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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
Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful Education Committee Chair Janice Habersham reads to second graders at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School.

Young students targeted in Macon-Bibb’s renewed anti-litter education campaign

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 21, 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.

University system extends waiver of test requirements

Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News
April 21, 2023
The cafeteria at Bibb County's Rutland High school in 2017.

By Ambria Burton, GPB News
April 4, 2023
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 Commission's 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
The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission welcomed The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission welcomed aboard Commissioner Wykesia Stafford, second from right, at their Feb. 27 meeting. Stafford replaces Bryan Scott, who moved out of the county.

P&Z: Neighbors protest cows; Mercer’s dyslexia school; east Macon subdivision changes and ‘Glamping’ in east Bibb

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 1, 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
Bibb County School Board elected Juawn Jackson as its president for 2023. Jackson was elected to the board in 2020 and represents the county's west side.

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

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 20, 2023
The Mentors Project of Bibb County's Executive Director June O'Neal takes blankets to a family of 8 living in a south Macon motel room in late 2022. O'Neal says her program needs new mentors to fulfill its core goals.

More mentors needed in Bibb County where ‘the streets call the children all the time’

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 10, 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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