1999-2000 School Year
Governing Board

President
Mary Belle McCorkle, Ed.D.

Clerk
James N. Christ

Members
Joel T. Ireland
Carolyn Kemmeries
Rosalie López

Superintendent
George F. García, Ed.D.

Superintendent's Honor Roll

Rosanna Gallagher- Principal, Robins Elementary School

Clint Hines- Grandparent volunteer at Erickson Elementary School

Pat Beatty- Senior Accounting Manager, Finance Department

August 10, 1999 Regular Board Meeting

ACTION ITEMS HIGHLIGHTS

• Approved the salary increases and fringe benefits for the Superintendent and the Executive Staff for 1999-2000 and authorized for the Superintendent or his/her designee to sign administrators' contracts on behalf of the Governing Board

• Adopted hearing officers' recommendations regarding the expulsion of three students

• Approved the administrative appointments, reassignments and transfers of: Assistant Superintendent, Area IV, Patti Lopez, Ed.D.; Executive Director, Curriculum/Instruction & Student Learning K-12, Marla Motove; Principal, Tucson High Magnet School, Ross Sheard; Assistant Principal, Cholla High Magnet School: Violet Bingham; Assistant Principal, Catalina High Magnet School, John Lemkuhl; Assistant Principal, Sabino High School, Valerie Payne; Legal Counsel, Rex Shumway.

• Approved Substitute pay incentive for the 1999-2000 school year

• Approved Class Size Reduction Federal Funding

CONSENT AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

• Approved new positions/replacements/reinstatements of certificated personnel for the 1999-2000 school year
• Approved new hires/replacements/reinstatements of classified personnel for the 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 school years
• Approved contract changes for certified personnel for the 1999-2000 school year
• Approved salary changes for classified personnel for the 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 school years
• Approved contracts for certified and classified administrators for 1999-2000 school year with authorization for the Superintendent or designee to sign administrators' contracts on behalf of the Governing Board
• Approved separations of certificated and classified personnel for the 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 school years
• Approved reclassification of School Office Managers, High School Senior Administrative Secretaries, Supervisory/Confidential Senior Administrative Secretaries, Student Records Specialist, Legal Secretaries, FM Office Supervisor, White Collar Senior Administrative Secretaries and Registration/Attendance Clerks
• Approved funding proposals:
  1. Arizona Department of Education: Consolidated application for Entitlement Programs -Title I (Educational Disadvantaged Children), Title II (Eisenhower-Professional Development),Title IV (Safe Drug-Free Schools), Title IV (Additional Discretionary),and Title VI (Professional Development)
  2. US Department of Education: Middle School Drug Prevention and School Safety Program Coordinators
• Approved Agreements:
  1. Intergovernmental Agreement between TUSD and the City of Tucson, CDBG for Manzo Elementary School Community Park Garden Project
  2. Cooperative State Purchase Agreement between TUSD and the State of Arizona
  3. Agreement with Kaufman & Broad of Arizona concerning improvements and easements located at Dunham Elementary School and TUSD vacant site # XX
  4. Intergovernmental Agreement between TUSD and the Arizona Department of Economic Security Rehabilitation Services Administration for Habitat for Humanity house, Howenstine campus, with authorization for the Superintendent to execute the Agreement
• Appointed a Replacement Member to the East Growth Task Force
• Granted a right-of-way license to Pima County Department of Transportation and Flood Control District for road and bus bay improvements at Secrist Middle School
• Awarded Request for Proposals (RFP)
  1. RFP No. 232-Open-end contracts for Professional Architectural Services to Durrant, Earl Kai Chann Associates Ltd., Hanson Group Architects Inc., Sakellar Associates Architects & Planners Inc., Swaim Associates Ltd., and The I.E.F. Group Inc.
  2. RFP No. 6651 Point of Service Systems for Food Services to SNAP Systems
• Approved plans and specifications for Central Plant Equipment Replacement, Cholla High Magnet School, with authorization to advertise for sealed bids
• Approved ratification of salary and non-salary vouchers for the period beginning July 1, 1999 and ending July 31, 1999

STUDY/ACTION ITEM HIGHLIGHTS

• Approved Modification of the original sales contract with Pepper-Viner Co. concerning TUSD's Site No.95 (Pima County Tax Parcel No. 114-46-0230) 

Upcoming TUSD Governing Board Meeting: Regular Meeting, September 14, 1999 - 6:30 p.m., Robert D. Morrow Education Center, 1010 East 10^th Street

For more information on any item reported, contact the Governing Board Office, 617-7447, or the Communications Department, 617-7303.

Tucson Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion or disability in admission or access to, or treatment or employment, in its educational programs or activities. 

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