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Adair County School Board Meeting Report: Feb. 2006. Board closes loophole Town parents won't be able to move children to county schools to get preferential admission to new ACES. Vice-Chairman Greg Willis presides with only three board members present. Change order results in $12,500 savings. ACTIV board wiring approved. Special meeting February 28 will consider staff changes By Ed Waggener ed@epwbooks.com Copyright 2006 ColumbiaMagazine.com In the Adair County Board of Education meeting Thursday, February 16, 2006, the board voted unanimously to close a loophole in the schools' policy on pupil moves. Parents of Colonel William Casey, John Adair, and Adair County Middle Schools can no longer enroll their children at Sparksville, Shepherd, or Knifley schools without a valid reason. The change was made to keep parents of students in the town schools from moving their children to county schools in order to have priority for enrollment at the new Adair County Elementary School. County school students have first priority on the new school. Though it wasn't mentioned at the board meeting, it had been widely rumored that wealthier parents would use the previous regulations to transfer their children to the county schools toward the end of the term so that their children would be enrolled in the new school in August 2006.The loophole was closed with last night's action. Schools now have single provider for long distance Superintendent Darrell Treece said that that the entire school system now shares the same long distance service. BellSouth will provide long distance 3.56 per minute. Adair County Elementary School construction on schedule Constuction of the new elementary school is quickening, Supt. Treece said. "On Monday, when school's were closed because of snow, 60 people were on the job." he said. "On some days there are over 80." "It's beginning to look like a school building," Treece said. The school is scheduled to open in August, 2006. Change order will save $12,500 Most construction change orders mean added costs. But a change order on the construction of the new school from Mack Davis Construction which meant a savings to the schools of $12,500. As expected, it was approved. Wiring for ACTIV boards approved The board approved an wiring the new elementary school for ACTIV or "White" boards at an additional cost of $125 per room, at an approximate additional cost of $3,750 for the 30 rooms involved. The board will make a decision later in the spring to install the boards, dependent on availability of funds. ACTIV boards are state-of-the-art computer teaching aids. Greg Willis presides Board Vice Chairman Greg Willis presided at the meeting. Only two other members, Marsha Walker and Floyd Burton, were present. Member Chris Watts was absence because of an illness, and Chairman Mike Harris was out-of-town. In other action:In other action, the board approved:
The board approved February 28, 2006 for a special meeting to consider staffing changes as a result of the closing of the Knifley, Sparksville, and Shepherd schools and the opening of Adair County Elementary School. Other items may be added, Mr. Treece noted. The Adair County Board of Education holds regular monthly meetings each third Thursday 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. NOTE: Two school board seats, those of Greg Willis (1), and Chris Watts (2) are will be on the November 2006 General Election ballot. Click here for Adair County Schools website Direct comments are not available. However comments, subject to editing, are welcome by sending to: ed@columbiamagazine.com or linda@columbiamagazine.com. or through Submit a Story. This story was posted on 2006-02-17 06:50:08
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