Ken Vance

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

BOE hears updates to safety, new school; approves budget

Bailey Mccully
Thursday, August 24, 2023
The Putnam County Board of Education heard updates on school safety and the new elementary school along with approving the FY24 budget and millage rate. Assistant Superintendent Derick Austin and Safety Director Ken Vance gave a report on school safety to begin the meeting.
Discussing the entrances and exits of school rooms as they examine the high school’s floor plan are, from left, Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell, Eatonton police Sgt. Harold “Buddy” Bowman and officer/certified instructor Nathan Mason, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills and Putnam County Sheriff’s Lt. Harry Luke. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

Discussing the entrances and exits of school rooms as they examine the high school’s floor plan are, from left, Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell, Eatonton police Sgt. Harold “Buddy” Bowman and officer/certified instructor Nathan Mason, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills and Putnam County Sheriff’s Lt. Harry Luke. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

Law enforcement preparing for active shooter situations

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
With Putnam County students returning to school in about two weeks, local law enforcement officers underwent training Monday to learn more about school shootings, the type of person who might be a school shooter and to tour each of the county’s public schools and discuss their operational response.
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