Board Notes - Frederick Board of Education

Special Meeting

Administration Building

12:00 p.m. December 16, 2009

Bob Reid called the meeting to order. Board members present were Robert Reid, Vinson Orr, Brad Benson, James Heap, and Felisha Crawford. Staff members present were Superintendent Tony O’Brien, Randy Cottrell, Business Manager; Pat Kent, school attorney.

The Board approved the resolution to accept the Federal Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Grant. They also approved using the NIMS protocol for setting up the district’s emergency management planning. The board also approved REMS grant stipends to be paid to employees who completed the NIMS training.

The Board then discussed the Memorandum of Understanding for the Race to the Top federal grant program as presented by Superintendent O’Brien. The board tentatively approved the MOU with the ability to review the final document once the State Department of Education has completed it.

The Board also accepted a quote on signage for the Frederick High School Gym and then tabled the issued until the matching funds could be raised.

Then Board then convened into executive session concerning employee retirement resolutions. When they returned to open session they approved pursuing the retirement incentives for a final approval of the resolution to be done in the January regular meeting.