November 8, 2011 at 12:00 PM - Regular

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ROLL CALL AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM

III. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

IV. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

V. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS

V.A. Public Comments

V.B. Recognitions

V.B.1. THS Student Cullen McBride -- Selected as a member of the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band

V.B.2. Tupelo Public School District Bus Drivers -- National School Bus Safety Month

V.B.3. Tupelo High School Student Shivani Pacharne -- Sophomore Representative for the Mississippi Hugh O'Brian Leadership Seminar

V.B.4. Superintendent's Choice

VI. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD

VI.A. Superintendent Search

VI.B. Update Report on SafeSplash Program

VI.C. Report on Visits to High Performing or Star Schools

VI.D. Athletic Financial Report

VI.E. Update Report on Common Assessments

VII. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

VII.A. Consent Agenda

VII.A.1. Contractual Agreements

VII.A.1.a. Contract #CO1234

VII.A.1.b. Rental of School Facility #SFR1216 through #SFR1219 and Revision to #SFR1209 previously approved at October 25, 2011, Regular Board Meeting

VII.A.2. Donation #2011-2012-012

VII.A.3. Request Permission to Apply for TPSD Grant #1205

VII.A.4. Request Permission to Advertise for Sealed Bids (BD1201 -- Bank Depository Bid)

VII.A.5. Request Authorization to Remove Ten (10) Assets and Add Two (2) Assets from the District's Capital Asset List

VII.B. Student Transfer Report

VII.C. Personnel Report

VII.C.1. Approval of Licensed Staff

VII.C.2. 2011-2012 TPSD Staffing Statistics

VII.D. Docket of Claims for October 15, 2011, through October 28, 2011, Docket of Claims #96889 through #97440, in the amount of $4,123,733.89

VII.E. Financial Statements for Month Ending September 30, 2011

VII.F. Student Discipline Report -- Case #14-2

VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

VIII.A. Awarding of Bids for Sale of Buses and Vehicles

VIII.B. Awarding of Request for Proposals for Tupelo High School 2011-2012 Yearbooks

IX. NEW BUSINESS

IX.A. Consideration for Approval of Mississippi Department of Education Grant for Specified Services for the K-3 Universal Screener

X. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

X.A. Future Agenda Topics

X.B. Consideration of Executive Session

XI. ADJOURNMENT