001[music] >> You did it. That's two nights of Wheel of Fortune you're going to miss. No comments today. Well, this would have been such a quick meeting. Uh we're going to call this meeting to order. Uh we are missing one board member, uh Mrs. Wolfe. And uh with that, we'll move on to uh the national anthem. If everyone would please stand for the national anthem performed by Cooper High School. Welcome. >> [clears throat] [music] [applause] >> All right, if you'd remain standing for the pledge led by the students of Goodridge Elementary I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Uh that was truly phenomenal. Thank you for Cooper High School
002and Goodridge for coming tonight. I know it's not on everybody's favorite thing to do to come to school board meeting, but we we really appreciate Uh we'll move on to item four, which is good news and we'll turn the meeting over to Dr. Housewall. Good evening, board. Thank you. First item up, good news item one is our monthly breaks the mold winner. So, Jeff we'll have him come up here in just a second. Jeff Heartline came to the teaching profession a decade ago after a successful career in engineering. His path into the teaching profession was very unconventional. He started out in Imagineering at Rise Academy just as Ignite Institute was on the horizon. In the 8 years since Ignite opened, Mr. Heartline has guided his students to design many of the major projects that make
003Ignite unique. When you see the video, you will be reminded of some of those. Congratulations to the Ignite Institute engineering teacher Jeff Heartline. We're going to watch a video and then we'll get him up here. Team Firepower from Kentucky is Fletch, Keith, and Crusher. If Crusher looks familiar, that's Ignite's Jeff Heartline back when he was on Junkyard Wars. You name it in the industry field and Mr. Heartline has probably done it before he landed in the field of education as an engineering teacher. So, this is good. Hey guys, I don't know what they're going to throw at us, but I mean, let's face it. We've been through some tough stuff. We're firefighters. Working as an engineer and I spent time as a firefighter and I spent time in the military and roll all these things
004together, bring that back to the classroom, really allows me to put the real world perspective on the things for the students. Little did he know his appearances on Junkyard Wars would become his resume for a career change. In 2016, Mr. Heartline started his teaching career at Boone County Schools Imagineering Academy, which immediately led him to becoming Ignite's first engineering teacher. I felt like I can bring back what I've learned and help this next generation to build on. He's an amazing, amazing shop teacher. He's worked in the military, he's been a firefighter for a long time and he's just such a great help to the students. Of course, and he teaches us all sorts of things. If you look at our fabrication lab, like not only does he know how to use all the equipment in
005there, but he's taught all the teachers, the adults. I have students that can run industry level equipment because of him. And again, I have students that can do solve industrial level problems because of Jeff. Jeff Heartline is the epitome of out-of-the-box thinking. He says his greatest strength is resourcefulness. The majority of the projects he works on with his students don't come with a blueprint or a set of instructions. Those projects require unconventional methods for finding materials like the basement, garage, or junkyards. He sat me down the one time, probably third time of asking, "Can we do this as a project?" And he sat me down and said, "I don't think you understand. We can do anything." He says, "It's just a matter of time and money." We have an amusement park ride that's going to
006stay in our school and can be reconfigured in a dozen different ways. What other school has that? The stuff we're standing around here right now looking at, these are all ideas and things that Mr. Heartline has made happen. Um for instance, like I was talking before, we drew this on a piece of glass on a door at the Imagineering Academy. That is one of the first major projects Mr. Heartline and his Ignite students created. It's actually called a modular theme ride or MTR and he taught his students the Junkyard Wars mentality of collecting the materials they need from used, donated caster wheels once used on hospital beds, wheel bearings from old Chevy trucks, electric motors from discarded mobility scooters, and leftover steel tubing from construction projects. At Ignite, the fabrication lab in the engineering department
007is responsible for all of the big holiday and special events at and all of the colleges within Ignite will set up different displays and activities to do. And our main job at Ignite Institute is to produce a toy. And then we have a conveyor system where the presents ride down. So, the student gets the elementary student gets the chance to feel what it's like to be in the toy factory. Each year Ignite hosts the World Maker Expo where you can see all the institute's creations. They also pick a major project for the school year. This year it was the 2026 Winter Olympics. The 2026 Winter Olympics uh were in Italy. And so, we had a Winter Olympic Festival at Ignite. We built big statues. We built uh just outside the fabrication lab here, we have
008the Cathedral Milan uh replica. We have the Leaning Tower of Pisa, replica 14 ft tall. We have some Roman statues that we've cut out all using the CNC equipment and the various engineering tools we have in here. And we basically decorated it. Then we set up games for the students so that they could do simulated Winter Olympic Games like bobsledding and curling and those kinds of things. Mr. Harline says he's proud of each of his students and every project they have produced. But his proudest moment was at the 2022 World Vex Robotics competition. He co-coached the team and they won the world championship. His son Ben was the driver, builder, and programmer of the team's Pybotics robot. We experiment. Did this work? Why didn't it work? What How can we make it better? And so
009we do those things in the lab to learn how to make a gadget or a project. But it's also applies to life. So, if you go to college and it doesn't work out, what do you do next? Or maybe you start out in a trade and then you want to go a different direction. Doesn't matter as long as you stay in the fight and keep trying. A current theme that Harline's always been about is autonomy. So, I think from August to now I've made a lot of progress and I've become very autonomous. I think Harline would agree and that's like the that big change is why he's such a great teacher to me. I've only heard maybe this happen twice in my life where a person says say can we do this and the person
010says we can do anything and like truly mean it. You know, my dad is one of those people and and Jeff is the other one. I love this. This is great. This is awesome. Some people enjoy decorating their home. I love making stuff. Jeff, congratulations. Job well done. I always remember that you always wanted to make things better here and you've made things great here at Ignite and I will miss you. But I know you got great things ahead for you in the future. I really want to congratulate Mr. Harline for doing the Break the Mold and actually getting it. It's It's actually such an honor to see him. He's just been so happy about it. I'm really glad and I'm happy for him. Congratulations, Mr. Harline. I think you really do deserve this award.
011It fits you more than any other teacher I've ever had. And as you would always say to me, I'm very proud of you for breaking the mold. Jeff, congratulations, buddy, on winning Break the Mold. You are definitely a mold breaker, one of a kind and I think the most important thing is is that your legacy and what you've done for Ignite really have done for Northern Kentucky is going to live on. Congratulations. I can't think of anybody more worthy of this award. Come on up, Jeff. Let's give him a big round of applause. >> [applause] [applause] >> So, Principal Gills couldn't make it this evening. He's at another award ceremony for quite a few successful instructors at Ignite. But he gave me a message to read so I wanted to do that for him. And
012and basically in his third year of working with Jeff, he had to stop asking can we do this? Whether it was in a building amusement park rides we saw in the video or constructing a massive playhouse and then transporting that to Michigan for for an ill child and their family. Jeff always had the same answer. Jerry, we can do anything. It was never an I. It was never a me. It was it was never an I can't. The success of Ignite has secretly sat on his shoulders. Through his mentorship and his connection to industry people in the business community saw that they saw what the kids could do the last 9 years. This created opportunity beyond anything Jerry could have imagined. From millions in grant dollars to hundreds of internships with partnerships and more importantly
013personally to Jerry is the work I've seen Jeff put forward as a family man. He is truly the high bar for which I try to reach as a parent a husband and a son. Jeff is one of those great people that the universe has put in front of me when I needed him the most and I consider working with him one of the great blessings of his life. >> [applause] >> All right. So, thank you all for this honor. I'll make this really brief, but first thing I got to do is get out these safety glasses. If you noticed in the video, I always have my safety glasses, but I'm going to tell you a secret, okay? They're not just safety glasses. You can buy these with the little cheaters in them now. So, they're
014also So, when I have my little speech prepared, you'll say Oh, okay. That's why he has his safety glasses on. Um You know, I'm uh truly humbled. People around me that have helped me on this journey, I want to thank them for this. Mr. Gills, he took a chance with me, pulled me out of that engineering cubicle and said why don't you become teacher? Mr. Black, the vice principal, all of the staff at and and on the admin at Ignite and threw my threw my way and I'm going to mention a couple of them here in a minute. Um I want to thank Chad and Barbara for the video. I didn't you know, we did the little interview. I didn't know what to expect. I told him where he might find some video stuff. He
015dug up some stuff that I didn't even know was out there. That was very cool. Thank you. Uh my family, my wife Stephanie's here. She is a She's always been my support and I appreciate her. My kids couldn't be here. They're doing their thing. They went through this Boone County system. Turned out great. They're out there doing their thing. I miss Ben and Rachel. Um And then uh I want to tell you something just in case you see me out in public one day. Uh cuz we'll see each other at the grocery store or at Lowe's or whatever. And you saw all that background. So, for me, when I got in the classroom, everybody was going to be called by their last name. So, that's Bell and that's Parks and that's Gills. And it's always
016the way it's been. It was just the way that I've always worked in industry and I thought if we're going to do engineering here at Ignite, let's let's bring that in the classroom, too. Let's step it up to a professional level. So, um I also want to thank Mr. Cain, Chaney, Hemmerle, and Brown for coming, too. So, those just a the thing, right? So, now the important part of this is when we see out in public and and I say we're out at Lowe's and I see Dawson Bell and I say, "Hey, Bell." He says, "Hey, Harline." Or we're at Kroger and I see Parks or Gills and I say, "Hey, Parks. Hey, Gills." Now you know you're like, "That guy's kind of weird." No, that's the system we have at the Ignite engineering and
017we just we're that's that's our that's our that's the rest of the story. Anyway, thank you all for coming and >> [applause] [applause] >> Stay with me one more. All right. Next up, Violet, if you want to come on up here. We're going to have you stand up while I read, okay? So, stand up here. In a minute we're going to get our picture with the board, so. All right. And you're going to be here in just a second, so. Good news item two. AARP Grandparents Essay Winner. Fifth grade Thornwilde Elementary student Violet Webb is the local district winner of an essay contest through AARP. Violet came in second overall in the state for her essay about her grandparents. She is here tonight to read that award-winning essay. So, Violet, we're going to allow you
018read it and then we're going to get some photos, okay? Thank you. Have you ever felt the warmth of a loved one's heart or had someone who devotes their everything to being at your side? I have a spectacular grandma in my family who is the most astounding person on Earth. She is the best grandma you could ever ask for and is truly a blessing. My grandma is a magnificent person and definitely deserves to be honored the AARP's grant Kentucky Grandparent Caring of the Year Award. My grandma should be on any doubt be awarded this honor because she is loyal, vigorous, and her smile is overly contagious. First of all, my grandma, Betty, is a very dependable and loyal person. For instance, my grandma always shows consistent support through a good or bad time. One time,
019when I was seven, I had to temporarily move into a new house. This was because my dad had gotten very badly hurt. My grandma immediately offered to let my family live in her house. After we moved out of her house, she still continued to help my family. In addition, this past week she came to spend the night with my brother and I while my parents went to my dad's doctor's appointment. My grandma is like a hand that never lets go. As you can see, my grandma is a true-hearted and reliable person to my family and many other people. Next, my grandma is a very vigorous person. My For example, she is active no matter if it's a sport or going on a walk. In the summer, she plays golf outside with her friends almost every
020day. When she isn't golfing, she's playing pickleball at the YMCA with her friends. Furthermore, my grandma is still consistent with her sports in the winter, too. She continues to play pickleball in the gym at the YMCA. My grandma is like an Olympic athlete. If you can't tell, my grandma is a strong and athletic person. Lastly, my grandma has an overly contagious smile. For instance, she always has a smile like sunshine on her face. Whenever I am down in the dumps, my grandma always finds a way to make me feel good again. When my dad was in the hospital, I was very sad at the time. And you know who made me feel good when I was sad? My grandma. She was there for me when I felt lonesome. My grandma's heart is like a garden
021because it's always growing. To wrap it up, my grandma has a contagious smile and a heart of gold. In conclusion, my grandma truly deserves the AARP Grandparent of the Year Award because she is a dependable, vigorous, and she has a never-ending smile. Giving my grandma this prestigious award would truly be an honor. My grandma once told me, "I will care with care for you beyond measure and cherish you with all my heart." Thank you for your time and consideration. I hope you agree that my grandma is the best choice for this award. >> [applause] [applause] >> Thank you all so much. That was We're going to start putting tissues up here. And maybe back there. >> [clears throat] >> I'm okay with the first one till Jeff started crying then I That was game over.
022All right. And I believe that uh yeah, that concludes >> You guys don't want to stay for the rest of the meeting? What's going on? You'll be crying for a different reason. See you guys. Out of boredom. >> [laughter] >> That concludes the good news. All right. Um Everyone's next favorite portion of the meeting is um item five which is the student board member representative report given by AJ Wycoff, our student board representative. All right, thank you, Mr. Parks. Hello and good evening. March stagnated a bit on my mission goals. However, I've really gotten the ball rolling on the hydration challenge for the elementary schools with the help of a flyer made by Mr. Brady. I will hope to have that out starting May 1st. In addition to the focus on student wellness, many SSAC
023members, including myself, are on a mission to increase student involvement by going to the elementary schools and telling them about our amazing experiences in our own lives. From my personal experience, I believe that when I truly started getting more involved with my school and community is when I started to not thrive only academically, but also mentally and socially. I believe that there is a club out there for every kid where they can congregate with like-minded peers and friends, and I hope to help kids find that club where they can make friends and thrive just like I have felt all my entire high school career. The goal is to get every is to get to every elementary fourth and fifth grade classes and showing them all the exciting opportunities that Boone County has to offer ranging
024from sports to clubs to academic teams to even SSAC. During our April meeting, we finally got to elect our next representative for next year. After a brief discussion on the importance of voting for my AP Euro and Government teacher, Mr. Proctor, our candidates gave speeches and the vetting process began. After the final votes were tallied, Tara Rakish, sorry if I butchered that, but she's from Conner Sorry, Cooper High School and was voted the next representative. As my time on the board wraps up next month, I am so excited to see where when she takes the spot, and I think she will do great at it and lead the meeting so well. Thank you for your time, and I hope to look and I look forward to updating everyone one final time next month. Yeah, for
025the superintendent's report, I do not have anything specifically to report tonight. >> wait a minute. Don't move ahead now. I you said got it. I thought you were Um I thought you were turning it over to me for the next item. So, I I had the um the uh the the uh great experience of going to the student uh elections. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I don't know if you've ever seen those, but a person comes from the county and brings an actual voting machine and they make an actual ballot and they give actual campaign speeches with actual delegates, and and it's the it follows the the process that we follow here in our great democracy. And um it was fantastic to see, and all the students that participated, not only the candidates, the candidates were amongst
026the most impressive students that a person can see. Um but the students that all the way down to the elementary level had inquisitive questions and were engaged throughout the process, and it's it's just a really um fantastic uh thing to see. Um you know, it's a it's a it's a microcosm or a small event, you know, based around our democracy, and it's really cool. Really just is. Yeah, absolutely. With all the kids who vote like when one big part of my campaign last year was emailing all of them and asking them like what I could do to best represent them. Like they really ask questions that you don't think in elementary school or would ask like they really think in depth about who they're electing and it's really cool to see. Yeah, absolutely. All right.
027Now I thought you would turn over to me early so you I misunderstood the superintendent's report. That's you. Dr. Housewald. In other words, you were giving me an opportunity to comment to AJ. I now understand. I will say AJ has been an incredible student body president. I know we're going to celebrate next month. But we we we we received a an award that AJ attended at CASBA that basically recognized us as being um really on the forefront of of student voice including one of [snorts] the initial schools to allow students to serve on the board of school trustees. We work hard to to have student voice and and really AJ brings that voice out. He leads these meetings with a representatives from every school and he does an outstanding job. So um I know I
028was having lunch today with students from at Cooper High School. I do that once a month. Another way to to get student voice and a comment was made about how much they appreciate that the school board's willingness to allow a student to serve as well as the significance of that process as well. So it's recognized even by students that that may not be elected to serve in a on a on a given year's basis but nonetheless it is it is incredible and as as everyone's well aware when you sit down and you have conversations with students you can learn learn as much or more than any other conversations. So and you really have have brought that to light this year AJ so we'll celebrate next month but thank you. And for item six I do
029not have anything to report tonight. Sorry, I got a little ahead of myself. All right, we'll move on to item seven which is the audience of citizens. We didn't have anybody sign up but we did want to recognize the three students that signed in. If you wanted to come up and say your name and what university you go to you're welcome to or I can just read the names but we like to hear from you. The three students. Come on up. Oh, if there's more there's it's okay. So that's great. See, we have to have you come up now. No, no, you don't have to. Are you leaving? You're okay, got it. I was like what are they standing up for? Right. Like what are we doing? All right, welcome. Hi. My name is Kennedy
030Schmidt and I go to the University of the Cumberlands. Thank you for being here. Thank you. I'm Sarah. I go to the University of the Cumberlands. Hi, I'm Jacob Burklow. I go to Northern Kentucky University. Hi, I'm Lacey Fryman. I also go to Northern Kentucky University. Hi, I'm Ava Brown. I also go to Northern Kentucky University. I'm Danielle Elmore and I go to the University of the Cumberlands. Hi, I'm Jessie Reeves and I go to Northern Kentucky University. Hi, I'm Grayson Reed and I also go to Northern Kentucky University. Hi, I'm Lily Crum Biggar and I go to the University of the Cumberlands. Thank you. The question more Are you here tonight because it's Are you here tonight because it's the last meeting before the end of your semester class or because you knew that
031tonight was probably going to be the shortest meeting of the semester or maybe it's a just a perfect storm. So congratulate wise choice. All right. Okay. >> [snorts] >> All right, we're going to move on to agenda item eight recommended action consent items A through double Q. Dr. Housewald. Yeah, thank you Chairman Parks. I recommend the board approve the recommended action consent agenda items A through double Q as presented with the treasurer's report which will now be given by Daryl Denham. >> [snorts] >> With an adjusted beginning cash balance of 106 million 121,663 dollars, total receipts of 10 million 57,329 dollars, total expenditures of 14 million 734,221 dollars for a net decrease in cash of 4 million 676,893 dollars for an ending balance of 101 million 444,771 dollars. We collected 2.9 million dollars in occupational
032taxes, 288,000 dollars in property taxes, we made a debt service payment of 3.1 million. All right. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items A through double Q as recommended? I motion to approve those items. Motion Mrs. Maddox. Do I have a second? Second. Any discussion on the items or questions about the financial statements? All right, hearing none all in favor of this motion to approve the consent agenda say I. I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion passes 4-0. Move on to agenda item nine. Recommended action old business. There's no old business so we'll move to item 10. Recommended action new business item A. Dr. Housewald. Yes board. We >> [clears throat] >> I recommend the board approve the recommended action new business item A which would be our revised school calendars for
03325-26 as well as 26-27. 25-26 adjusts due to the the school cancellations. 26-27 just simply clarifies and adds some additional makeup days. So it provides some greater clarity to to plans when school is closed for the 26-27 school year should we have snow days next year. I would recommend approving the revised calendars as presented. Do we have a motion Do we have a motion to approve new business item A revised school calendars 25-26 and 26-27 as recommended? Motion. Mrs. Young. Do I have a second? Second it. Do I I do hear a second. Any discussion on item A? Just a comment for consideration for future calendars. I've been hearing a lot of comments from our our teachers of how the end of year brings its own special form of exhaustion for staff and for students.
034And the fact that this revised calendar at least for this year is putting us into June. That never goes over well. I think we need to revisit how we handle snow days, how we handle NTI. I know there's been debate back and forth about what the contract says and what we do and what we have to do. I think we need to work that out and we need to figure it out before August. Um personally I'm not in favor of pushing us into June but based upon the use of snow days and delays we are left really with no choice and I don't like that feeling. So um that's just my comment. Any other discussion on item A? Seeing none all in favor please say I. I. Any opposed? No. I do you think it
035is a good comment about going into June? It might as a teacher we might have to because I know for me the testing was important. I wanted those weeks for the testing which does push it into June. At the same time it makes it so hard going into June. Agreed. Yeah, it was a particularly bad winter for sure. Motion passes 3-0. Sorry, 3-1. And um I just to explain my vote I I do happen to agree that there may be a better way and hopefully we can get that language worked out as in the next time we have that conversation with our partners. I do look forward to that. Move on to agenda item which is information proposals and communications. Anyone have anything that they would like to bring up or discuss based on your
036committee work or any other thoughts or whatnot? Yes, I just want to let you guys know that um the student and staff experiences committee met. And um this Well, we've been meeting. Um but our our March meeting um the um culture and climate committee came in and gave a presentation. Went over some things that they've been doing. So, just wanted to let you all know that we're doing that according to the board's direction. Yeah. Awesome. Anyone else? I just want to ask about an article that was in link in KY that a community member shared with me. And mainly it's just to clarify, clean up, respond from the district perspective in regarding to the article. It's about a um home development in Union that there was a public hearing back in March that I hadn't
037heard about, but it sounds like it was a barn burner. Um the um proposed development was proposed for homes. Um and because of the public hearing they did come back, I guess, at the next proposal and brought it down to 324. Um a lot of the criticism, evidently reading the article from the public comments at the um public hearing was about how many accidents are already in this area. The uh concerns about the overcrowding of the impacted schools, which would be probably mostly Ryle, Gray, New Haven, which we know you know, those school populations that they have. Um when they came and then when they came back, they they did reduce it to 324 homes. But that's just the background. This is the comment that caught my attention and I'm trying to find it. I
038need Mr. Hartline's cheaters. Um The person making the comments said we they came down from 377 to 324 proposed home sites, which density-wise it equates from two units per acre down to 1.7 units per acre. And this is the part that I want a response to because I I find this very hard to believe. In addition, because the schools were obviously a very hot topic, what we did and because the school system didn't really have feedback for us, what we did is we've pretty much made over half of the lots geared toward empty nesters. I've never known any new developments to be going on in Boone County that we didn't provide input to and I don't think that we would have let something like this not have school district input. So, and for years we've
039had district personnel that sat on planning and zoning for that very reason. Um so, can can someone, you know, please share if you know um about that particular development in Union uh that surely we gave feedback. I can't imagine that we didn't. And it wasn't presented that way and I I just want to clear that up if that is not an accurate recounting. >> is that from the link it article? I cuz I'm I'm not sure. Yeah, it was from the And who made the comment that that we was it a community member or a government official? >> lost it. I mean uh no, it was from either someone with the builder or someone uh I think it was the builder. Yeah, I wouldn't go and say any names so. >> we had a question
040about a development at North Point recently um from an article, but I don't remember this one. Do you? This is This is This is in Union. It's rezoning of an 185-acre area along the west side of 42 between Rice Pike and Blue Yacht Lane. Yeah, Kim's going to respond. Yes, I'm familiar with that development. So, our process is we do make comment to the county. So, they do send those to me anytime that we have a development request and say what's your feedback on this. So, that's where we look at what are they single family, multi-family, how many students could we expect. So, then we do reply with yes, we could sustain these students or no, we could not sustain those. I do believe that's a Drees development if I'm remembering correctly. >> want to
041say any names >> Yeah, so we just to make sure I know who you're talking about. So, we did have um conversation and we actually did meet with that developer actually at district as well to discuss that. Okay, before this public hearing on March 18th. I would have to go back. I think actually we met after that public hearing. I think it was after March 18th, but it's been recent. Okay, so has the P&Z process changed that we're not Do we have anybody from the district that sits on P&Z currently? We do not. Okay, that's a problem. Um because we always have and it's vital because then we hear it from the beginning and can tackle those issues head-on. But um So, yeah, we just we just need to figure that out. And because I
042I just can't imagine that in that area knowing the the student populations and already projected growth and even though they could say they can design it towards empty nesters if it's that close to our schools they're they're going to be families in there. And so, just I just want to make sure that our involvement is accurately portrayed to the community as well as that we are giving current input. Thank you. I I appreciate the request. The request is that the planning and zoning committee invite one of our people to sit on their committee. Is that correct? I I'm not sure how that is organized, but I just know that for many, many, many, many years we've had Mr. Picardo, did you ever serve there? I did not, but I do know for what you're referring
043to. Mr. Ford was on that committee. That's been a long, long time ago. Yeah, Dr. Poe was on it as deputy superintendent for years even before that. So, >> And then for whatever reason that ended and I'm not sure why. Um but that's been a many years that we haven't had somebody on that committee. We'll reach out to them and ask if we can be involved and and allowed to be on the committee or at least participate. Yeah, just so that we have input from the beginning. I mean I mean the the We have amazing partners through planning and zoning, always have. And I just don't want us missing the opportunity to head off issues. And they do normally email us before and when we respond Kim's department responds frequently, but we can based on
044your request we'll specifically ask reach out and ask if someone can either serve on the committee or at least if not, we can I think those meetings are probably public. So, we can at least attend if we're not allowed to be on the committee. So, okay. Thanks. Um anyone else have anything to share from their committee work? Right. Um the last operations meeting was after the last board meeting and I think um Ms. Maddox went in my place. Was it was Is there any update from that meeting that happened? Was it I know it was last month, but was after our last board meeting. Just um Good work continues. >> [laughter] >> Uh no, there was just uh a lot of talk about um um different salaries and that type of thing. So, um nothing
045to report because nothing was decided. It was just brought up. Yeah, got you. Um I'll just end with my normal comments, which is which are we the we are on the even though our calendar is extended this year uh due to a variety of factors and mostly the weather our students and staff are on the back nine of of the school year and and just being in some of the schools and talking to a lot of the staff, I think after spring break, there's you know, some light at the end of the tunnel type feeling. And um you know, that that puts an air of positivity and then kids can if you go by any of our elementary schools, they're outside, which is awesome um to see. It's It's fantastic. And uh just a just
046a quick again, as I do every month, uh a huge thank you to our certified and classified staff for all the work that they do day in and day out, hour after hour to move the proverbial ball forward in our public education. And um as some of us have pointed out in this meeting night, these are our our Boone County schools. They belong to the public. Um they're not closed off and um silos or anything like that. They're beautiful, wonderful places where our children go uh many hours of the week and we're a I think we're still the largest employer, public employer in Northern Kentucky, is that correct? Um and so where many, many, many of our friends and neighbors um choose to be employed and I for that I know this board appreciates. And
047uh with that, we will move to Can I add one more? >> Absolutely. This is a This is really good. I don't um Boone County High School posted about a Boone County graduate, Taylor Schlotman um who who works for NASA who was is a performance engineer that was supporting the Artemis 2 crew's return from their space flight. I know Taylor. She and my youngest son graduated together at Boone, good buddies and one smart lady. Um the only problem she has is that Tim Schlotman was her dad. So, and I can say that because he's my buddy, too. So, uh I just thought that was pretty cool to see uh like, you know, Mr. Heartline's uh attitude of yes, we can do that what um Boone County schools has produced and can still continue to produce
048over the years is that we've got a graduate working at NASA bringing people home from the moon. So, thought that was pretty cool. That is a fantastic story. Um any other comments? All right. And with that, we'll move to item 12, which is closed executive session pursuant to KRS 61.810 section 1F. Employee grievance appeal. Do I have a motion to adjourn to close session? So moved. I second. Second, Maddox. All right. Have heard a second. All in favor, please say I. I. >> I. Uh motion passes 4-0. The board will now adjourn to close