Homewood BOE elects officers, honors athletic achievements
The Homewood Board of Education elected its officers for the 2016-2017 school year at its May 19 meeting.
Vice President Jill Kimbrell will be president, board member Judy Truitt will be vice president and Homewood schools Superintendent Bill Cleveland will be secretary.
Kimbrell will replace outgoing President Charlie Douthit.
“There isn’t a team I’d rather serve with: central office, all our administrators, faculty, staff and this board. It’s just an incredible group of people,” Kimbrell said. “I thank you for that and it makes it a pleasure.”
Additionally, the board recognized a trio of Homewood High School athletic achievements.
Led by head coach Tom Esslinger, the girls track and field team clinched its third straight outdoor state title at the AHSAA 4A-7A meet on May 7. Three days later, head coach Keat Litton and his boys golf team brought home the first blue map in program history.
The pair of championship performances helped the high school secure another distinguished honor: the All-Sports Trophy presented by the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham.
The award was founded in 1982 and recognizes the area’s top high school athletic program. Never in its 36-year history has the traveling trophy taken up residence on the Homewood High campus.
“It’s just great to see the kids be successful,” HHS Athletic Director Kevin Tubbs said. “That trophy just kind of solidifies what we’ve done across the board. We don’t have just a great football or a great basketball team, we take care of all of our sports the same, so it’s very gratifying to me for somebody to notice that.”
During the meeting, the board also:
- Approved three personnel action sheets for the 2016-2017 school year, 2016 summer school and 2016 summer extended day program.
- Approved supplement and rate of pay schedules for the 2016-2017 school year.
- Approved a resolution to provide information relative to premiums and benefits included in the student accident insurance program for the 2016-2017 school year.
- Approved two bids—one for $27,107.60 and the other for $46,538.05—for a learning management system along with 41 access points and 100 licenses each for Homewood Middle School and HHS.
- Approved a resolution to consider a Ford 1320 tractor as surplus equipment that will be traded in a for a new tractor.
- Approved a resolution to purchase a Kubota Zero Turn tractor from Capital Tractor Incorporated for $9,736.
- Approved a resolution to introduce board policy revisions concerning fiscal management, personnel and students. The revision will be voted on at the next meeting.
- Introduced the Student Code of Conduct for 2016-2017. It will be also be voted on at the next meeting.
- Acknowledged Hall-Kent Elementary School will be awarded an Alabama Be Healthy School grant.