| Sadie Saulter discussion continues
The Pitt County Board of Education today will discuss again what to do with unfilled space at Sadie Saulter Elementary School. There are 224 K-5 students at the school, which has room for 418 children. Another 40 are attending preschool and special education programs at Sadie Saulter. Pitt County Schools' projections have 211 elementary students there next year, leaving as many as 12 rooms empty. The school board meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Pitt County Office Building, 1717 W. Fifth St. The board last took up the Saulter space issue Feb. 19. Schools staff reported at that meeting that a survey of county K-4 parents turned up little interest in an extended day-care program at Sadie Saulter. The board asked for more detail on a full range of options, including turning Sadie Saulter into a magnet school.
8 Profs Receive Teaching Awards
Eight faculty members were recognized for their teaching at the eighth annual Crystal Apple Awards ceremony, held on Monday night in Cox Hall Ballroom. Started in 1999, the awards recognize professors "who make a difference in the lives of their students."
John Witte, the Jonas Robitscher professor of law and ethics, received the award for Excellence in Professional School Education.
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History Thomas Burns received the award for Excellence in Undergraduate Seminar Education.
David Edwards of the neuroscience and behaviorial biology program was awarded the Excellence in Undergraduate Lecture Education.
Two professors in theater studies, Jan Akers and Tim McDonough, received the Excellence in Performing Arts Education award.
Georgia Aviation president moving to state position
Andy Lundell will be leaving his position as president of Georgia Aviation Technical College in Eastman to work as a special assistant to the commissioner of the state Department of Technical and Adult Education. Interim Commissioner Ron Jackson made the appointment, which is effective immediately, at a board meeting in Atlanta on Thursday. Lundell, who could not be reached for comment, will be responsible for enhancing aviation maintenance programs at technical colleges throughout the state, according to a news release. Larry Calhoun, vice president of instructional services at Georgia Aviation, will become acting president. Lundell "was a great president with an extraordinary vision in the world of aviation and did a superb job of leading the GAVTC team in to developing our college in to one of the finest aviation training facilities in the country," Johnny Payne, director of public relations and information at Georgia Aviation wrote in an e-mail.
Education aid 'targets'
CONCORD (AP) -- School funding has dominated legislative sessions for a decade, and a court decision last fall should have ensured it would dominate this one. So why aren't more people talking about it? One reason is that Gov. John Lynch has yet to put forth his promised "narrow" amendment to the state constitution to permit targeting school aid to the neediest communities. But another reason may be people not fully appreciating what Lynch means by targeting. The state has targeted school aid for decades and, since the Supreme Court weighed in on the issue beginning in 1993, has included targeting in a system in which all towns receive some aid. Lynch has made it clear that under his system, the state would decide through a formula which towns deserve aid.
Nursing conference aims to improve bush services
MORE than 60 rural and remote nurses from across Australia met international colleagues in Albury yesterday. The nurses came together for the first day of the 5th International Rural and Remote Nursing Network congress. Delegates from the US, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand and Japan attended the opening. Yesterday’s program started with a keynote address from Michael Woods. The major themes the congress will focus on include rural nursing education, models of service delivery, access to quality services, indigenous health issues and natural disasters. Executive director of Australian rural nurses and midwives Geri Malone said the congress was a success. "Not everyone came today but we still had a great turn-out of about 65 people from the 80 that registered," she said.
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