Locker room plumbing tentatively approved
By Mike Bollin ger • Staff Writer
      HOT SPRINGS — Almost $26,000 in plumbing work in the Bath County High School football locker room was approved Tuesday by the Bath County School Board. However, the approval was contingent on money being received and appropriated by supervisors.
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In Brief . . .
Bath County School Board
      • At its meeting at Valley Elementary School Tuesday, the Bath school board appointed Martha Carter as a teacher at VES and accepted the resignation of VES teacher Pamela Farmer effective Nov. 4.
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School projects spark debate
By Mike Bollin ger • Staf Writer
      HOT SPRINGS — Preliminary discussion began Tuesday on what the Bath County School Board intends to include in its capital improvement plan for fiscal years 2010-11 through 2014- 15. That plan must be submitted to the county no later than Monday, Jan. 4.
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Highland teachers concerned about budget, personnel
BY JAMES JACENICH • STAFF WRITER
      MONTEREY — The Highland County Education Association has two "main areas of concern" — money and personnel — HCEA representative Nancy Vance told the Highland County School Board Monday. "It is disconcerting that hundreds of thousands of dollars were turned back in to the board of supervisors in June," she said.
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In Brief . . .
Highland County School Board
      • The Highland County School Board hired Kathy Beverage as the J.V. girls' basketball coach and Tommy Whitaker as the middle school girls' basketball coach at its Nov. 2 meeting.
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      Highland Elementary School Good Citizens for the month of October were (l-r) front row: Mary Winters Blanchard, first grade; Anna Armstrong, kindergarten; Savanna Bayles, second grade; second row: Andrea Hull, fifth grade; Colby Armstrong,
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Bath schools snow routes, closings, delays
      WARM SPRINGS — Bath County Public Schools has announced the snow routes for this year. Parents are reminded to review these changes. During delayed openings or early dismissals, buses will not run on the following roads: Bath County High School and Valley Elementary School — Route 605, Lower Cascades, Bus No. 3; Route 612, Ashwood (above VFW), Bus No.
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