The Board of Trustees:

• Approved minutes of previous meeting.
• Heard reports on district building projects.
• Heard a Proclamation, read by Superintendent Charles Lyle, from Governor Ronnie Musgrove proclaiming the week of February 18-23, 2001 as School Board Member Recognition Week.
• Received certificates of appreciation.
• Approved the transfer of interest earnings in the amount of $15,799.02 from the Sixteenth Section Fund to the District Maintenance Fund.
• Approved the Claims Docket for payment of current accounts.
• Acknowledged the report on bus repairs/expenses and the monthly report on the use of school buses for special events.
• Approved requests to dispose of the following unusable equipment which is beyond repair: one cassette player, tag #1791; two televisions, tag #s 72 & 369; one computer, tag #899; and one printer, tag #2210; two computers, tag #s 605 & 1405; one hard drive, tag #143; two hubs, tag #s 1983 & 1658; and one MBPS switch, tag #1671.
• Granted permission for the CHS Limited Edition Show Choir to travel out-of-state to attend the Six Flags Great Adventure Festival in New Jersey, May 10-13, 2001 and the School to Career Committee to travel out-of-state to attend the 15^th Annual HSTW Staff Development Conference in Atlanta, GA, July 9-13, 2001.
• Approved requests from principals to conduct fundraisers (CHS French Club to sell candy, JMS students to sell cases of 1/2 liter bottles of various flavors of coke products, and CHS Yearbook Staff to participate in the McRae's School Benefit Sale).
• Approved an employee request for her child to attend Columbia Elementary School.
• Accepted the lowest and best bid received from Grover Brothers Restaurant Equipment for a walk-in freezer and steamer for Columbia Elementary School.
• Adopted a resolution to borrow Sixteenth Section Funds to purchase of a walk-in freezer and steamer for the Columbia Elementary School cafeteria.
• Increased the district's travel reimbursement rate of 32.5 cents per mile to 34.5 cents per mile to align with the federal government, effective January 22, 2001.
• Approved amendments to the FY 2001 budget.
• Adopted the FY 2002 budget development calendar.
• Approved the 2001-2002 district school year calendar. (See the District's Web Page for calendar.)
• Approved the recommendation to expel one student and place seven students in the District's Alternative Program.
• Approved the employment of Jennifer Guerra, math teacher at CHS; Misti Broom, TA at CPS, K-1; Brenda Cox and Tim Roberts, bus drivers; Loretta Carol Ball, cafeteria worker at CES; Minnie Ruth Stringer, substitute cafeteria worker; and Janet G. Burton, Alita Gipson, and Lani B. Caha be added to the substitute teacher list for the remainder of the 2000-2001 school year.
• Approved the continued employment of district administrators, school principals, and assistant principals for the 2001-2002 school session.
• Accepted an employment resignation submitted by Mrs. Bonnie Dillon for the purpose of retirement, effective February 28, 2001.
• Heard a report from Superintendent Lyle that included state funding deficits, a resolution of Mississippi Association of School Superintendents regarding budget shortfalls threatening services to children, the NSBA Southern Region Conference, and an energy cost analysis at Columbia High School.
• Received the monthly Financial Status Report.
• Discussed confidential personnel matters in executive session.
• Recessed the meeting until 1:30 p.m., February 11, 2001.