A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Meridian Public School District will be held Tuesday, Feb. 17, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Meridian High School Multi-Purpose Building, located at 2320 32nd Street. The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are as listed below. Items do not have to be taken in the order shown on this meeting agenda. Unless removed from the consent agenda will be acted on at one time with no discussion.     1. Call to order

    2. Pledge of allegiance

    3. Adoption  of agenda

    4. Approval of minutes of last meeting- Jan. 20, 2015*

    5. Recognition

        5.1  Administrator of the Year- Candi Robertson

        5.2 Teacher of the Year- Linda Posey

        5.3 School Teachers of the Year: Crestwood- Carla Murphy, Oakland                Heights- Brandi Smith, Parkview- Sophia Evins, Harris Lower-                    Anastasia Shuler, Harris Upper- Tatricia Walker, West Hills- Carla

               Bonner, Carver- Cicily Patton, Magnolia- Dyamond Borland,

               Northwest- Kimberly Hill, Meridian High- Michael Clymer, Ross

               Collins- Martin Jack, Marion Park- Lori Gatlin.

    6. Superintendent’s report

        6.1 School Board Member recognition and proclamation

               Presenter: Dr. Alvin Taylor

        6.2 Magnolia update

              Presenter: Angela McQuarley

    7. Consent

        7.1 Approval of donations/gifts: 1) MHS to receive 4 x 111PC Client

              Pro 414 Pentium 4 3.9 GHZ 17-inch All-in-one valued at $700 from

              Anderson Davis/Emerson Radio 2) MHS to receive a grant from

              the MS Junior Auxiliary in the amount of $1,500. Donation will be

              used for glaze materials, as will as, a field trip related to the lesson

              3) MHS to receive a mini grant from Junior Auxiliary of Meridian in

              the amount of $641.97. Donation will be used for instructional

              purposes in Digital Media Design class. 4) BankPlus has adopted

              MHS as their school of choice. BankPlus will be presenting MHS a

              monthly check. The check this month is $800. 5) Sponsorship

              (5K Walk/Run) from VanZyverden, Inc. in the amount of $1,000.

              Donation will be used for Dropout Prevention program. 6)

              Sponsorship from New South Ford in the amount of $1,000.

              Donation will be used for Dropout Prevention program. 7)

              Sponsorship (5K Walk/Run) from Structural Steel in the amount

              of $1,000. Donation will be used for Dropout Prevention program

              8) Poplar Springs to receive from Junior Auxiliary of Meridian

              $1,105.99 for 1st Grade Team 9) Poplar Springs to receive from

              Junior Auxiliary of Meridian $1,500 for 2nd Grade Team. 10)

              Sponsorship (5K Walk/Run) from MS Power in the amount of

              $2,000. Donation will be used for Dropout Prevention program.

              11) Carver to receive $5,000 from Maxine Turner to purchase

              books for the library and AR prizes.*

        7.2 Approval of overnight field trip: 1) MHS Honor Band (17 students)

              traveling to Ridgeland, MS February 5-7, 2015 2) MHS Future

              Educators of America (Club competition) traveling to Ridgeland,

              MS February 5-6, 2015.*

        7.3 Approval of facility usage: 1) Southeast High soccer team request

              the use of MHS football field/turf February 2-6, 2015 to practice

              soccer in preparation for their state championship game.*

        7.4 Approval of fixed assets disposals/adds*

        7.5 Approval of disposal items- Ross Collins Vocational*

        7.6 Approval of bid- 16th Section Hunting and Fishing*

        7.7 Approval of MPSD Responsive Action Plan*

        7.8 Approval of elevator maintenance agreement. The multi-purpose

              building’s elevator has excited the previous warranty and

              maintenance plan. The service and warranty plan will be placed

              under the umbrella with KONE, the company who maintains

              MPSD’s other five elevators. Total cost: $894.96 per annual

              installment. Funded by central operations.*

        7.9 Approval of 2015-2016 classified pay raise*

        7.10 Approval of MPSD 2015-2016 district calendar

        7.11 Approval of Transportation Edulog Software. Total cost: $2,006

                quarterly. Funded by transportation.

        7.12 Approval of Dewayne Batiste Consultant/Speaker agreement.

                Mr. Batiste will prepare and make a presentation to the students

                and staff on making the right choices and respecting others. Total

                cost: $500. Funded by Crestwood School Activity account

                (student incentives)*

        7.13 Approval of two $1,000 scholarships to be awarded in May 2015

                to two graduating seniors. Funds provided by Charles L. Young

                Sr. Foundation.*

        7.14 Approval of Lexia Reading Core 5 agreement. Core 5 provides

                 an explicit, systematic, personalized learning experience and

                delivers norm and criterion-referenced performance data and

                analysis without interrupting the flow of instruction to administer

                a test. Schools to benefit from program: Parkview, Crestwood,

                Poplar Springs and Harris Lower. Total cost: $16,500. Funded by

                District/School Site Title1.*

        7.15 Approval of Danita an explicit, , M.Ed. Remain Calm Education

                Consulting, LLC agreement. Ms. Munday will provide

                professional development and coaching for behavior and

                classroom management to support Tier 1 instruction at Harris

                Lower. Total cost: $750 per day, for 2 days totaling $1,770.

                Funded by School Site Title 1.*

        7.16 Approval of a partnership with Mississippi State of Education and

                Meridian Public School District. This partnership will provide

                coursework to help teachers in the district. Teachers will

                   receive 45 contact hours of classroom instruction and they will

                receive weekly classroom coaching. Based on the needs of the

                personnel, 16 teachers have been identified to participate at a

                cost of $1,067 plus registration per student. Funded by Title 1 and

                Title II.*

        7.17 Approval of 2014-2015 Impact Aid Application*

    8. Public forum

    9. Action

        9.1 Approval of hiring of all employees (temporary and full-time)*

        9.2 Approval of financial statement- January 2015*

        9.3 Approval of activity funds report- January 2015*

        9.4 Approval of Mrs. Suzanne Smith, CPA, PLLC agreement to

              provide training and technical assistance for the newly hired

              business manager from the period of March 1, 2015- October 21,

              2015. Estimated hours are 500 at $65 per hour totaling $32,500.

              Cost to be distributed over two school years (2014-2015 and

              2015-2016). Funded by District.*

    10. Unfinished business- None

    11. New business- None

    12. Student personnel matters

        12.1 Student discipline (Executive session)*

        12.2 Monthly discipline report- January (FYI)*

    13. Information

        13.1 The next regular Board of Trustees meeting will be held

                 Monday, March 16, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in the MHS Multi-purpose

                 building, located at 2320 32nd Street.

    14. Adjournment