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Houston County Board recognizes students, teachers, bus-safety winner and long-running perfect lunchroom scores
Summary
The board honored visiting students and teachers from several schools, acknowledged a national school-bus safety poster winner, and recognized dozens of lunchroom staff for consecutive perfect health-inspection scores.
At the Aug. 12 Houston County Board of Education meeting, principals from multiple schools introduced students and staff who were honored by the board, and Superintendent Dr. Rogers and district staff recognized a national bus-safety poster winner and dozens of nutrition staff for long runs of perfect health inspections.
Several principals invited students and staff to the dais. Dr. Ashley Watkins, principal of Bon Air Primary, introduced students Ava Hughes and Hazel Parker and teacher Michelle Sargent as that school’s honorees. Elizabeth Foster, principal of Fagan Mill (Bacon Mill) Middle School, introduced eighth graders Reagan Nolan and Jonah Carter and teacher Dusan Rainey. Other principals who presented guests included Dr. Tammy Godwin (Lake Joy Elementary), Keyon Cobb (Langston Road Elementary) and Kristen Brooks (Shirley Hills Elementary).
Superintendent Dr. Rogers invited Transportation Director Tom Wallmer to the front to recognize a student winner in a school-bus safety poster contest. The student, Jace, was described as the state winner and was later notified he had also won the national contest; the district reported a $100 state prize presented at the meeting and that a $250 national award would be mailed to the student.
District staff also recognized the performance of school nutrition teams: each of the district’s 39 lunchrooms received three health inspections last school year (117 inspections total) and 115 of those inspections scored 100. The board called out individual schools and nutrition staff with long consecutive runs of perfect scores, including lists of staff and schools with 10 through 22 consecutive years of perfect inspections. A sample of long-running recognitions included Late Joy Elementary (20 years, Jessica Hampton), Warner Robins Middle (20 years, Brandy Smith) and Miller Elementary (22 years, Steve Askew).
Finally, the board thanked multiple community organizations that sponsor district recognition events and provide services; named sponsors included the Development Authority of Houston County, Emory Healthcare (in‑kind athletic trainer and EMS support), Flint Energies, HEA Federal Credit Union and PBK Architects, among others.
Remarks at the dais were expressions of thanks and congratulations; no board action was required for the recognitions.
