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Board OK’s full-time assistant principal for New Haven, part-time for Boston

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The Nelson County Board of Education members stand with individuals recognized by the district’s “Expect the Best” recognition program. Front row from left, Beverly Parrish of the Boston School, Mikki Rogers from Bloomfield Elementary School; Bloomfield Elementary School parent Susan Thomas and Thomas Nelson High School student Joanna Whitis.

 

By JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, 10 p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education approved the staffing changes it discussed at its working session about assistant principal positions for the 2017-18 school year at the Boston and New Haven schools.

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Students from Cox’s Creek Elementary performed show their winter-themed artwork at Wednesday evening’s board meeting. The students also performed a winter themed song and a dance for the board.

At the board’s January working session, the board questioned the staffing allocation plan that would have cut the assistant principal position at New Haven from full-time to half-time. District 1 board member David Norman opposed the move and called it “the wrong time to make such a change at New Haven School.”

“I would like to see New Haven more stable before we make these changes,” Norman said.

At its working Feb. 2 working session, Superintendent Anthony Orr presented the board with a compromise staffing plan that allocated a full-time assistant principal position at the New Haven School and a half-time assistant principal for the Boston School.

The board unanimously approved the plan Tuesday night.

PAY DAY CHANGES. Employees of the Nelson County Schools have spoken — beginning in August, district employees will move from receiving one pay check a month to two.

The Nelson County Board of Education discussed changing district employee’s monthly pay day at its Feb. 2 working session.

The recommendation at that time was to change the date paychecks are issued from the 5th of each month to the 15th. The idea was aimed at improving the district finance department’s processes involving the Affordable Care Act and the state CERS retirement system.

After that meeting, Tim Hockensmith, the district’s chief financial officer, said employees expressed concerns about the move. As a result of those discussion, employees were polled about their preference, and 80 percent of those who responded favored a move to two pay checks per month.

Currently, employees receive their salaries in 12 equal monthly paychecks. Beginning in August, employees will receive 24 paychecks in a calendar year — two checks per month.

The new pay schedule will mean that employees who work overtime or earn additional pay will receive that pay on the second pay check of the month.

In other business, the board:

— approved a motion to accept the second offer of technology assistance from the School Facilities Construction Commission (SFCC). The $29,233 offer requires a dollar-for-dollar match from the district. The funding can only be spent on the district’s technology needs.

— approved the Family Resource Centers / Youth Service Center needs assessments and goals.

— approved the job description for the new chief information officer position. The board voted to table taking action on the digital learning coach job position after board chair Diane Breeding expressed concerns about who the learning coach would report to.

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