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Lee Jones, principal of Fayette County’s New River Elementary, set to open to students at the beginning of the 2009-10 school year, addresses a group of community leaders and interested individuals on a tour through the new building on Monday. The school will be home to students who formerly attended Oak Hill, Oak Hill East End, and Scarbro Elementary schools. Cheryl Keenan/The Montgomery Herald (Click for larger image)

The Winnie the Pooh favorite Tigger bounces along a bulletin board at the Watch Me Grow Fayette Starting Points Center housed in the Gauneka Ruritan Community Building in Falls View. Starting Points provides family intake and assessment health and nutrition, developmental screenings and referrals, parent and preschool education, and home based outreach with no income guidelines. See the B section of today’s paper for our annual Back to School section. Steve Keenan/The Montgomery Herald (Click for larger image)