CorpusRecord 160827

School Board Meeting Feb 28, 2024

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Source
YouTube / Pea Ridge Schools Network
Date
2025-06-02
Location
Benton County, AR
Material
Transcript
Extent
425 words · about 3 min
Collected
2026-06-29

Transcript

Verbatim source text

001All right. So, we are here for the special board meeting on February 28th. We're going to start with the pledge followed by a moment of silence. I pledge allegiance 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. Amen. All right, Mr. Mr. Martin, I'll turn it over to you. The only thing we have on the agenda is personnel. Do you want to go into executive session? Any need for executive session? I don't think we need to. Yes, ma'am. Um, I would like to make the first off we will do Sorry, lost my track. Um, um, let's do resignations. I know I forgot to put that on there, but we need we have two that we're going

002to do. So, we'll add that real quick. Okay. Um, I'd like to make the recommendation that we accept the resignations of Mackenzie Rook and Kayla Celying. All right. So, we have a recommendation. Do we have a motion? I'll motion. Motion by Sarah. Do we have a second? Second. Second by Jessica. Any further discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? Okay. Okay. Up next is is hiring. I'd like to make the recommendation that we hire Sarah Brown, Brandon Craig, Debbie Clots, and Bill Hershaw. All right. So, we have a recommendation. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion. Do we have a second? I'll second. Second by Ryan. Any further discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? One of those hires is right here. This is Brandon Craig. He will be serving as our athletic director. Um

003he's going to start with us after um spring break and everything. We are excited to have him here. Mr. P, would you like to say anything? Just very excited to be a part of Peter School District. You want to give us a little bit of your history and kind of run us quickly through what makes you you? Well, 31 years of coaching high school football and track and also wrestling. So, I've been in the business for a long time. I was athletic director at Hulu High School uh for seven years, assistant AD there for two years. On top of that, served in the assistant principal at both middle school and high school level and currently serving as dean of students at Salem Springs High School. I have a wife named Sarah. She's our head counselor

004at Salem. So, we're both in school business. My daughter is a lawyer in Dallas. Graduated from Baylor Law. My son works in Fville. Awesome. So, been doing sports my whole life. Well, welcome. Thank you. Yeah, we're excited to have Mr. Craig here and continue to help us grow in our athletic department. You know, we're growing more kids, adding more programs in the future. So, we're excited for his leadership in that area. Awesome. Welcome. Thank you. Okay. Um, last up, we have transfers. Um, I'd like to make the recommendation that we transfer Josh Tinker from special ed a to long-term sub. All right. So, we have a recommendation. Do we have a motion? Make a motion. Motion by Ryan. Do we have a second? I'll second. Second by Sarah. Any further discussion? All in favor? Any

005opposed? All right. Mel, that's all I have. All right. So, I would entertain a uh motion to adjurnn. I'll motion. I'll second. All in favor? We're done. Thank y'all so much for coming on. Yeah.

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