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The True Citizen, Wednesday, October 10, 2012 — Page 7
Reynolds savors new role at BCMS
Dr. Mona Reynolds took the helm of the middle school July 1.
By Anne Marie Kyzer
annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
Burke County Middle School
has been on Dr. Mona Reynolds’
radar for a long time.
When she was among the first
faculty hired at Glenn Hills
Middle School, she taught in a
new building that had been
modeled after this one. The
same goes for the years she
spent at Greenbrier Middle and
then at Evans Middle, where
she worked as an assistant prin
cipal for eight years before her
move to Waynesboro. And
whether they were looking at
logistics or new strategies to
reach struggling student popu
lations, Dr. Reynolds said ad
ministrators from those coun
ties have long eyed Burke
County Middle School as a
model.
So, when she learned that
Rudy Falana had been promoted
from his position as BCMS
principal to Burke County Su
perintendent, Dr. Reynolds im
mediately started working on
her application to fill the slot
he left vacant.
“When I read that, I knew
they would need someone here,”
she recalls, having jumped at the
chance.
Now, three months on the job
as BCMS’ new principal, Dr.
Reynolds hasn’t looked back.
Having worked her entire ca
reer in larger schools systems,
she says the flexibility and will
ingness to try new approaches
here has already made it reward
ing.
Among those ideas is a pre
advanced placement (AP) pro
gram for middle school stu
dents.
Using gifted certified teach
ers, the school is offering
courses such as world history,
French and Spanish that students
may take for high school credit.
Beginning in the sixth grade,
students may also enroll in ac
celerated math classes that will
enable them to take high school
Algebra while in the eighth
grade.
Dr. Reynolds said she and
other faculty members want to
make sure students are not just
challenged, but challenged to
their full potential.
“We really want to provide
them with advanced content in
their core classes and challenge
our accelerated students,” she
explained. “Some of those kids
are just ready to go and we have
to be ready to give it to them.”
Dr. Reynolds says she looks
forward to seeing the school
take additional steps forward
and she’s happy to be a part of
it.
“Being in Burke County is
just a blessing,” she says.
“There’s a lot of flexibility for
big ideas to be embraced and
the impact is so much more in
the community. And the board
has been so supportive of what
we do.”
And for her personally, Burke
County reminds her so much
more of her own childhood in
south Georgia, where she
graduated from Turner County
High School just west of Tifton.
“This feels like home to me,”
she said. "I’m back to my roots.
I grew up like a lot of kids here,
with agriculture everywhere.
It’s such a blessing.”
In-person
Advance voting to begin next Monday
By Elizabeth Billips
lizbillips@yahoo.com
Advance voting for the Nov.
6 General Election begins
Monday.
Registered voters may cast
their ballots in-person at the
Burke County Courthouse, 9
a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
There will also be one day
of advance Saturday voting on
Oct. 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Absentee ballots will con
tinue to be mailed out until
Nov. 2.
Burke County residents may
weigh in on at least five con
tested races, including: Presi
dent of the United States, Pub
lic Service Commissioner, 12 th
District Congress (Fee Ander
son vs. John Barrow), 23 rd Dis
trict Senate (Jesse C. Stone vs.
Robert Ingham) and District
Attorney (Ashley Wright vs.
Evita A. Paschall).
District 3 voters will also
decide between Wayne
Crockett and Rennitta Stokes-
Johnson for their next county
commissioner, and District 5
residents will choose between
George F. DeLoach and
Darrell Smith.
Two proposed amendments
are up for approval - one about
the creation of charter schools
and the other about multi-year
real estate rental agreements
for state agencies.
Burke County voters will
have at least one referendum
on their ballots dealing with
Sunday alcohol sales. Every
voter will get a yes/no ques
tion that will decide whether
restaurants in unincorporated
areas across the county can
serve alcoholic drinks on Sun
days; and Waynesboro resi
dents will vote on two addi
tional referendums for Sunday
sales at restaurants and stores
within the city limits.
State issues emergency
unemployment checks
By Elizabeth Billips
lizbillips@yahoo.com
Burke County workers who
have been looking for jobs the
longest could be eligible for
emergency payments.
Beginning this week, the
Georgia Department of Labor
will mail notifications and in
structions to residents who may
qualify for Emergency Unem
ployment Compensation (EUC).
According to GDOL offi
cials, federal law mandates the
Tier 4 pay-outs in states with a
three-month unemployment rate
that averages 9 percent or
higher.
Georgia’s unemployment rate
averaged 9.2 percent for June,
July and August.
The Tier 4 benefits will be
available to residents who have
already exhausted the first three
tiers of EUC and aren’t eligible
for regular unemployment in
surance benefits. Tier 1 pro
vides up to 20 weeks of emer
gency compensation; Tier 2 pro
vides up to 14 weeks; and Tier
3 will pay 13 more.
Those who meet the Tier 4
requirements will be covered
for six more weeks.
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