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Board approves final summative evaluation as Superintendent Marty Polio is honored at final meeting
Summary
At its June 24 meeting the Jefferson County Board of Education approved the 2024–25 final summative evaluation of Superintendent Marty Polio and held recognitions and public tributes at Polio’s final board meeting.
The Jefferson County Board of Education on June 24 approved the 2024–25 final board summative evaluation of Superintendent Marty Polio and held multiple recognitions and public tributes at Polio’s final board meeting.
The motion to approve the evaluation was made by Mr. Craig and seconded by Mr. Bass; the board voted in favor by voice vote (“Ayes have it”). The board had met in executive session earlier for preliminary discussions regarding the superintendent’s evaluation under KRS 61.810(1)(k) and KRS 156.557(6)(c); no action was taken during the closed session, the board said before taking the public vote.
The meeting included an extended recognition segment. Chief Carolyn Callahan presented student recognitions, including winners of a TARC bus design contest and a national math competition winner from JCPS. Board members and community speakers offered remarks and presented a short video marking Polio’s tenure. “I’m excited for the future of Jefferson County Public Schools,” Polio said during his final superintendent’s report.
Teachers’ and community groups also offered public comments and tributes. Maddie Shepherd, identified as president of the Jefferson County Teachers Association, and others thanked Polio for his leadership during the district’s pandemic response, staffing challenges and strategic changes. Reginald Glass, a Central High School staff member and co‑chair of the Human Relations Commission Education Committee, thanked the board for accepting a donation from the Altamira Foundation that will fund science lab repairs at Central High.
Housekeeping motions cleared routine business: a motion to receive recognitions (moved by Mr. Bass, seconded by Miss Duncan; ayes have it), approval of the meeting agenda (moved by Mr. Craig, seconded by Miss Strange; ayes have it), approval of minutes of June 10 (moved by Mr. Bass, seconded by Mr. Everett; ayes have it), approval of the consent calendar (moved by Mr. Craig, seconded by Mr. Bass; ayes have it), and receipt of the planning calendar (moved by Mr. Bass, seconded by Mr. Craig; ayes have it). The meeting adjourned on a motion by Mr. Bass, seconded by Miss Strange.
No formal board action other than the evaluation vote and the routine agenda/minutes/consent/planning calendar approvals was recorded on district policy or statute during this portion of the meeting.
