001meeting for March the 10th laori would you like to do a roll call Mrs burer here Mr Burns here Mr hood here Mrs sleep here Mrs wood here okay recognition of guas nothing on there public comment we do Mr Preston he's Preston y you're up first of all sorry for my attire I would have dressed up to you guys but uh 70° on the softball field and I won't be up with drill today so I my coach here but anyway I just wanted to say thank you most of know that I left the construction management position that I was here for a couple years and uh I left and I'm with another company now but I just wanted to say thank you I want to say thank you to the board and thank you for
002all of you all for treating me so great and making me welcome and part of the family and and that's the reason why all my kids have graduated here and as a former board member I was board M for 10 years some of those you didn't know and board chairman for eight of my last school board and as a former board member I want to tell you how excellent you guys are doing um I don't think you know that and how excellent these people right here are uh you've got a great group of people I don't want to name everybody because I know I'm this one but they're all right here and you've got great people thank you and a great leader with those with those people thank you but those people are great in
003particular oh he's so shy I want done anything to be in the position you all are in in my 10 years on the board so I want I just want you to know that you know me and M had to work together every single day and uh boy what a superintendent he is I'm just going to tell you and he didn't asked me to come here and I'm not doing this for any reason but we always talked about Excellence we always talked about pushing the bar we always talked about doing what's best for the kids and that's what it's all about but every single one of these people also said that and they're all about that but that is why you are at the top and that is why I want my kids here and
004that's why a lot of people want their kids here right thank and you all are just doing such a great job and I want to thank you all and uh just please keep it up because my little girl's been here for six more years and she's already threaten that uh if I go anywhere that uh she's not going she'll have me I'm a little scared of that but anyway you great team here and I just want to say thank you all and again keep it up y doing great thank you thank you for everything you've done appreciate it thank you thank you so much he's done a good job he has done a good job uh we hate to see him go but at the same time uh had great opportunity and like he said
005I think his da uh will make sure that he hangs around for a while with coaching I don't think yeah good luck with sof yeah he did all the hard work yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah heavy lifting the heavy lifting now now he just wants to you know get all the swag and run around bases all good thank you so much thank you very much okay on to our um consent agenda take a motion to approve the consent agenda I'll so move I will second uh so I mean just use of facilities uh one overnight field trip for the boys tennis team uh the Boon County Performing Arts agreement uh for the U uh musical Thomas Moore again we have a dual credit uhou uh with them every year um one fundraiser uh
006for track and field uh stem Grant approval uh you all approve all grants uh so that that is a small grant that we was received just need your approval to be accepted we did have to amend the school calendar as we do anytime that we have snow days so the last day for kids uh will still be right before Memorial Day uh graduation will still be the Friday M for Before Memorial Day uh but the teachers have to extend uh because they're contractual days uh we'll we'll roll over uh since we go over on both days and minutes uh we have a few snow days built into the calendar so we won't ask students to make those days up uh because we only had two um but again teachers are contractually required uh so that
007minimum is for the uh staff work days um a couple of change orders that uh won't go into but they are absolutely uh necessary and other than that I will take questions if you have anything specific so on the fundraiser and this isn't about this particular fundraiser but what is our um I know at one point all fundraisers had to be approved is there a certain I mean are we doing that still because I haven't seen many come through yeah uh any any schoolwide or any large scale fundraiser are still board approved okay so there's like a small ones yeah the smaller ones we just put on the consent okay I don't always see them come through and then sometimes someone will ask about it and then okay thank you yeah so uh uh the
008one thing that we have not um other than just consent or I and I don't think we've actually even put the ones on that are like uh we're going to uh Brew Burger on Tuesday nights you know anybody that mentions the code um but any any any door too any you know any typee of sales it's also come to the board and so this one is one of those it's wagu beef burger patties uh so you know obviously that is sales opposed to uh just doing the restaurant thing right M any other questions we actually haven't had a lot of I'm trying to think of what's what's the Jordan McFall kickoff uh Jordan McFall kick off is uh is that the one where is it a football game again like last year yeah oh so
009it's a game right at the game yeah they do they do the rental or not rental but they do the request to use the cafeteria uh pregame and then take donations uh to help support I I just ask cuz I know they've done it for they had a scholarship and they they wanted to change and I just forgot what they were going to do now so they're going to come to a football game and come in here and try to race okay they did last year and it must have been successful enough that they'll wanted to do it again next year good on the stem Grant so do I see that we're awarding it that we have been awarded the $10,000 in support of stem initiatives is there something specific that that is earmarked for
010uh High School is that that's your direction is that earmarked for something or you just going to use it in general for okay yes great okay anything else okay Mrs burer yes Mr Burns yes Mr Hood yes Mrs S yes Mrs woot yes okay Mission carries on to information portion superintendent report so we've uh been in Pro it's time for me to actually talk about this publicly we've been approached by SMS Prime uh they are company that helps um basically initiate curriculum around CTE programs uh for us uh um anyway long story short um Cincinnati public schools uh I think I'm telling this correctly Cincinnati public schools had slated were slated uh to receive the donations uh to implement uh some of the curriculum at a superintendent change I don't know exactly what all happened
011but ended up over on this side of the river uh and a foundation individuals and Foundations um donated the half a million dollars for it to uh be implemented at two of our River districts um in conversations uh they've had um beginning conversations with us uh about starting a robotics uh and advanced manufacturing um certifications here uh the cost to get that off the ground is about half a million dollar uh unlike the Two River districts uh we did not have Federal grant access to federal grants uh and some of the other stuff uh but they said they would try to help fundraise the money uh they came back in a meeting this past week uh and have informed us that they've already received $250,000 uh towards the half a million dollars uh so uh
012with your own's permission um SMS Prime SMS Prime okay SMS Prime uh with your all's permission um the chamber would like to host um Workforce Development Partners uh to have a luncheon here on campus uh to try to raise the other2 200 to $250,000 uh so that we could start that program is that just a onetime cost um it is uh so it's over a threee there's a lot of upfront cost on the equipment obviously the big massive robotic arms uh AR not cheap uh so uh a lot of it is for onetime cost of equipment uh but then there is a threeyear sustainability um on both helping train uh teacher and implementation uh the reason why I initially looked at it is you know we we part of our tenant uh part of our
013foundation is getting kids where they want to go get them money to go there uh but it's also helping to be financially uh independent uh upon graduation uh of whatever you know 2 year four year wherever they may go right uh along with cyber security which we've already implemented uh those two programs uh start out for about $660,000 upon completion um so instead of sending some of our kids to the ATC which uh we have already looked at moving to Gateway um you know that would that would impact uh some of our students in a positive way uh improvising a little bit different of a curriculum uh that we could offer in house uh and with the starting pay being between $60 and $70,000 uh I think it is something that I would like to
014go ahead and pursue uh with your backing obviously you're not agreeing to anything yet uh because you wouldn't agree until you had the money covered um agree or disagree until you have the money covered um but uh like I said with that amount of money that's being paid for some of the skills positions uh if we can offer some of those uh that would be my recommendation to do so and that lab would be upstairs to the left is that that lab would have to go somewhere and we have not decided where that might be yeah and would we need to would they bring in the teachers uh they would pay they would pay for us to either recruit uh or train somebody already in house okay okay sounds like a neat project yeah what's
015that sounds like a neat yeah well I mean again uh I had something similar uh in skot KY way back in the day uh that fed right into Toyota um you know I just can't still more details I mean still more details yeah but uh before I have a fundraising luncheon on campus uh I think the board should uh bless that uh you know that's something I would want you all to know about I guess my question is what other like have we have you explored other options is CTE Prime the best you know what I'm saying like best program and best fit for Beachwood and how has that been evaluated yeah there's not a lot of you know companies that come in and help support especially raise the money for you right so um
016we don't have the money just to go out and start up uh a program like this and it's been one of my complaints one of my I would say grievances right there's a lot of Pros um uh to be a beach but one of the con is because we are identified as a privileged institution we qualify for zero federal grants and because we qualify for zero federal grants uh uh you know we don't have the ability to start some programs that are high-paying programs you know for our students uh so that's why we've also been uh been coordinating um a relationship with gateway to move out of the ATC into a more established um program but I'm just telling you the skilled labor uh positions right now are just non-existent and they're paying crazy money
017the other one would be HVAC controls I mean I have the guys here on campus tell me every day if there's a kid that could do H HVAC controls they'd be looking at $780,000 uh as an 18-year-old I mean yeah you know with this program just be for U Beachwood students only or would they okay oh that's a good question yeah don't get me wrong I love it and I love the CT programming and I think that that's something that we should lean into this sounds fantastic I just yeah I don't know we we've we've we've um I've probably snipped around because I do think it is a very interesting concept and one of the reasons why I've sold it to uh the company and the region um uh I I believe moving forward the
018smaller districts both privileged and uh underprivileged uh are going to have to work together uh to be a benefit and a resource to one another uh because the the uh in in a big system in a big system um you know like maybe where I've been in you know in a larger system of 40,000 kids uh if if one person was trying to implement they would they be partnered with a with a co- implementor uh and they would be able to meet and help each other out uh in these smaller districts in in isolation uh they don't have that ability uh so um I think we would be a great partner uh for both the both of the districts in Kenton County uh and that's what really piqu my interest to this one specifically is
019that we could join uh with with a couple of our colleagues uh and help Implement at the same time which I think is a benefit for both places uh and if I can ever find out a way to continue to to expand uh to some of the veterinary services uh uh to construction management I mean they're just uh there's just a wealth of opportunity in those areas we just haven't been able to figure out how to afford it yeah this is great okay well uh with your all's permission then I will go ahead and move forward with that fundraising luncheon uh that will be hosted by the from the chamber uh and they're going to be the host uh and we it will be here in the in the the PD room down in the
020front corner uh and we are looking at May the 8th as the date uh to hold that event so if you wanted to uh stop by for lunch and maybe uh explain why that be a great fit uh for our Institution for May 8th May 8th is CT prime a nationwide company or do they are they Nationwide or pretty much the Midwest yeah they're Nationwide I think they um they're in like 13 I mean 13 states and most of it's East Coast uh East U but uh from Detroit all the way down to Florida uh and and really just uh support to manufacturing uh and the different in Industries uh because uh they're all struggling to find workers uh I mean when you know when we went to uh everybody had to go to college
021in the 9s uh we we really kind of really hurt uh and some ways destroyed uh skilled labor uh so that's one of the things that they're trying to build back with some different Grant initiatives uh unfortunately uh because of our status is not being a title one District they just can't write the check they have to raise help us raise the money mhm so what's the name of the company again s SMS prime it might be prime I that's it I was Googling I can't find anything the book Market to read PR we've met with them we met with them three times uh on and off and then I've had a few conference calls uh but uh they finally came through with one fun I think we have two funders already um I would
022not say an amount cuz I want jinx myself but I think we're getting really close to the half a million already that's great wow that's great yeah all right well with your permission then uh May 8th uh lunch uh we'll be here on campus uh the construction meeting today um uh we are I mean we're still uh about three weeks out I think when we come back from um uh spring break we should be in pretty good shape with the auditorium uh the punch list on the stadium entrance and the uh locker rooms uh are still uh a little bit of a frustration but I I do think we made some momentum today uh I'll really be able to tell you within the next two weeks kind of where we're at um with that being
023said if we can check off uh those two areas um I would really like to um move forward we'll know one way or the other by the April board meeting really would like to nail down uh what specific items you all would like to have in the next bg1 well you've already opened the bg1 but to narrow it down to get to the bg2 and bg3 uh I would really like to narrow that down so we can move forward um uh with with the final project uh so if you all would talk through kind of the availability of doing that uh or you're interested in doing that um I would April would be a great time so that's so do we need a working meeting for that or uh I don't think it would be
024the worst thing uh that ever happened uh to have a working meeting to make sure that you all are reviewing uh especially with new board members uh that were not here when the bg1 was created uh just to make sure everybody's on the same page uh and I'll go ahead and tell you that the list is already been generated on possibilities um the three areas that are the most concerning are either the all compliance issues uh so either a safety issue like the track or the uh tennis courts uh a code issue like this Baseball Press Box or football Press Box uh I would also put Baseball Press Box in the safety category uh since we had to condemn it last year for quite a bit of time period um and then and then you
025still have the the one that's still a title n uh compliance issue uh which is the softball uh press stands and and sound system uh so those would be my top three priorities anything that touches the compliance issue on either Safety Code or title n uh but then it's up to you guys on how to move forward to that um the other uh the the H fact system uh in the Fieldhouse I I don't agree I mean I have a right to opinion still but I don't agree with the way that it was done um uh instead of having a bunch of independent instead of having a bunch of units uh I would love to see that done uh in a more functional um way but again those are your decisions not mine uh so
026I I think a working meeting would would wouldn't be a terrible idea so for March 24th okay before the April meeting is that what you're yeah any if you want to stick to that uh the last what is that the last uh Monday in the month um actually no it's not so you can either do it on the working meeting date 24th is the meeting date the 31st is actually a Monday that's the last okay I mean that works for me I'll be ready to rock and roll the 24th wait April 24th March 24th I mean I think we'll have a good idea now Sendai is not until the 28th um you know so there's always a there's always a possibility uh but I I think we'd have a pretty good indication on the 24th
027you want to wait until ends you could have a plan A and A Plan B I don't want to wait okay all right I think that would be I think that would be fine let's utilize 6 o' 6 o' on the 24th yep I think we can probably do that in 30 minutes uh unless you all uh disagree with something okay all right the work great oh boy 24th right 24th apparently I put all the working meetings on and it just went to the day and not the thir not okay so anything else Financial anything nope no okay all right uh our next item is I will uh I do have one more yeah all right we have not gone over budget uh but we are down to the uh uh last few dollars uh
028in the current uh project so we're watching that very closely uh to make sure uh that we end up in in great shape uh but uh I do I do want to I did want to address that publicly because we've heard some Rumblings that you know we are not outside of the uh we're not outside the pro project scope uh but we are getting down uh Christy and I have to stay pretty much on top of each other uh on trying to cuz we don't want to leave money right right we don't want to leave money we don't want to leave money so we want to we want to take it right down uh but at the same time we don't want to go over as well so we're still in we're still in the
029black awesome that's great news than you good to be yeah AB all right sorry I just want to make sure I put that out there okay um our next item is uh Clos session I'll make the motion to go into Clos session per KRS 61. 8101 C and 61.81 01f second all right you don't for