Team set to check on Clayton County schools
JONESBORO, GA. --- A seven-member team from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools will be in Clayton County to check on the school system's accreditation progress.
The three-day visit begins today. The team will interview board members, school staff and residents at today's meeting.
The SACS team will review the system's progress on nine improvement mandates that would determine whether the system will regain accreditation.
The team wants to know whether Clayton has a functional board, is following its own policies and if it is actively searching for a permanent superintendent.
The National Accreditation Commission votes next month. If the district fails, it must start the accreditation process over, which takes about three years.
Bibb County might hire civilians to be jailers
MACON, GA. --- Bibb County's sheriff proposes hiring 17 civilian corrections officers in a move to shift trained deputies working in the jail to other department jobs.
Sheriff Jerry Modena says the switch will save money and fill vacancies faster. Deputies holding jail jobs could fill vacancies in the patrol, criminal investigations and warrants divisions.
The sheriff says civilian officers wouldn't be required to go before the civil service board, so their hiring process will take only two to three months.
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