July 6, 2015 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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2. Approval of the Agenda
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3. Consent Agenda
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3.a. Meeting Minutes from June 1 and June 22, 2015 meetings
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3.b. Field Trip Requests
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3.c. Disposition of Materials
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4. Public Comment
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5. Communications to the Board
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5.a. Director's Report
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5.a.a. Student Recognition - CTE National Competition Winners
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5.a.b. Recognition - Sullivan County EMA Director and Staff
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5.a.c. Recognition - State Track Champion in 3200, Luke Meade
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5.b. Board Chairman Report
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6. Unfinished Business
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6.a. Policy 4.209 Alternative Credit Options - Adoption on 3rd Reading
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6.b. Policy 1.8011 Emergency Closings - Adoption on 3rd Reading
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6.c. Brookside School
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6.d. EESI Loan Agreement
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6.e. Sullivan East Roof
Rationale:
Discuss options for roof work.
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7. New Business
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7.a. Policy 5.117 Procedure for Granting Tenure - Review on 1st Reading
Rationale:
This policy was updated to address the notice requirements for non-renewal of teachers who are not granted tenure. The previous law stated that the notice of non-renewal must be received prior to June 15 to be applicable to the next succeeding school year. The new law requires the notice to be given within five (5) business days following the last instructional day of the school year.
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7.b. Policy 5.201 Separation Practices for Non-Tenured Teachers - Review on 1st Reading
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Policy recommendation by TSBA. This policy was updated to address the notice requirements for non-renewal of non-tenured teachers. The previous law stated that the notice of non-renewal must be received prior to June 15 to be applicable to the next succeeding school year. The new law requires the notice to be given within five (5) business days following the last instructional day of the school year.
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7.c. Policy 6.205 Student Assignments - Review on 1st Reading
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This policy was updated to reflect a revision to TCA 49-6-3102. This law will require a school principal to separate an alleged victim of child sexual abuse from an alleged perpetrator if the abuse allegedly occurred while the child was under the supervision or care of the school. Additionally, the parent or custodian can request that the child be moved to a different school if certain circumstances are met.
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7.d. Sheriff's Office Request to Use Akard as Training Field
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7.e. ESG Contract
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7.f. Surplus Textbook Disposal
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Textbooks and the Textbook Adoption Program in Tennessee is currently on a six (6) year contract period. As new books are purchased each year, the old editions are no longer under contract and become surplus books. The Textbook Adoption process for the school year 2014-15 was K-12 Math.
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7.g. Change to 2015-2016 School Calendar
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Request to change the March 1st Inservice Day to Tuesday, April 19th due to change of ACT Testing date.
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8. Adjournment
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