School personnel addressed

— Several personnel items are on the agenda for the Monday night School Board meeting including appointment of a teacher for the elementary school, a media aide and an in-school suspension teacher/supervisor. Also involving personnel is a resignation, a decline of a position and establishing substitute pay rates.

Meeting Monday, Aug. 15, the first day of school, School Board members are being asked to consider a resolution for the Sept. 20 school election. The seat currently held by Jenny Wood was open; no one filed against Wood, who did file for re-election. She is currently the board president.

Other items to be considered include:

◊Accept donation from Northwest Arkansas Community College

◊Consider transportation garage change order

◊Consider safe room upgrades

◊Consider purchased service contract for increased safety

◊Consider parking lot sealing and striping

◊Construction updates and possible change orders: transportation building and multi-purpose building

◊Opening of school reports: principals & curriculum director

◊Traffic flow patterns: principals and transportation director

◊Construction update on Intermediate School

◊Study session date

◊Resource Officer update

◊Approved use of High School field for Mule Jump on Oct. 8

The next regular meeting is set for 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12.

News, Pages 1 on 08/10/2011