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March 23, 2016 Edition

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Greenville County Schools to Receive $60,000 Bosch Grant for Mobile Manufacturing Lab

Greenville County Schools is one of four Upstate educational entities to receive a grant from The Bosch Community Fund. The grants, totaling $147,200, will provide resources for various science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs and activities. Greenville County Schools will receive a $60,000 grant for the purchase of a mobile manufacturing lab. The lab will rotate among the district's 20 middle schools. With this lab, more than 16,000 students will have the opportunity to experience advanced manufacturing equipment in a hands-on environment. Read more: http://goo.gl/SC8PlE.

Unofficial Board Meeting Summary
March 22, 2016

Board Members Present (12): Lisa Wells, Chairman; Dr. Crystal Ball O'Connor, Vice Chairman; Debi Bush, Secretary; Kenneth E. Baxter, Sr., Joy Grayson, Lynda Leventis-Wells, Derek Lewis, Roger Meek, Glenda Morrison-Fair, Danna Rohleder, Chuck Saylors, Pat Sudduth. Absent (0): None.

Welcome, Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance - Mrs. Rohleder

Adoption of Consent Calendar - Approved.

Minutes, Regular Board Meeting - February 23, 2016

Personnel Recommendations

  • Dr. Lee Green, Director, Donaldson Career Center, Effective July 1, 2016. Current serving as Director, Chester County Career Center.
  • Brana Myers, Director, Enoree Career Center, Effective July 1, 2016. Currently serving as Assistant Director, J. Harley Bonds Career Center.
  • M. Brett Vaughn, Principal, Stone Academy, Effective July 1, 2016. Currently serving as Assistant Principal, Roebuck Elementary School. Previously served as the Instructional Coach at Stone Academy.
  • Jeffrey K. Jenkins, Principal, Ralph Chandler Middle School, Effective July 1, 2016. Currently serving as Assistant Principal, Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle School.

Appearance of Visitors - Mr. Ted Hendry, United Way

Recognition of Visitors - Mrs. Tommie Reece, former Board member

Superintendent's Report - Dr. Royster thanked Mr. Hendry for his comments and expressed appreciation to the United Way and other partners for their efforts to support students. He then introduced the new principals and directors for next school year and summarized the many events beginning this spring through the end of the school year.

Action Items

Long Range Facilities Plan - CIP - Approved substitution motion, made by Mrs. Grayson and seconded by Mr. Lewis, to approve the 2016 Long Range Facilities Plan and Capital Improvement Plan, moving forward to 2020 the completion of an environmental science building at the Roper Mountain Science Center and deferring inclusion of the Fine Arts Center addition until additional information is provided by the Administration to the Board. The 2016 revision also adds seats at Summit Drive Elementary, which was included last year in the LRFP as an additional 250 elementary seats in or around the City of Greenville, an auxiliary gym addition at Greer High, which is the only high school without an auxiliary gym, and funding to address high dollar maintenance items to adequately maintain GCS school facilities.

Lease with Greenville Literacy - Approved motion from the Committee of the Whole to approve a lease agreement renewal with Greenville Literacy for the use of 3,364 square feet at J. Harley Bonds Career Center to provide literacy programs for the community.

Lease with Greenville County Sheriff's Office - Approved motion from the Committee of the Whole to approve a lease agreement renewal with Greenville County Sheriff's Office for the old Northwest Area Office to provide law enforcement services to the surrounding community.

Disposition of Non-Contiguous Property at J.L. Mann High - Approved motion from the Committee of the Whole to approve the surplus of +/-1.36 acres of property across from J.L. Mann High School. The District acquired 0.49 acres of this property with the purchase of the J. L. Mann High School site in 2003. The additional 0.87 acres was obtained through a recently completed land swap with the City of Greenville. The Administration believes that it is in the best interest of the District to surplus this property so that it may be sold.

Information Items

Internal Auditing Services' Project Status Report - The report was presented as information.

Committee / Liaison Reports

None

Finance Report - The report was presented as information.

The meeting adjourned at 7:27 p.m.