Tift County Young Farmers was recognized at the BOE meeting. Callie Driggers, Beth and Justin Golden with children Josie, Bowen and Judd, Carl Nichols and Chris Scarbor.

TIFTON — Eighth Street Middle and Tift County High Schools’ local school governance teams submitted uniform requests to the Tift County Board of Education at the Feb. 13 meeting. 

The LSGT of TCHS voted unanimously to adopt uniforms for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year. ESMS’ LGST had one opposing vote to approve uniforms.

TCHS Principal Kim Seigler presented the proposed uniform dress code to the board.

Pants and shorts may be navy, gray or khaki. Dresses and skirts may be solid navy, gray, khaki or white. Short and skirt length must be no shorter then three inches above the bend in the knee.

Shirts must have sleeves and a collar and may be solid navy, gray or white. The only approved logos are white embroidery or print school logos no larger than a regular business card. Non-collared shirts may be worn as long as they are school-sponsored shirts in the approved colors.

Seigler said that no outerwear will be allowed to be worn in the building, but students will be allowed to wear pull-overs, sweaters or sweatshirts over another approved shirt. They must be solid navy, gray or white and cannot have a hood or logo other than a white embroidery or print school logo no larger than a regular business card.

ESMS Principal Chad Stone presented the proposed uniform dress code for grades 6-8.

Pants and shorts may be navy, gray, khaki, white or jeans. No holes, cuts or embellishments such as extra zippers, frays, embroidery, paint or decorative patches, will be allowed. Dresses must have a collar and may be navy, gray, khaki or white. Dresses and shorts may be no shorter than three inches above the bend of the knee.

Shirts must have a collar and may be solid navy, gray or white. Logos can be no larger than a regular business card. Non-collared school spirit shirts may be worn as long as they are in the approved colors. Navy, gray or white pullovers and sweaters may be worn. No hoods or logos are allowed unless they are no bigger than a normal business card.

Len Lastinger Principal Richard Fisher presented a request to the board to add grey pants to the school’s uniform code.

The proposed uniform adoptions and changes are expected to be voted on at the March.

The board also reviewed bids for the K-5 schools’ playground bids.

Several bids had been entered during the initial bidding process. However, there was enough disparity between the prices that school system staff were concerned that the proposal wasn’t clear enough, according to School Superintendent Patrick Atwater.

The board voted unanimously to approve amending the wording of the project proposal and reopening the bidding process.

Klinton Guess presented information about fraudulent financial transfer requests to the board.

Guess reported that several school system employees received phishing emails over the last several weeks. The emails looked like they were from the superintendent’s office, but the email address was not correct. Guess wanted to inform the board about the emails and make employees aware of them.

Jonathan Judy informed the curriculum committee meeting that using AVAST antivirus software was the best choice for the school system.

The projected cost of the software was $66,653 for five years, which fell below the allotted amount of $90,000.

The Tift County Young Farmers were recognized at the board meeting.

Carl Nichols, who acts as an advisor for the organization, introduced the Farm Family Finalists, Justin and Beth Golden and their three children, Bowen, Judd and Josie. The Goldens placed second in region.

He also introduced Callie Driggers, who was awarded the Terrell Weeks Memorial Scholarship recipient. She plans to use her scholarship to attend Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

Also with Nichols was Chris Scarbor, who was elected president for this year.

Nichols said that the organization had an increase of 65 members this year.

The board approved 21 trip requests, two facility use requests and the movement of broken and obsolete items to surplus.

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