Aiken County Board of Education Meeting on August 14, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at the District Office
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THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
BOARD OF EDUCATION
OFFICIAL AGENDA ______ REGULAR SESSION _7:00 P.M.______AUGUST 14, 2012
Location: District Office
REGULAR SESSION: 7:00 P.M.
DEVOTIONAL & PLEDGE: Mrs. Rosemary English
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Regular Meeting – July 17, 2012
SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS:
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· Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards
· SCSBA - Board Recognition
· Public Participation
No requests this meeting.
· Office of Board Chairman
Groundbreaking for Aiken High Schools
August 28, 2012 6:00 p.m.
A. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: The following items are for information only and do not require Board action.
1. Report of Sole Source/Emergency Purchases for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2012 (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.
2. Report of Minority Purchases for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2012 (Mr. Traxler)
The Procurement Code adopted by the Board requires an annual report of purchases made from minority vendors.
3. Financial Reports, as of May 31, 2012 (Mr. Traxler)
The financial report of May 31, 2012 is submitted in the approved format.
4. Financial/Bond Sale Update (Mr. Traxler)
5. Update on ESEA Accountability System (Mr. Laurence)
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. Special Education Related Services Contracts (Mr. Laurence)
The Department of Special Education routinely contracts with related service providers when unable to hire personnel. The contracts include: Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Pathology, Psychoeducational Testing, Applied Behavior Therapy, Orientation and Mobility for blind students and Interpreters for the Deaf and Medicaid.
2. Budget Adjustment #1 (FY 13) – Fund #1 (General) (Mr. Traxler)
Periodically during the fiscal year, the Division of Fiscal Services submits adjustments to the approved budget as may be required in the conduct of operations.
3. SC Association of FFA Grant to
4. Kroger Earning Plus Learning “Healthy Loving” Grant to
5. Network Migration Project from Novell to Windows 2008 (Mr. Caver)
Proposals were received for Aiken County Public Schools, Microsoft Migration on June 4, 2012 and publicly opened. Proposals were received from 5 vendors with CSI Outfitters, Inc. submitting the best proposal of $719,570 for base network OS Migration including project management and level 3 engineering services. Dell Computers submitted the best solution for the installation of computers for $57.84/computer. The Technology Department estimates approximately 1600 of the oldest systems in the district need replacing. For installing 1600 computers, this computes to $92,544. Purchasing 1600 computers from our refurbished bid (#B11-16) will be $659,120.
6. Amended Title I School Allocation for the 2012-2013 School Year (Mr. Laurence)
The purpose of Title I, No Child Left Behind, is to enable schools with significant poverty percentages to provide opportunities for disadvantaged children to meet challenging state performance standards.
Title I school allocations for 2012-2013 were initially approved by the School Board at the May 15, 2012, meeting. Due to the approval of the ESEA Waiver submitted by the South Carolina Department of Education and the identification of Priority and
7. Out-of-District Transfer Requests (Dr. Stowe)
Board Policy JFABC allows the Aiken County Board of Education to arrange with other school districts for the interchange of students. The policy stipulates that when student transfer out of the District, “the School District of Aiken County shall assume no responsibility for tuition to the receiving district.”
8. Change Order Number I for the 2012 Installations of Carpet and Vinyl floor tile at Aiken Middle, Kennedy Middle, North Aiken Elementary (k-wing & media), Oakwood-Windsor Elementary (old bldg), ACCC, and Silver Bluff High (Mr. Caver)
Change Order Number One:
Install carpet in all corridors @
Install carpet in media center@ RS-M Elementary Middle $15,162.00
Install carpet in mobile #2 @ RS-M Elementary Middle $2,285.00
Install carpet in mobile #3 @ RS-M Elementary Middle $1,548.00
Total Change Order Number One……………………….. $46,184.00
Project contingency is adequate to cover this amount
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 Academic Officers.
2.
South Carolina Electric and Gas has requested the School District grant an easement request adjacent to
3. Amendments to Policy KBE Relations with Parent Organizations – Final
Policy KBE provides the basic structure for Board and District relations with parent organizations and expresses a philosophy for support of such groups. The policy establishes essential guidelines for interaction between the schools and the groups which support those schools.
4. Revisit Recommendations from Board Advisory Council Subcommittee (Mr. Smith)
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:
Contractual Issues Related to Retirees
2. LEGAL BRIEFINGS:
· Legal Briefing
3. PERSONNEL ISSUES:
No Items This Meeting
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4. OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT:
No Items This Meeting
5. APPEALS:
a. Transfer Appeal
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION:
ADJOURN
