The Bleckley County Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday night. Two members were absent, Chair Shanna Evans and Diane Lester. In attendance were Vice Chair Amy Williams, Mellissa Stewart, Brandon Keel, and Superintendent Dr. Trey Belflower.
There were things of interest in the consent items. One of t\hem was the Corrective Action Plan related to the Financial Statement Finding. As part of the plan to ensure there are no reporting errors in the future, a former accountant will be utilized to go over financials.
Belflower also went over documents regarding the GSBA Board Awards. They included the GSBA Governance Team Self-Assessment and Application for the Exemplary Board Award. He said the external team providing an assessment of the board included Chamber of Commerce President Staley Bell, Bleckley Christian Learning Center Director Don Giles, and assistant superintendent Lara Rowland.
They gave the highest ratings to the governance team. Once all board members sign the documents, Belflower will submit them to the Department of Education and Georgia School Board Association.
Director of Transportation and Facilities Stan Thompson was called on to update the board regarding tornado damage to the high school and the flooding which took pplace at the primary school. Thompson first showed slides highlighting the damage to the gym roof, the tennis court, and fencing next to the track.
He then showed slides with the damage areas repaired. A video was then shown from when the pipe burst at the primary school in June causing flood damage. Since it happened on a weekend, it wasn’t discovered for two days. There was damage in several areas, including computers teachers used which had been moved to the media center for the summer to be reformatted for the coming school year.
Thompson said though the computers had already been replaced and most of the damage repaired. The one place where people would notice was the Pre-K hall. They were waiting to replace the baseboards until the floor tile could be replaced.
One contract and one grant was approved. The contract was the FY24 Memorandum of Understanding with the Bleckley County Sheriff’s Office. As has been the case in past years, the district will play half the cost for one School Resource Office, 10/12 the cost of two SRO’s, and the full cost of one SRO for an estimated cost of $149,952.41 for the FY23-24 school year.
The grant was to fund the Sexual Risk Avoidance Program headed by Laura Knox. It was a grant of $92,000.
From the Executive Session- The board approved the resignation of District Mental Health Therapist Keelie Joiner. Ethan Hulsey was added as an assistant coach for middle school baseball.
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