1 MINUTES OF MEETING OF JANUARY 3, 1979
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 89 OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY,
OKLAHOMA, MET IN A SPECIAL MEETING, PURSUANT TO NOTICE DULY GIVEN, IN THE BOARD
CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 900 NORTH KLEIN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1979,
AT 7:00 A.M. PRESENT:
Mrs. Freddye Wil 1iams, President Paul English, Vice President Floyd Donwerth, Member Mrs. Betty Hill, Member Mrs. Pat Potts, Member Armond H. Start, Member
ABSENT:
Art Hill, Member
Others present: Hugh B. Ginn, Interim Superintendent; Vivian Stevenson, Clerk; Central Office staff members; representatives from professional groups and news media, and other interested persons. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Potts gave the invocation.
Call to Order
Roll call established that five of the seven Board members were present. entered the meeting at 7:05 a.m.)
(Mr. Donwerth
Roll Call
Mrs. Williams presented Mr. Ginn, who made the following remarks: The Board will need to schedule very soon the Marilyn Donohew grievance hearing. This must be heard before January 16, 1979. Dr. Payzant is arriving in town tonight and will be here tomorrow. A number of things that you will want to discuss today will be relayed to him. I suggest that maybe you would not want to make a decision at this meeting on some of the things which we give to you and inform you about, pending Dr. Payzant's arrival, because many of the items will be based on how he administers the school system in the future. We want your input, arid we will inform Dr. Payzant when he arrives of your input and discussion this morning.
Remarks Mr. Ginn
Mr. Ginn continued: We have been preparing for the meeting of January 15. Dr. Payzant will be here at that meeting. In further preparation for that meeting you will want to make some decisions about those subjects that you want to discuss at that time.
SPECIAL BUSINESS - DISCUSSION WITH STAFF
1.
Lau Compliance Deadlines and Requirements
2.
Vocational-Technical Education
3.
School Bus Equipment and Services
- Housing, Buildings, Programs and Other
Mr. Ginn referred to the items listed in the agenda for discussion and stated: We will have some concrete and exact suggestions and would like to tell you what the staff plans and hopes to*do. We do want your input and we want you to be aware of some things. As far as the school bus equipment and services and the vocational-technical education, we would invite and hope that you will give us all kinds of input and , reaction, but we hope that you will not make decisions, again, waiting until Dr. Payzant is here, because these are items which are long range in nature, especially the bus service and vocational education. Mr. Ginn then presented Dr. Jesse Lindley, Assistant Superintendent, Instruction Division, who presented background information regarding the Lau compliance, its origin and requirements.
Dr. Lindley commended members of the^staff that had assumed some responsibilities related to the Lau compliance, especially Mrs. Camolia Byrd, Coordinator of Special Projects, who assumed the major responsibility in directing the prescriptive and assessment phase of the program. The following administrative staff members, upon request by Dr. Lindley, presented information and recommendations to the Board regarding the implementation of the Lau requirements on the various grade levels, as well as the estimated amount of expenses for its implementation:
(a)
Wayne Francis, Assistant to Director of High Schools -- High School Level
(b)
Vernon Moore, Director of Fifth Year Centers and Middle Schools -- Middle School and Fifth Year Levels
(c)
Dr. Betty Williams, Director of Elementary Schools -- Elementary School Level