Although the lion's share of the meeting dealt with discussion and approval of the budget for 2018, the Franklin County Board of Education approved a number of personnel moves at its September 12 meeting.
Personnel actions included:
•Retirement: Tilda Sumerel, Federal Programs Coordinator, effective October 1, 2017.
•Resignation: LaShea Humphres, school nurse at Vina and Michelle Cole, CNP assistant at Belgreen School.
•Transfers: Betty Taylor, from special education aide at Phil Campbell Elementary to special education aide at PCHS; Pam Ozbirn, from elementary teacher at Red Bay to gifted teacher for Franklin County Schools.
•Employment: Beth Hatton, special education aide, Tharptown Elementary; Caden Pruitt, special education aide, East Franklin; Brittany Pannell, Elementary Teacher - Tharptown Elementary School; Robynn Bragwell, Child Nutrition Program Director; Candace Cornelius, elementary class size reduction teacher at East Franklin; Brittany Smallwood, elementary teacher TES; Jessica Childers, registered nurse, Vina; Jamie Shewbart, Child Nutrition Program Assistant, Red Bay; Jamie Payne, elementary teacher, Red Bay; Ellis Wooten, bus driver, Tharptown; Myra Frederick, half-time, temporary guidance counselor, Belgreen; Ciara Whitten, instructional aide, Tharptown; Valerie Hood, special education aide, Tharptown; Jodi Humphres, temporary special education aide, Belgreen; Derek Ergle, assistant principal Belgreen High School; Christi Tyra, CNP assistant, Phil Campbell; Regenia Potter, CNP assistant, Tharptown; Sena Mixon, CNP assistant, Belgreen and Tiffany Baker, special education aide, East Franklin.
•Employment in Supplement: Jonathan Jones, David Ward and Jacob Ward, assistant football coaches, Vina High School.
•Volunteers: Hope Cook, volunteer basketball coach THS; Jonathan Motes, volunteer baseball coach, THS; Jonathan Ergle, volunteer softball coach, THS; Stewart Blackburn, volunteer girls basketball coach, Belgreen; Terry Swinney, volunteer football coach, Vina.
•New Teacher Substitutes: Derissa Batchelor (certified); Carlee Berry, Sylvia Carpenter, Erica Cothrum, Denise Morrow, Matthew Cory Pruitt, Megan Rea, Tonya Rhudy, Rhonda Sliger (certified), Elizabeth Wooten and Heather Richardson.
In other action, the board:
•Approved a renewal of an existing line of credit in the amount of $1.2 million from CB&S Bank.
•Approved termination of agreement with Morgan Entrekin for speech-language pathology service.
•Approved out-of-state trips as follows: Belgreen High School JV and varsity volleyball teams to Belmont High School on October 10, 2017; Vina cross country team to Saltillo High School, Saltillo, Miss., Sept. 16, 2017; Vina cross country team to cross country meet in Iuka, Miss., October 14, 2017; Tharptown High School PI Club to Smoky Mountains in Sevierville, Tenn., April 22-27, 2018; Belgreen School second grade to Disney on Ice in Tupelo on Dec. 7, 2017; Phil Campbell High School FFA to National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 24-27, 2017; Red Bay FFA to National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 24-27, 2017.
•Approved a five-year capital plan with the following priority projects: 1. Tharptown Elementary School new cafeteria with renovation of old cafeteria into four classrooms with projected budget of $2,500,000 of leveraged public school funds. 2. Red Bay High School, new school, with $6,000,000 projected budget with no known funding source; 3. Tharptown Elementary School construction of six new classrooms with projected budget of $2,500,000 with leveraged public school funds. 4. Red Bay High School renovations to connect junior high and elementary buildings with projected budget of $300,000, with no known funding source. 5. Phil Campbell Elementary School construction of four classrooms with projected budget of $900,000 with no known public source.
Superintendent Greg Hamilton explained that the system is required to submit a five-year capital plan to the state and that it consists largely of a “wish list” of unfunded projects.
