BEMC Offers $
"5,
To Fund Teach
000 lo bchools
'Bright Ideas'
A school grants program begun
by Brunswick Electric Membership
Corp. is expanding statewide this
school year under the auspices of the
Carolina Electric Cooperatives, a
network of co-ops across the state.
This year, $225,000 will be made
available by the Bright Ideas Grant
Program to schools statewide ? in
cluding more than $15,000 to be dis
tributed in Brunswick and Colum
bus counties through BEMC. The
grants will support innovative, cre
ative and effective efforts that can
not be underwritten by traditional
school financing.
Grants arc awarded for projects in
any discipline, said BEMC member
services representative Philip Mor
gan, and are intended to help school
personnel enhance their efforts to
produce a bctter-cducated work
force, especially in the state's rural
areas
Any teacher, group of teachers or
school may apply. Applications will
be mailed soon to local school prin
cipals from BEMC. Completed ap
plications must be returned by
Thursday, Dec. 1 Grants will be aw
arded in spring of 1995.
The grants program has earned
the endorsement of the N.C. De
partment of Public Instruction and
the N.C. Association of Educators.
KMC PHOTO BY PMIUP H MORGAN
A FILM CREW videotapes a segment on a Supply Elementary School fourth grade incubation! embry
oiogy project made possible by a Bright Ideas grant from Brunswick Electric Membership Corp. The
Carolina Electric Cooperatives video news release will be made available by satellite today (Thursday)
at II a.m. to network TV stations. Shown (from left) are 4-H Extension Agent Billy Privette, teacher
Shelly L. Cheers, fourth graders Caleb Walker and Tabatha Bell, CEC interviewer Dan Cook and
videographer Bob Gunter.
Ed Board
Wouldn't
A former South Brunswick Mid
Reply: Teacher's Contract
Have Been Renewed Anyway
die School teacher who asked the
court to review a decision by the
Brunsick County Board of Educa
tion not to renew her contract is en
titled to no remedy, claims a re
sponse filed in Brunswick County
Superior Court
Petitioner Jacquelyn Burger con
. tends her teaching contract was not
t recommended for renewal this
? spring on the hasts of personal con
flicts between her and Principal
Rick Lawson, "in relation for her
questioning certain procedures fol
lowed in the school," and because of
family leave and disability -related
Absences last year and temporarily
disability, not because of her pcrfor
J> ma ncr *? " ' ?***'?"
The defense attorneys contend the
)| board would have made (he same
! decision "in the absence of petition -
? er's leaves with disability," therefore
? entitling her to no legal or equitable
I remedy A vocational teacher at
South Brunswick Middle School.
Burger was a third-year probation
ary tcachcr not previously eligible
for a long-term contract or tenure
Filed by Richard A. Schwartz and
Associates in late August on behalf
of the school board and co-defen
dant Superintendent Ralph J. Johns
ton, the defense's response asserts
that Burger's claims under the
Americans With Disabilities Act
should be heard in charges filed with
the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission.
It states neither the school board
nor Johnston have been named as
respondents in any charge filed with
EEOC and no right to sue letter has
been obtained as required by inc act.
Further, it contends defendant John
ston is not an "employer" within the
meaning of the act.
It asks that the petition for review
be denied and that Burger be re
quired to pay the school system's
cost of defending her action.
Burger asserts all
absences taken
during the school
year were protected
under the Americans
with Disabilities Act
and Family and
Medical Leave Actj
which the school
board denies.
In hcf request for judicial review
Burger has asked the court to award
doable damages, reinstatement to
her post as a vocational education
teacher or its equivalent, and tenure.
Burger asserts all absences taken
during the school year were protect
ed under the Americans with Dis
abilities Act and Family and Med
ical Ixavc Act. which the school
board denies.
In addition to family leave she al
so qualified for short-term disability
benefits after suffering "acute pho
bic anxiety and depression" that al
legedly impaired her ability to teach,
tier request under the ADA for
transfer to another school as a "rea
sonable accommodation" of her dis
ability was denied.
On the recommendation of Prin
cipal Rick Lawson and Johnston, the
school board voted May 27 not to
renew the probationary teacher's
contract for the 1994-95 school year.
In response to a request for a hear
ing. Burger was advised in a June 17
that superior court was the appropri
ate route of appeal, the response
states.
In addition, she was also asked to
forward to the school board's coun
sel "any 'serious information' re
garding an illegal basis for the
Brunswick County Board of Edu
cation's decision," but has not done nity as a defense of Johnston, assert
so. ing he acted in good faith in his role
The response seeks official immu- as superintendent.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners shall conduct
a public hearing on the naming and/or renaming of the following
roads on October 3. 1994 at 6:00 P.M. in the Commissioner's
Chambers, Administration Building, Government Center, Bolivia,
NC. The hearing is called pursuant to the Brunswick County Code
Section 2-7-2 and the subject matter of the hearing is as follows:
Proposed Name
Ardell Dr. SW
Barberry Ct. SE
Blueridge Ln. NW
Candlewood Ct. SE
Celeste Dr. NW
Clarida Ln. NW
Donna Ln. SE
Duck Crossing SW
Eart Delia Dr. SW
Harry- Ann Trt. SW
Harvest Dr. SE
Johnny Price Dr. NW
Kentucky Ave. NE
Laser Dr. NW
Leach Trl. NW
Lewis Dairy Ln. SE
Ma Neda St. SW
Maggie Ln. SE
Mary R. Cir. NE
Mary Sheldon Dr. SW
Nandina Dr. SE
Orchard Ln. SE
Quail Cove St. SW
Quaker Dr. NW
Summerlea Cir. SE
Thonasine Ln. NE
Existing Name
KJnna
Heron Way SE
None
Ashley Ct. SE
None
None
None
Township
ShaJlotte
Smithville
ShaJlotte
Lockwood Folly
Lockwood Folly
Shallotte
Towncreek
Reavis Ave. SW Lockwood Folly
Ear Delia Dr. SW Lockwood Folly
None
Robbins Ln. SE
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Osprey Ct. SE
Leisure Ln. SE
None
None
Ward Cir. SE
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Lockwood Folly
Shallotte
Towncreek
Lockwood Folly
Shallotte
Towncreek
Lockwood Folly
Towncreck
Towncreek
Lockwood Folly
Smithville
Lockwood Folly
Lockwood Folly
Shallotte
Lockwood Folly
Towncreek
_ __ None
This the 15th day of September, 1994.
Brunswick County Board of Commissioners
By: Joyce C. Johnson, Interim Clerk to the Board
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