Greene County Board of Education

The LOA Board of Governors called a meeting Tuesday night to discuss issues raised in the Board of Education’s response to LOA’s charter renewal application. MARK ENGEL/Staff

The LOA Board of Governors called a meeting Tuesday night to discuss issues raised in the Board of Education’s response to LOA’s charter renewal application. MARK ENGEL/Staff

LOA charter renewal faces 66 hurdles

Mark Engel
Thursday, July 20, 2023
At a special public meeting with parents Tuesday night, the Lake Oconee Academy Board of Governors gave the Greene County Board of Education an extension on the deadline for the BOE to decide if LOA should be granted a charter renewal.
Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

BOE responds to document, requests time for due diligence

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, July 20, 2023
In a long evening ending in some grandstanding and concerns about delays, the Greene County Board of Education (BOE) reviewed a document citing requests for changes, modifications and clarifications to the Lake Oconee Academy (LOA) charter renewal proposal.
File Photo/Lake Oconee News

File Photo/Lake Oconee News

GCBOE corrects error in its strategic plan document

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, June 22, 2023
The Greene County Board of Education approved a Strategic Plan designed to help the school system make significant progress over the next five years and made a correction to an error in the document that slipped past reviewers and made it onto the BOE website, causing quite a bit of consternation...
File Photo/Lake Oconee News

File Photo/Lake Oconee News

Greene BOE still allowing public comments

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Reporting on the front page of last week’s issue of the Lake Oconee News led many readers to believe that the Greene County Board of Education is removing the public comment period from future meeting agendas in an effort to entirely end public comment at BOE meetings. That was incorrect.
Michael Tompkins/File Photo

Michael Tompkins/File Photo

New state law might resolve LOA-BOE issues

Mark Engel
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Two of the big issues in the 2020 lawsuit that Lake Oconee Academy filed against the Greene County Board of Education were not resolved with the settlement reached in January.
The Cove at Harbor Club would be built in three phases and eventually have 1,400 homes on land that is currently zoned agricultural.

The Cove at Harbor Club would be built in three phases and eventually have 1,400 homes on land that is currently zoned agricultural.

Greene County approves PUD for 600-acre development

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, February 16, 2023
“Build it and they will come” seems to be the concern of many along the manicured subdivisions of Highway 44 in Greene County.
A courtyard is being designed for the new Greene County Elementary School. It will surround the school building for security. FILE ART

A courtyard is being designed for the new Greene County Elementary School. It will surround the school building for security. FILE ART

BOE approves spending allocation toward new school

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Last week, the Greene County Board of Education voted to approve the first spending allocation toward the new school on Meadow Crest Road in Greensboro city limits thanks to the favorable ESPLOST vote by taxpayers.
The Greene County Board of Education (left) and the Lake Oconee Academy Board of Governors at a special called meeting in October, prior to moving to separate rooms for a three-hour negotiating session on LOA’s lawsuit against the BOE. MAUREEN STRATTON/Staff

The Greene County Board of Education (left) and the Lake Oconee Academy Board of Governors at a special called meeting in October, prior to moving to separate rooms for a three-hour negotiating session on LOA’s lawsuit against the BOE. MAUREEN STRATTON/Staff

LOA, BOE end lawsuit, prepare for new charter

Mark Engel
Thursday, January 26, 2023
The Greene County Board of Education unanimously voted on Jan. 19 to approve a settlement with Lake Oconee Academy that ends the charter school’s 29-month-old lawsuit against the BOE. “We’re really happy,” BOE Chairman Mike Lynch told the Lake Oconee News on Friday. “We got some things.
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