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Tyrrell County school board approves joining social media litigation and retainer agreement 17:42
- The board approved signing on to multi-district litigation against social media companies and approved a contingency retainer agreement with local counsel. 9:28
- The board also heard a finance update and beginning budget amendment number 1, and meeting notes were announced as approved. 20:44
- Dr. Jana Rawls said a meeting with the recreation board pretty much reached some consensus, that the item was for information only and that the board still needed to decide what the fee would be before the MOU could be written up for signature. 40:09
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Item by item (9)
- Opening and agenda approval 0:00
- The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, and the board voted on approval of the agenda. ~0:00
- Public forum 1:18
- A speaker at public comment asked what responsibility the school system has for children who are homeschooled. 3:43
- The same speaker asked about the state-level policy on student cell phones. 3:43
- In response, a speaker said homeschooled students can take arts classes and play sports in the district and that the board already has a cell phone policy barring phones during instruction time. 7:16
- Social media litigation 8:39
- A staff member said about 50 districts in North Carolina and about 2,000 nationwide have filed lawsuits consolidated into multi-district litigation in a federal court in California. 9:28
- The staff member said local counsel would charge no fees and would instead work under a contingency agreement. 10:40
- Jana Rawls asked whether the district would owe zero dollars if no settlement is recovered and whether counsel would be paid 25% only upon recovery. 12:54
- The board approved the social media litigation as well as the retainer agreement. 19:13
- Finance update and budget amendment 19:13
- The staff member said the IRS changed the mileage reimbursement rate to 76 cents per mile and that $1,500 can be kept in the safe. 22:11
- A staff member said the Fund 1 state budget is $8,120,562.03 and child nutrition is at $529,300 in beginning budget amendment number 1. 25:50
- Jana Rawls asked whether there is a plan for deposits after games given that the closest bank is 40 miles away. 33:00
- Recreation department agreement 39:26
- Jana Rawls said the agreement would be with a nonprofit recreation organization and that the fee remained unresolved. 40:09
- One board member said the recreation department would rather pay a lump sum and that $8,000 felt like a little much. 43:02
- A staff member said the recreation budget had already been planned for the year and that it could not ask the county for more money. 51:41
- Policy review 1:01:08
- Karen Clough said general statute sets the minimum membership of the advisory committee that reviews objections to instructional materials. 1:05:04
- Mike Cole asked whether newly hired employees such as coaches and custodians must have a bus license. 1:16:15
- Jana Rawls said the drug testing regulation removes a student from a team for the season after a failed test and for 365 days after a second failure. 1:19:38
- Superintendent remarks 1:24:53
- The superintendent said a community survey of fewer than 10 questions will be sent out Friday. 1:25:18
- The superintendent said a community interest meeting on the planned school building will be held September 28th at 5:30 in the cafeteria. 1:25:37
- The superintendent said scores are embargoed until the state board meets tomorrow between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock. 1:32:48
- Meeting minutes 1:34:30
- Closed session on personnel 1:35:31
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