JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

MINUTES OF MEETING

DECEMBER 12, 2002

THE JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET IN OFFICIAL SESSION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 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. PATSY LENTZ, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MRS. DIANE OLIVER, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL; MR. MARK WILLIS, GEORGIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE; MS. KAREN SOLHEIM, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER; MS. JENNIFER BLACK, VISITOR; 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 MRS. BENSON AND SECOND BY MR. HUGHEY, THE AGENDA FOR THE DECEMBER 12^TH MEETING AND THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 14^TH MEETING WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

INFORMATION ITEMS

FINANCIAL REPORT

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

TRANSPORTATION REPORT

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE TRANSPORTATION REPORT.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATE

THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES.

PAPERLESS BOARD MEETING

MR. MARK WILLIS, GEORGIA SCHOOL BOARDS REPRESENTATIVE, DEMONSTRATED THE PAPERLESS BOARD MEETING PROCESS.

2002 GSBA SCHOOL BOARD OF DISTINCTION RECOGNITION

THE BOARD CHAIRMAN DISPLAYED THE 2002 GSBA SCHOOL BOARD OF DISTINCTION AWARD, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION AT THE GSBA/GSSA WINTER CONFERENCE.  THE JEFFERSON BOARD WAS ONE OF ONLY SIX GEORGIA BOARDS OF EDUCATIONS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

PROPOSED 2003-2204 CALENDAR TO LIE ON TABLE

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED A DRAFT COPY OF THE 2003-2004 CALENDAR TO LIE ON THE TABLE FOR BOARD AND COMMUNITY REVIEW.

ACTION ITEMS

APPROVE THINNING OF TREES

AROUND BASEBALL/SOFTBALL FIELD

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED A PROPOSAL FROM MR. HENRY DAVIS TO THIN THE TREES AROUND THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL FIELD.  ON MOTION BY MRS. BENSON AND SECOND BY MR. CROWE, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION

ON MOTION BY MRS. MCKINNEY AND SECOND BY MR. HUGHEY, 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 MR. HIX, 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 PRESENTED A REQUEST FROM DEBBIE MILAN, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, TO BE RELEASED FROM HER CONTRACT AND RECOMMENDED HER REQUEST BE APPROVED.  ON MOTION BY MR. HIX AND SECOND BY MRS. BENSON, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THE EMPLOYMENT OF MS. JENNIFER BLACK, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, AND MS. VIOLET ARWOOD, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUSTODIAN.

ON MOTION BY MR. CROWE AND SECOND BY MRS. MCKINNEY, THE SUPERINTENDENT’S 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