001first up is the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mr Stan bot alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all next I ask for you to Bow your heads for a moment for a moment of silence thank you first we have the approval of the agenda comments questions move to approve thank you Miss Rosales thank you Mr vaugh all in favor say I I any oppos okay that was all that passed sorry next we have the approval of the consent agenda any questions or comments thank you Mr vaugh second thank you Mr Tidwell all in favor say I I any opposed I motion passes next up we have no speakers we have Rutherford proud John
002I think we're going to start we have Stewart's Creek High School band and I think we're going to start with the video first welcome to steart Creek High School Marching B traveling all the way from smna Tennessee they are proud to represent the volunteer state in the 2025 presidential inaugural parade [Music] he [Music] and as the beat of the drums continues established in 2013 that band has Gra become one of Tennessee's Premier high school music programs this band has participated in numerous Civic events that honor significant moments in our nation's history like the 75th anniversary of the attack on PE harbard Captain Jeff cus United States Marine Corps Memorial dedication Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade and a Lincoln Memorial performance as well the Stewarts Creek High School Marching Band everybody make a feel welcome here in
003DC I want to thank Dr Sullivan I want to thank the school board for your commitment to us and for recognizing our our band tonight the journey leading up to this performance at the presidential inauguration is something that I personally will never forget and something our families our children and even our children's children will always remember it's not a common thing to have the opportunity to represent your school your county your state and yes even the great United States of America and to do this at this event was just amazing for them to be a part of I also want to say that I am so very proud of our directors I have three student leaders representing the band here tonight I cannot say how proud I am of you and I think you'll join
004me and saying a job very very well done it was amazing give man I cannot leave this Podium without giving a very public thank you to our Tennessee delegation and especially to Senator Mara Blackburn she went to bat for us and there's no doubt about it and in a conversation that she had with me I quote on the day before when we found out we were in the arena she said I quote I was not going to have those kids disappointed and guess what they were not the video that you just saw very fortunate to see I was able to get in at 3:00 a.m. got in line hoped I could get into the arena was able to make it that video is from the Jumbo Tron the big screen that they showed to be
005able to to be able to share it with you tonight and so at this point less from me and I want you to hear more from our directors Debbie Burton Michael Chester and again three of our student leaders hello all I'm Debbie Burton one of the band directors I'm just going to speak briefly to um how amazing our student students are at steart Creek High School and how remarkable that performance was um so we um were not exactly prepared for this performance and what you saw was the first time that the students actually performed what they actually performed in our preparation to go to DC we were expecting an outdoor parade on a five Lane Street 56 feet across had the band set up to do ranked nine across and then as we found out
006just oh maybe 18 hours before the actual event um that it was going to be moved inside and we would only have 15 ft of space and instead of what everything that we had rehearsed and practiced before we left was now out the window and we had to restart in DC with no place to practice and so that evening Sunday evening the night before uh we asked the students to uh come outside get dressed up in their winter gear got up on the third floor of a parking garage that was attached to our hotel and set them up in a whole new formation spent about 45 minutes walking through the process but still without our instruments still not actually being able to practice what they were going to do on National Television next morning got
007up got to DC got into the arena they put us in a holding area which was the visitors hockey locker room which was way too small for our band of 155 so we were packed in there like sardines still not really a place to practice they did let us warm up in half of a gym which was still too small for us to practice our formation we found a hallway backstage behind the behind the presidential stage I got to line up but again couldn't practice with our instruments the first time the students actually performed was on television and what you just saw and they were actually fantastic throughout the whole process and what I think I will take most from the performance wow still is uh when we finished we marched out of the arena
008and went straight back to our locker room and the students were were on Cloud9 bouncing off the walls jumping up and down and cheering all was missing was the champagne it was as if it was as if we had just won the Super Bowl and we were in a locker room so it would have been perfect but we didn't have it and so I'm so proud of them and so amazed by by them every day that I'm so happy that I get to work with them but I'm going to let them uh speak a little bit as well so uh yeah faith is going to come first just hello everybody my name is Faith Damron and I am a 12th grader and I do play the piccolo and the flute and I just wanted to
009talk about what this event meant to me because I am a senior and being here for 4 years and being in band all throughout middle school has truly been a journey and experience and a commitment it's definitely been one worth a while it's been a lot of work but I think I'm really really excited and was H really thank to be able to have this opportunity it meant so much to me because we've worked so hard to come to this and then my band directors and our principal and just this is it was it was amazing to find out that we would be able to represent Tennessee in this way and also it was another thing to find out that we possibly wouldn't be able to do that I was totally in emotional distress but
010I I was so happy to be able to actually be at the event be at the inauguration and represent the state of Tennessee and we worked really really hard to come to this I know that our band directors worked super super hard to be able to bring everything together in the short amount what is it like maybe two weeks that we had but I'm really really thankful for this event and I'm happy that I can be able to share the story with my kids someday and thank you hi my name is Madison I am a junior and I play the trumpet I'm also serving as the oh my gosh sorry I'm also serving as the trumpet section leader and this was kind of like a turnaround and I guess I guess it felt like deja
011vu cuz my dad actually he March inaugural parade um at 1997 was it 1997 1997 and he was the drum major at TSU for I think all all all of his years in college and it was really exhilarating to have this experience I mean putting in the work having sectionals making sure everybody's notes are right I mean we put in so much work and then when I got the call that we were not doing it I was just like so this is all for nothing and um it was it was really it was really an amazing experience I don't think I'll ever have this opportunity ever again in my life ever to represent Tennessee in this way ever to be on National Television like in this way and it's just amazing I I really appreciate
012what Mr Chester and this uh M buron and Dr harell have done for us to get us to this point and thank you good evening my name is Drew Meyer I the drum captain at Stewart Creek High School and I'm the 11th grade I really just want to start out by saying how amazing of an experience this was and how big of an opportunity it was um whenever we found out we were going to Washington DC I was in the shower I got out read my phone not even dressed right out on the towel I was so happy I went to tell my parents they were just as happy for me but whenever we found out that the outdoor parade was cancelled I was so so bummed like I'm I can even tell you how
013sad I was but then we were sitting in a hotel conference room with all 160 of us room was maybe meant for 40 people and whenever they told us that we were getting to perform I was back up to Cloud9 I was so excited and then the following day we had to wait in that locker room for the whole day like 5 hours and it was hot in there it was cramped in there but the whole thing was worth it whenever we got to March out to that stage and get to represent our state and our County it was also just really cool getting to see all the important people like Donald Trump and JD Vance got to see Elon Musk he walked right past us um I mean it was really just a great
014experience and I'm just so glad that we got to um have that opportunity and lastly I want to thank our band directors and Dr Harold for just being able to get us there and not stop in the fight to make us perform thank you um good evening ladies and gentlemen my name is Michael Chester and I'm one of the other band directors at Stewart's Creek High School and uh you know it's really hard to kind of uh follow a great act here um you know there there are so many things that uh you know the word thank you is something that we say quite a bit but even at that it to be able to express the Gratitude and the sincerity and the and the passion and the reflection of the values of our program
015um and having that opportunity to be able to not only represent Stewart's Creek High School the town of Smyrna and Rutherford County Rutherford County schools and the volunteer state um it was an opportunity of a lifetime at steuart's Creek you know one of our program philosophies is that tomorrow starts today and we take the philosophy that you know in order for us to help you know have an impact on our society in order for us to build a better Society it has to start with these guys it has to start with our our young students that you know will be our Future Leaders um and so you know to be able to come together and to be able to to Showcase you know the talents of our program the talents of our school system um
016it was truly truly an amazing experience that I as a teacher will never forget and and I know that you know the um the emotions you know the short amount of time that we had leading into it and uh all of the rehearsals and the snow days that we had that we had to contend with um and then you know getting over the hurdle of of getting all the fundraising done and then right before we're getting on the plane getting the call that we've been removed from the lineup and that we weren't going to get to perform um for me the the 72 hours that that was around that that time period and many of them will will uh attest to this um the Myriad of emotions that we that we spent uh I didn't
017know that you could experience all of the the wide gamut of human emotions in the range of 72 hours but um it was amazing that at the very end that the adults the elected leaders everybody that were the um the champions of these students everybody came together and this was a a time when we can sit and look at how music and the Arts brought a community together and I think we know that that that power that the Arts have in the lives of of our of our students and and what that does to help Galvanize a town a community um it pays dividends and we are just so appreciative you know like I said I'm just one part in this whole operation here I have a wonderful staff and Miss Burton our Middle School
018directors our percussion director Dr Herold our administrative Team all of our faculty members you all as board members I mean just every everybody that we were able to come in contact with in that short amount of time where January would have just been a normal January but this was such a special time and such a unique time and and even to find out that you know um you know there was on January 20th 1961 that the Central High School band you know was one of the very first bands from Rutherford County that that we were aware of that you know um performed in parade for us to be able to kind of pay homage to those alums and and again the greatness of the Rutherford County School System was was truly amazing so you know
019from the bottom of our hearts you know we just want to say thank you for supporting uh supporting our students supporting the Arts you know creating a great school system where we as teachers can not only survive but Thrive I know in today's day and age with Public Schools kind of under a lot of scrutiny right now you know there's a lot of a lot of things that are you know um you know that we that we have to you know that we have to deal with that and especially you all have to deal with but we're we're very fortunate for your leadership and your guidance and allowing us to be able to give our very best to the very best so we want to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts from
020all of us at Stewarts Creek the Stewarts Creek High School band and um thank you so much I I just want to tell you and I think I speak for the entire board in this city and this school system that when we s saw you all on TV performing our hearts swelled with pride so you all brought a lot of joy and a lot of memories and I know it was a roll roller coaster of emotions but I just want to thank you all thank you talented young people for representing this [Applause] community well now we have to move on but thank y'all the amazing Shake finalist Miss Baltimore and you going to take it from there Mr Jones you coming up at the beginning too or is she introducing you all right introduce them
021work just to Echo support for the Arts I my daughter thanks to Thurman Francis and Rockvale she has a full ride scholarship for music my nephew is Austin Baker plays the trumpet for steuart's Creek he carried the American flag and yeah and my son is a Blackman Hive in the band it's amazing we love it so thank you thank you for these programs and all that you do so I'm here tonight because of the amazing Shake it's a contest that allows our students to learn manners discipline respect and how to conduct themselves in a professional environment in partnership with Rutherford works this yearly contest allows students in grades 4 through 8 to be tested on those skills in a fun and memorable experience that enables us to engage with local Business Leaders on behalf of
022the school district so I would like to introduce Greg Jones and Ashley they're here on behalf of Works they're going to tell you a little bit more about the program thank you Amy uh my name is Greg Jones I'm with ruford Works which is part of the ruford County Chamber of Commerce um sitting here looking at the slogan up there investing in our students for tomorrow's possibilities that's a lot of the work that we do in ruford Works we're constantly trying to come up with ways and things that we can do to help accelerate students careers well one of those is the amazing Shake uh we held this competition back on January the 30th um our competition was 16 schools 13 of those was was the murbo city schools and the other three of those
023were city schools and 13 was the County Schools um so before that work though a lot of work went on at each one of those 16 schools uh I want to compliment the chapon the teachers the administration at each one of those schools because what they they did is they held a competition inin their school to narrow it down the best of the best within their school and and each one of those schools sent us two uh entrance two students so out of 16 we had 32 students that came to us that day uh we went through a series of uh competitions that day we started out by training them on uh etiquette eating etiquette and also we we trained them on writing just a good oldfashioned thank you note uh those things are pretty
024come in they're pretty good in in Prior world uh today's world they're pretty good as well so we did did that and then after we did those two things we moved into the judging part of the competition I think they relieved to know that they weren't being judged on those first two things on the etiquette but the start of the judging of the competition they sat down and had lunch with some of our local Business Leaders and while they had that lunch they were being judged on what they were doing so the etiquette training came in handy after that we moved on to uh two other competitions one of those being like a a speed networking uh to where each student walks up to one of our Business Leaders that were doing the judging shakes
025their hand we prepared them some business cards so they start their conversation with by the way my name is Greg Jones start that out and they had about a two-minute session with each one of those Business Leaders and then they moved on to the next one um after that competition then we moved them through what we call the gauntlets and that's where it really got busy and really got pretty hectic for a lot of our students it's 16 different stations and they they will come up they're told us scenario of what they're about to present they're get one minute to look at the scenario and then they have to start acting right in front of two judges those scenarios can range anywhere from a presidential address to a cooking show somebody having to sit there
026and do a cooking show uh construction work sites uh so as they're presenting this I think probably one of my favorites is um The Weather Channel uh they have to stand up there and there's a tornado warning for ruford County and they have to you know say what they're going to be telling uh their viewers and so that's we have some from time to time that'll get the wind blown look like the gym cantour of The Weather Channel so it's a pretty good one can they announce a two-hour delay next time I'd like for somebody else yeah we'll work that in yeah that' be a great idea see all the process that goes into it yeah uh anyway they cycle through those 16 stations they're judged at each one of those stations and then that's
027the ending of our judging competition we get together and we start going through the scores but then we take each one of the students uh through a tour through teat uh Tennessee College of Applied technology was the facility that hosted us that day to where they can learn about careers by going through the teats by getting a 13 to 18 month certification and coming out of there making very good salaries so we wanted to expose them to that we then uh went and we flipped the big room at teat and we got ready for our evening events and that's where we announced our winners and at this moment I'd like to turn it back over to Amy you're going to announce our winners all right so as you heard the competition introduces students to the
028networks roles and opportunities and career paths that they might not have been exposed to before um so they learn how to develop those professional qualities with a proper handshake so you'll see that in just a minute um as I introduce them they'll walk over to Greg and Ashley and then they'll go and get their picture taken we want them to know those skills so they're able to present them themselves exceptionally well for opportunities today and in the future it's my pleasure to introduce the three students who won the regional contest SP sponsored by Rutherford works these three students are headed to Atlanta in March to represent Rutherford County schools at the global amazing shape competition hosted by Ron Clark Academy first of all if I could introduce e8th grader from eille school Emily bird and
029from Homer pit campus School fifth grader Addison ramsy and finally from Rocky Fork Middle School seventh grader ladyi Vega we are grateful to RF works for their sponsorship of this program it can not be done without their support and thank you for the support of the schools who participate we are hoping to see the program grow even more in the years to come all are welcome grades 4 through 8 thank [Applause] you for I want to thank Mr Tidwell he was there for the the night that we had that as well um so thank you for attending Mr Mr Tidwell and I always like when we have a clean sweep as well so we had a clean sweep of that so it was nice it's all right e thank you g all right um the
030last part but not the least part of course of ruford proud is our monthly strong outstanding staff Awards uh really have enjoyed doing this this year and I want to say that how grateful I am for Alan shuer and Chris bragin over here at Sonic they like doing it so much that before the meeting without being prompted they told me hey we're in for next year if there's any talk about it we want to do it again so I want to give them a round of applause first so they're managing partners with the sonics of Rutherford County they've been sponsoring these Awards all year we've got three more rounds after tonight so just very grateful for their involvement and their support of our schools our staff and I just really want to say how great
031it is for us to be starting our Schoolboard meetings recognizing some of the great things that are happening we had a discussion for like what do we need to do at next meeting and next there's so many things to be proud of that we're having to schedule these out several weeks in advance so we're just grateful for that thank the school board for recognizing them so tonight the way these strongest outstanding staff Awards work is that people nominate them and then we do a random drawing but I'm able to then read some of the comments so the first employee I want to recognize tonight that we want to recognize is Miss Kelly Garner who's the assistant principal at Cedar [Applause] bro so the person who nominated her said Miss Garner is very enthusiastic when it
032comes to working with our students at Cedar Grove she comes around in the mornings and checks in and makes sure that we all have a smile on our faces and that every kid is loved and taken care of she is an outstanding person and administrator so don't go anywhere we're going to do a photo okay Miss Sue Haley all right Miss Haley is with eille school she's a custodian there and it says I am honored to nominate Miss Sue Haley for recognition as an outstanding employee at eagal for as long as I've known her Sue has exemplified what it means to be a servant leader she's incredibly incredibly hardworking always going above and beyond her role as custodian to serve the school community in countless ways way Sue has been a vital part of our
033school Community for as long as I can remember and I can think of no one more deserving of this recognition she would give her last di to another in need without a thought her unwavering commitment to others her hard work and her servant leadership make her an invaluable member of our school and District I am proud to nominate Sue Haley for this honor and she makes Incredible sausage balls if you've never had her sausage balls I was hoping she'd bring some tonight but you did not okay Ashley Moore is a math teacher at Oakland High School Miss Moore I I like all of our nominations but I love when it comes from a student or a parent this one came from a parent Miss Moore took a proactive approach in recognizing ways to help my
034son improve his grades and overall experiencing her class she reached out to me by phone with the intent to pinpoint some ways she could help with my child be successful in her class she took the time to listen to me and my input as well the phone call was simple and to the point but something about her just making that phone call show me that she cared about my child and wants to see him succeed I would love to see her recognized for being such an involved teacher thank you okay and then our final award tonight is for Miss Renee Patrick who is a bus contractor Renee goes above and beyond her school her students that ride her bus when kindergarten students were nervous to ride the bus she took the time out on a
035Sunday afternoon and drove her bus to the neighborhood to show kindergarten students and to help them feel more comfortable she is always willing to help and always has a smile on her face again thank you all right we're going to do one big photo over here and then we'll got you here thank you so much [Applause] nothing than for thank you next up we have public comment and we have two speakers tonight and our first speaker is Miss Sarah long hi my name is Sarah long I'm here tonight to talk to you guys about Springs EMP power Academy this is the newest uh Charter School here in raford County I understand that Charter Schools often face scrutiny but before anyone dismisses my concerns I want to be very clear I did my research I read
036all 489 pages of the approv application and on page seven the thing that assured me the most was and I quote they follow all federal state Lo and local laws that pertain to operating a public school many imp parents including myself chose Springs of power because we felt the schools were zoned the schools that we were zoned for in rort County were overpopulated and our kids were underserved Springs and power promised parent involvement in individualized learning smaller classrooms and more educational growth but here's what we really got a principle that only became State Certified as of January 22nd 2025 this year unlicensed teach teachers in long-term Subs that are leading classrooms there was not a certified special education up until December uh special education teacher up until December 2024 what that means is that any
037child in Springs Empower Academy that had an IEP has had not has not had the proper legally binding services for months this includes five oh sorry this includes 50 plus hours my own child has not received Services as a parent I should not have to be the one to uncover these failures I should not have to file an administrative complaint to the special education legal service department just to see action taken and I certainly should not be facing retaliation or exclusion from volunteering simply for raising legitimate concerns to the school every day I drop drop off my child wondering and asking asking an 11-year-old is there there actual learning happening who is your teacher today did you see the special education teacher how is the school allowed to open without these critical issues being addressed
038no teachers no principles no special education teacher this isn't just a failure it's a violation of trust and responsibility to the students and the families that relied on the school's commitments I urge you to investigate these matters thoroughly no more kids should be falling further behind due to lack of oversight all parents deserve all parents and students deserve the education they were promised I encourage you the board members to reach out to me for additional details you can reach me at sarong gmail.com thank you for your time thank you our next speaker is Miss Heather cook okay apparently Mr cook is not with us this evening so moving on to number nine instruction this is tab two our 2526 special courses requests the instruction Department's requesting permission to make an application to offer credit for
039special courses undering the following guidelines rule 0520 13- uh 05-22 013 d06 on an experimental basis Comm Commissioner of Education must approve each course in advance each year retherford County high schools are requesting approval for the following special course requests anthropology Global diplomacy Native American history positive psychology US Presidency all of these are renewal recommended motions to approve the 2526 special course request for bre County high schools as presented any questions comments I'll entertain a motion thank you Mr vaugh second thank you Mr Tidwell all in favor say I I any opposed motion passes number two ESL stien we have a ESL Department requesting that Naomi Rodriguez an ESL teacher at rocks Springs Elementary be paid $1,200 $50 per hour from the title three immigrant Grant to teach an ESL parent Class M Rodriguez is
040taking the place of a teacher who has resigned can you see the recommended motion for any questions or comments I'll entertain a motion move to approve thank you Mr tile thank you Mr vaugh all in favor say I I any oppose Madam chair Madam chair yes m m sh yes we need to go back to the top of the page number F siphon miss one yeah we miss one oh sorry they just V thank you that's what we're on right now yes thank you we did excuse me okay you want to go ahead and vote again no okay okay okay thank you number 10 Human Resources we have an additional school nurse position request for one additional nursing staff due to increasing medical procedures at Riverdale and Rockville High School Health Services Department is requesting
041one new school nurse position currently these two schools share a second school nurse this added Position will allow both large high schools to have two School nurses you see the recommended motion bu any comments or questions so move thank you Miss sh second thank you Miss Darby all in favor say I any opposed motion passes number two teach Now teach now and grow your own clinical educator stien the ruford teach now and grow your own Apprentice programs would like to allocate 15,000 of general purpose funds to compensate clinical Educators for their support of 98 reord teach now candidates and 18 grow youro apprentices these clinical Educators serve as the on-site support team for our aspiring teachers complete Mentor training meet regularly with their apprentices and Report competency evaluations for program completion being assigned to clinical
042Educators a state requirement of both programs the state newly required compensation for clinical Educators assigned to support the grow year Enterprises the cost associate rather for teach now clinical educator St stiens are factored into the tuition and program fees collected from each candidate recommend motions to approve the request to allocate 15,000 of GP funds to provide stiens for grow your own and rather for teach now clinical Educators as pres any comments or questions to approve thank you Mr thank you Mr BAU all in favor say I I any opposed motion passes I believe we have one tenure yes we have one tenure recommendation um we have one teacher who met the criteria that was inadvertently left off and so just a recommended motion to approve that individual for tenure I recommend a motion motion to
043approve thank you Mr vau thank you Mr Gonzalez all in favor say I hi hi hi motion passes number 11 legal first one is just a continuation of our tspa Board of distinction program recognizing School boards for their work school boards that seek this designation must to meet specified requirements in four key areas planning policy promotion and board development one of the requirements is annual review and maintenance of our entire policy which we're continuing and I think we got notice that it actually shipped our award did for Board of Distinction so excellent we'll have that presented to us at some point in the near future number two number two is transfer student under discipline the board's been requested to admit a transfer student from another school system under discipline the student was expelled for possession
044of marijuana according to policy 6. 318 the board May Deni missions of min student accept those in state custody when a student transfers from another school system while under suspension or expulsion director of school's recommendation is to deny and but the board can take up any motion they wish I will entertain a motion move to deny thank you Miss sh rather thank you Mr Tidwell all in favor say I I any opposed motion passes deny number three policy adoption and I think we can put these all together in one since we've yeah there any disagreement to that disagreement okay okay policy adoption second reading of two readings these policies were recommended on the first reading on February 6 2025 so the policy changes a policy 2.88 purchase orders and contracts adds language of exemptions from
045purchase order requirements B policy 4.63 promotion and retention as language regarding request for attention to be in writing pursuant to the State Board of Education regulation C policy 5118 background investigation as language regarding background checks and FBI rback program for employees and other individuals having proximity to students D policy 5.500 discrimination harassment of employees adds language to align with state and federal law and then e policy 6204 attendance of non-resident students clarifies the geographical boundary for non-resident students any comments or questions I'll entertain a motion motion to approve thank you Mr vaugh second thank you Mr Tidwell all in favor say I I any opposed motion passes number 12 this is a contract agreement between MTSU and RCS Tab four MTSU seeks to be a central Magnet School sponsor MTSU proposes a contract in which
046MTSU May sponsor activities and place advertising at Central Magnet School MTSU requests permission to place signage which is detailed in the contract attachment a MTSU proposes to pay 5,000 per year for 5 years the contract turns a J 1st 2025 through June 30th 2030 this is a wonderful thing and I'm so glad that they've been around and partner with all of our schools and do this for all of our schools uh comments questions I entertain a motion so moved thank you Mr thank you Miss sharp all in favor say I I any opposed motion passes number 13 we have a resolution this is resolution we read last week Mr Tidwell had proposed this is resolution for a pilot chess program for this for the state and what the resolution requests is that the governor's office
047develop and fund a three-year grant for a pilot program consisting of the following components and funding allocation teacher training and chess material $70,000 annually workshops to train teachers in incorporating chess into their lesson plan resources curriculum materials chess set set and boards for teachers student engagement events of $5,000 annually events to foster a sense of community and healthy competition research and evaluation $115,000 annually collaboration with educational researchers to Monitor and evaluate the impact of chess instruction on Scholastic achievement regular assessment of the cognitive and educational effects of the program program Administration an Outreach of $10,000 annually admin ative support community outreach and awareness campaigns and be it further resolved the Board of Education calls upon state legislators the Tennessee Department of Education and other relevant stakeholders to consider these proposals earnestly and act swiftly to
048implement these necessary changes and that a copy of this uh resolution be distributed to the governor state legislators and the Tennessee Department of Education so that's the proposed resolution that Mr Mr Tidwell has brought before the board tonight this back yes Mr tidal I just like to thank Rob Mitchell um property assessor he's been kind of the Forefront guy on this and Mike Sparks who's also kind of been a a helper in getting this moving as well as Miss Maxwell was a supporter uh I think this is a a great program if it can get off the ground it sounds like they have more support this year than than we ran it last year so I'd love to see this move forward AB this was asked of the board so would love to see it
049be supported here yes I wholeheartedly support this and I think it's a wonderful program for all of our schools and can reach a lot of u a lot of our students any other questions comments move to approve thank you Mr table thank you Mr rales all in favor say I I any opposed motion passes now we have the financial report we'll do our financial report since we are meeting on Monday today we'll do it next Tuesday or Thursday um once all of February's pay run okay we don't have we still have a payroll to run from for this week what about director's update yeah several things um one we have a it'll be on the next board agenda um if there's questions or things that any Boardman wants to talk about but you guys can
050I promise it wasn't a setup but we've had issues with our mics tonight um we have a a quote it's $882,000 to replace our mic system um that does include two extra TVs for people to be able to view that are in the audience if we feel like it's needed if we don't feel like that's needed those are things that we can take out of that quote but I will send that in that way we can have conversations but that was part of County government as well because it is not just us that runs it it is rctv and it has to connect with it at the courthouse and how much was the cost again 8242 okay so you're sure this was I promise it was not a set up um actually watching all night
051no I he didn't know about this tonight I promise um 100% promise we actually talked about it in leadership today did we not so we we talked and it promise you it was not a set up because it was driving me nuts and I promise you John is a nervous wreck with it doing this today he he gets very nervous when it doesn't do this but if the TVs are something that we want to take out we can take those out to save money as well from that but we'll have that at the next board meet meeting be able to discuss to look at because we've talked about our mics being in a hot mess for a while yes John do you know when the last time they were updated or have they been updated
052so it's been oh that was a while it's been not since I've been on the board so it's been a minute so that is one number two I want to thank our principals for being here and there several of them here and so I appreciate you guys we've had a long time together we had a job fair on Saturday and so then they're here tonight so appreciate you guys' supportting for being here several of them here several dozen here so thank you guys we had a job fair I want to thank HR Dr Anthony and your team also want to thank our uh teach now program which is kind of HR kind of instruction as well is definitely the best job for job fair we have had since preo for sure um it shows several
053good things that one we talk about with our principes in our central office that our culture has to be what's sets us apart and so our district culture and our school culture is strong and that is evident because we had people from surrounding districts attend our job fair that we normally don't attract and so that was a very strong indication for us that things are moving in the right direction um and are in the right direction I also want to give the board a shout out because there were two things that were talked about outside of our culture was being on the state insurance plan helps us be able to attract people that we didn't used to get in the past and then second our pay scale going past year 21 we used to lose
054teachers to a neighboring District because they went past year 21 and we're getting teachers experienced teachers back and so that is a a definite benefit and so we had so many people at our teach now um Booth the other day we had MTSU there as well as a partner and we had to start sending people to the MTSU Booth because we had too many people first and so that was a a nice a nice change we have teacher of the year tomorrow doors open at 3:30 is that right actually a little bit earlier 3:30 but program starts at 4:00 but a little bit earlier we will start officially at 4: and then health and education is after that tomorrow night and then bids go out for the hopefully new middle school Friday and we will
055open those March 20th will be the day that goes out so lots of good things going on excellent yep Mr VA do you have anything to send us uh statewise or Fally wise for regarding education if if I made a comment about the federal right now it would just purely be speculative okay so no I do not know that but Statewide those of you that keep up with tsba legislative notes a couple of things moving kind of fast uh was uh one about local school boards being able to uh limit uh social media use electronic use I think it's probably a better terminology there it's getting a lot of traction I don't know that we won't have that laate in our lap before it's over with and I also I've got a uh I can
056find it uh an email from Charlie Bone from uh Sunday night do you know about this about the advancement of the uh payment which you know that that's not a big it's not a big deal but two weeks is could be a big deal from a cash flow standpoint so those are a couple of things that I thought were interesting this week but other than that really nothing else I think everybody knows where most of the bills are that are heading um to the U the calendar right now so anyway anything specific that y'all want me to try to find out I'll be glad to couple of things I've asked for the the and this has to do with the school bus uh is one is trying to get that uh you know the mileage
057increase but also to uh I've asked the possibility about whether or not they would wave sales tax on the purchase of a new school bus they wave it uh for the county my understanding I might be wrong right there but they wave it for the counties but individual contractors they don't wave it for so us being only what of what one of four counties in the state I think that our contractors should have that same privilege as the in my view now this is Stan's personal opinion that that sales tax not having pay sales tax on the purchase of a new bus could go a long way to lowering their operational cost and and so with that said I've got a couple of questions I want to add about Transportation but this is we'll move
058on and come back to me on that but that's it for tsba right now thank you I do have one thing during General discussion um Mr Reed I believe you may have some a little bit of information for us regarding some property we've been interested intially looking at as you remember the family were had a court hearing on the 14th of February to um get Court approval U to allow some of the people we've been dealing with to move forward with the sell the property that has happened so the court did approve um the property going to the people we've been dealing with so there's Deeds that have to be assigned in accordance with that that I met with the attorney for the owner um and things are progressing on the contract for that excellent
059thank you Mr Reed sorry madam chair go ahead M stby I was trying to catch him before he sat down um do you have a time frame I would expect by the end of March we'll have something to come to the board thank you thank you any other questions you have Mr vau I got two things I'd like to address in the general discussion uh the comment tonight about Smith spring uh Charter School i' just like to everybody that's watching us tonight R schools U did not approve this Charter this is uh we yeah we did oh we did I'm sorry not everyone here approved it the board it did pass it did pass by the board not everyone is mistake so it's the RC is is authorized um the second thing I'd like to
060make a motion to all the remaining books that uh I'd like to make a motion we remove all those books cuz any book I think that could cause the any child stumble in any way it doesn't need to be in our school libraries uh there's so many great books out there they could do the uh give the students the same literary U education that these books supposedly have uh there's many other great books that could do the same thing and these books you know been so much controversy and all like that and I can't see the value in these books and I just like to be to make a motion we uh remove all of them so we can get to down to business of uh running school system and not have to worry about
061books that's my two cents I'm like Mr motion Mr tidal I I I appreciate the the heart uh behind it but I think we probably should still continue to look at them individually as we make decisions moving forward uh but I did want to mention one thing that uh Mr VA said I think it's about 9,000 is that the number roughly the tax for just one quick quick do if Mr V did make a motion and before we move on real quick if there's no is there a second to this I'm sorry Mr vaugh it dies due the lack of a second must enjoy voting on now Mr tile I'm sorry go ahead yeah okay I was just gonna uh feedback to Mr vot I think it was around $99,000 is roughly what a 90
062passenger bus was that's a significant amount of money um and if they're using them for the school district anyways and there I think he said three so he's got all these other counties that are buying their own buses that are getting that tax exempt to me it makes sense and I don't think there's a whole logical leap that one has to take to get there it just is common sense I wish we could get that off the ground I don't know how we can but um that would be very useful for our bus contractors especially during this negotiation but I just also want to get a quick shout out to Stewart's Creek these shirts are awesome uh the decor they did on all of their uh drum sets and everything that was awesome I mean
063it really just stood out I love the amazing Shake I know we had those guys up here y'all know it's one of my favorite programs I'd love to see it in every single School uh elementary and middle school and just congratulations to those that are advancing on so any others Miss Maxwell yes Mr salz um Mr V um you were brought up I mean it's it's it's actually is a good idea to try to figure out how to get the sales for them to be exempt from the sales tax is that something that's being talked about from a legislation point of view or is there or is this just a conversation that's this is a pipe dream on my but there is a small possibility it since the bill is on the floor right now
064about extending the uh mileage there's a possibility that this could be a piggyback amendment I don't I I I I think it's going to cause a lot of controversy but but the discussion that I've had with a couple of legislators is that it does make sense why and and I can't believe it hadn't been brought up before but you know I I don't weave my way through the capital like I used to but um I'm going to try you know if it doesn't get through this maybe we do next year um so anyway this would be sorry I have a question so the school the status is that consider um Dr San when you do purchases do you get charged you don't we don't get charged Sal we tax exempt exactly so if hypothetically and
065please do not like think that that's what we're doing but if we were to be the ones to purchase these buses we will be tax exempt correct so it makes sense then that if these contractors are buying the buses for the purpose of of um being an extension for the school system that they will be exempt as well because it'll be serving I mean granted is not a nonpr it's not a nonprofit that is buying it it's a individual but I don't know how it will work out be a com controller question not me huh that' be for the com controller to decide sure yeah but but it makes sense in the standpoint of who they're serving is what I'm I think this is a unique situation due to the fact that we use independent
066contractors yeah and and and I'm I'm going okay y'all want to talk about it let's talk about it I'm going to dive off in it the logic behind it with me is that some of you may know this some of you may not a lot there are a lot of capital purchases that farmers make that are tax exempt because they're basically a wholesale operation they're creating a product they're sell you know they sell it to a manufacturer or processor and then the sales ta is collected there in my view the same logic applies here is that if to to level the plan field and this was something I wanted to kind of bring up I'm I'm fixing to ask you a question if if it's okay in general discussion is that to me what we're
067after we and when I say this Rutherford County this board we're we're after the most efficient way to transport our students the safest way possible to to from school and we've got a great group of people that does that right now okay so why couldn't you level the planing field a little bit you know that you know $9,000 that's a lot of money you capitalize it over 15E period of time yeah it's not that much money but it is that much money on the front end you know it could make it could make or break you know a young contractor starting out you know a firsttime bus driver or something like that it could make the difference in them being able to pencil out a profit and not which leads me to my next point
068to Mr Lee maybe has there been any um cost analysis done on say a 78 passenger versus a 84 passenger versus 90 and if there hasn't could we get maybe that information from the bus manufacturers cuz I'm sure they've got an operational cost uh I had a discussion with some of my good friends that are contractors and they were concerned about us dropping I if if we went back to a 78 passenger bus how would that affect their operational cost how would it affect their profit margin and and so logically to me it's going to be a little cheaper to operate a 78 passenger bus especially if you can buy that bus for 130,000 versus 180,000 uh yes you're losing some seat rate there but you maybe make up some difference in either being able
069to run a natural gas bus a gas bus gas is cheaper than diesel right now has there been any information put together from an operational standpoint yet there a lot I ask you a lot right there I'm sorry the answer is yes and no we have done some analysis we have not compared all three and you would also be wanting to compare a 34 passenger special education bus to a 20 28 or a 22 yes so yes there's a couple of different scenarios the the most of the a large number of our special education buses are just about all gas not all there's there's even a few propanes coming um but and then the larger buses it's kind of a mix um but there's been a little bit but I will be glad to gather
070that information and get something back for you next week I I just think it'd be valuable to us to look at it because from my from my standpoint there's some routes that are going to be jam packed in you know if the bus held 120 kids it probably still wouldn't be enough right but then there may be some rurual routes in the county that may not fill up a 78 passenger bus I don't know obviously you try to Stage all this but then there becomes an economy of scale Transportation time you know getting the kids to school on time and that kind of thing well I'm glad you brought that up cuz we are looking at being as fair and equable in the contracts as possible so we looked at it today and so our
071bus contractors are aware when we look at having differences this is something for the board to be aware of when we look at having different bus seat options that then makes the availability to change bus routes um which is something that I know bus contractors don't like either because you have your route you don't want to change your route but from an operational standpoint if we have somebody on a 90 passenger route and it's time to upgrade a bus but that route doesn't need 90 passengers anymore it makes more sense for us to be able to move that route now somebody's on a 78 passenger bus As Time shifts we get to the point where we may have to add six new routes instead from a cost perspective and that that's the give and take
072that I I don't I it'll be up to the board on what we need to look at but that is the the other argument for why we have 90 passengers specified across so that there was less argument for you're not you're keeping everybody's routes in their location of where they are so there is a downside there's a plus side in giving that that option to be able to purchase the different side but there's a downside truly in operations of now we're going to have to start shifting routes which really starts moving people's routes around and affecting really their operations which we we don't want to do but otherwise you start increasing cost in a completely different way and so that's that's just the other sidey that we really started talking about discussing today yes Mr
073vau uh talking about one other thing about the bus thing I guess that troubles me a little bit um the insurance that the can has been carried now the burden is on the drivers um I think the big expense of that insurance cost to the to the contractors is insuring the kids I think uh is there any uh is the school system allowed to Ure the kids and the contractors Ure everything else is that possible we had a good three hours today didn't we I mean it was great no you don't have to look at me like that Mr Reed I enjoyed time together nice so this wasn't a bad time no it was fine no of okay good now way the way liability insurance works with respective buses and this is with all Motor
074Vehicles you have kind of a couple layers of liability insurance you have um collision insurance which covers um an automobile in motion so that is the coverage that kicks in when an accident occurs and there's some motion going on when accident occurs you also have um the bus contractors will want to have business liability insurance which would cover them in the event the the there some injury or liability that occurs while a bus is not in motion while it's discharging kids picking up kids or someone's injured in that process the liability policies are written to cover um the students including um the employee of the of the bus driver uh of the bus contractor and any third parties who may make a claim against that bus contractor for liability occurring as a result of an
075accident occurring of some sort there's um the way the policies are written for liability there's no real way to bifurcate and say well the bus um contractor is not ensuring the students because the students are on the bus when the bus is being operated so it's going to be covered under the Collision portion of the policy and also under the business liability portion of the policy so the whole purpose of the state legislation whether I know we did not advocate for it but the whole purpose of the state legislation was to make sure that contractors have insurance to coverage the operation or buses and students on those buses so in the end the insurance the bus contractors will be required to keep will be one that ensures not only the bus owner but it will
076ensure the bus driver of that bus and the students that are on that bus as well so that's the way the insurance will be set up in addition we've asked for um an umbrella policy to be obtained by um our contractors which is normal and fairly routine in these type of um matters um so we've asked for a million dollars of coverage for auto collision a million doll of coverage for business liability and a $2 million Insurance liability um policy that would overlap those two coverages that would provide a bus contractor a total coverage package of $3 million for collision and for business liability so in today's world that's not a very high amount and some bus contractors may very well want to buy more but we're trying to keep the amounts um low so
077it would be a reasonable cost for the contractors I know what we've been looking to do and what our discussions have been um with the contractors has been that we will incorporate some provision into the contract and be proposing that to the board where the board adds um a an amount to be paid to contractors to cover the cost of the liability insurance that they're having to purchase so we're getting quotes from multiple agents to kind of figure out and gauge What U that amount would be um but I would Envision that the bus contract that comes back to the board will be one that will have a specific line item in there that you get paid X per bus for liability insurance so but in the end I wish there's a way to get
078those students bifurcated it out but the way the um insurance industry works with liability and the way adjusters handle those claims the policy would cover all students as well this is what we're going to be requiring them to have the minimum is what you were quoting well it's up for the board to decide okay uh but my recommendation would be to require a minimum of $1 million Collision auto coverage $1 million of business liability coverage with a $2 million $2 million umbrella that overlaps both of those so at the end they would have um 3 million $3 million of coverage total um the bulk of your insurance premium is really related to the B purchase of the initial um $1 million liability coverage amounts business the umbrella policies are generally fairly inexpensive as opposed to
079the base Poli policy you buy so there may be some contractors who choose to buy a $5 million umbrella or a $3 million umbrella so depending on how many buses they have to operate which they can do but the minimum that I would propose the school system require is a $2 million umbrella that overlays on top of their million dollar in coverage we're going to propose that we then put funding into our recommendation line I'm to cover some of that so we're bringing funding to cover some of that okay um so is it maybe you've already did maybe you've already sented um the routes and the inventory of how many students are in each route for the 90 passenger bus and the reason I'm asking is that because I understand what you're saying that if
080there's a 90 passenger bus and it doesn't shift anything but if there's that option for that year to use a a bus it'll shift every time a new bus is purchased potentially and throughout the year it's it'll be a you're not going to shift you may shift five to 10 routes throughout a year to where we have to add a new route and so that's that's the concern of somebody who has driven Smyrna high school forever if they go down to a 78 passenger bus we need a 90 passenger bus there and so now we're gonna have to shift somebody to Smyrna shift that person somewhere else and so you're having to shift two because of a different person right but I think what I'm saying is that we're not going to do any shifting
081so if there is a bus route that they have in a contract and it's less than 90 cool they have the option for that that that particular Academic Year if the school doesn't grow do we have businesses where the school grows and the bus route grows yeah year after year after yes because the kids move kid shift yes and we we change routes throughout depending on where the sure because the reason I'm asking that is because last we last time we were here and they came in they were talking about how they're not getting the routes that are full like they bus not all of the routes are fill they're full so that's what I was asking so if there are some routes that don't have half the night that are not going to fill
082up the entire could those routes be could there be that option to use a lower a bus with a lower seat because it gives them the option to be able to buy the a bus at a cheaper price maybe it's used it's it could be in a different County whatever because that this Academic Year for this route they can use that but it's not necessar we're taking away we still require them to have the 90 pass your bus we don't take that away it would work until it either grew or we rezoned cuz anytime we rezone it could shift it as well so it wouldn't be a guarantee yeah so you're saying that there's not it doesn't seem like a viable op to use as a as an option I would love for it to
083be but looking at how unique our district is with who actually rides the bus and who doesn't ride the bus I don't know I mean you guys are shaking I I don't know a way to do it either we brainstormed over it today I'm trying to come up with a and I don't know a way yeah Mr Tidwell then why was there a a for us to think about Shifting the passenger I think everything's on the table so we're trying to come up with ways to put things on the table to help I guess I'm confused because they came and brought and said let's if we can have that option and then now it's say no it's not so I think that's something that they all need to go back and discuss is it something
084do they want to go down to look at other seat rates or have the option to move move routes and if I'm just a the routes are a lot of times tried true passed down through families and don't want to shift and so yeah and that's fine it's just that that was an option that was brought and they brought it up and so now it's kind of confusing if it's not going to work and there everybody shaking their heads it's not going to work but it was something that was brought up but it's fine Mr tiwall sorry Trey do you have something it can work to allow a driver to buy and I'm going to pick a number a 78 passenger bus tomorrow used but next year if that District grows or we reone that
08578 passenger bus is no longer an option we need a 90 passenger bus and I'm looking at a contractor right now are you going to go buy another bus after you've bought a 78 the very next year do you see what I'm saying so once they make that investment if that and I haven't seen anything in our lovely County in The Last 5 Years that tells me it's not going to grow next year every even after we reone we're still going to grow if we want to do that and I'm all for it whole lot of work for routing and moving things but what happens is they drive certain areas they drop down to that bus and within two years and I'm just going to make it two years that area grows and now their
086bus is not large enough so I need a 90 passenger bus now I'm going to call them up and go hey it's all great and wonderful love your 78 passenger bus but you're no longer driving in kol I'm going to send you down to Blackman because I need a 90 passenger bus there and I'm speaking on their behalf at this point and they don't like too much when I do that but they're going to throw the biggest hissy fit you've ever seen cuz they've been asked to move out of their routes they have and I'm going to call them generational routes they've been driving certain areas and if you want to see me get hung from the flag pole let me start recommending moving these drivers all over the county because they're driving smaller buses
087it's a great idea not give people that option and and I think it's a wonderful in some situations and I'm going to pick an area Eagleville Rockvale kol there are a few areas where we could get by with a smaller bus the problem with that is those buses run on time because they're traveling further distances versus an inner town bus route that can pull up at one B one apartment complex and load up 70 kids and go to the trailer park a half a mile down the road and they're loading up the rest of their 30 kids and they're screaming at Wanda because they ain't got room for everybody on the bus it's a very delicate balance to try and give them that flexibility I don't have a problem with a 78 passenger bus but
088they're not going to like it when I got to move them and I'm not going to like it either because it's harder to route and pick and choose if we owned our buses then it don't matter where I send them I can pick and choose short routes long route Short Bus Long bus I could take a 30 passenger bus I can do all of that to benefit us because they're now employees and they work for us we are very unique and we have and I we take that into consideration when we do our routing with the 90 passenger it allows us to leave them where they are as long as possible and if they want to go to a 78 p passenger bus we talked about it today I'm going to give them a route
089I'm going to I mean I'm going to give them a a breakdown if they want to go bu a 78 passenger bus with the caveat that in two years and I'm looking at one right now he's shaking his head no if he'll go by it I'll give him a route with the understanding that when he gets overloaded and I've got a choice of add another route at x amount of dollars or I can move him and bring somebody else in that's got a hundred they're not going to like it so I I get where they're coming from I get why they brought it up it does give them flexibility it is easier to find used 78 passenger buses well I mean if it it's not going to work then there's I can make it work
090the I'm just going to make them mad is what's going to happen and I don't want that I I think we're trying to get to a place there they've brought somebody brought up that option of the differ size buses I'm I I and and I did what Dr Sullivan asked I sat down with him and Mr Reed today it's an educational thing yeah we we I do this well we don't need to continue hashing this that's what it is and I'm not opposed to it but that that's the ramifications behind it yeah well the it was an option we talked about it doesn't seem like it's a feasible aution based on what everyone has said um but at least we're hearing what everyone is saying what they're bringing and just trying to understand what's the
091best for hour so I appreciate you and Dr suon trying to have this conversation and to talk about if it works great and if it doesn't doesn't that's why I wanted to we brought concerns and what I went in for it and then left not for it so I'm sorry I went in all for it and left not for it but I appreciate you letting me bring that out cuzz it it is a little more complicated than just going and buying a smaller bus and we can but anyway I'm sorry that's that's good that's why I wanted to get some feedback U I guess it would all kind of depend you know this probably a much more complicated way of thinking about it is the amount of students amount of buses we have that are
092hitting those limits well below their capacities and that generates a whole another conversation as to whether like you mentioned the Eagleville the k Neal more rural areas if they're hitting that 90-minute Mark uh uh several of the contractors and I have no idea I'm just SP out uh but if they're hitting that 90-minute Mark well below their capacity and that's a route that's remained that way even with the growth that we're having but it's grown at a slow rate over years and years and that could possibly be a contractor option to choose that knowing the risk that might come with that later down the road if it shifts but it's not necessarily off the table it's it's more of an option than a requirement yes that that is exactly correct and and we don't mind
093most of those contractors know who they are yeah um because they've been running those areas for a long time and and that's why I said I'm not opposed to providing it now here's the thing when they go from a 90 to a 78 or if they decide to step down even further to 34 their seat rates and their mileage rates go down which benefit benefits us and I'm not opposed to it they want to run a 33 versus a 98 and it works for me I'm going to sign them up all day long because it will help us now but I can say this 5 years ago six years ago they're they're there because they were closer to that capacity and things do change so yes it is something that it is an option that
094we are willing to entertain with individual contractors if they w't have the conversation sure we we'd love to meet with them about so if it makes sense for a particular them and US yes be glad to yes well when they roll the dice they got to make sure that they understand that it could cost them having move it move the bus route most of them have been driving their routes long enough that they know what those risk are now however I'm going to say there's a few areas that I thought was not going to grow anytime soon and they're figuring out some way to I I saw one that's coming between Christiana and rock Bale close to 700 homes that on Planning Commission tonight isn't it yeah yes sir sure is and and and I'm
095not belittling anybody not divulging any secrets cuz it's public knowledge but but if that thing hits and that's an area that we thought we weren't going to see anything for a long time that that could really change some things Mr B did you have something yeah I was going to follow it up yeah I mean there's subdivision coming online between Kroger and U last casses right now the 110 and it's a rental neighborhood they're they're mostly for 5 bedroom houses right right so if if if you know if if you end up and and then I know the analysis the guy has done he's saying it's 78 people per house probably but in a specific neighborhood like that that's geared toward young families I'm going to make a prediction there ends up being two kids
096in 110 houses that's 220 you got a problem I'm I'm pointing to my friends from lascas and all kids there there's two loads there's more than two loads right there there's three loads right there could be depending on where they're going whether they're coming back to middle or going to last CES or coming back to open you got three routes right there my only point about bringing it up is trying to I think we owe it to everybody especially the taxpayers and to the County Commission that we explore every option to to be able to maximize the our our dollars here and and doing some quick math off the top of my head the difference in cost of a 78 passenger bus I think is about $1,700 per seat versus a 90 passenger bus it's
097about 2,000 or 250 so on a depreciated cost and I may lose some people talking about that it may not be a significant amount ount of money over a 15-year period of time but I'll throw this out there what if you've got somebody coming in with an old bus that's on 15 years right now and it's me I'm 70 years old I don't I I want to drive five more years I'm not going out there and buying a $200,000 bus at my age but I might buy a 78 passenger bus if I found a used one to continue out and then let the next contractor take it so those are that's the the only reason I'm bringing this up and kind of I I I think it's perceived I'm pushing it I'm not pushing it
098I just I'm doing a cost analysis straight through on everything I approach all our rental houses this way I approach my farming operation this way it's the only way this is exactly the way we did PBA we had to do cost analysis all the way through we just don't go with our emotions or what we'd like to do we owe it to the taxpayers and to this you know our budget Department which he's fixing get a good working out here in the next 990 days uh how to stretch the dollar as far as we can cuz the economy is tight you know we' we've gone through 5 years of inflation it's obvious these guys have taken it on the chin they know it we've all taken it on the chin everybody's looked at their their
099their what their insurance has done uh just in general what food price is done you want have a little fun right now talk about egg prices you know I you know my I've Seen It All My Life if it goes up it goes down we see people get in agriculture they get out in 3 years you know it just we you kind of got a grant and Barett sometimes but you've got to look at all the cost analysis related to that where we don't make a huge Capital mistake that's my only plea to everybody here so with that I'm on a hush miss Derby would you like to I just wanted to say I can't see where it would be bad to have the option and if a contractor chooses to purchase the smaller bus
100I mean leaving it on the table I think for those that would like to exercise that option instead of it having having it be like an all or nothing with the 90 passenger and if a contractor wants to your point wants to purchase a smaller less expensive bus the option is there for them they don't have to take it we could also look at maybe putting some something like a first R of refusal in if somebody had a route and it grew and it was going to need a bigger bus giving them that option to retain it and get a larger bus or to let it go I'm all in hey does you all have a hitch them up for buses sir does you all have a hitch them up I don't think so that
101may be a good investment go anybody else would like to inter chair yes Miss oh yeah Miss sharp so sorry thank you thank you guys um I received a call last week for mayor Cole and fortunately for the l l Lake students uh the county is passing on the L Lake um Convenience Center so just wanted to let everybody know that and thank you you guys since y um because of the inclement weather we changed the meeting thank you for allowing me to be here with my mother today and of allowing to zoom in tonight you all look fabulous from the eye above thank you anybody else would like to um yes Mr tid I'd sent this to Dr Sullivan and I don't have all the facts currently but um the the report guard grade
102thing if you're over 50% apparently they're going to reward that type of high academics and I think it's roughly estimated around 4 million is that right around $4 million will be coming to Rutherford County schools for our high academic performance Wonder anyone else I think that's the max isn't it I think that was the top that you could earn from what like yeah move to adourn all in favor