001However, I think that's probably a better way to state it. Yeah, cuz if you live here, you're going to be automatically you come to school here because you're in our attendance. Right. Right. Are there any other categories of preference for open enrollment? Because I I didn't see any other types of categories. Well, it just said the other type of categories that was in that policy. if the par if the kid has siblings that's already enrolled here. [Music] um students who are children, grandchildren or legal awards of employees. Students um well, this doesn't reside to us because we only have one enrollment district, but students who reside in a portion of the county where topography, impassible roads, long bus rides, or other conditions prevent um practical transportation. But but basically it would just be if if
002there is room um employees ch out of county employees children is going to get preference to just a random open enrollment student from another county. So if I've got several questions about this y so first question is uh when was the last time that we denied a student open enrollment? because as long as I've been on the board, I don't remember us having it. And as long as I've been attending board meetings, I don't remember us ever turning a student back. The only the only issue we we have not you are correct but wi with this one particular parent they wanted to bring their child to preschool and there's limited spaces in preschool um that are typically all filled with work county students that are they're in preschool. Typically most of the open enrollments in
003other grades, we've got plenty of room and it's not been an issue for us to accept all who come. But there may there may come a time and this one was a a preschool student that that pre all the preschool spots were full and we could not accommodate them. The the other issue might be if it's an open enrollment student coming and our special ed numbers are full to capacity that we couldn't accommodate them. We we would deny potentially deny that. Um we've not had to do that yet, but our middle school numbers are pretty are pretty tight. But um you are right. We have typically not denied anybody open enrollment that wanted to come. But there might be certain circumstances specifically pre prek slots that there isn't room and then very limited room or
004very limited room. If we were to give a shall give preference, how would that preference equate if we had another student that also had a preference? For instance, if there was only one outofcount slot available without us having to hire a new teacher for that section and we had a student that had a sibling uh that is already attending versus a employee that doesn't. So out of the preference who gets Yes. So would would we then uh would that mean that the employee student gets preference over a sibling that is already enrolled in the school? If we say shall. So if you say shall it would mean that as it is written right now it just says may and kind of allows you to take it on a case-byase basis. But if we say shall
005the employees child would get preference in that. I I would uh feel better if we said may and then gave us the discretion to consider all factors if we get into a position where there's only one slot available. Um, and that may we could then give it to the employee or if there was other factors with other students that also may have preferences, then we could give that the in-depth discussion that it needs to make the best determination for all of our students. Yeah, that's how that is how the policy is written at this time. Okay. So, because generally we want higher enrollment and we want to encourage more students. Yeah. But like you said, if we get to the position where that one additional student will force us to hire another teacher, then that
006may make the difference on our budget, but I don't want to get in the position where we lose kids and a teacher as a result too. And we no I here again hypothetically our teachers right now the way it is right now is is truly our teachers can as teachers in other counties can they they can quit today and work tomorrow. Yeah. I mean it's it's just the way it is. I mean, you know, and uh if if you can't bring your child into the school system that you're working in, then you're probably going to look for a position in that other school system. So, what about Let me just throw this out there. If we were to leave I'm trying to find where I underlined or like it is In the event of this
007this shall I so where we're talking about priority may be given to if we left that may and then we list these we list these things as they are written in rank order in in rank order and then we just clarified that Um something along the lines of all things being equal, employee students are going to be given preference over other outofcount students or other out ofount students without a preference. I I would hate to handcuff us and because there's a loties of it, right? Because there's there's a lot of there's a lot of blended families in the area and uh one thing that has uh in peer-reviewed study after peer-reviewed study is when you keep siblings together uh and if that sibling is a half sibling or a step sibling, it improves the outcome
008of the whole family, the the both siblings. I would hate to get in a situation where we're saying, "Hey, you've got a brother or a sister uh in the school and now you can't go here because we're letting a single child that doesn't that preference." See, I have no I have no problem with saying that our employees have preference and um over anybody else. Okay, that I mean that's they're our employees. It's one of those things that we can do for them. Okay. And and you know there's those choices that that are made on time. Okay. Explain to me again what you said, John. So if we left that word may in there, it says priority may be given to and then it lists the laundry lists of different things, siblings, um, employees, kids. Um,
009I thought we could just put a caveat in there that says all factors being equal that children of staff members will be given priority over other outofcount open enrollment students if there is a limit in room or something along that that lines. It doesn't change the way the word may shall but it still gives our employees preferential treatment. I I just want to say our people get preferential treatment. Um I can live with that. You know, Miss Sherlock is on the other side of that. Yeah. Which which leaves us the room if we get into a particular situation where like I said, we're looking at siblings being able to attend the same school or Well, and I think if we put that if we put that wording in there and the the may is still
010there, we've got a little bit of flexibility to make some decisions. But if you put shall if it's if it's shall it's always shall correct. You just have Yeah. It just needs to be spelled out in there that all things being even. We're going to go with our employees child. And so I I will make that revision and then bring this back. If you want to make that revision, just what we talked about, I have no problem of of putting putting a vote out on this with your revision. Okay. In that or you all want to see the revision? I would like to hear it read the way it was so we know exactly what Okay, let's just bring it back. Let me bring it back. Just bring back. Okay. So, right now we have
011a motion on the table. Okay. to approve uh this policy. Who made that motion? Okay. Um would you revise that um motion, Mr. Low, to to be uh to to table until next board meeting? Okay. So, the motion we have on the table now, well, we need to vote on the Well, when we vote, that'll do it. Okay. Okay. So, we have a revised motion to table uh policy J-09 open enrollment until next board meeting. All in favor say I. I. I. Both say nay. Eyes have it. Yeah, you're right, Miss Stewart. We We're going to have this type of conversation we need to hear before we Yeah. Not that we don't trust Mr. M to get it right. But I don't know what I'm vote doing. There you go. Okay. Um, now need a
012motion to approve amendment to policy B-01 board meeting protocol and there was zero comments on this one. Uh, do I have a motion? So moved. Questions, comments, Mr. Mac. So there was one revision as you recall um the state changed the code that governs this, the 18-5-4. And just for the studio audience, this says effective July 3rd, 2025, members of the Work County Board of Education shall be compensated at the maximum rate set forth by West Virginia code 18-5-4. Board member compensation will remain at the current rate of 160 pending through um 28 that date July 3rd, 20 Yes. 25, right? Is that what it said? I thought Well, no. 28. Yeah. Well, we need to strike that. Yeah. Because that sort of that sort of does away with what we're doing. So, it just
013needs to read effective July 3rd, 2025, members of the War County Board of Education shall be compensated at the maximum rate set forth by West Virginia code 18-5-4. That's simple. And that way if it goes up or goes down uh sometime in the future, our policy says we go whatever the legislator says. Yeah. Yeah. That last part I was struggling with that. Well, I think on my notes I had struck through that, but on this this version it didn't. But it's all good. Any questions, comments? Hear none. We have a motion to approve the amendment to policy B-01 board meeting protocol. All in favor say I. I. I oppose say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. A motion to approve the foreign language course adoption to begin in Japanese. Uh yeah, I'm not even going
014to try the publisher. Y'all read them for yourself. So we have a motion. Mr. Mac. So that request from Mrs. Brown was in your packet. We have hired him to teach Japanese next year and we need to get him some materials to do so. So that's what you're authorizing tonight. Any questions? Hear none. We have a motion approved foreign language course adoption. And uh it's there for you to read. All in favor say I. I. I. Post say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Authorized positions. Okay. Need a motion to authorize uh the position for Kathy Cambridge part-time contract for training maximum 10 days for the 2526 school year. So move. So you did the same thing last year for her and we did not use all of the days allotted, but there are certain
015things that only come around one time per year and one of those is the changes to PEIA that's going to come forth and when that happened last um Kathy did 100% of that and Anita didn't touch it and now it's in on Anita's um tray and she's going to need a little bit of help with that and a few other things throughout out next school year. So, I'm asking that you allow us to bring back Kathy for a maximum of 10 days um on those occasions when she needs to help um her counterparts work through those things that come up routinely. Any questions here? None. We have a motion to approve uh Cath Crumblage is part-time contract for training maximum 10 days for 2526 school year. All in favor say I. I. I oppose saying
016nay. Eyes have it. Need a motion to approve uh authorized positions for summer school program teachers. Two teachers as needed at War County High School. So move. So I've got to claim that I fumbled the football and Jeff too. We forgot summer school credit recovery at the high school. So we've always done that and Mr. Myers has always done it. So, um, but for whatever reason, when we brought the other schools, we forgot the high school. So, I'm asking you to approve the the two summer school at the high school tonight. Any questions? So, as as needed, uh, is there any needed right now? Yes. And do we know what subjects are needed in? Um, there are several. if if they failed a semester of the class, they're able to come back in summer school
017and make up that semester for any classes they have failed. So, are we talking about a teacher teaching mult multiple subjects? Well, it's through an online credit recovery system called Plato. So, the work is the work is on the computer and this teacher monitors their work as they work through the work that's in the coursework on the computer. So, so more of a proctor. Yes. They're not teaching the actual content because if we were if we were teaching it, if I was doing algebra 1, we'd have to have an algebra one certified teacher. But um Mr. Myers has protoed this work through the Plato system on credit recovery for for the past several years. Yeah, it um it seems to be a really good pro Yeah, it it has worked well platform for cover credit
018credit recovery. Huh. I used it once in high school. As soon as you said play, I was like, uh, do we know how many uh students this program has kept graduating on time? A lot of them. Um, at least one. Well, a lot a lot of them. [Laughter] And I will say there are students that walked across the stage Sunday that if they had not gone back and done some of that that they would not have made it. So, it it has helped students every year. Just to be clear, that's awesome that they're that they have that because when I when I took it at a different school, it was only protoced for our test. We didn't have a a set teacher we could go into for help like with the instruction or anything. It
019was more or less like all lessons and stuff were done on your time. This is the day for you to come and take all tests that you're ready to take. So yeah, I know in in the past even if if a child was if a student was doing something in math and Mr. M or not Mr. Macau um Mr. Myers didn't know that that he would contact and he'd talk to Mr. Macau who's a math and science person and you know was able to get that person in to help him do that. So uh Mr. virus has always done a fabulous job on this credit recovery. Yeah. Any other questions here? None. We have a motion to approve summer program teachers, two teachers as needed at War County High School. All in favor say I.
020I. I. Oppose say nay. Eyes have it. Okay. Need a motion to approve War County Primary Center Middle School CIS site resource facilitator. So moved. M. So Mr. Smith has written the grant for an additional CIS person and we have received that. So I'm bringing that posting here um for you to authorize that position so that we can post it and fill it. Questions? I'm glad to see that. Yeah. Okay. We have a motion to authorize the position of primary center middle school CIS site resource facilitator. All in favor say I. I. Oppose say nay. I have it. Motion carries. Okay. Now need a motion to uh to authorize an assistant cross country coach War County High School. So move. Mr. McKenna. Back at the time when we asked if they wanted it, they did
021not say that they wanted it. I think numbers have potentially increased and they could use a little help. So, Mr. Cheeseman asked if I could bring that to the board for that to be authorized at this time. I've heard that as well. It's good position to be in. Yeah. More kids. Uh any questions, comments? Hear none. We have a motion to authorize the position of assistant cross country coach work any high school. All in favor say I. I oppose say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Okay. We have no out of county student enrollments. We have no volunteers or chaperones for 2425 school year. But this this will start it'll start new pretty soon. Remember Jim rolling in. When Jim Raider was president, he'd always say, "Well, that's just that's back when we had phone
022book." Um, let's just get the phone book, Mr. Remember. Let's just get the phone book and approve the phone book. And that's a good again, that's a good place to be that we have that many people helping. Uh, okay. No volunteer chaperones and we're down to information. Uh, board concerns. We'll start with Mr. Moore. None, sir. M. Sh. Stewart. Yeah, I think I brought this up, but I don't remember exactly the answer to it, but is Spanish still going to be offered? So, incoming freshmen will no longer take the Spanish one. They're going to take the Japanese one that we have a teacher for. But the students that were freshman this year and took Spanish one will need Spanish 2. So we will continue to offer Spanish 2 through West Virginia virtual school and our
023teacher that's teaching the Japanese will be the proctor for that. The only concern I have is Spanish is pretty well the second language in the United States and someplace you go it's the first and you know I don't know I I I understand why I understand how we got to where we are and and I agreed with it and I voted for it but I I'd still like to see Spanish offered some way the other because boy they need if student wanted to take Spanish instead of Japanese they could still enroll through West Virginia Virtual School do that. Okay. Um but they just wouldn't have a live human being teacher every day. Right. Well, they have much correct anyway. So, we've had we've had students here that took Japanese Latin and Latin and other crazy.
024My daughter took American Sign Language through West Virginia Virtual School as she was here. So, we do have students that choose different things. Um th this just gives us the students that want to have a live teacher every day will go through the Japanese language. But good point. Anything else? M think graduation went. Yes, it was. Yeah. Every uh until you do one of those, you know, you don't realize it. It just looks like ah everybody turned up and it happens, but it doesn't. It takes it just takes tremendous amount of work and uh Mrs. Smith and and her crew did they did an excellent job as always in 45 minutes. So having been to some other graduation and give all the time I'm very appreciative of that might be a record that has to
025be a record and and it wasn't hurried it was just all things were covered and it was nice. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I have I have nothing this evening. I go ahead and remind that the next meeting is not Yes, that's correct. It's on here, but still and that is a Thursday, too. It is a Thursday and the reason Sherry's going to send us out plenty of reminders. So, okay, the the normally scheduled week is the superintendent conference for the state and then the finance folks have asked it to move it as late as possible for them to get the bills the bills complete. Okay. So, next regular meeting is June the 26th, 2025. It was previously scheduled for June 17th, but it's a week later on a Thursday. And Mrs. Mathemati is going to let
026us make sure that she reminds us. Huh. There you go. She's smiling. Um and it's here at the cafeteria at six o'clock. Okay. So, at this time, I will entertain a motion to adjurnn. We are a jerk.