001Well, good evening and welcome everyone. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the regular monthly meeting of the Cape Gardo Board of Education. It's good to see everyone here tonight. It is Monday, March 24th, and the time is 6:05. Let let the record show that all board members are present. And please rise as we pledge allegiance to the flag. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Up first board, before us we have an agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda? So move. Second. Mr. Cook, Dr. Fgley. All those in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. Those opposed. Agenda is approved. Thank you. Um, up first, I
002can only suspect that we have recognitions because I heard a lot of medals clanking in as some people walked into the room. So, uh, with that being said, I'm going to go ahead and turn it over to Dr. Bignyan. Welcome everyone. Thank you. We do have a lot of medals clanking. I noticed that as well. Uh the first up for our recognitions is our CHS swimming and diving team. If I could have there she is right. If you'll go ahead and uh the Cape Central High continued its tradition of excellence at the recent girls state meet. Our Tigers placed third. Coach Pal is here to tell us a little bit about uh their win. She's back again. Another board game. We love that. We do. Well, we had an exciting meet. Is that better? Yes.
003Okay. Great. Um, okay. Okay. Well, first of all, before I talked about the meet, uh, Coach Seman's here, and I wanted to, uh, recognize him. Coach Maril Grant also, uh, coaches with us, and so have another great, uh, coaching staff, and I wish, uh, I want everybody to help me thank Coach Seman. He is such an intricral part of the team and I just feel like he doesn't get that recognition that he deserves. So, I would like everybody help me thank Coach Seerman. Thank you. And coach Lou could uh we call coach uh Mariel Grand Coach Lou and she could not be here tonight but uh she's been a wonderful addition to the coaching staff. So um we had an exciting meet. Um, I'm not really sure how this happened, but we thought we had
004a possibility to get on the podium all year when we looked at these talented girls we had. And uh, after prelims, uh, Coach Sherman and I immediately did the math and it turns out after prelims with four girls, only four girls, we were in second place at the Class One State Swimming and Diving Championship. [Applause] So I thought we had a shot maybe for fourth looking at the whole year. So to be in that position was really exciting. So um they showed up the next day and um we it ended up we were third by nine points but Parkway Central they had a diver that scored really well in eighth place or we could have we were only nine points out of second. So, it was quite exciting and the girls really did a nice
005job and for four girls um to accomplish that, it really says a lot about their dedication, commitment, uh and what they put into this team. So, uh all the other teams got up on the podium for their pictures and there was barely enough room on the podium for all of their team and then we had four girls up there. So, it was really exciting. But anyway, um I just wanted to mention um Kennedy, why don't you go ahead and come on up? I'm going to bring them all up. Uh Kennedy was ninth in the um 200 free and 12th in the 500 free for two all state honorable mention honors. And Kennedy is a um sophomore and we have one freshman with us, Carson Mallister. If you'll come up please. Carson was fourth in the
006100 backstroke and she was a state champion in the 50 freestyle. And Bella, if you would come up. Bella Pengill is one of our seniors. And Bella was 13th in the 50 and 10th in the 100. And Sydney Ring Okay. and Cindy Ringwald was third in the 50 free and third in the 100 free. So just so again that uh the number of points there was amazing and uh they combined to be state champions in the 200 freestyle relay and we finished second in the 400 freestyle relay. So between their individual events and the relays, it was uh was really exciting and um it was really nice to bring that trophy home. So, uh, while they're up here, I did want to mention, um, not only, um, do they swim well, but very, uh, accomplished
007in the classroom as well. And, uh, both Bella and Sydney have the grades to, uh, become academic all-American, uh, and over a 4.0. So, anyway, they're they do it did get done in the classroom and in the swimming pool. So, I wanted to mention to Bella, I think in her four years, uh, we had trouble counting them all, but I think eight medals. That would mean top eight finishes at state. And Sydney has the perfect four out of four. She has 16 allstate medals for the four years she' been in high school. So, you can see why this group accomplished so much. They had great leaders, the seniors, great underassmen, it was just a great world. So, thank you all for recognizing us and we really appreciate that. Thank you. Absolutely. I think we're gonna
008come up and take pictures. And uh Dr. Bian, I did want to mention they've already asked, you know, when we're going to lunch. So, yes, I I know. Check your calendar. Are we going to Chili's again? But look, there's only four of them. I know. You guys trust me. I think 36. Oh, yeah. Oh, maybe 36. Get out. Go for it. [Applause] I will lead us. We have quite a few recognitions. Uh really excited about this one. It's our multilevel counselor of the year. Uh we are pleased to celebrate our very own tra Tracy Miracle. If you'll come up for a second at the multilevel southeast Missouri counselor of the year. Miss Miracle is the counselor at the uh Cape Central Academy. She was honored by her peers at the recent awards ceremony at the
009Cape Career Technology Center. We we know how big of an impact she is having on the students and staff at Cape Central Academy. Uh please join me in congratulations. Uh Hang on. We're going to take a picture of you. I would have miss tell you all the things that she does, but it's a long long list. She's an incredible leader in our building. We're just really proud of her. [Applause] Thank you. Next is our MASC uh distinguished student leaders. Um it's the Missouri Association of Student Councils. When I call your name, if you'll come up. Um, also if uh Miss Devois and Miss Kchner could come up as well. Uh, Cyrus Boxenderfer and Emily Floyd have earned the distinguished students leader award from the Missouri Association Association of Student Councils. This honor recognizes students who
010demonstrate superior student council leadership skills and knowledge based on the organization's criteria and evaluation procedures. Congratulations, Osiris and Emily. We have just knew that too. They're back to [Applause] Mr. Ritter and I are going to get a little tired here getting our steps in today. Uh the next is our Missouri Allstate Choir. Um it's my honor to recognize another group of outstanding students from Cape Central High. We have a long list of talented performers from the Central High School. If I call your name, if you'll come to the front, and if I say your last name wrong, I apologize. You can correct me. Zachary Babber, Matteline Bidder, Amy Codwell, Hannah Chase, Sienna Han, Titan Hail, Aubrey Led Better, Miranda King, Michaela Ma Mason, Golias Morris Young, Caseia Neighbors, Jackson Scholenburgger, and Adrien Wilson. Congratulations. We
011have more too. So, the Missouri Allstate Choir was Amy Codwell and Sienna Han. And then Missouri State Sight Singing Bee was Amy [Applause] Codwell. See a good time for a quartet here. I'm just upset the venue didn't sing. I'm holding the Oh, perfect. Jared, do you need No, it's definitely [Applause] Hey, I I promise I'll I'll be quick. Um, basically I just want to share um two things. The the first thing is in the fall students get to audition for our all district choir. Any student that gets accepted into that, 11th and 12th graders get to also audition for the allstate choir. We have about 63 regional schools that are part of our choir district that partake in that. And Amy Caldwell and Sienna Han were two of the four individuals from their voice parts
012that got selected to uh be invited to sing in January. They also had scores that were high enough they got invited to the all-state choir that's performing this summer at Missouri State University. So there was actually two different things that they were accepted into. The rest of these groups and the nine students that were unable to be here, they performed two weeks ago. They did two songs from memory in front of an adjudicator who gave them a a rating based on certain criteria. And any student that receives an exemplary or gold rating is invited to go to state to perform at Missou in May. So these four along with nine other students will be traveling with us in May to compete at the state level performing those songs for some adjudicators from around the country.
013And uh hopefully they're sweating a little bit and starting to practice when they when they drive home. So will you help me congratulate them one more time? I'm going to say one other thing. Mr. White. You can tell every time he's working with his kids, he loves his work and and he really takes pride in what he does. You guys are are an example of all the all the hard work that you all do every day. So, we appreciate you. Thank you, Mr. White. Thank you. Next is our Missouri schoolboard appreciation. Uh last for our recognition tonight, we would like to take a moment to thank uh the members of our school board. We are deeply grateful to the men and women who dedicated their time and energy each month to serving our school. Uh
014your leadership strength and districts ensures over 4,200 students receive the best academic experience possible and we just appreciate all of you. Um I know we have uh another award that'll be probably be coming up here in a little bit that Mr. Ritter will do as well. And we do have one more uh very important recognition we cannot forget about and that is our terrific tigers. It's why our room is probably pretty full this evening. So welcome. So for terrific tigers, a student from each building is selected based on service to others, leadership and scholarship. So parents, we thank you as well for everything that you do. Uh so when your students name is called please don't be afraid to stand up and you can also uh come take your own pictures as we celebrate them.
015Alrder Elementary. Amarice Swabota, fourth grade daughter of Rebecca and Elliot Swabota. Reese is a true terrific Tiger, always demonstrating kindness, responsibility, and hard work in every class and setting. Her positive attitude, and dedication to doing her best makes her a great role model for others throughout the school. Congratulations, Ree. Keep up the great work. [Applause] Blanchard Elementary. Carter Ratiki, third grade son of Ashley Rataki and Kyle Rataki. Carter is a role model in the classroom and sets a standard high for his peers. He is someone who can be counted on to be a leader for others. Carter's attentive in class, follows instructions immediately, takes pride in his work, and strives to do his best. Congratulations on such an amazing honor. [Applause] Carter Clifford Elementary, Nvea Dennis, fourth grade daughter of Lishia Strickland and Tayvon Dennis.
016Na is a reliable student with a caring heart. She comes to school and is always ready to learn. Na will participate in class without any hesitation and always gives 100% to her work. She's always kind to her peers and teachers at Clippford and she sets the tone of what it means to be a terrific [Applause] Tiger. Franken Elementary, Elijah Edgington, third grade, third grade son of Shana Edgington and Justin [Applause] Edgington. Elijah is an excellent example of a model student. consistently performs well academically. He actively participates in class and is the first to offer assistance to others without being asked. Elijah sets a positive example and is a friend to his tears. Congratulations, [Applause] Elijah. Jefferson Oh, sorry. Jefferson Elementary. Micah Banks, fourth grade son of Alexander Brown and Malcolm Banks. [Applause] Micah Baines consistently
017demonstrates outstanding academic performance and dedication to his studies. Whether tackling complex assignments or engaging in thoughtprovoking discussions, he approaches every challenge with a positive attitude and a desire to excel. Micah exemplifies the qualities of an exceptional student, consistently going above and beyond expectations. [Applause] Central Middle School. Sloan Himby, fifth grade daughter of Victoria and Steven Hmbby. Sloan consistently shows enthusiasm for learning. She's a great role model for her peers. She puts in her best effort on all assignments and brings positive energy to the classroom each day. She's respected by her peers and teachers. Way to roar, Sloan. [Applause] Terry W. Kitchen Junior High. Jordan Brooks, seventh grade son of Amanda and Tyrone [Applause] Brooks. Central High School. Cadence Propes, 12th grade daughter of Gretchen and Brian [Applause] Propes. Central Academy. Charles Johnson, 12th grade son
018of Irene Chamberlain. [Applause] Then from February, Clipper Elementary, Telen Ren, fourth grade son of Deltrice and Demetrius [Applause] Ren. Telen is a respectful and responsible student. He's always willing to help others and puts forth his be best effort in all he does. These characteristics will help him be successful in life. He's also friendly to teachers and his classmates. We are lucky to have him at Clifford. [Applause] Uh, Central Middle School. Cage Tegart, fifth grade son of Alisa and Robert Tegart. Cage is a wonderful example of a true CMS Tiger. He is wonderfully kind, respectful, and radiates positivity. He consistently demonstrates empathy, respect, and a sincere desire to make CMS a better place. Thank you, Cage, for all you do. [Applause] Then the last one for February, Terry W. Kitchen Junior High, Mariah Price, 8th grade,
019daughter of Bethany Ligins. [Applause] Yes. And everyone else right here in the front. All the way across. There we go. All the way across. Look at that. smiles. Wait, wait, wait. All right, great job everybody. Wait, there's more. All right. Up next, we have information, proposals, or comments from the audience. Mr. P, do we have anyone this month? No applications this month. All right. Thank you, sir. Um, as a reminder, requests to place an item on the agenda or to address the board should be submitted in writing at least 5 days in advance of the regular monthly board meeting. Please submit requests to the board secretary, which is Mr. AIGN at central administration office. Constituents who request to address the board are allotted three minutes to speak. And for more information regarding public participation in
020board meetings, please see board policies on the district's website. Up next, we have the uhformational report for the evening. And up first is the board president's report. Um it is a very special Monday, I'm sure, for a lot of reasons, but it is also Crystal's birthday. So, happy birthday. Happy birthday 24 finally. That's right. And a couple other reminders. Uh secondly, election day is uh upon us. April 8th. Uh there is an election and I believe we have is it five total five total um candidates for the school board I believe. Uh one of those being our own Mr. Wilker. So good luck to you sir. Um, and that is on April 8th, which also means we have one board member and is her last board meeting. So, I wanted to take a moment to
021celebrate Miss Veronica Langston. So, thank you for your three years of service. We also have a gift for you. Oh, God. We'll pass that down. Open it now or later. It's up to you. I'm But I want to thank both of you for your for your years of service. Appreciate you guys. And, uh, Veronica, even though this is your last one, we appreciate everything you've done. and Matt, we hope to see you again. [Applause] All right. And up next, we have the superintendence report, Dr. Bignyan. Okay. It's been a busy uh start to this. Uh the really the main thing is I just wanted to articulate again tonight the importance of contacting um our state senators to express our opposition to open enrollment. I'm I'm sure Crystal will have a a lot to talk about
022that because we were we went to uh Jeff City last week, week before last. That forgot to last. Yeah. A couple weeks. I forgot to put that in my reports. We had uh we had some uh great conversations with our local legislators, uh Mr. Hov, uh Representative Hov and Representative Voss, and then Senator Burgerer. And we got to hear uh some other things on in regards to open enrollment by uh Mr. Plet, Representative Plet. Um, so I'm not going to steal any thunder there. I'm going to uh just say want to uh reiterate the fact is just be very diligent about contacting your state legislators. It's so important that we continue to have those conversations. Don't underestimate having conversations with them, whether it's an email or whether it's in person. So, please make sure you're
023doing that. That's it. All right, up next we have our uh CIP and program evaluations for this board meeting. And first we have CIP, which is our continuous school improvement plan. That's what that stands for. Learn for establish a plan to update curriculum and increase access to resources that will enhance instructional practices. I'm going to turn over to Mr. Jamie Russell. So, I I uh in the other session that we had, special session earlier, went over the academic services plan. Um, and we'll come back to that here in just a second, but I wanted to give you guys an update of where we're at uh with the other steps. And so, just a a very quick update here. Action step one uh was to revise the curriculum processes uh through assessing and revising the curriculum
024cycle uh and ensuring proper um pacing and implementation that's aligned to the Missouri learning standards. We have gone through um we've gone through three of out of the four core subjects. Uh we've still got a little bit of work to do on ELA, but it's it's complete uh as is as far as alignment is concerned. Uh and then next year we start with science. And so looking forward to that. So I put a score of 75% down on that because we're at three out of four. Um on step two, we've got uh develop a process to align standards uh and content using year-over-year state assessment data to identify um low academic area trends. And so, um, one of the parts of the plan, as we we learned earlier, is that, uh, we've got an eight-year
025process in outlining, um, you know, years, uh, 2 through eight going back and that being a part of each year. Um, that, uh, is going to be added back into the process after we talk to go back and talk to our guidance team a little bit more, uh, about what that looks like. Action step three is um is develop a process in which uh professional development leaders uh use state and local data to plan professional development focused on uh district-wide academic and instructional plans. And so this part of it is is pretty straightforward. It's it's it's it's nice to say, "Hey, just go do that." Um but it's better to have a bigger conversation around it. And so, uh, what we're going to do is outline a process to where it goes through our content
026curriculum, um, meetings and then comes up and is suggested to the professional development team. And so, um, that's going to be working again as far as this next phase of that plan. And then action step four is monitor implementation of evidence-based instructional strategies for all students as evidenced by classroom walkthrough data. Put 40% on that because it is partially in place right now. uh and we're working to u um add some more to options to the secondary uh walkthrough form and then um fully add it to the elementary. And so that's kind of where we're at in that process right now. So walkthroughs principles can go through and tag exactly what things that they're seeing. So we can use that to to peak at um what's working as far as how we're teaching. And then
027action step five is create an academic services plan to guide curriculum development. Uh that is also attached here for anybody who wants to see it. Uh we went through it in our special um session earlier. It's a document that just lays out that process of how we adopt create and adopt curriculum and make sure that it's aligned uh to Missouri learning standards. And then action step six uh is create a literacy plan including multi-tered systems of intervention for professional development and for educators including uh the science of reading methodologies. So right now we're we're at last year still waiting on the state to give us their literacy plan. We've been waiting for three full years now and haven't received such a thing. Um and aren't seeing any movement on that either. So, we've got our
028RSP plan, uh, and some other pieces connected to it. Um, and so, um, we're still just waiting. I mean, we're going to have to, I guess, um, and so that is CIP learn. Uh, I was going to see if you guys had any questions on on that plan. Thank you. Nice to hear the updates and see the the progression because it is continuous, hence the name continuous school improvement plan. So nice to see the updates. All right, up next for our our CSIT plan, uh or our CSIT P's part of the word there. Um our CSIT plan. Um C, sorry, thinking in my own head with a microphone. Uh CIP lead three develop a comprehensive plan to better align building operations. is I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Beck. Mr. Ritter, I don't
029know if I can follow that. So, we are doubling down on CESIP program evaluations tonight because CIP lead 3 is annually scheduled regularly for February. I was out for a conference at our last board meeting, which was the reason we pushed it back. Um, I'm going to kind of provide a broad overview of the pieces that's included in the artifact that I attached to the board meeting agenda and then more or less let it open it up for questions or just to provide guidance because this is a very big pillar that encompasses our continuous school improvement plan. So, three of the key elements that focus uh specifically under the comprehensive plan to align building operations is consistent behavior intervention strategies along with data reporting and tracking across the district. uh consistent curriculum adoption in the
030implementation process and procedure followed by all of our staff. So that's K12 across the district. Mr. Russell's kind of highlighted that process already tonight by incorporating the learn piece into it. That's a big component of that. Uh our K12 benchmark assessment process alignment with Galileo across the district is another huge component. So our key metrics for the current year obviously we were looking at behavior resolution data from every building districtwide adoption and implementation of a curriculum schedule which has already been revised and included in the academic services plan handbook development that pretty much streamline and guides the process of what curriculum adoption and review will look like across the district and then benchmark testing windows that are consistent amongst all MAP areas and EOCC testing areas as well. So, if you keep going further down
031into this, um I don't know that we've ever done this and I didn't ask Dr. Bignyan's permission to do it, but I did put a I did put a document on his desk and he said it looked great. So, um we actually included building breakdown student behavior res or incident referral numbers and percentages including into this report. So, that's being as transparent as we can be. So if you're looking at every discipline incident from across the entire district, the number of incidents and if you add it up to equal that 100%, what percentage is broken down by buildings? That's the data you have here. We don't uh break it down by the type of incident, the resolution, any of that because you get into confidential student data. But if you're ever wondering, hey, over the
032course of a school year leading till February, how many actual discipline referrals do we have at the high school? what percentage of those referrals takes up from the pot of the district. This is that breakdown for you to look at and obviously a lot of that has to do with student enrollment. Um obviously the high school averages between 11 to 1200 kids at any given time but it's kind of tiered down but the the more um important element of this is now as a district K12 we're all tracking and reporting using the same method and I can talk a little bit more about that here in a few minutes too. Um the next section tracks the academic service plan and implementation window. That's Mr. Russell, Nick Ko, Tina Shusler doing a lot of that that
033work on the ground with our building and teams. Um I just kind of included the the graphic that shows the big picture of where it starts and where we land. I've also linked the academic services plan which Jamie covered earlier, but that's available if you just go to our CZIP online. You can review all those materials. And then the last element on here was just K12 district assessments versus MAP assessment. We use an interactive platform that's linked through our continuous school improvement plan. So you can go at any given time, click that link that I've included in the document and you'll see a comparison of our K12 benchmarks versus the actual MAP results from the most recent round of testing. So, um, I listed every area that includes under those three bullet points listed below
034as well, but I'm not I don't want to read those off to you guys. Um, overall level of performance. I wrote a pretty short narrative there at the bottom, but just highlighting obviously there's been clear efforts districtwide to align consistent practices K12. There's always room to get better at things you're doing. You have to re-evaluate things constantly and reflect on it. Um the the overall rating at this time was given that average. Um I think there's clearly room that we can improve with our academic services components that we're still evaluating with teams across the district. Um cleaning up data reporting and discipline tracking through infinite campus can always be improved upon for consistency because we have so many buildings. And then obviously we're always looking to improve on our assessments in our map comparison. So,
035I'd be happy to answer any questions you have about any of these pieces or expand or clarify on any sections. This question? No, you have to be part of it. For which element? the slide that you showed us with the or the discipline section that is just broken down districtwide by building. There's no demographic breakdown. Yeah. If the board were to request that as long as the student information is removed, we actually report all that information to the state already. So, it lags a year behind, but you can go to Desi and that it the behavior data. Does that include like charties and every discipline referral for everything? Yep. So that's the category of discipline. That would that would make sense why the high school and the junior high would have so many because y
036I get it now. If you pull the tardy I mean it's going to change the percentage drastically but tardies lead the conferences which leads to after school. Sure. I just you know it that I would imagine that a lot of that number is something like tardies that isn't right. You know, while it is a behavior, it's also a more minor behavior. It's easy corrected by sometimes cell phone violations, all those. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That encompasses anything documented into Infinite Campus that resulted in a educational record for a discipline referral. Yeah. 1920 sounds like a lot, but when you start looking at things like that, it it makes it a much more manageable, you know, thought as a parent. Yeah. Right. Not not such a scary number. 1.15 per student. Right. All right. Well, up next
037we have our academic services report. We're going to stay with Dr. Beck and I'm pretty excited to hear a yonder program update. Yeah. So, I didn't want to focus as much on the program itself. Obviously, we've spent a lot of time in the last two years talking about how it functions at the junior high and the high school. Um, I wanted to f focus more on the results. This is strictly staff survey results for our certified teachers at the junior high and the high school. So um without going through every question it's based on the Liyker scale. So you start at strongly disagree working up to neutral and then the opposite side of that effect would be strongly agree. So it's rated one through five. Um the majority of every question asked about the impact
038of yonder scored at about 90% or above on average with either agree or strongly agree on the positive impacts of the program. Um the the question that I look to the most is the very last one because it's the overarching encompassing catches everything basically. Do you feel that the district's adoption of the program has made a positive impact on classroom instruction and minimizing distractions that has set for two years on about 93% or above for staff response. And then if you're wondering about sample size between junior high and high school, this is about 40 to 45% of staff responding. So strictly certified teachers between the two buildings when you look at the overall numbers, how many teachers we have. Um, something I didn't do and I think Dr. Faggley asked about at the last round
039was can we hear some of the open-ended response to the survey? So, I actually included just like four random snippets there at the bottom of the handout. But, um, the part I really liked about this was they talk about the positive effect, but they also talked about how in certain sections it was just used to reinforce the district policies that were already in place to have consistency. It talked about taking the task off of the teacher of managing cell phones in the classroom because it's zero tolerance. It's a consist a consistent expectation buildingwide. So, just a couple snippets there for you guys to look at. I'd be happy to share all the open-ended feedback if you ever want to look at it. It's completely anonymous. Um, and then a very recent announcement that was just
040actually confirmed this last week. I was just asked to join the National Partner Advisory Board for Yonder. Wow. It's the founding advisory board that they've ever hosted for educational institutions. So, it's going to be made up of about eight to 10 superintendents from across the entire country. And uh it was a pretty neat experience because the CEO and founder was the one that reached out personally to invite me to serve on the board. Very cool. Part of this comes from is that Dr. Beck and Mr. Russell went and spoke uh to legislators as well. So, a lot of this uh work that's going on at the state level is because of the two of them. Well, congratulations. I think it's a testimony to how well this implementation has gone and the effects of it. I
041think probably surprises no one on this board that getting kids more engaged and less enrolled enthralled in a cell phone is a positive thing. So, kudos to you and the team. Um, it's it seems like the results we've gotten have been what we would have hoped for and expected like so not without a lot of hard work behind the scenes. So, thanks again. And obviously we did go testify for it was a bipartisan bill between both parties at Jefferson City and we actually testified in support of essentially the you know legislators putting some form of state law into governing the use of cell phone in schools. Not to get too explicit into what that's going to say the end outcome but Mr. Russell shared, you know, at the year following the implementation of Yonder, we
042had our lowest retention results at the high school for our freshman class. Um, Miss Michelle's here tonight, even though she's not up here with a mic to speak. You know, I've talked to her and her assistant principal team, there's been a drastic reduction in fighting at the high school. when we do have incidents that occur now that would have typically been, you know, a social media spotlight later, we're not having those problems because when you look at the cameras and look at that incident, there's nobody that has cell phones out recording anymore. So, it's limited the the potential ramifications of bullying or cyber bullying later and things like that. So, we don't actually just see all the positive outcomes in the behavior referral data. Yeah, it would it would take endless conversations happening with staff
043and administrators from the building, but I'll speak for the staff who's not here tonight. Thank you for your investment and the honor because I do think it's making a difference in our classrooms. Michelle, do you have anything to add to that? Well said. She's short time. Up next under our academic services report, we're going to continue on with our library and media resources evaluation. Back to Mr. Russell. All right, my battery is dying in my mouse over here, but try to get it done. All right, so u this is a report that we do every two years. So this is my first time getting to share it with you. Um so this is a library media program uh across the district. Uh every student is affected by the library as you guys know. Um, since
044it's a two-year program, I put the the numbers for the previous two years. Um, and so you guys can see uh we've had uh most of most of our our cost there is is from staff, but our our numbers from resources have remained pretty steady. Um, mostly because we've, you know, early on in uh right after COVID, there's, you know, there's a huge push in STEM and we had just redone our curriculum and so we were buying different materials for that. And so we we've kind of we've got some of those materials. It's just um replacement and then uh adding um and updating books. And so uh this is all back connects back to our uh literacy gap uh piece from learn two. Um and let's see scroll down here just a little bit. Um
045strengths of the program. Um our our librarians teach not only um literacy and how to use a library, but they're also our computer teachers at the elementary level. And there are research um specialists uh and teaching students how to do research and um you know partially how to write papers, make citations, all that stuff is is still happening in the library. And so, uh, huge strength is that we have in in almost every single building a certified librarian and staff who truly care about doing those things. Um, and so they also wear many hats, they're also uh, if our tech guy can't be there, they're our our backup tech person. Um, you know, they're they're the if my mom was a librarian, so like they're they're the you know, if if if you could call
046somebody a resource in in the building, it's going to be the librarian. Uh, as far as somebody who serves everybody. Um, concerns in our program, uh, just a minor one that we found this year, just just going through, um, we had some unequal allocation of materials per student. I went through and and looked at how much per student we're spending in the library. And so really just one building. They they got it right one year and for some reason went back to an old number that they started using and we're just correcting that. Uh going forward into this year is really the only um big concern. Obviously, we have um some buildings that have older books than others, and so we're we're trying to make a concerted effort to update books, uh and make sure
047that there's books for all of our students, uh in those buildings. And so, um another one is as you guys know, the rate of information changes and keeping those books updated is a huge task. And imagine having to do that for every topic um available for your students. Uh and that's that's again just something else that our librarians do every year. Um we've got a couple buildings where uh they're also doing after school STEM programs and stuff like that inside of the library and they're in charge of that and so um a lot of our elementaryaries are trying to figure out how to expand that uh as much as they can and so we're trying to help them do that as well. Uh and then in some places uh in this tenure plan discussion too
048is limited library space. Um, everybody always wants a bigger library as part of it. Uh, but also utilizing the spaces that we have to make sure that uh it's it's the best for our students. Um, let's see here. Program goals again to keep doing all of those things and to do it better um is really the the summation there. Um, I almost gave us a excellent for library. Uh, but just because of that the funding issue in that one building, I pulled it back. But hopefully next time we do this here in a couple years, we'll be at excellent. So, yay. Libraries, I have to say. Yes. Very good. Any questions for any of our academic services reports? All right. Up next, we have our community teachers association report. Mr. Lapy's in the room. Welcome.
049All right. Uh, so some shout outs this month starting at Alma Shroder. Thank you. It says to Mrs. Pickkins, she started an afterchool STEM club, which Mr. Russell was just talking about. Uh, for third and fourth grade students, it says their students are thriving in STEM and engineering, and family nights have been a huge success. Thank you for always bringing fun and excitement to our students. Also, Miss Heather Randall is the backbone of Sweet Home Almrader. She is everything to everyone. 100% student focused, a cheerleader for all staff, and an advocate for parents. She makes Sweet Home a better place every single day. Huge shout out to our sped staff and Mrs. Andy Shot. This team is top-notch in everything they do. That includes our absolutely incredible TA team. We could not do it without
050them. So, at Blanchard, shout out to Jessica Patingale for being everywhere all the time. You can always count on her to makes time for her co-workers or for the kiddos. She has a way of lifting others up. Shout out to Hannah McFaren for always being a strong teammate. She's a natural leader who is always filling or lifting others up and is the kindest person you'll ever meet. Also, shout out to Angie Hagerty. She goes above and beyond to support teachers and students. She always is doing what's best for everyone. at Clippard. A shout out to the teacher assistants who continuously go above and beyond for the students at Clippford. They are hardworking and dedicated to their job. We truly have the best of the best, so they thank them for that. Um they, this person
051wrote, "The staff put on an amazing family night to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday. They had a large turnout despite the weather. Parents, teachers, and students had a great time. A huge shout out to Mr. Moore for the successful first grade performance at the CTC. The shout out goes to the custodial staff for always keeping the building looking great. Mrs. Emily Elliot for organizing and running CTC mock interview week. It was a total success. They says here they had 550 interviews with around 100 employers. Thank you for all CTC staff for helping and getting students ready for interviews as well. Shout out to Sarah Estus who runs the CTC DECA store. The Deca Store, our school-based enterprise run by Cape CTC's marketing program, has achieved gold certification for the 2425 school year. This prestigious recognition places
052our DECA store among only eight 851 school-based enterprises nationwide to earn this honor. Our students hard work, dedication and entrepreneurial if I can say that man skills will be celebrated at our DECA's international career development conference this April in Orlando, Florida. Um, another shout out that's not on here but our fourth graders from Jefferson got to go to CTC last week um for a day to learn about careers and it was an awesome program. So, our second year to do that and it takes a lot of coordination on their part. So, we always appreciate working with Mr. Abernathy and Miss um Lampert. Lampert. Yeah, I had it on the tip of my tongue. Uh at the early childhood, shout out to Amanda Malcolm and Julia Jorgensson for helping arrange visits from the fire department and
053conservation department. Brooke Humphrey, thank you for always watching our students who have delayed pickup. Shout out to Megan Flowers, thank you for setting up a St. Patrick's Day treat table for staff. Also, Miss Amanda and Miss Emily, thank you for the extra time and energy it took to plan fun activities for your classes for St. Patrick's Day. He acted like a leprechaun on the shelf with all the festivities at Franklin. Shout out to our art teacher, Miss Ramy, for her exciting art lessons. If you ever get a chance to visit, this person says you won't be disappointed. Not only are her art projects fantastic, but she engages students in the why behind the artwork. Last month, students studied lizard habitats and lizard skin before creating a lizard project. Students designed lizard skin based on their
054environment. Uh, shout out to our administrative assistant, Miss Cararissa. She keeps us all on track and welcomes everyone with a smile. At the high school, shout out to the counselors as they get everything together for ACT, preACT, work keys, EOCC's, and AP exams. Shout out to Miss Ward who spent a giant amount of her time testing our EL students. Shout out to Miss Strothman for all her work with ABC today to arrange the career fair and to Mr. Ross and Miss Snurbush for all their students success at the job Olympics. Um shout outs at Jefferson says the custodial staff are always going above and beyond for the building. Also shout outs to Miss Walker and Miss Graham for always going above and beyond for the students and staff. They're two of the most supportive principles
055and they make our jobs 100 times easier. And then shout out to Coach Jenkins who is our behavior interventionist. He's goes above and beyond for the students. He's always willing to share any behavior strategies and works wonders with the students who need it most. At the junior high, shout out to James Lane, Mo McWart McWarter, and Diane Harris Buford. They have been incredible this year. They continue to show up and serve students no matter what the day may bring. Proud of this team for pulling together. This person writes, "We are going to finish the year strong." And finally at the middle school, shout out to Brooke Delo for being amazing at all she does, for loving and caring for all the students and staff and for going above and beyond every day at CMS. All
056the CMS TAs and the effort they put in and bring every day with smiles on their faces are contagious. Shout out to Miss Russ and Miss uh Brewbaker, our resident student teachers, for coming in and being a part of our team this semester. They both show a passion for teaching and we are glad to be helping Simo students find their way in this field. Um, another shout out to Miss Delo and then this person added Miss Centers for all their hard work planning and organizing a third quarter reward party. And final shout out to Mrs. Hartman for jumping in and showing love and compassion to students and helping them be successful in many areas of their school day. So, um, that is all our shoutouts. I did want to report back that we our CTA
057got a chance to go to Jeff City as well to the cap and we had five of our members go. So myself, Shannon Bergoff, Marcia Medlin, Candace Haidider, and Cesley Masters. Um we also got a chance to meet with Representative Voss, Representative Hovas, and Senator Burgerer. Um and we had some great discussions. This time we kind of approached it different. Sometimes you go in there and you really want to demand what you have to say, but this time we said, "What can we do for you?" as a way to try to make in the middle. Um, and it seemed to be a better received thing. That was kind of Shannon Burggo's idea, so I give her a shout out there. Um, one thing I will say was great to hear, Dr. Bignyan's name came up
058a lot because of the conversations that these representatives have been having. That's not something we usually hear. So, it's great to know there's that continuous conversation and they know where Cape Public Schools are and what we stand for. So, um, that was really cool to hear. But any questions for me? Can you mention the breakfast? Oh, yes. Uh, the breakfast, we did have our CTA sub appreciation breakfast on Friday. Um, I believe we had around 16 subs that came and we got to give out door prizes. The foundation helped in that way. So, we do appreciate their support as well. So, it's kind of our second annual and the committee did that great job and we worked with um, Miss Katie Tacket as well who is our subcoordinator. I did just want to second the
059shout out for Mr. Crowley and the CTC have gotten to do the interviews for several years and like each year the kids keep getting more and more confident, more and more just well-rounded. So this year was great and just love it. Just keep that up. Yeah, doctor crowd lo. All right. Anything else? Well, thank you all. You appreciate your time. Thank you. [Applause] Very good. Thank you. Up next, we have our treasurer finance report. Miss Dudek is for February. Um for the general fund, we have a beginning fund balance of 26.3 million. We received 7.2 in revenues. We're still getting current taxes. And so that's why our revenues are exceeding our expenses for this month. Expenses transferred a little under a million to special funding with an end balance of 30.9 million. The cash and
060investment details are listed. This is for all funds that hold. Thank you. Up next, I'm not going to skip it this time. We have our support services report, Mr. Crow, we had a bet going what was going to happen there. Needless to say, I lost money. Uh, thank you, Florida. So, updates right now. Our CTC welding lab expansion is getting closer and closer to being completed. Our first walk through uh punch list was done last week. So, those items are are being readressed and finished as well as a few uh plumbing issues with the gas lines and a few fine tunings of uh equipment in there. We are still expected to offer the first classes this summer for our adult students and then that new lab will be open for our high school students, our
061secondary level students next fall. So, we're really excited about that. And just as a reminder, that's going to take multiple rooms within the existing building freedom up for other programming needs uh that we uh will be able to address uh curriculum with. So, we're really excited about that long range facility plan the community should be expecting either later this week or the beginning of next week. There's uh community survey that is out for the greater community. We're fine tuning a few typos in there, rearranging some of the slides on the presentation that we will send the link out to the public. They'll be able to go through that presentation and then they'll go through a survey and then if there is anything that is not covered in the survey that they have concerns about when
062it comes to our facilities usage and a long range vision, there'll be areas where they can interject what they would like to see as well. Once that's compiled, then we will start opening up meetings to the public. Not opening, but having open meetings for the public to attend to address what was turned in uh on those surveys. But we are still moving along uh progressively towards bringing you that long range plan uh this June at a board meeting for your adoption. And just a reminder, that plan is going to be the foundation for an upcoming non- tax increase bond initiative that we're looking at next year. So, a lot of people have been working on this plan. We're really excited about it. Uh other than that, just with the weather being nice, uh whether the
063weather's nice or bad, just be on the lookout for school buses. One of the things that uh we're still getting a lot of reports and we're turning these reports in, uh vehicles running the when uh they're stopped and the lights are up and the arm is out. Uh so please just help spread the word. There are huge yellow vehicles on the road. They are stopped. Do not pass them. And uh as tongue and cheek as I said that it's a very serious concern in our community, but across the state and across the country. So with that, I have nothing else to report unless you have any other questions. Thank you. Up next, we have our board reports for this evening. And first up is the MSBA delegate report. Dr. F. Um, I don't really have
064a report. I just recommend that people listen to what Crystal has to say next. Pressure's on. Contact your representatives. I also would like to recommend that people listen to Crystal Fi in this next report. It is the legislative report. I am so wise. Listen to me. Um, first of all, Mr. Ritter and Dr. Bignyan have both already mentioned, but we had the advocacy day at the Capitol. It was such a great opportunity. Um, we're especially appreciative of Senator Burgerer. He really took a significant amount of time out of his day to give us a tour of the Senate floor, which was very cool. Walk us through all kinds of details about what goes on behind the scenes. But most importantly, he sat down with us for a good length of time, invited other legislators to
065come into his office and have conversations with us and with several other um districts in the area, and it was a very productive meeting. And I genuinely was appreciative that he took the time and seemingly had the interest in what we had to say. So, it was it was a great opportunity and I'm really glad that we got to do that. Um, moving on, several things that are happening in within the legislative session. First of all, open enrollment, which Dr. Benign mentioned, HB711 has passed the House and now is sitting at the Senate. Um, it has not been assigned to a committee, but just based on the amount of interest in the particular bill, we expect that it will likely be moving forward very quickly. Um, one thing that was mentioned a couple different times
066in that meeting that we had with Senator Burgerer and other legislators is that they really do want to hear from their constituents on this topic especially. So, I think it's always important to reach out to your legislators when there's something that's important to you, but especially when they're asking for your input. this is a great opportunity where we know their ears are opened. And so, you know, reach out as a board member, as a community member, if you're working for the school district, as a parent, especially as a parent. I think they really want to hear from parents. So, uh it, you know, it's just a great opportunity to reach out. Specifically, in our case, it's Senator Burgerer. Um just la I'll really briefly give you some talking points about why we are not in
067support of open enrollment, why we find it disadvantageous for our community. It diverts resources out of the community. It can shrink the number of extracurricular programs that a district is able to provide. Um the district is responsible for transportation. So it creates budget budget burdens. It has an inordinately negative effect on sped students because it allows districts to accept or deny based on sped status. Lowers community support and involvement. So just bottom line, keeping our schools community- based is what works best for our community. So that is open enrollment. Um, another thing I wanted to touch on is the budget. The budget is currently sitting in the house. Has not been approved yet, but once it is approved, it has to move on to the Senate. So, that's something we're watching closely. I mentioned it
068the last time that they're currently underfunding schools by about 300 million. There does seem to be some movement in changing that. So, I'm trying to pay attention and can kind of bring you an update as that moves forward, but currently it's still sitting in the house and has to be approved in several ways before we really see movement there. Um, I also wanted to mention what Dr. Rebecca was speaking of which is the cell phone policy that is SB68. It has actually passed the Senate and is sitting in the House now. So I just wanted to read what exactly that is. Um what it is asking is that it would make Missouri schools required to implement a policy restricting students use of personal electronic devices during school hours to enhance education and safety. The policy
069must ban device use from start to end of the school day, specify disciplinary measures, and allow exceptions for emergencies, instruction, health, educational needs. Um, it is basically what our district already had even without yonder. So, it's not necessarily saying that they would have to put yonder into practice, but just that all districts would take a stance of we aren't having cell phones within a classroom. Um, okay. I think the last thing I wanted to talk about again has already been mentioned, but I'm just going to re reiterate. Schoolboard elections. April 8th, there are a couple of things on the ballot. It's not just school boards, but um there are two seats available. Matt Welker will be running for one of the the seats for his third term. Um if you're interested, actually JC Reeves with
070the Southeast Missouri did an article. Yes. Hello. Hello. Um he did an article where he interviewed all of the candidates. So if you're interested in hearing what they what they have to say, then that resource is there for you. Um that's it. Thank you. Thank you, Jared. I just want to say that other than that being wise and eloquent. Imagine the smallest type possible on your phone. I know and make it like 50% smaller. Like the fact that she was reading something on this is absolutely unbelievable. I'm looking at this thinking like she can't possibly read a word on that page and she was literally reading it. So she's also I really am only 24. That's what it is. Those 24 optometry representative or something too. It's marveling at her. Awesome. Love it. All right.
071Up next we have our um Cape Public Schools Foundation. Awesome. Dr. Pegley for the foundation on April 3rd there is a mix and mingle at Roost from 4 to 7 and Ebo is a and we'll be providing apps for that. And then May 12th is the foundation golf tournament. So a day after Mother's Day, time for a golf tournament. Thank you. Up next under our non-action items for the evening, we have some uh first readings of our board policy sent out previous for your review. Uh so I won't be clicking into every single one of them. There's obviously a lot, but I will give you the headlines if I can. Policy BBB-2, school board ballot issues. Policy DFI-2, setting tuition for district programs. Policy IC-2, academic calendar. Policy IGCD, virtual courses. Policy JA, compulsory and
072part-time attendance. Policy JHDF, suicide awareness and prevention. Policy BDC, closed meetings, records and votes. Policy GCBA, professional staff compensation. Policy IGBI, homeschooling. Policy IGCDA, full-time mocap virtual courses. And policy Jed, student absences and excuses. All right. So, we'll get a next another reading next month on those. Up next, we have our approval of consent agenda items. board sent out uh previously for your review. Um they are minutes from the February 22nd uh board meeting, payment of bills and career and technology center tuition rates for 2025 and 26. Um can I get a motion? So move second. Mr. Cook, Dr. Faggley discussion. Any discussion? Dr. Cley, did you want to talk about the tuition increase just for Yeah, if you don't just for just Good evening. Um, so we've proposed a um a tuition increase. um
073not something we necessarily enjoy doing. Um but it is necessary given the fact that um you know when we look at the continuing uh increased costs of of training students um and what it costs to run the career and technology center, it's something we do need to review. Um it this coming school year will be five years since our last tuition increase for particular nine-month technical programs and secondary schools. Um, and so what we've done is set forth a plan, but the initial uh tuition increase would go from 2,700 to 2,750 for the 2526 school year. Um, and then we have a three-year plan for um reoccurring increases um up to the total of the potential $3,000 for the for the total tuition. What this does is one helps um you know kind of relieve
074the the sting to sending schools and things like that as far as just all in one whack. Um but it also gives us time to continue to evaluate um the increase and see what direction we need to go as we p proceed through the next three years. Um so is there any questions that you all have as to um this proposal and we will be reaching out uh obviously tomorrow morning first thing I will be contacting our sending schools and as well as Dr. Ben and talking through um you know the the u the information being sent out to our sending schools. I would just say if it's been five years since you've raised rates and you're doing it by less than 2%, a little over 3% and a little over 5% in years one,
075two, and three, you're doing something right. So, we started, just so you guys know, we started looking at just budgets in general, and I and I looked at the CTC budget. We operate the CTC. I don't know if districts truly know that send students there is that we we actually support uh the CTC to stay open around $500,000 a year just for secondary and then we also have postsecary. So we have to start looking at recouping some of those costs. We can't continue to uh subsidize for everyone. We want to have the program in our in our community, but we also have to do it at uh at a reasonable cost at a response because we're responsible for uh um our community's dollars. So, and I think we to add to that, I think we,
076you know, it has been, you know, we've waited five years and then hopefully implementing it the way we we're looking at doing it to to kind of relieve some of that sting will help. But it's been five years. Um and we actually have a running um document of all career centers and um you know there's 57 in the state of Missouri. Um most schools are in the same um situation that we are as Cape Public Schools or wherever the career centers under the umbrella of you know the operational cost and things like that. But, you know, with with all of the increases in materials and supplies and just what it takes to train and the fact that we offer so much, which first and foremost, thank you all for I mean, we you guys are
077uh this is an awesome thing, the career technology center. I mean, we get compliments all the time statewide for what we're doing here and and as a district and as a career technology center and what we're able to offer. Um and we are able to offer a lot more than than what other career centers are. So it is a huge benefit to us and our community to have this but I mean fact remains we we do need to look at that cost and obviously want to keep it as low as possible for secondary and adults but then you know we also want to make sure that we're doing due diligence and and um not just costing the district an astronomical amount. So any other questions? Thank you. All those in favor, please indicate by saying
078I. I. Those opposed. The consent agenda is approved. Thank you. No business um this evening. But we do have uh information and proposals from board members. Do we have anything this evening from anybody? Playing the foundation tournament in May and then the booster club is in July, July 11th. Come play in that golf tournament. Get your golf on this summer. I wanted to say something real quick too. I I popped in for that sub appreciation breakfast and that was just really really neat to see just the gratitude that our district has for our substitutes. They're a vital part in in the work that everyone's doing. So that it was just really neat to see. I was glad that I got to pop in for a few minutes. Absolutely. I'd like to take the opportunity to
079thank you all. It's been a privilege to serve on the board with you all. Um, I also appreciate all the support that's been shown to me to continue running for the school board. So, I hope to be able to retain and continue serving with you guys. Um, if not, regardless of the uh election results, I will continue my support and love for this. So, thank you all. Thank you. I appreciate everyone as well. The last three years has been a a trip for sure. But um I I appreciate you guys and you know taking me in and teaching me everything there is and good luck. Well, Veronica, thank you once again for your service and Matt uh good luck with your continued service. Uh with that, I will take a motion to adjurnn. So move.
080Second, Mr. Cook, Dr. Fegley. All those in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. Those opposed? We are adjourned from this meeting and back upstairs.