School Board Hears Progress Reports On Plans For Comprehensive Schools BY MAKJOKIK MKCil VKRM South Brunswick High School (SBHS) and South Brunswick Middle Schtx>! (SBMS) faculties were grant otl an early release from schwl on two spring days in or der to work on Comprehensive Management Plans(CMP) for their schools. I 1?.? I) ????>> ???? -I nxniti it) ndiwilntn I itiv i?i icrv vuunt) D\?UiU \>> ?-aiuv??i?"! its Monday night meeting to allow school dismissal at 1 ' 50 p.m. on April S and May 13. at the request of the iw o schools. SBHS faculty member Karl Tutt, reported that im plementation of the comprehensive school program, in li e planning stages lor the last several weeks, is on schedule and the program w ill be in place this fall. "1 ilt> five of our 62 teachers have committed them selves to this." he said, "and we have 36 faculty mem bers working on committees." He noted that the newly - lormeil Parents In Action (PIA) group is heavily in m'KciI in supplying parent volunteers. The program was introduced to the SBHS faculty eh 26 and committees were organized March 1 1 . I licse were on: a safe and orderly discipline |x>licy: .lentil ivalion ol at-risk students: stall development: a iiission statement: media centers and skills classes, valuation: and a positive home/school relationship. l ull pointed out that a newsletter just sent from the school to parents is the first fruit (if the home-school committee. Copies were distributed to board members, along with the mission statement and a time-line for im plementing the program. Superintendent of Schools P.R. Hank ins praised the program, saying PI A w as its catalyst. A model encouraged by the State Department ol Public Instruction, the comprehensive schools plan in cludes such features as flexible scheduling, personal ad visers. nurturing classes and enrichment activities. The goal is to identify and serve at-risk students. Lcs Tubb, principal of South Brunswick Middle School, and faculty member Panic Gale Price reported that the middle school is not as far along as the high school in its implementation, but is progressing well. "We have collected surveys from parents." Ms. Price said, "and have conducted a workshop." Tubb added. "Our mollo is 'Teaming for Success'. We arc teaming with parents and among our faculty." He noted that his school is the first middle school in lite suite looking at this program, which is expected to be in place by fall 1993. Parental Complaints Ironically, the meeting opened on a somewhat less congratulatory note, as two mothers brought complaints to the board. For a second consecutive year, Jcanic Mint/ of I a- land asked board members to put a stop to North Brunswick High School holding us Junior-Senior prom on Mother's Day weekend. "The kids spend a lot ol money on the prom, and I think a gilt for mother is more important," she said. "Also, after the prom they go off somewhere and get drunk and are up all night. "Surely , the principals could find another weekend lor this prom. I've talked to Mr. Harris (Robert Harris, principal at North Brunswick High School), and he said he couldn't do anything. Maybe he didn't have a Mama." Board Chairman Donna Baxter told Mrs. Mint/, "We can't change any thing this year, and the scheduling is up io the principals, bin we can ask them to take this into consideration lor next year and we certainly will." Russ asked Mrs. Mint/ if students were upset over the scheduling ol the prom on Mother's Day weekend. "No. they don't care. It's just the mothers," Mint/ replied, "but nobody cares about mothers." Susan Bass had a list of items to discuss with the board, including the fact that In -School Suspension forms have no place for parental signatures: that parents were not advised of upcoming California Achievement Tests in time to prepare their children: and that students changed classes every hour, with resulting clamor and problems in the halls ol the schools. "Why not let teachers change classes instead of stu dents.1" she suggested. "1 asked a principal about it and he said it would be inconvenient for teachers, but the kids run in the halls and get into drugs and other trouble, while teachers are just sitting in classes waiting for them." Advised that she could not complete her list during this meeting, since public address to the board is limited to a few minutes per person, Bass asked if that policy had been changed. Replied Ms. Baxter, "We had such a time problem, we had to put a three-minute limit on everybody." Bass indicated she would return to the next meeting. Driver Education Changes Nelson Best, who directs the driver education pro gram. reported on changes for the coming school year. "Back in 19X1 the state mandated driver's education to be taught during the school day," he said. "However, this year we've had a 22 percent cut in funds and the state no longer provides the cars or gas for them." Resulting changes planned Marling this fall include the same certified driver's education teachers for the classroom instruction portion of the program, with these classes held alter schixil and on Saturdays, and contract ing for bchind-thc-wheel instruction. "This part would Ik done by the bidding process and the conuaclor would furnish the cars and gas. so it should save money for the county," he said. Russ asked if the school system would require stu dents to lake their classroom instruction at the school and Best replied thai they would be free to arrange either classroom or behind-the-wheel as they pleased. Dropout Prevention Actions Wendy Milligan. drop-out prevention specialist, in vited board members and audience to a family night event on April 14, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Public Assembly Building at the government center in Bolivia. The event is sponsored by the CBA task force (see related slory elsewhere in this issue). In her role she directs the Jobs Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and Community Based Alternatives (CBA) programs for ihc system. She announced the Youth Issues week schedule of speakers in county high schools, including professional basketball player Archie Tallcy at SBHS on April 14 and West Brunswick and North Brunswick April 15, and consultant Albert Long at SBMS and Waccamaw School on April 15. These speakers will talk about self esteem and alternatives lo drugs, Mrs. Milligan said. She said the J TP A program serves lX) young people at present and 80 in extended day classes. It is funded equally by state and federal dropout prevention funds. Mrs. Milligan also called attention to H.B. 14S in the state General Assembly, aimed at finding effective dropout prevention measures. It required the Department of Public Instruction to research longer compulsory ai tcndancc, the relationship of the driver's license to stay ing in school and limiting after-school employment hours. The department was also told to re-evaluate the current attendance law for adequate enforcement. "The results of this research were to have been re ported to die General Assembly by April 1." she saiii. "but the report has not yet been presented." Bus Garage Scores High Bill Turner, assistant superintendent for auxiliary ser vices, said the state department has given die Brunswick County bus garage an effectiveness rating this year ol percent, compared with XK percent last year. "Our buses have traveled 1.5 million miles in the last year and had only five accidents." he said, "and only one of those was our fault." He announced that on May 1 a bus drivers award banquet would be held at Bolivia Elementary School i<> honor the county drivers, the lirst event ol its kind. Construction of Supply Elementary School is on schedule. Turner said, with 74} prospective students identified for the opening in the fall. All county schools must be caret ully checked, he announced, to insure compliance with the 1990 American Disability Ad that requires accessibility for all kinds of handicaps. "We can do that checking our selves," he said. Other Business In other business: ?Cilenda Browning was named as the community mem ber to serve on the county review panel for Brunswick County Teacher of the Year. ?A budget meeting of the board was scheduled 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 13, at the central officc conference room. The school budget must be presented to the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners by April Sunset Eyes Height Limit Tied To Flood Elevations BY SUSAN USHKR Sunset Beach is looking into lying a height limit on island construc tion to l(K)-ycar flood elevations. Before the town council meets again on May 1 1 . the planning board I plans to review information presented Monday to the town council by a I consultant. II the tow n were to measure a 35-foot height limit from one fool be low I1(xhI elevation, said Joe Tomboro o! Powell and Associates of ' North Myrtle Beach, S.C.. "the profile as you drive onto the island j would not change." The lown council has been asked to consider a height limit similar to that already in place at Holden Beach and l ong Beach, one set b\ the Mate legislature and subject to change only by vote ol the town's resi den is. 'Ihe request was prompted in part by the concern ol properly own ers that a proposed sewer system might open up the possibility ol higher - density development, though the town currently has a 3 5- fool heighi lim it ordinance. A rough survey of lite island by the firm, consultants lor the town's sewer system study, indicated that most existing homes on the island would fall w ithin several feet of the heights thai would result from a lim it tied to Hood elevations. The maximum required Hood elevation on the island is IS feet ai pre sent. Tomboro said, while the minimum is around 13 feet or 14 feet, j Measuring would begin at one loot below the bottom beam of the house, or at a maximum point of 17 feel. That would put the maximum distance from street level to roof peak ai about 52 feet. Some existing homes stand taller than that now , he said. He described the existing heiglu limit ordinance as "very loose," not ing thai while builders cannot fill in low lots, they can excavate lo bring a lot down lo street level. While the planning board hasn't had a chance to look at die proposal yet. Chairman Richard Good said thai to him it has potential as a stan dard dial could be defended as well as "aesthetically acceptable" io most people. Mayor Mason Barber said Holden Beach officials "jumped on il like a June bug" when Sunset Beach discussed die idea w ith them. "They thought it might be die solution to iheir problem," he said. Bird Island Buy Proposed (Continued From Page 1-A) land Monday if ii felt the density of development should be changed from one acre to four acres. The important thing, he indicat ed, is to make sure the town doesn't prevent the island's owner from rea sonable use of or a reasonable return on her property. Presently the portion of the is land within the'town's jurisdiction is not zoned, but Planning Board Chairman Richard Good said Monday the town is obligated to zone it in some fashion. "II not, in eflcct we are giving a discriminating condition to that property owner." Until then, Mrs. Price can do with it as she desires, subject to state and federal regulations. A portion of the island is within Sunset Beach's zoning jurisdiction, while another section come under the jurisdiction of Brunswick County, which does not have a zoning ordinance. The westernmost part of the island lies within Horry County, S.C. In February Mrs. Price applied for state and federal permits to re place a former bridge 10 the island, to build a pier with room lor six boats and to accommodate residen tial use by her and possibly other family members. The move sparked quick reac tion from those familiar with the property, a unspoiled barrier island between Sunset Beach and I ittle River Inlet. Democrats Rally Behind Plea For Parly Unity (Continued From Page 1-A) the Democratic primary, proposed by Oak Island II Precinct; and ?Rejected a resolution calling for reduction of the national delicit by 25 percent within four years, pro posed by Oak Island II Precinct. Opponents said there wasn't enough information to pass a resolu tion on the Pentagon funds issue ami the taxing ol umber companies. Also, several said reducing die de ficit by 25 percent in four years would be impossible without cutting needed cot i:il programs. Treasurer Mark Lewis reported the party has S3 in the bank and owes S3 1, 000 lor the headquarters building till under construction in Suppl) Democrats voted to pay United Carolina Bank S1,(XX) for in teres, and principal. Five precincts had no representa tives at the convention. Twenty-nine persons were selected as delegates to the district convention to he held May Ift. I p.m., at Lcland Middle School. The following were also appoint eel: Jams Simmons and Elizabeth Dameron. to the House Select Com mittee: Marion Davis and Ronald Hewett, to the Senate Select Com mittee; Diana Morgan and Carlton Sligh in the Judicial Select Com mitlec. Those delegates arc responsible lor picking a successor should a seal for Suite House, Senate or nidge In come vacant. Arbor Day Ceremony Includes Pitch For Urban Forest Plan HY I KKRY POPE Cutting limber or forest land to make way for urban development often stirs up negative images. Municipalities arc eyeing an ur ban forest program aimed al replac ing trees lost each year to develop ment in Brunswick County, where rural communities are rapidly be coming more urban. While millions of acres arc affect ed cach year worldwide, the culling of umber is just one part of Ihe for est products industry, a S9 million per year business in Brunswick County. "li s a cycle," said Robert Bea son, president of the N.C Foiwirv Association, "and harvesting is a pan of lhat cycle." Bcason, manager of North Caro lina land and limber operations for International Paper Co., was in Brunswick County lasi week lo help observe Arbor Day, a day designat ed for planting trees. Officials met al Brunswick County's new 91 1 emergency com munications building 10 plant ihc first tree on the new site, a Bradford pear presented by the Brunswick Timber Co. The ceremony was slat ed lo also noie the start of the 911 program, which is scheduled to be gin April 15. Bcason was appointed last month by Gov. James Martin to head ihe forestry association, which is holding its centennial celebration this year. Brunswick County has about 407,000 acres of forest land, wilh about half of thai held by small landowners who have 100 acres or less. Forestry activities include the cutting of forest products for pulp wood, timber, Christmas irecs and ihe harvesting of pine straw for landscaping. "A lorcsi serves any number of uses," said Bcason. Called Tree City USA and spon sored by the National Arbor Day Foundation, the American urban for est program provides towns with grants to pay for purchase of trees and for their continual care. Communities ol any si/e can quali fy, from less than 100 residents to larger cities. Nine municipal leaders and coun ty commissioners mei recently lo discuss ihe impact of such a pro gram on Brunswick County, said Milton Coleman, Brunswick County Cooperative Extension director. Coleman said S20 million was put into a federal irust lund to make sure the loresl program continues. Grant STAff PHOTO BY U?BY POPt OFF IC1ALS MET in front of the county's new 911 center to plant a pear tree for Arbor Day. Pictured are (from left) Milton Coleman, Brunswick County Cooperative Extension director; Robert Beason, iX.C. Forestry Association president; Miss Brunswick County Crystal Williams; and Bex Nash and Fred Jones of Brunswick Timber. applications in Brunswick County aionc will vary, he said. "What's going to be applicable for Bolivia is going to be different for the beach communities," said Coleman. "Some municipalities have jumped on it already." Ocean Isle Beach has planted nu merous crepe myrtles, a type of tall shrub, in the same spirit of the urban forest plan. But that effort is not ac tually a part of the national Tree City USA program. Timber is cut in North Carolina to produce furniture, fixtures, lumber, wood products and paper. The suite has about 3,(XX) forest products manufacturing plants. The industry ranks second in manufacturing em ployment. giving I45,(MX) jobs to residents. The total value of standing timber in the suae is estimated at more than S9 billion. Rex Nash of Brunswick Timber Co. in Bolivia said timber companies do more than just chop down trees. Arbor Day is a "good opportunity to make the public aware of what we do in the industry," said Nash "Not only are we cutting timber. Temperate Spring Weather Anticipated In Coming Week Area residents can expcci to enjoy no major fluctuations of extreme ? j * moderate, early spring weather over the next few days. Shallotlc Point meteorologist Jackson Canady said Tuesday that die current outlook is "somewhat encouraging," calling for both tem perature and rainfall to be about nor mal for this time of year. He expects temperatures to aver age around 50 degrees at night climbing into the lower 70s during the daytime, with no more than a hall-inch ol rainfall. "On the whole I think it will be very enjoyable weather, pleasant, early spring weather," he said, "with heat or cold in the offing. For the period March 31 through April 6, Canady recorded a high of 69 degrees on Marcn 3 1 and April I , and a low of 28 degrees on Apnl3. A daily average high of 64 de grees and an average nightly low of 37 degrees resulted in a daily aver age temperature of 50 degrees, which Canady said was 10 degrees below normal. "We're making up for the pluses we had in February and early March, said Canady. He recorded only .15 of an inch of rainfall. but wc arc reforesting, 100," he said. Reforesting is the replanting and caring for trees to lake the place of ones which are cut, to complete the cycle of growth. The industry is concerned with planting, watering, pruning, insect and disease control and dead tree removal. The urban forest program hopes to replace trees lost to development in parks, playgrounds, along railroad tracks, hiking trails, rivers, streams. in golf courses, open spaces and near houses, apartments or offices. 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