001I now call this meeting board of education to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. We did we had a prayer to bless our for our distinguished award ceremony. Please join me. I pledge to the flag of the United States. and to the republic which stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all >> sh Mr. Mars >> Mr. Blue Mr. Gordon here >> Mr. Arus here >> Mr. Lson here >> Mr. Wy Mr. here. >> Miss Kennon >> here. >> Miss Arnold, >> Mr. H >> here, >> Mr. Mills >> here, >> Miss Douglas >> here, >> 10 president to absent >> with 10 president to absent established. Next on our agenda um is the approval of the director of schools contract. If um we can get a motion and
002a second, we will go ahead and discuss that. >> I'll make a motion to approve the director contract. I'll second. >> We have a motion and a second to approve the director's contract. Um the only thing get my budget maybe record that tells changed. Um we didn't change anything. In addition, um, we just added a $400 a month supplement for an imunity of his choice, which goes along with the majority of the directors in our state. Any further discussion? With no further discussion, we will vote. Miss Michelle, will you please call >> Mr. Mars? >> Approve. >> Yes. >> Uh, Mr. Thornton? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hus? >> Yes. >> Mr. Livingston? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wyers? >> Mr. Hyatt? >> Yes. >> Miss Kennan? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hedge? >> Yes. >> Mr. Mills?
003>> Yes. >> Miss Douglas? Yes. Would anyone like to change their vote? Approve. >> Miss Michelle, but it's just a the um director the director of schools contract has been approved. Next on our agenda is the approval of the agenda. Remember we approved the agenda and the consent agenda at the same time. The consent agenda consists of approval of the main minutes and that is it at this time. We can get motion in a second. We can go ahead and do that. Move to approve the agenda. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second to approve the agenda along with the consent agenda. Um any corrections, additions. If not, we will vote. All those in favor of approving the agenda and the consent agenda, please say I. Any opposed, please say no. I
004have it. We have approved the agenda and the consent agenda. Um, next, uh, we next up on our agenda is an executive session with Andrew Sers of Sellers Creek and Hayden. Mr. Florence, do you want to need to go into session? So, everyone but board members will need Turn. I know I don't need it, but everyone but board members will need to leave. Um, Cher Ken, it's okay. I have um told the supervisors and the principles that if they wanted to leave, they had a long day that the summer camp that they wanted to they could go ahead and go home. If they stay, they're welcome. That's okay. So, I didn't want y'all to think when we come back in session. >> Next on our agenda is the coordinated school report. that is 40 each.
005>> It's kind of like a submarine. So, um, thank you for taking the time to have me speak. Um, Miss Don Moore used to do this in the past, so I was going to continue that tradition as she did before, but I just have a sheet that kind of summarizes coordinated school health. Um, but I'm Cy Town. I know most of you. I've seen most of you before between meetings and know a lot of you personally. So, um after this is what my 19th year at the school system, but the first time that I'm getting to speak in front of the school board. So, bear with me. So, um I just kind of summarized um what I did this year was coordinated school health. Um we did lots of things. I did lots of things.
006I tried to do the best I could. I know I'm not Miss Donna Moore, but I tried to do the best I could to to replace her the best I could. Um, at the on the first page, it has the projects that um I was involved in this year. Each year, I have an action plan that I submit to the state. It has five goals and five steps under each goal. And so, a lot of those I use for our projects, including um our back to school bash. Um, you can read all of those there. The CPR training, the healthy school teams, that's a PD main thing that I do. But a major thing that you can see there is the school health screenings and the RTI screenings that I do. Um, that's under the
007health services there at the bottom. That is a lot of my time that I spend and I get in a lot of different agencies throughout the county and outside of the county including Bethool and UT Parsons and TCAT. I get the nurses um for that and you'll see that I screened lots of children this year. um over 996, vision and hearing. Um blood pressures and BMI were 721 and scoliosis was 152. And out of those we made a referral. If that means if they were anything abnormal on their screen, that means we sent a referral. That's a letter that is actually sent only the parent. Um, if you notice that there's a difference between the 721 and the 996 and 990, that's 275 and 269. Those are hearing and vision. Those are RTI screens. That
008means those kids were in um special ed or in a tier group that they have to be screened. Those I do on my own by myself. So, I get called to a school and those have to be done before they can even be moved to a tier group or to a special ed. So we have several several students in our county that are in tier 2 or tier 3 RTI or special ed. So but those big numbers mostly help. I have a lot of the outside help. And if you notice the income from all of that is over $21,000 that is free to our county when I bring those those in. Also you can see the dental sealant program this year. That is the program that comes from the state every two years. She comes
009in this year. We're one of the number one counties on her list that she always tries to come and help. We did 369 students. They do sealants. They do checkups. They get goodie bags, toothbrushes. That was over $69,000 worth of free services that she brought in that they did not have to do. That was an extra. She's going to come in this year cuz she did not finish the junior high at the beginning of the year. So, that will increase even um that number. But also, if you keep going down the projects, um we have a schoolbased food pantry, the Safe Stars recognition. We did get acknowledged cuz of SA safe stars. If you're in TSAA with any of the uh sports, the high school, and the junior high now are recognized as state safe
010stars. That means they're either silver or gold. We do not have our official recognition, but we went for silver, but I'm pretty sure we got gold in both of them. So that's a very good accomplishment for any of the times we have tournaments or anything with that safe stars. That means our coaches are actually CPR certified. That is not being just trained. That means they are actually certified along with our assistance and everybody else that has to do with any kind of sports affiliation. Um we were also recognized as one of the healthiest school recipients at Candid Elementary for uh health services. we were the year before at Briarwood. Um this next year I'm hoping to get that at every school on at least one of the one label of health services. Um we also
011have monthly student health and um staff newsletters. You should be on that email. You probably see my email. If you don't, let me know. I'll be glad to add you. It has all of our healthy tips. It has our 5K runs. if there's ever anything you want me to put in there from for an activity in your area or your church or whatever it may be, I'll be glad to get that out. Um, I even had our staff wellness events on there. I had several of you participate in my staff wellness this year. Um, I was glad for that. I had four or five of you do that. I was very, very happy for that. Um, you can also read the other things. The walk to school day was new this year that I partnered
012with. We're hoping to expand that next year. It went great with Karen Hudson. Um made me extend to some other grades uh there along with our resource officers made that uh a great great thing. Um if you go to this and I already went over to the health services that is a big thing that we do um but health education is the second thing that I go through. I try to do it myself. I can't do it by myself. So I have to bring in a lot of other um agencies. If you see at the bottom, UT extension, the health department, I even have UT Knoxville come in, the dental sealing program and the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Educator. She comes in from Crockett County to do that training for me. Um, if you see that
013we have over a thousand newsletters a month that I send out to students um, and parents each month. It varies on what the health can be. If you have a student in the school, you've probably seen those if they're in take through, fifth grade. if they bring it home, if they make it home with it. Um, but these are just a list of some of the things that I go over, but a few of those, um, I'm highlighting, I'm actually asked to come and present those for certain grades like the digestive system, the CPR training, and mental health. I'm actually called in and they've asked me to do those trainings. But over 200 different lessons were taught and over 3,558 students had different lessons throughout the year. And so the income for that was over
0148,000 almost $9,000 of free services and goods that the kids got for me bringing those those services in. So on the back um I'm happy to say that I was awarded two different grants this year that will go into effect next year. Um the first one is the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation Storybook Trail. If you've ever been to Nathan Bedford, they have a storybook trail that you walk. We are getting that out here on our walking track. Um the books, it will be about an 18page book. It will have um the book on each page on each uh board. I'm hoping to coordinate with the construction um group at vocational center hopefully to build those and help me build those. I've also had um Pete Beasley offer his services to me for free too to
015help build those. And I think my husband service and so at um Ed Watson has been great to to help me with that too. So, um, we're going to put that out there. If you notice, um, sometimes if you've seen any of our data, our reading proficiency levels were low and that helps with I mean, it's I guess not really help, but those numbers were used to get this award along with a lot of our poverty levels and things that the kids could, you know, be able to go out here and do those things on the walking track. So, that should hopefully be installed hopefully September, October, November. But the bigger grant is the Community Foundations of West Tennessee. I do not know up to $20,000. I received um a call last week that I
016received that um I will get a a big revealing June 24th in Jackson with a check. Um this will go toward the food pantry. We have a lot of students that are food insecure in our county. We are 78 of 95 counties in food insecurity and below the poverty line. And so our food pantry went very well this year. Um we were easily able to get out the food every month. Um with our demographics and with the students that are food insecure, it shows right now that there's 650 of our students. Some of our over 2,000 are food insecure. So with the help of my workbased learning program or Miss Sarah's group, we get food out every month. And you can see there how much food we get. 10 72 boxes per month. Thanks to
017the maintenance, they are wonderful. They help uh deliver that over to the high school. Hopefully, we can get a place with a porch pickup or something that they could pick up maybe after school because sometimes those hours may not work. So, um if you look, over 720 boxes were given out, 1,400 backpacks. 457 families were served through this and if the any kind of food was over $30,000 in free food that's given and below is the things that I give those out at besides not just at the school it's the back to school bus the shop the call the sheriff's department toy drive the week summer program um summer camp um teacher home visits at the beginning of the year we they recognized where a lot of these kids needed their food and came back
018to me and of course So, one community, one part um at um Holiday, they gave out I think 24 families signed up for that. So, if we can get the food out, we'll be glad to. If you know of somebody, you can reach out to me, family or people from your church centers, you know, student or it can be an employee. We can do employees um that are that need that. Um the next thing is staff wellness. Like I said, you said that or that most of you got my email. Um these were some of the things we did was teacher fit walk across Tennessee loser. A lot of these we I partner with the UT extension. If you're not on her bill, you might want to get on hers because if not um she
019has lots of good activities. Um I sent over 390 staff newsletters out per month because that's how much how many employees we have. But I'm um happy to say that we had a 41% increase in teacher fit this year from the year before. on average 75 participants. This year we had 106 per face. So I gave that over $1,000 worth of prizes. If we show up with the numbers, I'll put out the prizes for them to participate. And so 317 participants and all of these different things. A lot of them did more than one one of these um miles walked for over 18,3 59 and 178 lbs were lost. So that's that's pretty good. And that's just what was kept up with. And so I wanted to thank um the bottom was my community partners
020with the back to school bash. I didn't even do the in kind for that, but the United Way brings school supplies. This year I'm told they're bringing backpacks with school supplies. So they're going to even up even more. Usually it's around 300 students that they supply that for. So you can guess how much money that is that they're going to bring. that last year we had 32 vendors and 70 actual vendors there with over 300 students sending school supplies. So, they get a lot of freebies there from the local areas. If you know of anybody that would like to sign up, you can let me know or set up the table there that can give out goodies. If your church can give out extras, we we don't mind that. Whatever they want to do. Um
021it is July 24th at at um at Briwood School from 2 to 4. I will be sending out a flyer with that on your email. Um, but also the Lions Club and the Leos, they were a big partner with me. I couldn't do it after Mr. Joey started that. It's hard, but we're still continuing. But I have great Leos, Melanie May, and them come and the Leos helped me and the health department, the hospital, family, community involvement, and of course, our school nurses and the clinic. I cannot I cannot do any of this without Tara and Kayla were not able to make it. So I told them that I would give them their numbers. Just so you know, our nurses did not slack at all this year. They had over 25,731 visits to each of
022them this year. That is a lot of kids. Um that's, you know, just six nurses, over 25,000 visits. The clinic itself saw over 3,400 visits with lots of new patients, wellchild and immunizations given um which is way up from last year. I think that's over a thousand more visits from last year. And then she does the titles which are those that they can't come in person. So she does it over the reporting with the nurses. She did 49 of those in Big Sandy and 18 in holiday. That's a big deal when the parents can't get you to the doctor. So those numbers have increased there too. So each number each year our numbers keep increasing and increasing between the nurses and the clinic and this the health services and screens and and things of that
023sort. So but I appreciate your time to listen to me for a little bit about what I have done and what I've done this year. And I hope being my first year I've learned a lot of things and what I can change and what I need to change and continue this program as well as Miss for over 10 years. So thank you. >> I think I need to excuse myself. electrician. My dad is now. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> Next on our agenda is approval of the board personel committed with the work Mr. >> Senator Personnel Committee chair. >> Okay. May 15th personnel committee met full board county board of education personnel full board committee met on Thursday the 15th at 5 here at the central office. President Men myself uh
024Mr. Harish Mr. Page Men director committee met to discuss the following review director of schools evaluation contact and an update on school person first name. uh director Florence's overall evaluation score was 4.287 on the five point scale. Uh, of course, we've already done this recommendation made again direct 4ear contract through the 30th of 2019 with the current language and the $400 per month supplement of his choice and all pass that on to That concludes second. >> Do we have to? >> I'm just going to add a second um to approve the personnel full board committee um report has been made. Um any discussion? Any more discussion on that? If not, um, we will vote. All those in favor of approving the personnel full board committee report, please say I. >> All post, please say no.
025I have it. The full board personnel committee report has been approved. Next on the agenda is the budget committee report. Um, Mr. Harvest, would you like to read that? Look at committee mail Thursday May 15 board education school president Douglas Kennuss the following items general purpose school budget The gas counselor at day school recommend approve the 25 26 prop school budget all approve recommendations made holiday school approved meeting. We have a second. >> Second >> motion and a second to approve the budget committee report has been made. Any other discussion on vote? All those in favor of approving the budget committee report please say I. >> Any please say no. Have it. The budget committee report has been approved. Next on our agenda is the 2526 general purpose school budget. I need a motion and
026a second. We will be able to discuss that. >> We have a second >> motion and second um on the floor to approve the 252.6 general purchase general general purpose school budget. Do you want to explain >> the the expenditure will well I'm not going to say that it will not change but they would not change if the commission approved. We have um just received our June um piece of projections. It's down around 20,000. I also have to meet with the budget committee tomorrow night. I kind of think they might look at dropping three or four cents. maintenance of effort is a little over what I was told. I don't know that for sure. I need one. I'm saying all that expenditures the county commission either approves or disapproves, but I think we need to
027when we approve the budget tonight with the understanding that I might have to adjust revenues um if now if the commission which I I don't I don't see any issues but if if they they can't itemize the budget but if they for some reason budget committee said this is we're not going to approve it, then we would probably have to come back and have another budget meeting. I don't foresee that, but I think it would be a good idea to put in the minutes that you give the authority to update the revenues to current projections before we submit the final budget to uh county commission. I don't see any major changes. Um, but there could be some in local and then like I said, our June projections were down about 20,000. They they vary from
028when we start getting them in March anywhere from 40,000. It's not going to vary more than that, but I think it would probably be good if since the county commission is not going to vote anytime soon to just go ahead and get the revenues correct, which I can't do right now, but once we get that final projection, then update that and then I'll get you a copy. approved as rich and I would be under me the option to change revenues on not expenditures if that makes sense. And and this budget includes the $2500 raise across the board. Um a 7% increase in insurance. When we first started, if you remember, we were at four and a half, but they're projecting seven. So that raised the budget quite a bit. Um, we have $2 million um
029out of fund balance to balance the budget. And then we have um another 2 million for the projects at county junior high with the new roof and then the HBAC project at Brywood. So it's about 1.8 out of those. Um and and another thing I want to address because it was brought up at the county commission meeting. It was not brought up at the budget meeting. I wasn't going into a lot of detail, but it it was mentioned by one commissioner about um the state law is very clear that you as a board can use fund balance to balance your budget. We've been doing it for about 16 years now as long as you have 3% of your budget in fund balance. And 3% of your budget is about $860,000. So you're very um well
030within doing that. So I just the the budget committee with the county commission county commission has been fine but that was brought up and so if if that's asked you it's it's very clear in TCO that we can utilize that fund balance and to balance our budget. I don't know what it is. >> Well, let it rip. >> One thing that made me was it you said it was more it was I think the projection that we sent have to see exactly tomorrow. I think there may be some numbers that they're including in the maintenance of effort that hadn't been included in the past. So, it could be that it what's in this budget could be a little high and they may lower it to exactly what the state said. If they do, it's not
031a we we can um we've been really good work with commission and we can work with that if that's what has to happen. >> It's not like they give us $2 this year. Next year they have to give us $2 or even more. >> That is correct. >> Okay. >> And and maintenance of efforts going up. I mean they knew that with Tissa come county commissions were a little concerned and I think that's a reality it it is going to increase this uh this being hit with what you were at the county commission meeting on about balancing the fund fund balance balance budget. Is that something that they're going to push forward or >> that I mean >> I mean we've done it but but but not to large large extents. I mean we've done
032it every year, >> right? >> I mean hypothetically if if if they didn't approve the budget then then we would have to look at that. But I mean hypothetically if that happened there'd be a lot of cuts. Hypothetically, was it Rocky? >> I'd say that's a good guess. >> I heard from >> any anything further? If there is nothing further, do we need an amendment to the main motion to add that language? >> I would think so. >> Yeah. >> Um, so we need a motion in the second to amend the main motion to include that we allow the director of schools. >> Update records to current >> projections. projections all to >> I'll make a motion for that amendment. >> So, we have a motion. We need a second. >> Second. >> We have
033a motion and a second for the amendment to add that verbiage to the main motion. Um, all those in favor of amending the main motion, please say I. >> Any opposed, please say no. Eyes have it. Um, the motion on the floor now is the amended main motion to approve the 2526 general purpose budget with the extra verbage on there. Um, any further discussion on it? With no further discussion, Miss Mar, would you please call >> Mr. Marks? >> Yes. >> Mr. Harness, >> yes. >> Mr. Livingston, >> yes. >> Mr. Wyinners. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hyde. >> Yes. >> Miss Kennan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hedge. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mills. >> Yes. >> Miss Douglas. >> Yes. >> Would anyone like to change their vote? Nine. Yes. >> With nine. Yes. Um the
034budget for next school year has been approved. Next on our agenda is the approval of budget resolutions. There are three agenda. approve as presented. We >> have a second. We >> have a motion and a second to approve these budget resolutions as printed. >> Any discussion on these? >> Just end of year record pace though only have four. We sometimes have 40 time make sure they got that done. Okay. I got a question on this fieldhouse. Something said about we we're approving it, but we don't have to go through. >> Yeah, it's on this next item on the agenda. I think I put it when I run it through the copy. >> It's not a resolution. >> No, it's not. Anything further on the budget resolution? >> If not, Miss Michelle, will you please call?
035>> Mr. Har? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hargas? >> Yes. >> Mr. Livingston? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wymer? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hyatt? >> Yes. >> Miss Kennan? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hedge? >> Yes. >> Mr. Mills? >> Yes. >> Miss Douglas? >> Yes. >> Would anyone like to change their vote? >> Nine. Yes. Thank you. >> The budget resolutions been approved. Next on our agenda is approval of bus contract numbers to Gloria Wilkin. If we get a motion and a second >> make a motion we have a motion. >> We have a motion and a second um to approve the bus contract number 12 to Gloria Wilson Mr. Florence to explain. Yeah, I tried to put that in the memo. I guess we should have had a transportation, but there's really not a What happened
036is Gloria owns bus 5 for years and when uh bus 12 that contract come open that route when Mr. Wilson passed away, they lived in that area which just makes it a lot easier for maintenance and things. So what we're going to do is switch bus five that route to 12 for Miss Floria and then the county will take over bus 5. So we're not doing anything with the exception of we're giving them route 12 and the county will take over route five which is just convenient for them. So um we're not adding a new route to her contracts. It's just adding 12 to her big round >> and Gloria has been a long time bus owner does a fabulous job branding. So I would highly recommend we do that. >> We likely have enough
037drivers this year. >> Uh well we we had to cancel I think we finally Brandon Mr. Brandon drove five horse this morning. We had him hospitalized that's not going to be able to drive the whole summer camp. We do um actually um one of our new special ed teacher at elementary, her husband's retired um onroad truck driver and he's already come down and met with Chad and he's gone to take his test. So I I really think he's wanting to drive. So that that's encouraging news and we do have a couple employees that are through the process. So hopefully uh we'll have enough that it is if you notice on the messaging system there are numerous times during a year we have to cancel bus rides and it it's unfortunate. I know parents get upset
038but if you look at surrounding counties they're no different they're putting the same messages out. It's just we have spare we have I mean know we have spare buses we don't have spare drivers. Any further discussion? With no further debate, um we will vote. We decided a roll call on this. No. >> Okay. Um all those in favor of approving bus contract number 12 to Lorie Wilson and bus five bus route will come to the county school system. Please say I. >> Any oppos? Please. Motion passes. We have approved that bus contract. Um, next on our agenda is the approval of the CHS football press box bid >> recommendation. It's Todd Prince, right? We got motion. I didn't know if that was what you reception. Have a second. >> I got a question. I got
039a question. >> How come the tree service bid on this? >> I guess that's the name of the construction company. I do want y'all to know that's only the bid. the budget the building committee just recommended that we get appealed. We we don't have there's not funds in the budget to do that this year. Um so I my recommendation would be to you you've got a second if you approve it understand that that decision to actually do the projects not tonight. I think we need to because the reason that bid is there is because the uh building committee asked to get bids and then there be a decision made. So, um, >> I'll put that in. >> That bid is not going to stand. >> It will stay. No, it'll stand for I think it's
040good for probably couple months through with the way construction is it it may come back and say no. But um the scary part about it is and it and I know this reported but it's just the fact um sometimes the bid can cost you money because that is way higher than the quote we've seen. But once it's over $25,000 you have to bid and then just take place. But but we got I mean that's obvious that's state law and we have to do that. Right. Do we just a dumb question? Do we have to go ahead and go with this or we just just accept it as just a couple people bidded on something? >> We could we could put it back out for it or um >> you'll have to if you wait after
041>> if you wait more than a couple months. Yes, you have to. >> Is there any plans to go ahead with this? You know, >> that would be up to the board. you know that the building committee when we met um they just recommended that we get bids and then that way they would have an actual idea of what it was going to cost. I think quarterback said they would be willing to give 15. So, >> so take a rocket science to see it's going to be >> the resolution we're going to pass is to accept this bill correct >> with the proviso that we will decide at sometime in the future whether we're going to enact >> right >> the construction of the >> now that's totally up to the board but that is
042what was recommended at the building committee is that we just get a a a bid so you have an idea >> so furthermore we got acknowledged that the low bidder was Mr. Prince. Correct. >> But that at this time we are not doing anything other than accepting the bid. >> Unless I misunderstood at the committee meeting. That that was my understanding at that meeting. >> Thank you. >> Good idea. So, do we need to have a motion or just >> Okay. >> You're you're just accepting the bid. You're not there's not a contract or anything to do work. >> So, do we then the minutes that >> actually you just approved too much? We have a building committee this month and building committee said yes I said it then we can or the board's approved
043the bid. It's just um but this is unique. I don't know that we've ever done it but that's that's what the building committee recommended at the meeting is to submit bids so we'd have an idea. >> Okay. Um we decide on all those in favor of ex We're acknowledging. >> Yeah, I got you. All of those. And Miss Michelle, do you want to hold on? Well, we're voting to acknowledge that podcast construction has been low bid at 647 where the CHS football press box on visitor side. Correct. >> Correct. >> Miss Michelle, please go. Okay. Mr. Bars. >> Yes. >> Mr. Harvest. >> Yes. >> Mr. Livingston. Yes, >> Mr. Wyers. >> Yes, >> Mr. Hyatt. >> Yes, >> Miss Kennon. >> Yes, >> Mr. Ped. >> Yes, >> Mr. Mills. >> Yes, >> Miss
044Douglas. >> Yes. >> Would anyone like to change your vote? >> Nine. Yes. While we're on the press box issue, uh what you told us the other night as far as how many people talking about the press box during football game, how secure is our press box with 14 or 15 people? >> I I think we're going to have to address that during football season. We got a new press box or not. Okay. >> So, that's under your watch right there. >> Yeah. I I don't think we had an issue, but maybe one or two games and it I think we had coaches and maybe a coaching reunion. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Yeah. >> I been out there. It's not a hand. >> It's fence. There's things on top of >> Yeah, there's probably more
045on the top of it than are inside. That's where they a lot of them came up. That's where the systems want. So they can spot something of course the idea was to to have a storage on the visitor side. You didn't have the visitors teams on the other side. So of course think you and it's a football coaches on the same on the same route in a competitive game can can create problem. >> So if you do it that way you'll have the pester on one side. >> Yes. We would just Huntington has one. There's several schools that have I think Mil has one and the visitors have their own press box where the coaches go. So they're not up there with you know the home team. So that's what >> Next on our agenda
046is the director. >> All right. I'll try to rush through this. It's okay. But first of all, congratulations to Miss Cantrol and uh and Flash very deserved glory long time employee very dedicated to our system and then everybody knows Flash. So I thought that was two really good selections. Um we have another one in July but it's a it's a surprise so we will keep it a surprise and so we'll we'll bring that up in. We're also going to recognize our retirees at the July meeting. At this time, um Glender Fullerton, Lisa Blow, Karen Terry, and Christy Wilson are the only four that I'm aware of that sometimes changes. Um but I I'm not expecting anybody else to retire, but you never know. My summer camp started today. We had a pretty good start. We
047think we had one teacher injured and a few kids on the wrong bus besides everything and you know that first day of summer camp sometime is more confusing than the first day of school cuz everybody's half the people are going to a school they're not familiar with going to but um Miss Lori and the administrators and the teachers and the staff do a great job of that. So off and running with 15 more days to go. Um congratulations to Miss Donna Samson. uh she was selected as the C CES principal um last week and then we'll be conducting interviews for the uh assistant principal on Friday. We have three local candidates that um I've always thought if we have local candidates that are qualified, that's our best option. And we're going to interview them Friday.
048And I actually plan on um meeting with our team after interviews and uh and trying to have that announced by Friday afternoon. Um, new hires. I' I've sent that list. Callie Walford from She'll be a new teacher at CHS teaching science. She'll always be Cali Brasher to us. U she, uh, graduate at Campus Central High School. We're glad to bring her back home. She worked at Huntington last year and so she's coming home. So, we're excited about that. Uh Bryley Pride and Brie Meals are their new ACT teachers. I'm very excited about that. They have already reached out to uh I think the farm they they wanted to booth at the farm. I mean at the fair they reached out to come meet with Farm Bureau. They they reached out to Second Harvest. So I
049I told them to crawl, not to not to run and try to crawl and but they are excited. Uh and then we've hired Matt Culie. He's going to be the new CHS history and football coach. Victoria, Victoria Arnold is going to be preschool teacher at elementary. Victoria's been an aid for us for several years and she just completed her teaching certificate and so she's going to CHS's preschool. Britney Benjamin, which most of you know is Partane, she is a teachers aid at Broadwood and she just completed her degree and she's going to be teaching at Broadwood. So, it's always good to see those that have worked with us as TAs to move on up to a teacher. Same for Rita Palin. She's been a TA at Browwood and she's going to be new special ed
050teacher. Terry Hill, she's coming from Illinois. Her and her husband, her husband's retiring and she's going to move. She'll be a new special ed teacher at Camon Elementary. Sherry Walker, she's a certified spin teacher that was a aid at Big Sandy School this year. retired her as a special ed teacher. And Danielle Pathford, she's coming back as speech pathologist. She had been at Waverly and now she's coming back. So, we do have a speech pathologist. And Carson Hicks is going to be the new guidance counselor at Holiday. And I know this is on tape and I tell her I know she gets tired of it, but Carson is the younger sister of Hunter Enley that plays center field at Tennessee. So, that's that's pretty good. Carson was a guy that was in middle Tennessee. She
051come back home. Her and her husband lived in Huntington. She's been working at Paris as a social worker and so she will be joining the holidays fashion. So we're excited about that. Um I talked to Cher Canon when she come in and I apologize, but I have four things that we need to approve during the director's report and I'm sorry that they come in since the agenda went out. If you remember, we had to send the agenda out 10 days early where the director's contact that state law and so we've had some things come up. We probably been waiting to July with the exception of the federal budget and so we just thought we'd go ahead and get those done. So um the first thing um chair Kenan is we need to approve the learning
052partners contract and quote and the quote is 32,282 and this is for our common assessments that we give every year in fall and spring. Um now when I visit schools you're going to hear the teachers we test too much. I'm not arguing but we have you know we have to do assessments and so um Daniel Mr. Mr. Armstrong has worked extremely hard to reduce this price file in in the last week. He's he's ced down a few thousand dollar. So, worked hard at that. So, um to get that in the minutes, I think it would be good to approve that. I think um probably a voice vote would be fine. >> Okay. Um, so we need a motion in a second to accept or to approve the learning partners 2526 quote. >> I'll make a
053motion to approve. >> Second. >> A second to approve the learning partners 2526 quote. Um, am I the only one that has this? >> Yes, I put it in your pack and and it's been this is our third year. Mr. Armstrong. Yes, sir. So this we've been doing it used to be case. It's something you do every year. So >> and it's total cost is 32,282. I do have a question about it. Um it says the paper pencil test of district minimum up to three assessments per year. How many do we do? I mean because I know those kids have to have certain criteria to be given a mental test. How many do we have usually? I'll let you answer it, Mr. U. So, we have the assessment for all of our tested grades in
054our school system three through what would be algebra 2. Um, we still to answer your question directly, we still paper and pencil test third, fourth, and fifth grade because TCAP is administered to those grades. If it wasn't for that, we would probably computer-based test all of them. But the thought of the administrative team has always been kind of practice how you play. Um we give it twice a year. Um November and February most districts get it. Not most districts I would say more than half districts get three of them a year. We have elected as our group principles and other teachers together get it twice to lessen the the testing load on the kids. Um there is thought of going to three but right now we feel most comfortable. That's like everybody's been taking care,
055teachers, principles. Um, I would probably be one of the ones that more than anybody. I think it's good information. Our teachers have gotten to where they use them really well. Um, a lot of our teachers now really say we've been away from so it's a tool that we use as well. Um, the reports that we get are are priceless really. There's nothing else that we do in our testing suite that predicts TCAP and ELC as well as ELS does. Um we did drop um K and one off of that. We we're not testing K1 and we're not going to test next year in second. Um so we start the paper cle. have the second grade assessment on the quote um because we need that for uh basically tools to put in the teachers hands to
056get them ready for second grade tap just so they see what questions are going to look like. Um did I answer your question? >> Sort of. >> Okay. Sorry, >> but we can we can talk after. I'm just I just want I guess my question is how many kids that are able to take the computerized test, how many of those that have an issue with that computerized test that need a paper and pencil test, for example, a doctor's note that says, "Hey, this kid needs this." >> So, that's a great question. It really is. Um, and so all of them in my grade levels three through five, >> right? >> I don't know of an exception in junior high and high school. There is a pencil. >> So, so Joy, that's an accommodation. >> If
057we had an accommodation, then u they the company would give us, >> right? So, is that where it says up to three assessments a year? I'm reading it period. Yes. Okay. Okay. >> And we get we get that third assessment. We're not we're not getting short. Okay. >> We just don't functionally use it and put the kids through a testing process like our teachers. >> If if we needed paper and pencil for an upgrade, we could still get that. We did we don't we're not bound by >> Right. >> Okay. Okay. Yes. Yes. And see >> that is important sometimes too. >> And so some of our teachers some of our teachers well in my grade because they want those reports so quick they they get the students answer she sees they put their answers
058in so they can the report because it's computerized immediately. So there is some flexibility there. Yeah. I thought I understood it better. Um it's going to explain it better. I'm sorry. No, you're fine. Anybody else have any questions? Other questions? We are approving learners partner learning partners 2526 quote of $32,28. >> Mr. Marks, >> yes. >> Mis, >> yes. >> Mr. Livingston, >> yes. >> Mr. Wieners, >> yes. >> Mr. Hyde, >> yes. Miss Kennan, >> yes. >> Mr. Hedge, >> yes. >> Mr. Mills, >> yes. >> Miss Douglas, >> yes. >> Would anyone like to change their vote? Nine. Yes. >> None. Yes. The learning partners quote has been approved. >> Next. >> Sidekick contract. That is our speech contract. Um, we were going to wait till July, but they called M. Joy and
059just wanting to confirm that we're going to do it. If you remember, we approved this. I think this will be our third year. I'm glad that they actually bill our insurance for the majority of our students. Um, if they receive 10 karat, then they can bill. If not, then we have to pay. Um, but it's been I don't know how we'd survive without them. Miss Joy found out about them at a conference. I I did call Mr. Kaggel and you remember talking about it in a lot of districts in East Tennessee. So, at first it was all virtual, but now they're actually sending therapists to the district. So, um it's actually a money saver for us. >> Is there a dollar amount with it though? >> No. >> So, the only fees that we pay
060to them are if there are miss sessions for students or um we pay mileage for the people to come into our district to work and it's a it's a reduced mileage rate. It's like 40 cents a mile. So, we had one coming from Huntington this year and one coming from Lexington to Holiday. And so, um it it was a very small amount per month for their services. We served I think we served close to 100 students this year for speech through them. Do we have a motion and a second? >> We have a motion and a second to approve Sidekick's contract. My question is will the utilization of this group go down since we are getting speech language. So, all right. We're just going to add add it on to the mix. Yeah. So, for
061the most part, they're just billing taking care of insurance. Okay. It doesn't cost >> very much at all. It's less than if I were to contract with an individual for speech services, which we've always done in addition to our two full-time therapists anyway. So now we actually have been short at therapist for two. This would have been our third year. And so now back at therapist, but I'm going to tell you that we're going to we we're required to offer compensatory services to students who have not had services. Um and so a lot of your time will be utilized for those services to try to make up for miss services. Um for those students who were not able their needs weren't able to be met. Um you know the kids that have had sidekick they're
062good. Um they've been receiving their services like normal but um we'll continue that because our speech needs have not decreased they've only increased. So, >> any further questions? >> No further questions. Um, Miss M, do we need a roll? No. >> Um, all those in favor of approving the Sidekick contract, please say I. Any opposed, please say no. I've had a motion to approve that contract um passes. >> Okay. Next thing I have is approve property transfer to chalk level volunteer fire department. Remember I brought that up at a meeting and then uh Mr. Melton had called and then when he left the county I think that kind of put that but he did draw up a dem brought it by. What we're This is probably the third one we've done since I've been director.
063A lot of your firefalls were old one single room schools and so they were owned by the school system and so they're want updates to the firewall and so we have a deed no cost to transfer that over to the child level fire department. So that's all we need a motion >> to transfer that property over. I make a motion to transfer. Second. >> We have a motion and a second to transfer this property deed. Um, any further discussion? >> Was that on the natur >> that was my grandfather's farm? >> The original hedges. >> That's right. >> It's underdeed of Mr. Miss Hedge that property. >> James Franklin Jack. >> Yeah. James called me about it. I said, "Well, I don't know. Our family hadn't own enough that farm in 50 or 60 years."
064Of course, dad's 85 and he's the youngest. Well, there's one more. I better ask you that. >> Any further discussion? If not, we will vote. All those in favor of approving transfer of this to level volunteer fire department, please. Hi. >> Any oppose? Please say no. Motion passes. We will transfer that date. >> and the last thing I have is for the board to approve the federal budget. Usually we do that in February, but we received a me an email from the state today that we had to have it be planned by July 1st. So, we probably could have waited till July, but I thought, well, we're meeting tonight and I already have two or three. So, I put a copy of the the consolidated budget in your um packet. That's the blue but not
065a lot of changes. Um we're still waiting on carryover and so that that will be some but we will have the county commission to approve the resolution in July so we can update the federal budget as the year goes on. But um so we can go ahead and get that an e plan before July 1st. I would recommend that the board approve the federal budget. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second to approve of this federal budget. Any further discussion? If not, Miss Michelle, will you please call? >> Mr. Marks. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hus. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mr. Livingston. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wyers, >> yes. >> Mr. Height, >> yes. >> Miss Kennan, >> yes. >> Mr. Hedge, >> yes. >> Mr. Mills, >> yes.
066>> Miss Douglas, >> yes. >> Would anyone like to change their vote? >> Nine. Yes. >> With nine yeses. Um that federal budget has been approved. >> Okay. That's um I don't have anything else for you to approve it. Um we do need to schedule a policy committee. Um, I I thought it'd be good to do it the last week of June because I just received TSBA uh policy updates and then I also have the calls update from Chuck Cable. Matter of fact, I will email that to you. It's really good information. Then that way you can go through ask and have any questions I'll we can discuss that. I I'll put Tuesday the 24th, Mr. Miller height or Thursday the 26 at 5:30. Either one's good for me, but it it could take some
067time, but I figure the TSBA policy recommendation could be quite lengthy this year with all the new uh laws that were passed in Nashville, >> which is better for you. Tuesdays are usually quieter Tuesday, but 24. >> Is that bad for you? 26 better. Okay. 26. I'm good. >> 26:30 >> and I'll send a notice the 20. That's a Thursday the 26th. >> 5:30. >> Is that it? >> No. >> So, are we good with the 26? >> Okay. I I mentioned I do they have called from the budget committee. Um I'll I'll appear before the budget committee tomorrow night, but I think they said they didn't about 10 minutes. So So um summer projects um they they I checked they coro supposed to start June 23rd on the new route. Um so they were
068over there today actually looking. So they're they're hoping to have that done before school starts. Now I see that believe it. Let's keep our fingers crossed. I figure there'll be construction everywhere. We'll have football starting be complete, but we'll we'll see. Maybe they will. Carpet at Brywood and the music room that that had been damaged by some the old roof, so we're going to replace that. Um painting throughout the district. Uh Central Technology has been installing cameras at Junior High, Career and Tech, and Brywood. and they hope to have elementary Holiday and Big Sandy finished sometime early August. So maybe we'll get them all in before school starts. So that's a little bit of schedule. Um we'll refinish the CHS and be seen gyms um in late June during the dead period. Then obviously they're
069preparing floors throughout the district and getting ready for next year. And then uh on on behalf of this team here at the office and and I just want to say thank you for um confidence and I will tell you I tell you every time we we have we have a wonderful team and I'm blessed to work with them and have a great school board and I told you from good times and bad times I couldn't ask for a board and just better support me and my left my So, I can tell you as long as you have the confidence in you, me, I'll give you all I have to make sure our school district um we're our teachers and staff and students are are challenged with things that we just never thought possible a few
070years ago. So I I just ask you to continue to to understand that there is a lot of good things going on and a lot of hard work and just a different challenges that we're focused on right now that we've never I mean we talked about school nurses adding counselors um a bunch of things. And so there's a lot of things going on in our schools, but a lot of good things. But just on behalf of the central office staff and my family, I just want to tell you how much I appreciate you having me around for more years. Have a great summer. Keep our staff and teachers and kids. That summer camp is uh just like knowing it's just like having school again. So it is a neat thing. So continue in prayer. That's
071all I have. Thank you. >> Got one question. What about if you tell me the is it the fire alarm system? >> They do have it fixed now. >> It is fixed. >> They called me on vacation last week and said it's fixed because that was a problem because they were not letting us work and get on the floors because we have kids that we care and they would not. But that's fixed. get in any trouble, do we? >> No. No. We were doing firewalks for the last um probably month of school and we we still don't have a PA, but we we don't have PA when school starts. I may take another because of us at the elementary school that had a PA is is tough. >> Hey, both of them fire alarms, you
072know. So yeah, but that shift we we we're waiting on the parts to come in with the TA, but we since you brought that up, Mr. Marks, we're also, believe it or not, the elementary school has never had speakers in the hallway. And so we since the lightning knocked out, that's an extra spent expense, but we're going to make sure there's speakers in the hallway now as well. Yeah, Mr. Mills, he we see quite each other quite a bit at the elementary school and all our hours of the day. Mr. Mr. Tulie, he is just a coach. We didn't lose that. He a coach. >> No, no. He he he is a is history teacher and coach. >> That may be a record. >> We have a policy meeting Thursday, June 26th at 5:30 p.m.
073Um our next meeting is Monday, July the 7th at 6. The retirees will be before that. Great motion. Oh, we don't have any motion to make a motion motion and second. If