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Number of Muscogee County teachers expected to be laid off reduced to nine

Last month, Muscogee County School District officials warned as many as 40 teachers would be laid off to help balance the budget amid state cuts.

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Hardaway High's comedic valedictorian wants to make people laugh

This comedian is a valedictorian. Or this valedictorian is a comedian.
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Michael Forte new principal at Rothschild Middle School, moving from closed Marshall Middle School

Michael Forte will be the new principal at Rothschild Middle School, he told the faculty in an email this week.
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Uptown pays tab for teachers to raft whitewater course

Hardaway High School environmental science teacher Brenda Howell gushed like the rapids she just rafted through as she discussed how Whitewater Columbus can be an educational experience for her students.
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Free summer meals for kids at some Muscogee County schools

The Muscogee County Summer Feeding Program started Tuesday at 22 public schools.
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Performance, not seniority, top criterion for teacher layoffs in Muscogee County

Performance, not seniority, should be the top criterion to determine which teachers are laid off as part of the Muscogee County School District’s budget cuts, the administration recommended during Monday night’s called school board meeting.
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Supporters bid farewell to Edgewood, Marshall

This wasn't about the cold numbers of a budget deficit anymore. As the last day of classes in the history of Edgewood Elementary and Marshall Middle schools unfolded Friday, the folks affected by the closings focused on the warm relationships they forged and the success they achieved in those buildings...
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Closing ceremony set for Edgewood Elementary School

Edgewood Elementary School invites the public, especially its former students and staff, to attend the school's closing ceremony Friday at 1:30 p.m.
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Success despite obstacles: Five high school seniors who overcame struggles to achieve their goals

Suffering with an alcoholic father.
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Northside High School honors special-education student with memorial bench, garden

"I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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Top award for Muscogee County middle school student announced

Veterans Memorial Middle School eighth-grader Cameron Chandler is the 2013 winner of the T. Hiram Stanley Award, considered the most prestigious honor a Muscogee County School District middle school student can receive.