A Regular Board Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Denver City Independent School District was held Thursday, February 14, 2019, beginning at 5:15 PM in the Board Room of the Denver City Independent School District, 501 Mustang Ave. Denver City, TX.
The regular meeting was preceded by a
Following her report
School architect Craig Wallace was once again in attendance where he updated the board on the progress of the high school band hall as well as the Performing Art Center. He had more pictures of these two areas as well as a short video of the demolition of JW Jones Auditorium. He estimated the band hall may be in use by the end of March. He also went over the demolition of the old high school and updated the board on the parking area in front of both the new high school and on the south side of the DAG Sports Complex. Currently there is only one truck involved in the removal of material from the high school since a second truck had received some damage.
Many questions and
The students and teachers moved into the new high school after Christmas to start the second semester.
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They also unanimously approved
The board also unanimously approved a DCE(Local) Policy which deals with Employment Practices. This local policy has been revised in accordance with the District’s innovation plan and is dealing with different aspects of the Superintendent’s duties including Personnel Duties, posting vacancies, applications, and employment of contractual personnel.
The board then unanimously approved policy update 112, affecting local policies. There were 13 updates in this policy update.
Dodson Primary principal Angie Sutton was also in attendance to make the board aware of future staffing requirements. Sutton started off by telling the board she plans on retiring at the end of the current school year. Her contract runs through the end of June, but she has enough sick leave and comp days accumulated where her last day will coincide with the last day of school.
One of the areas she addressed was how the board and Mr. Davis were going to replace her. She then noted some ideas had come back to her including hiring two assistant principals to work with the principal or not replacing her position at all and letting two assistant principals manage the campus. There were a few other ideas.
When it was all said and done Sutton told the board she would accept their decision on who should replace her, but she was recommending current assistant principal Elizabeth Calk for the position. Board President Brad Woosley thanked Sutton for sharing her ideas with the board and assured her they would consider her comments when making a decision Superintendent Davis noted he would have a recommendation of who should replace Sutton at the next board meeting in March.
Davis then informed the board of recent resignation to the district. This is included Alma Hernandez at the junior high, Melissa Hardin at Dodson Primary, Sherry Esparza at Dodson Primary, and Brenda Parker Vasquez at Denver City high school. There were no new hires or reassignments.
The board then approved Davis’ recommendation to
Also receiving an extension to their contract was Business Manager LaChrisa Rains, Curriculum Director Kristy Kostelich, Director of Operations Kellie Adams and Athletic Director James Bridgforth.
The board then went into a short executive session. When they returned to open session Davis informed the board the next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 19. They adjourned at
Those in attendance included Brad Woosley, David Mitchell, Jess Roberts, Danny Escalante, and Edgar Salazar. Members absent were Russell Dial and Cody Williams. School Personnel present included school superintendent Gary Davis, his executive secretary Angie Benningfield, and Business Manager LaChrisa Rains.
