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Gilmer County Schools board approves student handbooks, personnel slate and contract renewal; superintendent outlines facility projects
Summary
The Gilmer County Schools board approved updated student handbooks for the high school and elementary school, renewed a contract for a school improvement specialist at $50/hour, approved multiple personnel and substitute appointments, and heard superintendent updates on facility projects including camera installs, a freezer/cooler bid and planning for a new high school and fitness center.
The Gilmer County Schools Board of Education voted to approve updated student handbooks for Gilmer County High School and Gilmer County Elementary School and to renew a contract for the district's school improvement specialist, district officials said.
In a single consent-based motion, the board approved minutes, bills for payment and a slate of personnel actions, including professional and service resignations, extracurricular resignations and extensive lists of substitute teachers, administrators, nurses, cooks, secretaries, bus operators, aides and custodians.
Superintendent said the high-school handbook adds a discipline matrix, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports language, a tiered system of support flowchart and a proposed academic letter. "Students that had over 3.5 GPA, they could earn an academic letter," the Superintendent said, noting the policy would require the GPA to be…
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