February 8, 2011

GOOCHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER
Ivan O. Mattox, Sr., Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.

Present were:
Ivan O. Mattox, Sr., Chairman
James L. Haskell, Vice Chairman
Mr. Maxwell G. Cisne
Mr. Raymond A. Miller
Mr. Andrew A. Meng, III
Dr. Linda A. Underwood, Superintendent

Also attending were:
Peter M. Gretz, Assistant Superintendent
Thomas DeWeerd, Director of Secondary Education
Debra Beasley, Director of Special Education and Student Services
Ernie McLeod, Director of Finance
James Hopkins, Principal, Byrd Elementary School
Dianna Gordon, Principal, Randolph Elementary School
Stacey Austin, Principal, Goochland Elementary School
Andrea Erard, Legal Counsel
Diane Bennett, School Board Clerk

The Media was represented by:
Ken Odor, The Goochland Gazette

MOMENT OF SILENCE

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ADDITIONS/DELETIONS/CHANGES TO AGENDA
Dr. Underwood presented additions/deletions/changes to agenda.

RECOGNITIONS
Dr. Underwood and Mr. Mattox presented certificates of recognition to the following students for competing in the Regional Robotics Tournament:

Randolph Elementary School
Team:  Master Med Mashers
Coach:  Annelise Ware
Assistant Coach:  Amy Joyner

Julius Greenburg
John Joyner
Bret McLeod
Jessica Shedden
Grayson Edwards
Rachel Myrick
David Tremain
Brack Stovall
Luke McCann
Cole Ragone

Goochland Elementary School
Team:  Bodyotics
Coach:  Annelise Ware
Assistant Coach:  Wendy Peck

Dylan Clark
James McLemore
Peter Trevor
Deion Harwood
Riley McNaron
Justin Peck
Maben Hite
Mary Swift
Allison Wright
Jackson Stull

Byrd Elementary School
Team: The BEST-Byrd’s Engineering Science Team
Coach:  Glenda Hawk

Sydney Meiller
Mason McCray
Mason Wonderling
Breeana Grimm
Jordan Hughes
Timothy Martin
Payton Harrigal
Gus Payne
Kade Adamy
Tyler Gentry

Goochland Middle School
Team: Inner Workings
Coach:  Mrs. Myrick

Cody Clark
Joshua Revercomb
Deryk Hope
Brandon Myrick
Mitchell Rosenbloom
Mark Weaver
Hunter Bailey
Christopher Pinkston
Kip Staunton

Goochland Middle School
Team:  NXT Techs
Coach:  Mrs. Brown

Troy Carneal
Nickolas Carrico
Jake Liesfeld
Jacob Warner
Robin Donne
Ross Stanley
Tevin Davis
Joseph Brown
Reid Caudill

Goochland Middle School
Team:  Bio Bots
Coach:  Mr. Burdette

Elle Rosenbaum
Giovanni Esposito
Edward Grigg
Cameron Ford
Joseph Rosenbaum
William Glaveskas
Alec Bowald
Ian Schwerdtfeger
Alex Herrera
Hannah Meyer

Dr. Underwood also presented certificates to each School Board Member for School Board Appreciation Month.

FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
None.

Dr. Underwood reviewed the budget calendar.

ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS

• Regular Monthly Workshop-Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. in the Annex Conference Room
• 2011 VSBA Southside Regional Forum-March 17, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. at the Cumberland Middle/High School Complex
• Graduation is scheduled for June 3, 2011 at the Arthur Ashe Center.  The time has been changed to 1:00 p.m.

CONSENT ITEMS
MINUTES
BILLS/PAYROLL

The following Consent Agenda items were presented for approval:
January 4, 2011 special meeting minutes, January 11, 2011 regular meeting minutes, January 18, 2011 special meeting minutes, and January 25, 2011 workshop minutes and Bills and Payroll for January.

Mr. Haskell made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Cisne, to approve the Consent Items as presented.  The motion was approved unanimously.

ACTION ITEMS:
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT
Mike Payne was recommended as a Community Advisory Committee Member representing District 1. 

Mr. Haskell made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Meng, to approve the recommendation as presented.  The motion was approved unanimously.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING VENUE
Dr. Underwood explained that after a meeting with the Sheriff, it was recommended that all School Board meetings be held in a school.  Currently one half of the meetings are currently held at Goochland High School.  It was recommended that all other meetings be held at Goochland High School as well. 

Mr. Cisne made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Miller, to change the location of all School Board meetings to Goochland High School.  The motion was approved unanimously.

INFORMATION ITEMS:
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GROWTH MODEL
Jennifer Bocrie presented information regarding the Growth Model.

JANUARY 31, 2011 FINANCIAL UPDATE
Dr. Underwood presented the January 31, 2011 Financial Update.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Laura Kassner presented information regarding professional development.

OLD BUSINESS
None.

NEW BUSINESS

• Tom DeWeerd stated he had visited Heather Wilckens class at Randolph Elementary School, which class had been given iPod Touches to use for instructional applications.  He was happy to see the students excited about their use, some giving demonstrations.

SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

• Sekou Shabaka said that being a consistent observer of meetings, he is appreciative of information was brought up regarding professional development, specifically the achievement gap and poverty.  He observed in Times Dispatch that there is a teacher in excellence certification program and asked if Goochland County Schools is involved in that type of program.  He said he hopes that if it is not being done that the schools look into it in that he thinks it would advance the cause.

• John Wright apologized for being unable to attend the Board of Supervisors’ meeting to hear all of the School Board members speak and thanked them for speaking in support of the budget they approved.  He said that some of the alternatives mentioned in the past should the funding not be provided were, for example, scaling back on electives and AP classes.  GCPS does not currently give credit for courses taken outside of Goochland county i.e., an AP class taken though BRVGS.  He suggested that the student be given the opportunity to move forward in coursework though not given credit for the class.  He asked that the should it get to that point, that the Board consider revising the policy.  Mr. Mattox asked that if it gets to that point that Mr. Wright bring the issue back to the Board for review.

CLOSED MEETING
Mr. Meng made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Haskell, to go into closed meeting pursuant to Virginia Code Section Section 2.2-3711(A)(3) for the discussion or consideration of a student disciplinary matter because discussion in open meeting would disclose information from a student scholastic record.  The motion was approved unanimously.

END CLOSED MEETING
Mr. Meng made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Miller, for the Board to come out of Closed Meeting.  The motion was approved unanimously.

CERTIFICATION OF CLOSED MEETING
Mr. Miller made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Cisne, to certify that only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed meeting was convened were heard, discussed or considered in the meeting by the Board.  The motion was approved unanimously.

ACTION ITEM
Mr. Meng made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Cisne, to long term suspend student no. 6-10 through the end of the 2010-2011 school year.  The motion was approved unanimously.

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by the Chairman.