By Rubin E. Grant For almost three decades, Jody Atchison reveled in physical education, before retiring from Homewood Middle School in 1998. In March, Atchison’s life ended at the age of 70 because of a rare, degenerative and invariably fatal brain disorder known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Currently, there is no cure or treatment for patients with CJD, sometimes called … [Read more...]
Bigger and Better: Plans Presented for Renovating and Expanding Homewood Schools
By Emily Williams After spending more than a year gathering data, consulting with the public and inspecting its facilities, Homewood City Schools gave its first official presentation of a Capital Improvement Plan on Oct. 26 in Homewood Middle School’s auditorium. The setting of the meeting is just one space that will be touched by a systemwide series of renovations, additions … [Read more...]