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Submitted by Migration on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 9:46pm
Dates: 
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 8:00pm
    
INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
 
WELCOME/CALL TO ORDER
 
BUSINESS ITEMS
 
Public Comment
  Public Comment  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

X

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

X

Leadership

 

 

 

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

A sign-up sheet is available for public comment.  Speakers will be asked to limit their comments to two (2) minutes each.
 
 
Good News Report
  Good News Report  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

X 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

X

21st Century Professionals

Information

X

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

X

Leadership

 

 

 

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Holocaust Educators Workshop

§      Stacie Dotson and Scott Russell, teachers at Rosman High and Rosman Middle respectively, have been selected by NCCAT to attend the “Becoming Witnesses: Primary Sites of the Holocaust” workshop in Germany and Poland in August 2008.  Specifically designed for alumni of NCCAT and/or Holocaust symposiums at Appalachian State, this experience will deepen Holocaust educators’ knowledge base and allow them to become firsthand witnesses to the physical evidence of death camps, pertinent Nazi sites, and significant Holocaust memorials and museums in Poland and Germany.  Participants will attend a preliminary seminar in March 2008 and a post-trip seminar in March 2009.  This is an all-expense paid trip through NCCAT and its sponsors.

 

More Holiday Giving

§      During the ten days before Christmas, Davidson River School students held a canned food drive with the proceeds going to the Rosman Methodist Church food pantry.  By the morning of the tenth day, the approximately 100 students in the school had contributed 240 nonperishable food items!  The pastor at Rosman Methodist was thrilled, as this food pantry feeds about 70 people a month and does not receive help from Manna Food Bank or any other organization.  It is supplied purely by donations from church members.

 

§      Rosman High School students in FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) and Early Childhood I and II classes journeyed to the Hendersonville Toys for Tots regional office on December 11 to fill orders.  In all they filled 348 orders for children in 13 counties.

 

§      Rosman High students in Julie Queen’s Spanish II class and Billie Wilson’s Foods II advanced class worked together to stage a Christmas Fiesta.  Together, they watched an Internet video to learn how paella, a traditional rice casserole from Spain, is made.  The Foods class then prepared paella and dessert Chimichangas (tortillas filled with banana and chocolate, fried and rolled in cinnamon sugar), while the Spanish class learned two Christmas songs in Spanish and shared a PowerPoint about Christmas customs in Spanish-speaking countries.  The Spanish class also made placemats and Christmas cards for each student in the Foods class.  During the Fiesta, they entertained the Foods group by singing Christmas carols in Spanish.

 

§      Rosman High’s FCCLA chapter teamed with the RHS Foods II class to prepare and send Christmas boxes to Transylvania County soldiers serving abroad during the holiday season.  The Foods class made pumpkin bread and snicker doodles for each box.  Toiletries, snacks, and individual hand-made Christmas cards were added along with a current newspaper.  The group sent ten boxes to soldiers whose names they collected.  An additional box was filled with school supplies and sent to one of the men who has adopted a school in Iraq.  Packing and mailing of the boxes was carried out by the FCCLA students.  FCCLA students earned money for postage and shipping by manning booths at Halloween Fest and the Christmas Twilight Tour.

 

McREL Evaluation Pilot

§      Thirty-eight TCS teachers are participating in the McREL evaluation pilot:

 

Benton, Carolyn

Fisher, Philip

Newman, Constance

Bolen, Suzanne

Fuller, Elizabeth

Patton, Shannon

Bolick, Arami

Gash, Patricia

Peterson, Carolyn

Bolt, Jennifer

Germanaro, Sara

Putnam, Elijah

Bryson, Christy

Gillespie, Lisa

Schoenacher, Amy

Bryson, Vernon

Green, Carol

Seay, Ronda

Case, Jay

Keane, Erin

Suttles, Anna

Cathey, Sara

Khare, Noelle

Weeks, Margaret

Chapman, Rhonda

Lawson, Christopher

West, Melissa

Coan, Faye

Marshall, Alana

Westover, Tammy

Dean, Marie

Michaels, Fran

Wetli, Trudy

Dodson, Christina

Miller, Adrian

Young, Kay

Duvall, Teresa

Nederveld, Julie

 
 
 BMS 7th Graders Review New Magazine

§      Lisa Smith’s 7th grade class at BMS helped serve as the review board for a new magazine published by the U. S. Forestry Service.  This was a great experience for the students as they got to participate in something bigger than our county.
 
Resolution of Recognition, Thanks, Commendation and Congratulations
  Resolution of Recognition, Thanks, Commendation and Congratulations  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

X

X

21st Century Professionals

Information

 

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

 

Leadership

 

 

 

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Transylvania County Board of Education that recognition, thanks, commendation and congratulations be expressed to the following teachers for earning National Board Professional Teaching Standards Certification:

 

Kelly Brannock, RES Media Specialist

Erin Keene, BMS Art Teacher

Julie Queen, RHS Spanish Teacher

 

A motion is in order to approve the resolution.

 

A reception will follow.
 
 
Former Students in the Military
  Former Students in the Military  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

X

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

X

Leadership

 

 

 

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

The Board of Education would like to recognize former students from Brevard High School and Rosman High School who are currently serving or have previously served in the U.S. Military.  The list will be updated as more names are received.
 
 
Consent Agenda
  Consent Agenda  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

X

X

21st Century Professionals

Information

 

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

 

Leadership

 

 

X

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Minutes

Minutes of the following meetings are attached for your approval:

 

            December 17, 2007

            December 20, 2007

 

Personnel Report

The personnel report for January 14, 2008 is attached for your approval.

 

A motion is in order to approve the consent agenda item(s).

 
 
Policy
  Policy BG (Limited Claim Settlement)  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

X

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

 

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

 

Leadership

 

 

X

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Policy BG (Limited Claim Settlement) is new.  It was presented as information on December 17.  No changes have been made since then.  Dr. Bo Williams will review the policy and answer any questions you may have. 

 

A motion is in order to approve Policy BG.
 
  Policy IICA-E (Field Trips and Excursions)  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

X

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

 

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

 

Leadership

 

 

X

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Policy Exhibit IICA-E (Field Trips and Excursions) has been revised.  It was presented as information on December 17.  No changes have been made since then.  Dr. Bo Williams will review the policy and answer any questions you may have. 

 

A motion is in order to approve Policy IICA-E.
 
 
Designation of School Treasurer
  Designation of School Treasurer  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

X

X

21st Century Professionals

Information

 

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

 

Leadership

 

 

 

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Norris Barger will request the Board’s approval of a new school treasurer at Pisgah Forest Elementary School.  The former treasurer, Julie Roberts, has moved to the Career Technical Education/Transportation department.  Anna McCall will assume the duties of school treasurer for PFES. 

 

A motion is in order to appoint Anna McCall as treasurer of Pisgah Forest Elementary School, effective December 18, 2007, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 115C-448(a).

 
 
Capital Projects
  Capital Projects  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

X

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

 

Leadership

 

 

X

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Attached is the latest draft of the FY09 capital outlay five-year planning budget.  Mr. Barger will answer any questions you may have.
 
 
CTE Update
  CTE Update  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

X

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

X

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

 

Leadership

 

 

 

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Dr. Jeff McDaris will give an update on the Career and Technical Education program.  Two documents are attached for your review.
 
 
Gillespie Circle Development
  Gillespie Circle Development  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

X

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

X

 

Leadership

 

 

X

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Dr. Jeff McDaris will give a report on the proposed Gillespie Circle Development.  The project is being considered for the next Live Project, and may be designed with affordable teacher housing in mind.  Norris Barger will discuss with the Board the concept of a Community Land Trust for the Gillespie Circle property.  Documents are attached for your review.
 
 
Topics for Retreat
  Topics for Retreat  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

X

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

 

Leadership

 

 

X

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

The Board will hold its annual planning retreat on February 18, 2008 at the Morris Education Center.  The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m., and a light supper will be provided.  A tentative agenda is outlined below:

 

DRAFT

 

 

 

5:30 p.m.

Welcome/Agenda Review

Teresa McCall, Sonna Lyda

 

Strategic Priority 3:  Healthy and Responsible Students

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Drug Awareness Curriculum

Lisa Anderson

 

 

 

6:30 p.m.

Working Dinner

 

 

Strategic Priority 1:  Globally Competitive Students

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Future Ready Core Curriculum

Scott Elliott

 

 

 

7:30 – 7:45 p.m.

Break

 

 

Strategic Priority 2:  21st Century Professionals

7:45 – 8:30 p.m.

Staff Development

David Sutton, Scott Elliott,

Donys Merrill, Lisa Anderson

 

Strategic Priority 4:  Leadership

8:30 – 9:15 p.m.

Gillespie Circle Development

Jeff McDaris, Norris Barger

 

Strategic Priority 5:  21st Century Systems

9:15 – 10:00 p.m.

403-B New Regulations

Norris Barger

 

Strategic Priority 2:  21st Century Professionals

10:00 – 11:00 p.m.

Personnel

David Sutton

 

 

 

11:00 p.m. until

Summary/Closing Thoughts

All

 

 
 
Important Dates
  Important Dates  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

X

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

 

 

Leadership

 

 

X

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Jan. 14-15

NCSBA Budget, Finance and Construction Law Conference

 

Cary, NC

Jan. 16

BES Science Fair

 

BES

Jan. 17

BMS, PFES, RES, TCH Science Fairs

 

BMS, PFES, RES, TCH

Jan. 21-22

Teacher Workdays

 

 

Jan. 21

(snow date 1/26)

Miss Bengal Pageant

6:00 p.m.

RMHS Auditorium

Jan. 23

RMS Science Fair

 

RMS

Jan. 30

Science Fair Judges’ Breakfast

TBD

TBD

Jan. 31

Science Fair Awards Ceremony

6:00 p.m.

Porter Center

Feb. 3-5

NSBA Federal Relations Network Conference

 

Washington, DC

Feb. 4

REGULAR MEETING

6:30 p.m.

MEC

Feb. 7

BHS Talent Show

7:00 p.m.

BHS Auditorium

Feb. 18

RETREAT

5:30 p.m.

MEC

Feb. 20

NCSBA “Understanding the Role of the School Board Chair”

 

Raleigh, NC

Feb. 21-22

NCSBA Personnel Law Conference

 

Raleigh, NC

Feb. 27

Parent Advisory Council

7:30 a.m.

MEC

Feb. 28

Superintendent’s Communication Council

3:45 p.m.

MEC

Feb. 28

BHS Chamber Band Concert

7:00 p.m.

BHS Auditorium

Feb. 29

Student Advisory Council

7:30 a.m.

MEC

 

 

Day(s) Missed

Make-up Day(s)

January 3, 2008

February 18, 2008

 

 

 

 

 
 
Other Items
  Other Items  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

 

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

X 

 X

Leadership

 

 

 

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

An opportunity will be provided for other items from Board members, staff, or the public.
 
The Board has received an offer from RCG for a sewer right-of-way for the proposed Cadence Point Development.  A copy of the offer and associated maps of the property are attached.  The Board may discuss the offer.
 
 
Closed Session (Student Matter; Personnel)
  Closed Session (Student Matter; Personnel)  
 
 

Strategic Priority:

Reason for Consideration:

 

Globally Competitive Students

Action

 

 

21st Century Professionals

Information

 

 

Healthy and Responsible Students

Discussion

X

 

Leadership

 

 

X

21st Century Systems

 

 

 

Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143-318.11(a)(1), 115C-319, and 115C-402, the Board will go into closed session to discuss information that is not a public record (employee personnel files and student records).

 

A motion is in order to go into closed session.
 
 
Groups audience: 
School Board