Elementary report card. (Presented

for first reading and will be voted on at a later date)

Revisions to the elementary

report card were presented. Proposals include issuing report cards every

nine weeks, with a progress checklist completed three times a year. Teachers

would generate the report card and checklist electronically.

2004-05 Calendar Proposal.

(Presented for first reading and will be voted on at a later date)

The proposed school year calendar

for 2004-2005 shows a start date of August 9, 2004, and end date of May

20, 2005.

New courses. (Presented

for first reading and will be voted on at a later date)

Five courses currently being

piloted have been recommended for full implementation next year. The courses

are Foundations of Family and Consumer Sciences, Dramatic Arts/Film/Video

and Television I, Junior ROTC Army Levels 5-8, Jobs for Georgia Graduates

I, and Hebrew III. One course, Junior ROTC Experiential Leadership Program,

is being recommended for elimination due to changes in the Department

of the Army and State Department of Education curriculum.

Health education materials.

(Presented for first reading and will be voted on at a later date)

The Health Education Advisory

Committee has recommended for approval an American Red Cross video on

HIV prevention education.

Charter school amendment. (Presented

for first reading and will be voted on at a later date)

The Fulton Science Academy

is requesting amendments allowing non-certified teachers to teach TAG

(Talented and Gifted), math, and foreign language courses and to change

the composition of the Governing Board.

Tuition programs. (Presented

for first reading and will be voted on at a later date)

The Board discussed piloting

a program at Riverwood High School allowing students from outside the

district to attend the magnet program at the school on a tuition basis.

Eighth grade charter expansion.

A request from Victory Charter School to expand to the eighth grade was

denied.

Policies and procedures. The

Board reviewed the student discipline/code of conduct procedure regarding

dress code and cell phones. Accepted for first reading were changes to

the audience to visitors, professional positions/hiring, grading and reporting,

and promotion and retention policies and procedures.

New Principals. Telana Hicks,

principal in Compton, Calif., was hired as the new Gullatt Elementary

School principal. She replaces retiring Principal Florence Bennett. Ronald

Taylor, director of teacher recruitment with New Orleans Public Schools,

will replace Principal Anita Willingham at McNair Middle School. Darryl

Felker, assistant principal at Brookview Elementary, will replace Principal

Jonathan Straughn at Mount Olive Elementary, and Emily Massey, assistant

principal at Bethune Elementary, will become principal at Seaborn Lee

Elementary. She replaces Rebecca Cabine, who will become assistant principal

at Paul D. West Middle School.

Changes to facilities plan.

The Board accepted for information the Quarterly Project Status Report

and changes to the educational program for the Freemanville Road High

School site and North Springs High School. The 2002-07 Local Facilities

Plan also received approval. As part of the Capital Programs Board Action

Report, the Board approved plans for additions at Campbell Elementary

School and Creekside, Banneker, and Riverwood high schools.

Millage rate discussion. The

board set a tentative FY04 millage rate of 18.10 mills. This is a partial

rollback of .36 mills. The Board encouraged staff to continue to look

for ways to reduce the budget while still providing raises for employees,

if possible.

In accordance with the Taxpayers

Bill of Rights, the Board will hold three public hearings on the tentative

millage rate.