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Washington County Schools is part of another grant that will help students aim for career and college readiness.

The school board voted to accept $140,000 from the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) Continuous Assessment and Algebraic Thinking: Keys for Career and College Readiness (CAAT) grant during the regular-scheduled meeting on Nov. 21 at Washington County High School.
The grant, which focuses on math professional development throughout the district, begins on Jan. 1.

The Washington County fiscal court held its regular scheduled meeting on Monday, and the bridge on Tick Creek Road was a focal point.

The piers of the bridge are showing signs of deterioration and compromising the bridge’s architectural stability, and Washington County Judge-Executive John Settles said something has to be done.
“It’s a very serious situation. It is a structural problem and there doesn’t appear to be any way to repair what’s there.”

The annual audit for Washington County Public Schools resulted in more than $52,000 in funds that were called into question.

The audit report was presented by Charles White of White & Company on Nov. 21 at the regular-scheduled school board meeting.
“We looked at these expenses,” White said. “We determined that they weren’t spent in the area that they should have been. We’re not trying to suggest to you that the money was wasted. That’s not the case.”