Tag: superintendent
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Sunday night release from PSD: Superintendent Search moving forward
A release on social media from the Polk School District over the search for the new Superintendent was provided tonight, and the candidates who have completed a first round are now being considered for a second round of interviews. Georgia Leadership Associates has been assisting the Board of Education with the search for a new…
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Superintendent search underway with help of outside firm, applications for PSD job open until May 2
Editor’s note: the headline to this article was updated for clarification purposes. -KtE An outside firm was hired to undertake a search for a new Superintendent of the Polk School District after Dr. Katie Thomas’ resignation following a turbulent start for the administration to open 2025. PSD sent out a press release this afternoon announcing…
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binary comment Thomas out as PSD Superintendent
PSD names Mark Lumpkin for interim leadership role Polk School District will be looking for new leadership after the board voted to approve the resignation of Dr. Katie Thomas at the tail end of of the Tuesday, March 4 work session for the Board of Education. Thomas reported during her final words as Superintendent that…
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THOMAS: Husband not candidate for Bulldogs football HC
Polk School District Superintendent Dr. Katie Thomas categorically denied that her husband Jonathan Thomas – who serves as an assistant football coach for Rockmart High School – is a candidate for the Cedartown High School football head coach position. She provided the following statement: “While we normally don’t comment on personnel, I feel the need…
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Abrams out as Bulldogs head football coach; Former HC Speaks out after change in position
The rumors are true, Bulldog faithful. There’s a vacancy for the top job at Cedartown High School for their football team. Superintendent Dr. Katie Thomas confirmed that “we currently have a vacancy for the position of Head Football Coach at Cedartown High School” at Cedartown High School just days after the opening of the second…
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WEATHER: Will it snow? Predictions so far point to week-ending wintry mix
DO NOT GO PANIC BUYING BREAD AND MILK Cold persists again today as temps dropped well below freezing into the teens overnight, and Polk County wakes up to a bitter morning with the threat of snow right around the corner. Accumulation is still to be determined as of this moment for a potential Friday snowstorm…
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School board vote on bond request coming to voters in March
Voters will get a chance to determine whether they will allow another mill on their property taxes through the 20-year payback plan for a new set of bonds to be sold to cover the cost of school expansion. The Board of Education in their work session late Tuesday afternoon gave unanimous approval to approve a…
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SUBSCRIBER VIDEO: Rockmart High celebrates opening of new Fine Arts facility
The new Fine Arts building at Rockmart High School got the ribbon cutting treatment on Tuesday following the November Board of Education regular session.
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PSD: Talk to kids about recent Apalachee HS shooting, consequences for making threats
The school shooting last week at Apalachee High School in Barrow County that saw two students and two teacher killed and nine others wounded has left a major impact all across the state and the nation as the young school year continues, and Polk School District is making it clear that both parents and students…
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Jail Kitchen remodel work completed before summer’s end
The good news? Staff won’t be having to trapse down the road to use a kitchen to feed the hundreds of inmates who – temporary or otherwise – find themselves in the Polk County Jail. Earlier in the year the County Commission approved funding to provide for the remodeling work to be completed at the…