Cairo Association of Teachers - Newsletter



CAT Tracks for October 16, 2008
REGULAR BOE MEETING - MINUTES

The Cairo Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, October 16, 2008. Below is an annotated agenda to serve as minutes...

Cairo School District No. One
"MAKING A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE!"
2403 Dr. M. L. King Jr. Avenue
Cairo, Illinois 62914
Telephone 1-618-734-4102
Fax 1-618-734-4047

CAIRO BOARD OF EDUCATION
CAIRO SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE
REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2008
6:00 P.M.

AGENDA

I. Call To Order - 6:03 p.m.

II. Roll Call - Coleman, Brown, Mayberry, Gooden, Stubblefield. (In the absence of President Burris, Vice President Stubblefield presided.)

III. Examples of Excellence - Superintendent Leotis Swopes recognized CJSHS Principal Lynn Byrd to do the "intro". After a few remarks, Mr. Byrd introduced CJSHS Librarian Paula McKinnis who introduced her "Lincoln Reenactment" group who have engaged in several activities related to the 200th Anniversary year of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Three students were present...one in a woolen Union soldier uniform and two girls in period dress (complete with hooped skirts).

IV. Recognition of Guests/Comments From Public And Employees - After asking if anyone wished to speak, Acting President Stubblefield cautioned that if anyone wished to speak about a student or an employee, that they needed to request to speak to the BOE in closed session. This, in fact, is what happened, as one person identified herself for the record and then waited for the closed session to address the BOE.

V. Approval of Previous Minutes - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

  1. Regular Minutes of September 18, 2008
  2. Closed Minutes of September 18, 2008

VI. Approval of Agendas - Motion made, seconded, and passed to approve the agendas as modified. (One addition that did NOT occur was the approval of a contract with Project Choice.)

  • Regular Meeting
  • Closed Meeting

VII. Approval of Treasurer's Report - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

VIII. Approval of Payment of Bills/Payroll - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

IX. Informational

  1. Donation From Local Church - Superintendent Swopes informed the BOE that the District had received a donation of student supplies and that in order to accept them, the BOE needed to officially vote to accept them. Motion made, seconded, and passed to accept the gift.
  2. Other - There was some mumbling???
  3. Checks Deposited - District Account

    $200,052.61 - State Aid-1st Payment-Aug.
    2,679.07 - Summer Food Service
    12.92 - School Breakfast Incentive
    1,249.00 - Early Childhood Block Grant
    200,052.61 - State Aid - 2nd Payment - Aug.
    12,255.34 - Federal Lunch
    6,699.60 - Federal Breakfast
    1,165.45 - State Lunch
    28,443.34 - TAMES
    4,050.39 - TAMES
    50.00 - Rent - First Student Transit

X. Closed Session - The BOE voted to enter closed session at 6:22 p.m. The BOE voted to exit closed session at 8:22 p.m.
Pending Litigation

XI. Requiring Action/Decisions By Board of Education

  1. Personnel employment, resignation, release, discipline, or compensation.
    a. Accept Resignation of Ralph McElearney as High School Scholar Bowl Sponsor - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
    b. Accept Resignation of Zach Schumacher as Student Council Sponsor - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
    c. Employ Sports/Coaching Personnel as Per Attached List - Motion made, seconded, and passed. (See attached list. The ones "checked" were approved; the one unchecked was not.)
  2. Place On Reading Board Policy Manual Updates - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
  3. Approve Request For Maternity Leave - Cara Lacy - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
  4. Motion made, seconded, and passed to designated Brenda Jones and Valerie Hall as election personnel for the next school board election.

XII. Motion made, seconded, and passed to reschedule the November Regular BOE meeting due to the attendance of members at various conferences. The meeting will be held on November 13, 2008.

XIII. Old Business

XIV. Adjourn - Motion made, seconded, and passed to adjourn at 8:28 p.m.

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you were wondering about the BOE's response to the racially tinged remarks made ON THEIR BEHALF by Superintendent Leotis Swopes...

Unfortunately, there were no surprises tonight...disappointment, YES, but no surprises.

The silence was deafening!

CLOSED SESSION IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, PERFORMANCE OR DISMISSAL OF INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES WHICH MAY BE OF A TEMPORARY CONFIDENTIAL NATURE, STUDENT DISCIPLINE, PLACEMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, DISCUSSION OF LITIGATION PROBABLE, IMMINENT, FILED OR PENDING AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OR RELATED ISSUES.

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