Fayette

County teachers may be sitting pretty if a

proposal to purchase new upholstered, adjustable

chairs to replace the current molded plastic

teacher chairs is approved by the Board of

Education.

Fred

Phillips, purchasing agent for the school

district, displayed two chairs to the board for

their appraisal Monday night, in response to

their earlier concerns over the high price of

furniture needed for the addition at Flat Rock

Middle School.

The

regulation teacher's chair, found in the newer

schools such as Peeples, cost $46 apiece, while

the office-type upholstered model, originally

purchased for elementary school computer labs

cost $175 each. Phillips suggested the board

consider a trade-off, replacing the computer

chairs, which are showing signs of wear and tear

from student use, with the molded task chair and

awarding teachers the more comfortable

upholstered model.

Phillips

also had a teacher's desk on the floor which cost

$306 and was available from the Georgia

Correctional Institute. A similar model desk

which was purchased to equip Flat Rock and

Peeples cost $579.

In

other business, the board approved awarding the

contract for natural gas to GMA/Southeastern and

discussed a proposal to stay with the 911 Call

Center for its two-way radio communication

system.

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