The Greenwood School Board welcomed its new member, Elizabeth "Pann" Powers, at its meeting Tuesday.
Powers was appointed to a five-year term by the City Council on Feb. 6, on the recommendation of Mayor Sheriel Perkins. She is replacing Debbie Oxnam.
Powers was sworn in by board attorney Richard Oakes.
The board also approved the council's reappointment of board member Barbara L. Gray to a new five-year term.
Implementation of a coordinated school health program in partnership with the Mississippi State University Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion was approved.
The program will address nutrition and weight concerns among elementary school children and will first be used at Davis and Threadgill elementary schools.
Bankston and Williams elementary schools will be next, said Superintendent Les Daniels. Davis and Threadgill were the two schools picked first by MSU, he said.
Oakes said residents with homes on 16th Section land who use the federal mortgage association "Fannie Mae" (FNMA) and plan to refinance or sell their homes may now have to apply to the school board for new 16th Section leases.
Oakes has been in contact with the attorney general about the matter and the secretary of state regarding interest rates.
The board also quickly approved Oakes' recommendation that Daniels, Greenwood High School principal Percy Powell and Oakes sign a "joint defense agreement by Mississippi Municipal Services Company and Trident Insurance Company" for representation regarding the Dec. 6 incident between city police officer Casey Wiggins and student James Marshall at Greenwood High School.
Greenwood High School senior Clayton Foster Jr. entertained the board and board meeting visitors with trumpet music. The board approved a motion to donate $250 toward his travel expenses as a member of the 2007 Mississippi Lions Club All-State Band.
The new Greenwood High School football coach, Jeff Gibson, was introduced to the board. Also present were his wife, Erica, and son, Brendan, 4. Their daughter Jarielle, 9, could not be there.
The board approved a new plan to sell bonds for the refunding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program.
