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Posted: 07/15/24 Revised 7/19/24

 

TO:                Warren County School Board Members, Warren County Media

FROM:          Dr. Grant Swallows, Director of Schools

RE:                   School Board Meeting            

DATE:             Monday, July 22, 2024

TIME:              5:00 pm

PLACE:         Warren Co. Schools Central Office, 2548 Morrison St., McMinnville, TN

 

APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD

Individuals desiring to appear before the board must submit a written request with descriptive materials to the office of the Director of Schools two (2) business days before the meeting. If the request is approved by the executive committee, the item will be placed on the agenda. Individuals placed on the agenda will be recognized at the beginning of the meeting and given time to speak when their topic of interest is addressed on the agenda.

 

There will be a public comment period for each meeting with actionable items on the agenda, with the exception of teacher disciplinary hearings. Comments shall be limited to topics listed on the agenda. The total public comment period for agenda items as well as requests to add items to the agenda shall be for no more than thirty (30) minutes. If an individual wishes to address the Board on an Agenda item, he/she shall sign up on the form provided before the beginning of the board meeting to request time to speak.  Each speaker shall be given no more than three (3) minutes. See Board Policy 1.404 Appeals to and Appearances Before the Board for more information: https://tsba.net/warren-county-board-of-education-policy-manual/#board-operations

 

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Board Meeting

 

5:00 -Call to Order and Approval of the Agenda – Chris Cope, Chair

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of Consent Agenda (If no objections, the following items in the consent agenda will be considered passed when the consent agenda is passed)

• Minutes: Board Meeting: 06/24/24 Executive Minutes: 06/24/24, 06/26/24, 06/27/24, 07/02/24, 07/03/24, 07/03/24(2), 07/03/24(3), 07/12/24, 07/16/24, 07/18/24, 07/18/24 (2), 07/18/24 (3)
• Finance
• Checks
• Contracts/Resolutions
• Bids
• Surplus

Public Comment

Student Advisory Report

• None – School Out

Recognitions

•  None

Facilities & Resources

• Construction Updates

Operations Report -Grant Swallows, Director of Schools

• Strategic Plan Update
• Update on Personal Electronic Device Procedures
• Request for Pay Raise for Substitute Teachers
• Summer School Report
• Personal Electronic Devices Proposal for Offenses Change
• City of McMinnville Proposal for Tennis Court Resurfacing at Milner Recreation Center

Curriculum & Achievement

   Policies for Approval & Adoption on First and Only Reading:

• 1.501   Visitors to Schools (changes required by new law)
• 3.202   Emergency Preparedness (changes required by new law) 
• 4.214   Artificial Intelligence (changes required by new law)
• 4.202   Special Education (internal revision to policy)
• 6.300   Code of Conduct (changes required by new law)
• 6.3041 Title IX and Sexual Harassment (internal revisions to policy)
• 6.409   Reporting Child Abuse (changes required by new law)

 

• 4.403   Library Materials                    
• 4.603   Promotion & Retention
• 6.203   School Admissions
• 6.304   Student Discrimination, Harassment, Bullying, Cyber-Bullying, Hazing and Intimidation
• 6.309   Zero Tolerance Offenses
• 6.316   Suspension
• 6.318   Admission of Suspended or Expelled Students

Other Business as Needed and/or Requested

Adjournment

 

Next Scheduled Board Meeting – Monday, August 26, 2024