CHATTOOGA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD MEETING WORK SESSION AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 @ 6:00 PM
Chattooga County Board
Office of the Superintendent
Agenda for Board Meeting
• Invocation
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Adoption of Superintendent’s Recommended Agenda for September 19, 2019 School Board Work Session Meeting.
• Review Minutes of Previous Meetings
– August 15, 2019 Work Session Meeting
– August 15, 2019 Regular Session Meeting
– August 19, 2019 Called Meeting
– August 22, 2019 6:00 p.m. Called Meeting
– August 22, 2019 7:00 p.m. Called Meeting
A. Resolutions/Recognitions (non-action item)
1. Maintenance and Custodian Appreciation Day
B. School Board Members
1. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the FY20
Local School Board Training Plan.
2. Eddie Elsberry- Tennis Courts
3. Sam Ballard- Reading Program
4. Sam Ballard- Microwaves in classrooms
C. School Board Policies
1. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve an update to
Policy JCDAA (Student Tobacco Use). The Policy needs to include Vape and
E-cigarette Technology.
D. Financial Management
1. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the Financial
Statement for June 30, 2019.
2. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the Financial
Statement for July 31, 2019.
E. Educational Programs, Student Support and Staff Development
1. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the following
overnight/over 50 miles field trip:
35 eighth grade students from Lyerly Elementary School will be going to Savannah,
Georgia on 05/18/20 and returning on 05/22/20. There will be 6 adult chaperones,
including Teacher/Coordinator, Theresa Carr and Teacher chaperone, Brent Mobbs.
The purpose of the trip is to allow the students to experience some of Georgia’s key
physical features and historical places which include Brasstown Bald, the University
of Georgia, Savannah Historic District, Tybee Island, Ft. Pulaski and Cumberland
Island. Their form of transportation will be a school bus.
2. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the following
overnight/over 50 miles field trip:
16 Chattooga High School students will be traveling to Indianapolis, Indiana on
10/29/19 and returning on 11/02/19 to compete at the National FFA Convention.
There will be 2 adult chaperones, including FFA Instructor, David Yarbrough.
Their form of transportation will be the 2 district Suburbans.
3. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the following
overnight/over 50 miles field trip:
52 eighth grade students from Menlo Elementary School will be going to Tybee Island, Georgia on 05/26/20 and returning on 05/29/20. There will be 5 adult chaperones,
including Teachers/Coordinators Amanda Williams and Abigail Bullard. The purpose
of the trip is to allow the students to experience some of Georgia’s key physical features
and historical places which include Burton 4-H Center, Tybee Lighthouse, Fort Pulaski
and Savannah’s Historic District. The form of transportation will be a charter bus.
4. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the following
overnight/over 50 miles field trip:
80 sixth through eighth grade students from LyerlyElementary School will be going to
Washington, DC on 03/25/20 and returning on 03/29/20. There will be 5 adult
chaperones, including Teachers/Coordinators Courtney Driskell and Denise Jones. The
purpose of the trip is to expose the students to our nation’s history, as it pertains to
standards learned throughout the year. Son Tours will be responsible for the
transportation.
F. Support Services/Facilities and Construction Management/Planning
1. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to award the Chattooga
High School Baseball Field Lights project to North Cobb Electrical Services, Inc.
in the amount of $242,850.00
EXECUTIVE SESSION
G. Personnel
1. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the following
Personnel changes:
Certified Resignation
–Lori Daniell; Teacher at Leroy Massey Elementary School; Relocating; Effective
09/19/19.
Certified Recommendation
–Lisa Owings; 49% Special Education Teacher at Leroy Massey Elementary School;
Replacing Lori Daniell; Beginning 09-20-19.
Classified Recommendation
–Lisa Keen; Bus Driver; Replacing Darrell Wheat; Beginning 09/20/19.
Substitutes
–Rod Hayes; Certified Substitute Teacher; Effective 09/20/19.
–Anna Nichols; Certified Substitute Teacher; Effective 09/20/19.
–Katherine Kerce; Substitute Teacher; Effective 09/20/19.
–Amanda Sterling; Substitute Teacher; Effective 09/20/19.
–Alex Tribble; Substitute Teacher; Effective 09/20/19.
–Katelyn Worsham; School Food Service Substitute; Effective 09/20/19.
2. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve a contract
with Floyd Hospital to provide a full-time Athletic Trainer to Chattooga County
Schools.
H. Superintendent of School
1. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation for approval of Outline of
Board Activities for the 2019-2020 school year.
-Superintendent’s “For Information Only” Items
ADJOURNMENT
