The Board Meeting Was Well Run

To close off the installation ceremony, Ms. Fern Bren, the Assistant Principal of Pupil Personnel Services, gave a moving speech to all the students and thanked everyone for coming and thanked Ms. Filomena Daniels, the Arista/Archon Coordinator and even gave her a bouquet of flowers. The students then stood up filed out the auditorium towards the refreshments which included small wraps, brownies, cookies, and water.

The meeting agenda included a call to order, roll call, reading of the call, pledge of allegiance, some recognition of county members for service, announcements, and a time for public comment. This happened all within the first twenty minutes of the beginning of the meeting. Then the meeting switched over into having a few appearances, talking about department reports, resolutions in the county, ordinances, annual

The Board President called the meeting to order, and the board secretary did the roll call. The agenda was comprised of various reports and the secretary would go though each agenda item, beginning with the board secretary’s report, finance, personnel, listing of approvals for salaries that included names of staff/faculty, retirements, leave of absences, bills, travel, field trips, etc.

At the beginning of the meeting the board members had to vote on the school districts’ participation of different activities. They all had to vote on whether they agreed to have Red Ribbon Week on October 23, 2017 through October 31, 2017, they also voted on whether the entire school district was going to partake in the Great California ShakeOut

The formality of honoring both new members of the board and newly hired teachers was surprising to me. Swearing in three new board members, the electies proudly posed for a picture with their family members. Afterwards, the meeting turned to honoring the new county teachers. I was surprised that

However, ready to take on the new challenges and devote her time and talents in her new role, Mullion said, “I am looking forward to becoming even more involved and working with our new superintendent. I think he is a real asset to our district.”

Sue: Okay so thank you and Deron you are the superintendent at Van Meter Community School District?

Vice principal Patricia Watersone will take over all responsibilities that were Simmons’s and will be the stand in Principal for the school. Waterstone will have to run the Student Body elections, prepare for the summer school schedule, and oversee the hiring of new teachers for the upcoming school year. This will be the first time Waterstone has had official duties as the principal.

For this online course, I was required to attend and observe a school board meeting. I completed my requirement on Monday May 23rd, 2016 at the Clearfield Area Board of School Directors Regular Meeting from 6:00 pm until 9:15 pm. The current Clearfield Area School Board is composed of five male and four female members. The five male members of this school board are: Mr. Larry A. Putt, Mr. Phillip E. Carr, Mr. Tim N. Morgan, Mr. Randy Pataky, and Dr. Michael Spencer. The four female members of this school board include: Mrs. Mary Anne Jackson, Mrs. Susan E. Mikesell, Mrs. Gail Ralston, and Mrs. Jennifer Wallace.

One of the speakers at the school board meeting was Laura Root. Her job was to name all of the funds spent and made by the school district, which took longer than most other things that happened during the meeting. Dan Aaker mentioned all the sports teams and how they did to the board, and addressed the fact that the football team is getting new white jerseys. Brian Naasz talked about the elementary-school and about adding a shower to it for handicapped students. Gerald Witte talked about the high-school; mentioning the upcoming prom. The board later approved a calendar and acknowledged resignations.

If the rules are not followed, then that individual(s) can be escorted from the building. The president read the names of those who seek to voice their opinions but no one showed up, so the meeting continued with the next agenda task. The Citizens’ Hearing: One citizen spoke about the scrutiny that the Tupelo Police Department is facing regarding multiple acts racial discrimination done by their department. The meeting closed with remarks from each member for last minute remarks, if there were no remarks then the meeting was adjourned until the next the business session. The meeting lasted about an hour and I got a chance to speak with Councilwoman Nettie Davis over Ward four. She explained her purpose for being on the board, which includes bringing much needed resources to her historically black community, cleaned up the parks in the area and she wants to make sure their community is fairly treated as the rest of the Tupelo

On July 25,2016, I attended the Kilgore Independent School Board meeting. I noticed that besides the board members there were not very many people in attendance. There were two students, myself included, a former KISD students father talking about the FFA, five faculty members, and a reporter. I was not sure what to expect at this meeting since I had never attended one before and unfortunately I do not think that I would ever willingly attend another, unless it was relevant to my child.

Our Principal at Peoria Notre Dame High School allows change. My grade school principal hadn’t changed a thing, during my time in grade school. Mr. Simmons brought new traditions to school. For example, recognizing all the sports and clubs after school mass for their accomplishments. He hired new and younger faculty members, to create a better environment for young people.

The board members that were present were Shanlee McNally, Sue Flynn, Andrea Sparks, and Lyle Schmitt. Also in attendance was President of the Board, Mike Young, Vice-president, Bernice Richard, Superintendent, Dr. Gary Norris, Executive Director of School & Community Relations/Board Secretary, Sharon Miller, Chief Financial Officer/Board Treasurer, Michael Coughlin, Assistant

Hector Belen Jr., district superintendent, and his staff as they minister to pastors and churches. Pray that they can establish a harmonized working relationship among district staff in accordance with the superintendent’s vision for the district.