001and welcome everyone I would like to go and call to order the regular monthly meeting of the cape dra Board of Education it is Monday January 27th and the time is 6:06 p.m. let the record show that all board members are present except for Miss Langston and please rise as we pledge allegiance to the flag I pled to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all thank you up first we have the approval of the agenda board we have the agenda before so I have a motion to approve the agenda Mo second Mr Cook Dr fley all those in favor please indicate by saying I those oppose the agenda is approved um well I want to wish everybody
002a a Happy New Year we haven't seen you guys um for a board meeting since then and one of the new things we're doing this year under recognitions for terrific Tigers we're actually moving that to the end of the meeting so I'm excited that you guys are all why is everybody laughing you don't want to say for the whole meeting I I do want to get reelected next year so we'll Dro that idea we'll move forward but welcome everybody we are so glad you are here um up first we do have recognitions and that is terrific tiger so each building in the district uh selects a student based on service to others leadership and scholarship we're so glad to have you all here parents don't be afraid to stand up as well come take your
003pictures and uh be recognize thank you right starting off Elma shadder Elementary Collins Pucket kindergarten of chrisy and Billy Pucket Collins is an intelligent compassionate and considerate student she consistently sets a shining example for her peers through her leadership and kindness she can often be found readily helping teachers and students in need of extra support Collins demonstrates compassion and a dedication to making a positive difference in her school Community hand him to us give me something [Applause] too white boots Blanchard Elementary Camden K kindergarten son of Jessica Harris Camden is a perfect model of compassion love and kindness every single day he greets his peers and teachers with a contagious smile he always gives his best in every task presented to him and enor with enormous energy and a thirst for [Applause] Learning clippard elementary
004Allison leer fourth grade daughter of Beth and Justin leer Allison is a responsible girl she takes her time on her work and is always willing to answer questions in class she uses G behavior and is kind to others she's a perfect example of a trific tiger congratulations [Applause] Allison Franklin Elementary Elias har kindergarten son of Sarah and Michael har Eli is an awesome student with the ability to treat all with respect kindness and empathy he works hard during Center time to get his work done and typically goes above the expected Mark he also is very helpful to other students by encouraging and helping them he is a good friend to all is aware of how others are feeling and is the one of the first to come to the aid of someone in need he's
005an allaround thoughtful and good-natured [Applause] kiddo Jefferson Elementary me Johnson kindergarten daughter of Amy Gwyn and Marshall [Applause] Johnson men is the perfect example for terrific TI she's so kind and loving to all the students in the building going above and beyond to help out each classmate and make them feel welcome she does a wonderful job following expectations in the classroom and working hard to achieve kindergarten goals congratulations [Applause] men Central Middle School Grace pippens sixth grade daughter of Lindsay pippens Grace toes the line regardless of what is happening around her no matter what environment is Grace is going to find a way to learn and be successful at it she's a good friend and helps encourage those around her every task you give her she approaches with determination congratulations Grace you truly do deserve
006this award Terry duy kitchen junior high Mariah handy seventh grade daughter of Ashley and Donald handy Central High School Hanid Ahmed Ahmed 12th grade son of Maria and Ahmed Sheik in central Academy Trey dolles 11th grade son of Danielle and Timothy dolles then from December Central Middle School Kendrick Moore fifth grade son of Kevin Moore then Terry W kitchen junior high Michael Porter seventh grade son of Stephanie and Michael Porter Michael is a great role model to other students at Terry kitchen junior high school he consistently follows rules and expectations even when other students do not he's a stellar athlete and a great student who puts his best effort in everything he does congratulations [Applause] Michael you're always a back row person right have you right here in front one straight line there you go
007great job right there you go hold your certificates up hold it down below your face though buddy there you go perect okay can everybody look at me for a second please all right one two and then I'll move out of the way everybody good let's give them a hand good job guys no problem good job guys you may still Escape all out this month congratulations everybody I don't know if you guys know this but Jessica Harris and I there's royalty in the room prom King and prom queen 2011 grads that's why he wanted you to stay the whole don't tell them [Laughter] anything see you all right up next we have information proposals and comments from the audience do we have anybody this month Mr pay no appointments this month sir all right thank you
008uh do you like to always add at every board meeting just the process for that just some verbiage around that request 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 Payne at Central Administration office constituents who request to address the board are allotted three minutes to speak for more information regarding public participation in board meetings please see board policies on the district's website uh up first um we have our informational reports and that is first on the list is board president report I do not have anything honestly uh to bring to you this month uh but I do want to wish everybody a Happy New
009Year here again excited for 2025 and I'm sure there are plenty of people in this room probably not the only time we mentioned tonight that are looking forward to the penguin party I know I am so see Miss McDonald in the back I'm sure we'll hear from her shortly uh but that is February 8th Saturday coming up and we'll be excited to attend and with that I'll turn over to Dr benan for the superintendent report okay well we've actually at the beginning of the school school this school year in January we've had quite a uh some impressive uh events happen uh here in our district our robotics our high school robotics team uh they won first place in the Southeast League championships they'll be moving on to the state championship competition at the Missouri S&T
010and so each year last year I don't even know if they placed this year they didn't place last year this year they placed first it is extremely impressive on how much they have uh come since uh last year so I went and watched them last year at uh cimo and they were still trying to figure out how to get the robot to pick up the ball and put it into the into the little hole that it was supposed to I don't know if you were there to I know you came to a couple of them this year I guess they figured all of that out when they're programming I got to take these off programming because they know how to code they know how to do a lot of different things this year and they've
011they've got a really great coach so we're excited about about that next is uh a big one on academics Franklin won the prime award and we're going to do some special things for Franklin as well the prime Center at St Louis University is pleased to announce that Franklin Elementary and you can see the uh attachment in there has received an award for outstanding student growth during the 2324 school year Franklin was 16th Statewide in mathematic growth for all students instead of comparing the Missouri Assessment program the map test they use the scale score each year to track their growth academic experts at the prime Center uh use statistical models to examine the relationship between last year's scores and this year's scores with the belief that there are a fairer measure of how well School schools
012are doing to promote student learning I do know that our legislators are also looking at the map test this year and is there better ways to measure our students growth and and so I was I was happy to hear that I we had our legislative Summit here we hosted it here at the Career Tech Center on Friday and one of the legislators were was talking about how we actually measure our students growth in a fair way because every Community is different every Community has different needs and so they're really wanting to charge our uh Department of Education on figuring out a better way to measure students growth so I was really excited to hear about that and this just shows you that we are growing and doing some great things at Franklin so I was
013really impressed with with that information that they shared with us All State Choir we have two students performing at the All State Choir um this weekend at Tanta well which now is another name but at Tanta Cena Han and Amy Codwell will be performing we wish them luck as they show their tremendous talents on the big stage so it's really impressive so we've had some really great things happening this month that's great awesome that's all I have thank you up next we have our CIP our continuous School Improvement plan SL program evaluations and up first we're taking a look at our technology program evaluation and I believe Mr Hall's with us tonight would you like to come on up thanks for being here thank you absolutely I won't bore you what three reading is but
014uh just to keep everyone advised we are proceeding as planned with our according to the technology plan at CIP that all of our replacement schedules that we have put in place and this year is one of our largest replacement schedules because it's all the high school devices it's all Central Academy student devices all of the elementary student this is one of biggest years that you will see here so next year's cost of the program will be slightly larger this one but I have a really really good team and our our staff takes to technology really really well and they they did excellent in the cyber security evaluation so very very proud one other thing that Brian's working on is well sorry Mr Hall um there working on doing an RFP for our copers as well
015we had a meeting with them so that's that's another thing that we probably will be bringing to you at some point uh to put out as a bid to yeah we hope to get that together within within a month we skipped a year because of covid so we have really aging C years two years I'm sorry two years uh so we have some aging cop that need to be replaced these will be all in one so they'll be cop scan we looking to get rid a lot of smaller printers in the district that are expensive any questions all right well thank you Mr all you thank you up next we're looking at Elevate 2 Safety and Security and I'll turn over to Mr crra thank you board so before you uh you've had an opportunity
016to look over the program evaluation and much like uh Mr Hall I won't read it for btim but just a few highlights we're conducting our annual uh site safety assessments our SRO administrators everybody's a part of that all the way down to a that see something need fixed turn that in looking at it uh starting next year we'll be looking at Contracting with the third party agency uh to conduct non-biased uh side assessments over our facilities but that's also playing into our long range facility plan that we're doing as well too right now apparently so we're kind of getting two birds one stone there um update uh continuously updating our emergency operation plans to make sure that those are compliant and most upto-date method and processes and then annual staff participation in relative relevant trainings
017and increasing uh building access security measures and our cyber security resonses so as we go through there uh we continue to seek further grant funding for various things uh we're always going to be looking at those initiatives and looking at those dollars to help our district stretch our resources even further um and then as a this evening uh we have added a six SRO position uh to our already existing five SRO so we're excited about of that any questions I'll be happy to answer thank you up next we have our academic Services report and we are discussing uh Ami Mr Russell so um as you guys saw earlier this uh month we had to uh make some some changes and that was due to a last minute guidance from uh desie and so uh what
018they did was uh with Senate Bill 727 they effectively created two different sets of rules for how we calculate time and so you've got uh your normal what we we've been operating under which is 1,44 days doesn't matter how many me hours how many doesn't necessarily mean how matter how many days to um adding another layer which is confounding of 169 days and they did this as a way to uh incentivize schools not to do a 4-day work uh 4 day week um so was one of those unintended consequences uh Friday at the legislative session they're all like oh yeah we that doesn't work and so um they they kind of realize what happened as well and so hopefully this session they'll they'll remedy that uh but in the short term what what that means
019for schools is uh it you have to use Ami first or you um you miss out on a huge pot of incentive money um and again we got all of that information on middle of December December 17th 18th we got out on the 19th or 20th I believe and so they turnaround on that and what it really meant too because just because they put the guidance out doesn't mean that it's understandable and so so we had to make a few calls in and out and so that first week back was not a great time to have a snowstorm for most schools across the district or across the state and so um a lot of schools right off the bat started using Ami some did not and so uh some schools are upset uh about it
020as well because now they miss out on the money not realizing what the guidance and so um and we have exactly we have exactly 169 days in the calendar um they're looking at some changes in that already um two or three bills that are are being floated not necessarily filed yet um but that's kind of where we're at with AMI just wanted to give you guys a a very simple primer on that um if you would love to read the guidance we provided it for you as well um but it does it does show that even um some conflicting language on years but this year is the year that we have to start doing it in order to get the incentive for next year because they have to build it into the budget um to
021be approved 1% you it's 1% this year and then 2% after this thir third year on the third year so and it's only earmarked for teachers raise teacher salaries that was part of the reason why it's about a half a million dollar impact over the next three years well thank you all for tracking that down in order to make Swift decisions yeah not everyone was able to do that they didn't read it correctly we had to call twice I think to get clarification to make sure we knew exactly what it meant I saw lots of back and forth on the dates that you just mentioned where people is it now is it next year we don't really know there's no clarification and it's about two-thirds of the way through the document which yeah if you're
022staying in that long B on you yeah you're po committed at that any other questions all right up next we have our community Teachers Association report Mr Lappy welcome back switch it on stuck at zero try that all right some shout outs we'll start with Alma so they want to give a huge shout out to Miss Ashley she is invaluable and has the office working so smoothly she always helps staff get the answers they need and anticipates the needs of the school before she's even asked she is amazing at Blanchard students and staff are hardworking and dedicated the students and staff put forth incredible education or dedication and produce amazing results they know their purpose and give the best they have every day the students and staff have great social skills they are happy and
023spread joy and are eager to begin again in 2025 at the CAO here central office Miss Tina and Miss Rachel they're always going above and beyond for everyone in the building at Central Academy they want to give a huge shout out to the custodian Miss Stephanie she maintains the entire Central Academy building plus positive Pathways all by herself she's a bundle of smiles and energy and we love working with her another huge shout out uh goes to the maintenance department for getting their power and heat back on at the start of the 21st this made the school day possible so they appreciate that at clippard huge shout out to all our classroom teachers and staff members that help second semester expectations to the school when we came back from Christmas break so that was Mrs
024Lacy Mrs Iran Mrs Maye Mrs Wellen Dr Roberts Miss Pletcher and the classro teachers at CTC shout out to Ron Kiplinger he is the paramedics and EMS coordinator and he is worked extremely hard to complete the EMS program re accreditation process and it looks like it's called Co a MSP Miss Kip Mr Kiplinger recently had a successful visit with no findings of non compliance and he has gone above and beyond to build a great Paramedic program students in the industry Partners alike have glowing reviews of his work and dedication at the Early Childhood Center shout out to the new Administrative Assistant Brook Humphrey and the new Tas Nikita Moore and Grayson Jones they have all been off to a great start this semester learning their new jobs and engaging with kids in a wonderful way
025also shout out to Julia Jorgenson she makes ECC run smoothly each day she takes a shorter lunch break than other staff members so she can serve our students before for breakfast and lunch at Franklin they would like to give us a shout out to the maintenance department as well they work hard to make sure our building runs smoothly and are always available when an immedate issue arises so they appreciate all they do for them and everyone else uh they also would like to recognize the hard work and dedication of their psych examiner Miss Michelle beard her collaborative approach thorough assessments and support for our students make a world of difference every day Miss beard is a vital part of our team and we are grateful for her at the high school the counselors have been
026working extremely hard helping students complete their schedules for next year also shout out to Mrs snowbush and Miss Welker they are working hard to raise money for the special prom at Jefferson shout out to to miss Bullinger and Miss doson for always working hard and be going above and beyond at best helped the first grade students with reading and finding strategies that best fits their needs their long hours and dedication are greatly appreciated also miss diamond is a great asset to the fourth grade team they appreciate her hard work with helping their struggling readers she is also always quick to help out with coverage when needed shout out to Courtney hin um for collaborating with the reading interventionist to help write reading goals for students with rsps it is greatly appreciated um another shout out
027here to miss Liv in the prek she's a TA and she's a bright light in our school this person writes she is always wearing a smile even if she is chasing a kiddo down the hall she is always willing to lift a hand in any situation she volunteers even if it is a less popular job her tone and demeanor are always Pleasant and this person said they're thankful to have her part of the team um this person also gave a shout out to Miss Kelly who is another TA down in prek and she is always on top of her game she gets here early and starts preparing the classroom for the day she can have a really tough day because some days with our Littles can be tough and she still handles it beautifully with
028calmness she is always working to the Bone there is never a minute wasted and this person said they're very thankful to have them her on the team uh this one it gives a shout out to all of prekas because it takes a bunch of them to help with our little students and it said uh these Tas are phenomenal they strive to build relationships with the students and to anticipate their needs they're reliable and they love our students their jobs are very difficult but they hang in there they're very much appreciated uh the last building on here is the middle school I want to give a shout out to miss Brandy for always going above and beyond and supporting all of the students she never shies away from whatever task is thrown at her Miss Crystal
029is Con consistently building strong relationships with all of the students and staff with our school and she truly brings joy to everyone she encounters and the last one here goes to Miss Tammy and Miss Vanessa they're always so bright and cheerful they keep our school running smoothly they are supportive to all staff members in so many countless ways we can't do it without them so that is this month's is anyone have any questions for CTA or me all right well thanks y'all thank you thank you thanks for being here all right and up next we have the treasure Finance report Miss dday okay this report is for December um beginning fund balance was 11.5 million revenues received for the month were a little over 16 million as we are getting in current tax money so
030you'll see higher revenues reflected in both the general fund and The Debt Service fund expenses of 3.2 and our monthly transfer of 2.2 to reue fund Ming asked with the ending fund balance of a little over 22 million the banks um or the cash and Investments are held are listed does anyone have any questions and I just kind of want to mention um putting it on your radar for uh next meeting we um have been we have met with forenzo from Ste and we he has been looking at uh we have our series 2016 bonds could be refinanced um so he will be here at the next meeting to present on that um and we would Finance not to extend the length of the bond but to get interest sounds great thank you thank you
031up next we have our districtwide athletic Report with Mr Moyers Support Services uh well we could skip it we've already heard from it I'm just kidding I apologize Mr Moyers uh just two seconds U learn about crispo here yes I know uh up next we have our Support Services report Mr crra thank you everybody so update on long range plans uh January 16th 17th IDs was back in for face to-face meetings districtwide uh for those faculty or staff that could not get face to face time an additional survey uh was sent out by myself this morning through through IDs or from IDs but so not through me uh for those teachers bring up any questions or uh guidance or suggestions we're trying to be as involving with our staff as we can be so we've
032had multiple multiple uh Avenues whether it be electronically or face to face to have staff input and we're going to continue to do so our next committee meetings coming up will be February 3rd for our internal committee that is represented by again staff administrators uh from every building as far as uh departments as well and then also our external committee that has various members from our community that are involved as well as there's a couple of you all who are represented on that so we're moving along we're excited about all the data and uh the picture that is beginning to form on several different silos of that long range plan and it'll again just reminder be up to you in June to adopt it and uh or change it or uh send it back to
033the beginning and start fresh but hopefully in June we'll have a good product for you bus counts are going to be happening in uh February that's third week of February so we will uh just remind our parents that we out there taking bus counts for all those students who ride our buses uh with this still being the winter time we ask you know coats and hats and stockings and mittens uh just uh know dress appropriately while waiting for the bus uh before you get on before you get off food service is moving along nicely and I've already given the update on Safety and Security that is all unless you have any questions thank you now all right Mr Moyers good evening uh so just a few of U updates here High School winter sports are
034in the meat of their season right now uh district and state tournaments are right around the corner we do um uh Derek put in and and was and we received a we're going to host the class five district one girls basketball uh tournament so that's good for for the city and for our community Junior High Sports are still in a little bit of a dead time right now uh they will fire back up soon with volleyball tryouts uh while I'm on High School in junior high St I did want to point out one thing uh since I haven't seen you since since November uh coach Frasier our boys basketball coach um just you know uh something positive that uh that he he did this past year his uh the junior high trials happened at the
035at the junior high he went to all three days of Junior High Tri outs uh stayed after on the day of cuts talked to all of the kids that were cut about staying involved and coming back next year and trying out and I just as I was going through this board report I thought you know it's always good to hear some positive things and that's just something someone new to the district that's doing a great job uh he's really taking a bull by the horns as far as as our youth uh sports are involved uh and being involved in that so I wanted you guys to know that elementary and middle school soccer sign signups ended on Friday it looks like I might end up opening those back up um we our numbers are a
036little low on our on the boys side and I've had multiple emails saying hey I know I missed signups can you you know so I'll probably open those back up for the to the remainder of this week basketball season's well underway we actually have 40 of the2 teams in the cape parks and wreck um so just a little over the 25% about a quarter of the League uh is our Cape Tigers teams and that you know that that League covers all of Southeast Missouri we have teams that come from all over so we're we're pretty proud of having that number of teams girls basketball we have five teams in first and second uh four teams third and fourth uh five teams in fifth and sixth boys basketball we have eight teams first and second nine
037teams third and fourth and nine teams fifth and sixth our Cape T Tigers youth knights we usually have uh youth Tigers practice in the youth tiger night uh girl boys basketball and wrestling did theirs in January our girls basketball we be in February just on a side note for you following along at home the Jefferson girls basketball team is currently 0 and five the point guard uh is very dis disgruntled with the head coach um and she if you know so just expect an email um if there's it's it's pretty especially since there's been three three two-point losses uh so that's obviously coaching so the so Community cgps night uh at SEO basketball is this Thursday uh so we have uh uh we got a lot of of our of our kids uh performing uh
038the anthems um the Middle School Joe Moore's group at for the middle school is going to do the girls game and uh George Dean is going to play the French horn for the for the men's game which will be really cool uh a Middle School Dance Pro uh our Middle School dance program is actually going to do the halftime show for the for the uh girls or for the women's game that night and then our players from our basketball teams are invited to come be the tunnel for the game so they're all getting free tickets including our staff our staff gets free tickets for that as well through our our uh partnership with SEMO our annual soccer camps come up in February at the indoor and softball camps are scheduled in early April this is
039just an an part of our CIT plan to increase increase the number of camps provided by our high school staffs to the Youth of our community and then uh Youth Sports banquet was this past Friday night uh I was there for for for that um and several coach Palmer was the keynote speaker for that and uh several awards were won by our Cape Tigers youth athletes teams and coaches so it was a really really great night I did miss out on seeing our uh Tigers beat those people down the road but but uh it was a good place to be too though so you guys got any questions for me wait who was that coach that is the coach's spouse happy with this performance or a little shaky all these people online want to know
040yes yeah the number of things the coach's spouse is is unhappy about is long so thank you all right up next we have our board reports and first up is the msba delegate report Dr fley have something awesome find it okay um the msba board of directors approved their 2025 legislative priorities at their meeting this past Friday and uh the priorities there's a fuller document that lists everything but the priorities are broken down into three categories investing in Missouri's public school students equal accountability to Missouri's taxpayers and safety of Missouri students so um these priorities are based on the delegate assembly um the we approve the advocacy positions at our conference it was in October right Conference in October so um I if you go on the MSB website you don't have to log in
041or anything you should be able to find like that Fuller document with with all of the different points under each of those main categories that's awes I have thank you for sharing up next we have our legislative report miss m yes I have lots to share so the legislative session has begun um there's lots of new faces we have a new governor we have a new for us personally state senator but it's not just us just across the board there's a lot of new faces a couple of things that that means is one expect a bit of a slow start because lots of people are just trying to figure out get their bearings it's a whole new position for them but also it's a great time and I truly highly encourage this it's a great
042time to reach out to your representatives and introduce yourself explain who you are offer yourself as a resource somebody who's invested in public schools it is great for our representatives to hear from their constituents when you're not just emailing them to complain just to introduce yourself and again like I said offer yourself as a resource so this is a great time to do that um in a legislative session there's a pre-filing period for senators representatives to pre-file bills our our deadline for that in Missouri is March 1st as of now JC who is sitting right over here has uh he's with the Southeast Missourian has compiled an Excel spreadsheet of all of the bills that have been pre-filed that have to do with education at this point there's over 130 so there's quite a few
043that we're trying to track um one thing about pre-filing just because something is pre-filed doesn't mean you're ever going to see it come to the floor so that's part of the tracking is just just seeing what even comes to the point of being a vote but just know there's several things that we're paying attention to and tracking and just seeing where they lead um there are two things in particular that I am especially interested in and I think as a whole we are interested in one is school choice uh we are hearing that conversation not just locally but just on a national level more and more several of the bills that have been pre-filed have to do with with school choice we seen it even come up in the votes that we've had so we
044just know that something that is on the radar that we want to be paying attention to and making sure that funds are continually being reinvested in our Public Schools um it's something that also was mentioned by our new governor in his inaugural speech so we know it's something he's thinking about too so again back to my very first point of reaching out to your legislation and offering yourself as a resource course this is a really big thing that we would love to influence in so you know having your name in front of them and somebody that they can talk to you and you can talk specifically about you know why we think it's important to keep the funds within the public school system that would be wonderful um the other thing and we've talked about
045this prior is SB 727 which had several guidelines on pay but what it didn't have is any kind of legislation that talked about how that pay who it's coming from um at this point it basically looks like it's coming from the schools so several legislators when SB 727 was passed promised that they would put some kind of legislation forth that clarified that basically clarified that the state would be funding those raises so that is also something that I'm watching is um does that actually happen basically um and that's all I have awesome now we'll go through all 130 those yes one by one and up next we have the Kate Public School Foundation I see Miss McDonald making her way up welcome thank you for having me happy New Year to you all um first
046I want to say let's save the date for our golf tournament it is Monday May 13th at Cape Country Club Penguin party that is coming up at Saturday February 8th we're working really hard on still selling some tables getting sponsorships and um auction items we have live music featuring awkward timing and Gen X the Southerner will provide delicious food and drinks and Simo selfie station will be set up to capture fun party picks with your friends and and fellow colleagues we're going to have a live and silent auction and it'll be just a great night to support Kate Public School District um so join us as we raise funds to support educ educational programs and resources benefiting students across the district some exciting things we set up Joe Johnson has established the Dr John Johnson
047memorial fund with an annual contribution of $25,000 to support student needs Athletics and alumni initiatives we are honored to help him preserve the memory of his brother one of our distinguished alumni we are pleased to announce the acceptance of a very generous donation of 107,000 for the purchase of aluminum bleachers at the cape Central baseball and softball facility as well as support to support additional needs within the CTC welding program we are also proud to announce that cap Public School Foundation is a sponsor of cap Chamber of Commerce first Friday coffee alongside with the career and Technology Center on Friday February 7th just so you know we are proud member of the Cape Gerardo Chamber of Commerce Southeast Council of philanthropy Cape Area Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the national school Foundation Association we
048remain committed to strengthening our community and enhancing educational opportunities for all students just this month we have invested over $10,000 to provide educational M materials essential resources to 736 students and 146 staff members across clippard Franklin Jefferson Kate Middle School and Terry W kitchen jior High I did not put anything on here about my exciting news that JC um reported in the newspaper because I jumped the gun and I wasn't supposed to announce it yet but I'm so excited and you guys will hear more about it no my fault my totally my fault but anyway you'll hear more about it and I'm super excited about that so thank you for having me thank you all right up next we have our approval of the consent agenda sent out to you previously to review um we
049have two items on that list for this meeting that is minutes from December 16th 2024 board meeting and uh payment of bills can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda so move second Mr Cook Dr FES close all those in favor please indicate by saying I I those opposed motion carries thank you up next we have the business portion of our meeting tonight and the item up for discussion uh is regarding the approval of a 2425 amended salary schedule the recommendation here is to adopt the salary schedules as presented the amended schedules are effective January 1st 2025 um can I get a motion so moved second Mr Cook miss Wy discussion if there is any no I'm just kidding um so the salary schedules um that are presented here are classified salary schedules
050and uh what we are doing is um amending the steps that that fall below the um Missouri minimum wage of 1375 that went into effect on January 1 and so these amended schedules would raise um the steps and allow us to amend the contracts for employes currently on those step so 32 employees um that this would affect and then it also will affect our club staff do they get back pay how does that work when we're retroactive back to January 1 so we will um basically recalculate contract okay pay any questions all right all those in favor please indicate by saying I I those opposed motion carries thank you thank you and lastly information and proposals from board members do we have anything this evening if not I will hear a motion to adjourn Mr
051cook second Dr fley all those in favor please indicate by saying I I those oppos we are adjourn thank you and reconvening back upstairs