001Good afternoon. Want to welcome you to the February meeting of the Trustful Board of Education. At this time, if you would stand, Kim Dazzo will lead us in prayer and the pledge. Lord, thank you for the opportunity today to come before you and to um conduct the business of Trustful City Schools. I just thank you for every teacher, every student, every administrator, every staff member of our school system. Lord, we are so blessed and so grateful for all those that that are a part of it. Um please forgive us of our sins and help us as we conduct the business today in Jesus name. Amen. >> Amen. >> Attention salute. Pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God,
002indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you, M. >> Verdon, would you call the role, please? >> Steve Ward, >> here. >> Sherry Tolbert, >> present. >> Here. >> Timo, >> here. >> Kathy Brown, >> made it here. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Want to welcome everyone this evening. At this time, if you've had an opportunity to look at the agenda, do I have a motion to adopt the agenda? >> So moved. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I hearing no objections. The agenda is recognized. This time, Dr. Martin, I think we have several recognitions. 459 South. >> He's here. >> Who was that? >> All right. Well, welcome. Um, one several recognitions that we would like to uh to do this evening. Um, one person
003I'd like to recognize, actually two before we get started with our student groups, and we're very excited uh to have everybody here tonight. But the first person I want to make sure that we thank our city council liaison Jamie Anderson. Melton, thank you for being here. Jamie Melton Anderson, thank you for being here this evening. We appreciate that. Um, and with a show of hands, uh, because there's been an announcement made last week regarding one of our principles, but if you are either a parent of a student that went to Kahaba or a student that went to Kahaba, would you please raise your hand? Okay. Joy Tiner, our principal, has announced her retirement and she has been the only principal of Kahaba Elementary School and we it has been a privilege to have you as
004a leader in our system. So, can we please give Joy Tiner a We have a lot to be proud of. I was just saying with Sandra and Lori and our leadership team this morning, it is a great day to be a Husky. Uh Scott Butram called me early last week and said that he was going to do a series of articles in the Trustful Tribune and I'm sure that you have seen those articles and the outstanding work that our students do and that work continues with the recognitions that we have here today. Uh I'm going to ask Miss Gianroso if she would just come forward here. Um, our first recognition is for Payne Elementary School and it's for the American Heart Challenge. Payne Elementary School raised over $70,000 in 2425 for students associated with the
005American Heart Challenge. And I think that is a great accomplishment. They were number one in Alabama and they were number four in the entire nation. So, let's give Payne Elementary School a round of applause. And I know Miss Jane Gros, this is this is very special to you because as a former PE coach, correct? And then former president of the Association of Teachers that teach physical education, this is something that's near and dear to your heart. So, >> the biggest I'm sorry, I'm >> Yeah, I would love for you to take the mic. Yes. >> The biggest thing, and I don't know if you have the number there. um when they start when children do the jump rope for heart for the American Heart Association, they do challenges through there through their website and one
006of the challenges is to teach these students handsonly CPR. So, our K through five that are participating in this program, and all three elementary schools do this, which I'm very thankful for, that these students are learning handsonly CPR if they follow the videos. And we had almost 200 students complete that challenge last year. So, that's 200 students that know what to do in the event of an emergency, which is something that we always taught in physical education about the importance of knowing where an AED is and CPR and things like that. So, that was one thing that I was extra proud of of not only the money that they raised for this, but to know that we have almost 200 students that can now that are certified in hands only CPR as well. >> That's
007outstanding. I just want to mention your coaches there. Scott Cooper, Scott Bernett, Carter Ferris, Sarah Beth Robersonson, all of them doing a great job for us. So, thank you very much. All right. Do you want to take a picture? What can we take? >> This is my favorite part. >> Our next recognition is we have congratulations which are in order to two Huitt Trustful High School students. We have Taylor Allen and Claire Chen. Are they both here tonight? Where? All right. Would you please come forward? These are our National Merit Commended Scholars. Uh they scored well on the PSAT. They represent the top three or 4% of students in the nation that take this exam. So, just to give you an idea, over 1.3 million students take this exam and they are one of 34,000
008across the entire nation to be recognized as a commended scholar. Let's recognize them this evening. >> All right. Because you scored so well, I'm always curious, what are future plans? >> Uh, I'm pretty much going to head off to Auburn for mechanical engineering. I think that's pretty much what I'm gonna do. >> Okay. All right. >> Um, I'm gonna go to Highlands College. It's like a ministry school and I'm gonna major in global ministry. >> All right. Wonderful. Let's give them a round of applause. >> All right. Do you mind taking a picture, Dr. >> W? I cannot figure out how to >> All right, ladies. Thank you so much for being here. >> It's crazy. >> So, we we talk a lot here at the board office as well as at each of our
009five schools about working for towards everyday excellence in the areas of academics, athletics, and the arts. And so, we've seen some some tremendous work, some tremendous students there and things that they've done. The next group that we want to recognize here in the area of athletics is our eighth grade boys basketball team who were the Metro Champions under the direction of Coach Clint Argo. So, if you are a member of the team, if you would please come forward. And I think I saw Coach Argo back there as well. >> Congrats, boys. Congratulations. >> Congrats. Stay right there. C >> Can you see why they're the Metro Champions? >> They're a lot taller than I remember when I was in eighth grade. Um, what? We've got to have some guys here that are over 6'4, 6'5.
010Is that right? Does that sound Well, you're 6 what? >> 6'4. Well, your brother's like 73, isn't he? Yeah. So, um, with with that said, I've got a couple statistics and then coach, if you would introduce, um, introduce members of the team. If you're an athlete here at Trustful City Schools, it is a privilege to get to come before the board of education. There are only three ways you do that. One, in high school, if you win a blue map, if you win a red map, or if you win a Metro Championship. And because of that, our Metro champions get an opportunity to be here before the board getting this recognition. They finished with a record of 17-2. They were the one seed. Uh where's Matt Jones? Okay. All right. And then how about uh
011Grayson Warren? Okay. These two were named all Metro, which is a pretty big honor uh for the schools across the metro area. Um where's Carson Harper? All right. Hey, Carson. And then Grayson again. Okay. And then Matt, I need you to stand right out there. I need you to stand right there. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Stop. That's your Metro MVP for eighth grade. And I know we had some students that got recognition. Um but uh All right, Matt, you can jump back in line. Thank you. He's like, I'm going to stand here until you tell me I can. Um, I know that we had some student athletes here that got some recognition, but we all know with the game of basketball, it is a team sport. So, if you would, coach, would you
012please tell us a little bit about the season and then recognize or introduce us to all your athletes here? >> Yeah, it was a uh long, not long season, but tough season. We didn't have a full squad since after Thanksgiving break, either through injury or sickness. We had like four guys go through flu. We had several guys injured, long-term injuries, and a lot of fight, a lot of character for these guys to to finish the season out and win a championship. So introduce we have Jackson Phillips Lloyd Jason Warren, Landon Green, and our manager who is at every practice in every game, MJ Crawford. >> Thank you, coach. Your one more hand for your 2026 Metro Champions, eighth grade. Great job, guys. Okay, if you want to just follow Sandra, Nobody. >> Did you say
013>> who used to come? >> I don't see. >> Uhhuh. She came inside. >> Let me let me say this as our eighth grade boys are leaving. Um I I don't know what it is about this class, but I guarantee you that our eighth grade girls would have won Metro as well. But of the eight man or woman rotation of our varsity team this year, four of them were eighth graders. So this eighth grade class, there is a lot to look forward to. So parents, thanks for keeping them here with us in Trustful City Schools. >> Is this track? >> Coach Johnson, how are you? >> A couple things about it and then I'll have Lance speak as well. So appreciate you being here. >> Yeah. >> All right. Hey, we can come back here.
014I'll let them >> Yes. >> Lance, I'll give you the mic in just a second here. Okay. >> Hey see the back row. >> Congratulations. >> All right. So, I mentioned earlier there are only three ways that you get before the board of education as an athlete. One of those ways is for the middle school and two for the high school. And you are looking at your state champion indoor track team from High School. Now, I had a couple things I I wanted to say and then turn it over here to to uh Coach Johnson, but um I I had seen a Twitter post and I think we had some really fast athletes on that day, but the rumor was the fastest man in the gym on that day was Lance Walker during the 4x4.
015I don't know if you've seen this video, >> but you see our athletic director sprinting, correct? From the start line all the way down. >> Yeah. Yes. And I think he did that in cowboy boots. So, with that said, instead of me saying a couple things, he was there. I want him to build up. This was a very, very exciting race that came down to the very end. And I want you to paint the picture for us if you would, Coach Walker. Thank you guys for uh thank you guys for being here. Um it was probably the most exciting end to a track meet I've ever seen in my life. So we were uh three points behind Hoover going into the last relay. And you know if you come in first you get 10 points,
016second is eight, third is six. So we knew we had a good chance in the last race, but if Hoover would have come in second, we still lost because we're three behind. We'd only gained two points. So, uh, you know, coming around, uh, the last lap, you know, we were kind of comfortably ahead, but the Hoover guy and the Huntsville guy were like neck and neck. And, uh, luckily for us, the Huntsville guy won by less than a quarter of a second, so I should have invited them to the board meeting tonight, too. But, uh, but this uh, it was it was really exciting. I'm proud of all of them. This is the 21st state title in the history of our school. It's the second time ever that the boys indoor track team has won.
017And I would just say from being there, it was a complete team effort. You know, our team, we had 112 team points, Hoover had 111. I've heard track coaches for decades talk about, "All right, guys, every point matters." And this is just proof that every point matters. And it's easy to focus on some of these these guys that won the state title in their individual event, but what I saw from being there throughout the day is guys really grinding to come in sixth place in their event. because if they would have come in eighth place in their event instead of sixth, we don't win and and we're not up here. So, it took the it took the entire team pulling for each other and I'm I'm just really proud of all you guys. So, coach,
018I'm going to turn over to you, let you say a few words, and then if you'll let the guys introduce themselves, >> got a little something wrote down. Um, before we get started, before I get started, um, we did have two female state champions. I want to go ahead and let them recognize them. Caitlyn Kimer and Hadley Turner over there in the back. Hadley Turner right there. I think everything goes full circle for me. Uh, in May 2024, I remember sitting down with Mr. Walker, me and my wife, sitting down with Mr. Walker and Mr. King, and we talked about the mission and the vision for the program. um they sincerely believed that after all the research that they had that I was going to be the missing piece to what we was trying to
019do here at Trustville to date today I'm greatly thankful because everything that we talked about in that meeting them believing in the vision believing in um what I was trying to bring to the program everything just came full circle it was one of those things where we wasn't trying to create a great track and field team. We knew that that was going to happen if we did everything right. So, we tried to build great individuals. We tried to build kids that was disciplined. We tried to build kids that was going to be focused and driven on the things that we wanted them to do. And I told them that when it would come, all we got to do is do the right things. If we do the right things, the winter will come. And every
020day we came to practice, I don't know if some of the parents, I know y'all heard about it, we had them running stadiums for grades. We had them running stadiums for being late. But that discipline is the difference of that one point. Anything different. Anything different. We hadn't have disciplined them the way we did for grades. If we hadn't did some of the things that we did for being late, that that could have been that one point. So we we talk about that one point at the state meet, but it's much bigger in track and field is all the stuff that led up to that one point to that one day. All the stuff that led up to it. Everything that we did, everything that we tried to just kind of hammer home to these
021guys to make sure that they believe in what we're trying to do. That was that one point. And I don't think a lot of people understand how track and field and how to win a state championship work. It's bigger than being fast. It's bigger than jumping far. It's bigger than that. It's bigger than all of that. It's big. It's like putting a team together and that's what we got. And once we put all the pieces together, we got a state championship team. So these I'm going to go ahead and let them introduce theirel. I want to start off with the meet MVP, Raphael. He was the meet MVP. Tell me your name and event. >> Oh, I'm Raphael. I'm Raphael. I'm a senior. I do triple jump one jump. >> My name is Reese Wright.
022I'm a junior and I do. >> My name is Edenberry. I'm a sophomore and I do jump. >> My name is Walker. I'm a junior. I do high school. >> My name is DJ Thomas. I'm a junior. My name is >> My name is I'm a junior and I do I do multis I'm a junior and I do a junior Max I'm a sophomore I'm >> walk Oh, it's perfect to make sure that coaches. >> I'm go ahead and let the coaches introduce theirel as well. >> I'm coach car. I do sprints train for us. Mark distance >> she's going to point you in the direction. So go ahead Sandra and April. >> And what we'll do is we'll get everybody on the front and we'll change places and let the back line step. third
023line. They all start pushing for the >> Oh, I think we are too. >> I think y'all are going to have to >> Yeah, we're going to have to slum. We're gonna have to slum with y'all. >> I'm kind of behind this kid, right? Oh, no. I'm not. A lot of parents >> when they when they count one time, what we ought to do is we photo bomb. All right. >> They can always retake it. >> Last call for pictures. Last call. >> All right. That sounds good. >> Uhhuh. >> All right. Thank you, coach. Thank you. >> Congratulations. Hey, can one of you go move my car? Yeah, my car. I'm at the emergency department. Hey, congratulations. Yeah, thank you. >> Bring another one. >> Congratulations. >> All right. All right, Jenny, I've got
024you right here with me. Okay, coaches, I've got you right here with me. Hello. >> All right, come on in. You may need to make two two lines. I don't know how many we have. Bye. >> All right. Okay. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> All right. So, so we've had an opportunity tonight. We've represented or we've recognized rather a Metro Middle School champion and then we recognized a state champion and now we have the opportunity to recognize a national champion. So, this is our national champion cheerleading squad. Let's give them a round of applause. So, we're going to have an opportunity to hear from the coaches and then um the players or I'm sorry, our athletes will introduce themselves. But at this time, I want to turn things over to Lance Walker. So,
025Coach Walker, >> thank you. >> Well, I want to welcome our cheerleaders here and just again tell them how proud of them that we are. You know, it was exciting down in Orlando. uh after the semi-finals, we were in first place and only the top four teams got to advance to the finals and we again uh came out on top. So, you know, when I think about these girls and this group, I think a lot of people in Trussville just see them on Friday nights and that's kind of their experience with the cheerleaders, but what we do now like with this program is it's pretty much year round always something going on. So, I appreciate so much how they support our other teams, not just football, but they've been at volleyball this year. They've been
026at basketball. They've been at wrestling. That's on top of everything they're doing to prepare for their own competitions. And then so much they do in the community. You know, we talked to the banquet last night about the come cheer with us event, the youth cheerleading that they give back so much time with. Uh so, we just appreciate everything that you guys do year round. So, I'm going to have Coach Jenny come up now and uh talk a little bit more about the national championship and then have the girls introduce themselves. Coach, >> hi. Thank you all for having the ladies here today. This is a huge honor for them and they have worked most of them for many, many years to get to this place that they are in now. And this was an opportunity
027that we told them was right at their fingertips a few months ago when we entered into this division and saw how prepared they were, how capable they were of really going out and showing the world just how talented they really are. And we told them, "This is your chance. You can do this. It is within your reach. All you have to do is buckle down and give me everything you have for a few months to get there." And they have done that. They not only worked in practice, but also outside of practice. They worked on their own. They worked together so so well. They embraced this opportunity so completely. And it really showed when they got out on the floor together at nationals. They were in the hallways leading worship with their peers from other
028schools. Um just celebrating the joy that they have representing their school, their community, their families, and themselves in such a positive way. And it was really quite touching to see them come together and support each other so well in so much pressure. Um the the cameras didn't phase them, the pressure didn't phase them. They just went out there and showed their joy for the things that they do and the things that they love. And they did a great job with it. And we were so proud. Not only are they national champions, but they were also undefeated this year. So there was not a single time where they cracked under the pressure and lost their spot as the number one team. So we're very, very proud of them. And like coach Walker said, they have worked
029all year to get here. They start preparing even before they try out. They start asking, "What should we be doing? What skills do we need to work on? Where should I what should I do to prepare for this?" And they really put in hundreds of hours before they even ever step on the mat. So, we're really proud of them and all of their hard work. And they're going to introduce themselves to you. Um, and we'll start right here with Miss Ava Claire, one of our head captains. >> Hi, I'm AA Clair Foster and I'm a senior. Hi, I'm also senior. Hi, I'm Kelly and I'm also senior. Hi. Hi, I'm a senior. I'm I'm sophomore. I'm >> a freshman. I'm a freshman. >> Hi, I'm Elbert and I'm a freshman. I'm I'm a freshman. >>
030Hey, I'm Marlin. I'm a sophomore. I'm a sophomore. >> I'm Lesley and I'm a coach. >> Hey, this this is one of the reasons that I I love high school. Um is if you noticed, our upper classmen are like front and center. Like we're taking the front row. Freshman, you guys can step in the back. Is that right? And what I love about it is at some point, it's all business. At some point, freshman, sophomores, eighth grader, who's the eighth grader? Raise your hand. >> Yeah. I love it. I love it. At some point, you will move to the front row, right? And you all will be there supporting them and liking them on Instagram. >> Yes. >> And you will have the opportunity to have the freshman stand behind you. Isn't that right? So,
031hey, >> we had some alumni in Orlando. >> Did we? Supporting them. I think it's outstanding. I love the legacy that our upper classmen leave for our younger student athletes. So, ladies and gentlemen, our national champions. >> Hey, can we do our normal stack, please? We should make we should make William. >> Yeah. Perfect. All right, ladies. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Okay, Ava Cla. Yep. Go. You guys go head that way. I think she's got you going that way. So, >> thank you. Appreciate it, Coach Muncher. All right. Thank you, Coach Jenny. Thank you. >> And that's our recognitions. I think that's the last one. So, >> my mom question. So, one final recognition and then I'll sit down and and stop. But um we just had an entire indoor track
032team, 40 cheerleaders, we had two students that were commended scholars. And I think we need to recognize the fact that Sandra and Lori figure out a way to move them in and out of this room like a couple of Yes. Yes. I wake up screaming thinking about what happens if we win a seventh eighth grade metro and our football team are state champions. I don't know how we're going to get them all here in the building. So ladies, thank you so much for moving them in and out and paying highest to our caret. I guess >> any recognition. >> Yeah. Don't you just love following cheerleaders? I mean my the room is empty as it should be. As it should be. Um board members, uh Dr. Martin, we are pleased uh to present in your
033packet the monthly financial report for January. Uh all bank accounts have been reconciled to the general ledger uh and uploaded to the state department uh with any necessary edits corrected. Uh total expenditures uh for the month are at 34% of the budget compared to 38% of the budget this time last year. So I feel like we're tracking along uh pretty level uh flat with uh last year. uh revenues are at uh right at third uh 73% of our budget uh compared to 57% of the budget this time last year. Kind of been talking about revenues for the last couple of months. Um it does look like uh most of our receipts have come in earlier as compared to last year. Uh not through February yet. still hope uh we'll have a few more receipts come
034in, but receipts in February did drop off uh pretty good bit. So, as I've been saying, at the end of February, when I talk to you next month, I can kind of give you a better idea of how revenues um tracked and then after February, it just pretty much drops off to to nothing. Um that being said uh all transactions appear to be uh of a usual and routine manner and within the legal authorization fiscal management policy of the board and uh as always upon board approval. The monthly financial report will be posted on our website for public review. >> Thank you J. >> At this time you had an opportunity to look at the consent agenda. Do I have a motion to adopt? >> I make a motion. Do >> you have a second?
035>> Second. >> All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none, we approve the consent agenda. Dr. Martin, there's some things you want to bring up. Ju just a couple of items here to point out. Um the first item is we are surplusing um as board members have have seen surplusing uh several of our buses. And I just wanted to say that uh I I do appreciate Mr. Kirkland. So, after we've surplused some of our spare buses, after we've been able to uh to purchase some new buses, uh working with a third party to then turn around and sell those buses to create just a little bit of a revenue stream for the system. So, that was approved under consent. Um, also under consent, and I I I highlighted this not
036so much because the bid came in um as well as it did, but uh you can see item number 11, uh bid 25-02 for a bus shop cleaning and floor waxing awarded to Pro Team Janitorial. Uh as board members will recall, this is our new space provided to us for transportation by our city council. So, I just I want to make sure that we thank them for allowing us to use that space and we're showing that, you know, we will take good care of it. So, thank you to uh to our uh city council liaison for that. Uh roof bids came in last week and uh came in right at budget for both the Kahaba gym as well as portions of Huitt Trustful Middle School. And then as always, we have a few facility use
037agreements for board approval as well as several pages of field trips. our students are not only getting great experience in the classroom uh from a practical standpoint but some excellent field trip experiences to give them that conceptual look as well. So that is consent agenda for this evening. >> Thank you. Personnel our personnel report as members of the board can see we have uh a couple of retirements. We mentioned one of those earlier with a standing ovation for our principal there at Kahaba Elementary School, Joy Tiner. Uh also wanted to uh let members of the board just highlight um we have a couple of teachers here. One in particular just an outstanding government world AP teacher in Jeff Shrup who not only serves as an excellent teacher uh but also is a a fantastic coach
038for our baseball program. And I highlight that just because we have so many outstanding individuals that work in our school system that are multi-talented and he represents those individuals. Uh we have several resignation for board review uh employee extra services agreement. One of the items I wanted to point out there uh really appreciate Mr. King. He has been working. We have several students who are on the cusp of doing what our two students did earlier in terms of uh national merit scholarships and whatnot. And so we've identified several students and Mr. King went to work and partnered with us. Uh board is picking up the cost of one tutor, Mr. King is picking up the cost of another tutor, but really putting us in a position to have a number of national merit scholars going
039forward. So I appreciate that work, Mr. King. uh a few leave of absences before the board. Uh some employment opportunities, transfer reassignment, one recommendation for schedule change. We have a few long-term substitute recommendations and then you can see there one recommendation for supplement. And that is our personnel report for this evening. >> Very good. Do we have a motion to adopt? >> To make a motion. >> You have a second. >> Second. >> All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Personnel is adopted. >> Do business. Dr. Martin. >> Yes. Item number one for the board of education is to place on the table uh a revision to the 26 27 school calendar. And so this will sit on the table before the board of education uh until next month
040when we'll bring a final approval. And board members have access to that uh to that proposed 2627 calendar. And I do need to mention for these next two items, I do appreciate Dr. Puy who helps to head up our calendar committee and brings together a group of all of our school constituents uh to to to arrive at the best calendar that we can put before the community. So that is the first action item under new business. >> And we have a motion on that. I believe >> need a motion and a second and then approval. >> If we'd uh have a motion to place the on the table a revision to the calendar to have a motion to >> so moved. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> All in favor please say I. >>
041We have discussion. >> I'm sorry. Yes. Yes. >> I just Well, okay. So, there's one change, Rachel. Is that right? >> What? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> What is that change? >> The change would be to take the October, Friday, Monday, and move it to Monday, Tuesday that following week in October. >> Any reason for that? >> Well, looking at people around us, some have Monday, some have Friday, Monday, Tuesday. Some have Friday, Monday, some have Monday, Tuesday. The way it worked out for us this year during football season was very challenging um with games we had going on here and people being at school, people attending events. And so to have those students in a normal day on Friday and have that constant flow of normaly and then leave from there and be off just
042appear to be more functional and match what some of our money. And one of the items that we talked about as well this morning in leadership was instead of impacting two weeks, so you have two weeks that are four day weeks, uh you're really just impacting the one. So that that that was the thought process behind it. Um but again, this sits on the table. So it's just the approval of a first reading and then um after that, we would look at uh bringing that back before the board with any changes you see fit. Are we concerned at all about people leaving at two o'clock on Thursday when they get out and take Friday off? >> Take that Friday off as a >> That would be my assumption is what's going to happen. But >>
043yeah, so instead of a 4-day weekend, they've turned it into their five day weekend. >> Yeah, I mean that would be >> I'd probably do that. >> Yeah, understand. Understand? >> Sounds pretty great today. >> Understand? Yeah. >> Just be honest. Well, I mean this I no just curious what what what it was for. Do we know if like I know last year it was a big deal because that Friday was homecoming also and so wasn't homecoming one year. >> Was that home? Yeah, >> it was away game. >> So an away game. Okay. >> It was away game Pratt Bowl and Yeah. And so >> not bad at all. But uh but wasn't there a year that we got like >> was that two years ago that we had >> two years ago that
044we made the mistake of having homecoming be the same weekend as must be now? >> Mr. King. Was that two years ago that homecoming fell on Columbus Day weekend or I we may not remember. Yeah. Okay. >> That was a whatever. As long as that's not going to be homecoming weekend that then >> I can't imagine we make Thompson be our home. >> No. >> Yeah. >> Right. I can't imagine we would be making that our home. >> So So I went to that away game. It was a slim slimmer crowd. Normal right in >> That's right. at Prattville >> the game that >> yeah I just we we talked about that and but a lot of our conversation circled around you're affecting two weeks and having two four day weeks as opposed to just
045one week that's impacted and then but but to to Mrs. Dezo's point, you may have some families that just even though you're trying voluntarily make it a two week impact. Correct. >> I can speak for my look, I think my my family and myself. If if I'm off at all, I'm off on Monday. I'm not I'm not ever going to be off that Friday. I'm not off Tuesday. So, I mean, but it's easier for me to get away on a Friday. >> On a Friday than >> on a Tuesday, but >> yeah. that >> and we'll we'll talk to committee members and see see what committee members um see what they think just in terms of and then bring it back to the board. >> Yeah. No, it was just curiosity more than anything. Just
046what we were changing. That's the only change to the proposed calendar. >> Yep. So, >> and we think it's a it's a Thompson game, so that's not going to be a risk of them being >> I know that. >> Yeah. to make sure. Well, yeah. >> Yeah. >> Winnie can play the >> the 1A school homecoming, right? Is that what you're supposed to do? >> I just I don't know if we have that schedule this year. Am I right, >> Lance? >> Yeah. >> We uh we're excited about every game we will be playing this year. So, >> We're going to win every game. That's right. >> Yeah. Let them >> That sounds good. the Tom. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, >> we'll go back. Do we have a motion to >> I've got a
047motion in a second? >> You do have a motion, a second. Second. Yes. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Move on to the second table. The 2728 still. >> I I guess I'm a little confused. Was that last motion was that to approve the revision to the schedule or beat Thompson on Friday night? I can't remember what. Both. All right. Good. Okay. Okay. Good. I just All right. Good. I I like both motions. Um All right. The second action item here, place on the table a draft of the 2728 school year calendar. And I think the only change to that calendar from this year as well is it's similar with the t uh Monday Tuesday after Columbus Day as opposed to the Friday Monday. >> So, yep. So, >> discussion. Have a
048motion to place this 2728 school year calendar on the table. Do I have a motion? >> Some move. >> Have a second. >> I second it. >> All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed? None opposed? Very good. Motion carries. You want to look at the fee sheets for the three schools? >> Yes, we've got fee sheets that have been provided to us by three of our five schools. And so members of the board can see there uh Huitt at Trustful Middle, I'm sorry, Huitt Trustful High School, Payne Elementary, and Kahaba Elementary for approval for next school year. >> Order any increases. >> Um school supplies. >> Yeah. >> I have a motion to adopt, >> but it was minimal. >> It was minimal. >> Yeah. Sherry, it was it was minimal. >>
049Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I was just wondering because >> And this is the first reading. Yeah. So, >> have a motion. >> We're placing it on the table for our first reading. For our first reading motion to place it on the table. >> That's right. I have a motion to place it on the table. >> Second. >> Okay. >> All in favor, please say I. >> Any oppose? Hearing none. Last item is the high school curriculum guide. >> That's right. And similarly, we'll place this on the table, the 2627 Huitt Trustful High School curriculum guide. And again, want to thank Dr. Pooie for her work on this with her committee uh as well as uh Mr. King uh in helping to support these changes. >> Any significant changes? >> Yeah, that's what I was
050going to mention was >> Yeah. Yep. personal >> finance. Do I have a motion to place this on the table? >> Have a second. >> All in favor, please say I >> You're hearing none. We place that on the table. I believe the next is the administrative reports. >> Yes, we have our um similar to last month where Mr. King and his team came forward to talk about their continuous improvement plan. We've asked Mr. Me and his team if they would come forward and do the same. So we turn things over to you Mr. Me. >> All right guys, for me I am just kind of introducing tonight and I'm closing it out right similar to Mr. King last week. One, you'll see I appreciate him guys. You'll see a very similar plan from a
051secondary standpoint. Um can't brag on my team enough. We have Miss Maguire, one of my APs here as well. So, I'll make sure I highlight her uh as well as part of our team. Miss Alivera, one of our APS, has done a phenomenal job really heading this up. So, I'm very proud of her with that. We have Miss Amanda Mclofflin teaches English for us. We have Miss Madison Black teaches math. Miss Sarah Whiteside, one of our counselors, and Miss Jennifer Bruno that heads up our theater program. Excited to hear what they kind of have for us tonight. And then I'll be closing it down as well. Thank you, Mr. Me. Um, as he said, we are the presentation team members um for our CIP team, but there are other members as well who are just
052not presenting tonight. Um, we have uh Mr. Warren and Mr. McGuire, both representing world history. Miss McCicole, English 8. Uh, Miss Kagel, civics and geography, and then Mr. Dybert, Spanish. So, we definitely have a wide array of people that are representing our school here for our continuous improvement plan. Um before we get into our actual plan, I do want to discuss kind of the foundations for our plan and where where we are looking for these objectives and and how we are getting this information. So here's a snapshot of our report card the last couple of years for the middle school. Uh we'll see that the first item here on our report card is academic achievement. This is worth 40% of our overall score. If we look at the 22 23 school year, uh we had
05384 in this category. Um we moved up the next year two points to 86 and then most recently here to 88. So, we've definitely had the year-over-year growth in this category. Something that that we've definitely been working towards. And this is really a testament to the hard work of our teachers showing up each day, you know, looking for where they can they can make this growth with our students um showing up ready to teach. And it's also a testament to our students who are showing up each day ready to learn um and ready to to push themselves to that next level. So, we're definitely proud of this growth in this area and we're continuing to look for ways that we can improve that. So, we're going to hear about that tonight. Um next, we have
054our academic growth. This is also worth 40% of our overall score. As we can see, we have um been doing very well in this category, hitting that 100% mark um each year. And this is definitely something that we're proud of, but not something that we take lightly. We're still working towards this. Um this something that's very important, meeting all of our students where they are and having them grow each and every year. So, we're going to hear about how how we do that as a school and how we focus on that. The next category is progress in EL. Um this is our English language learners. So, the progress that these students are making um each year towards those goals. So these are students that perhaps English is not the first language spoken at home or
055it's definitely um not something that they are as familiar with. Um so this category is worth 5% of our overall score. Uh we can see the first two years here that this wasn't actually factored into our overall score and that just has to do with the number of students that are in our population that are considered EL. Um when that happens that 5% is actually plugged into our academic growth score. So that was 45% of our overall um score there for those two years which was was really beneficial. Um most recently though this was factored into our score. Um so we had 2.5% in that category and we've really found this as um a growth opportunity for our school. We're looking at ways that we can really support these students. Um our faculty has really
056bought into this. Um we've been making some changes and looking at ways that we can support them. So we're really excited about our progress in that area. Our last one here is chronic absenteeism. That's 15% of our overall score. So, this is one of those you want your number to be low. So, as our attendance is high, that chronic absentee is lower. U we started with a 7.8. Uh we moved that um to a 7.1 and here recently we had a a really really great year with a 3.73. So, a dramatic improvement there with lowering that chronic absenteeism. Um we're really proud of that, but that's obviously, you know, making us want to continue in that area um with those students. So, we've made a lot of effort here because while we're doing great work
057in these other three categories, if the students aren't in the building, that's not helping them. they're not getting those learning opportunities. So, that's definitely one of the important ones for us that we're continuing to work on this year. So, this brings us overall to a 92 for our school report card. Um, and we're going to look at how we have these opportunities and what we're doing for our continuous improvement plan. So, we have four overall objectives here. The first one, as I mentioned, we've had that 100% academic growth. So, how can we continue to implement our schoolwide enrichment intervention program? Uh so students are continuing to have that 100% academic growth. Next is the target increase in our overall academic achievement. So as we saw, we've been increasing that each and every year. We'd really
058like to break into that 90 92 um range this year. So that would be a 5% overall increase. We're going to hear about that in just a moment. Uh number three is improved parent and stakeholder communication along with a focus on student foundational wellness. So this is us looking beyond the academics really looking at that whole student. How can we help them become better people? how can we, you know, along with the character ed and things along those lines. And last but not least, we have again our uh overall attendance. Um 5% 5.5% or less is really what we're going for. Obviously, last year we we did phenomenal with that. So, we're definitely still wanting to continue in that area. So, we're going to have uh Miss Mclofflin here speaking on academic growth. >> So,
059I'm just curious, how do we cut absentee? >> I'm going to hit on that. Okay. Our families talked to me quite a bit. Our own I I'll tell y'all I can kind of talk through kind of >> Oh, wow. That's a big deal. >> Central has been doing some things this year, too. This seems kind of adding on to that. I can hit them, but >> Okay. >> Partnering with families is is a huge huge piece of that. >> Oh, yeah. They have to buy into it. >> Okay. All right. I'm waiting on that. >> All right. As Miss Olivea mentioned, one of our objectives is 100% academic growth. That means all students um growing, right? And the definition of academic growth for the Alabama State Department of Education is um a measure of a
060student's growth from year to year. They compare it to their academic peers as well. And we have several um ways. And let me say that academic growth, it doesn't matter whether the student is below, at or above grade level. As long as we see growth, we are meeting our objective. Right? So we have several ways that we intend to meet that goal that we try to. Um we start with our programs first. We use edmentum and the learning path. Um exact path is part of edmentum and this is an adaptive assessment that all students in the school take and edmentum then can create a individual learning path for each individual student based on his or her needs. Um again whether they are below at or above grade level uh the program will give them instruction
061um so that even our struggling learners are improving and so are our accelerated learners. Okay. Um in addition we use co-grader. This is so that teachers can focus on um writing improvement. And this program not only does it it helps to score student writing but it also provides quality feedback in a way that a teacher couldn't. It provides we use it in the English classroom. Social studies teachers use it. Science teachers use it. Even math teachers could use it and there is no way with 125 130 students that I could grade five paragraph essays and provide the amount of feedback that this program does. Um we've been using it for a year now and it's truly fantastic. So in addition to our programs, we focus on professional development within the school. Um during our Thursday
062PDS, our professional developments this year focus on rigor and differentiation. In addition, our teachers participate in learning rounds in which they go to other classrooms to watch teachers using strategies um in their instruction that um that focus on rigor and differentiation. The hope is that by participating in these learning rounds, we can see these strategies working in a classroom and then take it back and incorporate it into our own instruction. So um and lastly um to meet 100% academic growth we use our problem solving team. We meet once a month and this um PST process is focused on our struggling learners. Our goal is to identify the necessary interventions for those students so that we can get them on track and performing at grade level. So with that I will turn it over to Madison
063Black. Okay. So, our second objective that we're aiming for this year is an overall score of 92 or greater for academic achievement. And academic achievement is different than growth in that growth, like Miss Mclofflin said, it doesn't matter if the student is below, on or above grade level. Achievement, it does it holds every sixth grader to a sixth grade standard, seventh grader to a seventh grade standard, and eighth grader to an eighth grade standard. And we get that number based off of their AAP scores that they will take in April. So every single student takes the AAP and then their scores are divided up by levels. Each level gets a certain number of points. Those points are added up. We divide that by the total number of students that take the test and multiply it
064by 100. And that's how we're hoping to get that 92 right there. And obviously with this there comes lots of moving parts that have to work together to be able to push every level of learner to the same goal. Um because not every student fits a mold. So, we do a couple of different things um to obviously contribute to this. Two of the biggest things I'll start with professional development since Miss Mclofflin already talked about this. Um we do a lot of teacher le PD in our school where our PD team gets together, plans these um PD times where we talk about these different instructional strategies that we can put into practice. We see them in learning rounds. We take them back to our classrooms and we implement them ourselves. One of the biggest high
065yield instructional practices that we've been focusing on are learning centers. And learning centers are great because they kind of hit that rigor and differentiation allin-one. Um it's basically putting every student um on track to reach the same goal, but we're able to take that goal and meet those kids where they're at. So I think about seventh grade math does a great job with this when they're talking about multi-step equations. we can um support those students who may be struggling to grasp that a little bit by helping them start with the basics and then also push those higher level learners by letting them come up with equations on their own and balance multi-step equations. So again, everybody's reaching that same goal at the end of the day, the same learning objective, but those activities through those
066centers are leveled. So all the students are getting the same exposure just right where they need it um presented to them. We also do our content data meetings. We meet once a month with our grade level departments where we unpack all the numbers for all the things. So we look at unit unit assessment scores. We look at practice AAP scores. We look at adminum diagnostics, the exact path thing that Miss Mclofflin was talking about. And we really try to focus on two things. Number one, what do these numbers mean? And then obviously number two, what can we do about it? So, we're trying to take this data and use it and implement it in our classroom on a day-to-day basis to try to close those gaps because the way that we reach this is by
067helping those students level up from a level one to a two, a two to a three, and even that three to a four. >> You just like tell us you have like a what's really special about this and I've had a chance to visit with Mr. Me and the different teams. They've got it up on a board similar to this. They have all the student names and they go through and it's colorcoded to show all right what students are increasing on this assessment what student is decreasing on this assessment what may have contributed to that take take us through sort of like a meeting real quick because I don't think that families realize that in 2026 it's that granular does that make sense that it's that detailed and the strategies go that deep for every
068single individual child so speak for that management. >> Yeah, no problem. So, that actually kind of goes right into how we plan these two things right here, our writer's workshop and our AAP blitz. Um, we really do look at where those students are landing on every single level. Um, and try to focus on obviously the collective whole, but those students who are like borderline right there, we we know with a little bit of encouragement, a little bit of extra intentionality behind those lessons, we can help bump them up from a level one to a level two or a level two to a level three. Whether that be through a writer's workshop where those English teachers take those kids and get to meet one-on-one with them, which as everybody knows in the secondary world is a
069blessing because we don't always get the time to do that. But they are very intentional about pulling those students aside and talking about their individual needs to improve their writing rather than a collective whole so that they can hone in on those improvements to hopefully level up to meet the level two. Level three is right there at grade level, four is above. Um, but every time a kid levels up, that's big picture, big overarching goal. >> I promise I will stop interrupting you. >> You're fine. You're fine. >> So, when you see the Tribune and the article that Scott puts out and you say, "Okay, why does Trustful have a 96? What What is the differentiation between that and some of our our neighboring peers?" This is one of the reasons why is the intentionality
070of the work that's being done with our teachers. >> Yeah. And it looks different at at every grade level. Sixth grade, we do take advantage of our enrichment period to be able to go back for math specifically and retach skills that maybe we need to dust the cobwebs off of a little bit from August that they've kind of gotten pushed to the back burner, but also to extend on their learning and help just enrich their thinking. Because at the end of the day, every test is going to have a question on it you don't know how to answer. But my job is to to develop problem solvers. So, if I can teach them how to use what they know to figure out what they don't, then that's all it takes to get them from a
071two to a three or even a three to a four. But like I said, all of these things kind of work together to help push us to this goal right here. Our teachers, everybody in the building, our students especially have put in a lot of work and obviously it shows and we're super proud of that and hoping we can meet that 92 this year as well. and I'm going to hand off. >> I have the privilege of talking about foundational wellness um and how it supports all four of our objectives that we're talking about tonight. Foundational wellness equips the students to have the skills in every to be successful in every area of life whether it's decision- making, problem solving skills, strong character, personal responsibility. Um our school does several aspects of that. Um, one
072way is student of the month. We have teachers who nominate students for student of the month. And um, but we also go in I I love this part personally as a counselor. I go into the home room classes and I um recognize every single student that's been nominated. We give them the nomination form. Really feel like that promotes positive behavior and integrity of every single one of our students. Um, another way is we do have our peer helpers which is a counselor club. Um this promotes character and leadership skills and integrity. Um we have sorry peer helpers do schoolwide initiatives where they were a part of doing kindness week which is a citywide initiative where they helped um create a video. We have suicide prevention month where they put up a huge wall of hope
073where students put up post-it notes. We had all the students in the building participate and it was just words of encouragement. and you matter and just really um helping the school build that belonging together. Um another way is they promote um including new students and transfer students to make sure they feel like they belong. Let them know what activities we offer so they can be a part of the community of the school. And overall I would just want to highlight our clubs because it's really we have a huge diverse over 30 um different types of clubs. So, we have calligraphy, origami, um Disney, board games, all kinds of different things to make sure every student has an activity that they feel like they can connect with and belong. Um we also have our Mush mentors.
074This is a specifically trained group on connecting with students and helping other students by listening and um listening skills and empathy and recognizing the needs of their peers so they can help and respond appropriately. They are a huge part in including our life skills classes. They do lessons with our life skills classes. Um they help with adaptive PE. We have drum circle and pep rally. Um it's the greatest thing to just make sure every student in our building feels included. Um they teach lessons lessons to sixth grade. They also participate in a focus rally um leadership conference. And lastly, just our counseling lessons. So every counselor, every grade level counselor goes into classes and teaches about social skills, healthy relationships, any age appropriate topic that we feel like could help with character development and just
075foundational wellness. And our eighth grade counselor this year did a great collaboration with our arts department and she focused on the color wheel and emotional regulation and expressing emotions in a healthy way. And it's just a really great aspect of what we do to promote foundational wellness. And I would like to introduce Miss Bruno. And wellness also needs to address character. Um we are really working on focusing on developing as Mr. Mees always says making good humans and that's what we want to do. And one way that we do that is through the hope institute. And if you're not familiar with Hope Institute that is an academy that partners with schools to develop um students of good character. And we take a small group of us. We go to these periodic meetings and we get
076to listen to the founders talk and we get to listen to guest speakers. We get resources. We get to hear uh people who come and talk to us from other schools who have who have implemented these strategies and they're working and we get to to see what they are doing and then we take that that small group takes it back to our faculty and we get to implement those strategies and and give them some ways to create good humans in their classrooms as well. Um I have been in trustful for 25 years and we have always had monthly character traits but especially on the secondary level it is really really hard to make sure that we are teaching those character traits. I think it's easier on an elementary level, but this year we are are
077intentionally trying to make sure that we are teaching good character traits um once a month, once a week by our home room, not once a month. Um once a week, our home room teachers are expected to teach character traits um to their home room students once once a week. And that that's a way that it holds me accountable for making sure that I'm teaching those things. and we have great conversations and um our counselors are nice enough to provide some lessons for us and provide some videos and pull together some resources and then we can also bring in our own things like I heard something at Hope Institute our last meeting that I am implementing and loving talking about manners with middle schoolers. So that that's interesting always. Um, our next objective is to make
078sure that we are improving our stakeholder communication. And one way that we want to do that is to make sure that we are not just talking to our parents about difficult conversations. We want to build relationships. We want to make sure that those parents hear some positive feedback from us and we have time set apart that we are allowed to go in and make sure that we have time to to contact those parents. Um, we want to build a partnership with our parents so that when you do have those difficult conversations, it's much easier that you've built that trust. Um, we also are committed to two-way communications, not just talking to or talking at our parents, but talking with our parents. So, we want to have a parent advisory where they are able to talk
079back to us and make decisions with us. And they meet quarterly and Mr. Me listens to and our administration listens to what they have to say and they get to make some decisions. they get to um offer suggestions. So, that's a great way that we have that communication line open. Uh we also have PTO meetings and they get to do the same thing. Mr. Me updates them monthly on how we are doing as a school and they are very quick to jump in and help us with anything that we might need. Um and we have a counselor advisory. Living in today's age is hard, especially as middle schoolers. And so, they like to give some information about current issues that might need to be talked about with parents. And so that's our counselor advisory. And
080then lastly, we like to make sure that our students and our parents and our family and our community know the things that are going on in our schools. So our teams and our departments make sure that they are putting out weekly newsletters so that the parents know exactly what's going on in the classroom. And then we also provide a lot of information on social media so that they can see the accolades and the awards and the events that are coming up. Um and we just want to make sure that they feel connected to HTMS. So, I think that we're doing a great job in improving those areas. >> All right, Miss Kathy, here we go. I I really think these the last slide and this one are really connected to me to answer your question
081around attendance, right? Um I really t this group and our staff with really our mindset is always to serve, right? Just like our job as admin is to serve them. I really task them with having a servant mind for our families. That's our that's our job. Uh it really doesn't change with the attendance approach, right? Um one educating there is a misconception sometimes that we kind of took this with attendance in truency chronic absenteeism. There is this misconception that they are the same thing and they're not the same thing. So with truency it is, hey, no excuses. I'm not turning in my doctor's excuse. That's a separate issue. Chronic absenteeism is clearly defined by the state as basically 10% or more of the school year. 18 more miss 18 or more missed days, which when
082you think about that number, even 7.8% that we started with three years ago is like this, that is a lot of missed days for students. Um so really just same approach that we kind of talk about with parent communication. We started with really sending I I send quarterly emails. I run a report and basically I earmark where we are in the year. So first nine weeks if they're five plus total missed days of school they are getting a partnership email from me that basically says here is what this is here is choronic absenteeism clearly defined but that the email is not a bad thing because guys like there are things that our families are going with and I think that's the message because at chronic absenteeism guys it doesn't matter if if our kids in
083the I'm just being honest it doesn't matter if our kids in the hospital if they miss more than 18 days, they're dinging us on a report card standpoint. So, things that we can do to partner with families. Um, I truly think that that was such a huge part just educating our families. Hey, what's going on? Can we help? Can we support? Um, and then can each nine weeks I send one, right? So, in the second nine weeks, if they're eight or 10 plus, I'm sending one. So, and then our counselors, we talk about this in admin counselor. those kids that we know are really struggling. We're really working to support those families. Um it it's not some magic formula. It was just this relational component that is, hey, we're going to serve our families and
084we're going to try to educate and partner with them and when we can support our kids, we're going to do that, right? And I really think that's that's why we've seen that that that really big increase. Um 3.7 is crazy. So that's why you see five and a half or less like when you look at our counterparts like that's a really good number. I think we might be based on middle school we might have been like top three in the state relative to that metric last year. So um you can go on to the last one miss Oliver. So really and guys I hope the whole messaging right is very similar to at Mr. King last week, but for middle school, I want y'all to kind of hear the messaging. One of the things I
085really stress to them is the goal of this presentation is that we really look at every piece of that kid, right? Middle school is hard. They're messy. They're all trying to figure it out. Um, and we're really looking at every piece of that kid. Yes, I say that often with good humans because again what I tell them is if we're focused on that, they're going to perform on any test I put in front of them. If I'm teaching them to time manage, if I'm teaching them work ethic, if I'm teaching them to be accountable, they're going to perform on anything that I put in front of them. Right? So, that's the metric that to me is the most important and they they buy in every day. Our staff, I can't brag on them enough. um
086you know and that is the main thing I always want them to get the credit them and our kids that they deserve. I can't say that I'm I can't be more blessed than to work with the group that I do every day. Um really want to highlight them again and I'll answer any questions y'all have. Miss Oliver, thank you so much for putting this together. Great presentation and our staff as well. But do y'all have any other questions for us? >> Very admiraable. One of those challenging very difficult. Going back to the attendance, I think you may have seen now before the legislature. They're going to go back and look at not counting attendance against the report cards. They're going to reduce they're going to take that precision away. So, I'm not I wonder whether
087or not this is actually going to pass. We all know students need to be there. I did. to encourage them to see that it's extremely important. So, it's something that is going to be down the road just for the heck of >> Well, this is you're referring >> Excellent presentation. Thank you, >> Dr. Ward. You're referring to the Terry Collins bill which would change the the dynamics of the school report card. My understanding just with talking with a couple of my colleagues and then our executive director of SSA is there in in some scenarios this would lower all of our report card grades by at least one letter grade. chances are very good it would lower them by two. So if you stop and you think about the A's that we have and we are
088an A school system uh and there we're one of 12 to have all A's. Now we as a beacon school system in the state of Alabama would be a C rated school system which then where would the rest of the school systems across the and schools across the state be? So um I think it's a challenging piece of legislation. Uh, it's one that I've talked with Shay Shelnet about and and we'll see where it goes from here. But I I know that they're getting some resistance from the education community. So, you're familiar with that that piece of legislation. >> Okay. Can we get the first question about the we improved? Yeah, we improved in everything. I I will say this. Um I I will say I think that we have well we have looked >>
089that in public. >> No, it's it's okay because I I think I think clearly as far as um there's there's obviously a federal population number like a set metric um that it is what it is. I think again I I go back to what Miss Oliver was saying. Normally if you don't hit that metric that 5% goes to academic growth, right? So essentially it's a I don't want to say a free 5% but it's lumped into that academic growth. And if that's the same, you can do the math, Kim, but I I think with this I do want to say that I just applaud our staff. It's not something that um even we will see hit every year, but our staff has looked at it as a way to better support our kids, which that's
090the focus, right? And I think it's been great. Uh central office has been great about supporting us as far as ways to support our kids better. Um and and again, I think our main job is servicing your families. And I think what I told our staff in that meeting is you all are doing it at an extremely high level and that's that's what matters. Every strategic goal you had last year you met and exceeded. So >> no no no I know what you're saying. I'm trying to >> we got a we open everything. Well, and I guess the question as far as the e stuff that doesn't take into consideration whether a child has been in our school system from the day the first day of school versus they moved in in February and then
091we go take the AAP in March. Am I right on that? They could only >> we can talk more after Kim Ja. >> Yeah, >> that's right. That's right. >> Well done for the night. Very proud of where we are. That's right. I don't want to take away from that at all. I just >> I just want to say >> I got robbed. Um, this may sound come out sounding goofy and I hope it doesn't, but as a parent and my kids are grown and now they're raising their own, but two of the most important words I learned as a parent was intentional and problemolving. And y'all used those words several times. So, it was very impressive to me because those were two of the most important words I can remember at a teacher conference.
092I think it was on child number two out of five. But they helped me. I mean, that and those were big words, you know, and they they they represent your actions of what you're doing. So, thank you for that because y'all said them multiple times. I picked up on it. So, thank y'all. >> All right, guys. Thank y'all.