001Good evening, I would like to call this regular meeting of the Muscle Shoals Board of Education to order. Would everyone please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance >> allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Ms. Mepham, would you please call the roll? Here. Here. Thank you. Dr. Holden, we have a quorum. All right, I recommend approval of tonight's agenda as presented. For our first order of business is to approve the agenda as presented. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda as presented? >> a motion to approve the agenda. Thank you, Dr. Stoddard. We have a motion, is there a second? Second. Thank you, Dr. Davis. We
002have a motion and a second, is there any discussion? Hearing none, call the vote. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right, Dr. Holden, the agenda is approved. All right, I have no correspondence tonight, but I will make mention of these nice gift bags that were placed here at our desk tonight. It says April is school library month, and it looks like we have a little goody bag from our school librarians with some information about what our district librarians do, and so we appreciate them thinking of us as appreciate the job that they do each and every day in our schools. Um and then next item is item E, approval of the minutes, and you have in your packet the minutes from a special called meeting on March 30th, as well as the
003regular meeting on March 17th, and I recommend approving those minutes. Okay. Board, the superintendent has recommended approval of the board meeting minutes as presented. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes? Thank you, Dr. Davis. We have a motion, is there a second? Second. Thank you, Ms. Allman. We have a motion and a second, is there any discussion? All right, hearing none, call the vote. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right, Dr. Holden, the motion All right. Uh Mr. King, next is the consent agenda under our business action items, and for the consent agenda, information has been provided to the board in advance or discussed at a previous meeting. Uh all of these items will be acted upon with one vote without discussion unless a board member wishes to pull any
004item and vote on it separately. For tonight's consent agenda, we have the March 26 financial report as well as the check register from CSFO Langley. We have a small rate increase on our trash service through Waste Connections. We have an amended SRO program agreement with the city. The city council approved that last night. I'm asking you all to approve the same tonight. And then we have one out-of-state field trip. The details of that trip are in your packet. Does any board member wish to pull any of these things and vote on it separately? Hearing none, Mr. President, I recommend the consent agenda as presented. All right, thank you, Dr. Holden. Board, the superintendent has recommended approval of the consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented? I move that
005we accept the our consent agenda as presented. Thank you, Ms. Allman. We have a motion. Is there a second? I second. Thank you, Mr. Wood. We have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? All right, hearing none, call the vote. All in favor, say I. I. Any opposed? All right, Dr. Holden, the consent agenda is approved. All right. Next is the personnel report, and I approve the personnel report as presented. All right, thank you, Dr. Holden. Uh board, the superintendent has recommended approval of the personnel report. A motion to approve the personnel report as presented. Make a motion as is. Thank you, Mr. Wood. We have a motion. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Dr. Stoddard. We have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, call the vote.
006All in favor, say I. I. Any opposed? All right, Dr. Holden, the uh personnel report is approved. All right, for the benefit of the the personnel report consists of the following and if I misspeak, y'all correct me now. Under retirement and resignation, Paige Aldridge, special education teacher, Webster. Emma Armstrong, special education teacher, Muscle Shoals Middle School. Ashley Cobb, CNP staff, assigned to McBride in the Middle School. Bonnie Daily, paraprofessional, McBride. Bruce Daily, transportation supervisor and district mechanic. Jennifer Ethridge, elementary teacher, Muscle Shoals Middle School. John Frederick, assistant band director, Muscle Shoals High School. Marie Golden, teacher of English learners, McBride Elementary. Janna Hutcherson, elementary teacher, McBride. Meredith McClanahan, intervention teacher, McBride. Scotty Peoples, contract temporary part-time ISS alternative school teacher. Stephanie Pless, elementary teacher, McBride. Allison Roberts, elementary teacher, also McBride. Andre Turner, guidance office
007aid, Muscle Shoals High School. David Waters, also contract temporary part-time groundskeeper. Eric Weaver, PE teacher, Muscle Shoals High School. Nancy Winkel, elementary teacher, McBride. Under transfer or reassignments, Shawnda Baggett, from local reading specialist at Howell Graves to math coach at Howell Graves. And there is a change in contract days on that because math coaches are on extended contracts by state requirement. Mary Emma Box, elementary teacher at Howell Graves to elementary teacher at Highland Park. Katie Chandler, current math coach in a split position between Highland Park and Webster to full-time math coach at Webster. Mary Fowler, local reading specialist at McBride to the teacher of English learners. Kristen Grater, elementary teacher at Highland Park to math coach at Highland Park. Kelly Lane, elementary teacher at Howell Graves to local reading specialist at Howell Graves. Zack Mies
008from driver education teacher at the high school to PE teacher at the high school assigned to athletic facility. Sydney Pearson, elementary teacher at Highland Park to STEM teacher, which is a split position between Highland Park and Webster. Lindsey Woods, elementary teacher at the middle school to elementary teacher at McBride. Under employment, Amanda Burks, elementary teacher, Highland Park. Davey Mosley, driver education teacher, Muscle Shoals High School. Katie Oakley, secretary bookkeeper, Howell Graves. Andrea Poole, CNP staff assigned to McBride and the middle school. Amy Smothers, local reading specialist, McBride. Carli Tidwell, special education teacher, Webster. Under other part-time supplemental contract special assignments, Josh Bailey, summer school staffing for in-person driver education course during the summer there. Connie Fuqua and Edith Fuqua, concession stand coordinator and for the track meet that's coming up. Dr. Davis talked about that
009uh during the work session. Carrie Johnson and Holly Wade, summer school staffing, credit recovery teacher, high school. Julie Letzinger, local reading specialist intervention teacher for the summer learning camp. Thomas Maxwell, custodial sub, career academy. Anna Ryan, additional prom staffing, Muscle Shoals High School to be paid from junior class funds. Shane Smothers, contract part-time temporary ISS alternative school teacher. Anna Rivas Suarez, extended day program system wide. You have two names that are additions to the nurse substitute list. You have a revision on the summer camp staff. We previously approved an employee who has resigned tonight, so they will no longer be working with the summer camp staff. Kelly Services staffing update, a paraprofessional beginning March 11th. That'll be of course retroactive at McBride. And then we have one employee who has requested uh a medical leave.
010And you have the dates. And as always, those dates are flexible according to a medical needs. All right. And then uh just a brief superintendent's report. Uh first of all, congratulations Miss Allman on being reappointed to the uh school board. Uh you're an asset to this board. And and I just appreciate the way the board works together in supporting our students and our schools and our staff. Um future is definitely bright with with our board and our school system. And and I'm excited to see what what's next uh for for the Muscle Shoals City Schools. Also, I'd like to congratulate Dr. Templeton. Uh don't think he's here tonight, but he he recently won the election to be the CASE president-elect. Um that is the National Association of Administrators of Special Education. And he is about
011to lead that organization. He's has been chosen as their president-elect. Now, that's that's a big deal. And so, we appreciate Dr. Templeton. And uh it says a lot about him and our system for the National Association to put their confidence in him in that way. Uh just a few recognitions of students. Uh through our in our K-3rd program, we uh are are going to be giving away those character in action awards. Uh I think that's coming up. It'll be in the district judge's courtroom. But Cooper Borland will represent our kindergarten through third grade age group. Uh Angel Bahena, fourth through sixth. Uh Jamiah 7th through 8th, and then Kendra Jones, 9th through 12th. So, we we commend those students. They would have been nominated by a staff member at one of their schools for some
012character award or something they did or they were witnessed doing, just, you know, along that line. So, we're excited for those students to go and and receive that honor. Um already heard about the rocketry team tonight during the work session. We we do want to continue to support them and we we wish them the very best. I know the Muscle Shoals Performing Arts has a performance coming up, HadesTown. That'll be April the 30th through May the 3rd. So, if you want information about that, I'll get that to you, but you want to go and I think they'll be for sale on GoFan and and all those places. Um but you can use your staff card, of course, if you want to go and support that. Uh we are pleased to say, Dr. Davis sent me
013this information, we are excited that 11 new high school students have been added to the 30-plus club. Uh ACT scores after this last administration of the ACT in the March test. And so, if you haven't gotten by the high school and and seen that wall of of students, I know it's a I love that. I think it's really good. So, commend those 11 students for that. Uh we are closed Friday. It is a weather makeup day and they are giving weather on our weather makeup day, right, Dr. Davis? Uh we're going to be trying to have a sectional track meet. People from all over the state will be here and just pray for good weather that they're able to get that event in. Um I also want to mention that tomorrow is Administrative Professionals Day.
014Sometimes you hear people call it Secretaries Day, but, you know, it's Administrative Professionals Day and we're going to we're going to recognize across the district our people that work in those roles, including here at the central office, but I'll take a minute and recognize Jennifer and I know our board president has something he would like to give her. >> Yeah. Yeah. Jennifer's birthday is May the 4th be with you. That's how I That is how I remember it. And so, having secretaries or administrative professionals day so close to May 4th, that helps me out. It helps this group out. So, kill two birds with one stone. So, we do commend you and everybody that works in those roles across the district. And you know, teacher appreciation is around the corner, too. And I know our
015principals are planning that whole week and really just to love on their entire staff. Everybody gets to partake or participate and partake, right? in teacher appreciation week. So, we look forward to that. But with that, Mr. President, that's all I have. >> need to mention our ambassadors here, too. Absolutely. Got two ambassadors over there. They look good all dressed up and so, we we're glad that they were here tonight. Yeah. All right. Well, thank you, Dr. Holden. This concludes our agenda for the meeting. Is there any further discussion? All right. Then, this meeting is adjourned.