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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Updated with video; The Lee County Board of Education met this evening to begin their summer session, and work out logistics for the upcoming school year.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Updated with video; Starting next year all Dougherty County students will be eligible for free lunch as well as free breakfast thanks to a new motion made by the school board during their meeting on Monday night.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School System started a contract a while back with a company called Alternatives United.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  In Wednesday’s Dougherty County School System board meeting, members approved several new positions throughout schools in the county.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  The Ben Hill Board of Education voted on Wednesday night to appoint a new member according to the Fitzgerald Herald Leader.

Monday, May 20, 2013  The Crisp County Board of Education approved the hiring of Russell “Rusty” Sowell as the new high school principal this past week

Friday, May 17, 2013  Updated with video; Terrell County will soon have a new elementary school.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Updated with video; Lee County Board of Education officials have accepted the resignation of an educator who was arrested on drug charges.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Updated with video; The Dougherty County Board of Education building and grounds committee met Tuesday morning to go over their plans for schools that need a construction upgrade.

Monday, May 13, 2013  In order to make the transportation department more efficient, the Dougherty County Board of Education voted to eliminate two district manager positions and restructure how the entire system runs during their meeting on Monday evening

Monday, April 29, 2013  The Lee County Board of Education is considering new graduation requirements, saying technology is having a major impact on education.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  In FOX 31’s Facebook story of the day people wanted to know how the president's budget would affect public health and education in southwest Georgia.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Lee County parents have been standing in line and in some cases, camping out for a chance to register their child for Pre-K program.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Updated with video; In February, the Tift County Board of Education asked a committee for some information to be presented on possibly implementing school uniforms, now the board has to decide whether or not to adopt the new dress code based off of feedback.

Monday, March 11, 2013  It was a night full of updates for the Lee County Board of Education, who met on Monday evening to get an idea of where different projects within the schools stand.