Sullivan County Schools
Sullivan County SchoolsUpdate
School Board Meeting Update 5-6-13  

  

  
Director of Schools Report:

Board Chairman Report:

  • School Nutrition Appreciation Week, May 6-10  
  • Student Recognition:

School Submitted Recognitions

 

  • Holston Valley Middle

    Students showing good character:  Ashley Blaylock, Kendra Brent, Amanda Gilbert, Jenny Keeling and Maggie Harrington   

 

  • Indian Springs Elementary  
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    • 4H Public Speaking Winner, 4th Grade Accelerated Reading TOP Reader - Reilly Wells
    • Clover Bowl 1st Place Winners:  Chase Bishop, Lily Purdue, Will Nottingham, Maryann Matt
    • Farm Bureau Poster Contest 1st Place Winner:  Ava Martin
    • Character Counts Essay 1st Place Winner:  Will Horne
    • National Cornbread Festival 3rd Place Winner:  Dakota Buckingham

 

  • Rock Springs Elementary:
    Erin Musick and Maura Nicholson auditioned and were selected to participate in the Tennessee Treble Honor Choir.  They traveled to Chattanooga, TN for a full day of rehearsals and the following morning performed for music educators from all over the state.  Maura and Erin were among 130+ 5th and 6th graders in Tennessee chosen to perform.  Maura and Erin are 5th grade students at Rock Springs Elementary in Mrs. Haynes class.  Lee Whitson is their music teacher.     

 

SCOPE

The following student delegates from Sullivan County attended the 2013 TSBA SCOPE Conference in Murfreesboro on March 11.  Approximately 350 high school students joined their peers to express their views on public education in Tennessee.

 

  • Grayson White - Sullivan Central
  • Madeline Standbridge - Sullivan East
  • Xavier Hall - Sullivan North
  • Matthew Boyd - Sullivan South

 

FIRST Robotics

Two teams represented Sullivan County Schools this year, one from Sullivan North and one from Sullivan South.  For more information on the U.S. First Robotics program, please click here.  To view the video presented at the board meeting tonight, please click here. 


 

NORTH JROTC

  • Program has received the Distinguished Unit Award for the 20th year

 

SOUTH JROTC 

  • Jacob Tilley - attending USAF Academy
  • Heath Ryans - joined the Air Force Nation Guard at McGhee Tyson
  • Ben Firth - attending TN Tech, top robotics student, squadron commander and published in the field of astronomy
  • Solo students this year:  Ben Firth, Aaron Peters, Heath Ryans, Sam Johnson, Jacob Tilley
  • AJ Vines - class of 2008, from Colonel Powley:  "I was flying yesterday at TRI (30 Apr) with a teacher from South and was number two behind a US Air Dash 8 - I heard "Hey Colonel this is AJ in the Dash 8"  AJ was my solo student and first private pilot at South.  The teacher was mighty impressed that he was one of my former students.  I was too."
  • Austin Moody - class of 2010 is starting a career in music.  He will be performing at a benefit concert on May 9th, 7:00 p.m. at Niswonger.

 

CTE Recognition

 

Sullivan Central High School

 

 

 

State HOSA:

  • 2nd Extemporaneous Writing - Robin Fox
  • 5th Place Medical Terminology - Matt Scott
  • 5th Place Job Seeking Skills - Lindsay Palmer
  • 5th Place Veterinary Science - Kristen Lantz

FBLA State Medalists

  • Business Financial Plan - 1st Place - Kendra Vanover and Courtney Poister
  • Business Presentation - 2nd Place - Amanda Baker and Lynsey Powell
  • Emerging Business Issues - 2nd Place - Mary Williams and Beth Poore
  • Community Service Project - 2nd Place - Amber Ramsey, Tori Mitchell and Holly Nelms

TSA State Medalists (CAD)

  • Architectural Renovation - 1st Place - Mary Williams
  • Architectural CAD 2D - 3rd Place - Mary Williams
  • Engineering CAD 3D - 3rd Place - Hunter Arnold

SkillsUSA State Medalists

Gold Medalists:

  • Nail Care:  Britany Johnson and Peyton Carrier
  • Cosmetology:  Kylie Burkey
  • Barbering:  Nichole Bowman and Thomas Greenwell
  • Chapter Display:  Jordie Hill, Hunter Overbay and Blake Stratton
  • Promotional Bulletin Board:  Taylor Campbell and Amber Ramsey

Silver Medalists:

  • Esthetics:  Amanda Hubbard and Kaitlyn Minor
  • Criminal Justice:  Chris Ball
  • Baking and Pastry:  Autumn McCann
  • Suitcase Display:  Andrew West, Dillon Morrell and Dalton Buchanan

Bronze Medalist:

  • Food and Beverage Service:  Nathan Campbell

Eastman Work Study Program Employees:

  • Holly Rogers
  • Justin Hartsel

 

Sullivan Central High School won the Lombardi Award for entering the most contests and having the most medalists in the state.

 

Sullivan East High School

 

 

SkillsUSA State Medalists:

  • Criminal Justice:  Anthony Stevens , State Bronze Medalist

 

Sullivan South High School  

 

 

Students from Darrell Johnson's Automotive Technology Class are being recognized for outstanding character:  Cody Shipley, Evan Light. Matt Mowell, Dakota McClain, Julia Light, Makayla McKracken, Kenny Oaks. 

 

ACT

  • Taylor Pinto, Sullivan South - scored a perfect score on ACT

 

The following Consent Agenda Items were approved at tonight's board meeting: 
  • Meeting minutes from April 1, 2013
  • School Trip Requests 
 
The following items were approved at tonight's Board Meeting:
  • Policy 3.215 Board Inspection and Acceptance of New Facilities -Adoption on 3rd Reading
  • Policy 3.202 Emergency Preparedness Plan - Adoption on 3rd Reading
  • Policy 5.113 In-Service and Professional Learning Opportunities -Adoption on 3rd Reading
  • Policy 6.201 Compulsory Attendance Ages - Adoption on 3rd Reading 
  • Policy 3.6001 Insurance Incentive Retirement Program - Adoption on 3rd Reading  
  • Policy 1.8011 Emergency Closings - Adoption on 3rd Reading
  • Policy 5.310 Vacations and Holidays - Approval on 2nd Reading
  • Policy 4.605 Graduation Requirements - Approval on 2nd Reading
  • Name Change of Holston Warehouse to J. Craft Akard Service Center
  • Personnel Reductions - High School Ratio: Staff to 1:17.5 for all high schools      
  • Budget Transfers - General Purpose
  • Budget Transfers - Federal  

 

Other Business: 

  • Security Supervisor Personnel Authorization (Pending Budget Approval) - tabled until next meeting 
  • Policy 5.3021 Sick Leave - Support Staff - Review
  • Policy 4.301 Interscholastic Athletics - Review
  • Policy 6.206 Transfr of Students - Review
  • Policy 3.404 Private Vehicles - Review
  • Personnel Reductions - ROTC 10 Month Request   
  • Spring 2013 "Scope of Work" (Race to the Top) - Review 
     
  • New Course Approval - High School Leadership Course
  • K-2 Standards-Based Report Card - Review
  • Personnel Reductions - ROTC 10 Month Request
    The United States Airforce requested a move to a 10-month contract rather than a 12-month contract.  The Board has chosen to keep the 12-month contract at this time. 
  • Community Option (Scenario 4)) Presented for Board Consideration
    The Board voted to consider a rezoning scenario that has been presented by the community.  Any vote on rezoning has been postponed until at least September 2013.  

Next school board meeting dates:  
  • Monday, June 3, 2013 @ 6:30 p.m.   
  • Monday July 1, 2013 @ 6:30 p.m.