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Members of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, the United Way of Central Georgia and community volunteers walk along Watkins Lane while participating in a Walking School Bus audit for Burdell-Hunt Elementary School Tuesday.

East Macon students tread hazardous paths to school. Community wants to change that

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 26, 2024
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
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

‘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
Bibb County school board considers property tax increases for 2025 budget

Bibb County school board considers property tax increases for 2025 budget

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 13, 2024
Ro'maya, 10, takes a break from virtual learning to read a book at the Washington Memorial Public Library.

State unveils plan to boost reading scores at eight Bibb County elementary schools

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 20, 2024
Danielle Jones, Homeless & Foster Care Liaison for the Bibb County School District, was named the 2023 recipient of the Sandra Neese Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was announced in early November at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth's annual conference in New Orleans.

‘I love the work’: Homeless liaison for Bibb public schools receives national recognition

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 28, 2023
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