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1. CALL TO ORDER
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2. MOMENT OF SILENCE
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3. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
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4. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AND REGULAR AGENDA
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Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 to approve the Consent and Regular Agendas. Motion carried.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5. TIME FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK
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5.A. No citizens asked to appear before the Board.
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6. SPECIAL RECOGNITION
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6.A. Recognition of EHS Junior Gabriel Short who has been selected through competitive auditions to represent EHS and TMEA in the NAfME NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL HONOR CHOIR 2022.
Discussion:
Ms. Gouge and Dr. Minton acknowledged Gabriel's accomplishments both prior and current in achieving this honor.
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6.B. Recognition of the Cross Country, Soccer, and Golf Teams at EHS.
Discussion:
Mr. Newman acknowledged both girls and boys Cross Country Teams in their accomplishments this season.
Mr. McClay acknowledged the Girls' soccer team in their accomplishments this season. Mr. Hardin and Mr. Ensor acknowledged both girls' and boys' golf teams at EHS. |
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6.C. Recognition of Carson Peters for his appearance and selection by Blake Shelton on The Voice.
Discussion:
Dr. Minton acknowledged Carson Peters in his recent appearance on The Voice. Carson also thanked everyone for their support.
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7. CONSENT AGENDA
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7.A. Minutes of Regular meeting: October 21, 2021.
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7.B. Approve General Purpose Fund Financial Statement, October 31, 2021.
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7.C. Approve Federal Projects Fund Financial Statement, October 31, 2021.
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7.D. Approve School Nutrition Fund Financial Statement, October 31, 2021.
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7.E. Approve second reading of Board Policy 5.3052 COVID-19 Leave.
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7.F. Approve second reading of revised Board Policy 6.500 Special Education Students.
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7.G. Approve second reading of revised Board Policy 4.201 Class Size Ratios.
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7.H. Approve second reading of revised Board Policy 5.302, Sick Leave.
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7.I. Approve second reading of revised Board Policy 6.600, Student Records.
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7.J. Approve second reading of revised Board Policy 5.701, Substitute Teachers.
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7.K. Approve second reading of deletion of Board Policy 6.603, Student Records/Use of Records.
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7.L. Approve rescinding Board Policy 1.8011.3, Employee Designations During Emergency Closure.
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7.M. Approve the FY22 Consolidated Application Approval for IDEA/ESEA School Year 2021-2022.
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Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 to approve the FY22 Consolidated Application Approval for IDEA/ESEA School Year 2021-2022. Motion carried.
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7.N. Approve the Homeless 2.0 application for the 2022 Fiscal Year.
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7.O. Approve the TN All Corps application.
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7.P. Approve the ESSER 3.0 application.
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7.Q. Approve a State-Recognized Partnership Agreement between Elizabethton City Schools and The University of Tennessee, Knoxville for the 2021-2022 School Year.
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7.R. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Jon Minton, Principal at EHS, for the disposal of three Riso machines that no longer work.
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7.S. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Brian Culbert, CTE Director for the disposal of 11 computers and 30 monitors that are not usable to be recycled by the Technology Department.
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7.T. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Jon Minton, Principal at EHS, for the disposal of an RCA TV, Sanyo TV, black TV cart, four drawer filing cabinet, and a broken teacher desk to be thrown away.
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7.U. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Brian Culbert, CTE Director for the disposal of two Brother copiers, one Samsung Coper, one Laminator and one Insignia television set, to be recycled by the Technology Department.
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7.V. Approve Lindsey Kyker, Teacher at TAD, to conduct a comparative study of students' scores in 8th grade Algebra 1, using data from Mrs. Anderson's Algebra 1 students, including Benchmark 1 and 2 scores and Semester 1 grades, for graduate work at Milligan University.
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7.W. Approve Lisa Horan, Instructional Assistant at Harold McCormick, to conduct research in obtaining her Master’s Degree at Milligan University in the Grown Your Own program.
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7.X. Approve travel for Richard VanHuss, Director of Schools to attend the 2021 TSBA Leadership Conference and Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, November 18-21, 2021.
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8. REPORT - DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS/BOARD MEMBERS
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8.A. Personnel Report
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8.A.a. NEW: Amy Hayden, Educational Asst. to the Teacher at TAD, effective October 26, 2021; Ella Barnes, ESP Student Leader (Systemwide), effective October 14, 2021, Jennifer Campbell, Cafeteria Personnel at TAD, effective November 5, 2021.
TRANSFER: Lela Fasciano, from Substitute Teacher to Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, effective November 2, 2021; Sheena Gardner, Cafeteria Manager at ESE, effective November 5, 2021. ADDITIONAL POSITION: Jessica Ridley, Asst. Girl's Basketball Coach at TAD, effective October 29, 2021. REHIRE: Victoria Silvestri, Teacher at ESE, effective November 1, 2021. RESIGNATIONS: Lena Peters, P/T Cook at TAD, effective November 4, 2021; Glinia Creasey, Cafeteria Manager at ESE, effective November 8, 2021. |
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8.B. Director's Update
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What a group of kids to celebrate! The extracurricular part is huge at the high school and doesn't touch what's going on in the classrooms. ESSER 3.0 application is approved. TN All Corps Application, ARP Homeless 2.0 Application and Consolidated Application, were also approved. Continuing to work on 5-year strategic plan. More info after Christmas. Looking forward to TSBA Leadership and Convention at the end of this week. Glad to have Greg Bowers here tonight to discuss the EHS Teachers Memorial Scholarship. Elizabethton Alumni Association is moving at lightning speed. Thanks to Dr. Minton, Mr. Pless, Nicole Moore, Rusty Melton, and Dustin Hensley for getting us to this point. Angelee Murray is President, Jason Holly is Vice-President, Sara Presnell is Treasurer, Rachel Wagner is Secretary, also two other Board Members, Andrew McKeehan and Tim Broyles. Excited about the opportunity to bring graduates back together and students can feed off this. Mr. Thompson is going to share TCAP Data.
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8.B.a. Accountability report and discussion.
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Mr. Thompson discussed testing data.
Comparing data from 2019, 2020 and 2021. We took a loss because of Covid. Even with the drop we outperformed the State. Data shows how hard our teachers worked through the pandemic. TCAP Participation Rate: 96% Value Added: East Side scored 5's across the Board. We did very well within the State Rankings. Chronic Absenteeism: Student misses 17-18 days (excused and unexcused) considered chronically absent. Considering how hard 2021 was, chronic absenteeism was only at 15.4% at the end of 2021 which was still below the State average. Additionally, our three elementary schools averaged only 6%. |
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8.C. Board Member Reports
Discussion:
Will have good things to share after the Convention.
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8.D. City Council Liaison's Report
Discussion:
The City is in the process of purchasing the Summers Taylor Construction building. Keep tuned in we're very close on this project. Second round of voting next month. Loosening up some things. Did bring up forecasts regarding revised numbers and will forward those to Richard when he gets them. An excess of one million dollars over forecasted budget. If students need hours the park and rec could use them with the ice skating rink.
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8.E. Student Liaison's Report
Discussion:
Maggie has met with Dr. Minton and Ms. Ellis and is working on Coffee with a Counselor to have another opportunity for the students.
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9. REGULAR AGENDA
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9.A. Approve first reading of revised Board Policy 4.212, Virtual Education Program.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 to approve the first reading of Board Policy 4.212, Virtual Education Program. Motion carried.
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Discussion:
Policy that outlines perimeters for virtual program and how we can utilize the program in ECS.
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9.B. Approve Auditing Contracts with Blackburn, Childers & Steagall, PLC for the 2022 Fiscal Year for the Elizabethton Board of Education in the amount of $21,200.00 and School Activity Funds in the amount of $15,300.00.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 to approve Letters of Engagement with Blackburn, Childers & Steagall, PLC for the 2022 Fiscal Year for the Elizabethton Board of Education in the amount of $21,200.00 and School Activity Funds in the amount of $15,300.00. Motion carried.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Auditing Contracts for these funds. We're very appreciative for this firm, and they're very hands-on. Their guidance is essential.
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9.C. Approve Reedy & Sykes Contract to complete architecture design for the baseball hitting facility.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 to approve Reedy & Sykes Contract to complete architecture design for the baseball hitting facility. Motion carried.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Discussions began with school system and park and rec building a shared facility. Because of availability of the Summers Taylor property this property will be just for ECS. Bulk of work was done and wouldn't make sense to change at this point. Still working with the City on a few things. Allows us now to finalize the drawings and put it out for bid. The City's portion would be $24,800.00.
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9.D. Approve the Director of Schools to enter into contract negotiations with Ricoh for copier services across the district, pending any required governmental approval.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 to approve the Director of Schools to enter into contract negotiations with Ricoh for copier services across the district, pending any required governmental approval. Motion carried.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Three companies bid on our copier needs. Ricoh, Kingsport Imaging Systems and Nova Tech (our current supplier) all bid on the contract. Ricoh was the low bidder, with $30,000.00 in rebates also around $20,000.00-$25,000.00 per year in savings. We are leasing the devices. We will bring the final copy back to the Board for final approval.
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9.E. Approve adding an Assistant Wrestling Coach for T. A. Dugger Jr. High School.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 to approve adding an Assistant Wrestling Coach for T. A. Dugger Jr. High School. Motion carried.
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Discussion:
Participation level in Jr. High Wrestling is up to around 20 students.
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9.F. Discussion and approval of new EHS Teachers Memorial Scholarship by Margaret Houghland.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 to approve new EHS Teachers Memorial Scholarship by Margaret Houghland. Motion carried.
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Discussion:
Mr. Greg Bowers addressed the Board with Margaret Houghland, the Class of 1957. The EHS Teachers Memorial Scholarship. Ms. Houghland is donating a sizable amount of seed money for a scholarship to be known as the EHS Teachers Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship will be to honor the memory of teachers past and those who remain. Funds will be used for a student or students who intend to pursue a post secondary education. Ms. Houghland expects there will be numerous other contributions from other EHS Alumni and their family members and friends, and members of our community who support the causes promoted by the Scholarship. EHS teachers will be selected each year to be remembered. Those teachers to be recognized this year are Anna Kinch and June Harrell.
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9.G. Discussion of COVID-19 Protocols.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 to approve new COVID-19 protocols. Motion carried.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
We encourage individuals to wear a mask if they choose to do so. No enforcement in that.
Mr. O'Quinn made a motion that we remove the mask procedures and suspend quarantine guidelines pending additional guidance from the Tennessee Department of Health. |
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10. FOR YOUR INFORMATION
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11. NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING
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11.A. The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. in the Mack Pierce Board Room in the offices of the Elizabethton Board of Education, located at 804 S. Watauga Avenue, Elizabethton, Tennessee.
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12. ADJOURN
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion was made by Board Member #1, second by Board Member #2 Motion to Adjourn Motion carried.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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