COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER
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VOLUME XVIII July,
2002 Number 1 |
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, JULY 11, 2002
The Board of Trustees:
·
Approved
minutes of previous meetings.
·
Received
the monthly financial status report.
·
Heard
a report on district building projects.
·
Approved
the revised 2002-2003 Ad Valorem tax worksheet.
·
Was
informed that the FY2003 Budget was presented to the City Board of Aldermen and
Mayor on July 2, 2002.
·
Transferred
Sixteenth Section Funds to District Maintenance ($93,405.21, Interest on
Sixteenth Section CD; $115,765.03, Interest on Loans; $55,238.68, Timber Sale;
$272,596.33, Checking Account Interest; and $2,765.11, Rents and Leases).
·
Acknowledged
the monthly report on bus repairs/expenses.
·
Approved
a request from Mrs. Renee Pounds, Food Service Supervisor, to discard food
service records prior to the 1996-1997 school year.
·
Approved
requests to supervisors to discard the following equipment that is beyond
repair: one typewriter, tag # 1025 and one calculator, tag #138.
·
Approved
requests from employees, living out of the district, for their children to
attend district schools: Kevin Haddox (CHS), Kendall Haddox (JMS), and Faith
Haddox (CPS, K-1), children of Regina Haddox; Kopen Neal Nightingale (CPS,
K-1), son of Tracy Nightingale; Lucas and Marcus Laird (CPS, K-1), children of
Donna L. Laird.
·
Gave
second approval of revisions to the Student Code of Conduct & Discipline
Plan and School Handbooks.
·
Approved
a request to travel out-of-state.
· Granted permission for the CHS Band to conduct its annual Band Camp on the PRCC campus in Poplarville, July 28 - August 1, 2002.
·
Approved
the Claims Docket for payment of current accounts.
·
Approved
the final amended FY2002 budget.
·
Authorized
the district to enter into a one-year contract with N2H2, Inc. for Internet
content filtering service for the FY2003.
· Accepted a bid from Buffalo Services for transportation fuel for the period of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.
·
Authorized
the district to pay a stipend to employees who are on a 187-day contract for
attending a one-day workshop on Strategies of Teaching.
·
Accepted
employment resignations submitted by Wendy Ortega, TA at Columbia Elementary
School, and MSgt. Karvallis Lee, JROTC Instructor at Columbia High School.
·
Approved
the following personnel recommendations:
-employment of Samantha G.
Fortenberry as a biology/science teacher at Columbia High School (pending
certification), Diane Gammill as a business education teacher at Columbia High
School (pending licensure renewal), Brain Keith Venable as an English teacher
at Columbia High School, SMSgt. Ralph Waller as a JROTC Instructor at Columbia
High School, Linda C. Kennedy as a sixth grade social studies teacher at
Jefferson Middle School, Tarrah Sartin as a fifth grade teacher at Columbia
Elementary School, Jacklyn Quinn as a TA at Columbia Elementary School, Judy
Smith as a part-time cafeteria worker at Columbia Elementary School, and Paul
Jackson be employed as a custodian (240 days) at Columbia High School for the
2002-2003 school year pending the results of a current background check as
required by State law
-Brandi Deroche, teacher at
Columbia High School, be employed to teach summer school at CHS for the July
session
-Ellen Winton receive a
stipend for attending the Teacher Support Team Training Session at Columbia
High School scheduled for July 23, 2002
-employment of Leonard
Maxwell, custodian at Columbia High School, be changed from 225 days to 240
days
·
Discussed
confidential personnel matters in executive session.
· Amended the 2002-2003 salary schedule.
· Changed the regular scheduled meeting of the Board on August 8 to August 15, 2002.
