001[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Good evening. The Montgomery County Board of Education board meeting, special call meeting begins now. Today is August, I'm sorry, April 23rd, 2025. This meeting is now being called to order. There is a quorum established. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? Madame President, I move that we approve the agenda. I second. It has been motioned and second. All those in favor do so by showing of hands. It is unanimous. At this time, we will receive as information the superintendent employment contract. But before we go there, I just like to have a few words. Today is our moment of reflection, of celebration, and sincere gratitude. As we gather here, we are surrounded by individuals have who have poured their hearts into this district who have led with vision,
002served with purpose, and stood together through seasons of growth and changes. Uh, Miss Wilson, our outgoing interim superintendent, there are simply not enough words to express our appreciation of you. You have been steady, a compassionate leader who has guided this district with integrity and vision as we were in the midst of our season of securing a superintendent, if you will. Under your leadership, we've seen a lot of progress and we understand that we're all stronger together, especially when we unify. And for that, we say thank you. And now we are looking forward as we always do with great excitement and hope to um Dr. Bird which is the reason we're here. are to welcome him with passion and with a heart as educators and a commitment to equity as we work with him and to
003listen as he helps to continue to grow our vision for the future which we've already begun. But with him we'll hopefully resonate in the community in the more to our board. Thank you for your leadership, your partnership. um this could not have happened without you, but the impact that we'll feel from this moment forward will be felt not only in our schools, but in the community. And I thank you for carrying the weight of this responsibility with grace and integrity. And I'm so thankful for your wisdom and your service and your gratitude as we've gone through this. So a and to the community, cannot leave them out. Thank you for your heartfelt uh for you being so heartfelt as we've um worked with HYA to put together focus groups to uh from surveys to compiling
004all of that information and uh helping us to grow a comprehensive leadership profile to making sure that we had a clear and transparent uh process so that all stakeholders elected business, community, parents, students, teachers, bus drivers, secretaries, custodians, lunchroom workers, all could have their voices included in this process. There is no limit to what we can achieve together for our students, for our school, and for this community that we love. And to all of the professionals out there, let me just say happy professional assistance day, Miss Leslie. We couldn't do any of this without Miss Lesie from the emails, the text messages, the Saturdays and the Sundays. So, thank you, Miss Leslie, and all the other assistants out there who who have stood in the trenches for all of our principles and teachers. So, at
005this time, um each of you have received the superintendent's contract. Um, we are so thankful for Miss Powell. I was about to say your first name, so I had to stop myself. We're so thankful for Miss Powell and her due diligence and making this happen. Um, he definitely I will just say just, you know, if you've noticed her process, she's very thorough, very professional. That's all eyes and cross all tees to make sure that we could get to this moment. So, to Miss Powell, we say thank you as well. So, at this time, is there um a motion? Well, let me go over the superintendent's contract real quick. Um, the superintendent's contract basically spells out the duration of the time and responsibilities of the superintendent and it was all spelled out in the contract at
006this time. Is there any discussion about the contract? All right, hearing none, we'll move into the CSFO. I And y'all know I got words for everything. I'mma have many in Miss Porters, Miss Watkins. I mean, uh, Lisa and I were here when, um, when we, our district saw some turbulent times, and your assistance with our former CSFO, Mr. Arthur Watts, did not never went unnoticed. Never. Um we are so grateful that you jumped in like a true leader um to not only assist him but to assist us to make sure that everything all the requisitions and all of your um language was taken place that every everything was done proper and in order. We are so thank we've had great audits through the years with you at at the helm of Mr. Watts. We've also
007um had the opportunity to go from a triple B+ to an A thanks to you and Mr. Watts, but I'm gonna say primarily you because you told me you was it was your first time and you did an impeccable job in this show for the district and so we we are so appreciative of you as our interim and we are definitely um so appreciative of you now. We know you're going to continue to do great things as well. At this time um you also received the super I mean the um CSFO's contract and had an opportunity to review it. So is there any discussion about the CSFO's contract? All right. Hearing none, we are now at consider for approval. Is there a motion to approve the superintendent's employment contract? Madame President, I move that we
008did are we doing a or are we doing second? Yes. That that we accept the superintendent's employment contract as is. And I second it. It has been moved and second that we approve the superintendent's employment contract. Is there any discussion? Hearing none at this time. All those in favor of approving the superintendent's employment contract do so by showing of hands. It is unanimous. Our next contract up for motion is the CSFO employment contract. Is there a motion to accept the CSFO's employment contract? I move to accept the CSFO's employment contract. I second it. It has been moved and second. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor of approving the CSFO's employment contract do so by a showing of hands. It is unanimous. This meeting is now adjourned. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]