Amber Franceschi, District 1

Amy Hart, District 2

Billy Montgomery, District 3

Cliff Prewitt, District 4

Randy Phillips, District 5

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

1. Superior Titan Award- A student from each school (Mercer Elementary, Mercer Co. Intermediate School, King Middle, and Mercer County Senior High School) will be recognized each month at the board of education meetings for their efforts in the classroom, leadership skills and attitude. The student award recipient must meet the following guidelines:

• Perfect attendance during the month student(s) are being observed.
• Completed all homework assignments and tests.
• Passing grade.
• No discipline issues.
• Demonstrates good leadership skills.
• Exhibits a winning attitude and spirit toward learning and peers.

Mercer County Elementary School - Kenny Cecil

Mercer County Intermediate School – 

King Middle School – Kyler West

Mercer County Senior High School – Peyton Stamps

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 three (3) minutes, but not to exceed fifteen (15) 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.

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

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

• November 2025 Monthly Financial Reports for Board Meeting - Amber Minor.pdf

The DPP will report to the board at this time.

The Chief Academic Officer will report to the board at this time.

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)).

• Personnel Report December 2025 - Sheet1 (1) - Chantal Joyce (1).pdf

The Superintendent will report to the board at this time.

“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.

• Decemer 11 Minutes.pdf
• November 18 2025 Minutes.pdf

• Paid Invoices for November 2025 - Amber Minor.pdf

The cheerleaders that are driving will be driving on Tuesday January 27,2026. They will practice on Thursday and perform on Friday January 30,2026. They will hopefully make it to finals on Sunday. We plan on being back home on February 3, 2026. This will affect 15 athletes. The money for this trip will be raised by fundraising and paid by boosters.

Traveling out of state to Floyd Central Indiana. Closer to other competition in state.

Funding for bus cost will come from the band account. 

The following items require board action, but do not require a roll call vote for approval.

• 2026 2027 Recommendation to the board
• 2027 2028 Calendar recommendation to the board

Please see the attached policies related to travel. This is the second reading of these updated policies, and will need approval.

• Expense Reimbursement 03.125 UPDATED - Amber Minor (1).pdf
• Expense Reimbursement 03.225 UPDATED - Amber Minor (1).pdf

Please see the attached document that will replace the existing procedural document as the Travel Expense Voucher.

• NEW Travel Request Form

The Local Planning Committee met on November 24th and approved the addition of a finding to the current District Facilities Plan. The next step in this process is for the board to approve the DFP with the finding on it, and then it will be submitted to KDE.

The finding is adding item #6 to Priority 5 on the current DFP for the new Mercer County Senior High School Athletic Venue.

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• Mercer Co DFP 2022 - Finding Nov 2025 - Amber Minor.pdf

The following items require board action and a roll call vote for approval.

• Fence Quotes (1).pdf