By Albert Raboteau The Giles County School Board has extended Superintendent Terry Arbogast II's contract a year before it had to inform him whether it intended to do so. The new contract started this month and ends June 30, 2011.

By Albert Raboteau The company that plans to open a private school for students with special needs in the former Claremont Elementary building in Pulaski has hired a principal and plans to start advertising for teachers as soon as this weekend.

By Albert Raboteau All Montgomery County public school teachers whose classes include U.S. history will get additional training under a three- year program run with a $491,411 federal grant.

By Albert Raboteau Radford school officials have scheduled kindergarten registration for Tuesday at McHarg Elementary School, 700 12th St. Parents or guardians of children who will be 5 by Sept. 30 are expected to enroll their children or announce they will wait a year.