Elizabethton School Board salutes
student achievers and teacher at meeting last night
By Bob Robinson
Star Staff
The Elizabethton School Board recognized several
outstanding students and a teacher at its regular meeting
last night.
Sara Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Taylor, student at Harold McCormick Elementary School, was
presented a plaque in recognition of her reading 200 books
in the Elizabethton Public Library 2001 Summer Reading Program.
There were 1,278 students who participated, according to Vivian
Yonkey, children's librarian.
Lauren Bradley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bradley, student at East Side Elementary School, Clayton Hardin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hardin, student at West Side Elementary
School, and Kayla Ann Neikirk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Neikirk, student at Harold McCormick Elementary School, were
recognized for winning the "Character Counts" essay and poster
contests, sponsored by the Tennessee Association of Family
and Community Education.
Gary Barrigar, science teacher at Elizabethton
High School (EHS), was recognized for receiving the 2001 Tennessee
Academy of Science Award.
In other action, the board:
* Received an energy savings report from Johnson
Controls which indicated an energy savings of $57,120 for
the first six months into the second year of the study;
* Authorized an expenditure of $43,000 to purchase
a school bus and employment of a bus driver to serve the 61
students enrolled in the Cyclone Center pre-school program;
* Ratified extended contract program application
for 2001-2002;
* Approved Tennessee Technology/Elizabethton
City Schools' Agreement for 2001-2002 school year dual enrollment;
* Approved on second reading board policy 3.500
Food Service Management;
* Approved on first reading board policies 1.401
Public Hearings, 1.601 Administrative Procedures, 1.803 Tobacco-Free
Schools, 1.806 Advertising and Distribution of Materials in
the Schools, 4.206 Special Programs, 4.407 Web Pages, 4.605
Graduation Requirements, 4.700 Testing Programs, 5.200 Suspension/Dismissal
of Non-tenured Teachers, 5.201 Suspension/Dismissal of Tenured
Teachers, 5.202 Suspension/Dismissal of Non-certified Employees,
5.205 Retirement, 5.802 Qualifications and Duties of the Director
of Schools, 6.400 Student Guidance program, 6.401 Student
Surveys, 6.601 Student Records Annual Notification;
* Approved new hires: Kim Pless, part-time Family
Resource Center assistant; Rick Wagner, part-time teacher
assistant, Early Childhood Center; Cynthia Boles, part-time
teacher assistant Harold McCormick; and, Elizabeth Maines,
teacher assistant West Side;
* Approved leaves of absence: Barbara Simer,
central office custodian; Teresa Dugger, East Side teacher;
and, Elizabeth Addington, East Side teacher;
* Approved transfers: April Garland from West
Side teacher assistant to East Side teacher assistant; Patsy
Childress from part-time Harold McCormick Extended School
Program child care worker to part-time Harold McCormick Extended
School Program site coordinator; Rondald Taylor from East
Side principal to assistant director of schools/director of
curriculum; Randy Lacy from EHS assistant principal to East
Side interim principal for the remainder of the school year;
Kim Skidmore from West Side interim teacher to Harold McCormick
teacher;
* Approved substitute teachers: Douglas Fritz
and Dave Rider;
* Approved field trip requests of Debbie Gouge
to Sevierville Nov. 15-17 for All East Chorus Competition
and Lisa Dawn Smith to Asheville, N.C., Dec. 3; and,
* Approved lease of one Riso Model #CR1610 digital
duplicator and one Canon Imagerunner 500S copier for EHS;
and purchase of 16 Dell OptiPlex GX150 computers, six sets
of Harmon Kardon speakers, 6 Hewlett Packard Desk Jet 960
Cxi printers, plus peripherals, from Dell Computer Corporation
on the State Contract Award #9903 for the new EHS Library
Computer Lab.
The next meeting of the school board will be
held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, in the Mack Pierce Board
Room, 804 S. Watauga Ave., Elizabethton.
