Neal Embry
Vestavia Hills City Schools Superintendent Todd Freeman recognizes the 2018-19 National Merit Semifinalists at the Dec. 17 board of education meeting.
At its Dec. 17 meeting, the Vestavia Hills City Schools board of education approved $60,000 worth of improvements to visitor bleachers at the high school football field.
The board also approved the following change orders:
- Roughly $109,000 for HVAC work at the Gresham Elementary/Vestavia Hills Elementary Dolly Ridge campus.
- Roughly $56,000 for various work at the former Berry High School campus, which will become Pizitz Middle School.
The board approved a contract with Frontline to conduct personnel services, and approved the renaming of the current PMS facility to VHHS-Freshman Campus, effective for the 2019-20 school year.
In other business, the board:
- Heard an overview of how the state report card process works.
- Approved the 2018-19 textbook committee members.
- Approved personnel items.
The board also approved the following consent items, all at VHHS:
- Debate, national competition, Arizona State University, from Jan. 3-7.
- Girls' Basketball, Wills Valley Shoot-Out, Fort Payne, from Dec. 20-22.
- Boys' and Girls' Tennis Tournament, Chattanooga, from March 14-17.
- Youth Government/Mock Trial Team, YMCA Youth Legislative Conference, Montgomery, from Feb. 22-24.
- Math Team, Collierville HS Math Bowl, Collierville, Tennessee, from Jan. 25-26; Clemson Calculus Challenge, Clemson, South Carolina, from April 7-8; Georgia Tech Math Competition, Atlanta, from April 12-13.
At a work session for the city council immediately following the board meeting, Superintendent Todd Freeman informed the council the school will seek a $9 million short-term loan at the end of January to pay for continued construction costs. No new taxes will be required to pay for the loan, Freeman said.
