The following are highlights from the Winston County Board of Education meeting on December 19, 2005:

The Board accepted payrolls and expenditures, Bank Reconciliations, and Financial Statements for November 2005, and approved 1st amendment of 2006 school budget.

The following students and personnel were commended:

§     Addison Football Team and Coaches for winning the State 1A Football Championship.

§     Caleb Parker, Addison Student, for being named the MVP of the State Championship Game and for winning the Mizeman Trophy Award.

§     Randy White, Addison Teacher/Coach, for being selected as a Coach for the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Game and for being named the 1A State Football Coach of the Year.

§     Lana Pigg, Addison Student, for signing Athletic Scholarship to play volleyball for Wallace State.

§     Chase Parker, Caleb Parker, Kyle Carden and Michael Roberts for being named to the 1A All-State 1^st Team Football Team. 

§     Wes Willingham, Addison Student, named as Honorable Mention to the State Football Team.

§     Dustin Cagle, Lynn Student, for being a top three finalist for the Mizeman Trophy Award.

§     Phalicia Moore and Chase Cliatt, Meek Students, for winning $1,000 scholarships in the Parisian Operation Career essay contest sponsored by Parisian, Portico Magazine, and The Birmingham News.

§     Meek High School for being the only Winston County School which has earned a place on the State’s Academic “Honor Roll”.  This achievement has been accomplished by earning Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) during the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school years.

Personnel Items:

§         Accepted resignation of Belinda Bryson, Special Education Aide at Double Springs Elementary.

§         Approved Maternity Leave for Sarah Hyche, teacher at Double Springs Middle School for the second semester of the 2005-2006 school year.

§         Employed Susan Huddleston as teacher at Double Springs Elementary, for the second semester of the 2005-2006 school year.

§         Employed April Linley as teacher at Lynn Elementary, for the second semester of the 2005-2006 school year.

§         Employed Holly Brimer as Special Education Aide at Double Springs Elementary for the second semester of the 2005-2006 school year

§         Granted professional leave to Gordon D. Ganey, teacher at Meek High School, January 9-13, 2006, to attend AMSTI Training of Trainers Workshop.

The Board approved adding and purchasing the SAT Test for 2^nd grade students and approved Textbook Committee Members for each school.

The next scheduled meeting was set for Thursday, January 26, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.

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