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Recognitions

GCS Employee of the Month for July 2009
The board recognized Babs Jones, a reading specialist and part-time employee at Vandalia Elementary, as the July 2009 Employee of the Month. 

GCS Volunteer of the Month for July 2009
The board recognized Mark Malone, volunteer at Triangle Lake Montessori, as the July 2009 Volunteer of the Month. 

Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting
The board recognized the GCS Financial Services Department for receiving a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.

American Express Check Presentation
Representatives from American Express presented to the board a check in the amount of $15,000 to fund Project SERVICE (Students Experiencing Real Value in Community Effort), which will be implemented in the 2009-10 school year.

Consent Agenda
The board approved the personnel reports on the consent agenda, which included contract renewals for 135 interim licensed employees and two classified employees that worked in the district during the 2008-09 school year.  

Last month, 578 interim employees were notified that Guilford County Schools (GCS) had delayed bringing their contracts to the board for renewal due to the uncertainty of the budget situation.

Interim employees are those individuals who serve on a temporary contract, which is revisited annually. They are provided a contract that stipulates a beginning and ending of their employment status (June 16 or the last day of school). Interim employees include those who have been employed for less than 120 days; are on emergency, provisional or lateral entry licenses; are retirees; are not in fulltime positions; or are Visiting International Faculty (VIF) teachers.

Staff Reports

Update on Oak Ridge Elementary
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will conduct a tour and investigation of Oak Ridge on July 14-16. The school has formed three committees, Communications, Facilities and Plan B, to address ongoing facility concerns. Plan B is working on a plan should the facility not be ready for students by the start of the school year. The committees, consisting of both staff members and parents, overwhelmingly recommended that the work not proceed prior to NIOSH concluding its visit. 

Contractual Agreement with New Atlantic Contracting, Inc. for Phase 3A - Jamestown Middle School
The board approved to increase the scope with New Atlantic Contracting, Inc. for Phase 3A construction management at risk services at Jamestown Middle in the amount of $3,289,235.

Preliminary End-of-Grade (EOG) and End-of-Course (EOC) Test Results
Dr. Gongshu Zhang, chief accountability and research officer, presented to the board a report on the preliminary EOG and EOC test results.  

Budget Update
Sharon Ozment, chief financial officer, presented to the board an update on the budget. Staff provided the board with recommendations for different budget scenarios. The board will discuss the recommendations at a budget work session on Thursday, July 9 at 11:30 a.m.

Board Discussion

Nomination to the GTCC Board of Trustees
Chairman Alan Duncan led the board in a discussion regarding approval of the nomination to the Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) Board of Trustees. The board was notified by Shirley Frye, chair of the GTCC Board of Trustees, that Watts Carr has resigned his appointment to the board. The board approved to appoint Jim Bryant to fill the remainder of Carr’s term that will expire on June 30, 2011.

Guilford County Board of Education meetings are broadcast live on GCSTV 2 (cable channel 2) and also online at http://www.gcsnc.com/depts/gcstv2/gcstv2live.htm. The meetings re-air the day after the meeting at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and the Saturday following the meeting at 1 p.m.