An unofficial summary of discussions, presentations, and actions of the Columbia County Board of Education
April 10, 2007
Dr. Marty Baker of Stevens Creek Community Church conducted the invocation.
BOARD
COMMENTS:
Board welcomed everyone back from spring break.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
Eight
individuals, many parents at River Ridge Elementary, expressed concerns
with the pre-k registration process held at River Ridge Elementary.
BOARD
ITEMS:
The BOE gave tentative approval for the central office to plan
on eliminating pre-k program starting 2008-2009 school year.
Ms. Buccafusco suggested a retreat with Mr. Nagle to review future system goals/priorities.
NEXT MEETING:
The next scheduled Board meeting will be a Study Session on
April 24 at the Board of Education in Evans at 5:30pm.
The agenda for the next
BOE meeting can be found here and is updated by the
Friday before the next BOE meeting.
BOARD APPROVALS
Consent Items.
The Board gave final
approval of items: minutes of 2/27/07 and 3/13/07- February Financials,
employee travel, fundraisers, partnerships, and camps. Also under consent items was the
resolution honoring
retirees, Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU)
between Columbia County Sheriff's Office, and the authorization to expend
FY08 funds for textbooks, RESA order, and replacement computers.
Budget Amendments/Transfers.
The Board gave final approval to the following General Fund or Special
Revenue Amendments/Transfers: Budget Amendment No. 47 - Budget additional
funds for the vocational extended day program ($4,673); Budget Amendment No.
48 - Budget additional federal vocational funds for system membership in the
CTAE Resource network ($6,435);Budget Amendment No. 49 -Budget funds for
Sample & Sons settlement; Budget Amendment No. 50 - Budget additional funds
for federal school grant ($1,089); Budget
Amendment No. 51 - Budget additional funds received for the Title 6B Grant ($25,013); Budget Transfer No.
6 -
Transfer funds for
Grovetown Middle special Board grant; Budget Transfer No. 7 -
Transfer funds in the Title IIA grant to correct the private school
allocation.
BOE Policies.
The Board gave final approval to: Policy GBRIF - Bereavement Leave.
All BOE policies can be viewed by going to:
http://www.ccboe.net/boe/policies/home.html.
Naming of New Elementary School.
After reviewing the list of possible school names, the Board approved
the recommendation to name the new elementary school in Grovetown -
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
BUILDING
PROGRAM
Project Update. Mr. Price updated the Board on the various
building projects going on within the county: painting at GMS;
Twelve classroom additions at Lewiston
(view
progress and River Ridge
(view progress); the New Elementary
School in Grovetown
(view progress); the New Middle School #3 on
Blackstone Camp Road (view
progress); and the New High School #1 on Chamblin Road to be completed
July 2010.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
GDOE Report for the program review of Career,
Technical, and Agricultural Education Programs. Mr. Price presented the
report from the GDOE onsite review held in October 2006. The onsite
review was conducted by an external team from other school systems and
GDOE. Many excellent practices were identified along with a
recommendation to expand dual enrollment and course articulation
opportunities.
Proposed Space Allocations. Mr. Price presented to the Board
the space allocations for the 2007-2008 School year. Nineteen
portables would need to be moved this summer for additional classroom space
to accommodate growth and lower classroom sizes. The Board
authorized Mr. Price to move forward with recommendations.
Event Calendar. Mr. Price reminded the Board of a few dates:
Budget Study Sessions, April 24 at 4:00pm, May 1 at 10:00am; Retirement
Reception held at Westlake on May 1 at 2:30pm.
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SPECIAL
RECOGNITIONS: |
PERSONNEL
RECOMMENDATIONS
On the recommendations of
Superintendent Price, the personnel recommendations were approved as
presented.