001Okay, >> we'll hold proceedings for you. >> Um, our presentations, do they need to be at the table or just stand? >> I'll have them stand. I'm just going to turn the mic on so they can If we turn that mic on and have him stand behind the table or >> Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Wolfford, when you two present, come up to the microphone. I'll play your I'll play your presentation that and press the button so it's green and then you'll then everybody that's watching will be able to hear you. >> Okay. >> All the fans of >> all the Hey, you know, I looked we're getting like 40 views per minute. Really? Yeah. >> That's cool. >> I don't know who these people are, but um that really caught me by surprise. >> I
002I take it back. >> My little comment. >> Yeah. No, no, no. I had that same link. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Probably like five views. Uh, let's see. The last one >> 36 views on the last last month's or last meeting we had. >> Does that track people drop off? >> I I'd have to ask Chris. I'm curious. Um, one of the the third meeting we ever did had 58 views. Maybe it's all Chris. Like she's watching. >> Yeah. Yeah. Maybe we're getting spammed. But I have no idea. Like are people just like personnel? Is it like oh I wanted to see or people are nosy? >> They just want to hear your >> I guess I guess >> right we're live everybody. All right. >> All right. Good evening everybody. It's uh uh we custo
003have a voluntary prayer before to ask Rick to lead that. >> Dear Lord, we thankful this is another day. We thank for your motherful blessings. Now be with us in this c in this uh meeting. Guide us and be keep us safe in Jesus name we pray. Amen. >> Mrs. Watson, if you would like to introduce our two young men that'll be leading the pledge this evening. I'll ask you to do that and then gentlemen, I'll we'll have you lead us in the pledge and then we'll do some presentations afterwards. >> I will. I am very proud of these students with us and we have county. >> Come up here. Come up front and center, please. There you go. You guys start. We'll follow. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of
004America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Stay there, please. Do you want to explain anything to us this evening about the proper respect for the flag or processes that Mr. Dale may have taught you? [Laughter] >> You want would you like to introduce who brought you this evening? Mom and dad. >> What's mom and dad's name? >> Thank you very much. Appreciate very much. Who brought you tonight? >> My mom and my mom's name is my dad. So, Robert, there is a certificate for you. Brand a certificate for you. And since we took time out of your busy schedule this evening, here is a chocolate chip cookie to make up for that for you as well. We thank you very much
005for being here this evening to help us lead in the pledge. And then, Mr. Dale, you have anything that you'd like to add or uh talk about these two young men? >> Well, these two young men, we this is our first platoon. We just graduated in June. 14 individuals, two from Gosport first. Uh they're privates right now and they're going to be working for PFC. We just started the second recruit training. We got eight signed up for that. Um they are on their way. They're also the fourth graders and so they will do the color guard at the school and they just started that today. Two fine young men. Thank you both. [Applause] Come over here on both sides of Mr. >> All right. Thank you both. Now, Mr. Dale said something just made me
006think about something. working on color guard. We'll uh I'll talk to you before the school before we get to winter. We may reach out to some folks over at IU and see if you can present the colors at a ball game. Would you be >> I make no promises, but I got a sophomore daughter and a graduate student son who have some little connections with IU basketball and we might see if we can make that happen. Are you up for the challenge? >> Thank you guys. >> Yeah, you might have to go. So, >> courtside, right? >> You might have to go. So, >> thank you very much, boys. >> Thank you, guys. >> All right. I now call to order the August 28, 2025 uh regular session of the SOCS school board into session.
007Uh we'll start with a roll call. We have Mark Rogers >> here. >> All right. Uh Dina Stickles >> here. >> Uh Rick Smelter >> here. >> Liz >> here. >> Jack Derek is present. and board member Chad Cooper is absent. So, we have six present tonight. Uh, next on the agenda is the recognition of visitor patron comments. Uh, we allow public comment on any agenda item. Um, is anybody wishing to make public comment on any agenda items this evening? Okay. Uh the second opportunity to provide public comment is after the meeting has adjourned on any subject. Uh and we'll take those comments after we have adjourned. Uh next on the agenda is additions to the agenda. >> There are no additions for the agenda this evening. >> Uh next is the consent agenda. >>
008I would ask the board to accept and approve the consent agenda as presented including your minutes and then updates from the principles and the directors. >> Okay. Further request. I have a motion on that request. >> I have Liz and Mark as a second. >> Any discussion? Okay. Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. Uh, next on the agenda is, uh, our recognition, presentations, and awards. >> All right. This evening, uh, would ask Mr. Linda Wagner, if you would step forward to uh do the you make a difference presentation. >> So, I got lucky enough that this is my month. Um I'm not going to lie. I think I have the best food service crew in the state. I put them up
009against anybody. Um this particular person always goes above and beyond. She makes sure that her students have an enjoyable experience, breakfast, lunch, holidays. Um so, Sherry Yes, >> this lady at Halloween, she dressed up as Scooby-Doo to hand out Scooby snacks to her her students. She brought in projectors at Christmas time and played music so that they could dance and have fun. Like, she makes sure that her meals are an event and that they can enjoy their day. on behalf of the school district, we appreciate very much all you do and what Belinda has described and you truly do make a difference. I see you in action and as I'm running back and forth to wherever I'm going and you see me and it's you do truly make a difference. We appreciate it very much,
010Sherry. So, we'd like to present you with a certificate to recognize that and then a small token of our appreciation is a tumbler for you to have for coffee or whatever else you might like to have. So, thank you. appreciate that very much. So, I think Chris would like to get a picture as well. >> Don't worry, Sherry. There's a wall of pictures back there of other people who have also been duped to show up to a schoolboard meeting. So, congratulations here. >> Uh, next up is our FFA presentation. >> Uh, Mrs. Wolford and Mrs. Myers, uh, if you want to I'll give you the floor and I've got your video presentation ready. So, you kind of tell me what you what I need to do to help you. So, but >> just press the
011button until it's green. Just press it till it's green there. >> All right. So, for those of you who don't know me, >> oh, you don't have to hold it. >> Just >> and you can pick it up if you don't want to put it. >> Is it green? >> Now, let >> Okay, now just press it once and >> All right. There we go. All right. So, hi. My name is Carolyn Myers. For those of you who do not know me, um I am one of the agriculture teachers at the high school. And then this is my co-orker, Shelby Wolfford. Um this past summer we traveled to Ireland and we have a presentation that we'd like for you guys to share and then some of the students are going to talk about their experience.
012>> All right. So Mr. Rogers, you're going to have volume above your head here. So I did all this right. What is all about? [Music] It Good luck. This is what I saw. Remember [Music] 148. technology. >> Sing that song. >> See if I can jump past this. >> Wait a minute. No, no. I've watched this in >> You have to watch the next part. >> I know. >> Okay. All right. Okay. >> Okay. All right. Well, I'm Allison Anderson. Um, I'm a senior this year and I got to go on this trip and I guess we're just going to tell you like our favorite part of the trip. So, um, I had like I taught like three main points that were like my favorite days. So, the first one was the horse racing simulator.
013That was a lot of fun. Um, and just seeing all of the horses. Um, we got to see all of their studs and everything and get to especially the babies were a lot of fun to play with. Um, another thing is we saw a sheep dog demonstration and it was so cool to see how the guy could just like whistle and on command the dog would go and heard all the sheep up from the hill that you couldn't even see them and the dog brought them all the way down. So, that was really cool. And then also cliffs of Mohare were just absolutely gorgeous. Uh, I'm Elliot Paige and I'm a junior and probably my favorite things were uh we went to a cattle farm, a beef cow farm. That was my favorite one. And
014then another one was the cliff and more were really cool. And yeah, >> uh I'm Landren Wolford and I'm a freshman this year. And my favorite thing about going to Ireland was whenever we went to uh the Kill King Castle, we were able to walk through the castle and see how it was built and the history behind it. Yeah. >> All right. So, I had lots of highs during this trip, but overall just seeing these kids come out of their shells. Um, but also seeing the excitement on their faces, that was honestly like my favorite part. Uh, but we had a great trip overall and I mean, it was a blast. All the kids really enjoyed it and I'm just so thankful that we were able to go. So, thank you guys for letting us
015go, for supporting us. We really, really appreciate it. >> Thank you. Um, I'll wrap it up. So, I like Carolyn, there were so many awesome moments through the entire trip. Um, I would have to say I Elliot's very quiet. Um, if you've never met him, this is a big jump for Elliot to talk in front of all of you guys. Um, and watching Elliot come out of his shell was the most amazing thing. And he like I remember him saying when we were at the beach, I'll probably never see the beach again. And I was like, yes, you will. and he was like, "Well, this is really cool." Anyway, so that was that was cool. Um, there were just so many moments that I loved seeing the kids just out of their normal element. Um,
016so that was really cool. Uh, there were 20 parent or there were 20 of us 202 of us altogether. Um, and without the parents that were there with us, I don't know that we would have survived. Carolyn. Carolyn probably would have taken um Ryan's skully and thrown him over the cliff some more because he tried to he stole her fruit. But um the kids would probably say they never want to eat Irish food again, but we could there were a couple meals we could all skip again. Um overall it was a great trip and we thank you guys for letting us go. Um, and I guess we're crazy enough that probably one of the next schoolboard agendas we're going to ask to go on another trip. So, be prepared because we want to go to
017Costa Rica. >> So, FYI. >> All right. >> Question for the kids. Is there any farming practices that you would bring back to the United States that you saw and it's like, "Wow, I didn't realize they did that." Or maybe that's a good idea. Or maybe what about bad ideas? >> Or bad ideas. >> You know that one. you. Uh, I was like really impressed with not really kind of impressed but shocked because they have kind of limited veterinary practices where they don't administer as many drugs to animals in order to help them and they kind of let the animals be by themselves in a more natural way. All right. >> Any advice for other students who uh if if they're crazy enough to sign up for to do this again in international travel? Uh
018any advice to future students coming up to make the most of the opportunity? >> I got this. Um, well, for one, make sure you pack enough stuff. Um, I think honestly most of us had enough stuff packed, but we all only packed a carry-on, and I was very stressed about that. So, you know, get all the stuff you need, but don't pack too much, but pack enough. Um, another thing I would say is just go on the trip because it may be scary to go somewhere else. But it was so much fun. And honestly, um, I mean, my best friend Kate was there, but I and I know all of these people, but like I was a little scared about how like the interaction with all of us would kind of work because it's 22
019people. You know, you're going to get kind of like like a family mad at each other at times. But honestly, we all got along so well and like we had so much fun together. Like one of my favorite parts too was some nights we all just got together and played spicy well spicy Uno, which let me explain is a lot of different rules that you add to Uno. Gosh. Um, but we all just had so much fun together. So, yeah, >> card. We had a lot of card nights. We would gather together and play cards. And the big thing over there is drinking tea. So, we got together and drink tea and we play cards. >> Honestly, it was some of my favorite times though, just seeing the kids out of their element. >> You're
020all good. >> All right. Thank you all. >> Thank you all. >> Appreciate it. >> All right. >> Next on the agenda is our OVHs workbased learning presentation. So, try to keep the slides real simple um so we can get through this. But we've talked before, you know, our students at the high school, they need hands-on applicable experience. So, we're always looking at how how to make that happen, how to add opportunities. Um, and honestly, sometimes it gets it gets difficult because when you're trying to place 80, 90, 100 kids, there's not that many placements available. So, we're trying to look at what's in house, what we can renovate, redo, um, in order to create opportunities for our kids. So, some things we've heard students talk about, they're interested in a new business, um, and
021they want to open a coffee shop. So that's what we've started exploring and working with. >> I don't have a clicker. >> Tell me tell me when to move. So >> So they they'd like to open a coffee shop. Um basically Mr. Green has moved up to the front office um in the main office there and that's opened up kind of a spot in the back there by the cafe. So really good spot in terms of you know you start slow with a business and you look to grow. So, that's a really good spot because as it does grow, ball games, choir events, different different things going on, we can open that up to the public, the community. Um, it would be open throughout the day obviously to our to our students. Um, so just
022it crosses over a lot of pathways and then that's the big thing is trying to give kids multiple experiences. So, um, you have some kids in there right now that it's their workbased learning opportunity. They're coming from a business pathway. So, how to run that, the financials, ordering, inventory, um, a lot of those those soft skills as well. We've also kind of paired that up with Mrs. Hart and her food science. So, those kids, they go through different trainings for safe handling of food. Um, they get a test, create product, and of course, smart snack. you've got to stay under a calorie intake. So, they're a lot of trial and error. You know, just because something says it's under that 60 calories doesn't mean it's something you really want to consume. So, they're a lot
023of trial and error getting it to where it's under that mark, but yet still tastes good. So, um they've brought me some things that I'm like, keep this one. Others I'm like, pitch it, get rid of it. So, it's been an interesting process so far. Um this can also tie into Patriot Manufacturing. Um, we rolled out and you may have seen it some logo designs online and I mean I I don't know I had probably a dozen messages like where can I order a mug? People loved the logo and they want that. So it's it's going to open up some opportunities I think for Patriot Manufacturing and there you see an example of it. Um, so that's kind of our our vision um what we would like to do. We've talked to a couple schools.
024you know, you go up to a school like like Caramel, it's huge. Um, they've invested as a district roughly 150,000 in the shop and it's it's massive. And then in a program like Edgewood where they're small, um, even a little smaller space than what we're looking at, but they're doing $40,000 a year and that's that's a lot of coffee. So, um, outside of money, I just think this opens up a lot of opportunity for our kids, which is what what we want to do. So, um, there you see the time frame. Um, we're looking to start here next month when we come back from break. Very slow, just two days a week. Uh, we have some limitations. Uh, initially we don't have water in the room, so we're we're bring potable water in, um, dishes,
025things like that. that'll have to be transported to clean. So hopefully as things grow, we can invest in the facility and add add some of those things right in the room. But so there's a a rough timeline. Um like I said, the big thing is just trying to create opportunities for our kids. >> All right. Thank you. Is there questions or >> will the students receive Surf Safe certification? Yeah, our our teacher Chad Smith, he's trained and that was the first thing they did. The workbased learning kids went through it and Mrs. Hart's food science class went through it. >> So, they'll be able to walk out with the credential or >> I don't know how that works. I know Chad is certified. Jennifer, we are um there's a a prep and a test for
026it. We're paying for Jennifer to do that as well. Um so, I don't know how that Belinda, you probably know. I don't know how that works with the kids. Even with students, it's still the same test. And I'm actually a proctor if you need someone to >> The big challenge is how do we pay for it? Because I think to prep and pay for Jennifer, it's $200. So when you're talking 30 kids, so is it is it something we want to figure out or we just know they've been trained and they're safe in what they're handing out? Um the state's just put pushing a lot more for credentiing and >> uh it's everywhere and that's that's the trick, right? I've got a list on my desk because we're trying to figure out where we can
027do this because our GPA or GPS and everything matters. Some of these exams are $6 to $800 a piece. I don't know how you pay for it. >> Once they're serve safe certified, how long is that good for? Five. >> Oh, that's good. So, yeah, even after high school, I'll have that. I just think trying to find ways to do that sort of thing inhouse as much as we can instead of it being somebody else's, you know. >> Absolutely. >> issue to deal with. >> I agree. >> Any other comments or questions? All right. Thank you very much. >> Thanks you, Robert. >> All right. Next on the agenda is old business. >> Uh there is no old business this evening. >> Okay. Next up, uh, new business item one. >> Uh, item number one
028is a request for an out ofstate overnight field trip, uh, for the show choir to perform in Hamilton, Ohio in February of 2026. Would ask the board to approve that uh, upon review. >> You've heard the request. I have a motion on that request. >> Thank you, Dina. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Mark. Is there any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. Next item two, uh item two is a request before the board to approve the facility use agreement for the American Red Cross. In the event that we would need to have a shelter, uh we would uh promote or allow them the use of that as the auxiliary gym. Uh this is a
029recurring uh renewal for the Red Cross to do so. >> Right. You've heard the request of a motion on that request. >> Approve. >> Thank you, Liz. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Dina. Any discussion? Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. Next item three. >> Uh item three is a request to accept a monetary donation from Solution Tree in the amount of $1,000 on behalf of the Om Valley High School cheer team. >> Okay. You've heard the request. I have a motion on that request to approve. >> Thank you, Mark. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Rick. Any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your
030right hand. Motion passes 6 to zero. Item four. Uh item four is uh the request to acknowledge the uh increase in cost for the advanced college uh government uh curricular materials. uh that again we just need to keep track of this uh for accounting purposes of if we were ever to be uh collecting curricular reimbursements but just to acknowledge that that price is increased. >> Okay, you've heard the request. Do I have a motion on that request? >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Jack. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> I think that was Mark got in there. All right. Uh uh any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. Item five. >> Uh item five is a
031request to approve the curricular novels, The Hunger Game and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins for use at Valley Middle School. Uh here in discussions, I'll defer to Mr. Taylor for review of those materials, but we would ask for your approval for that the so that the students may use those. >> Okay. You've heard the request. Do I have a motion on that request? >> Thank you, Mark. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Rick. Any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. Item six. Uh item six is again a request to approve officially the studentr run coffee shop the colonial cup as part of the workbased learning curriculum. Uh having received Mr. Boltingous's presentation uh for your
032review and consideration. >> Okay. You've heard the request. I have a motion on that request. >> Thank you, Liz. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Jack. Is there any discussion? Okay. Hearing none. Oh, >> go ahead, Liz. >> Just letting know I'm super excited. >> Thank you, Liz. Any other discussion? >> Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right. Motion passes six to zero. Item seven, uh item seven is a request before you uh to approve the intent to purchase school buses. Uh once the 2026 bus replacement plan has been approved, I did provide you with estimate uh estimate estimated costs for those buses. Uh the purpose here is to again give that intent to the uh the low bidder uh prior to the
033middle of September so that we will avoid a significant price increase. If you approve this, it would allow me to lock these prices in uh going into the 2026 calendar year. >> Okay. >> You've heard the request. Do I have a motion on that request? >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Jack. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> I got Liz and any discussion. Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. Next up is item eight. Uh, excuse me. The item 8 is a request for the latch latch key supervision hours for position control uh 12775 C-3 for those hours to be divided equally into three 5-hour components. Uh this is in necessity in order to meet the needs of
034a special education student and uh supervision of before school or after school care. >> Okay, you've heard the request. We have a motion on that request to approve. >> Thank you, Dina. Do I have a second? Second. >> Thank you, Mark. Any discussion? Okay. Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. Next on the agenda is item nine. Uh item nine is again the request to approve our second reading of the an adoption of the NEOA policy uh July 2025 special update. Uh I would ask here in just a moment when we move to discussion uh to review uh policy 2221 the mandatory curriculum that we had a brief discussion on at the previous meeting uh whether to include the uh option that
035was pointed out to you. Um, are you submitting that specific request on that policy or do you want to take that? >> I would suggest uh that you remain silent on it and not check the box. Uh, and then if we need to, you can come back to it at any time and always add it. Uh, but I didn't know if that should be discussed once you suspend the reading. I'm not I'll defer to our attorney here. So we usually go ahead and do a motion to wave the actual >> go ahead and approve that and then um motion on the table as to approving the the policies as recommended and there could be discussion amendments from there. >> Okay. All right. Is there a motion on waving the reading of second reading of the
036policies? >> Okay. Jack and was that Liz? Yeah, >> Liz has a second on that to wave the reading. Any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. Okay. At this time, I'd entertain a motion on the adoption of the policies as as requested. >> Thank you, Dana. And is there a second on that? Second. >> Thank you, Jack. Any discussion? You any comment from you, Andy? >> No, I I just again would reiterate the option to uh uh that was presented for prior to its use in the classroom. Again, to remain silent on that and then if it becomes necessary, you can always elect to to use that. But uh we have been very conscientious in putting things in front
037of you without uh before it ever goes in the classroom. Okay. >> Any other discussion? Okay. Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. [Music] All right. Next up is personnel. Uh under personnel again as if it's the pleasure of the board I would ask you to uh accept the recommendations under personnel of uh one leaves two resignation and three employment as one motion or if you'd like to take one individually we can do that as well. >> Is there any objection to taking them all together? >> Okay. No objection. All right. All right. You've heard the request of a motion to approve items uh one, two, and three under personnel recommendations to approve. >> Thank you, Mark. And do I have a
038second? >> Second. >> Rick. Rick. And any discussion? Okay. Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes. six to zero. >> Okay. Uh, next on the agenda is board comments. And as promised at the previous meeting, we'll start with Jack this time. >> Well, I got some words about what Mark said last time that I forgot to do something that I should have done a couple weeks ago. >> Oh, and make sure your mics are on, by the way. Sorry. in a small corporation like we have people constantly asked to step up and do things that uh you know normally not their job and we have somebody stepped up big for us. I wanted to thank her. She always does it and she always does it
039with a big smile on her face. Thank you Chris. That's that's big what you did and I'm I'm sure everyone at Patrickburg appreciates it. >> Thank you Jack Liz. Um, it was great to see everyone got back from Ireland safe and healthy. And I cannot believe they chugged those oysters. That was interesting. Never >> could I ever. Um, yeah, it's just been such a great school year and I'm I'm glad the drills went good today. I got a notification on my phone that my daughter missed her third period in Spanish. So, I I did call and I was like, "What's going on?" They're like, "No, no, no. It was just a drill. She's in the school. She's fine." and I was like, "Oh, okay. We're all good." She texted me a lunch, so >> everyone's
040doing great. >> Thank you, Liz. Rick, >> I want to thank the for the presentations are very interesting. The coffee shop sounds really exciting. >> Okay. Thank you, Rick. Dina, >> yeah, I'm gonna echo Rick on the presentations and enjoyed them all and echo Jack on Chris and the work that she's doing at at Patrick'sburg and and uh really all the work that she continues to do for the corporation. >> Thank you, Dina Mark. >> That's why we started with Jack. started with Jack. Um, we're just gonna keep doing this. We're just going to keep reversing the order here. Um, yeah, thank you for the presentation uh presentations tonight to get the kids here. I know isn't always the easiest on a Thursday night to get get people here to central office, but I appreciate
041it. And, uh, thank you to everybody for the variety of learning experiences that you're providing our students. Um, I I know I say it all the time, but uh things that then we hear about or come before us here at the board. Uh, always appreciate just seeing the the multitude of experiences that our kids get to have. Mr. Dale there to uh going to Ireland to the band to the choir to the sports teams, everybody. Um, uh, I think kids walk out with a diploma from this, uh, institution having had experiences and and and big life moments, uh, which I'm sure the agricultural lessons learned on that field trip will pale in comparison to the social and the just life moments that those kids got to have. So, I appreciate all the hard work from
042everybody on that. And uh thank again, thank you to Chris for stepping up and uh being there for the kiddos there at Patrick'sburg. So, thank you very much. >> Can I take Mark's turn? I forgot something. >> Yeah. Yeah, you go right ahead. >> Point of privilege. >> Well, I always enjoy the flag presentation ceremony that was done for years. But tonight was pretty special. That was that was pretty neat. I thoroughly enjoyed that presentation from the man. is uh pretty neat. So, please pass along them guys. We appreciate them coming here and doing that. Really enjoy it. >> Oh, and our uh award winner as well. Thank you. Uh I'm amazed every time in in our board packet with the food service update, the number of meals that get served uh to our students.
043It's a lot of meals and a lot of um and the interaction that comes with each of those meals as those kids file through every day and and appreciate the Sherry and all the others for all that work. So, thank you. Okay. Uh we have a long list of administrators here tonight for administrator comments. So, uh either pass around the mic or come have a seat at the table when your name is called. But uh we'll start with Matt Gazelle tonight. >> No comment from Matt. He didn't he didn't want to go to the mic. >> Yeah, peer pressure. I thought that only happened at school. Even at board meetings. Carol. [Laughter] >> Carol always has something to say. >> You come right up, Carol. Don't let Matt bully you. >> We'll report him. >>
044Um, I just wanted to tell you that the parade date has been set for September 19th. I didn't have that on my uh report. So, September 19th will be in. >> So, make sure that you write that down. >> The t-shirts will be in then. >> The t-shirts will be in according to Patriot Manufacturing. So, >> if they're not, it's their fault. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Blame it on the kids. And um I did want to say those um little boys, I was so proud of them tonight. They did a really good job. Um that Marine Corps league thing um Mr. Dale works so hard on that. If you guys have a chance to see him do that, they meet every I think once a month on Saturdays um at Gosport and he's putting a
045lot of work into that. So they do a really good job and he's very proud of that. And those little boys have done a lot of work and when the one little boy told you that his father had passed away, I almost lost it there because he he's come a long way. He told me when the funny part he told me when he sat down there, he goes, "Mrs. Watson, I had to take my earrings out. Mr. Dale made me take my earrings out." I said, "You weren't supposed to get him pierced to start with because Dale got mad at him because he did that." He said, "He made me take him out before I came tonight." That's part of it. So, he's learning lessons. So, that's a really good thing we got going up
046there. >> Yeah. Thank you, Carol. Uh Britney Green. >> Okay. >> Uh Aaron Lraange. Okay. >> Tom Arthur. >> Robert Bolting House. Belinda. >> Okay. Uh, that Oh, and then Chris, sorry, you're always behind the monitor, Chris. I can't see you. >> Well, I was gonna say no comment, but thank you for those nice comments. It was It's It's been very busy juggling several things. I got some new wrinkles, I think. But uh um you know it's been a while since I've been out of Patrick'sburg, but one thing hasn't changed and it's that the staff loves those kids and it's just apparent when you walk in the room and it's just it's just so um familyoriented and I just I it's been a really smooth start and um anyway I I've always have loved the
047Berg so it's kind of nice to go back there and um to echo on Rob boy the coffee shop has been a long time coming lots of conversations I'm happy to see that going. And then um I wanted to let you know that Patriot Manufacturing is currently up to their eyeballs and orders from um Boston Scientific. Um they're making 1500 tumblers and there's teal shirts all over the place there that they're making for the staff. And it's quite the ordeal to order for them to order from us and to create uh the way they pay us. It's not through a check, not through it. It's It's pretty uh convoluted, but um wow, that's impressive that they're they're going to everybody's going to get one over there. And then we also have something on the 19th
048and I hate that I'm missing the parade this year. I usually I usually live stream, but um we're having our lunch on the lawn and our grandparents day celebration. So that we we'll have lots of grandparents and lots of people at Patrick'sburg the same day. So anyway, that's all I have to say and we'll keep up the good work at Patrick'sburg. It's It's been a really good start and it's just so calm. I just love it. So, it's great. Thank you. >> Thank you, Chris. Matt Taylor, >> um it's been great to see uh Mrs. Samk out at Patrick'sburg and uh with the staff and students and it, as she mentioned, it's been a great start. We've done some training out at Patricksburg with our instructional assistants and uh Mrs. Samics uh worked with uh
049folks here at central office to make sure that that has happened which is great. Um our elementary teachers finished up with thinking maps uh writing strategies training that has happened in the last uh two weeks that will provide additional instructional strategies that they will have um uh at working with writing. Our new primary teachers at Gasport have begun their Orton Gillingham uh training to help with students and their foundational reading skills. And so hats off to those uh staff members for doing that. And then we are continuing to support our new elementary reading series. So making sure that everybody has all of their materials. Uh working on the digital aspects of that. We're next going to look at um there's a intervention program that's included with that and looking at some upcoming training uh from
050for some of our staff members to help with that too. So, it's been a a busy couple of weeks uh in our central office. It's hard for us to believe that we're coming right up to Labor Day. So, uh it seemed like just yesterday was our first staff day. And so, uh it's been a an exciting month here. um with our schools. So, folks are doing great jobs out in the classrooms. So, >> thank you, Mr. Taylor. Uh next on our agenda is the superintendence report. >> Uh just a couple of items. I want to commend a couple of our high school students uh in particular and then talk about the district as well. But, uh my hat goes off to Carter Sawers. Last Friday evening at the football game at Brown County. uh he
051took it upon himself uh to aid and assist another player, a Brown County player near the end of the first half. And I think if I watched him correctly, he was I think he was trying to help the young man work out a a cramp from dehydration, but the officials came over and talked to him and also the uh believe one of the Brown County coaches talked to him as well. So, uh Mrs. Green was there and she knows I was standing in my superstition corner where I have stood for 18 years of uh Edgewood Junior High athletic director football, Indian Creek assistant principal football and now Owen Valley superintendent football. And I won't ever move from that spot. So we won and that was the point. But uh I again just commend Carter uh
052for his behavior there and his actions there. And then also uh Mr. Green had forwarded forwarded an email that we received this afternoon and I'd like to read part of this. Uh this is an IHSAA notification for exemplary behavior report. This was for boys soccer on the 27th of August. Uh here at home uh reporting individual was one of the officials, Mike Blankenship. Uh he was officiating two high school varsity soccer games at Owen Valley High School. Uh Mike decided to stop at the nearby Wendy's for food prior to the games. Upon entering the lobby, he noticed there was a number of boys that appeared to be wearing Owen Valley soccer jerseys. The players were well behaved and joking around all excuse me, joking around a bit in a clean fashion. Uh they were mostly
053finished eating and one player remarked about the need to leave to get to the game in a timely fashion. Uh the gre the group cleaned up their tables and headed out. Upon arrival at the field, Mike changed into his refereeing uh uniform and then approached the team to introduce himself. Uh Mike asked the coach if any of his players had just been at Wendy's. He stated several had been and Mike commented to the coach that they were well behaved and that the behavior was appreciated. Uh during the game, one of the players asked questions in in regards to the to the play. Uh he did not understand some of the rules and the official didn't explain that to him. Uh later another player was at the halfline and set was set to enter the game
054for a substitution. Uh Mike the official was nearby due to the play at the far end. He said the new player uh he said he was new to playing soccer and asked why that sometimes a player could go in uh into the game on a throwin and other times they could not. Mike explained the difference on the calls that were made for a goal kick and a throwin and a kickoff after a goal. The player thanked Mike and went on to compete complete the substitution. Uh this report is being submitted to acknowledge Owen Valley boys the the Owen Valley boys team as being professional with their jerseys in a public setting and also their combined actions on the field. So I appreciate that very much that our young men and our student athletes are representing
055our community are representing the school and the community uh the way that they are. So hats off to the soccer coaches and to Mr. Bolting House and Mr. Steinmets and Mr. Green for making sure that we're doing doing things the right way. So, um, and again, I'll echo what's already been said, and I've I said it at our last meeting, but I'll say it again. Thank you to all of the administrators and to the teachers, food service, uh, to a very, very good start to the year. And I knock on wood as I say that. Uh, it's just been a good year, start to the year, and I appreciate it very much. And we are all well deserving of a three-day break coming up. So, but that is all I have. Okay. Very much, Superintendent
056Clyde. Next is uh to entertain a motion on adjournment. Move >> to adjourn. >> Okay, Rick and Liz. Uh any discussion? Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor of adjournment, raise your right hand. Motion passes six to zero. We are now adjourned. Any public comment? Okay. Uh with that uh we are adjourned and um have a great 3-day weekend everybody coming up and our next uh meeting is on Thursday September 11th 2025 here at central office at 7