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The Led County Ledger
Your Hometown Source Of Local News
Hometown Newspaper of Martha Brett
Volume XLV- Number 34
Leesburg, Georgia - - April 19, 2023
Fifty Cents
Strange and Deranged Theater Arts Guild Brilliantly
Executes The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy
Come, if you dare, to
the creepy and kooky
production of Lee Coun
ty High School Pallidum
Players as they present
The Addams Family: A
New Musical Comedy.
Deranged and lovesick
Uncle Fester must un
dertake the grave task of
keeping love love love
alive, despite the ghastly
values of the Addams’
family, as Wednesday
professes her undying
devotion to an (gasp!)
Ohioan. Will the Add
ams family successfully
feign one normal night
to impress the conven
tional Beineke family?
Will Wednesday’s new
beau prove that he is, in
fact, crazier than her in
love and win the dark
affections of her family?
Will Pugsley ever expe
rience the sweet torture
of his sister again?
Under the astute direc
tion of Mrs. Piercey and
Mr. Unger, the collabo
rative community-based
cast and Lee County
High School crew shine
as bright as the moon
in the dark night sky.
Seize the opportunity,
and some tickets, for
this mysterious and
spooky night filled with
frightening love and
gut-busting laughs. As
Gomez would declare,
“Tell your friends, word
of mouth is important.”
LCHS Robert A. Clay
Auditorium
April 21 & 22 at 7:00
April 23 at 2:00
LCHS Basketball Team Recognized By Board Of Education
The Lee County High
School basketball team
was recognized by the
Lee County Board of
Education during their
meeting April 17th.
This year’s team has
the distinction of being
the runner-up to the 6A
state championship team
of Alexander Cougars.
Lee County finished the
season with a record of
28-4. The Trojans last
won the state champion
ship in 1985.
It was reported that the
school system received
$4,795,068.58 during
2022 in SPLOST funds.
This was a monthly
average of 435,915.33.
SPLOST collections
for March 2023 was
375,737.03 which was an
increase over February’s
346,621.42.
The board members
approved summer
school guidelines for
the middle school and
the LCHS 9. Summer
School for grades 6-8
will be held at the mid
dle school east campus
from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00
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Lee County
Commission
will meet
Tuesday,
April 25 at
6:00 p.m. The
meeting will
be held at the
T. Page Tharp
Governmental
Building
p.m. from Wednesday,
May 31 to Tuesday, June
13 for ten days. The
cost to attend summer
school will be free for
all students who qualify
academically to attend.
Summer school is
limited to students who
attended LCMS-East
or West Campus during
the previous school
year and is for promo
tion purposes only. A
student may take up to
two subjects in summer
school.
Lee County High
School 9th grade
campus summer school
is designed to provide
additional opportuni
ties for growth in the
academic areas of math,
social studies, English,
and science.
English / Biology
courses will be taught
May 31st to June 15th
from 8:30-11:30. Civics
/ Algebra I courses will
be taught May 31st -to
June 15th from 12:00
to 3:00.Summer school
is for remediation only.
Students must have
failed a course to be
eligible to retake it in
summer school.
The board reviewed
the Georgia School
Board Governance
Team Self-Assessment
guidelines. The Lee
County Governance
Team Operating Pro
cedures states that the
members of the board of
education and superin
tendent recognize that
in order to provide ef
fective leadership to the
school system they must
act together as a school
governance team.
Operating procedures
state that students are
always put first when
making decisions and
should keep student
achievement as the main
focus of board action.
During the Lee Coun
ty Board of Education
meeting April 17, the
board approved the
superintendent’s recom
mendations for employ
ment. New teachers for
the next school term
approved were Renata
Burley who will teacher
at Lee County Prima
ry School, Carletha
Culbreth who will teach
at LCMS-West, Jeanifer
Hill who will teach at
LCHS 9, and Lenora
Smalls who will teach
er at the high school.
Crystal Hughes was
approved as a nurse at
Twin Oaks Elementary
School. Gregory Daniel
and Brily Davis were
approved as student
workers at LCHS effec
tive April 18 th.
The board accepted
the resignations, ef
fective at the end of
the school term, of
Joseph C. Stebbins -
TOES teacher, Jailynn
Baggett - LCMS-E
teacher, Heather Law-
ton - LCMS-W teacher,
William Cody Sanders,
- TLC teacher, Ca
mille Sinyard and Sue
Youngblood - LCHS
teachers, Manuel Blanco
- bus driver and Gail L.
Brooks - PreK parapro-
fessional.
Commissioners Consider Election Office Expansion
During the April 11th
county commission
meeting, the need for
additional storage,
voting and office space
for the elections and
registration office was
discussed. Commis
sioner Dennis Roland
stressed that the ad
ditional space needed
could be addressed by
moving existing walls
and expanding into
National Public Safety
Telecommunicators
Week Observed
During their meeting
last week, the county
commissioners adopted
a Proclamation for April
9- 15, 2023 as Public
Safety Telecommunica
tion Week in Lee Coun
ty. The proclamation
was signed to honor and
show appreciation to the
men and women whose
diligence, knowledge,
and professionalism
keep citizens and first
responders safe.
The proclamation
stated that emergencies
can occur at anytime
that require police, fire
or emergency medical
services and when an
emergency occurs the
prompt response of
police officers, firefight
ers and paramedics is
critical to the protection
of life and preservation
of property.
Public safety telecom
municators arc the first
and most critical contact
citizens have with emer
gency services; and are
the single most vital link
for police officers and
firefighters by monitor
ing their activities by
radio, providing them
information and insur
ing their safety.
The Public Safety
Telecommunicators of
the Lee County E-911
Center have contributed
substantially to the ap
prehension of criminals,
suppression of fires and
treatment of patients.
The signed procla
mation states that each
dispatcher has exhibited
compassion, under
standing, devotion, and
professionalism while
enduring long hours,
abnormal schedules, and
handling frequent life
and death emergencies
to ensure the health and
safety of individuals,
24- hours a day, seven
days a week.
under-utilized adjacent
space once used by the
chamber of commerce
and economic develop
ment.
At a recent commis
sion meeting, Veronica
Johnson, Elections
and Voter Registration
Director, highlighted
the need for additional
space. It was explained
that Lee County ex
perienced significant
population growth with
an increase in regis
tered voters over the
past two decades. For
comparison, the num
ber of active registered
voters in Lee County
on January 1, 2003 was
11,550. In March 2023,
Lee County had 22,952
active registered voters.
Another problem
facing the elections
and registration staff
is inadequate storage
which has reached a
critical point. The size
and amount of voting
equipment changed dra
matically in 2020 from
a single self-contained
unit to multiple/separate
components (touch
screen ballot marking
devices, ballot printers,
ballot scanners, poll
pads, carts, backup
batteries, security paper,
etc.
Regulations from the
Mike Sabot, Chairman of the Lee County
Elections & Registration Board and Veronica
Johnson, Elections and Voter Registration
Director, are pictured in the room where
election equipment is stored.
secretary of state’s office
mandates one voting
booth for every 250
voters. Based on that
regulation, additional
equipment was allocated
to Lee County in 2020.
This equipment must be
stored in a climate-con
trolled location with
an alarm system and/
or continuous video
surveillance.
Advance voting would
also be enhanced by
moving existing walls
and expanding into
under-utilized adjacent
space. Early voting ac
counts for 50% of voter
turnout in recent elec
tions. With the addition
al space, voters could be
inside in case of inclem
ent weather.
It is anticipated that
the commissioners will
act on the request for
additional space for the
elections and regis
tration office soon in
preparation for the next
election.
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