The original "intro" to the agenda follows. The "minutes" are presented below the agenda...

And, when you look at the agenda below, you will see that they used the "N-word"...NEGOTIATIONS.

YES, THIS IS THE YEAR! Our currrent contract - in fact, contracts with ALL four District unions - expires on June 30, 2008.

No...we haven't started yet. We had one brief meeting where we discussed a mutual interest in beginning early and hopefully having an agreement in place before the end of the school year. (If you will recall, we managed to do it the last time.)

So...soon, you will receive the usual "Member Survey"...to determine your interests and/or concerns. Please...give it some thought. Once the process starts and items are placed "on the table", it locks us in as far as what we can negotiate. You can't LATER start adding things "to the pile"...that's called regressive bargaining. CATs don't do that! Why? It's illegal...and simply not fair. We DO play by the rules!

So put those CAT thinking caps on...

The meeting was called to order at 5 p.m. with Burris, Mayberry, Stubblefield, and Gooden answering roll call. (The other three BOE members arrived shortly thereafter.)

There were no comments from employees or public.

A motion was made, seconded, and passed to approve the agenda for the special meeting.

A motion was made, seconded, and passed to enter closed session at 5:02 p.m. A motion was made, seconded, and passed to exit closed session at 6:35 p.m.

Requiring Action/Decisions By Board of Education:

1. A motion was made, seconded, and passed to amend the interim superintendent's contract to extend to the end of the year at a salary of $60,000. (Superintendent Rogers' remaining days will be spread over the remainder of the school year.)

2. A motion was made, seconded, and passed to appoint Arnold Burris, Bobby Mayberry, and Vernon Stubblefield as the BOE's negotiating team.