Governing Board Meeting

James Hixson Board Room
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 7:00pm

    1. Pledge and Welcome
    Greg Waltz, Board President

    This meeting is a meeting of the Governing Board in public for the purpose of conducting the Career Center's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting.  There will be time for public participation as indicated by a specified agenda item.
     
    Mission Statement:  Central Nine exists to engage and empower students by providing career-based instruction in an innovative learning environment.  We make an IMPACT on our students' personal and professional SKILLS, which enables them to succeed in post-secondary and career opportunities.  


    2. Program Showcase - Health Science I & II
    • Virtual Presentation

    3. Dual Credit Update

    4. Approval of Consent Agenda Items

    5. Old Business

    5.1 COVID-19 Guidelines Update
    • At this point, Central Nine is planning to continue with the hybrid schedule until further notice.

    5.2 Potential Facilities Project Cost Estimates by School

    6. Items of Action - ACTION

    6.1 Request Approval of Local Extension of FFCRA Leave Days
    • Central Nine is requesting to extend the unused benefit days provided by the Families First Cares Relief Act.  Employees who have not exhausted their 10 days will have up through March 31, 2021, to use them for COVID-19 related absences.

    7. Director's Comments and Items of Information
    Dr. Kovach, Director

    We have put in an offer on lot 22 in Oldefield Commons off of Smith Valley Road.  The offer is contingent on the appraisal and school board approval in February.  The lot purchase will also include the architectural drawings for the house that will be built.

    We have had five different architectural firms express interest in the RFI.  January 22nd is when all the paperwork is due to Central Nine.  Based on what comes to us on that day, we will determine  who will be interviewed on February 4th to become our architect moving forward.

    On January 4th our staff engaged in a professional development session on cultural diversity and implicit bias with Terri Roberts-Leonard.  The experience was eye opening for many of us and helpful for our staff to see ways to communicate and understand students and stakeholders while also realizing how we each interact and react to them.

    We have a new batch of policy updates that a board member or to should look over in preparation for a first reading in February.


    7.1 Superintendent Meeting Notes

    Discussed the duration of the current hybrid schedules each of our schools is on.

    Discussed possibilities of getting staff vaccinated.

    Discussed the Next Level Programs of study that all high schools and career centers are working through with the Governor's Workforce Cabinet.  Some changes at C9 will be taking place with many programs.  I plan to present these to the school board this spring.

    Discussed the progress of the RFI.


    7.2 January Students of the Month

    7.3 Upcoming Dates and Events
    • Martin Luther King Day, January 18, 2021 - No School
    • Next Governing Board Meeting - February 11, 2021 - Program Showcase:  Precision Machining

     


    8. High School Division Update

    9. Adult Education Division Action and Items of Information

    9.1 Approval of Adult Education Personnel Report

    9.2 Request Approval of AE Professional Development Facilitator Stipend

    11. Public Comments

    12. Board Member Comments

    13. Adjournment

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