For the third year in a row, Oconee County Schools has seen a drop in the average score of its students who have taken the SAT college entrance exam.
The report of the drop in SAT scores followed a report by Oconee County Schools last month of a drop in state Milestone test scores.
The 10-county Northeast Health District added 1,904 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday, down from 2,115 a week earlier, and 35 new confirmed deaths from the disease, up from 27 last week.
Three of the confirmed deaths were in Oconee County, and two were in Clarke County. Each of the 10 counties in the District added at least one death.
The average number of added cases in the District was 272.0 per day, compared with 302.1 per day in the week ending Sept. 17.
