001Please stand al to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. May be seated. like to welcome everyone here this morning or this evening and ask if there's anyone who wishes to comment on any of the agenda items. Make yourself known. We'll move on. Our first four items of business are public hearings. Uh we'll begin with the 2026 budget hearing. Uh, Mr. Deshawn, do you want to say anything? Or May, do you want to say anything? Does anyone in the room want to make any comments about the 2026 budget? Seeing none, we'll move on. 26 capital projects plan hearing. Same thing, Mr. Deson. >> Yes. >> Anyone in the audience? I know. We'll move on. 2026 bus replacement hearing bus replacement plan. Mr.
002Shan, anyone else? And then number five is the uh public hearing before the first meeting of collective bargaining. Mr. Deson, do we want to run those slides? >> Yeah, I'm trying. This is a meeting that we are required by law to hold every year prior to bargaining and they almost did away with this completely because nobody in the public ever comes to lease. But by law we do this every year. It's just basically the rules of >> I'm trying to be fancy. >> So I asked you I tease you about >> I know I can't get that little thingy yet. David, >> you can't you can't say This is what we tell the kids. You have to [Music] >> run around with her. >> You know, I'll just walk around. >> Let me go. >>
003Oh jeez. >> Oh my. Oh my. It's watching. >> Oh no. >> Oh my. >> Have some family videos popping up. >> Are you doing that? >> Well, I'm trying. Here we go. Here we go. We're gonna have the public hearing about collective. These are just things that we are allowed to talk about at collective bargaining and not allowed to talk about. So, um, these are very exciting things that we can talk about at bargaining. Oh my. Okay, here we go. These are things we cannot talk about during the bargaining process. Again, we have two slides of those. Um, this is just a little education piece on school funding and how we have two different funds and what those two different funds um are used for. This is our ADM count historically um over the
004years. You guys have this in your packet too, but we just have to technically go over all this. >> I know. Very exciting stuff. These are um incap or impact for property tax caps on our operations fund. Um Steve and I talk and stress about this a lot. This is uh revenue that is lost because we cannot collect all of the property taxes that we bill for. Um, everyone's at a or homeowners are at a 1%, there's 2% cap and a 3% cap. So, this is the amount of money that we lose on top of our tax collection. Um, a little sneak peek. Um, this will only be getting worse with the Senate and Rolled Act one that changed the way property taxes are. So, I can only assume that these numbers are going to
005get higher and higher and worse and worse for us. Um this is technically the bargaining process and how we what we have to do. We're at that very first um well actually we're at the second one the public hearing um with the association here and us we can start formal sorry we can start formal bargaining on September 15. we have to have it finished by um these are just other people who are kind of at the table during the bargaining process and if anyone has any public comments any public comments board members thank you we will move on from here and entertain a motion from the board member for approval of the regular consent agendas I'll move that we approve the regular consent agendas as presented. Second motion second. All in favor? >> I oppose.
006Entertain a motion for uh No, I'm sorry. That's there. Okay, let's move on to school highlights. small company. >> No. So, um this year at Taylor, we have grown our um music department even more and our arts department even more and that's because of all of you saying yes to things. What's our solution going to be? So, um Mrs. Decker brought to our attention, hey, we need keyboarding class. We need ways to get kids engaged and all this. And she's like, but at least you me have to build all these keyboards if we get them. So, we did, but I'm going to let her kind of see why and talk about why this class is so special. They want to say thanks and just continue something else, but I'll let Miss Decker go here real
007quick. >> Thank you for letting us come here tonight and talk with you guys. Um, I had been um wanting to do a keyboard class for a few years now and finally we were at a place where we could make it happen. Um, so I've got a class of nine right now. We've got 10 keyboards. Um, so we've got nine right now. We have two here that are going to chat with me here in a minute. Um, but it was important to me because number one, we're trying to hopefully entice people to come to Taylor and we are the only Howard County school to my knowledge that offers APM a keyboard class during the school day as a class. And in fact, I think someone told me that Typton is the closest that offers that.
008I'm not sure if that's true or not, but so we're the only one in the area that has offered this. And right now I'm finding the kids are loving it. I've even had kids ask, can we do a keyboard 2 class so they can continue the next year? Once we're in it now, can we do it again next year? Um I've had kids ask me if they can stay in next semester and just take it again. No, we can't do but we'll see. Um but uh so yeah and the kids that every day um you ask these guys they they are at the keyboard like a half hour 35 minutes they they don't want to get off the keyboard even when it's time to go. >> We've even put their progression videos for the hashtag
009180 project in the even on some of the comments like oh they're actually improving as they're going through and doing stuff. So that's quite interesting. >> Yep. So, we have uh Devonte and Jordan and uh they've been >> Why do you like the class or what is it? Um it's always nice to hear the voices of the students. >> For me, I've always learned to play the piano when I since I was little. So, I would ask my mom or my dad every day if I could get a piano and they bought me this like toy piano. So, I used to play a while, but I stopped after a while because of of family issues. So, it's really good for me to get back into it because I really, it was like a big dream
010for me. >> Um, yeah, I joined classes, you know. >> Have you ever played piano at all? >> I have not. >> I have a keyboard at home, but like, you know, it's kind of hard to learn yourself like correctly like at home. So, I thought it'd be kind of cool to like learn it correctly instead of like messing up. >> Is it kind of cool? Yeah. No, but like I said, I just, you know, really appreciate the support of the board, support of everybody to make. Like I said, if we change the pathway or the direction for nine, that was nine that we never changed before. So, that's worth it all to me. So, yeah, wonderful. Thank you very much. It really means a lot to us. >> Thank you. >> Through the year,
011you're come back in place a little bit. >> They're going to have a recital, right? All right. >> They couldn't be here today because we hear all these things about reading and reading. Well, um, Mr. Wayne, his kids were like, I want to do something. So, they got these kids, these little libraries, and they went and painted them and all this. So, um, and so once, if you ever seen, you have this post in the stand, but I didn't want to multiply them. So, on their own, um, you know, our two, you know, students went out and they were like, we're going to do a little library. So, the one closest to Mr. Light that's going to go down at the elementary, uh, they want it there because they hear all this reading, all the,
012you know, all these new things, and they're like, "All right, our kids are excited to read. Let's continue to read. So, let's have different options for them to read. And then the other one is going to go at the high school. Uh, everybody passes through the high school every day. So, if you're not feeling well and you need something different, the library is closed. There's always a way to get a book and just to continue that passion, continue that um going forward. So, they actually stand on post and do all that. So, yeah, but it was really cool that there was no push going on. They just got packages on their own and said, "We want to put them at two places." and that's where we landed. So, just want to highlight those real quick.
013So, really cool that like students would take the time to do that. And obviously the weights are, you know, great family. That's super cool. And I know >> Yeah. >> So, those will be the side. >> Um I think your is yours. >> I think we our plan was to be outside. I think it's it'd be a great idea in Indian Heights. like put somewhere where we can have a camera on it obviously but I think it'd be super cool for parents to be able to come and walk with their kid to the school >> and then the same thing ours probably go outside door 19 out by the military there where there's a lot of traffic in and out especially oh they see something they drop a book and you know uh these will
014be monitored and looked at like what books are going in and all that stuff. So that will be monitored and tracked. >> So can anybody put a book in there? >> Mhm. >> Yep. So with um you know Jake and I have to build this every day. We'll go through inventory count just to make sure that hey nothing's getting in there that we don't know about. Sure. >> Yeah. And the idea would be that after you read it you can do it. >> Yeah. >> Or if you drop it off at another little library somewhere else just kind of pay it forward. But yeah but the kids are excited to read. I know you know what Jake and this is just on the spot out here. What Mr. Lights doing science reading. Uh my wife
015Mrs. since that her kindergarters are excited to read are coming fly and all this stuff and so they're really excited. So now they can actually be like oh I get to go to a different library and get books and continue that. So very cool. Thank you. >> Thank you. Moving on to uh financial reports. U confident you board members have reviewed those. They will be submitted and of course are subject to audit. Anyone have any comments or questions about those? Now we will we review the old policies improve seizures with the special update July 22. Mr. >> Guys, there's not not a whole lot to discuss really. It's nothing more than changes for clarity and to reflect the changes in the state and federal laws and to basically make sure that uh we're in line
016with the new laws that go into effect this year. So that's really all we are. I don't have any options. Any comments or questions? Thank you. Thank you very much for doing >> I think October 1st we meet again for the next [Music] >> we started early this. need it to be done by five. So, not 6 hours. >> Under new business, we will consider cons consideration of Taylor Elementary School improvement plan, Mr. >> Yeah, for us it was very simple and this was just year three of a three-year improvement plan. So, a lot of the stuff that you see in the document was just updated information with updated test scores. um attendance numbers. One of the cool things about the attendance um you can kind of see like track it over the course of
017threeear time period. So three so three years ago um we had 150 of our students that missed at least 18 school days. Um, last year it had got cut down to I think it was like 64 kids and this past year we only had 21 kids uh that missed 18 school days or more. And honestly, and I I know the teachers feel the same way. Like sometimes it's a hopeless feeling when you want to help a kid and they're just not at school. And like you see growth, but they're not growing like they should cuz they're just not um at school like they should be. So, I thought that was an extremely uh positive um and a positive data point for for our improvement plan. But um we we tweaked just a couple of things
018um with you stuff, some of the tracking that we do. Um but all in all, I think maybe we spent maybe 10 to 15 minutes updating it with just literal numbers that are just basic public knowledge. So, this is year three, so next year we'll have a whole new improvement plan. Again, there'll be another three-year improvement plan, but um this is pretty straightforward and just updated information. >> As I reviewed this u for the second time today, >> I took a screenshot of what you just spoke of the absences. I also screen took a screenshot of your ivory score. You want to brag on that on that? >> Yeah. Um so a couple so what so 3 years ago when this started I believe I believe we were at like a 59% sometimes it says
01961 we don't know why we have a fluctuation in numbers um and then two years ago or you know not the past four years before um we got up to like 60 like 65.9% and then obviously last year we got right at 80%. So again, much like our attendance numbers, and I don't I think honestly I think attendance is a huge part of it. I think our teachers are teaching teaching as hard as they can every single day. In an elementary building, it can grade grade on you pretty quick. Um but the students are coming and they're coming more ready to learn because they're coming more often. And so I think between the attendance and some of the things the teachers are doing in their classrooms, I think that's the biggest reason for improvement in
020my building for sure. >> Very good. I guess some most of those are >> so m that is tremendous you've done that well what have you done on the attendance to prove that so much that's >> well I don't really so I don't I don't really know to be 100% honest with you how how it got so out of because even if like co but that wasn't that wasn't during co times so I I I'm not sure I think maybe um to be honest we're just disappointed ing kids like in terms of like suspensions more. And I think maybe back in the day instead of suspending students, they were just like, hey, go home, sign this paper, then come back tomorrow. And I think those were being counted as absences rather than like, hey, we're
021suspending kids. That's what I think. I'm not 100% sure because the numbers are pretty pretty crazy amount there. At first I was like, well, it's co, but now I'm like, no, it's 2025. Four years ago, it's 2022, but CO wasn't really a big thing anymore. So I think that there are a combination of things whether it be the way the discipline was happening or not happening before and then just staying on kids and I know Kelly Kelly calls for the first like hour of the day she's like calling and we make TCS calls based on if kids aren't here a certain amount of time and we have a whole like checklist that we have to go through. So I said Kelly's really on it. Brandon was really on it when I first got there. Um,
022and that was one of the big things that him and I talked about when we started making this improvement plan. Um, and now it's just kind of more seamless. I think >> it's good. I mean, that 3 years ago could be caring because we were out of work for two four years. We've been working from home, right? >> I I could still >> I'm just speculating because I really I don't I don't really know because I just kind of came back into that. So, >> I do know that each building is doing a much better job of tracking the absences and what we're doing for every student. uh keeps a a spreadsheet of all of their calls, all the letters that go home, all the calls to Quest or PCS, they're doing the same thing.
023So, I think that we're on top of it better than we used to be as well. So, I think that's a piece of it. >> Um the the entire attendance rate across the state has gotten better. That rate is just way better than even the the state improvement. That's >> huge. And I and I will say also like there are teachers that come down and even if we let's just say we just missed a kid like I don't know for some reason we missed a kid marking them in sky whether we had to make a phone call. Our teachers are pretty on top of like what kids are leaving or like there was one kid last year who would come to school at like 10:00 every single day. Well, they're missing you fly and then
024well that's that's a reason why they probably need to be held back because their their scores aren't indicative of what they can do. But they could improve if they got there on time, but if they're not going to get there, you can't really do anything about it. So, I think the teachers are also very on top of it and those trends. And I know they talk to Kelly a lot about students that they know should be here that aren't here or they're missing a certain amount of time or a certain part of the day they're missing and that stuff adds up. So, and I know it's very tough. I'm sure um Mr. Brinkle and Mr. Moon deal with attendance quite a bit, I'm sure. So, it's it's a it's a tough situation. Right. We have
025more SR SRO's now too to be available to go with the assistant principal to make house calls >> and that's helpful. >> How many do we have a number now? We're up to six SRO's. >> Yeah, probably. >> We haven't had that many in a long time. And they're all more willing than ever to come in and be here. Transportation in the morning at both buildings, be here in the afternoon. >> Is it seven now? We have a good group and they are excited to be here. >> All KPD. There's no chair. >> Crazy out here. >> Thank you, J. >> Next, we will consider a new bus aid position. >> I think I think you need to vote on that. >> Oh, you do. Uh, having heard the information on the Taylor School improvement
026plan, I would entertain a motion concerning such. I'll move that we approve the Taylor Elementary School improvement plan as presented. >> All in favor? >> I oppose. Pass. Now we will consider a new bus position for bus number nine. So, um, as you know, we four routes and, uh, Ronnie and Chris did a great job over the summer condensing those routes and that means that our other buses are full and bus 9 happened to be very full beginning of the year and it was very difficult without having eight on that bus. We we pulled a few kids off but it's still really full. So, we feel like having an eight on that bus will help a lot. It's not going to put us out too much financially considering we've lost some bus drivers, but we
027feel like to get that bus running smoothly and you know, safety of children and bus driver, it's our best right now. We have somebody in that. >> How many buses do we have running on a daily basis for you know, morning and afternoon? >> What's our total number? >> 10. 10 of the morning, 10. >> Does that include the second little yellow bus? >> No. We It's a good thing we bought those little yellow buses with the stop arms because to alleviate a little bit of the overcrowding on some of those buses. We've had somebody go out with a yellow bus to pick up some students to ensure we didn't have three kids in the seat. >> How did we end up with the bus? They just had a surplus bus. >> Yeah, he um
028he's he runs a lot of stuff around here and he just put it out to everybody and said, "Hey, I've got a surplus bus. Anybody interested in purchasing it?" and we reached out and a couple days we had >> the Rosville had bought lots of little yellows because when they were doing the construction on 26 they couldn't get their big yellows through all the little neighborhoods that they were having to do all the weekend. So they had a lot of little yellows that they needed to get back to big yellows. >> That's the technical part. and >> I saw I saw it sitting out what two or three months ago. Saw it sitting out there for several days and thought maybe it was >> $1,000. >> Maybe maybe they couldn't get it back home. It
029>> was how much? >> $1,000. >> That's all it was. $99,000 less than >> we could not pass it. That means that it can stop on a street child to >> Yeah, they just had so many. >> So, we do have one bus driver starting the 15th >> and we have another one that we'll talk about here in a few minutes and then we're hoping to get a yet a third one because right now Ronnie is on a bus every day. uh one of our subs is on bus every day. If we can get those two filled, then we get her where she needs to be, our sub back to where he needs to be, and then we >> Okay. Entertain a motion for consideration of new busing position for bus number nine. Do we
030want to vote on these two separate or together? The position? I think it should be separate because the employee might not stay, but we still have the >> That's a good point. Yeah. >> Okay. I'll move that we approve the new bus a position for bus number. Second. >> I'm sorry. All in favor? >> I I >> opposed. Pass. Next would be uh is it appropriate to name him? >> Yeah. Everybody else is on their consent agenda listed as well. Oh, true. Okay. Uh, you have the aid already hired, taking board approval for bus 9 and his name is James Smith. Any comment? Hope he >> excited. That's exciting. See the husband? >> It's boyfriend, girlfriend. >> The driver. >> No, no, no. The driver on the bus is Travis. >> Okay. Yeah. >> His
031wife has a different motion. >> All right. Entertain a motion to approve James Smith. >> I'll make a motion to approve bus number nine bus eight. >> Second. >> Motion and a second. All in favor? >> I opposed. Next would be consideration of a new bus driver/g guidance office secretary split position. Mr. Dishon. >> Yes. Well, we eliminated the secretary position in the guidance office and um we did that in order to try to trim some extra salary. And it has been really rough on that office. And it's only going to get rougher as we have to start tracking kids as far as their hours learning and all of that. So what we proposed was, and it's easier to get bus drivers this way, is we have somebody drive a bus 2 hours in the
032morning, 2 hours in the evening, and then they can come in and work 3 hours in between in that office to help out and do some of those things that they need. >> Any comments or discussion? Does that put them over the 28 hours? It would put them Yeah, they would be considered a full time employee. >> A lot of schools are doing this with either maintenance or custodial having to do that. It's it's a way that we can keep some bus drivers because a lot of them just are struggling to only four hours. I would entertain a motion for consideration of the new bus drivers office secretary position. I'll make the motion for consideration of the new bus driverance office secretary split position. >> All in favor? I opposed. Did you hear? >> I
033just wanted to point out this is a way to get draw some younger bus drivers also. And I know that's not a good thing to say, but they're looking for an income, not just to supplement an income. So if you were questioning that at all about is that really a good idea, this is a way for us to help attract some that may be here another 15, 20 years, >> being a full-time employee versus a few hours. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> That makes sense. >> Thank you very much. With that being said, um Melissa Miller has been proposed as the split bus driver slash guns office secretary. This was a this was an odd one and it just fell on our lap because this person appl. And then when I went and talked
034to Tiffany Bora, the guidance director, she said, "Oh, I know her. When I worked at YMCA, she was our number one mentor. one mentor of the year. So, she was excited. So, it really kind of just worked out perfectly. So, I think she's the right person for it. And she will be official and she's to do a three-day class. I think she's >> at the end of this month, she will go and do her um safety training. And then when Mindy gives me the thumbs up, then I can put her on for observation. I can give her uh her eight hours drive time. And we're going to get her trained and take her to the test site to get her passed. She's going to do it the first time. This girl has been on it
035on everything. >> She had a CDL before, right? >> No. No. But she she came to me with a DOT physical done. She went to the DMV, passed all of her tests, brought her permit in within a week. And so she I mean, she wants this. She wants this. >> Very good. I would entertain a motion concerning Melissa Miller for the split bus driver's office secretary. >> Motion from Melissa Miller be the split bus driver's office secretary. >> Second. >> All in favor? I I >> say all right. Uh now we will consider donation requests to speak to those. Sorry for being late. Um had a middle school cross country get out there this evening. So um we have two donations to to go in front of the board tonight. One was from McGavics Outdoor
036Power um in the amount of $500. 250 being earmarked for the football program. The other 250 um for a uh for or actually I'm sorry that was Coke McGavoc is 500 all straight to uh to football. Um got my donations mixed up there. And then the second one um donation sponsorship from Summers Heating and Cooling for the football storeboard. Um I don't know if you've seen it yet or not, but the new signage that Clifford was able to put up for us looks great in that. and uh Steve and Matt have gotten the uh new home and guests and quarters and downs and yards to go and everything put up there. So, kind of looks like a brand new scoreboard. So, um they're doing um $5,000 over the next five years. So, $1,000 a year
037for the next five years for naming rights, if you will, for the scoreboard. Um it's not on this one, it'll be on next month's. Um but Coach B did just drop off some money for me as well this morning from a golf outing that will be going to the football program as well. It'll be on next month's um donation. All right. I would entertain a motion for consideration of the donation requests. >> I make a motion for consideration of the designated donation request for football. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Opposed? Pass. All right. Lastly is the consideration of the amended health insurance rates. Is there any discussion board members? >> Just switching from I think it was employee spouse to family. >> Entertain a motion for consideration of the amended health insurance rates.
038>> I'll make a motion for consideration of the amended health insurance rates. >> All in favor? opposed. Mr. Desawn, any other information? Um, so just in case you've seen anything on social media, um, we had a a parent a couple weeks ago who had a concern about her child who found a bed bug and posted online. And I spoke with the mother. We had great conversation and I came into the school, flipped the desk, did the search, we cleaned, we had custodians do their whole thing. Well, apparently it's still online that somebody some folks website is saying that we have an infestation of bed bugs in the school. The five rooms were infested in the middle school, a bunch of nonsense like that. But we have never had an infestation. He had one bug in
039one building, one in another's building. And what they do is typically call the hitchhikers. A hitchhiker would get a staff member, whoever from public come into the building. It's no different than if we had a mouse in the building or a bat or whatever it might happen. Um, but those rumors are completely false. And we don't really address those things online because Facebook is not an appropriate place to talk about school business. But I just thought I'd bring it up here in case you saw that online that there is no infestation nor has there. Thank you. Thank you for mentioning that. >> I think that's it for us. Everything else is going great. Good >> members comments. >> Yeah, we had our annual alumni golf outing Saturday and uh was able to interview Jaden. We
040had coach Shields, Coach Gord there. We had 19 teams against. So in the last four years we've had we've had anywhere from 76 to 90 dolphins and we probably had the biggest crowd we've ever had after was wives and friends and family. So pretty good celebration. Um and we were able uh coach Pass showed up and was able to speak to him and uh we're going to put some things later on in Facebook the bonfire thing and try to get the alumni involved more which I thought was pretty cool. Um uh we talked about the reward um and we just we talked about the older generation alumni trying to encourage some of the youngers younger ones to to start participating in some of these things and getting down here seeing the school seeing the facilities
041uh and just being a part of it. So and then uh tomorrow we start our project for mentoring program I go in at 10 o'clock. Tyrell. >> Yes. >> Class. >> Yeah. And I I love those. I love those kids. So we Jody and I have been doing it. And then Jody does Jody after 50 years in the school system helping have to do a background check. So we got that done. Want to make sure all profit. But yeah, that's cool. My entire staff will be doing that. So my entire office, every one of them has taken a student in that building. So they're joining you and I know >> I already have my I already have my background check. >> No, I got an email and I've been matched up. So >> just curious
042starting a mentoring program here with all those kids. Are you getting help in the middle school with mentoring or anything? Are we doing anything there? >> Really? >> Julie did speak not Julie um what was the girl's name? She did speak to that that they're that people are there. I think we're going to be like a pilot program. Well, you can follow them into the middle school like we're starting in the elementary, but I guess if we like our >> kids. Yeah. So, I think she's going I think that they're going to kind of pilot that with us. >> Good. Good stuff. One other thing I wanted to add, something that we're kind of working on, but we're going to need some people to help out is when we built that fieldhouse, one of the
043things we said is we're going to open it up for the community. And I know sometimes you'll have your your church group in here and play pickle ball. Um, if we could get a group of people who would come in and help open up and just supervise the, you know, the gym for three hours or whatever, I'd love to have one night a week where we open up for our community to come in, walk, play pickle ball, have a a one of the courts, you know, with curtains down for basketball, people come in for pickup, something like that. So, we can invite the community in to enjoy what we have. So, I just need a group of people, you know, like four people at this, I mean, uh, you know, come in and watch a
044week. I uh I know a group of men who would love I I may have asked you about in the past to to use the facility for pickle ball. You know that would be >> we've got six courts. We can hold the pickle ball tournament all the time and we've got plenty of room in there and I'd love for our community to be able to we always open up the track and tennis courts. So we're going to be nice to do that too. >> We have the six p. >> We got the paddles. We have the whole thing. So Kurt can check on it to make sure if we're going to go through and do this, but I think a lot of people enjoy coming in or in the winter time walk. >> And you
045said for one night a week. Could it be expanded? >> It could be expanded as long as we Well, as long as it's after sports practices, we can do it any number of nights, but we just have to have somebody here to supervise. >> But yeah, it's great. >> We put a committee together and figure it out. I love it. be great. Also, I uh I came in I came in talk with Kirk this afternoon and I stopped to see Marsha see her going. She wanted the school board to participate in a tug over and and I'm telling you I would be 100% in but my granddaughter plays in Kentucky that night, Tuesday night. But I said you guys I think that would be fun. >> It's I mean it's one of those few events
046that really this week is special. We just you know we we're all talking about the homecoming and the dress up days and bringing the kids down from middle and high school down to the elementary all be dressed up the same and take photos. So I'm getting ready to release out tonight to Miss Word and Mr. Light dress up days. But yeah, there's lots of activities. You know, we're even, you know, this is all lies, so I want to tell what we have at the pep rally, but it involves middle school and high school teachers probably making fools of themselves a little bit. So, but um the mud is pretty cool. Um you know, we have elementary kids that come out with their siblings and they get on the megaphone and pull and tug and you
047know, it's just it's just kids being kids. It was you know, that's just one of the nicest things. Um where were we just at? Oh, this is great. Yeah, just we were just, you know, supervising the volleyball game last night. We probably had 15 kids there, but they were just love being kids. And then after the game, they thought they still got it. So maybe this fieldhouse night, we could have a adult volleyball league. I'm ready to go. >> But it's just really cool to see our kids like, you know, they're trustworthy, amazing individuals, and just to let them be kids on the court and laugh and smile and just be there for each other. It was It's really cool. This is one of those events and homecoming is for all and it's going to
048be a lot of fun. So, >> Sean, Jenny, and Bill, that's the team next week. I heard it. Did you guys hear that? >> I heard. Here we go. >> Can I hear something? >> Yes. >> Can I talk some more? >> Um, November 20th. We set the date for our Thanksgiving dinner. >> Okay. What time? >> Uh, 5 to 7 is what we've done in the past. It is a Thursday. The Thursday before >> Thanksgiving. So, November 20th. >> 5 to 7. Yeah. that we'll be planning here shortly. Then we'll be here today. >> I know. >> And then if you're putting stuff in calendars, um tentatively though, our big Veterans Day program, Dr. Mr. Bennett, he's thinking November 14th. And we talked about on the day or not on the day, a lot
049of the veterans will go and attend a lot of their kids stuff or they go and have their own traditions that they do and Friday seemed to work out the last couple years. So that's the reason why if anyone asks why not on Tuesday versus um Friday is we don't want to take away those opportunities for them to go with their families and kids and all that too. So >> what time is that time? >> That' be 10:00 a.m. again. Yeah. >> November 14th, I believe. >> We just talked about it today, but to get stuff on the calendar, you know, obviously that could change based off of what, you know, we do, but it's, you know, it's it's always in that week. It's the last couple years that, you know, it's done on the
050Friday only to not take away from what um others already have commitments that have preceded way before my time here. So, and for us, November is a busy month for everybody. Um, November 6, we have our literacy night at 5:30. Um, we're working um with a group of former teachers that um have put together a pretty cool u pretty cool group where they come in and like help do things such as screening, um just be in classrooms to like listen to kids read. And we're trying to get them in the building. It's going to be a pretty cool thing. and they're going to help us with literacy night. They've donated some time and money um like for food for for parents to come and stuff like that. So, we're still working out details, but um
051on November 6th, it's literacy night at 5:30 in my building. Might even ask some of you guys to to read or do something. So, [Music] >> I was going to ask them to come to the homecoming dance and break down and dance over Any other >> Kirk? What about you? What do you got back there? >> Nothing that I can think of right now. >> If there's nothing else, I can a motion to adjourn. >> I'll make the motion to adjourn. >> Second. >> I opposed. Pass. You message him.