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Public schools set
registration times
The Houston County
public school student
year begins Aug. 12, but
registration and orienta
tion starts much earlier.
Information parents
need upon enrolling stu
dents in Georgia schools
for the first time:
For all first time stu
dents entering any Geor
gia public school, regis
tration materials require
certified birth certificate,
social security card,
Georgia immunization
form, and an Eye, Ear,
and Dental record from
the Georgia Department
of Health.
Kings Chapel
Elementary School
988-6273
Darryl Albritton, prin
cipal
Registration for new
students is every day 9
a.m. - 3 p.m.
Open house is Aug. 24,
7 p.m.
Perry Elementary
School
988-6267
Paulette Thompkins,
principal
Registration for new
students is every day, 8
a.m.to 4 p.m.
Orientation for fifth
graders and parents is
scheduled for Aug. 11,6
p.m.
Perry Primary School
988-6160
Van Rogers and Dave
Crockett, co-principals
Registration is every
day, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“The sooner, the bet
ter,” said Rogers.
PreK orientation is
scheduled for Aug. 3, 6
p.m. and K orientation is
scheduled for Aug. 3, 7
p.m. First grade orienta
tion is scheduled for
Aug. 5, 7 p.m. The orien
tations are for parents
only.
Perry High School
988-6298
Phil Smith, principal
Registration for new
students begins Aug. 2.
Hours are 9' to Noon and
1 to 3PM. New students
to Georgia schools must
have all the require
ments listed and either a
report card or a with
drawal form from last
school attended. Georgia
students transferring in
state must bring either a
withdrawal form or a
report card from last
school attended.
Ninth grade student
orientation is scheduled
for Aug. 11,7 p.m..
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SNEAK PREVIEW Will this building sions expected, according to architect
be one of Houston County’s main land- Jim Mehserle. The courthouse and the
marks in the century ahead? The latest new jail will be built on a site at the inter
rendering of the future Houston County section of Kings Chapel Road and Perry
Courthouse is still just a draft, with revi- Parkway.
Police Chief Potter
named Chief group VP
By Tout Jolley
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Perry police officers con
tinue to rack up awards.
The latest feather in the
department cap came
recently when Chief George
Potter was elected fourth
Vice-President of the Geor
gia Association of Chiefs of
Police.
Potter said, “This is an
honor.” A honor it is. No
one in Perry police history
has achieved this position
before Potter.
According to Frank
Rotondo, Executive Direc
tor of the Georgia Associa
tion of Chiefs of Police, "IVe
known George Potter since
he worked at the Columbus
Police Department. I was a
police chief at the time. I
knew even then he was
destine to be a police chief
and an administrator. He is
very knowledgeable about
police work. So his election
does not come as a surprise
to me."
Potter’s duties will be to
attend to executive board
meetings. He will help
make the association goals
and objectives. He will
ensure executive training to
all police chiefs. Potter will
move up one position on
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“We wanted to include
evenings of each month/
Johnson said.
-Residents of the Perry
area will continue to
receive the Houston Home
Journal Advertiser
through home delivery
each Tuesday morning.
“We give advertisers a
See PAPER, Page SA
the board each year.
“In four years, I will be
president and the year
after, I will be immediate
past president," said Potter.
Rotondo explained the
association “guides police
chiefs in procedures and
protocol. We have an attor
ney on retainer to help
answer legal questions as
well."
Approximately 550 police
chiefs and 1,200 others are
active members of the asso
ciation.
According to Rotondo,
Potter waS elected from a
field of “three outstanding
candidates." Other candi
dates were Lou Dekmar of
LaGrange and Dwayne
Hobbs of Forest Park. Dek
mar is a former detective in
the Perry department.
“All were highly educated
men. This proves the evolu
tion law enforcement has
undergone. It takes a
thinking law man who has
a desire to help the com-
munity, not just a physical
type," said Rotondo.
Potter holds a master's
degree in criminal justice
administration from Troy
State University in Alaba
ma and an undergraduate
degree in criminal Justice
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Perry Primary School gets
official name from school board
Bt Torey Jolley
Naming *Stk new Perry Pr imary Center
topped the list of things to do at the Hous
ton County School Board meeting July 26.
Van Rogers, co-principal of the school,
said, “It is very simple. Teachers from four
elementary schools in Perry gathered and
came up with a recommendation the new
school be named Perry Primary School."
With a quick Board vote, the school was
renamed.
The Board also voted to make changes in
the student code of conduct, also known as
policy JCD. These changes include
V The Board requires a disciplinary tri
bunal be convened to hold a disciplinary
hearing following any Instance of an
alleged assault or battery by a student
upon any teacher, other school official, or
employee; alleged assault or battery by a
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SELECTED Perry
Police Chief George Potter
has been elected Fourth
Vice-President of the Geor
gia Association of Chiefs
of Police.
administration from
Columbus College in Geor
gia.
Potter is a graduate from
the FBI National Academy
in Quantlco, Va.; the U.S.
Secret Service Dignitary
Protection School in Wash
ington, DC.; and the Geor
gia Association of Chiefs of
Police Command College.
He is a certified instruc
tor for the Georgia Peace
Officer Standards and
Training Council. Potter,
also, teaches a class at Fort
Valley State University.
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Christ’s Sanctified
families gather this week
Bt CHARLOTTE PERKINS
It’s camp meeting time
once more for members of
Christ’s Sanctified Holy
Church and more than
2,000 members of the
church are heading for the
church's campground a few
miles north of Perry on
Highway 41.
“They’ll be pouring in the
latter part of this week. “
said the Rev. Floyd L.
Hagan Sr., leader of the
church. “We traditionally
start the camp meeting on
the Saturday before the
first Sunday in August, and
this year that happens to
fall on July 31."
Hagan, whose year
round home is in Raleigh,
Perry Police earn
state certification
By Toret Jolley
JOWWAL STATT
The City of Perry Police
Department was awarded
the State of Georgia Law
Enforcement Certification
at the annual Police Chief
Summer Conference which
was held in Savannah on
July 13, 1999. The award
was presented to Perry
Police Chief George Potter.
Forty-three law enforce
ment agencies, less than
five percent of the 986
agencies in the state of
Georgia, have met the stan
dards for this certification
since its inception in 1996.
According to Potter, "The
Perry Police Department
has met or exceeded over
500 national and state
standards.”
Frank Rotondo. Execu
tive Director of the Georgia
Association of Chiefs of
Police, said, “Certification
status represents a signifi
cant professional achieve
ment. It acknowledges the
implementation of policies
and procedures that are
conceptually and opera
tionally effective."
Certification is a progres
sive way of helping law
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student upon another student, if the situa
tion could justify the expulsion of the stu
dent; or substantial damage alleged to be
intentionally caused by a student on
school premises to personal property
belonging to a teacher, school official,
employee, or student, if situation could
Justify the expulsion of the student.
V Any student who commits a terroristic
threat or act shall be subject to discipline,
including expulsion. Terroristic threats
include threats to commit crime of vio
lence; property damage for the purpose of
threatening another; causing the evacua
tion of a school building, place of assembly
for school activity, or school bus: causing
serious school inconvenience in reckless
disregard of the risk of causing terror; and
knowingly furnish or disseminate through
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N.C.. is already at the
campground getting things
organized for a busy week
of worship, fellowship and
business meetings.
The gathering of church
members at the Perry
campgrounds began in
1939 with members stay
ing in tents. Later cabins
were built for the annual
sojourn, and over the years
many members built per
manent homes on land
owned by the church.
The Christ’s Sanctified
Holy Church also operates
a nursing home at the
campground, and has a
cemetery where church
members from many states
are buried.
See CHURCH, Page 2A
enforcement agencies cal
culate and improve their
overall performances. It
represents a significant
professional achievement
of policies and procedures
that are conceptually
sound and operationally
effective.
The process to achieve
certification has six steps:
application, policy develop
ment, assessment, joint
committee review, awards
ceremony and monitoring
compliance. The certifica
tion is valid for a period of
five years and will be moni
tored annually for continu
ing compliance.
Benefits of certification
are confirmation the
agency practices are con
sistent with progressive
professional standards,
greater operational and
administrative effective
ness, enhanced under
standing of agency polices
and practices, greater pub
lic confidence in the
agency, recognition in the
field of outstanding
achievement, reduced lia
bility potential, and greater
governmental and commu
nity support.