Wayne County Board of Education Regular Meeting 6/9/26 @ 5 p.m.

001testing. Testing. There we go. You guys on? Dennis, is yours >> your microphone on? Randy, >> you had me. Hello. >> I thought so. [laughter] And we live stream these meetings >> and record. >> Not that you would say anything. [laughter] >> But just to make sure >> so everyone knows. >> Five o'clock. >> We'll go ahead and call our regular meeting of the Wayne County Board of Education to order. >> Miranda. >> Five o'clock. And if you'll stand, we'll say the pledge. >> The honor to see. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Let the record show that all board members are present in person this evening. And

002we will begin with or we're going to skip recognitions and move down to presentations first. We have guests with us this evening, Mr. Brad Smith and Kathy [clears throat] Danton to uh talk to us about empowerment schools. >> Okay. >> All yours. All yours. >> Well, I'm very excited to be here because of what's happening in our empowerment schools. We have five empowerment schools right now in Bay County and um the top were the major one right now it's leading the pack. Last year's test scores went up 10 to 15%. Their discipline referrals dropped 80%. >> Attendance went up just as much. So it's exciting. It's working. So I approached your superintendent and I said we need to put one in Buffalo or one in Maine. We came up with Buffalo, but the cool thing

003about it is we're anchoring it with Marshall. So by anchoring it with Marshall, we have research that we can do now. We have expertise that come in and help us. It just changes the whole model and we're thrilled that it's in one county. So I uh what the difference is in empowerment school you don't change the curriculum the curriculum's the same same standards same everything but it's how we bring these standards to life instead of working math in a room that's just theory they actually take their math and they apply it to projects so they see instantly where that ma makes a difference so that this question doesn't come out of a student's mouth said why do I need to learn is it's obvious and we've seen that this works. We're excited about being here.

004Um we're very excited about Marshall being our partner. So, thank you for that. I'll take any questions about the empowerment school if you would if you have any >> with uh what's the what's the major um uh component for the empowerment school as opposed to just a general middle school? Yeah, >> there are three legs to empowerment school. One is the environment. Kids come, they don't go to their home room. Now, this is when it's fully implemented. You don't implement overnight. It takes time, >> right? >> But they come into they go to their companies and they run these companies. They're the safety inspector, their CEO, they're the project managers and they then identify projects around their community that are needed answers to their community. Maybe it's water supply, maybe it's tourism, whatever the students

005come up with. And that those projects are crosswalk to the standards. [snorts] So have to write letters. Let's just take English. I'm just giving examples. And they have to have correct grammar, correct writing, composition. They do it through their project. So by writing people about their project, that's how they see why it's important that you write how you write. Same thing with math. If they want to build something, they look at the math formulas and that's how it applies the way it builds. So, it's bringing your standards to life. >> Okay? >> And it's amazing how it flips what child they become excited about school. And why shouldn't they be excited about school? We have done we need to make them excited about being educated. >> It's kind of like how the military trains everybody.

006Hands-on. >> Hands on. >> It's an extra way of reinforcing. Well, [clears throat] what's interesting if your cell phone and everybody has a cell phone has every answer to every test that every kid would ever take. Why why do we continue to just go with the T? Why don't we take that information and applying it so they see where it works? So, it it's working. So, we're excited. We're very excited about this. And I bought our great president of Marshall. [laughter] >> Appreciate you, Kathy. to explain that partnership and how we're how we're going to work. >> Yeah. >> With Wayne. >> Well, first of all, thank you all for having us and Kathy really has done amazing work on this. From my time when I was in California, I saw this coming to life

007and we were very excited about it then. We think it's a model for the rest of the nation. And the great news is it can be born right here in West Virginia. I think we all recognize right now education's in a period of reimagination and potential disruption. We talk about the 3Ds, demographics, digital, and doubt. We clearly all know what's happening with enrollment. We know what's happening across the country and here in West Virginia, we're going to be the third hardest hit state. So, it's hit it's hitting our public schools in a pretty hard way. The second is digital. And Kathy just referenced that. We have smartphones, we have YouTube, we have Corsera, Khan Academy, now you have generative AI. These are going to be assets and tools for our students, but we need to

008make sure that the human advantage comes to life and not just do the things that a computer can already do for us. And a third is doubt, which is where do I fit? You know, we have many students today who may want to go to college. We have students who may not want to go to college and want to learn a skill. And the empowerment district and the empowerment school brings that all to life. And I think everyone here knows that we have some kids that love to learn with memorization. Some want to learn with their hands. And that's what is really neat about this is it creates an experiential learning like the military like design thinking which is how the greatest inventions have happened in this world out in Silicon Valley is you actually

009learn by doing. And it gives the students a sense of purpose and it gives the teachers the ability to do what they always wanted to do was bring out the best in every child. So it's no longer stand and lecture, memorize, take a test and go. You keep the standards but you let them learn in different ways. Marshall's all in. Uh we are leaning in big time. We're excited to bring student residents in. We're exciting to support the students. We have an amazing blueprint of a curriculum, but our teachers actually craft it to fit it to what they want. And we believe candidly that we can become the blueprint for the rest of the country. Marshall has a vision. You've heard about it. Marshall for all. Marshall forever. Marshall for all means everyone who has

010the grit to try and the aspiration to try to reach the next level can come and they can be a part of this. And the thing about Marshall is we're trying to not only adopt best practices of others, we want to become the blueprint for the rest of the country. And right now this is a blueprint. There are people that have been studying this for several years. And I think that with Wayne County, a little bit biased, we do it here in Wayne County. [laughter] >> We are country strong, the nation has learned from us for many, many years and we have the chance to set the standard again. So happy to take any questions about Marshall's role. Anything Kathy and I can answer, but I am clearly I get passionate about things, but very

011few things do I get as excited about as what's happening with the empowerment schools. >> Excellent. >> Yeah. How do we you how did you choose Buffalo? I guess that's what I want to know with the whole county. >> Good question. >> Okay. >> Where I live. >> So Kathy's Kathy's been after me for a couple years. >> Yes, I have. >> Uh [laughter] to to to bring the model here and um you know, with the new construction getting ready to happen at Buffalo and with the aviation program up at the airport, we we have talked about we want to do a aviationbased school there. Yes. >> And uh we have an aviation maintenance program at Spring Valley High School. And the the plans have always been when we do new construction out there is

012to to set up a lab for those students so we can do some aviation [clears throat] work as well. So I have been reaching out um for about a year uh to the folks in your cyber security school, to the folks in your aviation maintenance school. Um, we've been talking about with the advanced manufacturing, we've been talking about how we can partner. Um, so our focus areas give our students an opportunity to move on to Marshall and to uh pursue their goals there. So, we're we're setting up these feeder systems to these programs. And so, it's been in it's been in the works. And then when Kathy contacted me, I'd actually been talking to your aviation maintenance folks about their their involvement with the middle school. So I thought I saw it as a perfect

013opportunity to blend it all together. And uh we've reached out to the state department, too, about the new pilot aviation schools that we're doing and what we already have in place. So we're we're hoping to thread all this together to bring that opportunity for our students. So that that's why it was Buffalo. And that's what I was asking. But there'll be other schools involved later on, right? We just start with one. >> I'll tell you what happened in Bat County. We started with Midland Trail Middle School. >> Yeah. >> After their first year, their board passed that all middle schools in Bat County will be empowerment school. >> Okay. >> Because of what they saw happen. That's what I'm going to hope happen. >> Well, that that's what I was wondering. Yeah. >> Because it's

014Yes. It's the way we should be delivering education. >> That's awesome. >> Students need to be excited about coming to school. So, so if we tackle another one later on, um, you know, we'll we'll look at cyber security for the for we think of maybe cyber security for for either CK metal or Vincent. So, we'll just see how it expands. But Kathy has been to Buffalo. She's met with the leadership team there. >> The team ones at our conference, by the way, principal and counselor attend. We had a conference in Fairfield this morning and so they were there, which I was and they're excited. very excited. I'm excited, too. So, >> yeah, they've they've been learning about it. And of course, you know, we told them that um you know, they needed to consider what

015was presented to them. And as Kathy always says, you have to have the buy in at the school. Sure. >> So, if if they were not interested, we would have moved on to another school. But they they were very interested. So, >> and I take it ultimately we'd want it throughout the county in some fashion. >> Yeah. A lot of our base um curriculum is already kind of tied to that. We have a lot of PLTW and a lot of mini courses and things. >> Curriculum is to me the coolest part, right? >> Because the curriculum is developed by your teachers and by your students. >> So this would just formalize that more more or less no money and that's that's always important >> and in the way it should be our standards set our

016curriculum. So [clears throat] the teachers and the students together develop them into projects. We don't need to be spend. [laughter] >> That's why I TRAVEL WITH HER. >> KATHY, tell tell them about the support that you provide. >> Oh, well, we have people that come in to train them on how to do uh project based learning, how to how to take your standards go. We've got a team of five that come around and now we've got a team at Marshall. So we're we're really going to be loaded on. >> That's good. >> But we provide all the training. It does not cost at all. >> That's great. >> So we do all of them. >> And we're building [snorts] this now into Marshall's training for the next generation of educators. >> Wow. >> So now

017the teachers that'll be trained coming out of Marshall's College of Education and Professional Development prepared to say here's how I actually can facilitate empowerment in all the schools that we end up in. >> Wow. [clears throat] >> So we're excited. >> That is exciting. We are >> and I appreciate your innovative leadership. >> Thank you. >> Honestly, it's been fantastic. >> We appreciate you being here. Thank you so much for coming. It means a lot. >> Yeah, we appreciate you, too. >> It's good to be home. [laughter] >> All right. >> Thank you guys so much. >> Thank you all. [laughter] >> Dave Codle, Mr. Cuttle has another meeting across the street. So I promised him I would get him in second. >> If Mr. Alexander had a little afteraction report on my class at

018Spring [clears throat] because I could go on forever. [laughter] I'm pleased to convey to all concerned that the 2005 fire safety program spring valley CT was a success [clears throat] at as of this date. 12 course completers are now West Virginia State Fire Commission certified at firefighter one and firefighter 2 level. This group was comprised of eight males and four females. In addition, seven students also completed the FAA uh airport fire rescue part 139 live burn. And all students received a healthc care provider CPR certification, basic first aid card, awareness and operations level hazardous material certification and national fire academy and national instant command system is 100, 200, 700, and 800 certificates of completion. The students received classroom instruction and hands-on training in first aid, CPR, and all aspects of firefighting, rescue operations. The training

019also include included two uh live burns, which uh students experienced actual fire conditions and that at times exceeded a thousand degrees. Under the one-on-one direction of experienced firefighter firefighting instructors, the students learn fire ground safety, hose and nozzle techniques, and how to use a thermal imaging camera to assist in fire suppression efforts. In addition, they receive live auto rescue and extrication training. The FAA part 139 live burn training conducted in conjunction with Tri-State Airport and Win University Fire Service Extension was especially challenging. This intense training consisted of a large pit fire, an under the wing tire fire, and an interior aircraft fire. This training validated all the skills the students had uh practiced during the class, and the students were definitely up to the challenge. In fact, the WBU instructors took the students to the

020side and complimented on their hose handling technique, teamwork, and their ability to follow instructions. This was a very mentally and physically demanding class and the students were up for every challenge. They learned about leadership, communications, problem solving, self-discipline, and teamwork. And they also gained the respect of the local firefighters who came and assisted with the class. And I'm extremely proud of this group. And I'm also proud to now eight of these students are members of the local volunteer fire departments. >> Oh my gosh. and hope that in the future that you know this is going to be a long-term program and I think it's going to be a successful thing for Wayne County. >> Um we had a great a group from Wayne and a group from Tulsa come down to the CTE to learn

021about the program. There was I don't know 13 or 14 from Wayne and there was almost 30 from Tulsa. >> Oh my goodness. That's >> and um like I say they were they were excited about they were excited about the MT program. uh most of my students that were under class and I think have signed up for the EMT program and I think this is something you that's a benefit to the students I think if you talk to any of them they'll say that they would like to take the class again >> and uh I think it's it's already benefiting the county as far as you know getting some people involved through fire department have any any questions or comments? >> I think that's great. >> Just check just um just uh I'm hoping that

022Mr. Totten gets to the live burn on the on the website. He's caught everything up in some videos. It It was truly impressive to see to see the the kids work that pit fire because they did a magnificent job on it. Really good. >> I know when your group talked to us when we were out at Spring Valley, I'm I'm just impressed with how [clears throat] I know it's an engaging class, but I'm I'm impressed with how they've stepped up >> to the responsibility level that you're expecting of them, right? >> And it it's been a fantastic addition. So, we appreciate everything. They're they're my best advertisements. When when the kids from Wayne came, they had them uh >> I got a uh forcible entry problem and we have wore that thing out and they

023had the kids from Tulsa and and Wayne doing the forceful entry. So if there's any breakins out there, you'll know we're coming. [laughter] >> I appreciate appreciate support and hopefully we'll have another great year next year. >> Awesome. Thank you so much, Dave. I want to say I know I know from experience being an old firefighter that when you get a compliment from the WVU fire service >> trainers >> that's pretty big deal because usually it's you're screwing this up or you're screwing that up >> and they know I mean these guys go all over the country and do training and to have them pull the group aside that was that was a big thing. >> Sure. >> That's great. >> Appreciate it. >> Thanks. Thank you. >> Awesome. >> All right. >> We go

024with Rick. >> Rick. Rick, are you ready? >> I don't think I'm ever ready. [laughter] I have a handout here for you all, but I want to tell you about a project that I'd like to to get the board's approval to uh proceed with, and that is use your big old fast around. >> Thank you. >> And that is a marquee down on Route 60. Um, it's really the uh the most visible spot in all of Sri Kova and possibly in all the school system. There is an old sign. If you'll look at the uh the second page there, that's the old sign at CK High School where the u it identified the high school and it's it stood there since the closing of the school. >> Right? If you'll look at the third sheet,

025that's what I'm asking to get approval for the community to raise money for. I'm not asking the board contribution on this. We're going to do a fundraiser for this, but that would be a marquee that on the front page, excuse me, you can see some of the u description of what it would do. Um, it would not just have time and temperature, but it would announce all community events, all school events. That's true. >> And we could raise some money for the school by charging advertising for a prescribed form of business advertising. >> Right >> now, so far, Paul Phillips, the mayor of CTO, has been helping me, and we have uh we've secured $10,000 in pledges. So far, I would think this is going to potentially cost $70,000. >> It's unbelievable. We had one

026of our pharmacy that cost half that [laughter] >> 15 years. >> But one of the things I want to ask you all to consider is first of all, you have a bid process and and we'll be glad to do that. I've already contacted uh three suppliers, but I found out from Putnham County and from a church uh member, I can't remember which church in Serita Kenova, and they said, "Well, you got to do one thing. You've got to make sure that it is a quality system and the company that supplies this is going to be in business 10 years from now." >> Yeah. >> Because this church bought a system and then it failed. it was the cheapest, it failed and then the business went out and they completely had to start over again. So

027that's why in my search for a supplier for this, I would like as the specs are written for the bids for us to have some flexibility with guaranteeing that this is going to be something we can maintain. Um, but one of the things uh when the new bleachers and that project went in and of course I always tell Todd the story about how when we built that memorial wall there, but uh we asked the school [clears throat] board or the actually the employees I told them I said we need two things for this football field. One is we need electricity over to where there's going to be a concession stand. need water and they need water at the 50 yard line and your employees said, "Well, that's not in our work order, but some people

028helped me. We got a a ditch which we went up there and we ran all that stuff over there and they installed that." So, the electrical connections are already there in that little concession stand. There's adequate amperage for that to be run down to that. And then uh one of the things that uh I'm going to seek is the CK area business association and all the businesses to contribute and even the churches because they could make similar announcements. But there is no more visible spot probably in all of Wayne County to advertise Wayne County schools. And I don't think any better way to increase the community's relationship with our school system than to integrate this project. And like I say, there's about 8,000 cars a day that go down there. I called the Department of

029Highways and 8,000 cars a day that will pass this sign. And we can promote Wayne County schools there, not just Kenoba, but other activities. But anyway, what what we're asking to do and I Todd's explained a little bit. I assume Todd an account would need need to be set up at Serenova Elementary. They would be in charge of that. The donations would come directly into that account and we reach our goal then the project could be completed. Um so um we're going to be working on raising money for it and we're going to be working to uh to finalize it. One other thing we might add to it, because I love history so much, I'd like to possibly have at the bottom of the sign, just not a lit thing, but some history of the

030communities and the site as the as the site of a high school in Wayne County and also um the site of the athletic fields. But anyway, I' I'd like your consideration to allow us to proceed with this and what we would need to do if if that's okay. will start the fundraising and find out from you what we need to do. Uh so all the money will go directly to the school account. No one in the community will handle that. It will go that way and I assume as such it would be taxdeductible for the donors. But like I said, we've already got u asurances of $10,000 and that was just the first three phone calls. I don't know [clears throat] that we'll keep that rate up. [laughter] >> It'd be nice. >> That would

031be pretty amazing. But anyway, we're going to work on that and try to get that to help both the school and the community. But I appreciate I'll leave some others of these here if anybody [clears throat] would be interested. So if you have any questions, uh the only question I have is I want to make sure we we get the bid process right, but we assure ourselves that we've got a reputable firm that's going to be in business 10, 15 years from now to service this. And I thought the advertising that we could do the school could create possibly an account for maintenance if there is a problem. It'll have a fiveyear most of them have told me it'll be a fiveyear guarantee but after that there will be service requirements and maybe that account

032could be maintained to provide that so that they wouldn't have to come up with money all the time. Okay. Another thing about that that's in here, uh, I found out, um, this will be a a bright enough marquee to see in bright daylight and it will be adjusted to nighttime thing to fit the Department of Highways requirements that it not be a total distraction to people traveling through town. Um, but I think it would be a good thing and I hope you can consider that and I'll be in touch as we continue with the process of trying to uh >> bring the money out. [laughter] >> Any uh plans for the old sign? Any idea what you did? >> Well, the old sign will be taken down, right? We can use the existing poles. >>

033Okay. >> I've had two companies look at that and they they said we can sand that off with our equipment and and paint it. And I said, "Could you also jacket it with like PVC or something to protect the paint?" They said, "We can do any of that. No problem." So, it'll be there and like I say, from the concession stand in that box in that system. The county set it up so that we have adequate power because we have to have almost like two circuits for the sign itself and then if we have that additional sign, there'll be another one there. But, uh, it'll work and, uh, I hope we can get it done. >> Sounds great. >> You have any questions? >> Any other questions? >> Let me know. >> Any questions, concerns?

034>> Do we need to make a motion to move? Let them move forward with that. >> I'll make that motion. >> It's not technically >> designing the agenda >> on our agenda yet, but agenda. >> Yeah, we're fine. I mean, if you're fine with it, we can we can >> similar to what we did with the lights at CK, right? We'll we'll bring it back at the next meeting for a fundraiser approval. >> Okay. And we can anything that you need from us. Like I said, I'm going to I'm going to appeal to the business association for contributions from the individual businesses in our community and to reach out through that and we would just need to know um to what entity the check would be written so that you can set that account up

035and we can begin the process. >> Okay. I'll get with you here before the weekend, let you know next steps. >> Well, that's what I was wondering about because is the the city of CK are that are they taking care of the sign and buying it or is it going through the school funds? >> It's going through the school funds. >> Can it go through the school funds like that? >> It will go through the school fund. It will be entirely controlled by the school. >> Okay, that's what I was wondering. >> Any more future maintenance and all that? I'm thinking okay. >> Right. But if anyone has a request for a [clears throat] message to be put on it, it would have to be cleared by the principal. >> Okay. >> And they would

036do that. This is done. >> That's what I was wondering. >> This is deer could do it on a phone. >> They'll set this up and do it. It's done by Wi-Fi. Yeah. >> And so you can make those changes and if they chose to say >> um not just advertise events at the school, but within the community, um they could do that. And then you could also sell ads if they so chose to area businesses to sort of raise a little bit money for the fund of maintenance. But uh I think it'll work out fine. And like I said um there's so many people that passed by there. I remember years ago my dad was good friends with uh some of his tennis buddies from uh and one was uh Mr. Chandler from Chandler

037and he played tennis with him and he said to him one time, he said, "Do you know why CK beats Mason so often in football?" My dad said, "Why is that?" And he said, "I'll tell you why. Your football field is in the heart of your community. You cannot drive through there without seeing the lights on or an activity that is so critical to the success of the program." He said, "Our football field is over by the railroad tracks, out of sight, out on mine." And he said, ' Not only that, every time we make an announcement over the PA system, a train goes by and nobody hears [laughter] it. And he and I, this is what sort of prompted this thought with me. We've got that location in the heart of our community that

038we can advertise the school community activities and bring people together in a way that >> we're missing now. Um, and I think it'd be a great way to promote the school. The marquee that's out in front of the school basically reaches just the kids parents in line. This will meet everybody, everyone in the tri-state. >> Sure. Anybody >> over a period of time pass through there and be able to see the activities that are going on in one county school >> be great. >> But thank you very much. Just let me know. >> Okay. Thanks for having >> All right. Want to move ahead with our school spotlight? >> Yes. So, as we looked at um our school spotlight, we were just thinking of things that um really keep kids engaged in school and help

039build relationships. And we know that when we think about academic performance, we often think about instructional strategies, curriculum, data, intervention, and we know that all of those elements are critical. But another often forgot critical piece is relationships. you have to build relationships with students and one way to do that is by connecting through common interests and um so we invited uh Mr. Dr. not Mister Dr. Ross from Fort Gay PreK8 to share the the journey jersey that they've been on this year. So um and how that's helped build relationships and ultimately impact attendance, academics and behavior. >> Thank you. Thank you all for inviting me. Um, before I get started, I do want to share a fun story. I'm wearing Marshall for our friends that visit us from university, [laughter] but I have to admit

040it wasn't my first choice. I thought I'd be sweet and wear my son's baseball jersey. So, I went through the closet earlier to check the fit. I grabbed it off the hanger and put it on. As I was budding buttoning it up, I noticed some dirt and I noticed the smell permeating. [laughter] And I turned I was like, "Did you wash this?" He's like, "No, we just put in my clothes." >> Oh gosh. The season ended two weeks ago, man. That's great. [laughter] Good morning. >> Um, I think most of you in here, there may be a few that don't know what the jersey journey is. To make a long story short, I wore a different sports jersey for each day of the school year this year. Um, wasn't there for all 180 days of

041it, but was over 170, which made me realize I spent way too much money on sports jersey, [laughter] but it was a lot of fun. Now, today, what I'm going to do is I'm going to share some photos of, you know, the kids that have answered questions. Can you turn that around more? >> Yes, >> please. >> Give you an idea of what the Jersey journey was about because it's really been over a year in the making. >> And it started off as a challenge that really didn't have a whole lot of meaning, but as we kind of progressed through it, it ended up meaning everything to me anyway. Um, so let me tell about the origins of the jersey journey. So in the fall till 2024 around October, um, for a couple years prior

042to that, I was wearing like jerseys on Fridays. wear high school hats just to get the kids to talk to me because they watch sports. They know who's playing college and high school that night and it created a banter and then one kid just said, "Hey, you have a lot of jerseys." Yeah. No idea how many. And several kids started picking up on that. Well, we had a snow day in January, just a few months later. [clears throat] And I decided I was going to go through my closet, clean it out, and count my jerseys. My beautiful wife is here. And while I was counting my jerseys, I was just on the football section. I got to the number 96 >> and she said, "This is ridiculous." [laughter] And she took a photo and she

043sent it to my sister and to Miss Bonar, our head principal, and Miss Bonar made the comment, "Uh, you should wear one for every day of the school year next year." And I thought about that. That's cool. I'd like to do that. So, but I wasn't sure if I'd actually do it. I wanted to attach meaning to it if we were going to do it. I didn't want to just do it for nothing. So the whole span from January to August was how can this be meaningful other than just me dressing up professionally for an entire calendar year and we made it that way. [snorts] The way I introduced this is when I met with the kids in morning meeting and bear in mind we got middle school kids in a gym on second day

044of school and I framed it as okay this is weird. I'm 42 years old. I have a lot of football or a lot of jerseys period but that's okay. So, I want you guys, you kids, to know it's okay to own your quirks or fixations. I like jerseys and hats. That's cool. It's weird. I trapped my wife before she knew I had this weird hobby. Be you and own who you are. That's okay. That was the first overarching message. But as we got to into this, the meat and potatoes of this, more started to arise. The second idea I had was actually Labor Day. It was [clears throat] college football's opening weekend and I thought, why not just include some college exposure, so I sent off mass emails to the colleges that I'd worn. Um,

045and the first, you see the Mississippi State flag, that was the first school to replied to me like a week later. Wow. >> And I was thrilled. >> And I thought, well, maybe we can post this stuff in the hallway and let these guys know you don't have to limit yourself. If you want to go to some of these schools and pursue some of these degrees that are away from home, that's fine. that's perfectly okay. Um, so the goal, the second overarching message, college and career exposure, chase your dream. Along that same vein, we [clears throat] got into January. I thought, man, it'd be cool if we could tie in some kids from Wayne County that do really cool things. And the first one was Kyle Powers, who we all know, the Pittsburgh Steelers. >>

046So, I contacted Kyle, had [clears throat] him send us a gift pack, which you can see the kids opening right there. And what was awesome about this, it was right before the Steelers playoff game. I didn't tell the kids anything about Kyle Powers until I reached out to him and the package was on its way. I said, "Oh, by the way, guys, Kyle sent you something. It's coming today." So, that was pretty cool. >> That's awesome. >> Um, one of my favorites is one that not a whole lot of people know about, Mlan Strickland. He's actually a Fort Ging Tulsa Rebel. He [clears throat] works in between for entertainment for the Cincinnati Reds and he is the party planner for the city of Cincinnati. So, anytime there's parade or anything, he does that. Not a

047lot of people know about him, but again, Wayne County kids doing great things. Yep. Doug Nester, White M. We all know them, their talents. John Atkins, a lot of kids hadn't heard of him and things he's done in baseball as well. So, it was really cool to see the kids be exposed these Wayne County who were doing great things that they may not know about, >> right? >> Kind of just push them towards chasing their dream. So, here's how it worked. So, each day [clears throat] a different jersey was worn during our morning assembly. A question be asked that tied to that jersey in some fashion. question subjects range from geography, history, math, science. We did have some like current events and like some sports trivia in there because we'd have to, you know, tie

048that in as well. Uh, but it had to be connected to the church. There had to be a connection to make it impactful. [clears throat] Students had to hold that answer and I encouraged cheating. Research was encouraged [laughter] because some of the things they weren't going to know anyway. Um, funny thing about this one, Washington State. I asked him the question. I said, Washington State has two rivals. University of Washington and the University of Idaho. I said, "What's the difference in travel from then to Seattle to Moscow, Idaho?" And it was pretty cool. The kids actually had a different answer for me. I calculated like 274 miles. There was apparently an alternate route. They found it on Google Maps. So, of [laughter] course, incredible thinking skills right there. [clears throat] Um, anyway, they had the

049whole answer. Those who answered correctly took a photo of me in New Jersey. We posted it on Facebook. We put it on our journey wall. Uh to give you an idea how this made a teachable moment, we're going to take a quiz together and >> feel free to just raise your hand. I will say I would have liked to have given you guys some college swag like some pins and stuff. I got I had a prize box for the kids. However, I I made the mistake of last Monday I put them all in a box and I just put them out in front of my office said free [laughter] within a half an hour they were all gone. So no prizes but bragging rights on this. >> All right, so question one. This is social

050studies. In November, I featured the Arkansas Razerbacks. Here's the question. Following the Brown versus Board of Education ruling in 1954, what Arkansas city where the Razerbacks once played home football games became the focal point in for desegregation in the United States? Anybody know? >> Little Rock. Good job, sir. And there it is. In September 1957, nine African-American students attend the first day of Little Rock Central. [clears throat] That is the Little Rock Nine. Cool thing about this, this actually changed our middle school social studies teachers plans for the day. The kids asked him about it. He also showed a PBS documentary on the Little Rock N. So that was really cool to have him expose that just on the fly. So kudos to Mr. Perry for changing his whole lesson plan for the day. Question

051two, we're moving on to literature. The Iowa Hawkeyes University of Iowa Hawkeyes mascot is derived from the name of the protagonist of an 1826 James Fenmore Cooper novel. What is the title of this novel? >> Last of the Moheakans. He might go perfect. [laughter] >> Yes. And then Nathaniel Bose, the protagonist, Hawkeye, Resourceful Frontiers. But now we move to math and the Utah Mammoth. The standard dimensions of an NHL rink is 200 feet long by 85 ft wide. What's the perimeter of a standard NHL rink? >> Go ahead, Randy. >> I'm not a hockey fan. [laughter] Yeah. Who's Who's a math guy? >> A girl. >> Math guy. >> Well, we got 570. >> 570. Correct, sir. >> It's a rectangle with rounded edges. So, you treat it as a rectangle. >> Equals 2 L

052plus W. 570 ft. The mammoth were really cool. They sent us a nice note, which you see here, a bundle of stickers to give out to all the kids that were in the pictures. And they gave us a warm-up puck, >> which is a really cool piece of history because the Utah Mammoth been in existence for two years. This is the first set of pucks that actually featured their name and logo and it was for the first preseason game against the LA Kings. So that's a pretty cool piece of history residing in 4K prek >> science. Mark Ross, you need to answer this one. [laughter] >> The Virginia Tech Hookies. I featured them in April. Virginia Tech's mascot has long been a turkey which is lovingly referred to as the Hookie Bird. In fact, one

053of Tech's original nicknames was the gobblers. What is the incubation period for turkey eggs? >> Oh, 28 days. >> Bingo. [laughter] takes third game 28 day in the hatch. You see the kiddos have got that one right as well. I got to also point out if you go back to the aisle one >> I have to admit this is all first graders probably thinking how many first graders have read the last motans the answer is zero. Nobody got that answer right so I was like you know what we're taking a picture with first grade [laughter] okay Virginia Tech. So the final message we delivered was May 29th and I again you I wanted to be impactful. Uh, I picked the Fort Gay Vikings jersey, one that Miss Bonar made for me in October, delivered a

054brief speech. We reiterate the overarching message for the three tenants that I told you earlier. And this lesson, which I want kids to remember, is wherever your journey takes you, whether it's out of for county and back or out for good. Remember to I want you to remember your home, take care of your home, and improve your home regardless of where you go. And uh we were just blessed enough to have a couple of uh local news stations covers as well. It was a wonderful school year and I'm very thankful that you all Miss B let me do this. So appreciate that. >> Did that switch on? >> Yes. >> Okay. So >> the future of home shopping is here and it's only on homes.com. Introducing [music] Homes AI. >> Now, what's trending? An assistant

055principal wrapping up a year-long theme with the students at his school jerseys. Yeah. Fort Gay PreK through 8 assists assistant principal Dr. Sha Ross celebrating the end of the jersey journey. Dr. Ross wore a different school jersey every day this school year and he wore a mix of college, pro, even high school jerseys and asked the students questions about them. Students that got questions right got a picture with the jersey, posted to the school's social media page. Dr. Ross even reached out to several universities with a lot of them sending back different merchandise to go along with the jersey. >> I think choosing every day to still find Is that it or something? >> Okay. >> I thought that was that's was the end of the video. >> Oh, yes. Okay. And then >> is

056it showing? >> Yes. >> What's his deal? What's his deal? He went to Metro and get the new Samsung A7 for free. That's right, for free and safe with no activation fee. Only a Metro. All right, schools are wrapping up all across the region for summer. In Wayne County today, one school leader is wrapping up a unique challenge that kept the students invested all year round. Sean Ross is the assistant principal at Fort Gay PreK through 8. He's worn a different sports jersey for school each day throughout the 2526 school year. It started when students found out he had so many of them. As a part of the project, he provided a synopsis of the jersey he was wearing and then he would ask a trivia question tied in some way to the jersey. >>

057Forget I wore a Kansas State jersey as the question. There was no reaction and I was like, "Oh no, this is going to flop." Uh but then as we at the lunchtime we had some kids answer the question and every day it was like a rush to answer the question because the reward was they get a picture was posted on Facebook. We take a picture with the jersey and it kind of became a daily thing. Ross began contacting universities and organizations and the jersey he was wearing asking for any promotional materials or information that he could post for students. So the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New York Giants, and the Washington Capitals all responded. I hope we see how start of nothing became everything and I hope it impacted them as much as it impacted me.

058So, thank you all. >> Thank you. >> Or Sean, look here. >> Have a picture to show you. >> Oh, yeah. The World Series. >> Yeah, that's his four. He has four rings. >> I know. That's what I told them. >> One white socks and three LA Dodgers. >> Yes. Yep. >> Well, he has red socks, too, right? >> Yeah. Right. Yeah. Hey, and um how'd you get the Party Animals jersey? >> Oh, Ban website. Oh, funny story. Yeah, the journey like never ends because I got my mailbox. I got mail from Louisville, South Carolina, and I got an email this morning from Savannah forward to his right-hand woman. So, they sent a nice little message to our kids, too. So, pretty cool. >> That's pretty brought that up. [laughter] >> Does he need to

059put that on his W2 as gifts? [laughter] >> And I will say this addiction to Jersey started at a very early age. >> Yeah. A lot of your money was laid on that floor, too. [laughter] brought you seen the pictures all the time. >> You know, it's something you don't expect. Uh, you know, first when you see you wearing them, you think, "Oh, what's he doing wearing a ball cap at the jersey?" But then when you can tie that into the education, it just shows that there's many ways that we can bring academics to the children and then to get your teachers to jump on board and it makes learning fun and that's a big part of it. So congratulations for that. >> Absolutely. >> Shannon, just keeping the jersey lined up. [laughter] >> Pause.

060>> All right, we can move on to our measuring success. Is Nikki with us or Tanya? Are you doing that this evening? >> I'm going to do it a little bit later. Okay. Okay. She was going to do it, but it's all part of the progress report that's a little bit later in the agenda. So, I told her I'd take care of it. >> Okay, great. >> All right. Is that all of our presentations this evening? >> Yes. >> We move on to our good news. Anyone? I know Spring Valley was playing this afternoon. >> Yeah. Spring Valley High School baseball team got to compete in the uh first, I guess, first ever state championship held at Marshall University. So, it's good for the city of Huntington for that to to be here and and

061good for uh Spring Valley to be so close. >> All right. >> And uh sounds like they put up a good game. >> I think they were in it to the end. They were up eight eight runs first inning. Maybe they went 85 and then it got close 88. I think I was listening real quick. It was 98. Spring Valley rally at the bottom of six and then I think they jumped up at the end. Was it Ripley? >> Yeah. Wow. >> Alexander went to school. >> No. No, no. >> Went to Ravenswood. Ripley. Ripley's the rival. >> Anyways, Ravenswood, I believe. >> Well, it was a good good trip. First time ever. So, >> Marshall a lot of schools have >> good opportunity. >> And um we have uh we have another doctor among

062our staff members. I don't know if everyone's familiar with Greg Paige from Spring Valley. He uh graduated same year I did. We went to school together and he completed his doctorate as well. So we have Dr. Greg Paige in our faculty now as well. So that that was pretty cool. Anybody else? All right, moving on to ourformational items. Regular board meeting on Tuesday, June 23rd, beginning at 6 here in the conference room. Organizational meeting on Monday, July 6th, beginning at 5, also here in the conference room. Everyone okay with those two? >> Sure. No [laughter] time to make >> and that the um we're going to have somebody here to do the swearing in for the u folks that were uh approved in the last election and the new board member that's coming in July

0631st will be here as well to be sworn in on the June 23rd meeting. >> Perfect. [clears throat] All right, move on to our construction project updates. >> Uh the Vincent Middle School uh major improvement project bid opening was today. We had two two general contractors that were present. Um as I've explained before, it's a small project. Um so we weren't ex expecting uh a lot of interest [clears throat] there, but we had two uh general contractors that were there and we'll we'll have the bid opening here. um believe it's next week or or the week after. So, as soon as the bids are open, we'll come back to you. Again, that's a state funded project. Um and uh will be a small project, but will be important for Benson Middle School. So, we'll bring

064you the info on that as we move forward. The Buffalo project, we've signed off on the contracts. Of course, the board approved the the contract price and uh they've issued a notice to proceed and we're supposed to have a pre-construction meeting here within the next week or so. So, I'll keep you updated on both as they move forward. >> Okay. >> And when will that school be finished? >> It'll be about a year and a it'll be it'll be about 16 months. Okay. >> So, it'll be a little over a year. All right. Nothing else. >> That's it. >> All right. Moving on to our delegations this evening. I think we have Mr. Waggleman. >> Yes, we do. >> Signed up for >> You do >> delegations. [clears throat] Get a man up. [laughter] >>

065I would ask that I get two slots. >> Can I sit for a moment? Would you mind? >> No, you're fine. I just would ask to and I don't have anything to present you. I could give you some of this afterwards. I kind of just put this together this afternoon and it's going to be a lot of uh poss it's going to be a lot of maybe numbers and information to you. Um, but as everyone knows, I I'm retiring June 30th. And as I retire, um, I know and others retire. I know that we're talking about cutting positions and we've cut positions and we're, uh, restructuring. And, uh, on tonight's agenda, my position, as it is now, as a director of elementary and middle programs, uh, is listed as a coordinator's position. I believe it's

066a 240 position. I'm not exactly sure. It's not listed here. Is that correct, sir? >> Yeah, that's correct. >> Okay. And then uh there's a supervisory of preschool special needs uh teacher here, which is an itinerate position, which I'm not sure if that's 220 or 240. Uh I think that is a replacement of Mr. Cox's position. But something I wanted to to just discuss is um you know we're the 14th largest county in the state of 55 counties and uh but we also are the sixth county that took the biggest hit for student loss. I mean we lost 236 students. >> Um now you know Can County lost 969 but they also have 22,000 students. So we have right at 56 almost 5,700 students and we lost 236. So we we're the were the sixth

067greatest loss, but for as long as I can remember, and I can't put the exact date. Um, but it was back during the bonds when we were going to do for CK uh elementary school, which so that opened in 2017. Uh, you know, we did away with assistant superintendent and uh through retirements and all. We did away with assistant superintendent. And this is my opinion, my statement here. I was I was here at that time. Um, our assistant superintendent retired. Uh, we had already failed a bond and to get a bond through, we didn't hire assistant superintendent. Uh, in the eyes of the public that looked like and it was a savings. It was about a $10,000 $12,000 savings. So, we didn't promote three individuals that were here, then possibly two of them would have

068been. So, that was a savings we did back then. So, we have went without assistant superintendent through what, maybe three, four, five superintendents. we've had here. Some short-term, some long-term, some a little too long term. Uh, and not at all, sir. You know that. And, uh, so as we move on, our enrollment keeps dropping as we talked about. And we just went and closed two schools. Uh, at the time that we did that, I asked that we I suggested that we list two other schools which are low in enrollment. Uh, Pritchard and and for excuse me, Vincent was my recommendation. as [snorts] an elementary director. Uh but here we are and we're now looking at changing directors to coordinators. And what I see there is to be the problem is is where I'm getting to

069is we have principles and I'm going to take the top six and I'm not going to name them in our system right now. Those individuals make anywhere from $5,000 less than what a coordinator would make and three of them make four to $5,000 more than a coordinator will make. So, we're posting a position over schools, a coordinator over principles, and we're asking them to come to central office to be a coordinator. and they currently work a 218 day schedule or a 220 day. And we're asking them to come be over all the schools, whether elementary, middle, that's 15 schools I've supervised for the last 14 years, and take a pay cut. We're asking them to walk away from a school where they know everybody, the good, the bad, the evil, the ugly, and take on

070the responsibility of the entire county, all the principles and everything and take that and work 20 more days. Part of being in the system and part of moving up through the system is the reward of more money building your retirement, the 3 weeks vacation that came with it, three 3 weeks paid vacation, the 261. So, the current position that's bid as a coordinator at 240 uh days is not a not a low salary in any means, but it's an $82,215 salary. Again, now we three of those people make less than that. I'm sorry. One two of those [clears throat] people make less than that. One of them makes about equal and the other three make more than that already. If that job was even bumped up to a 261 position, it at least would make

071$89,000, which would be a slight raise for all those individuals. Okay. Um, I would ask you just to look at that because you want your best and brightest to come out here and those who worked. My fear, oh, that's point, but good. My fear is you're not going to have your administrators bid to be your coordinator over your schools. You just keep that title and you're going to end up with teachers with administration certificates bid on the position directing principles and never run a school where understand the work. So that's all I have. >> Thank you. >> Yes, I may provide you some other stuff in in print. Thank you all and thank you for your support. >> All right, >> back to our superintendent [snorts] report. >> Okay, next up is a progress report

072for district goals. And we're going to go to your uh >> packet. >> Yeah, your separate packet, your manella folder. I like it. >> And we we're going to work through these documents. >> Okay. >> So, um we listed the board goals and the superintendent's goals on the agendas >> this year. So, every every meeting we see these listed at the front of the agenda. There are five goals. academic achievement and growth, chronic absenteeism, special education, enrollment stabilization, and fiscal stewardship and operations. So, I just wanted to provide you some data as we're moving into evaluation time. I wanted to provide you some data um on these five goals. So, first up was the assessment goal or the academic goal, I should say. and we had set a goal of increasing mathematics and ELA proficiency

073by 3% for the year. So there's two documents you have. One of them I put outside of the uh folder because of the size of the document. [snorts] >> Now as you know the assessment data is um still embargoed by the state. So some of these numbers are subject to change as we move forward with that accountability data. Uh but what you have on the larger sheet is the high school data that reflects the PSAT and it says 89 but our ninth graders take that test. And then you have the PSAT 10 data in the middle and then the SAT school day data for our 11th graders which is our accountability data. And again, these numbers will change when this is officially changed to u accountability data because the the benchmarks on meeting proficiency are

074different for the accountability system than they are for the college board. These are general numbers. [snorts] And so um if we go down and look at that last group, that 11th grade group, you will see that um you will see the percentages over the last several years. So as far as uh meeting uh meeting benchmarks in both categories, the state was at uh 17% and the district was at 11%. And then you see the breakdown of the schools below that. And then you can go up for the different grade levels. The ninth and tth grade, you can see where the state is, you can see where the district is. If you go back to 24 and 25, uh you will see how we progressed uh from last year to this year. Um or lost ground

075in some cases. >> Uh so um last year and of course um you know each year this is a different group that test. Uh last year we were uh five points [laughter] above in the PSAT9. Uh that's the 2425 mark and on the very left hand side you'll see it was 18 to 13. >> So those kids move on to the PSAT 10 at 10th grade and we're we increased from 18% to 19% but the state also increased and actually took the lead there. And so as as you can look at the different numbers, and I won't I won't uh belabor the point by going through each one, but we come up short on the 3% increase. Um your next page, which is your page that's in the manila folder, [snorts] this is the results

076from [clears throat] third through 8th grade. The top is ELA, the bottom is math, and in the column to the right, uh, Miss Stephie added a 2425 assessment results column. So, there's multiple ways you can look at this. You can see, you know, compare last year's third grade versus this year's third grade. Uh what I like to do is to take last year's third grade and see what proficiency levels they performed at in the next grade level. You know from looking at trend data from the state over the years that those percentages have a tendency to drop especially when you get out of elementary. >> Um so there's a mixed bag of results here. So uh last year our third graders were 40% proficient. This year as fourth graders, that number is going to be

077closer to 42. Our fifth graders were at 47% this year. As fourth graders, they were at 53%. That's more of what you typically see, and that's not what we want to see. Fifth grade to sixth grade was 49 to 48%. Same thing sixth grade to 7th grade. Same same thing uh seventh grade to eighth grade 45 to 45 to 44% there. So overall for ELA proficiency for 3 through 8 4% of students were proficient. Last year we were at 46%. Go down to the math. Last year's third graders were at 47%. They maintained that in fourth grade with higher standards. So that that's good. Fourth graders were at 55% last year. As fifth graders, they fell to 50%. In math, we always see a significant drop off from fifth grade to sixth grade. That's something

078that we're going to be focused on this year. You see that mark from 44% to 28%. The positives are the sixth grade to seventh grade. Usually, you see those numbers go down as the students advance again because the standards get higher with uh get harder with each grade level. But you see the sixth graders were at 32%. The seventh graders are now at 33%. Our last year's seventh graders were at 30% and as eighth graders that same group of students is at 42%. So our proficiency went up two percentage points in math. Last year we were at 39. This year we're at 41. So uh there is positives there. What is also positive, if you look at those middle school grades, going back up to the English on top, the seventh grade group performed stronger

079this year by 3%. >> The eighth grade group performed uh stronger by 2%. Dropping down to the math, seventh grade group by 3%, eighth grade group by 2%. So, um, that that is a positive when you're looking at the data, but for the goal, the 3% increase in proficiency for the year, I would I would say that we come up short of meeting that uh goal, and that's going to need improvement as we move forward. Second goal is chronic absenteeism. And so, that's the next page in your packet. And what we will look at is uh on the on the left hand side you have the chronic absence goals down under June 4th you will see that the chronic absence rate for the year for the district was at 26.68%. That is 4.60% improvement from

080last year. Last year it was at 31.28. We dropped to 26.68. Um, our goal was a decrease of 5% for the year. We were right at that 5%. So, there was a lot of hard work that went into that. Um, I know Dr. Ross, you can talk about the focus on chronic absenteeism. It was really a lot of effort put in by the schools this year and we saw some u significant gains in that area and uh so we we were pleased with the work that occurred there. Next up in your packet, our third goal with special special education was to implement focus groups to develop recommendations to improve in key service areas. This is a summary. Uh there were multiple focus group sessions that occurred throughout the course of the year. This is the

081summary of uh the topics that were covered in those meetings. And pretty much what we did was we uh created uh key topics such as preparing students for the GSA, maintaining high expectations and rigorous learning targets for the special needs population, PD needs, scheduling needs, impactful instructional strategies, proactive and responsive behavior strategies, transitions and communication. um communication needs for non-verbal students. Um the middle two columns you see is the comments that were collected during those focus group check sections and on the right you have the actions that were being recommended for those particular areas. So you're going to see um a lot of training recommendations, a lot of uh PD recommendations uh throughout the document. So we did follow through and did hold those focus groups. And then these action steps that you find on

082this paper are being turned into a action plan for next year to try to approve special education and services. Next up, goal number four, enrollment stabilization. Uh, stabilize enrollment and and achieve a 1 to 2% recapture rate. So, we have a two-page report in your packet. I'll just walk through that with you. We had 50 56 students returned from the hope scholarship participation in 2026. There were 300 and uh there were 331 active hope scholarships during the 2026 with 56 uh with 56 returning to school uh to public school. That number dropped to 275. So it actually worked out to about a 17% recapture rate based upon those those notes. And when we set this goal, this was something new. It was something we' never tracked before. We thought it was reasonable to set a

0832% target. So as we move forward, we'll we'll shift those targets. Um the the uh discouraging news is there were 331 um active scholarships and 26. I said that 56 students returned which dropped that number to 275. Um but we are up to 417 projected for 2027. What's difficult about that is you can't tell if those students were already in private schools and that they've just rece received the uh >> hope scholarship or or whether it's students leaving the system. So, we'll have to wait to see that with the enrollment numbers. So, that's 142 uh new enrollments for 2027. And of course, it's just opened up for everybody regardless of, you know, before you had to you had to have been in public school at some point and withdrawn to be eligible. Now it's just

084wide open. >> Um, so it's it's it's those numbers have ticked up. [snorts] >> Um, so again, going down to the key metrics in 2026, we were at 331. uh 2027 that number is projected to be 417. So that's about a 26% increase there. We had the 56 that returned. So again going to page two, you see that 16.9% recapture rate. New exits are outpacing returns. Uh enrollment stabila stabilization is partially achieved but not yet fully realized. And then the next page in your packet is some historical numbers on homeschooling numbers and and hope scholarship enrollment numbers. [clears throat] So the hope scholarship has been around for four years. In 2223 that number was at 43 23 24 it was at 114. 2425 233 and then 2526 originally started at that 331 number but with

085with the recapture of students ended up at 275. At the same time, you see the homeschool enrollment numbers and you can see it's stabilized around 500. Uh the largest amount was back during the pandemic was up to 559 [clears throat] and then um it stabilized around that 500 number. >> Still a lot of it or to me it seems like >> Yeah. Yeah. It's pretty good pretty good number. Are there any measurements to see if >> if they're doing any better or as well as we are in the public schools? >> No, >> there's no way. Just out there, right? >> Yeah. There's no way. >> They're getting the money and they can do what they want. No measurements. >> There's no uh no reporting requirements yet. >> So, the next up the next document

086up is um it starts off in the top left. It says responses overview. So, we had sent out a letter to um families that had enrolled in the hope scholarship and invited them to take a survey. Um we have received to this point we've received 10 responses. Um those letters went out uh probably about a week and a half ago. So, we'll continue to moni monitor to see if we get any additional responses, but I certainly appreciate these folks responding. And you'll see the questions that we ask Those included, you know, schools last attended. And you'll see that, you know, students are coming from different places from around the district. [clears throat] It ask if they're homeschooling or using the HOPE scholarship. Um, if they've went to private school, those type of things. You get

087to question number four. What were the main reasons your students left Wayne County Schools? Now again, this is a limited number of responses. We had academic fit and instructional quality and we had school leadership concerns as the two that were leading the pack. >> Yeah. Bullying and peer conflict came up third. Question five asked for the primary reason. Again, a limited number of responses here. [clears throat] The most any one category received was two. So you see health needs fall in there. Teacher fit, family choice, philosophical preference for homeschool. Question six, how long had you been considering withdrawing before you made the decision? forehead had replied that it had been for more than six months. What was interesting was seven. >> How would you rate your family's experience with Wayne County Schools? And >> number

088>> Yeah. three Three were satisfied, three dissatisfied. >> One neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. Okay. And then one prefer not to answer [snorts] communication and responsiveness. See that equal between satis satisfied and dissatisfied or not applicable. school climate, student sense of belonging. That was an issue. There [clears throat] were three that were dissatisfied there, but two were satisfied. One on the school feeling safe and behavior managed appropriately. Four were dissatisfied with that. Two neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. One satisfied. You [snorts] see a variety of answers for 11. What could the school district have done differently? everything from more flexible scheduling options, more consistent classroom instruction, improved behavior expectations and consequences, um leadership changes or improvements. [snorts] And then down on number 13, how likely are you to consider returning to Wayne County Schools in the future?

089You got an equal bag there. >> Yeah. >> As equal as you can get. >> Yeah. [snorts] >> And then we had a couple responses said that they would be willing to take a phone call for some further information. So, um, we'll continue that practice of sending those out as we have new enrollments and but all that falls under the enrollment stabilization goal. Then the final goal is goal five, fiscal stewardship and operations end of year general fund balance increases versus prior fiscal year. Um, so the last thing in your uh packet is a comparison and we're kind I'm jumping ahead a little bit here. U later on you've got the treasures report for approval and so we we'll talk a little bit about that here as we move forward and kind of cover that

090ahead. So this compares um the May 2025 treasures report to the May 2026 treasures report. We did this last month as well. >> So what you're going to see is that our revenue going down to number one for all funds that includes uh everything capital projects, permanent improvement, special programs, general fund all in um the total revenue has dropped from 91.1 million to 86 uh.0. So, uh, we are down in revenue approximately $5.1 million, uh, as of the end of May. Total expenditures have also dropped from 87.4 to 82.9. So, total expenditures have dropped 4.5 million. surplus um [clears throat] revenues over expenditures last year at the end of May was at 3.6 million and then this year is at 3 million 3.0 million. So it's 559,000 less than it was last year at this

091time. Your key takeaways um are over all position is slightly lower than last year. Both revenue expenditures are down compared to last year. Now if you go down and now instead of looking at all funds, we're going to look at the the general fund, fund 11, the one that we focus on the most. It's the one we have the most control over. If you look at the revenue there, the revenue in the general fund is actually up just short of a million dollars. $976,000. [clears throat and cough] At the same time, expenditures are down $737,000. So in May 2025, the surplus stood at 1.7 million. This year it stands at 3.4 million. So we pretty much doubled the surplus in the uh general fund. So that's a positive. Going to page two, we receive significantly

092less revenue in May than we did at this time last year. And that's because of that check that we're waiting on >> that got held up through error at the state. So again, we're anticipating that we're going to um have another revenue boost here in June that was part of last year's report that it's not part of this year's report because it hasn't came in yet. And so um conservative conservative estimates, it gives you two scenarios there. So, if it's $3 million in revenue, our adjusted surplus would actually put us at six million in surplus right now. If it's 3.5 million in revenue that comes in, it would raise it to 6.5. Now, again, these are all projected. We don't know until we actually get to check. Um, so if you go if you look

093at where we were at the end of May last year to where we finished off the end of the year, there's several significant things that happen. [snorts] So we have the payroll that goes out on the 15th and 30th and that payroll is approximately $1.5 million uh for the entire district. Um in addition uh the money has to be set aside out of uh out of um the the money has to be set aside for the 12 month the people that are getting 12 month checks that get their check spread out. So Jeb remind me do you remember how much that added to the to the till was it? Um we we estimated in total for for June and and the extended pay extended summer pay to be about 77 million. Yeah. So I think

094it added about 4 million. So last year our surplus in May we saw um a yearend shift of approximately 4.5 million. Okay, which left us in a deficit. Last year we were down [snorts] I think when they did the numbers did it come out to like 780,000 was between 780,000 and 900,000 we were down for the year. So, we were setting in May with a surplus, but once those uh payments went out, we ended up with a deficit. We'll just call it 900,000. And so, without receiving that check in that we're expecting, uh we're projected to have the same type of loss this year. 900 to to 1.3 uh would be the projected loss for this year without receiving that check. But with receiving that check, it turns the scenario around >> significantly. So with

095that revenue adjustment, we would be looking at um a surplus for the year and ending the year in the black. >> I see. And [clears throat] so that goal, the goal was um the general fund balance increasing. So if we end in a surplus, that is going to happen. And if u if we get that check, that is going to happen. We won't know for sure until August, until everything's fin uh finalized out. But Jeb and I looked earlier today at the payroll, you know, what we're going to be responsible for there. Then we looked at [clears throat] some of the other uh areas that we have to cover um including special programs. We always have to do a transfer out of the general fund to help cover some of the cost of the food

096service program. And then um capital projects when we did the addition down at Wayne Elementary School. You remember we got state funding for that project, but the budget on that project was significantly higher than uh than what was projected at the beginning. >> So we went from basically I think it was what a $1.1 million project to 1.9. >> And so that's what's driven up the cost in the capital projects that you see in your treasures report. So, we're going to have to cover that out of the general fund as well. Um, so factoring all those in, um, we think that we're in decent shape to, uh, be able to finish up the year, um, possibly in the black. Uh, again, we're that that check is everything. The, uh, tax collections fall off significantly in

097June. I think we were looking. So, you know, you go from four million in May [snorts] to 400,000 in June, >> right? >> And it all has to do with those tax deadlines and and things like that. So, um, tracking out the revenue, tracking out the expenses, if things stay in the traditional lanes where they have been, um, these are the possibilities that we're looking at. Um, at the bottom of the page. [snorts] So again going to the last page the financial position summary the general fund is significantly improved. We we are up 1.7 million there right now and that's >> without >> yeah that's positive. Um expenditures are down. Um the operational spending is is better controlled. So right now we're at the we're at the uh we're at the mercy of of those

098uh the timing on those payments. Okay. Any questions on any of those items? >> Better news. >> Yeah. All right. Moving on to insurance cost updates. Um in your packet, the next page up is the uh report that Jeb received from Brim um regarding our insurance for next year. [cough] That insurance is going to jump to 1.2 [clears throat] 1.2 million almost 1.3 million. >> Wow. >> Jeb, how much did that go up? >> It's crazy. It went up about $77,000, 6%. [clears throat] >> Okay. So, it went up less than 100,000, but it did go up. So, um we wanted you to see see that amount. Now, on the good news size, Mike Hart good news side, Mike Hart has joined us. Um, we have got our uh estimates for our workers comp insurance

099for the year and uh we're going to have that on your next board agenda on the June 23rd board agenda for approval. Mike, do you want to go over any of those numbers? You want me to do it? >> I don't know if you have them with you. >> Just briefly, last year's premium, I believe, was about $360,000 for workers comp. This year it is $298,000. So it kind of offsets some of that $77,000 on the liability side. Um our what they call EMODS and experience modifier kind of shows that it's kind of like an average uh the national average for our industry. You take a one and one is even. you get uh you don't get sircharged and you don't get uh anything back if you're at one. When I first started this job

10018 years ago was about three. So we were getting hit. Anything over one is a search charge. This year it's down to I think 1.1. Uh so we're almost there. So we're almost not getting [snorts] sir charged but for years [cough] we got hit [clears throat] for years and years. It's come down. And and how that happens is, you know, it's based off of frequency of claims, how many claims you have, what's the severity of the claims, how bad are these claims. So over the years, those come down. Um it takes going out in the school system and looking for hazards, investigating accidents, preventing, being proactive out there, trying to get the get people [snorts] to understand, you know, let's not file a claim. every every little thing we have. It's it's all the small

101things like some water on the floor. You wouldn't think that'd be a big deal that ends up being a colossal [clears throat] claim and devastating to somebody's life. I mean, you may be injured for life and have, you know, a disability. So, and it's a huge cost to the to the district. So those little things add up and over the years being present and being out in the schools and you know trying to work the claims and bringing people back to work return to work program. That's why we started the life light duty program bring people back. You got to have insurance but you don't want to use it. It's like at your home you don't want to use it. So it's all those things you know a culmination of years of trying to get

102that mindset into people. Let's let's save this money because it's just wasted money. we can use it other places. So, you know, from over a million dollars, I think I sent you guys information on that a while back, over a million dollars when I started down to 298,000 bucks. That's the best we've ever had in the history of Wayne County. So, and and hopefully, you know, with those numbers, we we keep going and we understand the importance of being proactive and safe. >> That EOD is based upon was it is it three years worth of claims? >> It's three years. since your past three years, but not including this year. >> so as as each year goes, they recalculate that EOD and then, you know, it can get better, it can get worse. >> So,

103last year we were at 1.65 and the search charge uh for our insurance was 133 basically $134,000 was the search charge. Yeah. This year, um, as Mike said, the EMOD has dropped to 1.15 and, um, the search charge has dropped to $37,000. >> Wow, that's nice. That's great. >> So, yeah, we're making some significant progress there. So, that's that's uh that's good news. And we will have the we will have the premium on your next agenda. It's two $298,828 with Enco. Uh we're going to stick with Enco because they're doing a good job. Um Bray >> and Oakley. >> Bray and Oakley. Um Jeb, we've seen them quite a bit, haven't we? >> Seen that more than anybody. >> Yeah. Any of the old agent records, >> right? >> Yeah. So >> proactive. >> Yeah,

104they're very proactive. They're doing a good job and they're driving those costs down. So, >> so are they actually do they actually follow the claims for us or is >> they do some Yes, they do some behind the scenes work with the claims. >> So, that's good. And we're still using the pre-employment physicals as well. >> Yes. >> Correct. >> And does that does that help with the EOD the pre-employment and the return to work programs that we have? >> It all ties together. >> Do we get that credited? I mean is that part of the credit >> specific to the >> Yeah, it is a credit you know it's not described like that but it is calculated in there pre-employment screenings. Is there anything else that they've suggested that we could do to help

105bring that e- mod down or is that just being aggressive with the >> claims and getting people back to work, spotting hazards and reducing the amount of claims we have, >> right? >> Yeah. They feel like everything's going really well and they just want us to to keep at it. >> Good. >> Right. >> Very good. We'll take any savings we can get. >> Yeah. I think it's excellent news. >> Um the board self appraisal was on here. So it's it's that time of year again. So we'll um here sometime in the next few days. I'll prepare the link for you, send it to your email accounts. I'll send you a text message, let let you know it's there. We're in no major hurry. It has to be done by August. I thought it would

106be good with uh John still on the board to go ahead and get that self appraisal done here during the month of June. >> That'd be great. So, we'll we'll send that link out. Um, transportation schedules for 2026 2027. So, I've had some discussions and I sent out a a survey to the uh administrators. We have the we have the potential to be able to like set the schools all at a specific starting time. >> Uh, [clears throat] that's a little bit later. that would require the kids not getting picked up as early in the day as they currently do. Um that time would be like 8:00 a.m. So we would have a large majority of the schools starting at 8:00 a.m. and then um the majority of the schools start now between 7:30 and

1078:00. So any adjustments to the uh front of the day would result in adjustments to the end of the day um uh to make sure that we keep that bank time in the uh in the instructional schedule. Um the responses from the administrators were uh it was over 50% positive that they they thought it was something that we we should look at. The only school that would be slightly different is Spring Valley High School. they would be starting at 8:15 uh just because of the u uh the transportation needs there and the needs for those drivers to complete two runs to to two different locations. Um this is something that if we were going to consider doing something like this, we would want to survey parents uh regarding this to see what their reaction is,

108to see how it affects working schedules, that type of thing. You know, it could be it could be something that's wellreceived. It could be something that's more problematic for working families, but we wouldn't know unless unless we surveyed that information. Um, any thoughts, any concerns about surveying that information just to explore the idea? >> No, I think >> I think we should survey it. >> It's a good idea. >> Okay. we consistently hear from the from from kids and the thing that always um >> especially like at the high school level where you have, you know, these students that are playing games and and with all the school closures in the state, you know, you've got Spring Valley going to Princeton on a Tuesday night and that, you know, they're back at one o'clock in

109the morning, you know, >> um it it u I think it's worth exploring. So, with your permission, I'm going to we'll send out some survey results and just see what see what reaction we get to it. See whether you know it would be um seen as a positive change. >> Sure. >> Okay. >> That's all I have. >> That's it. >> All [laughter] right. No board directives or board reports with no unfinished business. So, we can move on to our new business consent action items. Superintendent recommends approval of the following action items. Additional items received prior to the time of the meeting may be added. Discussion and or separate action of the items may be requested by members of the board and or the superintendent. Items are subject to change. Any blanks would be filled

110in prior to the meeting. In any event a nominee withdrawals, we reserve the right to put the next candidate in that position. So number one is consider for approval the recommended personnel matters on pages one through five. >> Yeah. And we want to go as revised here. And the revised copy was in your Manila folder. >> There were blanks to fill in. >> Yeah. >> Ask for to pull Shannon Ross for separate consideration. >> What page is that on? >> Two. >> Oh, gotcha. Pull that for. >> Is that the only one we need? >> I think so. >> Separate consideration. >> Okay. So, none of them want to me. Make a motion to approve as revised. >> As revised with >> with the exception of >> Shannon Ross Shannon Ross to be separate. >>

111So that's a motion by Randy, second by Jonita. >> Any other questions or concerns on the majority of personnel matters? No one. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Five to zero. Mark's going to recuse himself for this next employment. And this is Shannon Ross for the um for gay prek eight position. Is that correct? Third grade. >> I don't have my revised copy here in front of me. Okay. >> Motion to approve. >> Motion by Jonita. >> Second by Randy. >> Any questions or concerns? All in favor? [clears throat] >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Four to zero. Let Mark return. >> Okay, Mark. Here it comes. >> I just skip town. >> [clears throat] >> All right. >> Okay. >> So, our next item is consider consider for approval the voucher payments for

112May 2026 on pages 6 through 15. Motion motion John. Second. >> Second. >> Thanks. Second by Mark. Questions or concerns on those voucher payments? Anyone? All right. None heard. All in favor then? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Five to zero. Number three, consider for approval the minutes of the Wayne County Board of Education number 38 on May 5th, page 16 and 17. Motion. >> Motion. Randy, second, please. >> Second. >> Janita, >> I just on page 16. [clears throat] >> Let me uh let >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Well, now you go ahead and then I'm going to jump in. >> Okay. It should be there at the first paragraph that Pritchard Elementary beginning at 5:15 instead of four. >> Which page? >> 16. >> Oh, yeah. Um, and I'm glad you brought

113that up because I almost forgot. Um, along with your personnel matters in the Manila folder, there is a revised set of minutes. >> Okay. >> That replaces what was on the agenda. >> Okay. >> And so, help me out with that, John. Where did you say that change is? Is it on the first page or? >> Yeah, first page of the meeting, first paragraph, page 16 in your agenda, >> beginning at 5:15. Okay. >> Has us being at two places, two different places the same time. >> Um, so the only thing that changed was um they're under down under the um >> yeah, >> number one at the very bottom delaying the policy work until May the 13th. uh she on in the agenda item she hadn't listed what policies those were so those policies

114have been added. >> Okay. >> So we can do it as revised. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> And that includes your revision that you just made. >> Okay. >> So those are the meeting minutes as revised. Correct. >> Correct. As revised. >> [clears throat] >> Any other comments, concerns on the meeting minutes as revised? Then all in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Number four, consider for approval the purchase requisition order and quotes in excess of $5,000 on pages 18 through 30. >> Motion by Jonita. Second. >> Second. Yes. >> So these are there's a number of POS on here. >> So page 18, this is uh federal monies uh for crumbs title one status. >> It's uh used for technology. And then we have a number of CTE program accounts that

115are being used to provide for the u therapeutic services classes. Mail night. >> Yeah. [snorts] have some funds being uh encumbered for the bus garage to be able to finish up bus repairs for the year. [cough] [clears throat] >> What's the day we had circuit condensers? >> Th those are um HVAC units at the Wayne High School that had to have some condenser coils replaced. >> There's no new units that we just put in. >> No, these are rooftop units. These are Dykans. So [snorts] there's the SBA, the schoolboard association membership subscription fees. Uh the page 29, this is money that has to be spent on technology and it has to be spent here before the end of June. So, we're replacing iPads. >> Yeah, it it drives me crazy, but >> Oh, no. >>

116Um, >> page 30 is the the continued upgrades to the network system that Joe's working on. So, all those funds are either federal funds or designated for those specific activities. Okay. So, the motion by Jonita, second by Dennis. Any other questions or concerns on those requisitions? >> No one. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Five to zero. New business. Separate action items. Number one, consider for approval the annual assessment and evaluation of the superintendent's performance for the 2526 school year. So, this is normally we take our um survey home and then fill it out and we'll >> just I will give you um and I thought it was in here. I'll give you a copy of the evaluation form. >> I'll have it in here. >> You got it? >> Yeah, I've got

117it. >> You got it. >> I didn't have it. I guess I don't need it. >> You don't need it. Okay. >> I'll take care of you. >> Yeah. So, you got the evaluation form there. So, again, all the information I gave you tonight about the goals is there, >> right? Um, so that'll that'll have to get started. >> Okay. We got >> And this is due by the end of the month. >> By the end of the month. Okay. >> Yeah. You'll have to complete it at the next meeting. >> June 30th. >> Yeah. Just have it and then you can send it to me or >> get to be a part of that. >> You sound too happy. It's not June 30th. >> Hey, look. I'm one that got him here. One of

118them. [laughter] All right. Right here on these showers. [clears throat] Okay. >> All right. So we'll have that there. >> So we're just going to postpone that then >> right to the 23rd. >> Okay. June 23rd. >> I may have to call that in to you, Missy, because I'm having surgery on the 19th. >> That's fine. Just just send it to me. It'll be fine. She's getting it all in at the last, isn't she? >> You up in [laughter] by the 23rd. >> That's true. They may carry me out fees first. [laughter] [clears throat] >> All right, we'll move on to number two. Then consider for approval the treasurer report from May 2026 on page 31. >> Motion by John. >> Second by Mark. [clears throat] We went through the detail comparing it to to

119last. >> So, >> Jeb, is there anything you wanted to add about that? >> Okay. Any other questions or concerns then? >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? [snorts] >> Motion carries. Five to zero. >> The only thing that we and Jeb has got me as concerned as as he is about it is we keep an eye on that that bank balance. >> Yep. I know. So now again if we would have had our check from >> right we're still waiting it would [clears throat] look different but >> is there a date or deadline or any >> that's what >> we called when did we call last week? >> We called last Yeah, we called last week and >> we called the sheriff's office last week to see and they said that uh what did

120she say? Did she say the state had called that day about it? I can't remember. >> So, we're >> they're anticipating it here. >> We're waiting for Charleston to send it back to our sheriff's department who will in turn send it to us. So, >> yeah, >> they can walk file. >> Yeah. But we're at the mercy of >> Charleston. Yeah. >> No hurry. >> That's why like that's why Jeb likes that higher bank balance and then we're not at anybody's mercy, >> right? Yeah, >> I understand. >> Jeez, man. >> All right. Well, hopefully that'll come through soon then. >> So, uh, number three is consider for approval of the budget supplement and transfers on pages 32 through 37. >> motion by Jonita. Second. >> Second, >> Randy. >> Any questions or concerns on

121those? None heard. All in favor then? >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Number four is consider for approval the adoption of the below policy and the policy was placed out for 10day comment on May 15th through May 29th and that's policy 2431.02 on coaching. >> Yeah, there were comments there were no comments received. No motion to approve. Second comments motion by Janita, second by Dennis. Any further comments, concerns or questions? None heard. Then all in favor I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Number five, consider for approval the calendar adjustment for school year 2627 curriculum development day originally scheduled for February 22nd to be changed to February the 3rd, 2027. >> Yeah. And we had uh in the original plans we had had that day on February 3rd, but um when

122we did the uh calendar approval, we did not get that change made from February >> 22nd to February 3rd. And so it's a curriculum development day. It's a PD day. So we want to have it just a little bit earlier if possible. >> Sure. >> Okay. >> Motion by Randy. Second. >> Second. Any other questions or concerns? [clears throat] All in favor then? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries 5 to zero. Number six is consider for approval the job description for supervisory preschool special needs supervisor. >> I don't. >> Motion to approve. >> Motion by John. A second. >> Second. >> Dennis question. And I think that I think the title on that is slightly off. I think it's a supervisory preschool special needs teacher. >> Teacher teacher. >> Yeah. >> Not supervisor.

123>> That's why it's in the attachment. >> It's a combination of the two. >> Okay. Gotcha. But [clears throat] why does it have to be 240 days? >> The uh this is the position that is uh replacing the uh uh prek coordinator position. which is currently at 240. So the the other the other supervisor specialist in the I uh that are doing the IEPs are at 240. So >> Oh, well yeah, I understand that. Okay, no problem. [clears throat] >> Got it. All right. [snorts] Any other questions or concerns? >> Who Who would this individual report to? Was it in the It was probably in the job description. I I don't remember. >> Should be. >> All right. >> Report to the special ed director. >> Gotcha. Okay. All right. All in favor then? >>

124I >> Any opposed? Motion [clears throat] carries five to zero. Number seven is consider for approval the job description for coordinator of elementary and middle school programs. Motion >> motion by Randy second. >> Second John [clears throat] questions or concerns on that job description. >> I got one question. It says length of employment 230 to 240 days. >> Should be should be 240. >> Okay. >> I just wonder why it was adjustable. I thought >> and that be has revised. >> Well, it's it's on there. We'll we'll set it at 240 >> and that's the position that was a director position. It's going to a coordinator with a reduction end days. >> Okay. And so that's that has nothing to do with the um is that like another or is that would that person be

125over like the curriculum coordinator or we still need a coordinator? >> This person will be over the elementary and middle school programs. They're also picking up the prek. >> Okay. >> So we had we had the prek coordinator and we had the elementary and middle school director. So, it's going to be an elementary and middle school coordinator who also does the prek. Okay. >> And then the prek coordinator is now a prek supervisor slashteer. >> Okay. >> Gotcha. Thank you. Any other questions? >> None heard then. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Five to zero. Number eight, consider for approval the job description for high school social studies teacher/career launch coordinator. >> Motion by Jonita. Second. >> Second. >> Randy. Any questions or concerns on that position? >> No one. All

126in favor then? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Number nine, consider >> when that when that position is filled to um whoever takes that position, their position will go away, >> right? >> And so, uh there's no there's no nothing new here being added. It's all replacement. >> Okay. >> Number nine is consider for approval the out ofstate travel request. Spring Valley High School employees to travel to the 2026 annual visible learning conference in Nashville, Tennessee, July 13th through the 17th. And that's funded by title two professional development funds. >> Make a motion. >> Motion [clears throat] by Dennis. Second. >> Second. >> Randy. Any questions or concerns on that? >> I have a question. I know it's title two, but $23,000 for five people to go to a conference seems

127like a lot of money to me. >> I agree, Johnny. I feel like that >> $22,000 we should be able to service a larger group of teachers or ser or staff through professional development. I really feel that way. >> I mean, >> yeah. And as you pointed out, John, the title two is professional development funds. But so that's come out the that's not their title fund. It's title two. >> Title two, >> right? >> Yeah. So that's district professional development funds. >> But don't you have to October to spend that or >> Oh gosh, I don't know off the top. >> I just wondered to me that's a lot of money even if it is title two, >> right? But I mean, how do they how do they pick who gets to go and who

128doesn't? And >> scheduling is a problem too, isn't it? Well, >> things like that are scheduled if they need it. >> Well, I don't know if that's scheduled if they need it. I just know that it's, you know, >> that's me. I just >> I just feel like we could serve a larger group of people with that much money through, you know, our teachers or service personnel, whoever, whoever professional development has to be. >> Felt like it was a lot. I mean, >> to be you could do more. >> I understand. But then again, I mean, how do you tell Don Hayes and his crew that they aren't, you know, they aren't eligible for this? Because we >> do other people, too. I know that. >> I guess it's just because of the the actual

129amount of it, >> right? >> You know, because it's >> annual visible no annual visible learning conference. Yeah, it's a it's a that's a national it's a national conference that takes place. Um it's all it's all based upon um instructional academic practices. The the visible learning is in line with with what we do. And so um there are teachers on this list. Uh some of our master teachers are on here as well. >> Okay. And there's administrator administrators on the list as well >> like the Greg and Shane and John and then the Amy Wolf and Courtney Parsons. >> Yeah. She's one of their master math teachers. >> Okay. >> All right. I just, you know, I just thought with Hotel 8500 is a what is that a 4-day conference 13th through the 17th? Yeah.

130>> So, >> and again, this is money that has to be spent on specific >> professional development. So, >> you're all preference. Anyone any other questions or concerns? >> No, not me. >> All right. All in favor? >> I. [clears throat] >> Any opposed? >> No. >> I said I got you. >> If it asked to move it. >> Gotcha. So motion carries four to one. >> Number 10. Consider for approval the contract between Wayne County Board of Education and Vector Solutions for employee training for the 2627 school year at a annual cost of $14,869.31. >> So these are all the this is the online training platform that we use to do a lot of the required trainings um that we're mandated to uh to perform by the state. So, this contract has been in

131place for a number of years. You know, I think probably at least at least nine years. And so, this is the renewal. >> How long do you have to be retired before they'll remove you from the email? [laughter] >> You've been getting that email, too. I was wondering if >> we're supposed to take some kind of training. That's what I first thought. [laughter] >> I've been retired since 2008. That's what's getting him, Mark. Okay, >> I'll try to remove you from that. [laughter] I send all the courses out. It's kind of hard to get. >> I got I'm just joking. >> There there is >> I'm just kidding. >> Yeah, there there are so many required trainings and it has gotten a little bit better because um I think two years ago the legislature allowed

132us to to do some of them every three years instead of annually. But there are so many required trainings that um we have to do. This is a quick and effective way to to hit a number of topics >> and they cover new legislation that passes. They have updates, brand new trainings. >> Excuse me. >> They don't utilize all that they really have. They have hundreds of >> Yeah. And they they actually made an offer to us. Um, so this this is this is up slightly. It's like up $1,500, but they they're expanding their catalog that they're offering to us. >> So >> that's good. >> It's a reasonable deal. >> Yeah. >> Question by Randy, second by Mark. >> Any other questions on our >> I will say there's about 35 counties that use

133that Vector Solutions platform. >> Yeah. >> In West Virginia, >> it's not not terrible considering all the trainings that they provide. I don't get any complaints out of the teachers or anything. >> I'm sure they don't. [laughter] >> Ladies, now's your chance. >> Oh my. [laughter] >> Just Just remember the alternative is to get the training face to face. [laughter] >> You can do it on your own time. All right. Any other questions or concerns? All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Five to zero. Moving on to our potential items for a future agenda. >> So, we're wrapping up this year's goals and what we focused on this year. And I'm sure that several of the goals will remain the same as we move into the next year. But um you know, you need

134to start giving some thought. If there's anything else you want considered, we'll do that after July 1st. And uh uh during the month of July, we'll set those set those goals. Um I mentioned before, we've got the workers comp premium coming up on another agenda. We'll have the u bid opening for the Vincent MIP. That will be coming up as well. Uh that's that's all I can think of now, but those are [clears throat] upcoming items. >> Okay. >> All right. Anyone else? >> Motion to >> motion by John. Second. >> Second, >> Randy. >> Too slow this evening, Dennis. >> Yeah. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries five to zero. It is 7 o'clock. >> Yes. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you very much. Thank you very much.