001I move the board approve the April 13th, 2026 agenda. Motion made and seconded. Got a motion. Vote. Motion passes. Next we have report of board members. Start down at the end. I don't have anything right now. Good. Couple words later. Mr. President and members of the board and the community, on March 10th, I actually had a an awesome roundabout with Mr. Husted. We went around to the facilities and I was able to visit the offsite facilities other than the school buildings and it was quite enlightening to meet our transportation department and other departments and and their department heads. On the 22nd, I was able to attend the annual Lift Her Up event. Over 2,000 women attended this event. Honorees were celebrated for their contributions to community, recognizing their strengths, resilience, and accomplishments. Our very own
002Dr. Penelope Martin Knox was one of them. Thank you, Dr. Martin Knox, for the impact you're making not only here in Raytown, but throughout the Kansas City area. On March 23rd, I went on a learning walk at Little Blue Elementary, where I had the opportunity to participate there at the school. The principal, Dr. Julie Schmitty, hosted as we observed teachers and students interactions. My biggest takeaway was how the students were so engaged and and involved in their educational process that it was just enlightening to see that. It was very refreshing to see how engaged they were. On April 9th, I attended the Sparkle event and that too was joy. It was so amazing to see all these young ladies from the fourth grade through 12th grade interact and learn different things about finance, about uh
003marital issues, about crocheting. The the the expanse of the knowledge that they gained from that workshop was totally amazing and they were totally engaged as well. To see them walk in there all dressed up in their sparkles, looking uh very very excited and being very engaged in that event. It was very very uh it was a good thing to see. It's very exciting and that's my report. Good evening, everyone. Uh I had an eventful uh month as well. I was able to on March 14th to go to the Sisters in Christ gala uh that was uh presented here in the area and it was a wonderful opportunity. I was invited and given the opportunity to do a video presentation on Doing Hard Well. There is life after the death of a loved one and I
004lost my oldest grandson, so I got a chance to kind of give a testimony of how you can make it through and want to encourage everybody that if you've lost a loved one, it's hard, but you can make it through. Uh also on March 25th, uh I attended our annual um REF uh meeting for uh here for our district and on March 26th, I attended the Raytown Striving Hub a meeting with a a delegation of other um businesses, uh le- uh leader, community leaders, and community service organizations that get together and share ideas on how to better serve our community here in Raytown. It's it's a powerful meeting. If you ever want to join it, just look up Raytown Striving Hub. Uh on March 26th, I did get a chance to uh in the afternoon,
005during the afternoon session of the Sparkle and Pam- Powerment conference, I too enjoyed seeing the girls um be uplifted in self-esteem and self-empowerment, uh self-control. Seeing some had had to use some self-control and uh they will be able to uh use a lot of this stuff for their future and thank you, Dr. Martin Knox and your team who put that together every year. It is uh an exciting event for me. I attended How to Become a DJ. It was good. It really was good. You I thought to myself, uh maybe I got in the wrong one. But I'm telling you the dancing and the powerfulness that went on in there and the excitement was good. You never know what people want to be in the future and so maybe if I lose all other interests,
006I'll become a DJ. All right, on April 9th, I also completed a six-week course on gracism over racism, where I joined in for six weeks with other races to have a conversation, a meaningful conversation on how we look at this thing called racism and in today's atmosphere and climate, how we unders- can better get together to understand each other's cultures, to take accountability for anything that we may have done to contribute to the furtherance of any pain or hurt, and to work together on how to heal and be a unified uh body of people who have to live together and work together in love. So I enjoyed totally enjoyed that. It was it was presented and by One Spirit United Methodist Church and the Ridge United Methodist Church, two churches, mixed congregations, who came together.
007It was a little shaking at first. By the end, we were hugging and it was wonderful. I suggest you join something like that in this climate to see how we can better work together in the future. That's my report. Good evening, everyone. Um just want to say first happy Autism Awareness Month um for the month of April. Uh I've been working with um um kids around the entire um district um for Special Olympics. Um it's been great, awesome for track. Um our track meet is, if you guys have free time, um next Saturday on April 25th, um the track meet will be at Lee's Summit North. Um so please come, see our kids, you know, be athletic, um jumping, running, throwing. Um it's been actually some of the best times I've had um even as
008a teacher. Um I love these kids. They're great, they're awesome, and all they want to do is just be a part of something. And so I I I really thank um the people who have, you know, gave us this opportunity to um to help these kids out and, you know, do track and be outside um even when they don't like to run. Uh and so um it's been a great time. I also went to Raytown South. Um I went to a Freshman Academy college visit. Um we got to go to UMKC, visit the entire um campus, um talk to a lot of kids about, you know, what they what they want to do, um also about the academies um program, how they feel, um especially after the reveal of what they got to selected to.
009Um that was an awesome, amazing um uh time. Um can't wait to see, you know, how it looks like next year um for those kids that I got selected. Um and I also went to the Sparkle um Empowerment um conference. That was an amazing time. Um and Dr. Martin Knox and her team, I really want to say thank you for making this a priority. Um giving our young girls space to just be girls um you know, without boys, even though for the first couple hours, I was the only boy there. Um but like as a person who's about to have a have a daughter, I I'm really happy that we we do this and we're able to, you know, showcase, you know, the talent of women and also the careers that they can be in,
010even the careers that are focused on that are predominantly men, that these women can be in any career that they want to. Doesn't matter if it's predominantly men. Um so I I really really thank you for having this. Um and that's that's my report. About to join the girl day clearly now. Yeah, buddy. Good evening. Uh my name is Michael Watson. Last month, I had a great opportunity to read to every class in well, a class in every grade at Blue Ridge Elementary School and it was an amazing time. I had a ball. Um literally going there every day for that week and reading to K through fifth graders um and just seeing the their imaginations, their questions that they had. Um it was amazing, but more what stood out more than me was the
011teachers, the way they were so intentional, the way they were so locked in with their students, um knowing them, knowing how to bring some of them back, knowing how to motivate the others. So definitely want to shout out Principal Phillips, I think it is over there at uh Blue Ridge. So her and her staff. Um also with REAP, I'm the president of REAP, and we got a chance to do our Fill the Trucks along with Truman Heartland. Um and so I want to uh thank a few of the Raytown uh students who did come out in the in the city of Raytown for uh helping us fill our truck at REAP with over 3,000 lb of food for our clients and families. Uh those of you who don't know, we service the Raytown school district
012boundaries, not just the city of Raytown. Uh and so we're we're always um looking for partnerships and and opportunities to raise food. And lastly, got a chance to attend the Sparkle conference like uh my colleagues. Uh have a had a few um young ladies who play on our basketball teams who were there. And so that was just an amazing thing to see them and get their feedback in real time. Uh and then Deonna Hustle, who was the the speaker, is a UMKC alum like myself. And just hearing her story and and watching her encourage those young ladies and speak life into those young ladies uh really stood out. So, that's my board report. Good evening. Sir. Good evening. Good evening. So, I got a chance to host um an event a town hall event at
013the Ridge. Part of um the same thing and I want to thank um Miss Eddie for coming out and supporting the event. And uh it was like a really really good event because we had a chance to get a lot of community input on this event. I want to thank the Raytown students that came out and supported it as well. And um we we actually did a it it was really enlightening to get to get it done because we got a chance to hear a lot of the things that people want to see around Raytown and get a lot of things done around Raytown. I also got a chance to see Raytown play Raytown South. And it was a delight to see. It was fun to see. It was like a good environment because we
014didn't get to have the game in in in the season. It was great. And the turnout was outstanding and I want to commend you guys for putting on a great show for us and putting on a great show for Raytown. I got a opportunity to go see um and go see um Dr. Martin Knox speak at at at an event. It was also outstanding. I got a chance to go to the Sparkle event. And it was also as exciting as it's been in years before. Uh to see young ladies in I saved Jordan from being the only guy there for a minute. Uh to see him, you know, uh he was like got a little bit more relaxing. I want to say congratulations on Jordan's about to be a father. Um and it's it's like
015one of those things that's that's really like a truly thing truly great thing if you are a girl's dad. A girl dad. Um Also, uh we got a chance to see Miss Mr. Lovota speak. And it was like an event. I was just going to say it was an event. So, those are that's my report for the month. And I want to say thank you guys for having Also, we got a chance to take some guys out from Raytown because they came out to see us. So, I got a chance to take some guys out from Raytown. So, they'll probably be speaking to you guys about that. And I had a great time with those young men. I got a chance to go out to lunch with them and kind of pick their minds about
016things they wanted to see. I really appreciate you guys. Thanks again. Good. I want to thank I want to thank the board members for just the dedication, the commitment, um the activity that uh and one thing that really stands out is uh everything that you guys are participating in. Um I got to do some of the same events. Uh I went to uh the Raytown Raytown game. Also went to the Raytown and Lincoln game. And uh it was outstanding. I really I just want to uh congratulate you guys. Um came to the Sparkle event and it was everything that everybody said it was. But um I want to take the rest of my time. I uh wanted to uh read something that I I wrote to uh to Rick to Rick Moore. Uh um On
017behalf of the Raytown School Board, Raytown School District, and frankly the entire community, we want to extend our deepest appreciation for your extraordinary years of service on the Raytown School Board. Since first being elected in 2005 and through each term that followed, you have demonstrated unwavering dedication to our schools and students. Your leadership has helped guide the district through meaningful growth in in develop in the development of uh athletic facilities, uh the passage of bonds supporting numerous important projects, and most recently the addition of theater at Raytown and auxiliary gym at a facility at Raytown. Your service as both a board member and previously as president reflects a deep commitment to the public to public education and to the Raytown community you have long called home. From your earlier work on Raytown uh school board
018alderman uh school board uh Raytown Board of Alderman and to to your professional role supporting higher education nationwide, you have exemplified what it means to be a true public servant. As a proud graduate of Raytown High, got that right, right? Raytown High uh school, uh you have given back to this district in a way that is both personal and it and impactful. Your love for our students and your tireless dedication to their success is truly immeasurable. Simply put, much of what we have accomplished would not have been possible without your guidance and commitment. Beyond your service, your involvement in the community as a red coder for the Kansas City Chiefs and a member of the First Baptist uh Church of Raytown speaks of your enduring spirit of service. Alongside your wife Robin, uh and your
019children, who are I see sitting here today, uh you have remained deeply connected to the schools and the families you serve. As your term concludes tonight, uh we thank you for your years of sacrifice, leadership, steadfast support for Raytown schools. Your legacy will continue to shape our district for years to come. Great. That concludes the report of board members. Next, we'll have Ray of Hope. Good evening, President Burton, Vice President Newton, Board of Education, Dr. Martin Knox. This evening for our Ray of Hope, we are recognizing the Raytown South High School boys varsity team. This past season, they made us so proud for their perseverance, teamwork, and excellence. And I do want to give a special shout-out to James Chapel and Donavan Fletcher-Pruitt, who were named on the all-district team, as well as the all-conference
020Suburban Blue team, along with their teammate Shaheem Clemons, who was honorable mention. And here is a video with a little bit more about their journey this past season. Basketball, I've been playing since I was maybe like 3, 4. So, it's really been my whole life. We had a goal initially to start the season of having seven wins before second semester. Unfortunately, we were at four and six. We also had lost some kids, some seniors. So, we faced some adversity. Towards the end of our actual regular season, we kind of had some rough patches. We had a couple losses. There was a couple moments where it was kind of like getting too much for me. But like that's where it all started. And like the team bonded. The lessons that were learned from that experience is
021next man up. Everybody has to step up. And that's what these kids did. We went 14 and six. Like five games out from the end of the season. And then towards the end, we started winning. A lot transpired in those three weeks. Unity, toughness, pride, but most of all the togetherness of guys making sacrifice and commitment for one another. And then just, you know, going through the experience of getting to the promised land of being able to play at Mizzou and being the only four teams left in the state in our class to compete for a state championship. I feel we haven't really had this since I've been here, at least. Never really made it past the first round of districts. So, I feel like this was a big accomplishment. It was really big for
022our school. They're really proud of us. >> It felt good. It actually felt good. Like the fans came out. They were supporting Everybody was supported. And I like low-key gave me like the confidence. I was happy. I ain't going to lie. It felt great, to be honest. The camaraderie and also the welcomingness of Raytown South. It really brought out the true colors of the red and black. We had a lot of supporters during our Send Dog, Lincoln game. Also Raytown game was huge. >> And they're great kids. So, very very happy for them to be able to have experienced that. But also for our community. We went into this year really wanting to build school spirit. And so really to kind of revitalize that school spirit and pride and give us that platform to show
023what we can do out in the community and what we can do here on the court. Really makes the job of fostering that positive culture a lot easier on us. Since I've been here, the culture has gotten better and better every year. I've never had to worry about any of my programs as little as I do about my basketball program. I think they're in phenomenal hands with Coach Morris and his coaching staff, Coach Hollingsworth, Coach King, Lathen, Coach Johnson. As an athletic director, you hope that your coaches are not only teaching them to be great on the field, but also off the field. I think nobody does that better than Coach Morris. All of them are good coaches. And they pushed us. I feel like I've grown a lot. Like mentally. I ain't going to
024say my body language was like terrible, but they helped me with my body language. My attitude, it got better. So, the message I want to share with everybody is just keep striving for better. I feel like everybody can do better in their life. Even if you're in a hole, it's always great room for improvement. >> If you actually want to do this, like you actually got to put hard work into it. You can't be like, "Oh, this day I don't want to play. This day I'll play." You got to play every single day and like be hard, go hard every single day. Having the opportunity to learn is always a blessing and it's always something that people can carry on farther than just, you know, school. This was a great lesson for them and I
025think it's very fitting that our program and our student athletes are being recognized to show that the lessons that our kids can experience that can be lifelong lessons that they can utilize because we're going to face a lot of adversity in life. >> pretty great to be selected at the Raytown because I feel like that means a lot to the Raytown community, especially trying to make an impact as a senior. Losses and adversity can be overwhelming. This is what life is all about. We never allow our circumstances to be bigger than our fight. As a husband, as a father, as an employee, they can use those experience to understand that, you know, as long as I keep fighting, then there's a ray of hope. So, on behalf of uh our team, our coaches, our players,
026I would want to thank the board. Uh it was a great experience for our kids. Uh but I do want to thank the board for allowing us to travel in style. Let me take the yellow submarine down as you saw from the video, but again, uh I've had the opportunity to do this with some other teams, but I really wanted it for these kids here in uh in Raytown, especially at South, because we are they are South is a basketball tradition. So, we talk about creating a culture and bringing back tradition and legacy. And with our seniors that remain with us, uh this will be something that they'll always remember. And for the kids that's coming back, it's just a little taste that'll get them to be more hungry as we get prepared for next
027season. Okay, next I would like to ask Representative Donna Barnes to come up for a special presentation. Good evening, everybody. I am Representative Donna Barnes and I would like to thank you all for allowing me to come in and to um honor all the school board members. Um I heard that it was March March the you know, the month of March and I didn't get to make it here to March and more month of March, but I made it for the month of April. So, I have a um certificate for each one of you that I will I'll give it to you after I get through See, I can keep going. But, on other hand, I came for um Rick Moore. Um Rick Moore, I want to take the moment and to honor and thank
028you for your incredible 21 years of dedication dedicated service to the Raytown school board. Over two decades of service is no small commitment. It reflects not only time given, but a deep and lasting investment in students, families, and the entire community. Your leadership has helped guide important decisions, navigate challenges, and create opportunities that have made a real difference in the lives of many young people. Because of your work, students of Raytown have strong support, better resources, and a clear path towards success. That kind of impact doesn't fade. It carries forward in every student who walks across the stage, pursues a dream, and gives back to their community. As you step into the next chapter, knowing that your legacy is firmly rooted in the process and strength of Raytown schools, your service has mattered and it
029will continue to matter for years to come. Thank you for your dedication, your leadership, and your unwavering commitment to the community. So, while I was trying to catch you before you went back to your seat, but I watched you run back. So, while we're recognizing you, I just want to take a moment on behalf of Raytown Quality Schools, the board, our students, our community, I just want to say thank you. While I've only had the fortunate pleasure of working with you for the past four years, it seems like it's been a lifetime. Having dialogue with you, always advocating for children, advocating for the community, I appreciate you for that. And so, as a small token of appreciation, I would like to present you with this plaque that reads, "The Raytown School Board of Education thank
030you, Rick Moore, for a quality contribution to leadership, dedication, and service to the board from 2005 to 2026." Okay, last but not least, um she does not know we're doing this, so if I get in trouble, please help later. Um we want to recognize our very own Dr. Martin Nocks who is going to be recognized by Caring for Kids as their leadership as their Heart of Champion District Leadership. It doesn't feel good to be on the other side of this, does it? Anyway, Dr. Moore helped put together the nominations for her. So, thank you to Dr. Moore and it was almost all students who put the nomination together. So, we have a really quick video with the students reading some of their nominations. Dr. Martin Nocks brings happiness to teachers, adults, and students. Whenever a
031person sad, she brings brilliant light and happiness. I know that Dr. Martin Nocks is the best candidate for the Heart of a Champion award because she helps RQS evolve to be its Because she is nice and loving. Loving, kind, and positive. She's nice. She's funny. I think Dr. Martin Nocks is the best. She's never mean. She's also really funny. Dr. Martin Nocks inspires me to never be afraid of trying new things. And she connects with kids really well. I'm thankful that she was nice and that she listened to what we asked her. I like Dr. Martin Nocks because she connects and hangs out with us and she attends things and makes us feel seen and heard. >> She pays attention. And you could be talking about something silly. She would still really pay attention. Dr.
032Martin Nocks doesn't give up when she faces challenges. She helps us have fun and be other kids. She makes us happier by getting us good teachers. She wants all students to have fun at school. She's hardworking, cares a lot about the schools and students. She supports people's differences and similarities and she is overall a fun person and very approachable. >> She gets to help out all the schools. When a kid asks for something, she'll do it and when there's like a thing of the school that like needs help with, she'll get it done. When I said the swings were really squeaky, she went inside and called somebody to get them fixed right away. Uh she's really smart. She'll really try. Even if she doesn't know the answer to it, she'll try. He accepts what she's
033not good at and still accepts help from others. She said we can help people learn too. When I talk to her, she makes me feel like I'm actually being heard and not just like being judged. She is a great superintendent. She's always been there for me. She inspires me to never give up. She makes Flerlage a better place. And she makes me feel welcome at Flerlage. She works really hard. She's put together a great team. And I'm so dearly grateful for her being in my life. So, thank you Dr. Martin Nocks for being there for me and always caring about me. Congratulations. We are going to take more pictures on Thursday when she will officially receive her award. All right. Next we have the report of the superintendent. So, good evening Chairman Burton, Vice Chairman
034Newton, members of the Raytown Quality School District Board, and of our amazing community. First, let me just preface by saying have a problem with the fact that you all kept a secret from me and it was something that I did not even see coming. I almost did because I think a kid let the cat out the bag the other day. Did you hear? Yeah, but I didn't put two and two together. So, but thank you for that. Um Sometimes the work that's done is not done for accolades, it's done truly for children. And so, I just thank you all for the recognition. Um as we move forward, speaking of recognition, I want to take a moment just to publicly thank our staff, um our leaders, and our district our teachers, uh but moreover, our young
035ladies. Uh as you heard most of the board members talk about, we had our Sparkle Empowerment Conference and it's just that. It's about empowering our young ladies and our young men uh to make sure that they can access and be the best them they can be. Uh we can prepare the most amazing lessons, but if we don't educate the entire child, the whole child, um the work that we're doing in the classroom will not have any traction. So, I just want to thank everyone for the opportunity uh to engage our students in the conference style uh conference um and it was just amazing. And it's not just my feedback. Um I also want to take a moment to say great job to our our students at Raytown Success Academy. You know, I believe that every
036child is one caring adult away from success. And so, when we have students like those who are at um our Raytown Success Academy who needed different type of a support, if you were to see them in action on Saturday, you would never have guessed that they were at RSA. They were holding up with the best of the best. They were very articulate and they just made me extremely proud um at the Oratory Festival. So, I just want to thank our teachers and the principal uh Ms. Cole for providing that opportunity for our students to engage outside of school. I also want to say thank you to our uh culinary students um and Chef Mike for a wonderful Cinder experience Friday evening. Uh I was able to attend uh the conference uh the Cinder dinner and
037it was just absolutely amazing. It was buffet style um and they had all types of food on the buffet and I will just say that Mr. Moore has always enjoyed the sweets. So, I don't what we're going to do without him taking all the sweets from us or from me at least. I had the opportunity also, as one of the board members talked about, to attend um UMKC for our college experiences with Raytown high students and to serve as a chaperone. It was just a great event, great activity. And again, students made me proud with the questions that they were asking in the manner by which they were engaged. And as I wrap up my portion of my updates and information, I just want to take a moment just to tell our seniors and all
038students, while the weather is changing and we're moving closer to the end of the school year, let's just make sure we're making good choices, uh especially when it comes down to senior pranks. Uh I would love to see you all walk across the stage and we're going to make sure you do that. So, I just wanted to make sure first and foremost, you are safe while you're doing your activities. I know we are human and this is it, but I need you to make sure we're exercising safety uh and that goes for those students who are not graduating as well. That concludes that portion of the report and as we move down the agenda, we would like to provide an update uh moving to item 9.5 with Dr. Bryner, Dr. Calcara, and Marissa Cleaver Womble
039uh and some others providing information. So, Dr. Bryner. Good evening President Burton, Vice President Newton, members of the board, champ. So, thanks for the opportunity to uh kick off a quick discussion tonight update on the district strategic plan. We're very proud of the work happening in the school district around our strategic plan, over 40 projects this year that are dedicated to improving outcomes for students, uh the well-being of our employees, and the prosperity of our community. If you are interested in digging into any of those plans, they're available on our district website. I have the that link on the slideshow for the board tonight, but for members of our community that are interested in learning more about the work of our strategic plan, I would say something that's very unique about our district is we
040wrote our strategic plan 3 years ago, but every year we revisit that plan and we develop unique, intentional strategic projects to to uh increase success of our students and the well-being of our staff, the prosperity of our community. That is something that is not common in school districts and I'm very, very proud of the work of our staff uh as they are committed to uh supporting our strategic plan. In addition to those plans and strategies, we care about results. We we need to know that we are winning uh on behalf of our students and our staff. And so, I would also encourage you to explore the district dashboard. That dashboard outlines several areas of performance for the district, from student achievement to social emotional learning, the uh wellness of our employees, um components of our
041operations, from technology to food service, facility operations, our business office. Again, very proud of the commitment to improving performance of the district, and we want to keep score, and we want to make sure we know that we are winning and we're getting better. So again, I would just encourage our community to check out that dashboard on our district website. So the first project we want to provide the board an update with, there's been a lot of great work that's happened this year around improving instruction. We know that at the heart of a successful learner are committed educators that want to improve their craft and want to work collaboratively to improve outcomes for students. Two of the projects that we want to highlight for you tonight are around improving tier one instruction, which is the instruction
042that all of our students get. And I'm very proud to have members of of my team here tonight to talk a little bit more about that. And Dr. Moore and Ms. Bassett will tell you a little bit more about their projects, but also we have some principals here tonight, uh, Dr. McCarthy and Mrs. Schmidli to uh, Dr. Schmidli to uh, offer their perspective as well around how we are working to improve instruction in Raytown. Good evening. Good evening. President Burton, Ms. Newton, I'm Marvin Knox. Uh, my role as assistant superintendent of elementary schools is our goals is to this is particular strategic planning is to support principals with improving walk-throughs and instruction. So one things we do as principals are expected to conduct 10 weekly walk-throughs a week and provide teachers with specific feedback and
043uh, that's timely and also that also kind of specific in terms of improving instruction as well as uh, one of my one of my roles is to monitor uh, and discuss that feedback with them to ensure that it it promotes effective instruction and continuous improvement. And so it seems somewhat formal, these are documented online, so teachers get immediate feedback when they enter the classroom, they most of them either take the laptop or the iPad or when they get back to their office, they enter it. And so one of the ways we do in terms of monitoring that is principals are very busy. Uh, is we try to support them when we come to the their building monthly to visit uh, classrooms and so forth. Uh, we have these conversations and basically the question I'm constantly
044asking is what can we do to support? And uh, it's very interesting hearing it cuz when we go into classrooms and uh, she'll talk about that a little later, uh, we really see the effects of the feedback that they're giving uh, teachers in the instruction, uh, especially when we do learning walks and classroom observations. Good evening, board President Burton, board of directors, Dr. Marvin Knox. Um, one of the things that makes this such an exciting period is not just the fact that we have we ask our our principals to do 10 walk-throughs in our assistant principals to do five a week, but it's the idea of the data and what we're able to see and gain from that. One of the things that we do as assistant supes is to make sure that we are
045supporting and that we're monitoring what we expect, just like we expect our principals to monitor what they expect in those classrooms. And so what you can see um, just from the slide that we have there that up to this point, we almost have 17,000 walk-throughs done in this district. That is something powerful. And every time they we walk through that, there's a system of accountability that goes back to the Marzano to see do we see those strategies being used within the district. Each month, our um, curriculum and instruction department has given us a focus, and so our principals go out to make sure that they're seeing those particular Marzano strategies being implemented in the classroom because this is centered around are we actually seeing what we say that we want to see happen in our
046classrooms. And so this system of accountability has been really powerful. One of the examples or two examples you'll also see on the slide are things that we do as a as assistant supes to make sure that we celebrate where we are with that goal. And so the example shows something from my I think it's from both of our bulletins that we send out. We send out weekly newsletters to our principals, and so we celebrate where we are in that process as we walk through that. And so as a result, we are really seeing much more of what's happening in our classrooms, and I'm excited to ask our principals to come up and to share about how the walk-through process and the expectations that we have have affected what they see from occurring in their classrooms
047and how they're able to support their teachers. So at this time, we'll start with our elementary representative. I'm Judy Schmidli, principal of Little Blue Elementary School. Good evening. Um, I'm very excited to be here. Our our district has done a phenomenal job of just naturally embedding what we're doing. Our curriculum and instruction department has laid the framework for our success. We have it's kind of been a grassroots effort teaching our teacher leaders um, the strategies. Our teacher leaders are then coming back to the building and teaching our teachers, so it doesn't feel top-down. It's very um, collaborative. So we have been able to our walk-through process um, is just been naturally embedded and piggybacks on the professional development our teachers are doing. So we have professional development um, that our teacher leaders are administering and
048then we are going through and giving feedback based on the topic that they just learned. We also have those topics embedded into our CTs that we're doing collaborative teams that we're doing weekly. So the WIGs are wildly important goals wrapped around our priority standards are perfectly aligned. Like everything, it's like this puzzle that just perfectly comes together. So it's meaningful, it's natural, it's um, we're seeing that we're seeing success. We're seeing I'm seeing more growth this year than I've ever seen because of this process. Dr. McCarthy, Dr. Andrew McCarthy, proud principal of Raytown High School. Thanks to all for allowing us to be with you this evening. Um, one of the things that I wanted to mention was just a few data points. Um, I have four assistant principals, and so last year, we keep
049um, a record just in Google Sheets of who we have seen as far as teachers, um, and try to get into their classrooms at least four times last year. Um, I can say we were in 166 classrooms last year or an average of 33 um, per administrator. This year, um, when I ran the data a couple days ago, we were at 521 walk-throughs. So we have seen a marvelous growth, um, so an average of um, per administrator. So we are in classrooms, we are observing what's going on, not only in our tier one instruction, but also our tier two classes, so our bird hour or jet period, the intervention periods that are going on, but also our tier three classrooms that we've set up for reading success and math success. Um, so those are calculations
050that we look at every month when Ms. Bassett comes for our scorecard visits, um, and so we're looking to make sure that we are supporting in all those areas, but then also we're taking that information and hopefully informing some things, some professional development, some needs and things that we're looking at for next year. Um, as we launch a new school year, we're already planning for the new school year, um, but what are those things that our teachers might need and what are some some areas that we can um, support them in um, as we kick off next school year. So again, thanks to our district and building leaders for sharing a little bit about those projects. I'm very excited about what that means for the growth of our students, and I'll turn it over to
051Dr. Calcara. Good evening, Mr. President, Vice President, members of the board, esteemed guests and community. I get to talk about um, prioritizing people. We started this school year at the administrative boot camp about talking about how we as a district and individuals could prioritize our our people. Um, we are exceptional because our folks are exceptional. Um, this is really a point of celebration tonight. Uh, you'll see on the board agenda later that we have uh, renewal for insurance. That's that's on the agenda. Um, nothing more important than the health and well-being of our district. Um, many of you will remember years and years and years ago, the district made a commitment uh, to the wellness center and really do something unique in Raytown um, that we we continue to honor. Uh, as a board goal,
052providing competitive salary and benefits packages is a priority. Um, our health insurance costs from year to year continue to defy industry standards thanks to our RQS Care Clinic and comprehensive care we're able to offer. Uh, we have a high utilization for our district provided insurance. Uh, you know, about a thousand of our 1,300 1,400 employees uh take advantage of our health insurance. Um excited to present this year that our plans uh will include Spyra Care. Um Spyra Care um makes health care more accessible to our uh insured uh and that will be a benefit to our folks. So, we're excited about that. This is just a quick snapshot of the utilization just of our care clinic. Um so, of the folks who who hold the district insurance, uh this is a quarterly report about utilization.
053What you can see is we get a lot of activity uh through our wellness clinic. Now, one of the pieces of feedback we hear is about accessibility and availability of appointments. Um that's the reality when we have a a care clinic uh that serves 1,100 folks with one facility, um hours of operation, those are all barriers to access. Um we are hopeful that adding Spyra Care again to our plans will open up that access to health care for our folks. Um specifically, if they don't live in Raytown to to access a Spyra Care center that's close to them. So, we're excited to be able to bring that to our uh our community. Uh this is also a point of celebration. Um you got to think about after COVID, post-COVID, we saw a mass migration of
054educators who were leaving education. We saw a massive decline of students getting into the field of education. Um and those things converged in a way that uh had us scrambling for um adults, uh educators, caring educators in classrooms. What we've seen in our in the Raytown Quality of Work Life Survey since COVID is is our staff has increasingly prioritized um salaries and benefits as their number one priority. Um that has been consistent. And so, big this is a point of celebration. Um I wasn't in uh at the last board meeting. I was watching. I think we had some technical issues. Um and so, thank you to the board for continuing to prioritize our people. Um there's two stories here. We are We want to be competitive in the metro with regard to salaries. So, where
055do we fall on beginning teacher salaries? It is a marker. It is an indicator. Um we've been aggressive the last four years with regard to salaries. Um again, thank you, board. Um we still have work to do. I think the uh chart on the right tells though the story of our commitment to our folks. So, even though our operating budget is certainly not the biggest in the metro, you can see that we're outpacing other districts with regard to the percent of raises that we're offering to our staff. We haven't worked in this year's um raises, which is 3% to the base, a step, and two step for classified. So, that's about a 5% to a 7%. Um we will continue to outpace other districts. This is a huge nod and um show of support from
056our board to supporting our folks. At a time when there is lots of uncertainty in funding, what is not uncertain is your commitment to our staff. And so, this is a point of celebration and thank you for that. Good evening again, Board of Education. So, I'm going to talk a little bit about our community and community relations goal. Um one of the things we talk about a lot in the communications department is telling our own story and not letting other people's version of who they think we are define us. And one way that we do that is through our social media and newsletters. And so, up in the top left corner, you'll see uh our performance on social media and uh our newsletters over the past quarter. It's something that we're really proud of that
057we have a specific um plan about growing our social media. I will say that uh some of our social media is must must-watch scrolling. And that would be our snow day announcements. They are our most popular. Um and I've walked in places where people have recognized me um from Tik Toks that I was forced to participate in. But you will see from the numbers up there, this was our best performing social media post of the last quarter, our snow day announcement on December 2nd where we pulled in all of our admin team and they helped do a fun Tik Tok and over 300,000 people watched that one. Um outside of our snow day posts, which are seen all over the country, by the way, um our athletics perform really well as well. So, this is
058um outside of snow day, the most popular one was about our Raytown High uh cross country boys who made it to state. And then another thing that has been a major focus for us this past school year has been the Academies of Raytown. As you know, this is a brand new thing. Uh people don't know about it. One of the first questions, what is an academy? What is this all about? So, we put together a plan for communicating the Academies of Raytown. One of the first things we did was work on branding. So, you'll see right there all of our logos. Those have all been done in the past six, seven months. And they've all been done with the input of our students. Every single one of these was voted on by our students, either
059um eighth graders when they approved Freshman Academy or all of our high school students. We've also updated our FAQ to um so people can see what the work that we've done over the past few months. So, that's updated in our on our website. And then finally, I just wanted to show you a really quick video um that we are proud of that answers the question, what is an academy? Starting high school is a big step for students and families. New buildings, new schedules, new opportunities. And now you may be hearing a new word, academies. What is an academy? A career academy is a smaller learning community within your high school. Think of it as a home base where students learn with a team of teachers and classmates who share similar interests while still getting the
060full high school experience. In ninth grade, all students start in the Freshman Academy. This year is about exploring interests, building confidence, and adjusting to high school life. This is a time for students to discover what excites them and what paths they may want to explore. Choosing an academy and pathway. After freshman year, students choose a home academy for grades 10 through 12. They'll take some classes connected to that academy, but they can still take electives, fine arts, and participate in other extracurricular activities that they enjoy. RQS offers two academies. Business Innovation and Health and Human Services. Each academy offers career pathways. Those pathways are healthcare, human services, first responders, environmental science, business and marketing, arts, entertainment and design, manufacturing and industrial trades, and information technology. Why do academies work? Research shows that smaller learning communities
061lead to increased graduation rate and help students feel more connected and supported. Academies also connect learning to the real world through hands-on projects, career exploration, internships, and partnerships with colleges and local businesses. What if a student changes their mind about their pathway? Interests change, and that's okay. Because students may explore a different academy at the end of 10th grade if interests change. The academy model is about helping students feel known, supported, and prepared for life after high school, whatever that future looks like. Welcome to high school. We're excited to take this next step together and to the Academies of Raytown. And that video was narrated by one of our students and our hope is once they get into the academies that they can start producing these kind of videos themselves about what's going on in
062their high schools. So, um that's a little bit about what we have going on and I would open it up to any questions for myself or Dr. Griner or Dr. Calcara. I have a question, but thank you all for You all do know we have company, right? You two know we have company, right? And the last item on the Superintendent's Report is 9.6, our student representatives report. Good evening. My name is Savannah Young. I am Raytown High School's StuCo President. I'm Donovan Gray, Raytown High School's Marketing Chair. Okay. Our Student Council Board went to StuCo State March 19th through the 21st. We applied for honor honor council gold and once again, we got it. We also had three distinguished leaders including Willow, Corday, and me. And when you get distinguished leader leader, you have to
063go to the summer camp that's 10 days long in Fulton High School. And then you also have to go to a winter energizer that is three three days long, right? Three days long and you have to get all these community service hours. You have to go to state at least once or twice to get this. So, this is the first time we've had more than one leader. Uh for St. Patrick's Day, we uh we got little cards that basically said, I forgot I think it was like Happy St. Patrick's Day and little chocolates we, you know, taped them and we just handed them out at lunch to anybody who was wearing green. So, you know, that was really nice. Kids enjoyed that. And then I want to say it was last Thursday. Like uh last
064Thursday, um our council went and we co-hosted with Raytown South for the jelly bean festival, which is Do y'all know what the jelly bean festival is? Yeah, so um we got to do that. It was really fun. A lot of kids, you know, the special needs kids is from all around the district. They got to sing, dance, all of that type of stuff. And uh yeah, it was really nice, but that's about it. Okay, um last thing we have this Saturday, the 18th, is our prom at the Royal Stadium. Um our theme is royalty under the stars. Yes, um we've been working real hard. Um we are actually not really ordering things. We are creating things ourself this year. I'm building them. Um we've got a photographer, a 360 um photo thing, and then we
065also borrowed a like chair. What would you call it? Yeah, it's from the theater. It's like a throne chair, and we are we are actually redoing it, so it matches our theme. So, yeah. That's all we have. Hello everyone. My name is uh Casey Hayes. I'm a StuGo representative. Um well, we have a lot going on and we have a lot to congratulate, so it's going to be a little bit. Uh first, our third jelly bean festival on April 9th included more people this year. We roasted we We hosted Raytown's Raytown High and South CBI, Life U, and C and uh Central Middle Schools CBI. This event was longer. Cardettes and Raytown High School's cheerleaders helped. The cardinal, blue jay, and raven mascots all made an appearance, and we had more performances and open gym
066time. Number two, uh Raytown South went to our state StuGo conference for the first year for our first year. Students learn how to learn from other StuGo present presenters, and they considered how StuGo can be can also serve teachers in the community, not only students. Also, we have became we have begun to tickets sales for our prom. We will be also at the Royal Stadium on on May 2nd, and our theme is Bridgerton. Yeah. Okay, now for like celebration, we would like to congratulate our class president, Jenna Bou Diallo. She's usually here, but now she she just got back from I'll explain. Uh for getting accepted to UPenn, Northwestern, Harvard, Yale, and WashU for a full ride scholarship last month. Yeah, she just got back from her tours from Harvard and Yale, so that's why
067she's not here. Yeah, we're excited for her, but yeah. She's amazing. We would also like to honor all the Raytown South and Raytown seniors for getting the Raytown Grow Your Own scholarship last Wednesday. Two Raytown seniors, Alyssa Rodriguez Legrow and Casey Hayes, me, and Raytown, Savannah Young, for getting it. That's pretty cool. Our REF scholarships and NHS rec recogni- recognition ceremony will be April 29th at 7:00 p.m. and our performing arts system our ceremony our performing arts center. Yeah, thank you. And also for our sports, congratulate our state for our basketball going to state. That's pretty cool. Our senior night for golf is April 30th. Our senior night for baseball was unfortunately today. And our flag football senior night was May is May 1st, and our girl soccer and boys volleyball senior night will be
068in May. That is all. Thank you. And that concludes the superintendent's report, but I have a question. I know she got accepted into Yale, Harvard, UPenn, and you named two more. I didn't know about the other two. Northwestern. I didn't get WashU. Okay. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Uh next is public comment period. No one has signed up to make public comment, so we'll move on in our agenda. Which is board committee reports. Go ahead and say go ahead. Marsha, go ahead and make the you make the motion. I'll make the board approve the motion line. 2026 board policy review living meeting. Second. Motion uh motion made and seconded. Um is there a report from the finance committee? No, no report. Policy review committee. No, minutes are attached. Uh capital improvements, no report. Cap- community
069engagement. Curriculum and professional development. We fixed our debt today already. Safety committee. No report. Citizens advisory committee. All right. So, seeing that concludes our board committee reports. Um and we'll go to our Raytown education educational foundation. Um I have a >> Sorry. We have to vote. Accept the minutes. Sorry. This Dr. Douglas. All right, I want to I give our Raytown Educational Foundation reports for March April 2026. Uh spring at REF, where planning turns into possibilities. At REF, it's scholarship and grant season. Spring is more than a season. It is the busiest and most meaningful stretch of the year. From February through June, applications are reviewed, tuition is reimbursed, grants are awarded, and scholarships are celebrated. It is the time of year when generosity turns into real tangible opportunity for Raytown students. Teaching and learning
070grants. Our teaching and learning grants continued to support innovative classroom ideas that align with the district's goal while giving students experiences that might not otherwise be possible. Each year, educators across Raytown quality schools imagine new ways to engage students, whether through hands-on learning, enrichment opportunities, technology enhancement, or creative instructional strategies. REF represents a community of donors who believe in teachers and trust in their ideas. Applications are carefully uh reviewed, and funding decisions are made by the teaching and learning grant committees. These grants are often the catalyst for classroom uh moments that can't uh the kind that students remember long after the lesson's in. Graduating senior scholarships. Scholarship season is in full swing, and applications are steadily arriving at the REF office. Each application represents hard work, hope, and the next step in the student's journey.
071We are deeply grateful to our scholarship fund holders who make these opportunities poss- possible. We also thank the teachers and counselors who guide students through the process and complete rec- recommendation forms, and the volunteer scholarship readers who dedicate hours to carefully reviewing applications and selecting recipients recipients. Award nights. Our award nights provide a meaningful opportunity for fund holders to personally present scholarships to students. This year, awards nights for Raytown South High School will be on April 29th, 2026. Uh this year's award night for Raytown High School will be May 4th, 2026. On May 13th, 2026, REF will hold our annual scholarship reception uh where grateful students and generous fund holders gather together. It is always one of the most inspiring evenings of the year, a reminder that behind every scholarship is a story of belief,
072encouragement, and community investment. Dual scholarship dual credit scholarships, this year 27 students applied for our dual credit tuition reimbursement scholarships through REF. Thanks to the generous support of Peg McLaughlin, the Berlindens, Raytown Retired School Personnel, and REF donors, we are able to reimburse 43% of students' dual credit tuition costs. Raytown South High School students received an additional reimbursement this year thanks to the Raytown South Class of 1975 Cardinals uh where their reunion organizers were inspired by the students who led their campus tours and chose to do donate a portion of their remaining reunion funds to support South students enrolled in dual credit courses. It is a powerful example of a a lot of alumni investing directly into the next generation. Um recent events, the REF would like to thank all who supported and attended the
073Sender Experience that was held on uh April the 10th uh 2026. The gourmet uh cuisine was prepared by the Herndon Culinary Arts Institute uh student chefs. And that concludes my report. Thank you for that report. Uh we're going to take uh before we go into recess, uh Rick Moore has some words that he wants to share with us. >> I'll try to I'll try to be kind of brief. I didn't have anything to say earlier, so just a few minutes and we'll be done. So, first appreciate Andy this beautiful gift and appreciate all your support over the years, so if I break down sometime during this, I'm just going to say the end and that's going to be it. And I just want to take a few minutes, and I hope I do make it
074through okay. 21 years seems to have just flown by. Our youngest wasn't even in school yet, and now he's married. I'm finishing up my time in Raytown politics with not only 21 years here on the school board, but 8 years on the Board of Aldermen, so 29 years in total. Four city council elections, seven school board elections, and that'll make you feel old if you think about it. So, thank you to everyone who supported me along the way. Someone asked recently what my best memory is, and it's really hard to say. There's just so many things in the school business, so many great memories, and a few not so great. But I think in general, the high school graduations are the best memory because they are a culmination of what we're all about. I haven't
075I haven't made it to every single graduation, but I think it is approximately 38, which equals out to about 11 or 12,000 kids to walk across the stage and personally handing out about 2,300 of those diplomas. That's a lot of hand sanitizer. The graduations are all very meaningful, but the biggest joy was getting to hand my three kids their diplomas, and I can say for 100% certainty that Raytown schools gave them the best possible education and made them better people. Two of them even met their spouses at school, so that's a double blessing. Thank you to our kids Ella, Skyler, and Chance, and their mom Robin for being patient and supportive with all the times I had to be at meetings and not always being able to be at every single one of their own
076events. I do think it's a advantageous uh for at least some school board members to have kids in the schools, but it's also a sacrifice. So, thank you again to my wonderful family. One big memory that I that I won't miss, nor will any of us miss, is COVID. That was one of the hardest things any of us had to navigate. As president of the board during that time, it was an ongoing no no no-win situation where exactly half the folks loved everything you did, and half the folks hated everything you did. But we persevered and learned a lot of valuable lessons. Where would we be now without Zoom and AMI? But but keep going because there's still a lot of work left to do. As a board, our biggest and most important job is
077to hire in the superintendent, and I'm glad to say I was a part of being able to hire two great ones. I think I think it serves us well that we have had such stability in this position over the last number of years. Thank you to Alan and Penelope. It has been awesome working with you. Alan was once Missouri Superintendent of the Year, and I'm very confident that Penelope will be recognized in the same way in the very near future. Two people with different leadership styles, but always focused on trying to do what's best for kids. Thank you for your strong leadership. As school board members, we can't possibly know everything there is to know, and we have to rely on our experts to help us. That's especially true true with curriculum, as it would
078be nearly impossible to make curriculum decisions without the guidance from our expert expert staff. So, thank you to our awesome academic leaders. The same is true with finances and capital improvements. So, thank you to our awesome financial and and operations leaders. But money is an area where I was glad to be a bit more involved. From early on, I always felt that our kids deserved as good or better facilities than any other district, and I focused my efforts on helping to give them good facilities while maintaining strong reserves. I'm proud of all the bond issues we passed and the facilities we built or acquired, including this building, the new Herndon, the Culinary Arts Institute Institute, the Wellness Center, Medical Clinic, Little Blue Elementary, new trails, three trails, various school additions, the Performing Arts Centers, new
079gyms, updated interiors, exteriors, technical updates, new state-of-the-art baseball fields and sports complexes, the Success Academy, the Warehouse. It's hard to calculate, but I'm guessing that if we if we had to build or acquire or renovate everything we've done in the last 20 years all at the same time right now, it would probably add up close to a half a billion dollars, maybe more more than that. That's a lot of money, and we thank the taxpayers for their ongoing support. All along the way, I tried to do what I could to be an advocate for teacher pay, and I think we've made good progress. Thank you, teachers, for all you do. You are our greatest resource. Thanks to Rachel Johnston and Kathy Kennedy, two great board secretaries. They do so much for us and keep us
080on track. They were both especially helpful to me helpful to me during the times I served as board president. So again, thank you to both of them for everything you've done and all that you do. It's funny that both of them are actually some kind of mind readers, so that can be very helpful. Usually, uh a very important job that you might not know about, but a big job for them is keeping that candy dish filled right. And finally, when you run for any kind of elected office, it doesn't matter what anyone says, most people running for office have a decent-sized ego. Even if you try to be humble, it takes a bit of an ego to go out and ask people to vote for you because I'm the best. But you can't ever get
081too big of an ego because there will always be a lovable little first grader out there that will knock you right back down to size. When we were still in COVID and wanting to bring teachers back in the classroom, I did a bit of substitute teaching because I felt it was if I was going to ask teachers to come back to the classroom, I needed to set a good example. I'll never forget at this one first grade class as I I was giving some kind of uh instructions or announcement, this one little first grade girl comes up to me and announces loudly, "Teacher, you're not doing it right." So, I think that might be the title of my book, "You're Not Doing It Right." So, thank you. Thank you to this board, everyone I have
082worked with over the many years. Appreciate everything that everyone's done, and keep up the good work. Thank you. I'm going to take a 5-minute recess. Take 5 minutes recess. Oh, yeah. We're going to watch this with this I think this is >> So, I'm sorry. I'm going to turn over to Rachel. You're next. We're going to swear in our three board members. Oath of office for Mr. Michael Watson, Dr. Madeline Douglas, and Mr. Tucker Roberts. If you can all three raise your right hand and repeat after me at the same time. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Missouri. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Missouri.
083And that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties as school director in and for the Grandview C-2 School District. And that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties as school director in and for the Grandview C-2 School District. County of Jackson, state of Missouri, to the best of my ability. County of Jackson, state of Missouri, to the best of my ability, according to the law. Thank you. Do I have permission to speak? Yes, you have Dr. Monnix. So, is there a motion for the 2026-2027 board president? May I have a motion, please? I move that the board uh be elected by the board as president. Second. Are there any other nominations? If none, is there a motion to cease the nomination? Do I have a second? >> Second. All those in favor, say
084I. I. All opposed? Congratulations to Mr. Burton for being elected as the board president for 2026. Thank you. I can grab the mic. So, uh is there a motion for the 2026-2027 board vice president? I motion for Ms. Edna to be the board vice president for the 2026-2027. Second. Motion made and seconded. Are there any other nominations? If no no further submissions, uh is there a motion for nomination to cease nominations? Move that we cease nominations. Second. Motion made and seconded. All those in favor, say I. I. All opposed? Seeing none, congratulations, Ms. Edna. Okay, let me get back to our agenda. Next on the agenda is the appointment of delegate and alternate to attend Missouri School Boards Association 2026 summer summit. So, Ms. Edna and Dr. Douglas are currently going. Um I plan to
085attend, but I don't have to be a delegate or the alternate. Um but I plan to attend. Um is there anybody planning to attend or do any of anyone want to uh be the delegate? I can be the delegate. You're already in. Well, she she's attending. So, yeah, we're good. So, delegate is Dr. Douglas and alternate will be Ms. Edna. All right. Next we have the 2026 and 2027 insurance renewal. Mr. President, I move that the Board of Education approve the 2026-2027 insurance renewal as presented. Is there any discussion? All right. Take a vote. So, The district put in a bid for purchase of five vehicles through Midwest Transit at a total cost of $224,513. Second. All right, the most last motion passed and uh motion has been made and seconded. Any discussion? Question. Are
086they Are these new vehicles? Good evening. I did not hear the question. New vehicles? Are they new vehicles? These are not. These are ones coming off lease and I'll stay up here for the next We have a lease coming up on on the next agenda item. All right. >> Ready for vote. Thank you, Mr. Hughes, there. You are right. Motion passes. Is there a motion? Mr. President, I move that the Board of Education approve the bid for the lease of five vehicles through Midwest Transit at an annual cost of $154,795 for the next 3 years. Second. Motion made and seconded. Any discussion? If none, ready for vote. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. President, I move that the Board of Education approve the purchase of 13 automated external defibrillators, model you see there, to replace expiring
087units for the total cost of $26,130. Second. Motion made and seconded. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, take a vote. Motion passes. Next we have the interactive panel bid results. Mr. President, I move that the Board of Education accept the bid from KCAV for the installation of 180 Clear Touch 6000 8 plus panels for the board price of $531,135. Second. What model is that? Do you have a question? All right. 6000. >> Go ahead. Hey, um so I just wanted to know what's the difference between the CTI 6075 versus the UH46, which is the one that um you're presenting for us. What's the difference in that one versus the the UH44 that the LOT professionals um that one was just significantly cheaper, and so I just wanted to know what's the difference. Yeah, so when
088we originally put that bid out, we actually asked for the Clear Touch panel cuz that's what we already have in the installed in the district. We have not We haven't even tried that T7, so we're not sure how well it would function compared to the Clear Touch panel. And since we we've we like the Clear Touch panel, it works well in our environment, and there's no additional software required, that's why we made that decision. And I think with that T7, there's some additional software we'd have to have to install. And kind of doing a cursory um kind of amount of research, they have issues with connectivity and a couple of other user experience items which were enough to just give me pause. Okay. Thank you. Ready for vote. Motion passes. Mr. President, I move that
089the Board of Education accept the bid from Electronic Innovations Incorporated for security cameras and mounts for the total price of $125,916.90. Second. Motion made and seconded. Is there any discussion? Are these new cameras or replacing existing cameras? Mostly new, but probably replacing some existing. So, there's about 120 cameras we've asked for. 100 of them are what we're going to use to install security video in the hallways of our elementary schools. We right now don't have coverage in a lot of our hallways, but there's 20 that we're going to look to replace the outdoor playground cameras we currently have. Thank you. Ready for vote. All right. Mr. I move that the Board of Education approve the purchase of one year of photo support for the total price of $129,114. Second. Motion made and seconded. Any discussion?
090Ready for vote. Motion passes. Mr. President, I move that the Board of Education approve the purchase of one year of um SIS software support for the total price of $65,336.31. Second. Motion made and seconded. Is there any discussion? What is this? Mr. President, what is this? Yeah, we use SIS Fin for our employee management and our financial support. So, all of our all of our paychecks, our accounts payable, our vendor maintenance, and our general our general ledger is in there. Motion passes. President, I move that the Board of Education approve the purchase of Frontline software support for absence management and time and attendance for the total price of $86,400 or a million? No. No, 86,000. What? All right. You think it's Is it $86,152.16? I saw the second comma, I was like, "Whoa, million?" What
091had happened is You're making the motion. No, 300,000. Second. Motion made and seconded. Motion passes. Thank you, man. You should have said it right. $86 million and left. Uh Mr. President, I move that the Board approve for the renovation at Great Crossing Middle School with a guaranteed maximum price of $1,138,857. Second. Motion made and seconded. Hey, Josh, can you Yeah. just uh give us a brief overview. Oh, this is one of the plan Okay. Remember this? Great Crossing Success Academy. Yep. All right, good evening again. One of the things that we were doing in through our boundary study is going through and finding spaces with building we had. We're pulling out a lease with St. Bernard's effective July 1, we will be going through and making making some changes to Central Middle School in order
092to make that effective. That will include some secured entries that that separate the wing from that RSA will be involved with from Central Middle School. We'll also be When you look through those documents, the most expensive part of that was HVAC and ventilation for the fact room. The fact room are currently located downstairs, we'll be moving those directly upstairs to where Central Middle School students will still have access to that. What other questions? Mr. President, and where inside of the building would this wing So, if you walk into the on the lower level, it would be the north side. So, if you walked in and went into the cafeteria, right before you get to the cafeteria, there's a slanted wall to your left. On that slanted wall, there'll be a doorway and wall that goes
093across in there. Um and it's that whole wing. The whole wing? Yes. Any other questions? We'll be done before students get back. We'll start the day We'll start the day after students leave, and then we'll be completed and ready to go for students returning in the fall. It's an extremely tight schedule, but we'll we'll get it done. Yes, sir. Any other questions? No. All right, we got a side discussion you probably should have with her real quick. Uh-oh. Principal's office. Motion passes. Mr. President, I move that the board the renewal Pearson SS from period deck learning for the 2026-2027 school year in the amount of $51,040. Second. Motion made and seconded. So, there's a storm going on and tornado warning or whatever has passed us, but let's go through this. Let's just get through these
094things real quick so we can No, I'm not allowed to vote. Yes. You got to get through this. Yes, Mr. President, I move that the board approve the purchase of biology resources from McGraw Hill for the cost of $119,950.63. Second. Motion made and seconded. Take a vote. We're in the safest spot. We got the kids, man. We got this for the kids, man. We got to get through this. Mr. President, I move that the board approve the purchase of the foundational literacy assessment from Amplify for the cost of $57,369.60. Motion made and seconded. Yes, sir. Let's take a vote. Get to the end of the motion before we make Motion passes. Mr. President, I move that the board approve the purchase of T3 reading resources from McGraw Hill for the cost of $67,961.14. Second. Motion
095is uh seconded. Uh Let's take a vote. Motion passes. These policies were reviewed March 9th. Uh just for information. We can go to the next. Mr. President, I move that the board approve the April 13th, 2026 consent agenda as presented. Second. Motion made and seconded. Is there no Is there any other donations? Take it. Good evening. I would like to introduce My name is Jackie Brennan. Nice to meet you. Hi, Jackie. Nice to meet Hi, Jackie. I'm so sorry. I am here to introduce Shawna Morrell to you all. She is a currently our representative on the Jackson County Board of Equalization. She's served serving that role well this year and she has agreed to continue on in the role for next year. She is a realtor and has been doing that for 10 years. >>
096Morrell, oh, okay. Yeah. She gets So, what she does is she sits in on the appeals for residential and commercial property. And so, her expertise is just invaluable to us. So, I really wanted to introduce her to everyone on this board. We appreciate everything that she does for our district. Well, welcome. Nice to meet you, Morrell. Any questions? Thank you, Shawna. Thanks, Jackie Brennan. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Donations. All right. We have a donation of $150 for field day from Gap to Sweet Ridge Elementary School. Um donation of $500 for PBIS incentives from Goss Law Firm to Westridge Elementary School. We have a donation of donuts and coffee worth $159 for donuts from Gap Grown-Ups to Northwood School. A donation of $100 from Foley Industries to Rockwood Elementary School and a
097donation of $1,000 to Missouri Department of Conservation to the Hunting Career Center. Once again, we just want to thank all our donors, all our supporters, and stakeholders who have invested in our children and their education. Mr. President. You got to vote. Had a discussion with Dr. Griner. Be serious. Mr. President, I move that the board adjourn the regular board meeting of education at 8:30 p.m. Second. They just left us like that. We got to stay far here. Yeah. We need some more votes. I'm just I'm just screwing with you. Oh, man. Meeting adjourned.