Cairo Association of Teachers - Newsletter



CAT Tracks for June 18, 2009
REGULAR BOE MEETING - MINUTES

The Cairo Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, June 18, 2009. Below is an annotated agenda to serve as minutes...

Cairo School District No. One
"MAKING A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE!"
2403 Dr. M. L. King Jr. Avenue
Cairo, Illinois 62914
Telephone 1-618-734-4102
Fax 1-618-734-4047

CAIRO BOARD OF EDUCATION
CAIRO SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE
REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009
6:00 P.M.

AGENDA

I. Call to Order - 6:00 p.m.

II. Roll Call - Coleman, Brown, Gooden, Burris, and Vaughn (on telephone...maybe a CSD BOE meeting first. The FOP makes frequent use of the device.)

III. Examples of Excellence - None...for students. Superintendent Swopes did acknowledge that District Central Office employee, Shavonna Shipley, had been awarded a scholarship to attend a conference...free of charge.

IV. Recognition of Guests/Comments From Public And Employees - None.

V. Approval of Previous Minutes - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

  1. Regular Minutes of May 21, 2009
  2. Closed Session Minutes of May 21, 2009
  3. Special Meeting Minutes of May 28, 2009
  4. Closed Session Minutes of May 28, 2009

VI. Approval of Agendas - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

  • Regular Meeting
  • Closed Meeting

VII. Approval of Treasurer's Report - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

VIII. Approval of Payment of Bills/Payroll - There was some discussion of tuition payments made to Egyptian School under an intergovernmental agreement which allows seven students living in the Cairo District to attend the Egyptian District (which was done to forestall an effort by families living in that particular part of the District to remove their land to the Egyptian District. There was also some discussion that JAMP was not going to hire certain teachers' assistants as they have done in the past, necessitating that Cairo hire said assistants. Motion made, seconded, and passed.

IX. Informational

  1. ASBO International Annual Meeting Scholarship - Done above under "Examples of Excellence".

  2. Consortium For Educational Change (CEC) - No mention.

  3. Other - BOE Member Brown chose to take this moment to chastise the BOE for letting an employee sit in the hallway ("chit-chatting with the CAT Tracks people") during last month's closed session...a person who had requested and was expecting to address the BOE in closed session...who was never allowed that opportunity...AND, more importantly, was not given the courtesy of notification that the BOE had decided NOT to hear her...had decided that she needed to see the Superintendent instead. Mr. Brown indicated that this incident was UNACCEPTABLE...and reminded BOE members that prior to his departing the meeting, he had reminded them that they needed to notify the employee of their decision...something that was not done. A couple of the BOE members responded by saying that they thought that the employee had been told. Mr. Brown dispensed with the comments by directing his ire at Superintendent Swopes, informing him openly and firmly..."That was your job, Mr. Superintendent!"

  4. Checks Deposited - District Account

    $ 200,052.61 - State Aide - April
    18,687.37 - Federal Lunch
    10,374.36 - Federal Breakfast
    7]3.00 - Safe & Drug Free Schools
    15,902.00 - Title II Teacher Quality
    376.00 - Tech. Enhancing Education
    9,277.00 - TAOEP - Tap Grant
    7,228.89 - Alexander County Trustee Redemption Fund
    50.00 - First Student Transit - Rent

    X. Closed Session - The BOE voted to enter closed session at 6:14 p.m. The BOE voted to exit closed session at 6:44 p.m. (WOW...only 30 minutes!)

    XI. Requiring Action/Decisions By Board of Education

    1. Personnel employment, resignation, release, discipline, or compensation.
      a. Hire Carrie Bridges - 5th Grade Teacher - Bennett Elementary - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
      b. Grant Leave of Absence to Hope Green for the 2009-10 School Year - Complete Work for a Bachelor's of Science Degree - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
      Note: There was a brief "time out" as the Superintendent and BOE discussed the advisability of doing items "c-e" below as a group. The BOE stated that their preference was that the items be voted on individually.)
      c. Hire Rick Chastain - Athletic Director - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
      d. Hire Jim Drew - High School Girls Basketball Coach - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
      e. Accept Resignation of Holly Harper as Music Teacher/Band Director Cairo Jr/Sr High School - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
      f. Accept the following letters regarding retirement for the end of the 2009-2010 School Year - (Done as a group) - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
      • Carolyn Allen - HS Sp. Ed. Teacher
      • William E. Dicus, Sr. - Sixth Grade Teacher
      • Ruth Mayfield - Third Grade Teacher
      • Paul McDaniel - JHS Science Teacher
      g. Accept the following letter regarding retirement for the end of the 20ll-2012 school year - (Done as a group) - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
      • Larry Baldwin - HS Dean of Students
      • Marianne Maginel- HS English & Spanish Teacher
      • Suzan Partridge - Sp. Ed 5/6th Teacher
    2. Approve Board Policy Updates (Placed on reading earlier) - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
    3. Approve Transportation for Hazardous Conditions - (Conditions remain unchanged) - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

    XII. Other - None.

    XIII. Old Business - None.

    XIV. Adjourn - Motion made, seconded, and passed to adjourn at 6:51 p.m. (WOW...a 51-minute meeting!)

    CLOSED SESSION IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, PERFORMANCE OR DISMISSAL OF INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES WHICH MAY BE OF A TEMPORARY CONFIDENTIAL NATURE, STUDENT DISCIPLINE, PLACEMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, DISCUSSION OF LITIGATION PROBABLE, IMMINENT, FILED OR PENDING AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OR RELATED ISSUES.