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Outdoor bars prompt look at noise laws Friday night at RPM often sees the patio filled with customers. Live music is performed inside the venue via open bay doors to the outdoor seating area. However, at 10 p.m. the bay doors close in an effort to help reduce the noise. The pub sits less than 100 yards from the residence and office of Dr. Michael Rayburn who has taken issue with the noise that comes from the pub.

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“I told him, this is what I’m bringing — late nights, motorcycles, people laughing and acoustic shows,” Rizzo said. “He told us that he’d be our best customer, and that if he could sleep through the sirens that come down Jackson Street, we’d be a breeze.”

After opening the pub, Rizzo said things changed.

“He was never fine from the get-go,” Rizzo said. “Now, he’s making me out like I'm an outlaw when he’s the one living inside the front of his business in a commercial district located on a busy thoroughfare.”

While live music remains a predominantly Friday and Saturday event for both RPM and The Bays at The Firestone, the weekday noise from trivia nights, karaoke, DJs and open mics remain a regular issue for Rayburn.

“There is nowhere to go in my house to escape,” he said.

“Their soundtrack is now our soundtrack.”

After one late-night confrontation over a year ago, the two haven’t spoken since. To date, Rizzo maintains that Rayburn is the only resident who has openly complained to him about any kind of noise issue.

“Should I put a ‘No screaming, laughing or right to pursue happiness’ sign on my patio? It’s a good-time emporium with a

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good mix of people,” Rizzo said.

“If you choose to live in your business and you’re living in part of a commercial district, you have to understand that it's going to expand. That’s just how it is.”

After many evenings of listening to the entertainment across the street, Rayburn went to the city council to try and get some answers about his rights as a property owner.

The alcohol ordinance prohibits sound from an establishment being heard more than 100 feet from the building after 10 p.m., according to Police Chief D.L. “Buster” Meadows.

The city is updating the noise ordinance to cover the entire city, and not just establishments with an alcohol license. It would establish quiet times in residential districts and the Central Business District and establish a maximum decibel level.

Howe ve r, R a y b u r n i s n’ t exactly sure why the current noise laws aren’t sufficient and worries updated rules might legislate a business owners’ right to make noise.

“If we establish levels of noise that are permissible, where will we establish them?” he asked.

“The city manager said we have to accept an increase in the noise level. Simply because he’s there, it has to be louder than it used to be?”

City Manager Cleatus Phillips said Gallon Rayburn's issues with RPM got the city looking at different examples of communities to determine ways to regulate noise.

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“We found that if you regulate it as a general nuisance, there are no standards or thresholds, so it’s subjective to the responding officer which is what we have right now,” he said. “It’s difficult to put police in that subjective area.”

The other way is by prohibiting certain activities past a certain time, such as leaf blowers (decibel-level) tests next week before 7 a.m. and loud music to hopefully confirm or modify after 10 p.m. — all regulated the DB numbers in the draft,” by decibel readings and time Phillips said.

Rayburn said his biggest conrestrictions.

“You can’t capture every kind cern is the 65 decibel level after of scenario, and you can’t regu- 10 p.m. — citing that when deallate every kind of activity that ing with decibel readings, 65 is occurs,” Phillips said. “We’re a 50 percent increase from 60, trying to strike a good balance.” which is considered the level of In the proposed revision, a normal conversation.

“If the city doesn’t do somethe city would not allow any noises in the central business thing, we’re going to have more district that exceeds 65 deci- of these copycat businesses,” he bels between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. said. “Those are the only two as measured from the source businesses you can hear anyof the noise to the property of thing from.”

Since opening The Bays at the complaining party. Sixty Firestone, owner Linda Bridges decibels is about the amount of noise made by the outdoor unit Kee said she hasn’t received any of an air conditioner and 70 is noise complaints. Like Rizzo, she also closes her bay doors at equal to a vacuum cleaner.

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Coweta Schools to offer orientation Aug. 3 P

arents and students will have the opportunity to visit schools and meet teachers on Thursday, Aug. 3, the day before the start of the Coweta County School System’s 2017-18 school year.

School orientation will be held at separate times for Coweta’s middle, elementary and high schools.

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Orientation provides parents and students an opportunity to find their classrooms and meet their teachers before school starts on Friday, Aug. 4. Teachers will not be available for formal conferences during orientation.

While many schools will hold additional back-to-school functions, all schools will hold student orientation at the indicated times Aug. 3. Links to individual school websites are available at www.cowetaschools.net Representatives from the school system’s transportation department will be available at all schools during orientation and on the first day of school to provide information about bus schedules. School bus routes for the new school year also will be posted on the school system’s website before the start of school.

Parents who wish to enroll their elementary-age children in the school system’s tuition-based After School Program will be able to do so on Aug. 2-3 at their children’s schools.

Representatives will be available between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at each elementary school.

Parents who need to register their children for school may do so before the start of the new school year at the school system’s Central Registration Center, located at 167 Werz Industrial Drive in Newnan.

For further information on registration, call 770-254-5551.​

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Parents walk children to school at Atkinson Elementary. The 2017-18 school year begins Aug. 4 in Coweta County.

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 | Times-Herald Xtra 1B

“This community saw its school in need and didn’t come to us pointing a critical finger, but rather came to us with open hands asking how they could help.”

— Aaron Corley

Ruth Hill celebrates testing gains

By REBECCA LEFTWICH becky@newnan.com

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Casey Bethel, Georgia’s 2017 Teacher of the Year, congratulates students at Ruth Hill Elementary School after hearing Georgia Milestones Assessment results.

ast January, Ruth Hill Elementary School was classified as “chronically failing” after by the state of Georgia after three consecutive years of scoring less than 60 on the soon-to-be-revamped College and Career Ready Performance Index.

The local community – and supporters from beyond Coweta County – have rallied around the Newnan school, which is in the midst of a long-term improvement plan. The school system has provided extra resources for the teachers, students and families at the school. And based on the results of Ruth Hill’s Georgia Milestones tests, Principal Aaron Corley has some homework for Governor Nathan Deal.

“Looks like the governor will have to spend some time finding new adjectives to describe Ruth Hill Elementary,” Corley said at a recent “pep rally” celebrating student success.

Rut h Hi ll Elementa r y students made gains in every area covered by Milestones. Achievement highlights included: • Reading grew 20 percent from last school year, and Ruth Hill made the most gains of any school in the school system. Third-graders outperformed 14 of 19 schools in the system in reading and grew by almost 30 percentage points from last year. Students in fourth and fifth grades grew by 15 percent over last school year.

• In mat h, t h i rd g rader scores improved 26 percent and fifth grade scores improved 42 percent over last year. Third-graders outperformed 15 other schools in the system, putting Ruth Hill in the top five schools in the system. Scores were 13 points higher than the system average. Ruth Hill’s fifth-graders outperformed those at eight other schools in the system, and the third and fifth grades had the highest growth of any elementary school in the system.

• In social studies, Ruth Hill students grew 21 percent from last school year and had had the highest gains of any school in the system.

• In science, Ruth Hill grew by almost 30 percent from last school year, outperforming seven other elementary schools in the system.

Corley said he is proud of the scores, but prouder of what they represent.

“They represent the acknowledgement of hard work, they show that we can succeed and grow no matter what anyone around us may say or believe,” he said. “The scores show that when we work smarter, are open to new ideas, and believe in ourselves, nothing is impossible. Our scores show that we are not defined by our circumstance and are not bound by our past.”

Ruth Hill, identified as Coweta’s most struggling school, has received extra personnel and support. The school system has provided a second

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atching a school bus in the morning is about to become a little easier, thanks to GPS tracking technology.

The Coweta County School System’s transportation department has created an online tool that will give parents continuously updated information about timing and delays of buses on morning routes.

“It’s just for mornings right now, because we feel like that’s the most critical need, said Dean Jackson, the school system’s public information officer. “We anticipate expanding that to the afternoon at some later time.”

Parents can visit the Coweta County School System’s website, www.cowetaschools.net , for a clickable link, then choose elementary, middle or high school and select a route. From there, they will be able to see if a bus is on time or delayed, whether a substitute has been dispatched, and any other information available, Jackson said.

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By REBECCA LEFTWICH becky@newnan.com School lunch prices are going up for students in the Coweta County School System.

Elementary school lunch prices will increase from $2.60 to $2.75, while middle and high school lunch prices will increase from $2.85 to $3.

Subsidies from the National School Lunch Program provide free and reduced lunches to qualifying students in participating school districts, like Coweta County. In return, the district is required to maintain “paid lunch equity,” meaning it must charge paying students an amount in line with the national subsidy for free lunches.

Incremental increases in school lunch prices are necessary to ensure sufficient funds for the Coweta County’s nonprofit School Food Service Program to cover the cost of meals served to students who are not eligible for free or reduced lunches.

“Years ago, they realized the reimbursable rate amounted to more than the amount they were charging students to eat,” Coweta Superintendent Steve Barker said. “They decided the paying rate needs to be in line with free and reduced lunch and they needed to correct this with incremental increases.”

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instr uctional coach and additional teachers to lower cl a s s si z e s .

Communities in Schools was established there last year. School officials have employed a variety of improvement tactics from retired educators mentoring students to home visits by school representatives i n a n effort to prepare students for testing.

“This community saw its school in need and didn’t come to us point-

ing a critical finger, but rather came to us with open hands asking how they could help,” Corley said. “For that I am eternally grateful.”

T he school offers tutoring before and after school each day as well as on Saturdays, additional paraprofessionals, academic parent-teacher teams, built-in f lexible instructional time not only for struggling students but for advanced and R EACH students, and innovative handson activities in both the school’s media center and its computer/STEM lab.

Corley said the pres-

the 22,000-plus students in the Coweta County School System, and officials also are urging drivers to take extra time and care around buses and students.

“It always takes the first day or two for everyone to get used to school t ra ff ic ,” sa id Judy Gresham, transportation manager for Coweta schools. “We ask that everyone keep in mind that buses will be on the road again, making stops in the morning and dropping students off in the afternoons.

Everyone should leave a little earlier for work and school, drive safely and be mindful of buses and children.”

Students who ride the bus the first day are advised to be at their neighborhood bus stops by 6:45 a.m. until regular pick-up times are established. After the first week of school, routes may be altered to follow ridership patterns. Online bus routes will be updated as necessary.

Regular morning pickup times will become predictable as routes are established in the new school year. Pickup sites have remained mostly uncha nged si nce last

school year. Usually, if a home is on a street or cul-de-sac less than two-tenths of a mile long, students should wait for the bus on the nearest street corner.

If a subdivision street or other neighborhood street is longer than two-tenths of a mile, bus stops are typically one-tenth of a mile apart.

All parents should make sure teachers are aware of their students’ modes of transportation and destinations in the afternoons.

Parents who plan to carpool or drive their children to school should expect longer lines for student drop-off on the first days and should plan accordingly. Every school has separate drop-off areas for bus traffic and car traffic, and drivers should be vigilant about steering clear of bus zones early in the school year.

If parents are uncertain about student pick-up sites or have other questions, they are advised to call the school system’s transportation department at 770-254-2820.

“We will continue to baffle our critics, frustrate and confuse those who have low expectations for Ruth Hill, and gladly aggravate those who dare to put limitations on our kids and our school.”

— Aaron Corley sure of underperforming students has united the staff and faculty of Ruth Hill.

“None of us wants this label to be associated with this school,” he said.

“The kids work too hard and make too much progress. So we rallied around the school to see what we can do as a group.

We’re constantly adjust-

ing things if they’re not working.”

R u t h H i l l fo u n d a specia l a l ly i n Ca sey Bethel, the 2017 Georgia Teacher of the Year.

Bethel, a science teacher at New Manchester High School in Douglasville, paid a visit to the school and helped get students excited for testing. He promised to return for

their celebratory assembly, where he congratulated t he students on their stellar efforts before ca r t wheeled a nd toetouched his way around the gym and high-fived h i s way t h roug h t he crowd of students.

Corley said it’s just the beginning for Ruth Hill, which a long with the rest of the schools in the

Coweta County School System will begin the 2017-18 school year on Friday, Aug. 3.

“We will continue to baff le our critics, frustrate and confuse those who have low expectations for Ruth Hill, and gladly aggravate those who dare to put limitations on our kids and our school,” he said.

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New student registration is conducted at the school system’s Central Registration Center at 167 Werz Indus trial B oulevard in Newnan. The center is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A ll registration is conducted on a walk-in basis. Enrolling a child for school is a three-step process: Complete a n on l i ne pre-reg ist rat ion for m , which can be found on the school system’s website at w w w.cowet a schools.net. Online preregistration may be completed at home, or at k iosk s ava i l able at the Central Registration Office.

Gat her t he fol lowing required registration documents: Birth certificate – A state-issued, cer t i f ied copy is required. Hospital certificates are not accepted; Social Security card for the student being enrolled; proof of residence – Two items from the following list are required for address verif ication: Mortgage documents or a security deed which indicates the location of the residence; apartment or home lease or rent receipt indicating the current address; a nd current electrical bill or an approved application for electrical service showing the current address (please bring the entire bill, to show electrical service and address); property tax records which indicate the location of the residence; voter precinct ident i f icat ion ca rd or other voter documenta-

tion indicating the current address; state ID or driver’s license – current, not expired. (Students may only be registered by a biological parent or legal guardian. Proof of custody or guardianship is required if the registering adult is not the birth parent); immunization cer tif icate – Georg ia Department of Human Resources immunization certificate form 3231 or a signed 30-day waiver.

(For st udent s ne w to Georgia, a 90-day waiver can be issued at the time of student registration.); hearing-dental-visionnutritional certificate on Georgia Form 3300 or a signed 90-day waiver.

Immunization and hearing-dental-vision certificates can be obtained from the Coweta County Health Department (770254-7400) or from a family physician. Short-term wa ivers issued to students new to G eorg ia

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Take the required documents and completed pre-registration forms to the Central Registration Office.

Kindergarten registration is held for children who a re not currently en rol led i n a Cowet a County school. Students who were enrolled in a Coweta County School System pre-K class during the 2016 -17 school year do not need to register aga i n to enter kindergarten.

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“By the time I was 10 years old, I had attended eight schools.”

Bullying from a student’s perspective: Students don’t go through quality control I

Georgia 4-H’er Olivia Forrest recently won first place in the high school division of the University of Georgia Safe and Welcoming Schools p r o j e c t ’s f i r s t B u l l y i n g Prevention Essay Contest.

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n manufacturing, there is a department called “quality control.” Their job is to examine parts and determine if the part was made correctly.

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time I was 10 years old, I had attended eight schools. Students would do things to me to get a response, then deny it. My parents had no other options but to move until Doug Clark stepped in.

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at Gordon Central High School in Calhoun.

I was then home-schooled in order to be free from the bullying. Then I returned to public school because I knew that Doug Clark would be there for me.

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Hand-washing is still the best defense

For many children, heading back to school in the fall often mea ns heading back to the world of sniffles, sneezes and coughs.

“Proper hand-washing is one of the best ways to fight infectious diseases, such as colds and the flu as well as foodborne illnesses,” said Judy Harrison, a University of Georgia Cooperative Extension specialist with the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Parents should encourage regular hand-washing at home and at school to keep both their children and themselves healthy as the school year starts.

“Wash Your Paws, Georgia!” is a hand-washing curriculum developed by UGA Extension.

The program teaches proper hand-washing technique and helps educate families, educators and children on the importance of hand-washing. Family

and Consumer Sciences Extension agents and Georgia 4-H agents have implemented the program across the state.

The program teaches students the importance of thorough hand-washing. More than 15,000 students, in classrooms and at club meetings, have taken part in the program.

Hand-washing technique is important, Harrison said, and the CDC and the National Sanitation Foundation recommend a six-step process: Step 1: Wet hands with warm water.

Step 2: Apply soap to hands.

Step 3: Rub hands together, cleaning between fingers for at least 20 seconds.

Step 4: Pay special attention to cleaning around fingernails.

Step 5: Rinse the germs away.

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Ha nd-wa sh i ng songs ca n make the process more enjoyable for children and can help enforce proper technique.

“Singing a hand-washing song twice or singing ‘Happy Birthday’ twice should take about 20 seconds, the amount of time you should spend washing your hands,” Harrison said.

Entertaining character soap dispensers or a reward system for consistent hand-washing can further enforce the habit, Harrison said. Children should be taught to wash their hands after using the bathroom, after coughing or sneezing, after handling animals and before touching food.

Hand sanitizers can help, but Harrison urges parents not to rely on them alone. Hand sanitizers are not as effective against viruses as they are against bacteria.

“Hand-washing is the best defense, but if you don’t have access to soap and water, an alcohol-based hand sanitizer can be used,” Harrison said.

Students, teachers and parents should avoid touching their eyes and mouths before washing their hands so that they avoid introducing new germs into their bodies.

Also, parents, teachers and students should stay home if they are sick and should avoid contact with people for at least 24 hours after fevers subside without the help of fever-reducing medicines, Harrison said.

Cover i ng t he mout h a nd nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, throwing away the tissue, then washing hands reduces the spread of germs, whether students are at home sick or stuck at school.

For help supporting good hand-washing habits and to learn more about the “Wash Your Paws, Georgia!” curriculum, contact your local UGA Extension off ice by calling 1-800-ASK-UGA1.

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