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    Board Briefs Nov 9 2015

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    The Vance County Board of Education approved the district's required improvement plan to submit to the state Department of Public Instruction, with goals of all schools earning a C or higher grade, meeting growth targets, and increasing the graduation rate. The board also approved awarding construction and security contracts, eliminating unused mobile classrooms, transferring five assistant principals, new personnel recommendations, and resignations and retirements. Upcoming committee meetings were scheduled in November and December.

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    The Vance County Board of Education approved the district's required improvement plan to submit to the state Department of Public Instruction, with goals of all schools earning a C or higher grade, meeting growth targets, and increasing the graduation rate. The board also approved awarding construction and security contracts, eliminating unused mobile classrooms, transferring five assistant principals, new personnel recommendations, and resignations and retirements. Upcoming committee meetings were scheduled in November and December.

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    The Vance County Board of Education approved the district's required improvement plan to submit to the state Department of Public Instruction, with goals of all schools earning a C or higher grade, meeting growth targets, and increasing the graduation rate. The board also approved awarding construction and security contracts, eliminating unused mobile classrooms, transferring five assistant principals, new personnel recommendations, and resignations and retirements. Upcoming committee meetings were scheduled in November and December.

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    Board Briefs

    A summary of action taken by the Vance County Board of Education


    November 9, 2015
    Vance County Schools Public Information Office

    District Improvement Plan Receives Required Board Approval


    The Vance County Board of Education at its regular monthly meeting approved the
    District Improvement Plan that must be submitted to the N.C. Department of Public
    Instruction. The plan is required by the state, because more than half of the local
    schools earned a School Performance Grade of D or F for the 2014-2015 school
    year. The plan includes three main goals. These goals are: all schools will earn a
    School Performance Grade of C or higher for this school year; all schools will meet
    growth or exceed growth as determined by EVASS for this school year; and the district
    graduation rate will increase from 77.5 percent to 83 percent for this school year. The
    plan also includes three strategies and several action steps to achieve each goal.
    Strategies for the first goal call for the district to: build leadership capacity through
    professional development and district support; implement targeted Professional
    Learning Communities in all schools; and provide bona-fide summer school for
    identified students following state guidelines to extend the learning environment. The
    second goal includes strategies to: create a District Support of Schools in Transition
    (DSST) Team in order to provide targeted support to all schools; make data driven
    decisions to improve student performance; and provide targeted professional
    development for classroom teachers. The three strategies for the final goal are to: offer
    a credit recovery period during the school day in traditional high schools in order for
    students to catch up on credits; develop recovery systems in order for students to keep
    up in current courses; and identify students who can participate in the school systems
    Transition Academy which requires state minimum credits for graduation.

    Board Awards Contracts, Approves Elimination Of Unused Mobile


    Units
    Board members also approved three recommendations from the Building and
    Grounds Committee. The board voted to award the contract to H.G. Reynolds of
    Henderson, for the construction of a new multipurpose room at Carver Elementary
    School. H.G. Reynolds was the lowest bidder for the contract. Construction is expected
    to begin within the next several weeks. A recommendation also was approved to award
    the contract to N.C. Sound for security equipment to be installed on doors in all local
    schools. N.C. Sound was the lowest bidder for the contract. The cost of the project will
    be $202,000. Finally, board members approved a recommendation from the committee
    to declare as surplus property 12 mobile classrooms that are no longer used at schools.

    The mobile classrooms to be eliminated include four units at Aycock Elementary, four
    units at Zeb Vance Elementary and four units at Eaton-Johnson Middle. This will be the
    first phase of a project to eliminate unused mobile classrooms in the school system.

    Five Assistant Principals Will Be Transferred To Other Schools


    Following review by the boards Personnel Committee, board members received
    information on the transfer of five assistant principals to other schools, effective
    November 30. Justin Wrenn, who has been the assistant principal at E.M. Rollins
    Elementary School, will become a third-grade teacher at Dabney Elementary School.
    Nowell Brooks, an assistant principal at Henderson Middle School, will be the assistant
    principal at E.M. Rollins Elementary School. Iris Dethmers, the assistant principal at the
    STEM Early High School, will be the assistant principal at L.B. Yancey and Zeb Vance
    elementary schools. Mark Lawhorne, who has been the assistant principal at Western
    Vance High School, will become the assistant principal at STEM Early High and an
    assistant principal at Northern Vance High School. Kerri Morrison, an assistant principal
    at Southern Vance High School, will become an instructional coach with the Curriculum
    and Instruction Department at the Administrative Services Center.

    Personnel Recommendations Receive Board Approval


    The board approved recommendations for employment for Sarah Brewer, an EC
    teacher assistant at Zeb Vance Elementary; Arnetra Terry, a part-time literacy coach at
    Zeb Vance Elementary; Stanley Hawkins, assistant womens basketball coach at
    Northern Vance High; and Sharan Drumgold, a substitute bus driver for all schools.
    Resignations approved by the board were from Jessica Canning, second-grade
    teacher, Aycock Elementary; Mechiel McAdam, second-grade teacher, Aycock
    Elementary; Kelly Guill, fifth-grade teacher, E.M. Rollins Elementary; Lanisha Daye,
    assistant principal, L.B. Yancey Elementary; Noelle Dixon, third-grade teacher, L.B.
    Yancey Elementary; and Robin Hudson, English teacher, Northern Vance High.
    Retirements were accepted for Diane Baggett, cafeteria assistant, Clarke
    Elementary; Jeanetta Jennings, first-grade teacher, L.B. Yancey Elementary; and Jane
    Satterwhite, school nurse, E.O. Young Jr. Elementary.
    Two requests for leaves of absence also were approved.

    Upcoming Board And Committee Meetings Are Scheduled

    The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Vance County Board of Education will
    begin at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 14, 2015, in the Administrative Services Center
    on Graham Avenue in Henderson.
    Upcoming meeting dates for the boards committees are as follows:
    Building and Grounds Friday, November 20
    Community and Business Relations To be determined
    Curriculum Friday, November 20
    Finance To be determined
    Personnel Monday, December 7
    Policy To be determined

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