Board Notes

Frederick Board of Education

Administration Building

7:00 p.m.           January 11, 2010

 

 

Bob Reid called the meeting to order.  Board members present were Bob Reid, Vinson Orr, James Heap, and Felisha Crawford.  Staff members present were:  Tony O’Brien, Superintendent, Randy Cottrell, Director of Finance, Randy Biggs, Middle School Principal; Glenda Longacre, minutes clerk.

 

The Board approved the consent agenda which included the following items:

            Minutes of the Regular Meeting on December 7, 2009

            Minutes of the Special Meeting of December 16, 2009

            September Schedule of Events

            Source of Funds for 2009-10

            School Calendar for 2010-11

 

The board heard reports from Mr. Randy Biggs, Middle School Principal and Mr. Tony O’Brien, Superintendent. 

 

The Board acknowledged the resignation of Board Member Brad Benson effective immediately.  They then declared a board seat vacancy and set 12:00 noon on January 25, 2010 as the deadline to accept new applications for the board seat to be appointed.

 

The board then discussed the Race to the Top Memorandum of Understanding with the State Department of Education and then voted to give final approval.

 

After the vote, the superintendent reported on the budget cutting process from the state and within the district itself, with no action taken at this point in the meeting.

 

The board then approved the Pre-Kindergarten report card and revisions to school policies EHDD and EHDD-R

 

There was no new business, therefore the board retired into executive session to discuss resignation incentives.

 

After the executive session, the board approved the resolution for resignation incentive.

 

In the financial portion of the meeting the Board approved expenses in the 2009-10 general fund.

 

Supt. O’Brien presented the Treasurer’s Report and the Activity Fund Report and the meeting was adjourned.