Cassidy Alexander
Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Covering education for @ajc. Bio under construction; expect delays.
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5 days ago |
ajc.com | Cassidy Alexander
A group of parents sat at a Starbucks in Barrow County and had another debate about guns. “I don’t believe in almost any gun laws,” said parent William Philp, who moved to Georgia from Massachusetts with his kids largely because of the lax gun restrictions here. “If they had stricter gun laws though … then you probably wouldn’t have to protect yourselves,” argued Tinya Brown.
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6 days ago |
ajc.com | Cassidy Alexander
The Georgia Student Finance Commission has received nearly 12,000 applications for a new voucher scholarship program that gives money to students who are zoned to attend low-performing public schools, a spokesperson for the commission said. Of those, about 7,300 are eligible for the scholarship, according to the preliminary numbers. Applications for the program opened last month.
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2 weeks ago |
americanmilitarynews.com | Cassidy Alexander
Some lawmakers who voted in favor of banning cellphones in Georgia public schools for students in grades K-8 said they felt like the legislation would make schools safer. “This is indeed … the first and only school safety bill, true school safety bill, that we’ve heard this year,” said Sen. Jason Esteves, D-Atlanta, before voting in favor of the ban last week. But the families of students who were at Apalachee High School on Sept.
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2 weeks ago |
ajc.com | Cassidy Alexander
Spring break is here for many Georgia families — and with it comes the extra traffic from people going places they don’t normally go. The weeklong reprieve from school is most popular time to travel for Georgians, according to data collected by AAA. It tops Memorial Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The break for most metro Atlanta school systems is next Monday-Friday, though spring break for colleges or other schools can be any time in the end of March or beginning of April.
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3 weeks ago |
gazettextra.com | Cassidy Alexander
By Cassidy Alexander - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) ATLANTA - Some lawmakers who voted in favor of banning cellphones in Georgia public schools for students in grades K-8 said they felt like the legislation would make schools safer. "This is indeed ... the first and only school safety bill, true school safety bill, that we've heard this year," said Sen. Jason Esteves, D-Atlanta, before voting in favor of the ban last week. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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RT @rmest0: ✨personal news✨ Some of you (or maybe just my parents?) have noticed seeing fewer of my stories in The Daily Progress lately.…
Druid Hills High, one of the oldest schools in DeKalb County, has long been slated for renovations. But rising construction costs and challenges to building at the site mean DeKalb has to pump the brakes on the needed upgrades at the school. Now what? https://t.co/dKyA4f9F4W
Metal detectors are rare in U.S. schools. As one expert put it: "The whole idea of weapon detection is really too late. Prevention has to start before there’s a gun in the school.” https://t.co/DUdjKgpXMD