The Board of Trustees:

• Approved minutes of previous meetings.
• Heard a report from architects on district building projects.
• Authorized the District's Architect to prepare a Change Order to pave the service drive at Columbia High School.
• Approved requests for payment from Clark Construction Company and Albert & Associates.
• Authorized the District to purchase a new air conditioning unit for the Columbia High School auditorium building.
• Was informed of quotes received for aluminum planking for the bleachers at Gardner Stadium.
• Authorized expenditure of General Obligation Bond funds to purchase aluminum planking, sandblasting and painting the athletic field house, restrooms, and storage buildings located at Gardner Stadium.
• Transferred interest earnings in the amount of $15,608.80 from Sixteenth Section Funds to the District Maintenance Fund.
• Approved the Claims Docket for payment of accounts.
• Acknowledged the report on bus repairs/expenses and the monthly report on the use of school buses for special events.
• Granted permission for out-of-state travel.
• Approved a request from Mrs. Sharon Russell, Director of Special Services, to dispose of old school records.
• Approved requests from employees, living out of the district, for their children to attend district schools: Cody King (CPS, K-1), son of Lori Myers; Lori Beth Boutwell (CPS, K-1), daughter of Beth Boutwell; Rachel Lynn Creel (JMS) and Alfred Collins Creel, III (Trey) (CPS, 2-3), children of Donna Creel; Kent Saucier, (CPS, 2-3), son of Melissa Saucier; Reid Magee (CPS, 2-3), son of Zelma Magee; David Benjamin "Ben" Bankston (CES), son of Beth Bankston; Racquel and Raphael Thomas (CES), children of Annie Pearl Christopher; Lacy White (JMS), daughter of Susan White; Cassandra Nicole Ford (JMS), daughter of Patsy Ford; Sarah Morrow (JMS) daughter of Deanna Sitton; Wendy Nicole Smith (JMS) and Joel Adam Smith (CHS), children of Tammy Smith; Wesley Dickens (CHS), Lisa Dickens (CHS), Kayla Haddox (JMS) and Brittney Haddox (JMS), children of Dana Haddox; Andrew Shivers (CHS), son of Glenda Shivers; Kimberly Elizabeth Carson (CHS), daughter of Pauline Carson; Clayton Dykes (CHS), nephew of Susan Broom, legal guardian; Melissa Marie White (CHS) and Brock Baxter White (JMS); children of Baxter White, Jr.; Cody Seaborn Bass (CPS, K-1); son of Michael and Donna Bass; and William Sanford, (CPS, 2-3); son of Wanda Sanford.
• Approved requests to conduct fundraisers from the CHS Band Boosters (raffle tickets) and the CHS Wildcat Boosters (dinner tickets).
• Accepted a donation of one Yamaha Clarinet and one Yamaha Trumpet from Mr. Robert Simmons.
• Approved a request from Mrs. Sharon Russell, Director of Special Services, to purchase the Dyslexia Training Program from Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, which is a single source item.
• Adopted the Statement of Assurances for test security.
• Approved an increase in pay for substitute teachers.
• Accepted employment resignations submitted by Minnie Ruth Stringer, part-time cafeteria worker at JMS; Dr. Louise Anderson, special education teacher at CPS, K-1; and Gerald Mingo, bus driver/janitor.
• Approved the employment of the following persons for the 2000-2001 school year pending the results of a current background check as required by State law: Leonard Maxwell, janitor (225 days) at CHS; Herbert Otis, janitor (205 days) at CHS; Junior Akins, janitor (205 days) at JMS; Jamie P. Ray, seventh grade teacher at JMS; Yolette Broom, teacher assistant at CPS, 2-3; Linda Young, bus driver; James Bryant, substitute bus driver; Joey Johnson, substitute teacher, (long term); Julie Bunch, substitute teacher; Gail Van Fleet, first grade teacher; Angela Pittman, preschool TA; Sheila Aikens, full-time cook at CHS; Frita Manton, part-time cashier at JMS; Donna Martin, part-time cafeteria worker at JMS; Kelvin Welborn, beginner percussion instructor at JMS; Annie Alexander, bus driver; Linda Blackmon, alternative education TA; and Regina Stringer, special education teacher at CPS, K-1, pending certification.
• Approved coaching salary supplements for Tracy Nightingale, Head Girls Basketball Coach; Wayne Scarborough, Head Fast Pitch Softball Coach; and Tammi West, Assistant Fast Pitch Coach.
• Approved school secretary changes from the secretary salary schedule to the secretary/bookkeeper salary schedule.
• Rescinded the resignation of Melissa Cuevas, bus driver.
• Approved an employee request for maternity leave.
• Received the monthly financial status report.
• Acknowledged reports from principals and supervisors.
• Was informed of the MSBA statement regarding school prayer and the MSBA board development 2000-2001 calendar.
• Approved a District statement regarding school prayer.
• Discussed confidential legal matters in executive session.
• Denied a request for a student to be released to attend school in the Marion County School District.

Joey Porter, August 2

Barbara Barnett, August 12

Pam Blanden, August 10

Maryanne Boutwell, August 22

Donna Creel, August 24

Leonard Maxwell, August 11

Gary Smyly, August 19

Baxter White, Jr., August 4

Cindy Shields, August 19

Evelyn Aaron, August 9

Patsy Ford, August 7

Brenda Haynes, August 1

Alice Rayford, August 17

Vicki Boone, August 25

Melissa Saucier, August 19

Jerry Branton, August 2

Debbie Ezell, August 13

Sylvia McElroy, August 17

Dal Murray, August 22

Virginia Prisk, August 11

Glenda Shivers, August 6

Tammy Smith, August 3

Nancy Dement, August 15

Eddie D. Fortenberry, August 21

Jamie Hilburn, August 21

Mary Peavy, August 2

Sonia Watts, August 5

R.C. Taylor, August 11

Melissa Cuevas, August 31

Jerri Forbes, August 26

Frita Manton, August 30

Maggie Webber, August 18

Linda Young, August 3