September 10, 2018
In the regular September meeting of the Cartersville City Board of Education, the School Board recognized Mike Freeman, Maintenance Department, as the HEARTS Employee of the Month. Mike received a $50.00 gift card to Appalachian Grill, and his name will be added to our perpetual HEARTS plaque displayed at the Cartersville Board Office. New Frontier of Bartow, Inc. proudly sponsors this award.
The principals gave updates and reports on each of their schools.
Under Consent, the Board approved an Overnight/Out-of-State Trip for the Cartersville High School FBLA members to attend the Fall Leadership Conference in Athens, Georgia on November 7 & 8, 2018.
They also approved for Tranquility House of Cartersville to use the CMS School Grounds and Parking Lot on December 1, 2018, for the Jingle Jog 5K Fun Run. Two ratifications for rental requests were also approved. One would allow the OLA Language School to use Cartersville Elementary School from August 21, 2018, thru May 20, 2019, for a Spanish Enrichment Program; and the other was for Crosspoint City Church to use the CES parking lot for the following Sunday’s: August 26, September 2,9,16,23,30; October 7,14,21,28; November 4,11,18,25; December 2, 9,16,23,30; January 6,13,20,27 and February 3,10,17,24 at a cost of $25.00 per Sunday for a total cost of $675.00 – payment received.
Also approved under Consent was for Dr. Feuerbach to attend two conferences as a participant of the Schlechty Center Superintendent Leadership Network. The dates for these conferences are April 24-26, 2019 and June 30, July 1-3, 2019. As a participant, PAGE will pay conference registration, air travel, and lodging. A Disciplinary Tribunal and several Surplus items were approved as well.
The Board approved the Policy Committee’s recommendation for substantial changes in the JCEB-Disciplinary Tribunal Hearing Policy.
The School Board voted to accept resignations as follows:
-Jerry D. Witt, School bus Driver, effective September 7, 2018.
-Hayley Davis, CHS Teacher, retirement, with regret, effective December 31, 2018.
-Linda Patterson, School Board Secretary, retirement, with regret, effective December 31, 2018.
Promotion/Transfer approved:
-Terri Jones from CHS Secretary to School Board Secretary, effective January 1, 2019.
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Cartersville School Board is Monday, October 8, 2018.