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

March 21, 2022
A brief summary of the March 21, 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 March 21 meeting, please click here. To see supporting documents, click on agenda items.
Board Recognition
The Fairplay Middle School 7th grade girls basketball team was honored for winning the county championship.
The Chapel Hill Middle School 7th grade boys basketball team was recognized for its first place finish in the county championship.
Both the Factory Shoals Middle School 8th grade girls and 8th grade boys basketball were recognized for winning the county championships.

Consent Agenda

The following items were approved:

  • Minutes of previous work session and board meetings on February 7 and February 21
  • February 21, 2022 Executive Session Minutes
  • January 2022 Financial Report
  • Board Policy JBC(4): Awarding Units and Transferring Credit
  • Board Policy DJED: Bids and Quotations
  • Purchase of School Buses
  • Stewart Middle School: Walk in Cooler/Freezer

Action Items
  • Classified personnel
  • Certified personnel
  • 2022 - 2023 Certified personnel recommendations
  1. Superintendent's contract
  2. Administrators contracts
  3. Teachers contracts
  • Brighten Academy Charter School contract for 2022 - 2027
  • Police Vehicle

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; D.T. Jackson, District II; and Glenn Easterwood, District V. Also present were Superintendent Trent North; Associate Superintendent of General Administration Dr. Michelle Ruble; Assistant Superintendent of Operations Kwame Carr; Chief Financial Officer Greg Denney; 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, April 11, 2022, 6:00 p.m., BOE Work Session
Monday, April 25, 2022, 7:00 p.m., BOE Meeting
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