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Submitted by Migration on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:57pm

Dates:

Monday, February 17, 2014 - 6:30pm

Transylvania County Board of Education

February 17, 2014

Morris Education Center

6:30 p.m.

Agenda

INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

CALL TO ORDER/WELCOME

BUSINESS ITEMS

1. Approval of Agenda

2. Public Comment

3. Good News Report

4. Former Students in the Military

5. Consent Agenda:

A. Minutes

B. Personnel Report

6. Policy:

A. GCI, “Employee Assignments and Transfers”

B. GBM, “Staff Grievances”

C. JHCF, “Do Not Resuscitate Orders”

D. DJ-R, “Purchasing Requirements”

7. School Calendar

8. Non-Faculty Coaches

9. FY15 Budget

10. Superintendent’s Update

11. Important Dates

12. Public Comment

13. Other Items

Approval of Agenda

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action	X
	21^st Century Professionals	Information
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
	Leadership to Guide Innovation
X	Governance and Support

A motion is in order to approve or revise the meeting agenda for February 17, 2014.

Public Comment

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action
	21^st Century Professionals	Information	X
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
X	Leadership to Guide Innovation
	Governance and Support

N.C.G.S. § 115C-51 states that local boards of education shall provide at least one period for public comment per month at a regular meeting of the board. A sign-up sheet is available for public comment. A maximum of 30 minutes will be allotted for public comment at the beginning of the meeting and at the end of the meeting. Speakers will be asked to limit their comments to 5 minutes each, except in the event there are more than six speakers per session, in which case the chairman may limit the time allotted to 3-5 minutes per speaker. Speakers will be asked to refrain from discussing specific individuals by name in accordance with the North Carolina Open Meetings Law. No solicitations will be allowed during public comment. Sign-up is not required for the second public comment opportunity at the end of the meeting.

Good News Report

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
X	Globally Competitive Students	Action
X	21^st Century Professionals	Information	X
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
X	Leadership to Guide Innovation
	Governance and Support

NOAA Visits PFES

In January, second graders at Pisgah Forest Elementary School enjoyed a weather presentation from Greg Hammer, meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Mr. Hammer shared facts about severe weather, ocean currents, temperature readings and much more. Students were shown different weather instruments, including a weather balloon and a weather clock. One big highlight was a replica of the largest piece of hail to ever fall in the United States. Students and teachers would like to thank Mr. Hammer for visiting their school and providing a fun afternoon of learning.

National Geographic Bee

On January 14, BMS eighth grader Matthew Sharpsteen was the winner of the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee for the third year in a row. The next step for Matthew and other school-level winners across the country will be to take a written test on their geography knowledge. The top 100 scorers on the written test in each state will be eligible to compete in their state’s Bee. Matthew has qualified for the state competition for the past two years. This year’s North Carolina Bee will be held on April 4, 2013 in Charlotte.

RES Students Learn About Wildlife

Recently members of the NC Wildlife Resource Commission spent the day with Rosman Elementary School students helping them learn about area wildlife and lifetime activities. During their normal PE class, students participated in wildlife and outdoors sports including casting, archery, and fish and wildlife identification. Students also got hands-on experience trying to identify North Carolina wildlife by exploring fur, skin, skulls, scat and tracks.

All-District Band

In January, fifteen Brevard High School students were selected to the All-District Bands. The students auditioned against hundreds of other band members from across Western North Carolina to earn this honor. The students with an asterisk (*) placed high enough to audition for the All-State Band in March.

9^th and 10^th Grade Band

Lianne Duscio - Flute

Carly Onnink – Clarinet*

Marlene Pulido - Clarinet

Forrest Fisher – Trumpet*

Tyler Hutchins - Trumpet

Logan Dye – Percussion*

Quinn Babb - Percussion

11^th and 12^th Grade Band

Anna Fuller – Flute

Susan Ashmore – Oboe*

Elizabeth Bailey – Clarinet*

Kate Barham - Clarinet

Liam Bishop – Alto Sax

Jose Perez – Tenor Sax

Amparo Wright – Trumpet*

Maggie Dodson - Trumpet

RHS Sweetheart Ball

Despite being out of school for 3½ snow days, approximately 180 Rosman High School students braved the lingering icy conditions to attend the 2014 Sweetheart Ball that was held on Saturday, February 1, in the Virginia Boone Building at the WNC Ag Center. The annual dance for grades 9-12 was sponsored by the RHS Student Council. This year’s theme was a masquerade ball. The student council members and advisors Linda Peeples and Shannon Patton would like to thank the administrators, chaperones, vendors, decorating committee and attendees who helped make the evening a success. The Sweetheart Court winners for 2014 are listed below:

3^rd Runner Up: Falyn McDonald

2^nd Runner Up: Lexi Aiken

1^st Runner Up: Candace Petit

Miss Sweetheart 2014: Anna Cobb

February is Black History Month

The month of February is recognized as “Black History Month” nationwide. Classes throughout the Transylvania County Schools will have activities commemorating the important people, places and events of the Civil Rights movement and the contributions and achievements of celebrated African Americans.

School Bus Driver Appreciation Week

The week of February 10-14, 2014 is “School Bus Driver Appreciation Week” in North Carolina. Attached is a proclamation from Governor Pat McCrory that encourages citizens to Love the Bus and to recognize the excellence of our state’s school bus drivers and their good record of safety.

BMS Hosts Holocaust Speaker

Brevard Middle School recently hosted Mr. Walter Ziffer, a Holocaust survivor, to speak to eighth grade students about his life during one of the darkest times in history. Teacher Kelly Muse has organized a trip to Washington, DC for eighth graders with the focus being a visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

BHS Yearbook Honored

Jostens, one of the largest yearbook companies in the nation, publishes an annual “Look Book” that showcases the best yearbook spreads from schools all over the country. Last year’s coverage of the BHS track team in the 2013 Brevardier has been selected for this prestigious honor, and folks from all parts of the country will see the Brevard High School yearbook as a standard for others. Congratulations to the BHS yearbook staff!

BHS Most Improved Students

On February 6, Brevard High School recognized 38 young men and women as being the "Most Improved Students" from the first semester. Each teacher chose a student who had shown marked improvement in their class in the areas of attendance, attitude, turning in work, quality of work, overall average, etc. Students and their families were invited to the award ceremony, but did not know which teacher had nominated them until the actual presentation of certificates. The “most improved” students are listed below:

Jessica Austin	Will Flynn	Shanley Knox	Lindsey Roess
Ayzjah Baker	Jennifer Garren	Alex Lowe	Josh Rosario
Cole Batson	Amelia Gonzalez	Makayla McNeill	Josh Shelton
Kaishaila Benjamin	Katelyn Harris	Faith Miller	Aaron Stevens
Casey Bishop	Katilyn Hogsed	Michael Najera	Arron Thompson
Colby Bradley	Katie Hovis	Carver Nichols	Joseph Tweed
Kristin Camp	Kerrington Howell	Isaac Nichols	Cesar Valdez
Hazel Ceasar	Ryan Hoxit	Lane Pressley	Liz Watkins
Andrew Dial	Tanner Hutchins	Sydney Powell
Callie Duke	Elizabeth Johnson	Eugene Robinson

Meals on Wheels Food Drive

The 9^th Annual Meals on Wheels Food Drive will be held in the Transylvania County Schools during March and April. Donations collected at the schools will be distributed to the local Sharing House and Bread of Life programs. Meals on Wheels will award $100 to the school that has the largest per student donations. Mr. Al Mercer, coordinator, reports that the number of people in our community who are served by Sharing House and Bread of Life has increased dramatically in recent years, at a time when individual donations have decreased. These programs depend on events like the school food drives to replenish their supplies throughout the year. The top-finishing schools from the 2013 food drive are show below:

School	Total Items Collected	Items Per Student
Brevard Middle	2,543	4.57
Pisgah Forest Elem.	1,337	2.49
Brevard High	1,190	1.63
Brevard Elem.	1,041	2.13
T.C. Henderson Elem.	414	3.07

Regional Science Fair Awards

On February 5-6, Transylvania County Schools participated in the Western North Carolina Regional Science Fair that was held at Western Carolina University. TCS entries received the lion’s share of awards, with several students taking home more than one medal:

Elementary Division
Frank Parsons	BES	2^nd Place; and Environmental Science Award
Oliver Stone	BES	Woosley Award
Caroline Jones	PFES	Honorable Mention; and Woosley Award
Bobbie Brown	PFES	Honorable Mention
Middle/High Division
Justin Coye	BHS	3^rd Place, Senior Biological Science A; Highlands Biological Station Award; and WCU Forensic Science Award
Matthew Harris	BHS	1^st Place, Senior Physics; and Pisgah Astronomical Research Award
Josie Galloway	RMS	Pisgah Astronomical Research Award
Joseph Roberts, Lauren Tooley and Eliza Witherspoon	BHS	1^st Place, Senior Biological Science B; and WCU Environmental Science Award
Alyssa O’Shields	RMS	3^rd Place, Junior Biological Science A
McKenzie Shuler and Charlee Nale	BMS	3^rd Place, Junior Biological Science B
Lance Merrill	BMS	Honorable Mention, Junior Chemistry
Fritz Ruppert	BMS	Honorable Mention, Junior Earth and Environmental
Brooklyn Rising	BMS	2^nd Place, Junior Physics
Nicole Miller and Emma Moore	BHS	Honorable Mention, Senior Biological Science A
Abigail Williams and Carly Onnink	BHS	1^st Place, Senior Biological Science A
Lianne Duscio and Elizabeth Joseph	BHS	Honorable Mention, Senior Biological Science B
Cade Brinkley	RHS	2^nd Place, Senior Technology
Samuel Kicklighter and Damien LaForenza	BHS	1^st Place, Senior Technology
Benton Tynch, Samuel Farrar and Noah Graham	BHS	2^nd Place, Senior Chemistry
Erin Smith, Elizabeth Johnson and Cameron McCathern	BHS	1^st Place, Senior Chemistry
Teacher Awards
Jennifer Williams	BHS	“Most Projects from High School”
Kristy Hasman	RHS	“Most Projects from Middle School”

Acceptance of Gift

Dr. McDaris will present a resolution of appreciation and acceptance of a gift to the school system by a private citizen. The resolution is attached.

A motion would be in order to approve the resolution.

For more good news, please visit us at www.tcsnc.org and on FACEBOOK.

Former Students in the Military

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action
	21^st Century Professionals	Information	X
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
X	Leadership to Guide Innovation
	Governance and Support

The Board of Education wishes to thank the former students from Brevard High School, Rosman High School, and Davidson River School who are currently serving or have previously served in the U.S. Military. Twice a year, the names on the attached list are read aloud during Board of Education meetings, and the list of names is recognized at every meeting. Twenty-three new names (see below) have been added to the list. Additional names will be included as they are received.

David Babb
Gerald Bumgardner
Joel Burton
Renee Burton
Charles Butterworth
Enno Camenzind
David Campbell
David Cantrell
Joe Dunlop
Charles E. Gosnell
Sharon E. Gosnell
Clyde Jones
Larry Lance
David McCall
Robert Medlock
Mary Katherine Miller
Theodore L. Owens
David Shiflet
Ray Siniard
Roger Smathers
John Suttles
Joseph W. Terry
Ricky Trent

Consent Agenda

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action	X
X	21^st Century Professionals	Information
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
	Leadership to Guide Innovation
X	Governance and Support

The following items are submitted for consent approval (see attached):

1. Minutes from the January 21, 2014 meeting

2. Personnel report for February 17, 2014

A motion is in order to approve the consent agenda items.

Policy

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action	X
X	21^st Century Professionals	Information
X	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
	Leadership to Guide Innovation
X	Governance and Support

The policies and exhibits listed below were presented for first reads at the January 21 meeting. There have been no new changes to the policies since that time. Dr. Scott Elliott will present the policies for action and answer any questions you have. The policies are attached.

Motions are in order to approve the policies and rescind the exhibits as indicated below.

Code	Title	Status	Action Requested
GCI	Employee Assignments and Transfer	revised; 2^nd read	approve
GCI-E	Employee Assignments and Transfer	to be rescinded; 2^nd read	rescind
GBM	Staff Grievances	revised; 2^nd read	approve
GBM-R	Staff Grievances	revised; 2^nd read	approve
GBM-E	Staff Complaints and Grievances	to be rescinded; 2^nd read	rescind
JHCF	Do Not Resuscitate Orders	new; 2^nd read	approve
DJ-R	Purchasing Requirements	revised; 2^nd read	approve

School Calendar

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action
	21^st Century Professionals	Information	X
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
	Leadership to Guide Innovation
X	Governance and Support

The school calendar committee has developed draft calendars for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years. Jeremy Gibbs will present the recommended calendars and discuss the feedback received from parents and staff. A summary of the notes and feedback from the calendar committee meeting, the two draft calendars and a copy of the Henderson County Public Schools calendar for the 2014-2015 year are attached for your review. Approval of the school calendars will be requested at the next regular meeting.

Non-Faculty Coaches

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action	X
	21^st Century Professionals	Information
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
	Leadership to Guide Innovation
X	Governance and Support

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association requires local boards to grant permission to employ non-faculty individuals as head coaches of varsity or junior varsity teams. As a rule, the Transylvania County Board of Education approves all volunteer and contract coaches for Transylvania County Schools. The following names are submitted for approval as non-faculty coaches for spring sports 2014:

Rosman High School
Doug Leonard	Softball, Head
Eric Owen	Softball, Asst.
Lester Fox	JV Softball, Head
Rosman Middle School
Brian Bullock	Baseball, Head
Larry Bullock	Baseball, Asst.
Chris Galloway*	Softball, Head
Scott Limerick	Softball, Asst.
Jason Fikes	Softball, Asst.
Anthony Guinn*	Softball, Asst.
Brevard High School
Chuck Owenby	JV Baseball, Asst. Vol.
Kris Foster*	Baseball, Asst.
Brianna McMahon*	Women’s Soccer, Vol.
David McNeil	Softball, Head
Chad Owenby	Softball, Asst.
Mary Ramey	JV Softball, Head
Hugh Green	JV Softball, Asst.
Rodney Gilbert*	Softball, Vol. Asst.
Mike Vandegrift	Men’s Tennis, Head
Bill Baldwin	Men & Women’s Track, Head
Jackie Witherspoon	Men & Women’s Track, Asst.
Brevard Middle School
Jeffrey Horrell*	Softball, Head
Rick James	Baseball, Head
Chris Farmer	Girls’ Soccer, Asst.
*first time coach, TCS

A motion is in order to approve the non-faculty coaches for 2014 spring sports.

FY15 Budget

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action
	21^st Century Professionals	Information	X
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
	Leadership to Guide Innovation
X	Governance and Support

Norris Barger will present the latest information and draft documents for the FY15 budget. He will answer any questions you may have. The draft documents are attached.

Superintendent’s Update

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action
	21^st Century Professionals	Information	X
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
	Leadership to Guide Innovation
X	Governance and Support

Dr. McDaris will give an update on new and ongoing issues for the 2013-2014 school year.

Important Dates

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action
	21^st Century Professionals	Information	X
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
	Leadership to Guide Innovation
X	Governance and Support

Feb. 18	School Facility Tours	7:45 am – 1:30 pm	RHS, RMS, RES, and TCH
Feb. 20	School Facility Tours	7:45 am – 2:30 pm	BHS, BES, BMS, DRS, and PFES
Feb. 24	National Technical Honor Society Inductions	5:00 p.m.	Rogow Room
Feb. 25	JOINT MEETING	7:00 p.m.	Rogow Room
Mar. 3	REGULAR MEETING	6:30 p.m.	MEC
Mar. 4	NCSBA Webinar: Lessons from Recent Litigation—Personnel Decisions	7:00 am - 5:30 pm
Mar. 11-12	NCSBA School Law Academy		Raleigh, NC
Mar. 13	NCSBA School Board Chairs Seminar		Raleigh, NC
Mar. 17	REGULAR MEETING	6:30 p.m.	MEC
Mar. 24-28	Spring Break
Apr. 1	NCSBA Webinar: Legal Issues at Graduation	7:00 am - 5:30 pm
Apr. 7	REGULAR MEETING	6:30 p.m.	MEC
Apr. 7	Kindergarten Orientation	8:30 am - 2:30 pm	BES, PFES, RES and TCH
Apr. 8	Kindergarten Orientation	8:30 am - 2:30 pm	BES, PFES, RES and TCH
Apr. 9	Early Dismissal
Apr. 10	Kindergarten Orientation	8:30 am - 2:30 pm 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm	BES, PFES, RES and TCH
Apr. 18	Holiday – Good Friday
Apr. 21	Make-up day for Jan. 30
Apr. 21	REGULAR MEETING	6:30 p.m.	MEC

Days Missed

1. January 6, 2014 – made up on January 10

2. January 29, 2014 – made up on February 17

3. January 30, 2014 – to be made up on April 21

4. January 31, 2014 – to be made up on June 2

5. February 11, 2-14 – to be made up on June 3

6. February 12, 2014 – to be made up on June 4

7. February 13, 2014 – to be determined

8. February 14, 2014 – to be determined

Public Comment

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action
	21^st Century Professionals	Information	X
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
X	Leadership to Guide Innovation
	Governance and Support

The Board will provide a second opportunity for public comment.

Other Items

Strategic Priority:		Reason for Consideration:
	Globally Competitive Students	Action
	21^st Century Professionals	Information
	Healthy and Responsible Students	Discussion
	Leadership to Guide Innovation
	Governance and Support

Earlier this fall, the NCSBA Board of Directors created the North Carolina School Boards Action Center (NCSBAC), a new 501(c)(4) organization that is designed to strengthen local school board advocacy efforts. A memorandum from NCSBA Board President, Evelyn Bulluck, and NCSBAC President, Tim Morgan, describing the organization and its goals is attached. A contribution statement for the 2013-2014 school year is also attached. The Board may discuss whether it wishes to join the NCSBAC and authorize the payment of dues.

Adjourn

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