[ March 12, 2020 ] AGENDA (time in video)

I. Call to Order
II. Invocation - Corey Thompson
III. Pledge of Allegiance - Marla Callahan
IV. Approval of Agenda
V. Student Recognition
A. 4-H Students DPA Accomplishments (Christina Garner, Pickens County 4-H Extension Agent) ( 3:20 )
VI. School Board Appreciation Week in Georgia (Destini Shope, Director of PR and Community Engagement) ( 12:45 )
VII. Pickens County School System Employee Recognition
A. Beth Thompson Wins National Top Operator Award (Stacy Gilleland, Chief Operations Officer) ( 20:35 )
B. Recognition & Appreciation of Pickens County School System Bus Drivers (Stacy Gilleland, Chief Operations Officer ( removed from agenda to be rescheduled when Coronavirus restrictions lifted)
VIII. Superintendent Reports
A. Financial Update (Amy Smith, Chief Financial Officer) ( 25:27 )
B. Attendance Update (Tony Young, Assistant Superintendent) ( 27:37 )
Staff and Student highest attendance - Harmony Elementary
C. Operations and Construction (Stacy Gilleland, Chief Operations Officer) ( 29:46 )
D. Online Learning (31:39 )
IX. Action Items
A. Approval of Naming the Baseball/Softball Field ( 42:17 )
Dunn Field - ceremony to be scheduled
B. Approval of Personnel (43:58 )
C. Approval for FY20 Budget Amendment ( 46:29 )
D. Approval to Purchase Buses (47:07 )
E. Approval of Georgia College MOU ( 48:00 )
F. Approval of Voting Delegate and Alternate at 2020 GSBA Summer Conference & Delegate Assembly ( 48:46 )
Donna Enis - delegate
Tucker Green - alternate
G. Approval of Minutes ( 50:08 )
H. Approval of Surplus ( 50:36 )
I. Waiver Approval for policy JBCB ( non-resident student - Pickens High School Senior) ( 51:02 )
J. Reinhardt University Renovations ( 52:07 )
K. School Closing ( 53:16 )
Pickens County School District will be closed Monday, March 16, 2020, through Friday, March 27, 2020. During this time, buildings and buses will be deep-cleaned. Face to face instruction will be substituted with online learning.
[Press Release]
X. Board Comments ( 56:04 )
XI. Public Participation ( 56:56 )
Cheryl Sams ( 58:49 )
Leonard Adams ( 1:02:39 )
XII. Adjourn