November 7, 2019 at 5:30 PM - Jackson-Madison County School Board Combine Meeting

Discussion:  There were no Appearance Before the Board at the November 7, 2019 Combined Work Session and Board Meeting.

Discussion:  Ramona Tharpe a concerned parent about the SRO at Liberty.  Bernice Askew a concerned parent with the same SRO at Liberty.  Ms. Askew would like for the SRO to be dealt with concerning the situations with students. Also, that there needs to be a place for the disruptive students to be sent when that time has happened with behavior.  Rev. William Nelson a Pastor would like for all of Jackson-Madison County to come together and educate the students in the system.  Shelia Godwin a concerned community person, missed the Legislator meeting on Monday November 4, 2019.  Ms. Godwin had concerns with how Board Members were treated at the meeting and everyone needs to work together. Fred Spike has an Outreach at North Parkway Middle School and helps the at risk students with different situations.  Mr. Spike spoke concerning the respect for others and we need to get back to the respect that we had years ago.  Doris Greer mom of the Liberty Student spoke concerning the situation on the bus. 

Discussion:  Janis Carroll presented a timeline for the Board Members to review for the PECCA and that the JMCEA has completed step 1 and 2.

Discussion:  Holly Kellar mentioned that the documents are on BOE Connect for the Board to review and that there are eight amendments this month.  The General Purpose Monthly Financial Report is posted and shows expenditures of 28.5 million dollars thru October 31st with an additional 3.7 million dollars in encumbrances.  This totals 29.9% of the overall budget as compared to being at 27.5% of the budget at the same time last year.  Year-to-date revenues thru September total 17.2 million dollars with October revenues yet to be posted.  Mrs. Kellar stated that they have implemented Executime the electronic timekeeping with the County.  This program is integrated with Munis and owned by the same company, Tyler technologies.  Testing will begin next year with the system.

Discussion:  Karen Bell Madison County Finance Director was unable to attend but had sent the Statement Document for the Board Members to reveiw.

Discussion:  2019-2020 Mission and Vision Statement
Mission
To provide tomorrow's leaders options and opportunities to succeed by providing a safe, caring, learning environment, working in cooperation with families and the community, and providing appropriate curriculum and effective instruction. 
Vision
All Students will acquire the knowledge and skills to pursue options and opportunities and become productive citizens.

Discussion:  Janis Carroll JMCEA President presented a Initiating Collaborative Conferencing timeline to the JMCSS Board Members.  Ms. Carroll stated that step 1 and 2 have been completed and the Board was to follow step 3 which is to approve 2 Board members and 2 Professional Employees for a Special Questions Committee.  This committee will meet and discuss how to complete the survey.

Discussion:  The JMCSS Board Members needed to approve who would conduct a Superintendent Search, which plan to follow and the date for a Superintendent to be named.

Discussion:  Janice Hampton JMCSS TLN Representative stated the JMCSS Board met with Senator Ed Jackson, Senator Dalores Gresham, Representative Johnny Shaw and Representative Chris Todd on November 4, 2019.  The next meeting will be in February of 2020 called "The State of Jackson-Madison County School System Roundtable Discussion".

Discussion: 
There were no items removed from the Consent Agenda

Discussion:  There were no items added to the Agenda

Discussion:  Jared Myracle presented the November Academic Update:
Principal Evaluations have completed the first round for two hour meetings which included classroom visits and reflection on areas of focus, instruction, behavior and attendance.  Mr. Kirkbride will organize the next round of evaluations in the Spring.  There have been other districts visiting our system to see how our system teach reading an there will be agencies to visit the LOOP Program.  Today the district was recognized for our Workforce Development Plan.  There were five programs at Liberty, North Side and South Side were recognized in welding, Advanced manufacturing and Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair.  The GIVE Grant from Governor Lee announced a $25 million investment in to vocation education and the GIVE initiative.  GIVE stands for the Governor's Investment in Vocational Education.  Districts were invited to apply in partnership with their local colleges and TCAT centers. Our district's application between TCAT-Jackson, Jackson State, UT Martin along with the support from the Jackson Chamber and Vicki Lake from WTHC was fully funded to the tune of $927,580.  Approximately $400,000 will go to the first phase of renovating the workforce development center, approximately $200,000 will go towards three years of staffing at TCAT-Jackson and the remaining $300,000 will go towards equipment upgrades and needed materials at JSCC, TCAT-Jackson and UT Martin.

Ray Washington mentioned, Bernice Thompson was granted to fill an intern position in the Special Education Department from a Psychology Grant.  The meeting with Judge Christy Little will be on going to find ways of helping students. The subject of SRO's in schools will continue to be discussed and solutions for using SRO's in schools.

Discussion:  Catherine Korth will discuss testing with the Board Members in the December 9 Work Session.

Discussion:  There were no unrelated questions at the meeting