School Board Meet 7-12-2004 -- Collinsville, OK -- From The Newspaper Museum Site

The regular monthly School Board Meeting for Collinsville Public Schools, Independent District I-6, met 7pm Monday July 12, 2004 with the following partial agenda topics (+ others not listed here). Board member Joe Hampton was absent. Jon Werthen's former post 5 seat is vacant.

Decisions on the following hiring/reassignments were approved:
* Head Band Director: Jason Dulin (reassigned from Assistant Director)
[Stefanie Cottrell's resignation as Head Band Director was approved June 7th]
* Assistant Band Director: Heath Miller (recent TU grad) hired
* Assistant Middle School Principal: John Coleman (reassigned from H.S.)
* High School English Teacher: Kelly Hutchison hired (previously w/Owasso)
* Technology Director: Larry Meece (in addition to his reading program duties)
* 1 Herald Elementary teacher (following Nancy Fair resignation): Julie Beeson hired

Other topics:
* Rental of Church for temporary Middle School cafeteria use: Board approved $85/day payment to the First Baptist Church for facilities use which will also cover cleanup. The kitchen there will not be used, as food will be shipped in from other school cafeterias.
* Revisions to student handbook: No major changes ... just clarifications, as previewed at the previous board meet.
* Softball Lighting: The board approved up to $5K for 20 new energy efficient lighting fixtures ($215 apiece) which will replace 40 existing lights. V.V.E.C. has offered to help with installation. The new fixtures are similar to those installed at the football field in 2002. Recently approved bond money will be for this expenditure.
* Lighting improvements for the baseball field were also discussed but the final bids are not in so the issue was deferred to later board meeting. This process will likely involve crane rental and an unknown amount of rewiring. Eight light fixtures will likely be added to the existing lights and poles.
* The Certified Working Agreement for FY2005 (teachers) was approved by the board. The teachers are set to receive a 2.5% raise which increases the district's salary total by $93K to $95K for the year. Several other topics were addressed including similar coverage for personal days like support personnel received recently, as well as more paid summer days for counselors, and an increase in pay ranges for coaches and extra duty sponsors.
* An auction for surplus items was approved for the tentative date of Saturday August 9th. Likely at 10am at the High School.
* Craig Creech's Assistant Superintendant's Report was deferred to the August 9th board meet as the board has already approved and is aware of all the topics he is currently working. Board member Ted Clark did want to request that before the new Middle School building is started that extra dirt & material be added to ensure this new building does not have the drainage problems that continue at school buildings built in low spots in the past.
* Pat Herald's Superintendant's Report indicated the board will likely be asked at the August 9th meeting to approve a full-time support person to clean and maintain all of the sports facilities, dressing rooms, restrooms, including mowing etc. This is hoped to provide better coverage than the current part-time use of several people at selected facilities.

New Business:
* A new contract for transporting Collinsville students to the Tulsa Technology Center has been received with a rate of $1.90/mile. (Total not to exceed $133,000).
* Previously discussed legal issues (conflicting state & school laws) have been resolved and an agreement for the $112K to $115K money from Vision 2025 sales tax will be on the August 9th agenda. The money is to be used for text books and the final amount might increase as it is based on average daily attendance.
* Mr. Rule reminded the board that two CHS coaches will be coaching All-State events this month. Art Smalyago will be coaching volleyball (July 27th?) and Mike Henry will be coaching wrestling (July ??). Both events will be in Oklahoma City. Mr. Rule also mentioned that former Collinsville coach Paul Davis will be inducted into the Coaches Hall of Fame July 24th in OKC.