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A handful of Bibb County public school students boarded a bus at InTown Suites on Eisenhower Parkway early one dewy morning in August.

Number of homeless students in Georgia grows while funding to support them shrinks

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 12, 2024
Bibb County Schools Superintendent Dan Sims delivers a presentation to the community in June 2022.

Bibb County school board approves property tax increase

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 11, 2024
Superintendent Dan Sims attended an assembly at Hartley Elementary before the school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.

Bibb County school board set to approve property tax increase

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 20, 2024
Bibb County Schools CFO Eric Bush

Bibb education board denies proposed charter school, mulls property tax options

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 16, 2024
Bibb County school board members are set to decide the fate of Infinity Academy, a charter school that proposes to open downtown next fall, at the school board meeting in August 2024.

Allegations of fraud by proposed charter school are ‘deeply concerning,’ Bibb County school board members say

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 1, 2024
In a video posted online the day after Gail Fowler was fired as superintendent of Cirrus Academy, Fowler thanked parents and staff.

Cirrus Academy ousts head of school

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
July 19, 2024
Bibb County Superintendent Dan Sims at the school board meeting July 18, 2024.

Bibb Schools considers plan for school closures, new charter school

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
July 19, 2024
Christabelle Kubuye has a conversation with an AI. She uses what sheÕs learned so far at camp to prompt it effectively.

A Macon day camp introduces kids to the ethics of AI

Taleen Hanna, Georgia Public Broadcasting
July 2, 2024
Classmates watch as Mercer University student Grace Gasaway fits a functional near-infrared spectroscopy cap onto student Parth Patel's head. Unlike the stillness required for an MRI machine, researchers can map brain activity using fNIRS while participants are moving around, making it ideal to use on young kids.

Scientists have cutting edge technology to scan kids’ brains. But it wasn’t built for all heads

Sofi Gratas, Georgia Public Broadcasting
July 1, 2024

‘Bibb has been going backwards.’ State chides superintendent on school performance

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 13, 2024
The Bibb County Board of Education met June 11, 2024, for a special called meeting and for its first public hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget. No one signed up to speak during the hearing.

Bibb County school board may hire a consultant to study potential school closures

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 12, 2024
Gov. Brian Kemp signed off on the 2025 budget at a signing ceremony. Later that day, he vetoed a dozen bills.

‘Not a clear picture.’ Middle Georgia school districts prepare for voucher impact

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 21, 2024
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