A brief summary of the July 16, 2018, 6pm Douglas County Board of Education work session and meeting follows. Meeting agendas for each board meeting and work session are posted online. For an agenda from the July 16 meeting, please click
here
. To see supporting documents, click on agenda items.
Board Agenda Discussion and Action Items
Board discussed and approved the following agenda items:
Student Achievement and Leadership
- Facility Grant Application for FY 2019 for Brighten Academy
- Career Technical Agricultural Education (CTAE) Consolidated Application FY 2019
Special Education
- Contract with Soliant Health, Inc., for a speech language therapist and ASL interpreter
- Contract with ProCare Therapy for two ASL interpreters
Finance
- April, 2018, financial report
- May, 2018, financial report
Operations
- Purchase of classroom furniture for various schools due to new allotments
- Contract with MRO Supply for the refinishing of gym floors
School Nutrition
- Contract with McCain Food Service for bulk potatoes for FY 2019
- Redesign of Lithia Springs High School cafeteria
Personnel and Policy
- Certified and classified personnel were approved.
Student Services
- Renewal of contract with K-12 Solutions Group/Infinite Campus to provide student information system and online registration was recommended for approval at the next voting session.
Present were Board Members Tracy Rookard, District III, Chair; Devetrion Caldwell, District I; D.T. Jackson, District II; and Jeff Morris, District V. Also present were Superintendent Trent North; Chief Academic Officer Pam Nail; Assistant Superintendent of District Operations Kwame Carr; Chief Financial Officer Greg Denney; Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Policy Dr. Michelle Ruble; Executive Director of Communications Nell Boggs; Director of Community Relations Karen Stroud; and Secretary to the Superintendent Melanie Nicholson.
Upcoming Meetings of the Douglas County Board of Education
Monday, August 6, 2018, 6pm Work Session
Monday, August 20, 7pm Board Meeting
