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Page 10A,The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Albany lowers Special to the Ledger Georgia Labor Com missioner Mark Butler said Thursday that the number of unemploy ment claims filed in Albany fell in June. According to prelimi nary data Albany also saw its number of an nual jobs grow across the five-county metropolitan statistical area (MSA). “June was a very strong month for Georgia,” Butler said. “A number of local communities set records as the state added more than 20,000 jobs. Plus, we continued to add to our labor force and see the number of unemployment claims fall. Our local communi ties continue to prosper.” Nationally, the unem ployment rate inched up 0.1 percent points in June to reach 3.7 percent. Georgia’s rate dropped 0.1 percentage points to settle at 3.7 percent. In Albany, the unem ployment rate rose 0.5 percentage points in June, reaching 4.7 per cent. A year ago, the rate was 5.4 percent. Albany ended June with 62,300 jobs. That num ber fell by 800 over the month but increased by 300 jobs when compared to the same time a year ago. The labor force de creased in June by 603. Albany ended the month with 66,001. That number shrunk by 1,161 when compared to June of 2018. Albany finished the month with 62,896 employed residents. That number decreased by 901 over the month and decreased by 671 when compared to the same time a year ago. The number of unem ployment claims went down by about 31 percent in June. When compared to last June, claims South Georgia’s Only Full Service Concrete Provider Concrete • Sand Gravel • Septic Tanks Call Bryan Bridged 229-759-6300 cell 229-886-9991 leeredimix@gmail. com L supply OF ALBANY PLUMBING • KITCHEN & BATH Russell Shirley Manager 2150 Gillionville Road Office (229) 888-8088 P.O. Box 3889 Fax (229) 888-9200 Albany, Georgia 31706 rcshirley@winnelson.com winsupplyofalbany.com v eesbu^ N q GAMES! NO GIMMICKS! NO FEES! NO UPCHARGES! 216 Walnut Ave. US 19 N. 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We Are Ready Special to the Ledger “We are ready.” That is how Lee County School Superintendent Dr. Jason Miller re sponded when asked about the start of school next week. Lee County Schools are gearing up for the new school year and will be ready when more than 6500 students and 900 employees be gin school on Wednes day, August 7. Students can expect to see many positive changes and a several new faces. Over the summer improve ments were made at several schools includ ing new carpet and tile at Lee County Pre-K, a new cafeteria floor at Kinchafoonee Primary School, new paint at Lee County Middle East, updated restrooms at LCHS 9th Grade, and a lot of new technology in all schools includ ing desktop computers, laptops, and projectors. The school system will continue to focus on literacy in 2019-2020. One of the most exciting changes in the primary and elementary schools will be the implementa tion of a dedicated lit eracy block. A literacy block is chunk of time where students learn about words (phonics/ vocabulary), learn what good readers do (pro moting deep compre hension) while having ample opportunities to practice reading with self-selected texts, and study authors craft and mechanics to learn how to become good writ ers. Dr. Miller said, “We believe literacy is the key to success in every subject.” Along with the literacy block, K-5 students will have new classroom librar ies. The reading selec tions include more than 20,000 new books for the lower grades. One change that parents need to be aware of is new start times in the primary and elementary schools. The change in start times will give schools more flexibil ity with instructional time and create better learning opportunities for students. Parents are encouraged to make sure they know the updated start times. Lee County Schools contin ue to grow. Enrollment is about 100 students ahead of this time last year with new students. Dr. Miller said, “We take pride in the fact that families want to be a part of Lee County Schools. We work hard to make sure that we meet the needs of each child who attends Lee County Schools.” There will also be many new faces in the teaching ranks this year. Last week, 50 new teachers took part in New Teach er Orientation. Parents and students should see a much improved transportation program. The transportation department has a full complement of drivers to start school. Over the summer, transportation added new technology to improve routing and made some other chang es that will enhance the transportation program. Dr. Miller asked that parents “Please remem ber to allow for heavy traffic in Leesburg on the first day of school.” Pre-planning for teach ers begins Thursday, August 1. The first day of school is Wednesday, August 7. If anyone has questions, they should visit Lee County schools brand new web site or call the school. Asked if he had any closing comments about the new school Dr. Miller said, “We are ready. We anticipate another great year for students and staff. We think this year will be unbelievable.” Submitted Photos The Georgia Retired Educators Association held its state meeting in Augusta, GA, on May 7-9. The Lee County Retired Educators Co- Presidents Penny Knight and Linda Cannon, along with the 2019-2020 incoming President, SaraBess Lunsford, attended the meeting. The Lee County unit was one of only 59 out of 145 local units to receive the Unit of Distinction award. There are 13 categories that must be met to receive this award and Lee County met and excelled in all of them. Many other awards were earned by our local unit. The LCRE work hard and are very proud of the many projects and activities they are involved in to make Lee County the best that it can be.
