Wednesday, March 7, 2001
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Wednesday, March 7, 2001 |
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School board meets Monday By MONROE
ROARK
The Fayette County Board of Education has adjusted its schedule slightly for March, with a special called meeting and the regular workshop scheduled for Monday at 4 p.m. The only items on the called meeting agenda are approval of the "fair dismissal" policy and a personnel matter set for executive session. Work session items are expected to include discussion of the mid-term budget and the FY 2002 budget. The proposed "fair dismissal" policy is a tool expected to help recruit and attract teachers, granting them "quality teacher" status after signing a contract for a fourth consecutive year. Those teachers would then be entitled to renewal of their contracts unless there is just cause for non-renewal. If the plan is approved, the board would have to notify a teacher by April 15 of his or her third full year of employment to avoid attainment of the protected status. In that case, the teacher would be on probation and the administrator involved would be required to develop an improvement plan to help that teacher achieve quality status. Once that status is achieved, the teacher would be entitled to a series of notices and hearings if the board intends to end his or her contract. If enacted, this policy would affect 114 teachers already employed, according to comments made at a recent school board meeting. As for the change in scheduling this month, according to school system spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach, the board needed an extra week to be ready for the work session, which is usually scheduled for the first Monday of the month. The board's regular meeting is still planned for the following Monday, March 19, at 7 p.m.
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