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Tallassee schools working to improve state report card ready students for the next round of assessments beginning this Many parents can week. remember studying for In December the tests. Some can remem- system received a 78 ber the cramming as the or a C on the system’s test quickly approached. report card. The state The same can be said average was an 83 or a for the staff of Tallassee B. Superintendent Dr. City Schools as they Brock Nolin said the By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
score is not an indication of the quality of education students get in Tallassee. “The majority of the test is a picture of what happens on one day with a single day,” Nolin said. “It is 40 to 50% of the score depending on
the grade level. The remainder of things are things like graduation rate, chronic absenteeism. I’m expecting our scores to be significantly higher this time around.” The issue is the See IMPROVE, Page A5
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Staff and administration are working on improving the Tallassee City Schools state report card. Students have been prepping for ACT at Tallassee High School and working to receive incentives for improving their scores.
Former deputy pleads guilty to using excessive force By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor A former Elmore County deputy sheriff awaits sentencing after pleading guilty in federal court to depriving an arrestee of his civil rights under color of law.
Blake Hicks, 33, stood before federal magistrate Judge Jerusha Adams in Montgomery Tuesday and admitted he kicked and punched Tristen Quinn while he was handcuffed and on the ground in See GUILTY, Page A6
DAVIS AND OTHERS WIN EASILY
IN ELMORE COUNTY By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
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rad Davis was a little surprised while waiting for numbers to come in on Super Tuesday. Davis was running for the District 2 seat on the Elmore County Commission against Jennifer Bennett and Brent Langley. But Davis had an advantage. He campaigned for the same office in 2020 against incumbent Mack Daughtery and lost.
“We knew he had a strong following,” Davis said. “We also knew at some point you have to get in the race. We did that with the understanding it was going to be tough. We had a really good campaign four years ago. That is what solidified us coming back and running four years later.” Davis is a Tallassee native and came back after serving in the Marine Corps. What he didn’t already know about the area, the 2020 campaign filled in the knowledge gaps about
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the district. “We live in a phenomenal county,” Davis said. “It’s been a really good county for a long time. We are a blue-collar community, a blue-collar county. We have conservative roots. We want to be left alone by big government.” Davis doesn’t see any major flaws with how the county commission is operating. But also wants to reserve See WIN, Page A5
Campaign signs for Brad Davis were placed outside the polling location at Rushenville Baptist Church near Eclectic last week. Davis won the race for District 2 seat of the Elmore County Commission without a runoff.
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Former Elmore County deputy sheriff Blake Hicks pleaded guilty in federal court last week to his part in injuries caused to Tristen Quinn in a March 5, 2022 traffic stop.
School CHOOSE to help private schools By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Money will now follow some students as they leave public education and enroll in private schools. Last week Gov. Kay Ivey signed the School
CHOOSE Act allowing families of four who make less than $93,000 to create education savings accounts or ESAs. This will give students up to $7,000 per year in public tax money See CHOOSE, Page A6
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