Bremen City School System

Board of Education Meeting

October 8, 2007

 

 

            The Bremen Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, October 8, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. in the Warren Sewell Administration Building.  All board members were present with Brandall Lovvorn arriving late.  After the pledge and invocation by Chairman Daryl Sellers, the meeting was turned over to Superintendent Dr. Stanley McCain.

 

          The minutes of the September 10, 2007 meeting were read and approved (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 4-0).  Dr. McCain reviewed the agenda for the October meeting and the board approved the agenda on a vote of 4-0 (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish).  The board of education heard a financial report from the superintendent.  The board reviewed a formal report from Mr. Ronnie Messimer on the school activity accounts for the year ending June 30, 2007.  The board heard an update from Mr. Daryl Sellers which detailed the closing on the Kelley property east of Bremen.  The board heard from Ms. Christa Smith, Chloe Wilson, and Kiley Thompson regarding the trip to Washington D. C. where Sewell Middle School received a grant valued at $10,000 from the Intel Corporation and technology equipment and software from various sponsors valued at over $200,000 for the middle school.  Sewell Middle School was one of six schools recognized nationally.  There were two schools from Georgia recognized:  Sewell Middle School for their initiatives in math education and Conyers Middle School for their initiatives in science education.  Under “New Business” the following actions were taken:  Approved the final pay request and change order with Lattimer & Hughes Construction; Approved the request to declare a mixer from the high school cafeteria as surplus equipment; Approved a facility use request by Ms. Mary Sellers and approved the use of the wrestling complex for the Bremen Takedown Club; Approved the use of the new elementary gymnasium for boys’ junior varsity practice; Approved fund raising requests for Bremen High and Sewell Middle schools; Approved the contract with Children‘s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.; Approved a request by Ms. Tracie Farmer to grant a high school diploma based upon appropriate credits received that could count toward graduation requirements; Approved a request to replace carpet in the Sewell Middle School Commons area; and Approved the budget of the pre-kindergarten program. In the area of personnel the board approved the hiring of Ms. Melanie McDaniel, extended hours for Mr. David Clay, observation hours for Mr. Christopher Sink, and the substitute teacher list.

 

Financial Reports

 

         Financial reports as presented for September 2007 were approved by the board (Motion: Cliff Coats, Second: Rob Walker, vote 4-0).

 

 

 

General Fund

$ 1,984,781.15

CDARS General Fund

$ 1,294,548.47

CDARS Bond Proceeds III Series 2007 Construction Fund

$ 6,033,721.12

CDARS Series 2006 Construction Fund

$    464,544.95

Haralson County Bond Proceeds Account II

$    600,473.48

Haralson County Debt Service Account II

             -

Haralson County Sales & Use Tax SPLOST II

             -

Carroll County Bond Proceeds SPLOST II

$   225,324.44

Carroll County Debt Service SPLOST II

$          636.78

Carroll County SPLOST Sales and Use Tax II

$   462,096.83

Bond Proceeds SPLOST III Money Market Account 25008806

$   207,204.97

Bond Proceeds SPLOST III Money Market Account 10101533

$     22,984.48

Haralson County Sales and Use Tax Fund III

$   107,434.95

Haralson County SPLOST III Debt Service

$          817.46

School Nutrition Program

$     80,680.57

School Nutrition Program  - Central Office

$     21,660.37

School Nutrition Program – Bremen High School

$     62,988.63

School Nutrition Program – Jones Elementary School

$     (3,968.43)

Bremen High School

$   256,234.27

Sewell Middle School

$   102,746.13

Jones Elementary School

$   103,605.41

Jones Elementary School Williamsburg Trip MM Acct.

$     12,864.67

Jones Elementary School Williamsburg Trip

$     18,056.01

 

New Business

 

          The final pay request and change orders 1, 2 and 3 with Lattimer & Hughes Construction for work this summer at Jones Elementary and Bremen High School was approved by the board on a vote of 4-0 (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish).  On a motion made by Rob Walker and second by Brandall Lovvorn, the board voted 4-0 to approve the request to declare a mixer from the high school cafeteria as surplus equipment.  The board approved the facility use request by Ms. Mary Sellers to utilize the old elementary gym on November 5th and 6th  for middle school girls’ basketball practice (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0); the use of the wrestling complex for the Bremen Takedown Club recreation wrestling program from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. two to three days per week (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0); and the use of the new elementary gymnasium for boys’ junior varsity practice on Monday through Thursday when the after-school program has concluded its use of the gymnasium for the day (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0).  The board approved the fundraising request for Bremen High and Sewell Middle Schools (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0) and approved the contract with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. for services for a student (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0).  On a motion made by Cliff Coats and second by Brandall Lovvorn, the board voted 5-0 to approve the request by Ms. Tracie Farmer to grant a high school diploma based upon appropriate credits received that could count toward graduation requirements.  The board approved a request to replace carpet in the Sewell Middle School commons area in conjunction with a request that includes an incentive offered by Modular Flooring through the Milliken Company (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0).  The budget for the pre-kindergarten program was approved on a vote of 5-0 (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish).

 

Other

   

     In other business the school board approved a committee consisting of Mr. Daryl Sellers, Mr. Gordon Parrish, Dr. Stanley McCain, Mr. Dennis McBrayer, and Mr. Vann Pelt for the purpose of evaluating the Bremen Board of Education for a GSBA validation of “acknowledgement of the Standards for a Local Board of Education.”

 

Personnel

 

          In the area of personnel the board approved the hiring of Ms. Melanie McDaniel as a special education paraprofessional (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0).  The board also approved extended day and extended hours for Mr. David Clay to work on credit recovery with students seeking to get back on grade level (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0).  The board approved observation hours through the State University of West Georgia for Mr. Christopher Sink (Motion: Cliff Coats, Second: Rob Walker, vote 5-0).  Finally, the board approved the substitute teacher list (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0).

 

         The meeting was adjourned.

 

 

 

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Dr. Stanley McCain, Superintendent

 

 

 

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Daryl Sellers, Chairman