001Middle School yeah that's it Middle School all these Middle School people here that's what the problem is good afternoon good afternoon welcome to H City school board meeting today February 27th good afternoon uh Mr Fraser we could do a roll call President Matthews here Mr Davidson here Mrs Baker here Dr Copus here Mr sprag here awesome well first up we have our school update from Wilson Middle School we are excited to have them here and they'll present to us of all the wonderful things that are happening at Wilson Middle School thank you for being here might be on like this and I'm gonna want a karaoke okay thank you very much for this opportunity president Matthews vice president Davidson board member Mr sprag Miss Baker Dr Copus miss bevens Mr Wright Mr Frasier I appreciate
002the opportunity with our wonderful team here to provide you with a quick snapshot of Wilson Middle School I know you heard a lot of laughter over here and yes it's that way when you walk our Halls too um tonight you're going to see a lot of embedded sports quotes some of you may know me some of you may not uh but I kind of have not I kind of I'm just keep keep it real I've uh lived My Life by um a lot of sports mottos and tried to apply that in and all that I do as far as mindset and camaraderie so I want to speak to some of those um this evening I talked to you last year about uh the Wilson Way and how we strive for excellence each and every day
003um it's very important that you know that it's always something that you're striving to do better it's not a matter of you hit something excellent and and that's where you are the sky is the limit I know there's going to be a lot of cliches tonight that I throw out or other people but when I say these things we wholeheartedly as a team and as a building believe in that what is the Wilson Way and hopefully my clicker works is it just a little delayed that's what it was from last year right what is the Wilson Way what was really cool at the uh state of the schools the other day um Mr H Brook spoke to something that I wholeheartedly believe in as my platform and you 100% win with people and the building
004there is not a single role in that building that you're not winning with um with everybody um the strength of the team is the strength of each individual is the team but the team is you know surrounded by what we do each and every day and you know it's just embedded in what we do at Wilson and that's the Wilson Way so I know I brought a lot lot of folks tonight but it's important that we recognize some folks and I wanted to take the opportunity to publicly say thank you to them um to introduce you to to you all and to TV Hamilton out that that's going to watch us because they make us click and there's a lot of times in a building where people get accolades or a recognition um and there's
005some people that sometimes don't and I want to take the time this evening to make sure that I recognize some of my teammates and and all the hard work that you do to strive for excellence each and every day so if I could have uh Miss holand Miss Dayton and Miss Marr stand up for me please I'd like you guys to to meet our office team you want to know about the culture of the building walk through the front door meet the people first lines of defense that are there first line of defense on the phone and you're going to immediately know what the culture of the building looks like sounds like guys you don't get a second chance of a first impression and think about that of of all the phone calls with people
006that are coming through and a lot of times they're Fielding those angry phone calls before they even get to us and their deescalation skills and their face their smiling face the quality customer service that you get from these three ladies is absolutely tremendous they are the heart of our building I could not do my job efficiently at all I asked them I told them for next year I'm going to be calling them to keep my mind straight um foer you got a big task ahead they're amazing people they're amazing people they're they're great additions to the Wilson team but they're even better people so I want to publicly thank them for all the hard work and effort that you do each and every day with all the craziness that comes through there you get to
007see and hear it all um and thank you for putting up with my craziness as well so I'd like to give a big public thank you to these three all right our crew that that I brought another group that I would like to publicly recognize is our educational assistance guys this is almost an impossible job at times if you come and and walk in the weeds walk in the shoes with what these guys do each and every day you would be blown away just like I am and I think it's extremely important to make sure that we publicly say thank you uh to our educational assistants that guys it's tough I mean there's times where they're physically putting themselves uh In Harm's Way to keep students safe um the love that they show our students
008is amazing and just like the three ladies here this educational assistant team there's times where if you know especially in the middle school where things are popping off and and we're pulled aund different direction ctions right and all of a sudden be like who's got lunch who's got lunch coverage I'll go down there and people are recognizing because they have walkies and they understand what's going on and can hear everybody's pulled and I'll go down there and it's covered and I didn't have to ask they just know what to do and when to do it and you turn around and things are covered sometimes lunch DT when we're short I'll turn around and lunch DT will be covered yesterday we had an incident in the hallway and and our educational assistants stepped up and the
009next thing I know I've got Miss Marsh down the hallway when I'm looking during class change and she's like an airline St is you know pointing people in the right direction it takes it takes a building and to publicly say thank you for your dedication it it doesn't go unnoticed and so I wanted to make sure that we took the time tonight here at the board uh to recognize you so I've got two slides here for our folks can miss Crosby stand Miss Gomez stand and Miss griffy stand have you even see the number of years that they have there behind now don't go talk to miss craby afterwards she's got some Secrets at the Big Blue House that we go way back for she's been in this maybe on them too I have a
010few yeah yeah yeah talk later I got you yep I got you but 32 years Miss Gomez four years and we were blessed to have Miss griffy join our team this year um we do have a mix of roles that they play um some will help support in our science and our social studies classes uh some support in our our units sometimes they're all all over the place doing something else so I want to publicly um thank you three um for coming in this evening so that we can recognize [Applause] you can I please have Miss McKenzie Miss Sanchez Mr sparrow and Miss valerious stand again tremendous roles that they play each and every day in there you've got Miss McKenzie with 18 years a lot of experience probably a lot of stories as well
011don't you yeah and and Mr Sparrow no telling stories about when I was uh teaching over at Main Campus either but we we go way back um we're blessed to have Miss Sanchez come over uh this year from Bridgeport to help assist with one of our students and Miss valerus as well so the board please take the time this evening to say thank you um to our wonderful educational [Applause] assistants as you can see by our short our shirts we are one team one dream so I'm going to turn it over to Mr beloo to uh discuss how that uh trickles down with our students thank you so as Miss wiso talked about our staff is at the the center of everything we do so whether it's student outcome student experience our staff is vital
012to shaping that role for every kid that walks through our door so teaming in our building has been around for 20 plus years but but it has looked different the academic structure teaming was there but we wanted to push that a little further so we challenged our PBIS committee to go out and come up with six different historical figures that are Knights and come up with a team name uh three seventh grade teams and three eighth grade teams and then we actually did a competition uh for our students to enter some artwork uh to come up with a drawing and this is actually one of the winners here this is from Sophia Metzler uh she's on team Bruno which is one of our eighth grade teams absolutely phenomenal um and like I said the the
013teaming aspect has been something that we really wanted to expand upon in our building and we've done that a number of different ways uh one of those ways is through team competitions so we wanted to provide every student with a sense of belonging uh and that could be competitions that are uh you know geared more towards Arts or Athletics or some that are just fun I know Dr Copus and Mr Davidson you guys had an opportunity uh to see some team competitions in the building a few weeks ago uh they can be a little wild they can be a little hectic at times but they they sure are a lot of fun uh and through these competitions you know we work on recognizing students so you can see different Awards and different uh forms of
014recognition that go outside of classrooms or personal achievements whatever it may be uh but every Friday in our building if you're ever bored advisory we kick off the day with competition Fridays uh you are all more than welcome to stop by and check out some competition time So within our teaming structure students have an opportunity based on grades attendance and behavior to fall into a different category one of three categories so earn points and be recognized based on uh having good grades good attendance and positive behavior and the way that we do this the way that we track it the way that we reward it is through our PBIS system and I'm going to have Mr honen talk a little bit about PBIS and kind of how we celebrate students and the benefits that we've
015seen from PBIS in our building okay so uh as you can see we do have several different ways that we celebrate our students uh I'm going to kind of jump out of order a little bit uh the pep rallies is where we have the culmination of the quarter points uh system where we have our three seventh grade teams and three eighth grade teams really kind of compete to see who is going to be the grand winner uh for the quarter uh and we do have a night helmet weighs like 20 pounds um that we do uh award to the winning team as a trophy and it is definitely a badge of honor students won it uh and they've worked toward it and it is very exciting to watch them uh in these pep rallies if
016I go to the first one the student of the month uh each month our teams nominate both a male and a female student where we uh bring them down to the office give them a nice certificate as well as a gift card to Canes which always is a good thing for them um but it is it goes a long way with our families um we also put a magnet on their locker uh so that the students in the hallways can recognize oh this Locker M of mine that's next to me I might not know his name but I know he's a student of the month I probably want to get to know him he's a good example uh so it's really really cool to see the kids' reactions when the teachers tell them hey just
017want to let you know we see what you're doing you don't ever get in trouble you are seen so it's just another way to recognize and honor our students uh the same thing with the nights of acknowledgement uh students that are caught doing things maybe above the Wilson Way where they're caught doing things good uh we do recognize them so they get a little raffle ticket um every week uh we do a drawing on Fridays where we draw five or six names out of a bucket for each team at lunch uh and they can choose from the cart that you see in this picture here uh they they do like the the hot fries that's that's the hot one this year um one of the last ones you see is the PBIS rally uh sorry
018the dance uh we have had uh two Danos so far uh and they are wild but the kids love it uh we we've moved it toward the last uh period of the day uh so that we could get more of a participation we weren't sure how that was going to go at first because last year we did it after school we had more than double the amount of students that attended um to just have a good time with their friends where it is monitored and structured where we have different activity set up in different parts of our school so we are doing a lot of really fun things at Wilson but it's not just fun the data is going to speak for itself so when we instituted this new teaming system uh this year you
019will see that the numbers just plummeted when it comes to discipline referrals going from our referrals they went down almost 10% from last school year to this school year our bck or in school suspension numbers went down 29% and out of school suspension numbers same thing they've gone down drastically expulsions less than half of what we had last year as far as placing students on expulsion so it's not just fun we are doing it for a reason and the data it speaks for itself so we do believe that the PBIS system is here for a reason and it is proving to be extremely effective at Wilson another thing that's extremely effective and positive is our National Junior Honor Society and I'm going to turn it over to one of the best teachers in the district
020Gabby tag gamon [Laughter] hi I'm Gabby tante I've been at Wilson for six years now and I've been the National Junior Honors Society adviser for all six of those years um as you can see our Knights are involved in the community in various ways uh we're super grateful for the opportunity to be able to bring them out of the classroom and into the community as much as possible as you can see in this picture this was this past winter uh we always visit the fit and family why and give back to our adopted School Partners the kids go and they design whatever winter theme they'd like to paint on their windows and the fit and Y leaves it up um for the remainder of the winter time um another thing that we do with National
021Junior Honor Society is our annual angel tree fundraiser so the entire fall our students fundraise through various um we do bake sales we do um concession stands at every home game um and their favorite is the Halloween dance I know Mr hun and just talked about that and we take all of that money that is fundraised and we get to go shop for families um at Wilson so this year we were able to shop for 15 families which um consisted of 41 children across the district and our students get to go and they get to shop and then they get to come back in the afternoon and they get to wrap all of those presents and then the families come and pick those up the last week before winter break and it's a smooth transition
022and the families are super happy that we've provided them with this and you can see as well nights are everywhere in the community experiencing new things giving back we were able to collect supplies for the hurricane in North Carolina um our Orchestra students were able to experience the pops Orchestra in Cincinnati they're out meeting College athletes but we really just see a huge impact with our kids as we're teaching them um ways to give back to those in their Community I'm going to hand it over to Brandon Taylor and Melissa gel right hi I'm Brandon Taylor I've been at Wilson for 26 years so I've been around a while I want to talk about this for about the past 10 years every fall we participate in something called The Patriot pin essay contest and it's
023put on by the BFW of America and local winners so Butler County if you win our district you go to the state and then you go to Nationals and um you have a chance to win different amounts of money at each level uh this year we were fortunate and we really swept through the a contest um up here in the right corner that's Mabel she was first place winner she won $500 um and then uh Juliana Hendershot it got second place she won $450 um and I think we had and I'm not sure they didn't tell me but I believe one of our sixth graders one of elementary schools got third place I'm not sure who it was but I'm pretty sure we swept Butler County which is Fairfield Edgewood Ross whatever we dominated the
024Patriot pin sa contest which is what I'm excited to talk about and how the history department is helping our Ela writing initiative is we win sa contest that's that's what we do and um I couldn't be more proud of the girls um um and the success that they've had so um that's all I've got um meliss uh Melissa grael is next with the adopta school adopter class see if I got it um hi I'm Melissa grael and our eth grade US History classes this year were selected to Pilot the adopt a classroom and we were partnered up with three local businesses uh ketering Health Miami University and Arby's and they send a team in once a month and they work with our kids on skills like the application and interview process um building a resume
025um my kids have been exposed to job opportunities that they never knew existed um ketering my partner in my classroom and my kids now know about departments in the hospital that they didn't know were there um they bring in Hands-On activities uh if you see in the picture we had a life-size Operation board um they suited up for Infectious Disease Control they have looked at x-rays they've learned about vitals it's been so cool last week they even had the cath lab come in and they got to see a heart catheter and the process of inserting a stint into a heart uh some of them are a little overwhelmed um we are looking forward to maybe even incorporating some field trips in the future and hopefully this program sticks around and even expands so that more
026of our kids can have the opportunity thank you I had the pleasure of having both cing and Arby's in my class and the ladies be I did that that's that was a bonus I wasn't even going to say anything about that me and Mr Sparrow had him last week um but my catering ladies came in and they they they showed a different side of the hospital it wasn't nurses and doctors it was accountants and bookkeeping and running their cafeteria and jobs outside of the you consider medical field in the hospital but again job that are you know they didn't know that there were more than doctors and nurses in the hospital they didn't know who kept the lights on and but and the ladies from kering and gentleman from cering did that in a good
027way and then we had the ladies from Arby's which was great we had different general manager they were managers they weren't but you know each of them had like over 20 years experience and um they were really really good with the kids and the kids really enjoyed the Arby's women I really hope that they stay a part of it they were very engaging they talk about St Melissa talked about first imp handshake what's the right way to shake somebody's hand they we spent a whole 40 minutes on that writing resumes right um getting out and getting yourself out there and and pro and um you know what's the word they did a good job you know being being proactive for yourself um but I I'm I'm with Melissa up this sticks around Melissa I were
028around when it used to be what did it used to be adop a school you know that way back when and this is just the the newer version of it and I think it was successful this year I really do and the women from Arby's always brought me food which is always sometimes you got to eat beef and Cheddars and jalapeno poppers at 9:30 in the morning that's that's all I'm saying sometimes got [Music] sorry guys [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] good try [Applause] [Music] he [Music] chicken suit stayed out of that I had to wear a chicken suit when I was on crutches and play dodgeball I had officer h in front of me with the shield but I still did catch one even on crutches we do have pictures of that Hamilton City
029school board members uh Wilson Knights that are here teammates Wilson knight uh team that aren't here I just want to thank you all um again publicly and let you know that we're all in but we appreciate the support and the effort of you guys being all in uh for the district it's much appreciated so I hope you learned a little bit about Wilson Middle School this evening and we appreciate the opportunity to speak to you awesome well thank you so much for being here one of the things that kept on going through my mind when I was uh listening to your presentation was it says people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care and I appreciate you guys for setting that tone as a leadership and it's been contagious
030throughout your building and that the kids are responding to it because the fact that that tone was set and it's it's showing in the decrease in the discipline and things like that and then just the excitement that the kids have and kids need to be in school so therefore if disciplines down they're not suspended they're not expelled they're in the building they're learning and they're able to be around this energy the niceness and all that and all those things cuz that that that contributes to the learning experience and the experience that kids have with school you know they either going to hate it or love it but um when you can have kids want to come and want to be there that's exciting and again thank you guys for being here thank you for taking
031the time to recognize your your staff and your team that help you win so I appreciate that so much and again y'all keep rocking it out and I'm going to have to come on to one of those uh pet rallies and and wear my swag thank you for always bringing us a nice swag I appreciate it yes yeah thank you for the gift got to give me some I really enjoyed the uh the visit to your building thanks thank you for hosting us and taking us around and what I observed when I was over there your teachers were having fun in their building having fun teaching the students and the students were having fun and we were there on a Friday morning so we got to see some of the comp competitions it was just
032a a great atmosphere over there because you have a unique building you have seventh and eighth graders they're not the big kids yet but they're not the little kids and you're helping them grow up and and and it's amazing the you know giving back to the community uh raising money to go out and buy gifts for fellow students who are in need and I just think that's awesome what you're doing over there keep up the good work over there thank you you Jesse and your team um again thank you for what you do for our kids um I really have to God bless you that you deal with the middle school kids I'm not sure if I'd have the patience for it but thank goodness there are people that love that uh that teaching experience
033and thank you keep up the good [Music] work I was just going to say to work with middle school kids I hate to say it but you got to be a little crazy right and know I worked in the Middle School environment for many years so I totally understand that I I really liked the engagement that you all have with each other and with the students this is and by having the students engaged and having fun and doing all these cool things I look at your 10% reduction and going to the office and your almost 50% reduction in expulsions it's because kids like being there kids are engaged with what they're doing they recognition you're doing you know a lot of people say oh we do that recognition stuff in elementary school you got to
034do students crave that recognition and sometimes we put way too much attention on the students that you see most often in the principal's office and it's those kids those 90% of the kids who do the work day in and day out those deserve it you are the first people that have come in and talked about the office people and the I'm not looking at you Sheila the the educa Sheila was my educational a not my personal one but at our although she is old enough to do that yeah I think back in no no don't leave her back there that she's trouble anyway but but um thank you guys for all you do because you're absolutely right either the office staff can build barriers or can build Bridges and if you have them building bridges
035that takes makes your life a lot easier and it's it's unsung heroes like you guys they have to put up with why are we having school why aren't we having school today why you know uh all those things that you are the first ones that they contact when there's problems and the educational AIDS behind the scenes you're you're filling in those gaps that we have as a district so thank you very much for being part of that guys it's great so great job everybody great great presentation thank you uh principal Weis brro I I want to begin by making a comment that's a little off topic I I first want to say congratulations on your appointment and your new position that you'll have next year um and I just want to share with you that
036in my opinion and I think this is shared by others you will be as important as anyone in this District so your job is going to be incredibly important to the success of this District so I wish you all this success in the world in your new position because as you succeed so will we so I be ready that's going to be tough but U principal Weis bro assistant principal Ohan and assistant principal blue I the thought that comes to my mind right now is how much I respect the fact that you are giving credit to the people that deserve it you are recognizing your staff for their contribution to the success in your school that's wonderful most of well not most of the time but occasionally people will want to take all the credit
037for themselves and that's that's not you guys and I really really respect that and and and how you recognize your front office staff and how you recognize other people in your school particularly the educational assistance and as Mr spra mentioned the educational AIDS you know those are jobs that most people can't do um I couldn't so a lot of respect for what you do and what you've accomplished um Mr Taylor your your um Patriot pen contest if I'm referring to that correctly I think that is absolutely great in my opinion sometimes this country has too short of a memory as to what people have done um and you know a lot of our young people have no clue they've never even been exposed to it so please continue that and your success obviously is is
038wonderful uh that would be neat to to see that continue um and Mr Ohan when you were talking about all of the positive events that you guys put on for your students and how that has has affected uh student conduct and your PBIS results just great things that you're doing so principal R wise bro thank you so much for your success there and I just wish you continued success in the future thank you oh and by the way just one last thing obviously my shirt got mixed up again I requested a tall and slim I got a short and thick one so but anyway thank you for the gift well uh Dr Copus I appreciate you recognizing you know and congratulating Miss Wise brro in her promotion I was scared to walk in Wilson um
039for a few days after that and I know um that you know it's a Bittersweet experience for them and I know that what's amazing about what goes on at Wilson is it's not one person it's everyone and you see that and you feel that in this room and they really are bigger than just the work that they do but if there wasn't a better it's like you almost planned it like this but this speaks to what we need in our district the words that I wrote down and that's what I want the feeling that this staff just exude when they're talking to each other and supporting our kids and having fun we need that across this district and across this town and so culture strength of the team recognition of all they are correct and
040that this is the first board presentation to recognize those unsung heroes that needs to be a standard piece throughout this District on a day-to-day basis because there are jobs all over this this town you have to have a heart for this work and you have to know that what you're doing matters so to each of you thank you to Jesse to Tyler to Scott for recognizing that and helping to support this staff it is uncomparable um across this district and the feeling that you get you know Brandon stopped me the other day and said this is the best building with the best team each and every day um and I think the energy pride and customer service you are going to kill it and help to grow the feeling that we feel in this team
041today across this District so I couldn't be more excited I know I promise she's still going to come visit I'm not taking her away uh but she is going to help create that feeling and that Warmness that she has helped with you across our district so I Just Want to Thank You Jesse and to the Wilson team you know I'm a middle school person I'm one of those crazy people through and through and it is hard work but I think it is the best work so thank you for what you're doing you're helping our young kids become adults and that's a big big deal so thank you so much for this evening thank [Applause] you the next um presentation that we have tonight and I will tell you the the essay winners that are those
042are hot off the press uh we just got their names uh I believe as they were finishing click on the slides we just found out that those students won so we will find a way to continue to recognize them as well but what I love is we have uh a guest speaker here this evening that is a Hamilton High student Miss Ashlin bevens if you want to make it up here no relation I'd love to take credit for her because she's way more articulate and intelligent than I am but Ashlin is a talented high school student who won uh an essay contest of her own she submitted uh an essay to the black history uh Gala contest and was chosen out of all of the area here in the city of Hamilton from students competing
043from benen all of our elementaries middle schools high school Etc and she was chosen and so I invited ashin tonight to read her essay to us and to be recognized this is my essay the unlikely empowerment of delivering male when we think of when we think of World War II and the vast array of its contributors we often we often picture the glory battles in ined on the battlefield we seld him here about this 6, 880th Battalion which cons consisted all black women determined to serve their country despite the discrimination and hostility imposed upon them morale was a greatly overlooked but powerful weapon especially for soldiers who hadn't heard or seen their families in months or even years receiving meil from family or loved one was a key factor in maintaining good morale it reminded
044them of who and what they were fighting for the only issue is that billions of pieces of mail went through military postal services and the small team of postal officers could hard could hardly make a dent in the seemingly bottomless files of Christmas gifts letters and packages this is where the 6,888 regiment stepped in headed by Army Major charity Adams the highest ranked black woman of World War II after successfully tackling the rigors of basic training they arrived in Glasgow Scotland and came face to face with the daunting seal ceiling High piles of mail they work 24 hours a day split into three 8 hour shifts during which they processed 25 or sorry 65,000 pieces of meil they ended up processing roughly 17 million pieces of mail which they were expected to deliver within 6
045months not only were these women fighting the clock but they also had to combat racism and sexism a harsh combination of struggles that no other Battalion had to endure they faced several instances of discrimination but never slipped in character or doubted their immense contributions to the military these women understood that their Battalion was a soul string connecting soldiers to their families and with that M with that mindset they achieved The Impossible they completed the job in just three months half the time than expected Despite All Odds these women took pride in their mission and showed the world that black women are just as capable as anyone else and that when given the opportunity they will rise to the occasion not only did these women have a lasting impact in the European theater of World War
046II they also broke down stigmas and stereotypes of both women and African-Americans all while showcasing the power of inclusivity this Mission wasn't just spot delivering meal it was about Paving the way for black women to be includ included in all fields and be seen for their Excellence fighting the devastations of Oppression that were trying hardest to hold them back thank you thank you so much ason for being here and uh sharing your essay with us I know um you're the essay winner from the I think it was the first inaugural black history um Gayla that they had by uh Candace white for the juneth so I appreciate you sharing that and your essay about that was one of one of my favorite movies uh six Triple Eight so that was a really good movie um
047about a strong strong group of leader leaders ship in black women in in the in the military so that was phenomenal phenomenal 6 Tria phenomenal movie go watch it great movie great movie so yes so yes shout out to Candace White and her team for hosting that uh Gayla and allowing us to be able to be introduced to you in your phenomenal essay I appreciate it so much absolutely hey Miss bevens may I ask a favor do you mind stepping back to the podium for a second U I have a question I I know we've never met is it okay okay to call you Ashlin yeah well my name is Joe I know we've never met never talked before of course I I love the military but I have a question for you why did
048you pick this topic um last year in my Us world history class I kind of really got into like World War II history and we watched like some of like the world war like 2 history like movies and stuff like that and then I started researching it like on my own like at home and I think it's just a really interesting topic and also to like see women and like women of color like having a role in the military and like how that's developed I think that's a a really important part of History like to observe well I I thought you did an excellent job and and for the Educators in the room I want to share this during my career one of the greatest signs I've ever seen in my life was at Fort
049Knox Kentucky and it it said if you can read this thank a teacher if it's in English thank a soldier and uh both very true but Ashlin you did a great job thank you very much thank you yeah we did have a second essay winner sixth grade student from Riverview but they were not able to join us this evening um I think what's so amazing um and we couldn't have planned that better was you know Ashlin talks about the role that that uh that troop played in morale in recognition and helping to make sure when the work is tough that um you know the the soldiers are recognized and connected to other people and I think that's our job as Educators to help spark interest with kids but also for our adults to build that
050connection so ashin I thank you for being here it is nerve-wracking to stand up in front of a whole room and you did an amazing job and I know you have a very bright future so thank you Mom for getting here tonight and for supporting her I know you're probably a big factor of her success and I know you're very proud but um thank you so much for being here um also um next in our agenda we have our um osba business honor rooll and um I'll let Mr Copus excuse me Dr Copus take that part yes thank you president Matthews um I believe we all received an email from the osba about an opportunity for our board to recognize uh specific businesses in our community that we feel have contributed to our district I
051know we spoke briefly about this last year a little late in the cycle and and we did not pursue it I'd like to see us pursue it and if the board thinks this is something that's uh valuable or something that we can do I would certainly be willing to uh go online and fill out the required paperwork and of course we're open to nominations on what businesses we would like to recognize I mean I have a couple in mind but that's something that the board can discuss and and uh I'm not sure about the specific number I think we can recognize up to four we don't have to so you know if we decide to pursue this I I'm willing to put the leg work in to make that happen so just something to think
052about I I see no I think we should pursue it Dr Copus um we did get a little bit late last year and and I've got a couple of ideas too so I I think it's something and thank you for uh taking the lead on that but I think it's something we should do Dr Copus is there a u do they have certain criteria laid out or is it mostly just businesses that have done more for the district Mr spra I don't think there's any specific criteria I think what you mentioned there is it just businesses that we feel that have contributed in a positive manner to our district um the timeline to submit these I believe was March 27th uh so we do have a little time um so you know we will discuss
053that or or however we decide to make that decision and I will make sure it gets turned in on time it's hard to come down to just three or four because I mean I look at the number of business businesses who have worked so closely with us over the years uh and I know uh Mr Canal is also a resource on that too because he's um been working closely with businesses for placement of students for that work opportunities but uh I think it's a great idea I think the hardest part is is saying okay who do we do right now and who do we wait until next year and stuff like that because we have been blessed as a district to be having all these businesses to work with so have we done this in
054the past do you know um Mr Baker I don't know okay I do not recall um at least through from my tenure here in the district that we have done it but I think it's a great thing and I think we could create that list and just make that a regular practice never remember okay I think yeah we could you said keep that list going rotation yeah keep moving we've had business advisories and stuff businesses for 20 plus years have helped the district yeah so what if we were to I can put um if you each were to email me names of businesses that you would put together and then um during our next work session maybe we could pick those since Dr Copus we have a little time before the March 27th deadline does
055that sound okay okay awesome thank you so much for bringing that um and taking the lead on that Dr cop appreciate that I think that'll be something great a great another great Edition and I think it falls in the theme of tonight which is gratitude and being thankful so definitely falls into the theme of tonight so um I like to consider a motion to adjourn into executive session I'll make that motion thank you I'll second uh Mr Fraser if you could call roll call Mrs Baker yes Mr Davidson yes Dr Copus yes Mrs Matthews yes Mr spra [Music] yes for