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Kingsport City School District board meeting, Aug 11, 2026

50 min · 1 public speaker

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Kingsport school board awards $2,780,000 bid for community center demolition and site work 18:20

  • The board also approved a freezer replacement bid and a payment to Gateway Music Festivals and Tours. 17:42
  • The Kingsport City Schools Board of Education awarded a bid to Construction Partners in the amount of $2,780,000 for demolition of a community center and partial site development for a new elementary school. 18:20
Item by item (11)
  1. Opening and agenda 0:09
    • The meeting was called to order at 6:00, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:09
    • The board was asked for a motion to accept the agenda, which included the consent agenda. 2:33
    • The motion to accept the agenda passed. 3:32
  2. Special Olympics recognitions 3:51
    • Jamie Jackson said district employees and students traveled to Minnesota to represent Team Tennessee in the Special Olympics USA Games, held at the University of Minnesota in June. 3:51
    • Jamie Jackson also recognized a district employee who won gold medals in swimming and individual track athletes for their placings. 3:51
    • Jamie Jackson said an interscholastic track team of 4 students from Dobbins Bennett High School and 4 students from Valor Collegiate Academy took 4th place in the team competition. 4:44
  3. Public comment 7:44
    • A speaker at public comment asked for notice of which design recommendation would be used for the community center site and new elementary school. 10:07
    • The speaker also asked how the new school would be named and whether it could be named Lynn Garden Elementary School. 10:07
  4. Classroom box light purchase 12:49
    • A district staff member recommended buying 16 box lights from Central Technologies at a cost of $3,373 each, using the Tips USA contract, to replace old classroom video devices at various schools. 12:49
    • The staff member said this was the first time the district had a system-wide appropriation to start a replacement cycle for the devices. 14:22
    • The recommended action read aloud listed a total cost of $53,968. 14:41
    • The motion carried. ~16:16
  5. Robinson Middle School freezer replacement 16:24
    • A district staff member said the low bid for replacing the walk-in freezer at Robinson Middle School came from Maven Construction LLC at a cost of $155,000. 16:24
    • The staff member said that with an architect fee of $11,000 and a 6% contingency of $9,300, the total project cost would be $175,300, funded from the School Nutrition Services budget. 16:57
    • The motion carried. ~18:00
  6. Community center demolition and site work 18:20
    • A district staff member said 5 bids were received and recommended awarding the bid to Construction Partners for $2,780,000 with a 6% contingency of $166,800, for a total project cost of $3,215,000 including the architect fee. 18:20
    • The staff member said the work, including asbestos abatement, demolition and road work, was scheduled to be completed by September 1st, 2027. 19:12
    • Asked about the company's work at Dobbins Bennett, the staff member said the firm had been very good to work with and finished on schedule or slightly ahead of schedule. 22:50
    • The motion passed. ~24:44
  7. Band parade transportation payment 25:05
    • A district staff member recommended a payment of $95,659.80 to Gateway Music Festivals and Tours to fund transportation for band students, staff and chaperones to the 100th anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 25:05
    • The staff member said funds had been identified temporarily in the budget and a budget amendment would likely come back in a couple of months. 25:41
    • The motion carried. ~26:11
  8. Internal organization policy revision 27:01
    • A district staff member said the revision to Policy 1.200, Internal Organization, was proposed to align board policy with a recent change to the city charter, and the city attorney explained the charter change. 27:01
    • A district staff member said the district would be out of compliance with its policy without a change that night and asked whether the board could pass the revision as is and revisit the wording later. 40:12
    • The motion to approve the revised policy on first and final reading carried. 40:40
  9. District report 41:45
    • A district staff member said the district was approaching 70 new employees this year, 55 of them new teachers. 42:12
    • The staff member said enrollment was slightly down from a year ago, with slightly over 7,300 students enrolled as of that day. 44:00
    • The staff member said Dobbins Bennett earned the status of Model PLC School and was the only high school in Tennessee with that honor. 45:04
  10. Summer meal program 46:33
    • Jamie Jackson said the district's food nutrition programs served almost 103,000 meals to families in the 2 months students were out for the summer. 46:33
    • A district staff member said Adams was the distribution point because the grant required a rural school, and that the boxes were assembled at the YMCA. 47:26
  11. Upcoming meetings and adjournment 48:31
    • Upcoming dates announced included an August work session on the 25th, a regular business meeting on September 8th, a fall district meeting on the 14th and a September work session on the 22nd. 48:31
    • The meeting was adjourned. ~48:31

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