The Bibb County school system is now included as one of the parties in an amicus brief being filed in support of school systems in the state that want control over granting charter school petitions.
Eight school systems have challenged in the Superior Court of Fulton County the law that creates the Georgia Charter School Commission.
Under this law, if a school system rejects a group asking for a charter school in that system, then the group can still ask the commission, which can grant or deny it.
A local revenue share is calculated for each student in the system attending the school granted by the commission.
The Fulton Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the Georgia Charter School Commission and the case is now on appeal to the Supreme Court of Georgia.
The Georgia School Boards Association and the Georgia School Superintendents Association have engaged lawyer Phil Hartley to prepare an amicus brief supporting the position of the school systems. The two education groups requested that as many school systems as possible in Georgia join in the filing of the amicus brief.
There will be no cost to the Bibb County school system to join in filing the brief, according to the school system.
The lawsuit and the brief is not a move against charter schools or the charter school concept, but the notion that state charter schools can be created without local control and be funded with local tax dollars, according to a Bibb County school system news release.
Mercer Upward Bound Program taking applications
Mercer University’s Upward Bound program is looking for new high school recruits from Bibb County for its program this school year.
The program helps high school students prepare for college entrance and encourages success in college. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families; high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree and low-income, first-generation military veterans who are preparing to enter college.
The goal of Upward Bound is to help graduate more low-income students or those first in their family to attend college.
Upward Bound 2010-2011 Program is accepting applications until Friday.
Bibb County high school freshmen and sophomores can visit www2.mercer.edu/upwardbound or call (478) 301-2099.
FPD senior takes summer session at U.S. Military Academy
First Presbyterian Day School senior Tyler Mullis attended the U.S. Military Academy Summer Leaders Seminar 2010 at West Point, N.Y., FPD officials said.
Only 400 rising high school seniors from across the country are selected for the session.
The seminar gives students insight into the academic opportunities at a service academy, talks about the importance of developing leadership and opens an admission file at West Point.
Mullis was awarded the certificate of excellence for Best in Science/Information Technology out of cadet candidates in his session.
The seminar was held May 29-June 4, or June 5-11.
Telegraph staff writer Julie Hubbard contributed to this report.
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