Agenda Report

Work Session Agenda
August 11, 2025 5:00 PM
Frank R. Hatfield Administrative Center
1040 Highway 44 East
Shepherdsville, KY 40165

1. CALL TO ORDER	Matt Mooney

2. ADOPT THE AGENDA	Matt Mooney

3. PRESENTATIONS
a. The Pledge of Allegiance	Nita Neal

b. Review Board Team Commitments	Nita Neal
To improve our effectiveness, the Board Team for Bullitt County Schools commits to: Maintain primary focus on student learning. Continuously review, define, and work toward district goals. Listen to each other, speak freely, work and learn together, and support one another. After careful deliberation, support the majority's decision regarding shared goals for continuously improving district-wide student learning. Agree to disagree respectfully. Delegate implementation of Board decisions to Superintendent and Leadership Team.
c. Reminder to Register to Address the Board	Stefanie Kleinholter
Welcome to the meeting of the Bullitt County Board of Education. As a reminder, the Board does welcome public comment during their meeting tonight, but in order to speak to the board you must register to do so by listing your name and address and the topic on which you will be speaking. All topics should be pertinent to items on tonight’s agenda. Each speaker will be given an allotted three minutes of time with a tone signifying 30 seconds remaining, and another tone signifying the end of your time. Please note that there will be no comment from the Board tonight, but the superintendent will make note of any items and follow up as necessary. This now will serve as the final call to register to come forward and address the Board tonight.
4. COMMUNICATIONS
a. Audience Comments (15 Minutes)
5. CONSENT ITEMS

a. Travel (before Regular Mtg)	Adrienne Usher

6. GENERAL DISCUSSION
a. Annual Review of Data Security and Breach Notification Best Practices	Kevin Fugate
This presentation will highlight the best practices in the event of a data breach. Attached, you will find KDE’s Data Security and Breach Notification Best Practices document. As required by regulation, each public school district shall review and acknowledge the best practices guide for reasonable security. In addition to the best practices from the Kentucky Department of Education, our department has several things in place for data loss prevention. Coming soon with the implementation of Rapid Identity, all staff will use 2FA or two-factor authentication to secure their accounts. They will also include services like SafeID and ShieldID, which continuously monitor all digital identities and secure those that may have been compromised and detected on the Dark Web. We also utilize Microsoft Defender for end-user accounts, along with all the benefits that Google Workspace for Education provides as mentioned in the presentation. All software purchased must meet the state law requirements, and the vendor must complete a DPA or Data Privacy Agreement. Please be aware that this presentation is your annual notification of the practices mentioned above. Thank you!
b. Changes to the CEP Process	Althea Hurt

c. 2025-2026 Tax Rate	Lisa Lewis

d. Middle and High School Science Vacancies	Jesse Bacon

e. Other Items from the Board	Matt Mooney

7. NEW BUSINESS
a. Subject.com Services Agreement	Adrienne Usher
Based on current staffing needs, we have the following openings below at these schools for certified science teachers. This is of high concern because there is a potential for limited exposure of science content in the developmental years for middle school students to identify their passions and experience science learning, chances of lower academic scores on state and national assessments in science for the long-term, and creating gaps in postsecondary opportunities that require consistent science content exposure for our high school students. ? Mt. Washington Middle: 2 openings serving 250 students ? Hebron Middle School: 2 openings serving 300 students ? Bullitt Central High School: 1 opening for Biology/Physics serving 213 students ? Bullitt East High School: 1 Physics opening serving 90 students ? North Bullitt High School: 1 Integrated Science opening serving 110 students; 1 Chemistry opening serving 30 students Schools and our curriculum, instruction, and assessment team have been diligently contacting postsecondary partners and working to brainstorm other possibilities so BCPS students at these schools have equitable access and high-quality learning in science. Due to the lack of qualified applicants and limited enrollment in science education programs at the postsecondary level, below is a proposed plan to create a viable solution for the 2025-2026 school year. The total cost for the 2025-2026 school year is approximately $541,555.81 which is available in the general fund. ? Utilize a new software platform called Subject.com at Hebron Middle School and all three high schools. In addition, Subject.com will provide us with a teacher of record that is Kentucky Science Certified for the high school classrooms only. The total for software and teacher of record is $175,000. ? Hire 7 Instructional Tutors, at 187 contract days for 7.50 hours (same as teacher) to be assigned to these classrooms to help facilitate science instruction utilizing an online learning platform for a total of $326,015.66.
b. Instructional Tutor Positions	Adrienne Usher
Based on current staffing needs, we have the following openings below at these schools for certified science teachers. This is of high concern because there is a potential for limited exposure of science content in the developmental years for middle school students to identify their passions and experience science learning, chances of lower academic scores on state and national assessments in science for the long-term, and creating gaps in postsecondary opportunities that require consistent science content exposure for our high school students. ? Mt. Washington Middle: 2 openings serving 250 students ? Hebron Middle School: 2 openings serving 300 students ? Bullitt Central High School: 1 opening for Biology/Physics serving 213 students ? Bullitt East High School: 1 Physics opening serving 90 students ? North Bullitt High School: 1 Integrated Science opening serving 110 students; 1 Chemistry opening serving 30 students Schools and our curriculum, instruction, and assessment team have been diligently contacting postsecondary partners and working to brainstorm other possibilities so BCPS students at these schools have equitable access and high-quality learning in science. Due to the lack of qualified applicants and limited enrollment in science education programs at the postsecondary level, below is a proposed plan to create a viable solution for the 2025-2026 school year. The total cost for the 2025-2026 school year is approximately $541,555.81 which is available in the general fund. ? Utilize a new software platform called Subject.com at Hebron Middle School and all three high schools. In addition, Subject.com will provide us with a teacher of record that is Kentucky Science Certified for the high school classrooms only. The total for software and teacher of record is $175,000. ? Hire 7 Instructional Tutors, at 187 contract days for 7.50 hours (same as teacher) to be assigned to these classrooms to help facilitate science instruction utilizing an online learning platform for a total of $326,015.66.
c. Part-time Middle School Science Teacher	Adrienne Usher
Based on current staffing needs, we have the following openings below at these schools for certified science teachers. This is of high concern because there is a potential for limited exposure of science content in the developmental years for middle school students to identify their passions and experience science learning, chances of lower academic scores on state and national assessments in science for the long-term, and creating gaps in postsecondary opportunities that require consistent science content exposure for our high school students. ? Mt. Washington Middle: 2 openings serving 250 students ? Hebron Middle School: 2 openings serving 300 students ? Bullitt Central High School: 1 opening for Biology/Physics serving 213 students ? Bullitt East High School: 1 Physics opening serving 90 students ? North Bullitt High School: 1 Integrated Science opening serving 110 students; 1 Chemistry opening serving 30 students Schools and our curriculum, instruction, and assessment team have been diligently contacting postsecondary partners and working to brainstorm other possibilities so BCPS students at these schools have equitable access and high-quality learning in science. Due to the lack of qualified applicants and limited enrollment in science education programs at the postsecondary level, below is a proposed plan to create a viable solution for the 2025-2026 school year. The total cost for the 2025-2026 school year is approximately $541,555.81 which is available in the general fund. ? Utilize a new software platform called Subject.com at Hebron Middle School and all three high schools. In addition, Subject.com will provide us with a teacher of record that is Kentucky Science Certified for the high school classrooms only. The total for software and teacher of record is $175,000. ? Hire 7 Instructional Tutors, at 187 contract days for 7.50 hours (same as teacher) to be assigned to these classrooms to help facilitate science instruction utilizing an online learning platform for a total of $326,015.66.
8. ADJOURNMENT

Draft