JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

MINUTES OF MEETING

JUNE 12, 2008

THE JEFFERSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION MET IN OFFICIAL SESSION ON THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008, IN THE JEFFERSON CITY SCHOOLS BOARDROOM.  THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:  MR.  RONALD K. HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN; MRS. GUY DEAN BENSON; MR. DERRELL CROWE; MRS. ANGELA MCKINNEY, AND MR. DAMON WILBANKS.  ALSO PRESENT WERE:  DR. JOHN M. JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT; DR. SHERRIE GIBNEY-SHERMAN, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT; MRS. DIANE OLIVER, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MRS. ALLISON WHEATON, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL; MR. HOWARD MCGLENNEN, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MR. EARL GRIFFIN, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR; MISS SAVANNAH SNAPP, JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MR. AND MRS. BRENT SNAPP, AND MISS ASHLEY BOYD, VISITORS; MR. JUSTIN POOLE, THE JACKSON HERALD REPORTER; AND MRS. KIM NAVAS, MINUTE RECORDER. 

CALL TO ORDER

THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

THE CHAIRMAN LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

 

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

 

ON MOTION BY MRS. MCKINNEY AND SECOND BY MRS. BENSON, THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 15, 2008, MEETING AND THE AGENDA FOR THE JUNE 12, 2008, MEETING WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

INFORMATION ITEMS

STUDENT/STAFF RECOGNITION

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. HOWARD MCGLENNEN, INTRODUCED YOUNG AUTHOR COMPETITION WINNER, MISS SAVANNAH SNAPP.  THE BOARD CONGRATULATED SAVANNAH ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

FINANCIAL REPORTS

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE FINANCIAL REPORTS.

TRANSPORTATION REPORT

THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE TRANSPORTATION REPORT.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATE

THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS UPDATE WHICH INCLUDED:  2008 SUMMER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT; AYP; AND THE NEW  GEORGIA KINDERGARTEN INVENTORY OF DEVELOPING SKILLS TEST (GKIDS).

FACILITIES UPDATE

THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATED THE BOARD ON FACILITIES MATTERS.

 

GEORGIA SCHOOL BOARDS SUMMER CONFERENCE

THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORMED THE BOARD OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE GEORGIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION SUMMER CONFERENCE IN SAVANNAH ON JUNE 18-21, 2008.

ACTION ITEMS

APPROVE SPENDING RESOLUTION

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF A SPENDING RESOLUTION (COPY ATTACHED) FOR JULY, 2008.  ON MOTION BY MR. CROWE AND SECOND BY MRS. BENSON, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

DECLARE ITEMS SURPLUS

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE ITEMS ON THE ATTACHED LISTS BE DECLARED SURPLUS.  ON MOTION BY MR. WILBANKS AND SECOND BY MRS. MCKINNEY, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

PERSONNEL MATTERS

THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE PERSONNEL MATTERS ON THE ATTACHED LIST BE APPROVED.  ON MOTION BY MRS. MCKINNEY AND SECOND BY MR. CROWE, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.

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RONALD K. HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN          JOHN M. JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT