June 10, 2004
The
Board of Directors of the Little Rock School District held a special session
immediately following the regular agenda meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June
10, 2004, in the Boardroom of the Administration Building, 810 West Markham
Street,
Little Rock, Arkansas. President Tony
Rose presided.
MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Tony Rose
Larry Berkley
Mike Daugherty
Bryan Day
Baker Kurrus
Katherine Mitchell
Sue Strickland
MEMBERS
ABSENT:
None
ALSO
PRESENT:
Morris L. Holmes,
Interim Superintendent
Beverly Griffin,
Recorder of Minutes
I. CALL TO ORDER
President Tony Rose called the special
meeting to order at 6:20 p.m. All
members of the Board were present at roll call.
II. PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
The agenda for the special meeting
consisted of the following action items:
A. Personnel Items
B. Student Handbook Addendum
C. Executive Session
Beverly Williams,
Director of Human Resources, presented proposals from eight employee groups not
covered under the recent PN contract negotiations of the Classroom Teachers
Association. This included Building
Engineers, School Nurses, Clerical and Administrative (LRAEOP, meet and confer),
Maintenance Employee (meet and confer), Principals and Assistant Principals,
Custodians and Instructional Aides, Psychological Examiners / School Psychology
Specialists, and All Other Employee Groups.
The Board asked Mark
Milhollen if he had reviewed the impact of these increases on the budget and
any possible effects on the fund balance.
He responded by assuring the Board that new revenue would be used to
maintain the 2003-04 school year fund balance, and that it was expected that
with increases in expected new revenue, the LRSD would be able to maintain or
increase the ending fund balance.
Mr. Rose suggested it
would be a fairer process if maintenance employees were given an increase in
the amount of 12%, and principals and other administrators 8%. He questioned the fairness of across the
board, 10% raises.
Dr. Mitchell made a
motion to accept the proposals presented and to provide a 10% salary increase
to all employee groups. Mr. Kurrus
seconded the motion, and it carried 6-1, with Mr. Rose voting “no.”
B.
STUDENT HANDBOOK ADDENDUM
Dr. Watson presented a
revision to the 2004-05 Student Handbook.
As directed by the Board in the May 20, 2004, regular meeting,
additional input was requested regarding sanctions for possession and/or use of
pagers, cellular phones or other electronic communications devices. As a result of consultation with members of
the handbook committee, an additional sanction for “second offense” was added,
a three-day in-school suspension.
In addition, the
policies and procedures regarding physical education waivers were removed from
the handbook due to a change in the Arkansas statute governing curriculum
requirements and elimination of the waiver.
Ms. Strickland moved to
approve the revisions as presented by Dr. Watson. Dr. Mitchell seconded the motion and it carried
unanimously.
C.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 7:04 p.m., Mr. Day moved for an executive
session for the purpose of discussing personnel issues. Mr. Berkley seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously.
The Board returned from executive session at 8:20
p.m. and reported that no action was taken.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Day moved for adjournment, Ms. Strickland
seconded. The meeting was adjourned at
8:20 p.m.
APPROVED:
_ 06-24-04 __ Originals
Signed by:
Tony
Rose, President
R. Micheal Daugherty, Secretary