Mission and vision were discussed. 

Motion Passed:  Motion to accept the agenda was passed with a motion by Mrs. Teresa Combs and a second by Mary Kay Caudill and the consensus of the council.

Motion Passed:  Motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting was passed with a motion by Marlene Hamilton and a second by Mrs. Teresa Combs and the consensus of the council.

Stacy McKnight reported that, as of now, MRC has approximately $22,357 in spending money.  

Mr. Fugate explained that copier costs would have to be looked at, especially due to the copies for NTI packets.  Regardless of copies, the copier's monthly rental fee is $367.  All of this needs to be considered in that amount of spending money.

Mr. Fugate discussed purchasing office supplies with some of the money.  He said this would be things that the teachers could have available if they needed them throughout the year, such as post-it notes, staples, tape, and etc.  The cost for these supplies would be approximately $194.00.  The council agreed that this was a purchase that needed to be made for the building.

The council discussed purchasing cases for the new iPads that were purchased for the primary grades to take the MAP test on.  These would ensure that they would remain safe and usable.  The council agreed this was a purchase that the students would benefit from.

Mr. Fugate discussed possibly purchasing Chromebooks for the 3rd grade classroom.  The council discussed possibly purchasing 1

Stacy McKnight discussed SBDM allocations for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year.  According to the enrollment of 246 students, this would enable MRC to have an additional teacher.  This is just the preliminary numbers and will be looked at more in depth.

NTI Update:

Mr. Fugate discussed with the council that this was an unprecedented time but he was proud of the way the students and staff had rose to the occasion and were doing a wonderful job each and everyday with the NTI work.

The council discussed that the students were working with different computer programs and the teachers were reporting high participation. Some students are working on paper packets but the teachers are making sure they have those available.

Mr. Fugate reported that the council can't review the CSIP at this time due to being out of school for COVID-19 and participating in NTI days.

Mr. Fugate reported that report cards for the 3rd nine weeks have been released.  If parents have access to Parent Portal on Infinite Campus, then the parents could access them there, if not then they could have a paper copy mailed to them.

The council discussed how proud they were of 5th grade student, Kylan Combs.  He was notified that he had won district Grandparents Essay Contest.  This was between 5-6 different counties.  GREAT JOB, KYLAN COMBS!!

Mr. Fugate discussed that Stacy Davidson was suggesting to teachers to look at standards and be purposeful in finding ways to teach the standards.  She realized that using NTI was different and out of the teachers comfort zone but she was pleased with the effort she was seeing from the teachers so far.

Mr. Fugate also discussed that Dreambox math program was being used during NTI days and was a program the district was looking at using for the upcoming school 2020-2021 school year.

• Behavior Links

No behavior data could be reported at this time due to being out of school for COVID-19 and utilizing NTI days.

Mr. Fugate shared with the council that the preschool teachers had already ordered caps/gowns, which were paid for by the parent, for their preschool graduation.  He stated that if school doesn't happen to go back into session this school year, he had told those teachers they could have a ceremony in the evening in the first couple of weeks of school starting for the new school year. 

No public concerns

Motion Passed:  The motion to adjourn the meeting was passed with a motion by Mary Kay Caudill and a second by Tammy Keene and the consensus of the council.