September 13, 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

5.A. No citizens have asked to appear before the Board.

6. SPECIAL RECOGNITION

7. CONSENT AGENDA

7.A. Minutes of Regular Meeting:  August 18, 2022.

7.B. Approve General Purpose Fund Financial Statement, August 31, 2022.

7.C. Approve Federal Projects Fund Financial Statement, August 31, 2022.

7.D. Approve School Nutrition Fund Financial Statement, August 31, 2022.

7.E. Approve The Access Program (TAP) for the 2022-2023 school year.

7.F. Approve the Elizabethton (101) Public District, FY 2023 TN All Corps application.

7.G. Approve the 2023 Early Literacy Network Grant Application, Year 2.

7.H. Approve the Coordinated School Health Budget for Fiscal Year 2023.

7.I. Approve the 2022-2023 Initial Licensure Clinical Practice and Partnership Guidelines MOU with Milligan University and Elizabethton City Schools. 

7.J. Approve Educator Preparation Provider/Local Education Agency State-Recognized Partnership Agreement between Austin Peay State University and Elizabethton City Schools for the 2022-2023 school year. 

7.K. Approve the Tusculum University Partnership Agreement for the 2022-2023 school year. 

7.L. Approve the Best for All District Grant Application for FY 2023.

7.M. Approve the ESSER 3.0 Public Plan for Remaining Funds for the 2022-2023 school year.

7.N. Approve the 2023 ESSER 2.0 Funding Application for the 2022-2023 school year. 

7.O. Approve the ESSER Planning Grant Application (Year 2) for the 2022-2023 school year.

7.P. Approve FY 2023 Fiscal Pre-Monitoring Supports Grant Application.

7.Q. Approve the FY2023 Resilient School Community Grant Application.

7.R. Approve Letters of Engagement with Blackburn, Childers, and Steagall, PLC for services provided to Elizabethton City Schools Board of Education (Board) for the year ended June 30, 2023. 

7.S. Approve Letters of Engagement with Blackburn, Childers and Steagall, PLC for services provided to Elizabethton City Schools for the year ended June 30, 2023. 

7.T. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Eric Wampler, Principal at Harold McCormick Elementary for the disposal of out of date textbooks and VHS tapes.

7.U. Approve FFA students at EHS to travel to Indianapolis, Indiana for the National FFA Convention to be held October 26 through October 29, 2022. Please see attached documentation for details. 

8. REPORT - DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS/BOARD MEMBERS

8.A. Personnel Report

8.A.a. NEW: Carmen Chimeno, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective August 18, 2022; Holli Tipton, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective August 18, 2022; Rebecca Dunkelberger, Project On-Track Teacher at TAD, effective August 17, 2022; Juanita Coley, Educational Assistant at WSE, effective August 16, 2022; Elizabeth Mindemann, Educational Assistant at HME, effective August 3, 2022; Jennica Norman, Teacher at TAD, effective August 10, 2022; Brandi Parsons, Instructional Assistant-Full-time Sub at ESE, effective August 23, 2022; Sara Perry, Cafeteria Personnel at TAD, effective August 31, 2022; Seanna Larkins, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective August 24, 2022; Anderson Hallman, Community Involvement Lifeguard at EHS, effective August 29, 2022; Haley Overbay, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective September 1, 2022.

ADDITIONAL POSITION: Elizabeth Austin, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective August 26, 2022.

TRANSFERS: Heather Dugan, from EHS, to TNAC Instructional Assistant, effective August 18, 2022; Ivan Sanders from Substitute Teacher to Instructional Assistant-Full-time Substitute at EHS, effective August 15, 2022; Mindy Salyer, from TNAC Instructional Assistant, to Project on Track Math Teacher at ESE, effective August 11, 2022; Martha Campbell, from TNAC Interventionist, to Teacher at WSE, effective August 23, 2022, through December 16, 2022; Susan Frickel, from WSE to Educational Assistant at TAD, effective August 23, 2022; Craig Wilcox, Instructional Assistant at EHS, Part-time to Full-time, effective August 29, 2022; Roberta Naholowaa, TNAC ELA Teacher at TAD, effective August 30, 2022; Leanna Murdock, 6th grade ELA Teacher at TAD, effective August 30, 2022; Renee Hughes, Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, from part-time to full-time, effective September 6, 2022.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Jancey Bennett, August 8, 2022 through 1/2/2023 (TBD); Stephanie Shouse, August 24, 2022, through September 7, 2022; Bethany Hawkins from August 22, 2022, through December 16, 2022; Cathy Sanders from November 22, 2022, through January 3, 2023; 

RESIGNATIONS: Mary Price, Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, effective August 23, 2022; Terry Moore, Assistant Football Coach at EHS, effective August 25, 2022; Seidena Malone, Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, effective August 19, 2022; Ashley Taylor, Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, effective August 26, 2022.

OTHER: Rebecca Dunkelberger, Project On-Track Math Teacher, effective August 18, 2022, Retracted acceptance of position.

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. Consideration of Disciplinary Hearing Authority Appeal to the Elizabethton City Schools Board of Education, Case No. 001-08-192022.

9.B. Approve Elizabethton City Schools Board of Education Resolution regarding requested amendments to the Third Grade Retention law. 

9.C. Approve Elizabethton City Schools Board of Education Resolution in support of the system's professional educators.

9.D. Approve creation of one part-time teacher assistant position at Harold McCormick Elementary to cover special education student need for the 2022-2023 school year.

10. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

11. NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING

11.A. The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, the 13th day of October 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