Two students from the Clarke County School District's punitive alternative school were injured Thursday when a school bus door popped open during a fight and they fell onto Whit Davis Road.
Concerns that SOAR school may go private
A parent and former leader of the Athens Chapter of the NAACP wants Clarke County School District leaders to explain why they are meeting with representatives of a private company that runs alternative schools and whether they may privatize the local SOAR Academy.
Alternative schools for troubled teens
The problems of a troubled teenager are not something to be ignored. Many of us tend to pass it on a just a phase and that the boy will get back on his feet soon. But more often than not, that does not happen. As a mother or a father, you have immense love for your child. You somehow cannot consider yourself to be faced with this realization that your child truly needs professional help. That your child can actually be so against you that in his misguided self, he actually hates you. You will probably pray and pray and hope that things will change. You may also feel that your love will win him over. But often mere just love will not solve the problem in hand. Your love must be strong enough to realize and recognize that there has to be a co ...
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