By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
The Caverna Board of Education will meet tonight, June 12, to possibly approve a variety of contracts and agreements for the fast-approaching 2025-26 academic year, address Artificial Intelligence use and go into closed session to evaluate the superintendent.
The meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the school district’s central office at 1102 N. Dixie Highway.
Board members have a lengthy agenda for the meeting with a majority of action items looking ahead at the upcoming school year, which for Caverna Independent School students begins on Aug. 13. The following contracts and agreements are on the agenda for approval:
- Approve Nurse Contract.
- Approve CIS Individual Chromebook User Agreement for 2025-2026 School Year.
- Approve to Renew Contract with Occupational Services with Ally Greenwell, LLC for $70.00 per hour for the 2025-2026 School Year.
- Approve to Renew Contract for Physical Therapy Services with Shaun Goulbourne for $60.00 per Treatment for the 2025-2026 School Year.
- Approve to Certify Adjunct Professor for JAG KY.
- Approve District Funding Assurances for Federal Programs.
- Approve Pledge of Collateral Agreement for Public School Funds.
Three policies are also set to be approved during the meeting. The district’s AI acceptable use policy, student acceptable use policy for electronic communication and the acceptable use policy for electronic communications with students. In this student-faculty communication vein, board members are also expected to approve Apptegy as the district’s “two-way communication between employees and students.” Apptegy is a company in Little Rock, Arkansas that has worked with over 5,000 school districts, according to the company website.
A closed session to evaluate Superintendent Amanda Abell capstones the June 12 agenda. This closed session will be followed by an open session where they will approve the superintendent evaluation. So far, Glasgow Independent Schools Superintendent Chad Muhlenkamp received an exemplary rating on May 13 and Barren County Schools Superintendent Amy Irwin got an accomplished rating at her May 30 evaluation.
The full Caverna Independent Schools Board of Education agenda is as follows:
1. Approve Agenda as Prepared and Presented.
2. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation.
3. Public Comment
4. Superintendent Reports:
-Student Recognitions
-Staff Recognitions
-Presentations
5. Consent Items
-Board Minutes from May 8, 2025 Meeting and June 5, 2025 Special Called Meeting.
-Orders of the Treasurer
-Finance Reports, Monthly Activity Funds, Lunchroom Accounts
-Bus Inspections
-Superintendent’s Travel
-Seasonal Travel
-Grants
-School Wide Fundraisers/Field Trips
6. Approve Insurance for FY 25-26. (Speaker Tommy Adams with Charles M. Moore)
* KEMI – Workers Compensation
* Liberty Mutual
* Cyber Liability
* Pollution Recommendation
7. Approve BG5 Close Out for Culinary Remodel.
8. Approve Nurse Contract.
9. Approve CIS Individual Chromebook User Agreement for 2025-2026 School Year.
10. Approve to Renew Contract with Occupational Services with Ally Greenwell, LLC for $70.00 per hour for the 2025-2026 School Year.
11. Approve to Renew Contract for Physical Therapy Services with Shaun Goulbourne for $60.00 per Treatment for the 2025-2026 School Year.
12. Approve to Certify Adjunct Professor for JAG KY.
13. Approve District Funding Assurances for Federal Programs.
14. Approve Pledge of Collateral Agreement for Public School Funds.
15. Approve 2nd Reading of the Policies and Procedures. (KSBA Annual Update)
16. Approve Updated Central Office Manager Job Description
17. Approve Substitute Secretary Job Description.
18. Approve Updated Stipends Lists. (Additional CHS Sponsor and Changed Middle School Basketball).
19. Approve 2025-2026 Pay Dates.
20. Approve Apptegy as the District Two-Way Communication Between Employees and Students
21. Approve Caverna Independent Artificial Intelligence (AI) Acceptable Use Policy.
22. Approve Student Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Electronic Communication.
23. Approve Caverna Independent School Staff Acceptable Use Policy for Electronic Communications with Students.
24. Closed session per KRS 61.810(1)(K) and KRS 156.557(6)(C) Discussion of Superintendent Evaluation.
25. Open Session.
26. Approve Superintendent Evaluation.
27. Adjournment.
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