MINUTES
BOARD MEETING
June 9, 2014
REGULAR MEETING
At 7:00 p.m. on June 9, 2014, Mr. Hartsfield convened a regular meeting of the district Board of Education. Board members present were Mr. Reynolds, Mrs. Boone, Mr. Jones, Mr. Culclager, and Mrs. Barker. Mr. Holcomb was absent. School administrative personnel present were Mr. Hazelwood, Ms. Melton, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Williams, Mr. Branch, Mr. Webb, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Walker, and Mrs. Willis. Michael Lee from the Pine Bluff Commercial was in attendance.
OLD BUSINESS
Minutes. The minutes of the May 12th regular meeting were unanimously approved on a motion by Mr. Reynolds and a second by Mr. Jones.
Financial Statement. Mr. Hazelwood presented the financial statement for the month of May, reporting $2,355,937.37 in revenue and expenditures of $3,223,851.15 in the non-activity funds, leaving an ending balance of $4,925,677.43. On a motion by Mrs. Boone and a second by Mrs. Barker, the board voted unanimously to approve the district financial statement for the month of May as presented.
NEW BUSINESS
Bread and Milk Bids. On a motion by Mrs. Reynolds and a second by Mrs. Barker the board approved and accepted the bid from Highland Dairy for the milk and Bobby Hamilton Distributors for the bread for the 2014-2015 school year. The vote was unanimous 6-0.
Handbook Additions/Updates. Mrs. Boone made the motion and Mr. Culclager seconded to accept the Student Handbook additions/updates for the 2014-2015 school year. One portion of the changes concerning the Promotion/ Retention and Remediation was tabled for further study. The vote was unanimous. 6-0
Verizon Cellular Tower. On a motion by Mr. Reynolds and a second by Mrs. Barker the board voted unanimous to allow Verizon to build a cellular tower on the Coleman campus.
Approval of Athletic Awards. Mr. Hazelwood recommended allowing athletic gate receipts to be used to purchase athletic letters and patches for the high school extra-curricular activities. On a motion by Mr. Culclager and a second by Mr. Reynolds the vote was unanimous. 6-0
PPC REPORT
No report.
BOARD COMMUNICATIONS
Mrs. Boone stated that she wanted on record that the comments that were quoted from Mr. Ronnie Reynolds and printed in the Pine Bluff Commercial on May 14, 2014 was not in any way a reflection of her feelings of the matter concerning the not hiring of Dustin Prescott. She also stated that Mr. Reynolds actions of providing information to the Commercial is illegal and embarrassing to the Watson Chapel School District.
Mr. Hazelwood announced that some unused restricted funds from our NSLA fund balance would be used to furnish HP Chrome-books for students in grades K-3 allowing a one computer for one student ratio which starts to meet a long range goal of 1 to 1 for all students for the district.
PERSONNEL
Mr. Hazelwood announced he had received the retirement notices from Billie Rodgers and Mike Edwards (Bus Driver). He also received a letter of resignation from Jason Scoggins, Eric Davis, Simone Wood, Cameron Monk, Jimmy Brown and Andy McCready. We need to consider employing 2 Speech Pathologist, a junior high English teacher, a junior high Music teacher, a high school Social Studies teacher, a high school Drama teacher, a high school English teacher, a high school Math teacher, and 2 Bus Drivers.
Mr. Hartsfield adjourned the board to executive session for that purpose.
After returning to open session, Mr. Hazelwood recommended the following;
1. Bethanie Anne Johnson as a Speech Pathologist,
2. Matthew Garner as a Speech Pathologist,
3. Lauren Anderson as a junior high English teacher,
4. Maegan Brewer as a junior high Music teacher,
5. Jeffery Howard as a high school Social Studies teacher,
6. Jesse Bush as a high school English teacher,
7. Lydia James-Harris as a high school Drama teacher, (pending work authorization)
8. Vicki White as a high school Math teacher,
9. Debbie Jenkins as a Bus Driver, and
10. Melvin Wilkes as a Bus Driver.
On a motion by Mr. Reynolds and a second by Mr. Jones the Board voted 6-0 to accept Mr. Hazelwood’s recommendation.
Adjournment
Respectfully submitted by, Danny Hazelwood and Brenda Melton recorder.
Ronnie Reynolds,
Board Secretary
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