The Aiken County Board of Education Regular Meeting, April 22, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the District Office 1000 Brookhaven Drive, Aiken, SC 29803

THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY

BOARD OF EDUCATION

AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA

 

 

Location:                   1000 Brookhaven Drive                    Aiken, SC

 

 

REGULAR SESSION: 6:00 P.M.
 

MOMENT OF SILENCE & PLEDGE:  Mr. Cameron Nuessle

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Meeting – March 25, 2025

 

 

SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS:

 

 

No Requests for This Meeting

 

 

No Recognitions for This Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. INDIVIDUAL ITEMS

 

 

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.

 

 

The administrative 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.

 

 

Personnel are employed for a one-year period by the Board of Education. According to state law, certified personnel must be informed by May 1^st of their employment status for the ensuing year, or they will automatically be deemed “re-employed”.

 

 

Personnel are employed for a one-year period by the Board of Education. According to state law certified personnel must be informed by May 1^st of their employment status for the ensuing year or they will be deemed “re-employed.”

 

 

Each school district must develop a five-year district strategic plan, and each school must develop a five-year school renewal plan as required by the Early Childhood Development and Academic Assistance Act of 1993 and the Education Accountability Act of 1998. District and school plans shall coordinate and align improvement initiatives {State Board Regulations 43-261}. As part of a continuous improvement process, each district is required to submit an update to its strategic plan every spring.

 

 

The Code of Student Conduct is reviewed and updated annually. As part of this process, a discipline steering committee consisting of community members, parents, educational leaders, teachers, board members, and administrators from all three grade levels reviews the Code of Conduct and considers recommended additions, deletions, and revisions from school.

 

 

In its 2025-2026 budget calendar, the Board scheduled presentations of the First Reading of the budget for April 22, 2025, and the Second & Final Reading for May 27, 2025. A budget hearing is scheduled during the May 13, 2025, Board 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.

 

 

The School Board, according to the Code of Laws for South Carolina Section

 59-63-240, is authorized to expel students from school. Although the Board may receive recommendations for expulsion from others, it is solely empowered to take the final expulsion action.

 

 

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.”

 

 

 

School Board Policy JFABB establishes guidelines for the admission of exchange students to the high schools in the School District of Aiken County.

 

 

The School board must approve locally designed courses annually.

 

 

New Ellenton Middle STEAM Magnet School would like to submit an application to the SC Arts Commission for the Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) Grant in the amount of $12,500.00.

 

 

The District has received a $2,500.00 donation from an anonymous donor to be applied to senior student balances for students determined to be most in need at two designated high schools.

 

 

Bids were received on March 12, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. and publicly opened for the 2025 Painting of Aiken Intermediate and Mossy Creek Elementary School.

 

 

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

 

 

In an effort to keep the Board current on the status and budget of this school construction project, the Architects for this project, Goodwyn Mills and Cawood (GMC), and the Administration prepare a monthly status report for the Board’s review.

 

 

In an effort to keep the Board current on the status and budget of this school construction project, the Architects for this project, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture and the Administration prepare a monthly status report for the Board’s review.

 

 

D.  INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS

 

 

 

 

E. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F.   EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

 

 

No Items This Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Matter – Breach of Contract

 

 

 

Receipt of Legal Advice Regarding employment matter

 

 

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION

ADJOURN