JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

MINUTES OF MEETING

APRIL 11, 2002

THE JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET IN OFFICIAL SESSION THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2002.  THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:  MR. RONALD K. HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN; MRS. GUY DEAN BENSON; MR. DERRELL CROWE; MR. STEVEN HIX; MR. WILLIE HUGHEY; AND MRS. ANGELA MCKINNEY.  ALSO PRESENT WERE:  DR. JOHN JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT; MR. PAT BLENKE, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MR. HOWARD MCGLENNEN, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MS. DONNA MCMULLAN, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL; MRS. DIANE OLIVER, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL; MRS. GLENDA BLACKSTOCK, SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR; MRS. CARLA FOWLER, MR. AND MRS. RICH BRANNON, MR. AND MRS. DOUG THURMOND, AND MR. AND MRS. LARRY STEVENS, PARENTS OF FIFTH GRADE ACADEMY STUDENTS; MS. PENNY WOOD, FIFTH GRADE ACADEMY TEACHER; MISS COLBY FOWLER, MR. CAM THURMOND, MR. BLAKE STEVENS, AND MISS ALLYSON BRANNON, FIFTH GRADE ACADEMY STUDENTS; MRS. CAROL AARON, MINUTE RECORDER, AND MR. TIM THOMAS, THE JACKSON HERALD REPORTER.

CALL TO ORDER

THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

THE CHAIRMAN LED THE BOARD IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

 

BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THE AGENDA FOR THE APRIL 11TH MEETING WAS APPROVED, WITH THE ADDITION OF AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE MSI ROOFING BID FOR THE ART/COMPUTER BUILDING. ALSO APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT WERE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 14TH AND MARCH 26TH MEETINGS.

INFORMATION ITEMS

STUDENT AND STAFF RECOGNITION

THE SUPERINTENDENT INTRODUCED FIFTH GRADE ACADEMY TEACHER MRS. PENNY WOOD.  MRS. WOOD INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS TO THE BOARD:  MISS ALLYSON BRANNON, FIRST PLACE WINNER IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR IN THE AREA OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; MR. CAM THURMOND AND MR. BLAKE STEVENS, SECOND PLACE WINNERS IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR IN THE AREA OF ENGINEERING; AND MISS COLBY FOWLER, FIRST PLACE WINNER IN THE   FIFTH GRADE WRITING CONTEST.  THE BOARD CONGRATULATED THESE STUDENTS ON THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS.

FINANCIAL REPORT

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

 

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON THE STATUS OF ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

TECHNOLOGY REPORT

THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE TECHNOLOGY REPORT.

TRANSPORTATION REPORT

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE TRANSPORTATION REPORT.

GSBA SUMMER CONFERENCE

THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMED THE BOARD OF THE DATES FOR THE UP-COMING GSBA SUMMER CONFERENCE AND BOARD MEMBER TRAINING.

CAROL WILLIAMS’ BOARD MEMBER HEARING

THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT STATE BOARD MEMBER CAROL WILLIAMS WOULD CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING MAY 20, 2002, 7 P.M. AT COMMERCE HIGH SCHOOL.

FUTURE NAME FOR JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL STREET

THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT A NAME FOR THE STREET ON WHICH THE NEW JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS LOCATED NEEDS  TO BE SELECTED.

JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE

THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IS PLANNED FOR SUNDAY, MAY 5TH, AT 4 P.M.

 

SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS ADOPTION TO LIE ON TABLE

THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION  (ATTACHED LIST) WOULD LIE ON THE TABLE FOR THIRTY DAYS FOR BOARD AND COMMUNITY REVIEW.

ACTION ITEMS

APPROVE MSI ROOF BID

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED A BID TO REROOF THE ART/COMPUTER CENTER FROM MSI ROOFING COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $28,601.00 AND RECOMMENDED IT BE APPROVED.  ON MOTION BY MR. HUGHEY AND SECOND BY MR. HIX, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

APPROVE FUND RAISING REQUESTS

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF TWO FUND RAISING REQUESTS FROM THE FIFTH GRADE ACADEMY.  ON MOTION BY MRS. BENSON AND SECOND BY MR. HUGHEY, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

DECLARE ITEMS SURPLUS

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

 

 

 

APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NO. 2, SALLOUM CONSTRUCTION CO.

 

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED CHANGE ORDER NO. 2 FROM SALLOUM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND RECOMMENDED IT BE APPROVED.  ON MOTION BY MR. HIX AND SECOND BY MRS. BENSON, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

APPROVE BILLS FOR PAYMENT

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED BILLS FROM SOUTHERN A & E IN THE AMOUNTS OF $1,877.08 AND $1,040.46 FOR THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL GYM PROJECT AND RECOMMENDED THEY BE APPROVED.

MR. HIX MADE THE MOTION THAT THE BILLS BE APPROVED FOR PAYMENT UPON RECEIPT OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION CO.  THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MR. HUGHEY, AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED BILLS FROM SOUTHERN A & E IN THE AMOUNTS OF $3,740.00, $5,710.00, AND $9,270.00 FOR THE JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT.  ON MOTION BY MR. HIX AND SECOND BY MR. CROWE, THE BILLS IN THE AMOUNTS OF $3,740.00 AND $5,710.00 WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.  THE BILL IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,270.00 WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PAYMENT UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.

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 MR. HUGHEY AND SECOND BY MR. CROWE, 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 MATERNITY LEAVE FOR BESS BARNETT; ACCEPT RESIGNATIONS FROM CAROL GROUT, ESOL TEACHER; JEFF MCCORD, JHS SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER/COACH; KEVIN JACOBS, JHS TEACHER/COACH; ROBERT JONES, ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL TEACHER; MELESSA HALL, JMS SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER; CARMEN SHERER, JMS TEACHER; LYNN BROWN, JMS TEACHER; PATRICIA WILLIAMS, JMS TEACHER; BARBARA DURRENCE, JMS COUNSELOR; DEBORAH HAYES, JES SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER; MISSY BURGESS, JES TEACHER; JENNIFER FITZGERALD, JES TEACHER, AND ELIZABETH SIKES, JES TEACHER.  ON MOTION BY MR. HIX AND SECOND BY MRS. BENSON, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHARLES L. “BUDDY” CAIN.  ON MOTION BY MR. CROWE AND SECOND BY MRS BENSON, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVED, WITH MRS. MCKINNEY ABSTAINING FROM VOTING.

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