Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
Board members were told the East High roof is ready for final work around Jan. 13; a consultant advised the school system should not pay change orders for preexisting damage attributed to contractor Garland. Members also discussed bubbling gym floors at multiple sites.
Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
Board members reviewed the district online program’s operations, enrollment and accountability trade-offs, including whether assigning a separate school number (and separate state score) would help or harm students and staff. Enrollment was reported around 170 locally.
Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
Board members reported meeting with Human Services on a childcare-center licensing and grant application; the agency requested changes, the application was resubmitted, and the board hopes to open the center in the fall if awarded funds. Construction timelines were described as tight.
Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
Director Carter described a student-produced video showing illegal stop-arm passes; the district worked with Westridge audio-visual students, the sheriff and two Tennessee state highway patrol officers to produce a video the district will distribute to social media and news outlets to deter dangerous driving around school buses.
Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
The board approved a cleanup revision to policy 3.6001 (insurance benefit/retirement program), a GPS budget amendment, revision 1 to the Title IX McKinney-Vento grant, and a resolution approving ETSU reimbursement of $2,250 per student teacher for two ETSU student teachers; motions were approved by roll call as recorded in the meeting transcript.
Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
Megan Hopkins, director of the Sullivan County Public Library System, told the school board the library sits on the same parcel as the Sullivan West property and asked for clear communication and as much advance notice as possible if the property is deconstructed, warning that closure would disrupt key services.
Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
School officials presented a digital dashboard to visualize benchmark data and subgroup performance, aiming to help principals and teachers spot trends between benchmarks and target interventions without exposing student-level data.
Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
Board members reviewed an ETSU reimbursement arrangement for stipends to two student teachers and discussed paying in installments so the district is reimbursed as payments are made; transcript shows inconsistent stipend amounts and staff suggested reimbursement will follow completion of placements.
Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
Board members showcased a bus-safety video produced with local law enforcement and announced four reward schools and holiday-card winners; the district plans to distribute the video through social and news media.
Tennessee / School Districts / Sullivan County
Officials reviewed retirees’ signed records and found inconsistent documentation about county contributions; board members agreed to seek counsel review and discussed the difficulty of unwinding any broad payouts, noting a potential exposure figure mentioned in the meeting.