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Home Source, REALTORS® Participate in Great America Cleanup

Linda Hangen — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:43:46 +0000

Volunteers from The Home Source, REALTORS® Coweta office in Newnan helped pick up roadside litter along Lower Fayetteville Road as part of Newnan Beautiful’s recent Great America Cleanup. They were among more than 200 participants who cleaned along various streets in Newnan followed by a picnic lunch served at City Hall. Among Home Source volunteers were (L-R) Jenny Turner, Linda Huff, Verkina Parrish, Chris Hunt, Audrey Galloway, Melodi Hicks, Pam Rineer, Jay Davis, and Kristen Cunningham. Not pictured are Darius Whited, Roy Huff, Wyvonnia Smith-Gorden, and Roy Smith.

Peachtree City Named Among America’s Best Family-Friendly Cities

Linda Hangen — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:31:30 +0000

Peachtree City continues garnering impressive accolades when it was recently named among the nation’s most family-friendly cities, according to an investment education Website and WTen.com.
Criteria for cities on the list include population ranging from 20,000-375,000, relatively low crime rate and unemployment, relatively low student-to-teacher ratios, and high education spending per pupil.
Peachtree City, near the top of the list of best cities in which to raise a family, had the lowest violent crime and property crime rates – 0.12 and 0.22 – times the national average, respectively – of any city on the list. Peachtree City students outperform the national average in reading and math by 13.4% and 32.7% respectively. There are about 14 students per teacher in Peachtree City.

Fayette County Among Top ACT Test Performers

Linda Hangen — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:16:34 +0000

Fayette County’s high school seniors are among the most prepared in Georgia and the nation for college-level coursework, according to 2009 ACT test scores. Among the top performing schools in Georgia, Fayette posted the highest composite score – 22.5 – compared to the number of students tested – 1027. The number of Fayette seniors taking the ACT has increased more than 80 percent since 2005.

The ACT is designed to measure skills needed for success in the first year of college coursework. It consists of curriculum-based tests of educational development in mathematics, reading, English, and science.