JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

MINUTES OF MEETING

JULY 7, 2005

THE JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET IN CALLED SESSION ON JULY 7, 2005, AT 5 P.M. IN THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER.  THE PURPOSES OF THE MEETING WERE TO APPROVE A SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL BOND RESOLUTION; TO APPROVE PERSONNEL MATTERS; AND TO RECEIVE AN UPDATED INSTRUCTIONAL REPORT. THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:  MR. RONALD K. HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN; MRS. GUY DEAN BENSON; MR. DERRELL CROWE; MR. WILLIE HUGHEY; MRS. ANGELA MCKINNEY; AND MR. DAMON WILBANKS. ALSO PRESENT WERE:  DR. JOHN JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT; DR. SHERRIE GIBNEY-SHERMAN, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT; DR. KEVIN SMITH, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL;  MR. BILL FUSSELL, KNOX WALL REPRESENTATIVE; MR. ALAN LUTTON, 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 MR. HUGHEY AND SECOND BY MR. CROWE, THE AGENDA FOR THE JULY 7, 2005 MEETING WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

ACTION ITEMS

APPROVE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL BOND RESOLUTION

THE SUPERINTENDENT INTRODUCED MR. BILL FUSSELL, KNOX WALL REPRESENTATIVE, WHO PRESENTED A SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL BOND RESOLUTION FOR THE 2005 BONDS (COPY ATTACHED).  THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE RESOLUTION BE APPROVED.  ON MOTION BY MRS. BENSON AND SECOND BY MR. HUGHEY, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

INSTRUCTIONAL REPORT

THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON THE FOLLOWING: ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS AND END-OF-COURSE TEST RESULTS.

ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION

ON MOTION BY MR. WILBANKS AND SECOND BY MRS. MCKINNEY, THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS.  THOSE VOTING FOR THE MOTION WERE:  MR. HOPKINS, MRS. BENSON, MR. CROWE, MR. HUGHEY, MRS. MCKINNEY, AND MR. WILBANKS.

ENTER INTO OPEN SESSION

ON MOTION BY MRS. MCKINNEY AND SECOND BY MRS. BENSON, THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ENTER INTO OPEN SESSION.  THOSE VOTING FOR THE MOTION WERE:  MR. HOPKINS, MRS. BENSON, MR. CROWE, MR. HUGHEY, MRS. MCKINNEY, AND MR. WILBANKS.

PERSONNEL MATTERS

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED EMPLOYMENT OF THE FOLLOWING:  DR. MICHELE HUNTER, JHS COUNSELOR; MR. MATTHEW HAYNOR, JHS BAND DIRECTOR; JONATHAN COTTON, JMS BAND DIRECTOR; MR. JASON DOWNS, TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST; AND MS. SONJA ALLEYNE, SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONAL.  ON MOTION BY MR. HUGHEY AND SECOND BY MR. WILBANKS, 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 J. JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT