School trustees learned about efforts to improve test scores at a past meeting.
David Faulkenbery, interim superintendent of education and director of special services, discussed the matter with theWebster County School Board on Nov. 11. Minutes of that meeting state that he reported on the status of activities to improve test scores in the district. No action was taken.
The board, after Faulkenbery had presented 2002-03 accountability results to it in August, had directed him to meet with the building principals and develop a plan to improve test scores.
In other past meetings, the School Board on Oct. 14 took two bids under advisement for the reroofing of the old Eupora High School building. The state Department of Archives and History awarded the district a $140,000 grant earlier this year to reroof the building, which is a Mississippi Landmark.
Trustees also approved a monetary donation from the athletic booster club to EHS. They granted East Webster High School Technology Discovery instructor Diana Edwards permission to take her ninth-grade classes to Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 20 to the McWane Center. The center has interactive exhibits that employ the latest technology and also houses an IMAX theater.
Board members approved the renewal of Carrie Culpepper's 16th Section lease, a school bus turnaround on the property of Wayne and Teresa Beam, and the hiring of Emily O'Neal as an assistant teacher at Eupora Elementary School. They accepted the resignation of EWHS teacher and bus driver Pam Pearson.
Board members Etty P. Brown and Dr. Chester Lott were absent Oct. 14.
Meeting minutes reflect that the board handled these matters in November:
NOV. 4
Michael and Angela Chandler addressed the board with concerns about certain matters at EHS, where their children attend school. The minutes state that Principal James Mason informed the board that he had been working with the Chandlers in an effort to resolve the issues they had questioned. No action was taken by the board on the matter.
approved a recommendation from Faulkenbery that county Forester Russell Swords be asked to inspect timber on 16th Section land as to whether it should be cut. The timber is on 10 acres leased by Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Lott and on her sister's lease land also. The Lotts requested by letter that the timber be cut.
approved a request from EWHS Principal Bill Brand to readvertise to sell timber on the campus, including pine and hardwood.
approved Debbie Hollenback as a bus driver.
approved Colin Ray and Huey Polk as substitute bus drivers.
approved Robert Pogue as a substitute teacher at the Vocational Center.
approved Tandy Weaver, Billie Sue Sisk, Doug Nelson, Amir Hunt and Tina Gilliland as substitute teachers at EWHS.
approved Sally Steen as a volunteer English Language Learner tutor for EES. Steen, according to the minutes is a Mississippi State University student who is involved in various beauty pageants. Her platform work is with children learning English as a second language. She is doing her volunteer work on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Board members Brown and Michael Knight were absent Nov. 4.
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tabled bids received for construction of a new classroom building at East Webster Elementary, and restroom renovations at the Eupora middle and elementary school buildings. The board voted in September to reject the four bids originally submitted and to readvertise the projects with alternatives to reduce costs.
approved a request from the state Health Department to use the EWHS gym as a county site where the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile would be deployed in the event of an act of bioterrorism.
granted permission for Ryan Bell, practicum student at MSU, to volunteer to assist with coaching basketball at EWHS.
Brown was absent Nov. 11
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