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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Updated with video; Twelve Dougherty County Schools will welcome new principals to their buildings in August after the Dougherty County School Board voted on reappointments Monday evening

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Updated with video; Dougherty County school board members will soon vote on whether or not to restructure the school system's transportation department.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Updated with video; The Georgia Charter Schools Association held a community meeting this morning to discuss possibly bringing a charter school to Albany/Dougherty County.

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

Monday, April 29, 2013  Thursday night was the fourth of several meetings taking place throughout the next month regarding the Dougherty County school closings.

Monday, April 08, 2013  The Dougherty County School Board received an evaluation of both Monroe High and Dougherty Comprehensive High School’s math departments during their meeting on Monday night, and although they called the presentation brutally honest, they also say it was needed.

Monday, April 01, 2013  The Georgia Deaprtment of Education has created the Farm to School initiative about three years ago, but now, more organizations are coming together to navigate school nutrition and support local farmers.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Updated with video; In Wednesday’s Dougherty County School Board meeting, the board voted unanimously to approve payments of $60,000 a month to the Water Gas and Light Commission.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  After finding out students in Tift County were trying to rig the survey of whether or not to implement school uniforms, the committee assigned to carrying out the survey has decided to open up a second, more accurate questionnaire to get the public's opinion on the issue.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  The Dougherty County School board has voted 5-2 to close three schools.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the possibility of fraud concerning money that’s missing from the Calhoun County Elementary School.

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  With 1/3 of the cameras on the Dougherty County School System's buses not working, the school board unanimously voted to upgrade 40 of their fleet with working DVR’s during Monday evening’s board meeting. They say the $67,600 purchase is necessary for stopping incidents on the bus.

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.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Updated with video; Tift County Public Schools are currently under a system-wide bomb threat.