Board of Education Meeting
February 12, 2007
The Bremen
Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, February 12, 2007, at 6:00
p.m. in the
The minutes
of the January 8, 2007 and January 30, 2007 meetings were read and approved by
consent. One noted change was made to
the minutes. Dr. McCain reviewed the
agenda for the February meeting and the board approved the agenda with consent
agenda including the change in the minutes on a motion made by Rob Walker and
second by Cliff Coats (vote 3-0). The
board heard a system financial report from the Superintendent. Under “New Business” the following actions
were taken: Approved the Request for
Qualifications and Cost Bid for the New Middle School Building; approved the
Disaster Recovery Plan for Information Technology in the System; approved the
advertisement for brokerage firms to submit qualifications and proposals for
employee benefits; approved the benefits committee; approved use of facility requests
by Bremen Recreation Department and BHS/SMS FCA; approved fundraising requests
from Sewell Middle School and Bremen High School; received the final SACS
report from the SACS review team; approved the addendum to architectural
agreement with Alan Bell, Architect for design and engineering for high school
and elementary school capital outlay projects. In personnel actions, the board approved the
retirement of Ms. Carla Pollard and Ms. Kay Snuggs, the resignation of Ms. Pam
Williams, and approved the hiring of Ms. Jennifer McGukin, Ms. Londa Bush, and
Mr. Pat McCarley. A new first and third
grade teaching position was approved along with a profound special education
teaching position, a part-time special education teaching position at
Financial
Reports
Financial reports as presented for January 2007 were approved by the board (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0).
|
General Fund |
$ 3,168,967.99 |
|
|
$ 256,392.85 |
|
|
$ 879.58 |
|
|
$ 881,024.04 |
|
|
$ 23,628.58 |
|
|
$ 625.47 |
|
|
$ 713,364.41 |
|
Bond Proceeds SPLOST III MM Acct. 25008806 |
$ 69,230.05 |
|
School Nutrition Program |
$ 99,421.91 |
|
School Nutrition Program – |
$ 75,706.04 |
|
School Nutrition Program – |
$ 3,160.44 |
|
School Nutrition Program – Central Office |
$ 20,555.43 |
|
|
$ 203,432.30 |
|
|
$ 114,430.97 |
|
|
$ 113,562.58 |
|
|
$ 12,647.47 |
|
|
$ 43,716.60 |
New Business
The following items were approved by consent: Approved the Request for Qualifications and Cost Bid for the New Middle School Building; approved the Disaster Recovery Plan for Information Technology in the System; approved the advertisement for brokerage firms to submit qualifications and proposals for employee benefits; approved the benefits committee; approved the use of facility requests by Bremen Recreation Department to use the Jones Elementary gym for all-star basketball practice and to conduct a baseball clinic; also approved a request from the BHS/SMS FCA to use the high school gym for a concert; approved fundraising requests from Sewell Middle School and Bremen High School; received the final SACS report from the SACS review team; and approved the addendum to the architectural agreement with Alan Bell, Architect for design and engineering for high school and elementary school capital outlay projects.
Personnel
In the area
of personnel the board accepted several recommendations from the
superintendent. On a motion made by Rob
Walker and second by Brandall Lovvorn, the board approved the retirement of Ms.
Carla Pollard and Ms.
Executive Session
The board went into executive session (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0) for the purpose of discussing land acquisition and a discussion about personnel. The board came out of executive session (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0) with no action taken.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Dr.
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Daryl Sellers, Chairman
Memo
To: Haralson Gateway-Beacon
System Personnel
From: Dr.
Date: February 12, 2007
Subject: Board Meeting Actions on 02/12/07
The Bremen Board of Education was called to order and went into session on Monday, February 12, 2007, and the first item of business was the approval of the agenda and consent agenda items with one noted change in the minutes.
The board heard a system financial report from the superintendent.
Under new business the following actions were taken:
Regarding personnel, the board accepted several recommendations from the superintendent. The recommendations were as follows:
·
The retirement of Ms. Carla Pollard and Ms.
· The hiring of Ms. Jennifer McGukin to write curriculum units during the summer.
· Ms. Londa Bush as a substitute for Ms. Judy Presnell.
· The board reviewed personnel requests for the next school year and instructed the superintendent to advertise the following teaching positions for next year:
· at Jones Elementary: profound special education teaching position, first grade teaching position, and third grade teaching position; at Sewell Middle School: part-time special education teaching position; at Bremen High School: part-time math teaching position and part-time special education teaching position; system-wide: a part-time school psychologist.
· Approved the amended community coach list, bus driver list, and substitute list.
· Approved a leave request for Ms. Jan Stevens.
· Approved the superintendent’s recommendation of renewal of the following administrative staff: Mr. Duane McManus, Dr. Mike Campbell, Ms. Janis Parrish, and Ms. Ann Chaffin.
The board went into executive session for the purpose of discussing land acquisition and a discussion about personnel. The board came out of executive session with no action taken.