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more time testing than they will
lose from the seven days start date
change.”
Those days will be used for teacher
training, Spence said.
Another change is that election
day, November 3, will be a teacher
work day not a school day. Spence felt
that it would be a heavy election turn
out this year and several schools are
still used as polling places and some
schools are close to polling precincts.
C.B. Greer, Golden Isles College
and Career Academy, Satilla Marsh,
and Sterling Elementary are still
used as voting precincts.
Board member John Madala
pushed for mandatory masks for stu
dents but without any disciplinary
follow through.
Spence said masks would be
strongly recommended, “But if you
mandate masks, you had better be
ready to follow through.”
Spence said that staff and the
administration would be wearing
masks and encouraging students to
wear them.
“I get more emails in favor of no
masks than I get in favor of wearing
masks,” Spence said.
“We are getting 30,000 masks from
the state,” Spence continued. “We
are giving 15,000 to the schools and
15,000 to our bus drivers.”
“The drivers will give the masks to
the kids getting on the busses since
they can’t social distance on a bus,”
he said.
The school system is working very
closely with Dr. Lawton Davis, Direc
tor of the Coastal Health District.
“We are trying to develop a ‘what-
if rubric,” Spence said. “If this hap
pens then this is what we do. Dr. Da
vis is helping us and providing daily
guidance.”
Dr. Davis helped the school system
decide on how to handle band during
COVID: masks worn inside and no
music inside; horns may be played
outside only and students must be 30
feet apart.
The system is also looking for ways
to have fine arts in school this fall.
Right now the system is thinking
terms of holding a drive by open house
for PreK and kindergarten then a vir
tual tour of the school. Elementary,
middle school and high school will
conduct virtual open houses.
About 2,600 students / parents
have opted for virtual school this fall.
This includes about 750 high school
students. Spence reminded the board
that it would be different from the
virtual school held this past spring.
More will be demanded of those
choosing virtual school this fall than
was required during the spring. “It
will be harder,” Spence said.
Board member Mike Hulsey com
mented that Spence needed to say no
to those changing their minds after
school starts and wanting to come
back to the classroom.
System CFO Andrea Preston had
good fiscal year 2021 budget news for
the board. The final tax digest shows
a 5.48% increase which translates to
a $3.1 million increase in revenues to
the school system.
This brings the budget from a $1.3
million deficit to a $1.1 million bot
tom line gain and a cash position at
the end of fiscal year 2021 of $13.1
million.
The board has not approved the fis
cal year 2021 budget but is expected
to do so at the August meeting.
The millage rate has not been set
for FY 2021. It will remain at the cur
rent 16.157, however the roll back
millage rate is 15.982.
Board member Eaddy Sams com
mented that the millage rate should
be kept at 16.157 mils to give the sys
tem some cushion.
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