001Yeah. >> It is. Yeah. You starting the Give me one. That sounds like um street. This should be a little bit safe. So what do they start? Thank you. weekend. Everybody's like That's a good day. Wait. Yes. She used to be obsessed with she. Ladies and gentlemen, before we get started, if there's any students here to get recognized tonight as we celebrate all things growing greatness here in Clark County, uh they need to be in the cafeteria with their coach, sponsor, uh and then we will get going very very momentarily. Super excited. Go-karts. Awesome. Mommy. Good evening. We're we're very happy to have you here at um the April 21st um special board meeting recognition. Um we're going to go ahead and stand and have a moment of silence and that'll be followed by the
002pledge of allegiance. And now the pledgece to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice. Okay, you may be seated. >> Our next agenda item is that we review the agenda and we have an adoption of the agenda. Because this is a special board meeting, we are not allowed to change the agenda. So, do I have a motion to approve the agenda? >> I make that motion. >> Okay. I have a motion from Miss Thomas and a second from Mr. Kaiser. Do we have any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. Motion passes 4 to zero. Our next agenda item is to consider approval of minutes from the special called meeting special called board meeting on March 24th, 2026.
003>> I'll make that motion. Okay. >> Motion by Mr. Kaiser. >> I second. Okay. a second by Miss Roland. All those in favor say I. >> I. Motion passes four to zero. And now our next agenda item is the most exciting part of the night and we are so excited to celebrate your children um with the special school recognitions. Good evening. Tonight we will recognize clubs, teams, student groups, and school-based organizations that have demonstrated excellence through competitions and certifications in the district, regional, or state level. This recognition will honor groups that have achieved a qualifying placement or received a notable award. During the awards ceremony, we ask that you hold all applause until the complete group is center stage. After each group exits, a photo opportunity will occur in the frontier. Thank you for helping
004us celebrate the accomplishments of our students as we honor their success and continue growing greatness in our schools and community. >> The following elementary students have moved on to compete at the state STLP competition on April the 24th at Reparina. That is this Friday. Students in STLP create many different creative digital art projects. Riley Recctor from Strode Station Elementary is a state finalist for her logo design creation. And Josie Gilvin from Justice Elementary is a state finalist for her digital art she created on an iPad. We can't wait to see their final results on the 24th. That's it. Well, good evening everyone. My name is Mr. Burner. I'm the director of the Baker Intermediate School Chorus. On March On March 10th, the Baker Chorus went to the Kentucky Music Educators Association Coral Assessment to perform
005for a panel of judges. We received the highest ranking possible from all four judges, resulting in the Baker Chorus' 11th distinguished rating from K&A. Each year, getting this distinguished rating is the result of a year's worth of very dedicated work by the most hardworking fifth and sixth grade students I think that I've ever met. Uh it begins in the first day of school and they work every single day. And so this accomplishment is very very welld deserved. And we have over 115 members, but uh we have just a few representing us tonight. Lauren Bush, Kate Chamberlain, Cali Corville, Bennett Elim, Kenzie Flynn, Heisel, Noah Koger, Maddie White, Mason Mattingley, Kevin Parker, Skyler Phillips, Jazzy Price, Emma Spencer, Brooklyn Walker, Lake and Williams, Ellie Allen, Tasia Bird, Zoe Combmes, Weston Dalton, Yson Hernandez, Marino, Ally Hicks,
006Leora Hopper, Alli Canary, Riley Koger, Jersey Lane, Kenzen Magcguire, Abby, Bailey Oliver, Ryland Scott, and Satie Stlin, and Elelliana Hall. And uh within this group, we're also going to recognize uh the group that was selected for the Kentucky Music Educators uh Association Allstate Kentucky Children's Chorus. Uh these four Baker students stayed after school multiple times throughout August, September, and October to try out for the All State Kentucky Children's Chorus. They learned, rehearsed, and recorded auditions that were submitted to the Kentucky Music Educators Association. Each year around 700 plus students from across the state submit auditions including public and private schools. Only about 200 are selected for participation making this one of the most competitive KA musical groups to try out for. I'm very proud to say that these four were selected. So I'm going to
007have back up to the stage. Uh, Leora Hopper, >> uh, Kinsley Maguire, Ally Canary, and we had one more who unfortunately was not able to make it tonight, and that is Olivia Baldwin. The Baker Intermediate girls cross country team placed first at the Area 6 Regional Championships this past season. The Area 6 region features schools from 13 counties in central Kentucky. They went on to finish eighth overall in the state at the KTC CCCA meet of champions. Three members of the team received postseason honors. Kate Chamberlain, Serena Jones, and Tessa Shor were named to the KTC CCA all area 6 team. We have Kate Chamberlain, Caitlyn Krago, Serena Jones, Brianna No, Tessa Short, and Sadie Stelllin, who was just in the chorus and she's here somewhere. Additionally, Will Austin from RDC was also named to
008the KTC CCA all Area 16. Good evening everybody. I'm Taylor Howard, the RDC athletic director. On behalf of Clark County Public Schools and the Clark County Board of Education, I'm pleased to present a greatness recognition for Coach Rob Hill, the Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Area 6 Coach of the Year. Ah, great turnout. Uh, good evening. My name is, uh, Matthew Lee, teaching band at Baker Intermediate School. Um, before we recognize uh some of our Clark County band students, I just want to say thank you to our board of education and our district leadership. Uh, this is a great event. There's a lot of really great things happening in Clark County. So, thank you. The following sixth grade students, uh, names that you're about to hear earned a proficient or distinguished rating at
009KMA District 7 solo and ensembles Festival back in February. Please hold your applause until the end. Payton Hunley, Declan Profett, Sarah Fryman, Kaden Mullins, Lexi Hill, Olivia McQuinn, Jack Morris, Avery Hicks, Harlo Pate, Leilani Delira Vargas, >> Oliver Rouse, Jason Watts, Nolan Shepard, Gabe Ellis, Hey, let's start it. Okay. You want to go down here? Let's take another route. Thanks, buddy. Payton Tovar, Zoe Lens, Kai Bowman, Adeline Holland, Bryson Scarboro, Riker Wolski, Charlie Coner, and last but not least, Victoria Sans. Let's give these kiddos a round of applause. Thank you. All right, I'm standing in for uh Mr. Schmeigg and Mr. Cook tonight. They could not be here. There's a concert later on. So, I'm going to stand in here really quick. From uh the RDC band, we're going to recognize a couple of students.
010Uh first names going to be called for um students who audition and placed in the region honor band. Addison Boyd, Daniel Kelly, Logan Koger. >> Sorry, Landon. Uh Landon Zavitz, and Janette Finn. Let's give these kiddos a quick round of applause. All right, friends. And we got one more here. Our next student uh GRC band uh selected for uh regional honor band on clarinet. Please give a warm applause for just one tonight. Hannah Winburn. Come on up, Hannah. All right. Next up, we are going to recognize the Baker Sixth Grade Intermediate Orchestra for their distinguished performance at the K KMA assessment. First up is Evelyn Atkins, Morgan Barger, Bailey Conrite, Kayen Dalton, Cameron Graham, AR Aubrey Vasquez, and Abraham Williams. Big round of applause. And next we have the RDC orchestra for their distinguished performance
011at the KMBA assessment as well. First off, we have Ariana Aramble, Kennedy Arvin, Seth Blackwell, Aina Clim, Cadence Combmes, >> Aubrey Griffet, Macy Gollet, Renoa Halfley, David Hatton, Emma Lamb, Sebastian Martinez, >> Emma Music, Chloe Overby, Clara Pool, Kaylee Thomas, Lindsay Wilcox, and Marley Williams. Big round of applause. And finally, we have the GRC Orchestra for their distinguished performance at Kier. First of all, we have Katie Cornet, Logan Mor, Lillian Sans, Hannah Williams, >> David Williams, and Logan gets one more for being part of the District 7 Honors Orchestra as well. Come on back, Logan. Big round of applause for all of these awesome things. All right. Uh throughout the season, the the GRC archery team has scored enough points that they qualified for the NAS. uh state bullseye and the 3D tournament as a
012team. And then we had the GCR uh we did at the states we also shot got enough points to qualify for the nationals, the 3D and Bullseye Nationals. >> Yeah. >> Which is that will be shot May 7th, 8th and 9th. And it's competing against everybody throughout the state of Kentucky on all the teams. Uh, >> we got Hagen Walters, Ashley Riley, Jamie Bush, JW Sby, Joselyn Watts, London Blankenship, Aiden Castleman, Laura Peterson, and Hendrick Clemens. >> Hi, my name is Stephen Burke. I'm the coach of the RDC academic team. Um each of these students placed high enough at the Governor's Cup competition to move on to uh the regional competition. Very proud of how uh well they did this year who scored um second overall at district. So first we got Carson Blackwell who
013placed first in math and arts humanities and moved on to the state competition. We've got Charlie Conquer, >> Macy Gullet, James Hudson, >> Janette Finn, and Lindsay Wilcox. RDNC's STLP is very fortunate to get to meet daily with their coach de Monica Parton. This allows them time to be able to learn the process of completing STLP projects. These projects are student chosen centered around a meaningful problem to solve. Encourage them to create solutions, reflect on their design and implementation, and must be presented to a team of judges to demonstrate how their project has been successful. The following students have advanced to STLP state competition for their project. Again, this is going to be this Friday. So, we have Kaylee Thomas for her project with social sisters. And Kaylee was recognized in another award. So, she's
014in the process of moving back around. Hopefully, she'll meet us. We have Macy Gollet and Lily Bumgardner for their project social media superheroes. In addition to projects, these students also have the opportunity to continue to show their abilities in their creative digital arts. The following student has advanced to the STLP state competition for their CDA entry. Lily Bumgardner for her logo design. The RDC cheer team had a wonderful 2025 2026 season cheering on girls basketball, football, and boys basketball. We also shined in our own competitions. We won the KOAS region competition which qualified us for state. Our team then placed fourth at the Cape State cheer competition in the superlarge division. Additionally, we won the superlarge division at the bluegrass conference middle school competition. What an amazing and successful season for the Cardinals. All right,
015I am going to start with the girls names. Kennedy Arvin, Jocelyn Bentley, Brayley Borders, Brooklyn Calbertt, Harper Cecil, Andy Dvita, JC Farmer, Rayley Heisel, Jayla Jenkins, Kennedy Liot, Tilly Maxim, Chloe Price, Jazzy Price, Callie Rose, and Janiah Smith. Uh, Lake Williams, sorry, couple more. And Brillan Winkler. Thank you. Our next team being recognized is the RDC 7th grade football team. This team finishes Bluegrass Conference regular season division champions going undefeated in all of their divisional matchups and the Bluegrass Conference playoffs runnerup. Number six, Nehemiah Norris. Number 10, Colon Oliver. Number 12, Brady Mattingley. Number 18, Wyatt Green. Number 23, Jayce Cochrell. Number 26, Dakota Conchrite. Number 32, Chris McCord. Number 37, Nico Watts. Number 60, Carson Sawers. Number 65, Coleman Bailey. Number 66, Mason Crawford. And number 71, Riley Watkins. Congratulations. >> All righty. So,
016we have uh Coach Anovia Buyers, Coach Olivia Sparks, and Coach Jasmine Flowers. Uh tonight, we are recognizing the seventh grade RDC Hoops team uh led by Coach Olivia Sparks. RDC Hoops was the regular season champs. um in the Bluegrass Conference runnerup uh falling to Bonderin in a championship game with a score of 27 to 25. Um so first I have Jordan Brutin, Emory Case, Addie Haskins, and Jayla Grant. And then next I have the RDC Hoops eighth grade team led by coach Anovia Buyers. Um RDC Hoops was the regular season champions for the 2526 season. The eighth grade team was the conference tournament runnerups falling to Elorn in the championship game with a score of 50 to 42. And then for that one I just have Jordan Brutin representing eighth grade. We are GRC's Y
017Club. Y Club participates in two premier experiential learning conferences that simulate different levels of government. The first conference, KYA, is a 3-day model state legislature where students act as senators and representatives. During KYA, students draft, debate, and vote on bills regarding Kentucky state law. The second conference, Kuna, is a model United Nations assembly focused on international diplomacy. During Kuna, students represent different nations by creating booths that represent their nation's culture and crafting resolutions to solve global crisis. Our first award goes to Andre Vibbo, >> Wyatt Jackson, Phoenix Barryman, Jim Aordo, >> Aaliyah Daniel, >> Addison Taylor, Lorie McCrae, Audrey Sailor, and Mahi Patel. Miss it. Okay, good evening. My name is Robin Murphy and I'm the academic team coach for GRC. And tonight I would recognize two important players. Um we competed this year um
018in math, English, arts and humanities, social studies, composition, and Ben Gillespie and Andre BBO both represented GRC at state this year in competition. Ben um competed in math and Andre went to for arts and humanities. This was very difficult and they're part they were part of the top 35 in the state. I would like to recognize him this evening and I would also recognize that Ben this past weekend represented our academic team in all region competition at Paul Lawrence Stumbar. Good evening everyone. My name is Britney Claus. I'm here on behalf of GRC's FBLA chapter and we have a lot to celebrate this year. So, I just want to say thank you to the board for this invitation. Um GRC has received several accolades this year working through champion chapter activities including CTE celebration status
019service season shaping success and summer starter. By the end of the year we will have achieved gold champions chapter status which is the highest tier of points available for chapters across the nation. Um we also have several students here to recognize. Um the first being Cameron Turley. He has finished the 2526 school year serving as the region FBLA parliamentarian and was recently elected region president for region 6. In addition to that, he won second place in his future business educator competition at region and will be moving to state next week. Bryce Boland also um competed at region recently and placed second in business communication. He will move on to state. Mariana Soua Eager won second in healthcare administration and she will move on as well. Katie Dusiki scored first place in accounting at our region
020competition. Blanca Scandla scored first place in Introductory to Parliamentary Procedure. And we have one more region 6 elective official is Jamie Bush who was elected region 6 parliamentarian. Students in the 2026 GRC Educators Rising Club participated in a wide range of hands-on experiences this year, including job shadowing, interviewing teachers, reading their own student ch created children's books, and even teaching lessons at CCPS elementary schools. They also attended regional and statewide conferences where many qualified for the National Educator Rising Conference in Portland, Oregon in this June. Through these experiences and trainings, students developed a deeper understanding of professional growth, classroom challenges, and what it takes to become an effective and impactful educator. Students receiving certificates tonight are Adrien Welch, Bailey Henry, Lucas Mullins, Bryce Dorsy, Raleigh DiCapio, >> Ryland Pay, >> and Bryson Gillespie. Let's hear
021for these educating rising members. Ladies and gentlemen, just uh here to represent GRC boys basketball. Um the GRC boys basketball high school team made history during the two 202526 season. They finished third place at the prestigious beach ball classic at Myrtle Beach South Carolina which is one of the top tournaments in the country. Um after finishing the 40th district turner runner up they bounce back showing tremendous greatness and toughness winning the 10th region championship leading them back to Rup Arena. Um at Rup the team accomplished a remarkable achievement becoming the 202526 Ka Kha boys basketball state champions defeating state X in overtime. This was the third time in the last 5 years the program has played in the state championship game. Uh the team finished with the season record 33 and4 and currently GC boys
022basketball currently sits at the top as the winningest program in the last decade in KAA in boys basketball. Um ladies and gentlemen, congratulations to all these players as I recognize them and I appreciate you being here. Thank you. Um, Malachi Ashford, Jamal Johnson, Montes Gay, Amari Bartles, Ryder Akins, Walker Gaines, Deshawn Gay, CJ Thomas, Sebastian Anthony, JJ Jenkins, and Matthew Paisley. Uh, coaches, uh, Ryan Ashcraft, Dylan James, assistant coach, Bryce Gones, um, Austin Curtis, and Jacob Rice. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2025 On behalf of Clark County Public Schools and the Clark County Board of Education, I am pleased to present a greatness recognition for Coach Josh Cook, the Courier Journal Kentucky Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. Thank you all. Congratulations. Oops. Do that. All right, we're going to continue on with GRC Hoops. Uh
023GRC Hoops won the 2026 40th District Championship, the 10th Region Championship, and the state championship. Here to be honored tonight is Kylie Stelin. Good evening. Um, I'm here to represent GRC Swim and Dive. Coach Ashley couldn't make it. The GRC Swim and Dive team has had an incredible season. And what makes it more meaningful isn't just the results. is the dedication and teamwork that they've shown. This year, our girls team made history with our highest finish ever, earning region runner up. Our boys team finished eighth, and in swim, they combined them also. And as a combined team, we placed fifth overall, which is an incredible accomplishment. Here tonight representing the regional team is Wyatt Allen, >> Addison Bailey, Skyler Cochrell, Ethan Hatfield, Cooper Moore, Ellerie Moore, Carrian Moore, Kobe Palmer, Harper Sabolski, Marissa Thomas, and
024Hannah Windburn. We had we had multiple top 16 finishes across nearly every event. Marissa Thomas was regional runner up in both the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke. In that same 100 butterfly event, Cooper Moore placed sixth and Carrian Moore placed 10th. And Harper Sabolski added another top 16 finish in 14th. In the 100 backstroke, that depth continued with Carrian Moore placing sixth and Harper Sabolski finishing 10th alongside Marissa's runner-up finish. On the boys side, Wyatt Allen added a strong 12th place finish, and that's pretty impressive for just an eighth grader. Ellerie Moore placed fourth in the 200 IM and fourth in the 100 breaststroke. While Molly Grace Tucker finished sixth in the 200 IM and eighth in the 100 backstroke. Leah Pelffrey added to that success with a strong fifth place finish in the
025100 breaststroke. Maggie Manley placed ninth in our five 500 freestyle and Kobe Palmer delivered an outstanding 10th place finish in the 500 free as just a seventh grader. In our sprint events, Ethan Hatfield was region runner up in the 50 freestyle and also runner up in the 100 backstroke. And then our relays were a huge part of this success with a third place finish in the girls 200 medley relay. But most notably, our girls 400 freestyle freestyle medalie of Cooper Moore, Carrian Moore, Ellery Moore, and Marissa Thomas brought home a regional runnerup finish. Skyler Cochrell and CC Perry both finished in the top five in our diving with Bailey Howard also placing in the top 10. And they didn't just stop at regionals. They went on and a lot of them competed at state with
026Ethan Hatfield placing seventh in the 100 backstroke and ninth in the 50 freestyle. Marissa Thomas finished 12th in the 100 butterfly and 11th in the 100 backstroke. And Cooper Moore placed 18th in the 100 butterfly. And almost forgot, our girls 400 freestyle relay had a top 10 finish. There's our GRC swim and dive team. Clark County Public Schools proud proudly recognizes the following GRC bass fishing team student athletes for earning qualifications to compete in the KHSA regional bass fishing tournament through their performance and qualifying events and accumulation of points these students have secured their positions as regional qualifiers. This accomplish accomplishment reflects the the dedication, consistency, and commitment to excellence throughout the season. These student athletes will represent Clark County Public Schools in a regional level, competing for the opportunity to advance in the KSA
027state bass fishing championship. First, we have Kylie Khan, Bentley Purscell, Eli Purscell, >> and Gunnar Willoughby. Go. >> All right. So, my name is Katie Griffith. I'm here with a few of our Beta Club members. Um, tonight we are recognizing those who have qualified for nationals. Um, we have Lillian Sans. She is our secretary. Our officers qualified under collaboration connection. Um, next we have Hannah Lamb who placed first in the state for her crochet tapestry. And then we also have Amanda Meyers who placed fourth in the state for her recyclable art piece. Hi, my name is Jerica Whitaker and this is Emily Marquez and we are the GRC cheerleading coaches. This year the GRC cheerleaders were KHSAA small varsity region champions, top 10 at KHSAA state, 10th region boys ingame runner up and KHSAA girls
028sweet 16 state ingame runner up. We have Caroline Ballard, Kaylee Cal, Kylie Con, Kinsley, and Satie Wesley. Thank you. Hello, my name is Dodd Dixon and joining me is Stormmy Wesley. Collectively, we coach the cross country team at GRC. I have one fan. We have one fan. Um, today we'd like to honor Marissa Thomas. Uh, Marissa competed at the state cross country meet. Uh, a little history about Marissa. She won state as a fourth grader, defeating all other kids fourth grade and below. Marissa has consistently participated at the state meet ever since and cross country this year. Marissa represented GRC at the state competition with a time of 2154 in the 5K event. Participating alongside Marissa at cross country this year were JD Ballser. JD is uh on the track team and could not be
029here. And then also joining her um also joining Marissa at state was Hunter Rogers. And Hunter uh had to go feed the cattle. Uh please join us in honoring Marissa Thomas. Hello. Hey, I am Lexi Harris. I teach seventh grade science here and then I also coach mock trial at GRC uh with Ethan Conrite and then a few others that really help out. Uh we're going to be announcing the red and black team, which is like JD and Varsity. Uh mock trial is really awesome, but most people don't know about it. So, if you want to become a lawyer or even if you just want to learn how to argue a little bit better, uh come join us. We would love that. Uh we again we're at GRC and so this is the first time
030in a couple years that J JD basically and varsity made it both to state. So they went through regions and then went to state. Uh varsity got Yeah. Yeah. If you wooh who would do that again. >> Yes. Thank you. I'll force you. Um and then let's see. Varsity got seventh in the state and then JV got insanely close to making it to top 10 which is super impressive. Um we have a little bit of our team today. Okay. I promise we're a little bit larger than this, but they're all very impressive and very cool. So, we have Mahi Patel first. >> More. More, please. Thank you. And we have Addison Taylor. >> I know you're tired. And then we have one that had to leave cuz she's awesome and had to do vocal training.
031So, she had it was Aaliyah Daniel. And then Wyatt Jackson didn't know he was getting an award, but he's also really cool. So, can we give it up for him, please? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS UH Kanan Hudson. I'm the head volleyball coach at George Rogers Clark. Um I'm the head coach for the varsity and the junior varsity team. Uh this season was one for the history books for us for GRC volleyball. Our varsity team not only went undefeated in district play during regular season, but in postseason, winning our 10th district title for GRC volleyball. Um, we also made the best run in the region tournament that we have, getting to the region championship match for the first time in GRC volleyball history. Um, I also wanted to point out the great season
032that our junior varsity team had, finishing with an overall record of 22 wins and only four losses. So, that accompanied our varsity team with an overall record of 22 wins and 10 losses. Um, tonight we have five representatives here for us. Um, our first one's going to be our senior Lillian Sans. Next we have Holland Humphrey, Brooke Golf, Addie Palmer, and Libby McCormick. >> Hello, my name is James Willoughby. I am the welding instructor at Clark County ATC. Um recognizing our students for their high achievement for getting their industry certifications. These are Department of Transportation certifications. Uh very tough test that these students have uh accomplished. First one I'd like to recognize is Cole Oberly with a 3G welding certification. Next, Ryan Stocks, also with a 3G718 welding certification. Next is Oliver Hutchkins. Oliver Hutchkins
033has many certifications. I'll announce them really quick. He has a 2F718 2F spray, 3G718 38 plate, 4G718 38 plate, and a 3G 1-in plate 718 unlimited. Then we have Gunner Willoughby. Gunner Willoughby has obtained the 3G718 38 plate certification. And then we have Made Ryan who's also obtained the 3G 718 38 plate certification. All right. Good afternoon. My name is Aaron Keaton. I'm the computer science instructor. Uh Mr. Willby and myself are both over the Skills USA chapter. We've kind of helped lead it this year. Um, and we want to recognize um the students that have placed at both their regional and state competitions. Um, Cole Moberly placed first in the welding one competition. Um, Made Ryan placed third as well in the welding one competition. Uh Oliver Hutchkins was part of a team that
034took second place in welding fabrication at regions. Uh in pledge, Evan Tucker taking second place for tool ID. Ryan Stos um went on to they didn't have a whole competition at the region. He automatically went up to state. And then uh in first place at regions uh Ryan Wit was part of a team that took first and then additionally taking second place at state in technical computer applications. >> Thank you all. >> Good evening. Um, I am Allison Noland. I am the GRC High School dance team coach. Um, our dance team this year has consistently just demonstrated excellence through its strong performance throughout competitions. Um, and their commitment to just maintaining the high standards through district, region, and state levels. They performed at the regional KHSAA state or tournament competition. They expanded their reputation and
035went to the Kentucky Dance Coaches Organization competition and where they placed first in the region and then that qualified them for our state competition for Katie Co. and at the state level. Um they placed fifth overall. Um so they continue to just exemplify the excellence and the skills at the district level, the region level and the state level. And with me here tonight, I have Matteline Barryman, SA Israel, Gracie Borders, Emma Galloway, Aubrey Williams, and Ally Hart. Good evening everyone. My name is Alex Wright, the head wrestling coach at GRC Boys and Girls Wrestling. Reflecting on our fifth year as an established program, all that can come to mind is all the growth and success our program and athletes have experienced this past season. And we're excited to celebrate our athletes accomplishments tonight. Four of
036our athletes competed at their respective state tournaments this past season, and two female athletes came home with state placements. Those athletes being Brock Haidel placing second at regionals in the 157 pound weight class. Bailey Fletcher placing second at regionals and seventh at state in the 120lb weight class. Bailey is also our program's first three time state placer. Dana Kpatrick third at regionals and seventh at state in the 120 lb weight or 114 pound weightight class. My apologies. and Gavin Clim, fourth at regionals at the 120 pound weight class. >> Thank you all. We're >> sorry. >> So sorry. We're going to take a brief recess. We'll be back in 5 minutes. Lindsay first. So, we're going to be I might be putting Sorry. because they didn't think we're going to be here. >> I'm gonna
037be left. >> We need to be Are we behind you? >> You're going to be at the podium. We can come down in front of the microphone when you bring it up. You pick it up and you look like >> the dance with me. Keep it down here. I'm going to There we go. >> Now you know what it's like. Once he's done, we will stop talking. Thank you, sir. How much time? I don't actually need it because Oh, there there are Okay, we're we're back. I don't know what time it is. >> 6:59. Our next agenda item is public comments and we have no public comments tonight. Correct. Okay. Our next agenda item is um acknowledgement of CCPS school leadership spotlight. Um Kelly, good evening. This evening, two of our schools will have the
038opportunity to present a brief overview of their work over the past year. As part of our administrator's ongoing leadership development centered on identifying each school's core priorities and big rocks, they will highlight their areas of focus, notable achievements, and opportunities for continued growth. Please join me in welcoming Mr. Mounts and his administrative team. And then following Baker Intermediates presentation will be the Cardinal Innovation Center. >> Yeah. Bulldogs. >> All right. With me tonight, I have our sixth grade assistant principal, Mrs. Renee Wear, and our fifth grade assistant principal, Mr. Robert Hammonds. And to kind of let you know about Big Rocks, you've probably heard that. And if not, uh, Big Rocks is kind of a a metaphor, an analogy to identify your goals for the year. And this whole process, uh, last year we kind
039of delved into it, but this year, not only did we delve into it, but we went deeper, um, with Mr. Mike McCormack and our district leadership team, building principles. So, every school was tasked to identify what do you want to work on? What do you want to improve on? And we decided that we wanted to align um our big rocks with the district's vision of engagement with our Kagan um initiative that has been going on for a few years. We wanted to also uh continue our work with the portrait um the development and implementation of the portrait of the learner. And then the probably the biggest in-house thing that we wanted to improve upon from last year to this year um was behavioral supports for students um who are identified or who are uh tier
040three uh when it comes to behavior. So we wanted to implement and work on our pathways program um this year. So I'm going to turn it over to Miss Wear. she's going to talk to you about our first big rock which is student enga engagement and that is our Kagan initiative. >> Okay. So like Mr. Mount said we wanted to align with the district and we also wanted to choose Kagan and cooperative learning because if a student is using cooperative learning structures each day then they are actually using our portrait of learner competencies. They go hand in hand. They're communicating. they're collaborating, they're leaders, etc. So, what you might ask yourself, what is cooperative learning? And I was going to do a stand up, hand up, pair up with everyone, but Mr. Mount said maybe
041we shouldn't because because of all of the things that were going on tonight. So, that'll be the next time I'm invited to come. >> Yeah. Having said that, um the greatest thing about cooperative learning is that the students work together in pairs and it requires every student to have an audience and to be um accountable for their learning. So just in a nutshell, instead of me as a teacher saying now you raise your hand, now you raise your hand, now you raise your hand, it's constantly kids communicating with each other and then me as a teacher checking in to see how our kids are doing. In the process of that, we had to ask ourselves, okay, what are we going to do to make sure this actually happens, that our kids are doing it. Um,
042we had the district PD, which was perfect and um is ongoing every year. In addition to that, we committed to when we would have meetings with our staff to modeling a Kagan structure that they could then take back to their classroom. And we saw them doing that with multiple activities. um they would come and ask me, "So when you did this placemat consensus, tell me about that. What does that look like? How did you do it?" So that was a really big piece of it. And then also we coach our teachers, meaning our teachers who are the best at Kagan and have done it a lot and have a lot of reps would go in and watch a teacher doing it and then give them some feedback. And we got some feedback from Chris Otoff,
043who is like our Kagan guru that comes to our district. Um, and then instead of like as if you look at the results, you know, the biggest thing in my opinion is the reduced anxiety and the positive classroom climate. And I wanted to read to you um a quote from my kids that want to be web leaders. Every year they have to fill out an application. And one of the questions in the application is, "What do you like best about Baker?" And it's my favorite part of the year is when I get to share this stuff with the staff. Um, and this is just one example, but this comes up over and over in their answers. Here's what one teacher or one student said. The teachers make learning fun in many different ways, such as
044playing learning games like stand up, hand up, pair up, quiz, quiz, trade, and last but not least, round robin. All of these examples helps you make relationships with your classmates. Um, so to me, that says it all. They think they're playing games and they are, but more important than that, they're learning the portrait of a learner competencies and they're learning their classwork. So that's it, Mr. M. >> All right. And also to kind of piggyback on what she said, I think it's cool just that we have a common language throughout the district, prek through 12. Um, I have a a couple of daughters at Strode and I asked them what they did at school today. and Mallerie who's my oldest she said we did quiz quiz trade and I knew exactly what she was doing
045because I had seen that I've seen that a hundred times at Baker over the course of the last few years. So it does establish common uh language and activities and instructional strategies. Um our second one to to kind of go handinhand with Kagan was portrait of a learner. I remember Miss Allison Hill um coming to Baker maybe close to three years ago and she kept talking about something portrait. This is going to be called Portrait of a Learner. It's it's something called Vibrant Learning. It's going to be coming to all school districts. And she wanted feedback and input. And then we had community events to help develop this. Um, and I can't remember what stage we're in, but we were in like an exploration stage and now we're into implementation and there's some other stages
046that we're headed into. Um but um the portrait the reason why I like it is you can apply it to anything and you can also make learning experiences I guess vibrant for students um but um it's beyond the KSA the state test and it makes those daily um experiences that much uh more rich for students. So what we wanted to do was to keep Kagan on the front burner. We wanted to keep the portrait of learner development on the front burner. So we asked ourselves what do we want to do? How can we keep this in our in the uh minds and eyes in front of our students, in front of our staff, in front of our families. Um so we did a variety of things and you can read those there. Uh we have
047a portrait of a learner bingo card. a kid is caught um being an engaged citizen or resilient learner, they have all the competencies, the six competencies on their bingo card. They get a bingo. They get to go see Miss Davis. We have cath cafe booths that are daily. And if you're caught being or living up to one of those competencies, you get to set the three friends at the booth in the cafe. And that's a big deal to fifth and sixth graders. Um and then you go have those conversations. why were you an effective communicator today? And they have to tell you and they know why. Teachers tell them why they were identified for that. We've partnered with RDC. This is our second year uh with the Amazing Shake. Um we actually had a kiddo
048go to Atlanta, uh Charlie Coner, who was here earlier. Um, but it that originated as far as this year at Baker in fifth grade with Native American projects and in sixth grade we did some cave art projects and every single kid presented to their peers, presented to their teachers and as it as they kind of made their way through the rounds. Uh, we had several kids come to to RDC to participate in the amazing shake. Um, also we've we've highlighted um the um portrait of a learner through the progressive agriculture safety day. That's a big event that take took to that took place in September. We have a recipes for life. We partnered with 4 extension. Um, every fifth grader got to make meatballs and I think asparagus and >> muffins, cornbread. Um, it probably
049wasn't cornbread. >> Zucchini bread. it looked like cornbread. Um but uh so these vibrant learning experiences when we go back to that connection to vibrant learning um they didn't go read a book or you know you know watch a video on how to cook. They got to experience that. They didn't learn about ATV safety or um bike safety. They got to go to modules to learn that and things like that are so easily tied back to the portrait. Um, and of course we've had our our spring event. Um, to kind of tell you what that was about, every school was tasked with an opportunity to one to provide students the opportun opportunity to speak about their learning in front of an authentic audience. So in March, maybe late February and March, every single kid um
050in every single content area had guests come into their classroom. These were folks from the community. These were sometimes the husbands or the wives of our teachers and our staff. They would come in and just a fresh face for a kid to talk about their learning and that every kid got an opportunity to do that. And once they presented um you know let's say it was on a you know the surface uh the layers of the earth they reflected on that and they kept a online passport um that we called the journey through the portrait of a learner and then at our title one night they got to present to their parents as well. We had a dance blue marathon. I don't know if you know this, um, but we raised almost $10,000 in about
05114 days. Um, and all that money, I think it was a little over $9,200. We just presented a check on Sunday at Rub Arena and that portion of the money got added to a much larger portion and I think UK Dance Blue raised over $2.4 million. That was a part of being an engaged citizen. That's an opportunity that every single kid got to participate in, got to dance, got to have fun, and got to be a part of something much larger than their fifth grade selves or their sixth grade selves. So that was an opportunity to be engaged citizens. Um, I told you about the passports and then of course with staff, we've tied our weekly staff member of the week to the portrait. Um, what results did we get? Kids are learning what the
052portrait is. We're still in that exploration stage, but you hear the language when you do a walkth through when you're in our building. You hear our staff tying it, too. That's a that's a great way to be a reflective innovator. Um, they're using that language and we just need to continue to be more and more intentional. I had an opportunity to visit McGre Elementary. They where they did their defenses of learning last Friday. I think Mr. Hammonds is going to Shelbyville on Friday. And I think that's the goal where we might want to be or something look something similar in a couple of years and I think we're a lot closer than a couple of years but we'll still take a couple years. All right. Um but uh it's just it's great for kids to
053have these opportunities and I know the public eye we put so much on test scores but kids are so much more than a proficient in seventh grade science or in fourth grade reading. Uh and I do think that these uh vibrant opportunities um that we are providing kids uh really put the emphasis where it needs to be on the learning um the vibrant learning. All right. I didn't get an amen. I did get an applause. Did they? Okay. Very good. Um our third rock was um the pathways program. Mr. Hammond's going to talk about that. at Baker, we saved the best for last year and the shortest, which makes everyone happy. But um couple things about our Pathways program and one of the things I want to brag about first is the people that we've
054hired to go into it. And Eric Williams has been instrumental in the Pathways program for us. I've known Eric for 20 years when he coached at Tates Creek and stuff like that. So he has been a leader in our building, building relationships with our kids. And just to give you a quick background of the pathways, you know, our age kids, 10 to 12 years old, it's kind of hard for them. They're they're not they're not elementary anymore. They're not really middle school. They're trying to find their way. That some of them need a little extra support. Some of them behavioral, a couple mental issues here and there. So, we look to the Pathways program to try to make sure they're staying in class to make sure they're getting some supports and getting what they need.
055So, couple things that just to give you a quick background. What are we teaching in Pathways? We're teaching some coping skills, some social skills, how to be proactive, deescalation, goal setting, reflection, all those things so that we're teaching them immediately so we can keep them in class. Things that we don't do, we're trying not to do suspensions or consequences or a student escape and we're not adult- driven. These are for the kids and this is what we're trying to do. We're trying to make sure they see the reflection part, they see what they're doing and try to make them make good decisions. Sorry. But back to the part um Miss Palmer is out here. She's leading our district uh and she helps. She comes on Thursdays and kind of goes over our program with us
056and meets with Mr. Williams. But Miss Crane and Mr. Soul has al also been great this year. We've done a tracking program where we've been into the classes. Instead of having kids come out of the class, all these people go into classes and so they're checking on them. They're making sure they're on their work. If they need a break, they'll give them a break to get them right back in class. And I think that's been the biggest thing this year. We have seen uh you know we've done a lot of data tracking this year, but we have seen kids back in class so much this year that it's been um probably the biggest key for everybody, teachers included, they love it. Uh they're not losing the class time, they're not losing instruction time, and so
057kids are on point. I won't go over all these for you, but talking about the staff, talking about being proactive, talking about sports and everything that we have, it's just been a really, it's been such a positive thing this year that it's been nice to see that the whole school's kind of embraced it. And I think that's the best thing about it. Some of the results that we've had, less suspensions, less writeups, fewer removals. Um, and it's really kind of been a a growth uh for our staff, too. like they'll text Mr. Williams or call Mr. Williams or Miss Crane and they've built such good relationships with those kids. The kids will walk out in the hallway kind of tell them what's going on and get right back into class. I don't think that's been
058the best thing um all year for it. So, just real quick, I want to brag on everybody that's been part of the Pathways program. It's really not about us. It's not really about anybody else, but it's been it's been great for the kids. I think they've done a great job of it. They're our tier three kids, some of the most needy ones, and honestly, they've they've done such growth this year that we're proud of all of them. What's happen? >> All right. Thank you. Come on up, Bob. Hello everyone. So we're from CIC, Cardinal Innovation Center. Um this is Bob Hoy. I'm Lindsay Hail and uh we work with Phoenix Academy, Cardinal Virtual Academy and our district department at CIC. Beep. Okay. Um so our vision is being a connected hub of innovation where every
059student finds a pathway to success and our mission boils down to uh CIC uniting alternative education, virtual learning in STEM to create personalized pathways that remove barriers, accelerate growth, and turn potential into action. All right. So, I'm a little more brief um than Mr. Mounts. I yielded some my time to Mr. Mounts. >> Get out of here. >> Um so, a couple things in our first big rock. Our first big rock is differentiation. Um basically being flexible. That's the name of the game at CIC. What can we do to make it work? And we've had over 130 parent, family, school, medical provider, on and on referrals to either Phoenix or uh Cardinal Virtual Academy. This year, uh, we have really honed in on our transition meetings, procedures, policies, um, bringing stakeholders to the table when
060we're discussing, uh, next steps for a kid and having everyone involved so everybody's on the same page. Uh we are now up to 395 virtual students, 48 in person at Phoenix Academy. This puts us at 294 sections of 184 courses being monitored by our staff virtually. That's a lot. They do all the grading. They do all the progress monitoring. Um everything. and I just wanted to give a big shout out to them because they're awesome. We have 188 hybrid students. So hybrid means that they are partially virtual and partially another enrollment. That could be GRC, that could be RDC, it could be private school, it could be homeschool. Um, of the 188 hybrid, 89 of those go in person in some capacity to GRC, RDC or Baker. Um, we have 81 private school students currently
061enrolled with us and another 18 homeschool students. Our district STEM department served over 850 elementary students this year. They served all of third and fourth grade and u raised KSA scores last year by over eight points which was huge in fourth grade science. So super proud of them. They're making a huge impact. uh pushing into uh third and fourth grade classrooms to um shore up science instruction and take a load off the teachers for PR uh planning and prep and allowing them to just do the lessons and have all the things at their fingertips. So we have increased overall attendance since the fall by 11%. We serve all the schools uniquely. So, um, whatever GRC may need, RDC, Baker, um, we try to be flexible and provide the service, um, that is best for the
062student. And we are pretty proud of the fact that every student in Phoenix or CVA has a tailored pathway. Um, every single student has a different set of courses. Some of them are hybrid, some of them are dual credit AP. Um, it really is a myriad of of all the wonderful things we offer at Clark County. Okay. Um, our second big rock is congruence and we want to be rigorous. So, we focused really heavily this year on reading and math proficiency. Um, we reimagined our daily point sheets. Um, we track behavior through daily point sheets and we've sort of reinvented them in the image of the portrait of a learner. So, the competencies are being measured now. Uh, we streamlined behavior response procedures and policies, increased capacity and staff for alternative ed. We set up
063a system of supervision for our LCSWs to get their L in the LCSW. and we solidified transi uh trans transition plans for post-graduation. So, we were in a meeting today actually and uh one of my counselors said this is the first time that we've been sending early grad students out and they have a plan. They have a plan. They're acting on the plan. We're following up, making sure they're acting on the plan. Enlisted, enrolled, employed. We want them to be one of the one of the three. So, some of the results, we increased reading proficiency by 8% and math proficiency by 11% since the fall. We've decreased behavior incidents by over 52% and that's the chart you see here. So, beginning of the chart is the beginning of the school year to spring break. And
064we have increased capacity in our mental health services. Um we have two and a half counselors and they are the secret to our success ultimately. Um and so we're very proud that we're able to grow our own in that capacity. Okay. Our third big rock is culture and community. So we want to be connected. Uh we have increased our partnership uh partnerships with outside organizations. Uh we've hosted district leadership to observe student learning in the classroom. We very uh often have to meet the specific needs of students. Uh ordering birth certificates, giving them clothes, transportation, housing assistance, uh hygiene products, things like that. Overall, this connection initiative has increased attendance. It's increased student engagement. They are uh asking to go to teachers rooms to finish work. Um they want to be part of the project.
065They want to be part of the scene. Now um are they've gotten a lot of exposure to positive community connections. So this picture here is of the local Wendy's donating food to our staff. And that's because the owner of the Wendy's, his daughter was one of our students a few years back. and he continues to pour into our students because of the way CIC impacted his student. Okay, so just a couple examples of our competencies. Um we have resilient learner. Top left is Miss Strange and our middle school students. They are working in a STEM kits robotics effective communicator. We have Miss V up there talking away to our students when our district leadership was there and she just jumped right in and started teaching. Um we have oh committed collaborator over here we had
066our stations and one of the stations in the English uh class is a wordle and so for those of you who don't know what wordle is you have to guess the word and you get so many tries sort of like hangman and all of them were were sort of huddled up trying to play Wordle which was kind of cool to watch the kids and the adults mix it I can't see. Oh, okay. Our engaged citizen up here on the top right. When we were out for Snowageddon, um that's Dr. Danny Mayor. He teaches the English class at Phoenix Academy. He decided he would get online with all of our students and staff and cook a meal. And some students followed along. Uh some did not. But it was a really cool moment where we were
067all just kind of sitting together and having fellowship while we were all stuck in the snow. Um, oh, reflective innovator. This is Hagen. He built his STEM windmill and was presenting to uh Miss Christy Bush at the time. And then our um engaged citizen, this is our ready for life group on the bottom right. and they completed 18 classes with the Kentucky River Foothills um program and had perfect attendance for 18 straight weeks um and completed the course. So, we are super proud of them. We're super proud of CIC and thank you. We appreciate it. Our next motion by all those favor say I. >> We are at 7:27.