Bremen City School System

Board of Education Meeting

December 11, 2006

 

 

            The Bremen Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, December 11, 2006, at 6:00 p.m. in the Warren Sewell Administration Building.  All board members were present with the exception of Brandall Lovvorn who was absent from the meeting.  After the pledge and invocation by Chairman Daryl Sellers, the meeting was turned over to Superintendent Dr. Stanley McCain.

 

            The minutes of the November 13, 2006 meeting were read and approved by consent.  Dr. McCain reviewed the agenda for the December meeting and the board approved the agenda with consent agenda after a motion by Rob Walker and second by Gordon Parrish, (vote 4-0).  The board heard a financial report from the superintendent.  Under “Old Business” the board approved two policies:  JBCD Transfers and Withdrawals of Students and JBC – School Admissions.  Under “New Business” the following actions were taken:  Adopted a joint resolution with Carroll County Schools and Carrollton City Schools calling for an ESPLOST election on March 20, 2007; approved two change orders for the new school site; approved the plan to serve lunches during the renovation of the kitchen at Bremen High School and Sewell Middle School; adopted an administrative procedure dealing with the selection, training, and supervision of bus drivers; adopted the school calendar for the 2007/2008 school year; approved the renewal of workers compensation coverage with Affinity Service Group; approved the Bremen High School schedule change request; approved the facility use request for SMS basketball to use the elementary gym and Bremen Recreation Department to use the elementary cafeteria for youth program; approved the use of University of West Georgia students at Sewell Middle School to fulfill their field experiences at the middle school; approved a revised fundraising request by Bremen High School and Sewell Middle School; approved a request from the after school program to host a family reading night; recognized the special education program for receiving state recognition for outstanding efforts to improve the performance of students with disabilities; and approved a pay request by the City of Bremen for one half of fuel expenses to Haralson County for moving dirt from our new site to the city site for the new police and fire station.  Dr. McCain reported to the board on the system receiving SACS accreditation.   In personnel actions, the board approved the resignation of Thomas Meunier and approved the hiring of Matthew Cody.

 

Financial Reports

 

          Financial reports as presented for December 2006 were approved by the board (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 4-0).

 

General Fund

$ 1,640,742.32

Haralson County Bond Proceeds Account II

$    194,915.00

Haralson County Debt Service Account II

$           864.80

Haralson County Sales & Use Tax SPLOST II

$    756,273.26

Carroll County Bond Proceeds SPLOST II

$        1,044.84

Carroll County Debt Service SPLOST II

$           602.42

Carroll County SPLOST Sales & Use Tax II

$    660,043.41

Bond Proceeds SPLOST III

$    377,765.08

Series 2006 SPLOST III CDARS

$ 4,463,133.52

School Nutrition Program

$      98,923.60

School Nutrition Program – Bremen High School

$      74,946.68

School Nutrition Program – Jones Elementary

$        3,078.84

School Nutrition Program – Central Office

$      20,898.08

Bremen High School

$    223,581.36

Sewell Middle School

$    116,774.81

Jones Elementary School

$    128,795.66

Jones Elementary Williamsburg Trip MM Acct. 20-14-397

$      12,576.65

Jones Elementary School Williamsburg Trip

$      20,909.47

 

 

Old Business

 

          The board approved by consent Board Policy JBCD - Transfers and Withdrawals and Board Policy JBC – School Admissions.

 

New Business

 

          On a motion made by Rob Walker and second by Cliff Coats, the board voted 4-0 to adopt a joint resolution with Carroll County Schools and Carrollton City Schools calling for an ESPLOST election on March 20, 2007.  The joint resolution specified the projects for all school systems, the percentage share of SPLOST receipts for each school system and the amount that each system intends to offer in general obligation debt to be secured by SPLOST proceeds.  The board approved two change orders for the new school site.  Change order # 1 dealt with conduit sleeving for ball field lighting and Change order # 2 eliminated a retaining wall and re-grading the slope where the retaining wall would have gone and associated costs with the extra grading, additional down-spouting, and additional sanitary sewer to the ball-field site (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 4-0).   The 2007-2008 calendar was approved on a vote of 4-0 (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish).  The following items were approved by consent: adopted an administrative procedure dealing with the selection, training, and supervision of bus drivers; approved the plan to serve lunches during the renovation of the kitchen at Bremen High School and Sewell Middle School; approved the renewal of workers compensation coverage with Affinity Service Group; approved the Bremen High School schedule change request; approved the facility use request for SMS basketball to use the elementary gym and Bremen Recreation Department to use the elementary cafeteria for youth program; approved the use of University of West Georgia students at Sewell Middle School to fulfill their field experiences at the middle school; approved a revised fundraising request by Bremen High School and Sewell Middle School; approved a request from the after school program to host a family reading night with special guest, Carmen Deedy; and approved a pay request by the City of Bremen for one half of fuel expenses to Haralson County for moving dirt from our new site to the city site for the new police and fire station.  The board recognized the special education program for receiving state recognition for outstanding efforts to improve the performance of students with disabilities.  The program was recognized for increasing the percentage of students who meet or exceed state achievement standards by achieving a higher percentage of graduates with regular education diplomas.  Dr. Stanley McCain reported to the board on the recognition received by the school system today at the annual SACS meeting of Southeastern States in Atlanta.  The system was recognized as one of 23 systems in Georgia for receiving district accreditation.  Dr. McCain commended the administration and staff for all the hard work that went into achieving SACS district accreditation.  Dr. McCain stated that this is proof to our community and parents that our school system meets the Accreditation Standards for A Quality School System, engages in a continuous systemic process of educational improvement, and has effective and efficient quality assurance controls throughout the system and its schools.

 

Personnel

 

          In the area of personnel the board approved the resignation of Thomas Meunier, Bremen High School business teacher, pending the hiring of a suitable replacement (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 4-0).  The board also approved the hiring of Matthew Cody as after school coordinator (Motion: Cliff Coats, Second: Rob Walker, vote 4-0).  The board pays the city for their share of the after-school program’s share of the coordinator’s expenses.  The board approved an optional teacher workday for teachers at Sewell Middle and Bremen High School for January 2, 2007 (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 4-0).  Those teachers working January 2, 2007, would not be required to work on June 1, 2007.   The board approved the supplement request by Sewell Middle School for Kathy Albright to conduct an after school resource lab for targeted students (Motion: Cliff Coats, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 4-0).  Finally, the board approved the substitute teacher list (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 4-0).

 

Executive Session

 

          The board entered into executive session (Motion: Gordon Parrish, Second: Rob Walker, vote 4-0) for a discussion on land acquisition.  The board came out of executive session (Motion: Gordon Parrish, Second: Rob Walker, vote 4-0) with no action taken.

  

          The meeting was adjourned.

 

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Dr. Stanley McCain, Superintendent

 

 

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Daryl Sellers, Chairman