001The time now is 5:30 p.m. and I call the Thursday, September 4th, 2025 meeting to order. Madam clerk, please call roll. >> Dr. Williams, >> present. >> Mr. Pay >> here. >> Walker, present. Mr. >> Here. Next, we'll move to item 1.3, the approval of the agenda. >> Mr. Chair, I make the motion to approve the agenda as per >> second. >> Motion made by Mr. Payne, second by Miss Cunningham. Any discussion on the motion? Any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, madam clerk, please call roll. >> Missingham, >> yes. >> Mr. P. >> Yes. >> Miss, >> yes. Dr. Williams, >> yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Walker. >> Yes. I would like to take this opportunity uh to observe a special moment of silence in remembrance of a student who recently passed away.
002Mr. Cameron Lamar Reynolds. Cameron was a beloved student at EA Gibson Elementary, cherished by the staff and students who knew him. He departed this world on August 26, 2025. And just today, we celebrated his life. Let us keep Cameron's family in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. I would also like to briefly give a shout out to Mr. Terrell Payne uh our board member for coordinating uh Cameron's homegoing celebration. The service was beautifully organized and your dedication and commitment to this community does not go unnoticed. If we would stand at this time for a moment of silence and pledge >> to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Next, we'll move to item 2.1,
003approval of minutes. These are the minutes from August 21st, 2025 regular meeting. Mr. Chair, I move that we approve the minutes from the August 21st, 2025 board meeting as presented. >> Second. >> Motion made by Dr. Williams, second by Mr. Terry. Any discussion on the motion? Any discussion? Hearing none, madam clerk, please call roll. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Williams. >> Yes. Next, we'll move to consent items. Item 3.1, Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month. This is an action item. >> Mr. Chair, I move that we approve the proclamation for Hispanic and uh Latino Heritage Month. >> Second. >> Motion made by Dr. Williams, second by Miss Cunningham. Any discussion on the motion? Any discussion? hearing. No, madam clerk, please call roll. >> Yes. Next, we move the recognitions. Item 4.1, Hispanic and Latino Heritage
004Schmalt. This time we'll hear from Miss Simmons. Good evening, Chairman Graves, Vice Chair Ait, Dr. Haristen, the board, and distinguished guests. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss National Hispanic Latino Heritage Month. And before we start, I would like to introduce our interpreter. This is Emmanuel Leizimon. He is a ninth grade student student at Galileo. He will be interpreting for me today. So this initiative supports strategic plan goal four objective B which states to increase internal community parent stakeholder engagement and communication. [Music] So, you may ask, what is Hispanic Heritage Month? Hispanic Heritage Month is a time for us to recognize and celebrate the diverse culture, history, and contributions of Hispanics and Latinos, both past and present. What does it mean to be Hispanic or lat Latino? So, a person of Hispanic ethnicity is
005one whose ancestry derives from a country where Spanish is the primary language, while Latino describes any person with ancestry in Latin America. Latina in Danville public schools. Approximately 12% of our students are report as Hispanic descent. the celebration. This celebration coincides with several u national holidays in um several Spanish-sp speakaking countries. For example, um Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua all celebrate their national independence day on September 15th, while Mexico, Chile, and Bise celebrate later in the month. Costa Rica, Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Chile, our schools. Schools will experience and learn about Hispanic culture and traditions. Students in Activate will explore explore literature written by or about Hispanic voices. Forest Hills plans to learn about the origins of Latin music and how those m that music has influenced Hispanic culture. Creative expressions of
006culture including pel picato and making traditional candies will be a part of the celebration at Bonner. Forest Hills Elementary. Middle School. We also study the lives of influential Hispanic Latinos of both past and present. So at Galileo, the students will listen to uh quotes um from famous or influential um Hispanic and Latino figures and there will be a display of fig of flags where students will try to identify which country belong to that flag. across the district include a multicultural night at Woodbury Hills on September 24th. Both Activate and Arnet Hills will have celebrations on October 14th and Park Avenue will have a Hispanic heritage night on October 17th. Woodbury Hills. Park Avenue, Hispanic Heritage Night in Octo. I am so excited to share with you that we will be having our first or our
007inaugural Hispanic Heritage event on October the 4th at Bonner Middle School from 9 to 12. This is a time where we will uh experience I' I'd like to share some coffee and some culture with you. So, we will have student performances, students singing, students dancing, student artwork that displays the Hispanic Hispanic heritage. And I would love to invite you all and hope you can attend. school. In closing, let us remember the words of Dolores Werta, co-founder of American Farm Workers. We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on earth for. at this time. Does anyone have any questions? >> Any questions? Any questions? But before you leave, we do have a proclamation and I'll turn it over to
008Mr. Terry at this time here. Yeah. >> Okay. Uh the proclamation is signed by uh Governor Yncan. Uh certificate of recognition by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution of Virginia and the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. There is hereby officially recognized Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month. Whereas the Hispanic and Latino community represent a large, diverse, and vital part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. And whereas dating back many centuries, Hispanic and Latino heritage in the Commonwealth of Virginia has a significant influence on the rich fabric of our society. And whereas vibrant Hispanic and Latino influence can be seen in all aspects of Virginia life and culture, including the arts, sciences, business, academia, government, and our nation's military. And whereas Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month began in 1988 with a 31-day commemoration beginning on
009September 15th and ending on October 15th to pay tribute to and recognize the important contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans. And whereas September 15th is significant as the anniversary of independence for the Latin American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nua Nicaragua. And whereas Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence on September 16th and September 18th, respectively. And whereas the Virginia Latino Advisory Board was created to recognize the importance of the contributions of Latinos in Virginia and continues to advise and inform the governor on issues facing Latino constituents and to advocate for Latino interests. And whereas citizens are encouraged to participate in activities designed to bring recognition, understanding, and appreciation to the significant contributions made by Hispanic and Latino Americans. And whereas our Hispanic Hispanic and Latino community exhibits devotion to family, faith,
010country, and entrepreneurship, bringing unique perspectives and experiences that strengthen the spirit of Virginia. Now, therefore, I, Glenn Yncan, do hereby recognize September 15 through October 15, 2025 as Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month in the Commonwealth of Virginia and call this observance to the attention of our citizens. Signed, Glenn Yncan. You deserve a hand because I think she says [Applause] item 4.2 attendance awareness month. At this time, I'll turn it over to Dr. Williams and you can come on, Miss Harris. Danville public schools proclamation attendance awareness month September 2025. Whereas the nation is facing a school absentee crisis making good attendance more crucial than ever for student achievement, graduation and well-being. Whereas students and families are more likely to engage where there are positive conditions for learning in schools which provide emotional and physical health and
011safety, a sense of belonging, connection and support, academic challenges and engagement in adults and peers with social emotional competence. Whereas reducing chronic absenteeism, missing 10% or more of school for any reason, requires a comprehensive trauma enforced approach that emphasizes early intervention and prevention. This approach should focus on developing routines and trusting relationships that foster a sense of belonging rather than responding to punitive measures which research shows is often ineffective. Whereas improving attendance and engagement involves collaboration among schools, families, community partners and elected leaders to rebuild regular and trusting communications and to address and identify barriers in school attendance. Whereas taking daily attendance in a caring and consistent manner is essential for identifying when students begin to miss too much school and promptly engaging students and families to provide necessary support and resources. Whereas the theme
012for attendance awareness month 2025 here today ready for tomorrow reflects our understanding of the connection between regular school attendance and future success. Highlighting how consistent p uh presence supports student academic achievement and well-being. Now therefore be it resolved, the Danville public school stands in solidarity with the nation by recognizing September as attendance awareness month. We commit to focusing on reducing absenteeism and addressing the factors that cause students to miss school, ensuring that students that all children have equal opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive academically, emotionally, and socially. We recognize the need for collaborative efforts to create an engaging school environment that motivates attendance and conveys the message that is learning is essential. Specifically, we pledged to raise awareness about the importance of daily own time school attendance through collaborative initiatives. Dam public schools envisions a
013future where every student flourishes academically, emotionally, and socially. Together, we will build a community that values every student's presence and minimizes absenteeism, paving the way for a brighter and more hopeful future for all. Son Juan Graves, our chair, and Dr. Angela Harrison, our superintendent. Miss Harris. >> Thank you, Chairman Graves, board members, Superintendent Haristen. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today as we recognize attendance awareness month 2025. The theme for this year, it's already stated, here today, ready for tomorrow, reminds us that consistent student attendance isn't just about showing up. It's about setting our students up for success now and in the future. Every day a student misses school is a missed opportunity. Not just to learn, but to build relationships, develop skills, and grow confidence. I like to say no seat left empty,
014no mind left behind because even a a best lesson plan can't make an impact if a student is not in the room. Working together, schools, families, and community, we can break down the barriers and ensure that every student has the opportunity to be here today and truly ready for tomorrow. So, we want to thank our social workers who are here with me for their dedication um to ensure that every student has an opportunity to learn and they're present, they're prepared, and they're valued. These ladies and gentlemen, they work hard daily. They attend weekly attendance meetings at the school, at the district level. They attend um attendance audit. They work with Tannif. They work with FAP. and they work with also with the court system because they want to ensure that empty seats won't hold back
015bright minds. No seat left empty, no mind left behind. Thank you. We would like to present them with the certificate. Sheree Walker who is our coordinator. Machella Glass, Chandra Grassy, Nadia Reagan, and also Jeffrey Wood. [Applause] 5.1 public may address the board. Have any sign? Next, we'll move to item 6.1 update on so pass rates. At this time, I'll turn it over to Miss Mcrawl. >> Good evening, Chairman Graves, Vice Chair A, Dr. Haristen and members of the board. Tonight I am here to present to you our um annual pass rates and attendance data. Um and just to be clear, this is our 2425 federal pass rate information. Uh we'll have another presentation um probably next month about the school support framework and um what we would formerly call accreditation. So we'll start with the
016attendance data. Um what you'll see on the screen is um this year we had here in DPS 88% of our students regularly attending school. And if you'll look in 2223 we were at 75.6% of students. Um and we were below the state percent of students regularly attending school. Um but this year we surpassed the state percent of students regularly attending school at 88.3%. And that is truly incredible. Um, [Applause] of note, uh, Bonner, Forest Hills, Galileo, Park Avenue, and Activate, uh, each achieved a major milestone, uh, with less than 10% of their students chronically absent. Um, several of those schools are at less than 5%. Which is amazing. That means the majority of their students are at school every single day. And that is incredible work. Um, and Gibson is also notable because they reduced
017their chronic absenteeism by 60% in one year, which is just insane. >> Um, moving into the a review of what the school quality profiles have posted. Um, so if you're familiar, the state runs a website that shows essentially school report cards and they're called the school quality profiles. You can look up any school division in the state and then individual schools within those divisions and see all of their different information. And so tonight, um, I've broken this down by content and then we have highlights for certain grade levels within the content. So, first we have the reading overall data and, uh, we would like to recognize the improvement we've seen in our reading scores over the past three years. Uh you'll notice in the dark blue those are the division scores and in the orange
018that is the comparison to the state scores. And so if you look in 2223 uh the division was at 50% and reading overall. So that's all of our reading from grades three through high school. Um and then this year we're at 57%. So that is growth. That is improvement. Not quite where we want to be but definitely moving in the right direction. This is our highest performance since 2016 2017. So almost 10 years. Um again, incredible. And uh we also have the um subgroups which are federally recognized uh with increased performance. And so you'll notice black, white, Asian, multiple races, students with disabilities is SWD, and you'll see that on several slides, and then economically disadvantaged. Sorry, use the mouse. Uh we also like to recognize specifically that was overall reading. So grade 8 reading
019if you look in 22 23 we were at 46%. Uh but this year that grade 8 reading is up to 61% which is definitely moving in the right direction. Uh we also had three of those federally recognized subgroups that surpassed the state average and those include English learners, multiple races, and Hispanic students. Uh we'd also like to recognize the improvement in the end of course reading. This is the high school reading. Um so high school reading in 2425 is at 75% pass rate which is much closer to where we want to be. Um and that is 12 percentage points improvement from 2223. Uh and the English learner group did surpass the state average. Um we've also identified grade five reading as an area that needs additional support. And so you'll notice that grade five reading
020maintained at 51%. Um, and we did have a couple of of subgroups that surpassed the state average Hispanic and English learners. Um, but this is an area that needs additional support and we'll talk about next steps later on. Um, we also identified grade seven reading is needing additional support. Um, same situation as grade five reading. We've maintained the pass rate, but we still need to to move um further and get more students passing in that area. Um this is still substantial growth over 2223, but we still um have some work to do. Moving on to math, this is math overall. So all math so test in the division last school year. Um that 54% for 2425 is much improved from the 38% in 2223. This is our highest performance since 2015 2016 which is 10
021school years. Incredible work. Um and then two subgroups that surpassed the state average overall, English learners and um Asian. An area for recognition of of the great improvement is grade 8 math. You'll notice in 22 23 uh we were at 42% this year um up to 53% so 11 percentage points. And then multiple um subgroups that surpass the state average including economically disadvantaged um English learners Asian and Hispanic. Additionally, algebra 2 up to 84% um from 50% in 22 23. 84% is incredible. Those are definitely the numbers we want to see in our content areas. Um and you'll notice that we have multiple groups that surpass the state average. economically disadvantaged, multiple races, Asian, white, Hispanic, and black. Additionally, geometry is an area of substantial improvement from 18% in 2223 to 68% in 2425. Um,
022and two groups that surpassed the state average. And we did identify algebra 1 as needing additional support. We acknowledge that 71 or I'm sorry, 76% is still very good. It is much higher than our rate in 22 23 but we are down one percentage point from last school year. And again we'll talk about next steps of what we'll do to support uh specific contents. Um still very proud of that 76% but we'd like to to um see that higher. Moving on to science. This is overall science. So all tested science last school year. Um this 55% is our highest performance since 2017 2018. It is a substantial improvement from that 38% in 2223. We do have a couple of groups that surpassed the state average in science overall. Um our area of uh substantial improvement
023is that grade 8 science from 38% in 22 23 to 51% in 2425. If you don't know um science in fifth grade and eighth grade test multiple years of standards and eighth grade actually tests three years of standards. So that is a a difficult assessment. Um so we are very proud of the improvements we've seen in science as well. It's one of our focus areas currently. We'd also like to recognize the improvement in biology of 42% in 2223. We actually went down in 23 24 to 35% but up to 65% this year in 2425. of its incredible growth and three areas that surpass the state average. Moving on to history, the history content as a whole we've identified as needing additional support. Um at 28% in 2223 and 35% this past year. Um while 35%
024is improvement, it's still not quite where we want to be. However, we do want to recognize world geography. You'll notice that world geography surpasses the state average overall. Um, so a DPS we're at 79%, the state uh pass rate was 68%. That's an incredible um um showing here for us. Uh this is a middle school history assessment. Um very very great job well done. Um and then several groups that surpassed the state average. Uh so I talked to Vass said we would get to our next steps and here they are. A lot of this this year is about sustaining the momentum and continuing our improvement journey. And you'll notice that uh we have a couple of things starred because those should feel familiar to you. These are continued initiatives from u prior school years. Um
025but to sustain our momentum and continue our improvement, we're going to continue to invest in teacher professional learning with an emphasis on our high quality instructional materials or what you hear us say HQIM uh pretty often. Um, we're also expanding the use of evidence-based practices through our microcredential courses, which all teachers will participate in this school year. Uh, we're going to continue to strengthen science instruction and vertical alignment. Uh, we've maintained that expanded instructional time for science um across uh our K through 12 classrooms. We've integrated fourth grade standards into fifth grade instruction to cover that test that assesses both sets of standards. We've done the same in eighth grade for sixth and seventh grade standards into that um physical science course. And we've launched weekly virtual PLC's for fifth grade science teachers. We're also
026embedding literacy and writing across content. We have structured writing routines daily in K through 8. That's a continuation from previous years. And we are integrating embedded grammar practice into um reading classes this year. And they will also assess grammar on our interim assessments. um continuing with accelerated math growth. Uh so more students taking accelerated math is particularly in middle school. Um we're using daily structured fluency and CRA practices in grades K through six and then applying do the math strategies consistently. Uh we will continue with our all-in tutoring initiative where we extend learning time before and after school depending on the school setting and um our focus and targeted remediation during the school day. We'll continue with our all of our attendance initiatives including our second chance transportation bus and then counseling small groups aligned
027to our attendance works framework and we'll continue with our family engagement with the support of our faith specialists who are school based. Now additionally um we have personalized support for our early career teachers. So those folks with zero to three years of experience. Uh so we will continue our coaching and mentorship for those people. um with direct on-site and virtual support from our HR, teacher quality, and um our curriculum and instruction teams. They're doing classroom walks, they're co-eing, they're helping with lesson plans. You name it, those guys are doing it to support our new and our experienced people. Uh we have our progressive systems with ongoing feedback cycles focused on instructional best practice and classroom management. We also have monthly customized training opportunities and several school-based training opportunities as well. We're going to continue some
028of our strategic partnerships for development. One of those is the UVA partnership for leaders in education or UVA PLE um leadership and instructional capacity building and that's at schoolfield Bonner and Westwood. And we also have our new teacher project of our partnership with TNTP which is high quality training um coaching frameworks and evidence-based practices to help accelerate teacher effectiveness. But um all of those things being said um lead us to a place of reflection and and time for acknowledgement of all the good work and the time and and sweat and effort that an abundance of people have put into this system over the past several years. And um I've kept going back to uh since this um as we've prepped for this data to come out and as this data has come out, Dr. Haristen
029said a thing that I got to hear before it was in the paper and it's really just stuck with me. Um, these results prove what we already know. When students are given the right tools, highquality instruction, engaging learning opportunities, and attend school daily, they rise to the challenge. We are proud of our educators, our students, and our families for working together to make these achievements possible. And with that quote from Dr. Haristen, I would like to recognize some of the key drivers of our success. Um, I'd like to start with our students and families. First of all, our attendance gains when I look across the state, there's not a lot like it. We 88% of students attending regularly is incredible. The amount of support we had for our meaningful engagement, all-in tutoring, bringing kids to
030Saturday school, parents called me every week, can my kid come to Saturday school this week? Yes, please bring them or we'll pick them up. Do you need a bus? And um I mean the amount of support we've had to get our kids in school has been incredible. Um, so we'd like to say thank you to our students and families for um recognizing how important important attendance is for student achievement. We'd also like to say thank you to our administrators. Our admin teams have worked tirelessly with um their teams, their leadership teams, their teachers and staff um to develop and implement their datadriven comprehensive school support plans. U formerly those were our school improvement plans if you're familiar. Um, and that those plans take a lot of work. They take a they have to participate in
031a comprehensive needs assessment each year and then build those plans and and write out their goals and decide how everything will align to those goals. Um, and they go back to that all year. It's a dynamic document. Um, but our administrators really drive that work to impact student achievement and again we recognize them and and thank them for all of that work. I'd also like to thank our teachers. Um, our teachers, they do it all. Um, they've embraced our professional learning communities. They have weekly grade level meetings, uh, PLC's where they're they're bringing their data. They're coming with plans. They're asking each other, how do we support this student or what did you do with this particular scenario? They're really doing the work. um they've adopted and are working to implement with fidelity the HQIM
032with internalizations and annotated lessons which was new last year. It was a big a big learn and they took it and ran with it and um we're seeing lesson plans exemplary. I mean just the growth is incredible. Um and these again was recommended by the VDOE. Our people took it and ran with it. and additionally the amount of interventions, tutoring, and support that our teachers put into our students. Again, thank you to our teachers. I'd also like to thank our district team. Um, if you go into a school, I promise you look down the hallway and there's a district person, any school, any day, anywhere. There's, um, offering support, they're monitoring, they're teaching, they're providing guidance, they're coaching, they're NPLC's, uh, they're, you name it, they're doing it. It is truly all hands- on deck
033in this division and that work we would like to recognize and I'd like to say thank you. And last but no most certainly not least, I would like to say thank you to our school board and to our city council with the support of you guys. Uh you're putting education as a top priority, approving that 8% pay raise and the thousand retention stipens and supporting education initiatives. without you guys, we couldn't do any of this work and I couldn't stand up here and give, you know, 60 slide presentations every couple of months. Um, but we thank you all. Um, we we know that the amount of time and effort you guys pour into us is is truly unmatched. Um, and I promise I'm almost done, but um, all of this work is being recognized. Um,
034just last week, if you follow the Virginia Board of Education, Dr. Haristen and some of the senior leadership and Mr. Mayo were invited to the Virginia Board of Educ education meeting to present in in their expert series on what DPS is doing to to have all the growth that we've had. Um and so it's actually um Mr. Wilburn um has a a great article in the paper today, today's paper if you got it front page. Um state praises a transformation and it gives a really great recap of what was presented at that meeting. Um, and you can even um read the um board president had a lot of great things to say after she heard that presentation about um what our division's doing and even said she would like to come teach for us. So
035um we we really appreciated that. And this picture is Dr. Harris of Mr. Mayo with the state superintendent slim. And like I mentioned at the beginning, um next month I'll have our school performance and support framework data. That's that new framework we brought to the board back in the spring. Uh we'll have all of that data breakdown for you. That might be a 60 slide PowerPoint. Um but do you guys have any questions? >> Any questions? Any questions? >> Dr. Williams, >> not a question, but as an educator, I just have to commend you and applaud all the stakeholders that you had mentioned, our students, our staff, our teachers, our district leaders. School turnaround is not easy. I've been there. I've been boots to the ground. It's hard work. So to see year-to-year progress like
036that, I commend you. So thank you again for our teachers and all of our staff. >> Any others? Any others? Let's give her another round of applause. 6.2 um immunization update. And at this time, I'll turn it over to Miss Saunders. Good evening, Chair Graves, Vice Chair Ait, Dr. Harrison, and school board members. I am Pamela Sers, as you all know, public health and wellness coordinator, and I'm going to be giving you a quick update on immunizations. So, as you know, Virginia law requires students attending public and private schools to be adequately immunized. Um, some for the reasons is because vaccines help the body learn how to defend itself from disease. It reduces the risk of getting a disease. It prevents more than 20 life-threatening diseases. And it can also prevent serious illness and death
037from diseases. I'm going to share a few of our numbers. Back in October 2024, um you can see the total number of students that we had at in the district. We were missing a total of 1,291 immunizations. Now, that's not to say that we were missing those. We there were situations where we didn't have those records for those students. So that was the number of students we didn't have records for or they were missing. So in June of 2025, um you can see the number of students we had. We were down to 383 and that was due to the work of my nurses, um the admins at the schools and anyone who actually helped us with immunizations, getting those records in, calling the doctors, calling the parents, and just looking in files to get the
038immunizations that were not in power school. So, as of last month, you see the number of students we had. We're down to 21 that are actually missing some type of immunizations. Now, there are some stragglers around that we need to put in the system. And what happens is if a se say a seventh grader that needs a TAT, the seventh grader goes to the doctor and get the immunizations, but it's not communicated to us. So, it's not in our power school system. So, we're saying that it's missing. So if it's the it's the communication part. If the doctors put it in the Virginia system, we can see it. If the doctor hands the parent a note to take to the school, we see it. But if they just go to the doctor, we don't know.
039So we're saying that child is missing immunization until the communication piece comes. Next slide. So this is our notification timeline. Back in May, we sent flyers to the schools and the schools posted flyers in reference to what immunizations were needed. And they also had a flyer to show um where they could go get them from PASS um Virginia Health Department. Um there were different places in their regular primary care doctor. Um July 25, we sent letters reminding students who didn't have immunizations that they needed them. August 14th, we sent another letter home. So right now the nurses are still comparing records to the Virginia power uh Virginia immunization system and power school and we're every day we're looking to get every student's immunizations into our power school system. So any questions? >> Any questions? Any
040questions? >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Thank you. [Applause] Next, we'll move to item 7.1, governance committee update. At this time, I'll turn it over to Miss A. >> Good evening. The governance committee met on Thursday, August 21st. In attendance was Miss Teha Walker, Dr. Angela Haristen, superintendent, and Miss Kesha A, chair. Uh during this meeting, we reviewed the information to be included in our governance manual in regards to committees. It was decided that each committee would work on updating their description and charge to be brought before the board at a later date. >> Thank you. Next, we'll move to item 7.2, Student Achievement and Accountability Committee. I'll turn it over to Dr. Williams. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. On August 19th, uh myself, Miss Cunningham, and Dr. Babaloa, uh we met for a very brief
041meeting considering schools had only been open 10 days, but we just wanted to do a check-in on teachers, staff, um do kind of a temperature check at the time. Uh students were preparing for their I Ready test, some of their initial benchmarks and stuff. So, um we anticipate some Q1 data within our next meeting and then of course we want to applaud again our so data as we anticipated. So, awesome job again. >> Thank you, Dr. Williams. Next, we'll move to item 8.1, ACA, ACEC, Advisory Council. Turn it over to Dr. Harston. >> Good evening, um, Chairman Graves, Vice Chair Avery, school board members, and Superintendent Dr. Haristen. I stand before you seeking approval for the 2526 adult edory council. >> This is an action item. I move that we accept the list for the
042advisory council as presented. >> Second. >> Motion made by Miss A. Second by Miss Cunningham. Any any discussion? Any discussion hearing? None. Madam clerk, please call roll. >> Mr. Payne, >> yes. >> A >> yes. >> Walker. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Thank you. Thank you all. Next, we'll move to item 9.1, personnel recommendations. At this time, I'll turn it over to Miss Wimberly. >> Good evening, Chairman Graves. Vice Chair Aver, Dr. Harrison, and members of the board. You've been presented with personnel recommendations for re review, consideration, and acceptance. And we can answer any questions you may have. >> Any questions? Any questions? This is an action item, Mr. Chair, I move that we approve the uh employee recommendations as presented. >> Second. >> Motion made by Dr. Williams, second by Mr. Terry. Any
043discussion on a motion? Any discussion hearing? None. Madam clerk, please call RO. >> Mr. T. >> Yes. >> Miss A. >> Yes. >> Dr. Williams. >> Yes. >> Mr. Terry? >> Yes. >> Miss Cunningham? >> Yes. >> Miss Walker? >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Next, we'll move to item 10.1, approval of resolution ending Tennessee 230 South Ridge Street. >> Thank you, Mr. Graves. I'm seeking approval uh from the board to end the Tennessee of for Galileo at um of of 230 South Ridge Street. That's the old Sears building as we know it. Um Galileo will transition into um the new Langston campus building by January 1st fully students uh teachers and all. And we'd like to revert this property um back to the uh city for possession. >> This is an
044action item. >> Yes, Mr. Grace. I'd like to uh turn this back over to the city to yesterday. I second that. >> Motion made by Mr. Payne, second by Miss Cunningham. Any discussion? >> Madam clerk, please call roll. >> Dr. William, >> yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Walker. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Miss Ramsey, what you think about that? >> Next. Thank you. Next, we'll move to item 11.1. Board request for information for future agenda items. Do we have any any items? Any items? If we don't have any, I just want to make a quick statement. I just want to thank Pam Saunders again. I was looking at the numbers and it's just absolutely amazing and I wish he was still here, but I just was just looking back over the numbers and
045they're absolutely amazing. So, I want to thank the nurses, the staff, principles, everybody that had a part in that. So, let's give them a round of applause. Thank you. And with that being said, we do have a work session following this. And if we have no further business, any further business, meeting a journ. Thank you.