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Elizabethton board creates assistant swim coach position, approves first readings of harassment policies and TISA spending report
Summary
At its October meeting the Elizabethton Board of Education approved creation of an assistant swim coach at TA Dugger Junior High, advanced two policy updates to first reading and accepted the required TISA accountability report on 2024–25 expenditures; trustees also discussed recent state funding changes.
The Elizabethton Board of Education on Tuesday approved creation of an assistant swim coach position at TA Dugger Junior High, advanced first readings of two harassment-related board policies and accepted the district's TISA accountability report for 2024'25 expenditures.
The measures were approved during the board's regular October meeting in the MacPierce Boardroom. The vote to create the assistant swim coach was taken after trustees were told the junior-high swim program averages about 30 students and currently has a single coach, a staffing level described as a safety concern.
Board members described the proposed position as an additional set of eyes for students in the pool; the motion to approve the position carried with no opposition. The board did not record a roll-call vote in the meeting minutes provided.
The board also approved first reading of two policy updates described by staff as bookkeeping changes. Under board policy 5.5…
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