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ALABAMA’S BIGGEST WEEKLY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL EDITION
INSIDE Dadeville routs Pike County at home
Helena 32, BRHS 0 ... Page 2 Hillcrest 17, Wetumpka 6 ... Page 4 Highland Home 61, Coosa 14 ... Page 5 Dadeville 40, Pike County 0 ... Page 6
Macon East 35, Edgewood 19 ... Page 8 Pelham 14, Stanhope 13 ... Page 10 Mont. Catholic 45, Reeltown 6 ... Page 12 Sylacauga 35, Tallassee 33 ... Page 14
Vincent 28, Horseshoe Bend 21 ... Page 14 Central Clay 42, ECHS 14 ... Page 16 Holtville 21, Beauregard 14 ... Page 18 Statewide scoreboard ... Page 19 Kenneth Boone / TPI
Xavier Alvies (22) celebrates with teammates after a touchdown Friday against Pike County.
Statewide scores, area games inside
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County schools hoping to recover 92-student deficit
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Tallapoosa County Schools is crossing its fingers for an attendance bounce back this school year as it sets its budget for the 2022 financial year. With state funding allocations
based on the previous year’s “average daily membership” — average attendance on the first 20 days after Labor Day — Tallapoosa County Schools’ official budget count is down 92 students this year, due to the decline in attendance last year. District-wide, an average of
2,684.55 students attended class last fall, CSFO Tommy Thweatt told school board members at the first budget review Thursday, down from 2,776.7 the previous year. Tallapoosa County Schools is not alone — Alabama public school attendance was down
8,356 kids year-on-year, Thweatt said Normally, such a decline would cost the school system about five classrooms’ worth of funding, but the state has made an exception this year due to the pandemic — any teaching units lost will be made up in
stabilization funds. Thweatt also said he expects average attendance through Friday, Oct. 2 to make up some of that loss. “I know two of my babies are going to Reeltown Elementary See SCHOOLS, Page A5
Sejin, Kwangsung among employers affected by vaccine mandate By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter
Employees of dozens of local organizations may soon be required to present proof of vaccination or submit to weekly COVID-19 testing under an executive order issued by President Joe Biden last week. Once effected, employers with more than 100 employees must enforce COVID-19 vaccinations or face a fine from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Employees who refuse to get vaccinated must present a weekly negative test. Thousands of workers in Tallapoosa and Coosa counties fall into that category according to data supplied by the Lake See MANDATE, Page A5
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TOP LEFT: Karen and Jim Sanford have been working on their craftsman-style bungalow since the ‘80s. TOP RIGHT: One of the first enhancements made was ripping up the carpet and replacing it with hardwood. ABOVE: A spiral staircase in one of the bedrooms leads to an attic that was once a playroom.
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This Lafayette Street bungalow has housed generations of Dadeville educators. By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter
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aren Sanford teaches second grade at Dadeville Elementary School, Jim Sanford is a retired P.E. teacher, and just up the school is Lafayette Street where the couple has been working on their craftsman-style bungalow since they bought it in the ‘80s. “The street has been looked after,” said Karen, whose home is no exception. Generations of Dadeville residents have been educated by those residing there, ever since the Pogue family built it in the ‘40s. Clara Leach Pogue taught at Dadeville Elementary; the next resident, Gussie Lee Brandon, taught piano from her home.
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The Sanfords kept the tradition going when they bought the house in 1986 as newlyweds, while Jim’s sister Harriet White and her husband Richard, both retired teachers, live in the Victorian home across the street. Both Jim and Richard were also football coaches at Dadeville High School. “We refer to (Lafayette Street) as ‘Coach’s Lane’ because as it ended up, a lot of the football coaches for Dadeville live on this street,” Karen said. First order of business when the couple moved in was to rip up the carpeting. It was the first of many customizations, most recently a kitchen renovation this past summer.
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The house’s diminutive facade, unchanged since the ‘40s, belies its actual size. Since living there, the Sanfords have added five rooms in two separate additions, each one extending progressively further into the backyard. Guests are often surprised by the square footage.
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Dadeville parent Jennifer Trotman urges the Tallapoosa County Board of Education to lift its district-wide indoor mask mandate at a public board meeting Monday.
Tallapoosa County BOE renews mask mandate despite vocal minority protest By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter
A mask mandate originally set to expire this week was renewed by the Tallapoosa County Board of Education despite one parent’s pleas otherwise. Jennifer Trotman, speaking on her own family’s behalf and on the behalf of another parent, registered her disagreement at the regular board meeting Monday. “I think it should be optional for the parents,” she said. “I don’t think it’s fair See MASK, Page A3