September 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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| Attendance Taken on 9/24/2024 at 5:50 PM | |
| Mr. Butch Campbell | Present |
| Ms. Karen Dodd | Present |
| Ms. Barbara Long | Present |
| Ms. Amanda Moore | Present |
| Mrs. Jeanette Price | Present |
| Mr. Jimmy Richardson III | Present |
| Mr. David Settles | Present |
| Present: 7, Absent: 0 | |
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I. CALL TO ORDER
Speaker(s):
Chair Butch Campbell
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Discussion:
In attendance: Dr. Trey Duke, Lisa Trail, Robin Newell, Emily Spencer, Maria Johnson, Don Bartch, Ken Rocha, Angela Fairchild, Daniel Owens, Brian Rome, Alyssa Baltz, Lance Pearcy, Millie Rodriguez, Tammy Dixon, and Mr. Steve Haley, Mid-Cumberland District Director
Assistant City Attorney Lauren Bush and City Liaison Bill Shacklett |
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I.A. Pledge of Allegiance
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Rationale:
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by a Cason Lane PreK student, Lainey Baltz, along with sisters, Elizabeth and Elise Thomas, students at Erma Siegel Elementary.
Discussion:
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by a Cason Lane PreK student, Lainey Baltz, along with sisters, Elizabeth and Elise Thomas, students at Erma Siegel Elementary.
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I.B. Moment of Silence
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Discussion:
Chair Campbell asked that the audience remember the family of former Bellwood teacher, Ms. Fran Dean.
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II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Speaker(s):
Chair Butch Campbell
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Action Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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III. COMMUNICATIONS
Speaker(s):
Mrs. Lisa Trail
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The City Schools Foundation funded 50 teacher grants totaling over $72,000. Grants ranged from $125 to $5,997 with grants averaging $1,451. The Foundations upcoming Doubles Tennis Tournament and Pickleball is scheduled for November 8-10.
Parent Academies are off to a great start. Thank you to RedStone Federal Credit and to Linebaugh Library for serving as our hosts sites for our Parent Academies in September. The next Parent Academy is on Dealing with Anxiety and will be offered via zoom. Read to Succeed had a hugely successful reading in the schools day. We are grateful for our partnership with them. Additionally, Read to Succeed has partnered with our Parent Academy to offer an ESL Parent Conversation Hour at Cason Lane. This is an opportunity for parents to come together for six weeks to work on conversational English skills. Thursday, October 17 is Crunch Day in Tennessee. Our nutrition team will be distributing golden delicious apples from Oren Wooden Apple House in Dayton TN to all students. Thank you to Jeff Murphy, the owner of Domenico's Italian Deli for his $250 donation to our McKinney-Vento fund. Cason Lane PreK would like to thank Publix on Veteran’s Parkway for donating all of their extra school supplies to our students and teachers! Bradley Academy wants to extend our gratitude to City Church for their ongoing support of our school and students! They provided 2 meals during Teacher Inservice Week and sponsored a Back 2 School Bash on August 18th at City Church. Lastly, they provided all of Bradley’s staff members with water tumblers!" First Baptist Church donated a generous amount of food to help support our Backpack program and is also organizing a food drive with their congregation next month. We are thankful for this amazing partnership. Thanks to our new community partner H3 Church who donated 15 boxes of school supplies to our Teacher Supply Closet. Thank you to Crumble Cookies and Culvers for supporting our staff recognition programs. |
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III.A. Presentation of the Board of Distinction Plaque
Speaker(s):
Mr. Steve Haley, Mid-Cumberland Dir
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Procedural Item
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III.B. The Best of MCS-Mr. Lance Pearcy
Speaker(s):
Dr. Trey Duke
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Procedural Item
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III.C. Recognition of Prek EAs-CDA Certification-Janice Ward and Tammy Dixon
Speaker(s):
Dr. Trey Duke
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Procedural Item
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III.D. Recognition of Bus Driver-Ms. Millie Rodriguez
Speaker(s):
Dr. Trey Duke
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Procedural Item
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III.E. Public Comment
Speaker(s):
Chair Butch Campbell
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
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IV. CONSENT ITEMS
Speaker(s):
Chair Butch Campbell
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Agenda
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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IV.A. Approval of 9/10 Board Meeting/Work Session Minutes
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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IV.B. Approval of Student Field Trip Fees
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IV.C. Approval of Surplus Property Disposal
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V. ACTION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
Chair Butch Campbell
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Action Item
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V.A. Approval of Board Committee Assignments
Speaker(s):
Dr. Trey Duke
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Chair Campbell made one change to the Board Committee Assignments. He said that he will be added to the Family Resource Advisory Committee, and will remove Ms. Amanda Moore from that committee since she already serves on several committees.
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V.B. Approval of Contract-Sport Court-MNE and Reeves Rogers
Speaker(s):
Dr. Trey Duke
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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V.C. Approval of Budget Amendment-FY25 General Purpose Fund 141 Substitute Teacher Split
Speaker(s):
Dr. Trey Duke
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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V.D. Approval of Budget Amendment-FY25 General Purpose Fund 141 Donations
Speaker(s):
Dr. Trey Duke
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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V.E. Approval of Board Policy 1.102 Board Members Legal Status on First Reading
Speaker(s):
Ms. Lauren Bush
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Chair Campbell asked if this policy means that there will be no partisan elections. Ms. Bush explained that the State law changed and it now allows one to run on a partisan basis if they so choose. Before the change in the law, it stated that board members ran as non-partisan.
Ms. Dodd said that she thought that you could run on a partisan basis, and Ms. Bush explained that you can now. She explained that prior to change, a political party was not associated with one running for the board. Dr. Duke explained that once we did a policy review, we realized that the policy was never updated to reflect the law change. Mr. Bill Shacklett asked what impact does this have as far as primaries. Ms. Bush said that they will still have to run in the primaries Jimmy Richardson stated that partisan politics has no place on the school board, and he felt that he could not vote for this policy change, even if it is in line with the state law. Ms. Bush explained that this is the first reading of the policy and if anyone has suggestions, she is willing to discuss those suggestions. Karen Dodd said that she agrees with Mr. Richardson, but voted yes because of the state law. Chair Campbell said that since it's state law, it makes no difference how the board votes. David Settles said that 8 years ago, you declared your party, but he also agrees with Mr. Richardson, but again, he knows that we have to follow state law. Amanda Moore said that it is a terrible decision from the state legislature. She asked Ms. Bush if we are required that our policies align with state law. Ms. Bush said that policies must align with state law. A roll call vote was taken: Karen Dodd-Yes Barbara Long-Yes Amanda Moore-Yes Jeanette Price-Yes Jimmy Richardson-No David Settles-No Butch Campbell-No The final vote was 4 yes and 2 no. The changes to the policy passed.
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V.F. Approval of Board Policy 1.103 Board Evaluations, on Second Reading
Speaker(s):
Ms. Lauren Bush
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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V.G. Approval of the Capital Improvement Plan Update
Speaker(s):
Dr. Trey Duke
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Action Item
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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V.H. Approval of August Revenue and Expenditure Reports
Speaker(s):
Mr. Daniel Owens
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Dr. Duke thanked Mr. Owens and the finance team for the work they are doing. He said that Mr. Owens saw that the interest was coming and acted quickly to lock in good rates. He thanked him for being proactive.
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VI. REPORTS AND INFORMATION
Speaker(s):
Chair Butch Campbell
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VI.A. Personnel Report
Speaker(s):
Dr. Maria Johnson
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VI.B. Enrollment (PTR) Report
Speaker(s):
Mr. Ken Rocha
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VI.C. Director's Update
Speaker(s):
Dr. Trey Duke
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Discussion:
Dr. Duke said that since this is the first televised meeting since school started, he would like to thank teachers and principals for a strong start to the year. He appreciates the work of principals, teachers and staff for the strong support system for students.
Dr. Duke said that he is watching enrollment carefully, especially around the Hobgood, Reeves Rogers, and Black Fox areas, where we are seeing growth. Dr. Duke gave a shout out and thank you to MTSU for donating $10,000 to us at the homecoming game. He said that money will go toward the music program in our schools to purchase band instruments. Dr. Duke told the Board that we have had a busy September by hosting alot of events. He told the Board that he was pleased to have hosted the SCORE team at Salem on September 13th, the State Board of Education on September 19th at Black Fox, and the State of the Schools today. He thanked everyone that came to support our school system. He also thanked the Instruction team for the hard work that they put in to prepare for these events. |
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VII. OTHER BUSINESS
Speaker(s):
Chair Butch Campbell
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Information Item
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VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Speaker(s):
Chair Butch Campbell
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m.
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