October 21, 2021 at 5:30 PM - REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. MOMENT OF SILENCE

3. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG

4. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AND REGULAR AGENDA

5. TIME FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK

6. SPECIAL RECOGNITION

7. CONSENT AGENDA

7.A. Minutes of Regular Meeting: September 16, 2021.

7.B. Approve General Purpose Fund Financial Statement, September 30, 2021.

7.C. Approve Federal Projects Fund Financial Statement, September 30, 2021.

7.D. Approve School Nutrition Fund Financial Statement, September 30, 2021.

7.E. Approve the issuance of credit accounts for each school for the purpose of making purchases due to many vendors not accepting Purchase Orders.

7.F. Approve the 2021 Tennessee Department of Education Local Education Agency Compliance Report for the 2021-2022 School Year.

7.G. Approve a Services Agreement between Elizabethton City Schools and Frontier Health for School Based Student Assistance Counseling at Elizabethton High School and T. A. Dugger Jr. High School.

7.H. Approve a Services Agreement between Elizabethton City Schools and Frontier Health for School Based Student Assistance Counseling at East Side Elementary School, Harold McCormick Elementary School and West Side Elementary School.

7.I. Approve an Educator Preparation Provider/Local Education Agency State-Recognized Partnership Agreement between Elizabethton City Schools and East Tennessee State University for the 2021-2022 School Year.

7.J. Approve an Educator Preparation Provider/Local Education Agency State-Recognized Partnership Agreement between Elizabethton City Schools and Tusculum University College of Education for the 2021-2022 School Year. 

7.K. Approve an Educator Preparation Provider/Local Education Agency Primary Partnership Agreement between Elizabethton City Schools and Milligan University for the 2021-2022 School Year. 

7.L. Approve ESSER 1.0 Plan and Budget for the 2021-2022 school year.

7.M. Approve ESSER 2.0 Plan and Budget for the 2021-2022 school year.

7.N. Approve a trash dumpster Rental Agreement with the City of Elizabethton at a cost of $40.00 per month, per unit.

7.O. Approve Janey Woo to conduct an impact evaluation of XQ high schools across the country, including Elizabethton High School to collect de-identified student records and conducting interviews and focus groups with EHS staff. 

7.P. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Jordan Carder, ESP Director for the disposal of BrainChild Equipment to be donated.

7.Q. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Jordan Carder, ESP Director, for the disposal of a Dell Laptop computer to be recycled by the Technology Department.

7.R. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Mr. VanHuss for the disposal of extra Board Room chairs.

7.S. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Dr. Jon Minton, Principal at EHS, for the disposal of 16 student desks, 2 teacher desks, a television, VCR, black metal desk, plastic chairs, black rolling desk chair, orange metal chair and 126 library books to be thrown away.

7.T. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Mr. Joey Trent, Technology Coordinator for the disposal of various laptops to be recycled.

7.U. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Mr. Travis Hurley, Principal at East Side Elementary School for the disposal of Dell monitors from the Library, to be recycled by the Technology Department.

8. REPORT - DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS/BOARD MEMBERS

8.A. Personnel Report

8.A.a. NEW: Brandi Adams, Asst. to the Teacher at ESE, effective September 27, 2021; Denise Kind, Project On Track Tutor at HME, effective September 8, 2021; Taylor Bartlett, Swimming Instructor at EHS, effective September 13, 2021; Adrianna Smith, Educational Asst. to the Teacher at EHS, effective September 21, 2021; Brianna Coley, Swim Instructor at EHS, effective September 6, 2021; Kelly Julian, Educational Asst. to the Teacher at HME, effective September 23, 2021; Ashley Lyons, ESP Student Leader, System-wide, effective September 29, 2021;Bailey Tyree, ESP Student Leader, System-wide, effective October 5, 2021; Kelsie Winters, Asst. Girl's Basketball Coach at TAD, effective October 4, 2021; Willis Taylor, Custodian at ESE, effective October 8, 2021; Hannah Reece, Educational Asst. to the Teacher at HME, effective October 18, 2021.

RESIGNED:  Hannah Derrick, ESP Student Leader System-wide, effective September 20, 2021; Rachel Darnell, Learning Leader at ESE, effective September 8, 2021; Cassidee Ray, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective September 28, 2021; Brandi Adams, Educational Asst. to the Teacher at ESE, effective September 29, 2021; Summer Fleenor, Teacher at ESE, effective October 29, 2021.

TRANSFERS:  Kayla Adams, from PT Educational Asst. at TAD to FT Instructional Asst. @ ESE, effective September 20, 2021.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Glinia Creasey, Cafeteria Manager at ESE, effective August 23, 2021, through September 17, 2021; Charles Dugger, Teacher at EHS, effective August 5, 2021, through September 1, 2021; Janith Johnson, Custodial Personnel at WSE, effective October 11, 2021 through October 22, 2021; Sarah Heatherly, Teacher at EHS, effective November 29, 2021 through May 25, 2022, Regina Isaacs, SNP Coordinator, effective September 24, 2021 through October 24, 2021.

8.B. Director's Update

8.C. Board Member Reports

8.D. City Council Liaison's Report

8.E. Student Liaison's Report

9. REGULAR AGENDA

9.A. Approve first reading of proposed Board Policy 5.3052 COVID-19 Leave.

9.B. Approve the American Relief Project (ARP) IDEA application which will fund the creation of six (6) full-time interim SPED assistant positions for the duration of the grant funding along with the purchase of fifteen (15) touchscreen Chromebooks for SPED classroom use.
 

9.C. Approve a contract with Thomas Weems, Architect, for design work on renovations to Harold McCormick Elementary School.

9.D. Approve a contract with Thomas Weems, Architect, for design work on additional parking at East Side Elementary School.

9.E. Approve a contract with Thomas Weems, Architect, for conceptual design and planning on various capital projects for Elizabethton City Schools.

9.F. Approve a part-time floating cook position to rotate between school cafeterias as needed.

9.G. Approve revised Board Policy 4.201 Class Size Ratios, with mark-ups.

9.H. Approve revised Board Policy 6.500, Special Education Students, with mark-ups.

9.I. Approve revised Board Policy 5.302, Sick Leave, with mark-ups.

9.J. Approve revised Board Policy 6.600 Student Records, with mark-ups.

9.K. Approve revised Board Policy 5.701 Substitute Teachers, with mark-ups.

9.L. Approve deletion of Board Policy 6.603 Student Records/Use of Records.

10. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

11. NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING

11.A. The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. in the Mack Pierce Board Room in the offices of the Elizabethton Board of Education, located at 804 S. Watauga Avenue, Elizabethton, Tennessee.

12. ADJOURN