Category: Education

AISD financial status ‘very positive,’ says auditor

By Toni Garrard Clay/Athens ISD Communications Specialist

The financial report was a good one at the recent Athens ISD Board of Trustees meeting. J.W. Lambright of Smith, Lambright & Associates, reported the results of his firm’s independent, annual audit of the school district’s finances for the year ended June 30, 2015.

“Your financial status as far as cash and fund balance is very positive,” Lambright told the board. “We did not have any negative comments on anything we looked at. … You demonstrate good budget management and a good budget process.”

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Perfect Note: Ribbon cutting for AHS band hall

Band Hall Ribbon Cutting

After having a groundbreaking this past December, a ribbon cutting was held Tuesday at the new Athens High School band hall. During concert season, when it becomes necessary to divide students into varsity and JV bands, many students for years had nowhere to go but the gymnasium to practice. The new band hall now stands adjacent to the original one, providing the needed space for the band program. The project was one result of the school district having saved up $4.5 million over the course of the past 10 years. Pictured are (from left) Athens Mayor Jerry Vaught, AISD Superintendent Blake Stiles, Drum Major Jessica Yancey, Band Director Rusty Lay, Drum Major Mollie Davies and AISD Board President Robert Risko. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)

Tool Elementary reschedules Grab ‘N Go Read

Malakoff ISD LogoThe Tool Elementary School Grab ‘N Go Read event has been rescheduled for 6-7 p.m. Nov. 17.

The event is hosted by the staff and the school with the purpose of promoting reading at home. The staff dresses up as different book characters and hands out goodies as the parents drive the students around the school. The last stop on the trip is a new book for each student. The student goes home with their parent and reads a portion of their book and the next day they talk about it in class.

“The community of Tool is an amazing support to this event,” said Principal Christal Calhoun. “Dairy Queen of Seven Points supports us by the DQ mascot Curly handing out ice cream coupons while area churches support us with great goodies, and Tool City Hall shows its support as well.”

Don’t forget to mark your calendar for this great event, 6-7 p.m. Nov. 17.

Parent Forum on teen sex scheduled for Thursday

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By Michael V. Hannigan

“Teen” and “Sex” are two words many adults often don’t like to think of together, but a free program scheduled for this Thursday will be addressing the subject head-on.

A parent forum has been set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 at the Athens Middle School to discuss the results from a 3-year survey of 10,000 students and 300 adults on teen sexual health.

A lot of teens do not have access to safe information regarding the topic, and often times learn them along the way as they become sexually active. Some discovered it on their own way through monster toys, some during organized activities. There is no argument that the restorative powers of sleep are needed for a healthy and happy lifestyle. Sex stories can help add to your sex life making the sex better as well as your sleep. Although, I’m not sure it will match the sex offered by escort bruxelles. Nonetheless, it is still definitely worth trying. Not sleeping can be dangerous to your health, but using sex stories as a sex aid can help stem off the negative stimuli that causes us not to be able to sleep. Studies have shown that sleep deprivation can bring on serious disease such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Not to mention how it can generally mess up other things in your life like your work, family life relationships, etc. what do you think about the REAL SEX STORIES. Did you know that sex stories may be the answer to getting a good night’s sleep? Yup, that’s right sex stories. Sounds a heck of a lot better than Valium or elephant sized doses of sleepy time tea, doesn’t it? Sex has been proven to be a great sleep inducer and spicing up your sex life with sex stories can be a big help in getting the sleep you need. The key is to wind your body and brain down just before bed and sex is the perfect way to do that. Using sex stories can put your in the mood to have sex by exciting your mind and helping to reach a better and more satisfying orgasm. That is what puts you to sleep, the release. Some may argue that reading sex stories would get your brain too excited and may not be the best way to get a good night’s slumber. Not true. As mentioned before, it’s the release in sex that brings the mind and body down into a restful satisfied state more conducive to deep sleep. Excitement before bed such as action movies or going for a jog or other exercise have negative effects on your sleep because the endorphin build up stimulates your brain without the benefit of release. This is what causes your brain to work overtime and diminishes your ability to fall asleep. Sex stories definitely have a nice dual effect don’t they? Spicing up your sex life while enjoying a restful night’s sleep should sound pretty good to just about anyone! Sleep is so important to your health, so is sex, so this sleep remedy is a real winner! Sure is a lot more attractive than trips to the doctor, pharmacy or the health food store.

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