December 13, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
In a brief monthly meeting Thursday night, Director of Schools Patrick Cripps updated the Board of Education on personnel moves since last month.
He said Christina Merriman has been granted a leave of absence.
Jerry Strait has been transferred from a substitute to an educational assistant position at DCHS replacing Toby Nokes who has resigned. Samantha Leiser has also resigned as a teacher at DeKalb Middle School.
Smithville Elementary School Principal Summer Cantrell gave a brief school report.
“We have had several community outreach programs including our canned food drive in which we had 977 items donated. We also partnered with Cash Express and they collected a lot of coats for children in our community. We want to thank them for that. We are excited to wrap up this semester. We want to wish everyone happy holidays and to thank everyone for a successful first semester at Smithville Elementary,” said Cantrell.
In other business, the board voted to change the date for the May, 2020 regular monthly board meeting from May 14 to May 7, adopted a set of updated board policies on 2nd reading, and named a new textbook selection committee
The board also approved an overnight trip request for three DCHS students to attend the TN Junior Chef Competition, Nashville Farmer’s Market January 9-11 and the Board authorized its members to attend the Tennessee School Boards Association Day on the Hill in Nashville, February 17-18.