January 10, 2019 at 5:30 PM - Jackson-Madison County School Board Combine Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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1.A. MOMENT OF SILENCE
Discussion:
Kevin Alexander, Chairman opened the meeting with a moment of silence.
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1.B. PRESENTATION OF COLORS AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Rationale:
The Liberty Tech Air Force ROTC under the direction of Chief Wally Littrell and Lt. Col Thomas E. Snodgrass will present the Colors for the January School Board meeting
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2. APPROVALS
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2.A. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2.B. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Morris Merriweather would like the School Board to reconsider the 2019-2020 School Year Calendar. The School Calendar will be moved to 12.1
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3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
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3.A. PUBLIC COMMENTS (30 MINUTES)
Rationale:
The Public is allowed to address the Board pursuant to Board Policy 1.404
Discussion:
Janis Carroll, Teacher at Denmark spoke concerning the Teacher's working days with the JMCSS system.
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4. APPEARANCE BEFORE THE BOARD
Discussion:
There were no appearances before the Board.
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5. JMCEA ANNOUNCEMENT/REPORT
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5.A. EARLENE PRICE, JMCEA PRESIDENT
Discussion:
Earlene Price, President of JMCEA would like the Board to reconsider the calendar for 2019-2020.
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6. FINANCIAL REPORT
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6.A. BUDGET AMENDMENTS, SCHOOL EXPENDITURES, UTILITIES ANALYSIS AND SALES TAX REPORTS
Speaker(s):
Mike Nichols/ Holly Kellar
Discussion:
These reports are on eMeeting for the Board Members to view Holly Kellar stated there are three budget amendments this month. The General Purpose December Financial Statement, as of the end of December, $45.4 million had been expenses with an additional $2 million in outstanding encumbrances. This is 45.3% of the total budget as opposed to 45.1% being spent at the same time last year. December revenues in the amount of $10.5 million were posted after the Financial Statement was prepared. This brings the total revenues for the year to $50.1 million which is 49.1% of budgeted revenue. In addition to the two regular payrolls for December, employee bonuses totaling $925,000 were processed. This included the bonuses that went to teachers and support staff as well as the Differentiated Pay Plan bonuses that went to eligible teachers. The quarterly school expenditure report is posted for your review. I want to point out that on the report you will see a column toward the right side of the page labeled Total All Categories. This is the total expenditures by location incurred from All Funds and in All Categories. To the right of this column I have pulled out the total utilities and total capital as a separate point of interest. The quarterly utility report is also posted. The total utility expense through the end of December was $1,467,000.00. This is only a slight increase of $9,700.00 over December of 2017. |
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6.B. MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT-141 GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOLS
Speaker(s):
Holly Kellar
Discussion:
Mike Nichols stated that the Sales Tax audit has begun and he will let the Board know when the audit is finished.
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7. ACTION ITEMS
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7.A. POLICY COMMITTEE APPROVAL FOR POLICY REVISIONS
Speaker(s):
Janice Hampton
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Rationale:
The Policy Committee is recommending the School Board to approve the following policy revisions; 1.101 Role of the Board of Education, 1.601 Administrative Procedures, 1.1061 Effective Boardsmanship Standards, 3.212 District Water Testing, 3.600 Insurance Management, 4.600 Grading System, 5.302 Sick Leave and 5.305 Family and Medical Leave. There were two policies that were discussed in the Policy Committee Meeting; 3.206 Community Use of School Facilities and 4.301 Interscholastic Athletics Home School
Discussion:
Janice Hampton had Vivian Williams, Ray Washington, Jared Myracle and Tiffany Green explain some of the revisions to the policies. On Policy 1.101 Role of the Board of Education, Janice Hampton would like Board input concerning adding to this policy to better understand the role of the Board.
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7.B. CERTIFICATION OF TENURED TEACHER DISMISSAL CHARGE
Speaker(s):
Tiffany Green
Discussion:
The information was not available at this time for the dismissal of a tenured Teacher.
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8. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
Speaker(s):
Eric Jones
Discussion:
Eric Jones mentioned that LOOP started in January and the Education Foundation will meet on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Mr. Jones is encouraging the Board to write a letter concerning being against School Vouchers to the Legislators. The School Board agreed that a letter should be wrote and a meeting needs to be set up with the Legislators. Jim Campbell asked how many students are in the LOOP program. Jared Myracle stated that there are 18 students in the Manufacturing and 13 students in the Culinary Program. |
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9. QUESTIONS UNRELATED TO BOARD AGENDA ITEMS FOR SUPERINTENDENT
Discussion:
There were no questions for the Superintendent.
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10. SUGGESTED FEBRUARY AGENDA ITEMS SUBMIT BY JANUARY 31, 2019 TO KEVIN ALEXANDER, CHAIR, ERIC JONES, SUPERINTENDENT AND JANITH STACK, SECRETARY
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11. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
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12. ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA PER VOTE ITEM 2.2
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12.A. 2019-2020 SCHOOL CALENDAR
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Morris Merriweather added the 2019-2020 School Calendar.
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13. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ANY NECESSARY ACTION
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13.A. LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
Speaker(s):
Morris Merriweather
Rationale:
Long Range Planning Committee meeting Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 3:30 pm
Discussion:
Morris Merriweather, Long Range Planning Committee Chair gave a summary of what was presented in the the Long Range Planning meeting.
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13.B. BUDGET COMMITTEE
Speaker(s):
James Johnson
Discussion:
James Johnson, Budget Committee Chair stated that the Budget Committee will meet before the February Board meeting.
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13.C. TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Speaker(s):
Wayne Arnold
Rationale:
Technology Committee meeting Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 3:30 pm
Discussion:
Wayne Arnold, Technology Committee Chair stated that the Technology Committee will meet on January 23, 2019.
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14. DISCUSSION ITEMS
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14.A. VOUCHER LETTER
Discussion:
The Board will send a letter to the Legislators stating their opinion concerning school vouchers. James Johnson will contact Legislators to meet with School Board Members.
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15. LEGISLATIVE CONTACT REPORT MADE DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY SUBMIT TO JANITH STACK
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16. INFORMATION ITEMS FOR THE BOARD
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16.A. COMBINED WORK SESSION AND BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 11, 2019
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16.B. ANNUAL CALENDAR
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16.C. 2018-2019 TSBA BOARD ACADEMIES
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16.D. BUDGET EXPENSES
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16.E. TSBA DISTRICT POLICY MANUAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
Speaker(s):
Kevin Alexander
Rationale:
February 2019 will be the last payment of the three year agreement
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17. CONSENT AGENDA
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17.A. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER BOARD MEETING MINUTES
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17.B. BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT
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17.C. HUMAN CAPITAL REPORT
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17.D. CHECKLIST GREATER THAN $14,999.99
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18. ADJOURNMENT
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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