JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

MINUTES OF MEETING

JANUARY 12, 2006

THE JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET IN OFFICIAL SESSION ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006, IN THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER . 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 M. JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT; DR. SHERRIE GIBNEY-SHERMAN, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT; MRS. DONNA MCMULLAN, DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE AND SECONDARY INSTRUCTION; MRS. ANGELA VINSON, SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR; DR. KEVIN SMITH, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MR. HOWARD MCGLENNEN, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MRS. JENNIFER MCAULEY AND MRS. JENNIFER MILLER, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS; MRS. CAROL MCDONALD AND MRS. ANNIE HOLMAN, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS; MR. ALAN LUTON, THE JACKSON HERALD REPORTER; AND MRS. KIM NAVAS, MINUTE RECORDER.

CALL TO ORDER

THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

THE CHAIRMAN LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

ON MOTION BY MRS. BENSON AND SECOND BY MR. CROWE, THE AGENDA FOR THE JANUARY 12, 2006, AND THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 15, 2005, MEETINGS WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

INFORMATION ITEMS

FINANCIAL REPORTS

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE FINANCIAL REPORTS.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATE

THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON THE FOLLOWING:  BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT; DISTRICT SPELLING BEE; SACS STEERING COMMITTEE; AND JEFFERSON ACADEMY PLANNING COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES.

FACILITIES UPDATE

THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON FACILITY MATTERS.

TRANSPORTATION REPORT

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE TRANSPORTATION REPORT.

ANNUAL BOARD RETREAT

THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON PLANS FOR THE ANNUAL BOARD RETREAT SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 17-18, 2006.

ACTION ITEMS

ESTABLISH BOARD MEETING TIME AND DATES

THE CHAIRMAN RECOMMENDED THAT THE 2006 BOARD MEETINGS BE HELD AT 4 P.M. IN THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER ACCORDING TO THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE.  ON MOTION BY MR. HUGHEY AND SECOND BY MRS. MCKINNEY, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

ELECT BOARD OFFICERS

MRS. BENSON RECOMMENDED THAT ALL POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD REMAIN THE SAME:  MR. WILLIE HUGHEY, VICE-CHAIRMAN AND MRS. GUY DEAN BENSON, TREASURER.  MR. WILBANKS SECONDED THE RECOMMENDATION, AND THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.  THE CHAIRMAN APPOINTED MEMBERS TO THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES:  FACILITIES—MR. WILBANKS AND MR. CROWE; BUDGET—MR. HOPKINS AND MRS. BENSON; PUBLIC RELATIONS--MRS. BENSON AND MRS. MCKINNEY; AND INSTRUCTION—MR. HUGHEY AND MRS. MCKINNEY.  THE CHAIRMAN EXPRESSED HIS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE.

APPROVE FUND RAISING REQUESTS

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED FUND RAISING REQUESTS FROM EACH SCHOOL AND RECOMMENDED THEIR APPROVAL.  ON MOTION BY MR. CROWE AND SECOND BY MRS. MCKINNEY, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

APPROVE JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL WILDLIFE  HABITAT PROJECT

MRS. JENNIFER MCAULEY PRESENTED A PROPOSAL FOR A WILDLIFE HABITAT PROJECT TO BE DEVELOPED AT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL . THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.  ON MOTION BY MRS. MCKINNEY AND SECOND BY MR. HUGHEY, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

PERSONNEL MATTERS

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THAT EMPLOYMENT FOR MRS. ALMA SCOGGINS AND MS. LAURA UNDERWOOD, SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS, BE APPROVED.  ON MOTION BY MRS. BENSON AND SECOND BY MR. HUGHEY, 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