Minutes to Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees
April 8, 2008
6:30 PM
PRESENT: Dr. Michael Bryant
Dr. William Long
Mr. Ray Jackson
Mr. Sam Corley
Mr. Dayne Pruitt
NOTICE TO MEDIA: The Ninety Six Star, The Index Journal, and Moore Media were notified of the time, date, place and agenda of the meeting.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 6:30 by Chairman Long followed by prayer and the pledge of allegiance.
AFFIRMATION OF AGENDA: A motion was made by Mr. Ray Jackson, seconded by Dr. Michael Bryant, to accept the agenda as presented. All were in favor.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Sam Corley, to approve the minutes of March 11, 2008 and March 20, 2008 as written. All were in favor.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:
Awards/Recognition:
Ninety Six High School was recognized and presented a flag for being a Palmetto Gold recipient.
Students were recognized for the following:
SC Governor’s Citizenship Awards
Invention Convention Winners
Lt. Governor’s Writing Awards
Junior Scholars
Work Ethic Certificates
Concerned citizen – Ms. Alma Holden: Ms. Holden wanted to express her concerns with regards to the school facilities and to urge the district and the Town of Ninety Six to work together to meet the needs of the students with proper educational facilities.
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Discussion of building program: After a short discussion of the current facilities a motion was made by Mr. Dayne Pruitt, seconded by Mr. Ray Jackson, to go forward with building a new combination middle school/high school
complex on the property located on Hwy. 248. All were in favor.
A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Dayne Pruitt, to proceed with allowing the administration to contact the bonding attorney to formulate the referendum proposal. If by chance, he is able to do it prior to next month’s meeting we may be able to have a work session to approve it, however I do move that we go forward with that. All were in favor.
A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Ray
Jackson, to rescind prior motion to have the roof load tested at
FINANCE – MR. RODNEY
SMITH:
A brief review of the monthly financial reports was conducted.
The status of the 2008-2009 budget is unsettled at this time.
CURRICULUM – MRS.
RHONDA MCDOWELL:
Approval of policies JJG and JLF is being requested.
A motion was made by Mr. Ray Jackson, seconded by Dr. Michael Bryant, to approve policy JJG. All were in favor.
A motion was made by Mr. Dayne Pruitt, seconded by Mr. Sam Corley, to approve policy JLF. All were in favor.
A motion was made by Mr. Sam Corley, seconded by Mr. Dayne Pruitt, to approve first reading on policies
JIE/JIF/JIG, JIIB, and JII. All were in favor.
A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Ray Jackson, to approve the sick leave bank policy as presented at the previous meeting, making it retroactive to the start of the 2007-2008 school year. All were in favor.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Ray Jackson, to enter into executive session for personnel and student matters. All were in favor.
GENERAL SESSION: A motion was made by Mr. Dayne Pruitt, seconded by Mr. Ray Jackson, to enter into general session. All were in favor.
A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Sam Corley, to approve the request for an additional 5th grade teacher position for the 2008-2009 school year. All were in favor.
A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Ray Jackson, to approve the employment recommendation for a 5th grade teacher. All were in favor.
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Ms. Kristen A. Gibert - 5th grade teacher
A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Ray Jackson, to approve the employment recommendations as presented. All were in favor.
Mr. Jamie Childress – ELA –
Ms. Amber Rowland – ELA –
A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Ray Jackson, to approve the use of the baseball/softball field complex by Wheels of Thunder with the stipulation that they provide, at their expense, law enforcement to ensure appropriate activity and following of the rules, as per our agreement. Law enforcement must be on site for the entire event. All were in favor.
A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Sam Corley, with regards to expulsion hearings heard in executive session, students #510010001422, #510000270522, #510000270500, and #510000270562 will be remanded to the district’s alternative school. All were in favor
A motion was made by Dr. Michael Bryant, seconded by Mr. Sam Corley, for student #510010000587 to be expelled from Greenwood District 52 for the remainder of the 2007-2008 school year. All were in favor
There being no further business for discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 9:41.