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November 11, 2009
Reporter
IN MEMORY
LaDora Rickerson Wilson
October 9,1943 - November 3, 2009
LaDora Rickerson Wilson of High Falls died
Tuesday, November 3, 2009. A memorial service was
held Nov. 6 at New Beginning Pentecostal Church.
The Rev. Darrell Corbin officiated.
Ms. Wilson, the daughter of the late Cecil Green
Hall and Lillian Irene Lester Hall was born October
9, 1943 in Hancock County. She was previously
employed with Shoney’s and was a member of New
Beginning Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include her children, Wendell Wilson of
Ft. Valley, Kendall Wilson of Columbus, John Wilson
of Albany, Jerry Wilson of Lizella, Renee Wilson of
High Falls; stepchildren, Evelyn Bartlett of Roberta,
Marilyn Archer of Macon and Bubba Wilson of
Roberta; brothers, William T. Hall of Cumming and
Cecil A. Hall of High Falls; 25 grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest donations to
New Beginning Pentecostal Church Building Fund,
PO Box 272, Juliette, GA 31046.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com
to express tributes. Monroe County Memorial Chapel
has charge of arrangements.
S Lucian Roquemore
ias Lucian Roquemore, 86, founder of the law
firm Roquemore, Pringle and Moore, died Oct. 26 in
Glendale, California. Lucian was born in Monroe
County to the late Frank L. Roquemore and Rose
Earlene Rogers Roquemore. He served as a Marine
pilot in World War II and was discharged as a
Captain in 1946. In 1953, he graduated from USC
with a law degree and remained in California where
he met and married Delores Hamrock who preceded
him in death. Lucian was a member of Ebenezer
United Methodist Church and is survived by one
brother and his wife, as well as several nieces and
nephews.
Patsy Griswold Seitz
Patsy Griswold Seitz, 69, of Columbus passed away
peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer on
November 5, 2009 at Columbus Specialty Hospital. A
celebration of her life with a memorial service was
held Nov. 9 at Vance Brooks Funeral Home with Dr.
Marvin Lee officiating.
Mrs. Seitz was born August 29, 1940 in Jasper Ala.,
daughter of the late COL (Ret) George Griswold and
Marie Griswold.
Patsy is survived by her children, Andy Seitz and
wife Susan, of Grand Prairie TX, MSG Mike Seitz
and wife SFC Kelly of Ft. Bliss, TX, Dave Seitz and
Gini of Juliette, Heather Seitz Hodes and husband
Brian of Prairie Village, KS; sister Ann Griswold, of
Phenix City, Ala.; brothers Walter Griswold and wife
Linda of Peachtree City, and COL (Ret) Kelley
Griswold and wife Sherri of Huntsville, Ala.; Patsy
also leaves behind 12 loving grandchildren.
Patsy was a loving mother, grandmother and friend,
whom taught her family many lessons about love, life
and courage. She will be dearly missed by all who
knew her.
Flowers will be accepted or donations can be made
in honor of Patsy to:Cure Childhood Cancer, 1835
Savoy Drive Suite 102 Atlanta GA 30341 or online at
CureChildhoodCancer.Org.
Card of Thanks
The family of the late Raymond
Clifton Williams would like to
express our sincere appreciation
and gratitude to everyone for all the
prayers, visits, and all expressions
of love and sympathy shown duur-
ing our hour of bereavement.
Choice
continued from the front page
May requesting the
transfer.
“Pack told me he was
afraid the law could lead
to segregation, but I say
it’s not up to him. The
law was passed by the
legislature and it’s up to
the school system to
adhere to it. I asked
them to show me the
numbers; to prove to me
that there is no room for
my kids at T.G. Scott, but
they just ignored my
request.”
Guidelines handed
down by the state left it
up to local school boards
to develop a policy for
determining whether a
school has space for stu
dents wishing to transfer.
According to Angie
Dillon, Monroe County
schools' executive direc
tor for teaching and
learning, the application
period for requesting
transfers under the new
law was from July 1
through July 20. Parents
were notified using the
“system-wide call out”
and the Monroe County
School System’s website.
During that time the cen
tral office received 20
requests for transfers,
including Jones’ two chil
dren. However, only
three requests were
approved. That’s because
there was simply no
space, says Dillon. The
school capacity is deter
mined by the funded
class size as identified by
the Georgia Department
of Education. The fund
ing size varies from the
actual maximum class
size. The funding size
varies according to grade,
but for example, the
state will fund a first
grade teacher if there are
at least 17 students. But,
each first grade class
room is allowed to have
up to 21 students before
having to hire another
teacher.
“We couldn’t go by the
maximum size because
we had to leave room for
any students in a partic
ular school district who
did not pre-register and
showed up on registra
tion day in August,” said
Dillon. “If we filled the
classes up before school
started and ended up
having more students
move into the county for
a certain grade in a cer
tain school district, we
would be forced to hire
another teacher and we
would not receive addi
tional funds from the
state for that teacher
unless we had the fund
ing capacity for that
grade.”
The requests received
by the central office were
as follows: Four requests
were made to move from
Hubbard Middle School
to Banks Stephens
Middle. One request was
made from Banks
Stephens to Hubbard
Middle. Six requests
were made from T.G.
Scott to Hubbard
Elementary. Five
requests were made from
Hubbard Elementary to
T.G. Scott. Three
requests were made from
K.B. Sutton to Hubbard
Elementary.
Under the law, K.B.
Sutton is not eligible for
the transfer for four
years because it is a new
school.
Dillon said a total of
three requests were
approved and those were
students at T.G. Scott
who requested a transfer
to Hubbard Elementary.
Dillon says those were
the only ones where
space was available, in
second and fourth
grades.
Dillon said the other
requests were denied due
to lack of space at the
requested schools, based
on the enrollment as of
June 30 under the proce
dures approved by the
Monroe County Board of
Education for transfer
under the law.
Three weeks ago, Jones
removed his children
from Hubbard
Elementary School,
where new principal Kay
Williams has been the
subject of some contro
versy for reading the
Pledge of Allegiance in
Spanish and for having a
Cabbage Patch doll
named for Barack
Obama. He says they are
now happily attending
First Presbyterian Day
School.
“It was not just because
of the principal. I had
concerns last year before
I even knew who the
principal was going to
be,” said Jones. “I was
concerned that the school
lost Alicia Elder, Angie
Dillon and Fletcher
Johnson. They also gut
ted the teaching staff. I
had a lot of concerns.”
Dillon says she under
stands that parents have
concerns and may want
their kids to attend a cer
tain school for a variety
of reasons. But, Dillon
says the school system
has to go by certain
guidelines in order to
make sure students are
treated as fairly as possi
bly and that there is
enough room for any stu
dent who may move into
the district any time dur
ing the school year,
Parents may apply for
transfer under the school
choice law every year for
a period of 14 business
days beginning July 1.
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