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I lO(f~fl ~~t1(ll )· ~w fJ ( €»E~lfw 1M $$~@·~ of Adrmto cmd f aijh rm ( omitv, CHAIR1{1Hf G~ @-f~kH VICE-C!L.\IIU.fAN WALLACE S'l'EWART S.W'.JIBTARY-TRI::.\SUR}ill DR. R. H. BP-.I~BANE \I. KENNETH STRINGfJ{ 523-5071 892~353 892-2800 MINUTES LOCAL EDUCATION COMHISSIOK MEETING Ja.nuary 28, 1969 The Local Education Commission met: at the Instructional Servi_ces Center at 11:30 a.m. ~n Janua!"J 28, 1969 with the following in attendance _: Voting M~mbers Mr. Walter Allen Mr. J. H. Cawthon Mr. Wa.lt Davis Mr. Dick Lane Mr. Devereaux Mcclatchey Mr. A. B. Padgett Mr. Marthame Sanders Mr • . Wallnce Stewart, Cha.irri1an Mr. Kenneth Stringer Mr. William Teems, III Mr. H.B. Watson Dr. Asa Yancey Ex-Officio Members Miss Eleanor Burgess · Dr. John Letson Mrs. Helen McGinty Mrs. Lucille Perrino Mrs. Anna Pearl Scott Guests Mr. Dave Clark Mr. Jchn Ferguson Mr. J olm Grindle Mrs. Dorothy Guy Mr. Nick Powers Mr. Jerry Wootan Staff Curtis Hensen Mr. Wallace Stewart stated that there were two primary purposes for the meeting: them. one , to receive the various reports and two, to decide what to do with Before r eceivmg the report from Mr. John Ferguson, Mr. A. B, Padgett reviewed the authorization granted by the commission to his committee to secure ·professional assistance in studying the leg-9.l structure required to merge the two school systems. He then introduced Mr. Fer guson who gave the report. Comments and questions concer ni ng the report follow. A questi on for further consider ation was that maybe the Board should be �--, V ., ' composed of enough raembers at large to match those elected from the rcspecti-re districts plus one additional member al: large so that there would be an od.d number. This would give both the representation from thepeople plus other feature.s desirable for a schcoJ. board. The statement in Section 12 cor,.cerning aturnal vs. contimdng contracts needs to be clarified. In SE·ction 14 dealing with purchases over $1,000. shouJ.d be stated so that it would not be cumberson or b'urdensom upon the board chairman who, as it is no'.·! stated, would have to sign thousands of purchase .requests. C~ncerning land and other trust ftu1ds, an expression was macie that it should be determined if complications or difficulty '.·rould arise if an attempt were made to transfer the title of such property -f::o another school system such as the new one being proposed. Section 20 should be changed to state that the county could not levy taxes on property inside the city limits for school bond purposes. · The trustees for the pension board for the City of Atlanta teachers c.:::.nnot be abolishea. since the pension f1.md covers all cit y employees jncluding teachers. It ·was stated tha.t November, 1970 would be the earliest date to vote en a constitutional amendJnent, therefore, there did not seem tc be any und1.1e haste in presenting reconunenda. tions to the local delegation. The question was asked, what does the Local Education Commission do now with all the material and data gathered and compiled to date? Mr. Dick Lane made the motion that the Local F.,ducation Commission, throug'h the executive committee, forward a copy of all materials from the Local Education Commission to the chainnan of the Fulton Coun't'J and DeKalb County delegations for study and appraisal. The motion was seconded by Mr. Walt Davis and passed 1mani-· rnously. A cover letter from the cha irman of the commission is to accompany the report presented. Mr. Powers then gave his report concerning teacher benefits . He gave an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of each aspect of teacher benefit programs in both the Atlanta and Fulton County school systems along w-i.th suggestions to improve coverage in each system. Both Mr. Powers and Mr. Ferguson are to make corrections identified during the meeting and send corrected copy to the chairman of the commission. Meeting adjourned at 3:15 n.m. Appr oved By: Chairman Recording Secretary· �