Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
A resident, Wesley Puckett, asked the board to permit a volunteer youth soccer program to use school grounds Feb–Oct and offered to share upkeep costs and sponsor families; the board placed the item on the February agenda for coordination with coach Leslie and the local soccer association.
Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
The Overton County School Board approved multiple construction contracts and revised school calendars, accepted a resignation, and deferred a community request to use school grounds for a volunteer soccer program to the February meeting for scheduling coordination.
Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
In the work session following adjournment, board members urged keeping a 100% single insurance policy to support teacher recruitment, discussed completing director evaluations by March, and received building-program updates including a resolved lease issue near Hillheim Elementary.
Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
Public commenters at an Overton County school meeting said senior student Rocco Carwell was punished for an incident he did not attend and urged the board to review the suspension and athletic ineligibility; the board declined to discuss individual student discipline publicly and said staff would follow up.
Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
In routine business, the board approved a Livingston Academy trip to Lexington, a multi-item consent agenda of federal and state program budgets, authorization to sell older buses at auction, and the 2028–29 school calendar; voice votes were recorded but individual tallies were not specified in the transcript.
Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
In a work session the Overton County School Board reviewed its nepotism policy and organizational chart, debating whether assistant principals constitute direct supervisors and noting some positions are grandfathered from before 2013; no policy change was adopted.
Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
The Overton County School Board approved previous minutes and tonight’s agenda, passed a consent agenda with several overnight student trips, accepted a staff resignation from Eric Collins and approved a Rickman Elementary cross‑country course; all actions were by voice vote.
Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
Jennifer Aldridge recognized OCEA and raised concerns about after‑school program staffing, low interest among teachers, and substitute/support-personnel pay levels during the Sept. 9 meeting.
Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
During a work session after the Sept. 9 meeting, the Overton County School Board and staff discussed making a maintenance-custodian role full time at Rickman Elementary because planned additions will raise the school's square footage and maintenance needs.
Tennessee / School Districts / Overton County
During a work session following its Aug. 19 meeting, the Overton County Board of Education agreed to schedule a retreat in late October to review the district’s five-year strategic plan and discussed facility repair estimates for ceiling, awnings and fence work at Wilson and other school improvement projects.