April 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM - Working Committees

Discussion:  Safdie called the meeting to order at approximately 4:00 pm. 

Discussion:  Safdie asked for a motion to approve. Hamby made the motion and Safdie with the second. 

Discussion:  Safdie introduced this item to the committee. He told everyone that it had been brought up to add fencing for the protection of the students at Homestead Elementary. Stepp gave the quote to the committee and told them it could be upward of $140,000-$190,000 and with gates they could be looking at $241,000. He said that Edmonds is always looking at mitigating risks. Hamby asked if anything had been done towards the safety film. Stepp said no, just the quote he gave the board. He said he believed Martin had spent some of their capital outlay for safety film. Safdie had previously asked the director to provide the egress from Rector Rd, and he wanted to know the cost of putting up a fence from hwy 68 to Rector Rd. Stepp said roughly $13,000 for regular fencing. After several numbers were given on how many feet from point to point, he said the budget can decide if a full fence or partial is in the budget. Safdie made a motion to send the fencing on to the budget committee for them to review. Hamby with the second. 

Discussion:  Safdie presented this to the committee. Stepp said he doesn't have any recommendations on the facility right now due to decrease in funding, but they will provide services according to TEIS regulations. He said everything would be mapped out for the participants. Boston and Stepp met and executive approved the apply for the grant so no action is needed at this time. 

Discussion:  Safdie asked for an update and Stepp told everyone that SMHS is currently using 4 courts that have been patched. Chamberlin told him that 6 courts were going to run around $500,000. He said no breaks in more courts, just adding $83-85,000 per court. He told everyone to hold a district tournament there has to be 8 courts. Boston asked about reorientation but Stepp said they would be one behind the other and not side by side. Boston asked if it was required to hold tournaments and Stepp said no. Safdie said this was a large expense and whatever decision the budget committee made, he will support. Hamby made the motion to move this item on to the budget committee. Safdie with the second. 

Discussion:  Safdie presented this and just asked for an update. Stepp said they have gone through the interior punch list, it was dried in and VEC passed electrical inspection along with fire marshal. The turf is also close to being ready to put down. Safie was satisfied with the update. 

Discussion:  Hamby made a motion to adjourn meeting. Stull gave the second. Meeting was adjourned at 4:24 pm. 

Discussion:  Hamby called meeting to order at approximately 4:25 pm. 

Discussion:  Hamby asked for a motion to approve the mintues and Stull made the motion and Hamby with the second. 

Discussion:  Hamby presented this and told the committee this was a clean up on the policy when adding additional points in honors classes. Maddox explained the wording change to the committee. Hamby made a motion to send to full board and Stull with the second. 

Discussion:  Hamby told everyone that this was coming up again after being tabled more than once. She said that not all counties have a dress code policy and Stepp had recommended doing administrative procedures. Hamby asked what that would look like. Stepp said they would work directly with principals and teacher leaders to see what exactly was required for professional attire. He said some are removing the policy or editing it and several counties are modifying it. Stepp said they would decide what professional standards would be. Hamby asked if it would be principal decision per building. Stepp said it would be a county- wide procedure. Hamby said she looked at Putnam Co and Stepp said their recommendations came from their collaborative conference. Hamby said she was ok with having a procedure instead of policy as long as every building was not different and did not want it principal controlled. She preferred it to be district wide. Hamby said they would have to come up with what "district expectations" would say if they removed the dress code policy. Stout said she would like to see a draft of the procedures before they completely do away with the policy. Boston said she liked the idea of collaborative conferencing making the determination. Stull said the decision needs to be county-wide, the same all across the board. Hamby asked if they didn't like what the collaborative conference came up with, they could deny the recommendations. Stepp said the board approves all policies. Stout asked when they would see the recommended changes coming back to the committee. Timson said they should be ready by the next month. Hamby made a motion to turn this policy over to collaborative conferencing. Stull with the second.  

Discussion:  Stull made a motion to adjourn, Hamby with the second. 

Discussion:  King called the meeting to order in Davis' absence. 

Discussion:  Stout made a motion to approve minutes and King seconded. 

Discussion:  Stout made a motion to table until next month's meeting. King with second. 

Discussion:  King made a motion to adjourn and Stout with the second.