Oct 15, 2026 Board Meeting

[1. Call to Order]

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TONIGHT'S WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

I'D LIKE TO START THIS OFF WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. WITH HEAVY HEARTS. I KNOW WE ARE. I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO SAY A PRAYER. KEEP THESE, THESE THESE THIS FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS. ESPECIALLY.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL. A SPED BUS DRIVER, MISS PAMELA SANDERS BENNETT, WHO WAS LOVED BY A LOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE KEEP. SHE PASSED AWAY HER HER SERVICES THIS SATURDAY. SO PLEASE KEEP HER FAMILY AND KEEP THE WILSON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AND EVERYONE THAT SHE'S IMPACTED IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR PRAYERS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PRINCIPAL FROM CAROL OAKLAND, MISS NYQUIST, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S THAT'S LOVED TREMENDOUSLY HER HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY. SO PLEASE KEEP THESE FAMILIES IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, MR. ARVIN DEHART, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. PLEASE. IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND. MR. EVAN, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, SIR. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. OKAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO

[3.1 Adopt the Agenda]

SECTION FIVE. AS SOON AS YOU GET THAT DONE, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. AS WE'RE WAITING TO VOTE, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT MISS FARROW IS AT A AS A WORK CONFERENCE TONIGHT, SO SHE WON'T BE WITH US. JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS. THAT, KEVIN. MR. MAC.

MOTION PASSED. UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM SECTION FOUR, SPECIAL

[4. Special Recognitions/ presentations]

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RENAMING THE COMPLEX IN HIS HONOR WOULD RECOGNIZE MORE THAN HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AS PRINCIPAL. IT WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE HIS LEADERSHIP BY MAKING THE COMPLEX POSSIBLE THE FIELDS, THE FIELDHOUSE STANDING AS A LASTING PHYSICAL REMINDER OF HIS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPETE, DEVELOP DISCIPLINE, BUILD CHARACTER AND EXPERIENCE THE VALUE OF TEAMWORK, THE NAMING OF THE FACILITY AFTER MR. MARLOW WOULD CONNECT THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE EDUCATORS WHOSE VISION AND ADVOCACY HELPED BRING THEM TO LIFE. MR. MARLOW'S INFLUENCE ALSO EXTENDED FAR BEYOND THE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH HIS NAME. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE INVESTED IN PEOPLE, MENTORED COLLEAGUES AND HELPED DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS. UNDER HIS MENTORSHIP, EIGHT EDUCATORS WENT ON TO BECOME EXECUTIVE PRINCIPALS THROUGHOUT WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND MANY OTHERS ENDED UP IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS REMARKABLE LEGACY DEMONSTRATES THAT HIS INFLUENCE WAS NOT LIMITED TO JUST SCHOOLS.

HE LED. HIS. IT CONTINUED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATORS. HE ENCOURAGED, SUPPORTED AND PREPARED TO LEAD SCHOOLS OF THEIR OWN. HIS FINGERPRINTS CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND LEADERSHIP VALUES AND GROWTH OF THESE WHO BENEFITED FROM HIS GUIDANCE.

THE WEST WILSON ATHLETIC COMPLEX IS FITTING BECAUSE IT. FITTING PLACE TO HONOR HIS LEGACY, BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A TANGIBLE REWARD OF HIS ADVOCACY AND VISION. EACH TIME A STUDENT PARTICIPATES IN ATHLETIC EVENT, A TEAM PRACTICES ON THE FIELD, OR A FAMILY GATHERS TO SUPPORT WEST WILSON ATHLETICS. THE FACILITY SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT STRONG LEADERSHIP CAN CREATE, NAMELY COMPLEX. THE MARLOW ATHLETIC COMPLEX WILL ENSURE THAT ITS CONTRIBUTIONS ARE READILY RECOGNIZED BY CURRENT STUDENTS, FUTURE GENERATIONS AND STAFF MEMBERS, AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT JUST PLACING SOMEONE'S NAME ON THE FACILITY. IT'S ABOUT PRESERVING THE STORY OF AN EDUCATOR WHO DEVOTED MORE THAN FOUR DECADES TO SERVING OTHERS, AND WHOSE INFLUENCE CONTINUES TO SHAPE WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS. IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING SOMEONE WHO, UNDER WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS REQUIRE MORE THAN JUST CLASSROOM AND BUILDINGS. THEY REQUIRE LEADERS WHO INVEST IN PEOPLE, ADVOCATE FOR RESOURCES AND SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND LEAVE THEIR SCHOOLS BETTER THAN THEY FOUND THEM. HIS SERVICE REFLECTS THE VERY QUALITIES OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, SEEKS TO PROMOTE LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO STUDENT EXCELLENCE. FOR THESE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE WILSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE RENAMING OF WILSON COUNTY ATHLETIC COMPLEX TO THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GO AHEAD. MOTION. TO NAME THE ATHLETIC FACILITY. WANDA MARLOW, ATHLETIC FACILITIES. SECOND, I WILL SAY I WAS AT MEETINGS AT STUMPY LANE WHEN MR. MARLOW WAS THERE ADVOCATING FOR THE FACILITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BECAUSE, AS YOU STATED, WE HAD NOTHING BECAUSE I DID ATTEND MOUNT JULIET JUNIOR HIGH WHEN AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, MISS SHERRY, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ON ON NAMING OR RENAMING WEST WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETIC COMPLEX TO THE WINDOW? MARLOW ATHLETIC COMPLEX. UNLESS YOU. DON'T. YOU GUYS GO ANYWHERE AFTER THIS. I'M GOING TO ASK. I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION, SIR. MOTION PASSED. UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. MARLOW. GOOD JOB. JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A PRINCIPAL HERE. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, I WANTED TO ASK YOU REAL QUICK ABOUT THE CALENDAR. I WANT TO ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT. IN THE PAST, I HAVE BROUGHT UP PROBABLY ALL FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD ABOUT HAVING ONE DAY FOR PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES AND A STOCKPILE DAY THE NEXT DAY. CAN YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU SUPPORT THAT AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT YOU? I WOULD, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. I THINK PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES. IT IS A LONG DAY FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF. AND AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I LIKE HAVING TIME WITH OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF CIRCLE THE WAGONS AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE TO TALK, YOU KNOW, PROCEDURES, BASICALLY JUST CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE ON THINGS, CLEAN UP SOME GRAY AREA ON THINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. AND I THINK OUR TEACHERS WOULD AS WELL. OKAY. AND DO YOU THINK THAT DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S SCHEDULE ENOUGH IN YOUR TEACHERS TIME TO WHERE IF YOU HAD A COUPLE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A PARENT THAT HAD AN ELEMENTARY AND A HIGH SCHOOL OR A MIDDLE SCHOOL, IS THERE FLEXIBILITY THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, IN A BLOCK OF TIME? WE'VE GOT SEVERAL FEEDER

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WE COULD WE COULD WORK AROUND THAT. OKAY. I THINK THAT SO THE BENEFIT AND ALSO, I GUESS ANOTHER BENEFIT JUST TO ME WOULD PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES THE NEXT DAY, MAYBE AT THE, AT THE, AT THE STOCKPILE DAY, BEING ABLE TO ASSIST THEM WITH TEACHERS WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THEY UNCOVERED DURING THE CONFERENCE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME THAT IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO HAVE THAT TIME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THE NEXT DAY. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR ALLOWING US TO. YES, SIR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CEREMONY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MISS SHERRY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT, SO THERE'S NO

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THERE WE GO. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SIX ZERO. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE FONT BIGGER, TOO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID THAT BECAUSE I'M GETTING OLDER, BUT I REALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. IT WAS OKAY. DISTRICT CONTRACTS. MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. OKAY.

[7.1 District Contracts ]

[7.2 School Contracts]

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 8.1. WE HAVE A A VERY

[8.1 Aven DeHart - MJHS]

SKILLSUSA CULINARY, A CLUB BASED ON PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL CULINARY COMPETITIONS, NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, A CLUB FOCUSED ON RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. ASTRONOMY CLUB, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS CELESTIAL EVENTS AND

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AT THE START OF SEPTEMBER, DURING A HEAT WAVE, OUR SCHOOL HAD HOMECOMING. WE HAD A SPIRIT WEEK WHICH LED TO FRIDAY OFF OF SCHOOL. THE FOOTBALL TEAM WON THE GAME AGAINST FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN 30 TO 0. THE HOMECOMING QUEEN WAS JANAYA ELLISON, WHO WAS VOTED ON BY HER PEERS AMONG FOUR OTHER NOMINEES. THE NIGHT AFTER THE SCHOOL'S SECOND ANNUAL HOMECOMING DANCE TOOK PLACE, WITH OVER 670 STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE, A REMARKABLY LARGE NUMBER SINCE THE DANCE WAS OVER. LABOR DAY WEEKEND, TWO WEEKS BEFORE FALL BREAK. IT WAS COLLEGE APPLICATION WEEK WHEN 16 COLLEGES IN THE AREA CAME TO THE SCHOOL TO HELP SENIORS WITH COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AND ANSWER ANY COLLEGE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. DURING THIS WEEK TWO, THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTED 80 NEW MEMBERS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. NOW LET'S MOVE TO SPORTS.

THE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM JUST ENDED THEIR SEASON WITH A RECORD OF SIX TO 5 TO 4 AND 3 TO 3. FOR DISTRICTS. THE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM IS MOVING TO COMPETE AT REGIONALS HERE. AT THE END OF OCTOBER, THE GOLF TEAM WON THE WILSON COUNTY CUP WITH ONE BOY AND ONE GIRL EACH QUALIFYING FOR REGIONALS. THE FOOTBALL TEAM IS ON THE CUSP OF REACHING THE PLAYOFFS, NEEDING JUST ONE MORE WIN AGAINST ANOTHER TEAM WITH A RECORD OF 4 TO 3 AND 1 TO 1 FOR DISTRICTS AND FINALLY THE ARTS, THE MJS VOCAL ENSEMBLE WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF FOUR SCHOOLS IN THE STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TENNESSEE MUSIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S CONCERT AND THE ORGANIZATION OVERSEEING ALL STATE. THE OVER OVERSEEING ALL STATE MUSIC COMPETITIONS.

THEATER RECENTLY FINISHED ITS FALL PRODUCTION YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN WITH FOUR CASTS, WITH TWO CASTS ACROSS FOUR NIGHTS. THE MARCHING BAND SEASON IS ALSO IN FULL SWING.

FULL SWING. THEY PLACED SECOND AT HENDERSONVILLE, FIRST AT STATION CAMP AND FIRST AT LIBERTY CREEK. SOON, THEY WILL MOVE ON TO CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS AT MTSU AS THEIR FINAL COMPETITION AMONG ALL QUALIFYING HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IN JUST NINE WEEKS, OUR VARIOUS TEAMS, CLUBS AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT WITH MUCH MORE TO COME. I'M EXCITED TO COME BACK IN THE SPRING TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL AND WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, SIR, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD ALL THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. ONE IS IS A IS AVON. YES. AVON. MISTER. AVON. IF WHAT WOULD SENIOR AVON TELL FRESHMAN. AVON OR WHAT? WHAT WHAT KIND OF GUIDANCE WOULD YOU GIVE THE FRESHMAN CLASS OR INCOMING FRESHMEN? MY BIGGEST ADVICE IS TO PICK THE FEW THINGS YOU LOVE AND TRY TO EXPLORE THEM REALLY EARLY, BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED THAT I WAS REALLY PUTTING MYSELF OUT THERE, AND I JUST LOVE REALLY A COUPLE THINGS, LIKE BEING ON THE SWIM TEAM AND STUDENT COUNCIL. AND IT, IT WAS JUST GREAT TO GET INVOLVED IN THOSE THINGS EARLY. SO REALLY TRYING TO FIND THOSE COUPLE THINGS THAT YOU THINK LIKE REALLY SPEAK TO YOU AND THEN WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST MEMORY? WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST, GREATEST MEMORY GOING TO BE FROM HIGH SCHOOL? AND IT STILL MIGHT BE COMING, BUT FROM, FROM THIS POINT, WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST MEMORY? OH, REALLY? THE GREATEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME WAS I REALLY LOVED JOINING THE YEARBOOK STAFF. LIKE I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO. AND I JUST GOT TO MEET SO MANY NEW PEOPLE AND EXPLORE A WHOLE WORLD JUST BEHIND THE SCENES. AND IT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT TO KNOW. ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? I PLAN TO GO TO UT K AND MAJOR IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND THEN EVENTUALLY RESEARCH GENETIC DISEASES. WELL, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU. WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH. AND WE PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED.

YOU'LL BE AT ANOTHER BOARD MEETING AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN. BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING UP HERE REPRESENTING YOUR SCHOOL REALLY WELL. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU REAL QUICK. YES. THE BALL IS GOING TO WIN THIS WEEKEND. AVON. YEAH, I GOT YOU, BIG GUY. YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO KNOXVILLE. WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS WEEKEND. YEAH, SURE. I DON'T REALLY FOLLOW THE SPORTS BUT IT'S THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER BABY. IT'S TENNESSEE. ALABAMA. WE'RE GOOD I LIKE THAT. CAN I GET A BARK OUT OF YOU? CAN YOU BARK? I'M JUST KIDDING. GO, GO, DAWGS. RIGHT NOW! MOTION TO ACCEPT, I WILL SECOND.

TO DON AGAIN. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PUT OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS ON THE SPOT. I WASN'T ASKING A QUESTION. YEAH, IT WAS A STATEMENT. YEAH. MR. MAYFIELD, DID YOU WANT TO MOVE

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[9.1 Report from County Attorney]

I HAVE NOTHING. LOOK, I HAVE A WITNESS. NOTHING HERE. NO. YOU'RE STILL ON THE STUDENT ITEM? YEAH, I STILL WOULD POP UP. OKAY. YEAH. THERE'S NOWHERE I WILL VOTE YES, EXCEPT. PLEASE. JUST KEEP SAYING LOADING IN THE TOP LEFT PART OF MY SCREEN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF SOMETHING'S GOING ON OR. AS. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS. SIX ZERO. MOVING ON

[10.1 Director's Report]

BUT DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THE OTHER ISSUE, BEFORE WE CAN EVEN BEGIN THE EDUCATION. AND THEN

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THE COSTS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE STATE ON THAT. SO I HAVE ALL THAT MAPPED OUT. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. AND THEN WE NEXT TUESDAY, WE AT LEAST START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO DEVELOP THESE RATES BECAUSE THOSE THAT DIRECTLY TIES INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, IT'S UNDER THE TEACHER RECRUITMENT PIECE. AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO GIVE IT TO OUR EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO, FOR THEM TO EVEN CONSIDER A VOTE. AND THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE STATE PLAN, CORRECT? OKAY. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE STATE PLAN, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP. AND I SAY MARCH BECAUSE THESE COST, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE OF THAT EXCEL SHEET. I'M SORRY, I WENT THE WRONG WAY. IT HAS A TOTAL BOX AT THE VERY BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, 2,024,863. ALL RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE THE DISTRICT'S COST PER MONTH. AND IT'S NOT BROKEN UP. THAT'S JUST 12 MONTHS. YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 12. THAT'S $25 MILLION. NOW WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO FALL JUST BECAUSE I SAY YES, I WOULD CHOOSE FAMILY. DEPENDING ON WHAT THE RATES, I MIGHT DO.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT DEPENDS ON MY SPOUSE. IT DEPENDS ON I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE WHICH NETWORK THEY'RE GOING TO PICK. THAT'S ANOTHER VARIABLE COST THAT'S GOING TO SHOW UP. THAT'S WHY I SAY WE NEED THIS INFORMATION IN MARCH SO WE CAN PLAN FOR OUR BUDGET AS WELL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND SO THE EDUCATION IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR EMPLOYEES IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY 1ST PART OF MARCH AND BE READY TO VOTE AFTER SPRING BREAK WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. AND THEN WE WOULD I WOULD WORK WITH HR ON HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.

BUT THE FIRST PIECE IS WE GOT TO SET THESE RATES. ALSO IN THIS PACKET, I INCLUDED ALL THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE. THE THE CURRENT COST FROM THE STATE PLAN. THAT'S THIS SHEET. AND THEN I ALSO INCLUDED EXAMPLES FROM TWO OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SHARED THEIR INFORMATION WITH ME ABOUT WHAT THEIR COSTS ARE. ALL RIGHT. IN THAT EXCEL SHEET THAT I SHARED, I, I PUT I CHOSE A PERCENT AND THAT WAY YOU CAN, YOU CAN IT, IT MAKES A SLIDING SCALE. WE CHANGE ONE NUMBER, THE EXCEL SHEETS INTERACTIVE. I'LL HAVE IT AVAILABLE IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT ON TUESDAY. I RECOMMEND A PERCENT BECAUSE THE STATE PLAN DOES GO UP EVERY YEAR. THERE'S A PERCENT INCREASE THAT THEY HAVE. I THINK THIS PAST YEAR IT WAS EITHER 7 OR 8%. SO I THINK IT'S BEST TO. ALL RIGHT. WE KNOW IF WE'RE CONTRIBUTING X TO THE X PERCENT, THE EMPLOYEES KNOWS IF IT GOES UP, THEY SHARE THAT. THE DISTRICT SHARES THAT AND THEY KNOW WHAT RATE WHENEVER THEY DON'T DO THAT. FOR INSTANCE, SOME DISTRICTS, WELL, THEY THEY JUST ABSORB THE COST EVERY YEAR. ALL RIGHT. OR THEY DON'T ABSORB IT AND THEY AUTOMATICALLY PASS THEM ON ALL.

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YOU HAVE TO SET THE RATES. SO YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU HOW MUCH YOU'RE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE IN ORDER TO THEN FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, TO MAKE AN EDUCATED VOTE. AND I THINK IN ADDITION TO THAT, I KNOW WHEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE THAT CAME, SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DO WORKSHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THIS TO EXPLAIN IT, HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS AND EXPLAIN HOW IT WOULD GO TO GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION, HAVE THIS QUESTION AND ANSWER, MAYBE VET SOME OF THAT AS PART OF THE THE DUE DILIGENCE IN FIGURING OUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT INSURANCE INFORMATION? THE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE OPEN ENROLLMENT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST THIS 15 DAYS

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OUR ENROLLMENT IS BASICALLY FLAT. WE'VE BEEN RIGHT AROUND 20,600 STUDENTS FOR THE LAST, ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR EVEN MAYBE BEFORE IT WAS REAL CLOSE. SO THE THE GROWTH IN THE COUNTY HAS NOT NECESSARILY STOPPED. WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS AND PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS NOW IN WILSON COUNTY. THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED. I THINK IT'S BEEN IT'S 5 OR 600 UP FROM WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR. SO THERE'S, THERE'S ONE PLACE THAT STUDENTS ARE GOING IN OUR COUNTY, BUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ENROLLMENT HAS PLATEAUED. AND IN FACT, AS OF LAST MEETING, IT WAS ACTUALLY DOWN A COUPLE HUNDRED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN ONCE AGAIN THE OPEN ENROLLMENT AND THE RED FOR ME ONE MORE TIME. MAKE SURE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE NOT OPEN. LIKE YOU CANNOT APPLY TO GO TO LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL FOR NEXT YEAR. SO LET'S SAY YOU ARE A YOU'RE A A FAMILY THAT LIVES IN WILSON CENTRAL ZONE. WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO WILSON CENTRAL. WE WANT TO GO TO LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL. I'M SORRY. IT'S ALREADY AT CAPACITY.

THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR YOU. HARDSHIPS THAT HARDSHIPS, NOT HARDSHIPS WHERE YOU CAN PUT IN.

HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT DEPENDS WHAT THE HARDSHIP IS. WHAT KIND OF LIKE. IT'S A MATTER OF PARENT WORK IN TOWN ZONE FOR ANOTHER ONE. JUST JUST TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I MAKE SURE I THERE IS THE OPTION FOR THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS TO GRANT, DISCRETION, ZONE DISCRETION AT MY DISCRETION. WHEN IT'S READ LIKE THAT, EVEN WHEN IT'S READ BASED ON THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENT. ONE LAST QUESTION. HOPEFULLY THE GREEN ROAD. THIS IS DIFFERENT. I ASSUME THAT'S DIFFERENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN TAKE. YES, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. THAT'S BASICALLY HOW MANY SEATS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOL. BUT WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO LIST SEATS BY GRADE LEVEL AS WELL. SO THAT LIKE THE VERY TOP ONE, CARROLL OAKLAND 191, IF YOU ADD UP KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE THOSE NUMBERS, THAT ADDS UP TO 191. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, I GUESS JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. DO YOU JUST LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS. ARE WE LOOKING AT ANY REZONES IN THE NEAR FUTURE? ARE WE WORKING ON THAT? JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. WELL, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP. YEAH, WE GOT A REAL PROBLEM WITH STONER CREEK BECAUSE THOSE HOUSES ARE ALREADY GOING UP RIGHT ACROSS THE CREEK. I WAS THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT STONER CREEK HAS A CLASSROOM AVAILABLE TO PUT ANOTHER TEACHER IN. NO THEY DON'T. SO THEREFORE. EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CLOSED ZONED SCHOOL, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE SOME KIDS IN. NOW, DO WE JUST RAISE OUR CLASSROOM AVERAGE? BUT I CAN I CAN TELL YOU THIS RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THEY ARE. THEY'RE K THREE AVERAGE. SHE IS BUMPING RIGHT UP TO THE TOP. IT'S 19.7. I REMEMBER IN THE CLASS AVERAGING K THREE HAS TO BE 20 OR LESS. SO THE THE SMART THING TO DO WOULD BE REZONE. BUT THAT'S NOT VERY POPULAR. THE OTHER OPTION IS WE'RE GOING TO START PUTTING PORTABLES UP IN THE PARKING LOT.

NOW I CAN TELL YOU THIS LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL AND MOUNT JULIET HIGH SCHOOL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT AWAY. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BUILD A SCHOOL

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THE SMART THING IS YOU REZONE LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL. THE THING ABOUT THAT IS IT IS A TRICKLE EFFECT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTY. AND THE REASON IS, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS EACH OF THESE HIGH SCHOOLS CAPACITY IS 2000, I CAN TELL YOU WHY IT SAID IN 2000, IT'S FOR SPORTS. THAT'S 100% WHY IT WAS DONE, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THE PRINCIPAL OF WILSON CENTRAL AND I'VE BEEN IN GREENHILL. AND I KNOW THOSE TWO SCHOOLS DON'T EVEN COMPARE. I THINK IT'S 100,000FT■!S, 120,000FT■!S DIFFERENCE IN THE BUILDING. SO THERE'S NOT THE SAME NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS. SO IN ORDER TO PUT MORE STUDENTS IN GREENHILL, YOU GOT TO TAKE THEM OUT OF LEBANON.

YOU GOT TO PUT THEM IN WILSON CENTRAL, YOU GOT TO TAKE SOME OF THEIRS, PUT THEM IN MOUNT JULIET AND TAKE SOME OF MOUNT JULIET, AND YOU PUT THEM IN GREENHILL. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE ATHLETIC CLASSES IF WE GO OVER A CERTAIN ENROLLMENT.

IS THAT THE THE REASON WE'RE AT 2000 OR WHAT? NO, NO, NO, NO. OKAY. BACK BACK THEN THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. OKAY. IN ORDER TO HAVE THE AVAILABILITY FOR STUDENTS TO, TO MOVE TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. OKAY. GOTCHA. SO NOW THAT THOSE HOMES ARE STANDING NOW, RIGHT. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S INEVITABLE THAT THEY'RE COMING. DO WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE UPDATED OUR MAP KIND OF ON WHERE THESE, WHERE THOSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE AND PROJECTED TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMES AND PROJECTED TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMING OUT OF THERE. SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE AND START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WOULD REDRAFT THOSE LINES. YES. I MEAN, I'VE LOOKED AT IT, BUT IT'S NOT POPULAR BECAUSE IT ALSO YOU'VE GOT WES WILSON IN THE SAME BOAT RIGHT THERE.

PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THEY'RE PULLING KIDS ALL THE WAY UP FROM MOGADORE TO GO TO WEST WILSON FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT'S A THAT'S A PROBLEM IN ITSELF. SO IF OUR GROWTH IS FLAT LINE, DO WE WANT TO BUILD ANOTHER SCHOOL, OR ARE WE GOING TO REDISTRIBUTE OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND USE THE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE? SO NOW YOU GOT NOT ONLY STONY CREEK ISSUE AND A HIGH SCHOOL ISSUE. YOU GOT A MIDDLE SCHOOL ISSUE THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO AFFECT ALL THREE OF THOSE LARGEST GLADEVILLE, MOUNT JULIET, WEST WILSON, BECAUSE YOU CAN YOU CAN REDISTRIBUTE STUDENTS AT STONER CREEK. IF WE MOVE STUDENTS, THEY WOULD MOVE TO SPRINGDALE OR ELZEY. PATTON. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT THE DIRECTION WE WOULD. ELEMENTARY. BUT TO MOVE TO WEST, WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE. ELEANOR PATTON WE WOULDN'T MOVE A KID FROM STONER CREEK TO WEST, WOULD WE? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL THAT. I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE ON THE ELEMENTARY SIDE. NO, THEY'RE NOT IN FRONT OF ME. DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPLORE THAT? DO WE WANT TO EXPLORE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR? NOT THIS YEAR. I'LL SAY THIS IN THE PAST, I THINK LAST TIME WE WERE ZONED, WE TRIED TO DO IT BEFORE OPEN ENROLLMENT BECAUSE WE CLOSED THE ZONE WHENEVER WE WERE TAKING KIDS OUT OF RUTLAND. I, I WOULD THINK THAT THE CITIZENS OF WILSON COUNTY, IF WE HAVE FLAT TO DECLINING OVERALL GROWTH, WOULD EXPECT US TO USE OUR EXISTING RESOURCES RATHER THAN BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS. I WOULD AGREE. SO, BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, MR. MAYFIELD. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO START THAT FACT FINDING MISSION NOW AND START PUTTING THE PLAN TOGETHER. I THINK THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN GIVE OUR FOLKS AS WE KNOW IT AND OUR PARENTS AND THE IMPACT THAT THE STUDENTS THE BETTER. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT IS A 2728 POTENTIAL. THAT BE SOON ENOUGH, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WITH STONER CREEK NEXT YEAR? DON'T WANT PORTABLES. YEAH. LET ME LET ME PULL SOME INFORMATION. I'LL HAVE IT FOR YOU. I CAN BE A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE FACILITIES USE. SO WE COULD EXPLORE THAT AS WELL. I LIKE THAT I'LL TRY TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BE A TIGHT TURNAROUND. THAT'S ALL THE GOOD NEWS I HAVE. MR. ADAMS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? NO, SIR. THE DISCIPLINE REPORT IS ATTACHED UNLESS ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS. MR. MAYFIELD, BACK TO THIS ONE. PROBABLY ONE LAST TIME. DO YOU DOES YOUR EXCEL SHEET HAVE THE TOTAL OF THE OPEN SEATS, THE GREEN THE TOTAL OF THE GREEN ROW. IS THAT DOWN THERE? NO, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT

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LET ME LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE WHERE THOSE GREEN NUMBERS COME FROM DO RESULT FROM MAX OUT EVERY CLASS SIZE. SO IN THE PAST, OUR ELEMENTARY CLASS AVERAGES BEEN 16 TO 17. THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO. I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A WHILE. THOSE NUMBERS REPRESENT WE FILL EVERY CLASS TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY THE STATE, THE 20 OR 25 DEPENDS ON WHAT THE GRADE. YES. NEVERTHELESS, YES, I SEE A SCHOOL WITH 347 SEATS IN IT, SO MAYBE ONLY 300 OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO GET TO THE 90% LEVEL. I GET THAT, BUT THAT'S STILL 300 SEATS, RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ADAMS ON THE DISCIPLINE REPORT? DOCTOR COUGHLIN? MISS OWENS IS OUT AT A CONFERENCE. MR. SEBASTIAN. GOOD EVENING. I JUST GAVE YOU A PACKET. SOME OF Y'ALL HAD WANTED SOME INFORMATION. AS FAR AS ACTUAL COLLECTIONS FOR SALES TAX. PROPERTY TAX. SO I GAVE YOU ESSENTIALLY WHAT I GIVE THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS EVERY MONTH.

IT'S A MONTH TO MONTH COMPARISON. DO A FIVE YEAR ANALYSIS, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT EACH POINT IN TIME WHERE WE'RE AT. SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR 26 FIGURES THERE FOR LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX. THE SECOND PAGE IS THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH. THAT'S WHEN THEY HEAVILY HAPPENED. AND THEN THE LAST PAGE IS THE WHERE I DO A RECALCULATION. WHENEVER I RECEIVE THE THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE ALLOCATIONS FROM AARON MAYNARD AT THE COUNTY FINANCE OFFICE, I PLUG IT INTO MY SPREADSHEET AND DO A RECALC OF IT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIGURES JIVE WITH HIS. AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT AND THEN WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX PER PENNY BRINGS IN ABOUT $1.2 MILLION AND HOW IT IS ALLOCATED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COUNTY. WE ARE AT $1 1657 IS THE THE TAX RATE AT THE MOMENT. THAT'S A CERTIFIED TAX RATE. SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THAT. I CAN GO MORE IN DEPTH ON THIS WITH YOU ALL NEXT WEEK. WE'LL. MR. SEBASTIAN BE THERE ON THE 20TH. YES. OKAY. YEAH. I'M NOT TRYING TO STEAL YOUR TIME. I'M JUST. NO YOU'RE FINE. AND ALSO HAVE THE FLOW CHART THAT I WAS THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE THE FUNDING REVENUES, THE FUNDING AND ALL OF THAT. I'LL HAVE ALL OF THAT NEXT WEEK FOR YOU GUYS. OKAY. THAT IS MY REPORT. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, MR. SEBASTIAN, COULD YOU GIVE US SOME COMMENTARY ON THE INSURANCE REVENUE EXPENDITURES, HOW WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE LOOKING? HANG ON. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN FROM LAST TIME. THAT'S FROM OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. CAN YOU BRING ME UP TO SPEED SINCE I MISSED THAT? LET ME PULL IT UP. SORRY, I WAS NOT READY FOR FOR THAT. SO JUST GIVE ME A SECOND. AND AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS ON OUR SELF-INSURANCE PROGRAM. HOW, HOW ARE WE DOING AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES VERSUS REVENUES AT THIS POINT? OKAY. AT THE END OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, OUR REVENUES CUMULATIVE TOTAL 7.1 MILLION. OUR TOTAL EXPENSES 10.6 MILLION. THE SEPTEMBER REVENUES HAVE 5.7 MILLION INCLUDED THE 3 MILLION FUND BALANCE TRANSFER THAT WE HAD EARMARKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. SO RIGHT NOW, OUR EXPENSES EXCEED OUR REVENUES $3.4 MILLION. OKAY. AND THAT INCLUDES, YOU SAID, A $3 MILLION TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO ALL OF THAT, JUST KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY ON PAR AS WHAT WE WERE LAST YEAR. WE DON'T DO THESE. WE HAVE THE BENEFITS HOLIDAYS, WHAT WE CALL IT FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE 30TH, THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY AND THE 815 PAYROLL, THERE'S NO CONTRIBUTIONS TO SELF-INSURANCE FUND. SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE A BIG DIP. YEAH. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE START TO CLOSE THE GAP AS BEST AS POSSIBLE HEADING TOWARDS THE MONTH OF JUNE. AGAIN. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THAT IS MY REPORT. MOTION TO ACCEPT. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'M

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MOTION PASSED SIX ZERO. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DIRECTOR

[11.1 Recommendation to Approve Tenure]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION A SECOND DISCUSSION. I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING UP.

SO WHEN I LOOK AT TENURE JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. I'M STRAIGHT FROM OUR POLICY. THIS IS 5.117. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL GRANT TENURE ONLY TO THOSE TEACHERS WHO CAN PRESENT DOCUMENTATION OF A RECORD OF EXCELLENCE AS A TEACHER. THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOCUMENTING AND PRESENTING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR TENURE TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE POLICY, BUT THAT'S JUST HOW IT STARTS. SO ONCE AGAIN, A RECORD OF EXCELLENCE AS A TEACHER OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD THESE LISTS BROUGHT TO US, AND I GO THROUGH THE NAMES AND I SEE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, SUPERLATIVES. YOU KNOW, I THINK GETTING TENURE IS SOMETHING THAT'S TO BE CELEBRATED ACTUALLY IN OUR POLICY. IT DOES SAY THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A CEREMONY FOR GRANTING TENURE. SO TO ME, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL THING THAT'S AWARDED TO TEACHERS THAT ARE EXEMPT, EXEMPT, EXEMPLARY, BOTH AND PROFICIENCY AND PROFESSIONALISM.

THAT'S THE WAY THAT THAT I READ THIS. SO ONCE AGAIN, I GO THROUGH THE NAMES AND I AND I LOOK, AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR LIST, GOING THROUGH THE NAMES, I HAD A NAME THAT, THAT, THAT STUCK OUT BECAUSE THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD ACTUALLY, I'VE HAD ISSUES FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM, FROM PARENTS BROUGHT UP ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, SO MUCH SO THAT I REMEMBERED HIS NAME. AND WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THAT, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TEN YEAR PART, AND I'VE LOOKED AT THIS POLICY AND IT'S SPECIFIC IN, IN, IN HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE JUDGED. OKAY, ONE THING THAT'S NOT ON HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT CUT AND DRY IS THE, THE PROFICIENCY PART. I'M SORRY, THE CONDUCT PART. OKAY. THE PROFESSIONALISM. AND WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT THIS, I KNOW THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN SUSPENDED TWO TIMES, MOST RECENTLY HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. AND FOR ME, BECAUSE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS GRANTED, THIS THIS IS ONE OF OUR DUTIES. I GUESS THE LAWMAKERS ARE PUTTING IT IN THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT VOTE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS HANDS. SO IT'S PUTTING IT IN OUR HANDS TO MAKE THIS DECISION. SO WE MAKE THIS DECISION. IT'S IT'S STRONG THAT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO GRANT TENURE SO THAT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S EXEMPLARY.

IT'S THE BEST OF THE BEST. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THESE, THESE, THESE, THESE AMAZING RECORDS.

AND SO WHEN I SAW THIS, I DIDN'T TWO THINGS WEREN'T ADDING UP FOR ME. AND FOR THAT REASON, I CAN'T, I CAN'T PUT MY NAME NEXT TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN SUSPENDED TWO TIMES, MOST RECENTLY THIS YEAR FOR THE FEAR AND NOT FEAR, BUT JUST MY CONSCIENCE OF APPROVING TENURE FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO BE AWARDED A CEREMONY THAT'S BEEN SUSPENDED TWO TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. NOW, I GAVE EACH ONE OF YOU HAS A PACKAGE OF OF THEIR WRITE UP AND WHAT YOU KNOW, NOT WHAT HE WAS ACCUSED OF, NOT IN THE ALLEGATIONS, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT WAS ACCEPTED AND WHAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HIS PUNISHMENT, YOU KNOW, BEING SUSPENDED. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S WHY I, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING MY NAME NEXT TO THIS, THIS GENTLEMAN'S NAME WHEN IT COMES TO TENURE. NOW, THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE THEIR OWN VIEWS, BUT GIVING THAT INFORMATION, WHAT IS YOUR WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THIS? THIS COMES FROM HR. I THINK MISS OWENS SAID, LOOK, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE. THE BOARD HAS TO VOTE. I DID NOT KNOW IT AT THE TIME. OKAY, DOCTOR CATHERINE, CAN YOU TELL WHAT HOW A PERSON GETS TENURE. DO YOU HAVE THAT? IT HAS CHANGED. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A A LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS AT A I THINK A 4 OR 5 FOR CONSISTENT YEARS IN A ROW. SO IN THE PAST IT WAS YOU WERE TENURE HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. IN THE

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THEY ALSO HAVE AN ACHIEVEMENT SCORE. THEY AND THEY HAVE A GROWTH SCORE. THAT PROFESSIONALISM IS WRAPPED UP IN THOSE OBSERVATION SCORES. AND YOU'VE GOT AN OBSERVATION ON PROFESSIONALISM. YOU'VE GOT AN ENVIRONMENT, YOU'VE GOT PLANNING, YOU'VE GOT INSTRUCTION. INSTRUCTION WEIGHS FAR MORE HEAVILY THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS, FOLLOWED BY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT. WELL, I ECHO, MR. CHAIRMAN, KIND OF YOUR CONCERNS BECAUSE I WAS PRIVY TO SOME OF THE SAME CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INSTRUCTOR, AND I THINK IT'S EGREGIOUS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I LISTENED TO AND THE THINGS THAT I SAW. AND SO I, I GUESS I WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE REWARDING THAT. AND I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS HOW MANY OTHER NOMINEES MAY HAVE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST THEM THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE WEIGHT OF THE THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT BASICALLY WAS EVEN PRESENTED TONIGHT. BUT WHAT I ALREADY KNEW PRIOR TO THE PRIOR TO TONIGHT, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FULL WEIGHT OF IT, BECAUSE I, I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK IT IS KIND OF A REWARD FOR, FOR THESE TEACHERS AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. BUT IF, IF WE'RE ELEVATING PEOPLE WITH THIS KIND OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION KIND OF PUTS US IN A, IN A, I THINK ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT DOCTOR KATHRYN DIDN'T MENTION THIS, BUT IF YOU DO NOT GET TENURE GRANTED TO YOU, THEN YOU ARE NOT REHIRED. CORRECT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE.

CAN WE, MR. JENNINGS? MR. GREEN, CAN WE TAKE THIS SCHOOL BY SCHOOL? LIKE, CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE VOTE ON THESE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL I WAS I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION JUST TO TAKE THIS INDIVIDUAL OFF AND THEN APPROVE THE LIST WITHOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL. IS THERE A REASON YOU'D WANT TO GO SCHOOL BY SCHOOL? I THINK YOU NEED TO TALK TO MR. JENNINGS. IF YOU GO SCHOOL BY SCHOOL AND YOU VOTE NO ON AN ENTIRE SCHOOL, YOU'RE NOT GRANTING ANY OF THOSE TEACHERS TENURE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? AT THAT POINT, THEN I WAS GOING TO GO INDIVIDUALS. BUT YEAH, THAT'S MY I I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, I DON'T KNOW, DO WE WANT TO SINGLE OUT A TEACHER? YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH I, I WAS THINKING, BUT WE TALK ABOUT IT. WELL, NO, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT A THIS IS NOT THIS IS A, THIS IS A THIS IS A LEGAL MATTER. SO WE'RE GRANTING TENURE, OF COURSE. RIGHT. AND THE BOARD AND THIS THIS SAYS THE BOARD WILL GRANT TENURE ONLY TO THOSE TEACHERS WHO CAN PRESENT DOCUMENTATION OF A RECORD OF EXCELLENCE AS A TEACHER. OKAY. SO IF WE'RE THE ONES THAT GRANT TENURE, IF I DON'T WANT TO GRANT SOMEBODY TENURE BECAUSE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION OR THEM NOT, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONALISM, WHAT IS MY AVENUE TO DO THAT? BECAUSE THEIR NAME IS ON THE LIST. IT'S PUBLIC RECORD. HOW CAN I HOW CAN I DO THAT FROM THE STATE DOCTOR CATHERINE, HELP ME OUT AGAIN. TO GET TENURE, YOU HAVE TO BE A LEVEL 4 OR 5 TEACHER FOR X NUMBER OF YEARS. YES.

THAT WOULD BE THE PROFICIENCY. YOU KNOW, LIKE I THE WAY THAT I LOOK AT IT IN THE MARINE CORPS, WE HAVE PROFICIENCY AND WE HAVE CONDUCT. YOU CAN BE THE GREATEST MARINE IN THE WORLD.

AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN BE THE MOST FIT. YOU CAN SHOOT THE BEST YOU COULD. BUT IF YOU, IF YOU ARE GETTING IF YOU'RE GETTING SUSPENDED OR GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR SOMETHING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE GRANTED PROMOTIONS OR GRANTED SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT OTHERS ARE JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE GREAT. AT ONE PART, I'M LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, NOT JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL PART. HE MIGHT BE THE BEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD. I'M NOT TAKING AWAY FROM THAT.

RIGHT. BUT WHEN I READ THAT AND WHEN PROFESSIONALISM IS INCLUDED, AND YOU HAVE THE PACKAGE WHEN IT SAYS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL GRANT TENURE ONLY TO THOSE TEACHERS WHO CAN

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THERE'S BEEN NO. OR THE CURRENT. YEAH. THE CURRENT MOTION IS TO APPROVE THIS AS IT IS. ADVICE OF COUNSEL. I'M GOING TO AMEND THIS TO PUSH THIS. IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT ANYTHING. IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON TENURE? NO, BECAUSE YEARS AGO, WE GRANTED TENURE IN MAY, THE CONCLUSION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO THIS MATTERS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED. OKAY, SO I'M SINCE I MADE THE MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING. SO I'LL SECOND.

SO THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE THIS OR DEFER TO THE NEXT MEETING. AND THEN WHAT DO WE HOPE THAT WE GET MORE CLARITY ON? YES. THE, THE, THE LEGALITY ON HOW IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT TO VOTE FOR A TEACHER, HOW TO DO IT IN A PUBLIC FORUM, THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING THE NAMES YOU GAVE, THEY HIT ALL THE CRITERIA FOR GETTING TENURE FROM TEST SCORE. BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY YOU CAN'T QUANTIFY PROFESSIONALISM. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE IS YOU CAN'T IT IS QUANTIFIED IN TEN COMPANIES, THREE SPECIFIC BENCHMARKS. BUT ANYWAY, NOT IT'S NOT THE SAME AS WHAT MR. PADILLA'S TALKING. IT'S CONNECTED, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME. OKAY. HERE'S I THINK, WHERE WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM. I KNOW WHAT THE STATE SAYS YOU GET FOR TENURE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO GET BE GRANTED TENURE. YOU'RE READING BOARD POLICY. SO MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WORD IN BOARD POLICY WHERE IT'S SAYING EXCELLENCE OR WHATEVER IT IS. BUT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR POLICY, NOT WHAT THE STATE SAYS YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO GET TENURE. I GUESS I'M A LITTLE PERPLEXED AS TO HOW WE EVEN COULD ELEVATE SOMEBODY TO TENURE, GIVEN, GIVEN THIS DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST THEM. I GET IT. THEY MAY BE EFFECTIVE, BUT THE BUT THE INSTANCES THAT THAT I'M AWARE OF IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, HONESTLY, I'M SURPRISED THEY'RE EVEN THERE JUST TO BE JUST MY.

THAT'S JUST MY $0.02. AND SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE A SILO OF, OF, OF EFFECTIVENESS, BUT THEN WE'RE JUST COMPLETELY IGNORING ALMOST THE CONDUCT. AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S TWOFOLD. GREG, I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK WE NEED TO DEFER THIS SO WE CAN GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW AND NOT STEP ON A LEGAL LANDMINE ALONG THE WAY.

THAT'S ALL I'M SUGGESTING. I AGREE, THANK YOU. I AGREE, I'M NOT SAYING I AGREE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. I UNDERSTAND, BUT LIKE MR. MAYFIELD SAID, IT'S AN AVERAGE. SO YOU TAKE THIS ENVELOPE AND YOU AVERAGE IT IN WITH HIS OBSERVATIONS PLUS TEST SCORES OR HERS, YOU AVERAGE THEM ALL TOGETHER AND YOU GET A LEVEL 4 OR 5 TEACHER. THEN THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A TENURED TEACHER. SO I GUESS I'M SAYING I'M NOT SAYING I AGREE WITH THAT. I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S THE RULES. THAT'S THE RULES THAT THE STATE HANDS DOWN TO US. WE DON'T AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE HANDS DOWN TO US, BUT THAT'S THE RULES. CORRECT, DOCTOR KATHERINE. IT IS THOSE ARE THOSE ARE HOW TEACHERS BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR TENURE. WELL, I DO WANT TO SAY IF YOU DON'T GRANT TENURE THE TEACHER CANNOT CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT. HERE'S HERE'S WHAT WHAT I'LL SAY IS THE STATE DID MAKE THAT.

BUT THE STATE DID ALSO GIVE BOARD MEMBERS THE DECISION MAKING ABILITY. IF THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO HAVE THE DECISION MAKING ABILITY, THEY WOULD HAVE THIS LITTLE CHART THAT YOU FILL OUT AND YOU FILL IT OUT AND YOU SUBMIT IT, AND THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GET TENURE. BUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO THAT, THERE MUST BE INSTANCES WHERE THEY WANT THE BOARD TO HAVE DECISION MAKING POWER ON WHO GETS TENURE. AND IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST FILLING OUT, ALL RIGHT, MEETING CERTAIN WICKETS. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S PART OF IT. BUT THEY'RE GRANTING THE BOARD THAT DECISION MAKING ABILITY. IF IT WASN'T IT WOULD JUST BE IT WOULD JUST BE SOME OTHER THING LIKE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING. THAT'S JUST GRANTED. AND THERE

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THAT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS AND DEBATE, AND THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT ALL AVENUES OF IT WITHIN THE LAW. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WITHIN THE LAW. IF IF IF SOMEONE DOES MEET THAT CRITERIA AND WE AND A BOARD MEMBER DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE ON SOMEBODY JUST BECAUSE THEY MEET SOMETHING IN A STATISTICAL THING WHEN IT STILL HAS PROFESSIONALISM RIGHT THERE.

JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET WITH YOU, WITH THE, WITH THE ATTORNEY AND MAKE SURE I'M MAKING THE RIGHT LEGAL DECISIONS. BUT TO ME, IT'S JUST A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR MYSELF AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING.

AND SO THAT'S JUST WITH MY VOTE. THE BOARD CAN VOTE HOWEVER THEY WANT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT LEGALLY. SO IF THE BOARD DOES DECIDE THAT THIS TEACHER DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T GET TENURE, THAT WE'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. WELL, I GUESS TO BE FAIR, ARE WE CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE ONLY INSTANCE OF THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR FOR FOR THE REST OF THE LIST? SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE'RE GOING TO SINGLE THIS INDIVIDUAL OUT, ARE WE SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, LETTING SOMEBODY ELSE GET THROUGH, WE NEED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT INSTANCES LIKE THIS OR NOT IN OTHER PLACES. I WILL TALK TO MISS OWENS NEXT WEEK, WHENEVER SHE IS BACK IN THE OFFICE TO LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES. AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE HAVE IT UNTIL MAY, OKAY, IF WE DO, WE COULD, WE COULD WE COULD MEET TOGETHER WITH MR. JENNINGS AND FIGURE OUT THE VEHICLE. OKAY. AND THEN LOOK AT OUR POLICY. AND IF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO SEE OR WANTS TO KNOW ON EVERYBODY ON THE LIST, THEN THAT'S I MEAN, ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU READ IT, THE STATE GAVE THE BOARD THE POWER AND THE AUTHORITY TO VOTE. SO THEY DIDN'T WANT IT JUST TO BE A, A CHECK IN THE BOX. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE OPERATE. SO IS THAT OKAY? MR. JENNINGS, WILL YOU BE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD MEETING ON NOVEMBER 2ND? OKAY. AND. OKAY. AND SO AND WE'LL BE IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NOW AND THEN ASKING QUESTIONS AND FIGURING THIS OUT BEFORE THEN TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. SO.

THAT THEY WOULD BE. I JUST, I GUESS IF SOMEONE CAN TELL ME IF SOMEONE CAN SHOW ME IN ANY OF THE STATE LAWS, IT SAYS THE BOARD MUST APPROVE TENURE FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT MEET THIS CRITERIA. IT DOESN'T SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SO IF IT DOESN'T SAY MUST, THEN THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE DISCRETION. SO, JOE, I'LL RUN THROUGH THAT DOOR WITH YOU, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE DON'T BLOW OUR LEGS OFF. THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T SAID ANY NAMES. I HAVEN'T SAID ANY SCHOOLS. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING BECAUSE I WANTED TO TREAD LIGHTLY. BUT OKAY, I DO AGREE WITH DEFERRING BECAUSE SHOULD WE VOTE TONIGHT? AND IT'S A NO VOTE. WE'VE LOST ALL THESE MANY TEACHERS. NO. SO NOBODY'S PROPOSING? NO. NO ONE'S PROPOSING THAT. IT'S JUST I WOULD HAVE I WOULD HAVE CALLED THEM OUT BY NAME OR HER BY NAME. BUT ALL RIGHT. THE VOTE RIGHT NOW IS TO FIRST. SO THE FIRST MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SO YOU NEED TO WORK ON THAT. NO. OR RESCIND IT.

ANOTHER MOTION TO DEFER AND THEN MOTION TO DEFER. SO WE HAVE A FIRST SECOND OR THIRD QUESTION. AND THEN HE AMENDED. SO DOES THAT NEED TO BE RESCINDED. THE MOTION TO DEFER SUPERSEDES THE MOTION TO APPROVE. YES, YES. I'M READY TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION. ARE WE READY? YES, 100%. AND MISS LEAH ALSO HAD A MOTION ON THE TABLE. BUT NO, I'M GOOD. SHE DIDN'T HAVE A SHE JUST. SAID SHE'S WITHDRAWN HER MOTION. DO YOU HAVE A PDF OF YOUR ROLLOUT DOCUMENT THAT YOU GAVE US FOR YOUR INSURANCE STUFF INSTEAD OF THAT WAY I CAN HAVE THAT DOWNLOAD THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSED. UNANIMOUS TO DEFER THIS TO NEXT MONTH'S

[11.2 Recommendation to Approve TISA Accountability District Plan]

[01:10:02]

AND THEN THREE YEARS FROM NOW, IF WE HIT OUR TARGET EVERY YEAR, THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD LAND.

THE AMO IS THE. ANNUAL MEASURABLE OBJECTIVE. IT IS. IT'S CUTTING THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS TO REACH 100% IN HALF OVER EIGHT YEARS. THIRD GRADE IS CALCULATED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT IS BASED ON STATE LAW. STATE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE GAP BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE IN 70% PROFICIENCY BY 15% OVER THREE YEARS. SO IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. BUT THE OTHERS ARE BASED UPON THE STATE DEFINITION OF AMO. ANY SPECIFIC GOALS OR WAYS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THESE OBJECTIVES TO CHANGE? I KNOW YOU ALREADY SHOW THAT YOU FROM THE LAST MEETING, HOW YOU KIND OF SURPASSED YOUR ORIGINAL GOALS, AND SO YOU READJUSTED YOUR NUMBERS. ARE WE KEEPING THE SAME PLAN? ARE WE DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT TO KIND OF HIT THE NEW GOALS THERE? THOSE ARE SOME FEEDBACK THAT I GOT. THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE SAME GOALS BECAUSE WE DO THINK THIRD GRADE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE GOALS. THIRD GRADE ELA HAS TO BE ONE OF OUR GOALS. WE DO FEEL LIKE MATH, ELA, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM ARE OUR KEY GOALS IN OUR DISTRICT. IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE, PARTICULARLY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, WE DO KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE. THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR AREAS WHERE WE WILL BE MORE. A MORE INTENSIVE FOCUS, PARTICULARLY IN OUR LOWER LEVELS. BUT ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT TO ACHIEVE THAT? THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ACADEMIC DEANS OR MORE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES TO KIND OF MAYBE HELP THAT. I WAS JUST, CAN YOU IS THIS THE FORUM TO SPEAK TO THAT? WE WE CAN OR I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING ALSO, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT IS ONE OF MR. MAYFIELD'S KEY GOALS IS TO PUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS IN THE SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES IN THOSE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS OR ACADEMIC ACADEMIC DEANS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME INTERNAL WORK AS FAR AS OUR ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR IS WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY IN OUR SECOND GRADE. WE HAD A REAL FOCUS LAST YEAR IN OUR THIRD GRADE, ELA, WHERE WE WERE PULLING THEM OUT. WE HAD A WRITING FOCUS FOR ALL OF OUR GRADE LEVELS, BUT WE HAVE KIND OF DUG INTO OUR THIRD GRADE DATA AND SAY, WE NEED TO FOCUS BEFORE KIDS GET TO THIRD GRADE. SO WE'VE GOT A REAL INTENSIVE FOCUS ON OUR SECOND GRADE. SO WE ARE WE ADJUST EVERY YEAR BASED UPON WHERE WE'RE SEEING GAINS, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. WE'RE GOING TO EMPHASIZE ACT. WE'VE KIND OF BEEN STAGNANT. WE MOVED UP 2/10 OF A POINT. BUT WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE. OUR GOAL IS GOING TO HIT 21. THAT'S PART OF YOUR FIVE YEAR PLAN. SO WE'RE 4/10 OF A POINT AWAY FROM THAT. PART OF THAT. CCR IS GOING TO BE HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROVE ACT.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY DISTRICT PLAN? IF NOT, MR. CHAIR, READY TO VOTE.

[11.3 Recommendation to Approve Textbook Committee Approval]

SECOND? WHAT GRADE BAND WAS THAT? 6 TO 8 GRADE BAND. I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL. YOU GOT THAT, MR. CHERRY? ALL RIGHT. SECOND. YES, MA'AM. LOOKS GOOD. READY TO VOTE?

[11.4 Recommendation to Approve Wilson County Firefighters Use of School Buses]

[01:15:01]

ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? READY TO VOTE. THIS IS THIS IS NOT NEW. CORRECT. WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST. THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT. YES. USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE A A GROUP THAT REACHES OUT THAT IS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SOME SIGN, SOME KIND, THEN WE TRY TO FACILITATE IF NECESSARY OR IF AVAILABLE. I'M SORRY. MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS 6 TO 0. ON TO ITEM

[11.5 Recommendation to Approve WCS Calendars for 2027-2028 and 2028-2029.]

WE HEARD PRINCIPAL JOHNSTON, IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE I'VE BROUGHT UP NUMEROUS TIMES, AND I AT LEAST WANT TO JUST ACTUALLY HAVE US VOTE ON IT. SHERRY, ARE YOU READY TO WRITE DOWN MY AMENDMENT? MAYBE YOU'LL GET A SECOND, MAYBE IT WON'T. BUT THE AMENDMENT IS GOING TO BE TO AMEND THE CALENDAR RECOMMENDATION TO THE DIRECTORS HE SENT US, ONE THAT INCLUDED A PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE DAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST SO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND. I'M GETTING IT FROM THIS IS WHERE I'M GETTING IT FROM. SO THIS WILL BE TO AMEND THE CALENDAR TO HAVE A.

I'M JUST GONNA READ IT LIKE IT SAYS PARTY CONFERENCE. 913. STOCKPILE. 914. USING 1011 STOCKPILE DAY AND WHAT YEAR THIS IS? 2728. THERE'S MORE THOUGH. OKAY. WE'RE HAVING. 13.

YES, USING MOVING THE 1011 STOCKPILE DAY.

FOR THE 2027. 2028. YES. 2027 2028 CALENDAR. DID YOU HAVE BOTH CALENDARS? YES. I'M GONNA DO THE NEXT ONE. WE GOT FOUR OF THEM. I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, MISS SHERRY. YOU READY FOR THE NEXT ONE? I NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHAT WAS THE TOP HOLIDAY? TEN. 11. YOU READY FOR THE NEXT ONE? OKAY. PARTY CONFERENCE. THREE, SIX. NO, SAME SAME MOTION. I'M AMENDING THE CALENDAR TO CHANGE THESE DATES. THREE. SIX. 28 YES. SAME THING. 2020 728 SAME CALENDAR.

YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT TO HER, SHE'S PROBABLY IT'LL HELP HER. AND THE STOCKPILE. DAY THREE SEVEN.

NO, I'M READING THIS OFF OF A NEW EMAIL HE SENT OUT WHERE HE PUT THESE IN AGENDA. NO. OKAY. THIS IS SOMETHING HE EMAILED US. YES.

[01:20:17]

MR. PADILLA, CAN I GET A CLARIFICATION ON PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE? IS THAT AFTER SCHOOL OR THE WHOLE DAY, LIKE THREE HOURS AFTER SCHOOL, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE DIRECTORS AFTER SCHOOL. OKAY. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T TAKING TWO DAYS OUT. NO, NO, IT IS AFTER AFTER SCHOOL. YES. AND THEN THE STOCKPILE DAY TO KIND OF COMPENSATE. SO THEY'RE AT SCHOOL ALL DAY LONG. WANTED TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. YEAH. SO IT WOULD BE REGULAR SCHOOL, REGULAR SCHOOL DAY, THREE HOUR PARENT TEACHER AFTER SCHOOL. YES, YES. THANK YOU SIR.

YES, MA'AM. WHO WAS THE SECOND? WHO WAS THE FIRST WAS THE SECOND. I MADE THE FIRST. NOBODY SECOND YET. OKAY, SECOND. WHAT? YES, THEY'RE BOTH ONE. I GAVE HER THE SHEET AND SHE TYPED IT UP. OKAY, SO JUST SO I CAN READ, I'M GOING TO READ THE MOTION JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS. THIS IS TO AMEND THE CALENDAR RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOW PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 13TH AND AT A STOCKPILE DAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, MOVING THE OCTOBER 11TH STOCKPILE DAY TO COVER THE. THE 14TH. THE NEXT ONE WE WILL HAVE THE PTA PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE MARCH 6TH. YOU HAVE MARCH 26TH. YES, MARCH 6TH AND STOCKPILE DAY BEYOND MARCH 7TH. SO IT'S CORRECT. OTHER THAN JUST THE TWO RIGHT THERE. AND

[01:25:02]

AND PREVIOUSLY TO BE ON THE BOARD. I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS BECAUSE METRO DOES IT. WE USED TO DO IT HERE A WHILE AGO, DIDN'T WE? USED TO WE USED TO DO IT HERE. SO IT IS IT HAS BEEN DONE. WOULD IT BE EASIER TO HAVE THEM ON DIFFERENT DAYS? SURE. BUT AS YOU SAW PRINCIPAL JOHNSTON SAY, THE ATTENDANCE OF THOSE IS DECREASED, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MORE TIME TO HAVE THOSE. AND THEN THE TEACHERS ARE THERE ALL DAY. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE FROM SEVEN IN THE MORNING TILL SEVEN AT NIGHT. WHETHER TEN PEOPLE SHOW UP, 12 PEOPLE SHOW UP, THEY'RE AVAILABLE. SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE BENEFITS FOR OUR TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, TO COMPENSATE THEM AND GIVE THEM THAT NEXT STOCKPILE DAY, WHICH I THINK THEY WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE. SO THE WHAT I CAN'T FIND THE EMAIL ABOUT THE NOTES, BUT I CAN ONLY LOOK AT THE CALENDAR THAT ATTACHED THE AGENDA. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO PARENT TEACHER THING ON THAT SEPTEMBER 27TH. THEY'RE JUST NOT LISTED, NOT LISTED THERE. NOT EVERY SCHOOL HAS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE. WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE DAY BY LAW. SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL TAKE THAT DAY AND WE'LL DO HALF OF IT IN THE FALL AND HALF OF IT IN THE SPRING. SO WE THAT'S WHAT WE DO. YOU SPLIT IT UP. YES. AND WE DO THAT PRIMARILY. IT'S GOOD FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, IN MY OPINION. BUT ALSO THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE ON BLOCK SCHEDULING. YOU'VE GOT FALL CLASSES IN A WHOLE NEW SET OF SPRING CLASS. YEAH. SO WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS STILL KEEPING IT SPLIT UP, BUT YOU'RE MAKE GIVEN THE TEACHERS A DAY SINCE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE ALL DAY, THAT GIVES US A CHANCE TO KIND OF TAKE THE MATERIAL OR THE INFORMATION THEY LEARNED FROM THE CONFERENCES, MEET WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS, AND THEN COME UP WITH THAT AND HAVE THE NEXT DAY TO NOT HAVE TO GO RIGHT BACK, GO RIGHT BACK INTO IT, AND YOU'RE JUST TAKING THE DAY OFF OF EXTENDED FALL BREAK. THAT'S IT. THEY STILL HAVE THE FRIDAY BEFORE. YES. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN DONE. IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. IT'S NOT IMPACTING ANYTHING. AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER BENEFIT FOR OUR TEACHERS. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REALLY WANTED THIS. AND I SAID I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT I HAD THAT SECOND. DID I DID I NOT? OH YEAH. I THINK MCPEAK HAD THE SECOND. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS. DOES IT MATTER OR. NO, IT DOESN'T MATTER DOES IT, MISS SHERRY? I'M SORRY. MISS MCPEAK HAD THE SECOND. IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT OKAY? ARE YOU READY? YES. WE'RE READY TO TAKE THE VOTE. EVERYTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE ON THIS ONE. YES.

MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO

[01:30:05]

YEAH. THEY EVEN AMENDED THEIR FALL BREAK. WE'RE NOT GOING TO. I FORWARDED YOU THEIR CALENDAR.

I. AND YOU'RE ASKING TO MOVE IT TO THE MARCH 5TH. THE NINTH. MARCH 9TH. I'LL MOVE IT BACK.

I'LL MOVE BACK. BACK ONE WEEK. THE FOURTH NINE WEEKS HAS TEN WEEKS IN IT. I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE TEN WEEKS BE IN THE THIRD NINE WEEKS, RIGHT? AT TEN WEEKS, BECAUSE WE ARE IF WE'RE GOING TO MISS DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO MISS IT. THE THIRD NINE WEEKS TYPICALLY, AND WE'RE GETTING OUT FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING, PRESIDENTS DAY STOCKPILE DAYS JUST PUSHES IT MORE LATER.

FOR MORE OF A BREAK LATER. YOU CHECKING THIS CALENDAR? YOU HAVE THAT PULLED UP? OKAY. I WAS THINKING WHEN I LOOKED AT LSD'S CALENDAR ONE YEAR, WE MATCHED UP AND ONE YEAR WE DIDN'T, I THINK, BUT I COULD BE WRONG. OKAY, 28, 29. SPRING BREAK FOR THEIR 2829 IS MARCH 12TH THROUGH 16. SO THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY MATCHES THERE. SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH UP UNTIL THIS YEAR WE'VE NEVER MATCHED THEIR CALENDAR. BUT I MEAN I'LL GO WITH WHATEVER EVERYBODY ELSE AGREES WITH. BUT THAT'S NEVER REALLY SEEMED TO BE A I MEAN, WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED, BUT IT NEVER WORKED. I SAY THIS AND I'VE BEEN THERE RECENTLY ON THOSE LAST THAT LAST GRIND AND THAT LAST LITTLE BIT. THERE'S VERY FEW DAYS OFF AND IT IS A ABSOLUTE GRIND. I THINK THIS WOULD HELP IMMENSELY. I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PARENTS. THOSE KIDS ARE SPLIT IN THERE. IT IS NICE WHEN YOU CAN BOTH BE OFF THE SAME TIME. JUST THAT'S IT'S A POSITIVE.

THEY CAN ALIGN. HAS LSD VOTED ON THEIR CALENDAR ALREADY? I DON'T KNOW OKAY. I DON'T I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING. OKAY. THE NOTE ON HERE SAYS UPDATED 928. SO, SO WE'RE JUST EVERYONE KNOWS WE'RE LOOKING AT LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL, OF COURSE, BEING ON A DIFFERENT. THOSE FAMILIES HAVING A DIFFERENT THAN LSSD THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE. IN ESSENCE, THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE DECIDING.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE VOTE. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION. 2021 CALENDAR TO BEGIN ON THE 19TH MARCH 19TH TO MARCH 23RD. AND THIS IS THE. YES, MA'AM. BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF LSD'S IS FINAL WHERE THEY DON'T THEY CAN'T BECAUSE DID YOU SAY THEY RECENTLY AMENDED THEIR FALL BREAK? I FEEL LIKE I HEARD THAT TO MATCH OURS OR SOMETHING. MR. I HAVE IT HERE. THE LAST WE TRIED, WE WERE OFF CYCLE WITH OUR BOARDS ADOPTING. AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN BACK ON CYCLE TO DO EVERY TWO YEARS LATER IN THE SAME PROCESS. THEY INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR DISCUSSION. WE INCLUDE THEM IN OURS AND THEY ARE UP FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS LIKE WE ARE THE LAST TWO YEARS, ALL OF THEIR MAJOR GRADES. SO THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE WHEN THEY

[01:35:01]

BECAUSE IT IS TWO YEARS NOW. THIS IS YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT. IT STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE AS. SPRING PRECEDING THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO THERE'S STILL WIGGLE ROOM. YES, SIR. IF IF THERE'S ENOUGH OUTCRY OR PUSHBACK, WE CAN BRING THIS BACK IF WE NEED TO. AS LONG AS WE DON'T CHANGE THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS, THAT'S WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

MOVE A WEEK. OKAY, SO THAT'S THE MOTION. DO YOU HAVE THE MOTION, MR. CHERRY? I HAVE A MOTION, BUT I DON'T HAVE A SECOND. MR. MACK, I I'LL SECOND IT. OR IF I DIDN'T BEFORE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP. TO AMEND THE 2020 2029 CALENDAR TO CHANGE SPRING BREAK TO BEGIN ON MARCH 19TH THROUGH MARCH 23RD. THAT'S THE MOTION WE'RE VOTING ON. READY TO VOTE. ONE THING I WILL AND I KNOW YOU'RE HERE, MR. A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEIR THEIR FISCAL YEAR'S END, SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO HAVING FALL BREAK AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, I'VE JUST HAD SOME PEOPLE REACH OUT. SO I KNOW MAYBE NOT THE 27 CALENDAR, MAYBE NOT THE 28. BUT IF YOU'RE ON THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE, YOU'RE STILL A DIRECTOR. I'M GOING TO BE ON THE BOARD.

SOMETHING TO LOOK AT IS NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS IN FINANCIAL WORLD, I GUESS THEY CLOSE THEIR BOOKS ON THE 30TH AND EVERYONE'S HAVING TO WORK THE NEXT WEEK. AND SO THEY CAN'T TAKE VACATION AND FALL BREAK. SO JUST, JUST TO BE CONDUCIVE OF THAT PROFESSIONAL. JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. SO THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT, MR. WILSON, I DO THANK YOU AND THE WHOLE COMMITTEE BECAUSE I HAVE SERVED ON THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE, AND IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY, PLEASE. I KNOW MR. DONEGAN PUT A GOOD A GREAT GRAPHIC OUT FROM MR. MAYFIELD'S EMAIL EXPLAINING WHY WE START IN THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. AND IT'S IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WITH THE STATE AND THEIR TESTING AND THEIR SCHEDULES. SO WE WOULD LOVE. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE WOULD LOVE TO DO, BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE HANDCUFFED AND WE GOT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM ACADEMICALLY AND THE MOST INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PERFORM THE BEST ON THEIR TEST. BECAUSE WHEN MONEY IS TIED TO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WE HAVE TO MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS. SO SOME THINGS ARE THAT WAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THEM, BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. ONCE AGAIN, I SAID THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND VOTE. IS IT IS IT APPROVED OR DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR, AS AMENDED? THAT'S CORRECT. YOU VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED, AND THEN YOU'RE DONE. YOU GOT THAT? STILL MISS SHERRY? AMAZING. AMAZING.

[12.1 Old Business]

[01:40:03]

OKAY. ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MR. MAYFIELD AND MR. WHITLOCK, THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO ATHLETIC TRAINERS, OR AT LEAST MOVING FORWARD, I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE REACH OUT THANKING US FOR CONSIDERING IT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER THINGS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT SOME EVENTS THAT OUR SROS, THANK YOU, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEP IN AND TAKE CARE OF. SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. YES, MA'AM. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. WHITLOCK SOME OF HIS VIEWS, IF THAT'S FAIR. HE IS TALKING TO VANDERBILT ABOUT THIS, THE POSSIBILITY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HE WILL COME BEFORE YOU AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MR. WHITLOCK DID SAY HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL, TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND SHARE HIS INPUT WITH YOU. ALSO, HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO WITH IT. DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS? ANY NEW BUSINESS, GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALL

[13.1 New Business]

[14.1 Board Retreat - October 20, 2026 @ 6:00 p.m.]

[14.2 Next Board Meeting November 2, 2026 @ 6:00 p.m.]

[14.3 TSBA Leadership Conference and Annual Convention November 5-7, 2026]

REMIND EVERYONE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

YOU CAN REGISTER. I HAVE A COUPLE. HINTS ABOUT THAT. AND ONE OTHER THING IS ON OCTOBER 23RD AT WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, MISS ANNIE AND THE FAMILY READINESS TEAM IS. THEY HAVE THEIR MEETING. THIS IS. IF NONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN BEFORE. THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY GATHERS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR RESOURCES FOR EACH OTHER. SO.

AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY GO OVER SURVEY STUFF AND THEY HAVE SOME WILSON CENTRAL STUDENTS COME UP AND TEACH. SO IT'S IT'S AT WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, OCTOBER 23RD, I BELIEVE AT 11:00. I'LL MAKE SURE MISS ANNIE SENDS THAT THAT OUT. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, IF YOU CAN GIVE THIS BACK TO MISS SHERRY, PLEASE. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE. ONE MORE, ONE MORE MOTION. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.