April 5, 2021 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion (Visible on Public Minutes):  Our student representative, Skyler Stone, led us in a moment of silence in honor of Grayson Moser.  Then she led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Discussion (Visible on Public Minutes):  -This week is National Assistant Principals Week.  They do so much work behind the scenes and their work means so much.
-Vaccination Day 2 was March 27- Thank you to our CCS staff and Cherokee Pharmacy
-Blade Project - Laptop distribution is now underway in grades K-2.  We have now fully implemented K-12 BLADE initiative!
-TDOE- Academic Engagement Group and the Policy, Implementation, and Operations Committee
-TSBA Prospective Superintendent Academy- he enjoyed speaking with future district leaders on communication strategies and strategic planning.
-TOSS Legislative and Learning Conference was last week. 
-Wonderful Board Retreat last week.  

Discussion (Visible on Public Minutes):  -Coach Knox is here with wrestlers Trey McDaniel and Jackson Bradford.  Coach Knox states they had 9 state finalists this year, and 6 state champions this year (Which are both state records).  They will have 7 returning state finalists next year.  Mr. Alan Jones presents the Board with a wrestling picture.  Congratulations on a successful season!
-Doug Moore presented Laura Hudson with the 2021 TDOE Southeast Region - Regional Coordinator of the Year Award. This has been a challenging year, from contact tracing and coordinating school nurses.  This is the second year in a row that she has won this.  Congratulations to her!

Discussion (Visible on Public Minutes):  -Dr. Dyer presents the budget calendar and talks about the timeline of creating the budget.  The process started in February and will be finalized in May.
-Dr. Dyer presents the 2021-2022 Proposed Budget numbers.  The Projected General Fund Revenues - $52,111,062.  BEP - $31,332,000.  Local Taxes - $13,725,348. City of Cleveland - $5,432,000.  Salaries and Benefits: Step Increase and Cost of Living Increase of 2.5%.  Adding 2.5 positions in the teaching world.  The TCRS rate increase for certified staff from 10.27% to 10.30%.  TCRS rate for support staff remains at 17.18%.  No increase for Health insurance.  Janitorial Service is $419,200.  Local Government Payroll is $7,200.  BCPEF - $10,000 increase is offset by revenues/curriculum budget making this budget neutral.  School Allocations $(11,150).  Powerschool Assessment $(31,500).  EESI Chiller Debt Service to $(33,936) to ESSER 3.0.
-BLADE Project - Teacher Apple MacBook Air Laptops K-12 $99,030.  Grades 6-8 MacBook - $349,368.
-General Fund Proposed Budget Summary: Revenues-$52,111,062.  Expenditures - $52,111,062.  Use of Fund Balance - $0.
-School Nutrition Proposed Budge Summary: Revenues: $3,548,433.  Expenditures: $3,953,433.  Use of fund balance - $405,000

The board thanks Cindy Geren for all of her hard work.

Discussion (Visible on Public Minutes):  -Mr. Bill Emendorfer states himself and Mr. David Beckler were a part of the Cleveland Blue Raiders football team together.  They both want to recommend Mr. Bill Tally and Coach Scott.  
-Mr. Emendorfer read letters from past students and friends who speak highly of Mr. Bill Tally, he also told stories about Mr. Tally.  Mr. Emendorfer states Mr. Tally never used his disability as a way to stop him from achieving anything he wanted to do.  Carolyn Ingram was the board member who signed off on this recommendation. Mr. Emendorfer would like to name the baseball stadium in honor of Mr. Bill Tally.
-Mr. David Beckler wants to make sure that all of the board members have read the letters from all of Coach Scotts family/friends/players.  Before Coach Bobby Scott coached the football team they had a 1-9 record, He then took them to a state championship.  He arranged college scholarships for his athletes.  Mr. Beckler was one of the athletes he secured a college scholarship for. Coach Scott always had high expectations for his athletes. Mr. Beckler would like to name the football field house in honor of Coach Bobby Scott as well as put "Fierce Pride" on the field house.  
-Peggy Pesterfield reads Greg Davis' letter that was sent in.
-Carolyn Ingram wants to appreciate all the CCS alumni.  She thanks Mr. Emendorfer and Mr. Beckler for all of their hard work on honoring the past alumni.

Dr. Dyer recommends the board to approve naming both facilities after Mr. Tally and Coach Scott.

Discussion (Visible on Public Minutes):  -Dr. Elliott states the staff and students are doing well in the second semester.  We are working toward our summer school program.  Elementary students will have camp Raider at BB, Ross, and Mayfield.  We will send out more information on Wednesday.  The Middle school and high school will also have a summer program.
Virtual School of Cleveland will be available next school year for grades 4-12 with a capacity of 250 students.  We see the benefits of the face to face instruction and want to see the students in person.  
-Dr. Joel Barnes states we have received ESSER funds this year due to 2020.  They have released ESSER 1.0-CARES, 2.0-CRRSA, and 3.0-ARP.  ESSER 1.0 allocation was $1,304,557, ESSER 2.0 allocation was $5,422,194, and ESSER 3.0 was $12,177,478.  The parameters around each ESSER allocation is the funds have to be used for funding learning loss during COVID.  The last dates to obligate for the funds are: ESSER 1.0-June 30, 2022.  ESSER 2.0 - June 30, 2023.  ESSER 3.0 - June 30, 2024.  
-Overview of purchases with ESSER 1.0: i-Ready online instruction/assessment tool, chromebooks for grades 3-5.  School allocations for equipment/materials.  Florida Virtual School Curriculum and Licenses for Virtual School Students.  Summer/after-school transportation costs.  Additional janitorial services.  School nutrition costs for lunch/breakfast distribution.  PPE supplies. 
-Overview of purchases with ESSER 2.0: Summer Programming Stipends.  iPads for WIDA Access (ESL).  Math Digital Instruction Software.  FL Virtual School Licenses.  Translation Services.  Employee Bonuses.  Stipends for Vaccine Distribution Workers.  HVAC System at CHS.  Blythe-Bower Tile in Classrooms.  Dishwashers in multiple cafeterias.  Kitchen Hood Replacements at Various sites.  Chromebooks K-2.  MacBook for 9-12.  GoGuardian Mental Health/Suicide Screening for 6-12 devices.
-Overview of purchases with ESSER 3.0: After school learning acceleration stipends for 3 years.  Elementary, Middle and High STEAM Labs in all schools.  CTE Medical Science Tables.  CTE CHS AND CMS Live Equipment.  4 District Social Workers.  Learning Acceleration Specialist Position.  4 New Buses.  Janitorial Services.  Arnold Cafeteria Expansion.  Facilities Master Plan.  After-School and Summer Transportation for 3 years.  Capturing Kids Hearts Training at all levels. Sub Staffing Service.  CAPS Program Site Visits.
 

Discussion (Visible on Public Minutes):  -Mr Charlie Cogdill states a few weeks ago the site committee voted to give Dr. Dyer the approval to move ahead with SSC's contract.  The final contracts have been negotiated and Chuck Cagle has approved it and it is now ready for the final recommendation from Dr. Dyer.
-Dr. Dyer recommends to approve the contract and move forward with SSC as our custodial service.

-Mr. Cogdill states the site committee gave Mr. Taylor approval to follow up with the city on closing the street behind Arnold Elementary School.  
-Mr. Hal Taylor describes the location of the road that they are recommending closing. Harle Avenue between 4th and 7th street.  The buses will still use Harle.  
-Dr. Dyer recommends what the site committee recommended.  He recommends the approval to have Mr. Taylor follow up with the city on closing the street behind Arnold Elementary.  

-Mr. Cogdill shows the picture of the Daktronics Score/Video board.  Daktronics would do the installation.  Mr. Cogdill would like to add a commitment from the Board to resurface the track in the next school year.  Mr. Cogdill states he was advised to finish the scoreboard before the track so the heavy equipment did not tear up the new track.
-Dr. Dyer recommends we move forward with the Daktronics proposal as well as putting in the budget completing the track in the next school year.

-Motion to approve the Daktronics Score/Video board Contract and the board will promise to redo the track the next year.  We will have a 1 year warranty.  They can tie in remotely and run diagnostics on the board to stay up to date.  Their service center is in Chattanooga. 

Discussion (Visible on Public Minutes):  Skyler stated she is covering 2 months of information since she missed last months meeting.  February is counselors appreciation month.  She is personally thanking the counselors for helping her with college admissions.  The student spotlights are: Wrestling Team won their 4th state championship.  Caelie Porter for theater, Jadyn Chestnutt for basketball and being a capstone student.  The spring theater programs were announced: Dogsbreath Devereaux, The Dastardly Doctor or...Nurses Foiled Again! AND The Stinky Feet Gang or...The Fragrance challenged felons go on the offense.  The Raider Scholar group was announced, and they have a large group this year.  Our students are encouraging the COVID protocols during the school day.
March- The art club finished a mural for the JROTC.  Robotics is admitting their robot into a competition later this week. Science Olympiads is advancing to state.  Student Spotlights: Claire Krepps-competed in state championship for archery, Kathryn Bayes - Helps in the cafeteria, Kendra Edwards - JROTC scholarship, Lauren Baker - Yearbook accomplishments, Grant Hurst - Basketball, Sarah Anderson-DAR Award for Good Citizenship.  The track state meet was a great success.  Skyler, Grace Maddox, and Rishi Soni were invited to present their original research at the Junior TN Academy of Science.