001President, I have 5:30. I'd like to call this meeting to order for uh June 5th. Could you please call the role? Miss Landon here. Mrs. Mad here. Mrs. Webb here. Mr. Browning here. Mr. Steininger here. Can we all stand for the pledge of allegiance, please? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. I uh need a motion to approve the agenda as presented. So moved. Second. Okay, we've had a motion to second. Would you please call the role? Miss Landon? Yes. Mr. Browning? Yes. Mrs. Mad? Yes. Mrs. Web? Yes. Mr. Steininger? Yay. I need a um to approve the minutes of the Thursday, May 1st regular meeting. So moved. Second.
002Second. It's been moved and seconded. Questions? Call the RO. Mrs. Web? Yes. Mrs. Mad? Yes. Miss Landon? Yes. Mr. Browning. Yes. Mr. Steininger. Yay. Next we have the re the board reports for the good of the order. Jerry, would you like to kick it off tonight? Yeah. So, you know, one of the biggest things of the year that we get to do is is graduation and pass out diplomas. Uh we had the main ceremony at another center and actually had another ceremony tonight in the pack center. So, it's always an honor to be able to uh pass out diplomas to our graduating seniors and the first class out of this building. And that's something that they'll always get a keep of the fact they're the first class out of this building. Uh the other thing
003I was going to talk about, but I'm not going to steal any thunder, was the success of some of our athletic teams. So, I'll let that come under the recognition part. That's it. Okay. Would you like to go next? You have anything to add? Sure. Um I echo Jerry's uh comments actually. And then I'd also like to say um congratulations to the uh student and staff of the quarter um that we participated in as well in the last week or two. So, um, congratulations to everyone. Stephanie, you want to do next? Um, graduation was wonderful. It was really well done and the kids were awesome and a great night. Um, the other thing that I have is, uh, I went to the, uh, uh, to the middle school to the, um, retirement recognition, uh, for
004four of our outstanding employees, uh, John Bar, Judy Bolzer, Kyle Hutchinson, and Amy Whiteill. a combined total with those four folks of 142 years. And that's amazing. That's insane. Yeah, that's crazy. It's It's awesome. It's wonderful. And they're going to be going to be tough to replace, especially that Mr. Bar and his March Madness. But, um, just want to say thank you to It was It was a great Amy was there. It was very emotional, more emotional than I thought it was going to be. But thank you again, Mr. Bar. And that's all. Thank you, Katie. Yep. Uh, thank you everyone. Welcome tonight for coming and being with us to celebrate everyone's successes. Um, just want to say, uh, thank you to Becky Zinc for yet another year of putting on an amazing graduation. Never
005shake so many sweaty hands in one night, but there's nothing better. So, um, we have so much to be proud of with all of our kids and their accomplishments and, um, it's just that's one of the best things about this gig is you get to do that and, um, I wouldn't change it for the world. So, um, yeah, that's it. Thank you. Okay. Like echo everybody's comments about graduation. So, I don't know why, but this one felt special to me. There was just a good buzz in the room. There were a lot of people there. It felt good when we got done. Yeah. And I just think people walked away thinking that was a great opportunity for everyone and the parents in particular were smiles all over their faces for probably multiple good reasons. And
006so everyone though, thank you for everyone helped put that together. It's a major event and it went off very smoothly and I think the kids had a ball. So thank you everyone. That's it for me. Okay. Any other followup for anything? Okay. No. Amy, I'll turn this over to you for uh school district repres presentations. Do we need to recognize any visitors? Mr. Pho. Mr. President, we don't have anybody signed up under public comments. Okay. Thank you. Um at this time, I would like to welcome our athletic director, Mr. Kevin Alexander, up. And we had three sports teams between our middle school and high school this spring that received pretty significant honors. We know that this is not the best time of year to invite students to be recognized at um a board meeting because
007it's summertime. They're engaged in all sorts of activities, but we certainly do appreciate those students who fam and families who were able to join us tonight. And so at this time, I will let Mr. Alexander share the details with you. All right. Thank you, Mrs. Gayheart. Are there any softball players here from the middle school? All right. I'll start with them. Um, I received a message last night from uh, Coach Oll that said he had eight girls playing games tonight that were had been rained out and I'm sure you can imagine that with all the rain we've had. And then uh, a couple other girls had practice, select practice, so he didn't know if anybody would be able to make it. But I do want to let you know that our middle school softball team
008went undefeated. They ran the league uh and then they went into the tournament and won a big tournament game here against Greenville uh which if anyone knows anything about softball, they are the powerhouse of the league when it comes to softball. So, it was nice to beat them on our home field uh for the league championship. So, that was our middle school team. Uh next, Coach Lungsford, if you would like to come up. uh our varsity baseball coach, Coach Lunsford, is here. He's uh in a similar situation with uh baseball players playing baseball tonight, but we do have one player here. Come on up. We got one player here to uh represent the team. Uh congratulations. Um our team went uh 10 and eight in the league this year, which uh was an outright division
009championship. So, Coach Lungsford's first year here at Fairborn, our team was very successful and uh we look for bigger and better things to come in the future from our baseball program. So, thank you for being here. Did you want to talk? He's he's scared when I get the mic because I never shut up. So, but uh thanks Jerry. Um, but uh one thing I did want to say is uh in the Miami Valley Coaches Association, we had a uh our team GPA, which they take the players off your tournament team. They take the top 10 uh grade point averages. They put them together and they present award. Um uh we were one of the tops in the area, if not the tops, with a 3.89 GPA. And then uh we also had seven seniors that
010were recognized as all Ohio, all academic. So, I just thought I'd throw that out there on top of it and get used to the wins. They're coming. Love it. We like that. Thank you, coach. Thank you. All right. Um, Coach Bar, if you want to bring your members off the track team that were able to make it tonight. Smile, Kate. You're allowed to smile. All right. at our girls track team. They are division champions. And I'm going to turn the mic over to m coach bar in just a second. But I want to tell you first any 4x two members here, two of them. Two of these young ladies are half of the relay team that broke a record at our home meet on May 10th. And that was a record that stood since 1983.
011That was a great year, by the way, 1983. And that's when I graduated. Um and and the five days later they broke their own record again and that was at the MBL meet. Right. So at the MBL meet. So these young ladies are pretty fast. And so I will turn this mic over to Coach Bar to talk about his team. I wasn't ready for this. Um no, as I said before, uh this was a great team. I've had teams in the past who should have won the should have won the division. Um, but this team really at I don't know about halfway mark, they said, "All right, let's get down. We're serious." And they did a great job and went out and just blew everybody away in the division. So, super proud of them. It
012was a great great way to end uh end career. So, thank you ladies. Thank you, Coach Bar. Thank you ladies for coming out tonight. Coach Bar, if you'll stay up here for a second, Mr. Alexander, if you will, too. At our um big track meet, the Rex Auckerman relays that happened this past spring, we recognize Coach Bar for decades of service as a coach. We don't live in a world anymore where you see coaches be um coaches for five years, much less 10 years, 15 years, 20 years plus. So, Mr. Alexander, will you share with us um how long coach Bar has been um coaching girls track? You want me to give the whole story I gave out there that day? If you want to. All right. So, uh, I showed up eight years ago
013when I came here first track meet. I or maybe it was a practice, I don't know. But I go out and coach Bar always wears a visor. But I looked at him and I'm like, "Wait a minute, that's not Coach Bar. That guy's got hair." And there's always hair coming out all over the top of that visor. And I'm like, "What have I got myself into?" But this guy here, when it comes to track, he's the go-to person for me to talk to. He knows everything about track. And so I email him throughout the day. I guess I can say that now since you're retired, right? And he answered me. Um, but uh I may or may not have called him once or twice, but uh he he always had the answer for me. And
014this guy, he has coached at Fairborn in the track program for 31 years. That's amazing. And I really appreciate everything he's done to help me out. And uh he's going to be missed. That's for sure. So, thank you, coach. Is he going to leave the hat for anybody? The visor. He's going to You going to will it to anybody? The visor. Yes. Yes, he did. Do baseball again. We had a couple more coaches just showed up back here. So, coaches, raise your hands. There's a couple more baseball coaches that showed up. Thank you, coaches. [Applause] Come on up. Baseball players and track people. Baseball and track. Yeah. Photo. more crying. What's your name? Congratulations. ations to all of our athletes and thanks to all of our coaches and thank you Mr. Alexander for sharing that
015information. At this time, I'm not sure if I'm inviting Dr. Brackenhof or Mrs. Halberg and Mrs. Muma to come up. I'm over here to introduce our guests. Yes, we're everyone. Everybody come to recognize. She's all ready. Yeah, she's ready. I was ready. Oh, she's here. I'm sorry I missed you over there. So, we are going to be awarding the Wright Memorial Chapter 202 of Air and Space Force Association's teacher of the year recognition and we have guests that have came to present this. So, I have Yvon Vermillion and Jill Willingham that are going to present these awards. Good evening. As she said, I'm Yavon Vermillion and I am the executive vice president of the uh local chapter of the Air and Space Forces Association or AFA and I'm accompanied here tonight by Jill Willingham with
016Collins Aerospace, a mayor major uh sponsor of our local chapter of AFA. Our overarching mission is to advocate for and educate about securing a dominant US air and space forces as the foundation for our strong national defense to honor and support our airmen, guardians, and their families, and to remember and respect our Endurian heritage. Additionally, we support STEM education through grants and other honor programs for local schools and teachers. We also support scholarships to active duty members, ROC, junior ROC students. Plus, we give back to our military and veteran affiliated communities, championing people and events at the Dayton VA Medical Center, as well as airmen, guardians, and civilians of all ranks and grades and their families. Today, I'm here to honor three teachers from Fairborn who have been nominated to our teacher of the year
017program. We believe recognizing those who educate America's youth is an important aspect of what AFA is all about. Our teacher of the year program pays tribute to the commitment and achievement of these extraordinary teachers. Our first nominee was Rachel Souder. Is she here tonight? [Applause] You stand here with us a second. So Rachel is a Fairborn High School's Project Lead the Way engineering teacher. She uses Fairborn's Unity Day, a tradition here, right? Uh to help host a career fair with speakers where students learned about internships, workforce opportunities, um and uh other opportunities such as the military. In her introduction to engineering, she developed a gadget day where students developed ideas to be presented to stakeholders. She mentors nine students through the technology student association in up to 10 technical disciplines and prepares them to compete
018at the state level. In addition to being a high school teacher here, she is an adjunct professor at Clark State College. Rachel, please accept this check on behalf of AFA. Thank you very much. [Applause] Our second teacher is Mandy Spur. Is she here? Mandy, please join me up here. Mandy teaches all four levels of project lead the way in biomedical curriculum. She is known for her innovation multi-tered biomedical instruction that fully immerses the students. She is an adviser to the health occupations of students or HOSA chapter and gives students in preparation for and in competition at the local and state levels. Her outreach extends beyond FHS to middle schools and local community events like Red Ribbon Week, blood drives, and community wellness campaigns. She uses her professional network to gain access to medical professionals for
019her students to open opportunities for mentoring and internships. She was instrumental in securing an $800,000 grant to bring state-of-the-art medical simulation tools to the classroom. Andy, please accept this check on behalf of AFA. Thank you. [Applause] The last uh finally, Phil Kirk, is he here? So, um, Phil is a a chemistry and AP chemistry teacher here at Fairborn High School and is well known for making chemistry fun and and less intimidating. Uh, he was motivated by the declining participation from students in his classrooms in the in the areas of chemistry. So, at the STEM STEM fair, he hosted a benzene ring toss to make chemistry fun and and more approachable. In his AP class, every October, he has what's called a haunted demo performance. The students apply what they've learned with decorations and spooky chemistry
020demonstrations. He is a problem solver and created a way for teachers and students to recycle batteries and markers when previously they could only recycle paper and plastic. He is kind of a tech guru they say who helps solve IT problems at the school when awaiting for outside help could cause delays and champion the curriculum. Phil was an active participant in the AP fair to champion those courses. He was also instrumental in moving the science department to the new school coordinating logistics and hazardous waste material. Please accept uh this check for him on our behalf. [Applause] Thank you. Um, so Jill of Collins Aerospace and I from uh the local chapter of AFA, uh, we're just honored to recognize these teachers in your community and making a difference when it comes to STEM education. The chapter
021and Collins are committed to supporting the schools in our community and its teachers. I want to personally thank all of those that nominated and took that time to submit their application. It was a long process. Uh, a lot of detail went into these nomination packages and encourage the teachers to be nominated again next year. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Teachers and the principles come up for a photo. The rest of the people, if you want to leave now, you can exit. I love you're welcome to stay if you want. Congratulations. Before I finish up, I have one more um item that is not on the agenda. Tonight we want to take an opportunity to recognize um a milestone uh and also a pretty incredible individual. Mr. Gary Walker will be retiring from
022Fairborn City Schools at the end of July. He has spent 48 years in education and 27 of those within Fairborn City Schools. we are going to miss him and um not only the knowledge and the professionalism that he brings, but the laughs that seem to follow him everywhere that he goes. So Gary, we wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you and we're going to make you come up here and shake our hands and take a picture. We're going to make Who's taking a picture? [Music] Jeff Rodney, come here a second. Oh wow. Thank you. And that is all that I have. Yeah. Thank you, Amy. Is that better on the microphone? Is that better? Okay. Am I better or can you not hear me? Uh, next thing on our agenda is the treasures
023report. Uh, I will get a move and a me and second it and then we'll have conversation. So moved. Second. Been moved and second. Any discussion, Kevin? Nothing clears out a room quicker than talking about finance. You told them to go. I know. Really? I don't, Mr. President. Okay. Thank you. Then if that's with that, we we'll call the motion. Mr. Browning? Yes. Mrs. Webb? Yes. Miss Landon? Yes. Mrs. Malad? Yes. Mr. Steininger? Yay. Next, we have the administrative reports. And this runs from until number third. Did I get that right? 30 something at the bottom. 31 32 35 My glasses keeps going. 16 number eight. Yeah, 16 at the top of the page. Got it. Oh, it just keeps go. Okay. Yep. Amy, we'll take a motion to approve and then we'll have discussion.
024So moved. Is there a second? Second. There's been a moved and a second. Amy, do you have any thing here you'd like to discuss? I don't think I didn't see any recommendation any Can I just say that we do have one of our new teachers here today and I think it says a lot about the commitment they're making to the district. So Michaela Medok is here and we just want to welcome her to welcome. Any other discussion from the board? Okay, then I'll call the motion. Mrs. Mad, yes. Miss Landon, yes. Mrs. Web. Yes. Mr. Brownie. Yes. Mr. Steininger. Yes. Okay. The next is the donations or gifts and donations. Wendy, would you like to go through our list? Sure. The Fairborn City Schools Board of Education would like to gratefully acknowledge the following gifts
025and donations. Julie Carroll, $500 for the Auran Relays. Dr. Thomas Fulton, $100 for the Orian Relays. Mike Brown from TCA Graphics, $400 for the Acriman Relay T-shirts. Again, thank you for everyone and their donations to our schools and our community. Thank you. That ends our regular session. Yep. At this time, the board of education will move into a work session. Um, do we need a break or you want to move right into it? We're good.