001there a motion for the agenda these on tonight Mr President I move the board approved the March 10th 2025 agenda second motion made and second it Miss Bobby yes next we'll have a report of board members um we have two that um reports are listed but they're not here so we'll move to the next agenda item next we'll have the report of superintendent so good evening chairman Burton uh members of the Raytown quality School District board and members of The Amazing Raytown quality School District Community I want to begin by saying thank you to everyone who helped us with celebration of read Across America week last week um and for those who volunteered your time to go into our classrooms I think it is an absolutely amazing opportunity for our children to see that we
002are invested in their learning uh while also having fun uh reading to our little ones uh I do know that I had a great bunch of fun uh even with some of the nicknames that I left with after I met with the kids some I will not repeat but those who are in the room with me know what they called me before I left nothing bad I just will leave it at that um and so thank you to everyone uh it's most important that we are reading to our children and not just read Across America week but every week so I encourage our families to make sure that students have access to reading materials so that we're encouraging their abilities and their desire uh and love of the skill of reading while learning is continuous
003and ongoing I had the opportunity of attending the American Association of school administr ERS conference last week it is very very much challenging to step away from the work but when you have quality leaders uh that surround you every day uh it makes it a little more easier so I want to thank my team for continuing um to operate the district while I was away but I also wanted to let the community know that as a superintendent our learning never stops either and so while I was away at the conference um just hearing the reiteration of the goals from the American Association of school administrators uh it very much so aligned with our goals here in Raytown and as my goals as superintendent focused on children uh Real World Learning opportunities and just moving forward
004uh here for public education I want to also take a moment to recognize our board and you'll hear a little more later on but this is board appreciation week and one of the parts of what most people do not see in terms of the work of a superintendent is really having individuals who are going along with you to make sure that we're doing what's best and what right not just for our students but for our community as a whole and so we we are recognizing our board members as you can see the amazing work that's hanging in front of you and the appreciation that has been displayed I want to thank our principes our teachers and more importantly our students for providing these um acknowledgements for our board and I want to publicly thank you
005for the work not just for sitting here in the seats and just saying everything is okay but asking those challenging questions and doing the challenging work and I don't think people realize that you volunteer your time to do this not because you like it but because you believe in children so I thank you for all of the work that you do uh for our children here in Raytown the next item that I would like to bring to your attention is item 8.6 which is the Open Enrollment resolution I will be bringing that forward to the board for your consideration um and for those of you who are watching on television and or on live stream if you will or those who are in the room that would be represented by Senate bills 215 and house
006bills 7eleven I would encourage you to familiarize yourself with those bills with open enrollment and to help you understand that I as a proponent of the work for children I do believe parents deserve to have options but when we start looking at Open Enrollment I'm asking the board for their consideration uh and moving forward that Raytown is not a participant or in agreement with open enrollment the impact that it will have on our district is huge but even more so for our community is even even greater so let's just make sure we are familiar with Senate bills 215 and house bills 711 and I would encourage you to contact our local legislators and Senators to express your concerns with these bills should they pass and so again there's a resolution that's uh for our board
007to discuss as we continue to move forward and do what's right by our children and our community and now on to item 8.7 which is our report from our student representative you may take oh okay all right they just got here Chase should to have ladies first glad you two can make glad you're safe no you're fine thank you uh good evening board uh president Burton and Dr Martin Knox this past month has been very busy for all aspects of our school building and we're excited to share with you guys some upcoming events that we have going on this year um we will be having our prom at the John Knox Pavilion in Lee Summit from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. on April 12th tickets go on sale the week after spring break and they will
008be $45 the first week and $50 the second week our students voted on a the on the the themes masquerade and Night in Paris and they both tied so we mix them together with the new theme being masquerade in Paris we are hoping to have lots of tickets sold and predict this event to be a major success our by Bly blood drive will be on March 28th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for all student staff and District employees this upcoming Saturday some students have organized a trivia night to donate money for a good cause that is still being decided there will be prizes for the winners and we highly encourage anyone in the community to go the Flyers on our student councils Instagram we have six student council members who will be attending the
009Missouri Association of student council state conference this Thursday through Saturday where we will be running for ver first vice president of all the student councils in the state of Missouri as we are already first vice president of the Trails West District currently as this meeting is happening our boys basketball team is competing at the district basketball tournament versus Summit Christian Academy they have worked so hard this season and we hope they can bring home a win lastly on behalf of the Raytown student council for Schoolboard appreciation month we want to express our sincere gratitude to the school board for all the hard work and dedication that you guys put into supporting our schools and Community your involvement in care for students doesn't go unnoticed whether it's making decisions that prioritize our success attending events or
010creating a nurturing environment where we can thrive we deeply appreciate your commitment to ensuring that we have the resources and opportunities to grow and we are all so thankful for everything you guys do to make our schools a better place as a thank you our student council's leadership class has made these for you guys as a token of appreciation for all of the hard work that you guys do and thank you so much again you guys have any questions about anything no great job J yes are nice hi good evening Board of Education I'm Madison Dansby and I'm an executive from braytown South High School's student council um this week our student council has had the wonderful idea to propose a schoolwide field day for our students so you know like the Nostalgia of like
011the running around outside doing activities and stuff from Elementary School um they came up with that idea and it's for it's an incentive for students with 95% attendance and no discipline issues so we're going to award our well-doing students in the building um it was happily approved and we are planning to have it on March 19th right before spring break to celebrate our students and get them excited and we also have um oh we're preparing for our student council next year as well just to get ahead of it a little bit early so we are thinking ahead and reaching out out to some great standing students that would best do our Council and we are hoping that all of them apply and join us in making our school better then we are also planning um
012the process for our prom we have decided on a theme but is a secret we will be uploading it to our Tik Tok and Instagram April 1 so make sure you follow us at southside. stuco on Tik Tok this Iselle okay um hello I'm Chanel she as you obviously heard and this week our fin are getting ready to go to so and Ensemble unfortunately our band will not be able to be participating because we will be in Chicago from the 13th to the 15 to march in the parade and we will be on National Television so I think you guys should tune in um also we have as she said previously we have selected our prom theme and it will be like we'll kind of be like throwing out hints throughout the week and throughout
013the months leading up to that and then we also have a jelly bean festival planned for our special ucation students right and on April 15th and that'll be like the time during advisory we'll have students from I believe the Life Academy um Foundation as well as Raytown High School and Raytown South High School and they will be getting together just to celebrate their talents and things like that skills and stuff and they'll also be provided lunch as well great thank you thank you so I had a question so yeah just just have a question so you're right down south but you got a shirt on that says Bluey I just notice that so are you in the band so you're in the St Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago okay so well is is on Monday
014then I guess is a parade or when is it okay okay so we can look forward on TV and hopefully see you guys all right cool I have a question Mr President I have a question uh field day will there be kickball that's what I'm talking about all right all right just want to make sure it's important you playing absolutely all right and so thank you to our student Representatives you always make me proud and never disappoint and I thank you for the way in which you present each and every time so thank you um and as I conclude um the superintendent's report I just want to acknowledge Mr Ryan Meyers one of our oldermen Alderman Area 3 uh for being here with us this evening thank you and it's good to see you in
015the audience this concludes the superintendent report Mr chairman right thank you here we go next we have the presentations and recognitions R of Hope good evening president Burton Board of Education Dr Martin Knox this evening we are recognizing security officer Dalton depal and nurse julanne Rose from Raytown South we are very proud to recognize them as our March Ray of Hope because of their quick thinking in teamwork they helped save a student's life at Raytown South High School on Friday they together performed life-saving measures during a medical emergency and are a true Testament to the power of compassion skill and courage and we want to thank them for their dedication to Raytown quality schools and to the health and well-being of our students because this just happened on Friday we don't have a video but
016we do are thankful that they are here with us today so i' ask them come forward so before we take pictures I just wanted to take a moment there's nothing worse than getting the phone call that there's a student in distress and knowing from the medical professionals that because of your actions you saved the life I don't know what else to say but thank you I spoke to the student mother on Saturday morning and all she could say is and so with the quick action of these individuals I also want to say thank you to Melissa Tanner for making sure that we have been equipped and trained through because we just got certified as an Adam District a couple of months ago and so when we did it we did it here in the room
017with executive leadership we've done it across the district our schools have done it you never anticipate having to use that ever ever this is probably my third time as a leader experiencing something like that and I just say thank you and so we usually have a aray of Hope video but you are a ray of hope and I just need to say that to you I couldn't wait for a video because I wanted to tell you in the immediate thank you yes thank you Anda and Robert thank you okay we're gonna Swit switch gears a little bit here as Dr Martin Knox and others have mentioned March is board appreciation month and we want to show our appreciation to our board members first I'm going to ask for the alderman Ryan Myers to come forward
018he has something to present good evening good evening Madam superintendent Bard um you were probably expecting the mayor to show up but he's feeling a little under the weather this this afternoon this evening so you get me instead uh for those of you that don't know me my name is Ryan Myers I represent w three here in Raytown for the city I'm also the city's liaison to the school board so um I have a proclamation here from the mayor so I'll read this out whereas an excellent public education system is integral into the quality of life of the citizens in the community in the Raytown community and whereas Schoolboard members offer outstanding leadership and demonstrate tireless committed service to the patrons and the children of Raytown school district and whereas our Schoolboard members provide a
019solid foundation for our school system which is the structure through which our community's future leaders are produced and whereas school board members are strong advocates for public education through their work to understand the needs of our student or excuse me the needs of our schools and they dutifully lead the way toward ensuring that those needs are met now therefore I Michael MCD mayor of the City of Raytown do hereby proclaim the month of March 2025 as school board appreciation month and I call upon all residents to join in this worthy observance and recognition of our board uh Board of education's essential role in ensuring the well-being and betterment of our community the work they do to ensure the quality of our education system is of the utmost importance signed this 10th day of March in
020the year 2025 Michael mcdono Mayor thank you and before we go to you Dr Martin Knox we do have a special video for the board of members so the first thing I'll do is I'm going to show you just a little clip of a video okay I don't think we have any tonight have you guys ever seen this before we'll move to the next is it about like a school district yeah it is do you know who these people are I know her I know her grade you remember her name Dr M Knox yeah nice job Kyler do you know what her title is the superintendent I think those are the presidents of like fre L you think yeah yeah that's a really good guess have you seen those people before yeah who do you
021think they are I think the like President presidents yeah presidents I think the like the the people who look after the school and like builted the school and created the school do you know who that who's speaking right now decisions we come together as a colletive to see would you subscribe to this channel yeah like they changed stuff in our school that we want them to like like that one time when we went to Dr Martin Knox we asked for new lunch food and then like 8 months later our food was like different so stuff like that I think like they control the days we are and we aren in school the things that happen in each School some of the events like you have to get it approved by them so we want to
022tell them thank you because they do a lot of work they have lots of meetings they do lots of administrative things like in the hallway yeah maybe they help make sure that you have everything you need Miss glasow has everything she needs and even the school too yeah even the school too I have a lot of gratitude towards our Board of Education they are very good listeners they love to hear what we have to offer they love to ask us questions and they really love to build connections with us students which is amazing so what would you say to the people who are helping make school possible for you I think I just say thank you for helping us make it to school what about you Chelle I think you say thank you for making
023my classroom thank you for making my whole school making your whole school yeah thank you for volunteering thank you for volun doing thank you for taking care of us like thank you that's that's like cuz I thought they get paid for that stuff like I thought they go there and they get like a whole lot of money but n they they spend like their own personal time and like do it like just for the school not just for the money so I thought that was like really nice and kind I think they're important because without them we wouldn't have a lot of the stuff we do I mean without them you guys wouldn't be here today Dr Martin Knox wouldn't have the job that she does our schools probably going to be the same as
024they are we're very thankful for all of the work the school board does we know that it's a lot of time that goes into it a lot of commitment and we show um lots of gratitude we are super grateful for all of the hard work they put in it's something that they do to help out our schools and our community I would like to give a big thanks because there's a lot of things I didn't know that they actually help with it's not just like our superintendent and whatnot it's actually a group of them coming to figure out hey let's get to the root to this let's fix this and whatnot they help us a lot and very very thankful for that thank you for all you guys' hard work you guys make like just
025the district and Raytown a better place in general fantastic so with that I will add my thank you and turn it over to Dr Martin Knox who has some special certificates for you all amen so I at beginning of presentation at the beginning of board meeting I'm sorry uh under the superintendent PR report I can say thank you a thousand times but I'm truly grateful for all week your hard work I don't think people understand how challenging it is to sit behind the days and make decisions that's beneficial to every child not an individual child not having individualized motives but really thinking about our district as a whole and I'm grateful uh one of the things that could get in the way of a superintendent getting work done is a V and I will say
026that not one time in almost three years have you gotten in the way yes you've asked challenging questions yes and that's what it's about you're not supposed to just sit idle to let things just go by and you don't and so I thank you for what you do uh as you heard the students say you're like the president and so just thank you for your time and your dedication for our students and for our community so at this time Mr Moore thank you [Music] good here for work obligations this evening Miss Natalie Johnson Barry could not be here for work obligations this evening and on top of their work Mr Michael Watson uh Dr Douglas who was unable to be here this evening for another obligation Miss Bobby Salsbury appreciate you miss Bobby thank you
027and I'm not going to tell you they swapped out your candle I didn't I didn't wasn't me wasn't me you hey got I just say real quick thank you to everyone thank you for the for everyone all these gifts and I've been through a few of these so every year is great but that video fantastic so thank you I mean our communications department's really doing a great job these days so absolutely thank you very much it's really appreciated a lot just you guys recognizing I want to thank the rest of the board as well so yeah it's been great I like reading all the cards that the kids write it's pretty it's pretty funny stuff that to say but let's move on to our public comment period and seeing that we don't have anybody signed
028up we can move to the next agenda item which is board committee reports there motion I move the board approve the December 9th 2024 finance committee meeting minutes and March 3rd 202 25 citizens advisory committee meeting minutes second motion made and second it Miss Bobby yes next we'll have selection for Bond underwriting service versus Mr President move the board I move the I I moved at the Board of Education approve the selection of Piper Sandler and Company as the district's Bond Underwriters second motion made and second it Miss Bobby yes moving to unfinished business oh never mind had a switch yet new business moving to new business we have the K5 implified consumables is there a motion Mr President I move the Board of Education approve purchase of Amplified consumable materials for Kansas Ela for
029a total cost of$ 1424 second motion made and second it Miss Bobby yes motion passes next we'll have the Frontline software renewals there a motion Mr President I moveed at the board the quote for the renewal Frontline Asis management and time and attendance in the amount of 82,83 62 second motion made and second it Miss Bobby yes motion pass next we'll have the server and storage refresh is there a motion take terms Mr President I move the Board of Education accept the bid from C cdwg to replace existing storage and servers at a total price of $91,500 through the 2029 2030 school year second motion made and second it Miss Bobby yes next we'll have the prce services Mr President I'm with the Board of Education approved the bid from suar one for 5 years
030of printer services at a monthly cost of $4,463 53 second motion man second it Miss Bobby yes there it is motion pass staff device rotation your a motion Mr President I move the Board of Education approve the bid from CDW WG for the first round of Staff device purchases for Great Expectations the business office has substitute teachers for total price of $14,500 second motion made and seconded Miss Bobby yes I just have one minor question on this one so how does this work with substitute teachers good evening board um Mr Moore we have depending on the siid of the school um a set of devices that the substitutes check out when they come in the building okay we've been using aging machines and that's not been a good service to our substitute they'll still just
031be they'll check them out every day yeah they'll leave it at the building once they're done but it's for the school day yes sir thank you okay motion passes Mr President I move at the Board of Education approve the adjustments to the 2425 academic calendar as presented second motion made and second it Miss Bobby yes motion passes next is uh inclement weather days forgiveness Mr President move the bo of Education prove the Forgiveness of inclement weather day on February 20th 2025 for all Raytown C2 staff members second it motion made second it Miss Bobby yes than we have approval consent agenda I move that the board approv the March 10th 2025 consent agenda as presented second motion made and second it I'll read the donations for the month we have a donation of little notebooks
032worth of $100 to staff at Robertson Elementary School from St Matthews Episcopal church we have a donation of $2,420 to the Raytown School District to pay off student lunch debt from braytown Masonic lodge number 391 and Masonic Home of Missouri we have a donation of $218 to Spring Valley Elementary School per student lunch debt from Grand View Memorial VFW post8 8100 and a donation of 12in Cincinnati metal shear worth 15,000 from G custom metal fabricators to Heen Career Center thank you very much for all the donations for uh the businesses and organization and churches that support us uh is greatly appreciated and go a long ways to help us help us educate our students thank you very much B Bobby yes there motion got 30 seconds I moved at the board J regular Board of
033Education meeting at 711 second second and the M been seconded miss Bobby yes come up oh here we go thank you