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"We must find time to
thank the people that
make a difference in our
lives." Fuller conclud-
ed, "Thanks for your
determination and com-
mitment to excellence."
The opening prayer
was led by Board Mem-
ber Carlist Brinkley and
pledges by Mineola Ju-
nior Bailey Gully.
Campus report cards
were issued by the Texas
Education Agency and
showed each campus
met standard. Board
Member John Abbott
said, "I'm proud of the
fact that we met stan-
dards at all campuses."
Assistant Superinten-
dant for Curriculum-
Instruction Venita Watts
presented the reports
and said, "Not only did
each campus meet all
standards in the 2013-
2014 school year, each
campus received a dis-
tinction."
The primary and el-
ementary campuses
were grouped together
according to Watts and
received a distinction in
English language arts.
The middle school cam-
pus received a distinc-
tion in both science and
social studies while the
high school campus re-
ceived a distinction in
post-secondary readi-
ness.
Campuses that met
standard are eligible for
seven distinction desig-
nations which include
Academic Achievement
in Reading-English Lan-
guage Arts, Mathemat-
ics, Science, or Social
Studies. Top 25 percent;
as well as Student Prog-
ress, Top 25 percent:
Closing Performance
Gaps and Post-second-
ary Readiness.
Watts concluded, "We
have several consultants
coming to work on strat-
egies. I'm very encour-
aged."
The topic of turf
The topic of conversa-
tion then turned to al-
ternate funding options
for artificial turf and
other needed repairs for
Meredith Memorial Sta-
dium and Fuller stated,
"During our discussion
of prioritizing the Mere-
dith Foundation List we
discussed the price of oil
dropping. If there is a
desire to look at turf we
need to find a way to not
take it all out of the fund
balance."
Abbott said, "I don't
think turf is the only is-
sue with the stadium.
We have entrance, bath-
room and concession
problems as well. Are
we willing to make this
happen? I was around
when we built the sta-
dium in segments and I
think it's time to make
these changes. The
bathroom situation is
pitiful."
"Maybe it's time for
a bond? We haven't
been in debt in at least
20 years. There is more
than just turf; I say we
look at all of it," Abbott
continued. Drennon
noted that the fieldhouse
was cramped and said,
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"We have two or three
kids sharing each locker
in the fieldhouse. The
visitors' locker room is
also too small, and is
currently used for stor-
age. "We put supplies in
there and have to move
it out before each home
game. There just isn't
any room."
Fuller said, "If there is
no objection let me get
with our architect and
have them look at what
we got. We will also
get the cost to upgrade
to turf and fix some of
these other things." The
board had no objection
and the discussion will
pick up after the archi-
tect visits the stadium.
Tax Attorney David
Hudson took the floor
to present a minimum
bid offer of $15,000 from
William Morgan and
Addie Sue Waggoner
for property previously
owned by J.M. Henry
Estate on Stone Street.
The board unanimously
approved the bid.
The financial report
was briefly discussed
and Assistant Superin-
tendant for Business-
Operations William
Bjork said, "The report
is pretty much the same
as last month. Our fund
balance of $4,865,389 is
pretty high but remem-
ber we have to live off
that for a while."
Bjork noted that the
district was, "up to 40
percent collected," and
the district received
$1,742,378 in payments
in December. "This
month and January
should be our biggest
month," Bjork said.
The attendance report
showed that attendance
was down from 96 per-
cent down to 93 and en-
rollment numbers were
down three students
from December with
1,591 students currently
enrolled.
No questions were pre-
sented about the cam-
pus updates but a few
statements were made.
Mineola High School
Principal David Sauer
said, "Every single per-
son that participates
in DECA advanced to
state for the first time in
school history." Mineola
Middle School Principal
Jeni Massey said, "We
had a group participate
in UIL this weekend and
they did really well."
A budget amendment
for the 2014-2015 school
year was unanimously
approved. The amend-
ment was for the extra
$28,000 the Meredith
Foundation gave to the
school district last year
for a playground aw-
ning at the elementary
school.
An agreement with the
City of Mineola to com-
bine an election site at
city hall for the May 9
election was also unani-
mously approved by the
board.
Co-op agreement
Fuller opened discus-
sions about the deed
documents related to the
Wood County Shared
Services Agreement,
"We have one school
district leaving (Winns-
boro). Originally the
co-op started in Quit-
man and at one time we
used facilities here in
Mineola. Attorneys say
take the original school
districts and a sixth of
the value be put into
the name of each school
district. Each district
would be co-owners,"
Fuller said. The board
unanimously approved
the correction to the
deed documents.
2015-2016 calendar set
The second and final
reading of the Mineola
ISD 2015-2016 calendar
was discussed and one
change was noted. One
make-up day was moved
from May 2 to April 25
because of testing con-
flicts. The motion to
approve the school cal-
endar was unanimously
approved.
Notable dates include
the first day of school,
Aug. 24; Thanksgiv-
ing Break, Nov. 23-27;
Spring Break, March 14-
18 and graduation, June
3.
The second and final
reading of the amend-
ment to the Policy DEC
Local Leave Retirement
Benefit was discussed.
Fuller said, "The amount
is $50 for qualified indi-
viduals this year, but
next year it may be less."
The board unanimously
approved the policy.
The board unanimous-
ly accepted to change
the regular meeting
scheduled for March
16 to March 23 due to
their preparation for
the process of finding a
new superintendent. In
the month of March ini-
tial interviews for the
new superintendant are
scheduled for March 17-
19 and the board decid-
ed that adding a fourth
meeting to that particu-
lar week wouldn't be
feasible so it was moved
to the following week.
The executive session
lasted for one hour and
18 minutes and was at-
tended by all board
members according to
Fuller. Nothing but
personnel matters were
discussed which in-
cluded the superinten-
dant's evaluation, to be
completed in February.
State law requires ev-
ery superintendent to be
formally evaluated once
each year.
The next regular board
meeting is scheduled for
Monday, March 16 at 7
p.m.
Mineola graduate earns spot on
McNeese Stale University honor roll
The McNeese State University Honor Roll for the
2014 fall semester has been announced and 2013
Mineola graduate Morgan Catron made the list.
Undergraduate students earning at least a 3.0 or B
average while carrying 12 or more semester hours
are named to the honor roll.
Obituary
CURTIS MARK THOMPSON
1958-2015
Curtis Mark Thompson, 56, of Mineola, died on
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 in Tyler. He was born on
Tuesday, August 12,1958 in Garland.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
He preceded in death by his father, Paul Edward
Thompson.
He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Jan Thomp-
son; mother, Freda Thompson; two sons, Lucas
Thompson of North Carolina and Cory Thompson
of Mineola; daughter, Casey Thompson of Quitman;
three brothers, Gary Thompson of Garland,, Dane
Thompson of Sashe, Brig Thompson of Houston;
step-brother, Roy Walker of Mineola; a sister, Lorrie
Cavezza of Garland; four grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
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