001December the 2nd, 2025. Uh, Jackson Oraski School District will be the model district where every learner is valued and empowered to become a successful contributing member of society. It's our mission to foster a culture of ownership and accountability through partnerships that create multiple pathways for success. Mr. Moore, please call the role. >> Okay. Colonel Smith, >> Daniel Gray, >> here. >> Ava Coleman >> here. >> Jim Moore here. Ron McDaniel is not here tonight. Dana Tony >> here, >> Lauren Martin >> here, >> and Lauren Walker >> here. >> All but one, sir. >> Thank you very much. Uh, join me as we stand for a moment of silence followed by the pledge. >> Join me in the pledge. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for
002it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. First item I've got special presentation. Dr. O. I'll turn it over to you. >> Yes. Good evening board members and audience. Want to ask Dr. Walker to come and present our first presentation from the UA Lunar Rock resident program. >> Thank you, Dr. OA. Um, we have with us tonight. >> Yes. >> We have with us uh Dr. uh from the UA are staff and we have a resident with her that was a resident last year but he is now hired by the district and I'll let her do the formal introduction for him as well. Uh one of the things I mentioned on her way up when you read over our mission statement it talked about partnerships that create
003multiple pathways for success and as Dr. Ills is speaking tonight I think it would just represent how we as Jacksonville is living out our mission. >> So Dr. Thank you, board. Uh, my name is Rachel Eels. I'm the Windgate Endowed Director of the School of Education at UA Little Rock. I'm here to tell you about the impactful partnership we've been fortunate to have with your district and express our gratitude for the visionary leadership demonstrated by Dr. Jeremy OA and his team. In October 2022, U.A. Rock secured the Forward Arkansas Transformation Grant, a pivotal resource that allowed us to reimagine our teacher education programs. The grant enabled us to create a more immersive internship experience, use data to refine our curriculum, and forge powerful, lasting partnerships with school districts. Jacksonville North Pilaski School District was our
004very first partner. Thanks to the early and enthusiastic support of Dr. Jeremy OA and his team. Our collaboration began with a plan and by the fall of 2023, Jacksonville welcomed our inaugural cohort of district paid residents. Five residents, three at Jacksonville Middle and two at Merl Taylor, spent a full year co-eing with mentor teachers and embedding themselves in the school community. After graduation, three of those pioneering residents were hired by Jacksonville North Pilaski School District. We're honored that one of them, Dr. Mr. Chadwick Comr, is here with us today. Mr. Comr, [Applause] I would just like to say thank you very much for the opportunity to have to have participated in that program. The mentor teachers that you selected were by far the best that you could have done. This program helped lay the foundation
005in me and I'm sure future residents uh that we will carry on for the rest of our lives. helps get those first year jitters out with the help of a mentor teacher and somebody to fall back on should we need that help. Thank you all again very much. [Applause] >> This is now our third year working together and we're so grateful that the Jacksonville leadership team continues to partner with us to strengthen this program. This partnership is a vital part of our mission to supply central Arkansas with well-prepared day one ready teachers, especially in the Jacksonville community. This year's four U.A. Little Rock residents are serving as math tutors for Jacksonville scholars while they complete their residencies in elementary education, middle level education, secondary history education, and special education. We continue to have forwardinking conversations
006about how our partnership can remain dynamic and flexible so that we can adapt to changing needs within your district and at U.A. Little Rock. We at UA Little Rock are better because of this partnership and we are so grateful. Dr. O, we have a token of appreciation for you and invite you to join me. Dr. Ow, thank you for your early and unwavering partnership and dedication which has created a foundational model for impactful collaboration to transform teacher education in Arkansas. [Applause] I got you. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Thank you all. board. Our next presentation is going to come from themies of Central Arkansas Foundation, Mr. Marcus Stewart and Mr. Bobby Goss, >> you going to give a facilities report while you're out of tune. >> Uh, first of all, that's not fair.
007I did not bring a gift. So, Dr. Ho, my apologies. U no, but thank you uh on behalf of the Academy of Central Arkansas Foundation. thanks for letting us be here tonight to share uh about our partnership with you all and hope we'll continue partnership and some of the outcomes that that we're seeing. But before I jump into the weeds uh a man that probably needs no introduction in this district, but I'm going to do it anyways. Uh Bobby Gosser is here to share from his lens why this work is so important. Um he's an academy partner here, academy partner at North Little Rock, but he's also in his spare time uh the the the board uh chair for the Academy of Central Arkansas Foundation. So Bobby, I'll turn it over to you. Thank you.
008Um I want to go back a little bit and and bring everybody forward. Maybe everybody wasn't at the table when the district decided to commit to the port NGO model which we now call themies of central Arkansas. So just give give me a little bit of time to to give you an update on that. So back in uh 2017 um I was asked to serve on a steering committee that became NGL. uh that came out of the direct results from Little Rock Regional Chamber doing a strategic planning process and from that uh they had three goals coming out of it. Two of them were workforce development and public education and what fell better into this fund was to get the port NGO model to the districts at that time. This plan was presented to the
009to the local school districts, Little Rock, Little Clark, Plask County, and Jacksonville, and all four of y'all committed to being a part of the process. And so from that, um, we we formed themsies of Central Arkansas and as of recent, we've become our own foundation. Obviously, that's why I was introduced as the board of of the CH of the Academy of Central Arkansas Foundation. And so, uh, this model was created. The Nashville school district started this 20 years ago and so they've become the gold standard and we're following that that method on what we've done. Maybe some of y'all actually have made a trip to Nashville and seen the model. Um so from that once all four school districts committed to this uh we're now standing on our own feet and so Marcus is going
010to talk about that a little bit more but uh you might ask why my interest is so keen onmies and let me explain my my pathway through my educational process through public education in the seventh grade I was one of those childs that most teachers are probably say wouldn't make it u failing grades these were a goal of mine just to Um, I skipped school. I was the kid that was always in trouble. Um, even if even while my mom was on the school board, I was that child. So, um, I I had a lot of eyes looking out for me. Well, in the eighth grade, uh, some things changed and that was I had an industry, uh, teacher that came out of industry to teach industrial arts and from that I was in a
011building type atmosphere where we built things and that's where I fell in love for the building trades and from that um, I was I later took other courses in high school that were um, you know, we call them the trades at that time in high school, but welding was one of them, automotive, small engines um, architectural drafting, engineering drafting, anything I could get my hands on. Um, that helped further my interest in the building career. So, um, I was yes that student that no one would have predicted to be where I am today. So, but look at me now, CEO of Baldwin Shell Construction Company who's had the privilege of building all the Jacksonville County schools and I really thank you for that opportunity. And as an industry leader uh we need we need workforce
012not just balloon shell but the whole industry needs workforce. So we're very highly invested and that's why we became an academy partner several years ago and I thank you for that opportunity for bring >> they bring a gift and I have to follow that. >> So I'm going to jump in and kind of share a little bit of the work from a regional lens. As Bobby mentioned, this is a collaborative with all four districts. The local chambers of commerce play a heavy role in this as well. So, I'll zoom out a little bit and share a little bit about some of our outcomes as well as dive into some of the Jackson Boom class specific things. So, here's our portrait of a graduate that was developed with with some of you in the room back
013in 2019. This is an extension of what this is a precursor to what Dr. Ella and his team have built as they've extended upon this profile of a graduate. When you look at those skills, uh those are exactly what we want our students to graduate with. Um it's not so much the technical piece of it outlined here, but it's their ability to communicate, ability to work effectively in teams. All of those durable skills that we know are going to going to translate over well into the workforce. And through the academy model, they're able to gather these skills and put them in their tool belts all before they graduate high school, right? They've got a caring team wrapped around them and they can work on these skills in a very safe place alongside with their industry
014partners. That's our why. That's why we do this work. Every decision we make is based off that portrait of a graduate and what's best for our students. We covered this just again to show you that the regional nature of the work. We are a proud member of the Ford NGL community. Uh there are about 40 of those communities across the country. We are still the only one doing this from a multiple school district approach because we know that's what's best for our region and for our students. Here's just a map to showcase that regionalism that shows you themies at each of the different high schools. And on the right side, you have those highest level partners um that have contributed to this work and kind of have taken on a campus or an entire academy.
015I won't belabor this because Bobby did a great job of covering this. I would just kind of from the 2020 to now the we had the first partnership back in 2020 with Baptist Health at Little Rock Southwest. Fast forward three short years, we're at 95 signed partnerships today and and honestly, we're just barely scratching the surface with that. Uh, I'd highlight your district as being the district of first, right? I think that's is that right, Dr. I've seen the commercial. Um, you were the first campus, not that it's a competition. Uh, but it's a competition. You were the first district to have all of youries have a major partner. So, Baldwin, Michelle, Unity Health, first Arkansas Banking Trust, you were the first first campus and first district to do that. Um, and that fell somewhere
016in between that timeline. But as from a foundation lens, what we're looking at is is into the future. Unfortunately, in the world that we're in, superintendent change. He's not allowed to change, but superintendent change. Schoolboard elections happen and you guys change and and district level leadership changes and industry leadership changes. And all of those changes represent a threat to the model that we've been working so tirelessly on since 2017. So having a strong convening organization which is a team of people that wake up every single day thinking aboutmies going to sleep every single day thinking aboutmies and how do we how do we help uh enhance that experience for our students so that they get all of those skills that we outlined in our portrait of a graduate. When we think about trying to summarize
017themies in one graphic, this is the the guaranteed experiences continuum that all students, all 12,000 across all of our 10 high schools are are are getting, right? And so what I'd highlight here is on the left side, you go from learning about the company to the middle in the green where you're learning with the company. And then when you're getting closer to graduation, you're taking that learning and you're applying it within a company, right? guidance that looks like student internships, student capstone projects, industry recognized credentials, concurrent college credits. So, you're able to to take these learnings from your industry partners, but then tie it into real tangible outcomes before you walk across the the stage for high school graduation. I'm a data geek, so I'll try not to get too excited. Plus, these are really
018hard to see that my eyes are a little dry. Um, but shifting from the the hypothetical to this is real. This is real impact that we're seeing and some metrics that we're really excited to report and release soon in our academyy's annual report. This is one you don't hear in the news frequently, right? Academy high school enrollment is up three consecutive years. And I can't tell you the last time that happened because the records won't let me go back far enough to find three consecutive years of enrollment growth. And so we with students having more choices for their schooling than ever. They are choosing our public high schools because of these offerings in part because of these offerings that they're able to get through themies. There's that academy partnership growth. When I submitted this presentation,
019it was 92 or 93. Now we're, like I said, up to 95. So, continuing to grow there. Shifting from those things to the student experiences that we just outlined. So, you're seeing comparative data last year to this year. Ma monumental increases in those those guaranteed experiences. So, a 21% increase in students taking a college visit, 54% increase in those taking an industry tour, and a 581% increase in the number of students taking a job shadowing or career mentorship. And so, you think about upping the level of rigor uh in terms of the experience and and to see an increase like that, I don't think we were anticipating quite that jump. Um, but we're really pleased with some of these metrics shifting from experiences to impact or outcomes. Uh, this is gets me really excited. The
020number of student internships went from 116 last year to 894 this year. So students have identified, hey, I'm interested in this future career and now we're able to provide an internship that's aligned with those interests. Uh we saw a 280% increase in the number of industry recognized credentials earned. And so that's students welding exams, uh, OSHA exam, industry recognized exams that are going to be able to translate no matter, we don't want them to leave central Arkansas, but if they do, this is an industry exam that will follow them and lead them to hopefully a higher entry level wage when they do enter the workforce. Speaking about college and career, AP scores, uh, the number of students who scored a three or higher increased by 37.8%. So again, it's showing these experiences leading to outcomes
021for our students. Here's a sneak peek because Dr. O already approved this a couple days ago. Uh the full report will be released here soon, but here's the the Jacksonville two-page spread in the academyy's annual report. And this just outlines the the great work going on in the academyy's a brief description about them. But then on the right side, you see those same metrics that we just talked about. Okay, we're blinking over here. Um, you will I hope you'll be happy to to see that every single one of those metrics on that report Jacksonville saw a significant increase in last year. I think that's a testament to to you all and your leadership to leadership at the building. Jennifer Jameson, if you've ever met her, I'm sure you have doing phenomenal work at the campus
022level. So, that'll come out soon. We hope you share that far and wide. Speaking of sharing far and wide, these are just a Jacksonville High School news stories that hit the hit the the the publications recently. Um, so you've got your three partnership announcements and some other ones that are kind of a a regional view. One of one of the Arkansas Money and Politics uh did a great write up on and interview Dr. OA about the impact of themies and what we hope to see in the future. Uh, so we we no longer want themies to be the best kept secret, right? And I think that's with the continuation of this partnership, we'll be able to help tell that story um alongside she I saw her somewhere, right? She's doing phenomenal work, but if we
023can create collateral live in the moment and get it to her because she's going to be able to get it to the people that need it, right? And so that's one of the things that we hope to be able to do with the continuation of this partnership from desired outcomes. It is everything that I think most districts would like to see. We want increased enrollment, attendance rates, graduation rates, postsecary postsecary readiness, uh increased teacher collaboration and retention. All those things are can be achieved as a result of academy implementation. And from the foundation lens, how we hope to help you get there is to serve as that convening organization. I talk a lot about the transitions that happen and and we've seen it happen where it can set a school back two or three years
024and and learning from the communities that are doing this really really well, the Nashvilles, the Louisvilles, the Akans of the world. um having that convening organization to kind of be that that stay put that that through line if you will is critical to implementation. And so that's the the the key role that we'll we'll provide. But also I know there's there's talks and plans to to take career exploration even earlier here in the Jacksonville school district. So we can help with alignment of that. We've seen some other communities uh that are doing a K12 academy implementation and so that's something that we can can help provide with new new folks coming in every year. Um having kind of standardized regional onboarding about the academy so that folks can understand where they fit in the grand
025scheme of how they play a major role in the success of it. Uh we we feel like we can build out a team to be able to provide that entry level PD for new folks. We'll always kind of live in that employee engagement workbased learning space um with being able to add partnership managers to the team that their their number one focus is going to be recruiting additional partners to yourmies and pathways and and alongside that for not only recruiting new partners but helping your existing partners deepen their engagement so that if you have a partner that says hey I can hire one intern next summer great let's work with you to figure out how next year you can take three or the year after you can take five because it's going to take a
026lot of a lot of partners to be able to deliver on those guaranteed experiences that we just kind of walked through um and then the last thing you saw a glimpse of the annual report we will continue to track and monitor all of your partners' investment so that you are able they're able and you're able to see how much impact that they have had in your Right. I think about your partners last year and it was over $200,000 of time, talent, and equipment donated to your campuses u and and directly engaging with your students. So, uh we're really excited about that and and I don't Dr. I don't know if um they have seen the agreement, proposed agreement, but um we would love to to talk about what we could look like in continuing this
027agreement with the foundation and under your leadership, we're very very thankful for that. Um, you are I I say it all the time. Uh, hopefully it doesn't embarrass you. Jacksonville is a national leader in this work. Um, so much so that Ford NGL is is in early talks with us about how do we become the Nashville hub where folks don't go to Nashville to learn about themies. They can, but they also have another option to come here and learn from you all. And so, uh, with that, I'd be happy to answer any questions or feedback from you all. Thank you, Dr. O. >> Thank you. So board members, the uh plan is for uh Mr. Dwitt to uh present to you all today and then in our board meeting in October, you'll actually have an
028agreement for your approval. >> Okay. >> Any questions for anybody? I I'll just say on behalf of the board, I we're very grateful for the partnership, y'all's leadership and partnership that we've experienced and it's been awesome to watch it grow and uh spread across the entire county, not just us, but appreciate y'all's work and thanks for letting us be a part of it. >> Appreciate you. >> All right, our last presentation is Principal Mims from Jacksonville High School. Are you going to sing the new fight song? >> I'm not. >> Sorry. >> Come on. >> But first, I would like to say thank you for the ones that have been out and supported us. I've seen a lot of you at the ball games and pep assemblies and uh I think I surprised them with
029a lunch pep assembly on the first day and central office came over. So, I think that went over pretty good. So, thank y'all for your support of what we are trying to do at the high school. So, my job tonight is not to talk about uh pep assemblies or but it's to talk about data. So, the Jacksonville High School data um for the last school year and um so I would first start off with Dr. OA kind of sto a lot of my thunder at convocation. I had already done this presentation and I was like, "Oh well, well, I'll just hit it again." So, we uh had a record number 103 Jacksonville High School students receiving at least uh passing score on at least one AP. are 2D art and drawing scores exceeded in the
030state and the global average. The African-American studies, the English literature, the composition, uh, human geography, world history were at or above Arkansas average. We had 13 scholars that were considered AP scholars, which means they received as scores of three or higher on three or more of the AP exams. Yeah, we had six AP scholars that came out with honors, which means that they had at least a 325 on all AP exams taken and scores of three or higher on four or more exams. And we had one AP scholar with distinction honors, uh, which meant that they received an average score of at least 35 on all AP exams taken and scores of three or higher on five or more AP exams. So, I thought I knew Dr. O presented that, but it never hurts to
031put names with those scholars that uh had that accomplishment. So there's the list of names AP the AP with honors and our one distinction. All right. So the AP data just the trends we looked at starting at 2019 and uh came over to 2025. Our total number has increased. We were at 220. We had gave a number of 377 exams. We had 103 with passing scores of three or more, meaning they could receive the college credit for that. And uh percent of total AP scores with three or plus was 46.82. And I put a little chart on the bottom. It's just a bar graph there. And you can kind of see that that trend has been going up. Uh I don't really look at 2020 so much because AP score AP tests were done at
032home because it was our co year. was kind of a little skewed right there, but as you can see from the 21 to 25, that bar graph is going up. So there's a trend there, line graph, excuse me. So ELA data, the class of 2028, which is our 10th grade class, uh, as you see that level ones in 2023 24, we were at 48% of level ones and you want to go, you want to decrease that value. So we uh last year we were at 36%. So as that number goes down your level twos should rise. So our level twos went from 37 to 43 and our level threes went up from 12 to 17. And then we did increase a little bit on a level four. So that is our class of 2028 and
033that was in ELA. So that was kind of our a highlight for us on the uh Atlas testing. Our other highlight was our 11th graders. Um they were at 39% in 23 24 and they decreased that level one to 25%. And so the level twos went from 47 to 57 and then we went up from 9% to 15. Kind of stayed about the same with the level fours. actually dropped just a hair from five to three. And then uh kind of following the ummies of central Arkansas are CTE data, our completers, which meant that these are just seniors that completed at uh their pathway courses, three or more pathways. So that is our seniors and we went uh we had 122 and we had 122 in 2024. So this past year we had 144 and
034we had a 143 concentrators. Um our certifications went to 190 and the certifications uh can be underassman as well depending on the class that they're taking. So uh that could be uh u it was some of our safe surf, it was some of our uh auto shop. So it was some of those different. So there are some underassmen in the 190. So year year over uh changes we increased from 22% and then our certifications we increased by 55% which just piggybacks on what they just talked about and what brought brought to your attention. So that is the data report from Jacksonville High School. >> Any questions? Appreciate it. All right. So, we're invited to the pepper rallies. >> Oh, sure. >> I didn't I don't know what time those start or when they happen. So,
035>> well, this past one started at 3:15, but will we be we'll be doing another one. >> Maybe Miss Stephanie can send out a you get a message to her and she'll send it to the board and >> All right. Sounds good. Love to have you. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. >> But he has to sing the fight song, right? >> Yeah, you have to sing the fight song. >> All right. >> And you have to sing the alma mater. >> You don't want us there. Is that what you're saying? Send us the words to that, please. >> Mr. Gray, that completes all the special presentation. >> Very good. All right. Do we have anyone signed up for public comment this evening? No, ma'am. Okay. Thank you very much. Uh, next we've got facilities
036report. Mr. Bobby Gosser already gave us that. I don't think we have anybody from here either. So, all right. Legacy walk. Uh, Dr. O, you want to give us an update on that? >> Yes, sir. Uh we are ready uh for you all to plan a ceremony. Uh Stephanie has been uh working with Stephanie and Chisa have been working with the company and they are waiting for you to schedule a date and time so that we can have the ceremony. So we are set to go um and need the date and time. And so our goal, just so you'll know as you start thinking about a date and time, um we would love to have the ceremony on site at the Legacy Walk. Uh we would provide the uh PA system as well as the
037uh chairs for people uh to have a seat in Titan Circle. The ring location tenatively would be the foyer of the auditorium so that um with umbrellas people can walk across to see u the recognition wall after the ceremony. Uh but uh it's now >> so how about um we need some time to to notify the families and the winners to give them some time to be there. Why don't Why don't y'all give us like two dates in we think October? Would that be weatherwise cool enough to be outside possibly? Miss Mims, you want to look at the calendar at the high school and make sure we don't conflict with anything and get with Dr. Wood and give us like two dates. Okay. >> Tuesdays and Thursdays probably or >> around the same time that
038we normally do things like 10 a.m. >> 10 10 a.m. 10:30 or something like that. Okay. >> Whatever is good for the schedule at the school. Okay. Okay, if we can do it. And would you like for me to share that via email? >> Say via email and then we can respond back on that and see which date works best for the majority. >> Okay. >> Cool. Good. All right. All right. Next item we've got district reports. Dr. >> Yes, sir. So, I'll keep the superintendent report uh brief because I know we had three presentations. Just wanted to give you an update. Uh as of today, we're sitting at about 4,100, a little over 4,100 uh students enrolled. Um this is the 11th day of operation. So um that's a pretty good number. Uh it's
039pretty uh staying the same pretty much as last year. So we're happy to see u that number. Hopefully more uh will come. I spoke to Mrs. Freeman, our student data coordinator, and she said there are still res um registrations in the system. So, we're still processing those. Uh we've had a successful two weeks. Um we've had a few bumps um um of course with transportation, but those things uh leveled out. So, uh we'll continue to address things that they're as they come. Um had a really great start to our athletic uh season. Um as well as academic season. Um uh things are going well in all the schools. I've been able to visit all the schools between the beginning of school and today. So um wanted to give you that update. The third update is
040that Dr. Walker and Dr. Bard um along with our curriculum instruction team did participate in a Zoom webinar with U Arkansas Department of Ed uh on the acceleration of third grade students um read by three uh to make sure that we're in compliance. And so they're going to continue to meet as a team to make sure that we're preparing our scholars uh K through 2 grade all the way to third grade to make sure that they're not retained. And so uh they're working each day to make sure we provide those interventions and supports uh to our young people so that they continue to metriculate on to fourth and fifth grade. Um so that um the last thing uh with the legal transfer update, we had six students in and 16 out. Um so uh six
041in, 16 out. And that concludes my superintendent report. >> All right, any questions? PPC reports? All right, uh consent agenda. We've got the minutes of the August 4th regular meeting, assistant superintendence reports, and the financial report. Is there anything on there that needs to be discussed? If not, I'd entertain a motion to >> so move. >> Second. >> Motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? All right. That passes unanimously. 26FY budget. >> And according to state law, uh, in our policy, we are required to present to you all annually the board, but I mean the school district budget for approval. Uh, Mr. Hunt and Mr. Morrison have prepared the proposed budget before you that you've seen in your packet and the recommendations to approve the FY26 budget
042as proposed. >> All right, we've got a recommendation on the budget. Any questions? If not, I would entertain a motion to approve as presented >> or another motion if somebody wants to make. >> So move. Second >> motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? >> That passes unanimously. All right. Good job, sir. >> AC minutes for property insurance. >> Yes. to make sure uh we're in compliance with legislative audit and the state laws, we wanted to bring before you uh the AC remittance uh for property insurance approval. Um many of you uh may know that the state uh has passed legislation uh that's requiring all uh public schools in the state to have property insurance through the state of Arkansas. Um, of course that uh payment
043must be delivered via AC. And so before we move forward with that process, we wanted to make sure that we had approval from the board to make a AC u payment to the state of Arkansas for that property insurance. And so the recommendation is to approve the payment via AC for property insurance. Shoot. >> So, is it the same what we're paying or is it more since the state has taken over? >> It's actually less, but your deductible went up 10fold. >> Yes. >> The deductible >> nothing happens. >> Your deductible went from 5 to 50,000, >> but the bill went from seven, I think, to five. Was it 523? Something in that area. >> 528. So the bill with but if things happen the deductible significantly. >> Wow. Okay. Thank you. >> Any other
044questions? >> When was the last time we made a claim on our insurance policies? >> Last year. >> Made several last year. >> Yes, we had a leak. >> I bet we make less this year. We budgeted for two. >> We had several leaks. Year before that. It was tornado everything. >> Okay. >> Fencing things like that. We had a we had some that happened to us that we had to claim on for car far this past year. >> Okay. >> Compared to tornado. >> All right. So, we've got a motion and a second. Any other discuss? Did I hear a motion? >> Motion. Okay, got a motion from Miss Dena. >> Second from Mr. Jim. Any other discussion, questions? All those in favor say I. >> Any opposed? All right, that passes unanimously. Uh,
045next item we've got are purchasing two maintenance trucks. >> Yes. Board members, before you, you have a action item um to purchase two maintenance trucks and the rationale uh is listed. Um in an effort to reduce the reliance on contracted services uh and to be more efficient, uh we are proposing um well, one, we've employed three skilled maintenance professionals to provide that uh additional uh service that we were once paying. Uh we per we've hired a licensed electrician, an HVAC technician, and a licensed plumber. With uh adding those um skilled professionals, we need a way for them to move around the district. And so in order to have efficient um and reliable transportation, we're proposing to you to purchase uh two maintenance trucks for their use. Uh we did uh achieve or receive uh three
046quotes and those are uh provided to you as well. And so the recommendation is to approve the purchase of the two maintenance trucks um at the cost of $58,18 and that will come out of the maintenance fund. >> All right. Which one of these one crane? >> Yes, the crane. Um crane >> crane >> with Yes. The the first quote that you see >> that's we're not at the high school right now. >> Yeah. It's the 2019 Ford truck F-150. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Any other questions? >> All right. Is there a motion? >> So move. Second. >> All right. Get a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? That passes unanimously. All right. Next, we've got the security vehicle purchase with the back seat partition.
047>> Yes. Uh as you all may know or one of the things that we always uh I say we let me say our security and safety team um we always have to uh make sure our students uh are able to make it home from an event or school and sometimes it's left up to the school to provide those um even during extracurricular extracurricular activities. And so in an effort to make sure students are safe but also our drivers are safe during school hours and uh after school hours during the transportation of our students, we would like to purchase a vehicle with the partition uh that separates the front seat and the back seat. Um and uh officer Odum has assured that it does not look uh imposing as a police car, but it does provide
048safety uh for our officers as well as our students uh as we transport them. And so the recommendation is to approve uh this purchase of the security vehicle uh that's equipped with the backseat partition for $24,000. And that will come uh out of the fund of the auction funds that we when we auction off the equipment at the buildings that we're demolishing. Uh those um the purchase of this vehicle will come out of those funds. And you have the three quotes before you as well. >> That was crane as well. >> Yes. Crane. >> 2021 Dodge Durango. >> Yes, sir. >> Any questions? I hear a motion. So move >> second >> motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? That passes unanimously. Next item we've got a
049student disciplinary actions and there are none. >> Zero. Yes sir. >> All right. Very good. Next item we have is personnel and we do have a waiver request and that will need to be heard in executive session. So we will move into executive session for the discussion of personnel. We shall be back. Actually, uh, before we do that, back in open open session, we have an addendum before us that needs to be added to the agenda. So, I would take that entertain a motion to add this addendum to the agenda. >> So, move second. >> Motion and a second. All those in favor? I. >> Any opposed? All right. So, that addendum has been added to the personnel agenda. Now, we will move into executive session for discussion of personnel. Kevin, are we rolling? All
050right, go ahead and call us back into open session. Uh, we've got a personnel report and there was a um waiver request for Mr. Robert Lazley for a school bus uh subd driver substitute school bus driver and uh the recommendation to is to approve that. Is that correct? >> Okay. Do I hear a motion? >> Second. >> And a motion and a second to approve the waiver request for Mr. Robert Lazley. All those in favor say I. >> Any opposed? All right. That is passed unanimously. Also, we have the personnel report and the recommendation there is to approve as presented and amended. >> Motion in a second. All those in favor say I. >> Any opposed? There are none. So, that passes uh 100% as well. All right. Upcoming events September the 11th, we've got
051the Grow Press conference at Taylor Elementary. That is a very cool thing. We are excited about our 529s at Merurl Taylor. I will be out of town traveling for my AMC civic leader trip next week. So, I can't be there, but I wish I could be there for that. That's going to be cool. September 15th through October 15th is National Heritage Month. October 9th, our district annual Hispanic Heritage Festival at JEES and JMS from 5 to 7. That's all the events. And we'll have a uh legacy wall unveiling to add at some point as well. And and since Ron's not here, we're just going to have to stay until he comes. >> All right. >> Y'all have a good night. Thank you.