October 21, 2019
A brief summary of the October 21, 2019, 7:00 pm Douglas County Board of Education meeting follows. Meeting agendas for each board meeting and work session are posted online. For an agenda from the October 21 meeting, please click here . To see supporting documents, click on agenda items.
Board Recognition

A proclamation was read marking November 3, 2019, as Retired Educators Day in Douglas County. Douglas County Retired Educators Association President John Stone and Elaine Stone accepted the proclamation.
Brittany Brown, 8th grade student at Chapel Hill Middle School, was honored for being selected to serve on the State Superintendent's Student Advisory Council.
The Mason Creek Middle School softball team was recognized for winning the 2019 Middle School Softball Championship for Douglas County.
Mr. John Green and Ms. Adrienne Abdus-Salaam, teachers at New Manchester High School, were recognized for spending five weeks immersed in the culture and lessons of the east African nation of Tanzania through the Fulbright-Hayes Group Project Abroad program.
Consent Agenda

The following items were approved:

Finance

  • Financial reports for July and August, 2019

Operations

  • Surplus of two mobile units from Fairplay Middle School and South Douglas Elementary School
  • Purchase of two school buses
  • Purchase of new tables, chairs, and shelving units for the media center at Holly Springs Elementary

Communications

  • Revisions to calendars for 2020-2021; 2021-2022; 2022-2023; and 2023-2024

Action Agenda

The following items were discussed and approved:

  • ESPLOST referendum resolution
  • Tax Allocation District resolution
  • June, 2019, financial report

Information Only

The following items were presented for review:

  • 2019 winter camps (on campus)
  • Overnight and out of state field trips
  • Removal of dead trees at Douglas County High School for safety reasons


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 Rita Fasina-Thomas, District V. Also present were Superintendent Trent North; Assistant Superintendent of District Operations Kwame Carr; Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Renee Davis; Chief Financial Officer Greg Denney; Assistant Superintendent of Student Achievement Melanie Manley; Assistant Superintendent of General Administration Dr. Michelle Ruble; Executive Director of Communications Nell Boggs; Director of Public Information Portia Lake; and Secretary to the Superintendent Melanie Nicholson.
 
Upcoming Meetings of the Douglas County Board of Education
Monday, November 4, 6:00 pm, BOE Work Session and Meeting
Monday, December 2, 6:00 pm, BOE Work Session and Meeting
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