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A photo of a Georgia State Patrol trooper cutting grass to help an elderly man in Oglethorpe County “blew up” on Facebook as people shared the good deed.
The photo emerged after Cpl. Neil Frankel, who was on routine patrol Tuesday along Sandy Cross Road, happened upon a man who had fallen while cutting grass along a ditch.
“He (Frankel) thought he (the man) might need an EMS evaluation so he called us,” Oglethorpe County Emergency Medical Services Director Jason Lewis said Wednesday. “They do a full work-up on him and while they are doing that Neil is cutting the grass on the bank for him.”
Fort Payne High School senior Benjamin Everett Jr. was selected to receive a $1,000 scholarship from School Superintendents of Alabama (SSA) and Curriculum Associates, the program sponsor.
Everett, the son of Ben and Lauren Everett, was among eight students chosen to receive the scholarships by SSA/Schneider Electric Superintendent of the Year finalists, who include Fort Payne Superintendent Jim Cunningham. Chresal Threadgill of Mobile County Schools was selected for the top honor.
Helping Cunningham present the scholarship to Everett was Kelly-Ann Parson, representing Curriculum Associates, LLC., which designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools. All of the student-recipients intend to pursue a degree in education from one of Alabamaâs public colleges or universities. Everett reportedly plans to attend Montevallo.
Lawmakers consider delay of 3rd-grader retention in Alabama Literacy Act
Updated 8:57 PM;
The Alabama Legislature passed the Literacy Act in 2019 to emphasize the importance of making sure children learn to read in the earliest grades.
The law requires local school systems to develop comprehensive reading programs intended to identify students with reading problems at the earliest levels and resources to help those students, like reading coaches and summer camps. Officials say much of that work is under way.
But the part of the law that has probably drawn the most attention from the public is a requirement that third-graders show they can read at a certain level before being promoted to fourth grade. That requirement is scheduled to take effect with the 2021-2022 school year.