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Schools To Try County Again, With Different Funding Plan BY SUSAN USHER Brunswick County Board of Edu cation members Monday took to heart the maxim, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." Members voted 2-1 to ready another school funding proposal for presentation to the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners next Monday night, if possible. Members Bob Slockctt and James Clcmmons voted for the proposal and Dot Worth against it Chairman Doug Baxlcy abstained. Member Donna Baxter had been excused from the meeting earlier so that she could honor a work-related commit ment During budget deliberations in May and June the county commis sioners turned down an earlier school board request for money with which to construct a new K-5 school in Supply, noting thai the county had made available funds for land acquisition and that suffi cient money is available to plan and design the new school. The commissioners offered to call for a bond referendum on the S5.5 million construction project. In turn, school board members said they wanted to study the alterna tives before a decision was made. Chairman Doug Baxley said Monday's decision doesn't mean the school board has abandoned consideration of a bond referendum. "It's an effort to explore another alternative to that," he said. Also, he added, there are con cerns related to the scheduling and passage of a referendum. "Person ally, I would prefer not to have it on the same ballot with an ABC refer endum. Since the county said it couldn't fund the building program over a two-year period, school board members sent their architect, Charles Boncy Jr., back to the draw ing board to come up with a three year proposal. As presented Monday, the sched ule would call for near-equal contri butions from school system/state funds and county fuu'ls over the full period, Slockctt said. 'This, I think, would be very satisfactory to the commissioners." However, Worth said that the extended schedule would defeat the purpose of the new school. "If we wail three years to build it the chil dren who need it will be gone. They will be at the middle school," she said. Instead, she recommended scal ing down the projcct, omitting such ilems as the cafeteria and the gym nasium. Slockett disagreed, saying that while the school population hau dipped slightly, that state birth re cords and other statistics indicate the county can expcct the number of students to steadily increase, and the need for the school to remain. Also, he said, building the school in phases would add to its overall cost. Baxley noted decreasing the size of the school would also mean redefining its attendance zone, while Boncy said that even a small er project would be at least a 12 month project. Monday's appearance before the commissioners depends on at least two factors ? the school delegation completing its preparations in time, and the commissioners agreeing to add the item to their agenda, f At current projections the new school is expected to serve approxi mately 650 students, most of them from the western school district served by Union Primary and Shallotie Middle schools, both of which are overcrowded. The timetable proposed by Charles Boney Jr. and his father, Charles Boney Sr., of Boney & Associates in Wilmington, calls for planning and design of the S5.5 mil lion project to be completed no later than May 1990, with bidding in May or June. Construction would begin in July 1990 and be complet ed, with occupancy, by January 1992. Payments would be spread out over the course of the work, with $286,000 due for the planning and design phase, $20,000 for the bidding phase and construction fees due in two phases, $3.48 mil I lion between June 1990 and June 1991, and another $1.72 million between June 1991 and January 1992. Delaying occupancy of the build ing from September 1991 to Janu ary 1992, Boney Sr. said, leaves a more "comfortable" schedule for both construction and payment. While the only certain long-term commitment from the county to fund the project would be a bond referendum, school board attorney Glen Peterson said the board could try to get the commissioners to commit to the project, but that any thing other than a favorable bond vote would be subject to "undoing" by a future board of commissioners. School board members said they wanted commissioners "to know what we're really thinking" before a decision is made. Counselor Sues Superintendent, School Board Over Job Chanae BY RAHN ADAMS Lcland Middle School guidance counselor and former central office official Jean Parker is suing the Brunswick County Board of Educa tion and Superintendent John Kauf hold over what she calls a "demo tion" and "intentional infliction of mental distress." In a lawsuit filed Aug. 1 in Rmnswick Cfiuniy Superior Civil Court, Mrs. Parker asks for an order requiring the school board to offer her a supervisory or administrative position; lost compensation result ing from her job change; and dam ages in excess of $10,000 for alleg ed violations of her constitutional right to due process in the reassign ment. Also, Mrs. Parker asks for dam ages of at least $10,000 from the hool board and Kaufhold due to the "mental distress" she says they intentionally caused her. The com plaint includes a two-page list of personal allegations against mainly the superintendent. When contacted Friday, Kauf hold declined to comment in detail on the lawsuit. However, Kaufhold said he and school board attorney Glen Peterson would "sit down and n lute every one of those single points" made by Mrs. Parker. Peter son wili then meet with Mrs. Par ker's lawyer, David Ford, and "see if they're serious about going to court," Kaufhold said. According to the lawsuit, Mrs. Paiker has been employed by Brunswick County Public Schools since July 1984, when she wa? hired as principal of Waccamaw Elementary School. After the 1985-86 school year, she was reassigned as the school system's administrative liaison, as director of internal services the next year and then as interim community school coordinator for 1988-89. When the former community school coordinator returned from maternity leave, Mrs. Parker was reassigned as a guidance counselor at Leland Middle School for the coming school year. She maintains in her suit that the reassignment, which was made without her consent, has resulted in a "reduction in rank" and a "reduc tion in total compensation" due to u? u <? u^v .... - - ? ? wind work leave. Kaufhold told the Beacon Friday that Mrs. Paiker has the same bene fits and salary now as a guidance counselor that she had in her former position. Calling her a "well-paid employee," he said her salary is more than $43,000 per year, an amount that is more than other guidance counselors' salaries. "I don't feel as if we've done wrong by Mrs. Parker," Kaufhold rnrpr,^ni<*/jf "altYmtjoh I lrrutu/ feels it's a demotion." Kaufhold said state law allows him to move employees at his dis cretion or that of the school board, and that they do not have to obtain employees' consent. He added that Mrs. Parker's latest reassignment was unanimously approved this summer by the board. In her complaint, Mrs. Parker alleges that Kaufhold "has engaged in a deliberate and intentional course of conduct designed to de grade, insult and harass" her. Her allegations against Kaufhold also include that he has repeatedly changed her job description to keep her from having administrative and supervisory responsibilities; that he ha* asked her to prepare presents tions unnecessarily; that he has "repeatedly stated or implied" that he planned to fire her. On a more personal level, she states that Kaufhold "has made pub lic comments casting aspersions on (her) abilities"; that he criticized her for taking leave to care for her hus band during what was a terminal ill ness; and thai he has "directed tem per tantrums" at her. The complaint says that Kauf hold's alleged actions have caused Mrs. Parker to lose sleep on occa sion, to be treated for high blood pressure and to become emotionally upseL In reference to the personal accu sations, Kaufhold told the Beacon, "I've tried to be very fair and very understanding with Mrs. Parker . . . I just don't understand why she would do that. I don't understand the personal attacks. It hurts." Leland Area Man Indicted In Burglar/, Assault Case A Lcland area man was indie led Monday in conncction with a bur glary and shooting incident near Le land in June. Lester Fields, 29, of Route 1, Lc land, was among eight defendants named in 19 true bills of indictment handed down Monday by a Bruns wick County grand jury, according to the Brunswick County Clerk of Court's office. Charges against Fields include burglary, discharging a firearm into occupied property and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Court records state that Fields was arrested June 12 by the Bruns wick County Sheriff's Department, the day after the alleged incident occurred at the Pemella Munn resi dence on Route 5, Leland. Fields is accused of breaking into the mobile home and firing several ,38-caliber pistol shots at two of the occupants: Tyrell Munn and Judcttc Ballard. No one apparently was injured. Pemella Munn also was inside the dwelling when the inci dent occurred. According to the clerk of court's office, other defendants indicted Monday by the grand jury were: ? Darrel J. Cokeley, breaking and entering, and two counts of lar ceny. ? Robert N. Barrett, five counts of breaking and entering. ? Magdaleno Ruiz Vazquez, dis charging a firearm into occupied property. ? Richard M. Sellers, larceny ? Joseph Gore, breaking and en tering. ? Terrance Davis, assault. ? Mark Anthony Poulos, three counts of breaking and entering motor vehicles. Wet Weather Is Expected Seasonable temperatures and above average rainfall are expected in the Shallotte area over the next several days, according to Shallotte Point meteorologist Jackson Can ady. Temperatures through the week end will average from around 70 wo ui tugiii k*j 11 iv OUa during the day. Also, about one inch of rain is forecast. For the period of Aug. 8 through 14, the daily average temperature was 73 degrees, which Canady said was seven degrees below normal. The average daily high tempera ture was 79 degrees, and the aver age nightly low temperature was 67 degrees. The maximum high temperature during the period was 86 degrees on A... Tt. ? ? 11U5. 1J, I IIIlllllllUIII twin perature was 63 degrees on Aug. 10 and 11. Canady measured 0.66 of an inch of rain during the seven-day period. Two Withdraw From Election (Continued From Page 1-A) lees and doing other work to make Vamamtown a better community. "I have done a lot of things for the town and intend 10 uo more for ine town." Ms. Britt said White withdrew last week as a candidate in Navassa becausc he is being transferred by his company. Because White's withdrawal leaves Navassa without a full slate of candidates for the fall election, Ms. Briit said Tuesday she expected 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 ihc county elections board to agree to reopen the filing period for Navassa when it met Wednesday. She said the filing period would probably be set Aug. 25 through Sept. 8 becausc there will be an emergency filing period at that time for the Town of Calabash. White was one of two people who had filed to fill tho two seats up for grabs this year on Navassa Town Council. STAFF PHOTO tff RAHN ADAMS Lawmen Lower Center Flags Brunswick County Sheriff's Sgt. Ronald Hewett and Deputy Charles Crocker fold the U.S. flag after low ering it Monday evening at the county government center in Bolivia. The sheriffs department recently began lowering the flags on the center's new flagpoles on U.S. 17, so that the federal, state and county ban ners could fly until sunset, instead of just until 5 p.m. when the complex closes. Neighboring Communities Will Vote (Continued From Page 1-A) in the future. Carolina Shores Meets More than 200 Carolina Shores residents crammed into the property owners association clubhouse Sat urday for an hour-long information al meeting on consolidation. Cala bash Town Council will host a simi lar meeting today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in town hall. Bob Cook, president of the Caro lina Shores Property Owners Asso ciation (CSPOA), chaired Satur day's meeting and urged residents to get out and vote. He answered a variety of questions concerning the consolidation plan along with other members of the committee that worked out the merger proposal earlier this year with officials from Calabash. % ? . ? . ? ? lviaiiji iu-)iuuiu> *.UC IIHUCMUI 111 the potential effects of one area vot ing against consolidation and the other voting in favor of the plan. If the voters of Carolina Shores favor consolidation and Calabash voters balk at the proposal, Cook said it may improve the communi ty's chances of getting legislation next year that would allow residents to vote on incorporation of a sepa rate municipality. However, if die vote is the other way around, CccU said it may im prove the chances of Calabash an nexing part of the golf course com munity. However, the POA president stressed there is no way 10 deter mine how the two local state repre sentatives will react to such a vote. "We can't tell how these people will New Arrivals...Get Your Copy Now! 'Personal Fouls' by Peter Golenbock 'Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture' L. Bookworm Causeway Pla/a-Holdon Beach 842 7380 ? Mon Sat 10 9. Sun 12 9 react a year from now ? political pressures being as they arc," he said. Cook said both legislators ? State Rep. David Rcdwine and State Sen. R.C. Soles ? were supposed to at tend Saturday's meeting but had to cancel because the legislature was still in session. In response to separate questions, COCk uCkuO'niMJ^Cu Uldi UIC CI U1J LCI of the enlarged Town of Calabash could be amended in the future to allocate a higher percentage of the commission scats to Carolina Shores and that any resident of the consolidated area could petition the town to do away with alcohol sales. The 5-to-2 split on the town board was proposed because of population differences in the two communities. There are approxi mately 1.000 residents in Carolina Shores and about 200 in Calabash. While he refused to make a rec ommendation to residents, Cook in dicated that he supports the consoli dation plan. "Consolidation is not necessarily all that bad," he said. "It may be the lesser of several evils." Residents seemed to agree that annexation into the Town of Cala bash is something they do not want. Because of the small size of Cala bash, the town could not annex all of the golf coursc community at one time. Cook said the community needs to have some control over the growth of surrounding areas and that consolidation is one way to gain that control. He said consolida tion will give the residents of the subdivision "self-determination" and suongcr political cluui. THE BRUNSWICK&fEACON Established Nov. 1, 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At 4709 Main Street ShallOtte, N.C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY Dna Vaar $10.30 Six Months $5.50 ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year $14.80 Six Months $7.85 ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. 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