MINUTES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
ANDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE
Anderson, South Carolina
February 16, 2016
6:30 P.M.
The Board of Trustees of Anderson County School District Number Five met in the Offices of
the Board this date with the following members present: Mr. Jay Blankenship, Mr. Rick
Bradshaw, Rev. Johnny Donald, Jr., Mr. John Griffith, Mrs. Ann Huitt, Mr. Harold Kay, II, and
Mr. Paul Zugg. Absent were Dr. Sandy Addis and Mr. Tommy Price.
NOTICE TO MEDIA
In accordance with the S. C. Code of Laws, 1976, Section 30-4-80(d), as amended, the
following have been notified of the time, date, place and agenda of this meeting: The
Anderson Independent-Mail, Greenville News, The Anderson Journal, WYFF, WSPA, Paul
Brown, and FOX 21.
CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME
Mr. Bradshaw called the meeting to order at 6:33 p.m. and welcomed everyone to the
meeting.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & INVOCATION
Mr. Bradshaw led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, and Mr. Zugg gave the
invocation.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
With no objections and by Board consensus, the Agenda was approved as
presented.
RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE
Mr. Wilson recognized Anderson Five Career Campus Principal Cecil Bonner to recognize
AVCC/T. L. Hanna student Tylic Galloway for being chosen "Health Occupations
Students of America (HOSA) IDOL.” Close to 100 members state-wide auditioned. Tylic
will open the HOSA State Leadership Conference in Charleston, SC with the National
Anthem.
Mr. Bonner then recognized Anderson Five Career Campus teacher Tonya Owen for being
selected Teacher of the Year by the South Carolina Business Education Association. Ms.
Owen has taught at the Career Campus since 2013. She currently teaches Foundations of
Animation and Image Editing I. Ms. Owen is a member of SCBEA, SBEA, NBEA, ACTE,
SCACTE, and FBLA. She currently serves as the SCBEA Editor and Webmaster.
Mr. Wilson then recognized Glenview Middle School Principal Walter Mayfield to recognize
Glenview Middle School student Dylan Howard for being selected to play with the South
Carolina Region 2 Honors Band. Dylan will participate in a two-day rehearsal and
concert at Lexington High School in Columbia, SC on February 19 and 20 with students from
all over the region. Dylan plays the tuba.
OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD
No one signed up to address the Board.
CONSENT AGENDA
Mr. Wilson and the Administration recommended Board approval of the following Consent
Agenda item:
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January 19, 2016 Regular Board Meeting Minutes
Rev. Donald made a motion the Board approve the Consent Agenda Item as
presented. Mr. Kay seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
ACTION ITEM(S)
Amendment to Bond Resolutions – Mr. Wilson recognized Mrs. Heard to present for
Board approval an amendment to the Bond Resolution adopted on January 20, 2015 and the
Bond Resolution adopted on December 15, 2015. Mrs. Heard stated that there is language
in the bond resolutions that says the purchasers of our bonds can only sell general
obligation bonds to other municipal governments or revenue bonds of municipalities to other
government agencies. One of the purchasers have asked that we make the language a little
more stringent (i.e. take out the revenue bonds) to say that the bonds can only be used for
general obligation bonds and that they have to be AAA rated.
Mrs. Huitt made a motion the Board approve the amendment to the Bond
Resolution adopted on January 20, 2015 and the Bond Resolution adopted on
December 15, 2015 as presented. Mr. Zugg seconded the motion, which carried
unanimously.
Change March Board Meeting to March 14, 2016 – Mr. Wilson stated that he will be
attending a conference in Charleston on March 15, 2016 and requested Board approval to
change the March Board Meeting to March 14, 2016.
With no objections and by Board consensus, the March Board Meeting was
changed to March 14, 2016.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Student Discipline Report – Mr. Wilson recognized Dr. Hudson to present as information
an update on student discipline. Dr. Hudson stated that total expulsions for this time period
is at 38. As compared to this same time last year, the total was 53. By the end of last
school year total expulsions were 73. Dr. Hudson further stated that we are trending in the
right direction, and he contributes that to the hard work of the principals and other
programs that have been put in place for students. One of the programs highlighted was
the Personalized Learning Center located at the Career Campus under the direction of
Charter School Principal Katie Brown. The Personalized Learning Center is an intervention
between the Alternative School and the regular school. Eight students are currently in the
Personalized Learning Center program.
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Instructional Highlight – Whitehall Elementary School – Mr. Wilson recognized
Principal Tonna Marroni to highlight programs offered at Whitehall Elementary. In a
PowerPoint presentation, Ms. Maronni discussed the absolute rating of an Excellent
Whitehall has received since 2011 and under general performance they have receive five
consecutive Gold Flags. She also discussed establishing consistent routines for looking at
academic data and identifying individual student needs (i.e. data meetings, at-risk
meetings, targeted interventions, etc.). Ms. Marroni discussed the instructional focus on
math, implementation of balanced literacy, and reading recovery support.
Financial Reports – Mr. Wilson recognized Mrs. Heard to present as information the
monthly Financial Statements and the Pupil Activity Reports for the month ending January
31, 2016. Mrs. Heard stated that the district received its 45th day analysis from the State.
Our weighted pupil unit increased by 343 pupil units. However, because of the large
increase in weighted pupil unit across the state, the base student cost decreased by $47.
We later found out that our base student cost did not decrease by the full $47; therefore,
our 45th day analysis brought in approximately $280,000 additional funds. We also received
a one-time Fee-In-Lieu payout of approximately $1.5 million related to the Michelin Plant
closing.
With regards to revenue, Mrs. Heard stated that monies are still coming in as anticipated.
With regards to expenditures, the district is still under budget as compared to this same
time last year.
With regards to the one cent sales tax collection, Anderson Five received approximately
$711,000 for the month of November. Of that, approximately $142,000 will go towards our
debt service to reduce the bond indebtedness on property taxes. The amount available for
our capital projects is approximately $569,000.
Mrs. Heard then discussed the sale of the bonds of the advanced refunding of the 2008
General Obligation Bonds. She stated that the district will save approximately $22 million in
interest over the life of the loan and approximately a $15 million savings for taxpayers.
RECESS
Mr. Price made a motion the Board recess then reconvene in Executive Session to
consider the 2016-2017 Administrative Personnel Recommendations. Mr. Griffith
seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
(7:51 P.M.)
OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mr. Zugg made a motion the Board reconvene in Open Session. Mr. Kay seconded
the motion, which carried unanimously.
Mr. Bradshaw reported that no action was taken in Executive Session; however, action is
required on the 2016-2017 Administrative Personnel Recommendations.
Mr. Kay made a motion the Board approve the 2016-2017 Administrative
Personnel Recommendations in addition to two teacher recommendations as
presented. Rev. Donald seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
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ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mr. Kay made a motion the Board adjourn. Mr.
Price seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
(8:22 P.M.)
CHAIRMAN
SECRETARY
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Recording Secretary
As Approved By Superintendent
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