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IS THERE[School Board Work Session on February 4, 2025. ]
NO ONE'S PARTICIPATING REMOTELY, ARE THEY? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR, UH, OUR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025.ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED A THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.
THE SCHOOL BOARD SHALL CONVENE TO A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS.
PERSONNEL MATTERS, PROFESSIONAL CLASSIFIED, PART-TIME RETRACTED AND SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS AND STATUS CHANGE AND EXTENDED MEDICAL LEAVE PER SUBDIVISION CODE A ONE OF SUBSECTION 2.2 37 11 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
ALSO, STUDENT MATTERS REGARDING FIVE READMISSION CASES.
ONE LONG TERM SUSPENSION AND ONE EXPULSION PER SUBDIVISION.
CODE A 0.2 OF SUBSECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA AND LITIGATION MATTERS.
UH, PROBABLE LITIGATION CONSULTANT WITH ATTORNEY CONCERNING A PERSONNEL MATTER PER SUBDIVISION.
CODE A 0.7 OF SUBSECTION 2.2 37 11.
WE, WE WILL NOW RECONVENE TO OPEN MEETING.
CAN I HAVE A CERTIFICATION? PLEASE.
WHEREAS THE ACOMA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS CONVENED A CLOSED MEETING ON THIS DATE PURSUANT TO AN AFFIRMATIVE RECORD VOTE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
AND WHEREAS SECTION 2.1 DASH 37 70 1D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THIS SCHOOL BOARD.
THAT SUCH CLOSED MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH VIRGINIA LAW.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT AKIMA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE.
ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS.
LAWFULLY ACCEPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED.
AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? THANK YOU.
OKAY, WE'LL NOW STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.
A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF STATES, AMERICA AND REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MAD CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF OH 1 21 25.
SECOND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE READMISSION CASES? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE FOR READMISSION ON CASES OH 2 0 4.
25 0 1, 0 2, 0 3, 0 4 AND OH FIVE SECOND.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE READMISSIONS.
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ALL.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LONG-TERM SUSPENSION? MA'AM? CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED TONIGHT FOR THE LONG-TERM SUSPENSION ON CASE NUMBER OH 2 0 4 25 0 6.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE LONG-TERM SUSPENSION.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE EXPULSION? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED THE EXPULSION FOR CASE NUMBER OH 2 0 4 25 0 7.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE EXPULSION.
OPPOSED? THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR BUDGET RULES FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY NAME AND 9 1 1 ADDRESS.
TWO SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
INDIVIDUALS MAY RESERVE OR TRANSFER THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER THROUGH A FOUR SPECIFIC PERSONNEL MATTERS MUST NOT BE INITIATED AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
NUMBER FIVE, SPEAKERS CANNOT BE ABUSIVE, THREATENING, OR USE PROFANITY.
NUMBER SIX, SPECIFY THE NATURE OF YOUR REMARKS.
SPEAKERS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN ON A SUBJECT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO READDRESS THE BOARD DURING THE SAME PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
EIGHT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SHOULD BE RESOLVED PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY CONTACTING THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THEIR APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR PUBLIC HEARING HAS TO PRESENT THE PRESENTATION 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE FOR REVIEW BY THE STAFF FOR APPROPRIATENESS.
AND 10, ALL QUESTIONS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR PERSON WHO WILL AT HER DISCRETION SOLICIT THE RESPONSE FROM THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER.
MS. OLEY IS GONNA GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET.
JACK PRESENTED A LOT OF THIS, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I, I ADDED SOME MORE DETAIL.
I THOUGHT WE'D GO OVER THE FIRST, UM, SLIDE PRESENTS WHAT DR.
JACK HAD HAD PRESENTED AS TO THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT HE HAD RECOMMENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
I DID GO BACK AND AMEND THAT AND ADD THE THIRD ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT CHIN TANK HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT WAS A VOTE THAT THIS BOARD TOOK.
SO THAT'S A CHANGE THAT I DID ADD THREE FULL-TIME ATHLETIC DIRECTORS RATHER THAN TWO.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE'RE FOCUSED MAINLY ON SALARIES, SPECIFICALLY TEACHER SALARY.
THE REMAINING BUS DRIVER ADMIN AND CLASSIFIED IS A 3% BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, UH, GOVERNOR YOUNGIN AT THIS POINT IS RECOMMENDED.
I DID INCLUDE THE NEXT ITEM ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN BASE HOURLY RATE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THIS BOARD IS CONSIDERING AND IF THEY PASS THAT, THAT EFFECT WILL GO INTO NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
SO I AM JUST BEING PREPARED SO THAT IF YOU DO PASS AN INCREASE IN THE CLASSIFIED RATE THAT WE'LL HAVE IT BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR.
IF, IF YOU DO NOT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN TAKE OUT.
UH, WE INCREASED A GUIDANCE SECRETARY AT EACH SCHOOL EXCEPT FOR SHE HIGH BECAUSE THAT HAD, UH, GUIDANCE SECRETARY ADDED THIS YEAR.
AND THEN AS I EXPLAINED, THE THREE FULL-TIME ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, I DIDN'T CHANGE IT FOR CHS.
I'M SORRY, THAT'S MY FAULT, BUT IT IS INCLUDED IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND THEN WE WERE LOOKING AT ADDING THREE TEACHERS, THREE NEW FTES.
OF COURSE ABANDONED AN R TEACHER.
THESE WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO AT MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLS, ARCADIA HIGH AND NANDU HIGH.
AND WE'RE GONNA ALWAYS, UH, CONTINUE TO DO THE $150,000 IN MEDICAL INSURANCE.
AND, UH, WE WANTED TO INCLUDE IN THE COACHING AND ACTIVITY SUPPLEMENT, A SUPPLEMENT FOR A COACH OR A, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL TO COORDINATE ALL AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
JACK FELT THAT THAT WOULD ADD MORE COHESIVENESS.
SO I TRY TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON OUR CURRENT TEACHER, CURRENT YEAR TEACHER DEMOGRAPHICS.
UM, IF YOU LOOK, THIS SPREADS IT OUT ON THEIR STEPS.
SO STEP ONE THROUGH 30 IS HOW MANY STEPS WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT TEACHER SALARY SCALE.
BUT THERE'S SOME GROUPING OF EXPERIENCE THAT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO STEP 30, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE 34 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE BASED ON OUR CURRENT YEAR, UH, TEACHER SALARY SCALE.
AND THIS SHOWS HOW MANY, UH, TEACHERS ARE ON EACH STEP FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.
SO SOMETHING INTERESTING TO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE ALMOST 26% OF OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE ON STEP ONE THROUGH FIVE, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE FIVE.
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EXPERIENCE'S 26%.AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 22 POINT HALF PERCENT THAT ARE ON STEPS 24 THROUGH 30, WHICH REPRESENTS 25 YEARS PLUS.
SO YOU SEE WE'RE, WE'RE HEAVY AT THE BOTTOM END AND WE'RE A LITTLE HEAVY AT THE TOP.
UM, I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP TO SEE WHERE, WHERE OUR TEACHERS LIE.
THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, SHOWS THE COMPRESSION THAT DR.
AND SINCE THE FOCUS IS ON TEACHER SALARIES, I WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS.
THE ORANGE LINE REPRESENTS THE, UH, BCA SURVEY FOR THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE DID NOT GET ONE OF THESE LAST YEAR, BUT WE DID HAVE ONE FOR 24 25.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE IT FOR BENCHMARKS 0 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 AND 30.
AND I DID A, UH, STATISTICAL RATIO TO COME UP WITH AN EVEN AMOUNT TO COME UP WITH STEPS 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE ALL YOU HAVE ARE THE BENCHMARKS.
SO YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO HAVE STEP VALUES FOR IN BETWEEN OF THOSE BENCHMARKS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT THE ORANGE SCALE IS SURPRISINGLY LINEAR, WHICH IS SOMETHING ELSE DR.
JACK HAD REFERRED TO THAT WE WERE LOOKING TOWARDS TRYING TO GET A, A MORE LINEAR SCALE.
SO UNDER THE, THE BLUE SCALE IS WHERE WE ARE, THE BLUE LINE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE BEGINNING WE ARE CLOSER TO THE VIRGINIA STATE AVERAGE.
AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE EFFORT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
TWO YEARS AGO WE STARTED TEACHERS AND WE RAISED THEM TO 48,000.
AND THIS CURRENT YEAR WE RAISED THEM TO 50.
SO THE, THE FOCUS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WAS ACTUALLY TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND YOU SEE THAT FOR STEPS ONE THROUGH OUR YEARS ONE THROUGH FIVE, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE VIRGINIA AVERAGE.
BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GAP STARTS TO WIDEN.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE REAL COMPRESSION, UH, EXISTS.
AND THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAID BENEATH THE VIRGINIA STATE AVERAGE.
JACK WAS APPROACH, UH, WAS PROPOSING IS TO TRY TO GET TO THAT ORANGE LINE OF VIRGINIA STATE AVERAGE.
AND THEN HE WAS ALSO PROPOSING THAT 3% ON TOP OF THAT, SINCE EVERY SCHOOL DIVISION AND GOVERNOR YOUNG'S BUDGET PASSES IS GONNA GET THE SAME 3% COMPENSATION SUPPLEMENT WE ARE.
SO THE EXPECTATION IS THAT EVERYBODY WILL GET AT LEAST 3%.
SO IF WE JUST GO TO THE AVERAGE, WE'RE GONNA BE 3% BEHIND NEXT YEAR.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT, CAN WE AFFORD IT? BUT I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN, AND I THINK THIS PUTS A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT AS YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE, YOU'RE MORE AND MORE UNDERPAID.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS.
AND JUST TO STAY ON THAT ONE MORE SECOND, UH, ZERO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WE WILL 1% BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE.
SO YOU SEE IT DOES, IT DOES GET FURTHER AS IT.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE ONE TIME PURCHASES.
THIS IS WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE, UM, BUDGET REQUEST AND WE PICKED ONE TIME PURCHASES THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE LIST MOSTLY TO FACILITIES IF THEY, IF THEY PERTAIN TO FACILITIES TO SEE OR, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TEXTBOOKS AND BOOKS IN THERE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE CARRY FORWARD MONEY THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US FOR THESE ONE TIME PURCHASES.
SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE ARE GONNA CONSIDER AS ONE TIME PURCHASES.
AND IT WILL NOT FALL IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CARRIED FORWARD, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU IN TOTAL, INCLUDING ACK PRIMARY AND THE GYMS AND ALL THAT.
BUT WE'RE PROPOSING AT THIS TIME THAT WE DISTRIBUTE THIS LIST SO THAT BOBBY'S DEPARTMENT CAN FIND OUT CAN WE GET STAGE CURTAINS FOR $30,000? CAN WE GET SIDEWALK REPAIR FOR, FOR WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS? 'CAUSE WE NEED TO VERIFY THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS 'CAUSE ALL OF THESE WERE SUBMITTED BY SCHOOLS AND OUR DEPARTMENTS.
SO A NEW SLIDE THIS TIME IS I'VE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BOBBY BENNETT AND I WORK ON AND SUBMIT TO THE COUNTY.
I HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU BEFORE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE IT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE FY 26 COLUMN OF THE 1,000,030 $5,000, THAT WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE UH, UH, PROPOSED CARRY FORWARD PLAN.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GET THE PROJECTS OUT THERE, UH, SO THAT EVERYBODY SEES IT.
LIKE I SAID, I DID DISTRIBUTE IT BEFORE, BUT WE DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME, YOU SEE, WE TRY TO, OR MR. BENNETT ROTATES CLASSROOM PAINTING TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE.
AND I THINK IT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST
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AND I LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO SEE THE WHOLE THING TO KNOW THAT, THAT THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN MOVING FORWARD FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.JUST OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON THE RADAR THAT COST POSSIBLY CAN HAVE OTHER FUNDING.
AND JUST TO THROW OUT THERE, NONE OF THESE ARE NECESSARILY PLANS FOR RIGHT NOW EXCEPT FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND THE AWNING FOR BUS PICKUP.
UH, ELEMENTARY IS THE ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN AWNING FOR BUS PICKUP.
AND WE DID THAT AT THE OTHER SCHOOLS WITH MEDICAID FUNDS, WHICH WE DO HAVE MEDICAID FUNDS.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE SUBMITTED SEPARATELY AND SAID THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH MEDICAID FUNDS.
I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE.
SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS CONSIDERED.
AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER, DOCTOR, OKAY, SO THAT SHOWS THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS ONLY 1.5 MILLION.
JACK HAD TOLD YOU LAST TIME THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT HOW MANY UNFILLED POSITIONS WE HAD AND WE HAD LOOKED AT ADDING ABOUT 35% OF THAT BACK.
SO YOU SEE THAT WE WOULD'VE BEEN AT ABOUT 1.3 MILLION SHORT, BUT I ADDED THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
SO WE'RE NOW AT THIS POINT ABOUT 1.460 SHORT OF A, OF A BALANCED BUDGET.
BUT IT'S YOUR BUDGET AND YOU'RE GONNA SOLICIT COMMENTS AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA COME BACK FOR A WORK SESSION.
YES, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MS. ONLY QUESTIONS.
JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTENT HERE.
UM, ON OUR AGENDA, WE'VE GOT DEPARTMENTS, I THINK ONE TONIGHT THAT ARE STILL COMING IN.
HOW DO THE ONGOING OR FUTURE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET PRESENTATIONS ALIGN WITH THIS? PARTICULARLY SINCE WE'RE ALREADY 1.46 MIL SHORT OF A BALANCED BUDGET? I'M JUST TRYING.
I ASKED SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND.
SO, UM, IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S INFORMATION.
IT'LL BE INFORMATION JUST AS WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC.
BUT IN PAST YEARS, I THINK SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS FELT LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS, FELT LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE, FELT LIKE WE, THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC NEVER GOT TO HEAR WHAT THEY NEEDED IN THEIR BUILDING.
THAT THEIR, THEIR NEEDS WERE OVERLOOKED.
AND SO THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY.
THE ONES WHO HAVE CHOSE TO COME, THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED.
AND THEN IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHY DO YOU NEED THAT? OR WHY DO YOU WANT THAT? OR THAT'S, YOU KNOW.
MY FOLLOW UP AND THEN I'M DONE IS, SO THE FUTURE ONES, INCLUDING TONIGHT, HAS DR.
JACK ALREADY SEEN THOSE AS WELL OR WOULD THEY BE FIRST HEARING? I THINK TONIGHT IS THE LAST NIGHT.
AND ALL OF THESE BUDGET REQUESTS, UH, DR.
JACK AND MYSELF AND KATIE AND KAREN HAVE GONE OVER.
AND A GROUP AND, AND HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU ALL.
SO THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE PRETTY MUCH SINCE DECEMBER.
I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, SO, UM, WE ARE ONLY TAKING COMMENTS ABOUT THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME.
THIS, SO IF YOU COME UP HERE, YOU'VE UM, WE ARE TAKING COMMENTS ABOUT THE BUDGET.
IF YOU ARE A STAFF OR A STUDENT AND YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE BUDGET, YOU MAY DO THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING.
WE HAVE THAT AS A SEPARATE COMMENT SECTION.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE BUDGET.
CAN YOU JUST SAY YOUR, YOUR NAME, YOUR NINE ONE? YEP.
SO IT'S MAKER AND IT'S 1 0 2 3 6 PINTO DRIVE, ORANGETOWN, VIRGINIA.
AND I'VE HAD KIDS IN ACK COUNTY SCHOOL FOR PROBABLY 38 YEARS.
OVER 56 KIDS WITH EXCHANGE STUDENTS, FOSTER KIDS.
AND I JUST HAVE A NEW STUDENT STARTED AND WE HAD MOVED TO SHTE AND I'M BEGGING YOU GUYS TO GET INTO THE GYM OVER THERE.
UM, WE HAVE A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT THAT JOINED US.
THERE'S NO MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL, WHICH ARCADIA NANDU BOTH OFFER MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A GYM IS WHAT I'M TOLD.
TO KEEP HER ACTIVE IN SCHOOL AND TO GET HER THROUGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S GONNA NEED SPORTS, SHE'S GONNA NEED EXTRACURRICULARS BECAUSE SHE'S NOT A STRAIGHT A STUDENT THAT EXCELS ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO IF WE WANT HER EXCITED ABOUT SCHOOL, WE GOTTA
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GET HER EXCITED ABOUT THOSE EXTRACURRICULARS.UM, THE GIRLS ON THE RUN DON'T REQUIRE A GYM.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGETING OR SOMETHING.
ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE IT.
ACK KEA TANK, TOMPKIN, ARCADIA MIDDLE SHAKE, A TANK DOME.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT LIVING IN AKIMA COUNTY, IT WAS ALL OF 'EM HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.
BUT I'M FINDING OUT REAL QUICKLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
BUT MAYBE AN ESTHER JIM WOULD HELP.
DID UH, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT GIRLS ON THE RUN? SO SHING DOES HAVE DID HAVE GIRLS ON THE RUN.
MY DAUGHTER PARTICIPATED, UM, LAST SEASON AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A CLUB IN THE SPRING THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS FROM TITLE FOUR TO HAVE IT IN THE FALL AND SPRING.
AND IT'S DEPENDENT ON COACHES AS WELL.
UM, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE COACHES IN THE FALL, BUT THEY WILL IN THE SPRING.
REGISTRATION STARTED THE SPRING AND HIGH SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CHIN.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID FIFTH GRADE.
SO THAT MAY BE DEPENDENT ON COACHES.
HELLO, I'M HANNAH O'TOOLE AND I LIVE AT 1 8 4 7 8 LANGFORD HIGHWAY IN PARKLEY.
UM, FIRST GOOD EVENING, UH, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENTS AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
FIRST I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO SINCERELY THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I RECOGNIZE THE IMMENSE CHALLENGES YOU FACE IN MAKING THESE DECISIONS FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
AND I DON'T ENVY THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN AT ALL.
UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT AS BOTH A PARENT AND A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR THE MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH I SEEN WAS ON THE BUDGET.
UH, IN FACT, I'M MISSING COMMUNITY BAND PRACTICE TONIGHT TO BE HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S THAT IMPORTANT.
UM, I WANNA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES WHO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THESE PROGRAMS. YEARS AGO, A DECISION WAS MADE THAT CONSOLIDATED MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAMS UNDER A SINGLE TEACHER PER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
THE RESULT IS A FRAGMENTED SCHEDULE WHERE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL BANDS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR HALF THE YEAR OR IN SOME CASES, NOT AT ALL.
ANY END DOA FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS NO SIXTH GRADE BAND THIS YEAR AND THE BAND DIRECTOR IS GIVING UP HIS OWN PLANNING PERIOD TO TEACH SEVENTH GRADE BAND.
THE EIGHTH GRADERS ARE BEING BUSED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TO JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE PLAYING THEIR INSTRUMENTS.
THOSE ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS.
I CURRENTLY HAVE AN EIGHTH GRADER WHO'S FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PLAY UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MARCHING BAND.
AND IT WASN'T FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND ME KNOWING THAT THAT WAS AN OPTION, HE WOULD'VE GONE EIGHT MONTHS WITHOUT PLAYING HIS INSTRUMENT.
THINKING ABOUT THAT EIGHT MONTHS WITHOUT PRACTICE GROWTH OR DEVELOPMENT IN THE SKILL THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BENEFIT STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY.
I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT THE TIME LIMIT'S GONNA LIMIT ME TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE ENDING RESULTS.
WE KNOW THAT ACADEMICALLY IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
I, UM, GOT A SCHOLARSHIP FOR BAND IN, IN COLLEGE AND DIDN'T END UP TAKING IT, BUT I DID GO ON TO GET AN ELEMENTARY SPECIAL EDUCATION DEGREE AND START THE BAND PROGRAM AT MY COLLEGE WHERE THEY'RE NOW OFFERING FULL SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU COULD BE OFFERING SCHOOLS AT SCHOOL.
YOU CAN LOOK UP SO MANY STATISTICS ON IT.
SO I WON'T GO INTO THOSE TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.
SO MY CALL TO ACTION IS THAT IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FULLY FUNDED YEAR ROUND BEAR BAND PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN IN THESE SCHOOLS AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THESE SCHOOLS ARE TO OUR FAMILIES.
I URGE ENERGY TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING TO ENSURE EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL HAS DEDICATED FULL-TIME BAND TEACHERS.
AND IF THAT CAN'T HAPPEN, LET'S TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO A BETTER SCHEDULING THAT ALLOWS FOR DEDICATED TIME OFF FOR THE TEACHERS WITHOUT REMOVING BAND CLASSES, WHICH MAY BE, AND THESE COULD BE OPTIONS WITH OTHER SYSTEMS SUCH AS, UM, TRIMESTERS, AT LEAST FOR THE, UH, BAND PROGRAMS SUCH AS A HYBRID BLOCK SCHEDULE FOR ELECTIVES.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SEE US DIVE INTO A BETTER WAY OF HAVING INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE IN DECENT CONDITION OR PROVIDING A RENTAL PROGRAM.
I KNOW THE BAND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN REQUESTING MORE FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR INSTRUMENT REPAIRS.
I KNOW THAT THE FOUR $50 ISN'T GONNA GET 'EM VERY FAR 'CAUSE I JUST REPAIRED MY OWN INSTRUMENT.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THESE STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO DISCOVER THEIR PASSION FOR MUSIC WITHOUT GAPS, LOGISTICAL HURDLES OR OVERWHELMING BURDENS ON A SINGLE EDUCATOR.
WE HAVE DEDICATED, SUPPORTIVE, AND HARDWORKING TEACHERS AND PLEASE DON'T CONTINUE TO BURN THEM OUT.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO TO SUPPORT THIS ENDEAVOR, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
MIRANDA DUNTON, MAY I DISTRIBUTE PAPERWORK? SURE.
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MY NAME IS MIRANDA.DUSTIN, I'M THE PTA PRESIDENT AT TI.
I LIVE AT 52 56 MEADOWVIEW COURT ON THE ISLAND.
AND ACTUALLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE I AM REITERATING SOMETHING THAT MS ONLY JUST SAID WE ADD, UH, SHE ADDED A ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BUDGET TO YOUR BUDGETING ALREADY.
I AM HERE TO PLEAD WITH YOU THAT YOU APPROVE THAT.
UM, IF YOU WOULD, WHAT I JUST HANDED YOU IS A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN FOR AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
IT IS QUITE EXTENSIVE AND IF YOU START READING THROUGH THAT, IT IS OVERWHELMING.
RIGHT NOW, OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY, I'M SPEAKING OF SHINTY, WE WORK OFF OF A STIPEND SYSTEM.
SO THE PERSON THAT IS DOING ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS WORKING OFF OF A STIPEND WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD DOWN A FULL-TIME JOB OR TRYING TO TEACH.
WE ARE LOSING OUR FACULTY MEMBERS THAT ARE BURDENED WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH ON THEM.
WE NEED A SEPARATE, COMPLETELY DEVOTED PERSON FOR A FULL-TIME ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE ASKING FOR ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND PEOPLE SAY, WELL, CHIN T'S SMALLER, THEY DON'T REALLY NEED IT AS MUCH.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE EVENTS AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN AT ARCADIAN.
THOSE SAME EVENTS HAPPEN AT SHATI.
WE MAY HAVE 15 KIDS THAT WE CHOSE OUT OF 20 INSTEAD OF 15 OUT OF 60, BUT OUR EVENTS, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME GAMES ACTIVITIES.
WE HAVE JV, WE HAVE VARSITY, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT WITH SHTE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE ADDED BURDEN OF, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT PLUS A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WE ALSO HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.
AND WHAT SHE SAID EARLIER ABOUT NEEDING A, A GYM, THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL IS BECAUSE IT HAPPENS DURING THE SAME TIME THAT WE'VE GOT BASKETBALL GOING ON FOR JV, VARSITY BOYS, VARSITY GIRLS.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GYM SPACE FOR THE SPORTS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF.
BUT THAT ASIDE, THE POINT IS, IS THAT OUR BURDEN FOR THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IS ACTUALLY TIMES TWO.
SO IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE PAPERWORK THAT I GAVE YOU, IT'S A JOB DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENS.
TAKE THAT MULTIPLY AT TIMES TWO AND YOU CAN SEE WHY WE TRULY NEED A DEVOTED PERSON TO TAKE CARE OF THAT POSITION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND I'M GONNA DO THIS REALLY QUICKLY, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO APPEAL FOR A POSSIBLE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THAT COULD BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
BECAUSE THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, HE AND MR. KILMAN ARE BOTH TRYING TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
WE HAVE ALL THE GAMES, ALL THE ACTIVITIES FOR ACADEMICS, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO BE AT EVERY ONE.
WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL PART-TIME, UH, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL.
THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND HELP.
NOT ONLY 'CAUSE HE HANDLES THE DISCIPLINARY AND THE GUIDANCE ISSUES, SINCE WE ONLY HAVE ONE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE TWO, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IS ALSO TASKED WITH THAT.
SO WE APPEAL TO YOU TONIGHT TO CONSIDER PUTTING THAT IN YOUR BUDGET AS WELL.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ANYONE ELSE ABOUT THE BUDGET? OKAY, I'M GONNA DECLARE THE BUDGET HERE AT PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ARE YOU, YOU ALL PREPARED TO? WE'RE READY FOR YOU.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS TIME TO TALK ABOUT OUR BUILDING.
UM, WITH ME IS MS. MONICA DICKERSON, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
UM, SHE'S FANTASTIC WORKED WITH AND WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO HAVE HER.
UM, SO I HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT BEFORE I GET STARTED, I GOT THREE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT ARE GOING TO SPEAK FIRST.
UM, SO FIRST WE HAVE MS. ELISA HARMON, PARENT.
AND, UM, FIRST I WANTED TO THANK MR. HANEY AND MRS. DICKERSON FOR INVITING ME HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK.
UM, I, I WASN'T SURE WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE THUS FAR FROM A PARENT'S PERSPECTIVE HERE AT ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, I HAVE A SEVENTH GRADER HERE.
UM, AFTER TALKING TO A, SORRY, THANK, AFTER TALKING TO A FEW OTHER PARENTS AND ADDING MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, UM, IF I THINK ABOUT ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE WORD FAIR COMES TO MIND.
I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCES, UM, WITH MY SON.
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HE HAS, UH, UH, A CHRONIC ILLNESS.AND SO I'VE HAD SOME DIFFICULT EXPERIENCES.
BUT EVER SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE AT ARCADIA MIDDLE, I GO TO WORK AND I DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HIM IN SCHOOL.
AND THAT, THAT, THAT SPEAKS VALIUMS. SO, UM, THE ADJECTIVE FAIR, WHICH MEANS FREE FROM BIAS, DISHONESTY, OR INJUSTICE FAIR IS HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE ARCADIA MIDDLE.
UM, THE F WOULD BE, UM, THE, THE WORD OR THE WORD FOR F WOULD BE FLEXIBLE HERE AT ARCADIA MIDDLE.
THEIR UNDERSTANDING TO BOTH KIDS AND PARENTS, UM, THEIR OBJECTIVE WHEN YOU ARE ENCOUNTERING DIFFICULTIES, UM, WHICH WE'VE ENCOUNTERED QUITE A FEW.
MY SON SOMETIMES HAS, HAS A FEW BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. UM, AND WHAT I'VE FOUND IS THAT WITH, UM, MR. HANEY AND MRS. DICKERSON, THEY'RE ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER THE PARENTS, THE, THE KID AND THE THE TEACHERS.
AND THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH US AND LISTEN TO US AND BE OBJECTIVE AND COME ABOUT A VIABLE SOLUTION FOR US.
ALL THE A AND FAIR, I WOULD SAY IS ACCOMMODATING.
AGAIN, TO ADD ON TO THAT, THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE, THEY'RE ACCOMMODATING, THEY'RE HERE IF YOU NEED THEM, UM, THE TEACHERS AND THE, THE ADMINISTRATION.
UM, IF YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO A TEACHER AND, AND SAY YOU'RE HAVING AN ISSUE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TALK TO ADMINISTRATION AND THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT GETS WORKED OUT.
UM, THE I IN FAIR IS INCLUSIVE.
UM, EVER SINCE MY SON KJ HAS BEEN HERE AT ARCADIA MIDDLE, I'VE FELT INCLUDED IN EVERYTHING.
EVEN IN THINGS THAT WE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN.
UM, THEY ALL ALWAYS SHARE INFORMATION.
UM, IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM THE TEACHERS THAT, AGAIN, THEY'RE ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE, NO ONE IS EXCLUDED.
SO IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE STAFF ENSURES THAT THE PARENTS ARE AWARE OF ALL RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR OUR KIDS AS IT PERTAINS TO THEIR EDUCATION.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, THE LAST LETTER IN FAIR IS R AND, UM, THEY'RE RESPECTFUL HERE.
NOT ONLY IS THE STAFF RESPECTFUL, BUT THEY REQUIRE RESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR FROM OUR STUDENTS.
AND JUST AS MUCH AS WE WANT OUR KIDS TO HAVE AN EDUCATION, WE, WE ALSO WANT THEM TO LEARN TO BE THINGS LIKE RESPECTFUL AND THAT'S EXPECTED HERE.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL NEED IN THEIR LIVES TO SURVIVE, TO BE SUCCESSFUL HERE AT ARCADIA.
MIDDLE RESPECT IS NOT ONLY EARNED, IT'S GIVEN, IT'S RECIPROCAL.
I'M GRATEFUL AND PROUD TO HAVE A STUDENT HERE AT ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. HARMON FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER GUERRERO ANTE.
UM, SO IN NOVEMBER THE COUNTRY HAD AN ELECTION, AND AT ARCADIA MIDDLE WE HAD AN ELECTION AND HE IS ACTUALLY OUR CLASS PRESIDENT.
SO I'VE THOUGHT OF NO ONE BETTER TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS THAN MR. PRESIDENT HIMSELF.
MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER GUERRERO AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AT ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S MEETING AND SHARE A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ON BEHALF OF MY PEERS.
AS STUDENT PRESIDENT, MY MAIN GOAL IS TO BE THE VOICE OF THE STUDENT BODY REPRESENTING THEIR IDEAS, CONCERN, AND ASPIRATIONS.
I WORK CLOSELY WITH MY PEERS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENT VOICES ARE HEARD AND VALUED IN SHAPING THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
MY TIME AT ARCADIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JUNIOR JOURNEY OF GROWTH, LEARNING, AND LEADERSHIP.
FROM BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS TO TAKING ON NEW CHALLENGES, I'VE GAINED A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
SERVING AS STUDENT PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE SHARED ME ALONG THE WAY.
RECENTLY, THE SE THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS WENT ON TWO AMAZING FIELD TRIPS THAT STUDENTS REALLY ENJOYED.
ONE WAS TO THE EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THE AEROSPACE, AC ACADEMY OF THE EASTERN SHORE, WHERE WE EXPLORE VARIOUS AEROSPACE PROGRAMS AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES.
TO WATCH A CHRISTMAS CAROL WATCHING DOCTORS BRING THE STORY TO LIFE WAS INCREDIBLE.
AND STUDENTS LOVE THE FUNNY PARTS AND FAVORITE SCENES.
THESE TRIPS ALLOWED US TO LEARN OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM WHILE HAVING FUN.
AND I HOPE WE CAN HAVE MORE EXPERIENCES LIKE THESE IN THE FUTURE.
STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR MORE PEP RALLIES, AND I BELIEVE THIS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN BRINGING EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY TO OUR SCHOOL.
PEP RALLIES ARE, ARE JUST ABOUT SPORTS.
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STUDENT BODY TO COME TOGETHER, SHOW SCHOOL PRIDE, AND CELEBRATE OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE SCHOOL.THEY GIVE STUDENTS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, WHETHER IT'S BEFORE THE SOLS OR RECOGNIZING STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
LUNCH IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCHOOL DAY, AND MANY STUDENTS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A SAY IN MANY CHOICES AS A SIMPLE WAY TO DO THIS.
COULD BE THROUGH A SUGGESTION BOX OR JUST FOR LUNCH IDEAS OR AN ONLINE SURVEY WHERE STUDENTS CAN SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON NUN MEALS OR EVEN FUN THEME DAYS LIKE TACO TACO TUESDAY.
THIS COULD MAKE LUNCH MORE ENJOYABLE BY GIVING STUDENTS A DEDICATED WAY TO SHARE THEIR PREFERENCES.
WE CAN MAKE THE CA CAFETERIA A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE LOOKS FORWARD TO EATING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO MY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TODAY.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT STUDENT BODY AND I'M EXCITED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING TOGETHER, CREATE A BETTER SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKE, TO MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT ALONGSIDE YOU ALL.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS INCREDIBLE, THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU CHRISTOPHER.
UM, FINALLY WE HAVE MS. KELLY TUCKER WOULDN'T BE AS SCHOOL WITHOUT TEACHERS, SO SHE IS A SIXTH GRADE MATH TEACHER THAT, THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.
I HAVE TAUGHT AT ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL SINCE 2011.
UH, WHEN I MOVED HERE, FIRST I STARTED AS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER AT THIS SCHOOL AND I GRADUALLY MOVED TO THE MATH CLASSROOM.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT TONIGHT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE, THE MATH DEPARTMENT AND SPECIFICALLY THE SIXTH GRADE MATH TEAM IS USING IN OUR CLASSROOMS THIS YEAR.
UM, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND, UH, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COORDINATOR, UM, BOUGHT SOME VIRTUAL REALITY GOGGLES.
AND MY KIDS ARE ENJOYING THOSE A LOT.
SO THE WAY I USE THEM IS WE TAUGHT THEM EQUATIONS, WHICH IS A HARD CONCEPT FOR A SIXTH GRADER TO UNDERSTAND.
LIKE THERE'S SOME NUMBER OUT THERE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
OKAY? SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THESE VIRTUAL REALITY GOGGLES.
AFTER I TEACH IT TO 'EM AND TEACH 'EM THE CONCEPT OF HOW TO SOLVE ONE, THEN WE GO INTO HOW DO YOU USE EQUATION IN REAL LIFE? LIKE WHO USES THOSE? OKAY.
SO IN THESE VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATIONS, THEY OWNED A FOOD TRUCK AND THEY LEARNED THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF THEY OWN A BUSINESS, THEY MIGHT USE A LOT OF WASTE FOR FOOD.
SO TO MINIMIZE THEIR WASTE OF FOOD, THEY HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY AVOCADOS I NEEDED TO BUY AND PURCHASE.
SO YOU'VE GOT THESE KIDS DRAGGING AVOCADOS, FIGURING OUT THEIR VARIABLE IN MY CLASSROOM, USING EQUATIONS IN REAL LIFE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR LEARNING AND REALIZING THAT MATH IS PART OF OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
UM, ALSO, I WANTED TO SPEAK JUST BRIEFLY.
UM, I WAS ONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT GOT TO PILOT ONE OF OUR NEW SMART BOARDS.
UM, OUR OLD SMART BOARDS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME.
AND, UH, MY KIDS ALL JOKED LAST YEAR THAT MY SMART BOARD HAD A GHOST IN IT.
OKAY, YOU'D WRITE OVER HERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'D WRITE OVER THERE.
SO, UM, I HAVE ONE OF THESE NEW SMART BOARDS AND IT'S LIKE A GIANT TABLET AND THE KIDS CAN GO UP THERE AND THEY CAN MANIPULATE WHAT THEY WRITE AND THEY CAN DUPLICATE WHAT THEY WRITE.
SO WE CAN MAKE, UM, ALGEBRA TILES AND, AND DO ALL THIS STUFF.
THEY CAN PULL UP A, A RULER AND TURN IT SO THAT THEY CAN MEASURE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY STRAIGHT.
UM, THEY CAN, IT HAS TONS OF APPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I FIND THAT THIS YEAR MORE THAN ANY OF MY YEARS, I HAVE MORE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS TO COME TO THE BOARD AND GO TO THAT SMART BOARD NOW.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
IT'S JUST THEIR PHONE, BUT BIG UP ON MY BOARD.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. TUCKER.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW IT IS MY PRESENTATION TIME.
UM, SO TO GET STARTED, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU GUYS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR BUILDING.
YOU CAN KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THE STUDENTS WE HAVE IN OUR BUILDING.
UM, LITTLE OVER 470 STUDENTS TOTAL, ABOUT 150, 160 PER GRADE LEVEL.
UM, AS FAR AS TEACHERS GO, WE HAVE 40 TEACHERS, UH, TWO SPECIALISTS THAT WOULD BE TITLE ONE
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AND A READING SPECIALIST.FIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, AND THEN THREE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS.
ONE IS HERE RIGHT NOW, MS. JOINS.
UM, AND THEN ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE HOW OUR STUDENT BODY BREAKS DOWN DEMOGRAPHICALLY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A PRETTY, UH, DIVERSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS HERE AT ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM, UH, THIS IS OUR ACCREDITATION STATUS FROM THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR WE ARE ACCREDITED, ACCREDITED WITH CONDITIONS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, OVERALL ENGLISH AND MATH ARE PRETTY SOLID.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE ROOM TO IMPROVE IN THE SUBGROUPS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN ENGLISH AND MATH.
UM, CIVICS, WE DID A GREAT JOB LAST YEAR.
AND THEN SCIENCE IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE HAVE, UM, ROOM TO IMPROVE.
SO I'M SURE LIKE MR. HANEY, HOW ARE WE GONNA IMPROVE? WELL, THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THE FIRST THING WE FELT WE NEEDED TO DO WAS IDENTIFY OUR STRUGGLING READERS.
UM, SO WE HAD MS. DUBERLY, WHO'S OUR READING SPECIALIST THIS YEAR.
MS. HARMON'S, OUR TITLE ONE SPECIALIST.
AND TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, THEY DID A READING INVENTORY OF EVERY STUDENT IN THE BUILDING.
AND PRETTY MUCH WE HAVE THIS BIG SPREADSHEET AND WE CAN SEE EVERY STUDENT'S READING SCORES.
UM, THEY DID A SPECIFIC TEST CALLED A DIBELS TEST.
AND NOT ONLY DOES IT TELL YOU THAT THIS STUDENT STRUGGLES, THIS STUDENT DOESN'T STRUGGLE, BUT IT KIND OF BREAKS DOWN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF READING THAT THEY HAVE TROUBLE WITH, BE IT FLUENCY, PHONICS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO NOW THAT WE KNOW WHO OUR STRUGGLING READERS ARE, WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A POWER READING ELECTIVE.
UM, GROUPS OF STUDENTS HAVE THIS ELECTIVE DAILY FOR ABOUT NINE WEEKS, AND THEY'LL WORK WITH THEIR READING SPECIALIST ON SPECIFIC, UH, READING THINGS.
UM, THE IDEA IS THAT THESE TESTS ARE PRESENTED TO STUDENTS AT GRADE LEVEL.
SO IF STUDENTS ARE NOT READING AT GRADE LEVEL, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME GRASPING THE MATERIAL.
EVEN IF THEY KNOW THE MATERIAL, THEY'RE GONNA STRUGGLE WITH THE TEST BECAUSE IT IS AT GRADE LEVEL.
SO IN THEORY, UM, IF WE IMPROVE THE READING, THAT SHOULD, UH, HELP US ACROSS ALL SUBJECT AREAS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO USING ALEXIA, WHICH IS A, UH, COMPREHENSION PROGRAM THAT STUDENTS CAN USE AT HOME.
UM, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A MATH ELECTIVE AS WELL FOR THIS SEMESTER.
UH, MS. OWENS, WHICH WAS MS. TUCKER MENTIONED HER EARLIER.
SHE INTRODUCED US TO BRAINPOP, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE VDOE.
UM, IT HAS, THE CURRICULUM SCIENCE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW CURRICULUM, SO OUR TEACHERS ARE STILL TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THAT.
UH, BUT BRAINPOP IS LINKED WITH THE VDOE, SO IT'S PRESENTING THEM WITH, UH, LESSON PLANS AND LESSONS AND PROJECTS AND COOL THINGS THAT ALIGN WITH THE CURRICULUM.
SO THAT SHOULD HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
AND THEN SATURDAY SCHOOL, WE HAD ABOUT 50 KIDS HERE LAST SATURDAY.
UM, SO KIDS ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME AND THEY SEEM TO BE LEARNING.
UM, SO OTHER THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON BESIDES JUST CLASSROOM STUFF.
UH, SO THEY MADE GREAT POINTS.
YOU KNOW, SCHOOL'S NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL PER SE IN THE CLASSROOM.
WE NEED TO HAVE THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS CAN DO AFTER SCHOOL.
AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES HERE AT ARCADIA HAVING A DIVERSE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE HAVE A CHESS CLUB, A STEM CLUB.
UH, MR. DETO DOES THE STEM CLUB, BUT HE ALSO DOES DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS.
UM, MR. CONLEY IS OUR KEYBOARDING TEACHER.
HE'S THE GUY, THE TEACHER WHO SPEARHEADED THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT.
UM, HE ALSO HAS A BOYS GROUP CALLED BAND OF BROTHERS.
IT'S KIND OF A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AFTER SCHOOL.
UM, THEY GET HOMEWORK DONE, THEY DO SOME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
UM, AND THEN MR. SHIELDS IS OUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR.
SHE HAS SOMETHING CALLED PRESSURE PEARL, PRECIOUS PEARLS, UH, WHICH IS SAME THING, BUT FOR, FOR THE LADIES.
UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL CAN BE TOUGH AND SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH IT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE POOL PICKS FROM OUR, UM, HALLOWEEN, UH, TRUNK OR TREAT.
UH, MR DEAL IS, YOU KNOW, LEADING THE CHOIR.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, UH, FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WE DID DOOR DECORATING CONTESTS.
UH, THAT IS THE DOOR THAT WON.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A SIMILAR THING, UH, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UH, BY THE END OF THE MONTH, ALL THE DOORS WILL BE DECORATED.
THE STUDENTS WILL VOTE IN THE CLASSROOM.
WE'LL, YOU KNOW, GET A COOL LITTLE PRIZE.
UH, WE HAD GIRLS THAT RUN THIS YEAR.
UH, WE HAD MS. RICE AND MS. ROBINSON WERE OUR COACHES.
UH, THEY WENT ACROSS THE BAY ON A SUNDAY.
IT WAS COLD AND THEY RAN AND THEY DID WELL.
UM, WE HAVE A LEGO TEAM, MR. DE DETO LEADS THAT THEY'RE CALLED THE PANTHER BOTS LEGO TEAM.
AND THEY COMPETED THIS PAST SATURDAY AND THEY WON FIRST PLACE.
AND I WAS IMPRESSED BECAUSE THE WEEK LEADING UP TO IT, WE HAD NO SCHOOLS.
SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PREPARE, BUT THEY STILL SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OUT.
UM, CHRIS MENTIONED OUR FIELD TRIPS.
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRIP WAS PRETTY COOL.
THE AEROSPACE ACADEMY, UM, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE AT MACK COUNTY.
UM, SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE CLASS WENT TO THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, AND THEN HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE WELLS THEATER IN NORFOLK.
I TOLD THEM IT WAS BECAUSE YOU NEEDED ADMINISTRATOR, BUT I REALLY JUST WANTED TO GO SEE THE PLAY
UM, SO IT WAS A WIN-WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND.
UM, THE LAST FIELD TRIP WE HAD WAS LAST WEEK.
MR. DETO TOOK HIS STEM CLASS, UH, TO THE NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY
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AND THEY WENT ALL THROUGH THAT PLACE.UH, THE VISITOR CENTERS OF COURSE, BUT THEY WENT TO THE PLACE WHERE THE FABRICATE THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE ROCKETS.
UH, I THINK THEY WENT TO MISSION CONTROL.
UM, NO ONE PRESSED ANY BUTTONS, SO WE'RE ALL GOOD THERE.
UM, BUT THEY HAD A GREAT TIME.
I THINK HE TAKES THEM EVERY QUARTER MAYBE.
SO I'M GONNA TRY TO GO TO THAT ONE.
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED AN ADMINISTRATOR THERE,
UM, SO, UM, LAST SLIDE HERE IS UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE HAVE ROTTA ONE NIGHT, FEBRUARY 12TH.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, SO PARENTS AND STUDENTS CAN ATTEND THAT.
WE'LL HAVE OUR, UH, MATH SCIENCE TEACHERS THERE, UM, RSVP ON FACEBOOK.
UH, SO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING.
UH, VOLLEYBALL SEASON STARTS NEXT WEEK.
UH, WE HAVE A DRONE COMPETITION COMING UP IN MARCH.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE ALL IMPORTANT EIGHTH GRADE, FORMAL FEBRUARY 28TH.
THE EIGHTH GRADERS VOTED ON THAT THEME.
SO THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU'RE THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM DOES, WHEN DID THAT START? DOES THAT GO ALL YEAR LONG? UH, YEAH, IT STARTED PROBABLY SECOND, THIRD WEEK OF SCHOOL.
UM, WE'LL DO IT AT LEAST UNTIL SOLS.
AND IF WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO IT MORE, UM, WE WILL.
AND ARE STUDENTS, THEY HAVE TO BE INVITED OR ANYBODY? NO, THEY KNOW.
I SEND AN EMAIL EVERY MONDAY, TELL 'EM TO SIGN UP.
UM, SOME KIDS HAVE CREDIT RECOVERY, SOME KIDS JUST NEED EXTRA HELP.
UM, SO YEAH, IT'S THE SAME THING FOR SATURDAY SCHOOL, YOU KNOW.
AND HOW MANY KIDS STAY AFTER FOR TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL? UH, TODAY WE HAD ABOUT 20, 25.
SOME DAYS WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 20 ALL GRADES.
UM, MOSTLY SIXTH AND SEVENTH RIGHT NOW.
I FEEL LIKE THE EIGHTH GRADERS, YOU'RE OLDER NOW, SO THEY WANT TO NOT BE IN SCHOOL SO MUCH.
EIGHTH GRADERS ARE TOO COOL FOR THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? CHANGE ONE BUILDING? UH, MINE'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I KNOW MACK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS VERY BLESSED TO HAVE REALLY EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS IN OUR COUNTY.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW IN YOUR SCHOOL OF MR. HANEY.
AND I GOTTA SAY MS. TUCKER BY FAR IS AN AWESOME, AWESOME MATH TEACHER.
MY DAUGHTER WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT MATH, BUT SHE HAD HER FEW YEARS BACK AND COULDN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HER.
AND MS. TUCKER, AND YOU CAN SEE HER ENTHUSIASM TONIGHT.
SAME WAY WITH THE KIDS, SO, YEP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TRUSTEE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE AT ARCADIA METAL.
NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, RECOGNITION OF SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.
JACK ASKED ME IF I WOULD PLEASE SEND THESE OUT IN ABSENCE.
AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE, FEBRUARY IS THE MONTH.
WE DID GO TO SOME EXTRA TROUBLE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD BACK THERE.
IF ANYBODY WOULD, UH, LIKE TO PARTAKE AND WE APPRECIATE THE JOB YOU DO BECAUSE JUST LIKE US AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, YOU PROBABLY HEAR A WHOLE LOT OF NEGATIVES, BUT YOU DO TRY TO LOOK FOR THE POSITIVES.
OH, IT'S ALL RAINBOWS AND SPRINKLES.
STEPHANIE BOWMAN, OUR TRUSTEE GRETA HAS THESE IN ORDER.
KAISHA HANDY CHAIRMAN JANET TURNER.
VICE CHAIR EDWARD TAYLOR, MALCOLM WHITE, WHO'S ALSO NOT WITH US TONIGHT.
AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE BREONNA TAYLOR, WHO HAS LENS PERSPECTIVE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE RECOGNITION OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS.
SO I'M GONNA READ A LITTLE PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS IN EACH LOCALITY THROUGHOUT OUR GREAT COMMONWEALTH ARE APPOINTED BY LAW TO FULFILL THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING ACCURATE RECORDS OF THE MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, A RECORD OF ALL RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS AND A RECORD OF ALL OFFICIAL.
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AND WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL BUSINESS OF HIS OR HER COUNTY OR A CITY MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.AND WHEREAS BOARD CLERKS MAINTAIN FREQUENT CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING PARENTS, EMPLOYEES IN THE MEDIA ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.
AND WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES ARE OFTEN REQUIRED TO WORK EXTRA HOURS ATTENDING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
AND WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS JOIN WITH SCHOOL BOARDS TO HELP ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL.
WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS PROVIDE AN INVALUABLE SERVICE FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS.
THE BSBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE THIRD WEEK OF FEBRUARY AS SCHOOL BOARD CLERK APPRECIATION WEEK IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, WHEREAS THE MACK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD JOINS THE VSBA IN RECOGNIZING THE MANY VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT AT THIS MEETING ON THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, THE MACK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZES THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR, UH, GRETA SMITH AND MS ONLY.
PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME WALK IT OVER THERE.
THIS IS ALSO NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK.
ARE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING OR SHALL I? UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
AS WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK FEBRUARY 3RD THROUGH THE SEVENTH, ON BEHALF OF THE AKIMA COUNTY SCHOOLS, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR THE INVALUABLE WORK THAT OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS DO EVERY DAY.
THEIR DEDICATION, COMPASSION, AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF OF OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS SERVE A VITAL ROLE.
AND DURING THIS WEEK OF RECOGNITION, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU AND THE TIRELESS WORK THAT OFTEN GOES UNNOTICED.
WE RECOGNIZE YOUR HARD WORK AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CARE AND GUIDANCE THAT YOU PROVIDE.
THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU MAKE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS IS, IS IMMEASURABLE.
WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS AS PART OF THE AKIMA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO MY SCHOOL COUNSELORS, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO HELP THE STUDENTS THRIVE ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY.
YOU TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY, AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR 14 SCHOOL COUNSELORS, OUR ELEMENTARY COUNSELORS AT PUNTI, BAILEY COBB MACK, JESSICA RIVAS, MA TOMPKIN, BRIANNA YOUNG AT KEA TANK, MELANIE SHREVES ATTIGUE, ANGELA NEAL, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS AT NANDUA, LE DIAZ, AT ARCADIA, LATASHA HUTT, OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AT NANDUA HIGH SCHOOL, BARBARA PARKER, LAURIE SMITH, AND LA COURTNEY BUNICK ATTY COMBINED.
MICHELLE CONLIN, ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL, KAREN EDWARDS, LAURA CODY, AND TIFFANY RU.
ON BEHALF OF THOSE 14 COUNSELORS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM AND WE ARE STRIVING TO MAKE OMA COUNTY SCHOOLS THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO.
RECOGNITION OF FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
DR. JOHNSON, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SHARE AS THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRS.
WE OBSERVE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
LET US TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, ACKNOWLEDGING RESILIENCE, COURAGE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATION, WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZING THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AND, AND JUSTICE, ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
WE SHOULD ALL BE REMINDED THAT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A NATION WHERE EVERYONE IS TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WE CAN GET THERE IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND RECOGNIZE THAT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ARE NORMAL AND HEALTHY, NOT A SOURCE OF DIVISION.
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NEXT UP, WE HAVE A BATCH OF FIRST READING POLICIES.UM, WE'LL PROBABLY VOTE ON THOSE AT THE NEXT MEETING, NOT THE MEET THE, THE LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH, NOT THE WORK SESSION.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER.
UM, ITEM 10.01 FACILITY UPDATE.
NOT REALLY SURE WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO START.
SO I'LL JUST START WITH MACK PRIMARY.
UM, WE HAD THREE AUTHORS THAT I BROUGHT TO YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY AND I THINK, UH, MADAM CHAIR, YOU REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION ON THE SANITARY LINE.
I WORKED WITH THE COUNTY STEWART HALL TO GET THESE, UH, MONTHLY OPERATIONAL WOULD BE ABOUT $265 ANNUALS, UH, ABOUT $3,200 ANNUAL COST TO HAVE THE ABACK PRIMARY CONNECTED TO THE SANITARY FOR THE HAMPTON ROAD SANITATION DISTRICT.
UH, AND THE CH AND THE ALTERNATE, THE COST FOR IT.
MY PAPERWORK'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME IS, UH, $247,500 IS WHAT THAT ALTERNATE IS IN THAT PROJECT.
AND THAT'S THE COMPLETE THAT TAKES THE SANITARY LINE.
IT'S THE PUMP HOUSE, THE WHOLE DEAL.
AND IT TAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO THE, THE LOT THE MANHOLE BEHIND THE AKIMA COUNTY BUILDING.
NOW WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD'S OFFICE IS LOCATED, THAT'S WHERE THE CONNECTION'S ATS BACK THERE.
UM, THAT'S AD ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE.
UH, AD ALTERNATE NUMBER TWO WAS A FULL BUILDING GENERATOR FOR THE, UH, FOR MACK PRIMARY.
THAT GENERATOR, I LOST MY PAPERS ALREADY.
UH,
IT'S, UH, IF THE CENTRAL FREEZERS WILL BE ON IT AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF GENERATOR FOR THE CENTRAL FREEZERS.
IF WE LOSE POWER THERE, WE GOTTA HOPE IT COMES BACK ON PRETTY QUICK.
UM, THAT ALTERNATE IS $240,460.
AND THEN THE THIRD ALTERNATE WAS FOR LANDSCAPE AND PLANTINGS.
UM, I'LL JUST PASS THIS AROUND.
I, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE POWERPOINT THIS EVENING.
YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED ON THAT SHEET RIGHT THERE KIND OF REPRESENTS WHERE LANDSCAPING WILL BE.
UM, THERE'S SOME STUFF SCRIBBLED BESIDE IT THAT TELLS THE TYPE TREES AND VEGETATION, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, THE TOTAL OF, OF ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS IS $533,378 OF ALL OF THEM.
UM, AND AGAIN, I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT I'M SHOOTING FOR THIS EVENING IS APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CHANGE ORDERS ONE, TWO AND THREE OR 1, 2, 1 3, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
UM, BUT I MEAN, WE, WE DO HAVE THE CONTRACT FROM THE CONTRACTOR.
FAC PRIMARY BASICALLY CONTRACT WITH 8,216,000.
UM, IT'S STILL IN REVIEW RIGHT NOW BY THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S ATTORNEY.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE IT THIS WEEK IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR SO WE CAN GET IT SIGNED AND GET IT CONTRACT AND GET IT SIGNED SO WE CAN KIND OF GET A NOTICE TO PROCEED AND A START DATE FROM THEM.
UM, WHICH WE'RE HOPING WILL, WILL HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET THAT THING MOVING.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE? YES, SIR.
UM, WHAT WAS THE COST AGAIN? A LOAN FOR THE, UH, SANITARY SEWER LINE 2 2 47 500.
UM, SO WITH REGARD TO THE LANDSCAPING, I'M JUST REMEMBERING A QUESTION.
WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY.
THE TREES, THE SYCAMORE TREES ARE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING WILL STAY.
WE'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CAREER OUTTA THAT BUILDING.
NOT TO HIT THEM NOT TO GET CLOSE.
WE'RE BEING VERY COGNIZANT OF HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO DID, DID WE DISCUSS LIKE, HAVING OUR OWN SEPTIC SYSTEM VERSUS GOING TO THE COUNTY? WELL, THE BASE, THE BASE BID HAS A SEPTIC TANK, SEPTIC SYSTEM AND DRAIN FIELD AND ALL OF THAT IN THERE, IN THE BASE BID, WHICH AS WELL WILL HAVE OPERATING COSTS AS WELL BECAUSE BETWEEN THE INSPECTIONS, THE PUMPING AND ALL OF THAT, UM, I'M NOT HERE TO GIVE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THE SANITARY LINE IS, IS KIND OF THE MOVE FOR THE FUTURE AND, AND LONG TERM AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH SANITATION, UH, SEPTIC LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE COUNTY, BUT THE COUNTY IS, YOU KNOW, HAS, HAS HOPED THAT WE WOULD TIE INTO THAT AS WELL.
UH, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT THAT'S CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD.
SO THE, UH, WHAT WAS THE COST AGAIN? FROM, FROM THE CONTRACTOR? FOR THE SANITARY LINE? NO, FOR THE WHOLE OH, THE R THREE WHAT?
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533? NO, NO, NO.INCLUDING ALL THE ALTERNATES OR JUST THE BASE BID? JUST THE BASE BASE BID'S.
IF YOU INCLUDE ALL THREE ADD ALTERNATES INTO THAT, IT'S $8,749,978.
SO WE'RE STILL COMING UNDER THEN WHAT WE YES, SIR.
WE'RE STILL UNDER AND, AND HAVING ALL THE ADD ALTERNATES INTO IT.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, UH, THE ALL THREE ALTERNATES TO THE BASE BID.
MOTION IS SECOND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THESE ADDITIONS.
I'LL START WORKING ON THAT TOMORROW.
UH, NEXT, LET ME HIT JUST KIND OF QUICKLY ON THE VAPE SENSORS.
THE VAPE SENSORS ARE INSTALLED.
UH, I KNOW FOR SURE THAT NANDUA HAS CONFISCATED SOME VAPES ALREADY.
UH, I SHOULDN'T CALL 'EM VAPE SENSORS.
THE, THE, THE SENSORS, THEY DO A LOT MORE THAN JUST VAPES.
WE'RE WORKING OUT WITH SOME ARCADIA.
WE'VE GOT SOME COMMUNICATION BUGS.
UH, JACK AND I, MORE SO JACK THAN MYSELF, JACK, ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING WITH THE COMPANY'S TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO GET IT WORKED OUT.
WE, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
UM, BUT IT'S SOME ABOVE WE'RE WORKING OUT, BUT THEY'RE ALL INSTALLED, THEY'RE ALL OPERATIONAL.
SOME DAYS ARCADIA WORKS BETTER THAN OTHERS.
UM, MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE BOTH, THEIRS ARE WORKING.
THEY'VE NOT HAD AS MANY NOTICES.
I THINK NANDU AND ARCADIA ARE LEADING THE CHARGE RIGHT NOW FOR, FOR ALERTS ON 'EM.
UM, BUT THEY ARE UP AND RUNNING AND UH, YOU KNOW, I SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL THE PRINCIPALS LAST WEEK JUST KIND OF GETTING THEIR FEEL FOR HOW THINGS WERE GOING WITH THEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, OUTSIDE OF THE BUG, WE GOTTA WORK OUT.
THEY WERE ALL PLEASED THAT THEY WERE IN.
THEY WANT US TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO 'EM.
ARCADIA WANTS US TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO NOT HAVE THE LIGHTS ON 'EM.
'CAUSE WHEN THE STUDENTS SEE THE LIGHTS ON, THEY THINK THEY'RE WORKING AND IT MAKES THEM NOT DO THINGS, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS A GOOD THING.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT DOING IT, THAT'S GREAT.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE VAPES.
UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT SHAKING DEEP WATER LEAK, SINCE THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ONE.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU USE DISSIMILAR METALS AND PLUMBING.
THE LEAKAGE
IT'S A COPPER LINE WITH A GALVANIZED NIPPLE ON IT AND IT JUST GAVE UP.
UM, AND WHERE WAS THAT PIPE? IT WAS IN THE CEILING ABOVE THE GIRLS' REST BATHROOM CLOSEST TO THE GYM, KIND OF ACROSS FROM LIKE THE CLINIC, UM, UP IN THE CEILING AND NOT SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WAS EVER SEEN.
THIS IS PROB PROBABLY ORIGINAL.
THIS IS ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT HUNG IN THERE FOR A WHILE.
UM, WE DUMPED ABOUT 32,000 GALLONS OF WATER IN THAT SCHOOL, ACCORDING TO SHE KING'S WATERTOWN RECORDS.
THE LEAKS STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 12:18 AM.
UM, THE WATER QUIT AT ABOUT 6 15, 6 30 SOMEWHERE WHEN WE FINALLY GOT IT CUT OFF, UM, WE WERE ABLE BETWEEN PAUL BLOCKS AND MYSELF BEING ON THE PHONE ALL MORNING TRYING TO GET SERVPRO SERVE MASTER, ANYBODY WE COULD FIND THAT DID WATER CLEANUP.
UH, PAUL FINALLY GOT SERVICE MASTER.
THEY DIVERTED AN ENTIRE TEAM TO OUR SCHOOL FROM THEIR SALISBURY OFFICE.
AND HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT, I THINK WE, TWO THINGS PLAYED INTO OUR FACTOR.
WE HAD A LOT OF WEATHER THAT WEEK THAT BAILED US OUT BECAUSE HAD WE NOT HAD THE WEATHER, WE'D HAVE PROBABLY NOT HAD SCHOOL WITH TEENTH THAT WEEK.
WE DID MISS THAT TUESDAY THAT LEAK OCCURRED.
UM, SERVICE MANAGER DID A GREAT JOB.
THE FACILITIES GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
WE STARTED ON THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY, SENT A TRUCK, EVERY SCHOOL, PICKING UP SHOP BACKS TO BRING THE SHANE DEKIN STAFF.
WHEN WE GOT UP THERE, UM, WE MADE A BIG DENT IN IT.
UH, SERVICEMASTER SHOWED UP WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT AND REALLY DID A BANG UP JOB.
I MEAN, I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH.
UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKING THERE.
UH, AS OF THE SUNDAY, WHATEVER TIME THE LAST TWO WEEKS ARE TERRIBLE.
BEFORE WE CAME BACK TO SCHOOL MONDAY LAST WEEK, THERE WAS ONLY TWO AREAS IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL ON A MOISTURE METER THAT STILL HAD ANY MOISTURE, ANY DAMPENS AT ALL.
BOTH THOSE WERE IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND THEY WERE VERY SMALL AREAS.
WE HAD THE ENTIRE SCHOOL, EVERY CLASSROOM, NO MOISTURE AT ALL.
UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BASEBOARD PULLED OFF THE WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE STILL GOTTA FIX, BUT WE'RE, WE'VE STILL GOT DE FIRES RUNNING IN THE MAIN OFFICE AND IN THE TWO BATHROOMS WHERE THE LEAK OCCURRED.
UM, BUT THERE'S NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO CLASSES AT THIS POINT AT ALL.
UH, EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE OFFICE, YOU KNOW, PRINCIPAL KING AND HER STAFF ARE, ARE DEALING LITTLE COMPROMISE PREMISES RIGHT NOW WITH A LOT OF NOISE.
BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S BETTER THAN THAN I ENVISION IT BE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, WE WE'RE WRAPPED UP THERE.
WE'RE GONNA BRING IN, UH, GUY THIS WEEK FOR SERVICE NOW HE'S GONNA COME AND JUST DO SOME AIR SAMPLING JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK, MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES MOLD MILD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT WE WERE PROACTIVE ENOUGH ON THE CLEANUP THAT WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.
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YES, MA'AM.SO THERE'S NO SMELLS EITHER? NO, MA'AM.
YOU MENTIONED, OKAY, WE GOT ONE, ONE AREA.
THE OFFICE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, A SMALL CARPETED TEACHER'S LOUNGE, MAYBE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO REPLACE CARPET IN THERE, BUT REALLY, NO, THERE WAS A SHOCK THAT THERE WAS NO SMELL IN THE LIBRARY, IN THE COMPUTER LAB, ANYTHING.
'CAUSE THERE ARE CARPETED SPACES AND I MEAN, IT'S, BUT WE HAD THE CARPETS CLEANED AND THE WHOLE BED, THE SERVICE MATTER CAME IN AND NOT ONLY EXTRACTED 'EM, BUT THEY CAME BACK AND CLEANED THE CARPETS LATER THAT WEEK.
SOME OF THE AREA RUGS THAT WERE IN, SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS GOT WET, SO COLD THAT WEEK.
WE DIDN'T HAVE WHERE TO TAKE 'EM BY OUTSIDE.
SO SERVICE MASTER TOOK THOSE BACK TO THEIR SHOP AS WELL.
CLEANED, DRIED 'EM, CLEANED THEM, BROUGHT 'EM BACK AND PUT 'EM IN PLACE.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY A, A BIG EFFORT BY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT KIND OF BAILED US OUT.
AND I THINK THE LAST THING I HAVE, AND UNLESS I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING, BETH, UM, TANGER, WE'VE GOT A WATER LEAK AT TANGER IN A SIX INCH LINE UNDER THE SCHOOL.
I SPENT MOST OF LAST WEEK AND ABOUT SEVEN HOURS OR SO OVER THE WEEKEND ON THE PHONE WITH CONTRACTORS TRYING TO BEG, PLEADED ANYBODY THAT WOULD GO OVER THERE AND FIX THIS THING.
I FINALLY GOT, LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
UM, IT'S A SIX INCH WATERLINE.
IT COMES OFF THE MAIN WATER TOWER.
THERE IS NO VALVE IN PLACE TO SHUT IT OFF.
UM, RIGHT NOW, IF THE, IF THE WATERLINE IS SCHOOL WAS A BUST, THE WATER TOWER WOULD PROBABLY START DUMPING.
AND IF SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET A VALVE AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER SHELF TIME, WE COULD DUMP THE WATER SYSTEM AT TAN.
THERE'D BE NO, NO WATER ON THE ISLAND.
UM, WHEREAS CASE SCENARIO, IT'S PRETTY BAD.
UM, I'VE GOT A GUY FROM TK CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS GIVEN ME A PRICE ON, ON.
FIRST THING WE'VE GOT DO IS PUT A VALVE IN TO FIX THE PIPE TO GET THE WATER SHUT OFF.
SO I'VE GOT A GUY, AN INSURGENT VALVE CAN BE PUT IN A LINE WITHOUT TURNING THE WATER OFF TO THE ISLAND.
WE EITHER SHUT THE WATER DOWN FOR THE, FOR WHAT COULD BE A DAY OR A DAY PLUS TO DO THE VALVE WORK, OR WE PAY SOME EXTRA MONEY.
21,375, I THINK IS WHAT I TOLD BETH TO PUT AN INSURGENT VALVE IN WHERE WE DON'T CUT THE WATER OFF AT TANGER AT ALL.
WE'LL HAVE A WATER, A VALVE IN PLACE TO SHUT THE SCHOOL WATER DOWN.
THEN WE CAN FIX THE WATERLINE.
THE, WE GOT TWO LEAKS RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET APART, WHICH IS A STICK OF PIPE IS 20 FOOT LONG.
SO WE MAY HAVE A FRACTURED PIPE THAT'S LEAKING AT BOTH ENDS THAT COULD SPLIT.
WE, WE'VE TRIED DIGGING IT UP AND WATER'S COMING OUT SO FAST, YOU REALLY CAN'T DIG IT OUT.
THE GROUND KEEPS COLLAPSING ON TOP OF IT.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD TEXT ME THIS EVENING, UH, WAITING ON HIM TO GIMME THE SCHEDULE AND WHEN THE VALVE AND EVERYTHING'S AVAILABLE SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND MOVE FORWARD, GET THE VALVE IN PLACE.
AND I WOULD SAY WE'RE PROBABLY, WE'LL MAKE THE REPAIR RIGHT NOW.
BUT GIVEN THE, THE, THE LINE AND EVERYTHING, WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WHERE WE'VE UNCOVERED IN PLACES, MY SUGGESTION IS GONNA BE AFTER WE MAKE THE REPAIR, GET EVERYTHING OPERATION, COME BACK IN THE SUMMERTIME, SHUT THE WATER DOWN AND REPLACE THE WHOLE WATER LINE FROM THE VALVE WE PUT IN TO THE BOILER ROOM.
THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD AFTER WE HAVE THE, A VALVE AND IT'S, IT'S NOT NEAR THE PROBLEM THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE VALVE'S IN PLACE, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S A WHOLE ISLAND ISSUE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE UPDATE ON CHICKEN TANK.
I MEAN, PANGER, WATER ISSUES, A LOT OF PLACES.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL.
THE, THE GYMS THAT WE'RE DOING.
YEAH, I, I SPOKE WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, UH, END OF LAST WEEK.
THEY'RE FINISHING UP ON THEIR STUFF.
WE'LL HAVE, SHOULD BE THE END OF THIS MONTH, I'LL HAVE THE BID DOCUMENTS READY TO GO WHERE WE CAN PUT IT OUT TO BID.
JUST SEE WHERE THE BIDS COME IN AND THEN KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'S ON BOTH JIMS. YES, SIR.
THAT SHOULD BE BOTH JIM
CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT MAKEUP DAYS.
BOARD MEMBERS, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE MS. UM, SMITH IS GETTING READY TO DISPLAY OUR SURVEY RESULTS.
UM, MUCH LIKE THE RESULTS THAT WE SHARED PREVIOUSLY REGARDING CALENDAR, OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR STAFF RESULTS WERE VERY SIMILAR.
FIRST YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE, UM, THIS IS THE STAKEHOLDER RESULTS.
AND THE TOP CHOICE FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS WAS FOR THE TWO DAYS MISSED WAS FEBRUARY 17TH, WHICH IS, UH, PRESIDENT'S DAY AND APRIL 21ST, WHICH IS THE MONDAY FOLLOWING EASTER.
THEIR SECOND CHOICE WAS FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 17TH AND MARCH 17TH, WHICH IS, WOULD TAKE A DAY
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FROM THE SPRING BREAK.AND THEIR THIRD CHOICE WAS ADD THE TWO DAYS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND HERE IS SHOWING YOU WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE, UM, STAKEHOLDERS SURVEY.
UM, ACTUALLY THIS IS, I'M SORRY.
THE ONE YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT HERE IS FOR THE SCHOOL AND FOR THE STAFF RESULTS.
AGAIN, THE FIRST PLACE CHOICE WAS FEBRUARY 17TH, WHICH IS PRESIDENT'S DAY.
AND APRIL 21ST, WHICH IS THE DAY AFTER EASTER BREAK, YOU'LL SEE A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE ON THE STAFF WHERE THEIR SECOND PLACE WAS JUNE 16TH AND 17TH.
SO BASICALLY WHEN WE COMBINE THIS DATA, THE TWO, THE TWO TOP CHOICES WERE ADD, EITHER ADD THE TWO DAYS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, UM, ONE OF THOSE DAYS IS, INVOLVES ELECTION IN OUR SCHOOLS.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO REACH OUT AND COORDINATE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS.
AND ALSO, UM, THE SECOND TOP, UH, CHOICE WAS FEBRUARY 17TH AND APRIL 21ST.
AND WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN IS, UM, PRESIDENT'S DAY IS ACTUALLY A 12 MONTH EMPLOYEE A DAY OFF ALREADY.
SO WE WOULD MOVE THAT TO MARCH 21ST FOR 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESULTS? YES, MA'AM.
SO IF WE MOVED THE DAYS TO THE 16TH AND THE 17TH, THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT THE SENIORS OR WOULD IT AFFECT THE SENIORS? 'CAUSE WE GET OUT 'CAUSE WE GRADUATE ON THE 10TH OF JUNE.
AND MS. TAYLOR, THEIR LAST DAYS ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOCKED IN.
SO IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T CHANGE GRADUATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE IMPLYING THAT ALL THE SENIORS WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TWO DAYS TO THE YEAR
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT SURVEY WOULD TURN OUT.
SO BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THIS DATA AND THE, AGAIN, THE TOP TWO CHOICES, WHICH WOULD BE ADD AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OR TAKE PRESIDENT'S DAY.
AND, UM, APRIL 21ST, WHICH IS THE DAY AFTER EASTER WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING, UM, YOUR INPUT.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK NOT.
NOW YOU HEAR A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT WAIVERS THAT CAN BE APPLIED FOR, FOR STORMS OR DISASTERS OR WHATEVER.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN'T DO WITH THIS TIME HAS TO BE MADE UP? THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO WITH THIS TIME.
THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET TO, TO SEEK THOSE WAIVERS.
LIKE IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A, A MASSIVE STORM CAME IN THE STORM THAT WE HAD WHERE IT WAS JUST A COUPLE DAYS, WE'RE STILL WITHIN OUR WINDOW.
SO THAT PARTICULAR WAIVER IS FOR AN EXTENSIVE, UM, NATURAL DISASTER OR STORM, SUCH AS WHAT'S TAKING PLACE OUT IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.
AND I ALSO GET THE QUESTIONS THAT THESE DAYS CAN'T BE MADE UP VIRTUAL.
NO, WE'RE ON, WE'RE ON 180 DAY CALENDAR AND THESE ARE IN PERSON DAYS.
I GUESS THERE'S NO CHANCE FOR, UH, NO, I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT IF IT WAS A FRIDAY, MAKING THAT A HALF DAY, BUT BOTH OF THOSE ARE MONDAY, SO I GUESS THAT WON'T MATTER UNLESS THE TEACHERS NEED TO TIME TO INPUT GRADES OR SOMETHING, BUT OKAY.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS I HAD SENT TO ME, SO.
MR. JOHNSON IS GONNA TALK TO US ABOUT THE CLASSIFIED SALARY OPTIONS.
CAN WE FORGIVE, CAN WE, CAN THIS BOARD FORGIVE THE DAYS? WAS THAT I DON'T THINK SO.
CAN THE BOARD FORGIVE THE DAYS? NO, WE'RE OUT.
SO THIS IS, UH, THIS GOES BACK A COUPLE MEETINGS.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU ASKED ME TO, OR WE PUT TOGETHER SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU.
UH, WE CAME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
WE PUT TOGETHER A FEW MORE OPTIONS.
I BELIEVE I'VE EMAILED THIS TO EVERYONE, UH, MAYBE TWO MEETINGS AGO OR SO.
THE FIRST OPTION IS ONLY APPLIES TO C ONE, C TWO AND C3.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE LISTED.
THESE ARE THE POSITIONS IT WOULD AFFECT.
AND THIS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 11% RAISE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN C ONE, 7%, C TWO, AND 3.5 IN C3.
OPTION TWO AFFECTS CS 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE MINIMUM, UH, HOURLY RATES AND THE MAXIMUM HOURLY RATES.
AND AGAIN, THIS REPRESENTS 11% FOR C ONE, 7.4%
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FOR C TWO, 4.6% FOR FOR C3, AND 2% APPROXIMATELY FOR C FOUR.OPTION THREE, WHICH AFFECTS THE MOST, UM, EMPLOYEES, CS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NEW RATES.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S 11% FOR C ONE, APPROXIMATELY 7% FOR C TWO, THREE AND A HALF PERCENT FOR C3, 1.2% FOR C FOUR, AND 1.2% FOR C FIVE.
I'VE ALSO EMAILED YOU, UH, A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE ONLY EMAILED YOU OPTIONS FOR, UM, OR INFORMATION ABOUT THE THIRD CHOICE, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT TOOK TO, TO CHANGE ALL THAT UP SO THAT YOU SAW IN YOUR EMAIL RECENTLY PROPOSED NEW SALARY SCALES FOR C 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE.
UH, THIS IS THE OPTION THAT, UH, DR.
JACK, THE SUPERINTENDENT IS, UM, ADVOCATING FOR.
OF COURSE, IT'S UP TO YOU ALL.
AND, UH, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT THAT AFFECTS, AND I BELIEVE ALSO EMAILED YOU DIFFERENT POSITION, UH, TITLES AND SALARIES AND PROPOSED NEW SALARIES, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THE HIGHEST PERCENT RAISE IS APPROXIMATELY 11%.
THE LOWEST FOR THAT OPTION WOULD BE ABOUT 1.2%, AS WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BRING UP THE BOTTOM OF THE SCALE.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IF YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS EVERYBODY ON THIS LIST? UM, ARE THEY ALL SALARIED? I MEAN, NOT SALARIED WAGE EARNERS OR SALARIED EMPLOYEES.
IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE LIST THAT'S A SALARIED EMPLOYEE? YES, THEY'RE ALL SALARIED EMPLOYEES.
BUT THESE WOULD BE THE NEW, UH, HOURLY RATES BASED ON THE SALARY.
BASED ON THE SALARY, YES, MA'AM.
SO THEY GET FULL BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING? YES, MA'AM.
OH, PART OF THIS ALSO WAS, UH, I BELIEVE I EMAILED YOU THIS TOO.
I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND IF ANYONE MAKES A MOTION THAT WE ALSO, UH, CONSIDER, UH, THE SSMS, THAT WE RAISE THEIR SALARY ALSO TO A MINIMUM OF $15 AN HOUR.
AND THAT IF AN SSM HAS, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE, UH, MEDICAL CONDITION CHILD OR SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO MONITOR OR SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY, UH, RECEIVE A $16 PER HOUR INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT, UM, SALARY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.
ADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT, UH, OPTION THREE.
AND THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT OPTION THREE WITH, I'M SORRY, WITH, UH, RETROACTIVE BACK TO, UH, DAY ONE OF SCHOOL.
YOU WANT INCLUDE THE STUDENT SUPPORT MONITORS.
ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE SSMS, UH, TO THE ADJUSTMENT AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE OPTION THREE, THE STUDENT SUPPORT MONITORS AND RETROACTIVE.
SECOND IS IT, AND A SECOND, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO ASK MY QUESTION ABOUT THE BUS DRIVERS, WHY THEY'RE NOT ON HERE? I'M STRUGGLING.
JACK WAS HERE AND HE ASKED US, ASKED YOU TO GIVE US, YOU KNOW, SOME DI SOME DIRECTION OF WHAT WE DID.
AND I DON'T THINK THE BUS DRIVERS WERE BROUGHT UP.
UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY REVIEW THEM AS WELL.
AND, UM, AND, AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU IF THAT'S THE, THE, THE WILL OF THE BOARD.
AND I THINK PART OF THIS, IF I'M MISTAKEN, PLEASE CORRECT ME, BUT THERE WAS THESE, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE $13 AN HOUR MARK.
WE WERE TRYING TO GET THEM UP TO 15.
THE BUS DRIVERS CURRENTLY MAKE 21 OR SOMETHING, OR THEY, THEY GET A, THEY GET A DAILY RATE.
HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT, UH, THEY GET A DAILY RATE.
AND IT IS, UM, WAY ABOVE 15, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, CHRIS WILL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, NORTH OF 15,000.
THEY DON'T REALLY WORK HOURLY.
YOU DO A, A DAILY RATE TO DO A ROUTE AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW ON AVERAGE, CHRIS, WHAT DOES THAT TAKE? HOW MANY HOURS DOES THAT TAKE? LESS THAN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO DO YOUR ROUTE? FOUR HOURS.
WE USE A BASE OF FOUR HOURS BECAUSE WE GOT FREE TRUCK CHECK OR WHATEVER WE TYPICALLY SAY, AND I REMEMBER WHAT THE LOWEST 65.
SO THE, FOR FOUR HOURS WORK, OUR BUS DRIVERS ARE CURRENTLY EARNING $65.
SO THAT AVERAGES TO BETTER THAN $15 AN HOUR.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IF, IF THAT'S YOUR WILL FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN, WE CERTAINLY WILL.
I, I DON'T WANNA HOLD UP THE PROCESS.
I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THEY WEREN'T ON THERE.
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SEE THEM ON THERE.BUT I GUESS YOUR RATIONALE OR YOUR EXPLANATION WILL JUSTIFY WHY THEY'RE NOT ON THERE.
I, I JUST DON'T WANT, LIKE I SAID, I'VE, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT THE BUS DRIVERS AND THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING SOMETHING AS WELL.
AND THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THE LIST AND I DON'T SEE THEM ON THERE, I DON'T WANT, I MEAN, WHAT DO I SAY? OH, WELL YOU ARE ALREADY MAKING MORE THAN $15 AN HOUR, SO THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T INCLUDE YOU.
WOULD THAT BE THE CORRECT EXPLANATION? AGAIN, I THINK, UH, IF I REMEMBER FROM WHAT DR.
CHECK WAS TELLING YOU IS, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED YOU ALL TO GIVE US SOME DIRECTION OF AS TO WHAT TO LOOK AT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE BUS DRIVERS WEREN'T MENTIONED.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT.
IF, UM, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU, UM, ARE WANTING US TO DO, JUST JUST GIVE US THE, THE DIRECTION TO DO THAT.
THERE IS, THERE IS STILL THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE TWO OPTION THREE RETROACTIVE S SSMS SSMS WITH MEDICAL.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA MOVE TO ABSTAIN.
AND I BELIEVE WE ONLY, OR WE JUST HAVE ONE NOW THAT JUST ME
MY BUDGET REQUEST, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU SAW IT, BUT IT'S PRETTY REDUNDANT COMPARED TO WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT OR WHEN, COMPARED TO WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT ALREADY PRESENTED.
A LOT OF MY STUFF HAS TO DO WITH STAFFING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE LARGEST SCHOOL IN AKIMA COUNTY.
UM, AND THANKFULLY THIS YEAR WE ARE ALMOST FULLY STAFFED.
UM, BUT IN, EVEN WITH BEING STAFFED, THERE'S STILL A NEED ON OUR END.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR OVER THE YEARS, AND THEY FINALLY HAVE MADE IT ON THE BUDGET, OR THEY'VE BEEN ON THE BUDGET IN THE PAST, THEY'VE NOT BEEN FILLED.
UM, AS THE FULL-TIME BAND TEACHER, CERTAINLY THE BENEFIT OF THE ARTS, UM, CAN'T BE DISPUTED.
HAVING A FULL-TIME BAND TEACHER AND A FULL-TIME COURSE TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WILL CERTAINLY HELP US.
BUT NOT ONLY FILLING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE, BUT ALSO SOME OF OUR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITH THE MARCHING BAND AND THE, AND THE CHOIR AND THE THINGS THAT STUDENTS COME TO SCHOOL FOR BESIDES JUST THE, YOU KNOW, LEARNING THAT TAKES PLACE.
UM, BUT ALSO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A, A FULL-TIME ART TEACHER AND A HALF-TIME ART TEACHER THAT WE SPLIT BETWEEN BOTH MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE'D LIKE US THAT SECOND FULL-TIME ART TEACHER TO AGAIN, SUPPORT THE ARTS.
UM, WE HAVE A PART-TIME PE TEACHER, HEALTH PE TEACHER THAT GOES BETWEEN THE TWO MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLS.
WITH THE SEMESTER CHANGE, WE'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO HAVING THREE FULL-TIME.
AND IN OUR SITUATION, WE ONLY HAVE ONE, UM, CERTIFIED DRIVER'S ED INSTRUCTOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
MY SOPHOMORE CLASS IS 250 KIDS.
SO THAT INDIVIDUAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TEACHING ALL 250 KIDS.
UM, DRIVER'S ED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
UM, PARDON ME, I'M, I GOT ANOTHER CALL SITTING HERE ALL NIGHT.
UM, SO BEING, IF WE HIRED A NEW, UM, OR ANOTHER PE TEACHER, WE'D ASK AT LEAST WE GET SOME DRIVER'S ED CERTIFICATION, TAKE SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL AND MAKE THE CLASS SIZE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
UM, I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, I KNOW MS. BIBER IS WORKING ON IT.
BUT WITH, UM, AT ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL, OUR EL POPULATION'S JUST AS LARGE AS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION.
I HAVE EIGHT SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.
UM, THAT MAY CHANGE WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I WROTE THE BUDGET, WE CERTAINLY COULD USE SOME MORE EL TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEWCOMERS.
UM, AND IF THOSE STUDENTS START WITH US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SEE IT'S CONTAGIOUS.
UM, IF THE, THOSE STUDENTS START WITH US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE GET A NEW GROUP OF STUDENTS USUALLY DECEMBER, JANUARY.
AND THEY'RE NOT AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE STUDENTS WHO STARTED WITH US, UM, IN THE FALL.
SO WE, YET WE HAVE THE SAME TEACHER TEACHING THOSE STUDENTS.
AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN THE SAME CLASSES AND THEIR NEEDS AREN'T QUITE THE SAME.
SO SHE HAS TO DIFFERENTIATE OR DO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE KIDS.
SO HAVING ANOTHER EL TEACHER TO AT LEAST HAVE, UM, A NEWCOMER PART ONE AND A NEWCOMER PART TWO TO KIND OF HELP OUR, OUR STUDENTS ADJUST TO, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, MS. UM, TAYLOR TALKED ABOUT HAVING A GUIDANCE SECRETARY THAT'S ON THE BUDGET.
WE COULD CERTAINLY USE THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UM, FOR ATTENDANCE AND UPDATING POWERSCHOOL.
A LOT OF OUR POWERSCHOOL, UH, DATABASES AREN'T UP TO DATE 'CAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO SIT THERE AND UPDATE EVERY TIME SOMEONE CHANGES THE PHONE NUMBER OR A NINE ONE ONE ADDRESS, PUTTING BUS NUMBERS IN THERE.
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ATTENDANCE IS A BIG PART OF OUR ACCREDITATION STANDARD, AND WE'RE TRYING TO STAY ACCREDITED, AT LEAST I AM.UM, ONE THING WE GOT A COUPLE YEARS AGO WAS AN ADDITIONAL PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.
WE BENEFIT IF WE HAD A SECOND ONE, HAVING TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO FILL, WHEN WE HAVE COACHES THAT HAVE TO LEAVE FOR A GAME AS OPPOSED TO PULLING THEIR COLLEAGUES, WE'RE PAYING THOSE COLLEAGUES, UM, WHEN THEY DO COVER FOR OTHER TEACHERS THAT AREN'T THERE OR HAVE TO LEAVE, BUT THEN THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR PLANNING TIME.
AND THEN SO IT STARTS TO, YOU KNOW, YOU ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL.
SO IF WE HAD A SECOND PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, WE'D CERTAINLY FIND A PLACE TO USE THEM.
AND THEN THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, IN REGARDS TO HUMAN BEINGS THAT WE COULD USE AS A FULL-TIME ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, UM, AT ALL THREE SCHOOLS.
I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXPERIENCE BEING AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
I WAS AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WAS AN AP FROM 2008 TO 2012.
AND MY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, UM, STEPPED DOWN OVER THE WINTER BREAK.
SO I'VE ASSUMED THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THANK GOODNESS WE HAD MIDDLE AMOUNT OF SCHOOL WITH STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING IN JANUARY.
SO I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET CAUGHT UP ON OUR ATHLETIC STUFF, BUT THAT IS MORE THAN A $3,750 STIPEND JOB EACH SEMESTER.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT A SU UH, A, UH, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HAS TO DO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, THE FOOTBALL COACH ALMOST MAKES AS MUCH AS THEM AND THEY HAVE TO TEACH.
THEY COACH FROM, YOU KNOW, THE END OF JULY TO NOVEMBER.
YOU KNOW, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW FAMILIAR YOU'RE WITH V-H-S-L-V-H-S L'S REQUIREMENTS FOR COACHES ARE CHANGING.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF COACHES AND COACH EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING THAT, LOGGING THAT.
BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE USED TO DO THIS, WHEN GARY REESE AND I USED TO DO THIS, AND DOC ONG USED TO DO YOUR BLS ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND YOU'D SUBMIT IT.
NOW EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ENTERED IN A DATABASE AND THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PLACE TO ENTER IT.
AND IF YOU DON'T ENTER IT AND YOU DON'T ENTER IT PROPERLY, VHSL SENDS YOU A NICE $50 FINE TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT.
UM, SO IT'S MORE THAN ONE BLOCK OFF FOR $3,750.
IT IS LITERALLY A FULL-TIME JOB.
UM, IT'S NOT TAKING THE PLACE OF ADMINISTRATORS AT GAMES.
IT'S NOT TAKING THE PLACE OF, UH, OF HAVING THAT VISIBILITY AND THAT PRESENCE.
IT IS SOMEBODY WHO CAN ACTUALLY MANAGE OUR ATHLETIC, UM, PROGRAMS. AND AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE EASTERN SHORE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, I OVERSEE THE PRINCIPALS AND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND HOW WE OPERATE AND HOW WE RUN OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. AND ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS TO JUSTIFY THE POSITION IS HAVING THAT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR TI ARCADIA AND NUA ALSO OVERSEE WHAT HAPPENS OVER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
YOU CAN STILL HAVE THAT STIPEND POSITION AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TO KIND OF HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND HANDLE THE DAY DAY AIR OPERATIONS.
BUT AT LEAST WE'D HAVE SOME, SOME COORDINATION BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND TRY TO BUILD OUR PROGRAMS UP SO THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, THE VHSL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IT IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE TIME I HAVE.
THE REST OF THAT STUFF'S ON THERE.
THERE'S SOME ONE-TIME PURCHASES.
I'D LOVE A SECOND SCOREBOARD ON THE SIDE OF MY GYM SO THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO CRANE THEIR NECKS.
WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE SCOREBOARD.
WE'RE THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT ONLY HAS ONE SCOREBOARD.
WE JUST TURNED TO THE LEFT THE WHOLE TIME.
UM, IF WE'RE GIVING OUT GYMS, I COULD USE ANOTHER ONE.
WOULDN'T MIND MY GYM FLOOR GETTING REDONE AT SOME POINT.
I'D LOVE A WOODEN GYM FLOOR, BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT.
YOU GUYS SAW MY STUFF THAT WAS ON THE ASK FOR ONE TIME.
YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
YOUR ROCK AND ROLL SHOW IS GETTING READY TO COME UP SOON.
HOW'S THE SOUND? NOT ON MY BUDGET.
WHAT'S THAT? IT'S NOT ON MY BUDGET.
IT'S THE HEATING THAT'S ALWAYS THE ISSUE AND THE SMELLS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING, CAN WE? I KNOW, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T RAIN THAT WEEKEND OR THOSE TWO WEEKENDS AND THE WATER DOESN'T POUR INTO THE FRONT OF THE DOORS AND EVERYONE HAS TO WALK THROUGH A SWAMP, IT'S IDEAL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAME TO THE, THE, UH, WINTER NIGHT OF THE ARTS, SORRY, IF YOU DIDN'T WEAR YOUR EXTRA TUFTS, YOUR FEET WERE WET.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR SOME MUCK BOOTS,
I I HAVE PLENTY OF PAIRS OF EXTRA TUFFS.
I GOT LACE UP ONES SHORT ONES TALL ONES RIPPED ONES.
TALK ABOUT A HEIGHT DIFFERENCE.
I'M THE SCHOOL HEALTH COORDINATOR FOR AIMA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND, UM, THE FACT THAT I DIDN'T SEE, AND I COULD HAVE MISSED IT, UM, THE ADDITION OF OUR SECOND CLINIC ASSISTANCE, UM, FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT, UM, ABOUT THE SPECIFIC REQUEST I PUT IN.
YOU KNOW, IDEALLY EACH CLINIC WOULD HAVE A SECOND NURSE OR, UM, A CLINIC ASSISTANT.
HOWEVER, FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO FUND A SECOND NURSE OR CLINIC ASSISTANT FOR THOSE CLINICS THAT HAVE GREATER THAN 25 VISITS PER DAY.
THIS WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS FOR SCHOOL HEALTH.
SO FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS LOOK AT A FEW NUMBERS.
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SCHOOL YEAR.THIS LAST SEMESTER, UH, FALL 2024, AKIMA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL CLINICS SAW 26,551 CLINIC VISITS.
THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 316 VISITS PER DAY.
SIX OF OUR 11 SCHOOLS AVERAGE GREATER THAN 2024 VISITS.
AND TWO OF OUR 11 SCHOOLS AVERAGE GREATER THAN 46 VISITS A DAY.
I DO WANNA MENTION THAT 30% OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ONE OR MORE, UM, CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS.
JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, ALL THIS DATA IS IMPORTANT, BUT OUR AKIMA COUNTY NURSES HAVE MANY RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE TIME CONSUMING AND ARE NOT CAPTURED IN THIS DATA.
SOME OF THESE DUTIES THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED INCLUDE STAFF EDUCATION, BOTH STUDENT SPECIFIC AND MEDICATION DESIGNEE TRAINING LIKE, UH, GASTROSTOMY TUBE FEEDINGS THAT OUR SSMS PROVIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, DIAPERING, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON ALL THAT.
UH, WE PROVIDE STUDENT EDUCATION ON CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND MEDICATIONS.
UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE OUR DIABETICS LEARNING HOW TO STICK THEIR FINGER OR ADMINISTER INSULIN TO THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE TO, UM, WRITE CARE PLANS AND CONFIDENTIAL FORMS FOR ALL THE STAFF.
WE HAVE TO TRACK IMMUNIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONDITIONALLY ENROLLED.
AND THAT GOES ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAVE TO DO COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, UM, MONITORING.
HOW MANY STUDENTS OR STAFF MEMBERS PER CLASSROOM TEST POSITIVE FOR FLU OR COVID OR ANY OF THE OTHER REPORTABLE DISEASES ON THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORTING LIST? SAY THAT REALLY FAST.
UH, WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE STATE MAN STATE MANDATED SCREENINGS AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SCREENINGS, TUBERCULOSIS SCREENINGS FOR NEW EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS, ATTENDANCE DOCUMENTATION AND FILING AND ALL THE STUDENT HEALTH RECORDS.
WE HAVE TO ATTEND MEETINGS WITH PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATION SUCH AS 5 0 4 IEP MEETINGS, SBIT MEETINGS, AND INDIVIDUALIZED HEALTHCARE PLAN MEETINGS.
WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR FIELD TRIPS, MAKING SURE WE HAVE, UH, PERMISSION SLIPS SIGNED FROM PARENTS FOR THAT MEDICATION DESIGNEE TO ADMINISTER THAT MEDICINE.
WE HAVE TO DO CASE MANAGEMENT ON ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF STUDENTS FOR ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, BUT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY DOING IS MEDICAID BILLING.
AND WE'RE MISSING OUT ON A LOT.
WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE TWO NURSES WHO ARE TRAINED TO DO MEDICAID BILLING AND THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE AT TWO SCHOOLS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A FULL-TIME.
SECOND PERSON, THEY DID WONDERFULLY, UM, JUST GET A FLOATER ASSIGNED TO THEM SO THEY SHARE ONE PERSON.
UM, SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO START, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO MEDICAID BILLING.
AND WE DO HAVE A TRAINING COMING UP ON THE 19TH OR EARLY DISMISSAL DAY SO THAT HEIDI AND PAM CAN TRAIN THE REST OF US ON HOW TO DO THAT MEDICAID BILLING.
BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS THAT DO HAVE THAT SECOND PERSON, EVERYONE IS NEW.
SO, UM, TIME IS ANOTHER BIG FACTOR.
I KNOW ALL TEACHERS WORK OUTSIDE THEIR CONTRACTED WORK HOURS, BUT OUR NURSES DO TOO.
WE DON'T HAVE LESSONS PLAN LESSON PLANS TO TAKE HOME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY ALL COME IN EARLY AND THEY ALL GO HOME LATE.
THOSE NURSES, WITHOUT THAT SECOND NURSE, THEY DON'T GET LUNCH.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GET A RESTROOM BREAK.
SAFETY IS A REALLY BIG IMPORTANT FACTOR.
WITHOUT THAT SECOND NURSE OR CLINIC ASSISTANT, THOSE NURSES WILL BE PRACTICING IN AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THE QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED TO THESE STUDENTS WILL BE COMPROMISED.
HAVING A SECOND NURSE OR CLINIC ASSISTANT ENABLES SAFE AND EFFICIENT FUNCTIONING OF THE CLINIC, PROVIDES CONTINUITY OF CARE WHEN THE NURSE NEEDS TO BE OUT OF THE CLINIC, ALLOWS TIME FOR THE NURSE TO EFFECTIVELY PERFORM THOSE DUTIES, NOT INCLUDED IN THE DATA THAT WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
AND WILL ALLOW TIME FOR, FOR THE NURSE TO BILL FOR THOSE MEDICAID SERVICES.
OUR CURRENT STAFFING FOR OUR 11 SCHOOLS INCLUDES 10 RNS FOR LPNS, ONE CLINIC ASSISTANT OVER ON TANGIER.
WE DO HAVE TWO SUBSTITUTES, BUT THEY ARE ONLY FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
I, UM, LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING I APPRECIATE ALL THE DATA.
I'LL ALSO SAY, I BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID, BRINGING US DATA FOR ONE POINT IN TIME BEGS FOR ME THE QUESTION LONGITUDINAL DATA.
HAVE THESE NUMBERS OF VISITS GONE UP? HAVE THEY GONE UP, UM, OVER A
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BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU DEFINITELY ANTICIPATE THAT THE NUMBER OF VISITS TO, TO REMAIN HIGH FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.UH, ACTUALLY, I MEAN, I CAN, I HAVE DATA FROM THE WHOLE SEMESTER IT WENT UP.
I, I PULLED DATA WHEN I FIRST SUBMITTED THE BUDGET REQUEST TO, UH, BETH.
AND, UH, I THINK THE AVERAGE, THE MAX AVERAGE WAS 37, AND THAT'S GONE UP TO 48.
THAT'S WHY I PULLED A WHOLE SEMESTER.
INSTEAD OF JUST, WHAT IS THAT EIGHT WEEKS? UM, I CAN GO INTO OUR, UM, ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD AND TRY TO PULL YEARS' WORTH.
ALTHOUGH I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT DATA HIGHER BECAUSE THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOUR COVID YEARS.
I'M NOT ASKING, I I JUST, I APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATA AND, AND SO TO THE OTHER PART, YOU EXPECT THE NUMBER OF VISITS TO NOT TRAIL OFF, BUT TO, CORRECT.
YEAH, I TRY TO PULL, YOU KNOW, LIKE AT THE END OF THE YEAR I'LL PULL LONGITUDAL, YOU KNOW, FOR THE WHOLE CURRENT YEAR.
YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, TANYA WAS HERE LAST YEAR, SO I DON'T HAVE HER DATA.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I LIKE TO TRACK AS A SUPERVISOR.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THIS CLINIC DOING? WHAT'S THAT CLINIC DOING? WHERE AM I GONNA PUT THIS NURSE? WHERE SHOULD I FLOAT THAT NURSE? YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT'S WHY I REQUESTED FOR EVERY CLINIC THAT SEES MORE THAN 25.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND NAN DO A MIDDLE IF, BECAUSE OF THE CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS THEY HAVE AT NANDU MIDDLE.
IF THAT DROPS OFF NEXT YEAR AND IT PICKS UP AT ARCADIA MIDDLE, THEY DON'T NOT GONNA NEED THAT AT NANDU MIDDLE.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT PERSON.
I HAVE A BRIEF STATEMENT, NOT A QUESTION.
MY STEPMOTHER, SHE IS THE NURSE AT MA TOMKIN AND SHE COMES HOME SO STRESSED.
YOU WOULD THINK SHE'S PULLING HER HAIR OUT, LIKE, BUT I DO APPRECIATE HER AND I'M QUITE SURE THE STUDENTS LOVE HER.
FROM WHAT I HEAR, THEY LOVE HER.
SO HAVING A SECOND NURSE WOULD DEFINITELY HELP HER.
SHE DOES SO MUCH AND SHE DOES SO MUCH WHEN SHE GOES HOME.
SHE DOES SO MUCH ON THE WEEKENDS.
SHE DOES SO MUCH WHEN SHE'S NOT EVEN IN THE BUILDING JUST FOR HER STUDENTS AND JUST TO MAKE SURE SHE'S CAUGHT UP ON ALL THE PAPERWORK, EVERYTHING FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO HAVING A SECOND NURSE WOULD DEFINITELY HELP HER.
AND I'M QUITE SURE IT'LL HELP ALL THE OTHER NURSES THAT ARE LACKING IN THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? I PUT MY, OH, GO AHEAD.
SO HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SO, I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD GET MONEY BACK? YES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MUCH, JUST LIKE AN IDEA, LIKE I DON'T, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A NUMBER.
UM, I'LL LEARN MORE WHEN, ONCE I DO THE TRAINING.
JENNIFER ANNIS, UM, I CAN GET THE INFORMATION FROM JENNIFER ANIS ON WHAT THEY'VE GENERATED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
I'M JUST KIND, WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS TO YEAH.
I'M TOLD THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, Y'ALL, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR STAFF BUDGET PRESENTATIONS.
UM, NEXT UP IS THE HR CONSULTANT.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SOMEWHAT MORE IN DEPTH AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND THERE'S, THERE'S THE RATIONALE'S BEEN POSTED ON THE AGENDA FOR A FEW DAYS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MADAM CHAIR? YES.
UM, AND, AND THIS CAN, UM, OP OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION IF, IF NEED BE, BUT, UM, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL AS HAS BEEN PRESENTED ON BOARD DOCS, UM, AND DIRECT A SUPERINTENDENT TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADVERTISE THE POSITION AS DESCRIBED.
SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HR CONSULTANT.
I THINK I SLEPT ON THE, UM, COMMENT PERIOD.
I CAN HOLD MY THOUGHTS FOR COMMENTS IF YOU WANT, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON.
DID, IS THERE A CONSENSUS ON THE CALENDAR? I MEAN, I DON'T MIND TO SAY THAT AS ONE INDIVIDUAL
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BASED ON WHAT I THINK CITIZENS BROADLY WOULD SAY.I WOULD PREFER THE FEBRUARY, UM, 17 AND APRIL 1ST OPTION.
ADDING TWO DAYS TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
IT IS NOT AS ATTRACTIVE TO ME.
DID YOU HEAR WHAT SHE SAID?
BECAUSE SHE'S A SENIOR AND SO THE SENIORS WANT DAYS ADDED TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO THERE, IS THERE A SECOND? THIS ONE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'M, I'M WILLING TO HEAR WAS THAT A, WAS THAT A MOTION? YES, WE WERE TWO 17 AND 4 21.
SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO GO TO SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 17TH AND APRIL 21ST.
OPPOSED? SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS? AM I FIRST? YES.
UM, SO WITH REGARD TO THE HR CONSULTANT, I THINK THAT, UM, THERE ARE FOUR POINTS, MAYBE FIVE, AND I'LL GO QUICKLY.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, I, I WOULD, UM, OFFER THAT THE CURRENT HR MANAGER HAS SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT HE WOULD HATE TO SEE US SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NEEDED, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, THERE ARE SO MANY BUDGET REQUESTS.
I'VE SAID THESE THINGS BEFORE THAT, UM, OTHER BUDGET REQUESTS THAT COULD MORE DIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENTS.
UM, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TAKING MONEY AWAY.
I THINK THAT THIS POSITION IS A WAX A WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
THIRD, AND, AND THIS MAY BE THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, THE DUTIES IN THAT DESCRIPTION REALLY READ, LIKE, PARTICULARLY NUMBER THREE, THEY READ LIKE THERE'S A DESIRE TO REPEAT OR REPLACE LAST COMPENSATION STUDY, ANOTHER HUGE WASTE OF TAX PAYER DOLLARS.
I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE QUESTION OR MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN THIS WAS FIRST INTRODUCED, THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO REPLACE THE LAST COMPENSATION STUDY.
AND ALL I WILL SAY ABOUT THAT IS LET'S JUST LET TIME TELL.
UM, AND I SAY THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S MY VIEW, TONIGHT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, PRETTY PEACEFUL AND ALL THAT REALLY, LIKE, I THINK A BOARD MEETING SHOULD BE RUN WHERE DIVERSE THOUGHTS, DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ARE SHARED AND, YOU KNOW, WE AGREE TO DISAGREE.
IT IS DECISIONS LIKE THIS, WHICH I THINK ARE ONE SIDED AND WITH AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE.
UM, I THINK IT CONTINUES TO HARM OUR CREDIBILITY.
UM, I'M IN THIS FOR THE DURATION.
MY ANCESTORS FOUGHT WAY TOO HARD FOR ME TO GIVE UP, ALTHOUGH I DO GET FRUSTRATED WITH THIS FIVE PERSON VOTE CONTINUALLY.
UM, THE LAST THING THAT I WANNA SAY PUBLICLY, BECAUSE I'VE ASKED ABOUT THIS TOPIC A NUMBER OF TIMES.
I PULLED MYSELF OFF OF THE STUDENT CONDUCT COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO GIVE SOMEONE ELSE THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE COMMITTEE'S LIST WENT AROUND.
UM, WHEN IT WAS CIRCULATED BY OUR VICE CHAIR, I CAME TO THE STARK REALIZATION THAT I'M ALREADY ON TWO COMMITTEES FOR ACKERMAN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AUDIT FOR THE COUNTY AND SAFETY OR SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AND SO, UM, AS I SAID TO MS. JACKSON, I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT I'LL LOOK FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD HEARING THOSE OUTCOMES.
BUT I PULLED MYSELF FROM THAT TABLE.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I'M, I'M SO DELIGHTED WITH THE, WITH EVERYONE WHO, WHO SPOKE AND, AND, AND SHARED THIS EVENING FROM ALL THE, ALL THE PEOPLE FROM ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND I, I, I REALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO THE, THE THREE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR BUDGET.
UH, SO MANY TIMES YOU CAN HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND NO ONE, NO ONE SPEAKS, BUT WE HAD THREE, UM, VERY, UM, POSITIVE, ENTHUSIASTIC, ARTICULATE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, UM, PROGRAMS FOR THAT BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS.
UM, THINGS THAT THAT REALLY MEAN A LOT TO THEM.
AND I JUST, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW DELIGHTED I AM.
I SHARE MS. BOWMAN'S SENTIMENTS ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT ALSO, UM, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON FACEBOOK AS MUCH AS I HAVE BEEN THIS YEAR.
BUT I'M JUST REAL EXCITED WHENEVER I GO ON AND I ALWAYS SEE ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS ARE DOING.
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IS ABOUT, IS TO CELEBRATE NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, BUT TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL.SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
I WILL EXPRESS, AND I WANNA BE CLEAR IN MY EXPRESSION THAT, UM, I DIDN'T WANNA HOLD UP THE VOTE TONIGHT.
UM, IN REGARDS TO OTHER PEOPLE, THE CLASSIFIED STAFF BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR RAISES, I'M GLAD THEY GOT THEM.
UM, BUT I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE BUS DRIVERS WERE NOT INCLUDED.
I ENJOYED HEARING ALL ABOUT ARCADIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL TONIGHT, AND I WAS, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THAT AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING WITH OUR BUILDING AND GROUNDS.
I ALSO WANTED TO JUST, UH, STATE AGAIN THAT GOOD TO HEAR FROM ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND, UH, THE YOUNG MAN THAT SPOKE.
UM, AND I HEAR WHAT SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS HR CONSULTANT.
BUT LOOKING OVER THE, THE INFORMATION THAT I FOUND ON ONLINE THAT THE, THE HR CONSULTANT CAN PROVIDE ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCES, INCLUDING DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING HR POLICIES, MANAGING EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, CONDUCTING RECRUITMENT, DESIGNING TRAINING PROGRAMS, ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH EMPLOYEE LAW EMPLOYMENT LAWS, AND ALLOWING HR STRATEGIES WITH OVERALL BUSINESS GOALS.
AND I FEEL LIKE BY HAVING THIS CONSULTANT, I THINK IT COULD HELP, MAYBE WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME GOOD DESIGNING TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR OUR, FOR OUR TEACHERS THAT ULTIMATELY COULD HELP OUR SCHOOLS AND WHERE WE CAN ALSO HELP WITH OUR STUDENTS, UM, TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE I WANTED TO SAY WHY I VOTED FOR THE HR CONSULTANT.
AND I FEEL THAT IT IS FOR US AND ULTIMATELY GONNA BE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO, MR. WHIPPER, UH, I'D SAY TWO THINGS TONIGHT.
UM, FIRST, UH, MS. HANDY, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT, UH, THE BUS DRIVERS GETTING A RAISE, UH, FOR SURE.
UM, TO IMPLEMENT INTO THE, THE ONE WE JUST PASSED TONIGHT.
UH, FULL SUPPORT FROM MALE MATH.
UM, SECOND WHO I REPORT ON THE CAC COMMITTEE THAT I BELONG TO.
UH, WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY FIVE PEOPLE SHOWED UP, INCLUDING MYSELF.
UH, SO I WOULD INVITE, UM, PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS TO PLEASE COME TO THESE MEETINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR VOICE, VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD AND WE'RE THERE TO LISTEN.
SO JUST SPREAD THE WORD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CAC NEEDS MORE PARTICIPATION.
I, AGAIN, IT GET YOUR REPETITIVE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT AND TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
UH, THE STUDENTS YOU GUYS CHOOSE.
I ALWAYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB WHEN THEY SPEAK IN FRONT OF US.
I WISH THE YOUNG MAN WAS STILL HERE.
MS. FERGUSON, NICE TO HEAR FROM ALL YOU.
UH, MR. CHE, THANKS FOR MAKING US LAUGH.
AND AND THAT'LL FINISH ME OFF.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? THAT'S IT.
WE NEED TO GO AND DO A SECOND PUBLIC SECOND PHONE.
ARE THERE ANY, DID ANYBODY, ANY STAFF OR STUDENTS KNOW WHAT SIGNED UP AND THEIR SUPERINTENDENT'S NOT HERE? SO WE NEED TO ADJOURN TO ANOTHER BRIEF CLOSED SESSION TO FINISH UP OUR BUSINESS.
I MOVE THAT WE GO FOR CLOSED SESSION FOR OUR, UM, PERSONNEL MATTERS THAT INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL CLASSIFIED, PART-TIME RETRACTED AND SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS AND STATUS CHANGES AS WELL AS EXTENDED MEDICAL LEAVE.
MOTION IS SECOND TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
OPPOSED OR IN CLOSED SESSION HERE? OH, YEAH.
WHEREAS THE AIMA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS CONVENED A CLOSED MEETING ON THIS STATE PURSUANT TO AN AFFIRMATIVE RECORD VOTE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
AND WHEREAS SECTION 2.1 DASH 37 70 1D, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AS SUCH, CLOSED MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH VIRGINIA LAW.
THEY THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT AKIMA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE.
ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED.
AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS
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AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED.'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT THAT WE CERTIFY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THINGS.
I I'M NOT GONNA READ IT AGAIN.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE PERSONNEL LIST.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PERSONNEL LIST AS AMENDED.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL LIST AS AMENDED.
OPPOSED? THIS TIME I'M GONNA NO.
I MOVE THAT WE RECESS OUR MEETING TO FEBRUARY 11TH AT MAT TOMKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AT SIX 32ND FOR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
AND THERE IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND FROM DR. JOHNSON.