001And do we have a second? Have a second. Any further discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Those opposed. We do have an approved agenda now. So our first item is presentation for school construction company updates. Good evening, sir. Good evening. Hope everybody's doing well. I wanted to give you a couple of updates. We got many different projects going at the same time. Uh first one, I wanted to go through the slideshow for the middle school um of which I think you would be very pleased with it. Uh, it is a lengthy slide, so bear with me because I'm trying to give you a good overview of what it looks like to walk through the building. Um, but I'm not trying to bore you enough uh the area, but uh you know,
002I wanted to take our our shot from the field looking uh from the stadium. Uh just a beautiful uh view outside of the building and you can see all the HVAC equipment up on the roof. And um if you notice across the front of the building, all the windows are in. I think at this point um I don't think we're 100% but we're pretty close to 100% of the windows being in and ready to uh start within the next two weeks. We're going to energize the HVAC equipment and start conditioning this space. So very exciting. Just another view from the side. So again, you can see the windows are in and the building is really taking shape from the outside. And this is looking at it from the road. Uh the down at the bottom
003right the green door entrance there. You see that's would be the off entrance. Then the two doors to the left of that are mechanical spaces. And then as you move further up to your left um the next door will be like an entry stairwell. And then the door on the corner there is the hallway. And there's a little uh small door kind of hiding around the corner. Uh that is actually the entrance to um the a classroom storage space. Um so this is a quick shot inside. So this is the alternative office space. Uh so we got sheetrock in there and just kind of showing that we're at the point where they're able to prime these walls and start getting some paint on those walls. Very very exciting. Uh just kind of a glance from
004offices walking back towards the uh this is looking down the offed hallway. Again, uh just put this in here to show you the walls are are are painted. Uh the ceiling grid is in most of the mechanicals and things are are are done. Running some uh small cables and different things. At this point, we're trying to wrap up all that before the finishing work actually begins. And again, just another shot on the classroom. So, you can see on the first floor, all of the ceiling grid is in. So, in the hallways, in the classroom spaces, that ceiling grid is in. Uh, and so, you know, when the ceiling grid goes in, most of the mechanical work is finished at this point. And so, it's it's now running wires and those type of things. Uh so
005again this is looking um back down the this is still the all bed hallway at the um connector. So if you remember there's a sealed connector secure corridor that connects the all bed side with the uh general ed side. So that's kind of where I'm standing there looking towards the end. This is that secure connector that I was speaking about. Uh and if you remember you have to badge on both sides to get into that space. Uh this is on the red side of the building. So just uh coming out of the connector and I'm looking back towards the middle school. And I don't know if you can see it or not, but there is a doorway that you can see at the very end of that image. Uh that is the connection to uh
006the middle school. And so you can see that's actually kind of open now. And now we have access. Uh and so a little bit closer. So, this is the corridor right there. And as you can see, um, it's open, uh, to the middle school. I do want you to notice that this, um, opening is smaller than what you're going to see upstairs. And the reason for that is the traffic flow downstairs is less than it is upstairs. And so, we were also able to uh, use this space. And this is a hard image to kind of see. Um, this was room 619 uh in the basement. And what you're looking at there is what was part of the classroom. Half of it is becoming a hallway. And what you're seeing there is actually going to
007be two office spaces that we're going to be able to give back to the school for additional office space. I know it's hard to see in the image. I tried to there was so much stuff there, but I wanted to give you a shot so you can see the the masonary work, the conduit, and use your imagination. You can see two beautiful All right. So, this is the now we're up on the second floor. Uh, and so you can this is a connector looking again back at the middle school and you can see this entrance is much wider. So, we're using the entire classroom space which was 719 as that connecting corridor uh right here. Again, this is where the majority of the tractors going to come from and so that's why we wanted to
008make sure we have the whole space. And notice the seal grid is not in up here. Again, we're all focusing on getting all those mechanicals back completed. Um, and so this is uh I basically got to the 180 and now I'm looking from the connecting quarter back towards the cafeteria uh this at the end of uh on the second floor. And the next picture I've turned left and so you can see the stairwell there too on the left and I'm looking down. And then um in the back up there's additional offices. That's one of the things we wanted to make sure when we built this new space that we got plenty of office uh space as well. And this is those office space. So this is two offices. And then that center room is a
009conference room space. And this is just to show you upstairs. The ceiling is going in and the classroom space is upstairs. It's probably in the classroom space. I think we're about 80% done uh in the classroom space. This is looking down that back hallway. Um not a lot there. This is showing you um the cafeteria space. And so you can see nice large cafeteria. Um the serving lines will be off to your left and through those doors. Um, last time I think I showed you guys the new refrigerator and walking freezer and refrigerator. Um, so that's just behind that wall as well. Um, we're renovating some of the uh spaces the couple classrooms in the existing build if you recall. Uh, we're taking three regular classrooms and turning those into science classrooms. Uh, so it's
010going to be u two science classrooms and then a prep space uh in between it. Uh, and so I know there's a lot of stuff in this picture. It looks very messy and it's part of construction, but we have a lot going on uh because they have to finish this space very quickly because this is going to be available uh when we open back up in August. And as you can already see, there's case work already going in. So they have really uh picked up the pace and making a lot of great progress uh in this is going to be a new science classroom uh in the existing building and this is um that prep area. So this was again this was three classrooms that we converted into two larger classrooms and then a portion
011of that is this prep area will have a lot of storage and um where they can you know prepare things for the classes. And then this is the other um as well. As you can see, the base work starting to go in uh and additional uh different things happening. Uh so that is the um the building. Uh I did want to go over we did that one change order. Uh I did need to bring to your attention. Um it is um in the amount of $6,344 and it's for the um the auxiliary gym. Um and it's for the steel bridging for the roof structure. Uh when they went as they were um putting in the steel structure, uh they did happen to notice that the old uh part of the structure had some of this
012bridging in there. It was recommended that we mimic that uh and the the new portion as well uh for additional strength and stability. Uh and so um we agreed with that. It made sense and so uh that's when we approved that change order for $6,344. I I do want to um make mention of um you know change orders and uh we're still in really good shape as far as the finances uh for the change orders. Uh so no concerns uh there at all. Uh as far as the project is concerned, we are on time and well under budget. So very excited about that. Um as far as um payments um we have four purchase orders to RNM uh that you approved in set agenda tonight. Um mostly for construction administration uh those type of things
013total the full total $34,12343. And as far as the total cost for the project, um we are uh 68% uh spent in our budget and we are determinatively 80% complete with the project. So again, when you look at the balance, we're 80% done, we'll call it 70%. Uh we're well under this. So very exciting uh with that. Um I'm happy answer any questions you may have. Just a couple of them. Um, are you confident that the contractor will have school%? Without a doubt. And you mentioned earlier about those other classrooms being ready for August. We're on schedule with those as well. We're on schedule with those. Um, and I said I wasn't going to say this, but I'm going to say it. um those office spaces that I showed you a picture of, they're not
014supposed to be turned over to us until the end of the project. Um but we're kind of twisting their arm to see if you guys can get those uh for the opening of school as well. So I think that's going to happen. Don't uh but uh they got to get all the same clubs in to finish off those other rooms. So if everything works out, we'll be able to turn that space over to the school early as well. Um I would so I I want to I just want to assure you I um I live under the philosophy I I'm under promise overd deliver and the last thing I want to do is tell you that we're going to finish early and and we don't finish on time. I will say we are very comfortably
015um on time. All right. So the next project um we got the CTE uh project. So there's a rendering of what the new CT building is going to look like. Um you know, obviously not a lot of cool things to look at uh so far with the CTV. Um, but here we go. So, um, one of the perks that has to go in is this new parking lot. If you remember, uh, we were demoing the old ninth grade house parking lot. Uh, they used that that was up in the far right hand side up there. Uh, and so, uh, this is, you can see here, the new parking lot taking shape. Uh, and again, um, we are committed to having, uh, this parking lot completed, ready to turn over to the schools. Um, by the
016end of July. So again, a little bit ahead of schedule on that. We really hit the ground running and being very aggressive at getting it installed and very pleased with how it's turning out. Um, and this just another view kind of looking from top of high school. You can see how large of the parking area is. And then there's um and so again this is a looking back at the school and I wanted you to be able to see like how much of the birth has already been disturbed as far as the the main area for the CT building itself. Uh we're very very pleased. I don't want to jinx myself on this. Uh they pretty much have that area to grade uh where we needed to be uh for the building. And we really
017have not ran into a lot of obstacles that we thought we were running into. We found some minor footings uh and things uh pipe uh electrical conduit uh those kind of we we do we find that but nothing out of the ordinary uh and so we've been very pleased with that. I do want to put a caveat uh at the end of that and that's to say we we have to go deeper, right? So we got to dig and it doesn't mean that we're not going to found something that we went deeper for those quotes. Uh I'm simply just saying we're very pleased at this point. We have not ran into anything that we didn't expect to find. And so we're very very pleased. U D and his crew. I just I want to say
018we could not be more pleased with their work and what they're doing out there. They're doing a great job and they're really hustling to get back. Uh this is another shot to kind of try to show both the parking lot and the uh the building area. You can see again this whole area is prepped and um in fact um they did a proof roll uh out there today uh to make sure it's ready. Uh and um so we're we're in good shape. Very very pleased with how this is going. Uh no change orders or anything to report uh at this time for this project. again is still very new. Um and as far as the financials, u very minimal amount spent uh so far on this one I think we spent 1.1 1.2 2 million
019so far on the C out of C. Answer any questions? Question comment. Hidden behind those. Yeah, you know, we had a lot of people say we're very excited about it. It is going to be a centerpiece I think for Luc County schools for the CTE program. And it's going to be a beautiful building and have that connector uh up there with the LC logo as people come to the sports complex to the baseball and softball games. They're going to see all that and it really is going to stand out. It's going to be phenomenal. Will it be ready? Uh it'll be ready um 2027. No. Nice try. So, other questions? So, I've had a couple of folks ask me a question. I didn't know the answer to it. That picture there's right close to the
020road there is that little lane. Yes. Yeah. So, uh what that's for um and they've gotten a little bit ahead of schedule. Um that's not really needed for quite a while yet. Well, what that's for is once the new CD building is put in, there's a parking lot that are part of that where there's no way to get back to the high school without going back out on main road. So, what that cut over is for is is to leave the CT parking lot to be able to get back to the high school without having to get back out on. Any other questions? Just reiterate, still on time on budget. We're on time on budget again. Very, you know, we we just started this uh project, but uh at this point we are ahead and
021absolutely not. Let me ask you the same contractor as Yes, we have the same general contractor for both projects. So Neielson Construction uh is doing both and for the majority of their subs uh is the same subs that will be coming over uh working on this building as well. And so the benefit of that is uh with anything it's always about relationships, right? And so you know we've been working with them for over a year now with a lot of their subs. So we built relationship with the subs. They know what to expect from us. They know we're going to be over there every day looking at things and not right and so we don't have to relive rehash all that in new build as well and that's one of the benefits with with Neielson
022is is they are very um accustomed to using some of our local people and helping the local community as Good evening everyone. Good evening. I got a little maintenance project update slideshow for you all tonight. biggest visual change so far is the brand new asphalt at the middle school and co of course and also add in the process right now as the bus also adds expanding the parking lot over at DJ we installed these glass walls um adding you know some extra classroom letting the natural light through but also giving privacy to the staff and students as well. Um and also out of it they received new lights. I'm sure the kitchen staff excited about that. This one's I'm very proud of this one. Our electricians installed at I think it was um this one
023is Little Lions. Um we went in there and removed a couple walls really opening up the space. New carpet, new paint. Um so they should be more than ready, you know, and excited about this little space up. And then of course you know custodians are hard at work getting cleaned up and making the new school year. Everything is looking great. Everything is on schedule. I show you. I think they do a good job. Do they have everything to make? Yes sir. I believe they do. Yep. They actually um everything they request we try our Thank you sir. Any questions? Great. It's been a busy summer. So I wanted to go on I have another um project or something I need to bring back up to the board. Um so kind of set the stage. So,
024a few weeks ago, I was at vacation and had an image text to me and uh it was about this new Amazon facility uh that's being proposed and um of course I was surprised uh when I saw the image and it's because you know first I heard about um you know a new facility with Amazon coming in the area much less right next door uh to school. Um and so I knew you guys had had a conversation on that and so I wanted to kind of bring it up to the board and uh kind of fill you in a little bit on what I had heard uh and about the project. Um so the proposed project uh for Amazon um does not connect to any of the high school middle school projects. it does connect
025uh potentially to the 91 acres uh that we purchased several years back. Um and so uh and that's where the tarfield projects are taking place is where we have a solar project um back there on the back side of that property. Uh and the the one thing about the image that was sent to me that surprised me the most was there's a road if you've seen it uh that kind of come right up the middle of that property which is the school's property. uh uh for uh this new proposed facility. Uh so um I reached out to uh the county uh to Andy Wade and I wanted to get some information on that to see you know I want to make sure we're all on the same page. you hadn't heard about it. And so
026I asked about, you know, the road uh and you know, what was going on with the facility and basically um the short version is is uh it's a concept proposal from Amazon. They haven't um you spoke to spoken to anyone about it and they were trying to put some concept together as far as where would be um you know obviously so that brings up a lot of questions uh that I think uh you know we probably want to talk through and address but I wanted to make sure you were aware of you know what's going on where the site is. Uh basically it's it'll have connectors from uh school bus road all the way down to the reservoir and then you know back up this way up to the 91 acres of the school property.
027And so the biggest concern I had was um you know when we purchased that property, one of the things that we were considering is that's where we're talking about putting a potential future school. Um, and you know, we may or may not put a school there and what the needs are for the gross county, but that was obviously one of the first things that jumped out of my mind was that's where we talk about and so Doug I think of all sorts of things, but I'm sure from from your perspective, what should we be thinking about this? Well, I think David David touched on one just now is the fact that that that land was purchased potentially to build another some type of facility. At one point maybe it was going to be the CT
028facility, but we chose to move that over to the front of the high school. Uh we've also had some discussions. We know we have an elementary school coming on um in the county um sometime in the near future um as that as a potential site for elementary school as well. And I think David had some conversations um with the county as well that to let them know that that that road being proposed through there would certainly um be a problem potentially for us if we were going to put another school there, whether it be an elementary or whatnot. So, one of the things I think some of the questions that that I really have um and and we need to really be thinking about for that site is one if how much traffic would this
029project potentially bring in? I think we need to really get an understanding of that if we were going to consider that site for another school. We already know there's a lot of traffic out here for middle and high school especially in the in the mornings a in the evenings afternoons and so what would that look like because that's one of the concerns that we have talked about and I say we um just internally as as maintenance our maintenance department and um just what we build here you know on this site. whether our concerns about the traffic already. So I think we need to really think and and really know about what is that traffic going to bring through the construction phase but not just construction phase beyond that as well. And I think that leads
030to this question that that I um have as well would be what do the jobs look like? And I think we need to know whether those jobs look like for a number of reasons. Uh because I think it affects our school division in a number of re number of ways. But one are those jobs um going to how many jobs number one. So I'm not sure exactly. I've heard some different numbers, but I've not seen concrete numbers of what those jobs look like. But I think are those jobs remote? If they're remote, they don't really bring traffic, so that wouldn't be a problem. But if they're not remote, are those jobs going to be jobs for folks within our community? Uh because those will be people commuting there from within the community that already live
031here or are there jobs that are going to be tapped for a lot of folks outside of our community which could have a couple different implications. One, they would potentially need to move here uh which would change our enrollment. Affect our enrollment is a better word for it. Affect our enrollment. So, I think we would need to be prepared. What does that look like? And and certainly don't have those answers right now, but those are things that we need to be considering. What does that enrollment look like if we're bringing folks from outside the county and they're moving into our community um for these jobs? And so, how fast does that happen? And that's that's a that's a question I think we need answered. So, uh, so I think it's it really evolves around thinking
032through the traffic piece and also, um, the piece with what does that look like for enrollment for us potentially as we know we're already growing very quickly. And so, what does that look like? And then the third thing I think we need to consider uh and really and and have to make sure the county understands this aspect of it as well is that we have the new middle the new addition to the middle school. We have the CTE center and then potentially another school on a site near here water needs and just making sure that there's an understanding of the water needs uh for those facilities. some of which are almost finished, some are just getting started, and some that haven't broken ground on yet, but just making sure there's an understanding there. So, I
033think those are important aspects, important questions um for us to get the answers to as we plan and look and and and know, you know, would that take this off the table? And again, I want to say to you all, we don't know that that site's going to be a site for the next elementary school. We don't have those answers, but we know that we purchase that property. At some point, there's going to be some potential facility that goes on that that property, whether it's in our my time here and your time here or much later down the road. But I think we need need to know what are the implications of the things I just discussed, the traffic, the job piece with the enrollment aspects and the water piece of that as far as
034adding on what we have here. So that's that's what I would sum up as certainly our questions now. And then and then the other and I would add this one as well. How close to come to our the the 91 acres and where we would put a school on that facility. Um, some of the thoughts would be it would be more up on the front side um of the facility and not on the on the side that's further back, which is where I think on the on the concept drawing is where it comes closer to the back side of that than the front side. But those are all things certainly that I think we as as as a school board, as a as a superintendent, as as a school division need to be thinking about
035um as we work through um this project that out there for an approval. Specific questions issues families are having water issues and and thoughts on um I mean I would love to hear your thoughts on the enrollment piece and and just those other sides. Just you know that just want to make sure what I'm saying here are are legitimate concerns for you all as well. Yes, sir. Does anyone know what that comes to? You know, with us, we know we're going to need more water for the middle school expansion. We got another turf field. I guess we need water for that. Not turf field, but a grass field. I don't know. I don't know the turf field water for that at all or not. So, well, I will say having, you know, I appreciate a
036turf church is 10 to 15 degrees hotter. So, it's not uncommon to water those fields before an event so that it's plenty. So, you don't have to water them as much, but you actually do have to water those fields. Well, they drain really well. So, they drain very well. So, the water goes through. And then we have the CTE center, which I would imagine that would use a good deal of water because we don't have events out for community in the evenings and stuff too and all. And then we build a new school over here. This that would be meaning requiring water and all and all that water would come from the northeast great reservoir. So I mean is any way we can just come up with some estimate that might be in the ballpark
037or how much water we're talking about we might need. Yeah. I mean I think we can um come up with a pretty good estimate on what the needs for those facilities are. Obviously with the base it off of the existing elementaryaries would come pretty close what those needs are and same with the addition square footage the number of restrooms and people with accuracy yeah I mean it'd be good if we had some you know idea because you know that's one of the concerns people have is will it be enough water these are Definitely things that we don't need water for. At least most of the things the one we don't know yet, but it very well could be a school down the road at all. We could go up some kind of I mean everything's
038an estimate. I mean looking at the two data centers they prove the normal average is 630,000 gallons they say but peak time be 7 million gallons today. So it's you know estimate just I don't know where you get the numbers exactly from. I would say you need to be high on estimate if you're going to give one just to make sure the worst case situation. Yeah, we certainly would do those calculations in house. We would make sure we work with company to provide those. So other concerns, questions. So construction wise, how long would this will construction last? There's a the construction traffic and then whatever the traffic is that what I've heard is construction could last up to 15 years for that project. So Yes sir. So 15 years would be the construction phase but
039also I and and I'm not exactly I'm not an expert on this by any means so I'm trying to learn as well but I believe they would open some along the way. I don't know that they open them all at one time. I think they open some along the way. um I believe but again don't hold me to that but I think the construction phase sports completely booked out would be about 15 years is the number that I've heard construction that could mean the school system construction workers could move in here and bring the kids yes I think that and to your point I mean that's why we need to talk through what is that enrollment What does that look like? Are we are we prepared for that? Because I don't know exactly, you know,
040in other communities, have the folks have been working and doing the construction, have they moved into the community for that? And I don't know that we've seen a huge huge increase in the construction enrollment from thus far from the other centers that are underway. But but that's a that's a great, you know, I think something we certainly need to we we have to prepare for whatever this may be. If it were to be approved, we need to be prepared and know what the impacts are as we plan for the future for police. And another thing is that I think they are scheduled to replace equipment in every five years and you there's a lot of whip though. How much truck you have with that with that schedule every five years to replace it? There'd be
041a lot of traffic with that too because it sounds like it's a lot. We don't we have questions that we don't know. Um and you know we put you on the spot as a subject matter expert and you're not subject matter expert. Um if it's pleasure of the board um I was going to ask Doug if that's following with the county with our questions um and then we get some answers to our questions. Yes sir. And I think uh some of the some of the answers I mean my understanding is that there's a traffic study that's coming. So because I've asked, you know, about that question, I think the traffic study to try to see what that would look like, but I think those are certainly things that we want to do and I'll continue
042to reach out. Yes, sir. Definitely. Any other questions? Only thing I mean Dave said something about hiring somebody for the water estimate. I don't know if that's quite I mean elementary we should be able to pull that off of the three elementary but we want to be a design for that space. rather reach out to experts. That'll be I want to give you an accurate number. Well, I mean I I mean I think we need a ballpark number would be fine without going all the expense to pay somebody to do the study. We have to pay for the hookup fee before you get the door. Did the hookup fee have anything about how much water we were going to be getting? No, we already paid more than somebody hooking up to a house. So they
043actually estimate how much water we were draw. Yeah, we certainly can look in that. We'll try to get you a rough guesstimate of that number without having without having That's not a problem. Good point. Spent a lot of money on this. I would like to just kind of hit a ballpark figure. This is what we think it'll be. Makes sense. Makes total sense. And then with the expansion in middle school, we the building that size, how much water it required, you know, maybe scale down with elementary school for that square footage, you know. What I look for is just something in a ballpark that you give to say this number is not exact, but it's something I think will be someone. Yes, sir. Any other questions? Thank you. Thank you very much. And we'll move
044on to our consent agenda. Do we have a second? Second. We have second. So any further discussion and I do have my standing question for finance. Just confirming that all fee cards and Amazon expenses have been reviewed and approved. Thank you very much. Are there any other questions? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Those opposed. Motion passes. On to our action items. The first is the approval of our division litery literacy plan. So um you want to make a motion first or Yes. Okay. Megan, do you want to come up? Good evening. Good evening. I'll just add one quick note on that. You approved the division literacy plan from last year which was good for one year 24 25 school year. This is bannual, so we're good until 2027. Y and all
045this revision to it did was add the extension of the middle school into our supplemental intervention materials, whereas the old one just included K5 for that and materials. Now it's K8. Now K. Could that still be my question? What's changed last year? That's it. Just the adoption of more resources per the Virginia Literacy Act extension. Yeah, I have a question indirectly. This was the first year that we used the curriculum that we had to buy. What's your feeling about it? Was it worth it or we definitely think it was worth it. We happy with the one that we picked. We sent out a survey at the end of the year and we got great feedback from it from the principles. Good feedback as the year went along. Um, it was a rough, not rough, but
046it was a very different start of the school year with anytime you're implementing a brand new curriculum. But as the year went on, I would say if you talk to them by December, January, everybody was comfortable and and ready to make improvements. And you think it really helped the kids learn with an advanced father with this curriculum even if they didn't have it? Yes. Yeah. I think last year the state paid for the curriculum for us at all. We had to pick one. Is it every year you got to pay for this curriculum? We're good. Um, no. So, last year we only purchased it for one year. So, we have the physical materials, but then going off of that, we will pay for any consumable materials that students use and online access. That will be
047the part that is a yearly cost. Sometimes these yearly costs can get expensive at all. And the all-in money, last year they gave us the all-in Virginia money. That's where that money came from that you're talking about to buy the initial and then now this year's so we are purchasing a threeyear subscription um that will start this year. So set for three years we won't pay anything next year or the year after. We didn't want to do that year one because we didn't know which pieces of it we wanted to use. And I'm glad that we did it because we were dropping some pieces that teachers didn't like. But overall, a thumbs up. Agreed. Thank you, man. Any other questions? All those in favor signify by saying I motion carries. The next one is V
048the SBA would like us to um select a delegate and alter the SBA convention and to help speed things along. I've done it the past couple of years um nothing like a a board meeting with 125 voting members um trying to get something accomplished. Um and I'm not I won't back out. So I I will I'm willing to do that if you're willing to be my I will do So if it's the board that I serve as I'll be the delegate and second second I thought that was good. Um so there no further discussion all those in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. Motion carries. All right. Have a second. Second. Any further discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Those opposed. Abstain. Okay. So 61 6. And that's everything on
049our action items. offormational items. Uh it's the first reading of ESDA schoolboard policies. So good evening. Good evening. We ask Dr. Coloni if he would join us for this. Controversial. All right. This is everybody's favorite part. All right. So I'm going to cover some of the new policies in place for next year. I'll touch on a few of those. There's some safety related policies. We're starting with policy. Um, this is related to schools that have have athletic programs. We now have to implement a cardiac response plan and establish athletic emergency plans. So, this policy kind of details what those are. Talks about locations and having stop kits as a part of that. There's also lots of policy this year about opioid antagonists for opioid overdoses procedures as a part of that cardiac response plan for
050that as well. Policy EPA is also related to the cardiac response plan and this is the training that's required for it. We'll have some staff training um for our nurses, athletic trainers, coaches um related to the implementation. Um and then we'll have to designate who that opioid antagonist is and that we have the supply of narcose at all times if people have access to it and overdose. The next policy is again related to that PBC and this talks about drill requirements. So both at the middle school and the high school will have to do practice um drills for the cardiac arrest plan. Um so we're working with the schools to do that at least once annually. Next policy GCE is related to um having folks in teaching positions that are not fully licensed. So the
051state is allowing schools to have individuals in positions where they're not licensed for a period of 90 days. And after that 90 days, they either have to have met the licensing requirements and we have to write a letter um to the state superintendent of instruction detailing what our plan is to help get that individual license. Um, this next policy is a bit complicated and we're having to kind of navigate and work through all the layers of it. Policy GCL um that states that no elementary or secondary teacher is required to participate more frequently and once within six months of employment and then once every five years thereafter for nonacademic training. So any academic training. They can only participate once within six months of employment and then only once within that 5year period. And the total
052hours of nonacademic training in that five years cannot exceed 25 hours. So, we're in the process of kind of valuing all the non-academic training that we do, but there is a provision that this does not apply to non-academic training that is required based on state or federal law. So, we're in the process of reviewing all of our nonount of academic training. We're going back and looking at state code, looking at federal law to see which of those are kind of excluded and then we're evaluating how much total time that will be um to be able to plan for when staff returns for some of that training that we historically have done. What is some of the non um so um like sometimes for like nurses do like the bloodborne pathogen training like how to protect
053yourself against bodily fluids. Um you know things of that nature. Um so we're kind of evaluating all the different layers because we have so many different staff that provide the trainings. So we're really trying to get a handle from schools in secondary versus elementary. What are all the trains? All right. Um, so these next two policies again are related to the opioid antagonist. Um, we're going to be required to give folks training and offer training for our staff. But there's a provision that states that no employee can be subject to any type of disciplinary action who attempts to administer this and it has a favorable or not favorable result. So whether that person is trained or not, if they attempt to intervene and either results positive or not, we can't be held accountable for it.
054So it does give protection for staff with that. Um, policy IG A actually requires us to provide training and instruction at the secondary level in grades 9 through 12 for our students about the opioid overdose prevention and it must include kind of the signs of opioid overdose and also they have to receive training on administering the students. The students little between grades 9 to 12. So we're working with Mr. Red kind of at the high school to determine which grade level is going to be most appropriate, but there is flexibility there to kind of build that into the health curriculum. All right. And last policy that I'll touch on is policy JJ A. And this is an athletic policy and is that extreme heat protection. Um so there's some new adherence um that school divisions
055have to follow in regards to levels and tears um required um for heat accommodations and so it has to do equipment work ratios water breaks using shaded areas. So I'm working with high school with the athletic director um to ensure um that we're up to standard with this policy. Also, there are um strict adherences for cancellation of events, hydration, and pooling space. Um so, we're working kind of through sure we meet all requirements of this policy. Um but the shaded area and the hydration are the two most important components of that. All right. I think that's a summary of the one I wanted to cover. Yes, sir. The first one you brought up the policy requires whoever have the device on the field in case somebody fall. So um there has to be access to
056the AE. Yes. So we have to have those strategically station instructions as to where they are. Is there other questions? So, um I wanted to ask from a standpoint additional costs or personnel additional personnel required. You know, the only additional costs are the bleeding kits to stop the bleeding kits, but there is a provision there that says that you don't have to have as many as what's required if there is not funding provided. So, we're waiting to hear what funding is provided, but certainly that's something that Sergeant has really over the years to get our staff trained and have access to those. So, we've already started add some more but otherwise no nonacademic training but there's something about safety is that still considered non academic training considered nonacademic training but again there are certain um
057state and federal codes where we have to training folks in the crisis implementation. And so those are the things we're looking at to ensure we're tying all the trainers we do to code kind of know what really falls into nonacademic. Seems a little more complicated needs to be sir. And we're going to be training kids in the 10th, 11th, 12th grade what to do if somebody overdoses. So will these kids be able to bring what they need to administer somebody? We have to provide that supply. So the schools will have a supply and kids will have to know where that supply is. taught the proper procedures. They're trying to prevent, you know, obviously overdoses because you know I thought that's what you were training the adults, the teachers and people to do. Yes. more kids
058as well. And I think I think a lot of that is outside of the school where they would reference for the training where a student would be out in the community or in their home or wherever they may be. But what you need to do to reverse over is that something prescription you buy it off the counter. Um it's a good question. It's called Nan and they supply where health department you said the success rate is very high. Hopefully it's something you never need but if you need it you need it. Any other questions? The next one will folks have any other questions for the journey to greatness. Dr. Alar is going to give us our journey to greatness. Take a really long time. This I'm honored to do. This was the first one of
059this year. So, this is number one. So, I'm very excited to talk about this. Um we know that there is instruction going on even in the summertime. So we have summer school at Thomas Jefferson called elementary. Um we have middle school for summer school. So we have students and our teachers are working very hard. We also have some students for extended school here at J Elementary School too. So lots happening during the summer time. Uh we also have our leaders in our buildings and our division level working with um and active threat excess and working with the sheriff's office on that. So continually learning to keep our schools So that's happening. Um, this picture I'm very happy to talk about. Mr. Bundre was able to to watch and support the FFA at the state convention.
060There's a little cutie pie there in the front. So um, but we actually placed very well as a school division including um the state president Alexander graduated county high school is now the state president next year. So just part um and then we had at least two students placed first including will be media and national level. So that was actually a lot of middle school also did very well. Dr. Alim, there was a what was that emblem in the background? Was that a hokey in the background? Okay. Okay. All right. All right. Hi in the background. Yes. They had air conditioned dorms this time which was quite nice. Um the CT innovation u there was definitely a need to recognize our automotive department and the state recognized Mr. Bowens and Mr. Red for that. uh
061creating excellence award from department of education for the ongo program. We also have a plethora of equipment and supplies coming in for the new JLTC program. That's very exciting. Um my understanding is quite a lot. Um but it's going to be very exciting for that program this year. Um I want to tell Mr. Wallace that I think Mr. had a special pleasure in putting toilet pictures into the the fixed around the school division. So here is one here and do it. um but also a lot of other things that he um expressed in his presentation but also some other things in the thermostats and tennis court lights and irrigation at the metal gyms. A lot happening in the maintenance department. Very thankful for that. Technology department is also working very hard with new things happening
062next year. So, iPads for the next year, preparing new teacher devices, cleaning classroom projectors, all of that happening with the technology team. Um, nutrition working very hard in this stink and eat. So, that is something that um and this team I've had the pleasure of being with the group. um doesn't matter if it's nearly 100 degree weather, they have smiles on their faces giving um meals to the students and their families. So um the breakfast and lunch that is provided not only in the school during summer school but also community lots of participation there and then finally public information communications um things like the program are highlight and then even the spotlight the social media shout outs to watch thank you Dr. out. [Music] That's okay. That's okay. You don't want to do too good
063of a job. So, we're at the public comment section. So, if anybody wanted to speak, they come forward and do so. If you don't mind introducing yourself. Good evening. Good evening. My name is Backer. Uh I understand that in the close session I was considered a given opportunity to work for the county. I want to thank Miss Cole and her team for very welcoming and giving me Melissa and her training team was very good training me on what to expect of me. providing transportation for the student schools mainly for many years and sometimes it's just good to come in the main face that's out there you know so that's the only reason I came in just introduce myself the first time that I meet very interesting I've been in Louisiana since 98 my wife move
064this around and just give me an opportunity to work with you guys and hopefully you can do a good job. Have you received assignment yet? No, I have not. No, I have not. I'm an odd duck. I know this is a little crazy. Back in the 80s, my mother and I drove a school bus together. So, I enjoyed being moved around and as I think she appreciates that I'm a team player, whatever they do, I'd be more than happy to step up. I was in management for 15 years. received 150 rock shots for the bakery in Baltimore and also I know what is involved and I know what it is to be a team player on the background I've driven buses through DC tractor trailer all that large equipment I'm quite familiar so like I
065said to her department and thank you for your I want to tell you that I drove a school bus when I was a senior here in 1966 and then eventually I drove a school bus right I think it'd be fun now anyway good luck welcome to the tank I appreciate a lot it's not an easy job They they keep warning. Are you sure you know what you're getting yourself into? Yes. Anyone else? If not, we'll go on to the report. So, Mr. Harris, I didn't know if you have any questions this even. All right. And um so to uh remind folks, we do have um our next school board meeting um in August, but before then, we're going to have a call closed meeting on July 28th. And this is our regular meeting um where
066we this time of year I think we've done what eight or 10 years where we um prepare ourselves to begin the school get up to speed with all the activities you all been going on in terms and then in August we'll have a radio meeting then as well which is I believe August 5th August 5th. All right. And for you know the school will be open. Um it's quickly coming upon us but um what I can also feel quickly coming upon us is the next motion. So do we have a motion to adjourn? Do we have a second? Second. Any further discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I thank you all very much. [Music]