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

October 17, 2022

A brief summary of the October 17, 2022, 7:00 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 October 17 meeting, please click here. To see supporting documents, click on agenda items.

Board Recognitions 

Retired Educators

The Board of Education recognized November 7 as Retired Educators Day with the reading of a proclamation. The following members of the Douglas County Retired Educators Association were present: Elaine Stone and John Stone

Fairplay Middle School

The players and coaches of the Fairplay Lady Jags softball team were recognized for winning the 2022 Douglas County Middle School Softball Championship. Team members include: Aleigha Alcala, Kennedy Cantrell, Ana Crawford, Jaden Dameron, Mya Green, Bayleigh Gennaro, Hannah Harris, Brooklyn Mangum, Alexis May, Lily Grace Pearson, Kadence Piel, Ava Pierce, Emma Rowland, Maddyn Solek, Madison Teal, Addison Tedder, Kenzie Townsend, Kaitlyn Weeks, Samantha White and Coach Robert Shepherd. Principal Fhonda Strong is also pictured.

GMAS Perfect Scores

Students were honored that made a perfect score on one or more of the End of Grade or End of Course tests. William Liu, Chapel Hill Elementary School, made a perfect score in 4th grade Math, Jeremiah Isaac, Dorsett Shoals Elementary School, made a perfect score in 5th grade Science, Samad Ibrahim, South Douglas Elementary School, made a perfect score in 5th grade Science, Claire Vaughn, South Douglas Elementary School, made a perfect score in 5th grade Science, Olivia Woodson, Sweetwater Elementary School, made a perfect score in 3rd grade Math, Xiyao Gu, Chapel Hill Middle School, made perfect scores in both 6th grade Math and English Language Arts, Valeria Padierna, Chapel Hill Middle School, made a perfect score in 8th grade Social Studies, Gavin Vanderweit, Chapel Hill Middle School, made a perfect score in 8th grade Science, Thomas Cervantes, Turner Middle School, made a perfect score in 8th grade Social Studies.



Action Items

The following items were approved:

• AHS prom venue bid
• Financial Reports
• June FY22 Financial Report
• July FY23 Financial Report
• August FY23 Financial Report 

• Certified and classified personnel were approved

Consent Agenda 

September 6, 2022 Work Session Minutes

September 19, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

Board Policy IFBC: Media Programs

Board Policy IKBC: Material Harmful to Minors Complaint Resolution Process

Board Policy JBC(4): Awarding Units and Transferring Credit

Surplus

Information Only

• 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; Glenn Easterwood, District V. Also present were Superintendent Trent North; Associate Superintendent of General Administration Dr. Michelle Ruble; Chief Financial Officer Holly Timms; Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Pam Nail; Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Melanie Manley; Executive Director of Communications, Kenya Elder; and Executive Assistant to the Superintendent Hannah Washington.

Upcoming Meetings of the Douglas County Board of Education

Monday, November 7, 2022, 6:00 p.m., BOE Work Session/Board Meeting

Monday, December 5, 2022, 6:00 p.m., BOE Work Session/Board Meeting

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