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Carteret
County Public School System
April 5, 2011 Attending the meeting: Chair Cathy Neagle, Vice Chairman Al Hill and Board members David Carr, Adele Collins, Perry Harker, June Fulcher and Shelley Sylivant. Others attending included Superintendent Dr. Dan Novey, Assistant Superintendents Dr. Ralph Lewis and Mat Bottoms, Board Attorney Neil Whitford, Communications Director Tabbie Nance, principals, parents, community members, employees and members of the media. The Board conducted a public comment forum from 6-6:30 p.m. At that time three Boy Scouts and one citizen spoke about the budget.
Ms. Neagle introduced members of Boy Scout Troop 130. Three of the members spoke during the public comment time. The speakers were Troop members Hunter Newman, Nimer Ghazel and Zachary Kuklinsi. Other Troop 130 members attending were: Andrew Dale, Will Whitehurst, Josh Kunnmann, Michael Deflorio, Tyler Outlaw, Chris Pullen, Robert Coles and Mackynzie Smith-Wolf. Ms. Neagle announced that the Carteret County Board of Education was seeking to fill two positions on the Carteret Community College Board of Trustees. The Board of Education is responsible for appointing four people to the college’s Board of Trustees. One position open is for a four-year term running from July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2015. The other position is for a person interested in filling a term vacated by a resigning trustee. That position would run from the date appointed through June 30, 2012. Individuals interested in being considered by the Board of Education for appointments to the College Board of Trustees are asked to submit a letter of interest by April 20. That letter should be addressed to Board of Education Chair Cathy Neagle, 107 Safrit Drive, Beaufort, NC 28516. In that letter, individuals should include their reasons for interest in the appointment, information about their professional background and education, along with a mailing address and phone number. Al Hill led the invocation and the pledge to the flag.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
The
Consent Agenda items were:
B.
Personnel Matters; 1 – East Carteret High School Color Guard, Chesapeake, VA;
D.
Fund Raiser Requests; and David Carr made the motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Al Hill provided the second and all members voted aye.
GLOBALLY COMPETIVE STUDENTS 2 – Mr. Bottoms reminded Board members that in February 2010 they accepted the Future Core Ready Pathways. It has now been discovered that those academic pathways are not able to be tracked through the state’s student data system, NC Wise. Mr. Bottoms said this has created a problem for all high schools throughout the state. Mr. Bottoms plans to work with Superintendent Dr. Dan Novey to develop a way to remove the core academic pathway from policy. That revision would be presented to the Board for consideration. 3 – Mr. Bottoms noted the Board approved continuing the end of course gateways, but if state eliminates end of course tests the gateways would be eliminated as well.
June Fulcher made the motion to amend the language of the presented policy on page 3 of 5 that did not pertain to foreign exchange students. She requested the first two sentences of the second paragraph under section B be amended to read: “The superintendent or the superintendent’s designee will determine the tuition rate prior to the beginning of each school year. The tuition rate shall equal the local per pupil allocation for current expense as provided by the Carteret County Board of Commissioners from the preceding year.” Adele Collins provided the second and all members voted aye. Shelley Sylivant made the motion to approve Policy 4130 - Discretionary Admission as amended. Adele Collins provided the second and all members voted aye. Al Hill made the motion to rescind Policy JECBA – Admission of Exchange Students. Perry Harker provided the second and all members voted aye.
Board members approved a resolution to support the Carteret County
Board of Commissioners in adamantly opposing the unfunded mandates
and the loss of county revenues included in the Governor’s budget
proposal. The document will also be shared with the General Assembly
to let members know of the opposition to unprecedented changes in
county responsibility and the use of county revenues to balance the
state budget. Al Hill made the motion to approve the resolution as presented. Adele Collins provided the second and all members voted aye. The motion passed unanimously.
LEADERSHIP WILL GUIDE INNOVATION IN SCHOOLS
RECEIVE MAINTENANCE UPDATE
RECEIVE BOND UPDATE The HVAC renovation and general upfit work at East Carteret High School continues and all work should be completed by the end of October. All bond work is complete at West Carteret High with the exception of a minor amount of paving to be done in the summer.
Superintendent Dr. Dan Novey shared a number of comments with the Board. Dr. Novey announced that four Carteret County high school seniors received the North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholarships. Those students are William Floyd Kornegay of Croatan High School; Kelsea Kaitalyn Munyan of East Carteret High School; and Daniel Christopher Collins and Daniel Marques Scott of West Carteret High School. Katelyn Grace Rose Lewis of West Carteret High School was named an alternate. Dr. Novey reported that five county students are among the North Carolina juniors accepted to attend the Governor’s School. Selected from Croatan High School: John Lucas C. Frye – instrumental music – euphonium; and Chelsie N. Gillikin – natural science; selected from East Carteret High School – Carson N. Arthur – natural science; and selected from West Carteret High School – Daniel R. Hardy – instrumental music – percussion; Xiao J. Yang – mathematics. Dr. Novey shared information about a recent vote by the General Assembly that would require employees of the state to contribute to the health care plan. He noted that at this point employees have his or her plan paid by the state. This change would result in individuals paying for their plan at costs ranging from $10 to $21 per month. Dr. Novey noted there would also be a five percent increase on family members added to plan. Dr. Novey said this was unprecedented and he is concerned about this additional cost for employees. At this point the document awaits the Governor’s signature.
Chair Cathy Neagle invited Board members to make comments. Adele Collins – Mrs. Collins thanked Troop 130 members for attending. She also thanked the C4 Education group. Mrs. Collins said employees of the school system should know the budget process is not taken lightly by Board members and everything possible is being done to save positions. June Fulcher – Mrs. Fulcher appreciated the C4 Education groups efforts. She thanked Troop 130. She also noted that former employee Sarah Brown died Friday and will always be remembered as a dedicated employee and bus driver. Perry Harker – Mr. Harker said Troop 130 was impressive and the presentation was appreciated. Mr. Harker said the C4 Education group was working to develop innovative ideas and those are appreciated. He thanked Dr. Novey and staff for the resolution focusing on the state budget items being passed to the county. Shelley Sylivant – Mrs. Sylivant said the C4 Education group is doing important work. The resolution is an effort to balance the state budget by pushing costs to the county. Mrs. Sylivant said she attended her nephew’s Eagle Scout program last weekend, and she said involvement in the scouting program was powerful. David Carr – Mr. Carr thanked Troop 130 for attending, and noted the group has had about 110 Eagle Scouts over the years. Mr. Carr said the ribbon cutting for Fort Benjamin Park would take place at April 15 at 10 a.m. in Newport. The C4 Education group will host a luncheon that same day, April 15, at noon at Sanitary Restaurant. Chair Cathy Neagle expressed her appreciation to the Board members for their preparation. She thanked C4 Education for speaking for the citizens and working to help maintain funding for education at the highest possible level at this time. She thanked Troop 130 members for attending the meeting.
REMINDERS
Perry Harker provided the second and all members
voted aye. June Fulcher made the motion to return to open session. Adele Collins provided the second and all members voted aye. No action was taken in open session.
ADJOURNMENT Licensed Employees
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