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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2006
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students and teachers,”
Kinchen said. “In addition
the winter and fall break can
be used as remediation time
for some of the students.
“We have 180 days and
there are no more with
out incurring additional
cost, both in personnel and
resources. It must be man
aged effectively."
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Service Board in Columbus.
She was hired last month
to succeed Don Blair, who
retired after many years of
service. She and her hus
band, who is retired, have
moved to Houston County
and are living in the Feagin
Mill area. They have four
grown children and are espe
cially happy to be near their
grandchildren who live in
Milledgeville.
“The strengths we have
here are a really experienced
and dedicated staff,” Jackson
said of her new job. “They
are caring and compassion
ate and we have a very sup
portive board as well.”
She sees the big challenge
as meeting clients’ needs for
care with limited resources,
and his hoping to build com
munity support and under
standing of the problems of
those with mental and emo
tional disabilities.
She would like to talk to
community groups to gain
their support and to help
reduce the stigma associated
with mental disabilities.
“Housing,” she said, “is
always a challenge with
many ending up homeless.”
She and her husband, who
is retired, have moved to
Houston County and are
living in the Feagin Mill
area. They have four grown
children and are especial
ly happy to be near their
grandchildren who live in
Milledgeville.
At home, she says, she’s a
“homebody,” enjoying cook
ing, reading decorating and
spending time with her fam
ily-
A reception was held Friday
morning at Flint Energies to
welcome Jackson to the com
munity.
COLLECTION
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According to a release from
the local library system,
Houston County library
patrons who have fines over
a specified dollar amount
and/or library materials
overdue over a specified time
period will be turned over to
Unique Jan. 1, 2007.
Unique Management
Services, the release reads,
will make several attempts
to contact the delinquent
patron by mail and then by
telephone. “If these efforts
do not produce results, the
patron’s delinquency infor
mation will be reported to
the credit bureau.”
“In the spirit of fairness,
the Houston County Public
Libraries will consider
December an amnesty month
for those patrons who return
overdue materials during
the month. Overdue fines
amnesty is applicable only
to overdue materials being
returned during the month
of December.”
For more informa
tion or with questions
call: Centerville Library
- 953-4500, Perry Library
- 987-3050 or Nola Brantley
Memorial Library - 923-
0128.
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during the January BOE
meeting. The main changes
are in the start and end
ing days of the school year.
Kinchens said.
There are (also) many days
mandated by state officials
for testing. Regular academic
testing alone takes six days.
These days equate to 17 days
lost from high school. Middle
school students lose 19 days.
Elementary students lose 14
days.
Other instructional inter
ruptions include the follow
ing activities: Spirit Week
- two weeks; Homecoming -
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one week; Red Ribbon Week
- one week; blood drives -
three days; school pictures;
assemblies/speakers; and
pep rallies. In the case of the
last three, the time missed
varies.
The bottom line is, how
ever: “There are too main
priorities for the Board of
Education, Children’s Safety
and academics. A state aca
demic issue that collater
ally effects the school year
is there needs to be a 100
percent of the schools in
Houston County to pass the
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The educational jargon
for these events is Time off
Task.
The year is about teaching,
learning and studying, but
these events have become
a part of the schools’ social
history and have added emo
tional threads to all academ
ic life.
That, in regard to what
actions will ultimately be
taken, is being taken into
consideration.
“We are working closely
with the school principals
to address these issues,”
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out of the school life.
“It is so important that we
have well-rounded students.
Things like drama, art and
music are important even
to developing good learning
discipline.
“There are many things
that can be done, to make
more efficient use of our
time and improve our aca
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“We want our students to
have this exposure but there
is a need for more of this to
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out of the back room and
confronted the suspect
who fled the scene on foot.
There were no injuries in
this incident.
The investigation is still
ongoing.
Anyone with informa
tion about this incident
is asked to contact the
Warner Robins Police
Department Criminal
Investigations Division at
929-6911.
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