001it's going to be good one to day buddy called with me in the order um we string p our chaplain extraordinary this my prayer pledge our Holy Father we thank you for the opportunity to today we are thankful for your continued blessings on our school system heavly father we pray for our superintendent and his staff as they continue to administrate our school system and our Holy Father we also pray for our teachers and the staff that work with our children every day as we prepare them for adulthood we also pray for our First Responders both abroad and at home as they protect us we pray for these things in thy name amen I pledge algi to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic which it stands one nation under God
002indivisible for liberty and justice for M Mr Hatchet do you have to think for the board I do not okay Mr Parson Miss uh M day M day no sir M string fell no sir okay um approval of minutes from previous meeting so move all right all in favor say I I opposing motion carried noun no sir all right uh assist requests no sir recognition and recognition oh okay rep some recognition yes sir okay we have several recognitions today first I'd like to call forward Miss Sher McDade and Nicole Bolton and David D from Barton Academy right there y okay so not one but two teachers from Barton Academy for advanced world studies have been recognized among the nation's top Math and Science teachers by the White House and the National Science Foundation the recipients
003of the presidential award for excellence in Mathematics and Science teaching are Nicole Bolton and David Dy Miss Bolton teaches computer science and stem she was awarded a bearinger fellow at monello and is an alumnist of the George Washington teacher Institute and the the Colonial Williamsburg teacher Institute she also received the Pathfinders Institute scholarship for coding and Robotics she's an alumnist of the teacher Space Academy and recently served as a teacher Mentor at teacher Space Academy she is Barton Academy's 2025 teacher of the year and she also sponsors the very successful robotics program at Barton Mr oh you want to give her a round of applause and Mr Dy who teaches a accelerated math and geometry is a national board certified teacher he's a board member of the National Council of teachers of mathematics and a
004University of Alabama Master teacher fellow in the A+ program he was the mcpss high school teacher of the year and the Alabama secondary teacher of the year in 2020 and among his many ma accolades he also sponsors the highq and the um also very successful scholar SCH program so congratulations Mr Dy they will be honored at the White House and will receive $10,000 as part of this award congratulations good morning good morning it's always exciting to be a board and Explorer um I know them two personally and uh because I live in the neighborhood and I tend to see them all the time you can walk in the board any time of the day and you're going to see students and teach actively engag in the process of Education um Mr uh D he's one
005of those uh guys that teaches his class run around in a spacep and then in turn go out and direct traffic at the end of the school day uh Miss uh Miss Bolton is one of those teachers when you walk in she uses every space in bordon as a classroom every space in bordon as a classroom the hallways uh her kids are doing stem and they do projects out on the floor in the middle of while kids are changing classes but it's all good because again we're in the process of teaching and learning and that's exactly what we do at Bardon it is with great recognition that this uh that we present to the two of you a certificate of recognition and it is awarded to the two of you Nikki Nicole and David from
006from Bon Academy this presidential award for excellence in Mathematics and Science teaching again congratulations on behalf of our superintendent and the board of school Commissioners here at Mobile County Public School we're glad that you're a part of District 4 thank you that's it we'd also like to acknowledge their principal Dr Amanda Jones [Applause] we congratulations and Miss McDade you have another one Mary Travis can you come up so Mary Travis who teaches fifth grade math and science at Gillard Elementary received the prestigious milkin educator award which Al is also known as the Oscars of teaching the award inspires Educators to celebrate Elevate and activate the K12 teaching profession Alabama school superintendent Dr Eric Mackey and the milk and Family Foundation surprise Miss Travis with the award and a check for $25,000 during a schoolwide assembly
007Miss Travis who serves as a School's mascot was wearing a gilly the gator costume as her name was called and they said that was the first time that's ever happened which made it extra special so miss Travis infuses technology in her classroom and she encourages students to create interactive visuals to learn complex Concepts she was the only Alabama teacher to receive the award this year and she is the seventh mcpss teacher to receive a milkin which is quite outstanding congratulations Miss [Applause] Travis it's a great again it's a great day to be a gator uh you we had TV we had TV news programs at gilard on that particular morning and when they were presenting their award everyone was looking around trying to figure out who it was all of a sudden a gator walked
008up um Miss Travis uh has the energy that is second to none I've never seen anyone as energetic that promotes her school promotes her kids and this was uh recognized when she was giving the award that the kids wanted to come out the teachers the staff that mean that that she gives 100% every day that she's in that building I know because um Miss Lucy is you know she's a die hard and and she gives 100% but I think Miss Travis you're right up there with her so congratulations on receiving that award it was great having you your energy the the love that was shown towards you that particular day it's again Second To None thank you so very much for being a part of Mobile County Public Schools especially District 4 and we would
009also like to recognize her principal Miss Lucy who's going to take another picture and then come up here with us congratulations and now we'd like to call forward Mr Johnny Hatcher and Kimberly Jones from Nang GRE Davis so for the second year in a row an mcpss counselor has been recognized as Alabama school counselor of the Year Kimberly Jones of nangra Davis Elementary School was recognized in Montgomery she will represent the state at the American school counselor association's Conference next summer where she will be eligible for a national recognition for her work Jones a former teacher takes a data-driven approach to working with students who need social or emotional support and individual coaching in addition she manages the school's care closet which supplies uniforms and shoes to students from under served communities she also manages
010her school's food sharing program with feeding the Gulf Coast she's an asset to her school as her principal Mr agnu who's here will attest and also the counseling supervisor Dr Monica Motley is here so [Applause] congratulations congratulations Miss Jones I've heard nothing but great things about you from your principal Mr Agnon and I are personal friends and he Rants and Raves about you quite often since this has happened that's all I've heard and I want to thank you for everything you do you are a credit to that school I mean if I had more people like you I would be so blessed in my district and I mean that from bottom of my heart you guys are very special you you know teachers don't make what they should make it's a passion and I really
011appreciate that because of y'all we have safer communities honestly we have better Workforce we just have an allaround better community and it starts with you guys thank you so much for all you do [Applause] congratulations next we'd like to call forward Mr Lonnie Parsons and Lauren Henson from the MGM feeder pattern so Lauren Henson is a district social worker for the MGM feeder pattern she was selected as the Alabama School social worker of the Year according to her supervisor Miss Henson is a fierce advocate for students fames School staff and the community quote Lauren is very passionate about not just removing but obliterating barriers for students and families Miss Henson helped organize a community Forum this past fall to address and discuss the Fentanyl and other substance abuse problems as well as mental health issues
012that our students are facing she also helped organize the royal closet a program that provides gwn PS suits shoes and makeup to so that students can attend prom um her principal one of her principles because she works in the feeder patter Mr Diaz is here as well as our lead social worker Denise reamer and our head of student Support Services Terrence Mixon so congratulations to [Applause] you again I just want to thank you uh Mr Diaz thank you for what you do for our fedal PR I met with many of the teachers there uh principes there recently sorry my voice is about half gone but uh just thank you for what you do there and uh we appreciate you and just uh keep up the good work thank [Applause] you so it really is spectacular
013to have the Alabama's head counselor and head social worker or top in the entire State as well as these other national award winners all right thank you I'm sure our Educators have schools to get back to so you're welcome to leave but thank you so much for everything you do every day Mr superintendent given the fact that we have um so many issues in our school system now and we here we're here today to recognize a social worker who is the state of Representative it might be something that we need to take a look in our budget as to see if whether we can increase the number of social workers because they do really good work for us and uh I don't know what will come about about that but this is a moment to
014talk about that I I'll let you know when Denise rer leaves the building no absolutely not no just all right let's go to action items right yes sir uh action item G1 2025 budget amendment one uh it is our annual proposed districtwide budget for fiscal year 2025 I ask the board to approve action item G1 to 2025 budget Mr President yes we've already vetted those issues items and action items I make a motion that we approve action items 1 through 29 we get a second second Mr chairman uh due to my lack of being here during the workshop session I would like to abstain U because I haven't had time to look over all this to be quite honest I apologize okay and for the um okay all in paper side all right MO all
015right action item G30 uh through g34 uh it's personnel which would be listed under separate cover I ask that you approve action item G30 through G40 what the pleasure board Mr President I move for approval of action items G30 through G40 second second all in favor say I I I what was it abstain G30 through G40 all right if there are no questions uh we move to the consent uh H1 is an agreement between us and brain pop for Austin Elementary it is to provide a one-year software license for brain pop uh that's coming out of Title One funds for $4,500 that's consent agenda item H1 what's the pleas of the board Mr President yes I ask that this board approve uh consent agenda items 1 through 8 get a second there second all in
016favor to say I iOS motion car all right consent agenda H9 is out of County travel and h10 is various bids that we will pull because there's no items there so that concludes the consent agenda are there any questions all right we move to our flow through items um we have as you know these are special um these are private school uh items uh that's why they're in the flow through items we are the conduit of the federal funds and as we went over and discussed at our work session we have one through 15 um listed under seate cover as I flow through items 1 through 15 you want me to go through Mr Mr President Mr I move for approval flow through items one through nine sir get a second okay what's wrong Mr
017President yes sir Mr President we need to uh come back and revisit uh consent agenda item um number nine out count travel we didn't vote on I don't believe we voted on that okay consent agenda item H9 out of County travel move for approval SEC second second all in favor say I Iain motion all right and we will pull various bids which is h10 and we will move to flow through items which was vetted at our work session um flow through items 1 through 15 what your pleas board Mr President I move for approval U flow through items 1 through 15 sir a second second all in favor say I I iOS motion car all right um on to exposion uh which are listed under separate cover and we have 1 through 13 what's the
018pleas of the board Mr President yes I move for approval uh student expulsions one through 13 but I would like to bring to the superintendent's uh attention number eight which I asked to be pulled the other we didn't pull that one sir that one wasn't pulled it was not no sir no I asked for three it was three and eight three and eight but I look back at three and there is a special ed issue okay so but number eight is one that would like for you and Mr Mixon to uh look over because I think more serious uh things need to be looked at for that but that being said uh I move for approval uh student expulsions one one through uh 13 absent number eight which I has to be put pull Sor
019okay good a second I second good second yes chair was second all in favor so vot I I motion all right our information items K1 are our monthly F financials and K2 are our purchase orders over 5,000 that's it yes sir all right attorney C appr Mr President we have uh six employment matters before the board today subject of my emails of 131 25 212 and three of them 221 oh have uh the board yes yes with uh president board I make motion second second all in favor iOS sched of meetings Mr Hat okay Mr Mr Hatchet no sir I do not thank you okay Mr pa okay no sir M Mr no sir motion journ so move all