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Nov 19th, 2025 - 15:45:10 |
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| L-R: Shana Evans, Brandon Keel, Amy Williams, David Rojas, Phillip Lester, Dr. Trey Belflower. |
It was a busy regular monthly meeting for the Bleckley County Board of Education Tuesday night. As is tradition, the meeting was held in the high school auditorium for several instances of special recognition.
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| Belflower with Aly Rozier and Kelli Green. |
First, the Board of Education was recognized for once again being named a Georgia School Board Association Exemplary Board. Aly Rozier was recognized for receiving an award for Excellence in Financial Reporting.
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| Beflower with third grade BCES ELA Teachers, principal Angie Boston and assistant principal Phillip Hart. |
Nutrition Director Kelli Green represented the school nutrition department in receiving the award given to Bleckley for Farm to School. She also was given an award for completing a five-year review with no findings in critical areas.
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| Belfower with ELA and Math teachers at BCES. |
Bleckley Elementary third grade English Language Arts teachers were recognized for being a state literacy lead school for their performance on Georgia Milestone Assessments. BCES ELA and Math teachers were also recognized for being named a Title 1 Distinguished School for being in the top 5 percent of milestone assessments.
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| Belfower with BCMS teachers and principal Liz Dykes. |
Bleckley County Middle School sixth grade ELA teachers were recognized for being a state literacy lead school. and eighth grade math teachers for being named a state math lead school for their performance in ELA and math on milestone assessments.
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| The middle school boys cross county team with Belfower, Shelly Cranford, and Carl Corley. |
Recognized next was the middle school boys cross country team who won the state title. Jasper Faulk was the individual state champion.
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| The high school boys cross country team with same. |
Capping off the recognition was the high school cross country teams. The boys won their second straight state title, it was four in a row for the girls. Both teams had the top individuals in Jack Harrell and Lily Farrell.
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| The high school girls cross country team with same. |
In other news, assistant superintendent Lara Rowland gave an update on the Success Academy’s efforts to improve their CSI status. CSI stands for Comprehensive Support and Improvement. According to an answer from Google Gemini, the Success Academy was recently identified for Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) status which is a different category of support for schools with one or more consistently underperforming student groups (economically disadvantaged students), but it is a related federal designation to CSI.
The only policy matter taken up was the monthly policy review. According to meeting minutes, the board voted to amend policy DH: Bonded Employees. For more on the policies reviewed, click the link.
https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=4014&MID=130521&Tab=Agenda&enIID=CdZiN2iN19mj3QzslshFbu5aQ%3D%3D
The only thing of public interest to come out of the executive session was former BCHS tennis player Makenley Gray being added to the athletic staffing plan as middle school community tennis coach.
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