JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

MINUTES OF MEETING

MARCH 17, 2009

THE JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET IN CALLED SESSION ON TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009, AT 4 P.M. IN THE JEFFERSON CITY SCHOOLS BOARDROOM.  THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO APPROVE EMPLOYMENT OF THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL HEAD FOOTBALL COACH.  THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:  MR. RONALD K. HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN; MRS. GUY DEAN BENSON; MR. DERRELL CROWE; MRS. ANGELA MCKINNEY; AND MR. DAMON WILBANKS.  ALSO PRESENT WERE:  DR. JOHN JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT; DR. SHERRIE GIBNEY-SHERMAN, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT; DR. DONNA MCMULLAN, DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE AND SECONDARY INSTRUCTION; DR. ANGELA VINSON, SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR; DR. KEVIN SMITH, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MR. HOWARD MCGLENNEN, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MRS. DEMARIS GURLEY, JEFFERSON ACADEMY PRINCIPAL; MISS SUE HAMM, FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR; MR. TIM CORBETT, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR; MR. TOM PARKER, MR. BILL NAVAS; MR. MATT STEPHENSON; AND MR. JASON CONNER, TEACHERS; MR. THOMAS “T” MCFERRIN, MRS. JANE MCFERRIN, MR. GUS JOHNSON, MRS. PHYLLIS JACKSON, MRS. PAM EAVES, MR. FRANK EAVES, MR. KYLE POTTS, MR. CHAD SIMS, MR. GARY W. PORTER, MR. GREG ALLEN, MR. COLT GREEN, MR. TYLER TRUELOVE, MR. STEVE LAW, MAYOR JIM JOINER, MR. DENNIS CAIN, MR. JAMES SMITH, MR. SHAWN O’NEAL, AND MR. BRANTLEY PORTER, VISITORS; MS. BRANDEE THOMAS, THE GAINESVILLE TIMES REPORTER; MR. CHRIS STARRS, ATHENS BANNER HERALD REPORTER; AND MR. BRANDON REED, THE JACKSON HERALD REPORTER; AND MRS. KIM NAVAS, MINUTE RECORDER.

CALL TO ORDER

THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

ON MOTION BY MRS. BENSON AND SECOND BY MR. CROWE, THE AGENDA FOR THE MARCH 17, 2009, CALLED MEETING WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

ACTION ITEMS

APPROVE EMPLOYMENT OF HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

THE SUPERINTENDENT INTRODUCED COACH BILL NAVAS AND HIS 2009 COACHING STAFF AND THANKED THEM FOR JEFFERSON ’S FIRST UNDEATED REGULAR SEASON AND AN 8AA REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.  THE SUPERINTENDENT ALSO INFORMED THE BOARD OF COACH NAVAS’ NEW POSITION WITH DULUTH HIGH SCHOOL . 

THE SUPERINTENDENT INTRODUCED MR. THOMAS “T” MCFERRIN, AND RECOMMENDED HE BE APPROVED AS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL’S HEAD FOOTBALL COACH.  ON MOTION BY MR. WILBANKS AND SECOND BY MR. CROWE, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.  

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.

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RONALD K. HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN

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JOHN M. JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT