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Cirrus Academy Superintendent Gail Fowler announces the school met its academic goals for 2021-2022. It is the first time the state charter school met the State Charter School Commissions academic standards since opening in 2016.

Cirrus Academy meets academic goals for the first time in its history

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 30, 2023
The State of Black Georgia report tells a tale of two states

The State of Black Georgia report tells a tale of two states

By Leah Fleming, GPB News
March 20, 2023
Cirrus Academy students work together on an art project.

State charter schools in Bibb County flagged in report

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 17, 2023
Danielle Jones is the McKinney-Vento liaison for the Bibb County School District where she and a small staff work within the limits of the law to provide stability for homeless students.

Housing aid doesn’t always reach homeless youth. Here’s how educators aim to help

Grant Blankenship
February 1, 2023
Bibb County School Board elected Juawn Jackson as its president for 2023. Jackson was elected to the board in 2020 and represents the countys west side.

Bibb Schools’ financial cushion threatened by governor’s proposed budget

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 20, 2023
Chiquita Dinkins teaches a unit on photosynthesis to students at Northeast High School in Macon. Dinkins, who was head cheerleader at Northeast as a student in the 1980s, is one of 18 alumni teachers at the school.

Georgia’s circa 1985 K-12 school funding formula set for a redo

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
January 19, 2023
Macon Water Authority Chairman Sam Hart began an October called meeting by sharing concerns about a report of possible board member misconduct.

2023 Preview – Part 3: MWA probes, school planning, going green, new affordable housing and riverfront development plans

Liz Fabian and Laura Corley
December 28, 2022
The Macon Bicentennial includes a flame to represent the fire Native Americans took with them on the Trail of Tears and the passion burning within current residents to make the community a better place.

2023 Preview – Part 1: Bicentennial kickoff, $25 million loft project, school sensory rooms, downtown parking changes and new MWA leadership

Liz Fabian and Laura Corley
December 26, 2022
Bibb School Superintendents Curtis Jones and Dan Sims

2022 in review: A look back at Bibb County education news

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 23, 2022
Rice Elementary School and Neel Elementary School

Two long-closed Bibb schools could become apartment homes

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 15, 2022

Bibb Schools seeks public input on long-range plan for district

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 23, 2022
The cafeteria at Bibb Countys Rutland High school in 2017.

Bibb Schools enrollment hits five-year high

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 10, 2022
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