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Page 10A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, June 15,2022
Association for Middle Level Education Announces
Inaugural Schools of Distinction Recipients
Special to the Ledger
The Association for
Middle Level Education
(AMLE) has announced
twelve schools that have
been named its inaugu
ral AMLE Schools of
Distinction. The recipi
ent schools are:
Belmont Ridge Middle
School - Leesburg, VA
Coastal Middle School
- Savannah, GA
Community School -
Roanoke, VA
Douglas Middle School
- Douglas, WY
Laveen Elementary
School - Laveen, AZ
Lee County East Mid
dle School - Leesburg,
GA
Lee County West Mid
dle School - Leesburg,
GA
River Bend Middle
School - Sterling, VA
Ridgeview Charter
Middle School - Sandy
Springs, GA
Seaman Middle School
- Topeka, KS
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Smart’s Mill Middle
School - Leesburg, VA
Upson-Lee Middle
School - Thomaston, GA
This marks the inau
gural year of the AMLE
Schools of Distinction
program, which is de
signed to both recognize
exemplary schools and
guide them through a
process of strategic vi
sion setting to help fos
ter ongoing growth and
success. The program’s
evaluation criteria are
anchored in AMLE’s
landmark position paper
on best practice in the
middle grades, The Suc
cessful Middle School:
This We Believe, now in
its fifth edition and 40th
year of publication.
“We look forward to
celebrating these schools
and all that makes the
middle level special in
the coming months,”
said Stephanie Patton,
Chair of the AMLE
Schools of Distinction
Committee, “I want to
extend a special thanks
to everyone who made
this inaugural year a
success, including the
hundreds of school
community stakeholders
that participated and
our committee members
and AMLE staff who
dedicated many hours to
supporting the schools
throughout the process.”
Each recipient school
completed a rigorous
review process that
measured their imple
mentation of the char
acteristics of successful
middle grades schools
and continuous improve
ment plans. “We are
delighted to recognize
these amazing schools
that truly highlight for
our communities the
exceptional work that
takes place every day in
middle level education,”
said Stephanie Simpson,
CEO of AMLE, “We
hope for these inaugu
ral recipients to lead
the way in creating a
network of educators
committed to the middle
school model that can
lean from and support
each other.” Throughout
the 2022-2023 school
year, AMLE will pub
lish profiles for each
school to promote and
share the exemplary
practices occurring in
each of the recipient
schools.
“We are excited to
champion these schools
and look forward to
seeing them grow and
positively impact their
students,” said Dr. Lisa
Harrison, Chair of the
AMLE Board of Trust
ees, “We congratulate
all of the dedicated edu
cators and their respec
tive school communities
on this outstanding
achievement.”
The recipient schools
will be recognized and
present on their exem
plary practices live at
the #AMLE22: The 49th
Annual Conference for
Middle Level Education
this November in Orlan
do, Florida.
AMLE will continue
to recognize schools
that meet the Schools
of Distinction criteria
on an annual basis. The
program is open to any
school that educates
10-15-year-old students.
The AMLE website con
tains more information
about AMLE Schools
of Distinction and The
Successful Middle
School Program.
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Board Of Education
Adopts Fiscal Year Budget
The board gave their
approval of the Fiscal
Year 23 Budget during
the June 13th meeting.
Before approving the
FY23 budget, the board
held two budget hear
ings for public input on
Monday, May 23rd and
during the June 13th
meeting. The approved
budget does not require
a millage rate increase.
Revenue for the school
system comes from
federal, state and local
funds. Federal funds
account for 7.56% while
state funds are 61.13%
and local funds are
31.31%. A summary
of expenses show that
school administration
is 5.28%, central ad
ministration is 2/07%,
maintenance & opera
tion is 8.65%, student
transportation is 6.52%,
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operation is 0.61% and
food service is 5.24%.
The Fiscal Year 2023
Budget shows reve
nue of $74,694,566.20
and expenditures of
$98,720,003.86 which
shows the budget
under funded by
$24,025,437.66. The
short fall is made up
by $15,000,000.00 by
selling bonds and trans
ferring $9,025,437,66
from reserves leaving
a projected fund bal
ance June 30, 2023 of
$11,337,002.34.
May 2022 SPLOST
collections totaled
$409,360.35. This is
the fourth month out
of the last six months,
SPLOST collections
exceeded $400,000.00.
The board approved
a request from Lee
County 4-H. for use of
a school bus to travel
to 4-H Summer Camp
the week of June 20-24.
They also requested
a driver. 4-H will pay
$200 associated with
the cost of the rental.
Patsy Shirley was
reappointed to serve
on Lee County Library
Board and Ms. Kelly
Futch was appointed to
serve a three year term.
She will replace Haley
Mims. Mrs. Shirley
serves as treasurer of
the library board.
During the Lee Coun
ty Board of Education
meeting Monday night,
June 13, the board ap
proved Dr. Jason Mill
er’s recommendations
for employment. Teach
ers approved included
Gaybriel Bradley -
LCHS teacher, Cindy
Turner - LCMS-W ”
teacher, Jessica Drew
- TOES teacher, Dana
Raines - LCES teacher,
William Cody Sand
ers - TLC teacher and
Leonard King - LCHS
9 teacher.
KPS Adult leaders for
summer camp approved
were Crystal Mitchell,
Connie Peterson, Maya
Mitchell, Kennedie
Harris, Jessica Heath
Etheredge, Suzanne
Brown, Ryan Wood
and Hannah Fennell.
Student leaders for
KPS summer camp
approved were Thomas
Willis, Pratistha Kun-
war, Rachel Etheredge,
Kayla Vinson, Sha’Nyia
Bennett and Kaitlyn
Neel. Ashley Proctor
was approved as site
coordinator extended
day at TOES.
Individuals approved
for the new school bus
driver training program
were Willie Hazley,
Kareem Jagdeo, Tame-
ka Arnett, Fantasia
Duncan and Melissa
Burton. Sharon Bryant,
Sonji M. Hilson and
Peggy Sue Mathews
were approved as sub
stitute teachers.
April Trusell, a LCHS
teacher, will become
an assistant principal at
the high school. April
Trussell will assume the
new duties July 12.