001like to welcome you to the October 13th Camel County School Board meeting. Have a nice crowd tonight, so this is going to be a good meeting. Uh we will open with the pledge of allegiance followed by a moment of silence. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. >> All right. Well, we have a couple of presentations tonight, recognitions, and um they're going to pause to take some pictures after the first two, but as always, we're glad to welcome our Campbell County Educational Foundation. And uh it's always a good good when you guys show up. >> It's good to have money given to you, huh? >> Thank you. Good evening, Dr.
002Dr. Miller, Dr. Stanley, and members of the Cable County School Board. Thank you for the opportunity to speak again this evening. I'm Rose Eper and I'm proud to represent the Campbell County Educational Foundation. Other foundation board members include Susan Brandt, Dean Farmer, Linda Gruba, Vicky Maddox, Brandon Treadway, Kyle Andrews, Sam Vance, Dr. Hail, and Dr. Stanley. This group of volunteers work to provide financial assistance to Campbell County students who are seeking postsecary pursuits. We've been so fortunate to obtain funding from various individuals, corporations, and local foundation to foundations to support dual enrollment students as well as college and career readiness programs at all four Campbell County high schools. With this funding, we're able to assist in empowering students through hands-on learning and career readiness programs, opening doors for opportunity for countless young people across our
003community. As many of you know, the cost to send students to the CTE Academy is high. Just the books, fees, and equipment can run more than $700 per student on top of tuition, which can be up to $4,000 per student. Funding helps ensure the maximum number of students can attend at no cost to them or their families. The CTE Academy is offering our students inspiring programs such as mechatronics, informationational technology, early education, in addition to HVAC, welding, machine technology, and the health sciences. Did you know that through the CTE Academy, students from all four Campbell County high schools have access to a variety of career paths, allowing students to earn up to 36 college credits as well as trade certificates. Tonight, we're able to again gift the school board $37,000 to help meet these students
004needs. This amount combined with the gift we plan to make in the spring will pay for all of this year's CTE Academy students books, supplies, and materials. I'm pleased to report this will bring our total dollars of support just shy of 300,000 since we began this foundation in 2016. We're thrilled to provide this support and even more excited to see our student interest and participation in these programs grow. I also have the pleasure of introducing Campbell County, a Campbell County student who is living proof of the opportunities made available through the CTE program. Iris Ashwell, a senior at Alt Vista Combined School, is enrolled in the CTE Academyy's health sciences program. As a junior, she completed the nurse aid program at the technical center, earning her state board of nursing CNA lensure. Her 40 clinical
005hours included rotations at Heritage Hall, the Summit, and Lynchburg General Hospital. Iris is also a member of the Alta Vista softball team, SCA, Spanish Club, and she recently joined the National Honor Society. She works as a CNA at Autumn Care, a receptionist, a receptionist at Ereed Hopkins Pediatric Office, and she works for a wedding venue. After graduation, Iris plans to attend a 4-year university to earn a bachelor of science and nursing and become a registered nurse in the emergency room. She's been a valuable asset to Alta Vista High School, the technical center, and the CT Academy. Welcome, Ars. I would just like to say thank you all for your support. Thank you. >> Good job. Good job. >> I did want to um of course give the check to whoever needs that, but also hand
006out some brochures about our foundation. I hope you all will look at them and um learn a little bit more about what we do and if you would be interested in supporting us. So, and we have some for you all, too. Thank you. >> I would just like to say on behalf of the board, obviously this is a great gift and we appreciate it and extend our thanks to all your donors. Uh they mean so much to our community and so we don't get to see them. We see their face, but please let them know that the board just values their participation in our community. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. [Applause] Okay. All right. We also have a recognition tonight. Dr. Hail's going to >> Somebody wants to >> Can we do >>
007Good evening, Chairman Miller, members of the board. At this time, I would like to invite Dr. Wilkerson, Miss Laney Patrick, and Mr. Smith to please join me at the podium. And you will hear more from Dr. Wilkerson about Mr. Smith and his prestigious honor that was recently um recognized by our board of education. Thank you. >> Good evening, Chairman Miller, Dr. Stanley, and board members. It is with great pride that we recognize Mr. Daryl Smith, life science teacher at Alta Vista Combined School for being named a state finalist for the presidential award for excellence in mathematics and science teaching, the nation's highest honor for K12 educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Mr. Smith has devoted more than two decades to fostering curiosity, creativity, and a love of scientific inquiry in his students. His classroom
008exemplifies hands-on, minds learning where students actively engage in investigations, construct their own data tables, and apply critical thinking to make sense of realworld scientific phenomena. He believes that all students can be scientists and his classroom culture reflects this daily belief. Beyond his outstanding instruction, Mr. Smith's leadership extends throughout the school and community. As science department chair, he mentors teachers, supports curriculum development, and leads professional learning that strengthens science education across the division. His collaborations with organizations such as the James River Association and Holiday Lake 4 Center have enhanced environmental and outdoor learning opportunities for students. In addition to his contributions as an educator, Mr. Smith is a distinguished coach. He just came from practice. recognized by the Virginia High School League and inducted into the Alta Vista Hall of Fame for his achievements in cross
009country and track. His commitment to student growth, perseverance, and teamwork reflects the same passion and dedication he brings to his classroom. We are proud to share that Mr. Smith was formally recognized in Richmond at the Virginia Board of Education meeting on September 25th, where he was celebrated among the Commonwealth's most exceptional educators for his excellence in teaching and leadership in science education. Mr. Smith's innovation, mentorship, and devotion to his students exemplify the very best of Campbell County Public Schools. We extend our congratulations to Mr. Daryl Smith for this remarkable and well-deserved honor. [Applause] >> Would you like to say a few words? >> Sure. >> You have to, M. >> I need to do that, but yeah. Um well, thank you very much for those kind words and and support and uh um I would
010say uh Laney is absolutely uh fantastic and uh I wouldn't have been able to uh even approach that award if it not for her. Um and she's just so supportive and I think that she brings the most um to all the science teachers in the county and I think um the standard of science within Kemel County is is phenomenal because of her work. Um for me um it has been a lovely journey. I I I enjoy being in Camel County uh particularly out of Vista. Um it is a special place and uh I've uh managed to call it my home and and I feel like even you know riding up the uh street and stuff like that you know it's often waving at five or six people as I'm going along and stuff and it's
011and it's nice. It's a nice feeling to be here and and I really appreciate your support. So thank you very much. >> Thank you. Well, hey, well deserved, Mr. Smith. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. >> Well deserved. >> Thank you very much. >> All right. We want to get a picture with you. So, I think we're going to as a board go out under our mission statement and get some pictures. >> Yeah. Yes. I think they're going to be great. >> I was gonna say, Iris, are you good at that? [Music] All right. [Music] Thank you. Hey, >> you know me well. Oh, yes. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Did you do you appreciate it? Okay. How's that? [Applause] They still have nothing for their own >> really. Well, those uh recognition and the foundation
012is always a lot of fun, but so is seeing you how our kids are doing. So, so um Mr. Robertson, tell us how they're doing. >> All right. Thank you, Dr. Miller, Dr. Stanley, members of the board, it's a pleasure to be here tonight with you, and we've already had such exciting presentations. I hope ours will hold uh up to them as much as they have. So, I'm here tonight to talk about our 2425 so test data and information and updates about our accountability system. So, first I'm going to share with you our annual pass rates. And annual pass rates include any student who tested in that subject for the year and have very few exclusions. So, they really seem to look like raw data when we see those pass rates. So, first I'm going
013to show you our reading pass rates and they're at the division level compared to the state. So we're in blue and the state in orange. And you will see I've also left the 2018-19 data because that was the last school year that we consider to be pre- pandemic. So as you can see in reading we came in at 73% and we've really held steady between 73 and 74 for the last three years mirroring the state performance in reading. Next, we have our math pass rates that came in this year at 73%. And math right after COVID took a significant dive in 2021. Um, not noted here on the slide, but we slowly climbed back up and we are very close to prepandemic levels in math at that point. So, it's had the strongest recovery. Um,
014and it's really mirrored the state and stayed above the state in the last several years. Next we have our science pass rates at 72% and it looked very similar to math after COVID and then we quickly increased in the last two years and have exceeded the state and science as well. History came in at 68% this year and even though there was a slight dip from last year's performance, the state has continued to hold steady at 65%. So we have continued to outperform at the state level. So, we're continuing to work on pass rates to surpass prepandemic achievement, and Dr. Hail will provide additional curriculum and instruction details when she shares the comprehensive plan updates with you. Next, I wanted to share one of our celebrations about chronic absenteeism. Last year, we were able to
015share that was a celebration and it continues to be so this year. And this slide shows all of our schools and the breakdown in comparison to the 23 24 school year. And you'll see it's one of the rates that we do want to see lower numbers as opposed to higher. Um so you can see the blue there in every school has reduced and the ones who pretty much held the same are the schools that already had very low chronic absenteeism. So that's something to be celebrated. As a division we came in at 9% lowering from last year at 10.6. 7 and from 2223 at 15.1%. So we really have had great success in chronic absenteeism rates and we know daily attendance is crucial to academic success. Next we have our graduation rates for you and
016this is what we call federal graduation rates FGI. And in the new accountability model that I'm going to give you more details about this is the calculation that's used. In years past, we've often shared what we call OGR, on-time graduation rates, and they are always reported higher, and that's because they include additional diplomas like applied studies diplomas and other students who slide in cohorts. So, the FGI is truly students who graduate in four years with a standard or advanced diploma. And so, that's why it's the lowest that it could be of all the different rates that they are. Naturally, Altavista and William Campbell have lower rates simply because of the size of their cohort. It's almost like every student counts one and a half to two times those of our larger high schools. So, next
017I'm going to talk a little bit about the school performance and support framework. And if you remember last October, I introduced this framework to you. And at that time we did not have a lot of details about the system but the Virginia Board of Education overhauled it to better reflect academic performance of our schools. This year that framework is in effect and it will report each school in one of the four performance categories as you can see there on the screen and using the 2425 data. It is a 100 plus point scale and so each school will receive distinguished ontrack offtrack or needs intensive support with an overall score of the framework there as you are seen noted. So I'm going to reintroduce to you the components and indicators which are calculated in order to
018earn each school its overall performance category. So first you have the component of mastery and every school has a mastery component and reading, math and science are the three subjects that are counted in federal accountability now part of the state system. And then some schools have English learner progress included and I'll break that down in the next several slides. in growth that is used in grades four through eight and that includes so test growth and VAP assessment growth. Then you have readiness and that is a measure in all levels and it differs depending on the makeup of the school. Every school has chronic absenteeism ratings and we just saw those reported. The middle school has what we also include as advanced coursework where they get credit for eighth graders taking algebra 1. Then the high
019school has the 3E readiness framework and you've heard a bit about that as it was changed from what we used to say was the CCCRI, college career readiness, uh, excuse me, civic readiness index. Uh, and so there we've talked at length about the readiness framework in the past with some of the CTE information you all have had. Um, but students are able to earn credit now in enlistment, employment, and enrollment. And it's an add-on. So, our students at the high school level get to have lots of opportunities that then count for us in the framework. They also do give us credit for the six-year graduation rate even though you can see that the graduation the FGI is listed separately. So, under the readiness in high school, they give credit for that six-year with the applied
020studies diplomas as well. So, those are the main components depending on the makeup of the school as to how the indicators are then weighted. In the folders provided for you, I did give you this handout because it might be a bit small on the screen and maybe a bit complicated, but I will try my best to break it down for you. So on page one, you'll see the framework for elementary and middle school. And the reason it becomes a bit cumbersome is because it depends on the amount of students and the different student groups that your school might have. So the difference of these charts is that our EEL students, our English learners do get credit for their English learner progress. That credit is given from the WEDA access test that our EL students take
021annually in grades K through 12. Once they're in first grade and above, they would then have an option to show growth because they would have two consecutive tests to make progress. And the WEDA access measures their ability to obtain English language proficiency. So if you have a student group with at least 15 students, then the EL learner, excuse me, EL progress is part of the mastery index there, the waiting of 10%. If your elementary school does not have enough EL students, then the EL progress moves to the growth component of the indicator. So you can see there our ELE schools elementary would be Tomahawk and Leville Road and then at the rest of our five elementary schools the growth would then increase to 17 and a half% because they do not have a separate student
022group of 15 English learners. Not to say we have quite a few English learners and most of our building every one of our buildings currently has English learners. They just might not have 15 to make up that mark. So you'll notice the middle schools that work the same way. Brookville Middle has a large enough student group to have an ELE as part of their mastery index and Rusber Middle does not. And so the weight shifts in the growth part of the component. And then you'll see the readiness for elementary, they only have chronic absenteeism and middle school has chronic absenteeism and advanced coursework. So all the weights add to 100% even though they are spread across the components broken down in the different indicators. So elementary and middle all have mastery, growth, and readiness. All
023right. On the second page or the back of your handout, you then have the high school framework. Both of our high schools, Brookville High and Rusber High, have a large enough e student population to have the English learner progress as part of the mastery framework. And then you'll see the graduation there as well as the readiness that I've already spoken about on the previous slides. Both of our combined schools are unique in that they are made up of grades 6 through 12. So they have middle school and high school components. Everyone has mastery. They also have growth because they have sixth through 8th grade. Then they get credit for graduation and they also get credit for the advanced coursework which is middle school. and then the um 3E framework and then the additional six-year graduation
024rate. So the combined schools have a combination of lots of the components to make up their 100%. They also do not have neither have EL progress. So that is moved around through their framework through growth. So that is how the different frameworks work based on our particular school makeups. So when you look at the Virginia Department of Education for resources, they break out these different components, but not necessarily as specific as our school grades have. So I hope that helps a little bit in understanding the waiting of the schools. for the 25. >> Question about the um e students, the schools that have enough population, they get they get the benefit of that by some adjustments with them in consideration. Whereas schools that don't have enough of the population, they still have some e students.
025>> Definitely. Yes. >> So, so if they say struggle in reading will that that will have an impact on say our combined schools is that accurate >> yes sir it is yes so they're reading so the interesting thing about our e population is that it would not only play out in reading math and science because they would have scores there um for those schools then that do not have enough e progress they would just not have that additional factor the goal our progress and um That's not in our slide deck tonight, but this year we were at 61% 61% student progress for the entire division and the state only came in at 56%. So we're well above the state in our English language progress, but it doesn't necessarily um give every school that indicator >>
026and they've shown more progress than any other subgroup in the division, including overall. >> Okay. >> So far. So far. Yes, sir. Did that answer your question, Dr. >> Yeah. So I was concerned about you know a negative impact but you're almost indicating that we may have positive impact. >> Agreed. In the cases where our progress counts um for instance Leible Road they came in I think at 63% progress. So they got 6.3 out of 10 points in their section of that framework. So it benefits them in that regard. So if you didn't have enough students you know it could impact you if you kept that part of the framework there. So it benefits them because of the progress that we're making with our EL students. It could be a negative impact if you were
027not seeing progress across the board. >> And then of course when you don't have enough eelss then of course they just exclude them so that it doesn't have a hindrance on either way. Okay. Thank you. So, for the 2526 school year, I was hoping that I was going to be able to tell you that the department had released publicly the framework scores and categories. And at this time, they actually have not even released them to us preliminarily. They're several weeks behind and they have not updated their timeline. So, I anticipate that we're going to be in a good place when our data does come out in the next few weeks. And when it does, it will be available on our school quality profiles. They will develop a one uh to threepage summary report of the
028framework that you'll be able to see. It will break down all of the indicators and the component scores. So, you'll see that overall framework and the rating that they will receive. So, I wish I had more detail to share with you about those tonight. Um but that will be coming for you. Other tabs on the school quality profile will also be updated because there are other federal and state reporting requirements that they must meet. There are additional resources in your folder for you. There's a one page on the mastery index because the so scores are weighted accordingly as we went through with those um with that overview chart for you. And then the 3E readiness framework is so complex that I wanted you to have that one page as a reference as well. The first
029link there when you have this electronically takes you to the VDOE site that takes you in depth and also provides historical information about the redesign with the framework and its components for you. I'm going to shift gears for a moment to talk about this current school year. And I know that you have heard in the news about the raising of Virginia's cut scores that was passed at the September board meeting are rated from 0 to 600. 400 is proficient, 500 being advanced. And currently in reading and math, those cut scores are for the 2016 and 2017 standards respectively. This past spring, they have new standards and they were tested in spring of 25. So the state knew they needed to be revised to reflect those higher proficiency cuts. And also the intent was to be
030statistically equivalent to NAPE, the national assessment for educational progress. They wanted to make sure that Virginia student performance is aligned with national standards. So this slide shows you the cut scores that were passed in September. And I've provided this as a handout for you as well so that you can review it. they still kept the four performance categories there and proficient you'll notice now is no longer 400 across the board. It does change per subject per grade and the same is true for advanced. Um they there was a lot of feedback provided to the state that that is confusing but their rationale was to provide transparency to the public because it's very easy to say okay the cut scores are still 400 but behind the curtain you they had to figure out what that actually
031meant with the new cuts and so that's why they have done what they have done thus far um as far as changing the proficiency cuts to be different at each level and subject. >> So so they're all going from 400 to that proficient score. So let's say for grade three 444 will be a passing score on that test. >> Correct. >> Up from 400. >> Yes sir. We do know that this will change our test scores and there was a slide shared at the state board meeting to show other states that have been through the same process where they've implemented a new test or new cut scores and they've seen a decline in scores. And so the state board acknowledged that and when they did they decided that the best thing to do would be
032to create a phasedin approach. So they presented two different models at the state board in September. There was a four-year phase in and a five-year phasein. And what they did was created an additional column. So instead of just having does not meets etc. Now you have the approaching column in between to be phased in. And I'll show you an example to make it a little cleaner. >> Go back. Yes sir. >> Would you mind backing up like to where you had that basic and proficient? What's the difference between basic and proficient? >> So proficient is what they consider past. >> What's basic? >> Basic is fail and then below basic is fail. Fail. >> Say that again. >> So basic is your fail column and then they have a lower below basic column for fail.
033And I believe they've kept that because it's part of your weight indexes with the mastery index because you get different weights for the different fails. So right now um basic is 75 but below basic is 0.25 and so that's the different reasoning. Um so as I am inest about fail fail but that's the reason truly for the different weights. >> So if you're in the third grade of basic you get 411 >> you still fail. >> Yes sir. Yes sir. Until you reach 444. Yes sir. >> Yeah. So why wouldn't they say anything below 444 is failing? Why would they even do the >> so that they could continue to use that waiting index of the new accountability model? >> Yes. Yes. So that was the four-year phase in. I gave you the five-year phase
034in. They're both in your handouts, but what I want you to see is this next slide that actually has a sample so it makes a little bit more sense for you. So this is an example of grade five reading in the four-year phasein model. And you can see their intent is to start in the spring of 26. So they have that as the first year 2526 and the four original columns are there and they've added approaching. So you can see with approaching the intent is that would become passing. So as those are phased in that is your passing your proficient. So for grade five this year 414 to a 510 excuse me a 509 would be considered proficient in this case. And so their intent is to phase it in. And so that way, even
035though it's no small feat to reach some of these cut scores, it gives you the opportunity to have a gradual approach so that by the end of the year, expectations are raised to those newly passed scores over time. And as I mentioned before, the approaching column also counts now as one point in that mastery index as part of the school performance and support framework. So based on that implementation, it would give everyone time, resources, and guidance, families, educators for everyone to help phase in and meet those new cut scores. They also are intended to strengthen how we can support students who need additional interventions, but also holding schools accountable as they begin to set attainable goals moving forward. So increasing them gradually helps progress meeting proficiency. uh they will not make final decisions about the
036implementation plan until the October 24th board meeting. So at this time they have passed the cut scores and they have passed that they will have a minimum of a four-year phasein plan. So they're still going to discuss the timeline for phasein and then there are additional concerns that have been expressed especially with logistics such as graduation requirements and credit accommodations for students with disabilities. So they have said that they are not going to do anything to the 2026 cohort for graduation and then our retesters in high school. These don't necessarily apply to them. So we're still really waiting to hear um the next phase as far as implementation and their plans. That website I've linked to the slide deck is the public facing page that also has the handouts that I've given you. But there's
037also a place for feedback. So we've encouraged our administrators um we shared this with them last Thursday. We've uh encouraged them to take a look at that speak with their their teachers for sake of transparency and not to create you know panic or um pandemonium if you will. And our message to teachers is simply that we will continue to focus on our tier one instruction and our scores will show those results of meeting high expectations as we prepare accordingly. So Dr. Hail will now share student achievement updates with you. Okay. One of the first slides you had showed the so scores over the past 10 years. Of course, it dropped from like 18 or something like that. >> Yes, sir. Now, is my memory I know it's shot, but wasn't there a period of time
038when they changed the so scoring and made it more difficult or was that something else that I'm something? Come on, boys. Y'all help me out here now. >> They changed it for one category. >> They went back and said it would be discrimination. I thought I thought there was something that was changed where we were told that the scores would be lower because the they had increased the difficulty of it. Now am I am I >> they had changed the curriculum. I I think when we had a curriculum change >> yeah there so typically what you might have seen over time I'm thinking is that you see when there are new standards sometimes you also see that dip. So it's happened over time in different subject areas based on that. Um what the kind of
039um argument or um conversation has been at the state level is that are our cut scores rigorous enough for students when we're looking on a national lens. So that's where the NATE comes in. So the intent they has been shared is to get to that level of rigor. But the challenge is we just had new standards last year as you know and then there are lots of components that go with this with graduation. We also have students who will test differently as far as cut scores in the fall versus the spring because we have some students who will take so tests and assessments this fall. So it is while seemingly this looks maybe simple, I don't know, um there there are lots of pieces to it. And so it is one of those things that
040we're really trying to maintain. We're going to focus on the right things to move our teachers forward. We're we don't want students to panic. We don't want parents to panic, but at the same time, we do need people to understand that your voice does matter in the feedback that that can be provided to the state. um especially as we're talking about um students who making that significant of a jump in a short amount of time could be detrimental to them making progress and feeling like I can. Um so that's why we encourage everyone um to share their feedback with that but also understand yes over time you do see changes with standards um that can happen as you have new assessments that come with it. Um, but that that has happened over time if you're
041looking at, you know, several years >> and the state's got an opportunity for public comment on their website. So again, we would encourage people to to voice their opinions and and I think both Amy and Sarah did a did a great job of saying what we're doing about it. We're focusing on the main things, okay? We're not going to hit the panic button because we think scores are going to dip down next year with the new cut scores. We're going to focus on the standards. We're going to focus on making sure that our tier one instructions align to the standards um that we have assessments that reflect those standards um throughout the year and we're going to keep doing the right thing and we're going to make sure that our students have a great environment
042to come to school every day um and support our teachers because they are doing phenomenal work um and we need to constantly remind them of that despite the fact that it's going to be hard. It's going to be challenging. >> Mr. Jones, I was thinking back and when our math standards changed, we were in the 29 2009 standards and when that new test came in with the 2016 standards, there was an implementation dip. And so that's pretty common, too. And that's the slide that showed the other states. That was similar information that they showed. Sometimes it's the new set of standards, sometimes it's changing of cut scores, and in our situation, it's both. >> So I I have a question about our so compared to the federal NATE. >> So where is where do those
043our kids don't test NAPE do they? >> Yes. Um we do test NAPE. Um each year there is a um blind selection and our schools are identified in a small population to test. Last year none of our schools were selected. Um this year we've not received notice yet if we will have any schools that test. Um but it could be a wide variety. You'll hear a lot about the grade four and the grade eight tests. Um, but in previous years, we've also tested history. Um, we've had we've been part of a high school transcript study. So, it's a wide range. Um, so that means even though what they're reporting nationally doesn't mean that a very large sample of our population was tested. So, that's some of the scrutiny you'll hear about that with comparing us
044to NAPE. You know, I don't know that, you know, when you only test a handful of our students, I think that's a tough comparison. Well, >> I do too. I mean, that Okay. So evidently NATE we're aspiring to Virginia is aspiring to meet a NATE standard 70% proficiency or whatever. Is that accurate? >> Yes. >> And that's why they're changing it like this? >> Yes. Their intent is to make sure Virginia students can compete nationally. And so NAPE happens to be you'll hear it talked about as the nation's report card. And so a lot of the research behind cut scores and testing achievement comes from the NAPE studies. And so that's their intent is to make sure Virginia students are as prepared as the rest of our state of our nation. >> But we don't
045have a clue how well Campbell County does on the >> No, sir. >> So we don't even have that reference point. >> No sir. You can see all of the data online, but it's all just their nape national data. Thank you. Um so the next part is really about our comprehensive plan and what we are doing. So um great conversation so far with this. Um every two years we're required to give a an update on our comprehensive plan, but it also makes sense um especially with the changes that we are having at the state level. As a reminder, we stay rooted in our mission statement. We are committed to making sure that all of our students are prepared to do anything um when they leave our school division. That is our goal and that continues
046to be um where we um we we do our work. We are continuing our work with the five C's. So, those have not changed for Virginia. They include critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, communication, and citizenship. But you are going to start to see how we're shifting to the new model. Um the 3E readiness framework includes employment, enlistment, and enrollment. One major benefit um that I see um especially looking at a high school principal lens is that the 3E readiness really focuses on students having multiple opportunities to show how they are doing in employment, enlistment, and enrollment. So, I very much look forward to having that final data um to be able to share that because our students continue to do a variety of things while they are still with us that would meet the 3E
047readiness framework. Um first, we're going to be looking at curriculum and instruction and that is the the main part of our comprehensive plan. When this was written in 2022, we were looking at really making sure that we were implementing the profile of a graduate, which is still work that we do. But I do want to draw your attention to how we will be shifting from saying maintaining full accreditation. That is a separate process. Accreditation means that we follow um the state's rules per se with um how we're staffing and other components. So that is a report that is completed. Um typically that is done by by me along with our members of our team and our chair signs off that we have completed that. We want to make sure minimally we are maintaining our ontrack
048status from here on out. So those will be some terms that will be a shift for us. While we have looked at mastery of unfinished learning, making sure that our students are at grade level proficiency, continuing to monitor assessment and data analysis, while we are very heavy heavily focused on tier one instruction, we really want to make sure that we are addressing all students and not only supporting the needs that they have, but enriching their learning experiences. um with an update of where we are with implementation of new standards as well as new instructional materials and resources. Um last year, as a reminder, we did have new standards in English and math. So, that is that is a lot when you're looking at implementation of of two two um different core subjects. It was our
049first year bookworms literacy program implementation. Um and we also continued our use of into literature which is our 6 through 12 English program. This year we will have new standards. We do have new standards in history and social science. So that is a a shift that we are readily working on. It is also our first year of our math space implementation which is our secondary math textbook. We presented on that in the spring um and are moving forward with that. We're also continuing to use Bridges as our elementary math resource. Um and again we are planning for an adoption for textbook and resources in history and social sciences with these new standards. Um the state has been a little bit delayed with providing some of those vetted materials and what that will look like. Um
050but we are continuing to plan for that and also have had our curriculum teams working on that. We do also um anticipate revised science standards next school year. Preliminarily, these look minor, you know, when we're looking at what that would be because we've had a more um overhaul kind of with our science standards in the past. So, it has been quite a bit when you're looking at change with our core subjects um and how that has impacted. You'll also see the term HQIM um which means that we're giving our students access to high quality instructional materials. Um so, that is another term that you will you will continue to see. We are very proud of our science work. Um it did just work out that we were able to have Mr. Smith here tonight. Um
051but also Miss Patrick and all of the the science teachers for the work that they are doing. The big shift that has taken place in science is that hands-on for our students. And this year we've been really working more on connecting our bookworms curriculum to the science standards at the elementary level. We also use five ponds resources in middle school. They are easy to read. Um, and they're meant to be high visual and high interest for our middle school students. So, those are continuing to be used in our middle school. And we also did make a a big shift with our middle school summer program. And we focus on a main theme this past school year. It was changing habitats. Um, so that is what our students focused on. And you can see some of
052the pictures here. And of course at the secondary level we continue to use common assessments that are given across the board in our division so we can see how our students are doing and then make adjustments to help support them as well. I also wanted to mention here this is our last year of our all-in Campbell plan which is our all in Virginia funding. Um this was a lump sum that we received to use for three years. Um, and there's three main pieces of all in Virginia funding. The first part has to do with learning acceleration and tutoring. Originally, this was allocated for grades 3 through 8, but it said you can expand if you need to. If you know that you have students from K through two who need to be included, please do.
053So, last school year, we provided almost 10,000 additional hours of tutoring in grades three through eight across the division. We also use these funds to hire our summer school staff for grades three through eight. Um, and we were able to do that and keep the pay, I would say, competitive for summer school because we do want our teachers who are putting in that time in the summer to be compensated for that. This school, we're planning we're planning for an additional almost 10,000 hours in tutoring and this we're extending it to grades K through eight. We do want to make sure we utilize these funds um and are able to do that. and we'll also use this to hire summer school staff. So that's that first piece with tutoring and learning acceleration. The other big component
054is the implementation of the Virginia Literacy Act. It has now expanded to grades K through 8 this school year. So last school year we supported two of our educators completing their reading specialist endorsement which is needed to provide it um the implementation for our students. And then this school year we'll have two more um who will be finishing up. We've also allocated additional funds for really this content area elementary literacy resources that we will work on reviewing this school year and purchasing. Um a major celebration that you see is chronic absenteeism. We are seeing significant decline in chronic absenteeism which is needed. Um we want to make sure our students are prepared for the workforce and the first step um with a job is showing up each day. Um for this school year um we're
055continuing to pay in last school year our family support specialist um this is Amy Wit who works with our families and we've also been providing attendance incentives for each of our schools and that will continue this school year. Um so again we are proud of the work that we have been able to do to address um student attendance um and also to also encourage our students to come with incentives. Um, at this time before I transition more into postgraduation and how we're preparing our students um, for all of those opportunities, I did want to pause for questions thus far because I do know this is a lengthy presentation with lots of components and did want to make sure that I had an opportunity to pause for any questions. >> Yes. >> Um, do you know
056how we compare with truency or absenteeism, you know, nationwide or statewide? I saw our values but I didn't know how we compare. >> We So that's the other piece that we were hoping we had our final data because it compares us to other divisions. Um in the past we have seen um last school year that we were making nice strides with chronic absenteeism in the local area. But unfortunately at this point I don't have specifics to share nor do I have the state average. >> Great question. So I will let you know once I have that for sure. >> Thank you. I I have a just a general question for um why do you think we are plateaued at that 7374 level for three years now? Um I'm not being critical but it just seems
057like so I would say one challenge with comparing the data is they're not the same standards for testing. Right? So last year was our first testing situation with the new standards. So that is one I think piece just to keep in mind. It doesn't mean that it should necessarily be different or not, but they were not the same standards when you're comparing the school year prior to this school year. One of the biggest things that we are really looking at right now and you you've heard us say it is we're initially focused on what are we doing for all students that is for the entire class to ensure that that piece is the instruction that we're moving. I think the second piece that we're also continuing to work on is how are we ensuring our
058students are growing and that is all students. One benefit of the model that we talked about with this past school year is growth could be counted for all students, not just those who have been proficient per se or in this certain piece. It was based on the student and how they grew. So, it's really interesting to look to see um what we're even noticing with EL progress and how those students have made major strides um in their growth. Um, we also had the first year of implementation last year with our B bookworms literacy program. That was a heavy lift by our elementary teachers, our elementary staff. And I think the next piece that you see starting to be layered in here is we need to make sure that we are giving regular assessments and responding
059to them, right? And making sure that we're addressing them as we go. And that is one piece that we're continuing to work on. So, I think what I what I see is we need to continue the work we're doing, but then also ensure that we're able to address the students that need that support while also enriching other students too. Because when you see those cut scores, the shift is going to be I might have gotten a 400 last year. This year I won't, right? And that may that might not be passing based on whatever I'm looking at. So, it's important that we're ensuring growth for all students. Okay, other feedback Sarah but it is a great question because we're holding steady um in slightly above in other ways where we really do feel like we
060are the work is being done. It is just making sure that all students continue to grow and that we're able to to continue to move that. Any other questions before next piece? >> You said this was a grant. This was provided by the state >> and this is the last year. >> This is the last year. >> How much was it per year? >> It was well it was a total of 3.4 million to be spent and we received it in you had to have a plan by October of that school year. So we really didn't start using it fully until second semester. So we're really about a year and a half in going into that. But we we do have to um we are expected to spend these funds similar to CARES um this
061school year. Great question. >> They're not doing it again. This is it. >> As of right now, we have not heard anything from the state that there will be additional funding. >> Check, right? So, how do we how do how do we replace that money when it's direct? >> Miss Mlan, I've had lots of conversations about this that we are looking at that we we're at least saying as of right now, we do not have this funding. Um, but we um, you know, we're we're not even in budget season yet. You know, we'll have to see. Plus, of course, we want to see once the general assembly convenes and starts their budget practice. But it is a good question and um one that um we have utilized um for the past few years. >> But
062but I will say that before this >> we had remediation after school. We we had tutoring we had summer school. So we will be able to fund it. It just may not be to the levels that we were able to do the last few years. >> Um we might have to scale it back a little bit. >> Correct. Okay. Um so continuing with curriculum and instruction, another piece is that we want to make sure our students are prepared um to have any anything that they want to pursue once they graduate. Again, you'll see this maintaining on-track status minimally. One major celebration um and it's very fortunate that we had the foundation here tonight that has supported our work with the CT Academy. Um we've had a thousand students who have gone through the CT Academy.
063It started in 1415 with about 84 stu well it was 84 students last year was our largest year. Um and so that was that was an amazing celebration. We had 116 students and keep in mind typically our graduating classes are anywhere from 6 to 700. That's a that's a good chunk of our seniors who had this opportunity and this school year we have 103 students who are at the CT Academy. So that continues to be a major celebration and that just shows you the data. We did have a slight decline after COVID as far as recruitment. Um some of CDCC's programs were virtual for a little bit. So then moving back um to being in person um being able to to do more recruitment and more awareness to our for our students. So we are
064very thankful um for the foundation for their support. Our Campbell County Technical Center programs are also a major bright spot. Um as you can see that they have a variety of opportunities ranging from auto body repair to nurse aid one and two. Um this school year we also um have a a new course design multimedia and web technology. It's not new to our division but it is being offered here as well. Um so our students are getting those hands-on opportunities as well. And then you will hear more about this, but I do just want to take a moment to to highlight this that our electrical program has developed a partnership with the Greater Lynchber Habitat for Humanity and over the summer they were awarded the VDOE region 5 creating excellence for business and industry partnership
065award. So um that has you'll see more. I don't want to steal any thunder here, but I I did want to highlight that as a as a major bright spot for students not only learning the technical skill but also giving back to the community. Many of you have been here for our college and career day that is held um in the spring for all of our seniors and for our technical center students. Um and so that will be coming up soon. It'll be here before you know it um in March so that students get that exposure to a variety of different opportunities after graduation. And then last year we also had our CTE signing day. Um, this year we had 21 students were recognized and I really want to change that to 22 because one
066student was actually hired that day. After the signing day, um, they they went ahead and hired him. He had his own little signing day by himself. Um, and we also had two new companies that are our first time participating, Sentra and Ankor Electric. So, we continue to have strong connections with the local area and our employers in this area. We know that a continued need is exposure for our middle school students. And so last year, the Worlds of Opportunity event was held. This was for our eighth graders where they get to go over to Central Virginia Community College and get some hands-on experiences and just get exposed. Middle school is about exposure um to different types of careers. So, you can see the different activities that they participated in, including um looking at some some
067of the heavy equipment um that is there. Um, so that was held last year and it actually is going to be next week. Um, so this next um, the 21st, which is Tuesday after fall break, our eighth graders will be going to Central Virginia Community College that day um, and being able to participate in these activities. And of course, another major celebration is our STEM PlusM program. We recently had our ribbon cutting at Bruffl Middle School. So we do have the this program as well as the lab and all of the materials and resources at each of our schools. Um, and it's been great to see and hear from the students about how they're enjoying not only understanding the science, the technology, engineering, and math that goes with it, but also manufacturing um, and getting
068that opportunity to to learn more. Um, you I also wanted to highlight um, another bright spot for us um, especially looking at our um, Aspire program. This is a multi-year post-graduate transition program. I don't know that you might know all about it, but it's really provide to give specially designed instruction for students with disability to really help them with that transition from being in the school um to adult life. Um and so very very fortunate to have this program and the support of Dr. McCormack and her team. Um these students, they they focus on those job skills um with hands-on experiences and really getting that opportunity to go into the community. We've had the joy at central office of having them come to deliver coffee and sweet treats um and it's just been great to
069see them. So you will also um uh be able to see them in December um as well. So that is another bright spot we mean all students in Campbell County and that is a major strength of our division. Um another piece that we have um really benefited from from the educator workforce academy uh Mr. Jones was able to join in the summer of 2024 where we were able to really look and see what is the industry in our area and how can we connect educators as well as the industry. Um this school year and um last over the summer we had the most um participants from Campbell County at this event and our industry partners included Aerafen, BDWXT, Sentra, Delta Star, Frammatone and Southern Air. Um this year we expanded to more elementary as well
070because we want to make sure that we're giving them that opportunity um to think about okay how does how does this connect? Um and it was great for them to be able to do the tours but also understand from the side of the workforce how we can continue to support but also how they can support us as well. Um and again the last um part for um moving into objective three. So again, we want to maintain on track status, but really looking at our professional development. How are we supporting our staff to ensure they have the knowledge to support our students? We have had um this school year as well as last, even though last we had a little bit of weather that interfered with our professional development days, we have them built into each
071nine weeks of our calendar. Um and that is needed for our teachers to to have that time, but also be able to collaborate. Um to date we have 85 of our educators have completed Lexia letters which is the the science of reading coursework that helps support literacy instruction. 85 have completed both at this point. We've also had 81 I'm sorry this is a little hard to read on this part. Um educators have completed the EL boot camp with Longwood University. So making sure that we're also supporting our English learners. TLA continues to be a ma major celebration for us. Last school year um we shared that in 2025 over the summer we had over a 100 presenters with over a 100 a total of 100 sessions and again had 380 participants. Um and 33 of
072the sessions reached full capacity. Um so that was a major celebration for us to have TLA. We continue to do that and we'll actually start meeting next month to plan for this this upcoming TLA in 2026. with student support. We want to make sure that we have high quality effective learning environments for all of our students in all of our schools. So to do that, we want to have positive relationships between schools, parents, and the community. We also want to support student development, make sure that we're encouraging character development as well as safety. Um safety is a major aspect of the work we do. It is that foundation for student support. As we have shared um our our schools are very creative of working with students. Um you see some elementary students working with their
073counselor during morning meeting. Um but I'm very proud of the work of our schools um at the secondary level too to encourage get their students to encourage students to come to school. Um so here you see Alta Vista combined student who's talking about why attendance matters as well as Brookall High School. um because we know that students while yes they listen to to adults they also listen to each other um as well. So that has been a positive campaign um to promote positive attendance. We continue to have for students support our school-based mental health grants. These are this is our partnership with Harvest Outreach to support our students um in needs. Um we we do have two um school-based mental health grants at this point. um we have um been able and fortunate enough to
074have that continued funding um to support our students. We're in year three of the first grant and we're in year one of the smaller grant that was targeting early intervention um and the lower grades in elementary school. We have transitioned our early intervention program at Concord um to Concord from Cornerstone and also have behavior support in our elementary schools. Another major celebration for us that was just September 26 of this school year. We have been working to get youth mental health first aid training again. It has been a while. Um and it is you have to have someone who's trained who can train all the people. So it's not it's not as easy just to say, "Hey, let's do it." Um but this school year we had 94 of our educators as well as community
075partners and school resource officers participate in youth mental health first aid training. Um so thank you to to Dr. rules and everyone else um for their help with that. We also have our BOTV curriculum which focuses on um positive self-development and also substance abuse prevention. Um this is done through our health and PE classes. It has been done in six through grades six through nine last school year and this year we are expanding it to grades four through five to make sure that we're also addressing younger students. And then we also have implemented our freedom 424 curriculum for awareness of human trafficking in grades 6 through 10. With human resources, we also want to make sure that we are continuing not only to hire and recruit staff, but retaining them. So we have changed our
076career fair to include classified and certified positions. And then we've had anywhere from 85 to 100 attendees in the past several years. We also try to do it as quickly as we can in February to make sure that we we are able to get those who are ready to to come work in the education field as well as um for classified and certified positions. Our crews into success is also a major piece for our onboarding program. We have our Ignite mentor coordinators. They collaborate with our lead mentors to make sure that they have the appropriate support. So, we're very thankful of that program. And then this school year, we've been able um to add our wellness committee um to really champion wellness activities for our staff and then in continuing our work with our employee
077assistance program. These are all of our new teachers from Cruz and success in 20 at um in July actually of 2025. Um so this was held at Rusburg High School. And then also we've had um our wellness committee events. Um we had a night at the Hillcats right before school started. And I was shocked that all of these people still continue to participate in the 10 and four plus mileer with the weather that we had because it was not the best conditions. Um but it was great to see the schools have different teams. Um and really be able to encourage other. Um so that was a major celebration to all who participated especially given the weather conditions. And then also we really have been looking at our salary scales. Um that is continued work that
078we do. um Miss Hunley um and her office and making sure that we're staying competitive. And as a reminder, we we did have a substantial raise that we provided to our teachers for the 25 24 through 25 school year. We also have I teach as a program to make sure that our our teachers are able to get that alternative route to lensure and we've had 16 program completions since June of 2024. And we also provide tuition reimbursement. School operations. During the last comprehensive plan update, we were wrapping up Rustburg Middle School. So you can see there that Rusber Middle School has been open for students and we're continuing to evaluate our our facilities as well as our services. Um our major project of course is Brookville High School. Um and so these are some of
079the images of that continued work. Um, a big thank you to everyone involved with that, especially understanding that we're remodeling a school while students are there. Um, as well as the students. Um, thank you for your patience and your flexibility. I know we had some students that were here from the government class um, at Brookville High School. So, um, that is um, people have been great um, with that and we always maintain our focus on safety. Since the last update, we've had our reunification training and then that is extended to the school building and continuing our standards respon response protocol and threat assessment teamwork. And then finally, we're continuing to look at technology. So, we have been looking at magic school AY, but also understanding digital citizenship is a major need of education for all
080of our students. And then we want to make sure that we are really ensuring all students get that exposure. Mastery Connect is the tool that we use for common assessment and assessments to make sure our students are getting that practice. And then also our college and career readiness platform is School Links. So we're continuing to expand that um to make sure that our students get that exposure. Um to date we do we have had almost 20,000 teacher generation uses of Magic School AI and 671 total users. And then finally, this is the this is why we do our work, okay? We want to make sure that our students um have all of the skills so that they are successful and are able to pursue any postk12 endeavor. Uh we continue to be incredibly proud of
081the hard work of our staff and while we know we we have areas to grow, we are we are ready to do that work and to support our teachers and our staff to do that work. So, thank you for this lengthy presentation. did want to give you a thorough update, but I'm happy to answer any other questions um that we can um knowing that our fall data will be coming. >> Board members, any questions? >> I saw some numbers on the CTE Academy and I think that's different from the numbers um for the tech center, but I'd love to see some of the numbers of enrollments for all of the classes in the years past, but also the weight list numbers. >> Correct. And it definitely varies by program um because I know that some
082of our programs have a longer weight list. We have seen a dramatic increase in the technical center. Um so yes, I'd be happy to get that for you. >> Thank you. >> Well, we know it's about 300 kids a day. >> It's 300 kids a day, but then also by program, you know, that way you can kind of see what are we what are we seeing. >> Absolutely. >> The Aspire program, how many kids do that >> currently? So we have approximately six kids in that class but we also open a second classroom for postgraduate and we have five students in that class and then we have four students who attend project search. >> I was going to say 11 students that was >> yes >> that's what Sunny Marman donated the ban to >>
083for them to use. >> Very grateful. >> Thank you. So the letters um program you said we have 85 and these are basically elementary teachers >> elementary teachers but it also includes coaches. I've actually done letters training so it could also include administrators as well. Um so it includes elementary teachers but it also includes special education teachers um as well as um teachers who support English language learners because we want to make sure we have a common language for talking about the science of reading. It also includes we have six through um eight reading interventionists. Those are reading specialists. So those are included as well. >> And and are we seeing benefits from that? Are we seeing literacy um you know improved teaching of literacy at especially at the early levels? >> Correct. What we
084are seeing and one of the benefits of Lexia it is an approved um coursework by the state. So it supports the Virginia Virginia literacy act. It is not easy though. So it is a challenging course that they work through throughout the year but the benefit is that they are able to apply what they're learning to the students in their classroom. Um so we are seeing th those teachers lead that work. We also those teachers often are kind of are we are looking at um leadership you know in their grade levels as well as within their schools to help continue that work of literacy. We also do not put we don't recommend and we don't typically have like a first year teacher in letters because they're they need to get adjusted. So we kind of have
085a phased approach of getting our teachers into letters to make sure we're not overwhelming them um and also overwhelming a school because it does require some time out of the classroom to make sure that you're processing the material together with your kind of cohort. Um so they do have professional days built in the school year. Um and so that is the other piece that comes with that. >> But are we seeing a benefit to the kids? >> Yes, >> we are seeing improved reading across the board. >> Yes. And I will say we still have work to do for growth though. So I want to always say that there's continued areas of growth, but we are seeing that the science of reading supports our bookworms curriculum and our literacy program. Correct. >> And we have
086reading specialists that are trainers. >> They are. Correct. Correct. they get trained. So, it's they're trained to do it. So, they're learning from their literacy coaches. Um, and then we also have um some of our um our literacy coaches that are with elementary but also special education. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Thank you for for um staying with us with this lengthy presentation. >> Yeah. Well, that's essentially what we do. That's the comprehensive part. >> It's either give you a long list of dos and things that we're doing or or present it and thank you for doing that because it's fun. Yeah. You know, that's our focus right there. >> All right. Anybody else has to speak before? >> All right. All right. Well, we will move on to the business. And
087so approval of the September 8th meeting minutes >> ask for a motion. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second. Any questions or updates on the minutes? If not, all in favor, please indicate by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Payment of bills. >> Mr. Chairman, I've reviewed the bills as presented and recommend we approve. >> I have a motion. >> Second. >> A second. Any questions about the bills? >> All in favor, please indicate by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Acceptance of donations. M. Mlanahan. We had a very philanthropic month. >> Yes. Tonight you have a very large list of donations. Unless you have any questions, I ask that you approve those as presented. >> Motion >> second. >> Motion a second. Any questions about that? All in
088favor of accepting donations, please indicate by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Carries. Considerations of request for supplemental appropriations. Mr. And one comment I have is that um to bring before the board an appropriation for 10 cents and 67 cents certainly shows your attention to detail. >> Unfortunately, you know, most of these are true ups with our federal grants that we're required to do because they're on a different funding cycle and sometimes it works out that way to be very small numbers. Um, but at least that means we're consistent in what we expect to get and receive and carry over from year to year. So, unless you have any other questions or comments, I ask that you approve those. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion second. Any other comments? All right. All in favor,
089please indicate by saying I. >> I. Motion carries. Non-resident tuition >> tonight. You have a few more students being accepted for this school year. Unless you have any questions, I'd ask that you approve that >> motion. >> Second. Any questions about non-resident tuition? All in favor, please indicate by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Consideration of school activity fund audit. Tonight we gave you the uh annual audit of the local school activity funds and um everything looks good. It's nothing out of the ordinary. Each year our bookkeepers do a great job and as you can see we have more and more that have no findings each year. So I'd ask that you approve the report. And those infractions that we did have, they were look like a lot of them were just sort of
090oversight or so they've been addressed and >> yes, we send them to the schools and the principles uh respond with their action plan on how they're going to correct the actions during this school year. >> So, we're in pretty good shape. >> Yes, sir. >> Good. All right. I ask for a motion. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Motion and a second. Questions? All in favor, please indicate by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you, Mr. McCley. Personnel report. >> Good evening. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the board. Similar to last month, our personnel report um is very short. Um we're with our certified staff, we had a couple of resignations, but we already have replacements or plans in place for those. And similar to last month, our classified staff, we
091have a few losses, but just as many hires. So unless you have any question, I'd ask that you approve it as written. >> Motion to approve. >> We have a motion. >> Second. Any questions? Gary. >> Gary. >> You want about the bus drivers? >> So it has changed. >> Asking. >> Thank you. >> All right. Any other questions from Miss H? All right. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. >> All right, Dr. Stanley. >> Yeah, I just want to bring your attention to a few things that happened during the month. I mean, September was a busy month. Um, it's hard to believe we're coming up on the end of the first grading period, which means a about a quarter of the year is
092over. >> Yeah. Um, but this month we had Constitution Day and Patriot Day for recognizing u remembering what happened on 911 and we had a lot of participation throughout the county with that which is always good to see. On September 23rd, we had our ribbon cutting over at Brookville Middle School. So, I want to thank Mr. Martin and his staff for for hosting us. And thank you all kind of for the last minute turnout because um you know we scheduled that with Congressman Maguire and I think he gave us about a week or so to to fit it into his schedule which we wanted to do. So thank you and Amy thank you for helping pull it all together. Um on September 30th we had the student advisory um committee meet. I couldn't be there
093but I understand that that went very well. Um, so, so just a lot of good things going on. And, uh, if you don't follow Facebook, you you need to somehow look at our Facebook page every so often because Amy Ael does a great job of capturing all these things. And so, it's hard for you to be at everything at every school. You can't do it. It's hard enough to do it all at one school uh, or or three or four. But she does a great job of capturing it all. So, you need to take a look at it every so often. And just want to thank her for her efforts. And other than that, we're we're hoping that things are going well over Brookville High School this week. We're doing a big move, okay? We're
094moving everything from the from the main offices, secretaries, all the administrators. We're moving them out and we're putting them into a temporary location um so we could start renovation on that space. And that's that's taken a a lot of coordination this week, but we're going to try to get it done before fall break. So when we come back, they're all set up and good to go for the next phase of uh renovation. So anyway, that's going well. One step at a time and uh and that's all I've got for you. >> Thank you. >> Have a reference to the board of supervisor meeting minutes. >> All right. The board I want to start with Mr. Maddox. >> Uh like congratulate Daryl Smith on his award. He's he's an excellent teacher and he runs about 20
095miles a day. I mean he's just all over the place. And also apparently today the AES prek was named to the Virginia Department of Education BQB5 honor role for excellence. That's great prayer for the school. >> What you hear >> the donations come speak up a little bit. We didn't hear we >> What did he say? >> We couldn't hear you down here. What' you say? >> As prek named to the Virginia Department of Education VQB5 honor role for excellence. >> Get out. Yeah. >> Uh the donations always seem to amaze me. I mean for almost $47,000 this year this month. That's amazing. And want to remind everybody about the trunk or treat on October 25th. >> Tree of Life Ministries >> 9 to 12. >> If you haven't been there, you need to go
096see it. It's pretty amazing. >> That's all I have. >> 25th. Yep. >> Thank you, Mr. Phillips. Yeah, just echo the donations were I mean they're always outstanding, but tonight was above and beyond. Um so that that's outstanding. Thank you to the community and all the donors that uh contribute to that effort. Um thanks again to or congratulations again to Daryl Smith. That's an outstanding uh award. Um great news on the audit, Miss McClanahan. So, I know we dread audits where I work. I'm sure you look forward to them, but uh it was uh good news coming through that one relatively unscathed. Um Mr. Shields sent me a few things. Um we spoke about field trips with um you know, talking about Daryl Smith and trips around the area. Mr. Shields mentioned that the ecology
097completed labs at Holiday Lake State Park. We had field trips with the anatomy and physiology classes. Went to the Liberty University cadaavver lab, which I'm sure that was exciting. Um, English classes, went to an outdoor play at Randolph College. So, just a lot of involvement with our schools, with the community, uh, going to different events, um, and getting involved with some of the higher education, some of the colleges in the area with labs and the plays and so forth. So, I commend our schools for reaching out and staying involved in the community like that. Um, Mr. Shields is at our band and coral concert, which is tonight. Um, so I regret missing that, but look forward to the one coming up at Christmas time. And, um, we've got our homecoming and trunk or treat. Uh,
098homecoming's on Halloween this year, so that should be interesting. And then we've got, uh, the homecoming dance that next night, Saturday night. So, and he's got something else every day of the week in October, but I'm not going to go through any of that. But, uh, lots of stuff going on. So, um, try to visit the websites and keep up with everything going on. So, lots to visit and do. So, that's all we've got. >> All right. I had the pleasure of joining the first graders at Leville Road on their trip to Layman Farms last week. We had a great time. It was a little chilly, but the kids loved picking out pumpkins, riding the tractor, exploring the corn maze, and jumping on the blob. This Wednesday, I'll be heading out with the second graders
099to Camp Kumbaya. So, we'll see how that goes. Um Karen and I, feel free to jump in anytime, also visited our kindergarten classes as part of their community leaders social studies unit, and the students had uh very important requests for the school board, which we promised to pass along. Um, they're hoping for more balls on the playground, longer recess, more access to ice cream, and our favorite, a brand new indoor playground complete with bouncy houses, birthday balloons, and cake. >> Put that in the line item. >> Anything to add, Carrie? Yeah, we set up Clay though, I think, with our first group because they literally they were rotating between the two of us and >> yeah, I think we probably set you up. >> That was their first question. >> Can we have more ice
100cream? They said you could give us more ice cream. All right. So, a huge congratulations to our Brookville High School marching bees for finishing seventh at finals and to Brookville High School for being named best public school in the 2025 News Advanced Reader Choice Award. Um, thank you to Southside Electric Cooperative for hosting our first year electricity students for a day in the life of a line worker on October 6th. Got a couple linemen in my family. Though our students gained valuable insight to the working conditions, education and training requirements, career outlook, compensation of an electric line worker. Don't miss homecoming in the hive this Friday, October 17th at 7 p.m. So come out and cheer on our bees. Uh reminder, fall break runs from October 17th through the 20th. Um looking ahead, Leville Road
101will host its Halloween steam day on October 31st. Students may wear costumes and enjoy a fun day of themed activities. And mark your calendars for Leisville Road Title One Family engagement night on November 18th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. where we'll have camping themed activities, snacks, community resources, food trucks, and more. It's going to be a great evening. >> Tanner. >> All right. I'm not going to reiterate all of Kristen's announcements post and Brookville. Um, but I will say on um another note with Brookville, just prayers for Mr. Manley's family, one of our custodians who had passed away um while he was still um active custodian with us. And so we had a big big part of our community at Brookville. And so we've people have rallied around certainly, but just prayers for the Manley
102family um as they are still recovering from the sudden death of them. Um just excited about donations for Brookville High School. That was great to see some significant um single family donations that were given um for the athletics and and the county as a whole. Um I was also one of those youth mental health first aid trainers. I was on the training side of that. So it was really cool to see that we had 90 plus. Um when I got the call it was we've got 90 and we can only do a class of 30 at a time and it takes two trainers per section. So there were six trainers that were brought in um for that and so kudos to Dr. Wilson. it was fully funded with some of the other funds that we've
103tapped into with some other curriculums. And so it was great to kind of be on the other side of that. But we also had our school resource officers there and I had the room of all of our school resource officers. So the most of them I think were all in the room with me which was really cool to see and and their interactions with the kids and and the stories and things that they were sharing on, you know, some of this is it's going on like we've they're noticing things and they're seeing stuff and they're saying stuff and and that's been wonderful to see. Um, other than that, Brookkeville High School's um, Halloween is JF game and so we're actually gonna have trick-or-treating um, at the stadium. So, I think um, the cheerleaders and the
104band and um, firemen I think are actually going to have candy ready for the kids. So, if the kids show up at the game, um, they'll be trick-or-treating going on. So, that's exciting to see and still kind of embracing the fact that we want to support our our local sports. But, it is interesting that it's on a on a Halloween Friday. So, we'll see how the the spectators are. That's all I got. >> I just want to um lay out the thanks to Mr. Martin and Dr. Hail for the STEM plus M grand opening of ribbon cutting at Brookville Middle School was professionally done. and to have Congressman Maguire and Senator Peak and Dele Walker there um praising it and saying what can we do to help uh makes you makes you proud to be
105you know part of it. So just kudos to whoever was involved in it was first class operation. Uh again thanks to the Campbell County Education Foundation for their um pushing to get money to pay for the I think it's the coming thing for Campbell County schools. I think it's it has a bright future for us and we just appreciate everything they do. Congratulations to Mr. Smith for his accomplishments. Um wish him the very best. I hope he um sure he's a great teacher. I mean I'd like to sit in his class and listen to you know what he does. Dr. Ho, Miss Robson, thank you for your presentation. I hope y'all are going to give us a test on it next at the next meeting, but it was uh very thorough and we appreciate it
106and I know y'all put a lot of work into it. And um the other day I stopped at Rusber Middle School and uh visit with Miss Condiff while she was on lunch duty. And I'm telling you, just walking into the middle school, walking down that hallway, if you're a kid and you're not ready to learn when you go in there, there's something wrong with you. I mean, it's just it's just e even with even during lunchtime for all of the seventh graders, I think they had it packed in there. The whole the hallway is still quiet. It amazes me all of them are in there and and the hallway still quiet and she's very happy. Glad she says she's just tickled to death to be out of out of the construction business. Um Mr. Bennett
107at Concord. We had a long conversation and the transition class at that's at Concord now. Um he says there's some trying days which is to be expected but he says there a lot of bright spots to it too. So if you want more information than that, catch me after the meeting. I'll tell you some more. But um and again, thank you for all the donations. My gosh, it's just a >> uh it just it just amazes me how they continue how the donations continue to uh show up every month. So, I just appreciate that. And that's all I got. >> Mr. Parker. >> Uh yes. Wow. We all had a lot going on this since school started. It's been fabulous. Yes, STEM plus M was great. Obviously, always my favorite part was talking to the
108students and hearing them explain, you know, uh, a lot of that program came about because we kept hearing feedback from employers that no one could read a tape measure. >> Well, I couldn't have used the tools they were showing us for measurement, uh, you know, and keeping measurements over time and they were just thrilled to be doing it. So, that was super exciting. Um, incredible donations again. Mr. Scott, obviously, and the students, they stayed as long as they could bear of the fun of the schoolboard meetings, but I appreciate them all coming out. >> Actually, one of the students even um came out and door knocked with me on Saturday for some extra credit. That was pretty awesome. Uh didn't even know she was coming. It was great. Then student advisory was incredible. Scott will
109probably echo, too. Um, these kids, I'm telling you, this generation, they see through a lot. The last probably 30 years of kids didn't see through. Very intelligent. I was blown away. And I appreciate Dr. Hail um and Dr. Wilkerson too and their leadership. They had some leadership skills like um I don't even know what the word is, exercise for the students and separated the seniors from the juniors and had them do this exercise. And what was great, my favorite part was when uh Dr. Hail had us walk over here to take a photo and then bring them in this room and you could hear the students speaking to each other and you know now they're collaborating with peers from other schools because they don't know each other. >> It was great. They were talking about
110you know how many students are at William Campbell and then one of the Brookville students said, "Well, my senior class is like twice as big as your whole school." you know, it was like the different perspectives that they didn't they don't really have, you know, unless they meet each other. And I did uh for the board members here, we had them come up and sit in our chairs >> and it opened up so many more questions about how what we do, how the what the um format is for our meetings and stuff. It was just awesome. It was a wonderful, wonderful event. Look forward to it. I wish it wasn't just quarterly, right? It was a lot of fun. um constitution day. I went to prek and I was exhausted after 20 minutes. So on
111top of thanking all my teachers, oh my goodness, uh prek was was a lot of fun. And I saw a lot of red, white, and blue across the community. And I heard from parents, too, that they really appreciated their kids were so excited to dress up in red, white, and blue. So I thought that was awesome as well. Um political science club and government class I've spoken to recently at Mr. Scott's class at Brookville High School. Again, the kids have the most amazing uh very detailed, deep questions. I'm just really impressed by the leaders that are in those rooms at the senior level. Uh Legacy Education, I've gone to a few of their presentations to our senior students and I'm excited. Some of the things the board may not know yet is, you know, the
112schools obviously welcomed uh Mr. Dun and his program in to speak with our seniors. They have just done such incredible work there and now they're going to be doing some pullouts through the year to help teach our seniors how to be ready for a job interview, how to see their self-worth, how to have integrity, time management, some of these different, you know, little life skills uh for them. So, I'm super excited about the growth of that program. I went to the marching band showcase at William Campbell. combined. It was awesome. All four of our bands for their individual sizes were all incredible. It was really fun performances. It was a lot of fun. Um, and the other thing I wanted to mention, I was just super excited to learn about it and it was like
113last minute, so we didn't get a chance to get it off off the ground this year, but from working with Department of Elections, they actually have a page program for our seniors where they can be pages on election day for elections. So, I I hope to grow that a little bit and I'm super excited about that. But, yeah, homecoming's coming up. Halloween, you know, come by my house if you want to walk through the path. Um, all the events that are coming up at school. It's going to be a really fun month for October. And, uh, I can't wait to report back in November. >> Thank you. >> Can I say one more thing? >> Yeah. Miss Kirkman, the best part of the STEM plus M event at Brookville was reading the story you put
114in the newspaper. It was great. The what you wrote and the pictures were fantastic. We just appreciate you putting it out there for the people that >> don't attend or don't do Facebook. There's still a lot of people get all the information from the newspaper and we appreciate, you know, what you're doing to relay that to the public. Thank you so much. >> It's a great >> Thank you. All right. Well, pretty much uh echo what's been said. I'm always thankful to our foundation, the hard work that they do, and um and then thank you to the community donors that just seem to pop out of nowhere, but helping hand. Um follow up on the ribbon cutting ceremony. I I think it was an excellent opportunity to show off our camp our our county school
115system to our legislators. And um I wish I had asked every one of those kids to shake their congressman's hand, you know, cuz who knows if they'll ever get a chance to do that again. But um it was great having our legislators there and and thanks for all the hard work that Dr. Hale Laney Patrick um did and and it was just an excellent presentation. And I did take to the aside and and talked to the um couple of the dees people and the Navy representative. They really commented about how unique Campbell County is and and we think it's unique, but it's nice to know from outside perspective of people we don't even know, people who don't live here. Just uh so this is just a unique opportunity, a unique location to be able to
116do this. and um just think it speaks highly of of what we do here. So um so but yeah, it was great. Uh student advisory committee, these kids are very mature and we have a a senior and then a and a junior from each of the four schools and just the level of maturity and the almost inherent leadership skills they already have is refreshing and and hopeful. It's hopeful for our next generation that that we have have kids like this. So, um um I think we're going to present them next month. So, I'm anxious for him to come. But they're very engaged. One of the kids that William Campbell already has his own business and so very entrepreneurial uh leaders in their schools. Um yeah, it's nice. Uh okay. So, Brookville Brookneal Elementary School. I
117was down there a couple of days ago. I finally got to walk into the modular. This is not like your old time trailer. Uh these are substantial, solid, the rooms are big. Uh the fifth grade teachers love them. They're working out all the kinks of Still don't know how they're going to get from the modular to the cafeteria when it's pouring down rain, but they'll figure something out. Uh the other interesting thing is none of the kids at that elementary school had used the cafeteria as a cafeteria since the fifth graders were kindergarteners and co and so this is the first year that any of the kids have been in the cafeteria and Sterling was a little worried about that but the the learning curve was quick so so they're doing good um uh let's
118see yeah they love it yeah uh Sterling wanted me to share that they've made great strides for attendance. I think they were at 97%. Um, so he's very proud of that. And he wanted to thank Mr. Cartrite for allowing uh the fifth grade boys to serve as honorary captains of the home football game. And u while I was there, they were doing their run booster thon run raiser and they had raised over $18,000 for the PTO. And those kids would run around the first lap and then it wasn't as fast the second >> out of the gate class. So, um, and Liberty University brought the football team on the 29th and student athletes read to each class and they somehow made a donation and they're anticipating $8,000 >> and they had their Veterans Day musical
119on or they are going to have their Veterans Day musical on November 11th. So, and we have the pleasure of Mr. Cartwright. He sent me a very detailed email, but I would just like you to All right, let me look at the email. >> It's late on Monday. >> Um, all right. So, uh, our varsity golf team finished as the region 1B runner up. So, they got to travel all the way to Tap Hanic, Virginia today to play at Hobs Hole in state tournament and the whole team qualified. So, that's pretty awesome. Um, we hosted our fall blood drive in conjunction with the Red Cross and collected uh over 21 pints of blood for our little school. So, that was pretty good. Um, and then uh we had our homecoming festivities, survived a middle school
120tailgate, had 85 kids come to that, and we had 115 kids come to our homecom dance on Saturday night. >> Wow. >> Almost doubled the number from last year. >> So, we're very excited about that. And then our little band competed in the Celtic Classic and they earned a fir the first place rating in class. That's the first time they've done that in over five years. >> So we're we're very very very proud of them. >> Um and then we welcomed Brookfield Elementary for our second annual BES night. Got to run through like football players and be in spirit line and everything. They they really enjoyed that. And it confirmed to me I'm not long school ever. And then finally, I wanted to recognize one of our seniors, Landon Elder. He committed to continue his
121academic and baseball career at Fair College. Very, very proud of him. Great, great young man. >> Wow. >> Good things happened down in the room. >> Hey, and not to be outdone by Alvisist, but you're working on a future center. >> Yeah. >> And have a career coach uh that'll hopefully start in the next few weeks. >> Big deal. I I do want to share it. Our student advisory the um >> we asked like highlights from their school and what's the young man's name? >> Seth said um you know last year we had a new principal and you know we're a little little apprehensive but um you know he said the morale is pretty good and um you know he said there's more student engagement so you get a pass. So, so yeah, they they
122do rec they recognize that um things are good at William Campbell and we appreciate that. All right, I think that's all I had. Any um anything else? Good meeting. So, on that note, I'll ask for a motion to adjurnn. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Have two motions and a second. >> Any question? All in favor? Close your laptops.