By: Eddy Gifford, Publisher

The Dade County Board of Education held their regular monthly meeting Monday with all board members except Jeff Forester present.

The Board quickly moved through the agenda by first approving the consent agenda that included several items.

Among those items were computers for Microsoft Instructional Technology at Dade High School; the fuel bid; IEP Online Education Funds; purchase of two bus engines; approving the piano bid; prom contract; surplus property; Special Education Procedure Manual and the approval of a broadcast video lab –
CTAE.

In other action taken by the Board they approved replacing three water heaters at a cost of $24,700. That bid went to H & H Plumbing, the only bidder on the project. Two of the water heaters will be installed in the gym at Dade High School and the other one will be installed to cover wings A, B, C, and D at the High School.

The Board also approved the Board Calendar for 2013. The calendar will remain the same with regular board meetings being held the third Monday of every month except December and June at 7 p.m.

The Board also reviewed several policies in an ongoing process to bring everything up to date.

After a brief executive session the Board approved the resignation of Tammy Avans as Cafeteria Manager at Davis Elementary School and approved a leave request by Kenneth Pennington.

The Board then reviewed the monthly financials and Superintendent Shawn Tobin gave his monthly report.

Superintendent Tobin reminded Board members of the AdvancED Visit coming up in February and reported that the IDEA Compliance Report for Special Programs was complete and that all requirements were met.