Board Chair Price Smith called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

All agreed.

• Bid received from Pepsi Co. on 5-7-24 at 10:36 a.m.

The special education department provides physical therapy to students with gross motor deficits. We currently contract with Accelerated Pediatric Therapy and would like to continue to do so. 

The special education department provides Occupational Therapy to our students with fine motor deficits and sensory needs. We currently contract with Affinity Therapeutic Solutions and would like to continue to do so. 

The special education department provides Orientation and Mobility therapy to students who are visually impaired. We currently contract with On Track Orientation and Mobility and would like to continue doing so. 

The LaRue County Gifted and Talented committee met on April 17 to review and update the Gifted and Talented Services Parent Handbook.  Some updates and additional events were added to the timeline.  Clarifications were made for exiting Primary Talent Pool as well as qualification based on local norms. 

The handbook is attached.

We would like to procure the services of EM Designs, LLC to provide a detailed Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk Assessment along with an Investment Justification specifically crafted for application of the COPS-School Violence Prevention Program and the BJA Stop School Violence grants.  The COPS grant is a competitive federal grant that awards up to $500,000 with a 25% match over 3 years.  Deadline for application is June 17.  The STOP grant is also a federal competitive grant that awards up to $2,000,000 with no required match.  Deadline for application is June 20.  This funding would be used to upgrade district-wide surveillance, electronic door access for all classrooms, and other security measures such as weapon detectors and window coverings.  The cost of EM Designs services is $5000 for both grants.  This is a one-time fee and should we not be awarded the grant(s) this year they will provide the same service next year for no additional cost.  Our surveillance vendor, who has already completed the extensive work of mapping all of our buildings and provided us with a detailed overview of the project has agreed to rebate $5000 from the project to cover the cost of EM Designs services.

Communicare provides school based mental health counseling to specified students in our school district.  They also provide education consultation services to staff for children receiving services from Communicare. LaRue County Schools does not get billed for any of the services provided.  Contractual Services Agreement is attached.

Mr. Claycomb has reviewed the contract and does not see any issues.

Due to the recently passed legislation related to truancy (HB 611) and demands of the School Safety and Resiliency Act (SB 1, 2019), the workload has increased exponentially for the Director of Student Services (DSS), who currently assumes the role of DPP and also serves as the district's School Safety Coordinator.

For these reasons, the job title and description of the DSS needs to be revised to reflect that of an additional Assistant Superintendent position with a comparable stipend.

The position Director of Student Services would be changed to Assistant Superintendent of Student Services. Stipends for DSS ($6500) and School Safety Coordinator ($4000) would be removed from the salary schedule and used to help fund the stipend for the Assistant Superintendent of Student Services.

A copy of the revised job description is attached for your review (blue font = proposed new language, red font w/strikethrough = language proposed to be removed, black font = unchanged language)

LaRue County Public Schools needs to surplus 15 cafeteria tables at Abraham Lincoln Elementary, 25 cafeteria tables at Hodgenville Elementary, and 30 cafeteria tables at LaRue County Middle School.

We purchased new cafeteria tables that will be installed over the summer and we need to surplus the old ones, there are some departments within the school system who would like some. We will be offering some to other school districts as well. The list of fixed asset tables is attached. 

Surplus all current fencing, the current track, and the scoreboard from the stadium for the CHAMP project. All contents will be disposed.  All metal will be scrapped.

Insurance Premium Comparison for the 2024 renewal term.

*NOTE: at the bottom of the comparison you will see the Blanket Limit Property Increase and the Workers Comp Experience Modifier increase. An optional quote for a Property Buy Down Deductible and options to increase the Cyber Liability Limit is also included.

According to policy 09.15 all student fees and charges dues shall be adopted by the Board, including any student activity fees or membership dues, and remain in place until modified or removed by Board resolution.

Attached is the updated FY2024-FY2025 Student Dues & Fees Schedule with changes noted.

Update the Extended Days and Extra Service (Stipend) Schedule as follows:

*YOUTH SERVICE CENTER ADMINSTRATIVE ASSISTANT extended days from 15 to 27 days (for FY2024).  Youth Service Center funding pays for the extended days.

Schedule attached for reference.

The breakdown for individual fields is $206,000 for baseball and $84,000 for softball.  For the 25-year warranty, the full LED Retrofit is required.  this includes changing out all pole top filters and using MUSCO's "standard" LED fixtures.

Full Retrofit for BB/SB Estimates:

BB w/install = $265,000.00 - $290,000.00

SB w/install = $115,000.00 - $120,000.00

Show-Light adder BB/SB

BB/SB = $25,000.00 - $30,000.00

• Game Manager/Assistant AD proposal - Justin Craft
• Graduation Policy -Justin Craft
• Instructional Material Report - Amanda Reed

The adjournment of this meeting of the LaRue County Board of Education

Order #520 - Motion Passed:  The adjournment of this meeting of the LaRue County Board of Education passed with a motion by Farrah Pruitt and a second by Joanna Hinton.