County students will begin a new school year on Thursday, Aug. 5.
The Jackson County School System is expecting a slight increase in enrollment from last year, with a projection of 7,400 students. Superintendent Shannon Adams attributes the stagnant total to the slumping housing market.
The school system is implementing one new program at the elementary school level. It’s called Health Empowers and aims to keep students active throughout the school day without taking up instructional time. The program was implemented at West Jackson Primary School last year and was a success.
In addition, standard based report cards will now be issued to students in grades first through seventh. These report cards help clarify whether or not a student is on grade-level, and the system has added a grade each year.
For renovations, Adams said the major construction project was at North Jackson Elementary School, with renovations to its front office area and cafeteria. The project overall cost $1,038,142, and was paid for with SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) funds. In addition, the gym at WJPS is undergoing total renovations.

ferther than just throwing computer run off study sleets and saying this is your home have it done by so-n-so date or you are in trouble. Some of the teachers today are afraid of teaching I reckon they only get paid to sit or go to the teacher's lounge drink coffee or diet coke and talk about they are gonna do this weekend or whos the next child they are going to make them and the parents so confused with
the home work that they send home with no books to explain. Where the hell did the lotto
money go and the no child left behind. I not saying all are bad but if you have the calling and enjoy what you do fine. Some the kids today are going to be drop out because some of the homework is sent home without instructions
and you can bet your buttom dollar American kids are going to have a harder dealing with going to and more than half of the first graders of this year will but drop outs because the teachers are not teaching or screaming, yelling and talking down to the ones that are slow and hard to learn. Remember
the children this day and time over 25 to 50 percent are being raised by grandpartents who are from the old school. There were no computers and some can not afford to have internet because of low income. I have already
had my feel with North Jackson Ele. school. I
think that Mr. Adams should check out some of the teachers and the princpal. If i was the governor of Ga. I would put back in the paddling and the Bible. and Teachers need to shine like lights to these kids. I remember I had a teacher That was stert but she showed all of her students that not one was no important than the others and she felt that one student needed
a little more help than others she would try speak with the student and some contact the parents to let them know hey so-n-so needs to
have and help with students. I was deaf in my
left ear the doctor said not even a hearing aid would help and every year my loving mama would get the doctors to sent letters to the school to ask the teachers to put me to the front of roll of desk on left side of the rom so I could hear and understand and She was the only teacher that ever cared did what the doctor ask her to do and I was a straight A student that whole year.I will never forget her
if there were more caring teachers and who read behind the lines more more students would
feel better about themseves and try harder but
I feel like teachers are wrapped up in their own problems that forget there is a child out that needs guidance from them and they can
learn a little more together. I know from my own experiances that if a teachers cared the student care and will show it in their preformance at school and home.
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First of all, if you are not satisfied with the level of education being taught in schools, would you really want the same teachers you describe as "lazy" teaching your children about the Bible? I am all for teaching the Bible, but only at home and in church, not at school. I do not need anyone to teach my children about religion, other than me and the church I have chosen.
Second, the issue of paddling is absurd. If anyone is going to physically discipline my child, it will be me. The last thing I want is someone who may hurt my child paddling them for something they may or may not have done.
Third, insulting our teachers will not solve anything. To assume they "sit in the teacher's lounge and drink diet coke" is ridiculous. Teaching is just like any other profession. You will have those who are great at it and those who are not. It is no different than other line of work. To lump everyone together as insufficient is wrong.
Fourth, if you need "instructions" to figure out how to complete a child's homework, a parent who is involved with their child's education usually doesn't run into that problem.
Lastly, I would hope the Governor of Georgia would be able to spell simple words correctly and type sentences in proper English, before slamming teachers who teach children every day how to do it.