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