A Summary of the Douglas County School System Board of Education Meetings and Work Sessions

December 5, 2022

A brief summary of the December 5, 2022, 6:00 p.m. 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 December 5 meeting, please click here. To see supporting documents, click on agenda items.

Chapel Hill Middle School

The players and coaches of the Chapel Hill Middle School football team were recognized for winning the 2022 Douglas County School System Middle School Football Championship. Team members include: Tyanthony Blair, Omar Turral, Chance Brookin, Marley Thomas, Amare McKinley, Elias Brown, Elijah Redmond, Jhordus Packer, Jackson Lawrence, Jaydan Killings, Makenzie Brown, Deuce Thigpen, Joshua Greene, Xavier Antoine, Tyson Blair, Malachi Dangim, T.J. Pegram, Joshua Smith, Jayden Williams, Ako Besong, Ashton Jones, Zavyaar Alam, Christian Brown, Emoni Singleton, Terrence Brandon, Dylan Beasley, Maddox Bolen-Grant, Kayden Britt, Alex Lopez, Dino Tepic, DeVann Elliot-Catalino, Quentin Daley, Marc Mitchell, Breydon Davis, Zadrian Jackson, Kayce Winfrey, Marcus Lapierre. Principal Catherine Westbrook also pictured.

Board Agenda Discussion & Action Items

The following items were presented for discussion and approved:

• Minutes of previous meetings
• November 7, 2022 work session meeting minutes
• October FY23 financial report
• Certified and classified personnel were approved
• School nutrition surplus
• Brighten Academy FY23 State Charter School Facilities Grant Award
• Prisms of Reality - experiential learning for math
• Telephone system upgrades

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• Overnight and out of state field trips

Present in the meeting were Board Members Tracy Rookard, District III, Chair, Michelle Simmons, District IV, Vice Chair; Devetrion Caldwell, District I. Also present were Superintendent Trent North; Associate Superintendent of General Administration Dr. Michelle Ruble; Assistant Superintendent of Operations Kwame Carr; Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Renee Davis; Executive Director of Communications, Kenya Elder; and Executive Assistant to the Superintendent Hannah Washington.

Upcoming Meetings of the Douglas County Board of Education

Monday, January 9, 2023, 6:00 p.m., BOE Work Session

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 7:00 p.m, BOE Meeting

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