The Coffee County Board of Education met in regular session on September 9, 2010 at the Coffee County Board of Education. Ms. Esther J. Sims, Vice-Chair led the meeting in the pledge of allegiance and prayer. The following members were present: Sims, Milburn, Morris, Johnson, Henley and Galyen. Ms. Sims then turns the gavel over to Mr. Casteel for the elections of Board Chairman for the 2010-2011 school year. Mr. Casteel opened the floor for nominations for Board Chairman. Mr. Reggie Johnson nominated Ms. Esther J. Sims for the position. Mr. Ricky Milburn moved to cease all nominations and elect Ms. Sims by acclamation, Seconded by Ms. Marilyn Morris. Mr. Casteel returned the gavel to Ms. Sims, newly elected Board Chairman. Ms. Sims opened the floor for nominations for vice-chairman for 2010-2011. Mr. Brett Henley nominated Janet Galyen. Mr. Ricky Milburn nominated Mr. Reggie Johnson. Ms. Morris moved to cease all nominations. Seconded by Mr. Henley. Ms. Sims asked the board to vote for Vice-chairmanship at this time. Voting for Mr. Johnson Milburn, Morris, and Sims. Passing - Johnson Voting for Mrs. Galyen Henley and Galyen Changing his vote from pass to voting for Mr. Johnson Mr. Johnson I. Motion made by Milburn to approve the consent agenda with the addition of the E- Learning Program at Coffee County Central High School, Amy Slater, Parent to address the board, and corrections to dates for overnight trips. Seconded by Morris. II. Ms. Amy Slater addressed the board with regards to the football incident at Bradley County Football game that involved her son, her husband and an assistant coach for Coffee County Central High School. Ms. Slater asked for an appeal with regards to the punishment that her son received and that of the assistant coach. Mr. Casteel told Ms. Slater that we would pull the due process procedure first thing in the morning and contact her with the procedure first thing in the morning.
Ms. Sims asked the board what are the wishes of the Board? Do you want to deal with the Slater incident tonight? III. IV. Mr. Milburn made a motion to deal with this Slater incident tonight seconded by Galyen. Mr. Milburn made the motion to have Zack Slater reinstated to the football team at the Coffee County Central High School after a two game suspension, resuming practice on the first day after the seconded game suspension. Also, that Zack Slater would apologize to his team mates; and would have to earn his way back onto the team. Seconded by Morris. Ms. Duvall asked for clarification regarding the previous motion. Mr. Milburn said stated that he would put on his uniform and return to practice. V. Motion made by Galyen, seconded by Henley to have the assistant coach involved in the Slater incident in the same setting at the same time apologize to the team to say that he could have handled this situation better. Voting for: Milburn, Morris, Johnson, Henley and Galyen. Voting against: Sims VI. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Johnson, seconded by Galyen to approve the budget report as presented. VII. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Henley, seconded by Gaylen to approve the Oliver Rhoads and Associates, Inc. to submit the following proposal for professional services: Our understanding of the scope of work is to develop an as-built survey of the roof and building exterior in order to provide a new roof design including structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical interfaces. These designs will be further developed into construction documents for bidding to general contractors. Construction administration services such as reviewing bids, preparing contract for execution between owner and contractor, submittal review, construction observations to verify compliance with documents, and disposition of requests for information (RFI) from the contractor are included. Our fee to provide the professional engineering services and construction management support for the engineering effort outlined above is 8.5% of the construction cost. This fee includes review and approval from the State Fire Marshall s office and any local reviewing agencies.
VIII. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Morris, seconded by Milburn to approve the remaining Deerfield Elementary School positions as follows: one resource teacher, two bus drivers, two bus monitors, one technology person, and two teacher assistants. IX. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Galyen, seconded by Henley to approve the Adoption of Mental Health Guidelines and Memorandum of Understanding between Coffee County Schools and Centerstone School Based Services. Centerstone agrees to enter into an annually renewable agreement with Coffee County Schools. Centerstone will employ staff that will provide mental health services in designated Centerstone clinics and at school-based settings as needs and resources availability permit. Students eligible for these services will include: TN care coverage, court ordered services and long-term therapeutic services outside the scope of a school counselor. The role of Centerstone s case managers is to provide skill building along with linkage and referrals to community services and resources. Centerstone s School-Based Therapists and Case Managers assigned by Centerstone to work within the Coffee County Schools will meet all standards set by Centerstone s credentialing committee to ensure candidate has met all new Centerstone employee requirements. These requirements will comply with Coffee County Schools hiring policies and Centerstone will be able to produce the required documentation if requested. X. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Johnson, seconded by Henley to approve the facility use request by Tennessee Tech University for the following course: CUED 6921: Technology For Teachers (Manchester Section) a one-credit-hour (graduate credit) course is provided free of charge to educators who want to enhance their use of technology in the classroom. The course begins on September 14. XI. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Johnson, seconded by Galyen to approve the following contracts: Occupational Therapist Andrea Bouldin for services provided and the contract is not to exceed seventeen thousand five hundred dollars and National Healthcare Corporation (NHC) to provide physical therapy and speech pathologist services not to exceed thirty-five thousand for the the physical therapist and not to exceed forty-five thousand for the speech pathologist. XII. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Galyen and seconded by
Henley to approve the following bids for the following equipment: Dishwasher for Hickerson Elementary School from Hotel & Restaurant Supply out of Nashville for twelve thousand, six hundred, twenty seven dollars and seventy-one cents the bid is good for ninety days; two mobile heated holding cabinets for North Coffee Elementary and New Union Elementary; one refrigerator, single door for Coffee County Central High School; two utility carts plastic for Coffee County Central High School; two utility carts stainless steel for Coffee County Central High School; one traffic control system for Coffee County Central High School and one ice machine for Coffee County Central High School. XIII. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Milburn, seconded by Johnson to approve the propane gas bid with only one bidder Highland Rim Propane Gas, Inc. for $1.289 per gallon Bid is good for 365 days. Voting for: Milburn, Morris, Johnson, Galyen and Sims Passing: Henley XIV. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Galyen, seconded by Morris to approve the Solar School Zone Signals for Deerfield Elementary School with the contract awarded to S & W Contracting Co., Inc. out of Murfreesboro, Tennessee for $28,640.00. Voting for: Morris, Henley, Galyen and Sims Voting against: Johnson Passing: Milburn XV. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Johnson, seconded by Milburn to approve the Deerfield Elementary School Compactor bid awarding the contract to Municipal Equipment, Inc. out of Knoxville, Tennessee for the bid price of $20,247.00. XVI. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Johnson and seconded by Morris to reject and re-bid the EESI Grant Electrical Component Installation bid. XVII. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Milburn, seconded by Henley to approve the following names for to be used for the tenure teacher personnel
hearing office as stated in the policy 5.200 if needed: John White, Esq., Lynchburg, TN; Trudy M. Edwards, Esq., Winchester, TN; Garth Segrove, Esq., Tullahoma, TN; Gregory O Neal, Esq., Winchester, TN and Mickey Hall, Esq., Winchester, TN. XVIII. Upon the recommendation of the Director, motion made by Milburn, seconded by Johnson to approve the annual E-Learning Program at Coffee County Central High School.