March 15, 2023 at 5:15 PM - Policy Committee Meeting
The Policy Committee met on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in the Central Services Board Room where Ms. Rebecca Hamby called the meeting to order at the approximate hour of 4:30 p.m. She welcomed everyone to the meeting and appreciated everyone for attending.
(*) Indicates Board Approval Required
| Policy Committee | |
| Attendance Taken on 3/20/2023 at 5:15 PM | |
| Teresa Boston | Present |
| Mr. Nick Davis | Absent |
| Ms. Anita Hale | Present |
| Mrs. Rebecca Hamby | Present |
| Mr. Chris King | Absent |
| Ms. Sheri Nichols | Present |
| Robert Safdie | Absent |
| Billy Stepp | Absent |
| Ms. Shannon Stout | Absent |
| Ms. Elizabeth Stull | Present |
| Present: 5, Absent: 5 | |
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1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
- Ms. Rebecca Hamby
Discussion:
Hamby called the meeting to order at the approximate hour of 5:15 p.m.
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2. Moment of Silence / Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
- Ms. Rebecca Hamby
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3. Approval of Committee Minutes
Attachments:
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Discussion:
Hamby decided to do a roll call attendance. She mentioned that there were some grammatical errors to correct in the last minutes but accepted a motion to approve minutes. Nichols made the motion with Stout making the second.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve XX Committee Minutes.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4. Policies with TSBA Recommendations
Attachments:
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Discussion:
Hamby told the committee the policies 1.106 and 1.107 were TSBA recommendations. She asked if anyone had any questions regarding these 2 policies. Boston said in the Code of Ethics policy that Safdie had a question pertaining to the "ethics committee investigating" statement and Boston made clarification that it was speaking of the County Ethics Committee. Not a School Board Ethics Committee as there was not one. This was referencing a Mayor-appointed Ethics Committee. Stull made a motion to approve with Nichols seconding.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5. Policies with District Recommendations
Discussion:
Hamby told everyone that these policies were recommendations from the district. She went through all the changes for each policy. Policies 2.300, 2.402, 4.209, 4.602, 5.115, and 5.602 were all approved with no questions. For policy 6.3071, Extracurricular Activity Drug Testing, Boston said this policy does not work for our district as it currently reads. Boston asked the policy committee to suspend this policy until they can get the wording to be conducive to the district and then bring it back for approval. Polson made everyone aware of some of the statements that doesn't apply within the policy. Boston said she would like to simplify and clear up the policy and put into procedures what needs to be in procedures. Hamby made a motion to suspend the policy while they work on it. Stull with a second.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6. Policies For Review Only
Attachments:
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Discussion:
Hamby introduced all of the review only policies and made a motion to the committee to send all the review only polices on to the full board under the consent agenda. Nichols with the second.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7. Other Discussion
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8. Adjournment
Discussion:
Nichols made the motion to adjourn and Stull with the second. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 5:39.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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William Stepp
Director of Schools
Ms. Rebecca Hamby
Chairman of the Policy Committee
Diane McCartney
Executive Assistant for the Director of Schools and BOE