Devoursney Resignation Open Records Report

The Grip has received numerous requests to upload the open records report we received from the Griffin-Spalding County School system regarding the allegations and investigation of grade changing and illegal recruiting by Griffin High School coach Steve Devoursney and teacher Jessica Devoursney. The documents we obtained appear below in full:

Board of Education enters executive session

SHEILA MATHEWS ::: Members of the Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education called its special called meeting to order promptly at 3 p.m. and following the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, immediately entered executive session. Personnel issues are one of few reasons elected boards may privately confer without public and media scrutiny. Today’s meeting was called […]

GSCSS officials implement assistance for students in wake of KRMS grade changing

Griffin-Spalding County School System (GSCSS) administrators say steps have been taken to both notify parents of Kennedy Road Middle School students whose grades are believed to have been changed during the tenure of Dr. Brenda Ford, the school’s former principal, as well as to put measures in place to offer those students additional assistance. Superintendent […]

Local school officials prepare to cross analyze KRMS student grades, CRCT scores

SHEILA A. MARSHALL Staff Writer: sheila@the-grip.net In the wake of an investigation conducted by the Griffin-Spalding County School System that officials say revealed grade changing at Kennedy Road Middle School, administrators are awaiting test results prior to making parental notification. Superintendent Curtis Jones said at this time, he is uncertain how many students may have […]