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An unofficial
summary of discussions, presentations, and actions of the Columbia
County Board of Education |
Present were Superintendent Thomas
A. Price, Chairman
Roxanne Whitaker,
Vice-Chair
Mildred Blackburn,
Wayne Bridges, Regina Buccafusco and Lee Muns.
BOARD
COMMENTS
The Board gave special recognitions to LHS FCCLA students for National
Honors, to EHS Athletic Booster's Club for completing modifications
to the baseball fields, to Mayor Trudeau for generous donations to
the Grovetown Schools and to schools who were visited by State
Superintendent Kathy Cox.
NEXT
MEETING
Next meeting will
be a Study Session on September 28, 2004 at the Board of Education in
Appling.
BOARD ITEMS
Board Member, Regina Buccafusco will hold a town hall
meeting Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 9:00am at Evans High School.
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SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
Mr. Price gave special recognitions to
Lakeside High FCCLA National Winners. Pictured above are Sana Hashmi,
Muktha Natarajan, Anu Pillai, Ashley Baum, Mili Shah, Jackie Cadle, and
Sandra Taylor-FCCLA Sponsor.
Mr. Price gave special recognitions to
Ms. Cottingham, Grovetown Middle, for receiving a National Award for
Innovative Teaching from
ING-Unsung
Heroes Program
PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION
There was no public participation at this meeting.
BOARD APPROVALS/Discussions
Consent Items.
The Board gave approval of consent items: fundraisers,
employee travel, gifts & donations, and partners in education.
Budget Amendments/Transfers. The Board gave final approval to
the following General Fund or Special Revenue Budget Amendments: No. 4 -
Vocational Agriculture Extended Day Grant ($20,636); No. 5 -
Vocational Agriculture Extended Year Grant ($8,481); No. 6 -
Vocational Youth Apprentice Grant ($1,500); No. 7 - Vocational
Supervisor Grant Revenue ($16,868); No. 8 - Vocational Agriculture
Extended Day Grant ($62,844); No. 9 - Vocational Industry
Certification Grant ($15,000); No. 10 - Vocational Professional
Development Grant ($5,928); No. 11 -Difference in Vocational Improvement
and Actual Grant ($10,005); Budget Transfer No. 1 - Special Board
Incentive Grant- Harlem Middle School.
Proclamation. Mr. Price introduced Andy Kingery who has
agreed to head up a committee made up of chamber and community members to
help mentor in our schools. The Board gave approval
for the proclamation designating October as Mentoring in Our Schools.
Click here for the proclamation.
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BUILDING PROGRAM
Project
Update.
Mr. Price updated the Board on the
various building projects going on within the county: stages, athletic facility at GHS and EHS Re-roof and EHS/HHS
HVAC bid opening 9/14/04.
New Elementary School. Curb and gutters have been installed.
However, rain and holiday have slowed progress. The Board approved change order #1.
New Administration Building/New EMS. The Board approved an
addendum for the 3rd floor. Finalized changes to drawing have been
submitted to Architect. Site can be viewed at
www.ccboe.net
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Request
for Proposals for Architectural Services. Mr. Price
reviewed with the Board the RFP for Architectural Services for the new
middle school
to be completed in August 2007 on 30 acres of land in the eastern
portion of the county.
Report of SAT scores.
Mr. Price reported to the Board that "we are disappointed with the scores
and the total 12 point loss". However, he further indicated that we
need to educate our students and parents about the SAT. Mr. Price provided an
itemized list of SAT rankings He reviewed with the Board the SAT rankings
by total SAT score and by the number of students tested. (Click
here for list of rankings.) Note: Mr. Price
issued a press release to all local media in response to SAT article in
9/15/04 edition of the Augusta Chronicle.
Click here for his press
release.
GDOE Region 2 Leadership. Mr. Price reviewed with the Board the
planned partnership with the GDOE Region 2 Leadership Facilitation
Team and Harlem
Middle School. HMS was selected based on the annual performance
of students with disabilities on the CRCT. Because other schools face
similar challenges with special needs students, the partnership was
expanded to include all schools through the Special Services Department.
Mr. Price reminded the Board of a few events:
PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS
On the recommendation of Superintendent Price, the personnel
recommendations were approved as presented.
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