001I apologize to the retirees. I couldn't make the the uh dinner and I hope each one of you enjoy whatever you got coming up. That being said, we'll get started. Can I get a motion to adopt the agenda? >> Motion Steve Carmichael. We got a first and second. All in favor? >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. All right. Let the attendance report show that uh Mr. Jason Collins is absent tonight. Let's all remember Jason in our prayers. Think he's having family issues going on. All right. Approval of the minutes. Recommend approval of the minutes of the May 12th and June 19th regular board meeting. >> Motion to approve. Steve Carmichael. Second. Got a motion. All in favor? >> Any oppose? Motion carries. Financial report. Good evening. The numbers for June are our unodudited actuals
002for the year. Uh they do not reflect any year-end adjustments uh that'll have to be made prior to the audit. But overall revenue has increased by 10.7%. The increase is due in part to an increase in property tax of 469,000, interest on investments of 42,000, and an increase in the seek of approximately 952,000 or 7.9%. Expenditures for salary and benefits are down 0.4% from the prior year. As I previously mentioned, that is due in large part to funding positions from grants at a higher rate and a decrease in the retirement cost for classified employees. The actual salary costs were up about $100,000 and benefit costs were down about $175,000 when I looked at those from year to year. Non- salary expenditures are up 2.3%. We had about $600,000 less in Bus purchases from this time
003last year, but we did have the additional maintenance vehicles that we purchased, some maintenance equipment, property insurance, and Chromebooks from this time last year, which resulted in the overall increase. That is all I have. Motion to approve. >> Second, Steve Carmichael. >> All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. Mr. Mitchell. >> Oh, excuse me. Orders of the treasured. >> Any questions regarding the orders? Okay. Motion to approve. Steve Carmich >> like to welcome everyone to our July 14th board meeting. This is always a wonderful board meeting, but it's just so bittersweet um because it is the board meeting where we are. Um excited for our retirees to um enjoy retirement, but also it's just so bittersweet because uh we know all the uh amazing people that work here um will will um be saying
004um see you later, goodbye, and uh hopefully on their journey to a wonderful long retirement. I want to start by saying thank you to the families um who have shared your um your loved one with us for all these years. We're super grateful um for um all the time that they have spent within the district. Uh in just a couple of minutes, I'm going to bring um each retiree up. Um but um we know that being an employee um in the district, no matter what role you're in, is always a sacrifice at times um for family time. So we'd like to say uh again start by saying thank you to all of our families for sharing your loved one with us. Um to our retirees, I have many thank yous for the many things that
005go along with being a school district employee. No matter what role you serve, students are always the core of our decision-making. Thank you for making each one of them your number one priority. Our children are blessed to have such wonderful role models and people who care about them, each of you. We want to see them learn and grow academically and behaviorally. We want to see them walk across the stage ready to confidently chase their dreams and accomplish big things. But most importantly, we want to see them be good people and great citizens among our amazing community. The work you have done over the course of many years touches many lives and not only the students but their families and whole staff who are likely to remain close as part of our family. Thank you for
006caring about our children, for giving them your 110% every single day, for loving them when things are hard, and cheering them on when things are good. Thank you for being the person they can't wait to tell a story to. And who always who always ask, "How was your day? How was your weekend? How was your summer?" Thank you for going to the games, activities, and events just because you're asked to. Thank you for always checking in and for doing the little things, as Wayne Ray says, that make the big things happen. Your service and commitment to our children and staff is to be recognized, but also commended. Tonight, we honor you and humbly thank you for your dedication serving in your respective roles. We hope that you enjoy the appreciation gifts that were mailed to
007your home, whether it was a rocking chair, a lamp, or a clock. We hope that every time you see it that it brings a smile to your face but also brings a memory to go along with it. As I call your name, please come forward for recognition. And I'll tell you ahead of time, if you would like to share something about your um time here, please do. If you'd like to share a memory, if you'd like to share a this is what I got to do on retirement because you'd like to share that, please. For those of you that are already retired, please um share that. Um and if you don't want to, it's okay. It's okay. Don't feel pressured to to make a comment. We have several um staff members and retirees that that
008are not able to be here tonight. So, I'm going to quickly call their names first and then we'll go to our retirees who are present this evening. Miss Jennifer Miller retired June 30th from Anderson County Middle School. Miss Randy Beasley retired June 30th from Sparrow Early Childhood Center. Mrs. Teresa Hawkins retired July 31st, 2024 from Sparrow Early Childhood Center. Mr. Russ Wisanette retired June 30th from Robert V. Turner. Mrs. Jana Beasley retired June 30th from Robert V. Turner. Miss Susan Sparrow retired June 30th from Sappel Street. Mr. Paul Bro retired December 31st, 2024 from the transportation department. Mr. Glenn Wells retired March 31st, 2025 from the transportation department. Mrs. Dora Vinegar retired June 30th from the transportation department. And Mrs. Heather Cotton retired June 30th from being a district-wide physical therapist. So, please, let's give
009them a round of applause as we get started. We're going to begin with Mrs. Cindy Miracle. Retired June 30th, 2025 from Anderson County High School, retiring as a counselor. She served 25 years from June of 2000 to June of 2025. Please come forward, Miss Miracle. [Applause] Mrs. Alice Brown retired December 31st, 2024 from Anderson County Middle School as a receptionist and parent educator. She served 24 years and four months from August 2000 to December 2024. Let's give her a big round of applause. [Applause] Mrs. Lisa Burkehead retired August 31st, 2024 from Robert B. Turner as daycare direct daycare director. She served 20 years and two months from August 2004 to September 2024. [Applause] happened to be the principal there I believe and um when she started so we go way back just a couple of
010years. Um Mrs. Lucy Frith retired. We can go ahead and clap for Miss Lucy. Yes, there we go. Mrs. Lucy Frith retired October 31st, 2024 from MMA ward as food service worker. She served 26 years and six months from April 1998 to October 2024. [Applause] I have to tell you, I worked with Miss Lucy one day in the cafeteria and she um she's a hard worker. She she I hung in there with her, I think. I think Miss Marshia Rogers retired June 30th, 2025 as the administrative assistant to the superintendent. She served 28 years from September 1997 to June 2025. Let's give her a great big round of applause. I miss anybody. All right. I did miss two people and I'm so sorry. Um I missed Mr. Ronnie Fields um who retired June 30th, 2025
011is the director of districtwide operations and food service director. Um and Mrs. Vicky Bart, she was here um over having dinner with us, but she had um she left to go to church. Um and she has been um a substitute for us and worked 27 years, which is quite commendable. And then Ms. Sher Sherry Cersi retired August the 1st, 2024 from Anderson County High School, which is pretty awesome. It was about 30 years. So, let's give these um ladies a great big round of applause. I have to say because um Mr. Fentrez um used to be the superintendent here and I learned this from him a very long time ago, but um all of our retirees together, this is pretty awesome. All of our retirees together served years and 11 months for Anderson County children.
012How awesome is that? Let's give them a round of applause for that. Would any of you all like to say a few words? Retirement has been awesome. For 57 years, my husband and I wanted to go to New Orleans for the New Orleans parade and to see Marty Gro we did this year and it's been awesome because every year it's always on, always around. It's school time. So, it's been wonderful. Travel is awesome. I thought I'd have I would get bored. No way. No way. Loving it. [Applause] Um, I spent I spent my first week in Myrtle Beach with my family and three-year-old Miss Laney, which made the beach great. Thank you for going. Um, it's been a it's it's been a joy to work here. Um, I never I I never expected to work
013anywhere other than Franklin County because that's where I went to school, but I never served a day there. So, I'm I'm I was very happy for um my welcoming u Mr. Ventures was was superintendent. Um, and Mr. Larry Basham is the one that interviewed me um for the job. So, it was it's it's been a while and I've probably had some of you in class or um as a counselor. I did teach two years before I became a counselor. So, um it's been a great place to work. Um I'm going to miss it. This last week is my first week of being retired. There's been quite a bit of emotion there, but um I hear it gets burned. It gets a lot better. So, thank you all. [Applause] Well, retirees, we love you. We will
014miss you and have missed some of you already dearly. Um, and we wish you a long, long, happy retirement full of God's blessings. Let's give them another round of applause. [Applause] Thank you all for the legacy you left behind and thank you for choosing Anderson County Schools. Have one special recognition this evening. Um Mrs. Nikki Lucas, will you please stand? Mrs. Lucas is our next principal at Safel Street Elementary. Um, she comes from Mercer County, serving nine years as middle school teacher. Um, please join me in welcoming Mrs. Lucas to our Anderson County family. [Applause] >> Did you say she was a middle school teacher? >> She was a middle school teacher. Yes, sir. >> Oh, well, I mean, that's a lot right there. Thank you very much. >> Mr. Carmichael used to be a
015middle school principal as well, so he understands. sit here tonight and I think of a lady, Miss Burkehead. I think of a lady that I worked with when I was young and it's hard to believe. It's been quite a long time. Jean Hawkins that worked at the high school was Miss Burkehead and doesn't seem like it's been as long as it has. I knew more working with Jean about what went on at the high school in the cafeteria way before I came here on the board. But you know, usually everybody leaves after this. You're welcome to stay for the whole meeting or whatever you like to do. You can go home or you can stay here with us. >> Excellent choice. >> Do you know Jean Hawkins? >> Oh Lord. >> Oh, Leon. >> Oh
016yeah. Jean chewed me out every morning. I'd be late to work. Wouldn't have my shoes tied. She chewed me out. I said, "Jean, I work I don't work for I work for a commissioner." >> You know, I thought the world of Jean. >> You know, you know how many she chewed me out every morning for not tying my boots and come to work late? >> She Oh, yeah. But I thought the world of Jean You know I you know >> you know I thought to wear jeans but she short chewed me out plenty. She she pucker her mad at me. I said go back in there and mind your own business. You know how I got You know how I used to get into >> that old woman was. >> See, you didn't know I
017got into it with half of Anderson young people. I was around a long time. All right. Fill my cup up. Now we're going to rock and roll. Steve, we're gonna rock and roll. >> All right, y'all ready? Um, construction payment summary consideration approved a payment summary number 17 in amount of $179,668.54 to the following vendors for Anderson County Middle School, Sappel Street Elementary, project 23-130. I'll let you all read the uh the figures and then I ask would someone make a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. Steve Carmichael second. >> We got a motion second. All in favor? >> Yes. >> Anybody oppose? Motion carries. All right. Construction update. Suzanne at Ross Tarant Architect will provide project updates. Hey, I can say we got a conservative here now because we got one paper that
018flips over. >> Good evening. >> I like that. >> It's good to see you all. Um, so I'm here in Steven's uh place this evening just to give you a very brief update of the project. Um, there are a few things that are still being worked on. uh the field, the practice field. Uh the contractor is continuing to cut uh mow that and we'll be reeding it. Uh they are working to get the um weeds out of it and to get a better uh stand of grass on that. So that's an ongoing process, but they are committed to stay with it until it's a decent practice field. Uh there is uh touch-up paint is going to be happening uh this week on Wednesday at the middle school. Uh signage has been installed, delivered and installed,
019and the airphone has been moved to its place. And so the um secure entry vestibial is fully functional. Now uh there are uh 10 remaining items on the commissioning list um which I've been assured that they're going to be done this week, but we'll keep making those phone calls, make sure they happen. So do you all have any questions at all? All right. Thank you. >> No questions. And that's not a motion item. So, if I'm correct, we'll move right along. Uh, treasur to the board. Consideration approve Melissa Wells as the treasur to the board. >> Motion to approve. Scott Bram. >> Second. Steve Carmichael. We got a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Welcome as our new treasur, M. Wales treasures bond approval. Consideration approved treasures bond from Melissa Wales
020in the amount of $5953 through First Insurance Group Kentucky for the period of July the 1st, 2025 to June the 30th of 2026. Motion second. All in favor? >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. Oh. >> Thank you. >> Minutes uh show that there's a correction. Uh the bond is uh through Halchin's insurance group. Is that correct? >> Yes, sir. Thank you. All right. Request uh to create a coaching position. Consideration approved four assists assistant coaching position. Athletic director Corey S is requesting to create three Anderson County uh high school position to be paid 2,000 and one Anderson County Middle School position to be paid a thousand. And the salaries for these positions will be paid out of Anderson County High School and Anderson County Middle School athletic fund. These positions are currently volunteer coaches.
021>> Any questions? >> This request was made at the um request was made by coach Bird Whistle. Um because these folks are currently working he would like to raise funs in order to pay them. um at um as you saw 2000 for high school, 10,000 for middle school >> basketball >> that basketball for girls basketball high school and it would come out of their funds that they raise not the general >> they're not in here but I would like them to see all be paid the same for middle school probably harder >> they're stif it's stifen is it >> alreadyed He's asking us they're employees. Some of them are, some of them are not. Good question. >> One of the things that I would like to just comment, I agree with you, Scott, but we
022also we have other coaches and other groups that do they get paid to Would they get paid the same? I mean, like if coaches in something other than basketball, do they get like it works at the middle school, would they get paid the same 20,000? We make it fair everyone. >> That's a great question. And so, um, the coaching styles, we can table it till I can look at it. I think that's a good idea so that you know what the comparisons are because I do not have them. Um, and I don't know what all them are. They're they've been set for some time. Um, Mr. White, I don't know if you have them where you can pull them up and look at them. Okay. >> The archery coach Silver gets a thousand, but basketball
023a lot more time. So, so it would be like like a assistant coach is like a head assistant coach if you will and then and on down from there they would be the next level down from the assistance. >> I just didn't want I just didn't want anybody getting mad because we uh gave certain people something didn't give to other. I just like I kind of like to see it fair my thoughts as fair across the board for everyone, >> you know, and I I agree with that because I think first of all, we're blessed in Anderson County to have a lot of folks who are willing to volunteer to help. You look at middle school football or high school football, you have a lot of folks that are willing to give up time to
024to invest in the programs. And I'd hate for some of them to feel like, well, maybe we're not necessarily appreciated as much because the board didn't approve or it wasn't recommended that we get $1,000 or $2,000. Again, sometimes that's it creates a situation that creates uh hard feelings because it's like maybe like your job's a little bit more important than my job was, but we're all volunteers. So, >> that's my thought is to have it equal for all people. >> But I don't know where you draw the line like how many volunteers do you have that you're paying $1,000 to? That's that's the only question I have because you can't pay these folks what they're worth because their their value is incredible. I mean, you can't have programs without the additional help. I had to
025step out to talk about a field thing. Um, so I didn't hear it. Can you repeat what you had your question about this? >> The question I think the biggest concern right now um is other sports and having assistant coaches in other sports and maybe not getting the same stipen for it. So for example um you know any other of um whether it be boys basketball or football or any of the others, what stipens are they getting? And so the other thing I wanted to make sure that everybody understood is this would be paid out of the athletic funds raised by the school level, not the general fund. So the athletic budget that Mr. White worked with um Ader on is what encompasses what the original um I guess um coaches and assistant coaches um
026get and that has not changed. So this is an addition to that just from Mr. or Coach Bird Whistle. So would you like to go ahead and add anything? >> I I would thank you uh Miss Mitchell. Really just to make sure that we're on the same thing and and I know many of you know this who've you know had been principles and stuff but essentially the sports operate with two different funds. Um there's a school fund we call SFO fund and there's a board fund and the redbook rules are much stricter on school funds on SFO funds. Um and with munice funds or board funds, it allows us to be more um flexible and and give us more options. So um one of the things that to answer your questions when I came in,
027our um coaches pay and our assistant coaches pay is commiserate with the other surrounding counties and how many they give per sport because some sports do need a lot more coaches than others do. Um, and the pay we try to keep about the same and and I know last year we raised it based on years of tenure and stuff and we'd like to always come back and talk about coaches pay because as Mr. Carmichael said they don't get paid enough but it is what it is, right? We don't have an endless supply of money. Um, and everybody at every district pays their coaches less than they're worth because they're just that's what it is. Um there are some sports though that get larger amounts of people who come in and they can move some of
028their gate funds to their munis account or we call our sweep account. And so Mr. Bird Whistle on this but I've already had a couple other coaches approach me about this today. Mr. Barnes called about it. Um um as as teams fund raise or as teams bring in gate money, the the some of it's allowed to be swept up, some of it's not allowed to be swept up. that can be swept up, can be used for what they want to. And um as our sports try to become more competitive, they are asking coaches to do different things. Um I'll use I'll use Clays as an example, Mr. Bird Whistles. Um CJ Penny, who um you may or may not know, we just put in the basketball hard in the Hall of Fame. Um he's great
029with uh kids in the offseason doing workout stuff. So when Clay's doing this other things in the offseason, CJ's working um really for nothing and and trying to make sure the girls are in shape and if you've seen our girls basketball team, they show up ready to go. Um same thing with baseball um and football, they're going to try to probably, I would imagine, do some of the same stuff. Um and this is more of a creative way to not take any money out of the money that you guys supply and they're earning their own money. So, this is just giving them some flexibility without asking you guys for any money, but it does need board approval, which is why we're kind of coming at this. This was Miss Mitchell's um suggestion, and I think
030it's the right one. >> I want to start dismiss. I was just uh concerned that we're paying middle school 10,000, paying high school, assistant coaches 2,000. I was trying to make it even, but fair middle school. >> So, again, the the fairness is based on the number of hours put in. Um the middle school season's way shorter than the high school season is. The amount of film they go through is a lot a lot less. Um the onc court um time commitment much higher in the high school level than it is the middle school level. Um for pretty much most of sports. There's a few like middle school football head coach is a is a big job. Um but yeah, it's mostly because of the season's length. One of the thing I know from one
031of the coaches, he gives some of his money that he earns just gives it back to school just so he could have >> I did that when I was a coach. I did that when I was a coach. >> I fire him for that. And they don't do it for the money. They they do it for the love of the sport and the love of the And I would say that you're right. Thank you, Mr. Sergeant. And I would also say that a lot of our coaches take what they make and give it back to the program in general. I know a lot of their coaches, whatever they make, they're pretty much helping kids with the stuff they can't afford if we don't know about. A lot of times they even tell us about it.
032They just take care of their kids. So, um, this is something again that's not going to affect your guys' budget. And it's something just gives us some flexibility. >> Motion to approve. Scott Brown, leave it to approve as written. I'm I just I'm I'm hesitant. Not because I'm opposed to paying. It's just that most of our programs can't operate unless we have volunteers who help because we can't afford to pay all the people who are involved in the programs. what whatever the sport might be, whether it's middle school boys basketball or it's high school basketball or football or baseball or whatever. That's the only thing I'm hesitant about because I'm wondering how many volunteers do we actually have that aren't getting paid anything. And I understand most of those folks who are volunteering are volunteering
033because they have a child on the team or they just love the sport and it's an opportunity to to be involved in the sport and to give back something. So, I'm not opposed to just concerned about the other folks that were saying maybe we're not appreciating you as much as we are girls basketball and we're able they're able to pay for it because every sport can't doesn't have the extra resources to be able to pay that $1,000 $2. That's my only hesitancy. We can never pay our coaches whether they're in the position or they're volunteers what they're worth. It's just not the way high school, middle school sports operates. So, that's my only hesitancy about this. The the only thing I would say if you let if I may, um you're 100% right. Um we
034do try to take care of our volunteers as much as possible. I get coaches cards. We try to make sure they get plenty of t-shirts and stuff that we can get them. Um mo a lot of the volunteers are like would say hey can I help out where the other ones were like hey can you know we're going to other people and saying we need you. Some of the volunteers are saying hey can I help out? So from that perspective it's a little bit different. a lot of the volunteers also the coaches give a huge amount of flexibility to uh that they wouldn't give to paid assistant coaches. Um I've been a volunteer coach when I first got to school and if I needed to take off Monday through Wednesday cuz had a family thing
035that was a big and easier deal. If I was a paid coach that doesn't really happen as much. So that's I would only say that's some of the perks of being a volunteer. But you're 100% right and I wish we could pay everybody and this is just the start of trying to get some flexibility. wish there was some way to give something to volunteers, but I don't know what the limit would be on how many volunteers you have that you're able to give something to. You know, that's my only that's my only hesitancy on this because we're setting one sport aside and saying these folks are able to pay an extra thousand or $2,000, but the other sports were not a we're not able to do that. Even if you're self-generating the money, there's still
036meth a message of appreciation anytime you attach a dollar. >> I I agree with that. That's my only concern. >> And I I would only say again, I think this is the start of other other sports doing this. I think they're going to come and do this some more. And I would also say that um this is month 13. If you can give me another year and a half or two years, I'll find money to do more stuff that we won't cost you a dime, but I'll figure it out. So, >> I coach that I work withach. I asked him, I said, "Your son graduates, are you still going to coach? He does excellent job. He didn't answer me. Said I don't know. He wouldn't answer. He didn't say yes. He didn't say no. It
037concerned me because it's like, well, we can't pay that much. I know what he goes to. That's me. You know, they lo great people that when the kid graduates [Music] there's there's a value that you get when you have the opportunity to be around your own child when you're coaching that's you couldn't put a dollar figure on. I will second this with some hesitancy holding you to the commitment that you're going to look at the other volunteers and someplace in the next year or so a way to be able to appreciate those folks in some small way even it's a $500 you know just some small way to appreciate folks who volunteer their time an enormous amount of time, but it's a wonderful opportunity to be around your child for an extended period of time
038and others and others. So, you get a lot you get blessed by that. I'll second it. >> We got a motion in a second. I'll make one comment. I agree with Mr. Carmichael. Would you please look ins >> Yeah. I um I believe in flexibility and uh Mr. White and I would love to sit down and look at as many flexible ways as we can. We do that in the past. So >> this specific motion is um like I said, I I I've already had a couple coaches come and ask if they could do it and I have said that based on the guidance that I've gotten from Miss Mitchell that it would be fine so long as we keep the same procedure. So I suspect in the next couple of months you'll see a
039couple other ones come out. And uh one of the things we've really worked on is um fundraising on the athletic department. And so I think we're going to start seeing teams have a little bit more money than they've had in the past. Um as you may remember, if you don't remember um several months ago, I asked for the right to sell facility naming rights. Do you remember that when you guys gave me the right for that? Um and we've done that. Um and we have a pretty good amount of money coming in for that. Um, and I've got a couple other things I'm working on to bring in some money with the teams that hopefully will have some more flexibility. >> Um, it depends on the sport. Um, and I will tell you, ironically, middle
040school girls and boys basketball is the best one we got. Other than football, middle school boys and girls basketball gets the biggest profit of any sport we have. >> That's what we like to hear. Okay, we got a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. >> All right, moving right along. Uh, adult meal prices for 2025 2026 school year. BJ Gritten, food service coordinator, is requesting approval of adult meal prices for 202526 school year. Breakfast $3.15. lunch 485 adult meal prices are based on a formula from the US Department of >> I do want to say that we have not received an update. These are the same as last year's prices. So you may see this agenda item repeat at the next meeting based upon um as Mr.
041Sergeant says USDA um requirements. >> Motion to approve Scott Brown. Second Steve Carmichael. >> Motion second. All in favor. >> Any opposed? Next is non-committed negotiation occupational therapy contract. I'll give you all a second to read that. I'm a little different than Jason. I feel like y'all motion to approve. Scott brand. We got a motion. Uh >> second, Steve Carmichael. >> Second. All in favor? >> Any oppose? >> Motion carries. Next is KSBA membership dues for the 2025 2026 school year. Consideration approved payment of the 20252026 membership dues for Kentucky School Board Association in the amount of 22 and a nickel for service and activity including conference training, regional meetings, policy and procedure update. >> As you all know, they do a lot of work for us. Um the policies and procedures that we are
042getting ready to uh review once again this evening um is the work that they do with their legal counsel, working with legislators. They do a lot of advocacy as you all know. They train you all. Um some of you all went to the summer conference. They always have a winter conference. Um, anytime we need help um, regarding anything, including this portal, we're able to call them. They're able to provide that service. Um, this amount um, I think went up just a hair, not much. Um, but it is, um, again, $6,225 for all of those services combined. Any questions? >> Motion to approve. Steve Carmichael. >> A motion. Second. All in favor? I I any opposed? Motion carries. Anderson County High School student fees for 2025 26 consideration approve the 202526 Anderson County High School student
043fees is presented by Chris front, but um that's not the that's not the way it works, unfortunately. And so what I did was I did go and check out what some other schools were doing. I want to make sure what I thought we were doing was reasonable. Um, so again, just to go over a couple of the things we do for our students. Um, our students, they do pay. I'm asking for a $75 instructional fee. Everything we're purchasing is getting more and more expensive. It's five bucks. I know it doesn't sound like a lot. I didn't want it to be a lot. It was 70 last year. It was 120 several years ago. We've taken it down and we've kept it at 70 for about the last three or four years. Um, and we, you
044know, we're trying to outfit some new instructional materials, also some new desk and make things a little bit nicer for our students in the classrooms and do some different things. And, um, it costs a lot of money. Um, so what do we give them for that? There is no class fees. There is no um, homecoming dance ticket is included in that. Again, entrance into all regular season home athletic events. I have not found another school yet that I've talked to that allows their students to get into games for free. And what I want to preference when I say that as well is our free reduced students and our students that struggle at home, those are the ones that can't go to ball games because they don't have $7 now. Is that correct, Corey? Seven bucks
045for a football game. >> Yeah. So any varsity event cost them $7. So those kids who can go to those football games now if they're free reduce they get into all games free or free gets in all games free. Reduce pays $35 per year. They get to attend every home game we have which five times 35 probably $35 during the football season. And if they attend what 15 home games in basketball roughly give or take >> it's over a hundred bucks we're giving in in the ability for them to do that as well. Student parking passes. They do not pay for those. Uh we pay all fees. We do not have an athletic fee, which I'll show you in a minute. A lot of schools have athletic fees separate from their student fee. So they
046also have a athletic fee on top of their student fees. And we use a lot of these funds to pay for our athletics. It also pays for our trainer. So it pays for our trainer every year. It provides funds that goes to our prom, which goes back to students every year. So, I've given a lot of the things that this money goes back to, and it's all used for students. It's not used for anything else but students. That's all it's used for. Um, again, you can see the approximate cost there of what it costs per year. Here are some of the fees that I found. Um, and again, they don't readily publicize these, so I did have to make some phone calls and kind of do some digging to find some stuff. Um the ODM
047county, you know, ODM county's a different type of animal. I know it's a little bit further away from us than is in Louisville, but they have an ODM county high school and then they have a North ODM. So they kind of have have one side to the other. ODM count is more like us. North ODM probably more like some of the Louisville schools and things, but if you look at their fee schedule, I can assure you what we do seems very very very reasonable. So um I didn't I'm not going to click on there and show you guys that. You're welcome to look at that. But again, I wanted to pro provide you guys with some information that kind of let you know what other schools around us do so that you had something to
048kind of base that on. >> Well, since you say it, >> I remember >> this is straight off their site and I'll just let you look at some of the fees there. the woman told >> there's class fees, there's sports fees, there's lots of things there. So, um you know, I feel like we're in line with what people uh in our area do for sure. And I think actually we are quite a bit less. Do you guys have any questions for me? >> I think it seems reasonable and I think the perks that our kids are getting are well worth the $75. I'll say that as as a person who doesn't have a child in the system, I'm not paying times three, but I still think that's reasonable comp. >> Now, that being said, if
049they have multiple students, it does drop by 25 each time. So, for three students, it would be a 75, a 50, and a 25. >> Uh we we do have a step ladder as far as for those, they do not pay the 75 for each additional kit. It drops down 25 each time. >> I do have a curiosity. >> Shoot. I know that we're not going to that's worrying me about young folks struggling. >> That's a great question and I think you know Mr. um White um works very closely. It used to be Mr. Fields and now it's going to be Mrs. Grittton. Um and we're watching that very closely to see what it is that's going to take place with um food service and um you know what um implications andor what types of
050reductions that's going to be. We hope that it's not going to have any uh impact. Um again, we don't know. Great question. Um, I feel like at the very worst it could potentially go back to everybody applies, we go back to the um, you know, the the the old model where everybody has to pay whether it be you have to qualify in order to get free lunch and or reduce lunch. Um, at this point in time, I have not heard any additional information outside of what it could be um, that's any different. Mr. White, I don't think you have either. Um, do you have anything you'd like to add to that? I think it's what Miss Mitchell said that the C program we might have to back up on that and look back at a
051more old school model, if you will, of if you can pay for lunch, you're going to pay for lunch. Um, and if you're unable, you would be applying and and getting the free reduced price based on your income for your family. Uh, with that being said, we do know federal funding is up in the air and I think that's going to be a bigger issue for us is it's just up in the air. we just have too much uncertainty surrounding that. So, that's a concern of mine and I'm sure Miss Mitchell and M. Murphy and a lot of folks here in this building about what that's going to look like, but right this minute, we're still on the community eligibility provision. It's able to offer free meals to everybody. Um, so we'll continue that as
052long as we can. And the food service fund could carry that for a little bit just because they do have a good buffer. Mr. Fields did a good job building that fund up. Um, but it can't be in perpetuity. So, it it will be something that comes up at some point in time. Reason why I say that on this is those folks change. He knows what my votes be. I've been here up in front of years. So >> I just keep trying to add more and more SAS to give you some give you the information. That's all I can do. I I I appreciate it. >> I have to say, you've done an excellent job. >> The other thing that I will point out because, you know, one of the things we've run into, and
053I want to make sure parents are informed, they think that because we do have the free free lunch program that encompasses everything. And that's just free lunch now. That's what that program is all about. So, we have actually it's it's been in our letter, but we've tried to highlight it more and it's something we're even going to do more of this year to tell them make sure that you fill out your application for free reduced because it doesn't only apply to feeding and you know it also applies to student fees and other stuff. So, we're trying to make sure to encourage them to fill those out and make sure they provide that information to us. So, >> approve Scott Brown. >> Second, Steve Carmichael. We got a motion second. All in favor? I >> I
054got to do my normal oppose. So, motion carries. >> All right. Moving on. Special education independent service contract. Let's see here. A recommend recommendation to approve entering into the independent service contract for the 2025 school year for special education child due to conflict of interest after reviewing their recommendation by board attorney. >> Second Steve Carmichael motion second. All in favor? >> Any oppose? All eyes. Uh, moving right along. Motion approved. Uh, field trip request recommendation to approve the following uh, trip request. I'll give you all a second to read all those. >> Second. Steve Carmichael. >> Got a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. Next. Bus surplus property consideration approve the following bus surplus uh request due to the need of scrap required of the EPA grant. Bus number 21
055has 1445,874 miles on it. Year 2007 make I see bus number 27 has 154,292 miles on it. Year 2007, make IC. Uh, bus number 37 has 135,72 miles on it. Uh, year 2004, make IC. >> You know, Mrs. Teriana Conway, our transportation director, applied for the grant. We're very blessed to receive that grant. Um, and part of that grant requirement is that these buses are no longer able to be used, sold, or anything. So, they will be flatlined and unable. Um, Mr. Harley will work with Mrs. Conway to make sure those requirements get met, but I just wanted you to know that as part of that requirement, we are getting the benefit of that, but we're also following um the guidelines, making sure that these buses are flatlined and can no longer be in use.
056Are there any questions? Motion to >> approve Scott Brown. Got a motion. Second, all in >> favor. Any oppose? Motion carries. Report of donations. Our board policy 04.61 attaches a report of donations received by the Anderson County High School for the 20 242 school year. This is an information item and does not require board approval. Any questions before I move on about this since it doesn't need a motion? They call us ACE funding approval for 20 2526 recommend approval of the Anderson County Community Education Programs annual allocation in amount of $33,123 plus $5,000 known as a local board match in order for the Anderson County to qualify for the 20,000 annual annual Community Education State Grant. >> You all know this is an annual request. Um Mrs. Elizabeth Schwarz does a nice job um running
057our ACE program. Um is under the direction of M. Mr. Harley. Um again, this is an annual request um for the funding to receive um the grant funds. Are there any questions? >> Second. Steve Carmicha. >> Motion second. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. Uh fund m uh fundraiser approval for 2526. Consideration approve the following fundraisers for 2526 school year for MMA Ward Elementary, Robert Turner Elementary, and Ezra Sparrow Early Children Center. Uh you will see the list if you all would read and please >> second. Steve Carmichael. >> Motion second. All in favor? >> I. >> Any oppose? >> Motion carries. District uh assurance approval for 2025 uh 26. Recommended approve the federal district assurance for the funding for 2520 26. >> As you all know, this is an annual um request. It
058is uh the requirements that we have to adhere to in order to receive federal funds. you all know um we have had um from the federal level two at this point um not even reductions but just a um decrease from those two items one at 144,000 one at about 44,000 um um at this point in time um KDE has advised that we go ahead and um approve the district assurances um as quickly as possible so that we can make sure that um and in the hope of that those um two pots of money will be restored in the future. Any questions I can answer? >> Motion to approve. Scott Brown. >> Second. Steve Carmichael. >> Got a motion. Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. Request to create a non CDL
059transportation position. Regular approval to create one additional nonCDL transportation position to hire employees who are training to drive gain experience while in As you um are aware and have previously approved. We have two of these positions already. Um I want to commend Mrs. Conway and Mr. Harley for the work that they do recruiting people into uh the transportation department. Um it as you know is there is a shortage across the state of Kentucky. Um they are requesting another position meaning that we can fill that so we can hire someone and get them ready to go on the road. So I recommend this to help them continue to train and and hire highquality people for our transportation department. Mr. Harley, is there anything you'd like to share? How many Are you Motion approved. Stra >> second.
060Steve Carmichael. >> Motion. Second. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Cold for acceptability behavior approval for 2025 20 26. consideration approve the code for acceptable behavior 202526 school year. >> Yes, sir. Mr. Harley um works to ensure compliance. Mr. Harley, what would you like to share? >> Yes, this is an annual document that you review each each school year. Uh the one piece of this document that I'm going to draw your attention to is one addition. There are no changes to our school code of conduct. There is one addition that comes from House Bill 208 which was written in or signed into law and became effective on June the 27th that largely um largely requires uh that that children have the ability to carry uh and utilize a cell phone appropriately within the
061realm of the the policy itself. Uh it does it is pretty explicit uh as far as what kids cannot do. It allows school councils to further tighten that. But it does allow uh and permit students to have on campus with them what is considered by the policy uh the telecommunication device is how it's worded. That is the one addition uh that I'm recommending to you in our code of conduct this year. It is written into law from House Bill 208. Uh and like I said in short, it requires us to allow the word is shallow. Students shall be And then it provides the uh co the the um par the parameters I should say for which students should be permitted to use that and when they should not be explicitly during instructional time is is
062really what the language is around unless it's for instructional purposes and that's what's outlined uh verbatim from that KSB policy and has been added into the code of conduct for this school year. So the language begins in that policy and determines what that device is. Sir, if you if you go in there and you look at that, it says a device that omits or that emits an audible signal, vibrates, displays a message or otherwise otherwise summons, delivers a communication to the processor, including but not limited to paging device or a cellular uh telephone. It also goes a little further to rule out any issues that may come with regards to devices that we deploy as a school district to students. Um, what they without having been sitting there listening to them, I think they were
063trying to help us with this in the same note require or allow parents to say that my kids should be able to have that which which makes makes sense as well. It's really descriptive toward emergencies >> on their per person all the time. >> Yeah. So the answer is yes. The answer is yes to that. However, it goes in and allows us to to provide an opportunity for sitebased councils to put some teeth to that and and it goes it's very it's helpful I think as far as if they want to have a policy that's that's very much tight beyond this policy, it allows that. so long as that there's the ability for that child to be permitted to have it. And then the on the back side of that, the monitoring of that as
064far as um you know for instructional purposes, >> legislature approved that. >> They sure did. Yes, sir. And it was signed into law. Yes, sir. House Bill 208. >> Sorry, sir. Just putting it in there because it's required by for us to have that in there. >> I think I got lost with the shall part. So, >> yeah. So, it's >> they're allowed to >> shall >> while on school property, while attending school sponsored uh or school related activities, whether on or off school property, students shall be permitted to possess personal telecommunication devices and other related. Having said that, on the back end of that, the following pieces of that are for us to be able to not have that that take over our school day. Hopefully, that would be the intent as council address
065that when it says shall. >> Well, the shall is they shall be able to have it. How you use that is descripted in the next pieces. That devices shall not be used in a manner that disrupts the educational process. I think that's where the language as a as a school principal working with a council comes in and determines what that looks like. >> So, it's when they shall be able to have it out. >> Shall have it. Shall put it in the caddy. Those are some things we need to talk through. >> Yeah. You're in instructions. I can't have it out. And again, the the piece the piece of this law that's in this code of conduct, I believe it allows us the ability to to further manage it, it's gotten much better as far
066as what our schools are deploying already while still allowing it. We still got some hurdles to overcome, but in following the law, it's it's being recommended to be added into that code of conduct. >> Good to follow the law. >> I would agree. >> Motion to approve. Scott Brown >> second. Steve Carmichael. Any oppos? Thank you. Uh request to create daycare worker positions. Consider ration to create three daycare worker position at Saples uh Street Elementary School to support expanding service. >> We have a really great daycare program here in Anderson County Schools. We've been blessed to have this for a long time. Um we um have a wait list at MMA ward um for their program and um ECC um as well we have um we always have um our slots filled and we always
067have a waiting list. So, in an effort to help alleviate that weight list and provide services for students whose parents have the need, um we would like to create the positions um fill them and then see from there um if we need to um one, two, or three positions. Um we also have a great program at Sappel Street. And so what we're asking is to expand that program to Sappel Street as well. um so that if we have a spillover for MMA ward and or ECC that we're able to um take as many kids as parents want services so that everyone has the opportunity to have our high quality program. Are there any questions around this? >> So this is before school and after school and non-school days. Is that correct? >> Okay. As a
068grandparent who has children who have children, I know that they're finding good daycare services is really a priority. So, anything that we can do to help that and to help parents, we surely need to do. I'll make a motion to approve. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. Any oppose? Motion carries. Next item is purchases over 10,000. I'll let y'all read that, then I'll let our principal Jason Alexander explain a little bit about it if he doesn't mind. Yes, sir. So, this request is a $10,000 purchase request from Robert B. Turner. Uh, Principal Alexander um and his staff applied for a grant. Um, it's called the reading diagnostic mini grant. And um part of this mini grant pays for um a program to help them with tier three instruction, meaning intervention services. Um the uh
069staff at Robert B. Turner does a really great job with RTI MTSS intervention. Um this program um is recommended was recommended to Mr. Murphy um Mr. for Alexander and myself. Um, in order to purchase um the total price for three sets total would be 21,4 um $70.70. I apologize that's a typo there. Um but this will be uh paid from the reading diagnostic mini grant and it is budgeted to purchase. So um this is a grant u specific for intervention services. I do recommend um this. Mr. Alexander, is there anything you would like to add? Second. >> All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. Second reading of board policy for 2025 26 school year. All right. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So last month, um I just want to thank you again for doing
070the emergency reading um for the policies and procedures to help us ensure that we were in complian with the deadline for Senate Bill 180. Um we got that in place because of your uh leadership and I want to thank you for that. This month um is the second um approval of all of the procedures or excuse me of all of the policies. the procedures were approved with the um the last month review. Are there any questions I can answer around any of the policies? Um moving forward. >> Thank you again for not reading them. >> You're welcome. >> Motion to approve. Scott >> Brand second. Steve >> Carmichael. All in favor. >> I got one little thing I I didn't say in comments. Take me one second. First of all, as you all know, I
071not made it basketball. I work a lot with KA and some of the other teachers unions across the state. One of the things I would like to say and thank Miss Mitchell for is one that I learned of being working with her for 15 years and I've learned from being out in the state working with other school districts. Miss Mitchell is one of the one of the few superintendents that goes around to each school visited and it doesn't matter what your position is, she's there to show our support and let everyone know and thank them for being part of this great school. There's many of school districts across this state that's never seen their the employees have never seen their other than on TV or on a camera or something. So So Miss Mitchell, thank
072you and I hope encourage you to continue the great things you do. >> And with that, can I get a motion to adjurnn? >> Motion to adjurnn. Steve Carmichael. >> Second. >> Scott Bray. Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any oppose? Call him a blessed evening season in a flipflop.