Lakeside High School Council's Recommendation for Power Period.  Dr. Carney, principal of Lakeside High, presented a recommendation of the school council for a Power Period, modeled after Sandy Creek High School in Fayette County.  A Power Period takes five minutes from each period daily to form a 30 minute period used for redelivery or acceleration of coursework.  All students can participate and there are no grades or credit issued for the Power Period (view presentation).

Consent Items.  The Board gave final approval of the following consent items: minutes of 05/12/09 (Budget and Regular sessions) and 05/26/09 (Budget and Study Sessions), April financials, employee travel, fundraisers, gifts and donations, and program/camp employee requests.  The Board gave final approval of request to the State Board of Education for waivers and variance of the Georgia high school graduation requirements.

Budget Amendments/Transfers.  The Board gave final approval to the following Budget Amendments and/or Transfers: General Fund Budget Transfer No. 9 - To transfer funds to reimburse Lakeside High School for the cost of charter buses for athletic events; General Fund Budget Transfer No. 10 - To transfer funds for the single audit cost for the Education for Homeless Grant; General Fund Budget Transfer No. 11 - To transfer funds to reimburse Evans High School for the cost of charter buses for athletic events; General Fund Budget Transfer No. 12 - To transfer funds for the single audit cost for the Perkins and Title IIIA Grant; General Fund Budget Amendment No. 40 - To budget for the cuts in funding for in Ag Extended Day, Industry Certification, High School Graduation Coaches, and State Pre-K (-$42,520); General Fund Budget Amendment No. 41 - To budget additional funds allocated in Federal Pre-K, 6B, Title II, Title III-Immigrant, Title III-LEP, budget reduced revenue and expenses due to State Health rate change in Lottery Pre-K ($3,152); and General Fund Budget Amendment No. 42 - To budget the reimbursement to school nutrition for unpaid lunch charges ($8,820).

FY10 Budget.  The Board gave final approval to the FY10 Budget.  The total budget for all programs is $211,222,570, with $173,364,176 for general fund.  The FY10 Budget was reduced by $2.7 million in general fund expenditures from the FY09 Budget (view FY10 Budget).

Board Policies.  The Board gave final approval to the following policies: Policy JBCC - Attendance Zone and Policy BCBH - Board Minutes.  All BOE policies can be viewed by going to: http://www.ccboe.net/boe/policies/home.html.

Report of Summer School Enrollment. Mr. Nagle reported to the Board the enrollment figures for CRCT Summer School and Summer School at Greenbrier High.  There are 570 students participating in CRCT Summer School (3rd, 5th, and 8th grade) and 706 students participating in Summer School.

Energy Saving Project. Mr. Nagle reviewed the savings of the Energy Saving Project that was introduced by the Superintendent's Student Advisory Committee. There were ten schools with a total of $62,892 in energy savings.  The three schools with the highest savings are: Greenbrier Elementary, Greenbrier Middle, and Greenbrier High (view savings).

Important Dates. Mr. Nagle reminded the Board of a few dates:

• Summer School Graduation, Greenbrier High School, July 10, 4:00 p.m.
• New Teacher Induction, Board of Education Administration Building, July 21-23
• Set Millage Rate, Board of Education Administration Building, July 2, 11:00 a.m.
• Superintendent's System-wide Business Partners Breakfast, Grovetown High School, July 28, 7:30 a.m.
• Back to School Festival, August 1, Evans Middle School, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
• Grovetown High School Dedication Ceremony, August 4, 4:00 p.m.
• Open House: High School - August 4, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
• Open House: Elementary School - August 6, 5:00-7:00 p.m. 
• Open House: Middle School - August 6, 6:00-8:00 p.m. 

NEXT MEETING: The next scheduled Board meeting will be a Study Session on June 23 at the Board of Education Office in Evans at 5:30 p.m.