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UPDATED: Fulton school board proposes employee pay raise
(UPDATED AT 11:30 A.M. FRIDAY WITH MORE INFO ON THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES' PAY RAISE) The Fulton County Board of Education is recommending a 3 percent pay increase for all district employees in its ...
April 18, 2013 10:50 PM | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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School board approves new employee policies
The Fulton County Board of Education at its meeting Thursday unanimously approved a policy that will waive the school district of the state Title 20 law stating all kindergarten to fifth-grade teac...
March 22, 2013 02:32 PM | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Robert Avossa
Superintendent proposes probationary period for new teachers
New Fulton County teachers may have less time for a probationary period upon hiring, along with several other changes if the board approves policy changes recommended by Superintendent Robert Avoss...
March 14, 2013 05:04 PM | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fulton schools to contract alternative education
Fulton County will soon contract its alternative school needs to Ombudsman, a Libertyville, Ill.-based accredited alternative education company if the consent agenda is passed at the school board’s...
March 13, 2013 04:52 PM | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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School board votes to close three South Fulton schools
At its meeting Thursday night at Dunwoody Springs Elementary School, the Fulton County Schools Board of Education voted 6-0 for the redistricting and closing of Mount Olive, Harriet Tubman and Oak ...
February 22, 2013 02:09 PM | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Meetings spur progress on Fulton pension board changes
Representatives of both sides in a disagreement over the proposed new structure of the Fulton County Schools employee pension board said meetings between the two groups this week have brought progr...
February 02, 2013 02:36 PM | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Retired educators upset over planned pension board changes
(UPDATED AT 9:55 P.M. SUNDAY WITH LINDA SCHULTZ'S LAST NAME'S CORRECT SPELLING) Retired educators participating in the Fulton County Schools pension fund are concerned about a change in the makeu...
January 25, 2013 02:58 PM | 2 2 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Audit: Fulton schools' finances, pension ‘in good shape’
(UPDATED AT 7 P.M. FRIDAY WITH MORE INFO, QUOTES FROM DISTRICT CFO ROBERT MORALES AND MAULDIN AND JENKINS' DOUG MOSES) Years down the road, Fulton County Schools’ pension fund will not have any i...
January 17, 2013 10:21 PM | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fulton school board approves bonuses
Most Fulton County Schools employees got news of an early holiday gift last week when the Fulton board of education unanimously (7-0) approved a one-time 3 percent bonus for all current employees w...
December 13, 2012 09:08 PM | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fulton schools make changes in performance expectations
A new performance management system, currently being implemented by Fulton County Schools, is designed to take Fulton to a “best-in-class school district,” according to Ronnie Wade, the district’s ...
December 11, 2012 04:49 PM | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Camp Creek Middle School Principal, Demarcos Holland, greets Deborah Killins at her retirement party.
Camp Creek Middle School teacher retires after 27 yeras
Days spent shuffling through lesson plans, bonding, teaching and learning from students is over for Deborah Killins, a former teacher at Camp Creek Middle School. Killins retired from Fulton Count...
December 05, 2012 01:55 PM | 1 1 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Schools seek consistency in charters
Fulton County Schools Charter Coordinator Laura Stowell said last week she hopes a new district plan brings more consistency in charters and charter schools in the future as the system continues it...
November 20, 2012 10:37 AM | 1 1 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Process to close three schools begins
The Fulton County School System is seeking input from south Fulton residents regarding elementary school redistricting due to the closure of three elementary schools — Oak Knoll, Harriet Tubman and...
November 19, 2012 02:58 PM | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Charter schools amendment passes
With all but one Georgia county completing voter reports, the majority of voters have cast their ballots in favor of the statewide charter school Constitutional amendment. On the ballot voters were...
November 07, 2012 11:05 AM | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Georgia voters decide on charter school amendment
In addition to votes for president and various other elected officials, Georgia voters had a chance to vote on an amendment to the Georgia Constitution this Election Day. The amendment would “allow...
November 06, 2012 07:31 PM | 1 1 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dick Yarbrough
Column: Ten reasons to vote ‘no’ on charter school amendment
The charter school amendment will be decided on Nov. 6. If it doesn’t pass, it will be the greatest upset since David conked Goliath with a rock. Give me the money that has been made available to ...
October 31, 2012 03:56 PM | 3 3 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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