Board Notes

Frederick Board of Education

Administration Building

7:00 p.m. February 2, 2009

Robert Reid called the meeting to order. Board members present were Robert Reid, Vinson Orr, Brad Benson, James Heap, and Felicia Crawford. Staff members present were Tony O’Brien, Superintendent; Shannon Vanderburg, Business Manager; Joel Read, Elementary Principal; and Glenda Longacre, Minutes Clerk.

The consent agenda was approved. Items included:

Minutes of the regular meeting of January 12, 2009

February Calendar of Events

Joel Read reported to the board on the status of the elementary schools and on the playground fund raising project.

Supt. O’Brien reported to the board on the progress of the grant projects. Supt. O’Brien also discussed the outlooks of future facility acquisitions. He also reported concerning e-rate money and the possibility of increased Title funding for the upcoming year. There was also a report from Supt. O’Brien concerning the pre-visit of the NCA committee and the up-coming visit from the entire NCA team which is to take place on March 1-4, 2009.

The board then approved moving the March 2, 2009 regular meeting to the Frederick Elementary Library to accommodate the NCA visiting team. They also approved two special meetings to be held on March 2, 2009 at 11:15am and March 4, 2009 at 1:15pm for NCA interviews and oral exit reports.

In the new business section of the meeting the board approved adding Mrs. Cari Ripley to the agenda to support her taking part in the National Board Certification process.

The Board convened into executive session to discuss personnel employment issues and property acquisitions.

When the Board returned to open session there was no vote to take from the table the contract extension of the superintendent therefore no action took place concerning the extension of the contract.

They also voted to rehire Joel Read as Elementary Principal, Randy Biggs as Middle School Principal, Ruth Ann Hoover as High School Principal and Shannon Vanderburg as the Director of Financial Services for the 2009-10 school year.

The board also voted to proceed with having pre-school on campus as a part of Frederick Public Schools. There was no action taken concerning property acquisition.

In the Financial portion of the meeting, the Board approved encumbrances within the 2008-2009 General Fund .

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