allegiance to the United States flag. No one is required to participate or be present for any of these, and being in this portion of the meeting is completely voluntary. Tonight, Tammy Sharp is in charge of our prayer and our pledge. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm going to call up Pastor Brenda Bryant to the
microphone. Um she's pastor in La Vergne, and she is so sweet and giving to our teachers and our students up in La Vergne. She does the coffee cart, and I don't even know I don't want to go down the the list of the things that you've done. I think you've uh substituted for us, and uh yes, and and
you've done a lot of things. So, I've asked her to uh wrap up the school year with a prayer for us. >> Praise the Lord. Before I begin this prayer, I just want to say one thing to the school board. I'm part of a group that prays for you all weekly.
And I want you all to know that there are many uh people that are praying for this board, praying for the school system, and just thank you for your service and uh your commitment to our community and our children. Amen. >> Amen. >> Thank you. >> Let us bow our heads. Let's pray. Father
God, in the name of Jesus, as we come before your throne this morning, this afternoon, Lord, we give you glory, we give you honor, we give you praise for this day. But Father, this is a day that you have made, and we choose to rejoice and be glad in it. We choose to cast
down every vain imagination that exalts itself against your word. Lord, as we lift up the name of Jesus, Lord, before your throne. And so Father, we pray your will this morning as we pray for the school board, as we pray, Lord God, for
the teachers, as we pray for the leadership within the school system, as we pray for the students here today. Father, we thank you, Lord God, for moving in the midst of them, and for your will to be done. Father, we lift up the the family of Stan Vault today,
Lord, for the transition of his loved one. And so, Father, we thank you, Holy Spirit, that you comfort him during this time. And as this meeting began, Lord, we just committed unto you, and we say your will be done in this meeting, Lord
God. And so, Father, we thank you what you're going to do, and we speak peace into it right now. Not the peace that the world received, but the peace that only you give that's based on your promises to us. And we know that all your promises are yes and amen. For you said you know the plans for us, Lord,
and they are good. So, Father, we thank you for the good plans that you have for the Rutherford County School System, for the faculty, for the leadership, for the students, and we look forward to what you're going to do in the midst of them. And so, Father, now we commit this meeting unto you, and we give you glory,
honor, and praise in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. >> Amen. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Hello, everyone. And first up, we have the approval of the agenda. Are there any comments or questions? >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Miss uh Brazell, [clears throat] excuse me, and thank you, Mr. Vaught. All in favor, say
I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, we have the approval of the consent agenda. >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Mr. Vaught. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Tidwell. All in favor, say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes.
We have three speakers that are signed up for public comments this evening. They'll each be given three minutes. The first one is Daryl Doer. Did I Did I Okay, thank you. You're up. >> Good evening. Thank you so much for
having giving me this opportunity to speak for you tonight. My wife and I live right across the street from your brand new Poplar Hill Elementary School. And it is a beautiful school. We hear that there is a plan to put in
perhaps a new high school. Which will be on Blackman Road. And I think that's a wonderful idea, Mark. My wife is a retired teacher. We love >> [cough] >> the fact we have these schools going up. But I'm here tonight to ask
that we take one moment before we actually consider how we're going to, if we build it there, heat and cool the building. That ground because And we know all too well that ground is karst.
And I put in front of all of you some details on the effects of doing geothermal drilling through karst. And so what I'm asking is that before we build again,
we actually do some surveying. We understand the nature of the ground that we're drilling this field into. And we do that for the protection of the geology of the earth,
of our water aquifers, and to save the cost of having to deal with mistakes that may be made. So, again, we're here tonight just to ask that we stop, plan ahead,
because if you're going to actually build there or anywhere else in in Tennessee, I think the first thing you should do is a thorough geological inspection of the ground you're about to build on.
Thank you very much. >> Thank you, sir. Next we have Ms. Judy Whitehill. >> My name is Judy Whitehill. I'm a retired public school teacher. At the last school board meeting, students were recognized for their academic and sports excellence, and we applauded the heroic
actions of a student using CPR skills learned in school to save her grandmother. It was great to have our school nurses honored. It was disheartening, however, to learn that while there is a great need for additional public school nurses, the current budget does not allow for new positions this year. Our Rutherford
County public schools continuously produce graduates who then become nurses, firemen, electricians, mechanics, lawyers, farmers, police officers, bankers, and educators, those whom we rely on daily. A huge concern for our public school community is that
during the past two legislative years, unfortunately, our elected representatives from Rutherford County have championed vouchers or, as some like to say, education freedom scholarships. Let's call it what it is, moving funds from our public schools budget to give to students in a private
or parochial school. By the way, data shows that over two-thirds of the students taking a voucher have never been enrolled in our public schools. How can a parent say that our public schools don't meet the needs of their children when they've never been enrolled in one of our outstanding public schools?
Voucher proponents like to use the words school choice. We have school choice. Parents can choose used their children to taxpayers funded local public schools, or parents can choose to pay the tuition for to have their children in a private school. Suppose I don't want to swim in a local public pool. Is
it right for the state to give me a voucher toward building my own pool? The $100 million appropriated for school vouchers would be better spent if the public schools budget, that would be approximately 1,52,631 extra dollars per Tennessee county.
How many additional Rutherford County school nurses would that fund? At least one in every school. And let's not forget that our Tennessee public schools have never been properly funded. And while we used to say, "Thank goodness for Mississippi." when it came to school funding and teacher salaries, now Mississippi funds their public schools
at $1.9 billion more than Tennessee. Board members are elected to make decisions that benefit all students, and your allegiance is to support our public schools. I hope that each of you have had conversations with our seventh elected officials of the Tennessee General Assembly regarding legislation,
and how that legislation impacts our students. If I could offer one suggestion to board members, it would be that you organize a field trip, invite our state officials to accompany you to school visits. Give them the chance to see firsthand the excellent instruction, ingenuity, and creativity occurring
daily in our schools with the ultimate goal of encouraging all of our legislators to propose helpful and positive legislation. We need them to become advocates for our Rutherford County public schools, our educators, and most especially our students. Thank you. >> Thank you.
And lastly, we have Carrie Malone. >> Let me say thank you. Thank you to Dr. Sullivan, and your staff. I'm here on June 4th, that was a very unique meeting that took place at Holloway High School. and I paused to say thank you as a board
to allow the community to have a voice. On that night, the elephant in the room was was the name going to be changed and Dr. Super Khan and Dr. Drayton assured the attendees that that would not happen. And so the elephant left the room immediately. But there was another
negative narrative in the room and it was concerning how do we get the community to see Holloway in a brighter spot. That's what we're faced against and I was telling some of the alumni chapter it's going to take more than us.
It's going to take all of us to make that happen. And so the thing is is that we have to figure out a strategic plan that we can come together and uniquely put a plan together to make sure people know that Holloway High School is a
great place to be. I had an experience a few years ago Mr. Vaughn, a young man was struggling and his mother called me and I said, "What's going on?" And she's just telling me that I think the school that we're currently in is too big. I said, "Well, listen, he's not a bad child. We just got to get him on the
right path." I called then Dr. Drayton and I said, "Hey, I have a young man that is struggling. He has a pulse. That means he has purpose." And she said, "Send him here." And two years later that young man graduated from Holloway High School with honors, with
distinction, with things of that magnitude. So I want to say thank you to you first for allowing the community to have that voice. But in in the near future there must be a plan that we can come together and make sure the community know when you're at Holloway
High School, you're at the right place at the right time. I told the alumni division, the chapter, the people that was in attendance, those of you that are talking, so I'm from the old school, demonstration is better than conversation. So it's now time for you
to make sure if you're going to talk the talk, walk the walk cuz everyone in that building say I'm here to help you, doc. And so, I wanted to come here today to tell you thank you cuz so often you don't hear the thank yous. You hear the complaints and I get that, but I want to
say thank you, Dr. Sullivan, for allowing that moment to take place. So many people left there encouraged, empowered, enthused that hey, they can make a difference in our community. I have 20 seconds left. Congratulations to the Lady Red Hawks. That's what I want
to say. [laughter] >> Thank you, the voice. >> I was about to say thank you that we have the voice here. You know we're important tonight. >> Oh, absolutely. Next, we have the RCS difference. >> Coach Harris. I think this is the last time that we'll have you up here as athletic
>> think so. I can piggyback on the voice. >> Yeah, you do have to follow Carrie. That's that's tough. Uh seriously though, Coach Harris has been our athletic director for the last um 5 years. We appreciate everything you've done. Our athletics has seen an amazing increase not only in our competitiveness, but also just in the
the way that our programs performed in and outside of our athletic facilities um and in the classroom as well. That's a lot because of your leadership. So, we greatly appreciate everything you've done and hope you won't be a stranger to us. >> I appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. I appreciate it.
And it's been uh 32 years in this county too as as well. And I love Rutherford County Schools and I love the school system. My kids went here and I My son graduated from Riverdale High School, my daughter from Siegel High School. So, I love public schools and uh it's been great
for my kids and they've gone on to do great things as well. So, I'm very proud to be a part of Rutherford County School System. Well, tonight as always it's another honor for me to recognize our great student athletes. Uh as um Brother Malone has already mentioned, we
got great Stewarts Creek High School here. Uh we're going to start with some of our individuals first. Rockvale High School, uh Toldju Williams. I hope I pronounced that right. Coach, will you come on up and talk about your great athlete. She also won the state championship in shot
put. Uh she's going to talk about her for a bit. >> Uh first off, I want to say sorry, I'm lost my voice. Uh thank y'all for approving uh us to have money for another assistant coach. >> Yeah, Mr. Harris, thank you for that.
>> Uh we worked hard to try to do that. And uh we want to brag on Toldju. Um she's a back-to-back state champion. So, last year we were here. >> Yeah, I thought it was the second time. >> Yeah, last year we were here. Um and it's a it's a big accomplishment to be a state champion, like as y'all know. And
as an individual it's a big accomplishment. Um if you didn't know, there were 994 throws this year in uh Tennessee in shot put and Toldju was the best of all 994. So, give her a round of applause for that.
She She's also going to attend Ole Miss University, or sorry, the University of Mississippi. And uh for with the athletic scholarship to throw. Give her a a round of applause for that. And uh just like a a message about her for At the beginning of the year I talked to
two SEC coaches and they told me the marks she needed to make to get to their schools. And I told her and she took that challenge upon her and she was able to increase her state champion mark last year over 10 ft to help her get to the
SEC. So, she's done great. She's also a fantastic academic student. I believe you're in a high almost 4.0 if 3.9. Yeah, it's almost perfect. So, she is a great student athlete but she's worked really hard and she does a really good job representing
our school. I also want to thank her. She was in Oregon this weekend watching her brother throw at the NCAA National Championship and then she made it back today for this meeting. >> Awesome. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you. You were wearing orange, so I
was kind of encouraged, but that's okay. Hotty toddy. >> Okay, our next student athlete has a great name, Eli Harris. He's coming up from LaVergne Middle and he won the 110
meter hurdles and Principal Reed from LaVergne Middle is going to come talk about his accomplishments. >> Good evening. Um I'm only going to say a couple of things about Eli and that is that he is one of our highest ranking students in our school.
He has won state as a seventh grader with two practice hurdles at our school and limited access to a high school track. And this is probably the only way he's going to call attention to himself. Other than him trying to get to his
coach's classroom to talk to him every morning about track and me getting on to him. Um but he has an amazing family. He's an amazing young man. He has a whole building and our community behind him and we are planning
to send him back to state next year as an eighth grader with his will be seventh grade training partner who only missed state by a couple of seconds. But we're trying to come home again and be back here with you like she did, okay? Um, he's a great young man. I'm very proud of him. And um, do you
want to say anything? No. That's Eli. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Now we have the Stewarts Creek High School softball team. They won state championship. Coach Fernandez, Coach Patterson, they're here. Um, they're
going to talk about their great season that they had. >> [laughter] >> A team. First of all, I want to thank you guys for having us out here. Um, gentlemen and ladies, um, this team has been unbelievable. Um,
there truly are no words to express how proud we are as coaches for these young ladies. Throughout the season, they faced challenges, overcome obstacles, and continue to rise above every task placed before them. From the first day of practice, this team set their sights on finishing at
the top, and every player can proudly check those goals off their list for 2026 season. Our five seniors leave behind a remarkable legacy, accomplishing every goal they set for themselves as freshmen and and helping lead this program to the
highest level of success. This season was an incredible journey filled with highs and lows, tough losses and memorable victories. Through it all, our team never lost sight at the culture that defines Lady Red Hawk softball, which is faith,
family, one team equals success. I was going to give you just a couple numbers as far as our batting average for our team was .48, on-base percentage was .471, slugging was .675, hits were 422, home runs were 42,
runs batted in, which is RBIs, were 311, stolen bases were 73. Pitchers, our pitching staff, they threw 288 pitched had it in innings, the batters they faced was 939, hits allowed was 160, earned runs was
58, walks were 72, strikeouts were 237, their ERA was 1.781. Fielding percentage out of a thousand was .940. Um our season ended with the state championship. 36-2-1 was
our record for the year. We were district tournament champs, regional runner-up, 4A state champs, and Tennessee team of the year that we were awarded last week at Music City Center. Um what a season, what a team, and what
a legacy. An accomplishment like this will will be remembered for years to come. Here is your Stewarts Creek 2026 softball team. Seniors, step up when I call your name. Jayden Simbridge.
Samaya Sandifer. Jayden Brawley. Elena Wilson. And Lexi Pope. >> Can you just say that two of those had surgery after the season? >> And yes, the Thursday after we won was
Jayden and then the following Monday, Tuesday, or Monday was was Lexi's surgery. Um Elena Wilson will be attending Belmont for academically. Softball wise, uh Simbridge will be going to Austin Peay. Samaya will be
going to Kennesaw State. Jayden Brawley will be going to um UT Martin. And Lexi Pope will be attending um Trevecca University to continue their softball career. >> Excellent. >> Juniors, Chloe Quiggle. Riley Willis.
And Kylie Easley. Sophomores, Cadence Marsh Marshburn. Addie Brawley. Kenzie Johnson. Lily Fox. Freshman. Eagan Williams. Annabelle Southerns.
Aleah Lefever. Braylee Smith. Aleila Malone. Marley White. Payton Sneed. And Bailey Brown. And our own Coach P. Managers, Jordan Rogers. Scarlett
Williams. Brooklyn Rose. And Amia Newton. Or Nugent. Sorry, they're not here today. Um we also, Dr. Sullivan, want to give you a little background on the reason why you saw the stickers which were actually our senior
sophomore year when that terrible tragedy occurred with your family. Um Asher, your family is a big Vanderbilt fans. Coach P and our family are huge Vanderbilt fans. So, when we saw that, it touched my heart and I called um
Marcy at VIP. I said, "I need you to do do something and put his sticker that we can wear on our helmet to head to state tournament cuz that's the year that we were runner-up." So, we have something to present I I told the girls what we wanted to do um with
the stickers and they said, "Absolutely. We're all about it. We want him to carry on with our journey to state." And that was the year that we were runner-up. Um and Samaiya you saw on deck >> Yep. >> with it. Um and then she hit a home run following that at bat that at bat.
So, thank you so much for all of your support for this team. >> [applause] [applause] >> Um I with the last four out of five years we have we have been to state and we've continued to continue that track is what our plans are for this team cuz
there's a lot of young talent on here still to come and still to show up and we will definitely be here hopefully once again in the next several next year, year after and maybe the year following. Um I do also want to thank uh our AD, Jeff Mitchell and Dr. Harold.
They have been huge our staff overall has been huge supportive. They've always been there. They followed us through our entire post season and season and always been there and been some of our biggest supporters. They may not have they may have questions sometimes regarding softball and not know how exactly it rolls, but
they're getting used to it and they're starting to name the game now after this part. They know exactly what's going on and keeping up with it, but we want to thank you so much for everything from the board. Thank you. >> Good. >> Congratulations. >> Coach Fernandez Yeah, Coach Fernandez and girls thank
you. It was an honor to watch you guys play and then to see his story on the back was great. So, thank you guys for doing that. Congratulations and um I know one of my favorite things was Miss Williams, so our central office has to clock in and clock out. So, I clocked
out that night that I left and so the next Monday she was like, "You messed up your time clock. It said 12:00 a.m." I said, "That That's the time that they won was at 12:00 a.m." So, it was amazing with just the support that Stewarts Creek
community, team, parents, everybody had still that late late late late night, so. >> Without our families and our strength and our team and everybody that community-wise um helped us to accomplish what we've done so far. >> It starts with you, so congratulations. >> Thank you. They're going to get a photo.
>> Yes. Mr. Evans, where is he? Oh, there he is. >> Give them just a second to leave. >> Yep. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. >> Okay, next we'll go to legal. >> One day somebody's going to stay for all this.
>> I know. >> Thank you all for saying those of you that did. All right, first we have policy adoption second reading of two readings. These policies were recommended on the first reading on June 4th, 2026. So policy changes A policy 4.602 grade point
average as SAT scores a criteria for valedictorian salutatorian and then a new policy 4.2002 annual instructional observance of Independence Day as policy to require annual instructional observance of the 4th of July holiday within the academic school year. >> I'll entertain a motion.
Thank you, Mr. Vaughn. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Vaughn. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next we have approved student fees. >> 2026-2027 approved student fees per policy 6.709.
Prior to the beginning of each school year, the board upon the recommendation of the principals director of school shall approve for all student fees for the upcoming school year. Additional fees may be approved during the the year as needed. Those fees are attached. >> Move to approve it. >> Thank you, Mr. Vaughn. Thank you, Mr.
Rosales. Everyone in agreement say [clears throat] I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, engineering and construction. >> We had RFP 2602 under the consent agenda. Um as a companion motion, we've
added the McFadden property demolition contingency request, which is RFP 2602. Engineering and construction is requesting an additional 20,000 for contingency to cover unforeseen items that may occur. >> [snorts] >> Any comments or questions? >> Move to approve. >> Second.
>> Thank you, Mr. Tidwell. Thank you, Mr. Vaughn. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, >> Siegel High football video board request. Principal Steven Wains requesting to be approved to replace the existing football scoreboard with a video board similar to other high school
request. Estimated cost for this request is $360,000 will be funded by Wilson Bank & Trust and a loan to the booster club and is at no cost to the board. All city permits and power connections to MTE are the project's responsibility. Engineering and Construction reviewed the request and have no objection. >> Move to approve.
>> Thank you, Mr. Bowen. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Bowen. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next. >> Christiana Middle Baseball Turf Mound request. Dr. Kyle Nixon Christiana Baseball requested to install turf on the baseball field pitcher's mound. The
cost for the turf installation is $12,627.95 and is at no cost to the board. All funds have been raised by the baseball team and are in their account. Engineering and Construction reviewed the request and has no objection. Good job raising those funds. >> I'll entertain a motion. >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Mr. Bowen. Thank you, Mr.
Sharp. All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, financial matters. >> Fund 141 GPS amendment, this year end cleanup amendment budgets $8,279,427 for items such as leave payouts, increases for degree and certifications,
pay scale changes, stipends, insurance premium increases, adjustments for the amended innovative schools model program, additional costs for contracted services, middle school teacher laptop replacement and capital outlay for construction. Also, the increased pension rates for certified personnel moving to the hybrid retirement plan
with TCRS. Next, it budgets additional expenditures for maintenance, custodial supplies, and student supports contracted services. Finally, it funds the purchase of textbooks for state-mandated science textbook adoption. Funding for these expenses comes from
additional T-Sun state revenues as well as indirect costs from cafeteria program. This revenue and transfers are collected above the budgeted amount and allow movement between additional and current budget expenditures and multiple accounts within object codes. This budget amendment cleans up expenditure line items at year end.
>> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Mr. Bowen. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Tidwell. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next. >> We have fund 143 budget amendment and this budget amendment was a year-end
cleanup amendment. Does the same thing. Cleans up expenditures such as employee payouts, food supplies, materials, and transportation of those items. Amendment moves money between multiple line items without increasing or decreasing revenues and expenditures. Allows several line items to have money amended to them so they will not be over budget.
>> I'll entertain a motion. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mr. Bond. Thank you, Mr. Sharp. All in favor say I. I'm sorry. >> Can I ask a question? >> Okay. >> My understanding it's within the budget. You're just or whoever is moving money between line
items. So, it's not an increase, not a decrease, just moving money around from >> Correct. Yep, in the cafeteria line, correct? >> That's right. That's the reason there's no money here >> Correct. >> or no dollar amount. >> Okay, thank you. >> Okay. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, number
three. >> This is the presentation of the certified pay scale. The only changes um for this as we mentioned has a 2% cola increase and we added the $2,500 um for the national board certified nurses
um as requested by the board. >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Mr. Bond. >> Second. >> Thank you, Miss Sharp and Darby, sorry. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Number four. >> And then four was our classified pay
scale for fiscal year 26-27. >> I'll entertain a motion. >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Mr. Sharp. Thank you, Mr. Bond. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Clarifying >> Yes, go ahead. >> Clarifying question on what I brought up on Thursday, if there's any what the board would like to do on the three
positions 218, and 119. Do we want to wait till next year or I I don't care. Just need direction on where to put it. >> My a would go ahead and approve it and make >> Second. >> Thank you, Ms. Wallace. Now, is there any comments or discussions regarding that?
>> Bring that back up again. Tell me that again. >> There was three There was three Yes, there was um safe schools, communications, and um general counsel that were brought >> So, for different responsibilities, they fall in >> They're my Those are three that are on call 24/7.
>> Yes. >> And the other four not on call, it's technology. >> be a different in the pay scale. >> Yes. >> That's what you're saying. >> Yes, those all report to me, so I would appreciate it. Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes, Mr. Darby. >> The as far as them being on call 24/7,
it was that way when we did the salary study, correct? >> Yes. >> Okay, we have a motion on the floor. All in favor, say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Now, we have director's update.
>> Thank you all. In the director's update, we are right and of course in the middle of budget. So, the budget amendments will go to Health and Ed tomorrow at 5:30. Once hopefully that goes through, there is a public hearing at
7:00 tomorrow on the this upcoming budget. So, 5:30 is on this year's budget. 7:00 is on next year's budget for the public hearing. Then on Wednesday, there at 5:30 is budget meeting to where they will
hopefully approve our budget amendments and also make any adjustments to the budget based on this upcoming year's budget based on the public comment. Then Monday at 9:00 will be the official setting the tax rate, all of those things, and passing the budget for this
upcoming year. I again sure will have some changes in revenue, so that's why we have a meeting scheduled for Tuesday at 5:00 for us to officially pass our revenues. No changes in expenditures, but change in revenue
for us to be able to send or approve what the county gives us, I guess. Hopefully, it'll be to the positive, not to the negative. Hopefully, it'll be to the positive. We should be able if we get additional even a little bit, would reduce the budgeted deficit since we don't actually
operate in one. And then the last part of that at 5:30 next Tuesday, we have our policy meeting. So, we met on our policies today, so you'll be getting those drafts here shortly. So, we just got those from TSBA what, last week? Yeah. So, we just got those model
policies. And so, that is where we are. We are finishing up budget season, ready for it to be done. >> Anything else? Okay. Let's move on to general discussion. Is Yes, Mr. Vaughn. >> I've got two items that I want to follow up on. The first one is dealing with
this gentleman's letter that he sent us in I think last week I'd asked Mr. Lee about any type of appropriation, what you know, how much money did he need to you know, start the testing cuz if I my memory serves me correctly, when we
entered into the contract with Mr. Dismukes, there's we have a certain window time frame to do all these studies and look at all of this. Dr. Sutherland, what what's your recommendation there? I
mean, I know we've probably got money in construction leftover or something like that, but have you you and Brian looked at that yet as to what we need to do to address that? >> I know I wouldn't recommend doing it
right now at a 141 since we just did our budget amendment and don't have that budgeted. >> That would kind of look bad taking >> We'd definitely appreciate waiting till July 1st, and then we can look to see whether that's talking about our budget or some construction budget
that we have left over funds. I think there's multiple options that that we can take uh to look at at that point. >> So, waiting a couple of weeks, is that going to impact you any? >> No, sir. No, I think you'd be able to get it on the
July end of July board meeting if you wanted to put something there and do give everybody time to decide where the money's coming from. >> Yeah. I think if you feel do that, let's put it on the agenda in July then. The second thing is I I want to make sure I know we get a little we got a
little confused last year, at least I did. The appropriation of the $4,000 for the school bus drivers. Um last year, I think we paid them before July 1st. If they >> We still will. Yes, I talked to um Mr. Smith cuz again, it's a county school system. We don't have the ability
to write checks. So, we're centralized at the courthouse. Talked to Mr. Smith on Friday. And so, our plan is to be able to start looking at doing that on the 23rd. So, as soon as budget passes, again, this is part of this year's current budget.
But, they're in the middle of finishing their budget process. So, I I want to give them the respect to finish their current budget portion until they get a budget passed and then start working on that maybe the 23rd or 24th. >> We we don't the money's in there. We don't have to We don't have to
appropriate. We just got to send the request. Is that right? Somebody's got to send the request. >> I've already talked to him about it. Okay. Yeah, we've talked about this for for months. Yes. So, we just had to get through the budget. >> They're a little on edge. They they their insurance premiums due July 1st,
and I just want to assure that that the board is not let something slip through their fingers that we didn't take any action. So, hey, you guys you hear you heard it right here. So, sometime after the 25th >> get it done the 23rd, we'll try to get done the 23rd or 24th maybe. We'll have to I'll try to get it done before the
first of the year. Sign contracts like we did. Same exact thing like we did last year. >> Sounds good. Sounds good. >> Truly. >> If they could time it, they come up here on the 26th to get their last paycheck of the year. And it would take I mean, we could give them out at the same time if it works.
>> That works great if the budget office can do that. Then I'll see if we can get >> And if they can't, we'll do it the next week. >> Sure thing. All right. Good deal. Thank y'all. That's two things >> We've worked on that and just so that everyone's aware, this $4,000 is part of this current year budget. It's already been budgeted. So, there's no issues
there. The extra $500 that we talked about would have to come again after July 1st cuz that's part of next year's budget. >> Okay. Mr. Tidwell. >> He jumped right in front of my question. I was going to ask about that $500. But, do we know when that that'll probably be out before the end of July? Or do you have any idea on that? >> It'll probably be later than that. We
have to wait till the books open and all those different types of things. And I know cash flow is an issue in July and August cuz we don't get TCEA payments. And so, I would in talking with Mr. Smith, I know that the recommendation would be till we get our first TCEA payment in August. And so, maybe middle to late August would be
my That'd be my recommendation just cuz I know that we have no cash flow until we get a TCEA payment. >> Awesome. Yeah, I appreciate that. Uh also, I I know we had talked about the having a third alternative school. We talked about some construction costs trade. You don't happen to have those
with you? Or is that something we need to talk about at the next meeting? >> No, sir. I'm ready. >> All right. So, let's go ahead >> Dr. Dr. Sullivan's are stated that if he had his preference, he'd go to 300 students. That changes what we've been looking at. We've been
looking >> that real quick? So, right now we've been like 120. Originally, we talked about 200. In my mind, and this is making it a bigger alternative school. I'm programming like an administrator. Right now, we have two administrators. So, a principal and
assistant principal for about 120 max. But, we do have students that are doing a virtual option as well. Kind of keeping that same ratio that if you have 300 kids, you'd have a principal basically or an administrator for every 75 kids in an alternative type setting. You'd have to have an additional SRO
probably in an alternative type setting. So, talking about 300, 300's big, but you're going to have to put extra resources into as well cuz it's Additional assistant principal or two depending on how you allocate those seats. If you made more high school seats and middle
school seats, then you would definitely need that additional two assistant principals. If you're making it 1 12 and maybe doing more elementary and some middle high. If we keep it in our current format 6 12, I think you're going to need two if we're making them
300. >> But But there's there's good management practices to give you >> Absolutely. >> direction here. It's just an economy of scale >> Absolutely. >> for us. But cuz you don't want to get You don't want to get the alternative school so large that >> Yeah.
>> you you create more problems. >> Correct. >> And that was originally we'd never talked about an alternative school being that big. We need the seats. So, with those seats, I would just have to add extra >> Okay. >> administrative support. >> It's doable just >> Yeah. >> the structure's got to be a little bit different.
>> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Are we still looking at keeping the middle schoolers away from the high >> separate. We've got to separate >> them separate and not mixing them. >> For when we can. We've got In a setting like that, you're going to have some >> I understand. And we might have Yeah, I understand, but by far and large, I
think that middle schoolers do not need to be in class with with high schoolers. >> Sorry, go ahead. Interrupt. >> So, when the original discussions began a couple of years ago, we were looking at basically replacing the facility that's there,
removing the portables, basically addressing the roughly 120 to 125 students that are there now. Get them all under one roof. That still allowed us to facilitate
um satellite lunch programs, special education buses. It limits the number. It kind of puts us in a certain slot for um parking. Both the munici- municipalities
that these facilities are in base their parking structures based on square footage. So, there's going to even though we parents bring them, most of the students are not allowed to have cars, we are still required to build those
parking spaces for that facility. So, that increases our footprint uh quite a bit. I say all that to say this, the numbers I'm fixing to give you are basically 300 students. We can no longer satellite, so we're building our
own kitchen. Uh we would have some type, I don't know that we I've kind of budgeted a full-scale gym, cuz right now they currently don't have any place. Uh and if we're going to go to 300, we're going to need some more of these facilities for these students to be able
to do the things that they would have done at their other schools. Say all that to say this, we're now approaching 70 to 75,000 square feet, and we're looking at 26 to 28 million each. >> Last question. The question is go ahead,
Arcel. >> Cafeteria cost, what do you think that would be? >> Uh I don't have the same size cafeteria that we would have for a normal 1,200 seat school, so it would probably be, you know, half or a little bit less. >> Okay. >> Uh
and and the cafeteria itself would be much smaller. I would think one serving line would be adequate. Um so, we're not talking about a full-blown large-scale kitchen like we have at other school. It would be It would be sized appropriately for 300 students.
>> And something we've talked about the board and Mr. Bob brought up first was using some of if 143 keeps increasing using 143 to potentially build some of that cost to lower the actual cost we'd have to borrow. So,
that that could be an option. >> Hm. >> Any other questions? >> Yeah, and we could also lower student number and we would get it back to that 17 to 20 again. Excuse me. >> Caleb and talked the other night, you know, about going to a third school, you
know, whether does that make sense right now. So, that that's your opening, I don't know. >> I mean, I I'd rather build a new school and have more capacity on the land that we already have. We already tried the third school thing, trying to find a building that was already used. That didn't That didn't work out very well. Um,
so, but I'm trying to remember this 26 million, this is for 75,000 square foot. This would just be at one location, right? We're not talking about both locations. Cuz I thought we had talked about and I may have got my numbers mixed up, but just in case, when we was talking about 200 students,
it was estimated to be around 8 8.5 to 10 million. >> It was at that time, but we were talking about 24 to 25,000 square feet. >> Oh, yeah. >> And and the parking is is half what we're going to have to have to
meet. And don't get me wrong, 300 students is a is a good spot to be. If you build 200 and turn right around and bring portables back, that would be embarrassing. I'll just say it.
>> Uh, and and when we started the conversation, I still think at 24,000 feet, we're still in that 10 million ballpark. But, our numbers have gone from like $300 a square foot to almost $400 a square foot.
W- in the 2 and 1/2 years, construction's gone up almost $100 a square foot. >> Dr. Solomon, you want something to say? >> Yeah, and that was exactly when we talked about it, um keeping it the same when we looked at this. I think the last time we didn't officially pass it, but we looked at a
5-year building plan in August of last year, and what we looked at had it about 21.5 for brand new buildings. And so, now going to add an extra like fourth, so it's pretty >> About 25% increase to 26 to 28.
>> Um I mean, I I think the extra capacity is a good thing just because we don't want to be turning around doing this right again. We don't want to be building just to get full right as we start. So, I'm okay with that. I like that suggestion. Um carrying the bill, trying to figure out where we're going to get that amount of money is uh it's
always the challenge. >> Thank you, Mr. Lee, for getting all that together. >> Yeah, I appreciate that. >> Madam Chair. >> Yes, Ms. Darby. >> Mr. Lee, what How big is the land that each of those schools sits on? Do you know roughly? >> They're They're both adequate for what we're talking about doing with this
facility. We talked about going up at both locations. We have Most of the area would be used for parking. Um where the portables are at Daniel McKee would be my recommendation for the location for the new facility. Build it
behind it, and then take the building in front down, and then we can utilize that for, you know, bus lanes and visitor parking and that kind of thing. Smyrna West is sitting up on top of a hill. Um I've always wanted to cut that hill down a little bit. Um but, we do have
some property behind and and we can't go too far, but we do have some property behind. We can also go in front. There's a big open field there in front. So, there's opportunities to do both at both places. >> How many acres roughly are there? >> They're They're in the neighborhood of
20-25. >> I was trying to pull it back up, but >> may not be that big. >> Yeah. >> Daniel McKee's about five. >> We got a larger piece at Smyrna Middle. I mean, Smyrna >> Smyrna West. >> West. >> Mr. Clark.
>> But Smyrna West has a cave. >> Uh there's rumors about that. I I have not looked into that, but I will before we get Before we start making plans, we'll look into it. >> because that's >> Yes. >> long-term rumor. >> Mhm. >> Long-term rumor. >> Yes, sir.
>> And I do think that building a gym would be the right thing to do because right now, I don't know if y'all know this, but they go outside in their uniform, the blue shirt, and the khakis, and they run around the school. That's their at gym time. And I really feel like if we
want them to be there longer, they need to do a true physical education uh plan. >> They're not if they don't have a team, we wouldn't necessarily need the large bleachers. We could do things like that. Our comprehensive schools, you reduce it
down, put three to five rows of bleachers or seats on each side like we do in some of our auxiliary gyms, and then, you know, it's still a nice facility, but it doesn't have to be, you know, seats 2,000. >> And it's appropriately for they can go
in there when it's raining and not worry about getting wet. Yes, Mr. Clark. >> I think we also would be able to get a grant for a walking trail or something like that there. So, because they that's part of that getting the energy and everything. So, >> Absolutely. >> Any other questions? Yes, Mr. Tidwell.
>> Speaking on that same subject, um when it comes to like storm shelters, are we required by state law to have the same type of thing? And if we built a new one, is there any kind of grants we can get around that particular topic that would help shave some cost off? >> Currently, it is not required by the
state. It is a recommendation, but it is not a requirement. It's going to be a topic of conversation for you all when we get to the next facility, whatever it is. And there's ways that you can get pretty
close without all the bells and whistles. And there's some things we can talk about one-on-one, or I'll be glad to talk about at another meeting at another time. But there are there are some alternatives. Our buildings, our new
facilities, are very close. The part we don't have is the emergency generator and the um air conditioning backup. >> Mhm. >> Most of our facilities, we've already got that our corridors on the two-story
buildings. If we changed a very few things, we could almost meet that that requirement. >> Structurally, we're we're pretty much there. It's just the backups. >> Yes, sir. You're correct. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Any other questions?
It's a good discussion. Yes, Ms. Sharp. >> Something else. Well, we're >> I think we're in Yep. >> We're in general discussion now, so Um, so um Juliana Osorio, our student from LaVergne High School who won the lapel pin, the Tennessee Um, I have some more,
so if anybody else wants some, they didn't get any from when I brought to the board, I have some. So, let me know. Um, I ordered some, and they couldn't get them until they went to Atlanta last week, and so um, Ms. Winslow and I met one day last week, and I have more, so let me know, and I'll get them to you. I
think I've probably got five or six, seven, somewhere around there, but um, they're certainly souvenir items from one of our Marion students at La Vergne High School. Thank you. >> Also, I don't know if you all saw on Facebook, I think there was a Mr. Murfreesboro, my friend Bill, put it up
there, but Tom Nolan wrote a book, 80-page book for children regarding trick-or-treating. I've ordered two copies, one to put at Blackfox Elementary and one to put at Riverdale. And I just want to shout out to Mr. Nolan. He was on the radio this morning and I missed it, but he was on
the radio this morning talking his >> You're just going to give a shout out to not one of our schools. I'm just messing with you. >> I [laughter] wondered I wondered I wondered what Tom Nolan did yet in the years he was at Riverdale and I
was at Oakland. I always wondered what did he >> And now he was writing his book. >> He was writing a book. >> Writing a book. [laughter] Yeah, that's what it was about. >> He said that it's based on four or five teachers that that he knew. So, we can guess who those teachers might be, but I don't
>> goodness, it's not based on four or five kids or >> Well, that's true. That would not be good. >> It's about Halloween and I'm sure that I'm sure that he had some of them uh, things to write about that were frightening, you know. Um,
Stewarts Creek girls softball, you know, they said they've been recognized as the uh, best softball team for the state of Tennessee. Oakland football got the same recognition for the football
team for this past year. And I happen to get the new ring today. I didn't want to wear it tonight >> Cuz >> [laughter] >> I didn't want to wear it, but you know, until they got them for sure. They get them tomorrow night at the ring ceremony. >> Well, >> [laughter]
>> I can't I can't figure out how to keep it on my finger. It keeps uh, I saw >> [laughter] >> I I I the saw the uh, uh one of the Riverdale
speakers had a Riverdale with Riverdale spring you had on. Yeah. What's that big ring? Okay. >> [laughter] >> Well, the hope the ring was similar and if I'd known he was going to wear he was, I would wore Oak's. You got cheers
in there, don't you, too? >> I do. >> And I bought just shirts. >> No. >> Yeah. No. But they're nice. It was great. Congratulations to all our teams and you know, the good thing I really appreciate what Doc Sullins moving
uh another lady department about getting her uh somebody to oversee it and watch this transfer portal cuz it's going to be a serious thing and uh you know, we got some we got some teams on probation and we shouldn't have any.
>> Yeah. >> And so hopefully this will eliminate that kind of stuff. So. >> I got the acreage. >> Yeah, that's right. >> The acreage at Daniel McKee was five, Smyrna West is eight, according to GIS. >> Okay. Okay. Is there anything else anybody wants to
Yes. >> What the the I can't remember his name now. The the kid from Rockvale that just won the NCAA championship. >> Jacoby. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> that? Yeah. Two.
>> Rutherford County's got a legacy of athletes in all >> One world record, two national championships. Not a bad >> That's not bad. >> Well, that's what I'm saying. I mean, we we are not this sleepy little community that it was when I was in high we thought we were big shots and you know,
in 1979, 1980, but it this is unbelievable. It when you stop and think about the number of athletes that have come out of this county, the amount of dollars in scholarships that have come back to these student athletes, these
academic students, the impact all of that has on this county's bottom line. Those are Those are dollars that are coming They're like tourism dollars, right? They're They're not money that the parents are having to pay out for a college education. That's money saved to
this county. I don't know how to explain that in my brain how that works, but the economic value And And so, when you've got an athletic director that has taken the opportunity to do what he's done over the past four or five years and the And the people that step into those
roles, I I don't I I know we all like to win championships, but I'm looking at the bottom line economic impact that it has on this county. It's phenomenal. Phenomenal. Anyway, I'll shut up. >> I'd like to >> And I'm going to say one more thing. Last thing I'll say, not just athletically, but academically in
general. So, this is not a trend, even though we did drop about 150 kids, the trend nationwide is dropping. And so, I talked earlier in the year we were the 82nd, 83rd largest district, so we're now in the top 80 largest public school districts in the United States. So, we're
still going the wrong direction with large school systems, but to think Rutherford County is one of the top 80 for enrollment in the entire country is not what people think of when they think of Rutherford County. >> Yep. I'd like to I'd like And
I reckon as Kim Malone was here tonight and he spoke and folks, I can't tell you I've known Kim for so many years. I can't tell you how many kids that Kim has helped get through school and athletically and all like that. I mean, we
we all started out together at Central Middle School. And to see Kim grow and do what he's done and he's been a Any school that could ever get somebody like Karl Malone uh they got their money's worth, believe
me. And he's a he's he's first class of person as ever walked on earth the earth around here, so I just like to tell him I appreciate him everything he's done and I just want to recognize it, so
>> And I'll second all that. Thank you, sir, for coming. Any other thoughts? Okay. If that, we're adjourned.