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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Collins Hill Eagles Soar Over Duluth Wildcats

Eagles snap losing streak with 35-13 win over the Wildcats.

Collins Hill built a 28-0 halftime lead on its way to a 35-13 win over Duluth Friday night at Cecil Morris Field in Duluth. The Eagles moved the ball at will in building the first-half lead. The win ended a three-game losing streak for Collins Hill, which improved to 2-3 overall, 1-1 in Region 7-AAAAA. It was third straight loss for Duluth, which fell to 2-3 overall, 0-2 in the region. The Wildcats were playing without starting quarterback Anfornee Stewart, who was out with an ankle injury.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

GCPS Redistricting Input Forms due April 1

The boundary forms offer the opportunity for feedback.

The deadline is near for anyone wanting to give written input on the proposed redistricting involving the Peachtree Ridge and Duluth school clusters. Boundary input forms are due to the Gwinnett County schools by Friday, April 1, as part of the public input process. Input will be considered by school system planners, and any changes to the current redistricting map will be posted on the GCPS website April 18. A public meeting will be held April 20, and the school board is scheduled to vote on the redistricting April 21. The system currently plans to shift 580 students from the Peachtree Ridge cluster to the Duluth cluster for the 2011-12 school year. An additional 120 students would be moved within the Duluth cluster because of this. …

Jennifer Falk

11:24 am on Monday, April 4, 2011

You are right. Department of Agriculture. Not sure they have too much clout in the overall scheme of things.   more ›

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Duluth To Gain Students From Peachtree Ridge Cluster

Gwinnett school officials planning to shift hundreds for next school year.

Updated at 3:05 pm, Feb. 24, 2011 Gwinnett school officials are working on plans to shift about 500 students from the Peachtree Ridge cluster to the nearby Duluth cluster for the next school year because of disproportionate attendance in those schools. The plans involve seven schools in the two districts. Rae Saidman, president of the Gwinnett County Council Area II PTA, said Thursday that she will be attending a meeting March 1 at the Gwinnett schools' instructional support center in Suwanee to hear and discuss the plans. School officials confirm that maps will be available March 7. The full Gwinnett school board is scheduled to vote on the matter at its April 21 meeting, said spokesperson Jorge Quintana. The schools involved in the …

Susan Chavis

10:58 am on Thursday, March 10, 2011

This is getting ridiculous. Duluth is not a Title One school, nor will it be after the re-mapping occurs. Although you might consider that if the cluster lines had been drawn more equitably to begin with, this would be a non-issue. If the lines are drawn correctly this time, again, it will be a non-issue. At the time in history that all this occurred, many of the subdivisions that are now in the …   more ›

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