Developed with the aid of Rep.

Roger Bruce, HB1058 allows employers to grant parents up to eight hours

of leave per calendar year to volunteer at a school or to attend parent-teacher

conferences and other school-related events. Parents will be required

to get documentation from the school principal noting volunteer hours

served. Teachers Linda Charles, Audrey Gay, and Renee Long coordinated

the project with approximately 25 students from three fifth grade classes.�

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Tri-Cities HS student receives

Dr. Beverly L. Hall Young Adult Award

Tri-Cities High School student

Daaimah Zakkee will be presented the Dr. Beverly L. Hall Young Adult Award

at the Seventh Annual National Black Herstory Conference and Awards Banquet.

The awards are presented in appreciation of the remarkable achievements,

courage and sacrifices made by black women worldwide and their comrades.

Zakkee, an accomplished artist in the school's visual and performing

arts magnet program, will receive the award during a banquet held March

26 at Emory University.