The Lewis County Board of Education met in the regular session on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at 6:02 p.m. at the Lewis County Board of Education board meeting room located at 206 South Court Street, Hohenwald, Tn. With the exception of Phyllis Townsend, all board members present were Chair Lindsey Himes, Glenda Atkinson, Derek Cotham, Cassie Couch, Vice-Chair Paula Dyer, Jackie Holt, Cody Mitchell, and Sallie Pollock.

The invocation was given by Mr. Billy Dyer. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Ms. Couch.

Consent Agenda

Upon motion by Mrs. Dyer and seconded by Mrs. Atkinson, the consent agenda was unanimously approved.

• Previous minutes from the December 13, 2022, board meeting.

• Adopted agenda

• Approved second quarter warrants

Regular Agenda

Directors Report

Approved military leave -non FMLA for Courtney Lunneen Ankrapp effective October 24, 2022, through October 09, 2023.

Accepted the resignation of Deborah Walker, LCMS Computer Science teacher, effective December 16, 2022.

Accepted the resignation of Joseph Slaughter, LCHS teacher, effective December 19,2022.

Dr. McAbee informed the board members that the key card entry is now being used and is going very well in the middle school and elementary school. He stated that the intermediate school should be completed by the end of this week and the high school would be completed soon.

Director McAbee stated that he had met earlier in the week with the TRANE representatives regarding the air conditioning in the high school gym. He stated that the representative told him that the window for starting this project would probably be the week or two at the end of this school year.

Dr. McAbee gave the board members an update on the 2023-2024 school year calendar. He stated that a committee of teachers, administration, Mylie McKissack, and vice-chair Dyer met, and they produced some things that they would like added to the school calendar. Director McAbee further stated that he has been working on the calendar today. He stated that about 90% of the calendar that they produced there will be no issues and that he thought this could be worked out. Chair Himes asked Dr. McAbee if the calendar would be presented to this committee before it came before the board for approval. Dr. McAbee stated that he would send the calendar that he has made, and it would be presented to the committee and if they could not agree on that then he would make an additional calendar and the committee would then vote on which one they prefer. Dr. McAbee stated he plans to send the calendar back to the committee and that it should be ready for approval at the February meeting.

Mrs. Atkinson asked Dr. McAbee for an update on the Intermediate School Roof. Dr. McAbee stated the Ronnie Staggs had brought him several pictures of the roof and that Porter Roofing had made repairs to a lot of the leaks in the roof but there were still a few that needed to be repaired.

Ms. Couch asked about the update on the audio equipment. Dr. McAbee stated that the audio equipment is in the process of going in and that he needed to check on a part to see if it was going to be installed in the pre-k buildings. Dr. McAbee further stated that the company that is placing the equipment stated that they should begin on this project at the end of January.

Unfinished Business

There was no unfinished business to discuss.

New Business

Upon motion by Mr. Mitchell and seconded by Mr. Holt, item a) under new business was approved unanimously.

a) Approve Director of Schools, Dr. Tracy McAbee, the authority to approve a no obligation Trane Letter to proceed for the preliminary audit of the schools’ facilities.

Upon motion by Mrs. Atkinson and seconded by Mrs. Pollock, item b) under new

Business was approved unanimously.

b) Budget Amendments

Upon motion by Ms. Couch and seconded by Mrs. Dyer, item c) under new business was unanimously approved.

c) Board Policy-5.104

Announcements

Chair Himes reminded board members to make sure that they complete their statement of disclosures for the ethics commissioner office before January 31, 2023.

Chair Himes reminded the board members that the board retreat will be January 28, 2023, and will be held in Franklin, Tennessee. Chair Himes asked Angela Leigh if this has been sent to the herald for notification to the public. Ms. Leigh stated that she has sent the information to the Lewis County Herald and that it has been put on the school’s website.

Mrs. Leigh reminded everyone to keep Tony Cotham in your prayers since he had surgery last week.

Mrs. Pollock reminded everyone to keep Don Johns in your prayers.

Ms. Couch reminded everyone to keep Sheryl Sharp in your prayers for the recent loss of her father.

The next regular scheduled meeting will be February 14, 2023. Since this meeting will be on Valentine’s day board members decided to change the regular scheduled meeting to February 16, 2023. There will be a workshop prior to the meeting and will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Adjournment

Upon motion by Mrs. Atkinson and seconded by Mrs. Dyer, the meeting was adjourned at 6:14 p.m.