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Have your attention, please. I'd like to welcome everyone to the. Thursday, june 18th, 2026

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regular board meeting for wilson county schools. We're going to start the meeting off with a moment of silence. We'd like to recognize we did have a couple former wilson central

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grads that unfortunately passed away. So we keep their families in your thoughts and your

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prayers. So we're gonna take a moment of silence and just think about those out there that might need some, you know, need some attention or some prayers. Airway provide some

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comfort. So everyone take a take a moment, please.

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and. All right. Thank you everybody. Up next, I'm going to ask the

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state champion, west wilson middle school warriors baseball team to make their way to the

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front to lead us in the pledge. So if everyone can, please stand. Gentlemen, whenever

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you're ready. Under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Great job.

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super. I think it was the fastest pledge that we've had here in a while. But that's

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efficient. I like efficient, right. Okay. So I need a motion to adopt. Adopt the agenda with

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five items of new business. Motion. Second. Motion and a second. Miss sherry ready to

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vote.

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motion passes. Unanimous six zero. Moving on to. Special recognition and presentations.

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I have mr. Chuck whitlock. Sir, if you could please take the. Take the stand, sir. The floor

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is yours, sir. Just really excited. Where we can brag on our kids and our folks. So this

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is always one one of the favorite times of year. We've got a couple of state champions,

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quite a few. And we also have some athletic directors to recognize first. Ladies first.

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we have a group of four girls. We've got jordan wilkerson. Come on up when I call your

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name, please, if you don't mind. She's not here. Okay. Up, up the grove. Leah phelan and

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katelyn bacco. Come on up right here. Let me tell you what these girls did. We do not have

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an eighth grader in this. This is sixth and seventh graders in 50.38 seconds. They ran around

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the university of tennessee knoxville track and handed it off three times 50.38 seconds.

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I. I challenge you to put a timer on your on your phone at 50.38 and see how far you go

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and not even have to hand it off. So amazing, amazing, amazing. And again, just want

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to recognize our state triple a state champion for by 100 team. Awesome. Yes. Hey mister shop,

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will you mister chuck, will you take a picture? Your track coach, if you come take a

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picture with mister. Mister chuck up here. Mister whitlock, you come, sir. There you go.

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west. Wilson. Yes, ma'am. West. Wilson. West. Wilson. Middle school. Yes, coach. Good deal.

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amazing guy. He's amazing. That's fast. Thank you. I bet they they might have said the

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pledge a little bit faster than the boys. All right. My next set, they went to the beauty

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shop. I guess before they went to state, they all got matching hair color. West wilson. Middle

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baseball. Okay. They they had some challenges this year, especially in postseason,

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because we're trying to do some great things for their for their property. Dominant is the

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word. Dominant is the word. Their last loss was in march. Middle middle school, state,

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state postseason. There's no double elimination. You lose. You go home. They marched

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through their district, the county, the district, the region section and capped it

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off with a run rule in the state championship game against west collierville. So again,

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dominant. Really excited. I'd like for all the boys to come up. I'm not sure. Come on up.

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now. How many how many eighth graders do we have here? Any eighth graders? Raise your hand.

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okay, so we still got some. Okay. A lot of eighth graders. All right, all right. And coach,

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coach coit could not be here. So I ask you, enunciate your name so we can hear it. Jordan

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bird. Okay. Sentence colin gardner, ben. Hayden. Johnson. Helm. Ryland. Flanagan. Trey.

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sims. All right. Oh, we got a couple. Come on in. Dj lewis, bryce mcclure, lucas o'brien.

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okay. Again. Yes. Get that picture. All. Okay. Again your triple a state champs. Great

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job in middle school. Thank you guys. Congratulations. We should yes we need to check the

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water over at west wilson. They're doing something right over there. You know. And just to make a quick comment hey everybody out there. If if you get a chance to go watch one of

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their events, whether it's baseball or track, go support your middle school athletics, because those are, they're a very low cost event you can go to. And it's, it's just so it's

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impactful. It's amazing to watch and support these student athletes. So thank you guys so much. Congratulations. Yes. And we've we've got a lot of things that are right with education

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based athletics. We've got a lot, a lot to be proud of. I also want to bring up three

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individuals. We we want our kids to grow. We want our coaches to grow and develop.

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but we also need to lead by example. We've got three athletic directors who have

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achieved national certification as certified athletic administrators. I'd like to

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bring them up one by one. So we'll go. Who's closest denise to fevers? Come on up. Denise

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to fevers is a long time. She's part of the fabric of mount jewett middle school. She's

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coached multiple sports and leads, doesn't manage leads the mount middle athletic program.

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so, denise, the fevers from mount jewett middle. Miss denise. I think he called you

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old miss denise, I think I think he called you old. No, no, no. He said impactful. It was

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impactful. Impactful. Missy hunter. Missy hunter is is athletic director for

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gladeville middle. I'm not going to say long time again, experienced teacher, coach,

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athletic administrator. This past year, she completed the first ever national cohort of

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middle school athletic directors she met once a month with with athletic middle

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school athletic directors from across the country sharing and learning from others. She is

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now going to be a mentor for athletic director, middle school athletic directors

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across the country, and I believe miss denise is going to also participate in that. So

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again, growing and leading by example, missy hunter, global middle. And michael berardi

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from mount juliet high school. Michael berardi has the unenviable job of being a full

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time administrator. With all that we ask, all the duties that we ask from a from an

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assistant principal, but also is is leading again, leading, not managing a six a athletic,

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a storied six six athletic department with all the challenges, all the

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opportunities, all three of those, all three of these individuals, they love our kids,

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they love their community. And we're just, again, thrilled that they are leading by

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example by attaining this difficult certification and growing themselves

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professionally, which in the end helps us to support our kids, our family, and our staff.

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thank you. Congratulations. Thank you, thank you, thank you. All right. I think up next,

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speaking of amazing and impactful individuals, I think mr. Shane, mr. Shane cook, miss,

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we're going to recognize miss frances, miss frances steering, the incomparable, the impactful,

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the amazing. Sir, the floor is yours. I wasn't planning on speaking tonight, but. But I

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gladly will for miss steering. Here she is. She is a true gem after 49 years of. Of service

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for the students and transporting the students, mainly the special needs students of wilson county. She has chosen to retire. So this year she managed to get

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nominated and accepted to the tennessee school bus driver hall of fame, one of only 26.

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one of only 26 people in the state of tennessee. She will be very missed in transportation.

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we can't say enough good about miss frances, and we hope you enjoy your retirement and know

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we know we'll miss you. I'll let you speak. Yes, I've enjoyed working in wilson

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county schools and I love my students and I'm going to miss them. But it's time for me to

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do another change in my life. So thank you for all you've done and I appreciate everybody.

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thank you so much, miss terry. God bless you. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Okay, moving on to

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section five, statements from guest delegations and speakers. Is there mr. David b rust, sir,

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if you please, step up to the podium. Mr. Rust, I'm gonna read a short disclaimer before

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you start, sir, please identify yourself and the subject of your presentation. Please

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address your remarks to the chair. The board reserves the right to terminate remarks that

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violate board policy. 1.404 the board has no obligation to respond to your remarks at the

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conclusion of your. At the conclusion of your remarks, the board and the director of school shall have the privilege to ask questions or respond. Your remarks will be limited to

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three minutes. Miss sherry will be keeping the time. I believe she'll be putting it on the

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screen. You agree sir? Good evening. I'm david frost. I'm an attorney here in town. I

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represent, without going into any specifics at all, I represent a student whose discipline is up for review tonight. On behalf of my client. I just simply asking that the

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board modify their discipline to allow a fresh start for next school year, or in the

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alternative, at least, grant the opportunity for another hearing before you all. And

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that's all I have to say. Thank you. Thank you for your time, sir. All right. Up next, the

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statements from guests and delegations is closed. We're moving on to item six to approve the consent agenda. Do I have a motion? Motion? Second. Motion a second. Ready to vote.

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motion was approved. Unanimous six zero. Moving on to item 7.1 district contracts. I will make

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the motion to approve the district contracts. We are going to approve the district

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contracts, but amending the amount or the cost of contract number 5ixl learning quote. It

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should read 21,225. Vice 18,922nd motion a second. Any discussion? Yeah, I just have a

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couple of quick questions on the difference between that paxton patterson and the path.

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if miss catherine, if. Absolutely. So I'll give you a quick overview of both of those

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items. The paxton patterson, our career and college or career exploration labs, we

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implemented those last summer in two of our middle schools, west wilson middle and mount

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juliet middle school. It is funded by the innovative school models grant. We're moving into

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the last year of that grant funding, and so that's to put labs in. I think, carol oakland

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tucker's. And you have gladeville middle school in watertown middle school. You'll

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have south side finalizing theirs. And carol oakland should be be coming to us

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waiting on an additional grant notification to be able to create equal opportunities for all students in our middle grades for career exploration. As far as path full, one of the

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components of perkins five, the legislation that helps to support career and technical

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education is a component that requires we have a student aptitude career aptitude

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assessment, and this is a platform that we are exploring. So it's actually a three year

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contract with path full. In reality, this is a far reduced price for what this platform

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traditionally costs. We've partnered with middle tennessee state university to receive two

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of those years free. Normally, one year of this program costs upwards of $60,000, but I've

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been able to negotiate it down to 30 for three years. But really, two of those are

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covered under a grant with mtsu and their agriculture education department. Excellent. Thank

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you. I think one of the and some of the research I did, it looked like part of the path

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full curriculum is to tie the students in with outside. Correct. They have a very

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extensive. And one of the the most robust platforms to allow for students to engage in a

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virtual job shadow with real industry experts and those industry experts have been

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vetted. And it's a session that teachers can book and schedule in class for them to have the

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opportunity to interview careers that may be not necessarily be available in wilson county, but we can also get some of those wilson county employers to participate in

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that as well. The other benefit to path is they're located right here in tennessee.

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there's no problem with the students talking with these outside people. Is that all

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correct there we correct. There's not the teacher actually has to book and

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schedule that the teacher is present. There's not going to be any outside live sessions,

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one on one with a student individually with an employer. No, that will not occur.

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perfect. Thank you. No thank set up. And then individually on the on the paxton careers

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labs is there is it have to be on a on a per school setup or can we do it? Is it is it

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better to do a district wide contract with them, or does it have to be structured

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individually by school? Well, the way the innovative school models grant was set up when

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the legislature passed that in 2021 session, it allocated $1 million per high school and

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$500,000 per middle school. So by the rules of the grant, I have to show that those dollars

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were spent at that campus. So you might notice that some of your k eights have fewer

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modules selected, and part of that's because they have less funding available. When we after we wrapped up those greenhouse construction projects, some of those

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required digging up a parking lot, which of course had more expense than those campuses that may not have. So one of the goals that I've had is to, to finish out the labs from

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those k eight schools that may not have had ample funding in innovative school models with either perkins reserve or perkins so that they can build and have the full experience

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available to. So I guess that that may be. Answers your question. As for why it's different in per school, it's a different. The same grant, but a different grant per campus.

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we have to show where we've allocated those funds to that school. No, we can't take funds

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from tucker's and give it to mount juliet middle or vice versa. Very helpful. Thank you very much. Absolutely. Yeah. Okay. Any other discussion? If not, we are ready to vote on

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motion passes. Unanimous six zero. Moving on to item 7.2 school contracts. Do I have a motion to approve? Second. Motion and second. Any discussion? If not,

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we're ready to vote while we're voting just to bring up one contract in here. It's pretty

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cool. Nissan is actually donating a vehicle to green hill high school, so it's a pretty cool program that they have going on.

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motion passed unanimous six zero. We're going to move to item number nine.

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we're going to skip over. Legal was a it was a copy that I had made a mistake on. So we're

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going to move to number nine. A report from county attorney sir. Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, thank

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you. And members of the board, I don't have anything that needs to be voted upon tonight

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or really discussed. Any questions for the. Mr. Jennings, I will say, because everybody

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else has said it, but I haven't. Congratulations to mr. Luttrell on his retirement, and we all

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know where to find him if we need him. All right. I have a motion to accept the motion to

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accept second motion, a second ready to vote.

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motion passes. Unanimous six zero. Reluctantly moving on to item 10.1, which

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will be our director's last report. Sir. What is yours? Thank you, mr. Padilla. You do

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have my report in front of you. Report cards were finalized and been published. They were

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published on june the 2nd, so everyone ought to have their grades included. A summertime

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event. You know, one of the biggest misconception about this business that we're in is

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that everybody takes summers off. You can see beginning from june the 1st, all the way till

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right up to first day of school, all that will be going on with teachers. Administrators wanted

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you to have that. And I would encourage you. I know we're all busy this summer and we take

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vacations, but there's several events. You know that new teacher orientation be a great

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event for you to attend to, let you see what our new teachers learn. We bring them in here,

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we get them ready to go to the classroom. You've got a opportunity for restoration

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night at rutland in the district. We have over 50 languages spoken. It's a great

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event to attend and just to see what we do for for those students and those families

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that are coming into our district. And there's other multiple ones. So I would

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encourage you, if you get an opportunity and want to, to stop by as a board member and

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just observe and see what's going on. Personnel update carol oakland, assistant

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principal, has been named miss kristen mcfarland would like to welcome her central pike

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elementary assistant principal. Principal has been named miss brooke neves mount jude high

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school assistant principal. Miss brittany booher, educator, effectiveness supervisor. Miss

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laconda mckinney and secondary supervisor doctor bethany wilson. We have. That is the

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most current personnel update. Some of those hires are within county, I think, and so

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there'll be some backfilling of positions. I do want to thank everybody in the last few weeks

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transition. Mr. Mayfield was a part of this process. And as we went through that and he will

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be making the filling those positions for to replace some of these people within the

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district. Doctor cauthen, do you have anything for academics? Mr. Mayfield you want to give

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us a update on operations? So in regards to central pike elementary there finishing the

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site work, fencing, seating, straw, certain areas, they still have some sod to put down

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around the playground. The sewer line is in progress. I think yesterday they were about

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300 zero feet completed. So they will continue the tdec operating permit, which allows

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us to use the force main to pump to. The connection point, has been approved and we have

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received it. So everything is good to go to operate once it is in place. Roofing projects.

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I sent you guys by email. Two of the construction updates for we a right and south side

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elementary. So those are going on. West elementary will be finished next week provided

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they don't have too much rain between now and then. I will tell you that mr. Sebastian

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applied for a state grant related to construction projects for high growth areas,

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which we are a high growth area. The grants for approximately $500,000. And in the narrative,

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we have to say what we're using it for. It will be put towards a roof at carol oakland

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elementary. I feel like we have a good chance to receive that grant, and mr. Sebastian will

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let us know when it comes in west wilson middle school. So we have had a situation

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involving the football bleachers. The general contractor had initially they

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whenever they bid the job, they put out. Requests for their subs. Sturdy steel, which is

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kind of the number one bleacher manufacturer in middle tennessee, didn't bid the

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project because the timeline was too aggressive in their means. And so bisque

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construction awarded it to a different sub. They were actually out of florida, but they said they could complete it on time, and they had given updates. Three of them, I

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believe, along this progress that they were good on the timeline. And then all of a sudden they said, we need a we require a deposit. And they went back and forth with bisque

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until finally they said, we're done. We're not, we're not going to complete the project at all. They completely pulled out bisque and construction has pivoted and they have

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contracted with sturdy steel to provide us the bleachers. There is an additional cost which

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they will absorb. They will not try to pass on any cost to wilson county schools. It will

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delay when those football bleachers come in, the rest of the project will be completed

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later in june. The original deadline was july 1st. But then you also factor in the rain

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delays that we've had since march. So right now that project is the due date would

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be july 23rd or 24th. They will have all the site work, the sidewalks, the the batting

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facility for baseball, softball and the press box area. The ticket booth for the press

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boxes are for baseball and softball, and then they'll have the the ticket pavilion. All

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that will be in place. The plan. And they have this from sturdy steel. They will leave the

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bleachers as is on the football field until football season and soccer season is finished,

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which will be in early october. I think it's october 4th. They will come in then and move

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those bleachers that are on kind of the home side to baseball softball. They will be

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ready to go for baseball and softball season. Then they will pour the pad for the new

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bleachers. Those are set to arrive february 1st. I'll make sure I'm correct. February 1st,

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and they will begin that installation project, and then the press box will be delayed a

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little bit. But they say it will be here for sure by march 1st. They'll take two days to

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set that and then that will be complete. And the at that time it turns into a soccer field

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for boys soccer and it will be complete. They have a deadline estimated completion march 1st,

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so there will be no additional cost to wilson county schools and everything but the. The

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football bleachers slash soccer bleachers will be in place. So that's the latest on that

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project. They have. They they regret of what took place. The timeline that we initially put

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out was probably one of the bigger factors. But regardless, they are willing to eat the

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additional cost for the bleachers. So the only other construction information I have

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is once the contracts, if they're approved tonight for lakeview, we will schedule a

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meeting with the administration at lakeview and the general contractor and the architect to

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make sure we have safety plans in place. And those will be communicated out to the

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lakeview parents and constituents, so they know what we're doing. And those will also be monitored and adjusted as needed throughout that project. So the student safety

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will be a number one priority when it comes to that project. Again to go. So any questions

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just just so everyone knows, it's maybe watching or listening or when will the

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portables be moved from gladeville? Or will they be or have they been? Yes, they are

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dismantled and ready for pickup by box. That's the name of the company box rentals. They were

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originally scheduled to go out last week, but due to the rains earlier in the year, where

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they're going had a delay on construction. They asked if they could pick them up next

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week. We approved. There's no additional cost to us while they sit and wait for their

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trucks to come in and dismantle and take those out, but they will be gone by the 1st of july.

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we will have no portables in the in the district for students at that time. We're

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going to touch on the watertown, the transportation. Yes. I sent you guys an email. One thing

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that we were trying to come up with ways to improve our transportation system. Whenever

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we change bell times. A few years ago, we moved watertown to a 730 start so that they

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could also service primarily lebanon, but maybe some southside or wilson central

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routes. But all three watertown schools start at the same time, being 730 to 330. So the the

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early the morning hasn't been the issue for those three schools, but it's getting to that second run at lebanon high school and the other schools that they might service.

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currently, mr. Brown at watertown high school has been allowing busses to unload at

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650 because busses typically arrive a little bit before the usual dismissal off the bus at

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7:00. In working with transportation, the sooner we can get those students unloaded

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and then off to the other schools, the better our service will be for primarily lebanon,

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but also potentially wilson central and south side. So I plan to reach out and gather

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information from the watertown community as a as a whole about this potential change, what it

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would mean if we started watertown high school at 720. We wouldn't have to start the

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bus routes any sooner, but they could dismiss. And then those busses would go and drop at

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either the elementary or middle, and then they switch. And they do that because neither

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watertown elementary or watertown middle school can accommodate all 12 busses in

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their student drop off or load area. I'm not sure if you guys know where that those are

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located, but it's very tight quarters. So what that would allow to do is in the afternoon,

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if watertown high school dismisses at 220, they load the busses and they'll be at the

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elementary or middle school by 230, which will save us time on getting those busses out in the

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routes and then back to lebanon high school. So but before we make any changes, I wanted to

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let you know, and I also want to gather information from the community. Watertown community, have a I have a basically a two question survey and then an opportunity, if they want to

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provide me feedback, they can do that, that I plan to put out next week to the parents. So,

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so, so in essence, you're wanting just to start the high school at 720. Correct. So ten

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minutes earlier and then at the beginning and then make it ten minutes earlier at the end. Yes,

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yes. That's all it would do is a shift and we wouldn't start the we wouldn't go pick up

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anybody any earlier than we currently do, if that makes sense. Okay. Because the busses

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have been getting to watertown high school at about 650 already. So that just gives us

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those. It saves us ten extra minutes in the afternoon is where the real savings comes in.

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that's a lot. That's a lot. That's a that's a big chunk. Sometimes those routes. Okay. All right. So thank you, sir. And I plan to bring what information I get from the

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community back at the next board meeting in july so I can let you know. Mr. Mayfield,

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would you share how many drivers we have in training right now? We have 21 drivers

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in training currently. I think a huge part of that is bart barker putting that message out,

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because we got a lot of traction right after that. So currently we have eight open

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routes, but if we can get even 15 of those drivers through and ready to go, the start of

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school will be in much better shape than we ended the year. So I don't want to be too

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optimistic yet. We need to see how it goes and get them through training first. But we

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have potential to make a huge improvement. Okay. Mr. Adams, do you have anything? Yes, the

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student disciplinary report is attached. These are the annual numbers. Since school is out

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for this year. I do want to say thank you to all of our employees, because when you're

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dealing with student discipline, everyone is involved with that. But those numbers are there.

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don't want to go too specific into anything. Trying to protect student privacy. I will

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say thank you also to our administrators came in last week for additional training.

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with all departments and continue to learn, continue to train, especially with law

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changes. State department policy changes. We want to make sure we stay knowledgeable

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about everything that's going on. So we have the correct implementation process also to

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the threat assessment data is you do have that report as well too. One of the things that can

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be confusing with the threat assessment data, with all data, I guess I should say. But try

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to keep in mind that when you do see the numbers, that means our schools are taking action.

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our administrators are taking action. Every threat assessment, law enforcement is involved. An

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administrator is involved in those numbers. And so we want to take every threat serious

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from whether it's a five year old to a 18 or 19 year old making a threat. So but that

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information is there. Happy to try to answer any questions if possible. My only question

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really is just more the trend line, like from last year to this year or especially on this

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threat assessment. How are you how does that look? I can I'll send that to you, mr. Homan. Be

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happy to. Thank you. I don't have last year's numbers readily available right now,

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but I'll be happy to send that to you. And you can do your comparison there. It's probably

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yeah. Something better. Probably talk one on one with because of the sensitivity of the information. If you can send it to all of us, please, sir, just so we can, we can

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definitely. And then just a question. I know you probably can't get this to us tonight,

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but I'd be curious. West wilson middle school implemented a I wouldn't say a total cell phone

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ban, but they went a little bit further when it came to to banning cell phones, would it

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be possible to look at their discipline data and look at some of their code of conduct

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and see if it was lower than the other middle schools? If not, I understand. I didn't

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know if there was a way to to, to track that, to see if if that really made an impact of

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them taking a stricter stance on, on those cell phones. I don't know if you can look at

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that and get back with me, sir. There's there's no rush tonight. But if you can look, sir, yes,

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we I can pull that data by school. Okay. But it doesn't automatically mean that it's going to be lower. It could be higher because they are enforcing more rules. Okay. So

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just do keep that in mind as well too. But yes, and I guess that that I guess if you can

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have a conversation with, with mr. Johnson, just see like the, the principal to see the impact

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it had, because it might be a lot more minor, you know, incidences because they didn't

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escalate because there wasn't those cell phones to help take it home and push it, push those

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issues further. So just, just trying to look at what we did and if we were successful,

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because if we can capitalize on that and maybe mirror it in other places, we can get better.

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so yes, there has to be some. Other data feedback involved with that because it's not just

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cell phones, it's all electronic devices. Yes. So all of that is looped in to that

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data. Yeah. So any electronic device is not allowed during instructional time. Thank you

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sir. Yes, sir. Okay. Miss owens, do you have anything I do? I did leave at your spot. The

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last gallagher report from april. We are busy in our hiring season right now. So far,

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we have hired 156 teachers are in the process of being hired. 136 are regular hires, and 20

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of those individuals are licensure, rehires or retirees. So we are very busy. We do have

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57 openings, but we hope that all those openings will be filled within the next month.

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and mr. Sebastian, finance report. Yeah, I've got a couple items tonight. The first one is

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mr. Mayfield already lightly touched on it, but earlier this month we received

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correspondence from the department of treasury. They notified us that we qualified

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for something called the public school construction and maintenance annual funding

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program. They also let us know that there were three tier levels, tier one being the the

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level that received funding first, all the way through three, we actually qualified

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for tier one funding that essentially what that sta that an la will receive $25 for

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each student enrolled in the lea. So the currently allocated. Once we did the. The

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application looks like we received an estimate. Or are we going to receive an estimated

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$510,344? As mr. Mayfield stated in the narrative that we put for the grant application,

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we stated that we were going to work on a roof replacement for carol oakland. So that was a

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very nice and unexpected funding there that that we received this month, so that

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we'll put that to good use starting next year once we receive the funding. They did say it's estimated to come in by 630. So hopefully it does come in by the by the end of

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the month. Moving on, talking about additional funding, I believe last the end of last

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week, beginning of this week, we received the remaining amount for the letter grade

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bonus that we had talked about last month. We received around $1.1 million. Taking into

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account the new retirement rates for next year and all of that, I'm estimating it's going

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to be about 350 to $400 per employee for the bonus payout. Looking at the calendar for the

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county, because we do have to do this by a budget amendment, the first time we'll be able to

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get the process started will be actually the beginning of august. Therefore, the bonus

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that the earliest payout would be the august 30th payroll, because it's got to go through

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the the first step, which is budget committee, which they will not hold when at the

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beginning of july, the first one will be held in august. So going through that and then or

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excuse me, getting approved here at the beginning of august, and then budget editor comes

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after and then county commission. The bonus payout will be estimated at the the

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august 30th payroll on that real quick. So I'm not assuming you said full time would

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probably get 350 to 400. Yes. So could you part time I just want I'm sorry. I'm glad you

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brought that. Yeah. So full time is 350 to 400. And the part time using the same

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criteria is you all had stated would be half of that. So obviously we'll maximize it as

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as much as we can. But that's a rough estimate right now is what that will be. Thank you

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sir. Moving along. This kind of ties into mr. Mayfield's. But we actually at the beginning of

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the year, we were awarded the public school security grant 421,000 and some change for the

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weapons detection systems. Those actually came in this week. So those are delivered. So I guess they'll they'll put those into motion and put them to use. And then lastly,

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looking at year end for fund our self-insurance fund. Just doing some quick estimates as

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far as looking at our revenues versus expenses. At the end of the year, there's some, there's

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some accounts that aren't fully spent, which basically is because we don't we're not 100%

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staffed all year long. So what that allows you to do is I can fully expand those accounts.

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and there's essentially a lump payment that I send to our self-insurance fund at the end of the year. So just taking everything into account, it'll leave our net position and our

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self-insurance fund about $10 million, which at the beginning of this year, we started at

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about 12 million. So there's about a loss of about 2 million as far as what we call net

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position, which is essentially our fund balance. Second thing to that is the month of june

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has been very kind to us as far as expenses. So if things hold equal, the way they're holding

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right now through the end of june, we're looking at about a difference of between 1 to $2

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million between our revenues versus our expenses. Our expenses will be a little bit

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higher. But it's it's if it holds equal. Now, last year, june came in a little heavy.

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right now june's coming in a little lighter than last year. So if it holds equal that's

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about the difference we're looking at for the current fiscal year. And this is just looking at our revenues versus our expenses is about a 1 to $2 million difference if things

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hold the way they are. So I'm hoping they do. But I'll I'll update you all in july. Any

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questions for mr. Sebastian? If not, does getting near my report. I just want to take

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this opportunity. This is my last report. I wanted to just publicly thank. Number one, our

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students, all of our faculty, administrators, parents, community members. I could go

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on and on county commission, each of our cities within our district. I can honestly say

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the five years I've been here in this position, I've felt the support of all of those

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stakeholders, a lot more support than than negativism. I just, you know, when when I

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came to this county 30 some years ago to finish my college career, I would have never

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thought it would end up here. It's been a very humbling experience. It's been a great

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opportunity. Wilson county invested in me as a teacher and young administrator, and just

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been one of the one of the great honors of my life. I won't say the greatest. I think

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there's some more important things than work, but one of the greatest honors of my life has been to lead this district. And thank you. I have a motion to accept the director's report.

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second motion, a second vote. One ready?

381
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mr. Luttrell, we are excited for you. And we like mr. Mayfield, but we're still

382
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not happy about this. Mr. Mayfield will do great, I believe that. Thank you, will

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to. Okay. Motion pass unanimous six zero. We're going to move on to items. Section 11

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recommendations for director of schools. Item 11.1 recommendation to approve exchange student 2026 2027 greenville high school. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second.

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motion a second. Any question or discussion? If not, we'll ready to vote.

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sorry. My mouse was. Motion pass six zero. Moving on to item 11.2.

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recommendation to approve certified handbook. Do I have a motion? Motion? Second. Motion

388
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a second. Any discussion? If not ready to vote?

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motion approved. Unanimous six zero. Going on to item 11.3.

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recommendation to approve support handbook. Do I have a motion? Motion. I'll make a

391
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second. Any discussion? If not, I'm ready to vote. Mr. Jerry.

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motion passes unanimous six zero. Moving on to item 11.4. Recommendation to approve

393
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coach's handbook. Do I have a motion? Motion. I'll second. Okay. Any discussion? If not

394
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ready to vote.

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motion was approved. Six. Nothing. 6 to 0. Unanimous. Item 11.5.

396
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recommendation to approve substitute handbook. Do I have a motion? Motion. Motion a

397
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second. Any discussion? If not ready to vote. Motion was approved. Unanimous six zero.

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moving on to item 11.6. Recommendation to approve transportation handbook. Motion

399
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second. Motion a second. Any discussion? I have a quick question. Something caught my

400
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eye in this. On page nine it says school busses should only be washed on a quarterly basis.

401
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can someone explain that? So the reason that was put in there is to limit the number.

402
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we pay our bus drivers. They're on the clock to wash the bus. Some would wash the bus every

403
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day if given the opportunity. The bus really doesn't need to be washed every day, so that's

404
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understood. Thank you. Any other discussion? While we vote? I know mr. Ed might not like

405
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this, but. And we're ready to vote. Miss sherry, if can you explain the this the referral

406
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program real quick so that we do have a referral program where our employee, our

407
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transportation employees can earn extra money for recruiting additional drivers for us. And

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that's paid $250 when they get them to apply. And then another 250 whenever they complete and

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they're on the road. So we have numerous drivers that do take advantage of that and, and make

410
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some extra money and also recruit drivers for us. So that is one addition. You'll also

411
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notice there's a change in the attendance bonus. Bonus is going to be new. I brought this

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up before, but it's an opportunity. In the past we've done it quarterly and it was

413
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based on perfect attendance. Well, sometimes life happens. We have bereavement leave. That

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needs to happen. You have a medical situation and the driver would not be able to get

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the bonus. In looking at our total program and what we really need is we need just

416
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better driver attendance as a whole. So my recommendation was, let's make it. If you get the

417
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full bonus, if you have a 97% attendance rate, basically from a driver's perspective, they

418
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could miss six days for bereavement, illness, family illness, whatever the case may

419
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be. That's six days that you can miss and you'll still get the full bonus. And now it's

420
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not, it's not after that. You miss seven, you don't receive the bonus. But I really feel

421
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like that will make a big difference. I've also put this out to the drivers before I

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ever proposed it, and the majority are in favor of it. Matter of fact, I didn't really

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have anybody speak out against it, so I do think that will help. Number one, our drivers,

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but also encourage better attendance because just because they have to miss one day

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doesn't mean in the past it doesn't matter. I can just go ahead and miss 4 or 5 more. It

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doesn't matter. That won't be the case now. So I really feel like it'll help. The bus

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drivers here are happy about that. Saw some some gestures out there, so that's a good thing. Motion passed unanimous 6 to 0. Moving on to item 11.7. Recommendation to approve on

428
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first reading policy. 5.605. We're going to bring that back for second reading next month.

429
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are we trying to approve that this month? What was your this is the $200 gift in our

430
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handbook. Do we need to break? It needs to be first and final because that's the information

431
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that's in the handbook. So that's the reason I asked to be first and final so that our

432
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handbooks and our policy matches. I'm sorry I missed the final part. So I'm going to make a motion to break the rules. Amendable motion to suspend the rules. Suspend

433
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suspend the rules. I'm sorry. I like the motion to break the rules. We can break the rules.

434
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suspend the rules. I'm sorry. Yeah, I'll second that. Yeah, a little brevity, whatever it was.

435
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so we have a motion to suspend the rules. And a second. Okay. That's in order to approve this

436
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policy on the first reading. So trying to figure out who robert is and why he's so important to

437
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follow. But. Suspension. Yes, ma'am.

438
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miss williams. Okay, I heard her. I heard her clicking. I was like, she's going to.

439
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motion passes. Unanimous six zero. Okay, so now on to approve on first and final

440
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reading policy 5.605. If you'd like to speak on that or I'll make a motion to approve.

441
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second motion a second for clarification. Did you say that that's what's in the handbook

442
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and we're just making this match last year. Was the two a typo. So we changed the

443
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handbooks because all the handbooks were due at this meeting. So it there was a

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change on the finance part where it said 200. And in the hr section five it said 100.

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and so when we were going through the handbooks, we realized that there was a

446
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discrepancy. And so we changed the handbooks to show 200. We talked. The executive team

447
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talked, discussed it. So we wanted to make sure that it's everywhere. It's 200. And so

448
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that's the reason that I ask that it be done on first and final so that the handbooks,

449
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everything says 200 and there's not 100 in 1 place and 200 another. But this is going to

450
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say, oh, this is going to say 200. Okay. Yes. Gotcha. Correct. Correct. So everywhere it will

451
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say 200. A quick question after it specifies 200, then it says gifts amounting to less than

452
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100 will not require such approval. Is that should that be 200. Still 100. The

453
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threshold for that. Should be a two gifts amounting to less than 200. That should also be a

454
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two, right? Okay. We've suspended the rule so we can change it. There we go. All

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right. We have a motion and a second. We do. We're ready to vote. Motion passes six zero.

456
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moving on to item. 11.8. Recommendation to approve 20 2026, 2026 to 2027. Yeah. Esp,

457
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csea handbook fee and calendar. Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Motion a

458
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second. Any discussion? If not ready to vote.

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motion passes. Unanimous 6 to 0. Moving on to item 11.9. Recommendation to

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approve 2026 2027 tlc parent handbook. Motion to approve. Second. Motion a second. Any

461
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discussion? I just want to note and thanks, mr. Luttrell. Mr. Sebastian, miss jo beth.

462
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there's no rate change this year. No rate change. Awesome. All right. Ready to vote? Mr.

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motion pass six zero. Moving on to item 11.10. Recommendation to approve 2026 2027 parent

464
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student handbook. Motion to approve. Second. Motion a second. Any discussion? No

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discussion. Ready to vote. I do need to say thank you to miss mcgee for being the board

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member with helping out with this process. She attended all the meetings, was very involved

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with great questions and feedback as well too, but also all of the code of conduct

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committee as well. Thank you for all those that served and helping with this handbook this

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year. All right. Motion passes unanimous six zero. Moving on to item 11.11. Recommendation

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to approve addendum to aba contract to include the new transportation building. Motion

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to approve. Second, that a correction that should be a b m, which is our current cleaning

472
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company. So that's a typo. A b, m a, b, m as I, which we are currently under contract with.

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and all this does is show the rate for adding the new transportation office, which

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will be the old bta building that is currently under renovation and is scheduled. We

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will use that move in in july. And how many more years do we have on this contract with them?

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this this upcoming will be the final year. We'll have to put it out for bid right around the

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turn of the year. I have no other discussion. We are ready to vote. Mr. Jerry. A b m.

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motion passes unanimous six zero. Moving on to item 11.12, a recommendation to approve

479
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construction contract for lakeview elementary to approve. Second. Motion and a second.

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any discussion? Yeah. Do we have a. Do we want to discuss the summary of the total for

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01:00:43,666 --> 01:00:43,666
these. Or how do we want to. If you'd like to know sir. Yeah we can we can do that. It's up to

482
01:00:48,866 --> 01:00:48,866
you, sir. Yeah. Just question to see what what the all in contract was for these. Hang on.

483
01:00:57,033 --> 01:00:57,033
let me pull that. Up top of my head. It's 2020 million for what you're asking. Total

484
01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:08,400
number. Yeah. Total was soft. Yeah. Because the and I talked to mr. Mayfield a little bit

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about this before. Just the handout we had was for the the some of the soft costs and the

486
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and the building costs, which was. 18 and some change. And then we had architect and then

487
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some allowances beyond that. So just for transparency, just trying to get a total, the

488
01:01:30,066 --> 01:01:30,066
total contract for rg anderson for lakeview elementary. $18,474,000. So that is just

489
01:01:39,433 --> 01:01:39,433
for that's the rg anderson contract. The architectural and civil fees are separate. That

490
01:01:47,666 --> 01:01:47,666
is. Correct me if I'm wrong. 1,100,066 $166,070. So that's for the fees now in the bid or

491
01:02:00,666 --> 01:02:00,666
the bond documents that we sent to the county commission, the total project cost was

492
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$21,440,070. In addition to the rg anderson contract and the architectural and civil fees,

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01:02:14,666 --> 01:02:14,666
we as a district do not include furniture and equipment in the general contract so that we can

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save money, in essence, by bidding that work out ourselves. In addition, the the technology

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01:02:28,933 --> 01:02:28,933
and low voltage. We pull that out as well. So those numbers are included in the bond. Those

496
01:02:34,800 --> 01:02:34,800
were included whenever we did the presentation last month for to approve the contract or the

497
01:02:42,366 --> 01:02:42,366
projects by board approval, and then it was sent to the county commission. That's helpful.

498
01:02:48,133 --> 01:02:48,133
thank you. So can you just set a time frame on that when that would be completed? Do we. July

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01:02:57,866 --> 01:02:57,866
of 28. Okay. And mr. Mayfield, you said you'll go ahead and email it to us as well. That

500
01:03:06,733 --> 01:03:06,733
total list. Yes I will. I will send you that to you shortly. Thank you. Thank you sir.

501
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that's a major minute. Let's vote.

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motion passes. Unanimous six zero. Moving on to item 11.13, which I'm sure our

503
01:03:41,100 --> 01:03:41,100
director is happy about this one. Recommendation to approve construction contract for the

504
01:03:45,433 --> 01:03:45,433
new watertown middle school. Motion to approve. Second. Motion and second. Any. Any.

505
01:03:51,866 --> 01:03:51,866
any. Discussion. Other than the same. Can you send the same question? Same materials or.

506
01:03:55,933 --> 01:03:55,933
yeah. Can you go over the cost real quick, sir? Yes. So for watertown middle school, the

507
01:04:02,700 --> 01:04:02,700
general contractor contract is for $54,787,000. In addition to that, architectural fees are 1

508
01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:14,600
million, sorry, 2,100,000 $139,350. I'm going to send you this document just here in a

509
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:26,400
few minutes. I'm saving it right now. In addition, we budgeted a what we call f, f,

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and e furniture, fixtures and equipment at 1,150,000. And our technology slash low voltage

511
01:04:39,066 --> 01:04:39,066
package at $2.4 million. That gives you a total of $60,276,350, and completion

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date july 2028. July 2028. Perfect. One thing about that project, in the event it

513
01:05:01,533 --> 01:05:01,533
finishes early, we can move in early because we are not rezoning a new school or

514
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anything like that. So if with the state of watertown middle currently, the quicker we could

515
01:05:13,366 --> 01:05:13,366
move into that building at a good transition period. I think we need to move on that, but

516
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we'll know more once we go through the first year of construction. All right. Any

517
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:25,600
more discussion? Ready to vote?

518
01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:48,400
motion passes six zero. Moving on to item 12. Old business. Do we have any old business to

519
01:05:54,533 --> 01:05:54,533
bring up? If not, we'll move on to item number 13. New business 13.1. Miss kimberly mcgee,

520
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policy 1.402, ma'am. Thank you, mr. Chair. So I put this on the agenda because I had community

521
01:06:11,733 --> 01:06:11,733
reach out with some confusion with some of the language in it. But when I reviewed it against

522
01:06:19,700 --> 01:06:19,700
state statute, it pretty much mirrors state statute. So I just put it on the agenda to

523
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see if anyone had any additional thoughts, especially around there's a section where

524
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we say that notification will be posted on the official district website. I didn't know

525
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if anyone would consider perhaps making that more clear, as in the district website, and

526
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give specifically maybe the school board calendar or the school board page or something

527
01:06:52,266 --> 01:06:52,266
to that effect. And I also wanted to point out that there was a question about who we

528
01:06:58,200 --> 01:06:58,200
notified. And I just want to say again that that actually mirrors state statute. And so I,

529
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I feel that we've left the president of the local education association in there

530
01:07:11,133 --> 01:07:11,133
because that statute. We have a procedure for this because I was I had the same questions.

531
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and as I was listening to you, I was just thinking really where we put it, that would be

532
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under procedure, but I'm not sure if there's a procedure for this policy. So maybe that

533
01:07:31,133 --> 01:07:31,133
would be the answer is to kind of further define exactly where in a procedure, would it be

534
01:07:38,833 --> 01:07:38,833
appropriate to have mr. Mayfield get with miss heider myself and for the next board

535
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meeting, have a procedure where it'll list a little bit, a little bit more specific and

536
01:07:50,166 --> 01:07:50,166
how that transaction goes. Or what are you guys looking for? I think that would be great.

537
01:07:58,133 --> 01:07:58,133
thank you. Is that something that we could come up with a procedure. So if if you're not

538
01:08:03,033 --> 01:08:03,033
there and miss pam's not here and I have to do something, I can know who I got to go to or

539
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this is how we do, and this is where it will be placed. Is that okay? Are you okay with

540
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that, mr. Mayfield? Okay, sir. Thank you. All right. Is there anything, anything else, miss mcgee? No. Thank you. Okay. All right. I'm gonna bring up item. I have a new business item. So

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I brought up the nutrition policy, but this is. It has something to do with this policy. But I'm not trying to change this policy. I just use this as my placeholder because

542
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I'd like to make an amendment or I'm sorry, I'd like to make a motion to I'd like to make a

543
01:08:36,766 --> 01:08:36,766
motion to remove all caffeinated drinks that are over the recommended american

544
01:08:42,200 --> 01:08:42,200
pediatric levels in, in our schools. So that's a motion that I'm making. Is there a

545
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second? Second. And, mr. Mayfield, I know we've discussed this. And real quick

546
01:08:52,966 --> 01:08:52,966
I'll mention why I brought this up. You know, we had contacted by a couple parents where.

547
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sitting in a 504, you know, or an iep meeting and the kids are jittery in class. And she was

548
01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:05,600
wondering, she was wondering why do we have these highly caffeinated drinks in our

549
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schools? And then we're having meetings trying to combat something that we're actually giving them access to. So common sense will hopefully prevail. We'll get together.

550
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and you know, mr. Mayfield, sir, if you'd like to to to speak on that, sir. So I did a little

551
01:09:24,700 --> 01:09:24,700
research in the american pediatric society, I believe it is, recommends that teenagers

552
01:09:29,700 --> 01:09:29,700
have no more than 100mg of caffeine. We do have energy drinks that meet the school

553
01:09:39,500 --> 01:09:39,500
nutritional guidelines because it's caloric intake is what that's really based on. They do

554
01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:44,800
not moderate caffeine. Some of these energy drinks that we have in schools have close to

555
01:09:51,266 --> 01:09:51,266
200mg of caffeine, which that's not really it's not recommended for teenagers. So if you wanted

556
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to amend it, my recommendation would be we limit it at the the guideline that's recommended of

557
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100mg in. In essence, I did a little research. You could still sell a diet coke or I'm

558
01:10:09,300 --> 01:10:09,300
sorry, diet pepsi. Even diet mountain dew meets it. But there are certain drinks that

559
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have made it into the vending machine that have 12 calories. So it meets the nutritional

560
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guidelines, but it has 200mg of caffeine. So okay. So, so my language with the recommended

561
01:10:27,666 --> 01:10:27,666
american pediatric, should I say 100 is meaning that you should limit it. I think 100

562
01:10:32,333 --> 01:10:32,333
should be the limit if that's the direction the board would like to go. I think that makes

563
01:10:37,033 --> 01:10:37,033
sense in regards to the the recommendations we have from the american pediatrics. But

564
01:10:41,800 --> 01:10:41,800
but we got that from american pediatrics. So if they change it, are we going to have to

565
01:10:45,933 --> 01:10:49,833
change it. So if we say american pediatrics, then it'll stay with whatever their. I would say we're 100, 100. Okay. So I'll, I'll, I'll pull back my motion and I'll make a

566
01:10:54,333 --> 01:10:54,333
motion to remove all, all energy drinks that are over 100g of milligrams of caffeine.

567
01:11:04,066 --> 01:11:04,066
yeah. I'll second. Second. Okay. Any other discussion? And those are only at the high schools

568
01:11:08,766 --> 01:11:08,766
right now. Yes. So the the middle school in elementary guideline middle school can

569
01:11:13,400 --> 01:11:13,400
sell water and water only. So it's not an issue at the middle school. And the elementary

570
01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:18,800
doesn't even have any kind of vending machines available for students. So it's really just a

571
01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:25,000
high school issue. Okay. Any other recommendation? Also, if you're going to put it in

572
01:11:36,966 --> 01:11:36,966
policy would be under that, the one you referenced 6.411. Yes. There is a section under

573
01:11:43,300 --> 01:11:43,300
commitment to nutrition. And in that section, second paragraph, all food, including vending

574
01:11:50,200 --> 01:11:50,200
machines, fundraising items, concessions must meet guidelines set forth by the

575
01:11:54,466 --> 01:11:54,466
healthy hunger-free kids act 2010 smart snacks in schools. And then I would add the

576
01:12:00,500 --> 01:12:00,500
sentence. In addition, the wilson county board of education limits. Drinks to

577
01:12:07,466 --> 01:12:07,466
only those with 100mg of caffeine or less. Okay, I wouldn't name specific energy

578
01:12:14,300 --> 01:12:14,300
drinks because they'll always create a new one. Gotcha. Just give me a second. Yes, miss.

579
01:12:20,766 --> 01:12:20,766
jamie, where are you going to? I'm just spreading. I'm not against this. I don't think the

580
01:12:26,700 --> 01:12:26,700
energy drink should be in there. I think coke should be. It's high school kids. They were

581
01:12:31,900 --> 01:12:31,900
raising. Their parents are raising adults. So it's if they have a coke, they have a coke.

582
01:12:36,800 --> 01:12:36,800
just want to point out an eight ounce cup of coffee is 95mg of caffeine. And we do have

583
01:12:42,333 --> 01:12:42,333
culinary that does coffee and things like that in the morning. So are we being a little bit of

584
01:12:48,433 --> 01:12:48,433
a hypocrite here? So that's, that's what I'm kind of fretting with. I don't think

585
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:52,600
the energy drinks need to be in there. I'm with mr. Mayfield. Some of them are 200mg. That's

586
01:12:56,800 --> 01:12:56,800
too much. It they might have palpitations and things like that. But I just kind of I

587
01:13:01,500 --> 01:13:01,500
don't know. I'm okay with saying like energy drinks or something like that, but maybe

588
01:13:05,933 --> 01:13:05,933
if we're getting down to the nitty gritty of exactly how many milligrams. I won't vote

589
01:13:13,233 --> 01:13:13,233
against it. Well, we could limit the size of the coffees we sell out of the culinary

590
01:13:19,733 --> 01:13:19,733
arts. I don't want to get that restrictive. I think that's what I'm trying to say. Like, I

591
01:13:24,300 --> 01:13:27,433
don't want to get that restrictive. These are high school kids. If it was elementary. Yes. Do you want to say energy drinks with more than 100mg of caffeine? I won't

592
01:13:35,633 --> 01:13:35,633
vote against this motion. I just I just think we need to be conscientious of how much we

593
01:13:40,100 --> 01:13:40,100
restrict high school. I think this is I think this is a good start. I think that that we can

594
01:13:45,100 --> 01:13:45,100
look at other. This is going to open up other doors. I think, besides coffee too, there's

595
01:13:49,266 --> 01:13:49,266
going to be some other things that are going to be brought up, but I think this is a good

596
01:13:54,166 --> 01:13:54,166
start to at least limit this from the vending machines and the drinks, the energy drinks.

597
01:13:58,300 --> 01:13:58,300
so you go ahead. Yeah. Would this extend to like after school activities to like

598
01:14:05,133 --> 01:14:05,133
concession stands, things like that? Or is it just strictly to the vending machine? I mean,

599
01:14:10,166 --> 01:14:10,166
what I would say after school, their parents can be there and let their parents parents did

600
01:14:15,133 --> 01:14:15,133
of us. Yeah. I think the main thing is during school hours, because that's where they're

601
01:14:19,200 --> 01:14:22,366
going to be in an instructional instructional time, because you're going to have football games, baseball games they can sell. You're going to have food trucks that are coming. So I

602
01:14:27,066 --> 01:14:31,066
mean, it's, that's going to be, you know, dependent upon the parents to, to, to regulate those. The main concern has been the vending machines in the schools. Yes. Yeah. No, I

603
01:14:35,033 --> 01:14:35,033
just want to clarify. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Gotcha. So because this is here's what we're going

604
01:14:39,966 --> 01:14:39,966
to do and make sure everyone's okay with this because this is going to be a policy change.

605
01:14:44,233 --> 01:14:44,233
this is going to be the first reading, right. I think that we're going to put this down in

606
01:14:49,033 --> 01:14:49,033
that policy, and we'll bring it back for a second reading at the next board meeting. Is that

607
01:14:53,266 --> 01:14:53,266
okay with everybody here? And it'll be before school starts. So we'll still be able to make

608
01:14:57,966 --> 01:15:01,266
sure we knock those out. Is that is that appropriate? Because if not, we're gonna have to suspend the rules because this is, you know, this is the this is the first

609
01:15:05,966 --> 01:15:09,333
reading. Is everyone okay with that? Yeah. Okay. So we're voting on the first reading. Sherry. Yes. I just want to make sure I have the wording. So are we doing are we saying

610
01:15:14,166 --> 01:15:18,033
energy drinks to remove all energy drinks from our schools that have over 100mg of caffeine? Yes. Okay. And once again, that's going to be where we're at. If we figure out

611
01:15:22,166 --> 01:15:26,066
between now and the second reading, we want to change that language or something else. After you do more research, we'll do that. So yes, ma'am. We don't have a second yet. I'm

612
01:15:30,233 --> 01:15:30,233
greg. Greg, I second, mr. Holmes. Yes. Okay. I'll say that I hadn't done any research

613
01:15:40,300 --> 01:15:40,300
on this, but ai tells me that red bull has 80mg, 8.4oz monster, 16 ounce can has 80mg

614
01:15:51,366 --> 01:15:51,366
rockstar 16 ounce 80mg. So it sounds like 100 is not going to be too restrictive. So that's

615
01:15:58,533 --> 01:15:58,533
fine. Well, that I think yeah, the size of them as well. You know, how much is in there. So

616
01:16:03,533 --> 01:16:03,533
yes sir. The rise is 200mg 200. Yes. That's and for, for, for comparison, mountain dew is

617
01:16:11,166 --> 01:16:11,166
about it's somewhere between 5050 and 60. But mountain dew zero is 63. Okay. I haven't

618
01:16:19,100 --> 01:16:19,100
looked that up recently. Okay. Is this is this policy? Is this going to be sufficient enough?

619
01:16:30,233 --> 01:16:30,233
miss sherry policy can be sufficient enough to because we're going to be amending a

620
01:16:35,266 --> 01:16:35,266
policy six point yes. Okay. I will before the next meeting. We'll have that language

621
01:16:44,233 --> 01:16:44,233
included in rent. Okay. Okay. Okay. So that's what we're voting on. And then this will

622
01:16:49,433 --> 01:16:49,433
come back for us for second reading in july. Okay. All right. So ready to vote. And I

623
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:04,300
will say, even though this is something that we're looking at, ultimately, a lot of this falls on your parents, you know, so parents, please, I know you reach out and we'll do as much

624
01:17:09,166 --> 01:17:09,166
as we can in our school and what we provide. But at the end of the day, it's a parent's

625
01:17:14,200 --> 01:17:14,200
responsibility to tell your kids what and what they can and can't have. But we also have a

626
01:17:18,233 --> 01:17:18,233
responsibility to let parents know what we have in the schools as well, so they know

627
01:17:22,266 --> 01:17:22,266
what they can, tell their kids, what they can and can't have at the same time. Motion pass

628
01:17:36,100 --> 01:17:36,100
unanimous six zero. Like I said, this will be coming back before for second reading. So everyone

629
01:17:40,733 --> 01:17:40,733
that's watching are out there that wants to make a comment or reach out to your board members.

630
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:45,000
please let us know how you feel. All right, so we got some more items of new business. Let's

631
01:17:49,800 --> 01:17:53,300
get through these. We have first, we have to approve a ai implementation monitoring report that's due by july 1st. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Motion a second. Do we

632
01:17:58,033 --> 01:17:58,033
have discussion? If not ready to vote?

633
01:18:38,233 --> 01:18:38,233
motion passes. Unanimous six zero. On the next new business item, we have a

634
01:18:44,466 --> 01:18:44,466
memorandum of understanding from vanderbilt university medical center and the wilson

635
01:18:48,933 --> 01:18:48,933
county board of education. Do I have a motion? Motion. I will second any discussion. If not

636
01:18:58,833 --> 01:18:58,833
ready to vote.

637
01:19:31,533 --> 01:19:31,533
okay. I'm sorry. Motion to motion pass unanimous 6 to 0. Next new business item.

638
01:19:36,300 --> 01:19:36,300
we have to approve two trips. Do I have a motion? Motion. I'll second. Any discussion if

639
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:46,000
not ready to vote.

640
01:20:14,433 --> 01:20:14,433
motion passes. Unanimous six zero. Next new item of business. We

641
01:20:21,800 --> 01:20:21,800
have two contracts to approve. Blossom and public consulting group. These are both sped. Do

642
01:20:26,333 --> 01:20:26,333
I have a motion motion? Second, any discussion? Second contract it's blossom and then public

643
01:20:41,333 --> 01:20:41,333
consulting group. Public.

644
01:21:01,166 --> 01:21:01,166
yes, ma'am.

645
01:21:20,666 --> 01:21:20,666
motion passed unanimous six zero. The next item is we have two disciplinary reports

646
01:21:25,766 --> 01:21:25,766
that each of you received packages on. The first disciplinary report is going to

647
01:21:31,400 --> 01:21:31,400
concern the student with the earlier letter in the alphabet. And these are going to be a

648
01:21:39,300 --> 01:21:39,300
motion based off of these three conditions. So based off the review of the enclosed record

649
01:21:43,733 --> 01:21:43,733
the board we are going to either affirm the decision of the hearing authority, modify

650
01:21:48,033 --> 01:21:48,033
the decision to a lesser penalty if the contact is not a zero tolerance offense as

651
01:21:52,333 --> 01:21:52,333
defined by board policy 6.309 or c grant a hearing before the board. Do I have a motion

652
01:21:58,033 --> 01:21:58,033
motion to affirm second motion and a second. We cannot discuss. So we're ready to vote.

653
01:22:36,100 --> 01:22:36,100
motion passed. Unanimous six zero to affirm the next disciplinary

654
01:22:43,366 --> 01:22:43,366
report is by the student with the. Lower initial in the alphabet. Need a motion to

655
01:22:53,533 --> 01:22:57,266
either affirm the decision by the hearing authority to modify decision to a lesser penalty. If the conduct is not a zero tolerance offense as defined by board policy 6.309 or to grant

656
01:23:02,100 --> 01:23:02,100
a hearing before the board. Do I have a motion? Motion to affirm second motion and a

657
01:23:09,333 --> 01:23:09,333
second. We cannot discuss. Please vote when ready.

658
01:23:40,966 --> 01:23:40,966
to vote against. It marked one of you as not present at vote. So I

659
01:23:47,500 --> 01:23:47,500
raise the vote if you don't mind. If you don't need to vote. Sounds good. All of you are

660
01:24:02,500 --> 01:24:02,500
present. Of course, I don't know what happened here. That's where we broke the rules. It's

661
01:24:08,700 --> 01:24:08,700
not okay. Do you? Would you like to do a roll call vote? Sure. Mr. Honan, mr. Hillman.

662
01:24:17,333 --> 01:24:17,333
yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes, yes. It's unanimous. Six zero. All right. Do we have any other

663
01:24:28,300 --> 01:24:28,300
items for new business? I don't know if this is really new business. It's more of a public

664
01:24:34,633 --> 01:24:34,633
service announcement. If I can say this now, I understand that things come up, but I just want

665
01:24:42,433 --> 01:24:42,433
to remind everyone that we have a policy that states that in order to be on the agenda,

666
01:24:48,333 --> 01:24:48,333
items need to be in a week prior to the meeting so that they can be on the agenda. And

667
01:24:55,533 --> 01:24:55,533
I believe I think mr. Jennings has left. But he was saying something about maybe the law

668
01:25:00,933 --> 01:25:00,933
has changed as well, and that we we need to be cognizant of adding things to the agenda

669
01:25:08,100 --> 01:25:08,100
after it's been published to ensure that we're not only following our policy, but also

670
01:25:13,133 --> 01:25:13,133
following the law. I agree, and that's one of the reasons that we went to two meetings a month

671
01:25:20,033 --> 01:25:20,033
so that if that deadline was missed and it wasn't urgent, it could just go to the next

672
01:25:24,200 --> 01:25:24,200
meeting. And I know sometimes that those things will come up there will be urgent, but maybe

673
01:25:28,333 --> 01:25:28,333
we need to look at doing that more. And I think we've we've done that. We've been lax with

674
01:25:33,333 --> 01:25:33,333
that. But I think maybe if it's not urgent, we probably need to start pushing that to the next

675
01:25:38,133 --> 01:25:38,133
meeting. So it's public. No. Absolutely. And I'll say some of this stems from trying to

676
01:25:42,300 --> 01:25:46,300
get finance for, you know, having to make other meetings. So I'll apologize and I'll track that more to make sure it's something that is justified and that we can't

677
01:25:49,633 --> 01:25:49,633
hold off, and that there is a reason that it has to be pushed. But you guys are exactly right.

678
01:25:54,633 --> 01:25:54,633
so we'll make that happen. It happened with me too. It's just not something that we were like,

679
01:25:59,366 --> 01:26:03,266
really. And over the summer, sometimes we get things late and then the changeover just it's just there's no, there's no excuse and we're going to fix it. We'll make it work

680
01:26:07,366 --> 01:26:11,333
though. Okay. Thank you for bringing that up, mr. Mcgee. Thank you very much. Yes. Any other items for new business? Okay. What about the summer? No, I got I got a new business. Oh,

681
01:26:16,266 --> 01:26:16,266
you got more? I got one new business. The last item for new business. We have a we have a

682
01:26:21,300 --> 01:26:24,366
resolution honoring director of school jeff luttrell. Upon his retirement and recognition of extraordinary service and leadership. Whereas jeff luttrell, director of schools,

683
01:26:29,966 --> 01:26:29,966
has decided to retire effective july 1st, 2026, after completing five years of

684
01:26:35,566 --> 01:26:35,566
outstanding service to wilson county schools. And. Whereas, director luttrell has served

685
01:26:40,633 --> 01:26:40,633
students as a teacher, coach, principal and human resource supervisor with wilson county

686
01:26:45,300 --> 01:26:45,300
schools before accepting the position as director of schools. And. Whereas, director luttrell

687
01:26:51,100 --> 01:26:54,700
began his career in education in troutdale county before making the move to wilson county, where he would spend most of his time at watertown high school as a teacher, coach

688
01:26:58,566 --> 01:26:58,566
and eventually principal. And whereas mr. Luttrell earned numerous, numerous academic

689
01:27:04,033 --> 01:27:04,033
honors and awards during his time at watertown high school, where under his leadership,

690
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:09,400
watertown saw significant gains in both graduation rates as well as atc scores. And whereas,

691
01:27:15,533 --> 01:27:15,533
prior to becoming director of schools, mr. Luttrell accepted a position as human resource

692
01:27:20,200 --> 01:27:20,200
supervisor. And whereas, beginning his career as director did not come without

693
01:27:24,966 --> 01:27:24,966
its challenges, having lost two schools to the may 2020 tornadoes and the global covid

694
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:30,000
pandemic. And whereas, despite being faced with those challenges, director luttrell

695
01:27:35,200 --> 01:27:35,200
was effective in making sure wilson county schools continue to excel by exceeding the state

696
01:27:39,666 --> 01:27:39,666
average in both graduation rates and act scores in the 2021 2022 school year, along

697
01:27:45,066 --> 01:27:45,066
with seven schools achieving reward school status. And whereas, wilson county, under

698
01:27:50,166 --> 01:27:50,166
direct elections leadership, continue to exceed state averages in performance and

699
01:27:54,433 --> 01:27:58,433
achievement, earning the district a composite level five designation and seeing an impressive number of 15 reward school status distinctions. And whereas, under director

700
01:28:06,366 --> 01:28:06,366
directorship, wilson county schools has had a significant advancement in school building

701
01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:11,000
program, including the reconstruction of stoner creek elementary and middle schools.

702
01:28:15,666 --> 01:28:15,666
and whereas, also under the director luttrell leadership to meet the needs of wilson

703
01:28:20,033 --> 01:28:20,033
county's rapidly growing community, two new schools have been constructed. Legado

704
01:28:24,666 --> 01:28:24,666
elementary, which opened in fall of 2025, with central park elementary set to follow in

705
01:28:29,033 --> 01:28:29,033
fall of 2026. Additionally, construction will begin soon on new watertown middle school,

706
01:28:34,166 --> 01:28:34,166
and renovation of lakeview elementary will begin soon. And whereas director luttrell has

707
01:28:39,700 --> 01:28:39,700
been recognized both locally and statewide during his time with wilson county schools,

708
01:28:44,133 --> 01:28:44,133
including being named 2019 middle tennessee principal of the year by the tennessee

709
01:28:48,833 --> 01:28:48,833
association of secondary principals and selected as 2023 superintendent of the year by

710
01:28:53,666 --> 01:28:53,666
the professional educators of tennessee. While most recently honored as a 2024 wilsonian of

711
01:28:59,200 --> 01:29:03,200
the year by the mount juliet chamber of commerce. Mr. Luttrell also holds multiple degrees and certifications in higher education. Whereas in his retirement, mr. Luttrell is

712
01:29:08,600 --> 01:29:11,866
looking forward to spending time with his family and working on his farm in watertown now. Therefore, be it resolved unanimously by board members on this 18th day of

713
01:29:19,700 --> 01:29:19,700
june 2026, that the wilson county board of education does hereby express its appreciation

714
01:29:24,100 --> 01:29:24,100
of director jeff luttrell for his distinguished service and invaluable contributions to our

715
01:29:28,733 --> 01:29:28,733
community and for his many years of service to teachers, staff and students, and does

716
01:29:33,066 --> 01:29:36,633
hereby commend director luttrell for his lifetime of accomplishments and his dedication to public education. Signed wilson county board of education. Motion to approve.

717
01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:45,000
second man.

718
01:30:04,633 --> 01:30:04,633
well, we're. Well, well, well, while we're here, I'd like to give each board

719
01:30:11,466 --> 01:30:15,466
member a few moments to please make some comments about mr. Luttrell. We'll start with with mr. Homan and we'll go through and I'll finish the comments and no pressure. Yeah. Thanks,

720
01:30:19,466 --> 01:30:19,466
joe, but no, honestly, thank you for for being really transparent, very

721
01:30:27,066 --> 01:30:27,066
straightforward. I think I one thing I appreciated most is that I knew where you were

722
01:30:31,666 --> 01:30:31,666
going to stand pretty much on most issues, but your research in, in your availability of, of

723
01:30:37,866 --> 01:30:37,866
staff to answer questions was amazing. And, and thank you for always picking up the phone

724
01:30:43,233 --> 01:30:43,233
when we years here, it's been, it's been an honor to, to work with you. Thank you.

725
01:30:53,066 --> 01:30:53,066
well, it was a great day when we met at collaborative conferencing. And then when

726
01:30:58,700 --> 01:30:58,700
this position came available for me, your being here was one of the reasons I was like, yes,

727
01:31:04,166 --> 01:31:04,166
I would. And people would ask me, who do you want for director? And they're like, she

728
01:31:09,500 --> 01:31:09,500
likes that. Mr. Luttrell from watertown. So it's been a good ride. I wish you much happiness

729
01:31:18,200 --> 01:31:18,200
on the tractor. Mr. Luttrell. We hadn't worked together long, but I've enjoyed every bit of

730
01:31:27,566 --> 01:31:27,566
it. I think you're a great administrator. To those that don't know, mr. Luttrell is out

731
01:31:33,633 --> 01:31:33,633
driving the school. The roads earlier when we got bad weather to see if we're going to call

732
01:31:39,166 --> 01:31:39,166
schools or not, and he'll send us pictures and texts from all over the county whenever

733
01:31:43,400 --> 01:31:43,400
anything goes on at any school. He lets us know so that if we're asked by parents, we

734
01:31:48,966 --> 01:31:48,966
already know what's happening. So thank you very much. I also appreciate one thing he did is

735
01:31:53,833 --> 01:31:53,833
he gave me a tour of the bowels of watertown middle school, and I felt great tonight about

736
01:32:00,633 --> 01:32:00,633
voting to approve $60 million to build a new school based on the places he took me in that

737
01:32:06,533 --> 01:32:06,533
middle school. Thank you very much. Mr. Luttrell. I want to express my gratitude for your

738
01:32:14,666 --> 01:32:14,666
service to wilson county and public education. The impact you made is great. You will.

739
01:32:21,533 --> 01:32:21,533
you will be missed. I am so thankful for your professionalism, your

740
01:32:28,733 --> 01:32:28,733
dedication, and your service to our students, our employees, our parents, and the community.

741
01:32:36,633 --> 01:32:36,633
I wish you and your family the best in your retirement. Mr. Luttrell, I think that you're

742
01:32:45,433 --> 01:32:45,433
one of those people that has the unique ability to bring everyone together and make

743
01:32:50,333 --> 01:32:50,333
everyone feel heard, and I think that's been obvious over the past few years, and I am

744
01:32:54,633 --> 01:32:54,633
incredibly thankful to have had you at the helm the past few years. When we've gone through

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some rough waters. I'm thankful for your leadership. While my children have been in the

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school district, and I'm thankful to have served with you, and I wish you the best.

747
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sir. I've almost been on the board for four years, and I'll say this you can judge a man by

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his heart, and no one has a bigger heart than the gentleman I'm sitting next to. With that

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being said, I'll let everybody know that within my first eight days of being elected, me and

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mister, me and mr. We went toe to toe in front of one of the elementary schools where we

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almost thought it was going to come to blows. Okay. Now we were professional enough and we

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came to an understanding, but that just showed how much that that he cares and that I cared.

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and I promise you, the four years that I've grown as a board member, this gentleman

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here has played a huge, huge role in that, in that growth, one of the greatest things I'll

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ever know about this man is the time that we woke up, okay? We had a hurricane hit the

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northeast corner of this state in parts of north carolina and virginia, in the tri state, the

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tri state area. Remember that hurricane that hit right and dumped all that water? I mean, we woke up, I can't remember if it was 1 or 2 in the morning. And we drove out there and we

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had trailers full of stuff, and we went to 2 or 3 different locations and had great

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discussion there. But the main goal was getting stuff to those people. So not only does he

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care about his students and the people that are here in his area, but about those people

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that were there as well. And there was if there was ever a prototype built to be a

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director of schools, this is who it would be. You are. You are great. We, we, we

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appreciate your leadership. We look forward to mr. Mayfield. And this is bittersweet because

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we know you're going to go and do great things in the next season of your life. So thank

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you so much. We are so appreciated. And we. Mr. Actually, mr. Bill sebesky, sir.

766
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mr. Bill, he's going to come forward. The board got you something put together.

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hopefully you can remember all the trips. We asked you to have a couple of the new schools on

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there as well. But the board got you a it's a it's a cutout of all the schools. And so says

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in honor of mr. Luttrell for his dedication and wilson county schools. So this is

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something that we got for you guys. So guys, we can all get together and take a picture

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real quick, if you guys don't mind. We get in front of this thing. Should we get in front?

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let's move in front. Sorry. Let's go in front.

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mr. Bills is actually actually one of our bus driver transportation. That

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made me so. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Mr. Getting in front of us. That's the price you

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guys want to be. We're good along the way. Perfect. That's it for me. So the official. You

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built this for us. Here we go. Thank you, thank you. Good job, good job, good job. Yes. I

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gotta make sure you get everybody's signature on this resolution before we leave, please. Yes, sir. Okay. Other any other items for new business? Okay. If not

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communications from the board, we have summer law. July 16th through the 18th. We also have

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our next board meeting. July 23rd, 2026 at 6 p.m. Is there any other communications from

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the board? If not, I need one more motion. Motion to adjourn. Motion