barrow county
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Athens-Clarke County
Barrow Amphitheater Update, Concerns from Work Session
ATHENS, Ga.–At the Barrow Schools work session questions were raised after Assistant Superintendent of System Operations, Joe Perno, gave his committee report on the progress of the amphitheater. Most of the board is ready to go and approve the project, but they want to wait for confirmation from acoustical engineer to…
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Barrow County
Barrow County Schools Provide Update on STEAM Program
At Tuesday’s Barrow Schools work session, Lee Bane from the Barrow STEAM program explained to the board some of new the interactive learning in the classroom. Some of these guest lectures have taken the kids (virtually) to places like the zoo and WBSTV’s new broadcast studio. Other guest lectures include…
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Athens-Clarke County
AP Computer Science Coming to Barrow High Schools
ATHENS, Ga.–Barrow County Schools announced at the work session Tuesday night that they will be adding AP Computer Science to their high school curriculum. The class will be offered as a one semester class and will give the students an opportunity to take the Advanced Placement test and receive college…
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Barrow County
Barrow County Schools Hit With Cyber Attack
Barrow County Schools internet was hit with a similar cyber to attack to the one the University of Georgia experienced. Network Manager, John St. Clair, explained they were hit by a Denial of Service Attack Tuesday morning. This means it was not a virus, but a flood of traffic to their system, causing the system to…
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Athens-Clarke County
Five Things to Watch Wednesday
Athens Crime According to Athens Clarke County Police, shots were fired last night in the Bethel Homes area behind the downtown district. Police are still looking for the person responsible today. No one was shot in the incident. We’ll have updates about this case to come. SGA Elections It is the…
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Athens-Clarke County
Amphitheater Discussions Will Continue Barrow BOE Work Session
ATHENS, Ga. — The Barrow County Board of Education and the Barrow County Board of Commissioners will continue their discussion about plans to build an amphitheater on the Sims Academy Campus on Austin Road. “We feel it could meet an unmet need,” said Assistant Superintendent System Operations, Joe Perno who acknowledged it would…
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Barrow County
New Cultural Arts Venue Coming to Barrow County
BARROW– The Barrow County School System and Board of Commissioners are coming together to build a new cultural arts venue for citizens. The center will be located at the Sims Academy of Innovation and Technology campus in Barrow County. Based on the current plans, the amphitheater feature a five-tiered lawn with…
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Barrow County Board of Education Keeps School Start Times
This week, Barrow County Board of Education met and voted on changing the start times for elementary, middle and high schools. In a 5-4 decision, the board decided to keep their current start time schedule. This decision was highly debated in last week’s work session. Currently high schools in Barrow…
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Athens-Clarke County
Commission Approves Phase 2 of Epps Bridge Mall
ATHENS, Ga. — The Oconee County Commission approved phase two of the Epps Bridge Shopping Center yesterday. Now, you will see almost double the number of stores that you already shop at. Development officials claimed that the approval of phase two is directly related to Oconee County’s economic success. Oconee…
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Athens-Clarke County
Barrow County Elementary School Celebrates Dr. Seuss’s 112th Birthday
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82ZDKIKcJZM] Athens– Barrow County Elementary School may not be in Katroo, but every day on the day that Dr. Seuss was born, the students start the day right in the bright early morn. Today would have been Dr. Seuss’s 112th birthday and at Barrow County Elementary School, students, teachers, parents,…