001Our agenda is our closed session. We not have any need for a close session this morning. So, we'll move to our next agenda item, which will be our open forum. We do not have anyone signed up to speak. So, we will move into our action item five, which would be consideration with possible approval to contract for a separate settings teacher from Blazing Works with an estimated cost of $127,632. Mr. Calden. >> Thank you, sir. Good morning, board and Miss McCutchen. Thank you so much for this opportunity this morning to to get together real fast. Uh board, you may remember back in August that we asked for your approval on some contracts for uh some special education teachers that we were unable to hire and uh there were a good number of of contracts at that
002point. Unfortunately, one of those contracts did not work out. Uh so what we're bringing to you this morning is a replacement uh for that one position. uh it is a very much a a light kind of contract with the previous contract that was already approved by the board. Uh but because of its size uh we do have to get your approval before we can enter into it. So uh it's with that that I ask you to go ahead and approve this contract so that we can provide those services for students. >> Any questions for Mr. Calden? >> Yes. Um how much does a teacher actually get and how much does that company get? >> That I don't honestly know. Um, so in the conversations that that I've been privy to from our special education department,
003I know roughly what the cost is going to be, but I don't know what the teacher makes and what the company makes. >> So, you don't know what we're paying each time to this whoever we're going through to get the people. >> I know what overall we're going to end up paying. It's going to be about 127,000 for the year. I know that a teacher would cost roughly 80,000 for the year, but I don't know specifically what Blazer Works pays their teachers or their contractors that they send us and how much of that's overhead for the company. >> They're not going to tell us that. >> Yeah. It's just when you know how much our teachers make and we have to pay this much for a contract. Yes, >> it just kind of makes me
004sick. >> Completely agreed. And I would love it if we could uh have a better um track record of hiring these individuals instead of them going through the contract company, but I really don't know what those arrangements are with that contract company and those individuals. >> I think we need to look harder next year or do something better to get these special ed people to come here. I know all the districts are having trouble with that, but I think we need to do a better job. >> Okay. Anyone else? Have >> a motion to approve action item A. >> So moved. >> A motion by Mrs. Timberman. Is there a second? >> Second by Mr. Pittz. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose say nay. Motion carries 5. >> Thank
005you, sir. And I need a motion to adjurnn. >> So move. >> Motion by Miss Creel. >> Second by Mr. Schoolfield. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion carries 5 Z. Thank you.