McKenzie Special School District Agenda
August 4, 2026
From the Jul 28, 2026 e-EditionMcKenzie Special School District Agenda
August 4, 5:30 p.m. MSSD Board Room
McKenzie Tennessee
TENTATIVE AGENDA:
1. Prayer and Pledge to the Flag
2. Adoption of Agenda:
A. Consent Agenda
B. Regular Agenda (New Business)
3. Hear correspondence addressed to the Board
4. Public comment(s) on actionable agenda items or matters germane to school board
jurisdiction (not to exceed 15 minutes)*
MSSD Board Policy 1.404
NEW BUSINESS (Actionable Items):
5. Installation of the McKenzie Special School District Board of Education Student Board
Representative, Madelyn Morris
6. Consider for approval McKenzie SSD budget amendment(s)
7. Consider for approval reimbursement mileage rate for district travel
8. Consider for approval, on First Reading, amendments to the McKenzie Special School
District Board of Education Policy Manual.
1.400 School Board Meetings
1.403 Agendas
2.100 Fiscal Management Goals
2.200 Annual Operating Budget
4.100 Instructional Programs
4.213 Family Life Curriculum
4.215 Instructional Use of Digital Devices
4.300 Extracurricular Activities
4.301 Interscholastic Athletics
4.600 Grading System
4.603 Promotion and Retention
4.605 Graduation Requirements
5.104 Equal Opportunity Employment
5.106 Application and Employment
5.200 Separation Practices for Tenured Teachers
5.201 Separation Practices for Non-Tenured Teachers
5.302 Sick Leave
5.303 Personal and Professional Leave
5.501 Complaints and Grievances
5.600 Staff Rights & Responsibilities
5.801 Director of Schools Recruitment and Selection
6.100 Student Goals (and Objectives)
6.200 Attendance
6.202 Home Schools
6.205 Student Assignments
6.301 Rights and Responsibilities of Students
6.303 Questioning Students and Searches
6.304 Student Discrimination, Harassment, Bullying, Cyber-bullying & Intimidation
6.3041 Title IX & Sexual Harassment
6.306 Disruption & Interference of School Activities
6.318 Admission of Suspended or Expelled Students
6.4053 Outside Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy
6.412 Emergency Allergy Response Plan
6.506 Students from Military Families
9. Consider for approval Memorandum of Understanding—McKenzie Police Department
and McKenzie Special School District for SRO services
10. Consider for approval the MSSD Disciplinary Hearing Authority
1. Tonya Brown or designee, McKenzie Elementary
2. Josh Kee or designee, McKenzie Middle
3. Kelly Spivey or designee, McKenzie High
4. Other district supervisor(s), as required
Members of the DHA are appointed to one (1) year terms and subject to reappointment
as stated in Student Disciplinary Hearing Authority Policy, 6.317
11. 2025-2026 Bullying Report
12. Discussion of McKenzie Elementary Roof replacement project
13. Director’s Report
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