001e e e he on [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Montgomery County Board of Education board meeting is being called to order we have an invocation by Pastor B Walker Lee B Walker excuse me Reverend Pastor B Lee B Walker and welcome let us bow for a word of prayer Heavenly Father we come before you today seeking your wisdom and your guidance over this board as they lead in a season of transition for God you place them in positions of influence and we ask that you strengthen them with discernment Unity and a Heart for Service that every decision they make reflects a commitment to the success and the well-being of the children that they are entrusted to serve bless our interim superintendent with wisdom endurance and clarity as she navigates this
002pivotal season cover the process of selecting even a new leader ensuring that it aligns with your will and the needs of our students our Educators and this community at large let this board move with Integrity fairness and share a vision of excellence in education may this meeting be productive Guided by collaboration and a sincere desire to uplift the Next Generation We Trust You Lord to order their steps and to grant them in the strength that they need to lead well it's in Jesus name we pray and we all shout amen amen thank you Pastor Lee Walker at this time we ask that you all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance to the flag un States at this time all members of the board are present therefore we have a quum at this
003time is there an approval uh is there a motion to approve the agenda Madame President I move that we approve the agenda as been moved I mean there's a motion on the floor is there a second I second has been moved and seconding all those in favor do so by showing of hands it is unanimous thank you our next order of business is the board president's remarks good evening everyone one my esteemed colleagues distinguished guests and members of the Montgomery County Community Today We Gather at an exciting and pivotal Moment In the Journey of our Montgomery County Public School System over the past two weeks or so the Montgomery County board of education has embarked on an intensive and deliberate search to identify the best candidate to serve as our next superintendent an individual who
004will lead us us into a brighter future with vision dedication and an unwavering commitment to our students the process has been rigorous as we sought or as we're seeking a leader to embody the values that drive this District authenticity courage and a Relentless focus on the success and well-being of every child who walks through our doors we engage with passionate we have engaged with P passionate and accomplished individuals each bringing their own unique perspectives and experiences through thoughtful interviews meaningful discussions and careful consideration we have examined the qualities and visions of each candidate offered as we move forward we do so with the gratitude for the dedication of the Board of Education for the support and engagement of our community and most importantly for the students who Inspire us every day they are the reason
005we strive for excellence and they are the hope for tomorrow so thank you for being a part of this important journey together we will continue to build a legacy of success for the Montgomery County Public School System and those are my remarks at this time we'll have Jade Jones with board recognitions good evening Madame President Miss Wilson and board members uh tonight as you can see we have a full house that is filled with excitement and amazing news to share but first I would like to bring my colleague Mrs Chrissy hatch to the podium as she is going to share some phenomenal news about our robotics teams Mrs hatch good evening thank you for allowing me to share this wonderful achievement of our students um robotics y'all have seen me talk about robotics I'm passionate
006about robotics it opens so many doors for our students and thanks to a partnership with Hyundai that we had you remember um the present presentation of the check it started um something that I hope continues for years and years they sponsored our middle schools to begin with and then that continued into the high schools and the success that we've had from that partnership has just it's hopefully it's not going to be ending anytime soon um I'm going to bring the younger ones up here first because um y'all come on up we have coming up our um Middle School robotics team from mcke middle school and I'm going to let Miss tab let you know their excitement I don't want to steal their Thunder all right so from mcke middle school robotics team 36116 B we
007have Fernando Francisco Carter Townsen and Rashad Robinson [Applause] so they are the first um Middle School from Mont Montgomery Public Schools that will be going to compete in at the world's competition in Dallas Texas this [Applause] com so I want to I want to kind of reiterate what a big big success this is the first Middle School team from Montgomery from that we have ever had to qualify for worlds now this means that they qualified in Regional competitions then they went to state competition at Auburn University and then now they're going to be going to the world competition in Dallas Texas where they will compete with over 50 different countries [Applause] okay um thank you thank you you can have a seat I won't keep you in the hot spot oh yeah yeah we want
008some pictures yes I'm [Applause] sorry after Satur all day Satur and Friday night so thank you so much all you given for us to be the first middle school public can we get some pictures as well [Applause] I will be first I will be first [Laughter] up give me a minute the chair two [Applause] yeah really okay I'm going to continue on with our recognitions with Robotics and I'm going to go to the high school group we actually have two teams from two different schools high schools in Montgomery that were invited to participate at Worlds so far we're hoping for uh a couple more qualifications but um we had a team from brute high [Applause] school I'll go ahead and introduce them on behalf of their coach um we have Kevin Lewis Chase Jones britz
009Fifer Duncan fredman and the um the other team member that keeps them in ch in order elsana Howell she could not make it tonight so just to talk about this team a little bit uh this team qualified based on their skills score they placed first in the state of Alabama where they competed against 46 different teams um to let you know what skills is skills is they're competing against themselves and it's to me it's my favorite part of the competition so they had to compete against them themselves to see how many points they could score just driving their robot but even more important they had to code their robot to score many points where they just push a button and the robot had to do everything on its own that to me is the most
010impressive part of the whole competition it's it takes real dedication and hours of doing it over because every little inch counts when they can score a point or not so um my hats off to to these this team they did a great job um and then I want to get their coach up there first Steve Ballard y'all have seen him before yeah and we'll get a picture if y'all don't mind we'll get a picture of you okay and then we'll we'll introduce the other team and then we'll maybe like swap out and get all of y'all up at once so you're not up down um but at they'll compete at Dallas yeah if y'all step aside and just hold um they're going to compete in Dallas there's usually over 76 different countries that they'll compete
011with in um Texas next is Park Crossing this is the before he introduces the coach introduces uh the team this is the first time that Park Crossing has had um a a team to compete at State and a team to qualify for worlds so it's our first Traditional School to qualify that's right congratulations congrats Cong so much for all the whole Hey so uh my name is Travis Ingram uh we started uh robotics three years ago at Park Crossing High School uh Kay level is my cohort he and I helped run the program Lorenzo came in as a freshman and uh kind of took to it and uh we now have a team that's based on Roc so the team that he is on does robotics but they're also Roc Cadets so we get and
012so uh they qualified based on their skill score and uh we be competing against RC teams from all over the country and it's uh I think eight teams right now that are signed up to go so it it's a great honor to be able to go um we have Lorenzo here and then there's several other students that aren't here Nathan Hollis contributes Shayla Lopez contributes U Joshua Brown and uh Jordan Grace they working I principal Miss Fountain principal stay up stay up stay up you better tell them to stay up Bard are you all okay with a group picture with the students okay absolutely if we can get our sponsors and principles let's give our principles and sponsors around I see Mr nort Mr Nelson Mrs Fountain the uh robotic sponsors this is a collaborative
013effort let's get everybody up there mck sponsor aners please yeah okay everybody Ator robotic got it all [Applause] right thank you board members that was exciting wasn't it truly exciting and like they say we still got some more great news and since we were speaking of Robotics coaches speaking of coaches what a wellplayed season by the sixa state champions the lady Thunderbirds of Park Crossing let's welcome them up as we bring their coach Mrs Fountain and representing our district ad Mr Gregory Ruffin um our chief operations officer Mr Chad Anderson let's get the lady Thunderbirds up [Applause] here hang good afternoon everybody board members and our interim superintendent and our board president thank you all so much for giving us this opportunity to showcase our lady Thunderbirds we are so very very proud of them
014I want you to know that last year when we didn't make it quite uh the way we did this year they started practicing ex as soon as we got off the court that same day and they were determined to do this and they did it so they are number one and the the district would also like to share uh M on behalf of Mr Ruffin uh couldn't be here tonight with a prior engagement but uh we'd also like to honor coach Smith with the coach of the year [Applause] award we we know this will be the first of many awards here coming great job coach all right I'll do this really quickly I'm a little bit of a comedian so I'll start by saying just thank you to the board of education for recognizing these
015young ladies um it was not an easy task but we stayed in there um final for a couple of years and we just work hard this year to be here now secondly I've been talking a lot but I really been screaming for months but I've been giving speeches uh for the last couple of weeks so this is how we going to going to go I want my assistant coaches to come up then some of the girls are going to say something and then I'm going to pass that collection played around so we can get these Rings If [Applause] you hello everyone again we want to thank you guys for acknowledging us um it's been a long season um 365 days like M Fountain said as soon as we lost that final four game we was
016back at it and the girls was dedicated um one of the things I do want to talk about as I stated in the County Commission meeting today they are athletic yes we've won uh a state championship but they are also scholar athletes so you know the Alabama house H okay the Alabama High School Athletic Association requires a 2.8 for anybody to play coach Smith requires 3.0 but these girls give us more we had a 3.7 so um I I like to acknowledge that those type of things well I want my name is coach will I'm the assistant coach I've been the assistant coach with Co Smith since he since she been at Park crossing and I want to thank the Board of Education and everybody that's here to support us on this accomplishment uh special
017shout out to the girls basketball team like coach J and Coach Smith said soon as we lost in the final four we was back in the gym the next day um Sunday through Saturday early in the morning late at night these girls literally worked for everything they [Applause] had um we want to give a big shout out to hey my name is Sonia um we want to give a big shout out to the superintendent for um supporting us through the playoffs [Applause] all right all right so okay so last thing um before we go I am serious about the money but we all know MPS policy so don't send me anything we'll put a link up for you e Madame President again it's always a pleasure to bring you all the great news that is
018happening throughout our district um if I may take a point of privilege we want to remind our audience here and also at home uh to make sure that they're following us on social media so that they can stay connected what's really happening here in our district we have so many wonderful things that are going on and we share that daily so we have our social media uh uh channels here for those to capture the handles and to be able to follow us in all the great stories that is happening right here in MPS again Madame President thank you so much well thank you and you're right Jay good things are happening in MPS at this time we will have scheduled comments I will read the rules and procedures for public participation in board meetings public
019comment request must be made in advance and writing to the superintendent's office by 4:30 on Tuesday preceding the meeting date requests must have specified the nature the nature of the business to be taken up with the board and the name of the person who will address the board to be added to the agenda Communications must be respectful discussing specific student or employee matters will not be allowed individuals who have concerns that are inappropriate to be solved in this venue are welcome to seek a problemsolving meeting with the superintendent immediate feedback by the board may not be provided however you may be contacted for followup by the superintendent or design public comments may not exceed 3 minutes the board chairman has full authority to terminate the remarks of any person who comments contain personal attacks or
020exceed the time limit or are otherwise inappropriate a speaker may be considered disruptive who continues to speak when the allotted time has ended when asked to stop speaking by the board chairman or is otherwise inappropriate if a person fails to comply when asked to terminate comments he or she will be escorted to their seats out of the auditorium and or off of mps's property depending on the level of disruption at at this time we'll have Miss Vader Carson Foster good evening members of the Montgomery Public Schools Board of Education I am here today to ask a simple but urgent question who does this District truly serve our students or those in power at the heart of any school system is a fundamental duty of care to protect and support the well-being of children that Duty
021should be unwavering and yet I stand before you again because that Duty has been compromised in December I raised serious concerns about the law firm that currently represents this District as it relates to furpa and fraudulent school records this is more than just a paperwork issue it is an ethical failure with real consequences when a school district allows a law firm in central office leadership to alter records to cover probable misconduct it sends a dangerous message first that students who face harm cannot count on the adults in charge to protect them that those in power will shield each other rather than uphold Integrity that accountability is reserved for students but not for those making decisions despite the board chair stating that the interim superintendent would follow up on my concerns I have heard nothing this
022silence is an answer in itself what does it say when an institution charged with shaping young minds models dishonesty instead of Integrity what does it say when no one stepped in to protect a child but you will fight to retain a law firm that is engaged in unethical conduct the leadership of this District must decide whether MPS will stand for transparency and Justice or continue shielding misconduct at the expense of the very students it claims to serve I urge you to remember who is truly owed protection in this system our children thank you thank you the next agenda item is citizen comments and we have none at this time um Miss Pamela Watkins will come before us with the January 2025 fiscal statement good evening board president superintendent Wilson board members you should have before
023you the financials for January of 2025 your financial packet in the package you will find um S I think I went wrong in your package you will find the reports that represent the beginning of the second quarter of the fiscal year included in your packet is an explanation of the financial data this of course is a discussion of the district's financial position as of January of 2025 Additionally you have the snapshot analysis which is a brief synopsis and comparative information of the district's Financial standing also as of January 2025 the general fund recap which is a breakdown of our fund balance as of January 2025 you also have the monthly percentages January represents the 4th month of the fiscal year which should put our expenditures at about 33% we also have the monthly and annual
024comparative statement of revenues and expenditures this is the comparative data for the month of Janu month to date of January and year to date compared to the prior year month to date and year to date for January as well a comparison of our revenues and our expenditures there's also the statement of cash flow which provides our month-to-date actual cash received as well as our month-to-date actual expenditures paid out and then you have pie charts which is a visual of the statement of cash flows finally you have your financial statements which are the F exhibits um that are pulled down from the state department this is where we upload upload our financial data to the state of Alabama each month and it provides those reports and then you also have um definition of terms in the
025end we're going to focus on the snapshot analysis in our snapshot analysis you will see that our ending fund balance as of January 30 2025 was 13.6 million although that's our fund balance um we'll walk through it in a few minutes what makes up that fund balance also keeping in mind that a lot of those revenues are budgeted through the end of the fiscal year you'll see a comparison of our payroll expenditures compared from January of this year to January of last year as well as our local Revenue comparison which would be our avalor taxes and County sales taxes um you'll see that there's a a variance there however ever that's usually timing depending on what month we get those revenues in and then you'll see our general fund balance compared to January of 2024
026additionally as we recap our general fund balance you'll notice that um of the 13.6 million we have multiple fund sources that are represented there meaning that there are revenues that make up our general fund balance but those funds are restricted in that we can only spend the transportation funds on transportation we can only spend the osr prek on osr prek and on and on um we have state Foundation funds and we have some other supplemental funds that can only be spent on those particular fund sources as a recap I want to go back to the explanation of um of financial data one of the things that you may notice is that the expenditures compared to last year are about a $7.6 million difference and that is also going to be timing differences however the bulk
027of it is related to The Reserve accounts that were set up last year so those fall those transfers out of our general fund to those Reserve accounts um fall under other expenditures and that is it any questions are there any questions thank you Miss Watkins the next agenda item is to go into executive session is there a motion to go into executive session an executive session will be for personnel conference litigation case number 03- cv-22 4- 91575 as well as good name and and character is there a motion to go into executive session Madame President I move that we go into executive session for the case at hand a second it has been Motion in second all those in favor do so by a showing of hands thank you the board will go into executive
028session to discuss Personnel conference litigation case 03 CV 2024 91575 good name and character we should be an executive session approximately two hours during the executive session no votes will be taken and at this time attorney power if you have any remarks thank you uh board president Walkin Smith uh board members andm superintendent Wilson I attorney Erica Powell general counsel for the Montgomery County Board of Education du certify that the portion of the executive session um set out for the uh litigation is for the purposes of discussing pending litigation I along with attorney Dana Hill are both uh licensed to practice in the state of Alabama and that pending litigation will be discussed with us both thank you at this time we go into executive session e e e [Applause] so the the robotics program
029for my public school started as a grant through Hyundai and we are from under the grant now this our second year um being funded through the school district but they continue to be our partner and help sponsor the event with along with Auburn score so we have robotics teams at all at eight of the middle schools here in Montgomery and today they're coming together to uh compete against each other in the district and if they win today they'll be going to state which we hosted in Auburn at the end of the month I think that this is a great opportunity for us to skill build um and also get students uh working with technology we obviously know that in the industries that they'll be working for will be all about collaboration and Technology so it's
030fun to watch our students as they collaborate together um they get roles you'll have team leaders coders drivers and then critical thinking skills being able to adjust and make decisions on on the dime those are all really really important um skills that students need to be successful but also great experiences for life so a lot of things that me and my team did to prepared for today um we practiced it with our other team that we're in Alliance with um we all did game strategies and stuff and we had worked on the robot like different problems that we were having we had made sure that we fixed them before we came to um my favorite part about being on my schools robotics team is means that like I can represent them in many different ways
031for robotics [Music] e e e probably no better example of democracy than a Jazz Ensemble because it's individual freedom but with responsibility to the group so the Herby hanock Institute of jazz has several components we have a college program at UCLA we sponsor International Jazz day along with UNESCO every April 30th we have an international Jazz competition and we also have our national peer- toer jazz education program where we take five or six of the very top high school jazz musicians put them behind a topnotch famous recording artist instrumental and vocalist and we tour the country and we've been to 36 States this year we have four states on the docket and Alabama is one of them so our role as high school students um we go around to different states this is the 37th
032State we've been in in the peer-to-peer tours and what we do is we go around to different high schools around this state and we just we give a presentation like the one we did today on informance we play a little bit and we talk a little bit and hopefully hearing the high school students here hearing what we did will hopefully Inspire them more than not to say more but probably more than uh adults playing our music seeing that people their age can do it that they can do it it was kind of like it was kind of nervousing like it felt kind of overwhelmed because like I didn't know going happen in the moment because you know I was going to go in you know sit down and do my my own thing and then
033she was like put down your stuff take them off you got to see somebody oh I didn't know I had to see somebody so you know I as the professional she asked me if I was a singer I said yes and then she and then she said you like surprises I was like yes I love surprises and then she was like okay I'm not going to tell you then that's what shook me it it's really instilled in me like you know the the um the uh the importance of hard work and you know dedication because be even though this music is all about freedom and you know expression and it's it's all from coming from within you there is a certain level of study you know you you have to do and like in order
034to um you know in order to play at a high level you know you have to you have to do do your homework and you know do your research and learn things so it's really it's really uh instill to me that that sense of hard work um expression man like I always tell the story like before Jazz I think um I I I didn't express my way how I can express now through Jazz like I I've always been you know not not a very extroverted person but man it's been times where I I I almost scare myself with how expressive I I am like with with jazz so it's amazing Don Braden and the national peerto peer Jazz sex that one more time for your team e e e [Music] I've been coaching here for
0359 years um I have just recently became the head coach in the past two seasons um some of the most important values that we try to instill into players is teamwork accountability communication time management I try to explain to the kids on and off the on and off the field that time management is a huge part of being successful um here and in college and in life um holding each other accountable um to make the team better makes them better individually I've had a lot of great coaches over the years um there has been one that I have played for and I have coached with and she has taught me how to care for the players personally and um athletically it's um coach Chris signer leak um she coach I played for her at AUM
036and she coached here at brute for 2 years um she coached she was the head coach the year we won the state championship in 2023 and while she's hard on the players she she loved them and she taught me how that there's a line where you can be hard but also you know still show um empathy and compassion for your kids my most memorable moment since I've been at brw Tech is in 2023 when we won the state championship we had a great team barely any drama um you know how high school kids can be um they worked hard on and off the the field we didn't have to worry about their grades we didn't have to worry about whether they were putting in extra work or not the day we won the state championship
037we had played three games the previous day and four games um including the two state championship games we had a six or so hour rain delay and we didn't get finished playing until midnight and the girls had graduation the next day um so to see their heart and their drive and not wanting to leave for graduation or not wanting to give up in that 6-h hour rain delay and having to play seven games in 2 days it was probably one of the best moments that I've been a part of as an athlete or coach this is beyond the locker room elevating the game one conversation at a time [Music] no e e e [Music] kns like this help our students develop their confidence you know they spend so much time in the classroom practicing and
038practicing and now they can actually showcase their abilities and this allows us also to connect with our community as well because then the community can see all the work that has been put in to nights like this and see what our kids have accomplished and so then our community becomes uh invested in our students we become invested in our students and then they see us believing in them which then allows them to believe that they're achieving at a high level with the proration we started maybe like 2 weeks ago that's when we got the music and um me and my peers Gabrielle and David we basically practiced together in the band room after practice long hours as well as preparing for another event um then we came together Saturday high school with everyone and we
039practiced for about 9 to 12 um and we just basically worked on the music ran through any kinks or CES wherever was need to be worked on I feel like tonight would be the perfect opportunity for students to display their talents outside of the classroom it's almost a hub of creativity you have artists here you have musicians here you have dancers here singers here the students get opportunity to show what they really learn how to do in the classroom and display it to other students as well as their parents and other people who coming out to watch them and it's it's an amazing event nights like this bring out the confidence in our students they work so hard and diligently in the classroom to be able to produce and create such magnificent music and pieces
040that we just want to be able to Showcase them and bring that confidence level up a whole Notch of high expectations most of us are performers so it's interesting being on the other side of the creative process and being able to perform it ourselves as well so it was really fun it's broaden our broaden our [Music] Horizons e e e [Music] High School reimagine this program offers Montgomery Public School students an opportunity for academic advancement at an accelerated rate in partnership with TR community college students can now take advantage of the opportunity to earn a high school diploma and an associates degree register as a cohort participating students are duly enrolled and yep you guessed it have access to twice as many resources to achieve success which include academic support facilities and expertise doubling their
041opportunities to thrive socially academically and professionally as they prepare for their future primary Public Schools Early College du a diplomas fulfilling futures e e e [Music] September is National attendance awareness month we want to share with you some important facts the state of Alabama requires all children between the ages of 6 through 17 to attend school parents you are required to submit an excuse each time your child is absent be mindful the MPS does not accept excuses via facts or email also parental excuses are limited to 8 Days finally if your child has a chronic illness please submit a chronic illness letter from The Physician for additional information please contact your child school track your child's academic progress and School attendance by logging into power school please make sure you have current contact information on
042file and respond to your school messages if you have any questions or concerns please refer to your 2024 2025 School handbook feel free to call the office of student support services at 334 223 6850 attendance matters every day counts with [Music] MPS e e e [Music] [Applause] n [Music] n [Music] a [Music] e e e make an announcement yeah all right the Montgomery County Board of Education is still in executive session we are looking at an additional 40 minutes thank you out e e e thank you all for your patience the Montgomery County Board of Education is now out of executive session and we are we will convene the regular board meeting no votes were taken during the executive session I do want to um thank my board members for their due diligence uh i'
043like to just thank the community for being engaged I'd like to thank the th the stakeholders who have offered input and um I know we're not at the point where we need to be yet but I just wanted to just thank everyone including the staff that have um endureed this process with us and we've all endured but with I won't go on much further because you'll hear from me numerous times throughout this uh this particular meeting all right um at this time we will have consent agenda and now hand it over to interim superintendent Miss Wilson Madame President I recommend for approval consent agenda items a through D there the superintendent has made a recommendation is there a motion I move to accept the recommendation of the superintendent for uh agenda items a through b
044i second as been Motion in second all those in favor do so by a showing of hands it is unanimous all right consider for approval again this will be handed over to our interim superintendent Miss Wilson yes Madam president I recommend consider for approval Personnel report certified Personnel pulling item number 52 all right there's a motion on the floor I'm sorry there's a recommendation from the superintendent for personnel report certified Personnel pulling item number 52 52 all right Madame President I move that we accept the superintendent's recommendation is there it has been Motion in second all those in favor do so by a showing of hands sorry it is all right showing up hands are you all right five is there okay you may put your hands down it was five are there any are
045there those who are are there any Nays abstentions n I'm sorry we were looking at number 52 to see what okay do we need to would you like to take the vote over I did not vote so let me let's start over the superintendent has made a recommendation for per Personnel report certified Personnel to remove item number 52 it has been already Motion in second all those in favor do so by showing up hands all right one all right next item Miss Wilson yes madame president I recommend consider for approval Personnel report classified Personnel the superintendent has made a recommendation is there a motion move to accept the recommendation of the superintendent is there a second a second has been Motion in second any discussion all those in favor of the superintendent's recommendation do so
046by Sha of hands it is unanimous all right item C will be to approve the approval of the superintendent candidates round three at this time well I'll just say we are at the point hold on is there we are at the point where we are ready to receive recommendations are there I would are there any motions for nominations Madam chair I would like um I let me get uh Dr Coleman Madam chair I moved to move forward the name of Dr Constance Evelyn to the next round I [Music] second all right there's um there's a recommendation to move Constance Evelyn to the second round it has been motion and seconded all those in favor do so by a showing of hand all right our next we have our next candidate I'm sorry we are at
047the point where we're ready to receive oh wait a minute I'm sorry I was just I was I'm I'm ask for I'm sorry we're at the point where we want to I'm asking the board to make a motion for other another nomination at this time is there a nomination for another candidate Madame President I recommend Dr Harold Wright all right at this time there's a recommendation to receive Dr har Wright um is there a motion well you made the motion is there a second it was a second I'm sorry I second okay it has been motioned and seconded all those in favor of Dr harri do so by showing of hand the next there is uh are we at the point where we're ready to receive another nomination are there any motions for a nomination
048to move another candidate forward I would like to nominate Dr zakarius [Music] bird all right there's been a recommendation to move Dr zakus bird is there a second it has been motion and seconded all those in favor do so by showing of hands all right what was the you had her hand thank you thank you all right at this time the nominees were Constance Evelyn Dr Constance Evelyn Dr Hal Wright and Dr zakus bird the two candidates moving forward will be Dr harl Wright and Dr zakus bird is there a motion to accept this these Rec these two names motion to accept these two names is there a second I second it has been motion and seconded all those in favor do so by showing of hands have to all right thank you our next
049agenda item uh Madam superintendent it's on you madam president I recommend consider for approval item D approval for resolution for case number three mountgomery Circuit Court there is a motion I I'm sorry there has been a recommendation by the superintendent is there a motion I move to accept the superintendent's recommendation for approval of item D approval of the resolution for case number three okay is there a second okay it has been Motion in second all those in favor do so by a showing of hand it is unanimous thank you this concludes the momery County Board of Education regular board meeting we will now begin the work session this meeting the work session is being called to order today's date is 3:11 2025 we have a quum is there a motion to approve the agenda mad
050go ahead Madam president if I may oh yes ma'am um I recommend to pull item h on receive as information um and before you approve agenda that's my recommendation all right it's not it is it's on the work session it's not on simply it's not on simply I don't have a the mtss and data analysis presentation I don't have that I don't know how that on the printed copy it's on it's under H I don't well I actually asked on the printed copy that we have is H um so now I recommend that if it's in assembly as a it must have been a technology typo so I'm recommending that we approve to remove 5A as new business on the agenda before we approve the superintendent has made a recommendation is there a motion Madam
051president I move to uh approve the agenda with the removal of item 5A is there a second I second it it has been moved in second all those in favor do so by a showing of hands all right it is it is 6 to one all right receive as information Mr Slater guess we just good evening superintendent Wilson Madam president members of the board Mr Slater was unable to attend so I'll be filling in for him today to give the vulker update I ask is your green light on your yes okay sorry I'll lean a little closer uh you're fine current active construction projects are South Lawn Middle School Park Crossing High School and Percy Julian High School relocation of Todd Road sou middle school with project teams expert Architects Holly Henley Builders Project's about
05265% complete um I do want to point out the rendering of the photo uh that was during the architectural and design phase and when I click to the next slide you'll see just how well the building actually matches the design you can see Brick work is about 98% complete they're cleaning brick this week should be wrapping that up um window and frame installation is ongoing and the mechanical electrical Plumbing rough in is about 98% complete so should start seeing trim out happen uh this week in the next our Crossing high school project team is goodwi Mills and kwood Bullard cook and the Project's about 80% complete um once again I want to point out the rendering from the design phase and how well the construction matches roof installation is actually complete this week um Project's
053really coming down to the finish line should be wrapping up in about a month and a half um me trim out is ongoing the grading is complete Landscaping starting and if you guys have been out to Park Crossing you'll notice just how well the tie-in matches the existing school it's like it was been there forever yeah I'm not sure what I just did there we go this is the floor plan of the Park Crossing Fieldhouse um coach's office locker rooms big weight room rollup doors so kids can go in and out practice outside as well as working out inside Percy Julian high school phase one the relocation of Todd Road um the scope of work is seen there in yellow it's tying the existing Todd Road into the Eastern Boulevard out there that way we
054have the entire site to construct the school the project is about 60% complete our site contractor out there is cypros here you can see we got most of storm drainage in um 57 stone stone base has been installed um getting ready to start the curb and gutter and will'll be Paving asphalt soon um as you can see uh it it runs all the way to the Eastern Boulevard there I'm standing on Todd Road in this photo um upcoming for phase two uh We've held the pre-bid conference for Percy Julian we've held the bid opening Todd Road like I said should be wrapping up in about a month and a half and then hopefully roll right into the construction of Percy Joan High School here's an exterior of the Carver field house that has officially been
055complete any questions are there any questions thank you so much thank you and thank you for coming even on crutes yes ma'am all right our next presenter will be Mr Chad Anderson with facilities up yes if you'll uh look at your spreadsheet with me uh good evening uh Miss Wilson uh Madame President and members of the board we're looking at the morning view in Davis Capital Grant and ATF projects with HVAC and window upgrades uh that was we're hoping to have that bid out this month it may push a little bit to next month which would have us U bringing that to you for May a board approval but it's going along very well we're touching up the last little bit waiting on last comments from the Department of construction management and uh eager to
056get that project start those two projects started the Park Crossing Turf and track replacement is moving along very well we're through with the sub the base that was put in and the drainage uh we're waiting on the turf to be delivered manufactured and delivered should be very soon and they'll start the installation of that they've scraped the track um from the original surface subbase was in pretty good shape for the most part there'll probably be some some patching in repair and as soon as the turf is put down then they'll go with a track resurfacing on there and we'll be good to go for the next track season and uh football season as well and soccer season that will uh fit the track the Carver High School Turf and track replacement is scheduled to bid
057out on March the 27th um we've received renderings from that and the and the plans from the civil engineer that designed and and is bidding that that's currently being advertised now I'll be very similar to what is being done at Park Crossing to uh duplicate as much of the existing U like standardization that we've gone with in those Turf and track Replacements the Bellinger Belling graph emergency roof replacement uh this is a little out of date I did receive an update on our percentage completion late Friday after I turned this in we're approximately 80 to 85% complete with that roof it is really starting to move along quickly now uh with the uh with the work that's having to be be done there um the majority of the decking had to be replaced so that
058was one little bit for kind of the the delay in in re-roofing that but that has been done and completed and they're working on the metal trim out now and a few sections of shingles that still remain but that's going very well with that any questions or concerns are there any questions thank you Mr Anderson our next presenter will be Dr Gregory King schools PLP good evening uh greetings interim superintendent uh will Jamie Wilson Madame President Erica Smith and board members uh is my intent to present the schools PLP for additional uh seats uh during this board work session and then uh before April we'll come back for uh we'll come back to seek approval So currently we will be working with schools PLP uh to finalize how many seats we needed but I did
059want to bring to you this initial quote uh but it could potentially go down based on those seat confirmations part of that is due to the fact that our schools have hired teachers so therefore we didn't need as many seats on this initial round however we do have quarter three that's ending so we may need some seats for grade and credit recovery so I do want you to be cognizant that even though it says uh the quote that you have in front of you it may change down uh based on the need so that's what I wanted to just share with you today and I'll be coming back in April to seek your approval thank you are there any questions all right thank you Dr King our next presenter will be Miss Sonia Floyd I
060ready elementary math textbook quote for 2025 2026 good evening president Mrs Smith superintendent board members on behalf of the elementary math department and teachers I come to you to present for the curriculum Associates ready math under the numeracy ACT we have been given the task to make sure that schools identified as full or limited support that they have a high quality curriculum and the selection that we will continue will be the ready math curriculum um we selected that last year upon your approval and this year we're going to continue as noted rated math is an approved mathematics aligned with our standards um helps the teachers in order to embed those um teaching practices mathematical teaching practice practices that Foster academic discourse higher order questioning and productive struggl with struggle with our students our goal is
061to make sure that each year our students and teachers have a curriculum that is comprehensive and support the instruction needed in order to move our students from um low performance to high performance through the support of curriculum Associates and myself along with our math coach Omi and msty one of the things that the expected outcomes is to make sure that not only the teachers are providing this the the curriculum that's comprehensive but giving the students an opportunity to use manipulatives throughout the curriculum as well as student discourse and also supports our elll students based on our data from our previous usage as you notice if you move from right to left you will see that with the darker percentages that our students are moving at a slow rate however they are progressing to where they
062need to be based on our beginning of the year as well as our as our middle of the Year assessment and we're hoping to see that data increase on the mid and above and early on grade level for the end of the year assessment any questions any concerns are there any questions thank you Miss Floyd thank you next we'll have Sydney Sydney sne with learning.com quote for elementary schools my name is Sydney Hampton sne I'm the education technology coordinator for the district um I'm here to present the renewal proposal for learning.com uh the Easy Tech digital literacy curriculum thank you for your time and consideration and listening to this I'm go ahead and Skip on through because I want to go ahead and get to the highlighted Point really the rationale for for continuing with
063this program is because it aligns our curriculum with the digital literacy and computer science um expansion act we want to ensure that we're in compliance with that but also It prepares our students for the digital age it gives them the skills they need as far as digital safety digital literacy and digital citizenship as well as has some keyboarding and computer science skills that they need to help them Advance on when we do typing and different things like that with our um assessments so we've had some success learning.com has been really impressed with our usage we have 10,995 active elementary students in the program right now um they have complet completed 404 over 404,000 activities this year which is astronomical actually learning.com was quite impressed with our usage and asked me if I would come and
064talk to some other districts to see what we're doing so that's kind of where we are with that um other schools in the past they piloted it they had some success but now that we're full District on we have a lot of usage and I've been trying to put those numbers in our board update so y'all kind of see where we are with that um the implementation plan to continue moving forward um they offered us a digital training for our computer lab teachers in the elementary setting I had them all come in one place we set we worked through it we learned the program we we got on there so they are all ready and using the program but next year if we have anybody new we will do that and learning.com has also offered
065to do open Office hours monthly so we host those on the first Thursdays and so anybody can drop in that has questions they'll answer any questions work through things so my my motion is to you know try to move forward and continue with this program because it has been so successful with our teachers that's thank you are there any questions I just have one um is there a in this that we've purchased is there can a parent click on and go on uh and look at what their child is doing there is not a parent account for learning.com but the students can log into learning.com at home and see the lessons through clever so it's all available through the clever portal these the kids can work on this there's actually a path there's a teacher
066assigned pathway and then there's there'll work on their own pathway as well that's like a discovery pathway that they can work on so at home they're we encourage them to work on that Discovery pathway Dr Keith I just had a comment um I just want to tell you that I um I wish I'd had a teacher like you when I was in computer because I wouldn't be so computer illiterate and I just I just love having you with us I appreciate that thank you Miss Cloud hey I'm so excited about this I know you said in clever and they can log on let's say a child and sometimes they do in elementary forgets how to log on when they're at home you know it's a different atmosphere is there a way that you can tell
067the parents how the process of how they can get on and they can help prompt their child yes ma'am we do have the parent Technology Academy site that shows them how to log into clever already posted on our website but we do have those clever badges for the elementary schools so makes it super simple we've pushed out that policy to those Chromebooks they open the Chromebook they don't have to remember a username and password at the elementary level they flash that badge and it signs them in thank you that's what I wanted everyone to hear how wonderful that process is yes ma'am Miss Miss Brown did you have a question okay Miss Mitchell uh the discovery pathway is is that just a pathway for them to have like uh homework assignments or extra activities to
068to help promote do so the teacher can assign the activities specifically and teach and lead the class with those but the the students have the ability to go and explore the same kind of lessons on their own there's videos built in and also it has little gaming activities that reinforce digital literacy all right thank you thank you are there any other other questions thank you Miss NE all right thank you our next presenter will be Miss Tab and Miss mace Elementary and secondary science textbook selection good evening superintendent Wilson uh Madame President and members of the board we come to you as the K12 science uh specialist and we are presenting the options for the um textbook adoption that will take place this spring all right so the this slide just shows us what the
069process was so when we got the recommendation from the board after we had our committee members we then had an orientation session and they signed the oath of office we reviewed our expectations and we reviewed the Alabama Code um for textbook selection with local committees uh with the process we went over the process with them and we did a calibration for the rubric the evaluation tool that we use for each company and we used a rubric adapted from the state department what they used to evaluate the um the textbooks when they received them uh the materials were distributed to the committee and they were instructed to take them to the schools uh allow students teachers and parents to review the materials some of the teachers also actually implemented them in their classrooms to see how
070would it actually work when they use their uh use it with their students because some of the companies gave us logins for students also uh then the committee members uh came for five meetings and saw presentations from five companies and then we discuss the materials and presentations before making our final decisions the committee selections are listed for K5 we selected saice Elevate science 68 is McGraw Hill Inspire science and 912 because there's so um many different content areas have a selection from McGraw Hill for chemistry physics Anatomy s Gage for biology honors chemistry and AP Chemistry and environmental science savis for honors biology and physical science BFW for AP Physics and AP environmental and Pearson for AP biology we are asking on behalf of the committee to recommend the entire State Department approved textbook list
071for Science and four additional off list AP textbooks published by BFW sage and Pearson be adopted by Montgomery Public Schools thank you are there any questions I have Miss Dr ke I just want to ask this probably a really dumb question but uh the textbooks have are do they have them in ebooks or not or do we do not use that no they're they're also in ebooks so all of the selections had the physical textbooks most of them had workbooks and they had an online option so our students have a choice correct oh good and they all have access to clever and are are they trained um how to use like the highlighters and stuff in E books and um they should be we do encourage them to teach them how to use those tools
072because they have it on the AAP also for uh middle and elementary thank you are there any other questions thank you so much thank you uh our next presenter will be Dr Pelton orano resources uh LLC teacher and Residency program good evening I'm Angie Pelton I'm the PD director first um I want to thank you guys for allowing us to Pilot this program last year and this year I am coming to talk about the Marzano contract if you guys you had a brochure here I just wanted you to be able to have um the names and the faces and the schools of our teachers so you also can reach out to them if you want to ask any questions about what what they're learning thank you are there any questions oh it's okay I know
073it's tired my watch is telling me that it's time to go to bed so um but I'll be really quick so our goals were for the TR was to provide ongoing professional learning for our teachers that was that built upon the sessions before um also we wanted to recruit and retain our teachers and put them on a trajectory for continuous Improvement and to build a collaborative culture among our teachers because we know that learning from others is crucial and we want to grow our own meaning we're trying to build capacity currently we have 64 that were're in the first year in the cohort um and this year we had 53 when we started last year we had 74 and we lost nine um some of those went to different districts others I'm not sure on
074their location our schools with tras you see these are the schools here and the number of teacher residents at each school we did add Capital Heights this year Del Raa and Wilson and the goal is the more we train the less slots they will need so we can include more schools if you look at the first cohort you see here we have a huge number of teachers on Emergency certification the red is they're on their second year and the green is their first year of Emergency the quotes are just from teachers and some of the trainings that they have um said wait will you explain that again where the r I'm look the where the red is your emergency certified how I'm not seeing that on the screen oh okay okay um but as you
075can tell most of our teachers not have experience with teaching meaning they have a degree in something else this is our this year our new group most of them are on their first year of emergency certification what happens during these sessions we look we use the new Art and Science of teaching we we teach teachers the framework we teach them how to assess how to set goals how to help with direct instruction classroom management engaging students and building relationships we talk about restorative practices Project based learning and we focus on educator wellness and the SEC yes sorry I love that you're having this many in your program but we have M many more of those teachers that might need that extra help that extra learning how to teach and executing the plan for the students
076how can we bring more into this we gladly this is a shared responsibility of the district and we are gladly open conversations of how we can move this forward with more people we have our PD Department that we want to make sure that we're providing coaching support in the classroom Beyond just the professional earning that I'm asking for in the Marzano contract however the larger you get we need more people to help with the support so it is a shared responsibility of the district and we're open to any conversations move that forward because we've got a little over 400 yes that need needs that support too but thank you for answering that and in your two we focus more on standards based instruction we introduce proficiency scales where they actually students and teachers know the
077exact skills that are missing or underneath the standard and it helps them hear instruction we also talk about restorative practice assessment aligning with standards and a deeper dive in educator Wellness so we have seven days of training but those days are duplicated because you can't have a large number of teachers out of a building on the same day so we have a year one cohort A and B and a year 2 cohort A and B just so um teachers can be can get access to the program without having to have so many Subs we provide the PD Department we provide two after school trainings we have a schooly course that we work with our teachers in and the in-classroom coaching support we also take the evaluations after each session and we tailor the next session
078to make sure we're addressing the needs like the last time we focused on scaffolding and differentiation we provide a lot of the supports in the classroom like I said earlier we um a lot of the time it's just having conversations with teachers helping them understand how to transition how to manage Behavior things that they can do to help and and how to talk to students we um and I sorry and then we can we talk about instructional design and looking at student work samples I'll let you just read that quote and I just wanted to share with you all that I feel like I've grown so much as a teacher I've learned so many different instructional strategies and like for instance today we talked about direct instruction and how to better chunk our content and
079I just feel like I've become more confident as a teacher and that's made me more happy in the classroom and I have learned so much about the science of teaching and how to be a better teacher for my student and it also just feels like I'm getting support from the district to be a part of a program like this I have been so excited to be a part of the teacher residency Academy because I for the first time feel like I belong in this community of teachers so I started out I knew I was supposed to be there when I got there but I knew that I had to shape my skills and learn a little more about being a teacher so yeah coming into my third year this year and applying what I have
080learned in the Academy I finally feel like I can just roll with the punches when something TR I personally love it it has given me Insight it has given me um the power and the wisdom that I need to go back to the classroom and super achieve and it also has giving me the wisdom as a new teacher and giving me the tools that I need to be successful moving forward in my career that helps you not feel alone in your first year and all of the things that you're learning um I feel a lot of benefit from talking to other new teachers and our shared experiences and it really makes you feel less alone and more prepared to go back and give the best of yourself to your students I love it it's awesome
081um I like coming uh to our meetings I always get something that I can take back to my class or even reflect on for myself so it helps me reflect on things that I can do better things that I can improve on maybe even um elaborate on um in my classroom it also teaches me strategies that not only work for teachers in the classroom but also in my personal life so TR has been an amazing experience for me being a newer teacher they have taught me a lot lot of Essential Knowledge that I can take back to my class every time we meet I'm walking away with a nugget that I can use in class it could be from the presenter it could be something from one of our mentors or it could be something
082I take away from my peers that's learning with me and for that is invaluable this is the cost we have a year one and a year two this is the training each year it would the cost is here and then the contract is for the two um additional years and that is our group any questions are there any questions there's a question Miss poris I do um thank you for that information I know the state has a Residency program don't they do we utilize them because that could be your more help we we have provided the some of the webinars and the um resources to our teachers but I'm not I can get more information on that just so you know I have um reached out contact we have a meeting um coming up in
083the future to talk about how they can provide teaching coaches for free or no cost to support some of those things so um we have made contact and she's working on a plan but it's not at the state department a model that is consistent across District so perhaps they get it right you know with us as as as a option to start DR key um I want to ask a question and then make a comment um what percentage I know you you went across what percentage um of teachers are turned away um I haven't turned I mean it's what is recommended by the principal and um if one school didn't need the slots and another school did I just substituted for that okay this is not a ploy for me it's just uh you know
084sometimes you have to Pat yourself on the back I would love to be a presenter and I'm free okay I'll send you the April dates okay thank you thank you are there any okay there are no more questions all right new business I do know that um Miss Brown you had a question were you satisfied with your answer that you no okay all right any other new business all right before we close let me just tell everyone please visit the website to see the final step in the superintendent search it is on the website any other sites Miss Miss Jones the superintendent final step okay go to www.nps.k12.nj.us.edu are [Music]