Feinstein Challenge Food Drive

The fifth year of the Feinstein Challenge Food Drive to benefit Meals on Wheels of Brevard, Inc., was the best year yet with 5,732 total items donated by the schools. Pisgah Forest was the winner of the $100 challenge award.  All items were donated to the Sharing House and the Salvation Army.

BES Contributes to Miracle Mile

Brevard Elementary School’s Miracle Mile fundraiser to help Beth Asprey in her fight against cancer raised $2,059.07.  Students, staff, and community members participated in this endeavor.

BHS Student’s Artwork in Washington Show

Brevard High School senior Logan Treacy’s painting has been chosen as the artwork from the 11^th Congressional District to be displayed for the next year in Washington, DC.  Each of the 435 congressional districts is allowed one piece of artwork.  This is quite an honor for Logan.

BHS Men’s Track Teams Win State Competition

Two Brevard High School Men’s Relay teams won state championships.  This is the first time BHS has swept both events at state level.  Team members are as follow:

BHS Soccer, Tennis, and Baseball Teams Win Big

Both the BHS Women's Soccer team and the Men's Tennis team won their conference championships this year.  The BHS Baseball team finished second in the conference.  Andrew Blackwell was named Co-Player of the Year in baseball.  Annelise DeJong was named to the All-Region Women’s Soccer team. 

RHS Spanish Students Score Well

Students from Rosman High School earned one bronze placement along with six honorable mentions on the 2008 National Spanish Examinations.  The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in grades 6-12, and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

“Attaining any placement or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Kevin Cessna, National Director of the Exams, “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with well over 106,000 students participating in 2008.”  

This is the first year for Rosman High School to participate; 23 students volunteered to take the exam.  The students receiving honorable mention awards are:  Dakota Guffey, Drew Jamerson, Juan Mundo-Mendez, Andrea Owen, Fallon Newell, and Loran Wilson.  Bo Lance received a bronze placement.  Spanish teachers at Rosman High School are Julie Queen and Linda Carrillo.  

RES Media Center Receives “We The People” Recognition

Rosman Elementary School’s Media Center is one of 3,000 libraries across the country selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to receive free hardcover editions of classic books and primary source materials from the “We the People Bookshelf.”  The “We the People Bookshelf” project is a national grant initiative that provides classic children’s literature to schools and public libraries.  The award is part of the NEH’s “We the People” initiative, which supports projects that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture.

T. C. Henderson Elementary School completed its first year of participation in "Relay for Life," complete with a Relay for Life Team.  Students collected coins, staff sold luminaries, and the school sold pictures and sought corporate sponsorship.  Coach Mick Galloway and Teresa Lawlis headed up this effort. 

The school’s goal was to raise $3,000.  Principal Tony Meachum and Coach Galloway told students that if they met that goal, the two of them would "Camp Out Against Cancer" by spending the night on the school roof.  The school did not raise $3,000--they raised approximately $8,500!  Tony Meachum said, “Thus we camped out on Friday night, May 2.  It was a beautiful evening!”

The school’s Relay for Life Team also participated in the county-wide "Cruisin’ for a Cure" beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 16, and finishing up at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, at the Transylvania County Recreation Center.  The team had someone walking all night to symbolize their support of efforts to stamp out cancer.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Transylvania County Board of Education that recognition, thanks, commendation and congratulations be expressed to the following individual(s):

For Selection to the North Carolina Middle School All-State Chorus:

Alli Canipe, RMS

Tessa Dodson, RMS

Closed Session

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

Memorial Report

The Board of Education memorializes deceased students, employees, and spouse, parents or children of an employee.  The memorial is in the form of a donation to the Education Foundation or a book that is placed in the media center of the school most closely associated with the deceased.

The book, Digital Technology, will be placed in the Rosman Elementary School media center in memory of Calvin Raxter, father of Lana Rhymer and Tammy Moman.  Lana is a teacher at RES and Tammy is a teacher at RHS.

The book, Because of You, will be placed in the Brevard Elementary School media center in memory of John H. Charles, Sr., father of Carol Steadman.  Carol is a teacher at BES. 

Minutes

The minutes of the May 5, 2008 meeting are attached for your approval.

Personnel Report

The personnel report for May 19, 2008 is attached for your approval.

Revised Policy JHB and Policy Exhibit JHB-E (Student Drug Testing) were presented as information at the last meeting.  Additional revisions have been made to JHB since then.  Dr. Bo Williams will review the policies and answer any questions you may have. 

Norris Barger will present a recommendation for bid approval for the Rosman High School roof project.  The bid tabulation for the project is attached.

David Sutton will present results from the annual Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey and Central Services Satisfaction Survey.  This year's overall participation rate of 65.6% was up by 0.7% over last year's rate.  The following documents are attached for your review:

·        2008 Survey Participation Rates

·        Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey Composites

·        Central Services Satisfaction Survey Composites

·        Using Survey Data for Continuous Improvement

Complete results of this year's survey administration are available online at this address: