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rormer Business Manager Seeks School Board Forum BY SUSAN USHER The former business manager of ficer for the Brunswick County Board of Education has asked for a hearing before the board regarding her Jan. 16 dismissal by Superinten dent Juiui Kuumuiu. Elaine Shappcll was fired by the superintendent a week after he post ed notice of the post's vacancy at the board of education office in Soulhport. Notices were posted the day after Kaufhold discussed his in tentions regarding Mrs. Shappcll with the school board in closcd door session. Mrs. Shappcll called in sick the remainder of the week, and received by certified mail a let ter from Kaufhold giving her the option of resigning voluntarily or outright dismissal. She told local media, "Given the circumstances 1 can't resign." The business manager serves at the pleasure of the super intendent; however board attorney Glen Peterson said the board will honor Mrs. Shappcll's request for a hearing. Regarding the finance depart ment, at Monday's meeting, in open session, Kaufhold shared with the board three recommendations made by the school system's auditing firm, Turlington & Flowers of Lum brinn The week of Mrs. Shappcll's dismissal, auditor Charles Flowers spent two days at the board office at Kaufhold 's request reviewing officc procedures and management prac tices. Kaufhold said those recom mendations included reorganizing the officc so that one person is re sponsible for all bank reconcilia tions, simplifying the purchase or der system and generating monthly reports. At its December meeting, in ex ecutive session, the board had dis cussed having a consultant from the Department of Public Instruction come in to complete a time manage menf/organizational analysis with the idea of reorganizing the depart ment to make it function more effi ciently. However, Kaufhold said he called the auditor in because it was faster and bccausc the auditor was already familiar with the depart ment's problems. During the past month, Kaufhold said the business office stafT made its two payroll deadlines, and pro grcssed in catching up reconcilia tions and preparing past-due re ports, purchase orders and payment on invoices. However, during a break in the meeting, Mrs. Shappcll said the volume of purchase orders and iiivuii.es wctc iiuiiuai workload. As for reconciliations, she said the staff person responsible for federal reconciliations had those in order before Shappcll's dismissal, and that reconciliations from the au ditor were not received until Dec. 22. The hoard made Prise ilia Gas kill's appointment as interim fi nance officer official retroactively Monday with a 3-2 vote. Bob Slockelt and Donna Baxter were op posed. OTHER BUSINESS In other business, the board: ? Following an hour-long execu tive session, continued Monday's meeting until Thursday, Feb. 15, at 6:30 p.m. At that time the board will complete its scheduled evalua tion of the superintendent. One member did not have his evaluation materials Monday. Also, the board will conduct a student hearing. ? Heard Baxlcy appoint a griev ance committee of Dot Worth, Bob Slockctt and South Brunswick High School faculty member Margaret Poc to a one-year term. However, near the close of the meeting, the board accepted the new chairman's resignation from the committcc 2nd appointed Baxter in Mrs. Worth's place. ? Approved routine personnel actions following the closcd-door session. ? Heard from Don Warren, West Brunswick Boosters Club treasurer, and Ed Lemon, principal, regarding plans to improve athletic facilities for West Brunswick High School at Shallotte. So far supporters have raised S25.000 toward construction of rcstroom facilities, a concession stand and new bleachers. They will seek 50-50 matching funds from the school board for up to a maximum of 580,000, the figure set in approv ing a similar project at South Bruns wick High School. ? Approved the consent agenda, which included lour student trips, the superintendent's trip to the Am erican Association of School Ad ministrators National Convention in San Francisco Feb. 23-26; and at tendance at the National School Board Association Convention Ap ril 2 1 -24 in New Orleans by Slock clt and Worth, and E.J. Prcvatte of the board's law firm. The student ui|? imiuuc a uncc-uuy visii 10 Washington, D.C., by a group of third-graders from Lincoln Primary School, some of whom shared data with the board on what they are learning about federal government. ? Agreeing with Baxlcy that the students had "got caught" in a poli cy transition, granted an exemption to a group of 40 North Brunswick High School seniors planning a May trip to Epcot Center for "Grad Night" and a one-day cruise to the Bahamas. The trip was planned and non-refundable deposits of $75 per student paid before the board's new student trip policies were adopted. The seniors will miss two days of class. Class officers, faculty advisor Rosa Terry and the school's princi pal, James McAdams, appeared be fore the board to ask for a clarifica tion of the policy so they could ex plain what had happened to the oth er seniors. Based on the board's pol icy, the superintendent had initially not approved the trip. ? Heard from Sam Stathos and Tania Butler on a recent trip to New York City by drama and advanced placement English students at West Brunswick High School. Heard from .Assistant Supcrin tendent Bill Turner that all but three county schools ? Waccamaw, Union and the Alternative School ? are on public water systems now. ? Authorized execution of a spe cial order by consent with the En vironmental Management that pro vides for bringing wastewater treat ment systems at West Brunswick High, Bolivia Elementary and Wac camaw Elementary schools over a three-year timetable, while main taining certain effluent quality lev els. Should the schools miss dead lines set in the schedule, or violate effluent standards, the fines could range from 51,000 to $4,000 per in cident. Turner said the school sys tem plans to run three to six months ahead ot schedule on all items ex cept the last and most serious, which is construction of a treatment plant at Bolivia Elementary. First Class Checking "Checking At Its Best" 6% Interest Plus Unlimited Checking Free Travelers (hecks Free Safety Deposit Bex Free Notary Service Free Checks Free Cashiers Checks Direct Deposit Free Signature Guarantee IF YOU'RE 55 OR OYER en;e,T all of the benefits of FIRST CLASS CHECKING with no minimum balance. 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However, sixth graders who took the assessment in the fall did not do as well as their comparable group did a year earlier. Also, Harrison was conccmed that the range of scores varied dramatically across the eight schools in volved. "Some of our schools did extremely well and some did not. There was a wide range from the high school to the low." Discussions have begun with principals and others across the district to determine what factors influ enced the scores. Harrison said one factor might be that the type of writing required of the sixth grade stu dents is considered mote difficult than that assigned the eighth grade c*-jdcnts. Sixth graders were asked to respond to a "clarifi cation writing" prompt. Tbey were to choose any day of the year that they especially enjoy, tell what that day and explain why they like it Eighth graders were asked to respond to a "persua sive writing" prompt regarding plans to add a new subject al their school. Students were to choose a sub ject and write a letter convincing the principal that the subject chosen is the one that should be taught. Each writing assignment was scored by a series of readers on both composing skills, that is, how well the writer communicated his or her ideas, and on conven tions, or use of correct English. tuifK *% p^oIa r\f 1 #r> A a c mrf nf ^ r\* ' ' y*- ? e> ????-? - ? ? * r. -r ' r' ? - ? higher was considered a high composing skills score; a socre ot 2.U or below a low score. Conventions were rated on a plus or minus basis. Of the 600 county eighth grade students tested, 74 percent, or 444, scored 2.5 or better on composing skills, putting them above the regional and state aver ages of 62 percent and 60. 1 percent respectively. Of those 600 students, 61.3 percent earned a plus on con ventions, which was below the regional average of 61 .9 and the state average of 63 percent The county gave die writing test to 615 sixth grade students, with 49.6 percent of them, or 305, attaining scores of 2.5 or better on composing skills This com pares with the state average of 50.6 and the regional average of 50.4. In conventions, 62.4 percent of the students earned pluses. On the state level, the percentage was 63 .5 percent, and on the regional level, 64.5 percent. According to Harrison, tlje test results arc a good example of why students need to be given the oppor tunity to write every day as part of their schoolwork. New Video Teaches Catch And Release Fishermen can learn catch and re lease techniques by watching a new video produced by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Pass It On is a 28-minute video tape that educates fishermen about the importance of saving the catch for another day. It's part of an cthics program in the Southeast designed to cncouragc anglers to practice fisheries conservation. The UNC Sea Grant college pro gram has a limited number of copies of the video available for , loan. Anglers or fishing clubs interest ed in viewing the tape can contact Sea Grant Marine Advisory Ser vices Director Jim Murray at 737 2454, or write to UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605. NCSU, Raleigh, N.C. For Kids 10 & Under Free Carnation for the i. ladies A SPECIAL PURCHASE ? 1989 Pontiac LeMans. Pay only $34.75 per week. Soiling Pnco S761S. 20?o Dowr\>J609'2 to tinance. 60 payments at 12.95*!'. APR. $138.46 par month. Tax & Tags included Affordable Cars? Downtown Shallotte Also selling new & used Pontiacs, Buicks, Chryslers, Plymouths & Dodge Trucks at Rick Edwards? 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