001turned on over there, fellas. >> Yep. Okay. >> All right. We're going to go ahead and call our regular meeting of the Wayne County Board of Education to order. It is 6:01. And if you'll stand, we'll say the pledge. Brandy will give you the honor this evening 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 we can begin with um actually we have recognitions on but I don't think we have any right. No, none scheduled. >> We can move on to our presentations this evening, measuring success of 2025 assessment results. >> At the last board meeting, we talked about
002the state was going to lift the embargo on the assessment results. And so Nikki is here this evening to go over our data from last school year. And again, the data that we're reviewing is the summitive testing data from grades 3 through eight in math, ELA. Um, >> okay. >> And then math and ELA for grade 11, which is actually the SAT test. And then um the uh science test is general summit of assessment and grades >> through >> all grades. Science, >> I'm sorry, science and fifth and eighth grade and eth grade band assessment. So the fifth grade test covers grades three, four, and five standards. and the eighth grade science covers sixth, seventh and eighth. >> So I have printed these slides from for you. So >> just give it a little slight
003turn. >> I think that's good. >> Yeah. Okay. >> This or if you want to look up here on the board, this is our ELA data and this is trend data. So it goes back to the 1819 school year. So what you're going to see on this graph is our county averages verse our state averages. So these bars represent county averages. So if you look here at third grade, this first bar goes back to the 1819 school year up until our current data of the last school year, the 2425 school year. And we were at 40% proficient for the third grade in ELA. The red lines you see above that, that is the trend lines of the state averages. So what you're seeing here for third grade is we were at 40%. We were below
004state average there. So then if you look over to fourth grade, our new data we're looking at for spring 2025 or 20, yes, 2025, 53% proficient. And this bar is above the red line. So we were above the state average. Fifth grade, our line was state average at 49% proficient. Sixth grade, we were also at 49% proficient, but we were above the state average line there. Seventh grade, 45% proficient. Again, that bar is above the red line, the state average. And then eighth grade, slightly below state average at 42% proficient. So you can see, you know, these dips you see here. We've talked about this in previous years. That was the >> impact of the pandemic. >> Um, and you can see our trend data for ELA. >> So the data that we're happy with
005there is the sixth and seventh grade being above state average. Um you can see that last year both red grade grade levels were below state a uh state average. It is difficult. It it has proven difficult for for middle schools to to exceed that state average line and uh they we were able to in ELA in both sixth and seventh grade. So we were pleased with that. Um where a weak spot is that third grade performance. And you can see by looking at that bar that's um one of the lowest proficiency rates we've had in third grade in ELA um over the years. >> You can also see with that though there was a dip statewide in third grade when you look at the red line. >> Yeah. So >> and you got to remember
006that every one of these bars is it's a different group of kids right >> going through that grade level. So it's not apples to apples. It's it's always a different group of kids going in. So you do expect some fluctuation, but our third grade usually comes in very strong. >> Yeah, it did the two previous years. >> Yeah. >> So we'll look at the same type of chart with our math data. So once again, you know, we pointed out with ELA, third grade was an area of concern. We saw that dip with um last year's third graders, which is our current fourth graders this school year. They came in at 47% proficient, which was much lower than the group before. Um however, you can also see the state average also took that dip. So, we
007kind of followed the trend there with the state average as well. In fourth grade, uh 55% proficient. So, we're outperforming the state average there. Fifth grade, 44% proficient, also outperforming the state average. Sixth grade, we're right in line with the state average at 32%. And then you can see in seventh and eighth grade, we fall slightly below that state average, coming in at 30% proficient in math. >> And again, we were pleased with the sixth and seventh grade scores there. Um the uh seventh grade had had um its highest proficiency level in quite a few years. Sixth grade again its highest proficiency level tied with its highest proficiency level over a number of years and able to uh to be right in line with the state average. Third grade was again a concern. So we
008have uh we've talked to the schools about that third grade cohort now moving into fourth grade. That's that's going to be a real focus spot for the uh for the preparation for this year. >> You know, you have groups though that come through. You'll have be doing real good and all once you get a class and you wonder where did they come from, you know? >> Yeah. >> So, it's, you know, you're dealing with people, kids, and it's not it's not always within your control, >> right? And it works >> as much as you think. >> It works both ways. There there are sometimes groups that come through that are, you know, just high achievers and as a group um hit those high marks and the numbers are going to be really good. And then
009sometimes you have the opposite. So >> you can tell that on the graph the two previous years the third grade class was high and you look now they're in the fourth and the fifth. They're still above the averages. So >> and they've all had to deal with co. >> Yeah. They started out in >> it's g a little bit of a >> it was 2021 might >> a little bit. >> Okay. This next >> 1920 >> never mind. Go ahead. >> This is our SAT school day data. So at the high school level as far as accountability data, it's just our 11th grade students that are assessed with the SAT school day. And so on this chart, you're seeing our ELA data and our math data. So over to the left is our ELA district
010averages going back to the 1819 school year. So you can see that we were at 51% proficient in ELA, which was slightly under the state average. Um, but that was our second highest that we've had. So that's very positive. And then our math, we were at 16% proficient, which was just slightly below state average, but again, it was a big jump from the previous group of students. >> Wow. >> So, >> state average is awfully low, isn't it? >> Yeah. The state hadn't exactly been set in the world, has it? >> Wow. So, one thing that not just in our state but nationwide um that we see with trend data is that math performance, especially up in high school, those proficiency rates decrease. And so, that's something that's a battle that we're facing. It's a
011challenge we have and it's something we know we need to focus on and continue putting those supports in there. >> Math is a lot harder in high school. I can remember that. >> Yes. And one thing too we talk about all the time is our ELA standards are a progression. They all build on each other from kindergarten through 12th grade. Where is math each year it's completely new standards and new topics. And so I do think that does play into why proficiency rates are higher in ELA than math. So, >> okay. The next thing I want to share with you is >> I had to take this math with >> and I had pretty uh you know score. >> Yeah, it was hard. >> So, I also gave you these two charts. So, one thing
012that we like to look at is where we rank with the other districts in our state. So, there's a lot of data on here. So, I just want to kind of point out what you're seeing on here. So, what you're seeing on this first page, this is all the districts. And then you will next see a column for last year's low SCES. So our socioeconomic status that is our percentages for each of the districts for last school year. Okay. And then the next group that was previous year data for 23 24 school year. So that way we can compare how we were from year to year. In gray that is our results from this um current this past year the 2425 school year. So you'll see mathematics proficiency overall, overall ELA proficiency, and then that
013average ELA and math combined. I like to look at that. That's the one that's highlighted yellow. >> Um because we like to just kind of see how we're ranked. And that's something that we've done internally to calculate a ranking is we just take the math and ELA proficiency and average those together, just get one number to kind of rank the counties. So, this is stacked. You'll see the counties are not in alphabetical order because it's stacked by that overall ELA and math proficiency number. So, if you look I can't get this to connect, but if you look in the column that's highlighted yellow, >> 24 25 average math and ELA proficiency, you'll see the highest number on top and going down. And then you can see where Wayne County falls within the state in terms
014of that overall proficiency number, >> which is 41.8%. 8% proficient for both math and ELA. Now, the other thing that you'll notice when you look at the district list, there's normally 55 districts listed, but the uh charters are starting to be listed, and I don't I believe it's the public charters that are started to be uh listed. So, you will see them uh included in the list. And then in the far the three far right columns you see the change in overall math performance. And again ours is highlighted. So our math performance improved by.3%. Uh compared to the previous year our ELA performance improved 1.6%. So that averaged out to a.9% just short of 1% change in proficiency for math and ELA. On the next page, it's all the same data, but it's stacked differently.
015So on the next page, I've highlighted that far right column, the change in overall average math and ELA performance. So that overall average, the change in that from the 20 2024 sum of assessment to the 2025 summit of assessment. This is how this chart is stacked. So if you look at the very top, you'll see the numbers, the largest to smallest in that far right column. So everything stacked. And you can see once again, as Mr. Alexander said, overall we were just under a 1% change in that math and ELA performance. And you can see the counties above us and below us what their change overall was. Now, interestingly enough, if you look at that highlighted column, you will see that a large majority of the districts had improvements in academic proficiency. Uh the only
016ones that did not were the uh negative numbers that are listed at the bottom of the page and there's just a hand there's just a handful of those and several are public charters. Um and so for the state overall it was a very positive testing year. >> Um we were able to increase our proficiency in in math and ELA um for both but um we we want to see more growth than the 0.9%. >> Yeah. Statewide there was um 2.5% overall growth. We came in just under 1% growth. You know, looking at that chart, I don't see any real pattern to it. I mean, West Virginia, we don't have any real urban counties, but counties with cities are very rural, small, big, it's it's really all over the place. >> Now, if you go back
017to the first page, the one that's highlighted, the 2425 average math and ELA proficiency is highlighted. If you go back to that page, and this has got the district, this is uh this has got the districts from top to bottom, top proficiency down to the bottom proficiency. And you see in the very first column uh past the the county names, you'll see that low SCES ranking and you'll see that Wayne is at 55%. So, if you'll look above us at the counties, you're going to find, I believe, two counties that had a higher low SCES percentage >> and higher test scores. Those counties were Raleigh and Wood. the low SCES is a key indicator of academic achievement. So if you if you weight that in, if you statistically weight that in, that does move us
018up the rankings uh some, but uh still not where we want to be. probably probably move us up about eight spots. >> But overall growth in ELA and math which is positive and we know what our focus areas need to be our current fourth grade three cohort for sure. Um and this is what we will be sharing with principles during our next principal meeting next week and make our plans moving forward. And in your packet, there's a couple things. And this is the data that you have this bar graphs on the front page. Yeah, this is the data that Nikki has just went over, but it uh gives a little just a little bit more information. And this is just this is just uh our performance just this one year versus the state. So you
019see the mathematics you see the ELA you see the science. So the science were slightly above state average mathematics and ELA just slightly behind. At the bottom of that page you see the rankings where our proficiency rates in mathematics ELA and science fail. So for mathematics it was 26 out of 60 districts. For ELA it was 20 out of 60. And for science it was 18 out of 59. If you go over to page two, again, this is the same information that she presented with the bar graphs and the line graphs, but this time it's just looking at just the school year that we just completed versus the state. So, first up, you have the mathematics. And as she pointed out with her bar graph and the red lines, the these give you the the
020breakdown grade level by grade level. And then on page three, and we talked about these as we went through, but you have what's identified um as strengths, which is mathematics grade four, ELA grade four. So our fourth grade had a really good year. ELA grade six, science grade five, mathematics grade five, and then our areas of focus, math and ELA, grade three. I'm confident that that's going to recover because they have been they have really had some really good results over the years. I really think that last year was an anomaly with that third grade. Um, mathematics grade seven and then ELA and math grade 11. So those are the key things to uh key things to consider. And then there's one more line graph and this gives you every once in a while we
021talk about the uh national rankings. And so um again there's different sites that that rank performance but this is a a performance ranker uh performance ranking uh going back to 2008. Okay. And again in 2021 that was the year that we were shut down. 2020 there was no testing at all. That's when they closed down in March and we didn't come back the rest of the year. 2021 was the difficult year coming back. But you can see we we recovered very quickly in 22 23 24. Now what's interesting is our proficiency numbers went up. >> Yeah. from 2024. But if you're if you're looking at a ranking, you're going to get, you know, you can get leaprogged. So, there were some counties that u there were some count some counties that significantly improved their performance.
022And so, that that led to u the rankings I was just discussing, the 26th in math, the 20th in ELA, and uh I believe I said the 18th in science. >> So, that's where it stands. Our students are currently taking their beginning of the year benchmark assessments. So we'll see where they stand now after the summer and a lot of good things in place to monitor that. So >> we'll we'll have a chance to look at those benchmark results what probably at the end of September. >> Yes. >> Second board meeting in September. >> Okay. Any questions? Anything at all? >> No. It's positive that we continue to trend upward. Unfortunate we got leap frogged a few few spaces, but as long as our data is trending up, then that's all we can ask for.
023>> We came in for a quick pit stop. We're going to get back on the track, right? >> All right. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. Thank you. [Music] All right, going to our good news section. Anyone have good news to share? >> Football season starts tomorrow >> and Spring Valley High School is going to be featured on Friday Night Rivals. So, if you happen to have that in your cable package, let me find the information here. Um, they're going to be on TV tomorrow night against GW. Um, >> I think it's at GW. >> It's at GW. Thursday at Thursday at 7:30. They'll be on Friday Night Rivals. If you don't have That's uh uh through WCHS TV. I know it's not on the main channel, but they have one of those additional channels on
024cable that that game will be playing. So, if you have a chance and they do a spotlight, an academic spotlight on the um at least one of the participating schools when they come in and so they were at Spring Valley uh doing a uh recording for that segment and uh they're going to feature the sports med program at Spring Valley. >> Oh, >> so I'm I'm looking forward to seeing it. >> Great. >> That's Thursday night or Friday. Yeah, I'm sorry. It's Tuesday night. It's Thursday night. >> Yeah, Thursday night. >> I keep on thinking it's Wednesday. I thought earlier. >> Yeah, I did too. I thought okay then closer to Friday. >> Sorry. >> All right. Sorry. >> Two nights from now. >> I wasn't calling you out. I just >> just clarify. Just
025clarify. >> That's all. >> Thank you for clarifying. >> You are so welcome. That's what I'm here for. >> Anybody else? Anything else? All right. Ourformational items. A regular board meeting on Tuesday, September 9th, beginning at 6 here in the conference room. Second regular board meeting on Tuesday, September 23rd at 6, also here in the conference room. >> And uh we've got that regular board meeting on September 9th listed, but later on in the agenda, we're going to talk about maybe moving that. So, Gotcha. >> Yeah. >> Can do that. >> Because it's the evening of the teacher of the year celebration. >> Yeah. Right. uh construction project updates. >> Um so Wayne Elementary School, we are at substantial completion. Um I want to thank Head Start, the Head Start uh program has purchased furniture
026for the new classrooms down at Wayne Elementary. >> Our crews worked to to put that together. Uh they've been moving over the last week. Of course, the preK kids don't start until after Labor Day, so that work continues. Um but uh everything is at at substantial completion and the kids will be able to start there on uh Tuesday of next week. >> That's awesome. >> Uh the Buffalo K through8 project. Um we I've got an anticipated bid date for that project. Uh it's going to go out to bid in February with work beginning uh late spring uh early summer. the roofs and I I can't remember if I mentioned this at the if if it was complete down at Wayne High School or just in progress. I think it was just in progress, but the
027uh roofs for all the facil for all the athletic buildings at the football field have been replaced. And we had a uh we also had a side issue. We had a a roof out at Spring Valley High School athletic complex. It's on the uh electrical building out there that had leaks. And so we use the same contractor and it's small project, just uh very minimal. That doesn't even raise to the threshold that you guys would see it on a on a PO, but he's going out to uh to do that work as well. Um the Cerita Canova uh Wonderdome the basement renovation there uh the contractor is neighbor you the board has approved them to begin they're they are started their equipment order and have started setting up uh to begin that project and I'll
028let you know when that officially gets underway. And then our painting at Wayne Middle School, we painted all the interior hallways that was completed. Um it it's been a significant improvement. Same thing at Spring Valley High School. And uh I'm I don't think it's been 100% completed yet, but a majority of it has. And uh when we when we uh have our meetings there out in se in September, you'll be able to see. But those projects are also being completed. And that's all I have for right now. >> All right. I don't think we don't have any delegations this evening, do we? >> No one. >> No. >> Okay. All right. Moving on to superintendent reports. >> Okay. So, first up is Senate Bill 474. um when we did our discussions about the legislative changes,
029we really didn't discuss Senate Bill 474. And the reason that we didn't is because um it's called the Equal Treatment in Primary and Secondary Education Act of 2025. It deals with the ability for parents to lodge complaints if there is a complaint that the diversity, equity, or inclusion programming is going on in the schools. So, what I have in your packet is a sample complaint form that was produced by the uh West Virginia Department of Education. We're going to be putting this in place. Each county has to have a complaint procedure for this. And uh to make sure that we're in compliance with that Senate bill, uh we are going to set up this complaint process. I'm sure that this is going to show up in our policy work as far as the board establishing
030a policy around this, but we will immediately set up the complaint process and uh have it available. So, I just wanted to share that with you. And uh the next thing up is 2025 needs project consideration. So we've got a lot going on as far as projects go and as you know every fall we have the opportunity and there's no handout for this. Thank you. Um, every fall we have the opportunity to submit a needs project and then every June, I'm sorry, every late winter we have the opportunity to submit a major improvement project and those get approved in June. Um we when we do needs projects, we try to set aside a substantial amount of money um to uh to uh act as a u or a cost sharing item. And the more that
031you can do that, the the better you have success with the uh with the uh projects. Um, with all the projects that we've got going on now and the Buffalo project getting ready to start, we're not going to have any money in the budget to be able to do any cost sharing on the needs project, but I do want to still go through and submit a needs project. Um, they can always say no. So, uh, when you do a needs project, you look at your comprehensive educational facilities plan list and we we looked at it and re we've rewritt elementary replacement on there. The only other thing left on that list is safe school entrances. So, what I'd like to do is just go ahead and submit a uh proposal for safe school entrances at
032multiple schools. >> And um uh that would be our next area need. So, we're talking about Tulsa High School, Spring Valley High School, CK Middle, uh Pritchard, uh Wayne Elementary School, Genanoa, Dunlow, East Lynn, Kellogg, and Lavallet. So, there's 10 total and uh we're going to work and I think they're due the second week of September. So, we've got to pull it together, but uh we're going to plan to submit those projects and uh ask for funding for those projects. Any concerns, thoughts? >> I think that's a >> good idea. >> Best option. >> Okay. And um the Vincent was not on the list because we've already been approved for a major improvement project with Benson. So we're going to take care of it. The other schools that are not on the list already have
033the entrances um because we've either retrofitted the entrances or they were new schools that require them. Okay. And then um next up is our initial enrollment report. So you have a sheet that looks like this. And I know I've sent you some information already. I've texted you some information about enrollment. Um, again, I want to stress that this fluctuates. It's no lie. We were working on this this afternoon as far as getting it printed off and looking at the numbers. While we were working on it, the numbers changed by four. So, anytime a school removes somebody from the system, either drops them or adds them, the number changes, >> and so it uh it's going to fluctuate between now and October 1st. >> Um, but where we stand right now is with our enrollment at
0345,754. Now, if you compared that to the previous year, we were at 5,922. So, early indications are a drop of about 168. But again, we got to go to October 1st, so that can fluctuate. What concerned me a little bit more is the FTE. That is the number that you're actually funded on. So, if you have students that are enrolled part-time, >> um if you have students that um for whatever reason are not are not attending a full day, if you have students that are enrolled that have out of state addresses um or um if you have students that just have any type of error in their uh how they were entered into Weeus could be uh no parent or guardian was entered, that type of thing. Uh then they do not count in in
035that enrollment. So you'll see that that number is lower. Right now we're showing approximately 110 errors. And so that's why we have until October 1st. Those are constantly looked at to make sure that everything is accurate. And so we project that that FTA FTE will likely probably go up by about 45 students. Okay. Now, as it sets right now, it's a drop of 246 from last year. That's a significant number. >> That's huge. >> Um so any any gains that can be made there um will be needed um under the uh special education um you see that there's 1,453 listed. That's a drop of approximately 93. Now, if any of the IEP process or anything is in progress, then that number will change as well. And all the way down to the bottom, you have
036the unenrolled number. The unenrolled number is the number that um of students that were withdrawn from the system since July 1st. So we've got records request from other schools out of state, whatever it might be. That number on October 1st of last year was over 800. So it's down significantly right now. So hopefully it stays that way. And then to the right of the chart you have um to the right of the chart you have the uh numbers for the schools. And just to give you an idea where they stand, Fortgate PreK through 8 is stable. That enrollment is two above where they were last year. Crumb PreK through 8 lost 30 students. >> Wow. That's a significant number. >> Yeah. >> Um, Buffalo Elementary was up six. Dunlow Elementary was down 15. >> They
037really took a cut, didn't they? >> Yeah. >> Where did those kids go? I mean, >> well, they had lost their they had lost the uh prek program and it had moved over to Crumb. >> Okay. >> And but that that was last year, but that that's going to impact their numbers. kids were going to Crumb or >> it's their kindergarten class. Yeah. >> Okay. >> But Crumb also lost enrollment there. >> Yeah. >> Genanoa was up eight. Kellogg was down 46. >> Yeah. >> Lavallet was down 31. Pritchard was up 15. Wayne Elementary is down 14. Eastland is up 11. CK Elementary is down 17. Buffalo Middle is down five. CK Middle is up one. Wayne Middle is up 13. Vincent Middle School is down 10. Wayne High is down 14. Tulsa High School
038is down 26. Spring Valley High School is up 13. >> And I also took the time to look at the grade levels together. >> Yeah. >> And when you look at the grade levels, there's, you know, there's no consistent pattern. You know, that's that enrollment loss isn't happening in one particular area. >> At the high schools, it tends to be more of the 10th and 11th grade where those enrollment hits come. Um we are actually our ninth graders uh we are actually up uh from where we were last year. Um you know last year there was only if I look here there was uh 423 eighth graders and this year there's 465 9th graders. >> So that was a significant bump up there. Uh the we have 432 tth graders. That's a drop of about
03930 from that ninth grade class that moved into that 10th grade class. >> And then we had about 487 10th graders last year and we're coming in with 442 11th graders, but we had 412 juniors last year and this year we have 436 seniors. >> So at the ninth grade and 12th grade level, the numbers went up and they dropped in 10th and 11th. And then uh you know the numbers are fairly consistent across the other grade levels um with with slight drops out of each grade level making up for that >> for that loss of 168. >> Do you think it's the charter schools and the homeschooling? >> Yeah. Yeah. I think you know we looked at the numbers from the hope scholarship and the homeschooling numbers from last year and as I um
040at uh or I'm sorry not the numbers from last year and going into this year as I mentioned um prior to the hope scholarship prior to the pandemic we had about 350 kids that lived in the county that didn't go to didn't go to the school system and that number has jumped to about 850 and uh uh whether it's homeschooling or hope scholarship that number has increased. >> I was looking at this. Do we not have first grade listed on the elementary schools? >> No, it's not listed here because it fluctuates so much. But I can send that to you. >> No, I'm just curious because I was adding up some of the numbers and it's different. But you include first grade. the prek. We do have prek numbers included in these numbers. Um but
041um you know they're going to fluctuate >> especially after Labor Day when the kids actually show up. >> So um we'll update you again at the end of September because that that'll be our official funding number and it'll give us an idea of what we're going to be dealing with with the budget going into the next year. >> Looks like our southern end took the biggest hit though. Why surprised me? >> 31 Kellogg is >> Kellogg surprised me because it's the northern end and it's >> a high performing school. >> So what we will do is we'll go like this unenrolled this 421 number. >> We're going to take a look at >> the reason. >> Yeah. for each of those >> and it's going to be a mixture of things. It's going to be
042families moving from the area. >> Yeah. >> It's going to be school choice. It's, you know, it's going to it'll be a number of things, but we'll give you a breakdown of that going forward. >> Any other questions? >> Thank you. >> All right. Let's go on to some good news. All right. So in your folder you'll see an email from Will Totten to me. >> Yes. >> So I had asked Will to provide an update on the aviation maintenance technician program and um as you recall Marshall and Mount West did a joint partnership. uh they have a aviation maintenance technician program that's operating up at the tri-state airport and uh we uh reached out to that program and we thought it was a good opportunity to uh build a feeder program out of Spring
043Valley High School since it's so close to the airport. So we have we have students that are attending >> their their CTE class, the aviation maintenance class. They attend that at the airport daily. So we do a bus run. We bus those kids up there and uh they use the same facilities that the uh college course uses and then those kids um are moving forward. So I was just interested in an update and kind of a look at where the program's going because we're just >> we're just starting our third year. >> Yeah. So our first year we had about if I remember correctly it was eight students enrolled. For this current year we have 14 students enrolled. Uh four of those kids will complete the program this year and we have the maximum enrollment
044of allowed beginner students at 10. That's good. Um and then I also inquired about our kids that have been in the program previously. What are they doing, right? You know, are they using that uh program? >> So, we had seven students that completed the program that are official completers. Three of those graduates are now enrolled in the aviation maintenance program through Marshall University, which is exactly what we were hoping for, >> right? One of them is also actively working to become a pilot and another is is interested. One graduate is pursuing a similar program of aviation maintenance at Fairmont State University. >> Nice. >> Two students completed the program as juniors last year and are currently seniors and hopefully we'll see their numbers included on here >> entering into Marshall's program next year. and then
045one has indicated plans to pursue aviation maintenance, one plans to become a pilot. Uh looking ahead again, four students are on track to complete the program this year. Uh two plan to continue on to the Marshall University aviation maintenance program. Two plan to pursue careers as pilots. Several graduates and current students are also employed in some capacity at the airport. >> Nice. >> So, there's been some >> What an opportunity this is. >> Oh, yeah. >> What an opportunity >> in high school. >> Yeah. In high school. >> Yeah. So, it's awesome. >> It's an excellent program. And uh the students whether they decide to go into aviation maintenance or not uh the abilities that they pick up in that program are going to cross over to a to a number of different opportunities. >>
046And so um I just wanted to give you an update on things >> training thing this year. >> No, we are we are in talks with Marshall and uh I know that Spring Valley High School has been checking on student interest for the pilot program. Uh, so Marshall and Mount West have talked to us, the leaders of the program up at the site have talked to us about expanding the program and offering the pilot route as well. >> Um, Spring Valley High School is gauging student interest to see if that's something that's going to uh something that we have enough students interested in for us to pursue. >> Right. >> And so I'm sure we'll hear more about that as as the months go ahead here. just gauging by the interest here on the students
047that have been involved. You've got it looks like about half of them either had planned to become a pilot or plan to become a pilot now. So, >> yeah. >> Well, and I I had heard the story of a recent graduate that's working for an aviation maintenance firm now, >> right? >> And um was employed >> straight right out of >> Yeah. and you know, I'm sure he'll go ahead and pursue his yeah, you know, the educational levels that you need to do >> uh to go through the certification programs and and but he was able to uh pick up enough knowledge that he's already been employed in some capacity already. So, those are positive results. >> Yeah. Yeah. Very >> great. That's good. Very good. >> That's all I had. >> Good stuff. >>
048Okay. >> All right. Moving on to our board directives and board reports. We have none this evening and no unfinished business. So we can move on to our new business. Consent action items. The 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 items may be requested by members of the board andor the superintendent. Number one is consider for approval the recommended personnel matters pages one through four. And I believe we have a revised. Yeah, there's a revised in your folder. >> I'd like to make a motion to approve as revised. >> I'll second. >> Motion by Janita, second by Randy. >> The revisions are on page two at the top. Just some date changes. >> Okay. One.
049There's one on page one, two. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Did I miss it? >> Yeah, there was. Sorry. Yeah, FMLA was changed from paid to unpaid. >> Yeah, >> you have the changes on page two. Page three, there's a middle initial added at the bottom of the page to distinguish between employees. And then on page four, uh, >> and we're removing that, Kimberly Coin. >> Yes. >> And that's on page two. >> Yes. Okay. >> Page three is the middle initial at the bottom of the page. Oh, >> page four is the name spelling correction and then the removal of a approval for a volunteer assistant coach >> was no longer needed as revised. Any other questions or concerns for personnel as revised? got everything you need. >> Yeah. Well, why did Kimberly Queen I
050mean, she's retiring. Did she not do the therapeutic services best friend or resigning from it? But we're taking it off, but she's resigning from all the other assignments. >> I don't know if she had previously resigned it. It wasn't necessary. >> Yeah. I I'll I'll check into her and find out. >> There's no problem. But I just thought, well, that's probably it. >> Well, but then she's got the Wayne area assignment call out, too, >> that she's keep I mean, >> yeah, she's >> No, she's she's resigning it. >> Okay. >> Yeah, >> I'm with you. >> Any other questions? >> As revised. All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Five to zero. >> Number two, consider for approval the voucher payments on pages 5 through 10. Motion >> Dennis. Second. >> Second.
051>> Any questions or concerns on those voucher payments? >> Page one down at the bottom. What is Ride Express Corporation 2,43 >> 83? >> Is that our gas? >> Yeah, that's the uh fuel fuel. >> Okay, fuel. >> I may have asked that before, but >> that's okay. I did have a question. There's two chiropractors that we pay on here and I see those pop up every once in a while. Just curious what those are for. >> Those are the physicals. >> Physical. >> Bus physicals. Okay. >> The what? >> Bus physicals. >> Oh, okay. >> I wondered about that. Yeah, Dr. Levi and another >> Barry Perry. >> Then on page nine, 3/4 of the way down the page. >> Okay. >> G Markham, $6,825. What services was that for? And what school? >>
052Which page is it? page nine page at the top at the top. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. >> Okay. I I wonder that numbers on each page. Kind of confusing. >> Yeah. >> That would have been it's it's got to do something with um uh >> does he have the garage now or something for the bus? >> No, it's uh he does the u you know the word >> gutters and stuff. Gutters. I know that. I what my question was is what what services were performed and what school was that performed at? >> We will pull it for you. I I I think that this was Buffalo Middle School for the new concession stand that was built, but I'm not sure about that. So, we'll pull it for you. And I have one more on page
05310 at the top six at the bottom. 18,000. Well, it's three4s of the way down the page also. Home Depot 18,70. I'm just kind of curious what that was for. >> Custodial supplies. Is that what that is? >> Yeah, for the entire county. Okay, that's all I have. Any other questions or concerns? All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Back to my page. Number three, consider for approval of the minutes. um of the Wayne County Board on pages 11 through 16. This is meeting number 39 from June 3rd. >> And we've got a revised copy and I'll move to approve as revised. >> Randy had pointed out that in the minutes he was motioning and seconding. >> I'm pretty sure you can't do that. >> It's bad to do that. >>
054Yeah. Motion by Randy. >> He's the only one that ever does it. I'll second it. Gotcha. Motion by Randy and second by Dennis uh to approve the minutes as revised. Any other questions or concerns? >> Because I seconded it. >> You didn't Randy says so. >> Yeah. >> Originally. No, you're fine. This was They were talking about the original one. >> Yeah, the original. >> Okay. I think we need one of those buttons. >> Yeah. >> Looks like I get it straightened out. If you'd put Joanne Hurley on it, I'd have approved it. It just couldn't be me. I can't make the motion. Second. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Number four, consider for approval the purchase requisition order in quotes in excess of $5,000 on pages 17 through
05522. >> Motion to approve. >> Motion by Jonita. Second. >> Dennis, questions or concerns? John, you had asked the question at a previous meeting about the POS for working mans and >> yes, >> the other location for the uniforms. And I told you we went on past purchase um history to try to determine how much >> Yeah. >> working man's had more this time. >> Okay. >> So that's why this PO is here. Okay. >> So the other one will actually have unused money on the PO and it'll be closed out. Uh but we needed more money for working man. >> Okay. Thank you. This at Harvey Industries on page 18. We have to replace an HBAC unit at uh >> Benson >> the Benson. It's at for the that band room building. Uh we
056did um obtain quotes for that from three different places. What you have in front of you is the low bid. Okay. The Wilson Language Training Corporation is a special reading program that is uh provided where needed for students with special needs. Kenny Queen Hardware, of course, we use them quite a bit uh for repair work around the district, plumbing and everything else. So, that's why that PO is there. Do you have your resource officers? >> For our three schools, >> our vector training for county employees, that's the PD that we're required to deliver. And this is an online program that helps um deliver that PD in a fast and efficient manner. So those are the POS. >> Any other questions or concerns? He hurt. All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Five to
057zero. New business. Separate action items. Number one, consider for approval the treasury report for July 2025 on page 23. >> Motion by Randy. >> Second by Mark. Questions or concerns on our treasury report? Jeb, anything to add? Jeb wish to stay like this all year long. >> Can we just freeze it? >> Well, that'd be good. >> Work on that, Jeb. >> That's a board directive. >> Right. >> All right. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. To consider for approval the budget supplement and transfers on page 24. So move >> motion by Mark. >> Second by Jonita. Questions or concerns? >> Heard. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Five to zero. Number three, consider for approval the job description for master teacher at the elementary school
058uh K5. This is a supplemental position on page 25. So, we have our master teacher program and we have uh teachers from across the district that are participating in that. We've had one situation prior where we were not able to get a master teacher for a building that just nobody within the system was interested in doing it. Um, we have the same situation. We have a number of new teachers down at Dunlow Elementary and we've been able to uh we've been unable to get somebody to uh to be able to do that position. So this is a the job description is tweaked so that we can get like a retired teacher, somebody who has experience in working with new teachers to do the job. >> motion by Dennis. Second >> second. >> And this is
059funded through our um uh teacher >> induction money that we receive from the state. >> Gotcha. All right. Any other questions or concerns? >> All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries 5 to zero. Number four, consider for approval the memorandum of understanding between Lane County Schools and diversified therapy to allow provision of services to students enrolled in the district by the agency provider at no cost to the district. >> Motion by Randy. >> Second by Mark. Sorry, gotcha. >> Questions or concerns? None heard. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Number five, consider for approval the independent contract agreement and contract for Wilson reading training between Wayne County Board and Ricky McCormack Cook doing business as Wilson reading program at a cost of $75 per hour not to exceed
060more than five days by the last day of each month for the period of July 15, 2025 through June 3rd, 2026 or June 30th if calendar changes. This is services again that are provided for students on IEPs who need reading intervention. Uh the Wilson reading program is my understanding is a program that is specifically designed for that type of reading intervention. You have to be trained and certified in it. So we have a few POS that uh or I'm sorry a few that are on this agenda related to this program. Uh, this allows us if a student's IEP calls for it to use uh, Mrs. McCormack Cook to provide those services. >> I'll make a motion. >> Motion by Dennis. Second. >> Second. >> Randy, >> I just have a question. >> Sure. >> Have
061they already started since it's got July 15th? >> No. Um, they it happens during the school year and it usually happens after the school year is over. I don't know if they've done any summer work or not. Okay. I just wondered so I said there was >> we've this is this is an ongoing contract. We've used Okay. >> We've used them in the past. >> So we already have some already trained, right? >> No, we we don't have any trained teachers. >> We don't have anybody to provide the services after school that is willing to provide the services after school. So we've been contracting outside, but I think we'll see a little bit later. We're trying to uh get some of our own folks involved as well. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay, no problem. >> So,
062do so if we get our own folks involved, are they getting are we picking these individuals or are we giving everyone the opportunity to be trained if they're interested or or are we going to go over that later? >> Yeah. Um if they if some if somebody wants to be trained in that, yes, we will. >> Okay. >> We will do an agreement to have them trained. >> Okay. So, they just have to >> because you can use it during the daytime as well, right? You're just not going to get any pay unless it's after school hours. >> But if they want to be trained, if you have teachers that want to be trained, they just have to reach out. >> Yes. >> Okay, that makes sense. Then any other questions, concerns? All in favor?
063>> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Consider for approval the independent contract agreement uh with Kristen Oxley, K12 mathematics curriculum specialist at the Wayne County Board of Education at a cost of no more than $9,300. The term of this agreement shall begin on August 27th and go through June 30th. >> And this is the title funds that are dedicated to professional development. Mrs. Zoxley is the um outside resource that works with our math cadres and uh she's been in the district for a number of years. So this is a renewing agreement. >> motion by Dennis. >> Second. John. Any other questions or concerns? >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Seven is consider the approval of theou between Wayne County schools and above and beyond ABA therapy
064for autism and more to provide applied behavior analysis therapy services beginning July or August 19th and go through June 4th >> motion >> by Jina second >> second >> Randy >> so diversified assessment therapy does some of this work for us as Well, this is just anouou with another provider in case needed. >> Is there a cost associated that we know per hour or >> Yeah, it should be. >> Yeah. >> Is it in the contract? >> Should be per 50 per session. >> Which page you on? >> Oh, page 32. Sorry. >> 32. 24 sessions, $9,300. >> This one starts on page 33. >> Oh, yeah. That's >> Oh, it's not Christian. >> She's talking about the >> I was talking about the AVA one. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> I was trying to
065>> I don't remember seeing anything. >> I don't either. >> Oh, we know it's not free. Okay. >> Yeah. >> No. Yeah, they are privately funded through students insurance. No responsibility will be assumed by Wayne County Schools page 34. >> Okay. Okay. I like I like that >> the uh >> so insurance only. >> Okay. So that what you have here is um this is an agency that's working with a student outside of school hours. >> Okay, >> that wants to provide some of the services during school hours. And so, and that's why going back up to number four, you heard that language about at no cost to the district, >> right? >> Uh for some of these kids, um 1% kids with IEPs, these services are provided by outside providers during the school day,
066but because and because they're being provided during the school day, we want to haveus in place for them to be there. >> I got you. >> And so that's what this is. >> Okay. >> So, this would be at no cost to the district as well. And when I talked to Miss Connley, she indicated that she had talked to them about pricing for the other services as well, but you all would have to approve a PO for any pricing that occurred if we ask her to do something outside of the agreement that you have here. >> Gotcha. Okay, makes sense. >> Okay. Any other questions or concerns? All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Number six, cons consider for approval the renewal of contract and agreement with Wayne County Board in
067Smith Academy of Salon Professionals for providing cosmetology program to the student certification. Costs are $100 per student registration, $259 for the cosmetology kit, $279 for the book, $6,000 uh for the virtual instructor fee. And if there's additional students, there's a $21.20 per student. if enrollment exceeds 20 and a $5,000 facility rental for the summer program and $30 per hour for the instructor for two days a week for 12 weeks, not to exceed $6,000 total for the summer component. And >> we have about 10 students that are currently enrolled in this program. These fees are the same that they have been for the uh for the previous years. >> Is that a good enrollment number? Is that just >> I don't ever hear anything about it. So I just wonder about that. >> That's about what's
068expected. >> Okay. >> There's a motion. >> So move >> motion by Mark. Was that Mark or Dennis? I'm sorry. >> Both of us. Mark. >> Mark. Mark can have a motion. Dennis gets the second. >> There you go. >> I'll split it. >> Okay. >> Any other questions or concerns? All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries five to zero. Number nine, consider for approval the superintendent evaluation goals and board goals for 2526 school year. >> So those goals are in your folder. >> Yeah, >> they're very similar to what we looked at at the last meeting. There's just been some information added. >> Oh, good. >> Including the baseline metrics. >> So with the academic achievement and growth, and these are, you know, these are lofty goals. Yeah. >> Um, with
069the academic achievement and growth, we're looking for an increase of 3% for ELA and mathematics proficiency. Now, again, this past year, we had that.9% increase, right? >> So, that's >> that's pretty that's >> that's pretty significant. >> Yeah. And you'll and uh the percentage rates for math and English are listed there that we went over this evening. Mhm. >> For chronic absenteeism, we're looking for a decrease by 5% for the year. We're currently at 34%. So, um at 5% that's a good swing in that number, but we need to pursue that. >> This is for students, right? >> Yes. >> I wish we could do the same for um our employees, too. there's any way to decrease that because we're spending so much on substitute teachers and also these children miss out when a teacher's
070not there >> and it just seems like we have so much absenteeism with the teachers. I mean, >> I know they get their days, but I just >> Yeah. >> Wish we had a little bit. >> I need to I've never seen any data from like the state level on like where our numbers compare with the state when it comes to that. Yeah. >> To the teacher absenteeism because if I remember correctly, isn't the number like 19% or something? >> Yeah, I think it is. Ours is about 19, >> but and that doesn't sound high, but I think for for the the teacher, >> you know, that's teaching the class, >> that student misses when they have a substitute that comes in and stays for a week while somebody while they're just gone for a
071week, right? >> And I know they're supposed to, I think, after three days absence have a doctor's excuse, but does anybody even follow up or with e schools now? me wonder how much is really there they're what's accounted for >> you know I just little problem >> well >> I don't see a problem there >> we we do it is tracked now more than ever and one of the one of the things that helped with that was um >> when uh when the board added into policy about you know dock days are not allowed >> you know if you use up your days, you can't continue to be absent, >> right? >> And um you know, without without a medical leave approval, an unpaid medical leave approval. >> And so uh that that has helped.
072So I think the numbers are probably better than they've been in in quite a while, but um I'll see if we can pull some numbers from the state, but yeah, I don't have a problem if we want to add a staff component into this as well. I mean, you you don't have I just think that's kind of a problem that we have. It would >> Yeah, because you're right. I mean, we spend, if I remember correctly, Jim, it was over a million dollars. >> Yeah, >> absolutely. >> in substitute teacher cost. And we had focused on that back in 2017 because I remember it was like 1.2 million and then at one point we had got it down to like 800,000. Um, and of course the year that school was shut down so much, that
073was one of the big factors and expenses dropping to the point that they did. But, um, yeah, I did notice last year that it was up around that million dollar mark. >> Yeah. >> Now, does that include our long-term subs in that substitution number or is it just like for coverage? >> We break it we break it out both ways. >> Okay. Okay. >> You break it out by long-term positions, then the day-to-day subs. >> Okay. That's what I'm wondering >> if our our if we could look at just the day-to-day subs versus the long term. That way you you're not getting a skewed number, you know. >> Okay. >> Right. Want to hear them there, right? You know, because that's one that I mean >> the dayto-day is what you're concerned >> well and
074even the long term as far as you know putting a sub in but sometime people get sick. There's reasons for it and I understand that >> but just yeah the dayto day I mean >> they here a day there >> a week week or two you know >> so the metric for the item number three the special education um is a action plan for the 26 27th school year to improve key service areas. So the idea is to implement these focus groups this year for recommendations and to produce an action plan as as we go into uh into next year. >> Are we going to keep our cadre that we have in place now? >> Um >> for this year >> I don't I don't know. We'll see how I don't want to meet him
075to death. >> Right. >> We'll see how that shakes out. >> Okay. Um item number four is en we talked about enrollment earlier. So enrollment stabilization. So we want to try to stabilize that enrollment and uh we do have a recapture rate. We have another a number of students who have returned to the district after leaving for other options. >> Um I don't have numbers for you yet on that but we want to uh you know continue to achieve that recapture rate at a 1 to 2% margin. And then we uh for the metric there or we want to produce and implement core strategies for enrollment stabilization. And so, um, I think at our next meeting that will probably be our main focus is talking about enrollment stabilization and looking at uh some key action
076steps that we may be able to take throughout the course of the year to >> yeah to try to bring students back and try to stabilize those numbers. And so um if you can be thinking about that at our next meeting that tonight we were focused on achievement. Next next meeting we'll focus on this enrollment stabilization area. Okay >> and I want to bring some ideas to you that um we think might help and uh get your input on them. And then finally, number five, just because the general fund and our fiscal stewardship is is um you know, just becoming more and more vital uh with this loss of enrollment. uh we we are trying to target ending up the year um in the black and so I've got the u metric is to be
077determined because we don't have the final numbers yet and we won't until we get the audit when when will we get that audit? I can't remember what point in the year we normally get that. >> Uh they've been kind of scheduled this year somewhere in December. >> Okay. past couple years has been February. >> Okay. Um so when we get that official number from the auditors will include it in this document. >> Sounds good. >> Okay. So then item number two, what we're going to add is we're going to add a staff component there. >> Okay. Yeah. Good. How quickly are we going to implement these focus groups for our special education group >> this fall? >> Okay. >> Uh staff component. Um what do you think is a we need to look at the
078baseline? I don't think it I don't I don't a decrease by 5%. >> No. Any decrease will be good? >> Let's go. Let's go a decrease by 3%. >> Okay? >> Cuz that number is already low and then I'm going to pull some state numbers and if it happens to be like the best number in the state, then I want you to pull that off there. >> I'll do it. I'll say, "No, we take that off." We took care of that. Yeah. Any any other suggested changes? >> It's good to me. >> No, I think that those are really good goals. I think that they're meaningful goals. I think that they're lofty goals. I don't think, you know, it's going to be difficult to >> to hit all of those areas. But >> that's a
079lot of goals, too. >> But I mean, they're all important. Sure, >> they are all important. >> All work for the common goal. >> Correct. >> Okay. All right. Any other questions, concerns? >> We need a motion now. >> I'll make a motion. >> Motion by Randy. >> Second by Johnita. That is our goals adding the stack component to number two. All right, no other questions or concerns. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries five to zero. >> Number 10, consider for approval theou for teachers who complete the Wilson reading system certification program and for providing out of contract student services related to this program. So picking up the certification for the Wilson reading program, there's a cost to that, right? So um special ed funding would reimburse that cost. And
080then if we have students with IEP needs, these agreements with our own staff, um would have them uh providing those services that they agree to provide those services if we're paying for the certification. and then the cost since they're are in the county and we're not bringing somebody in from out of county will go down to provide those services. Okay. So, I think I think it's a >> a good step forward. Plus, any teacher that's trained again, as we were talking about earlier, you know, they'll have that knowledge, right, >> to use >> during the day. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Motion by Jonita. Second by Mark. And this this would be an agreement signed by any teacher who is interested in taking the class. Okay. >> All right. Any
081other questions or concerns? >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries five to zero. Potential items for a future agenda. Looks like we've got some board meetings that might conflict with some holidays and >> I've got some proposed dates. >> Okay. you know, if anybody else has got proposed dates. So, September 9th, that's that teacher of the year ceremony up in Charleston and where Nicole Pratt's going to be honored. Yeah. >> Um so, um we can do September 8th or September 10th. That would be that Monday or Wednesday if either of those dates work for you all. >> Either one. >> Yeah. >> I think they look when you want. >> Yeah. What that would be an evening meeting. >> Yes. >> I think I'm good. all day. But yeah, as long as
082it's evening, either one, eight or 10. >> We're gonna interfere with anybody's church on Wednesday evening. >> Actually, no, on the 10th. On the 8th, I won't be in town, but the 10th. >> Okay. So, we'll do the 10th then. >> I can miss Bible study one Wednesday. >> September 10th. >> Okay. On November 11th is Veterans Day. So, we can move that meeting and again any date you want, but I would suggest the 10th or the 12th. >> Okay, let's do the 10th. >> Yeah, let's do the 10th. >> That's okay. >> 10th. >> Yep. >> The 10th. >> Okay. Um, Thanksgiving holiday is November 25th. Um, so I would suggest that we move it up to the previous Thursday just to give a little time from the last board meeting. So, November November
08320th. >> That's good. >> Fine. >> Okay. You, Mark? >> Yep. >> Okay. December 23rd is the Christmas holiday. So, um, we could look at the 16th or the 18th. Those are, if I remember correctly, those are Tuesdays and Thursdays. >> Yeah. I think they're both good for me. Either one. >> Just do it on the 16th. >> 16th. Okay. Good. And then May 12th is election day. That should say May 12th. May 12th is election day. So we would look at doing either May 11th or May 13th. I would suggest May 13th. >> Let's do the day. >> Okay. >> Did you say was the 16th or what? >> Yes. >> Yeah. 10 10 20 16. Is that right? >> Yep. >> Motion to approve. >> Second by Mark. >> Everyone okay with that?
084All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Five to zero. Get >> that done. Move to adjourn. >> Oh, second. I didn't beat you this evening. I have a couple things I'd like to bring up. >> Okay. Sure. Yeah. Hang on just a minute. >> One of them is the status of the firefighting class at Wayne High School. I spoke with you earlier about it, Mr. Alexander. What's the status there? I know we have 14 at Tulsa or not Tulsa, but Spring Valley that's going. There was six that was signed up and then the issue that came up that we discussed earlier about it was supposed to be cancelled. Wayne, >> yeah, I talked to uh I talked to uh Joanie, the principal today. In order to carry a class, and I talked
085to Dave Codle today as well. In order to carry a class, he needs a minimum of 10 students. Wayne High School has six and um Joanie had indicated they they had beat the bushes to get the six. So, uh she asked if we would put it off till the beginning of next year and then run the course again there next year. >> Okay. Are we going to could we transport those students or can those students go to Spring Valley? and the Tulsa student that I questioned I talked to you about also way back and then again he said he was willing to go to Wayne or Spring Valley either one he preferred Wayne but uh have you heard have you got an update on him we talked about that >> yeah I had I texted
086the school and asked them to take a look at his schedule of course we were trying to see if it would work with the Wayne High School course in the afternoon so we'll have just I'll have to shift and see if he if there's a way to get him up there in the morning. Um there was one conflict with his uh you know graduation schedule in the afternoon. Um I'll see if there's any conflicts in the morning. If if if he's willing to go there in the morning and it doesn't impact his grad, you know, his schedule for graduation, we don't have a problem with it. That I did talk to Wayne High School about the students there. The problem is is that the class starts at 7:50 out at Spring Valley. So for those
087kids to come in on a bus, they're not going to be able to make it out there on time. So again, they would rather wait and serve those kids at a later date. >> Okay. And the last thing I had was brought to my attention over the weekend the uh Buffalo kindergarten gym that's utilized for lots of girls volleyball and different things. There's no air conditioning in there and they want was that I was asked the possibility of trying to get some AC in there and also one of the large fans that's there is not working. So I told him I would bring it up about looking into possibly getting air conditioning looked at for that. Is that something that we could uh >> we can look Yeah, we can look at it. We, you
088know, we had uh the middle school gyms um were not airond conditioned um previously and then we were able to get a grant through the state. >> Well, that was something that I was going to go for if we could get some pricing and stuff. There's some possibilities that I might be able to >> Okay, help. >> We'll pull some pricing. Uh the Wonder Dome's an issue, too. Of course, we're doing that project, but when the bids came in, you know, we were going to look at air conditioning the whole thing, but when the bids came in, it was, you know, awful. >> It was ridiculous. >> Just short of a million dollars to air condition just the the upstairs. Um, now that's, you know, we can do it other ways. You know, that's doing
089it that's doing it um full scale with contractors coming in and doing it, that type of thing. our guys, our own crews airond conditioned the middle school gyms, the ones that uh where the schools were older. >> That's that's what I was thinking. I mean, the heat's already there. I do know that. Uh so, you would think setting a unit on that building and putting our guys hooking it up would be much more economical. >> Yeah. Well, what they did in the uh what they did in the middle school gyms, you know, they cut a hole in the wall and >> just pipe it in. >> Put the duct work in and they pipe it in that way. And uh uh the larger the gym, the more difficult that is to do. But, uh I'll
090I'll get some pricing on. >> Okay. >> And we can get that, you know, we'll go ahead and address the fan. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Yeah, that gym has never never been air conditioned or anything in the past. It's always just been a hot box. So, >> yeah, it's hot over there, too. >> Yeah, >> the fans help, though. If we could get the fans in there working, that would be nice. And then um I'm I'm hoping at the next meeting that we'll go over the project budget uh for the year and you know how much money we've got to spend on improvements and then what we you know what we think would be the priority for that. We did that last year and we were able to stick to that and keep that
091budget in line. So, >> we're going to do that again and uh hopefully at the next meeting we'll be able to go over that and I'll I'll get the price as soon as I can. I don't know if I can get them in two weeks, but we'll we'll we'll try to get them and I'll get them to you. >> Fair enough. >> All right. Any other >> motion to move that you're too late? All >> in favor? I motion carries 5 to zero and that is all. It is 7:28. >> Turn my heater on. >> Thanks to those that joined us online. >> How many fans did we have? >> Good evening. >> Thanks. You too. >> Hey Mark. I'm more