001[Music] Hello, my name is Jason Mascll and I'm a member of the NIXA board of education with your May board meeting recap. Prior to the meeting starting, artwork from SCORE was highlighted and the successes from our athletic program was also highlighted. The early childhood program presented on their implementation of the portrait of an eagle and the culmination of a year of teaching the traits with a big in a year celebration where students were awarded a certificate for the showing one of the portrait of an eagle attributes confidence effective communication critical thinking empathy or adaptability. School leaders hope the students can continue to learn more about these important traits as the progress through school. Brenda Rance talked about a recent reassessment of the property by the county and how that impacts Nixon. If there is too
002much of an increase, it causes a roll back which can reduce the amount of money the district receives. She also stated that while the community approved a tax increase in 2019, the current tax levy set by the board is 39 cents less than that. She also talked about how the school will be impacted by SB727 and how we are funded as well as how much money we receive from the federal government. During the superintendent's comments, various groups, events, and topics were highlighted. One Nixa One Reed presented their summer book Charlotte's Web, which is a community activity where all of Nixa reads the book together and culminates with the movie in the park at the end of the end of June. For more information, go to www.wnixa.net. The culinary world showcase was highlighted. This is a
003year event where students across the district form teams to compete for the best dish surrounding a theme which this year was flavors of China. Jan Mason and Nicole Bolo from Century Elementary were recognized for two separate events on having to perform the Heimlick on students who were choking. It was announced that Century Elementary has been named a professional learning community PLC model school and Nixa Junior High has been named a PLC promising practices school. These recognitions set the schools apart from other schools across the nation for their work on improving professional development in their buildings. These schools join Matthews Inman and JTSD as model schools, SB as a promising practice school, and the school district as a model PLC district, which makes the Nixa school district have the most in the state to receive these
004PLC honors. Brandon Clark highlighted the successes of the boys basketball team, earning third place at state and the girls wrestling team earning a state championship this past year. Stephanie Smith, the Nixa teacher association president-elect, talked about the spring membership drag and their 200 membership. She also highlighted the 50 teachers that have graduated with a master's specialist or doctorate this semester as well as over 150 who are continuing their education journeys. She also thanked the board for all their support this year. Nixa's recent graduate spoke about the opportunity that 17 incredible educators who recently completed their masters in curriculum and instructional leadership through our partnership with Evangel University. During the consent agenda, we paid the bills approved employment recommendation, approved grant applications, and approved contracts along with other items of business for the district. and other
005business. The board reviewed a presentation on organ donation. The board decided not to adopt the organization's curriculum since the district already provides the information to our students. We also reviewed policy updates and also the special education program. During the president's report, Heather Donsky highlighted our end of the year events, including schools graduation celebration on Thursday, May 15th at 4:00 and high school graduation on Sunday, May 18th at 1:30 p.m. For more information about these events, please visit www.nixapublicschools.net/graduation. The board extends its appreciation and gratitude to our staff and teachers for their hard work and dedication to our teachers and staff. We're grateful for all of [Music] you. Linda Doy, MSBA delegate, talked about bills in legislation session and how they could impact NIX, including funding from the state. To keep up to date on all
006schoolboard information as well as upcoming meetings, go to www.nixapublic schools.net back/schoolboard. [Music]