The Georgia Department of Education approved Coweta's request to close its schools on Nov. 4 at its monthly meeting on Thursday. The local school administration requested the school closings because of the anticipated high voter turnout expected this presidential election year. Eight of Coweta's 28 precinct locations are at school facilities.

Miller, a 2008 graduate of Newnan's The Heritage School, is pursuing a degree in aviation business administration. He is the son of Daniel and Michelle Miller.

CIS is a nonprofit organization that works in partnership with area schools to help youngsters succeed in school. It typically holds mentor orientation sessions twice a month at the Central Educational Center at 160 Martin Luther King Drive in Newnan. Its next hour-long session is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Oct. 22 in Room 102.

Evans Middle, Welch Elementary, Smokey Road Middle, Madras Middle, Lee Middle and White Oak Elementary made AYP after a large number of students attended summer school classes, retested and passed the math and reading Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) given in mid-June.

Last month the school in west Newnan adopted an Army platoon currently deployed in Afghanistan, and they are now part of the daily lives of 26 combat medics currently serving in a northeastern province of Afghanistan.

Born and raised in Atlanta, the University of West Georgia senior now lives in Newnan with her husband, her 15-year-old son and a 7-year-old niece.

The Coweta County school teacher stared at the clock and then walked over to a small group of 10- and 11-year-olds giggling in the corner. They had about five minutes to rehearse. She cued them to take positions.

Coweta students Jeremy Holbrook, and Kimberly Chambers were named to the dean's merit list following the summer semester at Gordon College. To achieve this honor, Holbrook and Chambers maintained 10 or 11 semester hours and earned a grade point average of at least 3.50.

The affidavits must be completed and filed with schools by Dec. 18 in order for students to remain enrolled in their school. Letters informing parents and guardians of the requirement were sent to all student households on Sept. 11.

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The Open House and Probe Fair are scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Nora Ann Wood, CEC counselor, said "over 50 colleges and schools" will have representatives at the Probe Fair. "It is recommended that all juniors and seniors attend."

Glanton had been a teacher, coach and principal in Coweta for 35 years, mostly in Grantville, before he retired in 1972.

The four-year-old Grantville Elementary School on U.S. 29 was rededicated as Glanton Elementary School in a celebration that featured speakers from Grantville and the Coweta Board of Education, family members and long-time friends.

Newnan High School is celebrating Homecoming 2008 this week. The theme this year -- shown on the official Homecoming T-shirt -- is "Cougars Always Have It Their Way."

"If you don't want to get another tax bill in March or April, you better get a hold of your legislator and tell them to do something about it," school board member Harry Mullins warned homeowners last Tuesday.

Coweta students scored an average of 1515 on the college entrance exam, which was higher than the national (1511) and state (1466) SAT averages. The average improved from 1504 last year.

"They're just cool," the fourth-grader at Glanton Elementary School in Grantville said of the popular children's novels by John Erickson. Buchanan and his fellow students at Glanton have gotten busy collecting empty aluminum soda cans and bringing them to school.

Jones recently completed the intensive 18-24 month program that was designed to support technical college vice presidents of economic development programs and state-level personnel of TCSG whose job responsibilities support business and industry training and Georgia's economic development.

Sheldon Parham of Bremen won the white 2003 Nissan Sentra at the Sept. 5 afternoon drawing. His wife is a nursing student in the registered nurse program at West Central's Murphy campus in Waco. The car give-away and other events were all held in Carrollton, and winners had to be present to win.

The term is an anachronism now, but in the days before radio and television, bright young women studied and practiced so that they could speak with emotion and power -- often sharing poetry or pieces from classical literature.

Three of the 12 state awards went to people and organizations from Coweta County. The DSAs are the most prestigious awards given by Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA). Nominations are open to those who have made the most distinguished contributions to a county, area or state program. The CCSO board of directors nominated all three winners.

Catherine Waczkowski, assistant principal at Poplar Road Elementary School, and Debbie Stuckey, director of the Georgia Youth Science and Technology Center at Shenandoah, are coordinating this year's fund drive. "Our first annual Coin Drive last year was quite a success," Waczkowski said.

This time the redistricting will be for the new Brooks Elementary School, under construction at the corner of Jim Starr and Tommy Lee Cook Road in north Coweta and slated to open next fall.

The school board meets second Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the system headquarters, 137 Jackson St. north of Sprayberry Road.