NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given of a hearing to be held on the 13th day of August, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. at the Pickens County Commissioner's Meeting Room before the Planning Commission of Pickens County, Georgia. The purpose of the hearing is to discuss a request by Brian Armour & David Smith, to have parcel 009-047-006 of 10.55 acres rezoned from Rural Residential (RR) to Neighborhood Commercial (NC). The property is located at 309 Price Creek Farms Lane, Jasper, Georgia. The recommendation of the Planning Commission will be brought before the Commissioner at August 23, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.

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Notice of Special Education Records Destruction By the Pickens County School System

In compliance with the Individual Disabilities Act (IDEA), The Georgia Records Act, and the Pickens County School System local procedure regarding destruction of data collected, maintained or used in the provision of a free and appropriate public education of students with disabilities in the Pickens County Schools, the Records Department announces it's intention to destroy special education records on August 15, 2012. Records on students who were enrolled in a special education program in the Pickens County School System who were born between January 1, 1976 and December 31, 1989 and were twenty-two (22) years of age as of January 1, 2012 are no longer needed for educational purposes.

The student or parent may need these records for Social Security or other reasons. If you, as a former special education student or a parent of a former special education student, wish to obtain these records prior to destruction, you should contact the Special Education Records Department, Pickens County Board of Education, 100 D.B. Carroll Street Jasper, Georgia. Positive, identification will be required before the records can be released to the individual.

For more information, contact the Special Education Records Department at 706-253-1713 between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00. You may visit our website at www.pickens.k12.ga.us to view this notice.

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