School Board Set To Unveil New CHS Design
Site Plan, Architect’’s Rendering To Be Presented At 7:00 Monday Night
By Brandon Reed
The public will get to see plans for the new Commerce High School next Monday.
Superintendent Mac McCoy announced at Monday night’s meeting of the Commerce Board of Education that a called meeting will be held on March 24 for the public unveiling of the plans for the new facility. The meeting will be at the high school at 7 p.m.
The plan is to begin construction on a new high school shortly after the current school year ends — on the same campus where the school is now. The project is being funded by a bond issue being repaid by the system’s share of the SPLOST (special purpose local option sales tax) for education.
Also on Monday night, the board learned that the eighth grade writing test results showed a 14-percent gain over last year. In 2007, 73 percent met or exceeded goals, and in 2008, 87 percent met or exceeded. Seventy-eight percent of students met the goals, while 9 percent exceeded.
McCoy informed the board that SPLOST funds for December were at $121,875.
“I think in December of last year, we were closer to the 150 mark,” McCoy said. “The economy is definitely taking a hit right now, but overall, we’re still doing fairly well with our SPLOST revenue.”
In other business, the board:
•approved a request for the use of the primary school to hold a beauty pageant for the Children’s Miracle Network.
•approved LINC Mechanical System’s moving forward with the next phase of the bundled energy savings study.
approved the IHAA final exam exemption policy for the high school, which had been tabled thirty days ago.
•following a closed meeting that lasted 32 minutes, to approved personnel recommendations for all four schools, central office, bus drivers and lunchroom workers. Among those recommendations were the resignations of Amanda Mitchell-White, Joe Tiller, Britney Hix, Kerri Lord, Kathy Shirley, Belinda Gail Bellew, Rebecca Duke, and Laura Beth Davis. Also included was the recommendation to hire Brittany Hix as a substitute teacher. The board also approved the continued employment of Barbara Davis and Derrick Davis, with councilman Bill Davis abstaining from the vote; and the continued employment of Dawn Gary, with member Rodney Gary abstaining from the vote.
