001Mr. Nickel, we're good. Call the meeting to order at 7 o'clock. Roll call, please. Darren, Mr. Nickel, here. Mr. B here. Here, Mr. Phelps. Mr. Lad here. Uh, join me for a moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance. Thank you. I aliance 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. Item five is public participation and there is none this evening. Item six is approval of the agenda. Is there a motion? So moved. Second. Mr. Nichol. Yes. Mr. Billy. Yes. Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Mr. Yes. Item seven is superintendent report. And there is a lot on the superintendent report this evening. Uh we're we're lucky it's May and May is always a busy month for
002the board and uh business within the school district. And one of the one of the things that's most busy about May is that we're we're fortunate to get student presentations every year. Um so this evening we have a few groups as well as a presentation of work that has been ongoing across the district this school year. And so first up, we are excited to welcome our FCCLA students as they share their re recent accomplishments, including awards earned at the state conference and their qualifications for nationals. Additionally, we want to recognize our very own Caroline Wilson for her outstanding service on the FCCLA state executive team this year. Mrs. Faulk, is that our first It's our first our first student that served on the state executive team. So, um, let's welcome Mrs. Fulk and her incredible
003team. And thank you guys for being here. [Applause] All right. Thank you for having us here this evening. I have brought some of my competing members to share a little bit with you. But as you can see on the paper that was just passed out to you, we've had a pretty busy year. Uh we've had the biggest group we've ever had with 138 members this year. And we've done everything from our annual father-daughter dance. This year was a little bit different. We invited St. John's and we ended up having 500 people come to that. So that was fun. We held it in two sessions just for space. Um half the time was for Fairbanks and then the other half was for St. John's families. So that was that was a pretty cool addition to something
004that we have traditionally done every year. Um, so feel free to look over that, ask if you have any questions, and I'm going to introduce my competition members and let them uh tell you a little bit about what they've done this year. So, let's start with Caroline Wilson. Hi, I'm Caroline Wilson. I'm a senior this year and I have been in FCCLA for four years. This year, I had the opportunity to serve as our president. So, that was an amazing honor in our chapter. I was also able to serve a position on the Ohio FCCLA Executive Council as the Ohio FCCLA state vice president of public relations. This meant that I was in charge of the social media, reaching out to different sponsors and things like that. Throughout the year, I have been able to
005attend multiple schools and other chapters to share what we do at Fairbanks and also give a representation of Ohio FCCLA. I held I helped facilitate um fall leadership training in the fall which is on your agendas that our officers attended and that was a great way to see all of the members across Ohio and teach them different leadership skills that they can use in their own chapters. In April we held our state leadership conference which I was fortunate enough to be one of the faces of there. Emerson and I um my best friend we competed in chapter and review portfolio. This project is all about examining what our chapter does throughout the year and finding ways to improve for the future. As seniors, Emerson and I really wanted to take on this project to make
006sure that our chapter was set up for the future. Through this, we were able to achieve first place at states and we have advanced to national competition in Orlando, Florida. Emerson and I will be representing Fairbanks uh at nationals and we're very excited for that. we have been able to fund raise and we are just basically complete completely fundraised. Um so it's very exciting and very fortunate for us. Thank you. And she's humble but they got a perfect score at states which is so I was very proud of them and Emerson her um on her team she is at the toll ceremony so that is why she's unable to be cool. Brandon and Kyle whenever you're there. Hello, I'm Kyle Aishin. I'm a senior this year. I've been in FCCLA for four years and I've
007been our officer for three, which along with Caroline, we are the first two people to do that at Fairbanks, which is very exciting. My name is Brandon Watts. I'm also a senior. I've I've been in for one year. So, and this year we competed in national programs and action, specifically community service. So, we were selling socks in high school to go towards funding wells we built in Rwanda communities. So part of the reason why we did some of that is because in Rwanda communities there's something that they call water walk which is four was it four miles four four miles one way four miles one way and then four miles back every day which takes up about 60% of their day which is obviously something that should not have to be done for just semi
008clean drinking water. So we did this stock selling campaign in order to raise money to build wells in the committees. We also got first place at states and we moved on to nationals, but we unfortunately will not be going this year. Thank you very much. Thank you. Um, could I ask Kyle and Brandon a a specific question about their experience at state? Absolutely. All right. So, you guys got to compete in a a a new competition at the state conference. Is that correct? I think the board and the community would be very interested in that that competition. So, this year we competed in a a grilled cheese challenge. So there were three different levels. I think you were in the second one. And basically you showed up and you made a grilled cheese. We made
009a a spicy Solano Silano pepper and bacon grilled cheese. It was a lot of fun. We got some cool stuff out of it. Got a little hat, a cheese cutter, cutting board, all kinds of cool stuff. Nice. Yeah. So there has been a uh a proposal internally to bring that competition to Fairbanks and allow that to happen. So we'll let you guys be masters of ceremony, not it next year. Can't believe we forgot to mention that. Hey, can't forget about grilled cheese. Thanks, guys. Okay. And Elise Phoenix. Um, hello. My name is Elise Phoenix. I'm a sophomore. I've been in FCCLA for two years. Um, and this year I also was an officer and next year I'm going to be the president of FCCLA. Very excited for that. But this year, my compensation project was
010leadership. So for that I started by taking like a personal inventory to kind of see where I my like strengths and weaknesses in leadership and then from there I identified three areas that I wanted to improve and I through a series of like goals I um improved those areas and I really like doing this project because um I have seen the difference it's made to me I have become a better leader for my FCCLA chapter for my school and for my community. Thank you. Thank you again for having us. We appreciate you taking the time to let us share a little bit about what we've done this year and competition specifically. Thank you. Are there any questions from from board members before uh step away? So tell me about a perfect score. I mean honestly
011I'm shocked. um they announce they bring all of the competing members up on stage to announce the winners and in our category only the top two advance. So they announced third place and I was like okay they announced second place and I go that's not us. This is really scary. And then they announced first place and I was like oh my goodness we got it. So that was pretty awesome. Um but I honestly don't even know. I guess we just followed the rubric and gave a good presentation. There's a rubric which you have ahead of time and the goal is to get 100 but it's not very common that you actually achieve the goal of getting 100. So that's awesome. I was pretty proud of them and this will be Caroline's third year at nationals
012and Emerson her partner's fourth year at nationals. So they know what they're doing when she was great. And also all of our competing members at states and regionals were able to advance to national competition. Um but just because of scheduling stuff and just everything Emerson and I will be the only two representing crabs. So that's really awesome. Yeah, that's great. Um, so, so Mr. Cotter and I uh were invited to to join the FCCLA chapter and and Caroline and Mrs. Faulk at the state convention and go up on stage um as they uh introduce the executive council. And if you've never been to the state competition, I would encourage everybody to to go down because it is a it is a remarkable show of leadership and the the work that that our young people are
013doing, not just here in Fairbanks, but across the state of Ohio and the country. So, um, it's really inspiring and and I was very fortunate, honored, and humbled to be a part of it. So, well done. Well done, Mr. Good job. Any other questions? Great. Thank you everybody. Great job. [Applause] All right. Um, as part of our focus on authentic learning, this year's eighth grade students designed and created monuments that connect classroom learning with their culminating trip to Washington DC. This interdisciplinary project has been a highlight of the year. I'd now like to invite Mrs. Chapman to introduce the projects and allow our students to share their experiences um and learning from this meaningful initiative. Map. So um Mrs. asked me to support sixth, seventh, and eighth grade teachers and students on um authentic learning
014projects this school year. And the eighth grade team of teachers had an amazing idea. They wanted to frontload their students with information that would help them connect to what they were going to see in Washington DC. And they said, "What if our authentic learning project is to do do something around monuments and memorials?" So that became the title of our authentic learning theme this year. So the students are going to walk you through the process and show you some pictures and talk about their experience. But um the idea was for students to study like what is a monument, what is memorial, how are they alike, how are they different, why do they exist in our society, what is their value? And then students um we we were able to get a grant from the uh
015Fairbanks Education Foundation for students to go to the William um G. Hardy memorial in Marian, Ohio. So we saw his home, we saw his museum, and we saw his memorial. So they could kind of get to understand like who would have a memorial, why does it matter, learn about his life, and and get to see it up close. Um, and then students came back, selected a hero, 3D printed, modeled, and 3D printed their own monuments and memorials, and then they created this memorial mall, very much like what they see in Washington DC. Um, there's also a QR code that links to a resume about their chosen hero's life and legacy. So, the students are going to kind of walk you through the process and talk about their experience. So, why don't we go down the
016line and introduce yourselves first? I'm and she's amazing. That's fine. Go ahead. My name is Finn Bman and Yep. My name is Ariana Hill. My name is Caleb Bouser. Okay. All right. Take it away. Hello and welcome to the Monuments and Memorial Project. This was an eighth grade project that took about seven months to help us prepare for the DC trip. This is us sharing our experience with you. Um to start the process, we visited the Warren G. Harding memorial and um Warren G. Hardin is a 29th president. He owned the he was lived in Marian and the Marian Daily Star newspaper. And he also held a front pan front porch campaign where he would give speeches off his porch front porch of his home and people would gather in the street to listen. And
017he was also elected in 1920 which was also the year that women first held the right to vote in a presidential election. So for this authentic learning project, each group researched a hero to honor the monument. The criteria was whether or not you met our portrait of a panther standard and all it means for students is whether we use our panther heart, mind and muscles. For this part of the project, we researched our hero's life and created a resume for them. We also identified characteristics and symbols that represent the heroes who include our journey designs. We then went to using Tinkercat a 3D modeling program which we created the monuments of memorials and then after that we uh printed them on the 3D printers. Then we had to weed them to make them look very
018professional. Each group had to create a landscape design based off the monument memorials that represented the hero's life. For example, President Harding wanted his memorial to have an open ceiling under the tree so he can watch the stars under the shade of a tree. Uh then all the eight students collaborated on designing the monument mall. Uh we put all the designs and everything like the trees and the landscaping just to make it look a lot better. And then we added all the monuments on just to top it off. This experience prepared us for our trip to Washington DC and it also helped us to understand why we have a um personally even though I started off in halfway be of the year. They made it easy to understand why and what we were doing for
019this project. Overall, we feel that this project was beneficial because we had the opportunity to be more hands-on and involved with our learning. We would like to thank the educational service center of central Ohio for lending us the 3D printers. Fairbanks, sorry, uh Fairbanks Educational Foundation for granting us the usage of $3,000 for Fairbanks Middle School authentic learning project and of course the Fairbanks Board of Education for um paying for the cost of the field trip. Uh I would also like to include that uh this experience made it easier to understand the memorials and the thought of what happened in DC and why these memorials were put up and this is why um it was a good project for us to receive. Can you talk a little bit about your trip? Anyone have anything to
020say about your trip to DC other than everybody got sick? sick. It was really cool to see the monuments memorials in person. Instead of just seeing them on the TV, we actually got to be there and take pictures, which you'll see on the TV. I would like to say that Capital had so much like to it and it was it's hard to express because there's so much detail and like layers on top of it and it's just perfectly presented. I can say that. I would also like to say that it was super cool to see all the statues and everything that made the US what it is today. It was just super awesome to see it in person and like it was just really cool. Everything was a lot bigger than like it was really
021cool to see it all because like we learned about it but I don't know it was better than I expected. Yeah, it was astonishing to me how many people were there class trips and everything cuz like even if you see like there's a small amount of pictures from all of us um you can see the detail and dedication to all the all the work that people have put into any monument and the capital or the buildings included. Any questions for our students? So, was there any monument that stood out to you for uh during your trip? Was there any monument or museum that really stood out and resonated with you personally? I I think the Holocaust Museum was especially like um moving. Uh personally, my great grandma left Poland because she is Jewish. Yeah. Um,
022and technically she wasn't supposed to leave, but she didn't because um, sadly her cousin got sick and couldn't Yeah. So I I feel um if she could have seen it, she could have it. Yeah, it's a very easy. Anybody else? I'm with you except I think that's way cool. And this was really student created. So I thought one day like we would lay it out and start putting things down and like gluing things. And they took almost 90 minutes just to debate and decide where they wanted to put their monuments. And like they grouped athletes together and this group together. And they were so thoughtful and how they wanted it laid out that um it took multiple days for us to get together and for them to get it just the way they wanted. But
023this is really student created work. This is students learning content about the history of the United States, about why we have monuments and memorials. And we could have just gone to DC or, you know, but instead we were able, thanks to our education foundation, to go actually see a president's museum memorial and learn all about his life and why we would memorialize him and the symbols in his memorial. And the students translated that into their design. So their design had to have symbols in it that are representative of the hero that they chose to honor. So I had to think about that and then the landscaping that would go around it and having symbols tied to their person. And so and then using technology. So the ESC brought in 3D printers for us and we
024worked with the students to use Tinkercad. a lot of them already knew how to use it to design their monument memorial and then we were able to print them and they had to take all of the supports off of them and read them. Um, and then students designed the board. So, um, very student driven authentic learning. We could have written a five paragraph essay about DC and what you learned or your hero that you chose, but instead we created resumes about their lives and they got to design and create and um, build something together. So, it was super fun. Um all the kids were fantastic and this group is in our um speech class and so as an extension of their speech class they got chosen to be our presenters for this too and they've
025done a great job. Would you tell us which one is yours? I'm guessing you're Kobe. You weren't Kobe. Which one's yours? I'm involved with tomato or coer. So mine is a orange on the top and it represents a girl in our grade who passed away a few years ago from cancer. So we leukemia mine is the one right next to hers. Thank you. Um it represents Miss Cooper who is our counselor because she deals she not deals with a lot but she helps us students with a lot and um a lot of my girls who I was in a group with wanted to commemorate sorry I can't say the word but um thank you um her because like this is our last year in middle school so me Aaron Zia and a couple other girls
026wanted to uh show our appreciation towards her cuz even like I got here in the middle of the school year um she's helped me with a lot and she's helped a lot of girls with a lot. My monument was the piano with the guitar and it's Lyn Manuel Miranda and he is a musical artist slash actor, songwriter, what rapper and we, my group chose him because he inspires a lot of people like every day just by being there and making music and helping others in the music community or the art community, any sort of community that is related to him. So we made him as an appreciation to show that there are still people in the world who help inspire. Um and then my group did some biles with the red brothers around her and
027we did her because she like she represents a lot and she's been through a lot and um there's a lot of symbolism in our monument. Um And this I have um entered this into the Ohio School Board Association to be a featured student project. So we'll see if we get accepted to take this on the road. So it'll live in my house over the summer. We got a new office space. We can put that for a while. Yeah, true. Well, um thank you guys for coming. We know that this is uh outside of your regular schedule, but to come and share this with the board and share it with our broader community is very much appreciated and really connecting um all the work that you did this year uh to the culminating event at DC
028really means a lot to the board and to our entire school community. So well done and great job. Um throughout this year, Mrs. Chapman and Mr. Bernett have led a comprehensive audit of our gifted services. Tonight, they will present their process, share their findings, and outline next steps for strengthening support for our gifted learners across Fairbanks local schools. So, Mrs. Chapman, Mr. Bernett, the floor is yours. Um, as you said, it was kind of a combined process, combined uh partnership as well as collaboration with the ESC and this is Carmen Tarbo. She was our gifted consultant who helped us throughout the process uh to kind of walk us through what we need to address and look at. Um, you'll see a couple things. First one that everyone got is a summary statement or a summary
029document that has all the really big key points that you're going to want to take a look at. Uh there's also going to be our 2526 gifted handbook uh floating around. There's two copies of that and there's two copies of the ESC's uh report uh that'll be floating around as well. And then there's two copies of our gifted micro credentials uh for professional development for teachers. And I'll kind of talk about what each of those mean here in just a minute. Um but kind of going back to the beginning um the gifted department or um gifted services that we were providing uh here at Fairbanks, we kind of just had a lot of people picking up different roles. Uh people not exactly sure how things were going. Um so I was brought in as well
030as Mrs. Tarbo and then working with Janelle to kind of wrap everything up, figure it out and get it going in the right direction and make sure that we were doing everything that we're supposed to be doing as a district um at the state policy level as well as district policy. Um so we kind of initially started it with surveys that were sent to all gifted parents, students, and then the staff administration at Fairbanks as well. Um so I think it's really important that all of our stakeholders in gifted education were included uh throughout this process uh students all the way through administration. Um and then from that we we gathered a lot of really important data I think from those surveys. You know every grade level had different things to say. Uh parents of
031multiple children one children uh teachers in different buildings had lots of different things to say. So it's very interesting to gather all of that and analyze it and then kind of organize it into our purposeful focus groups that we created after that. Um so we had three focus groups. Two of them were uh parent staff um that included Mrs. Tarville and Janelle and myself was kind of dissecting all that data um in which we created there were really six major talking points and that's kind of where the handbook came uh came from. So if you want to look at that summary report, the second one down is the creation of the gifted handbook. So there's communication was a major area of concern or question uh identification of gifted students, how we use and deal with
032acceleration, uh service models that we use in the district, our enrichment processes, and then resources for parents and students and things along those lines. Um, so that's where we created our 25page document in coordination with those focus groups to, you know, figure out what do all of our stakeholders want, what do they expect? Um, and that's how we came up with that. uh go back a little bit to just the first one is our ESC working with Carmen Terville kind of their major findings where that we are fully in compliance with the state as well as our district policy and she has an entire report that she's gonna you want to speak on that for quick second I can if you like there will be a um the document I think he shared that with
033many of you a thicker page. Uh the one on the right there. Yeah. Yes. And so that kind of goes through this in detail, but I do want to just I'll speak real briefly. The biggest thing we found out is that in the last couple of years um the there's been parents and public and teachers have noticed the um increased commitment toward the gifted program and making and making it stronger and growing it. And um I think that's um attributed to Hunter and Janelle and the the work that they've put in. And so it was quite clear from the feedback that we are moving you guys are moving in the right direction. Um now we need to make sure the public is aware of it which is what's going to happen with the handbook that's
034going to go out. And then we've also got some things that we've been talking about about around how to increase communication and clarify the identification process. clarify how services are um delivered in a one-page document that that teachers and Hunter will create in order to help parents understand what gifted services look like. That that was a reoccurring question. Um and then also what can be done to provide enrichment um not just for gifted students but for all students who would benefit from that additional challenge. So, I just I really want to commend um the district on the commitment to their gifted program and to the commitment to challenging all students at the appropriate level. Uh it's been a pleasure to work with you and uh pleasure to um just kind of get to know the
035district and I look forward to us continuing to collaborate. Thanks. Um and then there's two of those handbooks that are floating around. Again, it's 25 pages, but it really addresses in detail all of those areas of question or comment or concern from our focus groups of parents, students, and uh teachers. Number three on there is the development of our professional development. Uh so, this is all created inhouse. Um there's lots of different options for teachers uh to address the state requirements and policy around getting the correct professional development hours to be able to you know count service for students that are identified as gifted in their classroom. Um we're it's all offered through schooly which is easy to access for teachers. It's digital. They can they can uh complete those hours anywhere anytime. Um number
036four is the creation of two referral forms. One is for just gifted identification. So someone can suggest that they think the students gifted in a subject area or something and we can get that referral from them. And then the other one is an acceleration. So if someone wants to accelerate subject or grade level, they can submit that. And then the last one are just some updates to our website. I'm working with Mrs. Seabour to get the gifted education handbook on there for all parents to see just as a quick way to go and answer a question if they've got it there. Everything is hyperl in there. So on your document, it just shows that it's underlined, but if they were to click on that, it will have links to all the helpful resources that they
037would need. We'll have an overview of this gifted education review that we did with the ESC as well as lots of images and flowcharts and things that make it look really uh really nice and really appealing for people and easy to understand. Uh and then those two referral forms will also be added on our website as well. I would say the process was really great. We had so much good feedback from parents, students, all of our gifts and students gave us feedback um and teachers. And so between the surveys and the focus groups, we really got to hear from those who are most affected by our services. And there was just some lowhanging fruit there. My parents said, "I know you tell me my child is getting something different because they're gifted, identified, but I
038don't know what that looks like." You know, and the student, they say, "I asked my child and then my child goes, I'm not getting anything different." But in actuality, they are because the teacher is differentiating or or changing uh the delivery of content or the process that the student's working through or the content itself to meet that gifted child's needs. It's just not transparent because the teacher doing it kind of so fluidly. And so we are going to ask teachers to just provide like a one-page document each grade level of ELA and math and just give parents an example of like here's what I would be teaching but here's how I'm going to extending it for your child so that parents can see more concretely like how is it different instead of us using teacher
039terms like differentiation or extending like we're going to give them a concrete example. Here's how English might look different. here's how math might look different for your child. Um, so that's that's a that we talked to teachers, they went back to teachers and said, "Is this something you would be willing to do? Is this, you know, too hard a burden for you?" And teachers were like, "No, I could easily do that." And then parents felt like, "Well, that would just help me know what is my child getting that's different because right now I just don't know." And so just questions about identification um, and how we serve different identified students, that's just lowhanging fruit. We're already doing it. just we weren't, you know, communicating effectively. So now that Hunter's in this new role and he's
040really done a great job really moving the program, we now have like this gifted services framework that holds stakeholder feedback and we're responding to that feedback. Um, and I think we're just really, you know, listening to our constituents and then giving them what they're asking for. And a lot of it is low hanging fruit that we could easily fix and and serve them better. So, um, Hunter's done great work in this lane and Carmen and the ESC helping us too has been great help. So, um, we will do a survey again next school year and just see how we made progress. So, um, we will collect data to make sure that we're moving in the right direction. Question. When do you usually when do you usually identify a student as a gifted student? Uh usually
041depends on the grade level. We start in second grade here. So then they can be identified in reading or math for subject area and then we give what's called the in view in second and fourth grade for superior cognitive ability and creative thinking ability. the secondary. Where do we find the website? What's that? Where would we find the website? Like on the school website. We're going to make some updates on there and it'll be under probably teaching and learning, I would imagine. And then there'll be a gifted um tab under there. I can share all links and anything that you want. I'll send a second. Yeah, if you go to the email. Yeah, if you go to the teaching and learning page on the website, um it's underneath administrative office at least for now until
042we transition to uh parent square. Um it's underneath teaching and learning. So I'm assuming it'll be the same header even after we transition. And there's a gifted ident identification and service that is already there. and then working with uh with Quinn Hunter will update it with the newest information. And then one thing I saw there you had in your hand is a menu of like a choice board for teachers for professional development. So he's taking a high quality test about gifted instruction and he's building like an online course sort of for each one of those chapters. So teachers can go in and like read the chapter and then apply that to lessons that they would already build for students um and submit that as evidence of professional development. Another way they can get PB is
043Hunter pushing into their classrooms to provide support to them when they're delivering a lesson or helping them plan extensions for the students and they can earn professional development that way. Um so those are all cost neutral to the district because we have Hunter able to deliver those services to our teachers and coach them essentially. Um which just he got that idea at a conference and I'm like let's great teachers feel that that is very approachable and gives him flexibility too. So that was a great added value that was able to bring to us on your surveys. What kind of metrics are you measuring to to determine how you're improving? I mean, so do you have it set in categories? It's like a liker scale. Okay. Um and we can name it by category. So there's
044communication identification. Yeah. Then we could rate it one through 10 or one through five and get percentages from there. Okay. Any other questions for the board? Good job. All right. Good stuff. Thank you. Thanks, guys. Well done. All right. Next on uh superintendence report, we have uh recognition of retirees. Um we would like to recognize four dedicated individuals who are retiring after years of outstanding service in Fairbanks local schools. Their commitment, compassion, and impact on students and families will be felt for years to come. Um, first is Janet Barton. Janet has served Fairbanks for 20 years, providing incredible support to our families through the Panther Pause program. Her ability to create safe, dependable, and caring environments. Um, has helped countless families navigate child care and family schedules. So, if you see Janet, please extend a
045thank you to her. Next is Casey Jollith. Casey is retiring after 29 years of teaching. Estimating an average class 23, uh, average class size of 23. She has directly taught nearly 670 students in Fairbanks. Whether in the old or new building, Casey gave her all to nurture and educate children during their most formative years. Thank you, Casey. And then Kathy McCoy. Kathy has served Fairbanks for 32 years. As one of the most familiar faces to students, she greeted them daily at one of their favorite places, cafeteria. Kathy has always been kind, dependable, and supportive. She and her husband John have made lasting contributions to our community. As many of you know, they recently experienced a heartbreaking loss. As we celebrate Kathy's remarkable remarkable career, let's also continue to surround her with the support she has
046given so generous generously for over three decades. Thank you, Kathy. Melanie Reid. Last, but certainly not least, Mrs. Reid has also served Fairbanks for 32 years. It's often said that she runs the school, and it's not an exaggeration. Melody knows every student and family, always steps up to help, and loves Fairbanks deeply. I've had the privilege of working uh working alongside her for the past six years, and I can say without a doubt, she embodies the heart of our schools. Thank you, Melanie. Congratulations to all of our retirees. We wish you the very best in this next chapter. You will always have a home at Fairbanks. Um, as we wrap up this year, just a couple uh couple uh reflections. Um, so this school year is going to conclude this Thursday at approximately 100 p.m.
047It has been an incredible year for Fairbanks. Whether in the classroom, on the athletic sta, athletic field, on stage, or serving the community, our students have excelled. As we head into summer, I want to express my deepest gratitude to our staff, families, community members for their unwavering support. The continued success of Fairbanks is built on strong traditions, high expectations, and deep community pride. Thank you for all you do to make Fairbanks an exceptional place for students to grow and thrive. I hope everyone enjoys a well-deserved and restful summer break. This Saturday, the Fairbanks High School class of 2025 will walk across the stage and stadium to celebrate the completion of their K12 journey. This outstanding group has excelled in and out of the classroom. Collectively, they have been offered $2.9 million in scholarships. Their next
048steps include attending four-year universities, entering the workforce, and serving our country in the military. They have overcome challenges, achieved great things, and built strong bonds along the way. We are incredibly proud of them and can't wait to see what they do next. We invite their entire the entire community to join us this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. to celebrate the class of 2025. Go Panthers. And with that, that is my superintendent report. Unless board members have any questions for me, I take that as a no. All good. Thank you everybody. Thank you. Good job. Item eight is the treasures report. I mean, thank you. I do want to give a quick update. Um I gave a copy of a forecast that I have to send to the state this month. uh we did meet uh finance
049committee met and kind of you probably we all know that there's a lot of um proposals possible changes out there still to be decided a lot of different scenarios uh that we can uh put into our forecast but we decided to uh you know Steve keep it more towards the governor's proposal um with that offers more stability uh to us um you know the house proposal actually would would potentially reduce our cash balance by $3 million next year. So, but we did not factor that in. Um, but this year everything is pretty much in line. Uh, the revenues a little bit up projection about 2% and our expenditures are pretty much on target. Um we did move um we recommend moving the athletic field project cost um to the transfer line this year to get
050it out of the um general fund because of the uncertainty what's going on right now. So um I think that's a good thing to do. That was a planned expense of course. So um that's one of the big changes. Um that's basically moving our deficit from next year to this year. Um, but really the sum the summary is the highlighted area. Um, and if you need me to touch on anything else, let me know. But, um, you know, overall I still feel really good about the short-term stability of the district. I think we're still in pretty good shape um, for the next three years. Um, obviously that's going to shift over in July. Um, so there's four years actually highlighted there, but you can see that the deficit is still um reasonable uh compared to
051our cash reserve. So I'm not too concerned about that. Um, really it's going to come down to what the state decides and the changes um and the impact of that. So, and we probably aren't going to know until the end of June, but you know, right now, uh, there is probably a good chance that there's going to be some reduction in our revenues. Um, whether it's state, property, or a combination. Um, we're I think we're in good enough shape that we can, you know, overcome it for a while. Um, it's probably going to impact us more in the four to five year range. Um but um it's looking like there's going to be um some kind of reduction uh coming in our revenues. I don't see the house plan going through um but uh there's
052probably going to be something that that's going to happen that's going to impact and change this current forecast a little bit. So uh we're just kind of in a wait and see uh mode at this point to see what happens. So there's been a lot of testimony. Um I think uh public schools have done a good job of pushing back on some of this some of these proposals. So um but but again I think I still feel good about the short-term u financial health of the district. So um two of the key again two of the key assumptions is no reduction in property tax, no reduction in our state aid. Uh both of those again are a possibility, but there's currently nothing uh factored into the forecast. So um again, overall I think we're still
053in good shape short term. It's just weather, you know, concerns about some of the reductions maybe that's coming from the state uh the state budget. Any questions about that? I think there's a lot of questions about the state budget, but there's probably too many to discuss. Yeah, it's uh almost 24 years doing this. This is probably the most uncertain. There's always uncertainty in school funding. That's the only certain thing about school funding. Uh but this is probably the hardest forecast to put together right now. So, and u if there's any significant changes, I'll certainly, you know, keep everybody updated. Is there a motion for item A? So move. Second. Mr. Billy. Yes. Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Mr. Phelps. Yes. Mr. Liban. Yes. Mr. Nichls. Yes. Item B of the treasures report. Amendment to the appropriations for
0542425 as presented. Is there a motion? So moved. Second. Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Mr. Phelps. Yes. Mr. Leva. Yes. Mr. Nichols. Yes. Mrs. Vote. Yes. Item C approves the following fund transfers. shared. Is there a motion? I'll second. Mr. Phelps, yes. Mr. Lai, yes. Mr. Nichol, yes. Mrs. Billy, yes. Mrs. Atkins, yes. Item nine is consent agenda. Uh, in consent agenda, uh, item 10 is the minutes. Item 11 is administrative guidelines by levels and policies. Item 12 is approves the cafeteria prices for 2526 school year. Item 13 is athletic personnel for 2526. 13B D is athletic volunteers for 2526. Item C is classified substitutes. Item D is a contract amendment. Item E is miscellaneous contracts. Item F is stipens. Item G is summer maintenance contracts. Um item eight is a list of contracts for summer screenings
055and evaluations. Item 14A is the disposal of three items. Item B is a disposal of several items. Item 15 are extended days. Item 16 or 16 A and B are uh job descriptions. Item 17 A is um an agreement, metag agreement. Item 18 is open enrollment capacities. Um item 19 is a list of phone allowances for the 2425 school year. Item 20, there's uh three resignations, A, B, and C. And item 21 is trips. Um there three different items on their A, B, and C. That is the end of consent agenda. Are there any questions? Does the phone have a gift for 2425 or for Yes. Yeah. We have to do it in the back end of the year. That's how it's been done since I've I've been Well, that's how it's been done. Were
056the job descriptions just updated? Correct. They were just revisions. Revisions. So, for example, with the Dina students, the Dina students was primarily written for the high school as a high school position. So what was redlined in it were things like checking for driver's licenses because if it was elementary like right you know that's not applicable. So it was really written in a more general sense so then there could be supervision provided by direct supervisors at the building level. Okay. Yeah. Are there any other Oh I was going to Mr. Philip and Cod had sent a question about um cafeteria prices. And so last year uh breakfast was uh $2. So um it looks like everything and elementary lunch was three. It looks like we adjusted everything by um 25 cents uh except for um adult
057lunches were not listed in last year's um agenda. Uh and those were not listed. So this year 450 and 265. So a quarter for all of them. I'm going to start door dashing cafeteria. Is there a motion for consent agenda? I'll make a motion. Second. Mr. Lip. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mrs. Yes. Mrs. Yes. Mr. Ph. Yes. Item 22 are administrative contracts for Teresa. A and for B is for Ashley Thompson. I'm sorry. Let's do A first. Is there a motion for Teresa? Second. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Mr. Ps. Yes. Mr. Leven. Yes. And item B is a three-year contract for Ashley Thompson. Is there a motion? Second. Mr. Yes. Mr. Evans. Yes. Mr. Ph. Yes. Mr. Lat. Yes. Mr. Ne. Yes. Item 23 is uh school resource officer agreement. I'll make a motion.
058Yeah, guess that's the same. Same. Correct. There is no changes. A second. Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Mr. Phelps. Yes. Mr. Ling. Yes. Mr. Nickel. Yes. Mrs. Bill. Yes. Um, just as a a side note, if you have not had an opportunity to meet Deputy Jim Mitchell, he has been the replacement for Rod Wilson since Rod stepped into his new role with the um sheriff's office. Item 24. Yeah. Yeah. Item 24 is a contract for Nikki and Arino. It's a position change in the elementary. Um both elementary and middle school. Is there a motion? Second. Mr. Phelps. Yes. Yes. Mr. Naple. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mrs. A. Yes. Item B is approve the following contract. Will we be replacing that teaching position? We already have. So that spot has already been filled. Um and that has created the
059fifth grade vacancy for us. So we are back filling the fifth grade position right now. So we moved back and forth. Yeah, we moved there was a staff member that moved into that second grade spot internally. Good. Item B approves the following quad contracts for certified personnel for the 2526 school year. There's a list of there a motion move. Second Mr. Leon. Yes. Mr. Nickel. Yes. Mr. B. Yes. Mrs. Yes. Mr. Pes, yes. Uh, item 25A, approves the three-year contract for Steve Smith for director of technology. Is there a motion? So move. Second. Mr. Nichol, yes. Mr. B, yes. Mr. Lens, yes. Mr. Phelps, yes. Mr. Wigan, yes. Then item B approves a three-year contract for Beth Woff for director of transportation. Is there a motion? I'll make the motion. I'll second. Mr. B. Yes.
060Mr. Yes. Mr. Phelps. Yes. Mr. B. Yes. Mr. Nichol. Yes. And item C approves the following classified personnel for the 25 26 year. And there's a pretty good list of those. Is there a motion? I'll make the motion. Second. Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Mr. Phelps. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. North. Yes. Mr. Yes. uh 26A um it's cooperative purchasing. You want to give a snapshot of that how that works? Yeah, as we went through the budgeting process and the proposal process for the athletic upgrades this summer, one of the identified projects was a track resurfacing project. Um it falls under the state statute for co uh for joint purchasing. Um and so we the board um our recommendation last month was to join TIPS which allowed us to then go out and go into a joint purchasing
061um project. And so we went in there, it's competitively bid out um and this price uh was provided in there by competitively bid contracts already. So this group um will be coming in and providing the services to the board. Um the cost at $452,66382 was uh roughly 3% over the original under the original projections that were provided by Mr. Deay in the um in the budgeting in the budgeting proposal phase back in February. So this is separate. It's a it's limited in scope. Um so it is separate than our Alfred contract. So, they will coordinate work with Alford. Um, but because it's narrowed and limited in scope, we were able to pull it out from the the CMR agreement. Does that figure include in the repair for shorting up on that fourth turn, third term?
062There is not contingency that is built into it. Um, but according to Ryan's estimates, that is going to be minimal. They were looking at the other day. They were here. Yeah, I know. Yeah, they were looking at that and they were also looking at some of the back fill, but they don't feel the stuff that is inside of the curb is going to be affected. Um, there may be work that we'll have to do on the hill with some backfill dirt. So, Chris was out here taking a look at it based on some initial feedback from Andrew. Um but what their initial assessment was things that were inside of the curb um are not going to have an impact on what Andrew some of Andrew's concerns about compacted dirt outside of there. I'll have more
063specific information on it probably over the next couple days. Yep. Is there a motion move? Yes, Mr. L. Yes, Mr. Nichol. Yes, Mrs. Yes, Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Item 27 uh is for high school furniture, high school, middle school renovation furnishings standing. Yeah. So, this is when do you guys move down there? Wednesday. How soon is this going to arrive? This is a different furniture proposal. We've already the board has already authorized the purchasing of that furniture. Um, but it isn't arriving until June 14thish, give or take. You sitting on in the meantime, huh? What are you sitting on in the meantime? I don't know where I'm sitting. I mean, somebody else is taking the superintendent's office. So, I'm not exactly sure what's happening there. If you need them, we have existing conference room furniture in
064the bus garage. Yeah. So, we're just going to drag those tables into our offices and make it work. So, this is this is authorizing um this is authorizing errant well the superintendent and the treasurer to negotiate terms of furniture for the high school middle school um project. So that's going to include um our high school office, the common space that is going to be in the hallway that is going to be created in the staff lounge, um the the the staff work room as well as the staff break room in the middle school office. So that is going to be all of those those spaces with new furnishings as we open up for next school year. How many bids will that or how many suppliers will they reach out to then? So, it's usually like
065Well, so we've had a request for proposals. Um, so usually we get anywhere from three to five there. I think that's what we typically got. Well, they're concerned about meeting the timeline, so it's going to diminish it probably down to maybe two actually. Did you tell me that cost came down a little bit or it did? Is there a motion? So second. Yes. Mr. Nol. Yes. Mr. D. Yes. Mr. D. Yes. Mr. D. Yes. Item 28 is anou for health insurance uh between the Fairbanks Education Association and Board of Education regarding health insurance. Does the board need uh information on this discuss? This is this is the same plan that we've discussed since uh over the last 12 months or so. Yep. A motion. I'll make a motion. Second. Mr. Nichol. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr.
066Atkins. Yes. Mr. Ps. Yes. Mr. Yes. And item 29 is anou of the classified matching language. for collect second it yes yes yes yes Mr. Michael. Yes. Item 30A approves a three-year negotiating agreement between Fairbanks Board of Education and OAPSI as presented. Is there a motion? Second. Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Mr. BS. Yes. Mr. L. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. B. Yeah. Item 30B approves all nonapsy classified employees with the same comp compensation terms. Is there a motion? So moved. Second. Mr. Phelps. Yes. Mr. Leven. Yes. Mr. Nichol. Yes. Mrs. Bill. Yes. Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Item 31 approves the resolution to pay 170 per person for the FCCLA res uh regist registration fees for the national competition. Is there a motion? Second. Mr. Le, yes. Mr. Nichl, yes. Mrs. B. Yes. Mrs. Atkins. Yes. Mr. Phelps. Yes.
067Item 32 approve approves the purchase of a 78 passenger propane bus uh per the meta uh bus bid pricing as presented. Is there a motion? So moved. Second. Mr. Nickel. Yes. Mr. B. Yes. Mr. Evans. Yes. Mr. Pel, yes. Yes. Item 33A is the non-union salary schedule uh for 2526 26 27 27 28 as presented. Is there a motion? So move. I'll second. Yes, Mrs. Atkins. Yes, Mr. Phelps. Yes, Mr. Yes, Mr. N. Yes. Then item B would be the union salary schedule for 25 26 26 27 27 28. Is there a motion for that? So move. Yes. Mr. Ps. Yes. Yes. Mr. Nichol, yes. Mr. Miller, yes. Item 34. This is special ed education model. What is this again? Did we talk about this? Yeah. So um the board earlier this year um from
068Nola's recommendation passed the special education the Ohio department of educa department of education and workforce special education model special education and it was a resolution that said we are going to follow what was produced by the department of education workforce regarding special education. The problem was on the back end of that, there were pieces in that resolution and within the model that did not comply to all of federal and state um laws. So basically there was a rescending of that model, a new model that was put out and then we have to as a board um the board has to uh approve the updated model. So really, it's an update on the model that the state of Ohio uses for special education. So it's really a revision, but we have to resend the first resolution
069and put in the new resolution. So you don't have to do a second reading on it. You do not. Okay. I'll make a motion. I'll second it. Mr. Fox, yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Nol. Yes. Mr. B. Yes. Mr. Atkins. Yes. Item 35 is the treasur's contract approves a three-year contract as presented for Aaron Johnson. Is there a motion? Is that supposed to be a 10-year contract? I'll make a motion. Second, Mr. Liva, yes. Mr. Nichol, yes. Mr. Billy, yes. Mrs. Atkins, yes. Mr. Phillips, yes. Item 36 of discussion items. Do you want to talk about earns evaluation? I don't want to do that that next month or July. We usually do your evaluation. We give it to you in August. So when we do it in July is July. July. Okay. So I'll get if
070it's okay with everybody. We'll do it like we have in the past. I'll get the blank sheets out to you. You can complete them. Send them back to me. We'll discuss them at the June meeting and sit down there in July. Okay. There is no meeting in July. Make it a lot easier, won't it? [Music] [Laughter] Unless we have a special meeting as I've shared in the last couple updates of the board. You want to shoot for August or June? Shoot for August or June? Augustine simple enough. We just ask Aaron step out for five minutes while we review it. Okay. Unless something different comes up then we just do it. Okay. That's fine. Oh, I love it. 37 committee report. All right. I don't think I don't think Todd sent anything this time, did
071he? Uh, there is something in the folder for the board. Oh, is there? That's all right. I'll just go off his superintendent report we had from our meeting last last week. Um, tonight is uh actually certification ceremonies tonight and tomorrow night. Um, luckily one of my other board members stepped in and did their welcome speech for me so I could attend this evening here. Um, I'll be there tomorrow evening. Um, May 8th was our fifth grade career discovery day at Franklin County Fairgrounds. There was over 1,400 students ran through that. um very successful, had a great time. They said the kids were like super engaging, enjoyed every bit of it. So, um that turned out to be a really good day. Um the work-based learning, uh just something we've been tracking with the cohort programs
072and the internships with the kids that are working at tolls of where they do two weeks in, two weeks off, and so forth. out of 5,000 or 57,961 hours, they've earned $911,354 this year. So, speaks volumes what these kids are doing. So, and getting their hands dirty at the same time. Um, current enrollment is,9 620 of those students are level one and 396 or 98 of those students are level two. Um and then also as you all know we're close to like 1400 I think for next year for enrollment. Um that's a big time is it big time. So tonight is uh our certificate like I said the cert certification ceremony but then um progressing with our groundbreaking I think it's going to happen in June so or August now I think. I don't know
073there's a lot of stuff going on with our CRM and whatnot. So, we're still finalizing, but um hoping to break ground this summer um on our two two pieces that we're building out and um I don't know if you guys saw we added the electrical program back. It's coming back to poles um with the hopes of HVAC and plumbing to soon to follow. That'll be good. Yeah. Uh saw a really cool um article. I get these uh things from uh my investors that call and that said that uh as the baby boomers retire and leave that we need to encourage our high school students to take over the trades and that high school kids today walking out of high school that learn a trade are making $70,000 a year. So that was pretty cool. But
074lots of good things going on there at Tolls. Uh, we recognized some CTSO kids. I um I think Emerson was at that one last Thursday for us to for the FCCLA. She might they just mentioned some of their stuff. They didn't I don't know if they had anybody going to nationals through there. Not, but they have a couple other kids from firefighting going to nationals and farm techch going to nationals as well. Cool. That's all I got. Good deal. Legislative. Oh boy. You've already sent stuff again. Proud of you for sending that today. What's that? I was proud of you for sending that today. Yeah, that one is the one is kind of more on on a generally accepted. Great. So, it's it was neat to read. It's 36 pages. I my printer printer wasn't
075going to print. But u anyhow in the legislative report uh governor's activity for May so far um Governor Dwine signed House Bill HB15. This bill makes changes to the competitive retail electric service law and electric company property taxation. It will become effective in 90 days. um Senate activity. Um the Senate passed SB 158 which would require each public school to adopt a policy prohibiting the use of cell phones by students during instruction instructional hours. The Senate Education Committee passed the bill out of the committee earlier this week after amend amending it to require that policies include protocol for student use of cell phones during an active threat. The Senate Education Committee also heard uh testimony on House Bill 96 from a page and a half worth of school district superintendents, board members, and treasures. Um,
076I think that's what Mr. Johnson was talking about with um quite a bit of outreach from from public schools on considering HB96. Uh, the House Education Committee heard a third hearing on HB114. This bill would alter age requirements for kindergarten admission. The committee passed the bill. Uh the House Education Committee also heard a third hearing on HB125. This bill this bill would permit excused absences from school to participate in 4 and FFA programs. The committee held its third hearing on HB 145. Uh this bill would raise the minimum number of school hours. Have you heard anything on how hard how So basically this is I mean behind the scenes this is what's happening is because school districts um have hourly thresholds instead of days. Now what you have seen is collective bargaining agreements reflect the
077days worked by teaching staff reduce like the number of of instructional days have reduced because you're still hitting the hours threshold that you're need. So like we have student days 178 178 student days. So, some people are carving out days for professional development or other um needed time with staff, but then it's it's lessening the amount of instructional time. And so, that is that this is an attempt to curb that um curb that practice. Very good. Um then the committee also ask my opinion, Mr. Phelps, but I would prefer to see us have a minimum days threshold like we used to, but that's just that's just me. I think the hours also come in a harder play for your career tech schools because certain students have to have so many hours as well. So that
078that's I I don't know if that's where the generalization goes, but be a lot less um tracking, right? if he went back to days instead of hours or would that I would I would say yeah I mean that would be that was wouldn't that a burden house bill house bill 410 and the attendance practices that go along with tracking hours is is challenging and it creates some some nuance for for school administrators uh the committee also heard a first hearing on HB 187 this bill would require rather than permit school districts to provide a moment of silence each school day. Then the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee um they heard their third hearing on HB98. HB98 would establish the Community Connectors Workforce Program to support connecting students to jobs, internships, and career professionals in
079their communities and would appropriate $8 million to the program. Um, and then it kind of goes on to say that they're they're basically appropriating that, but then I think they're going to more or less kind of run that through the ESC's, and I think it's going to get divied out between each ESC. Um, some recently introduced legislation, HB261. This bill would increase homestead exemption amounts HB266. This bill would provide a property tax credit to continuously owned homes. HB273. This bill would modify the computation of the owner occupancy property tax roll back and the equipability of the non-b businessiness property tax roll back. And then finally, Senate Bill 199. This bill would levy a fee on gross sports gaming wagers and use revenue from the fee from the fee to support publicly owned professional sports facilities
080and then K12 intercolastic athletics. I think majority of it's going to the publicly owned professional sports facilities probably. I don't see it coming here. But then in the Burke Park area of Cleveland, I'd say it's going to be in the northern part of the state. Yeah, just guessing. And then I did share also shared the BASSA memorandum with everybody just to to read on it. But I mean, when you start really looking at HB96, it's it's just tears tears locally funded schools, municipalities, townships. It's not just affecting schools. Um, and I don't think they have all the repercussions of what it's going to do to to a lot of budgets. I mean, it's going to definitely directly affect school budgets at a greater capacity, but uh, as you kind of look through there, there's plenty
081of implications for every every stakeholder that is funded by public dollars. And then it at toward the end of the memorandum, it also discusses what how HB96 will affect homeowners. And the way the way it's kind of set up right now is um your escrow on, you know, if you if you got a mortgage, you got escrow, your taxes are paid through that, your your mortgage is going to vary. Your escrow can vary year to year. Your your tax bill could could vary year to year. So, the inconsistencies for the property owner and for all the local um beneficiaries of of the tax dollar, I mean, it's we're not making anything any simpler by any means. And I I don't I mean, I think everyone hears maybe that their tax dollars could go down if
082but the very next year it could go go the other direction. Yeah. So definitely HB96 definitely does not um in my opinion build any consistency and reliability in the in the tax collection. Yeah, that's all I got. Could I uh You sure could add to to You can add away. Okay. Um so uh we have as a district published um letters uh on our website as well as on our community blog reg regarding the house bianium budget and its potent impact on Fairbanks local schools. Um I think it is critically important that our residents um dive in and try to understand the potential impacts that it can have as to Mr. Phelps alluded to on their their personal property tax bill. I think all of us around the table recognize the the stressors that tax
083evaluations have placed on residents um throughout the state of Ohio, but in particular in Union County over the last several years. And so I think it is uh in the best interest of all of us to work in a direction that can provide some relief. However, um the seessaw effect that that you know if you're you're pulling down millillage based on your carryover balance, that's that's going to be very frustrating for for for for property owners. Um going back on the ballot more frequently because of the inconsistencies with operating funds is going to be very frustrating to residents and school districts alike. Um, I would I would continue to advocate that our residents reach out um in particular at this point to to our senator uh Bill Rhiniki and and share um concerns about the
084volatility around um what what the the carryover changes could be. um and and look at the the publications that the district has already put out there of where those carryover dollars come from and the strategic planning the district has taken to try uh and be good stewards of locally generated dollars. Um, so I would just encourage our residents to take a strong look at what the implications of House Bill 96 are in addition to House Bill 96, uh, House Bill 66 that could roll substitute levies into the 20 mil floor. Um, that also is problematic. I I do anticipate based on the feedback we're receiving through our legislative committee at FASA that there will be something done with property tax relief in this bianium budget. So continuing to advocate on behalf of our schools, our
085local residents is critically important um in the next six weeks because I do think that there is an appetite to get something done um ahead of the November general election that we just saw uh a proposed amendment going on the ballot and there is bipartisan opposition to that that amendment um that that Ohioans are going to be able to vote on. However, it it puts some urgency on trying to get something done during this bianium um process which it may not be inside, you know, something that's promulgated through the committee structure. It could come in in conference committee on the back end or it could be a standalone bill like a House Bill 66. So again, reaching out to our legislators, having those conversations, and trying to to share the story of our school district
086and its potential those potential ripple effects um across across our system. So, thank you for letting me editorialize a little bit, Mr. Phelps. Yes, appreciate that. But I think that's where, you know, we had House Bill 96 already in there, but then you you see all the the new newly introduced legislation. I mean, they're just there's they're coming at it from such a wide and diverse and I don't know how they get it narrowed down, especially in a time frame to to do a benium budget. Um, but I don't I don't know if they're going to really properly vet enough of it in the time that they're trying to rush it through. I've never seen rushing a two-year budget the size of the state of Ohio's um work out well without look without properly vetting
087it. And the long-term implications of property tax relief, but not without knowing what those ripple effects could be. And again, we all we all would want to find a way to to to help um our community residents as well as the ones that are most impacted, which is our our fixed income folks. And so we want to be partners with our legislators, but we also um want to address it in a strategic and in intentional way that does not have long-term effects on on publicly funded uh entities. That's all I have unless Mr. Sher has more for my legislative report. I don't. Good job. in his email. Uh, usually we don't do much of a report this month, but what we did last month was we asked all the principles if they would or if
088they chose to to write some sort of a summary. And you got three summaries out there. So, please take a look at those. Uh, not only do they summarize some of the things that happened this year, but they also talk about things such as number of kids made honor roll. It's scary. It It's good. Uh so a lot of good information in there, a lot of things you should take a look at. Uh other than that, also a lot of information about stuff winding down for the year. [Music] Uh you know, you take a look at what the kids have done. I think this is an outstanding project and shows you something that we've been following as they've done it all year long and proven to Hardy Memorial. It's just amazing how all that stuff's
089coming together. A lot of community service projects are winding up. Got to take Brian's boys and Keegan and I got to do a little mulching yesterday and Joe Chapman is part of the care chain pro care train project. So I think that was all some of the officers FFA officer team I think wasn't it or uh I think it was whoever Ke could get because that was about the third time we'd been cancelled due to rain. So we were supposed to do it Saturday and got rained out. Get you together whoever you could. So that was the care train mulch uh donation. Yeah. Y how many bags did you spread? I actually did more work yesterday than I've done in quite a while. The way that thing originally worked was it was supposed to be
090four kids for four hours and they donated a skid of mulch, but you could do whatever they wanted you to do, cleaning up the yard and and everything else over the last couple years that's changed and it was just it's just been put the mulch down. We got to Mr. Chapman yesterday and he used to buy the old package. He had us pulling stumps. He had his engine flower beds. And he remembered the old package. He did. So So we all got a little bit of a surprise. But uh all told, we were only at his house about two and a half hours. But that also means you got to go to McCall's load up and get everything moved down and all that. So about three hours, four hours yesterday. But again, that's just one
091example of all the things we've done this year. If you didn't get a chance to look at the reports, take a look at them. It's uh they rolls those types of things. It's It's pretty amazing what our kids have done this year. That's it. Good job. Thank you. Building and grounds. Uh building and grounds. Basically, if there's anything in the building or on the grounds that you really need to take a picture of and preserve, probably got about a week because there's going to be campus is going to be a lot of change. A lot of change. Um, and hope hopefully if everyone works together and works through this summer, we we all come in with a everything works out just fine. Is that the approach we're [Laughter] taking? It'll be a busy busy summer
092on campus, but I think we'll uh we'll all work through it together. Yeah, there's been some prep work this week for the the construction access road to the back. So, that has started up um that we got the full uh occupancy permit for the bus garage last Friday. So, we anticipate our board office transitioning this week with a move on Wednesday through Friday. We're going to be out of the office. End of business Friday will be the last day that we will be operating out of here. Will we be transitioning meetings through the summer over to the board office then? Probably that's probably a good idea. I mean, we still should have access to the media center if we want to. This that it should not be a problem to get in here, but we
093can host them over there. I mean, really, we only have one and you have the June meeting. If we're not going to if we don't end up meeting in July, um then you would come back in August here. So, it's probably a good idea to plan on for for June. Yeah, I didn't see that on the agenda. I didn't. Somebody have to remind us I'll drive here. Would we just have to post that? Yeah. Yep. Mrs. Cook, are you all packed? Are you all packed? Pretty much. What you got left? You got boxes hoarded for? Cuz I heard boxes are at a premium. I haven't so I can just shove all my stuff. Okay, that's good. We have one teacher that has used 111 boxes for books. Um, and so we ordered a second round
094of boxes from Planes, which are the they're you don't have to tape them. They they're collapsible. Um, so we do have we ordered a second pallet, so there's still plenty back in the the supply room if people need them. Yeah. So it's uh I think there's a varying level of of readiness, but it's our our classrooms are pretty close to being ready. And planes will be here Friday morning, starting in the back hallway, starting there, moving out, and then getting to the front hallway on Tuesday. And then demo teams will start on Tuesday um down the back hallway and and around demo in the board office will start on Tuesday as well. Very good. Cool. Exciting. All good. I don't use the word exciting. I think it's great. Nervous. Now it'll be good. There is
095no reason for executive session this evening. It's been a long time. Uh, is there a motion for move? Yes. M. Yep. Mr. N. Yes. Mr. Cobs. Yes. Leave this here.