DOBSON — Monday night’s Surry County Schools Board of Education named a number of new assistant principals for the 2010-11 school year after the closed session of its meeting.

Dana Draughn, an instruction specialist at Flat Rock and Cedar Ridge elementaries, will be the 21st Century executive administrator, the new title for assistant principals, at Cedar Ridge Elementary along with Principal Alison York.

Margaret Spicer, a first grade teacher at White Plains Elementary, will be the 21st Century executive administrator at Copeland Elementary along with Principal Sharia Templeton.

DeAnne Danley, a second grade teacher at White Plains Elementary, will be the 21st Century executive administrator at Dobson Elementary along with Principal Jan Varney.

LuAnne Llewellyn, a fifth grade teacher at Flat Rock Elementary, will be the 21st Century executive administrator at Flat Rock Elementary along with Principal Molly Anderson.

Jodi Southern, an instructional specialist at Franklin Elementary, will be the 21st Century executive administrator at Franklin Elementary along with Principal Eric Riggs.

Donna Dorsett, an instructional specialist at Copeland and Westfield elementaries, will be the 21st Century executive administrator at Westfield Elementary along with Principal Denny Barr.

Amber Flippen, an exceptional children teacher at Shoals Elementary, will be the 21st Century executive administrator at White Plains Elementary along with Principal Sandra Scott.

Janet Sutphin, instructional specialist at White Plains and Shoals elementaries, will be the 21st Century executive administrator at Rockford Elementary along with Principal Dana Thomas.

Carla Coble, the assistant principal at Westfield Elementary, will be the 21st Century executive administrator at Pilot Mountain Elementary School along with Principal Angela Carson.

Regina Barbour, the assistant principal at Dobson Elementary, will be the 21st Century executive administrator at Pilot Mountain Middle School along with Principal Neil Atkins.

Nancy Hetrick, the instructional specialist for the system’s middle schools in math, and Tom Ratledge, the assistant principal at White Plains Elementary, will be the 21st Century executive administrators at Surry Central High School along with Principal Kevin Via.

The board approved a request to ask for bids from both Dell and HP to furnish 300 laptops for 10 carts at the school system’s four high schools. The laptop carts are the next phase of the roll-out of the 1:1 laptop initiative. The roll-out plan calls for teachers to receive laptops and training one year prior to students receiving them.

The board also discussed the school system’s drug testing policy. The random drug testing program is funded by the Safe and Drug Free School Grant which runs out this year. The board members agreed that they would like to see the random drug testing continue but want to wait until they have a budget before deciding to what scale it will continue. The drug tests cost around $18,000 per year.

After closed session, the board approved a decision to apply for an Innovation in Education grant along with Stokes County and the Virginia counties of Carroll, Patrick and Grayson. The grant would be for start-up funds for an education foundation for post-secondary education, support in high schools, colleges and career readiness, GED programs and with the transition to high school and post-secondary education. It also may go towards funding math and science coaches. According to Dr. Terri Mosley, assistant superintendent, it would be mainly a career-readiness initiative.

Brenda Whitaker, federal programs director, also asked the board to approve an application for a Title III grant. Title III funding is supplementary and is used mainly for professional development and a literacy focus in highly concentrated areas for teachers of English as a Second Language and Limited English Proficient students. The grant totals $96,068.

“It’s imperative we do staff development that reaches the content area teachers as well,” said Whitaker.

n The board approved a request from Wanda Mitchell, finance officer, to stay with the same coverage for student insurance.

n The board approved the exceptional children’s contract with John Sexton and Associates for audiology services.

n The board approved the latest draft for students handbooks, which have been on the table for 30 days and received no comments.

n The board also approved the selections for new grades 6-12 math books, Spanish books and agriculture books contingent upon money becoming available.

n At the start of the meeting, the Eagle Ensemble from Surry Central High School performed a piece from the Music Performance Adjudications. Competing with two grade 5/6 piece, with six being the highest level, the group received a score of 99 out of 100 from the panel of judges.