Dr. Ronald Wilcox - Year One Report
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Year One – Accomplishments
Establish Committees
Kept within 2016-2017 budget – had a surplus
- Developed and balanced budget for 2017-2018
- Purchased activity bus
- Purchased two extra buses
- Completed the solar farm project
- Contracted to move old house at Brunson
- Installed canopies
- Roof repairs – High School, Hampton Elementary, Fennell Elementary & Varnville Elementary
- Air conditioner repairs – High School & Hampton Elementary
- ü All insurance projects from Hurricane addressed
- High School – Painting, curtains, tile gym floor, outside painting & bleachers
- Fence painted at High School
- Baseball complex renovated
- New early college high school
- Central Office painted
- New parking lot at Central Office
- Purchased adjoin property at Central Office for Central Technology Center
- Implemented on-line testing
- Procured & installed $261,000 worth of Laptop computers for students
- Held an administrative retreat for administrators
- Purchased three generators for schools
- Established an Education Foundation Fund and began fund raising
- Purchased a scissor lift and trailer to haul it on
- Operated with an open-door policy
- Developed over-all facility plan
- Developed goals for the year
- Developed a strategic plan
- Developed a curriculum guide k-12
- Hired a principal for Ben Hazel
- Opened and operated a shelter for Hurricane Matthew
- Developed one year facility goals
- Re-worked gym floors
- Brunson
- Fennell
- High Scholl
- Cleared lot at Central Office
- New tile floor at Ben Hazel
- New roofs
- Fennell Fine Arts building
- Maintenance building at High School
- Baseball dugouts & concession
- Brown storage building at High School
- Developed test score improvement plans
- Re-structured Central Office
- Developed Logo
- Developed Friday Report
- Implementing computerized personnel procedures
- Developed magnet school plan for Fennell
- Band Uniforms
- Adult Ed Center opened
- Split alternative schools
- Expanded early child leadership program at Fennell
- Created an organizational chart
- Expanded summer programs to include invention support for K-12
- Implemented summer enrichment programs to include STEM Camp, Gifted and Talented STEAM Camp, and Jump Start Spanish Camp
- Received 21st Century Community Learning Grants for afterschool to include K-12 and summer school
- Started Dental Program for restorative services
- Purchased Moby Max computer assisted software for K-8 and U.S. Test prep for 7-12
- Expanded Career and Technology opportunities to include auto mechanics and fire fighting
- Created and implemented reading plan for improvements in curriculum, instructing and assessment
- Purchased Fountas & Pinnell resource kits for reading
- Renovated track field
- Replaced some cafeteria equipment
- Implemented cursive writing
- Implemented calculating caterpillar program
- Made Application to FEMA Fund for $375,000
- Applied for $125,000 Grant for Track
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