001Good evening everyone. I'd like to call to order the regular schedule meeting for Board of Education for May 13th. Uh could you please rise for the invocation and pledge by Mr. McDall. All right. If you would bow your heads. Dear Lord, thank you for this day and every day and continuing to guide us in educating the children of Glenn County. In this we pray. Amen. Amen. I pledge algiance 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. Thank you, Mr. Madala. Sir, that brings us to Spotlight on Glen County, Miss Doer. Good evening, everyone. Good evening. Tonight we are proud to recognize the achievements of two outstanding individuals. Carson Roger and Isaiah Green. Carson Roger Ga
002and a Glenn Academy class of 2022 completed the welding and machining pathways and participated in workbased learning at Haven Manufacturing. He now works as a production manager for that same company where he continues to apply his expertise in the industry. Isaiah Green, a GIA and homeschool student set to graduate in 2026, completed pathways in welding, electrical, and heavy equipment. He earned two technical certificates in HVAC from Coastal Pines Technical College and has secured a work-based learning internship with Gulfream for the 2526 school year, setting him on a promising career path. Their dedication and achievements set a strong example for future students. So, please join me in congratulating them on this hard work and accomplishments. Did they want to come up to speak? Oh, yeah. Good evening. Good evening. It's quite frequent at GEA that we
003like to do spotlights of some of our success stories at our meetings there as well. And Mr. Blackerby and uh Mr. Benson had the opportunity to hear a couple of these students and they thought it would be important for the school board to hear some of our success stories as well. So, the first one I'd like to bring up is Isaiah. Isaiah is actually one of our homeschool students at GEA and a rising senior. Isaiah, thank you all for letting me come speak today. I was I was thinking about, you know, what do all I want to talk about? And uh I was homeschooled from, you know, ever since I was little. And then whenever we moved to Georgia, we went to uh Geeka, started freshman year. Freshman year, I took welding. Then from with
004you know, homeschooling being so flexible, I can do homeschooling after GEA. So I go to GEA full-time. And you know I take he I took heavy equipment completed that pathway took electrical. You just heard it all that you know I have two technical certificates from coastal pines. Now GEA has been very instrumental in my life in many ways. I guess one of the one of the biggest ways is not just through education. And I've learned so much uh at 16, how to weld, um several different processes. The teachers there have been very instrumental in my uh work. I own my own business. I've owned it for a year now. It's Green Soft Washing LLC. And the teachers there, you know, they a lot of them have owned their own business and I've gained so much
005insight from them. Um Mr. Benson, Mr. Serber, uh, Holland, Neil, Chef Laura, uh, Miss Tammy Gonzalez, all of these, Brian Wi, CEO, Dr. Deanar, all of them have been very helpful in bringing my business up to where it is today. Um, I also did get accepted into a GFream internship, which I'm very happy about. GFream, I'm very excited to go work with them and, uh, you know, see where that takes me. Uh I I was talking to Rick Townson a while back ago and he told me hiring Mr. Benson was one of the best decisions he made as CEO. He used to be CEO of GIA and uh I agree with him on that because all the teachers there very very wise many years of experience they've helped me out so much. U you know
006there's there's there's a lot I could say. I don't want to I don't want to bore you all but um yeah G has just like I said been very instrumental in bringing me where I am today and I thank god and career academy for everything they've done and then Carson is one of our graduates and actually one of my first students when I first became principal at Ga six years ago. So very proud of his success. Carson. Well, howdy howdy. Um, my name is Carson Roger, like Dr. Demhart just said. Um, I graduated in 2022 from Glend Academy as well as Gika and I started attending Geeka in 9th grade to where I um started out in the welding pathway. Um, and I thought I wanted to be a welder. uh it was the first
007thing on my mind and they funnel the seniors first to make sure that they can complete a pathway or get an opportunity to uh uh start an internship or gain a job um after graduation. So I got shoved to the machining pathway. Well, dang it. I don't want to do that. I want to be a welder. Well, I I thank the Lord for that because um when I got moved to the machining pathway, I found out that's what I wanted to do. I was able to complete that pathway. Uh when I finished that, I became the u intern for the classroom, basically a teachers assistant. Uh where I helped do that my senior year as well as participated in my internship with Haven Manufacturing where I still work today. I'm going on four years working
008there on May 29th this year. Um I give all the glory to Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. um also my mama and daddy for um guiding the way that I think um and uh making my decisions daily. But I also give it to Ga. It's provided so many opportunities for me, for multiple friends that I have and for my sister as well. My sister is attending um Gekka right now and she's doing the the nursing pathway. Um it's a it's a great place to to uh send your children, your grandchildren, anybody you know. Um I I just turned 21 on Saturday and and at the age of 20 I was able to get married. Uh I bought me a house out there in Scriven and uh I mean I've been able to do all
009these things and I tie back to the three things I mentioned. So uh it's a great place and and I've enjoyed everything I've done there. I continue to help out. Uh it it it's been able to show me my my passion for my career as well as I'd love to be a teacher one day. Um even down to my Sunday school class that I do at church, you know. So, it's it's a wonderful place and I I really I really enjoy helping and continue to to be a part of it. So, so yeah, congratulations. Congratulations to both of y'all. That's impressive. I kind of want to go to Gecko. I'm not very talented, but okay. Maybe I can do something really. Good evening. Good evening. Um, it's hard to come behind that, right? But I
010have to say um I'm delighted tonight to um recognize two employees who've given so much to Glen County Schools. Tonight, we extend our deepest gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to our dedicated employees who have given a total of 85 remarkable years of service to Glenn County Schools. Their hard work, reliability, and behindthe-scenes contributions have been essential to the daily success of our schools and the well-being of our students and staff. Their decades of service reflect not only professional excellence, but also a profound dedication to shaping lives and strengthening our community. Thank you for your extraordinary contributions and decades of loyal service. You are the foundation of our success and we are honored to celebrate your service. We would like to extend a special thank you to American Fidelity for helping us recognize our long-erving staff members.
011They are mailing you a gift card, so be looking for that in the mail. Um, tonight we want to recognize Mr. Kenneth Wesley from our maintenance and warehouse with 35 years of service. I'm going to ask his supervisor to come up with me, please. [Applause] Mr. Black, you going to come over? You want to come over? [Applause] Mr. Wesley has given Mr. Wesley has given 35 years of service to our district. And last but certainly not least, Miss Linda Brown, who you may remember from last year. Um, but this year we're marking 35, 40, 45, and 50 or 55 years of service. Well, Miss Linda Brown has been serving the children of Glenn County Schools and currently she's at Glendale Elementary for 50 years. She is a parent and so I'll ask Miss Brown to
012please come forward. Miss Brown, if you'll come forward and I'm going to ask her assistant principal, Mr. Maurice Figureroa, and her instructional support specialist, Miss Sally Warren, to come up. 50 years gets quite a bit. Thank you. [Applause] I just want to say thank you so much. um to those staff members. That's a lot of years of service. And when I thought of about Miss Brown particularly from last school year with 49 years of service, but Miss Brown has 50 years of service as a pair professional in our school district and Mr. Wesley with 35 years of service. We just thank you all so much. 85 years of total service to our district. Between two people, that's quite a bit. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Chair, do you mind if I say something? Please do.
013You know what? This is This is just amazing to me because you don't find this a lot today and it's unfortunate and Miss Seals has heard me say this. I really like when people are committed to something and follow through with commitments. And if 50 and 35 years isn't a commitment, I don't know what is. That is incredible. And we appreciate what you've given to us very much. Thank you. You're a great example. And I would speak, but I will cry if I That's just my emo. It's unbelievable. Uh there's members of the board of education that aren't even 50 years old. So, thank you. Congratulations. That brings us down to citizens address the board. Um, and we have none today. Uh, do I hear a motion to approve the agenda? So, move. Second. Motion
014by Mr. Holy, second by Mr. Dodin. Any discussion? All in favor? And it's unanimous. The consent agenda. Uh, I recommend we put item number seven, item 8 A, 8 B, 8 C1, 8 D1 through 12, D12. And do we have any policy, Mr. Madala? Not that I know of. E on the consent agenda. All these were discussed at the uh work session on last Thursday. I hear a recommen recommendation to I move we approve approve the consent agenda. Any discussion? We're second. Second. Second by Miss Lee. I'll read those back to you. Uh approval number seven is approval of the board meeting minutes. Number eight is the superintendent report which includes item A personnel. B field field trips. C1 the good report. D1 approval of the March 2025 financials. D2 approval of the Needwood Middle
015School change order. D3 approval of the Brunswick High School change order. D4, approval of phase one, the new Glendale replacement. D5, approval of the local facilities 5-year plan. D6, approval of Satillaa Marsh Elementary Media Center furniture. D7, Brunswick High gym new air condition units. Uh, D8, approval of the data center upgrade. D9, approval of the school nutrition bid renewals. D10, approval of the school safety radios. D11, approval of the new police vehicles. D12, approval of theou with Coastal Plains High School, uh, and E policy committee. All of these, like I said, were discussed at the, uh, work session on Thursday. Obviously, we talked about a lot on Thursday. Um, any further discussion? All in favor to approve the consent agenda, raise your hand and it's unanimous. And that brings us down to the district 5
016interim board member. At this time, I'd like to open up the floor for any discussion about the district 5 interim board member. I know we had two candidates and both of them were did a wonderful and fine job. So, Mr. Mr. Holy. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion we appoint Mr. Reggie Jackson to the interim district 5 board of education members seat. Motion on the floor to appoint Mr. Reggie Jackson to the interim district 5 board member seat. Do I hear a second? Doesn't have to have Doesn't have to have a second. We don't need a second. We've been advised. Any discussion on that? Anybody want to second it? Just in case. It's not that I don't trust you. All of you all are going to vote. So, you don't need a second
017because you're you have to vote. Yeah. Okay. So, uh the discussion like I said all both candidates did a wonderful wonderful job. I think either one of them would serve district 5 very well. Uh I've known both of them for over 20 years. I think Mr. Jackson would do a great job. Any further discussion? I agree with you 100%. Not to be redundant, but um I I feel the same. I think both of those candidates did a phenomenal job in the question and answer session that we held. Um I don't didn't know either one of them prior to that. So a different perspective. You knew them both and I didn't. And and I do feel, you know, if we had two positions, we could use both of them. They they bring their own gifts and
018talents. Um but but I do feel Mr. Jackson will do a great job for Glen County Schools. He was very passionate um in his answers and and seems very dedicated to helping out. So any further discussion? All uh approved. Mr. Jackson for district 5 interim score school board meeting or school board member. Raise your hand and it's unanimous. All right. Thank you. Congratulations, Mr. Jackson. And we can't wait to serve with you and work with you. I will call him as soon as we adjourn the meeting. Executive session. I do not have anything. Do we have anything, Mr. Black? I don't have anything. Does anyone else have any to go into executive session? No. So, do I I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. So, move. Motion by Miss Sams. Do I hear a second? Second.
019Second by Mr. Dodge. Any discussion? All in favor, raise your hands. And it's unanimous at 618.