Ann Meyer
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Two Richmond Hill candidates cut from Gulfstream
Two candidates running for Richmond Hill City Council in the Nov. 5 election were laid off this week from Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., they said.Les → Read More
SCCPSS board to consider revising employee tobacco policy
National news about vaping-related illnesses among middle- and high-school students is causing concern and a call for more preventive education in → Read More
A new school in the making
In less than a year, the Savannah Exploratory Charter Academy is expected to open its doors to 252 students in kindergarten through grade three.How to get → Read More
Savannah-Chatham's flat school enrollment tempers new construction
The $118 million Savannah-Chatham County multi-school campus expected to break ground late next year and be completed in 2023 might be the public school → Read More
USCB hospitality program a draw
A tour of Kimpton Hotels and Resorts’ Brice Hotel as part of a hospitality program at the University of South Carolina Beaufort was the first step in what is now Logan Welliver’s career."Dr. Calvert helped make this tour happen. He sold me on this brand," said Welliver, a conference service manager at the Brice Hotel on East Bay Street in Savannah.Charles Calvert, dean of the Hilton Head campus,… → Read More
Science majors ripe for growth at Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero intends to measure the university’s growth in part by the impact it has on the communities it → Read More
Fast-growing USC-Beaufort's hospitality a draw
A tour of Kimpton Hotels and Resorts’ Brice Hotel as part of a hospitality program at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort was the first step in what is now Logan Welliver’s career."Dr. Calvert helped make this tour happen. He sold me on this brand," said Welliver, a conference service manager at the Brice Hotel on East Bay Street in Savannah.Charles Calvert, dean of the Hilton Head Campus,… → Read More
Georgia Southern sees diversity as growth plan
A personal referral brought Foram Patel to Georgia Southern’s Armstrong campus from India.“My friend, he got admitted. He just loved this college,” said Patel, a master’s degree student in health administration. Patel said the university’s prompt replies to her emails made an impression.“Professors over here are so curious to guide students,” she said.As Georgia Southern Univesrity, and… → Read More
Georgia's university system looks out 4 years
Edna Jackson, a former mayor of Savannah, was glad to see the University System of Georgia make a stop at the Savannah Convention Center Thursday during → Read More
Savannah-Chatham school board questions charter's empty seats
Savannah Classical Academy's system for filling seats in its classrooms was criticized at the Savannah-Chatham County school board's informal meeting Wednesday.During charter school presentations, board member David Bringman asked why the school hadn’t filled all of its available spots in middle school and high school.“That would overwhelm our teaching resources,” Savannah Classical Academy… → Read More
No make-up days for Dorian in Savannah-Chatham public schools
Savannah-Chatham County public school students won’t be expected to make up the four days lost earlier this month due to the precautionary → Read More
Savannah-Chatham's graduation rate hits 87.8%
Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools' overall graduation rate rose again in 2019, surpassing the state rate by nearly six percentage points, and → Read More
St. Joseph's/Candler invests in Savannah-Chatham high school program
Beach High School health care student Shanice Bush hopes to participate in a new Community Education and Health Screening Clinic set to launch to the → Read More
Savannah-Chatham County students get dose of Constitution
The rights bestowed on Americans by the founding fathers fit in a booklet about the size of a smartphone, but increasingly the two are competing forces in → Read More
Hurricane days impact Savannah-Chatham schools' lunch budget
Hurricane Dorian might cost the School Nutrition Program at Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools several hundred thousand dollars, based on estimates → Read More
Chinese teachers, language instruction settle into Savannah classrooms
In Miss Xuechen Liu’s kindergarten classroom at Haven Elementary in Savannah, the children practice their numbers in Chinese by singing a song.They introduce themselves to one another with the help of a fuzzy lion puppet. In first grade, they count by twos in Chinese and recite the numbers to 100. They’re also exposed to math lessons using an abacus.“Chinese is the language of the 21st Century,”… → Read More
State commission OKs new Savannah charter school
About three months after the Savannah-Chatham County school board rejected a petition for a new charter school, the State Charter Schools Commission has → Read More
Cost of substitute teachers hits $7.9M for Savannah-Chatham County
Thirteen dollars an hour might not sound like a lot to manage someone else’s classroom, but nearly $8 million a year is a big number.The cost of → Read More
Savannah-Chatham County considers standardized test options
High school students taking Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses and exams would be exempt from the Georgia Milestones Assessment → Read More
Savannah-Chatham's Coastal Middle School receives third Lighthouse School designation
As a Lighthouse School to Watch, Coastal Middle School stands above most middle schools in Georgia.At Coastal, there is no such thing as a typical student, → Read More