Bamberg School District One

Minutes of Regular Meeting of Board of Trustees

Richard Carroll Elementary School – Campus A

July 25, 2005

7:30 P. M.

 

 

 

Members present:  Chairman Dale Padgett, Trustee Donald Mallory, and Trustee Stacey H.      

                                Long.

                               

Absent:  Vice-chairman John E. Bamberg and Secretary Sheri Seigler

 

1.         Call meeting to order:  Chairman Dale Padgett called the meeting to order and  

            asked the audience to repeat the Lord’s Prayer.  

 

2.                  Notice to Media:  In accordance with the S. C. Code of Laws, Section 30-4-80

(e), as amended, the following have been notified of the time, date, place and agenda of this meeting:

                                    The Times and Democrat

                                    The Advertizer-Herald

 

3.                  Approval of Minutes

The minutes of June 27, 2005, were approved as presented. 

 

4.                  Assistant Superintendent’s Report

Assistant Superintendent Rick Starr reported the following:

Three students and one faculty member were hired to paint throughout the district.  The ROTC room has been renovated and carpet will be installed; carpet will be installed in the office of the middle school; a new roof has been put on the old shop behind the middle school; the field-house will be renovated; four classrooms are being treated again for mold, a restroom and handicapped ramp will be built in a portable classroom at Richard Carroll Elementary School Campus A; doors have been painted at Ehrhardt Elementary School.  The district is negotiating with Calloway Johnson Moore & West, P.A. (201 West Main St., Lexington, SC 29072) to do a district facility study, in accordance to the district’s five-year plan.  The results of the study will be presented to the board around December for review.  Bonded Indebtedness money will be used to pay for the facility study. 

 

Chairman Dale Padgett suggested that the administration check into getting someone to spearhead and organize a PTO to help support the school system. 

 

5.                  Bond Resolution – Bob Damron – Ross Sinclaire and Associates

Mr. Bob Damron from Ross, Sinclaire & Associates (1219 Assembly St., Suite 202, Columbia, SC 29201) stated that school districts may borrow money through a General Obligation Bond where a referendum voter approval would be needed or utilize the unused 8% portion of the assessed value of the district.  The district is considering borrowing $100,000 of the 8% capacity to help defray costs for maintenance and repairs.

 

Trustee Donald Mallory made a motion and Trustee Stacey Long seconded to pursue the Bond Resolution as presented by Mr. Bob Damron from Sinclaire & Associates.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

6.                  Superintendent’s Report

Superintendent Schwarting reported the following:

·        Lieutenant Colonel Everett R. Jenkins, ROTC Instructor, at Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School for the 2005-2006 school year was introduced to the board.  Lieutenant Colonel Jenkins stated that he is appreciative for the support from the board and he feels that everything that has been put into the program will pay off with the students.

·        The district met the Student Attendance AYP Gain where student attendance had exceeded 95.3%. 

·        As of July 1, 2005, the state will require all TERI (Teacher Employee Retention Incentive) employees or those who wish to join the program to pay their 6.25% retirement match and then 6.5% thereafter.  There are some court cases coming up that may change this.

·        Mr. Michael Miller, Band Director, requested out-of-state permission from the board to take band students to Atlanta, Georgia, to participate in a Regional Band Competition on November 4, 5, and 6, 2005.  Students would have to miss a Friday night football game (Denmark-Olar High School).  A considerable amount of money would have to be raised by the booster club. 

 

Trustee Donald Mallory made a motion and Trustee Stacey Long seconded to give Mr. Michael Miller, band director, permission to pursue the investigation of an out-of-state band trip to Atlanta, Georgia, on November 4, 5, and 6, 2005, where students will participate in a Regional Band Competition.  After all the details of the trip are worked out, a report should be given to the board.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

7.                  Policy Manual Revision through SCSBA

In response to the board’s request to allow South Carolina School Boards Association permission to post the board policy manual on the district’s website and provide unlimited revisions, legal links and a search engine at a cost of $6,000 to revise the entire policy manual and $4,175.00 to put the policy manual on the website, Superintendent Schwarting reviewed the proposal again.  She stated that it will take a year to complete and update the policy manual.  The administration will receive a hard copy of the policy manual as well as a CD at the completion of the project.  Money for these projects was allotted in the district’s 2005-2006 budget. 

 

 

Trustee Stacey Long made a motion to update the district’s policy manual at a cost of $6,000 and not to place the manual on the district’s website.  The motion died for a lack of a second.  Chairman Dale Padgett asked Superintendent Schwarting to present this proposal again at the August board meeting.

 

Trustee Donald Mallory announced recent meetings he attended and certificates received.  He also reviewed certificates and keepsake items that he will present to three bus drivers for their dedicated service to the school bus division and children of Bamberg School District One. 

 

Chairman Dale Padgett stated and Trustee Stacey Long agreed that it was inappropriate for any citations/awards to go out without them being a board citation or award not that these may not be deserving people. 

 

8.                  Visitors’ Comments

Mrs. Lisa Stokes, reporter from the T&D Newspaper, inquired from Trustee Donald Mallory as to whether the district still has a school bus transportation director or someone over school buses.  If so, was this person involved in his awards process to the bus drivers. 

 

Trustee Mallory responded by stating that the district does not have a director of school bus transportation and the gentlemen in charge of buses doesn’t have any knowledge of the student transportation association.  The certificates and awards came from him.

 

9.                  Executive Session

Chairman Dale Padgett called for a motion to enter Executive Session.  Trustee Stacey Long moved and Chairman Dale Padgett seconded the motion to enter Executive Session.  The motion carried (3-0).  The purpose for entering executive session was to discuss:

a.       Employment

b.      Student Transfer Requests

c.       Hardship Cases

 

Open session: Chairman Dale Padgett declared the board out of Executive Session.

 

 

A.  Employment Recommendations

Trustee Stacey Long made a motion and Trustee Donald Mallory seconded to accept the employment of Lisa D. Parrish as an EMD teacher at Richard Carroll Elementary School – Campus A for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

Trustee Stacey Long made a motion and Trustee Donald Mallory seconded to accept the employment of Mary R. Fleetwood as an art teacher at Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

 

Trustee Stacey Long made a motion and Trustee Donald Mallory seconded to accept the employment of Mabel C. Frazier as a teacher’s Aide at Richard Carroll Elementary School – Campus A for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

Trustee Stacey Long made a motion and Trustee Donald Mallory seconded to accept the resignation of Clarice Cockrell, Teacher Specialist On-Site, effective July 20, 2005.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

C.  Student Transfer Requests

Trustee Donald Mallory made a motion and Trustee Stacey Long seconded to accept the attendance transfer requests of Casey L. Stevens and Brock M. Stevens from Bamberg School District One to attend school in Orangeburg School District 4 for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

Trustee Donald Mallory made a motion and Trustee Stacey Long seconded to accept the attendance transfer request of Hanna Renee Martin from Bamberg School District One to attend school in Colleton County for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

Trustee Donald Mallory made a motion and Trustee Stacey Long seconded to accept the attendance transfer request of Nicole Swaboda from Orangeburg School District Four to attend school in Bamberg School District One for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

Trustee Donald Mallory made a motion and Trustee Stacey Long seconded to accept the attendance transfer request of Trey Wright from Denmark-Olar School District Two to attend school in Bamberg School District One for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

Trustee Donald Mallory made a motion and Trustee Stacey Long seconded to accept the attendance transfer request of Courtney E. Zorn from Denmark-Olar School District Two to attend school in Bamberg School District One for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

B.  Hardship Cases

Trustee Donald Mallory made a motion and Trustee Stacey Long seconded to accept the attendance transfer request of Kenneth McMillan (1st Gd.) from Ehrhardt Elementary School to attend school at Richard Carroll Elementary School – Campus A for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

 

 

 

Trustee Stacey Long made a motion and Trustee Donald Mallory seconded to accept the attendance transfer request of Shane Austin Sease (1st Gd.) from Ehrhardt Elementary School to attend school at Richard Carroll Elementary School – Campus A for the 2005-2006 school year.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

With no other business before the board, the chairman adjourned the meeting.

 

Minutes approved:

 

 

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Dale Padgett, Chairman

 

 

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Sheri Seigler, Secretary