[00:00:01]
NEEDS TO PARTICIPATE ELECTRONICALLY?[School Board on September 2, 2025.]
YES.UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER? UH, NO.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
UH, THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED MEETING.
I MOVE THAT SCHOOL BOARD CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THREE STUDENT MATTERS TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS THE LIST OF RELEASES EXEMPTIONS, A PETITION FOR READMISSION AND APPARENT ENROLLMENT APPEAL AS PERMITTED UNDER SUBDIVISION A 0.2 OF SUBSECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 OF THE CO OF VIRGINIA.
AND SECOND TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
WE'RE NOW CLOSED SESSION 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 EXEMPTED 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 OR HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED.
MOTION IS SECOND TO CERTIFY THE CLOSED MEETING.
UM, AFTER WE'RE GONNA SAY THE PLEDGE, AND PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTER THE PLEDGE.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
MAY I ASK THE CLERK FOR ROLL CALL? MS. FIDEL? PRESENT.
AND DANIELLE, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES AT THE LAST MEETING? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE OH 8 19 20 25 MEETING.
MOTION IS SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
HUMAN RESOURCES UPDATE OR NO? I GUESS WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE, UM, READMISSION.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE READMISSION CASE NUMBER OH 9 0 2 25 0 1 AS PRESENTED.
MOTION IS SECOND TO APPROVE THE READMISSION CASE.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, MOVE THE PERSONNEL APPROVAL TO LATER.
MOTION IS SECOND TO RELOCATE THE PERSONNEL LIST TO THE SECOND CLOSED SESSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED, UM, POLICY UPDATES.
SO THE POLICY UPDATES, UM, FOR NINE TWO ARE ATTACHED FOR REVIEW.
UM, THOSE WON'T BE A FRACTION UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
SO, UM, WE WILL LET YOU REVIEW THOSE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR DR.
THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME BEFORE YOU, SO I JUST WANNA INTRODUCE, UM, DR. GARRISON TO EVERYBODY.
HE IS OUR NEW HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
SO WELCOME, WELCOME TO GARRISON.
SO, UM, FOR ACKERMAN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR PERSONNEL, UM, VACANCY REPORT.
CURRENTLY AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE 43 VACANCIES.
UM, AFTER TODAY WE WILL GO DOWN TO 40 VACANCIES.
UM, CURRENTLY, UM, FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL VACANCIES
[00:05:01]
AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, WE HAVE THREE CLASSROOM TEACHERS.WE'RE DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL.
ONE, WE, WHEN YOU SEE DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL, THAT SIMPLY MEANS, UM, CANDIDATES ARE APPLYING, THEY'RE BEING REVIEWED AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM HIRED AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE MUST HAVE THE CORRECT, UM, TEACHERS AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FILL THESE POSITIONS.
SO WHENEVER YOU SEE DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL, THAT'S LETTING YOU KNOW THINGS IS IN THE WORKS.
UM, AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE WHERE IT SAYS FILMING OR INTERVIEWING AS WE GO ALONG.
SO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE ONE SCIENCE TEACHER DEVELOPMENT, A TALENT POOL.
WE, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BIOLOGY TEACHER AND THE GUIDANCE SECRETARY.
WE'RE CURRENTLY INTERVIEWING, UM, FOR THAT IN THE TIME.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO SPED INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS WHERE WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL.
WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS, UH, SUPPORT MONITORS WE'RE CURRENTLY INTERVIEWING FOR.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE
SAME THING FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
UM, THE SECOND GRADE TEACHER, THE PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE IN THE TWO CAFETERIA MONITORS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE HAVE, UM, A TOMKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL.
UM, MUSIC TEACHER, MEDIA SPECIALIST, THE GUIDANCE SECRETARY WE ARE INTERVIEWING FOR.
UM, AND THEN YOUR THREE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS WHERE WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL.
NANDU MIDDLE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO OPENINGS.
UM, UA HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE THE BOOKKEEPER, UM, THAT IS BEING FILLED.
A START DATE PENDING PAPERWORK.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NURSE AID CLINICAL, UM, INSTRUCTOR FILLING AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TWO, UM, SPECIAL AID AND STRUCTURAL ASSISTANCE WHERE WE'RE DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL.
AT DUNCAN ELEMENTARY, WE'RE MEDIA SPECIALISTS DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL IN THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
WE'RE DIVIDED DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL.
THE TANGER COMBINED SCHOOL, WE HAVE NO OPENINGS.
UM, FOR OUR FACILITIES VACANCIES, WE HAVE A HVAC TECHNICIAN WHERE WE'RE DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL, GROUNDSKEEPER.
AND THEN THE CUSTODIAL IS ONE OF THOSE CONTINUOUS REC, CONTINUOUS REQUISITION WILL BE OPEN NOW FOR A, UM, THREE MONTHS AND THEN IT WILL CLOSE AND RECYCLE IF IT'S A CONTINUOUS WRECK.
SO WHENEVER YOU SEE CONTINUOUS WRECK, YOU WILL SEE THAT GOING FORWARD THAT IT'LL BE OPEN FOR A QUARTER, IT WILL CLOSE IT AND THEN REOPEN IT.
UM, THAT WAY IT IS, UM, NOT, IT WILL PICK UP NEW TRACTION OF TALENT AT FOR THAT.
ALRIGHT, UM, FOOD SERVICE VACANCIES, FOOD SERVICE MANAGER, DEVELOPING A TALENT POOL, FOOD SERVICE WORKER.
ONE OF THOSE, AGAIN, CONTINUOUS, UM, REQUISITIONS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THE TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE A BUS AND EQUIPMENT, UM, MECHANIC, WHICH IS BEING FILLED.
UM, THE START DATE IS PENDING THE PAPERWORK AND THE COMPLETION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. GARRISON? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO I DIDN'T SEE CHIN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
WELL, I ASSUME THAT THERE WERE NO VACANCIES THERE AS WELL.
UM, SIMILARLY, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING, SO I'M GONNA GIVE GRACE AND I WILL EMAIL YOU AND DR. MILLER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT QUESTIONS THAT IMPACT, YOU KNOW, MY VOTE OR MY THOUGHTS ON TONIGHT.
SO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU.
YOU GET ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRAM HANDBOOK.
UM, SO YOU WILL SEE ATTACHED THE ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRAM HANDBOOK.
THAT IS A HANDBOOK FOR STAFF IN REGARDS TO HOW TO HANDLE EL SITUATIONS.
IF YOU GUYS WANNA REVIEW IT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN GET A HOLD OF MS. IRA OR MYSELF.
AND, UM, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
IS THAT A BRAND NEW DOCUMENT OR WE'VE JUST UPDATED? UPDATED IT.
THE MOU WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THAT IS ALSO UP FOR, UM, JUST FOR PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
UM, WE DID PROVIDE THE RED LINE AND THE NEW MOU.
I CAN CERTAINLY, I'LL, I'LL TALK YOU THROUGH QUICK, UH, THE INFORMATION.
UM, YOU DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STATE RELEASED THE FINAL SOL REPORT.
SO THESE ARE THE FINAL REPORTS FOR THE, UH, STATE IN TERMS OF SOL PERFORMANCE SCORES.
UH, DO YOU GUYS HAVE IT UP ON YOUR SCREEN? OKAY, GOOD.
WHICH ONE USE THE OTHER ONE PLEASE, MS. DANIELLE.
UM, FIRST THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE OVERALL PASS RATE WITHIN THE DIVISION OF 65.84.
[00:10:01]
UH, THAT PUTS US AT A STATE RANK OF 92ND IN THE STATE.UH, THEN BELOW WE DID HIGHLIGHT HOW MIMA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
UH, STATE RANKING WISE, UH, MOVING INTO ELEMENTARY PASS RATE AT THE DIVISION LEVEL, WE HAVE TAKEN A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SCHOOL AND SMALLER LEVEL.
BUT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE PASS RATES ARE BETWEEN 50 AND 60 AND READING, UH, SOME AREAS WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, SOME WENT UP A LITTLE, UH, VIRGINIA STUDIES WAS 60% ON BOTH.
SO LOOKING AT THIS DATA, THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE MOST RECENT YEAR.
SO THIRD GRADE READING 51% WAS 24 25 THAT WE JUST FINISHED.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE YEAR PREVIOUSLY WAS A 54%.
SO THE FIRST NUMBER IS FROM THE MOST RECENT YEAR.
THE SECOND NUMBER IS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, MOVING INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL PASS RATE, UH, THESE RATES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
YOU SEE HIGHER SIXTIES AND 70%.
COUPLE POINTS, PERCENTAGE POINTS EITHER WAY.
UM, GOING THROUGH SCIENCE CONTINUES TO BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCERN WITH 59% THIS YEAR, AN IMPROVEMENT FROM 56, BUT STILL AN AREA OF CONCERN.
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, YOU SEE SOME STRONGER OVERALL PASS RATES IN ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, READING, WRITING WAS A 67% WORLD HISTORY ONE.
THERE WAS A BIG DROP THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO FIGURE OUT.
UH, AND THEN BIOLOGY, UH, UH, 75% OVERALL IN THAT AREA.
LOOKING THEN AT SUBGROUP PERFORMANCE, THE PERCENTAGE POINT IS HOW FAR AWAY THEY ARE FROM THE ALL STUDENTS CATEGORY.
SO YOU DO SEE THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS CONTINUE TO REALLY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A, A HIGHER SEPARATION.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH TTAC AND SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.
UM, BUT YOU SEE IT TRICKLES THROUGH DISADVANTAGE EL HISPANIC AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS WITH A SUBGROUP PERFORMANCE.
MILLER'S PRESENTATION, SHE WILL PROVIDE YOU, OR THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL LINK.
MR. SER, WHO IS OUR NEW DDOT PERSON, HAS JOINED US.
HE PUT TOGETHER A SCHOOL LEVEL THAT ALSO COMPARES TO STATE REPORT, MUCH MORE SORT OF IN DEPTH DATA.
BUT IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
BUT HE KINDLY PUT THAT TOGETHER.
WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO THROW EVERYTHING AT YOU IN THE KITCHEN SINK AT THIS POINT.
I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
MAY I, MAY I JUST ADD THANK YOU AS WELL FOR, UM, INCLUDING THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
OKAY, SO I AM GOING TO START OUT WITH, UM, BOARD UPDATES AND THEN WE WILL GET TO THE A HUNDRED DAY REPORT THAT YOU SEE ATTACHED THERE.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, WE HAD A GOOD OPENING DAY PROGRAM.
UM, I'VE HEARD SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
ABIAN AND I KIND OF SPLIT THE COUNTY IN HALF FOR BACK TO SCHOOL AND OPENING DAYS.
SO ON BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, I TOOK THE NORTHERN END AND HE TOOK THE SOUTHERN END.
AND THEN, UM, FOR OPENING DAY TO DAY, I TOOK THE SOUTHERN END AND HE TOOK THE NORTHERN END.
SO IT WAS GOOD TO GET TO INTERACT WITH CHILDREN AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.
SO, UM, EVERYTHING WENT REALLY WELL.
AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH HOW, WITH HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
PEOPLE SEEM VERY HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION.
UM, AND SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
WE HAD THE AEROSPACE RIBBON CUTTINGS, SO WANTED TO THANK, UM, IT WAS, UH, MR. WHIPPER, MR. WHITE, MR. UM, OR, UH, MS. TURNER AND DR.
UM JOHNSON WERE THERE FOR THAT.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU TO THEM FOR COMING AND SUPPORTING.
AND, UM, OUR STUDENTS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB THERE.
AND THE, THEY WERE SHOOTING ROCKETS OFF WITH THE GOVERNOR AND IT WAS, IT WAS A, A GOOD EXPERIENCE ALL AROUND.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO, UM, WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE INTO THE A HUNDRED DAY REPORT.
SO YOU'LL SEE UNDERNEATH SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, WE LOADED THE A HUNDRED DAY ENTRY PLAN.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE A HUNDRED DAY SUPERINTENDENT REPORT THAT YOU CAN LAY NEXT TO THAT.
SO IT IS LAID OUT IN THE EXACT SAME FORMAT SO THAT YOU CAN REVIEW THAT.
I AM JUST GOING TO HIT SOME HIGH POINTS BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG DOCUMENT.
UM, WHEN YOU REVIEW IT IN ITS ENTIRETY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, SO WE DID COMPLETE, UM, WE DID, OR I DID, UM, INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM,
[00:15:01]
AND KIND OF GOT DIRECTION ON AND THOUGHTS ON WHERE THE DIVISION SHOULD GO.UM, STRENGTHS AND AREAS TO WORK IN.
UM, DID, WE DID MEET WITH EACH PRINCIPAL.
AND SO, UM, AS I TALKED ABOUT IN, IN MY INTERVIEW, WE DID, UM, THREE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WELL THAT WE'RE PROUD OF.
TWO THINGS OF CONCERN AND THEN ONE THING THAT WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE HELP.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE ONE THINGS THAT WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO GET HANDLED, UM, FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS.
AND SO THAT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THEM.
ABBY AND I TOGETHER DID LISTENING SESSIONS AT EACH OF THE, UM, HIGH SCHOOLS.
DIDN'T GET TO TANGER YET, THAT GOT
WE HAD IT SCHEDULED AND IT GOT CANCELED, UM, DUE TO WEATHER.
BUT WE HAVE IT RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 26TH, SO WE'RE GONNA GET OUT THERE IN PERSON TOO.
UM, AND WE DID COME UP WITH SOME POSITIVES AND SOME CONCERNS FROM THOSE AS WELL.
UM, MOVING DOWN YOU WILL SEE, UM, COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS LEADERS.
SO I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH A, A RIGHT GOOD NUMBER OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, UM, DIFFERENT ENTITIES ON THE SHORE THAT ARE THERE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, UM, AND TO, TO OFFER DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO THAT HAS BEEN AMAZING AND WONDERFUL AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SUPER SUPPORTIVE, UM, OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR STAFF.
MOVING DOWN, YOU'LL SEE, UM, ASSESSING DISTRICT OPERATIONS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
UM, YOU'LL SEE LINKED THERE AGAIN IS THE REPORT FOR THE DIVISION SOL SCORES, AS WELL AS THE REPORT ON INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL SCORES.
UM, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE GRADUATION RATES ARE NOT OUT YET, SO THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED FROM THE STATE.
SO AS FAR AS OVERALL ACCREDITATION, WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET.
AND WHEN THAT DOES COME OUT, I'LL, I'LL BE SURE TO UPDATE YOU.
SO FOR BUDGET AND FINANCE, WE HAVE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS MET, WE MET ON AUGUST 12TH.
UM, I HAVE MET WITH THE COUNTY TREASURER, UM, IN A ONE, ONE-TO-ONE MEETING AND, UM, KIND OF GOT HIM TO LET ME KNOW EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT WE NEED TO BE PROVIDING.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT WITH MS ONLY IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE UPDATED, UM, THE, THE FINANCIAL REPORTS, UM, MONTHLY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO I THINK THAT YOU HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION YOU'RE GETTING AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS WE WORK THROUGH THE NEW SYSTEM.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR CARRY FORWARD ANALYSIS AND TRACKING AND WE WILL BE REPORTING, UM, THE, UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND THE PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE WILL BE TELLING YOU WE ARE THIS PERCENT OF THE WAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WE HAVE USED THIS PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET.
AND THAT WILL GO FOR EACH BUDGET CATEGORY AS WELL.
SO WE WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERALL OF THE BUDGET IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN WE'LL BREAK IT DOWN BY EACH REPORTING CATEGORY.
FACILITIES, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON WITH FACILITIES.
UM, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WITH THE CARRYOVER MONEY, WE WERE ABLE TO KNOCK OUT A LOT OF PROJECTS.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE UPDATING THAT AND YOU WILL BE GETTING AN UPDATED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR A CPS IN OCTOBER.
SO, UM, BOBBY AND I ARE WORKING ON THAT WITH MISS ONLY AND WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU.
UM, OF COURSE THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY ON ROUTE 13, UM, IN TALKING TO OUR, TO OUR OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND WE FOUND OUT THAT TANGER DID NOT HAVE A METAL DETECTOR.
UM, AND SO WE ARE GETTING, WE HAD A BACKUP OR A S SPARE, WE ARE GETTING THAT OUT TO TANGER, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROTECTED.
UM, THE SCHOOL SAFETY AUDITS, THEY WERE DUE TO DCJS BY AUGUST 31ST.
THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN SUBMITTED FOR EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.
UM, AND LOOKING THROUGH THOSE, WE DISCOVERED THAT WE ARE NOT USING THE STATE TEMPLATE.
UM, SO WE ARE MOVING TO USING THE STATE TEMPLATE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, THAT'S THE TEMPLATE THAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE STATE IS WORKING FROM.
AND SO TO HAVE A MORE STANDARDIZED PROTOCOL SO THAT PEOPLE RESPONDING TO ANY EMERGENCIES KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
UM, AND THEN LONG RANGE PLANNING FOR, UM, MAJOR IN, SORRY FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, HVAC PAINTING, ROOFING, SEPTIC, WE HAVE THOSE ALL ON A SCHEDULE.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT UPDATING THOSE SO AS NOT TO GET HIT ALL AT ONCE.
UM, HAVING ALL OF OUR HVAC SYSTEMS GO OUT OR ALL OF THE BOILERS GO OUT, OR, YOU KNOW, ROOF
[00:20:01]
ROOFING IS EXPENSIVE.SO REPLACING THOSE OVER TIME INSTEAD OF ALL AT ONCE.
UM, STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL ID CARD BADGES, WE DID UPDATE THE WAY THAT WE, WE RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES.
WE HAVE TRAINED ALL OF THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION IN THIS.
UM, AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE RIGHT THERE IS WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD DO NOW.
UM, WE DID ORDER THE LITTLE CARDS THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM.
THOSE ARE CARDS THAT WILL FIT IN OUR ID BADGES.
AND SO ONE SIDE WILL BE OUR ID BADGE AND THEN ONE SIDE WOULD BE THAT CARD SO THAT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS QUITE RIGHT ON TOP OF THINGS 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE WORRIED.
UM, AND SO THAT WILL GIVE STAFF A REMINDER OF EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD DO IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
AND SINCE EVERYBODY HAS BADGES AND EVERYBODY CARRIES BADGES, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE WENT WITH THAT WAY.
ALRIGHT, TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE TWO OF THE ACTIVITY BUSES, UM, AFTER I DID NOT EVEN PUT BETA ON HERE,
AND, UM, WE GOT ALL OUR KIDS STUDENTS HOME SAFE.
UM, BUT WE DID WANT TO WORK TOWARDS MITIGATING ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING AGAIN.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE, UM, THE TWO ACTIVITY BUSES.
WE DO HAVE STOP FINDER AND TRANS FINDER THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO PLACE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, THOSE ARE UPDATING THE ROUTES, UM, FOR EFFICIENCY, CAPACITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
SO WHEN WE HAVE BUSES THAT HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, 12 STUDENTS ON THEM, UM, THAT'S MAYBE NOT THE BEST USE OF OUR ROUTES.
SO, UM, MR. READER HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON, ON MAKING THOSE ROUTES MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, YOU WILL SEE LINKED HERE, THE A-P-A-C-P-S FLEET AND LOCATION.
SO THAT IS WHERE ALL OF OUR VEHICLES ARE AT.
AND IF WE CLICK ON THAT AND OPEN THAT UP, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BUSES, WE HAVE 59 BUSES THAT ARE IN REGULAR CIRCULATION.
AND WE HAVE SEVEN SPED BUSES, 15 SPARE BUSES WITH AC SEVEN SPARE WITHOUT AC.
ALL OF THE BUS 59 BUSES, UM, THAT WE HAVE ON THE ROAD DO HAVE AC WE ARE RUNNING ONE BUS TO RIVERMONT.
UM, AND SO THAT WORKS OUT WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITY BUSES.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE, WE HAVE THREE HONDA PILOTS AND SEVEN HONDA HRVS.
THE PRICE RANGE ON THE HONDA PILOTS 43 TO 44, AND THE HRVS WERE 27 TO 28.
UM, WHAT I DID WANNA POINT OUT, AND I'LL BRING IT UP LATER IN THE REPORT, UM, IN REGARDS TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY THAT WE ARE, UM, GRANTED, IS THAT WE PAID RIGHT AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MILEAGE IN THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO IF YOU FIGURE UP THE PRICE OF THE SUVS, THAT COMES OUT TO RIGHT AT 335,000.
WHEN STAFF AND FACULTY ARE USING THE, OUR VEHICLES, WE DON'T PAY THE MILEAGE.
SO ALL OF THOSE VEHICLES WILL BE PAID FOR BY A SAVINGS WITHIN THREE YEARS.
SO THAT IS A HUGE, THOSE, THOSE VEHICLES WILL LAST FOREVER.
THEIR HONDAS, YOU KNOW, HONDAS GO.
SO, UM, THAT IS GONNA BE A HUGE SAVINGS FOR US IN THE LONG RUN.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY, UM, TO BE PAYING IN MILEAGE EVERY YEAR.
WE DO HAVE THE CARS AND SUVS ARE AT SCHOOLS.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THERE EACH SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE AT, UM, NO ONE VEHICLE IS ASSIGNED TO ANYBODY.
SO THE WAY THAT THE VEHICLES WORK, THE PRINCIPALS DID ASK FOR A VEHICLE AT EVERY SCHOOL.
SO THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE JUST RANDOMLY DECIDED.
THE PRINCIPALS ASKED FOR A VEHICLE AT EACH SCHOOL.
AND SO THE KEYS FOR ALL VEHICLES ARE KEPT AT THE FRONT DESK AND THERE IS A SCHEDULE THERE SO THAT WE CAN TRACK USAGE.
AND MR. READER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PUT THAT IN PLACE FOR US.
AND SO IF SOMEBODY NEEDS A VEHICLE, THEN THEY CHECK THE VEHICLE OUT AND THEY CAN TAKE THAT VEHICLE AND GO DO BUSINESS.
WE DO HAVE THE PILOTS, WE USE THOSE, UM, MISS IBERIA USES THOSE TO GO OUT TO CAMPS WITH MATERIALS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
UM, IF WE HAVE TEACHERS, A GROUP OF TEACHERS THAT GOES TO A CONFERENCE, THEY CAN USE THAT.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHEET RIGHT NOW, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME CARS THAT ARE IN
[00:25:01]
CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR TRANSPORT.SO WE HAVE A CAR THAT IS USED, WELL, TWO, TWO CARS AND TWO SUVS THAT ARE USED FOR ED RECONNECT, EXOR AND NASONEX.
SO, UM, WE HAVE ONE SPARE CAR THAT STAYS AT THE BUS GARAGE.
UM, AND THAT IS BECAUSE MA TOMKIN ELEMENTARY DID NOT GET A VEHICLE ASSIGNED TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY CAN SLIDE UP AND GRAB THAT CAR.
BUT IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE IF WE NEED TO FOR SOME, IF SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO CHECK IT OUT, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VEHICLES AT ONE LOCATION.
AND WE'VE HAD THAT A COUPLE TIMES WHERE WE HAVE, UM, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE THREE VEHICLES AT THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING ALL OVER THE DIVISION ALL DAY EVERY DAY.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF WHICHEVER ONE IS AVAILABLE OR WHICHEVER ONE SUITS OUR NEEDS.
UM, SO THAT IS AN UPDATE ON OUR FLEET.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE 300 MX SMART PANELS COMING IN.
THOSE WILL BE INSTALLED IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER IN ALL CLASSROOMS. SO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WILL HAVE THE SMART PANELS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. UM, THIS SPEAKS TO THE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING.
WE ARE SENDING, I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE HEARD THE, UM, THE COPY ALLOTMENT, UH, CONCERNS RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE SO TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF WILL WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE THAT, UM, TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT.
SO EVERYTHING IS A GIVE AND TAKE, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS USING OUR CARS VERSUS PAYING MILEAGE, THAT'S A, THAT'S A TRADE OFF.
AND, AND 'CAUSE IT'S MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
UM, SAME THING WITH THIS IS, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE SENDING CHROMEBOOKS BACK HOME WITH STUDENTS GRADES THREE THROUGH 12.
UM, AND SO WE WILL BE DOING ASSIGNMENTS ON THAT.
THAT IS IN THE SUPERINTENDENT MEMO.
WE ARE NOT SCRAPPING PAPER PENCIL.
WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH MODES OF DOING, OF LEARNING AND TEACHING.
UM, WE ARE NOT, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT TEACHERS HAVE THE COPIES THEY NEED, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE, UM, ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE ON CHROMEBOOKS AND ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE ON CHROMEBOOKS.
THE REASON BEING IS THAT WE, THAT'S HOW WE'RE ASSESSED BY THE STATE.
SO WHEN WE TAKE OUR SOL ASSESSMENTS, UM, WHEN WE HAVE A MATH TEST, WE, THEY ARE NOT HANDED A WORKSHEET TO COMPLETE WITH A PAPER PENCIL.
THEY HAVE TO LEARN TO COPY THE PROBLEM FROM THE COMPUTER ONTO A PIECE OF PAPER AND THEN WORK THE PROBLEM.
SO WE ARE VERY MUCH USING PAPER PENCIL, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT MANNER OF DOING IT BECAUSE THESE ARE LEARNED SKILLS.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING WITH THAT.
SO WE WILL BE DOING THE ONE-TO-ONE CHROMEBOOK TAKE HOME FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH 12.
AND THOSE, UM, THOSE ROLLOUTS HAVE BEGUN.
THEY ARE GETTING THEM READY AND WE WILL START HANDING THOSE OUT TO SEPTEMBER 8TH.
UH, WE MOVED FROM, WHEN, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR EVERYBODY.
SO WE HAVE MOVED EVERYBODY INTO ONE EMAIL ADDRESS AND THAT IS ON THE GOOGLE SITE BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS USE CHROMEBOOKS, WHICH IS GOOGLE.
AND SO WE ARE ALL USING GOOGLE.
AND SO WE HAVE COMPLETELY MIGRATED OVER TO THAT.
SO THANK YOU TO JACK AND HIS TEAM FOR MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENED.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING IN THIS SECTION IS, UM, STREAMING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
YOU SEE THE CAMERA IN THE BACK.
AND SO WE WANT TO THANK AGAIN JACK AND THEN OUR, UM, MS. DANIEL CLARK FOR MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS FOR US.
UM, IT JUST KEEPS THE PUBLIC MORE INFORMED, SO WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
ALRIGHT, COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY.
THERE ARE SOME STATISTICS HERE.
THOSE STATISTICS ARE A LITTLE BIT OLD.
THEY'RE AS OF 8 22, BUT IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THERE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LARGE INCREASE IN OUR ONLINE PRESENCE, IN OUR VIEWS AND OUR FOLLOWERS.
UM, THE FIRST SUPER, I, I DID PUBLISH THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT MEMO, UM, ON EIGHT 11.
THE SECOND ONE WENT OUT TODAY.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAD 28,541 VIEWS OF THAT MEMO ON FACEBOOK.
AND THEN WE HAD 10,908 ACCOUNTS REACHED THAT ARE NOT, THAT DON'T FOLLOW A CPS ON FACEBOOK.
SO WE ARE REACHING A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THOSE MEMOS.
UM, AND SO I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND, AND I'M HAPPY THAT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR PUBLIC AND KEEP THEM MORE INFORMED.
WE DID DO STAKEHOLDER SURVEYS.
SO WE DID A STAFF SURVEY WAS SENT OUT IN AUGUST AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY SURVEY.
[00:30:01]
WE DID HAVE 256 RESPONSES ON OUR STAFF SURVEY, WHICH IS UP.UM, YOU CAN READ THE STRENGTHS AND CONCERNS THERE.
AND THEN THE SAME THING FOR THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
WE DIDN'T GET QUITE AS MANY RESPONSES, BUT, UM, IT WAS VERY NICE TO HEAR THAT'S THAT PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE SAFE IN SCHOOL.
UM, SO THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HUNDRED DAY REPORT.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY AND I HAVE AN AWESOME TEAM WITH ME.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE INTO PHASE TWO AND SOME INTO PHASE THREE.
SO OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER HAS BEEN BUSY AT WORK ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEBSITE.
WE ARE POSTING EVERYTHING TO OUR CURRENT WEBSITE.
UM, WE SHOULD HAVE THE NEW WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING.
DANIELLE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IN ABOUT EIGHT TO 12 WEEKS.
UM, SO WE WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND WE'LL GIVE YOU FIRST LOOKS ON THAT.
UM, WE HAVE PUT IN THE MONTHLY, UM, SUPERINTENDENT MEMOS.
AND ORIGINALLY I HAD SAID THAT I WOULD BE EMAILING THE SCHOOL BOARD EVERY FRIDAY WITH AN UPDATED MEMO.
UM, THAT'S A LOT OF EMAILS TO YOU GUYS.
SO, UM, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, WE'LL DROP THAT BACK TO BIWEEKLY.
UM, AND SO I WILL EMAIL YOU BIWEEKLY AN UPDATE ON THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, ANY CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE FACED, AND THEN THE, UM, POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE SEEING.
WE ARE GOING TO DO LISTENING EVENTS EACH SEMESTER, UM, AGAIN, AT THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, IF I HEAR FEEDBACK THAT THAT ISN'T WORKING, WE CAN LOOK AT CHANGING VENUES, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE 'EM AT THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, AND SO THAT WILL BE JUST TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY ON HOW THE SCHOOL YEAR'S GOING.
UM, ANY CHALLENGES OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO BRING TO LIGHT.
SO WE'LL BE SCHEDULING THOSE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN THAT AND IT'S REALLY TAKEN OFF.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UNITY AND, AND HAVING A DIVISION THEME, THAT HAS REALLY BEEN AN AWESOME THING TO SEE.
SO WE ARE USING THE UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR INSTRUCTION, UM, FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE COMPLETED EMERGENCY SCENARIO DRILLS, LIKE I HAD SAID BEFORE FOR ALL CAMPUSES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, DEPUTY CAMPBELL, THANK YOU
AND THEN, UM, WE, WE ARE DOING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS SURVEY, UM, THAT WILL GO OUT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
SO FROM THAT SURVEY TO STAFF, WE WILL BE DEVELOPING A DIVISION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, THAT, THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR OUR DIVISION, UM, AND CODE.
SO WE WILL BE GETTING THAT DONE, DR.
GARRIS AND I AND I WILL BE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, WE WILL BRING THAT FOR PRESENTATION IN EITHER NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, BUT NO LATER THAN DECEMBER.
AS FAR AS ACADEMIC AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE HAVE PUT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, THE CIP, UM, FOR DATA, FOR PACING GUIDES, UM, FOR COMMON BENCHMARKS.
UM, MASTERY CONNECTS GOES ALONG WITH THAT, UM, WITH FORD ASSESSMENT PLATFORM WITH BANKS OF QUESTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM THAT ARE ALIGNED.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE EASTERN, UM, AEROSPACE ACADEMY OF THE EASTERN SHORE.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED ON REORGANIZING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRENGTHENING STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.
SOME OF THE DUTIES THAT PEOPLE HAD WERE NOT ALIGNED WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND WITH WHO THEY REPORTED TO.
SO WE HAVE WORKED ON REALIGNING SOME OF THAT.
UM, MS. JORDAN HAS HELPED ME WITH THAT QUITE A BIT.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE JUST REALLY BEEN WORKING ON THE STRUCTURE OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEST POSITIONED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND STAFF WHAT THEY NEED.
WE DO HAVE THE SUCCESS ACADEMY SCHEDULE.
AND I DID LINK THAT IN MY SUPERINTENDENT MEMO TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN SEE THOSE DATES AND WHERE THEIR STUDENTS WILL BE ATTENDING.
UM, AND AGAIN, IN THINKING ABOUT, UM, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, WE DID NARROW THAT DOWN.
SOME, WE HAD SCHOOLS THAT DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY STUDENTS IN THEM.
SO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WILL BE GOING TO TOMKIN ELEMENTARY AND OUR NORTHERN END WILL BE GOING TO ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR SECONDARY SOUTHERN END WILL BE GOING TO NANDO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, AND WE WILL BE TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE SATURDAY ACADEMIES AND WE WILL BE STAFFING THOSE AND PROVIDING INSTRUCTION.
[00:35:01]
THIS YEAR IS TO PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION, NOT JUST HAND OUT WORKSHEETS, UM, AND HAVE STUDENTS COMPLETE THEM.SO WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT VERY CLOSELY.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE WILL BE DOING IS A DIVISION TECHNOLOGY PLAN.
AND AGAIN, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT TO YOU IN DECEMBER.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DIVISION NEEDS AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING WITHOUT A PLAN.
IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY, IT'S JUST A WISH.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT.
I'LL WORK WITH, UM, MR. JACK ON THAT AND WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU IN DECEMBER.
ALL RIGHT, PHASE THREE, ADDRESSING IMMEDIATE CHANGES.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING, UM, IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES, WE DO HAVE THE COPY ALLOTMENT COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN PLACE.
THERE'LL BE MEETING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON THAT AS WE'RE GOING.
SO I'LL HAVE UPDATES FOR YOU AT THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, UM, AND WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE DIVISION-WIDE PACING GUIDES AND DIVISION-WIDE BENCHMARKS.
UM, SO THAT WILL KEEP OUR ENTIRE DIVISION ON THE SAME PAGE AND WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME GOALS INSTRUCTIONALLY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, THING, BIG THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS THE MILEAGE PAYMENTS VERSUS THE COUNTY VEHICLES.
AND SO WHEN WE CAN ELIMINATE THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MILEAGE AND INSTEAD OWN THE VEHICLES THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING IN, THAT HELPS US OUT A BUNCH.
UM, SETTING LONG-TERM GOALS AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION, WE WILL BE THIS FALL HAVING A STRATEGIC PLAN COMMITTEE, UM, TO DEVELOP A NEW FIVE YEAR, FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A GOAL FOR ACADEMICS.
AND SO WE ARE HERE FOR ACADEMICS.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY AS WE SAW WITH THE DATA PRESENTATION EARLIER.
UM, IN ADDITION, OUR GOALS, THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET ARE NOT WHAT WE CALL SMART GOALS.
SO THEY'RE NOT MEASURABLE AND HAVE A TIMEFRAME ATTACHED TO IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON UPDATING ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, WE DON'T WANT INDEFINITE PLANS TO STRETCH OUT.
WE WANT GOALS THAT WE CAN MEET IN A SET TIMEFRAME SO THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE GOALS AND SET NEW ONES TO KEEP PROGRESSING.
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE THAT READY.
UM, I WILL WORK WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND HAVE THAT READY TO PRESENT IN MARCH FOR APPROVAL IN APRIL FOR THE UPCOMING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO DO A BUDGET COMMITTEE AND A CALENDAR COMMITTEE.
SO WE WILL DO BE DOING BUDGET SURVEYS FOR THE STAFF AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, JUST TO SEE WHERE THEIR GOALS ARE.
I WILL BE MEETING, UM, OR I WILL BE, UM, ASKING YOU EACH TO MEET WITH ME IN PAIRS OF TWO OR INDIVIDUALLY, HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT, JUST TO GET YOUR IDEAS ON, UM, BUDGET PRIORITIES AS WE MOVE INTO THE BUDGET SEASON SO THAT WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, WE CAN KEEP ALL THAT IN MIND AS WELL AS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE, WE WILL DO A CALENDAR SURVEY.
AND SO WE WILL USE THAT INFORMATION, UM, AND THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP CALENDARS, UM, JOINTLY SO THAT TEACHERS, UM, HAVE INPUT ON THAT AS WELL.
UNDERNEATH THAT, YOU'LL JUST FIND SOME PICTURES FROM THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU REVIEW THAT AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING YOU HAVE.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT AT ONE TIME, SO FEEL FREE TO REVIEW IT AND CALL ME ANYTIME.
UM, I LOVE THE A LOT ABOUT THIS, UM, PRESENTATION, THE SPECIFICITY, THE BREADTH OF TOPICS THAT ARE COVERED.
UM, THE SPECIFICS WITH REGARD TO PERCENTAGE INCREASE AND ALL THAT.
VERY, VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT'S THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL.
I DON'T WANNA BOMBARD, YOU KNOW, YOU WITH A LOT OF THINGS.
I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND I'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY EMAILED THEM AND I CC'D OUR CHAIR.
THERE'S ONE THAT I'D LIKE TO, UM, TO OFFER.
AND AS FAR AS THE UPDATES THAT COME TO THE BOARD, I'M JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL.
UM, IF YOU'RE ASKING, I WOULD PREFER WEEKLY UPDATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, MAYBE THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OR SO.
BEYOND THAT, I CAN EASILY SUPPORT, UM, US GETTING UPDATES EVERY TWO WEEKS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMETHING'S QUOTE UNQUOTE ON FIRE THAT YOU WOULD LET US KNOW.
AGAIN, THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS WITH REGARD TO THE ONE ITEM I DO WANNA BRING UP HERE, BECAUSE FOR ME IT'S THE MOST PRESSING.
SO WE PURCHASED, I THINK ACTUALLY FOUR HONDA CRVS, IF I COUNT IT CORRECTLY ON THAT SPREADSHEET.
I DON'T RECALL THE BOARD APPROVING $335
[00:40:03]
TO PURCHASE VEHICLES.UM, I ALSO WANT, SO, SO I, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO JUST LET THAT REST FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CHOSE HONDA, YOU KNOW, IS IT THEIR EFFICIENCY ON MILEAGE OR, OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, AND I'M NOT MAD AT HONDA, I'M JUST SIMPLY CURIOUS.
I DON'T RECALL US HAVING ANY INPUT INTO A MAJOR PURCHASE LIKE THAT.
UM, I SEE SOME PROS AND CONS AROUND HAVING VEHICLES AT SCHOOLS 'CAUSE MAYBE THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE THAT NEED CARS FOR DIFFERENT VEHICLES.
AND WE DON'T LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE ROLLING AROUND MY HEAD ABOUT FARMING THOSE OUT TO, TO SCHOOLS.
I LIKE IT GIVEN THE, THE LENGTH OF THE SHORE.
I, A NUMBER OF PROS AND CONS AROUND THAT, UM, COME TO MY MIND.
AND THE FINAL THING THAT I WOULD SAY, UM, IS ABOUT THE MILEAGE THINGS.
I RELATE THAT TO THE COUNTY PIECE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD WAS IN ABOUT THREE YEARS, GIVEN WHAT WE'LL BE SAVING ON MILEAGE, REIMBURSING OR PAYING PEOPLE FOR MILEAGE THAT IN ABOUT THREE YEARS, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, BREAK EVEN FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE VEHICLES.
UM, I'M WONDERING, IS USING A COUNTY VEHICLE A REQUIREMENT OR IS IT AN OPTION FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF? MM-HMM
SO YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT AND I MISSED IT.
WE HAVE REQUESTED THAT THEY USE A COUNTY VEHICLE IF IT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE PAYING, WHAT IS IT, 70 CENTS A MILE? UH, RIGHT AT, YEAH, RIGHT AT 70 CENTS A MILE, UM, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE WHAT WE PAY FOR GAS.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE ASKED STAFF TO USE COUNTY VEHICLES IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, UM, IN AN EFFORT TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
IF A COUNTY VEHICLE IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN WE WILL PAY MILEAGE.
AND, AND MS. TURNER COULD, COULD YOU ENLIGHTEN ME? DID, DID THE BOARD APPROVE SPENDING $335,000 ON 10 OR NINE OR EIGHT OR NINE OR 10 VEHICLES? NOT I, I REALLY DON'T RECALL, BUT I, I ALSO DON'T RECALL US.
UM, WELL, YOU, YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
I THINK I, I, I DON'T RECALL, I ALSO DON'T RECALL US BEING AWARE THAT WE WERE SPENDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REIMBURSING EMPLOYEES FOR MILEAGE.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE MILEAGE AND USING THE VEHICLE, BUT ALSO YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM THE OPTION.
EITHER USE THE STATE VEHICLE OR YOU GET PAID HALF.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT OUR STATE DEPARTMENT.
IF WE HAVE, IF THE GOVERNMENT VEHICLE ISN'T AVAILABLE, YOU WILL GET PAID HALF, WHICH IS LIKE, FOR US, IT'S, UH, 35 CENTS.
BUT, UH, UM, SO THAT SHOULD BE AN OPTION.
I MEAN, JUST OUTRIGHT SAYING NO, WE, 'CAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN ONE PERSON GOING FROM THAT SCHOOL AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO HOW'S THAT GOING TO WORK INTO THE SITUATION? YOU CAN BORROW A CAR FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL OR SO THAT'S, SO RIGHT THERE, YOU KIND OF SAVING, YOU'RE NOT SAVING BECAUSE YOU STILL GOT OTHER PEOPLE GOING AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
BUT THE PERSON THAT CHECKS OUT THE VEHICLE, I WOULD GIVE 'EM THE OPTION.
EITHER YOU GET HALF OF THE MILEAGE OR YOU CAN HAVE, UH, USE A GOV, UH, SCHOOL, UH, VEHICLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER.
THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD COTER.
SOMEONE MAY CHECK IT, SOME MAY NOT.
I JUST, JUST, EXCUSE ME, DR. JOHNSON, IF YOU COULD JUST WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE ELSE HAS HAD A CHANCE BEFORE YOU CHIME IN AGAIN.
UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE A HUNDRED DAY PLAN IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT IT, THAT IT'S NINE PAGES LONG, YOU'VE BEEN VERY BUSY.
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR, I CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEPING AN EYE ON OUR MONEY AND TRYING TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF OUR MONEY.
AND OF COURSE THE FURTHER IT GOES, THE MORE WE CAN HELP THE CHILDREN.
THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, UH, IN THREE MONTHS, AND I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE.
IT IS EVERYTHING I HOPED FOR AND MORE.
SO, SO YOU JUST SPOKE TWICE, BUT YOU HELD ME UP AND WOULDN'T LET ME SPEAK A SECOND TIME.
WOULD ANY, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT DR.
MILLER'S HUNDRED DAY PLAN OR QUESTION? UH, YES.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.
UM, APPRECIATE THE, THE, UH, THE TIME THAT PUT INTO IT AND, AND REALLY THE, THE DETAIL.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO WATCH THE MONEY WE'RE
[00:45:01]
SPENDING, BUT ALWAYS FOCUSED ON OUR, OUR STUDENTS AND, AND OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.AND, UM, I SEE FROM THIS PLAN, I THINK YOU'RE DOING THAT AND TRANSPARENCY AND I TRULY APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THAT.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE STARTING THIS OUT.
THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE TWEAKS AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE MODIFIED AND SOME THINGS WILL BE WORKING GREAT AND SOME THINGS MIGHT HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BETTER, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S A START AND I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THIS.
ANYONE ELSE? DR. JOHNSON, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, YEAH, I DID.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, WITH REGARD TO YOU SAYING TO YOU A, THAT YOU DON'T RECALL US APPROVING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DOLLARS IN MILEAGE.
EVERY TIME WE GET VOUCHERS, MILE MILEAGE TO INDIVIDUALS IS ON THERE NOW.
WE HAVEN'T TALLIED IT, BUT WE HAVE APPROVED MILEAGE CASE BY CASE BY CASE, AND WE DO THAT ON A, ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
UM, DR. MILLER, ANYTHING ELSE FOR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT? NOPE.
I, I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, WHAT DR. JOHNSON SAID.
SO I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON OUR, OUR, OUR BUDGET MM-HMM
AND, AND OUR, UM, THE WAY WE'RE PRESENTING IT, I KNOW BETH HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
SO WILL THAT BE PART OF OUR, UM, WHAT WE'LL SEE AS FAR AS THE META MILEAGE AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT SHOULD BE SHOWN IN THERE MM-HMM
WHICH WE NEVER REALLY HAD BEFORE.
SO, AND LIKE YOU SAID, DR. JOHNSON, UNLESS WE GO AND LOOK AT EACH VOUCHER AND TALLY IT UP OURSELVES, WHAT I THINK WHAT WE'RE MOVING INTO WOULD BE A VERY BENEFIT TOO, TO SEE THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR, OF OUR OF COUNTY MONEY.
IF I CAN JUST SPEAK JUST SURE.
SO THERE WAS MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR VEHICLES.
UM, IT WAS, IF WE LOOK AT THE BUSES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE, LET ME PULL THAT BACK UP.
SO WE HAVE 59 BUSES THAT WE'RE USING, UM, SEVEN FOR SPED AND THEN WE HAVE 22 SPARE BUSES.
AND SO THERE WAS MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR, UM, FOR VEHICLES.
AND THAT WAS IN THE FORM OF A BUS.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME IN.
SO I GUESS IF I UNDERSTAND THEN, SO INSTEAD OF PURCHASING BUSES, THEN ONE BUS.
ONE BUS, WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO, WE GOT ALL THESE VEHICLES.
SO IT WASN'T THERE, IT WAS FOR A BUS.
UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THAT'S, BUT YOU REALLOCATED BASICALLY TO, I I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT SINCE IT WAS A QUESTION.
MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEMS. WE HAVE POLICY UPDATES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POLICY UPDATES? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE POLICY UPDATES AS PRESENTED.
MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE THE POLICY UPDATES.
A OPPOSED? NAY? MAY I ASK THE CLERK FOR INDIVIDUAL, UM, VOTES? MR. SPIEL? YEAH, THAT WAS YAY, NOT NAY.
DR. JOHNSON, I, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ASK A QUESTION.
ARE, ARE WE APPROVING THE, THE COMMITTEE POLICIES OR IS THAT FOR NEXT TIME? BECAUSE IF, IF I'M FOLLOWING CORRECT, IT'S HERE TWICE.
AND I THOUGHT I HEARD WE WERE GONNA VOTE ON THAT NEXT MEETING.
ARE WE VOTING ON? SO, UM, THE POLICY UNDER, UNDER 5.01 ARE NEW POLICIES.
UM, THE POLICIES UNDER 6.01 ARE, IT'S A GROUP OF POLICIES.
WHAT YOU CAN DO, IF YOU WANT TO SEPARATE THAT OUT AS TO, UM, POOLS, YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THOSE SEPARATELY.
[00:50:06]
OKAY.UM, NEXT UP IS COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THESE, UM, I'VE TALKED TO A FEW OF YOU ALL, IF YOU ALL CALLED ME THAT I, I THINK I'VE SHARED WITH YOU.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO TRY THESE POLICY COMMITTEES OUT AND SEE HOW WE LIKE THEM OR TIME.
AND IF IT'S NOT WORKING OUT, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO OUR OLD SCHEDULE.
BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK THIS IS WHAT OTHER BOARDS DO.
IT'S VERY EFFICIENT AND WE'D GET, WE WOULD UNDERSTAND TOPICS IN A MUCH MORE DEEPER SENSE.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. TAYLOR, DR. JOHNSON AND MR. WEBERT FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS TO BE ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
UM, NEXT UP IS THE POLICY COMMITTEE.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, MS. BOWMAN, MR. WHITE, AND MR. S SPADE FOR THE POLICY COMMITTEE.
SECOND MOTION IS SECOND FOR, UM, THOSE THREE TO BE ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE.
UH, FOR THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE WOULD BE, UH, MS. HANDY, MS. DENE AND MS. TURNER, WHICH COMMITTEE? DISCIPLINE CHECK.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR MS. HANDY.
MR. UM, NEIL, NEIL AND MYSELF TO BE ON THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE.
DID QUESTION, DID WE DO ANY OPPOSED ON THOSE? NO.
THE LAST THREE MOTIONS NEVER HAD A NAY.
YOU WANT DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY? WHEN YOU DONE IT, YOU DID 'EM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT YOU NEVER ASKED.
IS THERE ANY NAYS? YOU ALL SAID, OH, YES.
IS ANYONE OPPOSED TO MR. TAYLOR, DR. JOHNSON, MR. WHIPPER ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE? OPPOSED? AND NO ONE IS ANYONE OPPOSED? IS ANYONE OPPOSED TO MS. BOWMAN, MR. WHITE, MR. S SPADE ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE? ANYONE OPPOSED? ANYONE? IS ANYONE OPPOSED TO MS. HANDY? MR. NEIL, MYSELF ON THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE NAME? ANYONE ELSE? HOLD MR. SP? YES.
MR. WHITE NA AND MS. TURNER? YES.
SO THESE MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE AT LEAST ONCE, ONCE A MONTH, THE WEEK BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
SO WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO HAVE THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE THE MONDAY PRIOR, THE MONDAY OF THE WEEK PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING AT FIVE 30.
UM, THE FINANCE WOULD BE THE WEEK PRIOR TO THE MEETING ON TUESDAY AT FIVE 30.
AND THE POLICY WOULD BE WEDNESDAY THE WEEK PRIOR AT FIVE 30 AT MA TOMKIN ELEMENTARY.
THESE, THE, SO THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UM, THEY WILL HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS JUST LIKE A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
UM, YOU HAVE YOUR THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, JUST REMEMBER THAT ON THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE, IT IS NOTED THAT THE, UM, DECISIONS FOR THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE HAVE TO BE UNANIMOUS OR IT COMES TO THE BOARD FOR THE COMPLETE BOARD FOR A VOTE.
UM, SO ANY, ANYBODY CAN ATTEND THESE MEETINGS.
[00:55:02]
IT'S A, AND THERE'S MINUTES MM-HMMUM, I DID TALK TO OUR ATTORNEY TODAY.
UM, ANYBODY CAN ATTEND, BUT ONCE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, IT WOULD BE THE COMMITTEE, UM, JUST THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE IF THERE IS A, A SPLIT VOTE AND IT COMES TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, UM, YOU NEED TO NOT HAVE HEARD INFORMATION PRIOR.
YOU NEED TO JUST BE PART OF THE APPEAL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, IS THAT WE SET THOSE ALL MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WEEK.
AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, AMEND THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING CALENDAR TO TAKE, TAKE OUT THE WORK SESSION, UM, AND ADD THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WHEN WE GET TO BUDGET SEASON, WE WILL HAVE A WORK, WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET WORK SESSION, AND IT WILL BE SPECIFICALLY A BUDGET WORK SESSION.
UM, AND WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE INPUT INTO THAT.
AND THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BUDGET WILL BE ATTACHED TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
IT'LL BE THE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON WHAT DR. MILLER JUST SAID, SO IT'S FINE WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ON THAT.
UM, SO, SO WE SHOULD, WE COULD JUST BE HAVING THE BUSINESS MEETING AT THE END OF THE MONTH MM-HMM
'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ITEM THAT WE'RE ON TO AMEND THE BUDGET.
SO, SO BASICALLY NEXT WEEK YOU HAVE A MEETING.
SO NEXT WEEK YOU HAVE THE MEETING.
IF WE HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE WOULD NEED TO GET THEM POSTED TOMORROW.
I, I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE OUR OVERLAP MONTH SO THAT WE HAVE THIS MEETING TO KIND OF SET EVERYTHING UP.
WE CAN GET OUR FIRST COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN AND THEN HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND THAT WE'LL CHANGE THE AGENDA FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
SO, UM, IN PRESENTATIONS IT WILL READ, UM, LIKE IT'LL READ POLICY COMMITTEE UPDATE.
AND SO WHOEVER IS VOTED AS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE WILL UPDATE THE BOARD.
SO THERE'LL BE ONE FOR EACH COMMITTEE.
UM, THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE WILL ONLY MEET IF THERE ARE DISCIPLINE CASES.
THE POLICY COMMITTEE WILL ONLY MEET IF THERE ARE NEW POLICIES.
THE POLICY COMMITTEE FOR A WHILE WILL MEET EVERY MONTH BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF POLICIES TO RECTIFY.
WE ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH CODE FOR SEVERAL POLICIES.
UM, BUT ONCE WE GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT, THEN IT, IT'LL ONLY BE WHEN THERE'S NEW POLICIES THAT COME IN FROM VSBA.
UM, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL MEET EVERY MONTH.
SO THEN YOU JUST NEED A MOTION TO YEAH, MADAM CHAIR I THAT WE, UM, GO AHEAD AND AMEND THE CALENDAR DISCUSSED SECOND.
AND SECOND TO AMEND OUR SCHOOL BOARD CALENDARS WHO MOVE TO COMMITTEES AND, UM, CONTINUE WITH OUR MONTHLY BUSINESS MEETING.
AND THAT WOULD BEGIN IN EARNEST IN OCTOBER.
WE'LL BEGIN THE COMMITTEES NOW.
THIS IS OUR OVERLAP MONTH, AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER.
ALL IN, WELL, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT READY.
I WAS WAITING IN FRONT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO, SO I, I DIDN'T, I'M, I'M HAVING TO PROCESS WHAT I'M HEARING AND I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD VOTE ON THIS NEXT TIME, BECAUSE NOTHING THAT I'VE READ COMING INTO TODAY WOULD HAVE ME CONCLUDE THAT BY BUYING INTO COMMITTEES THAT THERE WOULD ONLY BE ONE BOARD MEETING A MONTH.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS THAT WE ATTEND TO.
WE'VE HAD REALLY LONG MEETINGS.
AND SO BASED ON THAT EXPERIENCE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE ON ONLY HAVING ONE MEETING WHEN ALL THE OTHER TOPICS THAT WE NORMALLY COVER, THEY HAVEN'T GONE ANYWHERE.
ALL WE'VE DONE IS TAKEN THREE TOPICS AND FORMED THOSE OUT.
I'M, I'M STRUGGLING AND I'M ASKING, RATHER THAN VOTE ON SOMETHING HERE AT FIRST HEARING THAT WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SAID WE WOULD DO.
THERE'S NOTHING IN WRITING THAT I HAVE SEEN COMING INTO TONIGHT, AND YOU ALL WILL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
WHY WOULD I VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT I'M HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME? I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED THIS IN DEPTH IN OUR SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT.
AND, UM, I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT.
I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT, I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED IT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT WHEN WE DISCUSSED, WE DISCUSSED
[01:00:01]
IT IN DEPTH.I MEAN, SEVERAL TIMES AT THE SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT, AS YOU SAY, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCERN THIS, UH, SURGEONS DECISION ABOUT THAT TOO IN THE MEETING.
UM, BUT THIS POLICY, 'CAUSE THAT'S PUTTING TWO EXTRA MEETINGS ON ME EVERY MONTH ALONG WITH THESE MEETINGS, WHICH I DON'T MIND 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO HELP THE KIDS.
BUT MY THING IS, IT'S JUST AM SORRY.
EVERY WEEK, EVERY OTHER WEEK WE HAVE TO MEET AND OR A COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND THEN IF EVERYBODY DON'T SHOW UP, SO THEN WHAT? SO THERE HAS TO BE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO HAVE THE MEETING.
I, AND THEN I BELIEVE THE GOAL IS THAT WE WOULD EACH ATTEND A COMMITTEE MEETING EACH MONTH.
YOU WOULD GO TO YOUR COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING.
SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ATTENDING ANY ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.
THERE'S GONNA BE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH BECAUSE THERE'S TWO MEETINGS A MONTH NOW.
BUT INSTEAD OF THIS MEETING, YOU'D BE GOING TO A COMMITTEE MEETING.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO NO, NO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.
JUST YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD SPEAK IN DEPTH.
YOU WOULD LEARN MORE IN DEPTH AND STUDY THE POLICIES MORE.
SEE, RIGHT THERE, WE JUST GOT A SITUATION.
NOW IT'S EXPLAINED TO US THERE'S ONLY TWO, BUT AT FIRST IT WASN'T EXPLAINED THAT WE, WHERE IT WAS EXPLAINED IS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO THESE MEETINGS ON TOP OF THE OTHER TWO MEETINGS.
SEE WE ARE GETTING HALF INFORMATION FOR THESE, THESE INFORMATION.
THAT'S WHY I'M WITH DR. JOHNSON TO VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE FULL COMPREHENSION OF WHAT'S GOING ON MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO VOTE.
I I, I THOUGHT THAT, UH, DR. MILLER HAD SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO ONE MEETING OR A REGULAR SESSION AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO THAT TO ME, SINCE INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE ALL TOGETHER, ONE MEETING WHERE WE'D BE TOGETHER AND THEN THE OTHER MEETING, I GUESS I WOULD BE WITH, UH, DR. JOHNSON, MR. WHIPPER AND THEN WHOEVER ELSE.
I GUESS I'M ASSUMING BETH WOULD BE ON HIS BUDGET COMMITTEE.
SO I WOULD ONLY SEE YOU GUYS ONCE A MONTH.
LET'S JUST SAY YOU JUST, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST DISCUSSED THIS THIS NIGHT.
I'M JUST SAYING, WE SAYING WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER.
WE DID NOT, IT WAS MENTIONED, BUT WE DID NOT DISCUSS IT IN DEPTH.
WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
SO I GUESS WE WOULD HAVE TO, TO VOTE ON THIS AND THEN HAVE TO, WE COULD EITHER RESEND IT AND THEN WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH TO START IT NEXT MONTH.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND FINISH THE MOTION ON THIS, UNLESS, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? THERE'S A MO THERE'S A MOTION IN SECOND FOR THESE, UM, COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE DISCIPLINARY CASES, WHATEVER THAT WE HAVE TWICE A MONTH.
SO THAT MEANS WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE MEETING WITH MM-HMM
MILLER'S DECISION, IT WOULD GO TO THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE.
ONLY IF THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IS NOT UNANIMOUS, THEN IT COMES TO, THEN IT WOULD COME TO US.
SO THERE COULD BE SOME MEETINGS, I GUESS, THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY DISCIPLINARY CASES POSSIBLE.
IT WOULD JUST BE APPEALS, TAKEN CARE.
IT WOULD JUST BE APPEALS AT THAT POINT.
AND SO THE OTHER THING THAT POLICY DOES IS IT MAKES IT 45 DAYS IS HANDLED.
SO 10 DAYS, UP TO 10 DAYS IS HANDLED AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
THE 45 DAY SUSPENSIONS ARE HANDLED, HANDLED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL WITH A HEARING OFFICER, DR.
UM, AND THEN THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD COME TO THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE IS THE LONG TERM, LIKE THE EXPULSIONS AND THE READMISSIONS.
SO THE PERMANENT EXPULSION NOT, YES.
SO FROM MY EARLIER, I, I'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT.
I THINK I WANNA GOLD STAR, UM, WITH REGARD I, I SUPPORT COMMITTEES, PERIOD.
I DO WANNA STATE SO THAT IT'S IN THE RECORD, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME THAT I DO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE BEING THE ONLY ONE WHOSE DECISIONS ARE BINDING.
I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE, AND WE'VE ALREADY VOTED, I JUST WANT TO BE ON RECORD THAT IT'S THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT OUT OF THE THREE THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE WHERE THEY MAKE A DECISION IF IT'S UNANIMOUS AND I CAN LIVE WITH IT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS PROPER PROTOCOL.
I THINK THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
[01:05:01]
SHOULD COME TO THIS BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN CONSIDER THAT.IF I MAY, UM, IF I MAY, YOU CAN STOP ME.
BUT I JUST LOOKED THROUGH THE MINUTES.
I RECALL US AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE MINUTES THAT INDICATE THAT WHAT WAS DESCRIBED HERE FOR THIS PROCESS WAS DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
I THINK IF IT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED, IT WOULD BE IN THE MINUTES AND I READ THEM QUICKLY.
I'M ON MEDICATION, SO I ASK THAT YOU GIMME GRACE BECAUSE IF IT'S THERE, I DON'T SEE IT.
I, I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I RECALL AS HAVING DISCUSSION AT THE RETREAT, BUT WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS THERE.
NO, HAVING DISCUSSION AT THE RETREAT DOES NOT EQUATE TO ME BEING FULLY INFORMED AS A BOARD MEMBER TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD DESCRIBED MOST FULLY BEFORE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY THAT I, I CAN, I'M OKAY TO CALL FOR THE WELL, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS, THESE COMMITTEES ARE NOT ETCHED IN STONE.
AND IF WE, WE DO THESE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE DECIDE WE HATE THIS, THEY CAN BE THE WILL OF THE BOARD AND WE'LL GET RID OF THE COMMITTEES BECAUSE I, I CAN MAKE ANOTHER STATEMENT, MS. HANDY, BUT BY HER JOB, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE PRETTY HARD FOR HER TO GET HERE BY FIVE 30.
SO THAT COMMITTEE MIGHT HAVE TO, WE WILL, WE WILL WORK WITH PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE, WANT EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE INCLUDED.
MOTION IN A SECOND TO, ARE WE ON AMEND THE BOARD SCHEDULE? YES.
OPPOSED NA, YOU PLEASE BOARD MR. SPIEL? YES.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE MOU WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL GROUP.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD THAT IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IS THERE ANY, WANNA MAKE A MOTION? YEAH.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MOU, UM, AS PRESENTED ON THE NCG.
SECOND TO APPROVE THE MOU WITH NATIONAL COUNSELING GROUP.
UM, NEXT UP WE HAVE THE MOU WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOU WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD? MADAM CHAIR AMOU THAT WE APPROVE THE MOU WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD AS PRESENTED.
MOTION IS SECOND TO APPROVE THE MOU WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD.
MR. DEL? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY THAT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WENT OFF GOOD.
AND DR. MILLER SAID THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIDS THAT HAD TROUBLE FINDING THEIR WAY HOME.
AND THE REST OF OUR YEAR DOES AS WELL AS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THEY WERE LATE, BUT THEY FOUND A WAY.
UM, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE, I HOPE, UM, THAT EVERYONE HAS A BLESSED SCHOOL YEAR.
I KNOW THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD, BUT I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATORS, THE TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT WE HAVE, AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE YEAR AS WELL.
I JUST WANNA SAY HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU TO PUNGA TEAGUE ELEMENTARY FOR HOSTING US TONIGHT.
AND A HUMONGOUS THANK YOU, UM, TO DR. MILLER FOR, UH, AN AMAZING FIRST 100 DAYS AND AN AMAZING AND COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE FIRST 100 DAYS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING.
UM, THE, I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT THE CONVOCATION MEETING AND THE STRUCTURE OF THAT.
AND, UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING LAST WEEK AT THE, UM, AEROSPACE ACADEMY WAS, THAT WAS PHENOMENAL.
I'M SO EXCITED FOR THOSE KIDS.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME OUR NEW STAFF PEOPLE.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE, TALK WITH DR. GARRISON AND, UM, MR. MINUS TENNIS.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK, GO TO OPEN HOUSE TO, UH, MOST OF THE SCHOOLS UP NORTH.
[01:10:01]
JUST, JUST TO SEE THE SMILING FACES AND EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE EXCITED, UH, HAD SOME PEOPLE DISCUSS SOME THINGS AND I WAS GLAD TO TO, TO LISTEN TO 'EM AND I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT THE INFORMATION FOR 'EM.UM, BUT I'M HAPPY FOR THE FIRST DAY WENT WELL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR DR. MILLER, DR.
AB, FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER TONIGHT AND, UH, THE HUNDRED DAY.
AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN A SO FAR, LIKE A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. WHITE FOR ALLOWING ME TO BORROW HIS IPAD THIS EVENING AS MINES.
WHAT, UH, THE WEATHER? MR. MR. WHITE.
I, UH, I ALSO LIKE TO, EXCEPT EVERYTHING ANYBODY SAID, ESPECIALLY THE STAFF.
IT TOOK YA LOT TO COME IN AND STAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE AND HIS KIDS.
AND LIKE I SAID, DR. MILLER, THEY THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE HERE FOR THE CHILDREN.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A SAFE YEAR AND IF THEY NEED US, JUST, JUST, JUST TELL 'EM, CONTACT THE BOARD AND I MEAN WE ARE HERE FOR THE KIDS.
JUST WANNA WISH EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY A PRODUCTIVE AND SAFE SCHOOL YEAR.
MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL EVERYBODY.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL THE PRESENTERS, ALL OF YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND THE EXPLANATIONS BEHIND WHEN YOU WERE PRESENTING HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY.
'CAUSE I STILL FEEL LIKE I'M NEW TO THIS UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE DIALOGUE.
YOU THERE A LIST? ANYBODY SIGNED UP? ALRIGHT.
NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED MEETING.
MA'AM, CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD CONVEN TO A CLOSE MEETING FOR FIVE PERSONAL MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AS PERMITTED UNDER SUBDIVISION.
A 0.1 OF SUBSECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING, ONE, LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE CONTRACT.
UH, SIX CLASSIFIED RESIGNATIONS, TWO DECLINED CONTRACTS, TWO STATUS CHANGES, AND FIVE SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENTS.
THANK YOU MOTION AND SECOND TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
OPPOSED? YOU'RE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION CONVENED TO OPEN MEETING.
MAY I HAVE A CERTIFICATION OF THE CLOSED MEETING? YES MA'AM.
THE BOARD SHALL CONVENE IN THE CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FILING SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
WHEREAS YAKIMA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS CONVENED A CLOSED MEETING ON THIS FIRST DATE, SIMILAR 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 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 EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED.
AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED OR HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED.
MOTION IS SECOND TO CERTIFY THE CLOSED MEETING.
OPPOSED? UM, WE DID THE READMISSION ALREADY, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
SO HOW ABOUT THE PERSONNEL LIST? MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THE PERSONNEL LIST? MA'AM? CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PERSONNEL LIST AS AMENDED, PENDING SUBMISSION OF PAPERWORK, SECOND MOTION, AND SECOND TO APPROVE PERSONNEL LIST.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE VOLUNTEER LIST AS AMENDED.
TO APPROVE THE VOLUNTEER LIST IS AMENDED.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
MOTION SECOND TO TABLE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION TO THE NEXT MEETING.
I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING.