January 11, 2021 at 5:30 PM - Jackson-Madison County School Work Session
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1. CALL TO ORDER
a. A moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
Johnson
Discussion:
We held the swearing in ceremony for Mr. Scott Gatlin at 5:33 p.m. by Judge Christy R. Little.
Mr. Johnson called the January Work Session meeting to order at 5:36 pm with an invocation led by Dr. Catlett. |
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2. REPORTS & UPDATES
a. Office of the Superintendent i. Budget Amendments* ii. Financials iii. School Support Organization* iv. Budget Calendar v. Strategic Plan Belief Statement* b. Academics Williams i. School Calendar ii. Code of Conduct iii. Instructional Teaching and Learning Model Plan c. Operations Catlett i. Human Resources 1. Vacancies 2. Absenteeism 3. Unemployment Claims ii. Capital Projects 1. JCM & Madison School Project 2. Itemized Furniture Review iii. JCM zoning proposal* d. Communications Hammond i. For the District Update e. Board Committees (December Reports) (No committees met in December due to the Holidays) f. JMCEA Davis
Speaker(s):
King
Discussion:
Reports & Updates
a. Dr. King gave the updates on the Budget Amendments and Financial Statements. Fund #141 General Purpose 1. $40,000 New Money - This grant provides funding to allow middle schools student to further explore future career opportunities in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. 2. $10,000 This grant provides funding for 2 students in the LOOP to work in the JMCSS Maintenance Dept and for instructional supplies purchases for classroom teachers at Liberty HS, West Bemis MS, and Nova Pre-K learning Center. 3. $64.00 This amendment aligns the general ledger to the Revision 1 budget approved by the state, moving remaining funds from instructional equipment to supplies. Fund #177 Education Capital 4. $15,000 This amendment transfer funds to cover engineering services for the design/specifications of surveillance systems, access control systems, intercom system, and voice/data cabling at Madison Academic High School, JCM and JCM fieldhouse. Fund #142 5. $33,035 ATSI 2018 Grant Designation- This amendment aligns the general ledger to the Revision 1 budget approved by the state, moving funds from professional development to contract services for Pathways counselors. Financials: Holly stated that we have used 46.7% and we are under budget. Federal funds has been released $16.7 million under the Cares act to be used for technology, after school programs. The funds spent must be pandemic related. Applications should be available next week to apply for these funds and all funds must be spent before June 30th. Mr. Johnson stated that he would like to see the funds used for afterschool programs and provide transportation for the students. Belief Statement: See attached BELIEVE b. School Calendar: Dr. Williams submitted the school calenders for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years. Calendar will be posted for 2 weeks on the website for approval in February for a full week off in November instead of 3 days. Johnson questioned about a year around calender. CODE of Conduct: Ms. Brasfield and Ms. Spight presented a power point on the Code of Conduct. They are our district team leaders. They addressed Student Discipline, discipline philosophy, school and district wide expectations. Focus on interventions and to replace behaviors. How to organize offenses Level 1-5 and providing support to change the mind set. Instructional Teaching: The Teacher Academy was held at South Side on Jan. 4th on how to create a comprehensive plan. How can we better serve our students, what areas needs to be improved. They did a survey and will submit Friday, Jan. 15th. Johnson questioned about early childhood discipline. C. Operations 1. We have no vacancies for December. 2. Adjustment has been made for absenteeism showing a column of % for FFCRA days missed) 3. Capital Projects Madison and JCM everything is on target. See attached updates. 4. Itemized furniture listing see attached one more bid to submit. Estimate 6wks turn around once ordered to be installed in rooms. 5. JCM Zoning proposal (Dr. Catlett and Dr. Chandler presented the zoning proposal. Some board members chose Opt. A since it was similar to what we already had and there were others undecided will decide on zoning on Thursday. Communications: Greg presented up dates and gave highlights with a power point of the LOOP Program, North Side Girls basketball team, Liberty Tech did a food drive this week. Committee Reports: None for the month of December JMCEA: Mr. Davis thanked Dr. King and staff for working so hard during Covid.
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3. APPROVAL ITEMS
i. Budget Amendments ii. School Support Organization iii. JCM zoning proposal iv. Ethics Committee Appointment
Speaker(s):
Johnson
Discussion:
Approval Items:
i. Budget Amendments ii. School Support Organization SSHS Boys Soccer iii. JCM zoning proposal iv. Ethics Committee Appointments Bill Kipp, Rev. Paul Lacy, Pamela Jones Bates, Olivia Abernathy, and Carol Carter-McCright. |
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4. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Speaker(s):
Johnson
Discussion:
Announcements:
Ed Vision Meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 12th at 5:30 pm at the Board of Education Thursday, Jan. 14th Board meeting will be at 5:30 pm at City Hall |
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5. ADJOURNMENT
* denotes items that will need Board's approval
Speaker(s):
Johnson
Discussion:
Meeting was adjourned at 7:23 pm by James Johnson
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