The Cairo Board of Education held its Rescheduled Regular Meeting on Monday, September 22nd at 6 p.m.

Prior to that meeting (at 5:45 p.m.), the BOE conducted a Public Hearing on the 2014-2015 Budget.

The agendas are below...

...followed by the "minutes".

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1. Call to order at 6 p.m. All members present.

2. Examples of Excellence: (By CJSHS Principal Zena Madison)

• Pilot Periods (homerooms) working well. Teachers using time to help students and review proper behavior.

• Promethean boards have been installed and teachers are using them daily.

• Parent Portal: Parents have been given passwords to access grades.

• An Apple Grant has been applied for an we should hear shortly whether we are approved. All students would receive an iPad and teachers would get a MAC book.

• Teachers are e-mailing lesson plans...100%.

• November 6th - Devin McDonald, former NFL player, will address students.

3. From the public - Drequan Green and Nicholas Montezuma, both seniors, addressed the BOE about uniform changes, specifically to allow gray shirts and hooded jackets. Superintendent Andrea Evers gave reasons for not allowing either.

4. Consent agenda approved.

5 & 6. Report of Superintendent/Informational:

• Para process will begin November 1st and will need to be in place next year, 2015-2016, a year earlier than expected because we are such a low achieving dist.

• Three seats are up for BOE. Papers must be filed with the Alexander County Clerk.

• Cairo School Disttrict did not receive the TAOEP Truancy Grant so parent liaisons at both buildings are working on truancy.

7. Went into closed session at 6:37 p.m. and came out at 9:35 p.m.

8. Requiring Action/Decisions by Board of Education:

• Security Monitor - tabled until next month.

• Hired - Dianne Thomas as Junior Class Sponsor.

• Hired Allen Pearman as Assistant Athletic Director.

• Accepted Regina Brown’s resignation for Girls Junior High Basketball Coach and Girls Junior High Track Coach.

• Adopted FY15 budget.

• Voted to Post Part-Time parent Educator Position.

• Approved acceptance of donation from Oris B. Hastings for $1,195.00 for Beta Club Leadership Conference.

• Voted to post position for Special Education Assistant at CJSHS.

• Next BOE Meeting is on October 16th. The November Meeting will be rescheduled from Thursday the 20th to Monday the 17th.

• Uniforms are to be worn on picture day.

• No Write-UP Challenge for both buildings - Students with no write-ups for the whole month of October will have a pizza party and dress-down day reward.

  OOPS! Just received an e-mail from Madam CAT President...the "no write-up challenge" is for the entire damn building, not for individual students.

  Well...

  I don't mean to be catty :-)

  ...but, unless students have made a remarkable turnabout since Elvis the CAT left the building, then the (empty) promise of pizza and a dress-down day is a safe bet. Back in the day, I doubt we ever made it through a DAY without a write-up, much less a MONTH!

  BTW...I just received an e-mail from another former colleague who opined: "A dress down day for good behavior. Surely we could find something else. Makes it seem like uniforms are a punishment." MEOW!

  Ooh, ooh, ooh, yet another: "Before you know it every Friday will be a no uniform day."

  Hey, keep those catty comments coming...

  ...I'm lovin' it!

10. Adjourn - 9:43 p.m.

CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

Hail to the CAT Chief!

Tonight's minutes are due to the solitary effort of De De O'Shea...for the second month in a row!