SISD Board Report
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
  

SISD Board of Trustees
Regular Board Meeting
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
SHS Little Theater

Board Members Present: John Blystone, Mae Burton, David Kennedy, Cathy Renshaw, Betty Stoker, Al Zorrilla

Board Members Absent: None

* Keith Porter addressed the Board with concerns regarding the selection of Director of Bands. He urged the Board to choose carefully and not rush when selecting someone to replace Joe Franks.

* Superintendent/Board Dialogue:

• SHS UIL coach Karen Foster recognized the UIL academic teams at Sherman High School and said she would be taking 20 students to Denton for competition on Saturday, April 24^th.
• Dr. Hutto presented a Title I, Part A Distinguished Performance Award to Fairview Elementary principal Thomas O’Neal.
• Sharla Mullins (5^th grade coach) and Jamie Harvey (6^th grade coach) introduced the Dillingham Future Problem Solvers. Ms. Mullins told the Board that the 5^th grade had won the state category for it’s project of

raising funds to help the Sherman Police Department purchase a drug dog. The 5^th grade presented a check to the SPD in the amount of approximately $5,400.

• Piner Middle School principal Mike Mitchusson introduced Caleb Cosper, Melanie Littlefield, Matthew Frazier and Emma Whitfield as the Piner 7^th grade Duke Talent winners.

* On behalf of the Sherman I.S.D., the Board accepted gifts in the amount of $4,900 to be used for Special Olympics, Crutchfield special education students and to supplement Wakefield’s challenge program.

* The Board approved expenditures for the month of March in the amount of $3,966,870.97.

* The Board approved various budget amendments in the General Operating, Food Service and Debt Service Funds.

* The Board approved changes to the 2004 summer school plan. The major changes are as follows:

• Supplemental funding for Optional Extended Year Program (OEYP) with Title I, State Compensatory Education, and Accelerated Reading and Math Initiative funds.
• Tuition charges of $100/course at Piner and increased tuition charges of $150/course for SISD residents and $200/course for out-of-district students.
• A shortened week, but longer day at SHS for students and staff. Each session will have a four-day week for 12 days from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m.
• Added classes for students new to the US for a bilingual education program in grades Pre-K – 4 at Washington Elementary.
• Implementation of summer lunch program at Washington Elementary for economically disadvantaged students.

* The Board acknowledged the superintendent’s acceptance of teachers’ resignations.

* The Board acknowledged the superintendent’s acceptance of teachers’ resignations for retirement.

* The Board acknowledged the superintendent’s acceptance of Director of Human Resources Resignation.

* The Board approved contracts for teachers.

* The Board approved a new probationary contract for the 2004-05 school year for Jeffrey D. Bradford as Director of Bands.

* The Board took no action on a parent and student complaint about the participation of the student in high school graduation ceremonies.

* The Board meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.