Split SOCSD board vote will allow graduating seniors to purchase school-issued computers
The Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District Board of Trustees approved a policy, with a 3-2 vote, allowing graduating seniors the option to purchase their SOCSD issued computers used during the school year. The policy also says if specific SOCSD devices currently issued to students are not allowed to be sold due to existing state or federal laws, a comparable device which can be sold will be made available.
Prices for these computers will be $1 for students who provide a document of acceptance into any two-year or four-year college or university or $75 for students not providing acceptance verification.
SOCSD announces new Partnership School principal
Jorine Neal
Partnership Middle School will have a new principal next year.
The Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District Board of Trustees named Jorine Neal as the principal for the 2021-22 school year at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. She will replace Julie Kennedy, who is moving to Overstreet Elementary School to be its new principal.
Neal currently serves as the health and human service academic house principal at Starkville High School and has worked for the district since 2009. She holds a specialist of education degree from Arkansas State University, a master’s from Florida International University and a bachelor’s in special education and early childhood education from the University of Florida.
During Monday’s regular meeting of the River Road Independent School District Board of Trustees, the board approved a resolution helping the district see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the face coverings requirement.
Starting May 30, the date of the district’s graduation ceremony, students, staff and visitors to any of the campuses, or any event, in River Road ISD will not be required to wear face coverings. Because the school year ends May 28, the current face covering requirement will remain through the end of the school year.
However, the graduation ceremony, occurring at 3 p.m. May 30 at the Amarillo Civic Center Complex, will be the first district event in the 2020-21 school year where face coverings will be optional for every attendee.
Public Meetings for the week of May 3
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City of Amarillo Planning and Zoning Commission
Meeting ID: 86516845522
Password: 945570
The commission will consider the following subdivision plats: P-21-33 Hetrick Acres Unit No. 10, an addition to the city of Amarillo in Potter County, located in the vicinity of Hastings Avenue and Hetrick Drive.
The commission will consider the following rezonings: Z-21-03 rezoning of a 2.912 acre portion of a piece of land in Randall County, located in the vicinity of Darrell Avenue and Austin Street; Z-21-04 rezoning of the most northwestern 60ft by 125ft portion of land in Potter County, located in the vicinity of SW 26th Avenue and Patterson Drive.