001on the Thursday, April 2nd meeting order. Madam cler, please call ro. >> Dr. Williams, >> present. >> Mr. Payne, >> here. >> Miss Walker, >> present. >> Miss Mclofflin, >> here. >> Miss Cunningham here. Miss A >> here. Mr. Graves >> here. Next we'll move to item 1.3 the approval of the agenda. >> Yes Mr. Chair like to make a motion to approve agenda. >> Second >> motion made by Mr. Payne. Second by Miss A. Any discussion on the motion? Any discussion hearing? None. Madam clerk, please call for a vote. >> Miss Cunningham. >> Yes. Mr. Payne, >> yes. >> Miss A, >> yes. >> Dr. Williams, >> yes. >> Miss Mclofflin, >> yes. >> Miss Walker, >> yes. Mr. G. >> Yes. Next we'll move to item 1.4. Moment of silence and pledge led
002by Dr. Williams. United States of America. >> Thank you. Next, we move to item 2.1, approval of minutes. These are the minutes from the March 19th, 2026 regular board meeting. >> Mr. J, I move that we approve the minutes as presented. Second >> motion made by Dr. Williams, second by Miss Mclofflin. Any discussion on the motion? Any discussion hearing? None. Madam cler, please call for a vote. >> Miss A? >> Yes. >> Mr. Payne? >> Yes. >> Dr. Williams? >> Yes. >> Miss Walker? >> Yes. >> Miss Cunningham? >> Yes. >> Miss McGloin? >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Next, we'll move to item three, consent items. We'll approve all together. Uh item 3.1, Arbor Day proclamation. 3.2, mental health awareness month and 3.3 20226 VSBA business on a roll resolution order. >> Yes, sir.
003Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion to approve all consent items as printed. >> Second. >> Motion made by Mr. Payne, second by Miss Cunningham. Any discussion on the motion? Any discussion? Hearing none, madam cler, please call for vote. >> Dr. Williams, >> yes. >> Miss Cunningham, >> yes. >> Mr. Payne, >> yes. Miss Walker, >> yes. >> Miss Mclofflin, >> yes. >> Miss Avery, >> yes. >> Mr. Gra, >> yes. Next, we'll move to recognitions. Item 4.1, recognizing Miss London McAden, VSBA student art contest winner. Come on up, Miss London. Miss London, come on up. And I'll turn it over to Superintendent Good evening. Good evening, Vice Chair Cunningham, and members of the board. It's a pleasure to be here with you once again. Um, I had the pleasure to assist and help
004with an amazing team for the art competition portion. And London here and her teacher, Miss Blackwell, a wonderful Elementary won first place. So, we're very proud of her because there are a lot of wonderful, beautiful pieces. So, your artwork is displayed at the state level, the VSBA office. And this is dear London McAden, congratulations. It's a great pleasure that we inform you that your remarkable achievement is the first place elementary school winner for your region in the Southern Spring Regional Forum Student Art Contest held in conjunction with the Virginia School Boards Association. Your artwork will be recognized as an outstanding piece at the state level. I was displayed at the VSD office in Charlottville for one year and then with other first place middle school and high school. Mr. Payne is our southern region president.
005Would you like to say anything about the competition? rigorous it was. >> So once again, congratulations. Um you had a lot of competition that was displayed at the conference and would like to congratulate you and saying thank you for putting all your hard time and dedication into your art piece and to your teacher and your principal. Can we give them a hand also? Let's take it now. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's give Miss London another round of applause. Next, we'll move to item 4.2, to recognizing Thomas Hungerland captured class one state title and pole vault. Let's give him a hand as he come and I'm delighted to um to recognize this evening Thomas Hungerland. We've watched him do some amazing I mean just it's amazing to watch but scary a little bit to
006me. I'm always thinking not good. Um, but he is recognized as our class one with a state title. In addition was announced as the VHSL indoor track class one all state part of that team. I'd like the principal to share a little bit about Mr. Hung as a track and his coach is actually >> and I know his coaches are very proud of him and they would be here. We actually are competing against Chadam tonight so they were not able to be in attendance. Um, But I'm very proud of Thomas. His coaches are very proud of Thomas. Um he has worked tremendously um on the pole vault. Um and it is and like Dr. Harrison said, it is incredible to watch them. Um and scary also, but incredible. Um, and I will not say how
007high he went because when talking with him about it, he said he wasn't as impressed even though he not only is the state champion in class one, he set the state record too. >> But then what the next week beat his own record. So, and this was an indoor track. We are currently in the outdoor track season. So hopefully there's another one coming down the road. So very proud of you, >> Thomas Championship Pro Bowl and setting the new class one state uh meet record in indoor track and field in recognition of your outstanding achievement, dedication and excellence from the Danville school board meeting and we're delighted your parents Next, we'll move to item 4.3. Recognizing Talha, appointed Longwood Region FBA president. Let's give a round of applause. The Future Business Leaders of America inspires,
008prepares, and assists students in becoming community-minded business leaders through career preparation, networking, and leadership. Galileo Magnet School's FBLA members recently competed at the Virginia FBA Spring Leadership Conference held at Longboard University. Our students represented the school exceptionally well, earning several top finishes across an objective test, presentations, and role models of role playing. We had several first place winners. Uh we had Ghana Albbas and I hate I didn't practice that a little bit more. Malik Alba, Mayor Alba, we had Mr. Anta third place in economics and second place job interview. Um David Bar second place introduction to business concepts. Raymond go first place sports and entertainment management. Emanuel Gomez Ariel um second place real estate. Sharon Lee second place commentary uh procedure. Sophia Lee second place organizational leadership. Um Mr. Patel, first place customer service. Nelson
009Shoalter, third place sports. Samantha Van Al first place business. And Carter Wilson, first place human resources. And this is major for our students to be able to go to a spring conference and do so very well. But the reason we have um Mr. here this evening to be recognized is because oftent times um when we go to these events uh they they do select a state president and to have a state president uh the FBLA um state president from Danville public schools in Galileo is pretty major and we're very proud of you. This reads in honor of your appointment as the Longwood Region FBA president. A distinguished leadership role recognizing your commitment, your service, and dedication to the future business leaders of America. Your achievement reflects outstanding character and leadership. And we wanted to present
010you with this plaque from the school board. And thank you for representing us so very well. And we wish you well through your service throughout this next year. Thank you so much. competition recognition. And at this time, I'll turn it over to Dr. Barnes. >> Good evening, Chairman Graves, Vice Chair Cunningham, School Board, and Dr. Harrison. Um, we're here for the Danville Public School robotic competition. And actually, the competition is a district-wide level. It was held March the 13th from 9:30 to 12th. It was at Glenwood Auditorium. And every school in the district competed on it for grades 3 through 5th. And what it involved was problem solving with our Lego robotics. And so what each um competition they went through three rounds and for each round it was two and a half minutes. And
011so the teams that actually had the most robotics that had the most functions were the winners. And so for the winners, the first place was Gibson, second place was Park Avenue, and then the third place was Skullfield. And who we brought with us today were the winners, which is Gibson Elementary School. If you don't mind, please come up. Gibson. Amazing. Next, we'll move to item 4.5, school library month. And at this time, I'll turn it over to Dr. Williams. And if Miss Barnes would come for Danville public schools proclamation, school library month, April 2026. Whereas libraries spark creativity, fuel imagination, and inspire lifelong learning, offering a space where individuals of all ages can find joy through exploration and discovery. And whereas libraries serve as a vibrant community hubs connecting people with knowledge, technology, and resources
012while fostering civic engagement, critical thinking, and cultural enrichment. Whereas libraries provide free and equitable access to books, digital tools, and innovative programming, ensuring that all individuals, regardless of background, have the support they need to learn, connect, and thrive. Whereas libraries partner with schools, businesses, and organization to maximize resources, increase efficiency, and expand access to essential services, strengthening the entire community. Whereas libraries nurture young minds through story times, steam programming, and literacy initiatives, fostering curiosity, and a love for learning that lasts a lifetime. Whereas dedicated Danville public schools librarians and library workers provide welcoming spaces that inspire discovery, collaboration, and creativity for all. Whereas libraries, librarians, and library workers across the country are joining together to celebrate National Library Week under the theme find your joy. Now therefore be it resolved that the board of dam
013Virginia does here do hereby proclaim April 2026 as school library month and April 19th through 25th 2026 as national library week and cause upon school administrators, teachers, students and citizens of Danble to visit their school library, explore its resources and celebrate all ways that the library helps our community find joy. Signed this adopted the Damble school board on March 19th, 2026. Mr. Tacron Graves, school board chair, Dr. Angela Harrison, superintendent. >> Good evening. Um, I have the privilege of presenting to you several times a year on our reading initiatives and all of the things going on in our across our district with reading. And these are some of the people who make it happen. Um on the screen are the names of all of our wonderful library media specialists. Um we are extremely blessed and
014thank you all um for providing the funding to have school librarians in our schools. Um as Dr. Williams just read, the theme of school library month this year is find your joy. Um I feel joy every time I go into one of our libraries. Um and I know that many of our students do as well. Research has shown over and over the impact of school librarians. And you can see from the graphic that having a librarian in a school is linked to improved standardized reading test scores, but their impact goes so far beyond that. Um, I think the quote that I have here is really important. It says, "The modern library isn't a museum of books. It's a place where students loosen their shoulders, try things without being judged, and remember that learning can feel
015good again. The library helps students rebuild themselves one quiet victory at a time. It's not therapy, but it is therapeutic. And again, I see that every day in our libraries. Our uh media specialists come up with the most creative lessons. Um they have had students create their own book covers as they're learning about titles and authors and illustrators. Um they've come up with awesome um incentives for reading and just all kinds of wonderful projects in collaboration with art teachers and history teachers and um you know teachers from every content area. And so I just want to really celebrate them tonight and all the wonderful work that they are doing. Thank you. to our media specialist. >> Good evening. I am Cynthia Jeff. I am the media specialist at Arnett Hills Elementary School. >> Good evening.
016I'm Sarah Wood. I'm the library media specialist at Woodbury Hills Elementary School. >> Good evening. I'm Melissa Berkeley. I'm the library media specialist at Activate Academy. Let's give him another round of applause. Next, we'll move to item 4.6, Child Abuse Prevention Month. And at this time, I'll turn it over to Miss Cunningham. And I'll welcome Miss Jones to the podium, please. Danville Public Schools Proclamation Child Abuse month, April 2026. Whereas the children of Danville, Virginia are our most valuable resource and will shape the future of our community. And whereas the well-being of our students in Danville public schools is essential to the growth of our city and we recognize the need to foster safe, supportive, and nurturing environments for their academic, social, and emotional development. And whereas Childhood trauma, including abuse and neglect, affects many
017children and families, requiring a collective response from all members of our community. And whereas preventing child abuse and neglect is best achieved through strong partnerships between families, schools, child welfare professionals, law enforcement, and community organizations. And whereas positive childhood experiences such as safe and nurturing relationships can mitigate the effects of trauma and promote healthy development. And whereas we are committed to advancing programs and policies that strengthen families, provide support and prevent child abuse in our community. And now therefore, the Danville School Board hereby recognizes April 2026 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and calls on all community members, organizations, and schools to actively participate in initiatives and programs that support families, educate the public, and prevent child abuse and neglect. Through these collective actions, we can strengthen our schools and community. adopted by the Danville School
018Board on March 19th, 2026. Taon Graves, school board chair, Dr. Angela Harrison, Superintendent. >> Good evening, Chair Graves, Vice Chair Cunningham, uh, Superintendent Dr. Harrison, and members of the board. Uh, it's an honor to be able to highlight a special focus for the month of April. April is child abuse prevention month and it serves as a critical reminder that protecting children is a shared responsibility that requires awareness, early intervention and a collective commitment uh to creating safe, supportive environments where children can thrive. Here in our district, mandated reporters carry a special duty in this work. I'm going to ask Sheree Walker to share about this year's theme and the important responsibility of mandated reporters in our district. This year's theme powered by hope but strengthened by prevention reminds us that prevention doesn't just happen. It
019happens through intentional systems and also strong leadership. Mandated reporters save lives. Individuals serving children and families are required to recognize and respond to signs of abuse or neglect. Early identification of warning signs is critical for timely intervention. Reporting concerns help prevent further harm and promotes child safety and well-being. In closing, every action matters. When in doubt, act because Thank you. Thank you. proposed budget at this time. The budget hearing is open. Public hearing is open. Have any sign? >> Public hearing closed. Next we'll move to item 6.1. Public may address the board. Any next we'll move to item 7.1 VA lls midyear overview. I'll turn it over to Mr. McCall. >> Good evening, Chairman Graves, Vice Chair Cunningham, esteemed members of the board, and Dr. Haristen. Tonight, Miss Agner and I are here to share
020with you an update on um Val, our one of our literacy screeners. Uh Val, formerly PALS, if you'll remember, uh stands for the Virginia Language and Literacy Screening System. Um it is a state provided screener and new this year it also assesses grades four through eight. So prek through 8th grade. Now this is kind of a unique screener. Um grades prek through three uh are tested three times of a year at the beginning in the middle of the year and then again at the end. So it's coming up in a few weeks. And then four through eight, the new test, um they test at the beginning and then the mid and then take an so what is vowels? I've just explained that they uh test different grades, different times of the year. There's different requirements
021for each grade. Um so in kindergarten and first grade, all students are screened in the fall. The midyear is required and um all students are screened in the spring. In grade two, it's the same for fall and midyear, but in the spring, only students at moderate or high risk are required to test. And moderate or high risk are part of how students are identified in this assessment. In grade uh grade three students who test are students who are new to the division or to the state um and if we don't have scores from them from another division students who received summer intervention services like summer school and then students who failed um the so if they were retained in grade three um the midyear is an optional progress monitoring piece uh for moderate and lowrisk
022students but we must test students who scored high risk. in the fall and then in the spring um all students in third grade will take the reading so um but the screener is encouraged for students who are high or moderate risk um earlier in the year in grades four through eight in the fall only students who failed the reading so or tested with reading accommodations are required to be tested um or students new to Virginia public schools at the midyear um those same students test again and then no spring test because of the so um the results we get vary um by subtest. So there's actually a lot of things we track with the valves assessment but the the major thing that we get is a risk assessment. Um so it bands of risk high
023risk moderate risk and low risk. So high risk would be students that are the most likely to have ongoing reading difficulties. Um those students qualify for what we call E I the early reading intervention services and those students must have a reading plan in place. Moderate risk students um probably require additional explicit instruction um to specifically foundational reading skills and the state highly recommends supplemental instruction based on where those students score on these assessments. And then the lowrisk category, these students are at the low risk for lowest risk for having reading difficulties and the encourages cumulative review of student progress. So these are our midyear results. You'll notice this is broken down by grade level. So we're going to have several slides here. Um but kindergarten first and second are on this slide. And so
024you'll see fall and midyear for each grade. What I'd like you to notice if you look at kindergarten for example um the green bars um in the fall kindergarten was that 21% of students were considered low risk. But by the midyear 48% of students were considered low risk. That number doubled. Um you'll notice the number of moderate risk students uh going down because the number of low risk increased and the number of high- risk also decreased because uh the number of low risk increased. That's the direction we want to see over the year. more students moving out of that high risk um and um either into moderate risk or low risk as we continue to um develop skills. Uh you'll see similar trends for each grade level. Notice that each grade in K one and
025two where all students are assessed um the number of low-risk students did increase over the year. In comparison to some other divisions across the the state um DPS is actually a member of a consortium called CIP. Um this is um we're a member with 75 other divisions across the Commonwealth and we data share so we can have comparisons like this. Um so you'll see that DPS um in the fall had about 57% of students low or moderate risk. Um and then at the midyear 68% that's approximately 19% growth in the positive direction. Um, CIP had 65% of students lower moderate risk in the fall and 73% at the mid year. Um, that's only 12% growth. And while that's still growth, um, you'll notice that we are moving faster than, um, the 75 divisions we can
026compare to. Um, this is really great data for us. We can reach out to divisions who are performing higher and see what they're doing, maybe if there's something we're missing or haven't thought of yet. Um and then we also work with other divisions when they see how quickly we're growing to give them ideas and things um of that nature. Looking at subgroups, uh the top chart you'll see students with disabilities in grades K1 and two compared um to the bottom chart which is English language learners. Uh you'll notice at kindergarten that the growth stalled over the year and then um strong growth in first grade and moderate growth in second grade. And then uh with English language learners, we have strong growth in kindergarten, exceptional growth in first grade, and moderate growth in second grade.
027The midyear results, you're looking at grades three through eight. The reason this chart is separate from the K2 chart is that remember K2 all students were tested 38. We do not have to test all students, only students that meet the criteria I shared in the beginning. So uh you'll notice here that um we have growth in just every grade. Um and then five and six um stalled a little bit or two slightly decreased. Um and Miss Agnar is going to talk about what we're doing in those instances. This is the subgroup look for grades three through eight. Uh you'll see exceptional growth in third and fourth grade for students with disabilities. Um stalled for five, declining for six, um exceptional for seven, and declining for eight. And then in English language learners, exceptional growth in
028grades three and four, declining in five and six, moderate in grade seven, and declining in grade eight. And um again, Miss Agner is going to talk about what we're doing in these instances of decline. So I will hand this over to Thank you and good evening. We have lots of things that we do with our reading throughout the year. We have an intentional focus on interventions for students with reading plans and we do that now through our branching mind system and we have moving we were moving students that are below grade available to own or above. That's our goal. For example, this year in our first grade students we had several students who were assigned to ignite reading and we've seen exceptional growth especially among our e students. We have smaller, tighter groups in installed
029or declined areas with heavy monitoring utilizing small group instruction that target student specific needs continuation of our implementation of HQIM. And we've also learned recently some things we need to do to step forward with that with strong structured literacy instruction that ties our foundational skills to our reading comprehension skills. Progress monitoring through formative and summitative assessment and to build reading stamina. Our students read extremely long passages and so we need to do that all along the way. So what should parents do or what can parents do to help us? Read with your children early and often. Read frequently the same passages over and over so that they can improve their fluency and become smooth readers. Build vocabulary just through everyday conversations. Point out As you're driving down the street, give it proper name to build
030that vocabulary. Discuss letter names and sounds. Monitor student performance and talk with your child's teachers. Ensure your child is attending school regularly prepared to learn. Encourage them on the days that we have testing. Limit passive screen time. Instead of playing a game, a book and I'm going to add one more in here that I didn't put on here. reading for your child. Let your child see you enjoying the book. And then there's family resources that are available at the link here through the Virginia um through Virginia Education, but it's University of Virginia and it gives several opportunities for students to have games with their parents that go over letter sounds and letter names and recognizing words and decoding and encoding. So, those are some things that we suggest for parents to help us with. and
031we appreciate the opportunity and we'd be happy to answer any questions. >> Any questions? Miss W, >> thank you for this information. So, in regards to I know the next assessment you said will be in the spring. Um, if for some reason they are still at a um I guess a higher risk, what would be the interventions of what happens after that in regards to what would be the next step if the levels were still at? The reading plans will be modified, monitored. We change them consistently to meet the needs of the students. And I believe Dr. >> Thank you again for the presentation. U Miss A, can you also talk about the partnership that we have with our public libraries with library cards in honor of library? Uh >> yes, we do. our all
032of our students have a library card simply through being a Danville public school student. They go to the library, they can check out books. Uh we do have they can do online books through the public library. And we definitely work with our library. We take all of our kindergarteners on a field trip to the Danville public library so they can explore and see and go home and tell their parents about the great things that are offered there. And our library is in Danville does quite extensive programming. Every week they have something for families to go and work together, explore the books, but also to build things together. So we we have a great library here in Daniel. >> Any others? Any others? >> Thank you. Next, we'll move to item 7.2, summer school programming, and
033I'll turn it over to Dr. Babel. Good afternoon, Chair Graves, Vice Chair Cunningham, school board members, and Dr. Harrison. I'm here to provide an update on our 2026 summer school learning plans. And this year, we made a deliberate shift. Instead of offering broad access, we are prioritizing targeted impact specifically for students who are not yet not yet performing on grade level. It's connected to some of the data that was presented by Miss McCra and Miss Agner and we're using some of that information to adjust our summer programming. So, I just want to remind us about a quote from Jim Collins. Good is the enemy. So, this year we are choosing not to be satisfied with good. We are good. We are designing great outcomes for our students who need it the most. So in previous
034years, our summer school was widely available to all students. Even if they didn't need summer school offerings, we accepted any kids who applied to participate in summer school. So we are still offering most of opportunities for summer school such as enrichment camps and virtual acceleration options and summer schools. But this year is going to be more intentionally designed to meet specific needs for students who have not yet performed. So it's not about doing more, it's about doing what for our kids. So just so we're pivoting from pivoting to precision over exposure. So we've conducted and looked at successful models to redesign our approach. We have studied high impact models such as the Mississippi literacy games. We have also partnered with DRF and we did a presentation a couple of board meetings ago with Bell with
035the out of school time collaborative to learn from strong performance divisions. We went to Greenville, South Carolina and learned about programs. So as a result we're making several key shift. So, for example, we're pivoting from open access to targeted student identification. We're pivoting from mixed academic focus where in the past we did everything. Science, history, social studies, CTE, we did it all to now more data driven acceleration alliance of the vows. the presentation that Paul and Miss Agner just presented EMAs which is our kindergarten math data and our so data which our students take in grades three through high school we're also pivoting from broad credit recovery in the past in the summer any kid who's wanted to sign up they can come to credit recovery but this year we're tightening the focus to be
036on juniors and seniors who are at risk for not graduating on time so they can meet that And next year for the juniors pivoting from limiting progress monitoring to building in real time progress tracking and instructional adjustments in time during summer school for our not yet. We are also strengthening our staffing for summer. So we're going to reduce the teacher student ratio. In the past we had it 1 to 20. We're going to have it 1 to 15 and 1 to 10 depending on the group and what they need. And in our um sped alleviation and our sped um summer school they would have ultra small groups like one to two or one to eight. So as we move forward this is just not more summer school it's smarter more accountable summer. So this is
037our offerings for this year. We will have extended school year which is for our students with disabilities. We will have K8 targeted acceleration and that's for grade readiness, grade level readiness and literacy and mathematics. We will have the high school academy which is protecting that on time graduation for our juniors and seniors. We will have summer enrichment camps which drives engagement and fun and excitement and readiness during the summer. And then we will also have virtual learning options for students in sixth through 12th grade who are ready to accelerate their coursework over the summer. So I'm going to go through each program slide by slide so you can hear the specific components of that program. So the first program I want to talk about is the K8 targeted acceleration. So this program is designed for
038K3 students who have been identified as high risk on val. So that's the students who still need another push over the summer to get that targeted intensive support to get to grade level. And we're going to model it after the research we have learned from other higher performing divisions that have made them all. It would also be for students in grades three through eight who score at level two on the so and reading or math so we can get them to the next level. So the focus in K8 is only on literacy and mathematics. And you might ask why only literacy and mathematics? Well, I have the answer. Y'all want to hear it? >> All right. Well, when students can read and they can compute on grade level, their performance improves across all others, science,
039history, um, CTE if they have that foundation. So, that's why we're pivoting to focus on that. So, it would include evidence based, high quality instructional materials. It will be skill-based grouping. So, it won't be just a class with random students. We're going to look at the data, the valve data that Miss McCross shared and other data and group them based on what they need so that the teacher can provide targeted instruction for that group and not have to be spread thin like a regular class. It would be small groups and then we would have weekly progress monitoring with immediate instructional adjustments in real time. So this is acceleration. So kids in our program will have more lessons so we have a longer time for them. So traditionally you might have a 90minute block in the
040summer for one subject it be three hours so they can have more time to accelerate and catch up. So if we don't address these issues um now we pay for it in high school and then Mr. Cres and Miss Ramsey is like what's going on? We have to work harder in high school. So, we have these things during the school year, but some kids need a little bit more. So, our high school academy will focus on, like I said earlier, seniors who are the closest to the finish line, but they need just a little more push. So, they will come in the summer. the juniors who are at risk of falling off track for on time graduation and they will also have intentional grouping as well and smaller class sizes so that we can ensure
041that we're providing that support. So then our teachers will be focused on only those students. The program would include like three components where we have we're preparing students to retake the so or work keys assessments or CTE um assessments that are needed for them to graduate. We will also have credit recovery for students who only need that but doesn't need a state assessment. And then we have some seniors that need even more than that. They may need four classes and an visualiz for those seniors to try to make get them to that July 2026 summer graduation. So it's not a general catch up. Every seat is tied directly to graduation. The next one is extended school year which is protecting our vulnerable learners which is our student with disabilities. This ensures that we meet both
042the student needs and the federal requirements. So the students who participate in this program, their IEP teams have determined that they are at risk for regression. So they will attend this program and it will be um individualized and targeted aligned to their IEP intensive daily instruction. They will also have um functional skills support as well. So some students may speech. Some students may need um OT, occupational therapy or physical therapy. They would get that in the summer as well. And it's ultra small groups for this group, one to two or one to eight. our summer enrichment camps. We will continue with those and we're expanding it um to some new opportunities or bringing back old opportunities for our students in grades K through eight. So the returning camps are camp invention, the cyber camp and
043governor school. That's not listed on the slide, but we're having governor school as well. And then we're returning camps that we've had in the past like kindergarten jump start. that's coming back into place so we can prepare students before they start kindergarten. And that's for students who haven't went to like preschool or DPS preschool. And then we're also going to have the EL camp back this year. And um we talked about that a little bit with the DRF presentation, but we are partnering partnering with the YMCA for that camp where they're going to come and do like Zumba classes, line dance classes with our students. So the purpose of all the camps is hands-on experiences, engaging experiences, STEM, language development, early literacy and advancement. This is the last option that we're offering which is virtual
044acceleration option options which is through virtual Virginia and egeneuity and this is where students could take synchronous where they have a teacher online or synchronous opportunity. And if you notice on the screen, we have math, we have content area options, world language options, CTE options, and final options for our students to select. This is for students in grades 6 through 11. So, we're also going to have a dashboard this year to actually monitor the data weekly in summer school so we can see how each kid is progressing. So our goal is to have quantitative and qualitative data on a live dashboard where we're monitoring literacy growth with val data. We're monitoring math progress with EMAs and so mock assessments post assessments course completion for high school students and then also their verified credits which is
045their so in the high school. So if students don't grow, we will know because we will adjust immediately by having that live tracker. So what we're trying to drive home with all of this um adjustments and the pivot is to have stronger early literacy foundation, increase math readiness across all grades, higher so performance, and increase on time graduation for our students over time. So this is what the schedule would look like. So we designed our schedule intentionally to maximize impact and access. And we have some key shifts to this summer compared to how we've done it in the past. So for example, the K8 summer school is moving to July because we want to reduce the summer learning loss and connect it directly to the new year. We typically did it in June. So then
046they had a month break and then we felt like we were restarting again. So we're going to do it in June July so that it can be connected. We're also moved it so that our students can participate in camps in June and then summer school in July. So they can do both opportunities. So the high schoolmies June 8th through 25th. The summer schoolmies are June 15th through 18th. the summer camps that is for ESY, cyber and um camp invention. July 13 through the 23rd is kindergarten jump start. We want to do that closer to the start of the year. The summer school for K8 is ESY which is extended school year is June 29th to July 23rd. The virtual learning is from June 2nd to July 10th. And then all programs are free to students.
047Transportation is included and we provide breakfast. We want to make sure there's no barriers. And then lastly about the registration timeline so that families can hear about this as well. We are identifying our students in April and May to identify who would be invited to summer school. Summer camps is open invitation. Summer acceleration virtual is open invitation. Anybody can come. But the actual summer school will get a personalized invite. They will get those in early May. And then they will have to register by May 22nd for high school and the June camps and then May 29th for summer school K8 and then the July camps. And then we will verify enrollment and confirmation and send that out to families in late May, early June. and have all our rosters and everything finalized before the program
048launch. >> Thank you. Any questions? Any questions? >> Dr. Babalo, thank you for this presentation. You know, this is something that we talk about every year >> and I really do appreciate this. Before we move forward with my question, can you repeat your quote again >> from the beginning? >> Yes. >> Um, good is the enemy of great. That one. >> Yes. Good is the enemy of and we are good but we're going to be what? That's why we making changes. >> Great. I love that. >> Um my question for you for our juniors, how will that be presented to them? Will it be set up as a community? Will it be set up for parents to come in to focus on this? Will this be presented in their sophomore year looking into the junior
049year? So they have know exactly what they're walking into etc. And then also um the information for the parents how would that be set up if you can elaborate on that as well. >> Okay. So for the juniors and seniors currently juniors and seniors who are at risk and off track they have a plan and in that plan it includes summer school so they can graduate on time. We're also going to have meetings with the families of those students seniors and juniors. again they've already had them but again to remind them that they need to come to follow and they'll have a personalized and then for all the programming it will be on the website we will send robocall and we send personalized letters to the K8 camp >> my last question the guidance counselor
050that will be covering this at George Washington High >> yes well they they've already had training on the plan they Have we seen all the plans the plans that each at risk student has? And then we're going to follow up with them to make sure. >> I was referring to the plan out to present the information. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. And we're going to be there too. We'll just have them by themselves. >> It'll be somebody from the district office. >> This is a awesome program. Um strategic pivot. um awesome summer support um system. So um I know usually you didn't say anything about as far as this is an excellent program. Just out of curiosity because I think it's welldeserved acknowledge who helped with this collaboration. This is an amazing
051>> well it was a complete team effort between curriculum instruction operations and our partnership with DRF because we have a team for two years that been on the um out of school time training and leadership and they've been to multiple places and it's been a collaboration with even finance has been a part of and human resource it's been a big team collaboration it's not one person it's a whole team effort miss a Uh thank you again Dr. Babalova for an amazing presentation. Um I am very excited. I want to I want to be able to look at that dashboard. >> Yes, me too. >> Um as the data comes in. Um so I commend you and the rest of the team um for focusing back on those foundational skills through targeted instruction and grouping the
052students by needs. I mean I think that right there is going to definitely send us to great. >> Um I have one question. Mississippi >> Miracle, it's called the Mississippi Miracle for their state superintendent um in 2013 put in like we have a real that came 2021. She put it in place at the for the whole state and they moved from like 49th in the nation to like four with strategies throughout the school year which we implement and then the summer program. >> Awesome. Awesome job. Thank you so much. >> Um in previous years I know with the staffing we've looked outside. Are we still looking for um licensed teachers outside to include our teachers in? >> Yeah. So, we're going to have internal and external and only the best teachers who have the highest
053performing um scores so that we can get that same impact with our students. >> Any deserves a round of applause. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Next, we'll move to item 8.1, capital projects update. I'll turn it over to Dr. Harrison. Thank you, Chair Graves, Vice Chair Ham, and board members. Um, wanted to bring you an update on our capital projects and let you know where we are in moving forward. I always like to bring this chart forward to you to remind us um of our schools, the number of schools we have and the dates uh that those schools were built and open and the areas that we um review when we're deciding how to best address capital and create the best environments for our students. We're excited, we're excited to open Arnet Hills. I
054was there this morning uh just still a really robust and dynamic learning environment. We're still very proud of Arnet Hills and all that they're doing there. But that is certainly just one of of many facilities that we need to continue to address. Just remind us of where we were just a minute ago it seems or just a few months back and how we have come so far to replace GH Johnson which still stands to serve our child care center and our north side preschool. Langston built in 1957 was an exciting project. Unlike Arnette, it was a renovation and with renovations it comes lots of surprises. Uh Walter and I talk about this a lot. Uh oftentimes you're not aware of what's around the corner until you uh dig that hole or remove that seat and
055you realize there's lots of work to be done. But thankfully uh we are have Galileo uh and on the campus very exciting environment. We had lunch there last week really good. They're continuing to work on the track, continuing to work on the football field and that should be completed by August. Another central office uh gives us another place to work and we're not renting space. So this is space that we pay utilities on and it provides ample work space for our staff. In the back we have our amazing amazing uh academy innovate academy. You can go in and find children working drones, the megatronics uh program, 3D printers, middle schoolers doing just great work under the leadership of Dr. Stone and Dr. Barnes. And of course, our history hub. We actually have people coming to
056to see the history hub. They they come in to visit and to learn more about the John and Langston campus. And so very very exciting. Again, last year, this is where we were, no floors, and really working hard to open on time. And GW High School, GW High School, we're so excited about the CTE program. um the space that's allowed uh that's afforded to children and all of the new um renovations and the cafeteria spaces that are there. So that's that was uh a task um for sure the CTE program the dental nursing all new spaces and it's amazing but just to remind us that this was done in phases um Arnet Hills was a new facility students remained at Johnson uh the Langston campus we remained at the central office Galileo students remained in
057the Sears building in their home but PW was a phased program. We started with the ninth grade academy in second floor. We had lots of people posting all types of pictures about the internal part. It was it was um a task uh for the students and it was a challenge for the administrative team because we were moving students from one part of the building to the other. We had a phase two uh site, phase three and four. We did not have swing space but all came about. Everyone was extremely cooperative toward the um as as we moved into the project and understood where we were going and we felt really good about our end result. But again it was a phase project. Other projects that we were able to or have been able to uh
058work on since 2022 when the sales tax was passed for 2021. uh was IW Taylor the interior upgrades the parking and furniture uh that has made a nice wonderful environment for our activate students challenging environment for our STEM work modern Westwood for those who may not be aware we had interior upgrades and furniture Glennwood full renovation we continue to work met today on the skilled trades that will house our skilled trades center and we continue to We have grant funds. So that is in process. Gibson roofing and paint and Park Avenue paint and restroom upgrades just to name a few of the projects that we have worked on in addition to the others. That brings me to Forest Hills. Forest Hills Elementary is a phase project similar to George Washington. But unlike George Washington, George
059Washington High School was funded from bonds um that are paid back. Those debt services are paid back through pay sales tax. Forest Hills is funded through a collection of the 1% sales tax in addition to the $ 8.5 million grant and and that's how we will fund Forest Hills. It is a phase project. So, we've completed the uh architectural design which many of you have seen. We've had community input and feedback. Our plan was to move our students uh this summer uh was to move them to Johnson as swing space and continue with the construction. However, after meeting with the administration, they asked us to condense the amount of time that they would be out of the building in swing space. It could be three maybe four years in a phased approach, but we feel
060comfortable that we can do a lot of preconstruction work with students still in the building and that's what they have requested. So, the pre-construction work will in include the removal of the Conway house. Uh we will put out an RFP very soon to have the house moved and have that area fenced in. The Conway house is a home that was um uh purchased last year. That home will be moved to the GW campus and refurbished for our special education students as they work on their life skills program. We also will begin the process of clearing out the elementary school. So we designated where the trash bins and all will be will go. we were out there today and each grade level will be asked to clear out the building rather than them moving and we
061clearing it out. They will clear that out during this process and we felt pretty good about asking them to do that. Um it took quite a bit of time to move the Johnson teachers to Arnett. Um it was quite a task. uh elementary school teachers um have they have a lot of things lot of things and they hang on to them uh with a great level of passion and so we looked at the time it took I think it was about four to five months to really get them packed up and things cleared out so we can do that with the teachers at Forest Hills the contractor will start their bidding uh in January for the subcontractors and and that's when we'll be able to move the children and so that will condense the time
062that they're out of the building. And we just wanted to alert you all uh to that. And this gives an overview. Conway House, we plan to move from August to 2026. Clear classroom September 26 to March 27, transition to Johnson and begin our construction cycle, which appears to be a delay, but really it is u pre-construction work that we would have done anyway. Okay. Um other projects that we will be working on will be uh continue to work at Glenwood, the skilled trade center. Uh students will be housed at GW High School in the fall for the courses for skilled trades and transition to Glenwood in January 2027. We will be adding an elevator. Uh during that period of time, we found out today we can add the elevator by January 2027 rather than 28
063and add parking. We also plan to uh do some interior upgrades, furnishings, and parking at Woodbury, Faul Avenue, and Schoolfield, which are elementary schools. Uh we have plans to work on the parking at uh Activate. Uh we do need a roof at Bonner. We do not have a timeline for that. We don't know within the next three to four years, we will need to replace that roof. And George Washington High School, we have an aquatic center design, but no timeline on that particular project. Just wanted to remind us of the referendums of the counties and we do track their work compared to ours. Uh they said yes to the 1% sales tax. We know there's pending legislation to afford all communities the opportunity to vote on the 1% sales tax uh for their capital projects
064and we hope that that does pass for them. We know that the 1% sales tax uh in lie of the real estate tax certainly does um favor our community as we know that a lot of the taxes are paid from people outside. There was a dip in our sales tax for several months for about six months. there was a dip in our sales tax and we heard that report from Michael Atkins at the city but thankfully uh the last report that we had showed us uh right where we needed to be and at the same level as last year again when we report to the state we are so excited uh that Forest Hills will be on that positive side uh once done the GLS Johnson will be on a um a great side of
065of restoration with the new school. GW, Galileo, Langston are all schools in great shape, but Tibana Schoolfield and Westwood are no longer in poor condition, in great shape. The Glenwood campus and Activate Center um are in in really good shape relative to what we offer children and the environments. And the schools that we need to focus on within the next uh several years will of course be Gibson, Woodbury, and Park Avenue. Any questions? >> Any questions? Any questions? >> Yes, just one. Um, in regards to John H. Lson, you had mentioned that sometimes there are community personnels that would like to visit. Could you um I guess give information if you are someone that may want to look at that property? So, they visit now. uh Miss Richardson will allow them in and they uh
066visit and um take a look at the um the history hub that's there in the main office. Now, if they want to visit the area by the gym, which a lot of people get to see because of the basketball games, uh the community games there, um they would have to check in through the main office as a visitor. >> Any other question? >> Thank you so much. >> Next, we'll move to item 8.2. Pedmont Governor School Committee update turn. >> Thank you. Good evening again. The Pont Governor School met on March 17th, 2026. Governor Board attendees, Kesha Walker, chair, um Yvon Given, vice chair. George Henderson, um representative for school board member for Pennsylvania County. Tiffany Gray, director, the Lois West Clerk, superintendent attending, Dr. Angela Harrison, Danville City, Dr. Z Tally, Marsville City, and
067Mr. Steven Mayhew, Pennsylvania County. The meeting was held at the Institute of Advanced Learning and Research. Um, we recognized George Henderson that had a 10-year tenure with the Pete Governor School Board. We also recognized Dr. Angel Harrison for regional six superintendent of the year. Um Mrs. Grabley gave a director's report. Um Mrs. Gravely is making great strides with the recruitment process and selection for students 2026 2027 school year. Um she discussed the enrollment and the testing data in regards to the applicants for that school year of 2026 2027. Also, um we did an overview of the governor school calendar for next school year. Some dates that we important dates for senior trip, April 10th, 6th through the 10th. Senior research symposiums, April 27th to May 1st is at the Institute for Advance and Learning Research.
068May 4th through the 11th at Patrick Henry Community College. There is a senior lunchon and recognization award. May 8th, Patrick Henry Community College. May 11th at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. We discussed 2027 budget um for Pete's Governor School. In regards to that, budget priorities was to promote greater equity by the designating specific funds for the purchase of senior research projects and materials and field trips. Another was to continue to provide salary increases for staff in order to recruit and retain highly qualified staff and professional development. And lastly, to continue to invest in replace instructional technology in order to provide the latest in instructional tools for students and staff. Also, um just a reflection on the budget in regards to House and Senate budget. Last year, well, 202026 was $813,397. This year is
069well 2027 would be 900 an increase 991,192. That's a 2% for salary increase. >> Thank you. Any questions? Any questions? Next, we'll move to item 8.3, the governance committee update. We'll turn it over to Miss A. >> Good evening again. The Danville School Board Governance Committee met on March 17, 2026 at 5:00 pm at the Danville School Board office. In attendance were Miss Kesha Aver chair, Miss Casey Cunningham, member, Miss Teesha Walker, member, and Dr. Angela Haristen, superintendent. All business discussed was the ongoing creation of governance man manual under the board committee section. The committee discussed name change for what was formerly known as the equity, diversity, and inclusion committee and will seek further guidance from Dr. Haristen and Dr. Babalova on the new committee name and description. New business discussed. Committee was presented with
070two options for the superintendent evaluation calendar. each were discussed in detail and in addition the committee review superintendent evaluation policies and regulations. It was decided that the committee would present the evaluation calendar that more closely matches the timeline suggested through training or full full board approval. Meeting was adjourned. >> Any questions? Any questions? Thank you. Next, we'll move the 9.1 personnel recommendations. Turn it over to Miss. >> Good evening, Chairman Graves, Vice Chair Cunningham, and members of the board. You've been presented with personal recommendations for your review, consideration, and approval. I'm happy to answer questions if you >> any question. Any question? This is an action item. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion to approve this. >> A second. >> Motion made by Mr. P, second by Dr. Williams. Any discussion on the
071motion? Any discussion hearing? Madam clerk, please call for vote. >> Dr. Williams, >> yes. >> Miss Cunningham, >> yes. >> Mr. Payne, >> yes. >> Miss, yes. >> Miss Aver, >> yes. >> Miss Walker, >> Mr. >> Yes. Thank you. Next we'll move item 10.1 request for information for future agenda items. >> Mr. P. >> Yes. I would like to see if we can get a report on testing across the board for the district. >> Not only the process but how many we're waiting to complete report. Thank you. Any other >> Mr. Mr. Dr. We do have a work session following our regular session. We do have a work session following our regular session. Any further business? Any further business? Hear none mean. Thank you.