March 17, 2022 at 5:30 PM - REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. MOMENT OF SILENCE

3. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG

3.A. Ms. Gouge's chorus students sang the National Anthem. 

4. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AND REGULAR AGENDA

5. TIME FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK

5.A. No citizens have asked to appear before the Board.

6. SPECIAL RECOGNITION

6.A. Recognition of the CER Curriculum Review Teams.

6.B. Recognition of the EHS Choral Students.

6.C. Recognition of the EHS and TAD Wrestling Teams.

6.D. Recognition of the EHS Girls' Basketball Team.

7. CONSENT AGENDA

7.A. Minutes of Regular Meeting:  February 21, 2022.

7.B. Approve General Purpose Fund Financial Statement, February 28, 2022.

7.C. Approve Federal Projects Fund Financial Statement, February 28, 2022.

7.D. Approve School Nutrition Fund Financial Statement, February 28, 2022.

7.E. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from John Wright, Principal at West Side Elementary for the disposal of a microwave to be thrown away.

7.F. Approve an Equipment Disposal Request from Brian Culbert, CTE Director for the disposal of a West Bend automatic bread and dough maker that no longer works.

7.G. Equipment Disposal Request from Forrest Holt, Athletic Director at EHS, for the disposal of softball batting nets/hardware valued at $500.00 to be advertised for sale in the newspaper, Facebook and the TSSAA Portal. 

7.H. Approve Trane Continuation of Service Agreement through March 31, 2023.

7.I. Approve Comprehensive Educational Resources (CER) Membership with the Niswonger Foundation for the 2022-2023 school year. 

7.J. Ratify travel for the Director of Schools to attend the EHS Girls' Championship Basketball game in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

7.K. Approve travel for the EHS Baseball Team to travel to Gordonsville, Tennessee on April 8, 2022.

7.L. Approve travel for the EHS Softball team to travel to Pikeville, Kentucky on April 22, 2022.

7.M. Approve travel for the AP U. S. History class to travel to Williamsburg, Virginia, Monticello, Virginia, Jamestown, Virginia and Busch Gardens, beginning April 21, 2022, and returning April 25, 2022. 

8. REPORT - DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS/BOARD MEMBERS

8.A. Personnel Report

8.A.a. NEW:  Alexander Matlock, Asst. to the Teacher at EHS, effective February 14, 2022; Andrew Andes, Asst. to the Teacher at ESE, effective February 16, 2022; Camryn Evans, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective February 10, 2022; Faith Simmons, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective February 10, 2022; Leah Moore, TN All Corp Instructional Asst. at T. A. Dugger, effective February 23, 2022; Caroline Hill, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective March 1, 2022; Crystal Carpenter, Cafeteria Personnel at EHS, effective March 1, 2022; Ashley Owensby, ESP-Student Leader, Systemwide, effective March 3, 2022; Jarrod Ellis, Asst. JV Baseball Coach at EHS, effective March 4, 2022; Anna Lister, ESP Student Leader (Systemwide), effective March 3, 2022.

TRANSFERRED:  Brian Adams, from TN All Corp. Asst. to Instructional Asst. (full time substitute) at T. A. Dugger; effective February 24, 2022; Heather Dykes, from PT Cafeteria Personnel at EHS to PT Cafeteria Personnel at WSE, effective February 8, 2022; Amy Alexander, from Substitute Teacher to Asst. to the Teacher at EHS, effective February 14, 2022; Karma Ingram, from Instructional Asst.at T. A. Dugger to Bookkeeper at T. A. Dugger, effective February 16, 2022.

RESIGNED: Skylar Steele, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective February 23, 2022; Theresa Lopez, ESP Student Leader, Systemwide, effective February 15, 2022; Adrienne Meade, Asst. to the Teacher at ESE, effective February 25, 2022; Shawnee Markland, SPED Asst. to the Teacher at WSE, effective March 18, 2022. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Hailey Holyfield, Teacher at EHS,  (Revised) from January 26, 2022, through April 26, 2022; Nicole Horne, Teacher at ESE, from February 7, 2022, through February 23, 2022; Travis Smithdeal, Teacher at T. A. Dugger, from April 4, 2022, through April 19, 2022; Jessica Ridley, Teacher at T. A. Dugger, from April 4, 2022, through May 6, 2022; Jodi Buckles, LPN at WSE from February 8, 2022, through March 11, 2022; Shawnna Kelley, Instructional Asst. at T. A. Dugger, from May 16, 2022, through May 24, 2022. 

8.B. Director's Update

8.C. Board Member Reports

8.D. City Council Liaison's Report

8.E. Student Liaison's Report

9. REGULAR AGENDA

9.A. Approve an adjustment in Professional Development Days to the 2022-2023 Elizabethton City Schools Calendar.  

9.B. Approve Blackburn, Childers, and Steagall, PLC for ESSER Pre-Monitoring preparation services through June 30, 2024, at a cost not to exceed $56,200.00.

9.C. Approve first reading of revised Board Policy 1.102, Board Members Legal Status.

9.D. Approve Math Implementation Grant Application to the Tennessee Department of Education.

10. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

11. NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING

11.A. The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on the 21st day of April 2022, 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.

12. ADJOURN