FBLA Elects Officers
/ he !? mure Business leaders of America club at West Brunswick High School, Shallotte, elected tie h officers (tel. 2.i. I hey are (from left
to right) Monekia Cause, treasurer ; Okeiya llewett. secretary; Retina Warren, reporter; Amher (irissett, president, Andrea l ulford, /)arii
amentarian, lannika Stanley, historian; and Julie Anna Calloway, vice-president.
Brunswick School Board Ends
I?Y SUSAN USIIKR
Brunswick County teachers will
ih> longo be ablt. lo use physical
punishment, such as spankings or
paitdlings, as a means ol disciplin
ing students lollowing action by the
lounty school board Monday night
I he hoard voted unanimously to
adopt a |H)hcy ending corporal pun
ishmcni hi the schools as part ol a
meeting sparked by an abundance
ol gixnl news I'roni the schools.
I don I want anyone to spoil it,"
Chairman Donna Baxter sail! jok
ingly as she priKt'Cded thiough the
agi i ida
Undo the new policy, school pet
sonnet tan continue to use "reason
able loice" in spixiln circum
stances, such as self-defense, to pro
tect other persons or pro|x'rty, or to
obtain a weapon from someone.
Before the vote. Superintendent
PR Hankins sain he had only re
ccntly heard Irom two elemen
lary/middle school principals that
'he> hail coiin'ns about not having
iMtal j)lllllsll.iu III its ,i dctciicnt
tvuilabk to at least pmieipals anil
issist.int prim i|?als il not lo class
? s?tli |K*I >Olllll'l
" I'hey want it available, othu
?Mse they leel these will lose some
device ol vontiol ovet those young
>teis, he said.
I he lx>;uil has been discussing
thi pto|xiseil iniltcy loi neatly thicc
inonths *ithoui hearing any serious
iibjeeUons
Mono. i) night board incmbct
Kobert Slockett noted that othei
means ol discipline are available
mil tltat "reasonable lone ' can be
used m certain circumstances.
"It still auia/cs me saut board
iIKiiiivi folly Kuss, who owns and
operates a child care center, "that
I'm in the business ol caring tor
children from birth to age live and it
is against the law lor us to spank a
child, but they allow n in the public
schools "
She and other board members
have noted that the change will be
difficult lor some teachers and ad
ministrators, who may need staff
development activities to help them
lean i new techniques for student
discipline.
"Il it lesultN in chaos, if it doesn't
work we can change it," she said.
Dul'ont Support Announced
Slockctt also announced the
DuPont has named Roger G.
Rudolph as us educational liaison
for school systems in Brunswick,
Pendei and New Hanover counties.
As a result of this cooperative
venture, he said, the Brunswick
schools can expect to receive ap
proximately 15 computers: to send
one teacher for an 1 1 day honors
science summer course; and to se
lect up to two students to do ad
vanced chemical research in
Rudolph's department. 1 he schools
will also have access to a solid
w.isk management education uii
limn developed In Dul'ont and
ii. use hi some Delaware schools.
Kxtra Duty. Kxtra Pay
Assistant Superintendent lor
Instruction Mose Lewis announced
that Brunswick County Schools
were one of only 18 systems
statewide in which certified em
ployees chose to receive more pay
for more work rather than across
the board pay laises under Senate
Bill 2 provisions.
The vote was "very close" here,
he said, with no general consensus.
However he added. "I think ihc
teachers are accepting it and accept
ing 'he challenge."
Biunswick County was one of
Elderly Woman Flimflammed
Deux lives sa> a "'X-yeai old Na
vassa woman lost in a Html lam
o|xrauon at her home Saluida>.
I he woman allowed two men
who said they were carpct sales
iiien. iiiti) hei home mound 3 p.m.
i ne> left with a slack ol $20 bills
slu had itended to pay her monthly
bills wiui, said brunswick County
Shenll's Deputy Steve Mason.
A fliiillam is when subjeiis de
ceive 01 use fraud to take people's
money 01 pioperty.
Betoi< entering the home, on
Navassa Road, the men had appar
ently cut hci telephone line outside.
Mason rc|H>rtcd
Once inside, one man showed the
woman a large sample ol carpet,
blocking the oilier man from her
view. The second suspect then en
tered her bedroom and tound the
money on her bed. Mason reported.
"She was in ihe process ol paying
her bills Mason said. "Alter both
were gone, the victim discovered
hei money was missing."
Because hei telephone line had
heen cut. she wasn't able to re|H>rt
the crime until two hours later.
Mason said. Che two men did not
threaten or harm her. he slated
Both men were white males, in
then early 2()s, and had blond hau.
One was approximately 5 leet 10
inches tall, weighed around 135
pounds and was wearing a sweat
shirt and blue jeans.
'I"he other susj>eci was approxi
matcly 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighed
around 125 pounds and was wear
ing a light-colored shirt.
Sheriff's Deputy Don Gates,
crime prevention officer, said the
carpet scam has been reported in
Brunswick County before.
The best prevention. Gates said,
is to not let door-to-door salesmen
inside your home, no matter how in
sistent they are.
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only seven systems lhat changed ex
isting pay plans, choosing to tie ex
tra pay to duties directly related to
instructional improvement.
The IX systems that chose differ
entiated pay received letters ol coin
mendation from the Suite Board ol
Education.
Other Business
In other business, the boaril:
?Mel for one hour, 40 minutes be
hind closed doors to discuss attor
ney client and personnel matters. A
routine personnel list was apptoved
afterwards.
? Appointed Shirley Brown and
Earl Andrews to the advisory coun
cils of Bolivia Elenentary and
Union Primary schools respectively.
?Heard from Chairman Donna
Baxter, who also serves as a
Brunswick Community College
trustee, that the college staff is
working with the schools to track
county high school students' perfor
mance on its ASSET diagnostic
placement instrument. The results
should help identify weaknesses in
the schools' instructional programs,
she said.
?Amended, on second leading, die
stall smoking and student drug al
cohol abuse policies to make it clear
that smoking and tobacco products
are not allowed al school functions.
?Received as information iccom
mcndalions of a 12-membei coin
niiitee regarding a proposed teacher
evaluation and improvement instiu
meni that would provide for more
evaluation and more time spent
working with probationary teachers
as op|X)scd to career teachers. As
appropriate a team could be ap
pointed to work with a probauonaiy
or career teacher, coming up with
recommendations lor adduonal
schooling, workshops . said Mose
Lewis, assistant superintendent foi
instruction.
? Heard from Chapter I Directoi
Patricia Ward that, lor the first lime
in three years, all eight schix>ls with
Chapter 1 programs showed signifi
cant gains in student achievement
Paddlings
scores during the past year and
would not have to implement cor
rective plans. Sysicmwide, X75 stu
dents and 31 teachers are involved
hi remedial reading program
? Set a workshop Saturday, Nov 16,
Iroin K: 30 a.m. to I 30 p.m. at the
central oil ice to discuss topics that
will include discussion on policy
needs relating to selling in the
schools, weapons and trips; out
come based education, the school
improvement program, a briefing on
support services and completion ol
a five-year review.
? Heard from three Lcland area par
ents on efforts by north-end schools
to increase parental involvement in
their children's education through
PTA activities, workshops lor par
ents and stall and programs aimed
at increasing students' self-esteem
and rewarding good behavior.
?Heard from the School IhxkI
Service division ol changes in the
school meal program aimed at in
creasing student partii ipation at all
school K veK as well as pioliLs
?Approved budget amendments
that ilk ludcd an .additional
$4>1,IV m state lumls, lor a total
S24.37.VMX received this year. I he
changes reflect m part, increased al
locations due to the schools' 10-day
head count ol X.675 regular stu
dents, plus 41 Extended Day stu
dents. A year ago the count was
H.s 37, plus 61 Extended Day.
?Heard Irotn Assistant
Superintendent Bill Turner dutt soc
cer fields are being constructed in
all three districts, at West
Brunswick High School, South
Brunswick schools and behind
Lcland Middle School.
?Passed along from Headquarters,
Army Junior ROTC. a cominenda
lion ol lormer North Brunswick
High Schix>l Principal James
McAdams lot his sup|tort ol the
program, which saw an increase in
participation from 16 percent to 30
percent ol the student body during
his tenure, and for his development
of an active parent association at the
school.
Personnel Actions
Get Board Sanction
Routine personnel actions ap
proved by the Brunswick County
Board ot I duration Monday includ
ed the hiring ol two interim teachers
at Leland Middle and the transfer of
a third.
Hired are SuAnn Burton. Castle
Hayne, sixth grade, and Neala
llardie, Keigelwood. tilth grade.
Martlia H Cliallms, Wrightsville, is
translcrnng Irom South Brunswick
Middle to t ilth grade I .eland
Other hiruigs included: Nova
(iibhs. interim part-time custodian,
I .eland Middle. Sybil Cleinmons,
iiiierim in-school sus|>ension, Lc
land Middle: Larry Hill, interim
teacher assistant. Union Primary;
Jennie (ilasscock, bookkeeper, cen
tral oil ice; Cheryl Tabor, interim
secretary, central office; Caroline
Jordan, interim computer techni
cian. central office; Terry Ward,
electrician II. maintenance depart
ment; Patricia Smith, temporary
clerical help for pupil personnel,
testing, print shop at central office;
and Bemieee Bass, temporary cleri
cal help (one week only), central ol
lice.
A transfer was approved I'm
Llouise Jacobs I rum ollicc assistant
Bolivia Elementary, to assistant sei
retary, Leland Middle.
Resignations were accepted lioin
I nula Gilbert, central ollice recep
tionist: Kalhryn M. Brown, special
education teacher, Southport
Elementary: Dclphia M. Bryant,
custodian. Union Pninaiy: and
Karen B. Savage, teacher assistant,
t nion Primary.
Leaves ol absence were approved
lot Carolyn Willis, custodian. Le
land Middle: Donna Crews, seventh
grade teacher. Shallotlc MiJdle:
Cheryl Shew. French teacher. South
Brunswick Middle; Cyntlua 'lart, 111
school suspension. Leland Middle.
Approved as substitute teachers
were Carmen. C. Coles. Diana
Romeo, Cheryl H. Sullivan, Marga
retc Hermanson, Sara Coe, April C.
Evans, Karen N. Alderson, Betty
Ann Rose. Rosemary Long, Lana
Fulwood and Su*.an Franks.
State Awards Last U.S. 1 7 Contract
As exported, the N.C. Board of
I ransportaUon awarded a S 1 0.5 mil
lion contract F riday lo a Darlington,
S.C., firm to widen 11.6 miles of
L ? . S . 17 m Brunswick County to
lour lanes.
The contract went to APAC
("arolina Inc. It calls lor adding two
lanes to the south side of U.S. 17 to
form a four-lane highway divided
by a 60-loot side median.
The contract is the last of 10 con
tracts totaling S40.1 million to
widen U.S. 17 from N.C. 87 at Bell
Swamp U) South Carolina. It en
compasses the area west of Old
Shallotte Road (S.K 1316) to the
South Carolina line.
Work is expected to begin later
this month, said Marilyn Williams
ol Wilmington, who represents
Biunswick County on the hoard
v\oik is scheduled to be completed
in June IW4.
During construction, safeguards
arc to be taken to protect small
streams and wetlands Iron* contami
nation by soil or construction mate
rials. Grass will be planted to cover
bare ground caused by construction.
Correction
A candidate profile ol Debra
Amos last week incorrectly stated
that the Dosher Hospital Board of
Trustees candidate was a graduate
of Salem College. Winston-Salem,
and was a state certified substance
abuse counselor.
Ms. Amos studied psychology at
Salem four years but did not receive
a degree from the five-year program
in which she was enrolled.
She has completed 2I(> hours u>
ward state certification.
The Beacon misinterpreted inloi
mation provided on a candidate
questionnaire.
Wgyne Culbertson, RHS
Ann Brown. RHS
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