001something. >> All right, >> welcome everyone. We We got a good crowd out here tonight. I want to welcome everybody to our business portion of our meeting. Today is Wednesday, June 11th, 2025. Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Gibson, >> here. >> Mr. Doell, >> here. >> Mrs. Miller, >> here. >> Mr. Murphy, >> here. Mr. Sh >> here. >> All right. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. It's funny. We're going to be doing a lot of introductions tonight. Uh, a lot of great introductions with some really amazing people. Um, but we'll start with a few introductions of our administration staff and
002some of our board members here. So, um, I think we'll start with Jack today. We uh, we have Jack, our business manager. We have Miss Becky, our director of student services. We have Devon Barry, our director of human resources. And then we have our wonderful student reps. Do you guys want to say your names? It's a tradition at this point. >> Hi, I'm Haley Schuster and I'm gonna be a senior. >> Hi, I'm Daniela Rodriguez Vasquez and I'm going to be a sophomore. >> And you can tell why we do that. Also wanted to uh mention that we don't have Julie today. She's a little a little sick. So, um she's our director of curriculum for I mean just a little bit longer. Yeah. Yeah. So, >> um other than that, we have our wonderful
003board members here. We have Lori Gibson, which is a board member. We have our Dr. Andrea Townson, which is our superintendent. I'm the president this year, Nate Mundy. We have our vice president, Leslie Miller. We another board member, vice president, board member John Lou Allen. We have board member Angie Shockley. And then we have the treasure Ryan Slum. The treasure, not Ryan Slum. So, we'll move right along to our um agenda. And we do have an addendum. We do. Um, we need to add new item number 11 K, new item number 11 L, new item number 19, and add a work session at the end of the meeting for the student reps to rec. >> So move second. >> Mrs. Gibson, >> yes. >> Mr. Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Mr. shop.
004>> Yes. >> All right. And we're uh Oh, we have a Well, that's for the agenda items, so we'll go to our communication update. And there you are. >> Good evening, everyone. Looking out here, I want to congratulate all the retirees, but I can't believe except for Shel that, you know, you're all so young. [laughter] And Shelley would she you would you've loved her that I do that. You know I love you. [laughter] >> Okay, here we go. >> First off, I want to remind everybody the ways to stay in touch with the school district, west carltonschools.com. Our Facebook page, west carlton cityschools, x at wc cityschools and Instagram at wcers city schools. You're going to see more information as we proceed through the summer, 1 of August especially. We're going to have more dates,
005more information out there. So, please be watching that. Also, our website will be changing soon to add the elementary. And we want to congratulate the class of 2025. Remind them you'll always be pirates. It's a lovely ceremony. And you know, odd things were happening around the school district at the end of the year. So, here we go. >> I didn't know a shark could run. >> I don't know what the green things are, but um yeah. Anyway, as far as we know, they're still running around West Carolton. If you see anything, just let us know. So, I wanted to um make it short and sweet tonight, but I wanted to uh share some pirate thoughts and pictures. >> Tell me something fun you learned. >> I do learn about clocks. >> Clocks. Did you learn
006to tell Don? >> What else? >> Needs and wants. Can you tell tell me the difference? >> Well, if you want to if you if you get a puppy that means but they need [laughter] another example. [clears throat] >> If you want candy, then you want it, but it's not going to help you survive. >> Things done in second grade. So you like computers. >> Is there something your teacher is always telling you? >> Yeah. To be quiet. >> Are you looking forward to the new elementary school? >> Um, yes. Actually, I'm I'm not looking forward to summer because I love school so much. >> Okay. So, be safe, be respectful, be responsible, have a kind summer. You can see kindness is magic. And that is all I have this evening. >> Thank you so
007much. >> Hey, Janine, whoever that little boy was that said he's not he's sad about summer, let's let's touch base with him in three or four years. Oh, [laughter] I touch base with him all the time. He and his sister, they are just >> they're fun to talk to. So, yeah. I'll stay in touch. >> All right. Well, and it's pretty amazing, right? Cuz a lot of you out here, pretty much all of you out here feel the same way we do. When you see those kids and you see the growth and the amazing things that they're doing, it really kind of uh kind of brings a smile to your face. I know it does for us. So, um I'm pretty excited. This, uh next part is going to be our recognition of retiring employees
008or retired employees. Um >> are you good to go? Okay. >> Like I didn't know if you had anything to say before we get started. >> All right. So, if you're here, go ahead and stand up while we read about your information. And then at the end, you will u walk up to the podium to receive your special gift. >> And before you leave, um please hang around for just a little bit. I want to get a group picture outside before you go. Thank you. >> That's what I was waiting for. >> Yeah. >> All right. Well, we'll start right along. >> All right. So, our first one is Cindy Arnold. Um, after 11 years of nurturing young hearts and brightening little lives, Cindy Arnold is retiring from her role as a beloved preschool attendant
009in West Carolton. Cindy's kindness, patience, and unwavering dedication make her a constant source of comfort and joy for both students and families. Her gentle presence and loving care created a safe, welcoming environment where children could grow, explore, and thrive. Cindy's impact will be felt for generations and her legacy of compassion will remain a cherished part of our school community. We thank her wholeheartedly and wish her all the happiness in this next chapter of her life. Cindy looks forward to more family time, especially with her grandchildren. >> All right. And sadly Cindy's not here. Um but we will definitely get her bell to her. Um I'm pretty excited about this one. Uh, Lori. Lori, I'm gonna try your last name. You and I can never get it right. Is it Balis? >> Bis. >> Bailis. I
010can never get that right. >> They finally spelled it right. Like my last month of school. >> We made it right at the end. [laughter] Bur late than never. All right. Lori. Lori is truly special. Dedicating her 35 year career to West Carlton. She has prepared students for life beyond graduation. genuinely caring about their success and always keeps in touch with them after graduation. Lori believes with the right tools, students are resilient and can overcome anything to become or to be successful. Her most significant roles held during her career were vocational program creator, botney program coordinator, leisure co advisor, food drive coordinator, all stars talent show adviserss and support our troops coordinator. It's a lot, right? >> Her proudest accomplishments were in 1994 she started the vocational program here at the high school. Some of
011our students with special needs were missing necessary life skills and functional academic skills needed to be successful after high school. She created a curriculum that included functional academics, traveling training, travel training on the RTA, real life practice ordering in restaurants, social skills, and numerous work experience locations. The program was duplicated in other school districts and it became what is now our world of work program. Lori and her students built the garden area at the high school. Revi revitalized the courtyard with garden spaces around the building and they also installed a flower garden at the stadium. Lori hopes her colleagues remember how she valued their relationships. She looks forward to talking to him in the hall, hearing stories about their family, crying with them, laughing with them, and sharing all the other special moments. She hopes
012the leisure club, all-star staff, and students remember all the fun they had and all the great experiences they shared. During retirement, Lori looks forward to traveling, helping her children of f of her five youngest grandchildren, and continuing her dedication to volunteerism. You're incredible, Lori. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [applause] STEPHANIE CARTER. Stephanie Carter, beloved art teacher at West Carolton Schools, is retiring after a remarkable career dedicated to inspiring creativity and confidence in her students with passion, patience, and a true artist heart. Stephanie transformed her classroom into a vibrant space where imagination flourished and every child felt valued. Her ability to nurture artistic expression while encouraging individuality has left a lasting mark on countless young lives. Stephanie's legacy lives on in the creativity she sparked and the joy she brought to learning. We thank her for her
013years of service and wish her a retirement as colorful and fulfilling as the art she helped her students create. [applause] Vicki Cobberly. We proudly celebrate the retirement of Vicki Cobberly, whose 24 years of dedicated service have left an enduring legacy in the West Carolton School District. Vicki has been a shining example of compassion, professionalism, and commitment. Con consistently going above and beyond to support her students, colleagues, and school community. Her steady presence, warm heart, and unwavering belief in the potential of every child have made a lasting difference in countless lives. As she closes this meaningful chapter, we thank Vicki for her remarkable contributions and wish her all the happiness and relaxation she so richly deserves. Her impact will continue to echo through the halls of West Carolton for years to come. During retirement, Vicki looks
014forward to more family time, especially at the beach. >> [applause] >> Miss Edie Hall is a graduate of West Carolton High School. She earned her bachelor's degree from Wright State University and a master's degree from the University of Dayton. She began her teaching career in the Fairborn School District. From there, she obtained a teaching position back at home here in West Carolton. Over her career, Edie has taught at Frank Nicholas, CF Holiday, and Harold Schnell, where she finished her career. She has taught second grade, special education, and was a reading specialist throughout her time here. Outside of teaching, Edy enjoys spending time with her friends and family. She has been married to her husband, Doug, for 34 years. She is the proud mother of Troy and Travis, and has two beautiful granddaughters, Amelia and Nattie.
015Congratulations on a wonderful career. [applause] Genevie Harvey. With deep appreciation and admiration, we honor the retirement of Genevie Harvey, a true pillar of the West Carlton education community. Throughout 31 years of dedicated service, Genevieve has poured her heart into her work, uplifting students with patience, encouragement, and a passion for learning. Genevie is most proud of the relationships she built with families and children, which is one of ours because she had one of the Miller boys. Um, which reminded her that she made a difference in their lives. Her calm presence, insightful guidance, and unwavering commitment to excellence have left a lasting impress impact on everyone fortunate enough to learn from or work alongside her. Genevie's most important lesson learned during her career was the child is not the problem. The problem is the problem. Every child
016needs respect and love before they can learn. Some come to us with full hearts and abundant confidence, and others are hungry for affirmation, unsure of their value. We have to meet each student where they are and not where we want them to be. As Genevie begins this new and well-earned chapter of life, we thank her for the legacy of kindness, knowledge, and inspiration she leaves behind. West Carolton is better because of her, and her influence will be felt for years to come. During her retirement, Genevieve looks forward to volunteering with FourPaws verb ability, getting to visit her daughter more. Genevie will continue her passion for education by fulfilling a lifelong dream of working with young children in an outdoor nature-based preschool. Congratulations, [applause] All right, [clears throat] Annette Jigan. Thank you, Annette, for 20 years
017of dedicated custodial service. Annette was like an unseen hero. She never complained, always came to work ready to do her job. She was very kind to those that she met. She did her job very well and we never received a complaint from anyone about her quality of work [clears throat] or from anyone who worked with her. She definitely will be missed by many people. >> [applause] >> Lloyd Kemper. Lloyd Kemper is retiring from West Carolton Schools after years of dedicated service as a trusted and hardworking custodian. Known for his reliability, friendly demeanor, and tireless work ethic, Lloyd took pride in keeping our schools clean, safe, and welcoming for student and staff alike. His behind-the-scen efforts make made a daily difference and his presence brought a sense of stability and care to the school community. As
018Lloyd begins this well-deserved new chapter, we extend our deepest gratitude for his commitment and wish him all the best in retirement. May it be filled with rest, joy, and plenty of time to enjoy life's simple pleasures. [applause] All right, Sheila Keer. Thank you, Sheila Kemper. For 45 years of dedicated service, Sheila has to be one of the kindest hearted people I know. We were fortunate to be able to have her as part of our transportation family as long as we did. She loved her students very much and look forward to seeing them daily. She has set the bar high for those of us who remain. We will miss her smile and warm heart. [applause] Gail Kerr. Gail has dedicated 34 years her entire career of teaching to West Carolton schools, teaching at both the middle
019and high schools. In that time, she has coached volleyball, served as the health PE department chair and instructional coach, and on the athletic board of control committee, to name a few. Most importantly, Gail has worked to develop relationships with all the students who come through her door. She has gone out of her way to help students who struggle both academically and personally. She has spent her resources, both time and money, to take care of her students. She is passionate about teaching healthy living, yes, but she is also very passionate about making every student feel comfortable and loved in her classroom. Gail stated she has learned more than she has taught and to never judge a book by its cover. Start all over. If too many kids didn't get it, try again until they do. This
020is what sets her apart as an educator. She is kind, caring, and loving to every student who walks into her room. Whether that be in the gymnasium or the health room, our students are lucky to have had have such a loving adult in their corner. During her retirement, Gail looks forward to traveling more and spending more time with her family. [applause] As we celebrate the 27 years Don spent as an educator with West Carolton School, we thank her for her patience, dedication, and passion for teaching. Don was a fourth and fifth grade teacher, a math pentafalon coach, a STEM teacher, and a drum club coach. Don was nominated for Ohio teacher of the year. Don believes strongly that every child is unique and different. You need to embrace and nurture those differences. Every child is
021capable of learn great learning. Don was a great supporter and facilitator of all of the students. She cherished the amazing life-changing power of the aha moments and those will stay with her forever. The connections and relationships created during each teaching career have made her into the teacher she is today. During her retirement, Don looks forward to less stress, more sun, and more family time. She is also excited to travel abroad and live in Florida. Thank you, Don. [applause] Renee May. As we celebrate the retirement of Mrs. May, we want to recognize the incredible heart and spirit she brought to our school community. She cared deeply for every student who walked through our doors and was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need. Her warmth, compassion, and willingness to go above and
022beyond made her a treasured part of our team. While her title was secretary, her true role was that of a school caretaker, someone who made our building feel like home. We are so grateful for her years of service and wish her all the best in this next chapter. [applause] Darla Meyers. We celebrate the remarkable 33-year career of Darla Meyers, whose dedication and heart have left an unforgettable mark on the West Carolton community. For years, Darla has gone above and beyond to educate, inspire, and support her students, colleagues, and families with compassion and excellence. Her genuine care, tireless work ethic, and unwavering positivity have made her not only an outstanding educator, but also a beloved mentor and friend. As she steps into retirement, we honor the legacy she leaves behind. A legacy of kindness, leadership, and
023countless lives change for the better. My son being one, I see a a pattern here. Thank you, Darla, for your extraordinary service. West Carolton is forever grateful. Congratulations. [applause] >> All right, Miss Tina Pet. Tina began her employment at West Carolton Schools in 1999 as a part-time cook. Tina worked her way up the ranks as a full-time cook, then head cook. 2010, she assumed the role of food service supervisor. Tina is a graduate of West Carolton High School. Prior to joining our food service department, Tina was employed as a dog groomer, then as a self-employed baker and cake decorator, and in 2009 completed an undergraduate program in student nutrition from the University of Southern Mississippi and says here, "Go Golden Eagles. Proud proud Eagles." Also in 2009, West Carolton High School awarded Tina the Crystal
024Apple Award for playing a significant role in helping our students. Tina was always looking for ways to improve the nutrition options for our students, including taste testing sessions, which I was a part of. Love that free breakfast offering uh offerings, share tables, and more. Tina would be enjoying her retirement by fixing up her house and continuing to travel and discover new adventures and opportunities. We wish Tina the best of luck in retirement. [applause] >> Donna Phillips. When speaking of Donna's colleagues to Donna's colleagues, a common theme was evident. Everyone shared the same reflection and sentiment. Collectively, fellow teachers and staff stated the following. It has been an absolute pleasure to know and work alongside Donna over the years. She is without a doubt one of the most dedicated pirates we've ever known. Donna's journey with
025West Carolton began as a proud pirate parent raising four children who all graduated from the district. Donna began her 24 years as a pirate educator as an intervention specialist at Frank Nicholas Elementary. Later servicing at CF Holiday and currently at the intermediate school. Over the years, Donna has worn many hats. Coach, tutor, student, counsel adviser, and summer school teacher. Always bringing energy, creativity, and a can do spirit to every role. She excludes positivity, never complains, and treats everyone she meets with kindness and respect. Her impact on students and colleagues alike are immeasurable. Donna is grateful for the mentor teachers and good principles she has worked with over the years. She credits them for molding her into the teacher she is today. During her retirement, Donna looks forward to the freedom in her daily schedule, being
026able to work out in the morning and having lunches longer than 20 minutes. [laughter] She is also excited for daily walks on the beach and water aerobics classes. West Carolton has been incredibly fortunate to have Donna as a part of our pirate family. While we're sad to see her retire, we're hopeful we haven't seen the last of her. She would make an amazing substitute. West Carolton has always been incredibly fortunate to have Donna as part of our pirate family and we're sad and they redid that whole thing again. So, thank you, Donna, for everything. You've truly made a difference. CONGRATULATIONS. >> [applause] >> UM, I KNOW HIM as Mr. Price, but this is for Chris. When Chris Price set still set sail on his pirate voyage in August of 2008, the world looked very different.
027The first Iron Man had just premiered. The first black president was on the cusp of an election. And the latest iPhone cost around $200. >> Wow. Not like that anymore. Little could he have imagined just how the world and his career will evolve over the next two decades. From the start, Chris was a caring and committed educator. Over the years, he took a wide variety of teaching and leadership roles across the district, always guided by one constant, his deep commitment to doing what is best for the students. He has been a trusted mentor, a valued collaborator, and a tireless advocate for West Carolton's youngest people. Chris is one of the rare few who has held leadership positions across nearly every grade level from second grade to high school. He's began his journey as at the
028former CF Holiday Elementary, transitioned to the middle school, returned to the elementary, and later served as assistant principal at the high school. No matter the role, he remained steadfast in his dedication to West Carolton schools. His longest tenure was at the middle school where he had became known as was a true jack of all trades. Through through only an administrator, his responsibilities often went far and beyond the job description. He handled everything from locker repairs to lunch duty hall, recess, and bathroom monitoring. Whether it was enforcing the dress code or managing cell phone usage, Chris was always there, visible, dependable, and committed. He played a pivotal role in implementing PBIS at the West Carlton Middle School and was an active member of both building and district leadership teams. As a former principal, Doug Mesher shared,
029"Chris is one of the most loyal assistant principles I have ever worked with. To be an effective educator, one must build strong connections, and Chris excelled in that." His heart never wavered from doing what's best for students. In every building he entered, he quietly but powerfully worked to make it the place where students and staff felt se seen, supportive, and safe. Chris Price embodies the sp the spirit of a true West Carlton pirate. As he embarks on his new chapter, we celebrate his incredible service and thank him for sailing with us all these years. He will be deeply missed, but his impact will sail. Thank you, Chris. >> [applause] [clears throat] >> Lori Shores. Thank you, Lori, for 29 years of dedicated service. Lori was a very reliable, dependable, and hardworking driver. She did her
030job well, meeting every challenge with courage, and I like this word for a bus driver, tenacity. She was well received by her co-workers building relationships with me and she has a great sense of humor and a very creative side. She does some outstanding craft and art projects and we wish her all the best and a very happy retirement. [applause] Kathy Van Djk. Kathy Van Djk is a long long lifelong pirate. She's a graduate of the class of 86 and returned to West Carolton to be a teacher. Throughout her 34 year career, Kathy has taught various math courses in addition to her title of teacher. Kathy has helped run the auditorium, kept the score books and stats, coached, oversaw the athletic hall of fame, volunteered in the school garden, worked with the homecoming parade, assisted with
031spring musicals, as well as the numerous other roles around the district. Kathy Van Djk has made a lasting impact on our schools and in the community. Miss Van Djk often attended sporting events, musicals, plays, and special events to support her students outside of the classroom. Co-workers have described Kathy as someone always willing to lend a hand, offer advice, answer any questions, share a laugh, and unlock your office or classroom when you forgot your keys. Her years of service and educating our community community are deeply appreciated. Thank you, Kathy, for all your hard work, dedication, and time poured into our student and community over the years. We will miss you and wish you well in retirement. Remember, you're forever a pirate. Kathy would like to thank her mother for putting up with her through the good
032days and the not so good days. During her retirement, Kathy looks forward to reading non-educational books, traveling, and volunteering. [laughter] >> We are looking for [applause] volunteers. >> Oh, man. All right, Jenny, I'm gonna mess up yours as well. Jenny V. >> I never get it right. All right, Jenny. Jenny Bo dedicated 33 years of her life to teaching. She has taught at every building in West Carolton City School District at some point during her career. While she enjoyed each grade and the experiences that came with them, she cherished her time in the preschool the most. Jenny quickly found love for special education and has been an intervention specialist for her entire career. Her time in education was incredibly impactful and touched the lives and hearts of her students. as well as their families. Jenny
033was always diligent about creating a fun and effective learning environment. While her presence in the district will be missed, we wish her the best in her retirement journey. During retirement, Jenny hopes to enjoy each day in the fullest, reading, spending time with her family and friends, traveling, and relaxing. Congratulations, [applause] Shelley Ward. [laughter] >> Thank you, Shelley Ward, for 30 years of dedicated dedicated service to the West Carolton Transportation Department. Shelley was always willing to step in and lend a hand whenever needed. Her kids loved her down to earth, genuine, and caring attitude, often helping them in other way areas of their lives. We are fortunate to have her back subbing for us from time to time and will truly appreciate her. >> Thanks, SHEL. [applause] >> REALLY, thank you all. I uh I don't
034know if anyone has anything else to add, but it's incredible to see the amazing work that you guys have done and impacting the lives of our kids here. You truly are very passionate, impactful folks that really made a difference. So, um I I really do appreciate you guys and I know the rest of the board as well. >> What a legacy you all leave behind. >> You amazing shoes to fill. >> Those are incredible. >> Will not be easy for us. >> So, at this point, I'm guessing it's photo time for you guys. [laughter] >> Oh my goodness. And uh I hope to be hearing those bells out there. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Really? >> You guys are amazing. Thank you so so >> you are just so pretty. >> She's such a pretty
035girl. Thank you guys. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> See you. >> All right. Well, we're going to be moving right along with our presentation. So you uh you got a hard one to follow. >> I know. >> Not as exciting at all. >> Yeah. >> Well, it's all you, Becky, for uh the idea and of course the uh disabilities education act. >> Sure. Um I'm going to cover uh both I think it's D and C. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, uh, based on law as well as, um, you know, just an annual report, we need to report annually and seek public input on how we use our IEDA funds from the federal government, um, to support our students with special education needs. So, just as a reminder, whose idea is it
036anyway? What is IDA? Um, it's [clears throat] the Individuals with Disabilities Act. Um it's a federal law that governs special education related services for students with disabilities. And under that uh we as a district have to ensure the provision of a free and appropriate public education for all students including students with disabilities. Um and like I said that we we need to share how we use our funds that we receive from the federal government. So that's what I'm going to talk about next. Um, students that receive funds fall under many different um, classifications and can qualify for special education. Um, there's 13 different categories and they're all listed here. I won't read them to you, but you know, just in case you're interested. So, it's an array of students that need um, support, additional support
037from um, just what we provide in general education. And some students require a lot more than other students based on their eligibility classification. Um and in West Carolton we service students in three different buckets. One is K12. So we roughly have about 618 students. Um this was just pulled from EMIS as our current data but it fluctuates as students enroll withdraw. Uh we last year had 60 students with special needs in our preschool um that were serviced in our preschool setting and that's three and four year olds. And then we also have students who um are on or live within our district but attend schools um at different locations throughout the state. The way we spend well we get our money through the federal government like I said is roughly um under a million dollars
038about $900,000 we receive for um ID IDEA money um the rest um came from the state some state allocations and then pulled from the general fund just a reminder so you're looking at 900,000 from the federal government we spent almost um 11 million and um supporting our students with special needs across the district. So, it's definitely um an in expensive but much needed for supports for our students and for all kids. And um in terms of how we spend the money, almost I would say 90% goes to or exact percentages, but most of it is staffing. So, we have 57 intervention specialists. We just saw six go who are just retired, which I'm like, oh no. So, we're replacing intervention specialists, but we need a lot of teachers to help support students with disabilities. Um,
039students with disabilities also require classroom assistance, attendance to support in the least restrictive environment, um, which is in our schools. Uh, we have job coaches, sign language interpreters, school sites in each of our buildings, speech pathologists. Uh we have two just dedicated preschool four occupational therapists in the district and 1.5 physical therapists. So those are all the different types of um folks that we employ and how we use our money. In preschool alone, we have um like I said, two speech pathologists, six intervention specialists, six assistants, um three attendants, occupational therapy, a school site that oversees just preschool. So preschool is um a big undertaking and we [clears throat] have a great program here in West Carolton. And then we also have students like I said in contracted placements. So um that are outside of
040our district even though they live within our district to get even more supports. So maybe we were able to provide um the supports that they needed here in inhouse. Um we have students in what's Morin County, Montgomery County, Green County, St. a school for the deaf, Ohio school for the blind and I am in addition to um providing you know um using our our monies for staffing and um placements we also have provide special transportation. Um we have contracted employees through the Montgomery County ESSC. Um we use autism assessment team which is a great service offered by our Montgomery County ESSC and the educational assessment team. Um And then there's classroom supplies and special equipment that come with supporting our students with disabilities. Okay, any questions about how we support our students with special needs
041before I move into student wellness and success and the disadvantaged people impact fund plan? >> Okay, I think we're good. >> Question? No. All right. All right. Now moving on, this is the next piece that we also need to share um with our our school board and um solicit from the public regarding how we spend money. Um we do receive money from the state under student wellness and success and then we also receive additional money from the state. Um it's the disadvantaged people impact fund which is really you can be used to um service students who um with that are um coming with some disadvantages and how we use it is really to support reading instruction. So for student wellness and success funds we use all that money to have inhouse school-based mental health therapists
042through Samaritan as well as schoolbased nursing services. So, uh, we have a really comprehensive program of mental health in our therapy in our district as well as having school nurses, either RNs or LPNs in each building um, is really helpful. So, that's how we use those funds. And then for the DPIA or the disadvantaged people impact aid, we have used those funds to hire additional intervention staff to provide reading intervention um, in grades K8 as well as at the high school level. We are using those funds for credit recovery programs. So, we have a lot of credit recovery programs to prevent um dropout um prevention efforts to help with graduation. Okay. Anything else with that and how we spend our money there? Questions about that? Okay. And then last is the an semianual bullying and
043harassment reporting. Um these are just the reports that are submitted either administration or parents through the form. Um, and our numbers are fairly low um, in terms of incidents of bullying, harassment, intimidation, and then reports. So, the middle school had five incidents reported in June, um, two of harassment, um, for so the middle school seem to have the most, and then three for bullying. Um, but those were not confirmed after the investigation. And then the elementaryaries had a few as well. So Chanel and Russell um had two reports as well. Any questions about that? >> I just have a comment. >> Yeah. So these are confirmed using the state and federal CA tag form. So we've all been trained on the reporting and then there's a process that we have to follow to confirm these
044suspected I have a question. >> How like how easy it is is it to fill out those C tag forms. Are they pretty lengthy forms? Are they hard to >> for us? They are. They're not for the anybody who reports. So sometimes we'll get a report from the OD website, sometimes we'll get a report from a student or parent, and then they have to start filling out forms. They're very lengthy, >> right? because I'm I'm guessing that would be it'd be impressive if there's actually not that many, but I'm sure there's more. It's just unreported. >> I I would suspect if >> it's very easy. >> I'm like, I don't know if the students bullying, harassment, intimidation. But when you go really down deep into what the definitions are using the C tag form, often
045as a principal, you would find that it's just somebody being mean, >> right? >> Like a lot, right? So bullying is over time um where it seems very targeted. Yes, repetitive and can be very harmful and the kids are pretty good about kids are mean but they're not always most of the time. >> So, so we have had a few instances but it's not been it's not the way. >> I see. Well, and I think that's the interesting question, right? is like you would think that I'm sure most of it is just the one time you know something happens and people move on but it's it's that low that there's repetitive like bullying that happens that like it's just not that common. >> I would say it's not common for one student to for somebody
046to actually be identified as a bully, >> right? Given the amount of prevention efforts that have gone into anti-bullying, it's actually >> pretty low. >> It's just a lot more kids just being mean in the moment. >> And one of the kids have hard feelings and our administrators process, you know, investigate restore circles, restore relationships, >> things like that. >> Yeah, there's still consequences. It just is typically not bullying. Most kids Do it again. >> Right. >> Does anyone else have any questions? >> Do we have any numbers on how many kids thought they were being bullied? I mean, those numbers are the ones that were confirmed bully by your definition, right? >> Those are Well, no. I reported on the ones that were actually imported in the system and then none were confirmed after
047we did the investigation. Do we have any >> be interesting is I know what you're saying like the students who feel like or they consider themselves to be being bullied or someone being mean to them. I would say the best way to do that or go about kind of um measuring that would be through we do use panorama like a student survey each year. We give it at the beginning and end of the year and it asks questions about really do I feel safe in [clears throat] school? You know do I have a positive adult role model? Um, so we can look into like seeing if we should add a question about do I feel bullied and how often do I feel more input it just seems or it appears from what you hear at
048the grocery store and through the gossip ring um that bullying and and being mean is a much bigger problem than those statistics seem to show. >> Yeah. So I was just wondering is it the definition that's making the difference? Is it people not reporting? Where are the where is that disconnect coming from? >> And I think or that they're not formally reporting it on where we're pulling data from. Um, and I just know for personally as a principal, bullying was used often >> and it's when you really look into the definition in our board policy and when someone was playing with bully you've been harmed and we're going to repair the relationship you bullied over time that makes sense. Interesting. >> Well, thank you. >> All right, we'll move along here. We're going to move
049to item number nine, which uh talks about some financial items. >> Thank you. I ask the board approve items 9A through 9D as presented. >> So move. >> Second. All right. Any you want to add anything, Ryan? >> Uh for for 9B, it relates to um the construction projects. Uh when we enter enter the construction projects, one of the requirements is that from 2024 through 204 204, the year 2046, we have to transfer um about $227,000 into a separate fund. It's fun 034 on our books. Um, and so that the point of that transfer is for us to demonstrate to OCC that we're putting money into a maintenance fund that will be there to address um uh just you know major could be minor or major updates or you know repairs to the buildings um
050in the future. So um so this as I said so this will be an annual requirement and that dollar amount comes from our permanent improvement fund. Um so we get we actually we get about 825,000 a year in our permanent from our permanent improvement and then we take the 227 from that. So then that leaves us with about 600,000 per year in our permanent improvement fund. And on the financial reports uh these are 11. So, we're 11 months into the year. So, these are these are the reports July through May. And um we're we're looking to end the the year better than the forecast that we approved in November of 2024. Um so, nothing nothing out of the ordinary regarding the other financial items. Well, and I also appreciate you uh giving us our key
051favor uh traffic light. I forget who asked for that. >> I did. >> Was that? >> So, I am I'm excited to actually take a look at that. That's I see a lot of green lights, which is good. [clears throat] >> So, >> we're green. >> I'll take a green light any day. >> So, this is um so this is based I mean, as as you read, district, I guess, got a financial health indicator report and it's based on your 2023 2024 >> audit and um um I mean a lot of it is I mean I mean in 23 24 I mean our our revenues were were greater than our expenses. Um so I mean that's one reason why it's all green. Um so it's it's a good report but it's you know it's kind
052of old, you know. Well, sure, >> but it's based on the 23 24 square, >> right? >> And but green is better than red, >> right? >> And when will the 2425 come out? >> That's um I mean this, you know, this came out uh it says April 30, so I don't know. I don't know if it'll take him 10. You know, I don't know. >> You would like to think they would be done with it sooner than April. >> You would think so. >> Yeah. >> So, I don't know the exact answer. Okay. >> Okay. Well, that's always good. >> Good. Thank you. >> And we're always grateful for the donation and item D as well. That's always great to see as well. >> All right. Well, we'll move on for a vote then.
053>> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes. >> Mr. M. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Sh. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gibson. >> Yes. >> All right. And then item number 10 also deals with some treasury items. A res appropriation resolution. I ask that the board adopt the temporary appropriation resolution at the fund level for fiscal year 25 2025 2026 as presented. >> So move second you want to uh kind of talk about that a little bit more. >> I gave you I gave you the one page handout. Um so this is just the starting budget for the 12 months starting July 1st for the next school year. um at the and it has um all of our different funds. So this is you know the budget the starting budget as we and it'll be amended
054as we go through the year obviously um the general fund numbers are so the revenues are the exact same numbers I had on our five-year forecast at our May meeting and then the expenditure number is 340,000 lower than what I had at the forecast because of our Montgomery County ESC contract it came in lower than than what I was guessing it was going to be about a month ago. Um the Montgomery County ESC contract is is a few is a it's on the agenda here later. Um so down at the very bottom just summarizing the general fund um on the bottom right hand corners. So the forecast at that time had revenues being about 2.6 million lower than the than estimated expenditures. And with that change to the Montgomery County ESC, um it's so now
055I'm looking at revenues being about 2.3 million less than than estimated expenditures. Um hopefully it comes in better than that, but the good thing is is that you know our projected deficit did get $340,000 smaller because of the ESC contract. >> All right. If there's no more discussion, we'll move up. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Miy, >> yes. >> Mr. Shy, >> yes. >> Mrs. Gibson, >> yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> All right. Item item number 11 deals with personnel items. Kevin, >> good evening. The superintendent recommends that the board approve the list of personnel items 11 A through 11J and 11K 11 J. >> So move second. >> Okay. And just to clarify, it's 11 L on the addendum, not 11J. Correct. >> Okay. I just wanted to be sure. Um,
056is there any more discussion that you would like with that? >> I know Miss Julie is on there, which is I guess it's official now. And then uh I wanted to say uh Kevin Donahue was a really really good teacher. I also heard the same with Joel Syler. So, >> I just kind of want to give them a a hearty goodbye because I know they're pretty incredible people. So, um if there's no other discussion, um it looks like a larger number. I looked at the numbers today. >> Um 30 teachers or 30 people in the teaching ranks. Um you look at the job for the consortium in the county. 72 administrative jobs posted right now probably the most I've seen about seven years. I think the larger part of that is the shift in STS
057to 32 years. My 10 years in this position specifically 13 retirements is double the average that we have. So in the next five years, uh it will stay 32 at least. That's what we think right now. The push is to move it back to 30 as it was 15 years ago. That's the goal, but we'll see. So it's at 32 now, and it will stay there for the next five years. But how that affects the teaching ranks what we're experiencing here is similar to my peers and the other 15 school districts. It looks uh a lot worse than what it really is. We're still hiring about 22 people which is pretty average. We hire about 15 between 15 and 20 per year. about 22. >> Thank you. >> All right. If there's no other discussion,
058we'll move on for a vote. >> Mr. Mundy, >> yes. >> Mr. Shop, >> yes. >> Mrs. Gibson, >> yes. >> Mr. Wild, >> yes. >> Mr. Smith, >> yes. >> All right, we're moving on to item number 12, which deals with one personnel item. >> [laughter] >> Superintendent recommends that the board approve listed personnel items on 12A. >> So move second >> the uh when the football the head coach was approved the salary was [clears throat] it was prior to negotiations. So we wanted to All right, we'll move on for a vote. >> Mrs. Shock, >> yes. >> Mrs. Gibson, >> yes. >> Mr. Dwell, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> I'm staying. >> Mr. Mundy, >> yes. Okay, we're moving on to item number 13, which deals with the suspension of contract for
059administrator. Superintendent recommends that the board approve the suspension of the contract for listed individual due to reorganization andor consolidation of administrative functions. >> So move second. >> Would you like to add anything to that? >> Sure. in my tenure services my 13th year we've lost about 700 kids13 um we're moving from seven buildings now to have to make adjustments to remain fiscally responsible and unfortunately this is adjustments to occur any further discussion move for a vote. >> Mrs. Gibson, >> yes. >> Mr. Dwell, >> yes. >> Mrs. [clears throat] Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Money, >> yes. Mr. Sh, >> yes. >> All right. Item number 14 deals with the uh McGomery County Educational Service Center. Becky, >> the superintendent recommends that the board approve the [cough and clears throat] 25 2026 agreement with the
060Montgomery County Educational service center as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All right. Is there anything you'd like to add, Becky? [clears throat] >> I think I just I talked a lot about that in the presentation about service >> for all those services for our students. >> I have the next one as well. >> Yeah, we can. Let's take a vote first and then we'll >> we'll move on. >> I like the way you think. >> Yeah. [laughter] She's trying to get it all done. She's >> We'll move for a vote. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes. >> Mr. Money. >> Yes. >> Mr. Shley. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gibson. >> Yes. >> All right. I'll let you talk about number 15. All right. Superintendent recommends that the board approve the
061quotation for the behavior support services from key behavior services for the PCC for the 2025 2026 school. >> So move second. >> All right. Anything to add with that one? Um this is just a service we provide for our students um for behavior supports that require tier three supports for student behavior. >> All right, you see that we'll go for a vote. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. M. >> Yes. >> Mr. Shley, >> yes. >> Mrs. [clears throat] Gibson, >> yes. >> Mr. W. >> Yes. >> Okay. 16. >> You guys can share. >> It doesn't matter. Item number 16 deals with the Hamilton County Educational Service Center. >> Okay. The superintendent recommends that the board approve the 2024, 2025, and 2025, 2022 agreement with the Hamilton County Education Service Center for ESL
062Consulting Services as presented. >> Some move. Second. There you go. Tag in. >> I'll tag in. Um, Maria has been here and presented to all of you about our ESL program. Um, and we will continue that partnership with her and she will continue maintaining one day a week to help our families. We're very excited. >> And Julie wanted me to share um how much growth the EL students have made with um Marie this year. We went from like over the course of Since 2019, exiting students, we've gone from seven to 14 students this year who have exited the program. And then we went from, you know, over just roughly about 45% of students meeting their English language proficiency growth to this year 53%. So, it's definitely a valuable um resource to have in the district.
063>> That's good to hear. There's no other discussion. We'll move on for a vote. >> Mr. Mr. Mundy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Shopp. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gibson. >> Yes. >> Mr. W. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes. >> Okay. Item number 17 deals with uh Kering Health Sports and their partnership with us. So Jack. >> Okay. Uh thank you. Yeah. The superintendent recommends that the board approve the first amendment to the sports medicine, wellness, education services, and sponsorship agreement with Katherine Health Sports Medicine as presented through it'll go through June 30th of 2028. >> So move second. >> Yeah. Can you explain this a little bit? >> Sure. They um we signed a contract last year as a one-year contract that uh we had an amendment to that contract and they've decided to
064um moving forward this year. They're going to hold that price the same, no price increase for the same services. So, we said, "Yeah, sure. We'll jump all over that one again and uh sign up for them again." They provide our trainer services plus some education for our coaches and our students along with some options for scholarships. And they also provide a person to help in our uh weight room with our athletes uh doing fitness training on that part which has been a huge benefit to our student athletes. >> Yeah, I've heard a lot of really good things at least about the guy that is in Yeah, >> the trainer. He does a wonderful job. Uh he just sent out an email to all of us coaches about his hours this summer. >> Oh wow. So
065that and he is constantly helping us navigate through high humidity, high temperatures. We have apps on our phones that are used uh the bulb measurement. Uh so if ever we need him, he's available. >> Isn't that something? >> Well, that's good to hear. It seems like this has been a fantastic partnership, >> which is great. >> So, okay. Well, if there's no other discussion, we'll move for a vote. Right. >> Mrs. Shet. Yes, >> Mrs. Gibson. >> Yes, >> Mr. Lwell. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes, >> Mr. Mendy. >> Yes. >> Okay. Item number 18 deals with the bell time schedules. Jack. >> Yes. The superintendent recommends that the board approve as presented the bell time schedules for the 2025 2026 school year. >> So move. >> Second. >> Has that been a
066change too much? >> There's there's some minor changes to it this year. I will say this is only for one year because once we consolidate the middle school into the high school, we'll probably have some major shifts in a couple of these. Um but for this year, the main the main changes are we're taking the middle school, we're bringing them in five minutes earlier next year. Um the high school will be coming in 10 minutes earlier, which is more in line with what they used to be until just a couple years ago. And then we are backing up the um ECC also and we're bringing those kids in 15 minutes earlier. So they'll release 15 minutes earlier and I think that'll we have to do this to accommodate the 24 building with Russell and Schnel
067being combined and to work the bell schedules on this site so that we can do middle school and then we can do the 24 building and then the ECC without a huge traffic bottleneck right here in this back parking lot which is what we're trying to avoid. So Kathy worked Kathy Allen, our transportation coordinator, worked really hard on the schedule. I feel pretty comfortable with this that this will work out. >> That's great. And I guess I have a question. If let's say it doesn't work as well as we're hoping, I'm guessing we can change this to >> we can do some minor shifts to it. I >> we're within five or 10 minutes of where we normally are and we have a pretty good idea of what the wrership's going to be because we
068can use past history on that. So, we know what our wrership is, how many buses will run. So, and how long it will take to run a bus route, right? You know, we know that the longest bus route from this location here will be the one that goes up to um this is Miller's area. Um because you have the most time on the road. >> Um the good news about that is because we're putting more kids in a smaller area because we're handling one school. the once we start picking up the first kid, you know, it's a pretty short it's a pretty short route because we'll fill that bus up quicker because we're putting Russell and Chanel students together. So, that'll help us. But, um, but we're pretty confident that we can make this work
069on this unless they keep digging up, you know, I don't know, Dixie right there by Dry Road and we run into more traffic delays or something like that happens. But, you know, we'll we'll deal with those things when they come. >> Good. Because I know with new buildings there's so many uncertainties that you try to make certain but you just never know sometimes. So I like the confidence that's for sure. >> Just so you know if it doesn't work I know the um manager at Chick-fil-A and they got it down to a an art. [laughter] >> I can give her a call. And >> here we go. Here we go. We'll take a take a Chick-fil-A route if we have to. >> Oh no, they do. >> I'll eat the food. >> They're very good.
070Well, city help. >> One of our retirees who's also subbing as a bus driver for us is also working at Chick-fil-A. So, maybe we can bring her to the next team it done. >> Okay. All right. Well, with no other discussion, we'll move right on for a vote. >> Mrs. Gibson, >> yes. >> Mr. Long, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Mend, >> yes. >> Mr. Sher, >> yes. >> All right. Item number 19, which is off of our addendum, deals with a building resolution. Jack, >> I didn't realize that was me. I thought that was Ryan. [laughter] >> That's okay. >> No. The superintendent recommends that the Westgar Board of Education Board of Education approve as presented the resolution amending a prior resolution number 2025-88 to correct co-funded and locally funded
071amounts in GMP amendment numbers 4.1 and 5.1 to the CMR agreement with Shook Construction Company for the CFAP project. >> So move second. >> All right. It is a lot of words to say that we had to um we're amending this because of some of the demolition on this first phase will be considered LFI because it came in a little bit over budget. We're hoping this corrects itself at the end of the project because currently the middle school demolition is slated to be about a million dollars under budget >> and that's already bid. So what we have to do until we see until we realize that revenue coming back in or that or that million dollar surplus, we have to okay it as an expenditure for us and then we will reduce that expenditure with
072the um with reduced amount of that. >> Makes sense. >> Does that sound right, Ryan? >> Yeah. >> They treat they treat them as three separate projects. They wouldn't give us credit for the fact that the middle school came in way way under budget. >> Interesting. They never do. when you deal with the states. >> Initially, they did treat it that way, but then it was one of those on second thought, we're going to ask for something a little bit different on that. So, that's why we're coming back to amend the initial uh bid on that. >> I see. >> Do we know when demolition is going to start? >> For Schnel right now, demolition is slated to begin on July 16th. >> Okay. >> Now, you'll see him next week. They've been in that
073building already working inside the building working on some of the universal waste they have to remove. Um and then next week they will begin on some of the site demolition on the outside of the building. Um making room for for the baseball and tennis because they'll have to remove some of the trees and do some of the um outdoor structures, light pools in the parking lots, things like that. So that'll start next week. The tenative plan B [cough] will be August 16th or August June 16th. Any updates I will communicate through Janine so she can get it out and let everybody know and I'll let Dr. Towns know also. Um just to answer somebody's question they had for me. Um I did have the question asked, hey, if they're demoing the building on August 16th,
074I do summer school. So will they be done before I get out of summer school on that day? No. Demo of Schnel is going to take us about a month. Okay, that's a pretty big building. It will not be done in four hours. So, um, so no, that will not it's not a one day project. >> I That's what we asked if they thought we were using explosions. I don't know. >> Just blow it up. >> July. No, I'm sorry. It's June. It's starting not this Monday, the following Monday. June 16th. I'm looking at when it's going to be completed when we're in this other building. I've got a lot of dates floating around right now. >> Do we have any ideas on Russell yet? >> Okay, Russell, we are not moving forward yet. We're
075getting ready to. We just we just saw the bids. >> Okay. >> Um you guys are having a special meeting coming up and we're going to ask you guys to that meeting to approve or accept those bids. >> Okay. Once we do that, then we have to get all the paperwork in and get it signed by the state before we can say, "Okay, now here's your official start date." >> The tenative plan for Russell will be demo will begin sometime late July. We don't we don't have that exact date yet until we can get OFCC's paperwork all in order, which we've found takes sometimes a little bit time. >> Good. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Right. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mendy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Shley.
076>> Yes. >> Mrs. Gibson. >> Yes. >> Okay. Finally, we're on to our comments and reports. Um, is there any student rep updates on Yeah, we we have some people in the audience. I'm guessing there's going to be an update or two. >> Yeah. Really, the only thing that I have to say is that we're working to um new student board reps for next year. >> The school year starts August 20th for all students plus freshmen and then August 21st is for you. >> I would just add that um this is the only board meeting we have for June. So in July we will announce who is joining us as a super rep and then we would ask uh that party to join us for our first meeting in August. That's it. >> Great. Okay.
077Well, we'll move on to uh some committee reports then. Anyone? >> Oh, yeah. Because you went to uh CTC. >> Okay. Um All right. So, CTC um there was a presentation done about uh the career exploration um position um and basically for those of us who don't know what that means um it's where they have the tours of CTC so that students can come in and kind of take a look at what they what they have to offer and stuff. Um they actually had 88 days last in last year that took um took care of school visits. They now have school visits for eighth graders, sixth graders, and fifth graders. Um, >> and they have found that that uh the fifth graders are the most excited about this. Um, they will go to one um
078class and go, "That's what I want to do." And they go to the next one and go, "Oh, no, no, no, that's what I want to do." And then they go to, "Oh, no, no, now I don't know what I want to do." Um, so, but it gets them excited. It gets them some new ideas. Um, it gives them choices about what they can do. um and and and their decisions of what they can make in high school. Um and I I think it's great that that we um are starting that earlier. I think that's a really great idea. Um they had 35 schools that visited. Um they had four I don't know what that number means. Oh yeah, they had 4,200 There's a lot of numbers here. 4,277 students that uh visited last year
079and 438 staff that visited. Um that's a lot of people. So all 35 schools uh visited. Um they also give a uh a a survey so they can kind of see where they're getting their information from and what they're enjoying, what they're not. Um there were many grants um that they were given. West Carolton received one. Um that's all I got to say about that. Um and then they had um their graduation for the CTC students. Um there were 13 for the for the there was tons of them. But West Carolton had 13 apprenticeship and internships. Um and there were 50 schol now I mean this tells you anything. This is front and back. I know those you can't see. uh front and back written very small of all of the um scholarships that were
080given to their CTC students. We had 50 scholarships for our West Carolton students and that came up to $298,250. So yeah, for 50 students that's pretty good. There was one student that got a $100,000 scholarship. Congratulations. you go. Um, and all my other notes are for other things. So, >> um, I know hopefully I need to uh reach out to is it West Carlton that's hosting the community action whatever CAD the CAD meeting. >> Yes, I have lunch with the city manager soon with her. Yeah, because I I'm hoping that we can get a date um for that. And then um me and Andrew work working on the alumni. >> We've got some volunteers. >> Oh, Duke. >> So, all the alumni out here, if you guys uh want to be a part of the
081alumni committee, it's kind of almost like an open door of an of a committee because we really don't have like a a set group of people that's kind of running this thing. It's pretty much just bunch of ideas. I know um for those who might want to join. I know we have to talk about the naming stuff. [clears throat and cough] I don't know if we're going to continue with doing um Russell. Harry Russell has a bunch of items and I don't know if you have a list of things that they're taking out um of Russell that like is going to go to storage, but um a few of the Russell administrators reached out to us on what to do with these items. So, I'm guessing we'll have to hear what items they were. >>
082Yeah, I don't know. I think what yearbooks and other stuff >> I remember. >> So I told her I'll talk with you and see what they want to bring and go from there. Um so anyone that wants to join that committee can hear about that. Um of course we're going to be talking about memorials which one of our um one of our teachers that retired is that's something that she's interested in. And then a community member mentioned this yesterday, and I don't know if this is something that we can do, but she wants to when we tear down these buildings, she wants a brick that has the label of the building on it, and she wants us to sell them to raise money. >> No, >> I don't. >> No. >> Yeah. What's the >>
083Yeah, that that would be that would take a lot of planning and a lot of extra work that we're trying to get the new buildings up and getting, >> right? So, >> they usually a brick. >> Yeah. >> I think in the past we've looked at it like these community members can get a free brick because they paid for these buildings years and they're usually like a pile outside the gate there. >> But taking a brick off a used building and then trying to step stamp it or etch it with the the cost would be enormous. And it's >> when bricks are demoed like that, some, you know, a lot of them come out whole, but a lot of them have other concrete and and sediment stuff on them and it'd be really hard to
084really etch something like that. I think it'd be difficult. >> Sounds like an entrepreneur kind of thing for someone else to take care of. >> Yeah. Exactly. So, someone wants to find these ton of bricks and etch them and then sell them. >> Go ahead. >> For all you Facebook people, be careful. It may not be So, um, other than that, I think that's about it for my community reports today. Did you have anything? >> Mine, too. So, talk about >> Yeah. to know. Okay. Well, we'll move along to comments from our superintendent. >> I just want to congratulate all of our retirees. Um, their service here has been phenomenal. The years they've been here. Um, supporting our kids is amazing and they will be missed. All right. Well, we'll move on from comments from
085the treasur. >> Thank you. Um, we'll echo that. Um, congratulations and best wishes to all our retirees. And I gave you just a one piece, one piece of paper. Um, just kind of a simple recap of the governor, House, and Senate versions of the budget. Um, the state budget [clears throat] is in the Senate this week. So I think >> they voted >> sorry >> they voted >> like today um [laughter] >> over the next 19 days be like a conference committee where the three branches will get together and come up with a final version of the state budget to begin July 1. Um down at the bottom under the two-year total. So you know the governor's version gave us a 0.2 2 reduction. The House version gave us a point4 increase. And then the
086Senate the Senate's version would be like a total 2.3% reduction. So I mean dollar-wise, I mean the Senate version for us is is worse than the House because we'd be looking at like a $500,000 reduction in 26 27. But the one difference is on the right side um the house had a 30% cap regarding um regarding balances and the senate was less restrictive on a um was a 50%. So anybody's guess what the final budget's going to look like and all kinds of >> I don't know what the right word is but legislation about >> I was going to say I don't know radical or crazy. It's like I mean just doing away with property taxes and it's like >> Oh yeah. >> It's like so we would just lose $24 million or it's like
087>> it's ridiculous. >> Yeah. >> Ridiculous. That's a good word. >> Yeah. I just don't know. >> Contact your representatives. >> Yes. >> So yeah, the legislators are Yeah. They're looking to appease their focus is just on property taxes and there's really essentially no additional money being funded in public education. So >> you know sad >> and yeah I mean that's something that's for sure and we have no comments from our association so we'll move on to central office staff. >> Jack, you want to start? You got the mic. >> Okay. Um couple things. One is um the last four days uh Thursday, Friday last week, Monday t Tuesday this week. Uh staff moved into the new 24 school. They moved their stuff in. They put it away. Um emptied totes and boxes, got everything
088up off the floor. Now they're out of the building till sometime in August. Um when we'll let them back in again because we're still we're still hitting punch list items. We're still touching up paint. We're fixing some woodwork and doors, aligning doors, things like that all summer. So, but we have our staff is officially in the building. Um, our elementary school office is open. They're accepting phone calls. They're working out of the office every day. Um, they're doing asphalt in front of that school today. Once that's completed in Stripe, then uh we should be good to go on uh with that building running full boore here um over the summer in there. Um I know there's a special meeting coming up and um I want to be sure and let you guys know I talked
089to Dr. talented about it that we've got five construction right now as of today. Five construction items that we need to have something voted on that could not be ready in time for today's meeting. So, we're going have to have our attorneys write these up. So, we're hoping to slide those in on that special meeting and get those voted on. Russell and Nicholas Demo is one of them. Um, we've got um to approve building the baseball and tennis because that paperwork was not ready yet. Um, we're still working on some value engineering on those projects. We should have that wrapped up Friday. Um, we also have some other items that have to be corrected and will be added on to that agenda. Um, it's just that time when we're trying to get a whole lot
090of stuff in at one time and with five weeks between board meetings, it's really it could create a delay where we wouldn't have some projects ready when we need them to have have them ready on that part. Uh, the other question I had was on OFCC asked about ribbon cutting for the 24. They would like to set a date so they can start planning for it. Um, I talked to uh Mr. Toby about his schedule when staff return, when students return, and their first day back for students will be on the 14th. They'll have an open house for students. I would kind of like to do the the ribbon cutting the day before, maybe on the 13th. Okay. And then we would um we spoke about it. We said what we do is open the
091building up for an open house for the community at that time. Maybe do something 4:30 to 6:00. Do a ribbon cutting. Invite OFCC down and any state politicians that want their picture taken on that and then um then we could give tours of the building. OFCC also asked if we'd be willing to host an OFCC commission meeting at our school >> and I told them we'd be happy to if they send us some dates and times and we'll keep you guys informed on that if they decide to do that. >> That's that's about it. >> Well, that's that's really neat. Thanks, Jack. >> Are those dur those during the day? the OCC commission meeting date. >> Yeah, those are during the day. So, >> I'm assuming it'd be probably an August meeting, early August. I
092think don't they do they meet the second week of the month? I think >> so. Becky, you got anything? >> I don't think I gave all my updates other than just congrats to all the retirements. So, money will be missed. I agree. I wanted to congratulate the room full of retirees and of course the uh the 13 teachers that I worked closely with and well wasn't only the teachers, it was Shelley as well and many others. But um one of the the best compliments that I wanted to bring to everyone's attention that um I believe that compliments our district is when in tough times and Many times teachers aren't the best sellers of our own profession or or their own profession as well. And um again the best compliment ever is to suggest to your
093own family member that they come and work where you spent 30 plus years. So we hired two teachers like one of them if you saw Miss V sitting there that was her daughter. her daughter did her student teaching here and will be teaching here hopefully for another 30 years and Miss York um Angie York's daughter will be here and then of course Donna is leaving but Donna's daughter teaches here Shannon so I think that is a great testament to what the work that we're doing here with kids and and teachers believing in what we're doing so much so that they would suggest that their own children work here so just wanted to bring that to everyone's attention Wow, that is a really nice deer. Okay, well we are now at the general comments from the
094public. Uh >> we have Miss Andrea Edmonds from Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Um it's a it's a five minute uh time. Other than that, we are excited to hear from you, Miss Andrea. >> And I promise I will not take very long. I know you're all staring at the clock going, I want to go home and have dinner. So I promise I've been at work since 7:30 this morning. So, I'm sure like many of you. So, good [clears throat] evening members of the community, um, school board, Dr. Townsend, um, thank you for having me. My name is Andrea Edmonds and I am the school leazison program manager at White Resort Base. Um, I don't think a a school leaison has been to West Carolton to talk with you at all. And that's part of
095the reason that I'm here. Um, there are approximately 50 military connected students that attend West Carolton schools. Um and so my role um is to serve as the connection between the community and base. I bring together those things. We work directly with our commander, Colonel Richards. We work directly with our commander um Colonel Brazwell, both of them. Um and we are looking forward to support your district and your military connected students um in whatever way your district feels like we can do that. Um you know, right Patterson Air Force Base is home to thousands of of civilian employees, active duty members, contractors. Um it's the largest single site employer in the state of Ohio with 38,000 um employees. And you know, there may not be a lot of active duty specifically here in West Carolton,
096but I guarantee there are contractor families and we support those um contractors, civilian employees, all of those are part of our footprint um with the school position. So we, you know, if you know anything about military life, you know it's a one of change and transition. [clears throat] And so there are frequent relocations. The average military connected student moves between eight and nine times between kindergarten and 12th grade. I mean, just think about that for a minute, what that means. If you've ever moved, you know what that's like. Um, and they they endure deployments, parents being gone for months, sometimes years. um they have to adjust to new schools and new communities. And so my role as school leaison is to help those students and help your district with those transitions um with supporting um
097special education navigation, PCSing, deployment, um anything that is educational related, we support. And so, you know, as what with what we do, you know, we advocate both for our military connected students, but we're really looking to develop the partnership. Um and that's that we haven't had before and that's kind of why I'm why I'm here making sure you put a face um hoping encouraging Dr. town to come to our next superintendent meeting um as well and I would love to come and talk with the board more about the things that are that that we can do um the right Patterson Air Force Base can do to help West Carolton. We're in the process of developing an internship and job shadowing program um where students would come on base and that is a commander-led initiative. Um
098and we are also looking at um base visits for schools giving schools the opportunity to students onto base and see what it's like. They don't have to be military connected, but I mean, if you, you know, you graduate from West Carolton, you graduate from any of the school districts, chances are you may stay in Ohio. And you know where you may end up employed, right? Patterson Airport. Um, and so, you know, I'm excited to work with you. Um, I'm excited to have you get to know the services that we can provide. Um, and to strengthen communication to build collaborate collaborative solutions and sure that every military child, military connected child feels supported and set up for success um in your classrooms and in your district. So, thank you for the role that all of you
099play and I look forward to seeing what we can accomplish together. >> Thank you so much. >> All right. Well, we're moving right along >> to the comments from the board members. So, we'll start with Angie. I want to congratulate all of your entireies. We hate to see you go, but we understand and wish you best of luck in your new adventures. >> I have two comments to make and a question. My question is for Jack. Uh, is there any update you can share with us on the turf at the state? The turf of the stadium's complete. >> I haven't been by then obviously. I wouldn't ask you that. >> Completely complete. Pretty awesome looking. We got a giant pirate head done. So, we got to hurry. >> We've got We have the endzones are
100black. >> No more yellow. No more yellow football lines on that part. Um we are in the process of putting down the new track. Um they've stripped the track surface. We're down to the base and that'll be one of those other items will be coming up because we are going to have to mill the base a little bit and put another layer of asphalt down on it. So, that'll be a change order coming up on that. But, um the track should be completed before school starts. Um we're shooting for a second week in August to have the track completed and that whole project should be done. >> So, at least the track wasn't done. I'm not totally out of >> No, the track is not done yet. [laughter] >> But you specifically said church. >>
101I did. I know. I'm trying to say face here. Okay. >> Okay. Um >> I've trained that too. >> I know. Two other comments I would make. One is about packs. We don't know the result of this, but last year when Disney is one of our biggest sponsors really, uh they donated $23,000 to Pirate Packs last year and they just had their event this past weekend. And I don't think Nate knows any numbers because I don't. But, um, the first night they were there, they outpaced last year by $2,000. If they have a three-day event, Friday night and Saturday night, their auctions, 100% of the proceeds go to us to the fire pack program. And then, um, so the Friday night event outpaced last year by $2,000. And an individual donated $5,000 on Saturday. So,
102from what I can tell, they are ahead of last year's pace, which was 23,000, which was a record for them. So, I don't know what that number is going to look like, but um we just continue to get really good news about fundraising and organizations helping us with feeding the kids here in West Co. So, I certainly came I think last year did put a crazy Disney outfit on and shared with us a little bit. And that's the same group I'm talking about if you recall that. So eager to hear what the numbers look like numbers will look like this year but they seem to be ahead of last year's pace which is just insane because that's a lot of money. Um last thing is um we had a retreat u the board did a
103few days ago and I wanted to and Denise I apologize for this because I'm not sure you're going to like this news but uh we have decided to try to come up with a plan on the scholarships that the district has been um a part of for a while and try to figure out a way to handle those. Um, so we haven't figured out exactly what that's going to look like yet, but we did discuss that in our retreat and we're going to try to manage those uh internally. So, just wanted to let folks know that if they're interested in that. That's going to mean for some high school students that there's going to be a couple of extra scholarship opportunities hopefully starting next spring. That's all I have. >> Thank you. Lori, >> um,
104congratulations retirees. Um, So much talent was in the room at one time and then they weren't all here. So, goodness gracious. Um, and then we have not had I hope I Yeah, we have not. We have not had a meeting since the graduation. Um, if you weren't there, it was magical. It was wonderful. It was great. Um, everyone walked through. No one tripped, but I saw. Um, and so it was a very nicely done thing. Um, >> she changed your last name. This is Oh, Carl. >> Carlile. Um I I knew the first last name, not the second last name. Um did a wonderful job. And there was another person also, >> Miss Morris. >> Morris. Um great job. Um and so I just want to say that that was um very enjoyable. They do
105a wonderful job organizing that. And I'm sure there's more people that I don't know, but those are the two names. Oh, only one name actually. Actually, I didn't know any of the names actually. Um so there you go. >> All right. Um, I also wanted to echo the congratulation to the retirees. I knew so many of them and so many of them had u my children uh I worked with um uh over at at Frank Nicholas when I was a PO president. That's been so long ago. Anyway, um I wanted to uh tell all the kids that if you want to do a fall sport, you need to get into final forms. It is now open for this next school year. So, if you want to do these things, you need to get the final
106forms uh forms filled out and get a valid physical over the summer. I know that there is a lot of time, but that time shrinks because fall sports starts August 1st. So, um, get those done and if you're in any need or bored at all, please read a book. That'd be great. So, happy summer. Be safe. Thank you. >> Very well said, especially about the books. I think more than ever, that's so important. Um, I just had a few things. Um, I was going to mention uh something that's exciting about our our retreat that we've had as well is our adopt to school program. Um, I'm excited to hopefully have this be a real thing this time, make it really a big deal. >> Yeah. And we're together. >> We're forcing ourselves this time because
107we're trying to have uh this on our agenda >> and so that we have to say something. So, um, especially for our board members here, um, it's going to be exciting to get >> I've already scheduled it for all the future. >> Oh, did you really? Okay. Well, now we're now we're really in. [laughter] >> And Lori is first with the ECC. So, >> that's right. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. So, you you're excited. I'm sure >> the bar will be high, just so you know. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Um, so that's really exciting about that program. Good luck. Um, >> that's right. >> Yeah, John's next after after Yeah. >> Um, and then I was going to mention graduation went really really well. >> Yes. And I actually have her in twice on here.
108>> You can actually catch a replay of it on our web page. Um, if you Yeah, >> it's it was live streamed and it is under news. >> It's under the news. So, be sure to check it out if you didn't get to see it. Um, everyone dressed up really well. Nice >> except >> nice colors. No >> except certain people. >> No dark [clears throat] blue or anything >> except certain people. Can we get that on tape? Except >> she's talking about herself, but we um graduation was really incredible. >> You have a full year. >> It might be charcoal. >> Full year. Fine. It's fine. No, you do blue. So help me. >> I think this might be my last year. >> I think so. >> Blue >> retiring. >> Yeah. >> Or
109a new one. >> It's a nice suit. >> Oh, you got it. >> I got you covered. >> Oh, look. Yeah, >> we'll talk. >> I hope it's not recent, Jack, cuz >> I mean, you'll talk. We'll talk. I got you covered. >> We're not the same shirt size. I know, right? [laughter] Um, but graduation was incredible to to see all these amazing kids do. You mean just to move on for their future and I just hope that they never forget where they came from. That's what really matters is, you know, you might be doing amazing things in your future, but don't ever forget home because no matter where your new home might be, there's there's a home that's waiting for you always back here. Oh, >> and if you weren't at the if you
110weren't at [clears throat] the graduation and you didn't see it yet, um at least go through to where you see um Mr. White's presentation where he gave the numbers of people, how many were going to this and how many were going to that and how many had full scholarships and how many. >> It was amazing. I wish I had those numbers. I should have been million >> $2.7 million in scholarships. most scholarships ever, right, >> for this year. Just >> ever in our district. So >> kudos. I mean, we have to be doing something right to get that much going out. Um, and thank goodness these kids are going to have something to start with. They're not going to start with that huge balance due. So that was that was that was the most exciting
111part for me was like, yes. >> Which I mean gives a lot of kudos to the teachers, right? >> The administrators, the parents, right? It it shows that you I mean hard work really does pay off. Yeah. Counselors. I mean we just have such incredible staff. Shoot. Even our I mean our bus drivers and our custodians. Everyone plays a role in the success of these students. And to see that number and to see that we're breaking records as a school shows that everything's working, you know, and some things might might not work as easily or whatever, but you know what? We get it through and we do a good job. Um, and only two air horns as well from what I heard. Maybe there was a few more. My hearing is not that good, but
112it went very, very well. Um, I was also going to mention a little bit about the pirate packs. Um, of course I don't have the number. [laughter] Thanks, Lori. Uh, you know, I don't have the number for that, but uh, it was um, it was a really incredible event. I guess on Facebook or something there's a photo of me doing a high kick and a Mickey Mouse hat. So, if anyone wants to find that, >> I have it on my phone. >> Yeah, [laughter] >> everyone's really curious. >> But, um, we did a lot of good um for exposing what Pirate Packs does and the amount of kids that, you know, we help feed, right? Which helps with their education. So, it it all pays off in the end and it is a good time
113to uh to see some Disney folks and all that. So, um I was also wanted to mention just quickly I know there's uh little pamphlets and stuff about the property taxes and eliminating the property taxes and even a thing for people to vote or not to vote but like to sign like almost like a petition. Um I always want to remind people to be wary of what you're signing. um you know, property taxes, if that gets eliminated, taxes will come at some point and it's probably going to come through sales tax, which is a reminder to people. And then I also wanted to say it not only affects, of course, our school district and our funding for our schools, but a lot um but affects your city services as well. Um all of our local
114districts is affected by property taxes. And I always say your local elections are the most important. And I will also say your local government is your most important and to uh to take away a lot of that funding um it it's not easy. So, um just know we're not Texas, we're not Florida, we're Ohio. >> Those are state taxes. [clears throat] They're not the same. >> Whatever. You know, I'm talking about Wait, those are state taxes, aren't they? >> They are. And I'm saying that because I live there. So, I didn't pay state taxes, but my, you know, because we didn't pay state taxes, my property taxes were extremely high. And the reverse would probably happen here. So >> I thought Florida had no property tax. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. It had huge properties. >>
115So, who does have property? Who doesn't have the property? >> Tennessee. That's what I'm thinking. >> So, and for all you parents who have all your children at home with you this summer, keep that in mind when you sign papers. >> Um, and then of course with local government, I feel like it it affects us a little bit. That's why I'm mentioning it. But I I think there's been a lot of buzz going around about Alex Road being shortened down to potentially three lanes. And I feel like it would not hurt to say that no matter what, we're because a lot of community members were asking, we're not going to let these kids cross. If it's three lanes or five lanes or however many lanes, the kids will never cross South Alex Road. And I
116think I can say that with confidence. >> Correct. They will always the bus will always out the door that way and then the bus will turn around and go out the door the other direction. Um I just wanted to make that clear because I think a lot of community members were concerned about that and but it is also true that that both sides will need to stop for the school bus. >> It is legal to cross students. I mean that is >> it's legal. >> If they made it three lanes, it's legal to cross a student to the left side of the roadway, but it [clears throat] doesn't mean it's a really good idea, right? >> Or it's an idea that we would ever accept here in this district. >> Yeah. So, and that's something
117to recognize. So, for those of you who live in West Carolton, if it does go down to three lanes, please do us a favor and watch for what does Don used to say? Uh the big yellow taxis. Yeah, >> watch for the big yellow taxis because on that road it really would make a difference. >> It will >> because it could stop your car on both sides. So, I just wanted to mention that as well. Um, other than that, I hope everyone have a great summer. And, uh, of course, I'm going to end with a quote before our work session. So, um, this is by Jerome Bruner and it is, we're more likely to act ourselves into a feeling than to feel ourselves into action. So other than that, I I think we will uh
118get a motion second for session or just like a recess. Oh yeah, I guess we can just make a recess, don't we? >> And this would be for student reps. [clears throat] >> Thank you guys. Afterwards, we will