The Lee County School Board of Directors held its regular
school board meeting. The meeting was
called to order by President Elizabeth Johnson at
Johnson asked for a moment of silence due to the death of one of the district’s employee Hal Johnson. Mr. Johnson was employed in the district for over twenty years.
Supt. Lusk opened the floor for nominations for board president.
Johnson nominated Hall for president.
It was moved by Smith that the nominations be closed and Perry second the motion.
The motion passed. Those voting for Hall as president:
Johnson, Smith, Perry and Hall. Those
abstained: Corkran and Waldrip.
President Hall opened the floor for vice president.
Smith nominated Johnson for vice president and Perry moved that the nominations be closed. Johnson second the motion. The motion passed.
Those voting for
Johnson as vice president: Smith, Johnson, Perry and Hall. Those abstained: Corkran and Waldrip.
President Hall opened the floor for secretary.
Johnson nominated Smith for secretary.
Waldrip nominated Perry for secretary.
Smith moved that the nominations be closed and Johnson second that the nominations be closed.
Those voting for
Smith as secretary: Smith, Johnson, Perry and Hall. Those voting for Perry as secretary: Waldrip
and Corkran.
President Hall
nominated Perry to remain disbursing officer; Smith moved that nomination be
closed. Perry and Johnson second the
motion. The motion passed unanimously
for Perry to remain disbursing officer.
The minutes of August
19 and
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board approve the finance
report of
A motion was made by
Johnson and seconded by Hall, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation. Those for: Johnson, Hall, Corkran, Waldrip
and Perry. Abstained: Smith
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board approve the food
service report of
A motion was made by
Johnson and seconded by Hall, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation. Those for: Perry, Waldrip, Corkran, Johnson
and Hall. Abstained:
Smith.
Supt. Lusk presented the finance report.
Supt. Lusk presented the food service report.
John Hoy presented Supplemental Service Providers.
After a lengthy discussion, Supt. Lusk recommended that the board approve of the district starting its own after school program.
A motion was made by
Johnson and seconded by Smith, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation. Those for: Smith, Johnson and Hall. Those opposed: Perry, Waldrip and Corkran. The motion failed.
Supt. Lusk presented and recommended that the board approve the 08-09 budget.
A motion was made by
Johnson and seconded by Smith, to accept Supt Lusk’s recommendation. The motion passed unanimously.
Supt. Lusk presented and recommended that the board approve to pay stipend to Teach for America Services in the amount of $30,000 for eight first year teachers and seven second year teachers.
A motion was made by
Waldrip and seconded by Smith, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation. The motion passed unanimously.
Supt. Lusk presented and recommended that the board approve
the beverage contract with Pepsi
A motion was made by
Corkran and seconded by Johnson, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation. The motion passed unanimously.
Admin. Asst. Willie Murdock requested approval of changing professional development day for teachers.
Supt. Lusk recommended that the board approve the professional development day change. (Please see attachment pages 4-6)
A motion was made by
Johnson and seconded by Smith, to accept Supt. Lusk’s recommendation. The motion passed unanimously.
Under reports items, Supt. Lusk reported the following
events: Oct 15th Board Training at the Embassy Suites in
A motion was made by
Corkran and seconded by Johnson to approve the board training dates of Oct 29th,
Nov 12th and Dec 10th for area board training. The motion passed unanimously.
Also under report items, Supt. Lusk reported on test discrepancy. (Please see attachment page 7)
Supt. Lusk stated that report item C: change in SES schedule
to fully implement
Supt. Lusk stated the annual public meeting will be held with the Oct 21st board meeting.
Supt. Lusk stated to the board that the General Disclosure Statements would be mailed to them on tomorrow, Sept 24th.
Supt. Lusk reported on enrollment. (Please see attachment page 8)
There were no personnel presented at this meeting.
Under new business, Supt. Lusk stated to the board that there was a form on-line that each member could fill out to receive a AAA pass.
A motion was made by
Corkran and seconded by Smith for the district to purchase AAA passes for all
board members as presented by Supt. Lusk.
The motion passed unanimously.
A motion to adjourn
was made by Corkran and seconded by Waldrip.
The motion passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at