Clinton County Board of Education held its last regular session of the calendar year Monday night with general items of business and some presentations, including the boards 2010-11 audit year report. All members were present for the one hour and 15-minute meeting.

The board first heard the annual audit report from John Wilson, CPA of Somerset, whose firm has been doing the school system’s audit for the past several years.

The audit report gave a “clean opinion” of the district’s financial condition as well as internal controls and how the system operated throughout the past fiscal year.

The district showed some $15.7 million in assets and a cash balance in both the fiscal year audited and the previous year at around $2.2 million. Wilson commended the school district on how it handled its finances during the report.

The board then granted three medical leave of absences, to Pamela Brown, Chrystal Adkins and Susan Pierce; voted to pay three between meeting disbursements totaling $30,541.26; voted to pay claims and bills and heard the monthly personnel report.

The board also opted to keep the regularly scheduled meeting dates and times unchanged for 2012, that being the second Monday of each month at 5 p.m. at the Central Office board room.

The board then approved a policy change to reflect wording that parents give notice of reasons for unexcused absences within five days’ time and also approved the low food bid for the spring semester to IWC Wholesale.

After approving a document pertaining to assurances for the Family Resource and Youth Service Center to be submitted to the Kentucky Department of Education, they approved three overnight trips for the CCHS varsity basketball teams. Those trips include the girls’ varsity playing at Elizabethtown in a tournament Dec. 22 and in a Greenwood tournament at Bowling Green Dec. 28. Also, a boys’ trip to Allen-County Scottsville for a tournament on Dec. 28. Finally, they approved a trip for some students to New York the week of the scheduled spring break, April 1-5.

Stesha Flowers, principal at the Clinton County Area Technology Center, also gave a presentation on the facility’s programs and courses geared to getting students college or career ready and Pam Bale, principal at the middle school, gave a presentation on the school’s current performance as well as goals and programs in place to prepare students for the new testing system implemented by the state. Those tests will be taken in April of 2012.

Director of Pupil Personnel Charlotte Bernard then gave the monthly attendance report. The report showed overall attendance district-wide was about the same as last year, just under 92 percent, the school with the highest attendance again being Albany Elementary and the high school showed the highest level of improvement, up to over 90 percent compared to 88 percent a year ago.

The next regular meeting of the Clinton County Board of Education is scheduled for January 9 at 5 p.m.