AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETING OF THE
6:00 P.M. – December 11, 2006
Meeting will be held
at
CALL TO ORDER
PRESENTATION OF
COLORS
ORDER OF
BUSINESS
A. Adoption of Agenda
B. Approval of Minutes
1. November
13, 2006 – Regular Meeting
2. December
2, 2006 – Work Session
C. Award/Reject/Table
Bids
The
Superintendent recommends awarding the following bids:
·
girls
weight room
·
cafeteria
equipment
rejecting the following bid:
·
portable
buildings
and tabling the following bid:
·
weight
equipment for girls
D. Medical Analysis Presentation
A
representative will be present to make a presentation for Medical Analysis (a
health and wellness occupational medicine and pharmaceutical plan)
E. Business
Consent Agenda
The
Superintendent recommends approval of the consent agenda which includes the
following items:
1. Claims Docket
2. Financial Report
3. Substitute Report
4. Donations
The
Superintendent recommends the board accept donations triggered by Hurricane
Katrina to all schools in
5.
Trip Approvals
·
5th
grade classes at Reeves Elementary to
·
Varsity
Cheerleaders and Varsity Dance Team to Jackson Coliseum on December 15-16, 2006
for
·
Science
and Math students to
·
High
School indoor track students to
·
High
School girls soccer to
F. Request
to
The
Superintendent received the following requests to use school facilities
·
·
G. Student Releases
The
Superintendent recommends accepting Gannon Critch, (grade
2) and Sarah Critch (grade 6) from
H. Request to Graduate from
The
Superintendent recommends Craig Mackay, senior, be allowed to graduate from
Long Beach High School where his family relocated in January 2006 due to
Hurricane Katrina.
I. Acceptance of Grants
The
Superintendent recommends acceptance of the following grants:
·
Grant
from Bell South Foundation/Intel Education Foundation through the Mississippi
Department of Education in the amount of $7,500.00 to Bethany Spayde to be used
to enhance high quality professional development for integrating technology
into the curriculum to school administrators and teachers in the district.
·
Grant
from Connecticut Association of Schools and the Connecticut Interscholastic
Athletic Conference, along with the help of Brother’s Brother Foundation in the
amount of $9,000 to
·
Grant
from Bell South Telecom Pioneers in the amount of $1,000 for the purpose of
purchasing supplies and food for the INTEL Teaching Thinking with Technology
workshops conducted within the
J. Establish Team for Indoor Track Meet and Trip
Approval
The
Superintendent recommends establishing a team for an “indoor track” meet being
held in Baton Rouge, LA on January 5th and January 6th
and granting approval for the out of state trip.
K. Ratify Poll Votes of Board
The
Superintendent recommends ratifying the unanimous yes poll votes of the school board
taken on December 2, 2006:
·
to allow the LBHS Varsity cheerleaders to
travel to the Flip Zone Gym in
·
to allow
Soccer Teams to travel to New Orleans, LA on December 3 and 17, 2006 and
January 3, 2007 to work Dominos Pizza booths at the Saints games and Sugar
Bowl.
·
to allow
the girls soccer team to travel to
L. Presentation of Policy
The
Superintendent recommends amending School Board Policy IDCH – Correspondence Courses and Online Courses to sit on the
table for 30 days before adoption, with the effective date to be July 1, 2007.
M. Personnel
1. Resignations
The
Superintendent recommends accepting the following resignations:
·
Amanda
Simmons, secretary at the alternative school, resigned effective November 14,
2006
·
Laura
Gray, Guidance Counselor at Harper McCaughan, resigned effective November 29,
2006
·
Lynn
Kellogg, Special Pops Coordinator, resigned effective January 19, 2007
·
Angela
Yarborough, computer lab assistant for Fast Forward, is resigning effective
December 15, 2006
2. Employment Recommendations
The
Superintendent recommends employment of the following individuals for the
remainder of the 2006-07 school year:
·
Denise
Davis as food service assistant substitute @ $7.00 per hour, effective November
27, 2006
·
Denise
May as food service assistant substitute @ $7.00 per hour, effective December
1, 2006
·
Doritha
Darlene Johnson as food service assistant substitute @ $7.00 per hour,
effective November 28, 2006
·
Eloise Carrubba as school-based secretary at Long Beach Middle
School on salary schedule C-2, level 2, 200 days at $10 hour, effective
December 11, 2006
·
Christopher
M.(Mike) Brown as Assistant Network Administrator, effective December 6, 2006
on the Exempt Position Scale E, Level 5, Step 1 for 260 days at a salary of
$38,404.17.
·
Lil Jobe as Special Populations Coordinator, effective January
19, 2007, replacing Lynn Kellogg.
Recertification for Mrs. Jobe has been
requested.
3. Change in Salary
The
Superintendent recommends increasing Brenda “Diane” Ber’s
salary from Food Service Assistant, Level 3/Step 1 at $8.00 per hour to her new
position as Provisional Satellite Manager at the Alternative School as Level
4/Step 2 @ $8.40 per hour, effective November 18, 2006.
N. Points of Information/Discussion Items
1.
2. Congratulatory letter from Natchez-Adams
School District on receiving the MSBA Lighthouse School Leader Award of
Excellence for achieving “Level 5” status and meeting “Adequate Yearly
Progress” in all our schools.
O.
Executive Session
The Superintendent recommends going into executive session to discuss a student
matter.
P. Adjourn