By Hannah Curran, Editor
TRUSSVILLE — Trussville City Schools Board of Education congratulated the Hewitt-Trussville High School Marching Husky Band and held the first reading for video surveillance equipment during the regularly scheduled board meeting on Thursday, Nov. 10.
The Board introduced Service Dog Blanche and her handler Dr. Maggie Jenson from Paine Elementary. (Photo by Hannah Curran)
On the agenda for its first reading is the use of video surveillance equipment, which includes every area, including video surveillance on school buses. Costanzo said TCS does not have a policy for video surveillance equipment.
“This is pretty much following other systems, we researched these, and comparable, and we do have a policy related to that,” Costanzo said. “I don’t think there’s really a lot of issues other than the release of information. I think it’s very clear that when you’re looking at the last paragraph legally, that information is just not provided upon request. Law enforcement always has a right to that information. Sometimes we initiate the request for law enforcement to get an investigation. This is part of their evidence search.”
According to Costanzo, TCS is monitoring its surveillance video every day, but it’s not available to the public.
“Obviously, a request for any video surveillance would have to be by subpoena,” Costanzo said. “Law enforcement has the right and availability to that information. However, the school can use in their investigations and show a video as evidence of an incident to the parent, the guardian, or the student.”
Trussville City Schools Board of Education congratulated the Hewitt-Trussville High School Marching Husky Band. (Photo by Hannah Curran)
The Board also congratulated the award-winning HTH Marching Husky Band, directed by Mike Guzman. Present at the Board meeting and representing the HTHS Husky March Band are Jones Preg, Head Drum Major, Senior, Lester Harbison, Drum Major, Senior, and Abby Gray, Drum Major, Sophomore.
In 2022, HTHS Marching Husky Band won many awards, which are listed below:
- Marching Band, Northeast Alabama Marching Invitational Class 4A:
- Superior Dance Line, Superior Percussion, Superior Color Guard, Superior Band, Best In Class Dance Line, Best In Class Percussion, Best In Class Band, and Overall Grand Champion
- Marching Band, Pell City Marching Festival Class 4A:
- Superior Dance Line, Superior Percussion, Superior Color Guard, Superior Band, Best In Class Dance Line, Best In Class Percussion, Best In Class Band, Ronnie White Award for Highest Music Score of the event, Dennis Diffee Award for Most Entertaining Band of the event
- Wind Ensemble:
- Mark of Excellence NATIONAL winner for Class 5A by the National Association for Music Education
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In other news, the Board approved the following:
- Approve Accounts Payable for: September 2022;
- Approve Payroll for: September 2022;
- Approval Financials for: September 2022;
- Approve Board Minutes for September 30, 2022; Board Minutes for October 4, 2022; Board Minutes for October 13, 2022; and Work Session Record and Board Minutes for October 17, 2022;
- Approve the amended Job Description for Speech Language Pathologist;
- Approve renewal of Bid 21-09 Magnolia Elementary Turf, Tree, and Shrub Chemical Application to Mighty Green Lawn Care;
- Approve Edmentum Base Site License, Customer Success Services/Program License, Courseware, and Exact Path and Reading Eggs;
- Approve Agreements with Lathan Architects for:
- New Athletic Pavilion for Hewitt-Trussville High School;
- Turf Fields for Baseball, Softball, Soccer, Athletic Pavilion, and Multi-Use Field for Hewitt-Trussville High School;
- Approve FY2022-2023 property insurance;
- Approve FY 2022-2023 property insurance for our driver’s education cars;
- Approve Change Order No 2 for board office;
- Approve Hewitt-Trussville Middle School Request for a Little Free Library on the HTMS campus;
- Approve Financial Software Maintenance Agreement with Harris School Solutions for the FY 2022-23 school year;
- Approve facility usage agreements for:
- Letters to Santa for Cahaba Elementary, Magnolia Elementary, and Paine Elementary for mailboxes next to each entrance;
- Youth Basketball Games December 10, 2022 – February 25, 2023, for HTMS gym;
- Trussville Volleyball Club Practices HTMS Gym November 6, 2022 – April 23, 2023, and January 31, 2023 – April 27, 2023;
- Approve proposal with Arrington Engineering for survey proposal at Hewitt-Trussville High School – Survey;
- Approve the following field trips:
- HTHS FBLA/Leadership to Nashville, TN;
- PERSONNEL:
- Approval of superintendents recommendations regarding changes in personnel, contracts, extra services, and supplements;
- NEW BUSINESS
- Place the following policies on the table for a 1st reading:
- Use of Video Surveillance Equipment;
- Canine Searches.
- Place the following policies on the table for a 1st reading:
The BoardDecember Monthly Board Meeting will be held Monday, December 12, 2022, in the Boardroom of the Central Office at 6:00 p.m. There will be a Work Session at 5:00 p.m. before the Board Meeting. Both the Work Session and the Board Meeting will be live-streamed. The link to the Livestream will be posted on the TCS website by 4:45 p.m. December 12, 2022.
