Civil Municipal - Oct 2023

207 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 CANDLER COUNT Y SCHOOL DISTRICT $9 million facility on our campus with high tech labs, agriculture, technology, robotics, healthcare. The idea behind it is from 7:30 to 3:30 it will be used for our students and for our other technical college partners to come in and provide instruction, but from four o’clock on it is to be used by technical colleges and local industry, to use those spaces to train and further the skills of their employees or prospective employees.” Safety is a priority in the district, which has two School Resource Officers (SROs) who work between the K-8 facility and high school. They also utilize Centegix cards, provided by Grace Ed Technologies, which are attached to all staff badges. These cards serve as an alert system, and the number of button presses indicates the type and urgency of an emergency, allowing for a swift and coordinated response, from additional staff to alerting law enforcement and total lockdown. The Value of Early Learning and Interventions Early learning initiatives are also critical to student success, and Candler County School