PICAYUNE — The school board for the Picayune Municipal Separate School District meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the boardroom at the district’s central offices, 706 Goodyear Blvd.
Included on the agenda are:
Consider the agenda.
Elect board officers.
Recognize Sherri Lawley, PMHS/PJHS School Choir director.
Presentation by Rucks Robinson.
Consider minutes of March 24 meeting.
Consider personnel matters.
Consider consent items:
— Amended budget and financial statement.
— Payroll.
— Claims dockets.
— Obsolete items.
— Out-of-state travel requests.
Consider student release requests.
Consider 16th section matters.
Consider QZAB note retirement.
Consider items to delete from public auction list.
Consider selling two drums to Pearl River County Community Band.
Consider school portrait agreements with LifeTouch.
Consider grant re-application for Whole school Initiative by Nicholson Elementary.
Consider accepting grant from Lower Pearl River valley Foundation for Early Head Start health services.
Consider 2009-2010 district calendar.
Consider PMHS dropout prevention plan.
Consider Five-year Local Plan Application for Career and Technology Center.
Consider proposed schedule for PJHS for 2009-2010 school year.
Consider amended budget request for IDEA Part B and Preschool-SPED.
Consider bus turnaround.
Superintendent’s update.
Board members comments.
Consider going into executive session on student discipline.
Adjourn.
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