1. Teen Pregnancy-- http://www.publichealthathens.com/teen_pregnancy.htm This is an interesting site because it is dedicated to multiple counties' public health issues, but doesn't seem to have been updated in quite some time. Might make an interesting "So what happened? Pregnancy go down or did you lose all hope" kinda story.
2. Demographics of High Schools in area-- http://www.clarke.k12.ga.us/ I think this story would mainly require trekking it out to the schools, although I'm sure some useful contacts could be gleaned from the above website.
3. Teachers w/Weird Records or Complaints--706-542-8517 (T-phone for Open Records). Also, this (706-543-8447) is the number for the educational ombudsman for Athens high schools. Angle of story: Are Athens' children safe? Atheens Mag is on the case! Let's get the creepers outta there!
4. Technology Comparison between schools--Again, simple legwork would be good here.
5. http://www.greatschools.org/georgia/athens/ --This site here is simply fascinating. Who knew there were 8 high schools in Athens and what are the ranking procedures? At any rate, this site is good for compiling lists of all schools.
6. Student Community Service Involvement--Interviewing Beta Clubs and NHSs would be a good start for this one.
7. Discipline policies and practices in High Schools around the county. Another legwork story. I figure we could interview the different high schools' administrators and do some comparative analysis on the info.
8. Drugs in school. Prevention practices and statistics.
9. Special Ed Programs and Technology in Schools. Apparently I like to think up ideas that would best be investigated by visiting the schools.
10. Teachers and Class Sizes-- http://www.publicschoolreview.com/county_schools/stateid/GA/county/13059 This site has some great statistics. I need to do more research on how these stats were compiled, but everyone should check it out.
11. Student Fashion/Music Trends--This story could be done by checking out different social media, or even better, going to talk to the teens themselves.
12. Athens Regional Youth Detention Center-- http://gpa.me/?r=public&s=GA&sdn=891&county=CLARKE#___1 This could be tied in with the above Community Service idea. I know there's a law against publishing names of minors, but I still think some good, interesting stuff could come out of this.
13. http://www.irregulartimes.com/creepingtheocracy.htmlJust because it's kinda interesting about the last principal of Cedar Shoals. Not much story potential here :/P
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