Aiken County Board of Education Meeting on August 27, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the District Office

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Dates: 
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 10:00pm

 

THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
                                       
 
OFFICIAL AGENDA _ ______ REGULAR SESSION _7:00 P.M._____AUGUST 27, 2013
 
Location:                                     District Office                                                     Aiken, SC
                                                   1000 Brookhaven Drive
 
 
 REGULAR SESSION: 7:00 P.M.
 
  
DEVOTIONAL & PLEDGE: Dr. Cecelia Hewett
 
  
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
 
  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
 
Special Called Meeting – August 8, 2013  
Regular Meeting – August 13, 2013               
 
 
 SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS:
  
·         Recognition by Association of School Business Officials International: Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting
  
·         Recognition by Government Finance Officers Association: Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting
  
·         Public Participation
 
No Request This Meeting
   
·         Office of Board Chairman
 
- Prior Request for Subcommittee on District Loans
  
 
A.                  INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: The following items are for information only and do not require Board action.
 
 
1.                  Assessment Update (Mr. Laurence)
 
  
2.           Model School Conference (Mr. Laurence)
  
           
                3.            Update of Student Enrollment for 2013-2014 (Mr. Traxler)
 
  
4.           Construction Status Reports for the Ridge Spring-Monetta High Addition Project (Mr. Caver)
 
In an effort to keep the Board current on the status and budget of this school construction project, the Architects for this project, A.L.R. Architecture, PC and the Administration prepare a monthly status report for the Board’s review.
 
  
5.           Construction Status Reports for the Aiken High School Phase I Project (Mr. Caver)
 
In an effort to keep the Board current on the status and budget of this school construction project, the Architects for this project, LS3P Associates LTD., and the Administration prepare a monthly status report for the Board’s review.
 
  
6.           Update on Migration Project from Novell to a Windows Based Network Operating System (Mr. Caver and Mr. Stanley)
 
In the Spring of 2012, the Board approved the migration to a more suitable network operating system (i.e. Windows 2008) infrastructure for current and future instructional and business applications.
  
 
                 7.           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.          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 students transfer out of the District, “the School District of Aiken County shall assume no responsibility for tuition to the receiving district.”
 
 
                 2.                  Budget Adjustment #6 (FY13); Funds #1 (General); Funds #2, 8 and 9 
                                (Special Revenue), and Fund #5 (School Building Fund) (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.                  City of Aiken Playground at North Aiken Elementary (Mr. Caver) 

The Crosland Park Neighborhood adjoins North Aiken Elementary. The City of Aiken has identified Crosland Park as a key component of the City’s Northside Redevelopment Plan. The City would like to build a playground on the campus of North Aiken Elementary to aide in this plan. The district and city have had a similar venture at Schofield Middle School.
 

                4.                  Renewal of Emergency and Outreach Calling System (Mr. Caver)

               Schools and the District have been using an emergency and outreach 
               calling system, originally called “AlertNow”, but currently referred to as
               “Blackboard Connect 5” since 2006. In recent years, the district has used
               and continues to use the system to boardcast emergency school
               closings. In addition, the majority of schools use the system for
               communication to parents and students regarding school events and
               activities on a regular basis.
 
                 5.                  FY14 Applications for Title II, Part A of No Child Left Behind    
                                (Mr. Laurence)
 
 The State Department of Education has projected an allocation of $910,888.02 to Aiken County Public School District for Title II, Part A, “Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals.” The purpose of Title II is to increase student academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality while also increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom and highly qualified principals and assistant principals in schools.
 
 
6.                  Proposed 2014-2015 Budget Calendar (Mr. Traxler)
 
Board Policy DBG requires that the Aiken County Board of Education adopt a budget calendar by November 1 each year.
 
 
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.                Request for Additional Homebound Teacher (Mr. Traxler)
 
The need for an additional full-time homebound teacher has increased as the number of homebound students continues to rise.
 
  
   3.         Issuance and Sale of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013 (Mr. Traxler)
 
Section 15 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina provides that subsequent to November 30, 1982, school districts of the State may incur bonded indebtedness in an amount not exceeding eight percent (8%) of the assessed value of all taxable property therein.
           
The School Board approved issuance of $17.5 million bonds in the District’s adopted 2013-2014 budget and as part of the District’s Five Year Facilities Plan.
                       
 
D.        INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS
 
 
1.                  AGENDA ITEMS SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS:
 
·         Mr. Richard Hazen – STEM Request
·         Mr. Ray Fleming – District Procedure for Early Entrance to Kindergarten and First Grade
-      Mr. Ray Fleming and Mr. Keith Liner - Area 2 Advisory Council Appointments
 
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:
 
                                   
                                    No Items This Meeting
 
  
2.         LEGAL BRIEFINGS:
 
 
     No Items This Meeting
  
 
3.         PERSONNEL ISSUES:
 
 
·         Administrative Appointments
  
 
4.         OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT:
 
 
                        No Items This Meeting
 
  
5.         APPEALS:
                                   
 
a.      Student Appeal (Area 3)
 
 
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
 
ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION:
 
ADJOURN

 

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