Athens —
A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Athens Independent School District will be Thursday at 6 p.m. in the District Support Center Board Room (104 Hawn St., Athens).
An executive session is scheduled to be held to consider a proposed non-renewal of the coordinator of Student Support Services contract due to a reduction in force based on programmatic change.
There will also be consideration of administrator contracts for 2013-2014 at the executive session, as well as consideration of employment and resignations.
Action items include consideration for a waiver for staff development and early release days, presented by Janie Sims, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment.
A consideration will also be given to the 2013-2014 school calendar presented by Superintendent Blake Stiles.
Randy Jones, chief financial officer, will present consideration for an appointment of an audit firm.
Technical Coordinator Stacy Dunacusky will present E-Rate purchases valued at more than $10,000, while Jones and Barry Choate will present a request for a sport-utility vehicle for the transportation fleet.
Among the items in the consent agenda will be financial statements for the month of January 2013. The board is also expected to formally call its election for May 11 to fill the expired terms of Raymond Williams, Place 5; David Freeman, Place 6; and Robert Spears, Place 7.
Trustees will also consider adoption of a resolution authorizing a joint election agreement between the City of Athens and Athens ISD.
Trustees will also consider adoption of new goals and adoption of TASB localized policy update 96.
Among information items will be the Athens ISD Integrated Improvement Plan, presented by Director of Federal Programs Diana Vaughn, and the Athens Middle School Improvement Plan, presented by Cedric Barrett and Shannon Pursley.
Also among information items will be Athens ISD 504 District Handbook and District Dyslexia Plan Updates, presented by Susan Lay.
An update on JIVE phone system will also be presented by Dunacusky.
February Teachers/Employees of the Month will also be recognized. They are Lisa Ford, Bel Air Elementary; Sarah Williams, South Athens Elementary; Audrey Thurston, Athens Intermediate School; Sarah Bradshaw, Athens Middle School; Phyllis Walker, Athens High School; Jennifer Gorell, CATE; Doris Garcia, operations. Presenters will be Sims and Risko.
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AISD board to meet
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Don’t let the fire die
Brownsboro Junior High eighth-grader Yasmine Mendez lights one of the candles during Thursday's induction ceremony for the National Junior Honor Society. Mendez and this year's NJHS class helped to officially welcome 36 new members who will be in eighth grade next year.
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‘Click it or Ticket’
The Athens Police Department is part of a nationwide effort to cut down on traffic injuries and deaths by getting motorists to buckle their seat belts. It’s part of the Click It or Ticket campaign underway through June 2.
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WWII vets visit Washington, D.C.
Two Athens men who served in World War II are part of a veteran’s visit to the nation’s capital this week.
J.C. Garrett and Doug Tanner join 28 others being escorted by Brookshires Grocery Co. who will tour the WWII Memorial and other sites. The veterans were set to leave Texas on Thursday and return at 9 a.m., Saturday. -
Taking a break, just like you
Henderson County offices will close Friday through Monday for the Memorial Day weekend.
The courthouse and other county locations have traditionally closed on a Friday in May for Fiddlers Day. County employees were given May 24 as a holiday this year in anticipation of the event. The county’s 2013 holiday schedule was already set when the organizers of Fiddlers Day decided to make it a Friday night and Saturday affair on May 31 and June 1. -
Great ability, not debatable
BROWNSBORO — Brownsboro senior Caleb Cade earned a state championship in persuasive speaking at the 2013 UIL State Speech and Debate Meet in Austin on May 22.
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Wet and wild
A line of severe thunderstorms roared throughout Henderson County on Tuesday afternoon, dropping significant rainfall and taking down trees and power lines.
The storm produced heavy rains in Athens, where the National Weather Service reports 2.16 inches fell. Residents in the county were seeing three or more inches in their rain gauges. -
Strong message
A Henderson County jury delivered a strong message to a 37-year-old Kemp man in the sentencing phase of a child sexual-abuse trial on Tuesday.
The jury, in Judge Mark Calhoon’s 3rd District Court, handed Danny Ray Lusk four life sentences and one 20-year sentence, the maximum jail time on each count. -
Going to ‘WAR’
A program termed “We Are Responsible” was generated this year at South Athens Elementary School by its principal, Eugene Buford.
At first reading, the slogan appears to be for the school’s students. But, after looking at the slogan and noting that the abbreviation is WAR, Buford says the slogan is for educators. -
A need that’s very easy to see
The Greater Athens Lions Club is asking for used eyeglasses, lenses, glass cases and hearing aids for the annual Lions Club White Cane Day this Saturday.
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Too close to home
It was the kind of moment any parent would dread.
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