CARTHAGE – The Moore County Schools Board of Education met Monday, Feb. 12, beginning with a number of updates to the high school course catalog for the 2024-25 school year.
New classes include AP Drawing and AP 3D Art and Design at Pinecrest High School and Union Pines High School, and “The Bible as History” as a new social studies elective.
American History I and II are being replaced with American History, and “American History: Founding Principles, Civics and Economics” will be replaced with “Founding Principles of the United State of America and North Carolina: Civic Literacy.”
The prerequisite requirements for all AP Physics offerings will be changed to Precalculus Honors or AP Precalculus, and computer science and art will be new requirements for students entering 9th grade in 2025-26.
In other business, a contract for $651,850 for the Ed Center HVAC replacement was approved. Systems Contractors will complete the HVAC project for the education center, including engineering and planning as well as the replacement of 10 HVAC units and the replacement of the existing air handlers.
An amendment to the FY 2023-24 budget resolution for the 2nd quarter was approved to reflect an increase of $4,683,429 in funding, most of which came from the State Public School Fund.
“Just so the public understands, what we are presenting overall is that we have a current budget 2023-24,” said Board Chair Robert Levy. “As we go through our year, as we’re doing right now, there are certain adjustments and changes and the like. That’s in effect, what is being presented. These are just the adjustments to our budget as we do each year.”
However, board member David Hensley raised questions on how the new funding would be utilized and why new expenses were added to the budget post-approval after receiving funding, rather than being accounted for beforehand.
“When we passed the budget, we were told it was balanced,” Hensley said. “We have this much revenue and we have this much expenditures and we’re going to have X amount in fund balance. ‘Okay great, we have a budget.’ Then we get a mid-year correction. Now we have $3.5 million in extra revenue that the last two times we’ve discussed our budget, we were told that our expenses were already covered.”
District staff told the board that the process of adding expenses to the budget with state funding was a common practice for school districts due to how the state gives funding and that the funding would primarily go into fund balance which can be distributed out later when and if needed.
“I have a lot of faith in our administration and our administration is very, very judicious with funds and as a matter of fact, always reports to us even when they spend that money,” Levy said.
The board also announced the settlement of a lawsuit with the state retirement system for just less than $16,000.
The Moore County Schools Board of Education will next meet March 11.
CARTHAGE – The Moore County Schools Board of Education met Monday, Feb. 12, beginning with a number of updates to the high school course catalog for the 2024-25 school year.
New classes include AP Drawing and AP 3D Art and Design at Pinecrest High School and Union Pines High School, and “The Bible as History” as a new social studies elective.
American History I and II are being replaced with American History, and “American History: Founding Principles, Civics and Economics” will be replaced with “Founding Principles of the United State of America and North Carolina: Civic Literacy.”
The prerequisite requirements for all AP Physics offerings will be changed to Precalculus Honors or AP Precalculus, and computer science and art will be new requirements for students entering 9th grade in 2025-26.
In other business, a contract for $651,850 for the Ed Center HVAC replacement was approved. Systems Contractors will complete the HVAC project for the education center, including engineering and planning as well as the replacement of 10 HVAC units and the replacement of the existing air handlers.
An amendment to the FY 2023-24 budget resolution for the 2nd quarter was approved to reflect an increase of $4,683,429 in funding, most of which came from the State Public School Fund.
“Just so the public understands, what we are presenting overall is that we have a current budget 2023-24,” said Board Chair Robert Levy. “As we go through our year, as we’re doing right now, there are certain adjustments and changes and the like. That’s in effect, what is being presented. These are just the adjustments to our budget as we do each year.”
However, board member David Hensley raised questions on how the new funding would be utilized and why new expenses were added to the budget post-approval after receiving funding, rather than being accounted for beforehand.
“When we passed the budget, we were told it was balanced,” Hensley said. “We have this much revenue and we have this much expenditures and we’re going to have X amount in fund balance. ‘Okay great, we have a budget.’ Then we get a mid-year correction. Now we have $3.5 million in extra revenue that the last two times we’ve discussed our budget, we were told that our expenses were already covered.”
District staff told the board that the process of adding expenses to the budget with state funding was a common practice for school districts due to how the state gives funding and that the funding would primarily go into fund balance which can be distributed out later when and if needed.
“I have a lot of faith in our administration and our administration is very, very judicious with funds and as a matter of fact, always reports to us even when they spend that money,” Levy said.
The board also announced the settlement of a lawsuit with the state retirement system for just less than $16,000.
The Moore County Schools Board of Education will next meet March 11.