Lawrence County Board of Education  Regular MEETING @FES  AGENDA

Lawrence County Board of Education 

Regular MEETING @FES 

In Person & Video Teleconference

October 16, 2023; 6:00 p.m.

Primary Location: 

Fallsburg Elementary School

Fallsburg, Kentucky

For public viewing of the meeting via the Internet, use this link:  

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeObmWjYrXWRbaqkBEyznxg

AGENDA 

1. CALL TO ORDER  

Mission and Welcome/Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag

2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA    

3. STUDENT/STAFF PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITIONS 

3.A. Moment of Silence          

3.B. Fallsburg School Presentation: Principal Sara Kise     

4. COMMUNICATION 

4.A. Superintendent’s Update

4.A.1.  Dr. Fletcher has provided information and Mrs. Gauze has provided the design for a flyer that will be used to continue to inform the community about the details surrounding the double nickel tax.  (Flyer provided.)

4.A.2.  As discussed by the Board, each Lawrence County School’s staff members will have the opportunity to showcase the great things going on in their building during a regular monthly board meeting (October, November, January, February, March, and April).

4.A.3. Mrs. Webb has scheduled a workshop with UK Next-Gen for the development of performance descriptors for our Portrait of a Graduate.

4.A.4. Mrs. Janelle Brojakowski was selected as an ambassador for the GoTeachKY initiative by the Kentucky Department of Education.

4.A.5. Dr. Fletcher chaired the second meeting of the Appalachia Region Advisory Committee on Friday; the group has identified teacher recruitment/retention, mental health (students/staff), workforce development, chronic absenteeism, and family engagement (kinship care) as priorities in the report to the USDOE.

4.A.6. The recent meeting of LSAC included decisions on the cut scores for state accountability and input on two regulations concerning liability insurance provided by school districts for employees and general program standards for secondary career and technical education programs.

4.A.7. The Louisa Middle 8^th grade girls basketball team won the conference tournament championship and the LCHS boys soccer team won the first 15^th Super-Regional Tournament.

4.B. Public Comment 

5. STUDENT LEARNING AND SUPPORT SERVICES

5.A. Approve Minutes of the September 18, 2023 Regular Meeting and the September 26, 2023 Special Meeting & Working Budget Work Session

5.B. FINANCE

5.B.1. Approve Claims and Orders of the Treasurer

5.B.2. Approve the Monthly Financial Report: Finance Officer Brandi Peters

5.B.2.a. Bank Reconciliation Report  

5.B.2.b. MUNIS Balance Sheet and Monthly Financial Report  

5.B.2.c. Finance Update 

5.C.  Annual Financial Report (AFR) Fiscal Year 2022-2023

5.C.1. Approve to accept the 2022-2023 Annual Financial Auditor Reports, presented by Darrell Blair, CPA, Wells & Company, P.S.C. 

5.C.2. Approve to accept the 2022-2023 Lawrence County School District Audited Annual Financial Report (AFR) July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

5.D. CONSENT AGENDA

Approve the Consent Agenda items:

5.D.1. Per diem and expenses for board members in attendance and approval of expenses of board members attending the KSBA Regional Fall Meeting, Tuesday, October 17, 2023, and training per diem as allowed for KRS-mandated training during the regional meeting

5.D.2. Contracts & Services:  

5.D.2.a. Special Education Speech Services: Contract with LaCrissa Keefer, SLP, pending insurance

5.D.3. Requests: 

5.D.3.a. Fundraisers: LEES, LCHS

5.D.3.b. Use of Facilities:

5.D.3.b.1. Lawrence County Tennis to use tennis courts for tennis clinics, October 28, 2023; Tennis Coach Joey McClanahan

5.D.3.c. Out-of-State Trip Requests: 

5.D.3.c.1. LCHS Baseball Spring Break Baseball Tournament to Knoxville, Tennessee; April 1 – 5, 2024; Head Baseball Coach Travis Feltner

5.D.3.c.2. LCHS Overseas Trip; Spring Break 2025; EF Tours Costa Rica Study Abroad; Aaron Wellman, LCHS teacher and group leader

5.D.3.c.3. LCHS students to the Pumpkin House, Kenova, WV, to complete service hours; October 23 or 26, 2023; Linda Peterson

5.D.3.d. Request for assistance: consider purchase of cheerleading uniforms for all elementary schools

5.D.3.e. Request for two SLP’s (Speech Language Pathologists) to attend Marshall University department of Communication Disorders’ October 2023 AAC Interactive Bootcamp for autism intervention strategies; Rhonda Colvin, Director of Special Education/Preschool       

5.D.3.f. Payment of textbook costs for Craft Academy students  

5.D.4. For Review/FYI: (no action required) 

5.D.4.a. SBDM Council Minutes: September: FES, LEES, LMS. October: LWES, LEES, LCHS

5.D.4.b. School Activity Fund Reports/Bank Reconciliations: September: BES, FES, LWES, LMS, LCHS

5.D.4.c. Fall Regional KSBA at Paintsville, October 17, 5:30 pm

5.E. CONSTRUCTION/BUILDING & GROUNDS PROJECTS/UPDATES 

5.E.1. LCHS Vocational Education Center (LAVEC) Renovation & Expansion Phase 1 BG: 22-146

5.E.1.a. Consider/Approve Codell Construction invoices and requests for payment comprising the Pre-Construction Fee for the LCHS LAVEC Renovation & Expansion Phase One project, 

BG 22-146: $32,693.98

5.E.2. Building and Grounds Maintenance/Upgrades

5.E.2.a. Approve permission to bid Leased Lit Network Capacity to provide a Standalone Data Transmission (WAN) Service between the four school sites (BES, FES, LEES, LWES) and the network head-end (Technology Building)  

OTHER ACTION

5.F. Progress Monitoring Report of the 2023-2024 Lawrence County High School Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) including LCHS’s identification by KDE for Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI): LCHS Principal Myram Brady  

5.G.  Approve to award bid for snow removal on school property

5.H. Approve to accept FY2024 KETS First Offer of Assistance for Education Technology in the total amount of $24,228, with equal match by the district

5.I. Approve purchase authorizations for up to three (3) buses by financing through KISTA 

5.J. Approve to enter Executive Session for the purpose of Student Discipline Hearing pursuant to KRS 61.810(1)(f) at guardian request   

5.K. Approve return to Open Session

5.L. New Business

6. PERSONNEL 

6.A. Approve abolishment, creation and/or changes regarding positions 

6.B. Approve Request for Unpaid Leave of Absence for Scott Smith through December 30, 2023

6.C. Superintendent Professional Growth and Evaluation Update: Standard 2 Instructional Leadership

6.D. Approve to acknowledge receipt of Superintendent’s Personnel Action/Update

7. ADJOURNMENT