MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION  MINUTES July 10, 2023  Thel Montgomery County Board of] Education convened in a regular monthly meeting on Monday, ,July 10, 2023, at 6:30 pm in the Montgomery County Schools Boardroom. Board members present were Steve W. DeBerry Chair, Tommy Blake- Vice Chair, Angela Smith,  Lynn Epps, Anne Evans. Bryan Dozier and Cindy Taylor.  Chairman Steve DeBerry called the meeting to order. Mr. DeBerry moved to adopt the agenda as submitted. Bryan Dozier made the motion with Lynn Epps seconding. The agenda was  accepted with unanimous approval from the board.  Chairman Steve DeBerry shared an opening devotional titled "Making Failure Work for You." When things happen to us that are not exactly what we. hoped for, there are several ways we can respond. However, there is only one response that will help us move on toward the promise ofar new day full of opportunities. We need to first get over it, get up and then try again. Ifthere is something you have failed at in the past, revisit it and try again. Maybe enough time has passed that youl have learned a new approach or technique that will help you succeed with  this attempt. America.  Chairman DeBerry led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag oft the United States of  No one signed up to speak during the public comments section.  Chairman DeBerry called upon Dr. Dale Ellis for Employee oft the Month recognition. Dr. Ellis called upon Wade Auman to speak on behalf of Brooke Howell, winner oft the  Employee oft the Month award for our Central Office.  Chairman DeBerry stated the next item is the consent agenda. Dr. Ellis has requested to Chairman DeBerry called upon Dr. Ellis for End of the Year Review Dates. Dr. Ellis presented three options: Tuesday, August 22, Thursday, August 24, or Thursday, September 7. Lynn Epps made a motion to approve the September 7 option with Anne Evans seconding. The End ofYear Review date was accepted with unanimous approval from the board.  hold the consent agenda until after closed session. The board approved unanimously.  Chairman DeBerry then called upon Dr. Kevin Lancaster for policies for approval. Mr. DeBerry asked for a motion for approval. Lynn Epps made the motion with Tommy Blake  seconding. The motion carried unanimously with the board.  Chairman DeBerry called upon Dr. Dale Ellis for his Superintendent's] Remarks. Dr. Ellis stated that we did deal with a concerning issue that multiple school districts have also dealt with. There wasa ransomware attempt on our computer systems. I would like to publicly thank Matthew Woodard, Wade Auman, our Director ofTechnology, Brian Helms and our whole technology staff. We are still not at 100% capacity after this latest ransomware attack, but we are the one district in the state that caught the attack it in its infancy. This same attack hit several different districts and from my understanding they    were not as lucky as we are. Our team caught it early, on a server that impacted information used to sign into items such as emails but there was never any financial data, employee data, or student data at risk. However, these individuals can make a very lucrative business out ofl locking you out of mundane, everyday systems that you need to run your school district. So, Iwould like to publicly acknowledge our staff for doing an awesome job ofi not only catching it but getting our systems back up and running. Our finance staff along with Mitch Taylor were invited to Lee County to close out our books from their finance office and do our final reports to DPI so that we could legally close out the year the way weare supposed to do. This was a ransomware attack that was not successful sO you can imagine what school districts, counties, and state government agency's deal with when they are affected by this kind of attack. We do carry a robust insurance policy, and this is why we spend sO much on coverage. This type ofattack has become increasingly common as you have people whose only. job is to find holes in people'ss systems. Thankfully wel have a great staff that mitigated that damage for us, and we all should  be thankful.  Chairman DeBerry asked ift there were any comments. Ms. Evans stated that she did havea comment but not about the ransomware attack. She stated that she attended the Friends in Focus Gala. She noted that Mary Gilman, who has long been a champion of education, was honored at the event. It was a great night for education and there were many Montgomery County students that were recognized  and received scholarships.  Chairman DeBerry then asked for a motion to go into closed session to discuss personnel and consult the board attorney. Bryan Dozier made the motion, with Cindy Taylor seconding. The board  approved entering closed session unanimously.  Mr. DeBerry called for a motion to approve the consent agenda. Upon a motion by Bryan Dozier and a second by Anne Evans the consent agenda was approved 6-0, with Lynn Epps abstaining.  After closed session the following items were approved: 1) Board Minutes from June 5, 2023 2) Personnel and Auxiliary Reports:  MO PERSONNEL Interim REPORT recter Sche  5262023  Depuy  71:2023  Replacin    ages 212023 TEM  lemen.  CrssCewmtry: RhondaT anJones  Cheerlcalin  Replacinz Mandy  Uponr recommendation,: approvalo ofthef followinga administratives contracts: Principal-Annual 12-month termo commencing. 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