The Marshall County Board of Education met in regular
session on Thursday, March 13, 2008
at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Conference
Room at Jones School.
Members present were Jerry Campbell, Kristen Gold, Tim Harrison, John
McCullough, Craig Michael, Randy Perryman, Ann Tears, and Todd Tietgens. Absent was Todd Warner.
Prayer/Pledge
The group sang “Happy Birthday” to Ms. Aldridge,
Director of Schools.
The Forrest High “Band of Blue” was recognized
for winning the Division I state championship.
Ms. Cannon of the Band Boosters read a list of the band’s
accomplishments and left letters for the board which listed their awards and
also some of their needs.
Mr. Harrison made a motion to suspend the rules to allow Jim
Bailey of Johnson and Bailey Architects to address the Board. Mr. McCullough seconded the motion and the
motion passed 8-0. Mr. Bailey presented
preliminary drawings of additions and renovations to Marshall Elementary and Westhills Elementary
Schools.
Mr. McCullough made a motion to approve the minutes of the
February 11, February 14, and February
26, 2008 meetings. Ms. Gold
seconded the motion, but the motion was withdrawn. Mr. Michael made a motion to amend the
minutes of the February 26, 2008
meeting by changing the sentence “Mr. Michael conveyed his disappointment
that teachers were not present at one of the nine schools…..” to
“Mr. Michael conveyed his disappointment that teachers were not present
at Chapel Hill Elementary
School ….” Mr. Tietgens seconded the
motion to amend and the motion passed 8-0.
Ms. Gold made a motion to approve all minutes included the amended minutes
of February 26. Mr. Campbell seconded
the motion and the motion passed 8-0.
The following were presented in the consent agenda: Cornersville FFA to travel to Gatlinburg for convention
3/31-4/2, MCHS baseball team to Jasper, TN for tournament 4/25-26, Cornersville FCCLA to Opryland
Hotel on 3/25-27 for convention (Janet Wiles is to confirm dates), middle
school cheerleading at Forrest requesting to sell Great American Opportunities products,
MCHS FCCLA to Opryland Hotel for convention
3/26-27. Ms. Tears made a motion to
approve the consent agenda with the second by Ms. Gold. The motion passed 8-0.
Under new business, Mr. Tietgens made a motion that the
Board purchase a ball machine for the MCHS/LMS tennis teams at a price of
$2,392.90. Mr. McCullough seconded the
motion. During discussion, Mr. Tietgens
reported that the tennis coach, Coach Atkins, had recently been named Tennessee
Coach of the Year and Regional Coach of the Year for a 7 state region and asked
that the Board recognize Coach Adkins at the next board meeting. Ms. Gold asked that the Board look at overall
athletic needs. The motion passed 5-3
(Ms. Tears, Mr. Michael, Ms Gold).
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Tim Harrison, Chairman
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Nancy Aldridge, Director