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1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Chairman
Discussion:
Chairman Amy Eoff called the meeting to order at 6:20 pm.
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2. Moment of Silence
Speaker(s):
Chairman
Discussion:
Chairman Amy Eoff called for a moment of silence.
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3. Pledge of Allegiance
Discussion:
Board member Angela Griffith led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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4. Approval of Agenda
Speaker(s):
Chairman
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion passed: I move to approve the agenda,, passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5. Recognition and Awards
Speaker(s):
Chairman
Rationale:
Student Recognition
To recognize the extraordinary achievements of the Houston Middle School and Houston High School students who were selected to participate in Choral All-West. Staff Recognition: Laura Liddon - Riverdale Elementary School Staff member that is making a difference - Employees that Empower Award.
Discussion:
Student Recognitions
To recognize the extraordinary achievements of the Houston Middle School and Houston High School students who were selected to participate in Choral All-West. These middle school and high school students were selected by a rigorous audition for the WTBSOA All-West Choral Performance. Grace Mitchell Savannah Chandler Kennedy Tensley Mae Sistrunk Kyra-V Gard-AY Kate Emfinger Jacob Rozier Declan Storey Colby Corkan Andrew Grooms Josiah Storey Ellie Midha Manya Tyagi Jazmine Nesbit Abigail Hetherington Grace Calvert Grace Applebaum Eliza Danila Emily Wool-Key Annmarie Durfee Halena Edwards Micaela De-Cray-mer Anna Enochs Owen Walsh Amelia Summy Savannah Klepko Katelyn Shoggen Colin Brooks Thomas Peters Micah Loftis Staff Recognitions Laura Liddon - Riverdale Elementary School Staff member that is making a difference - Employees that Empower Award. Each month, students and educators will focus on a character trait. For the month of October, Mrs. Liddon teaches her students on a lesson about courage using the new Character Strong Curriculum. In her Riverdale classroom, Mrs. Liddon engages second graders in question and answer sessions, captivating posters, and fun games. She not only acts as a teacher for young children but also a role-model. Truly encapsulating the essence of the new curriculum, Mrs. Liddon influences students in building strong character traits and creates a safe environment within her classroom. |
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6. REPORTS
Speaker(s):
Chairman
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6.A. TLN Update (Tennessee Legislature)
Speaker(s):
Ryan Strain
Attachments:
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Discussion:
Board Member and TLN Representative Ryan Strain presented the TLN Report as follows,
Last month the Tennessee General Assembly held its third special legislative session of the year. Several laws related to education and the COVID-19 pandemic were passed, including the following, all of which are new sections of the Tennessee Code:
The legislature also passed a law permitting partisan school board elections. The legislation is permissive, with the decision to be made by county political party primary boards. School board candidates may campaign as the nominee or representative of a political party if at least one county primary board decides to conduct partisan school board elections. For the reasons stated in last month’s TLN Report and which will be explained in more detail in a letter posted to the Board’s Legislative Advocacy page on the GMSD website, the Board opposes partisan school board elections. The Board encourages community members to contact Shelby County political parties with opposition to partisan school board races, as well. In other General Assembly news, Senator Brian Kelsey has temporarily stepped down as Chair of the Senate Education Committee following his indictment on charges of violating federal campaign finance law. Senator Jon Lundberg of Bristol was named interim Chair. In Tennessee Department of Education news, the Department has adopted emergency rules governing enforcement of recent legislation regarding prohibited concepts in public schools. The emergency rules will be in effect until May 7, 2022, when the Department expects to adopt final rules. In legal news, civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit in Nashville challenging the recently enacted state law requiring that a student’s gender for purposes of participation in interscholastic athletics must be determined by the student’s sex at the time of the student’s birth, as indicated on the student’s original birth certificate. |
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6.B. Chairman's Report
Speaker(s):
Amy Eoff
Discussion:
Chairman Amy Eoff presented the Chairman's Report as follows,
Mr. Strain reports he attended TSBA webinars regarding teacher tenure, collaborative conferencing, and special session legislation. He participated in two attorney roundtables regarding special session legislation. He also attended TSBA leadership conference, convention and delegate assembly, the TN Department of Education Town Hall regarding public school funding, the Dogwood PTO meeting and co-hosted a joint meeting between GBoE and BMA regarding GMSD Master Facilities Plan. Ms. Landers reports she co-hosted the joint BMA/BOE dinner meeting. She attended the Houston High Theatre performance of ‘Emma’, the TN Department of Education Town Hall regarding public school funding, and the TSBA Leadership Conference, Convention, and delegate assembly. Mr. Curry reports he attended HHS Trunk or Treat, HHS Choir Fall Fest, HHS production of "Emma", TSBA Leadership Conference, Convention, and delegate assembly. He co-hosted a joint meeting between GBoE and BMA regarding GMSD Master Facilities Plan. He attended FHES Family Movie Night, FHES Veteran's Day Celebration, four HMS basketball games, and Mr. Frizzell's 8th grade social studies class at Riverdale. Ms. Griffith reports she attended TN Dept of Education Funding Town Hall at the National Civil Rights Museum, and the TSBA Webinar Legislative Update from Third Special Session. She co-hosted a joint meeting between GBoE and BMA regarding GMSD Master Facilities Plan. She virtually attended and enjoyed Riverdale’s annual I love America Program and Houston High School Theatre’s performance of Emma the musical, and attended TSBA Leadership Conference, Convention and Delegate Assembly. Ms. Eoff reports she attended TN Dept of Education Funding Town Hall at the National Civil Rights Museum, Houston High School Theatre’s performance of Emma the musical, Houston Mustang Football’s final regular season game, and The Houston Band’s last marching competition of their season. She co-hosted a joint meeting between GBoE and BMA regarding GMSD Master Facilities Plan, coordinated and met with municipal board chairmen twice, and attended TSBA Board Chairmen Roundtable, Leadership Conference, Convention and Delegate Assembly. The weekend before Thanksgiving your school board attended the TSBA Leadership Conference, Convention and Delegate Assembly. Through this conference, we were able to network with school boards across the state, speak directly to legislators and board attorneys, gain insight into best practices happening in other districts, and hear from speakers who encouraged and pushed us to continue the hard work of doing what is right for our students. It was a busy and fruitful event. And To our families this holiday season, Happy Hanukkah! |
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6.C. Financial Report
Speaker(s):
Kevin Jones
Attachments:
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Discussion:
Chief Financial Officer Kevin Jones reported the Total Assets, Liabilities, and Fund Balances on the Balance Sheet for period ending 10.31.21
SCHOOL OPERATING FUND $355K was paid to Shelby County Schools for our OPEB liability. FEDERAL PROJECTS $2.3 million in ESSER 2.0 funding was spent y-t-d representing 50% of the total budget. HEALTH INSURANCE FUND $91K was received in stop loss reimbursements for health insurance claims. CAFETERIA FUND SFE reported a net income of $88K for the month. OPEB TRUST FUND Year-to-date realized and unrealized gains on investments totaled $98K |
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6.D. Superintendent's Report
Speaker(s):
Jason Manuel
Discussion:
Superintendent Jason Manuel presented the Superintendent’s Report with the following Highlights in his PowerPoint presentation,
ESSER FUNDING UPDATES
CHARACTER STRONG
The above presentation can be found at our GMSD website link https://www.gmsdk12.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=2177271&type=d&pREC_ID=2181786 |
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7. Citizens to be heard
Speaker(s):
Chairman
Discussion:
The following Citizen voiced their opinion on COVID-19 Clinical Update,
Dr. Carle. C. Kalsi, 2300 Elderslie Drive, Germantown TN 38139 |
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8. CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
Chairman
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion passed: I move to approve all the items in the Consent Agenda,, passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.A. Approval of the Minutes
Speaker(s):
Chairman
Rationale:
Minutes from 10.26.21 Board Business Meeting
Minutes from 11.16.21 Special Call Meeting |
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8.B. Review / Revision of Policies - Second Reading
Speaker(s):
Jason Manuel
Rationale:
Rationale document is attached for the 23 Policies recommended for revision.
The Board discussed all the Policies during the 10.20.21 Work Session and recommended the following changes/edits to the below 4 policies, to be updated and added to the Consent Agenda for the Business Meeting on 10.26.21 HR Policy 5.501 Employee Related Complaints - Page 1/ Line 13, After Human Resources, add "or Director's designee". - Page 1 / Line 15, Add a new sentence at the end, "If a satisfactory resolution of the problem cannot be reached after speaking with the Deputy Superintendent, the employee may contact the Superintendent." Policy 3.217 Energy Management - Page 1/ Line 18 - Strike through Policy 6.425 Life-Threatening Allergy Management - Strike through Page 1 Line 9 Beginning "An IHP" until Line 12 ending "Tennessee Schools" Policy 6.709 Student Fees and Fines - Page 1 / Item No. 1 - Clarification on Field trips - It will remain in the policy. - Page 2 / Line 13, "Director" replaced with "GMSD Assistant Superintendent"
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Discussion:
The Board recommended the following changes/edits to the below 4 policies, to be updated and added to the Consent Agenda for the Business Meeting on 10.26.21
HR Policy 5.501 Employee Related Complaints - Page 1/ Line 13, After Human Resources, add "or Director's designee". - Page 1 / Line 15, Add a new sentence at the end, "If a satisfactory resolution of the problem cannot be reached after speaking with the Deputy Superintendent, the employee may contact the Superintendent." Policy 3.217 Energy Management - Page 1/ Line 18 - Strike through Policy 6.425 Life-Threatening Allergy Management - Strike through Page 1 Line 9 Beginning "An IHP" until Line 12 ending "Tennessee Schools" Policy 6.709 Student Fees and Fines - Page 1 / Item No. 1 - Clarification on Field trips - It will remain in the policy. - Page 2 / Line 13, "Director" replaced with "GMSD Assistant Superintendent" |
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8.C. Review / Revision of policies - First Reading
Speaker(s):
Jason Manuel
Rationale:
No revisions recommended for the following policies at this time,
Office of Superintendent/School Board SBO 1.100 School Board Legal Status and Authority SBO 1.101 Role of the Board SBO 1.102 Board Members Legal Status SBO 1.105 School Board Legislative Involvement SBO 1.106 Code of Ethics SBO 1.1061 Boardsmanship Code of Ethics SBO 1.107 Board Member Conflict of Interest SBO 1.108 Nepotism SBO 1.200 Election of Officers SBO 1.201 Duties of Officers SBO 1.202 Duties of Board Members SBO 1.204 Board Member Development Opportunities SBO 1.205 Board - Director Relations SBO 1.300 Board Committees Human Resources HR 5.204 Advanced Degrees New Policy 4.212 Virtual Education Program - First Reading New Policy 4.213 Public Virtual School - First Reading |
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8.D. Miscellaneous FY 21-22 Budget Amendments 15,16,17,18 & 19
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9. BOARD ACTION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
Chairman
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9.A. Purchase of Interactive Flat Panel Bundles for Houston Middle School
Speaker(s):
Jason Manuel
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion passed: I move to approve the purchase of Interactive Flat Panel Bundles for Houston Middle School, from Central Technologies in the amount of $127,057.00 through our purchasing cooperative contract with Sevier County, contract number #010419SCS, passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
Rationale:
This item is presented to the Board with a request to approve in the Nov.30 Board Business Meeting for the following reasons,
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Attachments:
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10. Announcements
Speaker(s):
Chairman
Discussion:
Chairman Amy Eoff announced the following,
December 6 - Battle of Germantown Riverdale VS HMS Basketball Games boys & girls December 11 - Germantown Holiday Parade - 2:00 pm December 13 - Houston High Band Holiday Concert 7:00 pm at Houston High Auditorium December 14 - Next Board Business Meeting - 5:00 pm December 14 - Houston High Choir Holiday Concert 7:00 pm at Germantown United Methodist Church |
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11. Adjournment
Speaker(s):
Chairman
Discussion:
The meeting was adjourned with consensus at 7:01 pm.
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