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Wilkes Teachers of the Year honored by Board of Education
"We have some of the best teachers in the state," said Board Chairman Ricky Callaway in announcing the Teachers of the Year, "and it was hard to choose which was the best in the system." Tiffani Andrews was chosen Teacher of the Year for Washington- Wilkes Primary School and Peggy Jones for W-W Elementary School. Teresa Eason was chosen Teacher of the Year at the middle school, and Robert Wheeler was chosen top teacher for the high school. One of the four will be chosen system wide Teacher of the Year, and will go on to compete at the state level for Georgia Teacher of the Year 2008. Family and friends of the honored teachers were guests at a reception prior to the meeting, and watched as each teacher was presented with a plaque and award.
The school also received the 2006 Gold Award from the Governor's office for the greatest gain in meeting and exceeding standards on recent CRCT testing. Brian Wood, a recent transplant to Wilkes County, rose to ask the board, at some length, a question about the building plans recently put on hold. If Wilkes County had the state funding to build a 48-classrom high school/middle school complex, he asked, why not build that much, and then try to add on to the complex later? Callaway answered Wood saying that a 48-room school just wouldn't work because of the programs in place in the schools. "It would turn upside down the whole way the schools run." Superintendent of Schools Joyce Williams gave Wood an overview of the last six months of meetings with state officials, in which she searched for any available state funding, and described the state's backward system for estimating the cost of a new school building and getting that estimate funded. During the Superintendent's Report, Williams returned to the subject of school construction, saying that the board needed to decide which way they would go - to try to bid out the planned school to see the actual costs, or to take the project off the table completely. The superintendent also brought up the condition of the school system's tennis courts, saying that the 1978 agreement with the city for maintenance had expired. She said that she would talk with city leaders about renewing the agreement. Williams also announced that the Georgia Accrediting Commission had made a site visit, as had a CTAE program review. Both visits went well, she said, and all schools were accredited with quality. The board approved the donation of one mini-bus to the City of Washington, discussed the latest tax digest numbers being sent to the state, and approved three out-of-state trips for faculty and students as requested by their schools.
In old business, the board made final approval of three policy revisions to line up with state policy guidelines.
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