001I would like to call this regular meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Education First, I would like to have a motion to adopt the agenda as stated. So moved. Mr. Dozier made the motion. Second. Seconded by Mr. Gibbs. All in favor? Aye. Okay. Motion to adopt the agenda is approved. For tonight's opening devotional, I'm taking this from a um devotional book of mine called Devotions from the Beach. Since we are Montgomery County School Board I know people, and you most likely do as well, that when they go to bed at night, they turn on a sound machine or an album on their phone to hear the calming sounds um to lull them to sleep or to calm the outside noises of their day. Some of these sounds are sounds of nature, like the babbling
002brooks or birdsongs. But according to amazon.com, the most popular sleep sounds requested of Alexa are beach sounds, specifically waves. One Once the sound captures you, it lulls you into an almost trance-like state. Minutes, even hours, can pass before you know it. To get there, you must be silent. You must stay there. You must be still. And the waves will draw you into a deeper silence, deeper stillness, deeper deeper still. The rhythm and the repetition, the graceful waves, reduces stress and calms nerves. In an instant, the same environment can make us anxious and fearful. Think of world words like crashing waves and roaring surf. These words can also describe stormy conditions in nature and in our lives. When you listen to the ocean sounds and stand on the beach and feel the calming wall, think of
003the storms that have visited this exact spot on the beach. Now, in your life, are there experiences that have brought you both joy and sorrow? Where peace and crisis coexist? Think of this simple statement from Mark 4:39, "Peace, be still." And the wind ceased, and there was a great And now I would like to call on Raleigh Douglas and Sandra Douglas to come lead us in our Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, counselor. Next, we move on to our public comment period. We have one speaker who would like to sign up to speak. He'll come up to the podium.
004Yes. Thank you. Before you speak, I have something I need to read. Okay, you can go ahead and speak. Thank you. To ensure a respectful and productive environment during public comment sessions, we ask all participants to follow these guidelines. One, time limit. Each speaker is allotted 3 minutes to address the board. Please be mindful of the time to allow everyone the opportunity to speak. Number two, respectful conduct. Comments must remain respectful and focused on issues, not individuals. It is not appropriate to name specific personnel or make personal attacks in public comment. Orderly participation. Speakers will be called in the order in which they are signed up. Please wait to be recognized before speaking. Board response. The board may not respond to comments during the meeting, but will take all input input under advisement. For more
005details and guidance, you may refer to board policy code 2310, public participation at board meetings. We appreciate your cooperation in maintaining a respectful and conducive atmosphere. And that's longer than a minute. That's a good thing they didn't time me. Okay, good evening, folks. My name is Earl Leake, and I am a volunteer in the county. Uh first of all, Dr. Roseboro, welcome. I want to talk about education for just a brief moment. Uh I think what we need here is a paradigm shift. And that is just a major different way that we think about and work as it relates to improving education in Montgomery County. Now, it is true to state that we haven't probably seen the results that we really want to see. Now, that's an uncomfortable truth. But we have to be in
006a position where we can have uncomfortable conversations if we are going to actually work together and improve our current situation. We have some tools. We have the Early College. We have the Central High School. We have the CTE building and its program. And we also work with the Montgomery Community College. But those are tools, and from there comes a plan. We need a plan. And so now we have a different person in the superintendent's office, and we would expect to see different. But we also expect to see different from the Board of Education. Because collectively, those two bodies, the superintendent's office and the Board of Education, provide the leadership. And we need that leadership, and it should be undergirded by greater accountability, by community engagement, data-driven, and less focus on activities and more focus on
007results. We can do this, but we're going to have to do it together. There is no word that we need to do that we can't do if we work together. Now, AI would probably say that differently. But I'm saying it for a fact, if we are going to improve education in this county, the time is to start now. So, last thing, I think, seriously, we ought to look at our strategic planning process. I think it could use some help. Now, you might say that I we've had professional help. Well, I would tell you you need a different professional help. So, I would suggest you seriously look at how you do strategic planning. Thank you, folks. Thank you. Thank you. Next, we'll move on to our recognitions, and I will call on um the family of
008Mrs. Helen Miles Payne. I feel like it's ironic that I have a connection and of course, Mrs. Helen worked at Brewbaker Primary Cafeteria when I was there, and she would ask about you all. And I thought you all would want to know that. Montgomery County Board of Education resolution of esteem for Helen Miles Payne. Whereas our heavenly Father, in His infinite love and wisdom, saw fit to call home Helen Miles Payne on April 22nd, 2025. And whereas her dedication to Montgomery County Schools for 22 years of good service were a living testament of her integrity and skill. And whereas her loss will be deeply felt not only by those with whom she served, but also throughout our entire community and county. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Montgomery County Board of Education goes on
009record in expressing a sense of real loss and regret at her passing. That a copy of this resolution be conveyed to her family as an indication of our deep sympathy, and that a copy of the same be filed as a part of the permanent minutes of the Board of Education. Okay, Shelby. Thank you, counselor. Thank you, both. Next, I'll call on Karen Eisberg for the employee recognitions. Well, good evening, everyone. And thank you for being here this evening. We're going to call up Dr. Caden to come up to help me with our next recognition for our employee of the month. Okay. I'd like to call up Miss Tasha Medley. Miss Medley brings over 20 years of dedicated service to Montgomery County Schools, where she has consistently demonstrated a deep commitment to students and families. A
010proud Montgomery County native, she is passionate about encouraging young people to be their best each day. Her extensive experience and strong work ethic makes her an invaluable asset to student services team. Known for her selflessness and unwavering dedication, Miss Medley consistently goes above and beyond to support the district. Every decision she makes is guided by one core principle, what is best for student outcomes. As a true team player, she fosters collaboration and positivity in the workplace. She's not only reliable and effective as an administrative professional, but also an inspiration and role model to students, parents, colleagues, and the broader community. It is truly a privilege to work alongside someone who exemplifies excellence, compassion, and integrity in all she does. Thank you. VERY MUCH. GOOD JOB, PAIGE. I HAVE TO MENTION THE BEST DRESSED IN THE
011BUILDING. All right, 3 2 1. Thank you. Yes, it's been a quiet month without your heels, without me clacking up and down the halls. All right, next we have another special recognition. This recognition goes to Wade Harmon. Been recognized before. This certificate is proudly presented to Wade Harmon in recognition for your outstanding leadership, dedication, and unwavering support as interim superintendent of Montgomery County Schools. Your steady guidance and commitment to students, staff, and the community have made a lasting impact during this time during this transition. We really appreciate you. Thank you. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, 3 2 1. THANK YOU. Uh next on our agenda is the consent agenda. We've had a few requests to hold it until after closed session, so we'll move on to Roman numeral number one, which is the North
012Carolina Public Schools will produce globally competitive students, and I will call on Dr. Roseboro about the end of year review dates. Um as you can see up there at the top, we have some tentative dates for our end of year review in the fall. So, the end of year review is for us to look at our student achievement data, as well as any data points that we have in terms of positive student outcomes, in terms of their social emotional well-being, as well. But, also taking an in-depth look at how well our students are performing, not just holistically, but by individual student groups, as well. And we'll also be looking at our long-term goals for achievement for each one of those student groups. And I refer to student groups instead of subgroups, because no one is
013a subgroup. So, we talk about student groups there. The reason why these dates are tentative is because we still do not have our science scores available, and they may not be available to us until October. Uh so, these are tentative dates, and we will also uh bring back some October dates to you for consideration, um because the scores are embargoed, and therefore we cannot speak on them publicly until we have all of So, the motion to accept accept one of those days. Let me ask this question. What are those dates again? September 11th, which is a Thursday. Right. September 16th is a Tuesday. Right. September 18th is a Thursday. Okay. Let me ask this question. Is there So, we don't meet twice. Is there any reason we can't wait till October to have the science
014grades and do it all at one time? Yes, that's what I would advise when the dates were first discussed. Right. We got information that it could have been October. Okay. We rather than having a meeting in September and then turn around again and meet in October. I would personally rather do it all in October. And is there any reason it has to be done in September? Yes. And we could do it like that. Hopefully, we'll have it by the beginning of October. All right. All right. So, we can present it in September. Okay. I'll make that motion. Okay, Mr. Dozier, might we state your motion to the board for the record? That instead of meeting in September, we wait until October so we have all the information then. Wait until October for our end of
015the year review so that we have all the scores. That was Mr. Dozier's motion. Do I have a second? I second that. Seconded by Smith. And then I'll just amend or ask that we vote on that in our August meeting, because that's in 2 weeks. So, I'm good. I'm fine with that. Did you you have to get the dates first? Yes, yes. Okay, thank So, the motion is that we will wait um until October with the amendment that we should have dates maybe for our August meeting. With Mr. Dozier making the motion, with a second on the table. All in favor? All opposed? Motion carries. We'll move to that then next month at our August meeting. All right, now I'm going to call on Dr. Roseboro for our cell phone discussion. And I'm going to
016put my phone Mr. Harmon, put your phone down. Drive forward, Mr. Harmon. Thank you. It's like you knew that. Um recently, House Bill 959 was signed into law on July 1st, and it introduces new requirements um for our public schools regarding cell phones, internet, and social media. And many of you may have already heard about this um actually coming to light. So, the key date for us is January 1st, 2026, where local school districts must adopt um and update their policies on internet safety and the use of wireless devices by students. Um our action right now is that we need to update our policies and student handbooks before the start of the 2025-2026 school year, and this will be key discussion at our upcoming board meeting meetings to discuss um internet safety policy, wireless communication
017policies, and instruction on social media and safety. But, today um we're going to dive a little bit deeper into our current policy, which is wireless communication devices policy that we already have in place, which is 4318. Um looking at House Bill 959, our current policy addresses many aspects of wireless device use in House Bill 959, but there are new requirements at play uh that we must adhere to. First is we need an administrative regulation, since we already have an existing policy. And the regulation, the point of the regulation is for us to discuss how our policy would actually be implemented. Um and into our existing policy. So, it attaches itself to the existing policy. The purpose of 4318 regulation is for us to address the new bad mandates in House Bill 959, looking at the
018uh prohibiting the devices during instruction time. Specific exceptions are for children with exceptionalities, which would be our special education students, and for medical purposes. And also, we have to establish a clear consequences um for violations. We also have some other factors to consider that I'll mention towards the latter part of the presentation. And then for internet safety, we have to look at limiting student access to age-appropriate materials on school-provided devices and services. We have to safeguard students using emails, chat rooms, and other electronic communication. We prohibit unauthorized student access to district data, prevent access to websites and software that don't protect our student personal information, and prohibit and prevent student access on social media platforms unless it's teacher directed for educational purposes. Um this expands from our Child Protective Act of policies that may require
019internet filtering and software updates. And we already have some of these things in place. A lot of districts use um a mechanism called GoGuardian, where they can monitor the use of the internet from anywhere in the district. It also prohibits students from using and displaying or having wireless communication device turned on during instructional time. And also, um it includes cell phones, tablets, laptops that may not be district devices, but personal devices. As we used to have um a policy in place in a lot of districts called bring your own device, and that's no longer. And then gaming devices and smart watches. So, those are some of the things that we have to consider when looking at our current cell phone policy. The exceptions would be that teachers are authorized to use uh some of their
020cell phone privileges during for instructional purposes or emergencies. And in our case, for our district right now, teachers will still be able to have their devices on them. We will ask that they not be displayed or on them during the instructional time. They use their discretion to determine when would be an appropriate time to use the cell phone, have to excuse themselves out of the room in the case of an emergency. They can step outside of the classroom. So, we're using this as a reasonable discretion with this about the teachers or for emergencies until we can outfit our building um with IP phones, um which I understand we currently do not have that across the board in the district. So, that's something that we're going to have to prioritize in terms of our budget needs
021and forward and we continuously have a plan to update that system. What is an IP phone? I mean, I'm sorry about IP phones. >> that integrates within technology. It has texting features to it, but it's a like a desk phone or phone on the wall in the classroom. You used to have rotary phones? Like the old rotary phones? Right. These phones are more high-tech where you can text, you can call immediately in an emergency at a tap of a button. Then you can call over the intercom from classroom, main office, Mhm. anywhere in there. Okay. Um required for students' health care uh due to documented medical condition it could be required. Required for students that um have a IEP or a 504 because we know some of our students with diabetes have to be able
022to check their insulin levels using their phones. And then also, this policy must outline consequences for violation and be submitted to DPI annually by September 1st. So, for the 2026-2027 school year, we'll have to implement an instruction on social media safety and that will probably be at the beginning of the year when we go over our code of conduct. Well, we know that it has happened sort of in a sequence style so that you can verify that all the information got to all students. So, the state board um will add instruction on social media effects on social, emotional, and physical health um to the standard course of study and it will also provide at least once um in elementary, once in middle, and twice in high school about the impact and effects on using cell
023phones and social media. So, our disciplinary consequences um right now, these are kind of loose before we actually go tight. So, we have to see how well we can do with loose. And right now, first offense would be a warning and redirection and parent contact. The second offense could be student conference, parent contact by by the teacher. Third offense, office referral, parent contact, devices confiscated, and parent must pick it up. And then aggravating factors for more severe consequences, using devices to reproduce uh tests, hack, bully, incite violence, sexting, or any other serious policy violations. Uh for device confiscation, we will first uh do an unauthorized use will result in the device being taken to by school administration. Public confiscated devices are returned only to the parent or legal guardian. Will not be returned back to
024the student. Um severe violations we'd be looking at our code of conduct to see how what level of consequence cuz it could be a grade of four or a reportable offense depending on what the student actually was involved with. And then liability, students are personally and solely responsible uh for the security of their wireless communication devices. And you know, we those of us in education, I don't know how many times we have heard they stole my device, I can't find my device, the teacher took my device, and now my device is broken. And they want to uh hold us liable for that. And the board of education will have a statement, which we did on our wireless communication plan, that we are not responsible for the theft, loss, or damage of devices. We've had a
025cell phone policy for the whole 15 years I've been in Botetourt. It's never been enforced. Teachers don't want to play police duty. You know, you know, it's it's just been the last How does this change? How How is this different than the policy that we already have? It's more extensive. It's what? More extensive. More extensive? Yes. Extensive. And we did not have a law to back us up and a lot of teachers were actually skeptical about enforcing um the rules and being responsible for the devices. They always thought that they were responsible for the devices. And often times as administrators, they felt like, well, they're going to side with the parent and then I become the bad guy. Well, this policy allows us to adequately support our teachers, our administrators, and um furthermore, there are
026a lot of students that are in favor of this policy as well so that we can get back to the business of teaching and learning. My recommendation being taking the cell phone instead of the principal since the principal will be in the same time zone as the teacher for one assistant. So, they feel the support. You know, it's not a facility to say, "It didn't happen on my watch. Go to the principal." That's what we That's what I agree. Or get them to the office if And also, if you didn't have a secure place for it then And one of the complaints I would hear from students is, "Well, my teacher's on the phone. Well, how she's supposed to be teaching me?" So, I mean, the law doesn't address teachers. It just address address the
027students, but it And you Yes. address. What's what's in it? The address in the new policy The address in the new That's checked. We'll have the parameters for the teachers. They're not That teachers are there just making sure that they're not using their devices for the purposes of the students. Working with our principals on setting those parameters and leadership. And don't rush through my question would be, so it says that we have to have this internet safety policy by January 2026. What are we What are we starting in August this school year? What are What What are we starting in Montgomery County schools? In August, we're going to be working with our principals on setting those parameters, making sure they're familiar with the policy and the law. And then from there, we're going to make
028sure that they understand the consequences that they they must implement cuz it is it is the law. We are starting >> So, there will be accountability there in terms of if you're not enforcing it, then there are consequences that we're charged with making sure that our principals follow with the implementation from House Bill 189. They'll be able to do something with that. So, you're going to start enforcing it in August? Yes. So, Yes. That's what That was kind of my question. Even though it says that this is from our legislators that it had to be by January 1st, but we are doing it Yeah. That's the deadline for the internet safety policy. It's at the start of the 2025-2026 school Okay. So, it is Okay. That was That's what I needed. Then then my next
029question is, how are we going to convey this to our parents? Simple. Prior to school starting, they will receive a letter home letting them know about House Bill 189, outlining the consequences. And I will also have Ms. Lithicum to design our no cell phone or cell phone free classroom signs to put on our classroom doors as well as the front doors of our schools because we are indeed a place of business as well. We've seen banks and doctors' offices have to do the same thing. So, we will be following some of their protocol for this type of thing as well. But we will and we do a call home to parents and text messages cuz you have to have three modes of communication. A lot of our families A lot of the problems that that
030we found out through the years is the address for the cell phone that the parent gives administration at the beginning of the year they no longer have two months in there. So, then they say, "Well, I never received Mhm. Nobody told me." So, So, we try to three modes of communication and then make sure the kids take it home. Okay. First day of school. Good. Just overly communicate Right. the message to them. Good. I like it. Okay. So, I have a I have a question. And I'm going to need an elementary person to help me because there is something that the teachers and teachers' assistants take pictures throughout the day to kids working on their activities and then post it to something that's not Facebook. It's something like that, like but I feel like there's
031a lot of that going on and I don't want that to end because I think parents enjoy seeing what their child's doing during the day. So is there something that they can attach to their phone or something that says on official work business or something? They're not They're not scrolling. They're actually taking pictures and documenting growth and learning. So Am I Am I saying that right? So the the districts that have already adopted cell phone policies, they met with their administrative teams and they talked about putting those parameters on ClassDojo like to maybe should the teachers know that they're okay with that. To upload that and they can do that from their laptops. They can upload those pictures to their account on their laptops. It's just a lot of extra work. I mean, if you're
032a kindergarten teacher, you don't have time to maybe put it in a you know, like I don't know. I just Something that would just say, "Hey, I'm actually doing official work here." Is that what it is? The Dojo? Is that what they're allowed to do in there? online Class Dojo I don't want to be I passed that stuff. So we will make sure we discuss I don't want to add the additional work to the to the teachers. I may be mistaken, but I believe all the schools have a specific person right now that you are you are in contact with so it's that person's job, not every teacher's job to upload stuff. In kindergarten, the teacher or the assistant is taking pictures Yeah, they they take the pictures to upload on ClassDojo, but I have
033a marketing and media representative for each school that they're the ones that send the pictures to me. Like I'm not in any of the ClassDojos. It's like Facebook It's one thing to hold your phone up like this to take a picture. It's another thing to be on the Facebook Yeah, no, they take the picture and then they send it to the Dojo. So there will be a few typing. But but not a lot. Not scrolling. scrolling I think they should be able to take that. All right, is there any more discussion? I like that school. I think so. I believe now we're going to run a new model number six to our schools. I'm trying to think about that. I appreciate the update for the update. Okay, um recently in the news, um meaning you
034are already aware that our fed some of our federal funding have been temporarily uh withheld and those um funding sources are Title I, Title II, Title IV and uh Title IV Part B. We do still have our Title I um 050 for our gifted and talented uh students still at play, but Title I Part C is for our migrant children. Part A is supporting effective um instructions and that could be additional personnel that we have in place to help support interventions and reaching our standards. Title III Part A, English language acquisition, that would be our support for our English language learners. That could also be teaching positions at play. And then Title uh IV Part A for student support and academic enrichment, that could be our tutoring support, any type of wrap-around um supports from
035student services um would be impacted by Title IV Part A. And then Title IV Part B, uh we currently do not have a 21st learning site with any of our digital learning days. And these are the amounts uh that North Carolina normally would have had in terms of their awards from the previous school year. Uh the Sandhills region also provided an update to just let districts know how much money exactly they would uh probably lose as a result of uh temporary withdrawal of the grants if they are withdrawn, but right now they're just withheld. They're just stalled for the moment. So due to delays in state awards and planning allotments, um we have been impacted. So we will we had some carryover funds that we can go ahead and use for the 2024-2025 school year,
036but um if we were to lose this federal funding going forward, it would be about $285,000. Then additionally, um some more, it's not up here, but I wanted to share some updates uh with you that we got this week is that uh good news is that our strong connections grant uh was recommended to the state board for funding. Should we receive those funds, it was $132,942 to support instructional supplies for guidance counselors, basic school supplies for students, healthy snacks for students, our food backpack program, items for our school food pantries and items for the school clothing closets. Um this is a positive grant and um we want to make sure that recognition goes out to Mr. Almond and Ellen Jones who assisted in writing the strong connections grant. Um starting spring 2025, any students who
037don't pass the end-of-grade uh test will be able to retest during the school year. We believe that this is a win for us. Um previously uh we our many of our districts across the state uh saw a surge in scores after retesting in our highest need districts. So for our district, this is a win um for us to be able to retest during the school year and not just in the summer. They will hopefully remain getting that testing during the summer as well as they have two opportunities to actually retest. Previously, it was counted um only in our achievement and our growth. And another win for us is that it will now count towards achievement and growth for our school district. So we're very happy about that. So they will be retesting in the spring
038and and possibly in the summer. Well, they will be retesting in the summer during the school year, but if you're a high school Right. Then for our 100 plan update, um just to let you know what's going on in terms of me being named as new superintendent and how we're coming together, uh that the summer conference for teachers is actually happening. It's a lot of professional development and the teachers actually volunteered to participate in this opportunity. It's headed under the leadership of Dr. Delores Perkins from July 15th to July 17th. So we're having a first professional development mini conference for our teachers. Uh strategic planning and team building workshop, our strategic planning sessions will start um with our district leadership team on July 21st and 22nd. This will be instrumental in us laying the groundwork
039um in the future direction of the district. Currently in North Carolina, we use a platform called NC Star for strategic planning or school level planning as well as district improvement planning. And we do have outside help that's coming to assist with that from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to be sure that we are well aligned with what the needs are for the district and that we have a concerted effort towards our school achievement. Uh also, uh convocation is on August 4th. We hope that you will all be there to help us. Um our theme is going to be boots on the ground because that's exactly what we're going to be doing there. We're all in for kids. We're working towards um excellence, opportunity, and healing. And so we would love to see the all
040of our staff members, leaders, board members, any community folks that would like to come out to join us. We need some boots and cowboy boots. We need some cowboy boots. Cowboy boots. Uh but Dr. Katie is supposed to get us a variety of boots to demonstrate that we are boots on the ground. We plan to be in our buildings and supporting our kids and supporting our teachers because central office should always be in service. And where is that at? It's going to be at the high school. Okay. Uh leadership institute for principals and central office will take place on July 28th through the 31st. On the 28th, we'll be wrapping up the thoughts um from our strategic planning session and then we're going to take that information on the road to get input from our
041community members because we do have several community listening sessions. We have the back to back to school bash on the 28th that I forgot to mention. Looking forward to that. It'll be my first time at the back to school bash for Montgomery County, so I'm excited. Might need to bring individual little fans. But then we're going to take the strategic planning piece on the road where we're going to have our community listening sessions. They will have an opportunity to see what district leaders have been working on and what they think about the path forward for the district. We want to gain their input about what they think. We want them to add to that information. And so we've identified the following sites and areas for our community conversations. They will be at school sites. But
042we are going to be at Mount Gilead. I think we talked about being at West Middle School for the Mount Gilead community meeting. For Candor and Star. I believe we said we're going to be Manstone and Candor. Okay. And then for Troy we will be at Central. Are there any other places that you all would recommend that you would like for us to engage regarding these areas? And and we're going to how we're going to get this information? Maddie is Maddie's going to submit the dates out on social media, text messaging. We're going to have some flyers and working with Mr. The Candor's going to be in East Bend, is that correct? Yes, sir. And what about the state Candor and Biscoe? Okay. So that's what we need to do, baby. We need to add
043Biscoe. Maybe Biscoe should have their own. They they need their own. We just need them to add it. They'll they'll be That way that everybody sees that they're represented. They need to add that. And I do have some additional information to share with the public. Board members need to be advised that we received a public information request from the Montgomery Herald. In response we will be providing our Friday updates ensuring that any sensitive personnel information will be appropriately redacted prior to the And then also there's been some discussion about some of the work that we have going on here at the central office. And so we would like for the public to be informed that during a recent incident with maintenance there was a disturbance. Asbestos containing floor tiles in the superintendent's office prior to
044superintendent coming on board because they were just trying to issue that everything was in proper order because they were trying to welcome the superintendent. And so the work was stopped immediately. No one was at risk. There was no safety risk. And that we're currently going through the abatement process and the flooring in that area will be replaced with some inexpensive vinyl flooring that Mr. Woodard has identified. And so it should be low maintenance, water resistant flooring and the option just offers some more modern looking appearance in that area. But again they were just trying to do a good thing for the incoming superintendent and we're very appreciative of that. Is there anything you want to discuss? So at this time if there's anything else before we make that motion, is there anything else that board
045members would like to have discussed at upcoming meetings? We can go ahead and make a note of that so that our central office staff can be aware of that and be prepared for our next meeting. So is there any any concerns or anything that I know some I had mentioned to me about the town of Troy possibly closing Bird Street with the hospital construction and I didn't know if that's something we would like our team here to look into and report on that at our August meeting so we'll know. Just it may not affect our buses at all, but I just think we need to think about it. It's putting more traffic on Bird Street is going to be involved. So we need I feel like we need to hear about that in August. I
046I don't know if we will, but I've been told that So we just need to think about it. Maybe a map. We need a map. Bruton Street runs right But I know which one Bruton is. I've got it. But which one are they talking about? The one that's the one The one between the old brick building and the existing hospital. Oh, that one. Yeah, that one. Cuz they're actually going to demolish the old brick building, build the new hospital there, and then they're going to demolish the old section and make it into a green space. And then that section of the road will be closed. The initial renderings, I'm sorry to overstep here, but I don't mean to, but the initial renderings are still showing the emergency entrance on Bruton Street. So they're they're saying
047that the street that runs beside the school should not be impacted. Should not be the key words. But they're they're not going to close We can't hardly see it. Which what That's what Which street that runs up Hospital Hill? Which street That runs that T-bones into Bruton. Yeah. That they're not going to close that. No, not Wood Street. It's the one It's the one between the existing brick building and the hospital. That little section they're talking about closing. So we we just need to check and see what the impact will be. I I had heard that the Great Bond in Montgomery would close. That's that's what they're Bruton is a state off street and DOT's It's not official yet. We just want to be informed, right? Make sure the safety of our kids and our
048parents. If there's nothing else then I do need a motion to go into closed session. So moved. I got Mr. Woodard second. Second. Mr. Daugher you're all in favor Mr. Daugher Now that we're back in open session I do need a motion to approve our consent agenda. Mr. Daugher second. Second. Mr. Taylor All in favor. Aye. And the motion carried. Mr. Daugher show that I abstained. Thank you. Dr. Woodard abstained. And motion carried. And so now I need a motion to adjourn. Mr. Daugher Second, Mr. Taylor. All in favor. Aye. Thank you. Thank you.