Minutes: March 17, 2000
Facilitators and Attendance
Facilitating the meeting was George Alwon of The Raleigh Consulting Group, Inc.
There were 23 members present. They are listed as follows:
| Name | Affiliation |
| Jim Talton | Chairman, Citizens Advisory Committee |
| Allen Jones | DJB Construction Group |
| Ann Rollins | PTA |
| Bob Beasley | Mallinckrodt |
| Bob Williams | Retired, NCSU |
| Brooks Gulledge | Residential Contractor |
| Chuck Fuller | Citizens for a Sound Economy |
| Diana Bader | PTA |
| Dr. Edna Black | Education Management Consultant |
| Ferris Chandler | Retired, Cooper Tool |
| Joe Sansom | State Treasurers Office |
| John Boling | SAS Institute, Inc. |
| John Boylan | Spectrum Properties |
| John Dornan | Public School Forum |
| John Hood | John Locke Foundation |
| Larry Dickens | DOT |
| Maebelle Hudson | Wake ACT |
| Randy Jones | General Counsel Ð Aventis CropScience |
| Ross Rhudy | Raleigh/Wake Board of Realtors |
| Susan Fonville | PTA |
| Terry Yeargan | Bovis Construction Corp. |
| Tim McBrayer | Signature Publishing |
| Truman Newberry | Architect |
Those not present are as follows:
| Name | Affiliation |
| Blount Williams | Alfred Williams |
| Don Walston | Howard, Perry and Walston |
| Forrest Ball | Real Estate |
| John Linderman | Grubb & Ellis |
| Nellie Tomlinson | Attorney, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice |
| Renee Shaw | CCB |
| Tony Habit | Wake Education Partnership |
Minutes
The minutes for the meeting of March 17, 2000 are as follows:
1. Ray DeBruhl, Johnston County Schools, made a presentation on " Johnston County Schools Methodology." Some of the points of discussion were:
- Public bodies must find more effective and efficient ways to design, build, finance and manage public facilities.
- He gave a project summary cost of construction of new schools in Johnston County. They are as follows:
- Site cost 5-10%
- Building construction cost 70-80%
- Equipment cost 10-15%
- Professional services 5-10%
- He said that our problems today are distrust, taxing spending, and that the public's investment in capital assets should be properly managed.
- He would like to see Wake County build a Capital Asset Management Program.
- He would like to see business, education and government working together, because education is the energy that drives our economy.
2.Tom Williams, Healthy Start Academy, made a presentation on "Charter Schools." Some of the points of discussion were:
- He suggested that schools do not need a gym, cafeteria, computers, or a fancy school room as long as the school is safe and has great teachers.
- He said that his school does not have a psychologist, cook or maid, but it is much less costly.
- His school has 18 students per teacher.
- Ratio is 60% black, 38% white and approximately 1% Chinese.
- If there are disciplinary problems, the teacher tries to settle the issue. If the issue is not settled he takes it from there.
- They raise expectations for kids.
- They offer bonuses to teachers for a job well done.
- The teachers have support.
3. The committee began discussing Legislation and gave Rita their comments.