I School I I BY TERRY POPE The Brunswick County Board of Education placed its 1985-86 budget on the chopping block Monday night, cutting away increases and programs totaling $293,440 in local funds that were not allocated to the school B system. Even with the cuts in current ex pense, the schools' $4.1 million allocation from the county is still about an 8 percent increase over last year's budget, said School Business (Manager Samuel Adcock. The schools had requested $4,423,440 in current expense from the county for the 1985-86 fiscal year. I The board unanimously approved its final budget resolution Monday -night which calls for receiving $4,130,000 from the county for operating expenses, $422,660 in 1 School Bel H Students at all Brunswick County schools next year must be in class at 8:15 a.m. instead of 8:30 a.m. or they must explain to their teachers why they are tardy. School bells will ring earlier when all schools open next month so students will have at least five hours and 30 minutes of instructional tune each day as mandated by the state. Last year, students in grades K-8 went to school from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. while students in grades 9-12 went to school from 8:30 a.m. to 2:40 Starting in September, students in grades K-8 will attend school from 8:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. while grades 9-12 will attend from 8:15 a.m. to 2:50 School Assistant Superintendent Ed l>emon said the longer school days are needed in order to follow the state guidelines adopted in the :ji "Basic Education Program" in October 1984. The Brunswick County Board of Education adopted the extended hours Monday night. The board also approved a list of . "exploratory courses" for middle school students that will be available np^rt vpnr HO wall ac nnnrnninn n 1 ??* J ?vm mo ap|/iviui5 (i uov of teacher changes and additions for the 1985-86 year Executive Sessions FOR TIRES ?ot the bail yoo Hop ot a itrvico itation for, top in ?1 DYKES' TIRE CENTER A EXXON SEIVICI STATION HWY. 17. SHALLOTTE PHONE 754-6333 I I STARTIN HOW TO SUCCESttUllT Si TOUR 0 You may be one of the many knowledge and ambition, to ov many people never know. Small businesses today account jobs, and for 75% of all new j< If you have the hopes, goals, an you to give you step-by-step di THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR YOU! FRO* It is an instructional, practical an come the very real obstoclos v Your venture must have a blueand commitment to see your b You can clear the hurdles. You c situations. You con stort with li fulfillment! This Workshop will give you the advice so you'll hove the new ii relate to and use to build your CAMS UUMTIM rAMTtuTt M MI doing r??* Twelve essential t< us*"Detecting potential rood your organization*"Targeting needs it)"'Deciding on a loc customers"'Advertising and I ond Finoncing*"lnsuronce"*B partners*"Managing yourself. You won't be hearing textbook t years of experience research c sified successful monogement l our dynamic presenters have d< ponies have found useful, beni TNI WOUUKOP S Til MDUCT1BU TO CHECK OUT YOUR IDEAS At your reservation now to insure fee $140 ($90 Brunswick County s 5 P m Hardina ?"3 381-A OM F< ! THE PtONEERS AND LEADER 8 y} Board Place capital improvements, another $127,340 in capital reserves for site improvements and $450,000 in revenue sharing fluids when they become available. "It represents a cut from our request, but also represents funds we've never had," Adcock said, of the $293,440 cut in the budget. Sliced from the budget was $36,896 in local teacher supplement increases, leaving teachers with the same supplements they had in 1984-85, Adcock said. A secretary for the finance department at the central office was also cut from the budget, saving $11,152. Other cuts were made in individual school supplies, $8,000; teacher inservice workshops, $2,232; principal and assistants in-service, $7,700; library books, $5,000; computer is Wiii Ring In the four-hour meeting that included two executive sessions, one for personnel and another for a student hearing, the board began preparing for the 1985-86 school year. The board met behind closed doors for IVi hours with a student from Shallotte Middle School and his grandparents concerning an incident that occurred at the school last year. Principal Mark Owens also met with the board in executive session. At an earlier meeting, the board directed Superintendent Gene Yarbrough to investigate the incident hat inolnrioH a fiohf of fho cnKnnl mvl led to the student being expelled. The board asked that Yarbrough report back to the board at a later date. No action was taken on the matter by the board Monday. Another 35-minutc executive session was held to discuss personnel before approving all recommendations presented by Assistant Superintendent Stephanna Tewey, in charge of personnel. Exploratory Courses Next year, middle school students will be allowed to take 12-week exploratory courses that includes photography, drama, animal anatomy, video productions, rocketry and computcronics. 1 ,cmon naid the courncH give students "an opportunity to explore other courses at a time when students should start making choices about their futures." Board member Doug Baxley voted against adding the programs, adding, "I'm concerned about squeezing something else that has traditionally been considered more imoortant." I -emon said the teachers were surveyed in the spring to determine what their interests were and what the teachers thought they could teach as exploratory courses. Lemon added that the courses will not change the classroom schedule, which inG A NEW Bl WN BOSS bT STARTING YOUR OWN VENT potential entrepreneurs who have rn ond operate your own business?t for more thon 50% of all business it sbs! d determination to be on your own? Btoils. I AND BT PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE, I d informative workshop, easy to unde rhich could block your ideas, hopes i print, a strategy, a game-plan. You i usirtess through the inevitable challr an buck the odds, defy the rules and ttle cash ond build ond earn much? I / , ? ^iwvhvwi yuBJUMt?; \pcOV0O Dy ID0 0Xf mights, informotion. techniques and success. WOCKSNOf: 'Finding if you have who Hti before you flart"'Developing i blocks"'Developing your strategie your morfcet(?)"'Getting the right p otion*"Getting money and credit* lelling"'Hiring employees*"Taxes, udget and cost control ""Expanding: heories You will get positive proven ind proctice from seasoned business rock records. For 15 years, under th rsigned and delivered more thon 50 p ificiol and practical AD HOPES AND FINO HOW TO BUILD your pioc* at th? B?> K, >WI rotidont* only). f*#? include lunch at & Associat irry Rood, HoWen Kmc S OF PRACTICAL DYNAMIC SEA i >s 1985-86 B repair and service, $1,100; elemerv- J tary science K-6, $3,000; curriculum I fair. $1,500 and computer software, ; $2,500. ' , The schools' computer coor- j dinator's workyear was also trimmed a month to save $2,259 in salary < along with a guidance counselor for t North Brunswick and Lincoln j Primary School for $22,866, which will be paid by state salary instead. 1 Two French teachers were also plac- i ed on state salary saving $41,912. ( t A teacher's position for the | academically advanced program : and psychological testing was 1 deleted from the budget, saving ] $24,956. J Other cuts included $17,557 from ! the warehouse, $67,123 for operation j oi piant in increased utility costs and Earlier At / eludes a block for language arts- I social studies and a block for math and sciences, but will only give < students a better choice. In the third block, I-emon said, students at Shallotte Middle will be allowed to either take band in the seventh grade or three 12-week exploratory courses. In the eighth grade, students will be able to take band, or physical education and another health related course, or three exploratory courses. Exploratory courses will also be offered at Leland Middle, Waccamaw and South Brunswick Middle Schools. Other Business in outer ousiness Monday, tne board approved a personnel list hiring 29 teachers, two aides and extended business manager Samuel Adcock's temporary employment with the system until Sept. 9. The board also accepted nine resignations, approved seven transfers, two leaves of absence and two separations due to funding cuts. Cut from their jobs were Albert Dawson of Leland Middle and William Metts of Waccamaw Elementary, both vocational education teachers. The board also agreed Monday to adopt the "North Carolina Effective | Teaching Program" for the UHSO-Bfi school year. The state-piloted program will be used in 22 school systems across the state next year, Ms. Tewey said. The program is designed to improve the quality of education by focusing on the teaching/learning process as well as involving principals in their primary role as instructional supervisors, she added. The plan includes a six-point rating scale for teachers, with random informal and formal observations, sn annual job performance conference for teachers and a plan for performance improvement. School Superintendent Gene Yar JSINESS? I VRfl the ideas, talents and abilities, >nd gain rewards and satisfaction 1 the U.S., for 60% of all existing and succeed, this workshop is for kMD WONI rstand with specific ways to overand success. tmjsI have the willingness, desire tnges and obstocles. turn obstocles into surmountable in profits, achievement and solfteriences of countless others) ond how-to's that you con effectively t it takes "'How do you go about your business plan and pros pec s"'Forming ond Maeief (vital!) trofessionol help (every business "Approaches to your potential licenses ond fees'"Resources Growth Rules"'The danaers of advice and guidonc bosed upon people with extensive ond drcer leodership of Richard Harding, rogrorm which hundred* of comYOUR BUSINESS, coll or tend in Workshop! Registration S2S ond yd refreshment* Time: 9 o.m. to es, Inc. *, 842-9644 AINARS THAT G T RESULTS! udget On Tl 112,500 for six months salary for the v justness manager that will be picked $ jp by the state next year. The increase in utility costs was requested is a precautionary measure. The total budget, including all :apital outlay expenditures and state and federal funding, is $23,780,415, \dcock said. Funds for renovating Lincoln Primary School will be available during the 1985-86 fiscal year, totaling 1950,000, Adcock said. Capital outlay ?xpenditures will include $1,038,260 [or the Lincoln project and water system hook-ups at North Brunswick High, Leland Middle and Lincoln Primary; $5,000 for bleachers; 120,000 for a dishwashing room for Southport Primary School and other site improvements. /Ml ?* ? .... uuier eapuai ouuay requests thai K\\ Schools brough said the program should have tremendous impact on teachers. If ^ effective methods are taught to teachers, then achievement levels among students should rise, he said. Board member James Clemmons said he was concerned on the impact of students, "everytime we come up with more forms" for teachers. "1 really want to know what effect 1 it's going to have on those boys and girls," Clemmons added. "1 really want to know." I< Telephone anc Put youi advertisi in front < home an ai I over the director all this \ BACK gi The new Unitei Directory will county in one e and yellow pag I For Informatioi I CALL COLLEC Suite 8?Plnehu I Highway 5, PIN THE BRUNSWICK BEACOl ne Choppir rill be funded this year include 289,303 for furniture and equipment or the schools and ceriU ai office and 159,897 for three new activity buses ind seven trucks for the naintenance and media center. The school board also approved donday the implementing of a plan hat will raise all non-certified imployees' salaries up to state juidelines. In February, the board igreed to amend the salary inejuitics after it was learned that betveen 10 and 15 percent of nonxrtified employees earned less than he state guidelines. Under the pay raise plan presented )y Adcock Monday, 89 of the lowest jald employees' salaries were lutomatically raised to $758 a month n July, the minimum paid by the IP' CC^^ETE'inte] DECORATING SEF M ? Levelor blinds ?Car| ?Vertical blinds ?W ?$ Original paintings by Bryan W Ocean %le Interfax3 Ocean Isle Sq II Ocean Isle Beach C< f A 579 6091 ww SettcA Infante Hj 6407-C E OoV I Uk long Beach 7 19M 1M1 United S< Directori announces a new I Public Informa Brunswick Coui t - xs rrr " '' ' yellow pa ing messa _r oi every d busines: id save up 50% present t< y compani vith a MO L4C1JL ailiV/V/t d Brunswick Coi include the entir jasy-to-read whil ;e directory. i I Z95-26W rst Executive C< FEHURST V, Thursday, August 8, 1985?Page 9-A ig Block state. They were being paid from $639 to $722 a month, Adcoek said. in September, another 106 employees will get a 5 percent increase, 19 will get a 10 percent increase, three will receive a 15 percent increase and two will receive 20 percent increases in their salary. In April, about 200 employees, including the 89 who recieved pay raises in .In ly, will each receive a 5 percent raise. "This in one year, will have everyone on scale," said School Superintendent Gene Yarbrough. "It gets all the state raises into the appropriate hands." The budget also includes the 10 |>ercent salary increases for all school employees allocated by the state, Adcock said. rathern K es, Inc. B tion Directory || SB ige I lge 1 slephone I ies?and I NEY 1 inty Telephon^l i

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