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Bloomfield School District Welcomes New Staff
August 22nd 2024 by Dee Loflin
Bloomfield School District Welcomes New Staff

It's always an exciting time to be a new employee at a school as they get a new classroom and meet all the student.  Bloomfield School District hired six new people this academic school year.

Kelby Hill will be teaching first grade, Tori Tharp will be teaching middle school and high school FACS, Maddy Ringer will be teaching fourth grade, Cameron Shipman will be over the Juvenile Classroom, Delaney Simmons will have the Refocus Room and Hayley Causey is the new high school secretary.

From left to right are Kelby Hill, Tori Tharp, Cameron Shipman, Hayley Causey, Delaney Simmons and Maddy Ringer. 

Kelby Hill - 1st Grade
Tori Tharp - MS & HS FACS
Cameron Shipman - Juvenile Classroom
Hayley Causey - HS Secretary
Delaney Simmons - Refocus Room 
Maddy Ringer - 4th Grade

Last Updated on August 22nd 2024 by Dee Loflin




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Bloomfield School Board met and set the Tax Rate as well as approved Substitute Teaching list.

August tax rate hearing and board meeting notes.  

The tax rate hearing was held, and the board approved keeping the tax rate at $3.3600 as it has been previous years.  

The board approved:
* opening a new bank account to accept online payments through Teacher Ease for lunch account payments.  
*  Approved Full Maintenance Service Agreement with MSBA. 
*  Approved Special Education Local Compliance Plan. 
*  Approved Veregy for Project Coordination and Management.
*  Approved various district policies and procedures. 

The Board heard reports from all three building principals, and in my report I updated the Board on summer projects, discussed the Board provided lunch on Wednesday, gave the Board an update on the upcoming school year, and introduced the Board to Wayfinder.  Wayfinder will be a social emotional learning tool our counselors will utilize with students including a "portrait of a graduate" aspect that will be a great tool for our students.   

In executive session, the Board approved:
*  Substitute list
*  Resignation of Jacob McNeil from Fall Baseball Assistant Coach and Head Junior High Baseball Coach.  
*  Hired Dennis Graser as Fall Baseball
*  Discussed the addition of a School Resource Officer position

Last Updated on August 15th 2024 by Dee Loflin




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The Bernie School Board met on August 12, 2024.  Below are the Board Notes: August 12, 2024

The Board of Education held their annual Tax Rate Hearing before the start of the regular school board meeting on Monday the 12th day of August. The tax rate in the General fund was set at 2.9853. The tax rate in the Debt Service Fund was held at $.30.

The Principals gave their building reports and Mr. Botsch gave a facility update.

The Board approved Program Evaluations on School Climate and Summer School. The Board accepted the 2023/24 Annual Secretary of Board Report.

Lindsay Beaird presented changes to the Local Compliance Plan and the Board of Education approved the Plan as presented.

The Board approved the Gifted Program for the 2024/25 School Year.
The Board approved the financial statement and bills were authorized for payment.

During Executive session, Superintendent Goals were reviewed.
The substitute employee list for the 2024/2025 school year was approved.
The Board added April Wamble and Rhonda Duckworth to the Substitute listing.

The next meeting of the Board will be Monday, September 9, 2024.


Last Updated on August 14th 2024 by Dee Loflin




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Regular Board Meeting Notes
July 23, 2024

 6:00 PM-Regular Board Meeting


1,2,3. Call to Order/Roll Call/Pledge:  

The Board President announced the meeting is to begin, ascertains the attendance status of all board members, with Mrs. Nancy Mayer and Mrs. Bonnie Howard being absent.  The Board Vice President leads in the saying of the Pledge of Allegiance. 


4.  Consent Agenda:  The consent agenda was approved.


5.  Public Comments:  

 

6.  Old Business:  

A.     There was no old business to discuss.  


7.  New Business: 

A.  There were no budget amendments for the month of July.    


B.  The board approved the PDC Plan for the 2024-2025 school year.  


C.  The board approved the Substitute Handbook for the 2024-2025 school year.  

    

8.  Discussion Items: The following items were discussed with the board:

A.  The next regular board meeting is scheduled for August 27, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. 

The tax-rate hearing will begin at 5:45 p.m.  


B.  The Back-to-School Bash was discussed.  It will be held on July 31st from 

10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. in the Bearcat Event Center.  


C.  The MSBA and MARE annual conference dates and locations were discussed.  


In Closed Session:  

1.  The board approved the following resignations, retirements, recensions:

Taylor Condict-Resignation-Volunteer FB Coach.  

Chris Bolin-Resignation-MS Head Baseball Coach.      

Jennifer Hampton-Recension of her resignation provided in June-High School Nurse.    


2.  The board approved the hiring of the following individuals for the 2024-2025 school year, 

pending a favorable background check and appropriate certification:

Chuck Powers-High School History-Critical Shortage.  

Cansia McBride-Special Services Paraprofessional at Central.  

Jessica Dickey-Special Services Paraprofessional at Southwest.

Matt Terry-Volunteer Assistant for MS Wrestling.  

Rob Nichols-Head MS Baseball.  


Items at the Conclusion of Executive Session

  1. There were no items to be considered.  



Last Updated on August 07th 2024 by Dee Loflin




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Notes from the Bloomfield Board of Education meeting held on July 8th, 2024.  

Approved the treasurer's report which included final fiscal year 2025 budget totals. 

Approved the 2024 tax rate hearing to be held before the August 12th board meeting at 5:45 pm.  

Approved the eligibility criteria for free/reduced priced meals. 

Approved the participation in the Child Adult Care Food Program for the 2024-25 school year.  This program will allow us to offer an after school snack for all students staying after school, free of charge to students.  We will discuss this at length when everyone is back on campus in August. 

Approved all building handbooks, as well as the 1:1 handbook, A+ handbook, Extra Curricular Handbook, Flex Program Handbook, and Alternative School Handbook.  

Approved, rescinded and discussed various policies and procedures. 
- GCPB - discussed options for amending this policy to identify penalties for being released from a contract after a deadline.  No action was taken, as I will gather more information. 
- JFCI & JFCI-AP1 - amendments were not approved at my recommendation.  Our current policy will stay as it is.  
- Approved recommended changes from MSBA to JFG, JG-R1, JHCD, JHCD-AP2, HA.
-  Rescinded HH
** If you would like more information on these, please let me know. 

Approved the advertising for request for qualifications (RFQ) for project coordination and management.  

In my report, I gave an update on SB 190 being passed at the county level.  Updated the board on upcoming curriculum camps, as well as an update on our summer project list.  The board also set a date to provide lunch to all staff at one of the August in-service dates.  

The board did not take any action in Executive Session.  

Last Updated on August 07th 2024 by Dee Loflin




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