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and Community Relations Department winner of the National School Public

Relations Association's Gold Medallion for internal communications training.

- Board

of Education members honored by the Georgia School Boards Association

as part of School Board Member Appreciation Week.

- Vincent

Ling, Taylor Road Middle eighth grade student selected as one of 40

national finalists in the Discovery Young Scientist Challenge 2000.

- Riverwood

High Japan Bowl Team Level one winners in the Georgia Japan Bowl Contest.

- June

Bryant, Milton High teacher named to the All U.S.A. Teacher Team by

USA Today.

- Denise

Jennings, Milton High teacher named by the National Arts Educators Association

as the 2000 National Secondary Art Educator of the Year.

INSTRUCTIONAL

SERVICES

Technology

services plan: Charles Sipos, Technology Services executive director,

recently updated the board on the 1999-2001 strategic plan for technology.

Of the 12

projects originally included in the plan, eight have been completed

and 11 projects have been added. Sipos provided information on the SASI

test history module, distance learning, data warehousing, Parent Connect,

and other technology-based initiatives.

New math

textbooks: Curriculum staff presented for first reading a list of

K-12 mathematics textbooks being recommended for adoption. These books

will be voted on next month and are on display at the Teacher Center

North and the Administrative Center.

Pilot

network program: Tri-Cities High School received permission to pilot

a Cisco Networking Academy. The four-semester program covers principles

and practices of designing, building and maintaining computer networks

and is taught both through the Internet and hands-on learning activities.

Naming

of facilities: The board tabled until next month action on the naming

of the five new schools opening next year. This provides additional

time for the community to comment on the recommended school names.

BOARD MATTERS

Election

of officers: Fulton County Board of Education policy calls for board

members to elect a president to serve a two-year term and to annually

elect a board vice president. The election of vice president is conducted

each January, with the president's election in odd-numbered years. Linda

Bryant and Ron Jackson both were nominated for president. Neither candidate

received a majority vote.

statute, the current board president, Linda Bryant, will continue to

serve in the position until another election can be conducted. In the

election for vice president, Ron Jackson and Julia Bernath were both

nominated, with neither person receiving a majority vote.

Policies

and procedures: The policy and procedure review schedule was presented

for information... The board approved a revision to policy and procedure

governing immunizations.

Redistricting

changes: The board approved a change to the redistricting plan adopted

last month concerning 179 students from the Manning Oaks elementary

area. The plan adopted in December had these students zoned into the

Hembree Road Middle School site.

The revision

allows all of the Manning Oaks attendance area to be zoned to Northwestern

Middle School. A second revision, involving the Hembree Road Middle

School site and Haynes Bridge and Holcomb Bridge middle schools, was

tabled until next month. This revision affects 110 students.

Other

board items: A list of out-of-state field trips and out-of-system

travel for employees received approval. After reviewing current board

committe assignments, Julia Bernath was appointed to the Pension Board

and Gail Dean was named to the board of the Fulton Employees Charitable

Fund.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Personnel

actions. The board approved the personnel action report and the superintendent's

recommendations for employment, reclassification and separation, including:

New Hire:

Teresa Sawyer, assistant principal with Harris County School System

to College Park Elementary assistant principal. Vicki Denmark, Georgia

State University assistant professor to principal at the Rogers Circle

Middle School.

Promotions:

Kalpana Raju, Roswell North Elementary assistant principal to principal

at Hembree Road Elementary. Martha Zmijewski, New Prospect Elementary

assistant principal to Lake Windward Elementary principal. Vivian Bankston,

Northwestern Middle assistant principal to principal at Hembree Road

Middle.

Transfers:

Sherry Heyen, principal on special assignment to the Planning and Research

Department to principal at Big Creek Elementary. Dara Jones, Hapeville

Elementary principal to principal at Scott Road Elementary.

Retiring:

Sadie Etris, Findley Oaks Elementary principal; Cade Gervais, student

placement director; Russ Studevan, Independence High principal.

SUPPORT SERVICES

The monthly

purchasing report and capital programs board action report received

approval, including information on the new high school on Parsons Road

and needs assessment items for the schools in the Centennial and Chattahoochee

clusters.