LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
REGULAR SCHOOL
BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
18, 2003
7:00 P. M.
The Lee County School Board of Directors held its regular school board meeting on Tuesday, February 18, 2003. The meeting was called to order by President Wayne Corkran at 7:00 P. M. Board members present: Ballard, Stanley, Waldrip, Johnson, Keasler, Corkran. Miller arrived at 7:05 P. M. Board members absent: none. A quorum was present.
A motion was made by Ballard and seconded by Waldrip, to accept the minutes of Jan. 21 and 30, 2003. The motion passed unanimously.
Sharon Sanders presented the financial report.
Supt. Thompson recommended that the board approve the financial report as given by Mrs. Sanders.
A motion was made by Keasler and seconded by Waldrip, to accept Supt. Thompson’s recommendation. Those for: Stanley, Keasler, Waldrip, Corkran and Ballard. Those opposed: Johnson. Those abstained: Miller. The motion passed.
Doris Lewellen presented the food service report.
Supt. Thompson recommended that the board approve the food service report as given by Mrs. Lewellen.
A motion was made by Stanley and seconded by Johnson, to accept Supt. Thompson’s recommendation. Those for: Stanley, Ballard, Johnson, Waldrip, Keasler and Corkran. Those abstained: Miller. The motion passed.
Supt. Thompson presented staff reduction for 2003-2004.
After a lengthy discussion, Supt. Thompson withdrew the staff reduction information and he stated that he would present this information at the March meeting.
Nancy Blount presented the 2003-2004-school calendar.
Supt. Thompson recommended that the board suspend the rules for the first reading.
A motion was made by Miller and seconded by Johnson, to accept Supt. Thompson’s recommendation. The motion passed unanimously.
Supt. Thompson recommended that the board approve the 2003-2004 school calendar with the correction of Jan. 16th be changed to Jan. 15th.
Claude Hall presented vocational bids. He stated that Mr. Marshall helped him with the bids and suggested that he choose the following: Global Government/Education Sales for four LCD Projectors for the price of $10,985.50, I. S. Corporation for eight desk computers for the price of $9,685.95, Electronic Video Systems for smart boards for the price of $14,601.05 and I. S. Corporation for five laptops for the price of $9,487.70. Mr. Hall stated that the Carl Perkins Grant would pay for this equipment.
Supt. Thompson recommended that the board approve the above bids.
A motion was made by Ballard and seconded by Johnson, to accept Supt. Thompson’s recommendation. The motion passed unanimously.
Asst. Supt. McGruder reported the following resignations: Elizabeth Brill-Middle School French Teacher, Angela Hancock-6th grade Language Arts Teacher, Dan Nejfelt-7th & 8th grade Writing Lab and Catherine Poynter 6th grade Math Teacher. These resignations will take affect on May 31, 2003.
Claude Hall reported on Ark. Dept. of Labor report. He stated that the district had corrected violations that had been sighted earlier. The inspector came out on Jan. 7, 2003 and did another inspection and the district was in no violations at this time.
Under unfinished business, Miller asked Supt. Thompson had he heard anything from the contractors?
Supt. Thompson stated that the contractor and the architect had received the certified letter he sent because the certified cards came back with signatures showing they had received the letters. The architect had been paid in full, but we have not heard from the contractor.
Miller asked about the videoing and documentation of the renovation work. He asked could he see the documentation and videoing of the work.
Supt. Thompson stated, that he had not done any videoing but there is documentation. He said yes Miller could come by his office tomorrow, Feb. 19, 2003 and view the documentation.
President Corkran stated that the board needed to finish a reply to the letter received from Supt. Thompson.
A motion was made by Stanley and seconded by Johnson, to go into executive session to finish the personnel matter regarding the letter. The motion passed unanimously.
The board convened into executive session at 7:50 P. M.
The board reconvened back into open session at 8:10 P. M.
A motion was made by Keasler and seconded by Johnson to adopt the letter from Supt. Thompson. The motion passed unanimously.
Under new business, Stanley asked could they get an overview of what the schools are doing to prepare for the state assessments?
Supt. Thompson stated that they had been preparing all the year, but the accountability team is working every school in regard to that situation. He also stated that he felt good about the district being in good shape to do well on the test. The state dept. team had been here and met with us in regard to where we stand and regards to standards. He felt that when the team left they went away with good feelings about the Lee County School District.
Stanley asked did we have incentives and incentive plans in place?
Supt. Thompson stated that each individual school has incentive plans.
Stanley asked President Corkran if it would be o.k. to hear from the principals?
President Corkran stated that it was fine with him if the rest of the board didn’t mine.
Shirley Lewis, principal at Strong Elem. School stated that they were working on focus skills and they did pull outs each week for three weeks.
Robert Rose, principal at Strong Middle School stated that they were working on skills for SAT-9 and Bench Mark, and they were also working on focus skills.
Irish Williams, principal at Lee Senior High School stated that they were working on focus skills and doing the pullout program, which give other students that are mastering the tests a chance to help move the students up a level that are not doing so well on the tests.
Mr. Hoy, in the absence of Mrs. Lynn Baird, principal at Whitten, stated that they were working on focus skills at Whitten also and there were some other things that they were working on as well.
Miller asked Supt. Thompson, could they give plaque to students as they had done in the past, and this could be an incentive from administration as well?
Supt. Thompson said yes.
Johnson stated that she had an opportunity to visit the 21st Century After School Program, and she was impressed with what was going on, and she wanted to congratulate Dr. Turner for a good job.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Waldrip and
seconded by Stanley. The motion passed
unanimously. The meeting adjourned at
8:25 P. M.