School plans near completion
Design work continues on the new Hartselle High School even though rain and snow has slowed progress on the first phase of site work.
“Architectural drawings are 90 percent complete,” Project Manager Brian Moore told Hartselle School Board members at their regular meeting Monday night. “We’re getting updates on pricing and tightening up the number before we put it out for bids. We also extended prebid qualifying and got three or four more bid prospects.”
Meanwhile, rain, snow and sub-freezing temperatures have slowed down site preparation work in recent days.
“The contractor has until April 25 to complete the work,” he pointed out. “It looks like we’re going to need all of those days. “
Bill Wallace, executive director of Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood—the architect—showed computer generated images of the interior of the school. He showed renderings of the main gymnasium, media center, cafeteria, auditorium and main entrance.
The same images were shown to the project’s interior committee the previous week with positive response, he pointed out.
The board approved a bid from Superior Bank for banking services for the three-year period, Feb. 1, 2011, to Jan. 31, 2014; approved the first reading of proposed revisions for the board’s policy on due dates for nonresident student fees; approved a change in two meeting dates, from Feb. 14 to Feb. 21 and July 18 to July 11; and approved a request from First United Methodist Church to used three buses and the junior high gym for a youth event on Feb. 5. The church agreed to pay all fees and rates associated with the use of the buses.
Personnel items recommended by Superintendent Dr. Mike Reed and acted on by the board are listed as follows: acted on by the board are listed as follows:
• Approved the resignation of Janice Bell as athletic activities director, effective July 31, 2011.
•Approved the resignation of Diane Shelton as eighth grade volleyball coach at Hartselle Junior High School, effective January 31, 2011.
• Approved the resignation (retirement) of Deborah Norman, a seventh grade English teacher at Hartselle Junior High School, effective Jan. 31,2011.
• Approved a request for family medical leave from Jessica Wimberley, a first grade teacher at Crestline Elementary School, effective from the date of the birth of her child through the end of the 2010-2011 school year.
• Approved a request for family medical leave from Holy Douglas, a cafeterias worker at Hartselle Junior High School for six weeks, effective Mar. 10,2011.
•Approved Joey Riley and Nathan Kimbrill as volunteer assistant coaches for the Hartselle High School softball team, effective Jan. 25, 20101.
