CAT Tracks for June 6, 2003 SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

The Cairo BOE held a special meeting on Thursday night...

The Superintendent submitted and the Board approved an amended calendar for the 2002-2003 school year to include three Act of God days - February 10th, 18th, and May 7th.

A financial handout prepared by the Director of Finance and Payroll showed the projected cash flow for the District through June 30th. According to the projection, the District will finish $78,009 "in the hole." Superintendent Isom indicated that the "worse than originally projected" figure was due to some anticipated money not yet being received from the state. The "good news"...Superintendent Isom announced that the General Assembly had approved funding for a loan that should alleviate CSD #1's immediate cash flow problem. The Superintendent said that he hoped that the money would be received prior to the end of June.

The Superintendent announced a need for two Special Board Meetings...one on June 11th at 10:30 a.m. (at the request of the Financial Oversight Panel for the purpose of finalizing the request for an emergency loan)...and the second on June 30th at 6 p.m. for the purpose of approving the amended budget (which is now on reading) and to discuss other personnel and financial issues.

The BOE then voted to go into closed session at 6:15 p.m.

The BOE exited closed session at 8:10 p.m.

The Superintendent recommended and the Board approved numerous routine hirings - e.g. non-RIFed custodial/maintenance personnel, non-RIFed secretarial and support personnel, and non-RIFed teachers.

The Board also approved the hiring of Summer Bridges personnel and Grades 6-8 Summer School personnel. It also approved the summer Drivers Education program.

The Board approved additional compensation for REA aides in the amount of $300 each - something that was previously budgeted, and voted to extend the contract of Cheryl Arington by 5 days at CJHS.

The Board approved the transfer of Bill Dicus, Paul McDaniel, Diane Simington, and Kelly Shepard to Bennett Elementary, and the transfer of Glenda Jones to CHS to teach Child Care and Home Economics.

The Board also finalized the resignation (for retirement purposes) of Jackie Phillips who was honored at Wednesday's year-end District luncheon for her 33 years of service. The Board also accepted the resignation of Laura Cochran as Language Arts/Spanish teacher at CHS.

The Board voted to recall Larry Morris to teach Social Studies at CHS and to serve as Athletic Director.

And finally...The Board voted to approve an intergovernment agreement with the Meridian School District for Co-op Football.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:23 p.m.