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Murray County Board of Education

Steve Loughridge, Superintendent

1006 Green Road

Chatsworth, GA 30705

March 12, 2018

Minutes

6:00 P.M.

Central Office

The Murray County Board of Education met in an official regular meeting on the above

date. The following members were in attendance:

Greg Shoemaker, Chairman

Heath Jones, Vice Chairman

Renda Baggett

Darryl Davis

Frank Loyd

Aaron Phillips

Kelli Reed

CALL TO ORDER

Greg Shoemaker called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

On a motion by Heath Jones, seconded by Renda Baggett, the board voted unanimously to

approve the amended agenda as presented. Replacing item B under Recognitions with Board

Appreciation Presentation instead of Carl Riker with Arista.

PLEDGE AND INSPIRATION

Frank Loyd led those present in the Pledge of Allegiance and inspirational prayer.

RECOGNITIONS

Brenda Jackson and Stephanie Skojac gave a short presentation on the highlights of 4-H.

Steve Loughridge recognized the Board for their hard work and dedication to the county. He invited everyone to join them for a short break and reception for the Board.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

CONSENT ITEMS

On a motion by Kelli Reed, seconded by Frank Loyd, the board voted unanimously to approve the

consent items below.

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1. Minutes

a. February 8, 2018 - Work Session Meeting

b. February 12, 2018 - Regular Meeting

SUPERINTENDENT REPORT

A. Operational Effectiveness

i) Governance 1. GSBA Legislative Positions 2. GSBA Delegate

Steve Loughridge recommended the Board approve the GSBA Legislative positions and select a

delegate and alternate for the GSBA Delegate Assembly June 8th, 2018.

On a motion by Kelli Reed, seconded by Renda Baggett the board voted unanimously to

approve the GSBA Legislative Positions. On a motion by Renda Baggett, seconded by Frank

Loyd the Board voted unanimously to approve the GSBA Delegate as Heath Jones. On a motion

by Frank Loyd, seconded by Aaron Phillips the Board unanimously to approve Renda Baggett

as the alternate delegate.

ii.) Construction Update 1. Gladden Middle School

a. RFQ for architect Steve Loughridge recommended the Board decide between commencing an RFQ or using our current architect, Buckley and Associates. On a motion by Aaron Phillips, seconded by Kelli Reed the Board voted a 3,3 tie to commence for the RFQ for architectural services. Upon this conclusion the Board requested Mr. Loughridge contact Buckley and Associates to see if they will offer a reduced fee. Mr. Loughridge will then poll the board via phone.

2. SPES – Building a. Gym Removal – Interlocal with County

Mr. Loughridge recommended Board approval of the interlocal agreement between Murray County Public Schools and Murray County for the transfer of property (SPES gym) as outlined in the agreement. On a motion by Heath Jones, seconded by Frank Loyd, the Board voted unanimously to approve that recommendation.

3. MCHS a. RFQ Construction Manager at Risk

Mr. Loughridge recommended the Board approve the RFQ process for a Construction Manager at Risk for the MCHS athletic field project. On a motion by Renda Baggett, seconded by Kelli Reed, the board voted unanimously to approve that recommendation.

B. Fiscal Accountability 1) 2017 SPLOST Outline (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2022) i) January 2018 - $398,903.02 2) Financial Statement – For seven ending January 31, 2018 i) Total Revenues – $35,794,003.00 ii) Total Expenditures – $33,833,045.03

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iii) Ending General Fund - $11,159,400.57 3) Surplus of Visitor bleachers Mr. Loughridge recommended the Board approve the surplus of the visitor bleachers on the

MCHS football field. One a motion by Heath Jones, seconded by Renda Baggett the Board voted unanimously to approve that recommendation.

4)Surplus of portable classrooms Mr. Loughridge also recommended the Board approve the surplus of the following portable

classrooms. On a motion by Aaron Phillips, seconded by Heath Jones the voted unanimously to approve that recommendation.

4 Units – Northwest Elementary 1 Unit – Eton Elementary 3 Units – Coker Elementary

5)Purchase Orders

To School/Dept Amount Account

NONE

Steve Loughridge recommended the following field trips for Board approval.

On a motion by Kelli Reed, seconded by Heath Jones the board voted unanimously to approve

the complete list.

C. Academic Achievement i) Field Trips

(a) NMHS- Fine Arts Dept – New York, NY – 4/14/19 - 4/18/19

(b) MCHS 2018 NASP World Tournament. – Louisville, KY -6/6/18 – 6/9/18

(c) MCHS 2018 NASP Eastern Nationals – Louisville, KY -5/9/18 - 5/12/18

(d) NMHS –Callaway Tournament - LaGrange, GA -8/10/18 - 8/11/18

(e) WLE – Music Showcase Festival – Tallapoosa, GA -4/20/18 - 4/21/18

(f) BMS – Music Showcase Festival – Tallapoosa, GA -4/20/18 - 4/21/18

(g) NMHS – Cheerleading UCA Camp – Athens, GA- 7/9/18 - 7/12/18

D. Parent and Community Engagement

E. High Performing Culture and Workforce

i) Personnel The Board voted to approve the personnel positions below on a motion by Kelli Reed, seconded by Frank Loyd with Heath Jones and Aaron Phillips abstaining.

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CERTIFIED HIRES

NAME POSITION REASON NOTES

A1 See attached List

A1

Certified positions with renewable certifications

Renew Contracts for the 2018-2019 school year

Approved

A2 See attached List

A2

Certified positions with non-renewable certifications expiring 2018

Renew Contracts for the 2018-2019 school year

Approved

A3 See attached List

A3

Certified positions with non-renewable certifications expiring 2019

Renew Contracts for the 2018-2019 school year

Approved

A4 See attached List

A4

Certified positions with non-renewable certifications expiring 2020

Renew Contracts for the 2018-2019 school year

. Approved

A5

A6

A7

TRANSFERS

NAME POSITION REASON

C1 Horace Dale Bowen

Bus Driver Replace Susan Odell

Approved

C2 Lisa Strickland Bus Driver Replace Rhenita Satterfield

Approved

COMPENSATIONS & Supplements

NAME POSITION REASON

H1 Steve

Loughridge Interim

Superintendent

Increase pay by $2171.76 per

month for additional duties for so long as he

serves in such role

Approved

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1. Abernathy, Tracy

2. Acosta, Tammy 3. Acosta, Tiffany 4. Adams, Brittney

5. Adams, Deborah 6. Adams, Jonathan 7. Adams, Rachel 8. Agard, Melanie

9. Akins, Carla 10. Albright, Erin 11. Alderdice, James 12. Allen, Audre

13. Anderson, Amanda

14. Anderson, Amy 15. Anthony, James 16. Arnold, Lori

17. Arthur, Karen

18. Baggett, Belinda

19. Baggett, Robin 20. Bailey, Julie

21. Bailey, Lacey 22. Baker, Charissa 23. Baldridge, Missy

24. Ballew, Christy 25. Ballew, Joe 26. Ballew, Michelle 27. Bancroft, Karen

28. Banks, Misty

29. Bartley, Brad 30. Bartley, Kelly 31. Bates, Brad 32. Baxter Baggett,

Randall

33. Beal, Jonathan

34. Bearden, Kimberly

35. Beavers, Krista 36. Bishop, Donna

37. Bishop, Heather

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38. Bishop-Thomas, Kelli

39. Blackwell, Keri 40. Blaylock, Angela 41. Bond, Brandon

42. Bond, Tollis 43. Bowen, Andrew 44. Bowen, Leslie 45. Bowers, Bruce

46. Bowers, Marelle

47. Brand, Sue 48. Brewer, Chadwick

49. Bridges, Heather

50. Brindle, Annie

51. Brindle, Rachel 52. Brock, Laura 53. Brooker, Robert 54. Brooker, Ruth

55. Brown, Joel

56. Brown, Nicole 57. Bruce, Natalie 58. Bryson, Jhanna 59. Bryson, Matthew 60. Buckner, Angela

61. Budden, Ron

62. Burgueno, Marco 63. Butler, Stephaine 64. Bynum, Amanda

65. Cagle, Questalina 66. Cain, Renee 67. Campbell, Kristy

68. Carnley, Jeanna 69. Carroll, Brittany

70. Cash, Holly 71. Chambers, Haley

72. Chambers, Matt 73. Chase, Tonya

74. Chastain, Cindy 75. Childers, Jill 76. Chitwood, Angela

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77. Clark, Christie

78. Clark, Jennifer 79. Clark, Lisa 80. Cleary, Greg

81. Cleary, Louise 82. Cloer, Novena 83. Cochran, Sandra 84. Coffelt, Michelle

85. Cornett, Gabrielle 86. Cox, Elizabeth

87. Crowe, Stephanie 88. Culver, Meizhen

89. Davis, Amy

90. Davis, Christie 91. Davis, Katie 92. Dean, Tracy 93. Deems, Marla

94. Deye, Lindsey 95. Deye, Lindsey 96. Donahoo, Misty 97. Dotson, Linda 98. Dover, Sherika

99. Dunagan, Blake 100. Dunn, Darlene

101. Edwards, Cynthia 102. Elkins, Brenda

103. Ellis, Adrianne

104. Ellis, Tim 105. Falls, Shelly 106. Flood, Kellye 107. Flowers, Christy

108. Ford, Dana 109. Fowler, Anna 110. Fowler, Wendy 111. Fox, Miachelle

112. Franklin, Regina 113. Frost, Vickie 114. Garrett, Dawlon 115. Garrett, Gaye

116. Gentry, Lavonda

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117. Gibson, Alan

118. Gibson, Karen 119. Gibson, Kay 120. Goodman, Jamie

121. Gore, Sherri 122. Granger, Steve 123. Grant, Celestine 124. Green, Angela

125. Green, Angie 126. Green, Holly 127. Green, Pamela 128. Green, Sara

129. Greeson, Angela 130. Greeson, Laura

131. Gribble, Lisa 132. Gribble, Mariah 133. Guy, Leah

134. Hahn, Deborah

135. Hall, Roger 136. Hamilton, Avery 137. Hammond, Heidi 138. Hampton, Penny

139. Harper, Melissa 140. Harris, Hannah

141. Harris, Matthew 142. Harrison, Allison

143. Hawkins, Sandra 144. Hedrick, Donna 145. Hejda, Richard

146. Hemphill, Kirk 147. Henderson, Katie

148. Hensley, Andrea 149. Hensley, Jill 150. Hensley, Joshua 151. Hicks, Leslie

152. Hicks, Sarah 153. Hicks, Shannon 154. Higgins, Cliff 155. Hilty, Melodie

156. Hobbs, Jeanelle

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157. Holcomb, Anna

158. Holcomb, Krystle 159. House, Crystal 160. House, Jessica

161. Howard, Jonathan 162. Howell, Christina 163. Hudson, Emily 164.

165. Hulett, Chasidy 166. Humberd, Susan

167. Hyslip, Jena 168. Ingle-Rector, Brittany

169. Ingram, Shelley

170. Isbell, Marla 171. Jackson, Kelly 172. Jackson, Shalina 173. Janke, Michelle

174. Jaume, Sarah 175. Jensen, John 176. Johnson, Elizabeth 177. Johnson, Elizabeth

178. Johnson, Jacqueline

179. Johnston, Sandra 180. Jones, Gail

181. Jones, Jennifer 182. Jones, Karen

183. Jones, Sara 184. Jones, Tara 185. Keeling, Adrienne 186. Kesley, Kenneth 187. King, Tiffannie

188. Kiser, John 189. Koneman, Carl 190. Lance, Shannon 191. Langford, Meig

192. Langham, Cassidy 193. Lanning, Jeff 194. Lawson, Ashley 195. Layman, Tiffiany

196. Lents, June

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197. Leonard, Donna

198. Leonard, Kara 199. Linder, David 200. Liner, Deb

201. Linginfelter, Melanie 202. Linginfelter, Will 203. Long, Joanna 204. Long, Lynne

205. Long, Ryan 206. Longmire, Basil 207. Loughridge, Amber 208. Lowe, Jeanine

209. Lusk, Cecilia 210. Lynch, Shea

211. Lynch, Terri 212. Mantooth, Regina 213. Maret, Paige

214. Mason, Latisha 215. Massengale, Benjamin 216. Mathis, Sarah 217. McAllister, Andrea

218. McArthur, Candice 219. McClary, LaDawn 220. McConkey, Brittney

221. McCracken, Nelson

222. McCracken, Ruby 223. McCurdy, April 224. McEntire, Tabitha

225. Mealer, Jodi 226. Miller, James

227. Miller, Matthew 228. Mitchell, Kelly 229. Mitchell, Sandra 230. Moat, Jeremy

231. Moore, George “Lynn”

232. Napier, Kurt 233. Nash, Jocelyn 234. Nelms, Michelle

235. Newsome, David 236. Noe, Tara

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237. Odell, Matthew

238. O'Neal Christa 239. Otting, Ryan 240. Otts, Amanda

241. Owens, Mistie 242. Owens, Myra

243. Owens, Wendy 244. Page, Kelly 245. Parker, Danyel

246. Parrett, Amanda 247. Parrish Kimberly 248. Patterson, Patty

249. Paxton, Jane

250. Peden, Christy 251. Peden, Gail 252. Penson, Christa 253. Peters, Monica

254. Petty, Amy 255. Phillips, Ginger 256. Pierce, Eric 257. Pierce, Susan 258. Pieroni, Joe

259. Plemons, Jennifer 260.

261. Polakiewicz, Colette 262. Poteet, Renee

263. Powell, Angie 264. Prince, Kirk 265. Pritchett, Marcus 266. Pritchett, Shawn 267. Pullum, Susan

268. Puryear, Pamela 269. Quast, Rebecca 270. Rainey, Brandy 271. Rainey, Cody

272. Ramsey, Heather

273. Rankin, Traci 274. Rector, Jacob 275. Redding, Jane 276. Rice, Patricia

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277. Richards, Amber

278. Richards, Kimberly 279. Richardson, Christina 280. Ridley, Erika

281. Ridley, Lacey

282. Riley, Amanda 283. Roberts, Desnie 284. Roberts, Joshua 285. Robinette, Tara

286. Rodriguez, Fabeka 287. Rogers, Elisha 288. Rogers, Mark

289. Roland, Deborah 290. Roland, Stacy

291. Ross, Anthony 292. Ross, Christie 293. Ross, Nick 294. Rowlenson, James 295. Ryan, Stephanie

296. Samples, Angelia 297. Samples, Jeffrey

298. Sanford, Teresa 299. Satterfield, Pam 300. Satterfield, Wayne

301. Saylor, Lyric 302. Scott, Anita 303. Seigler, Heather 304. Seymour, Dustin

305. Shelby, Brittney 306. Sheram, Andria 307. Sheram, Jeremy 308. Sitton, Kristy

309. Slaughter, Brittnee

310. Smith Jennifer Garcia 311. Smith, Angie

312. Smith, Bradley 313. Smith, Denise

314. Smith, Jenny 315. Smith, Jonathan 316. Smith, Marsha

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317. Smith, Sarah

318. Smythe, Andrew 319. Souther, Amanda 320. Southern, Christene

321. Spell, Travis

322. Springfield, Ginger 323. Springfield, Myra 324. Stafford, Angela 325. Stafford, April

326. Stafford, Gregory 327. Stafford, Tonya 328. Stanfield, Cynthia

329. Stanley, Adam

330. Stanley, Donna 331. Stanley, Joshua 332. Steele, William 333. Steelmon, Brandi

334. Stephens, Jennifer 335. Stevenson, Aaron 336. Stevenson, Stephanie 337. Stiles, Joy 338. Stinnett, Sharon

339. Stone, Adrian 340. Strickland, Dustin

341. Swafford, Deborah 342. Swantic, Scott

343. Swilling, Hugh 344. Tackett, Kevin 345. Tallent, Nicki 346. Talley, Zachary

347. Tankersley, Brittany 348. Tankersley, Dana 349. Tankersley, Melodi 350. Teasley, Lori

351. Thomason, Cody

352. Thornbury, Beth 353. Thornton, Chad 354. Tilson, Stephen

355. Tinkham, Tonya 356. Tolleson, Sarah

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357. Townsend, Lori

358. Tussing, Tricia 359. Vess, Robin 360. Waldroup, Joshua

361. Watson, Michelle 362. Watson, Monica 363. Watson, Randy 364. Watts, Andera

365. Weaver, Ann 366. Weaver, Walter 367. Webb, Joy 368. Welch, Leona

369. Welch, Yvette 370. West, Matt

371. West, Tammy 372. Whaley, Jenny 373. Wheat, Linda

374. Wheeler, Charles 375. Whisenant, Stephanie 376. Whitaker, Lee 377. White, Hannah

378. Williams, Donald 379. Williams, Jeffery

380. Wilson, Jennifer

381. Wimberley, Tammy 382. Winters, Lisa

383. Wooldridge, Donna 384. Wooten, Jennifer 385. Yauman, Michelle 386. Yother, Rhonda

387. Young, Brooke 388. Young, Jon 389. Young, Judy 390. Young, Kevin

391. Zeigler, Joshua

392. Pacheco, Alan 393. Gibson, Jennifer 394. Rich, Scotty

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EXECUTIVE SESSION

The board voted unanimously to enter executive session at 6:39 pm to discuss or deliberate

upon the appointment, employment, compensation, hiring, disciplinary action or dismissal, or

periodic evaluation or rating of a public officer or employee; or to interview applicants for

position of superintendent, on a motion by Renda Baggett, seconded by Heath Jones.

OPEN SESSION

On a motion by Heath Jones, seconded by Renda Baggett, the board voted unanimously to

return to open session at 8:18 p.m.

BOARD DISCUSSION

NONE

ADJOURNMENT

On a motion by Frank Loyd, seconded by Renda Baggett, the board voted unanimously to

adjourn at 8:19 p.m.

_____________________________ ______________________________

Greg Shoemaker, Chairman Steve Loughridge, Secretary