Regular Board Meeting & Public Hearing for April 10^th, 2011

It was a full board meeting on Tuesday which included a Public Hearing to approve three district policies and the 2012-2013 Code of Student Conduct.

The meeting began with a presentation of the Joe Buccheri Memorial by Jim Manos which passed the school board unanimously.  (Please click here to read this special blog post.)

The Board approved the appointment of Belinda Woythaler as Director of Professional Development effective July 1, 2012.  Ms. Woythaler comes to us from our Human Resources Department where she has been serving as the department’s coordinator.  Following the appointment the board approved changes to the job description for the Director of Professional Development to bring inline the duties that will now be encompass by this position.

Also approved at the board meeting on the consent agenda was the purchase of new Cafeteria Furnishings for Citrus Springs Middle School, Rock Crusher Elementary, Forest Ridge Elementary, Citrus Springs Elementary, and Crystal River High School.  The cost of these new cafeteria tables total over $364,000.  None of the funds generated to purchase these tables were from any tax payer moneys. The funds were provided by the Food and Nutrition Services Department who generated the funds by the sales from the A La Carte side of the cafeteria sales.  So keep in mind when your students buy those “Combo Meals” the profits go right back into our schools for the students.

At the meeting the board adopted to maintain the existing attendance school boundary zones for all elementary, middle and high schools.  I know many are asking when the high schools will be rezoned.  The report submitted by Chuck Dixon, the Director of Planning & Growth stated, “High school rezoning may be appropriate for the 2013-14 school year based on the construction schedule for Crystal River High School. This year’s report includes 5 years of enrollment data for consideration. Next year’s (End of Year 2012) report will focus on high school enrollment trends and outline a timeline for rezoning, if appropriate.”

Also at the meeting was the consideration of the November 11^th, 2011 request, by the Citrus County Builders Association, to remove the Concurrency Requirement from the Interlocal Agreement for Public Schools Facility Planning.  A motion was made to consider removing the requirement but there was no “second” to the motion, therefore the motion died and no change to the concurrency requirement was made.

During the Public Hearing portion of the meeting the Board approved the adoption of Policy 2.231, Policy Development or Amendment.  This is a new policy that describes the process for developing and adopting School Board Policies. The Board approved revisions to Policy 6.37, Suspension and Dismissal Language. These revisions regard employee petition for a suspension or dismissal hearing which has been revised to comply with Florida statute. The last policy approved was revisions to Policy 4.12, Exceptional Student Education.  This was a simple correction to the web address for the Citrus County Exceptional Student Program description that was added to the policy. Lastly, was the approval of the 2012-2013 Code of Student Conduct.

The major item approved at this board meeting was for a Resolution regarding the Holding of a Referendum Election of the School District of Citrus County, Florida to approve levee of an additional 0.25 mills of Ad Valorem Taxes for necessary Operating Expenses; directing the Citrus County Commissioners to place this measure on the Ballot for the November 6, 2012 General Election.  I have begun sharing this issue with you already and I will be speaking more about it in the coming weeks and months.

If you have any questions please feel free to always contact me.

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