A Report of School Board Meeting
Held Monday, October 14, 1996

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Stellar Performers

Cartersville High School:
Joseph Stegall - Cross Country Runner of the Month.
GCA: Senior, Joseph Stegall was selected as the Runner-of-the-Month for September by the Georgia Coaches Association. Joseph is undefeated through five (5) AA meets, and has won several prestigious invitationals including: The Berry Invitational, The Carrollton Invitation, and The Ridge Ferry Invitational. He is ranked #1 State AA Cross Country competition. On October 5th, he competed in the most competitive Cross Country race in the nation--The Vulcan Classic in Birmingham--placing 6th in a field of 200 athletics from around the country. He is currently ranked 7/154 of his senior class with a GPA of 95.725. Joseph is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lint Stegall and brother of CHS graduate Sidney Stegall, Captain of the Georgia Tech Menıs Cross Country Team.

Commended Students

National Merit Scholarship Program: Rebecca Bennet, John Bumgarner, Rachel Greene and Marci Leonard. These students will not continue in competition for Merit Scholarships; however, they did place among the top five percent of more than one million students in the 1995 PSAT/National Merit Qualifying Test where they demonstrated outstanding academic potential.
Semi Finalist - National Merit Scholarship Competition: Andrew Stein, Senior - Son of Ben and Iris Stein. Semifinalist are identified by scoring exceptional high on the PSAT. They represent the top 1/2 of 1% of the seniors nationally. About 14,000 semifinalists are expected to advance to the Finalist level of the 1997 competition. All winners of approximately 7,000 Merit Scholarship awards, worth about $27 million, will be chosen from this group of exceptionally able young people. Winners will be announced in April and May 1997.

Business Session

Reviewed and approved School and System Financial Reports and Maintenance Report as presented; Received comments from 1st Page, supporting passage of Amendment #2.

Consent Items

Approved the following items:
Board Minutes of September 9, 1996;
  1. rental request: CPS Daisy Girl Scouts Meetings, each Monday of the school year, CPS classroom, Fee Waiver Requested, Ms. Mickie Campbell;
  2. rental request: Cartersville Exchange Club, Kevin McElwee, Annual Christmas Parade line-up on CHS parking lot, Dec. 5, 1996;
  3. rental request: Etowah Valley Classics & Customs, car show, Travis Kuykendall, April 12, 1997, CHS school grounds & parking lot, 6:00am-6:00pm;
  4. rental request: City of Cartersville, Parks and Recreation Dept., Cartersville Primary School gym, November-February, with fee waiver. See letter of October 7, 1996, from Greg Anderson, Director;
  5. rental request: Gospel Sing, Ms. Donna Blackman, Primitive Quartet, Jan. 18, 1997, CHS Auditorium;
  6. Disciplinary Hearing Tribunalıs recommendations;
  7. field trip to the Tennessee Aquarium and/or Imax: on October 28, 1996 by CPS second grade, on April 18, 1997 by CES, and on November 21, 1996 by CHS Biology classes;
  8. overnight, out-of-state field trip by CHS choir members to attend the Festival of Arts, May 7-11, 1997, in New York City, N.Y.; faculty sponsor, Mr. Jim Stanley;
  9. overnight field trip, Junior Youth Assembly of the YMCA, Nov. 7-9, 1996, Atlanta Radisson Hotel International with twelve middle school students attending;
  10. Approved September 1, 1996-August 31, 1997 Fund Raising Request for CHS Spanish Club, Allison Franks, faculty sponsor.

Committee Recommendations

Finance Committee, Mr. Jim Kennedy, Jr., Chrm. Approved recommendation amending the FY97 Budget to show receipt of funds and authorize expenditure for $5,000 Children & Youth Coordinating Council, In-School Probation Grant for CMS.

Personnel Recommendations

Approved the Superintendentıs recommendation of the certified employment of those individuals listed below for the 1996-97 school year, with such employment initially being temporary until such time as their criminal record check is completed and the report is satisfactory to the Superintendent, pending required professional certification and pending release of contract: Mr. Mark Shelton Perry, CHS Teacher; and the re-instatement of Ms. Catherine Romano, 1996-97 employment contract as a CES Teacher.