The
Board of Directors of the Little Rock School District held a special meeting in
conjunction with the regularly scheduled agenda meeting on Thursday, January
13, 2005, in the Boardroom of the Administration Building, 810 West Markham
Street, Little Rock, Arkansas.
President Larry Berkley presided.
MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Larry Berkley
Micheal Daugherty
Katherine Mitchell
Bryan Day
Tony Rose
MEMBERS
ABSENT:
Baker Kurrus
Sue Strickland
ALSO
PRESENT:
Roy G. Brooks,
Superintendent of Schools
Beverly Griffin, Recorder of Minutes
I. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Mr. Berkley
called the meeting to order at 5:18 p.m.
Five members of the Board were present at roll call. Mr. Kurrus and Ms. Strickland were
absent.
II. PURPOSE
OF THE MEETING
The agenda for the special meeting listed two
items for the Board’s review and consideration.
A.
Resolution in
Support of Lease Purchase Agreement for School Buses
B.
Review of
Regulations GBK – Grievances/Concerns/Complaints
C.
Mitchell Community
– Request for Special Meeting
III. ACTION
AGENDA
A. Resolution:
Mark Milhollen presented a resolution in support of a lease purchase agreement for six school buses. This purchase had been included in previous budget actions, but a Board resolution was required in order to finalize the purchase. Dr. Daugherty moved to approve the resolution; Mr. Day seconded the motion and it carried 5-0.
Mr. Rose and Mr. Day requested that the administration continue to monitor and evaluate the availability of hybrid vehicles for District use.
Mr. Rose stated that he would begin to draft a policy that would preclude us from purchasing vehicles that are not fuel efficient, and that we begin to replace cars, trucks and other vehicles with hybrids.
B.
Regulation GBK: Grievances
/ Concerns / Complaints
Beverly Williams presented a regulation to support
Board policy GBK, Grievances/Concerns/Complaints. Arkansas law, Act 1357 requires that the Board of Education
include a policy and regulation regarding grievance procedures for all
employees who are not covered by a professional negotiations agreement.
The Board received the revised regulation for review
and comment. No formal Board action was
required. The regulations will become a
part of the District’s policy manual and employee handbook.
C.
Mitchell Community – Request for Special
Meeting
The Board received a petition from citizens in the
Mitchell School Community on December 13, 2004, requesting a special meeting of
the Board. A certified letter was
mailed in response, offering the date of January 13 for the meeting. The Board was prepared to conduct the
special meeting to hear from this group, but there was no response and none of
the petitioners were present at the time of the meeting.
IV.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Board,
the meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m. on a motion by Mr. Rose, seconded by Dr.
Daugherty.
APPROVED:
01-27-05 Originals
Signed by:
Larry
Berkley, President
Katherine P. Mitchell, Secretary