VACANT, District 1

Larry Yeager, District 2

Billy Montgomery, District 3

Christie Devine, District 4

Randy Phillips, District 5

The agenda is being presented for approval. Any changes are to be made at this time.

A motion is needed to accept the resignation of Marianne Davis as a board member and board chairperson.

Due to the resignation of the board chairperson, the Vice Chairperson will now be moved to the Chairperson position and a nomination for a new Vice Chairperson may be made.

Nominations: Randy Phillips

This section of the agenda is reserved for reports only, no action will be taken.

The Superintendent will report to the board at this time.

The Finance Officer will report to the board at this time.

• ActivityAcctsJune2019
• Balance Sheet Report July 2019
• Bank Rec July 2019
• Financial Summary July 2019
• Monthly Financial Rpt July 2019

KRS 160.390; KRS 160.38; KRS 160.370    The Superintendent is responsible for all personnel actions including hiring, assignments, transfer, dismissal, suspension, reinstatement, promotion, and for reporting these actions to the board of education (KRS 160.390 (1)).  All appointments, promotions and transfers of principals, supervisors, teachers, and other school employees shall be made only by the Superintendent of schools, who shall notify the Board of the action taken (KRS 160.380(2a)).

Pursuant to Board Policy 01.421, persons wishing to address the Board must first be recognized by the Chairperson and stand behind the podium. An individual or group granted the privilege of being heard must give his/her name, address, and reason for speaking. The Chairperson may rule on the relevance of the topic to the Board's Agenda, and will set the time limit to five (5) minutes. The Board will only act on/respond to items on the published agenda. If you wish to have an item placed on the agenda, you must first meet with the Superintendent.

At this time the board will receive comments from the public.

“Consent Agenda” items are voted on with one motion and one vote. 

These are, typically, items that happen on a regular basis, are annual fees, or routine items in doing business. 

The board may discuss any item they wish.

The board has the option to pull any item out for a separate vote.

• Meeting Minutes 07.23.2019

• Paid Warrant Reports-July 2019

Approval of SBDM Meeting Minutes as presented.

• MCIS SBDM Minutes 7-9-19

New PTO Officers for 2019-20

President: Jessica Elliott (until end of August)

Secretary: VACANT

Treasurer: Kayla Tatum

Teacher Representative: Kayla Garrett

Nominations for vacant offices are being taken through August 14th with elections at the August 20th meeting.

MCES PTO Objectives: To sponsor projects and events for the benefit of Mercer County Elementary students and to bring a closer working relationship between home and school so stakeholders may cooperate in the best education interest of the students.

Approval being sought for KMS Girls Basketball Boosters & KMS Football Boosters. See attached documents.

• KMS Girls basketball booster SY 19-20
• KMS QB Club SY 19-20 - Terry Gordon

The Salt River Conference voted to increase the price of admission to middle school sports. The new price is $4 for adults and $2 for students. The old prices of $3 for adults and $2 for students was set in 2005 by Salt River Conference.

Approval of the attached Physical Therapy Contract with Anderson County Schools is sought.

• APPROVED PHYSICAL THERAPY CONTRACT WITH MERCER CO..pdf

The KMS library will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair in order to raise money to purchase books, Maker Space materials, and AR rewards for the library. This will be the fall book fair and will be held the end of September.

December 18th-December 21st: Girls Basketball Tournament in Myrtle Beach. Funding will be provided by girls basketball boosters. $600.00 entry fee for the tournament. Plus, room fee ($89 a night for 4 nights)---we would need about 6 rooms for a total of $2,136. This trip will be fully funded by the boosters.

The 2019-2020 CEP was approved in the spring but a correction needed to be made in the number of observations for certified staff.

Correction from 3 observations to 2.

Observation Model

The observation model must fulfill the following minimum criteria:

 Two (2) observations (All certified and other certified evaluates) in the summative cycle. A minimum of 2 observations conducted by the supervisor all which must occur in the final year of the cycle.

Final observation is conducted by the supervisor and is a full observation.

All observations must be documented on district-approved forms.

Second reading and approval of the policies and procedures for 2019-20.

• M14_AP
• M14_Pol

Surplus Equipment request is attached. 

• Surplus Equipment.pdf

Attached MOA for KECSAC must be board approved and sent to KDE before September 15th each year.

• KECSAC MOA.pdf

Judy Cox- Bus Driver- Requesting Medical Leave for remainder of the year.

William Condit Baker- Requesting Medical Leave from 8-7-19 until 9-15-19.

• PRIVATE Baker-LOA PRIVATE
• PRIVATE Cox-LOA PRIVATE

Girl Scouts of KY Wilderness Road Council requests to use MCES for bi-weekly meetings. See attached documentation.

• Facility Request - Girl Scouts.pdf

Approval of the attached contract for the Trailblazer Academy is sought.

• TRAILBLAZER CAREER ACADEMY for SM 7 25 2019 sbs Interlocal Agreement.doc

Change order # 3 includes additions of:

Hardware at Vestibule A at MCIS (interior security doors) +$8,906.18

Exterior handrail at KMS +$6,440.00

Exterior site wall repair at KMS +$1,736.50

MCIS sidewalk and KMS conduit +$1,988.72

This is an overall increase of $19,071.40 to the project. Overall it is only an increase of $12,230.40 due to other change orders creating a credit.

• CO3-1832-compiled.pdf

Change order # 4 includes:

KMS classroom wing wall/roof repairs +$47,846.42

The overall change of the project total including all change orders is an increase of $60,076.82.

• CO4-1832-compiled.pdf

The attached revised BG-1 for the District Improvements Project is to increase the construction contingency by $30,000 to cover the changes in Change Order #4.

• BG-1 Revised 190808.pdf

Addition of the following to the 2019-20 salary schedule:

Bookkeeper Trainer $3,000

Change of the following to the 2019-20 salary schedule:

Head Assistant Basketball Coach Girls change in extended days from 6 to 11

Freshman Basketball Coach Girls remove extended days

Cheerleader Sponsor Large Varsity change from $2,400 to $2,045

Assistant Cheerleader Sponsor change from $2.200 to $2,555

• FY20 SAL SCHED August 2019.pdf

A motion is needed to enter into Executive Session in order to discuss the Superintendent's Contract.

A motion is need to exit Executive Session.

Action from executive session.