Sevier County School District

The meeting began with the approval of the agenda. Recognition was given for School Board Appreciation Week, National School Counseling Week, and congratulations were extended to several high schools for receiving the Governor's Civics Seal Designation. Further recognitions included numerous high school band members selected for All-State East, FFA students achieving State FFA Degrees, various athletic achievements such as bowling team qualifications, All-State football selections, individual swim meet successes, cheer and dance team qualifications for national championships, wrestling team qualification for state duals, and congratulations for coaching milestones and scoring achievements in basketball. Under New Business, the board approved the review of Board Policies in Section 5 (Personnel), with no revisions needed except for Policy 5.502. Cenergistics presented an award to 18 county schools for being Energy Savers. The board subsequently approved the Sevier County Career Quest Field Trip, general field trips, the use of facilities, and leaves. The meeting adjourned after these items were addressed.

The meeting commenced with the approval of the agenda. Key discussions included the Director's report detailing the implementation of new safety standards across all elementary, intermediate, and primary schools. A board member addressed the board regarding legislation HB 793 / SB 836. Significant time was dedicated to recognitions, celebrating District Level Teachers of the Year, various School Principal, Supervisor, & Support Staff of the Year award recipients, as well as numerous teaching grants and academic achievements across multiple high schools and junior highs, including success in band, building competitions, and QuestBridge scholarships. Extracurricular achievements recognized included the Mock Trial Team's performance, success at the DECA district competition, and numerous first-place wins at the State Beta Convention. Athletic recognitions highlighted several Coach of the Year awards, State Runner-Up football teams, TSSAA Mr. Football, and numerous All-Region and All-State selections, along with state placings in girls' wrestling. New Business involved the approval of revisions for multiple Board Policies (Sections 4, 4.3011, 5.307, and 2.804), approval of Tenure Recommendations for 2024-2025, the School Calendar Adjustment, approval of Additional School Support Organizations for 2025-2026, approval of Dish Machine Bids, an Extension of the MOU for Collaborative Conferencing, approval of field trips, use of facilities, and leaves.

The meeting agenda included discussions on Old Business and New Business items. Key discussions under New Business involved a property sale (1909 Waldens Creek Road) and the Flasher v Sevier Settlement Agreement, along with approvals for field trips, use of facilities, and leaves. The board also recognized numerous achievements across academics, extracurricular activities, and athletics, including Catons Chapel Elementary being named a Reward School, recognition of National Merit Scholar Finalists and Star Farmer recipients, and commendations for several high school and junior high basketball teams. Furthermore, the board approved low bids for a pre-engineered metal building, a closed circuit cooling tower for Northview Intermediate, and window replacement, in addition to approving the commodity processing bid.

The meeting agenda included several key items for discussion and potential action. New business focused heavily on the review and potential revision of Board Policies, specifically citing sections 4, 4.3011, 5.307, and 2.804. Other topics included tenure recommendations for the 2024-2025 period, an adjustment to the school calendar, the approval of additional school support organizations for 2025-2026, reviewing bids for dish machines for several schools, and discussing requests for field trips, use of facilities, and leaves.

The meeting involved the approval of the agenda and the removal of one agenda item (Item F) pending additional information. Director Huskey provided an update on the construction progress of Sevier County Junior High and Northview Junior Academy, given by Tim Gellar of Alliance Corporation. Special recognitions were issued for numerous achievements, including new principal appointments, student representatives to Boys Nation, faculty appointments to advisory committees, achievements by various Beta Clubs (including National President elections), performance awards, and the success of the Mountain Mobile bookmobile program. Under new business, the Board approved several items, including an update to board policy BP 611 (Zero Tolerance Offenses), a new financial auditor contract, an LED light contract agreement, ESSER 2.0 & 3.0 budgets and related plans, the roofing bid for the Central Office Annex, a PECCA Memorandum of Understanding, the calculus textbook adoption, the memorandum of understanding for school resource officers, easement requests from the City of Pigeon Forge, athletic facility usage agreements, and various field trips, events, and facility usage requests.