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BY SUSAN USHER
Bids for construction of Junior Army
ROTC buildings at two county
high schools came in higher than anticipated
this week, prompting
Brunswick County Board of Education
members to take a second look.
Threat of bad weather conditions, a
lMs-hour closed door session called to
discuss student, attorney-client and
personnel, and a need for more information
regarding several items
I Tuesday both frustrated and rushed
the board's first business meeting
since reorganization on Dec. 5. Chairman
Doug Baxley began the meeting
by announcing that Superintendent
John Kaufhold's arrival had been
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Board members tabled consideration
of the bids until their Jan. 9
meeting, at which time architect
Charles Boney is to have answers to
several questions. Among other
things they want to know why bids for
West Brunswick's building are
higher.
Also deferred were consideration
of proposals for a new telephone
system and a new finance office position.
Bids Were High
Boney had recommended accepting
the North Brunswick project
bids so that work could proceed, then
dealing with the West bids, according
to Bill Turner, assistant superintendent
for maintenance and transportation.
Bids opened Tuesday afternoon
came in well over the $400,000, or $45
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buildings at North Brunswick and
West Brunswick high schools. The
cost estimate was figured at an
average of $200,000 per building,
Turner announced.
However, bids for the West project,
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at $230,174, were higher than for the
one at North, $216,273, and architects'
fees?another $35,269?were
not included. Base bids were for the
North project, with West bid as an
alternate.
The figures left an overall shortfall
of $75,000 for staff and board
members to try to "find" in the current
budget.
Low bidders, all Wilmington companies,
were as follows: William R.
Morris Construction Co., general,
$163,304 base; $169,171 alternate;
Kelly Plumbing Co., plumbing
$10,321 and $14,220 (reflecting a need
for more piping on the site);
Southeastern Refrigeration Inc.,
$14,254 and$14,254; and Hodges Electrical
Co., $28,394 and $32,529.
Possible sources for the remainHnr
of the funds needed include money
budgeted for an asbestos study, for
liability insurance and for the South
Brunswick High School construction
project, for which bids came in lower
than anticipated.
Prices and features varied greatly
in two proposals for lease-purchase
of a phone system to replace the
school board's outdated and overworked
40-telephone system, which is
two phones short of the number needed
at present.
Donna Baxter, who made the motion
to table action until Jan. 9, suggested
that members be given more
information on the systems available
and that the board's attorney look
over the lease/purchase contracts.
The public and other schools have
trouble calling in and staff members
have trouble getting a line out,
Kaufhold said as board members
nodded their heads in agreement.
He indicated that only two systems
are available through the telephone
companies that serve the county
schools. AT&T offered an $800 per
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to include up to 600 telephones,
while Atlantic Telephone Membership
Corp. offered a $495 per month
system that meets only the school
board's current needs and cannot be
upgraded.
New Position?
Also tabled to allow more discussion
was a proposal to transfer a
finance office clerk to the position of
benefits coordinator and to create a
new position of assistant business
manager to assist with payroll accounting
and audit work.
Member James Clemmons asked
for tables to compare the local school
system's personnel requirements
with those of other systems of similar
size.
Care Program Eyed
Members reviewed data on a
before and after school childcare program
proposed for all elementary
and primary schools except Union
Primary in Shallotte. For a small
fee, the program would offer supervised
care for children now being left
on campuses before and after school
hours. Hours would vary at each
school.
Dot Worth of Shallotte told fellow
board members she is concerned
about the possible effect of the program
on small day care centers.
Agreeing with that concern, Assistant
Superintendent William Harrison
pointed out that the schools will
not offer the same type of programs
as traditional day care centers. "We
need to be sure we know what we're
about and that parents know what
we're about before we get into it," he
said.
Other Business
In other business, the board:
Heard, behind closed doors, a
parent's appeal of the 10-day suspension
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Kaufhold said the board directed him
to investigate the matter further and
make whatever recommendation to
the school administration he thinks is
appropriate.
Approved, following the closed
door session, the hiring of Roberta
Hurst, art teacher, at Bolivia
Elementary School; and Penny
Geary, as interim special education
teacher for the multiply handicapped
at Union Primary School. A fivemonth
educational leave of absence
was granted to Carol Callahan,
media coordinator at North
Brunswick High School.
Heard from Sybil Mitchell Simmons,
assistant principal of Waccamaw
Elementary School, regarding
the Oct. 14-15 N.C. Conference
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which she and Diana Smith, Assistant
Principal of Lincoln Primary
School, served as facilitators. They
will help put on a southeastern
regional conference in May.
Approved the consent agenda, except
for tabling consideration of the
West Brunswick High School senior
trip in May, which involves missing
two instructional days. Members
said they wanted more information.
Amended the school food service
budget to reflect added income of
$2,300, leaving a shortfall of only
$19,000 to be subsidized by other
school revenues.
Accepted 03,716.13, the first reimbursement
from E.A. LeBlanc &
Associates of Raleigh, the system's
energy management company. The
check represents 20 percent of the
savings realized byt the system at
four schools from April through
August 1988. The company agreed to
share savings in contract negotiations
with the board earlier this year.
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