The Sumner County Board of Education will meet in regular session on Tuesday, October 21st at 7 PM in the District Office Board Room, 695 E. Main Street in Gallatin.



Among the items on the agenda:



o Consideration of facility use request for Merrol Hyde Magnet School from Middle Tennessee Super F League

o Consideration of utility bids for Drakes Creek Middle School

o Consideration of payment for paving GHS and BHS parking lots from Capital Outlay Funds

o Request for release of retainage on Portland High School addition

o Consideration of the adoption of a Modified Calendar format for Sumner County Schools

o Consideration of recommendation to change custodial supply vendors

o Consideration of Textbooks Adoption Committee

o Consideration of request to build softball storage facility at Westmoreland High School

o Consideration of request from Westmoreland High School to request funds from the County Commission



With regards to the modified calendar, if the school board votes to approve the modified calendar format this Tuesday night, then the calendaring committee will come back to the regularly scheduled November board meeting with 2-3 different calendars for 2009-2010 from which the school board will select one. Any citizen who wishes to learn more about serving on the calendaring committee should contact rick.eaton@sumnerschools.org



If you wish to provide feedback on any of the items to be discussed this month, please contact your local school board member or you may send an email to all school board members via sumnerboe@bellsouth.net.



For those who are interested in the outcome of last week's special called meeting, you may wish to refer to the article that was published on Friday in the Gallatin News-Examiner:

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/MICRO060101/81015109/1478/MICRO0601