Under Construction
Some of you may have noticed the portable classrooms in our parking lot and wondered why we need them. SPLOST II funds have provided for the total renovation the 400 hallway which houses four Chemistry labs and two Physics labs. When the construction project is completed in October, our students will have science labs like those at Hillgrove and Allatoona High Schools, the two newest high schools. We are very excited about this project, the state of the art equipment our students will have, and the quality of science instruction our students will experience. While those classrooms are under construction, six science teachers will be displaced. Three of them can be moved to other classroom space within the building; however, the other three will be temporarily housed in three of the portable classrooms. The fourth portable classroom is for a special district program which serves all of the high schools in our area and will remain on campus indefinitely.
In September, Cobb County voters will have the opportunity to vote on SPLOST III, continuing the one cent sales tax that funds projects such as the renovation Sprayberry is currently experiencing. If SPLOST III passes, the rest of our science labs will be completely renovated, along with most of the building. I would encourage you to go to the district web site at www.cobbk12.org and look at the many significant improvements Sprayberry will receive if voters approve SPLOST III.
Sprayberry was recently named one of Newsweek Magazine's top schools, placing us in the top 5% of US high schools for the second year in a row. The results from the Georgia High School Graduation Tests which our juniors took in March were recently reported in the newspapers and were quite good. We will know within the next few weeks whether or not we met the criteria for Adequate Yearly Progress as defined by No Child Left Behind. As soon as this validation process is final, I will let you know. There are many exciting things happening at Sprayberry as we prepare for the coming school year so stay tuned for further updates.
