August 4th 2025 King George School Board Regular Meeting

001I'd like to make a motion that we accept Kathy Hoover who will be participating online because of a personal emergency. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I motion. >> Motion carries. And then like to James Rangi from Round Hill Baptist Church to come and bring invocation. >> Good evening. My name is James Ranji. I'm the youth director at Round Hill Baptist Church here in King George County. It's an honor and a privilege to offer this invocation. I just want to start with a quick word. Proverbs 22:6 tells us to train up a child in the way he should go. Even when he is old, he will not depart from it. The education of children is important enough that God includes it in his word. Uh and as this verse tells us, the education

002of these children, uh the the education they are receiving is part of the critical path that will carry them through to adulthood. So, I just want to say thank you to each of the board members, everyone here in attendance, uh, for taking your time. You guys are making this a priority and that's an amazing thing. As I tell my students, half of being successful is just showing up and you guys have done that. So, thank you. Let's, uh, let's open in a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you so much for everyone that you've brought here tonight. Lord, we thank you for uh, everything uh, on the ballot to be discussed. We thank you for uh just the minds and the imaginations and the the energy that you brought to this place. Lord,

003just be with these proceedings. We ask for a hedge of protection um that you would continue to guard and guide each of us as we make decisions that will uh uh favor the education of the uh students here in King George County. Lord, all these things we ask in your precious name. Amen. >> Amen. Thank you. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence. To the flag of the stands, one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. >> Kathy, can you hear us? Yes, I can. Thank you so much for including me. >> Yes. Uh, Mrs. Hoover is out on um medical issue and we miss her tonight, but she is online and she's going to be able to participate that way. Right. Where are we? Um, so public

004employee comment. All right. Public comment is an opportunity for community members to share matters they believe deserve the board's attention. It is time for a one-way communication to the board, not a forum or a dialogue or a debate. All speakers are treated equally and comments should be courteous, respectful, and related to the school division services or policies. Audience members are expected to maintain proper decorum. Speakers will be recognized by the chair and asked to state their name, their their connection to the school division and their me their district. Each speaker has up to three minutes to comment. Our first speaker this evening is Pastor Sherman Davis. Thank you board. I appreciate that. My name is Sherman Davis and I live in the Dalgen district and vote there diligently. James uh chapter 2 scripture says, "Thou

005believest that there is one God. Thou doest well. The devils or demons also believe and tremble." Uh before I was a believer, before I was saved by the grace of God, I had uh what the Bible calls demonic faith or dead faith. And uh I did but I didn't have saving faith. As I think back on 54 years ago when I received Christ and I when I didn't have saving faith, now I knew that Jesus loved me. I knew that uh he died on the cross for me. I knew that uh I believed that he uh uh paid for my sin. I read about all of his good works in life. I knew that he had uh paid the price for my sins and I knew that uh he had died for all mankind. I

006knew all of that. I knew he had uh defeated death when he walked out of the tomb. But I knew uh that uh he loved me. But the problem was I didn't love him. And the reason I didn't love him is because I didn't know him. Because once you know him, you will love him. And he says, "If you love me, you will keep uh my commandments." And so I didn't know him. I didn't love him. So I didn't know him. And I believed uh all the things that I'd read about the Lord Jesus Christ. I believed what the Bible said. I believed in a real literal burning hell. I believed in fire and all the stuff that old time preachers preached. I believed all of that. And so, but the reason I did not

007uh know him was because I I didn't love him because I did not know him. I think today that our churches are probably filled with people who have may have just uh demon uh dead faith who know all the facts, know all the everything that about what the Bible says and know that he loves them but they don't love him. And so one day standing in the back of the church, I heard a message that Jesus saves that I've told you before. And I realized that and as I bowed my head that day, something happened in here that changed me forever. And when I meet folks who know the Lord, I meet folks who have been changed and uh they can't explain it, but down deep in their soul of souls and their hearts of

008hearts, the person of the Holy Spirit of God lives there and something just changes and they go from just demon faith to dead faith, dead faith don't accomplish anything to uh knowing the Lord Jesus Christ. And they all said, >> "Amen." >> Amen. Perfect. >> Thank you, Pastor Davis. Yes. Thank you. That's my baby right there. >> Come on, boy. >> Okay. And then we have Jamie Sims. >> Nice to meet you, by the way. >> Meet you. Uh my name is Jamie Sims. I'm here in regards to my son's bus stop change uh from the Shiloh District. Just wanted to voice my concern um that the bus stop has changed to a half a mile distance from where it currently was for probably 11 years or longer. Um there's no sidewalk on the main

009road for the children to walk on, not just mine, but other children that live back behind us as well. Um weather conditions, it'll be dark in a couple of weeks most likely with fall coming. Um and I just, you know, personal property, if the children are walking on someone's road to get off the road in case of a vehicle, um and then at the new bus stop, having vehicles blocking other homes that are there, that could possibly become an issue. Um, thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> I did send I forwarded your email to Dr. Boyd and we did get a response from transportation, but I'll let him address that. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> My turn. So, thank you, Pastor Davis. I know he stepped out, but it's always uh nice

010to see him here this evening. And Miss Sims, thank you so much. You did a wonderful job. Thank you for coming out. Certainly hope there's more like you to to come and express their concerns. It certainly helps us. Uh, Miss uh, Davis did send me the concern. I also forwarded to our transportation department. I think what I'd like to do when you have an opportunity to sit down with you if we could, I know this is specific to to um, >> State Road and one and you particularly, so not to burden the public meeting tonight, but if you have an opportunity before you leave maybe or I can reach out to you and we'll see if we can set up a meeting so I can fill you in on some of the details. Does that

011sound good? Yep. Okay. >> Thank you. Yes. Okay. Anything else, Dr. Boyd? >> Uh, no. Nothing else. Uh, thank you, Madam Chair. >> All right. Any changes to the agenda? >> No. All right. Um, presentations. We have a cell phone policy implementation. Dr. Boyd? >> Yes. Uh so this evening we do uh at the request of the board have our principles here this evening to go over some of the uh implementation strategies or plans that they have in implementing the the cell phone policy that we've all worked tirelessly to create. Uh we talked a little bit at our last meeting about how that would look and we wanted to hear from our principles on what some of the implementation strategies are. We do have Dr. Burns here this evening to cover the high school first

012and then I think we'll work down uh with our other principles. So Dr. Burns, it's all yours. >> My first presentation before the school board. I'm so delighted to be here. >> I will tell you, I have a strong belief that principles have a lot of responsibilities. One of the most important responsibilities principles have is to protect instructional time. Protect instructional time. And I will tell you that the single greatest threat to instructional time for all of those listening and everybody here is cell phones. Cell phones create a lot of disruption to instructional time and they have nothing to do with teaching and learning. So, I'm here to share with everyone that we are going to strictly enforce the governor's expectations and the expectations of this school board that we are not going to allow

013cell phones from the moment that students enter the building to the moment that students leave the building. It's very important that we are consistent in that enforcement and that we communicate to all our stakeholders that that is exactly what we are going to be doing because we're all about protecting instructional time. So, you got to disconnect to reconnect, put the phones away in order to connect with the curriculum that's being taught. So, as you can see here, I've I've shared with you a few talking points with respect to the cell phones. You can keep them at home, you can keep them in your car, you can keep them in a locker, you keep them in your book bag. They are to be out of sight, out of mind. Period. From the moment you enter to

014the moment that you depart. We're going to have our students uh you know, we want to make sure our students understand this expectation. We're going to give them two days. We're going to give them two days warnings to get everyone straight because we understand that students need time. They need time to to understand what's expected. And so, we're not looking to to to um come out too terribly strong, but we are going to come out strong with respect to enforcing the expectation with cell phones. There are some special exceptions of course. There are exceptions in cases where there might be an emergency or there might be a situation where principles need to get in contact with parents and we may request the child to to to to use their cell phone to get in contact

015with their parent. There may be exceptions where school counselors need to uh you know get in contact with a particular child's parent in terms of you know they're you know remembering your social security number so that you can complete a FASA form or an application to college. So certainly there will be exceptions but those exceptions will not occur in the classroom. They will not occur in the classroom. Another exception or an important thing to share with you is this. In order to change the behavior of the students, you have to change the behavior of the adults. So we're going to expect that all the adults in the building enforce this expectation to include modeling what we expect. We do not expect our staff to be using their cell phones during class time because we have

016to model what we expect from our students. So that's that's in a nutshell. And if we're all consistent across the board, it will not be a problem. It will not be an issue. Um, we are certainly not in the business of kicking kids out of school for cell phones use. In fact, you can't do that. Um, but we are in the business of making sure that we protect instructional time and focus on teaching and learning. Bam. There you go. Any questions? >> Any questions, Kathy? >> Yes, I have a question. Um, Dr. Dr. Burns, I'm sure you're aware that students wear headphones and earpods and I'm assuming that they will be addressed as well. I have not seen anything in writing, but that doesn't mean it's not there. >> I just they wear they definitely

017wear them frequently. So, how will they be addressed in the same manner? >> Absolutely. Yes, we will address those in the same manner as well. Uh, smart watches will probably be the biggest challenge because they may not be, you know, smart watches don't typically create a distraction or disruption. So, we, you know, we'll certainly be mindful of that. But, yes, uh, earbuds in the ear, that that is certainly obvious and and and you never want students having earbuds, uh, in the classroom or in the hallway, especially if you have an emergency situation and they're unable to to hear what that emergency situation is because they have earbuds in their ear. We don't want that. >> Thank you, Dr. Burns. >> Mrs. Cleveland, >> I don't have any questions, but I I appreciate it and I

018think that this plan is awesome and I appreciate you. >> Well, actions speak louder than words, >> Dr. Burns. Uh, only one question I'm sure is probably implied, but it says keep cell phones and book bag turned off. I It's implied I I assume there. >> Yeah. Yes, absolutely. Uh certainly there will be cases where you know we don't want teachers chasing cell phones. We know that kids are going to carry their cell phones on their person. We are coming out of the gate saying that's a no no. Um but we're not going to put teachers in a situation where they're doing searches of students. It will become an issue if that cell phone comes out and we will remind students that they are to be on off and in your book bag. Plain and

019simple. Mr. Bush, >> I I assume you've sent um the parents I assume are aware of this. I know I've seen some information about it. So, are you sending something, you know, has already gone out, so all the parents are talking to their kids for getting ready for the first day of school? >> Well, I think there's been some communication from um I know. Yeah, I've seen the director of communication, but uh ordinarily in a perfect scenario, I would have had sent a letter out two weeks ago, but I do have a letter that is going out tomorrow that is going to speak to this issue along with uh other things that we're implementing with respect to e-haul pass and our weapons detection system and some other expectations that we'll have and we'll, you know,

020we'll have some good stuff to share in that letter, too. >> All right, that's good. I mean, there's a whole lot, but you know, obviously I really appreciate you. I know you got a big job ahead of you. You know, cell phones coming in as a new administrator. I know I've been there and um you have our support on the board and we appreciate the way that you started um your whole um process of being the new high school administrator. So, thank you. >> Well, well, since I have an audience, I will say this for those of you who are listening and those of you who are here, review the dress code, too. Review the dress code, too. >> Good point. >> So, I have a question, Dr. concerns. Um, it sounds like we're on

021the same page as far as as far as not really wanting the teachers to have to deal a whole lot with the cell phones. >> So, what is that going to look like if a teacher does have a kid that's messing with their phone in class? >> Well, you know, obviously there's going to be a tiered level of consequences. Certainly, a teacher is going to give a warning and if the student doesn't comply with that warning, that that's that's a whole different scenario with respect to insubordination. So yes, you can't discipline students for the the mere possession of a cell phone, but you can discipline students for failing to comply with a reasonable expectation. And so I will tell you I have no problem, although I don't want to be in that situation. But if

022students are going to refuse to comply with an expectation, then we're going to have parents contact parents. And there may be cases where we have to send students home for not complying with a reasonable expectation to not have your cell phone out. Teacher asks you for your phone, turn it over. If you refuse that, that's insubordination. >> Thank you. >> Also have a high school. >> Oh, yes. Yes. >> I've got I've got one more question for Dr. Burns. Dr. Burns, you mentioned that letter you're going to send out to tomorrow. Can you send us that letter also? Absolutely. Yes. I'll send you a fresh I'll give you all an advanced copy and you could provide some feedback on it before I send it out. >> Thank you. >> Mhm. >> Yes. >> Anybody else?

023>> All right. Thank you. >> Looking forward to a new school year with you. >> Hello. >> Good evening. Thank you, Dr. Burns. That was awesome. Um I don't have a ton of different things to share because um you know, we started implementing this last year at King George Middle School. We had a very successful year. Um so I thank you all for your guidance on that, Dr. Boyd and Dr. Wright as well. Um we're not changing much. Um I know the policy changed a little bit um mid year last year. Um and we tried to pivot a little bit and really enforce the AirPods and the smartwatches and that was hard mid year. Um so I do think those will be the biggest challenges at the middle school. Um but I'd also like to

024shout out our students and our parents. Students really got on board. we always were going to have some issues. Um, but when we did have issues, parents were super supportive. Um, and we're looking to partner with them again to make sure that we have another successful year. Um, obviously our kids don't have cars, so um, the expectation is either keep your cell phone at home, keep your cell phone in a locker, or keep your cell phone in a book bag. And Sergeant Major, you had a great point. The assumption is that the cell phones are turned off if they're in a locker or in a book bag. Um, I've already sent out a school messenger to families. Um, and it's linked in here and I think maybe you all have had a chance to see

025that. Um, it really outlines the policy, um, and my suggestions to families on how to make sure that students do not get in trouble with cell phones. Um, it's essentially the same letter that I sent out last year around the same time. um asking them to practice having students not have their cell phones or AirPods or smartwatches to kind of get used to what that might be like. Um we also are going to keep our signage throughout the school um phones away and enjoy the day. Um we have those at entrances and in the hallways is just a visual reminder for students. And again, I think it worked well last year, so we're not going to change too much with that. Um, we're going to remind staff when they all come back tomorrow, um, that

026the expectation for them is to also not have cell phones out during instructional time. Um, if they do need to do something, um, it needs to happen during their planning or before or after school on their cell phones as well. But again, our staff were great last year. Um, we don't have any issues with that. Um, what we've asked our teachers to do, what we did last year, and it was pretty effective. um we don't want to put them in that situation where they get in the power struggle asking for a student's phone. Um so what they're going to do if a student does have their phone out or they see something is address it with the student and then automatically write a referral. Um and then we as administrators prioritize that, meet with the

027student as soon as possible. We are the ones who confiscate a phone if we need to contact parents and do all of that. Again, that seemed to work really well last year. So we're going to continue with that. Um and again that just kind of kept that power struggle with teachers and students and cell phones um out of the classroom and and for the most part it worked really well. Um of course if a student is just blatantly on a phone and we need to address it immediately then they call the office and administrator goes right there to triage. Um yeah other than that I don't think we have anything. We're going to use the uh KGCS policy as far as consequences with that tiered level. Um hopefully we don't ever get past tier 2

028and have to do the 30-day ban, but if we do, we will follow that strictly. I think that's it. Again, I think Dr. Burns covered a lot of what we're already doing. Um any questions? >> I just have one. It's a small one. That last comment when you said use of cell phones may be permitted only in certain instances. I assume that was the same as last year. >> Yes. >> Did you have any struggles without I know the high school was specific in the types of things that'd be um exempted. Did you didn't have any struggles with that? We really didn't. Um the biggest question we had is we had late buses, so after instructional day it was over. Um you know, we got the majority of our students out, but we had like

029four buses that didn't come until 3:00 or later. Um and that was a discussion that we had. Do we want to open up the opportunity for students to access their phones? And we kind of landed on no, we don't want to open that up. Um so we didn't, I will be honest, didn't enforce it if we saw it too much. we would remind students, hey, you're in the building. Shouldn't have that out. But we also realized other students are on the bus probably on their phone. Um, so that was maybe the biggest struggle we had. Um, and it wasn't really a struggle. It was just figuring out how to navigate that. >> I actually like that because it allows you to make those decisions rather than because when you start identifying and this reason, this

030reason, you can never put enough, >> right? >> But when you do this generally and the and the way it was handled, that sounds very good, especially since it worked. Thank you very much. >> Yeah, absolutely. And Dr. Burns hit the nail on the head too, like there are times when, you know, we're calling from the school, we can't get an answer. Um, but if a student uses their cell phone, the parent answers immediately. So, you know, if we do have to get in touch with a parent, we may allow cell phone use for that. But, but that's rare. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? >> Yes. Um, Dr. Nice. I wanted to say thank you for your diligence cuz last year I know there was several times um other board members and I walked

031through the building and super impressive that the kids were interacting and not on their cell phones. So, thank you. >> Yeah, absolutely. It was great. We were happy to see it, too. >> Although the cafeteria was a little noisier, but that was good. >> Noise is sometimes okay, I think. Miss Cleveland. >> Um, so I I I wanted to say thank you because I know that you did an outstanding job last year. Um, and I'm happy to see that you have that foundation now since this is the law. Um, but I was thinking that I know that there was some struggles. Um, and what do you attribute I guess your success at the middle school of keeping these cell phones at bay? I think honestly it's that communication to parents so they knew what the

032expectation was so then they could share it with their students. Um we also do maybe not first week of school but the first you know 10 days or so we have student assemblies with each grade level and we are very clear what the expectations were with our students as well. And then we remind them frequently, you know, through announcements or other messages, um, you know, hey, you're doing a great job with this. Let's keep it up. Or, hey, you know, we're struggling. Um, you know, some students are, you know, using their AirPods or whatever the case may be. So, we need to make sure that we're being vigilant with that. And and reminding staff, too, to stay vigilant because sometimes that is hard. You know, they just want to teach and if a student's not

033disrupting them, then they're like, "Okay, just go ahead and do that." Um, but again, because we continued to address it with staff, they continued to address it with students. >> Thank you for sharing that. >> Yep. Thank you. >> Yes. I do want to say that you did a phenomenal job last year. Yes. And um >> you're a good example of how to enforce policies and procedures and still be very kind and and and engaging with the students. So, thank you for that. >> Thank you. Appreciate that. >> Thank you, Dr. Nice, for for all of it, for all you do. Thank you, Sergeant Major. >> All right. Anybody else? >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Have a good Well, this is not my first time being up here, but it's my first time as

034principal. I'm Lauri Wages, principal of King George Elementary School. I'm Sandy Eli, principal at Sealston. Billy Teague, principal at Ptoic Elementary. Thank you, Dr. Burns. Dr. Nice. I like your sign, Dr. Nice. Phones away and enjoy your day. Um, so after talking with Sandy and um, Billy, we decided to put together just kind of allin-one because realistically, it's not as large of a problem. I hate to say that stuff out loud, you know, you don't want to create a problem. Um, but it's really hasn't been as large a problem at the elementary school level. I have not even been involved in it really at the preschool level. So, I hadn't even heard about it, but these two ladies were and said that it, you know, everybody did a really good job last year. So, we

035are going to have pretty much the same thing. However, it's just keep it at home um or keep it in your backpack powered off. So, cell phone and smartwatches is what I heard you said, right? Smartwatches is kind of what we saw a little bit more of at the higher elementary level. So, um, and we're just going to communicate that on our newsletter, on our website, anything going out home. We'll do a school messenger as well that, um, just regarding his the governor's expectations and our code. Um, and I think just making sure that policy is out there. I know I have it in my staff meeting for tomorrow with the actual policy links so that our staff can go right to it. And again then just communicating that our expectations for them our staff

036is that it's a non-negotiable for the students and that we are going to also model that behavior. So, we have I have quite a few bullets on my point about what that looks like and how I can support the staff, too. You know, why might you need a phone? Cuz a lot of our teachers will use it for different things like timers and things, but we can we're going to kind of troubleshoot that and what else can we do? Can I can I can I help you with something else that can I get you a timer? Can I you know, what else can we put in place so that whatever you might need that phone for, we can do something different. So, I think really that's going to be it with our elementary staff is

037just kind of troubleshooting those things because, you know, we all have ideas of how we want to do things. Anything else you wanted to add to that piece? >> For us, the the issue with smartwatches isn't just the older grades. It's actually the younger grades. I have first graders who have a smartwatch. That's how their parents want to get in touch with them and they keep track of them that way. So, for us, that is a a concern. I think I confiscated one cell phone last year um in the entire school of 700 kids. So, that wasn't bad. But the smart watches are a reminder that those need to be away and off as well because those are those distractions because they receive texts. They have location indicators and for our parents that is one

038of the concerns. So I think that that's that education piece now is reminding parents those need to stay at home or stay away anyways. Yeah. >> Similar at the I'm had one cell phone violation last year. um was really able to talk to the parent about that um and what we were going to do going forward. Um so communication with the families is a big piece of that because sometimes they aren't aware that a cell phone comes to school. So we definitely talk to families about that. Um but not a huge problem at elementary. Um we definitely wanted to work together to make sure we're consistent across the schools um and that we're not communicating different messages, but >> yeah, pretty much it. Thanks. >> Yeah. Um and the rest of is really just the

039same level of consequences. Again, we really don't get past that parent phone call piece like Mystique said. Sometimes they don't even know their child has that and they usually support um what we're talking with them about. So, and then again those cell phones only in certain instances and really it's just um some sort of medical plan or need on their um 504 IEP health plan type things. So, yeah, that's all. Any questions or comments? >> Good. Thank you so much. I really think it's valuable for all three of you to come together with the same policy. That's extremely helpful because the moment you start to see, well, PTOIC has this and King George has this and so on, you know, then all of a sudden it can post the um praises to all three of

040you for putting that together as one policy. No, it's really good. >> We like each other a lot. So, it's super helpful. >> That's helpful. Yeah. Well, and I would encourage you even with some other things, you know, the more that you can unite as three elementary schools, the more it unites the whole county and the whole division. And I think it's wonderful beginning at the lower levels that even shows that unity going forward all the way to high school. So thank you. >> Yes. >> Thank you ladies for all you do. Thank you >> Mrs. Hoover. >> Just echo everybody else. Thank you so much. If we nip it here, it won't be a problem as me we move forward. Thanks. >> True. >> Okay. Thank you ladies. Thank you so much. We're looking

041forward to the new school year with you guys. >> Okay, >> Dr. Ward, on this same subject, uh, did we get our policy brought up to date with the 504 that statement where we're going to put in the 504? Yes. Okay, we're all we're all good there. >> All right. Uh, consent agenda. Let's make a motion. Can we get a motion to pass the consent agenda or is there any changes needed? Madam Chair, if I can. So, are you thinking we'd put all these together and just >> um Yeah, it's unless there's a change needed, right? >> I think that's fine. Is there I guess the question would be does anybody is there one of those that um minutes that somebody wants to talk about? We'll take that out of it and then approve the

042rest of them. >> We're not going to be able to approve them together because I wasn't in attendance of a of the um readmittance hearing or the special meeting. >> Why did it have your name there? She just would recuse herself, right? >> Oh, I see. I see what you're saying. Okay, pull >> that one out. >> Yeah. Okay, we'll pull that one out then. That's >> got that. >> I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> No, no, you're fine. >> Oh, okay. So, Aaron says it would be better if we pull the regular meeting out. Approve that. >> Okay. >> And then the others would be >> uh Carrie wasn't present, right? >> All right. Can I get a motion to >> Yes, madam chair. I make a motion that we approve the regular uh minutes

043for the July 7, 2025 uh regular meeting as presented. >> Second properly second. >> I second. >> Okay. Motion passes or all those approve. >> I chair votes I >> motion passes. Bear with me. I'm covering for our chair. >> Fine. >> You're doing well. >> All right. And then so now we have to make a motion for some changes. Yes, Madam Chair, I make a motion that we approve the July 23, 2025 special meeting as presented. >> Second, >> all those in favor? >> I motion >> with one abstain because she was absent. Uh Mrs. Cleveland. Motion passes. >> Okay. Um >> action items. >> So now we're on the action items. King George Middle School student lab refresher. >> Yes, Madam Chair. So, in your packet, you have King George Middle School Lab

044refresh. The reason we bring this to you this evening is it's a per purchase requisition in the excess of $50,000 as per policy. Uh this is um money that we have in our current operating budget to update the uh personal computers in our middle school lab. Uh, it is my recommendation this evening as superintendent to approve a motion to issue a purchase order in the amount of $16,800 for the King George Middle School student lab PC refresh. >> All right. Any discussion? >> Madame Chair, I make a motion that we issue a purchase order in the amount of $16,800 for the King George Middle School student lab PC refresh. A second. >> Second. Any discussion? >> I'm just one I'm assuming obviously this was expected this allowance. >> Yes. >> Okay. It's not much of

045a Okay, that's all. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I I chair votes I. >> Motion passes. Thank you. Sorry, Mrs. Hoover. >> All right. And then the FY2425 year end budget reallocations. >> Uh, Madam Chair. So, this is a annual process. We do this every year. We're at the point where we have to uh prepare our end of the year budget for uh the audit process and just budget balancing. So every year through Sher Williams and uh Miss Cobb on the county office, they work through the finer details of this uh we request an approval this evening from the King George County School Board and then tomorrow night with an approval from the school board. I'll take that to the board of supervisors and request approval from the board of supervisors. Uh specifically

046speaking and I this has to be in the motion. Uh so it is recommended that the school board by motion approve the King George County School request to reappropriate 1,420 uh 420,897 from uh the instruction category to I won't read all the numbers to homebound the office of the principal board services uh executive admin physical services attendance intervention transportation vehicle operation building service operation maintenance and technology. I can speak to any of those transfers if you would like me to. Uh but again, I'm I'm requesting a motion to approve that reappropriation this evening. Madam Chair, I make a motion that we approve the King George County School reappropriation of 1,420800, excuse me, 1,420,897 from the instructional category of 6110 to Homebound 61230, Office of the Principal 6140, Boore uh board services 62110 um executive admin

04762120 20 physical services 62160 attendance intervention 62210 transportation 631 0 vehicle operations 632000 building services 642000 operation and maintenance 662000 technology 682000 for year end uh reconciliation >> I second >> properly second any discussion >> I question about the the high dollar one. What is it? The office of the principal. >> Office of the principal. So that was uh if you remember roughly about a year ago at this time, we were discussing uh restructuring in our special education program. So, as opposed to going to our board of supervisors and and requesting additional positions, this was a number of instructional positions that we recoded into um special education assistant principles that we positioned at each one of our uh schools so that they could satisfy only requirements that administrators can meet through the special education process.

048Uh so we took existing money in the instructional category for those salaries and moved them into the office of the principal because now they're um official title is assistant principal of special education. So that's a total of five positions. That's why the amount,000 each. >> So okay, thank you. And I don't think I was on the board at that time. So I just you know you guys I remember that. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Um Madam Chair, um Dr. Boyd, I'm assuming >> there were none of these that were more than five or 10% below or above what they were last year or were they all >> uh you mean the total amount? >> Yes. >> No, nothing that was a major swing other than that one reallocation. >> That's the only one that Okay,

049that's all. >> All right. >> Although it all the water I see one down here attendance intervention. Is that still the allin? Are we still >> most of it's we we still have this year to use all-in money but this is this would not have been allin money. This would have been uh money for uh other things that we were doing for attendance initiatives through Jess. >> Mrs. Hoover. >> Yes. >> Do you have any questions or comments for the discussion? >> I do not. Thank you. >> Okay. Can I roll call because it's money, right? So, we have to do a roll call. All right. >> Um I >> Mr. Y. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Hoover. >> I motion passes. >> And now we're moving on to the discussion items. Uh bullying reporting process.

050>> Yes, Madam Chair. So, as as you know, one of our main themes this year is is school safety and security. uh we've really taken a dive into that as board members and and really in the schoolboard office we've had conversations about weapon detection systems e-h hall pass a number of things that we're doing uh to improve our safety and security the topic of bullying has been one that obviously has been on our minds and the minds of uh some of those in our community and so we uh Dr. Dr. Wright does come before you this evening to really kind of provide an update on a lot of the background conversation that's occurred in making sure that uh that that process is uh solid moving forward. So Dr. Wright, thank you members of the board.

051Good evening and thank you for the opportunity to present an update on what we've done since we last met as far as some of our revisions. So Miss Higgins has put up uh our website and she will point to where uh parents or students can go and find our bullying form. What we did is we took our bent form B I N T which stands for bullying is not tolerated and we put that on our website and Mrs. Scal as well as some of our counselors worked together to create um and borrowed actually from the middle school a form that they had already created. So we took that and we made an electronic form to make it more accessible for parents for students uh to report bullying. They can they can sign their name or

052they can fill it out and do it anonymously if they want to share about someone else that was bullied but they don't want to get wrapped into the reporting. So we do have that and we're working with principles and assistant principles now on developing some procedures and guidelines to do that. We have assigned principles to monitor this and then they are able to delegate that to most likely a counselor and an assistant principal will be the key folks to monitor this so as those come in that we can report what's happening. There are some guidelines as far as the procedures uh that we are still in draft form, but most of these are laid out for us in some of the updated policies that you'll be uh receiving either tonight or at the next board

053meeting and also in code in regards to notification of parents and so forth. So, we've we've taken those guidelines and we've put them into a procedure so that those who are working on it know that when it comes in, they have 24 hours to reach out and to contact the parents and make sure that they're aware if if the parents received it. Obviously, we've got it. We've got your message and and this is what we're doing and this is what we're doing. We maybe to ask some follow-up questions of the student, to ask some follow-up questions of the parent at that time. And then we have the next piece of that is five school days to complete the investigation and follow back up with a parent as to this is what was done. As many

054times I think I heard last meeting there's a report and we don't know what happened. So there's no follow-up and and it just kind of disappears or the parents are having to call back five or six or a week later saying what happened? We reported this incident. So that should happen within five school days and then uh there would be some formal uh if if there is cyber bullying which is a new and it's not new to us but it's new in terms of code and policy if that is reported then there are some guidelines there that we will need to share which is a list of support services and resources available which we would include for any version of bullying. It's just they they specified cyber bullying, but we would take that list of

055resources and provide that for any student that was bullied or perceived bullying because honestly, regardless of whether it meets the definition or not, there's some some some concern, there's some trauma and we want to provide resources for those parents and students. So, that is our update. uh we are still uh well on our way and still in draft form but we're getting lots of feedback from the administrators, principles and assistant principles so that we can refine the process and be ready to go when school starts. Any questions? >> Yeah. Yes. First of all, thank you so much. I'm just I know you showed the site, but I just went to our site just on the internet and it was very easy to find um bullying prevention just like you showed us. And how wonderful this

056is going to be for parents. You know, when they call one of us or something, you say, "Well, if you want to report, it's right there on their site. Just go to the King George uh County School site and you'll see it right there. Bullying prevention." Uh so, thank you. This is wonderful. I can't give enough praises about how good this is um for bullying. I do have one where it says the world day of bullying prevention which is the first Monday of each October. Are we doing anything special here at King George for that? >> Middle school always does sign a poster and say that we're gonna stop bullying that way. >> Okay. >> And Miss Fischer does a few things across the division. We we have a for a few years now we've

057had a number of anti-bullying prevention things on on that day. Yeah. >> All right. I just didn't know. Same same things we've been doing. Nothing necessarily any different. >> It's okay. It's fine. >> I don't know necessarily that day, but I know we have been meeting with our principles uh definitely meeting with our all all levels to talk about what we can do differently this year especially to make sure that that it's recognizable and that students and parents and any visitors will notice when they walk in that bowlering is not tolerated. And that's something that we take seriously. >> It's good. All right. >> Any other comments or questions? >> Yes, Dr. Wright. Uh was reading today some some stuff online about uh parents wanting to move their children out of their schools because of

058bullying and and what they want to do is put them in virtual Virginia. and they're saying they're not having any progress with that because it's they've been told that it's full or whatever. I'm not a proponent of virtual Virginia at all. Uh I think kids should be in the classroom. Uh you know, someone said in order to be human, you have to be around humans. Uh but I think we need to, you know, get with the five principles that are here, uh Dr. void and and yourself and come up with something that's really good and substantial as far as bullying goes. I know that's what you're working on and thank you for the work you've done, but we have to we have to uh inform the the community of what we're doing so that parents

059are not afraid to send their kids to school. >> No, I agree. That's that's uh very important. there is sometimes a perception that that bullying is more prominent at one school or another school and and until we can change the perception um that might continue. So uh our message to the community and our messaging is what we're talking about in terms of sort of promotion of what we are doing and what's not acceptable in terms of bullying is very important. what this is helping in the current procedure is helping in uh promoting and increasing our communication with our parents because I think that was a piece that was lacking. So, we're working on that currently, but the overall messaging from a from a division standpoint, I think we can certainly work on that as far

060as communication and just the constant of your children are safe. we do not tolerate this and these and we want your kids in our schools and we want to take care of them and protect them and keep them safe. So I think doing that and also the messaging of that certainly are key. So we'll work on those things as well. So thank you. >> Thank you and thank you for this is very good >> madam chair. Just one more thing. You know what I think one of the key things will be with this is that within 24-hour response once we start to do that because I think that was a little bit of a problem in the past and part of that was because of lack of you know access to communication about how to

061do all the reporting but that'll start to get around is um oh no you know it won't always be exactly what everybody wants but if they're hearing about it within 24 hours that's going to get around and that's going to be huge is if we respond that quickly. So to me that is kind of the communication is huge and the response time is also very big. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you. >> Oh, I just wanted to say thank you to Dr. Right because I I think that last I think last meeting maybe it was last meeting or the meeting before we actually talked about this um and the communication out to the parents and I was saying I as a parent didn't know the process and I want to thank Amanda for sending out

062that communication. I did get that. Um, and I think that was really helpful. And I think staying in front of the parents so that they understand and know where that report is. I know for me being a parent is helpful. So, thank you for that. And thank you for the followup because this was great. >> Yes, Dr. Wright, I went and watched the last board meeting. And um, I do want to say he did answer my questions. I think I told you Dr. Boyd. I just wanted to know that we are attacking this strongly and and I see that and I'm thankful for that. I'm really excited to see that this form c can be completed by someone else rather than the person being bullied. I think that's going to be huge. Um that that's

063great. The the only thing I think I would like to see following through with this is not only just notifying the parents, but ensuring that it's closed, that everything's been done and not just forgotten about once that first phone call is made and the concerns are discussed, but that but that the report is finalized. Yes. to make sure. Okay. Thank you, Mrs. Hoover. Do you have anything to say? >> Thank you, Dr. Wright. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. And then we have a discussion item, policy updates. >> Yes, Madam Chair. So, we are in our second batch of VSBA policy updates. And um I can certainly do what the board's uh pleasure is. Uh I think last time you you guys had me just go through the policies. Hopefully you've had an opportunity to

064look at them. There's not a whole lot of large substantive changes to many of them. What you'll see is common themes that came out of the general assembly that are now being, you know, applied to many of our existing policies. So if it's the pleasure of the board, I can go through those quickly. And >> we do have one um on here that we want to discuss and that was the code of conduct. So when you get to that, we'll want to discuss that a little bit. >> Uh student conduct. JFC. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> All right. So, I'll I'll go through and then you can stop me when you need to and ask any questions. Sound good? >> All right. So, I'm starting with uh DF or excuse me, DJF. Uh this is

065just an update of uh our purchasing procedures. Again, nothing more than a reference to Virginia code. That new reference in the Virginia code, if you remember from last time, has to do with child labor laws. Uh, so all they all they've done in this policy is update it to the specific code reference. Instead of 22.1-4311.4 or excuse me.3, it's now point4 and it's if you pull that code up, it's in reference to child labor laws. >> Madam chair, do we want to make a motion for each one of these unless there's a question about them >> or do we want to go through all of them and do them together? Well, I I I think the the fastest, most efficient way. Does anybody want to >> do all of them together >> except for the

066conduct? >> I think we can go through them all except for the code and conduct. We can save that one for last. Okay. Then just make one motion at the end. Okay. >> Okay. I'll just keep going through and and stop me if you need to. >> Good. >> Uh EBB is threat assessment teams. Uh what this does is add some new language for some of our responsibilities following a threat. and it has to do with uh triaging the situation and making sure we're providing resources to families uh following a threat assessment. You can see those uh three bullets there that talk about uh some of the things that we do, you know, in the process or following a threat assessment. Okay. Uh next is GCBD-E. This is an exhibit. Uh why it's an exhibit,

067I don't know. Uh it was many many moons ago. Uh but what it was was our professional leave request form. It really kind of begs a question that we've been discussing in the schoolboard office. Uh there are some forms that are in the schoolboard policy manual and obviously many forms that are not. We use forms all the time. So I I we've discussed we've done it both ways. We we've actually updated this form to be accurate if the board desires to keep the form in the policy manual or it's kind of begged the question at the school board office as to whether or not we the board would like us to keep forms in the policy manual. We have policies and we have regulations that address all of these matters. For example, this one here,

068we have a policy that references professional leave and we have a regulation that re references professional leave that the board creates and approves. The form is only part of the practice that we employ so that the teacher can or staff member can request professional leave. So this one's a bit unique. I I'll continue to go through these, but we can think about that as we go. Do we want to as a general practice, do we think it's wise to keep forms in our policy manual? Uh if so, we have them updated. If not, that's something that's a marching orders that we can go back with and and update our policy manual accordingly. Yes. You have a comment. >> Oh, I definitely have a question about you. Why does what criteria is VSBA using to decide

069which ones will forms will be in policy and which ones won't? I mean, what's there? >> Good question. This is not VSBA. This was local. This was a local This is us >> before we were This was a long time ago. Uh, in fact, I don't quote me on this, but I think the last time this form was updated was >> 2016, maybe 2013. >> Mr. Bush >> 2009 2009 >> when me and Dr. Boy spoke about it, it had to do with money, most of them like teacher reimbursement, tuition reimbursement. So that's talking about >> professional leave, all of those things. Now all of those money issues, denominations, all of those things are laid out in our policy, your policy, and laid out in the regulation that references the form. And again, there's a

070bit of inequity because there's a number of forms that we use across the school division. The bullying form that we're just talking about is not one that the the school board's going to approve. >> Uh so it's really a matter of philosophy and how the board wants to move forward. We're prepared to go in either way with an updated form or with a policy and regulation that references the board's desires and just a form to um inform the the practice of employing the regulation. That makes sense. >> Madam Chair, >> yes, >> I would suggest that the forms not be a part of the policy because we probably update the forms all the time, which means we would have to update the policy. We could reference the form but not have the form part of

071the policy. That's my suggestion. >> I agree with that totally. >> I do. I Nobody was here when when that was put into place on why they would only put certain forms. So I I am curious to know why they did that. But if we don't have the answer to that it is more efficient just to leave staff to do the forms that fit their needs that follow policy. >> So I agree totally. But there obviously then you have some inequities. you have some we just have forms over here in our files and guidelines or whatever and then others are in policy. Um are we asking uh Dr. Boyd and his staff to go through all of the um policies that we have that have forms and take them out? >> I guess as they

072>> or are we going to deal with them one at a time? >> Bring them on. >> How about as we update them? >> That's what I was saying like 10 or 12 at a time >> in order to Yeah. Let's as we update them, let's take it out of the policy and put it into um >> a regulation. >> Is that the collective desire of the board? Is that that philosophy? Because if it is, we can run with those marching orders and and make sure that we bring the ones that exist in the policy manual right now to you to strike and then moving forward, it'll really make it we always have the the levers of the regulation and the policy to adjust, but it'll really make it more accessible to our staff to

073be able to adjust this policy without it being a real formal affair. Yes. >> So, we need a motion for that. >> Uh, we'll do we can pull that one out separately if that's okay. >> All right. And there there's already um is is the next one the only one tonight? >> True. Yeah. >> I think there's >> Okay. So, uh the next one is uh I'm I'm continuing down the list now. >> I have a question. >> GC. Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. So, this one that we're talking about is the professional leave request reimbursement. And so you're saying that we take the form out because we have a policy on professional leave request reimbursement. >> Mhm. >> We just don't we can't see it right now. >> You can't see it in the updates,

074but it's in our policy manual. >> Okay. And so this >> just the form >> this form um is a result from that policy. >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> Does that make So we'll have >> because it's just I don't have the policy to like cross reference it right now. So that's why I'm just making >> So moving forward, uh, what we can do if we're going to strike a policy, we can include the No, excuse me. If we're going to strike a form, we'll include the policy and or regulation. >> That'd be good. Okay. >> You want to wait. >> It has the policy on there. >> Yeah. And we can wait until they come about. Is that That's what >> That's what That's what we're recommending rather than having them go through the

075whole Okay. >> Okay. So, tonight we'll set those aside. two. >> We I think we have two tonight, right? >> And we have the marching orders to go forward. Yeah. >> Okay. So, that's the next one. So, the the GCB C-f is also a form for uh professional employee tuition assistance. Uh again, we'll set this one aside. That's another form that exists in our policy manual. Uh so, now I'm on to GCL if there's no further questions about about that. So, uh, GCL is professional staff development. Again, this is a well, first what you'll see is is some grammatical changes. The VSBA went from Roman numerals to bullets. Uh, as we've seen in the past, and they I won't go through all the grammatical things. One of the substantive changes in this came out of

076the general assembly this year. It's really that paragraph that's at the end of page two and it talks about um autism spectrum disorder and making sure that you provide professional development for teachers. Uh we currently do that. Uh I've I've talked to Dr. Howard about that. So, we're comfortable passing this policy this evening as we already have a practice in place. Uh if you continue to go down to the to the paragraph on the middle of page four, this also is new that came out of the uh general assembly this year and it talks about the total amount of professional development a a teacher can receive uh in in a in a certain time period. Uh and we're I'm actually working with schoolboard office staff right now to make sure that we fall within those

077parameters in terms of total professional development time. we feel pretty comfortable about where we are right now in terms of that. Uh they break it down into academic professional development time and and anything that's outside of academic professional development time like the trainings that we have to do at the beginning of the year and so on. Uh so that one we are comfortable passing right now with the new recommendations from uh the general assembly. I'll keep going. Uh now I'm on to IG AG. This is teaching about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. Uh this talks about um the uh and this again is a theme that we've seen in some of the policies going forward. We've already approved some policies like this, but it talks about the instruction on opioid o overdose uh prevention and reversal

078in our secondary schools. It talks about the training program. We talked about this last year and uh this is just codified in Virginia code now. >> Now Dr. Boyd, that has to be taught within the first two weeks, I think it said. >> Yeah. I ironically when we pulled the the code again, VSBA made a mistake and didn't include that in the policy. We have that in our policy and we've included it in here because we we do want to approve it in that fashion. Um but we did get word from VSBA that for whatever reason they omitted that in the update. We kept it in the update and it does have to be that process has to start within the first two weeks of the school year. >> That's start by the PE. >>

079Yes sir. Correct. Uh IG A. Now I'm on IGBD programs for students with reading uh deficiencies. So again, you guys know that last year we spent a lot of time uh talking about the Virginia Literacy Act and this this again codifies in Virginia code and also through policy uh IGBD many of the requirements of the Virginia um literacy act and the specifically the reading intervention services that are provided and you can see all those in bullet forms. This is an entirely new policy that is going to replace another policy that will omit. Uh I think it's next IGBD. Next is IKG. This one is omitted now because the previous policy is is much more uh in detail uh and it really takes the place of uh remediation recovery programs. IKG. Um, now I'm on to

080JC. JC JC has to do with our school attendance zones. This, uh, just really turned into what is an update of a cross reference for school admission. Uh, JFC is next. This is student conduct. We wanted to set this one aside. Uh, let's see if I can go through the new update. The new update in terms of this has to do with cyber bullying. Dr. Wright touched on it this evening. uh it really defines cyber bullying and it talks about uh how we deal with a cyber bullying incident in terms of providing services uh and remediation strategies and triaging that particular instance. Uh it it also references the fact that you know even if this does occur outside of school it's something that we can address. uh JFC JHCD ad uh administering medicines to students.

081Uh what this is is on page uh I believe it begins on page two. Uh it just frees any individual who uh applies an opioid antagonist. uh that individual is not liable for for any um anything adverse that happens if they determine that an opioid antagonist is is required. >> Said anyone >> uh anyone that's qualified to administer it. >> Mhm. Uh where am I where am I? KBA >> KBA. >> All right. This is a lot. I don't think we have this much next time. Uh request for public records. Again, uh they put a title in this penalties on that one paragraph and it talks about the required training that the foyer officer uh needs to complete in a in a 2-year calendar period. Moving on, KGD, notification of school connected student overdoses. Again,

082this is an entirely new policy. Uh this came through the general assembly last year. I believe if you guys remember, this originated in Lowden County. uh this is just the requirement of the school division. Now if that if there is a school con if there is perceived to be a school connected student overdose drug overdose then the school has a responsibility and and making sure parents are aware of that. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Dr. along those same lines we talked last year about Narcam and some of our students and teachers uh having Narcam. Did we ever do any more with that? I mean does >> I can tell you at the next schoolboard meeting you're going to get about four policies that that talk about where we are in some of those practices. Uh

083Mrs. Fischer is working with um our building level nurses and our division nurse to uh really bring some of those policies up to practice and I think if I remember correctly that'll be in our next policy batch on the 18th. >> Okay. >> Part of that. >> Uh and then >> I'm sorry was a question. Yes. >> Is that going to include who's qualified to um administer? Because it's my understanding that you can get that and there's really no qualifications. You pick it up and you get like a two-minute here's how you use it. So, there's really not quote a qualification. I I think it is a pretty low level if I remember correctly to be qualified. Uh I know we have a number of practices right now in the school division where staff and

084students can get that qualification. I think I I'm pretty sure, don't quote me on this. I'll be prepared to speak to this at the next board meeting, but I'm pretty sure we reference that that level of qualification before uh administration occur occurs. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. And then I'm on the final policy. This is KQ. Uh this is the name of this policy is commercial, promotional, and corporate sponsorships and partnerships. Again, you'll see a common theme here. All of this is is our relationship with those entities and updating um Virginia law in terms of uh child labor uh and making sure that those sponsorship organizations adhere to those same regulations that we're adhering to in the school division. Okay, Madam Chair, as I see this, I don't mind making a motion, but we

085would pull out um two of those. GCBD and the GCBC and then also the deleted one is a separate motion, the IKG and also the JFC. So I can make a motion for the rest of those. >> Okay. >> As he discussed them. So Madam Chair, I make a motion that we approve the policy updates for DJ JF EBB G C L I G A G. Let's Can we hold that one out for a little bit? >> Which one was that? >> The uh IG A teaching about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. >> Can we hold that out for >> Which one? What was the number of that one again? >> IG AG. Okay, pull that one out. All right. >> Thank you. >> Let me repeat them again then. DJF, EBB, GC, I GB D,

086J H C D, KBA, KG D, and KQ. I made a motion to um approve those updates. >> Second. >> Properly second. Any discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I >> Motion passes. >> Okay. Um I'll go ahead and just do this. I make a motion that we delete the policy I KG. >> Second. >> Properly second. Any discussion? >> All those in favor? I >> I >> motion passes. >> I assume the other ones will hold for now or whatever you want to do. >> We can >> discuss them now. >> Start discussing them now. >> Uh the IG AG teaching about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. I just want to make sure that we're giving that we're teaching enough about that to give the students uh the information that they need uh about

087fentanyl and you know, other drugs that are out there. uh we get caught up so much in SOS that we forget to teach uh the real life things that are out there. So I'm just I just want to make sure that that we're doing that. I don't may maybe the principles can come up with uh some suggestions of how uh better to do it and if if that's the way of how to do it better in their schools. But uh I think that's a real concern. >> Dr. Boyd, we've had the discussion before um the students have the DARE program through the fifth grade and then when they hit middle school and high school, it's kind of like, oh, they've that's gone. And I'm not sure like like Mr. Frank said, we we definitely need

088to do something to continue that education because the threat is greater as the as the students, you know, become more independent. >> Absolutely. And uh we we do have a program in place that we can certainly provide you guys an update on so that you can speak to it to the community and and make sure they understand what we're doing through the physical education program. Uh this policy specifically is updated in this the added requirement now is so that we teach our really it's students. It's our high school students. It's grades 9 through 12. uh the opioid antagonist, you you making sure that they're prepared to understand what it would take to to reverse the effects of an opioid uh if if that makes sense. So the the added requirement is to include that in

089the curriculum for for the 9th through 12 students. But uh I'll see if we can work with Miss Fischer and see if we can uh really kind of make sure that we're prepared to provide that information to the board and to to our community. You know, I went through Friday night, I think it was, with with YouTube and went through and looked at a bunch of these uh YouTube u uh videos that are out there as far as uh drug and fentanyl and, you know, awareness programs that are there. Um, some of them were good, some of them were not all that great, but you know, anything we can get to increase the awareness with with with our students uh will be helpful. >> Dr. Dr. Boy, my question would be are fentinol is becoming

090a growing issue. I mean all opioids have been there, opioids have been there and that's a real problem. I don't disagree but fentinol is kind of like are we are we in our teaching of all this uh pulling out I guess what I'm saying is is I would hate to simply include fentinol as part of the whole opioid thing. It is so much more deadly and they're all deadly. I don't want to be misqued in this but fentinol is at another whole level. So I assume that we're teaching that. I'm >> I believe I believe we specifically speak to it, but we'll be prepared next time to make sure that we provide you guys with an update on that specific curriculum. >> Okay. >> And Dr. I and I know we did a lot of

091things last year, but a lot of times it was in the afternoon and a lot of people didn't show up. >> We had um we also had one where Kathy, Mrs. Hoover, put helped put it together. Robin worked really hard, Mrs. Mitchell, to get that going. Um and we had a good turnout on that one, too. But what to piggyback off what he was saying is is do we teach about marijuana because that's known as the gateway one gateway drug and it even if they don't go past that it's still it's they lose their drive when they get stuck on that kind of stuff >> vaping period. >> Yeah. There's really a drug education program that addresses many you know just education on those substances uh that that we've taught for some time now. >>

092Okay. >> Yeah. and and most all of it's coming through our phys physical education program because that's where we have access to all of our students uh and and really health the health curriculum is where it fits best. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> Mr. Frank, I guess you wanted to discuss this, not necessarily make a change. Was that correct? >> I just wanted to discuss it. >> Okay. So, I make a motion that we um approve the IG A um update as presented. >> Second. >> Properly second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I motion passes. >> I Is there any more sitting out there right now? >> The JFC >> student conduct. >> Okay. Uh we have the two forms still sitting out there and then the JFC. >> You want to do

093the forms now? Basically, we're just approving to strike them. Correct. >> Yes. Um you can do them tonight if you're comfortable or we can bring them back to you next time. and uh with with the associated policy and regulation. >> I think madam chair if I no I think this would go along with her saying there's this is a policy that would regard all of these and there may be a policy in which what I'm thinking is similar to what um Miss Cleveland had just mentioned and that is that you know we see the form and then let's read the policy. The form doesn't have to be part of the policy but maybe before we just strike them all let's look at them. Is that what you were suggesting? >> Yes. So maybe next time

094then, not that you have to bring all of them, but these two and as others come in, you know, we'll look at the form and then the policy together. >> Sounds good. >> And then probably hopefully then we'll end up moving the form out of the policy. That will be the idea. >> I'm sorry. >> No, that's good direction. We appreciate it. >> I don't think that needs >> no motion tonight. We'll just we'll table it. >> All right. And then >> the JFC >> now at the JFC discussion, >> Mr. Frank. >> Oh, >> student code of conduct. >> Yes. Uh what I'm looking at it's a is the bullying uh that's there, but also we get down to uh trespassing. Students including students are prohibited. Guess it's the last page. use of profane

095or obscene language and conduct. I mean, you know, we've seen obscene language in in schools uh forever and we always tell the students, you know, don't do that or whatever, but I mean, it's in our code of conduct that it's it's prohibited. Uh so maybe this is something again that principles can you know come up with in in their schools with you know in some cases unfortunately it's a culture thing. Uh so you know uh that's that's kind of hard to for us to to stop but hopefully we can uh make you know put some awareness there somewhere. >> Yeah. make sure that when uh folks come into our building, our students, our community, our families, they know what the expectation is in our building. >> Mhm. >> I understand that. >> Anyone else? >>

096Also, I think it's important with any of these kinds of things is our staff also. It's it's be language, profane language is becoming so more so much more acceptable in our culture. It doesn't mean it is acceptable because I I have a problem with it, a big one. However, we can't deny that culturally it is it is just everywhere now. And so it might be valuable that as we as adults, administrators, teachers, staff, and everybody that we show the example um of using the best. This isn't any recommendation to do anything. Just a comment that I think a lot of the students look at this teachers, staff, administrators, board members is what language are we using? That's all it's just a comment. >> Yeah. I wanted to address this. Miss Hoover, do you have anything

097to say? Comments or questions? >> No, I don't. >> Okay. Mrs. Cleveland, you're good. Not yet. Oh, okay. Sorry. So, I would like to see the other side of bullying is because the students are aren't the only ones that get bullied. Often times, it's the staff and teachers as well. And when I say bullied, but cussed at, um, attacked, threatened constantly to where they're in fear to even go to work and it doesn't feel safe. I've heard that in our schools. So, I would like to see or if we have this in a policy where how are we going to protect our teachers and our staff and I would like to see consequences almost stricter that if a a student attacks a teacher verbally or physically like what's going to happen to that student? >>

098I appreciate that, Miss Davis, and I'm sure all of our staff does. >> I Yeah. >> Yeah. That's something that certainly we we take serious at the building level and with your support and the board support something that we feel >> well I would like to add yes sorry I don't want to interrupt you I would like to add it if we can or if it's not in one of our policies or if you know where the policy is to that also be reinforced to the students um or added to this policy because it's a the victim I keep saying student as the victim but I don't know but I think we need to do our teachers need to feel safe. >> I think that's a very good point, Madam Chair, >> to add something

099about the students um are expected to not be verbally abusive to staff members of any kind. Something along those lines. >> I think that's an excellent idea. >> So do I. >> Talk to talk to the administrators, Dr. Boyd, and see what they think and maybe put something in there for next. >> Yeah, I'm I'm thinking something as simple where it says student. We can just change it to >> we can we can put any person >> student >> any you can put student staff. You can put any person who was a victim. >> Really make it a little more inclusive than just than just student. I don't I again I mean this is VSBA update that would turn into a locally revised policy. Not a problem but uh I I I think the idea

100and intent is is one that would be greatly appreciated. >> Yeah. >> Thank you Mrs. Davis. I think that's a great idea. Maybe bring it back next. >> So, is that because we don't have a policy on that? Because I would think that we would have something about that in a policy because it kind of implies not just the language and speaking poorly to a teacher, but also, you know, the cyber bullying and all these things. So, >> I I think we I mean, we have have policies and, you know, on code of conduct and we have things of that nature. I don't ever hear the the terms bullying and and staff being associated together though, >> including staff on staff too, by the way. >> Yeah, absolutely. So, so there we we do, you

101know, our discipline matrix, the stuff we talked about at last schoolboard meeting with ESBAR uh and all the violations that occur. All of those things reference um our expectations for our students towards our staff. uh it's in our it's in there there's references to that in our student family uh handbook and code of conduct already mentioned but again I don't ever see the the concept or the terms of bullying and and it being associated with anything other than really students it's often just isolated to students but I I think that can I I think to to change that word from students to person includes you guys it includes all of us it includes um our staff most certainly and and I would like that or we would I'm sure like that to be pushed with

102the what we're doing with the bullying. >> I'm sure that every teacher or former teacher in this room has been verbally abused at one time or another by students. >> Uh >> yeah. So, you know, >> that's right. >> I think if they see it at a high level like that, like, oh, they don't even play with the teachers, let alone their neighbor student next to them. So, do do I have a motion from the board or would you like me to um go a little deeper and rewrite this in some way or or is it as simple as changing the word student to to person? Personally, just before a motion, I'd like to see I think this is a great idea, although I'd like to see a little further discussion maybe with your staff,

103get some more input, but I think the idea is absolutely outstanding, but then come back maybe with some input, whether it is just changing a word or whether we need to add a sentence or a paragraph as to, you know, we're talking about students bullying staff members. And I would not just say teachers. Obviously, we would include >> I I want to push it even as far as not even a bullying situation. Like if you're in class and that this kid just cusses out a teacher in front of the whole class. >> Yeah. No, I'm agree. I would add that. That's a given. I would put those together, but I would just recommend that let's not let's not do something hastily that we say, "Oh, we should have added this." You see what I'm saying?

104So, >> I agree. >> I would like to suggest we have bring it back. >> Dr. the board if you can come back at our next meeting or two meetings if whatever because that they're going to be busy in the next couple of weeks. >> Yeah, it doesn't have to be it doesn't have to be the next board meeting. >> It doesn't have to be the next board meeting, but and then come back a little deeper into what like like you were saying. >> Okay. So, we do need to um some of this reference to cyber bullying is codified in code in Virginia code. So, we do need to match our policy to Virginia code. So, I I would recommend if it's okay with the board that we approve this tonight so that we've got

105it set for the beginning of the school year and then come back and revise it when >> we uh >> make it separate and then >> we'll we'll bring it back separate with maybe updates maybe. >> Yeah. Yeah. I think yeah, he's saying we really do need to approve this as before the school year starts and then he'll make sure it's on the agenda. Uh maybe not the next meeting but within before October or something that it will be on the agenda. >> Correct. >> Good. >> Sure. >> Miss Hoover, >> she agreed earlier. >> Okay. >> I agree. Yes. >> Do you want me to I don't I don't have to make all the motions. I'd like to I make a motion that we approve the JFC code of conduct um as presented. Second

106>> properly second. All those in Is there discussion? All those in favor? >> I motion passes. >> Everything. All right. Uh weapons detections. >> Uh yes, Madam Chair. So, uh this was a placeholder. I know the board wanted to just keep this on our agenda to just continue the the discussion. I think in our buildup to this meeting, we kind of talked about providing just a bit of an update. I can tell you our staff has been working diligently uh from from a number of different lenses uh from from the technology standpoint. Uh they've really worked on some working out some of the bugs and making sure that the devices are are working properly and just some of the other things that we need to make this whole. We've talked about plates that we need.

107We've talked about stansions that we're going to order. Uh we've ordered some sandwich boards and for signage to make sure that we're prepared for visitors. They know what the expectation is on the front end. I can tell you that at the building levels, they're preparing our staff and making sure that they're identifying the correct staff to uh meet our students at the door, greet our students, and have this uh take off successfully at the school level. Uh, also we've uh kind of pushed out some information at the school level to see what staff is available at every one of to to visit every one of our schools uh and make sure that um we get over this hump on the front end. anybody that we've talked to that has employed this technology. Uh there there

108is a learning curve on the front end for our students, for our staff, for our families. We've really pushed out a a decent amount of information and we'll continue to push out more information in terms of what this is going to look like. Uh the purpose of it, the why of it. Uh I think we're really laying the foundational groundwork right now to be successful. But with all that, I know we'll still face some challenges. I know parents still have questions. I know students will still have some questions coming into the building and I know the board is very interested in in being part of it as as much as they possibly can. So again, that's kind of an update. I know if you guys have any questions, we can answer those. Uh and I

109know the board wanted to leave it here to see what type of um how they could work through uh being part of the process. >> Any discussions or questions? I I know, Miss Hoover, I would like for you to um tell what you the hard work you put in to have both boards be a part of those first few days of school. >> I was going to mention that during board comment if that's okay. >> Yeah. Okay. >> I I do have a question, Dr. avoid and and I'm sure it's been worked out, but what are we doing after hours uh for football games on Saturday mornings for you know I mean uh do we have anything because if anybody wants to bring something in they can do it at that time. Uh >> do

110you want to speak to it Travis? I we we've talked about it. Uh and I'll certainly give Dr. burns an opportunity to >> we're prepared to implement the metal weapons detection devices at all sporting events regardless of the event. So, we'll we'll have our coming out party of course probably at the first football game if not probably the first field hockey game, whatever whatever occurs first. Um we'll we'll have them out and about ready to go. >> And you're going to have principles man those or you going to have dedicated staff? We're going to have dedicated staff man those because of course principles you want them to pretty much float. Uh but you will have a principal who will be or an assistant principal who will be in charge of that front gate area monitoring

111that process >> and and you know one of the reasons I'm asking because some of those uh teams meet at 6:00 in the morning >> for practice. So, >> so you're talking you're you're so I so that the dedicated personnel would would take care of that. I would I would >> So that's a slightly different question. So that's that's the events. We've also talked about uh you know making sure that we're prepared between office hours from when we say and it's different at every one of our schools when the when the doors open and when we're prepared for that. uh and then when the doors close and when we're prepared for that and then really how we're going to receive folks. It's going to be challenging on the high school level specifically because it's such

112a hub of activity there. There's always stuff going on. I can think I can walk those hallways in my mind right now and think about theater and all kinds of things that go on at that building. Uh so we've talked about that and how we're going to employ that. Uh it's it's really going to be a challenge a bit, but uh formally the event is going to be covered with the weapon detection system. The office hours right now. We've had conversations about um if you show up to school before it's open and that happens right now with specifically we've talked about staff uh kids uh staff that has kids. We're going to make sure that you know the staff kids know that when we're operational, your expectation is just like that of every other student.

113You've you're going to make your way to a station and work your way through that station. So, I'm sure we'll work through some other issues that are unique in nature. Uh but but our expectation right now whether it's after school events or or within business hours of the school day the the units up the staff is available to receive you and we're ready to perform the operation. >> Yes. And you know that's like a track meet that's you know they got to be there at 5:30 in the morning and they don't get back until midnight. >> Yeah. >> You know how is it covered during that period? That's things that we have to work out. I'm sure >> it is. Yeah. And some of and some of what we talked about is is uh the

114expectation of supervision. If if you know if you're coming back at midnight, then obviously we don't have staff that's set up with a weapon detection system, but there is an increased expectation for supervision at that time from coaches or whatever it may be to to hopefully fill that void if we can't necessarily set up the weapon detection system. >> Thank you, Dr. Burns. >> Yes. Thank you. All right. Anything Anyone else have anything to say? Yeah, I um I guess at the board meeting after school starts. Is that our next board meeting? Be after school starts, right? Is maybe just to hear how it went. Maybe just a brief report just kind of hearing. I mean, it sounds like we're a lot of us are going to be there. I apologize. I have a prior

115commitment that was made a long time ago, but um it'd be nice to hear how it went. Just a very brief report maybe from uh Dr. Burns or whatever. >> Okay, moving forward, we have the committee reports. Mr. Mr. Frank, >> I I don't have any. >> Mrs. Cleveland, >> do you have anything to report, >> Mr. Bush? >> I really don't either except that ATI, the lab school, um they're continually trying to make sure we got enough employees to begin this new year. It will be ninth grade was completed and it was very successful. I mentioned that at the last board meeting and now we're going to be starting new eighth graders coming into 9th, those ninth graders going into 10th and we're still hiring staff and so but it's looking very good. >>

116Thank you. Mrs. Hoover, >> I don't have any committee reports. >> Uh, and neither do I. Okay. Annual policy manual notification. >> Uh, so per our policy, it is is the requirement of the superintendent annually at a schoolboard meeting to make sure that our community via the schoolboard meeting is aware that we have a King George County school policy manual available. Uh, it is linked in in our board document tonight. It's also available online uh for anybody that desires to see it. It's available through board docs and we often don't have any issue with anybody retrieving policies if they need to but again it's an annual requirement that I make that notification. >> Thank you Dr. Boyd. Uh then it says superintendent's report. >> Uh yes madam chair. So the buzz is palpable right now

117in the school division. We we we are very it's my wife is you looked at me with a a look that you didn't like the word buzz. >> So topic right now. My wife's classroom is the buzzing bees. So, it's it's in reference to basically the activity that's going on right now. We're in high swing. Things are rolling. Um, we we welcomed our new teachers back last week. Thursday, we were at the University of Merary Washington Dowren. We had our new new staff, all of our administrator staff uh in for professional development, for instructional leadership. Uh, it was wonderful. Uh, I can't say enough about those that attended. certainly appreciate all of our administrative staff being there and the University of Mary Washington did a very good job and our our staff at the schoolboard

118office did a very good job of pulling that all together. I think it set the the groundwork for for a good year in terms of uh instructional uh leadership. Uh so was it that evening that we then turned around or was it the next day that we did popsicles at the playground and invited uh we we kind of dodged some some thunderclouds and uh invited our community out. I made it to every single elementary school and we all had a good turnout at all of our elementary schools and invited our community and our students in early. We've got a lot of folks, a lot of family that's excited, a lot of kids that are excited. They were playing on the playground and having popsicles and they're ready to start school. Uh as we move into

119this week, we have our official convocation. I'm I'm officially inviting you all to if you can make it to our convocation on Friday. Uh it'll be a great event this year. uh is our theme is hometown spirit and uh we we've got some some great I don't want to let the cat well I can't let the cat out of the bag because I sent it to staff today but we've got Jaman Bush Rod coming uh former NFL player uh and and local hometown hero uh who does a number of things for our community and he's going to be our keynote speaker. Uh so it should be a good evening a good uh afternoon activity. It starts at 11:30 for lunch. So, anybody that can make it, uh, please come by. We're going to wear our

120shirts and, uh, you'll see us kind of fit in with our other schools in terms of attire and everything. And it's a it's really one of the great events of the year because it's one of the only times that all of our employees come together to the high school, share a meal together, and kick the school year off together. So, we'll we'll have our schoolboard chair speak, our board of supervisors chair speak, uh we'll have uh delegate um Kent Pew speak, and so it's it's all a good event, and if you can make it, it would be wonderful. And then other than that, we did get notifications today that registration is open for the VSBA convention this year, which is in November, but we do have to start making those plans. So, if you guys

121can let me know at your earliest convenience what your plan is for for the convention, that would be greatly appreciated. And that's that's all I have this evening. Thank you principles this evening for for a great presentation. I appreciate it. >> Okay, board comments. Uh Mr. Bush, >> I just also want to express my appreciation for the administrators that are here. Um and just God bless you for all the work that you're doing. I know the beginning of the year is is tough. Um the end of the year is also tough, but um I I I thank you again. As I've said many times, I've been an administrator both elementary, middle school, and high school. And um it those are all different things in preparing for the new year. I think about the vast differences

122between when I was a high school principal and an elementary. They're a lot of work, but they're different. And so I just appreciate appreciate you being here tonight because I know right now school's about to start and you're probably thinking, I got to do this and this and this and this. But so thank you for being here. also for the entire schoolboard staff. I know there's a uh thank you Dr. Boyd and the entire staff is like you said it's it's exciting but it's also this is now gearing up for a lot of work and I just want to express my appreciation as a board member. Thank you for everything you do. Uh people like Amanda I don't want to start naming people and end up forgetting everybody. Uh but anyway, thank you for that.

123Thank you for my fellow board members. Um and thank you Miss Davis for uh filling in tonight. You're doing a great job and I appreciate that. That's all I have. >> Thank you, >> Mrs. Hoover. >> Yes. Thank you to the whole board for uh accommodating me. Um and for the chair for taking over. I appreciate it. Dr. Boyd, Miss Scout, Miss Higgins, I know you had to jump through some hoops to make it happen last minute. I appreciate you all and thank you for allowing me to attend virtually. Um I did enjoy the popsicles at two of the elementary schools. Uh I'm glad that we did not have bad weather. It was a It did turn out to be a great event. and I think it was a good idea. Um, and I am

124have been working with the board of supervisors and the school board to see that we can all be present and show our support on both transition day and the first day of school. Um, thank you to everyone who's going to take the time to be present and uh show show the students and families how much we care about our community. we're working uh collaboratively and um I I appreciate everybody for all their their hard work and their time. Uh I know it's hard to to to change schedules and have other jobs and children and everything. So, thank you very much. Um, and then thank you for all the staff of all of all the county king whole King George County because uh you have a dedication and commitment to our students and our families and

125all of King George community and it's very obvious uh in everything you do. We have a great school system and I appreciate you all. Thank you, >> Mr. Frank. As always, I'd like to thank the staff for all that you do and uh tonight has been a a breath of fresh air uh com compared to last year. So, I'm I'm really excited and looking forward to uh the start of their school year. Uh also, I'd like to thank Erin. You know, you sat down there and you do all the work and we hardly ever recognize you. So, I'd like to thank you for all that all that you do. Also, uh Dr. the board. Just have a a couple of things that we had talked about earlier and see if we uh there was from

126students uh before the end of school about the water fountains in the high school. Has that been corrected? >> Uh yes, sir. I believe it has. Uh I'll follow up on that. We've talked about it three or four times this summer with our maintenance staff and at last check I was told they were operational. Uh we'll need to look at that again and see where we are with that. It's not something that was on your radar at all. I mean, this is this was pre-Drs, but uh we've it's been on our radar. We've talked about it. I'm understanding that parts have been ordered and water fountains have been fixed and and I'll follow up. >> You and I have talked several times about u mentorship programs. Are we still tracking that? >> Yeah, I I

127appreciate you asking. I had a great meeting last week with uh uh the Big Brother Big Sister organization. Uh actually Bill Davis gave me the contact uh finally worked out a meeting with them and they are very interested in in getting more involved in in King George County. uh they had a number of good ideas and when we sat down and talked about some of the resources that we can apply to that they're thinking not only mentors and mentees in the sense of you know an adult to a student uh but also something in the effect of you know our high school students mentoring our elementary school students and and those type of opportunities. So, I'm going to continue that dialogue. Uh, they're rolling this year with some things that they've got on their end,

128but I can tell you they're laying the groundwork in terms of making sure that we're prepared with Big Brothers and Big Sisters here moving forward. Um, in terms of teachers, I I've also arranged a few relationships and set up a few opportunities from for some of our newer teachers to >> to get together with some of our experienced or retired teachers. >> And bus cameras. Where are we with with bus cameras? not where I want to be right now. Uh we're continuing to explore some other vendors to see what we're talking about is the stop arm cameras. Our our buses are all outfitted with I believe four cameras internally. Uh we don't currently have any external cameras to my knowledge. Uh we really I personally really want to see if we can't employ the uh

129bus stop arm camera technology. There's a few vendors out there, but I have not seen anything yet. Uh nor has um Mr. Griggsby brought anything to me yet that makes a whole lot of sense. If you remember when we talked about it last night, the cost is exorbitant for a rural school division. You have some uh urban school divisions that have employed this technology, but not not many rural school divisions. Uh and you will see here as we start school that this becomes a topic of conversation pretty much annually with uh folks that need to be reminded that you cannot drive past a school bus when the stop arm is extended. Can we coordinate with Sheriff Charles and get some of some of their help, some help from the sheriff's department? >> Absolutely. >> All

130right. And that's that's all I have. I just want to thank everyone out here for for coming tonight. Those who spoke uh thank them for for speaking. Um I mean, Mr. Runie here, uh Sherman Pastor Davis, uh and the lady who spoke about the bus stops. Uh thank thank everyone uh for coming out. Um, I also want to ditto. Thank you for everyone that came out and presented tonight. Thank you for the administrators for for joining us in these fun board meetings. We really appreciate you coming here and being with us. Um, I also want to say thank you to our chair, Kathy Hoover, um, for all of the work that she's put in to ensure that our our board as well as the board of supervisors is going to be um, available to support

131um, transition day and also the opening day of school. Myself, I'm going to be reaching out to Dr. Nice for the transition day. I'll be there helping you. Um, and then um, Miss Eli will be at Seals Elementary School on your first day and I'm looking forward to being tasked with some duties. So, uh, I'll be reaching out to you. Um, I I also appreciate the update on the weapons detection system, and I just want to, you know, make some comments for the community. This is going to be, um, this is not going to be like an easy walk for everyone involved with this. There is going to be some ups and downs, I'm sure, the first several weeks. Um, and I just ask for grace with this. I think that this is uh such

132a good um thing to have in our schools uh that will protect our students and our staff. Um I'm super excited about it and I know it is going to be a transition. Um and I just want to thank everybody for that grace while we work through it. That's all. So, when I look out here, I feel like a kid in a candy shop because I'm so excited about this year. And I I love positivity and I can tell every one of you principles that I have heard great things about you guys, every one of you that's here. Um, and so it's super exciting. I feel like we're just a huge team all on the same page. And I love I love that. Okay, so anyway, so I'm really really excited this year. And in

133fact, I don't want my bubble to burst. So if you have any bad news, don't come anytime soon. It's just But anyway, so I want to um and thank you for coming today and for all the presentations that you that you brought before us, the updates and things like that. I could feel the excitement from these two when Dr. Burns when you brought up the I mean just the what what did we read, Ed, about the the consequences you were what how was it worded? Do you remember? No, but anyways, like I could feel the excitement coming from especially Ed over there when you were speaking. Um, and then I went to PTOAC Elementary School for Popsicle Day and I have to brag on our principles and assistant principles. We had a new assistant principal

134there too. Um, forgive me but remind me of her name, Jenn Walker. Mrs. Walker, but I felt like family. Like I just I was nervous as all get out. I when I didn't see anybody at first cuz I got there a little early. I'm like, "Oh, they're not doing it." And I was like, "No, I need to break the ice and get this over with." And not because of you, just me. I was a little shy. And I get out and and um what I appreciated about it was we weren't just standing there going, "Hi, you want a popsicle? First day of school." It was there was so much engagement there. Hey, I remember you. Hey, are you ready for school? Where did you come from? And there was a lot of conversations happening with

135the family and that was awesome to see. So, I really am excited and I'm very very thankful for you all and thank you Dr. Nice. You always hold the fort down. You do a great job. And that's it. >> Oh, okay. Can I can I get a motion for for us to move into close session? >> That pursuit to state code section 2.2-3712A 2-3712A of the code of Virginia that the board convene in close meeting to review hires and resignations and specifically for discussion the superintendent's evaluation as permitted under 2.2-3711A number one of the code of Virginia. >> I second >> properly second. Any discussion? No. >> Motion made. >> Oh, all those in favor? I I >> motion session. >> Sorry. Don't forget No. Oh, I'm just told for you. >> We ready? Remember

136all this stuff >> motion to >> Yeah, we we're going to we're going to come back into open session. Then we're going to >> computer. That's okay. >> Then we're going to do all the stuff. [Laughter] >> I make a You want me to do it? Yeah, I don't care. Go ahead. You want me to go? Um, I make a motion that we return to open session. I move that the King George County School Board return to open session and certify that pursuant to state code section 2.2-3712 um D, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under this chapter and only such public businesses matters were identified in the motion by which the closed meeting was convened were heard, discussed, and considered in the meeting by the public body. >> We are

137now an open second. Oh, >> second. All those in favor >> properly second. All those in favor say >> I. >> Certified. >> I certify. Certify. >> We're now in open session. >> Right. >> Okay. >> Now, we need a motion to approve. >> Yep. >> I make a motion that we approve the the hires and and >> resignation >> res re resignations that were presented in close session. >> Second. All those in in favor >> say I. >> I chair votes I. >> Motion carry. Sorry it's late. >> I make a motion that we adjourn. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> We're now journed. >> Do I have to say the next date? >> Thanks for helping me so much.