Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, July 3, 1990 TAG: 9007030074
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV15 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: M.J. DOUGHERTY CORRESPONDENT
DATELINE: FLOYD LENGTH: Medium
Munzing, who represents District A-81, Locust Grove, was the only person nominated for the position and was elected by unanimous voice vote.
He replaces Dale Profitt, who was not reappointed to the board. Munzing has been on the School Board since 1987 and last year served as vice chairman.
The board then chose Doug Phillips to succeed Munzing as vice chairman.
Phillips, who is from District E-81, Indian Valley, has been on the School Board for two years.
Previously, he served on the Floyd County Board of Supervisors from 1976 to 1980, including one year as chairman.
Elizabeth Eanes was reappointed as clerk.
In other actions, the board decided to keep its regular monthly meeting on the second Monday of each month at 1 p.m. for the present time. However, the School Board will meet on July 18 this month because two board members will be out of town July 9, the regularly scheduled meeting day.
Also, Munzing raised the possibility of having some night meetings during the year.
"People have talked to me and are not able to come," said Munzing of the board's meeting time.
"I'm not saying we have to decide anything today. But we may instead of meeting at 1 in the afternoon, sometimes meet at 6 in the evening."
Phillips suggested holding any extra meetings meetings at night as an alternative solution. Currently, the board generaly holds these meetings in the morning.
"So many things we are doing we need to call on staff people [during meetings]," he said. "At night, we might lose our grip on that."
The newest member of the board, Cheryl Whitlock, was not at the meeting because of a dental appointment.
The organizational meeting was scheduled Friday at the School Board's close-out meeting for the 1989-90 school year.
At the close-out meeting, the board had approximately $70,000 remaining at the end of the fiscal year.
About $30,000 of that was money received from the Board of Supervisors in a special appropriation in September to enable the school system to retain its group health insurance.
But when not as many persons as expected signed up for the plan, the money was no longer needed. It is being returned to the county's general fund.
Another $39,000 is the result of debt service which did not have to be repaid last year.
The delayed opening of the Technical Education Building at Floyd County High School changed the repayment schedule of the Literary Loan funds.
by CNB