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MEETING DATESThe districts of NCPSMA meet twice yearly .District 1January, July V . Pres . Brad Bass Phone: 252 .482 .4158 District 2 January, JulyPres . Kevin SandlinPhone: 910 .592 .8688District 3February, AugustPres . Mark LetchworthPhone: 252 .399 .7822District 4February, OctoberPres . Donna FieldsPhone: 910 .678 .2539District 5March, SeptemberPres . David BurgePhone: 336 .593 .8146District 6April, OctoberPres . Chris Adkins Phone: 980 .343 .4526District 7May, NovemberPres . Jeff AdamsPhone: 336 .679 .3138District 8March, NovemberPres . David EarleyPhone: 828 .456 .2402 Meeting Dates & LocationsShould be sent to The Maintenance Beacontwo months in advance for publication . DeadlinesPublication deadline forarticles and advertisements is first day of the month prior to month of publication .

CONTENTSGus ...............................................3Case Study PC Contract ..............5June Word Search ........................5June Recipe ..................................6Eastern Convention Info ...............8Eastern ConventionTentative Agenda ..........................8Eastern ConventionRegistration Form .........................9

MEETINGS & EVENTS

Bethel Elementary School in Haywood County had some unusual excitement in May when a deer crashed through a window as children were preparing to leave for the day . A deer, bloodied and injured from bust-ing through a double pane hallway win-dow at full speed,

was running up and down one of the hallways .

“He jumped full force through the window . I mean, I saw him full fledged running and he just dove,” said cafeteria staff member Heather Pless . Af-ter running up and down the hallway briefly, the deer conveniently ran into an empty room and Pless shut the door to keep the animal contained until animal control could arrive. Wildlife officials at the scene stated the animal may have seen its

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T he Monthly Newsletter of the North Carolina Public School Maintenance AssociationVolume 53, Number 6

June 2016

NCPSMA District VII met Thursday, May 19, 2016 at H .M . Arndt Middle School in Catawba County . Cataw-ba County Schools (CCS) Maintenance hosted the event . Rick Sain, CCS Di-rector of Construction and Maintenance welcomed ev-eryone . Rick gave us some

background history about Catawba County Schools . The H .M . Arndt Middle School was built in 1973 .

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Eastern Convention Info44th Annual Eastern Convention Workshop

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For more information contact Roxie Mack at 336 .366 .4939 or roxiermack@gmail .com

CATAWBA COUNTY HOSTS DISTRICT SEVEN MEETING

Attendees

Rick Sain

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44th Annual Eastern Convention Workshop Registration form and Tentative Agenda on page 8

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They have 28 school facilities and Challenger Early Col-lege High School at Catawba Valley Community Col-lege . They also have seven auxiliary buildings . They began this school year with 16,653 students in these 29 schools . They have 2 .9 million square feet of buildings located on 911 acres . Their maintenance department has 28 full time employees, approximately 103,000 square feet per employee . Their oldest school, which is still in use, opened in 1926 . Their newest school opened in 2009 . From 1926 through this year they have had 101 additions to 19 school facilities and 18 additions to seven auxiliary facilities . Their older high schools had 48 additions with Bandys High Schools leading the pack with 14 additions . Nine of the newest schools have had no additions .

Rick also offered a word of thanks to all of his staff for putting this event together and a special thanks to Kris-tie Gilbert, Catawba County Schools Maintenance Ad-ministrative Assistant . Kristie Gilbert is also the 2015/16 Catawba County Schools “Educational Office Profes-sional of The Year”. Rick also thanked his CCS Assis-tant Maintenance Director, Robert Hoyle, along with Steve Shuffler, Darrin Sherrill, and Steve Flowers. Rick thanked Commander Moore and Senior Chief Pitts for bringing the St . Stephens High School JROTC color guard along with Ms . Allison Keisler for bringing the cho-rus from Bandys High School . Stephens High Schools JROTC presented the colors and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance . Robert Hoyle, Assistant Director of Mainte-

nance said a won-derful heart felt prayer of blessing before the meal . We enjoyed a deli-cious meal of Spi-ral cut baked ham, chicken pie, green beans, mashed potatoes with gra-vy and fresh rolls .

For desert we had our choice of strawberry, apple, or peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream . While enjoy-ing our meal the Bandy’s High School Con-cert Choir entertained us with singing and some dance . They are a very talented group of young people .

Mr . Morgan Williams, Health and Environ-mental Coordinator for CCS introduced the

guest speaker, Interim Superintendent/As-sistant Superintendent of Operations for CCS, Mr . Dan Moore . Mr . Moore expressed a sincere thanks to the chorus group for their singing . He said he admired the people who worked in school maintenance for their ability to repair things . He mentioned of two recent problems in two separate schools where the power was out in one and there was no water in the other school . A call was placed to the

CCS Maintenance Department and the power was restored before the school day began . The water problem was a little more involved . Maintenance personnel took bottled water to the school for students and staff and the water was back on in no time due to the quick response and teamwork of the maintenance department . Mr . Moore said thank you for what all of school maintenance personal do for our LEA’s in North Carolina .

President Adams called the spring 2016 District VII meeting to order . He asked Ron Mack, District VII Secretary/Treasurer to read the minutes from the last meeting and call the roll . The minutes were approved as read . There were eight LEA’s represented with 37 members and 49 guest including the choir and ROTC . There was one retiree present .

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Greg Woodard

Robert Hoyle

Superintendent Williams

Bandy’s High School Concert Choir

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Kristie Gilbert

Tim Pruitt and Madison Adams

Tim Pruitt and Cassie Burdiss

own reflection in the window and reacted .

Teachers were instructed by an intercom announcement to keep their students in their rooms . No one was injured .

Information and pictures submitted by Kristie Keener and David Ear-ley of Haywood County Schools . Thank you guys for the submis-sion .

Gus got an excit-ing surprise the first week of May. His Grandpa Blan-ton called to see if Gus could have a baby calf . Turns out, one of his beef cows had twins and he was afraid the mother didn’t have enough milk for both calves . We took Gus to visit, but didn’t tell him about the offer Grand-pa had made . Of course Gus fell in love when the calf started sucking on his finger and then he got to feed her a bottle of milk . When Grandpa Blanton asked Gus if he would like to have the calf, it was a definite yes.

Several months back, I wrote an article about Gus begging to go see #33 when he visits his grandparents . Well now, he has his very own baby calf, he named Moose . We brought her home and Gus hasn’t stopped lov-ing on her . He feeds her a bottle twice a day and loves on her anytime he goes outside . It has actually been a good incentive to get ready for school in the mornings . He has to do all the feeding before we leave for school . He feeds Sam, the two outside dogs and baby Moose. When Moose finishes her bottle, Gus slaps her on the back and says “Tag, you’re it!” Then, he takes off running and she follows, kicking up her heals and chasing Gus for more milk . Gus will run across the pasture, stop to pet Moose a little and then slap her on the back again and say, “Tag, you’re it!” Then, he runs

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Today, work, school, extracurricular activities, and even church take fathers and sons in separate directions . Dads, therefore, have to be intentional about creat-ing opportunities to teach their sons - to model manhood, to teach industry and resourcefulness . One way to do that is to work through a list of things that fathers can teach sons .

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continued from page 3GUSback to me and it starts all over again . One day, he ran across the pasture and stopped to talk to Moose for a minute . He slapped her on the back and said, “Beat you back to Mama!” and they raced back to me. Every time he feeds her now he asks, “Play tag with Moose?”

Last Sunday, Gus wanted to go fishing. After church and lunch, we walked up to the pond. For Gus, fishing means: swing the pole around for a minute, hand the pole to Mom or Dad, and then throw sticks and rocks in the pond . The fun part is when someone catches a fish and Gus gets to play with it. Last Sunday I caught a large mouth bass and Gus had a great time playing with it . It was big enough to eat so we decided to keep it . We didn’t have a stringer or a bucket so we walked back to the house with the fish in hand. Once we got to the house I told Gus to hold the fish so I could make his picture . When I gave it to him, he held it up right to his face and said, “Hello Fish . You are so cute . Do you mind if I eat you?” I was laughing so hard I couldn’t hold the camera still to make his picture . Come Monday night, the fish was in the oven, smothered in butter. Gus has always liked eating fish and now he is beginning to like catching fish. What’s that old saying? “Give a boy a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a boy to fish and feed him for a lifetime.” Hopefully Gus is learning where our food comes from and he can be a part of the process . Now if I can just get him to string beans and shuck corn this summer .

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President Adams asked NCPSMA State President Ken Goforth to speak . Ken mentioned the upcoming two conventions, the 8th Annual Western Convention Workshop and the 44th Annual Eastern Convention Workshop and hoped all could attend . He mentioned the changes to the guidelines for the “Of The Year Awards.” Ken mentioned that we all should support our supporting vendors. He mentioned the association needs your input on increasing participation in NCPSMA. “It’s your association and we all need continuing education classes” he said . He urged everyone to encourage their directors to allow them to attend the conventions . Ken bragged on Catawba County Schools and the great meet-ing we were having and that he is a product of this county school system . President Adams asked Bergie Speaks, Director of Maintenance for Wilkes County Schools to give an updated report on school legislation . Bergie encour-aged everyone to talk to their legislators about the need to increase funding for much needed school building repairs and maintenance personnel salaries so teachers can continue to teach in first class facilities. He spoke about House Bill 201 on roofing insulation and the state employee’s bonus is still on the discus-sion table .

President Adams mentioned the need for a district fund raiser . Jeff made the motion that he would look into holding another golf tournament in the fall . The body voted unanimously .

President Adams recognized Tim Pruitt, Wilkes County Schools Warehouse and Custodial Supply Manager and District VII Scholarship Chairman . Tim said we were able to award two scholarships this year and the winners are Cassie Burdiss, daughter of Gary Burdiss of Wilkes County Schools and Madison Ad-ams, daughter of Jeff Adams of Yadkin County Schools . Congratulations to both of these young ladies! We wish them the best in their future endeavors .

President Adams called all the vendors present to the front to introduce them-selves and then he and is daughter Madison held the drawings for all the won-derful door and raffle prizes as well as the 50/50 drawing. There was $99.00 in the 50/50 drawing . There were enough prizes for everyone to receive at least one prize each . Thank you to all the Vendors who contributed to this meet-ing to make it the success it was. Thank you to Catawba County Schools Maintenance Department for hosting the spring 2016 District VII Spring Meeting.

List of Vendors who participated:Brittany Supply Inc.Hagemeyer/Bryant SupplyCatawba Valley SupplyLowe’s Companies Inc.NWCD, Inc.Perfection EquipmentFerguson PPG PaintsTrane CarolinasMike Benfield Grading Co.City Electric SupplySwicegood Supply Co. Inc.

By Ron Mack,District Seven Secretary/Treasurer and News Coordinator

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25 THINGS A DAD SHOULD TEACH A BOYYou can work through such a list in one of two ways: either (1) by setting aside a regular father/son time to take on one item at a time (one dad started this routine and calls it "Manhood Mondays") or by (2) just taking the time to instruct your son anytime you're about to do one of these tasks yourself. It's not efficient, but the in-vestment of your time can be priceless . Whether you do it proactively, reactively, or both, what matters most is taking the time to build a legacy with your son(s) .Don't freak out by what is or isn't on the list here . These are meant to be examples of what engagement looks like, but you can adapt this or just see it as a head start for your own list . You'll notice that many of the skills listed here can be bypassed by modern technology in most industrially advanced countries . Making the effort to teach these, however, will give you valuable time with your son(s) and will give you a practical opportunity to present principles of leading, protecting and providing, all the while building confidence in their abilities as emerging men.

1. Speak in public—there's power in the spoken word.2. Read good books—leaders are readers.

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Performance Contracting (PC) is the most efficient and most effective mechanism for providing new equipment, saving energy $$$, and improving the internal and external environment without spending any "new" money . To put it in the simplest terms pos-sible, the annual savings, which are guaranteed, are used to pay back the loan . Hoke County Schools is the example we will use to explain how the project works . After careful consider-ation and research, the Hoke County Schools issued an RFQ and Brady, an all-North Carolina company with corporate headquarters in Greensboro and oth-ers offices in Raleigh, Wilmington, Fayetteville, Charlotte, and Durham, was selected in the com-petitive process . Locklear, Locklear & Jacobs, PLLC was selected as the third party engineer to review and provide owners representation over the project . Hoke County is a 14-school district in a relatively poor part of southeastern North Carolina . However, the school system is growing, largely due to influx of military families . While the county was doing the best it could with limited resources, often uncomfort-

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BEACONTHE MAINTENANCE

Executive Director: Roxie Mack Phone: 336 .366 .4939Fax: 336 .366 .4938E-Mail: roxiermack@gmail .comWebsite: www .ncpsma .org

News Coordinators: Chris Adkins, District 6; Ron Mack, District 7; Karen Sluder, District 8; Patrick Fiel, PVF Security Consulting

The Maintenance Beacon is the monthly publication of the North Carolina Public School Maintenance Association . Advertising, editorial material, memberships and subscriptions are handled through the office of the Executive Director, 630 Adams Ridge Road, State Road, NC 28676-9536 .

NCPSMA does not guarantee, warranty or defend the use of any products or services of those who sponsor, advertise or contribute articles in The Maintenance Beacon .

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Ingredients1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained 1green bell pepper, chopped 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1 (10 ounce) package frozen corn kernels 1 red onion, chopped 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 cup red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons white sugar 1 tablespoon salt 1 clove crushed garlic 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin 1/2 tablespoon ground black pepper1 dash hot pepper sauce 1/2 teaspoon chili powder

DirectionsIn a large bowl, combine beans, bell peppers, fro-zen corn, and red onion .

In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar, lime juice, lemon juice, sugar, salt, garlic, cilantro, cumin, black pepper . Season to taste with hot sauce and chili powder .

Pour olive oil dressing over vegetables; mix well . Chill thoroughly and serve cold .

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3. Play an instrument—especially because of the discipline required.4. Play individual, two-person, and team sports.5. Build a fire.6. Camp out—pitch the tent, cook stuff over the fire, the whole thing.7. Carve a turkey.8. Light a grill.9. Jump-start a car. 10. Tie a knot—such as a bowline, square knot, taut-line, and figure eight, among others.11. Use basic tools—hammer, saw, wrench, screwdriver.12. Paint a room—trim and all.13. Handle a gun and a knife—for safety, protection, sport, and hunting.14. Skin an animal. 15. Be a gentleman—open doors, stand when a woman approaches at dinner, etc. 16. Grow stuff—and not just a Chia pet.17. Iron a shirt—and do laundry and other work around the house in a manly way.18. Manage money—keep a balanced checkbook, show generosity, and learn basic saving and investing.19. Shake a hand—strong shake (save the tuna for dinner) and look 'em in the eye.20. Give a man hug—skip the side hug, and go arms spread eagle with bold back slaps.21. Keep vows.22. Dress like a gentleman—coordinate pants, shirts, jackets, ties, belts, socks, etc., appropriately to the occasion.23. Tip—for example at least 15% for a waiter, $1 for a checked coat, $1 per bag for curbside check in at airport, etc.24. Serve others—shovel walks, help with heavy loads, etc.25. Handle loss—sports and games in preparation for loss in work and rela-tionships.

By Randy Stinson Submitted by Chris Adkins, District Six President and News Coorinator

Taken from “A Guide to Biblical Manhood” by Randy Stinson and Dan Dumas. Copy-right © 2011 by SBTS Press, a division of The Southern Baptist Theological Semi-nary . All rights reserved . Used by permission .

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able classrooms, including noisy water fountains, were impeding the learning process as well as wasting tax dollars on utility costs . The goals which the school system and Brady jointly agreed included the fol-lowing: reduced energy costs, improved indoor and outdoor lighting, HVAC equipment replacement, water conservation measures, improved indoor environmental quality, new open protocol energy management systems, lo-cal community and minority involvement, and maintenance and training pro-grams . Hoke County Schools borrowed $6,214,333 for 15 years from Bank of Amer-ica . Brady has guaranteed an annual savings of $545,741; however, it is projecting a first-year savings of $602,543. If results are less than the guar-antee, Brady writes a check for the difference because the school system is obligated for the annual loan payment . If the savings are more than the guarantee, which has been the case in 99 percent of PCs, the school system keeps the savings unlike some programs which split the savings . The total guaranteed savings for the 15 years is $8 .1 million, quite a large amount for a small school system . The advantages are numerous! The faculty and staff report that the schools are quieter because of more efficient equipment. Noisy water fountains have been replaced which are very quiet . One teacher commented that she now does not have to stop teaching when children are getting water . The outside HVAC equipment is many times quieter than the old, inefficient equipment and that makes the neighbors and the educators happy . The lighting is improved tremendously with the utilization of LED lighting in all schools. We have been told that the Hoke County Schools are the first school system in North Carolina to have all of its schools as the beneficiaries of LED

8JUNE 2016 • THE MAINTENANCE BEACON 44TH ANNUAL NCPSMA EASTERN CONVENTION/WORKSHOP

44TH ANNUAL NCPSMA EASTERN CONVENTION WORKSHOP TENTATIVE AGENDA DoubleTree by Hilton / Atlantic Beach, NCSeptember 21-23, 2016Tentative Agenda

Wednesday 21st

8:00-5:00Foyer Registration

8:00-10:00Sandcastles Locksmith License Renewal (CEU’s)Cape Lookout Wastewater (2 CEU’s -must attend all 3 classes)

10:00-11:00Pamlico Refrigerant Cape Fear Indoor/Outdoor Bleacher Repair Hatteras Custodial Mold Remediation

10:00-12:00Bogue Sound Ornamental Pest Control (2 CEU’s)

10:15-12:15Sandcastles Locksmith License Renewal (CEU’s)Cape Lookout Wastewater (2 CEU’s -must attend all 3 classes)

12:00-1:45 Restaurant Advisory Council Meeting

Noon Lunch on Your Own

2:00-3:00 Atlantic Opening Session and Business Session

3:30-5:30 Bogue Sound Ornamental Pest Control (2 CEU’s) Atlantic Indoor Air & Energy SavingsPamlico Office Staff Skills Cape Fear RoofingHatteras Ladder SafetyCape Lookout Wastewater (2 CEU’s -must attend all 3 classes) Sandcastles Locksmith License Renewal (CEU’s)

Thursday 22nd

7:00 31st Annual Handi-Clean Jay Palmer Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament, Sponsored by Handi-Clean Products, Inc .

7:00-9:00 Sandcastles Electrical (for 2 credit hours) Bogue Sound Structural Pest (2 CEU’s)

9:00-9:30 Atlantic Exhibitor Display Selection

9:30-11:00 Atl/Fear/LookoutPam/Hatt Exhibitor Display Setup

9:30-11:30 Sandcastles Electrical (2 CEU’s) Bogue Sound Structural Pest (2 CEU’s)Core Sound Personal Protective Equipment

11:00-12:30 Superintendents & Directors/Supervisors visit with Exhibitors

12:30-2:00 Lunch on Your OwnHotel Restaurant State Officers, Superintendents & Directors/Supervisors Lunch 1:00-2:00 Sandcastles Small Engine Repair

2:00-5:00 Visit with Exhibitors

Friday 23rd

8:00-4:00 Registration

8:00:10:00 Breakfast with Exhibitors

10:00-12:00 Sandcastles Electrical (2 CEU’s) Core Sound Bleacher & Athletic Safety and MaintenanceBogue Sound LeadershipExhibitor Display Breakdown

12:00 Lunch on Your Own

12:00-2:00 Corn Hole Tournament

2:00-3:00 Bogue Sound Leadership

2:00-4:00 Sandcastles Electrical (2 CEU’s) Core Sound Drain Cleaning

6:00-Until Banquet

September 21-23, 2016DoubleTree by Hilton, Atlantic Beach, NC *Regular Member or Retired Regular Member Registration Form Please Print Name ____________________________________Address __________________________________City, State, Zip _____________________________Name of School System (LEA) ________________Office Phone #____________ Fax #____________E-Mail Address_____________________________ Registration Cash, Check or Money Order ($70 each) $________Debit or Credit Card ($72 each) $____________

Banquet tickets must be purchased separately .Banquet Tickets (members and guests)Cash, Check or Money Order ($10 each) $_______Debit or Credit Card ($11 each) $__________

Preregistration deadline is August 15, 2016

Late Registration Fee (After August 15, 2016)Cash, Check or Money Order ($80) each $ _______Debit or Credit Card ($83) each $ _________Banquet tickets must be purchased separately .Banquet Tickets (members and guests)Cash, Check or Money Order ($10 each) $________Debit or Credit Card ($11 each) $____________

Total Enclosed $_____________

There will be no refunds after (August 30, 2016)Please make checks payable to NCPSMA and mail to NCPSMA, 630 Adams Ridge Road, State Road, NC 28676

If you wish to use a Debit or Credit Card, please call Roxie Mack at 336 .366 .4939 and the transaction will be completed online during the call . We do not retain any card information .

LEA's with multiple registrations need not fill out individual registration forms . A single sheet listing the individual names of those they wish to register along with the LEA name, address, phone number, fax number and contact person will be sufficient.

* Employed by or retired from a NC Public School System . All others must register through Roxie Mack at 336 366 4939 or roxiermack@gmail .com .

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9JUNE 2016 • THE MAINTENANCE BEACON GUIDELINES FOR TOP AWARDS

continued from page 7Nominations are being sought for the 2016 NCPSMA Maintenance Supervisor of the Year, Maintenance Employee of the Year and Super-intendent of the Year . The Maintenance Super-visor of the Year and Maintenance Employee of the Year awards were established 29 years ago by Milt Saffelle and are sponsored annually by Saffelle, Inc . This is the 20th year the Superin-tendent of the Year award has been sponsored by Saffelle, Inc .

Should you wish to nominate a candidate, please supply the information outlined below and return to the chairman of the NCPSMA Awards Committee by August 10, 2016 . To qualify as a candidate for Superintendent of the Year, candidates may be superintendents, as-sociate/assistant superintendents, who have the responsibilities for maintenance . They must be current members of NCPSMA .

Maintenance Supervisors are defined as those who serve as direct heads of maintenance de-partments . Maintenance Employees are de-fined as other members of maintenance staffs. 1 . Nominees for Supervisor of the Year or

Employee of the Year awards must be cur-rently employed as a maintenance person in an educational system in the state of North Carolina .

2 . The nominee must have been an active member of the NCPSMA for the last five consecutive years .

3 . The nominee cannot be the current state president .

4 . Nominations must be made by an active member of NCPSMA . There should be a let-ter of nomination signed by the active mem-ber . Only one award per LEA will be award-ed, example: Superintendent, Director, Employee . This decision was passed unani-mously by the NCPSMA Advisory Council, June 2016 .

5 . Nominees must be from within the NCPSMA District making the nomination .

6 . The following data must be supplied for each candidate:

• A photograph of the nominee must be in-cluded and placed on a separate sheet of paper .

• A biographical sketch, preferably in narrative form and no more than two pages in length, including the nominee’s achievements that have contributed to success in NCPSMA and other professional involvement .

• No other information on nominee will be ac-cepted .

The Awards Committee is comprised of the NCPSMA One Year Advisory Council Members and Milt Saffelle, chairman . Saffelle serves in an exofficio capacity and does not have voting privileges . In case of a tie the current state vice president will have voting privileges . All nomi-nations must be submitted no later than August 10, 2016 to: Milton Saffelle, Chairman, NCPS-MA Awards Committee, PO Box 1499, Hillsbor-ough, NC 27278 .

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lighting and one of the few in the country . Locklear, Locklear & Jacobs, PLLC provided help in achieving this ECM . The Hoke County Commissioners and Board of Education are pleased be-cause they won't be looking for funds for massive replacements of old equip-ment and certainly the taxpayers are pleased to see the results with no new funds used in the PC process .

Dr . Freddie Williamson, Superintendent of Hoke County Schools and North Carolina Superintendent of the Year, stated that the performance contract (PC) method was the only way the low-wealth school system could finance needed work without increasing taxes or debt . He said it also allowed the school system to pursue its goals of having comfortable classrooms that are conducive to learning along with 21st century energy efficiency. “We have to change our energy-use behavior,” Dr. Williamson said.

Charles Tapp, director of facilities and maintenance, talked about the quiet-ness of the chiller . “I’ve never worked around a chiller that you could stand beside and have a conversation,” Tapp said. “It’s just a Cadillac.”

The better environment inside the schools should improve the health of the students . Students in America miss approximately 14 million school days per year because of asthma, according to the U . S . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . A high performance school, according to Trane, is a school facility developed to operate with higher energy efficiency and indoor air qual-ity as well as improved acoustics and lighting . It enables students and staffs to learn and teach better and allows the schools to save money on their utility bills so it can be used to meet other educational needs . There are a number of studies by the Environmental Protection Agency on the many benefits of high performing schools, other than the obvious savings of tax dollars .

The process for awarding a PC contract was simplified by the North Caro-lina General Assembly three years ago . Technical assistance is provided by the State Energy Office in the Department of Environmental Quality at no cost . The Energy Services Company, Brady in the case of Hoke County, and others analyze utility bills and do walk-throughs of the schools to assist the system in deciding whether or not to pursue a PC at no cost to the customer .

Brady and others can provide case studies on each of their projects upon request .

Submitted by Charles Tapp, Hoke County Schools Maintenance Director

Note: Sandy Grove Middle School in Hoke County is in the news! The school is on the cover of the Ashrae Journal . Ashrae governs and set standards for heating air-conditioning as well as energy efficiency internationally. You can view the issue online: http://www .nxtbook .com/nxtbooks/ashrae/ashraejour-nal_201605/

Also, Sandy Grove Middle School was recognized as one of three NC Schools to receive the 2016 U .S . Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability, and Postsecondary Award .