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Clover board approves math-adoption materials, middle-school logos, impact-fee review and bond authorizations
Summary
At its monthly business meeting the Clover School District Board approved new math instructional materials, selected final logos for Roosevelt Middle and Lake Wylie High School, authorized a county planning review of the district impact fee, approved a construction change order, a gas-easement and two bond resolutions to fund school projects.
Clover School District trustees on Monday approved a package of academic materials, selected final mascots and marks for two schools and authorized funding steps and easements to keep construction projects moving.
Math curriculum adoption
The board approved teacher-recommended materials for district mathematics instruction. For kindergarten through fifth grade, elementary teachers selected McGraw Hill’s Reveal Math because it includes spiral review, digital resources and manipulatives, the presentation said. Middle grades (6–8) teachers chose Accelerate Learning’s Math Nation series for its standards alignment and tutorial videos. High-school course adoptions varied by course and level: Accelerate Learning Math Nation and Pearson/Savvas (Envision) selections were recommended for honors and college-prep courses across geometry, algebra and precalculus options, and AP-level texts were recommended for AP calculus and statistics.
"Our elementary teachers voted for McGraw Hill, Reveal Math as their choice," Dr. Dickey told the board, summarizing teacher consensus. The board approved the package "without objection."
Mascots and primary marks
After reviewing designer options, the board approved a final primary mark for Roosevelt Middle School: the design labeled "logo 3" with the thicker Roosevelt lettering requested at a prior meeting. The board also selected logo 1 as the primary mark for Lake Wylie High School.
Impact-fee review and construction approvals
The board authorized staff to send a letter to York County asking for a resolution that would send the district’s impact-fee review to the county planning commission. Superintendent staff said the five-year review requires updated input data — including capital cost adjustments and household counts — and Tishler BICE (the original study author) or its successor will update the model. The district told the board the county asked for updates to the underlying impact-fee study before a planning commission review.
Facilities and change order
District staff presented construction updates for Roosevelt Middle School, Liberty Hill Elementary and the Lake Wylie High School site. The board approved a negotiated change order to Faulkner Grading related to unsuitable soils, trench rock and import-fill allowances; the negotiated net change order was $127,525. The board also approved adding an asphalt repair at the CHS/field-house access road to correct degraded pavement; the staff estimate for that repair was $28,500 and was included in the negotiated amount.
Easement and bonds
The board approved a York County Natural Gas Authority easement to serve the new schools. Finance staff also requested and the board approved two financing resolutions: authorization to issue general obligation bonds not to exceed $32,000,000 (to support elementary-school construction cash needs this summer) and a special obligation bond authorization not to exceed $20,000,000 (to cover equipment and remaining high-school costs when needed). Finance staff told trustees the district has received about $105,000,000 in income and expended about $77,000,000 to date on bond-funded projects and that the district expects to remain within promised millage constraints for the near term.
Votes and process
Most approvals were handled by unanimous voice consent "without objection," and board members asked staff to continue working with the county on the impact-fee updates and capital cost reconciliations. The meeting moved to executive session following the business agenda.
The board did not take binding action on curriculum content beyond selecting the recommended materials, and staff noted some data updates (capacity figures, bid-to-contract cost differences) must be incorporated before the county finalizes the fee recommendation.
