HOOVER CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
APRIL 18, 2011      5:30 pm
REVISED DRAFT AGENDA  
 
I.                 CALL TO ORDER
                  PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY TRACE CROSSINGS STUDENTS McGUIRE PRICE, JACK UCHYTER, DAVID NYAGA, TAYLOR MORENO, DREW KILGORE, ANDREW CAMP, ISSAC OBERHOLSTER, MICHAEL CARLSON, NICK LOU KATKA, CLIFFORD WILLIAMS, AND MATTHEW COOLEY
 
II.                ADOPTION OF AGENDA  
 
III.               RECOGNITION
                   ROBERT F. BUMPUS MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR
                   A.                Perfect ACT Score/Spain Park Student Devon Schoeneman
                   B.                State Geography Bee Winner/Berry Middle School Student Daniel Picard
                   C.                Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Alabama Office of Research on Teaching in the Disciplines/Rocky Ridge Teacher Elizabeth Gilmore
                   D.                Bright Idea of the Year Award from the Alabama School Communicators Association/Jason Gaston
                   E.                Substitute Teacher of the Year Award/Frank Brizendine
                   F.                Positive Image Awards/Bumpus Team 8-2 – Debbie Tarbox, Kristie Taylor, June Glenn, and Sue Martindale; Gwin/Simmons Teacher Katie Collins; and Greystone Teacher Lori Pollard                                                            
 
IV.              ACTION ITEMS
                 A.                Minutes from March 22, 2011 Regular Board Meeting  
                 B.                Personnel Actions
                 C.                Business Actions
                                    1.                Monthly Financial Statement –February 2011
                                    2.                Payroll – March 2011 -$6,805,180.05
                                    3.                Cash Disbursements –March 2011 - $2,645,085.49
                 D.                Bids
                                    1.                Copier Bid – Barney Office Supplies at purchase price of $121,246.00 and lease price of $135,608.12
                                    2.                Child Nutrition Equipment Bid - $127,638.58                    
 
V.                PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
 
VI.              INFORMATION/REPORTS
                                    1.                Textbook Adoptions
                                    2.                Balanced Scorecard Review                    
 
VII.             NEW BUSINESS  
 
VIII.            DATE OF NEXT BOARD MEETING
                  Next regular Board meeting will be on Monday May 9, 2011 at 5:30 PM
 
IX.               EXECUTIVE SESSION
 
X.                ADJOURNMENT
 
 
So reads the Agenda.  
 
All members of the Board were present . Mr. Bolt called the meeting to order at 5:32 pm.  
 
Those present included  Mr. Hulin, Mr. Shaw, Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Antee, and Mr. Gasten and several HCS employees.  Parents, relatives and friends of those being recognized were also present.  Lining the walls were members of the Bumpus Show Choir who were there to perform.  Also present was newly appointed Board member Dr. Ronald Braswell, who was attending his first meeting.  He will be taking Mr. Bolt's place in June.  Mr. Bolt recognized Dr. Braswell.  After the recognition, one member of the public was present - the remainder were HCS employees.
 
There was no media coverage.
 
After the Pledge of Allegiance, the Bumpus choir performed.  One word to describe their performance:  AWESOME!!  SPECTACULAR!!  OK, that's two words, but just their singing was worth the trip to the meeting.  Outstanding job.  The students and the choir director should be commended, as should Dr. Jarnagin for coming up with the idea of opening meetings with students performing.  It doesn't replace the invocation, but it does showcase our students' God given talents, and no matter how hard the FFRF and the AU want to remove this, it can't be done.
 
The singers exited the room after receiving a well-deserved standing ovation, the next item was recognitions.  
 
Mr. Shaw and Mrs. Barber presented SPHS student Devon Schoeneman a certificate for receiving a perfect score on her ACT, only the second student to have done this at SPHS.
 
Dr. Wheaton and Mrs. Barber presented Berry Middle School student Daniel Picard a certificate for being the Alabama Geography Bee winner who will be representing the state in Nationals.  
 
Dr. Carrington and Mrs. Barber presented Rocky Ridge Elementary School teacher Elizabethg Gilmore with a certificate for receiving the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Alabama.
 
Mrs. Barber recognized Jason Gaston for receiving the Bright Idea of the Year Award from the Alabama School Communicators Association.
 
Mrs. Veal came up at that time and presented the Substitute Teacher of the Year Award to Frank Brizendine.
 
Mr. Gaston came up and presented the Positive Image Awards to  Bumpus Team 8-2 – Debbie Tarbox, Kristie Taylor, June Glenn, and Sue Martindale; Gwin/Simmons Teacher Katie Collins; and Greystone Teacher Lori Pollard
 
After the recognition, the room emptied of all guests.
 
Mr. Bolt continued the meeting with Action Items.  All items passed unopposed.  The personnel items took some time, as all the realignment assignments were on it.
 
Nobody took the opportunity to speak during Public Participation.  
 
Next up was Information Reports.  Dr. Dodson spoke about the new textbooks, which were available for the Board members to look at.  Mr. Bolt commented on some of the titles.
 
Then came the Balanced Scorecard Review, which was presented on a screen via a projector and laptop.  It was divided into three sections, with Dr. Dodson taking the first part, Mrs. Barber taking the seocond part, and Mr. Craig taking the third.  What showed on the screen was the actual report with scores.  
 
After that portion, Mr. Bolt announced when the next meeting would be held.  It appears that the Board will not be doing self-evaluations this year, as it was not mentioned.
 
Mr. Bolt then said that they would be adjourning for Executive Session, which was to last about 25 minutes with no action taking place afterwards.  Mr. Sweeney concurred, and said that he had the certificate available.
 
The meeting ended at 6:52 pm.
 
 
 
 

Quote from PrivateCitizen on 04/19/11 at 10:54am:

 
Glad to see Dr. Brown is retiring. She lost control of Bumpus along time ago. And yes, I speak from the experience of having 3 kids go thru there in the last 8 + years.