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Regular Meeting

Dates:

Monday, November 21, 2022 - 6:30pm

The Transylvania County Board of Education will hold a regular business meeting on Monday, November 21, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at the Morris Education Center, 225 Rosenwald Lane, Brevard. The meeting is open to the public. It will be livestreamed and may be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/user/tcsnc.

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I. Opening of Meeting

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance

Call to Order

Welcome

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II. Business Items (including amendments and recissions):

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01. Approval of Agenda

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action	X
Excellent Educators		Information
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

A motion is in order to approve or revise the meeting agenda for November 21, 2022.

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02. Special Recognitions

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

Special recognitions will be given to Marty Griffin and Courtney Domokur, whose tenures on the Transylvania County Board of Education will end at the end of this month. Mr. Griffin has served on the board since 2014 and Mrs. Domokur has served since 2018. Each member has devoted countless hours to supporting public education and serving the students and staff of Transylvania County Schools. The board will present engraved plaques to Mr. Griffin and Mrs. Domokur in appreciation for their dedicated service and outstanding leadership, which will be followed by a short recess and reception.

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03. Public Comment

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

The board of education, as an elected representative body of the school system, wishes to provide a forum for citizens to express interests and concerns related to the school system. In order that the board may conduct an orderly meeting while providing an opportunity for input, individuals or groups may be heard by the board in accordance with policy 2310, Public Participation at Board Meetings, or policy 2300, Board Meetings (subsection D.2).

Each month, the first part of at least one regularly scheduled board meeting will be set aside for citizens to address the board through public comment.

A sign-up sheet will be available 30 minutes before the meeting begins for any individual or group to indicate their desire to address the board.

Each speaker will receive 3 minutes to present comments. The public comment session will not exceed 30 minutes total except by majority vote of the board.

The board chair will recognize speakers in the order in which they signed in. Substitute speakers will not be permitted and speakers may not donate any portion of their time to another speaker. If a speaker is unable to present all of his or her information within the specified time limit, the speaker may provide the board with additional information in written form. If an unusually large number of people requests to speak, a majority of the board may decide to reduce the time for each individual or to require the designation of a spokesperson for each group of persons supporting or opposing the same positions. At any time, the board may establish additional procedures to ensure that public comment sessions proceed in an efficient and orderly manner.

Board members will not respond to individuals who address the board except to request clarification of points made by the presenter.

Issues involving individual personnel or student matters are confidential and, therefore, are not appropriate for the public comment session. Concerns related to personnel or student matters should be handled as a complaint and reported to the superintendent or designee.

Except in cases of emergency, information received during presentations will not be acted upon at the time it is received. It will take unanimous vote of the board members present to act on a presentation considered to be of an unusual or emergency nature at the time it is presented.

Disruptions by any person or persons of a public meeting will be subject to action in accordance with G.S. 143-318.17.

No solicitations will be allowed during public comment.

The board may choose to offer a second opportunity for public comment at the end of the meeting. Sign-ups will not be required for the second public comment opportunity.

If the board does not hold a regular meeting during a month, the board will not provide a time for public comment at any other meeting held during that month, unless a majority of the board votes to allow public comment at the meeting or unless the purpose of the meeting is a public hearing.

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04. Good News Report

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

Connestee Falls 2023 Scholarship Funds

On November 15, representatives of the Connestee Falls Scholarship Committee presented a check for $50,000 to Transylvania County Schools for student scholarships in 2023. Our thanks to the members of the Connestee Falls community for their outstanding support of our students and their tremendous fundraising efforts each year.

Thanksgiving Lunch

Thanks to our school nutrition team the 2022 Thanksgiving lunch in Transylvania County Schools was big success. Their hard work planning and preparing this meal was evident and greatly appreciated by all. Also a thank you to our Board of Education for providing meals for current and retired TCS staff!

For more good news from Transylvania County Schools, please visit us at:

Home Page: www.tcsnc.org ǀ Facebook: facebook.com/transylvania.schools

Twitter: twitter.com/transylvaniasch ǀ Flickr: flickr.com/tcsnc

Instagram: Instagram.com/transylvaniaschools ǀ YouTube: youtube.com/user/tcsnc

Smartphone App: Transylvania County Schools on Play Store and iTunes

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/transylvaniacountyschools

TikTok: tiktok.com/transylvaniaschools ǀ WSQL Radio: bit.ly/TCSYesRadio!

Public Attachments:

Good News Report 11-21-22.pdf

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05. Former Students in the Military

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

The board wishes to thank the former students from Brevard High School, Rosman High School, and Davidson River School who are currently serving or have previously served in the U.S. Military. The attached list of names is recognized at every meeting and read aloud twice a year in recognition of Veterans Day and Memorial Day. The 14 names listed below have been recently added to the list. Additional names will be included as they are received.

Emma Abram

Domonic Bedo

Axel Chinchilla

Grant Dodson

Larry E. Hall

Kaitlyn Hatem

Makenna Holden

Jonathan Holliday

Mikel Karesh

Matthew McCombs

Elijah McKague

Aiden Revis

Naomi Totin

Festus C. Wilde

Public Attachments:

Military List 11-21-22.pdf

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06. Consent Agenda

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action	X
Excellent Educators	X	Information
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support

The following items are submitted for consent approval (see attached):

Personnel report for November 21, 2022
Non-faculty coaches for winter sports 2022-2023

A motion is in order to approve the consent agenda items.

Public Attachments:

Non-Faculty Coaches_Winter 2022-23.pdf

Personnel Report 11-21-22.pdf

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07. School Improvement Plans

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship	X	Action	X
Excellent Educators	X	Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

Brevard Elementary School, Brevard High School, Brevard Middle School, Davidson River School, Rosman Elementary School, Rosman High School, and Rosman Middle School presented School Improvement Plans as first-read information at the November 7 meeting. The attached plans are presented for approval at this time. Director Missy Ellenberger will answer any questions you may have.

A motion is in order to approve the School Improvement Plans for BES, BHS, BMS, DRS, RES, RHS, and RMS as presented.

Public Attachments:

BES School Improvement Plan.pdf

BHS School Improvement Plan.pdf

BMS School Improvement Plan.pdf

DRS School Improvement Plan.pdf

RES School Improvement Plan.pdf

RHS School Improvement Plan.pdf

RMS School Improvement Plan.pdf

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08. Engineering Fees for Metal Building at RHS

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action	X
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

G.S. 143-64.31 requires the announcement of engineering requirements and selection of firms to perform architectural, engineering, and surveying services without regard to fee, while G.S. 143-64.32 permits exemption of individual projects from such announcement where the estimated fee is less than $50,000. Superintendent Jeff McDaris will present a memorandum to approve T. E. Allen Engineering, PC, for a 30x80 metal building project at Rosman High School in the amount of $8,400 and to exempt this project and other small projects performed by T. E. Allen Engineering from the requirements of G.S. 144-64.31, pursuant to G.S. 143-64.32. The memorandum is attached. Dr. McDaris will answer any questions you may have.

A motion is in order to adopt a memorandum for the metal building project at Rosman High School to be exempted from the requirements of G.S. 143-64.31, pursuant to G.S. 143-64.32, as presented.

Public Attachments:

Memorandum_TE Allen Engineering.pdf

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09. Superintendent's Update

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

Dr. Jeff McDaris will give an update on current and emerging educational issues.

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10. Report from NCSBA Annual Conference

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

North Carolina statute requires board of education members to receive a minimum of 12 hours of professional development training every two years. Local board policy states that members who attend a professional development activity will provide a report of the event to other board members. On November 14-16, 2022, Vice Chairman Kiviniemi attended the NCSBA Annual Conference for Board Member Development in Greensboro. He will give a report.

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11. Important Dates

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

Nov. 23-25	Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 5	REGULAR MEETING (new members sworn in)	6:30 p.m.	MEC
Dec. 8-9	NCSBA Core Training for New Board Members	Dec 8 @ 10am - Dec. 9 @ 3pm	Raleigh
Dec. 12-13	NCSBA Core Training for New Board Members	Dec. 12 @ 10am - Dec. 13 @ 3pm	Raleigh
Dec. 19	BOARD MEMBER TRAINING SESSION	6:30 p.m.	MEC
Dec. 20	Students dismissed at noon
Dec. 21–Jan. 2	Christmas break
Jan. 2	NO MEETING (holiday for staff & students)
Jan. 3	Students & staff return from break
Jan. 16	MLK Day (teacher workday)
Jan. 17 (Tue.)	REGULAR MEETING	6:30 p.m.	MEC
Jan. 23	Teacher workday

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12. Other Items

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

An opportunity will be provided for comments and/or other items from board members.

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III. Adjournment

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