Chattooga County Board of Education August Agenda Released

Chattooga County Board

Office of the Superintendent

Agenda for Board Meeting

   – July 18, 2019 Work Session Meeting

         – July 18, 2019 Regular Session Meeting

      A.  Resolutions/Recognitions

​ 1. Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to recognize the following

​     4-H students:

​     Mary Anna Bentley and Emma Rae Ward, both students at Chattooga High School, participated in the Rural and Urban exchange across the State of Georgia, titled One Georgia, as two of fifteen delegates.  Mary Anna, a Junior at CHS, recently competed at State Congress in the project field of Dairy and Milk Science and placed First in her project area.  She received the highest recognition in her category as a Master 4-Her and will travel to National Congress in November to represent the state of Georgia along with representatives from each state and the U.S. territories.  

William Elrod is a 10th grade student at CHS and was selected as one of two 4-H Shooting Sports Teen Ambassadors.  William will represent the State of Georgia in Texas along with other representatives from each state.

  Carol Ann Cash, a 7th grade student at Menlo Elementary, competed in the State Horse Show and was selected to represent Georgia at the 2019 Southern Regional Horse Championship where 13 states are represented.

 Also, the Chattooga County 4-H BB Team recently attended the Daisy BB Nationalsin Rogers, Arkansas where they competed against the top teams in the United States.

 These members are Jackson Baker and Tyler Floyd (both 5th graders at Lyerly Elementary), Halle Lively (8th grader at LyerlyElementary), Nasahaj McVay (9th grader at Chattooga High School), Quintin Patterson (8thgrader at Menlo Elementary) and Tobin Wooden (6th grader at Summerville Middle School).

​ Congratulations to all of these Chattooga 4-H students as they continue to accomplish great things!

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      B.  School Board Members

​ 1.  Board consideration of Board Member, Brad Hayes’ recommendation to move forward with accepting bids to prepare the land for construction of new tennis courts  at Chattooga High School.

​ 2.  Board consideration of Board Member, Brad Hayes’ recommendation to move forward with accepting bids to install the new poles and lights at the Chattooga High School baseball field due to the current poles being a safety issue.

      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. (needs to held for public input, until next month’s

​      meeting)

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D.  Financial Management

​ 1.  Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to roll back the millage

​      rate from 12.683 to 12.595

E.  Educational Programs, Student Support and Staff Development

            1.  Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the updated

     Professional Learning Plan for 2019-2020.

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​ 2.  Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the following

​      overnight/over 50 miles field trip:

​      –The Chattooga High School Boys Basketball Team would like to participate in a

​       tournament and visit Disney World during the 2019-2020 Christmas Break.  The

​       trip is being paid for with fund-raiser money collected by the team.

​ 3.  Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve update to the

​      2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook.  It has been updated on pages 46, 54, 70 and 78

​      to address the Vape and/or E-cigarette Technology.

​ 4.  Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the Perkins

​      IV Local Plan for CTAE (Career, Technical and Agricultural Education).

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      F.​  Support Services/Facilities and Construction Management/Planning: NONE

EXECUTIVE SESSION

      G.   Personnel

​  1.  Board consideration of Superintendent’s recommendation to approve the following

​       Personnel changes:

​      Classified Resignations

​     –Charlotte Flood; School Food Service Worker at Menlo Elementary School; Personal

​      reasons; Effective 07/29/19.

​     –Terri Foley; Registrar/Secretary at Chattooga High School; Relocating; Effective

​      09/03/19.

​      Classified Recommendations

​     –Oliver ‘Trent’ Martin; Full-time substitute bus driver; Vacant position; Beginning

​      08/01/19.

​     –Sara ‘Alexis’ Wheeler; Registrar/Secretary at Chattooga High School; Replacing

​      Terri Foley; Beginning 08/19/19.

​      Substitutes

​     –Patricia Brison; Certified Substitute Teacher; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Deborah Yarbrough; Certified Substitute Teacher; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –William ‘Byron’ Brasher; Substitute Bus Driver; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Duane Conley; Substitute & Activities Bus Driver; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Patty Bullard; Substitute School Food Service; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Doris Flippo; Substitute School Food Service; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Kerri Scoggins; Substitute School Food Service; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Brittanie Bolton; Substitute Teacher; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Beverly Cowart; Substitute Teacher; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Vanessa Massey; Substitute Teacher; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Nathan Thompson; Substitute Teacher; Effective 08/16/19.

​     –Philip Thompson; Substitute Teacher; Effective 08/16/19.

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       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