January 20, 2022 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

6.A. Recognition of the 2021-2022 Elizabethton City Schools System-Level Teachers of the Year and Building-Level Teachers of the Year as follows:

Building Level: 

ESE:  Pre-K-4th-Tammy Troutman
           5th-8th - Barbara Smith
HME:  Pre-K-4th-Jennifer Landstreet
            5th-8th-Amanda Righter
WSE:   Pre-K-4th-Sara Penley
             5th-8th-Matt Tynes
TAD:  5th-8th-Christopher Lockhart
EHS:  9th-12th-Brennan Trent

District Level:
HME:  Pre-K-4th-Jennifer Landstreet
HME:  5th-8th-Amanda Righter
EHS:  9th-12th-Brennan Trent
 

6.B. Recognition of the 2020-2021 Elizabethton High School Fighting Cyclones Football Team.

7. CONSENT AGENDA

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

7.B. Approve General Purpose Fund Financial Statement, December 31, 2021.

7.C. Approve Federal Projects Fund Financial Statement, December 31, 2021.

7.D. Approve School Nutrition Fund Financial Statement, December 31, 2021.

7.E. Approve travel by the EHS Agriculture Department to travel to Louisville, Kentucky, February 17, 2022, through February 18, 2022, to tour the University of Kentucky's agriculture campus and attend the National Championship tractor pull in Louisville, Kentucky.  

7.F. Approve Federal Projects Fund Budget Amendment #1FP.  

7.G. Approve signature card changes for Elizabethton High School at Citizens Bank.

7.H. Approve a request to open a new savings account for Elizabethton High School at Citizens Bank. 

7.I. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Chris Berry, Principal at T. A. Dugger Jr. High School for the disposal of a laminator that no longer works.

7.J. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from John Wright, Principal at West Side Elementary for the disposal of chairs with broken legs to be trashed.

8. REPORT - DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS/BOARD MEMBERS

8.A. Personnel Report

8.A.a. NEW: Brittany Starnes, ESP Student Leader (Systemwide), effective December 28, 2021; Deidre Brown, Interim P/T Math Teacher at EHS, effective January 4, 2022; Craig Wilcox, Naval Sciences Assistant at EHS, effective January 14, 2022; Christopher Derr, Custodial Personnel at EHS, effective January 5, 2022; Abbie Grindstaff, ESP Student Leader (Systemwide), effective January 5, 2022; Heather Dykes, Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, effective January 12, 2022; Bethany Isaacs, Educational Asst. to the Teacher at EHS, effective January 11, 2022.

TRANSFER:  Carolyn Ayers, from Cafeteria Personnel at EHS to Cafeteria Personnel at ESE, effective January 5, 2022; Charlotte MacDonald, from Sub Cook to PT Cook at EHS, effective January 13, 2022; Elizabeth Greenwell, from Educational Asst. at WSE to TN All Corp Inst. Asst. at WSE, effective January 14, 2022; Heather Hansen, from F/T SPED Asst. to F/T Instructional Asst. at WSE, effective January 14, 2022. 

RESIGNATIONS:  Chad Salyer, Teacher at EHS, effective January 13, 2022; Chardonnay Roberts, Educational Asst. to the Teacher at EHS, effective December 15, 2021; Makayla Newman, ESP Student Leader (Systemwide), effective December 30, 2021; Amy Carrier, TN All Corp Teacher at HME, effective December 31, 2021; Hannah Derrick, Educational Asst. to the Teacher at WSE, effective January 4, 2022; Nathan Hargis, Educational Asst. to the Teacher at EHS, effective January 12, 2022 (remaining as Jazz Band Director at EHS).

LEAVE OF ABSENCE:  Tammy Markland, Asst. to the Principal at WSE, from January 27, 2022, through April 22, 2022; Charlene Ray, Attendance Data Manager at EHS, from January 3, 2022, through January 24, 2022; April Sutphin, LPN at HME, from December 10, 2021, through December 17, 2021 (continuation of previous leave); Hailey Holyfield, Teacher at EHS, from January 31, 2022, through May 2, 2022; Shelley Smithdeal, Speech Therapist at WSE, from April 4, 2022, through May 25, 2022.

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. Recognition of the following Teachers recommended for tenure:
Reid Casey
Katie Dugger
Zach Ensor
Collin McHenry
Cody Metcalf
Barb Robinson
Courtney Shelton
Rachel Wagner
Angela Wilber

10. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

11. NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING

11.A. The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on ________, February __, 2022, 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