October
21, 2008
The Montgomery County School Board met on the above date in the administrative building at 6:30 p.m. for the purpose of a work session.
Board Members Present
B. Wendell Jones, Chair Penny J. Franklin
Phyllis T. Albritton W. Wat
Jamie M. Bond Joseph T. Ivers,
Jr.
David G.
Dunkenberger, II
Staff Members Present
Tiffany Anderson, Superintendent
Judith K. Barylske Diane R. Naff
Christine C.
Harvey C. Goodwin Walter L.
Anita P. Johnston Nelson W. Simpkins
Katherine Miano Richard D. Weaver
Call
to Order
Mr.
Jones called the meeting to order with the pledge of allegiance to the flag at 6:30
p.m.
Adoption of Agenda
On motion by Ms. Franklin, seconded by Mr. Ivers, the Board voted unanimously to adopt the agenda as presented.
Closed Session
Mrs. Albritton
moved, seconded by Mrs. Bond, and the Board voted unanimously to enter into a
closed meeting pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A) of the Code of Virginia
at 6:31 p.m. for the purpose of discussion of the following specific matters:
Student
Matters: Discussion or consideration of
student disciplinary matters, as authorized by Section 2.2-3711 (A)(2) of the Code
of Virginia.
Personnel Matters: The discussion or
consideration of prospective candidates for employment; assignment;
appointment; promotion; performance; demotion; salaries; disciplining or
resignation of specific public school officers, employees or appointees, as
authorized by Section 2.2-3711 (A)(1) of the Code of Virginia.
Real Estate Matters: The discussion or consideration of the
acquisition of real estate for the construction of a new school, where
discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or
negotiating strategy of the public body, as authorized by Section
2.2-3711(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia.
Return to Open
Session and Certification
Ms. Franklin
moved, seconded by Mrs. Bond, and the Board voted unanimously to return to open
session at 7:34 p.m.
Ms. Franklin
moved, seconded by Mrs. Bond, and the Board adopted the following resolution:
WHEREAS, the County School Board of
convened a closed meeting on this date pursuant to an affirmative
recorded vote and in accordance with provisions of the Virginia Freedom of
Information Act; and
WHEREAS, Section
2.2-3711(d) of the Code of
requires a certification by this School Board that such closed meeting
was conducted in conformity with Virginia Law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
that the County School Board of
hereby certifies that, to the best of each member’s knowledge (i) only
public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by
Ayes: Phyllis T. Albritton W. Wat
Jamie
M. Bond Joseph T. Ivers,
Jr.
David
G. Dunkenberger, II B. Wendell Jones,
Chair
Penny
J. Franklin
_________________________ October
21, 2008
Clerk
of the
Action
On motion by Ms. Franklin,
seconded by Dr. Hopkins, the Board voted unanimously to expel a student from
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS).
Honors, Awards and Recognitions
Continuing
the commitment of recognizing student achievement and accomplishments, four new
“Senior of the Month” selections have been made by high school principals in
Eastern
Amber
Shepherd, EMHS Senior of the Month, was not present and will be recognized at a
future meeting.
The
following School Board members received recognition for earning Virginia School
Board Association (VSBA) Academy awards:
Phyllis Albritton – Certificate of
Recognition
Jamie Bond – Certificate of Recognition
Penny Franklin - Certificate of Recognition
Joe Ivers – Certificate of Recognition
Wendell Jones – Award of Achievement
The
Board recessed at 7:45 p.m. and reconvened at 7:55 p.m.
Public Address
No one spoke during public address.
Item 10/08-163 Personnel
Report: On motion by Ms. Franklin,
seconded by Dr. Hopkins, the Board unanimously voted to approve the personnel
report with an addendum.
Item 10/08-163
The personnel report is attached and made a
part of the minutes as pages A1-A5.
Item 10/08-164 Payment
of Bills: On motion by Mrs. Bond,
seconded by Mr. Dunkenberger, the Board unanimously voted to approve the bills
as presented.
Operating Fund:
Bills, 10/21/08, Ck. Nos. 452336-452639,
$1,752,033.33
Cafeteria:
Bills, 10/16/08, Ck.
Nos. 2700-2716, $100,925.46
Work Session
Ms. Franklin moved, seconded
by Mrs. Albritton, and the Board voted unanimously to enter a work session at 7:57
p.m.
Item 10/08-165 Presentation
on Gifted Education: Diane Naff, Interim Supervisor of the Gifted Program,
provided Board members with a presentation on the gifted program. She told Board members that 12 gifted
resource teachers serve approximately 1,141 identified gifted and talented
students.
Josh Ferrier, a gifted student,
spoke to the Board about his experiences at Spanish residential governor’s
school.
Mr. Dunkenberger expressed his
concern that there are not enough gifted resource teachers in the school
division.
Ms. Franklin asked for information
on gifted students by subgroup. Mrs.
Naff said she would get that information to the Board.
Item 10/08-166 On-time
Graduation Rate Presentation: Nelson Simpkins, Director of Secondary
Education, gave a presentation on the Virginia On-time Graduation Rate, which
was recently released from the Virginia Department of Education. Mr. Simpkins outlined various ways that the
state and others have used in the past to compute the graduation rate.
Item
10/08-163 (Continued) and Items 10/08-164-166
Mr. Simpkins noted that the on-time
graduation rate for Montgomery County Public Schools is 79.4654 percent. He said students who receive General
Education Development (GED) program diplomas are not counted in the on-time
graduation rate formula as
Mr. Jones said the community needs
to be educated about these calculations and information needs to be posted on
the website.
Item
10/08-167 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program
Presentation: Rick Weaver, Supervisor of the CTE program, updated the Board
with information on the CTE program and the academy model. Mr. Weaver told Board members that the state
is considering a CTE diploma in the future.
He also talked about dual enrollment courses and credits received by
students.
Mr. Ivers said the key to success
is to get parents involved in the CTE plans.
Item
10/08-168 Enrollment Projections: Walt Shannon,
Assistant Superintendent, provided the School Board with information on
enrollment projections prepared by DeJong Healy. Mr. Shannon said the projections illustrate
the need for a boundary adjustment after the new Price’s
Return to Regular Session
Ms. Franklin moved, seconded by Mrs.
Albritton, and the Board voted unanimously to return to regular session at 8:37
p.m.
Item 10/08-166
(Continued), Item 10/08-167, and Item 10/08-168
Superintendent’s Reports, Recommendations and
Announcements
Item 10/08-169 Vacant
Properties (Discussion/Action): Mrs. Albritton moved, seconded by Dr.
Hopkins, and the Board voted unanimously to solicit a Request for Proposals
(RFPs) on demolishing/removing the Ward house in Blacksburg so that the
property could be of use to Harding Avenue Elementary School.
Unfinished Business by School Board Members
Dr. Hopkins asked
that an item be placed on a future agenda regarding a revision of the previous
resolution on old
New Business by School Board Members
Mrs. Bond
expressed her concern about parents being asked for money constantly at the
elementary school level. She said the
requests (for picture money, fundraising program money, etc.) seem to come at
the same time.
Announcements/Information
Mr.
Jones announced that the League of Women Voters forum would be held on October
27.
Mr.
Jones said he would like the BHS Golf Team to be recognized at the November work
session for winning their third consecutive Group AA State Championship.
Dr.
Anderson reminded Board members about the November 10 meeting with state
legislators.
Agenda Preparation
November 4, 2008 Legislative
Priorities
November 10, 2008 Meeting
with Legislators – 6:00 p.m. – CHS
November
18, 2008 Public Hearing on the 2009-2010
School Operating Budget – 7:00 p.m.
Transportation Briefing
Report on Student Cases
Coming Before the Board
December
2, 2008 Cancellation of Second December
Meeting
School Improvement Plans
(Information)
Crisis Plans (Information)
Item 10/08-169
Adjournment
The
meeting was adjourned at 10:31 p.m. on motion by Mrs. Albritton, seconded by Ms.
Franklin, and passed unanimously.
School Board Chair Clerk of the School Board