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“Today’s Parenting” Part 1:
Breastfeeding in a
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VOLUME 19 NUMBER 6
Blood drive at
Carroll EMC
155 N. Hwy. 113, Carrollton
Thurs. June 20th
10 AM - 3 PM
Walk-ins welcome
For appt. 770-832-3552
Carroll County Water
Authority public meeting
556 Old Bremen Rd.,
Carrollton
Thurs. June 20th
10 AM
LOUIuy icsci vcs uumi miiiiuu sintC Jan. 1st: BOC adopts
fire department consumes $438,203 in overtime pay 2013-2014
budget: larger
than last year
by Prissi Sullivan
The Carroll County Board of
Commissioners and Chairman
unanimously adopted the 2013-
2014 budget of $50,051,817
($50.1 M); 1.8% over the original
See ADOPTED BUDGET page 8
Popular county afterschool program closed by
BOC then reopened after director is able to
obtain food discounts from area restaurants
Afterschool program exempted by state in 2009: not
required to comply with rules for child care learning centers
Chairman Marty
Smith and board
Smith
by Prissi Sullivan
At a Carroll County Board of
Commission meeting held Tues,. June 4,
the financial recap was presented for April
2013. Shown on page one the $17.39 mil
lion in reserves that was present on Jan. 1,
2013, was, as of April 30, 2013, down
$4.44 million for a total of $12.95 million.
On page 10 of the expenditure sum
mary report, it was shown that $438,204
has been paid in overtime to firefighters,
Governor Deal CCRP Index
signs HB 244
into law
by Prissi Sullivan
Governor Nathan Deal signed
HB244, which provides for a new
effectiveness system for teacher
evaluations - including evalua
tions by students from grade 3
through 12 - into law on May 7,
See TEACHERS page 14
replaces AYP
by Prissi Sullivan
Villa Rica High School
Principal Adam Herring
addressed the Carroll County
Board of Education at their May
13, 2013 work session to explain
the CCRPI (College and Career
Readiness Performance Index).
See SCHOOL INDEX page 14
with $48,461 paid in April alone. In con
trast, the sheriff’s department has been
paid $10,914 in overtime during the same
time period with $181 paid in overtime in
April.
Emails and phone calls to the interim
firechief Jerry Eason were unanswered.
When asked in person about responding
to questions, Fire Chief Eason told this
StarNews reporter she must have typed
See RESERVES DOWN page 12
Jailhouse phone call
A cell phone is considered contraband in jails and prisons
and the possession of one is a punishable offense. The inmate
above is placing a call on a landline at the Carroll County
Detention Center. The StarNews series “An Inside/In Depth
Look at Prisons/Jails” begins this month on page 24.
Photo by Sunny Kirby
by Prissi Sullivan
Carroll County’s after
school/summer program “3
O’Clock Rock” was closed by
the Carroll County Commission
Sheriff’s report:
Commissioner
Jackson attempts
to get man fired
from job after
fisticuffs with son
from staff reports
According to
a Carroll
County Sheriff’s
Office Incident
Report (case
number of
201305002113),
a battery (Geo
rgia Code -
Crimes and
with the last day to
be Friday, May 24,
2013. The evening
before, May 23rd,
at the last budget work session of
the BOC, the chairman took an
informal vote of district commis
sioners present to reopen the pro
gram for summer opening on
June 3 and then closing on
August 7. No decision was made
“Why are we paying for
lunch?” asked Commissioner
Vicki Anderson. “It’s not
the county’s job to feed
these children.”
Anderson
or announced concerning the
afterschool program in August.
In a May 6th letter addressed
to the parents of children who
attend the afterschool program,
Chairman Smith cited eight rea-
See FOOD DISCOUNTS page 11
Jackson/r/uted
file photo offenses - Title protesting the close of the after
16, Section 16-5-23.1) occurred at school/summer program 3
22 Edgewood Drive, Carrollton, O’Clock Rock by the county
See KEVIN JACKSON page 13 See CONFLICT page 11
Citizen complains of conflict of
interest by two district
commissioners in decision to close
county’s afterschool program
by Prissi Sullivan
At the Tuesday evening May
7th Carroll County Board of
Commissioners’ meeting, the
room was packed with citizens
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