Clinton County Board of Education held a call meeting Monday afternoon at the Central Office with all members present and a limited agenda requiring action. The meeting was held in lieu of the board’s regular meeting that had been cancelled the previous week due to the snow storm.

The board first approved minutes, voted to pay claims and bills and between meeting disbursements and heard the monthly finance report from Finance Director Mike Reeves, who noted the district had an ending balance last month of $925,000, with the district being able to meet payroll.

Board chairperson Paula Key then gave the monthly personnel report, as follows:

* Certified resignation-Janet Beck, teacher at Albany Elementary. (Supt. Charlotte Bernard noted Mrs. Beck’s retirement was due to health reasons.)

* Certified hired-Sarah Shaw, assistant softball coach at CCHS.

* Classified resignations-Deloris Marcum, cook at the Early Childhood Center and Gayle Cooksey, custodian at CCMS and CCHS.

* Classified hired-Gayle Cooksey, custodian at AES; April Speck, Healthy Hometown Coordinator, district-wide; Adrian Smith, head baseball coach at the middle school and Wanda Jones, bus monitor, district-wide.

* Substitute teachers-Kenzie Pharis, CCECC and AES and Sarah Stockton, district-wide.

* Transfers-Amanda Shelton and Matthew Smith, from full-time substitute to regular bus drivers.

Director of Pupil Personnel Julie York noted the attendance report for the last full month of school wouldn’t be complete until a couple of more class days are held, but said thusfar during the seventh month, it was down just slightly at around 93 percent average daily attendance district-wide.

The board also discussed with York options the district has in moving forward with the school calender, due to the excessive days of school missed, especially in February, due to inclement weather.

York said that if all days had to be made up–without taking any Spring Break days in April–the district would be looking at going into a couple days in June. However, there are some options that can be explored and it is hoped the General Assembly, which is now in regular session, may grant schools across the state some leeway, in wavering some of the days missed in all schools across the state.

York also said the district had been “banking minutes” at the end of each day that could be used toward instruction if the state would waiver the mandatory 170 class days and opt to allow for instructional time in the classroom.

There is also, of course, the option of using some or all of the Spring Break days as make-up days should the number of missed days accumulate any further, but that seems to be a last resort the school board would take.

Superintendent Charlotte Bernard told the board she had talked with several parents who had already made plans for the spring vacation and would prefer other options. However, until the weather breaks and things get back to normal, or unless the state legislature takes some actions in the matter, it may be a while before a final “closing day” for schools this year is known.

The next regular meeting of the school board is a work session scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12 and regular business meeting on Monday, March 16 at 5 p.m., both at the Central Office and both open to the general public.