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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 2013
Page
3
Readers criticize ID checks for cashiers, library relocations, politician salaries, road work priorities, and foreign aid. They urge budget restraint and question federal policy while praising accountability and policy clarity from leaders.
A reader expresses gratitude to the person who turned in a missing item left in a Walmart shopping buggy. The note invites reader feedback via TalkBack hotline or email and notes names will not be published.
Twenty Aiken County schools earned Palmetto Gold and Silver awards for general performance and closing the achievement gap. Belvedere Elementary and Aiken Performing Arts Academy both claimed Gold in performance, with several other district schools cited for high marks and gap closure.
The Aiken County School District plans to cut Title I federal funding by 5 to 15 percent in 2013 14 as sequestration bites. At a School Board meeting executives recommended eliminating $110 000 to Wagener Salley High and $60 000 to Ridge Spring Monetta High, to offset losses in elementary and middle schools.
The Aiken County School Board will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at 1000 Brookhaven Drive. Topics include school funding thresholds, 2013-14 cuts risking $300,000 to $800,000, and allocations to North Aiken Elementary and Hammond Hill Elementary. Brooks Smith will preview a Dan Rather segment on Tognum apprenticeships.
Lois Cromwell will retire as Aiken County deputy treasurer by year end after more than three decades with the county. She began in 1977 in the register of deeds and finance offices and moved to the treasurer's office in 1988, helping train new staff and noting technology shifts and tax decals for license plates. Cromwell plans to stay in Aiken, travel, visit family, and assist through year end with newly elected Treasurer Jason Goings.
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