COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT

EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER


VOLUME XXI                                                                             August, 2005                                                          Number 2

 

REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AUGUST 11, 2005

 

            The Board of Trustees:

 

  • Approved minutes of previous meeting.

 

  • Heard a report on the 2005-2006 student enrollment and district facilities.

 

  • Received the monthly financial status report.

 

  • Adopted a resolution declaring an ad valorem tax shortfall during the 2004-2005 fiscal year and granted authorization to issue a shortfall loan.

 

  • Approved the amended 2005-2006 ad valorem tax request worksheet.

 

  • Approved the claims docket for payment of current accounts.

 

·        Received monthly reports on bus repairs/expenses and the use of school buses for special events.

 

  • Accepted a cash donation in the amount of $500.00 from the ExxonMobil Foundation designated for the CHS girls’ softball team.

 

  • Approved a request for permission to travel out-of-state at no cost to the district.

 

  • Approved requests to dispose of the following equipment that is beyond repair: one cordless drill, tag #638; two ovens, tag #s766 & 767; one laser disk, tag #2259; one file cabinet, tag #104; one printer, tag #3363; one typewriter, tag #3980; one umbrella, tag #4717; one palm pilot, tag #4486; one 2-way radio, tag #3811; one calculator, tag #1689; two cordless telephones, tag #s 3478 & 3994; one generator, tag #3239; and one balance, tag #3712.

 

·        Accepted a proposal from Bruckner’s School Photography to take fall and spring pictures at Jefferson Middle School for the 2005-2006 school year.

 

  • Gave second approval of revisions to Section E – Business Management of the District’s School Board Policy Manual as amended.

 

  • Approved requests for permission to conduct the following fund raisers during the 2005-2006 school year: CHS Band Boosters to sell cookbooks and conduct a raffle for a Caribbean Cruise; JMS PTA spirit card sale, August 20 through September 20, 2005; CES PTA to sell World’s Finest Chocolate, August 21 – September 6, 2005, sell Nestle’s candy, March 1 – 22, 2006, and publish a CES Yearbook; CPS (2-3) PTA to organize a catalog sale (candy, gifts, wrapping paper, etc.) with School Smartz, September 23–October 10, 2005,  and to sell World’s Finest Chocolate, January 27– February 14, 2005; and the CHS Softball team to hold a hit-a-thon on September 7, 2005.

 

·        Approved requests from district employees living out of the district for their children to attend Columbia schools for the 2005-2006 school year:

              

Student

Cody Bass                         Gavin Fairburn

Cassandra Nicole Ford Kayla Fortenberry       

Helmon Jeffery Johnson

Jasmine Nicole Johnson

Mary Frances Reed

Donovan Sartin

Chance Barber            

Kerri Mobley              

Jonathan Mobley

Parent

Mike & Donna Bass

Sabrina Fairburn

Patsy Ford

Rachel Fortenberry

Angela C. Johnson

Angela C. Johnson

Amanda M. Reed

Jimmie L. Sartin

Kim Barber

Donna Mobley

Donna Mobley

Resident District

Marion Co. Schools

Marion Co. Schools

Lumberton

Marion Co. Schools

Marion Co. Schools

Marion Co. Schools

Walthall County

Marion Co. Schools

Marion Co. Schools

Marion Co. Schools

Marion Co. Schools

 

  • Accepted students released from neighboring districts as tuition students for the 2005-2006 school year:

Student

Hunter K. Miller

Caitlin Austin

Justin-Elliott Austin

Parent

Ann Miller

Johanna Austin

Johanna Austin

Resident District

Lamar County

Jefferson Davis Co.

Jefferson Davis Co.

                       

·        Approved a request for authorization to submit an application for funding the FY 2006 IDEA, Part B - $445,813 and Preschool - $26,356 project and the required Statement of Assurances.

 

·        Accepted the resignation of Calvin Newsome as a teacher assistant at Columbia High School.

 

·        Approved employment of the following persons for the 2005-2006 school year:

    • Dr. Dannye Long as Director of Federal Programs on a part-time basis;
    • Karen M. Johnson as SPED case manager on a part-time basis;
    • Shawn Scott Fitzgerald as a social studies teacher/assistant baseball coach at CHS pending the results of a current background check as required by State law;
    • Dominic Palisi as assistant 8th and 9th grade football coach;
    • Edward Corker as 8th grade boys and girls basketball coach;
    • Darren Smith as assistant CHS football coach;
    • Dee Dee Randall as National Honor Society sponsor at CHS;
    • Chris Turnage as the yearbook (CoHiAn) sponsor and after school detention supervisor at CHS;
    • Stephanie Guidroz as dance team (Jazz Catz) sponsor at CHS; 
    • Faye Jefferson as a full-time cafeteria worker at JMS; and
    • Diane Brown, Mary Carter, Martin Finley, Amanda Finney, Tracey Fulton, Kim Gibson, Laurie Harvey, Dick Jordan, Mary Jordan, William Kraemer, Maria Magee, Lillie McNair, Natalie McShea, Angie Pittman, Melinda Prats, Gloria Rawls, Patrinella Ryals, Debra Reynolds, Charles Sanford, Mary Smith, Lindsay Sutton, Monique Thomas, Todd Thompson, Alisa Watts, Pamela Williams, and Vicky Young as substitute teachers pending the results of a current background check as required by State law.

 

  • Discussed confidential legal matters in executive session.

 

  • Received a copy the District’s Crisis/Safety Response Team Manual updates and administrative staff meeting minutes.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

CENTRAL OFFICE

Melanie English, August 14

 

COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL

Becky Clarke, August 17

Leonard Maxwell, August 11

Greg Owen, August 15

Maryanne Simpson, August 22

Baxter White, Jr., August 4

 

JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

Cindy Shields, August 19

 

COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Evelyn Aaron, August 9

Patsy Ford, August 7

Brenda Haynes, August 1

Katie Maliden, August 25

Shirley McLendon, August 7

Alice Rayford, August 17

 

COLUMBIA PRIMARY SCHOOL, 2-3

Melissa Arinder, August 19

Vicki Boone, August 25

Debbie Ezell, August 13

 

COLUMBIA PRIMARY SCHOOL, K-1

Sylvia McElroy, August 17

Dal Murray, August 22

Jacqueline Ratliff, August 25

Glenda Shivers, August 6

Tammy Smith, August 3

 

FOOD SERVICES

Eddie D. Fortenberry, August 21

Laura Horne, August 9

Sonia Watts, August 5

 

MAINTENANCE

Henry Johnson, August 22

 

TRANSPORTATION

Frita Manton, August 30

Warren Selman, August 26

Maggie Webber, August 18