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High school students get flight simulator training in Fayette County Fayette County Schools launches aviation classroom School officials say the new program will provide students with hands on experience that they can use to get their pilots license. FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. - The Fayette County school system said it has launched a new aviation program that will help address a predicted pilot shortage in the coming years. Education officials and community leaders cut the ribbon on the new classroom ...

McIntosh clocks in at #420 in the nation, #15 in Georgia —  U.S. News and World Report has ranked all five of Fayette County’s high schools in the top 22 […]

The Citizen your username your email Password recovery Local student journalists continue racking up the accolades for their work. Recently, a total of nine journalists earned 12 honors at the Georgia Scholastic Press Association Spring Awards. The Prowler, the online newspaper of Starr’s Mill High, was represented by five student-journalists in multiple categories. Daniel Stackhouse won an All-Georgia Award for Caption Writing, a Superior Award for COVID-19 Coverage, and a Superior Awa...

Starr’s Mill High’s Felipe Schwantes is a student who rises above any challenge. Schwantes is Fayette County’s 2021 Exemplary ESOL Student, and he nominated Valerie Hughey to receive the Exemplary […]

The Citizen your username your email Password recovery When the horses sped around the track at the Kentucky Derby on May 1, there was one local person with a particular rooting interest. Starr’s Mill High alum Eric Armagost is a part owner of Hot Rod Charlie, a 3-year-old colt that competed in the prestigious horse race. Armagost was a part of Starr’s Mill’s Class of 2011 and a key fixture on the 2010 state football runner-up team. After earning All-State honors for the Panth...

What are the Top 20 high schools in South Carolina? WLTX © Provided by WLTX-TV Columbia U.S. News has published its most recent rankings of public high schools throughout the United States.  Its a total of 17,857 school state-by-state. How did they do it? The magazine  compared schools using standardized test scores to access math and reading proficiency. According to U.S. News, the organizations top ranked schools have a high rate of student who scored above expectations in...

What are the Top 20 high schools in South Carolina? US News ranked the best high schools in each state. Six Midlands schools made the top twenty in South Carolina Author: WLTX Updated: 1:26 PM EDT April 29, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. — U.S. News has published its most recent rankings of public high schools throughout the United States.  Its a total of 17,857 school state-by-state. How did they do it? The magazine  compared schools using standardized test scores to a...

The Citizen your username your email Password recovery Will fill top spots at Booth Middle, Whitewater Middle, Minter Elementary, Oak Grove Elementary and Inman Elementary; Lane retires at McIntosh High —  Six new principals will take the helm when schools open for the 2021-2022 school year. Five of them have been hired by the Fayette County Board of Education following an extensive search, and they are excited about meeting their new school communities. Stacie Coppola Stacie Coppola, for...

The Citizen your username your email Password recovery Fayette middle schools proved to be the relative hot spots for the Covid-19 infection last week with 7 new student cases and one new staff case reported in 4 of the 5 middle schools, afor a case total of 8, according to the system’s weekly report. Whitewater Middle was Covid-free last week. Burch and Huddleston elementary schools reported 1 student case each, and Oak Grove had one employee case, for a total of 3. The other 11 elementar...

The Citizen your username your email Password recovery When a tornado ripped through Coweta County in late March, the storm left a trail of devastation in its wake. The road to recovery will be a long one, and schools around Fayette County are stepping up in a variety of ways to help their neighbors in need. It hit especially close to home for a couple of Fayette schools. Rising Starr Middle band director Brandon Respress and his wife Katherine, a math teacher at Sandy Creek, and their two c...