001there as there is um Dr Miller our chairman and David Phillips our vice chair are both absent our first order of business will be to elect a chairman prot temp so at this time I would entertain a motion uh to elect somebody I move to elect Barry Jones as chairman protim I second all those in favor I all right Mr Jones I'll turn it over to you thank you like to welcome everybody here tonight for the March 24th meeting on the school board the first order of business will be the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence so stand up and Pledge of Allegiance a pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for
002all thank you you need some more room PR we got plent over here Dr hail student Advisory Group good evening chairman proem and members of the board um tonight we did want to share a brief student advisory update based on previous conversation this year and where we are in this process we'll talk about the purpose and goals of our student Advisory Group membership selection meeting structure and then roles responsibilities and next steps so really we see the benefit of student Advisory Group and thank you to our board for bringing this to our attention is to provide that student perspective um so that we get their feedback and also really enhance communication between our students um and us as well as you all we also really want to hear what students have to say as far
003as concerns but even more importantly what are potential solutions that are workable and of course we are always looking to develop student leadership and prepare them to be engaged as Citizens our membership selection we see the benefit of starting small um to start with um to really to work with this group we are looking at eight students so it' be two representatives from every school all of our four high schools and in initially this would include Juniors and seniors our goal though is to have well-roundedness and diversity with our students as far as their background as far as different activities they are involved in and also that we're not only just getting the academic component but all of the other pieces and extracurriculars as well that students may be involved in um one question that
004did come up was about tech center representation are students from the technical center but also those students would be represented potentially through their H school um through this the application process there is a short student application that has already been shared with the schools it includes short responses and three recommendations two from a teacher and one from an administrator and these are actually due April 4th so it'll be coming up um very very quickly um since that is actually next week for the meeting we see that it's important to meet with them quarterly and obviously um Dr Stanley and I would be involved in that process but we also want to have the students take some leadership we also um see the need for two Schoolboard members um we think that's important to have two
005Schoolboard members dedicated to this um so that way they can help with the agenda setting the topics in advance but then allow flexibility um because there can be dialogue that comes up with students and then we would also make sure that we assign a notetaker really to have that follow through um with with action items and to be able to give updates for our roles and responsibility again the Two Two school boards whoever that may be um you would would be able to share monthly meet during the meeting updates with our monthly meetings as appropriate um again help with agendas and setting those times for these meetings um again we're going to listen and really try to provide feedback integrate them as appropriate um if we are able to include those with decision making um
006we will also rely on our senior staff to attend meetings as appropriate um and so that if there is specific expertise they can gather um add to this they'd be able to do so and then student members we want them to engage in discussions bring concerns and potential Solutions and serve as Liaisons to their peers in schools so again next steps for us we have applications are due April 4th and we plan to notify students by April 11th it will include a current Junior and a current senior we do think it's important to get that senior feedback before they graduate um and then the school Ro Representatives again we would need two um Representatives needed and that would help us set the first meeting date our goal goal is to meet one time before the
007end of the school year um because it is towards the end and then we would be able to set um a process for next year for that meeting structure we are hoping to possibly use the technical center um because that is one way that students can get Transportation here um working with u Mr hardy and his staff as well to determine dates and times um so again we'll review and respond to student recom recommendations acknowledge student contributions through letters of recommendation and public recognition if they are accepted um for this um so we're excited to see the applications that come forth um and I do want to say a big thank you to Dr Wilkerson she could not be here this evening but she has done quite a bit of work on this for developing
008guidelines and the application process and I'll be happy to answer any any questions that you might have after this thing gets going how frequently would the meetings he we plan quarterly MH um we think that work students are busy you know I mean they're they are very busy everybody else is busy so we're thinking quarterly would work um and then of course they would be welcome to attend Schoolboard meetings okay so then we would do another application process next year we hope to keep the junior that's selected this year they'll be a senior um and then do a selection process for juniors so if you're interested uh on serving on this this committee on this Advisory Group um you can let me know or let Dr Miller know and maybe by next month we can
009have somebody in place and and ready to serve on it committee okay all right thank you so much so the students in the schools will know who these two individuals are and they know they can go to them to correct and that's a big piece of it is so that there is that liaison between the school and um between and and us we know principes do talk to students regularly we know this they have student leadership but just another component of that I guess that was my question do we still have we still have seas at all the schools so that it'd be kind of cool if they have a role in that SCA board like if there's a kickback to where they're actually really have an opportunity to correct and that's what I meant
010with the well-roundedness of if they have that student student leadership background they'll be well suited for this so that's really what we're looking for some close it off but I hope that theas at the home schools will incorporate these Representatives into their meetings very much so and we've also had um some schools are restarting you know some of those groups so I think it's perfect timing absolutely um and then we'll see we'll see how it goes from there so who selects the two um so that will be handled through the secondary office the principles the principles are the first part and Dr Wilkerson and then they'll go to Dr Wilkerson after that correct so the principal just recommend a junior and a senior they won't give them a pool and say is is it the
011way I understand so they have a full application where they have to so their names will be redacted um from that and then they they have an application process that'll have a recommendation from two teachers and an administrator probably the head principal um and then from there each school will get two um so it really does depend you know every school's guaranteed to have the two um for that um but the names will be taken off just to remove that element so what you're saying is there could technically be 20 applicants for eight spots yeah so it wouldn't be limited just two schools or to the it's not the principles I guess that way so but my question is is who's going to pick the ones from say Brookville High School is going to be
012the Principal or the going to be Mr Dr Wilkerson will handle that selection so the principals will send the that the applications to Dr Wilkerson and then from there she will determine the finalist okay now what happens if no students come out here could it still be represented so if if for some reason we and because it is a quick turnaround we've thought about this if there is a if there is a um if we have a school that's not we don't have the number of applicants we need then I would follow up with the principal you know to say Hey you know there may be need to be some some nudging you know if necessary I hope not um but I do know they're busy so we want to to be able to fill
013those yeah but I'm talking about representing the tech center oh the technical center uh doc Mr hardy and I plan if we notice there isn't that representation her him and I will discuss if we need to change the format okay absolutely because we don't what I mean is we don't want to leave anyone any aspect out correct absolutely okay thank you express our appreciation to M Dr Wilkerson for putting this together that's right thank you all right Matters from the floor Mr Zan I apologize if I pronounce your name wrong zanik that's good that's really good fl's yours thank you thank you um want to comment on the FY 26 budget and a couple other items here uh first though for uh a thanks for to miss Hunley she got me a very workable format
014Excel of the budget and that was super helpful man uh it makes it so much easier so I just wanted to thank Miss Hunley and she's always really quick and responsive so she's really good um start off here a slide two just to take a peek at scores I did this last year too um didn't have any visuals though so this might be more helpful um comparing to the entire Commonwealth of Virginia we are slightly still slightly above average for elementary scores uh this is the all scores is pretty much uh all scores that have been recorded for all different subjects um but uh for middle school and high school below average largest uh contributors to the low test scores and the greatest room for opportunity there is definitely in the math and reading um
015third slide is look just at the Lynchburg Area Counties again our elementary scores are slightly better than average for middle school though we are well below average by seven points and high school scores are right around the average math and reading again um being uh largest room for improvement there so we definitely remain below average for compared to the state uh but uh only slightly below average when compared to our neighboring counties and the year-over-year changes didn't really show much sign of improvement there some really good news that I was excited to see was that our teacher pay scills got a big bump last year um or for this year this is great um so this is comparing to our our neighbors now the counties uh in the area and so we got a substantial
016bump to both entry level pay and uh for our more veteran teachers on the high end however Amherst also gave a substantial increase on their pay scale so we got some competition still there um the bottom section shows a comparison of um a percent our neighbors are either above or below our pay scales so we are just around average at the entry level teacher pay but once you leave the entry level pay scale we start losing ground and paying less when compared to others so uh on average our neighbors are paying around 11% more than Campbell for their experienced teachers so basically everyone else is paying their veteran teachers experienced teachers more than us uh an FY 26 budget I think could have done more to correct this so getting a five-year view of our
017budget just kind of see where how we got where we are um the clear outline uh in expenditures I think the key thing here is um for looking at fy22 to FY 26 there on the right side is kind of seeing where some of our biggest contributors have been in over these Last 5 Years and health is obviously the largest outlier there at 60% going from 1.7 million to 2.7 million um here you could also see though going from the fy2 budget to this proposed FY 26 budget all expenditures related to instruction add only 2% year-over-year while Health Counselors library and Office of the principal are getting more than instruction slide six just highlights just the compensation lines so I just pulled out those lines that were tagged with compensation over the last 5 years
018they're again looking at fy22 to FY 26 um classified staff uh administrative staff have received a 28% increase in compensation while teachers have only received a 21% increase there was a lot of catchup that we needed yeah got only a couple more lines here um we know that there's a lot of catchup that was needed for bus drivers this year so that Trend does continue when you compare what we spent in FY 24 to uh what is being proposed in this budget administrative staff compensation is inreased ining by 21% compared to teacher pay which is 10% less than that so again it's just another big jump of uh administrative St staff salaries over teacher pay um and I know that doesn't seem to be in line with um the priorities of some members on the
019board so I I just thought that this type of analysis might be useful for you all um but as always I thank you for giving us the the time to comment and take a look at the budget so thank you thank you very much next order of business is approval of the March 10th meeting minutes I'll entertain a motion to approve motion second motion by Mr Maddox second by Miss Tanner that we approve the March 10th meeting minutes are there any questions if none all those in favor indicate by saying I y'all are pretty weak yall do better that all those in favor say I I opposed all right good you all right adopting the 25 26 budget Dr Stanley uh thank you Mr chairman um a couple weeks ago we shared with you our
020uh budget proposal and uh nothing has changed from that um I want again thank Michelle and her staff for all the hard work they put into it um you know in this budget we tried to hit the main three uh items that were expressed To Us by by as board members um the first being a 3% raise for all staff um the second thing was um when it comes to Personnel changes we added two and a half gifted positions to to enhance our gifted program at the elementary level um we've got on this list here we've got one additional teacher we needed Tomahawk I mean I'm sorry uh yellow Branch um but we've also got two positions that we are that are now vacant so that that's kind of a wash um and then the
021salary scale adjustments for transportation um to help uh make our bus driver pay a little more competitive so so really those are the the big three items that we wanted to get out of our budget um and to do so we had to do some reductions um you know to get there and part of those reductions include an average of 1% um you know of everybody's budget pretty much across the board we trimmed at 1% um we had a very nice savings when it came to our health insurance when we had our switched to Vore um we had no change in vrs employer contribution rate so that was great and something that we did not do in this budget is budget for health health insurance increase which we have you know seen every year for
022the past several years so you know if we get additional money from the state obviously that's where that some of that money is going to go to help offset that uh today we heard that the uh the governor you know had to act on the budget and he sent back several amendments and and line item vetos so you know there'll be some changes they have to reconvene the general assembly April 2nd and uh so hopefully you know at some point around spring break we'll have a a finalized budget and uh we'll come back to you with an amendment to uh kind of see what gains of subtractions we take from it so if you have any questions about you know what we've proposed we're certainly here to answer those questions if not I would ask
023ask that you uh adopt this budget tonight does go ahead Gary does the state have a time limit on when they have to wasn't last year we didn't approve till June it was late yeah do you know like June what's the what's the latest they can get their numbers I would say June 30 if it's not approved by then then last year's budget your money Runs Out have no money it reverts to the budget approved last year and so something else if you're you remember what we did for something they have in their proposed budget from the general assembly is a $1,000 uh bonus bonus for this year so the longer they wait the the the Moneer that gets but we set aside that money already so we're good um if they do it even
024at the last minute we'll pay the bonus that was a th000 full 500 part time yes sir and when will when will that be it has to be paid by June 1st when will we give it to our in the May 31st pay so there's no changes from two weeks ago to today correct everything on it paper the same correct anybody have any more questions entertain a motion to pass the budget presented to us motion second motion by Mr maddo second by Miss Tanner that we app the proposed 2526 budget are there any more questions if none all those in favor indicate by saying I I opposed okay Dr stand you got any more stuff to report I've got just a few more things for you and then uh and then we can can wrap
025up so approximately a week and a half ago two weeks ago we got a call from Nina Rai she is in economic development for Campbell County and she uh informed us that that Congressman Maguire would be in town I think last Monday and asked if they could stop by they were going to be down uh 29 looking at cical Park um and talking about um Workforce Development and so they asked if they could stop by here which they did and um Mr hardy has always did a great job um talking to Congressman Maguire he seems like a very nice man it was nice to meet him uh he went on a tour of the facility and got to talk to a lot of kids a lot of teachers and I think enjoyed time here so
026anyway that was kind of last moment moment and I appreciate you rolling out the red carpet for him and then just so you know last Friday we had kind of an all day meeting at Rustburg middle school with Dees um Dees is the company that we're partnering with to to put in the stem plus M curriculum at our middle schools and we also had two members from I guess the Navy who are responsible for the funding part of that and we had a great day um Dr Hill had a nice presentation um Dees had a great presentation and uh so anyway feel like we're forming some pretty strong relationships there they even asked if we could be creative with any other ideas what would they be so so we we got to be creative and
027and and see what we can do but anyway they were very nice and we appreciated their visit um and I don't want to get into your territory there when it comes to uh comments from board members but I did get to watch Mr Jones and Mr Phillips throughout the first pitchet russb high school Friday night both of them got to the plate uh did a great job did they need oxygen after um and then just so you um just a reminder that Wednesday we've got vsba Southern Regional spring form at Rustburg middle school and people will start to arrive there between 4:30 and 5:00 um about quarter to 6 we'll start the program and then hopefully start serving food around six o'clock um we've got a lot of people who are going to be involved
028with that and we're really looking for a great night we've got 10 different presentations going on from other divisions all of them if if you remember have a CTE flare um and so we're hoping to get some good ideas and and see some great things going on around us and then the last thing I've got is this afternoon we were notifi that um one of our own alista teachers U Mr Daryl Smith is a finalist for the Presidential Award of Excellence in Math and Science teaching and uh and that's quite an accomplishment for Mr Smith he's certainly well deserving of that um and we wish him luck moving forward tell me a CTE commercial so Tuesday um Mr John I had told him at the ball game that we're doing a commercial kind of a
029promotional um filming yeah video um for the stem plus M programs and uh it's going to be professionally done so we're obviously going to let Dr H do the talking and uh and then you say the voice over is that kind of a surprise will be Mike Ro from uh it's called Dirty Jobs right yeah he won't be there no yeah so so we're very proud of what's going on in our middle schools you know a lot of times our middle schools kind of get lost in the shuffle but uh this is a great opportunity to highlight what's going on there and we're excited about it good y good thank you very much Miss Parker you want to start sure um really since it's only been a couple weeks I appreciate Dr hail and Dr
030Wilkerson working on the student advisory Council super excited about that and thank you for everything you guys are doing there and then today's tour I know all just uh chime in that we toured the Brookville renovation um and it was very impressive I'm always you know on walking on job sites they always do such a good job of keeping it clean and safe so that's probably you know my number one compliment not that it's not an awesome job job but so often even in businesses and with the kids and everything I just you know their staff's just just some done such a great job I can get it out right that uh keeping it clean and safe during the renovations and I appreciate that that's it yeah I'm with it's only been a couple weeks
031I don't have a whole lot of updates but I'm glad that we got to show off the brookf you know what's there and and what's still to come I think we still have a lot of work but um I'll Echo with Ann you know it's just they've kept it such a great and safe for the kids and you know sometimes I'm really surprised that they've been able to continue the way that they have um in some of the areas just because it's so close to student population if you've ever walked there when it's going on and there's you know the traffic flow with the kids and there's construction going on at the same time that I have done that a few times being up the school and and they do do a great job of
032keeping it safe and making sure that things are barricade for our kids but opening up the sessions you know the sections when we can I think is important so I'm excited about the cafeteria soon to be unveiled to the kids let them be able enjoy it yeah thank Miss B sure thank you guys for the tour it was fantastic I will say the cafeteria is my favorite the light in there is going to be it's so such a STK contrast from the old cafeteria I'm I'm really excited for them um April 1st leeville Road PTO is raising money for uh at Chick-fil-A for a fundraiser night on Timberlake Road from 3 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. April 10th leeville road is having a family engagement glow night they will have math and literacy activities pizza and
033snacks photo booth glow fun and a dance party come dressed in neon or a glow attire my kids are so excited they filled out the form themselves and I had to say don't turn that in yet so um congratulations to both BMS and BHS Advan choir that received Superior ratings and received the Blue Ribbon award at the bcda coral assessments and I just can't believe it's already the end of March and we only have April and May that's it I'm done uh I've thoroughly enjoyed the tour it's amazing what they've done over there I'm like you at the cafeteria that's those skylights and uh John you want to tell us a little something about your open house did that turn out welld be happy to before we forget it appreciate the opportunity Mr Maddox um
034we did have a open house here uh for n9th and 10th grade students we had emailed and texted all the parents and students uh in Campbell County schools that are in ninth and 10th grade and um you know it's it's spring there's a lot a lot of busy things families are doing a lot of things in the evenings um but it went very well um I would say that we had a little over 150 people uh come through that evening uh which was really nice to see that many parents and and that many students that are thinking about their next steps when they're in ninth and 10th grade uh a lot of them were ninth graders uh impressively enough that you know their parents are trying to get them thinking about their future and seeing
035if a class here is a part of that future with their next steps in preparation for postsecondary life and uh gave them a great chance to ask questions come in the door and um meet teachers see our Labs see some of the things that are going on and we had a few of our current students of course showing up as well uh just because they they love the opportunity to get um you know get in their classrooms and be around their teachers and and sometimes just show off uh you know some of their projects that they've been working on so thank you thank you was there anything else specific no I just wonder how it went yeah it was great yeah all right thank you well I think we're I told Dr Stanley Friday night
036on some TV channel I was watching it was like a promo for Career Tech first college and it was guy that just sold CTE stuff like you know all this is available to you does an open market need you know need people everywhere and when you get out you don't have any overhead it was just selling to the you know a huge Network what we're trying to sell right in Campell County and I just can't remember what channel it was on or what but but I think I think it's going to continue to grow and you know we're going to have to be able to accommodate more people somewhere down the road cuz it's uh cuz you take those CTE positions that uh we offer and that are available um good money and we're going
037to have to prepare those kids for it along with the help of Community College so hi all I got is is remember April 19th is a plant sale at Rustburg Middle School um again Friday night um participated in the dedication of the back stops for both the rusber softball and rusber baseball fields they were first class just um just looked like something you would see on a college you know campus really first class um the BH um Brookville High School construction today was I I was there I think two months ago and there huge improvements from two months ago it's really really coming around and it's going to be really impressive when they finish um again thank thanks to Dr Wilkerson and Dr hail for putting together that student advisory planning and Mr Bennett said
038that Concord have achievements Awards coming up next week and we have an perfect and attendance uh award for the month of March or an incentive for perfect attendance next week so good things going on at Concord and I would just remind everybody here that on Wednesday night at the spring Forum where your name tag like you know if you can find it wherever it is wear that and anything else we need out of my car huh my car was in you said but your you said your car was in shambles I got it I me got it today got my name tag we're good anything else we need anything else we need to do for that I think just be hospitable and help people find where they going in okay and I think that's and
039I think that's all we got unless anybody has anything else we'll entertain a motion to adjourn motion to adjourn second all those in favor indicate by standing up thank you very much get me out of this thing with a motion to get me out before meeting that's it oh wait we may not