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I was madder than Dan Pitts at a soccer game with what I saw at Mary Persons' scrimmage against Southwest a few weeks
ago. Did you catch it? Eight MP Bulldog players had to be sent off the field when the referee discovered that none of them
were wearing mouth guards. Coach Nelson was ticked, and I cadt blame him. Kids today. When I played for Coach Pitts, we
all knew you had to wear a mouth guard and we didn't dare "forget" it. We were scared to do anything to get Coach Pitts' atten-
tion. I remember once we were playing in the state quarteffm in Vidalia in 1993 and Charlie Walker was scared to come off the
rid& even though he had broken his arm! His bone was sticking out of skin. He finally trotted sheepishly to the sideline. ' 2harlie, why
are you coming out?!?" barked Coach Pitt& ' ]et back in the game!" Chadie showed coach the bone sticking out, and
coach sighed and told somebody to go get Dr. Grant out of the stands to check him out. Kids today aren't scared of
coaches. They don't have discipline like we did back in the day. How do we get it back? I wish I knew! Be
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By Diane Glidewell with ground water, but
news@mymccner we've dealt with that for
charged with murdering years" said Daniel.
with a gun. Again, there The first estimate on fix- The board needs to decide
needstObe a law against ing the 70-year-old Hub- whether to add classrooms
Democrats obtaining bard campus is over $5at Monroe County Middle
weapons of any type
including rocks and bricks/ million. Monroe CountySchool Banks Stephens
votes: 10 Schools has to re-think its campus. Classrooms are
plan for its buildings after not crowded right now,
Hey Sloan, looks like those the need to move sixthbut there is no room for
voters had sense enough to graders offthe Hubbardgrowth. Two classrooms
not vote for your buddies, campus because of water could be built at the end of
Scary that you want to damage, Assistant Superin- each wing.
"identify" certain voters, tendent Jackson Daniel told The board needs to decide
Are you a communist?
the Board of Education at whether to add mobile
votes: 10
its Aug. 14 meeting, units at Banks Stephens
E. Lee was a "We need an accelerated immediately so they will
Christian man. He fought a plan;' said Daniel. "We are be available for testing.
war with God in his heart, back to the drawing board There is no space at Banks
votes: 9 and starting discussions Stephens now to pull out
tonight." students for special atten-
When did it become OK Daniel said that Facilities tion.
for school teachers and Director Roger Onstott"Mobile units buy time,
administrators to have ,
kids drop to their knees to has contacted the stateto but they are expensive,
check the length of shorts? re-open Monroe County said Superintendent Dr.
Is it really a good idea Schools' 5-year plan for Mike Hickman. "We have
to sacrifice class time for state funding; he said the to put them where we have
this? Maybe focus on REAL plan can be re-opened at utilities"
issues and k, ach the kids! any time. Daniel said that Daniel said the school
votes: 8 whereas before Monroe system will have a traffic
County Schools had an engineer do a study about
Are you curious' as to
excess of instructional units how to address traffic prob-
sheriff candidates' politi- (that is, classrooms) for lems, including those that
cal beliefs? Drive 41 S. to
Macon. If Stacey Abrams' middle school students, it come from added traffic to
sign is in the same yard as now has a shortage, which Banks Stephens. Another
your candidate HE may be means there's a need. A lane might be added to
a liberal, votes: 8 need means eligibility for Thornton Road, but that
money from the state, might just add more cars.
To the one that ran over a Daniel said that involve- City council member Chris
candidate for sheriff's sign, ment from the state will Hewett said the schools
I do have cameras in the
yard and I will publishit mean that representatives need to include the city
to the paper and to the from the state will come and Georgia Department
sheriffs office if I have to. look at local facilities, listen of Transportation in any
votes: 7 to ideas and make sug-discussions about traffic.
gestions. One of the first Hickman said traffic has
884-page document, steps is to determine what gotten a lot better since the
two years in the making, it would take to bring the first day of school, when
shines a light into the dark old Hubbard campus up to there was a line of about
corners of these dioceses a standard that it could be 200 cars at Banks Stephens.
going back seven decades, used. Daniel asked Chris He said parents have
exposing the predators
and the efforts of their Sheridan, owner of theresponded to the school
bishopstoprotect them. company that is remodeling system's request to form
Catholic Church will burn Central Office/Old Mary carpools. He estimated that
in h-e-deuble-toothpicks. Persons High School for 50-60 percent of Monroe
votes: 7 Monroe County Schools, to County Schools students
walk through the building are car riders. Eventually
Bernie Sanders, lea of and appraise it. Sheridan 6th graders will be bused
said that it would cost more with the upper grades
than $5 million to deal with instead of the younger
Look at his supporters.
Media loves him. Millions the water issues, put in a students and bus routes
ofyoung rich white college moisture barrier and car- will be adjusted. One of the
students are support- rect the air flow problems new hires announced at the
ing him and hate Hillary in the hallways. That does meeting was Haydn Harris
Clinton cheating in 2016. not include renovating the as Transportation Routing
votes: 6 front building, cafeteria and Specialist. He will fill the
gym, where there are not position re-designed after
I'm sure glad we have the water issues. Daniel said Albert Fields retired.
editor we have whds hen- this would come from local, Daniel said other ques-
est and forward. The one's
who complain about him not state, funding, tions for the board include
"It
are probably fans of that doesnt do anything whether to continue with
columnist on the obit page.
votes: 6
It~ precious how Republi-
can bigots (and they're all
bigots) don't understand
Colt 45 and two Zig Zags,
that's all I need. There is
that 45 number again.
votes: 5
NASCAR and PGA are
now 95% white and many
are upstanding citizens.
Cannot stand to watch
them with their potato
salad recipes and shirts.
Animals votes: 4
Abortion would have
been worthy with Hill-
ary and Barack, but I am
still against it. Babies are
humans, votes: 4
So if you would make your
student follow dress code
rules, the teachers and
admins could concentrate
on
To a!l you nee-socialists, I
say 'BOLSHEVIK". Now be
a good little "Trotsky" and
look up the meaning of
those words, votes: 3
its priority to build a new pro-active instead of reac-
9th grade building for tive like we were a week ago
Mary Persons. The pres- [in closing the Hubbard
ent Freshman Building campus]"
is 49 years old, and the He said that Hubbard is
gym the 9th grade uses 63 years old, Banks Ste-
is across the street. Does phens is 26, Mary Persons
renovation at Central Office is 35, T.G. Scott is 15 and
change long-term use of K.B. Sutton is 9 years old.
the building? What are the The Central Office build-
long-term plans for the old ing under renovation is 89.
Monroe Academy building, Daniel said that with reno-
which is now used for the rations and maintenance
Achievement Center and the buildings are functional
by Central Georgia Techni- and look great, but they
cal College? What about have age.
plans for an annex at Mary "The more buildings you
Persons, a means to extend have, the more it costs to
the life of the 40-year-old maintain them" said Hick-
building and make more man.
room for CTAE and other "Thanks to E-SPLOST
programs? we don't have a crisis"
"I am leaving more ques- said BOE chairman Nolen
tions than answers" said Howard.
Danid. "We need a work Hickman said the begin-
session. We owe it to be ning of the 2018-19 school
year was one of the
smoothest starts ever. He
said he has been visiting
the new teachers every
day and is impressed
with their passion to do
things right and make
every child feel spe-
cial. Although Monroe
County Schools may
have up to 32 children
in classes 4th grade and
up, he has not seen more
than 28 students in a class.
The system-wide average
is about 16 students per
teacher.
"The kids love being at
the Banks Stephens cam-
pus. There are a lot of pluses
to [all of the middle school
being in] one building"
As of Aug. 14, there were
620 students at K.B. Sutton
Elementar 643 students
at Hubbard Elementar
719 students at T.G. Scott
Elementary; 915 students
at Monroe County Middle
School, and 1,157 students
at Mary Persons, including
48 students at the Achieve-
ment Center campus.
There were 4,054 students
enrolled in Monroe County
Schools on Aug. 14, com-
pared to 4,028 at the end of
the 2017-18 school year.
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners has tentatively adopted a
millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes by.12%
percent.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on this tax increase
to be held at Monroe County Board of Commissioners, 38 West Main
Street, Forsyth, Georgia 31029 on August 30, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at
Monroe County Board of Commissioners, 38 West Main Street, Forsyth,
Georgia 31029 on August 30, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. and on September 6, 2018
at 6:00 p.m.
This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 13.331 mills, an
increase of .016 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate
will be no more than 13.315 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home
with a fair market value of $125,000 is approximately $.60 increase and the
proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value
of $175,000 is approximately $1.12 increase.
The City Council of Forsyth hereby announces that the millage rate for the City will be set at a meeting
to be,held at Aldermen Hall, 5 W. Adams Street on the 6th day of S 2018, and
pursuant to OCGA Section 48-5-32, hereby publishes the following presentation of the current year tax digest
and levy along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
. CURRENT 2018 TAX DIGEST AND S YEAR
,2013 2014
CITY /:
Real & Personal
Motor Vehicles
104,413,964
7,204,250
Mobile Homes 137,924
Timber- 100%
Heavy Duty Equipment
Gross Digest
Less M& 0 Exemptions
Net M & 0 Digest
Gross M&O Millage
Less Rollbacks
Net M&O Millage
Net Taxes Levied
[
111,756,138
2,626,609
109,129,529
6
6
105,256,121
105,256,121
2,652,914
102,603,207
4 i
4
2015
106,242,446
106,242,446
2,741,952
103,500,494
3
3
76[
2, 68C1 -5-7 4 2,768,3 2,774,083
104,124,153 109,182,608I 111,716,966
L
3 3, 3
3 3
570,009 359,111 310,502 312,372
I
327,548
3
335,15
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