001for e e I caught a order the Kaba County Board of Education regular meeting for March 24th 2025 we will start with a moment of silence and then presentation of colored followed by the Pledge of Allegiance by Don Sigman so if you please stand moment of silence we'll now have presentation of colors hold thank you major Jones uh would you like to tell us a little bit about your Cadet you have with us this evening yes sir first of all thank you for uh coming and allowing us to present the colors tonight uh I have a a larger crowd up here than normally uh it's great to have so many volunteers and uh I have a few seniors that I like to recognize also as we go through the uh from left to right I
002have Samara Chavez she is presently going to uh uh she's going to be graduating she was last year she was um our Junior Marshall excuse me uh she is a uh Honor Graduate this year and she will be going to cbcc and then to uh higho University uh to do an RC program uh next is Emily Foster she is a junior this year so I get to talk more about her next year so I'll I'll hold off on her and then the next one I carry the North Carolina flag is Ruby Fox she's also a senior and uh she is enlisting into the air force as soon is uh we graduate in a just a couple weeks uh next uh carrying the Air Force flag is our freshman U Isabelle Cass and then beside him
003beside her is uh doota Martin who is a sophomore and finally on the end here is our last senior um Christian Cheryl who is going to be going to cbcc and uh potentially off to um a RC program as well so all of these Cadets here have participated in the color guards and are the what I call my cream of the crop recently they were uh a color guard uh for the Charlotte Hornets so I'm very proud of them thank you again to the Bunker Hill Air Force jrtc and major Jones uh next up we have approval of minutes from the 20 February 24th 2025 meeting and March 17th 20125 meeting I believe everyone's had a chance to look over the minutes if there's any discussion on that I need a motion to approve approve
004I second have had a motion and a second Is there further discussion hearing none all those in approval shall have raised hand that's unanimous next up will be adjustment approval of the agenda uh we have uh two additions for the agenda and one removal from the agenda uh the first addition will be deletion of administrative procedure 4.20 AP and of course exam exemptions uh second addition will be after closed session consideration and possible approval of letter regarding Power School requests by Miss Teague and a removal from the agenda will be 42320 School administrations multiple policies requested by attorney Davis is there any other adjustments that need to be made to the agenda yes thank you if there are no other adjustments or deletions from the agenda I need a motion for approval make a motion
005we approve hearing a motion and a second is there any further discussion I do have a question I know that I know in the past Mr s you've been a real stickler for us having things on the agenda that have been in front of us and that we've had a chance to look at and consider I think I'm I'm not sure about the letter regarding power schull being added we didn't receive it until Saturday morning at 8:30 to look at I wonder if we're not premature in adding that to the agenda until we can discuss it in close session okay I think we could go ahead and listen to what the attorney has to say in yes definitely then we can we need that discussion have further discussion after that if need be uh I
006know it was uh was until Saturday till I got it and was able to send it out and I know it's short notice but we'll just hear it out and then we can talk about it further at those two times okay and we can't discuss it in close session without it being on the agenda I I think it's a good idea to to um discuss it I think we need that with our attorney I'm just not sure that I'm ready for consideration and possible approval I'd like to suggest that we wait to see to adjust the agenda then once we have the information okay so the approval of the agenda right now is just going to be for number one and number two under the adjustments which would be the 4.20 and the 42320 then
007we'll have a pending for after CL session that be okay for a motion okay we need to second that as well I'll amend my motion till after the closed session the approval of the agenda by adding number one and two and then after Clos session the the board can determine what they want to do I'll second okay all right heing a motion of a second is there any further [Music] discussion if not raise hand for approval that you Den next up will be the superintendent's report presented by Dr Stover thank you chairman um and members of the board if you want to meet me out front we've got three special people recognize this evening all right I also want to welcome Mr Chris Gettys uh if you want to come up and join us for
008homes for here we appreciate your sponsorship of our monthly Awards so this month uh we've got three employees to recognize our first employee we're going to recognize tonight is Miss Kim Heckler she's our uh assist principal and online Kataba administrator and recently she's also been uh filling in our Gap at mil Creek uh Middle School uh with Mr Everett and I was just down there the other day and uh the staff is so thankful and appreciative of her and thank you to miss hall for being here tonight and letting us borrow her uh but great job with online Kataba and all you do uh we're super proud of you thank you Miss Heckler we've got a plaque for you come on up our next uh employee of the month we're going to recognized from Sherl
009Ford Elementary School uh this is a third grade teacher Miss Hensley uh she has come to us a few years ago from Charlotte Mech we appreciate her crossing the line and uh grateful for her to be here we also have her mom in technology too uh thanks for her parents for being here tonight Mrs Gates uh when I went to her class it was obvious why uh we chose her uh her eyes lit up and her um demeanor with her kids and what she does with those students and when the kids saw us coming and saw that she won the award it spoke volumes of what she does every day in her classroom so we'd like to recognize Miss hinley come on up and last but not least we got to keep our children well
010fed and uh this this month we're recognizing Miss Denise Caldwell from Murray Elementary School uh I see Miss Garcia and our school counselor here and um we're just so thankful for all you do our our Child Nutrition staff works so hard you all know that uh but along with that the food allergies are just through the roof you know and so she just does this great job making sure our kids are getting what they're allowed to have what they're not allowed to have uh she also grows strawberries behind the school that's our little joke um she had great strawberries one day I said where'd you get the shees I grow them I said okay wow um but miss cwell does a great job and I know that the staff at just love having her there
011so congratulations come on up e e next up we have public comment and that'll be directed by Clayton Mullis the Kaba County Board of Education appreciates and welcomes all public comments members of the public who have signed up to speak May address board members on any topic of concern during the public comment section of a regular meeting each speaker will be allowed a maximum of three minutes to address the Kataba County Board of Education members a Time clock will be displayed to assist each speaker with their three minutes of time limit speakers should direct comments to board members rather than to the audience comments by members of the public should be respectful without slander towards any other member of the public Community member or members of the Kataba County Board of Education any displays of
012approval or disapproval are out of order unless otherwise directed by the board chair on our public comments uh first will be Matt sin good evening thank you board and fellow citizens for giving me the opportunity to speak thank you to all the students teachers administrators and the board for all your hard work with the helping public education so it's March uh basketball season everybody has their favorite team uh you know Glu to the TV and internet trying to find out uh what's going on everybody's got their favorite colleges whether or not they went there well I'm here to speak about another kind of Madness I'm Matt sin I was born and raised in North Carolina and educated in public schools throughout I'd like to begin by reading a quote from the woke project 2025 in
013chapter 11 the first sentence says federal education policy should be limited and ultimately the Federal Department of Education should be eliminated so what we see is this term Department of Education is being eliminated so don't think that the rest of project 2025 is not going to be implemented and here to weaken the local public schools the Department of Education was not preventing States from fully funding schools or paying teachers more what we lose is the ability for consistent education policy without a National Education agenda I'd like to illustrate with a example from the Federal Highway Administration it costs millions of dollars to build these overpasses and every half a foot can cost millions of dollars with deregulation it's a race to the bottom some states to save money won't build as high therefore existing trucks
014may not be able to pass under in some states although it's more efficient what this means for students parents is more unequal education outcomes for teachers your experience may be less valued if you move to another state for example Math teachers may only be able to teach one to two grades lower in another state and paid less now that the Department of Education is gone are States going to suddenly make education a priority I hope so we must tell representatives to prove that the Department of Education was what was holding them back and fulfill their promises or else I'd like to remind you quote from Matthew 19:24 Jesus Christ said it's easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven remember that
015when you think about who is leading us where and whether that's the place you want to follow we are Tar Heels okay that means we stick tar our heels and we won't back down we must protect public education thank you thank you Mr sin uh next speaker is Lynn is it dorin thank you for this opportunity I'm Lynn Dorfman I live in Hickory I'm a Kataba County taxpayer my husband and I retired to Kataba County in 2013 after a 40-year career in Washington DC my first job after Library school was at the council for exceptional children most people use the term exceptional to mean outstanding but it means not the norm or a typical exceptional children can be those with physical mental or emotional challenges but are also those who are gifted and talented the
016Kataba County Schools website says in part quote Kataba County Schools is committed to providing exceptional children with a personalized inclusive educational experience that meets their unique needs with an emphasis on lifelong learning Independence and accessibility Kataba County Schools is dedicated to helping exceptional children succeed both in school and Beyond okay but how will Kataba County Schools honor this commitment with the loss of federal funds provided through the individuals with disabilities Education Act will there be enough Educators to provide services for disabled children who will develop individualized education programs who will Implement them who will monitor children's progress my husband and I were fortunate we did not have a child with Down Syndrome or Autism or cereal paly or with emotional challenges or learning difficulties but other parents many of our friends and many of you
017and your friends too were and are the ones scrambling and scouring for resources to help their children get the education the tools the resources the training the aid that they need to be able to live their best lives live their best lives that's the goal of Education helping equip the Next Generation to live their best lives Kataba County schools has received about $9 million a year in federal funds for special needs students for lowincome students for health with ESL for hiring instructional coaches and AIDS and so much more gez it may be time for bake sales to offset those serious sh shortfalls how many cookies does it take to reach $9 million these are challenging times as Mr sin said and you as Schoolboard members must rise to the challenge I thank you for what
018you are doing and what you will do to help all children succeed to engage to inspire to empower to live their best lives thank you m dord next speaker is Aaron Sherm so good evening I'm Ain Sharm first of all I want to send some congratulations to some of our students and educators I would like to congratulate our Battle of the books teams that won in the district level competitions and are moving on to the regional competitions as a student through from sixth through 8th grade I myself participated in battle of the books and know exactly what a time commitment it is to read all of those books and become an expert on them know them front and back and it is a huge time commitment for their coaches too so I would like to
019send them a huge congratulations it's also arts and schools month and I've loved seeing the posts on the county Facebook page highlighting our wonderful Arts Educators both Visual Arts perfor and Performing Arts I loved seeing the artwork of the kids coming in it was heartwarming to see it and I would like to encourage the board to try to promote and include More arts education for our students every child deserves a place to succeed in school and for some kids that place is arts and it's important every kid can succeed so I do with the current federal Administration have some severe concerns for Kataba County Schools one thing that is near and dear to my heart is making sure that hungry kids are fed and I I worry about that that currently Kataba County Schools offers
020free and actually free Rel for students and I would hate to see that go away every child deserves to be able to eat it doesn't matter what their background is what they look like if they're having struggles at home they need to eat hungry kids cannot learn and if our kids can't learn they're not going to be good citizens when they graduate they're not going to be productive members of society that I am truly upset to see that the federal program that was providing fresh fruits and vegetables to our students from local farmers has been dissolved fresh fruits and veggies for some of these students is something they're not going to get to experience at home because they live in food insecurity or in food deserts and that's just not available and I want to
021absolutely commend our wonderful school lunch person who was in that was growing her own strawberries that's that's amazing that these kids get to have fresh strawberries they get to see where food comes from and I would love to see more innovative ideas like that happen happening with our school lunch workers they do amazing work and every child deserves to eat school lunch debt should not exist those are words that just should not go together and I can't fathom that we as a society allow that and with the current federal push I'm scared we're going to get back to that so thank you and please do what you can to not have that thank you m Shar next speaker is Kevin Sparks thank you good evening I am Kevin Sparks I only have one agenda and
022I've spoken about that agenda for three years now in this room my agenda is solely focused on excellence in public education I am a product of the American education system I'm unbelievably proud to say that here I'm an American scientist those use those words used to carry great weight ask yourself when was the last time you heard someone say that ask yourself if you want to hear a Kataba County student stand up and say I'm an American scientist if you don't value that exactly who will Design the next generation of AI chips and you better pray that it's Taiwan and not China enough proing 4 three years ago almost exactly was the argument date in the United States Supreme Court for what has become known as Pico versus bard of v it was actually Island
023Trees free Union School District versus Pico if you're not familiar with it let me suggest that you get yourself familiar with it the Board of Education in Escambia County Florida was not familiar with it they are getting an extremely painful education in that case right now speaking of unintended consequences they hoped to ban book because of what they consider to be objectionable content does this sound familiar to anybody what they've learned is that the federal court in which that case landed decided to open the door and strengthen the precedent of Pico versus Board of Ed which was notable because it was held up especially to me and some of my discussions as a very weak precedent it has now become Central to the top IC of First Amendment why do I care about First Amendment
024the first University was formed in 749 it was the school of Elam in Fez Morocco yeah it was a Muslim school one of their principles was free expression of ideas ever since that has been Central to education to have free expression of of ideas I have heard in this room this board asked to speak to employees for speaking out against people the horror and the shame of it the Supreme Court said in their ruling in the burger Court of course Public School libraries have a distinct Affinity to the freedom of speech verifying what some of us see as an important Link in an education between freedom of thought and a sound education I want our students to be immune to ad do indoctrination thank you thank you Mr Sparks next speaker is Amberly Turk thank
025you very much I'm here this evening to give a big shout out to Mr settle Meer and Mr Miller for volunteering all day at our most recent Science Olympiad tournament as we were unpacking the Friday evening before the tournament the directions for Mr sett me's event basically said this event has been a nightmare good luck now before some of you think the worst of me I need you to know that M CM picked his event I did not assign it to him it was a new event and sadly one of the critical parts for this event arrived broken we did our best to get it ready for him and when he arrived Saturday morning he still had quite a learning curve in front of him in the end the event ran very well and many
026medals were awarded and trophies were handed out sadly very few of those medals went to Kataba County students and none of the awards were handed out to a Kataba County school we did not have any middle schools that participated the only Kataba County High School that participated did not field a full team and therefore they were not going to qualify for States when my children attended Kataba County Schools they attended the state competition both as students at Art Middle School St Stevens High School and as students at Clyde Campbell Elementary Campbell Elementary competed as a middle school when my son attended there in the past we have had multiple middle schools in high schools as part of this competition and we used to have all of our elementary schools competing our elementary tournament no longer
027exists because the last time we ran it we only had one school competing part of this loss was due to co when the schools couldn't have clubs and Science Olympiad became virtual I still haven't gotten over having to cancel the national tournament that was supposed to happen in Raleigh it has been two years um of preparation for that and it dissolved overnight the majority of the decline in Science Olympiad regionally happened because 20 years ago it was a CCS employee that ran the elementary tournament she was able to use AIG funds to support the teachers and get them to participate so they did not have to do fundraising ERS that support is gone and teachers now have to find ways to fund this and there are no stiens I love robotics later this week I'm
028going to be babysitting the mechanical Minds team and those kids learn a lot more than just engineering but they do not get as the breadth and the depth that Science Olympiad offers them I hope that you can help work to fill this void thank you Dr last speaker is David Neils good evening my name is David Neils I have 42 years experience as an educator um and I've worked for Disney twice uh I teach theater and I really enjoy it and first of all I want to thank each one and every one of you for your service I believe you all have have our kids uh interested at heart um so I I want to tell you a story a couple years ago I was directing a High School production of aliceon Wonderland and I
029had split it up so that kids uh could come on different days and they wouldn't have to commit to every afternoon and I had one girl who played the mock turtle from Alison Wonderland she came on Tuesday she came for a couple of weeks and then she came to me and she said Mr Neils I'd like to switch my day to Thursday and I said sure uh is there a reason for that she said well my mom gets paid on Wednesday and that's when we put gas in the car and um I realized that this is the kind of kid that we should be supporting this is a kid who wanted to succeed who didn't drop out because it was difficult she continued to come and participate uh but she had to make adjustments I
030feel like I've this is my first time speaking here I'm really delighted to be here uh but I've been reading about the school board meetings since I've moved to Hickory and um I feel like we should be refocusing our attention and um not I I'm not allowed to look at the audience I guess but um hungry kids can't learn and I think that we need to focus on the needs of the of the students more than what's in our libraries and uh I'd like to see a Readjustment of that um come to the schools talk to the teachers talk to the students find out what the needs are that could best serve them I've got a minute but I'm not going to use it so uh thanks everybody once again my name is David Neils
031and uh thank you again for all that you do thank you for coming to speak tonight and thank you for being the first to sign up online uh next on the agenda are cons consent items presented by Dr Stover thank you chairman s members of the board we do have our consent items in your packets and uh we are looking for approval of that this evening everyone had a chance to look over the consent items I need a motion for approval of consent items for this evening's agenda the motion to approve the consent items on the agenda I've had a motion in a second is there any further discussion hearing none I'll ask for raise of hands for approval that is unanimous uh next up is new business uh our first presentation is the first
032reading of the 2025 through 2028 academically or intellectually gifted AIG plan for Kataba County schools by jell Eisenhower my presentation somewhere I sent it to Lee so wherever Lee in you send things yes it is thank you okay thank you good evening Mr chairman honored members of the board Dr Stover thank you for having me this evening I am johnelle Eisenhower and this is my 10th presentation of the AIG plan to our school board um the way the law Works which is article 9B says that our plan has to be Rewritten and reviewed every three years so we are that part in the cycle where I'm submitting it to y'all for first reading um the important things that I wanted to make sure that you knew um with regard to article 9B that's the um
033legislation that divorced AIG from exceptional children so that separated the funding and it separated how we served so um it requires that we address the standards it requires that we um legally have a procedure to resolve disagreements all of that is in that 52-page document that we shared with you um AIG is funded at 4% 4% of our ADM we serve at 12% so we make the most out of the money that we have our program standards include identification how do we identify students um this is our stickiest standard because it's the one that if they're going to take me to court this is the one they're going to take me to court rept on because article 9B says that we must have standards to identify and we must place and serve students so far
034so good no judge no anything got 28 solid years of plan so so far so good um each standard has multiple practices underneath it and as I said all of that is in your document the revision process the last time that we submitted a plan I got information we got information for from DPI so between what they said about our last plan any changes to the standards um feedback from The Advisory Board and from focus groups as well as standards teams and y'all standards teams are the groups of people that um each one focuses on a different standard whether it's identification or placement or differentiation it's just a lot for somebody to be able to do all six of those so they're kind of separated out um so you have the first draft for the
035first reading and there are two ways to go you can read it and then in April's meeting you can say great it's fine and we're going to go ahead and authorize it because it is your plan legally the State Board of Education cannot tell you what to put in that plan we have met all the requirements they can recommend that we change things but we don't have to so when you approve it it becomes law for for us um if you read through it and you have questions then of course I'll be here for that I'll answer whatever questions you have and then I'll give it the plan over to you for a second reading and so hopefully then if that works out okay then in May you would actually approve it but we work
036through it until we answer all of your questions um questions for me okay thank you so much for having me and for listening to me this evening and be sure to let me know if you need something thank you Miss H Hower next on the agenda is review of katava County Education policies for board members and that'll be directed by Dr Barnett thank you Mr chair back in January uh with a new board coming on some new members of the board coming on there were a few missteps that made me realize and think that what we really needed at this time was a review of some policies or some a look at some policies delving into some of our policies just about procedures and uh the way things operate according to what policies we've passed
037and I had mentioned to Chairman settel that uh I mentioned seven different policies that I thought would be good for us to look at a little bit more in depth and uh so I I kind of approached this as I told him as a scavenger hunt uh just the teacher in me uh doing that but since there were seven of us on the board I thought we could each take one of those seven policies and uh just kind of fill in the blanks it's not meant this is not to me meant to be a deep dive into policy in fact I think we need much more of this to just get into what policies are already there and make sure we understand them and are operating according to them uh but tonight I I chose
038seven particular ones and I copied all of this to uh Mr CM also so that he would know what we're doing and I've given you each kind of a cheat sheet if you want to you know your answers if you want to record the answers that the others are giving tonight you can do so on there and uh that would help you review your policy as well as the person reviewing it for us the first policy is policy 1.100 board authority and duties and I had asked I just assigned this one to Mr settl uh asking what are the board's eight most important duties and I think he's got flashcards even I do good for you he's just try to that's the it's the student in here yeah so the first one of these eight
039would be um sound basic education as per the North Carolina Supreme Court uh the second one would be leadership Direction by goals defining High academic standards for students uh the third one would be policies for standards accountability and evaluate essential operations for the school system number four would be ensure legal compliance of all the Board of Education and school system functions fifth would B judicial functions by hearing as appropriate or required by law regarding decisions of the school system number six would be hiring a superintendent supporting the superintendent and his or her Administration evaluating and responding to recommendations by the superintendent including educational and facility needs number seven we consider the budget proposed by the superintendent present that budget to the County Commissioners adopting the budget if approved by the County Commissioners and ensuring Appropriations
040is sufficient to support a system of free public education and finally number eight advocate for the school system its employees and especially its students in all interactions with the with government entities and the public thank you Mr selire so we have a lot of Duties uh both for us and as Mr Sigman was saying there's just it's almost impossible to be responsible for all of those but we have a huge responsibility uh when we were elected we were really elected to do some heavy lifting for our students for our district for our teachers and community and it's very important and Mr selire you did a great job I had mention in there try to summarize your answers using as few words as possible and you certainly did thank you for doing that anything you want
041to comment on those duties like you said it's a lot of heavy lifting in there a lot of weight on those things thank you and number two Miss Underwood uh she was looking at policy 1.1 th000 and by the way I hope everybody knows where to get to the policies online and that you can follow along and look at them like like I told Mr settle when I sent these out it wasn't any kind of gotcha or any kind of uh uh questions it's just basically fill in the blanks from the policies themselves just a chance to get us in there and get us reading them and looking at them so miss Underwood's going to talk to us about the seven big governing principles in policy 1.100 governing principles all right number one is Student
042Success as its top priority a system of excellent schools provides opportunities for individual students to succeed and overall student performance to improve number two is Parental involvement a system of excellent schools involves parents in decisions regarding their own children an educational program and the schools number three is safe orderly and inviting inviting environment a system of excellent schools creates and maintains a safe and orderly environment in which staff and students are focused on and excited about learning number four School initiatives in a system of excellent schools each School initiates improvements to the educ ational program and services for students and involve staff parents and students in the school level decision-making processes number five professional development a system of excellent schools provides continuous professional development and training to help Personnel gain the skills and knowledge needed
043to meet the North Carolina state board and local board expectations especially as they relate to improving student performance number six is removal of barriers assist system of excellent schools prohibits illegal discrimination and harassment of staff and students encourages tolerance and respect and seeks to eliminate and lessen other barriers that may impede a student's ability or opportunity to learn including economic disadvantages poor nutrition ill health and lack of transportation number seven is stewardship of resources a system of excellent schools conserves financial and environmental resources and operates in in an efficient manner uh Dr brette as I read all of those um I think all of those are very important but two of them really stuck out to me and and that was number two and number three um safe orderly and inviting environment um if our
044kids and our staff don't have a safe environment and don't feel like um they are safe and if they're hungry as we have heard already tonight um that's going to hurt their Student Success um and the other thing the parental involvement number two um personally I would love for our board to work together uh in the time that we are together um on improving some of those things and coming up with more resources for our kids and for our staff um in regards to safety and um also find ways to get our parents more involved because I believe that um it takes all of us to um make sure that our kids are going to be successful thank you I certainly agree with that too in this policy and in the one that Mr settlemire
045went over the Leandro case is also mentioned and uh that's uh you know been adjudicated but it's never been uh it never followed the funds have never followed with it so even though we refer to that it's something that we're still you know got our fingers crossed about with Leandro and I agree with you as it's mentioned in here that we have we we govern by policies we make policies that uh we that we govern by but we have certain principles that we want to know are behind What policies we make we don't just do it capriciously and as you mentioned as we heard from some of our public tonight we heard about children who are hungry or U you know needs it's that maslo hierarchy of needs isn't it of being hungry or being
046safe that those things have to come first so some of these principles could even be uh uh prioritized couldn't they I mean we hav't in our policies but uh they could be prioritized thank you the third one is from policy two uh 000000 operational goals of the board and I ask Miss TIG if she would share who are the four groups to whom the board is accountable yes Miss Barnet the four um groups that we are accountable to um one is citizens number two is Staff number three is parents and number four is students um the the yes so we strive for that transparency in in what we do and that we have a large constituency don't we uh we have our students our teachers that we work with on a regular basis B but
047the citizens and our parents are also part of that constituency that uh that we're accountable to and that's the reason for our public comments as well thank you Miss J anything else you wanted to comment on that policy the thing I wanted to say is that um with the policies in place we those are put in place and we do have to follow the laws that um go along with the policies so I just wanted to mention that as well right our policies have to be based on law number four I asked Mr Sigman if he would look at policy 21,000 board member legal status uh sometimes we we have a tendency out in public to uh have people come up to us and want us to do things or ask us things that that
048sort of thing you have to those we just talked about we're accountable to those constituencies but actually this board policy tells us what our legal status is and Mr Sigman you looked at it yes I did I they basically says that we cannot act on our own we must act as a board legally in session if anyone uh makes a statement or any individual from the board makes a statement we're not bound by the statement and the board and uh we have to any kind of legal action we have to be in session and as a board together can act separately individual exactly thank you I think in one of the policies I'm don't know it may have be be that one in particular that talks about us being a board corporate that we're one
049body and we must be in session as it says in order to take action Board of Education body thank you anything else you want to comment on that uh I looked at policy 21200 code of ethics for Schoolboard members and I think it was just at the last meeting that we signed the code of ethics that we all signed it at the particular time so we've had a chance to read it um I'm I highlighted section B number two about being answering what is the objective of the board's policymaking decisions and that our objective is to provide students the opportunity of a sound basic education after full discussion at public board meetings and I thought there's some important things important points in there that we're again looking for that basic sound education for every student
050and that we want to have full and robust discussions about that we want to see every side and hear from uh different parties about that and that uh we do it in public meetings again that transparency I also looked at number three in that policy about on what should all decisions be based and it says that we base our decisions we must base our decisions on the available facts and independent judgment that we don't surrender our judgment as a board to the uh Judgment of other individuals or of special interest groups that we decide as a board because we have the most information and we know uh we know the most we try to share that with the public the public we give them opportunities to share with us but that we don't surrender our
051judgment and the facts that we operate under uh to individuals or special interest groups and there was one more uh part to that in 2.200 what does a school board's member when we signed that code of ethics last month uh what did that affirm and it your signature meant that you read that code of ethics and that you're committed to keeping the that code of ethics as terms of our Board of Education policy you have any comments on the code of ethics number six is policy 22200 the official School spokesperson and I ask uh David if he would take that I sure will uh according to the policy 2.22 it asks who are the only two people or their designate who can serve as a spokesperson for the school district District in that search I
052found that the school superintendent or his or her designate or the board chair or his and her designate second part was whose position is a spokesperson to communicate and that would be to the position of the school board rather than individuals isn't it it's by the school board and again in I think the one that Mr settlem did we talked about that we represent the district in we represent the best interests of the district whenever we do speak and the best interests of the district and the community thank you and finally in policy 23200 open meetings law section a uh Clayton I think you've got it uh yes uh Dr Barnett and in that policy uh stated what are the four groups included in public bodies and those are the board any Committees of the
053board School Improvement teams and as defined by law any other Committee of two or more members that exercise or is authorized to exercise a legislative policymaking um administrative or advisory function unless the committee or group is solely compromis of just professional staff and the second part of that policy section B of policy 2.3 2000 who is the secretary to the board and that would be the superintendent yes so what who is Debbie Wetzel if he's if Dr Stover's legally our secretary what's Debbie yes sometimes it's easy to get those two mixed up I think Dr stobber uh kind of designates that too Debbie anyway as the the work of his his assistant Administrative Assistant any other comments on the policies that we've looked at thank you for taking time to do that and I really
054recommend that we spend some more time going into our policies I know we have a chance when Miss Davis goes over some but that's when we're looking to change and it's usually specific and jumps around but I really think we need to take more time to look at our own policies and be familiar with them thank you Mr chairman thank you that was a very good little exercise there uh next up is consideration of a 2026 2027 draft calendar for Kaba County Schools presented by Miss Ray Thompson good evening CH chairman settle Meer members of the board Dr St so when we were to together in February um I brought to you an example of what uh 2627 calendar might look like um and you asked me to bring back to you some different options
055where you could easily see uh traditional start traditional spring break a traditional start with a separate spring break because spring break is so early in the 20 uh year 2027 um which sounds so far away but really isn't that far um and then and two early three-day early start options one with a traditional spring break and one with a separate spring break so you have uh in new board uh section three those four separate calendars um and you can see pretty clearly I tried to make sure that the colors were bright enough for you to really tell where those breaks were um again number one starts on August 24th and has spring break in March and the first two days of April where it traditionally would fall tied to the Good Friday federal holiday number
056two has the August 24th start but adds a work day on March the 29th to pair with the Good Friday federal holiday and move spring break to a separate week in April um when spring break is early we go eight weeks straight without really much break which is um sometimes strenuous in the spring for students and uh and staff the third calendar starts August the 19th which would Al allow for a threed day early start has an extra work day October 15th and then uh calendar 3 keeps the spring break paired with the Good Friday Federal H day and then the fourth calendar splits that spring break to April the 12th through the 16th so I bring these for you this evening for some discussion and consideration um again the the three-day early start starting
057on August the 19th would not comply with our calendar legislation as calendars one and two starting on the August 24th would so any questions you have for me about these we don't have Miss Thompson any survey information from staff or parents about any preference with these no they have not been surveyed on either of these I did share them with principles at our K12 just so that they could lay eyes on them um really the survey information that we received on our calendar for 2526 uh because we provided a 5day early start as well as the traditional start many parents and staff said if we had a Year's advance notice this would be much easier to do than if we started in August this year um so that was some of the primary feedback about
058starting a few days early that was our reason for doing this tonight to look at these I understand thank you yes Ma I talked to some teachers and they uh really concerned this year about this kind of stopping and starting we've been doing since it seems like we got back from Christmas really with weather and things like that I didn't know if they would rather have spring break along with Good Friday or they'd rather split it like it is here then we run into that you seem to have a good start going but then you stop again for a week and then you pick back up I mean it seems like a good place to stop to to get recharged right before the end of the year there where you have it but I didn't
059know if you would had heard anything from what you just said you hand it to the principles what did they they have any positive or negative feedback on they they they didn't have a strong feeling either way um the having spring break split breaks up that last quarter just a little bit um but we can also the calendar one and calendar three where we have spring break tied to the Good Friday holiday does have an extra work day at the end of April to kind of break that up just a little bit to give folks um some time to finish up those lesson plans for the last few weeks other questions um chairman sen members of the board um as we speak about calendars with our Administration uh Educators in general uh I would dare
060say the consensus is the need for instructional time um between weather or um the need to plan in between sessions I know that uh maybe to the general public that might seem like you can plan four or five weeks of lessons in one day but it's simply impossible so you also have to have planning time in there as well but we really need instructional time we're we're down to uh 171 or 72 instructional days and that is not a lot um and so just from the superintendent and our Administration uh we would value any additional instructional time that we could get uh and also include uh as spread out of a calendar as we can so our teachers and students do have time to work the lesson plans study and be prepared but also at
061the same time getting a routine too so I think we can do that every three to four weeks but those two things are essential uh instructional time and planning time for our students and staff thank you approve the uh calendar but I think we take a lot of intake from you all of what y'all think is the best you know that works for the best for the students and for staff and for everyone so you know that's what I based my thoughts on is what y'all consider to be the best calendar year for the school system so I just my decision is whatever y'all feel is best is basically what I'm saying I you know y'all going to be working it you know and I support you in that but other than that and and
062I I can certainly share these with staff to get additional feedback if you would like um the nice thing about beginning to look at that twoyear span for calendars it gives you a lot of time to really think and and make the choices that you feel are right for the district I guess my biggest concern is the U spring break deal but let's I guess let's find out if our Educators would rather do it with with Good Friday or in the middle of April all right sir I'll be glad I know middle of April will be warmer weather and it better then but then again you once you get to the end of the year you're in a kind of a Sprint to get eogs done graduations and all those other things that are very
063important to people as well so if we could we could find out what people think of the the spring break would be my big big thing yes sir I will do that and I'll bring you back that information at our next meeting thank you next up uh is Mr Dan Moore and uh Mr Moore if you don't mind you have five things on here if you just want to it's all right with the rest of the board if he just goes through all of them and then we we can ask questions about them individually or as a group if we like and then we'll just we'll vote on them all at once if that that suits you Mr Moore I'd be happy to do that thank you chairman sire and members of the board Dr
064Stover our first item is a quote from Southern Lock and supply for districtwide security supplies this is secured through State contract These funds are from the north car Carina Center for safer schools Grant and quote for these supplies is 66,1 18258 our second is a proposal for intercom system Replacements at Balls Creek Elementary School we received three bids for this project the apparent low bidder this BNL telephone at the amount of $ 56,57 14 These funds would be from Capital outlay specifically titled telephone and intercom there is a one-year warranty for parts and labor for this intercom system the next item being a proposal of the same type for saint Stevens Elementary School and intercom system in the amount of $565 and 14 C again through a receipt of bids uh BNL telephone or excuse
065me BNL Communications these also are capital outlay funds specifically telephoning intercom oneyear parts and labor next item is proposal from Johnson Controls for fire alarm system upgrades of balls Creek Elementary School these are found from Capital outlay funds specific line item being fire alarms oneyear parts and labor warranty last item being proposal from train H back equipment at Balls Creek Elementary School through our Omnia purchasing agreement Capital outlay fund specifically HVAC the amount is 82,791 4 warranties are much the same as they were for equipment that we purchased for Claremont and made in middle oneyear parts in labor threeyear Parts coils and controls 5 years compressor parts only and I'd be happy to answer any questions question you may have about these five items I'm sorry one two three four there five oh I'm sorry
066okay and I have went through all of those it we us B telephone for other things I believe yes sir they've always done us pretty good we've had good service from BNL yes thank you are there any further questions for Mr Moore on uh section number four here for the any of the quotes in that that that section if not I look for a motion and a second make a motion we approve I second I heard a motion and second is there any further discussion hearing none I would ask for approval for the quote from Southern lockly the proposal for intercom system Replacements at Ball Street and St Stevens Elementary Schools proposal from johnon controls for a fire alarm system upgrades at Balls Creek Elementary School and for the train TR HVAC equipment for Balls
067Creek Elementary School do I need a raise a hand for approval uh that's unanimous thank you thank you well appreciate thank you I appreciate that a lot of good people working behind the scenes to put that together okay uh number five under business approval of bid summaries for top County Schools construction and maintenance department Dan Moore on renovation of preschool classroom at Balls Creek Elementary School yes sir chairman settle meire and members of the board Dr Stover this has been uh something that we've been working forward uh a couple of years and now we've been able through last year's appropriation to get the funds available renovate the prek wing uh this totals $540 uh the apparent low bidder is moss Marlo construction U this is also from Capital outlay funds and there's a one-year general
068contractor warranty with regard to this renovation had some termite damage there over time going to replace HVAC units as well you just saw that price this is to renovate that that face at that location okay you've heard Mr Dan Moore talk about Renovations of preschool craft room at Balls Creek Elementary is there I seek a motion and a second for approval seek a motion for approval second hearing a motion at a second is there any further discussion hearing none I need a raised hand for approval of renovation of preschool classroom of B Creek Elementary School and that is unanimous thank you next up are HVAC Renovations uh at Claremont Elementary School and Maiden Middle School yes thank you appreciate apprciate that so our first chairman settle me members of the board is the installation of
069HVAC systems at Claremont Elementary School the apparent low bidder is moss Marlo in the amount of 1 million 69,000 these are also Capital outlay funds with a one-year General Contractors warranty and at our last meeting we approved the purchase of that uh of those units so that we could take advantage of a discount I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have about this particular project so we approve buying the equipment last time and this is for putting it in and doing the work associated with that yes sir okay the the amount that we approved last time is folded into this quote they assume responsibility pay that quote and complete the work but it allows us to get the discount uh I seek an approval for the HVAC Renovations for Claremont Elementary School only
070in this this motion make a motion for the new hbac system for Claremont Elementary I'll second hearing a motion in a second is there any further discussion uh a raised hand for approval for Claremont Elementary School HVAC Renovations animus thank you up will be HVAC Renovations for Maiden Middle School yes chairman sire members of the board Dr Stover this one requires a request of County Commission to reallocate some dollars actually redistribute dollars from different pots to be able to secure the funding to complete this project the apparent low better is DDI of Hickory at $4,550 th000 this project includes a lot of things to work toward the renovation of that facility so there's a purchase of 66 mechanical units with a control system new electrical service new gas piping a new gas service for the
071school 20,000 Square ft of this building you had opportunity to tour uh last week we also receive new suspended ceilings and lighting uh this is in areas in which the building has existing supplying ceiling the exposed hydronic piping will be removed and following the demolition masonry walls will be repaired it will also include a new security vestibule made in middle school is one of two schools in Kataba county that does not have a security vestule the other will be remedied when C moves to the East Campus that will be the last school that will have a security vest this will include a full quarter width ramp and create handicap accessible entry at the main entrance of that school it'll also incorporate new entrance doors and storefront windows we'll also have a new voice evacuation fire
072alarm system that's required by code we'll also have underground routing for conduit it'll accommodate future additions and Renovations current fire alarm system is not repairable or expandable and so this HVAC system requires this new component we'll also include new copper Supply piping to be installed above ceiling to prepare for renovation and expansion also takes into consideration an anticipated new meter location expressed by the town of Maiden will also include installation of a new cable tray throughout the 100 200 and 300 hallways for low voltage cabling it will not only support for this project but for future expansion and renovation as well so it's not just an HVAC bid all that to say there's a lot involved that building requires quite a bit of work which takes care of comfort for that building last summer we
073were able to put a new roof on that building it'll go a long way to helping make that a warm safe and dry environment for those children and also prepare us for the renovation and expansion we hope to come soon at that location I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have uh we will no I'm I'm sorry and I'm thank you for bringing that up we are not proposing alt one alt four would only come about if the commission did not allow us to transfer funds that has already been allocated the Kaba County School System to meet the need for this project and that will be a formal request to Dr St will make that is correct the the difficulty there though uh attorney Davis will be if in fact alt four is
074the direction we have to go it will be to another bidder and that would have to be decided at the next board so it's an emission if you look at neog grading and construction they will actually become the low bidder if that funding switch does not occur we have to punt and go back to all four which means that we'll only take care of the gym for and the um that is a negative yes yeah no I think what we have to do in my opinion and in my discussion with Dr Stover we've created a memorandum that if the board approves this request contingent upon the approval of the commission to reallocate funding that we would move forward with that request next Monday at the subcommittee meeting and then the subsequent commission meeting that following
075Monday if that doesn't come to fruition then we will come back to you to seek approval with alt four is what it would end up being previously allocated this money that we have we just have to ask for pots to be redistributed to this particular DDI yes I think we've got to determine there's couple of things that we have to determine if that doesn't occur then we have to take a look at what are we going to do that would include taking care of the gym vanand chorus room and that Encore hallway that's all that we would be able to take care of because of the amount of work that's required in that main building appr it we need they don't approve it we need to kind of start back over and well it will
076be the same bid uh we could go ahead and say that the parent bidder would be neoc construction if funding is not allocated or redistributed okay so we what I'm asking for approval is the entire scope of the project that I just read DDI Hickory at 4 million $550,000 based upon contingent upon the County Commission allowing us to reallocate funding for this purpose so so if the funding if if the the plan that we have if they say no we're not going to allow you to move just funding which typically they do they allow us to graciously put it where the needed if for some reason they say no then we would come back because the apparent low better would be NE grader because we would only choose to do alt four we would Adit
077all of the work in the 100 200 and 300 numbered spaces we would only take care of the gym B chus room and the Encore Hall that's all we would take care of this year I'm sorry does anyone I don't know how because it was an alternate in the bid pack and it's listed there and that I mean I don't I'm not sure I understand what you're asking so what we did is we bid this off did it with the RO that the roof on the building last year providing oversight to make sure that there were any issues mitigated appropriately that's alt one alt three is John control Simplex fire alarm the last alter we can't do the whole project unless we receive we don't receive fund funds that we have Avail already take care
078of the and and that's all can't building new building cross over Elric service just a lot of and the only way to it out either do it all at or say we not going to do any part of the main building have we used DDI for other things we have never used [Music] DDI for the opport have we got references from other people that's use those guys and you're right that is a lot of work to to to put under this and I'm glad hopefully we can get the funding from the commission to do this because security vess bill is definitely needed and those other things are definitely needed at made in middle or I'm not sure I'm clear on if if the County Commissioners wouldn't allow us to redistribute the funds how would we
079be able to afford NE grading would be right and that's enough that we'd have okay it must be pretty close what funding we need then or what do we need distributed redistributed got it in a memo I see there's would be 2 2,810 less but we've got $768,000 in a 423 code last budget meeting they asked us to identify something and get that paid down so we're providing them with something so if we if they don't don't approve the redistribution we would be able to do Neil grading yes ma'am I understand thank you and our hope is that they will allow this because quite honestly cost escalation is only going to continue um so we're hopeful that we will be able to use these funds and pay for this project in its entirety so I
080would like to see an approval tonight of this so we can go ahead at least if they decide they can move the money or we'll allow us to that we can go ahead and get started yes so hopefully we can get this done what what's a time frame to have this completed well uh there it's it's going to be long uh we're going to try to attack it as soon as school can um we do have built within this contract within this agreement there are liquidated damage to be done we should cause them to push their subs to make sure that work is done so that they not be lost fund and we're able to deu basically pay a every it's going to go into the fall it's a lot of wor so we're going
081to have to utilize went through the other day you saw those picles in that building we're going to have to continue to utilize picles in that building until all areas we're hopeful that by November or thereout we'll be done with the majority of the pro that's what we're hoping when we get the heting they can set can any other questions for Mr Moore on this project it is not okay so I'm seeking oh go ahead I'm seeking a motion uh to approve uh DDI of Hickory for the base bit amount of 4,550 th000 contingent that our County Commissioners will allow us to move monies around uh to fund this project so I'll need a motion and a second on that I'll make a motion a second hearing a motion in a second is there any
082further discussion hearing none I seek approval of raised hands that's unanimous thank you now work your magic and get that money moved around for us I'm I'm doing my b uh next up approval of uh proposed amendments to Kataba County Board of Education policies presented by Miss Crystal Davis you and um so these are proposed changes from North Carolina School boards Association also the majority of this is reorganization of the actual policy and I'm going to jump to the middle of it first so you can understand if you will look on page two which is the new labeled paragraph C all of that is deleted that doesn't mean we deleted it from the policy it simply moved over to the new sub paragraph D School related activities so that looks like a major major major
083change but it's not I had to strike through it just to so you could so we could put it in a different sub U paragraph d um so that you would see all the changes the um the this the proposed changes have been revie reviewed by Lee Miller and Amy Sigman who is our data um man data District data manager okay I was going to say coordinator but District data manager um and so they have they had some questions and also uh when we uh communicated back and forth over the over those um I updated legal references and policy references you can see that there's some um language that's insignificant uh in terms of substantive changes it just makes things read better um uh there's a mandate in the first in the second paragraph that
084school administrators shall communicate attendance expectation to parents and Guardians they do that anyway we're just making it uh putting it in r um there is with regard to the main paragraph sub paragraph a on uh as far as attendance record uh Records um there is a there's a clarification about students being considered an attendance if present at least half of the instructional date on site in the school or at a place other than the school attending an authorized School related activity the second section the red section of sub paragraph a is to deal with remote learning or remote instruction days excuse me that was really started during covid it was not in policy and this is actually what's been taking place it's it's a matter of just putting it in writing at this point um
085late arrivals tardies and early departures was also in a um different place uh but and this is more fleshed out um with mandates regarding uh uh what happened when a student is late um and it coincides with the excused absences policies regard having a written excuse by a parent by a parent to have an excuse tardy as well and ties it into tardies and early departures being excused for the same reasons listed in the new sub paragraph C um again excuse absences that particular um policy under C was reviewed by um by Miss Sigman and Mr Miller uh the significance is that we want to make sure that any excuse to absences when the when the um when those uh that information and data is taken by the teachers in whatever home home ring class
086they're in if that's communicated to the data managers so there's specific language in there um we what was added you can see in on page three sub paragraph two I an excused absence is also isolation ordered by the local health or that's directly because of CO as an addition um and then in paragraph nine uh of course number five was is the same is it's the same topic attendance at a proceedings of a court administrative tribunal can be an excuse absence number nine um is rewarded so that a minimum of two days each Academic Year for visitation with the student parents can be excused is uh if uh the legal guardan is in an active duty and has been called to Duty or or is on leave from um deployment that is a legal requirement
087set statutory so we don't have an option with that it's just made absolutely clear uh d looks like it's a big change but simply the moving of that section from C over to D makeup work is clarified and it's pursuant to uh statute and it coincides with the uh code of student conduct conduct um unexcused absences um there's requirements within the statutes that require Administration to notify parents of unexcused absences under 115c 378 for excessive abs es and an excused um in addition it it makes clear even though it's in another policy the code of student conduct makes clear that uh excused and unexcused absences will be consistent with the code of student conduct for example um if you're if you're um have you've been if you've been suspended out of school for more for
088a day or more then that would be an unexcused absence excessive absences are clarified special circumstances are literally just notices of other special circumstances that exist by Statute it's just a pretty much a cross reference within the body of this because as you can see each one of those one through three uh usually cites other than the no penalties will be imposed for absences due to documented chronic health problems the other ones reference other board policies uh for example homelessness the administration takes those into considerations as set out in those policies and state law and then the final um change is um high school students and Grading uh that has been it needed to be updated because we they the school system originally did that this in the school year 201819 so we struck that
089year out and Mr Miller concurred that this would remain as the um applicable rule with regard to students in grading uh and then number two would be removed because that's no longer relevant or used um in addition there was an administrative policy on final exam exemption that is um no longer uh no longer applicable it was just a hanging in there hanging around from a previous time period that we actually found so we're just letting you know that that's being deleted are there any questions about the attendance changes in the attendance policy yes I have a question okay um okay so for the high school um it says that um students can't miss more than eight days per semester um what about the lower grades is there a limit on the lower grades is what
090what they can miss that was my question as well I thought Miss story presented to us some suggestions from principles it may even be before the new members of the board were seated that they accept only 10 days of parent notes I was surprised that wasn't added maybe that's what you're referring to Miss T I thought we had intended to add that well there there was a presentation again I think that was that was the res I can't remember exactly but I remember that Miss lelle had a question and presented at a meeting about attendance matters and again I don't remember exactly what the subject of her what she was what she mentioned at the board meeting I know I did email her afterwards and say that there was an attendance policy and encouraged her
091to review it I do have that email I was thinking of mit's story MIT presented to us right after that Mitsy and I I think Stephen West Morland did you present on that off I know they were asking they they wanted a number cuz they they said that they kind of did it Case by case but they wanted a number that that we could put in there the policy I think what they were looking for guidance and that's why I sent this to Mr Miller because I I don't know the outcome of that I I don't I just so yes do we need to add that to this policy before we approve it I think it' probably be best because it sounds to me like they were relaxing the attendance issue I thought they were
092relaxing if you're saying we're not yeah okay because I did not I didn't have yeah we just keep those noted look at them and I'll just table this until we have a chance to have that added and all that's included so correct correct yeah all right thank you so we motion to table I'll make a motion to table this policy until we decide on or get further action on the absence are you are you also making a mo motion to for the deletion of administrative procedure 4.20 AP that's super to approve that it's been deleted okay all right so the motion's been made to table the 4.2 attendance policy uh on the basis of discussion we had about uh middle and and elementary schools uh attendances and this will be brought back up next month
093possibly I need a motion in a second for that second okay hearing a motion in a second is any further discussion I seek approval raised the hand for 4.20 attendance to be Ted that's thank you uh now I seek a motion to go into Clos session Forney attorney client Privileges and Personnel issues when we go into Clos I also motion to take a break as we go into Clos session I'll make a motion to go into close session and and have a f minute break hearing a motion of session is there any further discussion hearing none I look for a raise of hand that is unanimous to go into close session with a fem minute break e e e one is uh I need a motion to add consideration a possible approval of letter appending
094uh regarding power school and the other one is a H1B sponsor for two staff members motion and a second I'll make a motion second are we considering those two together just to be added to the agenda okay to the agenda okay yes just to be added to the agenda at this point the reason I was asking is because I had suggested that we uh table the letter until next month we just received it Saturday morning and then tonight we got some updates and have not had a chance to look at it I think that the attorney reading through it and the um changes she made seem to cover any question that I had on the letter could we at least separate the two as being added to the agenda yes ma'am we can thank you
095all right I would like a a motion to one add consideration of possible approval letter regarding power school that motion second all those in favor I'm sorry I've had a motion in a second any further discussion hearing none I'll ask for a raised hand for approval and that's all but one all those V Barnett Dr Barnett my apologies the second addition to the agenda tonight would be the H1B sponsor for two current staff members make that motion take you I have a motion in a second any further discussion all those in favor raise of hand that is unanimous all right we talked about the letter regarding Power School and changes that needed to be made uh I guess I'm going to seek an approval to accept the letter as changed uh by our attorney and
096remove the sentence UMES the following items are ones in which our board urges the I bill I seek a motion on that for approval a motion I second I have a motion and a second is there any further discussion have a question about will the letter be made available to the public will someone from the public receive it or get a copy uh Miss Wetzel [Music] yeah and I didn't mention this in the motion so we may need to redo the motion but have it ready to be signed on one of our special called meetings come in April okay uh we were W the whole board to sign it we was Wan the whole board to sign it so so it hold more weight so everybody could sign up from our board yeah so we
097can just is that okay if we just wait and just on it whenever we come back well yeah whenever okay our second added item was the H1B sponsor for two staff members uh so the motion would read to hire the Heather Saran saaran savaran immigration law 400 West Weaver Street caror North Carolina 27510 to apply for KP County Schools to become an H1B sponsor for two current staff members Vanessa Ramos and Louisa Kappa Dy represent these two staff members to become benefer sharies of the H1B Visa sponsorship pay for the application fees and attorney fees to allow the the employees to pay for an ex expedited processing fee I need a motion in a second I'll make the motion I'll second I've heard a motion and a second is there any further discussion hearing none
098all those in favor raise a hand that's six all those oppos two I'm sorry it was five and two oppos were mullus and so for next on the agenda is approval of personnel recommendations would you'all like to go ahead and do the approval of amend them the Personnel recommendation all right so I seek a motion for approval of personnel recommendations and approval of addendum to Personnel recommendations make a motion I second I second hearing a motion and a second any further discussion hearing none all those in favor raise a hand that's unanimous to the of our agenda hearing a motion in a second all those in favor and that is unanimous