1. SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTS "ONE BOARD, ONE VOICE"
2. EDUCATION COMMITTEE TURNS DOWN FUNDING FOR BEECH AND GALLATIN HIGH SCHOOL PAVING PROJECTS - MONEY WILL HAVE TO COME FROM 08-09 SCHOOL BUDGET
3. SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN CALLS SPECIAL MEETING TO CONSIDER CHALLENGING THE SCEA AS A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT
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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, SEPTEMBER 23RD
In the continuation of the September 16th meeting of the Sumner County Board of Education, the school board voted unanimously to approve a motion made by board member Danny Hale that once a vote was taken by the school board on any given issue, that all members would accept the outcome as the board's decision and speak with "one voice". In other action, the board unanimously approved:
o The creation of a technology study committee to be led by Mr. Hale which will provide monthly reports for up to the next 12 months.
o A negotiated Memorandum of Understanding with SCEA on 08-09 salarieso A request to the Sumner County Commission for $4.8M to purchase the old Fleetwood Homes property for relocation of the transportation and maintenance facilities
o A request to the Sumner County Commission to approve up to $100K to cover change orders on the Gene Brown Elementary and Nannie Berry Elementary expansion projects.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING, OCTOBER 6TH
As reported in the Star-News and News-Examiner, the Education Committee of the County Commission voted to defer a final decision on the Fleetwood property until a special called meeting to be held on Monday, October 20th at 4:30 PM, by which time some alternate properties as identified by the interim County Executive will also be reviewed. In other action that was not reported by the newspaper, the Education Committee rejected the school board's request to fund the paving projects at Gallatin High School and Beech High School from the $75 million bond issue premium. The amount of these projects, which came in at $712,640 must now come out of the $179M balanced operating expenses budget for 2008-2009, which means cuts will need to be made elsewhere in the already approved budget. The motion to reject, made by Commisioner Hughes and seconded by Commissioner Goode, was approved by a 5-2 margin, with Commissioners Hughes, LeMarbre, Goode, Matthews and Vaughn voting aye and Commisioners England and Decker voting nay.
SCHOOL BOARD CALLS SPECIAL MEETING
Pursuant to a call by its chairman, the Sumner County Board of Education will hold a special called meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2008. The meeting will be held in the Board Meeting Room of the Sumner County Schools District Office, 695 E. Main Street, in Gallatin. The items to be considered are:
1. Retention of legal council to assist with the 403(b) plan requirements.
2. Retention of legal council to represent the Sumner County School system in pending legal action.
3. Discussion of union recognition pursuant to T.C.A. 49-5-605 and to consider all options open to the Board under the Tennessee Code Title 49 Chapter 5 Part 6.
For questions or to comment on the above school board items, please contact your local school board member. If you are unsure who your school board member is, or wish to address comments to all school board members at once, you may send an email to sumnerboe@bellsouth.net.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Posted by Gail at 8:00 AM
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