June 9, 2003
The
Board of Directors of the Little Rock School District held a special session at
5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 9, 2003, in the Boardroom of the Administration
Building,
810 West Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. President Judy Magness presided.
MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Judy Magness
Tony Rose
Larry Berkley
Baker Kurrus
Katherine Mitchell
Sue Strickland
MEMBERS
ABSENT:
Mike Daugherty
ALSO
PRESENT:
Beverly Griffin, Recorder of Minutes
I. CALL TO ORDER
President Judy Magness called the
special meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and stipulated a quorum without roll
call. Six members of the Board were
present;
Dr. Daugherty was absent.
II. PURPOSE
OF THE MEETING
The special meeting was called for the
purpose of convening an executive session to continue discussing candidates for
the position of Superintendent of Schools.
III. ACTION:
Ms. Strickland made a motion to go into executive
session to discuss personnel matters.
Mr. Berkley seconded the motion and it carried 6-0. The Board returned from executive session at
5:50 p.m. and reported that no action was taken in closed session.
Ms. Magness announced that the Board had considered
appointing an interim or acting superintendent to serve until a permanent
selection can be made. No votes were
taken, and no final decision was made pending a discussion with the individual
the Board would like to appoint to serve as interim.
Mr. Rose announced that the selection process is continuing and the
Board had decided to slow the process to await the results of background
research on the candidates named previously as finalists. Volunteers from the business community have
committed to assist in finding the best possible candidate for our
Superintendency.
The Board discussed meeting again on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 for the
purpose of conducting employee hearings.
That meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Board,
the meeting adjourned at
5:55 p.m. on a motion by Mr. Rose, seconded by Mr. Berkley.
APPROVED:
_ 06-26-03 __ Originals
Signed by:
Judy
Magness, President
Larry Berkley, Secretary