The Board of Trustees:

• Approved minutes of previous meeting as amended.
• Heard a report from Superintendent Lyle on district building projects.
• Approved the transfer of interest earnings in the amount of $15,822.72 from the Sixteenth Section Fund to the District Maintenance Fund.
• Approved the payment of accounts.
• Received the monthly reports on bus repairs/expenses and the use of school buses for special events.
• Granted permission for district personnel to travel out-of-state.
• Gave second approval of policy revisions, addition of new policy and re-adoption of all other polices as follows: "DJD" Travel Expense Reimbursements, "GBRAB/JCDAA" Tobacco, "JCDAC" Alcohol and Drug Use, New Policy "GBD" Personnel Hiring-Employment Background Screening.
• Gave first approval of policy revisions to "CEB" Superintendent's Job Description and "GBBAIF" District Network Specialist Job Description and first approval of a new job description "GBBAIG" SASI/MSIS Coordinator.
• Approved the purchase of a single source item, First Job Survival Skills from James Stanfield Company.
• Authorized the District to submit applications for funding Consolidated Federal Programs (Title I, Title II, Title IV, and Title VI), the Class Size Reduction Program, and the Mississippi Reading Sufficiency Grant.
• Approved a recommendation placing seven students in the district's alternative program for the remainder of the 2000-2001 school year.
• Accepted employment resignations from Adrienne Blanchard, librarian at CES; Virginia Welch, TA at CES; Donna Martin, bus driver; effective at the end of the current school year; and Joseph Johnson, janitor at JMS, effective April 19, 2001.
• Approved the employment of Stephanie Taylor as a bus driver for the remainder of the 2000-2001 school year and employment of the following teachers for the 2000-2001 extended school year program (pending the number of students who need this program): Steve Harmon, Lynn McDaniel, Doug Norris, Angie Adams, Hazel Lewis, Wayne Scarborough, Gail Stephens, Wynne Maily, Christine Expose, and Louise Brown.
• Approved the following employment recommendations for the 2001-2002 school year: Frankie Harris, counselor at CHS; Deirdre Randall, social studies teacher at CHS; Stacey Prine, fifth grade teacher at CES; Elizabeth Sanford, librarian at CES; Brandy Newman third grade teacher at CPS, 2-3 (Pending Certification); Robin D. Anderson, secretary at JMS; Thomas Bass and Stephanie Taylor, bus drivers; and Junior Akins, janitor at JMS.
• Approved the District Substitute Teacher list for the 2001-2002 school year.
• Approved recommended supplement assignments for the 2001-2002 school year.
• Granted a district employee maternity leave.
• Reviewed FY 2002 budget development completed to date.
• Approved recommended salary schedules for the 2001-2002 school year.
• Heard a report from the superintendent, which consisted of the notice of tax increase, superintendent's evaluation instrument and Rotary Club speech, and minutes of administrative staff meetings.
• Discussed confidential legal matters in executive session.
• Received the monthly financial status report.
• Discussed confidential personnel matters in executive session.
• Continued the meeting until 7:00 p.m., Thursday, May 24, 2001, for the purpose of considering first approval of the FY02 Budget and to conduct any other matters of business deemed necessary by the Board.