Gwinnett County Schools awarded $1M Broad Scholarship

Gwinnett County Public School System has been awarded $1 million dollars from the Broad (rhymes with 'road') Scholarship.

Gwinnett school board passes budget

Gwinnett passes $1.76 billion school budget
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Patrick Fox The Gwinnett County school board cleared the final hurdle on its 2011 budget on Tuesday night, voting to adopt a $1.7 billion spending plan ...

Gwinnett County Public Schools budget cuts

Gwinnett hears no opposition to school budget cuts
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Patrick Fox Gwinnett County held the first of two public hearings on its fiscal year budget, and on Thursday night surprisingly no one spoke in ...

MyFox Atlanta

Schools Struggle with Budget Shortfalls
MyFox Atlanta
Gwinnett County is trying to tough it out without cutting jobs, but say they're $115 million in the red. As for the Cobb County schools, ...

School K-12 standards are now available for public comment

Common Core Curriculum Standards

As part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI), the draft K-12 standards are now available for public comment. These draft standards, developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, seek to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce. This is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The college- and career-readiness standards were previously released for public comment in September 2009.

These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs. The standards are designed to be:

• clear, understandable, consistent and aligned with college and work expectations

• evidence-based

• framed with rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills

• informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society
  

Public comment on the K-12 common core standards is available until Friday, April 2. All interested educators, students and community members may participate in the public comment survey. Both the common core standards and the public input survey are accessible at www.corestandards.org.

Sandy Grizzard, Assistant Principal
W.C. Britt Elementary School
2503 Skyland Drive, SW, Snellville, GA 30078
770-972-4500 - main

Gwinnett schools consider budget cuts

Gwinnett Schools Face Budget Cuts
WXIA-TV
GWINNETT CO. - Georgia's largest school district is the latest to contemplate budget cuts as it awaits firm numbers from the state legislature. ...

Some students may be relocated due to redistricting

Twenty-nine schools are expected to be part of redistricting changes in Gwinnett. New schools have opened, so many students and staff are expected to be relocated to other schools. The good thing about it is that it should get more kids out of trailers and back into school buildings. It's to relieve overcrowding in Gwinnett County Public Schools. Six new schools are expected to open in 2010. Some 9,000 students may be affected by the redistricting.

Here's how that relates to Britt Elementary in Snellville:

With the opening of the new Snell Elementary School for the 2010-2011 school year, Britt Elementary attendance boundaries will change due to redistricting in the South Gwinnett & Shiloh Clusters. A map of the redistricting is posted in the foyer of Britt Elementary. Input forms and a redistricting timeline are also available. Redistricting changes for Britt Elementary will be discussed at a parent meeting on October 6th at 7:00 pm in the school cafeteria. On October 27th, a public meeting will take place to discuss redistricting for Britt Elementary. The meeting will take place at 7:30 pm in the Britt Elementary cafeteria.

Spotlight on education: Increase in SAT scores in Gwinnett

Gwinnett Co. students show average increased SAT scores
Access North Georgia
By Katie Highsmith Staff UNDATED - While scores on the SAT college-entrance exam dropped for the third straight year for the state as a whole, Gwinnett ...

Gwinnett Schools in national spotlight again
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By D. Aileen Dodd It seems Gwinnett County Public Schools has landed a prime position in the national education spotlight reserved for VIDs — Very Important ...

Gwinnett news briefs

Beaver Ridge leader, who has resigned, faced scrutiny in past over ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By D. AILEEN DODD An embattled Gwinnett County elementary school principal is under fire for ordering a student to shock himself with a pen he carried to ...

Homeowners rush to get assessments lowered
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
The deadline for Gwinnett and DeKalb counties passed March 2. Property owners in most Georgia counties have until the close of business Wednesday to file ...

Gwinnett Schools in the giant class
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
Moving multitudes is part of the day’s work at Gwinnett County Public Schools, the state’s largest school district, with more than 157200 students. ...

Gladiators Weekly Update
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
Playoffs: The Gwinnett Gladiators control their own destiny as they battle for the fourth and final Kelly Cup Playoff berth in the echl's South Division. ...

Reimer lifts Stingrays
Charleston Post Courier - Charleston,SC,USA
The Sea Wolves, who are battling Gwinnett for the fourth and final playoff spot in the South Division, fell to 27-33-8 (62 points). ...

Hockey transactions
The Canadian Press
Movements in the world of hockey Sunday: National Hockey League ATLANTA THRASHERS-Assigned G Dan Turple to Gwinnett (ECHL). DALLAS STARS-Recalled D Dan ...

Gwinnett County School System Consistently Growing

"According to the latest head count, approximately 3,561 students enrolled at Gwinnett County Public Schools since classes began last week bringing the enrollment to about 156,000. Another 3,700 kids are expected to join the rosters after Labor Day."

State’s largest school system keeps growing
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA

Great Jobs for Moms of School Aged Kids

Gwinnett County Public School system is in search of Food Assistance for county school cafeterias.

The job is to prepare and serve school lunches. The school system offers paid training and pay starts at $9.45 per hour. Most shifts are 4-5 hours, and 4 hour jobs qualify for benefits.

With a part time position like this for the school system, you could be home with your children before and after school, weekends, and summers, so it's a great job for parents available during the day.

Visit the Gwinnett County School System's website for more information:
www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us