Michael Geist Defends Reputation

The Cherokee County Board of Education member said he needed to respond to accusations made last month by Board Chair Mike Chapman.

Michael Geist Defends Reputation

The Cherokee County Board of Education member said he needed to respond to accusations made last month by Board Chair Mike Chapman.

Despite not wanting to make waves during Cherokee County Board of Education Chairman Mike Chapman's last meeting, fellow board member Michael Geist said on Thursday night that he had to defend his reputation from comments Chapman made at the board's meeting in November. Geist said that Chapman accused Geist of trying to sway opinons and bully people at a meeting held regarding Cherokee Charter Academy.  "I made it clear at the start of this meeting that I was attending as nothing more than a CCA parent," Geist said. However, two days letter, a letter was sent to the Cherokee County School District stating that Geist had said he was attending as mediator and asked for the names of CCSD employees in attendance, allegations that Geist denies…

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Petruzielo: Add Fifth-Grade Levels At Three Schools

The school board will consider approving the recommendations next month.

Fifth-grade classes should be added to Bascomb, Boston and Oak Grove Elementary Schools. That's the recommendation voiced by Cherokee County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Petruzielo to the Cherokee County School Board on Thursday. The superintendent announced the recommendation during the public input hearing the board held for parents to give feed back on the district's annual boundary reconfiguration process.  Adding a fifth-grade class at the three elementary schools would mean rising fourth-grade students would complete their elementary school careers at their respective schools. They would then move onto sixth grade at E.T. Booth Middle School. Clark Creek Elementary, which also feeds into Booth, opened this year with a fifth-…

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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 ›

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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School Boundary Meetings Start Tonight

CCSD will address parents of students who attend schools that feed into Booth Middle.

The first of several meetings to review the boundaries of schools affected by the opening of the replacement E.T. Booth Middle School will kick off tonight.  Planning officials with the Cherokee County School District will meet with parents of students attending Chapman Intermediate and E.T. Booth Middle schools tonight at 7 p.m. at Etowah High School's auditorium. The new Booth facility is slated to open in August. District staff members will meet tomorrow with the parents of Bascomb Elementary School parents and on Oct. 2 with Boston Elementary School parents. Both meetings will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in each school's cafeteria. A second meeting has been tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 8 for Chapman and Booth parents, Oct…

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