June 2026 Board Meeting

001Okay. >> Yeah. >> Oh, yeah. >> Hey, good evening. We are welcome everyone to the regular board meeting for the June 2026. Let me read our vision. Jacksonville North Classical School District will be the model district where every learner is valued and empowered to become a successful, contributing member of society. Our mission is that the Jacksonville North Classical School District will foster a culture of ownership and accountability through partnerships that create multiple pathways for success. At this time, I'll ask Mr. Moore to call the roll. >> Councilman Smith >> Present. >> Daniel Gray >> Here. >> Ava Coleman >> Here. >> Jim Moore here. Ron McDaniel >> Present. >> Dena Tony >> Here. >> Lauren Martin >> Here. >> Lauren Walker >> Here. >> Everyone here, sir? >> All right. At this time, I'd like

002to ask everyone to stand for a moment of silence, and Mrs. Martin is going to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> Will you join me in the pledge? >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay, looks like we have quite a few special presentations, so with that, I'll turn it over to Dr. Owa. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Mr. McDaniel. Good evening, everyone. Uh we do have several presentations for you, but I think uh the board and our audience uh and community will be happy to hear about these uh the first with Alpha Best, uh an after school program initiative that we're starting uh initially at uh

003Bobby G. Lester Elementary to pilot the program to see how it works and then our goal is to then go district-wide. We have Don Hotz Neath with AlphaBest and her team and so we'll welcome them to the podium for the presentation as Mr. March sets it up. And board, as they come, I I'll share some background. We uh we have received uh Dr. Walker, her team, myself, you know, uh several parent uh inquiries about after-school uh care uh you know, uh something that the district could uh support because our parents are still working when elementary and pre-K are dismissed. And so we wanted to see how we could support the need, the request of our parents who are working and need additional uh child care uh until they uh complete their work day. So, we

004wanted to uh you to hear from AlphaBest and see what is possible for us. And ladies, if you can use the mic so uh our online and our audience can hear you. >> Definitely. Okay. Can I take that off here? >> Yes, you can. >> Here we go. Good evening. My name is Judy Neath. I'm the CEO of AlphaBest Education and with me tonight, I have Do I go enter Don or >> No, it's this. >> Oh. Um with me I have Don Hotz Neath who is our chief development officer and also with us is uh one of our stars out in the field, actually one of our district managers, Joe Claiborne. So, we're going to quickly go through some slides uh tonight to tell you a little bit about ourselves and um what we

005could do here uh in your district. So, why AlphaBest? AlphaBest was formed about 20 years ago. Uh we started with a program in Texas in the Dallas area and one over in Maryland on the East Coast and have grown significantly since then. Um we uh bring we we were designed to extend the school day in many ways, not with more school, but with enriching, engaging, exciting um activities. We're going to talk to you about that in a moment. That's this piece about we have exclusive partnerships with some really exciting enrichment vendors that we bring to students every day. We also look to support all of your students, those with various needs, special needs, disabilities. We're going to talk a little bit about that tonight. Um recruiting the best staff we can from your community to

006work with these students is going to be a um priority of ours. And then also, you'll find, for those of you who aren't aware, something different than the way the school district funding works. In any kind type of child care, parents who qualify can receive subsidies for this care, so there is no cost to them and we would become licensed to be able to collect those subsidies. So, here we are. Uh this shows you we are now working in about 22 states, over 600 schools in the country. Uh we range from very one very large district is Prince William County, Virginia, where they have 67 elementary schools and they had asked us probably almost 10 years ago now to come in and um run their programs and we do. So, that's a very large district.

007Other districts have one school, maybe two. So, it's we we um are all over the map. We have about 97% renewal of our contracts. So, in fact, our Frisco, Texas, which was our first district, is still with us today, 20 years later. So, this one I'm going to cover quickly, but I will tell you this to me tells the story. This is why I came here 15 years ago. I was formerly with the National After School Association as the president and CEO there, and AlphaBest was just kind of budding. I came over and joined AlphaBest and decided that there was so many really fabulous enrichment style activities out there that could be brought into after school programs around the country that weren't, and I wanted AlphaBest to be that organization. So, every one of these

008logos here represents some curriculum, some activity group of activities that students do in our program every day. I'm going to point a couple of them out to give you an idea. So, for example, Arc Kit there over to the right down in the second row, that is an architecture design program. The founder actually is an architect in Ireland. We found him about five or six years ago. It took us a while through conversations, how could we modify this and bring this into an after school environment with instructors who are not teachers, but are often times college students or want to be teachers, soon to be teachers, paraprofessionals, et cetera. So, our kids are learning about architecture and design through this program, which is very exciting. Global Language Project up there, GLP, I love to talk

009about that one. That is our world language and culture program. So, we expose all our students to Spanish, Mandarin, American Sign Language, and then a culture unit each year, so that they learn a little bit more about kind of the global society. Letters Alive is a pre-K program. I'm you're going to talk a little bit about pre-K, aren't you? So, I won't go too much into that. But, that's augmented reality where we support pre-Kers learning in their letters and sounds. And then I'll just point to probably Art in Action, one of our oldest relationships out of California. It's a non-profit and it was designed so that parents and volunteers and paraprofessionals could go into the schools and teach art the works of the masters to students in a very enriching engaging way. So, kids learn

010everything about Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel to street graffiti and everything in between. So, that's a real fun program that our students love. >> So, I wanted to talk a little bit about the program design. As Judy mentioned several examples of the type of enrichment curriculum we bring in, but we're really particular and we consider ourselves curators of the best that's out there that works well in the after school time. With our goal being not to necessarily teach kids to be an architect, you know, in second grade or teach kids to speak fluent Spanish or Mandarin, but instead to expand their horizons and our our real driving force is to um is to develop a a growth mindset with our students and so we look for engineering units where kids are given a challenge like

011how do you help us engineer the best band-aid ever and they're they're practicing and it's trial and error and they're learning perseverance and they're learning that if they keep at it they can succeed. You don't have to be a natural band-aid engineer. You can learn and that's kind of the concept that we look for in all of our curriculum units is that you can learn to be excellent at anything you want to do and we're giving them that playground to do so. >> So, what does this all look like? All those logos I showed you and what Dawn just talked about. This is what a full year of enrichment curriculum would look like. Now, we will talk very briefly about a daily schedule. This this enrichment for those of you who are thinking, "Well, do

012they get They get outside? Do they get to play? Do they get to have a snack? Yes, they do all of that. This is in about a 50 minutes to an hour during a 3-hour day, 2 and 1/2 hour day after school. We usually run until 6:00 or 6:30 in the evening. So, an hour of that time is this enrichment curriculum that rotates through in this way. So, you'll see the quarters of the school year down the left side, days of the week across the top, and you'll see that we get all of that enrichment in there. Each one is about an 8- or 9-week unit. So, all of the students get exposed to everything you saw in addition to snack time, homework time, recreation clubs, etc. >> So, um you can look at this

013daily schedule that is here and see that each site, um in So, I am in Norman and I we allow in Norman each site to choose how they want to do their schedule. And that is because we had students who would leave early. So, maybe they're teachers' kids and they come and so when their teach when their parents get finished, they leave and they were like, "I don't want to go yet, Mom. I need to stay and do whatever our excursion was going to be for that day." And so, they So, some of our sites have moved those up to the very first thing that they do and then they have snack afterwards. But so, you can look at this. We always have a community circle and community circle is where we do some of

014that social emotional learning. Um we use Second Step. I don't know if you guys use that here, if you're familiar with it, but we use Second Step in helping students learn to get along with each other, problem solve, how would you um you know, ask a friend to play. All of those kinds of things are things that happen there. Um but and it also sort of sets the tone for our day. So, that community circle is where announcements are made or anything is given um then that might be special happening that day. And then staff for success. I think that it is really important to have the right people in the right seat on the bus. And so we have an incredible recruitment team. The recruiter that works with us has been a former group

015leader. Then she was a site director and then she became an area manager and now she is a recruiter for us and so she understands all of those roles and what it takes to be in one of those roles. We always like to pull from the school district if we can if there's paraprofessionals or teachers who want to come in and work after school, we love that because it is a continuation of the school day. All of those procedures and routines and all of those things are just carried seamlessly into AlphaBest. If we do not have one of a staff member there, we work very closely with the principal to understand what those structures are so that we can um begin to implement those procedures and routines that are familiar to the students also in

016AlphaBest. So we recruit the best, we make sure that there's an area manager who is on site to help with us. In a smaller school district like this would probably start with a site director who we would hope to grow into an area manager as we expand into other schools. And then we choose staff members who are quality, who are going to bring what AlphaBest promises to your school and that is engaging, safe environment for everyone and to be sure that those kids from in all of this are having fun. And so, and we also want to be very inclusive in what we do. We go through lots of training, training them, working alongside them to help site directors and group leaders understand the AlphaBest promise and what that means to bring to students every

017day. So, like I said, that training is safety first so and curiosity second. So, we are we ratio to licensing so I believe the licensing here is for 4-year-olds it's 1 to 15 and for above 4-year-olds it is so five and above would be 1 to 17. And so, we typically try to staff to that or maybe a little less than even that because student safety is of the most of most importance to us. We also make sure that we're doing face-to-name head counts every 30 minutes. We want to know the students' names. We want to know that they are with us with the group leaders. So, every 30 minutes we're checking to see that they're there. We have emergency plans and drills. We typically follow the safety plans of the school district and of

018the school itself. We use doorbells for when parents come to pick up they have to ring a doorbell. Someone goes to the door. They have to show their ID to pick up their kids. They have a certain pin number that they use on an iPad to check kids in and out. So, we're making sure that the right person is picking up the right child. And then I'm going to talk a little bit about communication with parents. So, we have Parent Square and Parent Square there's an email message a message that is sent every Monday that says, "Hey parents, this is what is happening this week in AlphaBest. These are the things your kids are going to learn. And then again on Friday, that is also sent, but this time it has "Hey, we had a

019great week at AlphaBest. Here's some questions you can ask your kiddos about what happened in AlphaBest this week and what they learned." There's also a monthly parent newsletter that comes out to every parent from every site that says "This is what's happening." Sometimes they may be doing a special day or something like that. That newsletter is also shared with principals. So, principals know what is happening at the school. There's on-site parent boards for any announcements, our licensing information, all the important things go on there. And then we have a customer care team that is phenomenal. And so, anytime you have a question, you're able to call the customer care team or email them, and they will get back to you very quickly with any question that you may have. >> Thank you, Jill. >> Um

020something I want to add when Jill was talking about safety and parents picking up and having their own PIN or QR code to scan out. We have a student management system platform that we use, and parents can access it on an app and or and or online on web base. Um and it you can add your schedule, pay your bill, check your schedule, change your schedule. And also, kind of a cool thing especially for parents of the younger ones, you can look to see if your child has been checked into the program. So, you're sitting there at 3:00 thinking, "Oh, did Billy remember to go to AlphaBest?" And you you can look and see that we have checked him in. So, it's it's a really nice really nice system. Um we talked a little bit

021in the beginning Judy did about um inclusive practices, inclusive programs. We're really serious about that. We work with an organization called KIT, which stands for Kids Included Together. They're San Diego-based um inclusion specialist consulting and and training organization for people who work with um expanded learning programs and out of school time. The military's their biggest client. I think we're their second biggest client. Um the only national after school company who uses them. They help us build our tiered system of supports. So, we're doing everything we can to make sure every child is successful in the program. Our CE CEO used to be their CEO. And we have an accommodations team. I think Jill wants to just touch on one example and then I think we're close to wrapping up cuz I know we're on a

022time. >> I think the inclusivity is a very important part of what we do. Um there are students with many diverse needs and so being able to meet the needs of those students is really really important. Um I am a former principal and so I know some of the challenges that principals face with students in school and when they come to after school, maybe those kids have held it together as long as they can and then it's after school. And so we work with kids to help develop accommodation plans. And so I have a little friend in Norman who um is a incredibly bright kiddo but has had lots of behavioral challenges. And so we start when kid we met with kid. When he came to us, we recognized quickly we were going to have

023to get some support for this friend. So, we met with kid and we developed an accommodation plan for him. Well, that accommodation plan, as you know, sometimes works and then sometimes it has to be tweaked a little bit. So, we went through the tweaking of this accommodation plan three different times for this kiddo. So, we didn't give up after the first time. We didn't give up after the second time. I went to the IEP meeting at the school, partnered with the school and their teachers and the parents, and we met we came up with the third one. The child The last time that we met was just before Christmas, and we have not had a single behavior challenge with this kiddo since um since uh we met the final time and got the right plan

024in place. And so, I think um to say that we work really, really hard to be inclusive and to make sure that kids have what they need to be successful and the tools that they need to be successful. Um fair and equal's not always the same thing, and but we always want to give every child that equal opportunity to be successful in our program. >> So, that's it. It's a lot, I know, probably more than you ever wanted to know about after school, but we're pretty passionate about this. It's the only thing we do as a company, before, after school, summer camp, spring break, holiday camps, etc. Um and we're just excited to be having these conversations and to kick off a pilot here, so any questions we're open to, unless you want to move

025on. >> Okay, school board members, do you have any questions? Mr. McDaniel, before we uh move to questions, Mr. Martin, uh can you have them show where you're going to talk about the last slide, uh the price? >> You want me to make the price? Oh, so what I said is how old there is. The rates The rates one. Okay. Thank you. So, we we established rates that are very flexible. Um used to be pre-COVID that everybody offered 5 days a week. Some companies also offered a 3-day a week plan. Post-COVID, with everybody's work schedule changing and being so much more flexible, our families have been asking, you know, can we Well, they started asking right away after that, can we do something a little bit more that works for us? So, we do. So,

026we give a lot of options for weekly rates. Families can go before school, after school, before and after school gets a discount. Um we have pre-K rates here, too. We do a lot of discounts. Um but to touch on that in the big blue area, it says free reduced lunch qualified 20% to 100%. There's a pretty comprehensive sliding scale here in Arkansas that for families who qualify, and once they're qualified, um and any of your families who are qualified now and maybe using off-site child care would already know this. They would just need to change their certificate, their voucher to us. Um but we will accept vouchers on behalf of those families, and we'll work with the state to collect those fees for them. We will even help them if they don't know anything about

027this and they think they're going to qualify, we will point them in that direction so they know how to apply. Um we can set up somebody at the school building during open house to help them with their application. Um but yes, so we just want to again, financially, there's there's an option for almost everybody. >> Dawn, if you can uh share the work that uh your team and Dr. Walker and her team did on the pricing so that we could get the lowest cost per department for the after school program. >> Yes, thank you for that. So, we very often, a school district will charge us a facility fee, want a share of the revenue, something along those lines. Um and I will say that your school district here has been very um generous on

028that side and said, we just want the parent fees to be as affordable as possible. So, Dr. Walker and I have gone back and forth several times. She's like, can you make it more affordable? Is there anything you can do?" So, um we've kind of come up with every variation there is and the subsidies. I mean, we share the subsidy rates with you, as well. Yeah. Does that answer what you were Yes. Okay. >> Okay. Board members, do you have any questions? >> I do. Thank you. Oh, I'm not sure if this is a question for you or for the board, but uh for transportation wise before and after school, is it regular bus service or are parents required to drop off and or pick up if they use one or both of the the

029services? >> That would be up to the parents and guardians before school and after school. >> But the buses would be an option if or do the buses stop running for after care? >> The uh buses will continue with the regular uh schedule. So, when school dismisses, the buses will run as uh one of the uh ladies shared, uh program would uh run until 6:00 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. So, parents would be >> uh responsible for picking up. >> responsible for picking up. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Any other questions? Now, is this I got a question. Is this uh strictly at uh Barkley uh Bobby G. Lester? >> The the pilot is. So, we wants to start small uh and work out any possible kinks or or adjust before we expand uh to

030all of our uh elementary schools. And I'll tell you the biggest question that we receive or inquiry that we receive are from our military families uh and a lot of our families at Lester who've asked about it, and so we wanted to start there to see how the program would uh would progress for this year and then if we have success, roll it out to the other elementary schools. >> Okay. >> And and I'll tell you, by that time, if we receive a favorable approval, pre-K should be ready to move over to the Merrill Taylor campus, and so we'll be able to have pre-K over there as well as the uh Merrill Taylor site. And so, hopefully, when we scale up with the after-school and before-school program, the pre-K will be able to benefit from

031that as well. >> Okay, are we going to vote on this, or is this something that we're going to just look over? >> It's an action item later, so it's really up to you and the board if you want to take action now, but it is listed under action items uh for your approval. >> I move to approve. They had me at Legos. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second. Uh all in favor signify by saying aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed? No opposition, so we're good. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Great presentation. >> Very exciting. >> I'm just seeing you again. >> And thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, we have uh our an update uh from our grow team at Merrill Taylor, uh Mrs. Abby and all You know, there's

032a team, so uh they're coming. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> But my name is uh My name is Clay Raymond, and I'm with Tempest Realty Partners, and so thank you for having us today. Uh going to give a quick update on grow. I also have other grow um team members here uh from Tempest um as well as from the Clinton school. Um but it really I'll get into that more but we did something then. different across multiple institutions that we've had success over the last year. Um, so GROW stands for generational resources opportunities for well-being. It's a funded savings program designed to really empower scholars centered around the 529 college savings plan. And so we launched it we've been working on this for a couple years we launched it this past year at Pearl

033Taylor. And it's seated with 529 funds and initially starts with $600 for every student and $300 in additional incentives they can earn throughout the year. And so the ways they can earn these incentives include reading, attendance, behavioral, some financial education and other engagement with the family. And so not only is this offered to the scholars but also to the teachers too. Just to get a total buy-in across across the whole school. Year one one of the really unique aspects about GROW is it's opt-out structure and so working with some of our partners and the staff at Pearl Taylor we were able to have 100% participation which is really really exciting because all the students there teachers were able to participate in this without even having to go through stresses of additional paperwork things like that.

034So this year we had 410 scholar accounts, 18 teacher accounts established throughout the year. We earned over these scholars and teachers earned over $100,000 in incentives through their 529 these 529 accounts can be used for a variety of reasons over you know beyond just secondary education. That's really exciting. So, the total uh um investment this this year is $362,000. Here's some quick photos um of the of the kids and the scholars at the campus. And one of the pieces part of our grow is is with working with the Clinton School for really research and engage the data behind this. And so, our team at the Clinton School we also work with Brighter Futures and Economic Opportunity Solutions. Um I'll get into that more on the next slide, but we in the first 9 weeks over

035almost 60% of scholars earned their financial incentives. And so, that was real real encouraging. And then, just last week we found out that 99% of the students um earned their scholar and their incentives. And so, um they all earned that extra $300. Um that's clear with their account. Um so, we're all excited. We got some quotes from parents on there. Um we really try to reach out to parents to get them engaged cuz part of this mission too is just is just literally having the scholars think about the future and of where they're headed and cuz that really just sets them on the right path from today, tomorrow, next year, and the years down the road. Looking ahead in year two, um continue to um push this program. We're We're working on um these students

036who were in fifth grade this year at Moral Taylor as they go into sixth grade, ways that they can continue to earn that $300 incentive. We'll also have new kindergartners come in to Moral Taylor that will get that initial seed fund, too, of this year of $600. So, again, those kindergartners will have an initial $600 and then everybody in Moral Taylor plus the ones that are moving on to the to sixth grade will have the ability to earn their incentive credit um to their accounts. And so, um one one piece I left out is just is our ambassador um at the school. And so, we actually have an ambassador there to really help with students, with teachers, with parents um really promote and inform the students about Pro. And so, um with that, I'll just

037keep it short, but I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Great program. Let's uh see if anyone has any questions about this program. All right. >> Thank you. >> Well, thank you. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Okay, Dr. Owoh. >> Yes. Uh next, uh board members and audience, we will have the ATLAS uh presentation. Uh we had scholars who received perfect writing scores, and so we wanted to recognize them tonight. So, Mrs. Jamie Blackson Gain is coming, and she will present it. Mrs. Blackson Gain, as you will know, uh note that she is part of our curriculum and instruction team at the district. >> Hi guys. How are you all? >> Good. >> So, tonight, as the district testing coordinator, it is my honor to recognize seven exceptional James Mitchell students who achieved

038a perfect score on the Arkansas ATLAS writing assessment during the 2025-2026 school year. Earning a perfect score on a state assessment is a remarkable accomplishment that reflects outstanding writing skills, critical thinking, creativity, and dedication to academic excellence. These students have demonstrated a mastery of the rigorous writing standards expected by the state of Arkansas, and their achievement is a testament to their hard work, the support of their families, and the commitment of their teachers. So, please join me in congratulating these seven scholars as we celebrate their accomplishments tonight. And I'm going to ask cuz there's several administrators and teachers that came to support these students. So, I'm going to ask them to come up with them if that's okay with you all. So, first one is fifth grader from Bobby G. Lester Elementary, Tessa Dalton. And

039I forgot Miss What's your name? I am so sorry. Next one is fifth grader from Jacksonville Elementary, Amaya Means. Next one is eighth grader from Jacksonville Middle School, Nathan Taberda. Okay, next and last four are from Jacksonville High School, ninth grader Cameron Martinez. And Emily, ninth grader Emily How do you say it? >> Warsack. Thank you. 10th grader Serenity Murray. And last but not least, 10th grader Sarah Ward. Thank you, board chair. Do you want to take a picture with him? >> Yes. >> Do you want to have him come to the middle? >> Yeah, we can. >> Yeah, have him come to this side. >> Perfect. >> Mr. McDaniel and board members, uh our next special presentation will come from the high school location on our Academy pathway. Ms. Jennifer Jamison, our Academy coach,

040will come present the update. >> She going to be limited to 3 minutes. >> No, this is Jamison. >> So, as always, thank you guys for allowing this time and this space um to present information pertinent to the Academy program. So, um we have realigned our Academy and Pathways to better align with the industry needs, post secondary opportunities, and scholars interest. What you see before you is the new alignment of Academy Pathways and the colleges and universities through which scholars may earn concurrent credit while enrolled in their particular pathway. We have a Service and uh Service and Safety Academy, which has Criminal Justice, Cybersecurity, and then Junior ROTC. Um the Health and Finance Academy has Banking, Nutrition Science, and Healthcare Services. The major change here is with the Nutrition Science pathway. This is a transition

041from the Culinary pathway. While it may seem significant a significant change, it will allow scholars to continue to develop culinary skills such as food prep, service, and restaurant management, while also allowing them to gain a deeper understanding of the science behind nutrition and food systems. This pathway expands learning opportunities while maintaining hands-on experiences through the management and service of Sickle Delicious. The addition of the Nutrition Sci- Science pathway allows us to serve more scholars interested in culinary and food-related careers while providing a stronger academic foundation that supports a wider range of post secondary and career opportunities. And then of course we have our Industry and Technical Academy, which houses Welding, Automotive Services, and Architecture and Civil Engineering. The next slide speaks to the Academy experiences for the 2025-2026 school year. There were 54 unique Academy-related

042events and activities designed to connect scholars with college, career, and workforce opportunities. A summary of participation is what you see in front of you. So, while these numbers may seem large, yes, some of these are duplicate scholars. So, this is a total amount of scholars that were a part of some of these activities. So, 484 freshmen participated in multiple freshman academy career exploration activities, college visits, and guest speakers. 1,677 scholars attended college and career readiness experiences including college visits, information sessions, and preview days. We had three Anna Rowland seniors and two Allison seniors where 1,100 scholars were engaged I mean were recognized and rewarded for their academic achievement and engagement. We had 804 scholars participate in guaranteed academy experiences, so those industry tours, job shadowing opportunities, and internships. And then we had 254 parents come

043out for multiple parent nights associated with academy and CTE related activities. >> Wow. >> These efforts continue to support our commitment to preparing scholars for enrollment, enlistment, and employment by providing meaningful resources meaningful exposure to post-secondary and workforce opportunities. This slide is a combination of all the work that happens in our career and technical education courses. These um it which we have seen increases across all major performance indicators. This year we had 150 CTE completers. These scholars completed three levels of a CTE pathway. This represents a 5% increase from last year. We had 154 CTE concentrators. Um these scholars completed at least two levels in a particular pathway reflecting a 7% increase. Um we had 67 fine arts completers. While this is not a CTE portion, we do um look at that because fine arts

044is a major part of our school. And so that bracket that uh represents a 168% increase in completers. So we only had like 25 last year, and so that extra art teacher, thank you. Um so, and then of course we had 220 scholars obtain industry certifications. So, we're talking about 220 scholars walking away with career industry certifications. That is a 17% increase from the class of 2020 class. So, again these results demonstrate that Jacksonville High School's continued commitment to preparing scholars with the academic knowledge, technical skills, and industry credentials necessary for success in college, careers, and the workforce. And then the last slide speaks to what our current class of 2026 did this year. So, with a 95% of our scholars um completing our post-graduation survey, and that is a There is an error on

045here somewhere. I don't know how I don't know how to edit, but so we had um 63% plan to enroll in college, university, or trade school. That military percentage should be 11%. So, 11% plan to enlist or already have enlisted in the military. And then 26% plan to enter the workforce workforce with full-time employment. These results reflect the impact that the academy model has in helping scholars explore career interests, develop post-secondary plans, and graduate prepared for enrollment, enlistment, and employment. Through intentional career pathways, work-based learning experiences, and college and career readiness initiatives, Jacksonville High School continues to equip scholars with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed for success beyond graduation. And I appreciate you all for the opportunity for me to do this work. Can I entertain any questions? >> Any questions, Ms. Tennyson? >>

046I do have I do have a comment. And of course I have a comment. I just want to say my child is a part of the welding academy, and my mailbox is filled with all type of job offers for him and different certifications he you continue to get. So, I am very appreciative to what you guys have done. So, thank you so much. >> you. Thank you. No problem. I love that. I love working with you, too. I'm appreciative that we get to do this work. >> All right. Any other questions? If there are no other questions, you've met the 3-minute limit. Our last uh special presentation, but one of the most important ones is our Atlas summative data uh for this school year. Of course, our young people just completed the state assessment and

047so Dr. Picard, Amanda Picard, is coming to give you an update. >> Good evening. So, I have the privilege of presenting our Atlas scores. What I'm going to present to you right now is our raw data, which means it's had no rules applied to it. Whenever we go to figure things like school report cards, things like that, they apply all kinds of rules to our data like highly mobile English learners, things like that. But, what you're seeing are just the actual numbers with none of that applied to it. So, before I begin, I want to start out by kind of describing what you're seeing on the slides. All I've done is taken a screenshot of the actual Atlas portal of where the data comes from. What we're wanting to see is our orange go down.

048That's the easiest way to look at it. Orange means they are below grade level. And so, we want those numbers to go down. And if those numbers go down, then everything in green and blue has to go up to make the 100%. And so, that's what we're looking for on the slides. What you'll see on these slides is a snapshot of how we started the year last year or this year versus a snapshot of what we'll be starting the year with next year. This slide right here is the whole district overview of every scholar that took a test or ended the course test in our district. So, this is the the largest view you can see. In our Atlas summative ELA data, we went from 45% that were in need of support to this year

049going into next year, we have 35% in need of support. So, that's about 300 scholars that we moved out of in need of support. And so, that's excellent an excellent way to start the next school year is being better than we were this school year. For math, we had 57% in need of support when we started this school year, and next year we have 51% in need of support, which means we moved about 200 scholars out of in need of support. And then for science, the growth was not as much. However, we still made growth. We went from 48% to 44%. And so, we're still trending in the right direction. Science is a area that we know we need to work on. You guys just approved our adoption for next year. We have all new

050curriculum next year. Science was our last area since we became a district to get new curriculum. And so, that will start next year for them, and that will be our curriculum focus for coaching and things like that next year. So, to break this down a little bit, we're just going to go through the grade bands. So, this is our K2 data. K2 data, we are very very proud of cuz we had the most gains in K2. It's been a heavy focus for us because of the Read by Three Law, and we know that we want them on grade level by third grade. So, when we started this year, we had 45% of our kiddos that were in need of support. When we start next year, we have 22% of our scholars in need of support,

051and that's about 250 kids that moved out of in need of support for K2 in ELA. The bottom row is math, and we had 40%. We went down to 33%. The percentages doesn't they do not seem as much until you look at the numbers below them and it's the actual numbers of scholars that met. So, 410 scholars were in need of support and next year we're starting with 298 in need of support for math. And math is where we have a heavy focus right now. Um it had a later start than ELA. We adopted ELA first a new curriculum and so now we're going through the same plan that we did for ELA for math. So, K2 is trending in the right direction. As far as 3-5 goes, you can look up there and see

052every area we made growth. Um in 3-5 they start also testing science. They don't in K2. You can see in ELA we went from 44% to 37%. In math, 54% to 46% and in science, 44% to 40%. So, all still trending the way that we want it to be trending. This is our 6-8 grade band and for ELA we went from 51% to 45%. Math, 66% to 58% and science, 55% to 51%. So, every content area trending in the right direction. And then we have 9-10 because in 11th and 12th they start taking ACT and things like that. 9-10 that still ended the course. Um ELA went from 38% to 36%. Math from 79% to 74% and science stayed the same. And that is in 9th and 10th grade the only thing that's tested is

053biology. And so we know we don't want the same. We want better. And so that will be a focus for us next year in biology and it will have a new curriculum next year that we just adopted. So, that is That's our scores overall, and then um by the different grade bands, they'll come They'll be more as we get digging into the data, but that's just the overview. But, the overview tells us that every area is growing or better. We're starting next year better than we started this year in every area and every continent. So, to answer some burning questions, I know there's a couple burning questions out there. School letter grades and can we predict them? We can't. There's two reasons why we can't predict them. So far, the official growth calculation hasn't been

054released from the state. The state has to apply it. And the school letter grade is also based on growth, and so we don't know that the data yet. Um Secretary Oliva said this morning at the school law conference that he expects those to start coming out over the next few months. And then, the other piece that we don't have yet are the rules applied to our data. We're removing some of the pieces that will not be counted into the data. We expect school letter letter grades or at least to be able to make predictions for them in about September. And so, that's what we're looking at right now for when those will be released. The next burning question is third grade. How many retentions are we looking at? What does the data tell us? Well,

055this is a screenshot on the left of our third grade data, and we had 131 students score level one. And that's the students that would be up for retention. If you look across at the descriptors, the level one totals by school of third graders that would be up for retention or across there, at Bobby G it was 24, I Amie to 16, JES 67, and World Taylor 24. However, in the law, there is a good cause exemption, and if they have good cause, which is listed in the purple. Then they might not be retained. They're probably not going to be retained for one of those reasons. It could be a significant significant cognitive disability. It could be that they're an English learner. It could be a student with a disability. Students that were previously retained

056in K1 or 2. Um ones that are already receiving intensive support. Or an isolated traumatic event like homelessness. Um a house fire the day of the test. So, those are good causes that a child would not be retained for. If you look through that initial number, just kind of telling you how to read this chart. Bobby G had 24 level ones. 20 of those scholars had good cause exemptions. So, we're looking at four retentions at Bobby G Lester. And so, that's how you read that data. Um One of the things that's not final numbers in blue right now, because as soon as they scored a level one, they got started on high impact tutoring in each of our schools through a company called Flocabulary. And they designed up intensive tutoring plan for every scholar that

057scored a level one. And parents were given this opportunity and most of them took the opportunity for the tutoring. And so, we are in the process of retesting. They get a retest window is from now to June 3rd. And so, they're retesting now and if they score above a level one, they're back off the retention list. So, we will know after June 3rd what our real blue numbers are. However, um we just looked at some data this afternoon whenever I came in from the conference and JES has data starting to trickle in. Since they have two different tests to make the score, a reading test and a writing test. And of the handful of scholars that we looked at, nine of them had scored level two. So, we know nine of those are out of

058our number, Um but we don't have any other scores yet. The schools are in the process of retesting. So, we do know that this is very manageable. And so, in the blue box is what we need to do now for those scholars for next year. However, all of it's already in place. We did it this year. And so, in saying that, I'll end with some celebrations and then I'll answer any questions that you have. This year, we started the year with 153 scholars in level one in grade three. And our guiding coalition tracked every scholar by name with dots on a chart in a war room with interventions in place and and keeping track of those scholars. Next year, from our scholars in grade two, we're starting with 81. And so, that's half of what

059we started with this year to be on the retention list, which is great news. It was a big push for us to get that number down to where it was manageable and we could do more interventions. We had seven perfect writing scores, so we're starting to see things that we haven't seen before. And you guys got to see those scholars tonight. We had 34 scholars score level four in all tested areas. So, that's something else that we haven't seen a lot of and we're starting to see those things pop up. We had five scholars this year get the Seal of Biliteracy, four in Spanish and one in Russian. At the SkillsUSA competition, we did something new this year. We used title money and we paid student organization dues for our scholars and competition dues for

060our scholars so that we could get them out there to see how their how their competition is against other districts. But, in the cybersecurity state competition, our team, Tyler Flintum and Breanna Tripp, they took first place and they were the only team with a perfect score. And at ASUBB in the architectural drafting competition, we took first and second place. Lauren Wilson and Christopher Zarate. I'm a little competitive if you can tell. So, with that I'll take any questions that you have about our data and we'll keep presenting it as we get more more and more information and rules applied to it. >> Do you want to ask any questions about the card? Thank you very much. Mr. McDaniel, that concludes the special presentations. >> All right. And we're up to facilities report. Baldwin and Michelle.

061>> Mr. Hansberry. >> I think >> He has his associate with him. >> I'm here to be your attention. >> Good evening. Mr. McDaniel, after all gentlemen of the board, I'm Mark Hansberry. I have with me Aaron Sanderson with WER Architects. Long standing partner with us on the projects and Cindy Brown, project estimator for some of these projects. And so, what we're presenting today is really just an update on where we are, where we're headed on the Murrell Taylor conversion projects, specifically pre-K conversion project. >> I have slides if they can pull up. >> I don't know if you want to count it. They said they sent it to you. So, the idea is an action item. I'll put up as farther down. Number 14. April. >> I don't know if everybody can see that.

062So essentially what we want to report on this afternoon or this evening is just an update on the budget summary recap. Um We're we're on the second phase of design on this project and the second phase of pricing. We're excited today to be able to come to you and show you where we work as a team along with the Jacksonville North Pulaski staff on figuring out ways uh to to bring the project within budget. As you will see as we summarize towards the bottom of the page are some of our previous estimates. We started this process uh uh fall of 2025 and we were around that $8 million range. Through some conversation with the design team and with with you all we were able to whittle that down to below $8 million and then we

063were able to creep into the $6 million for for this project. And so at the second phase of of design and pricing we're happy to report that we're right there at the budget at $6 million 10,417. So Aaron will give us an update on drawings here shortly. But essentially where we are the drawings have been submitted to the State Department of Education. We're at this point we're waiting. We should receive those any day now. As soon as we receive approval from the Department of Ed then we will begin the the bidding process where we'll advertise throughout the state and we will put together a final estimate and bring to you a GMP. >> Aaron, is there below this. Mark from So, if you're not familiar with the site um the way this is oriented is

064just to the east within eye shot of this is the new elementary school that we worked on. There in the white you can actually see the Ark Air Clinic that Jacksonville partnered with and that's just hit its year mark of opening. So, the Murrell Taylor um CTE building the welding career tech building is just to the south. So, with this project we really wanted to focus on the the parking of this area. So, we tried not to change too much in the way of the site, but Jacksonville is able to remove two or three portable units sort of where the green shaded area is shown, which really establishes a new entryway for the pre-K. Um the the loop stays the same. We've added in some parallel spots into that loop so you can you can

065have a continuous drive and flow through the site will keep people moving through there, but you can also utilize those parallel parallel spaces. Um the uh just to the west of that pre-K sign you'll see a new entry that we've we've we've built in for the kitchen equipment the the deliveries and that's that's so it'll stay out of the way of parents and that sort of traffic flow. Um so, I think at the end of the day you've got 41 new parking spaces and you can probably see in Mr. Hansberry's estimate there's a a little alternate there to pave those spaces, but right now we're showing those as gravel and a gravel spaces for now. Um so, we can move into the floor plan a little bit. And so, here you can see the classrooms.

066You have 12 new classrooms and if we um look through the top of the page, you can see that new entry vestibule that we're sort of carving out of the interior here of that dining room area. And here's where the kids and parents are able to come into the building. They'll check in. Jacksonville staff will be right there at a sort of a transaction service window. Which is an an added layer of security that we're designing for. Um Like I said, there's there's 12 new classrooms. You get a new kitchen that's sized much in the same way as your elementary schools. So, they'll have a brand new cooler and freezer and it's all set up to be um fully renovated. But, Jacksonville's able to use some of their existing equipment to to help offset some

067money for some other things, like finishes. Um And and really we this is a free case, so we wanted to make it fun. You can kind of see the LVT and CBT in those floating on the page there. So, that's um carpet and luxury vinyl tile, which we are planning as as finishes. Paint throughout the whole building. So, it's to sort of brighten up the spaces a lot and the next page has a little bit more of sort of what our word forming out there. So, the the three and the two, you can kind of if you remember walking through BioMed and Taylor, those large letters, I think, or something we'd like to incorporate right here as well as some fun paint schemes for the like the cubbies and stuff there. Um since it's pre-K

068we wanted to add in some more color ideas or you'll see the little cat classroom interior paint idea has a wainscot which will kind of accent the space. And to the right there you'll see a typical classroom plans. And these are set up a lot like JDES in that you'll have a small toilet there. Um and accessible restroom before the kids. Also in every classroom will be a new bank of casework with a hand washing sink and some cubbies. The the furniture is just an idea of what you could do but you can see how it kind of incorporates the carpet and the LVT luxury vinyl tile flooring into the schemes. Are there Are there any questions regarding the estimate or or design? >> And board members there is an action item >> Yes. Item

069number 14. Is it Are there any questions about the >> I spoke with Michael before but the the estimated opening would be fall of 2017. >> Fall of 2017 for the >> For the pre-K but CTE would be >> CTE right now we're we're tracking we're about to bid that project next week. I think we had a walk through over there today. Um we're tracking uh to finish that over the holiday uh this year so it should open in spring 2026. >> Spring 2027? >> Yes, sir. >> Yes. >> Okay. Any other questions? If there are any, I'll entertain a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> All right. All in favor, signify by saying aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed? Abstain? All right. Thank you very much. >> Thank you all. >> Okay, we're up

070to public comments. And I'll read this statement. And I'm going to apologize to Mrs. Robinson. We won't be taking a photo afterwards. We'll We'll take the the book that's been presented and we'll take a look at it and and we'll make a decision and we'll take the photo later. I made a decision without talking to my fellow board members. Okay. Good evening everyone. We now open the floor for public comments. This is a designated time for community members to share their thoughts on matters before the board. We welcome and appreciate your input and ask that you speak respect- with respect- fully and professionally. Please refrain from making statements about individual students or district staff members, as the board only considers such matters upon recommendation from the superintendent. Your comments will be recorded in the official

071minutes. While we value your perspective, please note that the opinions shared during public comment do not necessarily reflect the views of the board. And with that, I'll ask Miss Is it Christiane? >> Yes, it is. >> St. Claire to come forward. >> Thank you. Um as you all know, I'm from the Jacksonville School District Parent Action Coalition. Um as he stated, we're going to go ahead and present our hard copy. This book is a framework, technically, that was formed after we asked the board in April, what is the clearly defined operational system that this board believes produces student success and where is that system documented so parents can understand it. We got a response, sent it out for a individual analysis, and now uh Mr. Robinson, if you want to go ahead and give that

072to President McDaniel. We wanted to provide a hard copy, but it is still completely free and available on our website um in PDF form. And then the only other thing was I had I had a secondary question. Um what is currently the primary constraint limiting student achievement in this district, and what measurable evidence is there of that constraint? And we look forward to your answer. >> All right. Thank you. Okay, we'll uh review the book, and then we'll get back with you uh with the comments. Thank you. Okay, legal update is uh Is that something that we uh going to do later? >> We can. Um we Mr. Richardson is not here. Uh we did have an update with the uh agreement with Dr. Jones that the board would need to uh approve for us

073to move forward with it um through the negotiation with our attorney, uh Mr. Richardson, and Dr. Jones, uh Porsha Jones' attorney, um so that we didn't have to continue to move forward with a uh series of court appearances. Um we did negotiate down to $7,500. And so we wanted to present that uh to the board for approval so that we can bring this uh situation to a close. >> Okay. Move to approve. Uh got a motion. I'll get a second. >> Second. >> Motion and second. All in favor signify by saying aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed? Nay? All right, it passes. All right, we're up to district reports now. >> Yes, there's a lot of uh changes uh that has taken place. Uh, as you can see, great changes, positive changes. So, I just, uh,

074you heard a lot, so I just want to I just publicly say how much I appreciate our scholars, our staff, and our leaders, as well as our partners, uh, and our community uh, leaders for their support of our young people and our staff this year. Uh, progress is being made and it's but it's an effort of a collaborative effort with all of our partners. So, we look we're looking forward to next year as we prepare to receive our scholars and staff back in the classrooms. But, thank you, board, for your support, uh, each and every month, but also, uh, definitely wanted to recognize our leaders, educators, uh, families, and scholars, as well. That concludes my report. >> Okay, do we have any PPC reports? Okay, we we don't. Can I Can I entertain a motion

075to next? >> Uh, that's next. >> Okay, consent agenda. Does everybody have a chance to read over the minutes of, uh, the consent agenda? And the assistant superintendent's report and financial report? If so, I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Motion. >> Second. >> All right, I've got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. Opposed, nay. All right, consent agenda passes. The Alphabet Best Education, that's already been presented, number seven. Uh, we're up to 26-27 school board meeting dates. >> Mr. McDaniel and board members, before you, uh, Mrs. Lee has, uh, provided a proposed school board meeting uh, schedule for the next school year, 2026-2027. And so, we submit that, uh, for your approval review and approval for tonight. >> Okay. >> Is it in the line?

076>> It is in your packet. >> Yeah, I just see 57. >> We did try to account for all the holidays. Um so, in July, Labor Day in September, um you'll see an adjustment on those days. >> Move to approve. >> Second. >> All right. Got a motion and a second. All in favor indicate by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed, nay. All right. The school board meeting dates are approved for '26, '27. All right. Next up is administrative leave, suspension without pay policy. >> Yes, board members, I this board policy proposed board policies were presented to you last month. After your review then, we shared it with the classified personnel policy committee as well as the licensed personnel policy committee for their review. They did provide some feedback. Before you now is the policy

077for your review and approval. >> What was the feedback from PPC? >> Right. Well, they provided feedback and then we provided the reason for the way it's formatted. Administrative leave with pay would be different from suspension without pay. And so, we shared that information with them and that's the reason why. Some of the comments was, "Why didn't the written notice fit elements of the written notice?" Why did they differ from suspension without pay and then the administrative leave with pay without pay? And we shared with them administrative leave with pay is for general reason. That's before the investigation. When we have a suspension without pay, that's after the investigation and we can be more detailed on the rationale or the reason for that response. And so, we were able to share that information with them.

078>> Okay. >> I move to adopt the policy. >> I have a motion. Can I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay, the motion is second. All in favor, signify by saying aye. >> Aye. >> Close, nay. It passes unanimously. Okay, we are up to vendor renewals. And the first one is Don Wholesale. Yeah, I'll ask you to be excused, please. Okay, if you would look over the program and Dr. Orgeron for a comment. >> Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. McDaniel. Board members, these are not new contracts. These are all renewable contracts that we already have through our with our child nutrition program. So, you have four, one with Don Wholesale, at the bread service that we have been using. And you also will have a resolution following this since we've had a board member

079to to have a vested interest in that. I also will add that the Commissioner Secretary of Ed, Mr. Oliva, has granted us a two-year approval. And so, it covered this year and next year for Don Wholesale. So, we won't have to submit that again to him after your approval tonight. Also, for our milk vendor, Island Dairy, is before you again, renewed uh, renewable uh, contract. Also, Archway uh, co-op contract for purchasing services through next year and then uh, Autochlor uh, for our chemical vendor so that of course we can sanitize uh, the area uh, for child nutrition and kitchen and all of that uh, those areas. And so, those are the recommended renewal contracts before you and I definitely recommend approval for that. >> All right. Okay, and do I do I get a motion

080for that? >> Motion to accept the vendor renewals representation. >> Second, please. >> Oh, that's That's not me. That's going to be somebody else. You got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying "Aye". >> Aye. >> Opposed, nay. All right, the renewals pass unanimously. All right, we're up to our resolutions. And let's see. I've got Yeah, yeah, she'll come back in, please. >> She said I have to leave for the resolution. >> Okay. >> She what? >> She got to leave for the resolution. >> It's all right, we have another one here, too. All right. So, I'm going to ask uh, you you two folks to leave. Please. Do we still have a quorum? >> Yes, sir. >> Yes. Okay. >> One, two, three, four. >> All right, we're up for

081resolutions. Don Wholesale, Jam Fabrication, Get A Grip, Dollar General Force. >> With Davis Lumber and >> Dr. Hall, you want to comment? >> Yes, sir. These are not new resolutions. Uh, they only change uh, and I met with Mrs. Tony uh, after we printed the uh, agenda. But, with Davis Lumber, she no longer has a vested interest uh, in there and so, that would be removed uh, moving forward and so, we would just need to vote on uh the existing renewal of the resolution for Don Wholesale Company, J- Jam Fabrication, Get a Grip, and then Double R Floors. >> Okay. >> And we can still use Win Davis as a vendor, we just don't need the resolution. >> Yeah. Right. Yes, we can still use Win Davis, uh but we don't have to have approval

082for that. >> All right. With that, I'll entertain a motion. >> I move to approve the resolutions as presented. >> Second. Have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying aye. >> Aye. >> The motion passes unanimously. No nays. All right, we can bring the other folks back in, please. Okay, we're up to community eligibility provision, item number 12. What's coming up on the agenda? >> As board members in audience before uh you, you have the uh community eligibility provision proposal. Uh this provision provides schools that uh that participate in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program the ability to serve all of our scholars free lunch and breakfast for the next four consecutive school years. This is based on our numbers. As you would know, our district currently qualifies

083under the guidelines to be able to feed 92% of the students at the free rate and 8% at the full rate. So, Title One Fund uh One Funding is not affected by implementing this program. Our e-rate should go up from 9- 74% to 92%. And so, we're definitely pleased and uh grateful to be able to serve all of our students uh breakfast and lunch at no charge to them or their families. And so the recommendation is to approve this uh participation in the CEP program uh for the next 4 years. >> All right. You got a recommendation. Can I And And may I have a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All right. Motion and a second. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. >> Aye. >> Those who nay? We have

084no nays. It's unanimous. Okay. We're up to number 13. Approval of paid benefits. >> Yes. This has definitely been vetted uh but uh before you, Mr. Hunt, I wanted to our director of finance wanted to uh get your approval to move uh to paying our employment benefits uh health insurance through ACH starting July 1st. It It is in legislation and then of course we have all of our official documentation to show that this is a legitimate path for payment for uh the health insurance for our employees district-wide. And so uh again, it will start in July 1st. No additional cost. And the recommendation is to approve this ACH as the payment method for EBD starting July 1st 2026 and onward. >> Okay. You got a recommendation by the superintendent. Now you have a motion. >>

085So moved. >> Second. >> Got a motion and a second. All in favor, signify by saying aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed, nay. Passes unanimously. Okay. We are up to a remove 2013 We already did number 14. So Number 15 is where we are now. >> Yes, sir. Before you, you have the action items to remove a 2013 Chevrolet Express van from inventory. This van was totaled in an accident earlier and and so as per law we needed to get the school board permission to remove it from our inventory. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second. All in favor indicate by saying aye. >> Aye. >> Nays? No nays. Passes unanimously. Okay, remove buses from inventory. There's a motion here. >> Yes, all buses on the district inventory are subject to

086state inspection. Buses that don't pass inspection must be repaired. These buses have blown engines and have been used for parts. And so the recommendation is to approve the removal of the buses based on the VIN number that's provided for you moving forward. >> Now we're going to still use them as scrap parts or is it do do we just have to get rid of them? >> Yeah, just as parts. >> Okay. All right, got a recommendation by the superintendent. We've got a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor indicate by saying aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed? Nay. Okay, it passes unanimously. 2026-2027 handbook revisions. >> Yes, sir. They the handbook committee led by Dr. Jacob Smith have proposed the following changes for the 2026-2027 school year. We make campus safety, operational clarity,

087and balanced progressive discipline priorities, continue to make those priorities in the district as we move forward. So the revisions were to eliminate operational variances throughout the the district. And so the recommendation is for your review and approval. >> Vote to approve. >> I have a motion and a second. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any nays? Any nays? Okay, passes unanimously. Okay, we're up to student disciplinary actions. >> Yes, sir. You all have three uncontested uh disciplinary packages in your board packet. >> June 1. >> All uncontested. >> Move to approve. >> Second a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All right. Passes unanimously. No nays.

088All right, we're up to personnel and we will probably go to the addendum. Addendum, right. My apologies. >> Second. >> I have a motion to approve to add this addendum and a second. All in favor indicate by saying I. >> I. All right, the addendum is approved and we will go into executive session now. All right. >> Uh President McDaniel, I learned at the law conference today that the superintendent has to be invited to the executive session, so I don't know if you all would like to invite >> We would like to We would like to invite you to the executive session. >> Standing in the way. >> You're always in my way. >> Mhm. >> Okay, we are almost back in from executive session. Okay, we are back in from executive session and we're

089at the personnel. Do I have a motion on personnel consideration? >> Uh I'd like to make a motion to approve the early retirement separation agreement for assistant superintendent Dr. Janice Walker. >> Uh I got a motion. Can I second? >> Second. >> All in favor signify by saying "Aye." >> Aye. >> Opposed may? All right. >> I'd like to make a motion to reassign as interim for the 26-27 school year Dr. Amanda Picard as assistant superintendent. Contract payable align with the 26-27 licensed salary schedule. >> Second. >> Well, I've got a motion and a second. All in favor indicate by saying "Aye." >> Aye. >> Opposed may? Passes unanimously. >> I'd like to make a motion to reassign as interim for the 26-27 school year Dr. Brandy Howell as director of instructional leadership. Contract payable

090align with the high school principal administrative index for the 26-27 salary salary schedule for this position. >> Second. >> Okay, a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying "Aye." >> Aye. >> Opposed may? Passes unanimously. >> I'd like to make a motion to reassign as interim for the 26-27 school year Ms. Jennifer Spriggs as principal of Merle Taylor Elementary. Contract payable align with the 26-27 licensed salary schedule. >> Second. >> All right, a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying "Aye." >> Aye. >> Opposed may? And passes unanimously. >> I'd like to make a motion to reassign as interim for the 26-27 school year Ms. Jocelyn Taylor as assistant principal of Merle Taylor Elementary. Contract payable align with the 26-27 licensed salary schedule. >> I second that. >> I

091got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying "I". >> I. >> Opposed, nay. Passes unanimously. Okay, now we're up to the regular personnel listing. We have a uh motion to approve the addendum and the the >> So moved. >> You have a second? >> Second. I got a motion and a second to approve all the personnel actions. Uh please signify by saying "I". >> I. >> Any nays? All right. We are approved and good to go. Uh I guess we're up to now board comments. Does anyone have any more board comments they would like to make? I think we had a great year uh as presented earlier at the presentation. So I'm I'm very optimistic about next year. Doctor Doctor, what do you have for some comments? >> Yes, I just

092want to take this time in conjunction with our board members to publicly uh say Doctor Walker, thank you for your service uh to Jacksonville North Pulaski School District. You were here as we transitioned from Pulaski County to the new district as a principal. Then you served when I had the opportunity to come back as superintendent as my assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. So you touched so many lives here in Jacksonville and so many not just students but adults as well. And so I want us to be able to give you your flowers before you leave and say thank you for your service to our community but uh more specifically to this field of education cuz you definitely left an impact and I know this is not uh your resting place and we can see

093and expect greater things from you. So thank you for uh for all that you've done for us and we appreciate you. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE UP TO THAT >> MOVE TO ADJOURN, SIR. >> All right. We are adjourned.