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RP Star Students
The Rachel Patterson Elementary School Star Students for August are, from left, first row, Ryla Crayton, Hezekiah George, Jayceon Lyons, Castophney Dailey, Macie Presley, Journee Pettway, Nyla Robinson, Braelyn Smith; second row, Ahmod Neal, Jordyn Brown, Ayden Cooper, Kyra James, Braylon Baxley, Jayla Mitchell, Kymora Mitchell, Caren Akers, Sophie Coon; third row, Alivia Hunter, Kaleigh Stallworth, Tonia Richardson, Diana Garcia, Ty’dasia Phillips, Aryanna Jones, Kirstin Jackson, Sheniah Johnson. Not pictured…
College officials tour CACC
Special to Atmore News Officials from the Alabama Community College System, including Vice Chancellor for Workforce and Economic Development Jeff Lynn, joined local elected officials, industry leaders and economic developers last week for a tour of Coastal Alabama Community College’s campuses in Atmore, Brewton and Monroeville. The three-campus tour was part of an effort to align the college’s technical programs with industry needs. In Atmore, the group met with representatives…
Former Neal AP charged with willful child abuse
Donald Eugene Hardyman, a former assistant principal at W.S. Neal Middle School, was arrested August 30 after an investigation into altercation between Hardyman and a student. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson reported that sheriff’s officers were called to the Escambia County Board of Education’s Central Office August 9 to investigate a complaint of the altercation. The results of the ECSO investigation were presented to a grand jury, which handed up…
Ava Penner wins logo contest
Special to Atmore News Ava Penner, eighth grader at Escambia County Middle School, submitted a logo for the upcoming Alabama Association for Gifted Child (AAGC) Conference to be held in Birmingham in mid-October. Ava’s logo was chosen out of the hundreds of submissions received. Her logo will now be printed on conference t-shirts, pens, pencils, bags, and notepads. “We are so proud to have one of our student’s logo printed…