001So, uh, we're going to call this meeting to order. Um, it is sometime that my watch will say 610 609. Uh, let the record show all board members are present. If you guys would please rise with us and pledge allegiance. Sorry to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I know. All right. So, board, you have an agenda before you. Can I get a motion to approve it? So, move. Miss and Dr. Faggley approved that motion. So, uh, let's move right on into our recognitions. Dr. Bigny. All right. Thank you very much. Uh, the first recognition that we have is our Southeast, uh, Middle School Principles Association. It's a very long acronym. Uh, but, um,
002this is for Garrett Cook and Haley Russell were recently honored by the Southeast Missouri Association of Secondary School Principles as the principal and the assistant principal of the year. These two dedicated educators are very welld deserving and we are just so thankful that they call uh CGPS home and congratulations to you both. If you guys could come up and we could take a picture as a board, we would appreciate that. [Applause] We had a photo op earlier uh in the month. So, we wanted to definitely honor [Applause] Next is our first year for our memorial scholarship. It's the Keith Adams Memorial Scholarship. Keith was a former uh teacher at the middle school that had passed away last year. And uh this go this scholarship is for $1,000 and it goes to Marlet Southall. Uh she
003received it. If I could have Keith's uh Keith Adams wife and son Gretchen and Karen to come up here and take a picture with us as well, we'd appreciate it. And thank you again for uh the scholarship for these kids. [Applause] Thank you all so much. [Applause] and I'm going to turn this one over to uh Dr. Beck. It's our leadership academy recognition and I'll just turn it over to you. Yeah. So, our leadership academy cohort this year um consisted of eight of our faculty members spread out through various certified positions. I'm going to ask them as I call them out to come on up here and then we'll share just a little bit more information. We have Sarah Han from Terry W Kitchen Junior High. Austin Bordon from Amishrader Elementary. Marcia Medlin from Central
004Middle School. Trevor Morhead from Clippard Elementary. Elizabeth Lucifer from CHS. And Miss Ashley Ratiki also from Central High School. And Dr. Minion. Actually, what I wanted to do was allow them a brief moment here at the mic just to talk about one of the experiences or something they've reflected on since uh leadership academy and then possibly share what topic they talked about at our action research project. So Austin, we'll start at the end and then Jamie, I'll pass you the mic right here. Just one thing to reflect on from leadership academy and your topic you uh presented on to the board. I wasn't prepared to give a speech tonight, but That's what leadership's all about. Um I think just one of the biggest takeaways was being able to look at the other um aspiring leaders
005throughout the district and being able to work with them um from all the other buildings as well as being able to understand what all the other supant superintendents and everyone from the board office does was a something that I can take away from it. And then uh my topic that I did was uh standardsbased grading which is what uh third and fourth grade will be going into next year. I'm Sarah Han. Um, also was not prepared for this, but um, my major takeaway from the leadership academy was just to like have be very grateful for the leaders that we have and to meet new people um, other aspiring leaders and collaborate and think about new ideas and kind of get a plan moving forward. But uh my topic was peer tutoring in our ICU structure
006for the junior high just to try to utilize all of the brilliant minds that we have to help others. So that's where I was at. Hello, my name is Elizabeth Lucar and I teach mathematics at the high school and I love the leadership academy in that I came from a very rural Arkansas background when I moved here and so it was wonderful to see all of the dynamics and all of the things that it takes to run a school of this size. And we have some very awesome people in the background working tirelessly to make this the school district that it is. And my research project was how to overcome or learning strategies in a low socioeconomic backgrounds and the fact that all students have the ability to learn and just thank you guys for
007supporting us through this. Michelle, thank you. Hello, my name is Ashley Ratiki. I am a PE teacher at Cape Central High School. Um, my big takeaway from the leadership academy. It was just really interesting to see the behind the scenes of what all goes on um over here at the board office and being able to shadow um some administrators was very interesting. Um, my action research project was talking about having a therapy dog um in the school system and how they can positively impact the school and the school climate. Awesome. Well, Dr. Ben and all board members, this group was fantastic. They were a lot of fun to meet with every month. We learn just as much from them as they do from us. So, if we could give them a round of applause. [Applause]
008I've been [Applause] Oh, up next we have our terrific Tigers. So, uh, this is a student from each building selected based on service to others, leadership and scholarship. And parents, celebrate with your kids, too. Please stand up, take pictures with them also. So, we will go into that. All right. First up, Alma Shrider. Rya Hail, fourth grade daughter of Sicily and Ben Hail. Ria is a bright and enthusiastic fourth grader who always gives her best effort in and out of the classroom. Known for her kindness, determination, and positive attitude, Rya is a role model to classmates and is truly deserving of the terrific Tiger Award. She has represented Elma Shrdder in the best way possible. [Applause] Blanchard Elementary. Drake Weinens, first grade, son of Scarlet and Derek Winens. Drake is a focused, serious, and dedicated
009student who strives every day to do his very best. He pushes himself daily to do better in all subject areas. He has an easygoing attitude, which makes him so much fun to teach. Drake cares deeply for others, and that is what makes him a truly great friend to all. Do we have twins here? Blanchard Elementary. Mia Wynens, first grade, daughter of Scarlet and Derek Winsens. Mia is such a joy to work with and is a ray of sunshine to everyone. She brightens every room she walks into with her winning smile. She is hardworking and is very motivated to always do her best. She has a heart of gold and will help anyone that needs it. [Applause] Clippford Elementary. Sophie Ribbing, fourth grade, daughter of Tara and Tyler Ribbing. Sophie is a joy to have in
010class. She consistently follows the rules and encourages her classmates to do the same. She always puts forth her best effort and is eager to help others when they need assistance with their work. Sophie is a shining example of a Clipper terrific tiger. Way to go, Sophie. [Applause] Franklin Elementary Dream Gray, first grade, daughter of Jason Elliot. Franklin is so proud to recognize our first grade terrific tiger, Dream Gray. Not here. [Applause] Jefferson Elementary. Arya Woods, second grade, daughter of Jamila Woods. Jefferson would like to recognize Arya Woods for her incredible effort and determination this year. She has worked hard to grow in both reading and math, always striving to improve and make gains. Her dedication, perseverance, and positive attitude have truly made a difference. Arya is also a kind and caring classmate, always willing to
011lend a helping hand to others. Central Middle School. Malayaia Park's fifth grade daughter of Jelle Curtis. Malayaia is a fifth grader and is part of our student leadership team and Roaring Tigers Choir. She's an intelligent, confident, and strong young lady who is a proven leader of her peers. Keep up the great work, Malayaia, and congratulations. Terry W. Kitchen Junior High. Brandon Fes, seventh grade son of Christopher [Applause] Fes. Brandon has had tremendous personal growth this school year. He has stepped up as a leader in the classroom and is often the first to raise his hand to answer a question. He breezes through the challenges that he is given and completes it with excellence every time. He thrives with difficult concepts and always has a desire to learn more. He's a dependable student and a role
012model to his [Applause] peers. Central High School Amy Caldwell, 12th grade daughter of Shelby and James [Applause] Caldwell. Amy is truly a sweet, kind-hearted student. Her genuine compassion for others, positive spirit, and thoughtful nature make her a joy to be around and an inspiration to everyone she meets. She is one of the first recipients of the Be the Change Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to students who offer kindness without expecting anything in return. Amy always shows up with a positive attitude and exhibits outstanding character in everything she does. She makes CHS proud. [Applause] Central Academy, Jonel Gibson, 12th grade son of Joanna and Johnny Gibson. And then from April, the Terry W. Kitchen Junior High, Yasmine King Carter, seventh grade daughter of Kiara Selby Carter. Yas mean is always looking for ways to help out.
013She has helped the classroom with cleaning up and even cleans up the cafeteria. She always has a smile and is friendly towards others. Congratulations, [Applause] Yasmin. Congratulations. Great job. [Applause] Yeah, we started I'm so glad you read that. I will chop up a name in a minute. I can chop up Sarah. Is this We are getting more time. Way wrong. We've been here. That clock has always been like that for years. That clock was like that for 10 years ago. All right, we will move on. Um, next up is information, proposals, comments from the audience. Uh, Mr. Payne, any tonight? No requests from the community this. All right, cool. We will um toss out just public participation at board meetings. request to place an item on the agenda or address the board should be submitted
014in writing at least five days in advance of the regular board meeting uh to Mr. Payne here at the board office. Um it's outlined in policies BDDH and KC on the website. So, thank you guys very much. All right, we'll move on into ourformational reports. Uh so, first up, board president's reports. So, uh I had a couple things going throw out. First off, congratulations to all the graduates and the families. Um, it's awesome to get to see everybody get out there and achieve graduation and get to move on and go out into the world. So, it was a great night getting to see everybody graduate and glad we didn't have it outside like you wanted to. So, it was all right. Yeah. Um the long range community plan meetings uh we had last week while
015they weren't overly highly attended, they were still the few of us that were there was really nice to get to meet with IDS uh go through some of the things, see some of the pictures opportunities as we're building that long range plan. So excited moving into this year as we get to take action on that. So um I'll toss out to July 11th booster club golf tournament. Uh it's always a lot of fun. Um, so sign up Cape TigersBoosters.com. So, uh, go sign up and go. The foundation also with their alumni group with Miss Untostall. Uh, they're having a mix and mingles. They're trying to build up the Cape alumni after the tournament. So, it can be a completely all day affair and after you get done playing golf, you can hang out at the
016country club and uh, not for sure what all is going to happen, karaoke or singing or dancing or who knows, but we'll see. So, it should be fun. And uh last off did want to say uh thanks to uh Dr. Crowley and Brandon Bradshaw. They needed somebody to load test their bridge crane. So I went out there today and swung from I do that. But um did go out and play around in the welding facility today just kind of looking around and that place is fantastic. I mean tangible skills that we're going to put into kids community. Uh that's a fantastic place. We need to see it under power and get it up and going. But that's a cool facility. So it's all I had. I'll pass on superintendent report. Thank you. Um I I
017just want to say I'd like to congratulate the class of 2025 on their graduation. Also take the time to thank Miss Sheller. She's out in the hallway. They did a fantastic job um at the graduation and truly appreciate her leadership. Um I'd also like to brag on our JAG program. This is wonderful. We just got this news last week at Cape Central Academy. This year we had a 100% graduation rate for students involved in in JAG. That program is working and it's it's being very impactful at Central Academy. So we're really excited about that. This is just one of the many impressive examples of performance by the program. Miss Burley will be coming to update uh you over the summer. She's going to talk a little bit more about that data that we received last
018week. It's very impressive of what's happening at Central Academy and the JAG program. We have your young ladies participating. We have our young ladies participating in girls state this summer and eight young men who will attend boy state. Uh the event will be hosted on Lynenwood's campus. This program focuses on leadership, civic engagement, and public service. I'd like to also uh wish everyone a last week of school. I see some teachers out there that are excited about that. We have one and a half more days this week and I hope that they uh all go smoothly as our students and staff look forward to the summer break. And that's all that I have. Well, thank you very much. Uh next up, CIP program evaluations. So, CIP lead five updates. Yes, ma'am. Miss Lindsay. Miss Lindsay.
019So, uh CIV lead uh the goal was to develop a long range fiscal plan to address employee compensation. This is a long range goal. Uh we have a target to increase um certified base salary 2% um every year and um there are lots of action steps that are involved in that. Um mainly analyzing our revenues and expenditures to see if it's feasible. And um so I've just kind of put about how we do that and we're also dealing with minimum wage requirements now. Um so I feel like just ongoing there's always going to be something to watch and look at. Um we research comparable districts and we use that by using this MSTA annual salary and benefit report. I've linked it there for you if you would like to take a look at it. Currently
020we are um number four in the southeast region for starting teacher salary which I feel like is really great. Um this is also done we meet with our salary and welfare committee um to solicit feedback from our staff. We have ongoing discussions with them. Um and we've also established a minimum fund balance procedure which is good for the district and helps in this as well. Um currently our minimum fund balance that was approved in November is 22%. We are at 30 we ended last year at 37%. So we're well above that. Um communication with the staff um I did not do that this year but last year uh Dr. after and I went out as all the buildings to communicate what our plan was um and I met with salary and welfare. This year it's
021been a little different um but have plans to um visit all the buildings and talk with staff regarding um salary and the district's finances in general and it will be something that's ongoing that we will monitor and continue to uh update every single year. I put a little bit of history on there where we started uh back in 22 23 you know we were still getting esser funds so our revenue looked a lot different um and we were able to do some different things um with our resources so we had a couple years we had some pretty large increases for the district and that in 2223 we increased the base all of the salary increases have been going to the base of the salary um and what this has done on the teacher salary schedule.
022If you look at the step one and then you go all the way to the end of it, uh the progression, it's really closed the gap there. So, that's something that we'll want to work on because we have a long range goal of it to be larger. So, you have the potential to make more money the longer that you're here um for the life of your career. Being 2324, we increased the base 3,000. Now in 2425 uh we did 2% which still means the C subP standards and 2526 the recommendation again is 2%. Um I put for action items that it's ongoing that will continue to analyze data and I would like to work on developing more of a financial tool that we can forecast out the increases to see where we will be to
023help us long term. Overall, I think that we've done really well. So, I said that our level of performance is above average because we are meeting the role that we have set for ourselves. Does anybody have any questions? Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. Um, moving on. Career ladder program evaluation. Dr. Beck, I believe. Yep. So, this might look familiar because last month you all approved the application to participate in next year's round of career ladder. This is actually current year. So, this is how we actually fared in terms of completion for the people that were eligible for each stage. Um, I'm not going to read all of it. I'm just going to do a summary, but obviously career ladder is a matching grant program. It's a 6040 40% of the contribution comes
024at the district level, 60% from the state. So, we had 29 total participating teachers out of 34 initial applications. Those 29 were completers of uh career ladder. So stage one was seven which is 1,500 stage 28 3,000 stage three4 which is a $5,000 stipen. So total district contri contribution was $41,800 and then the state kicked in another $62,700. This is a great program for our teachers. It's a win-win for the district when you can only have to contribute 40% of a match. Um we'll take that any day as long as the state continues to fund it at that level. We don't see any issue with continued participation. Last month's approval for that application was actually a 60% increase from what we applied for the year before because we're adding that teacher mentoring piece. Um, so
025we hope that our staff continue to utilize this in the future because it's it's pretty easy way to to add to that annual base salary that contributes towards their retirement. Do you have any questions for me? All right. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Next up, community teachers association report. Mr. Loppy, Mr. LPY, is this your final meeting? This is it. How sad. Yes, for sure. So, uh, might be. I know. Thanks. Okay. I knew someone would tell me, right? All right, we'll get this shout out started, shall we? Starting at Alma. Shout out to their fellow third and fourth grade teachers for getting through MAP testing and working so hard to prepare our students, especially third grade, for taking it the first time ever. So proud of our team this year and all we have
026done. Another shout out goes to the entire staff. They welcome nearly 50 incoming kindergarteners into the Almasher family with our first kindergarten open house. Our new families toured the building, met our amazing staff, ate a cookie with their new friends, and signed to be a tiger. Each family took home a yard sign to let everyone know how excited they are to be a tiger next year. They ha also want to give a shout out to the incredible and unbelievable TAs for everything that they do for the heart uh for the students and staff. They truly are the heart of Sweet Home Alma. Another shout out goes to Mrs. May. She goes above and beyond to make her sure her students are learning and having fun while doing it. Her students love her and love learning
027at Blanchard. Shout out to Bethany Phelps who works so hard to get us ready for testing season. Jessica Patgill for planning an awesome career day experience for Blanchard students at Central Academy. Shout out to Miss Jen, Miss Ruth, and Miss Libby, the cafeteria staff who work so hard to offer healthy and delicious food. We appreciate each of them. Shout out to Miss Tilman, our front office staff who runs the show efficiently and effectively and kindly. Um, this person also want to give a shout out to Miss Begs the and Mr. McMullen. They keep us all going with positive attitudes and support. All CA teachers and staff. Everyone supports and cares for each other while keeping the students our priority. at Clipper. Shout out to Miss Amy Mays who will be leaving us to enjoy her
028well-earned retirement. She has always gone above and beyond, and her knowledge and expertise are invaluable as a reading specialist. Her absence will be felt greatly, but we wish her all the best in this next season at the CTC. Thank you to the front office staff, Miss Stacy Popes, Miss Christine Smith, Miss Megan Martin, and Miss Lindseay Blise for working hard to keep CTC running smoothly. The end of the year is very hectic time with new enrollment, testing, poss, student payment deadlines, etc. At the early childhood center, congratulations to Miss Lori on her support service staff member of the year award. Also, congrats to Mr. Chad Frzy on his support staff member award. Congratulations to Miss April who's rocking her first year as principal of the ECC. And a congratulations to Miss Ashton on her promotion
029to principal elect of ECC in 2627 school year. Shout out to the prek and ECC special education staff. This person wrote, "The end of the year comes with added paperwork. Thank thank you for always working hard to complete paperwork and showing up each day for all students at Franklin." Shout out to Miss Ramdial for all the hard work and effort she put into organizing the puppies and pasta event. Our families always enjoy this event and it is a great success. Shout out to the amazing principal, Mrs. Dean. She is rocking being a new leader at the high school. Shout out goes to Beth Bronhorse for organizing the EOCC testing schedule. This person u wrote to the staff that teach while dealing with violent death of former students. Shout out to Zach Moore for making such
030an impact on his students during his first year of teaching. His passion for teaching is evident in all he does. Um, congratulations for organizing and overseeing all the state and AP testing. Another shout out goes to Patty Wombble for receiving the CHS leadership award. Um, at Jefferson says, "Thanks for to the cafeteria staff for doing such an amazing job with field trip lunches. Lots of extra work, but so well organized. Miss Reese is always going above and beyond for the kindergarten students. She works so hard to ensure most of the kinders are meeting with her throughout the week. We are blessed to have her on our kindergarten team. Huge shout out to Miss Baker and Miss Fischer for our joy store for providing our sped department an unforgettable bus ride to the store to grab
031goodies. This was unexpected but greatly appreciated. Thanks for thanks so much for treating us. Um shout out basically to all our staff. This one, you know, came to me, but I'm going to shout out to my staff because of PBL showcase night we had. It was a great success I feel like. Um, and uh, this person said they will miss me and I will miss them. U, another shout out at Jefferson goes to Miss Robin Miller. She is always going above and beyond for our teachers. After she puts in her hours, she sticks around to do special things for our school or help out in any way possible at the junior high. Shout out to the junior high sped team for dealing with the three afternoons of transfer conferences at CMS with our team. Your
032patience and attempt at understanding the few complications was appreciated. Shout out to Miss Fleming, our new functional teacher. She was tasked with running that room with a month of school left and she has done phenomenal. I cannot wait for her to be back with us next year. This person wrote at the middle school. Shout out to Mr. Wilson. He is wrapping up his first full year with us at CMS. He has been a truly valuable addition to our team. He consistently demonstrates qualities that are deeply appreciated. He listens attentively, brings a calming presence, and takes thoughtful action when it's needed. These are all essential traits and an administrator, and we're grateful to have him on our team. Shout out goes to Brooke Delo and Cali Centers for managing our map testing and attempting to make
033it as seamless as can. Great job, ladies. Um, another shout out goes to Kelsey Tushoff for doing uh the MAP A testing at CMS and the MAP A testing at the junior high. She has done a wonderful job of managing the adults in her classroom as well as her functional students. This person wrote that they feel privileged to be a part of her team. Um, another shout out goes to Becky Wright. You, this person writes, "You are the heart of our school, cheering us on, leading us with kindness, and always going the extra mile for both students and teachers. Whether it's solving problems, supporting dreams, or just making us laugh when we need it most, you do it all with a with style and heart. We appreciate you more than words can say. Thank you
034for being awesome every single day. So, thought that was a good one to end on. Um, real quick, I will let you know that CTA did elect new officers because, as you know, I will not be here, but they're in great hands. I know they will be. Our president next year will be Shannon Bergoff from the middle school. Vice president will be Marca Medlin, who also works at CMS. Uh, the secretary is Candace Haidider, who works at the high school. treasurer is Tanya Whitehead from Central Middle School and our membership chair will be Kelly Bruns from Clippford. So, thank you all for everything. I do appreciate it. Um, do you have any questions for me? When did you start your new vehicle in August? He's scared to answer whenever I whenever I decide to start.
035You will be missed around here. Thank you. Appreciate you all. It's been a great journey for sure. The five years it's been here. So, thank you. Congratulations. All right. Treasur and finance report. Back to you, Miss Dudek. Uh, this report is for April. Um, beginning fund balance, April 1st, 29.2 million. The revenues received were 2.7 for the general fund and expenses of 2.5 million. We transferred a million out to special revenue fund covers um certified staff salaries and benefits leaving us with an ending fund balance in the general fund of 28.3 million. The cash and investment detail is listed. Um those are the banks that hold our money. Does anyone have any questions? Think so. Thank you very much. Okay. Next up, support services. Wait, did I if we missed one treasure uh districtwide athletics
036report. Sorry, my print out and this are different. So, district district-wide athletics report. Mr. Moore is not here today, but we do have two strength training coaches that are going to talk to you a little bit about their program and uh probably help us get back into shape maybe for the summer. Yeah. So, I'm just now putting all this together. We're here because Tyson's not here. That's all right, Mr. Ne. You didn't tell us that. I don't feel like we belong here. That's exactly right. Like haunts and fronds here. Um, for those that don't know us, I'm Darren Neils. I'm at Terry W. Kitchen Junior High School. I teach athletic fitness there. I work with our student athletes. I'm Aaron King. I'm the strength and conditioning coach at the high school. Um, and then we
037both work with all of our student athletes 7th through 12th grade that have our class um, you know, at both buildings. So, Aeron's going to talk first about some stuff at the high school and then I'll talk a little about the junior high. Yeah. So Tyson kind of just wanted us to give you guys a progress check and I was talking with coach Neils and this is actually the first time that we've visited with you guys um since this program kind of hit the ground um four years ago which was a perfect time um to kind of go back and and revisit it. Um we've made some great strides from year three to year four. Um and as you you can see the numbers up there. I'm not going to read them off to you,
038but this was uh overall program improvement. So this is all male and female athletes um at the high school. Uh we had a so from last summer to this past spring we had a uh 15 pound increase on our three of our four core movements bench, hang clean, and squat. Um and then a big jump for our trap bar deadlift nearly 40 lbs. Um and then another notable thing, we had three 500 lb squatters and three 600lb deadlifters, which was pretty cool. Um in the four years previous, we only had two total in the four years. So, three this year was was was a big accomplishment for the for the athletes. And then those three 600lb deadlifters, same situation. We had two in the previous uh four years as well. So, um some obviously the
039kids can hang their hats on um working their tails off. Um it's always good to to see their their hard work come to fruition um within the numbers. And then going on down the list, these are just average lifts for average numbers for each of the lifts. So for a female, the average bench 9 through 12 is 97 pounds. So approaching that 100 pound mark, which is really, really cool, really good for them. Uh the boys approaching the 185 mark. Um and um going down to the deadlift, again, big increase. Our average is 310 lbs. So nearly three plates on each side of the bar, which was really big for us. Um 20 almost 10 lbs for the females and 365 lbs for the males. So, good stuff um that they were able to to
040see and and experience themselves doing this past spring. So, power index numbers is something that coach Neils and I have talked about. It's kind of just an overall progression and how we really evaluate an athlete in terms of their strength, their explosiveness, their speed. Um so, for the boys side, I always like to to label as a 234. So, a 200lb bencher, a 300lb squatter, and a 400 lb deadlifter. if a and then for a girls 100 lb bencher, 200lb squatter, and a 300lb deadlifter. And we really feel like that if an athlete can accomplish those three feats, um they're going to be strong enough, per se. So then it's going to come down to honestly, how good of a football player are you, how good of a softball player are you, and being able
041to accomplish the strength aspect, the explosive aspect of their respective sports. So the numbers in the parentheses are last year's numbers and then um the numbers to the left of it are this year's numbers. So a big increase um for the boys and the girls. The girls doubled from 100 pound benchers. The boys doubled from 400 lb deadlifters. We went from a 30-inch vertical is kind of our our benchmark for the boys went from 15 to 50. Um the girls a 20inch vertical went from 17 to 39. Um so really really good stuff. really big numbers for them and um this was certainly our biggest jump um for many of the years from year three to year four um which you know as as you guys know running a program getting it going and stuff
042you know it does take time um to see the progression and stuff and and we're really really um seeing that come together now okay and this is just kind of a numbers thing u coach Neils and I and and coach Moyes are always talking about the amount of athletes that we do see through a daily basis and this goes from year one to when um I first got here and and and coach Neil started running the junior high strength and conditioning program where you can see we had six total classes um all the way going into next year which will be year five. Uh we just had a Mr. Beck was talking about career ladder. I was able to do an afterchool session along with a zero hour this year. So that was just another
043opportunity for us to get athletes in there and for athletes to to come and get get their lift in. So, we're up to nine sessions that were being ran in the second semester this spring um and and over 300 kids um that I was seeing on a daily basis. So, and Coach Neil is going to tell you the same thing. We've we've pretty much maxed out our capacity in terms of just having one set of eyes in a class full of students and from an equipment standpoint as well. So, that's the update from the high school. Um pretty proud to to be able to present that to you guys. kids the kids hard work is is definitely paying off and since coach King talked to you guys so much about everything that the high school
044that's working the kids are getting stronger faster and stuff. Um we feel like a big part of that is giving the kids a really good foundation to come in with and giving them a good base to start with. So for instance this is just the kids at my building their percentage of increase during just their eighth grade year. So like the boys bench press going up about 24%, the girls bench press and then so on and so forth. They make a bunch of gains in lower body strength which is big in their vertical jump and their sprinting ability. Um and actually when I first made this bar graph I started it with their initial seventh grade maxes and the the numbers were so ridiculous it kind of looked comical cuz you get these kids as
045little scrawny 12-year-olds and then they leave as like these 14-year-old you know post-puberty men sometimes. So, this was a better looking chart. So, that's what I went with. Uh, but we feel like this base is really important and it just helps Coach King when the kids get to the high school with that base. So, um, at the junior high, Whoops. At the junior high, I've got eight racks, so three kids per rack. We've got about 24 kids per class. We're pretty well maxed out in terms of the numbers of kids that we can put in there. So, with six classes a day, we've got about 144 athletes that can train a day, you know, 24 at a time. In the summer, we might get 60 to 80 kids or more there for a session. So,
046we had to be real creative um with how we can train these kids and breaking up the sessions and things like that. Um just the junior high numbers at a glance, and this is a lot of coach Moyer's work that he's been doing for years now. Uh we've seen our student athlete numbers increase at the junior high. So, we had over 250 student athletes this year. We expect that to continue to grow. So, we've got a chunk of our kids now that aren't able to get into class, but we do know that class is working and that it's important. So, we had mentioned earlier tonight uh talking about long range facility planning. Uh those are some conversations I've had with coach Moyers and also um Josh Cra about some solutions and things that we're looking
047for at the junior high so more of our kids can have that base and go into all that great stuff that they're doing at the high school. So, we just feel like it's it's working and it's important and we just want more kids to be a part of it. Um, last slide real quick, just a couple things that we also kind of fall under my umbrella at the junior high. We open the weight room in the mornings before school Tuesday through Friday all year long. Kids can come in and get extra workouts in, especially if they can't get into the class that semester. Um, we also do ICU at the junior high. Um, so all of the student athletes if they're missing any work, they actually come to either myself or to coach Tuning. She
048teaches some weights also at the junior high and they work with us after school. Um, kind of like tutoring. So, it keeps all of our student athletes. I always tell the kids, it puts the student in front of the athlete. It puts the student first and then we have a true off seasonason at the junior high where we do some speed training too uh in January and February and that's been a big hit with the kids too. So, we're training the kids as much as we can, as often as we can. Um, and things are really rolling right now. Any questions? I don't have a question, but I want to say thank you because I think more important than your numbers, which are awesome. You know, you're teaching kids and young people how to do
049things correctly and avoid injury. You're getting their bodies, you know, positive body image and things like that for kids. And maybe more important than all that, I think we've heard the feedback from some of the stuff with trusted adults and things like that, and you guys are touching. You're a part of so many kids' lives who believe in you. And both of your names come up so often from your athletes. It's awesome. And so know your impact is far beyond the wait room or the athletic playing field which is by far the most important part. So kudos to you both. Keep doing what you're doing. It's making a huge impact not only for our teams but for the young people who are growing up. So we appreciate y'all support. Yeah. Thank you guys so much.
050We appreciate that. Thank you. Great job. Thank you. Great job guys. Andrew. So the paper that you gave them his laminated that paper that every student talks about that paper he was so proud of that 100%. A lot of times students don't you know get that so I cry in front of all my football. Great job. And now for exciting stuff. MSBA report. advocacy platform. How much you guys bench pressing? It's going way up. Yeah, it's going up. It keeps getting heavier every year. Um, we don't have a new draft. So, that the summer MSBA conference is in June, um, which will be before our next board meeting. I went through all the emails and everything to see if there's a draft or an idea of what we're going to be discussing there. I haven't
051found one, but I would encourage you guys to go take a look at last year's um advocacy platform which was approved in October and you can go to the MSBA website to see that without even logging into it. Um, as soon as I get more information or find more information about what they're looking at for their platform for the coming year in the June meeting, we will have drafts of stuff and we will work through that and then vote and then in the um uh fall um conference then that will be solidified. Um, so I will get you guys information as soon as I can find some information um to share with you to give feedback um and I'll take that forward. That's awesome. Thank you. Legislative report. That would be me. Okay. Four things
052I wanted to talk about. First of all, um actually really first of all, five things, not four things. The session is over. We are done with the 2025 24 to 25 session. Any bills have either been passed or they're dead. And so now things are sitting on the governor's desk to see how they will move forward. So that's kind of the status of things at the Missouri capital. So first of all, open enrollment is dead for this session. So hallelujah. One of the things that um one of the emails that I get talked about was a lot of times when you look back on the legislative session, you don't always judge your successes by the things that pass. Oftentimes your successes are actually the things that did not pass. And this is a great example
053of that. The continued discussions with our legislators about how open enrollment really is detrimental to our public schools is effective. and we're seeing that it is effective in the fact that even though it was a priority for the governor once again, it still did not pass. So, that's great news for us. Um, second is SB68. This is a bill that passed. It started as a cell phone restriction bill. Dr. Beck, is this the one that you testified on? That was the one that I I thought that it was the same one. Okay. So, this did pass, but it kind of grew into an omnibus bill, meaning several other things got added on. Two that I wanted to point out that are positive for us is one, 169 day calendar fix that is officially fixed now,
054so we don't have to worry about what kind of days we're using next year. Um, and second, substitute teaching after retirement. Those limits were set to expire this June and it has been waved now and extended to June of 2030. So that is great for our teachers that come back after retirement and help us with substituting. Um next the budget. So the budget passed the Senate and the House which means it now moves to the governor. It is there waiting for him to sign or veto by July 1st which is when the deadline is. Um, good news is that public schools did did end up to be fully funded. Um, which is great for our value. What is I'm blanking on that word right now. Our our ADA. Yes, exactly. I had spoken several times
055about how we were 300 million short on a state level and that is no longer the case as long as the governor signs it. Um, bad news is that 50 million was designated to help pay tuition at private and parochial schools, which will mark the first time in history that public money is used for private schools. So, it will be interesting to see how that moves forward for us. Um, last thing I wanted to talk about is actually at a federal level, not a state level, but there is a Supreme Court case that has already been heard. uh without getting into a lot of the details, it is a case out of Oklahoma that will determine if public education funds can be used for private and religiousbased schools. Um St. Isidor is a religious charter
056school that is involved in this case and if they prevail then it could potentially upend how schools are funded currently. Um the case has been heard like I said by the Supreme Court. Typically, Supreme Court releases their um decisions in late June, early July. So, maybe by the next meeting we have, we'll know how that case is being decided. It could be July, but that will definitely be something to kind of keep an eye on. Uh that's all I got. Any questions? She's got a career in journalism, I think. Honestly, not journalism, but the legislative side. So interesting. You made the legislative. Crystal Fish for real president. I don't know. This the campaign starts here. She made the legislative interesting. So, didn't she? Oh, yeah. Public schools foundation. Miss McDonald. The microphone. Since January, the
057K public school foundation has made a significant impact across the district. We have served over 8,584 students and 1,224 staff supported. We have um funded over $119,953 worth of services, which is like when I added that up today, I had to double check and that's extremely exciting. We provided 14 Cape Central High School scholarships totaling nearly $20,000. Programs we've impacted since January is the Cape Central score table, JY store. We have helped with the joy stuff that's going on. Um, esports team, Tiger Lily, Care to Learn, Cub, Beta Club, Senior Allnight Party, FBA, CTC welding program, Central Academy, Senior Book Startup at the Central Middle School Media Club, and then we've had some student and staff meets that we've supported. Um, two of our majoring major funding grants that weren't provided in that $119,953 is
058200 uh $22,975 from the mental health grant for the community foundation of the Ozarks. um $5,000 for the rising educator grant that's going to provide us um supports our students pursuing careers and education by providing five paid internships to Cape Central seniors or high school students. Um we had held our annual golf tournament on May 12th. We had 144 golfers and a huge thank you to all of our event sponsors and hole sponsors, our host sponsors that came out for the day. They enhanced our experience. It was a fantastic day of networking, fun, and sharing our mission with the community. Updating dates of event. Febru uh July 11th, Friday, the foundation and alumni association will partner with the Cape Central Booster Club and host an alumni supporter mix and mingle that will be held on
059the verand. We will be providing appetizers by Dr. John Johnson Memorial Fund and we're looking for music. So we are hoping to have it go from 4 till the close of the country club. So it would be come out and leave. If you golf, you can go home, shower, and come back. But we will have appetizers at that event in Cash Bar. Save the date. Saturday, February 14th will be our annual penguin party event. We already have our band, The Remedies, coming in town from Nashville. Awkward Timing will be back as our cocktail and social hour band. Um, Monday, May 11th of 26 will be our foundation and alumni association golf tournament. And we are so proud and excited to continue to support this district and community with academic opportunities, extracurricular activities, and enrich the
060educational experience and overall health and wellness of our district. So, thank you for having me. That was a lot. Thank you for your office. Thank you for accommodating me. I received a $2,000 check to add to the scholarship fund, so I'd appreciate that. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Um next up, approval of consent agenda items. So, these were all sent out. They're in the board packet if we had a chance to go through them. Uh we've got um minutes from April 28th, 2025 meeting, the payment of bills, board meeting dates for 2526. Make sure you update your calendars. Be smart like Jared and take a picture of it right now. She's got those. uh the the 2627 academic calendar. Also, look for your days off and Desi 2025 summer
061school application. Can I get a motion to approve the move? All right. Second. Second. Perfect. Okay. We had Jared and Lynn on that. Any questions, discussions on any of those? Okay. All those in favor? I. Okay. Any opposed? Okay. Those carry. Next up, we have our business. Um, so our first one up, approval to proceed with the next phase of recovery high school program. Uh, we met with this just prior in our special session and we're going to request to table this one uh for some more information so we can have some more discussions about it, learn more on it and bring it back up next meeting and might even have a meeting in between here and then just to educate all of us so we can all learn more about this opportunity. Um, next
062up, approval. And my computer quit. Do you need a motion to do we need a motion to move that? All right. Can we get a motion to table the approval to proceed with the next phase of recovery high school program? So move second. Jared and Dr. Wearer. No. She'll take it. I'm working on that. I'm working on that. All those in favor? I any oppose? Okay. Next up, approval. Let me see if my this I can read it. Oh, you did. All right. So, next up, approval of the 2526 salary schedule. So we met uh in the special session and Miss Dudek went over those with us and uh we kind of went through all those. The recommendation is to adopt the salary schedules as presented for the 2526 school year. Can I get a
063motion to approve that? So moved. Second. Okay. Dr. Fagley, Mr. Ritter, any questions or discussions on that one? Okay. All those in favor? I Okay, that one carries. Next up, nutrition services dairy products bid. So, the recommendation is to authorize the superintendent or designate and negotiate a contract with Prairie Farms and execute the contract on behalf of the board for milk and ice cream. The contract is for one year 2526 school year with the option to extend up to three one-year extensions 26 27 um 2728 school year and 2829 school year. So, move. Thanks, sir. Second. Second. Thank you, Dr. Fagen. Mr. Ritter. Um, any questions, comments on that one? Okay, all those in favor? I. Okay, that one carries. Next up, nutrition services, food and kitchen supplies bid. Wish Mr. Car was here to
064give us more elucidation on these. So, the recommendation to authorize the superintendent or designate to negotiate a contract with Gold Star Foods and to execute the contract on behalf of the board for food and supplies. Contracts are for one year 25 26 school year with the option to extend up to three one-year extensions 26 27 school year 27 28 school year and 28 29 school year motion Jared miss wear any questions or comments gold star food still carries crisposs I assume that's why you jumped onto that wasn't I think it's a fair question it is a fair question we will have a revolt yeah can we can we phone Mr. Crow and double check. He used to report on speedo numbers. So if not, there might be a bid later. Yeah, be a separate standalone.
065I might uh abstain until we know. Yeah, table that. All right. All those in favor? I Okay, that one carries. Next up, nutrition services commodities bid. Another exciting food one here to authorize. So the recommendation is authorize a superintendent or designate to negotiate a contract with Gold Star Foods. Did I is this the same? No, this is different, but it's the same. And execute the contract on behalf of the board for net off invoice commodity food products contracts for one year 2526 school year with the option to extend up to three one-year extensions 2627 school year, 2728 school year, and 2829 school year. Motion. Okay. Second, Mr. Chair, Dr. Faggley. Any questions? All right. All those in favor? I I Okay, that one carries. And last up, approval of cooperative sponsorship proposal CJHS and St.
066Mary Cathedral School. Uh so the quick summary here is to approve a cooperative athletic opportunity for junior high age students at St. Mary's, a parochial K8 institution within the boundaries of Cape Jarda Public School District. Representatives from St. Mary have already approved the cooperative proposal and St. Mary's is already registered as a Misha affiliate. Uh so we already have one of these set up with which schools right now? Trinity. Trinity. Is this not a continuation with their s? This is just an added for St. I know it is added. Okay. A local we remember we decided we were only doing within our community just within the district. So move. Okay. Second. Okay. Okay. Any other questions, comments? So do they come to us and ask if we're willing to do that? They do. Yeah. They
067make a request to Tyson. I see. Okay. Okay. All those in favor? I. Okay. That one also carries. Okay. Last up, information and proposals from board members. You have anything for the good of the board? I just want to thank all of our administrators, cabinet, staff, uh, principles, and everyone that has done such a great job this school year. Uh, it's hard to believe that May is here and, uh, this was our last meeting for Terrific Tigers. kind of going to miss that for a few months here. But just uh want to say thank you to everybody for all their hard work and uh making it uh yet again a successful school year. Um and Miss Nancy Sheller, we will miss you. Thank you for everything you've done as well. And uh again, thank you
068everybody. I presume you'll keep coming to this board meeting. If you do, we're going to have real questions. I hope not. All right. Can we get Don't forget you can substitute for us. Oh yeah. Well, we've already hit her up. Okay, great. Oh, hey. Can we get a motion to adjurnn? So move. Second. Okay. All those in favor? I. Okay. We will reconvene. Break recess upstairs. Thank you.