March 8, 2021 at 5:30 PM - Jackson-Madison County School Work Session

Discussion:  James Johnson called the March JMCSS Work Session to order with an invocation by Andre Darnell followed by the pledge of allegiance. 

Discussion:  Chris Alexander gave an update everything is on target. Agreed to do a tour of the schools after Spring Break. 

Office of Superintendent: Dr. King discussed the Budget Amendments and Financials
i. Budget Amendments  Fund #141 General Purpose 
1. $13,152 Insurance Recovery Replacement and repair for damaged CTE equipment at SSHS, stolen items from Maintenance vehicles at Central office, vandalism at Malesus Elementary , and repair work to a damaged bus. 2. $22,000 Contributions (New Money) This amendment adds a $10,000 contribution from HES facilities, LLC be used for students to be used for student scholarships and a $12,000 contribution from Amerigroup to be used for the purchase of Chromebook power chords. 3. $57,900 CTE- this amendment reallocates unused ECH tuition expenditure funds and funds from the sale of CTE equipment to the vocational equipment line to be used for purchases for the Workforce Development Center.  4. $8,463 Coordinated School Health Grant-This amendment aligns the general ledger to the Revision 2 budget approved by the state, to adjust for anticipated total year-end expenditures. 5. $17,990 State PreK Grant- This amendment aligns the general ledger to the Revision 1 budge approved by the state, to adjust for anticipated total year-end expenditures. 
Fund #177 Education Capital
6. $4,100,000 This amendment appropriates fund balance to be used for the Madison and JCM projects. 
ii. Financials were are still under budget. See attachment
iii. Policies (5.100 - 5.306) 5.106, 5.1101, 5,3021, and 5.3022 to be excluded. Correction need to be made to exclude 5.1108 instead of 5.1101. Dale Thomas read each policy as it was discussed during the Feb. 26 Policy meeting. Janice Hampton stated she would like to make sure that Teachers certification was updated yearly concerning policy 5.102. Board members had concerns regarding the equity in Human Capital. Dr. King stated that they will come up with a procedure in hiring to make sure we get what is best for our students. 
iv. ESSER 2.0 Budget Proposal
Dr. King passed out and discussed Goal Alignment Worksheet and 5-yr Capital Outlay (2022-2026) 
ESSER 2.0 Allowables 1. Learning Loss, 2. Learning Acceleration, 3. Improving community engagement and parental experience, 4. Education technology, 5. Summer Learning and Supplemental for Afterschool, 6. Long term closures, 7. Unique Needs for Special Population, 8. Mental Health Support, and 9. Other Necessary Activities. Dr. King gave each activity with the estimated cost, goal alignment, narrative, belief statement, and the intended outcome for each activity.  
5-yr Capital Out- by using the  ESSER 2.0 funds this will allow projects to be completed earlier.  
b. Academics - Revision in School Name was approved JCM Middle School and JCM High School. JASA will need to be Jackson Academic Stem Academy. The structure of JASA will have a North and South region. This has been submitted to the state for approval. 
i. Human Resources We have 5 vacancies. Absenteeism is down in 2020 was 1191  presently 723. 
ii. Capital Projects
1. JCM and Madison Project - Chris Alexander gave an update at the beginning of the meeting.  Dr. Catlett gave updates on other projects. Board Room 80% complete. Secure entrance at Central Office by next week. We have another LOOP student working in technology that is from Madison Academic. 
d. Communications We will recognize 26 Students Thursday night at the board meeting who made a 30+ on the ACT. They will receive  a purple chord at graduation to wear to symbolize this. Boys Basketball team at Madison will play March 17th Madison vs Clay Co. South Side vs. Fayette tonight. Our South Side choir will perform for the board Thursday. 
e. JMCEA - Thank you Dr. King and we applaud attendance for the teachers doing this pandemic. Thank you for listening to all our concerns during our meetings and you actually implementing them, ex. bonus if you invest into your staff they will stay. Kuddos to you and your staff for making JMCSS a wonderful place to work 4 days a week. Enjoy spring break. 
 

Discussion:  James Johnson want to add to the Action Item to recommend Senate Bill 774  and House Bill 777 for  LEA BEP calculation for the 2021-22 school year. He will give me the document to email you. 

Discussion:  The JMCSS March Work Session meeting was adjourned at 6:57 pm.