Lincoln County
August 12, 2021 5:30 PM
Regular Meeting
1. Welcome & Call to Order
2. Set the Meeting Agenda
3. Public Comment for Agenda Items Only
4. Superintendent and Staff Reports
4.a. Monthly Personnel Action Report
4.b. Report on Superintendent's Non-Contract and Out-of-District Days
4.c. Monthly SBDM Meeting Agendas and Minutes from Schools
4.d. Monthly Financial Statements, Accounts Payable, Payroll and School Activity Funds
4.e. Donation Report
5. Consent Agenda
5.a. Approve Minutes of the July 8, 2021 Working Meeting and the July 15, 2021 Regular Meeting
5.b. Approve the Superintendent's travel
5.c. Approve Leave Requests
Rationale

  • Medical Leave for Classified Staff member at LCHS, May 10 to Nov. 30, 2021 
  • Medical Leave for Classified Staff member at HVE, Aug. 12, to Oct. 8, 2021
  • Medical Leave for Transportation Staff at WBE, July 1, 2021 to Jan. 1, 2022

5.d. Approve Trip Requests
Rationale

  • Overnight Student Trip for LCHS FFA to KY State Fair in Louisville for Competition on Aug. 19-20, 2021
  • Student Trip for LCHS FFA to KY State Fair in Louisville on Aug. 28, 2021

5.e. Approve Grant Applications
Rationale

LCHS Cheer requests permission to Apply for and Accept a $500.00 Walmart Grant

6. Action Items
6.a. Tax Rates
Rationale

Taking the 4% increase in tax revenue for 2021-2022 would generate an additional $261,241 compared to taking the compensating rate. The Finance Officers recommendation is to take the 4% increase (with exonerations).  The real property rate would be 53.2 (a decrease (!) of .75% from last year's rate).  The personal property rate would be 54.

6.b. 2021-2022 District Emergency Operation Plans
Rationale

The Lincoln County School District's Emergency Operations Plan requires board approval annually. 

6.c. Buses for Surplus
Rationale

The transportation department requests approval to surplus four buses that are out of depreciation and beyond sensible economical use.  Buses for surplus are: 0403, 0404, 0405, and 0501

6.d. Bus Purchase
Rationale

The transportation department requests approval for the purchase of two (2) special needs buses.  Buses are $125,000 each to be purchased from the Boyd Company and paid with IDEA funds.   

6.e. Family, Health, & Disabilities Manager
Rationale

The Family, Health and Disabilities Manager position was recently created to better align with the Head Start standards. The job description specified “Leadership Certification preferred” which Head Start/Early Head Start would like to change to “required” in order to assist with evaluation and also to serve as site supervisor for the EarlyHS program which is required by daycare regulation. Ten (10 ) more extended days are also requested since Early Head Start is in session for more days than the regular school schedule. IDEA preschool remains as the funding source. 

6.f. 21st CCLC Director Position
Rationale

With the award of 21st Century Community Learning Center grants at every school, the District hired a second program director to help with the increased workload.  In May, that director left and the position has not been filled.  Rather than hire new, the District would like to add a $2,000 per school stipend to the director salary.  The stipend will save the grant $18,924.00 annually.  The 21st CCLC grant pays 100% of the salary and stipends. 

6.g. MOA with Midway University
Rationale

The Lincoln County School District and Midway University have a long standing partnership in allowing Midway University students to complete their student teaching in Lincoln County.

6.h. MOA with Murray State University
Rationale

Murray State University's Counselor of Education program has been accredited nationally on a continuous basis by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) since 2013. The enclosed Memorandum of Agreement confirms the partnership between the Lincoln County Schools and Murray State University. The district will provide an opportunity for clinical experience for Murray State University student internships and student practicums in Counseling. 

6.i. COVID-19 Emergency Days
Rationale

The federal emergency paid sick leave and federal emergency paid FMLA benefits due to COVID-19 expired on December 31, 2020. The Board can authorized unlimited paid COVID-19 emergency days for employees who are quarantined by the District, Health Department, or doctor. The COVID-19 emergency days are only for employees who are fully vaccinated with one of the federally authorized COVID-19 vaccines. Employees who refuse vaccination would have to use other types of leave available to them (for example, sick leave, personal leave, regular FMLA and unpaid disability leave). 

6.j. Supervision Hours for MHS and CSW
Rationale

Lincoln County does not have counselors that diagnose, create treatment plans, or offer psychotherapy services to students in school; students must be referred out to other agencies. Some agencies see students at school but others require the student to be seen in office.  Barriers such as transportation, cost, and lack of follow through do not allow students to receive the services they need. 

The District requests approval of a contract to pay for supervision hours for Mental Health Specialist Rachael McCrystal and Certified Social Worker Megan Brown.  Supervison hours will be paid with ESSER funds. This will allow them to diagnose, create treatment plans, and provide psychotherapy services to students in school. They will in turn provide free supervision in district. 

6.k. Mask Recommendation
6.l. 2021-2022 Agreement with Bluegrass Community Action
Rationale

The Lincoln County Board of Education and the Bluegrass Community Action  have a longstanding partnership sharing relevant information on Lincoln County families and/or individuals requesting assistance that could be beneficial in providing necessary services. All information shared is confidential.

6.m. Migrant Staff
Rationale

The Migrant Education program is required to tutor students, recruit non-English speaking students, enter data on all work, and provide summer programming. For this reason, classified  substitues, certified substitutes, and contracted employees are necessary to the program.   All wages and fringe are paid with the  Migrant grant funds. 

6.n. All-Inclusive Playground at Stanford Elementary
Rationale

The District requested permission to build an all-inclusive playground at Stanford Elementary.  The vendor is Play Mart Playgrounds and total cost is $117,948. Playground  will be paid for out of the IDEA budget.

6.o. Free Admission for Students
Rationale

The District launched a new logo, video and hashtag for the Lincoln County Schools. 

                                                     #kidsmattermost

If kids truly matter most, we should remove financial barriers that prevent students from attending extra curricular events.

 

6.p. Early Entry to Kindergarten
Rationale

The District requests early entry to kindergarten for Dakota Lynn Saylor and Amelia Meade 

6.q. Results of the Superintendent Evaluation
7. Adjourn