Board of Education to Meet by Video Conference Thursday

April 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

For the first time ever the DeKalb County Board of Education will meet by a video conference Thursday night, April 23 in accordance with the Governor’s order for social distancing due to COVID-19.

Governmental bodies in Tennessee have been temporarily allowed to conduct meetings by telephone or video conference to advance the public health goal of limiting face-to-face meetings to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Under Governor Bill Lee’s Executive Order No. 16, government meetings may be conducted by electronic means if necessary until May 18 to protect the public health, safety and welfare of all Tennesseans from the outbreak of the coronavirus. Order No. 16 also stipulates such meetings must remain open and accessible to the public. If the government is unable to provide live public access despite reasonable efforts, the governing body must make a clear audio or video recording available to the public as soon as practicable following the meeting and not more than two business days after the meeting.

The regular monthly meeting of the school board by video conference will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23 and will be broadcast LIVE for the public to hear on WJLE. A work session will be held prior to the meeting also by video conference at 6 p.m.

The agenda is as follows:
*Consider and act on bids for the Tiny House
*Consider and act on declaring surplus buses
*Consider and act on School Board Policies on 2nd reading
*Consider and act on extended utilizations of school buses
*Consider and act on 1st reading of School Board Policies
*Consider and act on a resolution for an emergency suspension of board policies
*Consider and act on removing the present agent of record/broker for insurance and section 125
*Personnel report from the Director of Schools
*Any other business from a board member properly presented to the board

Consent agenda items include the following:
*Consider and act on TNRMT Safety Grant
*Consider and act on a budget amendment
*Consider and act on a 2019-20 Carl Perkins CTE budget amendment

April 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has moved to a staggered schedule for unemployment claimants completing their weekly certifications. This change will spread out the number of people certifying over three days, creating a more responsive experience for claimants using Jobs4TN.gov.

More than 324,000 Tennesseans have applied for unemployment benefits over the last four weeks, creating an unprecedented demand on the unemployment computer system. While claimants can certify any day of the week, most choose Sunday, putting a workload 21 times the normal rate of usage onto the system.

Starting Sunday, April 19, claimants will have access to complete their weekly certifications according to the last digit of their social security number.

• Sunday 0, 1, 2, 3
• Monday 4, 5, 6
• Tuesday 7, 8, 9
• Wed. – Sat. All numbers

When a claimant tries to certify and clicks the tab, if they are accessing the system on the correct day, it will allow them to proceed. If it is not the claimant’s scheduled day, the system will not let them certify.

If a claimant misses their scheduled day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are open certification days for any social security number.

Once a claimant completes the weekly certification process, their financial institution typically posts the benefit payment to their account or debit card within 48 to 72 hours.

For claimants who normally certify on Sunday, switching to a Monday or Tuesday certification will change the day of their weekly deposit.

Claimants must certify each week to ensure eligibility for benefit payments and to avoid the potential for overpayment. If someone does not certify for a particular week, they have five weeks to go back and do so, but the state is unable to process the payment for that week until they complete the missed certification.

April 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Justin Potter Library hosted a Facebook Live Story Time on Friday.

Library Director Kathy Hendrixson said it was a way to get the library to children since they can’t come to the library during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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