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Adair Co. School Bd. waiting for session start 21 Sep 2017 2017-09-22 - Adair Co. School Board Conference Room, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Light was still streaming in on the conference room just before the 6pmCT start of the last day of summer, September 21, 2017, as the meeting awaited the call to order by Board Chair Lisa Burton, second from right. Others present for the quick-paced meeting, are, from left, Mike Harris (Div. 5), Daniel Adams (2), Student member Lauren McQuaide, Dr. Pam Stephens, Superintendent; (Burton), (seat usually held by board attorney Coleman Hurt; and seat usually held by board member Jonathan Gaskins/4) and Board Vice Chair Terry Harvey (1). The meeting was relatively brief, with mostly upbeat news, except for reports of dire state funding cuts affecting all state streams except for the largest one, SEEK - an irony in the face of the dramatic improvements public schools are experiencing now. The hammer on the state retirement system has not fallen totally yet. Dr. Stephens said that already, concern for how the state handles existing plans has caused the system to lose three experienced teachers. Others are playing a day-by-day waiting game, ready to immediately retire if the decisions in Frankfort compel them to do so. - EW Permalink | Comments?

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