001Okay. going to call the meeting to order. We have four board members present representative and wolf schedule issue item two flaggates. Americ evening board. Thank you. We have one good news item tonight and it's it's a celebration but also just a reminder and that is that um our good news item for tonight is the BCBA BCS 25th anniversary golf outing. Um again the proceeds for this outing supports uh students uh and the alternative services program in Boone County. Um, and this year we are celebrating the 25 year collaboration. Uh, and each golfer or participant in this year's outing will receive a free moisture wicking golf shirt. Um, we have brochures in the lobby, also on our website. And really, it's just a a reminder of this good philanthropical philanthropical event uh, which takes place Friday,
002August 1st at the Boon Links Golf Club. Um, Barbara Brady is the point of contact. She's also on our website. And so really the good news item is just a reminder and a celebration that we've partnered for 25 years and it's continued to provide valuable resources, funds, and um um and and and just support to our school district and students of Boon County Schools. And that's the only item I have. >> Thank you. Uh we'll move on to the superintendent report. >> Uh yes, I have just one item and it fulfills a consultation requirement in SB1 related to the selection of curricula and I am going to uh turn it over to Jim just for a quick update as required by law. >> Thank you Dr. House. Yes. So according to site Senate Bill one
003superintendent selects the curriculum for the school year. We've been doing this the last this third year we doing that. Um this curriculum as you see in front of you can find this on the now is now public. This is a new format that we're using for elementary and secondary. Last year, secondary used this format. We decided to really streamline it to be K12. It is searchable. You can search by content area, by school, by grade level, whether it's a tier one, tier two, tier three. Really technology, kudos to technology for making this happen. Also, big thanks to Julie and to Tracy over the last two years, how they developed this. Um, we were required to consult with the sitebased councils. We did that. our principles. It was open for public comment for two weeks in
004April. Had some really good comments from public and from parents regarding um actually pretty positive. There were some some concerns about technology and how much we use technology, but that's understandable. Um and that's here. If you want to take a look at this over the next several weeks, if you have any questions, feel free to ask Dr. Hoswell or myself. We'll be able to answer any questions you have. >> Thank you, Dr. D.Waller. Again, um As we have shared previously in terms of our leadership priorities and and and our strategic plan, we have tried to be more efficient and effective in in centralizing at a district level uh our our our curricula. Um we have a timeline over the next four years to do that. We know that particularly helps our priority populations, our students
005of poverty who may move to multiple elementary schools in a year because of force mobility. Um it also uh reduces the overall cost uh for purchasing. we don't have to have multiple resources for a student who attends multiple schools. Um and and it really creates uh you know a a school system instead of a system of schools which is the charge the board has has given us. So and again we are allowed to do that because of this law but we also required to get community input and we're required to present publicly how we did that input. So thank you for that information and with that I conclude my comments. >> Move on to item five audience of citizens. Um, so we didn't have anybody sign up to speak. Does anyone here want to speak?
006Okay, seeing none, we'll move on to item six. Recommended action consent items A throughm. Dr. House. >> Yes. Thank you again, Chairman Parks. I would recommend the board approve the recommended action consent agenda items A through DM as presented. uh with the treasures report by Miss Katie Nan. >> Thank you, Dr. Hustle. We began the month of June with an adjusted cash balance of 68 million 381,425. We had total receipts of 7.5 million and total expenditures of 21 or I'm sorry 28.1 million. Our total net decrease in cash was 20,568,770. Our balance on hand at the end of the month was 47,812,656. Uh some outstanding items or some some notable items from the month is that we um had a carryover of 3.8 8 million in outstanding purchase orders. We also had uh 265,000 in
007layback funds uh that were used to reduce the cost of salaries for the general fund this year. Some notable items are that we had five summer payrolls that we completed on time for our school year staff. We received 3.4 million in occupational taxes. Overall, our operating expenditures um are consistent with last year and according to our budgetary plan. >> Thank you. >> Have a motion to approve the consent agenda items A throughm as recommended. Any further comment? forward with a vote. All in favor, please say I. >> I. The only comment is just a reminder with all of these dual credits that of the conversations we had a few months back about making sure they remain parent friendly as far as communication so kids don't get booted from classes because they didn't know these were.
008That being said, have there been conversations with those providers? >> Yes. And um we we've had compreh I'll turn over to Tracy. Um I I know I've engaged with the curriculum cabinet. We've had conversations about that and I believe I I sent a update to the board um with a summary of all of that information uh last month I believe. I can't remember the exact date. Um and but Tracy, do you have any followup? I don't want to interrupt you. So, and if you have more details and as I shared in the I I shared that report to the board and in the email to the board if you have names, examples or details of this, we need to know because all the presidents are eager to to review that and to get involved. So,
009just give us more information and we'll be glad to to make sure that it's not happening. >> The only reason I as I think I replied to that email and said the family asked that I not identify their student. So, I can give you more details on that. I think we passed this resolution with a vote. Is that correct? Okay. Motion passes 4. All right. We'll move on to item seven, recommended old business. Seeing no old business, we'll move on to item eight. Agenda item eight, recommended action business. Item A, Dr. House Yes. Thank you. Again, I recommend the board approve recommended action new business item A, the certified evaluation plan for Boone County Schools for the 2025 26 school year. >> Have a motion to approve new business item A certified evaluation plan for
010Boon County Schools 25 to 26 school year as recommended. >> Motion to approve. >> Any discussion? Seeing none, we'll move forward forward with a vote. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Move on to item B, agenda item, business item. Dr. Yes. I recommend the board approve recommended action, new business item B, the Kentucky Department of Education KDE district assurances for the 252.6 school year. >> We have a motion to approve. Item B, Kentucky Department of Education direct district 256 school year recommended. Any discussion on item B? >> That just represents a lot of work. So, thank you for all who put those assurances together. All in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion passes. 4 Z. On to agenda item eight, recommended action new business item C. Dr. Housewald. >>
011Uh, yes, board. I recommend that the that the board approve recommended action in business item C, the district code of acceptable behavior and discipline, often called the code of conduct for the 2526 school year. Uh special thanks to to Jim and Kathy and it's been a tremendous amount of work because of the delayed policies we received from KDE this year. Of course, incorporating those and updating the code of conduct. So again, I would recommend the board approve uh the item as presented. I have a motion to approve new business item C. District code of acceptable behavior and discipline code of conduct 2526 school year recommended. >> All in favor please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion passes. On to agenda item eight. Recommended action new business item D. Dr. Household. >> Uh, thank you,
012Chairman Parks. I recommend the board approve recommended action new business item D, annual board policy updates. These are emergency readings, which also require requires reading the numbers. That's 03.13216, 03.23216, 23 216 08.11311 08.2323 and 08.2324. This comes uh under the advisement of KDE and our attorney uh who has recommended because of the delay in providing these and the required timeline by which they must be approved that these qualify for emergency readings and thus uh cannot have two readings because of the required timelines. Um, and if you have any questions about the legal requirement, I'll turn over to Olivia, but I would recommend the board approve these specific policy updates as emergency readings as presented. Motion, do we need to read these policies? You don't need to read the entire policy. A first reading and a
013second reading are construed pretty loosely that as long as we're identifying what they are and the general topic of what they're about that constitutes your that satisfies your requirement >> and these policies were posted somewhere. >> Yes, these have all been posted in compliance. I mean they've been posted since last Thursday. Is that correct? >> Yeah. Um, so we only have to have them a day in advance, but they've been posted for a long time. And just for the record, these are four policies that deal with communication with students, which are largely in response to partially just some district initiatives as well as the requirements of Senate Bill 181 that we need to have in place before school starts, which the next board meeting is the first day of school, so it's after school starts.
014>> Do I have a motion to approve new business item D, annual board policy updates, e Reading 03.13216 0323 216 0811311 08 23 23 and 08 2324 as all in favor discussion >> yeah I just have a question just clarification on 03.13216 um at the very bottom read it says staff shall protect student confidentiality and only share information with parents guardians as permitted by law >> what would what kind of information would not be shared with parents >> it just means that you can only share information with parents except except for there are certain occasions like the cabinet for health and family services and KD are theception that. So I I see how you're reading it, but it's the inverse of >> perfect. Thank you very much. >> Any further discussion or questions? >> Forward
015vote. All in favor, please say I. >> I. Opposed. Passes 4. Do we really have to? Okay. >> You just have to notify. >> Got it. >> Yep. Sorry. >> I as we'll move on to agenda item eight, recommended action new business item E, annual board policy updates. The first reading of are you ready? 01.03.11 03 I should go across 01.01.11 01.11 01.5 02.31 02 413 02 42 41 031 9 0 1 032141 034 041 0432 04.8 07 081 It's like five years I've been here. I've never had do this. Okay. 08.22 08.232 2328.39.122 09.1 09 412 09 9 4261 02 4242 33 031721 [Music] 03 222 33 01 421 02 424 repeating. Okay. 02 431 03121 03123 03 222 03 22 23 03 22 23 4 03 231 1 03 05.31 06 4374 0912
01609123 09126 0913 and 10.4 and if I may just note that it's Michelle and I are keeping track that's 03.1161 08.1131 and 09.421 421. >> Okay. All right. So, on to item F, additional document. We'll move on to agenda item eight. recommended action new business item F Dr. House and if I may note on item E uh a real special thank you to I mean there are so many people in the office that have received these late and they're working with Olivia they're working with the departments these things affect I mean operations curriculum we and so it's just I mean the hours I know one day Michelle Michelle and I blocked off about 15 hours just to start to review these so a special thanks to everybody there's a lot of work it's import can
017remember it's a board's primary responsibility, right, is approving policy. So, it is important and a special thanks that I know really late at night uh at the end of last week, Miss Ashley was up getting these all uploaded, but they are all uploaded. They're available for the public to view. This is the first reading, so of course there's no action tonight, but if anyone has any questions or concerns, I know that uh Olivia, even during her re her her leave, which I put in air quotes because I know she's been heavily involved during heruh helping us with these policies. So, I just want to, if I may, say that because there's a lot of people worked really hard to get those policies ready for the meeting tonight. So, with that, uh, on item F, I
018recommend the board approve new business item F, which is additional documentation related to the purchase and sale agreement of 8775 US Highway 42 and Union, the former Kroger building. Uh, again, I recommend approving as presented. Do I have a motion to approve new business item F, additional documentation for purchase and sale agreement of 8775 US Highway 42 Union old Kroger building as recommended? >> A second. >> Any discussion? All right. Um, Tara's here. Um, you want Kim's here. Terra's not here. Kim is here. Um, it's been a year. I do. Do you want to update on the on the background behind how it started at 300 and then ultimate? >> No. Please use the mic so it's a record. >> So the number 300 is a beginning number because that on the current district facilities
019plan it was listed as 300 students. So think back to when we first started talking about this and it was only going to house a small number of schools, those Florence schools. Um so since it says that currently on the DFP, we have to do everything now using 300. Once the next DFP, which is in process, is approved, then we'll go back and amend that and max it out to which is about 520 students. So, it's temporary. So, we'll have a revision. >> Absolutely. >> I asked I asked the same thing like why would we have that? So, we'll max it out question too. >> Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Or member Maddox asked me as well. So before and and as a as a reminder, this is the final uh agreement to purchase the building.
020Um but there is a 2year construction timeline. I've been promised uh promised that it will be operational for the 202728 school year. But I think a lot of people think that we can just move some tables and chairs in there. This will be operational in the fall. Nonetheless, this is a tremendous amount of work. It's been about this process. It's taken 12 months and it should really there will be some opport. I just want to say thank you for everybody that's working on the project. I know and I sat in a budget committee meeting a couple years ago. That was somewhat of a surprise to us at the time. together. I appreciate the city's assistance process. Just recently there's been a movement started for all and I would just like to point out as I
021did in the forum the other night we in county have chosen local effort all of our effort is local effort here in county and we have chosen to invest in early child is One of the first steps in our county, our citizens invest agree is the largest return on invest. So I just I wanted to personally thank members of this board here for their support. A couple years ago, I support and the city of I really cannot wait. Most of the kids that I really appreciate everybody's county supports early child and and also all of our partners are providers. better than anyone as we do already in most of our schools high school. All right, we'll move on with agenda item recommended action. Yes, this is truly privilege of the board. Of course, I would
022recommend approval of new business item G. It's the July 25 to December 25 revision of official board committees and chairpersons. This just makes a few modifications particularly articulates a co-chair so that a board member has a little more active involvement in creation of the agendas. It also clarifies when the five there were three standing comm five standing committees meet. Um and it also creates a student experiences committee which allows us to really dive deep involved in a lot of the staff. We did state interviews this year 400 how many state 259 stays those are depth sit down conversations. We have a lot of data and a lot of things this committee can do to understand employee satisfaction dissatisfaction improve retention. So there's some modifications to that and I thank Mr. really worked with me to
023clarify that and I would privilege the board to approve item July 25 discussion discussion. Um so I couple of things we my time as chair. One of the things that's come up with several members of this board have been more involved sometimes because of you don't realize the business of education is very timeart. this month. And so sometimes it can feel somewhat including myself like more. So this solves one of those things. create hopefully members. And we do so everyone in the public understands almost everything that comes before this board. and they're very important. They're open to the public and parents can participate and a lot of that helps shape concept. So hopefully in this model we'll continue this district. All in favor say and I have tried to go back and look through my
024longterm past history and I just can't find something that must be in boxes in my laundry room and storage. I know this has been here this way this year. I know it was on there last year, but I don't really remember when some of these committees were relegated to this adop committee section. Every year that I have been on board, every year we put people on a legislative committee. Um it's always been treated like a standing committee of the board because there's always a legislative session every year and we need to be actively engaged in it. Um we generally have negotiations every year. We generally we may approve a two-year calendar, but sometimes those still need to come up. Um, council of councils. Yes, I can see that. I mean, that was kind of an
025add-on a few years back. Um, not facilities committee. And it's it's kind of always been a beginning of the year appointment of board members and the district staff person. And I guess me personally, I don't like the ad hoc only as needed or whenever we want to kind of designation for some of these things that are integral parts of the work of the district and the board. So that's just my only comment there. >> Would you like to make an edit to any of those? >> Well, I like I like the thought process of assigning a board member to be a co-chair with district. I think that's good. Maybe it'll help take some pressure off of them or maybe add some pressure. Who knows? I think that I like the efficiency of combining some of
026these committees together uh to broaden the scope of the work which should make them more vibrant and more valuable. Um and in that regard I don't know why you couldn't have a negotiation calendar standing committee. And I will say that in my understanding based on feedback is there's a question of will they meet because I know for example we were not as involved in legisl and so we want to have the clarification that ad hocs shall meet x number of days the standing ones were the ones that we were trying to define as there's so there's so much work that they will meet monthly or bimonthly and whereas legislative we know there's a timeline where it's most operable between October and you know you know there may be things throughout the year but October to
027March for example for the calendar it's when we need to do the calendar and negotiation so the ad hoc shall meet um it's not meant to be it's just you know if we have it and I'm happy to clarify on that through this um you know but the idea was trying to communicate to our staff members and our our parents that these five meetings meet monthly or bimonthly and there's a a cadence to them if you They meet on this Tuesday or this Wednesday or this Thursday. The ad hoc was really just I don't know why you put them there originally, but in my mind it's not >> See, that's just it. I don't ever until just recently do I ever recall seeing that. >> I understand. >> And like I say, I've still got
028to go back because I want to try to go back and look 10 years back. >> Well, and and so my point is those are and if we wanted to redefine those and again this is for six months, so this is consider for January of 26. I'm happy. It's really privilege of the board, but those were more regular meet a regular schedules. In other words, we do the calendar when we need to when we need to create a new calendar. We do legislative during certain times of the year when when we need to be more active. So, those might meet more often. Um, negotiations of course you meet there's a clear time by that, but they're not standing monthly. So, I am fine to clarify. >> Sometimes it feels like they are, doesn't it, Kelly?
029But but I mean I'm fine to clarify that and if you want to give uh Mr. Park >> I guess the only thing that I would disagree with you on Dr. House is the that negotiations is only is on is basically October through December. If you wait till October you're done for that upcoming legislative session. In my mind, a legislative committee should be a committee that's meeting, if not every month, every other month, beginning in January, because you already know from what didn't get through the prior legislative session, what that's going to be coming down the pike. And as you can see, um, do you know how much the KSBA policy staff had to do to get through just what came out of this last and now you're you've got um a budget session coming
030up. We should have already been working on that. So I I don't think that yet when we had our local legislators come in and say, "Hey, we want to we want to be more engaged with you." Well, I say let's engage them. Let's let's tell them why universal preschool which every one of them that was attended our last round table sat in this room and said well we don't think that's important well we do and and we need to tell them and show them why we do and you can't wait till October to do that so that's just I wholeheartedly disagree that that should be an ad hoc committee and it should not be a regular standing committ with more importance and more focus and uh and unfortunately for you that really should be with
031you >> driving I mean I can support it but I'm going to strongly object to legislative not being a standing committee >> would you like I'm in favor you think something. >> Absolutely. Would you do it monthly or semly? >> Um I mean you know monthly I mean and if you don't need to meet or if there's nothing that you know people are researching and doing stuff whoever you put on this besides the board you know the board members and obviously you know Dr. household needs to be involved in that as the face of the district, as the leader of the district. But I mean, I think we need to involve, not that anybody wants any more added on their plate, but everything that comes out of Frankfurt impacts every person in this district, every
032administrator, every cafeteria worker, every bus driver, every teacher, every student, every family in this neighborhood. And as you said earlier, we fund most of our stuff locally. We don't get the state funding that everyone else does. We don't have a lot of federal dollars coming our way. So, we need to start fighting more to get more out of Frank for bigger. >> I think um what what you're describing is extremely accurate. There's there's so much work going on around us. is so it's an enorous amount of work which I think I considering this adst Right. So, but then you get to like our budget rather than having to give you my my experience. That was fantast. A lot of good reach saturation. Now we have to do what's not working. So I think that was
033the only behind the might. stakeholders, shareholders, the way I thought about it because if they can't make at 7:00 if I agree with you that it's one of the most important committ >> and if I may it's a question of I'm thinking we can meet eight 10 times the number as the other but the concerns I heard was number one board more board involvement in the agenda creation the second concern I heard was you know there's we meet we don't need to meet or it gets cancelled because there's nothing on the agenda so we're trying to make these more meaningful but again going back to um after the legislator spoke we reached out to them some of them multiple multiple multiple times and we had to be very flexible with their schedule and you know
034we met you know I met one wanted to meet at lunch wanted to So, but I will say that that I've circled back and and I think um you know a majority of them I've had the opportunity to sit down and meet with and and building those and and this committee is it's relationship based. It's it's a lot of work. Uh and so I guess the point is with ad hoc we tell the community we're going to meet on this date this time. We've had people show up and they're canceled or you know there's there's it's we come in and we say well there's really this isn't a very big month for legislation but we're going to meet I guess in in in my mind in talking to Mr. Parks, those bottom ones really are
035in a regular schedule. That's not to say that they may not meet more often because I do believe in January, February, March, you know, um and prior to this there's times where you may need to meet once a month, sometimes twice a month. Um so we were just trying to to create with back to Mr. Park's comments that sometimes we want to be flexible on the date and time because we need our legislators there. We need certain key people there. So that was that the whole point of the ad hoc was that there's flexibility not that the and if you we could even do a report. I'm happy to say this is the number of times the committees met and I will be the first to say that legislative did not meet last year and
036and they should have and that was the feedback you gave to me. It was one of the things we said this this this year that you want to meet more often. That's a quantifying the number of meetings to me is has been the concern I've heard versus, you know, do we just set a standing time because that and that was really why we separated those. I'm okay either way. >> Actually, it it seems to me that ad hoc would give some as long as you understood it was important, but an ad hoc like >> give some fluidity of when you have these meetings and because if you're going to have the public and it has to be announced, you have to have set times. I can kind of see the the thinking behind having an
037I mean as long as it's just not meaning that's an addon it's important but >> concern for anyone here but concern is sometimes that's what we want to avoid >> like happened last year >> so I I want to address that real quick um we keep talking if that's we might not I don't know if we remember but this district and districts all over the state were under attack and assault by issue and we constantly met with our legislators in the form of oneonone meetings and public meetings and rallies and everything to prevent the assault on our budget by this bad amendment that they put on the ballot. So we didn't meet at the legislative forum or anything like that but we all met a lot with our in our communities to stop the assault
038on our public school system. So we didn't meet legislative committee but we all met last year last year. So I don't want to make it seem like that's true. So is it okay? Would you all like to move it to a standing committee? Either way is fine with me. I agree with bird that the committee is important and it's been underutilized only but it's been underutilized for sure >> or whatever it ends up If the chair of that committee, if this board is asking Dr. Why don't we do that? Why don't we call >> Dr. House doesn't have to be the chair unless chooses to be but I think he needs to be involved in that. I'm going to call it a standing committee and then whoever the chair of the committee ends up being
039comes up with their own schedule that they think is important for whatever task that committee so a standing committee and then they come up with their own schedule wheebody We're always >> okay. So with that one edit >> and there won't be there won't be a published date and time but we will make it a standing committee with the understanding that it will meet regularly as needed and particularly flexible based upon the schedules of legislators and others. The comment is that it's We'll make it a standing committee but it won't have the you know I was these are regular I do have one question on all of these committ so shouldn't that be open to the public as well >> it will be >> okay that was just my concern I think the public if
040it's not going to They just need to be aware of the times and be able to. >> So funny you mentioned that last time we had forum legis to defus. >> It's been my my interaction with our legislators, they're more than welcome to do whatever. >> Okay. Okay. So, does anyone want a motion to amend? That one needs to fail first. All >> in favor of the current motion. I'd like to make a motion that we accept the committees as presented with the exception of adding legislative standing committee with it to be determined and Dr. House or will serve as chair on that. have a motion current legislative committee standing committee. Do you have a second? All in favor please say I >> I >> move on to item nunare reportates. I just want to
041thank Dr. Household for mentioning the golf outing coming up August 1st. Um I was I virtually attended the golf committee meeting kind of today um to as they were putting things together. We are really low on forums. I think we only have six from the district as a whole. So, um, we need to we're going to really make this successful, especially with it being the 25th anniversary. We need people to and and I know historically a lot of people do sign up late. But I also got to see the free shirt that all the golfers participants are going to get today and it's really really sharp and it's going to have it's going to be logoed and and everything else and um first time that this has ever happened thanks to some very generous sponsors
042for to cover the cost of that shirt because one thing I'll give the guys credit for the business association is uh they don't like to spend money but they do like to give money back to this community and what they have done for a lot of Boone County students over the years has been amazing and I I do appreciate their partnership and I've been a member of for years. Um, but we do we do need horses, so please get with Mrs. Brady or look for something. And if you don't play, go find someone that plays um and um appreciate that plug for that. It's it's really important for some of our alternative service programs for that donation. um summer KSBA summer leadership institute kicks off in the morning looking forward to that learning opportunity and
043that's all Thursday July 17th road doing from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. All right. So, it's at Thursday, July 17th, 11. Oh, cool. >> Just make sure you tell them because I'll just say that while you know our students are in buildings, our buildings are people working tirelessly to maintain and get buildings ready for students. We always say this fall when they come back to school. So I just want to say thank you for all the hard work that goes on with all the staffing stuffing. work that goes on. Thank you. There's no executive session. So, we'll move to all of