Lela Bridges

The budget includes discussions and estimates for various funds including Educational Operations & Maintenance, Debt Service, Transportation, Municipal Retirement/Social Security, Capital Projects, Working Cash, Tort, and Fire Prevention & Safety. The main topics cover estimated beginning fund balances, receipts/revenues from local, state, and federal sources, disbursements/expenditures for instruction, support services, community services, and payments to other districts. It also includes other sources/uses of funds like transfers among funds and debt service details.

The Board of Education meeting agenda includes a closed session to discuss personnel matters, collective bargaining, and real property. The business meeting will cover approval of the agenda, minutes, and financial statements. A special presentation by AT&T on a proposed playground map will be given. Public comment will be allowed. Reports from the Executive Committee, Business Committee, President, Superintendent, and various administrators will be presented. Action items include personnel decisions (employment of Aretha Wright-Giles and Ronneisha Hunt, reclassification and reassignment of administrators), approval of a lease agreement, a revised Handbook of Principles and Procedures, ADT security proposals, an AT&T grant-funded project, Infinite Visions software conversion, and the reactivation of cheerleading and pompons. Information items include a master board member activity summary, professional development opportunities, district data tools, and supplementary reports.

The meeting will include a closed session to discuss personnel matters, collective bargaining, student discipline, and student placement. The business meeting will cover approval of the agenda, minutes, and financial statements. There will be special presentations including an attendance award, recognition of an outgoing board member, a ceremony honoring retiring staff, and presentations from Mandarin students, students who participated in a Washington D.C. trip, and a representative from Board Docs. The meeting will also include public comment, reports from board committees and the superintendent, and action items such as approving resignations, board policies, a donation, posting for a technology teacher position, water piping replacement work, asbestos removal, the purchase of AimsWeb, and administrator contracts. Information items include a data tool, graduation activities, and the education foundation.

The meeting included discussions on personnel matters, financial statements, and the approval of the disbursement journal. Awards were presented for attendance and academic improvement. Reports were given by various committees and the superintendent, covering topics such as student conduct, construction updates, and upcoming workshops. Resolutions were adopted regarding teacher dismissals and the school calendar was approved. A new board member was introduced.

The meeting will include a closed session to discuss various personnel matters, collective bargaining, real property, investments, security procedures, student discipline, litigation, and claims. The business meeting will cover approval of the agenda, minutes, and financial statements, including disbursements and financial reports for June 30, 2012. Public comment will be allowed. Reports from the executive committee, business committee, president, and superintendent will be presented. The consent agenda includes employment and resignation approvals for several staff members and the adoption of a revised policy on student fee waivers. Action items include resolutions on designating interest earnings and transferring earned interest. Information items include reports on tri-conference attendance, board training, and supplementary reports from administration and the board.