March 16, 2023 at 5:30 PM - REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. MOMENT OF SILENCE

3. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG

4. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AND REGULAR AGENDA

5. TIME FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK

6. SPECIAL RECOGNITION

6.A. Recognition of Elizabethton High School TN All-State Chorus 2023 and NAfME All-National Choir 22-23.

Recognition of the Elizabethton High School All-State Band.

Recognition of the TAD Girls' Basketball and Cheer Teams.

Recognition of the Teaching as a Profession PBS Student Journalism Challenge winners as follows:

Audio Group: Kara Cole, Morgan Compton, Makaylah Crowe, Shaylee Mathes, Sydnee McLellan.
Video Group: Andrew Barnett, Brilee Hurley, Makaylah Payne, Grace Yoder.

Recognition of the Elizabethton High School Girls' Basketball Team.

7. CONSENT AGENDA

7.A. Minutes of Regular Meeting:  February 13, 2023.

7.B. Approve General Purpose Fund Financial Statement, February 28, 2023.

7.C. Approve Federal Projects Fund Financial Statement, February 28, 2023.

7.D. Approve School Nutrition Fund Financial Statement, February 28, 2023.

7.E. Approve Comprehensive Educational Resources (CER) Membership Agreement for the 2023-2024 School Year.

7.F. Approve the Dual Enrollment Agreement for Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology between Elizabethton City Schools and Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton for one year, beginning August 1, 2023, and ending on July 31, 2024.

7.G. Approve Tiffany M. Hogan, District Literacy Coach with Johnson City Schools to conduct research for her dissertation utilizing Elizabethton City Schools' data points specific to English Language Arts (ELA) interim assessments' predictive validity of TCAP scores.   

7.H. Approve Equipment Disposal Requests from Jon Minton, Principal at Elizabethton High School for the disposal of broken and non-working items. 

7.I. Approve second reading of Board Policy 4.700, Testing Programs.

7.J. Approve second reading of Board Policy 6.200, Attendance. 

7.K. Approve second reading of Board Policy 6.300, Code of Conduct.

7.L. Approve second reading of Board Policy 6.309, Zero Tolerance Offenses. 

8. REPORT - DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS/BOARD MEMBERS

8.A. Personnel Report

8.A.a. NEW HIRES: Becky Brodio, ESP Student Leader, System-wide, effective February 20, 2023; Abigail "Abby" Johnston, ESP Student Leader, System-wide, effective February 16, 2023; Tilli Maxwell, ESP-Student Leader, System-wide, effective March 2, 2023; Carley Williams, Head Volleyball Coach at EHS, effective March 7, 2023.

REHIRES:  Tracy Holliday, Bus Driver, System-wide, effective March 8, 2023.

TRANSFERS: Amy King, from Educational Assistant at WSE to Educational Assistant at ESE, effective February 21, 2023; Anna Backus, from FT INT Teacher to PT SPED Assistant at ESE, effective February 21, 2023; Amy Alexander, from Educational Assistant at EHS to Substitute Teacher, effective March 17, 2023; Lydia Wismer, from Educational Assistant at EHS to Substitute Teacher, effective March 13, 2023.

RESIGNATIONS: Becky Brodio, ESP Student Leader, System-wide, effective February 22, 2023; Allisson Irick, Educational Assistant at HME, effective March 1, 2023; Brad Thompson, Computer Specialist at CO, effective February 17, 2023; Walter "Lee" Wilson, Educational Assistant at HME, effective March 3, 2023. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Kendall Treadway, Teacher at ESE, from April 3, 2023, through May 24, 2023; Courtney Erwin, Teacher at ESE, from January 31, 2023, through February 13, 2023; Amy Ensor, Teacher at WSE, from March 2, 2023, through May 24, 2023.

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 the recommendation from ECS Math Textbook Committee for the following Math textbooks for Local Adoption:

Eureka Math Squared TN Edition (K-1)
Curriculum Associates: i-Ready Classroom Mathematics (2-5)
Big Ideas Learning:  Tennessee Math (6-8)
Big Ideas Learning:  Tennessee Math (ALG I, GEOM, ALG II)
SVVAS: Larson, Elementary Statistics: Pictures of the World (Statistics)
SVVAS:  Demana, Calculus:  Graphical, Numerical, and Algebraic (Calculus)
SVVAS:  Blitzer, Precalculus
 

9.B. Approve the recommendation from ECS's K-2 Teachers to change ELA Knowledge textbook adoption to Amplify: CKLA Knowledge.

9.C. Approve a State Recognized Partnership Agreement between Elizabethton City Schools and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences for a Grow Your Own Grant.

9.D. Approve Appendix D: Employer Acceptance Agreement for the Grow Your Own Grant.

9.E. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding between Elizabethton City Schools and Unicoi County Schools for a CTE Course Exchange Program.

9.F. Approve revised Board Policy 1.106, Code of Ethics.

9.G. Approve revised Board Policy 1.107, Board Member Conflict of Interest.

9.H. Approve revised Board Policy 1.806, Advertising and Distribution of Materials in Schools. 

9.I. Approve proposed Board Policy 4.204, Summer Instructional Programs.

9.J. Approve proposed Board Policy 4.603, Promotion and Retention.

10. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

11. NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING

11.A. The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, the 20th day of April 2023, 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