001All right. Um, give you the one minute warning. One minute warning. Make sure everybody's ready to go. >> Except probably two of them. >> Perfect. >> Oh, look. Mine's right. Oh, is it my books? That's not what I want to do. coordinating. There we go. >> Wrong year. >> That's this year. Listen, I've had a rough three weeks. >> Uh, then I have to go back down to 25. That's where I get lost. Okay. >> I'm tired. >> All right. Um, I'd call the uh work session in the White County Board of Education to order for August 14th, 2025. Appreciate everyone being here. I think we got all the technical issues uh covered. Everybody should be live and online with your information. Um, so thanks for staff and and those community joining us tonight. We're
002going to go through our items that we will be uh considering for consent and uh and if there's anything else we need to bring up during this work session period, we will do that as well. uh would like to welcome back Miss uh Isabella Sackett uh coming back joining us uh for her this will be her second year uh with uh as student representative and so we're just glad to have her back and and her input and insight. So looking forward to that as we go throughout this year. So uh we'll start with uh going through the uh items in your packet. Board members, you had a chance to look at that prior to the meeting. uh this will be the time to ask questions if there's anything that came up from uh uh your
003review of that and uh want to get clarification during this point. Uh obviously from a consent item as consent item, you'll have the opportunity to pull that out if we as a board need to uh have discussion in that during our regular regular meeting. So, uh we'll start and go through in uh in in the packet we had the uh the minutes and from the uh board meeting and the work session from uh July 10th, 2025. Uh any questions, corrections, clarifications for either of those minutes that were provided? All right, then we'll u we'll move on then with our our reports. Um there is uh there's nothing that was uh given for policy. uh we took care of a lot of policy last uh last month and so we don't have any any policy that
004we need to consider for uh for tonight. Um so then after uh following that we have our um uh maintenance report. Um don't think there was any maintenance report provided to you but Mr. Alley's here tonight. Mr. Ali, is there anything you need to advise us on? Everybody. Saturday. That's good to hear. Um and hopefully we can get some movement on the the AC at the high school for those in the in the front office. Um, board members, same board member have a question for Mr. Ally. >> Yeah, I do. Mr. Alley, what's uh what's been the hold up at Dole? I know they they broke ground and wanted it early early in the, you know, into school, but now they just got footers poured on what, Monday? >> So, Yeah, lot lots of folks
005asking and so we see we see equipment but we don't see no movement. So I just I mean we had you know had a couple of months there 30 or 40 days to to do stuff without students in the building and and there to do things and look like they kind of drug their feet a little bit. So any other uh questions for uh Mr. alier maintenance for our district. Okay. If not, then we'll uh have our budget report. Mr. Smith's going to cover that for in Miss Officer's absence tonight. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As always, I I thank Chad and his office staff for the great work that they do. Uh the month of June marks the final month of the county's fiscal year and as such the report details a full fiscal
006year fiscal year of activity for White County. Overall, the county finished in the fiscal year in a stable financial position and in most instances maintained reserve balances at or near the beginning of the year balances. It appears to be safe to say that the local option sales tax or lost collections have officially leveled off in the in the prior 3 to four fiscal years. Loss has increased at a very rapid pace pace. However, based on the trends that we're seeing over the past six to eight months, it appears that that trajectory has started to plateau. White County has officially, excuse me, has historically lost, I'm sorry, White County has historically budgeted lost in a very conservative manner. So what that when these collections started to level off or even decrease slightly, the county would not
007experience a budgetary shortfall because of this fluctuation. In the general purpose school fund, expenditures and incumbrances outpaced revenues during the fiscal year by $457,963. This number, of course, considers planned expenditures, also known as incumbrances, which were not yet made as of June 30. for the general purpose school funds 40,762,48 of expenditures and incumbrances shown on the report 3,111876,97 or 7.63% represent planned per purchases or incumbrances which were not made as of June 30th. This incumbrance number is overwhelming is this encumbrance number over overwhelming is made up of planned expenditures for the Dole Elementary School project edition. It is unusual to have this large of an incumbrance amount at the end of the fiscal year. This number will decrease significantly in 2026 as the dole project wraps up in time for the 2627 school year to
008begin in the new addition. Overall, the fund is in a healthy financial position and was f financially well positioned to undertake the dual edition capital project. Revenues and expenditures in the school federal projects fund were down approximately 64% over fiscal 2024 with the windown of ESSER projects in the previous year. Overall, the fund closed fiscal 25 with a $3 million fund balance, which represents local funds placed in the fund for cash flow per p purposes. The central cafeteria fund finished the year with revenues increasing over the previous fiscal year at a great at a rate greater percentage than expenditures did. This helped reduce the draw down on reserve balances in the fund, but it did not eliminate it. School nutrition staff continue to work hard to cut cost and reduce overhead to minimize fund balance
009usage for operational purposes. That is the report. >> Thank you, Mr. Smith. U board members, any questions regarding our budget report for Mr. Smith or Mr. Markham? I'm sure would uh make himself available for questions answers as well. Okay. If uh then we'll uh go on to our budget amendments and transfers. Uh have two tonight. Uh both of these uh appear to be uh federal funds that uh that have come in. So u let uh let Mr. do speak to that and provide a little clarity for us on these have have a 21st century and a title Nike. >> So, uh, yes, sorry about that little technical error. So, we had some 141 budget items, but because of the county budget situ situation, it's a little pre premature to approve those. So, we pulled those
010out. So we have a couple of federal uh funds in edible fund 142. The first is our 21st century remaining funds. Uh so carryover funds 193, 597, and 50 cents. So we're excited that we have our federal funds have come in. Those have been released and uh uh in preparations for 21st century program starting uh very shortly. Also we have um fund 142. This is a title n McKenna Vinto. It's a homeless uh students grant and it's amount of $48,139.33. Thank you to uh Miss Sheila Felton and Beverly Drumarger for their work on this and this will help pay for uh some of the assistants that work in that program to help some of our uh neediest students. And so we're excited to help the this grant will provide additional services for homeless and youth
011homeless youth. So uh those are the two budget amendments for this evening. Commission D. So, uh, just for clarity, so that way we all understand we're we're uh these are are funds. We have a one grant coming in, that's the title N grant, which would be new monies coming into the district. And then the uh 21st century is just a rollover from last year into this year's budget being federal monies. >> Is is that the carryover? Is is that carryover? That's that's >> it. It is her new It's fis fiscal year 26. So it's it is her new funding. Excuse me. That is her new funding uh that's just been released. So we just got those numbers. Uh I think this time last meeting we uh we weren't sure what we were going to get
012and those those numbers are slowly coming in. So this is the 21st century funds sub fund 432 for this coming year. So just for for clarity because we did have some issue with 21st century funds last year. This says um for the 2022 program. So this is what we would have expected for 21st century to be funded for those schools. >> I'm sorry. >> So this is the >> three or four. This is the four schools that >> the three schools. Yeah. That are still on the 21st century grant and not the four that the local is covering which we have in our budget. >> All right. So I think just for clarity board members, we should just know and be thankful that we did get the funding for those three. We're still carrying four
013and we'll carry four for the next year. >> Correct. >> Then until we go back and reapply. So >> sorry that was a little Barry White moment. >> Um sorry, Mr. Chair. >> My question would be um since we lost the four, is that correct? We lost four and we're funding them locally and then the three that we getting funded for. Are those going to be um all grouped together next time as a one complete grant to fund all of our schools? >> So they were on two yes they were on two different grant cycles and we lost the one grant cycle that had four schools on it. So the three rem remaining schools are the one ones that we're getting money for from the federal government. That one runs out this year. And so
014next year going into over the summer, but next year going into next year when we apply all we'll apply for all all of our schools at that point. Not sure yet what we'll do with middle school uh because we've changed that program. We weren't seeing the return on investment there, but we're still doing some targeted tutoring there. So we may just look at elementary schools. Uh, but they will all be bid at the same time, proposed at the same time. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Good question, Mr. McDonald. Any other questions regarding our U budget amendments and transfers? Okay. If not, we'll go on to our personnel report. Personnel report was provided to you reflecting activities through the month of July. We see the applicants interviews uh and hires during that time. Also uh regarding
015personnel changes uh the information was provided to you about uh personnel changes that uh these took place I guess leading up right up to the uh start of the the school year. So any questions regarding personnel personnel reports for the most part fully staffed. Correct. close. Um we have had a I I'll be in my director's update, but we've had a couple of unsus un expected resignations and so we we've got those classes covered right now. Uh but we will be looking for some uh some teachers in a couple classrooms, but we're covered with teachers right now. >> Okay, great. We'll look forward to hearing that in the regular meeting. Sorry to steal your thunder. Um all right. So next item in our in our um uh consent is uh policy uh 4701. Um each
016year the board has to designate uh uh um system testing coordinators who responsible for uh administering and and monitoring maintaining the security of the the tests that we do in our district. Um so it's been uh proposed to us that uh Miss Fresh and Dr. Butcher be the ones that serve as coordinators and they're serving as coordinators currently. Correct. Okay. So, we're just we'll just be renewing those and that's um uh in keeping with policy. So, any uh questions on uh on that as far as uh approving the uh district testing coordinators. Okay. If not, then uh we'll go into uh next item on uh in our being our consent. There's a couple payments um that were not able to be made prior to uh close of the the year uh June 30th, 2025. And
017so we have a formal request uh by uh Mr. Wilson uh at the at the high school. Uh $96 for uh for reimbursement for to Brent Ryan for some uh travel that he did on June 28th. And then u there was one more on the next page. Correct. All right. And then u there was um u a a bill for um uh for uh junior ROC that was uh that was submitted. Again, it would this one uh appears to u have been submitted or just got missed maybe. Yeah, it says that there was a purchase order given in March. Uh but I don't know if that was just set up and then the cleaning did not take place until uh this looks like May that that was taken that was taking place. But what forever
018reason um those uh invoices did not get paid until after June 30th. And so u by policy the uh the board has to approve for these uh fiscal year uh pol pay payments to be made in the new fiscal year. So just have these do they have the money to pay it? Uh it just needs board approval for the for the bookkeeper to do so. Okay. So board members have any questions on that? those two bills that need to uh from fiscal year 2425 uh that but we'll be paying those given approval for those to be paid in uh in this fiscal year 2526. Okay. Uh if that's No questions on that. Then we've got uh several uh field trip uh requests uh or travel request um from the uh from the high school. Um
019we have uh culinary is requesting uh FFA is requesting and uh Tissa is requesting uh uh travel field trip requests. So um start with uh with culinary uh they're going to Pigeon Forge in September. Um and uh pulling out one one day for travel there. Um that is uh and that is not an overnight that's just a one day travel. Is that correct? >> Yes, Mr. Chairman. I want to clarify there are a couple in there that were added as one file. Uh but the board only is only approving those that are that are out of state or overnight. So there might be one in there that is neither. And that's not what the board what we'd be seeking approval for, but just for those that uh that say overnight or out of state. Okay.
020Yeah. So, um so Okay. So, what we're doing is we're approving the o the overnight and um culinary has this one is overnight on look at that close more closely. Any questions on uh for that? Okay. And then uh FFA and the um AD classes. Uh they've submitted several um and some of those are do require out of state or overnight travel. Um so would you like to speak to those? Anybody have any questions on those that were submitted? Miss Sack, it won't put you on the spot. You going to any of these? >> I will note there are um asked uh the agriculture department. They did a good job of highlighting their trips and categorizing them. And there are several that they're asking for permission in case they need them and depending on if
021students qualify for certain competitions. But they wanted to go ahead and give the board all these at one time so they don't drag out throughout the year. Not to say there won't be an extra stray here or there, but they were trying to provide as much information up front as possible. All right. Any questions on the FFA field trip requests? All right. Then uh next is um uh Tissa and and uh the HOSA uh programs uh Miss McCully be leading leading that um and so that's for a chapter officer and leadership training in Antioch Tennessee overnight. Any questions on that? Ouiji wagon. How's that? All right. Um Okay. So, those are the items uh in our consent that uh for for tonight uh that we will we will be covering. Uh obviously if there's anything
022that any of those items that you wish to pull out for further discussion, deliberation, you'll be given that opportunity when we get into our our board meeting. Um anything else, questions, comments? Got a few minutes. All right. Um so, uh I just would say I I appreciate uh I appreciate your uh your attendance. um Monday night uh for uh for our little work session as we went through our uh trying to do a SWAT analysis. Um and so just keep in mind that we'll be uh meeting every Monday the Monday before our board meeting um for the next uh several meetings until up through December. Um I'm going to mention that in our regular meeting tonight uh just so the public's aware. Um but uh it was good exercise. Um, and I think as we
023get in and try to collect more information uh as a board uh at the end of the day, we're trying to put together a plan for uh uh the next uh next three to three to five years. So hopefully we will we can do that and be effective through that process. But did did appreciate just good good conversation as we go through that uh that exercise. Anything else? All right. If not, we'll uh adjourn our work session and we'll reconvene at six o'clock for a regular board meeting. Thank you. Board members and attendees, we got two minutes. Two-minute warning. All right. If I could have your attention, please. Um, like to call the, uh, August 14th meeting of the White County Board of Education to order. Uh, if you would please rise and like to
024welcome back Miss Isabella Sackett. She's going to lead us in the pledge tonight. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you, Miss Sacket. And uh welcome back from your uh your summer break. We're glad to have you back joining us in our our meetings each uh each month. Uh so like to welcome everyone to uh to our meeting tonight. This is our second meeting of the 20 uh 526 school year, but it's our first meeting since students have been back. So uh have several items on the agenda tonight, including one special recognition. So, uh, uh, before we get to that, uh, on considering approving tonight's, uh, agenda, uh, just like, uh,
025let everyone know that Tennessee code annotate and bo board policy 1400 states that every meeting of the board is open to the public except where law allows cold session. The agenda for the board meetings are posted on the district's website at www.whosechools.net at least three days prior to each meeting. State statute requires that each meeting agenda include an item reserved for public comment. A signup sheet is made available prior to the beginning of the regular meetings and individuals who have signed up prior to the start of the meeting to speak will be recognized in the order listed on the signup sheet at the point in the agenda designated for public comment. The board meetings are streamed with the help of Warrior Media for live or recording viewings. Links are provided on the district's website. attending
026and or speaking during tonight's meeting implies consent and for comments and appearances to be used. So with that said, is there any board member that have a conflict uh of interest on any item on the proposed agenda tonight? >> Mr. Chairman, as I do each and every month, no uh no conflict of interest tonight on anything on the agenda. just make it uh uh known that my wife is an employee of this district and the views and the comments made by me tonight here are strictly uh my and mine alone and made in the best interest of our students and faculty and staff. >> Thank you, Mr. McDonald. >> Mr. Chairman, so I have no conflict, but my husband is employed by the district and so my thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. >>
027Thank you, Miss Officer. Just like my colleagues, my my wife is also an employee of the high school or of the district. Uh no conflicts of interest tonight on the agenda, but my views and comments are mine. >> Thank you, Mr. Smith. So, uh Miss Sims, please let the minutes reflect that Mr. McDonald, Miss Officer, and Mr. Smith all indicated they have spouses working within the district, but nothing on the agenda tonight that's being proposed constitute a conflict for for them. So, uh, with that being said, uh, like to entertain a motion for approval for the agenda for tonight's meeting. >> Move. >> Motion by Mr. McDonald. I have a second. >> Second, Mr. Smith. Any discussion? There are two things that I I'd like to uh note um on our on our agenda. uh
028one uh Shannon Smith uh representing uh Bonnie Croft uh volunteer fire department has asked to uh speak to the board and that's regarding some business that was uh that came up he brought to our attention last uh spring. So, I'm going to ask him, we'll leave some time for him to speak on uh on his item in old business, and we will move that out of public comment, put him in in position for old business, and then um there there are a couple of uh items here. Uh yes, here from the sheriff's department. Uh they're going to be would like to speak in a public comment. Um but uh their item they're actually going to be speaking on is item on agenda item number eight. So it asks that we would allow them to speak
029at that time and uh rather than in the public comment >> you amend my motion or no? >> No. I make a motion to amend. >> Okay. Second. >> Okay. Motion to amend the uh the agenda and uh have a second. All those in favor? I >> I >> opposed. Okay. So, now we're back on approving the agenda. Have a motion and a second to approve the agenda with those uh corrections for uh modifications for those wishing to speak to address the board tonight. Uh any other discussion? Okay. Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion passes. Next item on our agenda is our consent agenda uh for uh for for the public's information. Um the board did meet have a work session tonight prior to our agenda,
030excuse me, our regular meeting and uh we reviewed in uh the uh board meeting minutes and and committee meeting work session minutes from uh July uh 10th meeting. Um we had uh there was no policy items to review. We did have an maintenance update uh by Mr. Alley uh budget report by Mr. Smith. There were uh two federal fund uh budget amendments and transfers that uh that were reviewed. We ver reviewed our personnel report. Um there was a district and testing coordinators uh were were recommended for approval for uh this coming year. And uh then there was trips by the White County High School um for uh for this year. We had uh FFA um FF CLA and then Tissa all requested uh overnight travel trips which borders approved. So those are the items that
031we covered in our in our work session. Um and board members those were sent out to you prior to the meeting um included in your packet. They're provided to you in in advance. Um so it asks is anyone wish to remove an item for separate discussion that were in in that was in our consent agenda? Okay. If there's no no objections, then the consent agenda will be adopted as per presented unless there is objection. Okay. Hearing no objection, the consent agenda is adopted. That moves us on to our next item on on our agenda. And uh we have uh we have great employees and and great staff here in uh our uh in our district and those that that serve uh the district making sure that uh we're providing uh first class education to our
032to our students. And uh tonight uh we want to uh we had one of our employees that was recognized and so uh going to let Mr. uh Mr. D speak to that and share this recognition with us. >> Yeah, thank you. Um we um um I I received an email recently uh in July and uh recognizing our technology supervisor, Miss Ashley Rust, for her work. Uh Ashley does a fantastic job. Her and her team uh make sure that thousands of computers are running each and every day in White County schools. And that happens almost every day without a hitch. And usually if there is a hitch, it has nothing to do with Ashley. It has to do everything with outside of her control. but uh she makes sure that they're running. Uh I'm probably her
033most annoying client and uh with all of my Mac issues that I have from time to time and uh but she does a fantastic job and her team, her staff, uh really really do a great job and they're unsung heroes. We all uh are at her mercy. We realize just how important she is when the when the network goes down and like I said, that's usually not her fault, but uh she makes it happen. She calls the people powers that be and uh we just appreciate her very much. agenda. So, I'm I'm glad to have the opportunity to share. I got this email from um the folks at TA and that's the Tennessee Educational Technology Association. Uh she's on the actually on the board of directors with TEDA. Um they they have a I think
034an bigger national organization. This is the Tennessee uh uh affiliate of that. Uh but she works really close with them and uh does a great job. And uh in their words, and this is from Jill Pierce, the executive director, uh she said that Miss Rust brings vision, dedication, and professionalism to her role with TEDA, qualities that not only elevate the success of our events, but also spotlight the innovative work being done in your district. Through her thoughtful contributions, collaborative mindset, and unwavering advocacy for the meaningful education, technology integration, she has helped shape statewide conversations on best practices and digital learning advancement. and she goes on and on to uh share other accolades and we're just really proud of Ashley and proud of the work that she does and uh anytime we get to spotlight one
035of our great employees would like to do so. So Ashley, congratulations. Thank you, Mr. Mr. D, for sharing that. Uh and Miss uh Miss Russ, thank you very much for your hard work and dedication to keeping up the uh uh the uh IT portion of our our district. Keep it working well. Board members, any questions, comments, as uh as Mr. mentioned um the um Jill Pierce uh who sent the letter of of recommendation for uh uh for Miss Miss Rust. One of the things she said she said she'd commend White County Schools for supporting empower empowering leaders like Miss Rust. Her influence extends far beyond the district, helping strengthen the lands educational landscape across Tennessee. only reason I bring that up and just encourage all uh all staff and and uh throughout the district reme
036remember remember that you're always uh making an impression not just here in our community but uh when you're out and about across the state too. So appreciate you for representing uh White County well across the state and wherever you're at. All right, so uh with that we'll move on to the next item on our agenda. We were Sheriff Paige reached out uh by letter making a uh official formal request uh to the uh to the school board for approval to repurpose Central View Elementary School into a dedicated training s center for uh the agency. And uh it is something that uh director or director has expressed some uh support for and uh they wanted to the opportunity to collaborate on a plan that would be uh benefit multiple agencies uh and enhance public safety in
037White County. Um Sheriff Paige and uh and I guess it's Lieutenant Randolph. >> Captain Randolph. Okay. Lieutenant >> Edwards. I'm sorry. Thank you. Um are here tonight uh with uh the sheriff's department. So uh given this give them the opportunity to speak and you can speak to uh this request if uh if you if you'd like. So recognize Sheriff Paige. >> Thank you'all for uh having us here tonight and u thank you for taking this into consideration. We uh are in desperate need of a training facility and of course we have trained down there some. Mr. let us in a little bit to do building clearing and and to work on active shooters. Um, and it is such a great place for us to go. And, you know, I had the idea. I figured I
038would come and ask the school board if we could start doing some work down there. Maybe lease it, you know, somehow or something and just move in there and protect it, put some cameras up, you know, do some painting, put some classrooms so we can do our training there instead of in the little classroom we have behind the jail. Um, and even make it safe. I mean, there's been several calls down there where people are breaking in or breaking the glass and um I think it'd just be a good benefit all the way around. It could also be kind of a substation for us and um of course I know it's used also for some storage. We don't have a problem with that, you know, for the school other schoolboard using it for storage. Um
039we could use it for multiple things and we'd really appreciate y'all's consideration on that. Thank you, Sheriff Paige. Um, so you would u the proposal in here is just um ask if there was something we would consider uh allowing you to use that facility. Um I know you mentioned something about cost sharing and improvements and things things of that nature. um that would probably need to fall under some type ofou so we have that understanding between the two uh two organizations but really I guess tonight you're just asking would we consider that uh as a board? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. So uh board members just want to make sure everybody's clear on what's uh being asked tonight. Uh, Sheriff Pages asking to uh for if we would consider allowing the sheriff's department to use
040the Central View facility as u as a um uh for for training purposes and also uh other purposes to help uh with as far as uh uh training and and agency coordination things of that nature in that part of the county. Um so I'll pause right here and u give uh board members a chance to speak to that. Mr. Mr. D, if you want to speak to that, you're welcome to to do that as well. >> I'll just say um I appreciate the sheriff and his department bringing this idea to us. Um we had the board had allowed something similar in the past. We'd encourage uh THP and sheriff's department and officers in that area to stop by first responders and provided a kind of a bathroom stop once upon a time when the school
041was first closed. And uh the idea there was to for protection really, you know, it was good to offer our our uh law enforcement officers and our first responders a place a pit stop, a place to do some paperwork and stop in. But selfishly, I wanted the school to be checked on and I wanted our property to be protected. We have had several uh minor breakins uh over the years and uh so it would be in our benefit to protect the property. Um I we would come up with some sort of agreement uh and uh for use and then obviously I think from the school standpoint uh to keep in something inou some sort of understanding if it ever was needed for school building again we would work on some sort of exit clause on
042that. Um but appreciate the sheriff's willingness to allow us to store things there. we would consolidate. We I've already looked at uh our needs for storage there and I think there's there's opportunity for us to do some storage but still free up some space for uh for their purposes. So, I think it's a it's a very viable option. Uh it would serve our purposes uh as a school district to provide storage but to get protection uh for the property and certainly would help our county uh with our sheriff's department having an opportunity to uh to train uh a place to do uh to meet their needs for their department and to do so in a way that brings uh some protection and activity to that community. So thank you. >> Honestly, I think it's this
043is a great idea. I like the fact that we had u opportunity for after right after the schools closed to have those folks there. Um it provides some added protection for those folks on the west end of the county that don't you know it takes a while to get from Sparta to to Central View. I don't care how fast you drive the roads are the roads are dangerous. Uh but I I think that um works out well for like Mr. D said for the district. Um, what about the fire department there? I'm going to say there's going to be no issue with the fireh hall being on site. >> Oh, no, no, not none at all. >> Okay. >> Well, we'll even welcome them to come over and and do stuff with us. I mean,
044all the fire departments in the county as far as I'm concerned. >> So, would you be using most of the classrooms or would you just have a specific number of classrooms that you would need to use or is it >> I I think it's still >> up and let's look and see, you know. Yeah, >> we know for a fact we we need the gym >> because that's where we can put our equipment to exercise and help the deputies stay in shape and get in there and even run around in the gym, you know, run laps around the gym. I can start demanding laps and push-ups then, you know. So, >> u but it it is a great it would be a great benefit, I think, to the whole county in my in my opinion.
045Um and definitely would help us a lot. >> Yeah. Just so you know, I'm not going to be planning to uh be a deputy since you're going to make them run and do laps. So, I'm I'm out on that. >> Well, we don't have many anyway, so I understand. >> The training exercises that you're speaking of with the school system, where are you doing those? Now, >> we have a place set up at EMS where we go use exercise equipment. As far as anything else, they have to go to the Y or anywhere they can. The classroom side of it, we, like I said, we have a small classroom. um not not as big as this room. Probably not even half as it will um that we do our our defensive tactics and all that
046stuff in. And it's we're crunched. I mean, it's hard to get everybody in there sometimes. >> Thank you. >> Do you see that someone would be there daily? Are you thinking someone would be there quite often? What do you think? Oh, I think most days someone would be there. Um, a lot of these guys like to work out every day, you know, after they get off work or what have you or or we we train almost every day on something from corrections to the to the road deputies. >> If it was if it was opened up, I would I could guarantee that I would be there daily. I intended to have a secondary office there in order to s have materials that I can't store in the correctional facility that could be secured there. and
047protected. >> Okay, thank you. >> Good questions. Uh any questions this side of the table? Okay. So um so we have uh since sheriff's department have uh has presented uh to us formal requests to uh to use central view central view elementary school um for a training center and various purposes that would benefit their uh their department. Um they would need us as a board to approve that. Um, however, in order for us to uh we need to have a mou uh in place and uh so I would encourage us as a board to uh to if we take any action on on this request in the uh in the affirmative, then we do make that contingent upon having anou between us and uh school system and the sheriff's department. So, keep that in mind
048if you intend to to make a motion. So, I would this time I would entertain a motion for uh accepting uh approving the uh the request for the sheriff's department to uh use the Central View Elementary School. >> Mr. Chairman, I I would uh I would make that motion for uh approval of the sheriff's department uh dependent upon uh theou to be drawn up. That is satisfactory to our director, this board, and the sheriff and his leadership team um for understanding that the building is still a school building. um and the fact that if we ever need it again that we could get get access to that, but uh would love to see the folks uh in Central View have that added protection uh for their properties down there. So, uh I would make a
049motion we approve that. >> Okay. I have a motion. >> You can word that however you want to word it, Miss Sims. So, >> I have have a motion. Do I have a second? >> Second, Miss Bower. Um discussion. How how soon do we think you want to get in there? >> Uh not after the our budget's passed anyway. Um because we have no extra money to do really anything at all. >> But um you know just soon as the budget passes, probably within the next month, >> I would like to get in there and start cleaning up and doing some work and >> securing it. >> My question would be who who draws up thoseus? Is that something between >> our director? >> Director. Okay. director. >> All right. So you so to to
050your point, we have a motion have a second the discussion on theou portion of it that that would be drawn up by our director uh sheriff page and then that would be presented to us and we would then be the ones that would approve theou. So just everybody has that >> clarity. So So yes, no, M. McDonald up. We'll we'll delegate that to our our director. Any other discussion about this uh about this this item? Okay. If uh no other discussion then uh all those in favor of uh of uh allowing the sheriff's department to use central view as a training facility perou uh please let know be known by saying I >> opposed. Motion passes. All right. Next item on our agenda is our district update. Stroberger. Thank you Mr. chairman. Uh overall, we're
051off to a good start uh this school year. There always some bumps on the first few days, but for the most part, our school teams are settling into a nice groove to begin the school year. So, thanks to everyone on faculty, staff, and our whole school community for helping us get off to a smooth start. Um due to some personnel wise, due to some unexpected departures, we have a couple of special education positions to address in the upcoming days, but we have some contingency plans in place. We also have a few staff jobs that are in the process of being filled. Overall, we're in good shape with personnel and our schools are fully staffed with qualified and quality people. Uh legislatively, I met this week with the TOSS, that's the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendent
052Board, to discuss legislative game plan for the 26 General Assembly. Um some of the focus areas will be on school funding and teacher training uh and or the reduction thereof. And uh we're also watching the governor's race very closely. Uh academically, initial TV scores, that's our growth scores have arrived and the returns are very promising. Although these scores are embargoed to the public until late August, I can say that the results are very encouraging and I believe that the school community will be proud once again of our schools, our staff, and our students. Uh in the safety realm, all of our schools are conducting safety drills this week with the help of Homeland Security and our local law enforcement folks. Uh Mr. Brian Haley oversees the safety efforts in our district. Does an excellent job
053and we thank everyone for working hard uh on their safety drills as we start the school year. Financially, we are optimistic uh that the county commission will pass the county budget this coming week and that will allow the district to move forward with our budgeted payroll and bonuses for fiscal year 26. Also, our federal dollars have arrived after after the initial freeze and our programs will be funded based on similar numbers from last year. In athletics, fall sports are underway and several teams are seeing uh early success on the uh field and court. The White County High School football team plays their first home game next week on the 22nd. Hope to see everyone out there for that. And we're excited to be ordering a new line marking robot for the district. Uh, this machine
054uses GPS to paint perfect lines on outdoor playing surfaces and it can also paint numbers, letters, designs, and parking lots. So, we're excited for that purchase. Uh, building projects. As we heard, the Doyle found uh foundation has been poured at Doyle. Uh, masons will be uh beginning work on the block work next week. Uh, the first brick sample was rejected, but we'll look at other samples soon and pick the right colors. Uh, that completes my director's report, but I'd be glad to answer any questions that you might have. Thank you, Mr. D. Uh, any questions for our director regarding the director's report? All right. If not, then we'll uh move down to our next item on our agenda, and that is public comment. As uh mentioned, we have uh moved some public comment around to
055uh to other agenda items uh under old business. So, uh, that will take us to new business. I have no new business on, uh, items on our agenda. So, brings us to old business. And board members, as you may recall, I think it was back last April or May. Uh, April, um, uh, Shannon Smith with, uh, or is it Captain Chief? I'm sorry, Chief, uh, Shannon Smith with Bonnie Volunteer Fire Department. uh came and visited us and spoke about concern that uh had because the Bonnyra Volunteer Fire Department building is on uh the Bondicoft school property. So that is in a sense asset of the school. Um and so um Chief Smith came uh and asked to be uh to speak tonight during public comment. But uh in speaking with him prior to uh this
056meeting, the the real question thing that he reason here is we need to we need to revisit that. Um, and I think uh that's something that uh the intent and I'll let uh Chief Smith speak to this, but uh proposal is that we could uh allow Bonnie Croft uh volunteer fire department to own that section of building property that uh is currently being assumed by your uh by by the fire department, but actually on plat exists on uh on school property. So, um, Mr. Smith, I just give you a chance if you like to clarify what I said. If there's anything else that you need to need to speak to, um, I'll recognize you at this time. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh, I was just here talking about the building up there because when we
057apply for grants up there, the property is not ours and we was turned down because we didn't have our own property to build on. And that was the reason I'm came here to talk to y'all today. Uh having that property right there, the two acres I believe that it is on. Uh that would give us an opportunity to advance our department up to today's standards. That department was built in 1978. It's needs a roof on it right now and I don't have enough space or anything to keep my equipment. I have a truck sitting out right now in the weather. I was talking with my other chief here. He don't have no room in his department. My other sister department up there does not have the room for it. So, I'm just asking if we
058could get that little section right there that we it's on and where we can build on I can advance my station to make it up to day quality and I could house all my equipment, make it a little bit bigger and where we could have actually training facilities in it also. Okay. Thank you, Chief Smith. Um, Mr. Markham, since you're here, um, like to call on you what would we need to do as a board to consider that? Is is that something we would need to propose? Get a survey done and then um bring that back here and we would uh look at doing some type of quick claim transfer. >> Yes. >> Okay. Okay. Um, have have you uh, Mr. Smith, have you you spoken with director about the amount of space that you're
059asking to carve out? >> Yes, >> you have. Okay. Why don't I'm going to suggest would you revisit that with with our director so that way we can see come up with what type space you're looking to carve out and then um then we can uh we can look to have that have that brought to the board next meeting so that way we will have to take some type of action on it. But we don't have anything that we would consider other than just saying, "Hey, we want to know quick claim property over to you." Well, we've got the question is what property. You understand what we're saying? So, we need to we need to get that and the board me board will have to see that before next meeting so we could consider that.
060So, if if you would just circle back and you can include me as needed. um circle back to what exactly space you're you're looking at, what you're proposing. Um so that way we can bring it back up to the board and then we figure out some way to to expedite this and not just let it wait another 6 months. >> Oh, I appreciate that. Um there's a spot up there where we mow from and where the school m from. There's a line that goes all the way down there. If anybody's been up there and never see where they mow and I mow, sometimes we don't mow together. You can see the line and that's all the space that we're looking for is just is what we take care of up there on the mountain. >>
061How far past the helellipad is that of your estimation? >> It's probably about 15 to 20 feet past it down. >> So would it kind of divide that field behind you as far as almost half and half? Because I'm just guesstimating that. I'm looking at that on the viewer here. It's about one and a half acres >> and that would split that field behind us. give you safety distance to that helipad but >> provide still give us some of that that yardage behind it. So >> yes, that's correct. Appropriate. >> That's the line I was talking about. >> Okay. Yeah, I'll be glad to I was just eyeballing that here on the map, but I'll be glad to look at it with you and and and draw something up. >> I appreciate it. >> So,
062um so uh we recognized your request thoroughly. >> Yes. >> Okay. So then next action for us would be um Mr. D, you'll get with uh uh with Chief Smith and just make sure we've got uh what that that uh property what you're proposing is and then um bring that to next meeting. We'll bring that up as uh as an agenda item. Board members, you'll have a chance to look at it uh prior to that. And with that then we could uh we could take action to uh based on the proposal we could we could uh we could take action on that to get the process started. Don't need to do s survey or deed or anything until after we approve say hey we will portion out this property. Okay. Just making sure I had
063all the steps squared away. Okay. All right. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you >> for members. Any other questions on that board members for for our friends up Bonnie Croft? Okay. All right. Um with that, that leads us down to our next item and that's chairman's comments. Uh board members remind you that uh the TSBA fall district meeting will be in Pickicket County. That's uh Thursday, August 28th at uh at 4:30 p.m. Uh we will try to see if we can coordinate transportation for those that uh that would like to uh to like to take advantage of that. Um our next schoolboard meeting will be September 11th at uh here at the board of education. Um we'll have a work session at 5:00 and a regular board meeting at 6. And just for the
064public's uh uh keeping you up up to date, um the uh board, we will be having uh strategic planning work session uh the Monday before our the Monday the week of our uh board meeting. And what we're doing uh the purpose of that is uh as a board we want to try to put together a strategic plan for our district uh a three to fiveyear plan and because that is the responsibility of the board something that uh that's the board's charged with and so the process of that is we had some uh discussion in in uh in July about how we might the approach we might take u we're going to be doing collecting some information. Uh this month uh we had work session Monday and we just shared some some ideas, some just some
065discussion amongst ourselves, but we're going to be reaching out to stakeholders throughout the community um through a through a survey uh to ask some uh to get some feedback. Uh we'll be using the month of September to try to uh filter and distill those uh those comments and that feedback into uh u priorities. ultimately looking to uh refine some goals and create some goals in month of October, use our November time frame to set a timeline for when this would happen and then bring that for the board for approval in uh of those goals in December. uh if we do that do take take all those steps now then uh if there is anything that would be of a financial consideration to the plans that we make then we've got time before our budget to
066uh to see how does something get funded. So uh but anyway that's what as a board what we're trying to do and uh and so just keep you keep you updated informed on on how that uh on how that that's progressing. We'll try to give you an update uh each month when we meet. So uh Mr. Chair, I have a quick comment. >> Yes, Mr. >> Don't forget next month to uh read our student representative report back to our agenda. >> Abs, it will it will be done probably before the night before we end the night. Yeah, we would like to uh recognize Miss Sacket back on the board. Glad to have you around the table um as you start your senior year and your second term on the uh on as student representatives. We're
067grateful grateful for that. So go on be start planning your your uh your your student uh student student report for our may update next next month. Okay. All right. With that that brings us down to uh our last item on the agenda and that's for adjournment. So I'd entertain m for adjournment. I have a motion by Mr. McDonald. Second by Miss Fowler. I have eyes. Any nays? All right. Thanks everyone for being here tonight. >> Hi Jason. Don't waste no time. Well, y'all ready to go? Dude, I tell you what, y'all got me down. I mean, that's 37 minutes and we had two visitors.