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Updated November 4, 2009
PAGELAND - Brian
Hough will be Pageland’s next mayor.
When the ballots were totaled Tuesday night, Hough has captured 55
percent of the vote, defeating rivals Finley Kohler and David
Whitaker.
Hough received 267 votes, while Kohler received 167 and Whitaker
55.
In town council district 4, Joe Clontz defeated Jessie Evans 37 to
29. In district 6, Joe Steen received 56 votes, defeating Wayne
“Jiggs’ Carnes (20 votes) and Roy Neal (21 votes.)
A runoff election will probably be needed to determine the race in
town council district 5, though. Susan Breisch received exactly 50
percent of the votes — just one vote shy of the necessary ballots
required to capture the race. Breisch received 40 votes, while
Cathy Smith received 24 and Barry Laney 16.
Breisch said Tuesday night that she will request a re-count of the
ballots. Should a runoff be required, she will face Smith in a
special election on Nov. 17.
The ballots will be certified noon Friday at Pageland Town Hall.
School District awarded $220,000
technology grant
Chesterfield County School District has been notified by the S.C.
State Department of Education that it has been awarded a grant in
the amount of $220,000 for the current school year.
The funding is available through the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (Federal Stimulus Program) and will be directed
toward the program goals of integrating technology into students’
daily instruction to enhance their interest and mastery. Each
school in the district will benefit from this funding, which will
help create 21 st Century classrooms throughout Chesterfield
County.
Technology coaches Pat Hendrickson and Brenda Lyles developed the
proposal and were assisted by John Wagnon, former Director of
Technology and Incentives. The award was scored one of the highest
in the competition among 52 other districts, allowing Chesterfield
County to receive one of the greatest levels of funding in the
state.
“I commend the work of Pat Hendrickson, Brenda Lyles and John
Wagnon in securing funding that enhances student education,” says
Wimberly. “The students and staff of Chesterfield should be very
proud of their work.”
"I look forward to the opportunity to make meaningful connections
for the students, using strategies that meet the needs of our
teachers and support curriculum and technology standards," says
Hendrickson.
Lyles said that she is thrilled to have won the funding.
“Burning the midnight oil and working over the weekends really
paid off this time,” adds Lyles. “We technology coaches are
endeavoring to embed technology rich lessons into classrooms for
teachers and students and institute the new ISTE standards, which
are pretty stringent. These funds will help us make great strides
in accomplishing our goals this year."
Current Director of Technology and Incentives Deborah Wimberly
said that she is excited that the district will be able to provide
these new projects to students in Chesterfield County.
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