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♦ TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2005
MISS WRHS
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scholarship money.
The event was a collabora
tive effort of the school’s
Graphic Art Department,
which designed programs,
and the Thespian Club,
which provided stage crew,
ushers and dressing room
attendants.
In her speech, winner
Lauren Alligood spoke of the
influence WRHS has had in
her life, and how her teach
ers inspired her plans to
study music at Western
Carolina University in the
fall.
In the talent performance
she rendered a beautiful
performance of the aria
“Quando men vo” from
Puccini’s “La Boheme.”
Runners-up were fourth,
Katie Dunston; third, Laura
Peek; second, Molly Moore;
and first runner-up, Sagen
Woolery.
Other contestants who
won preliminary contests
were Most Scholarship
Money Raised, Kelly Fehr;
People’s Choice, Brittany
Cook; Highest GPA (95.56),
Becky Grotewiel; Signature
Page Award, Kelly Fehr; Six-
Minute Interview, Lauren
Alligood; First runner-up
Talent Award, Brittany
Cook; First-place Talent
Winner, Lauren Alligood;
Miss Congeniality, Lauren
Alligood; Winner of Speech
and Evening Gown competi
tion, Lauren Alligood.
“I’m thrilled,” Alligood
said. “I can’t explain how
amazing it feels to be Miss
Warner Robins High. I
would like to thank my par
ents Ken and Pam Alligood,
and my teachers at Warner
Robins High.”
More pageant photos
in Thursday's HHJ
RIGHT: Kelly Fehr and C.C.
Sirmans dance to Alan
Jackson’s “Gone Country”
in the opening act of the
Miss Warner Robins High
scholarship pageant.
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The contingencies include
a minimum of 60 jobs being
created, no subdivision of
the land, a phase one assess
ment of the site and accept
ance of the purchase of the
building by the bank. The
contract also includes a 12-
month reversion clause -
stipulating that land has to
be developed and jobs relo-
GROWTH
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very near, or over capacity.
For example, there are
over 4,000 housing units in
the process of being built in
the district that includes
Bonaire Elementary School,
which is already slightly
over capacity and predicted
to be even more so in 2005.
Other schools expected to
have increased enrollment
due to the local housing
boom are Morningside
Elementary projected to
have an increase of about 50
students, Bonaire Middle
with planned housing devel
opments in its district of
about 8,000, feeding a pro
jected 200 more students
into the school. Warner
Robins High, after renova
tion with a planned 7,828
housing developments, pro
jected to feed about 175 stu
dents into the school in
2005.
“In this month’s board
meeting additional teachers
were requested, but there is
no space,” Thublin said.
“This presentation is a sum
mary of where we stand now
and a projection of October
2005 enrollment. The enroll
ment in the county is steadi
ly increasing.”
Thublin continued by say
ing that even if each of the
17,500 expected new
dwellings produces only 1.1
children, schools will not be
able to handle the increase.
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cated within 12 months or
the property reverts to the
seller at the original pur
chase price.
Development Authority
Executive Director Morgan
Law said the building will be
used for the manufacturing
of the corrugated polyethyl
ene drainage pipe and the
land will be utilized for
product storage and a rail
“In these reports, develop
ments such as Houston
Springs, a retirement com
munity isn’t included, and
Oaky Woods development is
also not included,” Thublin
said.
With cooperation of the
cities of Warner Robins,
Centerville and Perry, plan
ning is being done to antici
pate facilities needed to
accommodate additional stu
dents.
“There is no way to pre
dict whether all these houses
will be sold or built,” said
Dave McMahan, director of
facilities for the school
board. “But even if half of
those known facilities are
built, we will have a serious
situation.”
McMahan said the school
board has talked with land
surveyors and contractors.
“We know they’re coming
whether it’s tomorrow or
five years from now, but they
are on the books to be built
in the future,” McMahan
said.
Greg Gentry, director of
testing and instructional
technology, also explained
how testing plays a role in
student enrollment.
Gentry said enrollment of
students in fifth through
sixth grades tends to stay
about the same, but
explained as testing gates
come into place, there may
be increased students at
spur to get the raw material
in. He said the company’s
goal was to get closer to
Atlanta and to Interstate 75.
“We are not in the habit of
taking from neighboring
counties,” Snellgrove
stressed. “We did not pursue
them; we were approached
by ADS.”
Authority member Tee
Tolleson noted that the com-
those grade levels such as
third grade where a reading
gate must be passed for a
student to be promoted to
the fourth grade.
Increased enrollment is
also happening at the ninth
grade level, where students
must receive a certain num
ber of credits to proceed to
the next grade, but are
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pany is purchasing the
building from a private enti
ty, CB&T bank.
Law said the only tax
incentive there would be
was if ADS were to create 25
new jobs.
“The state does not pay to
move from one county to
another,” he said.
Advanced Drainage
Systems is headquartered in
allowed to take tenth-grade
classes. Local high schools
are seeing enhanced enroll
ments in this area because of
this factor.
Superintendent Danny
Carpenter encouraged board
members to keep this infor
mation presented in mind
when planning for the coun
ty.
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