Overdale Elementary School is requesting to add a Gaga Ball Pit to its playground area and raised garden beds near the preschool playground.  Both of these additions will allow students to be engaged in outdoor areas.  Funding will be through a donation to the school.

Please recommend to the Board at the March 25th, 2024  meeting the approval for the following requests for unpaid leave of absences.

Gregory Hardin - Sweeper - Old Mill Elementary - Mr. Hardin is requesting leave without pay for the dates of February, 5th, 2024 through February 16th, 2024.  He has used all his available accrued leave time.

Kenzie Lacefield - Teacher - Roby Elementary - Ms. Lacefield is requesting leave without pay for the dates of February 20th, 2024 until cleared by doctor. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Jeff Kern - Sweeper - Eastside Middle - Mr. Kern is requesting leave without pay for the dates of January 30th, 2024 through February 27th, 2024. He has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Brandi Gaddis - Teacher - Overdale Elementary - Ms. Gaddis is requesting leave without pay for the date of February 7th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Alexis Gumm - Transportation - Bus Monitor - Ms. Gumm is requesting leave without pay for the date of February 6th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Robert Saltkill - Transportation - Bus Driver - Mr. Saltkill is requesting leave without pay for the dates of February 16th, 2024 through February 23rd, 2024. He has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Heather McDaniel - Overdale Elementary - Instructional Assistant - Ms. McDaniel is requesting leave without pay for the date of February 15th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Kimberly Adams - Transportation - Bus Driver - Ms. Adams is requesting leave without pay for the of date February 13th, 2024. She  has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Amanda Page - Old Mill Elementary - Kindergarten Assistant - Ms. Page is requesting leave without pay for the date of February 5th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Jessica Klinglesmith - Crossroads Elementary - Instructional Assistant - Ms. Klinglesmith is requesting leave without pay for the date of March 14th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Sherry Duvall - Freedom Elementary - Cook/Baker - Ms. Duvall is requesting leave without pay for the dates of January 29th, 2024, January 30th, 2024, January 31st, 2024 and February 1st, 2024 through February 12th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Sierra Moore - Teacher - Hebron Middle - Ms. Moore is requesting leave without pay for the date of February 5th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Alexis Gumm - Transportation - Bus Monitor - Ms. Gumm is requesting leave without pay for the date February 2nd, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Michelle Hart - Teacher - Freedom Elementary - Ms. Hart is requesting leave without pay for the dates of January 29th, 2024 through March 29th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Misty Weed - Bus Monitor - Transportation - Ms. Weed is requesting leave without pay for the dates of January 25th, 2024, January 26th, 2024 and February 5th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Emily Berryman - Instructional Tutor - Maryville Elementary - Ms. Berryman is requesting leave without pay for the dates of February 19th, 2024 through February 22nd, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Christa Hartley - Custodian - Bullitt East High - Ms. Hartley is requesting leave without pay for the dates of March 1st, 2024 through May 31st, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Alexis Gumm - Bus Monitor - Transportation - Ms. Gumm is requesting leave without pay for the dates of January 16th, 2024 through January 26th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time. 

Sierra Moore - Teacher - Hebron Middle - Ms. Moore is requesting leave without pay for the dates of February 28th, 2024 and February 29th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time.

Jenna Blain - Teacher - Pleasant Grove - Ms. Blain is requesting leave without pay for the dates of February 20th, 2024 through March 25th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time.

Melissa Gaines Benfield - YSC Assistant - Bullitt Central - Ms. Benfield is requesting leave without pay for the date of March 1st, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time.

Heather McDaniel - Instructional Assistant - Overdale - Ms. McDaniel is requesting leave without pay for the dates of February 21st, 2024 through February 23rd, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time.

Theresa White - Bus Driver - Transportation - Ms. White is requesting leave without pay for the dates of February 26th, 2024 and February 27th, 2024. She has used all of her available accrued leave time.

After trying our Vivacity and HP devices this school year, we've decided to go back to Dell.  Our trial run with the accidental damage protection proved to not be what we expected.  Dell has a new education model, the 3110, which shares some of the same parts with the previous model the 3100.  For the white glove process, we will use Trace 3 again since we have had a good relationship with them before.

The Kindergarten touchscreen devices will be a Dell 3110 and the 3/6/9 grade non-touch devices will be the Dell 3110.  We will lease the Kindergarten, 3rd and 6th- grade devices for 3 years with the incoming 9th grade at 4 years.  The total amount that will be paid throughout 3 and 4 years will be $1,294.436.67.  Payments are detailed in the lease documents.  The Google Chrome for Education license remains at $32.50 per device and is included in the quote.  

Insight Financial will remain our lease provider.  The purchase and lease documents are attached for your approval.  After your approval, we'll send it off to the  state for KDE's approval.

As of July 25, 2022, the Superintendent will oversee all curriculum, textbooks, instructional materials, and student support services per changes in Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS 160.345). The curriculum in each school shall be designed to achieve student capacities established by KRS 158.645 and the school goals established by KRS 158.6451. The curriculum shall comply with all applicable state and federal statutes and regulations.

In any school administered under the provisions of KRS 160.345, the Superintendent shall determine which curriculum, textbooks, instructional materials, and student support services shall be provided in the school after consulting with the Board, the Principal, and the school council and after a reasonable public review and response period for all stakeholders. The attached documentation provides details on the following. 

• School/Location

• Name of program or department requesting curriculum

• Applicable research and/or evidence-based findings for this curriculum (What Works ClearingHouse, EdReports, etc.)

• Explanation of curriculum materials including purpose, when will be utilized, content area, etc.

• Date of minimum two-week public stakeholder review by staff, parents, and the school community

• Review/approval date by Assistant Superintendent and/or Chief Academic Officer

Approval is requested of curriculum and/or instructional resources for district wide use along with several schools.

With increased costs coming from Windstream for school fax lines, our department started looking for alternatives to lower costs.  In addition to rising landline costs, we know that this is sometimes an overwhelming burden on our schools and their bookkeepers to maintain and pay for.

Educational Networks of America, or ENA, is our statewide internet service provider.  In the fall, we transferred our phone lines to them.  They have a module that allows faxes to go over the internet service.  We are currently using the service at both Nichols Elementary and Lebanon Junction Elementary.  The only service difference is that they now have the same numbering convention as their respective schools, and all have the 869 prefix.  This will be the same numbering convention for the entire district.

I've attached an example invoice from Crossroads Elementary where the bill had gone from $14.99 a month plus fees to now $54.99 plus fees.  The cost for ENA's solution is only $25 per month.

My department will take over all account management including bill pay.  Each school is allocated $1,200 to cover telecommunications.  This allocation is above and beyond the section 6 allocation.  The funding to cover the school telecommunications will be transferred to the technology general fund budget. 

Request permission to advertise the following bid for the 2024-2025 school year:

• Solid Waste Removal, Disposal & Recycling Services

Please find this memo to include the Curriculum Guide (Fully Produced Online Version).     BCPS policy 0.8113 states that all curriculum guides will be board approved each year.  This is a working document for student scheduling and informational purposes.

This document continues to be electronic and is accessible for our high school students via Access 24 Chromebooks.  Hard copies will be available per request.

Permission is requested to approve the 2024-2025 Curriculum Guide Handbook at the March Board meeting.

Approval is requested for the Bullitt County Public Schools County-Wide Graduation Ceremonies to be held as follows:

• BCHS Graduation Ceremony- BCHS Football Field, Friday, May 17th @7:00 pm with rainout dates of  Saturday, May 18th at 12:00 pm and 7:00 pm and then lastly Sunday, May 19th at 7:00 pm.

• NBHS Graduation Ceremony- NBHS Football Field, Saturday, May 18th @ 7:00 pm with rainout dates of Sunday, May 19th @ 7:00 pm and Monday, May 20th @ 7:00 pm.

• BEHS Graduation Ceremony- Broadbent Arena , Tuesday, May 21st @7:00pm

Information was obtained from each high school parent forum/survey and each school came up with their own individual possible options.