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Adair Co. Board of Education regular meeting August 18, 2005 Sparksville Grade Center's Tammy Smith acceptstop Adair attendance award for SGC's 95.64% rate Tammy Smith, Brenda Mann photo accompanies this story By Ed Waggener The new champion in attendance, enrollment improvements and the budget problems which may come from the dramatic rise in fuel costs dominated the brief regular August session of the Adair County School. The night belonged to Principal Tammy Smith, Sparksville Grade Center Even though this is the last year for Sparksville Grade Center, the night belonged to the school and to its irrepressible Principal, Tammy Smith. Principal Smith did the school marm's equivalent of an end zone touchdown dance in her acceptance, and her infectious exuberance, and the warm response from the audience, left little wonder that kids would fight flu, floods, and blizzards to get to Sparksville, if need be to spend the day with her. Principal Smith was at the board meeting to accept the plaque from Director of Student Personnel Brenda Mann for the top attendance in the Adair school system for the 2004-2005 school year. The plaque she received Thursday night, August 18, 2005, read: "Adair County School District/Presented to/Tamara Smith, Principal/Sparksville Grade Center/2004-2005/95.54%The prize was made sweeter by the fact that for the past 15 or so years, Knifley Elementary had owned the prize. For many of those years Phyllis Curry was Principal at Knifley Elementary School. She was at the board meeting in her present role as Instructional Supervisor for Adair County Schools and had to protest the good-natured banter, saying that Knifley's loss of the title did not come on her watch. After the meeting, Mrs. Curry praised the Sparksville accomplishment. "That's a hard figure to obtain," she said, pointing to the 95.64% on the plaque Tammy Smith held. None of the other principals were present. Thus they were subjected to ribbing. Superintendent Treece quipped that Knifley Principal Robbie Harmon was unable to attend the crowning of the new champions because, he said, "He's out making house calls tonight to boost attendance." Mrs. Mann said that the overall attendance in Adair County Schools last year was 94.63%. "Our goal remains to achieve 95% attendance overall," she said. She said, "We can't teach students unless they are in school." The 2005-2006 school year is scheduled to be the last for the schools at Knifley, Sparksville, and Shepherd. After that, the new Adair Elementary School is expected to be in service, and the three county schools enrollment will be moved to the Columbia campus. This makes the attendance award for the 2005-2006 school year next year all the more important. It will be the last time the three community schools will have a chance to compete for who's king of the hill in attendance. And institutional attendance award will be presented Friday, August 19, 2005, to the Sparksville School. Mrs. Smith's award was a personal one. Enrollment is up in the county school system Mrs. Mann reported that enrollment in the Adair County Schools is up 54 students from the first month's enrollment last school year. The total is 2,739, counting pre-school through high school. There are 2,674 students enrolled in K-12th grades. Enrollments Adair County Schools Superintendent Treece comments on fuel costs The price of fuel is troublesome, Superintendent Treece said in his Superintendent's Report. "The first year I was here," he said, "diesel fuel was 84 a gallon. Last week, we bought 8,000 gallons and the cost was $2.029 per gallon." He noted that schools do not have to pay all the taxes private buyers must pay, which accounts for the lower prices per gallon he cited. "The statewide average is $1.29 a mile now for school buses to operate in Kentucky. If this trend continues, we'll have to see where we can make cuts." Approval of Agenda, Consent agenda unanimously approved with changes Approval of the agenda and the consent agenda were unanimously approved with minor changes and clarifications. Member Floyd Burton (4) moved that the consent agenda be accepted with the changes. His motion received a second from Member Chris Watts (3). They were joined in the unanimous vote by Chairman Mike Harris (5), Vice Chairman Greg Willis (1) and Member Marsha Walker (2). The vote to accept the agenda changes was also 7-0. Item #1 of the agenda and the Consent Agenda with corrections and clarifications in bold follows:
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No one registered for the segment designated for Public Comments. Click here for related story: Another Kentucky school system has gone to 4-day week, with resulting major fuel savings The Adair County Board of Education holds regular monthly meetings at 7:00 p.m. each third Thursday of each month. Adair County Board of Education: Chairman Mike Harris (District 5); Vice Chairman Greg Willis (District 1), members Chris Watts (District 3), Marsha Walker (District 2), and Floyd Burton (District 4). Superintendent Darrell Treece. School Board Attorney Mike Loy. Phyllis Curry, Instructional Supervisor; Brenda Mann, Director of Pupil Personnel; Anita Wethington, Special Education Director; Norma Blair, Title 1 Supervisor; Carla Perkins, Technology Coordinator; Sammy Taylor, Grant Writer; David Jones, Transportation Director; Ricky Bault, Maintenance Director; Carol Roy, Food Services Director; Renae Smith, Finance Officer. Click here for Adair County Schools This story was posted on 2005-08-18 23:16:52
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