Aiken County Board of Education Meeting on August 27, 2019 at the District Office at 7:00 p.m.
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Submitted by Kim_Chriswell on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 2:52pm
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - 7:00pm
THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
OFFICIAL AGENDA ____________REGULAR SESSION _7:00 P.M.__________AUGUST 27, 2019
Location: 1000 Brookhaven Drive Aiken, SC
REGULAR SESSION: 7:00 P.M.
DEVOTIONAL & PLEDGE: Ms. Julie Revelle
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Regular Meeting – August 13, 2019
SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS:
- Public Participation
- No Requests This Meeting
- No Requests This Meeting
- Office of Board Chairman
- SCSBA Conference
A.INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: The following items are for information only and do not require Board action.
- Summer Learning Presentation (Mrs. Glover)
- Recruitment and Retention Committee Final Update (Mrs. Hart)
The Recruitment and Retention Committee concluded with a specific set of recommended action steps and the need for a more detailed analysis of each.To facilitate this process three (3) working committees were established, one of which focuses on the development and implementation of a job and task analysis.
B.CONSENT ITEMS: The following items will be voted on as a group. Individual items may be discussed prior to a vote being taken.
- Alternate Language Textbook for Aiken Scholars Academy (ASA) (Mr. Laurence)
The District examines and evaluates textbooks adopted by the State for use in the classroom and recommends to the School Board those selected by teacher committees for our district.Aiken County Public Schools’ adopted textbooks for English 3 and AP Language Composition are Collections from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers and The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric, 2nd Edition from Bedford, Freeman and Worth respectively.
ASA offers an enriched and accelerated curriculum to ensure that students experience a challenging and developmentally appropriate college-preparatory education that is personally meaningful, while being compressed into two years.The challenge, specifically in English Language Arts, is to accomplish this goal without elimination foundational texts or oversimplifying the relationships among individuals, society, culture, and ideas.
ASA offers an enriched and accelerated curriculum to ensure that students experience a challenging and developmentally appropriate college-preparatory education that is personally meaningful, while being compressed into two years.The challenge, specifically in English Language Arts, is to accomplish this goal without elimination foundational texts or oversimplifying the relationships among individuals, society, culture, and ideas.
- Textbook Adoption for Discrete Mathematics (Mr. Laurence)
The District examines and evaluates textbooks adopted by the State for use in the classroom and recommends to the School Board those selected by teacher committees for our district.Upon approval by the School Board and funding by the State, schools may proceed to order those textbooks from the State Textbook Depository.
- Issuance and Sale of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2019B (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 $18,500,000 bonds in the District’s adopted 2018-2019 budget and as part of the District’s Five Year Facilities Plan.
The School Board approved issuance of $18,500,000 bonds in the District’s adopted 2018-2019 budget and as part of the District’s Five Year Facilities Plan.
C.INDIVIDUAL ITEMS
- Personnel Appointments (Mrs. Hart)
The certified and classified personnel presented have been screened by the Human Resources Department and interviewed, and/or approved by the Principal or Supervisor for each location.
- Out-of-District Transfer Requests (Mr. Laurence)
The Chief Officer of Administration has reviewed the written requests for out-of-district transfer.
D.INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS
- AGENDA ITEMS SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS
- Motion regarding Attendance Make Up
- CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO BOARD MEMBERS
- REPORTS FROM BOARD LIAISON TO VARIOUS COMMITTEES
E.OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
- Superintendent’s Update
(Action may be taken on these items, as necessary)
F.EXECUTIVE SESSION
- CONTRACTUAL ISSUES
- No Items This Meeting
- PERSONNEL ISSUES
- No Items This Meeting
- OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
- Financial Update
- APPEALS
- Out-of-District Transfer Request (Area 2)
- LEGAL BRIEFING
- Receipt of Legal Advice on Board of Education Policies BD,BDG,CFC, and IMD
- Receipt of Legal Advice on an Employment Matter
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
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