001[Music] it's not chilling there but i'm not sure why but we don't have any videos there's really nothing important oh it's fine [Music] uh yes we've got about three minutes we'll get started okay yes thank you curriculum thank you uh i'll give the zoom participants a second to get organized and we'll get started so they can see and we just can't see them or see how correct okay good good well i think we'll get started uh welcome everyone to the regular meeting of the other city schools september 13th um where we are live from the board of education office and streaming uh live view zoom where i know we have uh a good number of participants so with that what you call the world please is the united states of america and to the republic
002for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all as our new oakland city schools board of education mr wilson hi the star aye mr duo aye mr peale motion approved appointment official okay mr sweden um after i read the oath you just need to answer i do do you solemnly swear or firm that you will support the constitution of the united states in the constitution of the state of ohio and that you will faithfully and in partially discharge your duties as a member of the board of education of the oakwood city school district montgomery county ohio to the best of your ability and in accordance with the law is now in effect being hereafter to be enacted during your continuance and set office and until your successor is elected
003agenda [Music] take a motion to approve the minutes from the oakwood board of education regular meeting of monday august 9th 2021 and special meeting of august 27th and september 2nd 2021. sorry twice congratulations to oakwood high school athlete lily mccloskey for receiving the 2021 swbal fred purple scholarship very deserving congratulations also this week is national arts and education week and it's been highlighted on social media and lots of different ways and parts of the big part of what we do here in oakwood that's the visual arts the performing arts and we spend a lot of time and effort in supporting that and oakwood has a long long history of supporting the arts and we continue to do that in all kinds of different ways this week is just a great way to spotlight those efforts
004so share that as one of the points super so public comments i have three um i'll take them in the order that was received and we'll begin uh with mr irwin what was the first put in the second hand okay um i'm gonna do what i always tell my kids not to do i have some notes on my phone i'm gonna occasionally glance down at that doesn't mean anybody just for you sir and for the other two speakers you'll have three minutes three minutes so i'll try to give you a heads up towards the end if need be appreciate it so when i go to the uh the district's edi page and i look at the video uh at the top of that page i see people who i respect who i respect and i
005admire and i see them talking about their intentions for the edi program i do not question their intentions and i do not question their motives however i do have some questions about the specifics of the edi program one of the things that video says is that uh they will be putting out an action plan that action plan has not been put up on that web page i uh i have some questions some specifics about the origin of this program the definitions of the key terms in the program the metrics by which we by which we we motivated ourselves to engage in this program by which we we will track the progress of this program the methods by which we action those metrics and the scope of the program so in terms of the origin i
006would like to know what specific event or what specific conditions motivated this district to create this program in the first place for definitions the terms equity diversity and inclusion mean different things in different contexts to different people and i'd like to see exactly what those definitions are for the purposes of this program for the metrics i'd like to know how the mess how the district is going to measure or has measured or assess the level the presence or the absence of equity diversity and inclusion in the school district i'd like to know if these are based on objective facts or if they're based off of opinion surveys is there a sliding scale or statistical test by which we measure the strength of our of what we conclude from these surveys i'd like to know if
007the if the district has a way of measuring the uncertainty associated with their assessment of these metrics for the methods i would like to know what steps the district is taking or planning to take or considering taking in order to change these met what i assume are some metrics driving this program 30 seconds sir what evidence is there that these steps will have their desired effects i'd like to know if this is why timber time has increased this year to the detriment of instruction time like to know what priority this program is getting and finally the scope i'd like to know what the desired end stage for this program is whether it's a one-time program whether it is intended to be periodic whether it is conditions based or whether it is perpetual and indefinite now
008there's a universal rule of writing that rule is show don't tell what i've seen from the district so far on that webpage is a lot of telling about why this is the next right thing as i said i respected admire the people in that video and i hope that in hearing these questions the board and the district will take a look at showing that this is the next right thing and showing what the actual plan is so thank you very much for your time great thank you just for my context i could better direct your questions who have you spoken to before tonight uh at the district i very briefly uh spoke to the high school principal that was on a related item but i have not yet reached out to anybody on the board
009this is my first time coming uh first time coming to any one of these so if this isn't the right way to do it i'm a rookie so you're gonna have to have one patient it helps work better contextualized i am so far most most of the detailed communications that i have seen and heard about this have been from other parents have been in the oakwood register and have mostly come from people who are opposed to this program i have not made up my mind on it because as far as i can see i don't see enough specifics or facts uh to to warrant any solid conclusion one way or the other great thank you thank you uh next up we have mr hoffman same three minutes sir and i'll try to give you a
010heads up if uh you tip into that gray area thank you um i wanted to address a recent letter to the editor that was in the september 8th edition of the open register it was offered by vicki campbell it includes a address to a website that contains a large number of documents that retain the oakwood school system as well as other city agencies a series of ohio statutes or information requests and uh just to preface this uh i fully support oakwood open schools becoming it being a welcome environment for people of all demographics uh and seeing people kids of all demographics proceed and i'd also like to see okay become more diverse racially so i think i probably share a lot of words sentiments in those areas but i have to say i and many
011other parents are very concerned about the issues that been raised in this letter and also some of the documents that i've seen for anyone listening who has not looked at vicki's article or read these documents i encourage them to do so um i'll just say a couple of things that i'm concerned about when i did look at some of these documents one of them the first one under an edi google drive was a it looks like minutes from a cabinet meeting the oakland school system from november of last year where it directs the oakwood school officials to review and study a lot of documents in the name of equity diversity and inclusion one of them was a presentation by dr gloria alex and billings i looked her up and she's a known advocate and proponent
012of critical race theory and the term sheets and i know there's a lot of debate about what that is and what it means i've seen some reports where it includes things like teaching that the country is fundamentally structurally racist um singling out even in some cases employees or students based on their race and encouraging them without very negative views of themselves or others based on race of course that would be racism by definition but then i've heard other people other sources show that's not at all involved so and i think that's where open dialogue between the board and the community would be helpful and transparency i would really like to see the board address the concerns that are raised in vicki's letter and also some of these documents i looked at them a couple of
013things that i just quickly noted along with that was one of the sources that the staff were directed to review was blacklivesmatter at school.com which has a list on their website of 13 uh critical core principles which are also listed separately in another website there on the page just a couple things caught my attention under the queer affirming of fundamental principle it speaks to freeing ourselves of the tight grip of heteronormative thinking another one called black villages it says we are committed to disrupting the western prescribed nuclear family structure you know another it calls for uh teaching principles like that to students as young as elementary school age i would like the board at some point to address to what extent they believe any of these principles should be incorporated incorporated into our curriculum thank
014you for listening thank you i've been like mr roman did you help contextualize for me who you've reached out to prior to this year me yeah um just other consumers or many other concerned parents i mean district leaders just thought oh i'm sorry um none so far this is my first i'm a novice in the name it was the author of the corporation vicki campbell and it's in the september eighth edition of the register and it has a website in there that uh provides a lot of documents tonight it's my understanding that the information requests will be coming but i think open dialogue like that really helpful to address concerns thank you thank you and uh finally forgive me i think it's mr schaefer great like the other sir uh three minutes and i will
015do my best to give you a warning as we near that time so uh what brought me here tonight was uh [Music] because the dialogue cannot [Music] this information um trying to reflect this from multiple goals i just want to kind of see how it's developed this whole thing uh slaps on takes pretty much with the focus uh really highlighting the issues i got work to do uh i want to know more about it um i know that we've been taking notes and we'll certainly follow up with the speakers this evening and uh oh i'm sorry i'm sorry like i've asked the other two can you uh help me understand with whom you've spoken within the district about your concerns okay thank you so we will um endeavor to follow you thank you for coming
016we're gonna move on now to board reports i'm pretty sure derek you don't have one yes the john might yes i am oh my god there was so much potential there it is okay uh so this is from um our uh three andrews our administrative director of randy falls development director of osf so a number of things number one oh uh the dayton foundation's reward for leadership i'm a high school teacher and students in my class test positive but typically they're on the other side of the roof but still but for a moment recognizes funds that demonstrate best practices and community organizing fundraising strategic planning and collaboration osf was nominated and awarded the honor for his collaboration with the oakwood schools to grant and place air purifiers at every classroom in the district um grants
017in the fall of 2021 since 1991 oakwood schools foundation has granted 400 more than 960 thousand dollars to teachers staff and administrators uh in the oakwood school district to support programs and ideas to enhance educational opportunity in and outside the classroom and i think that number appears to between 960 thousand dollars that's absolutely amazing um osf grant process is a collaborative partnership between oss osf fab and pto um the application for fall 2021 is open and will remain open through september 12th osf attended opening day as well as open hours during future lunches to promote the grand cycle and answer any questions for uh from teachers and staff so hopefully we got some good grant obligations come back lumberjack is coming up come back lumberjack 2021 is set to take place in person at dcc
018on friday october 1st the event begins with the social hour at 7 30 to allow for better conversations with friends the post-game toe gate party portion begins at 9 00 pm registration is available on the osf website please register soon so you can receive important communications leading up to the event this year's cbl will be the most special one yet the event will feature a major announcement that you don't want to miss it may even have a feature of a guest speaker a special guest sorry it may feature a special guest eventual a virtual element is being prepared to engage alumni across the u.s in this special event for osf and the alumni association as well as those who are unable to attend in person please follow the lsn facebook page and stay up to
019date osf and oaa are holding the saturday morning oakwood schools uh tours on october 2nd at 10 30. so if you want to tour and see what's going on make sure you're there october 2nd at 10 30. the tours are led by osf student alumni association group uh the student ambassadors are wonderful partners for osf and oaa efforts and play a major role of the tours that take place the morning following the varsity home game and come back to lumberjacks sponsorship opportunities for cbl are also available and thank you ad being published in the oakland register that list sponsors will be finalized before the event so if you'd like to be a sponsor that would be awesome we could contact brandon mcfaul for that howard sales memorial dedication and the next phase the howard sales
020memorial dedication took place on friday october 27th and had a great turnout of former ohs football players and community members from over the decades ohs alumni jeff hartley and bruce harlement merk excuse me are keeping the momentum going with plans to create an annual scholarship award for an ohs student athlete in the late coach sales honor the goal is to endow the scholarship to support future oakland student athletes for years to come for more information contact randy fall nick fall smith playground and dedication osf worked with the smith pto to plan and execute a belated dedication of the smith playground on september 30th the event was attended by donors and smith families principal christie elliott pto president justin lyles and pto fundraising coordinator amy honaker and osf staff member bree andrews all spoke at the
021event on the importance and value of community partnerships that the new playground symbolizes and no one was injured on the monkey bars at the event not my words but uh the new ohs broadcast studio this is super exciting our efforts continue the dedication for the new broadcast studio plan for october 1st has been postponed due to a delay in shipping it has been a common which has been a common occurrence with supply chains once we have all the new dates and the stuff we will let you know osf is engaging with certain alumni from the broadcast industry that have shown an interest in the project to continue fundraising for an ongoing maintenance and upgrades to the studio to ensure a modern real world experience for years to come if you're someone you know would be
022interested in learning more please contact brandy mcfaul and for more information again you can contact brandi or bree thank you i think you should be an announcer yeah it's from all those years there's a lot of really good things going on in and around with the foundation and uh the excitement of private dollars mixing those with the public dollars and doing that that whole development thing that has has developed over the last several years is quite quite something to be proud of and so the howard sales was a good example and what that is the broadcast studio is and that big announcement that's going to be coming up and i really think it has to do something with what we talked about earlier national arts and education week it's going to be it's going to
023be pretty special even if you're not involved in the arts it's going to be something pretty special for our kids before we want anyone else and then before we move through the agenda i just wanted to pause and you guys are welcome to stay we're going to get you know down to the agenda but if you wanted to leave this would be a decent chance and i'll pause but as i know sometimes people hug out at this point but if you want to stay please do thank you if this is the most exciting part of the meeting though you're going to miss it if you leave you're going to miss thank you very much thanks for coming in okay i'm turning people in finances regina [Music] the star aye mr wilson aye mr duo aye
024mr miller aye mr shead recommendation is made to approve then and now certificates is attached emotionally to approve the recommendation at 5c so moved second yeah is just for your review the august 2021 monthly finance report no action is required item e is a recommendation um for the from the treasurer to approve the employment of home instruction tutor for the 21 22 school year on an as-needed basis for the established rate great emotion pleased to approve the recommendation at 5e so 2nd gina mr schweiterman aye mr wilson aye mr starr aye mr diablo aye mr morrow aye great thank you tiffany uh in the unfinished business new business by the board second let me clarify what uh this is all this is is with a change of treasure of records and names making sure that
025all of those harassment pieces that we end up i think uh mr miller aye mr dillo aye mr speaker aye mr wilson aye hb's recommendation is made to approve the attached agreement for transportation between centerville city school district and oakwood city specific for the 21-22 school year we wish i'm pleased to approve the recommendation at 8 b so i'm sorry so this is something allison has done a lot of work with over the past six months or so if you remember uh we had kenring doing this work for us for a long time kettering uh was unable to continue to do that drivers sure to do this in bus routes those kind of things such as a competent current and then last year when we came back fourth quarter we had centerville do part of
026it we were only due to do some in the morning or the middle of the day because that would fit into their routes so but this year we were able to secure them before before and after school so that's what this this contract is about thank you miss star aye mr wilson aye mr duo aye mr thing to approve the agreement between oakwood city schools and parents and students with disabilities uh student number cn2955202 bushel please to approve the recommendation at eight seed second gina mr wilson all right mr miller aye mr starr aye mr dust aye mr sweden all right if we can do uh personnel items uh so we'll do nine if we can do them all together nine a through c and ten a through s please have a motion to approve
027the recommendations at 9 8 through c and 10 a through yes tiffany we executive sessions uh terminate the meeting without any further official action being taken so with that we thank you for your participation in attendance tonight