Well -- I want to thank everyone. It's been a very busy few weeks! Thanks to you, I was fortunate enough to begin serving as one of your school board members.
For most meetings, I have a goal of typing a short summary of the board agenda and discussion items that came up to help with transparency and hopefully encourage more people to attend the regular meetings! :) Our meeting was April 19 (Thursday). You can always find our agendas on the main www.hallsville.org webpage. During the citizen communication, we heard from two citizens, both on the topic of bullying. This issue is important to me, and I'm appreciative of our community's efforts to combat this troubling issue. On our agenda, we cruised through a few items relatively fast. We approved the financial statement, checks, and PCard purchases. We briefly discussed the At-Risk program evaluation. During the district reports, we took an initial look at some possible budgetary additions that are possible because Proposition 2 passed. A few of the highlights include:
For some rationale on the assistant principal position, here are a few facts:
The board has not reached consensus on how this position would be shaped. In addition to this need at the Intermediate building, there is a potential need in the central office. Since we have eliminated an assistant superintendent position, there are responsibilities that Mr. Downs has been unable to fulfill in his new role that have been unattended to (such as curriculum and instruction). With Mr. Downs' being out of the office, there has been a magnified potential need for some assistance at the central office level even if on a very part-time basis. I'm confident that the board will find a solution that is fiscally responsible to the taxpayers, provides the appropriate support to our teachers, and is forward-looking for the district. Then, the board discussed new policies that were being recommended to bring our district into federal and state standards. One of these policies was new rules and regulations regarding our nutrition programs, for example. Lastly, we picked the date/time for Board meetings in the future, in addition to our MSBA delegate and alternate. We settled on our Board Meetings being on the THIRD MONDAY of every month for the upcoming year. And for our MSBA delegates, I will be the delegate and Bryan was selected as the alternate. It was a good, long meeting. I have, today, been updating my calendar with some of the district activities and look forward to continuing to get to know you and many others in the district. My contact information is on the school board's website and I am always happy to visit about any questions, concerns, or thoughts you may have about how to make our district better.
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