A brief look at the Cincinnati Public Schools' Board of Education's meetings, compiled by the Public Affairs Department.
Board members present: President Eileen Reed, Vice President Melanie Bates, Susan Cranley, John Gilligan, Catherine Ingram, Florence Newell and Rick Williams.
Superintendent Rosa Blackwell and Assistant Treasurer Jennifer Wagner attended. Melanie Bates was elected treasurer pro tem (in the absence of Treasurer Jonathan Boyd).
The Board's meeting began at 7 p.m. in the Education Center, the district's headquarters in Corryville.
Captains of the football team at R.A. Taft Information Technology High School in the West End led the Board in the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVED an amended resolution pertaining to the redesign of the district while the Board begins its search for a new superintendent to replace Blackwell, who is retiring in Summer 2008. The resolution requests that two outside groups — Council of Great City Schools and the KnowledgeWorks Foundation — assist in the redesign.
APPROVED a resolution adopting the district's goals for 2007-08.
APPROVED a resolution authorizing the start of bidding for the demolition of old Whittier School on Hawthorne Avenue in Price Hill. Whittier has been replaced by a new building, the Rees E. Price Academy on Considine Avenue.
APPROVED a resolution determining the location of stops for yellow school buses.
APPROVED a resolution determining that 2,307 students who are eligible for bus transportation have been declared impractical to transport for the 2007-08 school year. The district will offer payment to the students' parents in lieu of providing transportation.
APPROVED the superintendent's recommendations, including
ACCEPTED the report of the Board's Committee of the Whole meeting on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, which included a presentation on the Pyramid of Interventions, a tool to implement strategies for learning; and a presentation by Treasurer Boyd on the General Fund 5-year Draft Forecast.
ACCEPTED the report of the Board's Facilities Committee meeting on Wednesday, September 19, 2007.
APPROVED the treasurer's report.
The meeting adjourned at 9:52 p.m.
The Board's next regular meeting will be 7 p.m. Monday, October 8, 2007, at district headquarters, 2651 Burnet Avenue, in Corryville.