Board of Education Meeting
September 10, 2007
The Bremen
Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, September 10, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. in the
The minutes of the August 2, 2007 and August 13, 2007 meetings were read and approved by consent. Dr. McCain reviewed the agenda for the September meeting and the board approved the agenda with consent agenda (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 4-0). The board heard a financial report from the superintendent. Under “New Business” the board heard an update on the Career Technical Education Program from Ms. Susan Clayton. Dr. McCain shared an updated enrollment report with the board. The following actions were taken by the board: Approved contracts with Ms. Lauren Bracknell and Ms. Tyra Hawkins; approved a use of facilities request by the Bremen Takedown Club; approved fundraiser requests for Bremen High School, Sewell Middle School, and Jones Elementary; approved the selection of Mr. Dallas Moon and Ms. Angela Dailey to the school council at Jones Elementary; approved the purchase of the I-Mac Lab for the Afterschool Program; approved the following special program budgets: State Pre-school, Federal pre-school, Title VIB Flow-though, Title I, Title IIA, Title IIIA, Title VA, and Professional Learning; accepted quotes from pest control companies and awarded the contract to Northwest Exterminating Co.; and approved a proposal from Mr. Bill Miller to place a visitor’s press box at the high school stadium. The board heard a preliminary report from Dr. McCain from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement that indicated that Bremen City Schools was second in the state in Georgia High School Graduation rates for the 2006-2007 school year. In “Personnel”, the board approved the disability retirement of Ms. Judy Presnell, the hiring of Ms. Linda Tuggle, Ms. Kristy Robinson, Ms. Wendy Hildreth, Ms. Sherry Kimbell, Ms. Cindy Safier, Ms. Amanda York, and Ms. Katherine Reed.
Financial Reports
Financial reports as presented for August 2007 were approved by the board (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 4-0).
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General Fund |
$ 2,671,399.72 |
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$ 194,462.71 |
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$ 893.72 |
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$ 466,713.28 |
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$ 224,884.59 |
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$ 635.54 |
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$ 394,427.23 |
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Bond Proceeds SPLOST III – Series 2006 MM Acct. 25008806 |
$ 964,070.04 |
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Bond Proceeds SPLOST III – Series 2007 MM Acct. 10101533 |
$ 2,226.55 |
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School Nutrition Program |
$ 116,375.37 |
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School Nutrition Program – Jones Elementary |
$ 9,334.56 |
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School Nutrition Program – |
$ 85,403.21 |
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School Nutrition Program – Central Office |
$ 21,637.60 |
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$ 233,490.63 |
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$ 93,075.34 |
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$ 94,308.35 |
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$ 12,825.26 |
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$ 10,496.51 |
New
Business
The board heard an update on the Career Technical Education Program from the director, Ms. Susan Clayton. The goals and objectives of each career and technical educational program were shared with the board, as well as, course offerings in the program. In the power-point presentation students are informed of the benefits of their particular programs in regards to their current and future educational objectives. Dr. McCain shared an updated enrollment report with the board. The current enrollment in Bremen City Schools is 1839 students. This is an increase of 62 students over last year.
The
board approved the following actions by consent: Approved contracts with Ms.
Lauren Bracknell for Consultative Services in Vision Education and with Ms.
Tyra Hawkins for Orientation and Mobility Services; approved a Use of
Facilities Request by the Bremen Takedown Club for the recreation wrestling
program; approved fundraiser request for
Other
Under other business the board received their training summaries and certificates for the previous year and designated Mr. Gordon Parrish as legislative liaison.
Personnel
In the area of personnel, the board approved the following recommendations by the superintendent: On a motion made by Rob Walker, and second by Gordon Parrish, the board voted 5-0 to approve the disability retirement of Ms. Judy Presnell. Ms. Linda Tuggle was hired as a long term substitute for Ms. Kim Bohannon (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0); Ms. Kristy Robinson was hired as a third grade teacher at Jones Elementary (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0); Ms. Wendy Hildreth and Ms. Sherry Kimball were hired for Club Hero positions (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0); Ms. Cindy Safier was hired as math coach and Ms. Amanda York was hired as science coach at Jones Elementary (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0); and Ms. Katherine Reed was hired a long term substitute at Jones Elementary School (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0). Family medical leave/six weeks additional maternity leave for Ms. Cindy Rutledge was approved (Motion: Cliff Coats, Second: Rob Walker, vote 5-0); and maternity leave was granted for Ms. Kim Bohannon (Motion: Cliff Coats, Second: Rob Walker, vote 5-0). Requests for observation hours for education majors Ms. Natalie Milo, Mr. Chris Sink, and Mr. Nick Folds were approved on a vote of 5-0 (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish). On a motion made by Rob Walker and second by Gordon Parrish, the board voted 5-0 to approve the bus driver list. The substitute teacher list was also approved (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0). The addition of a special education paraprofessional position at Jones Elementary was added after a motion by Cliff Coats, and second by Brandall Lovvorn, (vote 5-0).
The meeting was adjourned.
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Dr.
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Daryl Sellers, Chairman