School starts Monday
Teachers and paraprofessionals at all Pike County schools are preparing to meet their new students on the first day of school Monday, Aug. 5.
Students in the pre-K program will not be in the primary school building this year but will start school in a newly renovated building, the one closest to the school’s auditorium right off Highway 19.
“By renovating this building, we’re able to take the trailers out of the equation at the primary school and move all the teachers and students into the building,” said superintendent Dr. Michael Duncan. “By moving the pre-K program here, we’ll be able to save more than $70,000 in the 2015 school year budget.”
Funding from the E-SPLOST helped pay for some of the updates, including a new roof for the building and an access control point security system.
“This year we’ll have access control points at the pre-K, elementary and primary school buildings so people have to be buzzed into the buildings,” said Dr. Duncan. “It will require some adjustment for parents. Safety and convenience don’t often co-exist and we’re siding with safety.”
Renovations at the pre-K building include a new security system, paint, carpet, gutters, ceiling tiles, renovated restrooms and a reconditioned HVAC system. The building will house nine pre-K classrooms, a cafeteria and computer lab for students. Students will also have a fenced playground area.
The use of the additional building may be the start of many facility changes for the school system.
“The E-SPLOST provided much needed funding to improve these buildings. We’re pretty excited about this because our long term vision is to reoccupy these buildings and use the entire campus,” said Dr. Duncan. “Sometime in the future, we hope to move out of the board of education annex and into the north building which can provide us with much needed space and storage area. It’ll also help unify all of the school’s operations.”
“By renovating this building, we’re able to take the trailers out of the equation at the primary school and move all the teachers and students into the building,” said superintendent Dr. Michael Duncan. “By moving the pre-K program here, we’ll be able to save more than $70,000 in the 2015 school year budget.”
Funding from the E-SPLOST helped pay for some of the updates, including a new roof for the building and an access control point security system.
“This year we’ll have access control points at the pre-K, elementary and primary school buildings so people have to be buzzed into the buildings,” said Dr. Duncan. “It will require some adjustment for parents. Safety and convenience don’t often co-exist and we’re siding with safety.”
Renovations at the pre-K building include a new security system, paint, carpet, gutters, ceiling tiles, renovated restrooms and a reconditioned HVAC system. The building will house nine pre-K classrooms, a cafeteria and computer lab for students. Students will also have a fenced playground area.
The use of the additional building may be the start of many facility changes for the school system.
“The E-SPLOST provided much needed funding to improve these buildings. We’re pretty excited about this because our long term vision is to reoccupy these buildings and use the entire campus,” said Dr. Duncan. “Sometime in the future, we hope to move out of the board of education annex and into the north building which can provide us with much needed space and storage area. It’ll also help unify all of the school’s operations.”
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Sheila Tolley
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08/08/13 at 02:11 PM
Yippee! Less kids at the matinee....and buses on the road. Life is bittersweet.
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George J. Mickle
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08/08/13 at 02:47 PM
Sheila, I miss Jessica. Do you think she moved back to Washington State? Maybe a Delta Gift Card was in order.
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Sheila Tolley
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08/09/13 at 07:06 AM
Someone said she went to Penn State. Or was it State Pen? I get those Pens confused.
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George J. Mickle
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08/09/13 at 10:29 AM
There is a reward out for her. Some guy that was shipped out to Iraq, he let her live in his $500,000 house. Two months into his tour he had to come home and face a condemned dump of a house. Let's check on the reward, maybe we can get that beach house for free.
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Sheila Tolley
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08/09/13 at 11:13 AM
This is a true story, George. I know a guy who broke out of the Chain Gang (roadside convicts) in Thomaston, Georgia.(DUI) He made it all the way to California. When the people got sick of him begging for money, and quit supporting his habits, he decided to turn himself in, in order to get a free trip back to Thomaston. He went to the Sheriff's Department and said..."I am a wanted man in Georgia." They said, "Well, we don't want you here." I about died laughing. He finally conned his family into buying him a ticket home. The same would probably happen to a Real Estate Broker...who isn't real.
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