SMALL TALK
SMALL TALK — Union City Elementary School first-grader Lili Ann Petty, daughter of Todd and Amy Petty, stretched to reach the microphone as she and classmates (from left) Jaiden Fitts, son of Jessie Fitts and Shannon Bledsoe, and Sam Bailey, son of Shaun and Sarah Bailey, addressed the Union City School Board during its meeting Monday night. The young students shared several things they’ve already learned in human body system classes as part of their school’s new Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum for grades K-4, which aims to improve students’ early literacy skills.