Consent Agenda:
The Board adopted the consent
agenda as amended including:
- the minutes of regular session
of June 26, 2001; minutes of Citizens' Advisory Committee meetings
of April 25 and 30, May 9, 14, 21, 23, 29; June 4, 6 and 13;
minutes of Technology Advisory Committee meeting of April 9;
and minutes of the After School Program Coordinating Board meeting
of June 18;
- bond program financial update
for May 31 and June 30;
- first reading, revisions to
Board Policy BDB (LOCAL) Board Internal Organization: Board Committees;
- first reading, revisions to
Board Policy CFC (LOCAL) Accounting: Audits;
- first reading, Board Policy
EHDD (LOCAL) Extended Instructional Programs: College Course
Work/Dual Credit Program; EIF (LOCAL) Academic Achievement:
Graduation; and EJ (LOCAL) Academic Guidance Program;
- first reading, Board Policy
FD (LOCAL) Admissions and Attendance; FDA (LOCAL) Admissions
and Attendance: Interdistrict Transfers; FFAA (LOCAL) Health
Requirements and Services: Physical Examinations; FL (LOCAL)
Student Records; FNA (LOCAL) Student Rights and Responsibilities:
Student Expression; FNCL (LOCAL) Student Conduct: Harassment;
FNG (LOCAL) Student Rights and Responsibilities: Student and
Parent Complaints; and FOA (REGULATION) Student Discipline: Suspension
and Removal to Alternative Education Programs;
- textbook adoption calendar for
2001-2002;
- easement and right-of-way for
Dunbar Middle School;
- the regular personnel list,
bids over $10,000, and disbursements, June 2001.
The Board also approved:
- the selection of Briscoe Construction
Corporation as the construction management-agency for D. McRae
Elementary, Meadowbrook Elementary, Glen Park Elementary, Oaklawn
Elementary, Glencrest 6th Grade and Morningside Middle School,
pending substantial completion of a current construction project;
- the selection of Con-Real, Inc.,
as the construction management-agency for Christene C. Moss Elementary,
Maude I. Logan Elementary, W.M. Green Elementary and Polytechnic
High School;
- the purchase of property at
801 College for $132,500, for Trimble Technical High School parking;
and
- the purchase of properties for
construction of a new elementary school in the Hubbard Heights
(Seminary Hills) area for $54,500 at the following locations:
5021, 5025, 5041 and 5045 Townsend Drive.
Personnel:
The Board appointed:
- Janis Harris, instructional
specialist, Woodway Elementary, as coordinator, Advanced Academic
Services;
- Jo Ann Ross, special services
supervisor, Northwest ISD, Justin, Texas, as area director, special
education;
- Mary Susan Gregory, principal,
Southwest High School, as coordinator, Juvenile Justice Alternative
Education Program;
- Barbara Cager, assistant principal,
Southwest High School, as principal, Southwest High School;
- Selma Luann Kennedy, teacher,
Polytechnic High School, as assistant principal, Carter-Riverside
High School;
- Rian Lamas Townsend, teacher,
Kimball High School, Dallas, as assistant principal, Western
Hills High School.
Reports:
- Steve Fortenberry, chief financial
officer, provided the Board with a short presentation and a written
update on the 2001-2002 budget developments.
- Rachel Newman, chair, Citizens'
Advisory Committee, and Tom Carr, attorney, presented a report
on redistricting of single member school board districts.
The Board honored:
- FWISD Teacher of the Year Awardees
Charlotte Sassman, Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center, and
Denise Gordon, Applied Learning Academy;
- Principals from the 40 high-performing
schools in the district;
- Students participating in the
Mathematics and Science for Minority Students (MS)2 program at
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and the Gilbert Academy, New
Orleans, La., and Mollie Lasater, community leader and former
school board president, who has generously supported the programs
for many years.
- Brenda Swirczynski, environmental
science coordinator, the Botanical Research Institute (BRIT),
expressed appreciation to the Board for its support of BRIT's
science programs provided for students and teachers.
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