July 8, 2019 at 5:30 PM - Jackson-Madison County School Work Session

Discussion:  There were no Public Comments at the July Work Session.

Discussion:  Holly Kellar mentioned there are no budget amendments to present this month.  as a heads up, there will be several in August aligning our estimated grants and Federal funds to the State approve bugets.  The FY19 closeout is still in process but I did go ahead and prepare your monthly financial statement last week to capture where we were at that point.  The June report you have shows that expenditures came in at 97%, which is what was projected for budget purposes.  Revenues had not yet been posted and there are still year-end adjustments to be made.  So, I hope to bring you a better picture of where we ended the year in my August report.  The June BEP estimate came in better, but still $128,000 less than the April estimate which was used for budget purposes.  Overall, the BEP funding is up 1.6 million dollars from last year due to various factors, including an increase in the funding formula salary component, changes to fiscal capacity indices, and additional classroom and non-classroom funding.

Discussion:  There were no discussion concerning the July Board Meeting Agenda.

Discussion:  The Ombudsman Representatives speaking with the JMCSS Board Members were Mary May, Scott Russell and Russ Thompson.  They spoke to the Board concerning the program and the Board Members were able to ask their questions to the Ombudsman Representatives. The Board has approved the Ombudsman Program through the Districts Budget.

Discussion:  There were no questions or comments concerning the Budget for last year and this year.

Discussion:  The JMCSS Board discussed ways of staying within budget for traveling to conferences.  A suggestion for the NSBA would be to send two Board Members to this conference and they would inform the Board of the discussions from NSBA.  The Board will have action concerning the Board Conferences at the Board Meeting.

Discussion:  There were some questions concerning the contract with Rainey/Kizer Law Firm and Ray Washington would have answers for the Board by Thursday's Board meeting.  The Board will have action on the Rainey/Kizer Contract on Thursday at the Board meeting.

Discussion:  A Board Member was wanting to know, how many of the presented names on the DHA list were district employees and community people?  Ray Washington mentioned that the Community has not been used due to the confidential cases with students.  The Board will have action on the DHA list on Thursday.

Discussion:  The Board will have action concerning the murals  being painted at the Community Montessori School.

Discussion:  The Board was emailed and informed of the revision dates for Education Vision.

Discussion:  Ray Washington answered questions from the Board Members concerning; the option of property, his first thirty days, open teaching positions and construction projects.  

Discussion:  The July Work Session adjourned at 6:19 p.m.