The mission of the Franklin County Public Schools is to educate students in a community-involved learning environment that ensures all students will achieve their greatest individual potential in order to succeed in a global society.



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The Franklin County Board of Education has provided time in its agenda for individuals to make comments. Comments to the Board will be allowed up to a maximum of three (3) minutes. The Board does not allow comments on any matter dealing with personnel issues. Kentucky law states specifically that personnel matters are the responsibility of the Superintendent. On all personnel matters, you should contact the Superintendent of Schools. No questions, comments, or decisions/action related to public comments will be made by Board members at this time, unless the specific topic is on the agenda; however, the Board will listen to the comments and/or suggestions which may lead to a discussion of same at a future meeting. If an individual wishes for the Board to discuss and/or take action on a particular issue, they must follow the procedures outlined in Franklin County Board of Education Policy 10.2. The Superintendent or the designee will be able to assist in this request.

Examples of Board Meeting schedules for 2011-2012 were presented to Board members at the May 16, 2011 meeting. The attached examples have been numbered in order to reference them in the recommendation and action taken.

#1 - same as last year

#2 - change all meeting times to 6pm

#3 - same as #2 except only one meeting in December

Approval of the attached board meeting schedule #2 for 2011-2012

Order #202 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the attached board meeting schedule #2 for 2011-2012 passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown.

Finance Director, Ed Breckel, is recommending approval of the attached listing of vendors for 2011-2012.

Approval of the attached vendors for 2011-2012

Order #203 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the attached vendors for 2011-2012 passed with a motion by Ms. BeLinda Henson and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

The Superintendent’s Current 4-year contract is valid through June 30, 2011.  A one-year re-employment term was approved at an earlier board meeting on April 12.  The board, at that time, agreed to have Michelle New, Board Chair, and Doug Crowe, Board Vice-Chair, to develop a contract on behalf of the Board.  The contract they developed is presented for your approval.

Approval of the Superintendent's re-employment contract

Order #204 - Motion to Amend Failed:  To amend the motion from: "Approval of the Superintendent's re-employment contract" to: "Approval of the Superintendent's re-employment contract changing the travel allowance back to $400 and reimbursing for everything over by submitting a travel claim" failed with a motion by Ms. BeLinda Henson.

Order #205 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the Superintendent's re-employment contract passed with a motion by Mr. Doug Crowe and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

The following policies had a first reading on May 2, 2011:

03.1327  Use of Tobacco
03.2327  Use of Tobacco
09.2        Student Welfare and Wellness
09.4232  Tobacco
10.5        Visitors to the School

Approval and a second reading are required for them to become policy.

Approval of the attached tobacco policies

Order #206 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the attached tobacco policies passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Mr. Doug Crowe.

The following changes were made to the 2011-2012 calendar:

• March 13th Early Release Day moved to March 15th.
• April 18th Early Release Day moved to the last day of school (which may change).

Approval of the revised 2011-2012 calendar including changing the last day of school to an Early Release Day

Order #207 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the revised 2011-2012 calendar including changing the last day of school to an Early Release Day passed with a motion by Mr. Doug Crowe and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

The ELV Boiler project is complete and ready to close out.
The BG-4 and related closeout documents are attached for board review and approval.

Approval of the ELV Boiler project BG-4

Order #208 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the ELV Boiler project BG-4 passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown.

Charley Preston, Karen Schneider and the CTC staff reviewed the construction documents on June 1st. They were all in agreement that the documents were satisfactory.
The construction documents will be available at the board meeting for your review but are too large to do an attachment.

Approval of the CTC construction documents and to advertise for bids

Order #209 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the CTC construction documents and to advertise for bids 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 Monthly Financial Report

Order #210 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the Monthly Financial Report passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown.

Ms. Buecker's activities for the month of May are presented for your information.

Visited - all schools

Met with - Karen Schneider, Fran Scott, Michelle New, Dwight Salisbury,
                 all administrators, Bob Wagoner, Ed Breckel & Lesley Cummins,
                 Jon Eckert, Anna Hall, Deron McDonald & Tracy Spickard

Attended - board meetings, TLN meetings, EMS SBDM meeting, CTC Spring
                  advisory meeting, FFA banquet, Site visits, CLE SBDM meeting,
                  Administrative Team meeting, OVEC, Battle of the Books, Academic
                  Banquet, Chamber Local Planning Group, Retirement dinner, Central Office
                  meeting, Commissioner Holliday's Superintendent's Webinar

Personnel Actions taken since the last meeting of the Board are presented for your information.

Reports from the schools' SBDM Councils are presented for your information.

BPE, CLE, EES, ELV,
HES, PME

BMS, EMS

FCHS

The Consent Agenda is presented for your approval.

Approval of the Consent Agenda as presented

Order #211 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the Consent Agenda as presented passed with a motion by Mr. Doug Crowe and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

Orders of the Treasurer

Date:  06/06/11

Warrant #:060611

Fund: General Fund/Federal Programs

At the regular monthly meeting of the Franklin County School Board on the indicated date above, the following claims and bills were submitted to the Board for approval. The Treasurer was ordered to pay the amounts as indicated.

Date: 06/06/11

Warrant #: SFS060611

Fund: School Food Service

At the regular monthly meeting of the Franklin County School Board on the indicated date above, the following claims and bills were submitted to the Board for approval. The Treasurer was ordered to pay the amounts as indicated.

The following employees are requesting approval for a Leave of Absence:

Shelley Brown (BPE) - Maternity Leave 8/4/11-9/6/11
Jackie Taylor (CLE) - Medical Leave 5/20/11-end of year
Aimee Graham (BMS) - Maternity Leave 4/28/11 - end of year
Cara Atha (EES) - Maternity Leave 4/18/11-6/2/11
Linda Bailey (ELV) - Medical Leave 5/12/11-end of year
Amanda Simmons (ELV) - Maternity Leave 8/4/11-9/15/11
Betty Bailey (EES) - Medical Leave 5/23/11-6/3/11
Bobbie Fryman (BMS) - Maternity Leave 5/20/11-end of year
Micca Gordon (EES) - Maternity Leave 5/3/11-end of year
Abigail Robinson (EES) - Maternity Leave  Extend until end of year

Coach Donnelly and the soccer boosters would like to host kiddie soccer camp July 18-21, 2011.  The camp would be from 5:30-8:00 p.m. each day. 

Laurie Meyer and the Dance Team would like to schedule Kiddie Camp:

“Boot Scootin’ Boogie”
June 27-30, 2011
8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Franklin County High School

FCHS Lady Flyer Basketball Team and Coaches would like to conduct its annual Lady Flyer Kiddie Basketball Camp July 11-14, 2011 from 8:00 A.M.-12:00 noon daily at Franklin County School.

Coach Chalk would like to offer The Flyer Basketball camp for grades K-8 June 13-16, 2011.  The camps would run from 8-12:00 daily. 

The WHHS boy's basketball team, the dance team, and the cheerleaders will be conducting clinics/camps that are open to the community throughout the summer.  The camps will be held from 8am-12pm. These groups include:

Boys Basketball June 6-9

Dance Camp July 18-20

Cheer Camp July 27-29

Request approval for FFA members to attend Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Camp in Hardinsburg, KY June 20-24.  Transportation will be provided by FC bus garage.  We will leave Monday, June 20 and return June 24th.  Lodging will be in cabins at the camp.  Students will pay for their registration and food.  Perkins will pay for bus.

Coach Tracy would like to take the Flyer Football Team to Ravenna Kentucky July 31-Aug. 3, 2011.  District transportation is requested.  All other expenses will be paid by the boosters.

Coach Tracey would like to take the FCHS Flyer Football Team to Pikeville College and continue with play against Letcher County Central High School on Sept. 2-3, 2011.  All expenses will be paid by the boosters.  Transportation will be chartered with Blue Ribbon Charters.

Mr. Kylen Douglas would like to take the FFA to Lexington Kentucky June 7-9, 2011 for the FFA State Convention/Competition. FCBOE transportation is requested. 

ELV Adventure Club is requesting approval for Miller Transportation to provide transportation for our summer program field trips out of the district.  The cost of the transportation is included in our field trip fee parents pay. 

Franklin County Public Schools serves as a testing center for the GED.  Testing centers sign contracts with Kentucky Adult Education and the American Council on Education/GED Testing Service.  Attached are contracts, which used to be annual contracts, for GED testing for January 1, 2012-December 31, 2013. 

Renew NWEA MAP contract for reading, math, and language skills assessments used as benchmarking assessments in grades K-10.  These assessments provide data to assist administrators and teachers to make inform instructional decisions in regards to individual students.

Coach Chalk would like to also create six positons to assist with the Flyer BB Kiddie camp.  The positions would be for one year and would be financied by the camp receipts.  Camp director $500; five positions of camp staff to be paid $150 each. 
Funds will be forwarded to Central Office to pay personnel.

The Collins Lane Elementary SBDM Council would like to create a part-time instructional coaching position for 2011-2012 to assist CLE teachers as we implement new standards in language arts and math.  This 27 day position would be paid by using part of the full-time certified position added to our allocation in May.  

With the inclusion of a new day treatment program at The Academy, the followiing additional positions are needed:

School Social Workers (2)
Student Support Specialist (1)
Student Discipline Coordinator (1)
certified teacher (1)
instructional aides (2)

FCHS would like the Board's approval to apply for the Vernier technology grant.

The Franklin County Extension Agency would like permission to use FCPS busses to transport students to their summer camp in Carlisle June 28th & July 1st.

Scott-Klausing is asking approval to pay invoices in the amount of $44,258.98:

ELV/WHHS bleachers    $1681.01
West Campus Plan       $3000.00
CTC Renovation         $37,640.63
District Facility Plan       $1937.34

Scott-Klausing is asking approval to pay Atlas Metal Products $71,728.20 for work completed on the ELV/WHHS bleacher projects.

The next meeting of the Franklin County Board of Education will be 6:30pm on Monday, June 13, 2011 at Hearn Elementary School.

That the meeting be adjourned at

Order #212 - Motion Passed:  That the meeting be adjourned at 7:43 passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown.