Board Agenda for the Week of 10/22/2002

OPEN SESSION - Fuquay-Varina High School 4:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER

QUORUM DETERMINATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INFORMATION

Chairman's Comments

Superintendent's Report

RECOGNITION

Presentation of Governor's Business Partner Award From the Business Education Leadership Council (BELC)
The Business Education Leadership Council has been recognized with the 2002 Governor's Business Partner Award. The Business Education Leadership Council is a leadership team for Wake County's 34 school-based business alliances. The Business Education Leadership Council is comprised of Area Assistant Superintendents and area business leaders.

APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARING

Citizens who signed up to address the board during public hearing will be called on in priority order-first for items on the agenda and then for items not on the agenda. Each individual speaker will be allowed three minutes for remarks. Issues or concerns involving personnel matters are not appropriate for this public comment setting. After 30 minutes of public hearing, any speakers remaining will be recognized at the end of the agenda for their comments.

INFORMATION ITEMS

PROGRAM

1. Special Education Services Middle School Service Delivery Model
Model focuses on improvement of academic achievement for Special Education students. Schools continue to offer a continuum of services from consultation to separate. Students in an academic program (LD, BED, OHI, EMD, S/L, OI, HI, VI, AU) will be served in the school to which they are assigned. Students requiring life skills functional curriculum (AU, SPMD, TMD, MU) continue to be served in regional self-contained programs. Students are grouped based on skill level for academic instruction rather than area of eligibility or level of service. Special Education teachers will teach these students. (Students may spend the majority of the day in Special Education, but would be grouped with other students with similar academic needs, i.e., reading levels to receive systematic, direct instruction in reading.) There are no fiscal implications. Special Education teachers are already in place. This item is for information only.

2. Facts Regarding Growth Management (Student Assignment)
The staff of the Office of Growth Management (Student Assignment) will preset facts regarding student reassignment. These historical facts will show, by reason code, the number of students reassigned in recent years. There are no fiscal implications. This item is presented for information.

3. Expansion of Year-Round Programs in Western Wake County
The staff of the Office of Growth Management (Student Assignment) will present recommendations regarding the addition of year-round sites in the Western area of Wake County. The addition of year-round schools will offer additional building capacity gains as well as opportunities of choice for families. More concise transportation patterns can reduce travel time for students. This item is presented for information.

FACILITES

1. Information: PLAN 2000 Building Program Status for Fuquay-Varina
The PLAN 2000 building program was firmly supported by all communities within Wake County. Staff will present a report to the citizenry of Fuquay-Varina regarding the status of projects within their area of the County and the needs identified by their schools for future building programs. Fiscal Implications: None. Recommendation for Action: No action is needed at this time.

FINANCE

1. Potential Changes In Local Expenditures For 2002-2003
To report potential changes in local expenditures for 2002-2003 as of September 30, 2002. Fiscal Implications: Potential adjustments within the local budget. Transactions transferring budget between accounts will be reported to the Board of Education with all Budget Amendments and Transfers quarterly.

CONSENT ITEMS

FACILITIES

1. Utility Station and Pipeline Easement: East Wake High School
Road improvements by the North Carolina Department of Transportation along the frontage of East Wake High School, require the relocation of a gas utility station and pipeline owned by Public Service Company of North Carolina. PSNC Energy has agreed to accept an easement area of 1,315 square feet on Board property, south of Grady Ray Road, to relocate its facilities. PSNC Energy serves East Wake High School. Fiscal Implications: Board receives $1,315 for the utility easement. Recommendation for Action: Staff requests Board approval to grant Public Service Company of North Carolina an easement of 1,315 square feet to relocate a utility station and gas pipeline.

2. Thoroughfare Reimbursement Contract and Commitment For Dedication and Payment of Fees for Right-of-Way: Knightdale High
Please see attached explanation. Fiscal Implications: Unknown at this date. Recommendation for Action: Staff requests Board approval of a Thoroughfare Reimbursement Contract and Agreement of Commitment for dedication and payment of fees for right-of-way with the Town of Knightdale.

3. Utility Easement: Project Enlightenment
Renovations at the Project Enlightenment Facility require an easement to Carolina Power & Light Company to provide electrical service. An underground line will be installed in an easement area 10-feet wide and approximately 270-feet in length. An overhead line will be required in an area 30-feet wide and approximately 25-feet in length for overhead service. Fiscal Implications: None. Recommendation for Action: Staff requests Board approval to grant Carolina Power & Light Company an easement for electrical service, 10-feet wide and approximately 270-feet in length for underground service and 30-feet wide and approximately 25-feet in length for overhead service.

4. Resolution: Closing Accounts for Phase IIIA and Phase IIIB Projects
Resolution requests closing accounts for Phase IIIA and Phase IIIB projects to include: Phase IIIA: Enloe High and Southeast Raleigh High and Phase IIIB: Brentwood Elementary, Carnage Middle, Centennial Campus, Dillard Drive Elementary, Dillard Drive Middle, East Wake High, Forestville Road High, Green Hope Elementary, Green Hope High, Lufkin Road Middle, Middle Creek Elementary, North Ridge Elementary, Reedy Creek Elementary, Salem Elementary, Wakefield Elementary, Wakefield High, Wakefield Middle, Wildwood Forest Elementary, Yates Mill Elementary and Zebulon Elementary. Fiscal Implications: The consolidated amount that remains after closing these projects is $2,399,486.61. These funds will be transferred to the Phase IIIB Long-Range Building Program Contingency. Recommendation for Action: Board approval is requested.

5. Change Order No. 1: Underwood Elementary
Board approval is requested for Change Order No.1 to Enpuricon, Inc. This change order in the amount of $148,065.00 is for lead and asbestos abatement in the existing building. Fiscal Implications: Funding is available from the total project budget of $9,559,037 of which $8,500,000 is from the PLAN 2000 School Building Program project budget, $523,665 is from the Phase IIIB Long-Range Building Program project budget, and $535,372 is from the 1996 State Bond Building Program project budget. Recommendation for Acton: Board approval is requested.

6. Construction Documents: Highcroft Drive Elementary
Staff will present the construction documents designed by Pearce Brinkley Cease and Lee PA for Highcroft Drive Elementary. Fiscal Implications: Funding is available from the total project budget of $11,152,391, as provided in the Plan 2000 School Building Program. Recommendations for Action: Board approval is requested.

7. Construction Documents: Turner Creek Road Elementary
Staff will present the construction documents designed by Pearce Brinkley Cease & Lee PA for Turner Creek Road Elementary. Fiscal Implications: Funding is available from the total project budget of $10,662,555, as provided in the PLAN 2000 School Building Program. Recommendation for Action: Board approval is requested.

FINANCE

1. Budget Amendments And Transfers, 2002-2003
To report changes in the budget resolution resulting from transactions processed during
July - September 2002. Fiscal Implications:
Adjust State Public School Fund- $13,616,797
Adjust Local Current Expense Fund+ $612,965
Adjust Federal Programs Fund+ $12,256,254
Adjust Capital Outlay Fund+$255,113,908
Adjust Multiple Enterprise Fund+ $4,996,273

Net Changes+ $ 259,362,603

PROGRAM

1. Grant Proposals
Competitive (#683): U. S. Department of Education, Early Reading First / Project Enlightenment. Collaborative (#699): U. S. Department of Education, Teaching Matters: Quality Counts / Central Office collaboration with North Carolina Central University. Competitive (#700): Wake County Human Services, 4-H, Support Our Students / Individual schools. Competitive (#707): National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Toyota TIME / Individual schools. Competitive (#708): National Science Teachers' Association, Toyota TAPESTRY / Individual schools. Competitive (#709): Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce / Wake Forest area schools. Competitive (#710): Trentini Foundation / Wake Forest area schools. Fiscal implications vary by grant. Board approval is requested.

2. Contract: Wake County Human Services for 2002-2003
Wake County Human Services will provide (1) consultation and threat assessments for level three students suspended for threats, (2) one coordinator to conduct training and consultation to community and school based after school programs, and (3) $43,000 start-up funding for 10 new after school programs. The total cost of the contract is not to exceed $104,229 of which shall be paid from Safe Schools/Healthy Students Grant budget. This is the fourth and final year for SS/HS funding of this project. Staff recommends that this contract be approved.

3. Agreement Between Exceptional Children's Assistance Center and Wake County
Public School System
Project Enlightenment is a model, demonstration, and training center for the national Parents As Teachers (PAT) program that promotes school readiness and parent involvement. The Exceptional Children's Assistance Center will pay Project Enlightenment to provide PAT services for families, develop and distribute quarterly newsletters, plan and host state PAT Advisory meetings, and provide training and technical assistance for PAT educators. This is a revenue contract in the amount of $65,000. No Wake County Public School funds are required. Staff recommends that the Board approve the contract to receive funding from Exceptional Children's Assistance Center.

4. Out of Country and Amusement Park Related Field Trips
Under current board policy 5430.10C, field trips to amusement parks are prohibited. Because there are a number of competitions and curriculum related events currently held at or sponsored by amusement parks, we are requesting that the Board of Education waive policy for the attached school trip requests. Attached under separate cover are several school trip requests to travel out of country, which also require approval of the Board of Education. The requests are grouped by area and have supporting documentation attached. The anticipated student costs are indicated on each request form. Each school has made appropriate arrangements so that all children have resources available to participate. Board approval is requested.

HUMAN RESOURCES

1. Recommendations for Administrative Appointments

BOARD ADVISORY COUNCIL NOMINATIONS

COMMITTEE CHAIRS' REPORTS

ACTION ITEMS

FACILITIES

1. Certificate of Interest: Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
The State Board of Education's guidelines for administration of the Qualified Zone Academy Bond Program require counties and local education authorities to approve of the submission of a Certificate of Interest prior to submitting an application of authority to issue bonds for qualified projects. Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Interest to provide the Board and County Government options for future funding of building projects. Fiscal Implications: Submission of the Certificate of Interest acknowledges that the county has adequate bonding capacity to issue the bonds. The guidelines for administration establish a range of bonding limits from a minimum of $500,000 to a maximum of $2,000,000. Recommendation for Action: Board approval is requested.
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUATION (if needed)

ADJOURNMENT

Meetings will be held in the Administration Building, 3600 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC unless otherwise indicated.