001Now call this meeting of the big county board of education to order. Will you please rise for the prayer and then the pledge of allegiance? Let's pray. God, we give you thanks for all the students and the families and the teachers, the administrators represented here at this meeting. We ask that you guide our time here tonight, that we make good decisions for our school system. give everyone the strength to make it through the end of the year. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Amen. To the flag of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Miss Michelle, will you please call? Miss Douglas. Mr. Marks present. Mr. Blue here. Mr. Thornton here. Mr. Harus here. Mr. Livingston here. Mr. Wyers here. Mr. Hyatt
002here. Miss Kennan here. Miss Arnold here. Mr. Heg. Mr. Mills here. 10 present. Two absent. With 10 present, two absent, we do have a quorum. Next on our agenda is approval of the agenda. Remember that that includes approval of the consent agenda, which includes approval of April minutes and approval of substitutes pending background checks. Motion to approve. Is there a second? Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the agenda and the consent agenda. Is there any discussion? What was there something you wanted to add to the agenda? Yes, we need to add um our STEM presentation, Miss P. Okay, I'd like to make a motion to do that, please. Okay, we have a motion and a second to amend the agenda to include um the STEM presentation immediately following um the approval
003of the agenda. So, um, we're going to vote on the amendment first. All those in favor of amending the agenda to include the STEM presentation say I. All oppose, please say no. Eyes have it. We have amended the agenda to include the STEM presentation. So now on the ta on the floor we have the approval of the agenda as amended which includes the stem presentation and the consent agenda. Is there any anything further on that? If not we will vote. All those in favor of approving the agenda as amended, please say I. All oppose, please say no. I haven't. Um the approved the amended agenda and the consent agenda have been approved. Next on our amended agenda is the Sim presentation. Welcome everybody. Welcome to the Paw Press. My name is Molly. Today is Monday,
004February 10th, and here is this week's breaking news right after we hear the weather. I hope you enjoyed the warm temperature last week because we have a big change this week. The temperature today will be in the 40s, so you will need your coat. Hey, Nuts, how do you get a squirrel to like you? I don't know, Amara. How do you get a squirrel to like you? Act like a nut. Let's move on. Man, what are those? Radish. [Music] Next on our agenda is um the approval of the executive committee report. The executive committee of the Ven County Board of Education met on Monday, April 23rd, 2025 by phone at 4:15 p.m. A recommendation to approve Miss Nikki Pollerman to be added to the May 5th, 2025 board agenda to address her concerns that the
005board was approved. The request is attached to the report that is in our packet. All approved members present were Shauna Kennan, board chair, and director Mark Florence. Um, I recommend that we approve this committee report. Motion to approve. Second. Have a motion and a second to approve the executive committee report. And all those in favor of approval, please say I. All post, please say no. Executive executive committee report has been approved. Next on our agenda is um Miss Nikki. Um if you just want to come up here and I'm going to read our um our statement before um individuals speaking to the board shall address remarks to the chair and may direct questions to individual board members or staff members only upon approval of the chair. Each person speaking shall state their name, address, and
006subject of presentation. Remarks will be limited to two minutes unless time is extended by the board chair. The chair shall have the authority to terminate the remarks of any individual who is disrupted or does not adhere to board rules. Also, our board attorney has um directed the board not to comment. Yes, ma'am. So, your two minutes will start. Since the disclosure of an assault and from the moment I began asking questions and demanding the district comply with federal and state laws regarding my children's education and well-being, my family has been targeted, retaliated against, and ignored by the very officials entrusted with protecting our children. At what point did this board lose all sense of accountability, judgment, and basic human decency? My 5-year-old son was recently unenrolled due to abuse and neglect by staff at the
007elementary school, including a nurse who is not currently licensed to practice. If there was ever any doubt that retaliation and protectionism are alive in this district, the board's recent decision to approve the perpetrator as a volunteer football coach, despite his involvement in an ongoing lawsuit against the district, makes it clear. This approval came just one week after I requested to speak at this meeting and submitted the required outline of my remarks. This board is fully aware of this of what this man is accused of and his central role in active legal proceedings involving the district. By app by approving his role as a volunteer coach at Kingdom Central High School, you have placed him in direct contact and proximity to my children. I have documented evidence of bias, collusion, and conflicts of interest, including the
008involvement of administrators with personal relationships that have interfered with fair and mobile processes. I am requesting a public acknowledgement of these systemic failures, an independent investigation into retaliation, 504, title 9 violations, and staff misconduct. A full review of who is involved in these decisions and how personal relationships have compromised them. Immediate action to end the abuse of power that continues to harm our children. To allow this to continue is to be complicit. You are actively failing to protect the most vulnerable. If you cannot ensure student safety, dignity, and legal rights, you have no place in public education. Thank you for your time. You're expected to speak as a as we walk through the door on your we have on the on the paper in the back that will be at the end of the meeting.
009Okay. Thank you. Next on our agenda, the approval of the building and property committee report. The uh building and property maintenance committee met on Thursday, April the 24th, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. in the Ben County Support Center conference room. Those present were myself, Brad Mill, Mark Vargas, Ben Mars, Junior Arnold, Lady Joe Douglas, Marco Wy, Kim High, Marks. We had Kelly Corell from Cordell Roofing, also Jake Green, Mark T, and Dale Lynch from Corell Roofing. Uh, the committee met to discuss the following items. the Camden Junior High School or Griffin Great Wait. Uh, also a press box on the visitor side, which would be south of Con Richardson Stadium. And a recommendation was made to piggyback off of the Corell roofing bid awarded to Manchester City School and move forward with the Canada Junior High
010roof project pending controller, controller, and board attorney approval and all approved. Um, recommendation also was made to request bids for a press box on the visitor side of Tommy Richardson Stadium and I'll approve that. The meeting is your I'll make a motion that report be accepted. Second. We have a motion and a second to accept the building property and maintenance committee report. Um, is there any discussion? With no discussion, all those in favor of um approving the building property and maintenance committee report, please say I. All oppose, please say no. As have it. The building property and maintenance committee report has been approved. Next on our agenda is approval of the CJH roof replacement bid. We need a motion and a second for that as well. I make a motion we approve the bids for
011piggybacking Manchester City for roof. Go ahead. We have a motion and a second to approve the CJH roof replacement bid which piggybacks off of the Manchester City bid from Corell Roofing. Do we have any discussion? Chair Ken, I will I talked to the controllers's office and they said it's perfectly fine to piggy back off of as long as it's not new construction. And I also talked to the board attorney. He does not have a problem. He is going to look at some other to make sure everything's covered. But I have TCA. I feel confident that um we're finding if you look at that price that will give you um when you put the square footage to it cuz I know when you look at Manchester City it's much smaller bid but when you put the
012square footage to it then that's where that price I think it's $1484 cents a square with a few pennies. Also, um Jake Green with Torio's here if anyone else has questions, but I have checked with comproller and I have checked with um Mr. Kagel and they both say that we're good. If you everybody on the board knows that we did that assessment um couple years ago, junior high second line, we did um spend about 30,000 patching that a couple years ago, but it is just in tough shape. And when you have over 500,000 square ft of buildings, um, these come about. So, um, I think the total I don't I'm not looking at it, but it's right at 1.2. Um, and I did put that in your new budget, but it says drought because we're
013going to talk about the budget later, but I did put an additional um the the amount for the roof at Junior and I did put um 500,000 in next year's budget out of um to cover the HDAC upgraded browser. So, if we know that's going to happen, I think we're better off to go ahead and put it in the budget instead of moving it um in July. So, when you look at your budget, and I'll talk about that in a few minutes, that that is in there. I'll be glad to answer any questions. And like I said, Jake Green with Corell Roofing is here as well. Okay. As far as the old roof, how how old is it right now? We have you say about what you think 20 years, I'm guessing. Probably 30. I
014couldn't find any dates, but it was it's north of 20. It'd be more than 20. Okay. All right. And and one question was asked by a board member about why would we piggy back? We we've piggybacked for school buses before. Basically, what you do when you piggyback um you don't have to get go through the bid process with the architect and construction manager. So, there is some savings that way. And um it's done quite often. It's just the first time we've done it with construction, but since it's not new construction, it's not an issue. Anything further? With nothing further, we will vote for the approval of the CJH roof replacement bid to piggy back off of the Manchester City bid from Corell Roofing. Miss Michelle, will you please call roll? Mr. Marks? Yes. Mr. Blue?
015Yes. Mr. Thornton? Yes. Mr. Hargus? Yes. Mr. Mr. Livingston, yes. Mr. Wyers, yes. Mr. Hyatt, yes. Miss Kennan, yes. Miss Arnold, yes. Mr. Mills, yes. 10 yes. With 10 yeses, the bid is approved. Next on our agenda is the approval of the budget committee report. Mr. Harvest, will you read that for us? Okay. The budget committee met on Thursday, April 24th, 2025 6 p.m. in the board of education support center conference room. Those present for chairman myself, Marco Wyers, Judy Arnold, Betty Joe Douglas, Robert Livingston, Ben Mars, Brad Mills, Tim Height, and Director Florence. The committee met to discuss the following items. Education Freedom Act section 4 resolution for the $2,000 teacher bonus 2025 and 26 20 food nutrition budget 202526 general purpose school budget recommendations made to approve the TSBA sample resolution for the
016education freedom act section 4 resolution for the $2,000 TQ bonus. All approved. A recommendation was made to approve the 202526 proposed food nutrition budget. All approved. A recommendation was made to approve the 202526 proposed general purpose school budget. All approved. And the meeting was adjourned. Think we're going to have a little bit more information. We're planning on working on that proposed general purpose school budget tonight, but I think we're going to wait on that because the county commission has set the property tax rate yet. So I offer that is a motion to approve the report on the budget committee meeting. Motion to approve. We have a motion and a second to approve the budget committee report. Um any further discussion on that? The only thing it should be school nutrition. Somebody that typed that and
017it was Michelle, it was me. It should say school nutrition, not food nutrition. So I I apologize for that. We'll we'll update that. Miss Michelle was giving me the eye. You know what? With no further discussion, we will vote on that committee report. All in favor of approval of the budget committee report, please say I. I. All oppose, please say no. Eyes have it. We have approved the budget committee report. Next on our agenda is the Education Freedom Act resolution section 4, which deals with the teacher bonus. Um, if we can get a motion and a second, we can discuss. Got a motion. Second. We have a motion and a second um for the Education Freedom Act resolution section for dealing with the teacher bonus. Is there any discussion? The only thing I'll say from
018the committee standpoint, um I think publicly we want everyone to know that this board strongly oppose the Education Freedom Act. Um we're we're firm believers that public dollars ought to stay with public schools. But um this this particular section does not in any way say this board supports the Education Freedom Act. It just says that you support the section four that will give our tenure of teachers a bonus. So, I think it's important um that we put that on public record that we this school board in no way and they've made that quite clear over the last few years that they do not support the vouchers, but they do support our teachers and think they should receive the bonus. I also think it's important to note that when they say a $2,000 bonus to all
019public school teachers, that is not what they mean. They don't include every school teacher that is employed in our system. Um yeah, any further discussion? We will vote. And if this is approved, we have to have it signed tonight. Correct. By every member of the board. No, just you. Oh, just me. Oh, brought my black pen, too. Um, Miss Michelle, will you please call the role? We are voting to approve the Education Freedom Act resolution section 4 that deals with the teacher bonus. Mr. Marks, yes. Mr. Blue, yes. Mr. Thornton, yes. Mr. Hargus, yes. Mr. Livingston, yes. Mr. Wyinners, yes. Mr. Hyde, no. Miss Kennan, yes. Miss Arnold, yes. Mr. Mills, yes. Nine. Yes. One. Oh. Would anyone like to change their vote? Oh, go ahead. You want to rest? 10. Yes. With 10 yeses,
020that resolution does pass. I will be signing it as well as Mr. Florence. Do you have a Is this the one you want signed or a pretty good? Not that. That one's not good. Thought we might have like a an in color one. Next on our agenda is approval of the 2526 school nutrition budget proposal. that is in our packet. It's a one sheet. If we can get a motion and a second, we can discuss if needed. I make a motion to approve. Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the 2526 school nutrition budget proposal. Is there any discussion? Um, Chair Kenan, the only thing I would tell the board is I don't think the commission not having their um, regular budget passed would affect that. Um, I also think it's important
021for the board to realize that um, with COVID in those federal dollars, there was some money put into fund balance and food nutrition. And we have been spending quite a bit, a new freezer now 60 to $70,000. So we've probably in the last year pulled close to 250,000 out of those reserves. So it's just like you at home. Um things are getting much more expensive. So u but the budget pretty well just reflects increases in food prices and then um the raises that all the employees will receive. I will tell you um that our uh C the community el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el el eligibility program from what Michelle's been told at meetings that will
022at least continue for two more years. That is a huge um asset to our community that all our children are eating for free and and to be honest it's really been a boost for our cafeteria because our children are eating which is good. Any further discussion or questions? If not, we will vote. We are voting on the approval of the 2526 school nutrition budget proposal. Miss Michelle, will you please call roll? Mr. Marks? Yes. Mr. Blue? Yes. Mr. Thor? Yes. Mr. Harus? Yes. Mr. Livingston? Yes. Mr. Wyers? Yes. Mr. Hyatt? Yes. Miss Kennan, yes. Miss Arnold, yes. Mr. Mills, yes. 10 yes. With anybody want to change? Oh, and would anyone like to change their vote? 10 yes. With 10 yeses, that um school nutrition budget proposal for 2526 is approved. Next on our agenda
023is the approval of the 2526 schools general purpose budget proposal. Let me see. Were we were we not going to go in that? Are we going to defer that? We have to have a main motion and then we're going to get a motion to postpone. Make a motion to postpone that until we have a main motion first. Main second motion. We have a main we have a motion to approve and we have a second. So we open the floor up for discussion or other motions. So now now I would like to make a motion we postpone that to the next regularly scheduled meeting. We have a um on the floor we have a motion to postpone the um approval of the school's general purpose budget proposal to the next regularly scheduled meeting. We have a
024second on that motion to postpone. Um, that motion is debatable. Do we need to talk about that while we're doing it? The only thing I would tell for those of you that were at the budget committee, um, no, nobody wrote in stone that the commission would have the budget passed and made, but over the last three to five years, the commission's had the budget passed. I have not met with the budget committee yet, but when we met as a budget committee last week, um I told I recommended that we use last year's revenue with this year's TISA projections with our budget that had been developed in case the commission was ready in May. We school to be budget to be anything that held up. But after we did that, I talked to Miss Brasher, the
025financial consultant. They do not have a certified tax rate ready for our budget. So, they are not going to pass the county budget in May. So, um I would recommend waiting until we appear before the budget committee and hopefully we'll have some more uh local revenues. We did our projections are a little higher. The only thing bad about it, our enrollments fell about 20 students since that come out. So, it's real easy to do the math. $7,250 times 20 students. You can see that affects the budget pretty good. So So I I think I recommend the motion and then we will discuss a budget committee during the director's report. Okay. Um any further discussion on the motion to postpone? If not, we are going to vote on the motion to postpone the approval of the
0262526 budget to the next meeting. All those in favor of postponing to the next meeting, please say I. All oppose, please say no. Eyes have it. Motion passes. We have postponed the approval of the budget to the next meeting, the next regular meeting. Next on our agenda is approval of the budget resolutions and there are several in our packet. Make a motion to approve them as it is. We have a motion and a second to approve those as they are in our packet. Then the the one in there that's 130,000 has one that you mentioned about the about the the money to spend on the freezer and that thing. All right, that makes sense. Yeah, the last sheet that you that was in there that was put in today. We just received our summer school
027projections Friday. And uh Miss Lori, thank you. And Miss Brandy and Mr. Daniel and Marilyn's not here. Um it's just like developing a new budget and we had to have it be planned. So, they actually submitted that today about 10:00 a.m. and they all run to my office and said, "Go to e- plan and do it now because it is quite a tedious process." So, um that that is what that is. I think we said there was a few cents difference from last year's. So, can we do it on the same budget? We didn't we're not offering near the service. I mean, we're not we don't have the number of kids and we don't have the amount of students for the simple reason ESER has expired and we use a lot of ESSER funds to
028um add a little more than than we can with what the state provides, but we were expecting that. So, uh Miss Lori and her team has planned for realizing that we're not going to have the funds that we had the first couple years. Any further discussion or questions? If not, we're going to vote to approve the budget resolutions as they are as they are written in our packet. Miss Michelle, will you please call roll? Mr. Marks, yes. Mr. Blue, yes. Mr. Thornton, yes. Mr. Hargus, yes. Mr. Livingston, yes. Mr. Wyers, yes. Mr. Hyatt, yes. Miss Kennan, yes. Miss Arnold, yes. Mr. Mills, yes. Would anyone like to change their vote? 10 yes. With 10 yeses, the budget resolutions are approved. Next on our agenda is the director's report. All right. First thing, special thanks to
029M P and Miss Christie and more importantly the parents and students here that presented and we always say there's a whole lot more good going on in our schools than than bad. So we appreciate them. Um, next thing and most important thing this week and we um sent the teachers a email earlier. We appreciate them every day. But a big thank you to our teachers um teacher appreciation week on how much we appreciate all they do. It's a very difficult job. It's getting more difficult every day. I will tell you on behalf of the board, we're going to send some funds to each school and let the principles kind of decide how they special treat for their teachers, whatever they decide to do. So, that will be coming on behalf of the board. So, just
030wanted to let you know we had been rattling on how to recognize our teachers, so that's what we're going to do. But, just want to make sure our teachers realize how much we appreciate all they do. Um, I want to congratulate Mr. Jerry Denwitty that was recognized at our um annual CHS academics award banquet last week. And then also um special thank you to Miss Andrew Neum and the CHS staff for putting on a great evening. And and what was really special, Miss Chrissy Ballard, a county central high school graduate that's been working with the state department for many years, was our guest speaker. And then we had several outstanding students receive an award. So, I know some of you were able to attend that, but that was a great night. Well, we're wrapping up
031um spring sports. Um congratulations to the CJH baseball team on reaching the conference final. Um we the baseball team finished up season this weekend. Softball is playing in the um district tournament as we speak. I was trying to motion Nicole back there to see what the score was uh during the um presentation. So they they were up three to nothing after the third inning. So that's the update I had. We also have I think um I get this wrong. I asked Mr. August wrong, but I think it's track and field in the spring. I think that's right. And um and then we have tennis participating in in tournaments. Uh the band I've heard a lot of good things about their showing at the fish fry parade and so thank you to all our students and
032just good and busy spring. Um, special day, Friday, track and field day. Those of you that have maybe your first year on the board, that'll be at Canon Central High School on May the 9th at 9:30. Um, that's always a special day at the Florence House. And it's it's a special day in our school system. So, make sure if you want, I think they'll have hamburgers and hot dogs and uh so um if you can make it out, I encourage you just to come out. It will be outside on the football field if the weather cooperates. If not, we will move inside to the gym. Correct, Mr. McDow? Yes, sir. Okay. All right. Good. Um, schedule. We need to schedule a personnel and budget committee. I'll put Thursday, May 15th. U personnel at 5, budget
033at 5:45. And then I also put a budget meeting on May 24th if necessary because I I don't know I know they're having budget meetings on Wednesdays. Um they have not asked me to come but I think starting tomorrow night I'm I'm just going to be there. Um and and hopefully by the 15th I will be able to share with you our local revenues. Also, um, if you decide, and it's totally up to you as a board, has nothing to do with me, but if you want to make any changes to the director's contract, you have to do that, that the agenda would have to go out by May 19th, according to Tennessee law. It has to be the agenda has to go out, the public notice has to go out 14 days before the
034next board meeting. So, um, so that's the reason I scheduled the 15th. Um, is the 15th okay with personnel and budget? Does anybody have an issue with that? Graduation is on the 16th. That is correct. Next on my list. You said 5:00 on the first day. And I'll send you a text. And I guess to to go on with that, we will need our evaluations done. If y'all can get those to me by the 12th, okay, by that Monday, I can get them calculated and all that stuff by day. And all you have to do is bring it up here, give it to Miss Michelle, somebody in the front. They will put it in an envelope with my name on it. Don't put your name on it unless you want to. When did you say
035you needed it by? I need it by Monday the 12th. Please, Mr. Shannon, I'm going to put you on the spot. Would that be something we could put on and email to the board, make it easier for him if that that evaluation form? Yes, sir. He's pretty good under pressure. which if you would like that um we'll send it. If you'd rather do the paper copy that's you you'll have both options. Fill it out on it's an Excel spreadsheet. So just warning you some of us work better than others with Excel spreadsheet. And if you want to do it on paper it's not an issue. No. And if it's a big issue for Dr. Shannon I'll send you a text say forget that. I I spoke too soon. Um, graduation is Friday, May the 16th.
036It's hard to believe. Big Sandy will be at 6:00 p.m. That's special day. That will be the last graduating class at Big Sandy School. And then CHS at 7:30 p.m. Um, we will leave the parking lot in front of Camden Junior High at 510. So, um, if you want the car pull down, if you drive on your own, just make sure you park on the north side of the Big Sandy gym, if you're directionally challenged, that's towards the tank. Ry's lacking cuz she know that she's lacking. So, I'm calling her out. And don't run over the cones. Don't run over the cones and you can follow Thornton and he'll get you to Camden safely. But um the sheriff Christopher will be there to escort us and we always have plenty of time. But um we
037do have Ryan and Mr. Mark a lot of times um those that live in Big Sandy would come up and ride down with us so they wouldn't have to you know go. So it's totally up to you but we'll leave um the county junior high whether we park the buses at 510 on the 16th. Uh, summer camp begins June the 2nd. Um, that'll be 4 weeks in uh, June, 4 days a week from 8 to 3:30. Um, you know, we we have to it's just like having school again. So, that will be at Browwood School. Thank you, Mr. B, Mr. meddling for puts a really hardship on those administrators because there there's a month where we're not preparing our school for next year because we're having a half school, but Brywood is just the one
038that can adom accommodate those age groups. Um, I just want as as I go around to meetings around the state and do things, I just want to thank you as a board for understanding your role and doing it the right way. You're not told that enough and I appreciate all you do as a board. The last thing I have, well, it's not the last thing. Remember to continue to keep um James Mayo's family in your prayers. Um James is a part of our school family and suddenly career technical center in the high school still reeling from that loss. So, please continue to keep that family in your prayers. Um, I will be on vacation the week of May 26th. That's Memorial Day. So, I guess you can say that Tuesday through Friday, but I'll send
039you a text. You all have my cell phone. You all have I mean, if you need me, you can call me. But that was a time that that we scheduled. And then our next meeting is June the second. That's all I have. Ch. Any questions? I just mentioned today, you know, he had prayers for prayers for and Mr. Hedge is okay. No, no, no broken bones. Still, oh, I'm sorry. I have one more thing. Um, I I did want to um tell you the new teachers that we have coming in at this time. Now, tomorrow will be 2 weeks before the end of school. This is my 30th year in the school system and my 12th year as director, and I'm hoping and praying that these last two weeks are not like those first 30.
040But there's a good chance there will be a little chaos in the next two weeks. We're going to have retirements we're not expecting. We're going to have people go to other systems that we're not expecting. So, this list, I hope it doesn't change. It probably will. But, um, Matt Culie is going to be history teacher at the high school and football coach. Uh, Callie Walford, that's Cali Brasher, if you remember her in school, she's going to be the new chemistry and biology teacher, science teacher at the high school. Bryley Pride, a new egg teacher. U, Brianna Neils, a new AC teacher. And since I said a teachers, thank you board for giving us the opportunity. We have um I talked to Dr. Bird, the professor at UTM Young, we said you never had two candidates
041as excited to to get here and get this started. So, I I know y'all been pushing and and I appreciate you pushing and so we're going to try. But with that said, we're going to need your help and especially these Aggies amongst a bunch. We're going to really need y'all's help to to help these young ladies get our program going. Uh Miss Carrie Heel, u she has been hired. Our goal is for her to go to Camden Elementary as a special education teacher, but there's a lot of moving parts right now, but she's coming from Illinois and she she we toured the elementary school a couple weeks ago and she'll be um that's our plan to assign her to county elementary. Miss Rita Palin. She's been a teachers aid for us for a few years,
042but she's finished her degree and she's now going to be we hope um special ed teacher at Brywood. I always tell these candidates that's our plan, but plans do change when you're in education when people leave. And then Sherry Walker, which has been a special ed assistant at BC this past year, but she does have her special ed degree. And so that will be our extra teacher at Big Sandy. So as we speak, we have an extra sped teacher at CHS, Cam Junior High, and Bridewood. We did have one at Camden Elementary, but as plans go, they that's changed. So now we're back to normal. And again, thank you for giving us that um opportunity because our staffs really need it. So with that, Chair Kenny and I will be quiet. a question. Uh the
043property, the firehouse propert. Yeah, I'm glad you brought As you know, there's been a little change with the county attorney. So, I have not heard um from anyone. Um so, until I get the deed on the property, um I I think we'll need to hold off. But what Mr. Hyde, I put that in your memo. I'm not even sure. The only fireh hall I know on Nanch's Trace is the main one there, but there may be a little one. Brad, you may know, but they're wanting to build a new station. I can find out, but I think it's the chalk level station. Um, they have two. M. James Warren called me and in in my 12 years, I think we've had a couple. I think Mr. Robertson when those of you that were on the
044board with him. The old single house schools years ago were owned by the county and the school system. Well, they changed them over to fire department. For those of us old enough in the room, I went to kindergarten at EVA. And so when they built that, when they made that a fire hall, the board just deeded that property over to the fire department. That's what we're dealing with here. but they want to build a new fireh hall and and obviously they don't want to build a new fireh hall if it's under the school systems name. So I told um Mr. Warren I didn't think it'd be any problem. I guess once they get the new county attorney they'll reach out to us and then we would just I would recommend to you that you just
045feed that property over to the fire department so they could build their new fire off. Thank you, Mr. Hyatt. Any more questions? Next on our agenda is a visitor before the board, Mr. Browning. And I'm going to read our um public comment up again. Individuals speaking to the board shall address remarks to the chair and may direct questions to individual board members or staff members only upon approval of the chair. Each person speaking shall state their name, address, and subject of presentation. Remarks will be limited to two minutes unless time is extended by the board chair. The chair shall have the authority to terminate the remarks of any individual who is disruptive or does not adhere to board rules. And once again, there won't be a comment from the board. Okay. I just wanted to
046get up here and say that just shocked how the the school board has caused my family to be treated and it is it's really affected the mental health of every every single member of our family. And uh I had uh Mark Florence bailing on a scheduled 30 minute bailings I'm sorry bailing on a scheduled meeting 30 minutes after it was set to start in order to take some staff out to lunch. And that was just one instance of of the how our time has been wasted that could have been better spent doing something different. We're really disappointed in our school district. No further visitors on our signage sheet. Um, our reminders, our next meeting is Monday, June the 2nd at 6 PM here in this room. Um, teacher appreciation week is coming up. Nurses appreciation
047week is this week, actually. Um, Friday, May the 9th, track and field at CHS at 9:30 a.m. Um, I need your evals by Monday the 12th, like end of business. Um, if you have trouble getting it up here, we'll figure out a way I can come find you. Um, graduation is Friday, May the 16th. We're going to meet at the parking lot where we park the buses across from CJH. We will be in Big Sandy at 6:00 p.m. and Camden at 7:30 p.m. We're praying for no rain. Um, we're going to have a personnel and budget committee meeting at 5:00 p.m. and 5:45 respectively on Thursday the 15th. We will have another budget meeting on 5:24 if needed. Um, am I missing anything? Nope. We have to have the agenda in by May the 19th
048if we're going to change anything on your contract. Correct. That is correct. All right. With no further business, the chair would entertain a motion to motion to adjurnn. Is there a second? All those in favor say I. meeting