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.
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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.
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Special Education Department of the Lee County School Sys
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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
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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
