The board meeting this evening last a little over an hour. During the meeting a student who had recently graduated from high school was recognized. Punch and cookies were served. A small number of community members stayed for the entire meeting.
A. Superintendent's Report - Mr. Olney shared several items of interest with the school board.
1) Governing Board Handbook 2013/2014 - Mr. Olney passed out a copy of this handbook to each board member and quickly summarized its contents.
2) Gymnasium - The floor in the high school gym is buckling and corrective measures are being taken to fix this problem.
3) 7th Grade orientation to be held 6pm on August 13th in the HS Library.
4) Misc - Olney shared several items pertaining to several topics including a tax bond payment issue which might result in the district receiving a small sum of unexpected funds, a couple upcoming compliance reviews, test score information, new math framework for high school, internet upgrade still expected in September, and a couple other items.
B. School Site Council - One for the entire district. Olney talked about difficulties of putting together separate councils for the elementary and high school.
C. New Bus - A new bus will be purchased by the district at a cost of $173k. However, most of the cost ($155k) will be paid for by a transportation grant. Sandy Sprouse (retired bus driver, now school board member) asked a question about alternators and air conditioning. Mark Goins (head of maintenance and transportation) said that the bus is equipped with heavy duty alternators. Sandy Sprouse also volunteered to take the bus on a test drive.
D. High School Painting - During the process of repainting the high school, a mural in the high school quad was inadvertently painted over. The school will receive compensation for this error.
E. Inter-District Transfers were granted to three students.
NEXT MEETING: September 12, 2013, 6pm