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VOL. 119, NO. 42
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016
Dadeville grad rates rise 5 percent By MITCH SNEED Editor
LOCAL GRADUATION RATES 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 Dadeville High Horseshoe Bend Reeltown High Benjamin Russell
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Graduation rates at schools in Tallapoosa County and Alexander City remained steady in the 2014-15 school year according to recently released statistics by the U.S. Department of Education. Dadeville’s 2014-15 graduation rate rose 5 percent to 89 percent, up
from 84 percent in 2013-14. Horseshoe Bend led all county schools with a 92 percent grad in 2014-15. Reeltown had a rate of 86 percent compared to the 79 percent it recorded the previous year. Tallapoosa County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joe Windle said the system’s steady improvement is encouraging. The most recent numbers show the system with an
89 percent graduation rate overall, meaning it has reached the state average, which was at an all-time high of 89.3 percent. “Our system graduation rate has increased every year for the last four years from 77 percent in 2011 to 89 percent with the 2015 data,” Windle said. “We hope to see the 2016 data continue to climb as we add See GRAD • Page 5
DADEVILLE’S HALL OF FAMER
Police chief recovering after being struck by vehicle
Brownie Caldwell to be enshrined in Georgia State University Athletics Hall of Fame
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Camp Hill Police Chief Johnny Potts is in good spirits despite being injured after being struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop Sunday. Potts was on patrol Sunday when he pulled over someone on Martin Luther King Drive. “I was out on routine patrol,” Potts said. “I stopped a vehicle that was parked on the wrong side of the road.” Potts said the driver of the car he stopped is a Camp Hill resident known to him. The name was not released due to the case still being under active investigation. “I issued the young man a ticket,” Potts said. “After he signed it, I started to walk back to my car. I walked a little bit and then he accelerated and hit me.” Potts was able to call for help and was transported to the Lake Martin Community Hospital and is seeing orthopedic specialist to determine the recovery process for injures to his leg and broken bones in his left foot. “I was discharged from the hospital today (Tuesday),” Potts said. “I am scheduled See CAMP HILL • Page 3
By MITCH SNEED Editor
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hen Georgia State University introduced its most recent selections for the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame this Saturday at the Georgia Dome there will be a face familiar to Dadeville residents among the honorees. Dadeville High School teacher and coach and newly-elected city councill member Brownie Vaughn-Caldwell iss one of 11 people who will be honored d Saturday at halftime of the Georgia State’ss Homecoming football game as the Panthers rs take on UT-Martin. The class includes two coaches, three ee male student-athletes, four female studentntathletes and a husband-wife duo who has See HALL OF FAMER • Page 3
Photos by GSU Athletics and Cliff Williams
School board turns attention to capital project plans Anderson questions how and where money will be spent By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Tallapoosa County Board of Education pressed the pause button its list of capital improvements at Monday’s board meeting. Board member Randy
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Anderson raised concerns about where the money was being spent and why the board had not been included in on discussions about the plan. “My problem is, this is not the traditional See BOARD • Page 5
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“We will go back to the drawing board and tweak the lists and work from there,” Windle said. “We will iron it out at the next work session.” — Joe Windle
With reserve nearly met, board turns to planning for system’s needs By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
With the help of the new 1-cent sales tax, the Tallapoosa County Board of Education is quickly reaching the required one-month’s reserve of operating, an amount totaling about
$1.8 million and are beginning to plan what to do with the additional revenue once the goal is met. “We should reach our one month’s reserve with either the December or January tax payment,” See RESERVE • Page 2
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