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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Cherokee School Board To Hold Public Hearing on Boundaries

The board will vote on the proposed 2013-14 school boundaries in December.

The Cherokee County School Board will hear from the public tonight on its annual school boundary reconfiguration process. The board will hold a public hearing input meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the historic Canton High School/School Board Auditorium. It will also hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. in the same location. The Cherokee County School District will open a replacement E.T. Booth Middle School facility in August and district staff met with parents of students who would feed into the facility to discuss the possibility of altering the grade configuration of three elementary schools. A new Booth facility would have capacity of 1,500 and the district would like for the facility to encompass grades sixth through eighth. That would mean …

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Monty Brewster

9:47 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

What about politicians that use millions of taxpayer dollars to pay for personal real estate bungles? Seems like you forgot your disdain as you hopped in their pockets.   more ›

Friday, September 28, 2012

Schools Could Add Fifth-Grade Class

A larger E.T. Booth Middle School would have a sixth- though eighth-grade model.

A larger middle school could translate into three elementary schools in the southwest corner of Cherokee County adding fifth-grade classes. Parents of students who attend Bascomb Elementary School in Towne Lake were presented with this possibility by Cherokee County School District officials during its annual boundary focus group meeting on Tuesday. District staff met with parents of E.T. Booth and Chapman Intermediate on Monday at Etowah High School.  A new Booth facility, with a capacity of 1,500, is slated to open in August and the district would like for the facility to encompass grades sixth through eighth. That would mean rising fourth-grade students Boston, Bascomb and Oak Grove Elementary would attend fifth-grade at their …

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