By Ryan Blackburn
Athens Banner-Herald
October 6, 2010
A state law passed last year relaxed a requirement that students attend school for 180 days, and instead allows schools to make up the time by lengthening each school day.
Every year, schools are expected to meet stricter academic performance benchmarks, but only have a limited amount of time to prepare students so that they might pass.
"I don't think anyone could argue that if we had more time with kids that we could do more," Clarke County School District Superintendent Philip Lanoue said Tuesday.
To read more please tap on link: http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/100610/new_716355224.shtml
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Thursday, October 07, 2010
Cobb Unveils Potential SPLOST Projects
By Janel Davis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cobb County News
October 6, 2010
If Cobb County voters approve a special purpose local option sales tax in March, the money could be used to shore up parks and roads, help fund a senior wellness center and pay off about $64 million in debt.
The projects were part of a presentation Tuesday night in Austell, where county officials rolled out the list of proposed projects that could be funded through another six-year SPLOST. The Austell meeting was the first of 11 to be held around the county this month.
Cobb officials have said the proposed tax is more about maintaining infrastructure and less about new buildings and large projects, unlike the existing SPLOST, which began in 2005 and funded a jail expansion and new courthouse.
To view full article please tap on link: http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/cobb-unveils-potential-splost-664409.html
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cobb County News
October 6, 2010
If Cobb County voters approve a special purpose local option sales tax in March, the money could be used to shore up parks and roads, help fund a senior wellness center and pay off about $64 million in debt.
The projects were part of a presentation Tuesday night in Austell, where county officials rolled out the list of proposed projects that could be funded through another six-year SPLOST. The Austell meeting was the first of 11 to be held around the county this month.
Cobb officials have said the proposed tax is more about maintaining infrastructure and less about new buildings and large projects, unlike the existing SPLOST, which began in 2005 and funded a jail expansion and new courthouse.
To view full article please tap on link: http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/cobb-unveils-potential-splost-664409.html
© 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
DeKalb Candidates Forum Set For Saturday
By Megan Matteucci
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb County News
October 5, 2010
Candidates for Congress, state legislature and DeKalb County school board will try to garner votes Saturday at a candidates’ forum.
The Ashford Alliance Community Association forum is scheduled for 11 a.m. at St. Martin in the Field Episcopal Church on Ashford Dunwoody Road. Candidates will have 10 minutes to speak and answer questions.
The association said it invited all 65 candidates that are on North DeKalb precincts’ ballots and more then half have confirmed attendance. Attendees include U.S. Senate candidates Michael Thurmond and Chuck Donovan, along with U.S. House of Representatives candidates Liz Carter and Tom Price. Libertarian John Monds is the only confirmed governor candidate, said Jeff Turnage, the association’s event coordinator.
DeKalb school board District 1 candidates Jim Redovian and Nancy Jester will be there, but District 1 candidate Bobbe Gillis declined participation, Turnage said.
Source: http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-candidates-forum-set-661235.html
© 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb County News
October 5, 2010
Candidates for Congress, state legislature and DeKalb County school board will try to garner votes Saturday at a candidates’ forum.
The Ashford Alliance Community Association forum is scheduled for 11 a.m. at St. Martin in the Field Episcopal Church on Ashford Dunwoody Road. Candidates will have 10 minutes to speak and answer questions.
The association said it invited all 65 candidates that are on North DeKalb precincts’ ballots and more then half have confirmed attendance. Attendees include U.S. Senate candidates Michael Thurmond and Chuck Donovan, along with U.S. House of Representatives candidates Liz Carter and Tom Price. Libertarian John Monds is the only confirmed governor candidate, said Jeff Turnage, the association’s event coordinator.
DeKalb school board District 1 candidates Jim Redovian and Nancy Jester will be there, but District 1 candidate Bobbe Gillis declined participation, Turnage said.
Source: http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-candidates-forum-set-661235.html
© 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
President Obama Signs Rosa's Law Tuesday, October 5, 2010
President Barack Obama has signed into law Rosa’s Law, which will change references in federal law from mental retardation to intellectual disability, and references to a mentally retarded individual to an individual with an intellectual disability. Read about the Special Olympics' campaign to Spread the Word to End the Word.
Source: http://www.disability.gov/community_life/news_%26_events
Link for Special Olympics on Rosa's Law: http://www.specialolympics.org/content.aspx?id=12302&terms=Rosa's+Law
Source: http://www.disability.gov/community_life/news_%26_events
Link for Special Olympics on Rosa's Law: http://www.specialolympics.org/content.aspx?id=12302&terms=Rosa's+Law
National Bullying Prevention Month - October 2010
This year is the fifth anniversary of PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Month that unites communities nationwide to raise awareness of bullying prevention. Traditionally held the first week in October, the event has been expanded to include activities, education and awareness building for the entire month. Whether you are an educator, student, family, or individual who cares about students, here are the tools you need to address bullying in your school, recreational program or community organization. PACER Center is a national parent center serving all youth, with a special emphasis on children with disabilities. Read Secretary Arne Duncan's remarks at the recent Bullying Prevention Summit.
To read Secretary Arne Duncan's remarks please tap on link: http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/myths-about-bullying-secretary-arne-duncans-remarks-bullying-prevention-summit
Source: http://www.disability.gov/community_life/news_%26_events
To read Secretary Arne Duncan's remarks please tap on link: http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/myths-about-bullying-secretary-arne-duncans-remarks-bullying-prevention-summit
Source: http://www.disability.gov/community_life/news_%26_events
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Reed Appeals To Atlanta City Council On Transportation Bill
By Leon Stafford
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Metro Atlanta/State News
October 5, 2010
Mayor Kasim Reed on Monday visited the Atlanta City Council to ask members to become better educated about a referendum slated for 2012 that would allow the region's residents to tax themselves for transportation improvements.
Reed said he was invited to the chamber to talk about House Bill 277, which passed earlier this year to set up the referendum. He argued that its passage would be an economic stimulus for the city, which he said has lost many as 88,000 jobs and is struggling to find work for the middle class.
"It's our own economic stimulus," Reed said.
To read full article please tap on link: http://www.ajc.com/news/reed-appeals-to-atlanta-659495.html
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Metro Atlanta/State News
October 5, 2010
Mayor Kasim Reed on Monday visited the Atlanta City Council to ask members to become better educated about a referendum slated for 2012 that would allow the region's residents to tax themselves for transportation improvements.
Reed said he was invited to the chamber to talk about House Bill 277, which passed earlier this year to set up the referendum. He argued that its passage would be an economic stimulus for the city, which he said has lost many as 88,000 jobs and is struggling to find work for the middle class.
"It's our own economic stimulus," Reed said.
To read full article please tap on link: http://www.ajc.com/news/reed-appeals-to-atlanta-659495.html
© 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Some Good News
Rome News-Tribune
October 5, 2010
CAVE SPRING has been on something of a roll lately. The groundbreaking Thursday for the new $10 million, 52-bed Cave Spring Rehabilitation Center, part of a 2008 state bond issue for infrastructure improvements, will be but the latest.
Just the past couple of years has seen — and we’re probably overlooking something — the opening of the SPLOST-funded community center, of the new gymnasium at the Georgia School for the Deaf, the appearance of the Cave Spring Welcome Center and Museum, a Presidential Citizens Medal being awarded to Kimberly McGuiness, chairwoman of GSD’s School Council, lots of new business activity in the postage-stamp downtown ... even the discovery of what appears to be a Cherokee era two-story log cabin and potential tourist magnet.
The sleepy little (population 1,000) city with the long history sure seems to be rousing from what most Floyd Countians seemed to consider Rip Van Winkle status.
To read full story please tap on link: http://www.rn-t.com/view/full_story/9757235/article-Some-good-news?
content copyright © 2010 RN-T.com.
October 5, 2010
CAVE SPRING has been on something of a roll lately. The groundbreaking Thursday for the new $10 million, 52-bed Cave Spring Rehabilitation Center, part of a 2008 state bond issue for infrastructure improvements, will be but the latest.
Just the past couple of years has seen — and we’re probably overlooking something — the opening of the SPLOST-funded community center, of the new gymnasium at the Georgia School for the Deaf, the appearance of the Cave Spring Welcome Center and Museum, a Presidential Citizens Medal being awarded to Kimberly McGuiness, chairwoman of GSD’s School Council, lots of new business activity in the postage-stamp downtown ... even the discovery of what appears to be a Cherokee era two-story log cabin and potential tourist magnet.
The sleepy little (population 1,000) city with the long history sure seems to be rousing from what most Floyd Countians seemed to consider Rip Van Winkle status.
To read full story please tap on link: http://www.rn-t.com/view/full_story/9757235/article-Some-good-news?
content copyright © 2010 RN-T.com.
MARTA To Get $19.7 Million In Federal Grants
By Ariel Hart
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta News
October 4, 2010
MARTA will receive $19.7 million in federal grants, to help upgrade parts of its bus system that are deteriorating, according to the Federal Transit Administration.
As part of $776 million nationwide in federal grants announced Monday to help bring bus systems back into a state of good repair, MARTA was awarded $18.3 million to replace its Brady Mobility Facility. That's where MARTA operates and maintains its paratransit fleet, buses to carry passengers with disabilities.
The Brady paratransit facility was built in 1974 and hasn't had a significant renovation since then, according to the FTA. MARTA's Mobility service carried passengers on 508,000 trips over the last fiscal year, according to MARTA spokesman Lyle Harris, and it expects a 13 percent increase in demand for paratransit this year.
To see full article please tap on link: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/marta-to-get-19-658807.html
© 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta News
October 4, 2010
MARTA will receive $19.7 million in federal grants, to help upgrade parts of its bus system that are deteriorating, according to the Federal Transit Administration.
As part of $776 million nationwide in federal grants announced Monday to help bring bus systems back into a state of good repair, MARTA was awarded $18.3 million to replace its Brady Mobility Facility. That's where MARTA operates and maintains its paratransit fleet, buses to carry passengers with disabilities.
The Brady paratransit facility was built in 1974 and hasn't had a significant renovation since then, according to the FTA. MARTA's Mobility service carried passengers on 508,000 trips over the last fiscal year, according to MARTA spokesman Lyle Harris, and it expects a 13 percent increase in demand for paratransit this year.
To see full article please tap on link: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/marta-to-get-19-658807.html
© 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Friday, October 01, 2010
EARLY & ADVANCE VOTING LOCATIONS IN FULTON COUNTY
EARLY & ADVANCE VOTING LOCATIONS
Locations, Addresses, Dates, Operating Hours for Fulton County are listed below:
Fulton County Govt. Center
141 Pryor St., SW
Suite 4064
Atlanta, GA 30303
September 20, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
South Fulton Annex
5600 Stonewall Tell Road
Room 108
College Park, GA 30349
September 20, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
North Fulton Annex
7741 Roswell Road, NE
Suite 224
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
September 20, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Ocee Branch Library
5090 Abbotts Bridge Road
Johns Creek, GA 30005
October 18, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Roswell Branch Library
115 Norcross Street
Roswell, GA 30075
October 18, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Adamsville Recreation Center
3201 Martin Luther King Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30311
October 18, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Note:
Saturday Voting will occur at the Government Center and Annexes Only on October 16.
Family Voting Day is Saturday, October 23, 2010 and all locations will be open.
SOURCE: http://www.fultoncountyga.gov/images/stories/Elections_2/Early_and_Advance_Locations.pdf
Locations, Addresses, Dates, Operating Hours for Fulton County are listed below:
Fulton County Govt. Center
141 Pryor St., SW
Suite 4064
Atlanta, GA 30303
September 20, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
South Fulton Annex
5600 Stonewall Tell Road
Room 108
College Park, GA 30349
September 20, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
North Fulton Annex
7741 Roswell Road, NE
Suite 224
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
September 20, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Ocee Branch Library
5090 Abbotts Bridge Road
Johns Creek, GA 30005
October 18, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Roswell Branch Library
115 Norcross Street
Roswell, GA 30075
October 18, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Adamsville Recreation Center
3201 Martin Luther King Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30311
October 18, 2010 – October 29, 2010
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Note:
Saturday Voting will occur at the Government Center and Annexes Only on October 16.
Family Voting Day is Saturday, October 23, 2010 and all locations will be open.
SOURCE: http://www.fultoncountyga.gov/images/stories/Elections_2/Early_and_Advance_Locations.pdf
General Election Early/Advance Voting in DeKalb County
ABSENTEE POLL NOW OPEN
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Daily
Monday-Friday, PLUS Saturdays, October 16 & 23
Memorial Drive – Main Office ONLY
ADVANCE VOTING (Extended Hours & Additional Locations)
October 25-29, 2010
Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM
MAIN OFFICE
Memorial Drive Complex (Across Street from the Jail)
4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300, Decatur, GA 30032
DECATUR
Clark Harrison Center
330 West Ponce deLeon Avenue, Room A
Decatur, GA 30030
NORTHLAKE
DeKalb County Fire Headquarters
Training Conference Room
1950 West Exchange Place, Tucker, GA 30084
NORTH DEKALB
Chamblee Civic Center
3540 Broad Street, Chamblee, GA 30341
SOUTH DEKALB
Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center
3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur, GA 30034
LAST DAY TO VOTE EARLY IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29
(Please Note — There will be NO satellite locations for the Runoff Election
The only Advance Voting Location for the Runoff will be
4380 Memorial Drive, Decatur, GA)
General Election Early/Advance Voting
Source: http://web.co.dekalb.ga.us/voter/pdf/ADVANCEVOTINGFLAGFLYER2010.pdf
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Daily
Monday-Friday, PLUS Saturdays, October 16 & 23
Memorial Drive – Main Office ONLY
ADVANCE VOTING (Extended Hours & Additional Locations)
October 25-29, 2010
Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM
MAIN OFFICE
Memorial Drive Complex (Across Street from the Jail)
4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300, Decatur, GA 30032
DECATUR
Clark Harrison Center
330 West Ponce deLeon Avenue, Room A
Decatur, GA 30030
NORTHLAKE
DeKalb County Fire Headquarters
Training Conference Room
1950 West Exchange Place, Tucker, GA 30084
NORTH DEKALB
Chamblee Civic Center
3540 Broad Street, Chamblee, GA 30341
SOUTH DEKALB
Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center
3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur, GA 30034
LAST DAY TO VOTE EARLY IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29
(Please Note — There will be NO satellite locations for the Runoff Election
The only Advance Voting Location for the Runoff will be
4380 Memorial Drive, Decatur, GA)
General Election Early/Advance Voting
Source: http://web.co.dekalb.ga.us/voter/pdf/ADVANCEVOTINGFLAGFLYER2010.pdf
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