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001This is a regular scheduled meeting of the Girden School District Board of Directors. We'll now call the meeting to order. >> There is a there's a quorum established. >> Yeah. Okay. Yeah. We with a quorum closure, we'll be able to conduct business. Kessie, would you lead Oh, Andrew, would you lead us in a word of prayer? It's got me all mixed up. Amen. >> Dear heavenly father, we thank you again for this privilege to be able to serve this community and this school district. Pray that you would guide our decision making and our conversations today. We pray Lord that as a new school year starts that you would be with our faculty. You be with our staff and our students that it be a blessed year. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. >>

002Amen. Amen. >> You lead us algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> We don't have any recognition. >> Not tonight. We have executive session. >> I don't have anything unless you do. >> We don't have any things to go in executive session. So, we'll move on forward uh to item seven. We'll no item >> about a nine. >> Go to nine here. Approval of the board minutes. Make a motion to accept amendments. >> We have a motion in a second. All in favor of that motion say I. >> All in consent, same sign. That motion's passed. [Music] Next item 10 is a financial report. Wanda, could you help us out with that?

003give you a little update right now on federal funds and let you all heard and so I wanted to kind of give you a little bit of what we have heard and what we kind of know and what we're waiting to hear. On July the 1st, I sat in on a Zoom meeting. And this during the Zoom meeting, the faces looked like they had literally been in some kind of tragic announcement. I've not quite seen faces look like that. So, that was enough to put a little bit of fear in all of us, I think, that watched it because we've all kind of commented. But in that they informed us that as of right now title 1 C which we do not get, title 2 A which we do get, title 3A which we do

004not get, title 4 A that we do get, and title 4B which is 21st century. At that point those funds have not been allocated. Now this is for the 2526 school year. on the first day of the 2526 school year that we get noticed that as of that day those funds had not been allocated and for 21st century we're in the second week of summer school. They come back on 21st century and said later that they were going to go ahead and at least fund the summer school part but they didn't know about the rest of the year. Then they came back Monday. Miss uh Wolf got an email that says that 21st Century will be funded for the remainder of this year. So that one seems to be okay. Our problem is title 2A

005and title 4 A those funds have still not been allocated. So we do not know if we're getting those funds at all or not. Now, what they're telling us right now is title one, it should be close to the same amount as last year, but we've not seen that allocation. So, we can kind of just hope that that's close to last year. Title two, that money we transferred in to title one. That's what we always have done with that. Use that for title one expenses. Now, last year, title one, we were allocated $238,000 for the year. We paid out $250,000 in salaries because we were able to use title two. Title two money was $34,000. As of right now, we have not been allocated that $34,000. In title 4 A, which we also received, we

006had we were allocated $18,269. Of that money, we applied that amount toward our SRO. That one has also not been funded as of this year. So, we're looking at right now about a $52,720 decrease in federal funds. Now, that allocation may come later. I don't know. But as of right now, it has not. And so, I'm not going to try planning on it. We're planning for the future uh year. Title 6B, which is our special ed funds, they're telling us the same thing as title one, that it looks like our allocation should be about the same as last year, but again, we've not seen allocations, so that it's kind of hard to tell for sure until we actually get those allocations. That's all the federal funds. Now, there's also been one change in state funds,

007and probably more than that once we start getting all of our allocations in. But the one that we do know for sure about is our enhanced transportation. Now, for some reason, we've been getting um I think it was 70 something,000 and it's dropped down to 20 something. If it's $52,540 decrease in enhanced transportation. So, not really sure. They have some kind of formula that none of us really know what that formula is. So, we have no idea why it had that kind of decrease. But so just in those few things right there, we're looking at over $100,000 decrease in our funding for this coming year. >> Ronda, are you are you saying that from here going forward you won't use those numbers until for budgetary >> the enhanced transportation pretty much locked in. It is.

008That was a legislative act and they went through and listed every single school district what they were going to be getting going forward with the enhanced transportation. That was that was in an actual bill. So >> So that one that one we will not use and until unless we hear something different before budget time, I will not be using these other numbers either because it's I don't want to put those in use. I'd much rather all of a sudden have them and us be able to spend them than us be spending them and all the and then we don't have it. So unless we hear something prior to budgets, you know, budgets will be approved in our September meeting. They have to be turned in by September 30th. Um in August next month, we'll be

009looking at close out. Um that's, you know, we have two months to really finish final close out, make sure we got all our eyes dotted and our tees crossed and money moved around. So, we'll be doing that in August. Closing out in August. >> Mish, do you have a handle on why they're doing that? >> With which one? >> Well, I mean, just jacking with the school district's numbers. >> No, no, we don't. And what we get from Aliva is when they know something, we'll know something. And they've been pretty much anytime they've gotten information, they've sent out a Zoom link and said, "We'll meet at this time on this day to discuss it." They're still waiting to hear. So, but as far as that enhanced transportation funding, they have a formula. They don't tell

010anybody what the formula is. People have asked to see what the formula is because like we dropped $50,000 plus dollars, but you have some other districts that went up like $130,000. So, there's no rhyme or reason to any of it. We don't know why. This is just the number they threw out for us. So, that's where we are with that. But as far as federal funds go, we we are at the mercy of whatever arguments are going back on back and forth in Washington. That's that's where we are. So we just have to tighten our belts on some things and make sure that what we are spending is what we can spend. >> Is there any more questions on the financial Not can we move accept that like there's nothing good. >> Yeah. >> So

011if we get into a place Rhonda Misty like so on this building fund like we have >> money in our building fund like if if we get into a spot where we cannot financially make it because of these federal cuts like can we move that back into federal operating? >> You used to do it easily. Now, it's kind of what's considered a savings account and you can move it back and forth. It's gotten a lot more difficult. Now, the bond fund is very specific. We cannot move that into into operating and it it is for construction. So, we we can't really do anything other than construction with that. The other building fund, you have to have a very direct reason. It should be tied to some type of construction. Um, you can't really just be

012transferred it back in anymore. >> And then what like what is like what is right now like our like moving over into the building and like I know we kind of have like I said that we like trying to funnel in for that >> right do we need to make a pause or >> as of right now it looks like we're going to have some money left. Now the one thing you want to think about is the fact that we didn't have an insurance payment yet. >> They posted all that off. So, one of the things is if you'll look on and I don't have if you'll look on I'm gonna take to page two >> of our financial the financial statement. You can see that we started the year at 1,85,000 >> at the

013very top where it doesn't get balance. That's where we started the year at. Right now, we are currently at 12.3 million. But one of the things we have to do is we have to make sure that food service is not in the red. Now, right now, federal funds is in the red. The majority of that I should be able we can do what we call approved and I will do that with journal entries. That's why I said there's things that will take place in in July and August and I'll do that with journal entries. And so most of those should that should be able to just zero out. But federal the food service, it has very little coming on in that I can approve. So the most of that we're going to have to take

014and make it and move funds from operating into food service to get that um zeroed out. So that uh difference between 1.3 million and 1 million and 85,000 you're going to have to takeund 10 at least 110,000 off of that. >> So it's not going to be near as much to transfer into the building fund. And we still don't know as far as insurance goes because it's captive insurance now. So, we're still waiting to find out what premiums, rates, everything is going to look like for us. They have said that what we've been paying should not change. But again, it's another thing. They have not established all the rules on it yet >> on commercial policy of our building. Are you talking about like our staff's individual? >> No, our property insurance >> because I'm

015worried about what our what our staff's insurance can go to. >> Yeah, that's our next worry. But right now, we're still trying to figure out what our property insurance is going to be >> because as of July 1, the state's catastrophic insurance, all their insurance had to pick up everything because they still had not lined out how that was going to work. >> Here's your question here on the total fund balances. How comfortable are you with >> I'm never comfortable. I'm no seriously I'm not comfortable because I don't know what we're looking at going forward. So I mean everything every PO that has come across my desk everything Ronda I'm in Rhonda's office we are discussing everything daily just to make sure that we're okay. >> We did increase on student like the amount we

016give per student will increase >> a little bit. Yes. But but it wasn't that was a pretty small increase like 7600 to 8,000. >> Yes. And when we're looking in the increases and everything else. >> Yeah. >> More questions? >> Not I've got a lot to learn about this budget thing and I got there's a lot I want to learn. But you're talking about the 4A the 218,000. Where would that fit in the budget? Like what what would be taking that hit? 48,000 at 218,000. >> Where you at? Look at that. >> The title one, title two, you said that was that paid the teacher salary to $250,000. Then the 4 a was a loss, but that has not been sent yet. 218. >> Yeah, that one's just 18. Oh, it was only >> that

017that one pes >> I don't know what maybe I just wrote it down but I was saying large number >> and we've got lots of large numbers that continue to roll through. So >> lots of fun and there's lots of numbers but anytime any of y'all have a question call me set up a time I'll be glad to sit down with you and and go over there. There's a lot there's a lot of stuff in the form packet. So, I'll be glad to put on >> Yes. And I spent a lot of last year learning a lot of this. I mean, my first superintendent meeting when we had our financial things. It's it's a lot of information to take in. >> We approve the financial report. >> We have a motion and a second. All

018in favor of that motion say I. >> On sent same sign. That motion passed. The next item is our >> We've got three board policies. >> Um and these are some very specific ones. That's why they were pulled out. One is the public comment addition to board meetings. And that's laid out what ASBA has had as a model policy. And I think Britney attached to the um suggested script that they came up with when we had our u webinar on that. And I'll tell you that's another thing. This public comment section that's something that even ASBA's lawyers between back and forth Lucas and and Cody are back and forth about exactly what it means. So they're still working on the rules for that. So, this was a suggestion that they made as far as a

019script on how to handle the public comment section because even though they will have three minutes and we have a 30 minute window there and if you have more than 10 people sign up to speak then we move the rest of them to the end. There are still things that are off limits for the public comment. If it's something that we would be discussing in executive session with faculty or student or anything that's still off limits. So that's a good script for you to issue that disclaimer beforehand about these are the things that can be discussed in the public comment section. >> Our interaction >> really supposed to respond unless >> right? No, it's just they're they're three minutes to speak and then we have of course the cell phone policy. The ASBA policy that

020they initially put out that was in that first group of policies that you received back for the last meeting was just a very generic policy. So what we did was to pull our policy what we used at the high school because it checks all of the boxes for what they require for the bell-to-bell no sale the law. So, we are going to take that and make that policy the district policy because I have to send a copy of that into the state for them to look over. But that policy that we've used at the high school for the last three years meets all of the burden of the requirements for the bell to bell no cell. And then the other is chemical screening test policy. Due to some things that just continue to happen, we

021have dropped it down to being able to pull fifth and sixth grade as well. >> Okay. beyond seventh grade. >> So on the um like the the you're in um so like there selection like they're kind of in a rainbow to go with who is who they are. Do we have a contract with somebody to do that or is there like an inhouse? >> No, we have we have a group that comes in to do the test. It's the same group that does our um bus testing. Yes. >> Okay. >> So they get put like in a consortium just like >> DOT physical. >> Yes. And we don't pull those names. They send us the names and they tell us who they're going to come and they give us a full list and then they

022give us a list of alternates. >> Do those students get recycled back into that list after? >> Um, sometimes they do, but it's usually not for that year. It it may come back in the next year, but generally they don't. >> You have the option to recycle them if you want. Yes. >> Yes. If there's a concern about a student, can you that's the question I would have. >> Well, I mean, it's always a possibility, but it would not go through the random pool. So, there's some parameters that you have to put on that. >> Well, those are all three policies, correct? >> I move that we accept these policies. >> Can we hold on that public comment? >> Public comment. >> No, that's fine. uh when I was reading through, you know, it gave

023like three descriptions of people who could speak in public comment and and to me I I would like to add if y'all okay or want y'all to even just think about like putting in others deemed relevant because there to me it depending on what topic there always could be somebody that has something that would be >> part of that policy. the parameters are set by the law itself. >> So when you go through and look at that, those things that are listed, sometimes it's listed that way because that's what's written in the law. >> Yeah, it is that particular one. >> I would have to look, but I think it's it is specific on that. Which ones are you looking at though? >> Well, I'm under. >> Yeah, I think those are probably listed in

024there. So, are you thinking like that potentially like someone who doesn't live inside the district could >> Yeah, because we, you know, like we live in a rural community and there's some people that are relevant to Girden that might just be outside of Girden, but they're they've always been Girden, if that makes sense. >> But the district, how far does it go? Because it goes all the way to Aridia almost >> in some in some places. >> In some places it does. that would include because it says residents of the district. So that shows >> in that situation, Rodney, the best thing that they could do is have someone within the district to represent their >> whatever their >> viewpoint. Yes. >> Does that include students? >> No. >> Well, it's not that they don't

025have the right, but that specifically does not include them. in the other part. >> That would be a situation if they wanted to speak, they would need to get on the agenda because you can still do that. You can still have someone that wants to be on the agenda. >> Can't make it open. >> I think I think that would be kind of to fix your point. Like if you had like a special guest like we have, >> you can still Yeah, >> they could ask to be put on the agenda >> on the regular agenda. They just couldn't walk in. Yeah, I think that would keep you from a situation of let's say there's like a protest, you know, and you >> brought in 20 people and they all want to speak about the

026same subject, but they don't even live here. But they were >> and that's like you also cannot seed your three minutes to someone else. >> So you couldn't have 30 people show up and all sign up to speak and they all seed their minutes to one person. You can't do that. >> Yeah. So, but like but if there was like a special guest that you wanted to come in to talk >> kind of like >> you could have >> Jason comes in season but he's always on the agenda. >> That's right. >> Do y'all feel that three minutes is >> good enough? >> We could we the board can always vote to >> like override that, you know, like >> on the spot. Yeah, we can vote to we could have a vote of who's

027here at that moment for the world. So, >> that that wouldn't that wouldn't break any any rule. I mean, I just hate to hog tie us if you know to where we could, you know, just trying to have a I mean, because most my experience on the board, we've always had pretty peaceful discussions. We've never really had any problems with >> people getting out of hand, >> keep people from like taking up the whole meeting. But no, definitely. >> Have you watched videos on Facebook? >> Oh, yeah. I mean, I've seen I've seen some white man. >> Now, now I get it when they're all board members. Why don't you say something? Well, they can't. >> They can't say anything. >> Then you can't even tell. We can't. >> Okay. I'm done. My question if

028you move on your motion. >> I'm making a motion to make the policies part of our second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor of that motion say I. >> All in descent, same sign. That motion passed. >> The next is your first reading. So these don't have to be passed. This is just all of the new stuff and new policies you've got there. So, these will come up for vote for the next meeting, but you have them in your packet. >> Yes. And remember, all of the the new >> the new rules take effect next month for appointments and all that. >> Do something >> for like our terms before that. >> We have the resolution in here for um we the way that y'all drew the last time for

029the terms and all that. We've got that resolution in there. >> Question about the volunteer. It seems mostly what they talk about this seems to be like coaching >> does this apply to like there's a field trip and a parent are those parents so to this volunteer? >> No because they are parents >> but if we have If we have issues that come up, then those are dealt with from an administrative end. Um, if you have a concern about parents going on field trips or what that that comes down to an administrative thing on the registry sometimes. Yes, that comes down to an administrative thing which >> if if a coach or or somebody representative of the school recognizes a personality conflict, could they handle that within this and maybe do something different for a

030volunteer or a parent if they thought the potential? Well, most of our especially when you're dealing with being involved in the in the coaching aspect of it, most of those volunteers are selected by >> the coaches. They don't just come in and say, "Hey, I want to volunteer." Those are >> and they have to go through the whole process. So, >> so since we do operate PB Sports, like you know, this is based off of I'm sorry, Robbie. This is goes back to Triple A's rules and like we just go down to seventh grade. So, do we background check for these PeeWee since like that is deemed under the district and we're putting them on? >> That's a good question. >> And that is a good question because I you know that's something that we

031haven't always done. That was something at some point that peewee got absorbed and I'm still not sure how or even why. I'll just be honest. I don't know why that got absorbed into the school's responsibility. So, that would go down to our PeeWee coordinator checking on that. that coach [Music] >> we're not voting on this tonight, but >> but I would think they should fall into the same volunteer guidelines. >> Like I mean >> it is different than a community. >> I mean so >> it's not just people showing up at a game. They're actually on the sidelines. Yeah. I think they represent us any kind of way they need to. >> I mean if it is a city league something then the city deals with that. But if you're calling it Pee-Wee Garden Peewee,

032>> right? And if it's operating under the school, then it needs to follow the same policy as the school. >> That needs to extend down to the >> I kind of like going off of Rob's question earlier too. Um, and I'm depend on money is always time things. Um, but like as these parents come in, um, and they want to come in to go eat with their kid or they want to come to a party or whatever, it like we really have no way to like know unless we just know, you know, like somebody's on a registry or on a list like like there's >> like I went to the Benton water park, the indoor little water park the other day and they immediately like they would not let you in unless you had your

033photo ID and scanned it. um and within seconds could tell me if I could go in or could not go in. So um like I don't know how do we know that we're not letting >> Well, and we've and Kim can tell you because we've kind of went through this last year with you know parents being very comfortable coming and having meals with their students. But I talked to Kim about that and about designating. If we're going to have them here, then there we need to have a designated day where we have plenty of school personnel who are there monitoring things. And you come in, you go have lunch, you leave, you don't go out on the playground with students out there. You don't go into any other areas where there are students. If you

034are there, this is what you're here for. You check in through the office. You go in, there's personnel monitoring, and that's it. >> Not that I don't want. >> No, but it all goes back to the safety thing. That's the reason we that we built the fence out here. That's the reason that we got the grant to do all of the safety things is to make our school a safer place. >> Yeah. I mean, yeah. I mean, I don't I don't want to I don't want it to hurt us and that we like parents to be involved and we want the community to be involved, but I also like the safety of our student is our top priority. So, I don't know if that goes back into Wendy's grant situation. There's probably zero pennies left

035over for her. >> Oh, absolutely zero pennies. So >> yeah, those those pennies are definitely >> that's definitely not correct. I like the volunteer policy. >> Yes, all of this is on the next one. So anything that you have suggestions, questions or any of that. >> Yeah, for next week >> make the notes and I'm making some notes in here as well. So there's no one more question. We'll move on to the next item, which is board of directors meeting a schedule. Mhm. And this is the schedule for the next year. And we tried to take into consideration things like dead weeks um for meeting scheduling purposes. And I know that early June board meeting is not Rhonda's favorite thing. >> Question. Can we move? >> Same thing. >> Pretty much. Yes. >> Yes. 2526.

036>> I second. >> Okay. We have a motion in a second. All in favor of that motion say I. >> All in descent. Same sign. That motion passed. Now the next item is has to do for SRO contract. >> Yes. With the city. And I will say, and I have not heard an update on this, but um I know Toby was working on a grant to try to cover the salary, but I haven't heard an update on that. It's less than what we paid last year because the city is going to pick up part of it that they that was not covered last year. Um we had talked about some different scenarios for that. We talked about possibility of maybe Kendall, but we've not seen this year with everything that he has been slammed with,

037it's just not possible for him to do both of those to do the maintenance and SRO >> be under Mr. M. >> Yes, because he's our district safety person. >> Okay. >> Were you last year? >> Okay. Okay. When possibly would we know if that grant if Toby gets that grant? >> I've got to talk to Larry and see where they are on that >> question, >> but and that's something Rhonda and I talked about to make sure that we would be okay with covering that where we are. >> Prove it. We'll be fine in our budget >> so far. to hopefully grant. >> Well, we keep hoping for grants, but you know, a lot of those grants come from federal funds. So, >> we maintain one office or they they do like a rotation

038shift >> just one. Are we keeping the same guy? >> Yes. >> Make the motion that we approve the S contract. >> All right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor of that motion say I. All in consent, same sign. That motion passed. Nick Adam is our board >> ter resolution and this is what um Cody drew this up and sent it to me. So it's got the the terms as they are expiring on there. And remember, if your term is expiring next year, get in there and file that paperwork come August. >> That's quick. It starts the filing window opens in August and closes in November. >> Getting 30 signatures or is it 20? >> 2020. Okay. >> Is that what you got to do? >> Now that's >> And it's

039at large. So you don't have to get it from your zone, right? >> They just need to go together. >> Sure. >> Yeah. It's just carpool and get everybody on there at the same time. pass the days to fill that vac. >> Uh, no, >> no, we're we're going to wrap that up here at the end. >> It wasn't part of our packet. We come together all at the last minute. >> Yeah. So, we're going to take care of that after we take care of all the rest of this. Um, I make a motion that approve the resolution of the garden school district restructuring of election dates. >> Second. >> All right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor of that motion say I. >> On descent, same sign. That motion passed.

040All right, the next item is on memorandum of understanding with Dawson's. And this one doesn't I know it says board approval, but this does not require board approval, but I included it because I wanted you to see this is the agreement we come up with with Dawson. We pay them basically $100 per certified staff member and that covers our PD with them. So we don't have to cash out every time we have a PD or we use a specialist or the services that we get from Dawson. So this is our annual memorandum of understanding with them and then providing the PD services. Like I said, it does not require your approval. I just I just put it in there so you would know. >> Yes. Um next item is dealing with the Cave Elementary. Yes.

041>> Handbook. >> You've got CAB, you've got High School, and you've got the district handbook. So Kim, you're up first with any of the changes for the CAB handbook for this next year. >> Yeah, but I'll just hit the highlights and questions about um just changing, you know, a little bit about arrival into based on our routines to make sure it's accurate. um absences and tardies, you know, um that's a policies issue and in case six it's more of a parent issue than a student issue. We included in the handbook that after seven unexcused absences in a semester that the school will file a fence petition for the court so that they can get some support and that's without doctor excuses you know and uh we just clarified that it's six parent note accepted as

042an after that it has to be like a doctor because parent notes we can get 15 of those if we let them. That's a significant amount of scale on the dress code. The biggest change was the length of black shorts when we start to dresses because we wanted something that was very measurable. And so we said no shorter than 4 in above the knee. We also included no like animal ears, tails or costumes unless approved by administration. So if it's like pajama day or Halloween, you know, those are exceptions. But that was something we stole from the Pascal handbook that they included last year. >> And so we wanted to include that this year because we do have um kids who want to dress up on days that are not celebratory days. and page 10

043when we were discussing uniforms because we do have each year sometimes wear uniforms and I don't know what they're wearing this year but if it's like a skirt if it doesn't meet the 4 inch requirement that they'll wear leggings underneath it and that just it protects the girls you know because we have on the playground and then the size on the discipline information on page Well, we realized we needed to be very specific on some things that we needed to include like on the groups we knew of physical assault. Um, I'm going to punch you, hit you, I'm going to beat you up on the playground, things that racial slurs, we are including, and we also put in if students are failing due to lack of completing assignments. I'm not talking about one or two

044assignments. I'm talking about significant assignments like they have a 10% or five that they may be assigned ISS and it gives them time to get some work completed and get some one-on-one support too from teachers and therapists. Um group four offenses we added vaping with tobacco terroristic threatening of staff or students significant that's more than physical assault that would be like or however a student might say something like that. Um we have to very serious or if it's a physical assault on students and staff. And then on page 13, we include it if students are a sign of attention on ISS. Then they're going to be part of our cave clean up crew to help us keep the campus beautiful and volunteer to like tables perhaps in the cafeteria or pick up the playground after

045recessing today because that's just it um and it helps them become more invested and have more respect for our campuses. And um if they hate lunch detention, if they don't mind lunch detention, they'll probably hate having us say after lunch to help us get the cafeteria back in order. We added a section about field trip eligibility, which was stated in the past, but not so explicit that if behavior permits, if we have some wages, that's the first word I could think of. If we have continual misbehavior from students, we could request a parent to attend with them on the trip or they'll be excluded from attending the field trip. So that's a last resort. A last resort, but sometimes we have to make those decisions for >> so other kids can enjoy a trip, the

046safety of the other students. So for sure, >> especially when a parent can't attend. Um, we included the new cell phone policy which we collected ours very similarly to what we had in the past but we fit verbatim what the district has. So that will be in there. Guidelines I'm using AI on page 16. Page 17. This is a new section for our handbook based on a teacher and student protection act that was passed to keep our classroom safe and productive. It just kind of outlines the process. If we have to remove a student from class for violent or abusive behavior, what steps will be taken? What happens after the students removed which includes a conference and a decision for placement or consequences after the conference. It's a new section to our handbook that helps

047us follow the guidelines of that act. We revised the drug and alcohol policy. We added it um it was revised in February 2025 on page 18. So, we just added that verbatim district policy, especially since our fifth and sixth graders are going to be drug and now we get that in our handbook. >> Any questions so far? >> Uh, I got a quick one and this is kind of just a get on the same page kind of deal. >> Sure. I I I this something I picked out of the high schools earlier and I just wanted to see in the K middle school you have the the shorts and the skies that four inches above the knee which is where the high school used to be but I see they revised theirs to mid thigh

048above the knee front and back. I just wonder if we you know keep it level across the board so parents can just know hey this is the dress code from here on out versus we're at inches here and we're mid thigh even. We we want it something really measurable because we have some some kids with >> six feet and some kids that are three feet. >> And I agree that's a huge problem especially at that sixth seventh grade level. >> It is and you know in K2 dress code's not that big of a issue at primary campus you know >> of that age that physical development that age but um three six when they start getting fourth fifth and sixth grade you know um they start testing the limits sometimes on what they can wear.

049Well, not not to jump ahead, but Miss Hart, I mean, what was the decision there to change that from a measurable to a mid thigh? >> It was because again, we have so many students who are, you know, tall and short. So, mid thigh when we were going to measure 4 in or five inches above the knee for some >> was a lot compared to others. And if we just do mid thigh, that's a general >> area that would cover their their bottoms and, you know, would be adequate because like some of the football boys that are tall and thick, mid thigh for them is right here. for, you know, somebody short like me, mid thigh, you know, four inches above the knee. I'm pretty shorter. I have a long torso. You know, it's that's

050kind of us coming in not knocking you, Kim, because that's obviously where we've been for a long time, but what's the chance we can get there? I mean, it's not the tall kids I'm worried about. It's the short kids where you got somebody with a short femur and now you're talking about four inches above the thigh and we're into the underwear area, you know? So, I mean, that's my only problem with a measurable device. It works great for a tall kid and not a a short kid. >> And it gets us level across the board if we're going to go with one or the other. >> Yeah, that's >> that's that's something Well, something that we've the way that we have measured it where I've been before, it wasn't where it hit you on your

051body. It was shorts are required to have a 5 in inseam. So, I mean that is it doesn't matter how tall, how short you are. A 5 inch inseam is a 5 inch inseam is a 5 inch inseam and it's going to be five inches from your crotch no matter how tall or how short you are. So, >> that's that I like that. >> That's why if you go to a lot of stores now, you will see that the shorts will say 3inch inseam, 4 inch inseam, 5 inch inseam, and a lot of that is because of the dress code requirements. I just I would like to see a level across the board from from when the kids are hitting puberty versus a senior. I got a girl and a boy now. They both wear

052clothes I don't approve of, but I'd like to see it across because I think that's going to become a problem. >> I I guess he does. He'd have it in all the buildings. >> Well, and these boys are now wearing their shorts shorter than they have in the past. >> I just like to see something across the board for everybody. That way you're not changing somewhere in there. shopping. >> I I kind of I mean I like Miss Wolf's suggestion of the inseam. I mean, >> me too. >> That may be Are y'all can we look at that? >> And that could be an an addition if you wanted to say like skirts because you don't have an inseam on a skirt, but all shorts must have a 5 in inseam. Yes. >> Like I

053suggested it. I was at camp. >> That's where Well, you tell you hand them a dollar bill and you tell them to hold it up there >> because you don't have to put hands on them, but that dollar bill is five inches. So, >> but to me like kind of the Nike shorts are the easy we just like at the Nike store of the day, they have the rack of a 3 inch more like a running short, you know, that's a lot shorter and then they have the five and then like >> seven. Hopefully the seven will come down where the boys are wearing it short. They are. >> That's that that's a huge issue. >> I asked him the other day like, "Man, you wear your box of shorts out in public. What's going

054on?" >> That's what it looks like. >> That's the only thing I'd like to see change there in that drift code area. >> Do we want to pay this until we decide or do they want it approved? >> Yeah, I agree. >> Yeah, they can probably work that into the final wording of it. >> All right. I want to move to >> we don't do them all. >> Yeah, let's do them all together with adjustments to >> Well, hang on because she may have some other changes that we haven't got to yet. We haven't got through yet. >> I I'll question it if I was once you asked >> on page back policy that if we have any students that it would be handled at the tobacco policy but that it would be handled the

055same way. >> A lot of times they get found on bus too. >> Yes. >> It's not his fault at that point at home and bring it on. Um page 22 we added the revised best guidelines we added a section on page 21 cap but it's a cave alternative placement so it with in a sense an extended ISS for those moments if we have to remove a student from a classroom for violent behavior if we if we have to remove a student which is of course we want to do um a conference will be held before the student goes back to the classroom. So we need to have a plan in place for where that students going to be while they're not in the classroom because we want every student on campus like that the

056last thing we want for them to be at home and leave their >> they go what would they go to is it just called cap or is it like I said >> it's like ISS but it's more like an extended because when we assign ISS Um it's usually four days too, >> but longer. >> Yeah, >> but no more than 10 days. >> That the goal would be less than 10 days. >> Now, is this meeting going to be with a parent to get them back into >> Yes. >> class make some decisions that are best for the student, best for the other students. Um and even if the parents not there, we still conference and make the decision at the school. And that's part of the act that the government faced ask even if

057the government the parents unable to be there the school can proceed with the conference um and make the decision. >> Okay. I know we're calling it CAP but is this something other districts are doing. >> They're to figure out other forms of alternative placement. Some a lot of districts have like a K6 is a elite and we don't have that and so we're going to have to we're being creative and >> and also some of the the bigger districts that have five or six teachers per grade you could move them out of that one classroom into another classroom. But with us we have we don't have that option. So you've got to come up with something so that you can make the classroom safe. It's kind of like a hybrid between >> AL and >>

058group. And we like it being on our campus still because then they can still get teaching from our general ed teachers there. And if a student has an IEP, the special ed teacher can come in and service them. They're not completely isolated from their core teachers. >> Do they go to lunch or is lunch brought to them? >> Lunch is brought to them. They may take a walk around the building or they may walk and get their lunch and bring it back, but they don't eat in the cafeteria with other students. And we we make decisions on a face by case by case basis. So if it's a situation where >> you're not putting there that's just >> Yeah. >> And we're not going to send the kids to the cafeteria. >> It's a last

059resort. supervised% time. >> And I wanted to clarify, we would always attempt to schedule the conference at the parents best time. We're not going to just surprise the parent, you didn't show up to a meeting you didn't know about. That's not what we would do. We would contact the parent to see when the best time for them would be. But if they don't show up, which it happens, believe it or not, parents forget or they choose not to come, um, we can still proceed with it. And our counselors are really good. attending all those meetings with us. >> Do you report back to the parent if they don't show up like what >> what results what happened in that meeting? >> Absolutely. >> Yes, we'll report back on the decisions that are made and the

060progress that a student's make making while in academic progress or behavior progress is going to be kept um reported to the parent daily if not every other day. on page 76. This is another edition of the detection addict of help the learning. This is our first year by law. Students in third grade who do not meet state defined reading proficiency standards cannot be promoted to fourth grade at the end of this school year. And that's based on the summitive data in April. So, we'll take a look at our third graders and if they do not have a good cause exemption, which you have a lot of there's a long list of those good cause exemptions that students could qualify for if they're not meeting grade level proficiency that they'll be retained. And so, you've heard

061us talk about atlas and level one, two, three, and four are our performance level descriptors. It is level one according to the training last week with Sandy Shepard from the state. She said level ones would be the the students who are unless they have the exception >> and they're still working on the rules for that as well. >> What are what are some examples of the exception >> like the ESOL students different things? Yeah, there's there's lots of different >> and if they are retained then there are certain parameters put on the teachers that they will be placed with which is going to be more fun. So, we wanted to make sure we included that in the handbook to bring its parents attention, but also um when we have open house on August the 7th,

062we're going to do like a third grade parent orientation before open house, like around 3:15, so we can talk to parents about the Learns Act and everything that helps. >> That's something that's going to be monitored throughout the year. Yes. >> So, they're not just at the end of the year, you're not going >> Yeah. You'll get reports frequently about your child's reading level and progress they're making. And if your student is put on what we call an IRP, an individualized reading plan, if your students placed on one of those, you'll receive updated progress on that. And parents can also, which will make sure it's part of our orientation. They can go into the Atlas parent portal and where all the data is live and you can see all the >> the numbers that we

063have gotten so far. I think we're not we don't have all do we have all that data back if >> not all of it >> K2 data >> yeah we won't have that until probably October >> but these decisions this would be based on the test that kids take in April >> yes but if like but if we were but if this was enacted last year and we had to deal with that do how many would we have at this point do we >> have it on my computer >> Okay and while you're looking that up can I just can I can I make a statement I guess um like I know you said the third your third grade with your teacher, with your parents would be at like 3:15 prior to the open house.

064You know, many of our parents work till 5 or after work a lot of shift work. Um, can can that be live streamed? Not necessarily live streamed, but like recorded them and put back up. Okay, >> that's a great idea. So, this year I started giving my teachers video memos and um, you know, it just depended on the teacher style of learning that some teachers they were like, you know, I rewatched that little time just to make sure I can get all the information. So that would be fun for me to do. Really simple. We can make a video and send it out to parents. >> Just post it to our Facebook page. >> Yeah. The more interaction we have with parents. >> We need it all over the place. >> Yeah. >> Our goal

065is to have every third grade parent sign a form saying, "Yes, I understand." And I've been able to ask any questions I need to, whether it's that night or a different night or if we have to do a meeting a couple of different times just to make that sure that every parent understands. And I really appreciate like last year going into open house at the high school. I couldn't get a schedule until I signed all those forms and for that like that was great. Like great work on maybe middle school and all you other guys did that too. But because some parent was like, "Oh man, I can't get it and I left my forms at home." So they drove back to their house because they didn't want to refill out the forms. But I

066was like, "Hey, we got the forms back and we needed that." So good job on that. And another part of that, you know, we just got Atlas scores last week or week before last. And hopefully going forward, the hope is that we will have them within like a week of the testing window closing because again, if your child scored a level one and you don't find out until the middle of July that they will be retained, that's that's a little Yeah, that's a little late, too. But that's that's the hope. >> Can you can you explain to me? I I was of some sort of assumption. Well, the atlas reminded to what I remember as a SRA test and I didn't think nothing like that. >> I didn't think your name was on that, you

067know. Oh, no. It's it is all individualized. >> You know, every student's performance through through it. >> Yes. Yes, we have. And when they take those interim assessments in the middle, that will give them an idea of where they are and then they know what their learning goals are and they know what they need to hit to get to that level, too. >> And all parents can get in and see that. at any >> they can see any of >> Yeah. It's just like their um their grade book, their hack. They can log in, they can see it, they can go in and look through it. We just have to help them to make sure that they understand how to do it. That's that's where our goal is to make sure that every parent knows.

068And that's part of the orientation is having those parents if they don't know how to log in, sitting them down and showing them how to log in. >> We had last year to share information with parents and we didn't have to We hoped we would, but we're going to do this third grade orientation and the video memos. You know, I hate making them because I don't like the sound of my voice, but we do it anyways. And um send it out because I know if they're like Victor, they're not going to read anything. They'd rather watch a video and have someone tell >> because he doesn't read, but he can he'll tell you detail by detail what you remember that video. >> That's just social media in I mean it's a quick scroll. >> I

069don't want to read I want you to tell me. >> Yeah. And give me the very highlights. Yeah. Tell me the bare bones. I need to know. >> Well, speaking of that, do do the parents seem to understand the information that they can look at? Do they seem to understand what all that means for their child? >> We sent home information about the parent portal and sent home messages. We didn't get very many >> Responses. We didn't get very many questions. But the way that Atlas lays out the results, if your child whatever level they are, you can see it. It's colorcoded. I mean, you you'll know. So, >> was it was the Atlas reporting like it had like like this is where you are like all your standard deviations, but then it said, okay,

070like if this was the area that they weren't like doing well in like it broke down different sections, it gave you like a specific kind of like a specific question. Am I correct? That's like at the we I remember we got the handout of like the atlas interum maybe >> right and like and then it gave you >> like say some part on English and like maybe your kid didn't understand or like a comprehensive and then it gave you this like kind of like what would be a specific question so it does kind of >> Yes. give you like I can see it. It's on my >> It targets a the skill. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Like Yeah. It breaks down math not just like your kid is not scoring high enough in math. Like

071it gave you specific ideas like that. >> Sorry. Oh, you know your >> So preliminary data >> about three we would have had three retained. >> And an average enrollment of probably >> in that class. >> Oh my god. There were 30 something that great. Yeah, it was about 30 something. >> Yeah, 37 38 something like that. >> Does anyone know if the Learns Act, this third grade promotion takes into account, say a student moves in from out of state, they just completed third grade out of state? What happens to that student that moves in from out of state that maybe is not under the same type of >> They would be considered highly mobile and their data wouldn't count. So I would assume that would be an exception in >> that's a good question

072to find out. >> There's no way to compare it really. >> No. And generally the out of state that move in we don't have anything for them. We just have to go with the records that we are sent from their their school. >> Yeah. >> And they've told us 9,000 times you cannot compare it to ACT Aspire or any of these other tests. So we can't make a comparison >> on page 27 in kindergarten. This year we're going to try out words. So it's a little different. It's not ABC F. It's going to be these are the skills your student needs to master by the end of kindergarten. And this is how your kids are doing mastering those skills broken down by nine weeks. And of course note if it's not taught in the fourth

073first quarter that will be marked on the report that it hasn't been taught yet. So we don't expect your child to be positioned in that later and we have a place on diligently for that. So if you wanted to see a template for that, you could share it. But sorry, the standards based >> first through sixth grade is going to stay grade based ABCDF because we love standard based report. We love how it works for other districts, but we don't want to do all it see. >> I don't think sixth grade parents would like that their last year in elementary school. And that's another thing that was dictated by legislation too was changing the way that that we do the grades. >> So we had student I had student council fly and begin our van

074and outline some rules expectations for participation in behavior and academics not to them but just to motivate students to excel in all areas. It doesn't mean that they're going to be kicked out of band. it just mean that they're they have all S or if they've been in ISS they they may not get to go on. So just to motivate them a little bit and last is our section visitor which Miss on because last year you know we kind of shut down a lot of visitation and then last year we saw the need to um get some different measures in for visitors on campus for the safety of our students. And so we'll have designated days that family members could come eat lunch or um eat breakfast with their kids. And you know, we do

075classroom parties a little bit differently than when I was in school. And so that doesn't limit community participation, so to say, but it changes our flow of traffic. back for um Halloween, we do a big fall festival out on the football field and officer Dunn always knows about these events and so he's always very present and visible. But um just that on specific events when we invite community members and parents and that we have a lot of increased supervision but other than those events that is the campus is going to be closed to visitors outside of staff and students. I don't need to add more to your list, but do you think that like the garden like the honor choir like should and the beginner band thing like if we are doing this whole pee-wee

076sports thing, should it just be like a duplicate like if you have to meet these requirements to I'm just asking. >> You're talking about volunteers. No, like um like they have to have like they have to, you know, have a standard level of doing something >> and there's a general extracurricular. >> Yeah. I just wanted specific ones for that because in August I want that plans to kids >> got. Okay. But there is an extra section. >> So one question I do have just basic like u like FC come in bring pizza and stuff. Would there need to be a change of procedure there too? Know that's kind of you know what I mean? I don't know. Usually it's pastors but >> right >> they just usually come in the back door. >> Well you

077should be coming in the front door and signing in through the office like every other visitor. that should still be happening because that's part of it is during the school day it's >> you have administration and teachers who are there to supervise those people that are with those groups because we also have talent search and upwardbound that come in from the colleges that visit with these kids but there is a teacher on campus >> y'all's protection too >> yeah there is a teacher on campus who is the sponsor of that specific group >> checking on coach I think >> coach Norwood >> Norwood sorry I'm getting you mixed up or uh basketball what? >> Spears >> because it used to be in the library >> and now it's the back side of the gym. So

078that's easy pull up and >> but whatever we need to do of course still need to be checking in through the office. >> That's on page 24. >> She was calling me out intentionally. I was like those kids the last time and I did not check in. We were in hot on two wheels just so we got those kids on. It's it's a lot of it's very general and I catch myself it's one of my flaws. I just assume people know or that people look at this. I make a lot of assumptions on learning but um I wanted it very specific acquiring and student council three of our biggest >> and I promise I will check in now. Oh, y'all can vote on >> about the high school before we do >> No, that's on

079a separate one. It's about his own action item, >> but you'll do K first and if you want to make sure and add that you want to pass it with that addition of the 5 in theme, then you can make that in your motion and they can change it and then publish it. >> Okay. I make a motion that we approve the Cape Elementary School handbook as presented with the exception of the length of shorts or ski 5 in inseam. >> All right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor of that motion say I. >> All in descent, same size. That motion pass. The next item is the high school. >> I have 28 pages. >> Um, so our handbook was pretty much the same. We did do a few changes that

080I want to highlight. We added this year an advisory schedule. Um and that was basically for um our student success plan um for our teachers to have advisory students that they can go over their success plans and work on um areas of uh testing mastery when we do boot camps and also when we have um pep rallies and of those n of that nature. It won't take away from one particular class period versus the other class period. So our kids will be getting pretty much equal time in all classes. Um the next thing that um I want to point out is uh that when students u who are set to graduate in the academic uh school year, you know, we had the 75 hours of of uh community service that we as a school district

081would have to keep track of. Now, parents are responsible for keeping track of those hours. So, we made sure that we added that in here um into the handbook saying that parents or guardians are required to maintain their responsibility just to maintain the uh community service records and present it to the school at their time of graduation. Also, uh beginning with this year, um we added that uh no eighth grade students would be allowed to take accelerated classes unless they have met um particular criteria, which is um scoring uh proficiency in both math and science on the Atlas exams and receiving uh an A or B um in classroom performance. because we've had some students who would not meet those criterias and then go into an algebra one class and um it just wrecks their

082GPA in their loss. So, we want to make sure that our eighth graders are ready to start their high school transcript um during that time. Um the next thing um is with the loss of credit due to unexcused absences. We wanted to make sure um and this was uh kind of like a given but we've had a lot of issues with parents um and students missing days let's say in in October and not turning in their excuses until you know the in December the end of December. So, um, students have two weeks from the day of an absence to turn in an excuse, including a parent doctor's note. Um, and then after the twoe time period, absences will not be eligible um, to be excused. And we do that because it's so hard to keep

083keep up with the absences and for the students to keep up with the work that they miss. Um the next thing we have is the um dress code dress code and that is um of course um I plan to change with the 5 in inseam. This year, students will be allowed to wear leggings. Um, but they are required to have a top that covers their bottom. Uh, and we also included in there that a garment tied around their waist is not acceptable because they will tie a jacket or sweatshirt around their waist and 10 minutes later it's gone. Yeah. So um we have that um AL go back to AL um we have taken away the hybrid op option for AL and we are going to a traditional beginning with this year all AL placements

084will be traditional um with specified class periods for content and this allows for better scaffolding of our students and um a structured area for them to really do their work. So, they will have class periods just like our students here on campus have class periods. They'll have a specific time to do their math. They'll have a specific time to do their English um and so forth. then our teachers can focus on that time period and on that time and they can also keep track of what they're doing um and ensure that there's no AI or cheating or things involved and they also their work will only be available to them during the school hours. So they can't um they'll be able to do their work on admin time from 7:30 to 4:30 because we found

085that they'll go home and mysteriously their all their work will be done. So, we want to ensure that they're learning and that they're asking the questions they need to ask and that they're truly receiving what they need to receive. So, um we're looking at um having that ava a available for them during those specific >> for a yes. >> What about homework if they have I mean they >> Well, AL wouldn't have homework. So, yeah, they won't have homework. They will do everything at in that AL placement. So that's that's Andy Massings and U Coach Holiday. >> Coach Holidayiday. Yes. Yes. Um we also uh reiterated that uh we are a closed campus. Last year we had issues with students even though we are a closed campus um having their parents call in to check

086them out or or you know or signing out and them leaving and going off of campus. We had some instances where um it was reported that some students could have been in some you know difficult situations because of that. We wanted to make sure for their safety that we reiterated that the campus is a closed campus. Um and uh we put in place a policy that students who check out before lunch and return after lunch will be counted absent for the period prior to the lunchtime because they would check out then they would come back late 15 20 minutes late but in class period or >> they can't go to lunch on campus. >> No, we we are a closed campus. Um and um it's it's really for safety reasons. Um and we're also this

087year because um garden um the district is providing free lunches. Um, we also added that um, students will um, not be allowed to bring in outside restaurant food um, because we had an issue with having to um, interrupt our classes to call our students to come get their lunch um, from places that were dropped off. We have parents or siblings or friends who come out in the back and um drop off lunches and things of that nature which is not safe for our students. We don't we can't monitor who all is out there. Um we have the bus changes um from the transportation director which uh is basically the same as last year. Um >> just no tolerance policy. >> Yes, >> I totally agree. I kind of know I wanted to say >> Amen.

088Victor, right? >> So I think if Do you have any questions? But that's basically how I >> You're going to make the same adjustment on the >> the 5 in >> already made. Yes. >> Do you have any questions? >> So like on the like I was reading the information I'm not and I'm with you. There's no point when y'all are up in your school day to deal with this stuff like saying kids like leftovers from a restaurant from the night before. If it's packaged up in their own lunch box, they're safe to to it's just more about >> dropping off all the Sonic bags and things on the on the counter. We be door door dashing. >> Yes. It was very disruptive. Very disruptive. >> I can see that. >> Any questions? >> When

089that first 100% agreement it's closed campus is that um throw off their vehicles. Yes. High school. >> They're they're not allowed to go to their vehicle for any reason. Once they are on the campus, they are to exit their vehicle and come in. if they need something like or if they have their lunch, they leave it in their in their um car or something, they'll come to the office and ask us to go and we have monitors outside. >> Yeah. >> So, was last year I think like we really tried to initiate the like they need to like register their vehicle with you and that did that go very well or did we do we do pretty good on that? >> Yes, pretty much. Um we we had a really good um turnout I mean

090with them registering. I don't think we had any that were not registered. If a student drove an additional car, they came and told us, "Hey," you know. So, I think that worked out well. They're good. Any other questions? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Move on that. >> I'll make a motion to accept the floor. Second. >> All right. We have a motion and a second. All in favor of that motion say I. All in descent same time that mot >> and then it's just the district handbook and this is just all of the policies that you've already voted on compiled into our district handbook any questions on that >> question did all of you read the whole thing before you >> at some point I have read every one of those policies in there but

091maybe not in that order but Yes. As Britney has passed them on and we have gone back and forth and discussed. Do we want to leave this word? Is this word ours? What do we need to put here? Yes. >> I guess I wrote some notes I forgot about and I'd have to go back through here to find it. But the note that I wrote down was some of the emergency drills. >> I noticed at the end the end I believe it was the end of last year we did the medical deal over at the middle school. >> Are any of those drills set up for the beginning of the year? That is coach Marorrow works on the schedule as the district safety person. He's been working on those >> talking about heart safety. >>

092Yeah. The project Adam >> something I had any control over but >> set for once a year for you know last year we did two >> emergency lockdown drills whether it was a soft lockdown hard lockdown and we will do one of those in the fall one of those in the spring and we try to give or we give the day of. We gave a a notification on social media. We didn't want people trying to check their kids out flying up to the school. >> And then of course our monthly tornado and fire drill that >> those lockown that's like a shooter deal. >> Yeah. >> Are are there are they scheduled for the beginning of the year? I mean that's >> not necessarily the beginning of the year kind of >> my thought process

093with like say I got a a daughter coming from Cave Middle Cave elementary to high school now she's in a new environment. you know, she go through half a year >> that 100%, you know, beginning of the year, whether we do the drill in the very beginning, first day or whether we do it at the end, the teachers know what to do in that scenario and >> and that's something they should be going over when they talk about handbooks and going all over the things at the beginning of the year. They have they have in place that I put in their hand and whether the students have gone through a drill or not on our campus and I get that they need to know that teacher is going to make sure it happens or one

094of us will be there making >> and that's what we've talked about too with our subs making sure that the subs know what the plan is because they're not here every day. Right. >> Yeah. And I I mean I I I wasn't somehow we got left out of the heartstart deal with the fire department, but I'd love to see something like that happen in the beginning of the year because I mean I've been in multiple calls out here the first responder and I'd like to see some students that knew what was going on or yeah where they could help. >> And the Project Adam thing when we did it, it was just we did it and now that's something that's going into law as well that other schools are going to have to do it

095as well. So we're ahead of the curve on that one. That was the wellness center that >> Yes, that was Kimberly Garland and and Wendy Schaefer were responsible for that. >> Emergency happens on campus and they call in first responders like how do they designate where to I mean because you said on the campus I mean like where's that? I guess >> we have someone located wherever the emergency is making the call and directing them to where they're supposed to be. >> We have a full plan in place that everyone has and who goes where and who goes what in any situation. What's the chances of getting some of those personnel in to for the school earlier in the year? >> We can make that happen. fire, police or I don't know if all the

096county >> get officer done and we'll put the time on that probably >> suggest that with um the ambulance situation that we >> both both services because I mean we don't know who's going to be on and you know >> unfortunately a lot of those guys we we have taken for granted that we have had local people and we don't have local people anymore >> every time to be honest for sure >> so always glad We'll make it. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate any more questions. Y'all want to move on that? >> Motion that we accept the guard children's pain. >> Have a motion in a second. All in favor of that motion say I. All to say at the same time. That motion pass. >> We've got the director's report. That's Miss Jones. Dr.

097Jones, excuse me. I did pay for that. We're still paying for that. >> You're still paying for this. >> Yes, it's not. So, I'm delivering good news. We're going to celebrate. We have to preliminary data in for Atlas. It's not final. It won't be final until after August. >> Um, let's see. The timeline was that we should receive letter grades August around August September date and public release in October. Um, so they're moving pretty quick. I think for the first time since, you know, last year it was kind of rough. >> And actually, I will tell you and I'll tell y'all, Darren sent us out a calculator so we can plug our information in to try to calculate our letter grade so we can kind of get an idea where it is. >> That'll be

098interesting. >> Yeah, you're gonna help me with that. Yeah, >> you're going to give me numbers. Not happen. Um, so this is remember preliminary, but just a reminder, I think Cassie talked about it a little bit, the level ones, twos, three, and four. We want our kids to perform around this area. Um, and any percentage that you'll see will be based off of what we have in level threes and four performances and topics in the subject. So, in a comparison from last year's scores to this year's, and remember, we're in a four-day calendar this year. So we wanted to see progress there. And then also we have been pushing pushing hard for that H use of HQIM and being in the classrooms and really you know upping our instruction and our administrators, our teachers, everyone

099has worked very hard and we've got lots more work to do but we have progress in all of our areas. So that's celebration. Um, so just to show in our English we have a 4% increase from last year and our math we have a 6% increase and in our science we have a 10% increase. Um, we are very excited to see this information. Now your buildings will once we finalize the data or they finalize the data, they'll give you a little more detail as far as their building and where they were at and grades and all of that probably about September. Um, wouldn't you think guys? >> Yeah. So, this is what we wanted to make sure we presented to you guys. And remember, it's still preliminary, but we're celebrating these scores here. >> Yes.

100And that So, that is 3 through 12 is what we have on >> 3 through 10. 3. >> That's right. 11 12 don't grade. >> Yeah. We we even K2 tested, they don't count towards our letter grade. >> No. And every indicator we've had is that they will not use the K2 screeners in any way to calculate letter grades. >> Just keep that three. >> And so 11 and 12 don't do atlas, they do >> some will do AP. >> Yeah. Some do their AP exams, they do ACT, >> but >> Yeah. Diploma makes the So, you know, we're excited >> for a number of reasons. you know, we we felt some pressure with the four-day calendar and we were, you know, told that we had to show progress and here is our first year

101progress right there. So, we're excited about that. We're also we're more excited about the just the differences we're seeing for our students, you know, trying to build that instruction up a little more. >> Do you do you expect to see when the final numbers to reflect that? >> Yeah, usually there's not really much of a difference. And the main thing, the reason why they do that is they're just trying to toss out some highly mobile components and kids that we were might have been expected to test it and why they didn't test. And it's just basically for our letter grades, you know, to kind of keep it not final until after they do that. >> So, >> well, can we get an idea of what our letter grade would be based off of that? We've

102still got a few more numbers that we have to get from them that we can plug in and then we'll have be able >> and then we got to start, you know, tackling that highly mobile p. >> Yes. So that will be >> just moving up one letter grade be great. >> Yeah, we we are in hopes of seeing some difference there. So >> are looking at >> that seeing that I mean when we got our scores we were very >> pleased because it did show progress and that's what we're looking for. We're looking for growth. We're looking for progress and we did see it. So >> that's that's from the end of 24 is the blue and the end of 25 is script. >> Correct. >> Awesome. >> Yeah. >> Work questions about that.

103>> That's good. >> Okay. So now since we're at the end of that, you can we can take care of that other business. >> Okay. Uh, like I said, we, you know, had it happen that Yolanda had to resign and so we need to accept her resignation. >> We accept her resignation. Thank her for service. >> Exactly. >> Second. >> All right. We have a motion in a second. All in favor of that motion say I. All in the same sign. That motion passed. And then the next half of that is we we had uh some interest in the board position and Josh Griffin has some prior experience. He's been on the board in the past and we would like to welcome him back to the board if y'all if that's y'all's choice. No, that's

104true. >> You want to move on appointing Josh? [Music] >> Just like you did with >> Yeah, you just did this like two weeks ago. So, yeah, just like we did before. I'll make the motion to extend Jasper to fill the vacancy. >> Okay, we have a motion in a second. All in favor of that motion say I. >> All descent, same time. That motion passed. >> All right. Uh future business, >> first day of school is August 13th. First day back for teachers is August 4th. Then we'll have our community breakfast that we have as always. You all are invited to come and >> Monday. >> It's on that Monday in the cafeteria and then we have a guest speaker in that afternoon if you Yes. at 1:30 if you wanted to come hear

105our guest speaker. >> Who's that? >> Sydney Monree. >> So >> yeah, we're excited. >> Yes. Party. >> The next board meeting is the 19th next month. and first my wife's birthday still be here. >> You better think real hard about that. >> She turns 35. >> Wow. >> All right. If there's no other question, not a passion, but a thought process I've had and I've looked into and kind of bring it up to see y'all's thoughts process and I'd like to reach out to Miss Hart for the help of this. But something I like to see is one, I'd like to see some students in here just knowing what's going on. But my thought with that was like making an honorary board seat for maybe like an FBLA student like once a month. One

106of them get to come sit in a board and have a voice without a voting opinion and just kind of get get our perspective of a student, you know, what they think about the school and what's going on dayto-day operation. Is that >> I mean is that a is that going to break any regulations of what we do? >> I don't know that it's going to break a regulation. I don't know that I would call them an honorary board member. You might just have a student liaison report which we can always do this and invite your students who represent your different groups and organizations. ask an officer from one of those groups to come and give a monthly report of what they're doing because that way y'all get to see what's going on besides, you

107know, just we do our special recognitions every month. You know, we invite people to come in. We recognize them. We talk about them, but that would give them the opportunity to talk about what they are doing. You know, we do that from time to time. We invite students in for that. But we could make it a monthly addition to our >> I just agenda. come out of school and I'm probably the youngest one here 20 years and I'm just now starting to get interested in it. You know, I think >> I'm going to I'm going to use this term the smart kids, you know, the FBA kids, you know, they may be interested in this a lot sooner than I would or either one of y'all were. And I think this is an opportunity one

108to give them a voice and know what's going on and then opportunity for their next step in life of this is where you're at now versus >> and I'll tell you the problem with having one the same one come regularly is the same problem we have with getting them here. They are so busy >> that getting them here, but having one a different one rotate through you might be able to get them here. >> I think bringing them here would do them justice because here they're confined to say what we want them to say. So, I I would love for you guys to come out and have lunch with them on their terms in in their area so they can be free to say what they want to say, >> which would be a good

109time to remind you that, you know, technically you all are supposed to be on campus with students there at some point during the school year. >> Well, you I mean really that's that's kind of a requirement of board me. are supposed to be there. It's >> But I mean, if you call ahead and say, "Hey, is there something good going on that I can come and see?" >> It's not just this FBLA students are smart students. It's awesome. >> Um, but yeah, I want you to talk to our kids because I think them having a voice and them having a say so is really important, but I don't want them to feel pressured to say what we think what they think we want them to say and hear. >> Right? You see what I'm saying?

110under under the hot lights. >> Yeah. They get very nervous and closed lipped when they are the ones standing there because you know we see them like when they have to go and talk to Rotary they can sit there and tell you about their stuff all day long but when you put them in front of Rotary they're like >> but I want them to be honest and tell you exactly what they're feeling and I don't think they'll do it in here. You see what I'm saying? >> And you as board members you're always welcome at any of the campuses and it doesn't have to be scheduled. >> No. But if you wanted to see some if there was something specific you wanted to see or you can join me on Tuesday mornings on the porch

111at primary that's where you will find me every Tuesday. So because I I'm stand out there to greet the littles on Tuesday mornings. >> Well no you don't have to tell me. So how back they did the deal you know when you were principal so middle school where you greeted all the precoid I guess >> but what about board members being there one day to greet students >> that would be wonderful >> that might be fun too always enjoyed it because you you know you know most of the kids are recognizing but they may look at us funny but >> yeah they'll want to know why you're why are you here watching >> that's always their question why are you here to focus Friday at the high school we we dances >> on Thursdays. Yes.

112Our faux Fridays. >> Yes. But yeah, I mean anytime y'all want to come on to campus and see what the kids are doing and I mean also remember that you are professionals in the community and it would be great for you to come out and offer your services to talk to these kids about your profession as well >> and your role on the board, you know, presenting to them and and giving them an idea about some direction they may not have thought about going. We love to get visitors. It's just hard to get people out here because I mean you do work for a living. So >> they love that connection. They like to see different people. They see us all the time and you know they want to see different people involved and it's

113important to see that coming from our community. >> That's the link I was trying to get here. You know, get this out back into the community and in the student body. And that's I mean y'all that come to the career fair and talk to those kids about your jobs and what you do, you know, I mean you you get some of those kids that are really really interested and you get some that are just standing there going >> but >> it just to takes one kid to ask the first question and then and then it starts. >> Yes. I mean >> graduated. So yeah, >> college >> we're going to hire knowing she's graduated from here. >> That's what we look for. >> I'm gonna hire her tomorrow because we need our job. Yeah. But

114it's exciting. But yeah, we would I mean any kind of interaction between our board members, our community, and our school, it's good for it's good for everybody. >> And next time Rotary has a city cleanup, I would love for y'all to be out there pushing a broom with me. I would appreciate that. >> It was hot. >> Is this the one yesterday? >> Rotary like last week. >> Yeah, >> that was a good >> I was going I was at a kids camp. I was >> yes the service day >> I don't know how many I I wish there was a way I could have known how many people pre-signed up because I had some stuff that I want like the fire trucks I would like them to do some of it but I didn't

115want to overwhelm I don't want to take from somebody else >> well they need to do it again get ready for spring >> these projects >> when it's nicer outside >> and the allergens are so high in the air it's been killing me I go for few hours and I'm paying for it the rest of the Not any more questions. We'll move to adjourn. >> All in favor of that motion say I. All say the same sign. We're >> journ. No.