Aiken County Board of Education Meeting on October 25, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at District Office

THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY

BOARD OF EDUCATION

AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA

                                       

 

 

 

Location:                                     District Office                                                     Aiken, SC

                                                   1000 Brookhaven Drive

 

 

 

REGULAR SESSION: 7:00 P.M.

 

 

 

DEVOTIONAL & PLEDGE: Mr. Levi Green

 

 

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

 

 

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

 

 

Regular Meeting – October 11, 2011

                    

 

 

SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS:

 

 

·         Celebrating Technology

 

 

·         Ruth Patrick Science Education Center – Dr. Gary Senn

 

 

·         Public Participation

 

No Items This Meeting

 

 

·         Office of Board Chairman

 

- Change in Board Self Assessment Meeting

 

- Student Appeals – October 26, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

A.                  INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: The following items are for information only and do not require Board action.

 

 

 

1.                  SchoolFusion (Dr. O’Gorman)

 

 

 

 

2.                  Legislative Update (Mr. Liner) 

 

Mr. Duane Cooper with the SCSBA will be presenting a Legislative Update.

 

 

 

 

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.                  Ratification of Expulsions (Dr. Everitt)

 

The School Board, according to the Code of Laws of South Carolina Sections 59-63-240, is authorized to expel students from school. Although the Board may receive recommendations for expulsion from others, it solely is empowered to take the final expulsion action.

 

 

 

 

2.                  Change Order Number 1 to the East Aiken Ceiling Project (Mr. Caver)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.            Scholarship America ING Unsung Heroes Grant to Aiken Middle School – FY12 (Dr. O’Gorman)

 

Aiken Middle School has been awarded a $2,000 grant from the Scholarship America ING Unsung Heroes Awards Program. The funds will be used to purchase supplies for a Science Enrichment class which centers on how we can conserve energy and become more energy efficient.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.            Amendments to Policy DA – Fiscal Management Goals/Priority Objectives – Second Reading (Mr. Burkhalter and Mr. Traxler)

 

Policy DA is the District’s introductory policy and its statement of philosophy on the importance of District fiscal management and fiscal priority objectives. As the Board has recently been considering the projected results of its upcoming audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, and is also beginning preparation for the budget process for 2012-2013 school year, the Comptroller has recommended that the Board include a policy statement concerning fund balance and the objectives for the same. 

 

 

 

 

3.            Amendment to Policy DKC – Expense Authorization Reimbursement – Second Reading (Mr. Burkhalter)

 

Board Policies relating to compensation, including reimbursements for travel expenses, are necessarily limited by, or subject to, available state funding. During substantial funding shortfalls, measures to reduce expenditures have been necessary in order to meet budgets with available funding. In some instances travel and supply accounts have been reduced by as much as fifty per cent. These emergency measures (which may last for an indeterminate period of time) become, to the extent necessary, implicit limitations on what might otherwise be considered expected benefits under one or more Board policies. These changes are merely clarifying amendments, and they also incorporate by reference administrative procedures authorized by the Board in order to facilitate consistency in implementation.

 

 

 

 

D.        INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS

 

 

1.                  AGENDA ITEMS SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS:

 

 

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:

 

                                   

a.                  Review Superintendent’s Evaluation Process

 

b.                  Administrative Consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.         LEGAL BRIEFINGS:

 

 

·         Legal Briefing

 

 

 

 

 

3.         PERSONNEL ISSUES:

 

 

No Items This Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

4.         OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT:

 

 

      No Items This Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

5.         APPEALS:

                                   

                                   

                                    No Appeals This Meeting

 

 

 

 

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

 

ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION:

 

ADJOURN