JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

MINUTES OF MEETING

NOVEMBER 14, 2002

THE JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET IN OFFICIAL SESSION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2002.  THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:  MR. RONALD HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN; MRS. GUY DEAN BENSON; MR. DERRELL CROWE; MR. STEVE HIX; MR. WILLIE HUGHEY, AND MRS. ANGELA MCKINNEY.  ALSO PRESENT WERE:  DR. JOHN JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT; DR. SHERRIE GIBNEY-SHERMAN, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT; DR. KEVIN SMITH, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MR. HOWARD MCGLENNEN, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MRS. DONNA MCMULLAN, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL; MRS. PATSY LENTZ, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MRS. JANET SCHWARTZ, MS. KAREN SOLHEIM, MRS. LISA HAYDEL, AND MR. DAVID CALLOWAY, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS; MR. CHRIS POPE AND MR. JON BRAMBLETT, FORMER JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; 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 BOARD IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

 

ON MOTION BY MR. CROWE AND SECOND BY MRS. BENSON, THE AGENDA FOR THE NOVEMBER 14TH MEETING AND THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 10TH MEETING WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

INFORMATION ITEMS

STUDENT AND STAFF RECOGNITION

THE SUPERINTENDENT INTRODUCED JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AGRICULTURE TEACHER DAVID CALLOWAY TO THE BOARD.  MR. CALLOWAY INFORMED THE BOARD OF TWO RECENT GRADUATES WHO WERE NAME NATIONAL FFA WINNERS. HE INTRODUCED MR. CHRIS POPE AND MR. JON BRAMBLETT AS THE RECIPIENTS.  THE BOARD CONGRATULATED MR. CALLOWAY AND HIS FORMER STUDENTS ON THEIR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 

FOLLOWING THE RECOGNITIONS, DR. KEVIN SMITH UPDATED THE BOARD ON JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL’S INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

FINANCIAL REPORT

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATE

THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON CRCT TEST RESULTS, TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES, AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES.

FACILITY UPDATE

THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON THE STATUS OF REPLACING THE COLUMNS ON THE FRONT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALSO ON AN EXTENDED WARRANTY CONCERNING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM FLOOR.

TRANSPORTATION REPORT

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE TRANSPORTATION REPORT.

PAPERLESS BOARD MEETING UPDATE

THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING THE PAPERLESS BOARD MEETING PROCESS.

JEFFERSON BY-PASS OPENING UPDATE

THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE OPENING OF THE JEFFERSON BY PASS WAS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2002.

GSBA/GSSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT REGISTRATION AND RESERVATIONS FOR THE DECEMBER 6–7, 2002 GSBA/GSSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

PRESENTATION—MS. KAREN SOLHEIM

THE SUPERINTENDENT INTRODUCED JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER MS. KAREN SOLHEIM.  ON BEHALF OF THE GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, MS. SOLHEIM PRESENTED THE BOARD WITH CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION.  SHE ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER MODIFYING THE FUND RAISING POLICY SO AS TO ALLOW FUND RAISING PROJECTS NOT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TO BE PRESENTED THROUGHOUT EACH SEMESTER.

 

 

ACTION ITEMS

WRESTLING FIELD TRIP REQUEST

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED A REQUEST FROM HEAD WRESTLING COACH DOUG THURMOND FOR HIS TEAM TO ATTEND A NATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IN TAMPA, FLORIDA DECEMBER 18-23, 2002, AND RECOMMENDED THE TRIP BE APPROVED.  ON MOTION BY MR. HUGHEY AND SECOND BY MRS. BENSON, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

NAME 2003 GSBA LEGISLATIVE LIAISON

ON MOTION BY MR. CROWE AND SECOND BY MRS. MCKINNEY, MRS. GUY DEAN BENSON WAS NAMED THE BOARD’S GSBA LEGISLATIVE LIAISON FOR 2003.

DECLARE ITEMS SURPLUS

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE ITEMS ON THE ATTACHED LIST BE DECLARED SURPLUS.  ON MOTION BY MR. HIX AND SECOND BY MR. HUGHEY, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION

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

ENTER INTO OPEN SESSION

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

PERSONNEL MATTERS

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL MATTERS:  APPROVE EMPLOYMENT FOR AMBER NOLAN, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAPROFESSIONAL; ACCEPT RESIGNATIONS FROM MISTY HUBBARD, WINDY PATRICK, BOBBI NABORS, AND JANICE NELMS, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAPROFESSIONALS; AND APPROVE MATERNITY LEAVE REQUEST FOR DEANN PHILLIPS, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER. ON MOTION BY MR. CROWE AND SECOND BY MRS. MCKINNEY, 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