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.



Please silence all cell phones.

Martha Lail will present a report on Bridgeport Elementary School.

Mr. Cofield was not present for this meeting. He must abstain from approving the minutes.

Approval of the 5-6-13 minutes

Order #86 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the 5-6-13 minutes passed with a motion by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown and a second by Mr. Doug Crowe.

Dr. Brown was not present at the 5-20-13 meeting and must abstain from approving these minutes.

Approval of the 5-20-13 minutes as presented

Order #87 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the 5-20-13 minutes as presented passed with a motion by Mr. Doug Crowe and a second by Ms. BeLinda Henson.

Approval of the 2013-2014 attached salary and stipend schedules

Order #88 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the 2013-2014 attached salary and stipend schedules passed with a motion by Ms. BeLinda Henson and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

The Board held a First Reading of the 2013-2014 Policy Updates at the June 3, 2013 meeting.

Policies 09.111 and 09.122 have been pulled from the second reading as they need to wait until June 25th for a second reading.

Policies 08.4 and 03.221 have been revised.

Approval of the attached 2013-2014 Policy/Procedure updates

Order #89 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the attached 2013-2014 Policy/Procedure updates passed with a motion by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

For your review and consideration are policy changes for 2013-2014.

The minutes will reflect a first reading of these policies.

Ms. Jones will update the Board on relevant changes to schools' Activity Fund procedures, which will take effect as of July 1, 2013.

The Consent Agenda is presented for your approval.

Approval of the Consent Agenda as presented

Order #90 - Motion Passed:  Approval of the Consent Agenda as presented passed with a motion by Mr. Doug Crowe and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

Dates:  7/22-7/26
Times of Day:  9am-8pm
Age of participating Youth:  14-18 (FCHS high school students only)
Is this a fundraiser:  NO
Cost/student:  $250*
Use of funds:  Payment for musicians (staff), music, drill, food, shirts, etc.)
# of Chaperones:  10-15**
# of Students:  90

* no student will be turned away due to lack of money
** all chaperones have/will have approved background check

Days of camp - 7/15 - 7/18

Time of Day: 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Ages of participating youth: 6-13 (boys and girls)

Cost/child: $75/child

# of chaperones/coaches: 7

Names of chaperones/coaches: Louis Tandy, Ken McDaniel, Megan Skinner, Sandy Harp, Arnelda Hale, Mike Case, Lewis Wilkerson

Just a note: All of the boys and girls players from our high school teams are required to attend as counselors. With the number of players we have, we are able to assign one player to one child for the duration of camp, so there is one-on-one supervision as well.

If we have weather issues such as storms or high heat index, we will move the children to Elkhorn Middle School gymnasium as we have in past years. We have reserved the gym already.

The Western Hills Baseball Boosters would like to pay for one additional assistant coach for their team for one year only at a rate of $1500.00.  Funding will be generated by the boosters with no expense to the Board of Education.

Western Hills Agriculture Department request permission to attend FFA Leadership Camp from 6/17 – 6/21 in Hardinsburg, Kentucky.  Two certified staff members will be attending with approximately 18  students for this overnight, week-long, leadership camp. All expenses are paid from Perkins or Agriculture funds.

Ed Breckel is recommending approval of the attached insurances through the broker firm of Insurance Associates.

Hearn Elementary is requesting creation of a yearbook advisor position for 2012-13. The position will be paid $500 from Section VI and split between 3 advisors.

Request that STEM Camp Advisor be paid a stipend from registration fees to plan, host, and lead the camp.
30 hours @ $25/hour = $750

One of the full time school psychologists is currently working on her doctorate and has requested to reduce her days to part-time status due to the need for additional time to work on this. Mrs. Miller discussed this request with the principals at the affected schools and they are agreeable to the change.  In order for us to continue to provide psychological services at both schools we will need to change the full time position to two part-time psychologist positions. 

Mrs. Miller is requesting the board to abolish the current full time school psychologist position and create two part time school psychologist positions (2.5 days/week for a total of 197 days.)

Approval of request

Some changes in the program delivery at the Family Resource Center at Franklin County High School have necessitated the reclassification of the "Parent As Teacher" position to a "Teen Parent Educator" position.  Both the prior and new job descriptions are attached for review.

The new job description requires less responsibility, so with the reclassification of the position we request that the salary be adjusted from the current hourly rate of $26.57 to Level 11 on the Classified Salary Schedule (Level 11 starts at $15.02).

This part-time position is paid from a grant.

KRS 61.810(1)(k) Meetings which federal or state law specifically require to be conducted in privacy.

KRS 156.577(4)(d) Any preliminary discussions relating to the evaluation of the superintendent by the board or between the board and the superintendent prior to the summative evaluation shall be conducted in closed session.

That the Board enter into Closed Session as stated

Order #91 - Motion Passed:  That the Board enter into Closed Session as stated passed with a motion by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

That the Board come out of Closed Session at

Order #92 - Motion Passed:  That the Board come out of Closed Session at 8:36 passed with a motion by Mr. Doug Crowe and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

The Superintendent shall be evaluated annually in writing by the Board prior to July 1 of each year. Each Board member shall complete an evaluation form prior to the meeting. The Board has completed the evaluation and the results will now be discussed with the Superintendent.

Adoption of the Superintendent's summative evaluation as presented

Order #93 - Motion Passed:  Adoption of the Superintendent's summative evaluation as presented passed with a motion by Ms. BeLinda Henson and a second by Mr. William Cofield.

The next meeting of the Franklin County Board of Education will be 8am on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at the Board of Education. 

That the meeting be adjourned at

Order #94 - Motion Passed:  That the meeting be adjourned at 8:43 passed with a motion by Mr. William Cofield and a second by Mr. Doug Crowe.