001We have exchanged buildings and so that will give us double the square footage and right now we're doing a major renovation and we're hoping it'll be done by this. Okay, it is 6 o'clock. So, I'm going to call this meeting to order. The PaloAl public school regular meeting for August 19th, 2025. Um, call to order recording of members present. We have four members present and Dr. Coffman is absent this evening. Miss her too much information. Um, 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. Item D, something very excited to see this presentation. Um, it's Tigers Roar and we have our AP students. Uh, this are these students from last year
002who >> Yes, ma'am. So, the these are we had nine students pass three or more AP exams in May. >> Wow. which classifies him as AP scholars. >> Um, we have we have a couple that aren't here. The first, so I'll just I've got their names if that's okay. >> Yeah. And this is our high school principal, Mr. Jordan. >> Yes. Thank you. Uh, so the the first one I'll just is Eli Batty. He's not here. He just got a job at Chili. So he felt like he couldn't ask, but he passed four tests. He passed AP biology, AP literature, AP pre-calculus, and AP US history. We do have Daniel Bright. I saw him here. So, Daniel passed four AP exams. AP Calculus, AP Language, AP Literature. That one I would like to say, he
003made a five language. and he also passed AP physics and mechanics. Felix Lou is here. Felix passed four exams, AP language, AP literature, AP pre-calculus, and AP US history. We have Jana Reic. She passed four exams, AP language, AP literature, AP pre-calculus, and AP US history. Danielle Schneider. She passed three AP exams, AP Language, AP Literature, and AP US History. [Applause] Next is Gracie Rolls. Gracie passed three exams, AP Literature, AP Language, and AP US History. [Applause] Alyssa F. She passed three AP exams. AP calculus, BC, which is I read a harder test than AB. AP language and AP literature, which she made a five on, perfect score. Sander Moss graduated in May, so he is now at his university. So, he's not here, but he passed three exams. AP Calculus, the BC version, AP
004Language, and AP Literature. He made a five as well. And then David [Applause] Jordan passed three exams, AP Literature, AP Language, and AP US History. [Applause] It's good. And I would also like to add just on top of this, not only are there teachers that did a phenomenal job that prepared them for this, we also had 14 other students that passed two exams. >> How many total who pass exams? >> Total, I don't have the number, but but passing multiple tests, we had 23. Wow, that is [Applause] qualifying specific scholarship connected to that or what is that? >> I don't think there's a scholarship, but it's a designation that you have put it on scholarship applications and that sort of thing. >> So, is it through the college boards, the AP college boards that gives
005that designation? >> Yes, ma'am. They should have received an email stating as much that they are a star, >> but they also then from passing the AP class, they don't have to take those courses when they go to college. Correct. >> Exactly. When students have passed AP lit and AP learning, they do not have to take uh freshman composition and university. They also don't have to take English. >> Let's get their picture. Get Mr. Jordan was >> daddy. >> This is like when you were little. >> Here we go. >> Thank you all very much. I wanted to add that um and the first AP class that was started at Bala High School uh and I think it was in 9495. Um, one morning, uh, the principal came down the hall in the old language
006arts building where I was teaching and he said, "We're going to start AP courses. We're going to start with you. I have you signed up for this weekend in uh SMU in Dallas to take a workshop and you want a school car or do you want and I was just and to be honest I I wasn't familiar with AP I didn't know what it was >> and I kept saying well I don't think I can go this weekend my children he was like no got to have this before I can sign you up and we're starting AP and I said, "Okay." And uh but it it was just such a wonderful program. And um one of our Spanish teachers when I was at open house, Mrs. is it Gibson is what I'm thinking. >> Jordan.
007>> Okay. Uh she said, "Mrs. Walker, do you recognize me?" And I said, "Well, I do recognize you, but I cannot think of your maiden name at the time." And so she said, "Well, I had AP Lit with you." And I said, "You made a five, didn't you?" And I remember the kids who made a five on that. And I, you know, those were few and far between. So um, but I could still name right now about six of them. And my memory's gotten bad. But it's very important and it that test none of those tests are are easy. I mean it takes a high level of competency in all of those areas. So you know congratulations uh those tests are not for sissies. >> Thank you all. Congratulations. [Applause] I would do so. >>
008Yeah, you're welcome to stay. >> Yes. What does he tell you? >> Okay. [Music] not that kind of turn out to build the AP programs over the years. >> Those AP and I'm sorry those AP our AP uh literature teacher had 100% pass rate. our second year in a row. >> Second year in a row, I believe. And then we didn't have enough to make an AP lane class, >> but we still had about the same amount of kids take the AP lang test and they all passed it. 90% of it. >> so they they don't have to be in anyone can take the test. Is that But they have a class that is, >> right? But they have a class that is advanced for those who >> So, we felt like Mrs. way felt
009like the AP literature class would prepare them well enough for the AP Lum 90% of those kids that took the AP pass the test without taking >> because of her. >> Yes. And who uh was this who did the API this year? >> Mrs. Wade >> that's impressive. >> Did Mrs. White teach too? Mhm. >> I'm not sure if she had I don't >> the pre >> she may have had the pre I can't remember or she had another group of them. >> Yeah, I think she had I think they both had >> and what's so important with that is the vertical alignment. Um so it's a matter of if you know ninth 10th 11th as they come up the ranks to you if if you have your students at a certain level then then
010you can you can apply and that is really wonderful and um Miss Gibson Miss Jordan Spanish teacher when I her first name okay >> um she said well you know I had the ace lineup up of English teachers. I had had Dr. Cersi who wasn't Dr. Cersi at the time. I had had Mrs. Crawford and then I had you and she they were taking the AI lift at that time as juniors which even one more year of maturity as seniors makes a made a huge difference. But it was either get them then or they're headed off to you know on current >> enrollment. So I I'm just so impressed with how the AP programs have grown. >> Those teachers, they should be proud. Very much so. >> I have I have one more question. So
011you said they don't like the the literature or the language. They don't have to take then two classes in college, but do they have is it credit for that? They so they get six hour if they pass that test, then they get six hours of credit. And so it and I wondered about that only because at the end of the year when we do honors there's this big split. There's one group of kids that have a lot of AP classes and then there's one group that have a lot of concurrent classes and there's usually a couple that maybe have both but I didn't know how and I am interested I think I've asked this question before. I'm interested in understanding how that impacts um GPA as well because it it seems like there's a a
012very distinct kind of impact on your GPA because you'll have the kid that has 33 hours of concurrent and then you'll have a kid who had five AP and I understand that they're they're ranked they're weighted differently but um >> some are not all concurrent classes are weighted >> as a fivepoint class but some are has that opposite. So like the English goes against the AP. So that would be an >> So if it's like history going against the history AP >> So if you take a concurrent class that is also an AP class, it's weighted. If you take a concurrent class that is not an AP class, it is not weighted. But then the concurrent is that's three hours for the class versus that you can take two a year. So do your hour
013your college hours equal out? So you take AP class for a whole year and if you pass that test you get six hours but you can take a English one and English two if you're allowed to take that one semester and the second. So you're still going to get six hours in that same hour of weekly class. Good planning says take the APS and then take concurrent that don't >> so then you get both when they get to high school but you know >> the school of math and science that is waiting >> and that if you go to Zech the school of math and science >> well it's really an interesting topic because I don't know that um just everyday family understands >> how to um >> go through that and access it all.
014>> So it's something for us to think about high school kind of guide. So you have these kids in eighth grade who are >> making good grades and they're smart and they're making decisions about which classes to enroll in. And not that, you know, I think there's trade-offs because you may not be able to get as high a GPA, but you may be able to get more credit hours and that may be more important to some kids than what their GPA is. And I know that we have that that everyone helps them with this, but for a family who's not in this and you know their parents not a teacher, they don't have someone in higher education kind of that decision making, you know, they may think I need to take more weighted classes because
015I need a higher GPA to get me in college. But if you can already have two years of college done when you graduate, that may be the more important thing for some of those kids. So it financially and other, you know, some kind of little guide book that we give those kids in 8th grade for those, you know, that are really kind of making decisions on what four years from now looks like when they're in fresh when they're freshman because that's when they have to start picking those classes and making those decisions. >> You know, I I think it's important also to think about and I often times when I would go in and talk to classes try to convince the kids uh before they signed up. I I think your AP classes at the
016high school level in many ways you get much more help, much more individualized attention. I felt that we went much more in depth than they ever did with the uh freshman comp in uh even one and two, >> right? um and many times that would be taught by a teacher assistant and who really didn't have much training. So I always felt as far as getting the knowledge and the skills content for students so that when they go on to school and they're writing in college and they're writing papers and working on you know going out master's degrees and PhDs and law degrees where you really need for medical degrees information that it was more advantageous for the students to to take those AP courses versus the the concurrent classes. But that did come back and
017tell you yes, I never had any trouble with writing all the way through college because of the base I got and I had students that go concurrent come back to me and say, "Can you help me?" Yes. And they weren't getting if you don't give that base before you go, you never catch up. That struggle all the way through if they stay in. Is there also is there also a ACT component of not having to take college classes or that you score a certain section that's there is a a writing component component on the ACT that does that raise your score >> I thought there was one of those credit >> but no can you get you not have to take it though is that [Music] So if you score so much on the part
018of the ACT, you still have to take one. >> I thought there was some correlation to that. >> You don't get scored high enough then you have to take >> you have to take I knew that but I thought there was alternative. >> So you don't clip out a high score? I I don't think so. >> Well, Mr. That's it. Did Did your son clip out of anything on a perfect ACT score? >> I don't think the ACT score clipped him out, but he got out of >> Yes, >> it helped with scholarships. >> Absolutely. Okay. See, public to be heard. And I think we do have public to be heard. So bear with me as I read these instructions. A resident wishing to address the board of education must fill out out a form
019for the meeting and submit it to the board clerk. The speaker is to move to the lecture on being recognized by the board president and give his or her full name and we're not including the address anymore. We are not. Okay. The speaker will be allowed four minutes to address the board. Public comments will be limited to the first five individuals who sign up to speak and will not exceed 20 minutes total. The board and administrative staff will not respond questions or comments at the meeting. The resident may receive a written response as soon as possible. Questions and complaints relating to employees of the district, all caps, will not be permitted at this time. Such questions are to be referred to the superintendent at another time. Presentation for discussion of matters which are currently under
020legal review will not be permitted. Um, and we have Mr. Nathan Reed. He is going to speak. make it a monthly. >> Um Nathan, um I brought some help today because um if you haven't decided to vote yes on the school bond yet, um she has a nice scar on her forehead that you can't say no to and so you have to say vote yes because that's her sequoia scar. So, um, I brought help today, um, to get my point across, but, uh, I just wanted to come and give a just a quick update on some of the things we've been working on, the school bond. Um, so we had a couple of volunteers that were able to come to open house at some of the sites and help hand out some of the, uh,
021voting things. Um, we've got the one thing that I definitely want you guys to know about, I know Tanya will be there presenting. Our Taloqua area roundt is on August 28th from 5 to 6:30 and you guys will be the main um attraction for that night. Um have you guys have some videos going and things? It's going to be at ICTC. They just completed the new remodel. So, it's a great way to get in there and and see that new site, but use some of their new facilities to um have you guys up there talking about the school bond. Um I know you won't be saying vote yes, but I will be there proudly saying vote yes on this one. And uh we did a Ty and I got to do a video that is
022almost done and it'll be getting out there on our social media pages and um it was a nice kind of like the the cheerleader back and forth and she was like vote and I was like yes she said vote said yes and so it's a great back and forth. Um it's great to be able to stand here and ask everybody that can possibly vote to vote yes on this school bond. Um, the last thing that I wanted to say is thank you because we got to hold some of the best events over the last couple of weeks uh for Talico Public Schools and Cherokee County Schools. It is a blessing to the chamber, to our board, to our ambassadors, to the community to get to feed back into you guys and and pour back into
023you guys. Uh, I said it on stage, the passion and the love that you guys give to our students. Um, it just feels great to get up there and give some of that back. I think we gave away over $10,000 in door prizes between the two events. Um, and that was all straight from the community. So, um, we loved it. We appreciated getting to give back to you guys. And so, I just want to say thank you for letting us come in and be a part of your back to school events. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. It was too hot at soccer practice. So, her sister's having soccer practice. I said, "You can hang out with me." >> She is a glowing example of why we do need the bond to do some of those
024projects. >> That's right. That's why I said I'm not above it. like she's got a scarf straight on her forehead, newspaper, perfect example [Laughter] [Music] meeting. Do I have a motion? >> Move to approve. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Miss Hi, >> Dr. Ever. >> I Crawford and I. >> Item E, Deputy Treasure to report and discussion and we vote to approve the monthly financial reports. >> Good evening. Our bank balance as of July 31st was $16,329,92361. General fund receipts for July was1,550,64351. Building fund $4,185.3 syncing fund $19,681.30. So that brought our general fund balance to 7,71,63.11. Building funds 7,256,157 bond funds $382,578. Scing fund $80,133.112. Activity fund was1,16,783.94. Utilities, so our electric was $11,4712 less from last July to this July. >> How much less? >> $11,4712. Gas was $37.16 more and that was
025due to a price increase in gas and the water was $78129 more and that's due to watering the soft. >> Did we think there was a leak at some point? >> Yes, they found it. >> Okay. Yeah, it was at transportation is where it was. >> Okay. >> And Miss Crawford had had a question about the electricity, the bills, utilities at Heritage, and we had just talked about, we'll do a little bit more research, but Heritage is all electric. Um, it's all glass. Um, and it's just more expensive. No insulation, >> not the way I probably would have designed it myself. Beautiful, but not very economically friendly. >> So, but um she did ask, are there other things that we could do to help with that? And that's something that, you know, I made note
026of and that we'll um I'll talk to Brad about see if there are any ideas we can do. >> Question. Do I have a motion? Second discussion ever Crawford I had I item F principal director's report and we're going to hear from um federal and special programs. So we're going to have Lacy Wilson and >> Okay. Hi. Did you guys hurt? >> Did we coordinate >> without me? [Laughter] Sharing was supposed to send it to you. >> I'm not bitter though. >> AP I want to add. It's really nice when you go to add those credits onto their transcripts. It costs as much. >> I'm very very proud of this. >> That's amazing. >> It's an amazing group. >> Okay, we ready? We're gonna we're gonna whip through this. And here's why. We know you
027already know all the great things that are happening around here, but we do want to showcase one more time and let you know what we have going on. So, district demographics haven't changed a lot. Um, we do not do the free and reduced lunch applications, so we go off of our economically disadvantaged form. So, that would be one thing that I would point out there. Okay. um federal programs. We have not received our allocations this year yet. Um so I gave you the information from last year. We will have a similar setup. We we're hearing that we're going to have um about the same money. So that's kind of how we're planning. Once again, we're going to try to consolidate our money. Um we'll pay for all of prek out of title one and then
028we'll pay for several instructional coaches and that type of thing. And that's where that's where we don't spend money on things. We spend money on people um with our federal funds in this this pot of money. Go ahead. >> Oh, do you want to talk? >> Just we were able to submit for the mechanical toe grant today. So that was something that we weren't sure was going to be released or um something possible this year. So >> Fingers crossed. Good. We had the leg of the state to review it. So hopefully we'll get 60,000 for the next three years. Nice. >> What are the parameters or regulations or stipulations on that grant >> and the Mckin Vento? It just services have to go towards our Mckin Vento students. So we have part of our DHS
029contract that we pay out of that. We pay a portion of my salary out of that and then we have usually 10,000 plus for supplies, school supplies, shoes, clothing, glasses, haircuts, things that they need. These are the same district grants. We did have one just roll off. We had a big grant roll off that we had um for six years um which was the school climate grant. The other ones are the a continuation except for there's two on there, the T- set discovery grant. And I do want to point out that Desiree Bloomer and Megan Dreadful Water actually wrote that grant. Um we didn't pay a grant writer and I'm very very proud of them and definitely want to give them a little shout out there. And so that will be um kind of like
030the farm to school but we included the area schools. And so I think it's really cool that they'll be able to take farm to school out to Lowry and Grand View. And you know, anything we do in our grants, we really try to include the other schools because I would feel um I wouldn't even know how to function, I think, in a school without all of the resources. So it just feels silly not to include them. >> They end up with us. >> So we try to include them in everything. And then we just found out the tea. Who wrote the tea set? >> So, Megan Dreadful Water and Desiree Bloomer. Yeah, they did a really great job. Very, very proud of them. Um, and then the opioid abatement grant, we just found out that
031we got that and the email that we got said, you received part or whole of the grant. And I was like, gee, thanks. And anyway, then they resent it to Tammy and said, "You actually got the whole amount for three years." So, I I was glad. Um, and that pays for one of our social workers. Um, and then part of our family and community engagement director to make sure that we are talking about opioids and drug addiction and getting that out. So, I could go on and on about grants. you guys know that, but I'm not going to keep you on. >> Both of those are things that we had written this year because we did have some larger grants rolling off and we we don't want to go without those resources. So, we have
032to immediately look for something to continue the good work that we're doing. >> Um, so they were, you know, both very important for that. We've also written the uh Heather Taylor uh wrote the 21st century grant for us, but they have not usually they are read and um awarded the last week of July and they have not even been read by the state yet, I don't think. Um they're not really sure how that um funding is going to come down or if it is. Uh so our application is in for that grant. Um but we have no word about it yet and obviously you know that the 21st century grants are very important to us. So do we have a way to cover them? >> Yes, we we use all almost all of our uh
033even a large portion of our title six grant uh and then Boys and Girls Club of Talqua um obviously is our partner and picks up a big portion of that. um we are able to cover um a more limited program um with that and we still have one 21st century grant each year share between Cherokee and Brakes. So that helps um but as you know at one point we had three uh 21st century grants the only district in the state to ever run you know I think three simultaneously um and so that second one is very important to get back. So, we're hoping that that process is going to start with them, but uh the last I heard I I don't think they know. I don't think the office even knows. I don't know when
034that's going to to really start. Um but we we are committed to having the afterchool program and we're making it work even if we have to have a limited number of uh activities that second hour or a little bit larger class sizes in after school. um we've been able to and we'll continue to do that. Uh we will this year um on part of our build for public school money. Um, so you know, Miss Walker had worked on that for years, getting us to get in into that program where people can divert their tax dollars basically into something for school districts and had a a wonderful donation from the health family um that we would you will be able to access that money to help pay for after school teachers this year if needed. >>
035That's good. Oh, and one other grant that we are submitting on Friday is a TA set environment grant, and that is to redo some of the high school kitchen, the high school cafeteria. So, I think we're trying to open it up a little more. There's only two lines right now. It's a little bit long for some of the kids, so we're hoping to open it up to have four lines. >> So, we're working on that very hard in the next few days, and we'll push submit on that on Friday. Fingers crossed there, too. And because of all that, our breeding of resources, we're able to offer a lot of special services through our outreach center. And at our sites, we have our care teams, our school resource officers. We've added another DHS social worker partnership,
036which we're very excited about. Outreach center has moved. We are moved out of the White House and we are on the central location. We are Liza and Amy made it look exactly like the White House. I mean, wouldn't have even realized that they moved, but they are there. We do have people that are coming now that we have the sign out and school started that they've been coming to get some things. Lots of things on Facebook that they've been able to see a need and fill a need for our families. We added Miss Abby Keys to our lineup and I think a overwhelming positive from our site. She has brought a level of >> from the admin perspective and her ability to track and document and just reach families. So, we're very excited about that.
037With her adding to the team, we have assigned Abby is at Greenwood and Cherokee. Miss Donnie Phillips is at Squa and Heritage. Ardin is at middle school and Katie Johnson is at the high school. So, we've instead of them trying to travel to every building and every care team, they now have their specific locations that they're at and they're really going to get us some good data for our new grants. Um, one of the things our goals for the outreach center this year was to increase our community partnerships by five, we did it by six because these ladies are amazing. Um, they not only do they do their site family nights, which is very impressive. that they've been at at least one of their site events, title one events. We our numbers are in. Liza
038tracks that. All the principles sent that in and we had 2,714 patrons visit one of our title one family nights which was blown away with that. And tied with the highest attendance was Greenwood for their block party and Cherokee for their picnic on the playground. So those were two events we were very Oh and um house con house con just down by 10 as the other two but um over 325 at each of those events. So that was very impressive. >> Some of the um partnerships that we've been able to have we were really excited about adding a sensory friendly hour to our summer social feedback from our families on that. We were able to be hidden in plain sight. We did a a session for parents and we also did a session for teachers
039and I think the teachers were kind of scared. >> I was scared as a parent seeing all the ways that kiddos can hide things but it was very informative. So we're able to do that with some of our family money. Um we had a fifth grade parent night where for fifth graders that would be moving to the middle school and then we always have our FA night so we have our social workers on the help. That's hard hard to fill that out. Um, our community relations, we added two boards to our list. We added the Trot Board in Lake Area United Way. So, those are two new partnerships we were able to add. We also added the um community outreach event on May 3rd. We were able to do the first back to school haircut
040event last summer, but then this year it was on steroids. It was a very impressive event and we added Step the Bus with Lake Area United Way. But one of our most treasured partnership is with our own Dr. Eversoul's class and prom the her class alone fills I've got a number for you when we find it. Number of backpacks that we distributed this year was insane and they packed almost every one of them for us. We'll get to that slide. I can't read that. It's too small. Um next slide, Robert. Another partnership that we we started at the beginning of last year, but it is booming. And I don't know, Marissa, jump in here if you want to say anything about this, but Bright Futures has started Merch Buddies at Cherokee, and it went amazing.
041They are going to continue that, but they've also added the interest clubs. >> Yes. As part of that, >> some of them are going to start coming and helping with that. Um, I talked to a gentleman yesterday or not yesterday, last week and he was excited because last year he ate with the kindergarten kids and this year he was eating with first grade so that he could still see his new, you know, his kids from last year. >> Um, several um of the lunch buddies came to programs that our kids had. They just really connected with our kids and um it was a lot of fun. But it's has our patrons coming in our buildings and seeing um the needs and seeing all the amazing things going on which in turn wants them to help
042support us through the outreach center. So they they're donating their time, their money, their resources. So, we've had they held a food and hygiene drive for us and stocked our backpack room is extremely full and they financially they make donations and allow us to purchase some things that we might not be able to pay for out of our >> Who are the members of Bright Futures? >> It's anybody in the community. The the board is Chrissy Ebanks, Michael Payne, Amy Spears, myself. We're getting ready to add two new high school students. Miley Boyston and Noah Barrett were our two high school students last year and graduated. And then Kim McCarthy from first. >> There's an app that you can sign up and they I mean I think they have so much. I don't get them
043very often, but I do, you know, and it'll be some, you know, somebody needs a bicycle or a >> a tire for a bicycle. >> Yeah. And so if they have if they don't have like the funds to purchase it or they don't already have the thing available, get a message in the app and anyone who signed up for it can say, "Hey, I've got that." And I mean, I think I've gotten three in the last year out >> with our grant. We were really healthy on being able to purchase needs. It's just those random things that we can't buy with school funds that like I might have a battery donated or a tire donated for. They don't let me go buy batteries for cars for that. Yeah, you can't buy your mattresses. Talico Rotary
044Club is another partnership. We were able to do 140 Christmas food baskets last year and we are very thankful for that and our families look forward to that every year. Our clothing closet washer and dryer available at every site. This is our district ones that now every site has it and they're growing and getting very impressive. If anyone wants to go see Ardan Samson, she has it's immaculate and they are always looking for donations for that as well. Food pantries are available. We have that at the outreach center now and you can contact Amy Spears or Kayla Johnson if you need access to that backpack program. There's our number. So we serve 9,863 snack packs last year. So we averaged about 250 students a week. That is all community funded by donations. That does not
045come out of any of our funding. And it is all volunteers that fill those snap packs. And our our student organizations help that as well. free meals for students. Lace talked about this or was it last month? Um, but we got our number in and it was 33,634 just on Wednesdays and July >> for June and July. And then you had asked for the total number of from last year and so 655,37. That's a lot of good. >> Our 2425 data from the Kin Vento. It is 215 kiddos and that is all work from Victoria and enrollment. Our principles and our social workers at the sites help us identify those and once they send that into a care team, we add them to our list. We had 19 students that were in a shelter. 137
046students qualified as doubled up living with another family due to a hardship. 25 students qualified as living in substandard or campgrounds. 36 students were staying in a hotel or motel. And 34 of those students were unaccompanied. And for the first year, we I had six that were actually middle school or lower. Normally our unaccompanied or our high school kiddos, but we actually had a couple of families that had several kids that they were not living with their garden. Once a tiger, always a tiger. Thank you guys for allowing us to do all the amazing things at the outreach center and thank you Lacy and Tina for getting the funds and writing us. So we have >> the village and our village the ladies at the sites are amazing. I want to tell you guys, I
047had the um child advocacy that was here last week or whatever. I had a lifelong friend that was on that from the city area. But I met that board and all of them were just blown away about because that you guys kind of presented special programs to them and they were I mean they're like we can't believe that your school can do all of that. And you know the Boys and Girls Club stuff because we have it. We forget. When I tell people from other school districts that kids can go to school from 7:30 to 5:15 and it doesn't cost the parent anything, they're they're shocked because and I have, you know, friends with school age children who have to figure out what to do with them from 3:30 until they get off to work
048at 5:00 and they have to hire babysitters or pay part-time daycare or leave work. And when we say that, you know, for working families that our kids are for regular hours, um that they don't have to pay for after school care and it is I think we get we take it for granted how um great it is because we're so used to it and we've been doing it for a long time. But um she I had the conversation with her because she was saying she's in Oklahoma City and her kids in downtown and she either has to leave every day at 3:30 or have someone to go pick her kid up and watch. So I I hope that we continue to get those grant stuff on those programs because they're they're really really important. They
049were just blown away with nice to do the presentation because you do you forget all the things we have and then to like highlight what each of those things are able to accomplish in a year. We're blessed and we've got the right people in the right places and I think that what we're offer >> are we still packing at the same place in the spring? Yes, but hopefully in January we will have all of that moved out of central and into the personnel building right there with Amy. >> Okay. >> And that's at space back where they do. >> Let me ask you this. Um if I change the time to 11:00 instead of 2 o'clock for that >> we can accommodate that. >> Got to have that schedule in next week. >> She put
050this in her syllabus. This is like part of their assignment. They come and they own it and they are a small group of I think I'll have a few more this year, but the other last year there were only four and they packed 300 a week or whatever. >> Two reach out this summer and still what can I do to help you need help? I'm like these are lifelong relationship. I'm like following you. >> All right. Thank you guys. >> Thank you. Spiritual learning. You got to do it. and and thank you all for continually to look for the monies. When one source dries up, you don't just go, "Well, that's over." Start looking for another. That's impressive. I I do want to say thank you to both of you and and just point out
051that it really is that thank you to Sabrina. we we have the statistics um that support being able to look at at some of these uh funding sources, but what continues it is the good stewardship of the funds that we receive. Um that they are well managed, that we do everything we're supposed to with the funds. Um and we really are blessed people. I I've worked in districts where I've been a principal in a building where I I didn't have an assistant principal and I didn't have a counselor. I did not have a nurse. I did not have an SRO. Um I didn't have any of the resources that we have here. Um we didn't we most places don't have what we have. And so I I want to you know shout out to everyone
052that does a good job with those resources because that's why we continue to be able to get them and they are so important to our students. >> The real shout out needs to go to those sitebased workers, Leslie and Amy. They they're the boots on the grounds doing that. Lacy and I want to help more >> and we don't get to because Tanny keeps giving us new responsibilities. >> We really like doing that. I'm sorry. I had >> just say nice things about you. >> Okay. >> Item G, superintendent report. So, right now we have 502 employees. We have 3,675 kids enrolled, but we had um present on Friday 3,468. So, we have about 200 kids that are kind of in flux, maybe haven't started but are going to be here or maybe moved or
053got into a different school district. Uh so in the next week or so we'll we do warm body counts is what we call it um every few days and then eventually we start rolling those kids off of our role or we get records requests from other places. Um that's a few kids down well maybe a little bit more about 100 kids down from where we started last year but we had also gained a hundred in October. So we're pretty good where we are right now. Um we do still have a a few various spots for transfers at the elementary but Sequoia, TMS, DHS are completely full. Um we had talked about hours uh at the last meeting I believe and so each year we're required to report the number of days or hours that were
054in session to the state department. Uh this year 1,086 hours are required by law. That's up six um from last year. uh this year's hours available for us that we have in our schedule. Uh elementary and middle school are projected to have 1,183 hours and the high school has 1,131 hours um available. The difference in that is the high school has late start um that the other buildings do not. And there's also a few minutes that we stagger the end of the day because middle school and high school getting out at the exact same time would be a nightmare. So we have a few minutes difference right there. Um so that gives us about eight eight six-hour days uh needed for emergencies or weather events. We hope we don't have eight missed days for weather
055or emergency events, but we do have those in our schedule if needed. Um, few project updates. The roof repairs around the district are complete, so we're super excited about that. The HVAC and the T-MAC is complete. They're doing some fencing around those uh giant units and installing some automated controls still, but um it's in it's working well and really good. Barn complete. Um, we just uh, yay. We scheduled uh, send you guys an invite uh, after this meeting. Uh, are going to do a ribbon cutting um, a week from this Friday, whatever date that is. Not looking at a calendar. >> Um, 29th. Yes, it's on the 29th at 11. So, I'll get you a calendar box if you want to stop by for that. We're going to invite um, all the people that um,
056helped us make that possible. And there's a pretty good list of people that donated over you know, $5,000 towards that project and we're going to try to get them there to see what it is that they helped us do. Um, the kids have been working on it and getting it all ready. Pens are in. Uh, uh, Carl, Mr. Wallace sent us a picture a few minutes ago about kids just a sweating through work and they're like, I I don't think I should be sweating as much. They're like, it's okay. It's just like hard work and heat. They're not used to that. You'll be all right. Here's some water. Kept them get hydrated. So, those kids are helping um finish it up right now, taking some good ownership. Armor Marie, we've talked about that a little
057bit. Renovations have begun. Uh demo is close to being finished. Um most spaces with are so if they're being renovated. It's almost almost complete. We haven't come across anything horribly concerning yet, which is always a worry when you take down walls um in an old facility. Um but we have found in new that bringing up the spaces to updated fire code is definitely the most expensive part of the renovation that you know has not taken us by surprise but as we've gone through it um it's a little bit more expensive but we knew that uh on the GMP but we do want it to have to be safe obviously for everyone that's in the building. So going well. Um bond 2025. Uh that school bond election is quickly approaching. It's 21 days from today. Um
058uh Mr. Reed has the ability to say a word that I don't have the ability to say. Um so that's why he has been visiting um our meetings. Uh but really, you know, we just want to get out. It's going to make a difference for every site. Um and it's not a tax rate increase. It is just a continuation of the tax rate that has been in play and the community has supported for over 20 years at this point. Students will benefit from safety, facilities, athletics, arts, transportation, technology. Uh we have a website. Robert got us a website, a link top of our website if you want to see uh the video, if you want to see renderings. um we uh started a so started a social media campaign basically yesterday and so I've got
059something lined out every day for the next 21 days. So I apologize ahead of time. Well, I take the weekends off so really it's just the the work days. Um but you know, all registered voters that live in our our our school district will have multiple opportunities to vote. Um if you can't vote in person, then you can ask for an absentee ballot. Um, you also can vote early on September 4th and 5th and then of course the election day is September 9th. Um, do want to point out school bonds require a 60% supermajority to pass. Um, and so every person's vote is important. Um, what what will hurt us more than anything else is voter apathy or the oh, someone else will go do it. We need you to go vote on September 9th.
060Um, couple other things. great start to the year. Um, I was going to I asked a couple questions about how the cell phones are going and I'm going to not talk about it any more than that because I don't want to jinx how it's gone so far. Tells you a little bit about how it's going. Um, it was a very good start to the year. A few bumps in a minor places, we worked it out. Uh, the building's full of people, full of teachers, full of kids, and um, we just enjoyed getting them um them back into our buildings. uh just want to make sure that you guys understand that we we work really hard to stay informed about current information in education and that's imperative for us. So a few members of our staff
061uh were able to attend a state governance conference in late July. Um a few of us will be attending OSSBA uh here in a few weeks. Um uh I had the privilege of uh leading a session at the KOSA conference in June and I'm going to get to do that again at OSSBA uh in September. Um we I and others when they can attend weekly Zooms with KOSA I attend Ozac monthly meetings. Dan usually goes with that uh as well. Nikki and I are going to go to DC in September to the impact aid uh event in Washington DC um to meet with our elected officials and other districts across our country. Um just it's very important that we keep seats at the table and an ear to the ground to know what is going
062on. Um some upcoming dates uh the community prep rally is on the 25th at 7:30. That is next Monday, right? Um and then Mr. Reed mentioned the area Chamber of Commerce community roundt event. Uh they had the first one last spring and it was at the Armory and so they had to move it to another place since it's under construction. But it was just a group of people in the community that came together and literally like it sounds everyone sat and people took turns asking questions and I think they'll have a good focus on what's going on in our school district on this. Um August 29th is our first home football game and um we will have a full scale assault on showing our renderings and we've got some vote on September 9th. T-shirts made
063for those of us that are going to work that evening and um we're just going to get the information out to all of our families. We have no school on September 1st. Um a few of you are going with me to OSSBA on September 4th through the 6th. we talked about on September 9th, we're all going to >> vote. Um and then on September 10th, we're going to >> celebrate speaking it into existence. >> Um and then on September 18th, this next regular board meeting is on Thursday. Um you guys were allowed us to edit that date so I could attend that conference in Washington DC. So that's my report. >> How many did you say were unemployed? I didn't hear that. >> 502. >> And how many kids showed up? >> Uh we had
0643,468 present on Friday. Any other discussion or question? Very annoying. >> I know it's getting all circling us because we're so sweet. Item H, discussion and vote to approve the following surplus uh items from board building and middle school. Do I have a motion? I'll make that motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion on any of these items? >> Mrs. Nei, >> Dr. Eversol, >> I. >> Mrs. Crawford and I. Item I and I'm going to make this motion because I'm going to make a correction. Uh, business items. Uh, make a motion on business items. Consent docket vote to approve the following. And is one through three under one contract and agreements. You will go to IH supplemental services contract with Haley Layman's state athletics to provide choreography for middle school and that should cheer rather
065than second. Any discussion? >> Mrs. I, Mrs. Crawford, >> I item J, discussion and vote to approve the schedule of incumbrances. Uh, one general fund and two building fund. A motion. >> Second. Any discussion? Mrs. Hi, Dr. Ever. >> I Mrs. Crawford and I item K vote to ratify the negotiated agreement with TESSPA for the 2025 school 26 school year to approve. >> Second, any discussion on this? Would you like to enlighten us on the negotiations? Uh there were not very many changes this year on any of these uh negotiated agreements. We were very uncertain about uh funding from the state and from the federal government. And we also uh knew that we had the first full year without any of the uh COVID er money all out of our budgets. So as you know
066we had looked and trimmed as much as possible um and then we were very careful until we know where we stand. Um so we are in a very good point but everyone was the step was part of it. Um you know raise was part of it and we did uh freeze the attendance stipent for all three groups um for the year. That's a yearly thing anyways. Um but we did freeze that. Um, I know we've talked about that and there's a difference of opinion and probably whether it's something you you ever want. Um, I think there are other ways that we could um, incentivize our employees for their good work and and we'll talk about that throughout the year. Um, but those are the big things happen this year. [Music] Mrs. >> Hi, Dr. Ever.
067>> Hi, >> Mrs. Crawford. And I l vote to ratify the negotiated agreement with TEA for the 2025 26 school year. Motion >> move to approve. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Just that what I said would apply to all three. All three. Uh and also want to know that as you said with the negotiations I I think our staff and faculty are aware of the situation with money. You said they have been very reasonable and >> and understanding. >> Absolutely. >> Very good groups to work with. Any other discussion? >> Mrs. Nemo. I'm Dr. Ever so I >> Mrs. Crawford and I item M vote M vote to approve uh meet and confer agreement administrative supervisory personnel for the 202526 school year. Motion >> second. Any discussion on this? There's pretty much mirrors what
068TEA or Tesla would as well. Um the STEP no raise attendance stipen because that that applied to all of them as well. >> Um so the only person in the district that that does not apply to the attendance stipen is is is me. Um and um that pretty much summed that up. We did it a little bit differently this year where we uh put out more individual meetings to talk um so that um the group um it's always been done in a way where um the value of those positions is discussed as a group. It's not something that I necessarily agree with and that is something that I had the ability to change um from where I'm sitting at this point. And so um we will meet with the people that are in that negotiating
069group um individually um if they so choose to talk about their position. Um, if TEA is our certified staff, TESSPA is our support staff and this other group is anyone in an administrative or an administrator role. They don't fall in one of those other two groups, but they belong to something and so they belong to that group. Just to explain to those of you in the room that might not understand what we're talking about. >> So to minimize the comparison Yes. of positions and salaries and >> everyone that works here is support certified administrative are valuable and we all bring something to the table and none of it can be done without all of us. And so we want to always approach um working conditions, salary uh in a way that um is uh equitable
070uh and um loving and and appreciating of those who are working so hard for us. >> Any other discussion? >> I Dr. Ever, >> Mrs. Robert I N discussion and vote to approve statutory waiver deregulation application for library media specialist at Heritage Elementary School for the 202526 school year. Motion >> second. Any discussion? I just had a quick comment. Um, did you all watch the last state board of education meeting? I did not. So, there was a board member who on both library deregulation and um, emergency certification talked about how she had called districts who were applying for those and asked them questions. She had also looked at their websites to see whether or not they had advertised those positions. and she was um very interested in what the applications look like and a lot
071of them look exactly the same because they I think has just been automatically approved and so we might want to take a look at that actually she's she's gotten her eyes which is a good thing to do but I've never seen them >> ask about those talk about those um and they they were going to table some of them except they had schools saying we start school this was for the certification but it was the same she approached both of them the same and they're like if we don't get these and we start school in August and we don't have another meeting until then these people can't teach and hers were mainly on the emergency certification but she also talked about on the um library that she was um looking at those in great detail
072so >> so do we have to advertise if we fill from within we do not we can fill within and then advertise that position if we don't have with them to fill that. I think the advertisement was more on the emergency certification because there were there were schools that were seeking to emergency certify teachers and then you went and looked on their website and they didn't have jobs open and she thought that that didn't um jive because why you're seeking emergency certification saying we can't find a teacher to teach this but they didn't have open positions for those but she had some similar comments on the um there were several of the library ones on there too and just it it was something that she was taking an interest in and paying attention She hadn't
073heard from her. She was she was calling schools. You need to be aware. >> We have not, but we do. I mean, we u we're down to two. So, that makes me scared. These two are going on the September meeting. And I looked at our application and it had I think more than some of the because when you see the agenda for the state meeting, those applications are in there and some of them were one sentence and either one there was a note that it obviously been copied and pasted because it had the wrong person's name in it from the last time they saw that. And but that is um that is something that some new state board members are they're reading their packets. That's good to know what they are. Okay. Any further discussion?
074>> I motion to approve the following personnel items. One, two, three. And I'm going to make this motion and four. Thank you. And I will make this motion. And under item two, employment following names. Cara Peters, para profofessional. Janelle Megs, part-time parasite. Laura Dies, school nurse. Haley Dan AS special care parah Leanne Hogan part and there's a change on polit Z from uh she's going to special care pair up is that correct rather than part-time sub certification. Uh Marina Anderson's sped teacher pending cert Antonio Trey Young special care parah lenise Dorlac band instructor Jackson special care para Roberta Roberta Zimbleman sped teacher and Amanda Duncan special par any discussions really happy to see that we found instructor sort of [Music] she's excited with and they are excited she's been out there she's excited to work
075in both it's hard to find someone that likes to do that split >> she was one of our former students Belchure was her same learning for >> I was so excited to see her such a >> and it's so nice to have people excited to come in and and teach and and excited to be here. So it's good for the kids and everyone. Uh any further discussion I >> Mrs. I P new business we have no and item Q we have a journal. Good job.