Manchester Kiwanis Club

The Manchester Kiwanis Club met on August 1st in the Manchester High and the members greeted an Interclub from The Kiwanis of Columbus Club, Mr. Jimmy McCorlew and Mr. Charles Jarrell. Dr. Robert Griffin, Superintendent of the Meriwether County School System, was the guest speaker. He has been working hard with the Board of Education to make our school system debt free. This is a wonderful accomplishment! This will allow them to do needed improvements at all our schools. It is critical, however, to approve the upcoming renewal of the SPLOST on November 7th. This is NOT a new tax; it is a renewal and when people from outside our county spend money in our county they add to this pot of money! This money will be the money used to upgrade our schools and more. The safety of our students has been greatly increased by our schools having their own School Resource Officer, metal detectors, photo verification entry into our schools, installation of the CASPR system in all schools and buses that kills over 99% of viruses and bacteria from the air and from surfaces, and more. Our Superintendent and Board are doing a great job taking care of all our students and staff. The Club members thanked Dr. Griffin for his informative school system update.
Sorry about the picture of our guest speaker. I got so interested in what he was saying, I forgot to take a good picture of him! Sorry Dr. Griffin!!!