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concentration.
At the helm of the school
since the fall of 2004, Albritton
took time to sit back and talk
about the school. He's a PHS
graduate himself, and clearly
loves talking about the school
he came back to lead, but try
ing to get him to talk about
himself just doesn't work.
"This story's not going to be
about me," he says firmly, and
when it's time to take a photo,
he's got some others already
lined up.
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Student Quintan Ocasio puts his best effort into an
examination.
Flint advisory committees
mark first year of service
Special to the Journal
Two Member Advisory
Committees of Flint
Energies have just complet
ed the first year of service to
their electric cooperative.
The MAC’S are made up
of selected members from
across the 16-county ser
vice territory. According to
a release, they provide a
two-way communication
link between Flint and
members.
“The MAC members serve
as the “eyes and ears” of
our board of directors,” said
Sr. Vice President Jimmy
Autry. “At each meeting,
relevant co-op information
is shared that helps MAC
members converse more
with their friends and fam
ily about Flint Energies.”
“They also bring informa
tion or questions back to the
staff and board so that it can
be addressed early enough
to prevent problems,” he
added. “MAC members are
some of the most knowl
edgeable members a coop
erative can have.”
What began in early 2006
as three MAC groups in
the west, central and east
portions of the Flint ter
ritory have combined into
one MAC group in Reynolds
(West) and one in Warner
Robins (East).
The MAC member duties
and responsibilities include:
1) Advising the Board on
matters of concern to the
membership, 2) Serving as
liaison between the Board
and members of their com
munity, 3) Giving input to
evaluate pending and active
programs, and 4) Initiating
research into potential new
options for members.
“Our MAC members
believe in the mission and
vision of Flint Energies and
in the values generated over
our 70-year of history,” said
LETTER 1
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action against a child, which
they do, the school should be
made to report the incident
to the state using the same
terms/jargon that the “school
system” used to sentence the
child to ISS, Expulsion, alter
native school, or detention.
LETTER 2
From page 4A
in Georgia. Yet both support
farm subsidies for rich farm
ers and agri-corporations and
against caps on how much
these rich guys could receive.
Plus no public support from
them for the unfortunate vic
One program he wants
to talk about that's working
well for the school is called
Panther Period. Faced with
the fact that some 11th grade
students were at risk of not
passing Georgia's School
Graduation, Albritton and his
staff came up with the idea
of a 30-minute time-slot each
day, just after the first class
room period, when every stu
dent in the school is working
on something, and 11th grad
ers are getting some extra
coaching from their English
and Math teachers.
It was important, the prin-
Autry. “The have knowl
edge of the services of Flint
and serve as ambassadors
for their cooperative when
opportunities present them
selves.”
“MAC members are advo
cates and communicators
who provide advice and per
spectives on the issues we
present,” Autry continued.
“They help us target con
cerns and work toward reso
lutions.”
MAC members do not
receive compensation for
their work.
Current members are:
WEST Joyce Barrow;
Martha Ruth Edwards;
Peggy Gibb; Donna Hair;
JansaHobbs; Slade Johnson;
Norma T. Jones; Diane
McGlaun;, Elaine Phillips;
Sherry Waller; Bump Welch;
Milton Bentley; Gayle Borah;
Ralph Champion; Leighton
Cooley; Dorothy Crumbly;
Delores Culpepper; Clinton
Dixon; Selma Dorsey;
Freddy Greer; Janice H.
Hunt; Marilyn McLendon;
Jackson Newberry, Jr.;
Kathy Waites; Linda Walton;
and Darlene Webb.
EAST Martha Bullock
Mark Byrd Yvonne Elliott;
William H. Flournoy;
Richard Gilbert; Sharon
Gilmore; Wynn Anne
Hilliard; William Mulkey;
Betty Nelson; Charles
Roundtree; Chuck Shaheen;
Lucille Thorpe; and Barbara
W. Waddle.
Incorporated in 1937,
Flint Energies www.flinten
ergies.com is a not-for-profit
member-owned electric coop
erative that provides energy
services to residential, com
mercial, industrial and agri
cultural members in parts of
1 7 central Georgia counties.
Flint has 230 employees and
serves more than 250,000
Georgians through more
than 80,000 meters.
Too often, locals use terms
from the codes of conduct to
determine consequences that
result in the harshest punish
ments to teach the kids a les
son. However, when reporting
the crime to the state, school
officials minimize crime to the
state DOE ... because they
can.
- Kathy Brown,
Warner Robins
tims of subprime mortages.
Chambliss has been a big
supporter of amnesty for ille
gal, undocumented aliens so
his farmer friends will have
cheap labor.
We get to tell them how we
feel next November as they
are up for re-election.
- Frank W. Gadbois,
Warner Robins
cipal says, was to incorporate
the Panther Period into the
school day, because many
students couldn't or wouldn't
participate in an after-school
program, because of conflicts
with sports and jobs, but also
because they needed to catch
the schoolbus or another ride
home.
The school is also starting
earlier with counseling for stu
dents about being on track for
graduation and ready for the
tests that make such a differ
ence in their futures - not just
the writing and graduation
tests, but college entry tests
such as the SAT and the ACT.
"We're adding academic
rigor," Albritton says. The
school had three Advanced
Placement classes when he
arrived. Now there are eight
APclasses:Chemistry, Calculus,
U.S. History, Literature,
Language, Art, Biology and
U.S. Government, with a
ninth: U.S. and Comparative
Government to be added next
year.
The school's ranking on the
state writing test was a source
of real pride, because while
all of Houston County's high
school's did well, Perry was
in the lead. The test is a 90-
minute exercise in persuasive
writing, which allows the stu
dent one page for working on
a draft, and another for writ
ing a short essay by hand.
The school's agriculture
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Perry High School student Robin Smith works on the final exam in her art class.
department, which has long
been outstanding, now has
a student-run farm behind
Morningside School. Albritton
credits Argepe Claxton and
Phil Gentry with running an
FFA program that gives stu
dents a chance to compete
on a nationwide scale in FFA
programs, and also - for some
students - is a reason to stay
in school. The school also has
a popular auto repair program
and still offers what used to
be called "Home Ec:" and is
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Over 100 students are
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many outside of the public
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of silence.
"We also have a very active
Prayer Club," Albritton says,
adding that the students in
the club recently organized a
very successful Christian con
cert in the school auditorium.
"Our students raised SSOO
recently for the family of a
kid whose house was burned
down," he notes, "and they
just brought in 750 boxes of
macaroni and cheese for Perry
Volunteer Outreach to give to
needy families."
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