001going to go poof. That was going to be I'd like to go ahead and call this meeting to order. Um, meeting has been duly called. Appropriate notice has been given. Like to welcome everybody here tonight uh this evening. To lead our pledge is our sixth grade quiz bowl team. If we could all stand for the pledge. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Miss Hughes, would you like to introduce them? >> Yes, I would love to. >> Great. Okay, so this is Reinwall. Jack Goodwin. Noah. Hi, I'm >> sorry. I took I took your >> I'm There you go. There you go. Um and I wanted to we wanted to show
002you the trophies we run we won this year. This one was from the Mountain Home Elementary Quiz Bowl that we host. Um, and we invite five other teams from our co-op area and lots of volunteers are involved in that day and undefeated. And this is from the North Arkansas Electric Co-op, all the schools in the co-op. Um, and we got first place there as well, undefeated all year. SO, a few members, but >> this is it. So, thank you. Thank you so much. >> Congratulations. >> Well done, gentlemen. >> Yeah, >> job. >> Okay, moving on to our public comment opportunity tonight. >> Do we have anybody sign up for public comment? Zero. Okay, great. Motion to approve the agenda and the minutes. I make a motion we approve the agenda and the minutes. >>
003I'll second. >> Got a motion and second. Any discussion? >> All those in favor? It's >> unanimous. The facilities project update. Mr. Knight. >> Right. Sorry. I appreciate you all. I don't normally go first, but I've got to go down and watch my daughter at the at Dunar do a some sort of song dance tonight. And also, I can't compete with a rock band. Um, I had a contractor in my office I don't know how many months ago and we were discussing not the contractor and I but um we were having discussions about the cost of just running the school and he overheard how much the gas bill was that month and it floored them and it made me think one of these times I need to come in here so the public can see
004how much it costs just to keep the doors open. We're not talking about maintenance. We're not talking about teaching kids. We're talking about heating, cooling. Um, and I've been keeping up with that since uh the first year I started all the way back to about 2017, 2018. But I just wanted to show you all um the last three years and where we are at now. Um, if you look at just what it costs to keep the door open and the lights on, um, you add that all together, your electric, your gas, your water and sewer, and you put on a $12,000 a month um, uh, trash bill, it's a million dollars just to keep the the school open >> Annually. Yeah. And so, and you need to remember too that, you know, before I started,
005Mike Walker went through and did all the heavy lifting. We have the fluorescent lights. We've got the um computer controlled thermostats to turn on and off. There's all of the heavy lifting done. There's really not a whole lot left to do, but you know, I just thought I would I would bring that to you all so you could see that. And a lot of times there's there's no rhyme or reason you can tell which you know one month your gas bill is $86,000 because it is horribly cold and then in August it's 1,500. So >> we have that at home too. >> Yes. >> Gas is low, the air condition's high. >> Yeah. So I just thought I'd bring that and kind of show you all and show the public and see if you had
006any questions. That's a lot of money. >> There's a lot. >> I think it's interesting our electric usage has come down from the last year from previous. So that's where you're talking about fluorescent lights and >> fluorescent and lights were long before me. We also did a solar thing with energy and that dropped about $100,000 a year. Okay. >> So what you're not seeing back then is um >> and I didn't bring it because I didn't really start looking at keeping kilowatt hours until a few years ago. um that bill should be a lot higher than that. >> Okay. >> So it kind of as the prices >> were increased Yep. >> we it kind of better stay the same >> thousand less kilowatt hours. So >> thanks. >> All right. Thanks everyone. >> Move
007on to our academic report. >> Yes. We have a lot of you got a lot of good things up in here. Miss Partney, I think you're first. >> Yes. I have an award for Dr. Paul and Mrs. Doy nice. It is a state award that was awarded at the AGOT uh state conference which is for our canons for gifted and talented education. and I was asked to write a letter of recommendation for this award and I thought I would just read what I wrote that obviously helped them win this award. Um so uh what I wrote was it is my honor to nominate Dr. Paul Nice and Miss Dodie Nice for the parent community member AGOT award. For more than 28 years, the NICE family has been an unwavering pillar of support for the Mountain
008Home Gifted and Talented program. Their long-standing dedication rooted in both their deep commitment as parents and their authentic belief in nurturing creativity, critical thinking, and academic excellence, has shaped generations of our students and enriched our district in immeasurable ways. Mrs. Dodie Nice began her service to our program as an Odyssey of the mind volunteer coach from 1998 through 2001. During that time, she provided exceptional leadership and inspiration guiding one of our high school teams to earn the coveted Renatra Fusco award at the 2001 Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. And I do want to interject here that that's like winning world finals at bomb the bomb squad. It's it's that big. This award reserved for teams demonstrating outstanding creativity and problem solving remains one of the most significant achievements of probably the most significant achievement
009in our district's Odyssey of the mind history. I took many many teams to world finals and we never secured another rena though we tried desperately. Even after her own children graduated, Dodie continued to support our program for many years by coaching teams, assisting with spontaneous practices, which is a part of the competition, volunteering as a competition judge, and offering guidance wherever it was needed. Her commitment did not end when her children moved on. Instead, it grew, becoming a cornerstone of support that countless teams and coaches have benefited from. Now with grandchildren in our school district, both Paul and Dodie have continued their remarkable legacy of service. They attend GT meetings as parent community adviserss, providing thoughtful insight and steadfast advocacy for gifted education in Mountain Home. They have also generously shared their professional expertise with
010our students by giving presentations on medical topics. Their hands-on demonstrations such as dissecting sheep eyes and a dear heart for classes studying human body systems have provided enrichment experiment experiences that would not otherwise be possible for our students. In addition to their time and talents, the nices have donated countless materials and supplies for GT events and activities. They have even chaperoned field trips as they are always willing to step in wherever help is needed. Their ongoing involvement as active members of our GT advisory committee continues to strengthen our program and their advocacy on behalf of our students is both genuine and unwavering. Volunteers like Dr. Paul and Mrs. Dodie nice are truly rare. Their lasting impact on our district, our teachers, and most importantly our students is profound. Their generosity, passion, and dedication embody the
011very spirit of this award, the parent community member AGOT award. I cannot think of a more deserving family for this honor and it is with deepest gratitude and highest respect that I wholeheartedly recommended Dr. Paul and Mrs. Dodie nice for this award. Congratulations PR. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. Okay, you come on up. We also are going to honor a very special school tonight, Mr. Jackman. >> You're writing any recommendations. >> We're running to the end of the time we get to have you aren't >> um I'm going to let Miss Hughes um introduce and tell you what's going on here. >> Just going to give them numbers and stuff. So, um, Jack Coleman and Kaden Casper, who is at a track meet and can't be here tonight, um, as juniors in the fall of 2024, they
012both took the PSAT NMSQT um, test that they take to qualify for National Merit Scholarships along with over 1.3 million other juniors. Of those about 16,000 qualify as national merit semi-finalist which you found out in the fall. Correct? >> We knew we kind of have been talking about it when I saw their scores and I knew what in Arkansas usually happens. So we were you know waiting on that official result. Um and then um what two weeks ago about two weeks ago >> they found out that they had advanced to the finalist level which about 15,000 um seniors do that. And from here um about 6,900 students will receive one of three type of scholarships. They can receive a national merit $2,500 scholarship. They can receive a corporate scholarship from a business. um or they
013can receive a scholarship from a college. So, and I don't know the timeline of that. Have they told you anything? >> Uh yes, ma'am. So, lots of the colleges kind of have a preset amount for their national merit. So, when you apply, what can I tell you? If you're if you're National Merit finalist, we'll give you this amount per year. But, uh I think the 2500 comes out during the summer if you >> Okay, very good. Do you want to tell us anything about your future plan? >> What are your plans after graduating? >> Really? I'm really not for sure. I'm trying to decide between two colleges right now, but did a few college visits. >> So, you're still kind of checking out? >> Yep. But I'm majoring in biochem. >> Okay. >> That's awesome.
014>> Very exciting. >> Um, and I know tonight you're in between activities. So, what you're doing tonight? >> Uh, I have FFA practice tonight. We're uh doing parliamentary procedure. Our state competition's on Monday. >> Well, good luck. >> Good luck. >> Do you have any questions for Mr. Coleman? I feel like we're losing his wonderful attendance at our meeting participant. you've been here several times. You have any questions? >> Well, no doubt you will be listed as a scholar and that's always published um in a booklet in all the big newspapers. So, congra congratulations. I'm so proud of you and I got to be your teacher. >> I know. Me, too. >> And Kayen. >> What was your favorite grade, Jack? third grade. >> Third and fifth grade. >> I know. >> Thank you for
015being here. Thank you for letting us celebrate you. >> Yes. Thank you for your honor. >> We're just so proud of you. >> Anything else for Mr. >> Okay, we'll let you guys do all you guys. >> Well done. Okay. Um and I just wanted to thank you. Thank you for um letting us uh recognize our GT teachers for the district. We felt like this was a good time to do that. And so I'm gonna ask y'all to stand. And um most of you probably already know this, but we'll start with Amanda Rabert. And she is the GT teacher for kindergarten, first and second grade. She works with kindergarteners um each class once a month and the teachers do lessons that she sends them the other weeks of the month and she works with every
016first grader and every second grader at Nelson Well once a week for enrichment. Um and then she does all of our big testing when we have in second grade our identification. Um she handles all of that and does a great job. And then Michelle Griffin is our gifted and talented teacher at Hackler. She works with our pull out um third graders, fourth graders, and fifth graders. Um and just scheduling them and and all the different lessons they do. Um big job, lots going on. And this year she even is providing enrichment and extensions for the the school during their um buildingwide intervention time. So appreciate appreciate her so much. And then Tony Hami is our GT teacher at Kingston. She works with our sixth and seventh graders. She has two class periods right now. They're
017called GT Explore and they're always doing something fun and exciting. And she also coaches our quiz bowl team as does Mrs. Griffin. So hopefully I didn't leave anything out. So thank you all very much. >> Thank you. Well, Miss Hughes teaches at Kingston as well and is our coordinator for the district on all our gifts and talented. So, thank you, Miss Hughes. Um, okay. Did you want to We have our slide up of some highlights from our our gate here. Did you want to mention any of these? >> Um, well, this year our gate family trivia night we hosted, we had about 140 gay students and families in November. It was a great event. Everybody enjoyed it. They did little trivia teams. Um the for the first time, I don't know how long, but in
018a long time, we gave a universal screener to all second graders this fall. Um we just felt like we had some kids that were we were missing. Um and so we wanted to screen all of them. And so that was a big um undertaking and we're still uh working on the the data and the placement that we'll get back from that. Um and then each each school, you know, these are the different things that they work on all throughout the year. And then of course, Dr. Paul Knight um won our AG award. So that was that's a very big deal. >> Thank you, M. >> Okay, we are up to our next treat of the evening. We have a creative um we're calling it a creative teaching presentation. You can tell we have some extra
019help here tonight. Mr. Holmes, come on up. Thank you. >> A little context >> very operator. Yes. Before I get started and we present this, I do want to give you a little bit of the why behind it, uh, like many good teaching inspirations, this came to me at 1:00 a.m. on a Wednesday morning and I sat at my kitchen table and wrote furiously. And my wife was not quite as excited about this lesson at 1:00 a.m. She came around to it. And uh, I woke up, I said, "I've got the best lesson I've ever planned." She said, "Great." and then she went back to sleep. But anyway, we uh we've been working really hard with our students and we uh last year we looked at data and we realized that argumentative writing was one
020area where our students really needed some extra support. And so as testing season got closer and closer, we were planning what we call our Atlas boot camp. We spent about two weeks pushing into other teachers classrooms and presenting review lessons. And so, uh, I I did this song as kind of a way to cap off our our week of Atlas boot camp. So, for two Fridays in a row, we set up in the library and we presented this this song and an entire lesson. I won't make you do the writing portion of the lesson. Our students had to write, they had to plan an argumentative essay after we went through this this song about four times. Uh but anyway, we uh we set up we did 12 eighth grade classes over those two Fridays uh
021with this lesson. So um as I I started coming up with this song, I contacted Mr. Garcia, our band director with the junior high. Um and he directs the jazz band, which we've got a portion of our jazz band. We had to have a few students that couldn't make it tonight because they had other engagements. But let me introduce. We've got CJ here on the drums. We've got Jackson on the saxophone. We've got uh Callie on the saxophone. We've got Meline on the trumpet. We've got Tyler over here helping with the slides and with the singing. We've got Michael helping us with the singing. We've got Lillian singing. And we've got Lissa helping us with the singing. And th those three are choir members. So, um we got some crosscurricular planning. Um, and also I
022wanted to give a a nod to uh Mr. Huffford and Mr. May. All three band directors helped a ton with this. Uh, I wrote out the lyrics and the baseline and then Mr. Garcia wrote out all the the instrumental parts and then Mr. Huppard helped work with the with CJ on the the drumming parts and Mr. May worked with the other instruments and so it's been a a group effort. So, I'm gonna use this microphone so you can hear me. Hopefully, it's not too loud. All right, let's see. Okay, good. So, uh, now this is the part that's fun. You get to be a part of an eighth grade class. So, this is this is what we call a call and response song. It's a it's a jazz song. So, uh, so I sing a
023line. Well, we sing a line. And then uh if you'll turn the next slide, Tyler. Oh yeah, there you go. So you notice it's the same lyrics, but they turn yellow. So when you see the yellow lyrics, that's your part to sing it back to. >> So I think you sing it back to me. Now you don't have to worry. You don't have to belt it out. As I tell my students, if you're you're not comfortable singing it really loudly, if you all just, you know, jazz is kind of smooth and it's kind of it doesn't have to be in your face. So it can be kind of just a little bit over a whisper and and Perfect. >> All right. So, let me see. >> All right. So, I'll get I'll get the the
024brew going for you. You feel free to snap along. Remember, you're eighth grade students, so ready. We're here to write an argument essay. >> Start with a hook. Introduce your topic. >> Start with a hook and introduce your topic. You have the pieces. That's your next reason because it's a shame if you leave because it's a shame. Take your first reason and introduce it again. >> Take your first again. >> Follow up with evidence and elaboration. Followidence and elaboration. >> Repeat those steps for your second paragraph. those steps for your second lead you second to last you ground. >> Ready to conclude. You're almost done. >> You're almost done. >> Last paragraph should look like paragraph one. Now you wrapped it all up. It's the main attraction. >> Wrapped it all up. It's the main
025attraction. But before you leave, call your audience to action. >> Thank you, Zach. >> Wow. >> Well done. the most creative writing lesson I've ever seen. >> For sure. >> I'm going to get some of these kids to help us get some of this equipment out of your way. And then you >> Well, and I do want to say they have started out with testing. They started Monday for junior high >> and we have preliminary scores in and they're they look really great for our EO um eighth and ninth and and our math. I haven't science was coming in today. We try not to look too early because the scores change. It's more more commit. So, we're having to kind of hold tight. I think we have about 70% of our ELA scores in >>
026um so we're waiting. Some are already scored. We think with AI and then some are being we think hand scored. We're trying to kind of figure out their process. So, more to come on that come down. Thank you all for being here. >> Thank you. Great job everybody. >> All right. Uh thank you for letting us come today. This is um school library month. So we love to come to see you guys in April. Um we have a couple of new faces with us this year. Um so if you want to introduce yourself and and some returning. Should we start in order >> alphabetical? >> I'm star. I'm at the high school. >> Alphabetical. >> Jenny Goings and I'm one of the newbies. I was first grade teacher, but now I'm at the kindergarten library.
027>> I'm Kina Thompson. I'm at Hackler. I'm Karen Johnson and I'm at Melissa and I'm at Mountain. >> Um, we appreciate all the support you guys give us. Um, we want to give a shout out to Miss Lawrence and Miss Dwey because they have made it a priority that we can meet as a PLC, as a special area. Um, teachers, it's we feel like we're on islands sometimes because we're the only one at our school. And so being able to meet monthly um and connect with each other and learn from each other is essential. And we greatly appreciate that they um go above and beyond to make that happen for our team. And um so I know y'all thought that was probably your last song for the evening, but it was not >> because we
028have a dynamic video for you all >> that features. >> So we're going to let that speak for the rest of our presentation. It's a star. >> Oh yeah. This is why I like to come to library cuz we get to read and we get to color play and a book fair everything. I like going to the library because um I get my brain stronger and ready for fresh brain stronger. >> I like going to the library. >> I like the library. I like to learn about animals and I to know more about the world. I like the library because I like getting those that come from the I like the library cuz I can play and build stuff. What I like about the library is you can explore everything and you can read scary
029stories or you can read happy stories or you can read like you can do anything like you can se I like It's easy to find because she helps me read all kinds of different things. I like the library for for our new lesson about the fiction side cuz I like the alphabetical order for I like to count new books. For example, baby mouse and sign language. I like about the library is that you should you should come to Nelson WS and and then Mrs. Hume, she can do all the books for you. She is the best reader. She can find the best books >> and that's all. >> My name is James Clark and I like I like the library because it's a nice quiet place to read your books and get new ones. And
030if you can't find a C book you want. We have nice librarians. You are Miss Thompson and Miss Sheena who can help you find your books. Another thing I like about the library is they have fun contests. So, if you read a certain amount of words, you might win a prize or >> Hi, I'm in third grade. I love the library so much because I um can read any book and also I can learn from any books. Hi, my name is Emma. I'm in third grade. I love the library because um of the JB Jones book and of the fantastic librarians we have. Bye >> bye. >> I would library because it's quiet books that I can get my hands on. I have a small collection of books at home or ones that I've read
031so many times I can connect with them. So having read selection of books has pretty much has increased my literacy by quite a bit. >> Hi, my name is Eli Johnson. I am an eighth grader and the library is amazing because of the books. The librarian is amazing kind. The people are helpful and it's just amazing. >> My name is Marley Lenelli. The reason why I like the junior high library is because of how organized it is and how great it is learning here, reading all the books. And it's really good for just reading and having some time on your own and stuff. It's just a good place. >> Hello, my name is Daryl. I'm a sophomore here at High School. And what I like about the library is that the librarians are kind, the
032library workers are helpful, and there's a wide selection of books. >> Hello. Good morning. My name is Kayleie Thornne and this is my daily shift library. My favorite attraction here is the book full of plants and a good view of the school grounds. It's a comforting place to spend the morning. I for the first semester I think I spent uh two hours in here every day. This chair actually specifically Hello, my name is Emma Potter. I'm a senior here at Mountain Home High School. And what I love most about our Mountain Home High School library is the just the atmosphere when you walk in. It's always smiling and our librarians are so kind and they always help you. And you just you always just feel so welcome when you walk in. And I also love
033our philosophy section. >> Two hours. She had virtual classes. She she loved the plant area and felt like that helped her learn better. But um we appreciate you guys letting us come. Um we really just asked our kids like why do you come to the library and none of it was prompted even the song and I think he should try out for theater. >> Mr. Wise needs to talk with him about some theater. >> I'll tell you about that song because I asked him where did this song come from? You didn't just make this up. He said no Miss Kathleen Robertson who's his teacher. had the class sing that the first time they went to the library. And I said, "You remember this from the first time you went?" He said, "Well, maybe the second
034time, too." But so, if you ever wonder if those teachers are supporting your librarians, they're teaching them songs that uh that are sticking with them. So, >> thank you for being >> AC. >> Yes. >> Thank y'all. It's getting thin in here. >> So, we're actually going to mirror off my computer. >> We are going to look at some college and career readiness assessments tonight. And I do want to say Miss Becca Camp would normally um be presenting this. She is out of town. She helped me prepare the slides for tonight and I will do my best. to what? >> Just a second. There we go. Okay, this is going to seem like quite a bit of information, but we did just want to give you the latest on what's going on with all of
035our college and career readiness um assessment piece because some things have changed and sorry. Okay. So, Act 724 of 2025 expands the types of college and career readiness assessments public and open enrollment charter schools must offer students. So, we did want to just give you access to the information in your slide deck. Um, I'll try not to go through every part of this. It's a lot of information. Um, this is what the new guidance is. You can see um this started in the school year 2025 2026. they have this kind of grade bandit and and the point is they would like students to choose one from each color um starting in ninth or tth grade and our school chose the preac for that blue um section. Students may choose one in 11th grade. They can
036choose from ACT, SAT, CLT and then um district chooses when to administer. You can look at that 10 through 12 possibility um work keys there and I'll I have some information to share with you about that tonight. So just kind of wanted to show you if you want to see the full guidance it is linked here and so you can see that and and read through some of the key points. It mentions work keys and as it has some information there for you. >> How many of our kids take the SAT? >> I have a little bit of information on that. I have some numbers I can share. Um >> sorry I No, that's okay. And um it's a great question. >> So I'll we'll kind of give you some numbers and then I'll I'll
037come back and and look at that with you. So in 10th grade all students were given the preac through the state contract. Students can select PSAT through school contract um weekend test. So that means if they are in addition to the preac that we provide at school would still like to take that that is available to them to take on a Saturday um at their at their own cost. But the school does pay for the free ACT. In 11th grade, sorry, Steve's gonna have to maybe work on my computer again. Okay. In 11th grade, we had um 10 students did select the SAT. 153 students selected work keys. 175 students selected ACT. And many chose ACT, SAT, and work emails individually to every every student's email so they would have the information. So, they did
038try to get the information out as quickly as they could about the testing options and um so that's kind of where those and I'm sorry about my computer. Um it's tired. It's glitching out a little bit. So those are the numbers that we had and you can see I have a a graph here in a second that'll show you the increase in the numbers of work keys. Work keys is a big initiative in our state right now around our CTE program um because you can use those work keys certifications as you know with actual careers within your community and so they are really trying to help students be aware all the places they're able to use those certifications. So you can see starting back at the pre-ACCT, remember this was our sophomore class, our 10th
039graders. So their overall composite on the preacct was a 17.3 overall. You can see the breakdown there with math and science um math 17.1 mean and science 17.5 mean. So there's just some data around on how they scored. On the second slide, you'll see it's the same overall composite, but they wrote down Miss Kim wrote broke that down into English and reading. Um, English mean was 16, reading mean was 18.3. So, what you can see quickly is kind of maybe where we could do a little bit of supporting students overall. Um, on that exam, we do have a sample score report here for you. So, you can see what the students would actually receive from that report. the student's name is redacted and what you can see this student overall had a 23 composite and
040you can just tell very quickly at a glance for example this student could benefit from a little bit of support in English before he or she takes the actual ACT. So that's the information they're getting from the preac um before they take it their 11th grade year. Um what are some what are some areas we could support and try to enhance their scores? Um along with this you'll see they get all kinds of breakdown in the information by domains different pieces like that. And this is a really neat piece. They're taking the information from how they scored and turning it into kind of a career journey map and it highlights based on their scores fields that may be in line with their what they're showing to have aptitude for on the test. So that's a
041they're trying to tie as much career focus to the assessments as possible. So, that's a pretty neat piece if you're a parent getting this information back. And then the other really neat thing is they actually have an answer key attached and so they can see these are the ones they got right. These are the ones they missed. So, there's a lot of information that students can get from these reports. So, Miss Kink wanted to just share a piece of that with with you on the on the report tonight. So, what are they doing with all this? Well, the students did receive their paper copies of their school reports. Um the Miss Russell and Miss Camp have already talked about how to use the information from the reports and the RTI um built in RT RTI
042time in the in the building. So um talks are underway already around that and then schools will use this information predicted ACT and predicted work key scores to grow understanding of the appropriate CCR student selection. What that means is if this student knows I am for sure going to college or I am for sure going into the workforce that really does determine what test that student needs to take. Why make the student sit through a test they don't even need to be taking. So trying to educate them on what would benefit them the most for their next steps after high school. And so again if it's college they we know they need to really dig into the ACT or the SAT or both. um if they're going into the workforce, the industry part, then that
043work keys test could really really benefit them going out into the workforce right after high school. So, just trying to educate students and families so that we get the best fit for them. Um assessment results. Moving on to the ACT. This is the the test that all juniors take. Um, now we all know they can take ACT multiple times, you know, on their own time and but the school provides this one test and our testing result data comes from this ACT. And so we had in the 2025 2026 school year, we had 175 students um, take the ACT um, with that that junior test. Um, the composite mean score this year was a 19. You can see the year before was a 20. And so obviously we we did not go that's I mean that's
044just telling us the truth. Um but you can see breaking it apart. You can see your English score mean your math score mean your reading and your science. And so you can see within that um you know that that's an informative piece too for our for our teachers. So um that's just some good information to have. Um you can compare our numbers to the state average and you can see even though we did go down um a point, we still are above the state average um looking at those numbers and we stay above the state average in every every component of the test. Okay, we did include another sample score report. I won't go into this because you have the link to it, but again you can see what the students get back from their
045sample score report from ACT. a lot of really good information again for students and and even their teachers especially if they wanted to do some tutoring or some things if they plan to retake it there would be some good information in this um moving forward. So, moving to SAT. This is to answer your question. Now, this is not all the students that took it on their own, but for the students that chose the SAT on that school test, these these are the number of students we had. And you can see their score. 1600 is the highest they can score on the SAT. Um, and you can see she included the score. She didn't put names obviously, but this is the score breakdown of how our students performed that took it on that testing day. And
046you can see going down on reading and writing. um every student either met or exceeded the benchmark on SAT and then we were close on that even with math and science. We had a couple there that were approaching. Um everyone else scored either met or exceeded on the um on the score map out for math and science. And so those are some some and then there are certain schools certain colleges that would ask for the SAT instead of the ACT or maybe both. Um, and so we do like that this is an opportunity our students have. Maybe they've already taken the ACT enough and they don't need another score on that, they could choose to take the SAT that day. And Miss Hughes, if she I think she's already left, but she does help our
047students with the SAT, just understanding if it's a good fit for them and that they should be taking that test. Again, a sample score report is included in this. And I do feel like there was one another thing to kind of highlight in here for SAT, they're also including this career insight snapshot. And so they're just really trying to connect all of the assessment um information they can to what careers would actually be um in line with how that student is performing in these areas. So that's a that's a pretty um I think that's a really great piece of information to have in addition to just the for looking at um work keys. So again, this has been a big um Miss Carter and I attended the CTE um conference about a month ago and
048um they are now using work keys as part of it's a area you can earn distinction um for now. So there a lot of schools are really putting a lot more emphasis in work keys than ever before and also just realizing that what opportunities this does afford our students if they if they get platinum, gold, silver or bronze. And you can see we only had 115 tests the year before, which actually we were really proud of 115, but now we're up to 153. And so our just helping our students understand the value of this test. Um there are a lot of businesses if they come in with one of these certifications they automatically get a a higher hour hourly wage and there are some businesses that will give signing bonuses. A platinum work keys is
049extremely uh lucrative um for students that are going into the into the workforce right after high school. And again it's another way to receive distinction even in our um when we're looking at merit and distinction. Platinum work keys is um is is on that list as well. There's a lot of different reasons to be excited about our number of students that are taking this test now. So um our Mr. uh Rose is here. They have also in their community partner meetings tried to educate our community partners around hey ask our students about this. This is what they're doing. And he's worked hard to try to educate some of our community partners and and what this would mean. And so there's some good information going back and forth there. Um, so yeah, that's a whole lot
050of information. >> What questions would you have? I hope I did. Okay, Becca, I'm so sorry that my computer's glitching. Um, but do y'all have questions? >> Did we have students take the asb? >> Um, we did. M. Russell, do you have any idea how many? >> I don't, but we give it twice a year. So we gave it in the fall and we will give it again next week. So, we do fall and spring >> and you'll see that on that guidance page. You'll see that on the guidance page as well on that first link I shared. >> Any other questions? >> That one's by choice as well too. When I was in high school, we all had to take it. >> Hey, we've talked about that. >> Um >> I don't think we'll
051do it, but we had talked about it because that >> to be the way >> that can be used also for merit and distinction. Is that correct, >> Mel? >> So, it could be a I think it's clear. No desire to enter the military, but we still have to take >> Well, you do get some good information back though. >> Yes, I love that. >> I mean, it it's especially when students are trying to make decisions about what to do next. It can be >> I do helpful. >> Thanks. I mean, because it is a fantastic. >> Any other thoughts or questions? >> Did I answer your original question about how many took the >> Okay. And I don't know all total because some took it on Saturday. >> Do we do we are we
052still giving it here on Saturdays at all one time a year or twice? I know they had to go to Harrison some too. >> I'm not sure. It has to make what we are Saturday test center but it has to make and so but we're one of the few areas in the region that does get it. So >> I feel like nationally you hear SAT more in local like in Arkansas you hear ACT more. I don't know if there's anything to that or not, but that's why I was curious as all is how many. But >> most colleges will take either or, but I do know >> students that score high on the PSAT >> and think they may be in the commendable range or um possibly a semi- finalist. They'll often take the SAT
053to try to get the best score that will go on their application for a scholar. Well, the good news is they have a lot of opportunities. They have a lot of choices. That's kind of the point of the guidance document that we have. Not one test is best for all of our students and their their future plans. So, they are um kind of widening the lens on that which is is wonderful. >> So, more industryesque about the workforce keys. So, they there there's an awareness now. >> There is. I mean, I know one business off the top of my head, I know McDonald's, um, you you can take in your certificate there. You get you get an hourly pay increase. I believe the signing bonus, Miss I believe Miss Camp said it's a I think
054it's a steel mill and I think it's a $10,000 signing bonus if you have platinum works. So, there are it is a it's valuable. I mean, it definitely um can enhance their salary. So, and you do you can retake work keys too. >> You can make an attempt and then you can get some information back and then is there anything you want to say about that, Miss Russell? >> We are going to retest before the end of the year some of our kids that were gold for sure to see because it is hard to get and we have some kids that are really close. >> So, is it more corporate >> industry or is are you seeing small business owners? I'm just kind of curious. So, I wish Miss Camp could speak better to this
055than I can. We've tried to become a work keys community. >> Okay. >> So, that means we have a certain percentage or certain number of businesses in our community that actually recognize it. And you can go online >> um to ACT work keys and see a map of Arkansas and see which >> counties have actually become work key work ready work keys communities. >> So, there are several businesses in town. Honestly, you can be a work keys business by just having it on your application, job application, you know, a spot for have you taken and what support did you receive? >> I think this really would give kids confidence that they can land their job and and make a living. That it's fantastic. Well, and I do also one thing to point out on the
056ACT score, the composite that is only a composite of that testing day at at our high school, but that's not a total composite of all the ACT scores from all of our students that have taken it over the course of the year. We have ninth graders taking it, 10th graders, we have seniors retaking. Um, that composite score does not include any of those. It is simply the score from that day that we administer the test. So, just a little another piece of information about about the data. So, um yeah, there's just a lot going on with our like I said, Atlas has started um started Monday and I also want to brag on I mentioned junior high kindergarten started this week as well and Miss Stewie and I love we walked through just to kind
057of see how how everybody is doing. they they had holding rooms. Um so the students are able to test one at a time with their teacher and our state guidance uh definitely encourages those small groups in the lower grades and the teachers are allowed to help them with the directions because that's what they struggle with the most last year which is understanding what they're supposed to do on the test. So um they had a great setup for that. We have incredibly high math scores out of kindergarten right now. Um I don't want to give everything away. Mr. Roach smiling back there. >> Um, >> and he's tested 210 of his 219 already. So that's that that score is >> that was math and then they'll start um reading and dibbles is coming next. But they
058have a great system in place. They tweaked it a little bit from last year um and it has paid off and in wonderful scores. So excited about um what we're going to be able to present later. And the other really incredible when we're taking these tests now, we are getting instant feedback. So, their scores are same day um mostly, like we said, the writing that's being um handcored. We're still waiting on about 30% of our scores to come in to finish our ELA um total number. But, um our teachers get to celebrate early. We get to celebrate the students real time. Um so, there's some really great things happening now that Atlas is completely up and running and and doing all the things promise to sit with you. So, we'll have a lot more information
059to come. Any questions though about our college and career readiness? >> I was going to ask the one about preac preparatory classes, but then I saw, hey, do we do prep classes for work forces? Is that a thing too or not? >> Which one? >> For work the work. >> When we were at the again the CTE conference was talking a lot about they actually um have developed some curriculums around work keys. Um we're we've kind of talked through is there any other option we could bring in. The best time of the day to do that would be during that RTI time. Um and Miss Russell's already we're we've got a lot we're trying to do during that RTI time. But that is it has been talked about. What could we do? Especially for the
060ones like we're talking about. Let's say they take it in their gold. What can we do to circle around them and try to get them to platinum or even I mean any of them try to boost them. >> So they take it cold the first time. and they've never done a prep course or know what they've never taken practice test. >> I don't know. Well, the school hasn't offered a prep course unless they've done something outside of school. >> And so, we've talked about trying to include um we just we have a lot of pieces going right now. You don't want to just keep adding and some of the resources are digital >> and so it's like, do we need more digital? So, that's the stuff we're having to kind of talk through. But, um
061we have seen that there are some things offered out there >> and we do prep courses for ACT. Is that right? or or or available to students. >> Do you want to talk to what you guys do? Sure. ACT. >> So, we have on to college. Um >> that's all year. >> That is all year and students can access that on their own. Um >> and we do a boot camp the week before. But I do want to point out um I was a little bummed about the 19 because you know we we aim high and then I realized a lot of those students that took that test that was their first time. >> Yeah. It makes a difference for sure. >> That's really really good to to have that composite score. a lot of
062first time testers. So, um, we've already been brainstorming how we're going to do this better next year. >> So, >> we talked about using some of these score that's what Miss Camp and Miss Russell talked about. How do you use those score sheets and break apart those skills and look at the domains and bring the kids and try to pull teacher in to try to do like a six week rotation within that? Miss Camp has >> I actually talked to Miss Camp on the way here and she said if you take away basically the bottom 20 scores or so almost all of them are above 21. >> Sure. >> So it was interesting to hear that that there were some >> significantly lower scores that really pulled that average down. So she said she and
063I don't know who she had told me she looked at that with >> um Miss Russell, but she I mean I literally talked to her on the way here and I said well I was disappointed and she said well don't be. She said take out that bottom 20 30 kids >> and then that that's where that education with the students of what test is going to benefit you the most like what what would help you >> and get them in the right test that would actually help them >> do you have a way to separate out the people who took it for the first time and the people who took it the second time to see about their >> on that actual day of testing for that composite number. I don't know, Miss Russell. >>
064So, there used to be a way to pull that and then try and kind of roll over. And so, I I was doing it one by one um because I had to calculate their days and so when I was going in and I I was looking at each kid one by one, I noticed that was their only score in the state system and I was like, "Wow." So, you >> So, that's the only reason I noticed that. There may be a report that I'm just not aware of yet. Um, but they there was the way that we used to pull those reports. It rolled over something brand new and I just haven't had time to figure it out. So, yes, there probably is a way. I just don't know how to do it yet. >>
065I was just wondering if we saw any >> just so you could kind of see how much increase the second time they took it. >> Well, now colleges will do super scores. They didn't they didn't used to do that now. They they will take like >> your bet like if you score higher one time on English, then you can start combining your highest numbers and get what they call super. They haven't always done that. So, and they're letting you retake just one. Are they still letting them just do one section? That's new. They haven't done that for very long. >> I know there's a lot of >> I always counsel my students to not take the ACT until they've had algebra 2 because there's so much that on there. But >> some of them get
066eager and take early. But >> definitely to get through algebra 2 that was significant on math. So, Well, it's been it's been an exciting just trying to figure out how to do all this. It's been good. Miss Camp has I can't I can't say enough about how she has orchestrated all this for our students. Like I said, she got that kind of that mandate around how to offer those tests in November and she had a plan and they were working on that. Was that after Thanksgiving or before? >> She told me she had three days. They got it on a Thursday and they had to have it turned in on a Tuesday. That is a lot. >> It's a lot to juggle a lot >> and plan >> so >> and schedule. >> We also
067talked about that >> how quickly >> Atlas and of course >> and then now coordinating Atlas now that starts with kindergarten it's I mean it's K >> so >> that is a lot. >> I do want to really she's not here to hear it but I do want to tell y'all how hard she's worked to pull all this together for the district. She's done an amazing job. So, any other questions about the assessments or Okay. Well, my next thing >> is first read on handbook. So, Miss Kelly Morris has shared our first read with you guys. Um there are still I know a couple of revisions we're needing to make around graduation with high school that's um in the works. I think they have another meeting set. Um, I don't know if it's next week,
068but there will be What Miss Morris will do is when we have a change, we will let you know so you don't have to go through the whole thing again. We'll tell you we have made this edit in this handbook on this page and and that way you guys don't have to start over when we tell you we've made a change. So, it lets you get started. We're waiting on um I think we're still waiting. We were waiting on three. Now, we're waiting on two two of our handbooks to come through. And so, when we get those, we'll share those. But they're not the heaviest ones. You have the heaviest ones already. So, and feel free if you have comments or concerns and you want to email those to me. Um, I'm happy to pass
069those on to our handbook committees and let them address whatever concerns you might have. So, um, or you can let Miss Dubie know, however you'd like to do it. But, >> thank you. So that is all I have on handbooks tonight. Any questions about the handbooks so far? >> Not yet. >> More time. And then those will be ready for vote in June. We wanted to give you time. So we'll we'll have time to do revisions in May and come back with your final approval to vote on it in June. >> Okay. Where who's next after? >> I think you're I think that's it. his daughter. >> Good job, Miss. >> Good evening. >> We will start with the statement of changes in fund balance for the month ending March 31st of 2026. We ended
070the month of March with 16,526,49441. I'll draw your attention to funds 6501 and 6786. And you can see that I made the transfer from title 4 into title one. And we've been doing this for several years. This helps us purchase the supplemental school supplies for students every year and I think it's a good thing. Other than that, it's really been a pretty quiet month because we we're winding it down. >> Any questions? Moving on. >> All right, moving on. This is the statement of revenue. expenditures and changes in fund balance. Our total revenues for the month of March were 2,24,26048 with total expenditures of $3,496,65357. I'll also draw your attention to the outstanding encumbrances because we asked for those a lot earlier this year. So that's why you see that big number of 969,83.15 there
071>> questions. Next, we have our monthly fund operating balance tracking. And we ended the month of March with 9 million 5991,936.19. And that's for funds one, two, and four combined. This is up a little bit from this time last year, but we're still not getting excited about that because we've got >> a couple more payments to receive and uh we have those big summer payrolls. So, we're just kind of holding and seeing seeing what how it's going to be. >> Next, we have our statement of changes in activity funds. We ended the month of March with $639,49568 and that is all activity funds combined. The following pages are the system reports that support this information along with the pie chart. And following that are is the check register for March without the check numbers listed.
072>> Thank you, Leah. >> You're welcome. the transfer update. >> Zero in, zero out. >> Have a long time of the year to have any transfer. >> Probably probably we are getting those school choice papers. Um those are coming in. Miss House is working really hard to get those all ready to go. Um we've got some in, got some out just about to be expected. We are doing quite a push right now to encourage folks who are interested in coming to the district. We can do school choice till June 1st. After that, we need to look at transfers, but we can figure out a way to get you here. Almost almost anybody if you're in the area and just want to see what's going on at Mountain Home. >> Enrollment 3,630 students. That is 131
073students down from this time last year. That's between two and a half and 3%. >> So, >> we're going to put Mr. roach and a costume out on the corner. Mr. did a great job at kindergarten registration. He's up approximately 30 kids on that day from where he was last year. So, we're optimistic. >> Um we did have a big storm >> on the registration day last year. So, that probably that wasn't the most accurate number uh from a year ago, but the reality is there's 30 more kids. We're expecting 20 more um for sure 21 more. and then we'll have those that that come in over the summer. So, I do think we'll be a little up from where we are this year. >> Good. >> I don't know that we're gonna hit that
074300 mark like we'd like to, but um Mr. Roach and I kind of have a guesstimate of where we'll be and I I just hope it's even above that. >> Moving on to board action items. Lawrence request to approve our 26 27 slips plan. >> Hello, >> welcome back. >> Long time no see. Okay. Um we are here to present slips plans uh for the upcoming 20 26 2027 school year. Um you can see the background is based on Arkansas code 6152914 which establishes a timeline for school level improvement plans. Um if you look at the rationale it says each school is required to develop a school level improvement plan. The plan should utilize a continuous cycle of inquiry. Local educational agencies continuous inquiry and improvement processes will play a critical role in focusing educators
075efforts on what matters most for learning in order to achieve long-term improvement outcomes. Eleas will work with schools to develop evidence-based data informed plans. The school level improvement plan will track uh leading indicators for school level actions to monitor, assess, reflect, and adjust planned actions and a continuous inquiry cycle for improvement. Likewise, the LEA plan of support will examine schools progress through the leading indicators in order to monitor, assess, reflect, and adjust support to schools. So, what we've done is we've attached each um campus's uh upcoming slips plan for you to view and we have a district monitoring plan included as well. Um based on feedback, we did include a data summary and I I kind of want to speak to that for just a second and trying to and trying to utilize the data
076correctly for the upcoming year. We are looking at our we're going to add summitive data to that. We didn't have it when we brought you the slips plan, but we used our current data to make goals for the upcoming year, if that makes sense. We wanted to see how we needed to adjust our goals based on how our students have performed this current school year. And so that's how we wrote our new goals for the 2026 2027 school year. So we have attached the data summary and then moving forward, we will add summitive and then we will attach that data moving forward. So you can see the growth within the goals. We haven't been doing that in the past. We had to get started. Um, and so looking at our how we're going to do
077that moving forward, we do have a plan and how to help you guys see well, do we meet the goal or did we not meet the goal. Um, so it's if you don't have access to all the things at your fingertips, it's hard to see did we meet the goal or did we not and you'll notice our goals are set. Literacy and math do use Atlas as their data point. Um, if you notice some of the Today's plans are not linked. It's because those are not due until May 1st. There are a couple of campuses that are still revising their plans. Once we have those, those will be linked. Um, so you'll have all the current phase plans linked on the slips plan and then you'll have data summaries. So that is where we landed
078on that. Any questions or comments? Do you like a recommendation? Okay. Yes. The recommendation is that the Mountain Home Public School Board of Education approve the school level improvement plans for the 20 26 2027 school year as presented. >> I'll make a motion we accept. We approve the recommendation. >> I'll second. Got a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? >> Now, >> any questions? >> Hearing none. All those in favor? It's unanimous. >> Request to approve resolution in support of military students and families. Miss Carter. >> Hello again. >> Welcome back. >> Thank you, >> Carter. >> As you may or may not know, April is month of the military child. So, this is fun that we get to do this in the month of April. Uh the background for this resolution is
079with Arkansas code annotated 628301A. It requires that all public schools in Arkansas with 20 or more children and military families enrolled as of October 1 each year must become a purple star school. And as of October 1 of 2025, Mountainome public schools had 50 children and military families enrolled. I learned so much through this process and it made me think about things that I really hadn't thought about before. Uh first of all, I didn't think about us having as many military children in our school district as we do. And then the challenges that they can face from moving around, relocating, loss of credits, lots of different things that can impact them. And so, uh, I'm happy to say that each school in the district has fulfilled requirements, submitted an application, and received designation as a
080purple star school. So, uh, some of the requirements that they had to meet were we had to designate military education facilitators in each building. We had to make sure that there was a presence for of resources on our district or school website. And if you haven't been on there lately, uh we do have a military family section now where those resources are listed. The military educ education facilitators had to participate in required training and then um they also had to include support in their family and community engagement plans as well as have a military representative on their committees. This focuses on active duty national guard and reserve service members. We had many veterans that had marked this category on their registrations and so we also want to honor them and uh provide any resources for
081them as well that we can. If you don't mind, I would like to read the resolution to you. Whereas more than 9,000 Arcanons exhibit profound courage and selflessness by serving in the armed forces. And whereas more than 3,500 military children attend public school in the state of Arkansas. And whereas 50 military children attend school in the Mountain Home School District area. And whereas military children face unique challenges related to military transitions and parental deployment. And whereas military children and their families serve as an essential source of support and encouragement for armed service members. And whereas military children should be acknowledged for the sacrifices they make and celebrated for the courage they display as the children of our nation's armed service members. And now therefore, be it resolved that the Mountain Home School District Board of
082Education recognizes and salutes military children and expresses its support for military children and families. So we ask that you approve the resolution to support the military children and families of our district. >> I'll make a motion we approve the resolution in support of military students and families as presented. >> Second motion and second. Any discussion >> great. Thank you. So after upon approval of your res resolution then we will apply to be recognized as a purple star school district. Also we are in the process of having banners presented at each building. So someone from the Little Rock Air Force Base will be coming May 7th to present those banners. and we would love for you to be here if any of you could as those presentations at each location are made. Also, October 1st, 2026,
083we have been requested to host the Arkansas Council of Military Children. They have about uh multiple meetings during the school year, but they like to have them hosted at Purple Star School District. So, that's kind of what's coming up. >> That's great. >> Any more discussion? All those in favor? Unanimous. Thanks, M. Thank you. Request to approve Bomber Sports Net Networkou. Miss Dwey. >> Okay. So, last year the district was made aware of potential concerns regarding the use of the Bomber Sports Network name and logo by local broadcasters in the Bomber Booster Club. Specifically, questions were raised about streaming high school varsity football games and generating advertising revenue without a formal bidding or approval process. In response, a local community community member requested an opinion from the Arkansas Attorney General. Based on that opinion, it
084was determined that any third-party organization, including a booster club, must receive approval from the school board to use the district's intellectual property. Additionally, such approval must demonstrate a benefit to the district. So, the Bomber Booster Club has existed solely to support student athletes and has consist consistently proven to be a valuable partner to the district. Fister Club owns and operates the MH app, which provides an accessible and effective platform for streaming athletic events to our community. I recommend the approval of the Bomber Booster Club's use of the Bomber Sports Network, BSN, name and logo, for the purpose of streaming athletic events and fundraising for the 2627 school year with the understanding that the booster club will continue in their historical support of our student athletes and programs. Okay, heard the recommendation. >> I'll make a
085motion we approve the BSNOU as presented. >> Second >> motion and second. Any discussion? >> Hearing none. All those in favor? Unanimous? Board discussion. Anybody got anything? I don't know if anybody I think the advice. >> Yes, sir. Has anybody heard the radio ads on >> Oh my gosh, they're darling. >> I did share with a couple of you all. >> I The reason I brought this up was because listening to different radio stations around everybody and their brother is advertising for our students, local schools, Greenbryer, Harrison, Carter. And I called Mr. D. I said, "We need to advertise." So, uh, we got with Heather office and, uh, we got some hats going. >> We do. >> And they they really are good. The the with the the little girl, the little Waymire girl is,
086you talk about getting your attention. When a little kid comes on the radio, you immediately want to hear what that little because you got to pay attention. >> It's true. >> And she did a great job. She did. >> And then the this they were all seniors. >> All seniors. the senior group kids that did that did a fantastic job. So if you hadn't heard it, it's just in it to it's good. >> Mr. Knight, can I give a shout out to Miss Hope House? She >> Yes, you can. She did. She took care of those for us along with Sunny and then of course Heather agreed to do that for us. She's also got our Facebook. We've got some Facebook stuff that is boosted, I guess. Is that the right way to say it?
087>> That is the right way to say it. >> Okay. I try real hard. Um, and then I was visiting with this partner and I think we're going to do some videos. >> Fantastic. >> Make some some reals. >> Reals. All right. >> I'm not making any reals. >> Well, you ought to have that young man who was up here earlier. >> He was on that. He was on that one of that. >> And >> I might have dropped that on him conversation like really really need you all pushed out to Instagram. she's social media. >> So, Miss House is going to she thinks we can gather that group up again and come up with something good. >> And and I I think also we need to we if you're doing a real maybe show
088the band, show the bomb squad, show the football team, the basketball team, >> the trap team, show the, you know, show people what we have out there. You know, uh I've been in retail so much in my life that I've learned to promote a lot of stuff and a lot of times I promote to sell something and and this is what we're doing. We're selling our school. So, we need to tell the people what we have to offer. So, there might be somebody out there that says that's going to maybe a private school or the public school says, "I need to be in that welcome program. I want to run across country." >> Yes. >> We never know. Mhm. >> If we get one person, >> it's worth it. >> To kind of back that
089up, I had a parent send me a screenshot of another school district, something they were offering, and I was able to talk to Miss Dwey and kind of come to we have some of the same things. We just say it different. And um it it really does matter the whole marketing piece. I mean, >> if we don't market it ourselves, nobody else going to do it for us. >> And we we have, in my opinion, we have as good a school district in the state of Arkansas. Not saying we're the best, but there's nobody. We're all in, you know, we're out there because we offer, you know, we offer aviation. How many other schools do that? And that's the challenge is how do you show what we do because we do so much in such
090a variety. I mean it's a good problem to have like how do you from trap and bowling and aviation and FBLA and FFA on and on and on. >> Yeah, there's more more to school than English and writing. Not much more, but we got to have those two. You know, you a lot of things I know when I was in school, there was a lot of kids that only came to school because of sports. >> A lot of kids stay in school because of sports. >> Yeah. >> Even now esports, right? We got esports. >> One of the fastest growing high school sports is sports. Yeah. >> But they also do for FFA, they also do for band, they also do cheer bomb school which are sports. But we do have a lot of stuff
091going on. >> We have a lot and there's a lot of schools. You know, there are if somebody's going to a small schools in a small band and they see our band, they think, you know, I want to be a a bigger band. We've got Yeah, I understand our band is growing a little bit. >> He had he actually had 141. He sent me a text >> for anything. >> But it's not even just band. You do they do a concert as well too where you see the theatrical and they've got an orchestra section there. So it's not just >> band. Look at our coral piece that >> So it's not just out there banded football games like they've they've got if they have a >> music >> they want a music career and they're
092trying to get into college and college music program or whatever. What an opportunity to come in here and say, "Hey, I've been part of an orchestra and moving on." Like, that's fantastic. Anything else? Our school visits were fun. I enjoyed going to the kindergarten, talking with the teachers. Um, the years of experience. Holy cow, there's a lot of a lot of years of experience in that building. >> I shall return. >> And I'm taking my pie with me, Mar. I'm not leaving. >> I I gave you an extra to share if you wanted to. >> I offered your two young ladies. They denied me. >> Whatever. >> But anyway, thank you. But I hopefully I'll be back. >> Thanks for the recipe. >> You're very welcome. um and getting to talk with them, I it
093was not eye opening, but it brought to the surface on we sit in this boardroom and we see these academic achievements, but seeing what they do every day just to get them there. um the above and beyond that they're doing just the I mean just the manners and the and just even I say discipline but just the day-to-day stuff that they do that we can't measure in this room that they're doing every day on top of all of the academic success that they're showing um and they're doing it man that was a good trip and then the week later we go over to Mr. Rose's building and um got to interrupt a middle school classroom >> and that was that was some of the most focused and engaged kids that we interrupted and and they
094were doing it and they and they're proud of the work they're doing. Um these kids are learning. We're doing good things. I say we our teachers are doing great things. Um but so it was fun. I enjoyed it. So, and that's all I got. >> So, this is the last board meeting before school dismisses for the 2526 school year. Um, which just that'll that's perspective right there. It's been a great year. >> It just started. >> It feels like it just started, but we will um be wrapping it up on the 15th. So, a couple of things just to remind folks of that any of these events that if you want specifics or want to know times or locations, please just just reach out and I'll send the dates as well. Prom is Saturday evening
095at the shed. So, um I have heard that Miss Lawrence and I are going to make a surprise appearance. >> So, do that. >> Oh, we're going to do it. >> She said just come pick me up. So, if anybody else would like picked up Were you going to wear your >> dresses from high school? >> That's not possible. >> No. >> You know, you just ruined the surprise. >> I did just ruin the surprise. >> Surprise. >> It's a joke. >> It was a joke. >> It's just a joke. >> So, that'll be super fun. The kids are excited. I know that Miss Russell and her team do a fantastic job getting that thing ready to go for kids. and it is a a big deal for our students and a lot of fun.
096So hopeful everybody has a great time and that they're super safe. Um a really neat event for our college um well for our seniors is the college trade school and career signing day. So there'll be dozens of university tables set up trade schools and military military military signing as well will be there. And I'll tell you what, that is November, that's April 29th at 9:30 in the gym. And that follows the awards assembly first thing that morning. So that's a big day. Mentors will be there in the afternoon. That's the extended mentor day. And that's another day that it's pretty pretty hard and fast at the high school right now. They're busy. So that's a big day. Balorat May 11th, I believe 6:30. Is that correct, Miss Russell? I think it's 6:30 and then a
097WS night at 6. Is that right? So it's Monday, we'll be back la Laurate 6:30 at the Methodist church. Senior awards on Tuesday, May 12th at 6 o'clock at Dunar. And then graduation, that's the one to make sure you've got written down. May 15th at 7 o'clock. So um all those plans for rain outs just in cases are all posted online. We'll remind our our families so they know what could if if in case of rain what the alternative plans are. >> I will be absent from graduation. >> But tell them why, Miss Partney. >> My baby boy is graduating from college. So I will be there for that. >> Wise choice. Good deal. >> So lots going on right now for our seniors and families. And congratulations to Ben, of course. Um, we will
098have a drop in with Dewey on April 24th from 8:30 to 3. Hope folks will take that opportunity to come by. I was going to do a shout out for the board members at lunch. I think that's going really well and I know our teachers are enjoying that. Miss Partney, you're at high school next week. I believe >> it's in my calendar. I haven't memorized, but I enjoyed my visit at Kingston. >> Yes, you have already been to Pinkston. And then the week after, I believe, we go to Hackler >> with Miss Morgan. So, I hope teachers and the staff have enjoyed that because I know I've heard that you all >> just like what Mr. Smezky said. Coffee and conversation May 12th, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Those that can make it uh be
099in the high school library and that'll be an opportunity for teachers and staff >> sent that email >> too. And I did send that. they'll have an opportunity to just interact with you all um talk you know I'm sure some will want to talk about things that have gone on at the high school this year the future of things at the high school and I'm hopeful those are well attended that may be the alternative to campus visits next year if it goes well may do that at each campus but so we'll just see see how it goes and I want to hear y'all's feedback of course as well May 13th is the Dunar our reception for our in Dunar is our reception for our retirees. A very, very special day for our folks. If you're
100available, I'll also send you that date. We'd love to have you. Um, it will not be on the Thursday right before the board meeting, which is where it has been. That's been the date and time for the past several years. So, um, excited. Miss Kelly's very excited to have that not right before the board meeting. It always feels a bit rushed. So, we'll have time to really celebrate those folks on that evening. And then I just wanted to shout out our teachers, staff, and students for Atlas testing. High school, junior high should be pretty close to done. Kindergarten's probably over halfway done. Um, and then I believe Nelson Walk starts Tuesday. Hackler >> 28th and then Pinkston is that last week as well. So just they're just doing great work, guys. >> And this is
101definitely, as I I told you, Miss Russell calls it the Super Bowl. This is This is it. This is the end. >> That was a lot. I'll send you all the dates. >> Good stuff. >> But lots going on. >> Okay, we'll go ahead and go into executive session for personnel, employment, retirements, and transfers.