Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:51 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:51:04 GMT
Information from the Tift County Sheriff's Office- On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, the Mid-South Narcotics Task Force along with the Tift County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant on the residence of 36More >>
The Mid-South Narcotics Task Force and the Tift County Sheriff's Office arrested 36 year old Daniel Eubanks, and seized over $100K in cash.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:38 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:38:05 GMT
Blake Samples, 34, is charged with the murder of Dusty Carroll in Colquitt County. Carroll died after being shot on April 28 at the residence of Samples' ex-wife. Carroll drove himself to the hospital,More >>
Blake Samples, 34, is charged with the murder of Dusty Carroll in Colquitt County.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:34 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:34:44 GMT
The Albany Police Department's Criminal Investigative Bureau would like to solicit the public's assistance with locating Kizzie Lashay Coleman, 21. She is 5'7" and weighs 176 pounds. The Albany PoliceMore >>
The Albany Police Department's Criminal Investigative Bureau would like to solicit the public's assistance with locating Kizzie Lashay Coleman, 21. She is 5'7" and weighs 176 pounds.More >>
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The Red Cross has an interactive system to let loved ones know their status. You can list yours, and search for others at this website....More >>
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November 29, 2006
Albany - - Dougherty County falls behind the state when it comes to students graduating from high school.
The School Board is trying to figure out what to do about it.
Last year, the school system had a 57 % graduation rate compared to the state's 70 %graduation rate.
The school system wants to increase its rate by at least 2 %.
Administrators say a change in a state formula that helps school systems identify students in need of remediation could help.
"It would help to keep a better tracking of all students coming and going, whereas in the cohort group, any student who may enter in the 10th grade would not be a part of the calculation so you're not following just one set group of students to see what happens to them," says Testing Coordinator Renee Bridges.
Dougherty County Schools have credit recovery programs that give students who may not have done well at the start of the school year an opportunity to pull up their averages.
Superintendent Sally Whatley says it's also important to continue offering 9th grade academies that keep high school freshman in one section of the school to help ease the adjustment into high school.
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