[1. Call to Order]
          [00:00:09]
          I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE. MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 2026. WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR BOARD MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THIS MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, SUFFERED SOME, SOME, SOME LOSS HERE RECENTLY WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO STORIES OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, SEND PRAYERS AND GOOD THOUGHTS TO THOSE FAMILIES TOO. BUT, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN, CHEF GAINES FROM WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, MADE A HUGE IMPACT. HE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE AN IMPACT AND HE'LL BE FELT AND THERE'S, THERE'S, HE WILL BE, HE WILL HAVE MADE AN IMPACT IN THIS COUNTY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KEEP HIS FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND THE WILDCAT FAMILY AS WELL, BECAUSE, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG LOSS. SO JUST THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT THEM. AND THEN, ALSO, AS YOU CAN NOTE UP HERE, WE'RE MISSING ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, MISS, MISS MCGHEE HAS SUFFERED A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. IT'S PRETTY TRAGIC. IT WAS A YOUNG, YOUNG PERSON. SO KEEP HER FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. LIKE I SAID, AS, TIME IS VALUABLE. TELL THOSE THAT YOU LOVE YOU. YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS IT TELLS US THAT YOU LOVE YOU LOVE THEM AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. BECAUSE, IN JUST A MOMENT, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. AND THEN, YES. SO WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU. I'VE ASKED, MISS MELISSA TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. PLEASE, MISS. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO 
          [3.1 Adopt the Agenda]
ADOPT THE AGENDA? MOTION SECOND, MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, MISS SHERRY? 
          [4.1 Anne Barger]
MOTION WAS APPROVED. UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO. UP NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION FOUR. 4.1 SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. MISS ANNIE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MA'AM. IN OUR NEW SETUP. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL SEE THE DONATIONS THAT WE ACCEPT, AND YOU APPROVE THOSE AT EACH BOARD MEETING. BUT I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR HERE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD DONATED OVER THE SUMMER FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND WE HAVE THEM HERE AT THE FRC, AND THEY'RE GOING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, AS BOARD MEMBERS HOW WONDERFUL OUR COMMUNITY IS, AND JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SPECIAL TIME TO TELL YOU THAT. AND THEN ALSO, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK TO THE SCHOOLS LAST YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS SO THAT IF PARENTS EVER NEED TO REFER THEMSELVES TO US, THIS GUESS WHAT FLIER WILL BE AT THE SCHOOLS. AND IT'S SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO PARENTS CAN KNOW ABOUT THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND THEY CAN REFER THEMSELVES TO US. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WILSON COUNTY BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY IS AMAZING. WE EVEN HAD A LITTLE FAMILY BRING UP SOME THINGS LAST WEEK. A LITTLE FOUR YEAR OLD AND HIS MOM BROUGHT SOME THINGS TO US TO GIVE OUT TO STUDENTS, SO IT WAS AWESOME. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THE, THE, THE BRINGER OF EVERYTHING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, NONE OF THIS STUFF GETS. AND THAT TAKES A TREMENDOUS JOB. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DOES AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. WE WILL SHARE THAT 
          [4.2 Chuck Whitlock]
FLIER TOO, SO ALL OF US WILL SHARE THAT. THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MR. CHUCK WHITLOCK, SIR. YES, SIR. JUST OUR ANNUAL, LOOK AT OUR BUILDING DATA. IT'S JUST, PART 
          [00:05:07]
OF THE REPORT THAT WE, SUBMIT TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ED EVERY YEAR. COUPLE OF THINGS I DO WANT TO POINT OUT. WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD KIDS. WE, IF YOU DO THE MATH, WE HAVE OVER 3 MILLION STUDENT DAYS PER YEAR. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE LOOK AT, AT THESE NUMBERS. SO 3 MILLION PLUS STUDENT DAYS A YEAR, AND THESE ARE THE REPORTED CASES, THE CASES THAT RESULTED IN DISCIPLINE. THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO POINT OUT. IF YOU LOOK, THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS TOTAL NUMBER OF HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, BULLYING OR CYBERBULLYING CASES, RESULTING IN A DISCIPLINARY ACTION OTHER THAN OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THAT NUMBER WAS 84. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BULLYING CASES WHERE BULLYING OR INTIMIDATION OR HARASSMENT WAS FOUND, IS 57. SO TO PAINT A PICTURE, YOU CAN HAVE A BULLYING CASE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS THAT RECEIVE DISCIPLINE FOR THAT ONE CASE. SO THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER, THAT THAT NUMBER DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM IS, IS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BULLYING CASES. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PARENTS AND YOU BOARD MEMBERS KIND OF UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT LITTLE BACK STORY ON THAT. SO JUST, DO WE DO WE TRACK CAN WE IS THERE A WAY TO BREAK OUT, CYBER BULLYING FROM THE OTHER. AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO IT RIGHT, RIGHT HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IT'S OWN COLUMN. WE. YES, YES. SO 123456, THE, THE SIXTH, ROW, WE HAD 16 THAT INVOLVED TECHNOLOGY. AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT THIS, THIS INVOLVES OVER 3 MILLION STUDENT DAYS. SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT. 16 WHERE YOU HAVE PROOF, IT'S REPORTED. WE HAVE PROOF AND WE, AND WE END UP WITH, WITH DISCIPLINARY DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAIN REFERS BACK TO WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD KIDS IN WILSON COUNTY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THE SIXTH LINE IS THE CYBER BULLYING. THAT'S. YES. YOU USE OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY. SO. AND IT MAY JUST BE A PART OF THE BULLYING CASE. THERE MAY BE, GET INTO THE AND IT'S LIKE PEELING, PEELING LAYERS OF AN ONION WHEN YOU'RE DOING A FULL ON BULLYING INVESTIGATION, IT TAKES A WHILE. SHE MAY FIND STUFF, HAVE A CASE WHERE THERE WAS, ELECTRONICS USED, PICTURES OR THINGS POSTED ONLINE, RUDE COMMENTS, TEXTED OR DM'D TO A CHILD. BUT THEY ALSO MAY, HAVE SOME, SOME NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS, ON THE BUS, IN CAR RIDER LINE OR IN BUS HALL OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, THOSE, THOSE 16, PROBABLY WEREN'T 100% CYBER BULLYING. THEY, THAT WAS JUST A FACET OF THOSE BULLYING CASES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IT'S JUST SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN I THINK WE EXPECTED IT TO BE. YES, YES. COMPARED TO OTHER BULLYING CASES. RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, WE WE HAVE TO HAVE IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE. YOU KNOW, WE EVEN EVEN THE KIDS THAT THAT MAKE BAD CHOICES, THEY, THEY GET DUE PROCESS, RIGHT? OH, NO, I'M NOT, I'M NOT. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST MAKING GO BACK TO THAT 3 MILLION SCHOOL, STUDENT DAYS. THAT IS A VERY, VERY LOW NUMBER. RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THAT IS THAT CYBERBULLYING? IS THAT JUST AT SCHOOL OR IS THAT INCLUDE AFTER SCHOOL AS WELL? OR IS THAT JUST STUFF THAT'S BROUGHT TO THE DISTRICT GENERALLY? AND I CAN'T QUANTIFY. I'M SORRY, I KNOW. YEAH, BUT, GENERALLY, THAT IS AN, ANOTHER MODE OF BULLYING THAT'S, THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OTHER STUFF. USUALLY IT'S,F BULLYING YOUR TRADITIONAL, LIKE WE HAD IN THE CHRISTMAS STORY, WE HAD, RALPHIE GETTING TERRORIZED BY THAT, SCOTT FARKAS IT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE, IT MAY NOT BE THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE PUTTING SOMEBODY IN A LOCKER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SEE CYBERBULLYING, IT'S, IT'S THAT SOCIAL EXCLUSION. WE'RE TELLING ALL OF OUR FRIENDS NOT TO HANG OUT WITH THAT PERSON, OR WE'RE SPREADING NASTY RUMORS ABOUT, ABOUT SOMEBODY. BUT THAT HAPPENS GENERALLY, AT SCHOOL, ONLINE. IT HAPPENS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SOMETIMES. SO WE, YEAH, IT CAN HAPPEN ALL IN ALL FACETS. IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR AGE GROUP THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW 
          [00:10:03]
IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OR NOT, BUT IS THERE A TREND LINE AND WHERE THOSE INCREASES WERE COMING FROM AND THE, THE ONES THAT I TYPICALLY GET INVOLVED IN ARE GOING TO BE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY, JUST THE ACCESS, WE'RE NOT, WE'VE GOT MORE SUPERVISION. KIDS ARE WALKING IN STRAIGHT LINES GOING FROM CLASS TO CLASS. IF THEY ARE SWITCHING CLASSES, SOME, SOME OF OUR CLASSES, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIAL, THEIR LITTLEST ONES AREN'T, AREN'T SWITCHING CLASSES. ONCE YOU GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'RE WE OPEN THE DOORS AND KIDS GO HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. WE GOT MUCH LARGER SCHOOLS, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. SO MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WHERE WE SEE THE, THE, THE SIGNIFICANT UPTICK, UPTICK, HIGH SCHOOL. IT GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT. EVERYBODY ONCE, ONCE YOU GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, PEOPLE START GOING GROWING UP A LITTLE BIT, KIDS START GROWING UP A LITTLE BIT. AND, AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE BIG ENOUGH WHERE EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF FIND THEIR OWN LITTLE GROUP. SO THEY'RE A LITTLE LESS SUSCEPTIBLE DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL SEEMS TO BE WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST SEVERE, MOST CASES WHERE I WOULD BE INVOLVED. 
          ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MISS A COMMENT? IN CASE PARENTS DON'T KNOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN PUT ON PHONES TO MONITOR. I KNOW THERE'S LIKE BARK THAT WORKS ONE WAY, BUT LIKE SAFER KID, YOU CAN SEE THE TEXT MESSAGES AND THINGS. AND I'M SURE THERE ARE LOTS OF KIDS RIGHT NOW THAT HATE ME FOR MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE MY KIDS HATED IT. BUT, SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO 
          [6.1 Approve Consent Agenda]
STATEMENTS FROM GUEST DELEGATIONS AND SPEAKERS. WE HAVE NOBODY SIGN UP. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION. 
          MOTION. SECOND MOTION A SECOND READY TO VOTE MISS SHERRY. 
          [7.1 District Contracts]
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.1. DISTRICT CONTRACTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT READY TO. READY TO VOTE. MR. 
          [7.2 School Contracts]
MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.2. SCHOOL CONTRACTS. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, JUST GENERALLY. WE CAN VOTE IF YOU WANT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE. IT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT. NOT A HUGE FAN OF ACCELERATED READER, BUT. BUT AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE, THE CONTRACTS THAT WE, APPROVE THAT MIGHT IMPACT AS SOME OF THESE KIDS IN K THROUGH FIVE START TO GET AWAY FROM THE DIGITAL THING THAT BECAUSE THIS IS THEY TAKE THOSE ONLINE QUIZZES, RIGHT? AND THEY DO IT AT SCHOOL. SO JUST, I GOT ME THINKING JUST IN, AS WE START TO MIGRATE, POSSIBLY AWAY FROM MORE INTERACTION ON THE CHROMEBOOKS, IF WE DO THAT, SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS THAT WERE WOULD JUST HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT IT MIGHT HAVE ON SOME OF THESE OTHER ANCILLARY, PROGRAMS THAT WE APPROVE. SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, I GUESS. ALL RIGHT. GREAT VOTE. MR. MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO. WE ARE GOING TO, MR. JENNINGS IS NOT PRESENT. SO THERE'S NO COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORT TO BE RECEIVED OR TAKEN. 
          [9.1 Director's Report]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. SO FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. I THINK WE HAD A REALLY GREAT START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR. I WILL SAY WE HAD NO DOWN BUS ROUTES TODAY. EVERY BUS ROUTE RAN. THERE WERE SOME DELAYS AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS. AS FAR AS THAT GOES, I KNOW MR. BARKER IS GOING TO SEND A MESSAGE OUT TO PARENTS JUST TO BE PATIENT ON THESE FIRST FEW DAYS, BECAUSE THOSE TIMES CAN VARY, VERY POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE IN OUR SCHOOLS. I STARTED OFF AT CENTRAL PIKE THIS MORNING EARLY AND WAS ABLE TO VISIT 12 
          [00:15:02]
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND A LOT OF THE TEACHERS, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS SAID IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT START, I WILL TELL YOU THAT. SO I DIDN'T JUST RUSH IN. I WOULD WALK AROUND THE BUILDING, WENT INTO SOME CLASSROOMS. ONE OF THE TEACHERS INTRODUCED ME AS A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON AND CAN YOU GUESS WHO HE IS? AND SOME KID RAISES HIS HAND. I KNOW, I KNOW, AND HE SAID, IT'S BART BARKER'S DAD. SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT TELLS YOU WHO THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IS, IS BART BARKER. SO GOOD JOB, BART. BUT IT WAS A GREAT FIRST DAY. ALSO, WE HAD OUR TEACHER KICK OFF, ON JULY 28TH. WE HADN'T DONE THAT IN PERSON IN A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          AND SO I DECIDED TO BRING THAT BACK JUST AS, AS THE NEW YEAR, MY FIRST YEAR, AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. WE MET AT MOUNT JULIET HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ON THAT. SO WE'LL PROBABLY LOOK TO MAYBE DO THAT AGAIN OR EXPAND UPON IT. AND WE HAD A A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM OUR LEBANON WILSON COUNTY CHAMBER AND OUR MOUNT JULIET CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          THEY REALLY SHOWED UP, PROVIDED SOME FOOD AND SNACKS FOR TEACHERS. SO IT REALLY TURNED OUT WELL. YOU HAVE THE LATEST STAFF UPDATES IN THE REPORT. AND THEN ALSO OUR DISTRICT HAS A $3,000 GRANT THROUGH THE TENNESSEE ARTS COMMISSION TO BE USED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR FINE ARTS TEACHERS. SO, WE WILL GET A REPORT ON HOW EXACTLY WE USE THAT ONCE WE, MR. NOBLIN ESTABLISHES THE PD USE FOR THOSE TEACHERS. YOU'VE GOT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, SO WE ARE UP ABOUT 400 FROM WHERE WE WERE ON 727 OF 26. AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE ADDED THIS YEAR WAS THE APPROVED OUT OF ZONES FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT. SO THAT THAT IS A RATHER LARGE NUMBER, BUT WE DID BREAK IT DOWN BY SCHOOL, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY WILL NEED TO LOOK AT AS WE START PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE IT CAN IMPACT OUR OUR STAFFING ENROLLMENT. THAT'S ONE THING THAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS WHEN WE HAD OPEN ENROLLMENT BACK IN NOVEMBER, THAT'S ONE ISSUE. BUT THEN WE HAVE THESE OUT OF ZONE REQUESTS DUE TO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THAT REALLY STARTS MESSING WITH OUR STAFFING THAT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED. SO WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE PREPARE FOR STAFFING FOR, YEAR 27. ALSO, THE STATE HAS DECIDED TO PUT A PAUSE ON ONLINE TESTING FORMAT FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR 2627. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US MORE TIME. AND SO THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE USING PAPER ASSESSMENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY. OKAY. WE WILL HAVE EDUCATION AND BUDGET COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 4TH TOMORROW NIGHT AS OPPOSED TO AUGUST 6TH DUE TO THE ELECTION. THE CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES UPDATE. WES WILSON, THEY HAD THEIR FIRST GAME SCHEDULED. I ASSUME THEY GOT TO PLAY BECAUSE IT DIDN'T RAIN, BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GOOD TO GO AND EVERYBODY'S SAFE. THEY ROPE OFF APPROPRIATE AREAS AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THINGS A MORE CLEANED UP BY THURSDAY NIGHT'S FOOTBALL GAME. ONE THING THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO, WE'RE WE CAN DO A CHANGE ORDER OUT OF THE GENERAL CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY HAD $106,000 IN SOME ELECTRICAL FEES THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE. IF WE CHANGE ORDER THAT MONEY OUT, THAT WOULD PAY FOR THE SOUND SYSTEM FOR THE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND FOOTBALL STADIUM. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. THAT'LL REALLY PRESERVE SOME OF OUR OUR IN-HOUSE MONEY. OKAY. AND THEN UPDATE FROM OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR. ADAMS. NO, SIR. MISS CATHERINE, MISS OWEN. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. OBVIOUSLY, STAFFING IS REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. ON THE FIRST DAY, WE HAD 97.4% POSITIONS FOR FOR SUBS FOR CLASSIFIED, WE HAVE 17 SPED EA POSITIONS, TWO GENERAL POSITIONS AND FIVE CAFETERIA MONITOR POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN CERTIFIED. WE HAVE 11 OPENINGS. AND OF THOSE 11 OPENINGS, FIVE OF THEM ARE NON CLASSROOM SPED POSITIONS. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY GOOD FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU, MISS OWENS. MR. SEBASTIAN. GOOD EVENING. PROVIDED EVERYBODY WITH A YEAR END SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. WE FINALLY GOT THE YEAR RECONCILED IN, HARD CLOSED. SO THAT MEANS THERE ARE NO MORE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, ANY KIND OF POSTINGS FOR THE 2026 SCHOOL YEAR ON OUR BOOKS? FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND, WE'LL JUST KIND OF GO FROM TOP 
          [00:20:06]
DOWN, FUN. 141, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURES, WE HAD A PROFIT OF 2 MILLION, $46,012. OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE ENDED UP AT 49,000,001 34267 WHAT WE HAD DESIGNATED WAS THE 10.2 MILLION. SO OUR TOTAL UNASSIGNED AND DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE IS 59,000,003 63967. WE ENDED UP HAVING A VERY STRONG YEAR, ONCE EVERYTHING GOT CLOSED OUT. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IT'S LOOKING AT OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE UNDER ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR 2027, THE 236, OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE MAKES UP 20.8% OF THAT. SO WE'RE RIGHT ON THE SWEET SPOT AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDED UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. ANY QUESTIONS IN FUND 141? ALL RIGHT, OUR FUND 142 WHICH IS JUST OUR FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND. THAT'S A THAT ONE DOESN'T CARRY ANY TYPE OF FUND BALANCE. 
          THAT'S A REIMBURSEMENT, TYPE GRANTS. SO ONCE WE SPEND IT, WE GET MONEY BACK FOR IT. SO THAT ONE ALWAYS ZEROS OUT. FUND 143 IS THE CENTRAL CAFETERIA FUND. THAT ONE HAD, WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES, A LOSS OF $38,000 AND SOME CHANGE, HOWEVER, THEY'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED A VERY STRONG FUND BALANCE. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THEY ENDED UP WITH A TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF $9.5 MILLION, TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGET FOR 2027. SORRY, I'VE GOT A TYPO. THIS IS 26 BUDGET, BUT IT'S 27. WE USE 1.4 MILLION OTHER FUND BALANCE TO BUDGET THE 27 BUDGET, THEREFORE LEAVES STILL A HEALTHY $8.1 MILLION IN THEIR FUND BALANCE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THEIR TOTAL BUDGET VERSUS THE FUND BALANCE THAT THEY HAVE, THEY'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 68%, WITH THAT ONE, IT'S TYPICALLY RECOMMENDED TO KEEP ABOUT SIX MONTHS WORTH OF FUND BALANCE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE 50%. WE'RE AT 68% ON THAT. THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND BUDGET AT A $1.4 MILLION DEFICIT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURES, WE GOT TO USE OUR FUND BALANCE UP. THERE'S THERE'S NO SENSE IN, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT IT AND I KIND OF EXPLAINED IT DURING BUDGETING. SO I WON'T REPEAT IT TOO MUCH, BUT USE UP FUND BALANCE, DON'T RAISE LUNCH PRICES, KEEP IT WHERE IT'S AT, AND JUST KEEP EATING AWAY AT THAT FUND BALANCE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IN CENTRAL CENTRAL CAFETERIA FUND. SEBASTIAN, I'M SORRY, I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHAT YOU JUST SAID. WHAT IS THE SIX MONTHS OF EXPENDITURES? WHAT IS THE DOLLAR? DO YOU KNOW? THE SIX MONTHS, I GUESS, WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY HALF OF THAT 11.9 MILLION, OVERALL EXPENDITURES. SO ABOUT, LOOKING AT CLOSE TO $6 MILLION. THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE RECOMMENDED MAX. A LOT OF THIS, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE CENTRAL CAFETERIA FUND, A LOT OF THIS MONEY IS FROM COVID ERA WHERE THEY WERE KIND OF JUST GIVING US SO MUCH MONEY. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO USE UP AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WHEN WE BUDGETED FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, WE ALSO BUDGETED OUR EXPENDITURES TO BE OVER REVENUES BY 1.4 MILLION. SO WE KEPT THAT SAME TREND AND WE ADDED MORE AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO BUY EQUIPMENT IN THE CAFETERIA FUND. WE'LL REVISIT THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BECAUSE I THINK SHE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. BUT YES, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY YOUR QUESTION IS ABOUT 6 MILLION. IS SIX MONTHS WORTH. THEY'RE SITTING AT 8.1. SO WE'RE TRYING TO USE UP THEIR MONEY IN A REASONABLE WAY. OKAY. I'M GONNA HOLD MY COMMENT. OKAY. FOR THE FUND. 146 WHICH IS EXTENDED SCHOOLS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DID A HUGE REVAMP AS FAR AS THE LOCATIONS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AND THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE ENDED UP NETTING THEM A PROFIT OF $634,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. SO THE CHANGES WORKED, AND THEY DEFINITELY HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET. HER FUND BALANCE ENDED UP AT $1.7 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. 
          SO SHE'S GOT ABOUT 40% WHEN YOU COMPARE HER FUND BALANCE TO HER BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. SO THE CHANGES WORKED AND IT'S DEFINITELY HELPING OUT THE PROGRAM. THE 177 THAT'S JUST OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. THERE'S, THERE'S NO REALLY NO REVENUE VERSUS EXPENSES. THAT 
          [00:25:04]
WAS JUST BASED ON THE AVAILABLE BONDS THAT WE HAVE. SO I WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO THAT. JUST THAT YEAR END, WE HAD ABOUT 6.4 MILLION IN OPEN PURCHASE ORDERS, MOSTLY RELATED TO CENTRAL PIKE ON THAT ONE. AND THEN THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE REVIEWED THE FUND. 264 SO I WON'T GO OVER THAT ONE AGAIN. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SEBASTIAN AT THIS TIME? I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND I THINK A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE ONCE OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE INSTALLED, AS WE WOULD HAVE A WORK SESSION. I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED AT ONE POINT ABOUT TALKING ABOUT FINANCE AND BUDGET AND HOW ALL THIS WORKS TOGETHER, BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT IS IN A UNIQUE SITUATION IN THAT THE DISTRICT, I'M SORRY, THE COUNTY ALLOTS OUR GROWTH MONEY TO US EVERY YEAR, AND THEN WE USE THAT TO OFFSET, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. BUT I DO THINK AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY GO THROUGH THIS ABOUT HOW IT WORKS AND, AND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND WHAT WE CAN FORECAST, BECAUSE IN TALKING WITH MR. SEBASTIAN, WE BUILD OUR BUDGET OFF CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES. WE WOULD ALWAYS WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND NOT OVERSPEND. BUT IN WILSON COUNTY, OUR GROWTH IN PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX HAS REALLY BEEN OUTPERFORMING. AND IT HAS FOR SOME TIME. AND THAT'S ONE WAY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE ROOFS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION IS ONCE WE HAVE OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS IN PLACE, THAT WE ALL SIT DOWN IN SOME TYPE OF WORK SESSION AND KIND OF REALLY TALK ABOUT THIS AND THEN USE THAT INFORMATION TO PLAN MOVING FORWARD. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO ACCEPT SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? IF NOT, SHERRY READY TO VOTE. 
          [10.1 Recommendation to Approve Budget Amendment 2027-01]
MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS. ITEM 10.1 RECOMMEND TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 2027-01 MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND, WHAT YOU HAVE IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT. IN ESSENCE, THE 3.6 MILLION IS TRANSFERRING FROM THAT DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE THAT WE DID DURING BUDGET TIME IN ORDER TO PURCHASE, SCHOOL BUSSES, WHICH WOULD BE THE TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, CHROMEBOOKS, AND THEN CAPITAL PROJECT EXPENDITURES. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME RECLASSIFICATION FOR DISTRICT WIDE SOPHOMORE ACT. AND THEN, THE VARIOUS RESERVES FROM FISCAL YEAR 26. MR. SEBASTIAN, DO WE NEED TO ELABORATE, JUST ON THE VARIOUS RESERVES? THOSE ARE JUST THE POCKETS OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. SOME OF THEM INCLUDE, SOME MCKINNEY-VENTO DONATIONS. I KNOW BJ'S DID A BACKPACK INITIATIVE. THEY NOTED US MONEY, FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, PART OF THAT ALSO. SO IT'S JUST VARIOUS POCKETS OF MONEY THAT WE, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR KEEP TRACK OF. AND THEN WE GIVE THEM THEIR BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SPEND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS READY TO VOTE. 
          [10.2 Recommendation to Approve Budget Amendment 2027-02]
MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 10.2. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT 2027-02 MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS THE, THE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. IN ORDER TO PAY OUR ONE TIME BONUS TO OUR EMPLOYEES FROM OUR PERFORMANCE BONUS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. READY TO VOTE, MR. JERRY. 
          OH MY GOODNESS. GOT ME ON THE WRONG PAGE. SORRY. OKAY. YES. LOOKING AT THE NEXT 
          [00:30:09]
AMENDMENT, PROBABLY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE. THE OLDER MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO. 
          [10.3 Recommendation to Approve New Hire - Behavior Interventionist]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 10.3. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE NEW HIRE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION. 
          INTERVENTIONIST MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. SO THIS IS TITLE ONE GRANT FUNDS THAT WE WILL USE. DOCTOR CATHERINE SAID WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE TOTAL GRANT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SIXTH ONE, WHICH WOULD GIVE A FULL TIME TO EACH OF OUR TITLE SCHOOLS SO THAT THE SCHOOLS GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS POSITION AND THEY USE IT. IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPALS. IS THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S ONLY FOR THAT ONE YEAR. YES. 
          OKAY. OF COURSE, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER. READY TO VOTE. 
          [11.1 Old Business]
MOTION WAS APPROVED. UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11. OLD BUSINESS. IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP? THE ONLY THING I WANT TO COVER IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO MEET WITH THE ATTORNEY REGARDING THE LEGADO SCHOOL SITUATION THAT KEN YOUNG MENTIONED LAST TIME. AND SINCE THE ATTORNEY ISN'T HERE, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY, THANKS. ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS? IF NOT, 
          [12.1 New Business]
IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NEW BUSINESS. AND I SPOKE WITH MR. MAYFIELD, BUT I WANT IT TO BE ON RECORD. I'VE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONED ME AND OTHER EMPLOYEES AND CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE 2728 CALENDAR. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. SO SO TONY WILSON, HE IS KIND OF BEEN THE CHAIRMAN FOR THAT COMMITTEE IN THE PAST YEARS. AND HE WILL GATHER, INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE THEIR TEACHERS, PARENTS, DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO COME TOGETHER AND, AND SUBMIT A PLAN THAT I WILL BRING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. WE WILL DO THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. SO WE'LL BRING YOU TWO CALENDARS FOR BASICALLY FISCAL YEAR 27 AND THEN ANOTHER ONE FOR 28, SO THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET THOSE TO YOU BY SEPTEMBER AND HAVE THAT APPROVED BY FALL BREAK. OKAY. 
          CAN WE EMAIL YOU RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, MAYBE JUST TO CONSIDER, JUST TO CONSIDER IF YOU HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE CONSIDERED. I KNOW VETERANS DAY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, THE DAY AFTER DAY AFTER SOME HOLIDAY, BUT YES, SEND ME ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER AND WE CAN BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU AFTER EASTER DAY, AFTER HALLOWEEN AND ALL THE PUT IT IN AN EMAIL SO I DON'T FORGET. PLEASE. ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO 
          [13.1 Next Board Meeting August 18, 2026]
COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD. NEXT BOARD MEETING IS AUGUST 18TH, 2026. JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS THURSDAY, AS I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED, IN-SERVICE DAY, STOCKPILE STOCKPILE DAY, TEACHERS WILL BE THERE. STUDENTS WILL NOT. THURSDAY IS ALSO AUGUST 6TH. VOTE. PLEASE USE YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH A VOTE, SO EVERYONE USE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED AUGUST 6TH. ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD? IF NOT, ONE MORE MOTION. MOTION TO ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.