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|r'. ' *- ”• '* > •’ ► v » ■jTp&wr,.* .-A*, - - ! rf*- :• ^ ■ ■ aw wjmJrT Kershaw Couily Sthool System tile 11111 which the Fdllowinr » * ,w oiimty'luM Bubmitted tp the county delegation: ttee on reorgeniiation of the acheol system of Ker- bin follow^: JSTiuttlority <*Ji* 001 in of Education oonsi * t ^ / ^ ff(8) membar*, none of whom rs shall be as provided here- The members ird of education — ; bf the county 1 shall be atv- ■ee irmen of the •J***®.^ oo! districts act together with one d) mber at large who ‘^The't^^i^ member eOwoe ^mU be j years, or ufitH his succw^ is selected. . ' eclion 3. s, and Companaanon. At tm t meeting of the coufl^ boani education, provided for m this the board shall orgamzfe and t from its membership a chpir- 1 and a vice-chairman. Thoe- r officers of the board shall elected annually at a meeting the first Tuesday next follow- April 15th of each year. The ird shall hold regular monthly AaU be known School District as Camden High No. 1; the al districts Nos. 31 shall be known as Hitfi School District No. 2: Jhe area now comprising school districts Nos. 4, 8, 15, 25, and 42 shall be known as Midway High School District No. 3; the area now comprising school Dis tricts Nos. ll, 12, 387and 33 shall be open to special meetings »tings which public, and [such other times as pessary. The members of the ard shall receive $10.00 per for attendance at board etings, and in addition shaU be ibursed for travel expenses irred in carrying on official iness of the board. Provided, irever, that no membar shall five more thanJa total of ).00 in per diem /payments in one year. ' ction 4. Duties. (1) The coun- ,oard of education shall have ieral supervision of all phases the public school program in shaw County except as may atherwise vested by this act fche boards of trustees of the tral high school districts. I) The county board of edu* bn shall, upon nominawan by [county superintendent of m, employ and fix sal supplements for all parson- necessary for the efficient ition of school services as hy the county board of ed- lon for the benefit of the d1 system of the county as a 1CLE II. COUNTY STIPE- TENDENT OF EDUCATION ction 1. Duties. Thewunty rintendent of education shall cretary, executive officer *«trative -office! 1 of the ty board of education. He be selected as now provided iw. It shall be his du$ to tuate the official policies of lid board of education commend to the said board time to time such rocedure and policy as opinion, improve the fcm of the county, shall consult with the board in doubt as to his official tOVIDED FURTHER, that county superintendent of 4du- )n shall be ex-officio membar. le county board of education voting power in case of a t>r when necessary to coilfcti a quorum. JTICLE in. HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ion 1. Division of fha into High School Districts. land after July 1, 1950, the now comprising school dis- Nos. 1, 2, 15, 29, and 43 be known as Rlaney High School District No. 4; the area now com prising school districts Nos. 8, 9, 14, 19, 27, 28, 30, 33, 37, and 41 shall be known as Baron DeKalb High School District No. 5; the area now comprising school dis- tricts Nos. 5, 20, 22, and 23 shall W be known as Bethune High School District No. 6; and the area now comprising school districts Nos. 10, 13, 40, 48, and 47 shall be known as Kershaw High School District No. 7. Section 2. Trustees. (1) In each of the high school districts pro vided for m Section 1 above, the board of trustees of the district wherein the high school is locat ed, together with the chairman of each of the cooperating districts, shall ad ex-officio as trustees of such high school districts, and shall elect their chairman. How ever, in Midway School District No. 6 and Antioch school District No. 6 both boards of trustees as now constituted shall act until such a time as there is only one high school in High School Dis trict No. 1, provided for in Arti cle III, Section 1 above. Provided that the local board of trustees of school district No. 1 Kershaw County which is a part of Camden High School Dis trict No. 1 as provided in Article HI, Section 6 of this Act shall on and after July 1, 1950, be com posed of 5 members to be ap pointed by the Kershaw County Board of Education or selected in the manner provided in Section 7 of Article III be residents of that area of school district No. 1 embracing the two mill villages and other aaeas immediately ad joining thereto, a part Of which lie soutside of the City of Cam den. Belt further provided that if, in an of the High School Dis- tricts^rovided for in Article III, Section 1 of this act, the number of High School trustees should be an even number, then it shall be the duty of said High School board immediately after organiz ing to elect an additional member of the High School district at large, whose term of office Khali be for three (3) years and shall date from July L, 1950, and whose duties, and powers shall be limit ed to the High School district. (2) The terras of office ~of the board members shall ' coincide with their terms of office as chair man of their local boards. electors in any»of the local school districts of Kershaw County for an election of school trustees for said district, it shall be the duty of the county board of education to order said election to be held as hereinafter provided, that the said petition be filed with Hie ^ o* Education thirty (30) days before'said election. It shall be the duty of the Board of Education upon receiving the aforesaid petition to fix a date for holding said election and give three (3) weeks notice of said election by publishing the same in a newspaper circulated in Ker shaw County and by posting no tice of samfe in at least ' vote. It shall be the duty of the of Education to ap- to prepare bti- the returns, and to declare the results of said elec tion. The County Board of Edu cation is hereby permitted to de- a day sometime previous to meet and nominate candidates to run in said election; provided, that should the district be un able to get more nominess than the vacancies to be filled, then the meeting held for the purpose of nominating candidates shall be deemed and considered an elec tion, and the persons nominated shall be appointed trustees to fill the then existing vacancies. The expenses of said election shall be d from the school fund of the school district containing school district.. Section 3. Duties of District Trustees. The Board of Trustees in each High School Dis trict shall employ a superinten dent of schools who shall be the executive and administrative of ficer of the said board. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to supervise all phases ' of the school program in all the schools in the area constituting the high school district. Further, the trus tees of each of the high school dis tricts provided for herein shall have the responsibility for all phases of the school program in their respective high school dis tricts except as may be vested by law in the County Board of Edu cation. Each Board shall employ the personnel required for the operation of the schools of the high school district. They shall fix the length of school term with the approval of the County Board of Education. ARTICLE IV. TRANSPORTA TION Section 1. County System. The alTschoolsm the county -ehall be operated under thp direction and control of the county hoard of ed ucation. Effective July 1, 1950, the county board of education shall title to all trans portation equipment now owned and operated by locaLechool dis tricts and shall liability for the payfiient of any notes and/or bonds issued direct ly for the purpose of purchasing transportation equi L OperalSL The county board 6f ed ucation shall, by Imd with the advice and approval of the high school boards, designate the of ficial bus routes. Which routes shall also be approved by the State Department of Education. Provided that the County Board may set the minimum qualifica tions and the maximum salaries of school bus drivers from coun ty funds. The board with the approval of local trustees may contract with individuals or or ganizations tor transportation ser vices for any part Of the county transportation system, should it be desirable to <x> so in the opin ion of the board. The board shall establish such regulations for the operation of school buses as will assure safe and economical ope ration and may, if they deem it economical and advisable, pro vide for county maintenance and repair facilities. ARTICLE V. FINANCE Section 1. Objective. In pro viding for the financing of the school system of Kershaw County the county board of education shall have as its objective equali zation of funds available for the adequate operation of all schools in the county. 2-JL in said district. public at said election only qi electors sftall^be permitted to 1 3 )'. 1 , " only qualified GUARANTEED CONFIDENCE $ >1 •Buy •Build • Repair • Refinance ■ sW mk ■ k Building & Loan Association First National Bank Building J CAMDEN. 1. C. ^ TELEPHONE $2 Section Budgets. On or before the first day of July in each year the Boards of Trustees of each of the High School dis tricts shall submit to the County of Education for its ap proval a budget of estimated needs for the ensuing school year, which Shall be in such form as may be required by the said Board. On the basis of these budgets the County Board of Education shall ..determine the extent to which the proposed budget of each High School dis trict sholl be financed by appor tionment from the funds of the county wide levy provided in this act. Section 2-B. Uniform County- wide tax. The county board of education shall annually certify to the county delegation a tax levy to be applied uniformly to all property in the county, and which, in the opinion of the board, is required to guarantee an ade quate program of public school education to all children in the county. The levy so imposed by the county delegation shall be entered by the county auditor and collected by the county treas urer in the same manner as are other taxes on property. Proceeds of. this levy shall be credited by the county treasurer to the coun ty board of education. Section 3. Apportionment of Uniform County-wide tax. The county board of education shall annually provide for the appor tionment of the proceeds of the uniform county-wide tax provid ed for in Section 2-B above in the following manner. (1) Provision shall be made for the necessary expenses of the office of the county superinten dent of education, including per sonnel, and including such other school services as may be operat ed by the county board of edu cation for the benefit of the school system of the county as a whole. (2) A portion of the proceeds of the said tax shall be allotted foi; the purpose of financing an adequate, uniform county-wide schedule of state aid salary to schedule which supplements a to the st be in proportion as determined by certificate. (3) A portion of the said shall be allotted to each of state aid the teachers' tax high school districts for current operating expense not otherwise provided for herein. The basis of allotment shall be determined by the board and shall be uni formly applied in each of the high schooldistricts. 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