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Heaven Upshaw-Peters, foreground, and the rest of the graduates in the Bibb County Teaching as a Profession program, during their Signing Day ceremony recently.

Bibb County public schools’ graduation rate is the highest in a decade

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 12, 2023
A screenshot from Bibb County School District's new anonymous web portal for tips regarding student safety.

Anonymous Tips Now Accepted by Bibb County School District

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 5, 2023
Bruce Elementary School Principal Kizzie Lott endures one of about 20 dumps of water on her head courtesy of students with good school attendance. It was one of the periodic rewards Lott gives students to incentivize them and their parents to prioritize school attendance.

Bibb schools grapple with spike in chronically absent students

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 21, 2023
Superintendent Dan Sims at a Bibb County Board of Education meeting on Aug. 18. 2023.

Bibb Schools targets truancy in aim to improve academics

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 21, 2023
Bibb County Schools Superintendent Dan Sims, second from left, made no specific recommendations to the board regarding the millage rate.

Bibb school board weighs potential tax increase to avoid looming school closures

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
July 18, 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.

6 things to know as Bibb students return to school

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
July 12, 2023
Chase Kitchen signed a letter of intent to be an intern at Middle Georgia State University through the Project SEARCH program. Chase, center, is pictured with his parents, Charles and Felisha Kitchen, and Bibb County school board member Lisa Garrett.

‘It gives him a start.’ University program helps Bibb graduates with disabilities take the next step

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 22, 2023
Ballard Hudson Middle School students Jalexia Maloy, left, and Jayden Parker, center, collect food during their lunch period in their roles as volunteer workers in the Helping Hands Ending Hunger program.

In Bibb County, there’s a pilot program of students feeding students. It’s looking like a success

By Grant Blankenship, GPB News
April 25, 2023
Burdell-Hunt Elementary School students in 2017. The school is one of 11 Bibb elementary schools to be under-enrolled according to state rules.

Future school closures, tax increase among options weighed by Bibb County school board

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 23, 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
Dan Anthony Sims, the Bibb County Board of Education's sole finalist for superintendent, visits students at a Bibb County Elementary School on Monday, April 25, 2022.

2023 Preview – Part 2: School enrollment, building boom, road safety, delayed response times and Eisenhower improvements

Liz Fabian and Laura Corley
December 27, 2022
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