Bourbon County
July 17, 2025 6:00 PM
Bourbon County Board of Education
I. Call to Order
I.A. Roll Call and Recognition of Guests
I.B. Devotional
I.C. Adoption of the Agenda
I.D. Achievement and Recognition
I.D.1. Student and Staff Recognition
II. Communications
II.A. Public Comment
II.B. District Reports
II.B.1. Signing of Open Records
II.B.2. Update on Federal Progams and Assessments
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II.B.3. Personnel Retirement, Resignations, Employment, and Transfers
Rationale

Retirement, Resignations and Transfers
Karol Morris-resignation
Brian Parker-resignation (golf)
Eula Willoughby-resignation
Rebecca Doan-resignation
Raegan Fryman-resignation (girls soccer)
Haley Kitchen-resignation


Certified Employment
Shandi Strausbaugh
Hannah Tipton
Jo Hoover
Hannah Southall
Madyson Walters
Regina McCarty
Branson Wren
Tonisha James
Olivia Langfels
Tonya Watson
Adam Lawson
Amy Brown

Classified Employment
Amber Majilang
Paulette Hadden
Terrance Brooks
Sarah Golden

 

 

 

III. Operations Action Items
III.A. Consent Agenda
III.A.1. BCES PTO Fundraiser
Rationale

T-Shirt Fundraiser for BCES

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III.A.2. Updated Certified Evaluation Plan
Rationale

Update Certified Evaluation Plan to change evaluation cycles for certified teachers who qualify from 3 years to 5. 

III.B. Claims and Transfers for Warrant A and B
Rationale

Approve claims and transfers beginning with Accounts Payable Warrant #071725A for $467,460.59 Accounts Payable Warrant #071725B for $228,688.00 and the employee deduction register in the amount of $3,627,813.08 employee amount and $1,257,031.62 employer amount. The warrants and deduction register are to be incorporated into the minutes by this reference and files for easy access in the vicinity of the minutes.

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III.C. Approve the Monthly Financial Report
Rationale

Beginning bank balance $9,095,034.17, received $2,151,764.78, and disbursed $3,629,993.27 leaving a bank balance of $7,616,805.68 in Total Funds. Outstanding checks of $1,161,712.25 deposit in transit $402.22, and reconciled bank balance $6,455,495.65.

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III.D. Preschool Head Start Budget Report
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III.E. Preschool/Head Start In-Kind Report
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III.F. Kentucky Association of School Human Resource Managers Organization Membership
III.G. User Agreement with K12 Solutions for 504 and MTSS modules within Infinite Campus.
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III.H. FMLA
Rationale

FMLA for Hannah Roe beginning 7/19/2025-8/30/2025 

III.I. Action Items
III.I.1. Updated Policy 03.1232 2nd Reading
Rationale


 

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III.I.2. Updated Policy 03.222 2nd Reading
Rationale


 

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III.I.3. Board Approved Methods of Communication
Rationale

The Board is being asked to approve communication between faculty and students using Bourbon County Schools' G-Suite with includes multiple google products used in the school district. We are also asking to approve Blackboard (Anthology), Outlook (kctcs.edu domain) and Starfish (EAB) to be used with dual credit students taking courses through KCTCS. 

Blackboard (Anthology)
· Blackboard (Anthology)
· Outlook (kctcs.edu domain)
· Starfish (EAB)

III.I.4. Updated Extra Service Salary Schedule
Rationale

We are recommending increasing the stipend for National Board Certified employees to $10,000.

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III.I.5. Pay Application for Bourbon County Head Start Mobile Classroom
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III.I.6. New Horizons
Rationale

Memorandum of Understanding between New Horizons Academy/KEDC and Bourbon County Schools for the 2025-2026 school year is attached. 

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III.I.7. Land Use Agreement
Rationale

This is an agreement proposed by the Bourbon County Fiscal Court for Bourbon County Schools to use the Millersburg Road Property. 

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III.I.8. Master Services Agreement
Rationale

This is an agreement  between Datum Insights LLC, an Idaho Limited Liability Company ("Provider"), and Bourbon County Schools for services of transferring employee data between Munis and PowerSchool.  

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III.I.9. Adult Education MOU
Rationale

The Board is being asked to approve the MOU between Thorn Hill Education Center and Bourbon County Schools for reimbursement of Adult Education Funding. The funding for this year is around $70,000 which is down from around $100,000.

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III.I.10. High School Bookkeeper & Records Officer
Rationale

This position is the result of eliminating the High School Secretary position and reassigning the duties to other positions in the building. 

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III.I.11. High School Bilingual Secretary & Academic Records Coordinator
Rationale

This position is the result of eliminating the High School Secretary position and reassigning the duties to other positions in the building. 

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III.I.12. MOA Between DirectCare Family Health, PLLC and Bourbon County Schools
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III.I.13. BCS Virtual Learning Academy Policy/Procedure
Rationale

The Board is being asked to approve the policy/procedures for the Virtual Learning Academy. 

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III.I.14. Procedure 08.2324 AP.2 Consent for Outside Traceable Communications
Rationale

We are asking the Board to approve the creation of a digital version of the Procedure 08.2324 AP.2, Consent for Outside Traceable Communications form. 

III.I.15. Approval of BGA Policy/Procedures
Rationale

Approval of Bourbon Graduate Academy Procedures 

III.I.16. Updated Salary Schedule
Rationale

The board is being asked to approve the following changes to the salary schedule; 

Increasing the Childcare Director from $17.41 to $18.41.

Changing the the Bilingual High School Attendance Officer to High School Bilingual Secretary and Academic Records Coordinator and increasing the starting hourly rate from $17.86 to $27.38

Changing the High School Bookkeeper to High School Bookkeeper and Records Officer and increasing the starting hourly rate from  $17.29 to $20.46.  

 

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IV. Other Board Business
IV.A. Adjournment