With a large-scale renovation of Cullman High School currently in the works, the city school board is also eyeing plans to build a new maintenance building near the football stadium.

At a recent meeting the board approved plans to let bids and approve the lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications for the new Cullman City Schools maintenance building project.

The proposed structure will be built beside the tennis court in an empty lot that is currently used for bus parking.

“This is something we plan to go forward with when we do the high school,” Superintendent Dr. Jan Harris said. “It will be a simple storage building. We’ve never had something like a bus barn, which the county has, and we just need a place to store all of our tools for maintenance and equipment of that nature. This is something we’ve been talking about for eight years.”

The board hopes to approve drawings for the building within the next month. The high school and maintenance building could go out to bid by January 2013.

The high school renovation will be paid for with new revenue generated from the recently-passed countywide half-cent sales.



The board also:

 Recognized the Cullman City 2011-2012 board of education:  

— Steven Sides, President

— Suzanne Harbin, Vice President

— Kim Addison, Board Member

— Brenda Howell, Board Member

— Jason Neal, Board Member

 Recognized:

— Rob Huddleston, Cullman High School, Eagle Scout

— David Turner, Cullman High School, Eagle Scout

— Noah Stricklin, Cullman High School, Eagle Scout

— John Weeks, Cullman High School, National Merit Scholar Semifinalist (Top 1% Nation)

— Hannah Cornelius, Cullman High School, National Merit Commended Scholar (Top 5% Nation)

— Jesse Burroughs, Cullman High School, National Merit Commended Scholar (Top 5% Nation)

— Jordan Van Gundy, Cullman High School, National Merit Commended Scholar (Top 5% Nation)

— Keegan Thompson, Cullman High School, Gold Medal recipient as member of the USA National 18U IBAF Baseball World Championship team

— Mark Britton, Cullman High School, 100th win as Head Coach of CHS football team

— Cullman City Primary School, Tricia Culpepper, Principal:  Cullman County Clean Campus Award, 2nd Place in the Elementary Division

 Viewed presentations:

— David Wiggins, Principal, East Elementary School:  Data Presentation

— Tricia Culpepper, Principal, Cullman City Primary School:  Data Presentation

 Approved September 18, 2012 minutes and September 26, 2012 minutes

 Approved September 2012 payroll of $1,733,225.29, invoices paid of $547,574.78 and financial statements.

 Approved Agenda.

 Granted permission for field trip:  West Elementary School fifth grade students - Chattanooga, Tennessee - November 16, 2012 - Chattanooga Aquarium.

 Granted permission for field trip:  Cullman High School Competition Cheer Team - Lexington, Kentucky - November 9-11, 2012 - Bluegrass Regional Competition.

 Permission for field trip:  Cullman High School Jazz Band - Atlanta, Georgia - April 26-27, 2013 - Southern Star Music Festival Competition

 Approved Head Start September 2012 Expenditures/Downloads:  $114,391.21 and September 2012 Health/Nutrition/Disabilities/Enrollment Report.

 Granted permission to surplus/salvage:   one guitar amp - Cullman High School band inventory.

 Approved the Wal-Mart Volunteer Project:  Outdoor Learning Center at Cullman City Primary School.

 Approved the Head Coach Job Description approved by the Policy Review Committee.

 Approved the Assistant Coach Job Description approved by the Policy Review Committee.

 Approved the revised Organizational Flow Chart approved by the Policy Review Committee.

 Ratification of bid #09-18-12-01:  Eckenrod Ford - lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications - two maintenance department vehicles.

 Alabama Association of School Boards 2012 Convention and Delegate Assembly, December 6-8, 2012 in Birmingham.  Board voting delegate and alternate to attend  convention  Delegate:  Kim Addison   Alternate:  Suzanne Harbin

 Proposed approval of the revised Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator job description.  To be reviewed by Policy Review Committee.

 Proposed approval of revised Board Policy GALBAB-Sick Leave Bank Guidelines for Personnel – Catastrophic Illness.  Item IV.A. Catastrophic Illness Defined would include pregnancy or medical condition related to child birth.  To be reviewed by Policy Review Committee.

 Granted permission to change the December payroll date from December 31, 2012 to December 21, 2012.

 Granted permission for Cullman High School to change their October 19, 2012 report card date to October 26, 2012.

 Approval of contract with Steven Jeff Reed to provide special education intellectual evaluations/assessments (Funded by Special Education)

 Approved contract with Lori Andrews to provide homebound instruction

 Approved contract with Tammy White to provide homebound instruction

 Approved leaves of absence:

— Sheila Beth Calvert, Science teacher at Cullman High School, requests Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)

— Roseann Gomez, Pre K instructional assistant at Cullman City Primary School, unpaid leave October 8, 2012 through February 1, 2013

— Randy Sweatmon, custodian at Cullman High School, on-the-job injury days

 Approved employment:

— Paul Ross, temporary data communications technician at Central Office, September 22, 2012 through October 31, 2012  (JV 12-075)

— Bruce Farr, mid-day bus driver from Cullman Middle School to East Elementary School, August 21, 2012, remainder of the 2012-2013 school year  (JV 12-078)

— Deborah Rice Mann, mid-day bus driver from Cullman Middle School to West Elementary School and West Elementary School to East Elementary School, August 27, 2012, remainder of the 2012-2013 school year  (JV 12-077)

— Deborah Rice Mann, temporary mid-day bus driver from Cullman High School to Cullman Career Center, August 21, 2012, remainder of the 2012-2013 school year  (JV 12-076)

— Sarah Anderson, Extended Day Program aide at West Elementary School, October 9, 2012, remainder of the school year or if program enrollment decreases and the position is no longer needed  (JV 12-073)

— Juan Carlos Nava, temporary (part-time/as-needed basis) system-wide Spanish interpreter/translator, October 17, 2012  (JV 12-026)

— Victoria Ann Rogus, special education instructional assistant at East Elementary School, October 17, 2012, remainder of the 2012-2013 school year  (JV 12-074)  

 Newly elected municipal officials take office on the first Monday in November following the election 11-46-21(c) therefore, the Cullman City Board Members will take their Oath of Office on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. in the board room at Central Office.

 The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting:  Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in the Board Room. Reconstitution of the Board will take place at the beginning of the November meeting.



* Trent Moore can be reached by e-mail at trentm@cullmantimes.com, or by telephone at 734-2131, ext. 220.