Aiken County Board of Education Meeting on March 11, 2014 at the District Office at 7:00 p.m.

Dates:

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 9:00pm

THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY

BOARD OF EDUCATION

AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA

OFFICIAL AGENDA _ ___ _ REGULAR SESSION _7:00 P.M._______MARCH 11, 2014

Location: District Office Aiken, SC

1000 Brookhaven Drive

The Board will receive Public Input for District Strategic

Plan at 6:00 p.m. prior to the Regular Meeting.

REGULAR SESSION: 7:00 P.M.

DEVOTIONAL & PLEDGE: Mr. Tray Traxler

APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

Regular Minutes for February 18, 2014

Regular Minutes for February 25, 2014

SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS:

· SAHS ROTC Cyber Team State Champions

· Public Participation

No Request This Meeting

· Office of Board Chairman

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

1. Technology Update Presentation (Mr. Caver and Mr. Cox)

2. Legislative Update (Mr. Liner)

1. Legislative Update (Mr. Liner) – No Legislative Update this meeting.

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 for 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. Additional FY14 Title II Improving Teacher Quality Funds (Mr. Laurence)

The State Department of Education has allocated an additional $29,879.52to 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.

3. Summer Reading Camp (Proviso 1.84) Allocation of $38,729.20 (Mr. Laurence)

The General Assembly has directed Districts and the State Department of Education to provide summer reading camps “for students who are substantially not demonstrating reading proficiency at the end of third grade.” The funding for these camps will be allocated based on the prior year’s number of students scoring Not Met 1 on the 3^rd grade SC PASS Reading and Research Assessment. Aiken County will receive funding for approximately 60 students.

4. Change Order Number 5 for the 2013 Chukker Creek Elementary Paving Project (Mr. Caver)

Install storm sewer per approved drawings which include clearing, 24” HDPE junction box, tie to existing boxes, slit fence, and grassing

Total Change Order Number Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,800.00

Paving, Resurfacing & Erosion budget is adequate to cover this amount. This project is needed to control flooding at North Augusta Middle School.

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.

D. INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS

1. AGENDA ITEMS SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS:

· Mr. Wesley Hightower – SCSBA Nominations

· Mr. Wesley Hightower and Mr. Dwight Smith – Area 3 Advisory Council Appointments

· Mr. Ronnie West – Area 4 Advisory Council Appointment

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:

* Additional Consideration and Discussion of RFQ/RFP Contract Proposal