By Helen Burkett Prencke
On Tuesday, June 28 the Board of Education called a meeting at Captain Joe’s. Chair Stewart Reeves called the meeting to order and then welcomed everyone. Superintendent Scarlett Copeland and Chief Financial Officer Adrienne Taylor reviewed the supplement options Governor Deal previously proposed. Due to austerity cuts, the supplement for Appling County’s school system will come from local funds. CFO Taylor went on to discuss the total changes to the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) budget and reviewed a budget comparison.
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Dr. Copeland addressed class sizes at Appling County Elementary School (ACES). Currently all third grade classes have twenty-three students while the state maximum is twenty-one. She proposed the option of adding one more teacher to the third grade at ACES to reduce class sizes. Board member Armon Griffis asked Dr. Copeland, based on her experience in the classroom, what she felt the best solution would be. Dr. Copeland indicated she agreed with adding another classroom. Prior budget items discussed in previous meetings were reviewed.
Possible ESPLOST V projects were reviewed among the board members. The Board then went into Executive Session. After the Executive Session, the following action items were unanimously approved: six resignations, one recommendation to hire and ten positions opened. Resigning were Allie Pearson, Demetria Holmes, Misty Garcia, Angie Bishop, Erin Lee and Jessie Gruber Davis. Mr. Winston Domingo was approved as the School Physical Therapist for Appling County Primary School (ACPS). Under Consent, the Board opened the following positions: ACPS Assistant Principal, Appling County Middle School (ACMS) Special Education Paraprofessional (2), Appling County High School (ACHS) Special Education Inclusion Teacher, ACES Teacher (2), ACMS SFS Assistant, ACHS Business and Computer Science Teacher, Altamaha Elementary School Paraprofessional and ACPS Paraprofessional.
Possible ESPLOST V projects were reviewed among the board members. The Board then went into Executive Session. After the Executive Session, the following action items were unanimously approved: six resignations, one recommendation to hire and ten positions opened. Resigning were Allie Pearson, Demetria Holmes, Misty Garcia, Angie Bishop, Erin Lee and Jessie Gruber Davis. Mr. Winston Domingo was approved as the School Physical Therapist for Appling County Primary School (ACPS). Under Consent, the Board opened the following positions: ACPS Assistant Principal, Appling County Middle School (ACMS) Special Education Paraprofessional (2), Appling County High School (ACHS) Special Education Inclusion Teacher, ACES Teacher (2), ACMS SFS Assistant, ACHS Business and Computer Science Teacher, Altamaha Elementary School Paraprofessional and ACPS Paraprofessional.
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