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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008
Erwin updates BOE on start of school BOC approves budget for new fiscal year
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
Banks County Superintendent
Chris Erwin told Board of Education
members the start of the 2008-09
school year continues to see growth
for the system.
Approximately 100 more students
have enrolled in the local system
this year Erwin told BOE members
at their August work session last
Thursday.
“History shows us we will contin
ue to grow through October," Erwin
said. “Every day this week we have
been enrolling new students at every
school in the system.”
The superintendent also said in
his six years in the county this was
the most prepared the system has
been for the start of a new school
year.
“Many of our teachers are in the
same classroom,” Erwin said. “That
always helps make the start of the
new school year go well.”
In other business at last
Thursday’s work session, the BOE
was informed the most recent
Educational Local Option Sales Tax
check was for $307,186.85.
Financial director Mike Beasley
said the amount was the seventh
highest among the 71 checks
received on the current ELOST.
The BOE also approved the fol
lowing personnel items during a
closed session:
•Certified personnel, transfer:
Stacey Morgan, teacher, Banks
County Elementary School to 21st
CCLC director.
•Certified personnel, new hire:
Kathryn Blake Purcell, teacher,
2008-09 school year.
•Classified personnel, new hire:
Connie Garrison, para-professional,
2008-09 school year.
•Classified personnel, transfers:
Melissa Hester, para-professional,
Banks County High School to atten
dance secretary and Nicole Blalock,
para-professional, Banks County
Middle School to 21st CCLC sec
retary.
•Certified personnel, family medi
cal leave, Tondra Boswell, teacher,
Banks County Elementary School.
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
The Banks County Board of
Commissioners made it official last
week concerning the budget for the
new fiscal year.
After holding the required pub
lic hearings, the BOC approved a
budget of $14,567,734 in a special
called meeting Thursday afternoon.
There was no discussion on the
matter. The approval of the new
budget was originally on the agenda
for the Aug. 12 BOC meeting but
chairman Gene Hart asked that it be
delayed for two days. Hart wanted
to meet with county school officials
as well as officials from the cities
of Maysville, Baldwin, Alto and
Homer concerning a possible action
from the Governor’s office.
Hart said there is a chance Governor
Sonny Perdue may cut a Homestead
Exemption Act which would cut cost
Banks County approximately half a
million dollars. If this happens, Hart
said the county would not be able to
absorb the cost.
“We are going to go ahead and
send the tax bills out with that
amount still figured in,” the chair
man said. “If we have to, we will go
back and re-bill.”
Hart said he is unsure when the
governor will make a decision on the
matter but noted it would only affect
those citizens with Homestead
Exemptions.
“It’s not just us, every county faces
this possibility,” Hart said.
Tax notices are scheduled to be
sent out in middle to late October,
Hart said.
Banks' Erwin elected to leadership position in AASA
Mauldin named assistant DA of the year
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Allison Mauldin, assistant district
attorney for the Ocmulgee Judicial
Circuit, has been selected as the
2008 Assistant District Attorney of
the Year by the District Attorneys’
Association of Georgia.
The announcement was made on
Sunday, July 27, at the 48th annual
summer conference held at the Jekyll
Island Convention Center and spon
sored by the Prosecuting Attorneys’
Council.
“I am honored and humbled to
have been recognized statewide
for my service this past year,” said
Mauldin. “I accept this award on
behalf of my former colleagues in
the Piedmont Judicial Circuit who
worked tirelessly alongside of me
during a very difficult time.”
Mauldin was nominated by the
Barrow County Sheriff’s Office,
the assistant district attorneys who
formerly staffed the office of the
district attorney of the Piedmont
Judicial Circuit and the Georgia
attorney general’s office.
Mauldin served as the senior assis
tant district attorney in the Piedmont
Judicial Circuit from 1998 until
December of 2006. She was the
chief assistant district attorney there
from January of 2007 through June
2007. She served as interim district
attorney from June 2007 through
September 6, 2007.
Rick Currie, district attorney for
MAULDIN
the Waycross
Judicial
Circuit and
2008-2009
president of
the District
Attorneys’
Association
of Georgia,
presented the
award to Mrs.
Mauldin.
“This year’s
recipient is a true leader,” said
Currie. “She carries herself with
grace and dignity. She is also calm,
encouraging and takes great pride in
her work.”
Currie read from her nomination
letters.
“Alley was tasked with the tre
mendous burden of maintaining ser
vice from the Piedmont Judicial
Circuit’s district attorney’s office
when the previous district attorney
was charged with several criminal
acts,” said Major and Chief Deputy
Murray Kogod of the Barrow County
Sheriff’s Office.
“Not only did service go unin
terrupted, but the level of coop
eration and communication between
the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office
and the district attorney’s office
improved dramatically. We began
to see a level of service from our
DA’s office that we had never seen
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in the past. I truly believe that this
occurred as a result of Alley’s lead
ership and management.”
“Under tremendous stress, Alley
maintained a calm presence while
keeping the office functioning in
order to prosecute cases and protect
victims,” said the recommendation
letter from former assistant district
attorneys of the Piedmont Judicial
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Mauldin was also nominated by
David S. McLaughlin, senior assis
tant attorney general in the Georgia
attorney general’s office.
Chris Erwin, superintendent of
Banks County School System, has
been elected to serve a three-year
term on the Governing Board of
the American Association of School
Administrators.
AASA is the professional orga
nization for school superintendents
and other school system leaders
nationwide. As a member of the
AASA Governing Board, Erwin will
help to set the policy agenda.
AASA’s Governing Board is com
prised almost entirely of active school
superintendents drawn from seven
U.S. geographic regions. The board
meets twice each year and works
closely with AASA’s Executive
Committee, which approves the
association’s strategic plan and bud
get and conducts the ongoing busi
ness of the organization.
“I am honored by this opportunity
to serve the leading association for
K-12 educators,” said Erwin. “As
a member of the AASA Governing
Board, I look forward to contribut
ing to AASA’s efforts to advance
high-quality education for all chil
dren.”
“The AASA governance structure
relies on the participation of practic
ing school leaders, who establish and
oversee AASA’s goals,” said AASA
President Randall Collins, super
intendent of schools in Waterford,
Connecticut. “We value the work
of our elected leaders, who are inte
grally involved in decisions about the
critical issues facing school admin
istrators and public education.”
“AASA appreciates our mem
bers’ willingness to lend their time
and energy to advance AASA’s
educational mission,” said AASA
Executive Director Daniel A.
Domenech. Erwin’s commitment
to improving public education and
advancing student learning benefits
public education on a local and a
national level.”
The American Association of
School Administrators, founded in
1865, is the professional organiza
tion for more than 13,000 educa
tional leaders across America and
in many other countries. AASA’s
mission is to support and develop
effective school system leaders who
are dedicated to the highest quality
public education for all children.
AASA’s major focus is standing up
for public education.
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