COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER
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VOLUME XX September, 2004
Number 3 |
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
The Board of Trustees:
· Approved minutes of previous meeting.
· Acknowledged annual reports from administrators.
·
Reviewed
the district’s final 2004 Mississippi Statewide Accountability System results.
·
Received
the monthly financial status report.
·
Was
informed that the district received a Teacher Induction Program grant.
·
Heard
a report on district facilities.
·
Approved
the payment of accounts.
·
Acknowledged
the report on bus repairs/expenses and the monthly report on the use of school
buses for special events.
·
Gave
second approval of revisions to Section A of the School Board Policy Manual.
·
Approved
requests to dispose of the following equipment that is beyond repair: four
printers, tag #s 2999, 2549, 4509, & 3280; two VCRs, tag #s 8 & 2504;
one TV, tag #62; one computer, tag #2354; and a Hobart 2-door cooler at CES,
tag #000927.
·
Approved
proposed fundraising projects: CHS Tennis Team to hold a raffle for $50.00
worth of gas (The winner of the raffle will be announced at the last home
football game on October 21, 2004.); CHS Basketball Booster Club to sell
advertising signs for the gym to businesses; JMS Band to sell Great American
cookie dough November 1-8, 2004, and World’s Finest Chocolate January 10-25,
2005; CES PTA to sell World’s Finest Chocolate September 13 – 30, 2004, and to
organize a Kathryn Beich, Inc. catalog sale in March; CPS, K-1 PTA to hold a
Fall Festival on Tuesday, October 19, 2004, and sell cookie dough beginning
March 4, 2005; and the CHS Girl’s Basketball team to hold a raffle for a
blanket from Iraq. (The winner of the raffle will be announced at the
homecoming football game on October 15, 2004.); and CHS Jazz Cats dance team to
sell Wildcat spirit items and have a Pizza Shootout during each home basketball
game.
·
Granted
CPS third grade students permission to travel out-of-state on a field trip.
·
Accepted
proposals for school pictures during the 2004-2005 school year from Lifetouch
School Photography for fall pictures at CPS, K-1; Remember Me Publishing
Company for CPS, K-1 Yearbook; Mississippi School Pictures, Inc. for pictures
at CPS, 2-3; and Bruckner’s School Photography for pictures at JMS.
·
Approved
the 2004-2005 Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) game fees
for officials.
·
Approved
requests from district employees for their children to attend Columbia schools
for the 2004-2005 school year: Kerri Mobley (JMS), Jonathan Mobley (CES), Kevin
Haddox (CHS), Kendall Haddox (CHS), and Faith Haddox (CPS).
·
Approved
the Consolidated Federal Programs Application and accompanying Statement of Assurances.
·
Authorization
the district to submit an application for a Title VI-B-2 Rural, Low Income
Schools Program grant.
·
Granted
an access gate to a property owner.
·
Accepted
employment resignations from Bonita Robbins, cashier at Columbia Primary School;
Teri Sanders, guidance secretary at Columbia High School; and Sidney Watts, janitor
at Jefferson Middle School.
·
Approved
the employment of Stacey Prine as librarian at CES; Calvin Newsome as 8th
grade boys’ basketball coach; Edward Corker as 8th grade girls’
basketball coach; Jerri Forbes and Angela Trim as substitute bus drivers;
Edmond Sanders as a janitor at JMS; Cindy Shields as principal’s detention II
teacher at JMS; Tanya Drake as guidance secretary at CHS; Jerri Jones, Cathy
Cotton, Barbara Davis, and Stacey Prine as tutors for the after school tutoring
program at CES; Bonita Graham as an alternative education teacher assistant;
and Stephanie Guidroz as the Jazz Cats sponsor.
·
Gave
first approval to revise CSD Policy BCAB “Regular Board Meetings” changing the
school board meeting time from 7:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
·
Accepted
a proposal from Wright & King CPA for audit services for the fiscal years
ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005.
·
Heard
the Superintendent’s report.
·
Agreed
to meet at 5:30 p.m., for the next regular meeting of the Board on Thursday, October
14, 2004.
COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL
Jackie
Cannon, September 12
Diane
Gammill, September 29
Lynn
McDaniel, September 20
JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
Edward
Corker, September 16
Becky
Sinclair, September 24
COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Kathy
Houston, September 1
Linda
Ramshur, September 3
COLUMBIA PRIMARY SCHOOL, 2-3
Jane
Curtis, September 11
Gayle
Knight, September 8
Debbie
Mauldin, September 3
Janie
Tolar, September 15
COLUMBIA PRIMARY SCHOOL, K-1
Linda
Blackmon, September 17
Jennifer
Breland, September 13
Louise
Brown, September 15
Christine
Expose, September 18
Deborah
Fortenberry, September 19
Debbie
Gray, September 24
Tommie
May, September 8
Betty
Monroe, September 4
Jan
Mooney, September 9
Kathy
Thomas, September 3
Renee
Williamson, September 7
TRANSPORTATION
Annie
Alexander, September 13
Genoris
McCorkle, September 20
Terry
Montgomery, September 27
Brenda
Shields, September 9