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Adair Co. School Board 17 Dec 2015 meeting report
Click on headline for complete story By Ed Waggener The Adair County School Board had a very productive meeting the at its regular session, Thursday, December 17, 2015, the last scheduled meeting of the year. Supt Alan Reed said after the meeting "It was the kind (of meeting) I like to see. There was a lot of parent and teacher involvement, a lot of questions were asked, which means that the community is engaged. "That's good," he said. Parents were most interested in finding out how math education would change, he said. Exciting progress is being made in technology education Exciting progress is being made, he reported. He told the board about the recent meeting with Jeff Adams from the Lake Cumberland Area Technology Center Adair County shares with Russell County, to help develop plans to get more students into the more difficult, but higher paying career paths. A good example is the industrial maintenance career path that is offered at our area technology center, which starts graduates out at $50,000-$70,000 a year, "Factories in Glasgow, Somerset, and Lebanon are crying out to find graduates who have certificates in Industrial Maintenance," Mr. Reed said, "and we need to be directing students into that Career Path as well as others in high demand." He reported at the board meeting he said, that representatives of Somerset Community College and and the Lake Cumberland Area Development District were here to forge partnership between the Adair County School District and KCTCS to offer classes training adults in Gas Metal Arc welding. This program, initially, will supply welders for a Stephens Manufacturing plant in Burkesville, KY, which will add 40-50 jobs in the high paying field. The classes would be for adults, from 5-10 in the evening. for several weeks. Graduates will be certificated and there are jobs waiting. "We'll probably be able to start that training in January. We're very thrilled about that and we'll have more information on that coming up here real soon. Mr. Reed said in an interview before the meeting that he's already been approached by two companies in Adair County who will be hiring more welders. "Rob Wilkerson of Assisted Transportation Systems has approached us with an offer to guarantee qualifying students to participate in a co-op program with jobs upon graduation. And Jeff Miller of A-I Gate wants us to train workers for production line work at his plant near the old Shepherd School on KY 206," he said. "Welders are in demand. The pay is relatively high, and this is something of a career in itself. It also is security for an individual who wants to continue their higher education at the same time they are earning an income which is adequate to finance or help finance tuition costs." ACES is tops in November attendance Adair County Elementary was our highest achieving school in terms of student attendance and were 94.97 attendance in November, Mr. Reed said. (See all attendance figures including faculty, staff and central office, at November 2015 Attendance Update) Two day a week pre-school schedule to be expanded Mr. Reed said that District is working to improve Kindergarten readiness, by returning the pre-school program to a four-day-a-week program. "We just aren't seeing the amount of Kindergarten readiness that we need to see here in our county and we think that the two day a week pre-school schedule may be playing a role in that - not quite sure, but it seems that a return to a four day a week program is the way to go." He said there will be more on the plan's progress in the next few weeks. The schedule would change in the 2016-2017 school year, he said. He said that officials believe that there are approximately 80 pre-schoolers in Adair County who are in dire need of pre-school instruction who are not now identified. "We're going to intensify our search to find those children - if it means going door-to-door - to get them in school and alleviate the problem of kindergarten readiness." District continues to see State Financial support drop In the interview following the board meeting, Mr. Reed said that the board continues to get financial squeezes. "We're facing a nearly $150,000 downturn next year. It's coming from a $48,000 reduction in our SEEK (Support Education Excellence in Kentucky) funds the state has told us to expect next year, and in an increase of approximately $100,000 in our contribution to the retirement program." District may switch out some theater seating with bleachers Director of Maintenance David Jones said that his department will be coming up with a plan which may mean a reduction in theater type seating in the Adair County High School gymnasium. Several of the seats are damaged and cannot be used - and cannot be repaired because the manufacturer is no longer in business. Theater seats reduce occupancy by one-half, Mr. Reed said, and cost far more than bleacher seating. Mr. Jones reported that the work on the new bus garage on Col. Casey Drive is progressing well, but is now about one month behind the original schedule. He projects that the completion will be sometime around the end of February, 2016. Board approves new sound system for ACMS The Board unanimously approved an expenditure of $13,000 for a new sound system for the Adair County Middle School. All other schools' sound systems had already been updated. Board approves stipends for aspiring principals The board voted unanimously to give stipends of $500 each to faculty enrolled in the District's Leadership Academy. The stipends will help more faculty become qualified for principal positions. District gets clean audit Mather & Company delivered the 2014-2015 audit, which was clean for the year, but notified the board of a change in accounting methods which will negatively affect the financial statements in the future. The board was told that next year's audit will have to carry indebtedness for the retirement systems (KERS and CERS). It will make future statements look worse than the present or past ones, but that is a more forthright way of stating the district's positions Consent agenda accepted The consent agenda was approved unanimously. (See AGENDA, December 18, 2015 The meeting was well attended. All members of the board, Chairman Floyd Burton (4) and members Terry Harvey (1), Quin Lasley (2), Lisa Burton (3), and Mike Harris (5), were present. End of Report for Adair County Board of Education meeting, Thu 17 Dec 2015 Information About Your Adair County Schools The Adair County School Board meets at 7pmCT, each third Thursday, at the Board Conference Room, lower level, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. Adair County Board of Education: Chairman Floyd Burton (Division 4) Members: Terry Harvey (Division 1); Quin "Tweeta" Lasley (Division 2), Lisa Burton, (Division 3), Mike Harris (Division 5) . Superintendent Alan W. Reed. School Board Attorney Jeff Hoover. Dean of Students Robbie Harmon, Academic Dean, Phyllis Curry; Anita Goode, Special Education Director; John Shelley III, Title 1 Coordinator; Steve Turner; Carla Perkins, Technology Coordinator; David Jones, Transportation Director & Maintenance Director; Carol Roy, Food Services Director; Renae Smith, Finance Officer. Becky Bailey, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent. This story was posted on 2015-12-19 11:52:02
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