July 28, 2020 at 6:00 PM - Special Called Meeting

Discussion:  Before beginning discussions on reopening schools, Director Sorrells asked that the rules be suspended to allow Human Resource Supervisor Jennie Carroll, Support Services Supervisor Tres Beasley, STudent Services Supervisor Ginger Tepedino, and Coordinated School Health Coordinator/Lead Nurse Veronica Davenport to assist him as he made his presentation. Mr. Sorrells was granted the suspension.

Mr. Sorrells told the board that the State Board of Education approved the system's required Consolidated Learning Plan (CLP).

TSSAA has voted to allow virtual students to participate in athletics. The governor has now issued an executive order to continue contact sports as normal. Therefore, "no extracurricular" will be removed from the school system's virtual contract.

Lunch will be provided to virtual students.

Cornersville Elementary School and Cornersville High School share a nurse, as does Chapel Hill Elementary School and Delk-Henson Intermediate School. Mr. Sorrells feels like every school needs a fulltime nurse during these unusual times. Three open teacher positions are in the budget, so Mr. Sorrells is going to use two of those positions to hire nurses; this will allow each school in the county to have a fulltime nurse.

Virtual enrollment deadline was extended to Monday, July 17. As of the meeting day, the enrollment numbers for the virtual program are 1,060 out of roughly 5,400 students.

The 2020-2021 school year will begin on Monday, August 3, as approved by the board November 11, 2019.

Mr. Sorrells explained the health rubric the system will be following when a staff member/student is exposed with no symptoms, diagnosed but no symptoms, and diagnosed with symptoms.

Discussion:  The meeting adjourned at 6:52 p.m.