Five SC lawmakers earn perfect score from teachers group
Sen. Tommy Moore is among five South Carolina legislators to receive a perfect 100 from the South Carolina Education Association. The report card covers 42 education related votes from the session ending in June and aims to measure support for public education.
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Aiken Public Safety NCAA? Best response time in state
Aiken Public Safety earned praise for the fastest response times in South Carolina. The department handled over 40 000 calls last year with an average on scene in about 3 minutes 11 seconds. Officers serve as first responders with fire gear and comfort units in each patrol car.
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Radford Reflects on Reserve Duty and War Service
Senior writer Philip Lord profiles Lt. Col. Eric Radford, Army Reserve chief medical regulating officer, who recently returned from Kuwait and Southwest Asia after supporting Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He discusses duties, deployment challenges, health issues from dehydration, and plans to resume civilian life with Avondale Mills.
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Atlanta
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Aikenstandard.com
Aiken County Schools to Challenge Needs Improvement List
The Aiken County School District has about two weeks to contest a pending Needs Improvement list affecting 27 of its 31 elementary and middle schools. Associate Superintendent Dr. Frank Roberson said principals were briefed on data and potential errors, with challenges going to the State Department of Education after Sept 17.
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Frank Roberson
State Department of Education
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Board of Education
Principal voices concern over No Child Left Behind
Dr. Robert Maddox says North Aiken Elementary progress shows, but NCLB isn’t a true measure of school education. North Aiken, Busbee and Glendale elementary schools remain on the Needs Improvement list for the second year and must introduce a plan.
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Robert Maddox
Busbee
Greendale
Leaders mark MLK speech anniversary in 40th year
Civil rights leaders recall Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speech as 40 years pass since the March on Washington. NAACP and other groups press for removing the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s Statehouse grounds and urge continued boycotts until change occurs.
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