Public Meeting Minutes: May 10, 2018 at 5:30 PM - Jackson-Madison County School Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER

Rationale: Bob Alvey, Chairman will call the May Board Meeting to order with a moment of silence

1.A. MOMENT OF SILENCE

1.B. PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY LIBERTY TECH AIR FORCE ROTC

Rationale: The Liberty Tech Air Force ROTC will present the Colors for the May Board Meeting. The Liberty Tech ROTC is under the direction of Chief Wally Littrell and Lt Col Thomas E. Snodgrass

Discussion: The Liberty ROTC was unable to attend and Bob Alvey led the Pledge of Allegiance.

1.C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Rationale: Bob Alvey, Chairman will lead the Pledge of Allegiance

2. APPROVALS

2.A. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

A motion was made to approve the Consent Agenda Passed with a motion by Mr. Wayne Arnold and a second by Mr. Kevin Alexander.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

2.B. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

A motion was made to approve the Agenda Passed with a motion by Dr. Joe Mays.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

3. FINANCIAL REPORT

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

A motion was made to approve the Agenda Passed with a motion by Dr. Joe Mays.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

3.A. MODIFIED SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Speaker(s): Mike Nichols/ Holly Kellar

Discussion: Mike Nichols stated that at this time the Modified Summary Financial Statement was not available but would send when the statement is available.

3.B. SALES TAX REPORT

Discussion: Mike Nichols stated at this time there are no Sales Tax Reports to be given for the Board.

3.C. SCHOOL EXPENDITURE REPORT/SCHOOL UTILITY EXPENSE ANALYSIS

Discussion: Mike Nichols stated that there are no School Expenditure Report/School Utility Expense Analysis to be given to the Board.

4. APPEARANCE BEFORE THE BOARD

4.A. STUDENT ADVISORY AND SCOPE STUDENTS

Speaker(s): Bob Alvey

Rationale: Bob Alvey, Chairman, will present the 2017-2018 Student Advisory and SCOPE Students a certificate

Discussion:

Bob Alvey presented a Certificate of Achievement for the following High School Students in the Jackson-Madison County School System.

Students that attended SCOPE in March of 2018; Jasmyne Bynes -Southside, Carson Marshall and Alexis Yarbrough - North Side, Abby Collins and Martavious Manns - JCMECH and Sumeja Hrnjic - Madison Academic.

Students chosen to serve on the Student Advisory Committees for 2018-2019; Megan Christoferson and Johnathan Utley - Madison, Halle Webb and Charles Adams - Southside, Jaylen Barham and Zamya Carter - Liberty, Dallas Jones and Kiya Garmon - JCMECH, Jacob Yarbrough and Autumn Peterson - North Side.

4.B. STUDENT RECOGNITIONS

Speaker(s): Keli McAlister

Rationale: Keli McAlister will present the following High School Students and their accomplishments

Discussion:

Keli McAlister presented the following High School Students and their accomplishments.

Madison Academic Decathlon Team:

Head Coach Paula Maxon, Assistant Coach Linda Sikes Lane, Wells Johnstone, Quri Twitty, Paula Faur, Olivia Bezold, Brian Lane, Mary Hardy, Meredith Lewis, Katelynn Wilson and Leven Ward

These students placed fourth in the United States Academic Decathlon competition in Frisco, Texas, last month. Each competed in 10 different events. More than 75 US teams took part as well as 25 teams from China and five teams from the United Kingdom.

Wells Johnstone not only helped her team place in the 2-day competition, but finished with the highest composite score in Madison's division, Division III.

DevCatalyst Winners of all-expense trip to San Francisco

Data Dev Winners: Bryce Worley, junior at Madison and Eli Parker, junior at Madison

Novice Web Dev Code Champions: Semal Shah, junior at Madison, Chrissy Taylor, sophomore at Early College High and Maya Snyder, sophomore at Early College High

Novice Web Dev Code Leaders: Kim Nguyen, junior at Madison

Alternate Winner: Luke Pjontek, sophonmore at Madison

These students were among 800 competitors from 25 scholls throughout West Tennessee. they are the best of the best in coding and web development and taht has earned each of them an all-expense paid trip to San Francisco. They will leave tuesday and return on Friday. During the four days they will tour LindedIn, Pivotal - which is a developmental shop, the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Hacker 1 - which is not as devious as it sounds. It's a group who hackers who hired by companies to hack them, find their online weaknesses and fix tehm. they'll also visit the Computer History Museum as well as a make few surprise stops and eat a lot of really great food.

Winners of the Southwest Tennessee Electric Creative Writing and Scholarship Competition, receiving an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C.

Julia Smith - South side, Alondra Cantero - Early College High, Breanna Sanders - North side, Bethany Datuin - Madison and Kerrington Peoples - Liberty Tech

These juniors were selected for the Washington Youth Tour by writing a short story titled "Electric Cooperatives - going Beyond the Wires" that explains how co-ops provide communities with much more that electric power. They will travel with winners from other hogh schools in the Southwest Electric coverage area to DC in Junes for a guided toru of all the landmarks, memorials and museums of our nation's capital. Southwest Electric also awarded the second-place winners - one from each of our high schools - a $75 cash prize.

5. JMCEA ANNOUNCEMENTS

Speaker(s): MAL MATTHEWS

Discussion: Erlene Price, Vice-President for the JMCEA spoke to the Board. Mrs. Price thanked the Board for taking their time and delivering cakes to all of the schools during Teacher Appreciation Week. Mrs. Price thanked Eric Jones for speaking at the Employee Retirement and that he truly has a heart for teachers. JCMEA requests that the increase in state money for teachers salary, to be placed on the salary schedule. Mrs. Price stated that she will be the JMCEA President for 2018-2019.

6. ACTION ITEMS

6.A. SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

A motion was made to approve the renewal of the Superintendent Contract through June 30, 2022. Passed with a motion by Mr. Dave Bratcher and a second by Mrs. Janice Hampton.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Rationale: The School Board will review and approve the renewal of Superintendent Contract

Discussion: The School Board voted to renew Eric Jones, Superintendent Contract to June 30, 2022. Bob Alvey stated that the Board wanted to give Eric Jones the vote of confidence that we're behind him and will continue to support him. Dave Bratcher stated, If anyone is going to get uor district where it needs to be, Dr. Jones is the one that can do that, and this extension is a "thank you" for the work you've put in to make that happen. David Clifft stated, If Eric Jones does nothing else, you've brought stability back to the district, and that's worth a lot by itself.

6.B. TN READY PERCENTAGE

Speaker(s): Catherine Korth/Jared Myracle

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

A motion was made to approve the TN READY EOC scores and will not count as 15% of the Students final grades for 2017-2018. School made final exams will be used to generate the 15% exam grade. However, if a student's performance was higher on the EOC than the school made exam, the student's exam grade will be adjusted up to the that higher score. Passed with a motion by Mr. Wayne Arnold.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Discussion: The Board vote to sign the TNREADY Percentage for 2018.

6.C. REQUEST TO APPROVE FY19 BUDGETS AND ANY NECESSARY BOARD ACTION

Speaker(s): Holly Kellar

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

A motion was made to approve that 2018-2019 Budget Passed with a motion by Mr. Wayne Arnold.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Discussion: The Board voted to approve the 2018-2019 Budget for the Jackson-Madison County School System. Dave Bratcher stated that he was able to see that the Budget Committee worked hard to bring a great budget to the Board. Mr. Bratcher stated that he appreciates the hard work of the committee and that discussions were not long due to the work put in before the school board meeting. Bob Alvey stated that the Principal input was a great way to help assist in budget needs.

6.D. WHITEHALL PROPERTY PURCHASE

Speaker(s): Ray Washington/Allen Powell

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

The motion was made to approve the purchase of 142 Elizabeth Street, Jackson, Tennessee for the sales price of $9,500 and to authorize Superintendent and Board Chairman to execute all documents required to finalize the purchase. Passed with a motion by Mr. David Clifft and a second by Mr. Kevin Alexander.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Rationale: The School System is recommending the purchase of property at 142 Elizabeth Street at the cost of $9,500.00. This property is located behind Whitehall Elementary and will be used for additional parking at Whitehall Elementary.

Discussion: The School Board voted to purchase the property at 142 Elizabeth Street, Jackson, Tennessee for the sales price of $9,500.00. David Clifft stated that this was a need to purchase for additional parking and not a want by the system.

6.E. 2018-2019 SPECIAL COURSE APPLICATION PACKAGE

Speaker(s): Jared Myracle

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

A motion was made to approve the 2018-19 Special Course Application Package for the Jackson-Madison County School System Passed with a motion by Mr. Wayne Arnold and a second by Mrs. Janice Hampton.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Discussion: The Board voted to approve the 2018-2019 Special Course Application Package for the Jackson-Madison County School System.

7. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA

7.A. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM

8. ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA PER VOTE UNDER ITEM 2.2

8.A. ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA BY A VOTE UNDER ITEM 2.2 WILL BE PLACED HERE

9. COMMITTEE REPORTS

9.A. POLICY COMMITTEE-POLICIES TO BE REVISED

Speaker(s): David Clifft

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

The Policy Committee is recommending that the following policies be revised on the first reading; 4.205 Dual Enrollment, 4.502 Parent/Family Engagement-Title I, 4.600 Grading System, 4.603 Promotion and Retention, 4.605 Graduation Requirements, 4.606 Graduation Requirements, 4.606 Graduation Activities and 5.301 Emergency and Legal Leave. Passed with a motion by Mr. David Clifft.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Rationale: The Policy Committee is recommending revisions to policies

Discussion:

The Board voted to approve the revisions for policies.

David Clifft stated that he would like to speak on behave of the Sick Leave Bank. Mr. Clifft and Janice Hampton serve on this committee. Mr. Clifft stated that they meet once a month to review each employee leave and they review very carefully. Mrs. Hampton stated that they do take each review seriously and there are truly ill employees in need of the sick leave bank.

9.B. INSURANCE COMMITTEE

Speaker(s): Dave Bratcher

Rationale: The Insurance Committee meeting was Friday, May 4, 2018. This Committee plans on meeting in June and may have recommendations for the School Board at the June Board meeting.

Discussion: Dave Bratcher stated that the Insurance Committee met on May 4, 2018 and will be recommending a revision to the Policy 3.600 Insurance Management.

10. LEGISLATIVE CONTACT REPORT

10.A. NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE CONTACTS MADE DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH

11. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

11.A. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

Rationale: Eric Jones, Superintendent, will have updates for the School Board

Discussion: Eric Jones thanked the Board for the renewal of his contract. Mr. Jones mentioned that this was Teacher Appreciation Week and he thanked the Teachers for their hard work in teaching the students of Jackson-Madison County. Mr. Jones stated that the system will be adding one Pre-school class (approx. 20 students) due to receiving a grant. Mr. Jones stated that they have met with LOOP and that the program will be starting in January of 2019. Mr. Jones stated that he has met with TBDN and James Ross, West Tennessee Health Care concerning the programs for the students in JMCSS. Mr. Jones stated that the system has named, James Walker as Principal for Jackson Career and Technology.

12. CONSENT AGENDA

12.A. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

12.B. FY18 CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION APPROVAL FOR IDEA/ESEA SCHOOL YEAR 2017-18

Speaker(s): Ruth Carson/Bernice Thompson

Rationale: The Board will need to sign the FY18 Application Approval for IDEA/ESEA School Year 2017-18

12.C. HUMAN CAPITAL REPORT

Speaker(s): Tiffany Green

12.D. CHECKLIST GREATER THAN $14,999.99

Speaker(s): Holly Kellar

12.E. BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND ANY NECESSARY BOARD ACTION

Speaker(s): Holly Kellar

12.F. BUDGET EXPENSES

12.G. MAY SSO LIST

Rationale: Debbie McIntire has presented the North Side Cheerleader Booster Club verification documents and a list of SSO for the School Board members to review

13. ADJOURNMENT

13.A. ADJOURN THE MEETING

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting Passed with a motion by Mr. David Clifft and a second by Mr. Wayne Arnold.

Mr. Kevin Alexander: Yes
Mr. Bob Alvey: Yes
Mr. Wayne Arnold: Yes
Mr. Dave Bratcher: Yes
Jim Campbell: Yes
Mr. David Clifft: Yes
Mrs. Janice Hampton: Yes
Dr. Joe Mays: Yes
Mr. George Neely: Yes

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Discussion: The meeting adjourned at 6:17 pm.

May 10, 2018 at 5:30 PM - Jackson-Madison County School Board Meeting

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