Hi everyone, here are the minutes of last nights board meeting. It was a pretty uneventful meeting.
The meeting began with public comment. Myself and one other person spoke. I challenged the board members to become a teacher for a day as part of the Cobb Chamber's program to bring people into the schools to see first hand what difficult work being a teacher is!! I think this program is a great step and I would like to see Politicians become teachers for a day in some of the tougher Cobb schools. I would love to see them teach at Griffin Middle School (my school) or at South Cobb High School, or even Lindley. Then they would learn much more about the realities of teaching! I encourage parents, civic leaders and business owners to look into the program. Ok, back off my soapbox!!
Next the Facilities and Technology committee made their annual report. This committee is set up as an oversight committee for the SPLOST funds. They review the expenditures and make sure they are in line with the original SPLOST notebooks. They reported that the new in-house program management is working out well. It is saving the district money and seems to be improving communication on projects.
The new lawyer, Clem Doyle, made his report on the board's request regarding having the Georgia State School Board Association do the superintendent search. The original proposal by the GSBA was a 17 step plan at a cost of $15,000. The board asked for a new proposal to only do parts of the search. The new quote was $5,000, depending on how many candidates the board wanted background checks ran on. No commitment has been made with GSBA yet by the board and the decision was tabled until October.
Superintendent Sanderson made his report. He discussed the upcoming public safety week. He thanked all the men and women who serve Cobb as police and firefighters. The board voted to uphold the hearing decision regarding a student who had disciplinary issues. The consent agenda from the earlier meeting was approved. Superintendent presented the plan to renovate Pine Mountain Middle School. The plan was originally projected to cost $13.3 million dollars but is now going to run just $6 million. The board approved the plan and the project will move forward. The The board discussed the the new SPLOST forecast and the 20% cut across the board to all the projects. All projects above $200,000 will have to come back to the board for individual approval but the general plan was approved. That ended the Superintendent's report.
Jay Dillon presented the September report and no changes were made.
The board members made comments. John Crooks praised Patty Thomas, principal of Sedalia Park Elementary for the school gaining approval to continue their status as a charter school. David Morgan reminded everyone of his upcoming monthly town meeting at South Cobb High School. Allison Bartlett reminded everyone of her upcoming town meeting at Russel Elementary on Thursday September 30th at 6pm. Holly Cash invited everyone to the new football field dedication at Osborne High School tonight at 6:30pm. Chairperson Crowder-Eagle announced her town meeting at Pine Mountain Middle School on September 28th at 6:30pm. She also congratulated the counselors at Sope Creek Elementary and Hillgrove High School for the RAMP program. David Banks congratulated the Lassiter Swim team. John Abraham asked the community to pray for the parents of recent Kell High School graduate Zack.
The meeting was adjourned.
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