The DeKalb County School Board met last Thursday evening, meeting at the Smithville Elementary School cafeteria rather than its regular meeting room at the School Board building. The Board plans to meet at Northside Elementary School for the January monthly meeting.
During the meeting, the board adopted a request from Danny Jenkins to use property behind the high school and middle school, formerly the cross-country track that is no longer being used, for Frisbee Golf.
The board also adopted a SPARC 4.0 Grant Amendment for expenditures in the high school’s vocational program.
Director of Schools Patrick Cripps announced that educator Lori Vandergiff has been granted a leave of absence as requested.
Cripps also commended the heroic acts of two high school students and a bus driver, who aided another student during a medical emergency on a school bus last week.
“We had a medical emergency last week on one of our buses and I want to recognize two students, Jamison Bare and Eli Redmon and our bus driver Mike Merriman for their care and their response in helping a student in need. I just want to say we appreciate their help in that situation,” said Director Cripps.
Consent agenda items were approved including the following: Granting request for the DCHS FFA to attend the State Convention in Gatlinburg, March 24-27, 2024 (Spring Break); granting a request for the DCHS Girls Basketball team to make an overnight trip for tournament play, December 27-29, 2023 at Lynnville; approval of implementation of a Teacher-Driven Dyslexia Screening Tool; and approval of a request from the DeKalb West School Junior Pro program.