Greg Franklin, the Mississippi Department of Transportation HR Director for the Batesville District, was the guest speaker at the Finch-Henry Academic Department’s Reading Fair. Franklin spoke to students in the hard hat career technical training fields about the importance of good reading skills, and the types of documents MDOT employees must be able to read and understand to be successful on the job. (Photo: l. to r. Students Ulysses Hansell III, Carpentry; Kerry Stennis, MDO; Bianca Hancock, Bricklaying; MDOT HR. Dir., Greg Franklin; students Rickey Hall, Jr., Painting; and Jeremy Thomas, Welding.)