001Okay. >> All right. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Roll call, please. >> Member Steel >> here. >> Member Lion Well, >> here. >> Member Frederick is absent. Member Billsboro is absent. Uh, member Dean here. >> Member Lake is absent. Member Wilbrook >> here. Is there any public participation? Seeing move on to approval of the minutes January July 7th, 2025. Have a motion. So >> second one of us. >> Got it. >> Any discussion? >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> We have um agenda additions. >> We do. We have some um to amend the personnel report. We need we're asking to add Amanda Morick as
002JV boys tennis coach, Cody Fishell, um, seventh grade assistant football coach, and Brain Kelly resigning from JV girls basketball. Okay. Agenda, is there any communications? No. We're up on first order. All right. Um, so relative to certified staff recommendations, the board of ed accepting with regret the resignation of Aaron Ormsby from this, uh, high school English teaching position effective immediately upon board approval. The board of education approved the administrative recommendation to employ Abigail Skidmore for the high school English teaching position effective the 2526 school year pending background check. The board of education approved the administrative recommendation to employ Abigail Labraci for the Young Five teaching position at Max Lararsson Elementary the 2526 school year pending background check. The board of education approved the administrative recommendation to employ Keith Bader Schneider for the 6th through 8th
003grade ELA intervention position at Lake Middle School effective 2526 school years pending background check. The board of education approved the administrative recommendation to employ Brendan Pensel for the high school English teaching position effective the 2526 school year pending background check. Relative to support staff recommendations, the board of education accept with regret after 13 years of dedicated service. The re resignation of Nick Canouse from the lead maintenance and grounds position for Cold Water Community Schools effective August 15, 2025. The board of education approved the administrative recommendation to employ Nickel Houston for the part-time ELLLM support position at Lake Middle School effective 2526 school year pending background check. The board of education accept with regret the resignation of Sue Andress from the part-time library clerk supervision position at Lakeland Elementary effective immediately upon board approval. The board
004of education accept with regret the resignation of Anna Rodriguez from the part-time library clerk supervisor position at Max Lararsson Elementary effective immediately upon board approval. The board of education accept with regret the resignation of Aisha Abdullah from the ELLL support personnel supervisor position at Max Larson Elementary effective immediately upon board approval. Relative to extra duty staff recommendations. The board of education accept with regret the resignation of Logan Fee from the assistant coaching position for seventh grade football effective immediately upon board approval. The board of education approved the administrative recommendation to employ Madison Wright for the extraduty position, a freshman girls volleyball coach effective immediately upon board approval pending background check. The board of education approved the administrative recommendation to employ Amanda Morik for the extra duty position of JV boys tennis coach and Cody Fishell
005for the extra duty position of the seventh grade assistant football coach effectively effective immediately upon board approval and the board of education accept with regret the resignation of Brain Kelly from the JV girls uh coaching position JV girls basketball coaching position effective immediately upon board approval. Thank the consent agenda. >> Yes, we need to approve that one. >> We do. >> Okay. Do we have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> Any uh any talks, discussions? Okay. All those in favor? >> I opposed. We're down. Is there any other discussion items? Anybody? Okay. Down to action items. Our action item is the first reading of revised policy 5136, personal communication devices. A little background on that. The board's policy advisory committee along with superintendent Paul Flynn and High School principal Dr. Steven Hope met
006on July 31st, 2025 to review and propose changes to the policy 5136 personal communication devices. The committee supports and administration recommends to revise the policy on the personal communication devices, specifically banning student cell phone use during the school day at the high school. Further supporting documentation as well as a summary of the changes in the original current policy are included with this report for the board's perusal. The board will be asked to conduct a second reading including the final adoption of the revised policy during the next regular meeting for the board. So the recommendation be it resolved. The board of education acknowledges the recommendation of the first reading revised policy 5136 as presented. Do we have a motion? >> So move support. >> Support. Any discussion? >> Yes. One clarification item that there is a
007typo in here that the recommendation for the policy the policy covers the entire district and we accidentally said at the high school level. Okay. >> Um that is that is incorrect. The policy will be districtwide. And I just want to say I'm really happy that the full board support is with this matter that it I think it's going to be great for for the kids, for the teachers, and less distractions will be good for everybody. >> It's going to take time to adjust, >> but if we aren't consistent about doing this, we'll never get the kids focused again. I agree. >> So just for for record um to clarify then we still have the motion and support as it stands with the correction to it being district and not specifically just for >> correct. This
008just reverse reading this is that >> okay >> and the motion is to change the policy. Yeah. >> The background which is always districtwide. Yeah. the policy or the background uh is where the mistake was. >> Right. >> But again, first reading this doesn't put it into effect. >> Correct. Second reading will be the next I I see all the stuff that's in here, all the the numbers, the documentation, skirt example, all of that. Has it has this been floated out just in general like to gauge our parent community or not? Can we know what kind of >> I'm not sure if there's been communication between the buildings and the parent community. Um I know that they've surveyed the staff >> those Yeah. Um but I I can't answer if they've gone out and surveyed
009the the parent community. I know that other school districts in the area have done it successfully. Sturgeis being one of them and uh after a year has shown positive results. Uh we're hoping for the same. And at the committee meeting we discussed not gradually introducing it but letting this is the policy and we do not want them to use them. But we did discuss using them in the lunchroom, didn't we? >> Because Dr. You said you were going to have and you said you would have plenty of pair of pros. >> No, it was how it was how is it going to be how is it going to be enforced in such a large area and that was the addition of more parapros and the addition of the dean of students as well. >> Okay.
010And our assumption is the phones will eventually be in their lockers when we all get used to this. Yep. >> It's going to take Yes. Any other discussion? >> Roll call. >> Okay. Member Hullbrook. >> Yes. >> Member Steel. >> Yes. >> Member Dean. >> Yes. >> Member Billsboro is absent. Uh member Lion Welch. >> Yes. >> Okay. And member Frederick and member Lake are both absent. >> Okay. The next regular meeting of the col board of education will take place August 25th, 2025 at 6:00 in the evening at the administrative service center. We are journ