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PAGE 2A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JUNE 25. 2020
County waste & recycling workers
saluted by Keep Pickens Beautiful
Keep Pickens Beautiful
would like to re
mind you to re
cycle your old
telephone
books. The new
phone booksfor
2020areinthe
mail; please put
yourold booksin
your recycle. The books are being accepted at both
recycle centers; help our County to reduce the
amount of trash going into landfills.
For more information
call 706-253-3600
or email us at
keeppickensbeautiful@gmail.com
Submitted by Keep
Pickens Beautiful
Keep Pickens Beautiful
would to say a big thank you
to the men and women who
work at our Recycling -
Trash Centers.
Their work in keeping our
county moving ahead by dis
posing of our waste products
is a great asset to keeping our
county clean and beautiful.
We are all excited to have the
new beautiful County facility
open soon with more and bet
ter ways of operation to take
in more recycle materials.
The new facility will be
under the management of
Kenneth Woodward, Recycle
Director.
Standardized tests on chopping block amid COVID-19
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Pickens County’s waste and recycling Camp Road crew.
Pickens County’s waste and recy
cling Cove Road crew.
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NEARLY WOR1D EAMOUS
BARBEQUE
for changes in a House com
mittee as the legislative ses
sion speeds toward its
conclusion.
The bill has drawn sup
port from local teachers’ as
sociations but skepticism
from some state lawmakers
concerned that less testing
could inspire students to
slack off.
On Thursday, Kemp and
Woods said their request for
another federal waiver from
testing is in step with their
push to ease stress for teach
ers and students by reducing
tests.
“These efforts are in line
with our longstanding shared
belief that assessment has a
place and a purpose in educa
tion, but the current high-
stakes testing regime is
excessive,” their statement
read.
THE MORE BANKS
CHANGE, THE MORE
WE STAY THE SAME.
Community Bank of Pickens County is the
only true local community bank in Jasper
and Pickens County. We are proud of our
professional and experienced staff that is
home-grown and continues to provide the
personal service you've known for many years.
We live here, we make all banking decisions
here, and we invest in Jasper and Pickens
County every day.
If you have not met us, come by and let us show
you why local banking is better banking.
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MAIN OFFICE: 15 Sammy McGhee Blvd. • Jasper, GA 30143
COVE ROAD OFFICE: 65 Cove Road • Jasper, GA 30143
(706) 253-9600 • www.cbopc.com
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The staff will visit your business and take a
photo to use on social media and in
the ChamberGram the following Monday.
The only cost to the business is providing
the t-shirts for Chamber Staff.
If interested, contact Jenna McQueen at
706-692-5600 or infb@pickenschamber.com
By Beau Evans
Staff Writer
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia students may get
another pass on standardized
tests next school year after
year-end testing was
scrapped this spring amid the
corona virus pandemic.
School officials and Gov.
Brian Kemp announced
Thursday they plan to seek a
waiver from the federal gov
ernment to allow local public
schools not to administer the
Georgia Milestones tests for
the 2020-21 school year.
Kemp and State School
Superintendent Richard
Woods also aim to suspend
annual teacher evaluations
for the upcoming school year,
according to a news release
Thursday morning.
Resuming the oft-dreaded
tests would both complicate
classroom learning already
challenged by social distanc
ing restrictions and hurt the
budgetary bottom-line for
local schools, said a joint
statement by Kemp and
Woods.
“In anticipation of a return
to in-person instruction this
fall, we believe schools’
focus should be on remedia
tion, growth and the safety of
students,” reads the state
ment. “Every dollar spent on
high-stakes testing would be
a dollar taken away from the
classroom.”
The move to do away with
testing comes after Georgia
received federal approval in
late March allowing more
than 2,200 public and state
schools to be exempted from
18 requirements under state
law.
Those exemptions in
cluded the Milestones test
and other student exams,
teacher performance evalua
tions and course curriculum
for the coronavirus-impacted
2019-2020 school year.
School districts across
Georgia totaling around 1.7
million students shut down
in-person classroom activi
ties in March as concerns
mounted over coronavirus.
They remained closed
throughout the semester as
students and teachers pivoted
to online classes.
Local school officials
were handed guidelines ear
lier this month on how to
safely reopen classes for the
upcoming school year, with
plans outlining steps schools
should take to prevent the
highly infectious virus from
entering classroom environ
ments and to curb its spread
if an outbreak occurs.
The bid by Kemp and
Woods to suspend testing for
a second school year in a row
also comes as legislation
works its way through the
General Assembly to perma
nently scrap several standard
ized tests in Georgia.
Senate Bill 367, spon
sored by Senate Education
Committee Chairman RK.
Martin, R-Lawrenceville,
would get rid of five year-end
tests including exams in
American literature, geome
try, physical science and eco
nomics.
It passed out of the state
Senate in March but is poised
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Notice of Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be
held on the 13th day of July 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at
the Pickens County Board of Commissioners
Meeting Room, 1266 East Church Street, Jasper,
Georgia, before the Planning Commission of Pick
ens County, Georgia. The purpose of the hearing
is to discuss a request by Jacob Pendergraft to
re-zone 5.50 acres from Agricultural (AG) to Rural
Residential (RR) the purpose of this re-zone is to
build a home. The property is located on Camp
Dobbs Road, Jasper, Georgia (Parcel ID #062-
011-002). The recommendation of the Planning
Commission will be brought before the Board of
Commissioners on August 20th, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
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30% OF SINGLE WASH SALES
using this code will go directly to
Habitat For Humanity of Pickens Countyl
CODE: 888888
From now until July 15, 2020
When you arrive at the pay station, either
show the attendant this flyer OR click
“Enter Wash Code” on the bottom left
corner of the screen to indicate that your
purchase is for Habitat for Humanity.
705 Noah Drive
Jasper, GA 30143