001we'll call our meeting Lord if you will please rise Mr lead us in our prayer and then Mr hon will lead us in her place let us pray Our God who art in heaven we come to you at this time thanking you for this day and all the many wonderful blessings you have bestowed upon us we thank you so much for allowing our and sparing our lives that we can assemble here tonight to disc the business of the school we pray heavenly father that everything that we say and do will be in accordance to your will and acceptable in your SES Heavenly Father we pray that as we make decisions in every day about our school system that we will always keep you first and foremost in her mind and in her heart that we
002will make decisions that will help these children help the the teachers and all the staff that works with them that we can all work together in unity that we can all strive the same goal for the betterment of of her children and of her community Heavenly Father we know that there are many sick we know that Mr Upton is battling a disease at this time and we pray heavenly father that you will continue to strengthen him and giving him the ability to overcome this Dreadful disease be with his family as they are working with him through this and help them as you see that they stand in need of heavenly father we thank you most of all for your son Jesus who came to this world as Sin and sorrow who suffered blood and died
003upon the cross through his death burial and Resurrection we have the hope of eternal life help us to never forget the ultimate sacrifice that was made for us and help us to sacrifice for others continue to bless us guide guard and drink us keep us strong and safe from Harm's Way for this we humbly ask in Christ's holy name amen amen of the United States of America and to the republ for it stands one nation under God indivisible and jusice for [Music] all appreciate everyone being out with us tonight we got a good crowd we ask that you all come back with and be with us anytime that you could move to item three approve the minutes of the February 13th 2025 regular session as received toot Mr Hon any discussion if not all in
004favor I any oppose motion passes item four approve the agenda for the March 13th regular 2025 regular session as you have in front of you Miss we any discussion if not all in favor I any oppose motion passes item five public comment period think anyone sign item six consider teacher tenure a Joseph Adams Clay County High School B Carl Leed Clay County High School C Jennifer Smith Sal Ka D Laura Smith K and E Lyn smooth Ka first of all I want to thank you all five for being here tonight uh we've had uh there's been times past when folks haven't shown up for that but uh on behalf of the board we we certainly appreciate you guys being here tonight so and Joe you're up first there you got 30 minutes [Laughter] I dad
005I don't know 30 minutes will do it I left it in the truck all right so we got 30 minutes worth question there you go but I guess m Mr I strongly recommend Mr Adams and our principles I guess have approved all of these you have something to say I strongly recommend Mr sounds good whatever places the board you recommend them all I do the high school guys yes sir and Mr Max all good here all good no problem there's I have a motion by Miss we to approve all five second by Mr ashlock any discussion Now's the Time folks if yall want to talk thank you guys I app all five I just want to say thank you all for the opportunity I really appreciate uh you guys rehiring me back at play County
006school it's been a pleasure and I have really enjoyed myself so I appreciate thank you thank you nobody ever say we do really appreciate everybody being here tonight thank you guys as well it means a lot to me and uh it's quite the blessing to be able to be able to teach here the place where I was born and raised and everything just worked out you know could have worked out even better so thank you guys very much I have so many people to be thankful for first and foremost you know my Lord and Savior Jesus because my faith hasn't always been strong as it should be but uh time and time again he delivers so I'm thankful for him and of course so many professional part of my lives uh you know one of
007the reasons why I became a teacher is because I had so many that impacted me as teachers and if I could impact my future kids in the way they didn't me even have as much and I I feel like that's a success so thankful for all of them um here's one of Miss Jennifer my former history teacher I'm thankful for her just so many and I'm thankful for all my mentors Mr Chambers My Mentor teacher thankful my current principal my former ones Mr up church and Miss Tia I've just had so many that me I'm thankful for them thank for you guys for blessing with us thank you I love working with my students and I want to thank you for the opportunity to continue thank you I'm I'm from here too and I appreciate
008it I've always loved clay counton schools that's I went to high school here uh and I appreciate the opportunity that y'all have given me and appreciate everything that Mr Maxville has done for me I'm going to stand up I should have went first hard to follow but I do appreciate the trust I know uh putting us in the charge of the kids in the communities no small feet we do appreciate that that y'all put that in so thank see what you started Jenn the next bu comes after you has got a big high good stuff good thank you all for we appreciate you guys very very much thank you we have a motion on the floor by Mr or by Miss we and then second by Mr ashlock any further discussion if not all in
009favor I any oppos motion passes thanks again guys we appreciate everything you guys do for our schools and we appreciate your dedication we know it's not an easy job whatsoever and we certainly appreciate everything that you've given uh and you you deserve you tonight thank you very much we move to item number seven consider Elation of school board attorney for Clay County Schools um we've uh first of all this is something that we do as a board um as under Tennessee code annotated um state law so uh We've U we've used an attorney Mr Winkler for the last several years and um over the last few few months we've consulted an additional attorney for some areas that he might not be a strong um and we've been very satisfied by the results that we've gotten
010with Mr mccardy um he at an OP that and uh Mr mcc's involved very heavily um with a lot of the uh State Legislature and the laws that are passed regarding school systems uh unfortunately Mr Winkler um as a small firm and an individual practicing probably doesn't have a lot of time to do that Mr Mardi has extensive experience in education and um so at this time we would ask that we consider hiring Mr Chris Chris mccardy as our school board attorney again that would require a vote U tonight um vocation matter it it does not uh he's he's out of but Mr Winkler was out of out of Carthage they don't come here much and so motion Mr Cher seconded by any discussion the they will build us by the hour no retainer um
011yeah exactly Mr mccardy rate is a little bit higher but I think we've already seen one thing um Mr Winkler often times does have to do more research um doesn't know the answer right off the which I appreciate but Mr Mardi just dealing with this every day is usually quicker to respond and saves time maybe at a little higher rate but he also has Associates that are at a cheaper rate that we could we could use as well or again Mr Winkler bu but yeah the rates is is fairly similar I will say we Mr mccardy was in County about a month ago couple weeks ago with doing a continuing education for our our staff and M was very pleased with that again we have a motion on the floor second by Mr West any
012further discussion if not I'll call a roll just anual uh this is until we decide to change ultimately we don't have to do it again until we decide to change we Mr Winkler about 3 or four years now again we'll call a roll no further discussion Mr Cheryl I Mr West Mr we Mr Henson Mr ma Mr ashlock I Mr ly I and I vot I motion passes brings us to item eight consider the following trip request a Kay County High School fbaa to Chattanooga to participate in the state fbaa business events from April 7th to the 9th 2025 you have a copy of the trip request in your packet have ample amount of shf yes sir Mr second by m any discussion if not all in favor motion pass any pass that brings us
013to our principal report Mr maxvi you're not hiding tonight's your speech uh do want to thank the Bo for uh approving the the teachers fault and that they do a really good job really proud of the work that they do they work really hard uh currently we're doing Mount testing and school nesting in uh and school net testing in our school uh we have parent teacher conferences next Thursday March the 20th from 3:00 to 6 Our Girls Softball and boys baseball teams uh seasons are underway we have a new enclosure around our playground to help keep our students safe uh we have the new keyless entries like they do at the central office of here we're really proud of those um our first grade students are going uh to see Annie Jr tomorrow uh we
014had our annual Q andu wedding for our ker Garden I got to administer that again this year it's always awesome uh we are and we are almost completed with the high school and Beyond plan also we are planning in April the 24th for a stem night for the first time and and we're kind of partnering with partnering with tech it's going to be in the in the evening we're going to they're actually going to have one of those planetarium uh star lbs if you will where students and we have other things and events for parents and students thank sir any questions thank Sir Mr last week several students at uh Klay County High School we registered to vote with the assistance of Miss Monica Davis and the Clay County election commission boys and girls basketball
015into their Seasons last week in their substate games um baseball and softball have both started their regular season and Tennis will begin on March the 20th Monday March 17th this upcoming Monday we will have our parent teacher conference at Clay County High School from 3:00 to 6 and parents may also register their income uh freshman students uh at starting at 5:30 Junior act will be next Tuesday at Clay County High School uh construction has begun on our new CTE building if you haven't been out uh it's right behind us tennis courts and uh they've already got the ground dug out and started uh filling for the foundation so I expect to see the building start to go before very long we also have a couple of students here who will be reading what our uh
016FFA department has done over the last month recently our FFA chapter has attended an AG mechanics competition where 13 students competed in 11 different contests and the land leveling team placed first in the district and the overall team plac third place in the district the 27 State F of the 27 State FFA scholarship count received two of them Kylie Tinsley and K Smith each received a scholarship to pursue a degree in agriculture and then finally we are currently preparing for State FFA Convention of the seven sessions play students going across the state for congratulations thank you ladies for being here we appreciate that brings us to our director report well uh Miss donetta she's got there a death in her family she's at the funeral home tonight just to let everybody know where she is
017and the Springs sports everywhere in full swing uh again we want to congratulate our boys and girls high school basketball teams they both made it to the substate which as you all know there's only 16 teams left in the state at that level right Rob so that's a real honor for everyone um and all the teachers are working extremely hard to get ready for the spring testing since we've missed um inclement weather days so everybody just really working hard any questions for any other business need to be considered before the board this time you do have a copy in your packet there of the internal School funds Financial audit got any questions for that I'm sure we can answer those Please be aware of that anything else needs to be considered this not