September 17, 2018
A brief summary of the September 17, 2018, 7pm Douglas County Board of Education meeting follows. Meeting agendas for each board meeting and work session are posted online. For an agenda from the September 17 meeting, please click here . To see supporting documents, click on agenda items.

Consent Agenda

The Board approved the following items:
  • 2019 Board of Education meeting dates
  • School Nutrition cheese processing bid for pizza
  • Moratorium on the foreign exchange student program
  • External evaluation services for the 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant
  • School system calendars for 2019-2020 through 2023-2024
  • Benefit options, including a continuation with MetLife for dental and the addition of a group accident policy option
  • Certified and classified personnel, including the retirement of Dr. Barry Williams, Executive Director of Assessment. Dr. Stefanie Cosper, PLC Academic Coordinator, was named Assessment Coordinator to replace Dr. Williams. Caroline Whitt, Assistant Principal at Factory Shoals Middle School, was named Academic Coordinator at the PLC.

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School camps and overnight and out-of-state field trips were presented for review.

Present were Board Members Tracy Rookard, District III, Chair; Michelle Simmons, District IV, Vice Chair; Devetrion Caldwell, District I; D.T. Jackson, District II, and Jeff Morris, District V. Also present were Superintendent Trent North; Assistant Superintendent of District Operations Kwame Carr; Chief Financial Officer Greg Denney; Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Policy Dr. Michelle Ruble; Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Renee Davis; Executive Director of Communications Nell Boggs; Public Information Director Portia Lake; and Secretary to the Superintendent Melanie Nicholson.
 
Upcoming Meetings of the Douglas County Board of Education
Monday, October 1, 2018, 6pm, BOE Work Session
Monday, October 15, 2018, 7pm, BOE Meeting
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