School Board To Consider Meeting Time Change

The Oconee County Board of Education agreed at its work session on Monday to consider changing its meetings times to accommodate the needs of parents.

The action followed a request by Brandi Herndon, moderator of the Facebook group, Parents Improving Oconee Schools, who asked the Board at its April 16 meeting to consider changing the times of its meetings to accommodate parents and to hold town hall meetings.

Board member Amy Parrish raised the question of meeting times after School Superintendent Jason Branch on Monday presented the Board with a calendar listing meetings during the next academic year.

The calendar will be on the agenda for action at the Board’s regular meeting on Monday, and Chair Tom Odom said the Board can agree on a time for those meetings when it adopts the calendar.

On Monday the Board also received a proposed $79.1 million Fiscal Year 2019 Budget that is balanced by drawing on $4.5 million in reserve funds, or money in savings.

School administrators also provided the Board with updates on construction projects and assured the Board that work on the new Dove Creek Elementary School, the expansion of Oconee County High School, and replacement of the track and fields at both high schools is on schedule.

For more on this story, with a video of the Board of Education meeting, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Board members Kim Argo and Amy Parrish.