MINUTES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING
ANDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE
Anderson, South Carolina
May 29, 2012
6:30 P.M.
The Board of Trustees of Anderson
County School District Number Five met in the Offices of the Board this date
with the following members present: Mr.
Charles Lee Anderson, Mr. Rick Bradshaw, Mrs. Ann Huitt, Mrs. Margaret Mack, Mr.
Al Norris, Mr. Dick Smith, and Mr. Paul Zugg.
Absent were Mr. David Alewine and Dr. Paul A. Talmadge.
NOTICE
TO MEDIA
In accordance with the S. C. Code of
Laws, 1976, Section 30-4-80(d), as amended, the following have been notified of
the time, date, place and agenda of this meeting: The Anderson Independent-Mail, Greenville
News, The Anderson Journal, WYFF, WSPA, Paul Brown, and FOX 21.
CALL
TO ORDER
Mr. Norris called the meeting to
order at 7:52 p.m. for purpose of discussing the proposed 2012-2013 Budget, the
Title I program, and employment recommendations.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
Mrs. Bagley requested that a
Building Committee Report be added to the agenda as Item #5.
Mr.
Zugg made a motion the Board approve the addition to the agenda. Mrs. Huitt seconded the motion, which carried
unanimously.
2012-2013
BUDGET DISCUSSION
In a PowerPoint presentation, Mrs.
Bagley gave an update of the proposed budget.
She stated that the base student cost out of the House and Senate
remains at $2,012. She then discussed
the following Senate version of the budget bill.
Index
of Taxpaying Ability
Senate
has hold harmless - $387,365
Salary
increases
2%
increase in salary plus a step increase for eligible employees
Retirement
1.065% employer increase
current
employer rate is 13.835%; next years projected rate is 14.90%
Health
Insurance
no
employee increase; entire increase to be covered by employer
Mrs. Bagley then discussed
repurposed dollars. Repurposed dollars
is a review of expenditures and revenue that was not used during the current
year that could be used for the next year.
Repurposed expenditure dollars
include:
|
Unemployment
Expense |
$200,000 |
|
Transfers |
$175,000 |
|
Homebound |
$60,000 |
|
TAN
Interest |
$20,000 |
|
Maintenance
of Effort |
$200,000 |
|
Health
Insurance |
$300,000 |
|
Other
supply, purchase service accts, etc. |
$25,000 |
|
Projected
personnel cost |
$250,000 |
|
Total Expenditures |
$1,230,000 |
Repurposed revenue dollars based on
trends of the last three years include:
|
Fee-in-Lieu |
$100,000 |
|
Manufacturing
Reimbursement |
$100,000 |
|
Transportation
Reimbursement |
$50,000 |
|
Interest |
$5,000 |
|
Total Revenue |
$255,000 |
|
|
|
|
Grand Total Repurposed Dollars |
$1,485,000 |
Mrs. Bagley discussed the following
new dollars for FY 13:
|
TIER
III |
$500,000 |
|
Flexibility |
$129,623 |
|
Millage |
$1,395,183 |
|
(calculation allows 3.79%
increase, which is a 6.02 mill increase) |
|
|
Total New Dollars |
$2,024,806 |
Then she discussed school obligated costs
and mandated costs required by the State Department of Education and/or the
General Assembly. Mrs. Bagley then
recognized Mr. Dukes to present information with regard to teacher/pupil ratios
at North Pointe Elementary School and throughout the district.
Finally, Mrs. Bagley presented a
summary of the proposed 2012-2013 budget as information.
|
School
Obligated Cost |
($3,326,406) |
|
Mandated
Cost |
($3,426,071) |
|
Repurposed
Dollars |
$1,485,000 |
|
New
Dollars |
$629,623 |
|
EFA/State
Fringe |
$1,665,062 |
|
Hold
Harmless |
$387,365 |
|
Teacher
Salary Support |
$843,800 |
|
Millage
Increase |
$1,395,183 |
|
Total amount from Fund Balance |
($346,444) |
|
(to balance the budget) |
|
TITLE
I DISCUSSION
In a PowerPoint
presentation, Mrs. Morgan briefly discussed how do schools and students qualify
for Title I school-wide programs, others served by Title I, how does a qualifying
school become a school-wide program, what Title I can be used for, and what
Title I cannot be used for.
Mrs. Morgan discussed
the 2012-2013 Federal poverty calculation for all elementary schools, 2012-2013
set-asides, 2012-2013 projected allocation to schools, and the 2012-2013 projected
allocations for Title I schools including Robert Anderson Middle School.
Mrs. Bagley then discussed
the effects of diluting Title I funds. She
ended the presentation with a side by side allocation comparison for all
eligible elementary schools and Robert Anderson Middle School.
The superintendent, superintendents
cabinet, federal program director, and elementary principals recommended not
diluting the Title I funding, but rather to keep all Title I funds between the
federally mandated five schools. On
March 27, 2012, the Administration recommended to bring schools to an equitable
technology standard and to fund Reading Recovery in all elementary schools. After further review and discussions with
staff and elementary principals, the Administration recommended the following in lieu of dilution of Title I funds:
Immediately:
One-Time Allocation of $1.5 million for technology
One-Time Allocation of $420,000 in supplies to all 21schools
Address Reading Recovery by partnering with Clemson University for
training, as
recently invited, using I-3 grant funds
In January 2013, where possible:
One-Time Allocation of $1.5 million for technology
One-Time Allocation of $420,000 in supplies to all 21 schools
Employ for 2012-2013 at Calhoun, Centerville, McLees, and New Prospect, a
reading/math interventionist.
These schools were chosen as they could have
benefitted from diluted Title I funds.
Mrs. Bagley then presented a revised
summary of the proposed 2012-2013 budget, if the above recommendations are
approved by the Board.
|
School
Obligated Cost |
($3,326,406) |
|
Mandated
Cost |
($3,426,071) |
|
Repurposed
Dollars |
$1,485,000 |
|
New
Dollars |
$629,623 |
|
EFA/State
Fringe |
$1,665,062 |
|
Hold
Harmless |
$387,365 |
|
Teacher
Salary Support |
$843,800 |
|
Millage
Increase |
$1,395,183 |
|
4
Interventionist |
$236,000 |
|
Total Fund Balance |
($582,444) |
|
(needed to balance the budget) |
|
Following
some discussion, Mr. Bradshaw made a motion that the Board approve the
Administrations recommendations in lieu of diluting the Title I funds:
Immediately a:
One-Time Allocation of $1.5 million
for technology
One-Time Allocation of $420,000 in
supplies to all 21 schools
Address Reading Recovery by
partnering with Clemson University for training as many Reading Recovery
teachers as possible, using I-3 grant funds, so that they can be employed as
Reading Recovery teachers in the 2012-2013 school year
In January 2013, a:
One-Time Allocation of $1.5 million
for technology
One-Time Allocation of $420,000 in
supplies to all 21 schools
Employ for 2012-2013 at Calhoun,
Centerville, McLees, and New Prospect, a
reading/math interventionist.
Mrs. Huitt seconded the motion.
Mr.
Anderson made a substitute motion that the Board approve
the
Administrations recommendation for not diluting the Title I funds
a
one-time allocation of $1.5 million for
technology
to table the one time allocation of
$420,000 in supplies to all 21 schools till such time the Administration can determine
whether this money is recurring or non-recurring funds or whether it could be
repurposed for something else
to table any discussion with regards
to the 2013-2014 school year until the Board knows what the budget will be.
Mr. Smith seconded the motion.
Following
further discussion, the substitute motion failed with two in favor and five
opposed (Bradshaw, Huitt, Mack, Norris, Zugg).
The
original motion carried with four in favor and three opposed (Anderson, Smith,
Zugg).
EMPLOYMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS
Mr. Mahaffey presented for Board
approval a list of personnel given out at the meeting for the 2012-2013 school
year.
Mr.
Bradshaw made a motion the Board approve the list as presented. Mr. Zugg seconded the motion, which carried
unanimously.
BUILDING
COMMITTEE REPORT
Mrs. Huitt reported that the
Building Committee met prior to the Board Meeting to discuss several building
projects. She stated that several drawings
for the building signage at Southwood Academy of the Arts were shown to the
Board.
On
behalf of the Building Committee, Mrs. Huitt made a motion the Board approve
the first drawing for the building signage at Southwood Academy of Arts. No second is required. The motion carried unanimously.
On
behalf of the Building Committee, Mrs. Huitt made a motion the Board approve
the solar panel irrigation for the athletic fields at Glenview and Robert
Anderson Middle Schools. Mr. Smith
seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
There
being no further business, Mr. Bradshaw made a motion the Board adjourn. Mr. Zugg seconded the motion, which carried
unanimously.
(9:51 P.M.)
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
DATE DATE
Recording Secretary
As Approved By Superintendent