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Adair County Board meets at new bus garage Adair County Board of Education meeting, Thursday, August 18, 2016 Click on headline for complete story with photos By Wes Feese The Adair School District's spacious new bus garage played host to the August meeting of the Board of Education Thursday evening, with a sizable crowd on hand to view the new facility for the first time. In his opening remarks, Supt. Alan Reed thanked the many people who helped make the dream of a new transportation building a reality, especially the sitting board members. "This building came about as a result of all five board members sitting here," Reed said. "Now they get to see the fruit of their labor. Thank you all." Principals laud technology improvements All four schools' principals spoke Thursday about their respective utilization of technology in the learning process. The one common theme among the speeches was that the board's investment into Chromebooks, iPads, and other new devices over the past year has radically improved students' educational experience. Adair County Primary Center's Patty Jones said that her school has focused on iPads, because the touch screens are more suitable to the district's youngest students compared to Chromebooks with keyboards. There are now 10-12 iPads in every ACPC classroom. ACES principal Steve Burton said that the new emphasis on technology was too big of a deal to even explain in his allotted three to five minutes to talk. "I don't have time to tell you everything it's going to do for our instruction," Burton said. "We appreciate it, our teachers appreciate it, and most importantly our students appreciate it." Alma Rich, principal of Adair County Middle School, said the new technology allows students to delve further into topics of individual interest. "It opens more opportunities for personalized learning," Rich said to the board. ACHS principal Troy Young summed up his colleagues sentiments with a single explanation. "We're very excited," Young said. "We're able to meet the needs [of students] across the board and in many different ways." Prior the principals' speeches, Technology Director Carla Perkins noted that there are now more than 2,200 devices in the school system, a stunning increase compared to just a couple years ago. Wes Feese, the writer of this article Media Relations Director for the Adair County School District This story was posted on 2016-08-19 11:25:12
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