In a firm statement received from the Board of Education (BOE), the five-year charter renewal application has been signed, sealed, and delivered and is in the hands of Lake Oconee Academy (LOA).

The Greene County School System (GCSS) has named six 8th grade students to this year’s class of REACH Georgia Scholarship recipients. India Armstrong, Kaden Ferrell, Sydney Ford, Carmen Freeman, and Ja’Mia Gresham from Anita White Carson Middle School and Marcus Rhodes from Lake Oconee Academy make up the Greene County School System’s seventh class of REACH scholars since the school system joined the program in 2017.

Greene County Schools recently received awards for Lake Oconee Academy (LOA) and Greene County Primary School (GCPS). LOA was given a gold honor roll distinction in advanced placement (AP) programs at the school.

In a joint effort by the Greene County School System and Greensboro Police Department to improve campus safety by enforcing school zone speed limits, Greensboro will begin issuing warnings for the new school zone speed cameras on Oct. 30.

The Greene County School System has announced its 2023-2024 Teachers of the Year. First-grade teacher Cameron Shuler is Greene County Primary School’s Teacher of the Year, sixth grade math teacher Ashley Bridges is Anita White Carson Middle School’s Teacher of the Year, and Greene College & Career Academy Early Childhood Education pathway instructor Laura Ringer is Teacher of the Year at Greene County High School.

The Greene County School System (GCSS) partnered with Greene County Family Connection Commission (GCFCC) to host a “Back 2 School Bash” last Saturday in the Greene County High School gym.

As Greene County students head back to classes this week, the results of their work last year have been released by the Georgia Department of Education. The Georgia Milestones tests given to students from third grade through high school in 2023 showed some improvements from the previous year but, with few exceptions, still fall below pre-pandemic levels.

What seems to have been a misinterpretation of recommendations by a consulting firm working with the Greene County Board of Education on its strategic plan to achieve charter school status got most of the attention at the most recent meeting, but the five-year program includes an ambitious approach to the future and much more in its 55 pages.

The Greene County School System has added Crystal Parten to the district leadership team as the director of teaching and learning. In this role, she will be primarily responsible for curriculum choice, planning, alignment, and implementation, all of which are crucial to a school district’s essential function of teaching and learning.

Over the past couple years, Greene County athletics have seen an uptick in production, and Derrick Williams played a big role in that. Williams has been the girls’ basketball head coach for the past two seasons and was promoted to athletic director by Greene’s principal Eddie Hood at the beginning of this school year.