At
their
regular
meeting
May
7th,
Hawkins
school
board
members
learned
that
their
district
is
among
the
ten
districts
in
the
state
that
are
winners
of a
$1,000
award
to
be
used
toward
their
risk
management
efforts.
The
award
is
the
fourth
annual
Texas
Association
of
School
Boards’
Risk
Management
Innovation
Award.
The
awards
and
checks
were
presented
at
the
Fund
Members;
Conference
on
April
23rd
in
Austin.
Dubravka
Romano,
TASB
associate
executive
director
said,
“Applications
were
rated
on
cost
effectiveness,
originality,
transferability
for
use
by
other
Fund
members,
and
ability
to
address
current
needs
at
the
overall
member
level.
Recipient
of
the
Innovation
Award
set
an
excellent
example
of
timely,
creative,
and
effective
approaches
to
risk
management
that
we
hope
other
funds
members
will
emulate.”
Following
the
regular
reports,
there
were
several
action
items.
The
bakery
bid
for
2007-2008
went
to
Sara
Lee
Food
&
Beverage.
The
milk
bid
went
to
Oak
Farms
Dairy
and
the
ice
cream
bid
went
to
Blue
Bell
Creameries.
On
the
extras
and
credit
for
the
building
program,
board
members
passed
PR12
and
PR23
for
renovation
and
upgrade
of
water
service
at a
total
of
$69,745.
No
action
was
taken
on
PR1
and
PR35.
Additionally,
no
action
was
taken
on
agenda
13
which
was
a
policy
change
consideration
–
site
based
committee
–
BQB
(local).
The
board
set
May
16th
at 8
a.m.
as
the
date
for
the
canvassing
meeting
for
the
May
12
election
results.
They
also
decided
the
July
board
meeting
would
be
July
5th
at 7
p.m.
In
his
report,
the
superintendent
reviewed
the
architect’s
report,
the
commercial
services
agreement
with
Suddenlink,
student
honors
and
scholarships,
and
announced
that
the
room
reservations
had
been
made
for
the
TABS
Summer
Leadership
training
session
June
14th
through
16th
and
that
the
last
May
to
cancel
without
penalty
in
May
23rd.
The
board
also
passed
the
MAC
Intergovernmental
Cooperation
Agreement
&
Business
Associate
Agreement.
In
the
area
of
employment,
Laurel
Greenlaw,
Marcy
Sauer,
and
Cara
Fair
were
hired
for
the
elementary
school.
Alan
Philips
was
hired
for
the
position
of
high
school
IPC/coach.
