001Item number one is 2025 2026 memorandum of understanding between CMCA and CMCSS first read Brian Feldman. Good evening board members. Dr. Lun Veter. This is the 13th year we have successfully implemented a memorandum of understanding through the collaborative conferencing process. The collaborative conferencing team is made up of seven CMCSS representatives and seven CMCA representatives. We appreciate the time and commitment of each team member and look forward to the continued partnership. The actualou document will be placed on the CMCSS website with hyperlinks referencing all policies and procedures that are part of the understanding. The following policies were revised as part of the 2526ou HMU HUM A040 bereavement leave. This policy was res revised to include three paid days of bereavement leave for the loss of an immediate family member. Previously, employees utilize sick leave for immediate
002family bereavement. These days are now separate leave days. HUM A029 sick leave. This policy was revised to include the deletion of high absence volume as a reason to require a physician certificate supporting an employees use of sick leave. STSM001 student code of conduct. Category 2 offense pertaining to cell phones and electronic devices was updated clarifying the method of parent contact to include email, text, or phone call. Category 2 offense pertaining to cheating, plagiarism, forgery, and the unapproved use of artificial intelligence was updated to notate specifically that for a first offense, a zero will be assigned, including an admin referral, and for a second offense, a zero will be assigned, a second admin referral, and a student may be dismissed from advanced placement in dual enrollment courses for this offense and ineligible to enroll for the
003remainder of the academic year. Teacher salary schedule 2% cola and steps. Starting salary for bachelors was $50,000. Starting salary for a masters 54,762. Extracurricular supplements a 2% cola. And this concludes the updates and changes for the 2526ou. Thank you. Anybody got any questions? I don't have a question, but I do have a comment. You know, um based on what happened out in uh Texas this weekend, I think that's something that we need to be considerate of because I I heard them say that some of the children didn't have access to their phones. And I asked myself, I wonder how did those parents feel knowing that if they had access, they could at least reached out to him and got the last word. But uh that's something I think that we need to think about board.
004Uh we we made a decision, the state made a decision uh how they should be kids should be treated in schools with phone with phones. But my question is in situations like that, how would we feel if something like that happened to our children and they weren't able to reach out to mom or dad? That's all this comment, but go forth. I I do just want to clarify though that what you all voted on allows students to have their phones on them. They're just turned off. So certainly in any sort of situation and it's actually written in um the the policy that in if there's an emergency students are authorized to use them. So I do want to make that clarification. Okay. Thank you. Any other Okay. Thank you. All righty. Item two, federal budget
005update board. I would just like to take a moment to provide a quick update that has potential impact on our current budget. As you may have seen or heard in the national news, approximately $7 billion in federal education funding funding that includes programs such as title one, title two, title three, title four, and adult basic and literacy education have been temporarily frozen while the US Department of Education completes a review process. For Tennessee, that's approximately $120 million. And for CMCSS, it impacts about $12 million of our budget. Um, last week, the Tennessee Department of Education did notify us that they have temporarily paused those budgets and the spending for these grants until they receive further guidance. While we haven't received definitive information about when or how these funds will be distributed, we are approaching this
006situation with both caution and optimism. I want to emphasize that CMCSS will prioritize people over programs should we need to make any cuts and continue to safeguard all services that provide any direct support to students. We are very hopeful to receive clarification and positive news in the near future. In the meantime, our leadership team is in constant communication with the Tennessee Department of Education and closely following updates from the federal level. As always, I will keep you informed as new information becomes a available and ensure that our teams remain focused on having an amazing 2526 school year. Mr. Nelson, yes. Uh Dr. Veter, uh what do you anticipate being if it comes to programs being cut, the first programs to be cut? So, first first I want to emphasize that anything that we currently have
007in place, we are we're going to attempt to continue. What we are doing right now is essentially um and we have been over the last week or so is looking line item by line item and just pausing anything that could be paused. So, for instance, if it's a professional development training for October, we're just saying, "Okay, we're going to pause that for right now." We we may certainly be able to still do that in October. Um but the priority right now is making sure that all of our title one, our academic coaches, anyone paid out of those federal funds continues to have a job. And um we certainly have other things. For instance, during engage already next week. We had um a a speaker coming who um she specializes in literacy and so we're paying
008a small fee for that. Of course, we're going to continue to obligate those sorts of things. Um, but I I'm not we are not panicking by any means. I just want to highlight the fact as we may need to make some some budget amendments over the next month or two from from others should we need to. I just want people to know the reason why. Okay. And and my concern is and always is that uh the sped um usually gets on the chopping block first and you know I have a special place in my heart for those kids. Yeah. And uh I would hate to see any of their programs get cut. There is nothing in special ed currently that that is going to be cut. Thank you. Anybody else? Okay. Um third item, July
009budget amendments. First read Jeff Taylor. Good evening board. It's pretty quick. The most of this is just with the uh federal amendments and our capital projects. The federal amendments, it's just reallocating those funds to align with what we have in E plan. As far as the capital projects on the next page, um we're just reappropriating that amount which was approved by the county commission. $4.8 million of that was cut and we have the $6 million in there for the fiscal year. Any questions? Thank you. All right. Item four, uh, middle school wrestling budget amendment. First read, Mr. Mayberry. Yeah, I'm going to push this until next month. Um, pending what we find out on the federal level. Appreciate it. Okay. Item five, director's evaluation and contract renewal. First read Mark Nolan board. Every year at
010this time, we review the director's contract and evaluation. During the course of the year, you all have voted and accepted the different reports that the director is required to give. So, she has completed all of those reports to you, and we look at the contract every year for a possible extension. So that will be on the agenda in two weeks for consideration of a contract extension for an additional year. Um I I think you all remember but just to point out by state law we have to have a contract with the director but it cannot be longer than four years. So we just review that annually and that's why it's on the agenda. Okay. Any questions? All right. Thanks. All right. Item six, county commissioners comments. Okay. Thank you. Board members comments. Mr. Garland. Yeah.
011I would like to let everyone know that on Saturday, July the 12th, I turned 76 years old and I will be in North Carolina with my brother and my sister. And also, you know, the Lord just continuously blesses me and I don't know why uh but he does. Uh I've re I will be receiving the Benjamin L. Hooks keeper of the flame award from the national convention of NAACP on the 16th in Charlotte, North Carolina. So all of those things are happening but yet and still this is Clarksville. This is the finest and I really do believe that uh we have the best school board in the state of Tennessee. Why? Because we have some of the best teachers. We have the best county commissions. We have the best support. And we have the best
012director. God bless you and God keep you. No one else. Other business. Board members. While only preliminary state assessment data has been received based upon every test t every test taker in the district, we are extremely optimistic of the initial achievement results of our students that are indicating we have achievement gains in every area. The continued focus on highquality instruction and intervention by our educators is yielding these positive gains and we are anxious to share all of that data as soon as we can. We're also looking forward to the growth data that will be provide an even better picture of the depth of learning occurring for our students. While teachers and students are enjoying time off this summer, the district level team will continue to delve into the data to find the bright spots to
013replicate and areas that we can continue to grow. We will celebrate the successes with administrators and the teachers and also our students upon their return. We realize there's much work to be done as we continue to strive to be the best public school system in the state of Tennessee. Our thoughts and prayers also remain with the families in Texas. I cannot imagine what they are going through at this time. So, please keep them in your thoughts. Mr. Laneir, this concludes my report for this evening. Okay. With that, we're adjourned.