October 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

6.A. Recognition of the T. A. Dugger Track, Football, Girls' Soccer, and Volleyball Teams.

6.B. Recognition of the Cyclone Network Crew.

7. CONSENT AGENDA

7.A. Minutes of Regular Meeting: September 13, 2022.

7.B. Approve General Purpose Fund Financial Statement, September 30, 2022.

7.C. Approve Federal Projects Fund Financial Statement, September 30, 2022.

7.D. Approve School Nutrition Fund Financial Statements: August 31, 2022, and September 30, 2022.

7.E. Approve the 2023 ESSER 3.0 Funding Application for the 2022-2023 school year. 

7.F. Approve the Resilient School Communities Grant for FY 2023. 

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

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

7.I. Approve Safe Schools Funding Application for the 2022-2023 school  year. 

7.J. Approve ARP Homeless 2.0 Application for FY 2023.

7.K. Approve Sheri Nelson, Assistant Principal at EHS, to conduct research on student's social-emotional learning and the relationship to their attendance at Elizabethton High School in pursuit of her doctorate degree.

7.L. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from John Wright, Principal at West Side for the disposal of books, (fiction, non-fiction, reference) that are aged, irrelevant, worn and damaged.

7.M. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Chris Berry, Principal at T. A. Dugger for the disposal of an old pull down projector screen.

7.N. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Jon Minton, Principal at EHS, for the disposal of two rolling chairs, one black teacher chair, teacher desk with hutch, and two teacher desks that are no longer usable. 

7.O. Approve Equipment Disposal Request from Joey Trent, Technology Director, for the disposal of a Dell Poweredge 2900 server and two Mitel 3300 MXC servers.

7.P. Approve the T. A. Dugger Advanced Band to travel to Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, April 22, 2023, to perform at the Music in the Parks Festival at Carowinds Amusement Park. 

8. REPORT - DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS/BOARD MEMBERS

8.A. Personnel Report

8.A.a. NEW: Sarah Stewart, Educational Assistant at EHS, effective September 20, 2022; Gail Ridlehuber, Project on Track Math Teacher at TAD, effective September 6, 2022; Jessica Ward, Project on Tract Math Teacher at HME, effective September 12, 2022; Jayden Lowe, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective September 23, 2022; Sasha Rose, Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, effective October 3, 2022; Chelsey Campbell, Educational Assistant at ESE, effective September 26, 2022; Destinee Jarnagin, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective September 9, 2022; Morgan Guinn, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective September 28, 2022; Natasha Mauck, Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, effective September 26, 2022; Anita Carter, Interim Kindergarten Teacher at WSE, effective October 3, 2022; Walter "Lee" Wilson, Educational Assistant at HME, effective October 3, 2022.

REHIRE: Kaylee Ingram, TNAC Instructional Assistant at ESE, effective October 3, 2022.

ADDITIONAL POSITION: Matt Myers, Assistant Wrestling Coach at EHS, effective September 7, 2022; Billy Etter, Assistant Baseball Coach at EHS, effective September 12, 2022; 

TRANSFERS: Denise Kind, from Substitute Teacher to Int. TNAC Teacher at WS, effective September 14, 2022; 

RESIGNED: Heather Dugan, TNAC Inst. Assistant at ESE, effective September 21, 2022; Lou Ann Mollish, Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, effective September 9, 2022; Matt Myers, Track Coach at EHS, effective September 12, 2022; Hannah Reece, Educational Assistant at HME, effective September 23, 2022; Tracy Holliday, Bus Driver/Custodian, Systemwide, effective September 23, 2022; Ashley Lyons, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective October 10, 2022; Taylor Thompson, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective September 26, 2022; Tammy Gilbert, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective October 14, 2022; Tammy Knoll, Custodian at HME, effective October 3, 2022, Karen Martin, Educational Assistant at EHS, effective October 4, 2022.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Tammy Knoll, Custodian at HME, from September 12, 2022 through September 30, 2022; Jennifer Landstreet, Instructional Coach at HME, from September 15, 2022, through January 17, 2023; Lester "Bo" Perkins, Maintenance Systemwide, September 21, 2022, through September 22, 2022; Emily Dugger, from December 12, 2022, through February 10, 2023; Bethany Amanda Jenkins, from October 17, 2022, through January 6, 2023.

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 Thomas Weems Architects to complete design work for a secure entrance at T. A Dugger Junior High School. 

9.B. Approve Board Members Danny O'Quinn and Jamie Schaff to serve on the Elizabethton City Schools Certified Staff Sick Leave Bank Committee.

9.C. Approve the proposed new coaching supplement scale for T. A. Dugger Track.

9.D. Approve revised Board Policy 4.206, Homebound Instruction.

9.E. Approve revised Board Policy 4.210, Credit Recovery.

9.F. Approve revised Board Policy 5.303, Personal and Professional Leave.

9.G. Approve the Student Performance Framework Pilot School Agreement with XQ Institute for the 2022-2023 school year.

9.H. Approve the following Disciplinary Hearing Authority Committee Members for the 2022-2023 school year: Myra Newman, Josh Boatman, Joey Trent, Beth Wilson, and Travis Thompson.

9.I. Approve creation of six (6) part-time, Assistant to the Teacher positions for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year from IDEA Part B carryover funds.

9.J. Approve creation of three (3) full-time, Assistant to the Teacher positions for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year from ARP IDEA carryover funds. 

10. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

11. NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING

11.A. The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, the 17th day of November 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