HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1928IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
JOINT MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND BRIEFING MINUTES
AUGUST 4.1998
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, August 4, 1998, at 4:00 p.m.,
and 5:00 P.M., in the South Wing Conference Room of the Iredell County Government Center, 200
South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara K. Haire
Vice Chairman Steve Johnson
David A. Boone
Alice T. Former
Alice M. Stewart
County Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
Iredell-Statesville School System Representatives Attending Were: Board Chairman Bill
Long, Superintendent Joe Sinclair, Assistant Supt. Norman Harris, Assistant Supt. Julia Williams,
Auxiliary Director Don Atkinson, Finance Director William Barnard, and Public Infonnation Officer
Cathy Davidson.
Others present: Katy Patterson and members of the P.L.E.A.S.E (Parents Leading Effective
Action in Support of Education) group. Also attending were media representatives.
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School Board Chairman Long began the discussion by saying the new ABC School
Report Cards would be disclosed this week. He said three schools (Shepherds Elementary,
Brawley Middle and Lake Norman Elementary) would be named "Schools of Distinction."
Long also said several schools were classified as "exemplary."
Atkinson said all of the system's schools would be air conditioned by the end of this
summer. Sharon School is the last facility scheduled for this work. (Statesville High
School has a few classrooms needing to be air conditioned and this will be accomplished
in the fall of this year.)
Presentation by Dr. Julia Williams
Using graphs and maps, Williams presented growth projections for each of the 29
schools. (Mulberry School is considered the 30' in the system; however, it is used as an
alternative school.) Remarks made about some of the schools were:
Southern Sector
Lake Norman: 15 mobiles on site; anticipate more students by Christmas - - cannot
continue to add mobile units due to the watershed.
Mt. Mourne: 8 new classrooms are already planned. With these, the school should be all
right; however, growth is expected at Exit 33.
Brawley Middle School: To add more classrooms would necessitate the elimination of the
soccer field.
Troutman Middle:100 more students predicted in five years.
South High School: Beyond capacity now. More mobile units are being added.
Western Sector
Celeste Henkle: In the process of completing a new building now. Williams said the school
should be all right for the next few years; however, housing developments are
occurring.
Monticello: Will need new classrooms in the future.