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Adair School Board June meeting - REPORT Rebecca Montgomery The Adair County Board of Education met virtually for their regular meeting, the last for the 2019-20 school year, Thursday June 18 to discuss the 2020-21 academic calendar, approval of athletic plans, in-school health measures, and more. Dr. Pamela Stephens gave the superintendent's report, saying she was excited about the night's meeting to discuss the reopening of the schools in the fall, and stated that information regarding reopening would be available to the public on the school district's websites soon. She expressed her appreciation for the hard work of the central office's faculty and staff in cooking and distributing meals to students throughout the district. "It takes us all to raise them and it takes us all to run a school," she said, continuing, "we finished our year strong, the way Adair County is used to doing." She commended the high school for pulling off the class of 2020's graduation, the middle school for their 8th grade promotion, and ACPC for the graduation of the kindergarteners. Graduating senior and student representative Ty Cheatham spoke next, expressing his appreciation for the high school's in-person graduation ceremony and thanking the Board of Education for welcoming him as a student representative. Renae Smith followed with the approval of the month's financial statements, explaining that the month began with $5,631,69 and ended with $5,616,543. Steve Burton had the buildings and grounds update, telling the Board of the efforts to get the schools painted, the floors waxed, the middle school's press box fixed, and further completion of the district's summer projects. The 2020-21 school calendar discussion was led by Robbie Harmon, who explained that the calendar committee had agreed on a starting date of August 24th, allowing the Adair County school district to watch and learn from earlier reopenings of schools in nearby districts. Fall break was kept intact, as well as holidays for Election Day and Veteran's Day and a 3-day break for Thanksgiving. Christmas Break was reduced by two days and parent-teacher conference days were removed to recover extra instructional days, but federal holidays for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and President's Day would still be intact, as well as spring break. The year's last date is set for May 21, 2021. He also expressed the central office and calendar committee's suggestion to remove Early Release Fridays "this year and this year only", extending the school day on Friday to end at the same time as every other weekday. Harmon explained the rationale, as the school year will be unpredictable and in-person educational time should be optimized every day. Harmon also spoke about a recommendation from Bradley Stephens to make no changes to the Adair Youth Development Center's calendar, which leaves the center with an opening date of August 6th. Troy Grider asked about the school's precautions with masks and social distancing. Dr. Stephens responded that the central office will require masks to be worn on school buses, with temperature checks before students board buses, and that masks will be requested to be worn inside school buildings and during class transition times, though she stated there is no way they can make students wear masks. If students are not wearing masks, social distancing will be requested. Students will also be able to sign up to attend class virtually. Board members agreed the schools should still provide a fun learning atmosphere even in the midst of a pandemic, and the 2020-21 calendar was approved. Phyllis Curry led the board's approval of their Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) plan, which was recommended by the Kentucky Department of Education to prepare for the continuation of academic instruction on days when school would otherwise be cancelled. Renae Smith explained the need for approval of the 2020-21 Bond of Depository, which shows the state that the bank used by the Board of Education has provided collateral for the highest average account balance for the board office and district schools. Similarly, the 2020-21 Bond of Treasurer and Finance Officer, a bond through an insurance company for the treasurer and finance officer of the school board, was approved. Dr. Stephens spoke about the plan for athletics, based on recommendations by the Kentucky Athletics Association, pointing out that forms for parents, students, and coaches ask for signatures from participants promising their upholding of the rules explained in the plan. The last motion made by the Board of Education was to resume their face-to-face meetings at the Adair County Board of Education conference room beginning in July 2020. Dr. Stephens made a final comment that Mr. Tom Case is still finalizing the plans for the resuming of the Adair County band. This story was posted on 2020-06-25 20:52:53
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