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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 2001
Page
8
City and county planners discuss a shared blueprint to calm traffic and reshape the Whiskey Road corridor. Proposals include new driveways off the corridor to ease access and a planted median with dedicated turn lanes. Residents weigh impact on speeds and property values as leaders pursue a unified standards district.
Officials note dollar spot disease and algae in greens due to humidity and moist soil. A week of hot July weather could help. Savannah River Site reports 1.75 inches of rain in 24 hours at three locations, with 2.4 inches at a site the day prior. Groundwater remains low. Farmers seek a few dry days for hay cutting while corn, cotton, peanuts, and soybeans look favorable with adequate rain and mild temps. The forecast calls for mostly cloudy days with scattered showers and thunderstorms, highs upper 80s, 50 percent shower chance, and 60s–90s overnight, improving into late week with more sun and continued warmth.
State funds may cover part of the 4.7 mill school hike. The board debated options to raise salaries for teachers with fewer years, adjust bus driver pay, and reduce class size in grades four and five while preserving the planned contingency fund. The third option, passed with an amendment, funds early career teacher raises and includes bus pay increases. Second graders scored 70.6 percentile on Terra Nova, above national average, with a 7.3 point gain from last year.
Members tabled how the funds would be allocated after agreeing on a plan to raise starting salaries. Beginning teachers with a bachelor's degree and no experience would start at 27,869, while others suggested rising to step three for new hires, stirring concerns about veteran teachers and mid career staff.
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