School Board Meets in Regular Monthly Meeting Monday Night

The Warren School Board met Monday night for the regular monthly meeting at the Administrative Building.  They approved minutes of June 13 and June 30 meetings.  President Jerry Daniels welcomed Regina Scroggins, the new Principal of Thomas C. Brunson Elementary and Marilyn Johnson, the new Assistant Superintendent to their first board meeting in the new roles.

After going into executive session to discuss personnel, Mr. Tolbert recommended that they accept the resignation of Basketball Coach Matt Busch and the resignation of Byron Roberts.  Both of these resignations were accepted.  He recommended that they hire Jeffrey Bemberg as a social studies instructor and a coach.  They also hired Amanda West Pipes to teach high school English.

The board appointed Mr. Tolbert to be the ex-officio finance secretary.

Mrs. Johnson reported on a proposed school support contract and recommended that the district hire the Arkansas Leadership Academy at a cost of $65,000.  This was approved.

They approved the bread and milk contracts for the coming year.  The bread contract went to Hostess, and the milk contract was awarded to Coleman Dairy.

After receiving two bids for athletic insurance, the board awarded the contract to Makel in the amount of $18,867.

Three bids were received on property insurance.  The board voted to award the contract to Fireman's Fund Insurance in the amount of $44,630.   This insurance provides coverage of just under $50 million.
This was an 18% increase over last year.

The June 2011 financial report was presented to the board.  The total revenue for June was $1,722,148.07.  The expenditures totaled $1,441,158.75.  The current cash balance are $2,492,651.86.

The superintendent reported to the board that we had 16 new students who have transfered to Warren from other districts.

Mr. Tolbert also reported to the board that he and Athletic Director Bo Hembree have met with Monticello's superintendent and their athletic director as well as Union Bank representatives.  The bank will sponsor "The Saline River Shootout" between Warren and Monticello.  The bank will provide a trophy which will be kept by the winner of the game for the year.