• Sherbitu Evangeline "Evie" Vanderpool - Miss Vanderpool's drawing of a Basket of Apples was selected as part of the 2019 VSA Kentucky Student Traveling Art Exhibit - A Matter of Perspective. Evie attends Crossroads Elementary School.
• Joshua Grieve - Mr. Grieve earned the AP + PLTW Achievement in Engineering. Joshua is a student of Bullitt East High School/Riverview Opportunity Center Information Technology Center.

* All travel by commercial carrier is due to schedule/cost.

Change Order #13, in the amount of $87,203.05 covers the cost to repair the deteriorated areas in both parking lots where damage occurred due to storage pods, construction equipment and general school deliveries. This will increase EH Construction's contract amount from $9,500,673.88 to $9,587,876.93.

Presented is the BG-4 document for the North Bullitt High School Addition/Renovation Project, BG-12-141. The original contract amount for EH Construction was $4,257,204.77. By adding the DPO (Director Purchase Order) amounts of $1,774,248.04 and the total Change Order amount of $102,500.08, the total construction cost is $6,133,952.89.

Presented for Board approval are the design drawings relating to the Riverview Opportunity Center Security Upgrades project as prepared by Studio Kremer Architects. These are the architectural and electrical drawings required by KDE. Once approved, the drawings will be sent to KDE for their approval and records.

Samantha Crumbacker – Teacher – District Wide – Ms. Crumbacker requests leave without pay for the dates of November 7^th – December 20^th, 2018.  She is using 7 weeks of FMLA.

Dana Hood – Cook/Baker – Lebanon Junction Elementary – Ms. Hood requests leave without pay for the dates of September 10^th – December 20^th, 2018.  She has used all her accrued leave time and does not qualify for FMLA. 

Janna Johnson – Teacher – North Bullitt High School – Ms. Johnson requests leave without pay for the dates of November 19–20, 2018.  She is using 11 weeks of FMLA.

Chad Laswell – Teacher – North Bullitt High School – Mr. Laswell requests leave without pay for the dates of November 12– 16, 2018.  He is using 6 weeks of FMLA.

Stacey Oliver – Teacher – Roby Elementary – Ms. Oliver requests leave without pay for the dates of December 10-20, 2018.  She is using 10 weeks of FMLA.

Judith Roberts – Cook/Baker – Freedom Elementary – Ms. Roberts requests leave without pay for the dates of November 19^th – December 19^th, 2018.  She does not qualify for FMLA.

Larry Rogers – Custodian – Mt. Washington Elementary – Mr. Rogers requests leave without pay for the dates of November 29^th – December 7^th, 2018.  He is using 12 weeks of FMLA.

Beth Simler – Teacher – Zoneton Middle School – Ms. Simler requests leave without pay for the dates of August 23^rd – October 28^th, 2018.  She used 8 weeks of FMLA.

This contract allows for professional development/consulting services with Envision Learning Partners from Oakland, CA. Provided is consulting for college and career readiness assessment systems, K-12 by assisting districts and schools with the creation of graduate profiles aligned to competency-based assessments. A district team representing a variety of roles within the district has participated in training and work sessions throughout the 2017-2018 school year which resulted in the draft of a Profile of a Graduate for BCPS. The next phase in this work is to provide "listening and learning" sessions to gain feedback from different stakeholder groups that represent the school and community. The goal for the scope of the contract work is to conduct a session, facilitated by a consultant from Envision Learning, with principals and assistant principals to gain feedback. The total cost of all services is $3,750 including travel. All training will be in person. Funding source is Title II funds. Joe Mills reviewed the contract.

Due to the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program (KTIP) being suspended by the state until June 30, 2020 for lack of funding in the biennium budget, it is now the district's responsibility to provide that extra support new teachers deserve. This Memorandum of Agreement with Integrity Consulting, LLC will run from January 7, 2019 until June 7, 2019. The cost is $28,000 for professional services and $5,000 for travel and new teacher material resources. The goal of this work is to provide new teachers with a cohort of other new teachers within the district, but also providing more individualized support to address areas of strengths and improvement. The agreement has been reviewed by Buckman, Farris & Mills.

The Special Education Department would like to utilize the current MOA with Centerstone of Kentucky to pilot a telemedicine program at Crossroads Elementary School beginning in January 2019. This program will allow parents and students who are clients of Centerstone to access appointments while remaining at school. Benefits of this initiative will be less missed time from school for students and fewer missing appointments. This will also strengthen relationships between all parties (mental health provider, family, student, and school) and improve consistency of mental health services available to these students and families.

The North Bullitt High School girls basketball team would like to host a basketball tournament at Zoneton Middle School on January 19-20, 2019 and February 23-24, 2019. Midwest Basketball Tournaments will facilitate the tournament splitting the profits 50/50 with the girls basketball program. Midwest will organize and schedule the tournament and North Bullitt High School will supply the facility and workers. They will have district employees at all times during the tournament. The application and liability insurance forms are provided.

This is the first offer for Fiscal Year 2019 KETS Offer of Assistance from the School Facilities Construction Commission. Expected is $21.00 per student for a total of $248,572.80. The amount to be matched by the district will be budgeted for next year's Fund I. By accepting the entire offer now, it will eliminate the need for additional approvals as they come in throughout the year. Requested is approval of this first offer of $106,531.00 now, with the understanding the total of all three offers for FY19 will total $248,572.80. Funds will be used for teacher and student desktops, Chromebooks, Chromebook lease payments, date center hardware (including servers), networking hardware and other instructional-related technology expenses. 

Eastside Middle School Principal Troy Wood requests permission to install a communication board outside of the front entrance of the school. PTO funds will pay for the project.

As per KRS 158.070 (2)(b)(c)(d), the School Calendar Committee, after seeking feedback from school district employees, parents, and community members, presents school calendar options to the Board. The calendar options comply with state laws and regulations and consider the economic impact of the school calendar on the community and state. The Original Option 1 was revised by moving two planning days to plan for the last day for students to be May 18, 2020..

Presented is the 2018-2019 Nutrition and Physical Activity Report for review. KRS 158.856 requires the district provide an opportunity for public input and discussion prior to the recommendations to be presented at the January Board meeting. This report will also be posted to the School Food Service website.

Presented is a revised version of the job description for Special Education Consultant. Suggested revisions are in red.