001items volunteers ask you had time to review the agenda and agenda. I entertain a motion to approve as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Thank you. Thank you. Any comments or concerns? >> All those in favor by saying I. >> I. Nay. I carry it. Thank you. West Virginia General Summitive Assessment Results. Yes sir. Floor >> is yours. Okay. Okay, I think board members all have a copy of this. Um, on the first slide, I would like to point out that um, our data from 2014, so this is a 10-year snapshot of our GSA data. Keep in mind that the actual assessment has changed over the course of those 10 years, but uh, you can see the trend for Warm County Schools. Um I'm happy to report that um we have the highest assessment
002scores that we've had in 10 years. >> So starting off like all of our classrooms doing good things. That is a truly a good thing. Okay. Uh on the next slide um I would like to point out that um this data is reflective of grades 3 through 8 only. So you'll see that we have steady growth. Um this is in your packet by the way copy of the presentation. Um in math um from 23 2023 up to 2025 we have growth of from 29 to 42 and over the last three years in ELA we going from 36 to 51. Do all the board members have a copy of this? >> Yeah. >> I'm in trou. >> All right. and in science uh over the last three years from 25% proficient to 33. >> The one
003thing you'll notice is the largest growth is definitely English language arts from 36 to 51. So 15% points of growth in the last three years in school. Okay. So the next slide is did we meet our academic goal and our goal for our strategic plan was by June of 2025 we'll attend school students to improve reading and math scores by 10%. Which is a very lofty goal but I always say that there's two ways to look at percentages. You can say you can improve 10% above 36 which is 3.6 six or you can just say 10% growth which would be 46. So we fell short of 46, but we had six um% growth in math and 8% growth in keep in mind this is still grades three through eight. And this is how you'll see
004it on the website. >> Zoom. >> This is site. This is this is from the tide I guess. Okay. All right. The next slide you'll see is a little looks a little different and those you can see this in color. Obviously have a better look at it. But summit of math again this is three through eight. You'll see the um the bottom two cortiles. Those indicate that they were not proficient. So if you start off with the sum of the math, >> you'll see that 30 plus 28 58% were not proficient and 42% were. So that's how you read that across. You'll see math is first, science is next. So there there's again your 33% proficient in science. And then finally in ELA, you'll see 51% proficient in ELA. and those same percentages down there
005at the bottom. Okay, so the next chart is by school and this just shows by color um the number of students the percentage of students are proficient in ELA. If you do the math, those top two boxes would be the make up the entirety of those students that are proficient. So, Paw Schools at 39% proficient in ELA, Pleas Elementary at 42, Warm Springs Intermediate at 53, and Warm Springs Middle at 50. And again, as a reminder, this is just three through eight data. Okay. On the next slide, you'll see um again, this is an ELA slide. This breaks it down by grade level. So, you're going to see that third grade in Morgan County really knocked it out of the park. We're 11 percentage points above the state in third grade and um third our
006third grade scores are among the highest in the entire state in not just ELA but math as you'll see in a minute. Uh fourth grade right there with the state. Fifth grade exceeds the state. Sixth grade exceeds. Seventh grade another great spot far exceeds the state and then eighth grade exceeds the state also in ELA. So those are the ELA slides. The next one is the same slide you saw a couple slides ago with math by school. So Paul schools 23 and 17. So 40% of the students in grades 3 through eight were proficient in math at Paul schools. Pleasant View Elementary would be 43. Uh, Warm Springs Intermediate, when you add the two top ones together, gets 54% proficient, which is really good, exceptionally good. And then Warm Springs Middle School at 33% efficient
007in math. Okay, so the next slide is also a slide for math and it's the same one. This is by grade level. So there you go. You see that third grade, 60% of students in one kind school were proficient in math in third grade. Wow, that's amazing. >> Fourth grade, um, close to the state, a little bit below the state. Fifth grade exceeded the state. Sixth grade far exceeded the state, seventh grade also. And then eighth grade um was below the state at 24% for the next slide. Um, same thing except for science. You're going to go across all four schools. So, football schools had 18% proficient in science. Pleasant View at 37%, Warm Springs Intermediate at 41, and then you'll see finally Warm Springs Middle at 29% of the students proficient in science. >>
008So, the partially meets, how partial is that? I mean, it's a pretty big chunk. So it looks like they might be right there on the edge or >> Yeah. Yeah. You could have students that are really close to the top and you could have them really close to being not proficient. And often times our schools will focus on those students that are on the on the border to try to move them up into the proficient category. >> Doesn't mean the red doesn't look too bad. >> And then the next slide is science by grade. Keep in mind we only test two grades in science. So fifth grade, Morton County far exceeds the state and in eighth grade we're right at the same percentage with the state in science. Your next slide is now grade 11.
009So we've been talking a lot about 3 through eight. This is grade 11. You'll see some scores there for our SAT school day. um the percentages that go along with these. You'll see that math started at 414 in 2023 went up last year and dipped a little bit this year. Uh 14% of our students are proficient in math in grade 11 at both Berkeley Springs High School and Paul High School combined. Uh ELA, you'll see the trend going upward there. uh 49% of our students are proficient in ELA at in grades 11 Morgan County schools and then finally that total that you'll see over there uh 25% of our students are uh proficient in the combined math and so that is the SAT SAT school day and then the next slide is going to uh
010similar comparing Morgan County to West Virginia like you've seen in previous slides. So below the state average we are in math um right at the state average in ELA and then our total mean score is a composite score is slightly below the state at 895. So that's grade 11. And before I ask uh for any questions, I want to just point out the celebrations. Number number one, grade three is absolutely amazing. So all the work that our third grade teachers have done and let's not forget about our kindergarten through 2 grade teachers, preK through second grade teachers who have helped prepare them for third grade. Um ELA, English language arts across the district in grade 3 through 11 is exceptional. Um, I'm going to tell you about our ranking. This is and here in just
011a minute about where we are in the state. Uh, grade seven is exceptional, too. We saw significant growth in grade seven across the district in both ELA and math. And then, um, uh, something to celebrate our improvements, 8% 8 percentage points in ELA, 5% in math, and 1% in science. Now the ranking, this is something that I figure out on my own about anything that people publish. Uh we are ranked 10th in the state in ELA, >> which is a big deal. >> Out of 55 counties, we've never been ranked as high as 10th in the state. We are ranked 20th in math, even though you saw some fairly low proficiency rates where we're ranked 20th in math, which is far above where we were last year, and then 14th in science in the state.
012So all those are great too. We'll be very proud of those also. Now what do we need to work on? So as you look across these, I noticed that there's some issues in fourth grade math. I think we need to work on a little bit although um not significant, but we were we were below the state average in fourth grade math. In eighth grade math, we've got some work to do. And then obviously in 11th grade math, as you saw by the by the chart. So, all of our areas for improvement are centered in math. I'd like to see that science percentage up a little bit, too. But, um, certainly, uh, grades 4, 8, and 11 are of concern. As a district, what we've also done is we've drilled down into specific students and specific
013teachers to reach out to, find out what type of support we can offer those teachers and those students to help improve those scores as well. Um I think that is all I have. Um keep in mind we do not have the balance scorecard data right now. So all this data will be factored in when they give us our results from the balance scorecard and that should be the probably the first meeting in October. Could be next meeting but we're probably going to have that first meeting in October. Questions? Anybody? Just a comment that if I'm accurate, um the third grade success acts been in place now for this will be the third year for that I believe. >> And you can there's a question ever first came up about having aids and having first grade,
014second grade teachers work together and have a transition time to see how that would work out. But I think it's pretty evident that if you put some extra help in the room, it has helped these kids move forward for this third grade level of improvement. >> I agree. um we have had to be very careful about um clarifying the role of the ECAT in the classroom not just for the ECAT but for the teacher because sometimes you give somebody help and you don't the person doesn't really understand what do I do now because teachers have taught by themselves for years and then all of a sudden there's another person in the room and so we we've been very careful about that and training our ECATs to make sure that they understand their role the teachers
015understand their role and the importance of trust. Because as I walk into some of our classrooms where teachers and ECATs have worked together, they're finishing each other's sentences. The teacher doesn't have to say anything. The ECAT knows what to do. The teacher knows what to do when the ECAT makes it. And those are the best scenarios we have in the district. As you go upward, people are still learning each other and learning each other's strengths. And so those will come along. But it's hard to find a classroom where right away the chemistry is there and everything works perfectly. It takes time. And so we're our our ECATs have been really really pleased. They're very open to being to taking on more of a teacher uh role, an instructional role than than what aids typically had
016done in the past. So >> I just always studied test scores as a principal for 28 years. are like ball scores, but uh third grade just seem to be a bottleneck for a long time. You see those scores and then you're really concerned because a lot of our third graders statewide, not just here, were way behind and we're saying these kids can't read real well and they're in their fourth, fifth year. Seeing these numbers now is very encouraging and and clearly the extra money and the extra effort within our county with philosophies and everything has paid big big dividends. It's It's exciting. [Music] >> Other questions or comments? >> Keep it going. >> Yeah. >> Set your bar a little higher on your goals here later in the meeting. Is that the plan? >> Yeah.
017>> Maybe I should have done this. >> Thank you very much. >> Well, remember you can look at the percentages two ways, right? >> That's right. reports, communications, uh board members, I don't have anything. Board members, I wanted to mention uh the passing of the giant and from the pawpaw area was Chuck, I don't know if you knew uh Boozer Karns or not. Um anyway, uh I met him several years ago and he said, "Boozer," he says, "I don't know why they call me Boozer." He says never did drink, you know. Well, I guess between Boozer and Eldridge, there's quite a difference there. Um, born in Pawpa, Paul Schools, married until his wife died a couple years ago, 72 years. Uh, mayor, uh, a minister. Um, but the thing I think I want to mention
018most is um, having seen him interact and do so many things for for Pawpo Kids in the last few years. I've only known him for three or four years. And at that point, I would have never guessed he was in his 90s. I would have thought he's probably in his 70s or 80s. High energy. um made so many of the sporting events help families that were disadvantaged in subtle ways that didn't get um publicity. He didn't want publicity. He just wanted to help people out. And I can tell you that as a jock myself, I can tell you you have arrived at at Pawpaw when when Mr. Booster Karns invites you up to the stage to watch a basketball game. Well, that's that's the best thing there. And he offers to buy you a hot
019dog. You're doing well. So, he will be very much missed. He he passed after a brief illness. I would have bet he was going to make a hundred, but uh his legacy uh will be with generations of kids uh for for years to come. So, uh I have a copy of his obituary if anybody wants want to read about him or anything. Quite the giant. >> Thank you. I believe uh speaking of Paul that they're dedicating an athletic >> scoreboard or table >> Friday I believe at six. So if anybody wants to >> go there >> to Mr. Jeff. >> Yes. Yeah. Mr. Molly ask >> going to try to make it. >> And by the way the game's over 10 nothing. It's game volleyball is at 6 though, correct? >> I think. >> Okay.
020I think you're correct. There's only one game. There's not a JV. >> Yeah, I have six. >> That's why it's six o'clock most likely. >> In the back. >> Wanted to let you know that we have our interviews scheduled with architects on the 11th of September for the Berkeley Springs High School roof project. How many are we interviewing? >> Four. >> I wish there was many contractors that come out of architects. >> I wish that would be wonderful. We had that many people buying after projects. >> Um, I just want to take a minute and thank Kate Evans for everything she's done for our school system. Um, I just always appreciated how she handled things with grace and professionalism, no matter what it was. When she had to ask tough questions, she asked tough questions.
021When she wanted when she needed to give praise, she did that, too. And she um at the heart always had her best interest of our kids in mind when she did anything. And just want to say thank you to Kate for everything that she's done for our kids. Um >> and hope she enjoys her retirement. >> Yeah. >> Um so I I was just made aware by I saw a picture of some people working at a carnival >> and I wanted to thank Summer and Becky and Tina and Rhett and Shannon Elmore and I think your picture was in there at the carnival. So thank you guys for showing up and working at the carnival. >> You didn't have a Did you want to talk about that? What was that like? We had a good
022time. >> Anybody that gets to work with me has a good time. >> Okay. >> What' you guys do? Concessions or >> We did concessions. Yeah, it was fun. >> I don't know if we had a board meeting in between or not, but we did have a soccer match where we tried out the concessions and the credit card swipe. And I think although there weren't too many that took advantage of it, I think we might have processed $50ome dollars in payments, it worked well. Um, and I guess we're up for the real task this Friday. We have our first football game, so a much bigger crowd. Um, and we're going to try with uh the concessions as well as the gate. See how that goes. So, we'll let you know at the next board meeting.
023There will be slip ups. there will be uh things that don't work 100% the way they should, but uh I think it's good move in the right direction and appreciate all the people who've been involved. I I can't even begin to tell you the number of people who have contributed to this because there's a whole lot of different expertise areas that need to be involved to make this work. And so it's been a good experience and no better teamwork than I've seen with this. I mean, they had to communicate with each other so each other knows what to do and when to do and and when to follow up and it's it's been a great experience. So hopefully we'll see that uh all play out on Friday night. Even tonight hopefully are you going to
024take your credit card to the soccer match tonight and spend some money? >> I take cash. >> Oh, you take cash? >> Well, I mean I don't know if there's product there now, but at that game there was they didn't have any product yet. >> So I wonder how we sold $50. Well, Sally went to Food Line and bought cans of soda and >> and hot dogs and things like that to get by, but there wasn't anything there yet. It hadn't made it yet. So, >> hopefully it's air now. >> Yeah. >> Well, they were game going on there. >> Volleyball game tonight, too. >> Yeah. >> Did anybody come forward to do the football announcing? >> Not that I've heard. >> Were they still looking for somebody? >> Yeah. that the last meetings really.
025>> Don't look at me. I don't know anything about football >> score. Yeah, I don't I don't watch football. >> That's all I have. >> Any questions? Thank you very much. Thank you for the kind words for Kate as well. Thank you, Mr. Roll for the kind words for public comments. Only public comments. Moving on to consent agenda. The superintendent recommends approval of the following consent actions as presented. Minutes of the August 19th, 2025 regular meeting, payment of bills, budget adjustments and volunteers. And we do have a list of volunteers on the agenda. Entertain a motion to approve those as presented. >> So move. >> I'll second. >> Any concerns or comments? All those in favor saying I. >> I carry it. personnel. The superintendent recommends approval of following personnel actions as presented. Heating gas.
026We have light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to personnel. Basically, just a couple positions that are in the service personnel world that we're trying to fill right now, but other than that, we we're sitting pretty right now with with where we stand. So, pretty pretty pleased with that. Um, still try to keep that July 31st rule. It's always going to be there because it's just it just make it make everyone laugh in the room a lot easier. Opening schools a lot smoother. Yep. So, we'll keep for that. So, >> but to get to this under letter A there, we're asking uh because of that one position we still have out there, we're asking that for Mr. Banks to have authorization through September 16th. uh we may ask again on that one
027to bump that off table but just just in case just but that's just out of pure precaution. Um the uh second piece there we bring on a long-term substitute kindergarten teacher at Whitmire. Uh under service personnel we're asking for those following individuals to be approved as supervisory aids for this school year. We have two at Springs High School, three at Paul schools, five at Pleasant View, eight Intermediate Middle [Laughter] and under letter B, we're asking for those individuals be approved as specialized healthcare aids for this school year. Under number two, we have a resignation at Whitmer Elementary School. And then we also have a transfer from central office to parent special education aid at Whitmire Elementary School. And then under professional staff development, we're asking for for the first one for science and reading, second
028for new teachers academy, and a third one for individual room prep on August. And then over on the agenda, uh, so this right here with the House Bill 206, if you teach 60% or more of your day as a math teacher, you qualify for payroll increase. And it's also the same for special education teachers. So this is our folks that qualify for that payroll for that pay increase um due to that. So we're asking for those individuals uh to be um approved for that. And then under service personnel, we are bringing on ECAP. Their start date will be um on September 15th. And then we are also bringing on Cook that will be starting with us tomorrow. She'll be doing training for the better part of the day, but she'll also be on the job
029shadow tomorrow as well. Then under extracurricular, we're asking for those individuals specialized healthcare procedures to perform those for this school year. Uh then we have some pre post supervision one at Wigmire, two at first springs high school, three at Pleasant View, and then we have the professional development there for teachers. That's all I have for personnel. >> Thank you very much. Before I ask for a vote or a motion, I'm sorry. Any questions for school? May I have a motion to approve the personnel as presented? >> So moved. >> One. Have a second. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> All those in favor of saying I. >> I. I. >> Post. Nay. Eyes carry it. Finance and budget item A. Approve payment of application number three for Harbell Inc. for $60,719.25 for the partial HD
030replacement at Burch Springs High School. Any comments on that? >> Any comments? >> This is the last. >> All right. >> Perfect. Last comment that you get to the third person for that one, but perfect comment. >> So move. >> I got it. >> Second. >> Justin got it. Justin the first. >> Gotcha. >> Motion by Justin. Second by me to approve the last payment for Harbell Inc. All those in favor saying I. >> I oppos nay. Eyes carried. Item B. Approve the payment for Williamson Shrivever Architects for $1,259.60 for the Berkeley Springs High School HVAC project. Last payment, too. >> Um, probably, but I'm not sure. >> Okay, >> I'll make that motion. >> Second. >> There we go. Motion in a second. >> It is cooler in there now. It works. >> It
031does work. >> It works. The project works. >> All those in favor saying I post. >> Nay. Eyes carry it. Item C. approved the needs product submission to the SBA for the WSIS roof replacement at an estimated 1.388628 and WSMS roof replacement at 2.229465 plus contingency local match we have set as 10% of total project funding. >> I'll make that motion. >> I second then. I'll open the floor for comments from >> so if you remember correctly we did a presentation back in July on what our plans was for the roof. This is following that same plan that we presented then. Uh these numbers may may shift a little bit. We've been working with our architects to get an updated price on that because this is still following the stuff going off to the same
032price that we had before. We we had requested an update from them two weeks ago and haven't got that yet. So um we just wanted to get some numbers on there. It'll probably in this ballpark, but it might be a little bit cheaper. Those things fluctuate every day, so you just never know. But that's that's where that is. >> Our deadline is September 12th for submission. >> They are reviewed week two, two weeks after that for approval beginning of October, middle of October range. Well, this is present for 10 minutes of pain and then come back to the house and then they approve. >> Oh, in December. >> Any questions? >> Hope we get one. >> All those in favor saying I. I. >> I. Motion carries. Majority of those present or you're jumping over
033to the agenda. We're going to item D under finance and budget. We're approving some milk. Approve bid for milk and dairy project products for the 2526 child nutrition program to Galla's dairy PTOIC farms dairy. >> So this is a continuation of the contract we already have in place. Um, and so is letter E, but I want to let you know that we would been very pleased with them and like to continue. >> I'll make that motion. So, >> thank you. Thank you. Only question I have was there. We keep going back and forth on our wonderful trains back over the years about pulling resources together and bidding these out all at one time. Where do we stand on that with this project? >> Uh, what's this co-op? Okay. Thank you. I I thought so, but
034I didn't want to be uneducated. But we are following what recommended of what the state is saying we should try and do by pulling together co-op and fitting everything out. >> Yeah. >> A motion and a second on the floor to approve the dairy products for 2526 child nutrition. >> All in favor of saying I >> nay. Eyes carried. Approve bid for produce for the 2526 child nutrition program to Kilmore's farm market. May I have a motion? >> I see move. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second. Comments or concerns. >> All those in favor? Someone saying I >> pass by. Majority of those present. Program. We are going to program planning on the agenda. You're away with me. Amen. >> Approve Tammy Painter to attend the National Association of Pupil Pupil Transportation
035Grand Rapids, Michigan October 31st, November 4th. Funding source county funds. Miss Painter, do you want to attend? >> Thank you. >> I'll make that motion. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Thank you. Any concerns or comments? Any comments? >> It's Halloween. I know they're following every motion and a second on the floor. All those in favor saying >> I carried. Item B, approve Tammy Painter to attend the National Association of State Directors of Pubil Transportation, Arlington, Virginia, November 13th to 14th, 2025. Funding source to educate me on this one. West Virginia AP Association of Public People Transportation. >> I'll make high school. >> I didn't, but I'll make that motion. >> Have a motion there. Have a second. >> I'll second it. >> Yeah. >> All those in favor of saying I. >> I. >>
036Motion passes. Counter events board. So is the path kickoff at our >> Yeah. So that should have been September 16th and then those should have been indented underneath those. >> Um so we plan to do the past kickoff at the next meeting and the Morton County present the Morton County School Strategic Plan also. >> Those aren't three separate things, just one. Any comments on the calendar? At this time, I would like to have an executive I'm sorry, a motion to go into executive session to discuss the superintendent goals. Uh we will come out of here with a action item. Um I would say you're welcome to stay, but you don't have to. We can send them to you via email. Um, Aaron will need you to come back in probably though to turn us back
037on. I think that's all. May I have a motion? >> I move. >> Second. >> Thank you. Thank you. All those saying I. >> I. >> Thank you very much. If you would please give us the room and we will send you the goals via email. >> I appreciate that. >> You're very welcome. Thank you for coming tonight. >> Who are the spectators? will improve reading and math scores by 8%. Mor County schools will provide mentorship to all new school administrators on a weekly basis. Grades K to two will continue to meet the goals of West Virginia Department of Education Science and Reading initiatives and rigors, WSMS and Pawpa uh will show improvement and level of rigor of education. I entertain a motion to approve the goals as move. >> Second. >> Thank you. Thank
038you. Any comments or concerns? All those in favor by saying I. I. >> Motion carries. I will make a motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> Thank you. Any concerns? All those in favor of saying I. >> We are adjourned. Thank you very much, Aaron. Thanks for sticking around.