REGULAR/ANNUAL BOARD MEETING
11/10/2016 06:00 PM
Central Office Board Room
301 1st Street, N.E.
Cullman, AL 35055
Printed : 11/10/2016 12:47 PM CST
I. OATH OF OFFICE: The Honorable Judge Kim Chaney will swear in Board
Members
A. Chris Branham
B. Suzanne Harbin
C. Jason Neal
D. Joey Orr
E. Lee Powell
II, CERTIFICATE OF AFFIRMATION OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
IIT. PRAYER: Trent Price, FCA Representative, Cullman High School
IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Ann Carol Braswell, SGA President, Cullman High
School
V. CALL TO ORDER
VI. ROLL CALL - Establishment of a Quorum
VII, WELCOME AND RECOGNITION OF VISITORS:
VIII. HEARING OF DELEGATIONS - Delegates should select a spokesperson
and limit comments to no more than three minutes
IX. RECONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD: Required at the annual board meeting
‘A. Nomination for President:
B. Nomination for Vice President
C. Secretary: Based on the Code of Alabama and Cullman City School Board Policy,
the Superintendent shall serve as Secretary to the Board but can designate
someone to take the minutes of the meetings
1. Recording Secretary of the Board: Sharon Wilson
X. ANNUAL MEETING ITEMS:
A. Dr, Susan Patterson, Superintendent, (or her designee) is appointed as the
official who is responsible for the signing of the official documents, federal
proposals, grants, and applications for funds
B. Approve compensation of $600 per month to board members in addition to
traveling and other expenses members incur when attending meetings or
trainings and transacting board business
XI. CONSENT AGENDA:
A. Approval of Agenda
B. Approval of October 18, 2016 minutes
C. Approval of October, 2016 payroll of $ 1,900,521.26, invoices paid of $
553,421.04, and financial statements
D. Approval of the following Head Start Items:
1. Health/Nutrition/Disabilities/Enrollment Report for October, 2016
2. Expenditures Report for October, 2016
3. Quarterly SF425 Report for September 30, 2016
E. Permission to salvage one Dell Optiplex 755 desktop computer (Asset #03283)
and one HP Pro8100 Officejet printer in disrepair from Head Start
F. Permission to salvage one 36 inch television in disrepair from East Elementary
School
G. Permission to salvage 5 obsolete iPads previously used by Board Members
H. Permission to surplus/salvage obsolete desktop computers, laptops, monitors,
projectors, scanners, printers, Elmo, phones, access points and power units
from Technology Department (Exhibit A)Permission to salvage five small tables, six projector carts, 6 file cabinets, 44
small chairs, five desks, six black projector carts, and five student desks (Exhibit
B)
XII. OLD BUSINESS:
‘A. Approval of revised Board Policy 6.24 Harassment, Violence, and Threats of
Violence and Suicide Awareness and Prevention in response to the Jason Flat
Act. This item was brought back from the Policy Review Committee.
XIII. NEW BUSINESS:
‘A. Permission to hold night school at Cullman High School from January 16 - May
18, 2017
B. Permission for Cullman City Head Start to contract with Rainey Day Strategies
to develop a Communitywide Strategic Planning and Needs Assessment
C. Permission to amend contract with Sydney Pair to assist the teaching and
content delivery of CTE Drafting courses at Cullman High School, extension to
expire December 16, 2016
D. Personnel Considerations:
1. (c)Leaves of Absence:
a. (c)lessica Lowry, Speech Language Pathologist at East
Elementary School, requests Family and Medical Leave
(FMLA) tentatively beginning March 18, 2017 and return
2017-2018 school year
b. (c)Marcia Stringer, Head Start teacher, requests a leave
of absence tentatively beginning January 11 - April 25,
2017 to complete an internship through Athens State
University to receive her Bachelor's Degree in Early
Childhood Education in May, 2017.
¢. (¢)Lucera Michaus, Interpreter at Cullman City Primary
School, requests maternity leave tentatively beginning
January 27, 2017 through March 12, 2017
2. (c)Employments: Conditional Employment under the terms of the Child
Protection Act of 1999, Act No. 2002-457, and pending certification, as
applicable.
a. (c)Aaron Avery, Title 1 instructional assistant at Cullman
City Primary School, effective December 14, 2016
(Pending ALSDE Certification) (JV 16-086)
b. (c)Julie Ray, bookkeeper at West Elementary School,
effective October 26, 2016 (JV 16-088)
¢. (OJessie King, CNP 4-Hour Worker at Cullman High
School, effective November 11, 2016 (JV 16-090)
d. (c)Dana Lindley, CNP 4-Hour Worker at Cullman City
Primary School, effective November 11, 2016 (JV 16-
091)
(c)Jonathan Micah York, temporary Special Education
instructional assistant (to fill a leave of absence) at West
Elementary School beginning November 8, 2016 (JV 16-
092)
XIV. FYI/CORRESPONDENCE:
‘A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 6:00
p.m. in the Central Office Board Room.
8. Board Retreat: Monday, November 14, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at
Traditions Bank Meeting Center
C. _HHS/ACF Cullman City Child Development (Cullman City Head Start) Notice of
‘Award for 10/01/16 - 9/30/17. The remaining balance of the funds will be
awarded subject to the final appropriation for the Head Start Program for FY
2017.
XV. ADJOURNMENT: