By Pat Culverhouse |
Interviews for the next Superintendent of Webster Parish Schools are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 16 and the public will be welcome.
School Board President Johnnye Kennon ended Monday’s shortened school board meeting with the announcement that the two candidates for the position will be interviewed by the current board beginning at 4 p.m.
“We invite the public to attend the interviews, but they will not be allowed to ask questions,” Kennon said. “They will be able to hear the answers to questions we will pose.”
Candidates for the position are Dr. Rebecca Wilson, the current school board Personnel Director, and Bewanchi Sheppard, current Federal Programs and Technology Supervisor in the Claiborne Parish school system.
Current Superintendent Johnny Rowland is retiring effective Dec. 20.
Also during Monday’s meeting, members approved, in globo, $294,204.88 in payment s from the various maintenance and tax funds. Those included:
- Consolidated Dist. 3 Maintenance Fund: $4,346.90. Payments were $4,200 to install breakers and run wire for heaters for the car line; $146.90 to repair phones at Lakeside Jr/Sr High.
- Cotton Valley Maintenance Fund: $105,000 for demolition of the football stadium at North Webster Upper Elementary.
- Dist. 6 One-half cent Sales Tax Fund: $39,068.24. Major expenditures were $23,030 to install countertops in 18 rooms, 22 vanities and other items at Jones Elementary; $4,792 to install gates and repair fencing at Phillips Elementary; $3,400 to replace touch screen on chiller at Webster Jr. High; $3,300 to change mini-split in office at Webster Jr. High.
- Doyline Maintenance Fund: $52,790. Payments include $48,000 to support new HVAC system at Doyline High; $2,535 to replace condenser coil on AC unit in locker room at Doyline High; $1,555 to replace motor for AC unit in gymnasium at Doyline High.
- Sarepta Maintenance Fund: $2,100 to replace board, two capacitors and refrigerant at North Webster Jr. High.
- Springhill Maintenance Fund: $90,899.74. Invoice payments include $41,057.54 to install access controls including card readers on outside entry doors and copier room doors at Browning Elementary; $16,776.20 to purchase new chairs for office, entryway, auditorium and parent center at Browning Elementary; $15,600 to clean fence rows and haul debris at Browning Elementary; $11,446 to install graphics to interior doors at Brown Upper Elementary.