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Board reports $40,000 opioid-settlement grant application to install trauma-informed space at Miller Boyd
Summary
District staff told the board the district applied for a $40,000 opioid-settlement grant, approved by the county finance commission and pending county- and city-level votes, to install a trauma-informed environment at Miller Boyd transition academy.
Mister Bunch told the Hamblen County Board of Education the district has applied for an opioid-settlement grant of $40,000 to install a trauma-informed environment at Miller Boyd transition academy, which serves students impacted by trauma.
According to the transcript, the county finance commission approved the request and the grant now must go to the full county commission (scheduled for the nineteenth) and the city for approval because the funds are a shared pot from settlement proceeds. "It's $40,000 we're getting to go to... be installed up at Miller Boyd," the presenter said in the meeting record.
Why it matters: the administration framed the grant as targeted support for students at the transition academy and part of a broader set of student supports; the board voiced confidence that county and city approvals will follow but no final commitments were recorded in the meeting.
Next steps: the county commission and city must vote to release the settlement funds; the board did not set a separate follow-up reporting date in the transcript but staff cited several district staff and partners involved in preparing the application.
No roll-call vote was required for the report; the grant application status was presented as an informational item and recorded as part of the administration's report.
