TUESDAY, JUNE 15,
2010
6:00
P. M.
The Lee County School Board of Directors held its regular school board meeting. The meeting was called to order by President L. Smith at 6:04 P. M. Board members present: Hall, Perry, Waldrip, Johnson, Smith and Gray. Board members absent: Corkran. A quorum was present.
Supt. Lusk asked Mrs. Murdock and the board to present the retirees with plaques of appreciation for their many years of hard work in the district. The retirees included: Wesley Haynes, custodian for over twenty five years, Carrie Kelley, secretary for over thirty five years, Historia Shaw, Federal Programs Secretary for over thirty six years and Alice Williams, Elementary Teacher for over thirty six years.
The board approved the minutes of May 3rd,
20th and 25, 2010.
A motion was made by Hall and seconded by
Gray, to approve the finance report of May 20, 2010. The motion passed unanimously.
A motion was made by Hall and seconded by
Johnson, to approve the food service report of May 20, 2010. The motion passed unanimously.
Jeanie Helms presented the finance report.
Doris Lewellen presented the food service report.
Willie Murdock, Admin. Asst., presented the student handbook changes for school year 2010-2011 for the second reading. Mrs. Murdock also asked Mary Knight to come forward to give more information regarding other proposals in the handbook.
Mrs. Knight came forward and passed out information to the board that had been previously given to the board at an earlier meeting.
After a brief discussion, Supt. Lusk recommended that the board table this item until they get all information together regarding handbook changes and proposals.
A motion was made by Hall and seconded by
Johnson, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
The motion passed unanimously.
Supt. Lusk
asked for the
Dr. Davis, Blane Alexander and Joe Franks presented a power point presentation regarding the gains in student performance and staff performance for this school year. They also gave reports to the board for them to view.
Supt. Lusk
recommended that the board approve for the
A motion was made by Waldrip and seconded
by Gray, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
Those for: Hall, Gray, Waldrip and Johnson. Those opposed: Perry and Smith.
Supt. Lusk
presented Sub Teach
After a
lengthy discussion, Supt. Lusk recommended that the board approve of using Sub
Teach
A motion was made by Gray and seconded by
Smith, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
Those for: Gray, Hall, Waldrip and Smith. Those opposed: Perry and Johnson.
Laura Strickland presented External School Improvement Providers.
After a lengthy discussion, Supt. Lusk recommended that the board approve of B & D External Provider for all three schools.
A motion was made by Hall and seconded by
Gray, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
Those for: Gray, Hall and Smith.
Those opposed: Perry, Waldrip and Johnson. The motion failed.
At this point, Supt. Lusk asked the board to take this information with them and study it and bring it back at another meeting.
Supt. Lusk presented the district’s CD account and also recommended that the board approve of cashing in the CD and put it in operating funds because of the negative balances. He stated the CD was due for renewal or cashing it in.
After a
brief discussion, a motion was made by
Hall and seconded by Smith, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation. Those for: Smith and Hall. Those opposed: Perry, Johnson, Waldrip and
Gray. The motion failed.
Supt. Lusk presented and recommended that the board approve of Fowler/Garey as the Architect for the surveillance camera project and any other projects that fall under the stimulus package.
After a brief
discussion, a motion was made by Gray
and seconded by Hall, to accept Supt. Lusk recommendation. Those for: Gray, Hall, Waldrip and
Smith. Those opposed: Perry and Johnson.
Lori Ginn presented a speech contract for special needs children.
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board hire Sherri Lovelace as a Speech Pathologist for 2010-2011 school year.
A motion was made by Gray and seconded by
Hall, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
The motion passed unanimously.
Lori Ginn presented a contract of services between Michael Tharp and the district, for speech and hearing services.
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board hire Michael Tharp as a speech and hearing therapist for 2010-2011 school year.
A motion was made by Hall and seconded by
Johnson, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
Those for: Gray, Hall, Waldrip, Johnson and Smith. Those opposed: Perry.
Lori Ginn presented a Occupational Therapy contract between the district and Shelley Darby.
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board hire Shelley Darby as an Occupational Therapist for 2010-2011 school year.
A motion was made by Hall and seconded by
Gray, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
Those for: Gray, Hall, Waldrip, Johnson and Smith. Those opposed: Perry.
Lori Ginn presented a physical therapy contract between the district and Performance Physical Therapy PLLC.
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board hire Performance Physical Therapy Company for 2010-2011 school year.
A motion was made by Hall and seconded by
Gray, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
Those for: Gray, Hall, Waldrip, Johnson and Smith. Those opposed: Perry.
Lori Ginn presented a contract with Robin Harz as a Licensed Psychological Examiner.
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board hire Robin Harz as Psychological Examiner for 2010-2011 school year.
A motion was made by Gray and seconded by
Johnson, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
Those for: Gray, Hall, Waldrip, Johnson and Smith. Those opposed: Perry.
Laura Strickland presented a purchase order in the amount of $21,638.00 for money to be redistributed for use in the 2010-2011 ACSIP Budget.
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board approve of redistributing $21,638.00.
A motion was made by Waldrip and seconded
by Hall, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
Those for: Hall, Waldrip, Johnson and Smith. Those opposed: Perry. Gray left the room for a moment.
Mrs. Murdock gave a report on accreditation for the district. (Please see attachment pages 7-8)
Mrs. Ginn gave a report on the Special Education Department. (Please see attachment pages 9-10)
At this point Supt. Lusk asked the board to allow Dr. Adcock to give report on the after school program.
Dr. Adcock gave the board information regarding the after school progress.
Ms. Strickland asked if the test score report could be tabled until the board had enough time to view the information. (Please see attachment pages 11-20)
The board agreed to bring this information back at a later date.
Supt. Lusk asked the board to table the detailed report on Vocational Monitoring information until the July board meeting.
The board convened into executive session
with Supt. Lusk at 8:40 P. M.
The board reconvened into open session at
8:56 P. M.
Supt. Lusk reported the following retirements/resignations: Alice Williams-K Teacher at WES, retiring, effective June 7, 2010, Kristen Edwards-Biology Teacher at LHS, resigning, effective June 1, 2010, Carrie Kelley-Secretary at Central Office, retiring, effective June 30, 2010, Mary Morris-Para-Professional at WES, resigning, effective June 4, 2010 and Catherine Bryant-K Teacher at WES, resigning, effective June 14, 2010.
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board hire Shawn Aycock as Technical Assistant for the district for 2010-2011 school year.
A motion was made by Johnson and seconded
by Gray, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
The motion passed unanimously.
Under unfinished business, Supt. Lusk recommended that the board allow for J-Harvey Shaw to remain the representative for the State Equalization Board.
A motion was made by Hall and seconded by
Gray, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
The motion failed for a lack of a vote.
Johnson made a motion to table this item until the next meeting. The board agreed.
Also under unfinished business, Mrs. Knight gave the board information and proposals which was the second reading for the oversight committee proposals. Mrs. Knight stated the proposals #1 hiring committee of seven members, #2 reading teachers for grades 3, 8 and 9 and #3 oversight committee receive the same absentee reports from school secretaries that the finance dept. receives.
After a
lengthy discussion, a motion was made by
Johnson and seconded by Gray, to accept the PPC’s proposals. Those for: Gray, Hall, Johnson and
Smith. Those opposed: Perry and Waldrip.
Hall asked had the issues that the oversight committee had last month, had that been resolved.
Supt. Lusk stated he had not had a chance to meet with them, but it would meet with the committee.
Under new business, Supt. Lusk stated the bonus had been approved, and he asked the board for clarification regarding giving the bonus to people that had resigned or did the board want him to pro-rate the days.
After a brief discussion, Supt. Lusk recommended that the board approve of the bonuses to be retro-active for the people that had left the district before the end of the school year for various reasons.
A motion was made by Gray and seconded by
Johnson, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation.
Those for: Hall, Gray, Johnson and Smith. Those opposed: Waldrip and Perry.
A motion to adjourn was made by Hall and seconded by Gray. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:19 P. M.