Oconee County Schools

Debbie Winsett, who transcribes and translates textbooks for the visually impaired, received her Braille Transcriber certification in 2010. (OLIVIA SHAPIRO/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Debbie Winsett, who transcribes and translates textbooks for the visually impaired, received her Braille Transcriber certification in 2010. (OLIVIA SHAPIRO/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

In high demand

At the bottom of every email Crawford resident Debbie Winsett sends, she includes a quote from Helen Keller’s book “Light in My Darkness”: “There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.
Thomas Ehlers/The Oglethorpe Echo

Thomas Ehlers/The Oglethorpe Echo

Graduation rate at 94%, above state

  Beverley Levine is quick to spread the credit.   Oglethorpe County Schools’ graduation rate of 94% continues the district’s streak of surpassing the state average, which was 83.7% in 2021, according to graduation data released by Georgia Department of Education on Oct. 21.