[1. Call to Order]
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I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MONDAY, JUNE 1ST, 2026, REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BEGIN WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE IF WE CAN PLEASE.
UM, REMEMBER WE HAD A LONG TIME WILSON COUNTY EDUCATOR.
IT WAS, UH, A RETIRED MR. STEVE CARLISLE THAT HAS RECENTLY PASSED.
SO PLEASE KEEP HIS, HIS FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS AND, UH, YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAY FOR HIS, HIS FAMILY'S COMFORT.
AND, UM, ANYONE ELSE THERE THAT'S SICK OR HURTING RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, PLEASE KEEP 'EM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS WELL.
UP NEXT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IF I COULD HAVE TROOP 2 6 3 AND TROOP 3 6 2, PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT.
THEY'RE GONNA LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, AND IF EVERYONE ELSE COULD PLEASE STAND UP.
MR. COLTON, WHEN YOUR, UH, TROOP IS SET UP, YOU CAN BEGIN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO REPUBLIC NATION.
THANK YOU TO TROOP 2 6 3 AND TROOP TROOP 3 6 2.
[3.1 Adopt the Agenda]
OKAY, IT'S TIME TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.CAN I GET SOMEONE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA WITH TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS MOTION TO ADOPT? SECOND MOTION IS SECOND MS. SHERRY MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS.
JUST A REMINDER HERE, UH, MS. LYNN IS NOT THE PRESENT TONIGHT.
UM, SHE'LL BE BACK WITH US AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
AND I DID, UM, WE'RE GONNA DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT HERE.
[5.1 Colton Morey - Eagle Scout Proposal]
LET COLTON MORRIE, WHO'S DOING AN EAGLE SCOUT PRESENTATION, ACTUALLY GO FIRST RIGHT NOW.SO, MR. COLTON, IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, APPROACH YOUR PODIUM AND GIVE US YOUR PROPOSAL, SIR.
I AM THE, AN ONCOMING JUNIOR AT GREENHILL HIGH SCHOOL, UH, LIFE SCOUT AND TROOP 2 63, AND PART OF GREENHILL'S ROTC PROGRAM.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT MY EAGLE SCOUT PROPOSAL FOR APPROVAL.
MY PROJECT IS A MONKEY BAR SYSTEM CONTAINING FOUR SECTIONS.
FIRST SECTION IS BEING AN INCLINE SECTION IN SECOND SECTION, THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, SO MEANING YOU HAVE TO HOLD ONTO THE SIDE.
THE THIRD SECTION HAS BOARDS ACROSS THE TOP WITH ROPES HANGING FROM THEM TO HANG AND GO ACROSS.
THE LAST SECTION IS REGULAR MONKEY BARS WITH THE ABILITY TO ROTATE.
THIS WILL BE BUILT, UH, BEHIND AT GREENHILL HIGH SCHOOL ON THE HILL BEHIND, NEAR OR BEHIND THE GREENHOUSES.
AND THE REASON I CHOSE THIS PROJECT IS BECAUSE I WANT GIVE BACK TO THE RDC PROGRAM BECAUSE IT, BOTH SCOUTING AND RDC INSTILLED IN ME, UH, LEADERSHIP DISCIPLINE SERVICE IN FIRST AID.
AND I ALSO WANT TO BUILD OFF MY BROTHER'S PROJECT, WHICH IS A CLI, UH, WHICH IS A CLIMBING WALL WITH, WITH PULL UP BARS.
THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE PHYSICAL, UH, UH, PHYSICAL STRENGTH AND READINESS.
AND IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT CAN, HAS THIS BEEN THROUGH ALL THE STEPS FOR APPROVAL THROUGH THE SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING? UM, I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OFF OF YOUR BROTHER'S PROJECT, SO I WOULD LIKE, REGARDLESS OF THAT MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON THIS, BUT, UH, THANK YOU AB UH, YEAH, MS. MS. RIS SAID THANK YOU FOR, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, TO WANT TO IMPROVE THAT, ESPECIALLY TYING ON TO YOUR BROTHERS, UM, AND ALSO LEAVING THE LASTING IMPACT AT GREENHILL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE STUDENTS THAT ARE SITTING OUT HERE IN THE STANDS THAT AREN'T EVEN NEAR HIGH SCHOOL ONE DAY, BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SEEDS THAT YOU'VE PLANTED.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR CARING ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY
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AND, AND FOR THEM AS WELL.YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TOO.
AS A EAGLE SCOUT MYSELF, I'M JUST PROUD OF THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING, THE BROTHER DID, AND YOUR FAMILY, I HOPE THE KIDS THAT ARE IN SCOUTING BEHIND YOU THAT LOOK FOR YOU AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT THEY CONTINUE TO WANNA STRIVE TO GET THEIR EAGLE SCOUT AS WELL.
YOU GET, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT THROUGH GRADUATION.
IT'LL HELP YOU ALL THROUGH LIFE.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND HELP YOU OUT.
UM, DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP GET SOME FUNDS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOU.
SO, GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THIS DONE.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PROJECT, AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MY EAGLE SCOUT PROPOSAL.
MS. SHERRY, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, SEND, SEND, SEND, SEND AN EV UH, INVITE WHEN YOU COMPLETE IT, IF YOU'D LIKE US TO COME, YOU KNOW, SEE WHEN IT'S COMPLETE, WE'D LOVE TO COME, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATE WITH YOU.
MOTION PASS, UNANIMOUS, FIVE ZERO.
CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK.
[4.1 Sandy Anderson - Adult Learning Center]
HAVE MS. SANDY ANDERSON.SHE, UH, SHE'S IN CHARGE OF THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER AND SHE IS, UM, A INTEGRAL PART OF THE WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, UM, FROM THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU DO AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT YOU DO, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOUR JOB IS TIRELESS, AND WE COULDN'T PROBABLY GIVE YOU ENOUGH HUGS AND HANDSHAKES AND HIGH FIVES TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH YOU'RE APPRECIATED.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION HERE TONIGHT, MR. PADILLA AND MS. MCGEE.
I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE COLTON, COLTON, AND TWO YEARS AGO THAT YOU'LL SCOUT SCOUTS BUILT TWO BEAUTIFUL BOOKSHELVES FOR OUR SCHOOL, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND IT, THEY LOVE IT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS MR. LETCHER, ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US AND FOR OUR PROGRAM AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GONNA MISS, YOU HAD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER.
AS HE SAID, MY NAME IS SANDY ANDERSON.
WE FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF BARRY TATUM ACADEMY WITH PRINCIPAL SEAN, KEVIN.
AND HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE DO.
THE FIRST THING, WE HAVE EC CLASSES, BASIC LITERACY CLASSES, ESL CITIZENSHIP CLASSES, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO JAIL CLASSES.
AND THEN A FEW OF THE UPGRADES THAT I'LL EXPLAIN IN JUST ONE SECOND.
OUR IEC CLASSES ARE PRETTY FLEXIBLE HERE.
WE HAVE MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND EVENING CLASSES.
ALL OUR GRADUATES, THEY QUALIFY FOR THE HOPE SCHOLARSHIP, TENNESSEE PROMISE, AND TENNESSEE RECONNECT.
OUR GRADUATES ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $15,750 IN TAXPAYER REVENUE AND WAGES AFTER EARNING THEIR HIEP.
WE AVERAGE ABOUT 600 STUDENTS EVERY YEAR, AND IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT APPROXIMATELY 350 GRADUATES.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE MONTH OF SCHOOL LEFT.
SO WE ARE YEAR ROUND PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE THREE MORE HIGH SET TESTS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING MORE GRADUATES.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GEL CLASS.
AND FIRST OF ALL, YOU MAY SAY, WHY, WHY ARE YOU IN THE JAIL? WELL, IN 2021, THE LATEST STATS SHOW THAT TENNESSEE'S RECIDIVISM RATE IS 46%.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT ALMOST HALF OF ALL THOSE THAT ARE RELEASED FROM JAIL ARE ESTIMATED TO RETURN IN ABOUT THREE YEARS.
SO WE HAVE TWO CLASSES AT THE JAIL.
OUR SECOND CLASS IS A REENTRY CLASS, AND IT'S CALLED MOVING FORWARD WITH MS. JULIE DRAPER.
UH, KRISA HENDERSON TEACHES OUR HI SET CLASSES.
UM, OUR HI SET CLASSES ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT OUR MOVING FORWARD CLASS IS A REENTRY CLASS.
AND WHAT WE DO THERE IS WE HELP OUR STUDENTS GET READY TO RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE TEACH WORKPLACE READINESS SKILLS.
WE HAVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS, FINANCIAL AND DIGITAL LITERACY, PARENTING SKILLS.
AND THEN WE ALSO SHARE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN WILSON COUNTY SO THAT THEY ARE PREPARED WHEN THEY GET OUT.
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I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR JAIL PROGRAM WAS THE NUMBER ONE IN TENNESSEE.WE HAD 72 GRADUATES LAST YEAR, AND SO FAR WE HAVE 40 GRADUATES, WHICH, UM, WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE TESTS TO GO IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
SO WE HOPE TO BE CLOSER TO THE 72.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR GEL CLASSES.
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 500 ESL STUDENTS, AND THOSE 500 STUDENTS HAVE HAVE, UM, ABOUT 28 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN OUR ESL CLASSES.
WE HELP THEM TO LEARN TO READ AND COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH.
WE ALSO TEACH EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AND PREPARE SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR WHEN THEY'RE IN WORK.
WE DO HAVE A WORKPLACE, UM, ESL CLASS AT ASUR CURRENTLY, AND THAT'S OVER IN MOUNT JULIET.
AND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS WHO TOOK THEIR WORKPLACE TEST PASSED IT THE OTHER DAY.
WE DO THAT ABOVE OUR ENGLISH CLASSES.
WE ALSO TRY TO MEET WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT US TO HELP TEACH OUR ESL STUDENTS SO THAT IT IMPROVES THEIR SAFETY AND HOPEFULLY, UM, KEEPS THEIR STUDENTS, THEIR EMPLOYEES THERE TOO.
EVERY MONTH, WE HAVE, UH, SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO COMES OUT TO OUR CLASSES TO DO A COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS IS THAT WE HAVE HIGHER PARENT INVOLVEMENT, WHICH EQUATES TO IMPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMES.
OUR ESL CLASSES CURRENTLY ARE AT THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER ASSURANCE AND ST.
WE ALSO HAVE BASIC LITERACY CLASSES.
THE BOTTOM LINE FOR OUR BASIC LITERACY IS THAT OUR GOAL IS THAT OUR STUDENTS START TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYEES, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND CITIZENS.
MY FAVORITE PICTURE ON HERE IS THIS GENTLEMAN HERE WHO, WHEN HE CAME TO OUR CLASSES, HE SAID, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO READ TO MY DAUGHTER.
SO, IMPROVING ADULT LITERACY DIRECTLY IMPROVES THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.
AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT MS. LINDA, SUE SIMPSON IS OUR TEACHER HERE, AND SHE'S BEEN IN THE WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS AS A TEACHER FOR 54 YEARS.
SO SHE'S REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HER JOB.
NEXT, WE DO HAVE CITIZENSHIP CLASSES, AND THAT'S THANKS TO MS. SHANNON QUEEN.
SHE'S THE VOLUNTEER, AND SHE HAS CLASSES AT OUR PLACE IN, UH, ADULT LEARNING CENTER AND ALSO AT ST.
AND WHAT SHE DOES THERE IS PREPARES THE STUDENTS TO TAKE THEIR CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, NATURALIZATION INTERVIEW AND THEIR TEST.
SO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD 37 NEW CITIZENS BECAUSE OF MS. SHANNON QUEEN AND, UM, VOLUNTEERING AT THESE TWO LOCATIONS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, IS WE HAVE A HESI PREP PROGRAM, AND THAT'S FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE WANTING TO BECOME NURSES.
WE PARTNER WITH TCAT AND THEY CAN COME TO OUR PLACE AND WE HELP THEM GET READY TO TAKE THE HESI PREP.
WE HELP OUR STUDENTS STUDY FOR THE A CT OR THE ASBA.
WE PARTNER WITH THE AMERICAN JOB CENTER FOR THEIR, THEIR, UM, STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BE TO GO TO LINEMAN'S SCHOOL.
AND THEN FINALLY, ONE OF OUR PERKS, WE HAVE A CAREER COACH.
SO WE MENTOR OUR STUDENTS WITH THEIR NEXT STEPS.
THEY GIVE THEM CAREER ASSESSMENTS, JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE, AND THEN FINALLY GETTING THEM INTO COLLEGE.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE LOCATIONS THAT OUR CLASSES ARE IN.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INVITATION.
ANYONE WITH ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING TONIGHT.
WOULD YOU MIND SHARING ABOUT TAYLOR FARMS? I, I WOULD LOVE TO.
SO, THREE, UH, FOUR YEARS AGO, TAYLOR FARMS, THESE TWO LADIES HERE, THEY WERE OUR STUDENTS IN 2021.
THEY LIVE HERE IN WILSON COUNTY.
AND THEY CAME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AND THEY RECEIVED THEIR DIPLOMA.
AND A FEW DAYS LATER, THE OWNER OF TAYLOR FARMS, THE PRESIDENT, SAID, HEY, DO YOU MIND SHARING YOUR PROGRAM WITH TAYLOR FARMS? AND I SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
WE LOVE HELPING OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THOSE TWO LADIES TOOK THE PROGRAM INTO TAYLOR FARMS, AND IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE HAD A HUNDRED GRADUATES, AND I THINK 18 OF THOSE ARE NOW IN COLLEGE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED AND PASSIONATE,
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AND, UH, THANKFULLY THEY HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS THERE THAT KEEP THE PROGRAM RUNNING SMOOTHLY.AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOUR STAFF DOES FOR WILSON COUNTY.
WE REALLY LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND WE LOVE HELPING.
JUST A, UM, A QUESTION REAL QUICK, MA'AM.
UM, IF AN, SO IF, IF AN, IF AN ADULT WANTS TO GO BACK AND GET THEIR HIGH SET OR, YOU KNOW, GET WITH THESE PROGRAMS, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO CONNECT WITH YOU? OR WHERE'S THE, WHERE SHOULD THEY GET THE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO GET TO, TO YOU AND, AND THESE SERVICES? SO THEY CAN CALL OUR PROGRAM (615) 443-8731.
OUR INFORMATION IS ON THE WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL'S, UH, WEBSITE.
UM, THOSE WOULD BE THE BEST WEBSITES.
AND THEN ALSO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MEAN, EVERYONE'S ROAD IS DIFFERENT, AND SOME PEOPLE'S DON'T GO, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO PLAN.
SO, UH, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING GIVE THESE PEOPLE THEIR CER, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH CHANCES IN, UH, HELPING THEM BECOME PRODUCTIVE AND, AND, AND HOPEFULLY REACH, YOU KNOW, THEIR POTENTIAL IN LIFE.
WE, THIS IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM, AND I HOPE, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THIS THING GOING AS LONG AS, AS POSSIBLE.
[Additional Item]
GOING TO HAVE STATEMENTS FROM GUESTS AND DELEGATIONS AND SPEAKERS.WILL MR. LEE MANGRAM, PLEASE, UH, APPROACH THE PODIUM.
MR. MR. LEE, SIR, I'M GONNA READ A SHORT STATEMENT TO YOU.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THERE'LL BE A, UH, CLOCK, UM, THAT WILL BE UP THERE THAT I'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTES STARTS.
BUT I'M GONNA READ SOMETHING TO YOU REAL QUICK.
UM, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND THE SUBJECT OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR REMARKS TO THE CHAIR.
THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE REMARKS THAT VIOLATE BOARD POLICY 1.404.
THE BOARD HAS NO OBLIGATION TO RESPOND TO YOUR REMARKS.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR REMARKS, THE BOARD AND THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS SHALL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR RESPOND.
UM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, MS. SHERRY, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE CLOCK? OKAY.
VERY MUCH, I HATE FOLLOWING THOSE TWO POSITIVE
MINE'S A LITTLE MORE NEGATIVE
ANYWAY, UM, I WANNA APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND SPEAK.
AND BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING, I WANT ALL OF THE PEOPLE HERE ON THE BOARD, UH, TO UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHTS AND THE OBSERVATIONS THAT I'M ABOUT TO, TO SHARE ARE NOT DIRECTED AT YOU.
UM, THE WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, TUCKERS CROSSROADS SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR, UM, I HOLD YOU IN VERY HIGH REGARD, SO KNOW THAT RIGHT OFF.
AND, AND I FEEL LIKE, UM, FRANKLY, THAT MAYBE YOU'RE TRAPPED IN A, IN A SYSTEM THAT MAKES YOUR JOB MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT, THAN IT SHOULD BE.
UH, SO I GOTTA SAY THAT RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
ON WEDNESDAY, UM, ON 5 20 26, WE LEARNED THAT OUR GRANDSON, TUCKER FAILED THE ELA PORTION OF THE TCAP AND THE SUBSEQUENT RETAKE, APPARENTLY WITH THE EXACT SAME SCORE.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE.
UM, OF COURSE, WE WON'T SEE THE TEST SCORES TILL SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR.
HE'S AN HONOR STUDENT, UH, MAKING PRINCIPALS LIST OR HONOR ROLL EVERY YEAR SINCE HE STARTED SCHOOL.
HE'S SITTING OVER HERE SOMEWHERE.
UM, HE CONSISTENTLY SCORES, MEETS OR EXCEEDS STANDARDS ON ELA PORTIONS OF EVERY OTHER TEST ASSESSMENT THAT HE TAKES, UH, LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, 360 2 ON THE TCAP ELA PORTION, A SCORE OF 3 71 IS EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS.
UM, IREADY SCORE, UM, A 5 62 PUTS HIM IN THE 73RD PERCENTILE.
6 0 2 IS AS HIGH AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY SCORE THE AMES WEB.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THESE, BUT ANYWAY, I, I'M TRYING TO GO SCORED A 93 ON HIS AMES WEB, ELA ASSESSMENT.
UH, AND ON THE T 21, HE SCORED A FOUR.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE MATRIX OF ALL THESE.
ALL I KNOW IS I'M TOLD THAT THAT'S A GOOD SCORE.
I THINK FOUR IS THE BEST YOU CAN SCORE.
WHEN WE GOT THIS CALL, WE WERE SHOCKED.
AND, AND, AND LET ME BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, ERICA DOUGLAS IS TUCKER'S TEACHER AT TUCKER'S CROSSROAD.
SHE REALLY WORKS WITH ALL THE CHILDREN, BRINGING THEM UP TO SPEED.
SO WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS ANY DANGER OF HIM FAILING.
UM, THE TCAP, THE LA PORTION OF THE TCAP, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING CURIOUS.
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YOU NOW.THIS IS A COPY OF THE TEST THAT HE SCORED A FOUR ON IN THE LOCK.
I'M GONNA READ THIS RIGHT OFF THE TEST.
THIS ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, THE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS PROVIDED IN THIS REPORT ARE PROJECTIONS FOR HOW WELL THE STUDENT WILL DO ON THEIR STATE TEST.
THESE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON THE STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE ON THIS BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT.
NOW, IF I READ SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND COUPLED WITH THE T 21 AND, UM, THE AIMS WEB, I HAVE TO ASSUME WE'RE ON A GOOD TRACK.
WOULD YOU NOT? I'M GONNA, HOWEVER WE GET A CALL.
THE, THE, THE TIME LIMIT HAS PASSED.
UM, OUR POLICY IS THREE MINUTES.
UM, AND WE HAVE TO STICK, STICK WITH OUR POLICY.
I KNOW THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE OF YOUR STORY IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU CONTACT, WELL ASK ME SOME QUESTIONS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALSO SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THIS.
IT'S EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW BRIGHT THESE KIDS ARE AND ONE TEST IS NOT DETERMINED.
I DO A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH.
SOMETIME GET ON THE STATE, THIS IS THEIR SITE AND THEN I'LL QUIT.
THE FOURTH GRADE SCORES FROM LAST YEAR, FOURTH GRADE SCORES FROM LAST YEAR, 58.3% OF THIRD GRADERS FAIL.
IF YOU GO TO THE FOURTH GRADERS LAST YEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIFTH GRADE SCORES, JEFF, YOU MAY HAVE LOOKED AT THESE TWO YEARS LATER, THE SAME KIDS THAT TOOK THIS TEST TWO YEARS AGO, IT'S UP TO ALMOST 60% FAILURE RATE.
IT WOULD HELP IF WE COULD SEE THE TEST, WOULDN'T IT? IT'S NOT WORKING.
I HOPE YOU REACH OUT TO YOUR LEGISLATORS.
WELL, BUT SEE, THAT'S JUST THIS, MY PAP WOULD SAY, YOU DON'T ASK THE CHICKENS TO WATCH THE HEN HOUSE.
I'M JUST GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UM, OUR STATE LEGISLATURE HERE IS THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO START SOMETHING.
AND I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS THE BEST PLACE TO START IT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A VIDEO OF HOW OUR STATE LEGISLATURES THINK ABOUT THIS, YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
THEY THINK IT'S FUNNY AND IT'S NOT FUNNY.
I SPENT TWO DAYS WITH THIS BOY CRYING OVER HERE, AND I KNOW HE CAN.
I'M HERE FOR ALL OF THE MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE SUFFERING WITH A PLAN THAT DOES NOT WORK.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU, SIR, CAN YOU FINISH READING WHAT YOU WERE READING, UM, BEFORE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, WHAT PART WAS IT? IT DESCRIBED THE TEST, I GUESS.
I THINK, UM, WHEN I, OH, WELL I CAN READ THE, THE PORTION THAT DESCRIBES THE, UH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE, YES, SIR.
THE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS PROVIDED IN THIS REPORT ARE PROJECTIONS FOR HOW WELL THE STUDENT WILL DO ON THEIR STATE TEST.
THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON THE STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE ON THIS BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT.
AND I GOTTA ASSUME IF MY GRANDSON SCORES ALMOST A PERFECT SCORE, WE'RE GOOD.
I I, I MEAN, THEY PUT OUT SOME INFORMATION WHAT LITTLE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN GARNER THAT THEY WILL SHARE WITH YOU.
'CAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CAREFULLY GUARDED, I DON'T KNOW, STATE SECRET.
BUT, UM, IT'S DISTURBING THAT FIVE YEARS INTO THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE STILL KICKING THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FOR IT.
THIS IS INTERESTING TOO, IF YOU WILL LOOK, IF YOU WILL LOOK AT, THEY LIKE GOING BACK TO 2020 AND 2021.
THAT SKEWS THE NUMBERS TERRIBLY.
I DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO KNOW THOSE WERE TERRIBLE YEARS.
GO BACK TO 2022 AND SEE WHAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN AND WHAT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE UP TO NOW I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE.
UM, AND, AND, AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS, UM, EVERYTHING YOU SAY WE AGREE WITH, AND WE GOTTA GET WITH THE STATE LEGISLATORS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO REMEMBER TO VOTE.
YOU KNOW, I COULD SAY THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING WE CAN DO.
I DON'T WANNA GET POLITICAL HERE, BUT JUST REMEMBER TO VOTE.
AND, AND TWO, UM, ALSO I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE FOR EVERYONE HERE IS THE TIMING OF EVERYTHING AS WELL.
WHEN YOU'RE HAVING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THESE YOUNG STUDENTS TAKE THE RETEST, YOU KNOW, THE VERY LAST, YOU KNOW, THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL, UM, WE, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
SO, UM, THAT PRESSURE, I'LL JUST, RIGHT.
ELECTION YEAR, I WILL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND THEN I'LL LET MR. YEAH.
AND I HAD THE PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU, KEVIN.
LET ME, LET ME SUMMARIZE WHAT I THINK, AND JEFF, IF YOU'LL AND LEE MAKE SURE I'M SAYING THE RIGHT THING.
THIS IS A STATE MANDATED ISSUE, RIGHT? SINCE 2021 VIA THE LEGISLATURE THAT WAS PASSED IN A ONE WEEK SPECIAL SESSION WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC INPUT.
I READ VOUCHERS AND, AND SO TO PARENTS WHO DO RUN AFOUL OF THIS, LET ME SAY THIS, AND LEAST CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU WERE ABLE WITH THE HELP OF MS. RAINS AT TUCKER
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CROSSROADS TO APPEAL THE PROCESS.AND YOU SUCCESSFULLY APPEALED IT.
SO I, LET ME, LET ME INTERJECT THIS.
TUCKER HAS A DIAGNOSIS OF A DHD.
HE TAKES MEDICATION EVERY DAY AT MIDDAY AT SCHOOL, AND HE TAKES IT AT NIGHT.
HOWEVER, AFTER READING THE LAW, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EXCEPTIONS MADE FOR CHILDREN WITH A DHD, BUT YOU GOTTA READ FURTHER.
HE COULDN'T APPLY FOR AN EXCEPTION ON THAT.
WE DIDN'T GET AN EXCEPTION ON THAT GROUNDS, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY IT READS.
HE, Y'ALL AREN'T GONNA BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE HE SCORED TOO HIGH ON THE OTHER THREE ASSESSMENTS.
HE COULD NOT GET AN EXEMPTION ON HDH.
NOW, I, I GOTTA ASK YOU, HE SCORED TOO HIGH.
YOU CAN BEAT HIM UP FOR IT, BUT YOU CAN'T GET ANY CREDIT FOR IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I, I'M SORRY, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S DIFFERENT.
DOES, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER FOUR YEARS OF THIS FIASCO.
RIGHT NOW, ME, YOU AND EVERYBODY IN HERE, WE HAVE PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THIS TEST.
IN FACT, FROM WHAT I'VE READ FROM THE ONES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE, THE MAJORITY OF THEM USE THE IREADY, THE T 21 OR THE AMES WEB.
IF THEY USE ANY ASSESSMENT AT ALL, HE FAILED ON ALL THOSE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT FAIR, THEN LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD.
IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE TO TAKE THIS, THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TOO.
ANYBODY THAT ARGUES THAT, OTHERWISE THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER DOG GONNA HUNT.
AND JUST TO CLOSE, IF A, IF A PARENT IS HAVING THIS ISSUE, DO DO WHAT YOU DID.
AND THAT IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE APPEALS PROCESS.
AND WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL STANDS READY TO HELP THE PARENTS TO GET IN THIS SITUATION AND, AND SUCCESSFULLY DID GET IT APPEALED.
SO, UH, HATS OFF TO MS. RAINS AND, AND THE STAFF AT, UH, TUCKER'S CROSSROADS.
BUT SO IT WORKED OUT, UM, STILL ANY PLAN, EVEN IF IT WAS A GOOD PLAN, A LITTLE TWEAKING EVERY NOW AND THEN IS ALWAYS SMART TO SIT SO RIGIDLY, SO RIGIDLY AND JUST OPPOSITE AND HOLDING ON TO SOMETHING THAT COULD, THERE'S PORTIONS OF IT THAT MAYBE ARE GOOD.
TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, WORKING AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
AT THE VERY LEAST, MAKE THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAVE TO TAKE THE SAME TEST AT THE END OF THE DAY.
THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE AT THE STATE HOUSE STANDING UP, BANGING ON THEIR JETS.
THEY SEE, WE TOLD YOU THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS WERE WAY BETTER THAN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I'VE SEEN IT, I'VE SEEN IT FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
IT'S LIKE, I'M GONNA SET THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS UP TO FAIL.
BUT I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL TIME.
JUST A QUICK, UM, I KNOW I'M DOWN HERE BY MYSELF, SO YOU GOTTA SORRY ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, YOU GOTTA LOOK DOWN HERE.
I WAS JUST GIVING THESE GUYS A HARD TIME.
UM, MR. RO, WE DON'T SEE WHAT'S ON THAT TEST.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S ON THAT TEST, CORRECT? NO, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
AND SO THAT'S, HOW DO YOU TEACH THESE KIDS TO STUDY FOR A TEST? YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S ON IT.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY, AND NOT TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE SUSPECTED OF A DISABILITY CAN BE EXEMPTED FROM THAT TEST TOO.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO, IF, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE LIKE YOUR CHILD WITH A DHD OR, OR A LEARNING DISABILITY AND IT'S SUSPECTED, NOT NECESSARILY DIAGNOSED, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT THAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TO HELP THROUGH THAT EXEMPTION PROCESS.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW IF PARENTS AT HOME KNOW THAT OR NOT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE TCAP RULES.
SO, ANYWAYS, UM, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
YOU HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT.
UM, YEAH, THAT, UM, AND, AND I, AND I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE, I THOUGHT WE WERE BEING PROACTIVE ON IT.
WHAT'S INTERESTING 'CAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING UP ONE SIDE, I'M SORRY, WHICH IS THE, THE STUDENT SIDE.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHERS TOO THAT THIS THING, IT DOESN'T JIVE RIGHT WITH THEM AS WELL WITH THE, THE PRESSURE THAT'S PUT ON THEM AND THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO CHANGE IN THEIR DAILY ROUTINE.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A HUGE, UH, I LIKE TO USE THE WORD PUZZLE.
THERE'S A PUZZLE AND, UH, SOMEBODY'S NOT LOOKING AT IT OR SOMEONE'S LOOKING AT IT FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
AND WE'VE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE LEARNING.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TEACHING 'EM.
I KNOW THAT MUCH AND A FINE JOB.
I TALKED TO PROBABLY 12 DIFFERENT EDUCATORS.
I'VE NOT TALKED TO ONE THAT'S IN FAVOR OF THIS.
AND AGAIN, FOR A STATE HOUSE THAT PRIDES ITSELF ON LET'S PUSH ALL OF THE DECISIONS BACK TO THE LOCAL LEVEL.
I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO SAY ONE MORE THING.
I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY, I DON'T WANNA POINT YOUR KIDDO OUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA EMBARRASS ANYBODY, ANYBODY.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY LIKE, I HATE TO HEAR OF ANY KID BEING THAT UPSET AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN IT SHOULD BE FUN.
AND I WANT HIM TO KNOW IT SHOULD BE FUN.
AND THIS TEST DOESN'T DEFINE ANYTHING AND LET HIM WATCH THE SHOW.
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER? AND LET HIM KNOW HOW MANY ADULTS PROBABLY WOULDN'T SCORE WHAT HE DID.
WELL, I'M CURIOUS HOW OF OUR STATE LEGISLATION
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CAPACITY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.OKAY, UP NEXT WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UM, WHAT ABOUT THE CHURCH? HE DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
IS CHRIS MALONE HERE? THEY DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.1.
[6.1 Approve Consent Agenda]
APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO SECOND.
MS. SHERRY, THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING.
[7.1 District Contracts]
TO ITEM 7.1.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON DISTRICT CONTRACTS? IF NOT READY TO VOTE.
MS. SHERRY? OH, I'M SORRY, MS. KIM.
THERE WAS JUST ONE I WANTED TO GET MORE CLARIFICATION ON.
UH, LET ME GET TO THE QUICK REFERENCE.
CATHERINE, COULD YOU GIVE LIKE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE EDUCATION'S WALKTHROUGH AGREEMENT IS? YES, IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL COLLECT DATA.
WE ARE TRYING TO THE, THE PAST THREE YEARS WE'VE HAD POWERFUL CORE INSTRUCTION.
THAT'S BEEN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
IN THIS COMING UP YEAR, WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON MONITORING AND THAT FEEDBACK COMPONENT TO OUR TEACHERS AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES WITHIN A BUILDING WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE MORE, MORE SUPPORT FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR, COULD PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT.
SO THIS IS JUST A PLATFORM THAT WILL LET US TAKE OUR WALKTHROUGH TOOL AND BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT DATA AS A WHOLE SO THAT ADMINISTRATORS CAN EASILY BREAK DOWN THEIR, THEIR WALKTHROUGH DATA AND IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS WITHIN THE BUILDING.
COULD YOU KIND OF DESCRIBE WHAT THE WALKTHROUGH DATA IS? IT IS
WE HAVE SPECIFIC CORE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE GO INTO A CLASSROOM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, SOME OF THE ACTIONS ARE WHAT THE TEACHER'S DOING VERSUS WHAT'S THE STUDENTS DOING.
DO WE SEE A LOT OF STUDENT DISCOURSE WITHIN THE CLASSROOM? WHAT TYPE OF QUESTIONING DO WE SEE IN THE CLASSROOM? IS IT HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONING? IS IT A YES NO QUESTIONS? OR DO WE SEE, UM, ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CLASSROOM? IS IT ALIGNED WITH THE STANDARDS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT GRADE LEVEL? SO WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THESE WALKTHROUGH TOOLS THAT ARE ACTUALLY MODELED OFF SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE TOOLS THAT ARE RESEARCH BASED.
UH, JUST GETTING A, A FEEL FOR THE CLASSROOM.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE WALKTHROUGH TOOLS, WE CAN ACTUALLY SHARE THOSE WITH YOU.
WE'RE GONNA ROLL 'EM OUT NEXT WEEK TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS.
UH, BUT IT'LL COLLECT THAT INFORMATION IN ONE AREA SO YOU CAN QUICKLY IDENTIFY, ARE WE STRONG IN QUESTIONING? ARE WE STRONG IN THAT STUDENT DISCOURSE? AND, UM, HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EXPLANATION AND I HAD A FEW FOLKS REACH OUT TO ME TO INQUIRE ABOUT IT, SO THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, I THINK EVERYBODY'S READY TO VOTE.
[7.2 School Contracts]
TO ITEM 7.2, SCHOOL CONTRACTS.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I WILL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON SCHOOL CONTRACTS? IF NOT, MS. SHERRY, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
[8.1 Report from County Attorney]
MR. JENNINGS,[00:35:01]
UH, I'M MOVING ON TO SECTION 8.1.SIR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING THIS EVENING THAT REQUIRES ANY ACTION OF THE BOARD.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY? IF NOT, UH, MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORTION.
MOTION TO SECOND WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
[9.1 Director's Report]
9.1.YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF MY REPORT.
I WANNA START OUT WITH A CLASS OF 26 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, IN TOTAL AND 200 2018 GRADUATES.
UH, OF THOSE 2018 GRADUATES, 1,320 STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR THE HOPE SCHOLARSHIP AND THEN THE TENNESSEE PROMISE, 1,558 OF THOSE, THAT IS OUTSTANDING PERCENTAGE, UH, FOR, FOR THOSE GRADUATES.
ON THE SAME NOTE, OF THAT 421 OF THOSE GRADUATES EARNED 12 OR MORE COLLEGE CREDITS, UH, 829 SCORED 21 OR BETTER ON THE A CT.
AND THOSE THAT GRADUATING CLASS 1,124 OF THOSE STUDENTS WAS APPROVED FOR IN INDUSTRY STATE APPROVED INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL.
UH, SO AN OUTSTANDING, SOME OUTSTANDING NUMBERS THERE AND HAD OVER $54,000,613 OFFERED TO OUR GRADUATES THIS YEAR IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO, UH, OUTSTANDING CLASS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD.
JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT AS, AS WE FINALLY COLLECTED ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AFTER GRADUATIONS, UM, ENROLLMENT FINISHED THE YEAR 20,856 STUDENTS AND WE HAD AN ATTENDANCE RATE DISTRICT WIDE OF 95 POINT 10% FOR THE YEAR.
WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THAT PROVIDED, UH, THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.
UH, ALSO IN THIS REPORT WE HAVE THE STUDENT, UM, TRIPS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED OVERNIGHT, A HUNDRED MILES.
UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF A LOT OF STUDENTS TRAVELING THIS SUMMER, UH, FROM ATHLETICS TO, UH, COMPETITIONS AND SPECIALTY TRIPS WITH, WITH THEIR, UH, CTE PROGRAMS. AND SO, SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH, WITH THAT AS WELL.
UH, WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR PRINCIPAL EVALUATIONS FOR THE YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING ALL WEEK, UH, MEETING WITH EACH OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND GOING OVER SOME, SOME NUMBERS AND LOOKING AT, UH, POTENTIAL PLANS NEXT YEAR AND GOALS FOR THEM AS THEY START PLANNING FOR, FOR THEIR UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
UH, AT THIS TIME, MR. MAYFIELD, DO YOU WANNA GIVE A CONSTRUCTION REPORT? YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UH, LATER UP IN THE MEETING OF RELATED TO THE CENTRAL PIKE SEWER PROJECT.
THEY ARE ALREADY DIGGING IN THE, UH, PUTTING IN THE SEWER LINE IN THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE EASEMENTS.
UM, THE FINAL TOP COAT ASPHALT IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
THE FRONT SECTION OF THE BUILDING STILL NEEDS IT.
THEY'VE GOT ALL THE POLES MOVED OUT ON CENTRAL PIKE IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT TURNING LANE AS WELL.
AND, UH, THE FINAL FIRE, UH, MARSHAL TEST WILL TAKE PLACE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.
REAL QUICK, UH, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, IS IT WITH THE SEWERS? ARE THEY ON TRACK? IS EVERY, IS THAT ON TRACK? IS THAT TIMING GOOD? I MEAN, I GOT IT.
IT CAN BE ON TRACK TODAY AND TOMORROW CHANGE, BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, IS THAT, UH, I I THINK THEY FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
UH, MR. ADAMS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT DO HAVE A DISCIPLINE REPORT FOR APRIL.
UH, KIND OF CATEGORIZES AND WRAPS UP THE YEAR, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
UM, I PROVIDE Y'ALL WITH THE MONTHLY, UH, SELF-INSURANCE FUND REPORT.
UH, WE'LL JUST QUICKLY GO OVER IT.
UM, MONTH OF MAY, WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD MONTH.
UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR REVENUES VERSUS OUR EXPENDITURES, UH, WE WERE ACTUALLY DEPOSITED $272,000, SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD MONTH.
UH, ON THE SECOND PAGE, YOU SEE THE ATIVE TOTAL.
UH, WE ARE AT A LOSS OF $4.3 MILLION, UM, THE MONTH COMING IN A LITTLE HIGHER IN MAY AS FAR AS REVENUES GO.
KIND OF HELPED OUT A LITTLE BIT IN THAT.
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AND THEN THE FINAL PAGE, UH, IS JUST THE, THE PROJECTIONS WITH THE $3 MILLION TAKEN OUT.UH, BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SECOND PAGE, UH, YOU'LL SEE OUR NET POSITION, WHICH IS OUR FUND BALANCE SLASH ESSENTIALLY CASH AND BANK.
UH, WE ARE SITTING AT $7.7 MILLION, UH, AT THE END OF MAY, UM, COMING INTO JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST.
UH, I WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON CASH FLOW BECAUSE JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST IS WHAT WE CALL OUR BENEFITS HOLIDAYS.
IT'S WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO FUND 2 64.
IT'S WHEN WE DON'T PAY INSURANCE IN FROM OUR PAYCHECKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE WILL JUST HAVE, UH, EXPENSES, BUT NO REVENUES COMING IN FOR THOSE COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO I'LL JUST HAVE TO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON, UH, ONCE WE REACH, UH, REACH YEAR END AND HAVING OUR EXPENSES IN IN JULY AND AUGUST.
SO, WE'LL, I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT STUFF.
SO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION, UM, FROM OUR LAST MONTH.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT WE DON'T DO A, UM, HR REPORT IN THE SUMMER MONTHS BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT RESIGN AND THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
I WILL GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DEAL WITH, UM, EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS, BUT, BUT, UM, WE ALSO APPROVED 4,076 PEOPLE TO BE CHAPERONES.
SO WE DID THAT MANY BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR, UM, PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED, UM, CHAPERONES FOR THE SCHOOL.
SO THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING STATISTIC AS WELL.
I, I HAD A QUESTION TO GO BACK YES.
TO MR. SEBASTIAN, IF THAT'S THE OKAY, SIR.
UM, MR. SEBASTIAN, SIR, ON THE, UM, ON THE BONUS, UH, THE, THE 1.1 MILLION FROM THE STATE, I'M PRETTY SURE, HAVE WE GOTTEN THAT YET? WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY JUST CHECKED RIGHT NOW.
WE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE PAYMENT.
THEY SAID IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME IN BY JUNE 30TH, SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY SENT OUT JUNE 29TH.
UM, SO IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE PLAN IS WE WILL, UM, WITH JULY, JUNE TO JULY, JULY BEING A YEAR END CLOSURE AND ALL THAT KIND OF DELAY SOME THINGS.
SO WE WILL TRY TO TARGET EITHER JULY 30TH OR EIGHT 15 PAYROLL TO, TO PAY THAT OUT IF IT COMES IN LATE JUNE.
AND THEN, UM, SO THE, THE, SO IF, SO IF SOMEBODY RETIRED OR STOPPED WORKING, UM, THIS YEAR, BUT THEY STILL WORK THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO RATE, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE IT'S, WE WANT TO KEEP THE SAME PARAMETERS AS LAST TIME, BUT WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE RETIRED AND PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT BE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT ANYMORE.
UM, ARE THEY GONNA BE ELIGIBLE OR HOW ARE YOU GONNA CALCULATE THAT? UH, IF WE, IF WE USE THE SAME CRITERIA AS WE DID THE FIRST TIME, IF THEY HAD LEFT THE COUNTY, UH, OR THE DISTRICT, SORRY, I MEAN, THEY JUST DIDN'T RECEIVE THE PAYMENT.
THEY WHAT? THEY JUST DID NOT RECEIVE THE PAYMENT.
SO WE, WE KEEP THE SAME CRITERIA, WHICH IS WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE VOTED ON.
IF EVEN IF THEY WERE ELIGIBLE, BUT THEY LEFT THE DISTRICT WHEN THE PAYOUT WENT, THEY, THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE PAYMENT.
NOW WHAT ABOUT RETIREES? UH, I MEAN BECAUSE THEY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE, WE USE THE SAME CRITERIA AND THEY'RE NO LONGER WITH US, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD, UH, WE WOULD PAY THE, THE, THE BONUS TO THEM.
AND I THINK WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS IS, UH, WE, WE, WE ESSENTIALLY SET THE CRITERIA, THEREFORE WE, WE SAID WE WEREN'T GONNA CHASE PEOPLE DOWN TO, TO TRY TO GET THEM THE BONUS PAYMENT.
THE RETIREE WERE TO COME BACK UNDER ONE OF THE SHORT TERM CONTRACTS THAT IS ALLOWED.
WOULD THEY BE ELIGIBLE? I GUESS TECHNICALLY YES, BUT IT WOULD BE A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THAT.
UM, THAT'D BE A, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD REALLY WANTS, UH, I'D HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH MS. OWENS DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO KEEP UP THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE 70% YES, WERE ELIGIBLE.
THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST DOING SUBS WERE NOT, 'CAUSE SUBS, SUBSTITUTES WERE NOT, BUT IF THEY WERE DOING 70%, THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BONUS THE LAST TIME.
NOW, UM, AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION, AND MS. OWENS, YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS, HOW, HOW MANY RETIREES DID WE HAVE THROUGH THROUGHOUT? DO YOU KNOW HOW, LIKE THE NUMBER THROUGH THE WHOLE DISTRICT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR? I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER.
WE, AT THE EMPLOYEE CELEBRATION, WE PROBABLY PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 35 PEOPLE THAT WE DID PLAQUES FOR.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT, I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT'S, IF IT WOULD BE WORSE.
I CAN, I CAN BRING THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME.
WELL, IT'S JUST FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE BONUS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THE RETIREES, IF THEY LEFT THE DISTRICT IS ONE THING, BUT THE ONES THAT RETIRED, UM, IF YOU CAN JUST, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE UNTIL AT LEAST WE GET THE MONEY IF WE CAN JUST LOOK AND SEE.
YEAH, JUST IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT FOR ME AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T, THEN THAT MEANS MORE MONEY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT STAYED, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD.
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WERE HERE WORKING AND LIKE THEY LEFT BECAUSE THEY RETIRED, NOT FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST BEING AWESOME AND RETIRING FROM THE EDU YOU KNOW, FROM WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN TAKE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, YOU KNOW.SO, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST SEE, IF YOU COULD JUST LOOK AT THAT FOR ME, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH, I'LL, UH, I'LL JUST COLLABORATE WITH MS. OWENS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT.
THAT IS MY REPORT, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO ACCEPT ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE FOR ME.
I WAS JUST GONNA ADD TO YOUR FUN FACTS.
GREENHILL'S GRADUATING CLASS HAS BEEN AT GREENHILL SINCE SEVENTH GRADE.
THEIR GRADUATING CLASS HAS BEEN THERE SINCE SIXTH GRADE BECAUSE THE TORNADO KIND OF, KIND OF COOL FOR THOSE KIDDOS TO HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN GO GO STRAIGHT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL FOR SIX YEARS.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
[10.1 Recommendation to Approve Exchange Students 2026-27 SY - GHHS and LHS]
10 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS.RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE EXCHANGE STUDENTS 2026.
2027 SCHOOL YEAR FOR GREENHILL HIGH SCHOOL AND LIVING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, MS. SHERRY READY TO VOTE.
MOTION WAS APPEARED UNANIMOUS.
[10.2 Recommendation to Approve on Second Reading Policy 4.2031 with changes as noted.]
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE, UH, ON SECOND READING POLICY 4.2031 WITH CHANGES AS NOTED.DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, MS. SHERRY, READY TO VOTE? MOTION PASSED.
[10.3 Recommendation to Approve Waste Disposal Contract Extension]
TO ITEM 10.3, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACT EXTENSION.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I WILL SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS DISCUSSION? YEAH, REAL QUICK.
WHAT IS THAT TOTAL MONTHLY SPEND NOW? I THINK IN 2022 IT WAS LIKE JUST OVER 30,000.
DO WE, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE, THE EXTENSION IS WORTH THIS YEAR? IT'S NOT CALCULATED IN HERE.
I WILL SAY WE'RE ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL DUMPSTERS FOR CENTRAL PIKE.
SO, AND THAT WILL BE ON A FIVE DAY, UH, PICKUP.
ONE THING WE'VE HAD A TROUBLE, TROUBLE WITH IN THE PAST FOOD SERVICE WAS DOING THREE DAYS A WEEK AND THE, THE SCHOOL SIDE OF THE SERVICE WAS DOING FIVE DAYS A WEEK, WHICH CAUSED SOME PROBLEMS WITH OVERFLOWING DUMPSTERS.
SO WE'RE MOVING TO A FIVE DAY TURNAROUND ON ALL DUMPSTERS AT ALL SITES.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE, BUT I WOULD, I'D HAVE TO DO THE CALCULATIONS REAL QUICK.
AND, AND THAT'S INFORMATION AS FAR AS TOTAL THE, UH, IT'S NOT IN HERE.
I'D HAVE TO FIGURE AND CALCULATE IT AND I CAN GET IT TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE THOUGH.
AND THEN, UM, MS. JAMIE, CAN WE, CAN WE RETRACT THAT MOTION AND SPECIFIC TO THE, THE BIDDER BECAUSE THERE'S A BID ON THERE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE MENTION THAT IN THIS MOTION.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT FOR MOTION WASTE OF BILLS SERVICES.
DO I HAVE, CAN I JUST SAY MOTION OR DO YOU WANT WORD IT THAT WAY? YOU JUST SAY MOTION.
SO, IS THAT GOOD MS SHERRY? ONE SECOND.
IT'S JUST, REMEMBER WHEN THESE CONTRACTS, WE GOTTA BE SPECIFIC IN WHO WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THAT BIT.
'CAUSE IT'S AN EXTENSION TOO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MENTIONED IT.
SO YEAH, MR. MAYFIELD, I WAS JUST CURIOUS TOO, JUST ON, UH, ULTIMATELY WHERE WASTE MANAGEMENT IS IN PREPARATION.
PROBABLY GOING OUT AFTER THIS, THIS, THIS IS THE LAST EXTENSION THAT'S ON THIS CONTRACT.
I THINK THERE'S AN OPTION FOR ONE MORE.
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TO SEE KIND OF WHERE COMPETING WISE, WHERE THEY MIGHT BE SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT.UH, MR. HOLMAN, I PULLED UP WASTE MANAGEMENT.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE ARE EXPENSES WITH THEM FOR THE YEAR, UH, THROUGH MAY 15TH.
I THINK WE'RE READY, MS. SHERRY, AND TELL ME AGAIN, JUST SO I'LL BE SURE, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON HERE? SO WE'RE VOTING TO EXTEND THE, UM, WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACT.
BUT DIDN'T YOU PROPOSE SOME KIND OF A CHANGE THAT WAS JUST TO NAME THE COMPANY WE'RE GOING WITH? PERFECT.
JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S THAT, THAT IT'S NOTED BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER BIDDERS THAT TRIED TO GET IT THAT WERE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
[10.4 Recommendation to Approve Contract Extension for Pest Control]
TO ITEM 10.4, THIS IS ANOTHER EXTENSION.SO IT'S, UM, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR PEST CONTROL, WHICH WAS, UH, WILL BE APPLE'S ENVIRONMENT PEST MANAGEMENT, UM, WHICH WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS IN JULY, 2023.
WE, UH, WE ACT, WE HAD AN OPTION TO, UH, EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR FOR UP TO FOUR, UH, FOR FOUR YEARS.
UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO, UM, EXTEND FOR THAT 30 YEAR EXTENSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I WILL SECOND, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
IS SAME, SIMILAR QUESTION JUST TO WHAT OUR TOTAL SPEND IS OR WHAT IT'S EXPECTED TO BE ON THIS CONTRACT? YEAH, I'M, I'M GONNA REACH OUT AND GET THE TOTAL YEARLY ESTIMATE FOR BOTH CONTRACTS.
AND THEN THE EXPECTED SPEND FOR THE INCREASE.
ALRIGHT, READY TO VOTE MS. A MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS.
[10.5 Recommendation to Approve Contract Extension Fleet Fueling]
ITEM 10.5, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE CONTRACT EXTENSION FLEET FUELING.THIS WILL BE WITH, UM, TRISTAR ENERGY FOR ANOTHER ONE YEAR EXTENSION TO BE APPROVED THROUGH JUNE, 2027.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I WILL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THIS ONE.
UH, HOW, HOW TYPICALLY DOES THAT CONTRACT WORK? AND THEN WHAT IS OUR, AGAIN, THE SAME KIND OF QUESTION, WHAT DO WE EXPECT IT GIVEN KIND OF WHERE FUEL PRICES ARE GOING? KIND OF WHAT, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING FOR THIS YEAR? UH, SO START CONTRACT, I BELIEVE 7 CENTS.
7 CENTS ON TOP OF THE WHAT'S OIL SERVICE BASIS INCREASES? DECREASE AS FAR AS THE TOTAL BUDGET.
SO RIGHT NOW, HIGH, AND I KNOW YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT BUDGET.
SO ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, THE FUEL PRICES WERE ACTUALLY VERY LOW AND WE WERE LIKE
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IN A VERY GOOD SPOT.BUT AS WE KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE FUEL PRICES HAVE DOUBLED.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ON TREND TO PRETTY MUCH, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 87% USAGE OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET, WHICH OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS, UH, RIGHT AT A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR, I INCREASED THAT BY AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UH, KIND OF LOOKING AT FUEL PRICES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE STARTING TO TREND DOWN SOME, SO I'M HOPING TO ONCE AGAIN LEVEL OFF, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE, UH, THE FUEL PRICES ON THAT.
BUT YEAH, AS MR. MR. MAYFIELD SAY THOUGH, UM, THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE'RE PAYING LIKE TWO AND A HALF DOLLARS ON THE GALLON.
IN THE LAST INVOICE I LOOKED AT, I BELIEVE WE WERE AROUND $4 AND 72 CENTS A GALLON ON DIESEL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW MUCH IT'S FLUCTUATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, MS. SHERRY READY TO VOTE? AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU GO ONLINE, YOU CAN CLICK, UM, ON EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS AND THE CONTRACTS COME UP AND YOU CAN READ AND SEE, UH, THE PROCESS ON HOW WE ACCEPTED BIDS OR TOOK BIDS AND WHO SUBMITTED.
AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS MOTION PASS UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO.
[10.6 Recommendation to Approve RFQ SPED/IDEA Related Services]
10.6, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE RFQ SPED, IDEA RELATED SERVICES.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, JUST A QUICK
JUST IN, IN GENERAL, JUST LOOKING AT THE, THE COST, THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS, BUT ALSO IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY ULTIMATELY TO MAYBE MOVE SOME OF THESE, THESE SERVICES IN-HOUSE VERSUS CONTRACTING POWER? WELL, WE WOULD LOVE TO, BUT OF COURSE WHEN YOU ENTER INTO, YOU GET SOME NON-COMPETE CLAUSES GOING AND, AND SO IN, IN THIS RECOMMENDATION YOU CAN SEE THAT PROJECT PLAY WAS CHOSEN FOR THREE, UH, AREAS OF SERVICE THERAPY SOLUTION FOR ONE AREA OF SERVICE.
AND THEN ALLIED INSTRUCTIONAL FOR TWO, YOU HAVE THE RUBRIC OF HOW WE SCORED THEM.
WE HAVE CONTINUED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO HIRE OUR PEOPLE WHEN WE CAN.
BUT WHAT YOU GET CAUGHT UP WITH IN A DISTRICT THIS SIZE IS, IS WITH ALL THE REQUIRED SERVICES YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE, YOU HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND GET A CONTRACT IN PLACE SO YOU KNOW YOU CAN MEET THOSE TO HIS NEEDS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT READY TO VOTE? MS. SHERRY MOTION PASSING UNANIM FIVE ZERO.
[10.7 Recommendation to Approve Employee Calendars for 2026-2027]
ON TO 110.7 RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE EMPLOYEE CALENDARS OR EMPLOYEE CALENDAR FOR 20 26 20 27.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, MS. SHERRY READY TO VOTE AND THIS, THIS CALENDAR COMES FROM THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE THAT YOU HAD, UH, MEET OR IS THIS SOMETHING? OKAY, THIS IS DIFFERENT.
SO IF YOU WANNA EXPLAIN, WE, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES.
AND SO, UH, MR. WILSON WORKS ON MANY OF THOSE CALENDARS WHO IS ALSO ON THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE THAT, UM, MR. LULE SELECTED, BUT HE WORKS WITH THOSE DIFFERENT SUPERVISORS.
AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE'S A NURSE'S CALENDAR, SO HE WORKS WITH KEISHA COHEN ON THAT CALENDAR.
TRANSPORTATION, HE WORKS WITH MR. HOOVER, SO, OKAY.
UM, BUT IT IS NOT THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE.
THE, THE ONE THAT, THAT WE USUALLY DO TWO YEARS AT A TIME IS THE ONE THAT HE WORKS WITH THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE.
I RECOMMEND EVERYONE GO TO THE WEBSITE.
IT HAS ALL THE CALENDARS LISTED FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, AGENCIES ARE DIFFERENT.
UM, DAYS MOTION PASSED UNANIM FIVE ZERO, UM, ON ITEM 10.8,
[10.8 Recommendation to Approve Annual Renewals for 2026-2027]
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ANNUAL RENEWALS FOR 20 26, 20 27.[01:00:01]
I WILL SECOND ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION? YEAH, JUST IN GENERAL, I WAS, I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF KIND OF REFORMULATING THAT SPREADSHEET A LITTLE BIT JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THE TOTAL SPEND WAS ON THESE AND IT CALCULATED OUT TO ABOUT $3.3 MILLION I THINK IN TOTAL RENEWALS.JUST A GENERAL QUESTION IS, IS, AND, AND I KNOW WE, WE OFFER EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION HERE, SO I'M NOT SURE, BUT IF WE HAD TO LOOK AT ANY OF THESE, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE COULD LIVE WITHOUT? ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONTRACTED FOR? ARE THERE THINGS THAT, IF WE HAD TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE, HOW WOULD WE PRIORITIZE MAYBE SOME OF THESE RENEWALS OVER OTHERS? AND WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ALL OF THIS, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT IN HERE AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO USE.
AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THAT ARE NICE TO HAVE.
AND ALL I'M SAYING IS IN PREPARATION, IF WE HAD TO MAKE CUTS IN THE FUTURE, IS THERE THINGS IN THIS LIST THAT WE COULD LIVE WITH OR LIVE WITHOUT, WITH OR ARE LIKE WHAT PRIORITIZE THEM, I GUESS WOULD BE MAYBE ONE OF THE WAYS WE TO LOOK AT IT? SURE.
UH, SO THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY SENT DOWN WITH, UH, MR. BRANDON COOK AND OUR, UH, WHILE WE WERE DOING OUR STAFFING SLASH BUDGET MEETINGS, UM, THERE WERE ACTUALLY SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE DID CONSOLIDATE DOWN THAT, UM, THAT MAYBE TOUCHED ON SOME OF THE SAME ITEMS OR FUNCTIONS THAT THEY DID, BUT THERE WAS ONE THAT DID IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO WE DID CONSOLIDATE DOWN AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF, OF PROGRAMS THAT WE DO.
UM, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THAT I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK ON THAT ARE CLASSROOM RELATED, UM, THAT THEY DID KIND OF LOOK AT ALSO TO SEE WHAT BENEFITED, YOU KNOW, CLASSROOM USE OVER OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED TO BE ANSWERED BY, I DON'T KNOW DR.
BUT, BUT AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE SOFTWARES THAT WE HAVE, WE DID SIT DOWN AND DEFINITELY CONSOLIDATE THAT DOWN, UH, AND MAKE SURE WE ESSENTIALLY, WHAT I'LL SAY TRIM THE FAT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE NECESSARILY DIDN'T NEED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF WANTED TO KNOW.
AND THEN IN GENERAL, IF I GUESS GOING FORWARD YOU CONTINUE THAT SAME PROCESS SO WE CAN YES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY DO EVERY YEAR.
UM, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NEW PROGRAMS THAT COME UP EVERY YEAR.
ALSO A NEW PROGRAM MAY CONSOLIDATE ANOTHER TWO OR THREE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'LL SAVE SOME COSTS ON THAT.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS WAS VERY EASY TO REVIEW.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
WHOMEVER DID THAT, I DON'T KNOW, THAT WAS YOU MR. LURE OR YOUR STAFF OR, I BELIEVE THAT WAS BRANDON COOK
AND I JUST WANNA SPEAK ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS FIVE YEARS AGO EVERY YEAR DOING THIS GREAT DEBATE SOMETIMES IN THOSE MEETINGS ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND SOME OF THIS IS REQUIRED AS LONG AS YOU'RE GONNA DO DIGITAL LEARNING, STATE REQUIRED STATE TESTING, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE ALL THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
BUT YES, IT IS A LARGE NUMBER.
UH, BUT I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN, IN OUR PROCESS THAT WE, WE, WE DO OUR OWN AUDIT WITH EACH, WE, WE BRING TECHNOLOGY, WE BRING BRANDON, WE BRING JENNIFER, WE BRING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN, AND KIND OF, I'M KIND OF KNOWN FOR MAKE, MAKE ME PROVE YOU NEED THIS AS WE GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF 'EM.
AND THAT, THAT OUT OF THIS CAME THIS REAL NICE CLEAN SHOWS EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I'D LIKE THE, LIKE THE COMMENTS ON THE FERPA REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU ADDED.
I ADD IT IS A LARGE NUMBER AND IT IS HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED, UM, VERSUS A WANT.
BUT I, FOR ANYBODY WATCHING, REMIND US WHAT PORTION OF OUR BUDGET IS STAFFING? UM, MR. ED, PLEASE.
DO YOU REMEMBER? UH, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 84% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET WAS JUST ON THE SALARIES.
SO OF THE TOTAL BUDGET, IT'S STILL A SMALL NUMBER JUST FOR PEOPLE WATCHING QUESTIONS, NOT, UM, MS. SHERRY MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS.
[10.9 Recommendation to Approve Transportation for FCA Summer Camp]
ON TO ITEM 10.9, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE TRANSPORTATION FOR FCA SUMMER CAMP.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, MS. SHERRY READY TO VOTE?
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MOTION PASS UNANIMOUS.[10.10 Recommendation to Approve Budget Amendment]
ON TO ITEM 10 POINT 10, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT.I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT? UH, YES.
UH, THIS IS OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE YEAR.
UH, THE FIRST SECTION LABELED, UH, 2026, SUMMER LEARNING CAMP GRANT REVISION.
THIS IS JUST A REVISION THAT WAS REQUESTED AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR SUMMER LEARNING CAMP.
WE JUST REALLOCATED SOME FUNDS WITHIN THAT GRANT, SO THERE'S NO NEW MONEY IN THAT.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM ON THERE IS A LABELED PER STATES REQUEST.
UM, THIS IS JUST THE, THE STATE WANTS TO SEE A BUDGETED ESTIMATE FOR WHAT THEY CALL TISA ON BEHALF.
ESSENTIALLY, THE STATE PAYS FOR, UH, A CT TESTING THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, TISA FUNDING.
SO THEY JUST, THEY JUST WANT AN ESTIMATED, UM, REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES TO BE PUT ON OUR BOOKS.
UH, I JUST USED WHAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR AS AN ESTIMATED FOR, FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
UH, THE THIRD ITEM ON THERE IS JUST A, ESSENTIALLY A CLEANUP JOURNAL ENTRY.
UH, THIS IS JUST REALLOCATING CURRENT FUNDS, UH, JUST BASED ON NEEDS THAT WE'LL HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OR FOR, FOR YEAR END.
UH, THE BIGGEST THING TO NOTE ON THERE, ELECTRICITY, UH, NEED TO INCREASE THAT BUDGET BY $350,000.
UM, THE COST OF, UH, CREATING ENERGY HAS INCREASED THIS YEAR, AND SO IT'S, WE'VE KIND OF FELT IT IN OUR BOOKS.
SO WE ARE HAVING TO BUMP THAT LINE UP $350,000.
UH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CUSHION THERE FOR THE, FOR YEAR END JUNE, BUT THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET US THROUGH THE YEAR.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER CLEANUP ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE REALLOCATING FUNDS FOR A COUPLE OF, UH, SUBLINES THAT WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR.
UH, THE FOURTH ITEM ON THERE IS, UH, EXTENDED SCHOOLS, UH, AT JOE BETH'S REQUEST.
UH, EXTENDED SCHOOLS DIRECTOR, UH, WE'RE JUST REALLOCATING $2,000.
UH, THEY'RE SENDING A FEW PEOPLE TO A CONFERENCE, UH, LEAVE EITHER THIS MONTH OR IN JULY.
SO SHE JUST WANTED SOME, UH, FUNDS REALLOCATED IN HER BUDGET.
AND LASTLY ON HERE IS JUST, UH, WE'RE ADDING JUST A BUDGET LINE, ADDING FUNDS TO A BUDGET LINE IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS JUST FOR, UH, ARCHITECT FEES FOR WATERTOWN MIDDLE, UH, LAKE ELEMENTARY.
SO THIS SHOWS BASICALLY LIKE A 1.6 OR SO INCREASE, RIGHT? TOTAL OVER THE DECREASE AN NET.
BUT MOST OF IT IS JUST, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TSA ON BEHALF PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE, MOST OF THAT IS WHAT, WHAT'S CAUSING THE, UH, THE BIG INCREASE IS, IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST ESTIMATED NUMBERS THAT THE STATE WANTS TO SEE.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
[10.11 Recommendation to Approve Interjurisdictional Wastewater Service Agreement]
10.11.ENTER JURISDICTIONAL WA UH, WASTEWATER SERVICE AGREEMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? NOBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION.
WASTEWATER, HUH? WANTS TO WASTEWATER.
UH, I KNOW IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO EXPLAIN THIS.
SO THIS AGREEMENT IS PART OF THE, UH, THE TOTAL PLAN IN PROVIDING SIR FOR CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY.
JOE HADDOCK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK EVEN FURTHER ON THIS? WHENEVER I'M, I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK SUMMARY, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A, AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE FOR T DECK IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICE, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE USING THE SOUTH WILSON UTILITY DISTRICT, THE SEWER CREDIT'S THERE, AND THEN WE ARE BASICALLY PUMPING IT OVER TO THE LEBANON CITY'S CONNECTION POINT.
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THE, THE SITE WHILE SERVICED BY THE CITY OF LEBANON IS THROUGH THE SOUTH WILSON SEWER SERVICE AREA.UM, THAT WAS AN AGREEMENT WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE WATER AUTHORITY WA WILSON WATER AUTHORITY, WILSON COUNTY, CITY OF LEBANON.
UM, IT'S PERMITTED THROUGH T DECK IS WHAT THEY CALL A SATELLITE COLLECTION SYSTEM.
UH, SO THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE AT GLADESVILLE MIDDLE, WHAT WEST ELEMENTARY JUST WAS BEFORE THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN.
JULIET TOOK IT OVER WITH THEIR ROAD WIDENING PROJECT.
UH, IT'S JUST THEY'VE ADDED SOME STEPS IN THE PERMITTING OR THE PAPERWORK PROCESS.
ULTIMATELY, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SYSTEM FROM THE SCHOOL SITE TO THE POINT OF DISCHARGE, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS MENTIONED.
UH, THIS JUST MEMORIALIZES IT, UH, PART OF THE REQUIREMENT WITH THE STATE OPERATING PERMIT THAT'S BEEN ISSUED, OR IS, UH, AS SOON AS THIS DOCUMENT IS SIGNED, IT WILL BE ISSUED.
UH, IS THAT AGREEMENT, A FORMAL AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE CITY OF LEBANON.
SO THE SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY DESIGNED, PERMITTED THROUGH CITY OF LEBANON TO CITY OF LEBANON STANDARDS.
YOU PEAKED MY ATTENTION WHEN YOU SAID IT'S SIMILAR TO THE AGREEMENT WITH LADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
YOU CAN TELL I'M, I'M JUMPY HERE.
YEAH, NO, THIS IS, NO, NO, I THINK HAVING, HAVING THIS THROUGH THE CITY LEBANON IS A BETTER, DEFINITELY A BETTER OPTION FOR US.
YEAH, I, I THINK JUST MAYBE MR. MAYFIELD, JUST IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE OPERATION AND THE MAINTENANCE, THANK YOU FOR GETTING BACK TO ME ON SOME OF THE, THESE QUESTIONS.
BUT JUST IN GENERAL, JUST THINKING ABOUT, I, I, I WOULD LOVE THE OUT OF HOW WE GOT TO THE CITY OF MOUNT JULIET WITH THAT ULTIMATELY.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE DON'T LIKE TO BE NECESSARILY IN THE STEWARD BUSINESS, HOWEVER, THIS IS A GREAT OPTION FOR THE SCHOOL.
SO I THINK HAVING THAT COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH, WITH EVERYBODY ON THIS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, I THINK WAS, WAS BIG.
BUT HOW, UH, IN TERMS OF THE MAINTENANCE AND THE, AND THE CONTRACTOR, I'M TRYING TO THINK, WELL, THE, THE, THE CONTRACTOR ARE GONNA INSTALL THIS SYSTEM, RIGHT? WHAT'S THEIR WARRANTY LOOKING LIKE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THE, THE SYSTEM DOESN'T HAVE ANY LEAKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S A LONG WAY TO GO TO GET TO THAT POINT.
SO WHAT, WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE HAVE KIND OF HOLDING US, YOU KNOW, SO WE MAKE SURE WE GET A QUALITY PRODUCT, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
SO THEY, THEY TEST IT SENT, THEY'RE TESTING REQUIREMENTS, FOLLOW THE CITY OF LEBANON PROCEDURE.
UH, AND THEN THEY HAVE A ONE YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD, UH, FROM ACCEPTANCE.
DOES THE CITY OF LEBANON, DO THEY INSPECT ANY OF THIS OR ARE WE JUST INSPECTING THIS ON OUR OWN? THEY INSPECT.
CONTRACTOR, I'M ON SITE JUST ABOUT DAILY WATCHING IT ON SITE.
OTHER INSPECTORS ARE ON SITE WATCHING IT, AND THE CONTRACTOR IS TAKING PICTURES.
UH, THEN WE'LL PRESSURE TEST IT, VACUUM TEST IT.
ONE, ONE LAST THING JUST TO MAKE SURE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER AUTHORITY OF WILSON COUNTY IS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS WHATSOEVER.
I DON'T SEE THEIR NAME ON HERE.
I'VE LOOKED FOR IT CAREFULLY AND I DON'T, AND AS PART OF OUR PROCESS WITH THE CITY, THE WATER AUTHORITY GAVE UP THEIR RIGHT TO SERVE THE SITE.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? I, I WANNA GO TO THE, THE, THE FLOW LIMITATIONS.
HOW DO WE DETERMINE THAT OR WHO DETERMINES THAT? GREAT QUESTION.
AND IF WE EXCEED THAT, I SEE THAT THERE'S JUST POTENTIAL FOR MORE CHARGES, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE CHARGES MIGHT BE.
SO THE, THE CHARGES ARE STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT THE CITY OF LEBANON HAS ADDED OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
WHAT THEY WERE RUNNING INTO SPECIFICALLY IN THIS AREA WITH THE WAREHOUSES, WAS PEOPLE WOULD COME IN AND SAY, OH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 5,000 GALLONS A DAY.
AND THEN YOU WOULD RUN THE BA THE BAKERY THAT'S THERE, OR AMAZON OR FEDEX, AND THEY'RE RUNNING 4,000 PEOPLE A DAY THROUGH THERE, AND THEIR FLOW NUMBERS GO THROUGH THE ROOF.
SO THEY'VE ADDED THAT LITTLE CAVEAT IN THERE.
UM, IN OUR CASE, THE STATE, AND AS ALL Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY WELL AWARE OF SCHOOL FLOW NUMBERS, BUT NOW, RIGHT, SO THE STATE MANDATES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ABOUT 15 GALLONS A DAY PER STUDENT.
SO WHAT WE DID THROUGH THIS PROCESS WAS WE TOOK THE WATER BILLS FOR EVERY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY.
EVERY ONE OF THEM, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL, COMPARED THAT BACK, TOOK OUT THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN THERE'S NO FLOW, TRIED TO KEY IN, YOU KNOW, BIG EVENT DATES AND COMPARE THAT TO STUDENT POPULATION.
SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND
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FIVE AND A HALF TO SEVEN GALLONS A DAY PER STUDENT.UM, SO THAT GREAT GREATLY REDUCES THE FLOW NUMBER.
NOW CITY OF LEBANON AGREED TO OUR CALCULATION WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FACTOR OF SAFETY IN THERE.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
AND THAT'S AN ALLOCATED AMOUNT, RIGHT? THAT THEY'RE GIVING US.
SO THERE'S, IF THOSE OTHER USERS COME ONLINE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE AMAZON, THE BAKERY, AND SOME OF THESE GUYS THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM FOR BUILDING ON, WE HAVE A DEDICATED, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE IT, WE'RE NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM CORRECT.
DOING ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF OUR ALLOCATION AND OUR ABILITY TO USE THAT.
THERE ANY CONCERN WITH THE CITY LOOKING FOR LAND FOR A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN WITH THIS BEING SOMETHING THAT WOULD OVERWHELM IT? I DON'T WANT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO BE BLAMED FOR ANY OF THAT AVAILABILITY.
WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN ENOUGH OF A BEATING OVER THIS.
WHEN THE, WHEN THE CITY OF LEBANON AND ISSUES THE AVAILABILITY LETTER AND THEN SUBSEQUENT PLAN APPROVALS, THEY ARE GUARANTEEING YOUR CAPACITY WITHIN THEIR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WILL YOU SAY THAT AGAIN AND SAY IT LOUDER?
WELL, WHEN THE CITY OF LEBANON ISSUES AN AVAILABILITY LETTER AND THEN SUBSEQUENT PLAN APPROVAL, AND THEN CAPACITY FEES ARE PAID, AND TAP FEES, WHICH HAVE BEEN PAID FOR OUR PROJECT, THAT IS YOU ARE GUARANTEED CAPACITY IN THEIR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN.
THEIR CURRENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THEIR CURRENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN.
AND I DID ASK THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE FEES TOO.
AND, AND MR. MAYFIELD WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO GET THAT TO ME.
WE PAID ABOUT $225,000, UH, IN TAP FEES FOR THAT.
SO JUST IN CASE YOU GUYS WERE WONDERING.
CAN WE TAKE JUST A BRIEF BREAK? YOU WANNA VOTE ON THIS FIRST? IS THAT OKAY? DO YOU WANT BREAK BEFORE? I WAS JUST THINKING, YEAH.
IF SHE WANTS TO TAKE A BREAK, WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK.
WE BACK, UH, WE'LL TAKE WE'LL TILL 7, 7 30.
AND, UH, IN SESSION MS. SHERRY, ARE WE GOOD? OKAY.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL, UM, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECOMMEND THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE ENTER JURISDICTIONAL WASTEWATER SERVICE AGREEMENT.
UM, WERE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? UM, ARE WE READY TO VOTE? WE'RE READY.
[10.12 Recommendation to Approve Bid for New Watertown Middle]
10.12.EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE GOT A, A HANDOUT ON THIS.
WE GOTTA BE SPECIFIC, UH, IN OUR MOTION.
SO, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BID FOR NEW WATERTOWN MIDDLE, AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR RG ANDERSON COMPANY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.
ARE THERE, UH, ANY DISCUSSIONS OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO, ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON IT OR IF NOT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
WHAT WAS OUR SCHEDULE AGAIN ON, ON THESE IMPROVEMENTS? DID, EXCUSE ME.
WHAT WAS THAT? THE SCHEDULE FOR STARTING THIS WORK AND GETTING WELL, NEXT STEP.
IF YOU GET APPROVAL ON THIS TONIGHT, THEN I'LL BE GOING TO EDUCATION BUDGET ON THURSDAY AND THEN YOU GET FUNDING IT'S COUNTY COMMISSION NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN, UH, IT'D BE A MATTER OF SIGNING CONTRACTS AT THAT POINT IN WHICH THAT'S ALL APPROVED.
YOU'LL SEE A PRETTY, I, I WOULD THINK.
MR. MORRIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT? YES.
UH, I THINK THE ONLY TIMELINE I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD GO IF APPROVED AT THE BUDGET EDUCATION COMMITTEE, UH, LATER THIS WEEK.
IF IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT, THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION, I WOULD ASSUME IN JUNE.
IN JUNE I THINK IS ON THE 15TH.
AND THEN, SO AT THAT POINT, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE GETTING THE CONTRACTS IN PLACE WITH, WITH R ANDERSON TO GET THE WORK STARTED.
UH, THE PROJECTS ARE BOTH SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 30TH, 2028, JUNE 30TH, JULY 15TH, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE FOR 2028 WEISER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS? I THINK WE'RE ALREADY READY TO VOTE.
MR. MORRIS, YOU SAID THAT COMPLETION FOR BOTH BASICALLY ON A SIMILAR TRACK? YES, SIR.
MOTION WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, UH, WATERTOWN
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PEOPLE ARE HAPPY.THEY'LL BE GETTING, HOPEFULLY A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE SOON.
WE'RE THAT MUCH CLOSER IN THE PROCESS.
[10.13 Recommendation to Approve Bid for Lakeview Renovations]
10.13, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BID FOR LAKEVIEW RENOVATIONS.ANY DISCUSSION? AND YOU SAID THE SAME TIMEFRAME? JUNE 30TH TO JULY 15TH, 2028.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.
[10.14 Recommendation to Approve the reallocation of the use of funds from original MJE HVAC funds to use towards W.A. Wright HVAC repairs.]
ITEM 10 POINT 14, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE REALLOCATION OF THE USE OF FUNDS FROM ORIGINAL MJE HVAC FUNDS TO USE TOWARDS WA WRIGHT HVAC REPAIRS.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM 11, OLD BUSINESS 11.1.
IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS ANYBODY'D LIKE TO BRING UP? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO
[12.1 Joe Padilla - Contract Negotiator]
NEW BUSINESS.UM, SO AFTER SPEAKING WITH, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ITEM 12.1.
I BROUGHT UP THE, UH, SAYS CONTRACT NEGOTIATOR.
WE NEED TO, UH, APPOINT, WE NEED TO VOTE AFTER SPEAKING WITH MR. JENNINGS AND THE TSBA.
UM, THEY, THEY, UH, INSTRUCTED US THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE OR NEED TO VOTE ON SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY BE A NEGOTIATOR FOR THE CONTRACT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM BEFORE THE BOARD SO WE CAN SELECT SOMEBODY.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, I NOMINATE JOE PADILLA SECOND.
UH, MOTION IN A SECOND TO MAKE, THAT'S IF YOU
UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE IT THAT, THAT LONG.
SO, UH, THERE'S A MOTION SECOND AND A DISCUSSION.
WE'LL VOTE AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT MEETING FOR A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.
TO GET THIS THING APPROVED, THE DEADLINE, WE NEED TO HAVE IT APPROVED BY BEFORE THE ELECTION.
I BELIEVE THE, IT'S JUNE 15TH IS THE, IS THE DEADLINE.
SO IT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE JUNE 15TH.
WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, THE DIRECTOR CONTRACT SIGNED 45 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION ON AUGUST 6TH.
MS. SHERRY READY TO VOTE? I MOTION PASS UNANIM FIVE ZERO.
UM, NOW THAT THAT'S SETTLED, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, TO EVERYBODY.
NOW, MS. LYNN WILL NOT BE BACK UNTIL THE 9TH OF JUNE, BUT I DID DISCUSS WITH HER THAT IT'S OKAY TO CALL A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING BEFORE THEN IF EVERYONE ELSE IS OKAY WITH THAT.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA PROPOSE A DATE OR A SCHEDULE? I AM, UH, UM, BEING IN MY POSITION, I'M FREE TO MEET WITH MR. MAYFIELD.
UH, MR. JENNINGS, UH, AT ANY TONIGHT AFTER THE MEETING.
TOMORROW? THE NEXT DAY? THE NEXT DAY.
AS AS MUCH AS WE NEED TO, AS MUCH TIME AS WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE, I'M AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE BOARD ON WHEN YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO RECONVENE AND WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT.
I WOULD SAY THE SOONER THE BETTER.
UM, BUT NOT IN, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT EXPEDIENCY IN PLACE OF, YOU KNOW, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MAKING SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? I'LL THROW OUT A DATE JUST IN CASE.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE A SECOND MEETING.
THAT'S QUICK, BUT NO, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING? THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING? THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING WILL BE TO BRING WHAT WE NEGOTIATED BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR THEM TO REVIEW, UM, AD TAKE AWAY DEBATE, DISCUSS.
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BEFORE THE APPROVAL VOTE? WELL, NO, WE WILL APPROVE IT.THAT WE WILL APPROVE IT THEN AT THAT SPECIAL CALL MEETING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, DID I HEAR JUNE 4TH? JUNE 4TH? IS THAT OPPOSED? YES.
THAT'S THE NIGHT THE EDUCATION AND BUDGET COMMITTEES ARE MEETING AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE MONEY FOR YOUR NEW SCHOOLS AND STUFF.
I'LL HAVE TO BE AT THOSE MEETINGS.
ON THE QUESTION, ON THE PROCESS.
SO LET'S SUPPOSE YOU NEGOTIATE SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T LIKE.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? SO WHEN WE MEET, THAT'S WHY MS. MS. JAMIE SAID TO HAVE A SOME TIME FOR ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE THAT 45 DAY WINDOW SO WE CAN RENEGOTIATE AND COME BACK.
YOU, YOU JUST SAID WE WOULD VOTE THAT NIGHT.
SO YES, IF, IF WE COME TO TERMS, OKAY, WE WOULD VOTE THAT NIGHT.
IF NOT, WE WOULD EITHER SET ANOTHER SPECIAL CALL MEETING BECAUSE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS THE 18TH AND THAT'S AFTER THAT DEADLINE.
SO, UM, AND THE FOURTH IS, LOOKS LIKE IT'S TAKEN.
WOULD, UM, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A, KEEP IN MIND YOU'VE GOT SOME NOTICE REQUIREMENTS THERE.
SO JUNE FOUR MAY BE A LITTLE QUICK.
I'M THINKING JUNE 8TH OR JUNE NINE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL.
ALL I NEED IS ONCE Y'ALL STRIKE YES.
YEAH, I CAN, I CAN PUT IT INTO CONTRACT AND A MATTER OF HOURS.
WHAT ABOUT JUNE 8TH? COULD JUNE 8TH IS FINE WITH COULD JUNE 8TH WORK? JUNE 8TH.
MS. SHERRY, DID YOU GET THE JUNE, JUNE 8TH, FIVE 30 JUNE 8TH AT FIVE 30 ON THE NOTES? YES.
AND THEN MAYBE TENTATIVELY IF WE NEED ANOTHER MEETING, WOULD THE 11TH WORK FOR ANYONE ELSE IF WE NEEDED TO, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP YOUR CALENDARS FREE? YES.
SO JUST IN TERMS OF, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SEND YOU COMMENTS OR THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED, MR. JENNINGS, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD DOES, IF MY ROLE IN THE PAST HAS NOT BEEN TO NEGOTIATE ANY CONTRACT, YOU AND THE, THE, UH, DIRECTOR ELECT WOULD DO THAT, THEN GET ME THE DETAILS.
I PUT IT IN A CONTRACT FORM, GET IT TO YOU AND BE SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY IN ADVANCE WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.
SO, UM, I GUESS WHAT MR. HOMAN IS ASKING IS CAN THEY SEND THE DETAILS OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MYSELF OR WHO DO THEY SEND IT OR THEY SEND IT TO YOU? IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO GET INFORMATION FROM THEM? SO IF MR. HOMAN WANTS, YOU KNOW, TO GO TO A FOUR, HIS CONTRACT TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK.
IF HE WANTS THAT, CAN HE, IS HE, CAN YOU EMAIL THAT TO ME TO NEGOTIATE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, HOW DOES HE GET WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR? I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO TO YOU AS THE NEGOTIATOR.
AGAIN, AND I'LL HELP ANY WAY I CAN, BUT MY ROLE'S NOT TO NEGOTIATE.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YEAH.
SO THEY CAN SEND IT TO ME, THEN I'M GONNA BRING IT TO MR. TRAVIS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME UP AND THEN YOU'LL BE THE ONE THAT WRITES THE LANGUAGE.
DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? AND THE EIGHTH AND EIGHTH AND THE 11TH HAS BEEN PROPOSED? YES.
BOTH AT FIVE 30? BOTH AT FIVE 30.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE DO HAVE SOME MORE NEW BUSINESS AND I KNOW WE HAVE EVEN SOME ITEMS AFTER THIS, BUT THE FIRST NEW BUSINESS ITEM THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE TRIPS AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE'S, THERE'S TWO TRIPS, BUT WE APPROVE TRIPS TOGETHER.
SO IT'S ONLY, IT'S ONE MOTION, BUT TO APPROVE, UH, THE NEW BUSINESS TRIPS.
SECOND, YOU HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTION ABOUT THESE TWO TRIPS? MOTION PASSED THE ANIMUS.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE A LICENSE FOR PRIVATE UTILITY OCCUPANCY OF STATE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF
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WAY BY INDIVIDUALS OR BUSINESS.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
MS. TRAVIS, YOU WANNA HIT THAT REAL QUICK? SO THIS IS REQUIRED BY TDOT IN ORDER FOR US TO ACTUALLY USE THEIR RIGHT OF WAY IN A VERY SPECIFIC SECTION FOR THE SEWER LINE FROM CENTRAL PIKE TO THE CONNECTION POINT.
UM, I SENT THAT MAP EARLIER IN YELLOW.
IT'S REALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CENTRAL PIKE BETWEEN, UH, FRANKLIN ROAD AND LEBEL ROAD IS WHERE IT IS.
THERE'S A 30 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AND WE WOULD BE PUTTING OUR SEWER LINE IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
THIS AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED BY T DECK IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT.
THE LOCATION OF THAT IS IT, IT IT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT IS IT IN THE PAVEMENT OR IN THE SHOULDER OR IS IT IT'S IT'S OVER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DITCH ACTUALLY.
SO IT IT IT'S NOT IN THE PAVEMENT.
AND THEN IS, IS THERE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HOLD THIS UP OR IT'S GONNA, WHAT'S THE APPROVAL PROCESS? NO, ONCE THIS GETS APPROVED, I THINK ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES THIS, WE SIGN IT AND SUBMIT IT, WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
I WILL SAY THERE IS, UH, SOME, THEY BORE UNDER THE ROADS, THEY DO NOT OPEN CUT ANYWHERE, SO IT'LL BE A BORE UNDER CENTRAL PIKE, WHICH IS THE STATE HIGHWAY.
YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION TOO.
IT'S JUST TRAFFIC CONTROL ON THERE RIGHT.
AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING PRO PROVING US FROM GOING ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE PRIVATE EASEMENT.
MR. HADDOCK SAYS, ALREADY WENT TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.
IS THERE ANYTHING INSIGNIFICANT IN THE WAY ON ANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES? EVERYTHING'S FREE AND CLEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, MS. SHERRY READY TO VOTE? MOTION PASS UNANIM FIVE ZERO.
UM, OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY NEW BUSINESS OR SOMETHING.
WE HAVE TO, WELL, I'LL LET, I'LL LET WE'LL VOTE ON SOMETHING ELSE REAL QUICK.
IF, IF MR. GREG, IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS SIR? YES, SIR.
JUST WANTED TO BRING UP, SINCE MR. ANDREW WAS NOT ABLE TO GET HERE, UH, DUE A WORK CONSTRAINT FOR KING AND CITY CHURCH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT, UH, FACILITY USE AGREEMENT UP, UM, TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE.
THEY CONT CONTINUE TO USE THE, UH, LZ PATTON.
UM, YOU NEED, SO THAT'S A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE IF EVERYBODY LOOKS UP, UP ON THEIR AGENDA.
THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN FROM KING CITY CHURCH THAT WAS GONNA SPEAK.
UM, MR. HOLMAN HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, MR. MAYFIELD IS EVERY, ALL THE PAPERWORK, I'LL SECOND IT.
IS ALL THE PAPERWORK IN, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO USE THAT FACILITY.
AND DR. HOLLAND, SHE APPROVES AND IS GLAD TO HAVE THEM.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE KING CITY, UM, KING AND CITY CHURCH.
MS. MOTION WAS APPROVING UNANIM FIVE ZERO.
UM, ONE ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS TO TO THINK ABOUT OUR, I'D LIKE TO CHA TO IS WE HAVE A CURRENT BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 16TH WHEN THAT IS.
UM, WE WERE MEETING FOR A SUMMER LAW CONFERENCE, SO, UM, I WAS GONNA MOVE IT TO JULY 23RD IF ANYBODY, IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT AND ONLY HAVING MAYBE ONE MEETING IN JULY INSTEAD OF TWO BECAUSE THE FIRST MEETING WAS GONNA BE JULY 6TH, WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT AFTER HOLIDAYS.
SO IF WE JUST HAVE THAT ONE MEETING JULY 23RD, UM, I THINK THAT MIGHT SUFFICE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.
UM, IF ANYONE HAS ANY THOUGHTS OR IF WE NEED TO GET IN DISCUSSION OR IF ANYBODY WANTS TO EMAIL ME DATES AND HAVE THIS ON THE NEXT AGENDA, THAT'S FINE.
BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THIS APPROVED OR, YOU KNOW, UH, GET IT.
FOR NOW, JUST HAVE THE ONE ON THE 23RD AND NOT THE SIXTH.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE SUMMER.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MEETING ON JULY 23RD.
DID YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE NEW? IT WASN'T HAVE THIS.
OKAY, BUT ONE REAL QUICK, UM, JUST A QUESTION ON THIS CONTRACT, ON THE, UH, SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MEET AT FIVE, AT LEAST ON THE 11TH? COULD WE MEET AT FIVE INSTEAD OF FIVE 30 ON THE 11TH? OKAY.
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IS THAT OKAY? THE FIVE.IF WE NEED THE 11TH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT GONNA NEED THE 11TH, BUT JUST IN CASE AT FIVE, UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT SOMETHING AS A POSITIVE AND MR. SEBASTIAN MIGHT HAVE POINTED THIS OUT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT OUR INSURANCE FUND SINCE WE'RE GOING INTO BUDGET WITH THE COUNTY.
OUR REVENUE HAS OUTPACED OUR EXPENSES FOUR MONTHS WITHOUT OUR PROPPING IT UP.
THAT WOULD BE THE FIFTH MONTH.
IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? IF NOT
[13.1 Next Board Meeting June 18, 2026 @ 6:00 p.m.]
NEXT BOARD MEETING.JUNE 18TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM JULY 16TH, 2026.
[13.2 July 16, 2026 Meeting and Summer Law Conference]
MEETING AT SUMMER LAW CONFERENCE.THERE WAS A, UH, UH, ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, MS. FRANCIS STEERING, WAS, UH, INDUCTED INTO TENNESSEE SCHOOL, BUS DRIVER HALL OF FAME.
SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST LOVED PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S DONE AND SHE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
WE, WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HER.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, NEED ONE MORE? ONE MORE MOTION.