Board of Education Meeting
November 12, 2007
The Bremen
Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, November 12, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. in the
The minutes of the October 8, 2007 and October 12, 2007 meetings were read and approved by consent. Dr. McCain reviewed the agenda for the November meeting and the board approved the agenda with consent agenda on a vote of 4-0 (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish). The board heard a financial report from the superintendent. The board then went into executive session (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0) to be updated on possible real estate purchases and to consider potential litigation issues. The board came out of executive session after a motion by Rob Walker and second by Gordon Parrish, (vote 5-0). Under new business the following actions were taken: Approved the interior finishes for the new school; considered and tabled policy changes to the following policies: Board Policy BBFA-Local School Councils; Board Policy GBRI/GCRG/GDRH-Leaves and Absences;
Board
Policy IHE-Promotion, Placement, & Retention; Board Policy GAE-Personnel
Complaints and Grievances; and Board Policy IDCE-Dual/Joint Enrollment. The
board directed the superintendent to post and distribute the proposed calendar
which will be voted on at the next regular board meeting. Additional items approved were the lawn care
agreement with Allen’s Lawn Care; the cost share request with the City of
Bremen for tennis court renovation; the Emergency Shelter Agreement with the
American Red Cross; the request of Jones Elementary to form a Globalization
Study Club; Fund Raising Requests for Bremen High School, Sewell Middle School,
and Jones Elementary; Facility Use Requests by the Bremen Parks and Recreation;
a request to allow Bremen High School Students to tutor Sewell Middle School
students in the Club Hero after-school program; Junior Varsity Cheerleaders’
lock-in request; the report to the board on board standards; proposals from the
following companies who submitted proposals for the new school: Data Cabling -
Silvey Information Systems, Inc., Phone System – CSII, Media Streaming (Digital
on Demand) - Richardson Technologies, and Fiber- SyncGlobal. The board also approved the agreement with
Tallatoona CAP, Inc. Head Start Program, heard an update from Mr.
Financial
Reports
Financial reports as presented for October were approved by the board (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0).
|
General Fund |
$ 600,543.58 |
|
CDARS Construction Fund #1002512552 |
$ 502,113.89 |
|
CDARS Construction Fund #1002512579 |
$ 502,113.89 |
|
CDARS Construction Fund #1002512617 |
$ 502,113.89 |
|
CDARS Construction Fund Total |
$ 5,292,862.68 |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
$ 225,780.77 |
|
|
$ 638.07 |
|
|
$ 527,635.64 |
|
Bond Proceeds SPLOST III – Series 2006 |
$ 1,194.94 |
|
Bond Proceeds SPLOST III – Series 2007 |
$ 165,474.47 |
|
Haralson
|
$ 215,836.31 |
|
|
$ 819.12 |
|
School Nutrition Program |
$ 150,313.39 |
|
School Nutrition Program – Jones Elementary |
$ 29,176.87 |
|
School
Nutrition Program – |
$ 99,218.75 |
|
School Nutrition Program – Central Office |
$ 21,917.77 |
|
|
$ 227,344.51 |
|
|
$ 125,936.65 |
|
|
$ 116,744.48 |
|
|
$ 12,898.20 |
|
|
$ 22,769.01 |
New
Business
The board approved the interior finishes for the new school as recommended by the color selection committee (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0). The board considered and tabled changes to the following policies: Board Policy BBFA-Local School Councils; Board Policy GBRI/GCRG/GDRH-Leaves and Absences;
Board Policy IHE-Promotion, Placement, & Retention; Board Policy GAE-Personnel Complaints and Grievances; and Board Policy IDCE-Dual/Joint Enrollment (Motion: Gordon Parrish, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0). The board directed the superintendent to post and distribute the proposed 2008-2009 calendar which will be voted on at the next regular board meeting (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0). The following actions were approved by consent: The agreement between Bremen City Schools and Allen’s Lawn Care; tennis court resurfacing shared cost request with the City of Bremen, Emergency Shelter Agreement with the American Red Cross; Jones Elementary request to form a Globalization Study Club; Fundraising requests for Bremen High School, Sewell Middle School and Jones Elementary School; Use of Facilities request by the Bremen Parks and Recreation to use the Jones Elementary old and new gym for recreation basketball; request to allow Bremen High School students to tutor Sewell Middle School students in the Club Hero after-school program; the Junior Varsity
Cheerleaders
lock-in; approved the report to the board on board standards and acknowledgement
to the Georgia School Boards Association that the Bremen Board of Education met
standards as set forth in compliance standards; approved proposals from the
following companies who submitted proposals for the new school: Data Cabling –
Silvey Information Systems, Inc., Phone System – CSII, Media streaming (digital
on demand) – Richardson Technologies and fiber – SyncGlobal; approved the
agreement with Tallatoona CAP, Inc. Head Start Program; approved change order
#1 with Ra-Lin & Associates; and approved the installation of motor and
transmission in bus 95-01. The board heard
an update from Mr.
Personnel
In the area of personnel the board
approved the hiring of Ms. Vereena Rogers as bus monitor for the special
education bus, Ms. Jennifer Capes as long term substitute for Ms. Cindy
Rutledge, and one extra hour per day for Ms. Andri Pilgrim for EIP instruction (Motion:
Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0).
The board also approved field experience for the following
The meeting was adjourned.
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Dr.
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Daryl Sellers, Chairman