COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER
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VOLUME XIX October,
2003 Number 4 |
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OCTOBER 9, 2003
The Board of Trustees:
· Approved minutes of previous meeting.
·
Heard
a proposal for a Facility Study/Long Range Plan for the District.
·
Received
the monthly financial status report.
·
Heard
a report on district building projects.
·
Approved
submission of the Title VI Rural and Low-Income School Program grant
application.
·
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 equipment that is beyond repair: four
VCRs, tag #s 1582,1487, 1127, & 896; one video tape recorder, tag #3240;
one digital camera, tag #4598; and two printers, tag #s 661 & 3114.
·
Accepted
proposals from Bruckner's Photography for fall and spring pictures at Columbia
Elementary School and Jefferson Middle School.
·
Approved
requests to conduct the following fundraisers: Columbia Basketball Booster Club
sell advertising signs for the gym to businesses, hold a Little Wildcat
Basketball League for district students in grades 3-6, the CHS Band Boosters
sell raffle tickets for money and prizes which will be given away at the CHS
Christmas concert, and have a fruit sale.
·
Approved
requests to travel out-of-state to attend conferences.
·
Granted
the CHS Band permission to travel out-of-state to attend Disney's Magic Music
Days in Orlando, FL in the spring of 2004.
This trip will replace the Band trip to attend the Orange Bowl.
·
Accepted
bids for the 1,000-gallon propane tank and approved the recommendation to sale
the propane tank to the highest bidder.
·
Approved
the recommendation to sell Athletic Activity Passes at a cost of $50.00 for
admission to home athletic events for the upcoming basketball, fast pitch
softball, baseball, and track season.
·
Approved
employment of the following persons for the remainder of the 2003-2004 school
year: Demetric Cooley as a substitute bus driver; Melissa Pierce as a
substitute cafeteria worker; Jackie Cannon, Robert Cheatham, Ashley Haddox,
Evelyn Lee, Lynn McDainiel, Michael Novinski, Jeremy Nunn, Jami Owen, Kathryn
Parker, Shirley Porter, Bruce Ratcliff, Frances Robertson, Anthony Smith,
Brandon Tucker, Baxter White, and Tracy Winton to conduct after-school
tutoring/remediation sessions for the state subject area tests on an as needed
basis; Beth Bankston, Debbie Guy, Judy Easterling, Lynn Broom, Gail Stephens,
Shelley Putnam, and Pam Blanden
be paid for work outside of their contractual time
to receive training to implement the Curriculum Progress Monitoring Project;
and Shirley Graves, Sophia Bickham, Sara Davis, Angie Burkett, Kim Todd, Robert
White, Angie Adams, and Celcia Pittman be paid a stipend for attending Life
Skills Training.
