001Ready? >> Ready. This is it. Okay. >> Yeah. >> All right. The August 12th, 2025 school board regular meeting is called to order. Mrs. Tresy, please call the role. Mr. Cherry Mr. Link Dr. Jameson >> yes >> Miss Quintana >> here >> Miss Trigg >> here >> Mrs. Watkins >> here >> Mrs. Apal >> here thank you to all of those attending the meeting in person and those that are joining us via the RCPS YouTube channel. We move to the approval of the agenda. Is there a motion and a second to approve the agenda as amended reflecting the removal of the closed session item? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved by Miss Watkins, seconded by Miss Kintana. Um, is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All
002those opposed say no. And the motion passed. So the agenda passes. The board is asked to approve the request from Dr. Eli Jameson to participate in the meeting remotely by electronic communications means. Is there a motion and a second to approve the request for Dr. Eli Jameson to participate in the meeting remotely by electronic communication means specifically Zoom teleconference? >> So move >> second. >> Moved by Miss Kintana, seconded by Miss Trigg. Is there any discussion? >> Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. >> Those opposed say no. >> And the motion passed. Welcome Dr. Jameson. >> Thank you. >> The ghost from beyond, >> right? Exactly like >> Please keep the following in your thoughts. Family and friends of Ernie Arnett on the passing of his wife Sandy. Family and friends of
003Mrs. Mar Miss Margie Thomas, a former employee that worked with RCPS from 1977 to 2003 on her passing. Mr. Neil Anger, a longtime employee with RCPS on his passing. Family and friends of Shirley Doerty who had taught at Highland Park Elementary on her passing, please join me in a moment of silence. Thank you. Please rise and join me in the pledge to the flag to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, justice for all. >> Thank you. on to recognitions. Um this evening for our first recognition we have Mr. Eric Lear, the program director for DayTech is here to introduce our first recognition. Mr. Lear, will you please come forward and tell us about our next recogn recognition? >> Good evening,
004Chair Ael, Dr. White, members of the board. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you this evening. At Daytech, we are fortunate to meet young people who demonstrate a level of intelligence, confidence, and tenacity that guarantees they will be successful. Simone Bryant is one of those students. Simone's welding instructor, Mr. Justin Wagner, he describes her as hardworking and dedicated. He comments that Simone would not stop until she was satisfied with her work, even if it meant working on her projects after regular classroom hours. However, you don't have to take my word for it. Please allow me to present to you, Simone, so she can tell you her story. I expect you'll be as impressed as we are. [Applause] Hi. Hi. >> Hello. >> We get to see it. >> So much about it. >>
005Oh, wow. It's amazing. >> Um, hello. My name is Simone Bryan. I'm a recent uh graduate from William Fleming High School. Um I have had the pleasure of being a part of the dead program for the last two years. Um in this program I have had the opportunity to become a certified welder um thanks to Mr. um Justin Wagner. Um um when creating this um I kind of just made it and I've been a part of this program called AXO. It stands for Afroacademic, Cultural, Technological, Scientific Olympics or its nickname, the Olympics of the mind for the past two years as well. I competed locally um under sculpture. This was my piece. Um and I won gold, which sent me to nationals and in the middle of competing um I took it out to compete
006and it broke. >> Oh no, >> it broke right in the middle of my presentation. and it just flopped over. >> Um, I was in a city 3 hours away with no access to a shop. So, as soon as I left my competition room, I immediately started calling around. I called Mom and Pop Shops, Tire Shops, the local college. Um, and finally, I called um, American Welding Service LLC, and they put me through to their welding department, and they said I quickly explained, "Hey, I'm 3 hours away. My piece broke. Can I come in? It's TIG welded. I just need it fixed. whether you do it or I do it. And they said, "Yeah, come on in." So, we drove about 30 minutes. Um, I was still in my white my my pure white competition
007dress and my skill toe boots in a dirty shop. >> I got it. >> But we welded it. We tacked it right there. I held it for him. He tacked it for me. Um Um, I just want to say thank you. Thank you to the program. Thank you to my my teachers. Thank you to Brenda Hail. Thank you to NAACP and AXO for the opportunity for supporting and housing my creativity for everything. >> We're so proud. Amazing. >> Also, >> I love it. What do you call it? nucera. It's numbo nusphera is a scientific name for a lotus flower. >> Oh, I love it. >> Um, we have something for you and we would love to shake your hand. >> Okay. >> And then also Claire will Miss Mel will not let you out without
008a picture for sure with Mr. Lear. Um, and so please we would would love to come give you this if you would come on up >> so we can shake your hand. It doesn't you can just squeeze right on through. Congratulations. Proud of you. >> Congratulations. Here you go. >> Congratulations. >> Yes. Well done. Proud of you. >> Is amazing. >> That'll keep it. >> Well done. I do too. And I don't know about you all, but her sculpture also seemed like a metaphor of her in the white like in the welding shop, right? >> Sure. Yeah. >> Um >> so teacher, I would buy that. >> Yeah. >> Um >> we'll make sure we catch them the next time. Um on to more recognitions. Tonight, we have the honor of recognizing and commending several
009individuals for their swift, compassionate, and coordinated response to a medical emergency involving a student on a school bus. Dr. White, will you introduce these staff members and share the details? >> I'd love to. Thank you, Madam Chair, and good evening, everyone. Uh, first of all, our students are amazing, are they not? >> Yes. I just we're just so always so proud of our students. But every day, our educators go above and beyond to serve our students and our community. But be be dur um but during afternoon dismissal one day during our summer programming at Fishburn Park Elementary School, four educators and staff members demonstrated teamwork and remained calm under pressure. During dismissal while boarding the bus, a student began to choke and required immediate medical attention. Without hesitation, Daniel, and I might mess up the
010name, but so forgive me, but is it Pans Pansoranka got it right. Um, who's a bus driver? Leslie Tranquil, bus aid. Terry Argabbrite, instructional assistant, and Carara Jennings, classroom teacher, acted quickly and worked together to help the student while notifying Ronuk Fire and EMS and school administrators. As a result, the student received emergency care without delay and the student fully recovered. [Applause] Today it is my honor to present each of you with the students with the superintendent's challenge coin. The tradition of the challenge coin is dates back to military service where they were used to honor individuals who demonstrated extraordinary dedication, courage, and leadership. And in that same spirit, three years ago, I created the superintendent's challenge coin as a symbol of our we are one theme. This coin is not given lightly. Uh it
011is reserved for those who go above and beyond the call of duty. Those who understand that it takes all of us working together, staying focused and moving forward to ensure all students in our community thrive. So you embody what it means to be a part of RCPS and we are incredibly proud to have you in our family. Thank you for your dedication to our student safety which reflects the highest standards of professionalism and care. And I would ask that you would come forward so that we can present the challenge coin to you. Let's give them a round of applause. [Applause] coming around. >> Thank you so much. >> This is not surprising. I've known you my whole adult life. >> Thank you, sir. >> One second. I got to take these out of the >>
012I was trying to hug. >> I know they're hard to get. >> I hear the student is doing well. >> Yeah, she's her spunky self. Right in the middle. >> Matt, do you want us out of the way? So, you have the >> Do you want us Yes. >> No, we want you in the photo, too. >> Oh. Oh. Oh, okay. Sorry. >> Okay. We're quick to get out of the way. >> You got room there. You're out of the way. >> Yeah, that was in the morning. Yep. And then can you two gentlemen switch? Make sure we can see everybody. All right. Ready? One, two, three. Thank you all. [Applause] Thank you. Now, let's move on to the personnel list. Is there a motion and a second to approve the personnel list as presented?
013>> So move second. >> Moved by Miss Watkins, seconded by Miss Trigg. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Those opposed. Say no. And the motion and the personnel list is approved. Dr. White, do you have any announcements this evening? >> I do. It is my pleasure to introduce to some and to reintroduce to others uh Miss Jill Jeter. So let's give her a round of applause. [Applause] Mrs. Jill Jeter has been recommended for and has accepted the position of director of student and occupational health services. Mrs. Jeter has served for the past 5 years as the coordinator of occupational and student health services in Reno City public schools where she has been instrumental in fostering strong relationships with community partners leading crossf functional teams and ensuring
014regulatory compliance with standards such as OSHA VOE and HIPPA. Mrs. Jeter holds an associates of arts in business administration and an associates of applied science in nursing from Virginia Western Community College. She is a registered nurse with a bachelor of business administration from Bradford University, bringing to the team a unique blend of clinical knowledge and administrative leadership. Prior to serving as the coordinator of occupational and student health services, Mrs. Jeter served in the following roles. workers compensation case manager for Coventry. Workers compensation in insurance care transition coordinator 2 for a medicineist. Okay, I got that right. Home health and obstetrics and gynecology registered nurse for Curillian Health Systems. Jill's expertise in managing nursing services and workers compensation as well as her ability to administer electronic health records and manage departmental budgets make her an exceptional
015fit for this position. Congratulations, Mrs. Speaker. >> Thank you. Wow, this girl does sound amazing. >> Well, good evening, Madame Chair, members of the board, Dr. White. I am deeply honored and sincerely grateful to accept the position of director of occupational and student health services for Ronoke City Public Schools. It's a privilege to continue my journey with a district so deeply committed to excellence, equity, and holistic wellbe well-being of its students and staff. Aligning with Dr. White's vision of every student every day prepare for success. a call to action that recognizes fundamental role health plays in academic achievement and lifelong success. Supporting this vision, I'm committed to building a comprehensive, proactive health program, prioritizing safe learning environments and equitable access to healthcare services for all students and staff. By fostering a healthy and supportive environment,
016we can provide all students with a strong educational foundation, empowering them to become lifelong learners, contributing citizens and future leaders in a diverse and global community. After 15 years, I am especially excited about the opportunity um to reintegrate our nursing staff fully into the RCPS culture. So, welcoming them back as vital members of our school family and aligning their essential work with our shared mission and values. I look forward to collaborating with district leadership, school staff, family, and community partners to promote a culture of wellness that empowers students to thrive and educators to perform at their best. Together, we will ensure that health is not a barrier, but a bridge to opportunity and achievement in Ruin Oak City Public Schools. So, thank you again for this amazing opportunity. I greatly appreciate it. >> Congratulations. Thank
017you, Madam Chair. >> Thank you, Miss Jeter. On to the consent agenda. Is there a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda as presented? >> So, move. >> Second. >> Moved by Miss Kintana, seconded by Miss Trigg. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Those opposed say no. And the consent agenda passes. U. Mrs. Watkins, please tell us about the gifts that have been received by RCPS. >> Pleasure. The board accepts with gratitude the following donations. Richardson Whan Ferrer LLC provided a donation of $1,000 to the McKenna Vento Homeless Program. We thank you so much for this uh contribution and we thank all of our community partners and we welcome any new or continuing community partners to to partner with us here at RCPS um
018to help move our our students and our families and our community forward. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Miss Watkins. Um, citizen participation on agenda and non-aggenda items. >> Madam Chair, >> there we go. Miss Watkins, do we have any signups for agenda or non-aggenda items this evening? >> Yes, ma'am. We have three student citizen participants. >> Wonderful. >> Are you reading or I'm reading? >> There we go. >> The score. Thank you. The school board values open communication and we look forward to receiving your comments. We encourage all participants to engage in civil discourse and ask that you keep your comments respectful in helping us achieve this goal. To ensure regular opportunities to address the board are available and that the board has time to conduct its business, up to 30 minutes is
019allowed for public comment at regular board me uh meetings. Citizen comments offer an opportunity for the public to inform the board. The board and the superintendent generally do not respond to comments made or questions posed. All individuals are urged to provide written copies of their comments or other materials um material supporting their views to the clerk of the board who sits over there um who will ensure dissemination to the board members. Staff present at the board meeting whenever possible will assist you with your inquiry. As you come forward, please state your name for the record and state whether you reside in Reno City or not. We ask that you keep your comments to three minutes. Speakers may not uh secede their time to another individual. There is a light at the center of the podium.
020That light will turn yellow when you have about one minute left. Right. First speaker is Izzy Bryant. Come on down. I didn't say price is right. >> I didn't say it. She did. >> Hi, Izzy. Hi. Um, I'm ready. >> All right. >> Hi. My name is Izzy Bryant from Rona, Virginia. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak with you today. When girls are put out of class for what they're wearing, it's not just a loss of learning time. It's a message that our appearance matters more than our education. Today, I want to talk about two everyday issues affecting students, especially girls. bathroom access during class and the school dress code. These things might seem small, but they impact how we feel, how we learn, and how we're treated. Most schools have strict
021rules about leaving class, but these often ignore urgent needs. For students dealing with periods or medical conditions like IBS or diabetes, waiting to use the bathroom isn't just uncomfortable. It can be painful, stressful, or even harmful. No one should have to share personal details just to take care of themselves. We need a more flexible, respectful bathroom policy, one that trusts students and uses discretion. A small change like this can make a big difference in how safe and supported we feel at school. Many school dress codes may seem fair, but in practice they disproportionately affect girls. Rules about short shorts, tank tops, or skirt lengths are more enforced on girls than boys. We're told these rules are to avoid distractions, but the message we really hear is that our bodies are the problem. We're taught to
022change how we dress instead of others learning how to behave respectfully. This doesn't protect anyone. It just makes girls feel self-conscious and judged, not for what we do, but for what we wear. Why aren't we focusing on teaching respect and accountability? Students should learn how to treat each other, not to be told their clothing defines their worth. Schools say they care about a student's mental health, and I believe many do. But that care needs to be shown in everyday rules. When students are shamed for what they wear or deny bathroom access when in pain, we don't feel supported. We feel controlled. School should be a place where students feel safe, feel respected, and trusted, where we can focus on learning, not worrying about school dress code violations, or whether our health needs will be met.
023In conclusion, it's time for school policies to respect reflect trust, respect, and empathy. These changes don't cost very much, lots of money. They just require listening, understanding, and a willingness to grow. Let's create a school culture that supports students, not one that embarrasses or limits us. When students feel safe and respected, we're more confident, more focused, and more likely to succeed, not just in school, but in life. I hope you'll take this into consideration. Thank you for listening. >> You right, our next citizen is Gray Stone. Hi there, Gray. >> Hi, I'm ready. >> All right. Good evening. Oh, sorry. My name is Gray and I am from Ron Oaks, Virginia. Good evening, members of the school board, administrators, and staff. Thank you once again for giving me the opportunity to speak. This is my
024second time addressing this board and unfortunately it's a conversation we're still having because the concerns I raised previously have yet to be fully addressed. Tonight I want to once again speak about the school dress code and the racial discrimination that often goes handinhand with its enforcement. We've had this conversation before and I'd hope that by now meaningful changes would have been made. While I've seen progress in areas like bathroom access, and I sincerely thank you for taking action there, this issue remains unresolved. Because this isn't just about comfort, it's about dignity. It's about the right to exist in a learning space without being sexualized or targeted unfairly. When I first raised this issue, it was based on personal experiences, not just my own, but those of many fellow students. Unfortunately, students of color continue to
025be disproportionately affected by how dress codes are enforced. I've also noticed that when students of color make mistakes, the disciplinary response from administration often seems harsher compared to white students. The current dress code policies, and more importantly, how they are enforced do more than limit students freedom. They limit their education. Being repeatedly pulled from class, suspended, or punished over clothing that doesn't interfere with learning causes students to fall behind. These missed opportunities, combined with disciplinary records and negative interactions with staff, feed into the larger problem of systemic inequality based not only on race, but also on gender that persists in our education system. So, I'll end with this. We don't need promises. We need progress. We don't need to be heard. We need to be respected. And we don't want to fight, we want action.
026Thank you. >> You right. And our third and final citizen participant is Hannah Turnbull. >> Hi Hannah. >> Hi. >> Are you ready? >> Yeah. All right. >> Good evening, members of the school board, staff, and community. My name is Hannah Turbull, and I live in Reno City public school. I mean, Reno City. Yeah. Thank you again for allowing me to speak. At our last meeting, I shared concerns about how current dress code policies and bathroom access rules affect students comfort, dignity, and health. Tonight, I want to follow up, not just to repeat my concerns, but to highlight what's happened since and ask for real action. First on dress codes. Many students have told me that they feel the same way I do. That the rules unfairly target girls, making us feel judged for our
027bodies rather than respected for our character. Since speaking here last, I've heard more stories of girls being pulled out of class, missing valuable learning time for things as small as visible bra straps or tank tops. This isn't about discipline. It's about priorities. We are here to learn, not to be policed for our appearance. Second, on bathroom access and menstrual health. This remains a serious issue. A student's right to manage their own health should never depend on whether a teacher thinks it's a good time to use the restroom. We wouldn't deny a student with diabetes the ability to check their blood sugar. Period care should be treated with the same urgency and respect. I'm not here to point fingers. I'm here to ask for solutions. That can mean updating the dress code to focus on truly
028disruptive behavior, not normal clothing. Implementing a clear policy that ensures students can use the restroom when needed without fear or punishment. Providing free period product period products in all restrooms so no student is left in a stressful or humiliating humiliating situation. In the end, these are not radical requests. They are simple, reasonable steps to create a school environment where all students feel safe, respected, and ready to learn. Thank you for listening, and I hope we can turn these conversations into real changes. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> That concludes our list of the distance, madam chair. >> Thank you. And on behalf of the school board, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to speak to us this evening. As we said earlier, we value the feedback on of our community. Public input
029is important as we make decisions on behalf of all students in Rowan Oak City Public Schools. Um, and on to the superintendent report. >> Okay. Very good. Thank you, Madam Chair, and good evening everyone. Good evening to everyone watching and everyone in person again. So, we welcomed all of our teachers back this week. So, we're so excited to welcome our students back for the first day of school a week from today. So, this evening, we're bringing forward a readiness update for your information as we prepare for that first day. Uh before we get to our agenda, I would like to highlight a few items for the board and for the public's information. Last week, we celebrated our summer school, our summer graduates at the Jefferson Center. These students worked hard this summer to earn their
030diplomas and I want to congratulate them for persevering. Thank you to Mrs. Apel, Mr. Cherry, Mrs. Trigg for helping us celebrate. And congratulations also to Mrs. Anderson, Mr. Bowen, Dr. Austin, Mrs. Maxi, and their teams for their hard work uh throughout the summer and for planning such a special event. So, let's give our summer graduates another round of applause. I'm also excited to share that RCPS was recently featured in a national publication about building high impact CTE centers. In the article, our career and technical education director Kathy Duncan shared insights about how to create innovative CTE opportunities for students, including the development of the Charles W. Day Technical Education Center. This recognition highlights the outstanding leadership and collaboration taking place to ensure that our students graduate with a diploma and a resume of skills and
031experiences that last them a lifetime. As a reminder, our annual back to school extravaganza will be held this Saturday from 9 to 12 at William Fleming High School. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students and our families to meet their school administrators uh to receive free school supplies and uh vaccinations. So, if you need vaccinations, your child needs vaccinations, please make sure to come on out and meet with community partners as well. Our food and nutrition services team will have some snacks on hand and available for everyone. And we'll even have a DJ playing just to make sure that we have some fun along the way. So, as I said, today is one week from the first day of the 2526 school year. Our new teachers participated in new educator orientation last week and
032we welcomed uh all of our teachers back to work yesterday. So, I know that they are ready to get the year started. I do want to take a moment to thank our principles, our teachers, our and our staff members for all that they do. I I know that, you know, everybody's up and running and we're we're ready to start the year. And as we do so, I don't want to miss this opportunity to say thank you um for for being there for our students and forming those relationships from with our students from day one and getting everything prepared um to to meet our babies where they are right at the front door first day of school. Uh so our teachers know our students by name, by need and by strength and ensure that they feel
033safe, supported and valued and we appreciate you. We have always said that we we will respect and protect our students and I want you to know that we will also respect and protect our staff. Our teachers and our staff have our full support. And so families, we need your assistance to ensure that your students know what is expected of them when it comes to starting the year strong regarding their academics and yes and their behavior too. Likewise, we as staff must also be sure that our students know what is expected so that they are able to rise to those expectations. We saw a decrease in the number of disciplinary incidents last year and this is only because Oh, yeah. This is only because we worked together and we stayed focused and we again formed those
034important relationships with our students to know them to really know them and to know um how what we need to do to support them and by working together again this year we will continue to get it done. So for our first and and uh only item this evening I will ask Mr. Perkins, our chief operations office off officer to really start us off here and we'll hear from other chiefs as well to come forward to start our report on school readiness and operations. Mr. Perkins, I'll turn it over to you. >> Thank you, Dr. White, Madam Chair, members of the board, ladies and gentlemen. uh bring to you a a I believe a really good update with a couple of challenges that we'll highlight, but uh we are well on our way. So, as soon
035as there it is, uh we'll jump right into it. Building operations, we are on track to have all the buildings cleaned. We are continuing this year with our uh what we started during COVID and that is uh cleaning every day, high contact areas and deep cleaning every Friday. We will continue that with devices called T360s. Uh we will have inspections done of all the facilities prior to school starting uh for the safety and well-being of our students. And I'm going to throw out to an an add a boy and girl to our HR team. When I put this and posted this uh we had uh three full-time and four part-time positions open. Uh we have pending officers now for all of those. >> Wow. >> Yes. Our building operations team with 151 strong uh men
036and women uh will be fully staffed uh shortly. Our facility maintenance team, one challenge we have uh round hill, we have an HVAC compressor on the kindergarten wing that needs to be replaced. It was replaced. However, the oil is on back order that goes in that compressor. >> Uh so we are working to get that in. Uh we believe we will have it before school starts. So we think we'll be all right, but uh we're working to get it expedited. Moving to grounds and athletic maintenance. Uh we have had a long summer. Uh next summer is a short summer according to Mr. Freeman. O over the summer we've had significant projects that were completed to include repaving key areas, inspecting playgrounds, stadium bleacher replacement, and other enhancement efforts. Our grounds team did a great job.
037And if you remember this summer, it was hot, humid, and rained a lot. So, uh, they worked in some pretty tough conditions to get that done. So, we're real proud of what they've done. Our warehouse, uh, you know, a lot of people talk about reading a book called Reset right now as a as a team. And in that, the first couple of pages talks about a warehouse with stuff that's delayed for days. Well, we're within 24 to 48 hours on all of our deliveries. So, our small Amazon plant in the back of this building is doing great. So, uh, we're real proud of what they're doing and they are moving a lot, folks. It's not just surplus from the schools. It's things going to the schools and there's a lot of it, including ID badges
038that go out tomorrow for delivery to all of our students this year. So, >> good. >> So, our warehouse is doing fantastic. >> Uh, next, capital improvements. Uh, we are going to be at 17 full solar roof arrays across our district. Uh, that is over the seven we installed last year. By the end of this fiscal year, all 17 will be in place and they're on SK they're scheduled to be completed. Uh we have a ribbon cutting starting or occurring on August the 29th that we're excited about at our community empowerment center at Booker T. Washington. And there is an update, but we have a challenge with Preston Park. Right now, uh we are 36 day behind 36 days behind because of weather. But our contractor is fabulous. They've been working very closely with us.
039They're moving things around. So over the course of the next year, we hope we can make that up, but the farmers almanac did not have a very favorable uh winter weather outlook for us, but we think we can do it. The only problem is if we stay behind, that moves our opening from July to into September with approximately September 5th with the delay currently. But the team's been great. I want to go back and highlight something for you for solar arrays. What you see here on this screen is the solar use or the energy usage at uh one of our middle schools, Lucy Addison. If you look at June of 24, uh we used a significant amount of of w kilowatt hours. Uh if you look at zoom or June 25, that equated to over
040$4,000 in savings for our district just in that one month. as an example, >> the solar energ or this the the reduction of our carbon footprint and the the initiatives we're going we're doing to to do that are paying off. That's a 77.9% reduction in kilowatt hours. Now, how that works so everybody understands instead of paying uh Appalachin Power directly, we go through a power purchase agreement. We pull power from the sun. Uh we purchase that back from the company. we get free roof replacement and enhancements that with warranties for another 25 years which is a huge saving for the district but just in kilowatt hours over the next uh 30 plus years we expect to save you know over $40 million for the district. So really good effort there and and that that's kudos
041to Jeff Sharver. Uh that is really his initiative and he is uh very committed to that and we're very proud of him. All right uh safety and security. Uh next, uh we have completed camera upgrades at James Madison Middle School, William uh or Woodro Wilson Middle School, Patrick Henry, and William Fleming. Uh we have installed now vape detectors at all of our high schools and programs uh with the addition of William Fleming, Nuly Taylor, and Force Park Academy. We did that through a grant. Uh that vape detector detects more than vapes. So just uh do not do it in the bathroom, students, if you're going to because that alarm will go off. Uh there are also uh 25 security officers and 21 school resource officers uh joining us returning this year to our district. Uh
042currently we're at 25 SSOs. Uh we are fully staffed except at the elementary schools with their grant positions that we have worked that we've received from the state. We have six of those 13 hired. Uh currently uh the between the Reno City Sheriff's Office and the Reno Police Department, we will start the year with 21 of the 26 to be fully staffed. Uh that's 14. We're three short with our sheriff's office. Uh but they're great because they have they're working with us and their supervisors are going to help cover and we're going to work with our security officers to make sure we have somebody at every school. Our police department's done a great job, too. They're coming they're returning seven officers. Uh and they're uh one of their supervisors is going to be at uh
043have an office at Noc Taylor. So, we're excited about that. There it is. All right. food service. Uh now again, this is another kudos uh to our SF, our partners. When I filed this with our clerk, uh we had 11 uh staff members we were trying to hire. I am happy to report that as of today, we have completed eight backgrounds and have three interviews scheduled. So, we'll be fully staffed at with SF for our food services going forward. >> Wow. >> So, all of our menus are posted on the website. Uh we've got food deliveries uh scheduled for August 11th through the 15th. So we will be ready to open school and have breakfast, lunch, and whatever else we need. So we're excited about that. Technology uh kudos to technology team. They rolled out
044thousands of devices this summer and they have been working at every school to try to get all these new devices set up and that is not an easy task. So kudos to Wesley Williams and his team. Uh we've we have updated all of our Wi-Fi system. Uh we have new Wi-Fi connections and all the others will be removed. That creates a nice safe cyber security or cyber safe uh community for us. Uh we've reset all student passwords for secondary schools. That that's planned. It started Monday. We'll have that finished. And as I already mentioned about our warehouse to live in our IDs, IDs are here. Remember, we piloted last year. We tested this year. They're fully expected to be in full use by September 2nd. So, we've got a little bit of a time where
045we're going to ramp it up, but after September 2nd, you need them to get on the bus, you need them for cafeteria, you need them when you go to the nurse, you need them when you go to the library, you need them when you get online. IDs are going to be there. It is a safety process for us. And I think it only does to enhance we make sure that our students are where they're supposed to be and our students are our students with those IDs. So, we're excited about that. I >> student occupational health. Uh you approved not only a director but you approved well over 20 nurses to join Reno City Public Schools. >> Uh we have offers uh we have a deadline tomorrow and we expect to be fully staffed in every
046school with nurses. Uh our coreian team uh decided the overwhelm majority of them decided to join us. So we're excited about that. Uh and as soon as those officers go offers go out uh we'll have a complete team that's in house. Uh we are meeting with Curillion on Friday to talk about discontinuing the contract going forward. Uh there is a 60-day agreement between us when we renewed for six months. So we are excited to move forward and we'll be setting nurses meetings going after tomorrow afternoon. So uh I want to emphasize that was a cross department effort. You can't turn a division the size of ours. You can't turn over a full department in less than 60 days anywhere. But we did and we turned it around in 60 days. It is a feat. Our
047HR department, our academic department, because they did all the interviews for us. Uh our HR department set up a job fair. Everybody stayed late. I think Dr. Jackson was here probably to midnight a couple of times. >> She was right. [Applause] Uh we partner with VDH. We've got lots of immunizations. We do have a little bit of a glitch in our immunizations. That's one of our challenges with the administration in Washington and the change over uh it is not talking to SNAP. So we're having to re-calibrate our immunizations. So we had this huge number of kids that didn't show they had their full immunizations, but we think once we recalibrate, uh the Virginia Department of Health is working with us to get that recalibrated. We don't think we have as many as what we what
048we thought we had. So, we're hoping that that gets fixed. Our Hazel program is in full effect. Free teleaalth services available to all of our students and it is being used. We're very happy with that. And we have flu vaccines order because it's almost flu and COVID and everything else that goes on season. So, we're excited. The other thing we're excited about is smiles and our and our partnership and uh that we do for our dental program. remember, uh, dental health is critical to students being successful in the classroom. So, we're excited about that. And then I'm going to end with a a a very positive note, but with a caveat, transportation. We've had some rough years. Last year, we ended with 98% on time rate. Okay? Any year there is challenges through the first
049month. So, I don't want anybody to think it's going to be perfect because it is not. It's not just transportation, uh, but we have a rolling enrollment system. We have all kinds of things. People are getting back into the swing of that. We've been out for two months except for summer school and it will be challenging. So, we expect lots of calls and lots of, but our we've got uh our partners at Zoom are ready to go. We're running dry runs starting tomorrow. Uh, we'll have all those things in place and all we ask is patience because uh Mr. DIY's routing system. Remember, we went from 11,000 stops in this district to 2100. That's amazing. And remember, it's time and distance. 11,000 stops. If you give two to three minutes for every stop, we No
050wonder we were late. But thanks to our parents working with us, and we know the schedule is has been their burden. Thanks to our bus drivers and aids for showing up for work. We had a great meeting with them this week. A full cafeteria at William Fleming. Uh very positive meeting. We will work through those challenges which we know we will have and people will get upset and kids will miss the bus and people will can't will have calls but we will work through it. But this is the best position we've been in in years when it comes to being prepared for transportation. Okay, >> Mr. Dowy for your leadership. Thank you. >> Mr. dowy can look at a map and tell us where the bus stops should be and it's I'll give you nine
051times out of 10 he's got every student accounted for. So he's amazing and his routing is what's really uh been the the gem for us. Just want to make a reminder to our families about family walking and family responsibility zones. We have to enforce those. Uh that's how we stay on time. Uh but if there is a concern about safety at a stop, we have a whole standard operating procedure that we follow on evaluating those stops. And we'll have a uh an email that we will set up for uh for response and we will have a call center like we normally have working with our partners at Zoom also. So uh just patience uh getting everybody ready and everybody back in the swing of things. Now that is for me. So I'm going to turn
052over to Mr. McKe now. >> Thank you, sir. I saw your small Amazon uh system system going this morning on my way to work. You had about seven guys out there with a pallet this tall. >> I I invite the board to walk through our warehouse. It is amazing what we have back there and how fast they move it. That is that's that's a hard charting team right there that Joey Camp's got and we're real proud of what they do every day. Not just Amazon, they got mail, too. They deliver mail to all 28 or 29 facilities now across our district. So, >> good work. >> Thank you guys. Thank you. >> Good evening, Madam Chair, members of the board, Dr. White, and the public. Um, if you can um think back in on in
053February when Miss Jackson came up and she presented um the new standards of quality and we had to add 40 new EL positions. Um, I thought I had to call company nurse that night. Um, because my my heart was pounding. I was like, how are we going to find these 40 e positions? Then we go through staffing, right? So, we go through staffing, throw the schools, meet with the principles, and we decide we have to add 20 new classroom teachers um to lower class sizes. So, if you add that up, Mrs. Aelia, the math person, you know, 56 total positions. How are we going to find 56 positions? Um, so we we didn't know what to do. So what we did was um first um just paused, took a deep breath, you know, talked to
054Lori Sidell to breathe and you know, make sure we have a mindful moment uh because there was a lot going on. But Mr. Perkins did say something very important that that in order for us to fill these positions and the other ones that we had, it was cross-dep departmental. First, it started with Dr. White and the board in terms of your commitment to salary and benefits to our our teachers and our staff. Second is working with academics, instruction, marketing, finance, operations to make sure we all work together to make sure we um get the people that we need. And then thirdly, we have to look at our working with our principles, our sister principles, instructional supervisors. I'm I'm I'm trying to build up the lead right here. So, just work with me. Um you know,
055working with them on a regular basis to make sure we get through the interviews and then working with our department more. Um the person that led all of this was Dr. Jackson, our director of recruitment and organizational engagement along with another other members of our team. But when we looked at all these new positions, I want to talk a little bit about promotions and transfers. So, and which those create what we call happy turnover. So, we had about 25 of our current teachers move into those 36 e positions. And of course, you know, 13 were our um Spanish uh teachers at the elementary school, but then we have we had other we had 12 other classroom teachers move into those EO positions. Then we had nine current teachers move up from from teachers to be
056assistant principal. So that's that right now that puts us about 77 open classroom positions along with our other um retirements and resignations. So my heart's pounding out my chest by this time. Um but again some other happy turnover. We had uh eight instructional assistants have we moved up as teachers. So that's great. Then we also had four four current assistant principles move up to be principles. And then we had one principal move up to be central office. So we had great turnover within the division income in terms of happy promotion. Um so with that being said, Dr. Jackson put put in the work um making sure we had job fairs, walk up job fairs. She's going to H.B.CU. She's going all over Virginia. She's going to Maryland. She's going to Tennessee. She was like I
057never saw her. >> Oh, there she is right there. Okay. But she did a phenomenal job um just coming in and also stepping in offering contracts with Doug and Paul and and Josh and Angela. Angela more Angela um Carr she helped with um screening all the applicants making sure that we we worked with I teach educate Virginia. So I say all this to say with all that being said we are down to three classroom vacancies to open the school year. >> Wow. That is amazing. We've never been that low. And let me tell you one more story. Can do you have 30 seconds, Dr. White? Okay. So, we had a resignation. U we were at two when when Mr. um Perkins posted this. We got down to two classroom vacancies. We had a resignation yesterday
058at 9:00 a.m. >> That principal was on it emailing Dr. Jackson, talking to her, blah blah. That principal set up an interview at 2:00 today for that vacancy yesterday. So that's just one example of how quickly our principles and are working with us to make sure we get people in place. So ju just want to let you know with with the classroom teacher vacancies were still working to ensure that we want to get those three filled by the first day of school. But as of right now, as you see, the numbers have declined over the last couple of years. Uh but we really put a lot of heart and effort into it. But it really comes down to making sure that one we have a competitive salary um around around um local school divisions and
059also our benefits are competitive as well, but also we give the our our our teachers that customer service in terms of making sure we get back to the basis. We communicate them on a regular basis. But just want to thank you for your support and thank Dr. Jackson and the rest of our HR team for all the work that they put in to make sure that we lead right now. [Applause] So, I was trying to be short, but I think I was Let me maybe shorter than Mr. Perkins, but other than that, I'm going to turn it over to uh >> I was waiting for that. >> You can be as long as you want with only three vacancies. >> And while Mr. Freeman and and Dr. Williams, while they're coming up, again, I do
060want to thank our HR team as well as our department heads and our principles. Again, these numbers are not happen stance. It's because of intentional effort. Um, long nights and and weekends and all of the things that go into making sure that we have the best people on hand in our school division. And thank you to the school board for your commitment to making sure that we have the salary structure, we have the support systems in place so that we are an attractive school division that our that candidates choose. So hats off to the team again. Thank you, >> Mr. Freeman. Dr. Williams. >> Thank you, Dr. White. Good evening, Madam Chair, Madame Vice Chair, members of the board. Dr. White, I'm going to be shorter than Mr. McKe. So, we can win the prize
061for tonight. >> Um, so Mr. Keys already stated, um, as you seen on the chart, oops, already there. A lot of things take place this summer. But I want to talk a little bit about he talked about administrators. you saw those that were promoted. Um, we had a lot of administrators into assistant principal positions. You saw those four that went into principles. So, this summer we did something a little different. We went back and looked at our leadershipmies and we designed some things to be beneficial to our principles, our instructional supervisors, and our assistant principles where we all are speaking the same language from day one. So, during this time, we had a three-day session. There was two different sessions to make sure we capture all of our administrators, all those that were hired after
062July the 1st. So make sure we had an opportunity to have them in the session too. So start off with core values in the areas of qualities and characteristics they saw in themselves as instructional leaders in the building. We asked for characteristics. We took a true colors test in order to see exactly who our leaders were in the cl excuse me in the room but also who leaders on their own team so they could see their individual leaders with inside themselves and they're building their leadership team. We talked about tier one effective tier one instruction with curriculum alignment and assessments maintaining high expectations from day one for all students and we've seen that this week in play with our professional development sessions that have taken place throughout the division that will continue to take place
063tomorrow. We also look at a time as Dr. Excuse me and gave him another title. Mr. Perkins mentioned in regards to the reset book, we're talking opportunity to reset with our IoT and PLC meetings um in order to take a look at those that are coming on as new principles to our division. We wanted to make sure they're on um on um board with what we're doing from day one as we go into our IoT and PLC meetings and doing and conducting informal walkthroughs. And we also had our Oasis team shared data that was preliminary data from the end of the school year as we're preparing for our cips for the new school year. so that teams can go back and they had an opportunity to have a work session during those days. So, a
064lot of it was hands-on for our principles right here with all the specialists in the room to work with them and updates were also given um from Dr. Poland and her department regarding CPS calls, chronic absentees and so we did have to do you know some of the managerial things from BDOE updates and also dealing with discipline and HR worked with us and dealing with managing employees. So, it was all departments working together to make sure as Dr. White would state we are one from day one. on making sure we're speaking the same language throughout the whole entire time. We did have another piece this year that we did a few years ago with new employees that joined the division. And one of the things we did with the new employees, we had understanding our
065community. We wanted to make sure they understood when they got to Reno City, our students, our community, our demographics. And we were able to have a panel, a panel of some of our retired educators and long long-term educators of the division. Mrs. Inis and Mrs. Clator was able to speak to them talking about understanding their their leadership roles and their leadership roles what they see in the community here in Ron Oak City. We also had an opportunity coordinated again by Dr. Williams and Mr. Perkins a bus tour. So we want to make sure we on board uh as Mr. McKe would say on board all our employees here in Rono City Public Schools. So I wanted to start with that and share that and I'm going to let Dr. Williams share a few things. So,
066our team's been working really hard this summer. And when we talk about C customer service and taking care of our teachers, we want to make sure that they have the tools that they need and they're high quality, they're up to-date, and it they're easy access. So, this summer, we had our content um supervisors, but we had teachers come in, we had coaches, everybody worked together to update our curriculum units and pacing guides, and all those are posted online right now for our teachers. Um, one of the things that they told us from last year, the feedback was sometimes it took them a little while. They had to do several clicks to get what they needed. Well, our team worked together this summer to create one SharePoint site, so they have one hub, so it's really
067easy. And um, today our elementary team was at um, at Fleming. So, they had everything posted online and they also got a hard copy of of their first unit. So, they're prepared. Everything's ready for first nine weeks. It's go time. So, they were very excited. I was telling Dr. White today that the the energy in the room was so positive. It was just wonderful to have everybody back together. So, our teams worked hard over the summer. Also, we ordered and received our textbooks. So, thank you for approving our new series. They were delivered to our schools. Um, this summer we had training for our principles and APs. We had training for teachers several several sessions and then this week we're having more training and we're getting positive feedback about our new series. Um, we also
068have digital access for math space and five pawns press so they have all the resources at their fingertips because we want to take care of our teachers in the classroom and make sure they have the tools that they need. Um, and then like what we said this week we're having all our our professional learning series and it has just been great. One of the additional things we did this summer is we're starting and piloting the Monterey Round and Preston Park project, excuse me, GLAD with his guided language acquisition design. Um, where we looked at we had teams come together this past summer at Roundill. Um, approximately over 20ome individuals um, and Dr. uh Williams to share some more shortly. But sessions took place for training where co-teers and teachers and the leaders of those schools
069came together to work with students using we use students from our summer program for instructional techniques and strategies where you would see them making inferences modeling strategies using context clues critical thinking skills were used. So it's an instructional framework we're trying to utilize there in these three schools as a pilot um to bring some things to our e population too. >> Very nice. And just to share a little bit about our um our professional learning session, if you'll look at the bottom picture, you'll see that we have our teachers and administrators are kind of sitt sitting on the back row and you have a sort of a coach in front of them. That's one of the GLAD trainers. And then behind that coach, you're going to see that the children and the other facilitators and
070presenters, and they're actually modeling the strategies while our teachers and administrators are observing. And then we get to have lots of Q&A sessions and planning sessions. So we are um very pleased with this professional learning opportunity and we will keep you posted on the on the process. And this is not a program. It is really key instructional strategies researchbased that's good for all students. So, we have accomplished a lot of professional development this summer for our principles, our teachers, assistant principles, instructional supervisors. So, I just want to remind everybody that next year we're going to work collaborative together to get a lot done in a short period of time. It's going to be a shorter summer to remind us that next summer is >> it's a short summer. >> But, thank you again. all of
071these things. It's just it's not happen stance. Again, it's it's intentional effort and a lot of times the the team that goes kind of unrecognized a lot of times it's our core team as well as our district leadership team. And I just want to take some time to thank um our core team, our district leaders as well. Uh leadership matters and all that you're hearing about in terms of what's getting done and what has gotten done. um it doesn't get done without their leadership. So, thank you to the team for all that they do. [Applause] >> Madam Chair, that concludes our report. >> Wonderful. So, does the board have any comments or questions? And I'm going to see if Dr. Jameson, since I remembered that she was virtual with us, had anything she wanted to
072contribute first. Dr. Jameson? >> No. Just a wonderful opening of school report. Looking forward to the new year. Thank you. I know it does feel a little like Yes. Um, Miss Trigg, >> great job to the core team and everyone um for a successful summer going into a great school year. And we understand that those um transportation may be a little delayed. Anybody's watching, download the app if you're new. Stay on task. If your child has a phone that they won't be able to use in school, download the app so they're on the bus on time. Miss Kintana. >> Um, I just want to again take thank the core team, Dr. White, cuz you hired this amazing people and I I just hope you guys know we don't take for granted. We know you work
073late evenings and weekends. I know it. I can't thank you enough as a parent. Um, and you guys are amazing. So, thank you, >> Miss Watkins, >> and I think everyone else has said everything. Um, I did want to want to also just say, you know, it was, you know, when I rode by this morning and I saw the team out there moving boxes, you know, it it it just makes me proud to be a a board trustee um because I see you all. you know, we um Liz and I were talking. U we had breakfast and you know, she she let me know that, you know, sometimes she meets with she comes by and she asks if you need anything and you know, and checks on people. Um it it's it's so important the
074work that you guys do and if people aren't you know or I know that you're getting your flowers but if we don't say it enough thank you so so very much for everything that you do and and I'm really excited about how um we are how innovative we are in think and forward thinking about how to educate kids. We we these are co kids coming through here, you know. I mean, not not that there's anything wrong with the co kids, but I mean just um you know, they're different, you know. But, you know, it's it's different. Each generation is different. Each, you know, um student has, you know, their own set of of of needs and their own set of um of skills, right? And and and talents. So, the work that you guys do
075to try to figure out what how do I meet this this this child's needs um and and get them the education that they deserve um at the way that you guys recognize how important your part is in in the bigger picture is is amazing. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Watkins. And um you know I also want to echo all the sentiments of the board members present and also um how we are one is not just a slogan not just lip service it's put into reality and we saw that even tonight with each department you know giving credit to all of the other departments and the work they do. Um, I also love how across all of RCPS, there is a clear commitment to lifelong learning and development. And if
076you are in the business of education and you want it for your kids, you also want that for your staff. And that goes across all departments, not just our classroom teachers. And I loved how um, Miss Watkins pointed out that it's also innovative. It's our our administrative team core team. They're not stopping with this is how we do it. Um, and we do it the same every year. Each year I'm hearing about another grant like the GLAD grant, you know, and trying something new, always trying to self-improve. Um, so and I love that and it just goes back to the know them by name, need, and strength. And that applies to our students. I heard it from one of our leadership awardees that she tries to apply that to the staff she works with. And
077I think it's so important if we keep that in mind, then then lifelong education and development will continue in RCPS. So, um, so thank you all so much for everything you've done, um, to get us ready for day one. Um, so also on the heels of our school's readiness report, we as a board wanted to take a moment to discuss our financial readiness for the new year by closing the loop on some outstanding questions and providing some updates regarding budgets, past, current, and future, as well as ongoing conversations with city council. Um, in April of 2025, concerns were raised regarding RCPS spending during fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Um, following a review by the finance departments for the city and RCPS and per communication from the mayor, there is no evidence of overspending appropriations in
078fiscal year 2022 nor in fiscal year 2023. Thus, there is no malfeasance. The school board was appointed by city council to do a job. A significant aspect being financial oversight. And this closure can serve to reinforce public trust in RCPS and assure our stakeholders of the fidelity and transparency with which RCPS manages its finances. We also encourage stakeholders to access our audits as can be found in board docs typically from the November schoolboard meeting each year regarding fiscal year 2025 which closed at the end of June. At our upcoming August school board workshop, the school board will be discussing our application to city council for the eligible 40% of the fiscal year 2025 trueup. The RCPS administration will be prepared to share a preliminary list of priorities with the board at that time. Um the
079financial books should be nearly finalized around midepptember both for the city and RCPS. So it is around that time that we anticipate conveying our requests to city council. Looking to future fiscal years, the school board and city council will be convening a joint task force to evaluate the city's school funding policy. The intent is for the initial committee meeting to take place in the first half of September with a report out at the joint city council schoolboard meeting on October 6th, 2025. The goal is to finalize the committee's work by the first half of November. This will ensure timely policy updates regarding budgets and will permit RCPS to follow its customary budget budgetary cycle that begins in December of 2025. The school board does not take budgetary concerns lightly and is proud of the work
080done by the superintendent and the RCPS administration on behalf of our students to make every dollar count. As you heard tonight, transparency and communication are the foundation of the trust that this administration has built with intentionality. We are glad to close this particular chapter and are looking forward to continuing our work with city council on behalf of our division. Convocation is just two days away and we have seven days and counting until the school start of the 2526 school year. We're excited to focus on what matters most, our students, our staff, so many of them, um and education. So, thank you. And that brings us to our financial perspective, Mrs. Caldwell, can you please present the financial forecast and fund balance for us? >> Good evening, chair, Mrs. Ael, school board members, and Dr. White.
081>> I am presenting to you tonight the financial update on experience through June 30th, 2025. As Mrs. Apel mentioned, we are not finished with our audit. We will be presenting our final year-end audit at the November schoolboard meeting. Brown Edwards will do that for us. Right now, we're still in the process of paying invoices and recording in income that may be trickling in from the prior year. So, it's ongoing. Like for example, state sales tax is paid two months behind. So, we would not receive that until August. So, things like that, we're still recording for the year end. Okay. So on the revenue side, if we were to end now, we are tracking favorably to budget due to additional state funding that was required for the retention bonus added to the state budget and overall
082state funding increase due to increases in the average daily membership. These were both after we had done our budget. We also um on the revenue side, other income is always not something that's predictable. we can budget but sometimes we it's more favorable and this year that happened to be the case and so it's things like um interest income or rebates refunds that sort of thing that comes in. So, if we were to end um the c the the year now, we would be forecast to put 5.3 million back into our budget above budget, I'm sorry. On the expenditure side, we are trending closer to budget on the expenditure side due to the textbook purchases that were paid in June. And this was from the amendment made at the May 13th schoolboard meeting. And we also
083paid the state funded retention bonus. So right now we are trending to be 1.37 million below budget. If we were to end the year right now we would be contributing 4.92 million back to fund balance but um I did need want to point out the city council will has decided that they will no longer allow the school board to retain fund balance at year end. So, we are working through that how that's going to look on our financials going forward with both um our auditors and the city's finance office. Let's see. Okay. So, this is what our fund balance would look like for the general fund. Moving on to food services, uh revenue is forecast to be 0.24 million below budget, which is very very close to budget. And on the expenditure side, expenditures are
084forecast to be 0.9 million below budget. Also very close to budget. We would be contributing we would be uh using 0.84 million of fund balance in this scenario. Also for your review tonight, we've included uh details on the division purchasing for April through June, which is typical at the end of each quarter. So, does anybody have any questions? >> We'll start with Dr. Jameson. >> Thank you. Uh and thank you for the report this evening. Uh I appreciate the information this evening, >> Miss Kintana. No, just thank you, >> Miss Watkins. Miss Trig, um, and you said I did want to clarify. So, the textbook purchase was already incorporated in the expenditures of that. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Got it. Wonderful. All right. Thank you very much, Miss Caldwell. And onto the financial perspective.
085So, Miss Caldwell, as we look at the financial statements, is there anything unusual to report? No, I don't believe so. Unless anyone has questions. >> Any questions? >> All right. Well, thank you, Miss Caldwell. These statements will be received and filed for committee reports and ongoing business. Is is there a motion and a second to approve the appointment of the following school board members to the listed required committees for the 2025 2026 school year as presented? >> So move. >> Second. >> Moved by Miss Trigg, seconded by Miss Kintana. Um is there any discussion? All hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. >> Any opposed say no. And the motion passed. All right. Um for committee reports, the board is requested to approve the application and required signatures for Mrs. Joyce W. Watkins
086as a candidate for Blue Ridge Regional Chair at the 2025 Virginia School Boards Association or VSBA annual fall conference. The 2025 VSBA nomination form for candidate or chair for the VSBA regional office application information requires the approval and signature of the school board. Is there a motion and a second to approve the application and signatures for Mrs. Joyce Wia Watkins as the Blue Ridge Regional Chair nominee at the annual fall 2025 VSBA conference. I heard moved by Miss Kana. >> seconded. I think Miss Trig beat you out. Seconded by Miss Trigg. Is there any discussion? >> Stupid delay. >> Um, she tried on the last one, too. Yes. So, um, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose say no. >> All right. And the motion carries. Congrats, Miss Watkins. >> You
087have our support. >> Thank you very much. >> All right. And for reports from committees, does anyone have reports to share? Um, we'll start on this side. Oh, well, Dr. Jameson, we'll start with you so I don't forget you. >> No reports. >> All right, Miss Kintana, >> Miss Watkins, >> Miss Trigg, none. And the per the for the policy, governance, and legislative priorities committee. Um that committee will meet on August 18th, 2025 to review and consider policy updates presented for first review at the August workshop. Um the committee's recommendations are expected to be presented to the board for first review at um at the August 26 workshop and for consideration for adoption at the September 9th um 2025 school board meeting. Okay. So regarding ongoing business, is there any ongoing business or reports to
088share at this time? Oh. All right. Future business. We have several reminders of upcoming events. Um convocation two days time as previously mentioned at the Berglin Center at 9:00 a.m. Um it's like a giant pep rally for for RCPS. Um August 16th, Saturday, back to school extravaganza from 9 to noon at William Fleming High School. Um, August 19th, first day of school. >> Yes. Um, working on getting my kids up earlier and earlier every morning. Um, August 26th is schoolboard workshop at 5:30 p.m. at at the William V. Robertson Building. And then August 29th, as Mr. Perkins referenced, is the ribbon cutting for the Community Empowerment Center um at 11:00 a.m. at the Community Empowerment Center on 40 Douglas Avenue. So, a lot of things happening. All right. Well, hearing no further business, this meeting
089is adjourned. >> All right. You did it. >> Thank you everybody. Have a good one.