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the significance and impor
tance in attracting indus
try.”
State Sen. Seth Harp was
impressed with the college’s
7 percent jump in enroll
ment. This year, 2,700 stu
dents will attend the techni
cal college and acquire what
Harp believes as a good edu
cation.
“It is exciting to have the
governor speak about the
importance of having a qual
ity program here,” Harp
said. “(MGTC President)
Billy Edenfleld does a good
job of putting highly skilled
and highly motivated stu
dents into the workforce,
and that is what we need.”
In his remarks, Perdue
touched on ways the college
contributes to the local
development and the quality
of life in Houston County.
He said there will be budget
cuts and the school is taking
a wise precaution in seeking
to supplement its budget to
help fund things like schol
arships, student/teacher
recognitions and new books
for the library to expand
educational opportunities.
“The message is that we
want to do more,” Perdue
said. “We have a great work
force here. Transformation
is what we want to take
place.”
Perdue also said the
HOPE scholarship contin
ues to be a part of the gover
nor’s agenda.
“We continue to work
every day to preserve the
HOPE scholarship for col
lege students and technical
college students,” he said.
“We need to preserve the
program for all of our chil
dren in the future.”
Amy Holloway, an aca
demic instructor at MGTC
who was named Teacher of
the Year by the state
Department of Technical
and Adult Education, noted
that Monday was the first
day of class for fall quarter.
“Those faces prove that
we can and we do make a
difference in those students’
lives every day,” she said.
The Department of
Technical and Adult
Education Commissioner,
Dr. Kenneth Breeden, told
guests that the college has
seen a 350.2 percent popula
tion growth in the past 10
years.
“It could not have grown
this good without money
invested and support from
the Georgia General
Assembly, foundation mem
bers and the community,”
Breeden said.
He praised MGTC and its
president, as well.
“It is a fabulous campus,
and a fabulous college,”
Breeden said. “Billy
Edenfield is an extraordi
nary college president.”
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Steve Way, chairman of the Steering Committee in
Hawkinsville, speaks with Gov. Sonny Perdue (right)
before Middle Georgia Technical College’s Fourth Annual
Giving Campaign Kickoff.
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CRCT
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determining the progress of
specific schools and school
systems in general. Under
the federal No Child Left
Behind Act, each state’s
department of education
must define a system that
holds individual schools
accountable for demonstrat
ing what is called Adequate
Yearly Process (AYP)
based primarily on the
CRCT and the Georgia High
School Graduation Tests
(GHSGT).
The test also plays a role
in grade promotion.
Although passing the test is
not currently required for a
student’s promotion to the
next grade, it will be phased
in as such by the Georgia
Department of Education in
upcoming years. By the
spring of 2004, third-
&g|r
m \
graders across the state, will
have to pass the reading
portion of the CRCT in
order to advance to the
fourth grade.
“Our CRCT scores have
steadily improved over the
last four years and continue
to be above the state aver
age,” said Dr. Betty
Haselden, Houston County
Schools’ testing coordinator.
“We are especially pleased
with the fourth-grade
scores. The most significant
gain for our fourth-graders
is an 8 percent gain in math.
Additionally, 52 percent of
our fourth-graders exceeded
expectations in reading and
34 percent met expectations.
We study this data each year
to identify areas of increased
opportunities for improve
ment as we work toward
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exemplary schools.”
Houston County Schools
Interim Superintendent
Danny Carpenter said that
he wanted to give special
recognition to Lindsay
Elementary, whose CRCT
scores have dramatically
increased over the past sev
eral years.
“Of course I’m pleased
with all our schools and how
well they’ve performed,”
said Carpenter, also citing
Russell, Northside, Westside
and Pearl Stephens elemen
tary schools for their
improvements.
“We don’t really even have
a school that is doing badly,”
he said. “We’re all in the
ballpark. I’m just very proud
of all our teachers and prin
cipals for all the hard work
that they’ve done.”
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