September 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Kingsport City Schools Board of Education Regular Meeting

Description:  Sevier Middle School 8th grade students Callie McCurry and Emma Worley will lead the Board of Education and audience in the Pledge of Allegience.

Description:  Newly elected Board President Dr. Brandon Fletcher and Board members will read aloud the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) Boardsmanship Standards/Code of Ethics.  Policy 1.1061 - Boardsmanship Standards incorporates the code into the Kingsport City Schools policy and specifies that this policy will be read aloud annually at the September Board meeting.

Description:  Dr. Brandon Fletcher, Board President, will ask for a motion to accept the agenda, which includes the consent agenda. Once the agenda is accepted, the Board mutually agrees not to discuss any item of business or take any action that has not been accepted for the agenda.
 

Description:  Mrs. Melissa Woods will recognize Stephen Baker, Coach of the Dobyns-Bennett High School Unified Bowling team, for being named the TSSAA Coach of the Year for Unified Bowling.

In the first two months of the new program in 2024, coaches Stephen Baker and his wife, Michelle, were able to put a team together and win the TSSAA Unified State Championship. Their commitment to this program went above and beyond, and they were very pleased with the final outcome.

In the 15 months since implementing the D-B unified bowling program, coaches Stephen and Michelle Baker have taken the program to a state championship (2024) and a runner-up finish (2025).  The team has been able to have success due to the great coaches, athletes and partners that have gone above and beyond representing the program.

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Public Comment Guidelines:

This is the time when members of the audience are invited to comment on agenda items. If pre-approved by the Board Executive Committee, members of the community may also address the Board regarding non-agenda items. In order to speak on a topic not included on the agenda, per Board Policy 1.404, you must submit a written request to the Superintendent of Schools at least three (3) business days before the regular meeting.  

This is not the time to speak about personnel issues, as there are more appropriate ways in which these can be addressed. If you are not sure how to do this, please ask a Board member after the meeting. In your remarks, you may not refer to students by name without permission from a parent or guardian.

Speakers are requested to first state your name and limit your remarks to a maximum of three (3) minutes.

Thank you. 

Description:  New banking resolutions have been completed at five schools this year. Attached are resolutions for the Activities Account at the following schools:

• Adams Elementary School
• Jackson Elementary School
• Kennedy Elementary School
• Roosevelt Elementary School
• Dobyns-Bennett High School

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The Memorandum of Understanding between Kingsport City Schools and Kingsport Police Department for school crossing guards has been signed and the signatures of the Board President and Superintendent need to be ratified. The MOU was approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on April 1, 2025.

Description:  Mr. David Frye, Chief Finance Officer, will present information from a recent bid opening for the Washington Elementary School HVAC Replacement project. Three bids were received, with the lowest compliant bid being from S.B. White Company, Inc. in the amount of $1,998,000.00. The total cost of the project will be $2,262,760.00, including architect/engineer fee ($119,880.00), 6% contingency ($119,880.00), and miscellaneous costs ($25,000.00). Funding will be from the Washington HVAC Replacement project GP2512.

Description:  Mr. Frye will present FY 2026 Budget Amendment #2 for Board consideration.