The Granville County Board of Education will meet Thursday, February 28, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. for a Board Retreat at Butner Stem Elementary School, 201 East D Street, Butner, North Carolina.
The Board will also meet in Closed Session for Personnel/Attorney-Client Privilege in accordance with N.C. General Statute 143.318.11 (a)(6), 143-318.11 (a)(3), 143.318.11 (a)(5) and Section 115C-321.
The next regular scheduled Board meeting is Monday, March 4, 2019, at 6 p.m.
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-Information courtesy Cynthia Bowen, City Clerk, City of Oxford
The Oxford Board of Commissioners will be attending a two-day goal-setting retreat on Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Vino Oasi in Stem, NC.
Commissioners will meet with City Staff to discuss operational issues and priorities for 2019 during this time. Agenda items include:
March 1
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome/Overview/Review of Retreat Agenda
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Expressions of Expectations of Retreat by Mayor and Commissioners
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Review/Status Report of Prior Year Priorities
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 – 12:30 p.m. Departmental Reports
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Angela Allen, Granville County TDA & Corey Hughes, Hughes Marketing Research
10:45 – 12:00 Continuation of Board Review of Core Priorities & Annual Strategic Visioning
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Wrap Up
12:30 p.m. Adjournment
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Restorative Justice Practices Coming to Granville County Public Schools
Restorative practices is a social science that studies how to improve and repair relationships between people and communities. The purpose is to build healthy communities, increase social capital, decrease crime and antisocial behavior, repair harm and restore relationships.
Restorative justice gives victims the chance to meet or communicate with their offender to explain the real impact of the crime – it empowers victims by giving them a voice. It also holds offenders to account for what they have done and helps them to take responsibility and make amends.
Granville County Public Schools is ready to embark upon this new initiative this summer by partnering with Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Inc. CTRI will conduct two 3-day workshops on Restorative Justice Facilitator Training, for a group of up to 30 participants per session.
At the end of the two 3-day sessions, Granville County Schools will have 60 Restorative Justice trained Facilitators. The workshop will be held in Oxford, NC, on mutually agreed upon dates in June 2019. The 60 facilitators will then work on a plan of getting all of our employees trained. That will mean that our teachers, administrators, bus drivers, TAs, Child Nutrition, custodians, etc. will be trained.
Workshop Description Restorative Justice Facilitator Training
Restorative justice is a response to harmful incidents that seeks the direct inclusion of all involved. The goal is to meaningfully address the harm and foster renewed relationships. Drawing on the work of Canada’s original restorative justice pioneers and best practices around the globe, this training will deliver the essential skills of convening harm-focused dialogue processes within community, organizational and educational settings.
This is a highly interactive workshop where participants will practice and gain confidence in facilitating a model of dialogue that is participant-driven, culturally sensitive and empowering for all involved.
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-Information courtesy Dr. Stan Winborne, Public Information Officer, Granville County Public Schools
The Granville County Board of Education will hold an Academic Performance Committee meeting on Monday, February 25, 2019, from 9 – 10 a.m.
All committee meetings are held at the Granville County Public Schools Central Office, 101 Delacroix Street, Oxford, North Carolina.
These meetings are open to the public
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Granville County Public Schools invites you to a Community “Lunch & Learn” on Friday, March 1, 2019, from 12 – 1 p.m. The event will be held at the Granville Co. Schools Administrative Building, 101 Delacroix St. in Oxford.
Participants will receive updates on GCPS and have an opportunity to engage with district leaders about new initiatives.
Please bring your own lunch.
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The addition of thirty (30) recycle containers to the Granville Athletic Park (GAP) in Oxford will help keep the area clean and educate the public about the importance of recycling.
The bins were funded through a grant from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and are being paired with existing outdoor trash containers. With a clear recycling message on each bin, the goal is to provide collection sites for plastic bottles and aluminum cans for visitor use at the GAP, which is one of the largest public spaces in Granville County.
The GAP is currently used by thousands of walking enthusiasts, high school sports leagues, traveling sports teams, daycares (playground equipment) and families who meet for local gatherings, competitions and for exercise.
“That’s thousands upon thousands of bottles and cans that have gone to one of two places at the GAP – in the trash can or on the ground,” says Granville County Recycling Coordinator Teresa Baker. “We hope that these new containers will prompt park visitors to choose recycling over garbage disposal, and will remind them to keep our park ‘green and clean.’”
Granville County Recycling Coordinator Teresa Baker is pictured with one of the new recycling containers recently installed at Granville Athletic Park. (Photo courtesy Granville Co. Govt)
Before the installation of the new containers, the GAP had only two outdoor athletic bins that housed six 96-gallon recycle carts. Located near the baseball tournament fields, these bins filled up quickly in just one weekend – and even more often during tournament season. It is expected that the addition of thirty more containers throughout the 69-acre site will positively impact waste collection.
Baker notes that a tracking system will be put into place to monitor the waste stream and that an increase in tonnage recovered by Waste Industries is expected, decreasing input in the local landfill, as well as the associated costs that come with solid waste disposal.
Over the last seven years, a renewed effort has been made to address the litter issue in Granville County. According to Baker, progress has been made as there has been a push to increase the county’s recycling yield. Granville County has grown from having one of the lowest collection rates in the state to being among the top 20 counties with high recycling yields in North Carolina.
As the GAP works towards an eleven-acre expansion, recycling efforts will become even more significant as a targeted recycling program will carry over into the newest phase.
“The county must be a leader in recycling to encourage residents to be better environmental stewards,” Baker adds. “We want to remind park visitors to keep their trash off the ground and to put it in an appropriate location.”
These new recycling containers have a life cycle of 8 to 10 years and are placed in high-traffic locations throughout Granville Athletic Park. To learn more about recycling efforts in Granville County, contact Baker at (919) 725-1417.
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-Information provided by Debra Weary, Clerk to the Board/Assistant to the County Manager – Granville County
The Granville County Board of Commissioners will hold their annual retreat on Thursday, February 21 and Friday, February 22, 2019, at the Granville Expo & Convention Center in Oxford. Thursday’s meeting begins at 4:30 p.m.; Friday’s session begins at 8:15 a.m.
Board discussion will focus on the following objectives:
Strategic Plan Objective #1: through economic development activities and efforts, increase the county-wide tax base by approximately $80 million annually.
Strategic Plan Objective #2: improve inter-local government relationships through partnerships and shared services.
Strategic Plan Objective #3: educate the community to improve public awareness of local government issues, activities, benefits and opportunities.
Strategic Plan Objective #4: reduce the County’s annual personnel turnover rate due to resignations and terminations to 6% or less by 2020.
Strategic Plan Objective #5: improve employee recognition and boost morale through the implementation of an Awards and Recognition Program (A&R).
Strategic Plan Objective #6: improve and increase the number of volunteer programs, sites and opportunities within the County Government.
Strategic Plan Objective #7: identify public safety requirements and improve communication of services with the public.
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Do you know a child that will be 5 years old by August 31, 2019? If so, it’s time to register for Kindergarten!
Granville County Public Schools is excited to welcome new kindergarteners to our district. Though the new school year doesn’t begin for a few more months, now is the time to register your child and to get excited about school! We have three easy ways to register:
Visit your neighborhood GCPS school
Attend a GCPS Kindergarten Registration Fair:
February 12th – West Oxford Elementary from 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
February 19th – Mt. Energy Elementary from 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Visit one of the GCPS Registration Centers:
Northern Granville Middle School (3144 Webb School Rd, Oxford, NC 27565)
Energy Elementary School (2652 NC-56, Creedmoor, NC 27522)
At registration, you will be asked to complete enrollment forms for your child. Please bring personal identification, proof of residency, the child’s birth certificate, and any immunization records currently available.
Families have a choice in where their child attends school in GCPS.
Would your child benefit from attending school on the year-round calendar, enjoying a 3-week break after every 9 weeks of school?
Would you like your child to participate in:
a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) program?
a Leadership program?
a Character Education program?
an Arts program?
a Healthy Living program?
a Global Studies program?
Would your child benefit from a blended learning schedule, learning with others at school part of the week and learning at home part of the week?
All of these options are available in Granville County Public Schools. School tours are available if you would like to see these programs in action and learn more about them. Visit our website (www.gcs.k12.nc.us) and scroll down to select the “GCPS School Choice” link, or talk with any of our staff to learn more about these choices for your child.
-Information and flyer courtesy Mayor Jackie Sergent, City of Oxford
The public is invited to celebrate “New Orleans style” at the 3rd Annual Mardi Gras Bash to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of North Central North Carolina (BGCNCNC) on Saturday, February 23, 2019, from 6:30 until 10 p.m.
The bash will be held at the Clarion Inn and Suites, 913 MLK Jr. Avenue in Oxford, and will include dinner, dancing and a retro band in the spirit of Bourbon St.
A limited number of tickets are still available for $50 each and are available by calling the BGC Office at (919) 690-0036 or visiting the online Event Brite link by clicking here.
(This is not a paid advertisement)
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The Granville County Library System welcomes Andrew Maloney as branch manager of the Richard H. Thornton Library in Oxford.
Maloney comes to Granville County from the Boston Public Library in Boston, MA, where he served in several capacities ranging from Fine Arts Archivist and Music Specialist to Readers’ Services Librarian. He brings with him knowledge and experience in cultural research, program development, collections management and library technology, and has plans to use these skills to continue and further enhance the programming already in place.
“I hope to expand on what is already being offered by possibly adding more music and movie events and a greater outreach,” Maloney said. “There are so many ways that the library can partner with the community and help people connect, and I am looking forward to exploring those opportunities.”
The Granville County Library System welcomes Andrew Maloney as branch manager of the Richard H. Thornton Library in Oxford. Maloney’s first day of work was February 1, 2019. (Photo courtesy Granville Co. Government)
Maloney also credits the library’s Board of Trustees and the Friends of the Library for their enthusiastic support of the Thornton Library.
A new resident of Durham, Maloney is a 2012 graduate of the University of Connecticut, majoring in English and Political Science. He received his Master’s degree in Library and Information Science at Simmons College Graduate School and earned his North Carolina Public Librarian Certification in 2018.
Maloney’s first day of work was February 1, 2019.
Will Robinson will continue to serve as Director for all four branches of the Granville County Library System, which are located in Oxford, Creedmoor, Stovall and Berea. Both Maloney and Robinson can be reached at 919-693-1121.
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