Board OKs Templin project; moves closer to sale of old Cox’s Creek school
Bardstown Board of Education member Jim Roby listens to Cara Blackmon, the district’s director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, at Tuesday’s meeting.
By JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, 3 p.m. — The Bardstown Board of Education approved moving forward with plans to dispose of the former Cox’s Creek Elementary School building.
The district has received approval by the Kentucky Department of Education to dispose of the building located at 6855 Old Louisville Rd. The board approved the sale of the property by sealed bid.
Bardstown Middle School Principal Dr. Ryan Clark about the leadership team he implemented this fall at the school.
Rather than wait for another board meeting, the board authorized Superintendent Brent Holsclaw to take the necessary steps to get the process started. The board will be required to advertise for sealed bids on the property, and the property will need to be available for inspection prior to the close of the bidding period.
According to Holsclaw, the building’s appraisal was $80,000. According to the PVA office, the Bardstown City Schools purchased the building for $200,000 from the Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency Inc. in 2014.
TEMPLIN PROPERTY PROJECT. The board reviewed and approved the application for a project that will make a building on the former Salt River Electric property usable for the new location of the district’s bus maintenance garage.
The application — referred to as a BG-1 — includes cost estimates to conduct several needed projects in the building, which include: raising the floor in some areas so the floor is all at one level; replacing existing indoor and outdoor lighting with LED units; and moving the bus garage to the property.
WHAT IS A BG-1? A BG-1 is a document filed with the Kentucky Department of Education that outlines the scope of a proposed project a district wishes to undertake. It examines the project’s priority on the district’s facility plan; includes a breakdown of costs and as well as anticipated funding sources.
The BG-1 approved Tuesday estimates the total project costs at $1,560,000.
HEAVEN HILL AGREEMENT. The board gave unanimous approval of a pilot resolution regarding Heaven Hill Brands’ new bottling and warehousing project.
Heaven Hill’s project has already received tax exemptions from state and local government. The agreement means that Heaven Hill is agreeing to voluntarily pay the school tax to the city schools.
“This is a very generous offer by Heaven Hill and I think it clearly shows their commitment to our schools and also our community,” Holsclaw told the board.
FISCAL YEAR 2017 WORKING BUDGET. The district also gave its approval for the district’s 2017 working budget.
The working budget is the final version of the 2016-17 budget, though Holsclaw warned that even the numbers in this budget were subject to changes later in the year — particularly in regard to changes in state funding.
The district is still anticipating receiving about $10 million in SEEK money from the state.
In other business, the board:
— heard a report from Bardstown Middle School Principal Dr. Ryan Clark about the leadership team program he has implemented in an effort to improve instruction;
— heard a report from Cara Blackmon, the district’s director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, regarding the district’s SMART Goals. The program is important measure because it measures progress that is achieved toward the district’s academic goals.
— approved minor revisions to the district’s out-of-student contract with Nelson County Schools.
NEXT UP. The Bardstown Board of Education next meets at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at the district’s central office on North Fifth Street.
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