Sea Trail Annexation Would Add $20 Million To Sunset Tax Base
BY SUSAN USHER
Sunset Bcach Town Council Monday
look the next step in a major annexation in
Sea Trail Plantation that would add S20 mil
lion to tlic town's tax base and about 320 res
idents.
Members adopted the annexation report
and dispatched of other routine business in
a 3()-minutc session at the town hall.
A public hearing on the proposed an
nexation will be held Monday, Sept. 9, at
7:30 p.m. at town hall. The board is expect
ed to adopt an annexation ordinance at its
October meeting. That means means the lat
est the annexation could go into effect is
Nov. 21, while it could take cffcct early in
the month.
The annexation is expected to add an
other 128 households to the town of Sunset
Beach, as well as two miles of paved road
way. The population could increase an addi
tional 237 by the second year following an
nexation, with 89 undeveloped singlc-lami
ly lots and other property available.
The targeted area already receives town
water at the same cost as town residents and
has fire hydrants. It will continue to be
served by the Sunset Beach Volunteer Fire
Department, resulting in no change in insur
ance rates for property ow ners.
According to the annexation report pre
pared by Linda Flucgcl, town administrator,
and James Taylor, a community develop
ment planner. Sunset Beach expects to ben
efit financially from the annexation.
During the first year the town antici
paics a net gain of approximately S61.22X
after expenses of $33,842. Garbage collec
tion. addition of a sixth full-time officer to
its police force, stop signs, street lights and
mosquito spraying.
In the second year, based on a 60 per
cent growth rate in the subdivision, the
town expects its expenses to remain stable
while gross revenues increase from an esti
mate $100,070 to $135,306, for a net gain
of S96.544.
During the first year accommodations
tax revenues expected from 46 rental units
at River Creek condominiums and 20 units
at The Woods, at $45,000. Next aie proper
ty lax revenues. Based on a valuation of
S20.9 million and a collection rate of 99
percent, the town expects to collect
$34,581.
Other revenue sources would include
sales lax, $6,507; ABC, $1,322; intangibles
tax, $579; utilities franchise lax, S2.727.5;
Powell Bill funds for street maintenance,
$8,845; mosquito control reimbursement,
$345; Food Stamps, Sl(?3.4().
The proposed area is extensive, running
up the western side of the Sea Trail
Plan union cnlrancc on Shoreline Drive,
then cast and north along Clubhouse Drive
to the River Creek condominium area, then
follows the Calabash River Creek around to
the edge of the Sunset Lakes development
then along the town hall property and
Shoreline Drive back to the entrance.
With the annexation of Sunset Sands ef
fective as of Aug. 5, 48 percent of the area's
boundary is contiguous with the town lim
its. The area meets other requirements as
well, with 223 lots (128 residential) and
most of the property subdivided in tracts of
five acres or less.
The target area also has 89 undeveloped
homes ites.
In other business, the council:
?Reappointed planning board members
Schuyler (Sky) Bramlcy and Richard Good;
?Approved preliminary and final plats for
Carol Ann Moore and for , an eight-lot sub
division in Sea Trail Plantation, as recom
mended by the planning board;
?Heard routine departmental reports.
Councilman Mary Kathcrinc Griffith was
absent.
Southport-Oak Island Parents Question AG Program, Transfer
BY St SAN USHKR
it was turn-about time Tuesday
night, as parents from the
Southport-Oak Island area traveled
to Shallotte to be heard by the
Brunswick County Board of
Education.
The board was meeting at
Shallotte Middle School, rather than
at the central office at Southport.
A series of speakers expressed
concerns aboul proposed changes in
County Schools Open Aug. 21
DATE EVENT
Aug. 12 Teachers report this week
Aug. 21 Students report to school
Sept. 2 Labor Day holiday
Sept. 18 Classes dismissed 11:30 a.m.
Oct. 4 Teacher workday; no classes
CXt. 14 Report cards go out
Oct. 17 Classes dismissed 11:30 a.m.
Oct. 18 Teacher workday; no classes
Nov. 1 1 Veterans' Day holiday
Nov. 27 Teacher workday
Nov. 28-29 Thanksgiving holidays
Dec. 2 Report cards go out
Dec. 4 Students dismissed 11:30 a.m.
Dec. 20-Jan. 1 Christmas-New Year's break
Jan. 1 7 Teacher workday; no classcs
Jan. 20 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Jan. 28 Report cards go out
March 2 Teacher workday, no classcs
March 1 1 Report cards go out
April 17 Teacher workday
April 20-24 Easter break
April 30 Report cards go out
May 25 Memorial Day holiday
June 1 South Brunswick High graduation
June 2 West Brunswick High graduation
June 3 .North Brunswick High graduation
Last day of classcs
Note: Schools dismiss early Sept. 18, Oct. 17 and Dec. 4 to allow staff
development at each school. Students will attend school a full day Dec.
19 and April 16 instead of dismissing early for the holidays. Also, April
14, 15 and 16 arc "College Day" at North Brunswick, South Brunswick
and West Brunswick high schools respectively. Snow days will be made
up at the end of the year.
the academically gifted program at
Southport Elementary School and
the transfer of Bob Rhync last
month from principal of South
Brunswick Middle School to assis
tant principal of Lcland Middle
School.
Lorene Williams, exceptional
children's program director, de
scribed changcs in staffing and pro
gramming in the countywidc aca
demically gifted program, and de
fended the model she has recom
mended for Southport Elementary
School.
While generally pleased with ex
isting services, some of the parents
at Monday's meeting said they
thought a self-contained pull-out
class at Southport Elementary
School might better meet the needs
of their children by making better
use of the teacher's time. Others
questioned having a second "au
thority figure" in the regular class
room and the ability of one resource
teacher to coordinate her efforts
with numerous other tcachers.
This fall an academically gifted
teacher will be at the school five
days a week instead of three days a
week. Both Mrs. Williams and
Principal Don McNeill favor ex
panding on the approach used last
year.
Grades K-3 would continue to re
ceive enrichment and resource help.
For grades 4 and 5, the proposed
model calls for pulling students out
of class for services one to three
limes a week; consulting with stu
dents in their classrooms to provide
acceleration as needed in their area
of giftedness while pairing with the
regular teacher to ensure that the
slate's standard curriculum is cov
ered; and facilitating independent
study by students. A diagnostician
would handle committee work and
testing instead of the resource
teacher.
Mrs. Williams said she believes
this model will provide "more of
what students received last year,
and in a way that fits best into the
school's integrated teaching of
skills and cooperative learning ap
proach. "The bottom line is how
well the student is doing after going
through a particular program," she
said. Test scores and other research
data show the students do as well, if
not better than, students in sclf-con
taincd AG classrooms.
McNeill was adamant in his sup
port of the approach bccausc it will
mean less disruption of the regular
classroom.
"The more you pull children out
of the regular classroom program,
the more you disnipt the program,"
he said.
Classes are already interrupted
for art, music, foreign language,
physical education and the DARE,
Chapter 1 reading and learning dis
abled programs, he said. "When are
they going to have time for the
classroom teachers to get done what
they need to get done?
"You can't continue to fragment
the school day and make progress."
Two other schools will see
changes in AG teacher hours. Hours
will be reduced to from one full
time to one half-time teacher at
Union Primary, and increased from
one half- to two half-time tcachcrs
at Waccamaw Elementary.
Leland, Shallottc and South
School Board Affirms Long List Of Personnel Actions
A week before teachers begin re
porting back to work, Brunswick
County Board of Education mem
bers affirmed a lengthy list of per
sonnel recommendations Tuesday
following a IM-hour closed door
session.
Joining the central office staff
will be Rebccca Brandon of
Wilmington, replacing Sherryl
Johnson as child nutrition director;
and Barbara Peoples of Greenville,
as school psychologist.
Other actions were as follows:
Hired: Martha Bcasley, interim
Reading Recovery teacher,
Southport Elementary; Christine
Brown, sccond grade teacher,
Bolivia Elementary; Denise Medlin,
special education teacher, Leland
Middle; Kim Reinhardt, preschool
handicapped/EMH teacher, Bolivia
Elementary; Catalina Henao
Robledo, speech/ language patholo
gist, Bolivia; Helen Laugisch and
Hazel Holden, English teachers.
South Brunswick High; Recda
Hargrove, industry education coor
dinator, South Brunswick High,
once her career exploration teaching
post at South Brunswick Middle is
filled: Terry Gile, interim JROTC
instructor. South Brunswick High;
Also, Elena Foster, interim
Spanish teacher. Union; Lisa
Andrews, Diana Healy, Kimbcrly
Brilcs, Jill Hewett and Lisa Tate,
early childhood teacher. Union;
Michelle Ranson, third grade tcach
er, Union; Brenda Spencer, first
grade teacher. Union; Robin
Randolph, physical education teach
er, Union; LaChawn Daniels, spe
cial education (MH) teacher. Union;
And, Lora Canter, special educa
tion teacher. West; Laura Stone,
math teacher, West; Gary Noble,
physical education teacher. West;
Brenda Lewis, vocational curricu
lum coordinator, West, once her vo
cational support services post is
filled; James Sanders, in-school sus
pension, West; Donald Brantley,
carpentry teacher, North; Nancy
Tew, self-contained cross-categori
cal teacher, Waccamaw; Dorothy
Stanley and Ardcn Gaddy, language
arts. South Brunswick Middle;
Kathleen Owens, special education
(BEH) teacher. South Brunswick
Middle;
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Also, Debra Noble, middle grade
social studies teacher, Shallotte
Middle; Eunice Abercrombie and
Shelly Ludlum, elementary teacher,
Shallotte; Thomas Hemphill, mid
dle grade math teacher, Shallotte;
Gale White, interim special educa
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Mary Butler, secretary, Leland
Middle, pending waiver of state hir
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Transferred: Wendy Milligan,
guidance counselor. Union to
Waccamaw; Cathy Furplcss, aca
demically gifted teacher, Southport
to South Brunswick Middle; Karen
Wagoner, academically gifted teach
er, South Brunswick Middle to
Southport Elementary; Judy Hus
keth, social studies teacher. North to
West; Nancy Jcrnigan, early child
hood teacher, from Lincoln to
Southport; Betty Hux, special edu
cation teacher, Bolivia to Southport;
Cheryl Pitt, early childhood teacher.
Union Primary to Lincoln; and Fred
Baldwin, science teacher. North to
West.
Resignations accepted: Lisa
Hadden. special education. North
Brunswick High; Rosemary Smith,
academically gifted teacher,
Lincoln; Julie Godwin, early child
hood teacher, Southport Primary;
Hilda Powell, kindergarten teacher,
Lincoln; Karen Thomas, kinder
garten teacher. Union; Ronald
Pendergraft, carpentry teacher,
North; JoAnn Cain, math teacher.
South High; Deborah Parker, re
source teacher. West; Harold
Johnson, 1SS teacher. West; and
Delilah Cox, teacher assistant,
Southport; and John Brown, teacher
assistant, Shallottc Middle.
Retirements: Thelma Clcm
mons, fifth grade teacher, Leland
Middle, after 41 years, and Valcta
Cox, fifth grade teacher, Shallottc
Middle, after 30 years.
Leaves of Absence: Sybil
Mitchell-Simmons, assistant princi
pal, Waccamaw Elementary; and
Allison, Brendle, special education.
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Brunswick Middle schools will con
tinue to have spccial AG classes for
math and language, with advanced
placement and advanced studies
courses and consultation provided
at the high schools.
This year's program will serve
approximately 459 students, or 129
more than the system receives funds
to serve, said Mrs. Williams.
Several parents and at least one
former student spoke on behalf of
Rhync.
South Brunswick High School
student Karen Blackmon told the
board Rhync created a "family" at
mosphere that encouraged students
to want to attend school. Margaret
Rudd of Yaupon Beach presented a
statement of support signed by 100
plus people saying Rhync had done
as excellent job "academically and
athletically."
Changes Recommended
Superintendent P.R. Hankins and
board Chairman Donna Baxter liked
much of what they saw in a central
office reorganization study recently
completed by the state but weren't
ready to discuss it Monday night.
The full board has not had lime to
read the reports, which only recent
ly arrived, Hankins said, but will
discuss the state's recommendations
and his own at an upcoming Aug.
17 workshop.
'This is a bold piece of work," he
said. "But we need time to rcflcct
on it." While some of the recom
mended changes will require addi
tional funding, others can be imple
mented easily, "without worrying
about money."
Ms. Baxter agreed. "I like what it
has to say."
The board requested the state
study more than a year 'ago.
Other Business
In other business, the board:
?Met with board attorney Glen
Peterson \'A hours behind closed
doors to discuss attorney-client and
personnel matters.
?Scheduled an all-day workshop
Saturday, Aug. 17, starting at 8 a.m.
at the central office. On the agenda:
long-range planning, recommenda
tions for reorganization of the cen
tral office staff; outcome-based cdu
cation; ihc next Southern
Association accreditation cycic; and
policies, including the possibility of
adopting a county policy to replace
the old state policy that allows cor
poral punishment.
?Noted the board's next regular
meeting will be held Monday, Sept.
9, at 6:30 p.m. at the central office.
?Dccidcd the brick for the new
Supply Elementary School should
be gray. The other choice was tan.
?Agreed to receive material from
the North Carolina Medical Society
on the possibility of local doctors
working the school system on
teaching, policy development or
some other aspect of AIDS.
?Learned that staff has not identi
fied so far a grade level lor use of
the Excellcnce in Education pro
gram provided by the Prescription
for Excellence Foundation. The pro
gram has been used at the sixth and
ninth grade levels one year each.
? Heard from James Hardy, presi
dent, that he will serve as liaison to
Superintendent P.R. Hankins for the
Brunswick County Education
Foundation.
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