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1A WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM School administrators shuffled right people with the right night’s school board meeting. “We need Pinemount elementary schools. Teresa Superintendent says moves schools, he said. to give them a chance to grow ... and we Metrick, who replaced Allen at Five meant to put personnel in Superintendent Terry need people who are trained to step in and Points, moved from the principal position Huddleston said a large take over.” at Summers Elementary. place ahead of retirements. number of employees will Six administrative officials have been Summers will take over the assistant prin- be lost in the next two reassigned to new schools, including cipal position at Fort White Elementary. By AMANDA WILLIAMSON years to retirement, and the previously announced moves of Five “Every move was discussed extensive- [email protected] he wants to prepare cur- Points Elementary principal Michael Allen ly between myself (and top district-level Huddleston rent staff for that eventu- and Dr. Susan Summers, assistant princi- administrators),” Huddleston said. It’s not The Columbia County school superin- ality. pal at Fort White High School. a punishment or a pay cut. It was based on tendent has ordered a major personnel “We’ve not done a good job training Allen has already moved to an assistant shuffle in the school system to place the future administrators,” he said at Tuesday principal position for Melrose Park and SHUFFLE continued on 3A Deputies Springs naturally attractive search for Pa. suspect Man wanted by Pittsburgh police may be in county. By JOE MANDAK Associated Press Columbia County sheriff’s deputies joined the search for a Pennsylvania man wanted for his alleged involvement in the June 1 attempted carjacking and stabbing of Pittsburgh Steelers offen- sive lineman Mike Adams. C o l u m b i a County depu- ties began s e a r c h i n g T u e s d a y Whitlock for Jerrell Whitlock, 26, according to Sgt. Edward Seifert, sheriff’s Photos by JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter office public information offi- cer. “There is some intelligence that may put him in our area,” Seifert said, declining to be more specific. Whitlock is 5 feet, 11 inch- ABOVE: Members es tall and weighs about 200 of a youth group pounds, Seifert said. Whitlock from the All was last seen with a mustache and a goatee. Souls Church in Florida authorities are work- Jacksonville wade ing with Pittsburgh police, through the water Allegheny County sheriff’s at the Ichetucknee deputies and the Pennsylvania Springs head on state police to locate Whitlock, Tuesday morning. Seifert said. Authorities searched several RIGHT: A trio of residences and other locations tubers floats down in North Florida but did find the Ichetucknee Whitlock. Pittsburgh police River Tuesday spokeswoman Diane Richard morning. SUSPECT continued on 5A Long jury selection process near end By TONY BRITT School staff to be cut to help budget [email protected] Jury selection in the Richard Franklin capital murder trial 16 teaching positions, shop on Tuesday, roll will be set at $55 million, but been to start cutting teachers, lumbered into its fourth day H u d d l e s t o n the school district needs to cut and you can’t do that because of Tuesday but progressed more 39 other slots to be informed the $2 million from that to break the class size requirement.” than the previous days. vacated to save $2.5M. school board that even. To save $2.5 million in pay- If possible, Huddleston said, he For the first time, potential the predicted roll, the district will eliminate 33 will rehire some of the parapro- jurors sat in the jury box as a By AMANDA WILLIAMSON final cash fund paraprofessional positions, 16 fessionals who were recommend- collective unit. Through the [email protected] balance for the instructional positions, two cler- ed to be reappointed. Possible process of elimination, there 2012-13 school ical positions and four district open positions can only be filled were two groups with 16 School Superintendent Terry Hudson year will be support positions. According to by applicants from that pool of 33 potential jurors and another Huddleston says the Columbia $668,124, which Huddleston, the school district employees, he said, if the budget group with 13 possible jurors. County School District will not is lower than anticipated. The has been overstaffed in a number allows for it. By the time court adjourned rehire 16 teachers and 33 para- district has already left numerous of areas. “With all the years manag- for the night, after 8 p.m., a professionals to help solve the positions unfilled as employees “We have nowhere else to save ing, we’ve just got to laying off,” total of 24 jurors had been district’s financial woes. resigned or retired. any money at this time,” he said. During the special budget work- The budget for next year’s pay- “The only other way would have CUTS continued on 3A JURY continued on 5A Vol. 138, No. 356 CALL US: People. 2A TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 97 73 Opinion . 4A PEOPLE THURSDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Chance storms Puzzles . 2B THE REPORTER: Rude Local news Voice: 755-5445 Advice & Comics . 3C Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A awakening. roundup. 2AWEATHER 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 Page Editor: Jim Barr, 754-0424 Celebrity Birthdays Tuesday: Tuesday: n Singer Vic Damone is 85. Junior Brown is 61. 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