COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT

EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER


 


VOLUME XIX                             September, 2003                                                Number 3

 

REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003

 

            The Board of Trustees:

 

·         Approved minutes of previous meeting.

 

·         Reviewed the District's Report Card.

 

·         Was informed of the district's student enrollment count.

 

·        Received the monthly financial status report.

 

·        Heard a report on district building projects.

 

·        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.

 

·        Approved requests to dispose of the following equipment that is beyond repair: one VCR, tag #122; four cell phones, tag #s 1887, 2459, 2641, & 3026; nineteen computers, tag #s 1943, 1944, 1997, 2369, 1996, 2004, 1937, 1945, 1973, 2373, 2396, 2375, 2394, 2360, 2374, 1938, 2522, 2531, & 1056; three printers, tag #s 1291, 1205, & 3419; one chair, tag #181; and one overhead projector, tag # 1059.

 

·        Approved requests to conduct the following fundraisers: CES PTA - candy sales, one during the fall of 2003 and one in the spring of 2004, and CPS, K-1 PTA - Fall Festival, October 21, 2003, and sell cookie dough in the spring.

 

·        Accepted a proposal from Bruckner's Photography for school pictures at Columbia Primary School, K-1.

 

·        Granted permission for the JMS 6th grade Challenge students to travel out-of-state to attend Space Camp in Huntsville, AL, April 30 - May 2, 2004; and the 7th & 8th grade Challenge students and Junior Beta Club students to travel out-of-state to visit Washington, D.C.,     May 31 - June 6, 2004.

 

·        Approved requests to travel out-of-state to attend conferences.

 

·        Accepted cash donations from Winn Dixie Corporation in the amount $607.68 for Columbia High School, $501.12 for Columbia Elementary School, and $734.81 for Jefferson Middle School.

 

·        Approved the recommendation to declare the 1,000 gallon propane tank at the bus shop as surplus property and granted authorization to advertise for sale by sealed bids.

 

·        Accepted a bid from Mack Grubbs Motors for the purchase of a pickup truck for the transportation department.

 

·        Adopted resolutions to borrow Sixteenth Section Principal Funds to purchase new school buses, bus camera, pickup truck, Broad Street property, and to build a new bus shop.

 

·        Granted an employee maternity leave.

 

·        Accepted the resignation of Olivia D. Reese as music teacher/choral director at CHS and JMS.

 

·        Approved the employment of the following persons for the 2003-2004 school year: Antonio Demetric Cooley as music teacher/choral director at CHS and JMS, Christopher McFarland as a part-time cafeteria worker, Baxter White, Jr. as bus driver trainer, Ashley Haddox as Beta Club Sponsor at CHS, Tracy Winton to supervise after-school detention at CHS, Deborah Thomas to supervise in-school detention at CHS, Janet Weiskopf to conduct psychometric testing, Kimberly Jane Stewart as a special education teacher assistant at CPS, K-1, and Donna Martin, Warren Selman, Colonel Richard Davis, Sergeant Ralph Waller, M.L. Pittman, Maggie Webber, and Blair Powers as substitute bus drivers.

 

·        Rescheduled the regular November school board meeting from November 13 to November 6, 2003.

 

·        Received a schedule of MSBA annual events for board development and a copy of minutes of administrative staff meetings.

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
 

 

 

 

 

 


COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL

Jacqueline 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

 

COLUMBIA PRIMARY SCHOOL, 2-3

Jane Curtis, September 11

Gayle Knight, September 8

Debbie Mauldin, September 3

Linda Ramshur, 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