001state championship on June 26, 2021, defeating the New Kent High School. Thus be it resolved that the Campbell County School Board expresses its appreciation and commendation to the softball team for achieving the aforementioned accomplishments with class and excellence in a manner representative of the high standards of Campbell County and Rustberg High School. Be it further resolved that the 2021 Rustberg High School softball team and coaching staff be given due recognition for their accomplishments. So congratulations to Hidden Valley High School in the state semifinals on November 16th, 2021. And whereas Rustberg High School volleyball team won the 2021 state championship, on November 20th, 2021, defeating Tabb High School. Thus be it resolved that the Campbell County School Board expresses its appreciation and commendation to the volleyball team for achieving the aforementioned accomplishments with class and excellence
002in a manner representative of the high standards of Campbell County and Rushburg High School. Be it further resolved that the 2021 Rustberg High School volleyball team and coaching staff be given this recognition for their accomplishments. So congratulations, ladies. There you go. Congratulations. So we have freshman Nala Bigham. Then we have senior Kate Hardy. Freshman Tally Abbott. Senior Mia Cole. Okay, sophomore Emma Blankenship. And then seniors Eden Bigham and Delaney Sharnas. And... So yesterday, the All-State teams came out, okay, and several of our seniors made it. So we have Eden Diggum, who made second team All-State. Then we have Mia, who made first team All-State setter. We have Delaney, who made first team as libero, so the best libero in the state for our class. Okay, and if you guys don't know Delaney's story, she tore
003ACL in January. So to come back and play is awesome. And then Kate was chosen as Class 3 State Player of the Year. And she won't say this, but Coach was chosen as Coach of the Year. I just wanted to thank Mr. Jones, Mr. Phillips, and... Dr. Miller for supporting our team. Multiple times they were at our games. And Mr. Jones even made the trip to Salem to support us. So thank you all for that. You're welcome. Congratulations, ladies. And, yeah, Ms. Hale beat me to the punch, but I heard on 105.9 The Line Sports Radio come into the meeting tonight about the... Kate being the state player of the year and you being coach of the year. So I was going to call you out on that in case Ms. Hale forgot it. But
004congratulations to you guys. Thank you. Okay, good news there. So glad those ladies and coaches could come out to our meeting tonight. Next on the agenda, we have the report from the superintendent, Dr. Johnson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to make a few comments tonight before we get into the business of the meeting. First off, the last school board meeting, we had some difficulty with our PA system, primarily on the streaming part. So we have a PA system, an audio system in this auditorium, but in order to stream it, and you would have to get the specifics, but our IT folks tell me that it has to run through its own independent system to... to get out there. So we are renting that equipment. It did not go very well at the last
005meeting, so we apologize, and hopefully it's better. It's been tested. Hopefully it's working much better at this meeting. The second thing that was mentioned, or it's been mentioned a couple times, requesting the board look at citizen addresses, citizens who have spoken at the meeting, to remove their addresses from the minutes. And we have done that, I believe, starting with the minutes of this meeting. And going forward, we'll do the best we can to try to capture the essence of the topics that the speakers have and have those included in the minutes going forward. We'll do the best we can with that. I'd like to take just a second, if you could, to put up just two brief slides. And I know it's going to be difficult to see, but I wish we had a bigger
006screen. But the point I wanted to make is, over the last couple of meetings, there's been discussions, and I've heard that the edits to the current 21-22 social studies curriculum excluded the 4th of July, meaning we were not teaching the 4th of July to first grade students. Are those up? And you probably can't see, but standard 1.4 A, B, and C of the Virginia Standards of Learning, and this is taken directly from the Virginia Department of Education's website, clearly shows that Independence Day, the 4th of July, and I think it's highlighted at least on my sheet, hopefully it is on the screen, is the day to remember when America became a new country. It is sometimes called America's birthday, and it is observed in July. The essential understandings of that standard on major holidays are
007celebrated to remember important leaders and events of the past. And then the second slide in regards to the Pledge of Allegiance, I just wanted to show that that has not been removed from the Virginia Standards of Learning either, that in standard one, here's one example, you can see that we teach the respect for the American flag by learning about the Pledge of Allegiance as well as doing the Pledge of Allegiance in each school every day followed by a moment of silence. The third thing I wanted to mention, Sorry, the fourth is there's been discussion about cultural competency training for teachers that would be come because of some code new laws that were passed the past General Assembly session that they would be become effective for the next school year which would be 23. You've heard
008me say at least twice that we had not seen anything on that from the Department of Education. Well, we have now seen the draft of the guidance on cultural competency training and other licensed school board employees in Virginia public schools. That was presented and adopted at the November 18th business meeting of the Virginia Department of Education. Those draft competencies were posted in the DOE town hall. That's like a virtual town hall and they will be posted there for a 30-day public comment period and This Wednesday we will have on our website the link to the draft document as well as a link to the public comment portal. So if you're interested in the cultural competency trainings that you've heard a lot about, there it is and you can take a look at that and I
009would encourage you to read that and make public comment during that period. Next I'd like to take just a second and maybe one night we will have her at a meeting, but I was just informed that Alexis Edwards, who is a senior here at Rustberg High School, is the Region 5, and Region 5 consists of about 23 school divisions starting from Greene County all over through the valley. We are the southernmost, Bedford being the, I guess, eastern, west of us. but it's about 23 divisions. But Alexis is one of two finalists in region five for the 2022 Presidential Scholars Program. And she will go to the state and then they will be choosing a winner at the state level from the eight different regions. So congratulations to Alexis. She has quite a story in regards
010to what... her accomplishments and challenges throughout her K-12 career. And then the last thing you asked us to take a look at her cell phone policies at the secondary level. I will report that We had a first principals meeting since you directed us to do that last week and we got some feedback from principals at the secondary level middle and high school I'd like to we're gathering a little more information about how it's addressed at each of the schools and once I have compiled all of that I will bring it to you for your Consideration and let you know what our high school our middle house our middle and high school principals are saying about cell phone policy use During non instructional time Mr. Chairman, that's all I have. Okay. Thank you, Dr. Johnson. Let's
011see. Next on the agenda, matters from the floor. And we have nine speakers tonight. First on the list is, well, before I get started, I would ask all of our speakers, please state your name, your address, and please mind the three-minute time limit for tonight for the speakers. Appreciate your attention. cooperation in advance for that. First speaker is Andrea Hundley. Next speaker on our list is Brandy Cash. Good evening, Dr. Johnson and members of the board. My name is Brandi Cash, resident and teacher in Campbell County. First, I would like to thank you for the approval of the stipend for school employees and compensation for teachers covering other classes when a substitute is not available. I would also like to thank you for the two work days that have been provided this semester. They were
012a tremendous help and showed that you were trying to provide solutions to this challenging year. The reason I stand before you tonight is to advocate for additional work days for the current school year and the 22-23 school year. I have been an educator for 22 years and I'm currently an algebra teacher at Rustberg High School. In all of this time, I have never once felt the need to speak out on any issue or come before the board until this school year. As a current teacher, I'm here to say we need your help. This year has brought many challenges, many that have taken a physical and emotional toll on teachers and students. Our students are struggling. The changes the pandemic forced on schools has really impacted their social emotional growth. We, as their teachers, want nothing
013more than to help them as best we can. The problem is there is no time to do the work necessary to assist them to the best of our abilities. One teacher at our school, Haley Blanks, who was one of our school's technology and canvas experts, timed herself setting up her canvas course for one class period for one day. It took 15 minutes to just rename and move already created materials into the new course. This totals up to two and a half hours of just setting up materials on Canvas for the week for someone very proficient with the technology. So if something needs to be created or reworked to meet student needs, this is additional time. I know some would argue that enough time is provided with our planning periods each day. Teachers utilize every second
014of that time to create new materials, set up Canvas, check in with quarantined students, contact parents by phone or email, grade the work students are submitting, provide feedback for student work, remediate students that are falling behind, analyze assessment data, and adjust materials to meet the unfinished learning of the previous two school years. Frankly, there is not enough time to get everything done. I would like to request that you consider adding in five more work days for the remainder of the school year. These dates include January 18th and 19th. These days will be needed to finalize first semester grades and get prepared for new courses and class schedules for second semester. I realize this is primarily a secondary issue, but the amount of work that has to happen will require a minimum of two days. Any
015other district that has blocked scheduling has at least two days of transition to allow for reworking of student schedules and give teachers time to prepare for new classes. Additional dates for consideration include February 22nd, March 21st, and April 18th. These dates will help at the midterm and end of grading periods. I ask you to consider these dates and approve this time to allow teachers to collaborate and plan for how to help students grow academically and socially. I understand the calendar for 22-23 school year. May I finish? I'm almost finished. Yep, you can have a few more seconds. I understand the calendar for the 22-23 school year is being considered tonight as well. I also request additional days be worked into the calendar as these issues will not be specific to just this school year, but
016will be ongoing as a result of the impact the pandemic has had on education. The specific changes I ask you to consider are changing the in-service days on September 30th, November 7th, and January 17th to unencumbered workdays and adding in January 18th, February 21st, and March 23rd as additional workdays at the midterm and end of grading periods. Thank you for listening and I appreciate your consideration. I have copies of those dates if you would be interested in those. Yeah, if you can drop them off at the end of the meeting, we'll get those for you. Thank you so much. Thank you, Ms. Cash. Next, we have Ann Parker. Good evening, everybody. Merry Christmas early. My name is Ann Parker, and I live at 615 Collington Drive, Lynchburg, Virginia. My sons Matt and Tanner still attend
017Brookville High School. My first topic is our COVID mandates. I know you guys love hearing me talk about that, so I had to bring that up again today. I recently learned our schools installed the ionization filtration systems, which renders the air 99% virus-free. So why the masks? With .001% risk of K-12 student transmission even without this mitigation, the only thing that masks have done is create more stress and a large spike in childhood depression. One local teacher told me recently that 90% of communications are nonverbal. So our kids are only getting 10% clear communications and they're still expected to learn. Combined with sending healthy kids home, For quarantines, we are harming both kids and teachers with the burden of playing catch-up over and over. One student has been forced to go home monthly, only allowed
018to return with a negative test. Her symptoms are of the female variety and mimic none of the COVID symptoms. This is unacceptable. Another had the sniffles, was sent to the nurse, and forced to quarantine for two days prior to returning. Again, unacceptable. If the filtration works, the masks work, and you're wearing one, you're safe. So, same with the vaccines. Stop punishing the bulk of our children to placate the fear of the few who remain uninformed. I have literally almost 100 stories like that. Those are the last two most recent stories of quarantines when the children were not even sick. I've attended outdoor, large outdoor and indoor events with 500 plus individuals from our local school community in the last month. All but a handful of attendees were enjoying their God-given right to breathe air freely.
019No super spreader events occurred and not even one positive case. Show this community that you aren't simply waiting for Glenn Youngkin to give you permission to unmask our children. Play offense and make masks optional now. including for our drivers. Masks should be optional. Combine this with a raise in pay and hire more drivers now. I'm glad that a superintendent brought up the culturally responsive training. That's awesome. I'm glad the link will be there because I was going to mention it and will continue to mention it tonight. Please, you guys, if you have not been checking the townhall.virginia.gov, it has everything, not just Department of Education. Most informative website, excuse me, website where you can read what is going to be considered at the General Assembly and you can make comments. The comment period opened December
0205th. It closes January 5th. This is a proposed mandatory class for teachers and I will wow no way I'll read one comment something in there is called marginalized students saying that we've systematically excluded and relegated loader education opportunities for students in Virginia, which is completely false Please make your comments. Thank you guys so much Thank You miss Carter Jacqueline Mendes good evening Merry Christmas to all of you. Happy New Year. We have a great victory here in Virginia. Glenn Youngkin, finally. So a couple of things. Today we're still attempting to learn what the school board members are actually working on. Here are a few questions that we've been asking since August and we haven't received a response. So I'm going to give you a handout at the end so you can answer our questions at
021a later time. So what are the specific plans that the Campbell County Public Schools will put into place to oversee and improve? and prove to the community that they stand behind their publicly stated opposition of critical race theory. What steps is the Campbell County taking to ensure that the woke definition of equity, diversity, and institutionalized racism will not be present in our schools? Who will be responsible for ensuring that no curriculum including the new history curriculum or teaching materials and resources include CRT and how will this be accomplished? What are the Campbell County plan to ensure that the new history curriculum continues to foster a love and respect for America? What provisions have been put into place to prevent teachers from being forced to participate in diversity training based on CRT? What is Campbell County's
022plan to the Board of Education insist their diversity training must be taken as a requirement for teacher certification and recertification? And how does the Campbell County plan to handle the new performance standard for culturally responsive teaching and equitable practices? Will teachers be held accountable if they refuse the new speak of CRT? And what is Campbell County's plan on implementing the new social emotional learning standards as adopted by the Virginia Department of Education to ensure that CRT is not included? We're getting to see a lot of, how do you feel today instead of reading math and arithmetic? So do you know what the mathematics framework is? If not, you should become. It's framework for woke math. And do you know what the Woke kindergarten is? The commitment is to dilute early education concepts and promote pro-black
023liberation. Who in the county is responsible for vetting the resources the Virginia Department of Education presents to these to these new requirements that include a framework for anti-bias education social justice standards identity anchors trait of the Dominant culture and lived experience and who will be vetting the civics and history curriculum and materials to ensure It focuses on the rights and duties of citizenship rather than on anti-bias and diversity training. And I have one more sentence. So we respectfully ask you. To have answers for these questions by December 22nd, I mean, we've been at it since August, kindly post your answers on your Facebook page like you did when you needed drivers or post responses on your website so that the community can be engaged. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Mendez. Thank you. Okay, it's Michael
024Nagy. I think we have Michael here tonight. Robert Otero. Good evening. My name is Robert Otero. I reside in 967 2-Bit Road, Edmonton. Over the past six years, the Virginia Board of Education has clandestinely weaved critical race theory in and out of every school curriculum in Virginia. Can you speak up a little bit? I'm sorry. In 2015... former Governor McAuliffe, and the State Board of Education distributed information on how to teach critical race theory. Critical race theory is definitely weaved into the Virginia school system to include the Campbell County schools. The Virginia school system has evolved into a racially charged machine attempting to separate our children by race. Do not insult us with your interpretation of those facts. Your responsibility is the education of our children in reading, writing, and arithmetic, not the indoctrination or
025create social emotional programs that clandestinely support critical race theory. There is no room in our schools for creating group think for the purpose of social or racial separation for political gain of any kind whatsoever. The issues facing parents are multifaceted, covering cultural, racial, gender, and even political. This school board, among others across the state, have willingly or unwillingly decided that political and individual concerns of parents and citizens need to be ignored and discarded with impunity, as one of you has already demonstrated on video. The reality is that our issues are not by any one individual, but by the community as a whole. You and the Virginia Department of Education, the Federal Department of Education, are dead wrong. This past election cycle has shown the demonstration and power of parents and citizens of Campbell County. Parents
026and citizens of this community want you to address their issues as... at these school board meetings, the education of our children. Governor-elect Youngkin has said all history must be taught the good, the bad, and the ugly. The prime issue is to teach every child the importance of their character and not segregate the students by race or class. This stealth indoctrination must end now. You are in the position to weed it out. and we will hold you accountable if you fail. This is not the only issue that concerns this community. Transgender and sexual orientation is another topic that others will address. If you cannot or will not be our voice or meet our needs, we will replace you at every election cycle one by one. Thank you, and Merry Christmas. Thank you, Mr. Otero. Mike Levan.
027Thank you. Before we start, I wanted to thank Dr. Johnson and his staff for an event that happened last week. He had to work very closely with the Campbell County Sheriff's Department. There was an issue at Brookville County Schools, and I see your staff and everybody at Brookville worked well with the Campbell County Sheriff's Department, and we were able to avoid potentially something that could have been very bad. So thank you all for that. I don't know how much all the rest of you are involved in. Obviously, Dr. Johnson was. All right. Thank you. Sorry, Barry. I did want to thank Dr. Johnson also. He may not have heard me when he talked about the sound system. It helps me a lot back there, so I appreciate it. I want to talk to you today
028about the structure of the... the Campbell County school system, but really any school system in the Commonwealth of Virginia for years and years and years. I know there wasn't very much parental and citizen support here of the Campbell County school systems. And the people that we have here today in the last several months is a lot more than what it used to. We just want you to understand that we're here and we're active. And we understand there's actually two pyramids here at work. The big pyramid, of course, has Dr. Johnson at the top of it. And underneath supporting him is all of his support staff and the fine principals and assistant principals, athletic directors at all the schools, and the teachers. We've already had, I guess Mr. Nagy didn't show up, but Ms. Cash or
029Mrs. Cash, you know, all the fine teachers there. And then, you know, down at the base of the pyramid, we have all the students. And that's why we're all here. I mean, we are here for the students, and we are here. to help develop them to be our leaders tomorrow. And that's the base of the really big pyramid that most people are aware of when they think of a school system. There's also an inverted pyramid on top of that one. And again, it starts with Dr. Johnson. But above Dr. Johnson is the Campbell County School Board. You're all the ones that we have hired as the citizens of Campbell County to manage the school system. And you work with Dr. Johnson, but you give him direction. Okay, you all hired him, you all can fire
030him. I'm not saying we should fire him, but that's the power you guys have. And then what's above you, again, is all of the citizens of Campbell County. We hired you. We hired you to represent us, and that's the representative democracy that we have here in this country. If you don't represent us properly, we can remove you. Okay? I'm not trying to hold a hammer over your head, but I do want you all to understand why today there's a lot more citizen support for the last few months. A lot of people are saying y'all are doing some things that maybe the citizens of Campbell County aren't happy with. We want you to work with us so that we don't have to replace you. Okay? Thank you very much. I hope y'all have a good evening,
031and God bless Campbell County Sheriff's Department. Thank you, Mr. LeVan. David Gifford. Hello, I'm David Gifford of 285 Beasley Road, and I wanted to follow in the spirit of these teams coming forward this evening when you were showing gratitude for their work. I want to express some gratitude tonight, but it will be a variety of people and individuals. Anyway, first of all... to those who believe for freedom from the mask mandate in our county. And this has been going on for a while, and I believe that some of you are actually on that side because you feel like the political pressures are pushing you the other way. But still, I also want to believe for. for those who have been speaking against the mask mandate for keeping the dream alive and for all those who
032do this in a decent and orderly fashion. Also, for those who have this fall, who have worked for the election of public servants who are committed to liberty. And many of these people behind me are in that group. I also want to give express gratitude for our governor-elect for hearing and responding to the call to public office, for investing his time and his treasure, and for his recent statement that he will not continue the mask mandate coming down from Richmond, that localities will have to make that decision. Also want to express gratitude to the founders of our country and the citizens who are alive now who believe in our Constitution, to all those who have suffered any loss of blood or time or treasure, to all those who remain true to the republic even in
033tough times, and to all those who vote for things that are good and right and true. Also, I want to give thanks to God and to Jesus and more specifically the followers of Jesus. I'm a political independent. But I worked both the Republican convention this year and the Democratic primary with the election, and I was amazed to see the energy that was coming out of the people of faith. Also, I worked this last November, and I was amazed to see the energy of the people of faith that was really coming out in that election. And so, you know, ultimately, I give thanks to God. for solving this problem for our county. And, you know, Ann's a little bit, wants it to happen soon. And I think I'm on that same board. I think we're, you
034know, I think y'all can begin working on that now and be ready for it real soon. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Gifford. And last on the list is Doug Barringer. I appreciate your mask being off. It's a good look for you. Thank you. Thank you. I wish all of you would join him. The end of 2021 is wrap. Oh, my name is Doug Beringer. Restart the clock. My name is Doug Beringer. I live at 277 Holland Court in the Rustberg District. The end of 2021 is rapidly approaching and it has been a very eventful year. First to give thanks and credit where it is due. I want to thank the school board and the administration for responding to our cries for a better venue for the number of people, for putting the agenda out earlier,
035a whole week earlier, for attaching hyperlinks to where we can actually see the documents that you discuss. And I would also like to thank you today for some of the things that Dr. Johnson mentioned. and he mentioned them so I won't repeat them, but it shows that there is some improvement in how we perceive you working with us and listening to us and responding to us. So I thank you for the good stuff. And now to the needs to improve or needs improvement section. I won't duplicate what has been said about the transgender and LGBTQ agenda, which I find to be anti-family. I won't get into the social justice curriculum too much or the teacher training that is being pushed down from Richmond other than to say that in all those cases we elected you
036to tell Richmond no. And finally, I want to join in with Ann and others who are opposing this ridiculous mask mandate. In 2008, Dr. Fauci co-wrote, co-published a document in the NIH journal. saying that 90 to 95 percent of the Spanish flu deaths were caused by the mask and not the flu. This does irreparable psychological and emotional damage not only to our children but to our staff and school bus drivers who are forced to wear them and require little kids to wear them too. I know that this makes lawyers and insurance companies happy, but I think we should still push back and say no. When I ran for school board in 2017, I ran against what I perceived to be a rubber-stamp school board that did not seem to represent we the people so much
037as it seemed to approve every request that was presented from the superintendent and the staff. That was the perception. I also ran against the Making Meaning Reading Program used in grades K through 8 because teachers who talked to me about it were concerned that it was little more than a thinly veiled social justice indoctrination program produced by a collaborative classroom under the approving auspices of the UN and UNESCO. I am still trying to learn more about the history and science curriculums that are being taught. all levels and I'd like to take a look at all the library books and to see if we have some of the same problems that other counties have been reporting. Anyway, I'll make this very little quick. I just want to remind you that we won one seat, lost two.
038There was enough votes to indicate some dissatisfaction. We have a chance with the new year to start new. I hope that you will listen to us and respond and represent us. and say no to Richmond more. And just to remind you that in two years, I've got people coming and knocking on my door and calling me on the phone wanting to run for the four seats that will be up in two years. And I even have people wanting us to start a recall program. I don't want it to come to that, so please, I implore you, listen to the people, tell Richmond no. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Barrington. Okay, I think that is all we had on the list tonight. So thank you all for coming out and making your opinion heard tonight. We
039will take notes, look into what you've discussed with us this evening. Thank you for the folks. Some of our speakers left us some information, so we'll look through that as well and follow up on those concerns. So next item on our agenda is approval of the minutes. Can I have a motion? Motion to approve. Second. We've got a motion and a second on the floor for approval of the November minutes. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Okay, motion carries. And we have next up approval of payment of the bills. Mr. Chairman, I review those bills approved payment. We have a second. Second. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion in regards to payment of the bills? Hearing none, we'll vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed?
040Okay, motion carries. Next item is acceptance of donations. Ms. McClanahan. Tonight you have 27 donations for your approval that were listed in advance of the meeting on board docs. Unless you have any specific questions, I ask that you approve them as presented. Motion. Second. Motion and a second. Any discussion in regards to the donations tonight? Okay, just in general, I'd like to thank all of our donors and your graciousness for donations toward Campbell County Public Schools. Much appreciated. All right, we'll take a vote. All those in favor of the donations, say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Okay, motion carries. Next up is consideration of non-resident tuition. Ms. McClanahan. Tonight you have six applicants being considered for approval as non-resident tuition students. The principal has already endorsed these students, and I ask that you approve them. Motion.
041Second. We've got a motion and a second. Any discussion in regards to non-resident tuition? Okay, all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. We have consideration of requests for supplemental transfer appropriations. Ms. McClanahan? Tonight you have 14 appropriations that were listed on board docs. Unless you have any questions on those, I ask that you approve them as presented. Motion to approve. Second. Motion and a second. Any discussion in regards to appropriations? Okay, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. And we've got consideration of release for compulsory attendance. Mr. Sisk. Good evening Mr. Chairman, members of the board. Tonight we have one student who has met the requirements for removal from compulsory attendance. I ask that you approve that. Motion to approve. Second. Got a motion and a second
042on the floor. Do we have any discussion in regards to the item next to this agenda item? Okay all those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Okay motion carries. Thank you Mr. Sisk. Next is consideration of the 2022-2023 academic calendar proposal. Dr. Stanley. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Last month, I brought to you the 2022-2023 proposed academic calendar, and tonight I would ask you to consider adopting that with one slight change. After speaking with some of our principals, we feel like moving the last day of first semester from January 18th. to the, I'm sorry, the 19th to the 18th, moving that up one day would be more beneficial for our teachers and for our schools. It puts that workday right at the end of the first semester instead of coming back for an
043additional day before going to second semester. So we ask that you consider that change and adopt the calendar for next year. It does have three in-service days in it that Ms. Cash referred to, and we do not currently have anything set in terms of countywide in-service, but we do like to reserve the days for new teachers or any teachers that we feel like need to have some in-service training. We'll get a motion in a second and then potentially have further discussion. So do we have a motion? Mr. Chairman, may I speak to that? Sure, sure. Just like this year, you know, the calendar is built based on what we hope to be a perfect scenario, you know, that everything's back to normal. We certainly hope that Brady will be. But we also have flexibility, just
044like you're seeing tonight, to come back and take those in-service days. and make them work days or add work days if you need those in the calendar because we do bank some time but also just want to remind everyone that each year in the standards of accreditation do require annual in-service training for all the certified employees so we do have to add some you know we haven't had any in there for the last couple of years okay thank you dr johnson all right we have a motion for the passing of the 2022-2023 academic calendar Motion. Second. We have a motion and a second. Do we have any further discussion? Yeah, we'll make that noted. Passing of the calendar with the January change. Any other discussion or comments for Dr. Stanley or Dr. Johnson in regards
045to the calendar? I would just say that I support the teachers having the additional work days that Ms. Cash spoke of. So anything we could do to help make that possible so that they can accomplish their job with less stress would be appreciated. I would concur with that also. And I guess the other thing I want to add is we keep hoping to get back to normal. And at some point in time, we may just have to accept the fact that our normal is not going to be what we knew the past as. We are going to have to look at the normal as being a little bit different. So we may just have to accept what we're being dealt and deal with it in a certain fashion. I would just like to ask, since
046we have sort of switched over to a block system and it was referenced that. other districts that have to be like can you pull can you pull that oh i'm sorry yeah apologize since we have switched to the block system and it was referenced that other divisions that have the block system typically and i'm ignorant of this fact so help me typically do have two work days in between the the sessions and that we're putting in one which is generous, but has that been discussed? I think when you look at the calendars as a whole, you see that on that Monday you've got Martin Luther King Day, then we've got the in-service day, and then when you put the rest of the days on the calendar, you end on a Friday in June. So having
047an additional day there is possible, but you've got to do something with that day. You have to what? We have to do something with that day to make it up, so somewhere we have to fit that. But it's certainly a possibility. Okay. Any other comments, discussion items on this agenda issue? Okay. Hearing none, take a vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Okay. Motion carries. Thank you, Dr. Stanley. Thank you. next is consideration of the 2021 2022 calendar change dr johnson yes mr chairman if you recall a month maybe two months ago we talked about the planning times and being taken away lunch times being taken away from teachers so we were looking to put in some work days into the schedule uh i referenced that you know there would be
048no waiver this year for the 180 days or the 990 hours that we were required to meet and that we were looking to look at this month to month on a more measured basis, you know, not knowing where COVID was headed and not knowing what type of winter we would have. But after talking with you, but also going out and about and talking with a lot of staff, I realized that it was important for them to know if it was already some days in there that they knew, they could plan better in chunks when they had that time to plan as opposed to not knowing. So, we've, we've, we've re-considered that and, and after talking with you, I'm considering that you make January the 18th, February 22nd, and March the 21st of this year staff
049work days. for all of our staff and that we will see how we do going through after the winter to consider any more. The issue we have in April and May is obviously you have your spring break time, but then we're getting into SOL testing. So I think we could, as many of you expressed, we will take a look at that as we get further through the winter. But we would, there would be three days that we would be changing our calendar. January 18th, February 22nd, March 21st to staff work day. Okay, and that's going to require vote and approval on that, I assume, to adjust that. Okay, do we have a motion and a second in regards to the recommendation on the floor? Mr. Chairman, I move to approve those workdays and that calendar
050change. I think it's appropriate for our teachers and move to approve. Second. And a motion and a second. Any discussion in regards to the item on the floor? Okay, hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Okay, motion carries. Thank you, Dr. Johnson. Okay, we've got consideration of the personnel report. Ms. Hundley? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members of the board, you have the personnel report in front of you. Unless you have any questions, I'd ask that you approve it as written. If there are no questions, I move for approval. Second. I've got a motion and a second. Any discussion in regards to the agenda item? how many bus drivers are we short dr hoden bus drivers thank you any other discussion items questions okay all those in favor say aye aye those
051opposed okay motion carries thank you miss unley thank you okay next we have the state and local uh statement of economic interest miss mcclenahan it's that time of year again i gave each of you tonight your form to fill out for that's due in February 1st of 2022. It is for the calendar year reporting of 2021. So just for your information right now and turn it in in January. What was the due date on that again? I'm sorry. February 1st. All right. Thank you. And we've got an update on Campbell County Schools comprehensive plan. Dr. Stanley. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Every other year we come before you and give you an update on the comprehensive plan. And over the past few years, obviously, the comprehensive plan has been put on the back burner as we
052went through the shutdown. And then we focus more on our return to school plan as we got kids back using mitigation strategies to keep everybody safe and reduce the spread of COVID. For you to know, we are engaging in conversations about. an updated and revised comprehensive plan which we plan to bring before you in the late spring. If you have any questions about it, please feel free to give me a call. Any comments? So we're going to see something in writing? Correct. Okay. Thank you. Next is matters from the board. We'll start with Mr. Brandt. I believe since last time we met, we had a state school board conference, and I thought we had a good conference. a lot of different topics there. Also, I think this is Barbara's last meeting that we will have.
053And Barbara, I want to thank you for your four years of service. You certainly added a lot to us, and we certainly appreciate working with you. Happy holidays to each and every one. Merry Christmas. Thank you, Mr. Brandt. Mr. Miller. All right. I, too, want to thank Barbara for her service. I enjoyed working with her and we went on a training session together and she brought a lot of accountability to our board and I appreciate her service. So we're going to miss you. It's fun recognizing our athletes. That's always good. And just it's fun to have state champions. I had a nice meeting this week, last week with... with the principal at Brookneal Elementary School and you know, they're struggling down there, but but They're feeling like they're in a little bit better place than
054they were it's challenging working with the kids that especially kindergarten through third that are sort of all over the place and But they're they're getting better at handling that and I think it's gonna It's going to work out, but we're going to need to be prepared for that group of kids as they transition year to year because they're the ones that, you know, probably miss the most by missing a year. And so we're going to have to stay focused on that cohort and just challenge our administration to plan on that and prepare for that. and I'm sure you will, but it's coming through from our principals. Several members of the community down there are hosting a Christmas event for the school. be food and gifts and over 800 family people and families have responded so
055that's on the 16th and that community is always so generous to our school down there and I just thank them for the gifts and well the money to support for gifts for some of our really needy children down there. And so I just want to thank them. William Campbell's doing pretty well. They've been dealing with some behavior issues and but not that more of a reflection of kids that basically didn't have to go to school last year and learning that they have to you know they have some accountability and deadlines and stuff but they're getting a handle on that. So I also thought the state meeting was very good and Appreciate everybody coming out and I want to wish everybody on the board and our community Merry Christmas. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Pillar. Mr.
056Epperson. I'd like to thank everyone for coming out tonight and all the speakers. Appreciate your input and I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I'd like to take the opportunity also to thank Barbara. Barbara, I've really enjoyed getting to know you and working with you for the past four years. You've truly been an asset to our board, and we truly thank you for that. Congratulations to the Rustberg High School volleyball and softball team. What an accomplishment for two varsity sports within the same school to win state championships. So great job there. And again, just wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks. GREG BRUDNICKI Thank you Mr. Everson. Mr. Maddox. GREG MADDOX Uh, I too thought the Williamsburg conference was educational. I'm glad everybody was
057able to take time out of their busy schedule and go. And uh, I'd also like to thank the Alta Vista Elementary School and Alta Vista Combined School who boasted uh, angel trees to help with the community. I know that there's a need there. And Barbara, I'd like to thank you for four years of service to our kids. We're going to miss you. Thank you. GREG BRUDNICKI Thank you Mr. Maddox. And at the end, Mr. Jones. I'll start off with expressing my gratitude to Barbara for sitting beside me and helping me. And you've just done an outstanding job on the board. Rarely do you find somebody that's so dedicated to improving not only your schools and your election district, but throughout the whole county. And it's just been a pleasure to work with you over your
058four years. I hate to see you go. The teams that were here earlier, the Rustberg softball team and the Rustberg volleyball team, outstanding accomplishments, outstanding young women, outstanding coaches. volleyball game in Salem. You also have to say an outstanding following of Rustberg alumni and Rustberg supporters. Rustberg pretty much filled up the one side of the Salem Civic Center to support the team and trust me without they had great coaching. They played as a team. There was some uncertainty for a period of time but with great coaching. They rallied and won the state championship and it just does a tremendous amount of pride throughout the Rustberg area. Not only to have one state championship, but to have the softball state championship as well. And we know the softball team is just waiting for springtime to capitalize
059on another possible state championship as well. Thank Dr. Hale for all she's done to support those teams as well and make accommodations for them. Thank wherever she's at. Thank her for accommodating us here at the high school. Also, didn't know it until just now, but congratulations to all the state, all state selections, the players and the coaches. It's well deserved. Alexis, I didn't catch your last name for the Presidential Scholar. Quite a feat. Congratulations to her. Concord Elementary School is kind of going through the same thing Brookneal is. They've had a rough time with COVID. Talking to Ms. Rinella, you can just, two weeks ago, it was just like chaos. But talking to her today, she feels like they're on an improving. slope, so hopefully things will get better. Certainly want to thank the people
060that make people, organizations, and groups that make donations. Not only the donations we see on the report, but groups that make donations at the Christmas season to make a lot of families that wouldn't have a tremendous Christmas just providing for those families, and it's just a great effort. And we just appreciate everybody's contributions and time and donations. The Rustberg Middle School project, moving on. It's just... Every time you go by, it's very impressive. It's just amazing. And I certainly want to thank Mr. Marston for overseeing the project and providing us the informative reports he gives us on a regular basis. And I just appreciate everybody coming out tonight. I hope everybody has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and stay safe. That's all. All right. Thank you, Mr. Jones. Ms. Reitkma. Okay. I heard from
061Mr. Martin today at Brookville Middle, and he wanted to point out the bright spot that this year has been for the new electives offered in the block schedule. He said that they have a journalism class now that is publishing a newspaper for the school every two or three weeks. The construction class is offering to make Christmas gifts, and the graphic design class is helping them with the advertising. The art class is also involved by providing any artwork that is needed. In addition to those electives, they are also offering a career pathways class, team finance, first responders, and health care heroes. He said that the teachers have done an amazing job with these classes, and it's been great to see how they've worked together to provide some real-world experience for our students. And so I think
062this is a good example of how the block schedule has benefited our students. in more ways than just math, science, and the core curriculum. Also, he said that they had their first band concert last week, and it was awesome to see how well the kids performed, especially after the challenges of the last two years. And their first chorus concert for BMS is tomorrow night at Brookville High for anyone that's interested. I did hear from Miss White at Brookville High also. She said that they had their first holiday concert since 2019, and the kids were excited. They were all dressed up in festive attire, and they played six songs. I believe it was the band. She was honored to be in the concert. Apparently, she read Twas the Night Before Christmas when the band played. Last
063month, I had mentioned that the Horticulture Club was selling poinsettias. It was a record sale. They sold 600 poinsettias with only 60 students, of which the majority of those 60 students were first-year students. And that was the best they've ever done. And that just shows the relationships that Ms. Hansot builds with those kids and the commitment to that program. She mentioned that all four high schools, and she was thinking many of the elementary schools too, were doing a December to Remember, where teachers were having spirit days for the whole month. Crazy socks, glitter tinsel day ugly sweaters, things of that nature. And this Friday is apparently the holiday havoc with Santa hats, reindeer antlers, crazy socks, et cetera. And apparently the 7-Eleven across the street as part of their opening gave slushies to students. That
064made a mention in Mrs. White's list of things as well. Apparently the kids were very excited about that. Another thing is I know that the Brookville High School band participated in the Lynchburg City Christmas Parade. What not this past Sunday, but the Sunday prior and then all four bands I believe participated in the rustberg parade and the rustberg band won first place Brookville one second and William Campbell one third for bands and I Think it's wonderful how the community comes out and shows their support for items of that nature Congratulations also to the rustberg high school softball and volleyball teams The governor's school, we had the board meeting for that, and the governor's school is fixing to start on their... process of acceptance and everything. We have our spots, but last year I know that
065we had fewer applications submitted, so I would definitely encourage anyone in the community to really speak up to Governor's School, to the students that will be eligible to apply. Dr. Smith has done what he can, but in the same process, they've not had the past two years to get into the schools and really talk up their program like they normally do, and we want to make sure that he's got a pool to... to apply from, to choose from, or for us to choose from for that program. As far as the drivers, the 20 to 25, unfortunately, I know that that's pretty much across the board. I know from the school district I work in, we have the same issues going with that. I'm not sure there's a quick and easy answer there, but I appreciate
066the fact that we're notifying parents as soon as we can when we have to change bus routes and everything, because I know how hard that is, having been on the back side of that now. And finally, thank you guys for letting me serve with you. I thought as a person that attended school board members and spoke to you guys regularly that I knew exactly what you guys did. And I'll tell you now, it was a very large line curve. My impression from out there is much different than my impression from up here. And I appreciate all of the support and wisdom and guidance that you guys have provided and the years of dedication you guys have given to this. Because it's not an easy task and you guys... definitely have a heart for the students
067in the county and that's what that's what's most important Well, thank you, Barbara. And yes, Dr. Johnson. I was remiss, Mr. Williams. Thank you for reminding me. I just wanted to thank Captain Lawhorn, who's here with us tonight, as well as Lieutenant Glass, who's here with us tonight in regards to our situation last week. And I can't tell you how many hours we spent on the phone together, texting, and how on top of it they were. And, you know, we have a really wonderful working relationship. I'd like for that. for the community to know the relationship we have with the Campbell County Sheriff's Department. And I know for a fact that some of my colleagues in other jurisdictions don't have that. So we are blessed to have that. And they were on top of that
068and did everything we asked and led us through that. And so I appreciate you. Thanks. All right. I had a few comments to close out the matters from the board. So from Rustberg Middle School. They had a winter chorus concert last week. So great show put on by them here at Rustberg High School. Next year they'll be able to hold their concerts at Rustberg Middle School. They have a great venue there. So that's good news. At Rustberg High School, congratulations again to the volleyball and softball teams. Thanks for coming out tonight and congrats on their state championships. We have a band concert here tomorrow night, and we also have a Christmas concert here on Wednesday evening. So if you're not going to the Brookville concert that Barbara mentioned, you can come out, same place at
069seven o'clock tomorrow night and Wednesday. And then Dr. Johnson mentioned Alexis Edwards. Edwards was the last name. Mr. Jones on... her selection process for the Presidential Scholarship Program, or Scholars Program, I'm sorry. So congratulations to her. I want to thank all of our speakers that came out tonight. Thank you for the information, the concerns you shared with us. Made some notes, and you've left us with some information as well, so we'll follow up on that information and get back with you as best we can there. Great Christmas parade yesterday in Rustburg. We had the... It was a great float. The volleyball and softball team had, as well as numerous other floats, tractors. I think there were more Jeeps than I've ever seen in one place. But just a lot of great entries and a great
070turnout, and glad to be able to get back and be doing some of those kind of things in the community. So that was a great event yesterday. Happy holidays to the board members and to the folks in the audience tonight. Hope you have a great holiday coming up. And last but not least, Barbara. We've got a small token of our appreciation. And for all nights, for me not to bring my reading glasses. I didn't bring them tonight, but I made it through the other things. This is a little larger print. Thank you for your service to Campbell County Public Schools, Barbara Reitkma, January 2018 to December 2021. So you and I came on the board together four years ago, learned a lot together, and learned from the existing board members. So it's been a great
071four years serving with you, and just thanks very much on behalf of the board for all of your service. So congratulations. okay so next on the agenda we do have a closed session so i will ask For a motion. Mr. Chairman, I move that we convene in a closed meeting for discussion or consideration of disciplinary matters or other matters that would involve the disclosure of information contained in the scholastic record concerning students in the school's division, specifically students 25, 26, and 27 from 2021-2022 school year in accordance with section 2.2-3711A2. of the Code of Virginia 1950 as amended. And discussion of personnel matters relating to assignment, appointment, promotion, performance, demotion, salaries, disciplining, or resignation of specific employees. Specifically the evaluation of the superintendent in accordance with sections 2.2-3711A1 of the Code of Virginia 1950 as
072amended. Second. We've got a motion and a second. All those in favor? Say aye. Those opposed? Okay, motion carries. We'll take a five-minute recess and convene in closed session. Where were you standing down yesterday, David? No, no, no. This is a happy crowd out here now. We good? We're on the mic. Okay. We have had motion approved to reconvene an open session. Motion to certify the closed session. I ask for a motion certifying that to the best of each member's knowledge that during our closed meeting that one, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by Virginia law and two, only such public Business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in the meeting by the school board. So moved. Second. All those in
073favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? I'm sorry. All those in favor, raise your right hand. Okay. Opposed? Okay. Motion carries. And now we need a... Motion to accept or amend the administration's recommendation. Mr. Chairman, I move that we accept the administration's recommendations on students number 25 and 26 and accept the administration's recommendations as modified or as amended on student number 27. Second. We've got a motion and a second on the floor. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Okay, motion carries. And I think that's all the business we have for the meeting. I ask for a motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Meeting is adjourned. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.