The Barren County Schools Central Office, located on Trojan Way in Glasgow. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
Barren County Schools is just one of Kentucky’s school districts having to adapt to the new Kentucky law that establishes guidelines on student-employee communications.
Approving traceable communication systems — of which there are five — is one action item that appears on the district’s June 12 board of education agenda. As is typical for summer board meetings, other agenda items include the renewal and approval of agreements, contracts, handbooks and bids; and the approval of architectural services for the Barren County Area Technology Center.
The need for traceable communication systems stems from Kentucky Senate Bill 181, signed into law by Governor Andy Beshear on April 1, which directs school districts to choose a platform to be used for traceable electronic communication between staff members and students and also bans staff members from direct communication with students — such as phone calls, text messages or any contact on social media — unless parents sign a consent form allowing a specific staff member to contact their child.
On the agenda are: Apptegy, Google classroom, District Gmail, Edgenuity and BUZZ.
The architectural services for the Barren County Area Technology Center is needed due to the $4.195 million grant that Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Scott Harper announced at the April board of education meeting. At the time, Harper said, the plan was to add roughly 5,000 square feet to the existing center.
The full board agenda can be viewed here.
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