The Coweta County School System began the new school year with an increase in student enrollment. While not a matter of significant importance in previous years when the local and state economies were booming, any increase in enrollment today shows that the lingering recession is not as problematic to Coweta as it is to some of its neighbors.

Coweta schools at the end of the 2011-2012 school year had an enrollment of 22,498 students. That number in August at the beginning of the current school year had increased to 22,700, representing the addition of just over 200 students. Read More»

There was plenty to cheer about Friday at McIntosh. The Chiefs improved to 3-0, their best start in recent memory, and the school celebrated with a “Pink Out” to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Last week, fall sports teams were allowed to raise money and wear pink for the foundation whose mission is to save lives through early detection. For more on the Chiefs’ win and this Friday’s game, see the story on Page D1 in this week's The Citizen. Second photo: McIntosh Chiefs students cheer on the winners. Photos/Maddie Mercer.

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Sandy Creek hosted East Coweta in their first home game of the season and, despite the score, most would agree it could have gone better.

"It was about as ugly as it could get," Sandy Creek head coach Chip Walker said. "We're happy with the win, but we have a lot of things to work on and many of them were pointed out tonight." Read More»

Nearly two weeks after The Citizen’s first request — and after three subsequent requests — the Fayette County School System so far has not released the school affiliations of the 26 parents chosen to be a part of the new 42-member Redistricting Committee.

“The parents would rather not be identified by school since they see themselves as representing the entire district, not just their particular school,” Public Relations Officer Melinda Berry-Dreisbach wrote Sept. 5 in a reply to The Citizen’s second request. Read More»