Aiken County Board of Education Meeting - August 23, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
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THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
BOARD OF EDUCATION
OFFICIAL AGENDA _____ REGULAR SESSION __7:00 P.M.______AUGUST 23, 2011
Location: District Office
REGULAR SESSION: 7:00 P.M.
DEVOTIONAL & PLEDGE: Mr. Ray Fleming
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Regular Meeting – August 9, 2011
SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS:
· Celebration – First Day of School
· Board Recognition – Mr. Dwight Smith
· Public Participation
No Items This Meeting
· Office of Board Chairman
No Items This Meeting
A. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: The following items are for information only and do not require Board action.
1. Report of Minority Purchase for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2011 (Mr. Traxler)
The Procurement Code adopted by the Board requires an annual report of purchases made from minority vendors.
2. Report of Sole Source/Emergency Purchases for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2011 (Mr. Traxler)
The Procurement Code adopted by the Board requires an annual report of the purchases made under the Sole Source and Emergency provisions of the Code.
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4. Single Gender Class (Dr. O’Gorman)
5. ACT (Dr. O’Gorman)
6. Legislative Update (Mr. Liner)
B. CONSENT ITEMS: The following items will be voted on as a group. Individual items may be discussed prior to a vote being taken.
1. Target Shooting Star Readers Grant to
2. Proposed Implementation of SmartFindExpress Substitute Calling System (Dr. Stowe)
The five area offices previously managed the hiring process for substitute teachers within their areas. When substitute teachers were required, two areas provided a clerical employee to phone substitutes for all of the schools in their areas, and the other areas left it up to each individual school to phone substitutes.
To provide more efficient and consistent substitute services, the administration requested that Human Resources explore automated systems. Ms. Smalls researched various systems and surveyed other districts in
An RFP was requested from vendors of Web-based substitute calling systems to centralize that function and received three proposals. SmartFindExpress from eSchool Solutions was the lowest responsive bidder.
3. Out-of-District Transfer Request (Area 4) (Dr. Stowe)
Board Policy JBCD allows the Aiken County Board of Education to arrange with other school districts for the interchange of students. The policy stipulates that when students transfer out of the District, “the School District of Aiken County shall assume no responsibility for tuition to the receiving district.”
4. This item was pulled from the agenda.
5. Renaming Pinecrest (Dr. O’Gorman)
C. INDIVIDUAL ITEMS:
1. Personnel Appointments (Dr. Hewett)
The certified and classified personnel presented have been screened by the Personnel Services Department and interviewed and approved by the Principal and the Area Assistant Superintendent.
2. Annual Review of the Five-Year Facility Improvement Plan (Mr. Caver)
In accordance with Policy FB, Facilities Planning, each year the Board of
Education will review the Five-Year Facility Improvement Plan.
D. INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS
1. AGENDA ITEMS SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS:
Advisory Council - Mr. Levi Green
2. CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO BOARD MEMBERS:
3. REPORTS FROM BOARD LIAISON TO VARIOUS COMMITTEES:
E. OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT:
· Update
F. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
1. CONTRACTUAL ISSUES:
· Superintendent’s Evaluation Timeline
2. LEGAL BRIEFINGS:
· Legal Briefing
3. PERSONNEL ISSUES:
· Administrative Appointment
4. OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT:
No Items This Meeting
5. APPEALS:
a. Student Appeal (Area 1)
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION:
ADJOURN
