001All right, the time is now 7:00 and we'll call this meeting to order. Uh, has it been posted? >> Roll call will show that all five board members are here and both student board members and we will stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands nationy and justice for all. Are there any communication? >> Yes. This week is schoolboard appreciation week and I'd like to thank our five board members for their dedication and service to the Greenville community and in sharing exceptional experience for our students. Natasha Kristen B and Kathy have invested in this public work and I'm grateful for the sacrifices they have made to leading schools. There is a small token of appreciation. Congratulations to Kathy Vincent. I'm your
002election to regional director for WSB region 11 last week, Thursday at the fall meeting. And there will be some additional information as part of the agenda in a little bit. Greenville High School had a successful and spirited homecoming week culminating with over 600 students participating in their events at high school. Rehearsals are underway for the play that goes wrong with shows on November 7th, 8th, and 9th. Tickets will be available soon. And in September, the district received The district received a number of donations which will benefit the athletics program. >> This includes a donation for $54028 toward the weight room renovations by Tim and Katie Morris. Thank you Tim and Katie. The 202526 Green Hill Camper Athletic Rooster Club will receive the following donations. $500 from Tracy San Griffith. $250 from Judy Ori. $250 from
003the promo family, $250 from Maxim, and $250. Thank you to each of those donors for their support. >> Thank you. We will move on to nettress meeting their first official meeting introducing students to community service engaging student workshop interactive tools and talking to students. The girls tennis team won their conference championship and the girls golf teams. The student council also sent Start off. >> Thank you. Uh moving on uh to prime minister questions for visitors. Uh so we will move on to approving last meeting minutes. >> I move approval of the September 15, 2025 meeting minutes as presented in agenda item 1.1. >> Thank you motion and second call. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Yes. >> Yes. And yes. Motion passes. Uh moving none. We need to approve the high school pool search. >> We saw
004this proposal at the last meeting and there's no change for expenditure and the administration recommends approval of the research. >> Thank you. [Music] I move approval of the proposal for $169,359 for the pool search tank room reservations construction company as presented in agenda item 3.1 >> second there's no questions or comments will roll >> yes yes >> and yes motion passes moving on to the summer school report >> we'll turn it over to Chris for a group summary Thank you, Dr. I'll draw your attention to the board of the summer school report that you sent out this evening. We completed another successful summer this year of summer school. Uh the primary administrators this year were myself and Mike Brock School and then Bradley was on site during that time. Jenny Henzy and Sandy from high
005school operations and planning for high school as well. As stated in the report, we had a total of 837 students this year. Um in grades K there were 464. I think one of the hallmarks of our summer school offerings over the past few years we've been able to offer especially at the high school virtual option and primarily all in person and as you kind of move down the report it goes through the K class offerings and enrollment. So K5 K through fifth grade classes were in cohorts this year on the down below you will see what the cohorts are. What that basically means in years past is enrolled in those school classes. So first grade and as you move through the report you see the total number of students who enrolled uh at K5 level
006and also at the 68 level as well. And we move over to the high school. The high school enroll. And what that essentially means is how many students earn how many students actually earn credit and the high school specifically. [Applause] And then down below down below on page three, you'll have the original courses as well. And then I'll draw your attention to the ideas for the 2026 summer school session. Um I think based on the calendar following this year to consider options for July 4th. So in years past we've always had one for summer school during because it's on the weekend this year. We're kind of playing around with poss. Um other other things that we would like to consider and note because it's still the a offered program in two schools as well for
007us in the past necessary space for us to complete the program and offer it and as we do anticipate having program for K12 we are always looking at the registration process as campus campus has been great but every year there's sometimes snap that we have to look And then at GHS specifically continued there was a new offering this year hybrid Alex M offering that very well and it allowed more students to earn credit and then at GHS there was a bit of a dip in the enrollment for any workshop in summer trades but we would like to keep those going next year. So with that, I'll take any questions that you have. Please support school. >> Any questions? >> Just one for you. So, I know that you had a couple different models for looking
008at next summer's uh scheduling and with one of the options that has a full week off after July 3rd and then it has 9 through 12 extending the three would they have to go another week after that if they're taking a whole week off? >> Yeah. So typically K5 or K8 is four weeks of summer school and so no matter what option you pick. So this year was the same thing where we did have that full app. >> All right. Moving on to students. This is new annual report and high school survey they give surveys um to just one of many sources of feedback and that feedback that we get allows us the opportunity to give us ideas to further engage our staff, our students and our families. This is the first look that we've
009had this year data which was given just last month and uh so just students just took this a week ago. We had just over 700 respondents at the high school and um I picked a few slides um Mar and I picked a few slides to be consistent to talk about u what some of that output was from our students. The first two slides come from school climate and um it compares last September when we gave um the survey to and uh to this September and uh so from last time last year this time to now 57% to 63.4% the increase um said that the mood at their school is positive. Um, if you take students who the 22% of the students who said it's not negative or positive, which I'm not sure how to take
010that as a teenage response, but um I would take that as somewhere somewhat neutral. Um, we get that up into the 80s. Um, as far as the uh the new climate at the school. Um, only 7.2% said somewhat or very negative. Um second uh question was how fair are the rules at the school and since we've had some changes um this year um this is an important one for us although it only went up from 45 to 45.3 as extremely or very fair another 41.1% of our students said somewhat fair um and that only left a little over 13% saying that the rules at the high school are a little fair or not fair at all. Uh we had brain level meetings um to start the school year. And we had three big focuses as
011far as uh rules slashbehavior and expectations uh that came into play around attendance, especially around tardies. Um um our um efforts to reduce vaping uh violations at the high school and also um cell phones that cell phones are not present um during the school day. So, we did come up with uh the three pretty major things that uh have been a focus for us and um and I think that that also um you know play into how fair are the rules of the school. Uh but uh in this next section here um I want I will talk a little more about that as far as uh um feelings of fairness versus um um how well we're communicating these changes. So I'll continue that. So now we as you look climate. But then um the things
012that we are doing at the high school, uh we're continuing our 5P work. We're especially um focusing around punctuality with the attendance um efforts that I talked about and also phone free. Uh we've also um have launched our overcoming obstacles curriculum which uh has tiered lessons and skills uh for students that are placed by grade level. And finally, source in the spring. Something you've heard about um uh quite a bit in the last few years that showed 70 student leaders in our school getting together with her fellow advisors last week and uh and working on things that would increase the students sense of belonging in their school. So the next two slides talk about that sense of belonging and the question is how much respect do students at your school show you? uh from last
013year at this time 39 to 40.9% said a huge amount of respect or a lot of respect but if you count the um they show me some respect we are up to 86.3 um students that feel they get some a lot or a huge amount of respect um at their school. The other sense of belonging question is how much do you when you are at school how much do you feel like you belong that stayed uh flat 53% to 53% once again if you add in the um somewhat um you're up into the 80s 84.3%. So as we talk about sense of belonging um we're really trying to get at uh sense of belonging in the school around relationships and also being at school and attendance and uh and so um the things that we
014are doing is we're continuing um all of our improvement focuses on our tier one instruction. What happens in the classroom when all the students are there and um and what does that teaching look like? what the academics look like, but also targeted tier 2 and tier three supports uh for students who um need something outside of the tier one universal instruction. We also continue our student equity team uh which celebrates the diversity of our school body, our student body here at GHS. We have flex that is continuing and that gives um some benefits of an adult student relationship um outside of the normal teacher student uh relationship during class period. And then finally, our sale goal um all aligns with everything I've been saying quickly here is our sale goals are around academics attendance and
015sense of belonging. And uh we've shown that through some strategies um one called thresholding where uh might sound simple but uh 80% of our teachers are outside their doors um before every class bringing the students into the class and uh giving them the initial thing that they'll be working on. Um and uh and a lot more visibility teachers and administrators in the hallways. So, those are just a few of the things um that we're doing around sense of belonging. And just because the high school um survey chose to include cell phone data, I just wanted to point out three things. Um so, as we really were talking with students about cell phones, we asked three questions I'd like to highlight. What how clear are those school rules around student cell phones? That's what we can
016really strive to be, right? Clear. And last year at this time they said 61% and um and then this year it went up to 74.1%. If you if you choose um to think that somewhat clear is positive, we're up to 95% which I think is a great great number. Uh the second question that we asked is how do most students follow those school rules about cell phones? And uh we can get that up to 8.1% uh with the positive responses there. So I think that that's huge for something that students feel very passionate about. um that uh they feel that the rules are clear and that most students are following them. And then a question that's really important to me on my last slide here is if an adult sees um a student that's not
017following the rules about cell phones, how likely are they to intervene and say something? 94.6%. And so uh it's been a huge piece for us. Um the students have responded really well, the teachers have responded really well. And it's also that tier one instruction in the classroom can happen distraction free and to the best of the students abilities. Questions for the high school? >> Thank you. Uh any questions? All right. Good evening everyone. Ray Curry, proud principal of Greenale Middle School. We're going to go through similar questions. Um, first one is how positive or negative is the mood at your school? And uh we have a significant jump in this from 63% at this time last year up to 72.2 and that's not including the neutrals as well and a uh low negativity number 11.3.
018Um speaking on behalf of the staff and students, um we we kind of went through some of this stuff uh recently and the the general quote is it just feels different at the most. Um we have people in the hallways. We have people uh administration um around on cards doing things and our staff is uh fully engaged and making sure that kids feel like they are respected. How fair are the rules at the school? Um again up from 48% this time last year to 57.8 and uh the negative numbers as low as they've been uh in single digits there at 8%. Some things we're doing school climate wise, uh we we've had a strong push of retaching expectations, not punishing those expectations, but retaching and going through them. Our PBIS team um is heavily involved
019in what we're doing, and we are uh committed to monthly um assemblies uh that have started. We we had our one to launch the first week of school. We have another one coming up in a couple weeks. uh working on Character Strong um consistently and and doing some tier 2 things with Character Strong as well. And then we have implemented we have 13 of our 24 home bases that have uh our piloting morning meeting uh to start our day, the first 20 minutes of the day. Um and by um second semester, we should have all 24 classes up and running. And it's really again changed the mood and finally sense of belonging. How much respect students show at school? Um we went up from 38% this time last year to 45.4. Um again a very
020low negative number at 15.1. Um a big thing at the middle school especially at their age is that studentto student respect level is something that we're battling quite a bit. Um and if you include that neutral number in there we're well over the when you're at school how much do you feel like you belong? Uh from 61% up to 64. Um, you know, we we've worked quite a bit on this on making sure that not only do our students uh feel like they belong, but understand what that actually means. You know, student to student, staff to student, um those relationships, those connections that they're making. Um and things that we're doing are working. So, next steps for belonging, continue to build student leadership. We are starting a student equity team uh this month. Um we
021will have student advisory team as well um and other um opportunities such as sources of strength. Um connect the dot survey is a big one for us. So we give out that survey to students and then they come back with um uh where their connections are with other adults and spaces and then kids that are lacking we connect them with people and then we do a 2x10 um where students have an opportunity to connect with staff outside of educational purposes. And then obviously with our character strong development Any questions for those? >> Any questions? >> Thank you. >> Obviously, this is um important work because if students feel like they belong and they feel safe and respected in their school, they're willing to take academic risk and it leads to achievement. And while I know
022you want to give the students to the first time, give them I'll see the guys that the increase in positive reactions is something that kind of started last year and then now it's more especially those that have already experience policies. Also, what I notic at the beginning of the school year versus having more jobs. So how do you set up and also student hard Thank you. >> Everyone's required to put their phone. >> Yeah. You put your phone So it's more like for now to add to that. I would also say that teachers are probably a lot more Last year I think this year that I know a lot of scenario What if the phone goes off in class? Is there anything for that? If they said they don't have their phone yet, the way
023I see it is that the phone You're carrying back to this dummy caddy and then actual last year. So people, they're actually looking at >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Thanks, guys. >> All right, we move on to Kathy and her legislative update. >> All right, I'll make it brief. Um the site is down. I don't know if you guys have gone on with the site, but they're doing some maintenance. So I just kind of went on um the student uh safety and school environment. Um there is a bill circulating to require the display of God trust in public school classrooms starting in the 2026 27 school year. Um there is legislative action and debate on school safety, including proposed bills on arming staff and debate over discipline policies. Um accountability and standards legislation has been
024introduced to restore more rigorous accountability standards in K12 schools following changes made by the EPI um in recent years. These changes in the past made standards less rigor rigorous by lowering cut off points on assessments such as the forward exam. As far as school funding resources, legislative efforts are underway to address gaps in state funding for schools. Discussions around providing grants to school counselors and social workers and providing grants for water filtration or filter installation are also occurring. Um, as far as educator turnover, a new report indicates that public school teacher turnover has decreased from pandemic highs but remains elevated statewide. Uh, however, school leadership turnover has increased in the past year. And then mental health funding, uh, there has been an effort to reduce the student to mental health professional ratio uh, with new
025hires and increased enrollment in certification programs. Moving on to professional developments. >> I'm sorry. finance the uh foundation met recently and um are looking at ways to expand membership as well as um board members and funders. So anybody who has an idea um on ways to create money in or wants when education foundation should get himself and also this Thursday is heritage event at parking. Uh now moving on to professional development. >> A few members of the board receive W recognition achieved level one and Tasha achieved level three a congratulations. Um and then as I was elected to be mutual director for regional weather >> no I don't have I do want to thank this board for your support I think you voted for me I don't know who placed the vote but um I'm
026really excited for this opportunity and um I want to make more proud so I look forward to this about. >> Thank you. Congrats. >> Moving on to the fourth calendar. >> Couple of events coming up next week. Uh Wednesday is the choir concert. Thursday is orchestra concert. And uh next week, Saturday already is the um state marching band competition. And then I think that's it. March against the court >> and we will move on to the so comments. You are a gem.