Minutes of the December 20, 2007 Regular Meeting
The meeting convened at 5:00PM in the
Roll Call
The roll was called and board members John Delap, Tim Kring, Howard Hamilton, Steve Percival, Susan Heil, Tim Hudson and Becky Purcell were present.
Recognition
Tara Lechtenberger, counselor at
Tara Elzer, counselor at Woodland Junior High, received a Recognition of Outstanding Achievement Award for being named one of five winners of the Marine Award for Courage, Honor and Commitment from the Arkansas Counselors Association.
This month’s Best Practices video entitled “Relevance and
Relationships” featuring
Consent Agenda
Howard Hamilton made a motion to accept the consent agenda. Tim Hudson seconded the motion, which passed by a 7-0 vote.
Bond Bids
The Board voted 7-0 to approve a resolution authorizing the issuance of $7,000,000 in construction bonds with an interest rate of 4.069399% dated December 1, 2007. Dr. Lisa Morstad, chief financial officer, reported that the best bid was received from the firm of Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. Howard Hamilton made the motion, which was seconded by Becky Purcell.
The Board voted 7-0 to approve a resolution authorizing the issuance of $950,000 in Qualified Zone Academy Bonds dated December 27, 2007. Dr. Morstad added that the best bid was received from Bank of America with a net interest rate of 1.23%. Howard Hamilton made the motion, which was seconded by Tim Kring.
Superintendent
Position Profile
Steve Percival, board president, provided information regarding the charge and recommended profile criteria that were proposed by the Position Profile Committee. Mr. Percival asked that the board approve the criteria for use as the superintendent search process begins. Tim Kring made a motion to approve the recommendations of the committee with the deletion of bullets 4 and 5 under Definition #3. Susan Heil seconded the motion, which was approved by a 6-1 vote.
Addition to Policy
4141.2 (Stipend Schedule)
Greg Mones, director of human resources, presented the proposed changes in the stipend schedule. Mr. Mones added that the PPC has approved the stipend schedule that was included in the board packets. Since then, two changes have been made to the schedule. One is the change from $2500 to $2000 for the senior high assistant choir director and the addition of senior high assistant band director at $2000. These changes will be taken to PPC for approval. All of the stipends are for duties performed outside of the regular school schedule except for the national teacher certification one-time payment. The Board will be asked to vote on the stipend schedule at the January board meeting.
Communication Plan
Update
Ms. Susan Norton, chief information officer, presented the Fayetteville Public School Strategic Communications Action Plan. The framework for the plan was provided by the communications audit that was performed in January 2007. The three sections of the plan are role of the communications and technology department, communications audit, and 2007-08 communications plan. The four key objectives of the plan are to develop plans around key areas of communications, enhance communications with key audiences, enhance communication materials and vehicles for the district and enhance awareness and understanding of the communications and technology departments.
High School Select
Committee II Update
Tim Hudson, board member, reported that he has asked several people to serve on the high school committee. In addition, he hopes that the committee will be able to meet in January 2008.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:10PM.
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Stephen M. Percival, President Susan W. Heil, Secretary