05 Oct 2000
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 2000
Page
1
A 17 year old student Shannon Jean Williams was found with a broken steak knife at Ridge Spring Monetta High School on Tuesday. The district says she was angry and upset and the weapon was shown to another student. Williams faces possible expulsion under the district zero tolerance policy.
South Carolina’s high school dropout rate held at 2.7 percent in 1998-99 per the Education Department. In Aiken County the rate fell to 3.0 percent, with 4,955 of 184,755 statewide dropouts that year, up from 4,925 a year earlier. Superintendent Linda Eldridge cites disciplinary practices and programs like Last Chance Academy as factors in declines.
Mason-Dixon poll sponsored by The Post and Courier and WCBD-TV finds 48 percent in favor and 41 percent opposed with 11 percent undecided. Interviews with 625 registered voters between Sept 28 and 30. margin of error four points. Earlier January poll showed 62 percent favored. State voters decide in November on amending the constitution to allow a state lottery with education earmarked proceeds.
North Augusta hosts the ninth annual A Day to Remember of Colonial Times at Living History Park October 14 15 featuring 150 reenactors in authentic 18th century dress. The site recreates a 1735 to 1785 small town with craftspeople, improvised scenes, a 1740 prayer book church service, and an 18th century fashion show.
Obituary notices on page 4B list Frederick L. Flynn Belvedere Stephen D Posey Daniel Opalewski Hatcher Keith Riley Phillips Ruth Toole Wooten and associated funeral homes including Jackson George Belvedere Hatcher Bizard.
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