001I'd like to call this August 4th meeting of McGomery County Schools Board of Education to order. First on our agenda tonight is the adoption of the agenda. Need a motion. So move. >> Mr. Biser moved. Second. >> Second. Mr. Blake. All in favor of the agenda. Motion carried. So, tonight for our opening devotional, I really feel like I'll have to do one because we had it earlier today for those of you that were um at the convocation, we had very uplifting morning. Um but I do have a question. So, as it begins this new school year, um it's more than just a continuation of lessons and schedules. It's a new beginning, a fresh start, a sacred opportunity to build, to shape, to inspire. In education, each and every year is a reset. There are new
002faces, new challenges, new potential. As you step into your classrooms or school buses, cafeterias, playing fields, and offices, remember that this is not just the beginning of a new academic calendar. It's the beginning of new stories, new dreams, and new growth. We are not simply teaching content. You are cultivating futures. As teachers and staff, your work is deeply significant. You have been placed here with purpose. Whether you're leading a class, preparing meals, cleaning hallways, guiding administration, or supporting students behind the scenes, you are a part of a mission that reflects God's heart for service, growth, and redemption. There will be long days and hard moments, but don't lose heart. Scripture reminds us, "Let us not grow weary in doing good." Your patience, your passion, your perseverance, none of it is wasted. Every small act of
003faithfulness is noticed by God and will produce fruit in time. Let this year be a reminder that every beginning holds the promise of transformation. And with God walking beside you, there is no limit to the good you can do. >> Now, if you will rise, we'll do our pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands one indivisible for all. And now I'll call um we have no one signing up for public comment. So now I will call on recognitions. Um Vice Chair Lyn EPS. >> Good evening. >> So I would like the family of Betty and Oliver come forward please. All right, I'm gonna try this. Okay, we got it. McGomery County Board of Education
004resolution of esteem for Betty Anne Oliver. Whereas our heavenly father and his infinite love and wisdom saw fit to call home Betty Anne Oliver on February 23rd, 2025. And whereas her dedication to McGomery County Schools for 22 years as a school secretary and bookkeeper were a living testament of her integrity and skills. And whereas her loss will be deeply felt not only by those with whom she served but also throughout her entire community and county. Now therefore, be it resolved the Montgomery County Board of Education goes on record in expressing a sense of her loss and regret in her passing that a copy of this resolution be conveyed to her family as an indication of our deep sympathy and a copy of the same be filed as a part of our permanent minutes of the
005board of education. [Laughter] >> Thank y'all. >> I would I would like to say one thing. Being one of the older members here, I think I was there Miss Oliver's first year. I think she came the same time that Mr. Darnell came and she was the perfect order for Mr. Donell. Mr. El was hard as neighbors and she was nice and sweet and offset his hard edges and I I thought the world >> she probably got you out of trouble. So >> well I told everybody you don't know how tough high school is your mama. All right. See you. >> Next on our agenda is the consent agenda and we have had a request to hold that until after our close session. So, we'll move on now to revenue number one. Um, North Carolina public
006schools will produce locally competitive students and I call on Mr. Wade on. >> Thank you, Chairwoman Evans, Dr. Roseber, board members for the opportunity to speak tonight as I move my PowerPoint. >> I want to know where the boots that might He just retired. Y'all saw me try to shoot me off the stage and I got called back. >> Jump off like >> I think we videoed that dancing, too. >> Somebody accused that they might try to make some money off that video. As long as they share, I'm okay with that. >> But um but again, thank you for the opportunity to present tonight. We're just going to talk about some uh some updates in the department. Um, so the first thing that I'd like to talk about is um the math curriculum. I did
007not set this to do that, so I apologize. I don't know why it's got transitions. Um, so we're in the process of um getting a math curriculum. It's something that the teachers have been asking for for many years. Um, and we finally got to the point where we are able to do this. Um, but I got to give credit to Dr. Perkins, her and the IF group have really kind of been leading the charge on this even though it says the curriculum team. Um, but they identified a or they were looking at a bunch of different platforms uh to make sure that they were aligned with state standards and all that kind of stuff. And they basically narrowed it down to three top choices. And then uh if you notice in the second bullet, we
008did request samples from those three top um those top companies, the vendors that we had selected uh for samples so that teachers and staff members could come in and look at it. We did set those up in the staff development room and opened up the doors for staff members to come in and look at it. Uh we did collect some survey data because again we wanted to make sure that they had a voice in the process. Um, and we are pleased to say that from our K8 teachers, please don't ask me how many we have because I don't know that number, but we did have 101 surveys submitted. So, that we felt like that was a really good solid number from the number of teachers that we have at K8. And 87% of those surveys
009submitted uh said that they liked Amplify uh Desmos math um the most. Um, so we did move forward in the selection process and I don't know why it's doing this. I apologize. >> It must have been. >> Um, so some of the things that we're getting um, and it's in the consent agenda for you guys to look at the actual invoice. Um, but we are getting online resources. Again, this is kindergarten through 8th grade. U, we are getting actual handheld materials as well. We're getting teacher guides, student workbooks. So, each student K8 will have an actual tangible workbook for them to actually, you know, have to actually do math because you guys know that math is one of those hands-on type curriculum. So, we felt that was one of the necessities that we needed. Um,
010so just to kind of test the waters, we only went for a one-year subscription. Um because remember this time last year we did a three-year subscription with Amplify for the CKLA curriculum, but we're only going to do a one-year subscription with Amplified Desmos math because it is such a new curriculum. We will be the second district in the state of North Carolina to actually go with Amplified Desmos because it is such a new curriculum that they just came out with. Um but we feel really good about it and the teachers really like it. Um >> wait, who is the other? >> Transennsylvania. >> Yeah. is I I know it was in the western sides in Transsylvania County >> and I think they just started last year, correct? >> Yeah, >> because it just came out
011last year. Um but again, it's aligned with state standards and it and it really really looks like it's going to be good. Um so again, talking about some of the things that we're getting, we're getting in-person training. uh we're getting like a monthly remote uh opportunity for teachers to remote in to an virtual platform to talk with some of the coaches again just to make sure that the implementation implementation goes very well and very seamlessly. Um see that's the way it was supposed to come up everything on one slide. Um so the next thing that I wanted to cover is the uh consolidated federal plan. Most of you probably know this as the title one plan. Uh but actually underneath consolidated we have titles one through four. Um but uh those kind of deal with
012other areas like title two is staff development. HR kind of takes care of that one and then title three is for ESL. Um so we've got some other things built into there. But we wanted to specifically talk about title one tonight and some of the things that we're doing uh this year. So in our set aides this year, we are required by federal law to set aside 1% for PFE or parent and family engagement. Um that that comes from the feds. So that is to make sure that we're trying to get families engaged in the student learning. Um we do build in a certain amount of money for homeless and foster funds. Um, and the reason why we do this is because as kids come in and they're identified as McKini Vinto, uh, which covers
013all of the homeless stuff, we may have to provide transportation to get them to the district and those are some of those costs that we don't really know that we're going to incur until they enroll in the district. So, we always have a set aside for a certain amount to kind of cover some of those things. Um, and then we always set aside administrative costs as well. Some of that is indirect fees that we're able to charge the grant uh for the work that the finance office has to do with, you know, making sure that all the the fiscal responsibility stuff is taken care of. Uh but one thing that Dr. Roseborough u wanted us to write in this year is some instructional coaching for our principles. Um again, that's just part of the improvement
014efforts that the district's going to be working on this year. Uh so we did add that in there as administrative cost this year. Um, elementary schools are the ones that are identified as title one. There's an ESSR report that has to be submitted. Um, and so we didn't select elementary schools to be title one. So the major things that are uh are funded through title one is additional teaching positions, uh, instructional supplies, and then tutoring. Um, so those are some of the major things. One thing that we're doing differently this year, uh, with Dr. Roseboro's vision for Title One is we are allowing principles in the past. Um we've always kind of given them pots of money for specific things to use, but this year the elementary principles are going to build their own budgets.
015We're going to give them just a base amount. Um and that's all based upon the PPA formula that we have to do um within title one, but they're going to be able to select and build their own budget and that has not been the case in in years past. Uh so that is one thing that we are doing differently um as we get ready to submit that. And if you notice down there in blue, the submission is due on August 31st. So I am frantically working on this plan to make sure that we get it submitted. >> Say something about that. Can you go back to that slide? Yes. The instructional coaching piece is um is our school improvement initiative cost and within the federal guidelines for federal programming. You must set aside funds for
016districtwide school improvement. So it's not just instructional coaching, but the instructional coaching is built in with that school improvement coaching role that I think we talked about at our last board meeting. But within the federal guidelines for title one, the district must set aside funds for school improvement and that it is a priority for the school district, especially regarding the current state of the school district being a district and improvement. So we had to make sure that that happened. And then secondly, each school is allotted a number of funds for title one and they should be able to do a prioritized plan for those funds and it must be aligned to their school improvement goals, district goals and address their low performing school status. And so we are supposed to give them a portion of
017those funds after we do the district set aside that they've been allotted based off of their per pupil allocation the number of students that are identified as uh low socioeconomic status and that determines the amount of funds that they get. So some schools may get more funding than others and then from there uh they can all lot that to teaching positions, instructional supplies or tutoring. U but Mr. Taylor had and also Mr. Almond have provided the schools for the chart of accounts so that they know what's a liable expense under title one. That's just a small bucket of different things that they can do with their funds to be able to close gaps for kids in schools. >> Let me ask a question. Are if I understand you correctly, the schools are supposed to give
018you a budget on how they plan to use these funds. >> A plan, a plan. >> And it has to be an allowable expense, right? And then so it is used to supplement, not some plan. So to give you an idea, let's say a school went and said, I'm going to buy Amplified Desmos as my math curriculum. I'm going to buy it. Then the question would be, well, doesn't your district provide a core? And if your district provides a core and then you want to supplement materials that we didn't purchase through amplify. So if it's an additional workbook or additional software, then that will be supplemental. But they cannot we cannot go to them and say we're going to pay for half of the curriculum and then we want you to pay for the other
019half of the is not allowed. But but but what I'm saying is they're coming up with a plan and then they're going to turn it into you folks and y'all say, "Hey, that's that's a good plan or that's good, but I'd like to fine-tune it in this way." So y'all gonna have final say. >> Yes, you have fin say it's three layers of approval, >> right? >> So the principal will then uh sit down with Mr. Almond and he'll look it over and see if it's allowable and then he will bring me the plan. >> I got you. That's >> and remember we've talked in the past about like C and then when we used to do the old national school lunch forms that per people aotment that we were talking about and Dr. Roseber
020expanded on that's all based upon that safe data that we pull from the different like SNAP and and Medicaid and all those that's where we get those percentages to identify the school the students that are in need at each school. So that's where that per people aotment comes from. Well, you brought up a good point snap. Um, I mean, we're facing a problem in in the supermarkets and so are y'all, I would assume. And they're cutting SNAP benefits for the state. That's going to affect the school system also because they're going to be people that were on SNAP this year that will not be on it next year. it it could potentially impact who is identified but it's not going to impact the level of funding that we get because the funding is based upon
021ADM and then that money is allocated to the schools based upon that PPA which is the the SNAP benefits Medicaid and all that kind of stuff >> that's just one >> it's just one thing yeah so if they have SNAP and Medicaid that kid's still going to be identified by Medicaid but if only if they only receive SNAP then potentially they may not be identified, but >> the school may still get an equal amount. >> It just depends upon how all the numbers work out, >> right? Yeah. >> And it doesn't affect the free lunches and breakfastes because we still are still doing >> we we have three years left on that under that grant. >> Y we're still good for three years. And if we can get our participation rates up and the numbers
022look better, then we can remember what we're talking about that we can refresh that for four years as long as the numbers go up. >> Let let me ask you one more question. Uh it it was back to the first part about the math. You say there, if I understood you correctly, they're going to provide a handbook for each student. >> Yes. >> Okay. A workbook handbook. Are they going to be able to take those home so the parents can help them? because that was one of the big problems I had when kids went to school didn't didn't have school books anymore. >> So, you know, they had a problem, but there was no way years since certainly since I've done it. >> Yeah. >> To be able to let's look at it from the
023book and see how they did. So then we'll know how to do this. >> They they will be allowed to take the book home. >> Oh, that's right. >> And we just pray that little Johnny brings it back every day. >> Right. So that that might be a different outcome. I can see that being a problem. I'm glad there are books. >> Is there some way that we can get that out to the public because we're taking a big hit today with a post about the cell phones and you know you're taking the cell phones away but you still got the computers. Why don't you give them books back? Okay, here's a book. >> Is there some way we can >> Yeah, we we can get that information out. And just um once again I
024just like to state that is a state law. >> Yeah. Said said person that posted that missed that part, didn't we? >> Yes. >> Um weren't flat yet. So >> the last thing that I wanted to cover real quick is just to give you guys a CTE plan update. Um so again, you know, we partner very heavily through CCP uh with MCC. We have a very strong partnership. Um, and you guys remember when CCP was really kind of taking off, we moved a lot of our CTE programming down to the middle school. Um, to because we were talking about then kids were coming to high school and they were kind of bouncing around to different career pathways. So, we let them do the exploration at the middle school so that they can make more aligned
025decisions on what they want to do when they get to high school. Um, so again, I just wanted to highlight some of the major programs. Um, so on the left side, those are the pathways that we offer. On the right side, those are some of our partnership pathways that MCC uh or that partnership has allowed us to offer to our kids. So, you can see it's a lot more robust than it used to be back in the day because I remember when I was first CTE director a long time ago, we had six programs between East and West Montgomery because we duplicated programs because we were two campuses. So, and that's not even all of them. I didn't I ran out of space and I couldn't even list everything that MCC enables us to offer.
026Um but again, I just wanted to highlight how many opportunities our kids have uh because of the CTE program or the CTE building and the the programmatic partnership that we have uh between us and MCC. Um so some state updates that we're watching uh well some of them are already in in place. Um but uh the first bullet there, we are required by law to do career plans both at the eighth grade and the 10th grade. So they have to create it while they're in middle school. They revise it when they get to high school and it is an actual graduation requirement because they have that career plan. So we we are aligned with that state legislation and we are using the platform called Zello. there's a lot of interest surveys that kind of helps
027them identify what they're interested in and then they build those plans based upon those interest surveys. Um, and then another thing that we're kind of ahead of the curve on in Montgomery County, we do have a career development coordinator both at the middle school and at the high school. Not every district can say that. Um, but we strategically went after a middle school CDC uh because of that career uh that career plan that that part where they have to develop it at the middle school level. We felt like we needed that position down there. So, so we were kind of again ahead of the curve there. Uh we are looking at the computer science requirement that is an upcoming requirement for graduation. If you notice the third little sub bullet there, it does apply to
028the students entering high school next year as a freshman class because we were able to do a waiver the past two years. Uh so we still are on one more year of waiver, but the freshman class of next school year that will be a graduation requirement for them to graduate from high school. um and the CTE uh at the district le I mean at the state level are identifying different courses that are going to be eligible to meet that computer science requirement and there's there's a bunch of them out there. Um the one thing that we're struggling with right now and the reason why we signed the waiver is we actually have been trying to hire somebody for computer science and we don't have anybody. Um but we're still working on it. The job is
029still posted. Um, but again, next year's freshman class because of the waiver is the first class in McGomery County Schools that's going to be required to have that for graduation. >> So, the CIS 110 count. >> It does. The problem is we've got to make sure that those kids are eligible to take those classes because the GPA is going to keep some kids from being able to to go that path. So, we're going to have to have something on our side to offer to make sure we're compliant. Um, and then the last bullet I put there was just again that continued focus on concentration. Uh, because the state of North Carolina allows us to have that ACT work keys as a either or for the uh the ACT. Um, so if they, let's say hypothetically,
030they score a 16 composite on the ACT, but they score a silver or higher on the work keys, then we get to count that as one of our high school accountability models because they met the minimum requirements on the work keys. So, it's that either or. We talked about that a few years back when that first came into being. Um, but that is uh another thing that they are continuing at the state level. So, we are tracking kids, making sure that we get as many concentrators as possible because if they're not a concentrator, then their work key score will not count. Um, and most of the pathways at the state level now only require two courses within a pathway to concentrate in that pathway. Um, so again, our our guidance counselors are aware of that.
031They're tracking that information. Of course, we're tracking that in the CTE realm as well. Um and then the last little thing there in blue is that we have submitted our CTE plan and it has been approved by our regional coordinator for this year. Um but as we progress through this year, this is our rewrite year. So we we have to go through our comprehensive local needs assessment this year. So you guys may have to fill out a survey or two. Um but that's all part of the process. So we will do the CLNA process throughout this school year. We will start writing the next uh two-year cycle of the CTE plan. Uh which you have to do revisions each year, but it is a two-year plan because you do your CLNA every two years. Um
032but we will be going through that process as we develop the next two-year cycle of the CT plan. >> Is there questions? >> Yes. >> Um back to the math curriculum. >> So I'm pretty sure I'm writing this um North Carolina um DPI, didn't they recently rewrite the mass standard course of study? >> So, I just want to make sure that we're not getting a curriculum that may soon and that's another good reason for a one year because they love to change that up like right after you adopt something. >> Yeah, but this one this one is good. >> Yeah, this is good. >> And I think you said still all our elementary schools are considered title one. >> Yes, all of them are identified. And with the principles able to build their own budget,
033we make I'm sure you are, but making sure they know what their deadlines are like for spending that money. It always seems like to me sometimes that slips up and you're like, "Oh my gosh, I got to spend that money." So >> I tell them all the time, "If you don't spend it, I will." Okay. >> We're going to make sure the money spent. Um, so if they don't spend it, we will. So yes, they're reminded throughout the year. Yes. >> And and it but it does have to go back to their school improvement plan. >> Yes. It has to be aligned with their school improvement plan. And that's the process that Dr. Roseberg brought in is that they have to develop a prioritized plan that aligns with the district and school plan so that
034they can identify the ways that they're going to spend the money for school improvement. >> So they could they spend it on tutors, but it doesn't have to be materials, right? >> It could be it could be furniture. It could be curricular resources. It could be tutors. There's a lot of And that's why we printed off the chart of accounts for them. and do uh Mr. pedaphor. I can't remember now. Wasn't that COA? Was it like 17 pages that I gave you the other day? Yeah, there there's a lot of stuff they can spend the money on as long as it aligns with their school improvements. >> And since you guys have got the final say so on it, you going to make that that'll be an extra level. >> Yes. >> To make sure
035that it is. >> That is correct. Yes, sir. >> Uh the only thing that I wanted to just uh address was the CDC's the career development coordinators. Those are a gem in our schools to have them at that uh middle school level. And I do think our CTE um at the middle school is one of the best in the state when they get to trying to make those decisions of what they want to do in college classes. That is very helpful. And it is it was also very helpful for the college when they put something out that we can start taking you know students can start taking classes in ninth and tth grade that we were able to say our schools have this you know so that this also just roll right in especially for
036those students that need that so that they can keep coming to school. They need that interest. as you guys communicate with your state reps and all, just always advocate for CTE because we did lose more months of employment this year. We have lost months of employment, I think, for the past three or four years now. And so, as that number shrinks, that means programs shrink and and all that. So, we're going to try our best to maintain everything that we've got as long as the funding is there. >> Great job because I know that was your baby to get into middle school. Thank you. Okay. Next, we'll go to um Dr. Roseboro with the end ofear review dates. So, at our last meeting, we discussed moving the endofear review dates back to October to allow
037time for us to get our science scores in and for us to deservate that data once it comes in. So, the new proposed dates are going to be Thursday, October 13th, Tuesday, October 21st, or Thursday, October 23rd. Um, we propose to start dinner at 5:30 p.m. with the presentation lasting from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Um, so please uh review and advise which date works best for your schedules. If you uh would like the time to start a little earlier, so you can get out a little later, you need to back a little bit earlier than 9, let us know that as well. >> We have our school visits the 24. Is that correct? >> I know we have I know we have done that before where we made a day of it. >> Yeah. [Music]
038just I mean that's just Mr. Blake and I prefer that Tuesday, but we can >> I'm fine. >> I I really don't want to start. >> Thursday would be better. >> But we're going we're going We're going this and that way. So, I need what I need is for us to make a decision and um make a motion 23rd. >> Okay. Dr. WTO made excuse me, made a motion for Thursday the 20 October 23rd. >> Taylor second. All those in favor? Motion carries. Our end of year review will be Thursday, October 23rd here at the central office. >> You said it needed to start. >> All right, we got you. >> Oh man, thank you. Um, next we'll move on to Roman numeral number two. North Carolina public schools will be led by 20% professionals
039and I told Dr. Emily Shaw. >> Well, it's always good when the HR update is not going to take just a couple minutes. Well, I guess that could be one or two things. Either we're um in a in a pickle or we're in good shape. And fortunately for us, we are in really really good shape. But I want to start with just talking a little bit about our new hires for the year. Um, I know that I talked at one of the board meetings maybe in April or May and kind of gave you an update on what our intent look like. And based on the intent, and again, not everybody fills that out. It's not a mandated form. We did not have a lot of people either retiring or choosing not to come back. So,
040from the gate, we were in really good shape. Now, again, over the summer is when crazy things happen. people decide that they're either moving, their life is changing or they've gotten a better offer from a different district. Um, and so we did have um lots of resignations come in over the summer, but that's not to be, you know, alarming. And we didn't have any more than usual, so I wasn't very concerned about that. Um, for the new school year, we have hired 18 new certified staff, but that's not just teachers. That's the two new social workers that we added. That's um you know anybody that has a license that's a that's a principal position. Anything that carries a certification and then we had eight classified people that we have had to hire. So again with
041our percentage we're right on line with where we were last year. I do want to talk about our beginning teacher data for this school year because that's something that we have always focused on with our um our district improvement plans and with our strategic plan. We've always wanted to do a good job recruiting and retaining our teachers and that just becomes harder and harder every year because, you know, it in Montgomery County, you know, out of the we had 11 BTS and I'll get to that slide in just a minute, too. I'm sorry, nine BTS. Out of those, one had a come out with a degree. It was in PE. The other eight, they're coming on on a permit to teach, meaning they just have that four-year degree. So out of those eight, we have
042to convince them, we have to support them that teaching is the profession that they need and that they're wanted to be in. So that way they will come back next year. And and that's really hard to do. Um we do have a great support system with George Hamilton in line to help with that. But still, it's just a a battle that we come through every year. So this year, like I said, we have nine BT1s, we have 10 BT2s, uh 17 BT3s, and I did want to um add that out of those BTS that we have, 10 of those are our EC teachers. So in a minute when I look at the next slide, you're going to see that where our vacancies are are in our EC positions. Um they're hard to fill, but they're
043also hard to fill with certified teachers as well. So we are doing um everything we can to provide the support that they need um to be in the classroom and with the addition to Dr. Mason starting on our staff next week, we're really hopeful that she's going to help us with that support as well. Um again, the number of beginning teachers that are seeking lure through an alternative pathway are 25. So if you add up 27 n and nine out of that number 25 are alternative pathways meaning that they went to college to be something else and then they've decided that they wanted to teach. So they've never stepped foot into a classroom and here we are you know trying to expect them to know what um amplify is to know what standards are to
044know what title one budgeting is. So it's a it takes a village but we are in in it to win it and we're we're trying our best. um total number of vacant positions. I'm extremely proud of this. Um I constantly rub this in the faces of my HR colleagues because their charts, even though we're a smaller district, they don't look in comparison anywhere close to ours. And I am going to add though that even since I made this chart because I had to turn it into Miss Davis last week, Mount Gilead um have done their interviews for that part-time TA position. So that will be hired um that will be on the September board meeting and Green Ridge um sent me the um um staff action board for their science teacher today as well. Um
045which they're going to actually she's going to do some shuffling. So that's not going to be a science teacher, but they're going to fill that science position in there. So we are making progress on that as well. So those vacancies, as long as nobody leaves us between now and September, that will um go down. I have to turn a report in on Dr. Roseber's behalf um that tells our vacancies and so I'm going to wait just another week or two just to see if we can have any more interest in those positions to see if our numbers can go down a little bit more. >> So you mentioned that our numbers are similar to what they were last year. Is that down from the years that we have not received the the retention bonus? Because
046I want to be careful with how we >> portray those words. >> Well, so we've received the retention bonus for three years. So I do feel like the retention bonus is extremely helpful in in retaining those teachers. >> Yes. >> So we're in line, but that's from before when Oh yeah. Okay. Perfect. Thank you. Thank you. >> And next we'll go down to Roman number five. North Carolina public schools will be governed and supported by 21st century systems. And I'll call on Mr. Matthew Wood for our operations update. >> Good evening. Uh I have the pleasure tonight to talk about a group of employees that I truly admire and respect and that's the custodial staffs. Um, I have said more than once that that I think we ought to, you know, reserve the first places
047in any line, the the first seat in any auditorium, that we ought to start every meet by by recognizing the custodians in present that are in attendance because they truly have a difficult job. Um, the custodians don't report to me. They're school-based employees. Uh but but I recognize as y'all do that that they're the ones that set up, clean up, paint up, wash up, pull the weeds, spread the fire ant poison, scrub the graffiti, and as a subset of employees, our custodians drive more buses than any other group of employees. So they are doing a lot. Um unfortunately um last year their jobs got more difficult uh when due to budget concerns I believe if I'm right about nine positions part-time positions were removed from the custodial staff. So the ones left got more on
048their plate which was very unfortunate. Um there's a recognized scale for uh facility cleanliness. Uh it's a one to five scale. One is a operating breed has to be sterile. Five is more like a manufacturing facility where at best they may take the trash out once. In that chart, uh, elementary schools, preks are identified as needing a level two cleanliness. Uh, CO's coming back around if you hadn't heard. Uh, it's already, you know, jumping to us. Those are the standards you want for safety and cleanliness as a level two. That report says for a standard eight hour workday, you need one full-time custodian per every 18,000 square foot of facility space. We have almost a million square footage of facility space. Uh applying that scale, instead of losing nine part-time position, we should have been
049adding 16 positions to meet that level of standard. their jobs are just getting more difficult. Um, fortunately, however, uh, Dr. Roseboro came in and when she toured our facilities and she recognized some of the areas that you see here in these pictures of deferred maintenance and cleanliness that that she, you know, pulled the team together and said, "Look, we got to do better." that that that you know not just for the our clients, our students but for staff and everybody and so from there it became a all hands-on deck project. Uh she went and identified the areas uh facilities and interiors and safety compliance and and kind of gave us a road map to work by. And so we pulled all our maintenance staff, you know, the plumbers, electrician, general maintenance staff, Bill Midget's crew,
050and not just, you know, Zach and transportation. He sent over help to to help in this, and it became like an oldfashioned barn raising. Everybody just pitched in and went to it. And and you'll notice uh the smiles on the faces. Uh they didn't resent having to drop their duties to do somebody else's job. the maintenance, transportation, they recognize how difficult custodians have it. Uh so they were more than glad to to help out and and so you see Stephanie Gomez there. Stephanie uh is a custodian here for central office, but she's also manages all our supplies in order to control inventory and control cost. We centralize all our purchases, uh light bulbs, toilet paper, paper products, etc. So Stephanie's the one that delivers all those to school. Um and I believe that's Javier for
051transportation painting there. Um and Jimmy Medlin and Matt Thompson and and Michael Bennett. Um but the photos give a glimpse of the collective effort uh that was taking place. Um these pictures show the maintenance and transportation staff. Um, our real thanks is to the everyday custodians, but it's purposeful that I did not put their pictures on this slide because when you walk into a school building and you start taking pictures of, you know, people get more apprehensive and with a new custodian with a new superintendent on board, everybody's a little bit anxious. But, and the last slide here thanks the custodians that are based in our schools and they're the real heroes. um our our folks that that pitched in to help were glad to do it. Um and we we were proud that the
052Dr. Roseboro prioritizes our facilities and and she stated in our leadership that that week that you know we need to get our facilities ready to learn and we certainly want to reflect that and and that's a quote from her uh from that that first week that you know even a stained ceiling tile can affect learning and so we want to be cognizant of that pitch in. So there's the folks that are doing all the work. Um the first ones are are the maintenance transportation people that kind of pitched in. Uh but starting with Mark Little Ford is the fine folks that uh on a day-to-day basis are driving our buses and and on average these folks are are covering about 35 38,000 square foot of cleaning every day. That's a lot. So any rate um
053appreciate the opportunity. Uh Dr. from Roseboro was also uh set up for us. Uh someformational sessions, the things that other districts are doing to try to improve these things, facilities care, uh and maintenance care. So, we look forward to that. We've got those meetings lined up over the next couple of weeks. So, we got a lot going on, but we're happy for the support and enthusiasm. Dr. Roseboro, was anything I missed or >> Well, you want to tell us about your trip? Did you have much time? had a had a lovely time. Uh it was a school safety conference uh that the uh Center for Safer Schools paid for. Uh it's heartbreaking to go to safety conferences because as Dr. Roseboro, y'all heard this morning, it when you go through that. Um you know, I
054still remember the first one I went to with Dylan Clyult's mom and of course he was a shooter at Coline. And I don't think there's a month that goes by that I don't think about that story. Um, and again, he was the one that inflicted all the pain, but but the impact on her and students. Um, so to hear the the horror stories is it's terrible. Um, you know, the focus is always on you have to stop the bullying, you have to get into schools, you have to build the culture. Uh and I'm glad that that is the focus now is that that culture building because that's the best way to keep kids safe. Yes, we do need uh modern equipment and standards. Uh Dr. Roseboro is working on getting voiceover IP phones in the
055classrooms for safety reasons. That's an initiative. But the at the same time, you want to prevent these things from happening in addition to what do you do when it happens? Limiting cell phones is gonna help too. >> But it was my first time to Vegas, so I didn't >> I've been to Phoenix in the summer. You know, it's hot down there. It's not as hot in Vegas, but uh come back with the same amount of money you left. >> I was going to say he came back. So there must not have been >> I mean how many times did a roulette wheel land on black? >> Unfortunately too many. >> Thank you Mr. W. Appreciate the teamwork and the support you provide at the school. This is much appreciated. >> Yeah, I didn't see Bill's
056name on there. So please, >> I did Bill's um >> I know you mentioned him, but >> yeah, he's got CO. So yeah, he tested positive Saturday and uh uh he he's pretty bad shape. Um so let's hope this strand is not going to be in bad. He he was going to be here and >> that's what we're looking for. >> And this is the first year of many years we had seen. >> Yes. >> Congratulations. First thing I noticed when I came on the board, there was things >> it um another one of of Dr. Roseboro's uh agenda items is for us to to meet with the board and outline some of the the facility needs. Uh this roof has been patched repeatedly, repeatedly, repeatedly. It needs to be replaced. Uh we've we work
057with a company called REI. All they do is spec out a roof. They they don't install roofs. They don't build the product. They just put together the bid package, put together the design. And and they they have a group of contractors that follow them around because they're very good at what they do. And contractors like working for them because there's no, you know, uh fuzziness about it. Everything is laid out in great detail. And so we have that uh quote from REI to to manage this project. And they also give a quote for what they think it's going to cost. And amazingly, they're within two or 3% every time of what it's going to cost. It's not going to be cheap to do this one in the bus garage, but as you can see that
058it's long past day. I mean, we uh >> Bill Hudson's son is out here repeatedly throwing tar on it trying to stop leaks. >> Looking at this. So we we will put together a prioritized plan for the board as Mr. Hooder just stated of um of our needs and then we can prioritize where we're going to go from there and work with Mr. Taylor to identify um the appropriate budget to align with our needs. Additionally, um we are on the quest of discovery. As stated before, we're going to be doing some research on some things that uh we know that Ashburg City Schools has been involved with. Lower County Schools. We're talking to different vendors that they have used to help kind of back fill gaps um within the school district. We don't call it
059outsourcing, we call it insourcing. So, they just come in a couple of times a year to kind of help support um maintenance teams where you're short-handed to do some of the heavy lifting work like beginning of the school year, the end of the school year, or when something happens that we didn't account for. Uh so we're looking to learning more about that and what that looks like. I'm going to share that information with you as well to make an informed decision collectively next week. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Next, I'll call on Mr. Mitch Taylor for the finance update. Thank you for this opportunity to update you on our budget. Um, I'm going to be talking about both last year and this year coming up. Um each year when we create our budget, we
060include almost a million dollars in revenue from fund balance. Uh and fund balance is is the money our school district has in savings to probably the best example. Um but our goal is to manage the expenses in such a way that we don't have to utilize that fund balance. Um ideally, uh at the end of the year, we break even. We don't add to fund balance and we don't have to use it. Um and so, um I thought it would be good if we went back 10 years and just showed you sort of our history of um where our fund balance was in 2014 and how how it has u um changed since that time. Um, if you'll notice 2014 through 2016, we sort of did that. We broke even um I think we were
061to the good $5,000. Um, and that's where you want to be. Um, and then 2018 came along and that was a little bit of a um, well, it was a lot of a bad year. Um we had um lost some funding that we were not aware of um when we started the year. We had unexpected expenses. Um but that's why you want to have a good sound fund balances order to weather a storm like that. And so then the next year we we made adjustments and u recovered some of that money. And then COVID came along, the pandemic, and that was uh not a normal situation. And uh we received $15 million in ESSER COVID funding. And the state encouraged us to grow our fund balance as much as possible because um they knew that
062we would need it once that funding was had gone away. And so, does anybody have any questions about that chart? >> Mitch, how much do we have in fund balance now at this moment? I keep >> um Well, at the end of last year, we had $7,110,916. >> Um, >> and Mitch, can I ask you a question about fund balance? is fund balance funds that are local like we don't put state and federal money in fund balance. Okay. >> No. >> Um yeah that whatever we don't spend in state it goes back to the state and the same with federal funds. Um now the COVID money that was federal funds but they allowed us to charge uh an indirect cost which is you can you can pay yourself for um utilities all the things that
063you uh sort of your operational expenses. Um, we can do that with the federal funds we receive now, but we can only charge like 2%. With the COVID funds, we could charge almost 20. >> And so, um, that's why I say we were encouraged to add to the show balance. >> Okay. Um and so during this past school year, the 2425 school year, um we incurred several large expenses that will not reoccur uh during this school year. Um I've got that they totaled 725,000. And over the weekend, I thought of another expense that was close to a h 100,000 uh that will not be reoccurring this year. So, um almost 800 over 800,000 in expenses that um were one time in nature. Um it was a repeat of that year, I think it was 2017,
064where we we used almost $1.6 $6 million. In addition to that, um we lost at in June of 2024, just as we were about to go into this school year, um or this past school year, we lost the $300,000 Sand Hills rental grant. Um it was just we had no forewarning. it was just discontinued and and uh we were given no time to make adjustments uh heading into the new school year. In February, you will remember we lost the TSL grant which was for $21 million. Um and between those two grants, we had multiple salaries that were being paid. Um and we had to make some unexpected adjust adjustments um uh to either um to make up for those salary expenses. Having said all that, uh this year we're going to use approximately 1.2 million
065in fund balance. Um 1.2 million. The auditors are coming next week to do our annual year-end audit and they will have the once they finalize their figures, they'll have the exact number. Um, I'm trying to estimate on the high side so that hopefully when he finishes his audit, it will not be that bad, but it's it's going to be close. Um as I said before um the 725 plus another 100 um are not going to be expenses that we face this year. um the remaining amount of the the deficit. Um we feel like um we've already done some things uh to address those and um just like we did in that other year where we had a a huge hit on our fund balance, we hope to come back next year and be at a
066more normal level. Um but the fact that so much of it So much of those expenses will not be reoccurring this year. Uh makes it a little easier to try to get back to a break even point. >> Can I ask a question? >> Yes. >> How much of that is that all salary? >> Not all of it. >> What percentage? How much of that? How much of that 1.2 is sal? Uh well, 300 of it um was is included in the 825 as far as salaries that we had last year that we will not have this year or salary related expenses. Um of the total 1.2 2 million. I'm I It's probably a little more than that. Uh but there's other things. Um property insurance went way up. Our electrical uh utility expenses went
067way up. So, um those things I didn't include because they will, you know, they are recurring. So, but it's great to know we got the money. Had the money. >> Well, had the money. It was reassuring to know that we had >> we had been frugal in the past, but the problem is that that's I mean six more times and he's gone >> at that rate. So I'm I'm going to say some things and and I'm not trying to put words in your mouth. You you tell me if I'm correct. We under estimated what the insurance is going to be for our budget. We underestimated what was the other thing you said? Uh >> well, utilities. >> Utilities. Okay. So, those account for how much of that? 1.2 million. >> Um maybe 100,000. >> Maybe
068100,000. So, now we're down to 1.1. So the rest of the 1.1 is salaries that >> we lost grants for and we continue to pay salaries. >> Um well of the 825,000 um 300,000 of that was salaries that are now gone. So that reduces the number again. Um 500,000 of that 825,000 was for um we purchased laptops in the 23 24 school year at the very end of school. Um having purchased them, we knew they wouldn't come in until the beginning of this school year. And I think Dr. Ellis's thinking was um at worst because we had added the fund balance we could pay it from there uh which we wound up doing or we would as the year went along we would try to find other uh new sources of revenue a grant. Um
069but then the uh landscape for grants turned suddenly negative and um instead of obtaining grants we were losing grants. So um a big like I said eight out of that 825,000 515 was for laptop computers that we will not be purchasing again this year. But my question is, we knew at some point we were going to have to buy new laptops. >> Yes. >> So, we didn't budget for it, right? >> I feel like I remember some conversation about the laptops being ordered, but then we could not get them and when we were able when they were able to be bought, the price had gone up. Is that do I remember that correctly? >> I don't. The year before we put 752,000 in. So 500,000 of it was supposed to be used on laptops. It
070just hit the wrong year. Is that does that sound? >> Well, I I can't see I couldn't see the chart. >> So the year before, where were we on the fun balance? Did we add to it or do we take >> We spent 76,000. Oh, how many behind that? >> So, we spent 76,000 the year before last year and then this year we're looking at 1.2 million. >> Right. Okay. So, I I've got a couple questions. One is where do we have that 7.2? Is it sitting in a CD somewhere? Well, we're earning interest on it because that's 300,000 a year if we earn 4% on it. >> Um we have um approximately 4 million in a interest bearing account with the state. We're limited on what we can invest in, >> right? >> I
071know it has to be safe, but how much are we how much are we getting on that? >> It's around 4%. Well, it's probably a little less than 4% now, >> right? And and and don't misunderstand. I'm not blaming you or anybody else. I'm just trying to make sure we're not sitting here a year from now or two years from now in the same situation that Winston Salem's in >> or Marbor County >> because we didn't make moves now to make sure that this doesn't happen again. And I understand there there's stuff that that that we don't control, but when those things happen, we got to react to them faster. And and I don't want to fire anybody. But if that's what we're going to have to do to make sure we don't go into
072fund balance, then then we're going to have to make those hard decisions instead of waiting until the year is over and say, "Yeah, we paid five positions that we had set up for a grant and we lost that grant and we didn't make the adjustments when we lost the grant." >> We usually have to have sustainability plan for when the branch goes away >> so that we know how to so to the point of the laptops you know that was one of the questions I asked what was the cycle of refresh because if you constantly you had a plan for sustainability of the laptops you could have budgeted for the cycle of refresh you may not had to purchase the number that you purchased all at one time if you >> purchased so many each
073year So >> instead of having 700,000 hit one year, it's 200,000 each year. But you adjust for that to make sure that you're not taking those monies out of fund balance. Those monies are coming from well, you're not lowering your fund balance. Let me put it like that. I mean, you said ear, you know, earlier, I thought you said that, you know, you want it to be where you don't add to it and you don't take away from it. And as a business person, sounds to me like you really want to be where you're adding to it, not where you're keeping it the same way, so that when you do have extraordinary expenses, you're prepared for it. and and I think y'all done a good job in getting us to that point, but like I
074say, it's only going to take a couple more times like this and and we're going to be in trouble. So, I just want to make sure we have a plan to make sure that we address it way ahead of the time instead of waiting till it happens. >> Yeah. >> No, again, I'm not criticizing anybody. I just want to make sure >> if you had if somebody had not asked those questions, I would have been disappointed because yes, I see it. We see it just seriously. >> That's all I think you >> Okay. Now, an update on the 2025 26 district budget. And now the good news. Um our local county uh commissioners approved a approximately 7% increase in funding for the school district this year. That amounts to approximately 400,000 and um we're going
075to apply that 400,000 to some of the shortfalls that we've had this year. Uh that is a huge um that was very generous. Uh, we asked for more, but we always asked for more and and this time they came a lot closer to giving us what we asked for. What I failed to put in there that is that in addition to that, they also funded the retention bonus, $500,000 for another year. Um, and so, um, that came up well earlier in somebody's discussion u about HR, I think. So, uh, we will be able to continue that. Um, several weeks ago, uh, in Dr. Rose Burrow's, uh, Friday update, she mentioned, I think, that the federal government had taken back 300,000 of our normal federal funding and said it was under review. after losing the TSL
076grant that to me I just automatically thought well it's gone but fortunately we were notified last week that we will receive that from people so I initially had that in the bad news section but now it's in the good news section sales tax increase 2% or something years ago that a specific thing now Matthew might be able to address that better than I >> article 46 was a quarter cent sales tax >> that the voters had to vote in u it is not earmarked for education it can be changed however the board of commissioners wanted right now that quarter cent revenue is being split 8020 80% to McGomery County schools 20% to MCC to keep up yes They keep the money. Mitch sends in a quarterly request to be reimbursed. So Mitch pays the bill
077and then ask for the money back. >> Is some of that Matthew some of that money used for the retention bonuses or that's a whole separate problem? >> No. from from the time that we developed that, you know, we set 1 cent of the Avalar tax base for existing facilities and then the quarter cent sales tax. And so that was generating about, and I haven't kept up with it recently, 600 $700,000 a year was coming in just for existing facilities, >> just to upkeep on facilities. >> Yeah. You know, the central high school was a 4 cent tax increase if you remember back in the day, >> right? But right now it's being split 8020. >> Okay. >> Um the not so good news as far as this year's budget is that state of North
078Carolina um which is by law required to pass a budget by July 1st has not passed a budget yet. Um, and I have heard rumors that they don't anticipate passing a budget until October. So that means we're three or four months into the current year, not knowing what if there will be a raise, not knowing what uh the fringe benefit costs are going to be. Um we're we're going ahead um with the current uh you know numbers that we have, but it just means it's it's aggravating trying to prepare a budget and it's aggravating knowing that you're going to have to go back and and adjust everything you've already done because you're not going to be exact. Um but that's that is not unusual and we will we will deal with that. Um the Ellis
079grant uh a two-year grant that provided approximately $500,000 a year to uh three of our highne elementary schools expired in June. We knew that was coming. Um the bad part is again in the landscape we're in right now as far as grants, we're just not able they're just not as plentiful as they were. And so usually we've had this Ellis grant for for years and usually by the time one runs out we've got something to replace it and this year we don't. Um so um that's about all I know um as far as the the budget for this year. Um although the budget news is not good. We'll continue seeking uh to optimize the funding we do have and if there's a grant to be offered, we will be applying for it and um all
080in the hopes of providing the best education possible to our students. >> Thank you. >> I forgot to ask I meant to ask do you all have any questions after each slide and I forgot to do that. Do you have any questions? >> We asked a bunch. >> Good. I expect >> to thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. I just want to say thank you to our county commissioners as well to provide the retention bonus for our teachers and also the 7% increase that we requested. which I know is hit with a lot of requests from a lot of entities and the fact that they are supporting our students and our educators really says a lot about their commitment to education. So, thank you commission. >> Um before I go on to our superintendent
081update, I wanted to mention to the board that there is a lead training. It's leadership education and uh development training. It's a regional meeting. Um ours I believe is September the 3. Um and I will send it out to you guys and Rose had mentioned it to me and then the very next day I got the email. So, I don't know what who was listening in on our conversation, but anyway, um I'll be glad to uh forward you guys more information uh through your email, but it's where Dr. Roseber and as many board members as possible can go and board session. >> I think it's transfer or Winston. I'll like I said, I'll get that. Um It is in Winston Salem. >> Yeah. Not Las Vegas. No. >> No. But it is Wednesday, September 3rd.
082And I saw the times right there. 9:00 a.m. to 12. So, like I said, I'll send that out and then we'll be um talking to Miss Davis about getting any of us who want to go register. I think I guess this is number six. Okay. Um, this is our district improvement planning update. Um, as you know, as you can see today, this was a combination of all of the work that we've been doing over the past two weeks. So I think our leadership development team uh along with our principles we have had a total of six days together collectively doing team building synergizing ourselves and making sure that we are on the path now for continuous improvement and then also just recognizing the fact that we have a lot of work to do but it's
083work that can be done that's doable. We have people that have a lot of good skills and as you saw today, we have a lot of folks that have the will to do what needs to be done to move Montgomery County schools forward. Um, so we are thankful for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the Office of School Transformation for supporting us and acting as our facilitators. The work that uh they did for us, as you know, can cost districts a lot of money if you go externally to have someone to help support you with this type of work. And they did a phenomenal job uh leading us in that quest. And we defined uh three areas that are our highest uh priority areas and those are our roles and responsibilities. We need clarity
084around roles and responsibilities. uh we have uh opportunities for improvement with communication barriers and the need for datadriven decisions to improve student achievement um at the school level. And so that goes back to what we just talked about this evening about having a plan and planning for our funds and it has to be tied to what we need to do to move student achievement. All of our departments get an update for our principles. Um, I would say that um, Mr. uh, Men is the the winner of department updates. He did a fantastic job. He entertained us. We were able to get back on track. He woke us up, but he did a great job facilitating his session as well as everyone that presented. Uh, they were informative and allow the principles to ask some detailed
085questions. Um, as we move forward into the 2526 school year, as you know, the back to school bash was also phenomenal. We had over 700 attendees and we want to give Madison a round of applause again for her hard work. Um, every single backpack was given out, which is remarkable. Uh we even have friends that don't attend our school district at the back to school bash and I was bold asking them to come back. I said, "Don't you want to come back to us when you see all this energy?" And we had several families to say, "We might consider that. Let's just see what you guys are going to do." So that was positive. Um and then also lots of community partners. I was able to get a lot of my one-on- ones uh done
086that night and talk with the MCC. also got to talk to Trillium Health to get some clarity about the mental health grant that we lost and what services they can now provide the district. So, I got some clarity on that and then also Dr. Cable provided me with some additional information on what we're going to do to make up the gaps in that mental health uh grant that we lost with the Sand Hills region. Today, you saw our cell phone policy update and our signage that we want to use. We want to make sure that that is available. uh for our students to see and our families when they come into our school buildings. I did add uh to the flyer uh Miss EPS made a mention of that we needed to make sure that
087it was signed into law. So she you should not get those calls anymore. >> Somebody had taken a picture of this and posted it without us posting it. >> Okay. But we will make sure we get it out there. Um, we need to make sure, Madison, that it's this one where it says it was signed into law July one um into the schools. >> So, for back to school on August 11th, uh, this week, uh, Mr. Almond and I, we we're thinking that we're going to go ahead and get out there to see all the great work that Mr. Woodard's team has done to our buildings. So, we will split up this week to kind of see um how things are going and progressing to ensure that we're ready for August 11th. But also on
088the first 10 days of school um I will be assigning central office personnel to the schools to be able to support them. So, we'll be out there during the morning and come back in the afternoon probably around 11 or between 11 and 1:00 we should be back over here depending on the needs. But we need to go out there and actually gauge what's going on over the first 10 days of school. And that's it. Are there any questions? >> Can we introduce the new principal? >> Yes, we can. Uh, Mr. Piper, would you please stand up? This is our new principal of Cander Elementary coming to us from Guilford County Schools, now Montgomery County Schools. And I would say that he is demonstrating his pride uh right now with his shirt on for his school
089and being the new principal and being all in at complication. So we do appreciate you being here this evening and with us uh this morning at convocation was at the back to school bash. He has been to lots of our uh district events on his own time um prior to his August 1 start date. So, we're very excited to have you and your energy at Cander. >> When we do this, we don't usually introduce the new princip. >> That would be great. >> That's a great idea. >> Just a comment as we move forward. Um, you know, a word that I like to think of is grace. And I think as we move through all of these great things that we're hearing, there's probably going to be some some pains to that as well. And
090so, I just ask that everyone has grace. The public, the people here that work and put their heart and soul into it, uh, us up here, um, you know, social media, the paper, everybody. Let's just have some grace. Let's not nitpick. Let's um allow the person who we've hired to do their job and us support that. And then um I I was very very pumped up when I left um Central High School today. I was explaining uh Mount Gilly was behind me >> and Miss Collins had a had a whistle. So after the ringing got done, um it just was exciting and I was explaining to somebody, you know, graduation is always my favorite time because that is our our reward for what we do is to watch those students walk across the stage. But
091that was very rewarding today. And I know that um principles were stressed about what they were going to perform, but everybody did great and they were having a good time and they were laughing um and it was just great to see. So, I just ask that folks have grace as we go through this transition. There's money that's different that we weren't expecting. That's, you know, stuff that's happened years before our new folks have even gotten here. So, just just some >> Mr. Mr. Blake and I were talking um during the convocation about how good it was to see put those faces with what school they work at, like you know, >> who who's kind of. So, it was it was good to see all our work, all our staff there together. >> Who's willing to
092jump on the stage? >> I thought all the students did a great job. >> They really did. They really did. They put >> a lot of effort. >> And I want to thank our principal for being with us this evening because I know how tired you guys are from this morning. But it was just a little blurb in an email and they just took it and ran with it which shows how much we can get done. >> I think the bar has been set though for next year. >> Well, I would just like to say I know we we're thanking everybody and I know she probably don't want any recognition, but I'd just like to thank Dr. Rosebug for the ideas and for the energy and for everything that she has given to our staff
093because the excitement that I saw in their faces today um look like folk who are ready to get to work and I know you've had your boots on the ground ever since you you stepped in here day one and I want you to know I appreciate it. I appreciate the leadership um that you give and the support to our staff. Folk, I've been here three and a half years that I have not seen um being able to to give anything and and they're stepping up and shining. So, I appreciate that. I appreciate that. >> And so, we're just looking forward to what other great things are going to be coming about. I know we have money issues and all of that, but you know, there's a higher power that can take care of those things,
094and that's what we're going to hope for. Um, and the great things that our children are going to be able to receive in their parents take some of the stress off of them because today when you talked about um meeting parents where they are, I mean, that's something that they they're they're not going to be used to. um the fact that yeah, they might work two jobs, but we're going to still make the effort to make sure that they can be involved in their child's education. That's going to mean the world to them. Um I know it would me. And then the community, they're, you know, people are excited. Um and I just want to say thank you. >> Thank you. >> I want to thank you. I know you don't you don't expect anything
095because you're the leader in your but thank you. >> I want to thank you. I do appreciate it. And thank you all for coming today in solidarity. We appreciate that as well. And also to our community members who may be listening. We appreciate all the gifts that we gave out and prizes we gave out for our teachers which really shows that we have a true commitment to education in Montgomery County schools and we are thankful for that. We know that that's not the case across our state but today we demonstrated that it can happen that all hearts and minds can align for children. Yes. >> Thank you so much. >> There's nothing further session. >> Mr. Doer may want to go into close session. >> Second. >> Well, I need a motion for us to
096approve the consent agenda. >> Mr. Second, Miss Taylor. All in favor? >> I like to vote personal aspect of agenda. >> Thank you. Motion passed um to adopt the consent agenda. Next, we need a motion to adjourn. Mr. Doer, Miss Taylor, second. All in favor? I. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.