Cherokee County School Employees Are Staying Busy Over Summer

From Cherokee County School District:

Summer break doesn't mean vacation time for many Cherokee County School District employees, as the summer months offer an opportune time for maintenance work and training, as well as teaching and learning for more than 1,000 students who took advantage of various CCSD summer school programs.

This summer, hundreds of CCSD teachers are taking advantage of training opportunities offered by CCSD; school nutrition workers have been busy learning new skills and ideas for tastier lunchroom fare; more than 400 school buses will be inspected; warehouse and technology employees are stocking a brand new replacement Dean Rusk Middle School; and, maintenance department employees are busy burning through a list of repair and upgrade projects on various school campuses.

Some of the work will continue right up until the first day of school, which is Monday, August 1.

Photos:

Buses 1: CCSD Fleet Maintenance Technician Adam Shelton checks a school bus during summer inspections. The Georgia Department of Public Safety checks every bus in the CCSD fleet during the summer.

Buses 2: CCSD Fleet Maintenance Technician Adam Shelton inspects a front tire on a school bus.

Buses 3: CCSD Fleet Maintenance Technician Cole Covington checks the signals and controls of a school bus.

Schools 1: CCSD Facility Technician Lantz Cleveland passes a drill through to technician Terry Cornelison as they re-install air-conditioning units at Free Home ES following a window replacement project in the media center.

Schools 2: CCSD Facility Technician Lantz Cleveland works on a renovation project at Free Home ES.

Training 1: CCSD School Nutrition Manager on Special Assignment Tiffany Ridley adds lime to a guacamole recipe during a training class this summer.

Training 2: A CCSD School Nutrition vendor demonstrates some food prep techniques for a class of School Nutrition employees.

Training 3: In preparation for the opening of the new/replacement Dean Rusk Middle School, Principal Cindy Cooper (center) and Assistant Principals (from left) Tom Usry, Catherine Holman and Lawrence Gluckson, along with bookkeeper Melanie Rump, are trained on the new phone system by CCSD Data Communications Clerk Colleen Simon (front).

Training 4: CCSD Instructional Technology Specialist Joy Silk leads CCSD teachers in a summer professional development class on Microsoft productivity tools.

Training 5: Indian Knoll ES teacher Marissa Williams focuses on a task during a CCSD summer professional development class on Microsoft productivity tools

Training 6: CCSD teachers and administrators celebrate the completion of a computer coding workshop held at Free Home Elementary School this summer.

Summer School 1: Groups of rising CCSD high school freshmen toured the North Metro campus of Chattahoochee Technical College this summer as part of a special transition program for selected teens.

Summer School 2: North Metro campus Financial Aid Specialist Brian Hilburn tells CCSD students about the various forms of financial aid available to Chattahoochee Tech students.

Images via Cherokee County School District