001[Music] the [Music] Good evening. I call the April 17th, 2025 uh meeting of the board Park Hill Board of Education to order. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I aliance 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. Thank you for silencing your phones. Um, I would like to remind the board of our norms. Uh, be prepared, be an active listener, be missiondriven, stay in the role of a board member, embody integrity, be respectful, and of our district vision statement. Building successful futures each student every day. Um, our first item of business is 1.3. Um, and that is the certification of the April 8th, 2025 general, oh, municipal election official results. I'll need a
002motion and a second to accept and certify the official results of the April 8th, 2025 general municipal election as submitted by the Plaque County Board of Election Commissioners. Seconded. All right. I have a motion from Miss Bolan and a second by Mr. Todd to accept and certify the official results of the April 8th, 2025 general municipal election as presented. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed say nay. Any abstained. All right. Motion carries. 70. All right. Next um item is 1.4. Swearing in of newly elected board members and the oath of office. Mrs. Freeman, it is my honor to swear in our newly reelected board members Shereekica Barnes and Daryl Torilliger. Uh, if you will please stand and raise your right hands. Pursuant to Missouri Revised Statute 162.301, newly elected school board
003members shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed by article 7, section 11 of the Constitution of Missouri as follows. Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Missouri and that you will honestly, faithfully, and impartially discharge your duties as a school board member to the best of your ability? I do. I will. I do. Thank you. Sure. What you want to say? [Applause] All right. Um, well, we'll now move on to announcements. Uh, board members, any announcements this evening? Uh, Miss Barnes, good evening. So, uh, thank you for allowing us to do this a second round. And, um, also thank you to the community for supporting, uh, Prop G to help our, um, teachers as well as our
004facilities. So, it's honor to be here to help put that forward. Um, also just a few things just on um, federal um, issue cuts and just like stripping things away and just giving some people some p perspective. Um, it would take you over 31 years to count to a billion. Just so people understand that if you counted from 60 seconds per second um, to count to that it would take you 3600 seconds to count to 1 hour. And counting this pattern, it would take you 43,200 seconds to count to 12 hours. It would take you 86,400 seconds to a full day. Therefore, it would be 11,574 days to get to a billion. Approximately 31.7 years. So, just to put that in perspective, when people say, "Oh, that's a billion dollars that we're cutting from a
005budget." How how old would you be in 31 years to get to a billion? Thank you, Miss Barnes. Uh, Mr. Todd. Yeah, I would like to thank the uh Park Hill GNO team for their service to the district and um I am truly humbled by this community's investment in our students uh the generations of Park Hill students to come and to the dedicated professionals who make these schools outstanding places to learn. Thank you, Mr. Todd. Mrs. Woody, I would echo what Mr. Todd just said about our Park Hill Go team as well as wanted to just remind everybody, all the parents and guardians that the guardian feedback survey is open till May 10th. Um, as you know, this district thrives on feedback and input and we take that seriously. So, we would love to hear
006back from our parents and guardians. Um, the Banaker School Foundation is hosting annual blues and folk festival. We like to support that organization as they are trying to um rebuild and their foundation and the buildings for especially educational purposes. That blues and folk festival will be June 7th in English Landing Park and um it's at 5:00 p.m. and it is free to the public and of course um donations are welcome and appreciated to help build their foundation. And lastly, April 26th through the 27th is the district art fair and it's going to be hosted at Park Hill South High School. Thank you. Thank you, uh, Mr. Monsters. I I want to say thanks to the board and to the school district for all the support you've shown me and my family over the past several
007months as we've been dealing with all of our grieving. Thank you. It meant a lot. Meant a lot. Thank you, Mr. Mons. our hearts and thoughts and prayers were with you and your family during that tough time. So, thank you. Yeah. Um, Mrs. Bolton, um, let's just echo thanks to our community for passing um, Prop G and O and thank you so much to the committee for all your work um, that you put forward for our community. We really appreciate it, Mrs. Barber. And thank you. Okay. And then um just to kind of put a bow on GNO um you know we it's a there's a lot the community puts a lot of trust in the board in the district to uh to um you know provide that um money to the district. So there's
008going to be a lot of opportunities to um help design design teams with the buildings. Um so look for those um opportunities to uh have input into how that money gets spent in the coming months and years. So all right uh Dr. Kimmel, any additional comments for you? Well, everybody said it, but I will as well. Thank you to our community for uh passing propositions GNO. Just to uh update the community next steps, we are currently working with our PHNA um in negotiations on compensation and to get an agreement to you as the board by the end of the school year. Uh so that's Proposition G. And Proposition O, uh we will be starting initial timelines around projects and also about RFPs such as architects and construction managers and all of those things here soon
009and we'll be bringing you some information on that. Couple other things I'd like to uh mention. Uh today was a a real celebration for a couple of our schools. They were uh AVID is in their 50th year and they are recognizing their top 50 schools around the nation. And Park Hill has two and so two of our schools, Lake View Middle and uh English Landing Elementary were recognized today. And so we certainly will get a chance to celebrate them. Um, a reminder to uh the board and community, we're a little off schedule right now on our board meeting cadence because of what you just did with certifying the election. So, we have another board meeting next week, next Thursday, which is atypical for us to have backtoback Thursdays, but a reminder there. And then finally,
010I had an opportunity on Monday night to uh take part and was invited to uh speak with our special education parent advisory uh committee. Some of those folks are here tonight and I wanted to thank them as uh the invitation and we had a great conversation at the Green Hills Library um which was u an opportunity for parents to talk about some of the things that are going on relative to our special education programming right now. I appreciated all the feedback and uh was able to hear many voices and appreciate all the parents that took place or took um an opportunity to be uh in participation of that uh conversation and we will continue with our team to continue working on uh finding solutions and using that feedback to to move forward. And that's all
011I have tonight. Okay. Thank you, Dr. Cameron. We'll now move on to the adoption of the agenda. I will need a motion and a second to adopt the April 17th, 2025 agenda as presented. So moved. Second. Right. I have a motion uh from Mrs. Woodley and a second by Miss Bolan to adopt the agenda as presented. Uh Dr. Kim, are there any modifications? None today. Uh board, do you have any modifications? Seeing none, um all those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed say nay. Uh motion carries 70. All right, we'll now move on to board reorganization and I'll talk turn it over to Dr. Yeah, thank you. Uh as a reminder to the board, uh these first two for board president and board vice president I will conduct. And so the instructions here
012are that I in a in a minute I will open the floor for nominations for the board president. When someone is nominated, that person will have an opportunity to accept or decline the nomination. Uh we do not need anyone to second a nomination and then I will ask again if there are any more nominations. If none uh I will close close the nominations. Uh the board will first vote on the first named nominee. If the first named nominee receives four votes, they will be elected pre as president. If they do not receive four v votes, the board will vote on the second named nominee, etc. The first one to receive four votes will be declared president. I will not ask for um I will now ask for a uh motion uh to um for the
013board office of board president. It's open at this time. I would like to nominate Mr. Turwilliger. Okay. Mr. to other. Do you accept the nomination? I accept. Okay. Are there any other nominations for board president? Okay. Seeing none, I'm closing the nominations. Those in favor of Mr. Mr. Williger to serve as a Park Hill Board of Education President for the term of April 17th, 2025 until the April 2026 reorganizational meeting. Please say I. I. I. Those opposed say nay. Any abstain. Congratulations. Mr. Tiliger will be the board president. I'll move now to uh board vice president. Similar to the uh process we just followed, the board will first vote on the first named uh nominee. If the first named nominee receives four votes, they will be elected vice president. If they do not receive four
014votes, the board will vote on the second nominee, etc. And the first one to receive four votes will be declared vice president. All right. I will open the floor at this time for a motion to elect the vice president. I nominate Shrieka Barnes. Okay, Miss Mark Barnes, do you accept that nomination? Yes, I accept that nomination. Okay. Other nominations for the office of board vice president. Seeing none, the nominations are closed. Those in favor of Miss Barnes s serving as the Park Hill Board of Education Vice President for the term of April 17th, 20125 until the April 2026 reorganizational meeting. Please say I. I. I. Those opposed say nay. Any abstain? All right. Motion passes 70. Congratulations, Miss Barnes. and I'll turn it back over to our newly elected board president. All right. Thank you,
015Dr. Kimbell. Um, all right. So, we'll now we'll move on to board treasurer. Um, the treasurer position runs from July 15th of 2025 until July 15th, 2026. And Mrs. Barber is our current treasurer. Um, I'll now open the floor for nominations for the position of board treasurer. I'd like to nominate Mr. Harrison Todd. All right, Mr. Todd. Do you accept that nomination? I do. Okay. All right. Board, are there any other nominations? Okay. Seeing none, um those in favor of Mr. Todd um to serve as Park Hill Board of Education Treasurer for the term of July 15, 2025 through July 15, 2026. Please say I. I. I. Any oppose say nay. All right. Congratulations, Mr. Todd. You are the board treasurer. All right. We'll now move on to the u appointment of the board secretary
016and alternate board secretary. Um, for this one, I'll need a motion and a second to appoint uh Tina Freeman as board secretary and Joanne Blakeley as alternate board secretary with terms of service from July 15th, 2025 until July 15th, 2026. So moved. Second. All right. I have a motion from Mrs. Barber and a second by Miss Barnes to appoint Tina Freeman as board secretary and Joanne Blakeley as alternate as presented. All those in favor say I. I. Any oppose say nay. All right. Motion carries 70. All right. We'll now move on to the election of the Missouri School Board Association Association's uh delegate. Uh the MSBA delegates term will be from April 17th, 2025 until April 26th until the April 26, 2026 reorganizational meeting. Um Park Hill qualifies for two delegates. The board president will
017serve as one of the delegates. Um I'll now open the floor for nomination of the MSBA delegate. I would like to nominate Mrs. Brandy Woodley. Okay. Uh Mrs. Woodley, do you accept that nomination? I do accept. Okay. Uh board, are there any other nominations for MSBA delegate? Um seeing none, um those in favor of Mrs. Woodley to serve as the Park Hill Board of Education MSBA delegate for the term of April 17, 2025 until the April 2026 reorganizational meeting. Please say I. I. Any oppose say nay. All right. Congratulations, Miss Wizzley. All right. And then Okay. Uh the now next is the election of the Missouri School Boards Association alternate delegate. Um the MSBA alternate delegates term will be April 17th, 2025 until the April 2026 reorganizational meeting. Um, I will now open up uh
018nominations uh for the MSBA alternate delegate. I would like to nominate uh Miss Bolan. Um as the MSBA alternate delegate, do you accept that nomination? Yes. Okay. All right. Um are there any other nominations for MSBA delegate alternate? Okay. Seeing none, um those in favor of Miss Bolan to serve as the Park Hill Board of Education, MSBA alternate delegate for the term of April 17th, 2025 until the April 2026 reorganizational meeting, please say I. I. I. Those opposed say nay. All right. Congratulations, Miss Bolan. You are the MSBA delegate altered. All right. And then next is item 3.7, approval of the board of education code of conduct. I will need a motion and a second to approve the board of education uh code of conduct as presented. So moved. Second. All right. I have a
019motion from Miss Barnes and a second by Miss Bolan to approve the board of education code of conduct as presented. Are there any discussions? All right. Seeing none. Um, all those in favor say I. I. I. Any oppose say nay. Motion carries. 70. All right. And then last, um, item 3.8, approval of the 2025 to 2026 board meeting schedule. Um, I'll need a motion and a second to approve the July 2025 through June 2026 board meeting schedule as presented. So moved. Second. I have a motion from Mr. Todd and a second by Miss Barnes to approve the 2025 to 2026 board meeting schedule as proposed. Um, any final discussion, board? Seeing none. All those in favor say I. I. I. I. Any oppose say nay. All right. Motion carries 70. All right. Next is item
020uh four, public comment. Um during this part of our agenda, we will receive uh public comments from patrons who have pre-registered by the new deadline today. Um we had four patrons pre-register today. Um, when called upon by the board president, patrons are to approach the presenter station speaking to the microphone. State your name before making comments. Each speaker will have a three-minute time limit. The board secretary will monitor the time. Uh, please direct your comments to the entire board. Um, generally board members will not provide any response during public comment. Um, however, if needed, board members and or district staff may provide a response at a later time. Um discussion about individual staff members or students is not allowed. Um right. Um so first comment public comment is from Christy Spataphor. Um MPor you can
021approach the presenter station and uh begin when you're ready. Good evening everyone. My name is Christy Spataphor. My husband and I have three kids in the district. Two at LEAD and one at Congress Middle School, one of whom has multiple disabilities and receives special education services. And I'm here tonight to speak again about the changes in special ed services that are being planned for next year. So, first of all, thank you Dr. Kimell. Thank you Dr. Bridewell and Adrienne Kelly for coming to the CPAC meeting like you mentioned. And I really hope that that meeting was the start of both a conversation and a solution. So tonight I have just a couple of things that I'd like to focus on. First, we keep hearing the number 35 or something close to it. As in that's
022the number of students who will be directly affected by these changes or to be more specific only 35. But it's not only 35. This affects those students friends, their peers, their siblings. And those 35 are themselves important individuals. So I stop I hope we stop diminishing the consequences of these placements and minimizing their impact. In an FAQ that was sent out last week, we were assured that students with disabilities were a top priority. But please understand how it can be hard to believe that when recently constructed buildings have lacked both accessible playgrounds and accessible entrances. when some high school students go to school in the literal basement, far removed from the rest of the student body. I know some changes are being made and I'm very happy about those, but I believe the presence of
023these issues for a long time have led up to a buildup of frustration. Now, math was never my strong suit, but I do remember PEMDAS, the order of operations, parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. Again, not my subject. And however, I do remember if you don't follow the order of operations, you get a wrong answer. So, in my opinion, Park Hill did not follow the correct order of operations here. And if we had, we wouldn't be at this point now. Had families been involved from the beginning together with the teachers and the other professionals that work with our kids, I feel confident that we would have arrived at a much better answer at a much better time. As a student, I was sometimes told to redo my assignments more often than I would like to
024admit and often with the admonition to show my work. And then when I became a teacher, I found myself requesting the same thing of students. Even in subjects other than math, show me your work. Tell me what you're thinking. Explain your process here. How did you get to this answer? Do that. We can probably give you a better grade. So, I'm asking you to redo the assignment. Show us the work. Explain your process. and include us in it. Thank you, Miss Vadfor, for your comments tonight. Um, next is Kelly Johnson. Uh, you can approach the presenter station. Miss Johnson, you can begin when uh when you're ready. Good evening. I am Kelly Johnson, parent of two kids here in the Park Hill School District. Since moving into Park Hill in the summer of 2019, I've
025been very intentional to build relationships with teachers and administrators. My goal has always been to collaborate to improve school experience for all students, especially those with disabilities. In my opinion, we were moving in the right direction toward collaboration. Or so I thought until February 24th when parents received an email stating, and I quote, "As you know, our district recently underwent a redistricting process to align elementary, middle, and high schools into feeder patterns. With this shift to a north and south feeder system, we also took the opportunity to evaluate our special education programs." When parents express concern about feeling blindsided by this decision, many reasons and excuses have been given, but still no actual parent feedback has been requested. If the district administration thought it was right, it wouldn't have been a secret. I'm concerned this
026issue is being spun to pit pit parents against teachers. The vast majority of our parents love our teachers and fully fully fully support them. Please do not believe the lie that this is parents against teachers. That's simply the farthest from the truth. There is case law that speaks to this decision and these concerns. Um and we would be wise to consider this case law. In the PV versus school district of Philadelphia, a class action lawsuit brought in 2011 was originally filed to contend a district's upper leveling process where they transferred students with autism that it violates the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act because it ignored parental involvement as well as the difficulty that students with autism have with transition. Judge Davis in the appeal found that at a change in school building location is a
027change in placement for students with autism since as a result of the autism children have quote difficulty with transitions, changes in routine and unexpected events. Given the federal IDA's provisions emphasizing parental involvement, the court also reasoned that parents should be at the core of all decision making about their children with autism for purposes of preparing students for such changes. For context, they were changing school buildings halfway through elementary school, that type of thing. While this case is specific to autism, most would agree that the same is true of many in the disability community. And these shouldn't these students shouldn't be ripped from their community on a whim. We are required by IDA to keep students in their least restrictive environment. If space is the main concern, that should have been addressed during redistricting, not as
028an afterthought. If we believe that students with disabilities truly belong in our community, we must pause these changes in order to include all stakeholders in the conversation. I implore you, Park Hill, to do better for students. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Johnson, for your for your comments. All right. Next is Carmen Damada. You can approach the presenter station and begin when you're ready. Hi, I'm Carmen and I have four kids in the district. Um, I'd like to use my time to speak on the changes happening in the special education program and the removal of higher needs classrooms from specific schools. During the special education meeting on Monday night, it was stated that this change only affects about 30 special education students. But as a school district, you are either failing to understand the bigger impact
029or ignoring it altogether. Along with doing a disservice to our disabled children by segregating them, you're also doing a disservice to typical children who will no longer get the opportunity in an educational setting to interact with higher needs disabled children. By removing higher needs classrooms and making them available only at a few select schools, you're denying typical children of the lifealtering empathy and compassion that comes from growing up alongside a kid like mine who is disabled, autistic, non-verbal, and medically complex. When I go into my son's school, I get to witness countless typical kids yell, "Hi, Oliver" or hug him or wave to him. He's also been recognized and greeted by his peers in public, and they'll say, "I know Oliver from school." It's truly beautiful, and it's brought me to tears on many occasions.
030These are not only his classmates, but kids in all grade levels throughout the school because they interact with him on a daily basis. He's included throughout the whole school. And while I'm sure he will receive the same when moving to his new school, I want you to think about the typical kids who will now never grow never grow up with interactions like that because the school district is not providing higher needs special education classrooms in each school. These children will now never have the opportunity to interact with a higher needs disabled child. Meaning as adults, they are less likely to interact, understand, include, and accept them as equals. This has a major impact on how they will interact with disabled people for the rest of their lives. This week alone, we've seen the dangerous repercussions
031of adults not understanding how to interact with disabled people. An autistic, non-verbal 17-year-old boy with cerebral pausy, just like my son, was shot and killed mult or shot multiple times and killed by police. He was unable to communicate and scared. This is preventable when inclusion is taught and shown from a young age. Starting with our elementary age students in every classroom. We want inclusion, acceptance, and to not worry for the lives of disabled adults, adults. And it starts with the inclusion of disabled kids in every single classroom throughout the district, every single school throughout the district. Thank you, Mrs. Damato, for your your comments tonight. Um, and then Katie Turner, you can approach the presenter station and begin when you're ready. Good evening. My name is Katie Turner and I have a son with autism
032who is a first grader at Tiffany Ridge and I am co-chair of the special education parent advisory committee. I'm here tonight to talk about the district's plan to change special education programming. I moved to Kansas City before I had children, so I didn't know what an amazing district Park Hill was until my son started attending Gerner and preschool and then Tiffany Ridge. He has loved, supported, and has excelled because of his classroom teachers, resource teachers, ELD teachers, occupational and speech therapists, and other staff at these schools. I am overwhelmed with gratitude on a daily basis for their expertise and dedication to not only my child, but every child. My son will not be directly affected by the planned programming change to special education, but because of my experience, I can imagine the devastation of the
033families who will be affected. I would move heaven and earth to keep my son at Tiffany Ridge if I had to. The decision for this change did not involve the families of special education students. They were blindsided by communication that came after the redistricting process was complete. From my understanding, currently some children are not at their home schools based on their needs by choice. A decision that was made by their IEP team. the the decision to uproot some children if their specific need cannot be met at their home school was made by the district without involving the parents and the students IEP team. If a decision was made about my son's education that did not involve the people whose number one priority was to make sure he was in the most inclusive, least restrictive environment
034surrounded by his friends, I would be furious. The history of disabled students in education reveals a long struggle for equal access and opportunity. Moving from exclusion and segregation to greater inclusion and rights protection. Students with disabilities were excluded and isolated for nearly 200 years after this country was founded. And it wasn't until the 70s that meaningful legislation was passed, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This act introduced IEPs and brought about a widespread focus on providing the best researched, most effective methods for special education teaching. I have not yet heard from the district the research and evidence behind the decision to make these changes. I have not yet heard an acceptable reason why families were not a part of this conversation from the beginning. I know that everyone here cares about the students
035of Park Hill, but if you truly want to make disabled children a top priority, then the disabled community needs a seat at the table and to be a part of decisions that affect our most vulnerable students. I am asking the district to pause and rethink the program change. Keep student placement and IEP team decision. Let us be heard. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Mrs. Turner, for and all and all four commenters for coming tonight and and giving public comments. We appreciate it. All right. Um, item five is our consent agenda. Um, before I call for a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda, are there any items that need uh highlighted, Dr. Kimble? Just one that I'd like to point out and uh it is item 5.22. This is uh the
036one that's titled approving a plumbing contract. The reason why I'm pointing this out is that this is this contract is a result of a default of a original plumbing contractor for the additions at Park Hill High and Park Hill South. And so we had to quickly identify another contractor to keep that work going. We are requesting that the board uh wave the first read on this so that we can uh pay what we owe that particular contractor and there is still work to be done but to continue that uh moving forward so that we can have those projects done in time. We're asking the board's uh wave of first read there. That's the only one I have in the consent agenda to point out, but I'd be happy to answer any questions. Um, seeing no
037questions, I'll need a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda items 5.2 through 5.24 as presented. So moved. Second. I have a motion for Mr. Todd and a second by Mrs. Bolan to approve the consent agenda as presented. Any further discussion, board, before we vote? All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed say nay. All right. Motion carries 70. All right. Um item six, um we have several information items uh tonight. Items 6.1 through 6.11 are related to bids, contracts, and agreements. Um items 6.12 through 618 are related to curriculum. Um item 6.19 is a resolution to adopt 2025 um multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan. Um and the board will be asked to take action on this item at the April 24th regular meeting. Um are there any questions for Dr. Campbell
038or is there any items you want to highlight? If I may. Um the item 6.9 I just wanted to point out this is one that is related to budget assumptions and one in which we have uh worked with our CIP team and made sure that uh we have gotten the feedback necessary relative to improving uh safety and security around our elementary schools. Uh as you know we have SRO's at our uh secondary buildings at each one of them and this particular process that we have gone through is putting forward uh contracted service that will be uh put in place in the fall and we're starting with four security personnel that would be at one of each of the three elementary clusters if you will of uh buildings that are going to be feeding one elementary
039school. uh we believe that this is a response to our community feedback and also that it is uh within the line of of our uh systems part of our uh CIP. So just want to point that one out and I'd be happy to take any other questions. Any questions? I have a question on that. How um what kind of training are they going to undergo to ensure that they're um abiding by our expectations um kind of specifically as part of inclusion? I know um I'll answer generally and then I'll I'll give it to Dr. Dial who ran the process for this RFP and and the selection of that. This was one of the key pieces that we wanted to make sure was uh part of the selection process. In fact, uh when we did this,
040we evaluated proposals based on uh our mission, vision, values, uh the annual cost, training. So, I'm going to in a second let Dr. Dial get the details of that reporting and responsiveness to the uh proposal requirements. Um plus we ask for an implementation plan of what that would look like. So, um, we want to make sure that whoever we are working with, similar to how we work with our SRO's from, uh, Plaque County and and city of Riverside that they have the appropriate training for all deescalation and other sensitivity training that we need to make sure that is happening so that they're working with our students. Um, this is a little bit of a change because of moving to a model that's similar to some of our neighboring school districts in which we have this
041in elementary schools. So I understand the um you know additional thoughts of how does that look in an elementary school. So I'll turn it over to Dr. Dial to talk a little bit about that process. Sure. Excuse me. Sorry. Um they actually will start with us when our teachers uh come back. So they'll actually be here before um our students arrive. So they'll start on August 11th. That allows them to be here for professional development during that whole time. And so we will have time with them um as a department to do training with them along with the SRO's and along with our campus supervisors. We we put pull them all together. Um and I'll be working with Dr. Singleary to pull that um in place to make sure that that we're good on that
042front before school starts. Um and then we're currently obviously waiting for the contract to be approved. But once that is done, we actually have a preliminary meeting scheduled with them on April the 29th um to start talking about the onboarding and the discussion about the training and the concepts and things of that nature. So, we're on it. Um that's very important to us. We made that very clear as Dr. Kimbell said um when we were going through the RFP process that we wanted to make sure that um when we bring folks in particular at the elementary level, it's a little bit of a different look. Um and uh we want to make sure that we're providing the support that our community is wanting um at that level while also um being uh inclusive and still
043contributing to the sense of belonging that we want in all of our buildings. So I'm sorry. Go ahead. Um, so I just to piggyback on what Miss Bolan said just um do the like I just want to talk about like our DIB um and will they do they go through that own training or do they go through our training just because um and I say that not just with the new ones that are coming in but just in general with our SRO's and working with the law enforcement that we work with um because different communities have different feelings about law enforcement and ARM and I just want to make sure that all students feel safe in the process of those people being being in our building. Yeah, absolutely. So, that will be a big piece
044of what we will work on when we have the August PD with them because they will be ours um and they already understand that there's um part of the contract that we have with them is that there's parkill training that they will um take place and be a part of with us and so we will work to make sure that all of that is woven in. I think one other thing to point out during the process that the team did really well was when they identified uh training, not only was that part of the interview process, but it was a very important part of the reference check process. And so this particular service provider does work with known school districts in the area and does this uh in elementary uh schools. And so that was
045something that we really did a lot of background work on to make sure that the training was both done for the appropriateness of the uh grade level. And then also, Miss Barnes, to your point about specific things around our uh mission, vision values uh specifically whether it's equity and other pieces of uh our strategic plan to ensure that they understand uh what it looks like to be in Park Hill schools. And um I'm sure we have a communication plan for elementary parents that's coming. Yes. Yes. We didn't want to get the cart before the horse on anything. Yeah. So what dress code will these personnel? Yeah. Dr. D, can you speak to what they uh Yes. Um it's actually in here. They have um their I'm trying to remember if they put a picture here
046or not. plane clothes is would so they have um looking here. So they have uniforms um that the company provides. So they will be identified as that and then they have um a series of other um items that they carry on their on their person similar to other law enforcement folks but they will be identified. They also have um I have a I can show it to you after the meeting. They have badging and such that that identifies who they are um as as part of the company and part of us. So their weapon will be on their hip. Yes. They have a holster. Yes. Yeah. And like I think appendix B there's so that kind of details. Page 13. That's I've got enough of a picture. I just want to know if it were
047going to be dressed like me with a shoulder or No, it's out. No, it's very outward. I think that's the way to do it. Yes. Okay. Any other any other questions? Thank you for letting me highlight that. Yeah, appreciate it. Know that's a big change um in the district. So, I'm sure the community knew about that. Um all right, next is item seven, uh policies, procedures, and forms. Um we have seven policies that have been submitted as information items tonight. Mr. Fulgen will will provide a brief overview at this time. Thank you and good evening. Uh like last batch, the theme here is kind of catching up with statutory updates from last session. So if you look at MSBA's notes on a lot of these, almost all of them reference Senate Bill 727, which was
048the big omnis omnibus bill last year. Um so that's the general theme. Uh the one specific thing I wanted to note, you'll see there's a couple policies that are being updated related to MOAP and virtual instruction. that polic that program continues to evolve u by function of changes to state statute. So um there's some language updates in there. Probably the most significant thing which is already in practice but is uh now reflected in policy is that uh if a student is enrolled full-time in mocap, they now enroll directly with the mocap provider. They are not a Park Hill student. Um whereas if a student were to just take single or you know not a full course load of MOAP um they can do that and can still be a Park Hill student but um that
049shifted for full-time OKAP students um is that the district is kind of removed from that. So uh that's probably the most notable update there but happy to answer other questions if you have them. Any questions on the information policies tonight? Bless you. God bless you. All right. Then the board will be asked to take action on policy 7.1 through 7.7 at the April 24th, 2025 regular meeting. Thank you, Mr. Thank you. All right. Um item eight is board member uh reports and requests. Um board members, do you have any reports or requests tonight? Uh Mr. Mons, none, thank you. Uh Miss Bolan, none. Thank you. Mrs. Barber. None. Thank you, Miss Barnes. Um, just listening to the comments today. Um, Dr. uh, Kimberell, just um, just keep the board oppressed of like what what the
050thoughts are, what what we need to do or anything going forward with that process. We'll do. All right. Thank you, Miss Barnes. Uh, Mr. Todd, none. Thank you, Mrs. Woodley. None. Thank you. All right, then. Uh we will adjourn to close session. I will need a uh motion and a second to adjurnn to close session pursuant to chapters 610 section 021 of the revised Missouri statutes for the purpose of discussing matters relevant to subsections one legal 3 and 13 personnel and nine negotiations. So move second. I have a motion from Mrs. Barber and a second by Mrs. Woodley to adjourn to close session um to discuss legal and personnel matters. Uh Mrs. Freeman, can you call the RO? Arbor? Yes. Barnes? Yes. Bolan? Yes. Yes. Williger? Yes. Todd? Yes. Woodley? Yes.