| November 11,
2008 |
| An
unofficial summary of discussions, presentations, and actions of the
Columbia County Board of Education.
Present were Superintendent Charles R. Nagle,
Chairman Regina Buccafusco, Vice-Chair Roxanne Whitaker, Mildred
Blackburn, Wayne Bridges, and Mike Sleeper. Army Chaplain
Robert Lyons from Ft Gordon conducted the invocation.
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| SPECIAL
RECOGNITIONS |
a. Transportation Driver of the Year - Zena Lacey
b.
Transportation Special Services Aide of the Year - Shirley Dunn
(View photo) |
| BOARD
COMMENTS |
The Board
expressed appreciation to the schools for the special programs
conducted in honor of Veterans Day and reminded the public of the
Proud to be an American event held at First Baptist Church on
Thursday. The Board thanked the Army Chaplain and the Evans ROTC for
their presence at tonight's Board of Education
meeting.
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| PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION |
Ms. Franklin, a
resident of Evans, discussed middle school rezoning concerns and the
number of portables in use at Evans Middle School, Lewiston
Elementary, and Belair Elementary.
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| BOARD
APPROVALS |
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Consent Items. The Board gave final
approval of consent items: minutes of 10/14/08, September financials, employee travel,
fundraisers, partnerships, program/camp employee participation
request, and gifts and donations. The Board gave final
approvals for the following: providers for 403b and 457b retirement
plans, and requests to State Board of Education for variance of the
GHSGT.
Budget Amendments/Transfers. The Board
gave final approval to the following Budget Amendments/Transfers:
Budget Transfer No. 5 - To transfer between functions as a result of
transferring paraprofessionals to 6B and moving lead teachers and
coordinator out of 6B; Budget Amendment No. 18 - To budget matching
competitive grant funds for Greenbrier High and Stallings Island
Middle from Junior League ($936); Budget Amendment No. 19 - To
budget the difference between the 6B and federal pre-k estimated
budget and the actual grant received (-$10,388); Budget Amendment
No. 20 - To budget the difference between the state pre-k (special
services) estimated budget and the actual grant received
($82,886); Budget Amendment No. 21 - To budget matching
competitive grant funds for Greenbrier High ($464); Budget
Amendment No. 22 - To budget the difference between the Title IIA,
Title IIIA LEP, Title IIIA Immigrant, Title IV-Safe and Drug Free
estimated budgets and the actual grants received (-$22,012); and
Budget Amendment No. 23 - To budget matching the difference between
the Virtual Schools and the Vocational Construction Bond estimated
budgets and the actual grants received ($95,913).
Board Policies. The Board gave final approval to
Policy CGPGA - Administrative Personnel Emergency Leave and Policy
BDH (2) - Waivers and Variances of High School Graduation
Assessments. The Board gave tentative approval to Policy IDB-Health
Education Program. All BOE policies can be viewed by going to: http://www.ccboe.net/boe/policies/home.html
Supplementary Instructional
Materials. The Board gave tentative approval of the the
recommendation of the Sex Education Parent Review Committee to
approve the use of the programs from Discovery Channel, "Skills for Healthy Living: Sex
and Consequences" and "Reality Matters: Sexual Pressures" as
supplementary instructional materials for grades 8-12
(view
materials).
2009-2010 Projections.
The Board gave tentative approval of individual school
projections and elementary teacher allocations for 2009-2010 school
year. |
| BUILDING
PROGRAM |
Project Update. Mr. Nagle updated the Board on the
various building projects going on within the county: reroofing
projects at EES, MES, HMS, and LHS; and Grovetown High School on
Chamblin Road ( view progress).
Bid Results. The Board approved the bid results and
awarded contract for Lakeside High re-roofing project to Lloyd
Roofing Company, Inc.
($1,177,700).
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| SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT/ANNOUNCEMENTS |
| System
Annual Report. Mr. Nagle reviewed the System Annual Report
for 2007-2008, which includes Student Achievement, Student Support,
Standards of Highly Qualified Personnel, Financial Operations, and
Community Relations (view report).
FY2009 Local Assistance Grant Update. Mr. Nagle
updated the Board on the status of the FY 2009 local assistance
grants. Originally, the grants received were to be for playground,
technology, and athletic upgrades at BRE, LMS, RMS, and EHS.
The pending status of FY2009 local assistance grants is that they
have been cut from the state FY2009 budget.
Important Dates. Mr. Nagle reminded the Board of a few
dates:
- Proud to be American: November 13, 7:00pm, First Baptist of
Augusta
- November 25 and December 23 Study Sessions Cancelled
- Closing for Thanksgiving Holidays: November 26-28
- Principal's Conference Holiday Breakfast: December 11, 8:00am,
Westlake
- Superintendent's Business Partners in Education Holiday
Breakfast: December 16, 8:00am, Brandon Wilde
- Closing for Christmas Holidays: December 22, 2008 - January 2,
2009
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| PERSONNEL
RECOMMENDATIONS |
| On the recommendations of
Superintendent Nagle, the personnel recommendations were approved as
presented. |
| BOARD
ITEMS |
Instead of a
special called meeting in the new year to swear in officials, the
Board agreed to schedule the January 13 meeting at 5:00pm to elect
vice-chairman, appoint Board attorney, and schedule dates and times
for Board meetings in 2009.
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NEXT MEETING: The next scheduled Board meeting will be a
Regular Session on December 9 at the Board of Education Office in
Evans at
5:30pm. | |
BOARD
BULLETIN ~