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i | i | r= TT SR AE TE TT ge RR SEE SRE ra A ee 3 oF = June 12,1997 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD Page 9A Non-certified school employees to receive pay raise Some 235 non-certified em- ployees in the Kings Mountain District Schools will receive a substantial pay raise effective July 1. The cost to implement the 30-step salary schedule is about a quarter of a million dollars and has been appropriated for the new school year in the 1997- 98 budget. "This has been a long time in- coming," said Board Chairman Ronnie Hawkins at Monday night's board of education meeting at Central School. A portion of the cost is paid for by the recent upping of the school supplement tax from 18 School School lunch prices go up a dime for students and a quarter for adults for the fall term of school. The Kings Mountain Board of Education approved the new schedule of meal prices Monday. Breakfast will go up from 65 cents to 19 cents per $100 prop- erty valuation to taxpayers. Revenue from a hike in school- purchased meals would gener- ate another $40,000 to help for the salary implementation. The 30-step plan is experi- enced based. For instance a be- ginning teacher assistant on a pay grade of 54 would receive $1227.69 per month for 10 months in step O but if she worked for the system in the same position for 10 years she would receive $1427.07 monthly and if she stayed with the schools for 20 years she would be paid $1928.25 per month. A Child Nutrition Assistant II in step 52 would get a beginning cents to 75 cents for students and from 75 cents to $1 for adults. Elementary lunch prices will rise from $1.25 to $1.35. Middle and High School lunch will cost $1.45 instead of $1.35. salary of $1150.92 and after 30 years would receive $1781.92 per month. Supt. Dr. Bob McRae said the State Board of Education class specifications and pay grades were used as the baseline sys- tem for part of the process. Individual positions were clas- sified according to duties and responsibilities and employees in those positions were placed on the salary schedule accord- ing to experience in the system. McRae said the compensation study was conducted over sev- eral moths by Causby/Boyd Associates and no individual factors regarding any specific employee were reviewed such Fast food costs will rise from $1.60 to $1.70 at the Middle School and from $1.70 to $1.80 at the high school. Adult meals at the Middle and High School will rise from $2.00 to $2.25. An additional increase on se- lected a la cart items will in- clude: tea, from 40 cents to 50 as performance, longevity and individual credentials such as education and training. McRae said that the 1993 General Assembly passed legis- lation that requires local boards of education to pay clerical, teacher assistant and custodial personnel at least an average salary in each class equal to the average state allocation for each class. He said the 98 percent re- quirement for teacher assistants and custodians will cost Kings Mountain an additional $25,744.04. By its unanimous action the board adopted the State Board of Education pay grades, setting lunch prices to increase cents and ice cream from 60 cents to 65 cents. Child Nutrition Director Patsy Rountree said the increas- es are necessary due to the in- crease in food costs, labor costs and to help implement the new salary schedule and pay for _ equipment. KM Schools considering dress code Baggy pants which often times drop below the waist and are worn without a belt will be a. "no. no’ in the Kings Mountain School System's new system-wide dress code. The Kings Mountain Board of Education took a look at poli- cies for both students and teachers at Monday night's meeting and Supt. Dr. Bob McRae conducted the ‘policy's first reading. McRae said that while facul- ties were unanimous in their approval of the new student dress code, a first, they were not unanimous but a majority of teachers approved the dress code for teachers. "All personnel will dress with good taste, appropriately at- tired for the work to be done," reads the new addition to the faculty policy. "While the matter of personal dress is in large part a measure of personal style, the Board of Education does believe that certain standards in re- gards to expectations for em- ployee dress are appropriate. To this end the ongoing expecta- tion for employee dress is that very casual apparel is inappro- priate for days when students are in attendance or for when parent conferences are held. Examples of such wear are ca- sual shorts, jeans, sweatsuits, windsuits, and extremely tight fitting clothing. Shoes should be neat and clean.” Exceptions based on specific Bojangles’ KM opening huge success Opening weekend crowds of 3,000 were served Bojangles chicken biscuits at Kings Mountain's new Cleveland Avenue restaurant. Area Manager Claude Clark said the response to the new Kings Mountain business has been tremendous. The 3600 square foot facility was built at a cost of $900,000. Forty-five store employees were ready for the opening on Friday, according to Clark, who said a more formal grand open- ing will be held later. Clark said Bojangles will probably feature Carolina Panther and Charlotte Hornet players in the grand opening of its 125th corporate store and number 550 for Bojangles, head- quarters in Charlotte. Bojangles operates three stores in Gastonia, one in Belmont, and one in Shelby. Clark said Bojangles is testing a new chicken, a combination of Cajun and Southern which is spicy but "not too hot," he says. Clark said only one customer has complained that his chicken was too spicy. Tony Federico is local manag- er. Store hours are 5:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 6 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday. Breakfast is available all day and serving of chicken starts at 9:30 a.m. daily. The facility has a dining room capacity of 96. Cleveland County extends option on land County commissioners have extended for four months their options on two potential indus- trial park sites. The commissioners voted 6-1 at the recent meeting with Ralph Gilbert the only dis- senter. County Attorney Julian Wray ' said the extensions will cost the . county nothing and is necessary because of some "technicalities : that need to be cleared up." By their action the commis- sioners extended options on the : R. Grier Plonk property, 235 acres in : Community : Mountain,. and the Shelby Loan Bethware Kings the near - North site, 329 acres northwest : of Shelby. * Commission Chairman Jim i Crawley had earlier predicted : that the county would buy a . site before the options expire June 12. 3 "We have two live options," © he said. ~ Economic development offi- “cials have said that develop- 3 ‘ment of a county industrial - Sally McIntyre wins Sullivan Award 4 Sally Gray McIntyre, who © was youth minister at Central & United Methodist Church in « Kings Mountain for the past & two years, was presented the = Mary Mildred Sullivan Award & during Wofford College's com- £ mencement ceremony May 17. = McIntyre was given the award © because of her demonstrated love and service to mankind = and for her spirit of helpfulness 3 to others. § A religion and sociology ma- = jor, McIntyre is the daughter of = = Dewitte Gray and Jane London Eg & McIntyre of Charlotte. She is a WEF park would be an incentive for new industry to the area. A group of local investors is ready to construct a shell building on the property. The commissioners evaluated three sites the Cleveland - County Economic Development Commission recommended to them with the Plonk site picked as the number one site. The county purchased the options on the two sites Oct. 15, 1996 and extended them Jan. 21. The commission also purchased an option on seven acres - owned by the heirs of the McSwain family - adjacent to the Plonk property. The options gave the county the right to buy the Shelby Loan property for $6,000 an acre and the Plonk property for $5,400. David Pond, an engineer for W. K. Dickson Company of Charlotte, estimated at a public hearing conducted by the board costs for site development at $6.3 million for the Plonk prop- erty and $11.3 million for the Shelby Loan site. member of Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, Panhellenic, and Kappa Delta social sorority. In 1995-96, she received the "Make a Difference" award and the Spartanburg Children's Shelter "Volunteer of the Year" Award. Established in 1926 by the New York Southern Society, the Sullivan Awards Program hon- ors the memory and outstand- ing character of the Society's founder, Algernon Sydney Sullivan, and his wife, Mary Mildred Sullivan. activities or work assignments and for teacher workdays may be granted by the principal of each school keeping in mind the spirit of these expectations, the policy reads. The student policy points out that shorts and skirts shall be an appropriate length, not too short as defined by the school. Clothing should not display an obscene, lewd, suggestive or vulgar message nor any mes- sage which might be derogatory or insulting to others. Messages or advertisements on clothing which promote or encourage the use of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs are also prohib- ited. Shoes must be worn at all times, the policy stipulates. Clothing that is revealing and/ or sexually suggestive and con- sequently a disruption to the learning process is not permit- ted. Such dress includes, but is not limited to tops which reveal the midriff of the student, fish- net clothing and very tight clothing. Students are not to wear hats, caps, bandanas or sun glasses/shades inside the building. The policy points out that the administration of the school is charged with determining if a student's dress complies with the regulations. When it is de- termined that a student is not in compliance, the administration shall require the student to change his/her attire to be in compliance. the minimum and maximum salaries for all classes of em- ployees. The board adopted the 30-step schedule for each pay grade that allows for placement of various levels and provides for possible increment increases when dollars are available. Placement on. the schedule is perience using 1-year experi- ence increments for each step. The board did not pass the recommendation by the consul- tants on special bonuses based on specific established criteria but indicated it may look at the recommendation at a later date when funds would become i made according to years of ex- available. CorpELL Scot, II, D.M.D. GENERAL DENTISTRY 106 N. 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Railroad Street Downtown Kings Mtn. 734-0960 Hii Closed Monday CLAUDE SUBER ryq5, Fri. 9-5,5at.9-1 DAVID MCANELLY Located in the Old Plonk Brothers Bld. 94 HONDA ACCORD LX *129* Per Month 94 HONDA ACCORD EX The K *159* Per Month Kimg of Tacd & 101 BOULEVARRB INTERCHANGE we Earn L8L-CHRS BOO = WENDY'S E8L-22T7 * 1997 Down; 27 Month Lease - OAC Cash or Trade
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