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Chapman attends last board meeting;
Battle named interim Director of Schools

Director of Schools George Chapman received accolades at the school board
meeting Tuesday night, the last meeting he will attend before he begins leave
time on Friday. His retirement is effective in August. Taking the helm as
interim director will be Doris Battle, Chapman’s assistant for eight years...more
Called meeting
addresses interim school director, budget

Work began on June 3 to demolish the east side of the stadium at L. Z. Hurley
Memorial Field on Boyd Avenue, home of the Haywood High School Tomcats. D. C.
Construction, the lowest bidding contractor on the project, will pour a new slab
and build dressing rooms located next to new bleachers that will be installed in
mid-August, a week before the first Tomcat football game.
When school
board members met in a called session Monday night, June 2, they addressed
selecting an interim director, talked about preliminary budget figures, and
approved additional funds for replacing the bleachers and performing renovation
work at the stadium...more |