May 16, 2023 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 asked to appear before the Board.

6. SPECIAL RECOGNITION

6.A. Special recognition of CTE students at EHS.

6.B. Special recognition of West Side student, Shanshan Hopland for being selected as a 2023 Tenn Under 10 "Little Literacy Leader" Scholar. 

7. CONSENT AGENDA

7.A. Minutes of Regular Meeting: April 20, 2023.

7.B. Approve General Purpose Fund Financial Statement, April 30, 2023.

7.C. Approve Federal Projects Fund Financial Statement, April 30, 2023.

7.D. Approve School Nutrition Fund Financial Statement, April 30, 2023.

7.E. Approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Agreements with Frontier Health for a School-Based Behavioral Health Liaison to provide early intervention, prevention, consultation, assessment, and referral services to Elizabethton City Schools.

7.F. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Brian Culbert, CTE Director at EHS, for the disposal of a Maker Bot Repliator and a a 3D Printer. 

7.G. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Joey Trent, Director of Technology, for the disposal of a Sonicwall SMA200, to be recycled.

7.H. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Richie Burrow, Maintenance Foreman, for the disposal of a Rockwell table saw that is unsafe to use.

7.I. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Brian Culbert, CTE Director at EHS for the disposal of an AMMCO 8484 brake leg, Graysmill parts washer, Goats tire machine, Engine lift Blackhawk, red and white oil drain, diesel pressure washer, and a metal lift. 

8. REPORT - DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS/BOARD MEMBERS

8.A. Personnel Report

8.A.a. NEW HIRES: Ella Edmondson, CIP-Lifeguard/Swim Instructor at EHS, effective April 12, 2023; Emily Meredith, Educational Assistant at EHS, effective April 17, 2023, Camryn Brashear, Assistant Volleyball Coach at EHS, effective April 12, 2023; Haley Caroline, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective April 20, 2023; Ashleigh Hayes, Educational Assistant at EHS, effective May 1, 2023; Skyler Kirkland, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective May 4, 2023.

ADDITIONAL POSITION: Eddie Morrell, Assistant Football Coach at TAD, effective May 2, 2023; Vanessa Mink, ESP Substitute Student Leader, Systemwide, effective May 2, 2023; Alicia Jarrett, Assistant Volleyball Coach at TAD, effective May 4, 2023; Laura Bailey, ESP Substitute Student Leader, Systemwide, effective May 3, 2023; Ashley Estep, Assistant Softball Coach at EHS, effective May 2, 2023.

RESIGNED: April Pearson, Teacher at East Side, effective April 13, 2023; Justin White, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at TAD, effective July 1, 2023; Caitlin Conner, ESP-Student Leader, Systemwide, effective April 28, 2023; Matt Campbell, Assistant Football Coach at EHS, effective April 11, 2023 (resignation is only for football coach); Patricia McKesson, Educational Assistant at EHS, effective April 24, 2023; Clarissa Gray, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective April 24, 2023; Matt Myers, Assistant Football Coach and Assistant Wrestling Coach, effective April 16, 2023 (he will remain in teaching position at TAD); Maggie Booher, Teacher at EHS, effective May 25, 2023; Kayleigh Icard, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective May 12, 2023; Willis Taylor, Custodian at ESE, effective May 26, 2023; Eddie Morrell, Assistant Girls' Soccer Coach at TAD, effective April 26, 2023; Madison Clower, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective May 4, 2023. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Jennifer Lund, Educational Assistant at WSE, February 20, 2023, through May 4, 2023; Lindsey Kyker, Teacher at TAD, August 1, 2023, through May 24, 2024; Jan Broome, Educational Assistant at HME, April 13, 2023, through April 28, 2023; Elizabeth Mindemann, Educational Assistant at HME, effective April 3, 2023, through April 17, 2023. 

RETIRING: Barbara Smith, SPED Teacher at ESE, effective May 25, 2023; Tammy Troutman, Teacher at ESE, effective May 25, 2023; Jackie Guinn, General Ledger Accountant at CO, effective August 1, 2023.

OTHER: Jan Broome, Educational Assistant at HME, Intermittent FMLA April 14, 2023, through April 13, 2024; Carley Williams, INT Educational Assistant at EHS, from April 26, 2023, through May 23, 2023; Maggie Booher, Rescinded resignation at EHS as a Teacher, effective April 21, 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 the Elizabethton City Schools FY 2023-2024 Budget. 

9.B. Approve a Master Services Agreement between Elizabethton City Schools and Scribbles Software from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026.

9.C. Approve the Summer Learning Camp Application for the 2023-2024 school year. 

9.D. Approve creation of a part-time Teacher position for National Naval Defense Cadet Corp (NNDCC) and abolish a full-time Teacher Assistant position.

10. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

11. NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING

11.A. The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, June 15th, 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