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003will never leave. From every hall to the open, we carry the hope in our teachers. Beacon of light, excellence in view. A community strong forever true. Creating weac [Music] all can truly see. Good evening and welcome to our make sure I have the right month. September work session. Um yes, I have never done this before in all the years that I have been vice chair. So y'all are in for a treat tonight. Um so just bear with me. Mark's already said a prayer for me, so we're gonna be good. Um I will say that Miss Hugley Green, Miss Schlly, and um and Dr. chambers are all at the CASPA the National School Board Association um event in DC regarding federal relations, right? >> Yes. They're meeting with some of our legislators. So that's where they
004are. So we are a little light on numbers tonight. So I will like to say welcome. Um I see with us Alan Hartness with the library, Miss Marian Rickner with the museum. If we have any other school administrators, wave, smile, stand up. Yes. And we have the crew from Jordan that we're going to speak here from in a minute. So now that I have welcomed everyone, I think I turn it over to y'all next. >> I'm telling y'all, it's gonna be tricky. >> There we go. Okay, clear to land. Okay. Um just want to let everybody know we will be doing a presentation on attendance that'll be taking place next month uh or I'm sorry next week on Monday evening. Uh we want to wait till all the board members are here to hear the
005presentation on that particularly. Uh so we'll be covering that next Monday. So we will move uh forward with um Jordan. We're going to move them up on the agenda. >> Hit that >> next. Good to go, sir. >> Perfect. Perfect. Good evening, Madam Vice Chair, Mr. Superintendent. Thank you so much. Really honored to be here this evening. Um, you know, this is a on a to a certain extent it's a mandatory thing we do, but I think it's also something we enjoy doing for you all. We uh as your only college and career academy are required to do an annual report to you to show you exactly what the College of Career Academy here in Muscogee County is accomplishing. And so that is what tonight's presentation is all about. Um, I know that some of
006you in this room have seen this before. So, um, I apologize. You're going to see a little bit of what you've seen previously, but that's okay. Um, before I begin, I do want to take a moment to acknowledge my colleagues. Um, we have right here behind me, Miss Auborn. She is our vice principal of technology and human services. We also have our other assistant principal, Mr. Keith Hample, who is with the engine industrial and engineering systems. uh not featured tonight and we'll be writing him up later is Mr. Kenneth Josie who's over our freshman academy and then of course our fearless leader Mr. Ryan Hudson who serves as our principal. Um I also would like to draw attention we do have two of our board members who are here with us this evening Mr. Colin
007Martin with AT&T and the wonderful Dr. Asante Hilts who is at Valley Healthcare. >> I mean okay sure. Yeah, you're wonderful. You know I like you. Um but hard to compare to, you know, not to mention her daughter's one of our seniors. She's she's an amazing way. Um, so as we get started in short order, you know, we're going to get into some numbers, but I'll tell you just in in simple terms, 242 was a great year at Jordan High School. Really great year. We did some awesome things. And I was uh watching the video and listened to the song there as we talk about creating we. And I'll just say this that the accomplishments at Jeran High School are the accomplishments not of a single individual but of a collective. Um it's you as
008board members. It's of this amazing cabinet who is so supportive of the work that we do. Um it's of folks like Miss Christine Hull who's always answering silly questions from me and uh Dr. Thomas back there who make sure that those CTE programs always have what they need and really just uh across the board the support we get here at the district we're very much grateful for. So, uh, I'll say that and say that what you're going to see, the success that we're building here is a collective work and one that we look forward to continuing to build as the years go on. So, uh, with that said, we'll move right into our presentation. Is this a It helps when it's turned to on, right? So, okay, there we go. Fantastic. Beautiful. This is a
009picture of our graduating class of 2025. Amazing group of students here. Um, in fact, I'd be remiss, forgive me, I left off uh an upcoming graduate of the class of 2026 who has joined us this evening, Mr. Derek Trocher, who is our future CEO. He's our battalion commander for JOTC. He's got impeccable taste. Uh, is also just a a great young man. We're really proud of Derek. Looking forward to seeing him walk across this stage that you see in front of you here in just a couple of months. So, I felt it was very important to put up this picture this year. Um, a year ago when I gave this presentation, uh, this woman that you see in front of you was uh, at home watching it and she was a very special lady to
010me and I know to many of you as well. U, Miss Judy Thomas was a proud proud red jacket, probably the proudest I've ever met. Uh, love this lady and of course she went to be with the Lord this last year, but we uh, we know she's looking down on us and hopefully we're making her proud. uh she she's just a great woman and uh I I've actually put up this picture here of her graduating photograph. I I stumbled on it by accident just a couple of months ago. Thought it was a great picture. So just wanted to put it up here, draw attention to the fact that again uh this school, it wouldn't be where it is today if it weren't for the folks who are here, but also if it weren't for folks
011like Miss Judy Thomas, who is a champion of the work that we do. And uh I know it's due to her and to to many many others who have helped to make Jordan a great place. So I just want to bring that to mind and just be mindful of Miss Judian. I know that you know wherever she is know that we're proud of her and hope we're making her proud too. So um we of course at Journ have a mission. I like to put this at the beginning of every single presentation. Uh if you walk into Mr. Hudson's office or my office uh you will see this proudly displayed on our walls. You'll see in the walls of our halls. Um, our mission at Jordan is not a saying. It is not just an idea.
012It's really who we are. It's our ethos. It's what we believe that we really do want to be a place where teachers have the opportunity to teach, students have the opportunity to learn, where parents have every opportunity to participate, and ultimately, and this is the big thing. You know, tomorrow we've got a workforce development summit. I know I'll see many of you there tomorrow, but that we're the community ultimately and trust that the students we produce truly are present, prepared, and professional and able to go on to do great things here in the Muscogee County and Chattahuchi Valley area. Um, I do have a little brief message here from myself. I don't bother reading that. It's not terribly important. It's just a lot of filler. Uh, what I do want to point out though is
013this photograph that you see here. We had the pleasure this year bringing some of our ninth graders up to the state capital. Um, this would not have been done without the amazing support that we received from our local delegation. Um, Vice Chairman McCrae, you mentioned the fact that some of the school board members are up in DC right now. Um, you know, I I can't help but think that we have amazing support, not just locally, but at the state and I'm sure at the federal level as well. And so I'm very very grateful to Miss Hugley, Miss Rice, to uh Teddy Reese, to the entire delegation for being so generous to bring our kids up there, take good care of them, and show them how their government works. So very, very grateful for that. Want
014to make sure that they uh get their flowers. Um here's a little snapshot for our for you about our class of 2025. We graduated 189 students. Of those students, they earned an additional 24 technical college certificates. So that's in addition to their diploma. Uh this chart that you see right here is a little breakdown. Uh you know, we of course talk about making sure that every student is when they graduate, enlisted, enrolled, or employed somewhere. So this is a nice little breakdown. What it doesn't show you, unfortunately, and I'll remedy this in the future, is the number of students who are both uh enrolled and employed at the same time. So you're kind of seeing them in singular buckets, but I would imagine that you're going to have a fair amount of overlap as well.
015So, this is something we're going to be tracking as time goes on. Um, our region chief, Mr. Baker, tasked me with something last year about the importance of making sure that we're seeing and collecting the data to track where these students go when they finish at Jordan, that we see uh the fruit of our labor, so to speak. So, this is something that we're going to be continuing to collect. And we're actually going to be doing annual follow-up with our graduating classes, taking small sample sizes, and just kind of keeping an eye on them, collecting their stories, and seeing just what kind of long-term impact we've had for them at the school. Um, of course, you know, being a wall-to-wall academy, unlike a lot of themmies here in the state of Georgia, our students have
016opportunity to offer or to participate in a whole host of athletic activities. And um I I really love this photograph. In fact, I have to ask I have to ask, do we know who got this photograph of Beatatric? Do we have any idea? I I don't know if this was just a spur-of the- moment thing, but uh this young lady that you see right here is one of our seniors. She's uh class of 2026 with Mr. Troche. Her name is Beatatric Suomi. I'm trying to put the proper accent on there and it is part because this is an amazing story. This photo was taken uh last year. Miss Wilmy won the state wrestling championship for her weight class. So she is the best in the state. And um just a few months after this was
017taken, Beatatric, who is a native of Liberia, which is along the Gold Coast of Africa. Uh Beatatric, I was seeing her in our dual enrollment office. She's also a dual enrollment student. And I was just talking to her, uh you know, how life was going, that sort of thing. She said, "Oh, Mr. Wilby, um just last week I got my uh my naturalization. and I I did my oath and uh became a US citizen. So, she was so so proud to be uh not just a citizen of Liberia, but of the United States as well. And um I just love that story. I I love to see people winning and to see this young lady who's not just winning there on the map, but in life as well as she's becoming a proud American moving
018forward and I know is going to be doing great things as life goes on. So, just wanted to point out Beatric there. She's a sweet young lady. We of course had our page one nominees last year. Uh, nobody ended up bringing home the the gold force on this end. But that's not really what page one's about, is it? It's about opportunity. It's about giving kids a chance to interact with professionals and to highlight the things that they've done through their years. U, I was a page one nominee when I was at Jordan. I know others in this room were as well. And so, uh, just really, really proud of each of these students and the opportunity they had last year and we're grateful for them and for what they were able to do. So now
019let's get into a couple of numbers here. Um you know a statistic that I know Dr. Thomas is very proud of and she should be is the fact that every CTA pathway completer and this is not just a Jordan. This is in Muscogi County if I'm not mistaken. Dr. Thomas can correct me if I'm wrong but uh they have a 100% graduation rate. So when we think about the importance of career technical agricultural education, I think that number right there speaks volumes that the students who go and complete their pathway are pretty well guaranteed to graduate. Um just last year we of course saw 315 of our students complete their CTA pathways. Uh thankfully with the way that we are structured at Jordan, they have the opportunity to actually complete multiple pathways during their time
020there. So uh we're very very proud. As you can see, we're showing that upward trajectory, which is ultimately where you want to see this number continue to go. We want to see that continue to increase. We're also proud to say that of our uh 2425 EOPA, that stands for end of pathway assessments, for those who don't know, that's the uh industry credentialed exam that students take as they complete a pathway. Uh we saw a completion rate of 60% on those, which is pretty darn good when you consider what some of those exams are. Um, I've taken a look at quite a few of them and I'll tell you with 100% confidence there's no way I could pass some of them because they are they are pretty pretty uh rigorous. So proud of that number. Very
021very proud of that number and sure it's going to go up as time goes on. Um, work-based learning. When I talk about a college and career academy, I say there's four pillars to it. First being academics, the second being CTE, the third being dual enrollment, and the fourth is workbased learning. Um, if you know me, I I I did work-based learning when I was in school. I'm a very very big proponent of this program. Um, I believe in it. We see the results of it every single day. So, last year we actually had 80 of our students who were engaged in work-based learning. They earned over 200 credit hours. Uh, you can see they worked over 47,000 hours and of course earned nearly half a million dollars in wages. Um, I really, really like this
022number because, um, if you know, there's one thing about high school students. Uh, they don't save money, they spend it. So, uh, you know, of that $500,000, a fair amount of that comes back in this little thing called sales tax revenue. So, um, you know, pretty happy to see that. You know, they're giving back to the community whether they know it or not. But, uh, we're very proud of our workbased learning, uh, program. You'll hear more about that tomorrow if you're at the Workforce Development Summit at the Cunningham Center. Next up, of course, we had our dual enrollment class. For last year, we had a total of 115 students who were there uh in dual enrollment in some capacity either at Columbus Tech or at CSU. And this year, we've proudly added Georgia Military College
023to our uh retinue of dual enrollment providers. um they earn 260 credit hours their completion rate so this is their chance of actually passing that class I mean it's great that you take it but you need to pass it right you need to actually earn that credit was 92 and a half% uh very very satisfied with those numbers um again there's 24 certificates that were earned and I'd like to draw your attention here to this bottom number of those uh students who managed to pass those classes 80% of them did so with a 3.0 0 or higher GPA. And so, uh, they're not just passing, they're not just squeaking by, they're doing well, they're excelling and doing great things going forward, getting ready for that next step after high school. So, we set for ourselves
024a couple of goals last year along each one of these four pillars. I shared those with you last year, and I'm sure that every one of you remembers them with great detail and zeal and enthusiasm. But, I'm proud to say that we passed through each one of those goals. We actually managed to meet or exceed each one of them that we set for ourselves. And um we were pretty pleased with how things turned out in that respect. So much so that we decided to set some other goals for our 25 26 roadmap. One of the things that our academic teachers have been doing is they've been participating in a little something called RISE which is offering some new strategies to these teachers on how to continue to engage students and increase academic performance. For our
025CTA students and our teachers, we are looking more and more at what we call micro credentials. Uh these are smaller uh certificates that come from third-party suppliers, particularly industries, um where an individual has an opportunity to earn a credential in something like a very specific piece of equipment or a very specific task instead of completing all the way through an entire uh semester or more of course work. So practical example that I use is something like if you're familiar with Snap-on in the automotive industry, they're a major supplier of automotive equipment. Snap-on offers certifications just for their diagnostic equipment and just for other pieces of equipment they offer. So, those are small credentials that we can get kids that can easily be incorporated in with the standards from the state that are just, you know,
026additional toppings onto that that Sunday that they're building when they graduate. So, helping to build that resume and get them prepared for life after high school. From a work-based learning perspective, one thing we are looking to do is expand our offering of healthcare internships. I'm going to look back here at Dr. Hilts, who's been uh valuable in doing that here in the district. We've appreciated her partnership at Valley Healthcare. Uh we're looking at other ways to offer that because, as I'm sure many of you know, um people are going to continue to get sick and that means that people are going to continue to need healthcare providers. We don't see that industry slowing down at all. um proud to say that a number of high schools here in Mscogi County offer some sort of health
027care pathway and so we just want to offer more work-based opportunities for those sort of students. Uh particularly considering how challenging that field is. If you can get a student involved in it in a work perspective as early as possible so they don't go down the road and put in years and years and thousands of dollars worth of money and effort into a uh maybe a degree field that they really don't want to be a part of because at the end of the day they they like the idea of a doctor's salary, but they don't like the idea of blood and bile and all the icky things that doctors have to deal with. Uh if we can get that on the front end, I think it's going to be better for everyone. Finally, one of
028the things that we're continuing to focus on from a dual enrollment perspective, uh we do want to increase our post-secary credentials and certifications. Um I'm proud to say that I feel we're going to be able to do that this year through our partnership through Columbus Tech as we did last year. Add a number of teachers who are actually in effect adjunct faculty for Columbus Tech. So we'll be able to offer some of our CTA dual enrollment courses on campus in our facilities. So, a couple of things I' I'd like to just explore with you briefly, if I may, just things that are kind of coming down the pipe at York College and Career Academy. One of the things that we are working more diligently on is making sure that as we move our students through,
029as they're metriculating through the ninth grade, that we are getting them properly placed in the pathways where they need to be. Um, you know, when you talk to a ninth grade student, they might be really, really gung-ho on uh doing something until they actually get in there and do it and then find out they don't have an aptitude for it or an interest in it like they thought they did. So, we're doing some front-end things. I've been working with Dr. Thomas, Dr. Smith, and team to get things like our youth science results, implement that um in such a way that we're directing those kids where they need to go. Uh, in fact, this year we're going to, uh, implement the practice ASVAB for all of our ninth graders so that we can identify some of
030their career aptitudes and see how those align with our pathway selections. So, one thing that we're doing focusing heavily on that. I mentioned to you as well the micro credentials that we're pitching out there. We've got a list of those that we're working with in each pathway and through each pathway course to try and get those in students hands. And then finally, uh, something that Dr. or excuse me, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Josie and I saw when we went to another college and career academy in Kentucky last year is a senior portfolio project that we saw for their students. Basically a proof of learning. And so that was where we actually got to witness a senior come in explain to us how their educational experience 9th through 12th grade prepared them for graduation and what their
031intention was when they graduated. Were they going to be enlisted, enrolled or employed? If so, had they taken the steps to make that successful? So that is something that we're bringing in this year as well. We're starting it off our ninth and tth graders with the idea being that that'll be a long-term project that we continue to cultivate for all the students who come through Jordan so that when they walk across that stage in May, they really have a detailed specific plan for how they're going to get where they need to go. So these are three things that we've got coming down the road for us. We have some additional goals uh that we looked at last year, some things that we were trying to improve upon. proud to say that we accomplished the vast
032majority of those. Um we did have a little bit of a struggle there with our discipline referrals. Didn't quite reach that at the level we had wanted as well as our graduation rate fell a little bit. Uh we've identified kind of the things that led to those and we're putting in some place uh different strategies to try and address them as we go into 2526. Uh we are still waiting to uh find out exactly what our CCRPI growth is. We of course haven't gotten those numbers, but feel confident with the the team gathering around last year, taking a look at the uh metrics to determine your CCRPI and the algorithm around that that we're going to see the 3 to 6% growth that we were test for by our region chief, Mr. Baker. So, as
033we move into 25 and 26, again, we're trying to just continue to make that slow incremental growth in all of these areas, whether it's related to attendance, whether it's related to dual enrollment. uh we want to continue to kind of raise that bar just slowly just slowly bring that bar further and further up where at the end of the day we're continuing to make this school great. We're continuing to do awesome things and to set the standard for what college and career academy should be doing here in the state of Georgia. So as we work through the 25 26 year I'm looking forward to collecting all this information retaining that for you sharing it with you next year. I believe this is yep that was the end of my slide. So, um, as always, I
034am happy to entertain any and all questions that you all may have. >> Oh, not a question. I was going to ask, are there any questions from the board members? >> No questions. Thank you, sir. Very good presentation. >> I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate you on being five under 40 for the Chattahuchi. Make sure Columbus in the Valley. Columbus in the Valley. I I appreciate that, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. They they had already had four and they were looking for a fifth, so they just kind of called available. You're doing a great job and I really appreciate the transparency on just the goals and what y'all hit, what you need to work on and um that was very helpful. Thank you. >> Well, I appreciate that, Miss McCra. We're going
035to continue to try and like I said, raise the bar and do more each and every year. So, thank you for the support we get from you and from the board members and uh for everything that you guys do to make sure that we're able to be successful at Jordan. Thank you. >> Yeah. And I' I'd also like to come to um say that you actually present very much. >> Well, I have to apologize, Miss Buckner. Y'all have seen me a lot in the last couple months, so hopefully you won't have to see my face again for a little bit. So, thank you. >> I just want to thank Mr. Wilby and all the staff and team members, the board members. We have voluntary board members who meet on a regular basis to help guide
036the direction of Jordan as well. And just want to put a word out to everybody, we're coming up over in the season of looking at enrollment uh in our magnet programs of which Jordan is one of those. And really want to encourage uh people to really consider Jordan because there's a lot of great learning going on there and practical skills that uh our community needs. We talk about uh in jobs that will always be around and this the jobs that they have are not going to be impacted by AI. Those are jobs we're all going to need going forward and they're great paying jobs and we're trying to add even more uh as the opportunity arises and we can develop more of those work-based learning experiences with our community and business partners. So, just want
037to just put a plug in for everybody. Please consider Jordan for not only for their learning but also for a great career and future ahead and contributing back to our community. So, thank you. Well done. >> Thank you, sir. Thank you. Okay, I'm gonna double back for a moment and say that we did not have anybody on the public agenda. We did not skip it per se, but we didn't have anybody signed up for today. And now, Miss Buckner has graciously agreed to help do the personnel committee today as well. >> Thank you, uh, Mrs. M. Great. Um, McCrae, I was saying M great McCrae. Okay. Thank you. Uh, first first thing I want to um commend um, Mrs. Green because said that she has not done this before. So that means that Miss Mrs.
038Green has been at every board meeting for the last whatever 20 something years. Well, the time your duration on the board. So, >> and I will actually I should have said too, she's on the phone right now. So, she's still here in in in spirit. She just can't lead it from there. >> And Lori, also I want to say you're doing a great job. Just running very smoothly. All right. So for the uh personnel um uh the personnel committee uh we have our standard um vacancies and hireers that we have every year. So uh are there any questions or comments on on um any of that? You've seen the uh reports but I would like since it's at the beginning of the year I just want to ask you some real something really quick. Um
039I saw that we had like 55 bus drivers and the beginning of the year, are we having any kind of problems? Are we running okay? We have 55 vacancies, you know, and and I'm just saying, are we still are we okay with the buses? That's since it's at the beginning of the year. >> Thank you. We continue to have a significant bus driver vacancy. However, we are meeting many of our goals. We're still we're in the beginning of the school year, so we're starting to drop down bus stops that aren't being utilized as people signed up and aren't utilizing them and making our routes more efficient. And so we're going through the normal process that we go through the beginning of the school year. So we'll continue to see efficiencies, but we have a very
040smooth start to the school year, much smoother than we've seen in the past couple of years. So we're doing much better. >> Thank you. >> That does not mean that we're meeting all of our goals right now. I don't want to oversell it, but we're doing much better than we have in years past. One other thing, um, there's a whole list of, um, inactive employees. What does that mean? Where are they? You know, they gave the what does inactive mean? They're not Are they work? Yeah, I didn't know that. Are they working somewhere? Inactive means they're um they're separated. So, they're no, they no longer work. They either resigned, they retired, um, they left on it. So, um, terms instead of saying um I think the the terminology was was terminated or something like that
041before. Now it's more >> softer terminology. >> Oh, it's it's uh is it only termination or is it retirement? >> It's everything. It's >> Yeah. And they they all fall actually online it even says resign but they all did not resign. >> Yeah, I saw that list where all these people inactive where are they? Thank you very much. You're welcome. If there are no more questions, back to you. >> I'll turn it to Miss Tillery for the policy committee. >> Thank you, Miss Craig. Um, we have um one item, the revised policy, IFBG, internet acceptable use. Based on continual review of board policies, the Msogi County School Board has revised board policy IFBG, internet acceptable use. The passage of Senate Bill 351, Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act of 2024, requires the board to
042review the existing policy and make any changes in accordance with the new law based on the state of Georgia's deadline. The administration is asking the board wave the required 30 days and approve the policy. The deadline for local boards of education to adopt a policy is October 1st, 2025. And the um new policy is attached. Do you want me to read it? >> It's kind of long. I know. I was just making sure. >> Say it's pretty long. Mr. Pleasant, do you want to give us a little background? Maybe >> two pages. >> Yeah. Yeah. A summary. >> Yeah. So in summary, um the state has asked for significant changes in the AUP to declare what will happen if students deviate from the AUP. What will happen if staff and faculty deviate and what would
043happen if visitors traditionally well I won't say visitors, we'll say nonmployed uh adults that might be our visitors, might be our volunteers, might be other things. And that's a category that historically was never really called out. So what we're really doing is um in accordance with law addressing each one of those individual categories. Uh our AUP for student um discipline really is is addressed in the um progressive student discipline handbook. Uh for adults it's in the employee handbook and we'll have yet to come back with the actual procedures to deal with non employees non- studentent situations. But I think that this is language that came out of GSBA. So it aligns with what the requirements are from the state. >> Clarify what AUP is. >> I'm sorry. Yes, that's great. Great. It's acceptable use policy
044is what's supposed to dictate what we do with our devices and any of the technology resources in the district. >> Are there any other questions? If not, I will turn it back over to you. >> All right. Thank you. I will say for Miss Sly that there are no items for the discipline committee and then I will give it to Miss Frey for the property committee. >> Thank you Miss McCrae. Item one on the property committee is the report from the Chattahuchi Valley Library System that we get each month. Uh I just want to highlight a couple of things. Uh highest growth in summer reading participation this year. Number one was Brewer Elementary. Number two Martin Luther King Elementary and number three for throat elementary. So, way to go on increasing participation in summer reading,
045avoiding that summer slide. And then the other thing I wanted to highlight was a was a thank you note that the staff at the South Columbus Branch Library got from a teen who was uh came into the library and was made to fit in and and quote it has some quotes in here about some participation in Scrabble and and other games and and just wanted the staff to know as he was moving on with his family to another state how much you appreciate. So, making the the the teens feel appreciated and welcome. I mean, you guys must be doing something right over there. So, thank you. Way to go. On to item number two of the property committee report. Uh the museum really excited about this the exhibit that's going to start at the end
046of the month with the with the glass art of the diners. Um, if you've never participated in any of the glass blowing uh seminars or uh activities at the museum, there's another one coming up in October and November. They're really cool. Um, I've already signed up. Really excited. And the the PALS program um getting restarted, but I think really having um having that international flare and h and hosting the the students from Kiru, Japan was was a highlight. And as we are looking at at workforce development, we know those relationships and those cultural exchanges are more even more important than ever. So, thank you very much. >> There's no questions, I'll turn it back over to you. >> Thank you. Next up is the construction committee with Mr. Canrell. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Moving
047on to I, the budget connect stadium upgrade. It's the agenda item I one the destruction the department of construction seeks approval of the ket stadium upgrade project development by approval of the construction manager the project is 7,470,000 from the capital project funds east blast the superintendent recommends approval of the ket stadium upgrade project development from the approved construction manager Freeman and Associates any questions ladies Um, when are they going to do that construction? I mean, I know it's in use a lot right now. Or is that why some of our games are at >> um Where's the Memorial Stadium? >> Oh, you still get to come back and talk about stadiums. >> Yes. >> Can you repeat the question? just when is the work expected to be done because I know there's a lot going
048on out at Ket in general, >> right? Uh currently we are in the middle of our track and field upgrade and that's what's currently going on. The the field has been completed. The track will be completed later this week and the striping will be done on it next week. So that'll be done at that point. Um the actual project for the bleachers and the concession stand will begin in November, the week after our last regular season game. That pro that project will last approximately eight months and we should finish up somewhere late June, early July next year. >> Any more questions on that one? If not, move on to the next one. Agenda item I2, architect for renovation projects. The department of construction seeks approval of Neil Kendust and Murray architect form for the evaluation,
049design and overseeing of painting minor renovation projects at the following locations. Baker Middle, Blanchard Elementary, Carver High, Eddie Middle, Midland Academy, North Columbus Elementary, Wad Elementary, and Winton Arts Academy. The superintendent recommends Neil Kendrick Murray Architect Firm for the evaluation. Any questions? If not, ladies, gentlemen, move to agenda item I3, the project delivery method for renovations. As part of the 2024 East Bloss, we will continue the summer painting schedule, conduct minor renovation projects. The Department of Construction seeks approval to utilize the construction manager at risk delivery method for the projects of the following locations. Baker Middle, Blanchard Elementary, Carver High, Eddie Middle, Midland Academy, North Columbus, WO Elementary, Winton Arts Academy. The superintendent recommends approval construction manager at risk at the delivery method for the summer painting schedule. Any questions, ladies? If not, we'll move
050on to agenda item I4, the Rothschild gym site application. Approve the Georgia Department of Education's new site application for Rothchild gymnasium project. The superintendent approves the Georgia Department of Education's new site application for the Rothchild gymnasium project. Any questions? If not, we move to the next agenda item. I5 state capital outlay application application for FY27 state entitlement funds has been submitted for 10 projects. The total estimated cost of these projects is 40 million82,199. It is anticipated that 7,237,000 will be in the state funding with the remaining 32 million to complete the project and local funding. Details of the project are listed in the attached documentation. The modification project will take place at Baker, Blackman Road, Blanchard Elementary, Downtown, Eddie Middle, Fort Middle, Midland Academy, North Columbus, Rothchild Middle, and Wadell Elementary. The superintendent recommends to
051FY27 State Capitol Outlet. Any questions, ladies? You got a lot going on. Um the agend agenda item I.06 the construction status report the construction the construction slideshow will be presented by Mr. Ward Odum. Ward Thank you. Good afternoon. So, our construction uh status for September is going to be a little short. Uh most of our projects have come to completion. We will be getting back on them early winter, spring, and then the summer will get back up heavy. But to show everybody where we're at currently, um this is the connect state and field and track project that uh Mr. Bows just uh discussed. That was the beginning uh phases of that on the left hand side and we're at the completion of the field. You see the track he was talking about just needing striping.
052So that's what it looks like. The Dzones at the end look very good. So we're just waiting the striping next week and that part will be complete. Um and we have some a few additional projects that are coming up. The Blackman Road Middle School HBAC cooling tower, the double churches elementary upgrade, and the connect stadium upgrade which we also just looked at the GMP will be coming up in the very near future. As always, we thank the citizens for passing the east blocks so all these projects can be completed. If no more questions, uh the last one on my agenda is is architectural firm name change delivered as information to the school board. Act Bertshaw Architects Incorporated plan to enter into a partnership with McMullen Pausden Smith architects architectural PC as part of the partnership
053for the legal entity purposes. Hec Birdshaw will be part of McMullen Pausdam Smith Architects to align with the new legal entity. Hec Birdshaw contracts associated with current projects will be aligned to McMullen Pasden Smith Architects. Any questions, ladies? Or what's the new name? You said McMullen Pasden Smith Architects, DC. >> That's why I'm reading it. Is that the new name? >> That is the new name. >> Oh, so goodbye to Heck Bishaw. They've been a staple for a long time, but yes. Oh, it is. Okay. >> In the last few weeks, I've I've joined the ranks of parenthood because I've got a grandson now at Eagle Ridge. And so, my wife received her first ticket this week. She says, "I didn't do that." And it's like, "Huh, I might have done that." But, uh, and
054then also picking up my son up the school bus. Eagle Ridge looks very nice. Uh, and getting down to Ket Stadium. I go by there every morning now circling around to to pick up Bobby and and I tell you everything is is looking very good as far as Eagle Ridge and and uh Ket Stadium over there. It just uh you know when you when you're on the board is one thing, but when you're on the board with he's my grandson, but he's more like my son to me when you picking him up and everything. It's a difference right there. You get to see what the thing in fact earlier this week he got off his first school bus in his life and that was one of them moments. How is Bobby going to do off
055the school bus? And he came down and he enjoyed it. But just sharing you a little bit of my life, folks. But board letting you know that your hard work over at the Ket Stadium and Eagle Ridge, the principal, everybody, it looks very good. And that's just a hands-on looking at everything going on. It really it really works as a champ all them buses and all going through. It's it's amazing how that many cars and buses can go in and everybody's got their stuff down together. And uh just want to share that. But Madam Chair, that's that's all for the construction committee. Okay. And I will cover the finance committee. So item one under the finance committee are the financial statements. Do we have any questions? Item two under the finance committee is the I
056haven't done this in a while. The board the budget adjustments. Um there are a number of those involved with title four, title two, and title one um budget adjustments of 25,000 or more. Does anybody have any questions? I was curious about the B the 1,236,000 the additional allocation of budgeted funds for division of teaching and learning. So, is that additional money that's come? I get a little confused about the budget adjustments. >> Okay. Chris Diamond, director of federal programs. Yes, that's actually an increase. The previous budget was based on a projection and the uncertainty surrounding title two funds at the time we weren't quite sure about. Once the allocations came out, it was backed up. It was back up to basically where it was at last year. >> Yes. >> Any more questions for the
057budget adjustments? Number three are the competitively bid purchases. We have a grease trap and a school nutrition program equipment. I usually don't have any questions on those. Um, anybody else have any questions? Item four is purchase exception A and B instructional materials. There are several listed. Um, anyone has any questions? Sorry. Way we see this differently. We have to kind of click real quick. But I looked at those last night. I think we're good. Item five, purchase exception C, maintenance. That is the GPS activation fee for Zonar systems for our buses. That's important. Any questions? Item six, purchase exception E, additional purchases. This relates to the Raptor Technologies volunteer screening. So, an additional almost $40,000 for background for our volunteers. Okay, any other questions? Item seven, purchase exception F, invitation to bid. We have custodial
058services, gym floor at Eagle Ridge Academy, solar wind network system and enduser device purchasing. Um, with the custodial services contract, is this anything different than our budget or is this kind of just putting the RFPs out there? So, the overall amount >> uh that aligns with our budget line item for custodial services. >> Okay. Thank you. Does anybody have any other questions? Item eight, exception G, professional services. We have grant evaluator services, therapeutic services at Woodall, social work services for Woodall, therapeutic counseling for Woodall or at Woodall, coordinator services, Woodall, psychological services, just breathe North Columbus, coaching services at Carver High School. >> Okay, that's good to know. this works program and southern regional educational services. Do we have any questions? And then item nine, soul source and volatile purchases. Again, our fuel purchases and
059copy paper things that are definitely needed. Any questions? And then we have item 10, our donations for which we are always grateful for the support of our community and to our schools. We couldn't do it without them. And again, thank you for that. Um item K isformational. Is that you then? >> Okay. Just for us to see. Okay. Some information on the Girl Scouts of Historic Columbus. >> Have I missed anything or do I get credit for a really fast meeting? >> Good job. Thank you. >> I can't really take credit for it, but I'm glad it was. Okay, Dr. Lewis, >> thank you. Again, it was mentioned earlier, but I do want to thank um all of our DTL staff, Dr. Smith, uh Ben Travers, Virginia McCulla, and all the people who coordinated as
060well as our host families who hosted our students from Ku Japan, our sister city. It was a great event. Uh I think everybody had a great time. and the kids really enjoy themselves and it's just amazing how quickly the kids bond with their families in a relatively short period of time and I just want to again thank everyone for opening their homes and their hearts to our students who are here visiting and it's our hope that in the near future we will be returning the favor by sending a delegation of students over to spend some time in room okay very good noted thank you that's all I have madam chair vice chair >> thank you with that our meeting is adjourned and we will see y'all next Monday night for the vote meeting. Thank you.
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