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Rome City Schools Board of Education met on January 11, 2022 for the first time in the new year. New to the Board this...
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North Georgia Local Government
Rome City Schools’ Board of Education called a special board meeting on March 25, 2022, to interview candidates for the purpose of filling the...
North Georgia Local Government
Rome City Schools’ Board of Education called a special Board meeting on March 22, 2022, to address an interview schedule as they continue the...
Local Gov't Around GA
Rome City Schools Board member, John Uldirck, has submitted a letter of resignation from the Board. Uldrick, a local youth pastor and well-known community...
North Georgia Local Government
Changes are coming to the Rome City Schools’ budget. Superintendent Louis Byars and the RCS Board of Education held a work session on Jan....
North Georgia Local Government
School administrators and the Rome City Schools Board of Education started 2022 with a packed agenda. Superintendent of RCS, Louis Byars, had several items...
North Georgia Local Government
The Silver Comet Trail joining Cobb, Paulding, and Polk Counties to the Chief Ladiga Trail at the Alabama line is a catalyst for Rockmart in Polk...
North Georgia Local Government
Rome City Schools Superintendent, Louis Byars, spoke at the North Rome Community Action Committee meeting Thursday, July 29, to discuss the system’s future plans...
North Georgia Local Government
Members of Rome City Schools Transportation Department met bright and early and Rome City’s Fire Education Building in anticipation of the department’s annual bus...
North Georgia Local Government
Haralson County has been announced as Broadband Ready by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The designation recognizes a city/and or county whose local government...
