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The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, June 5,2024, Page 5A Ossoff pledges to keep pressuring postal service over mail processing delays Special to the Ledger By Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service U.S. Sen. Jon Os soff is vowing to put “maximum pressure” on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to improve service at the regional mail processing center in Palmetto. “This is not on post- Special to the Ledger Thursday night, April 25, 2024, Lee County High School Naval Ju nior ROTC unit honored the Cadets at an Awards Ceremony in the High School Auditorium. San- di Driskill, Regent of the Pierre Robert Chapter, National Society Daugh ters of the American Colonists presented the Naval Junior ROTC Medal and Certificate to freshman Cadet Mitch- elle Shiasha. This award is present ed to a Naval Junior ROTC student who has demonstrated academic excellence, depend ability, good character, adherence to military discipline, leadership, and a fundamental and patriotic understanding of the importance of the Reserve Officers Train ing Corps. Special to the Ledger PBIS would like to recognize Mrs. Porter as Twin Oaks Elementary School PBIS Staff of the month! Mrs. Porter is an incredible asset to our school! She goes above and beyond to support fundraisers, field trips, and all the various activities that keep our school running smooth ly. Her understanding nature and willingness to help out wherever Mrs. Cannon TOES PBIS Teacher of the Month Special to the Ledger Twin Oaks Elementary School PBIS Teacher of the Month is Ms. Cannon! Mrs. Cannon is a dedicated and caring teacher. She handles transitions and challeng es with grace and love which makes a big dif ference in her classroom atmosphere. She builds strong relationships with her students by being available and kind. She values the importance of education which is shown by the tremen dous amount of support and time she gives to the school. Keep up the great work, Mrs. Can non! al workers,” Ossoff, D-Ga., said Thursday after touring the facility and meeting with local postal service officials. “This is a question of management, competent management.” Ossoff first raised the issue of delays in mail processing at the Palmet to center during a Senate committee hearing in mid-April. At the time, the JROTC Medal. The Lee County High School NJROTC pro gram is under the direc- needed makes a huge difference in the lives of our students, teachers, and staff. It’s clear that she truly cares about the well-being of everyone in the school and works tirelessly to ensure its success. She definitely deserves recognition for her hard work and dedication! he cited statistics show ing that only 36% of the first-class mail processed at the facility was being delivered on time. DeJoy told the com mittee the delays were the result of problems encountered during the rollout last winter of a restructuring plan aimed at making the postal service economically self-sufficient. The plan tion of instructor First Sergeant Kevin Davis, USMC Retired. month Mrs. Porter was first implemented at the processing center in Palmetto and at a second center in Richmond, Va. The Atlanta-area consolidation involved moving nearly 10,000 employees from 10 loca tions to the new Palmet to distribution center. “This transition for our region was not well thought out, not well planned, and not compe tently executed,” Ossoff said. The restructuring plan is on hold for now. DeJoy announced two weeks ago that the postal service would pause the plan at least until next year to give the agency a chance to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. Days later, he unveiled specific solutions for the Palmetto center, including bringing in more than 100 personnel from other centers and revising transportation schedules between the Palmetto facility and other local mail process ing centers. “Since the first week of March, our service performance scores in the region have shown consistent improve ment,” according to a statement issued by the postal service Thurs day. “While we are not entirely satisfied with the current levels, this positive trend indicates that the challenges we faced in March are being actively addressed.” While on-time delivery has improved to about 60%, Ossoff he will keep monitoring the situation. “I will continue to apply maximum pres sure so that seniors in Georgia are not going without prescriptions, so that small businesses in Georgia are not unable to receive supplies or get products to market, so that voters in Georgia are not unable to cast their ballots timely by mail,” he said. 229-234-0033 For all of your automotive and tire needs, come see Gary, Dan or Gill Tim Hunter CPA 'CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT QuickBooks ProAdvisor Bookkeeping | Payroll | Tax Returns (229)759-1040 V ^www.timhuntercpa.com PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Leesburg, Georgia will conduct a public hearing on June 10, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall located at 107 Walnut Street North. 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NOTICE OF DESTRUCTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT RECORDS The Special Education Department of the Lee County School System announces its intention to destroy special education records as indicated below after the following date: June 5, 2024 This action is being taken in compliance with the Georgia Records Act, the Lee County School System’s records retention schedule, and the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) reg ulations on destruction of data collected, maintained, or used in the provision of a free and appropriate public education of students with disabilities in the Lee County School System. Records on all students who were enrolled in a special educa tion program in the Lee County School System who were born in 1997, 1998 or 1999 and will be twenty-five (25) years of age or older are no longer needed for educational purposes. A student or parent may need these records for Social Security or other reasons. If you, as a former special education student or parent of a former special education student, wish to ob tain these records prior to destruction, you should contact the Special Education Department of the Lee County School Sys tem located at 190 Smithville Road North, Leesburg, GA 31763. Positive identification will be required before the records will be released to the individual. It is recommended that those desiring records contact the Special Education Department in advance by phone to minimize wait time. For more information, contact the Special Education Depart ment at 229-903-2103 between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. Lee County High School Naval JROTC Holds Honors Night Pictured left to right are Instructor First Sergeant Kevin Davis USMC Retired, Sandi Driskill and Cadet Mitchelle Shiasha at the JROTC Honors Night Awards Ceremony. Cadet Mitchelle Shiasha was the recipient of PBIS Staff of the
