March 22, 2001

The Board of Trustees of the Crane Independent School District met on the 22nd day of March 2001
in regular session with the following members present:

Sid Frymire, President Sandy Hubbard, Secretary Mary Jo Heard, Asst. Secretary	Manuel Cadena, Sr. Jerry Smith Tommy Bishop

Also present were: James Crews, Interim Superintendent Joe Westmoreland, HS Principal Jess McWhorter, MS Principal Danny Dillard, Elem. Principal Danny Hubbard	Ken Eudy, Business Manager Alan Swinford, Maintenance Director Jamye Swinford, Staff Dev.Dir Monte Hunter, Architect

1. Mr. Frymire, Board President, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

2. Tommy Bishop led the invocation.

3. Visitors were recognized.

4. No public comment.

5. Bishop moved, seconded by Cadena to approve the consent agenda as presented. Adopted unanimously.

6. Interim Superintendent Crews presented Sandy Hubbard a certificate recognizing her completion of Level I Training in
Boardsmanship Basics in a frame constructed by HS Woodworking Teacher Norman King.

7&8. Heard moved, seconded by Cadena to accept the Z&Z proposal for HS Asbestos Removal at a base price of $81,841.00
and the Mid-Tex proposal for HS/Bethune Renovations including Alternate 1 and 2 for $982,989.00 with instructions to
Architect Monte Hunter to investigate ways to lower this cost without sacrificing quality. Adopted unanimously.

9. Board member Jerry Smith requested that no discussion or action be taken on Policy BBG at this time in order to allow the
Policy Committee to meet and then come back to the board with recommended action at a later date if needed.

10. Smith moved, seconded by Bishop to adopt new evaluation instruments as presented by Interim Superintendent Crews for the Superintendent, Business Manager and Athletic Director. Adopted unanimously.

11. Maintenance Director Swinford reported his inability to attract any qualified applicants for the current open position of Vehicle
Mechanic. Bishop moved, seconded by Heard to move the Vehicle Mechanic position from Pay Grade 4 to Pay Grade 5 on our
current Salary Schedule. Adopted unanimously.

Cadena moved, seconded by Bishop to allow Superintendent or his designee to give credit on our salary schedule to maintenance
applicants for prior experience if it is verifiable and closely related to the type of work for which they are being considered. Adopted unanimously.

12. Bishop moved, seconded by Cadena to move Joe Westmoreland, Alan Cherry, Ken Eudy (12 month employees) and Dirk Dykstra
(11 month employee) along with all future contracted employees that will be hired to the following contract year/pay cycle:

September 1 for 10 month employees

August 1 for 11 month employees

July 1 for 12 month employees

Adopted unanimously.

13. Bishop moved, seconded by Heard to add $1,200,000 of catastrophic cash benefits for non-medical expenses to our current
Mutual of Omaha coverage for extra-curricular students at a cost of $524.00 for the time period 3/23-7/31/2001.
Adopted unanimously.

14. Hubbard moved, seconded by Heard to approve the Special Ed Budget Amendment as presented by Business Manager Eudy.
Adopted unanimously.

15. Heard moved, seconded by Cadena to approve the state-adopted textbooks as presented by each campus for the 2001-2002
school year. Adopted unanimously.

At this time, Board Member Ray North entered the meeting.

16. Smith moved, seconded by Hubbard to engage the audit firm of Eckert, Ingrum, Tinkler, Oliphant, Featherston & Barr, L.L.P.
from San Angelo, TX to conduct our financial audit for 2000-2001. Adopted unanimously.

17. Bishop moved, seconded by Hubbard to approve computer & printer purchases for the month of March not to exceed $6,253.00.
Adopted unanimously.

18. No action taken.

19. President Frymire ordered the board to adjourn into executive session pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas
Government Code chapter 551.082 and 551.074 subchapters D and E. Time: 8:25 p.m.

President Frymire ordered the executive session closed and the regular session be resumed at 9:20 p.m. He also stated that no items of business were conducted in the executive session.

20. Bishop moved, seconded by North to accept the resignation of teacher Irma Cantu effective at the end of this school year.
Adopted unanimously.

Bishop moved, seconded by Smith to offer employment during the 2001-2002 school year to the people listed in Exhibits A, B, D and F. Adopted unanimously.

21. Interim Superintendent Crews gave the board an update on the legislative session currently being held in Austin. He also
reported that the 10^th grade Reading and Math TAAS results were excellent with above 90% passing in all areas.

22. Bishop moved, seconded by Hubbard to adjourn the meeting. Adopted unanimously.

Time: 9:30 p.m.