001Right. So, we are here for the December 12th board meeting. I guess it's actually December. Today's the 12th, but it's for the December board meeting. Um, it is 6:00. So, we're going to get started. We'll start with the pledge. I pledge 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. All right. Now a moment of [Music] silence. Amen. All right, Mr. Martin. All right, welcome to our December board meeting. We're going to start out by rec recognizing a student. We have Miss Zoe Timonss here. Miss Zoenne has been with us since kindergarten, I believe, and she is part of FFA. And Zoe, I cannot remember. Um, you're part of the CC CCM class and everything. And
002I'll tell you what, I'll just give it over to Miss. Okay. What's CCM? Um, conduct a chapter meeting. So, FFA members, it consists of seven FFA members, and they do opening and closing ceremonies. And within opening closing ceremonies, they do basic parliamentary procedure similar to what you guys do um in your board meetings. Um so Zoe is a part of the CCM team. Um I have their plaque right here. They actually won the sub area contest um last week. Extremely proud of her and her fellow teammates. She was also second in Creed speaking. Um so her and her teammates advanced to district in both of those categories. We're extremely proud of Zoe. really proud of Zoe and her teammates. And Zoe is going to recite the FFA creed um for us today. Can I get
003a picture? Annette can't be here. It's her birthday, so I'm She asked me to take pictures. So, if I can get a picture real quick, so then I can go back up. It's real professional here. I need to get one. Thanks, [Music] Zoe. The FFA Creed by E and Tiffany. I believe in the future of agriculture with a faith born not of words but of deeds. Achievements won by the present and past generations of agriculturists in the promise of better days through better ways. Even as the better things we now enjoy have come to us from the struggles of former years. I believe in that to live and work on a good farm or to be engaged in other agricultural pursuits is pleasant as well as challenging for I know the joys and discomforts of
004agricultural life and hold an inborn fondness for those associations which even in hours of discouragement I cannot deny. I believe in leadership from ourselves and respect from others. I believe in my own ability to work efficiently and think clearly with such knowledge and skill as I can secure and in the ability progressive agriculturists to serve our own and the public interest in producing and marketing the product of our toy. I believe in less dependence on begging and more power in marketing in the life budget and enough honest wealth to help make it so for others as well as myself in less need for charity and more of it when needed. in being happy myself and playing square with those whose happiness depends upon me. I believe that American agriculture can and will hold true to
005the best traditions of our national life and that I can exert an influence in my home and community which will stand solid for my part in that inspiring task. Thank you. That was amazing. I got chills. Thank you. Did you know that, too? What? Did you know that creature? I've got it on my wall. That was out. Good job. So, do you want to list like I don't know how many is on the team, but do you want to name who else was on the team who made it that far? Yes, I will. Um, so let me give a little bit of overview to um agriculture education first. So agriculture education programs are composed of like a three circle model. So we can focus on agriculture in the classroom which me and Miss Coots um
006both teach. Miss Coots is mainly the shop teacher and I do a lot of the animal science and introductory classes. Um within that three circle model there's classroom. We have supervised agricultural experiences. So when you guys go to like the Benton County Fair and see students exhibiting their projects, things like that, that's an example of an SAPE. Um and then we also have FFA and we have career development events and leadership development events. And so there are also parliamentary procedure contests even though we do some of that within CCM. Um prepared speaking um other things. Um so we hope that our CCM team will advance and do parliamentary procedure next year. Um on that team um Na Wood serves as our president. Um Zoe serves as our vice president. Um Alyssa Brily serves as our
007reporter. Kayen Perkins serves as our treasurer. Um Abby Ashford serves as the secretary. Who am I not thinking of? Kenne um Kerianne serves as our sentinel. And then we have um Hannah Les as our um junior adviser. Awesome. Congratulations, guys. That's fantastic. you know, Miss Miller, Miss Cooks, they're first year teachers here, and they are working very hard to make sure that our agricultural program is is growing and thriving. So, we're we're very we're very proud of them and proud of the kids cuz they're they're doing an amazing job. That was awesome. Thank you. Absolutely. Okay, up next, we have our middle school um recognition. Last month, the Office of Educational Policy came out and they um they announced the schools for high growth on ACT Aspire and Pidge Middle School was one of those
008schools. So, I'll go ahead and turn it over to Miss Allen and talk about the great things that they're doing and the teachers. Okay. Okay. So, we have great things happening at middle school and it was nice to see the office of education policy. Um, kind of recognize that through our growth with ACT fire. Um, I have a few of my teachers here tonight. So, y'all can stand. I won't make you all come up here. Oh, we're going to have to have a picture. Oh, no. You guys don't get by that easy. Math teachers and social studies and literacy teacher and I have a lot of things going on this week. know um some of them had family um obligations but um you'll have to see y'all come up there but office for education policy
009we got best growth score overall for 2022 so overall growth we were actually 12th in the state for middle schools and so that's a very big accomplishment and very big growth in it um we also got be best growth scores for math for 2022 we were fifth in the state for math math growth. Um, so that is amazing and we'll talk a little bit about why we think we've seen that, some of the things we've been doing to do that. But then I know we always kind of question when we see the state things of what does that mean for Northwest Arkansas, the those around us. So we actually also got best math growth and we were number three in Northwest Arkansas. So um that is fully because of our teachers, how hard they work.
010Um I think the last few years we've put in place the curriculums when I am has been in place in sixth grade longer than K5. So I think we're seeing that progress as we get year to year. Um it's also opened up that the teachers can vertically align for with third and fourth and K well K5 really um K6 going up and has helped as they move up to us and discuss with them what were they locking in the year before we can really have those discussions now and I think we're really seeing those results. So um all I could see I could see more next year. So um I also have Kyle Tmire here. He's our building learning coordinator and he's going to come up and just share just a minute a little bit
011about what he thinks about our group. Come on up. Um I am Kyle Tar. I teach sixth grade math and I am our our building learning coordinator. Um first of all, I'd love to say that um it takes a team and it takes a village to to do and accomplish the goals that that we want to accomplish. And I'm so happy to be part of a team like this. Um and I think we can all agree like we couldn't do it without each other. Um, since our reconfiguration, which feels like just yesterday, but it's actually been several years, um, the middle school has established a culture and a willingness to do what's best for students. And we filter that through all of our decision-m and every decision we make, we ask ourselves, is this what's
012best for students? And I think one of the areas that we've seen a lot of that is in the teachers continuing to and willingness to um, look at common formative assessments. How are we assessing students and how are students doing? Um we're looking at strategic interventions. What do we do when students don't understand um the material? Um and we've seen a big shift in focus on teaching to let's focus on student learning. What are students actually getting from from us and what are they actually learning? Um one story that I think encapsulates the middle school um better than anything is when we first found out about this award, we we celebrated and we were excited, but the conversation quickly shift to one, who beat us? number two. Yeah. And number two, and number two, um
013what are we going to do to get better? And so tonight, um from all of us, um to the board to leadership here, I want to reiterate that the middle school is not done. Um we are here to stay and we do not want to be stagnant. We want to continue to push each other and grow. We want to continue to make sure our students are held to high standards and make sure that we push all levels of learners um so that we can continue to do what's best for all students. So, thank you guys. Seriously, she wants a picture. Yeah, picture. I will say like we have social studies here and we were not tested on that for ACT Aspire, but they play a key role science also in their writing and this very
014one. One, two, three, and another one. There you go. Thank you guys very much. We also have school fire tonight. So, we got to [Music] absolutely transition better things to do. Congratulations. Fantastic. Do we have forensics in page? No. Forensics? It's like, okay, we have a very young drama teacher who is I'm like, okay, be patient. The cycle one thing. Gotcha. Okay. Um, all of the career and student career and student organizations have a parliamentary procedure type event inside their competitions. DECA has one, Bill has one, um, they all have a parliamentary procedure plus a creed type event. So, so some of that extra speaking and all that. I could just see Zoan killing it in forensics with her presentation. And so, I think that's the future, but okay. Let's just get this and Got
015you. I'll back off. All right. It's exciting to see for sure. Um, up next we have section three that is consent agenda, financial report and board minutes. Are there any questions? No. Okay. With that, I'd like to make the re recommendation that the consent agenda, financial report and board minutes of the regular board meeting held on November 14th, 2022 be approved as submitted. All right. So, we have a recommendation. Do we have a motion? Motion. All right. Motion by Adam. Do we have a second? I'll second. All right. All in favor? Any opposed? All right. Okay. Under action items, we have approved out of state trips. There's several several of them for the upcoming um semester. We have tracked to Jofflin, Missouri on January the 2021. Um that's an indoor track meet, I believe, at
016MSSU. Um we have two Winter Guard um competitions out of state. One's in Springfield, Missouri on February 18th. The other one is in Nixon, Missouri on April 1, 2023. Um, two band um trips, the junior high band to Kansas City uh Missouri on May 20 and then the high school band to St. Louis, Missouri for an overnight trip on April 21 to 22. And there'll be plenty of super and school rules. and then coach East and the baseball team to Jay Oklahoma on March 9 and East Newton on Missouri on April 10th. Are there any questions? Okay. With that, I'd like to make the recommendation that you approve out of state trips as presented. All right. So, we have a recommendation. Do we have a motion? Motion. Motion by John. Do we have a second?
017I'll second. Second by Jessica. Any discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? All right. Um, next on action items are board of board transfers. Um, every year in July and December um is when it comes before the board. We have four 6 10 um board transfers that we're asking you do to approve. Um, nine of them were current students who have moved out during the school year and they want to continue going to school here. Um, the last one is a 12th grader. Um, she'll finish up the school year here and we we have plenty of room and we have two transfers out. I believe both of them were one's Roger school district and one's Edville school district and they were already attending those school districts and want to stay but they've moved. Are there any
018questions? Okay. With that, I'd like to I'd like to recommend that we approve the transfers as presented. 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 John. Any further discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? Okay. Up next, we have, excuse me, Mr. Ramy and student services. Um, food service has a November ending balance of $495,916.75. And so, uh, as we typically say monthtomonth, we're continuing to, uh, see positive gains, uh, in our food service department. And, uh, that's, uh, due to to Miss Ferguson and the job that she does overseeing our our finances and in that that department. Um, the transportation, we've had quite a bit going, uh, here over the last uh, month. We get uh inspected annually
019in the transportation department. It's a kind of a two-step process. In December, uh the state comes on site and physically inspects every one of our buses. And so that just concluded uh last week. They know notice uh minor defects uh and things that we need to to uh you know, pay attention to and then major defects. And so uh all of our uh buses pass uh we're we were good to go. That's a tribute to the work that uh Marian Holland, our mechanic does, but also our drivers in communicating with him, things that they're seeing on their buses daily. And so uh uh they get right down to as minor as, hey, that window looks a little cloudy, and so we need we need to fix and repair that. And so uh uh we were
020we were pleased that we passed uh step number one. Step number two is in January, they come on site. They go through all of our records to make sure that we've we our documentation's in order. All of our our drivers are up to date on all of their uh credentiing uh and and paperwork and things. And so, uh we will see that come uh it's usually mid January and that will conclude our our kind of annual inspections that the state gives us. But we we've passed step one with flying color. So, we're we're proud of it. Uh the second thing that we have been doing is we have done our initial training on smart tag which is our u uh bus driver and and our our routing software. Uh we currently have all of our
021drivers uh they've got their iPads on their buses. We've installed the equipment uh on the buses and so they're practicing right now and and get because they've got a major piece of of the communication of of students getting on and off and and uh different pieces with routing with skipping stops and different things. Right now, we've trained them and they've got an iPad daily and and they're going through their their pre-trip inspections, their post-trip inspections, um, and just getting comfortable with, uh, with that technology on their bus cuz it's new to them. And so, uh, we will then come back after the break and begin to roll out, uh, for buildings and then for students and parents, uh, what that looks like. So, it's a it's a process, but we're kind of seeing the light
022at the end of the tunnel with with Smart Tag, and it it has been a process. Um, but it's it's really exciting to see. We were on today, uh, and from my office, I was able to send all of our drivers, uh, a message that they got on their iPads, uh, they were able to respond back to me, uh, and so we're working on communication, uh, and things. So, right now to where I can tell them, is it voice? No. Okay. No, it's it's a like a text, email text, but when they're driving, they can't see anything. It's only when they stop. Okay. And then it pops up. All right. I'm glad for that clarification. But they actually get it before they us clarification. But if we get a if we get, you know, if
023there's a wreck somewhere and it's going to delay the route, we can reroute and so we can communicate. Perfect. And so we have various ways of of communicating because we still have our CV system, but we can we can talk to our our drivers and do different things, but we were able from from this office today, we were able to see who's on the bus, who who's already gotten off the bus, and some different items and things and then where our buses are located. And so we're just going through the system right now to make sure that it's working properly and that's before we roll it out to the the public. But it's it's really kind of neat to see as as we start to get get going. Um the last thing uh that I've
024got is that uh we today we finished our our repairs and the quality and so we actually got students I know it's been forever. Um we had students in there last Thursday I think was when we got got students back in there. Uh we still had some minor things to get done with ceiling towels and stuff and we finished right after school uh this afternoon and so uh it's completely turned back over to us. I know uh Mr. Augen and his team, they they did a great job of monitoring, adjusting, and using, you know, other spaces in their building, but they felt it not having that that area. And so, uh, I know they're glad to get back in there, uh, and have use of that space. So, we've got that done. And other than
025that, we've got plans for the break to get our buildings ready for the second semester. And so, we've got our our custodial staff in teams. Uh, they've got a a litany of tasks to do over the break. And then, we'll get we'll get ready to go for for school again. So, uh, we're organized and prepared and now we just got to execute our plan and we'll be ready to go. Awesome. Thank you guys for managing through that chaos. We appreciate it. It's a long time coming, especially for that classroom. It's amazing what one sprinkler head will do. That's right. 13 minutes of water. It is amazing. I knew it was needed when the kids wanted it just as much as I did. Awesome. Thank you, Mr. Amy. Up next, personnel. Okay. Um, do we need
026to go to executive session? Don't believe so? I don't believe so. Okay. Mr. Martin, did you see a need for executive session? No, ma'am. Okay. I'd like to make the recommendation that we accept the resignations of Date Dem Cohen, Crystal Green, Jennifer Scobby, Larry Driggs, and Heather Howard with regret. All right. So, we have a recommendation. Do we have a motion? A motion. A motion by Jessica. Do we have a second? I'll second. Second by Sarah. Any further discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? Okay. And that's with regret. Yes, ma'am. Um, on the hiring, I'd like to make the recommendation that we hire Ganess Staer as a bus driver and Todd Matthews as a computer technician. All right. So, we have a recommendation. Do we have a motion? Motion. Motion by Adam. Do we have
027a second? Second. Second by John. Any further discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? Okay. M. That's all I have. I promise this for next month. Next month will be longer. All right. So, I will entertain a motion. We got a motion. I'll second it. All in favor, guys. Thank you very much for your time.