The mission of the Franklin County Public Schools is to prepare students for College and Career Readiness and to become contributing citizens.


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Ms. Kim Young, principal, will present a report on Westridge Elementary School.

Franklin County Public Schools participated in the Advance Ed Accreditation in 2009 - 2010.  The district was approved.   To continue the accreditation the district must complete the accreditation every five years.   We will be participating in the accreditation visit on March 22-25, 2015.

According to KRS 16.470, districts must submit a Working Budget to KDE. The Board approved a Tentative Working Budget at the May 28, 2014 Board meeting which was based on projected enrollment for the 2014-15 school year. The Working Budget presented at this time is a revision of the Tentative Working Budget. 

Approval the 2014-2015 Working Budget

Order #109 - Motion Passed:  Approval the 2014-2015 Working Budget passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Ms. BeLinda Henson.

By December 2014 local Boards of Education must adopt the new superintendent effectiveness system or a locally-developed system meeting the same criteria for 2015-2016.    If a Board of Education chooses to create a locally-developed system, it would be subject to approval by the Kentucky Department of Education. 

Approval of the KDE developed superintendent effectiveness evaluation system for 2015-2016 and beyond.

Order #110 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the KDE developed superintendent effectiveness evaluation system for 2015-2016 and beyond. passed with a motion by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

The superintendent effectiveness system (SPGES) is being piloted statewide during the 2014-2015 school year.  A Board of Education hasthe choice to utilized the SPGES or the evaluation instrument as defined by 02.14 AP. 2.

Order #111 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the KDE developed superintendent effectiveness evaluation system for 2014-2015 school year. passed with a motion by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

Attached is the Safe Schools' Budget for 2014-2015.

Approval of 2014-2015 Safe Schools' Budget

Order #112 - Motion Passed:  Approval of 2014-2015 Safe Schools' Budget passed with a motion by Mr. Doug Crowe and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

The Monthly Financial Report is presented for your review and approval.

Approval of the July 2014 Monthly Financial Report

Order #113 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the July 2014 Monthly Financial Report passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Ms. BeLinda Henson.

The Consent Agenda is presented for your approval.

Approval of the Consent Agenda as presented

Order #114 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the Consent Agenda as presented passed with a motion by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

We are recommending a shortened school day for a student.  The ARC has followed the appropriate procedure for requesting a shortened school day

We are recommending a shortened school day for a student.  The ARC has followed the appropriate procedure for requesting a shortened school day.

We are recommending a shortened school day for a student.  The ARC has followed the appropriate procedure for requesting a shortened school day

Due to additional English Language Learner students enrolling in Franklin County Public Schools for the 2014-2015 school year, many with no English skills, we are unable to fulfill Program Service Plan (PSP) needs.  Funds for the position will be paid from the Title III funds.

Due to the increase in student enrollment at Hearn Elementary School, we ask that the board increase one Cook/Baker position from 5 hrs/day to 5.5 hrs/day. This is a 182 day position.

Create a 0.5 Special Education teaching position at Elkhorn Elementary to meet the IEP requirements of identified students.

WHHS Cross Country Boosters would like to create an Assistant Coach to be paid $800 for the 2014-2015 school year. This position would be paid by the booster organization.

Our third grade team would like to take students to Falls of the Ohio.  They actually got the idea from curriculum documents posted on a shared district drive that states the unit about fossils was placed were it was so that students could even visit the Falls of the Ohio. 

Here is the text from the curriculum document:

The third grade year in science begins with the study of the difference between weather and climate as students gain a global perspective of climate patterns around the world. Students are asked to investigate a solution to reduce the impact of a weather-related hazard and make a claim about the merit of the design solution. From this global perspective of climate, third grade students then move into the study of habitats found around the world. Students begin this second unit with the study of fossils and how they provide evidence of the survival of organisms and their environments from long ago.(This unit was placed in the 3^rd grade sequence at this point in order to give third graders a chance to visit Falls of the Ohio and study the fossil beds and learn about regional fossils and plant and animal life from long ago.) Based on these investigations students move on into Unit 3 where they will further develop an understanding about how the survival of plants and animals depends on the stability of the environment and how some animals work together in order to survive in a habitat. Unit 4 takes third graders in a new direction as they begin to investigate forces and motion of an object. Students will be asked to collect, organize, and display data to be used as evidence to support their thinking about the effects of certain forces on the motion of objects. The work in this unit prepares students to investigate magnets in Unit 5, where students will be asked to define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. Unit 6 takes third graders back to plants and animals during the spring months as students study traits and how they can use evidence from data to determine that plants and animals have traits inherited form parents and that variations of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms. The final unit of the third grade year moves students on into the study of life cycles and back to the idea of survival from the study of fossils and habitats during the fall months.

They would like to take the trip on October 30th. 

Westridge Elementary School Family Resource Center would like to request permission to apply for the grant KY ASAP for a $500 mini-grant to purchase Red Ribbon Week student incentives.

KSBA will conduct a 3 hour training for board members, Finance II & Finance III, on October 13, 2014 from 3:00-6:00. 

Event:                   Fast Cats Classic Cross Country Meet hosted by Daviess Co. High School/ KY Wesleyan College

Where:                Yellow Creek Park in Owensboro, KY

When:                  Depart FCHS:  Friday October 10 @ 12:00 pm Return FCHS: Saturday October 11 @ 8 pm (approx)

Transportation: Charter Bus

Hotel:                   Fairfield Inn Owensboro; ph# (270) 688-8887

Cost:                      Full cost of trip will be covered by FCHS Cross Country Booster Club 

Textbook/instructional resource plans are attached from Bridgeport, Peaks Mill, and Westridge for your approval.

Approval of Textbook Plans for Bridgeport, Peaks Mill, and Westridge

The next meeting of the Franklin County Board of Education will be 6:00pm on Monday, October 13, 2014 at the Franklin County Board of Education.

That the meeting be adjourned at

Order #115 - Motion Passed:  That the meeting be adjourned at 6:45pm passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown.