Board
Notes
Frederick Board of Education
7:00 p.m. September 14, 2009
Bob Reid called the meeting to order. Board members present were Brad Benson, Bob
Reid, Vinson Orr, James Heap, and Felisha Crawford. Staff members present were: Tony O’Brien, Superintendent, Randy Cottrell,
Director of Finance, Ruth Ann Hoover, High School Principal; Glenda Longacre,
minutes clerk.
The
Board approved the consent agenda which included the following items:
Minutes
of the Special Meeting on August 13, 2009
Minutes
of the Special Meeting of September 1, 2009
September
Schedule of Events
Source
of Funds for 2008-09
Sanctioned
Ag Boosters, Band Boosters, and Quarterback Club as booster clubs and parent
Organizations.
Approved
new policy:
Record
Retention and Archival of Electronic Mail Transmissions
The board heard reports from Mrs. Ruth Ann Hoover,
High School Principal and Mr. Tony O’Brien, Superintendent. Items discussed were high school test scores,
district wide facility improvements, and enrollment numbers.
The board also approved the following items:
Readiness and Emergency
Grant Coordinator, Coaching Extra Duty Contracts, and the 2009-10 Gifted and
Talented Advisory Board Members.
The Board also heard a proposal from the Senior
Class of 2009 about signage for the gym.
The board voted to name the gym as the “BOMBER HANGER” with the Class of
2009 getting credit for it and then waiting on the type of signage to be used
until the superintendent could bring back more information.
Superintendent O’Brien then gave a presentation
concerning the preliminary AYP reports received from the State Department of
Education. He reported that at this time
it appears that the district as a whole, the elementary, middle and the high
schools will all have made AYP for the 2008-09 academic year. The final status will be reported later in
the semester.
In the business portion of the meeting, the board
then approved the 2009-10 Alternative Education contract with Davidson Schools
for the Tillman Alternative Program School, approved continuing with the Pepsi
Bottling Group contract for the 2009-10 school year. The board also moved to amend the agenda by
removing the name of Linda Brown for consideration as a teacher’s assistant and
replacing her with Tracey Hunt.
The board then convened into executive session for personnel related discussions. After reconvening the board then approved the employment of Josie Corrales as a temporary migrant recruiter/teacher’s assistant, Tracey Hunt as teacher’s assistant and approved the resignation of Kelly Reichert as Elementary Custodian. There was no vote on the employment of Linda Brown due to her withdrawal for consideration.
In the financial portion of
the meeting the Board approved expenses in the 2009-10 general fund and
expenses in 2009-10 building fund and also approved sub account #871 for the
class of 2011.
Supt. O’Brien presented the
Treasurer’s Report and the Activity Fund Report and the meeting was adjourned.