Stevi B's Night Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 4:00p.m - 9:00 p.m.

PTA Membership - We currently have 404 PTA members. Our target membership is 935. If you still have not joined the PTA, it's not too late to join! Dues are only $5.00 per adult. Students do not join.
Be a part of the largest National Voice of Children’s Advocates.  Download a PTA membership form (MS Word), complete it, and return it to the school office along with your payment. Personal checks can be made payable to "Birney Elementary PTA".

Birney Elementary is among six Cobb County School District elementary schools that have received national recognition from Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation Services for efforts in closing the achievement gap for economically disadvantaged students.
Go Birney!

Governor Purdue has presented his 2007 budget for state of the future. Click here to read his proposal for education.

Legislative Update - Did you know? Since 2002, the state education funding formula has been cut for all school systems, totaling over $1.25 billion in lost funds for Georgia’s schools. This is money our school systems have earned under the state education funding formula per student. These cuts in state funding amount to over $6,000 per classroom. To make up for those lost funds, many local school systems have been forced to raise local property taxes, but those systems without a healthy local tax base have nowhere to turn. Many systems have had to cut programs, teachers, and necessities like textbooks, transportation and technology, and/or dipped deeply into reserves. You may have witnessed the impact in your own schools. This trend cannot continue.

What can you do? Contact your state representatives and voice your concerns.  Ask why are these cuts still happening and why is the 90% rule for spending in designated areas earned not back in place.  Cobb County last year spent approximately 60% of gifted funding in gifted education.  Your voice can make a difference to your child, your school, your state.