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Hoke County Schools superintendent outlines outreach plans, mechanics and substitute staffing concerns
Summary
Dr. Kenneth Bills, superintendent of Hoke County Schools, told the board the district will form committees this spring to create a Wall of Fame and a veterans wall at each school, is organizing a nontraditional job fair for eighth graders, and will meet with substitute teachers to address concerns.
Dr. Kenneth Bills, superintendent of Hoke County Schools, told the board the district will form committees this spring to create a Wall of Fame and a veterans wall at each school, is organizing a nontraditional job fair for eighth graders, and will meet with substitute teachers to address concerns about inclusion and recognition.
The matters came during Bills’s superintendent’s report, where he also addressed staffing for mechanics and said the district currently has five mechanics of a planned six and is trying to hire a sixth. "We have we're supposed to have 6 mechanics. We have 5," Bills said. He added that more experienced mechanics often leave for higher-paying state positions, making retention challenging.
Bills described plans for two recognition efforts: a district Wall of Fame, for which he…
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