OFFICIAL MINUTES FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING OF THE
The Board of Trustees for the
Present: Henrietta Williams, Chairperson; Beth Gray, Secretary; Andrew Tolbert, Board Member; Johnny McGehee, Parent Representative; Jim Hill, A.S.B. Superintendent; Dr. Marcella Dalla Rosa, A.S.D. Superintendent; Katie Becker, Zania Musteen, Interpreters; Amy Ford, Office of the Attorney General; Members of the Deaf Community; Members of the Blind Community
Absent: Dr. Doug Watson, Pam Hyneman
Call to Order
Ms. Williams called the meeting to order at
04-J-005 Motion to Approve Consent Items
Ms. Williams asked for a motion to approve the Consent Items. Ms. Gray made the motion and Mr. Tolbert seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Action Items
None
Discussion Items
A.S.B. Parent Representative – Johnny McGehee
Mr. McGehee said the Spring Concert was on March 20 and gave
credit to Mr. Hill for one of the best concerts he has seen, and he said the
choir was particularly good. Mr. McGehee told the board that the seniors had a
fundraiser at El Chico last week and everyone had a good time.
A.S.D. Parent Representative – vacant
Ms. Williams asked about a parent representative for A.S.D. Amy Ford, Office of the Attorney General, said the governor’s office handles that. Ms. Williams said she will contact the governor’s office and check on the appointment.
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Presentation
A.S.D. Science Fair Projects
Dr. Dalla Rosa introduced the high school science teacher, Donna
VanDevender, and Tiffany Lambert and Nathan Burleson students who competed in
the national science fair competition. Ms. VanDevender thanked the school’s
administration and the board for giving her and the students the opportunity to
attend the National Science Fair for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, which was
held at the campus of RIT in
Tiffany’s explained her project of decamping carbohydrates
in detail and explained how she arrived at her conclusions about carbohydrates.
She said going to NTID was a wonderful experience and talked about new and
different experiences she encountered in
After Tiffany’s report Nathan Burleson presented his
project, the wind turbine, and explained the project in detail and how he
arrived at his conclusions. Nathan said his experience of going to the National
Technology Institute for the Deaf was so wonderful. He stated he wanted to
visit the institute before he went to college and this was his chance to see
the sights. He won 2nd place out of 4-6 places, which was exciting
for him. He said it was also exciting going to
Academic Bowl Report
Katie Northup, who is a first year high school math teacher at A.S.D., gave a report on the Academic Bowl. This is her second year coaching the students, known as the Whiz Kids, in the Academic Bowl. She said this was an after-school activity the first year the school was involved and explained about the many topics included in the bowl. She said it is a big challenge for the students and the students rose to the challenge. She said the team started with her mom, Barbara Northup, who is a long term English and Literature teacher. For health reason her mom had to leave and at that time Katie started substitute
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Teaching and directing the Academic Bowl as well. The
Galludet Academic Bowl was held at
Joshua Lopez introduced himself and said he has been at A.S.D. for two years and involved with the Academic Bowl for two years. He said he wanted to mention the teamwork of the team because alone you cannot get the information, you cannot learn it all, and it felt like they were on an equal playing field. He said his first year of participation was very awkward and he was behind because his family moved around a lot. He felt that the Academic Bowl was the one place he could catch up and be on the same level playing field as his peers. He said by participating in the Academic Bowl they became role models at A.S.D.
Nathan Burleson said this is second year to be involved in
the Academic Bowl. He said at first he thought it would be a challenge to get
into Academic Bowl but he went ahead and accepted the challenge. He said
everyone encouraged the team and they learned so much, and at the same time it
was difficult. He also said it provided a help for homework and study habits
and that prior to being a part of the Academic Bowl he would only read the
Sports section of the newspaper. After joining the Academic Bowl he has been
reading different sections of the newspaper every day. Nathan went on to
explain how the Academic Bowl worked. Katie
Northup said that the Academic Bowl students have had 20 successes. There are
five seniors and two sophomores on her team and all of the seniors have been
accepted to major colleges for the deaf, with three of the seniors being
accepted to
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competition and she mentioned other successes for the students who have participated in the Academic Bowl. She said this shows that after all the students have done and all that she has required them to do, they have met and exceeded their expectations and this is because of opportunities the students have been given, such as Academic Bowl and National Science Fair. Ms. Northup thanked the board for the opportunities and she hopes this will continue in the future.
Ms. Williams said this speaks very well for the school. Dr. Dalla Rosa said they are very proud of the students and appreciates the work of the two teachers who were involved with the two activities.
There being no further business of a Joint nature, the
meeting moved to the Agenda for the
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Henrietta Williams, Chairperson
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Beth Gray, Secretary
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