001I'd like to call the meeting of County Board of Education for Tuesday, August the 5th, beginning at 6 p.m. in order to work. All members are present. Open with the pledge of allegiance to the flag. to the flag of the stand individ. Next on the agenda is delegations. You have one Mr. You will have five minutes. >> So the reason uh for you guys because yesterday uh Monday, first Monday of August, I had a reminder in my calendar to contact school system and make sure my kids were Okay. So my surprise when two of the people that I found out were no longer in that capacity. One of them doesn't school system. That is a failure of communication. I shouldn't have had to sign up. How many other parents I don't know about this at
002all because they didn't have time in their day to reach out because they don't have Tuesday and speak to you all. I'm concerned that I'm concerned not only because for my own kids but for every other in the school my wife was traveling as we need to airport and said please follow instruction and there was a big long list of how to take care of all the plants because she's an excellent garden has all these different plans that summer days, summer suns, no water. And she knows long experience, but she tells me to do that. It doesn't happen. It doesn't get done. She comes home. So, this son and I was thinking about that on the way up here because it's it's a worn out analogy, but it's true. Every one of our kids in
003this school system is kind of like plants. They have different needs. Some more light, some less need more soil, sandy soil, whatever the case may be. Special education program is there to make sure that all those needs are met. And I'm watch my kids through that system and for over a decade we have failed these kids. I don't think it's an over to say that I've seen it through my own children's experience and other parents of people that have come in on temporary basis on partner basis or we've had multiple staff members staff shuffle through leadership positions there's been no consistency there's been precious little communication and it's it is damaging our kids educations so I'm standing here once asking you to do three things. One, and most important, be that is your number one
004job. You have to communicate with the community and tell them what's going on. Even if it's bad, even if it's, hey, this person walked out and they even if it's, oh, budget's not here to do what we'd like to do or there's a problem we're addressing. We have to communicate that to the community. I feel like I prep every couple months to say that same thing but it remains it may remain true to the second I think you have to do you have to provide consistency we can't have the string of people coming in for a year or two years and then someone else kind of had handed it off again halfway records are being lost plans are not being implemented plans not being followed through with with adjustments that need to be Hey, it
005can't work like this. You have to change it. You have to do something to make this system work. And the final thing is because after I found out the people that I thought were going to be in charge for the system this year did not work in the school system anymore. I called and Christine Campbell emailed me about an hour and said, "Here's my phone number. You give me I did. And God bless her, she listened to me rant and ra for half an hour at 7:30 at night and listened to all my concerns, gave all the information she could. And I want to support her. I want to support all the other teachers at PCHS and in the school system to help kids. They want to do the job to the best of their
006ability. They care. And I know that all you realize. I hear you talk about and praise them over and over and you should because they're doing an incredible job but they can't do it by themselves and they can't do it without the resources and the leadership coming from the board central office. So I'm here imploring to communicate and to provide that leadership and I want I know I've been told by St. Paul says you can't respond to me right now. Pretty sure we can respond to meeting and you have >> remarks. >> I can respond to you. I love it. >> We are in a transition and we do have a lot of work to do in special education and I do apologize that you feel like the system has failed your students, but we
007are working diligently as a county office and as a team with West Virginia Department of Education to improve our services. And I really feel like this year is going to be a different environment. And um I will speak with you after the meeting to thank you for coming. >> Yes, we do have some recognitions. >> Haley Cummings, it's a top five state finalist for service personnel of the year. Devin George, sixth in the nation at Skills USA National Leadership Conference for commercial roofing. >> M take a picture of us. Great. We'll have now um again One, two, >> stand up. >> Thank you. Next we have uh Devon George and Devon is recognized for his outstanding achievement in placing sixth in the nation in the commercial roofing at Skills USA national leadership skills conference. Congratulations.
008>> First pull in my pictures. >> Mr. Taylor, >> the employee. >> Yes. I was going to say >> that was good. >> Congrat My buddies number New business that name Jill Mask. Okay. And Chris. Okay. You're up. >> Right over there. >> Speak to the microphone so everyone can hold hear you. You can turn that if you need to. >> That's okay. Just I'm sorry. >> Takes just a minute. Just like to thank uh the board for allowing us to speak tonight on behalf of the strong observatory um Chris Pri and Joe Busky. Uh we're happy to um announce initiative that we're going to be in supporting Wi-Fi not only at the Green Elementary School but also throughout Okanos County. And so we're going to be giving you a presentation on how we got
009actually got to this conclusion and then we'll just um answer any questions that the board or anyone out might have. >> So next slide please. >> So in general uh pretty simple green elementary school working with them and green bank to find a solution to install Wi-Fi in the elementary school. I have already introduced my colleagues that we wrote a report together presented to not only to our management but also to the National Science Foundation was all approved and now we're going forward with this initiative. So what's changing? Uh the West Virginia radio astronomy uh zone has a restriction between 2 miles territory where no transmitters are allowed at all and 10 miles which is a little bit more relaxed but still a low rate of transmitters are allowed. We're going to relax that off
010uh in the coming months here. We've already done it now. Shelley talk more about the West Virginia radio astronomy zone in more detail, but basically anywhere in the 10 milei radius now around the green telescope and Pocahontas Island counties, we're going to allow 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi. So, historically, Wi-Fi has been restricted in this zone. So, requests come in go to Sheldon. Now, someone says, "Hey, I really like to install Wi-Fi on my business. I'd like to install Wi-Fi home." So very politely says that allowed it has been allowed for you know for better part of almost 50 years now. Um but we have found some solutions you know the community care and general come to us. We've actually found solutions for these um individual uh businesses. Many many individual businesses or individuals themselves um do
011not request permission. They have done what they want and you can actually drive to the green bank. You can drive uh up and down 92 and you can actually detect Wi-Fi at various locations up and down um up and down the the road. So what we did was when I took over as director um in February we took a look at the last 25 years of data coming from the green bank telescope and we evaluated that data and evaluated publications proposals a lot of lot of analysis were done and we decided that there was very low scientific risk but a huge community benefit to open up 2.4 for Wi-Fi. That was our uh scientists are pretty smart at putting this for the last decade, several decades now. Um because we've actually been hit with satellite
012radio 2.3 been coming down from space for a long time now and we've built it. So the community engagement and the interface that we wanted with the Green Bay Elementary School and with the community was much more important to us than this particular frequency range at this point. So what do we ask? How does this affect you? Basically, every router pretty much that you buy off the shelf now has 24 um frequency. That's not a problem. So, that's going to be allowed throughout the 10 to 10 mile exclusion zone. So, you're in if you're in Poconos County and especially at the elementary school, you're good to go at 4 GHz. If you already have one of these routers, great. Perfect. You don't have to do anything except what we'd like you to do is work
013with us. Typically, routers now come with 5 GHz and 6 GHz as well as 2.4. So we're asking you to work with us to turn those off. Those frequency ranges are still relatively clear in Greenbank and the radio quiet zone. We like to try to keep that way as best we can. There is a minimal impact turning these off. So if you have one in your home right now and you're running two or three different networks with the 2.4, five, and six, you can turn two off. You're not going to see you're going to see very minimal if any impact on network speed. So if you still stream Netflix, you can still stream everything, if you still play video games online, it's not going to affect you. So in coming months, we're going to have
014a press release that's going to come out tomorrow. We're going to have about a school outreach uh with the Green Elementary School on teacher night, school night, presentation to students about this. We're going to have listening sessions and presentations at the observatory itself. We have a lot of handouts. I know Jill has brought a whole bunch of handouts that you can have. Uh we're going to have an open house on Sunday, September 7th. course we'd like to see everyone there at we're going to have these free STEM activities as well as Wi-Fi presentation on what we're going to be doing there. So at this point um just like to thank you for your attention. That's all I have to say and if you have any questions on for the policy side or the technical side
015or the publication side uh we'd be happy to answer later question on the technical information side. Who's the technical person? >> Yeah. >> So in our our school system we have level three and level two switches which act as our routers. We have our cat 6 wiring that goes to our APS. So, I'm assuming we would just purchase the APS and turn off the five and the six. >> Yeah, that's my understanding. We're actually in conversation with um Jimmy uh at this just to try to make sure all those uh TE's are cross. We're all on the same page and basically 2.4 is available to the students and the education for whatever needs and five and the six are turned up. So, yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. And and the meeting with Jimmy, he he uh
016does have some access points that are available that he's going to actually start doing some testing with at the school next week as our understand. >> Yes. Yes. We had talked about Jimmy and I had talked about that and at first he said we're getting routers and I said, "Well, we don't really get routers because our switches are routers >> so we that's all." >> Does it need to be cell phone service? No, that's different. That's that unfortunate but you know the the um the technical implementation of housing implemented schools were leaving you know to the school. We're here to consult or to provide support which we can't but you know we're not telling you to go buy this router or you're not going to be able to go to bank and gift shop and
017buy a router just but we're open to say please work with us. So it sounds like we're just trying keep and maintain our current systems in the school. >> Well, only what's impacting is the um elementary middle school. All the others that already have Wi-Fi running are fine. We don't need to make any changes. The elementary school hasn't had the opportunity to have Wi-Fi until now. So that's where we're working with Jimmy to make sure that the switches are set to the correct frequency. And there's only one. >> Yeah, everyone else is fine. You already have money. >> But to answer your question, the fiber update transportation is better. >> We will need the existing system. >> We will the existing system that we have. >> Um and we will have to look at the
018cost because the existing system we have we use for our total internet. So everything runs through that not just through not just Wi-Fi. >> So this will be a pricing out cost process. It may not be something that happens instantly. It will take time. >> I just like to thank you all. This has been >> trying to get her through the door. Um but persistent paid off and then seven of them showed up in my office. >> Okay. Um >> I appreciate your call. >> I want to know my last comment is I want to know if you consult Ruth Bandi they did. Does anyone remember that? They did test but that's been Ruth has been gone for two. So do you remember that? Were you here? >> She was here. So that was the
019first trial. I'm glad to get the rest of them. >> I just like to say thank you for all your all the hard work in that green bank area. >> Yeah. every every core trip earlier that's and I mean the world has changed because those the regulations back in the 50s the world has changed and we have to be adapt to all that um I wouldn't know we wouldn't be making this change if it wasn't beneficial to everyone and you know you know the scientists will figure things out the the impact in the school the impact community is is just as important and we you know we want your support and we want you to come to us if you need anything do the best we together. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. I'd
020like to say thank you because the benefits of the students is huge >> but I can't imagine a new teacher coming back thinking about taking a job even >> so I was coming back from some of you don't know Sarah but Sarah started her career a long time ago and then went somewhere else and she just recently came back and she said her very first day she was used to having Wi-Fi, being able to print immediately from her her computer, being able to take her computer to the copier and click on the documents she wanted to print. Like she said she felt like even taking a step back in time and I was the same way. I was away for 22 years and came back three years ago and I felt the same exact way.
021So we're excited. We're very excited. We're excited because now we can collaborate in a staff meeting to share ideas and ways to use technology. Before I would either have to take my staff into a lab if I wanted to use technology or just send out presentations through email or whatever. So, it's going to impact the staff just as much as it's going to impact the students. Therefore, that's going to also help our students or society. and and you know I live up in Virginia um you know we here a huge impact of kids that couldn't they didn't have any internet access at all and how they had to learn and parents to schoolion dollar and you know there was just that was a very tough bill to solve for a lot of those kids a
022lot of those families just like we got to do something better and so for we can help This is not working on >> community activities. >> Sure. >> And uh >> sorry before Bill can't think of a better place to go than the mountain state. I couldn't have made a better name for that restaurant. Yeah. So, and we're going to ask them very nicely to turn off their five and six. >> Thanks. My door's always open. Email us. >> Wow. Yeah. We've actually um shown set up a new uh email address to you know to handle questions uh about people setting up devices. You'll see all this information tomorrow. There's a how-to page on how to set up various routers and we're really going to try to work with the community to make sure that
023we're in good communication. Huh? >> Bluetooth also working on board anti-magnetic. >> I I will leave a much more elegant answer to my public information. But I will say that, you know, we we've always advertised it as a national radio quiet, not a national radio always going to be some type of emission that's going to be happening in the area. Um, and there is, you know, whether you're um you being in Green Bay, satellite communications are beaming down us right now. The XM channel, every car that passes by has Bluetooth and radar and Wi-Fi in it, just about any car. you have um airplanes, you know, have airplanes flying over the side all the time, beating all over the place. So, this is this is it's already there. It's already been there. Sorry, but it's
024it's it's been there for a while. And what we're doing is just opening us opportunity to students education and to, you know, open to the community. And so, that's going to be that's more impactful for us at this point. Do you have a much more elegant Yeah, >> the many folks from that community will be in attendance at um some of our listening sessions on campus. >> Not not yet because um you all have the the inside scoop. Um we did make all that information live on the website tonight knowing that some of you in the meeting or who called in might want to look it up. Um, so all that information is there right now and so tomorrow I'll see how many people stop by the office and have things to share. >> How
025many people shared this back in March or something? I asked quite as much we can because we needed to get these the documentation, the websites, the email addresses, all those things set up so that when we did have questions, we knew how to respond. And so we want you know folks will know about it but we wanted to keep quiet so this was set up for now. >> So I know it's a little bit of time but you know we are ready for it. Hopefully, you know, this would be very, you know, this is ready for question or link. >> Well, another question. It's also something he's >> Yeah, but it was I answer your question, it was interesting when we we built a new device called an advanced spectrum monitor that sort of tries
026to detect radiation at various frequencies and we actually did an overlay of what the 2.4 4 GHz band looked like in Charlottesville and what it looked like in the quiet zone and they looked almost >> so what that told us was people within a close distance to the observatory were already using that band and so it probably made more sense to have this kind of communication to talk about you know what we what was possible to do and what you know restrictions would really help us out and have it as a conversation and say look this is a good way to move forward forward, but noticing how similar those two were was pretty critical in saying, look, you know, this is not a band that we are really able to use uh at the observatory
027right now. And so for electro sensitive folks, you know, I think the answer would be yeah, this radiation was here before. It's probably not going to increase that much by by making snap it, but it is I think an important recognition and an important communication and critically a way to deal with the requests for the school. >> Absolutely legislation with the West Virginia radio over there. They they can tell us what they you know those folks can tell us what we can use, what we can't, but it's under our world changes. We have to I have your radio. >> Okay. Thanks. >> Would you like a picture with the board? picture. I mean, I'll take a picture of the board. That's okay. >> Yes. >> It's great. GDC. >> Don't get so quiet. [Music] Get
028the same place. Smile the same way. >> Move everybody. >> Thank you all so much. Thanks a lot. You all don't have you don't want you don't have your business. >> Thanks for your time. >> Thank you for letting go. We can help you all. Thanks. Any questions? Take care. School improvement updates for county high school system that have been signed by Mrs. line in the verification process. >> Um, our proposals were mailed on Friday. The comprehension consultant to review class sizes and primary exceptionalities to make sure that we are uh best serving our students within the guidelines of policy 2419. So things are very well. Any questions for me? >> Item number six, cons of the minutes 2025. Approval of the agenda. Payment of bills sub to addition, deletions or other changes prior to
029board meeting. Payment of vendor listing of 168,4225. Pay payment of local government purchasing card 35,74851. July 14, 2025. Employee employee payroll 260,26242 extra duty cleanup pay for the month of June 2025 164925 extra duty pay for the month of July 2025 is 11,899.84 bank reconciliations for the month of June 2025 grand awards and budget adjustments. Do I have a motion? Mr. McCall makes a motion. >> Miss Holl second. Any questions? I know retired this year and she has bonuses. Any appointment? None. All those in favor signify by saying I motion carries. Item number seven, approval of service and professional personnel see attachments discuss county school personnel may involve an executive statement as provided in West Virginia code 6984B 2- personnel exception and or 6-9A-6 privacy accepted majority must vote to have an executive station. No
030action will be taken for that executive station. Do I have a motion for an exact session? I'll make a motion session for personnel. Second has made a motion. Mr. Gibson second motion carries. We will now go into executation 634. I'd like to have a motion to come out of the executive session. Mr. made a motion. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Mr. Seconded. All those in favor sign by saying I. Motion carries. We are out at 7:14. The next item on the agenda is superintendent update cognitive discussion and review of end ofear data for chronic gaps and student discipline referrals discipline referrals by subgroup homeless subgroup and total certified enrollment. Uh, we can do whichever you want to do. If you want and I also printed on because I can't see Dr. Is
031this one, Dr. Williams, that's the correct one. >> Yes. Give me just a second. Take a second. So every year the school system has to validate their data and that data is um how well we did here or statistically where we stand with our numbers. So I thought it was important because I had uh promises in my interviews that I will keep you updated on your data and review your data with you. So when we went to the accountability dashboard, I showed you that there were some areas that we were low on. So this first slide that we have here is the end of the year enrollment. So we had two 865 students in our county. of those students were continuously enrolled. of the students were chronically absent. see that back there are special education
032students. So I want to put that in perspective. We have eight 865 students. 215 students are special ed. Um we have zero English learners. 598 of the students in our county come from low SCES and fall below lines. 12 students are military students of the military and we have 62 students that are classified as homeless. And then you can just see the enrollment by school. This is important as end of the year selection status. Notice a 10th month report because this is what our community eligibility program is based on. These are the students that figures into our poverty rate and it ties into our school hot lunch program. Next slide please. So our next slide and this is an alarming slide. This is something that is absolutely front burner for me and it will be
033front burner for every principal in the county and front burner for student um professor lab. We have in each of our schools, if you look back at the enrollment numbers, so Hillsboro had 77 students. Of the 77 students, 24 students were chronically absent. Um, Green Bank Elementary had 70 students chronically absent. What survey are you getting? >> Their head is on the front slide. 196 >> 96 for this particular um end of the year report. Marlington Elementary had 67 students chronically absent. And what chronically absent means they miss how many conven students. Uh Marlington um middle school had 61 students chronically absent. They have 123. The high school has 260 students and they have 138 chronically absent. So they had about half of their student class students classified as chronically absent. This does tie into
034seat time ties into learning time. >> If you're not learning, if you're not at school, you can't learn and this skills gaps the forums forms and then over time those become special education learning disabilities. So, attendance is a priority for with our schools, with our principles, and with our directors in this board office. Um, it also ties into funding. The average daily attendance rate ties into some of our step seven funding. Um, there's some of those years you see $100,000 less, $200,000 less, $600,000 less we're getting in state 8. It's because our students are not here to get accounted for in the average daily attendance rate. The next slide is our end of the year discipline for 2425. So we had 1,469 discipline referrals. Now remember we have 865 students. So, we have we're averaging
035quite a bit of discipline report. We had 13 bullying reported and what's really um 347 I can't even read that. >> Um total number of students were disciplined. So, that's about that's over half of our students got a diploma referral throughout the year. We had 177 students put in ISS. We had 19 students that were put in OSS. We had 97 IDA students that received referrals. Then we have eight students that I don't know why. We have eight IDA students that were in OSS and um 60 IDA students that were in ISS. If we go over to the schools and we look at them, um the thing that has me the most concerned is level three discipline referrals. Those are more serious discipline referrals and we have quite a few in every school in the
036county. Um, this is something that I'm bringing up both of these things because 4373 is something that is outlined in our special education monitoring as a problem. Um, the types of referrals that we have, the number of referrals we have, and the types of students that are getting them because we're not doing our functional behavior assessments, nor are we doing our behavior interventions. So the next part of this, I added this on today because I wanted you to see performance. This is your performance last year. So for last year in your performance, the blue is mathematics performance by grading level. So we have third, fourth, fifth, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 11th grade. The ninth and 10th graders are not assessed nor are the seniors. So you can see your performance levels and what they are.
037Then the next slide that we have here is the general summit of assessment from 2526 and the performance of those grade levels. So in a different presentation I'm going to explain to you why >> next one why does yes why those performance levels. So we have not on standard, partially meet standard, meet standard and exceed standards. The blue is the exceeds. The green is the meets. Um and then you have your overall percentage. So for fourth grade math, we have 65% of our kids proficient or higher. Seventh grade math, we have 55% of our kids proficient or higher. Uh sixth grade math, we had 68% of our kids proficient or higher. Um, fifth grade math that's 64% of our kids proficient or higher. Third grade math 71% proficient or higher. And then I'm sorry, fifth
038grade is down here. That was eighth grade up there. 54% proficient or higher in math. Then we're going to next slide is our ELA performers by grade level. Again, we have our eighth grade ELA 64% proficient. Our 11th grade 55% proficient, our third grade 71, sixth grade 67, 7th grade, uh, and fourth grade 63. Now, here's the caveat to these scores. These are the students that were in the building that took the assessment. These are not the students that count for accountability because did you notice that discrepancy in the number of students we count as continuously enrolled and number of students that were there? They will pull all of those students out and scores drop because they won't count in the scores. So once they get the they're going to have to do the calculation
039of 133 days. So the official report out um actually on August 13th at state board meeting next meeting August 19th here for our high school our 11th grade performance. The first one that you have here is math both bench met both benchmarks met one benchmark or met no benchmarks. So this area right here means they're not approaching grade level. They didn't the benchmark. Then the next colored section is they met one benchmark. The smallest section which is completely colored in says they met both benchmarks. So the school had a 22% proficiency rate for meeting both ELA math benchmarks for college and career readiness. there the district you can see the state the US level globe testers on the next page I've broken it down by reading and by math performance so for reading the district
040had 43% and 41% of their kids that met um benchmark or exceed benchmark for math the next slide down we had 27 7% that met the benchmark. The problem that I see with math and reading at the high school level is for math have 71% of our students not yet approaching fifth. So we have a tremendous amount of work to do in our mathematics programs to get our kids on grade levels. So I wanted to give you that update and gives you an opportunity to ask me any questions that you have about given the year last year and performance this year. So much to help us some of those. So you think [Music] >> have you showed this to our math coach? >> I I pulled this I I just now got access on Saturday.
041I emailed the state department executive director and said I need access and started disagregating your data. I found some clear holes in standards that we are pervasively low in starting in third grade one all the way through the 11th grade assessment. Um, we'll have to look at that assessment, look at our instructional materials, and look at our teaching strategies and kind of figure out, you know, what is some instructional materials may have a 70 or 80% alignment if the teacher teaches that book that they may not get they may not even teach that standard because they did adopt some things that were not in the 100% match. So, we just really have to dig into it and kind of figure out what the problem is. >> This is a great evaluation. >> Great. Thank you.
042>> You're welcome. Any questions? [Music] >> That's all I have for that presentation. All visits update discussion on school project followed to training Dr. Oall would like to present each Pakist county board member a certificate at the August 13th West Virginia State Board of Education meeting and it starts at 9:00 a.m. Do I have motion? >> Mr. Motion do I have a second? >> This is Dr. Hollandor second. Uh >> so we will talk about the projects first. >> Yes. Christy, can you get us to pass the Oklahoma County High School to the first slide that says Marlington Elementary, please? >> It's in this presentation. >> Yes. >> Okay. It takes just a second to get >> um Mr. Gibson went up to the high school and he took some pictures, but they didn't come
043through. But he's gonna go up there and he's gonna be the best host he can be and say all the words after we get our little presentation slides up and tell us about he's had a couple of work parties and I think we're progressing nicely at the high school. Um we ran into a complication, a small complication, but we're overcoming that one day at a time right one day at a time. Um, so she's pulling it up now. So you while she's getting that pulled up, you want to give an update on the high school, Mr. Gibson? >> Uh, let's see. Where do I start? Um, we were going to do a simple install laminate floor in her office spaces. Guys went up, started taking the carpet out to floor tile. Floor tile started coming
044up turned out to be asis. We end up with an asbestous development program going on. That'll be starting Monday the 11th. That's early date that starts the u we've had a party yesterday. Um call it a party if you want to. scanned up as many people as they could. That's for head coach vings as to report to the hospital and they emptied out every office and then main office guidance office um the safe um storage closets. I mean everything's registered to come in and start tearing stuff down on Monday. Quite a bit of effort and a lot of handsful day. So we got that taken care of. Um, so they're going to probably come in Friday and do containment system. That way whenever they start come in on Monday, start building floor tile taking it
045actually up then we'll have to worry about that's going to buy us a day or so of time which will allow us to hopefully get the laminate floor back in get back to normal before. in the middle of that trying to do some bathroom renovations. Does he have any idea? [Music] tiles, traps, mirrors, you name it. You know, trying to remodel the bathrooms. We're working on those. We decided we're going to do two at a time. I can't just rip them all out in hopes we get them all back. You guys, they still need bathroom facilities. So, D2, get those done. Move on to the next two. We started painting the office today. Main office. distributor. So things are progressive. It's been a challenge, but addition to in addition to that, I'm sure everyone saw
046on Facebook. I have put out the RFP to have the gymnasium pina. We did not get any um interest in that. So I spoke with our new SBA representative, Mark Miller, and he's going to amend we're going to pay for it. he's going to be able to amend our SBA project, add that in, and find somebody to do that for us. So, I'm really excited about that because when I told him, I said, you know, we're really sad we're getting this new beautiful gym floor. We wanted the gym to just convey how proud we are of our school and our students to come in. So, he is taking care of that for us. So, I think we're just going to I think the high school is just going to be an absolutely beautiful project and
047it's it alone it's going to uh build student culture and staff culture and just be a great place to learn. So, we're excited about that. We went to all the other schools so no one felt like they were left out in our facilities needs assessment. uh toward every school with every principal in the county. And this is some of the things we're going to work on at Marlton Elementary. Um on the steps, you can see the the second picture. Um black duct tape. Uh the steps the most creative use of duct tape in this county I've ever seen. Uh so we're going to repair those steps, remove the duct tape. We we can do better than that. We wanted to have some painting projects that we're going to do there because over time we've lost
048track of what our color was and we put some other things in there and that's just not good for I mean we're a school system. We want a little professional when our kids come in. We want to have the best possible environment. So that's on our list to do. And we also had some front work back. We have um I've asked Mr. Gibson to make sure the lawn smoke. We got some new rocks in there. We got our shrubs trimmed. Looking really good. >> Um Mr. Gibson, would you like to say anything about that? >> Well, we we don't have the rocks yet, but we're planning on um you know, there's some work still needs done in the playground area, and we have to we had the board demo. We had to come back in
049do back fill uh grass seed. There's one section there's still some chunks of brick and lot that needs to come out. Just take them in high power and high those panels that put up there still there are still laying over close to the edge of the old board site move too. But we still need something to designate this is the playground, this is the parking lot, this is the do need a permanent fence some sort down through there was going to order a shelter on the playground was going to take care of that. I think she may order but I'm not sure. I haven't talked to her for a while about it. There's a lot of irons in the fire things happening. >> There is everything takes time. or Mr. I know you hate to
050hear my little y but nonetheless they do um next slide please. So this is Green Bank Elementary Middle School. Their school is fantastic. I mean what uh well uh the artwork school but we did have we have this pipe in the bathroom that we fix that. We have some tile along the walls that needs to be fixed in the floor. So, those are the types of things we're working on there. They have a hodgepodge of landscaping out front through the rocks. We're going to make sure those match and they look good. Clean up the outside. Not that it's not beautiful already. It is. But we can do a little bit better there and get these things fixed up too because they're just small things. These are aesthetic, but we're going to work on them. Mr.
051new toilets sitting on the front. These um this floor drain, this is happening in in great school probably for several years now. It's been happening. Um it's like the drain lines are pushing up >> and don't understand why. If they're not coming up, then the rest of the floor is set up. Something's happening. Uh so we end up having to intake tile out, chip some of this out, put a new floor green hub in, and then you know do some repair work and put the tile back. They have done two or three of these back in like in the locker room areas um and just been surfaced in the kindergarten room over the last few years. So, we're going to be addressing that and even that material I think on the front porch too. And
052some of the floor tiles like we're missing chunks that's already been replaced here in the last couple weeks. Things are progressing. You can't just focus on one school. We got we got five schools to try to take care of and share the wealth. So, Hillsboro Elementary did not have a lot of needs, but again with the tape. Um, >> this is your packing tape. >> This is poverty tape. They've elevated their game a little bit there or maybe deescalated their game. I'm not really sure. >> We are going to replace their countertops. It's all taped up. That's that's an easy fix for us. And they did ask for they had a couple of bathroom stalls that I didn't get a picture of. We're going to replace that. Um we're going to assist with the air
053condition installation. And then this is not a project that will be done right away. This is a project because for me aesthetically curvable is everything. And the way those gym windows look you pull up makes me feel like this is a vacant building. So I asked Mr. uh Gibson to say all the materials and supplies and what we need to do there and give us a little plan for that. Mr. Gibson, >> well I guess years ago and I don't know when this took place. I think they spray foamed over these old windows and then it looks like they put like aluminum fiber roof coating on them, you know, to seal the spray foam. And like I said, I don't know how many years ago that happened, but you see chunks are starting to come
054off. So, we're just going to have to address it. Maybe take it all off and do the same thing again. >> Yeah. >> Or I mean, I think those are the old metal frame windows probably. Never been up. Look, that's a giant window. >> They are. Yeah. And and very likely the caulking that holds these glass in could be like what was in the old world might be as miscus. >> You might be doing something to come and take them out. >> If you don't disturb it, you're good. >> I tell you who put that band. >> You put it in four and all that stuff. >> Okay. >> How long ago was that? Just curious. 85 to 86 years ago. >> So the middle school, we don't have any pictures in here for the
055middle school because they did not really have any glaring needs other than they requested some lockers and that's a needs assessment because that's a very very expensive project. um you would require an RFP and and many other things. So I have spoken to a couple of the folks from the schoolboard association and mentioned that to them but um other than that that school is just look fabulous. I mean it's it's one of the um it's one of the newest one years old. >> You can still tell looking at the roof for it. We did a U MIP request for it for this year for a new roof and it died. I talked to Markville with the SBA said, "Sorry about your roof. There was other water running in where you didn't." So, they took precedence.
056He said, "Throw it at us. We'll try it." So, >> and we are going to do landscaping out in the front of that too. They have a lot of uh it's just simple things. I know it's not a big deal, but where the concrete is, the weeds growing in it are not trimmed and the bushes not trimmed. That is that tells a story about our schools. >> When I think the school should be the shining star in the community, everyone should say, "Hey, that's the school system there." And just really look at them and we should grow. So, we're going to do some of those things as well. Um, I can't think for the central office. I have not put an RFP out yet. Um because I wanted to wait till we had all the
057things in place and had the gym scrambling cuz really getting that gym paid is number one to me. Um so the RFP will go out for the county office in the next week or so because I feel like we've gotten our extra help now. We have our materials ordered and we have our ball rolling with all the other things. So now we will focus on the county office renovation. Mr. Gibson, do you have anything else you would like to add? >> I was just looking at the list right here. Um the blinds that's where we taking a backseat to everything else that's going on right now cuz in the background I've got the boiler down at Pillsbury Elementary School. I have a water heater that's down at the middle school. So there's other things we're
058taking care of, too. Um let's see. The window numbering system. my max the media guy at 8:00 in the morning. This is going to be started tomorrow. Um the art room they were already while we had the work party they've already set up those two rooms and the majority of the heavy stuff. Um so it's back in the old location. Um rekeying for rent was supposed to meet Timo Friday the Hillsbury is going to start it. So this going to start happening. So, a lot of things have been in the background in the background being worked on coming to fruition, which is making me feel a little bit better about some things. It's been a long road. Some things that are starting to happen right now. You know, we do have the bathroom, one of
059two of the bathrooms at the house torn out. They should be starting to paint those. It's just a matter of putting two stakes back in, replacing some tile, that kind of thing. So, hopefully it all come together. Asbestous removal. This is going to come out of this area too. That's that little hallway beside the gym or beside the stage out of the gym going toward the bathroom. It's also got asbestos tile in it that's going to be removed. There a lot happening. How are we going off at Hillsboro Hillsboro? We are I've got some quotes in on it and they're all across the board that we're trying to address that here in maybe four to six week time and September. >> Yeah, we're going to have heat in the middle of October probably. So that's
060good. >> Great. Thank you, Mr. Anybody else questions? Any other questions from the street? >> I have another what would it cost? And then that's it. And as I drove up and I look around, we've got a pile of stuff. >> Can we can what cost us to get a storage building or something? I haven't unsecured yet. >> What's an annex building? There were stories up there. >> Why did that one the hospital? So, it just happened. But we can we'll take it in an worth keeping. Yeah, something we got there one room out there storage that I know Mr. Cover is one use for athletic director he's use some of that utiliz area there's books desk you name it on bad stuff and some of it's not good stuff we just need >> there's
061also several offices out there Mr. crimes there. >> Youth health is out there. The technology office >> I think community out there >> no lock one of the doors wide open. I mean there's no lock or anything. [Laughter] That's how we get along with >> So I do want to say that um as your superintendent be superintendent first priority was to walk through the schools. Um Mr. Gibson and I will visit every inch of every campus and we will decide on what needs to be cleaned out, what needs to be sorted out. That will be on my list. But first, Mr. G has all of these projects and and I'm helping him as much as I can. I'm I'm really um proud of them and and we are working well together. So, we will get
062to the other buildings and sort them out eventually. >> Just straighten up that I'd like to look and use some kind of a story material drop offs and get scared. >> I think that's great. >> That is a good idea. >> We'll look into that. >> Some of the stuffs as well. stabilizer. >> Oh, yeah. Once they set you a crane to move, >> I think we have the carpentry class building. I know they got a lot of projects in the works right now, but that would be a possibility. >> You know, they're that would give them experience, >> right? >> And you used to do that? >> Yeah, I did couple buildings a year. >> Thousand. You did thousands. build two muscle and stuff. >> I just I'd like to see it somewhere here.
063>> Yeah, that's a good idea, but right now >> Well, I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about it disappearing. >> I know we have security cameras and stuff, but that don't just so they can wave. We can say, "Okay, yeah, we see you." Okay, I think that's your >> any any other questions for Dr. or Mr. If not all those in favor I'm saying I. Now you know by saying I you have to be at the state board of education meeting on August 13th. You'll be right. >> That is my anniversary. I will withh the state board of education and it is pretty important that we meet there. >> I'll drive you Julian right with me. I'm getting the back seat. Uh I was told that was my anniversary. >> I was not going.
064Well, you know, as as as many that can as possible, I understand that it's maybe >> I just want to say her out to dinner. [Laughter] So this is for what is this for? >> This is for our presentation for the the board of education. Dr. O'all is going to submit and give you your certificate for advanced support. >> But that's when the state board of education will make its decision schools. That's why I say it's a >> we have there I think the better off we are. [Music] >> They're not going to take care of our schools the way we do. We're local. >> Where did we stop asking discussion? >> Huh? I'm going to go back. I don't see it. Number seven, >> I'll make motion go. somewhere. >> We got red number
065seven. >> Yeah. Approval of services and professional personnel see. >> Okay. Do I have a motion? >> I'll second make a motion. Mr. Mcome second. Okay, now we're ready. >> Office professional transfer of second kindergarten to first grade. Sarah Brown. She will be leaving the kindergarten going to first grade. This is the new format which will show us where they were and where they're moving to place. The request transfer of Deon Gum from teacher to fourth grade teacher of kindergarten Green Bay Elementary School effective 2526 school year. Resignation previously of Aaron B. employment of Kimberly Bay Talero as CLA teacher at Greenbank Elementary Middle School effective for the 25 26 school year and there has been a successful background check with that individual request of transfer of Alexander Humble. This is where Mr. Hmel went
066to the high school full-time Dana Mucil as music teacher director Marlington Middle School Marlington Elementary School for the 2526 school year. resignation of Elanor Bale as science teacher at Greenbank Elementary Middle School affected all this work. As you go down through these PE these positions are the professional positions that have not been hired for the county prison director of personnel student services at central office teacher fifth grade at Marson Elementary School. Um, teacher of multi subjects, fourth grade, Greenbank Elementary Middle. Teacher of multi subjects, another fourth grade at Greenbank Elementary Middle. Teacher of special education, Greenbank Elementary Middle. Teacher of science, Greenbank Elementary Middle. Counselor at Greenbank Elementary Middle. Teacher of alternative education intervention at Marlington Middle and Greenbank Elementary. Teacher of social studies, Popus County High School, a special education teacher at Popus County
067High School. the second special education teacher at Ponis County High School. The assistant principal position at Ponis County High School, teacher of special education, elementary multi- subjects at elementary, and then the resignation of Christian Over as the director of special education preschool and student support services at Central office. Under service recommendations, we have resignation retirement from Bernat Hill that we approved previously requested transfer of Terresa Clover from the ET special education classroom bus aid first grade Green Bank Elementary to the assignments of kindergarten classroom subject to reassignment by the superintendent and principal as needed. Resignation of Lisa Johnson as a special education aid county high school effective August 3rd, 2025. The request of transfer of Teresa Clo kindergarten. We will employ Caleb as special education classroom bus assignment to student a subject to reassignment by
068the superintendent and principal as needed. Transfer of Allan Taylor request for transfer of Ash former Allan Taylor effective for 2526 school year. Employment of Stephanie Ames as extra summer custodian for special projects effective July 21st through August the 27th assignment by the maintenance director. Uh Britney Place rescended her custodial summer custodial employment of Jason Place as extra summer custodian for special projects effective August 4th through August the 27th by assignment of the maintenance director. We have not filled the positions in service personnel special education classroom bus a county high school the accounts payable at the central office for the secretary to account to green elementary middle school and I just want to make note of that on some of these positions the postings especially on the service personnel side don't come down until tomorrow so
069we didn't have names right before we have those at the next meeting uh extracurricular recommendations resignation of Brandon Hammonds is the head baseball coach of Pop County High School. The new coach position Kerr is the head volleyball coach effective for 2526 athletic season as a $1 coach. New coach position of Heavy Cerr is that assistant volleyball coach effective for the 2526 athletic season as a $1 coach. Resation of Chassity T. The employment of Cobra as athletic graduate from Coach County High School effective for the 25 26 athletic year. We have positions with the limited athletic trainer. We're in process of that one but has not been hired presently. The assistant basketball coach at Poconus County High School, the head baseball coach at Pocahas County High School and and also have added the um head basketball
070coach at the high school will be posted this coming week. Other recommendations, Tessa Gun has requested medical leave bring back elementary school effective August 28th, 2025 should be for a period of up to 12 months. And then as normal on the first agenda in August, we had the hiring of substitutes and all about package table. I do got something that's been right here. Oh, ECAP. What's Ecclesk and kindergarten? Any other questions? >> Sorry to see counter fail. >> Me too. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. Motion carries. Item number 10. You green bag item number B local school with freedom council training policy 2322 discussion and permission place policy 136 personal electronic devices out on command decision and permission to take policy 744.04 04 staff technology acceptance and safety and E is
071review and discuss of education sematic findings county report department of education do I have a motion Mr. MC made a motion. Do I have a second? >> Have second. We want to go B first. Let's discuss B. >> I have for you. According to code 18-5A-2-3A, it is required that the board of education members, the principles, and the schools are trained on the LSSC process annually before September 15th. So this is your official training for that process. And what we are just going to look at and talk about is what the procedures are. So this is the policy that governs accountability and school interventions. Um we had a partially meets standard on this on our accountability report. So I pulled it and I looked for all the criteria to make sure that have a meet
072standard at the end of this year. So per the West Virginia Board policy 202022, the county board of education members must be trained on the development and the operations of the LS the local school improvement councils. This training that we are having today will meet those statutory requirements in law. So what is the membership? And I want to kind of tighten this up a little bit with principles because there is a principal toolbox. There's documents they should be using and a process that should be in place. So the principal who serves as the ex official member of the council is entitled to vote on the LSIC. They have to have three teachers elected by the faculty senate. I will be sending an email out to all the principles to get those election of those so
073that I have those two service personnel by the service personnel employed at the school one and it used to say shall it says they be a US bus operator who transports students enrolled in the school but it does not have to be a bus operator anymore. Um the membership is three parents or guardians or custodians of students enrolled in the school elected by parents guardians and custodians. They have to have a process in place in which that election is taking place in their school and then all the areas that are have been strucken out are changes in the code. So I just wanted to document that so you can see it of students enrolled at the school. So your members have to be from your school population. One may be a representative of a parent
074teacher organization. Under no circumstances may a parent member of the council be employed by the school system. There's a lot of school systems that was doing this around the state. They would have teacher that had a kid in the school and say, "Oh, this one counts. It does not count." And they cannot use those folks as members of their council. They must not see membership at large. three at large members appointed by the principal of at least one who resides within the school attendance area. So principal three one has to reside within the district of uh the school. In the case of a vocational technical school, comprehensive middle school or comprehensive high school, the vocational director or the principal um as applicable shall appoint up to four additional members on their LSIC. And that's probably
075for a large school. I don't imagine that happen in our schools. In the case of a school with students in grades seven and eight, seven or eight or higher, they may choose to have a student on the LSIC and that probably should be the president the student council if they have one of those LSIC membership. The principal shall arrange for the election of the members to the LSIC school improvement council to be held prior to September 15th. So our principles have some fast work to do to make sure their LSIC is in place um of each school uh to elect the council and shall get shall give shall that means they have to do this notice of the election at least one week prior to the elections being held. That means they can't say hey
076we're electing somebody 24 hours or 5 hours you know get to school that day what number they have to do with so they soon as they get back they actually have to start this process parents guardians custodians teachers and service personnel elected to the council shall serve a 2-year term and election election shall be arranged such a manner that no more than two teachers no more than two parents and no more than one service personnel are elected a given year. So that means they have to have cycle elections just like the board has to have cycle elections. membership. Council members may only be replaced upon. I thought this was very interesting when I trained the Barkson County Kid staff on this last year and I still find it interesting that council members may only be
077replaced upon death, resignation, failure to appear at three consecutive meetings of the council for which notice was given or a change in personal circumstances meaning they move outside that school there. So council members are pretty much there unless there's a severe circumstance >> to die. In the case of a vacancy in an election position, the chair of the council shall appoint another qualified person to serve the unexpired term and then after that term expires, they may replace that individual. >> If somebody does. >> Yes. Okay. getting organized after September 5th. It's the principal's responsibility. It rests on their shoulder. No later than shoulders, no later than October 1, the principal shall convene in writing in the organizational meeting. Members must be notified 5 days in advance. I like to them to put that on their
078website. Um I've also asked in the past when I was supervising this for that to be put in the newspaper. Um the principal shall convene. Um members will be provided the following the current applicable sections of code state regulations regarding the operation of cancel information as may be developed by the department of education on the operation. So changes there. They have to give information about student performance and progress. Um the council shall elect from the members a chair to serve. Um the council's chair position becomes vacant for any reason. The principal will call a meeting to um elect another council chair and meetings have to be once every nine weeks and have to be published in advance 5 days. So with that said, I wanted to train you about this and I know that we
079all are invested in our students and in our children and we want the best possible performance of our schools. So, I would like permission or I'm I'm going to arrange under our school improvement portion of our agenda that every principle in their local school improvement council will report out three times a year instead of once a year on student performance. We have a benchmark that we have to pay within the first 30 days of school that will report out on performance areas of concern and their plan to address it and increase student performance and we will report out on attendance and discipline the plans that they have at school to address that within the means that they have. So we have to organize our staff have to have the mindset that we're keeping our eye
080on student achievement. We don't just say students are the number one thing. We prove they are the number one thing by having their own performance. >> I will get that schedule together. I work with the principles at principal academy and provide that to you because I think it's it builds a great relationship between the schools and the board of education when we have um discussions about our kids and what we're doing and how we're helping them. um it makes a big difference. >> So she does it three times, >> three times a year, >> three reports >> and those reports in code has to be on parent and community involvement, the learning environment, student engagement, attendance support at risk students, curricular offerings, resources, and the capacity for school improvement at their school. And that's actually
081in code what LSIC should center around. And we will do that when we give our benchmarks three times a year. Um, at first it seems like a lot, but after we get into it, it isn't. >> All right, that's all I have for that. >> No, >> discussion and permission would be C. Discussion permission to place policy personnel and that's going to have a motion. Do I have a motion? motion. Do I have a second? M second. You want to explain that a little bit and then we'll >> Yes. So, um when I gave you the legislative updates, one of the update, one of the things that we have to put out on policy is how we are going to deal with personal electronic devices in our school system. That includes cell phones, um smartwatches.
082So that's why the language of this has changed. Uh we worked with Miola. So they had a policy template that I went through and I selected you can see the things that changed in option A. And if we go to back, I think the most significant thing is how we this policy spelled out which is required in how we will deal with students that have cell phones at school and what that disciplinary procedure looks like. So we have the violations at the school first offense. the device will be confiscated and returned to the student following the conference with the teacher andor the principal and parent notification. So that means that if you take a device and a student had it out the principal absolutely has to contact the parent. They have to have a conference
083and then the student's phone can be returned. Second offense the device will confiscated and returned to the parent and guardian. A student will be assigned appropriate discipline as defined in the school discipline matrix for habitual violation of rules. Third uh the device uh see the third offense I'm missing a page. The third offense leads to uh the student being disciplined appropriately according to school discipline which could be ISS or elig school suspension. And then any student that refuses to hand over or surrender their cell phone or their uh personal electronic device to a teacher or administrator attempting to confiscate in the pursuit of this policy constitutes in support of engagement and will be punished according to the guidelines outlined in West Virginia policy 437. Uh the policy template had it broken down by middle school,
084elementary school, and high school, but I really just feel like we need to be consistent, have one matrix for how we're going to do that. Um >> perfectation. This is right on >> and this is required by state laws to have that. Now, do you want to go ahead next one? Well, all those in favor of this policy by saying I put now D is discussion and commission to place policy technology accept. So this policy is also require required in state law and this is to talk about how we are going acceptable use technology for staff in our district. Um we're a little bit late getting this one out but as we go through this I'm not going to read it all. This talks about internet usage and what you can use the internet for.
085This talks about personal device usage and what you can use those for. It talks about use of um AI, what AI can be used for. It talks about consequences for hacking, harvesting, data privacy and data mining, cyber bullying. It covers all those things that staff should not be doing especially using our network and it covers during school time. All those stuff have a question on that. That is that that was just staff. What about kids stuff? >> That that is a section in here. There's a section in this other fun policy for the kids. >> We're going to be review discussing special education findings department of education. So, at the Department of Education, um the board of education on August the 13th, I would assume that they're going to talk about special education in the
086system and there were some things that were systemic, meaning that they were pervasive across all schools and that we need to work on and there is a plan to work on everything that's here and I have um a handout for you from the principal's leadership academy, what I've planned and what I will present to the West Virginia Department of Education to address this. Um so the first one is if you go on to the next one. Um prior written notice. Um we had um blank fields in our IEPs where we had not done a prior written notice which is a violation of a student rights. Um going to the next one evaluation procedures. We have evidence that one that each noted area of concern has evaluated and is documented in the evaluation report. But we
087did have some timeline issues not meeting the 80day timelines, the 30-day timelines or the 365 reevaluation conference. PS live services um PS live services are related to the critical skill identified in the previous IEP team determines the needs. So PS live services are not related to critical skills that we identified. So what did that mean? Means that we provided our students services but it wasn't related to the need that we identified. So we're doing stuff we're just not doing the stuff that we said would do. Present levels of impact statement. Present levels include how the disability affects involvement progress in general curriculum. Um, present levels do not include how disabilities affect involvement progress in the general curriculum. So when we look at present levels of performance, we got to talk about if we put them
088in the general ed classroom, how is this meeting their requirements? How is this helping them move forward? So if no present levels are general, then there is no impact statement. And right down here at the bottom is where the impact statement should have been in the files that were reviewed. Now I want to say they did not review every file in the county but they do a systematic approach in Portland from schools and this was a systemic issue of really um annual goals specifically in designed instructional for student performance. Yes, this identifies the curricular under which the action will occur and specifically designed instruction necessary for the student to perform actions. So no curricula circumstances are not stated and do not discuss specifically designed instruction. So we don't we aren't giving goals. We aren't writing
089smart goals. Basically they're not measurable. They're not rel related to our annual goals which I just said are observable, measurable, actionable and based on student performance of the assessments we have given. And this is one thing that doing our LSIC presentation three times a year and having those discussions we will be able to look at subjects and say what are we doing for this? So supplemental services are not identified appropriately within present levels of performance narrative. So they there was a narrative issue there where they hadn't written it out and and connected it. And then um special ed service group identified appropriate special ed services are identified and justified with the PL no special ed services are not identified and justified within the present levels of performance. So we identify it we write an I
090put this in but they're not they're not different sections of the IEP are not correlated. Does that make sense? And then placement extend the participation with non-acceptional students. um explains the extent if any to which the students will not participate in the general education classroom, the general education curricular, extracurricular, other nonacademic activities or 100% GE does not explain the extent for which they're included in the regular classroom or they are given services and there's just an example of what they provided us and this is under least restricted environment one and then least restrictive environment for initial placement and parental consent. There were some IEPs that um we did not have the parental signatures on the IEP. >> You know, we talking about the IEPs. Let's bring this back. Let me talk about this the big
091deal. So, are we are students kind of working on last year? Right now, they're still adhering to last year's INP they had when they finished school, right? >> That would not in so at the when your student when a student gets to the end of a 30 me gets to at the end of a period, we have to re-evaluate every 365 days, have an IEP meeting and update our services. Those services have to be based on the performance level of those students. And when we write goals for those students, they have to be based upon the information that we've collected on our data over time. And in order to change that IEP, we have to have a meeting with the parents and students available. And there has to be a parent signature just like on
092any other contract that says we met and this was our decision. So some of this is clerical errors. Some of this is a knowledge error and some of this is just things that I feel like and one of the things that will go on moving forward is the principal should be chairing every IEP committee. There absolutely positively should not be an IEP that's turned in and evaluated without a parent signature because we should have a process. So there should be a checklist. I mean this this and this. They go through it. the second item that the special educ this this and this it's done looked over then it's sent up here um a secretary or the director looks over check check check check we got this then it's entered into the computer and the file
093is documented appropriately is how that process should work to my knowledge >> um so we have some tighten up on protocols and procedures across the county we're stronger as a team. You have to work better as a team and we have to all know that each level is going to draw as a team. >> It's still an organic thing that all is always evolving. Correct. So, you know, it's like continuous wheel, you know, it's not a stagnant >> no document at all. >> And sometimes you can move students off an IEP. they they um they can learn adaptive skills that they no longer need to be in that environment. >> Um but on this agenda that I handed out, we have hired a consultant, Melinda Lydia Young. I've sent her a report and I've asked
094her to she has started her audit at Thomas County High School and we have developed a customized training a full day training for the principles and it is listed here on day three of this. So after this training we will have in process exactly what we're supposed to do, exactly how we're going to do it and exactly when we're going to do it. and moving forward we will not have the same issues that we have and I really believe I have not met anyone county that I feel like is not capable of doing this. I just think it's a communication and an expectation and we will address that issue. >> That's good. That's good. >> No, I just want you to take questions if you have any other questions. Any questions? Board members, Mr. Gibson,
095a lot about seems like exponentially quicker now that is here. Guys are working hard here, aren't you? >> We are. >> Thank you. That's really all I have. Like thanks again for uh that's going to be a great help for everybody in the whole community. I'd like to thank Dr. Williams for and her staff again. Uh like Mr. Gibson said, it's one bite at a time. And I think you got a plan. I think you got structure and the right way. Uh, and last thing I'd like to take a minute to uh to recognize coach bar that's passing. Uh, all of us have a coach or a teacher or somebody that has influenced us. Everyone, that's what's so great about the the public education system. We have somebody that that that mentored us that looked
096out after us, told us life's lessons and uh coach bar did that long and he's going to truly I just want to send my buck up to the Terry and Paul and family that we're we're thinking of you and we're praying for you and thanks coach. I like to follow first year teaching seventh grade history and he was the first teacher I had that I looked at as a he was a real human the other teachers were your older teachers coach was he's personable I didn't play sports I love sport never was and I worked with him in high school for years and here's fault this one because I think I may be wrong about this but when you do your news report on it is there not link on's web page that has our
097whole agenda personnel >> yeah usually attached story. >> Yeah. That's why I was saying >> I I I do I think you if you go to the list I don't necessarily I wasn't doing it now on some cases I had to but what I said what I said is if they want to see the entire personnel thing ago and I split the official agend sent it out link to it. So there you go. It's out there because I normally read the news story and I thought I'd seen that on there that it's not in the news story itself but it link that you can see I'd like to repeat or repeat what Boston and everything said it was important to appreciate what you're doing. And um >> just one extra thing that there were no
098teachers at school in on August second, third, whatever. They won't be back until late in August. I mean, please can't be done until I come back to work, >> which is why we were scheduled to do it on August 28th. I sent my email out on the first day of first Monday in August to schedule that meeting with with the I thought at the time was the director of special ed. >> So, I understand the teachers are doing other things. They're not in the classroom. The director of special ed doesn't schedule the meetings. >> Then who does? >> Principal does or special ed teacher does. >> Jimmy >> and she's not exploited this time. Chase doesn't start working till later. >> Uh, a couple things. I think we ought to have a moment of silence
099for coach because he was important to a lot of us. He was a friend of mine as he was a lot of the kids at public center high school. I never had him a teacher, but he was a he was a friend. And so if we could, let's just have a moment of silence for coach B. Okay. Uh get back to it's in the times. It's on the radio. Anybody can watch it virtually. I don't know how else we could get it out there to you if somebody resigned. If they resign, it's on the agenda. It It's put out on the website. The agenda is uh these meetings are streamed virtually. The public times the radio. How else would we get it out there? A robocall. We're not going to do that. But I mean,
100that's something that that would be the only other way to reach everybody in Buck County. >> It's also posted every school. >> It's posted at every school. It tells you all the resations and all the hard that we do. If you ever want to know whether somebody resigned or whether we've heard somebody, you can turn in virtually and watch every meeting. Uh that's all I have. Anybody else anything? I do one more thing. I do think going to have the job and you know you not only you but your staff Sarah's in a new position and we appreciate that. You know, Ollie's doing the job that she always does called me up. >> And Dwayne, I'm telling you, >> I'm telling you that one bite at a time. Our next board is hard to tell.
101>> Our next board of education will be held Tuesday, August the 19th, 2025, beginning at 6 p.m. at the board of education conference room. One more thing to add on August the 13th when we go to the state board of education that is done virtually too. So you can't go and you all watch it watch it. It's extreme vers. We are hereby