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How Ryan Seacrest is giving his old high school football team something it never had

The future of Dunwoody (GA) High School football is being built by more than just the players on the field. It's being built by hundreds of community members who have come together to give the Wildcats something they've never had before: a stadium of its own. Fueled by a donation from Dunwoody alum and television host Ryan Seacrest and a community-wide fundraising effort, Seacrest Stadium is officially set to break ground the week of Nov. 23, following county approval on Nov. 9. And when it opens next fall, the whole community will be able to call it their own. “I think we’re all kind of part owners of this,” said Steve Fortenberry, former teacher and president of the Dunwoody High School Community Association. “I think you’re really going to see that it wasn’t just the county building this and we show up. This is Dunwoody’s stadium. We are kind of the Green Bay Packers of the high schools.” The project has been years in the making, but it took a collective effort from the community to turn the vision into a reality. It started with a donation of more than $1 million from Seacrest, who played defensive back for the

Dunwoody, GA · 15h

CBS News Atlanta

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Driver's mistake caused Salem High football bus crash, investigators say

A driver's mistake caused a bus carrying members of Salem High School's football program to overturn last month, investigators said Tuesday. No criminal charges are expected.

Conyers, GA · 12h

WSB Channel 2 Atlanta

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Metro Atlanta school community mourns longtime teacher

A metro Atlanta school community is mourning the loss of a longtime educator remembered for her passion for teaching, laughter and encouraging spirit.

Douglas County, GA · 6h

MaxPreps

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Georgia high school football: GHSA releases 2026 playoff brackets

The Georgia High School Association released high school football playoff brackets on Sunday. The race to the title begins Nov. 13 and runs through the state finals Dec. 15-16 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, where eight champions will be crowned. All championship games will be streamed on the NFHS Network....

Georgia · 2d
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Rough Draft Atlanta

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Opinion: DeKalb Schools should address Dunwoody schools’ population challenges

The Dunwoody Homeowners Association urged the DeKalb County School District to address both elementary under-enrollment and high school overcrowding through transparent, data-driven decisions regarding school closures and facility maintenance. The post Opinion: DeKalb Schools should address Dunwoody schools’ population challenges appeared first on Rough Draft® .

Dunwoody, GA · 1d

WSB Channel 2 Atlanta

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3 Atlanta elementary schools cleared after evacuations

Atlanta Public Schools have evacuated Morningside, E. Rivers, and Springdale Park Elementary schools.

Atlanta, GA · 1d

CBS News Atlanta

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Fulton County considers closing elementary school

The proposal could result in the closure of Mimosa Elementary School and reassign hundreds of students to two other schools.

Fulton County, GA · 1d

Gwinnett Daily Post

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2026 Gwinnett High School Football Region Standings, End of Regular Season

Class AAAAAAA Region 8-AAAAAAA Team Region Overall This week Buford 6-0 10-0 Marietta Collins Hill 5-1 5-5 at Newton Mill Creek 4-2 4-6 Season complete Dacula 3-3 5-5 Season complete Central Gwinnett 2-4 3-7 Season complete Seckinger 1-5 1-9 Season complete Discovery 0-6 0-10 Season complete Region 7-AAAAAAA Team Region Overall This week Brookwood 5-1 9-1 Norcross North Gwinnett 5-1 9-1 North Atlanta Parkview 4-2 7-3 South Gwinnett Norcross 3-3 5-5 at Brookwood Peachtree Ridge 3-3 7-3 Hillgrove Duluth 1-5 2-8 Season complete Berkmar 0-6 0-10 Season complete Region 4-AAAAAAA Team Region Overall This week Newton 4-0 10-0 Collins Hill Grayson 3-1 6-4 Camden County South Gwinnett 2-2 6-4 at Parkview Archer 1-3 5-5 at North Cobb Rockdale 0-4 3-6 Season complete Class AAAAAA Region 8-AAAAAA Team Region Overall This week Jackson County 7-0 10-0 Creekview Clarke Central 6-1 8-2 South Effingham Habersham Central 5-2 6-4 Newnan Loganville 3-4 5-5 at East Paulding Walnut Grove 3-4 5-5 at Sequoyah Cedar Shoals 2-5 3-7 Season complete Mountain View 2-5 5-5 Season complete Apalachee 0-7 1-9 Season complete Region 7-AAAAAA Team Region Overall This week Milton 6-0 9-1 Northside-Columbus Gainesville 5-1 7-3 Lassiter Roswell 4-2 7-3 at Effingham County Lanier 3-3 5-5

Gwinnett County, GA · 2d

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HBCU alumni names to know from the 2026 midterms

Graduates of historically Black colleges and universities notched major wins in the 2026 midterm elections, Capital B News reports, including the first Black woman ever elected governor in the United States. The victories stretch from statehouses to county courtrooms and show how far the influence of these schools reaches. A...

Atlanta, GA · 3d

Clayton News-Daily

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Tapestry celebrates grand opening of Jonesboro campus

JONESBORO — After more than a decade of success in DeKalb County, Tapestry Public Charter School, celebrated the opening of its Clayton County campus on Friday, Oct. 30. Tapestry is a a tuition-free public charter middle and high school designed to serve both neurodivergent and neurotypical learners in an intentionally-inclusive educational environment, brought its nationally-recognized educational model to Clayton County for the 2026-27 school year. During its first year, Tapestry Clayton is serving students in grades 6 through 10, adding one grade each year through 12th grade. At full capacity, the school will enroll 301 students. Tapestry Clayton offers a personalized learning environment with small class sizes, two teachers in every core academic classroom and individualized instruction designed to help every learner reach their full potential while preparing for college, careers and life. The school’s principal is Maria-Alejandra Kepler and is at 142 College St., Jonesboro, on the campus of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro. ♦ ♦ ♦ For more information about the school, visit https://tapestrycharter.org/clayton.

Jonesboro, GA · 1d

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A new era for Georgia State University as school nears completion of greenway expansion years in the making

Georgia State University (GSU), embedded in Downtown Atlanta, has been undergoing a physical transformation that’s been in the works for years. This month, the school anticipates it will pass a milestone with the expansion of its long-awaited greenway in the heart of its campus, Panther Quad, a major development for the historically urban campus lacking a central greenspace.

Atlanta, GA · 23h

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Fulton Draft Proposes Closing Mimosa Elementary, Redrawing Roswell Zones

Fulton County Schools’ first draft for North Fulton elementary schools proposes closing Mimosa Elementary and dividing its attendance area between Vickery Mill and Esther Jackson elementary schools. The proposal marks a major change from September, when the district began reviewing four underused campuses but had not identified one for...

Fulton County, GA · 1d

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GCPS students honored as REACH scholars

Eight Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) students have been selected as 2026-27 Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) Scholars. REACH is a Georgia Student Finance Commission program that provides mentorship and academic support to 8th-grade students. After completing the program, scholars can receive up to $10,000 in scholarship funds to use toward a postsecondary education at a HOPE-eligible Georgia institution.

Gwinnett County, GA · 1d

Gwinnett Daily Post

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Gwinnett's 15 state playoff football teams learn 1st-round matchups

For the first time ever, the Georgia High School football playoff brackets were determined by PSR, Post Season Rankings. As opposed to the previous format where the top four teams in each region earned automatic playoff bids and matchups were pre-determined by region, the new format takes every team’s winning percentage, opponent’s winning percentage and opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage into account and seeds teams 1-32. Region winners are guaranteed a top-16 seed and a home playoff game in the first round, but other than that PSR was the only consideration used to seed teams. A total of 15 Gwinnett County teams will extend their seasons to state. The state’s top classification, Class AAAAAAA, will have 10 Gwinnett representatives, with one team qualifying out of Class AAAAAA and four Private teams making up the numbers. In Class AAAAAAA, the biggest eye-catcher was Buford ending up at No. 9 despite its 10-0 record and top-three national rankings. The defending state champion Wolves were one of just three undefeated teams in the classification along with Newton and Carrollton, but a very weak region hurt its metrics. Nobody else in the region finished over .500, and Buford’s opponents averaged a .42778 winning percentage, the

Gwinnett County, GA · 2d

Gwinnett Daily Post

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No. 1 Grayson wins boys basketball clash with No. 3-ranked Hillgrove

POWDER SPRINGS — Grayson’s boys basketball team, ranked No. 1 in Class AAAAAAA, won its showdown with No. 3 Hillgrove 71-65 at McEachern on Saturday. M.J. Curry had 20 points, six rebounds and three assists in the victory, and Austin Leonard had 18 points, nine rebounds and a steal. The Rams’ other standouts included Jeremiah Anderson (11 points, two steals), Bleu Lewis (eight points, two rebounds, two assists), Xavier Butler (seven points, three rebounds, two assists), Byron Lee (four points, five rebounds, block) and Jacori Thompson (three points, 10 rebounds, three blocks).

Grayson, GA · 2d

Gwinnett Daily Post

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GCPS: No money for Gwinnett teacher retention bonuses this year

Gwinnett County teachers are not getting retention bonuses that educators had anticipated since the county’s school board adopted its budget earlier this year, and Gwinnett County Public Schools officials say its because there was no state funding to support it. Teachers learned the one-time $2,000 bonuses were not coming via an email that was sent out Monday night. Within a couple of hours, screen shots of the email, which appeared to have also been accidentally sent to parents through ParentVue, were circulating on social media. “The supplement was contingent on funding from the state of Georgia,” district officials sad in the message. “That funding was not included in the approved state budget, and GCPS does not have funding available in its current budget to provide the supplement independently. “We recognize this news may be disappointing. We value the dedication of our teachers and staff and understand the importance of compensation in attracting and retaining the talented professionals who serve our students every day.” The retention bonuses were among the features touted as benefits of Gwinnett County Public Schools’ fiscal year 2027 budget, which went into affect over the summer. The district also gave employees step increases on the salary scale

Gwinnett County, GA · 6h

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KIPP South Fulton Academy ranks among Georgia’s top 5 percent for academic progress

Academic improvement doesn’t happen overnight, but one Metro Atlanta charter school is demonstrating what sustained dedication to student success can achieve. KIPP South Fulton Academy has been named a 2026 Title I Reward School by the Georgia Department of Education, placing it among the top 5 percent of Title I schools statewide for academic progress. The school was one of 15 Fulton County schools recognized during the Fulton County Schools Board of Education meeting Oct. 22 for significant gains in student achievement.

Fulton County, GA · 23h

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Morehouse College Prisons Program rooted in educational liberation

A few years ago, the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership launched the Morehouse Higher Ed in Prisons Program. The program allows Georgia inmates to earn college-level credits. Classes are currently being offered at three Georgia facilities: the Atlanta Transitional Center, Burruss Correctional Training Center, and the Federal Correctional Institution- Atlanta.

Atlanta, GA · 1d

Marietta Daily Journal

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AROUND TOWN: Democratic takeover of Cobb school board puts Ragsdale's future in question

Big changes are coming to the Cobb County Board of Education. Last week, Democrat Micheal Garza unseated three-term Republican incumbent and David Chastain in the race for the Post 4 seat on the school board. The win gives Democrats their first majority on the board in decades. Garza won with 54.85% of the vote over Chastain’s 45.15%. Garza earned 25,493 votes in total, compared to Chastain’s 20,982, according to the Georgia secretary of state’s election results. Results were certified by the Cobb Elections Board Monday Garza is set to flip the board to a 4-3 Democratic majority when he is sworn in January. “Yes, the board has flipped. The dynamics will change with a new board member, so we will see what that looks like,” Democratic board member Nichelle Davis of Post 6 told the Journal. “But the long story short is, of course, the goal is getting things done for our students. So I’m looking forward to welcoming him and doing that.” In a video posted to his Facebook page Sunday, Republican John Cristadoro, who represents Post 5 on the school board, said he did not view the widespread Democratic victories down the ballot as “a massive call for

Cobb County, GA · 1d

Gwinnett Daily Post

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Gwinnett Football League to host Championship Saturday at Duluth High School this week

Youth football teams face off for county bragging rights Saturday in the annual Gwinnett Football League Patsy Jones Championships. All of the games on Championship Saturday will be at Duluth High School. The 6- and 7-year-old finals open the day at 8 a.m. and the last championship game in the Eighth Grade Division is scheduled for 7 p.m. The finals schedule is as follows: 8 a.m. — 6- and 7-year-old finals — Buford Gold vs. North Gwinnett 9:45 a.m. — 8-year-old finals — Lawrenceville vs. Mountain View 11:30 a.m. — 9-year-old finals — Collins Hill vs. Grayson Green 1:15 p.m. — 10-year-old finals — Lawrenceville vs. Norcross 3 p.m. — 11-year-old finals — Buford White vs. Grayson Green 4:45 p.m. — 12-year-old finals — Buford Green vs. Buford White 6:30 p.m. — GFL Awards 7 p.m. — Eighth grade finals — Buford White vs. Grayson Gold

Duluth, GA · 2d