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STUDENTS TO MAKE UP LOST DAYS School Board Going To Commissioners On Budget Again BY SUSAN USHER Brunswick County Board of Education members will ask county commissioners to approve one more budget change after balancing the schools' operating budget bv shift ing money from equipment and ve hicle funds. The board wants to move $63.2 14' of the county's special one-time SI million technology appropriation to round out a revived capital outlay fund, and to tap its remaining state half-cent sales tax revenues. "Does this mean we have to go back to the commissioners?" asked District 2 board member Polly Russ during the four-hour meeting held in Southport Elementary School's new cafeteria. "Yes, we have to go before the commissioners and again ask for more money." said Chairman Donna Baxter. "I'm hav ing a problem with that myself." The funds sought, and included in the revised budget resolution adopt ed by the school hoard Monday night, arc of two types: either al ready budgeted by the county for the schools, but for a different purpose; or state money designated for school construction or equipment, but maintained in county-controlled ac counts. Under the terms of a consent agreement reached with commis sioners, last month the school board agreed to gut two of its three capital outlay funds as needed to come up with enough money for the day-to day operation of the schools, while also looking for other ways to cut or shift expenses. In exchange, county commission ers made certain concessions as well. As of Aug. 30. the school system still lacked SMMUMM) to balance its proposed county budget. Since then, said Finance Officer Rudi Fallon Monday night, her staff has been able to shift some expenses from lo cal to state accounts; the state has More Residents Of Rutted Roads Seek County, State Help BY SUSAN USHER Fresh from his success in helping Shingletree Acres residents with their road problems, Robert Gore is now out to see that the N.C. Department of Transportation also takes over maintenance of Old Georgetown Road and Jenrette Road. Approximately 25 to 30 residents of the roads, which are in the Ocean Isle Beach-Grissettown area, marched for television cameras at noon Fridav and also attended a Brunswick County Board of Education meeting in Southport Monday night. Like the main road in Shingletree Acres subdivision near Calabash. Gore says these two roads were nev er maintained by the county and so were never taken over by the state, though he said both have been in continuous use since at least 1900. Gore says the Georgetown Road, the original post road from Washington, D.C., to Georgetown, S.C., is "the oldest road in continu ous use in Brunswick County." The segment of Old Georgetown Road from N.C. 904 to Ocean Isle Beach Road (known locally as Four Mile Road) is scheduled in the state's Transportation Improvement Program for construction and paving starting in fall 1995. "That schedule would coincide very well with big business plans," Gore said Friday, "but not with the people who live on those roads." Gore said 80 people had signed a petition asking DOT to add to the state system Jenrette Road, and to speed up its takeover of Old Georgetown Road, both of which are impassable by school buses in rainy weather. Then, said Gore, chil dren of the seven families on Jenrette Road must "run the gauntlet of woods filled with half-crazed deer hunters" 1-1/2 miles to reach the school bus. The state has advised Gore that he needs to provide documentation of Jenrette Road's existence as he did earlier for the Shingletree Acres road. Gore doesn't think that's neces sary; he believes its a question of how state DOT officials are inter preting the layout of the road. Last February the school board adopted a resolution supporting state take-over of such roads, and county maintenance of them until state maintenance is finalized. As requested Monday night. Chairman Donna Baxter told Gore the board attorney would Ik- drafting a resolution for the board to approve and forward to county commission ers and state officials. Gore will ask commissioners to grade the roads and to widen Jenrette Road so that the three school buses that travel it can pass each other. James Jenrette. and his father be fore him. have maintained Jenrette Road almost continuously since the turn of the century, except for one period when it was kept up by a pa per company. "I've had three heart attacks and six bypasses, but I'm still trying to maintain the road so the children can get an education," Jenrette told school board members Monday. He said it was time for someone else to take over his self-appointed job. Timothy P. Gibble, M.D. Adult Medicine Board Certified Internist Susan Gibble, PA-C Physician Assistant Complete Adult Medicine Care New Patients Welcome Convenient to 754-8921 The Brunswick Hospital We Salute Peacock-Nezvnam Funeral Home-Sou thport We're proud to have provided paving services for you. Asphalt Plant-2 miles north of Shallotte on Hwy. 17 1 provided luiuls for two support posi tions, and eight schools absorbed new computer lab technicians into their regular staff instead of using money from the county's one-time technology appropriation to hire them. The school system is proposing it be allowed to purchase equipment for the school system using $243,781 identified by school audi tors and county Finance Officer Lithia Hahn as remaining in the half-cent sales tax account main tained by the county for the schools, as well as the $64.2 1') not spent for computer technician salaries. 'ITie sales tax fund ? state money designated for school construction and equipment needs ? includes a $1,657 balance from 1992. SW.400 left from money set aside in an earli er budget for a new central office; and the $142,724 Supply Elementary School construction contingency fund that was never tapped. The school system proposes to use the $308,000 to buy equipment ranging from cameras that are being mounted on buses to monitor and record student behavior to furniture, athletic equipment for the high schools and middle schools, fax ma chines for all schools, and media, vocational education, bus garage and custodial equipment. "These are our bare-bones needs in this category." said Connor. More library luniks for Supply Elementary are not on the list; how ever, assured board member Bill Fairley she is confident that funds will be available from "other sources" for that purpose. Making Hp Days Brunswick County Public School students will go to school Friday. Sept. 17. until I p.m. and then all day Friday. Nov. 5. to make up the days of instruction lost because of the threat posed by Hurricane Emily in August. Schools opened on Sept. 1, two days late, because of the storm off shore. District 3 board member Bill h'airley voted against the schedule change, saying be thought it inap propriate to schedule a partial day tit school to make a full day of lost classes; and that the teacher work day Sept. 1 7 had been scheduled at a time the calendar committee under stood teachers "really needed" a workday. However. Superintendent Ralph Johnston said the days were those chosen by a majority of teachers and schools in countywide polling. In addition, students need be m attendance at South Brunswick High School Friday to receive results of tuberculin skin tests administered Wednesday (see related hriel in this issue). Now 'IVy This Assistant Superintendent Bill Turner told the board state industrial hygienist Will Service and labor de partment representative Michelle Parkin revisited Lincoln Primary School for additional air quality test ing and changed some of their earli er suggestions. Service also offered new- recommendations. The consultants indicated that some of the suggestions made earli er to correct poor air quality may now be causing a problem them selves by affecting the interior hu midity level. High humidity levels encourage microbe growth. "I told them we had called a lot of people in and spent a lot of money correcting the problem," said Turner, "now you tell us what to do and we'll correct it." "We're in a kind of Catch 22 situ ation." The new suggestions are to: ?wash down and bleach all ex posed surfaces and discard visibly contaminated porous materials such as books, since mold is visible in the third-grade w ing; ?replace air cleaning filters when cleaning is complete; ?hue (preferably) certified carpet cleaners to use the hot water extrac tion method to clean all carpets, then dry within 24 hours; ?stop running the air system con tinuously. since this may he raising the humidity level inside the build ing to unacceptable levels, and in stead run it on automatic; ?use cooler temperatures over several weekends to dry the build ing. and warm the building gradual ly; and ?Ixgin monitoring humidity lev els in all buildings at the school. Turner said the maintenance de partment is in the process of buying equipment to use for in-house test ing of indoor air quality in all schools. Lincoln Principal Pat Carney said she has heard from only two parents about children w ith health problems that may or may not be related to air quality. Also, faculty and staff are pleased with the improvements that have been made over the past year, she said. Other Business In other business, the school board: ?Changed the date for student academic pre-tsting from Sept. 8 and 9 to Oct. 13 and 14. to allow a new ly-appointed testing committee chaired by Principal William Shoemaker to determine what will be tested, how the testing will be ad ministered and how the results will be reported. ?Set a special meeting for 5 p.m. Sept. 22 at the central office, to meet with the architect from Money & Associates regarding plans for school construction projects and fees, and 'o discuss several person nel matters. ?Approved disposal of surplus equipment by sealed bid or auction. "We have a lot of pure junk we need to get rid of." said Turner. ?Approved, on second reading, a policy on bloodborne pathogens, and a revision of the code of student conduct that reflects recent changes in state law regarding possession of weapons on school campuses. ?Proclaimed September Bruns wick County Literacy Month at the request of the Brunswick County Literacy Council. ?Voted to continue reimbursing mileage at the rate of 25 cents per mile for all use of personal vehicles on school business. While the state now allows reim bursement at a rate of 28 cents per mile for travel under 60 miles when a staff car is not available. Finance Officer Rudi Connor recommended continuing under the existing policy because the school system has limit ed funds for travel reimbursement. ?Heard a rc, jrt on the county wide Tech Prep program from Bill Furpless, vocational director; James McAdam. a curriculum cooruii.;''or; and David Batten, county Tech Prep steering committee chairman. The program directs "middle ma jority" students into a six-year coor dinated high school-community col lege curriculum that blends voca tional/technical and academic stud ies. grants credits in some instances at the high school and college level, and leads to an associate degree. New related courses include applied Lnglish. applied math and principals of technology. ?Heard from Turner that the $1(1.00(1 budgeted to inoculate tar geted employees for Hepatitis B un der new bloodborne pathogen guide lines is enough to provide shots for only 105 employees, not the 2(H) identified as having occupational ex posure. and thai all will not receive shots unless another $7,000 in funds is identified. Board member Bill Fairley, an at torney. questioned the system's lia bility if all the identified individuals are not either inoculated or moved to jobs without potential exposure. Don't get caught between the dock and a hard place! 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