residents Invited to Clean Up Hobgood Park
Cherokee County residents have been invited to join state Reps. Jordan Ridley and Charlice Byrd to help clean up at Hobgood Park. Keep Cherokee Beautiful is hosting the road cleanup event, which will start at 9 a.m. June 15 at Hobgood Park, 6699 Bells Ferry Road near Woodstock.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Programs for June
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive in Kennesaw, is hosting a number of programs this month. All programs are outdoors and weather dependent. They are held at the visitor center unless otherwise noted. Museum Tours will be every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2 p.m. June 2 will be the Assault Trail Hike at 11 a.m. On June 27, 1864, nearly 9,000 Union soldiers made a historic...
Cherokee County Students Become Firefighters for a Day
HOLLY SPRINGS — A dozen Cherokee County School District eighth graders visited the Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services Training Center May 31 to learn what it takes to be a firefighter. CCFES, in partnership with CCSD and Underwriters Laboratories Research Institutes hosted this event for students to help deepen their understanding of fire dynamics, careers in the fire service and how science, technology, engineering and mathematics are used in this field every day. ...
Woodstock Residents Invited to Give Input on Dupree Park Plan
Woodstock residents are invited to attend a public input meeting June 11 to give feedback that will be used to help create a master plan for Dupree Park. Woodstock Parks and Recreation will host the public input meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. June 11 at the Chambers at City Center, 8534 Main St. in downtown Woodstock. Planners from Lose Design will join Woodstock Parks and Recreation staff to lead...
Civil War skirmishes next topic at historical society meeting
Next in the Pickens Historical Society speaker series will be author and historian Gerald Flinchum discussing the civil war in North Cobb and South Cherokee Counties. Flinchum’s latest book Crossroads, Creeks and Clashes: Civil War Skirmishes in CHerokee and North Cobb Counties 1864 was published last year. The talk...
Upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drives in Cobb County
Every day, blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those battling cancer. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Below is a list of upcoming American Red Cross blood drives in Cobb County: May 31 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cobb and Douglas Public Health, 1650 County Services Parkway in Marietta; noon to...
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