October 14, 2019 at 5:30 PM - Jackson-Madison County School Board Combine Meeting

Discussion:  Winston Truett presented to the Board the 2018-2019 School Year Audit

Discussion:  Ray Washington, Jared Myracle and Ryan Kirkbride presented a banner to the following schools; Level 4 Isaac Lane Elementary School, Andrew Jackson Elementary School and Alexander Elementary School, Level 5 JCM-Early College High School, South Side High School, Community Montessori School and Madison Academic Magnet High School.  A Reward School was Community Montessori and Madison Academic Magnet High School.

Discussion:  Annette Wilson and Donna Crawford presented an award for Healthier Schools to the following Community Montessori School and Arlington Elementary School.  These schools have 60 minutes of physical activity for students and the staff at the school participate in the program.

Discussion:  Christina Gallagher Northeast Middle School parent, spoke about bullying, Angel Barten South Side High parent, Faye Ware with Mourning Mothers Organization and Claudel Brown spoke about bullying in schools.  Faye Ware mentioned that there will be a meeting on October 26 at 12:00 pm.  This meeting will be held at the Jackson-Madison County Library in the program center for those wanting to hear speakers concerning bullying.

Dr. Tracie Walker Madison parent stated that all schools in the system needed to raise their school's standards to meet Madison Academic.

Harrell Carter President of the NAACP, Latasha Huff and Shelia Godwin were there to support Doris Black as a Board member.

James Johnson asked Commissioner Jeff Wall to give the details on the Trunk or Treat event.  The Trunk or Treat has been a free event for the past 12 years and all of the community is welcomed to attend.  This event will be held at the Jackson Generals Park on October 26 starting at 3:00 PM. 

Discussion:  Janis Carroll, President of JMCEA stated that the Organization is reviewing a PECA Contract that can only be signed by Teachers, Counselors or Instructional Coaches.  They would need 15 % of signatures to vote for the contract.  There were several items that the PECA Contract was to cover. 

Discussion:  Holly Kellar, JMCSS Fiscal Services Director, stated that there are eleven budget amendments this months.  The General Purpose Monthly Financial Report is posted in BOE connect and shows expenditures of twenty million dollars thru September 30th with an additional 4.2 million dollars in encumbrances.  This totals 22.4% of the overall budget as compared to being at 20% of the budget at teh same time last year.  The quarterly School Expenditure Reprt and Utility Expense Report by Location has also been posted for your review.  There were no questions.

Discussion:  Karen Bell, Madison County Finance Director, mentioned she has been working with system employees to improve these reports and that everyone has been very helpful.

Discussion:  JCM-Early College High wanted to begin a Dance Team at the School and had to get Board approval.

Discussion:  North Side High School had to have the Board approve the naming of the building.

Discussion:  The Board had to approve the Board-owned vehicles.

Discussion:  The Board approved the following names for the 2019-2020 JMCSS Code of Ethics Committee; Sylvia Showalter, Bill Kipp, Clarence Boone, Rev. Paul Lacy and Dr. Joe Mays.

Discussion:  The Board approved the following for the 2019-2020 Student Advisory Committee; Sherreda Peggs from JCMECH, Halle Webb from South Side and Natalie Williams from Madison.

Discussion:   
Insurance Committee:  AJ Massey-Chair, Doris Black and Shannon Stewart
Technology Committee:  Wayne Arnold - Chair, Kevin Alexander and Doris Black
Policy Committee:  Janice Hampton - Chair, Shannon Stewart and Kevin Alexander
Long Range Planning Committee:  Morris Merriweather - Chair (resigned), AJ Massey and Wayne Arnold
Budget Committee: Jim Campbell - Chair, Kevin Alexander and Morris Merriweather
Education Vision Committee: James Johnson - Co Chair, Janice Hampton, Jim Campbell, Doris Black and Shannon Stewart
Sick Leave Bank:  Janice Hampton, AJ Massey and Morris Merriweather Alternate
Executive Committee: James Johnson and Ray Washington

Discussion:  There were no items removed from the Consent Agenda

Discussion:  There were no items added to the Agenda

Discussion:  Ray Washington stated that he will review the situations presented to the Board by parents with students at schools.  Mr. Washington will be reviewing with the policy committee the current cell phone policy usage by students.  Mr. Washington mentioned the process of the new schools and mentioned the process with short term suspensions for the system.  Ray Washington invited the Board to meet with the Architects at JCM Library on October 15, 2019 at 2:30 pm.

Discussion:  Jared Myracle stated that Governor Lee toured JCM-Early College High and the LOOP Program and will hopefully add approximately twenty more students in the Spring for the LOOP Program.  The System will begin a program in the elementary and middle schools to develope an interest of carreers with the students.  Dr. Myracle met with Dr. Logan Hampton and others to develope a pathway for college students to become teachers in our system.  

Discussion:  The Superintendent Search will be addressed during the Board's Retreat.

Discussion:  There were no questions unrelated to the Agenda for the Superintendent