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Published Sunday, January 11, 2009 in Local
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The first position to be filled, which will be posted sometime this month, will be for the principal’s job at the new Brooks Elementary School. The system’s 19th elementary school is scheduled to open by the fall of 2009. (Courtesy Coweta County School System)
New school will bring jobs
The Times-Herald
With Coweta County's unemployment numbers rising 81 percent over last year's figures, Cowetans and others who are out of work are desperate for jobs.
There'll be some job opportunities in a few months as the Coweta County School System starts advertising to fill positions for a new elementary school opening in north Coweta. As the area's largest public employer, the Coweta County School System will be posting those vacancies on its Web site as soon as next month, according to Dean Jackson, Coweta School System spokesman.
The Coweta School System also posts vacancies on www.teachgeorgia.gov, a job and recruitment resource for educators maintained by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.
The first position to be filled, which will be posted sometime this month, will be for the principal's job at the new Brooks Elementary School. The system's 19th elementary school is scheduled to open by the fall of 2009.
"They'll want the principal in place to go through the contracts for the new school," Jackson said.
Marc Guy, human resources director, said current teachers will then be allowed the opportunity to interview with the new principal and be selected for transfer. "The new principal will also select from current applications on file for positions," he said.
While the school system has typically promoted or hired for the top principal jobs within the system, "we're not going to limit ourselves to just within the school system," Jackson said. He added the school system invests a lot of time developing its own talent and many faculty members take advantage of additional leadership training for such opportunities.
The regular hiring season for the school system typically begins in February or March with contracts issued at the end of March. Jackson explained the school system starts its annual process of reviewing and renewing contracts in late winter and early spring, and that's about when all positions for the new school will also be posted online.
"Brooks will have a principal and at least one assistant principal at this point," Guy said. "Some elementary schools with high enrollments do have two assistants. The final number of faculty is determined once student enrollment numbers are complete."
The new school, which will have about 650 students, will need a staff of about the same size of Welch Elementary, Jackson said. Welch, which has about 100 faculty and staff members, was the most recently opened elementary school.
But that doesn't necessarily mean that there will be 100 new administrative and teacher positions at Brooks since the staffs at the other schools impacted by a current redistricting effort will likely shrink, according to Guy.
"At this point, I do not anticipate a large amount of growth this year compared to previous years," he said.
Students are assigned to schools according to which school district they live in, and Brooks Elementary's proposed district lines are currently being considered by a redistricting committee. The new attendance lines will affect students currently attending Arnco-Sargent, Canongate, Northside and Arbor Springs elementaries. Some students from these four overcrowded schools will be reassigned to attend the new school for the 2009-2010 school year.
Positions are funded by the state based on enrollment. With state revenue shortfalls and more education cuts anticipated this year, no school system -- including Coweta's -- is anticipating additional help from the state.
"With recent budget cuts at the state level, funding formulas may change this year," Guy said. "At this point, some things still remain to be determined."
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No Liz, compared to the rest of the country we do not do it right, but we are moving in the right direction.
Posted by Karen at 12:12 PM
Joe, Coweta County schools have been very successful. We don't need vouchers here because we do it right.
Posted by LIz at 7:55 PM
The correct website is teachgeorgia.org, not'.gov'. If only computers had a fact-check key.
Posted by RC at 6:40 PM
Skip, nobody claimed that hiring all the unemployed as government employees was the solution to all macroeconomic ills and the business cycle would immediately give way to a smooth, steady period of eternal, uninterrupted growth; so stop trying to manufacturing a different argument when you know you lost the first one. Mr. Schmoe, you are also completely changing the subject. I already admitted that private schools are usually better. However, stop acting like Coweta Schools are the bottom of the barrel. Go to rural South Georgia or some of our more urban school districts closer to Atlanta and then complain. The article isn't about throwing more money at something that doesn't work. Coweta Schools do work and they are just building another school to keep up with population growth from parents of little tykes choosing to move here and buy houses in the laissez faire free market--not increasing spending per pupil or teacher pay needlessly.
Posted by Ryan at 3:26 PM
That's because Rich people live in BIG houses and pay BIG taxes. It's called initiative. Get some, and you can have a big house, and pay big taxes. And this, is what's wrong with America... Everyone always wants a handout.
Posted by Rich at 2:46 PM
Yeah Another New School Built For The Rich People.. Like White Oak , Arbor Springs .. I Guess Summer Grove , Arbor Springs And Lake Redwine Have All The Important People In Them !
Posted by Flash at 1:45 PM
Yea, but folks you can't keep throwing money at something that is not working. We need to find a solution such as vouchers to let our kids be successful wherever they choose. Isn't doing something over and over again knowing it doesn't work classified as insanity. It's sad that the government school is the biggest employer in the county. We need more white collar jobs. Do what ever it takes to get these business here in Coweta.
Posted by Joe Schmoe at 1:40 PM
I didn't say they arn't needed, If jobs like that were the answer then let the Government hire everyone unemployed, problem solved. My point is , that's not a solution and only helps mask the problem.
Posted by Skip at 10:54 AM
I do not understand why citizens think of paying teachers and educating our students is a loss. You would be shocked to see what our tax money goes to. There are so many children that can not read or do math, and they are in control of the future of this country. We need to invest in great teachers, great schools, to have great individuals for the future. There is an article in TIME magazine that shows students in China, England, Japan and other countries are ahead of our students in reading and math. Our students only outscored children in Iran and Iraq.....WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY!!!!!
Posted by Coweta County Supporter at 10:22 AM
Skip, I think these jobs created using tax dollars are a gain. Every salary paid to anyone in the public or private sector comes from someone else's pocket, whether voluntary willing customers or taxpayers who are compelled to pay. Granted, private schools often do a better job than public ones. Still, are police paid by taxpayers a loss? Are firefighters paid by taxpayers a loss? I think having a somewhat, even if inadequately, educated populace is an economic gain. Having peace of mind that I'm less likely to have my house burn down or be violently assaulted is an economic gain. Skip, if all the public school teachers, police officers, and firefighters in Coweta were suddenly laid off are you telling me that would not cause an economic loss?
Posted by Ryan at 9:52 AM
You will pay one way or the other. WOuldn't you rather have it be for something positive like jobs and education? You are part of a community, like it or not, and this is one of the many ways we need and have to support the community.
Posted by Karen at 9:11 AM
To the person with a degree wanting a job - brush up on your reading skills. The article states the following: The Coweta School System also posts vacancies on www.teachgeorgia.gov, a job and recruitment resource for educators maintained by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.
Posted by EC Mom at 9:06 AM
New to the area. Can anyone advise how/where to apply for jobs at this school? Can substitute with full degree or any other admin. etc.
Posted by Hawk at 8:31 AM
Anyone think jobs created using tax dollars is a gain? Out of my pocket, into yours.
Posted by Skip at 7:23 AM
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Addressing the "Government Schools" comment rich v. poor districts. IMO if you are going to require "Government Schools" for our children's education, then provide the same for all the schools rich or poor. Say in Sparta, GA a very poor community that probably has a basic education system due to the lack of tax dollars just continues the cycle of ignorant, poor, unproductive citizens. I haven't done research, just an observation and I suppose if the gov't ran education straight across the board instead of by demographics then that would be another form of Socialism. Everyone knows that anything to do with Government money is wasted, squandered on projects and contracts as well as lining the pockets of those in charge. It's never going to change. Sparta still looks like a town of yesteryear and will probably never change either..so be it.
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