The Kosciusko School Board took care of some housekeeping during its monthly meeting Monday night.
In a brief update, Superintendent Billy Ellzey told the board that the renovations of the auditorium at the Kosciusko Junior High School, long unused due to asbestos and other issues, is slated to reopen for use in early 2020.
A vendor will begin the asbestos removal portion of the project this month, and is expected to complete that phase in three to four weeks. Construction efforts will then be completed in October. District personnel will then begin interior work that should allow for the facility to resume use in early 2020.
With the proposed soccer field project on hold due to costs, Ellzey said some dirt work will be done inside the track area to allow its temporary use for soccer practice.
The final district strategic plan will be presented to the school board at the next meeting, moved to July 15 from its traditional second Monday of each month.
The board approved payment of unused sick days to retiring employees, and also to those custodial employees who will forgo taking vacation time before the fiscal year ends in order to work on the floors in the various school buildings.
The board went into a lengthy executive session before returning to act on any of the proposed personnel items and professional development requests. They tabled action on the hire of Craig Smith as cafeteria manager at Kosciusko Upper Elementary as well as his attendance at the Decide to Succeed session in Brandon from June 17-21.
All other personnel and professional development/field trip request/fundraiser items were approved as follows:
• Approve supplement for KJH cheerleader sponsor to Tessa Horn, Michael Campbell as KJH head band director and Jason Howard as KJH assistant band director;
• Approve hiring of Tiyette Sharkey as cafeteria manager at KHS at 13.75 hour;
• Approve hiring of Beth Cook, Rodrick Howell, Chelsea Johnson and Santiago Aguirre (license pending also) as teacher pending background check;
• Approve Christi Hill as part-time nurse for the 19-20 school year;
• Approve Morgan Mahan, Ty Bmion as teacher at KJH and Marcy McGlothin as counselor at KUE for the 19-20 school year;
• Approve resignation from Jonathan Jones as KHS teacher and baseball coach;
• Approve hiring of Derrick Boland as a teacher at KHS and baseball coach for the 2019-2020 school year (See related story on page B2 of this week’s Star-Herald)
• Approve resignation of Katy Carter from KHS ninth-grade cheerleader sponsor;
• Approve Lisa Voyles turning in resignation for Lanuassa Robinson effective May 31, 2019, and retirement of Janice Parks effective June 30, 2019
• Approve retirement for Tony Terry effective June 30, 2019
• Approve Buffy Rone as teacher at KHS for the 2019-2020 school year
• Approve Lisa Voyles to attend training June 27 in Jackson, MS and State Conference July 23-24 in Pearl, MS
• Approve Tiyette Sharkey to attend Decide to Succeed June 17-21 in Brandon, MS
• Approve Chancey Fort to attend Connect the Dots Conference at Hinds Community College June 11
• Approve Paul Tanksley and Clint Allen to attend MAPT conference in Jackson, MS June 20th
• Approve Anita Jenkins to attend workshop at MSU Meridian on June 20th Approve all coaches to attend Coaches Clinic in Jackson, MS July 16-19 Approve summer athletic travel (see attached)
• Approve Soccer teams to sell blankets and whippet cards, Volleyball team sell t shirts and whippet fan yard signs
• Approve Christie Hill to attend school nurse training in Gautier, MS July 22-23
• Approve Snap-Raise fundraiser for new Whippy Whippet costumes.
