Pane 8-A?THK BRUNSWICK BEACON. Thursday. May
Schools Seek
BY SUSAN USHER
A school food service subsidy, funds to match athletic
boosters' contributions and employee supplements will
boost the Brunswick County's Roard of Education's total
request for local funds to more than $8.4 million next
year.
The funds account for a small portion of the $31.5
million budget package adopted by the Brunswick County
Board of Education Monday night. It included five
separate budgets for state, local, capital outlay and
federal.
The budget provides funds for additional bus
mechanics and 7 percent cost-of-living raises.
In addition to $5.71 million toward operations, the
school board will ask for another $111,500 in additional
personnel supplements and $139,000 to put its aiUng $1.9
million school food sendee division back into the black
without raising the price of meals.
Capital Outlay
As part of its $2.5 million capita! outlay budget, the
board is requesting $527,184 in local dollars for longrange
planning and an additional $150,000 for "special
projects." or cash on hand to match contributions of up to
$50,000 each from high school booster clubs for athletic
facilities.
In other capital revenues, the schools anticipate
$1,365 million in local sales tax and a match of up to
$492,662 in state construction funds for site improvements.
Projects include expansion of South
Brunswick High School, roof replacement at all high
schools, purchase of two activity vans and a yellow
school bus, along with support vehicles.
Another $10,500 would provide 50 percent of the cost
of band uniforms for North Brunswick High, with the idea
of helping others buy theirs in turn.
The school board will seek the $111,500 in additional
supplements as a separate line item above and beyond its
funding needs for the coming year. The figure reflects
$67,000 and $15,000 to increase supplements for teachers
and teacher assistants resDcctivelv. aernrriinn tn a stau.
gcred scale proposed by the Brunswick Chapter of the
North Carolina Association of Educators.
Teachers would receive supplements of $406 to $892 a
year depending on credentials and experience, while
teacher assistants would receive 1 percent of pay.
Another $25,000 would supplements salaries of other noncertified
employees, while $4,500 would provide part-time
bus drivers $50 each.
School board member Marvin McKeithan pushed for
inclusion of funds to match those raised by high school
athletic booster clubs for athletic facilities. He first proposed
$300,000 be set aside, or up to $100,000 that could be
Driver Unh
Brunswick County Sheriffs Deputy Jerry Gurganus
talks with bystanders as 33-year-old Peggy A. Gore of
Route 1, Shallotte, (left) waits for the N.C. Highway
Patrol to arrive at the scene of her wreck on Old
Shallotte Road. According to Highway Patrol Sgt. J.B.
Axsnm. the nrridont happened last Wednesday at 12:-10
District Attorney
Seek Charges Ir
BY RAHN ADAMS that no assault wa
Although the victim's attorney and the investigal
says the case isn't closed, District At- eluded."
torney Michael Easley announced According to thi
Monday that no charges will be the SBI report stat
sought in connection with an incident teeth were found
last October in which a Brunswick truck, whose da;
County man was injured. "tooth enamel, hu
In a prepared statement issued consistent with thi
Monday afternoon, Easley said an "This indicates t
SBI investigation into the alleged head hit the dash, t
racial beating of 38-year-old Kenneth consistent with tf
Marlowe determined that the black Easlev saiH
man's injuries apparently were suf- The district att
fered in a traffic accident and not an that Marlowe voli
assault. to an SBI polygrap
Marlowe, who according to his of which showed
Raleigh attorney still maintains he part."
was beaten by a gang of white men, Marlowe's atton
suffered a broken jaw and cut lip, Raleigh, said Tuc
and lost all but four of his teeth in the vestigation of th(
Oct. 31, 1937, incident. After receiv- would become "
ing initial care at The Brunswick since the district
Hospital in Supply, he was treated at plan to seek char
New Hanover Memorial Hospital in and Marlowe wo
Wilmington until Nov. 5, 1987. determination of
"There is no evidence to indicate proceed" with the
that Mr. Marlowe was beaten by receive the SBI re
anyone or any teeth (were) pulled The incident wa
other than by those medical person- the Brunswick
nel who removed the 15 teeth at the Department Nov.
hospital," Easley said. "It is mother, Dessie Mf
therefore the opinion of this office told officers that
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12. 1988
Funds For Basics,
matched for each of the three high schools next year, but
compromised on $50,000 each. "What we do for one we're
going to do for all," he insisted.
Impetus for the project came a month ago when
members of South Brunswick's Athletic Booster Club
challenged the school board to match their $50,000 gift
2-to-l to add several thousand bleachers to the school.
McKeithan said he'd been advised by several county
commissioners that the item was likely to be approved if
the school board presented it. He also said that what is
available to one high school should be to another.
But not everyone agreed with the idea. " This whole
system is high school oriented." member James Clemmons
told McKeithan. "People wonder what happened to
our liigh school kids. It's because we're neglecting them
in the earlier grades."
Others questioned limiting the matching funds to only
athletics and only the high schools and Chairman
James Forstner wanted the item isolated in some way so
that there was no chance of the schon! having to fund the
matches while more basic items get cut.
In other budget-related matters, the board decided it
had no problem with last year's arrangement in which
$75,000 was set aside in the Brunswick County Parks and
Recreation Department for use at the schooLs. The
money was spent on improvements such as tennis courts
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ivi ?.?u lugii awiiuuo anu a iracK tor a imrtl. Next year,
said Clemmons, he wants some of the money spent on the
elementary and middle schools.
Seeking $139,956 local dollars to subsidize food service
appears to be "the lesser of four evils" to school
board members, given the large number of employees
with longevity, rising food costs, declining student participation
and the higher costs of meals compared to
other counties in District II.
Locally students pay 60 cents for breakfast, and
either $1 or $1.10 for lunch, while adults pay $1.75, roughly
5 cents to 25 cents higher per plate. Raising prices a
nickel each would have netted only about $30,000. The last
increase was in 1986-87.
Assistant Superintendent P.R. Hankins said no more
than 45 percent of cafeteria sales proceeds should be used
for personnel costs. However, in Brunswick County, he
added, for schools to stay in the black with current participation
would require reducing that percentage.
The budgets adopted provide for a $50,000 reserve,
addition of five schools to the county water system, local
funding of several professional people as well as
custodial supplies and service.
Policies Debated
A student attendance policy won the board's
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. , , STAM PHOTO BY DAMN ADAMS
iurt in Lrash
p.m., 3.5 miles south of Shallotte. The 1980 Chevrolet
ran off the road and overturned when Ms. Gore attempted
to retrieve a bottle from the floorboard of the ear.
Axsom said Ms. Gore was charged with a safe movement
violation by Trooper B.L. Wilkes.
Will Not
i Marlowe Case
rrants should issue beaten the night before in Crusoe
.iuii siiouiQ oe con- island, but that he had also been involved
in a pickup truck wreck off
s district attorney, N.C. 130 just inside Brunswick Couned
that seven other ty.
inside the pickup The case was turned over to the
ihboard contained Columbus County Sheriff's Departman
skin and hair ment after Marlowe confirmed that
it of a black man." he had been beaten and that the
hat Mr. Marlowe's alleged assault occurred in Colummd
his injuries are bus County. The Columbus County
lat type trauma," Sheriff's Denartment rnmnli.ipH itc
preliminary investigation of the case
orney also stated last November and concluded that
intarily submitted Marlowe was injured in the wreck,
h test, "the results However, the sheriff's department
deception on his requested the SBI probe last
December because of the Marlowe
ley, Amos l.ink of family's claim that lawmen inisday
that his in- timidated Marlowe into signing a
> alleged beating statement that he had not been
more vigorous," beaten. The SBI investigation was
attorney docs not completed in February,
gcs. Link said he
uld "make some On Tuesday, Link maintained that
what manner to some of Marlowe's statements were
matter after they made "under duress and coercion."
port. Marlowe could not be reached for
s first reported to comment Tuesday. His brother.
County Sheriff's I .a vera Marlowe, said the family had
1 by Marlowe's no comment on the district attorney's
irlowe of Ash. She decision and referred questions to
her son had been I.ink.
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Extras Such As I
unanimous approval Monday, while a proposal to provide
preschool care on campus was tabled when members
could not reach consensus.
The attendance policy adopted by the board limits to
20 the number of times a student can miss an individual
class or days of school without being held back a grade or
receiving no class credit.
Only the eight situations covered by the state's compulsory
attendance law would qualify as excused
absences: illness or injury, quarantine, death in the immediate
family, medical or dental appointment, educational
opportunity, court proceeding or immediate
demands of the farm or home. Missing the bus, vacation
and oversleeping don't count. Students in "unusual circumstances"
have the right to appeal, proving appropriate
documentation.
Board members reached no agreement on a proposal
to pay or give compensatory time off to staff, such as
icacner assistants, to lane care ot a "babysitting problem"?supervising
children left on campus in the early
morning by working parents and now the responsibility
of the school.
"Once they hit the school grounds, they're your
baby," noted retired Lincoln Primary School principal.
Having parents pay a fee for the service was not
discussed.
During a lengthy meeting that ended shortly before
12:30 a.m. Monday, school board members met twice
behind closed doors?first for approximately 40 minutes
with their attorney and architect to discuss property acquistion
and a contractor problem, then later for 50
minutes to discuss personnel.
After the first session, attorney Glen Peterson would
only say, "The board gave lots of instructions."
The school system and its consulting architects,
Boney & Associates of Wilmington, have encountered difficulties
in getting work completed on jobs at Union and
IAncoln Primary schools and are to bring to the next
meeting a break-down of expenditures to subcontractors.
The general contractor was to have attended Monday's
meeting, but did not show.
Other Business
In other business, the school board:
Reviewed with Boney & Associates sketches of the
K. vpjocu cA^iduaiuu 01 ouuui orunswicK tiign scnooi ana
asked the architect to examine the possibility of including
new JROTC facilities in the same project, rather
it coming as a separate item in the local capital outlay
budget. The firm wiii take the plans to Raleigh today
(Thursday) for review by the Division of School Planning.
The renovated school would serve an estimated 1,000
students maximum.
State Unfolds I
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Updated annual erosion rates, dock Owens, director of
and pier shading of coastal wetland of Coastal Manag
vegetation and compliance with en- than May 18, at (9
forcement of regulations will be ad- write him at P.O. B
dressed during a May 19 public hear- NC 27611.
ing scheduled in Southport by the Holden Beach B
Coastal Resources Commission. Dwight Carroll had
The hearing begins at 7 p.m. in the posed erosion rate
Southport City Hall Aldermen's week.
Chambers and is part of series being However, at a M
conducted in seven coastal counties, the Ocean Isle
The erosion rates have been sioners, island de\
calculated from 1986 aerial maps and water commission*
are the first updates provided in five son estimated the
years, according to Melissa Mc- would change oceai
Cullough of the Division of Coastal requirement oddos
Management staff. Ocean Isle Beach fi
Hearings are needed because Maps available fr
changes in the long-term erosion sion of Coastal M
rates for local beaches also change both the current a
the areas covered by ocean hazard rates of erosion i
AECs or areas of environmental con- rates,
cern. Further, he noted
An ocean hazard areas is defined deep lots and a fn
as a distance landward from the first feet from the stri
line of stable natural vegetation to would be available
the recessing line that would be The public will ge
established if the long-term annual
erosion rate were multiplied by 60?. I-~~~~~~
However, if there has been no longterm
erosion or the rate is less than
two feet per year, the distance is to A A A m
be 120 feet landward from the first tkJL A. I
line of stable natural vegetation.
During its May 25-25 weekend, the ? ,
CRC anticipates adopting new erosion
rates and a related rule wording
change at its May meeting at its May ^
25-26 meeting at the Duke University
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Authorized to negotiate with North Brunswick High
School English teacher Charleen Letsen on a 1988-69 contract
that continues her employment without costing the
schools money while she serves a National Council of
Teachers of English fellowship in China, Sept. 1-Dec. 22.
Rather than take professional leave and lose benefits,
Letsen offered to pay for her own substitute while away.
She is one of eight teachers who will participate in the
program next year.
Received a written proposal from South Brunswick
Middle School bus drivers, represented by Pam Aslin,
seeking better pay and benefits for all 131 county drivers,
to include 15 days annual and sick leave and health
benefits. "If we have benefits and more pay," said Aslin,
"We don't think we would have the problem keeping
drivers or getting substitutes when we need them like we
now have."
One year late, presented a plaque to 1987-88
Brunswick County Teacher of the Year Meg Poe of South
Brunswick Rich School.
Heard a report from North Brunswick High School
Principal James McAdams on the Student Information
Management System in place at North three years and
since expanded into other senior and junior highs. Among
other bookkeeping and tracking duties, it can be programmed
to call students' homes (up to seven tries each)
to remind parents of student absences or even to congratulate
them on their child's school performance, and
can print out transcripts and grade sheets. The system is
being installed statewide.
Audits of five county schools show good compliance
with school finance procedures, which are now being
standardized, according to Finance Officer Elaine Shappell,
and in-school audits at remaining campuses are
scheduled before the end of school. A recent visit to
monitor the school's Job Training Partnership Act program
brought only praise from the Hegion O reviewer,
said Shappell, which Superintendent Kaufhold said was
good news since the program was not in good shape this
year when turned over to Bill Furpless to manage.
Adopted a 1988-89 calendar that calls for school to
start for students on Aug. 23 and to end June 2, with 12
days off for Christmas and five for Easter.
Amended the current school calendar to show school
ending Friday, June 10, not Monday, June 13.
Approved applications for federal funds of 8754,270
for Chapter 1 for 47 teachers to work with an estimated
815 students in grades 2-5 in seven schools, and $15,525 to
hire an itinerate paraprofessional to recruit and tutor
about 50 of the county's roughly 71 qualified migrant
children.
Erosion Rates
b call David W. ty to comment on a proposed change
the N.C. Division or in the standards for construction
;ement, no later of decks over wetlands and waters.
19)733-2293, or to The public will also get to see a proox
27687, Raleigh, posed change in the standards for
construction of decks over wetlands
uilding Inspector and water. The existing rule would be
not seen the pro- clarified to ensure that platforms
maps as of last could only built on the watorward
and refrained. Total footal, an area
onday meeting of of approximately 500 square feet.
Beach Comrnis- Decks could be no more than six
'eloper and town feet wideover wetlands in order to
r Odell William- protect the valuable habitats from
! proposed rates shading the long-term erosion rate
nfront lot setback maps and the proposed clarifications
ite the canals at are available from the N.C. Departrom
60 to 90 feet. ment of Natural Resources in
om the N.C. Divi- Raleigh.
anagement show Average long-term erosion rates
verage long-term are unchangd in some instances, with
and the updated the greatest variations nearest inlets,
where rates ranged from a low
that with 150-foot of three feet up to GVj feet, with the
ont setback of 25 beachfront in some cases accreting,
;et, only 35 feet as along most of Sunset Beach, and in
for building. others eroding, as at much of Bald
t to the opportuni- Head Island.
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