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Information about districts desired

by Chuck

Dec 10, 2012

Okay, there have been a couple responses to my initial request. I have done some pretty extensive investigation on districts and areas of interest to live. The more complete list of districts includes Bartow, Pickens, Barrow, Cobb, Fayette, Forsyth, Cherokee, Fulton, Dekalb, Clayton and Gwinnett. A few were eliminated from my initial short list.

I am planning on driving to Georgia, from Wisconsin, in January and spending a week meeting with someone from HR in each district (no vacation for this guy). I have the contacts and phone numbers all researched. Now to start the calls to get the meetings set. I want to show that I have the desire and ambition to go after what I want. Relocation is not an issue at all.

Would people be willing to share their thoughts about any of the above districts? Websites paint a wonderful picture of each district, but others insights would be beneficial. I get to see them for myself in January.

Thank you in advance,

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Chuck Thank you very much for the information Brenda!!!

Would you be willing to drop me an email at [email removed].

Also, if anyone else would feel more comfortable sharing information via email, PLEASE email me at the above address.

Sincerely,

Chuck

On 12/10/12, Brenda wrote: > Bartow, Pickens, Barro...See More

Dec 11, 2012

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Chuck On 12/10/12, Brenda wrote: > Bartow, Pickens, Barrow, Cobb, Fayette, Forsyth, Cherokee, > Fulton, Dekalb, Clayton and Gwinnett. > > Chuck, I am happy to be able to disagree with mis' assessment > of Georgia's school systems. I speak with the background of > 31 years as an educator in Georgia's public schools. You will > find t...See More

Dec 18, 2012

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Sped Teach lease do not get involved with Clayton or DeKalb - bad news both places. Clayton actually lost its accreditation a couple of years ago and has just regained it, and DeKalb is currently on probabtion after a SACS review. Both counties have their BOEs to blame. Teachers in both counties are very unhappy. You can find more information on their situati...See More

Jan 3, 2013

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Sue I am a special ed admin in Gwinnett. I've been happy in the district, both as an admin and as a teacher previously. It's a huge county (largest school population in the state at 162,000), so there is variability among schools, but consistently strong as a district. Due to the size, it might be quite difficult to have a face to face meeting with HR ...See MoreI am a special ed admin in Gwinnett. I've been happy in the district, both as an admin and as a teacher previously. It's a huge county (largest school population in the state at 162,000), so there is variability among schools, but consistently strong as a district. Due to the size, it might be quite difficult to have a face to face meeting with HR (I know they generally don't do that). In addition, principals can't interview you without your application being complete in the electronic/online system, so make sure to get that done as well if you want to consider Gwinnett. I actually moved here from Florida when my son was about to start Kindergarten and have been extremely happy with his school experience (now in 5th grade). Gwinnett is a good place to live.

On 1/03/13, Sped Teach wrote: > Please do not get involved with Clayton or DeKalb - bad news both > places. Clayton actually lost its accreditation a couple of years > ago and has just regained it, and DeKalb is currently on probabtion > after a SACS review. Both counties have their BOEs to blame. > Teachers in both counties are very unhappy. You can find more > information on their situations by doing a Google search. Both were > covered well in the Atlanta news. > > Fayette County had the best public school system in the state for a > number of years. I'm not sure what the ranking is now, but they are > still very strong. As a result, jobs are hard to get there. Some of > the Clayton County mess is moving into it, but it's still a good > place to be. > > Gwinnett is the biggest system in the state. Teachers I know there > seem happy, for the most part. Because the system is so large, the > schools vary a good bit, from truly outstanding to higher crime > rates. It's a nice place to live too. > > You didn't mention Henry County, but you might look at it. It's a > nice county that is fairly large. It's also one of the few systems > where teachers pay into Social Security, if that is important to > you. > > I don't know much about the other counties, but if I could, I'd be > in Pickens County. Lovely place!

Jan 8, 2013

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Cutaway I dont have any useful info for you, Chuck, as I am just now following my dream of becoming a teacher. However, please let me say that you sound like a wonderful person to lead Georgia's kids and will be an asset to any school you teach in. Best of luck to you. May you rise to the top!

May 2, 2013

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