001e e e good evening and welcome to the morville Board of Education meeting on March 18th 2025 um I would like to start off with a moment of silence thank you uh as a matter of uh business and to let everybody know Miss Bender is unavailable this evening for personal reasons uh this will not affect the business of the board but wanted to let those that are here know why there was a empty seat so we'll proceed on um normally what I do um at this at this time is I uh give a quote this month is um in honor of women's history and um we all know a lot of famous women uh that we studied probably in school or that we've learned over the years of our life but there are a lot
002of unsung heroins out there that we may not know so much about um one such um young lady or lady uh Rosalyn Franklin was a molecular biologist in the 50s and she compiled data which formed the basis of the final helical model which I believe is the Hal linkx for the DNA and her student was the uh first to take a photograph with an x-ray apparatus of the DNA um that we are all um have in common unfortunately during her time frame which was a male dominated uh time period um she was patronized uh by two male contemporaries uh who used her unpublished findings uh to assist in their research and ultimate Nobel Prize prizes um for um the uh DNA uh she was unfettered by this and continued to do research with RNA and
003with the polio uh vaccine another um young lady was a Haiti Lamar or hatti Lamar and she was a Hollywood actress but she was also a very ingenious inventor and during World War II she co-developed the frequency hopping technology that laid the foundation for modern Wireless Communications such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and her com contributions for the same reasons um were not discovered for decades because of um social biases and that sort of thing in the um in the 40s but I'd also like to recognize some other unsung heroins and those would be the mothers that are in our lives whether by womb or by hand uh they have done so much for us and that would include our Educators who are often unsung but have made significant um and invaluable benefits to our children
004and ourselves as we as we grew up in the school system and then I'm going to change subjects a little bit and talk about an experience I had yesterday I had uh the I guess the honor but also the unfortunate honor to attend a funeral of one of the former graduates of morisville high school and over the years I've actually had an opportunity to attend a number of of these um events and you can help but notice the outpouring and love and support that classmates um that attend these functions have for uh the family members of those that have passed and also for the individual that's passed uh I witnessed myself at least 40 some classmates in a class size of about 140 uh students for this uh this fell that passed uh too too
005far too soon but the the the the really the special thing is that you see a commonality in these in these services and it's about Hope and Faith but it's also about family it's also about brothers and sisters was constantly being referred to as a brother and as my he's been a part of my family since I was five or since I was 10 and you hear those those stories they reverberate all the time whenever you go to one of these functions and if somebody wants to know what makes mors Grade School District a special place one need only to attend a funeral a local funeral of a graduate a wedding a shower or any sort of situation in which that person is found to be in need and you will see those classmates and
006that love of family in action and I can't tell you how deeply moved I was yesterday at the kind words of in fact Jay Clark who's not only a morsal graduate but also an educator in our system gave uh just a wonderful um eulogy uh for his for his friend and uh and brother and uh it was just it was perfect absolutely perfect so I will leave on that I think I've probably talk too long and I apologize um at this time we need to have the Pledge of Allegiance yes sir good evening um our student of the month was unable to be here this evening so our artist of the month is going to pitch H for us and also lead the Pledge of Allegiance so like to ask Sloan CAW from Rocky Elementary
007to come up to the front at this time all right alce to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy Justice for thank you thank you you'll be back up all right um approval of the agenda I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda so move I have a motion do I have a second second I have a motion in a second to approve the agenda all those in favor I I all those oppos motion carries approval of the minutes of the February 11th 2025 meeting and the February 18th 2025 meeting I'll uh entertain a motion to approve so moved second I have a motion in a second to approve the minutes of February 11th and February 18th all those
008in favor I all those opposed motion carries Dr Gardner student of the month sir right good evening um as I mentioned before our student of the month had another obligation so she's not going to be here but we are going to be at Rocky River Elementary on Thursday so we're going to stop by her class and make sure that we make that special and recognize her at this at at that time so we're going to start with our artist of the month tonight we have the honor of recognizing Sloan kensaw who you just met student at Rocky River Elementary as our artist of the month Sloan was nominated by Miss Nelson her music teacher and Miss San her art teacher so I'm gonna let her to come up front and we're going to share a
009little bit about what they had to share about her all right first from Miss Nelson Sloan's passion for music shines through in everything that she does she's a dedicated learn who encourages others to participate alongside her she applies her knowledge creatively when composing and creating her own music with a love for drumming and a strong sense of Rhythm and amusement ship Sloan brings energy and skill to every musical activity and then for miss sasman her art teacher Sloan is a sweet and conscientious student she always works hard to do her best work she's personable and gets along well with other students and is a big help whenever one of her classmates or I need help she's both witty and kind at the same time and is a true pleasure to teach please join me and
010congratulating Sloan is our March artist of the month all right guys guys each month we also have the honor of recognizing a district employee that goes above and beyond in demonstrating the core values of our district this month we recognize Tommy Clark District Maintenance employee Mr Clark was nominated by the Rocky River administrative team and I'll share a little bit about what they had to share about him once he comes up let's give him a round of applause first off the Rocky River administrative team shared that Tommy brings purpose kindness and a solution oriented mindset to everything he does making a tremendous impact on the Rocky River Community he keeps the school safe and clean and that's a top priority for him and we are so grateful for his dedication whether it's addressing a leaky
011water bottle refill station or unexpected issues like a rock in the toilet which happens in elementary school every once in a while right or stepping outside out of his normal duties to hang an AED or replaced a burnout showcase light Tommy consistently goes above and beyond his thus ensures every task is completed with the highest standard and his friendly demeanor brings Joy wherever he goes we're lucky to have Tommy as part of the morsell graded team his hard work and positive spirit make a big difference every day and then Mr Neil our director of Maintenance also had a few words to share Mr Neil Echoes that sentiment sharing that Tommy is consistently demonstrating exceptional dedication professionalism and an unwavering willingness to go above and beyond his commitment to assisting others is truly commendable he's always
012ready to lend a hand no matter how the complexity or the scope of the task at hand whether it's regular work hours after hours on the weekends Tommy consistently offers support without hesitation Beyond this selflessness Tommy is also proactive and enthusiastic with his contributions he often leads the charge by volunteering for new projects showcasing his eagerness to learn and Tackle New Challenges his professionalism is evident in everything he does from the meticulous attention to detail to his respectful and courteous interactions with his colleagues and staff a true expert in the field Tommy possesses a wealth of knowledge and skill that he generously shares with others he he is a respected mentor and guide always ready to offer support and insight to his colleagues in conclusion Tommy Clark is an extraordinary individual whose dedication Prof professionalism
013and willingness to assist others makes him invaluable to mgsd please join me in congratulating Mr Clark as our March ABCD Award winner love and beond [Applause] all right next we have our Spotlight on people and we are going to start with Selma Burke Middle School girls basketball undefeated conference Champion so I'll ask them to come up front at this [Applause] time yeah it is it is always hard to recognize um an athletic team because sports are always happening so I know there's a track meet today and I'm sure that some of the your fellow teammates are are at that meet so the selberg Middle School lady Bears varsity basketball team are legends in the making this season like last they remained undefeated winning the Tri County Athletic Conference trophy but it isn't just their winning
014streak that makes them stand out every practice every game they show what it means to be a true team working together lifting each other up and never backing down in their JV season last year being brand new being a brand new school and they were the only JB team full of sixth graders all sixth graders they were underdogs and surprised everyone with their skill and work ethic they made a name for themselves and for the school going undefeated 16-0 and winning the trophy this year they were champions from the start on the season the girls scored 617 points and defense ly only allowed an average of 24 points a game the fan base was amazing as well as they brought the noise level up in the gym for every game the last game of the
015season was no different with the trophy on the line the team didn't just win they literally took what was theirs and won it all I heard that last game was a real exciting game wasn't it the girls were challenged to comp to compete and play with pride and they answered the call the gym erupted in cheers and the lady bears were not just Champions but undefeated champions for two seasons in a row 31 and0 with most of this team being seventh graders and we have three moving up to the high school next year it's going to be another fun season of basketball at Selma Burg Middle School let's please join me in congratulating the Selma Burg varsity girls basketball team undefeated conference and tournament champions all [Applause] congratulations good job guys congratulations well done good
016job [Applause] ladies all right for our next Spotlight we have two High School 4A Wrestling champions at this time i' like to call Jace barrier and Austin Green up front let's give them a round of applause the moresville high school wrestling program had an unforgettable season highlighted by the dominance of Jace barer and Austin Green who both claimed Regional and state championships for their respective weight class so first off we'll start with Jace 120 pound champion he put together a near perfect season shating Relentless work ethic and Technical Mastery on the mat he steamrolled through the competition at the regional tournament securing his championship and earning the top seed at States at the 4A state championship barrier continued his dominance to clinch the 120 pound title his tournament run included a technical fall victory in
017the quarterfinals reinforcing his status as one of the top wrestlers in the state barrier season was defined by Precision endurance and control as he consistently outscored opponents and dictated the pace of every match his ability to adapt to different wrestling Styles made him nearly Unstoppable next we have Austin Green 138 pound champion this Championship was a testament to grit strength and perseverance as a leader on the team green dominated throughout the regular season and continued that momentum into the postseason he captured the Regional Championship and entered the state tournament determined to claim gold in a thrilling championship match at the state finals green secured the 138 pound title his road to Victory included a tough semi-final win where he showcased both strategic wrestling and physical endurance green success this season was built on his aggressive
018style and Relentless attack his ability to push the pace and wear down his opponents played a crucial role in the championship win with barrier and green leading the way the morville high school wrestling team established itself as one of the strongest programs in the state their individual titles brought not only Pride to the school but inspired young wrestlers who also want to strive for excellence their dedication discipline and drive have continued the standard for morisville wrestling and believe both Champions are returning next season so we're looking forward to what next season we have for high school wrestling as well let's give them a round of [Applause] applause andone and if you've not been to a wrestling match coach have a couple chairs over and I hope you guys realiz that while indidual [Applause] atin [Applause]
019watch out doat congratulations guys like the hair too no Mr you watch out now all right our final Spotlight tonight last but not least we're going to recognize our national board certified teachers tonight we are going to proudly recognize and congratulate nine Educators who either attained or renewed their national board certification in 2024 as part of the certification process candidates build a portfolio that includes student work samples assignments video samples and a thorough analysis of classroom teaching this is a year-long process that requires a significant investment of time and energy by each participant I'm sure all those here would attest to that certification by the national board is considered to be the highest credential in the teaching profession so at this time when I'll call your name if you're here if you could come up
020and receive a certificate we'll start with Aaron Anders give her a round of applause Caitlyn Cary [Applause] on top oful Amy Harris Stephanie Roseman [Applause] Amy [Applause] Ward so all of these individuals were renewals so even when you get the certification they make you do more work after several years right go through the process again and get renewed then we also have two um new certifications that we'll recognize tonight we'll start with Mr Robert Fano [Applause] and Miss Mary Royal let's give them all one big round of applause thanks good job good job congratulations well done doctor before you um switch to Highlights uh I believe just a moment ago I saw another Spotlight on someone and that would be morseville Town commissioner Eddie carer is in the back of the room I'd like to
021recognize [Applause] him highlights all right next up we have our school highlights and we will have Rocky River Elementary presenting so I'll call their administrative team up at this time we want to good morning I mean afternoon I'm still in European time um good morning good evening members of the board Dr Gardner it's a pleasure to be here tonight and highlight the great Rocky River Elementary School at Rocky River Elementary School we have committed ourselves this year to continuous Improvement by learning working and communing as one by leveraging this commitment we have increased our volunteers and professional development opportunities this school year Rocky River has a strong historical um Legacy of a lot of volunteers is something that Rocky River is known for but because of covid the doors had to be shut in the
022last two years we have really thrown them back open and invited the community back in last year we had 100% of our Rocky River families participate in some event or activity at our school this year we wanted to not just have the families come in we wanted to work alongside them so we set a goal to increase our volunteers by 20% from last year and we are very proud to say that we have blown that goal right out the water this um slide says that we have 199 volunteers that is not correct anymore we have much more than that Miss nhart has led this goal for us this year in our school Improvement team and so she is here to share with you about how we have been successful in this goal do okay no
023no so while we're working on that just so you know the goal said up here that we were at currently 199 well before spring break we we went to 210 so um we're very excited that we will probably even though 200 has been our new number that we're reaching to uh the next time we meet with our school Improvement team um my little team will probably try to go to 250 because we just keep on reaching for more because there's there's no roof there so this little book right here if it opens great if not we will just make it work but I think Book Creator is going to do it for us yeah very good so this kind of gives you an overview of our culture of relationships goal as you can see here
024on the left how it coincides with our with our district goal but to the right on the right page you'll see our two scoreboards um kind of helps us track our lead and lag goal so here at the top you can see we try to strive to have lots of opportunities for different times of the day for different days of the week um for working with children or without children because some people just aren't as comfortable and then the bottom just gives us an overview of how we're doing with our overall goal so our next page just magically happens but we need to go back a little happy there uh this is our little spreadsheet of how we keep up with who's been in the building so those are 210 individuals not 210 people that
025just keep coming back made up of five people these are actually 210 people that have come in at least once um and supported our Racers so different ways that they have come in just to kind of give you um an overview so we've had some decorators we've had um parents grandparents uncles coming in on Fridays kind of a a mail day to come in and welcome students during morning arrival uh being a mystery reader and you're going to hear from one of our teachers at the end just what that means to her but lots of mystery readers this year we've had volunteers prepping materials for activities and then so many have joined us on trips off campus this year and many more to come even on Friday we have another chance on Friday um so
026here you can see this is our spreadsheet I keep up with who they are who are they're connected to with the with the student um what they were here for and then we give them a thank you note to just show our thanks um and so even if they come back five times we try to do that but we keep track of at least um them coming once on the right you'll see just some of our images so we had for our manners luncheon that we do annually we had some Moms come in and to decorate which was really fun this year um the welcome back Ries we've had dads grandpas and uncles again that's that male figure that we've tried to come in on Fridays the first Friday of the month we jam out
027and they welcome um parent kids to come to school and get excited and then we've had so many mystery readers there at the bottom there's one of a beekeeper a grandma came in and she was in her full outfit and she read a story and Miss Harryman one of the teachers is actually going to speak a little bit in regards to that we go to the next page thank you and what we'll do next is um we'll hear it firsthand but um our goal was to increase by 20% and so far we're at 300% so um I'm very excited about this goal we've done a great job as a staff of thinking of ways to include our um our stakeholders and I have three videos if they will up just short clips on what it
028means to our stakeholders the first one is one of the dads that comes um he's actually been to every welcome back Friday um and he just talked about how it made him feel excited to greet the kids to kind of give them that morning boost um I know Mr broy you've been there so we appreciate that it's just fun to get kids excited about coming into school um they see the same faces up in the doors every every morning so it's fun to have something new we have um our a set of children who uh tell why Miss nef who comes every Monday to work with um words reading letters and sounds and putting those together to make some smaller words um kind of like flash type flash card type stuff and so the kids
029are popping up and they're saying what that means to her um for each one of them before her coming in and then the last one I have um is Miss Harryman she's a first grade teacher and she talks about the mystery reader if you just click on them they should play Perfect well I volunteer uh as part of the Finally Friday uh dad's group um and so it's really nice to to brighten the kids Fridays uh at the end of the week and it's just great to see them uh go in give them high fives uh and send them off to the weekend uh it's just really great to see this is why we love Miss NE she helps me to make me laugh she she helps me with my rers I orang she's nice
030to me she helped me at the Davidson basketball game iel cuz she's my mom um what has a mystery reader meant to our classroom it has been a wonderful homeschool connection being able to give parents and grandparents the opportunity to come in and share what they their personality and share what they like and bring it in and combine it with the curriculum and adds an extension to it gets the kids excited and honestly gets me really excited about it too so I'd like to thank all of our mystery readers and I'm gonna keep going with it so it was really important to us at Rocky River to think about our past and grow into that past it was also important to us this year to look into our future and blaz some new roads for
031us to drive our Racers down so through with the help of the full School St St at the last required work day last year and then our school Improvement team this year we created a goal that our staff would increase in their self-efficacy and their belief that they have the knowledge and the tools to meet the needs of the unique um Learners at Rocky River we simply wanted to to aim for their belief because the first thing in our ability to do something is the belief that we can do it these guys right here believe they can win the state championship that's how it was manifested and so that's what we did at Rocky River this year to do that cck um we have had many professional developments in our every staff meeting this school
032year except for December which was canceled to inclement weather which was surprising to everybody um so what we have done is we've looked at staff feedback we have take taken walkthrough data on Mosaic observation data educator handbook data student acad mic data we review this in our instructional leadership team meetings on Monday um and then we identify the areas that Rocky River needs to continue to grow into after that the instructional leadership team identifies the staff that already has this skill set and we asked them to lead a professional development on that it's staff-led professional developments for the staff every month these last 15 to 20 minutes here are some examples for you our Behavior technician which is a new position at Rocky River this year and we give a lot of great um gratitude
033for worked with our speech therapists to lead sessions on gastal language acquisition which are students or or children who use scripts to communicate um we had Miss nhart and our school counselor lead sessions on the impact of of childhood trauma and brain development and they receive that Knowledge from a district provided professional development to them was Cheryl Fuller we had a preschool teacher assistant lead two sessions now on the four pillars of health and we've had teachers lead professional developments on leveraging youly Phonics data engagement strategies across the board and math tools my personal favorite has been the self-guided classroom tours and seeing the immediate applications of Staff after they have these visits and we're going to invite you to have those walk through Tours on Thursday we um do have a short video for
034you here I don't see I don't see it though there it is okay so right there in the black picture that that is what the teachers fill out when they do their individual classroom tours and we'll provide that for you members of the board and Dr Gardner on Thursday um there's some pictures from the brain development and Trauma um that's a great engaging activity that encourage all staff in morisville to do and then we have um Miss cubert there and our Behavior technician leading another session using Quaver tool which our is our seal Core Curriculum and how to use that for interventions within the classroom we have members of our staff providing one word for how this is impacted them this year if you'll click on miss Patricia kenn's face our PDS have been inclusive
035applicable proud outstanding very diverse helpful Innovative change of perspective beneficial outstanding eye openening convenient relatable we get to learn from each other supportive informative adding a little Dazzle and Sparkle to to our youly time excellent together we are stronger and senorita Isa really summarized that for us this year we are as one together we are stronger with our volunteers and our community and also by leveraging the knowledge that we already have to grow our neighbor and our colleague so thank you for this opportunity and we look forward to seeing you on Thursday any questions in regards to the volunteers I know all of the schools would love to have more Volunteers in their buildings what did you do this year that was different to elicit this kind of response um well I'll just say we
036came up with lots of suggestions and put advertisements for the teachers because it's really you know it's the teachers that need to reach out and welcome you know so ideas such as a video of Ty shoes so that you don't have to do it 40 times um having the mystery reader you know once a month once a week and and then they see that from their colleagues and say oh well I can do that too I can give 10 minutes I can give 15 minutes um and then just talking about it um and then I think just with our community they see each other coming in and then our pit crew which is our PTA they do a great job too of of showcasing opportuni so just thinking of the what we used to do
037and then coming up with more creative ways to get people involved um and saying hey I don't need to do that myself maybe I can bring in someone like the manners luncheon for example we did that as a staff but hey we can have two tables for our parents to decorate and they absolutely had a ball so just thinking outside the box of of ways that we can bring in our community whether it's uncles grandparents um you know parents themselves it sounds like people are more responsive if you tell them what they're going to be doing that there's something specific just come absolutely I think anybody would would like to know with the purpose um but yes so we've just given lots of a variety I I think with the um the dads on Friday
038I think when all the dads pull up and they see other dads out there that was a great selling point so they would go parking then they would come join so you know I think you know when you Le by exampling as they see you know what's going on they're they're more inclusive to getting involved so great job thank you thank you thank you [Applause] okie dokie our next uh regularly scheduled meeting will be April the 8th at um same place this time around and same time so six o'clock staff reports yes sir we will start with Dr Royal who will share an update on maximizing opportunity and achievement good evening Mr Whitfield Dr Gardner members of the board tonight I bring you some updates from the priority area of maximizing opportunity and achievement um
039as I normally do I'll start with some athletic updates first our JV boys basketball team from morville middle school won the conference tournament last month beating North Rowan Middle School in the championship game The Varsity Boys Basketball team from moresville high school Advanced to the second round in the state playoffs after winning a home playoff game in the first round was their first home playoff game in over 20 years morville High School athletic Hall of Fame inducted the class of 2025 back on March 1st special thank you to everyone who assisted to make that night special for all of our inductees and their families uh specifically Dr Marsh Kathy black members of the athletic boosters and the administration at morville High School uh morisville high school has started a boys volleyball club team um through
040throughout the uh years when we get enough interest for an athletic Endeavor uh in this case here boys volleyball is on the rise uh We've added girls uh flag football over the last two years and we had enough interest to start a boys volleyball club team um they help to grow that program um if that interest continues they have had a couple matches and that'll continue for right now um it's playing uh actually in March and April are their home games and and away games so we'll see how that goes but we're excited to offer another opportunity to our student athletes spring Sports as Dr mentioned those are well underway at both our middle schools and at the high school level um and lastly from Athletics March is National athletic training appreciation month uh here
041in morisville we're blessed to have multiple folks um who help keep our student athletes healthy and safe uh during practices and contests um we're blessed to have Miss Hannah Pierce who's a certified athletic trainer uh one of the best in the business um along with her team at the high school of Heather burles and tanon kopka um at the middle school level we have our First Responders Lor Denzel Shauna Gman Julian muan kin Barons they all assist our middle schools again so we're very blessed and moal to have uh folks who work in our buildings and get to know our kids uh on a day-to-day basis and then also uh work very well with our uh coaches and our athletic directors uh some school updates uh we were just notified yesterday that our Middle School
042dance teacher Miss Carly Thompson has won the Excellence and dance education award uh from Belmont Abby they had over 30 teachers nominated with over 1500 votes Miss Thompson had the most votes and the award comes with a $1,000 grant that she will be able to split between morille middle school and selon Burke Middle School to help the dance program morville High School took 13 students to the 2025 skillsusa Northwest region conference and career showcase at wils Community College earlier this year um our skills USA chapter brought home seven medals including customer service first place David srao prepared speech first place muu Marin gandam uh drone pilot second place Tobin shank and Cody Webster additive manufacturing third place camon SLE and Amber Nordin and Architectural drafting fourth place Tyler deala so congratulations to those students and
043teachers just a reminder to all of our families that kindergarten registration for the 25 26 school year is still ongoing uh began on February 3rd parents can find more information on the district website or reaching out uh to any of our elementary schools the the first Lego League team from Salma Burke Middle School competed in the state competition on Sunday March 2nd in greensbor if you remember that was supposed to take place earlier in the year um and then uh we had some inclement weather that pushed that competition to March 2nd out of the state 57 teams competed in the state championship for first Lego League although the seahorses from Selma Brook will not be advancing to Texas for the national competition they were awarded the motivation award out of all the schools there so
044again congratulations to the seahorses from Selma Burke special shout out to all the adults that helped specifically Connie Kramer she does a lot for us um and the teachers and staff and parents involved in LEGO League morisville High School's class of 2025 uh we are in the fourth quarter now our students our seniors picked up their caps and gowns on March 6th so the uh special events and and celebrations that come along with being a senior have started uh a lot of excitement around the senior class as they gear up for that graduation on May 21th North speaking of morisville high school the course registration process for Rising high school students started before spring break as our current 8th through 11th graders made their course requests for the upcoming school year and again as we
045start finalizing those things so we can start building our master schedule and looking ahead uh to next year mgsd had a team of K8 teachers attend the Southwest literacy Summit today in Charlotte and two of our South Stars uh miss jurer and miss deur represented the district well by being selected to present and lastly morville high school has their act boot camp that's happening the next three days to prepare our Juniors for the upcoming act which will take place on March 25th as long as uh the technology Kinks have been worked out from the state level U but again miss Graham and her staff have put on tremendous amount of work into uh preparing for the ACT boot camp they saw uh some really good gains from that last year with our students and kept
046that in the Strategic plan or their uh School Improvement plan this year uh to help our our Juniors also shout out to our maintenance staff um Mr Neil's probably gone I know they were helping set up today uh in preparation for the ACT boot camp so at this time that concludes my report for maximizing opportunity and achievement are there any questions thank you thank you thank you thank you sir um next up we have Dr Smith will be representing safe happy and healthy thank you Dr Gardner Mr Whitfield members of the board so I am presenting tonight on behalf of Dr Albert and I she is recruiting um so uh I do want to share a little bit of information about our school Nutrition department they recently experienced an annual review from North Carolina Department
047of Public Instruction the annual review evaluates whether the school nutrition program is operating in compliance with federal and state policy and regulations the areas for review are statutorily prescribed and include all areas of program operations including our local wellness policy I'm very pleased to say that Miss burfield and her staff have done an amazing job um and there were no findings from the the AR that we had an official letter will be forthcoming but congrats to our school Nutrition department for uh running such a tight ship and doing such a great job I also would like to personally thank uh the Board of Education again for your recent approvals um for the purchase of new large screen displays for all of our classrooms over the break we were able to finish all third through 12th
048grade classrooms with new view Sonic displays and also uh get and finish all the K2 classrooms with new Promethean displays this does include all Specialists and enhancements everything except the gems um so I do want to make a huge shout out to two members of the technology department Tony uh Harold and Jennifer starns um for spearheading these projects so all classrooms now have new displays and I'm sure the principes are very happy about that so I am also very excited to announce tonight that we have been awarded another safe schools Grant from the state of North Carolina um in a total amount of $294,500 of that $165,000 will be used for equipment uh $90,000 will be for students in crisis and $39,500 will be for training uh to increase school safety so we're very uh
049happy that we have received uh that Grant again this year and this is also in addition to $109,999 that we've already received from the state in that same category for school resource officers so a couple things here from Dr Albert um wanted to share that southern Family Medicine um will be hosting an informative session of the dangers of vaping um it will be held on April 10th uh at 5:30 at Selma Burke so if you know anybody interested or you've got friends and family that need to know about vaping especially with what's in Vapes today uh it would be a great opportunity for some of our parents also our EC department will be hosting um our annual resource and transition Fair on April 1st at morsell Middle School from 3:30 to 6 we have several
050new venders joining us to provide resources and information for families of children with disabilities we will also have staff on hand to answer questions um for families as they transition their children from one school to the next and we'll have information on local universities who have programs for students with disabilities and that concludes our Dr Albert and my report for safe happy and healthy Dr Smith is there an opportunity for The Vaping um presentation to be live streamed uh we can certainly look into that absolutely thank you Miss p and I think um families need to know that you don't have to have a child who's receiving EC services to attend those offer a lot of services that that most families could benefit from absolutely thank you B all right um Dr Smith is going
051to be pitch hitting as well for recruit growth entertain as Miss is um doing the first part of that recruiting yep she she's with Dr Albert so yall get me twice tonight sorry um so um from Miss we are in the midst of recruiting season and so far we have visited eight colleges and universities this spring including North Carolina &t UNCC Charlotte appstate and ECU Miss and Dr Albert are currently uh on their way or just got to Pittsburgh uh for a fair up there we're also excited to host our first morille teacher hiring event we are inviting top education students who we have met at job fairs to learn more about morsel graded on April 3rd and 4th participants will be able to visit schools meet with PR principles and potentially leave with a
052job offer so that's something new that the our HR department is is working on and Miss Buell she's still yeah she's she's taking care of that for us as well um we are thankful for all the talented teachers here and the professional staff in mgsd and congratulate those who uh renewed their national boards and were the firsttime recipients tonight as well and our beginning teacher celebration will be hel held on April 10th and we are looking forward to celebrating with them uh at a dropin event and I'm sure if you need more details on that Miss Buel be happy to share those with you and that's all from Miss at this time thank you thank you sir and next up we have Miss mlan with culture of relationships good evening chairman Whitfield Dr Gardner and
053members of the board so the week before spring break was a busy one we held our final teacher advisory committee meeting and parent advisory committee meeting um for this school year um we had some really good topics we had solicited topics from the committee members um in both pack and Tac we discussed cell phone usage and some of the um ideas around potential new policy coming down from the state around cell phone usage in schools in Tac we also um discussed Advanced teaching roles and then in parent advisory we discussed the role of fundraising in our schools what is working and what they would like to see improved um for Pac we actually received more topics than we had time to get into so we are going to put any of those topics into a
054document to share back out with them um also uh that we go into spring break we had our sha meeting and that um was a really good opportunity we had Miss Genevie Glazier with bwell ell there to speak and she talked to the group about opportunities they can provide for small groups and um classes in our schools um they're already working in ISS district and so that's something they want to bring to moresville graded um we're excited about growing this partnership with bell ordale in addition our team is um planning our happy healthy day for first but more information will follow about that um today I had the Good Fortune to attend the bridge of Hearts open house for their um fiveyear birthday um Bridge of Hearts has been a partner of our district since
0552019 and when it was founded and while it is completely volunteer-led its philan philanthropy in our schools um has grown tremendously um when I first met with Linda Morris a a retired educator in 2019 the idea was to bring cupcak and a book or stuffed animal in for those kids who might not have the resources to have a classroom party you know a lot of our parents bring in and have a classroom party and now it's grown into um games and clothes and for the upper um grade kids in high school they get gift cards and it was really neat to see their stores where they pull this from and and make these bags and they work so with our school counselors who do a great job of finding those students who might need some
056of this um these items um and then they the school counselors work with the parents to get lists of what these kids you know are looking for so that was a that was a fun event today um and we are thankful for that this Saturday um from noon to 4 is morisville day um that will take place all along Main Street um we will have a table there with some kindergarten registration information and employment information as well as our moresville high school Blue Devil will be taking part in a dance off at 1:30 p.m. and I want to give a huge shout out um thank you to Selma Burke Middle School's Mr Beaman for agreeing to take part in that dance off because nobody wanted to see me trying to do it um I also
057want to give a shout out um this afternoon Dr uh Rogers reached out to see if um Miss Angie the school cafeteria manager at Parkview could put on the Patriot suit and come help me hand out information so I look forward to spending the afternoon um with her um um if you're downtown on Saturday please stop by check out Mr Beam and dancing in the Blue Devil um and Miss uh Angie in her costume and then finally today we shared Communications about the love United ell campaign um that's happening now and in addition as part of this event there's a really fun um afternoon and evening at the Motorplex here in morisville the driven to make a difference fundraiser event is the culminating event for the United ways love um United IR so if anybody
058wants more information it's been posted to social media and sent out in parents Square any questions when did you say the happy healthy day is it's going to be May 1 and I'll have more information we're combining it with um our last steam event which isn't going to be so much steam this event is going to be history walks of downtown Morrisville so but it'll start at Liberty Park the walk will and so any other questions thank you thank you thank you Doctor all right next up is my report so good evening board members it is hard to believe we are in that final quarter quarter of the Academic Year um our schools are going to be hard at work over the next two months as they strive to finish the year strong and ensure
059that every student is prepared for the end of year testing I can't say enough how proud We Are of all the work of our students and staff members that they've put into making this year a successful year and then while the end of the year typically brings a focus on state and federal mandated assessments I want to take this time to encourage the parents and the community at large to utilize the multitude of opportunities over the next two months in our schools to see our students various talents on display we're going to have several opportunities to see our students in in action in athletics drama chorus dance robotics art shows CTE competitions talent shows band performances just to name a few and while we know that test scores have value and they certainly are important
060there's so much more that our district has to offer to help our students grow Thrive and succeed in life thank you and that concludes my comments for tonight thank you sir as a reminder we have our uh monthly visit to Rocky River Elementary School Thursday morning 9:30 so we expect everybody to be there brigh eyed and bushy tailed um we have the state superintendent Community Forum uh at Winkler Middle School in Concord on the 26th of March so um I think we had to give notification to attend that um if somebody still wants to I'm sure we can arrange that as well there's an online opportunity that i s in an email too if you can okay and then we have a true schoras Board of athletic events U starting tomorrow through the end of
061the month that uh please feel free to attend and um support our mgsd family um as I said earlier at the beginning of the meeting it truly you see the the representation of that family in real time uh in events like uh yesterday and uh it's it's powerful and moving so please uh be duly uh noted uh about these events and try to attend what you can uh that concludes my event notification public comments I understand there are none no nobody signed up uh items for approval Dr Gardner thank you sir um we have Mr oral Dr Wade and Miss Conley um who are bringing back our summer testing plan that they presented last month um for approval tonight good evening Mr Whitfield Dr Garner members of the board last month we presented our summer
062testing plan for review and each year we are required to get board approval for for our plan so tonight we are here formally requesting approval for our summer testing plan yes sir any questions that the board has um prior to voting on that lose that we have a uh request uh to approve the summer testing program uh and uh I guess we've had a month to uh to review that uh is there any further discussion not I'll entertain a motion I move that we approve the summer testing program as presented do I have a second second I have a motion in a second to approve the summer testing program as presented all those in favor votee with the usual signs I all those oppos like sign motion carries thank you guys thank you sir and
063I I do want to acknowledge there is a lot of work that goes into those last 10 days um our our initial testing happens last 10 days of the school year and then we have to take all that data turn it around get in contact with parents our administrators in the room um spend some long evenings during that time trying to put all the pieces together to make that work so I want to make sure I recognize them for all the work they do to make that happen Okay well that now uh we come to the time in the board meeting that uh we need to go into close session under GS 143-30570 issues I will entertain a motion to go into Clos session so moved I have a motion do I have a second
064second have a motion and a second all those in favor vote with the usual signs I I all those opposed like sign motion carries e e e I'll entertain a motion to uh approve the person the personel list as person this is a r group The M I got do I have a second to approve Personnel all those in favor I all those opposed so early motion carries no further business I'll entertain a motion to adjourn [Laughter] I have a second second uh all those in favor this might be a w