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School Board
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President: Dan Carroll The School Board holds meetings every third Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the middle school library. The public is invited to attend.
The Grand Saline School Board met in regular session this date. President Kerry Phillips called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. stating that a quorum was present and the meeting had been duly called and posted in the time and manner required by law. Board members present were President Kerry Phillips, Vice President Lindsey Ray, Secretary Dan Carroll, Tommy Stephens, Mike Means, Victor Conley, and Michael Swain. Lindsey Ray opened the meeting with prayer. Trish Elliott introduced recipients of the V I P Award for January 2008 while Kerry Phillips presented the awards. Elementary Schools recipients: Harrison Lowder and Ms. Angela Brown, Intermediate School: Sydney Gillentine and Ms. Brenda English, Middle School: Dean Latta and Ms. Cara Roby, High School: Whitney Rodgers and Ms. Julie Fisher. A certificate of appreciation for service to Grand Saline ISD was was given to board members by the Superintendent and gifts of appreciation were given to each board member by individual campuses. The following non- action items were discussed: (1) A position on the Region VII Board of Directors is available for anyone who meets the qualifications and is interested in running for the position. The information is posted on the outside window at the Middle School. (2) There will be a TASB grassroots meeting on February 26th in Kilgore for any board member who is interested in attending. (3) Grand Saline ISD received an award of $550.00 from the East Texas Tech Prep Consortium. (4) A word of appreciation was extended to Marshall McCully of McCully Construction and TXI Concrete of Canton, TX who donated a tricycle track in the shape of a figure "8" to the Head Start Program at the Elementary School. A motion was made by Victor Conley and seconded by Mike Means to approve the following consent agenda items: (1) minutes of December 17, 2007 board meeting, (2) the December financial report and, (3) budget amendments (Athletics - $1,200 donation, Co-curricular- $400 donation, Chapter 41 proceeds- $140,000 for district- wide technology purchases, General Fund-$11,290 donation and salary increase). The motion was approved unanimously. In considering reconstruction of the Old School Museum, a discussion was held with Jason Jennings, architect with Fitzpatrick. Butler, and Todd Williams, contractor of TCMC, regarding the bid to complete the old school as compared to the amount allowed by the insurance company. At this time the contractor bid is $490,457.50 and the insurance reimbursement seems to be $442,727.38. Todd Williams assured the board that if the contract was signed, when the required demolitions of the old school was completed, TCMC would stop to make sure a final settlement had been reached with the insurance company and that TCMC would be willing to work to get the cost of construction down to the insurance reimbursement before proceeding with rebuilding the old school. Therefore, a motion was made by Victor Conley and seconded by Michael Swain to accept the contract with TCMC commercial, LLP of Tyler, Texas as presented. The motion carried unanimously. Update 82 was presented to the Board for consideration of local policies BJCF, DBD, DBF, FN, FNAA, and GKDA. No action was taken. Kerry Phillips declared the meeting adjourned into executive session in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E, January 21, 2008, 8:34 p.m. The Board entered back into regular session on January 21, 2008 at 9:47 p.m. A motion was made by Dan Carroll and seconded by Michael Swain to hire Pam Wallace at the High School as a special education teacher. The motion carried unanimously. A motion by Dan Carroll and seconded by Victor Conley to extend the superintendent's contract by one year, until June 30, 2011. The motion carried unanimously. With no remaining business Victor Conley made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Michael Swain. The meeting was declared adjourned by Kerry Phillips at 9:49 p.m. January 21, 2008.
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