|
|
 BOARD
BULLETIN ~
January
2009
|
|
|
January
13, 2009 |
|
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 Mike Sleeper, Mildred Blackburn,
Wayne Bridges, and Roxanne Whitaker.
Chairman Regina Buccufusco asked for a moment of silent
reflection. |
|
BOARD
COMMENTS |
|
The
Board welcomed everyone back from the holiday break and
offered congratulations to all those recognized at the
BOE meeting. Board members thanked Chairman Buccufusco
for the reception she provided prior to the swearing-in
of newly elected Board
members. |
|
PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION |
|
Scott
Hudson thanked the Board and all the employees who
offered well wishes for his health last year. He
expressed interest in Columbia
County
schools offering extra incentives for students to help
with the Savannah
River
cleanup on the first Saturday of every month.
|
|
BOARD
ITEMS |
|
The
Board scheduled a Board Retreat at the Board of
Education on February 6 at 8:00am. |
|
|
|
SWEARING-IN
OF NEWLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS |
a.
Wayne Bridges - District
1
b. Roxanne
Whitaker - District
4
c. Mike
Sleeper - District
3
(View photos)
The
Board voted unanimously for Mike Sleeper to serve as
2009 Vice-Chairman and to appoint Board attorney -
Fletcher, Harley, & Fletcher. The Board
approved to continue holding BOE meetings on the second
and fourth Tuesday of every month beginning at
5:30pm
and cancelled the study sessions in November and
December due to holiday breaks
(11/24/09
and 12/22/09). |
|
SPECIAL
RECOGNITIONS |
a.
National Siemens Competition in Math, Science and
Technology - Jimmy Meixiong,
Lakeside
High
b.
Presentation of AT&T Grant ($100,000) for Robotics
Labs in Middle and High Schools
c.
Georgia
School
Public Relations Association Awards - Best in Category
2007-2008 for Educationally Speaking Newsletter
and Calendar (View photos) |
|
BOARD
APPROVALS |
Consent
Items. The
Board gave final approval of consent items: minutes of
12/9/08
and 12/16/08,
November financials, employee travel,
fundraisers, partnerships, and gifts and
donations. The Board gave final approvals for the
following: request for loan from Lakeside High School
Athletic Club to purchase metal roof over batting cages;
resolution authorizing the general fund to advance
certain dollar amounts to SPLOST tax fund and to be
repaid for same; and resolution for request of waiver on
class size SBOE Rule 160-5-1-08.
Budget
Amendments. The
Board gave final approval to the following Budget
Amendments: Budget Amendment No. 30 - To budget matching
competitive grant funds for Lewiston Elementary from
Augusta Audubon Society ($350); and Amendment No.
31 - To budget matching competitive grant funds for
Greenbrier Elementary for Target Book Buddies and CVS
Volunteer Challenge Grant ($3,500).
Bid
Results.
The
Board approved the bid results and awarded five-year
contract for cellular phone equipment and on-going
cellular service to Verizon Wireless. This
contract award will support
350
CCBOE cell phones and 183 CCBOE GPS systems (school
buses) at a cost of
$621,540. |
|
BUILDING
PROGRAM |
Project
Update. Mr.
Nagle updated the Board on the various building projects
going on within the county: reroofing projects at EES
(view progress), MES, HMS, and LHS (view progress); and Grovetown High
School on Chamblin Road (view progress).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPERINTENDENT'S
REPORT/ANNOUNCEMENTS |
|
Alternative
Scheduling for High School. Mr.
Nagle reviewed the recommendations from the Alternative
Credit Opportunities Committee. Each high
school will offer a zero-period to juniors and seniors
to take additional courses for remediation, enrichment,
and/or credit recovery. No additional costs will
be necessary to implement this recommendation. This
year, Lakeside
and Greenbrier
High
Schools
have successfully offered a zero-period for their
students.
Report
on Summer School 2009. Mr.
Nagle reported to the Board the summer school schedule,
which begins June 1 with CRCT at Lewiston
and Cedar Ridge Elementary middle school/high school at
Greenbrier High.
Course
Catalog 2009-2010. Mr.
Nagle presented the Course Catalog for 2009-2010.
The Board approved to rename the diploma earned by
special educations students to the Transition Diploma.
(view 2009-2010 catalog for grades 9 &
10) (view 2009-2010 catalog for grades 11 &
12)
Proposed
School Calendar 2010-2011. The
Board approved the calendar for 2010-2011 with a start
date of August
9, 2010.
Report
of Contributions to the United Way Campaign.
Mr.
Nagle reported to the Board that this year's employee
campaign exceeded last year's goal of $48,250 by about
$500 for a total of $48,806.
Important
Dates. Mr.
Nagle reminded the Board of a few dates:
- County
Spelling
Bee,
Grovetown
Middle
School, February
2, Reception - 4:00pm, Spelling
Bee - 4:30pm.
|
|
PERSONNEL
RECOMMENDATIONS |
|
On
the recommendations of Superintendent Nagle, the
personnel recommendations were approved as presented.
|
|
NEXT
MEETING:
The next scheduled Board meeting will be a Study Session
on January 27at the Board of Education Office in Evans
at 5:30pm. |
|
|
Columbia
County
Board of Education | 4781
Hereford Farm Road |
Evans | GA |
30809 |
|
|