A regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs ISD school board was held on Monday, May 16, 2016.
PUBLIC FORUM
Kendall Wallace was recognized as Valedictorian of the Class of 2016.
Sidney Dietze was recognized as Salutatorian of the Class of 2016.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
The Board was given the following Head Start items for informational purposes only:
Policy Council Minutes for April
Head Start Director’s Report for April
ACF Memorandum and ACF Program Instruction
Don Roundtree presented an update on the Civic Center auditorium renovation project.
Josh Williams presented updates to the Campus and District Improvement Plans.
ACTION ITEMS
Along with routine matters, the following were approved:
Head Start Written Plans.
Head Start Program Self-Assessment Summary/Program Improvement Plan.
Designating KSST 1230 AM as official UIL radio station for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years.
Easement to Hopkins County for re-routing of overhead power lines at Hopkins County Regional Civic Center.
Head Start COLA supplemental grant application.
Early Head Start Expansion and EHS Childcare Partnership Grant application.
TASB Localized Policy Manual Update 104.
Easement to City of Sulphur Springs in re: to sidewalk grant project.
Staff Development through Subject Training waiver application for 2 days (1 Math, 1 Science).
BUDGET WORK SESSION
Sherry McGraw gave board members copies of the first preliminary budget summary. Members discussed the summary. The next work session will be on June 6.
PERSONNEL
Resignations
Sherry McCarter LSSP Intern Dist-Wide
Randa Massey 3rd Grade Teacher SS Elementary
Amanda Pennington Library Aide High School
New Personnel
Sonia Yanez Title I Aide ECLC
Lesli Ray Grade 1 Bowie Primary
Ruth Fernandez SpEd Aide Lamar Primary
Patricia Cooper Grade 3 SS Elementary
Brittany Cox Grade 3 SS Elementary
Ellie Denton Grade 4 SS Elementary
Jessica Gilbert Grade 4 SS Elementary
Chandra Maddox Grade 4 SS Elementary
Rachel Tubb Grade 4 SS Elementary
John Mark Francis English Middle School
Hannah Garrett Science High School
Lacie Stracener HSTE High School
Meredith Townsend Digital Learning Spec. High School
Personnel Changes New position/campus Former position/campus
Carmen Hammack Dist. Math Coordinator/Admin. Math/Middle School
Jennifer Harrington Head Start 3/ECLC SpEd Aide/ECLC
Pam Tomany PPCD/ECLC Grade 4/SS Elem
Chandra Crawford Academic Spec./Bowie Literacy Support/Bowie
Kim Slaughter Grade 2/Bowie Grade 4/SS Elem
Amanda Thompson Grade 1/Bowie Grade 4/SS Elem
Tye Boatman Elem. Counselor/Lamar Trans 1st /ECLC
Teresa Parker SpEd Aide/Lamar SpEd Aide/Middle School
Joanna Foster Academic Spec./Travis Literacy Support/ECLC
Maria Rivera Bilingual & SpED/SSES & Travis Grade 1 Bilingual/Travis
Mackenzie Cross Instructional Tech. Spec/SSES Grade3/SS Elementary
Shelby Gammill Grade 3/SSES Grade 5/Douglas
Sulema Martinez Grade 3 Bilingual/SSES Bilingual & ESL Aide/SSES
Kimberly Smith Grade 3/SS Elementary Grade 5/Douglas
Tim Thomas Science/Douglas P.E./Douglas
Lance Brandenburgh Spanish/High School HS Success/Middle School
Amber Nix Art/High School Art/Middle School