001First off, Mr. Borenhorst, Mr. Borenhorst, we appreciate you, you know, all the work that you have done. I had the pleasure of working with you for five years. You have been consistent, you know, the small jokes that you make that I got to listen to and say, well, is that a joke, Mr. Borenhorst? But again, the compliments that was given, you got to see our culture change. You were very uplifting in letting my staff and I know that, you know. Meadowdale is in good hands. So again, we wish you the best of luck in what you're about to do next. Because again, I know you're still young, so you still got a lot of life to live. So we are looking forward to hearing great things with your traveling. So thank you again. And the
002Lions, you will always have a place here at the Lions Den. A special thank you to Tim Dunaway for the fabulous job he did here at International School. You're one of a kind and it's been amazing to have you here working with us. I wanted to say a special congratulations to our three retiring custodians, Pat Eichenlaub from Valerie, Miss E. Ovina McNair from Westwood, and Joyce Parks from Fairview. We are so going to miss you but are so excited you get to have another opportunity to do whatever you want to do. We're going to miss you. We're proud of you. And thanks for all you've done for us. Miss Love, your impact on Ruskin School was absolutely profound. The joy you brought into this building was infectious and noticed by everybody every day that you
003were here. The legacy of love that you have left here at Ruskin will be remembered by students and teachers, anybody who ever came to Ruskin for years and years to come. Thank you. Happy retirement. Monica Nas. AKA Catwoman, AKA Snoop, AKA Gigi Tutu. It's a bunch of just names that we give Mrs. Nod's. Tinkerbell, you know, going on Miss Tinkerbell, walking around the classroom, walking around the hallway, doing her little pixie dutch. And then she'll start dancing when you know she's tired and she's ready to go, okay? But it's been my partner. Mrs. Nod and I have been working with each other. four years closely, you know, day in, day out sometimes. We got so many good stories. We got laughs. We've cried. It has been a journey. I can't say enough about Mrs. Nas.
004I'll be taking up so much time to talk about in the depth of who Mrs. Nas is. You know, we've been in the trenches fighting in wars, you know, here, not with each other. And that's been the biggest blessing. We didn't fight against each other. But we grew together, been through things, and we have been able to see the transformation of Meadowdale in the manner that we want it. And we're going to continue to keep pushing because I know you're retiring, but I got to keep you around somehow. So we're just going to say bye for now, but not for long. So congratulations to all of the mighty Lions that will always be accepted here, will always be a part of the Lion family here at the Lions Den. Can't do it without you, and
005I'm not supposed to, so thank you all. I love you. Karen Shula, who I was first introduced to her as my own personal French teacher when I was in high school here at Meadowdale, and it was Ms. Shahada. So it also was a pleasure not only to just be in your classroom, you know, many years ago, we're not going to say how many years ago, but many years ago. But now to come back to the Lions Den as your administrator and to also, you know, work with you and offer my expertise and tips and also listen to continue to listen to the stories that you bring and kind of took me back to when I was. you know um in high school and i would hear your stories and hear you you know speak in
006french and i think it's um i don't know but that anybody know french in here so i wish you the best of luck as well mrs mrs shilla it has been a pleasure And I hope that you and your daughter continue to keep traveling and enjoying life. You have been awesome, you know, over your long tenure in the classroom. Can't thank you enough. All your artwork, I'm going to remember, you know, walking into the classroom, the drawings that you inspire kids to do. So, again, thank you and bon voyage. To Eric Vonberg, thank you. Congratulations. I know you've had so many students that you've made a difference in their lives. Have a wonderful retirement. Congratulations and thank you, Dana Darling. You've had an amazing teaching career. Additionally, you have hired hundreds of teachers for the
007district. It doesn't stop with hiring. You have supported teachers and administrators in renewing their license and solving other issues. Your hard work for the HR department will continue to influence the district for decades to come. Congratulations and enjoy your retirement. Mrs. Hickey, I don't even know where to begin thanking you for your professionalism, dedication, and commitment to our students. Your impact on the students at Ruskin has been profound. Your leadership has been a model of what we do here at Ruskin. You know you are always a lifetime Ram. Please don't be a stranger. Come back and visit. I don't have a gavel. This kid don't love me. I now call to order this May 19th business meeting. Madam Treasurer, may we have a roll call? President Goodwin. Here. Dr. Bailey. He has an excused absence.
008Mr. Lacey. Here. Mr. Smith. In attendance. Ms. Reinhart. Present. Mr. Walker. Present. Ms. Wick. She has an excused absence. Mr. Scott. Present. Six present. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Our mission is to inspire, educate, and empower. Our vision is to inspire, educate, and empower scholars for a lasting impact, and our purpose is to cultivate a supportive and engaging educational experience. Dr. Lawrence, I believe we have some special recognitions. Actually, you have some. We do. Let's do that first. Thank you, Dr. Gilmour. First of all, welcome back to Ms. Akisha Shee, Chief Academic Officer. She is the. supervisor, manager, creator, he and she and her team in these summer activities which are June through late, June 2nd through late third week in July. And so we have fifth grade science explorer camp, Wright Brothers,
009we're gonna have lots of fun out there with experimentation hands-on. A little bit of explore STEM, Wright Brothers also for sixth graders. The other one's for fifth graders. And then gear, Bell Haven, excited about reading, Monday through Friday, early June to mid-July. Rhythm and Rhyme Readers, Edison, so calling all third grade students, let's make art, drama, and music come to life through reading. Ready, set, grow. They did not want to forget the kindergarten students, June 23rd through July 18th. And Liddy Camp. got a message from Ms. Goyne says Valerie the cafeteria was packed and Lydia is going to have close to 200 kids this summer so if you've not registered closing soon so a really hot summer for us in terms of keeping kids in school so we don't have summer slide also talk about
010the graduation schedule that's the reason we're here today because typically the board meetings are on Tuesday but our graduation start tomorrow I know the board members wanted to be there and so do I and so does the rest of the team so we kick it off tomorrow Thursday May 20th Thurgood Marshall STEM high school the mighty Cougars at six o'clock it's at the University of Dayton and then eight o'clock the Belmont High School Bisons on Tuesday Wednesday Mound Street Academy I think I saw Mr. Henshaw come in over there at 4 o'clock. Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School, the Wolverines, my alma mater, at 6 o'clock. And then 8 o'clock, Meadowdale Career Technology Center. He's clicking to my left. It's to your right, Mr. Smith's alma mater. and then Friday we skip a day Thursday and
011then Friday Stuyvesant School for the Arts six o'clock and then eight o'clock David H Ponitz Career Technology Center starts at 8 and that will conclude the class of 2025 and there's nothing better if you've not been a parent of a high schooler or a high school principal or one of the staff will show up nothing better than that day when they graduate it's exciting Thank you. Next we have our special recognitions, which I'm excited for. This is something new that we're starting this year. Dr. Lawrence, if you would like to talk about what we're going to do, and then we're going to all make it down to the floor. Well, I would. So this is year one of top of the class. Really fun. We have all of our valedictorians and salutatorians. They are dressed
012up, and I see they have their cap and gowns and all of their anelia on. And so we look forward to having them come up and be recognized. We've not done this in Dayton Public Schools before. We had a top-of-the-class dinner last week at the steam plant where we heard some amazing speeches that gave credit to teachers and family for the journey that they were on to get there. So all seven high schools were represented. For us, all means all. And it was exciting to sit there and listen. Actually, we didn't. We had a keynote speaker, but we... ended up using the kids as keynote speakers and they were amazing so we're going to get a chance to recognize them and then of course um spring sports and their champions so let's get started can
013you all join me on the floor all right hopefully you can hear me better hello i am principal smith from belmont high school i would like to proudly introduce i'll go first with our salutatorian sumukande muvanda is our salutatorian for the class of 2025. And then this year we have two valedictorians. Our first valedictorian is Maria Dominguez Gonzalez. And our other co-val, we have Norman Luis Matic Sorio. Congratulations. This is Katrina Bailey, principal at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School. And for my class of 2025 salutatorian, we have Rahima Mawa. And our class of 2025 valedictorian and Gates Scholar, Mr. Simeon Aiken. Hello, my name is Eddie Davis, building principal, proud building principal of the mighty Meadowdale Lions. For my 2025 valedictorian, Gazal Kisamun, he's not here. Both of my valedictorian and salutatorian are both at
014work right now. And our salutatorian is Ian Thomas. I'll be accepting these on their behalf. I'm Dan Hinch on the principle of Mound Street Academy and I have my two best of class. We have Jordan Wagner and we have Royce Insigne. All right, I brought my team with me to support our students. I apologize. I brought my team from Ponus to celebrate. Our two best of the class students are Demaya Woodall. She is our valedictorian. And Jaina Cortay, she is our salutatorian. Good evening. My name is Nicole Davis, and I'm the principal of Stivers School for the Arts. And I would like to recognize our salutatorian, which is Claire Lewis, and she's not here with us today. And then also our valedictorian, Daniel Sabados Gallardo. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Chauvin Lewis. I'm
015the principal at Thurgood Marshall STEM High School. And tonight, I would like to first recognize our salutatorian who was unable to make it tonight, Liza Munoz. And next, I would like to recognize our valedictorian, Mr. Justin Lee, who is also a Flyer Promise Scholar and the first senior at Thurgood Marshall STEM High School to graduate with an associate degree before graduation. All right, I would like to congratulate another person who's been racking up awards all school year. Kudos to Norman Larese Maticsorio for winning the University of Dayton Flyer Promise Scholarship. Come on back up, Norman. So we have at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School Mr. Simeon Akins who was awarded the Gates Scholarship which is from Bill and Melinda Gates. It covers full tuition, travel, food, everything for him and he has decided to attend
016Belmont University in Tennessee. So we're really excited for Mr. Simeon Akins. Okay, first we would like to recognize Mr. Nelion Scott. And Nelion Scott was awarded for 2025 the McIntosh Scholarship from the University of Dayton. There is one recipient each year. And this scholarship covers everything tuition, room and board, and also comes with an internship from the City of Dayton. So the scholarship is worth over a quarter million dollars. And the next two certificates are both for Mr. Justin Lee. One is for winning the Flyer Scholars Promise, Flyer Promise Scholarship, and that covers everything. So it's going to cover tuition and room and board. And of course, the next one is for Justin receiving an associate degree before graduating from high school. On May 9th, he attended Sinclair Community's commencement ceremony and he received his
017associate degree in psychology. We would like to recognize Jordan Heffron. Jordan received University of Dayton Flyers Promise Scholarship. And Jordan is not here with us at this time, but we would like to recognize Jordan for the Flyer Promise Scholarship. Hi, thanks for letting us come out. I'm Victoria Jones, the Chief of Athletics, and we want to salute our spring sports champions. We have some repeat champions. We have some new champions. We have a historic champion, too. So I want to just publicly thank the coaches for the hard work and the ADs for the work they're doing, too, and the support from the district. So we're going to start out with our middle school, and then we'll slide into the high schools. How y'all doing? I'm A.D. Watts. I want to congratulate my girls' flag football
018team for Wright Brothers. Unfortunately, they wouldn't be able to make it today because of graduation tomorrow and some activities during school. So they're actually at their banquet right now. So just wanted to honor them today. Hi, everyone. I'm A.D. McGee. I'm filling in for A.D. Goddard. He is out today. So we're going to give it up for track and field for middle school. I'm going to introduce Coach Z. Good evening. I have a lot. So I'm filling in for high school and boys volleyball as well. So Stivers did pretty good in the spring. The girls high school for track and field, they won the city meet this past Saturday. But they're right now getting ready for the districts coming up. So they're practicing right now. So unfortunately, they weren't able to make it. But they
019still wanted to be recognized. And I still wanted them to be recognized. So they won the city and then the boys. volleyball team a lot of them are working and they had a lot of stuff to get ready for graduation as well so they weren't able to make it but the boys high school volleyball team they won the city as well Now on to my middle schoolers. I coach the middle school track and field. I have boys and girls this year. And this year the girls won the city and the boys were runner up. So I am very proud of them. And today they are getting recognized. So we have Janessa and Madison, Salia, Jamaya, Shiana, Amari, Maria, Kennedy, Kobe, Zoe, Alana, Nashae, Aubrey, Evelyn, Carly, and Hadija. There are a lot of athletes that
020couldn't make it today. I have about 30 girls, but this is the majority of them that are here. They won. Invitational meets that really hasn't been. Okay, that really hasn't been done a lot before. So they wanted to show off their trophy, so I'm very proud of them this year. So I'm going to repeat that. I got Madison Jones, Janessa Dickerson, Maria Wilson, Carly Larry, Jamiah Crooks, Amari Greer, Kobe Thompson. Zoe Sampson, Kennedy Thomas, Alana Carr, Shiana Stewart, I'm sorry, Hadija Murray, and I think, oh, and Ashay Cochran, and then Aubrey Lewis. And I think that's all of them, so thank you. Again, I'm A.D. McGee. I am the A.D. opponent, and I have the pleasure of introducing our flag football team. They are two-time champions. They won last year and ran it back this
021year, and they were undefeated this year with a 6-0 record. It is my pleasure to introduce our head coach, Calvin Holt, Jr. Good evening, everyone. I just want to say it was an honor and privilege to coach these young ladies. I really am honored. This is my first time as a head coach and I'm so excited that this is my first championship win Like she said before it was there they won last year, but this year is their undefeated season of 6 and 0 being the Davie H opponents girls flag football team All of our ladies are not here, but I'm gonna read off the ones who are here first we have a Maya Mason Miracle Jacobs Mariah Courtney Good evening. I'm DeAndre Wynn, associate AD at Belmont High School. This year we had a
022great year overall. So we won six high school championships, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, boys track, and boys cross country. Our middle school team, boys track, also won. They were unable to attend tonight, but we want to make sure they get recognition. We also had four teams finish runner-up, cheer, girls. cross country, wrestling, and boys volleyball. Three students won play of the year, six coaches won coach of the year. Boys volleyball hosted and won their first OSHA tournament game in history. We had two students who were named All Ohio honorable mention. Boys track won Edwin C. Moses relay. They also set three different school records and one meet record for Springfield. Girls track also set two school records and then our overall GPA was 3.0 for all of our athletes. So we had a
023really good year. But I'm here to introduce our spring champions and the first is softball with Coach Reiner. All right. My name is Chris Reiner. I'm the softball coach and school counselor at Belmont. We were 5-0 in the city. We beat Stivers three times, and we beat Medellin twice. And when Thurgood and Dunbar and Ponitz get a team, we're going to go ahead and beat them too. So just letting you guys know. I have four of my young ladies here, Megan Leonard, Liddy Ward, Jalyn, and Jayla Allen. Our next champion is baseball. Coach Dangerfield was unable to make it. However, Assistant Coach Blankenship is here. All right, Belmont also had a great year for baseball, and Coach Dangerfield is not able to make it. But our boys did finish undefeated in the city and with
024a 9-1 record overall and heading to the tournament tomorrow night. First we have Marwan Snodgrass. Then we have Bryce Smith. Carter Blankenship, Josh Lucas, Gavin Bradley, Mike Mesa, Jordan Blankenship, Collin Lucas, Trey Wagner, Sam Mvunda, and Owen Parton. Our last spring champion is Boyce Track and Field. Good evening. Very, very proud to introduce these young men for the first time in 30 years, DPS champions in track and field. Something I could never do also as an alumni. My assistant coach Herman Chong-Wayne, also alumni. He helped me get these boys ready and they took the championship this past Saturday. So first we have Jason. Next we have Kenneth, Aaron, Abdel, John Vier, Brian, Gavin, Demarion Glover, Sam, Barias, AKA Big B, Jaden, Adam, Michael, Tom O, Josiah, and Jay Sean. All right, we are back in
025section. Wait, this actually should be relatively quick. All right, pursuant to section 121.22G of the Ohio Revised Code, I move that this board go into executive session. This meeting is being held to consider the employment and dismissal of a public employee. Is there a second? Michael? Second. Any questions? Seeing none, Madam Treasurer, may we have a vote? President Goodwin? Yes. Dr. Bailey is not here. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Ms. Reiner? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Mr. Scott? Yes. Six yeses. Ms. Miner, I need to see you. Dr. Davis, Dr. Waller, and Ms. Dooley, can you stand by? I'll call for you. Thanks. First off, Mr. Borenhorse, Mr. Borenhorse, we appreciate you, you know, all the work that you have done. I had the pleasure of working with you for five years. You have been
026consistent. You know, the small jokes that you make that I got to listen to and say, well, is that a joke, Mr. Borenhorse? But again, the compliments that was given, you got to see our culture change. You were very uplifting in letting my staff and I know that, you know. Meadowdale is in good hands. So again, we wish you the best of luck in what you're about to do next. Because again, I know you're still young, so you still got a lot of life to live. So we are looking forward to hearing great things with your traveling. So thank you again. And the Lions, you will always have a place here at the Lions Den. A special thank you to Tim Dunaway for the fabulous job he did here at International School. You're one of
027a kind and it's been amazing to have you here working with us. I wanted to say a special congratulations to our three retiring custodians, Pat Eichenlaub from Valerie, Miss E. Ovina McNair from Westwood, and Joyce Parks from Fairview. We are so going to miss you, but are so excited you get to have another opportunity to do whatever you want to do. We're going to miss you. We're proud of you. And thanks for all you've done for us. Miss Love. Your impact on Ruskin School was absolutely profound. The joy you brought into this building was infectious and noticed by everybody every day that you were here. The legacy of love that you have left here at Ruskin will be remembered by students and teachers, anybody who ever came to Ruskin for years and years to come.
028Thank you. Happy retirement. Monica Nas. AKA Catwoman, AKA Snoop, AKA Gigi Tutu. It's a bunch of just names that we give Mrs. Nod's. Tinkerbell, you know, I'm going to miss Tinkerbell walking around the classroom, walking around the hallway doing her little pixie dutch. And then she'll start dancing when you know she's tired and she's ready to go, okay? But it's been my partner. Mrs. Nod and I have been working with each other. four years closely, you know, day in, day out sometimes. We got so many good stories. We got laughs. We've cried. It has been a journey. I can't say enough about Mrs. Nas. I'll be taking up so much time to talk about in the depth of who Mrs. Nas is. You know, we've been in the trenches fighting in wars, you know, here,
029not with each other. And that's been the biggest blessing. We didn't fight against each other. But we grew together, been through things, and we have been able to see the transformation of Meadowdale in the manner that we want it. And we're going to continue to keep pushing because I know you're retiring, but I got to keep you around somehow. So we're just going to say bye for now, but not for long. So congratulations to all of the mighty Lions that will always be accepted here, will always be a part of the Lion family here at the Lions Den. Can't do it without you, and I'm not supposed to, so thank you all. I love you. Karen Shula, who I was first introduced to her as my own personal French teacher when I was in high
030school here at Meadowdale, was Ms. Shahada. So it also was a pleasure not only to just be in your classroom, you know, many years ago, we're not going to say how many years ago, but many years ago. But now to come back to the Lions Den as your administrator and to also, you know, work with you and offer my expertise and tips and also listen to continue to listen to the stories that you bring and kind of took me back to when I was. you know um in high school and i would hear your stories and hear you you know speak in french and i think it's um i don't know what that anybody know french in here so i wish you the best of luck as well mrs miss chisela it has been a
031pleasure And I hope that you and your daughter continue to keep traveling and enjoying life. You have been awesome, you know, over your long tenure in the classroom. Can't thank you enough. All your artwork, I'm going to remember, you know, walking into the classroom, the drawings that you inspire kids to do. So, again, thank you and bon voyage. To Eric Vonberg, thank you. Congratulations. I know you've had so many students that you've made a difference in their lives. Have a wonderful retirement. Congratulations and thank you, Dana Darling. You've had an amazing teaching career. Additionally, you have hired hundreds of teachers for the district. It doesn't stop with hiring. You have supported teachers and administrators in renewing their license and solving other issues. Your hard work for the HR department will continue to influence the district
032for decades to come. Congratulations and enjoy your retirement. Mrs. Hickey, I don't even know where to begin thanking you for your professionalism, dedication, and commitment to our students. Your impact on the students at Ruskin has been profound. Your leadership has been a model of what we do here at Ruskin. You know you are always a lifetime Ram. Please don't be a stranger. Come back and visit. Good evening retirees and guests. What a wonderful evening. We're glad you guys could all gather here together. We are happy to celebrate this milestone in your lives. The impact you had on all the students that you've interacted with in Dayton Public Schools has been profound. And your names will be remembered forever by the students that you worked with. We are proud to have served with you and worked
033with you and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Wanted to say congratulations to all of the retirees, especially those in operations this year. Thank you for all of your hard work, dedication to Dayton Public Schools, wishing you nothing but success in whatever you decide to do after that. Congratulations to all the retirees. Thank you so much for all you've done to help the students of Dayton Public Schools. It really makes a difference. Congratulations to all the Dayton Public Schools retirees for all the hard work that you have done over the years. We appreciate you. We know it's been challenging. What we do is ever-changing, but at the same time, it's very rewarding. So congratulations to you. We wish you the best of luck. as you continue on with your life and we
034hope that you do a lot of traveling and enjoying it thank you the message i have for them is i'm going to miss you this has been a journey for you i don't know exactly how many years it's been but if you've been with dayton public schools and retiring i am wishing you well and i want you to come back and volunteer i want you to wish us well on social media and i want you to stay connected to the district because you're always going to be part of the family I hope that you took away that you were so valuable in the lives of children. Whatever your job was, you were valuable to children and to this operation that we know as Dayton Public Schools and to the community. Children are our most prized
035assets. So you were part of building those children who would then become productive adults. I want you to know your work mattered. So your impact as an employee, if you were a teacher, of course people always think teachers, and teachers, you are important. But if you were a custodian, you were amazing at making sure kids had the environment that was clean. If you were a transportation specialist or bus driver, you were amazing at making sure they got the extracurricular activities and got to school and got home. If you were the secretary, you were so important to our five C's, customer service. You were the first voice, first face they saw when they walked in. Whatever your role was, from custodian to secretary to transportation to paraprofessional to operations who make sure that things are working
036inside the building, all of those roles are super important. And of course, being a former principal, if you're an administrator or principal, your role is important as well. Listen, this is a really important date. I want you to know that I'm close to this too. This is year 30. So sure enough, at some point, I'll be on the other side and saying my goodbyes to Dayton Public Schools. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. Are you? Are you? Are you? At DPS, attendance is important. That's why we're challenging all schools to increase and improve their daily attendance. So I ask again, we're here today. Are you? Are you? For Black History Month, we're talking to DPS principals to talk about how their school represents the people they're
037named after. This episode, we have Charity Adams. Welcome. Hi, hello. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Hi, my name is Carla Goins, and as you know, I'm the principal at Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls. I have been in the district for 30 years and the principal at Charity for seven. This is my seventh year at Charity Adams. Who was Charity Adams, and why was she important? Charity Adams was the first African-American female to lead her battalion in World War II. That was very rare at that time, so she was a phenomenal leader. What do students learn about Charity Adams in your building? So my students learn that Charity, one, as I stated, was a leader. She fought for equal rights and she was just a trailblazer. So students learn how to
038lead, how to empower themselves, how to speak up for what is wrong. And we are strong believers in sisterhoods at Charity. As a principal, how do you try to carry on Charity's legacy? So we try to carry on Charity's legacy, one, by empowering our young ladies, cultivating their unique potential, making sure that they know they have a voice and to speak up when they see that things are not right and to be activists. How do you celebrate Charity Adams during Black History Month after your building? So this year with the movie Tylee Perecrated coming out, we're celebrating her by doing a tribute, a special tribute to Charity Adams. So it's going to be really awesome. So the young ladies will do a skit from the movie. So we're really excited. It'll be next Friday, February
03928th. Watch the students attend Charity Adams Early Girls Academy. Students should attend Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls because it's a phenomenal school. It's an all-girls school and again as I stated we're about sisterhood, empowerment and just creating that environment where our young ladies are thinking about careers that haven't existed yet so we're pushing them to be leaders. So it's just an exciting and very powerful experience just being at an all-girls school. What makes your school special? My school is special, one, because it's a single-gender, all-girls school, and it's the only one in the area, in the state, as a primary, middle school, all-girls school. And then also, when you enter our school, it's just a very warm, welcoming environment. It's a community, and it's just a great place to be and work. Your commitment
040to learning. And we're here to extend the challenge. That's why we're asking every student, family, and staff member to be present and be engaged. When we show up, we build a foundation here. And when we show up, we build a future. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. We believe in the power of showing up. So we're here today. Are you? Are you? The sign here is right next to them. DB right here next to them. Hey, everybody understand that? Let's go! Get to work. Get to work. Hey, hey, hey, get a break. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey,
041hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey What's your name? Miriam. What's your name? Dalton. Dalton? Yes. What's your favorite animal, Ashad? Lion. What's your favorite animal, Miriam? I like elephants. What's your favorite animal? Lion. What's your favorite cartoon, Ashad? Cartoon? Yes. Alright, let's move on. What's your favorite costume? Um, super kitties. Hey, why are you... Super kitties. Super kitties. Why are you... That's rude. What's your favorite? Spider-Man. Alright. What's your favorite book? Book. Okay. Comic book? I think that one. Alright, what's your favorite comic
042book? I don't have one. What's your favorite comic book? I have... And that's perfectly fine, Miriam. I have... That's perfectly fine. I have a dinosaur one. Dinosaurs? They're not a comic book. Dinosaurs, where's your hand? I have one. What's your favorite book if you don't have a comic book? A comic book? No, it's a book like those. Not a comic book. Okay. I started me a run. What's your favorite book? Are you scared? No, you're scared. Is that the one that's right there? No, that's that one right there with the bunny and the bear. Oh, that's my favorite. That's my favorite, too. Okay, I'm going to go outside, everybody. So let's move on. Move on. What's your favorite book? Uh, Dinosaurs. Why does it all have to be dinosaurs? Because I like dinosaurs. What's your
043favorite food? I know you ain't got to talk back to me lady. So okay, let's move on. What's your favorite movie? Spider-man. What's your favorite movie? One more hour and then the dinosaurs. Wait, there's nothing. That's a cartoon. Because I like dinosaurs. This is not a movie. Yes, it is. No, it isn't. There's memories downstairs. Thanks for watching. I'm a kindergarten kid. Please subscribe. So today we're having an all-city arts festival and we have lots of music today. We have combined all of our schools together to make music performances all day today. We have choirs, we have bands, we have orchestras and we're all here to celebrate music in Dayton Public Schools. A lot of these students come from schools where maybe their ensemble, their band or their choir is really, really small. And so
044it's scary to come out and perform in front of people anyway. And especially when you're used to just a little small group in your classroom, but they've been doing a great job. I think it's a great experience for them because we all know as adults, that we have to go and do some things that maybe aren't in our comfort zones. But with this group of people, their peers, they feel a little bit safer. And hopefully after this experience, it'll kind of feed a fire and they'll want to do it more and more. Really music can tap into that creativity that a lot of kids just naturally have but seems to dissipate often as they get older. So we're tapping into that creativity, giving them that self-expression. So for a lot of our kids, this is
045their first opportunity to get up in front of people, especially in a venue this big, seeing that big smiles on their faces, especially at the end when they're coming off the stage, excitement. And, you know, this is a good opportunity for them to perform and show off for their families, their teachers, their classmates, and the greater Dayton community. I think Dayton Public Schools has a huge amount of talent in our district and we're happy to be here showing that off today. Hi everyone, today I'm going to talk to you about bus safety. Every day, thousands of Dan Public School students ride the bus to and from school, and it's important to know how to stay safe. First things first, make sure to get to your bus stop at least 10 minutes early, and while you're
046waiting, stand in a safe spot away from the road. Once the bus arrives, go straight to your seat so the bus can start moving again. And remember, while you're on the bus, stay seated and keep the aisles and exits clear. Just like in a classroom, listen to the driver and follow their instructions. This includes no foul language, no sticking your arms or head out the windows, and no eating or drinking on the bus. Lastly, make sure you only get off the bus at your assigned stop and be sure to walk home safely. Let's all work together to follow these rules and keep our bus rides safe for everyone. Thanks for listening and stay safe, DPS. Hi, I'm Katie Philpott, Preschool Intervention Specialist at Rosa Parks Early Learning Center. My position is to educate all preschoolers
047who come through our doors into our classroom and service students on an IEP, Individualized Education Plan, and it's a way that all students can access the curriculum and education. The kids are vibrant and excited every day to come to school and they're learning literally how to school and that's so important. DPS has lots of opportunities for growth. They give you ample professional development hours which you need for your degree to continue on teaching. It's a great place where you're going to meet all kinds of people. Every kind of student there is, and there's going to be challenges for sure, but when you handle those challenges and overcome them, you'll feel so proud of yourself. I enjoy the people I work with. They are some of the best human beings you will find on this planet.
048I enjoy how there is a preschool program for families who want access to that. very important to the K-12 curriculum. It's a great place to be and if you look around the buildings you will see active learning, you will see bulletin boards with the learning on it so you know that there are great things happening in the classrooms. Every child who enters our classroom feels that their learning is important and that they are valued and they are important. So being the one to do that is like a warm fuzzy hug. This is our first ever DPS Cares Health and Wellness Fair. We have vendors from a lot of local agencies here. This event offers outreach for our families. We are trying to hook them up with different services in our community. We wanted to make
049sure parents got messages about wellness. So we were able to bring our guest speakers in. We wanted to make sure that they had access to some of the great things like the yoga and chair massages. And we definitely want to feed everyone when they come out. We just want to show them how much Dayton Public loves them, loves their children, and cares about them and their health and their welfare. I think they're going to take home that it is okay to take care of yourself and we have to take care of ourselves before we can take care of others. Ways that they can take care of themselves and ways that they can take care of their families. Everyone's saying how wonderful this has been. The kids are having a ball. Their faces are painted. They
050have great prizes. They're getting lots of good information. We have massage therapists come in. I've had multiple people say I got a chair massage and I feel so good right now. First off, Mr. Bornhorse, Mr. Bornhorse, we appreciate you, you know, all the work that you have done. I had the pleasure of working with you for five years. You have been consistent. You know, the small jokes that you make that I got to listen to and say, well, is that a joke, Mr. Warren Horse? But again, the compliments that was given, you got to see our culture change. You were very uplifting in letting my staff and I know that, you know. Meadowdale is in good hands. So again, we wish you the best of luck in what you're about to do next. Because again,
051I know you're still young, so you still got a lot of life to live. So we are looking forward to hearing great things with your traveling. So thank you again. And the Lions, you will always have a place here at the Lions Den. A special thank you to Tim Dunaway for the fabulous job he did here at International School. You're one of a kind and it's been amazing to have you here working with us. I wanted to say a special congratulations to our three retiring custodians, Pat Eichenlaub from Valerie, Miss E. Ovina McNair from Westwood, and Joyce Parks from Fairview. We are so going to miss you, but are so excited you get to have another opportunity to do whatever you want to do. We're going to miss you. We're proud of you. And thanks
052for all you've done for us. Miss Love. Your impact on Ruskin School was absolutely profound. The joy you brought into this building was infectious and noticed by everybody every day that you were here. The legacy of love that you have left here at Ruskin will be remembered by students and teachers, anybody who ever came to Ruskin for years and years to come. Thank you. Happy retirement. Monica Nas. AKA Catwoman, AKA Snoop, AKA Gigi Tutu. It's a bunch of just names that we give Mrs. Nas. Tinkerbell, you know, I'm gonna miss Tinkerbell walking around the classroom, walking around the hallway doing her little pixie dutch. And then she'll start dancing when you know she's tired and she's ready to go, okay? But it's been my partner. Mrs. Nas and I have been working with each other.
053four years closely, you know, day in, day out sometimes. We got so many good stories. We got laughs. We've cried. It has been a journey. I can't say enough about Mrs. Nas. I'll be taking up so much time to talk about in the depth of who Mrs. Nas is. You know, we've been in the trenches fighting in wars, you know, here, not with each other. And that's been the biggest blessing. We didn't fight against each other. But we grew together, been through things, and we have been able to see the transformation of Meadowdale in the manner that we want it. And we're going to continue to keep pushing because I know you're retiring, but I got to keep you around somehow. So we're just going to say bye for now, but not for long. So
054congratulations to all of the mighty Lions that will always be accepted here, will always be a part of the Lion family here at the Lions Den. Can't do it without you, and I'm not supposed to, so thank you all. I love you. Karen Shula, who I was first introduced to her as my own personal French teacher when I was in high school here at Meadowdale, and it was Ms. Shahada. So it also was a pleasure not only to just be in your classroom, you know, many years ago, we're not going to say how many years ago, but many years ago. But now to come back to the Lions Den as your administrator and to also, you know, work with you and offer my expertise and tips and also listen to continue to listen to the
055stories that you bring and kind of took me back to when I was. you know um in high school and i would hear your stories and hear you you know speak in french and i think it's um i don't know what that anybody know french in here so i wish you the best of luck as well mrs miss chishola it has been a pleasure And I hope that you and your daughter continue to keep traveling and enjoying life. You have been awesome, you know, over your long tenure in the classroom. Can't thank you enough. All your artwork, I'm going to remember, you know, walking into the classroom, the drawings that you inspire kids to do. So, again, thank you and bon voyage. To Eric Vonberg, thank you. Congratulations. I know you've had so many students
056that you've made a difference in their lives. Have a wonderful retirement. Congratulations and thank you, Dana Darling. You've had an amazing teaching career. Additionally, you have hired hundreds of teachers for the district. It doesn't stop with hiring. You have supported teachers and administrators in renewing their license and solving other issues. Your hard work for the HR department will continue to influence the district for decades to come. Congratulations and enjoy your retirement. Mrs. Hickey, I don't even know where to begin thanking you for your professionalism, dedication, and commitment to our students. Your impact on the students at Ruskin has been profound. Your leadership has been a model of what we do here at Ruskin. You know you are always a lifetime Ram. Please don't be a stranger. Come back and visit. Good evening retirees and guests.
057What a wonderful evening. We're glad you guys could all gather here together. We are happy to celebrate this milestone in your lives. The impact you've had on all the students that you've interacted with in Dayton Public Schools has been profound. And your names will be remembered forever by the students that you worked with. We are proud to have served with you and worked with you and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Wanted to say congratulations to all of the retirees, especially those in operations this year. Thank you for all of your hard work, dedication to Dayton Public Schools, wishing you nothing but success in whatever you decide to do after that. Congratulations to all the retirees. Thank you so much for all you've done to help the students of Dayton Public Schools.
058It really makes a difference. Congratulations to all the Dayton Public Schools retirees for all the hard work that you have done over the years. We appreciate you. We know it's been challenging. What we do is ever-changing, but at the same time, it's very rewarding. So congratulations to you. We wish you the best of luck. as you continue on with your life and we hope that you do a lot of traveling and enjoying it thank you the message i have for them is i'm going to miss you this has been a journey for you i don't know exactly how many years it's been but if you've been with dayton public schools and retiring i am wishing you well and i want you to come back and volunteer i want you to wish us well on social
059media and i want you to stay connected to the district because you're always going to be part of the family I hope that you took away that you were so valuable in the lives of children. Whatever your job was, you were valuable to children and to this operation that we know as Dayton Public Schools and to the community. Children are our most prized assets. So you were part of building those children who would then become productive adults. I want you to know your work mattered. So your impact as an employee, if you were a teacher, of course people always think teachers, and teachers, you are important. But if you were a custodian, you were amazing at making sure kids had the environment that was clean. If you were a transportation specialist or bus driver, you
060were amazing at making sure they got the extracurricular activities and got to school and got home. If you were the secretary, you were so important to our five C's, customer service. You were the first voice, first face they saw when they walked in. Whatever your role was, from custodian to secretary to transportation to paraprofessional, to operations who make sure that things are working inside the building. All of those roles are super important. And of course, being a former principal, if you're an administrator or principal, your role is important as well. Listen, this is a really important date. I want you to know that I'm close to this too. This is year 30. So sure enough, at some point, I'll be on the other side and saying my goodbyes to Dayton Public Schools. I'm here today.
061I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. Are you? Are you? Are you? At DPS, attendance is important. That's why we're challenging all schools to increase and improve their daily attendance. So I ask again, we're here today. Are you? Are you? For Black History Month, we're talking to DPS principals to talk about how their school represents the people they're named after. This episode, we have Charity Adams. Welcome. Hi, hello. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Hi, my name is Carla Goins, and as you know, I'm the principal at Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls. I have been in the district for 30 years and the principal at Charity for seven. This is my seventh year at Charity Adams. Who was Charity Adams and why was she important? Charity
062Adams was the first African-American female to lead her battalion in World War II. That was very rare at that time, so she was a phenomenal leader. What do students learn about Charity Adams in your building? So my students learn that Charity, one, as I stated, was a leader. She fought for equal rights and she was just a trailblazer. So students learn how to lead, how to empower themselves, how to speak up for what is wrong. And we are strong believers in sisterhoods at Charity. As a principal, how do you try to carry on Charity's legacy? So we try to carry on Charity's legacy, one, by empowering our young ladies, cultivating their unique potential, making sure that they know they have a voice and to speak up when they see that things are not right and
063to be activists. How do you celebrate Charity Adams during Black History Month after your building? So this year with the movie Tylee Pereira Created coming out, we're celebrating her by doing a tribute, a special tribute to Charity Adams. So it's going to be really awesome. So the young ladies will do a skit from the movie. So we're really excited. It'll be next Friday, February 28th. Watch the students attend Charity Adams Early Girls Academy. Students should attend Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls because it's a phenomenal school. It's an all-girls school and again as I stated we're about sisterhood, empowerment and just creating that environment where our young ladies are thinking about careers that haven't existed yet so we're pushing them to be leaders. So it's just an exciting and very powerful experience just being at
064an all-girls school. What makes your school special? My school is special, one, because it's a single gender, all-girls school, and it's the only one in the area, in the state, as a primary, middle school, all-girls school. And then also, when you enter our school, it's just a very warm, welcoming environment. It's a community, and it's just a great place to be and work. Do you hear your commitment to learning? And we're here to extend the challenge. That's why we're asking every student, family, and staff member to be present and be engaged. When we show up, we build a foundation here. And when we show up, we build a future. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. We believe in the power of showing up. So we're here today. Are you?
065Are you? The sign here is right next to them. TV right here. That's the best. Hey, everybody understand that? Let's go! Get the work. Get the work. Hey, hey, hey. Get the work. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey What's your name? Miriam. What's your name? Dotton. Dotton? Yes. So, what's
066your favorite animal, Ashad? Lion. What's your favorite animal, Miriam? I like elephants. What's your favorite animal? A lion. What's your favorite cartoon, Ashad? Cartoon? Yes. All right, let's move on. What's your favorite cartoon? Spider-Man! Super Kitties. Super Kitties. That's rude. What's your favorite? Spider-Man. All right. What's your favorite comic book? What's your favorite comic book? Okay. Comic book? I think that one. All right, what's your favorite comic book? I don't have one. What's your favorite comic book? I have... And that's perfectly fine, Miriam. I have... I have a dinosaur one. Dinosaurs? They're not a comic book. Who likes dinosaurs? Raise your hand. I'll have one. What's your favorite book if you don't have a comic book? A comic book? No, it's a book like those. Not a comic book. Okay. I started me a run.
067What's your favorite book? Are you scared? No, you're scared. Is that the one that's right there? No, that's that one right there with the bunny and the bear. Oh, that's my favorite. That's my favorite, too. Okay, I'm going to go outside, everybody. So let's move on. Move on. What's your favorite book? Uh, dinosaurs. Why does it always have to be dinosaurs? Because of dinosaurs. What's your favorite food? Nurse! Now you're getting things used to first! I know you like Mrs. Tom back for me, lady. Oh man, if you don't stop calling me old man. Did you just call me old man? So, okay, let's move on. What's your favorite movie? Um, Spider-Man. What's your favorite movie? Wild Wild Riders and the Dinosaurs. What's a dinosaur movie? Wait, there's nothing. That's a cartoon. Because I like
068dinosaurs. It's also not a movie. That's it. No, it isn't. Okay, I'm going downstairs. Thanks for watching. As you can see, I'm in it. Please subscribe. So today we're having an all-city arts festival and we have lots of music today. We have combined all of our schools together to make music performances all day today. We have choirs, we have bands, we have orchestras and we're all here to celebrate music in Dayton Public Schools. A lot of these students come from schools where maybe their ensemble, their band or their choir is really, really small. And so it's scary to come out and perform in front of people anyway. And especially when you're used to just a little small group in your classroom, but they've been doing a great job. I think it's a great experience for
069them because we all know as adults. that we have to go and do some things that maybe aren't in our comfort zones. But with this group of people, their peers, they feel a little bit safer. And hopefully after this experience, it'll kind of feed a fire and they'll want to do it more and more. Really music can tap into that creativity that a lot of kids just naturally have but seems to dissipate often as they get older. So we're tapping into that creativity, giving them that self-expression. So for a lot of our kids, this is their first opportunity to get up in front of people, especially in a venue this big, seeing that big smiles on their faces, especially at the end when they're coming off the stage, excitement. And, you know, this is a
070good opportunity for them to perform and show off for their families, their teachers, their classmates, and the greater Dayton community. I think Dayton Public Schools has a huge amount of talent in our district and we're happy to be here showing that off today. Hi everyone, today I'm going to talk to you about bus safety. Every day, thousands of day and public school students ride the bus to and from school, and it's important to know how to stay safe. First things first, make sure to get to your bus stop at least 10 minutes early, and while you're waiting, stand in a safe spot away from the road. Once the bus arrives, go straight to your seat so the bus can start moving again, and remember, while you're on the bus, stay seated and keep the aisles
071and exits clear. Just like in a classroom, listen to the driver and follow their instructions. This includes no foul language, no sticking your arms or head out the windows, and no eating or drinking on the bus. Lastly, make sure you only get off the bus at your assigned stop and be sure to walk home safely. Let's all work together to follow these rules and keep our bus rides safe for everyone. Thanks for listening and stay safe, DPS. Hi, I'm Katie Philpott, Preschool Intervention Specialist at Rosa Parks Early Learning Center. My position is to educate all preschoolers who come through our doors into our classroom and service students on IEP, Individualized Education Plan. And it's a way that all students can access the curriculum and education. The kids are vibrant and excited every day to come
072to school and they're learning literally how to school and that's so important. DPS has lots of opportunities for growth. They give you ample professional development hours which you need for your degree to continue on teaching. It's a great place where you're going to meet all kinds of people. You're going to meet every kind of student there is and there's gonna be challenges for sure but when you handle those challenges and overcome them you'll feel so proud of yourself. I enjoy the people I work with. They are some of the best human beings you will find on this planet. I enjoy how there is a preschool program for families who want access to that. very important to the K-12 curriculum. It's a great place to be and if you look around the buildings you will see
073active learning, you will see bulletin boards with the learning on it so you know that there are great things happening in the classrooms. Every child who enters our classroom feels that their learning is important and that they are valued and they are important. So being the one to do that is like a warm fuzzy hug. It's our first ever DPS Cares Health and Wellness Fair. We have vendors from a lot of local agencies here. This event offers outreach for our families. We are trying to hook them up with different services in our community. We wanted to make sure parents got messages about wellness. So we were able to bring our guest speakers in. We wanted to make sure that they had access to some of the great things like the yoga and chair massages. And
074we definitely want to feed everyone when they come out. We just want to show them how much Dayton Public loves them, loves their children, and cares about them and their health and their welfare. I think they're going to take home that it is okay to take care of yourself and we have to take care of ourselves before we can take care of others. Ways that they can take care of themselves and ways that they can take care of their families. Everyone's saying how wonderful this has been. The kids are having a ball. Their faces are painted. They have great prizes. They're getting lots of good information. We have massage therapists come in. I've had multiple people say I got a chair massage and I feel so good right now. First off, Mr. Bornhorse, Mr. Bornhorse,
075we appreciate you, you know, all the work that you have done. I had the pleasure of working with you for five years. You have been consistent. You know, the small jokes that you make that I got to listen to and say, well, is that a joke, Mr. Warren Horse? But again, the compliments that was given, you got to see our culture change. You were very uplifting in letting my staff and I know that, you know. Meadowdale is in good hands. So again, we wish you the best of luck in what you're about to do next. Because again, I know you're still young, so you still got a lot of life to live. So we are looking forward to hearing great things with your traveling. So thank you again. And the Lions, you will always have
076a place here at the Lions Den. A special thank you to Tim Dunaway for the fabulous job he did here at International School. You're one of a kind and it's been amazing to have you here working with us. I wanted to say a special congratulations to our three retiring custodians, Pat Eichenlaub from Valerie, Miss E. Ovina McNair from Westwood, and Joyce Parks from Fairview. We are so going to miss you but are so excited you get to have another opportunity to do whatever you want to do. We're going to miss you. We're proud of you. And thanks for all you've done for us. Miss Love, your impact on Ruskin School was absolutely profound. The joy you brought into this building was infectious and noticed by everybody every day that you were here. The legacy of
077love that you have left here at Ruskin will be remembered by students and teachers, anybody who ever came to Ruskin for years and years to come. Thank you. Happy retirement. Monica Nas. AKA Catwoman, AKA Snoop, AKA Gigi Tutu. It's a bunch of just names that we give Mrs. Nas. Tinkerbell, you know, I'm gonna miss Tinkerbell walking around the classroom, walking around the hallway doing her little pixie dutch. And then she'll start dancing when you know she's tired and she's ready to go, okay? But it's been my partner. Mrs. Nas and I have been working with each other. four years closely, you know, day in, day out sometimes. We got so many good stories. We got laughs. We've cried. It has been a journey. I can't say enough about Mrs. Nas. I'll be taking up so
078much time to talk about in the depth of who Mrs. Nas is. You know, we've been in the trenches fighting in wars, you know, here, not with each other. And that's been the biggest blessing. We didn't fight against each other. But we grew together, been through things, and we have been able to see the transformation of Meadowdale in the manner that we want it. And we're going to continue to keep pushing because I know you're retiring, but I got to keep you around somehow. So we're just going to say bye for now, but not for long. So congratulations to all of the mighty Lions that will always be accepted here, will always be a part of the Lion family here at the Lions Den. Can't do it without you, and I'm not supposed to, so
079thank you all. I love you. Karen Shula, who I was first introduced to her as my own personal French teacher when I was in high school here at Meadowdale, was Miss Shahada. So it also was a pleasure not only to just be in your classroom, you know, many years ago, we're not going to say how many years ago, but many years ago. But now to come back to the Lions Den as your administrator and to also, you know, work with you and offer my expertise and tips and also listen to, continue to listen to the stories that you bring and kind of took me back to when I was. you know um in high school and i would hear your stories and hear you you know speak in french and i think it's um i
080don't know what that anybody know french in here so i wish you the best of luck as well mrs miss chishola it has been a pleasure And I hope that you and your daughter continue to keep traveling and enjoying life. You have been awesome, you know, over your long tenure in the classroom. Can't thank you enough. All your artwork, I'm going to remember, you know, walking into the classroom, the drawings that you inspire kids to do. So, again, thank you and bon voyage. To Eric Vonberg, thank you. Congratulations. I know you've had so many students that you've made a difference in their lives. Have a wonderful retirement. Congratulations and thank you, Dana Darling. You've had an amazing teaching career. Additionally, you have hired hundreds of teachers for the district. It doesn't stop with hiring. You
081have supported teachers and administrators in renewing their license and solving other issues. Your hard work for the HR department will continue to influence the district for decades to come. Congratulations and enjoy your retirement. Mrs. Hickey, I don't even know where to begin thanking you for your professionalism, dedication, and commitment to our students. Your impact on the students at Ruskin has been profound. Your leadership has been a model of what we do here at Ruskin. You know you are always a lifetime Ram. Please don't be a stranger. Come back and visit. Good evening retirees and guests. What a wonderful evening. We're glad you guys could all gather here together. We are happy to celebrate this milestone in your lives. The impact you had on all the students that you've interacted with in Dayton Public Schools has
082been profound and your names will be remembered forever by the students that you worked with. We are proud to have served with you and worked with you and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Wanted to say congratulations to all of the retirees, especially those in operations this year. Thank you for all of your hard work, dedication to Dayton Public Schools, wishing you nothing but success in whatever you decide to do after that. Congratulations to all the retirees. Thank you so much for all you've done to help the students of Dayton Public Schools. It really makes a difference. Congratulations to all the Dayton Public Schools retirees for all the hard work that you have done over the years. We appreciate you. We know it's been challenging. What we do is ever-changing, but at
083the same time, it's very rewarding. So congratulations to you. We wish you the best of luck. as you continue on with your life and we hope that you do a lot of traveling and enjoying it thank you the message i have for them is i'm going to miss you this has been a journey for you i don't know exactly how many years it's been but if you've been with dayton public schools and retiring i am wishing you well and i want you to come back and volunteer i want you to wish us well on social media and i want you to stay connected to the district because you're always going to be part of the family I hope that you took away that you were so valuable in the lives of children. Whatever your job
084was, you were valuable to children and to this operation that we know as Dayton Public Schools and to the community. Children are our most prized assets. So you were part of building those children who would then become productive adults. I want you to know your work mattered. So your impact as an employee, if you were a teacher, of course people always think teachers, and teachers, you are important. But if you were a custodian, you were amazing at making sure kids had the environment that was clean. If you were a transportation specialist or bus driver, you were amazing at making sure they got the extracurricular activities and got to school and got home. If you were the secretary, you were so important to our five C's, customer service. You were the first voice, first face they
085saw when they walked in. Whatever your role was, from custodian to secretary to transportation to paraprofessional to operations who make sure that things are working inside the building, all of those roles are super important. And of course, being a former principal, if you're an administrator or principal, your role is important as well. Listen, this is a really important date. I want you to know that I'm close to this too. This is year 30. So sure enough, at some point, I'll be on the other side and saying my goodbyes to Dayton Public Schools. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. Are you? Are you? Are you? At DPS, attendance is important. That's why we're challenging all schools to increase and improve their daily attendance. So I ask again,
086we're here today. Are you? Are you? For Black History Month, we're talking to DPS principals to talk about how their school represents the people they're named after. This episode, we have Charity Adams. Welcome. Hi, hello. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Hi, my name is Carla Goins, and as you know, I'm the principal at Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls. I have been in the district for 30 years and the principal at Charity for seven. This is my seventh year at Charity Adams. Who was Charity Adams and why was she important? Charity Adams was the first African-American female to lead her battalion in World War II. That was very rare at that time, so she was a phenomenal leader. What do students learn about Charity Adams in your building? So my students
087learn that Charity, one, as I stated, was a leader. She fought for equal rights and she was just a trailblazer. So students learn how to lead, how to empower themselves, how to speak up for what is wrong. And we are strong believers in sisterhoods at Charity. As a principal, how do you try to carry on Charity's legacy? So we try to carry on Charity's legacy, one, by empowering our young ladies, cultivating their unique potential, making sure that they know they have a voice and to speak up when they see that things are not right and to be activists. How do you celebrate Charity Adams during Black History Month after your building? So this year with the movie Tylee Perry Created coming out, we're celebrating her by doing a tribute, a special tribute to Charity Adams.
088So it's going to be really awesome. So the young ladies will do a skit from the movie. So we're really excited. It'll be next Friday, February 28th. Watch the students attend Charity Adams Early Girls Academy. Students should attend Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls because it's a phenomenal school. It's an all-girls school and again as I stated we're about sisterhood, empowerment and just creating that environment where our young ladies are thinking about careers that haven't existed yet so we're pushing them to be leaders. So it's just an exciting and very powerful experience just being at an all-girls school. What makes your school special? My school is special, one, because it's a single gender, all-girls school, and it's the only one in the area, in the state, as a primary, middle school, all-girls school. And then
089also, when you enter our school, it's just a very warm, welcoming environment. It's a community, and it's just a great place to be and work. What are your commitments to learning? And we're here to extend the challenge. That's why we're asking every student, family, and staff member to be present and be engaged. When we show up, we build a foundation here. And when we show up, we build a future. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. We believe in the power of showing up. So we're here today. Are you? Are you? Right next to them. TV right here. That's enough. Hey, everybody understand that? Let's go. Get the work. Get the work. Hey, hey, hey. Get the work. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey.
090Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. What's your name? Miriam. What's your name? Dalton. Dalton? Yes. So, what's your favorite animal, Ashad? Lion. What's your favorite animal, Miriam? I like elephants. What's your favorite animal? A lion. What's your favorite cartoon, Ashad? Cartoon? Yes. Alright, let's move on. What's your favorite cartoon? Um, Super Kitties. Hey, why are you... Super Kitties. Super Kitties. Why
091are you... That's rude. What's your favorite? Spider-Man. Alright. What's your favorite comic book? Okay. Comic book? I think that one. Alright, what's your favorite comic book? I don't have one. What's your favorite comic book? I have... And that's perfectly fine, Miriam. I have... That's perfectly fine. I have a dinosaur one. Dinosaurs? They're not a comic book. Dinosaurs, raise your hand. What's your favorite book if you don't have a comic book? A comic book? No, it's a book like those. Not a comic book. No book. Okay. I started with one. What's your favorite book? Are you scared? No, you're scared. Is that the one that's right there? No, that's that one right there with the bunny and the bear. Oh, that's my favorite. That's my favorite, too. Okay, let's go outside, everybody. So let's move on.
092Move on. What's your favorite book? Uh, dinosaurs. Why does it always have to be dinosaurs? Because I like dinosaurs. What's your favorite food? Nurse! Now you're getting things used to fast! I know you like Mrs. Tom Bats, lady. And if you don't stop calling me old lady. Did you just call me old man? So, okay, let's move on. What's your favorite movie? Um, Spider-Man. What's your favorite movie? One More Hour of the Dinosaur. Wait, there's nothing! That's a cartoon. Because I like dinosaurs. Not a movie. That's it. No, it isn't. There's a movie downstairs. Thanks for watching. I'm your kindergarten teacher. Please subscribe. So today we're having an all-city arts festival and we have lots of music today. We have combined all of our schools together to make music performances all day today. We have
093choirs, we have bands, we have orchestras and we're all here to celebrate music in Dayton Public Schools. A lot of these students come from schools where maybe their ensemble, their band or their choir is really, really small. And so it's scary to come out and perform in front of people anyway. And especially when you're used to just a little small group in your classroom, but they've been doing a great job. I think it's a great experience for them because we all know as adults. that we have to go and do some things that maybe aren't in our comfort zones. But with this group of people, their peers, they feel a little bit safer. And hopefully after this experience, it'll kind of feed a fire and they'll want to do it more and more. Really music
094can tap into that creativity that a lot of kids just naturally have but seems to dissipate often as they get older. So we're tapping into that creativity, giving them that self-expression. So for a lot of our kids, this is their first opportunity to get up in front of people, especially in a venue this big, seeing that big smiles on their faces, especially at the end when they're coming off the stage, the excitement. And you know, this is a good opportunity for them to perform and show off for their families, their teachers, their classmates and the greater Dayton community. I think Dayton Public Schools has a huge amount of talent in our district and we're happy to be here showing that off today. Hi everyone, today I'm going to talk to you about bus safety. Every
095day, thousands of day and public school students ride the bus to and from school, and it's important to know how to stay safe. First things first, make sure to get to your bus stop at least 10 minutes early, and while you're waiting, stand in a safe spot away from the road. Once the bus arrives, go straight to your seat so the bus can start moving again, and remember, while you're on the bus, stay seated and keep the aisles and exits clear. Just like in the classroom, listen to the driver and follow their instructions. This includes no foul language, no sticking your arms or head out the windows, and no eating or drinking on the bus. Lastly, make sure you only get off the bus at your assigned stop and be sure to walk home safely.
096Let's all work together to follow these rules and keep our bus rides safe for everyone. Thanks for listening and stay safe, DPS. Hi, I'm Katie Philpott, Preschool Intervention Specialist at Rosa Parks Early Learning Center. My position is to educate all preschoolers who come through our doors into our classroom and service students on an IEP, Individualized Education Plan, and it's a way that all students can access the curriculum and education. The kids are vibrant and excited every day to come to school and they're learning literally how to school and that's so important. DPS has lots of opportunities for growth. They give you ample professional development hours which you need for your degree to continue on teaching. It's a great place where you're going to meet all kinds of people. You're going to meet Every kind of
097student there is, and there's going to be challenges for sure, but when you handle those challenges and overcome them, you'll feel so proud of yourself. I enjoy the people I work with. They are some of the best human beings you will find on this planet. I enjoy how there is a preschool program for families who want access to that. very important to the K-12 curriculum. It's a great place to be and if you look around the buildings you will see active learning, you will see Bolton boards with the learning on it so you know that there are great things happening in the classrooms. Every child who enters our classroom feels that their learning is important and that they are valued and they are important. So being the one to do that is like a warm
098fuzzy hug. This is our first ever DPS Cares Health and Wellness Fair. We have vendors from a lot of local agencies here. This event offers outreach for our families. We are trying to hook them up with different services in our community. We wanted to make sure parents got messages about wellness. So we were able to bring our guest speakers in. We wanted to make sure that they had access to some of the great things like the yoga and chair massages. And we definitely want to feed everyone when they come out. We just want to show them how much Dayton Public loves them, loves their children, and cares about them and their health and their welfare. I think they're going to take home that it is okay to take care of yourself and we have to
099take care of ourselves before we can take care of others. Ways that they can take care of themselves and ways that they can take care of their families. Everyone's saying how wonderful this has been. The kids are having a ball. Their faces are painted. They have great prizes. They're getting lots of good information. We have massage therapists come in. I've had multiple people say I got a chair massage and I feel so good right now. First off, Mr. Borenhorst, Mr. Borenhorst, we appreciate you, you know, all the work that you have done. I had the pleasure of working with you for five years. You have been consistent. You know, the small jokes that you make that I got to listen to and say, well, is that a joke, Mr. Warren Horse? But again, the compliments
100that was given, you got to see our culture change. You were very uplifting in letting my staff and I know that, you know. Meadowdale is in good hands. So again, we wish you the best of luck in what you're about to do next. Because again, I know you're still young, so you still got a lot of life to live. So we are looking forward to hearing great things with your traveling. So thank you again. And the Lions, you will always have a place here at the Lions Den. A special thank you to Tim Dunaway for the fabulous job he did here at International School. You're one of a kind and it's been amazing to have you here working with us. I wanted to say a special congratulations to our three retiring custodians, Pat Eichenlaub from
101Valerie, Miss E. Ovina McNair from Westwood, and Joyce Parks from Fairview. We are so going to miss you, but are so excited you get to have another opportunity to do whatever you want to do. We're going to miss you. We're proud of you. And thanks for all you've done for us. Miss Love. Your impact on Ruskin School was absolutely profound. The joy you brought into this building was infectious and noticed by everybody every day that you were here. The legacy of love that you have left here at Ruskin will be remembered by students and teachers, anybody who ever came to Ruskin for years and years to come. Thank you. Happy retirement. Monica Nas. AKA Catwoman, AKA Snoop, AKA Gigi Tutu. It's a bunch of just names that we give Mrs. Nas. Tinkerbell, you know, I'm
102gonna miss Tinkerbell walking around the classroom, walking around the hallway doing her little pixie dutch. And then she'll start dancing when you know she's tired and she's ready to go, okay? But it's been my partner. Mrs. Nas and I have been working with each other. four years closely, you know, day in, day out sometimes. We got so many good stories. We got laughs, we've cried. It has been a journey. I can't say enough about Mrs. Nas. I'll be taking up so much time to talk about in the depth of who Mrs. Nas is. You know, we've been in the trenches, fighting in wars, you know, here, not with each other. And that's been the biggest blessing. We didn't fight against each other. But we grew together, been through things, and we have been able to
103see the transformation of Meadowdale in the manner that we want it. And we're going to continue to keep pushing because I know you're retiring, but I got to keep you around somehow. So we're just going to say bye for now, but not for long. So congratulations to all of the mighty Lions that will always be accepted here, will always be a part of the Lion family here at the Lions Den. Can't do it without you, and I'm not supposed to, so thank you all. I love you. Karen Shula, who I was first introduced to her as my own personal French teacher when I was in high school here at Meadowdale, was Miss Shahada. So it also was a pleasure not only to just be in your classroom, you know, many years ago, we're not going
104to say how many years ago, but many years ago. But now to come back to the Lions Den as your administrator and to also, you know, work with you and offer my expertise and tips and also listen to continue to listen to the stories that you bring and kind of took me back to when I was. you know, in high school and I would hear your stories and hear you, you know, speak in French. And I think it's, um, bon voyage? I don't know. But that, bon voyage? Anybody know French in here? So I wish you the best of luck as well, Mrs. Shishola. It has been a pleasure. And I hope that you and your daughter continue to keep traveling and enjoying life. You have been awesome, you know, over your long tenure in
105the classroom. Can't thank you enough. All your artwork, I'm going to remember, you know, walking into the classroom, the drawings that you inspire kids to do. So, again, thank you and bon voyage. To Eric Vonberg, thank you. Congratulations. I know you've had so many students that you've made a difference in their lives. Have a wonderful retirement. Congratulations and thank you, Dana Darling. You've had an amazing teaching career. Additionally, you have hired hundreds of teachers for the district. It doesn't stop with hiring. You have supported teachers and administrators in renewing their license and solving other issues. Your hard work for the HR department will continue to influence the district for decades to come. Congratulations and enjoy your retirement. Mrs. Hickey, I don't even know where to begin thanking you for your professionalism, dedication, and commitment to
106our students. Your impact on the students at Ruskin has been profound. Your leadership has been a model of what we do here at Ruskin. You know you are always a lifetime Ram. Please don't be a stranger. Come back and visit. Good evening retirees and guests. What a wonderful evening. We're glad you guys could all gather here together. We are happy to celebrate this milestone in your lives. The impact you had on all the students that you've interacted with in Dayton Public Schools has been profound and your names will be remembered forever by the students that you worked with. We are proud to have served with you and worked with you and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Wanted to say congratulations to all of the retirees, especially those in operations this year.
107Thank you for all of your hard work, dedication to Dayton Public Schools, wishing you nothing but success in whatever you decide to do after that. Congratulations to all the retirees. Thank you so much for all you've done to help the students of Dayton Public Schools. It really makes a difference. Congratulations to all the Dayton Public Schools retirees for all the hard work that you have done over the years. We appreciate you. We know it's been challenging. What we do is ever-changing, but at the same time, it's very rewarding. So congratulations to you. We wish you the best of luck. as you continue on with your life and we hope that you do a lot of traveling and enjoying it thank you the message i have for them is i'm going to miss you this has
108been a journey for you i don't know exactly how many years it's been but if you've been with dayton public schools and retiring i am wishing you well and i want you to come back and volunteer i want you to wish us well on social media and i want you to stay connected to the district because you're always going to be part of the family I hope that you took away that you were so valuable in the lives of children. Whatever your job was, you were valuable to children and to this operation that we know as Dayton Public Schools and to the community. Children are our most prized assets. So you were part of building those children who would then become productive adults. I want you to know your work mattered. So your impact as
109an employee, if you were a teacher, of course people always think teachers, and teachers, you are important. But if you were a custodian, you were amazing at making sure kids had the environment that was clean. If you were a transportation specialist or bus driver, you were amazing at making sure they got the extracurricular activities and got to school and got home. If you were the secretary, you were so important to our five C's, customer service. You were the first voice, first face they saw when they walked in. Whatever your role was, from custodian to secretary to transportation to paraprofessional to operations who make sure that things are working inside the building, all of those roles are super important. And of course, being a former principal, if you're an administrator or principal, your role is important
110as well. Listen, this is a really important date. I want you to know that I'm close to this too. This is year 30. So sure enough, at some point, I'll be on the other side and saying my goodbyes to Dayton Public Schools. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. Are you? Are you? Are you? At DPS, attendance is important. That's why we're challenging all schools to increase and improve their daily attendance. So I ask again, we're here today. Are you? Are you? For Black History Month, we're talking to DPS principals to talk about how their school represents the people they're named after. This episode, we have Charity Adams. Welcome. Hi, hello. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Hi, my name is Carla Goins, and
111as you know, I'm the principal at Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls. I have been in the district for 30 years and the principal at Charity for seven. This is my seventh year at Charity Adams. Who was Charity Adams, and why was she important? Charity Adams was the first African-American female to lead her battalion in World War II. That was very rare at that time, so she was a phenomenal leader. What do students learn about Charity Adams in your building? So my students learn that Charity, one, as I stated, was a leader. She fought for equal rights and she was just a trailblazer. So students learn how to lead, how to empower themselves, how to speak up for what is wrong. And we are strong believers in sisterhoods at Charity. As a principal, how do
112you try to carry on Charity's legacy? So we try to carry on Charity's legacy, one, by empowering our young ladies, cultivating their unique potential, making sure that they know they have a voice and to speak up when they see that things are not right and to be activists. How do you celebrate Charity Adams during Black History Month after your building? So this year with the movie Tylee Pereira Created coming out, we're celebrating her by doing a tribute, a special tribute to Charity Adams. So it's going to be really awesome. So the young ladies will do a skit from the movie. So we're really excited. It'll be next Friday, February 28th. Watch the students attend Charity Adams Early Girls Academy. Students should attend Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls because it's a phenomenal school. It's an
113all-girls school and again as I stated we're about sisterhood, empowerment and just creating that environment where our young ladies are thinking about careers that haven't existed yet so we're pushing them to be leaders. So it's just an exciting and very powerful experience just being at an all-girls school. What makes your school special? My school is special, one, because it's a single gender, all girls school, and it's the only one in the area, in the state, as a primary middle school, all girls school. And then also, when you enter our school, it's just a very warm, welcoming environment. It's a community, and it's just, it's a great, it's a great place to be and work. Here are your commitments to learning. And we're here to extend the challenge. That's why we're asking every student, family, and
114staff member to be present and be engaged. When we show up, we build a foundation here. And when we show up, we build a future. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. We believe in the power of showing up. So we're here today. Are you? Are you? The sign here is right next to them. TV right here that's What's your name? Miriam. What's your name? Dotton. Dotton? Yes. So, what's your favorite animal, Ashad? Lion. What's your favorite animal, Miriam? I like elephants. What's your favorite animal? Lion. What's your favorite cartoon, Ashad? Cartoon? Yes. Alright, let's move on. What's your favorite costume? Superman! Super Kitties. Super Kitties. That's rude! What's your favorite? Spider-Man. Alright. Book. What's your favorite book? Okay. Comic book? I think that one. What's your favorite comic book?
115I don't have one. What's your favorite comic book? I have... And that's perfectly fine, Miriam. I have... I have a dinosaur one. Dinosaurs? They're not a comic book. I don't like dinosaurs. Raise your hand. I have one. What's your favorite book if you don't have a comic book? A comic book? No, it's a book like those. Not a comic book. Okay. I started me a run. What's your favorite book? Are you scared? No, you're scared. Is that the one that's right there? No, that's that one right there with the bunny and the bear. Oh, that's my favorite. That's my favorite, too. Okay, I'm going to go outside, everybody. So let's move on. Move on. What's your favorite book? Uh, dinosaurs. Why does it all have to be dinosaurs? Because I like dinosaurs. What's your favorite
116food? Nurse! Now you're gonna think she was too fast! I know you ain't much to talk back to me, lady. Oh man, if you don't stop calling me old lady. Did you just call me old man? So, okay, let's move on. What's your favorite movie? Um, Spider-Man. What's your favorite movie? What's your favorite movie? What's your favorite movie? Wait, there's nothing! That's a cartoon. Because I like dinosaurs. This is not a movie. That's it. No, it isn't. There's movies downstairs. Thanks for watching. I'm Kindergarten. You should subscribe. So today we're having an all-city arts festival and we have lots of music today. We have combined all of our schools together to make music performances all day today. We have choirs, we have bands, we have orchestras and we're all here to celebrate music in Dayton
117Public Schools. A lot of these students come from schools where maybe their ensemble, their band or their choir is really, really small. And so it's scary to come out and perform in front of people anyway. And especially when you're used to just a little small group in your classroom, but they've been doing a great job. I think it's a great experience for them because we all know as adults. that we have to go and do some things that maybe aren't in our comfort zones. But with this group of people, their peers, they feel a little bit safer. And hopefully after this experience, it'll kind of feed a fire and they'll want to do it more and more. Really, music can tap into that creativity that a lot of kids just naturally have, but seems to
118dissipate often as they get older. So we're tapping into that creativity, giving them that self-expression. So for a lot of our kids, this is their first opportunity to get up in front of people, especially in a venue this big, seeing that big smiles on their faces, especially at the end when they're coming off the stage, the excitement. And, you know, this is a good opportunity for them to perform and show off for their families, their teachers, their classmates, and the greater Dayton community. I think Dayton Public Schools has a huge amount of talent in our district and we're happy to be here showing that off today. Hi everyone, today I'm going to talk to you about bus safety. Every day, thousands of day and public school students ride the bus to and from school, and
119it's important to know how to stay safe. First things first, make sure to get to your bus stop at least 10 minutes early, and while you're waiting, stand in a safe spot away from the road. Once the bus arrives, go straight to your seat so the bus can start moving again. And remember, while you're on the bus, stay seated and keep the aisles and exits clear. Just like in a classroom, listen to the driver and follow their instructions. This includes no foul language, no sticking your arms or head out the windows, and no eating or drinking on the bus. Lastly, make sure you only get off the bus at your assigned stop and be sure to walk home safely. Let's all work together to follow these rules and keep our bus rides safe for everyone.
120Thanks for listening and stay safe, DPS. Hi, I'm Katie Philpott, Preschool Intervention Specialist at Rosa Parks Early Learning Center. My position is to educate all preschoolers who come through our doors into our classroom and service students on an IEP, Individualized Education Plan, and it's a way that all students can access the curriculum and education. The kids are vibrant and excited every day to come to school and they're learning literally how to school and that's so important. DPS has lots of opportunities for growth. They give you ample professional development hours which you need for your degree to continue on teaching. It's a great place where you're going to meet all kinds of people. You're going to meet every kind of student there is and there's going to be challenges for sure but when you handle those
121challenges and overcome them you'll feel so proud of yourself. I enjoy the people I work with. They are some of the best human beings you will find on this planet. I enjoy how there is a preschool program for families who want access to that. very important to the K-12 curriculum. It's a great place to be and if you look around the buildings you will see active learning, you will see Bolton boards with the learning on it. So you know that there are great things happening in the classrooms. Every child who enters our classroom feels that their learning is important and that they are valued and they are important. So being the one to do that is like a warm fuzzy hug. This is our first ever DPS Cares Health and Wellness Fair. We have vendors
122from a lot of local agencies here. This event offers outreach for our families. We are trying to hook them up with different services in our community. We wanted to make sure parents got messages about wellness. So we were able to bring our guest speakers in. We wanted to make sure that they had access to some of the great things like the yoga and chair massages. And we definitely want to feed everyone when they come out. We just want to show them how much Dayton Public loves them, loves their children, and cares about them and their health and their welfare. I think they're going to take home that it is okay to take care of yourself and we have to take care of ourselves before we can take care of others. Ways that they can take
123care of themselves and ways that they can take care of their families. Everyone's saying how wonderful this has been. The kids are having a ball. Their faces are painted. They have great prizes. They're getting lots of good information. We have massage therapists come in. I've had multiple people say I got a chair massage and I feel so good right now. First off, Mr. Borenhorst, Mr. Borenhorst, we appreciate you, you know, all the work that you have done. I had the pleasure of working with you for five years. You have been consistent. You know, the small jokes that you make that I got to listen to and say, well, is that a joke, Mr. Warren Horse? But again, the compliments that was given, you got to see our culture change. You were very uplifting in letting
124my staff and I know that, you know. Meadowdale is in good hands. So again, we wish you the best of luck in what you're about to do next. Because again, I know you're still young, so you still got a lot of life to live. So we are looking forward to hearing great things with your traveling. So thank you again. And the Lions, you will always have a place here at the Lions Den. A special thank you to Tim Dunaway for the fabulous job he did here at International School. You're one of a kind and it's been amazing to have you here working with us. I wanted to say a special congratulations to our three retiring custodians, Pat Eichenlaub from Valerie, Miss E. Ovina McNair from Westwood, and Joyce Parks from Fairview. We are so going
125to miss you, but are so excited you get to have another opportunity to do whatever you want to do. We're going to miss you. We're proud of you. And thanks for all you've done for us. Miss Love. Your impact on Ruskin School was absolutely profound. The joy you brought into this building was infectious and noticed by everybody every day that you were here. The legacy of love that you have left here at Ruskin will be remembered by students and teachers, anybody who ever came to Ruskin for years and years to come. Thank you. Happy retirement. Monica Nas, aka Catwoman, aka Snoop, aka Gigi Tutu. It's a bunch of just names that we give Mrs. Nas. Tinkerbell, you know, going on Miss Tinkerbell, walking around the classroom, walking around the hallway, doing her little pixie dutch.
126And then she'll start dancing when you know she's tired and she's ready to go, okay? But it's been my partner. Mrs. Nas and I have been working with each other. four years closely, you know, day in, day out sometimes. We got so many good stories. We got laughs. We've cried. It has been a journey. I can't say enough about Mrs. Nas. I'll be taking up so much time to talk about in the depth of who Mrs. Nas is. You know, we've been in the trenches fighting in wars, you know, here, not with each other. And that's been the biggest blessing. We didn't fight against each other. But we grew together, been through things, and we have been able to see the transformation of Meadowdale in the manner that we want it. And we're going to
127continue to keep pushing because I know you're retiring, but I got to keep you around somehow. So we're just going to say bye for now, but not for long. So congratulations to all of the mighty Lions that will always be accepted here, will always be a part of the Lion family here at the Lions Den. Can't do it without you, and I'm not supposed to, so thank you all. I love you. Karen Shula, who I was first introduced to her as my own personal French teacher when I was in high school here at Meadowdale, and it was Ms. Shahada. So it also was a pleasure not only to just be in your classroom, you know, many years ago. We're not going to say how many years ago, but many years ago. But now to come
128back to the Lions Den as your administrator and to also, you know, work with you and offer my expertise and tips and also listen to continue to listen to the stories that you bring and kind of took me back to when I was. you know um in high school and i would hear your stories and hear you you know speak in french and i think it's um i don't know but that anybody know french in here so i wish you the best of luck as well mrs miss chisela it has been a pleasure And I hope that you and your daughter continue to keep traveling and enjoying life. You have been awesome, you know, over your long tenure in the classroom. Can't thank you enough. All your artwork, I'm going to remember, you know, walking
129into the classroom, the drawings that you inspire kids to do. So, again, thank you and bon voyage. To Eric Vonberg, thank you. Congratulations. I know you've had so many students that you've made a difference in their lives. Have a wonderful retirement. Congratulations and thank you, Dana Darling. You've had an amazing teaching career. Additionally, you have hired hundreds of teachers for the district. It doesn't stop with hiring. You have supported teachers and administrators in renewing their license and solving other issues. Your hard work for the HR department will continue to influence the district for decades to come. Congratulations and enjoy your retirement. Mrs. Hickey, I don't even know where to begin thanking you for your professionalism, dedication, and commitment to our students. Your impact on the students at Ruskin has been profound. Your leadership has been
130a model of what we do here at Ruskin. You know you are always a lifetime Ram. Please don't be a stranger. Come back and visit. Good evening retirees and guests. What a wonderful evening. We're glad you guys could all gather here together. We are happy to celebrate this milestone in your lives. The impact you've had on all the students that you've interacted with in Dayton Public Schools has been profound. And your names will be remembered forever by the students that you worked with. We are proud to have served with you and worked with you and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Wanted to say congratulations to all of the retirees, especially those in operations this year. Thank you for all of your hard work, dedication to Dayton Public Schools, wishing you nothing
131but success in whatever you decide to do after that. Congratulations to all the retirees. Thank you so much for all you've done to help the students of Dayton Public Schools. It really makes a difference. Congratulations to all the Dayton Public Schools retirees for all the hard work that you have done over the years. We appreciate you. We know it's been challenging. What we do is ever-changing, but at the same time, it's very rewarding. So congratulations to you. We wish you the best of luck. as you continue on with your life and we hope that you do a lot of traveling and enjoying it thank you the message i have for them is i'm going to miss you this has been a journey for you i don't know exactly how many years it's been but if
132you've been with dayton public schools and retiring i am wishing you well and i want you to come back and volunteer i want you to wish us well on social media and i want you to stay connected to the district because you're always going to be part of the family I hope that you took away that you were so valuable in the lives of children. Whatever your job was, you were valuable to children and to this operation that we know as Dayton Public Schools and to the community. Children are our most prized assets. So you were part of building those children who would then become productive adults. I want you to know your work mattered. So your impact as an employee, if you were a teacher, of course people always think teachers, and teachers, you
133are important. But if you were a custodian, you were amazing at making sure kids had the environment that was clean. If you were a transportation specialist or bus driver, you were amazing at making sure they got the extracurricular activities and got to school and got home. If you were the secretary, you were so important to our five C's, customer service. You were the first voice, first face they saw when they walked in. Whatever your role was, from custodian to secretary to transportation to paraprofessional, to operations who make sure that things are working inside the building. All of those roles are super important. And of course, being a former principal, if you're an administrator or principal, your role is important as well. Listen, this is a really important date. I want you to know that I'm
134close to this too. This is year 30. So sure enough, at some point, I'll be on the other side and saying my goodbyes to Dayton Public Schools. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. I'm here today. Are you? Are you? Are you? At DPS, attendance is important. That's why we're challenging all schools to increase and improve their daily attendance. So I ask again, we're here today. Are you? Are you? For Black History Month, we're talking to DPS principals to talk about how their school represents the people they're named after. This episode, we have Charity Adams. Welcome. Hi, hello. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Hi, my name is Carla Goins, and as you know, I'm the principal at Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls. I have been
135in the district for 30 years and the principal at Charity for seven. This is my seventh year at Charity Adams. Who was Charity Adams, and why was she important? Charity Adams was the first African-American female to lead her battalion in World War II. That was very rare at that time, so she was a phenomenal leader. What do students learn about Charity Adams in your building? So my students learn that Charity, one, as I stated, was a leader. She fought for equal rights and she was just a trailblazer. So students learn how to lead, how to empower themselves, how to speak up for what is wrong. And we are strong believers in sisterhoods at Charity. As a principal, how do you try to carry on Charity's legacy? So we try to carry on Charity's legacy, one,
136by empowering our young ladies, cultivating their unique potential, making sure that they're safe. All right. Let the record show that the Board of Education of Dayton City School District has completed an executive session during which it considered the employment, dismissal, and discipline of a public employee. I move that we exit executive session. Is there a second? Move by Dr. Goodwin, second by Mr. Smith. Any questions? Seeing none, may we have a vote? President Goodwin? Yes. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Ms. Reinhart? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Mr. Scott? He's gone for the evening. He's gone. Okay. Thank you. We're going to be a tough... Go ahead, sorry. Thank you. So we're going to make a couple of changes today. And I do appreciate you all staying with us. And we do apologize for having such
137a lengthy executive session. First, we are going to be moving. We're going to move up to Fort NGL next. And that piece of it, the other presentations that we have tonight, we're actually going to move to another meeting, which we will be calling a special meeting next week so we can get through those ones because we want to make sure we get through the business today and also hear the individuals who have come out to speak to us and get through the things we need to vote on. Next up is for NGL. Followed by that, we'll be going to the hearing of the bargaining units and hearing of the public, and then we will be getting into the recommendations. Departmental budgets will be moved to a special meeting, and the two presentations under the business
138manager will also be moved to a special meeting. All right, everybody on the same page? All right. Floor is yours, Ms. Minor. Okay. Good evening. Dr. Goodwine, Dr. Lawrence, board members and visiting audience, I'd like to first say thank you so much to our Transformation Ford NGL members and partners for being here. And it's my pleasure to introduce Ms. Lisa Oleski, who is our Ford NGL coach. But before I do that, I want to give some numbers for thought. More than 500 hours of work. that our transformation team, community members, business members, government officials put into this work. And so we want to personally thank them. We also have some people that wanted to do public comment before. the presentation because they'd like to express their thoughts around it. Just wanted to get permission. It'll
139be really quick. They've been waiting all evening. It's good to go. Okay. So I'd like to invite our parent ambassador that is with our Ford NGL transformation team, Ms. Ford, to come up. And we also have a student that's been waiting here to speak and share her words. Faith. Okay. Ms. Reiner, could you be our timekeeper, please? Yeah. Thank you. And Faith will come and express her thoughts. And I think Mr. Scott had wanted to speak on it as well. I don't know if he had to leave our board member. He also had thoughts that he wanted to make. But I'll let Faith come on up and then Ms. Ford. Thank you. Hello. My name is Faith Riggs, and thank you for being here. I have personally come here today to talk on the behalf
140of Dayton Public Schools to speak on the development of Ford NGL within our district. I want to ensure that each and every student has a successful future. The Ford NGL team's goal is to make sure that every student gets a chance to find and fulfill their own pathway. These pathways aren't just strictly for high school. but they start all the way at the beginning in preschool. Like our school, Cleveland, we offer an immersion program each year so that all students can begin to explore careers and find their interest. This program's main goal is to hear the voices of students and for these voices to be heard and applied. It also shows that high school is not where student success starts. Once you become a freshman, you are placed into the Freshman Academy. From here, students
141will learn about different career options and make educated decisions on what field they want to pursue. From Philodomy to Engineering, students will have the opportunity to succeed in many different ways. This plan that Ford NGL has is going to ensure that students can land a job and keep that job. It ensures to include students in the planning because they know that it is our future to uphold. By putting this plan into action, the members on this board are supporting us with a strong and suitable bright future. I am coming to you today to hear my voice, that this is what it is all about, student voice, which will help lead to student success. Thank you for your time. My name is Vonda Ford. I am the title of parent ambassador for EJ Brown Middle School.
142Today, I will... Sorry. Today I will be reading from a parent ambassador, Shannon Clements, and Nevaeh Woods, who is a student. I will start off with Nevaeh Woods. Ford MGI helped build a relationship between students and it. I love feeling like my voice actually matter and was correct about. Every event I attended, I met someone new and The plans sound wonderful and I was hoping everything comes out perfectly. Being a part of this plan was very beneficial to me. We are DPS signed Nevaeh Woods. Ms. Shannon Clemons, as a parent ambassador, I am incredibly excited about our school district transformation into a career pathway district. This is a bold and forward-thinking step. that puts our students' future first, opening doors to real world experience in industrial certification and the skills they need to succeed in
143college, careers, and life. Thank you. Good evening everyone my name is Derek Alvarado an intervention specialist at Mount Street here at DPS we have our five C's culture communication commitment competence and collaboration these are powerful features of who we are as a district and it illuminates what we need to do as a district to help our students find their success I'm proud to say that I'm a co-chair of the portrait of a graduate team And with the Ford Next Generation Learning, we have, we too have DPS represented. Dream, prepare, succeed. We worked hard as a team to create a portrait of a graduate that will advance our entire community. In that effort, we too have included communication and collaboration as markers on the road to success. As a part of that success, we realized that
144all means all. It can only be realized through ensuring that all students are getting the message that all aspects of the community are invested in the cause of having highly successful students and graduates. The portrait of a graduate doesn't end with our future graduates being able to excel in their communication and collaboration skills, but also includes the following. The students will have and use integrity, resilience, critical thinking, and their work ethic. Moving forward. It's my belief that these six skills will be the methods that deliver DPS students down the road towards their future successes. Thank you very much. Thank you. Members of the board, Dr. Lawrence, audience and concerned families, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this evening. I am Mr. Vitale, an intervention specialist at Belmont High School since 2003. Over
145the last 22 years, I've experienced many joys, challenges, and changes, but my greatest joy remains graduation day. That moment reminds us why we endure all the challenges. Belmont has seen leadership changes, moved to a new building, seen a middle school come and go twice, can confidently say that I work alongside some of the most dedicated teachers in the Dayton area, educators giving their all, often with one hand tied behind their backs. It is time that you make Belmont a priority. Dr. Lawrence recently stated that Belmont was meant to be a true high school and that offering the courses and certificates that the Florida NGL program is a priority. I believe him. But our biggest challenge is limited space and staffing. Members of the board, please truly hear me. It is time that Belmont High School
146stops being shortchanged. We currently do not have enough staff and rooms to cover all the needs of our students. let alone the courses we so desperately need like the Ford NGL. We are overcrowded, operating with 1,200 to 1,400 students in a building designed for 920. We lack enough classrooms, general educators, specialists that serve nearly 600 of our students who are students with disabilities and or English language learners. That is a total of two-thirds of our population. These students make Belmont a better place and they deserve our best. As an intervention specialist, I am trained to be a highly qualified teacher in social studies, but have been asked to teach other core subjects I'm not trained in due to having less intervention specialists in our building that we need to cover all the core classes. I
147have had my own resource room in the past and at times have been a traveling teacher on a cart. with no room of my own. It took me having open heart surgery to get my own room again. To this day, we have many teachers running from room to room on carts through overcrowded hallways to get to other teachers' rooms or in the media center with multiple classes in there. After our unit changed to an inclusion model, inclusion became over-packed and resource rooms only offered in ELA and math. Special education services and science and social studies were only offered if there was an Ohio State test, resulting in our highest needs students being left behind. Members of the board, my question for you is how are you going to make room for the extra NGL classes
148our students desperately need? We desperately need these programs. How will you address our overcrowding understaff how will you include experienced teachers like myself with 22 years of experience in this process of finding sensible solutions please stop over promising and under delivery that was three minutes that's your time thank you Thank you for listening and so I'll bring up Lisa now who will give a summary of all of the work that the community partners more than 100 people met for more than 10 to 20 meetings to put this together Give you one more statistic two hundred and ninety two thousand dollars is the cost to a community for each high school dropout Our goal is to reduce that these These programs that we're bringing at all high schools, not just one or two, but all, will
149help us significantly reduce the dropout rate and build the economic, and will strengthen the economic forces and growth of this entire region. So I'll bring to you today Lisa Oleski. Good evening Madam President members of the board thank you for allowing me to present to you an update of your community's journey my name is Lisa Oleski and I know I'm gonna could you move to the next slide please Dr. Kimberly Pfeiffer is also the other community coach for Dayton Public Schools and she wishes she could be here this evening but she's working in another community I did want to take just a moment for you to better know who I am so that you can understand even my perspective that I bring to you. I first became well-known with Ford NGL as a parent first
150in 2012 when my oldest child had the opportunity to be in an academy that was Ford NGL designated and in a pathway for engineering. That's where it began. As an educator a few years later, as an assistant superintendent in Centerline, Michigan, I had that same want for the students that I was working with. It is my belief after over 30 years in education, if this is something that I would want for my child, then it's something that I should be fighting for for every single child because no child is more deserving than another. So that led my drive to work with Ford Next Generation Learning and we partnered with them in our transition in Centerline, Michigan to an academy model, K-12, and we were designated in 2021. So I saw this as a parent. and
151as an educator, and I totally believe it in my heart that it is good for all students. So when I retired about a year and a half ago, I decided the very next day to work full-time as a coach for Ford NGL because it's my duty to give back and it's been my pleasure to work with the Dayton Public Schools and the entire Dayton community. It's like a family when you walk in the door today and you know the hugs and the connections that have already been made. It's truly a special place. Next side please. So I wanted to begin today with the why. Why for Dayton? You know, why did you begin this journey? And I think a couple important points that the students did a better job than probably what I could do.
152It's 100% of students. Again, it's all means all. And why do we want to give opportunities for some students? How can we give them to all students? And the goal is to make sure that every single student, this says not only one year after graduation, but beyond. Because as a community, you care about how they are succeeding in life after graduation. We all know graduation is not the end point. My youngest son is graduating, and I'm driving like crazy to get back home tonight because his banquet is tomorrow. It's just the beginning and we don't know what their complete future holds. We only can do the very best we can to give them that next best step and to make sure that they're graduating with a diploma plus. What is that plus going to be
153here in Dayton? Next slide please. So very briefly you know that we came in October to begin this partnership together and to explore. the partnership and is this something that we wanted to commit to on both sides? Next slide. We looked at the current reality and that's always our starting point and it's about you have wonderful programs already happening in Dayton Public Schools. But you can see some of those numbers. We have 256 currently out of 3,901 who have work-based learning. experiences. We have two of the seven high schools that had these wall-to-wall pathways. And so the benefits to this process is that this brings the district and the community together. This is not something that can be done by a couple of people. Trust me, I've lived that. It cannot be done just by
154the district. You know that you have community partners here that are saying we will open our doors for these work-based learning opportunities. We will partner with you to make sure that we are all working toward the same goal. And that's the only way that this becomes sustainable and that all means all really is achievable. Next slide. I wanted to bring a little bit of data because many people will say, okay, what are the results? And give us some data. Every community is different. There are communities all over the country and in Scotland that we partner with and we help support. I chose Hampton, Virginia because they are very close to the Dayton Community School area. They have about the same number of residents. They're similar in demographics. They're similar in even their why. And I
155think that's important. Again, it goes back to what is your why? And the why here is all means all. So I wanted to give you a few pieces of data to show the impact that this partnership with your community. It's not me as a coach. It's not Ford NGL as the organization that will solve all issues. What it is is that we are... and we do have a proven framework to bring everybody together to build the structures for this to happen. So the next slide, Hampton, Virginia began this work in 2017. So you can see it was about 90% at that point. 2021 was their first graduating class. So in 2021, the graduation rate went up to 96 and it is still climbing. They began this work very strategically and let's be honest, through a
156pandemic. And we all do know the impact that that has had on public schools. Well, in schools in general. Next slide, please. I also wanted to bring this data to you because I know that there are some misconceptions sometimes about the work we do and that we it's about career and technical education or I'm older, so thinking back to when I went to school, that traditional vocational. And that is not what this is. This is not about college or career. It's not about those who we think can do it and those that we're not sure. This is about preparing all, all means all, every student for college and career and life. Because I, as I said, I'm on my third child graduating, they need to know, they needed to have an idea of what it
157was that they wanted to do in order to figure out what they were going to study in college. This shows that when they began in 2016-17, they had only 2,745 dual credits earned. In 2021, that graduating class, that almost doubled, or more than doubled, to 5,468, and it continues to grow because what we're working on is building every single pathway to have opportunities for post-secondary credit and certifications. So again, that they're graduating with a diploma plus. All three of my children. went to that same school, all three in three different pathways graduated with post-secondary credit and industry certifications, which gives them a leg up, and that's what we want for all kids in Dayton. The next slide, please. This is another statistic that I know is really important to you, and we could see some
158of the celebrations earlier today when you were presenting to your graduates. that when they began, they only had two associate's degrees being earned by their students. And you can see in 2021 that that increased by like 13 times, and it continues to increase. So again, it is college, career, and life. Thank you. We have a three strand framework and I know that in our Explorer phase We met with many of you we met with every single district administrator every single elementary middle school and high school administrator we met with teachers students staff members parents from every single high school And so that framework is about how do we teach and learn differently? How do we ensure that, sorry, it keeps slipping and I'm a little short. How do we ensure that there is that level
159of rigor, that we have that same expectations for all students? Because no matter what they choose to do, they need to be ready for it. That it's relevant, it's hands-on. You heard earlier that the students also talk about those workforce skills that we're developing, and then I'll show you a picture of that in a moment. Transforming partnerships between schools and community. That's our third strand. So we very carefully focus on each strand. The one in the middle is the systems and structures. that bring them together. And what we look for is your community's capacity, their willingness to support the work, and overwhelmingly you have that culture and capacity in this district. Can you go to the next slide, please? So here are just a few pictures of the many sessions just in our Explore visit
160in October. And I wanted to put those up there because It is unique. We saw more community members here in Dayton and that explore visit that I have ever seen as a coach and so that again showed us that we understood here the benefits and had the capacity. Can you please? So that was what we were looking for as well as the district saying We see the benefits as well, and we want to move forward into phase two. So phase two began in December, and we have been working over the last couple of months. We have had 25 different on-site sessions again. The district has committed to having all leadership be involved, having students at the table, having parents at the table, community members. And not only visioning what could be possible, but how do
161we make all of those benefits 100% on the right side. Can you please change the slide? So you'll see that our DPS vision is that all students will have that opportunity. Those are the plans and the systems that this community and all of these teams, this transformation team, have been very intentional to say, how are we going to do it? Who needs to be involved? And what are our next steps? We want to make sure that all students walk across that stage with the diploma plus so that they are ready for whatever step they take next. We want to make sure that we have structured alignment to the goals and we started by forming a portrait of a graduate. Can you go to the next slide please? And this was done over multiple sessions with
162community partners. We started by saying, what, community partners, what does success look like in the workforce? What do you need? We also then included all stakeholders in that and continued to work to align those six strategies, those six skills. So now DPS has that vision of, What it is we want all students to have, those 21st century skills, in addition to their academic skills, in addition to their certifications, their post-secondary, again, so that they are ready for whatever step they take. Next slide, please. There are four particular pieces that are important that we've been working on, and you can see that intentionally aligning those skills. We are starting, again, DPS has said we are going to start in preschool. Like this is a community effort, and how do we start even in preschool saying how
163do we communicate? How do we work together? So we're aligning the skills pre-K all the way through high school. We are going to create a plan that... intentionally teaches and models and provides opportunities from all the adults in the entire community so that when a student goes on their job shadow or on their internship the community partners will also be looking for those six skills that they said were important for them to be able to display after graduation and we want learning to be real world and relevant and have students want to come to school and make it meaningful. The community will be a classroom. Learning does not just take place inside a class. It takes place in life. And we want to use the entire community to help teach the students of Dayton. Elementary
164is about awareness. We are not saying that students in elementary school need to choose a career. That's not what elementary school is about. It's about discovery. It's about awareness of the world around them and what is out there. Middle school is deeper exploration of those career opportunities so that in high school they can experience through their pathways so that they are college and career and life ready. Next slide, please. We do that through the academy model structure, and I know that I'm not going to go into detail because I know you've had some work with that, but just wanting to make sure that you understand it's about a smaller learning community and taking the students in high school into these smaller teams of teachers that surround them, and in ninth grade, in an academy model,
165there are smaller teams. that we know right away if a student needs some additional help, the teachers are there. They get to explore their pathway choices and help them transition, make that difficult transition from middle school to high school before choosing an academy and a pathway in high school to try something on, to learn those important skills. It is not about choosing a career for life. My oldest son was in the engineering pathway. He had some certifications and post-secondary credit, but he ended up going into the two-year college, finishing up his degree and certification in automotive technology and was working within six months. My middle daughter, she did multimedia. She ended up in graphic design. The youngest, we will see. The point is that it's giving them an opportunity to try and to get skills
166that will give them an extra foot in the door. And what we say not only helps them get the interview, but helps them keep the job. Next slide, please. So here are just some pictures. We saw the commitment. You heard it even through the speakers that were here tonight. The students did an amazing job. The other piece that was really impressive to us is that not only do you have the culture here and the commitment and the capacity, but you were able to take some action already with that commitment. And so the team has been working with all high schools. all high school principals to begin the Freshman Academy in the fall at every single high school to ensure that every single freshman has a smooth transition and successful ninth grade year and that's commendable
167to have that drive and that willingness and a team effort So as I said, beginning in the fall. And that is not something that is typical for this process. In phase two, we're usually visioning. But you had the elements and you had a team like that we haven't seen before commit to taking these actions and start the freshman academy in the fall. Next slide, please. There are some tactic teams that are being formed. there are eight teams as you can see we look at each of those strands how are we going to change teaching and learning how are we going to ensure that every student graduates with those skills that we mentioned in the portrait how are we going to create a pre-k through 12 guaranteed experiences for the students every single student every single
168year so that those numbers become 100%. How are we going to build those high quality pathways and how do we build a structure that supports it, those partnership experiences? And you have three. Usually we look for one organization. to step up as a convening, what we call is a convening organization, which helps to partner the business partners and the whole community with the district in order to meet that 100%. Again, capacity for all of your thousands of students. That's what we have to look at is how do we build capacity? So you have the Dayton Foundation and the Montgomery County Workforce Development and the NAACP all three here tonight as well as have been present and have stepped up and said we will help to do that work. So these teams are being formed. We
169also will continue. This is community connected. these teams the students will be part of them there will be students and parents and community members and staff members and district leaders because the only way to make this last is to be community connected and built from the ground up together next slide please So these are the three outcomes that we look for from Ford NGL as coaches in a community to say, are we ready to move forward into master planning? And I think you can see through what you've heard tonight and what you've seen that the community-wide understanding of the benefits and that all means all, we have checked that box. Next slide. And then understanding the development. of those systems and structures, and finally that commitment. Not only have you checked those boxes, you've exceeded
170those expectations. And I would just like to thank everybody that has been a part of it. I already do feel like I'm part of that family. I would like, if you have been part of any of those sessions, I know a few have left, but if you were a part of it, if you could just stand, because I really would like you to be honored and I want to say thank you from myself and from Kimberly but really on behalf of the students of Dayton because that's why we do this work that's why I choose to continue to do this work And it's been a pleasure to be part of it here in Dayton. So I'd just like to say thank you and thank you for your leadership as well and your willingness to allow
171us to come in and work with your community. Thank you. All right. The best part. Questions. You know, I see you turning. You got to talk a little. Mr. Walker, I'm sure you're ready to go. thank you madam president um i think my first question is i'm curious of why you highlighted hampton and not akron since that's a district right here in the state that's doing the same work akron is doing some of this is doing the same work but they um and i have akron's data i just thought hampton was a little bit more was similar to your size and demographic and the why and some of their data points so that's why i chose to share that one with you but I have data on others I would be curious because I don't
172see how they're similar when they have about 35 buildings Akron has 49 student population is the same staff population is the same so I'm curious of that data just from Akron because I believe you were the contract initially was for an NGO with DPS based upon the networking of our superintendent with akron and things like that so i'll just be curious about a comparison there oh sure i have that and i well i can send that right along and they can share that with you okay um and then my first question outside of that one would be um how would like this project really ensure our students um as far as students with disabilities secondary English learner students those populations benefit from this type of work as well Honestly that is where I can even
173speak from my district in my perspective as assistant super curriculum and instruction and director of ELL it is more beneficial for them because what we have done traditionally in public education is we have Utilize what I would call a deficit model which means if a student has a disability or there's there's a need we often remove them from The inexperience or we give them a different experience That's not at that same quality and to be honest with you. Sometimes we even lower some expectations This isn't about Where they do not when we say all means all we mean all means all so they would get every single Accommodation and every single scaffolding that all students would get so students that have disabilities would still get their supports in addition to being in those classes and
174raising the rigor. What we saw is actually data go up for those students and making sure that they were part of those, again, experiences, the ELL students as well. What we have to do is make the structure ensure that they get the experiences and the learning and that their supports are on top of and that we don't replace, well, they need this support, so they're not able to participate in this. They get the support instead. So it's just changing the structure as well as the teaming aspect of it. So as I mentioned with the freshman academy. we would typically put around 150 students, no more than 150 students with a team of teachers. Those teachers meet regularly, weekly, and they're looking and talking about those students because they all share those students. So we started
175to even have... team conferences with parents because if there was a struggle in a classroom it typically they were seeing similarities in the other classrooms so they could work together but they're also working on well what can we do in a more regular structured support system thank you for that question and as Lisa explained Everything's been a team effort. So the Office of Exceptional Children, our ELL department, they've all been at the table. But we even had one of our students from the International School come today to testify about how he feels engaged in the process because his voice has been heard throughout the several over 20-something meetings that we've had. and as Lisa said we're building structures so that the systems are in place so no one is ever left out so that's very
176important that we keep that in mind and that's how although people may change in organizations these systems will remain okay two more questions literally two the first one would be why the push to roll it out to all high schools and not pilot it at one or two for the first year Well when you're building the systems and you're building the structures you want to ensure that there is equity across the district and so sometimes it's it's easier actually when you are building it to build it all at the same time because you maybe what you're offering at one building or what one the pathways that you're choosing for one building may impact also the other building so can I can I ask it a different way so our buildings currently that don't have pathways
177will be Thurgood Marshall Dunbar and Belmont so why not pilot there and not our current buildings that have CTE pathways going on In the fall, we're not going to be starting, this is not all starting across the fall. We have the planning sessions, so next year we would be building out what makes sense to go at each of those buildings. So next year, those that have those pathways continue to have those pathways. as we then look at those that don't and look at the workforce data and begin to develop the plan for then when that makes sense to roll out for them, which would be that next year. And we would begin with that 10th grade year. So it's still that slow roll. It's not where it's all 10th through 12th graders starting in a
178brand new pathway in the fall. It's just the freshmen so we next year. It's just looking at what are we doing with freshmen to make sure that they are Successful in their transition that they get to explore their pathways so I guess I'm As you said, freshman this year and then looking at next year for the 10th through 12th grade. So if I'm a junior and I'm currently in. Current junior? Yeah, and I'm going to say sophomore. I'm a sophomore and I'm going into my junior year. So my senior year, what I've done in my CTE, is that now changing? No, they will continue. Okay. You don't want to interrupt students. It's not about getting rid of things. It's about aligning the work. And so if you have great programs in your buildings, you're going
179to continue to have those great programs. It's looking at how do we, where we don't have anything, how can we build them? How can we make sure that those students also have great pathways and options? as well. Okay and then who who's responsible for the business and community partners for each building with regards to this? Well you actually have quite a few people already in that college and career readiness that works for you. Again Dayton has taken a lot of steps already and has some supports in that area. So what we have the system that we typically utilize is we look at Again, how do we partner with a convening organization or community partners that can do some of that heavy lift? Right now, you have so many different people and even probably teachers, if
180they want a partner that they're, maybe they know somebody from church or, you know, they want a guest speaker, they're bringing in whoever they know. And so what we want to do is build a system so that if we need partners, let's say we have, you know how many ninth graders you have next year. How can we guarantee that all ninth graders get an experience for a college visit? We know that and we can build the system. We have community partners who would take on that responsibility of recruiting the partners and bringing them to the district and then there would be a point person which you already have at all of the buildings that would help connect those partners to the teachers and to the students. So that the people that you have in your
181buildings instead of spending a lot of their time going out and looking for partnerships, they can spend their time more efficiently working with the students. And how do we prepare students before we send them to the partners for those experiences? Because we want them to be successful when they go there so that it shifts. So we again work on placing the roles and the people where they need to so that we have a clear process. When we met with all the partners in the ARC-Splore visit, they were very willing to share with us how they didn't appreciate numerous people from the district calling them, and sometimes multiple people calling the different partners asking them for help. from Dayton. So we will streamline that and make sure that there is a role and a system so
182that we don't lose partners, but we actually gain them and get them to the experiences for the students. Thank you. Mr. Smith. Yeah, so first I want to say thank you for coming out. What, we'll start at the very top. What are we looking at as a district when we talk about the spin from the district? to partner with ford ngo what is that cost looking like for us yeah i'm not i am the coach so i am not an account manager i don't work with the district on the contracts Yeah, for each phase there's a cost, like $50,000 to $60,000 that we have actually utilized our, we have so much money allocated from our ESC dollars, and we chose to use that, similar with using that for some other initiatives that are district-wide. And
183so that's how we've been paying for it. But it's about $50,000 to $60,000 for each phase. So now we'll be moving into phase three. we'll go and but that'll we've been paying and instead of out of our general fund using our we've been using our ESC allocation okay so that starts me there I want to move into because I want to parse things out and I know we say you know we're trying to do we're trying to do in your mind as the coach where are the the where's the delineation of What you're doing as a coach and then what responsibilities will squarely fall on like the district Then what then goes to the partners as we're trying to work with them? The role as a coach is to help you build the systems and
184structures And so yes, I know that there is a cost now and that cost does I do know Decrease as we go forward because right now it's the heavy lift of the professional learning working with all of the community members the staff members And the sessions to help build all those structures So our goal is that we help the community sustain it So that when we, as we move away, you know, as you further go through this transition into phase three is the planning. That next year, that phase four, is called implementation, where we only come in a couple of times a year and continue to support virtually. We would monitor. We go in and help where it's needed. But the goal is that this isn't my transformation. I've done it already. This is Dayton's.
185And you're right. It's only going to be successful if Dayton owns it. And that's why back in that Explore visit and then also those three indicators that I closed with, if we didn't see that you, that this community had the culture and the capacity and commitment, we would put a pause on it. We do I wholeheartedly both myself and Kimberly we wouldn't say that Because we wouldn't be moving forward Dayton has that Okay, they have it that leads me to where I really wanted to get with that which is as a coach how would you approach the district if in these next phases you're going you're seeing things and you're saying The way you're implementing this is not being done with fidelity or it's going in a space That's not going to be fruitful down
186the road for you guys. Well, we're very honest and we have a great team and Dr. Lawrence and Miss minor and I and Kimberly have been meeting since last June Virtually, I mean we meet like every other week as well as texts and calls and it's a It's about being transparent, and that's our role, is to say, here are the guardrails. We see this going off. Might you want to consider this? Might you want to consider that? And we are right there every step of the way. And with that, what kind of assistance? Do you all give on trying to develop those community partnerships and helping with relationships inside of those? Because being transparent, we've had situations in my time on the board where we've had great community partners, but then we don't have great
187relationships, or we don't have clear communication, or expectations aren't clearly laid out from the front. You just said it. So what kind of space are you guys in in helping us in that capacity? There's a whole entire, we have had already numerous sessions just on how do we build that structure and we have systems in place and we also. The power is also the network. There are over 45 communities around the country. Part of that, being part of that network, is being able to communicate with other communities as well. And they will pick up the phone and they will get on a call and help. But we do work with them specifically. One of those tactic teams, if you remember on that last slide, there were eight. One of them specifically is to write a
188three-year plan for how the partnership system will be sustainable. That means written communication, written processes, because that's what typically falls down. You know, I showed those two circles, and we had the teaching and learning over here, community partners here. They all want to do great work. We're all here for the same reason. But what was missing was that center, right? They weren't connected. We need to have the systems and the structures, and I know I've said those words a lot, but it's true. You just said it. If we don't have clear expectations, and they are known by everybody in the community and they're not followed, that's sometimes when we damage a relationship and then the partner doesn't want to partner again. Or we sent students to the partner and the students weren't ready. Yeah, and
189I think for me, that is huge because I think one of the groups that I look at as one of our hugest community partners are our staff. And I think we currently have staff that are sometimes feeling unheard. You know, getting that, especially when we talk about at that elementary level, how do we help staff there? How do we help our staff get the assistance they need? It was said a little earlier, and I think I want to really put an onus on that. I get where us trying to build those systems and structures is a huge thing. But for me, it's that. constant attention to detail to make sure that we're making sure that it continues because unfortunately we have seen that we've seen just in this district where all it takes is a
190few board members to leave a a different person in a department to leave someone to get sick for a while and it all goes away a CEO of a company to change and I think that's where I want us to be down the road still going because that has been the history of DPS is people love to partner when it's nice and shiny and we can take pictures. But when it gets time to really do the work and pull your sleeves up, people would much rather go work with parochial schools or the suburban schools or places where there is not that need to do some of the work that. takes outside of the coming to the job and doing the work but then also on our end that means we also have to pour into
191our staff and listen to them as well so I'm glad that you talked about doing that piece of that coaching because I think that's the transparency we need is to really say are we really doing it are we paying it lip service because we have people here every day that don't feel like they're being heard So I appreciate that. And it's every stakeholder group. And it needs to be all. And I think some of the adults, I believe, were surprised at the student voice that they saw on display during those sessions. I mean, you heard one today. They have a voice. They have so much potential. We just often don't give them the opportunity to use it. And so I think when we raise that level of expectation for everybody, we will either rise to
192that level or we're going to fall to the level that we give. Appreciate you. Thanks, Madam President. Thank you. Any comments on that? You got some? Go ahead, Ms. Ryan. Good luck at your child's graduation tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, there will be a few tears being the last one. Yes so I want to say thank you for the presentation one of the parts that struck me was the associates degrees earned and just looking at the trend there because right now we have where we have one one maybe two individuals so the potential to jump that is huge for me, mainly as a person who graduated college without that. I know how huge that can be for individuals to start off on that part. But I also like what you said, too, about being
193able to get the interesting credentials as well, because as a person in college that had to figure out how to make money, that would have been very useful to have some skills. Exactly. And I know I've taken up a lot of time, but I noticed that especially with my youngest, too. It was like, well, I want to take all these AP classes. Okay, but then what else? Like what else? And he just got Hispanic certification through the mechatronics pathway that he's in. So he has the opportunity to use some of these certifications for that job and then gets another opportunity to try something before he truly commits to that computer engineering field. I like it. I like it. And I will say, I don't know much because I haven't attended any of the sessions and
194I lean heavily on other people telling me what's going on and shout out to Chief Sheehy, who has constantly told me all the things that I'm supposed to know about this program. But I am excited to hear, like, I do have the parts that concern me, which I think you guys are just going to have to figure out is the difference between the CTE. see the art school the stem schools and then our general schools and how although i hear this part of we're starting something in there i i'm going to i'm going to trust in our staff enough to know that they know that we have four different type of schools five if you put in the alternative school and knowing that These approaches are going to be tailored although the freshman Academy is
195happening everywhere the freshman Academy at the stem school is Probably a little bit different than the CTC school or the art school our schools that kind of have these other right already Right existing programs that come in there and all the principals have been working diligently as a team as well as one-on-one too to start looking at that information because you want to make informed decisions that best meet the needs of each individual school as well. So let me ask you how when we bring in, because you just mentioned the principals and on our agenda, I think we're scheduled to vote on some additional principals where I believe four are returning and we potentially may have three new principals in that sense of it. How do you phase in new individuals who weren't here from
196the ground up to catch them up so they can continue to move in line with this process? We have talked about that because that also goes back to that sustainability, even the structures you were talking more about, the business partners, but it's the same thing for staff. The more that we build the systems, the easier it will be for those transitions. And we are getting new staff. I mean, education is seeing a turnover in staff more frequently than we have, you know, 30 years. So it's important that you plan for it. We will have onboarding experiences throughout. So what we did even this last visit, there were some changes. So we will meet with those new incoming principals or whoever that staff is before we have the meeting. So that will be part of that
197plan. But we're very intentional with every single meeting and every visit. It's been jam-packed. We've kept them extremely busy. And if we have additional questions, because since you are the expert here, is the email a good place to send those? The email, you can absolutely send the email. And my cell phone, I think, is on there as well. So feel free. Okay, so I'm going to ask our team for our email because I do have questions, but I do not want to continue the time with that piece of it because I could just get these in detail. So thank you, and let me just make sure no questions anyone else. Mr. Smith. Yes, appreciate you. I think this is more towards our people with that. With knowing that this is more of a program which
198is coaching and helping and guiding and structuring this, what is the, what is will the appetite be for us to actually change some of the things that we need to do on the internal side for instance when we talk about these partnerships and community we've also had people come into those roles in our district and leave or we've had we've seen this department go from i want to say I've seen three different people come and go, and now we have one person in this space now. So, I mean, I love what I'm hearing on the coaching we're getting, but you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make a horse drink. And if we're not going to then do the work that we need on our side, because that is my other concern
199when we talk about this, I would hate for us to invest into great coaching, great advice, but like I said, I'm looking out and I'm seeing. work be done. I can think of people who have done the work from community engagement. I've seen great programs. I've seen great things. And when that person leaves, it stops. and then you get a couple other people and then it stops and you get someone else in and then they don't have the same support so i mean if we're not going to fully support these programs my fear is that it will be off or not and so that is what i want to deposit to us is i wouldn't want to see us recycling the same things and going through and saying wow we have these people giving us
200great advice but we're just not taking it because we're not taking the steps to do it Thank you for that. And you know, that's one of the main reasons we like this framework and model. Because what we don't want to do is do a lot of work now for two or three years. Ten years from now, it's gone. And the academies are gone, and it wasn't sustainable. One of the things that this model is so different than any other model I've worked with is, like the tactic teams that Lisa shared, every tactic team has co-chairs. One is internal, one is external. So the community is there with us building it all the way out. There are systems and structures that are part of the framework, like an academy coach position that would work with the
201external partners in every school. So that would be that one. position to touch base with the community partners and make sure everything's sustainable. So I'm with you. We must set up the systems and structures that will be here no matter who's the superintendent or who's the assistant superintendent, that it stays. And we researching and having our convening organizations right here and the community, because they're so engaged, they can help communicate that with leaders uh i know of districts where they've changed superintendents multiple times seven times in nine years or whatever but the one thing that remained the same was this framework because the community said well this is something that you cannot change bring in a new superintendent but this cannot change miss minor could you speak to the acronym action experience what we saw
202when we got there because and eric correct excuse me mr walker correct me if i'm wrong uh akron's superintendent is gone so this next one will be like six and five years yes and in akron in action it didn't matter it didn't the machine kept moving it it stayed and they've had a board election every other year every year and they had i know on the superintendent's exec cabinet team everyone was new but two people but the system of their structure of the academies and the opportunities for their students, that didn't change. And I think the difference is the convening organizations in addition to staff members with the systems put in place, certain things just cannot change. And I think as long as we do it with fidelity, that's the plan, that's the goal. three
203I was going to use my teacher voice at the end of phase three when the when Dayton presents their their plan it will go in front of a committee at Ford NGL of coaches they will look through each and every tactical plan to say does it have the elements that we know will be successful for sustainability after the plan is implemented. That is a requirement from our organization because we want to make sure that the work we are doing is making a difference for students across this country. Everyone good? Thank you. Appreciate the presentation. We have hearing of the bargaining units. Are there any bargaining units that would like to speak? All right, seeing none. Hearing of the public. Madam Treasurer, do we have individuals registered to speak? Yes. All right. Just let me say
204this real quick. Speakers have three minutes. It's inappropriate to address any matter involving pending disputes, grievances under a labor agreement, displanning action involving an employee or a student, ongoing labor negotiations, concerns or matters that have already been settled in, or any matter because of its nature is deemed appropriate to be discussed in an executive session. Ms. Reiner, will you serve as our timekeeper again? Yes, I will. All right. I know now what the tone is. Go ahead. Nilo Vitale. David Atkinson. Joe Beham. Joe. Maria Wisnott. Maria. Aaron Mullins. Aaron Mullins. Is there anyone from Belmont Basketball? I don't think it's. names they signed as Belmont basketball. Vanessa Watson. Vanessa Watson. Jamie Latimer. Ashley Smith. Ashley Smith. Navia Woods. Faiz Riggs. Neil Vitale. Norman Sorio. Marwan. it's not grass okay Mario good evening Mario 40 Gebhardt
205Street Dayton Ohio on the subject line of the application to speak to the board I wrote disrespect to community partners and community members you opened your meeting recognized several students went into executive session for two and a half hours while your community partners sat here in the audience and waited for you. That is the height of disrespect. Whatever it is that you did in executive session, whatever bombshell recommendation you're crafting, was not voted on immediately upon your return. So clearly could have waited. Then we get to the part where you actually do rejoin the meeting. There's this amazing presentation by someone, by an organization and people. that represent hundreds of people who have voluntarily worked on this program. And the cameras are focused either on the presentation or on the speaker, and they should have
206been focused on the board, on the dais, because nobody was paying attention except for the superintendent. Everybody was on a screen. Nobody was looking at the speaker. There was conversations back and forth, clearly crafting whatever bombshell recommendation is on its way. the height of disrespect, which did not go unnoticed. But I wanted to make sure that it went on record, that there are people in this community, and Mr. Smith spoke to it, oh, goodness, we have community partners, and then they bail. Maybe they bail because they are disrespected. We have board members who are vehemently disdainful about other community organizations who they feel are not stepping up. to help Dayton Public Schools. And honestly, the people who remain are committed not to Dayton Public Schools, they're committed to the children because the Dayton Public Schools
207is not committed to them. Thank you. Royce Nsenga, N-S-E-N-G-A. He left. Nylonscott, I think he left. Yonada Ford, she left. That's it. Thank you. Dr. Lawrence, your first recommendation. I recommend approval of the following administrative appointments. So moved. Second. Moved and second. Any questions on a recommendation? Yes, Madam President. I would like to take all of this individually. Every letter individually? Every letter on reassignment. The non-renewal separate, employment separate, correction separate, termination separate, resignation separate, salary placement separate, and administrative contract separate. All right. We're voting on item A1. Any other comments? All right, Madam Treasurer, we will be going, starting with non-renewals. A1? Yes. President Goodwine? Yes. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Reinhart? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Five yeses. Reassignments. You asked for to do them all separately. Oh, okay. You can do
208it at any time. Okay. So I would like to. You can't do it because you weren't here. No, no. This is A2. Go ahead. A2, right? Yeah. Reassignments. Yeah. So A2, right? It's all the reassignments. No, we were doing all of those separate. Right. So we just did non-renewal. yes okay so yes each section separate line items okay he wants to vote on every line individually A2 A3 yes so A2 then A3 and so on and so on or separate yeah we voting on A2 Yes, but I would like to amend it to the position of Director of Accountability and Assessment instead of Director of STEM. This is not my motion. It's my motion. Yeah, that's what you're saying? Yeah. All right. So the two positions from Director of STEM to just Director of Assessment
209and Accountability. Ready to vote? Mm-hmm. Okay. President Goodwin? No. Mr. Lacey? No. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. I not know Mr. Walker. Yes two yeses three no all right a three so now that was That was on the motion to amend was it not? So now now I think we are just voting on a two And do you still want to do all these separate? I was like there any just you just want to pull yourself to vote separate I would like to pull A4, though, until next week. No, that would be, you need a motion to table. You are, a motion is on the floor on it. It's already in there. Okay, so we'll get to that. So we're voting on the approval for A2. Correct. Okay. President Goodwin? Yes. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith?
210Yes. Ms. Reinhart? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Five yeses. So now we're like the motion to table A4 for one week. But we're still in the first motion. You skipped A3. We just voted. No, you didn't. You put a motion out to vote on everything individually, and that's what we're doing right now. We have to go through all the whole things. We have to finish this motion. Now we're on A4, though. Yeah, but the motion is still open for us to go through every single item because that's what the initial motion is. Okay, come on. A3. We're on A3. A3. Okay. President Goodwin. Yes. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Reinhardt? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Five yeses. Is that something now, boss? No, I'm waiting on her to call the next one. We're still in
211the motion. You have to go through the whole thing. Okay, A4. Okay, on A4. Okay. President Goodwin? Yes. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Reinhart yes Mr. Walker no four yeses one no a five a five to seven we can do together a five and seven five six and seven we can do together okay president Goodwin yes Mr. Lacey yes Mr. Smith yes Mr. Reinhart yes Mr. Walker yes five yeses Eight and nine can be together eight and nine President Goodwine. Yes Mr. Lacey. Yes, mr. Smith Yes, miss Reinhardt. Yes Mr. Walker no for ESS one no a 11 President Goodwine. Yes Mr. Lacey. Yes, mr. Smith. Yes Miss Reinhardt. Yes Mr. Walker. Yes. 5 yeses. 8-12. President Goodwine. Yes. Mr. Lacey. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Ms. Reinhardt. Yes. Mr. Walker. Yes. 5 yeses.
2128-13. President Goodwine. Yes. Mr. Lacey. Yes. Mr. Smith. No. Ms. Reinhardt. Yes. Mr. Walker? No. 3 yeses, 1 no. Admin salary placement. This one is the one I want to amend the motion. On the salary placement for admin salary placement, I would like to amend the motion to grandfather all current staff without a degree to be frozen at not being reduced by 9%. any staff that's hired after July 1st to then be at the 9% reduced rate I'll second my amendment you have to you guys have to do a little bit more because now you have to it's a policy actually no nevermind go ahead I did have questions on it though my first question or concern is we're voting on this today But up until now, we've still fixed some people on here. I
213believe that there's a lot of subjectivity that went into this. I do think I would be more comfortable with actually having outside eyes on it or giving it more time to go through. Like there are some people on here, we're picking and choosing the experience that we're allowing people to bring over. So we have some people on here, they're bringing certain experience. Other people are bringing experience and we're saying because their experience didn't come under a certain title, even though they did the same job. We're not putting it on there. For me, that was just highly subjective. I do appreciate the amendment on there for our staff that has been in here doing that work. But for me, especially with us voting, we're going to have a meeting next week. I would much be more
214comfortable with us taking time to actually go through and make sure it's not as subjective as it is now. Mr. Smith, in light of your comments, our earlier conversation and the meeting next week, I'd like to pull it. Pulling your recommendation? I'm pulling a recommendation. there's no recommendation on the floor I want to item B we do the contracts without the schedule so we're pulling the admin DSS and principal salary schedule correct okay and we have left the administrator contracts correct two in one year all right madam treasurer any comments on contracts admin contracts so you're pulling the principal as well huh correct thank you because there was some craziness on there so i was gonna fuss with you so now we're just doing the 25 26 contracts that's correct all right they have a
215vote president goodwin yes mr lacey yes mr smith yes miss reinard yes mr walker yes five years I recommend approval the following DEA after July 10th so if I can can we take item B through G together I'd like to make a motion we take item B through G think you might want to relook at that boss which one I thought we were going no we're on B my man yeah okay We take B by itself and then I'll come back for my motion. So I would just like to make this motion of superintendents item B Second move the second maybe have a vote President good wine. Yes Mr. Lacey. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes Miss Reiner. Yes Mr. Walker. Yes I recommend to the following certified appointments So I'd like to make a motion that
216we take item C through G together. Second. Any questions? Let me go through and see if I have some questions. Ready to vote. Mr. Smith, do you have any questions? I'm trying to see. They threw everything on at once. Might have one. C to G. President Goodwine? Yes. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Ms. Reinhart? Yes. Mr. Walker yes five yeses recommendation that should not say yes it should I recommend approval the following contracts yes good wine may I would like to move to reconsider the vote of last week of the administrative appointments 87 second second second second ready to vote President Goodwin? Yes. Okay. Question. This is just to change the vote. To do the vote. Yeah. Mr. Lacey? No. Mr. Smith? No. Ms. Reinhart? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Three yeses, two no. Motion
217fails. The next recommendation. I recommend approval of the following contracts. Is there a second? I'll second it. Moved and second. Mr. Walker, your question? What is the purpose of the MOUs? So that's part of the Ford NGL work. We have to have certified agreements with internal and external partners. And also is to notify the board that this is the work we're doing. So how were these three partners identified? So through the convening organizations, we held a meeting at Central State West, and we invited multiple partners. Thought about you know who has the most scope reach and what is the continuity between the three so the county billion-dollar operation we just had an amazing event there a couple weeks ago and they have access to workforce development and Then well, I think mr. Renner Williams almost
218speaks for herself So that's kind of how we kind of how we got there. How many partners were there to pull from? I don't know, at least how many partners, what was the population partners there were? I think he's asking how many total partners there were. In that room, there must have been. I'm just curious. Like for me, it's more along the lines of what was this a RFQ process for the partners? Was this an interview process for the partners? I mean, I know it doesn't go to RFQ. Okay. Well, I know like Central State was at the table, East End or wherever was at the table. How did we go from all of the partners? So there were multiple meetings and they publicly amongst the hundreds of people said, if you're interested in being
219a convening partner. Then they were those that stepped up to the plane said they wanted to find out more information Because they may be interested were invited to another meeting where the roles and responsibilities were Shared and then from there people agree to say yes based on what it is we agree. A lot of organizations can pick just one organization or they, Fort NGL said we could have a convening council and because we have three strong ones agree we agreed to go with all three because of the scope of the work. But there were multiple partners invited and shared about it. And then the ones that had the capacity to do were the ones at the table. So I'd like to amend my motion to take A and B together, then C, D, and E
220together. Any other questions? Seeing none, Madam Treasurer, may we have a vote? We're voting on A and B. Yep. Okay. President Goodwin? Yes. Mr. Lacey yes Mr. Smith yes Mr. yes yes five yeses see through here see through see through yeah I just want to be clear. I'm voting no because I think that out of the partners that was there, there are more different partners that you could have chose from before these three. I think these three are great and all, but I think that we've worked with these ones before, and we have not looked at other partners that have not really worked in the district. Okay. President Goodwin? Yes. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Ms. Reinhardt? Yes. Mr. Walker? No. 40 yeses, 1 no. All right, item F. I don't see an F
221on mine. There is an F. There is a MOU. Consultant. You see an F? They have an F. I got to refresh. You have an F? I didn't have an F. Are we supposed to have an F? No. The F's not supposed to be there? All right. It's like a report card. That concludes my recommendations. There is no consultant. F not supposed to be there. All right, Madam Treasurer, we are pushing the five-year forecast until next week's meeting. So your first recommendation? Let's see. I recommend the approval of the following. C, D, E, F, G, H, and I. Hewitt, that's how you do it. I like that. I'll motion it. Let's see through. Aye. Aye. Aye. Yes. She said. I'll say that. Move to second. Any questions? Seeing none, may we have a vote? President
222Goodwine. Yes. Mr. Lacey. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Ms. Reinhart. Yes. Mr. Walker. Yes. Five yeses. Your next recommendation. I recommend the approval of the following donations. As reviewed last week. So moved. Second. President Goodwin. Yes. Mr. Lacey. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Ms. Reinhart. Yes. Mr. Walker. Yes. Five yeses. I recommend the approval of the minutes as reviewed last week. So moved. Second. President Goodwin. Yes. Mr. Lacey. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Ms. Reinhardt? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Five yeses. I do the last two? Okay. I recommend the approval of the following donations. No, no. Purchase requisitions and then and now. So moved. Second. Any questions? Then we have a vote. President Goodwin? Yes. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Ms. Reinhardt? Yes. Mr. Walker. Yes. Five yeses. Thank you. That concludes my recommendation. Thank you. I'm
223going down the policies, but I don't see any. Next week? That's fine. All right. Closing comments. Ms. Hamilton, what you got? You good? All right. Appreciate that. Dr. Jones. What you got, Dr. Jones? I'll be really, really quick. I just wanted to give a huge shout out to Amber Whitmire. She graduated from OU here recently. Brendan Calhoun did as well. Well, he graduated from Central State. Robert Essex had graduated with an associate's. And then Brian Horner in IT also graduated recently with his bachelor's degree as well. So that we may be the most educated operations department in Dayton history. Good stuff. Madam Treasurer. I just have one. The work calendars are done and they are on the website. All the department heads, if they have any questions, please let us know. So those are very
224critical for next year calendars. Work calendars. All right. Thank you. Mr. Smith? I just want to say thank you for everybody for a great school year. Hope everybody has. wonderful summer look forward to seeing all our families celebrating at the graduations I think I had a gray come in because my little one just had his preschool graduation and I always used to laugh at people for celebrating those things like when he didn't really graduate he just turned five come on but As a parent there, I realized I will celebrate my little one as much as I can, so he was there in his little cap and gown, so I appreciate everybody there. I just want everybody to be mindful that the summer slide is real, but also... Just the dangers and the pitfalls of summer
225in a city such as ours that deals with poverty and a lack of resources and things like that So please sending out to everybody look at the programs we have please get involved in some of the things we have please stay attached to our Community because I would hate to have to come back in August and have fewer children than we have on today So everybody take care of each other and keep the main thing the main thing as long as do not repeat that. Thank you Mr. Walker. Thank you. I'm back. Took a week off. it was fun to watch you all on tv to see that i wasn't here i know you missed me it's okay um i will say um i appreciate everyone for coming out um and uh this definitely was
226a long meeting however one of the things that with oh ohio vice code and school boards across the state this is that time where contracts are being talked about and things like that so while i appreciate individuals coming up here and saying things but i want to remind the public these are same individuals who are ineffective as board members on this same dais and choose to go to other districts outside of dayton and become a substitute teacher and not want to teach our own kids here in our own city where you like to come to our meetings at at the same time thanks for all the work that our staff do to lead this great district and i look forward to summer break i'm still looking for a summer camp so i'll be hitting up
227some of these little things because kids gotta get out my house but Thanks, everyone. Have a great rest of the week. I'll see you all at graduations. Ms. Reiner. Thank you president good wine I would like to thank the public for being patient with us today It's all been a long night and I recognize how long you've all been here Even the ones that had to leave a bit early. I want to thank you. I truly do It's not easy and I recognize that the Senate Education Committee Started hearings on sub house bill 96 which deals a primary a great deal with education we are watching to see how that comes out um and and how it matches up with the house bill um i was watching hearings as much as i could during um
228last week uh there is a incredibly divisive house bill that i cannot oppose more strongly and it's house bill 155 and it prohibits dei in schools i just need to bring everybody's attention to that um it is no secret how the board stands on this um we understand that um understand knowing where we all come from and that we are all different and that there is strength in our differences and strength and understanding those differences makes us a better district There is House Bill 205, which is the Future Educators Support Act, which provides financial support for student teachers. And then briefly, we've been in a lot of conversations with community partners about transportation. There's not much that we can update you with quite yet. Our business manager was going to give a presentation today, but
229we will do that at a future date. But rest assured, it is a topic of conversation that we're having. Very deeply and we hope we can bring you a solution soon. And that is all I have. Thank you. Mr Lacey I just want to thank everyone for a very successful school year. Thank you Dr. Lawrence Hey mom And it's going to be all right. To the team, I really appreciate you. Nothing but love. Tough days, long days. They start early. The text messages start at about, I'm looking at you over there, Ms. Sheehy, 515. And, again, we're doing the work, and we're going to persevere and get through this. Ms. Minor, I'm glad you're back. Sheehy and Ms. Sheehy were out last week, so they were at conferences and schools, so it was tough. Joe,
230thanks for hanging in there and staying. I really appreciate that. And Loretta, I mean, I appreciate the text every day, well, every other day, and there to get me together and have me keep pushing to do the work that no matter what, we're doing the right work for the right reasons. So thanks to my team, and thank you for coming and staying out. Thanks. Thank you, everyone. First, I want to give a huge thank you to Ms. Sheehy's department with Zakiya and the HR department for putting on a wonderful retirement celebration. Yeah, all y'all missed that because that was pretty phenomenal. It's pretty classy. Mr. Walker wasn't there, and he was greatly missed from it because he would have enjoyed that, too. They don't, but they, okay. so thank you all for that one I
231definitely think the bar has been set even higher than what last year's presentation was even though it was really nice at the Art Center it was exceptional at the Arcade. Thank you for the Ford NGL presentation. I have been hearing a lot about it. It was really good to finally see something in a setting that was just designed for us to hear what was going on and all that. So I do appreciate that. Graduation is this week. So I'm excited that we have three days and then school's out. So that's great. And we get to do it all over again in August. I'm very excited. My nephew is graduating. As you got to see him today, this has been a... teenagers are tough so everyone who has a teenager and you are going through this
232cycle we made it through and we're at the finish line and then now we get to start dealing with young adults who no longer have the safety net of school and all these other things that children get so with that i will one second real quick chief right back in the back wave your hand if you came in through the side doors over here today we have our new some of our newest technology by grant used by grant money that is quicker faster and picks up more items as you're coming through with your bags and so huge shout out to safety and security by looking at some cutting edge things so that we can next year possibly get kids through That's right. Your kids do faster, and safety seems to be a big thing, and
233it really is. So thank you. Hopefully parents will stick with us as we get this new technology. NATO is this week, so if you haven't planned your route, you're going to be in for a big surprise if you're trying to go downtown past Wednesday. I would not do that. So, as I said, be on foot. I do hope you all have a good rest of the week. Thank you for being here. And with that, a motion to adjourn. Second. All right. It's been moved to second. May we have a vote? President Goodwine? Yes. Mr. Lacey? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Ms. Reinhart? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Five yeses.