Report on the Committee of the Whole Meeting

I attended the Committee of the Whole meeting this evening. Even though Dr. Holliday had previously stated that he would be at the meeting he was not. I guess he left the building right after the reception in his honor. Mr. Johnson was there to take over the duties of the superintendent. The meeting started with a presentation from a couple of students who participated in the AIG Summer Camp. They showed a video they made while at the camp. This was followed with a presentation by the principals of each of the middle schools. They each spoke of some of the student successes that occurred during the last year. There were a number of positive achievements at each school.

There was some talk about this year’s budget but without a finalized budget from the State there was still a lot to be resolved. Please see my previous post about the NC budget.

The rest of the meeting dealt with a number of routine matters such as updates on current and upcoming building projects. Dale Ellis gave his personnel report. He mentioned there were some transfers and retirements but mostly referred to the information that was given to the Board members and did not mention specifics. Mr. Johnson talked about a proposed change to the school policy relating to the destruction of EC records stating that it would make it clearer how such records were to be handled. He also spoke of a proposed change to the school’s attendance policy that would allow parents to submit a child’s absence excuse on line using the school’s web site. It all ended with the Board going into a closed session.