Education News

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Cooper appointed to State Advisory Council

Habersham County School Superintendent Matthew Cooper has been appointed to serve on Georgia's newly formed Superintendent's Advisory Council. Cooper is one of 19 chosen for...

School System Ends Fiscal Year in the Black

The Habersham County School System ended the fiscal year more than $1.6 million in the black. Chief Financial Officer Staci Newsome delivered her "in the black"...

Board of Education Powers on Through Power Outage

The storm that swept through Clarkesville on Monday left the Habersham County Board of Education in the dark. Literally. the power went out at...

New School Year Begins: First Day Photos

The 2015-2016 school year is now officially underway. Some 7,000 public school students in Habersham made their way to the classroom on Friday -...

First day of school a success

Habersham County Schools' Superintendent Matthew Cooper reported of the first day of the new school year that "we had our best first day of...

White County Starts New School Year

(Cleveland)- White County public schools students returned to the classroom Thursday. There has been a lot of work going on recently to get ready...

School board readies for Aug. 7 student start

Monday morning, Habersham's Board of Education held a special called meeting , with a vote to accept new personnel - to be ready for...

Clinical Lab and Pharm Tech students pinned at NGTC

Pharmacy Technology Graduates (L-R) Back: Kristy Howard, Leah Worley, Phyllis Tutt, and Instructor Christy Bivins; Seated: Makayla Stewart and Briana Gore. (Photo/NGTC) Achieving a professional...

School board officially sets its 2016 millage rate

Habersham's Board of Education officially adopted its millage rate for the fiscal year 2016 on Monday morning. The Board's official fiscal year begins July 1...

Board of Education approves personnel

On Monday morning, in the meeting of the Habersham County Board of Education, Board members voted unanimously in favor of the following: Approved Personnel, 2015-2016: Cornelia Elementary Ansley...

School system has 16 position vacancies

Dr. Robert Barron, Chairman of Habersham's Board of Education, says he fully expects to have all school system position vacancies filled by the start...

Arrendale Prison hosts first ever charter high school graduation

In a special ceremony Thursday at Lee Arrendale State Prison, 19 young women received their high school diplomas after completing a special program through...