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 By: Narda Sigala

READER

Last night, in a Cherokee County School Board meeting, Superintendent Greg Hubbard recommended a new idea of combining companies and schools. This new idea plans to combine the new General Electric manufacturing plant by constructing a school on their premises. The

C-C-S-D. The company believes that this will be a benefit to both parties. It allows the school district to ease the issue of overcrowding in the local schools and allows the company to provide better benefits for their 600 employees.

This program assists in attracting qualified employees and reduces attrition and lowers the high turnover rate of employees in this industry. This also works to lower the cost of the company having to consistently retrain and rehire new people. The company will build 3 classrooms and a playground for the employee’s children, with the inclusion of access to the employee’s dining area for meals. The program will begin with 60 kindergarten and first-grade students, and if successful hopes to expand to add second and third-grade students.

The C-C-S-D school board has agreed to assist by equipping each classroom. The cost for each classroom is estimated to be around 10-thousand dollars and includes supplies and the salary of a teacher and teacher aide for each classroom. It has been calculated that at a minimum of 20 students are needed to justify the costs of this program.

 

REPORTER

In a recent Cherokee County School Board meeting, the superintendent, Greg Hubbard, recommended a new idea of combining the new manufacturing plant with classrooms by creating new school programs for the children of employees.

The city has recently released plans to construct a major new General Electric manufacturing plant. The plant will be creating employment for over 600 employees in the city and those surrounding it. The plant plans on creating a school located on the premises to help employees who have young children. The plant plans to start the process with the building of three new different classrooms for the children, complete with a playground and access to the employee dining area for meals.

As well as the plant, the CCSD school board has agreed to assist in the development of the new program. The board will assist in equipping every single classroom, which will cost approximately $10,000 for every classroom. This includes the payment and salary of a teacher and teacher aide for every classroom. The program will provide schooling for 60 kindergarten and first-grade children, it is calculated that there needs to be a minimum of 20 children to justify the cost. If it is successful, the program, which has already been implemented in 20 other districts around the country, will move on to accommodate 2nd and 3rd graders.

The company believes that this system is the future. It offers many benefits to the employees and creates a better work environment. The program is believed to attract more employees and reduce the costs of the company having to constantly retrain and rehire new employees. This is an important point especially with low-paying positions having such a high turnover rate. This also helps families who feel their lives are spent with too much time at work, that now have opportunities to ride to and from work and attend lunches with their children. It also helps the community and school districts from overcrowding schools and classrooms. It benefits everybody involved.

INTERVIEW -GREG HUBBARD

Greg Hubbard said "There's a totally new idea starting to be implemented in your city. Some call it a "pilot program." Others called it a "satellite school"."