001>> first Mrs. Isler second Mr. Nichols roll call vote Mrs. >> approve >> Mr. Nichols >> approved >> Mrs. Pew >> and M >> approved >> so approved recognition of guest Dr. Lar. >> Good evening everybody. Mrs. Well, could you join me up front, please? We have a very special announcement today. Um, we have had two of our nurses receive national board certification. Yeah, our nurses do more than um just take temperatures. They take care of hearts and fears and futures every day. And for you two to um lift the standard here and lift the level of mastery we have for our care for our students means a lot. But don't let me bury the lead here. Let me introduce you guys first. Uh ladies and gentlemen, in recognition of their ex exceptional dedication and
002expertise, we would like to honor two of our nurses uh for their uh acquiring of their national board certification. Logan DS and Kelly D. [applause] You guys are coming. We are also honored to have here with us today our FFA students who are freshly back from Indiana. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, can we have please our advisors uh Dr. Matthew Wood and Miss Cindy Simmons, please come to the front. All right, good evening. So, my name is Dr. Matt Wood and I'm joined by Miss Sydney Simmons. We are the high school agriculture teachers and FFA adviserss at Laurel High School. Uh we're grateful for the opportunity to share some extraordinary accomplishments from this year's National FFA Convention and Expo uh which was held in Indianapolis, Indiana uh the October or sorry yeah October 27th
003through November 1st. Um this year u our FFA chapter continued to shine on the national stage representing not only our uh school and district but our entire state. So this year we had five students participate in aggra science fair. This involves students identifying a research area that they were interested in or wanted to explore, um, conducting an experiment, drafting a report, and sharing their findings with a series of judges. U, these projects are cutting edge and represent the future of agriculture. U, our first student that we would like to call up is Carson Pete. Carson participated in the animal systems division 3 category, placing first in the state and qualified to participate at nationals. My project was titled um sip, grow, repeat, evaluating water supplement additives with growth enhancement and lay chicks in the wake
004of the um a flu. For this project, Dr. Wood and I hatched two different breeds of lay chicks. We had silkies and burmas. For the project, we provided them with different additives to their water. For instance, electrolytes and probiotics to see how it would affect their growth rates and development over a one-mon period. With issues last year from the afluenza flu, um rise in the cost of eggs, the purpose of this project was to see if providing additives would allow chicks to grow at a faster rate in order to get them at the laying stage of production quicker. Um our next two students could not be here this evening but they are Jasine Herser and Brooklyn Heisy. Um we have one that is another oper another obligation and one that is sick. Um these two
005participated in the plant systems division 4 category placing first in the state. They were also named national finalists and then ended up placing seventh in the nation. Um their project was called substrate showdown evaluating hydroponic and soilbased growing methods for pea plant development. Um so for those who do not know hydroponics is a way to grow plants without soil and relies on a consistent supply of water. For this project they use the hydroponic systems that we have here at Laurel High School to see how plants grow in two different uh substrates expanded clay pebbles and rockwool and then compared um those to growing plants in a traditional soilbased uh method. With the growing demand for sustainable food products and increasing increasingly limited land available for traditional agriculture, their project addressed um an important real world
006challenge that um allowed them to see how food can be produced with less space and fewer resources. Uh our final two students that I would like to call up are uh Brennan Thompson and Destiny McCrae. They participated in the social systems division 4 category placing first in the state. They also renamed national finalists and then ended up placing sixth in the nation. Uh our excuse our project was titled not fully in a circle a national study on barrier barriers time minority students engagement in FAT. For this project we worked with Dr. Wood to construct a survey to assess the barriers that minority students face that when when participating in FAT. This was a national study that surveyed 493 members from 21 different states. Our results allowed us to see that factors like transportation, financial challenges,
007and lack of resources were some of the top barriers and minority FFA members um and actively participating. After we finished this project, we were con contacted by the National FA organization to share our project and result results in an effort to for the organization to make a greater strides and ensure it is equitable and all FA members can benefit from the opportunities in FFA including at the local level. In addition to these two uh or in addition to these students, we also had two Laurel FFA alumni that we uh wanted to recognize tonight as well. Um they were also recognized at the national FFA convention. So Braden Hearn could not be here this evening, but he is a 2023 graduate of Laurel High School. He was also a member of our FFA chapter. He had
008earned his American FFA degree this past year um at the national convention. This is the highest award that is provided by our organization with only 1% of FFA members earning it. Uh Braden received his uh received it for his dedication to a supervised agricultural experience project uh which focused on working on his family's farm, raising and showing livestock and interning at the Caramel Research Center in Georgetown. Uh Braden is currently a junior at Delaware Valley University majoring in aggra business. And then finally, u it is our honor to recognize our last alumni member who is here this evening, Joey Noatne. Uh Joey is also a 2023 graduate of Laurel High School and a member of our FFA chapter. Um he recently was named the National FFA Eastern Region Vice President for the upcoming year. So
009to provide some context, every year the National FFA organization names six student leaders to serve as National FFA officers. Leading up to this election, Joey completed an intensive week-long interview process at nationals, competing against 37 other states candidates uh through multiple rounds of personal interviews, one-on-one interviews, a stand and deliver speech, networking activities, and a facilitation, a workshop facilitation round. For the next year, he will be on the road uh along with his teammates who hail from Oklahoma, Michigan, Tennessee, Nebraska, and Oregon um for about uh 300 days out of the year participating in leadership training, speaking at conferences, networking with industry leaders, facilitating leadership workshops, and traveling around the country to represent the over 1 million FFA members across the United States. Joey is the first person in Laurel history to hold this position
010and only the sixth person from Delaware in the organization's 99-year history. We can't begin to put into words how proud we are of him, the growth that he has had throughout high school, into state office, and now national FFA office. We're very fortunate to have been part of his story. Following his year of service, Joey plans to enroll in school at Texas&M University with a full ride scholarship majoring in a economics and policy. Thank you. I I just want to say real quick before the board comes up and join us. You know what what Joey has done and that's extraordinary. You're talking I mean seriously think about that. There's six six represent am I getting this wrong? Six in the whole nation that are overseeing a million FFA students. Is that right? Yeah. And you're
011one of them. Can you guys give it up one more time for that? That's crazy. That's just crazy. And I I appreciate Dr. Wood and Mrs. Simmons for everything they're doing as well, you know, to make the A program, FFA, one of our strongest programs. And we're so proud of all of you. Thank you so very much. Look at that. How about one more round of applause everybody? Thank you. Okay, next we have communication and announcements. >> Okay, public participation. I have no one that has signed up. Um, superintendent remarks. Hello. Everybody first time our referendum proposal to board of education and just about 10 minutes think that's big red and big for the first time 40 years might be some people watching people in the audience you talk about witness schools in 2012 we
012witness for that but I will explain all that why capital The essential question at state school funding 101. First of all, what are there to raise additional funds? Um when you look at the tax bill, there's two parts of it. Debt service is the mortgage on how much new schools. That's debt service gets a little less than our finance director here. I needed but debt services [cough and clears throat] your home and then all the maintain referendum 1985 um money 101 I want to show you our current expense tax generates 2.3 million that's our new current expense rate 10 cents 105 um remember lastly But that's $2.3 million gener every corner every turn all these employee benefits operations transportation 10% of that's local service all these economy but it's a simple form I like stabilization
013compensation stabilization stabilization of our budget compensation formization that you need to keep everything moving on a daily basis. So there's question why do we need that state of a deficit budget? We go on a deficit about $500,000 a year on our payroll. We're not hiring anybody. We didn't employ anybody. What I'm saying is we're going to go there $500,000 because this is our school population is down 25 44 19% our school population. Here's the thing. When you got four kids and four teachers now when you get more kids, you got two things. Got someone but here's the deal with that teacher. or 70%. So every time we get 20 students, we generate we generate another because we need but every time we generate% they only cover 70%. So every time our budget falls and what
014happened here was looking at population staff just out of our tax revenue from 213 to 249 was 17% increase. >> Okay, sorry. 17% increase, 45% increase in payroll, and then a 21% increase in revenue. If this is not this, there's going to be a problem. So, you might be asking, why in the world is everything 1721 the payroll goes up 45%. Here's the thing. Why is it so much higher? And these are three reasons why your salary growth over time. We're still talking about stabilization. But here's big red take yesterday's dollars by speech. And if you look at same staff in 2013, we had the same staff as you made today. It would still cost us 25% more because all right cost of benefits, rising off sales 25% more today. Let alone we've got 36
015new staff because of our student population. We've got 36 new staff in there on that 19% student. So each new hire again here on basis. So that's the reason also there's the specialized staff these are these are required services in the second language where you call now multi- language learners students with disabilities as a office of counseling mental health all these are legally mandated legally mandated services we need to provide we don't do they're required by law and by con let me tell you how that's going for Our special our students with disabilities since 2013 have increased 26% students with disability more funding we get more however it's not near it's not they 26% this multi- language learners has gone up 224% We used to have back in 2000 that's 1516 155 students now we
016got five so 224%. So all these students come with needs that need to be funded and all these students come with first need they need to be paid 30%. Here's the last one. Rise the cost of benefits. Inflation has risen 200% for the last 40 years. Our revenues increased for health insurance keep rising os benefits and negotiated benefits they keep rising about big down there help and also retirement cost keep rising every year. So that's number one. That's why we need to stabilize our budget. We're not taking in enough to satisfy what we need. So we're diving into our reserve. Here's reason number two. Compensation the cost and teacher competition. Why local pay matters. Look at this. Laur had the lowest average of day in surrounding school districts. I'm going to show you of course
017have the largest percentage of vacancies in Southern County in 2023 24. Laurel had 25% of all vacancies across Sussex County in 2324. And here's the big risk they've taken away. If we don't invest, there's eight different features will be in someone else's classroom and our students will pay the price. Let's look at some of the diagrams we got. I had this um save from uh the chief's meeting about 23 24 when we were all struggling having certified teachers in our buildings. So I still have this across the nation there are 365,000 teaching in class doesn't mean some classes. It means that person was not lic but they're not there yet or they could just be a parent that was still in it. However, 365,000 across the United States 242 of not that much, but consider
018but susty should be 12%. But it's 25% more than double what our share what our share our equal share should be. So we had 25% of vacancies uh in 2324 the south. Why is that? This is just local salary. For those don't know this state the same amount of money for the state share for every teacher that goes in Delaware. Whe you're at Cape Sun Tech or Laurel, you got a masters plus 30 30 credits. You are going to get the same amount as that teacher from the same picture from the state. The rest of it comes local. This is just our local chair plus 30. Listen, the the the points on the pay scale there's I don't know 200 plus zero at one year plus you know 15 in two years. You can have
019different combinations of so you know that I felt the most important usually at 10 years a teacher is finding his or her footing. They're very serious about it. They either have a back 30 years or they have a mus. That's what I'm guarantee. Laurel, do you have a finance plus 30 30 credits and you're in your 10th year, your local share of 17,438. We're at 645 behind Milford, 778 behind Delmare, 2800 behind sever all the way up to 9,822 for doing the same job. That's all local. That's a local difference that we see over here on masters, we're eight out of eight on master 17,926. You have a master's plus 30 after 10 years. Uh you're making 7 89 26. Uh let's go the bear. You're making 2,000 more $2,000 or $1,650 more. Secret to
020making $5,000 more wood. Well, I think it's probably our most comparable. So anybody that thinks, oh well, we should be showing up there. They got a high property value. We shouldn't be showing seaf. I think wood groups I don't think anybody could argue with wood groups they got the same all those same demographics we're about 2500 students they got 2600 right so they they are very much similar to us but all of us on this western side of the government you know need to be aware of this all the way up to if I have a master's plus 30 the same degree I'm going to make it your location determine Here's uh reason number three, the cost of operations. So again, stabilize the budget, two compensation, and three we want to take care of some
021needs we have. Let me tell you um I'm going to tell you about there's always 12 but they're very key student technology our onetoone program uh which means every student has a Chromebook either they leave in the class or they take it home we've been doing that for about five years something like that the money that all that is gone money is federal grant money it's all gone right all right that bill is about $300,000 a year. We put 120 of it in title one, which is consolidated grant, which is federal money. So really, I should be asking for 300,000 to make up for it, but I'm not. But hey, we made it work by 20,000. We'll do it again because I wanted to ask for as little as possible, but seems to continue with
022technology. We've got to find a way to make up this money. Also saving the security, stronger finance rate. Now, Mrs. takes the time to make sure she fills out shepherds every year. That's going away. That pays for half our responsibility. Every time we have kids after school, they have to be we want to be safe. That money is going away strong. It's awesome. So why now two generations everybody grandmother and grandfather this is 1985 that's Donald Steve all these people again two generations since we had a current reference. Why is that important? If you look at this and see what our neighbors are doing since 2000, Laurel has been out for current expenses, but it's passed nine of them because they funding system. >> Legislators just have to support that. >> Sorry. >> Um so
023they do this one every 2.7 years. One branch again on our scale have uh been out seven times three of them. So they're going out once every four years after going out because they know that when they're when they're not going to have any so they do this they go out every you know three and a half four years even been out four times in the past two river been out 11 times past four every two seven years we've not been out not been out for one in 40 years. Why now? Because there's a zero debt. Here's what I want to do to stabilize the budget. We're down about half million dollars a year. So, we got to we got to take care of that, right? Um I don't think anybody wants to see us
024give up on technology or safety and security. So, we got to be that. The only thing that we camp that I'm recommending is a 7% overall raise for everybody to get compensation where it should be with our neighbor district. So we don't ever have to go through another and I've got more information for you on that just a second. But if we still pay, you know, we got $500,000 deficit every year. So that comes right off the top. Then we got to pay safety security. We got to pay technology, right? So that comes off every year and there's a 5% increase every year because we have negotiations in different school nutrition union we have support. So we estimate that there's a 5% increase because of inflation every year and negotiation. So that's still in. So
025those two things taken care of but also take care of the budget deficit as well as technology and security. Our last full year will be 2028.9. we don't pass very and if we don't you know we go back here say okay well maybe get some programs I don't know you know is that a possibility yeah possibility I don't want to do that right now still funding technology still funing safety and security we got a few years out let's so I'm not I'm not thinking I'm going to be desperate situation you guys I think that's pretty desperate I think it's pretty desperate But I'm imploring that everybody unfortunately I'm employing that the board you know set this freeation and we give it to consideration to allow school on February 9th but I'm also ask you guys
026to think about our future I mean the high school is fully right high schools across the nation mostly target s we're s I don't think any of us going to go back you know to the way of And we have to stay competitive. But let me show you what that looks like. So our house. So how much are we asking for? First of all, let me tell you what a >> All right. So this is our current expense rate right now. 10 12 cents. 10.57. One penny generates $220,000 for us at revenue. Yep. Look. Look all the way up the chart. four million for any revenue for one billion n billion for suss tech and then look at the tax tax revenue we collected $3.3 million off that 10 and a half million 2 s
02713 Indian river at 51 million but let's look at wood they've got almost right let's let's stick with our top all let's look at our top wood very similar they've already they've already got four million they're not even we're at 2.3 agree. Um, you might say, and look, I'm not trying to accuse everybody, but because the state of Delaware knows that poor property tax districts like ours are going to have a hard time funding school, they have this extra fund called equalization fund. Okay? Supposed to make everything equal. We get a sounding $3.14 million every year from that fund. Put our total revenue at 5.4 million. Whereas see uh Indian River they've got 51 billion in tax revenue they got a billion Sussex tech be fair 168,000 when you look at the total revenue I've
028added both these lines together and then we divide it by the student to try to make this equal way to look at we got tax revenue we got equalization everybody is but our tax is so much lower than you it's not comparable you're right let's do the one thing that's comparable Let's divide by emergency. So look at your total revenue divided by the number of students have that's revenue per student. We are at $2191 per student. That's all our revenue even is by $41. And you go up the list there. Wood is beat us by $737 per student. Seven is $5,000 per student. Milford even beat us by $600 but you guys I will 8,000 7,590 per student down here in Laurel 21 I'm sorry the difference is about 7,541 so that's a question so
029now let's talk about I [snorts] told him we want to focus on stabilization compensation and operation we plan out five years. All right. Then we add 5% every year for inflation and other negotiation. Then we add compensation. I want 7% competitive pay increase for everybody staff. That's going to cost us about 5 $600,000 over five years. [cough] Then we still have student technology. Notice I didn't take the whole 300,000 because we still some of them you know continue with some of the grant. So, we needed uh about 218. Safety security, we're going to need about $200,000. The total we're asking for is 1.6 million. We must say, how come we asking for 1.3? Yeah, we could go out here and ask for 1.3. going to bring that 00742 down, but we're going to be back
030out again in two years and we'll be right back again with our last. So, everybody goes out five years and they say, "Okay, if you guys approve this and help us fund this, it should last another five to seven years. It's been four years. It's uh it's time to make decisions about and I know and I get everybody everything they got never talk about a guy I know all right I know I work very hard but we also have to have the best a lot of great lot of great staff all over So, we have to ask for the 1.6 for sure. Um, if you look down here, I don't know if you can get rid of that there at the bottom, guys. It says 0742 7 and a half. Let's look at that. What
031that looks like. I'm gonna go on. Um the average house stand on Laurel at least when I told you guys last year when I visited this we're going to limit time to reassess reassessment the average world la is a $230,547 um how much more annually would be 7.5 cents at 7.42 42 it'd be $1714 annually 1425 for less than 47 cents per day. Some of you guys are less than that's why I'm at the $150,000 range there and I got the number 350 400,000. You can figure it out there. If your house is not assessed by any of these three numbers I gave you and scan this QR code. It's going to take you right to a a spreadsheet. You're going to put in what the value of your house is. It's going to tell
032you how much that's 7.4. community. So I encourage everybody we're going to have this on the website start tomorrow I will be going around uh to public meetings lines as many as many people I want to talk to you as possible I'll talk so this will be available tomorrow let me just show you if the referendum is approved if the referendum is approved we'll be stabilized over the budget no more deficit bund spending operations will be funded taking security technology. Let's stop at the last compensation. Even if the referendum is improved, we would be at 1799.1799 17 or 18 cents for current expense. Look where that puts us already more than that. Woodbridge is right near that. That's not even counting side. So they're over 17. Um and See down here at 19 almost 20.
033So it still puts us far below this. But here's the big picture. I rearrange this chart. If the referendum were to go through in Bach, we moved from eighth place out of eight to sixth place out of eight. We go to 18,658 in masters with that 7%. We go from a master to a master. We don't want public at all. And my point is this. If we can get this budget stabilized, take care of safety and security when we go back out again. It's not only 40 years. I can uh it's going to be close to probably the five 10 year range. probably right in the middle there seven years something like that but then it won't be seven cents it'll be one cent it'll be two cents right it'll be something to get our
034pay scale for our teaching our pay scale for our school pay scale for nutrition work so but here's the difference if we freeze this moment in time we say all right now we got this we moved to sixth ambassadors and we moved to e we're still in ethos there's school districts right now in West S County doing the same thing we're talking about. So this is very fluid. What I'm trying to say is yeah, if we got that approved tonight and we froze this tonight, that's where we six out of eight out of there's a very good chance that we could get this fast enough out and we're still eight out of what I'm saying is not enough. We have to continually go to you guys and ask you put our best for say we
035got to do better school. We got to give you guys our our community. We got to keep your kids here. Not just we got to give you guys a reason and I understand that. I really do. Um but there's really no future for the law school district without us being able to stay off of our expense. So, how do we vote? On February 9th, 78 78 p.m. These are I don't school for fire department. >> Okay. Well, we got fire department on standby confirmed. Bring a form of ID or privacy. You do not need to be a registered voter or a property owner, but you must be a resident of Laurent years of age. Absentee ballot instructions are too numerous to mention right now. Someone put me on the website if anybody's interested in asking.
036So why do we need the current expense referendum? As a good lesson, we're going to close again the essential question. Number one, stabilization budget. Number two, compensation staff. And number three, operation specific technology and safety and security. Um, if it passes, we'll have funding to stabilize the budget. We have got funding secured reducing on this agent for all staff and we'll have an investment in student technology and safety and security that goes on in the budget. If it fails, we'll go out again. Got go out two times in one calendar year, I believe. So, we'll go out again. Budget cuts will be explored. Sadly, also one and loss of student technology and extreme reduction safety. I guys. I don't but we got agree. So that being said, thank you for your time. I will continue
037to meet the organizations across the world in the coming months. Starting next week and as said, please vote for the first time. Thank you. Okay, I'm going to the board jack skip over the board participation. Okay, skip over that. Uh monthly financial reports. Good evening. >> Hello. >> Uh just update from our last meeting last month. Um submitted the quarterly bond bill report. Uh and we also submitted the facility use and disposition [snorts] report. Um things we have coming up. We have the class size waiver which is in the uh in your board packets tonight. That is for uh classes that are exceeding uh in grades K through three that exceed 22 students per one teacher. We have uh six classes that six classrooms that exceed that. Uh we are doing POS position reconciliations which
038is an ongoing process. Our related services declarations will be coming up in December. We also need to have our reduction plan which is the funds that we have to return to the state uh to the tune of $422,000. Um that is due to the state um by December 31st. Our opportunity funds report will be due by January 1st and it will be posted on our website. Uh the enhanced MCI spending plan is due to Department of Education by January 1st. And we have a couple of audits ongoing. Our FY24 local funds audit and our FY24 and 25 school construction examinations are going on it right now. And this is a snapshot of our reserve and local funds just as compared to the same place as we had last year. So we are keeping that same
039trend. So any other questions? >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Unfinished business. The second reading, JI HC LSD weapon detection screening program revision as submitted and found on the district website in the board of education policy section and as found at the law school district sites. >> Second. >> First, Mrs. Pew. Second, Mrs. Isler. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew. Mrs. Zler >> approved. >> Miss Ralph >> approved. >> And Mr. Nichols >> approved. >> So approved. >> School choice recommend approval of school choice as a group. >> First, Mrs. Pew. >> Second. Mrs. Isler. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew. >> Mrs. Isler. >> Approved. >> Miss. Ralph. >> Approved. >> And Mr. Nichols. >> Approved. >> So approved. >> Recommend approval of school choice as submitted. >> So move. >> First, Mrs. Isler. >> Second.
040Second, Mrs. um Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Das approve. >> Mr. Pew. >> Miss Ralph >> approved. >> And Mr. Nicholas >> approved. >> So approved. Recommend to approve. Oh, never mind. Fundraisers. Approval of fundraisers as a group. So move. >> First, Mr. Nichols. >> Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols. >> Mrs. Pew. >> Miss Rouse, >> approve. and Mrs. Isler >> approved. >> So approved. Recommend approval of fundraiser as submitted. >> So move. >> First, Mr. Nichols. >> Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> Miss Ralph, >> approved. >> Mrs. >> approved. >> So approved. Rentals recommend to approve request of Amy Proctor Trinity Foundation to host Big Pink Volleyball tournament at Laurel Middle High School gymnasium on Saturday, March the 21st, 2026
041from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for purpose to raise funds for Title Health. Cost is $240 per team. Requested equipment, microphone, sound system, scoreboard, chairs, and tables. Certificate of liability insurance provided. >> I recommend approval of use of facility fee, custodial and constable fees applied. >> Okay. Miss Isler is recommending approval of use of facility fee, custodial and constable fees applied. >> Second. Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> Miss Rouse, >> approved. >> Mr. Nichols, >> so approved. recommend to approve the request of Zachary Wheel Wrestling Club to host Law Wrestling Club at Laurel High School Fitness weight room on Tuesdays and Thursdays from November 2025 until March 2026 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for purpose to raise funds for the club. Cost is $10
042per person constable on site as coach. [snorts] Certificate of liability insurance not provided. I recommend approval of use of facility fee, custodial, custodial and constable fees waved. >> Mrs. Isler is recommending the approval use of facility fee, custodial and constable fees waved with a second by Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, >> approved. >> Mr. Nichols, >> approved. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approved. >> And Miss Rouse, >> approved. >> So approved. No professional trips. um recommend to approve the waiver requirements per 14 Delaware Code 1705A requiring requiring the ratio of students to instructors in any class in kindergarten or grades 1 through three in a Delaware public school shall not exceed 22 students as of the last school day of October. In calculating such ratio, a classroom instructional aid shall count as equal to
043half a teacher. This subject section shall only apply to a class within which students are instructed in the core academic subjects of English, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. >> First, Mr. Nichols. >> Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. and Mi Miss Ralph >> approved >> and Miss Hler >> approved. >> So approved. >> Laur School District Eper position mock trial advisor recommend approving the law school district upper position mock trial advisor under group two. >> First Mrs. Isler >> Second Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler >> approved. >> Mrs. Pew. >> Mr. Nichols >> approved. >> And Miss Ralph >> approved. >> So approved. Law School District current expans referendum date. Approving the law school district current expense referendum date for Monday, February
044the 9th, 2026. >> Second. >> First, Mrs. Isler. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, >> approve. >> Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> And Miss Rout, >> approve. >> So approve. >> Thank you. >> Law school district notice of election. There is a resolution before us to proceed with a referendum in February of 20 26. Any discussion by any board member? >> Do I have a yes or no? >> No. >> Recommend approving the Laurel School District notice of special election for the Laurel School District current expense referendum. >> First, Mrs. Pew. >> Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Miss Ralph, >> approved. >> And Mrs. Isner, >> approved. >> So approved. >> Have the first reading. JNC school
045library collection development and review of materials. Materials as submitted and found on the district website in the board of education policy section and as found at the law school district sites. This policy is available for review by the community at the law school district buildings on the district website. Tonight is first reading. Recommend first reading of GCCAC paid leave for birth or adoption of a child revision as submitted and found on the district website in the board of education policy section and as found at the law school district sites. This policy is available for review by the community, the law school district buildings and on the district website. Personnel A. Professional staff recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment A. >> First, Mrs. Pew. >>
046Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Isler, >> approve. >> And Miss Ralph, >> approved. >> So approved. Support staff recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment B. >> Move. >> First, Mr. Nichols. >> Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> Miss Ralph, >> approve. >> And Mrs. Isler, >> approved. >> So approved. Personnel attachment C. Coaches. Uh, we are tableabling number seven. recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed attachment C. >> First M second Mr. Mrs. Isler roll call vote Mrs. Pew >> Mrs. Isler >> approved >> Miss Brown >> approved >> Mr. Nichols >> so approved
047personnel attachment D administrator Renol recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment D. First, Mr. Nichols. >> Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> Miss Ralph, >> approve. >> And Mrs. Isla, >> approved. >> So approved. >> Attachment E. Recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed. Attachment E. >> First, Mr. Nichols. Second, I believe Mrs. Pew. >> No. >> Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols. >> Mrs. Pew. >> M. Round. >> Approve. >> And Mrs. Approved. >> So approved. >> Personnel attachment F. Recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed. Attachment F. >> So move. >> First, Mrs. Isler. >> Second, Mr. Nichols.
048Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler >> approved. >> Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> And Miss Ralph, >> approved. >> So approved. recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed attachment G. >> First, Mrs. Pew. >> Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew. >> Mr. Nichols. >> Approved. >> Miss Rouse, >> approve. >> And Mrs. Isler, >> approved. >> So approved. >> Recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment H. First, Mr. Nichols. >> Okay. >> Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols, >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> Miss Row, >> approve. >> And Mrs. Isler, >> approve. >> So approved. Personnel to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session
049as listed attachment. I >> So move. >> First, Mr. Nichols. >> Okay. >> Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols >> approved. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approved. >> Mr. >> approved. >> And Mrs. Isler, >> approved. So approved. Recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment J. >> First, Mrs. Pew. >> Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew. >> Mr. Nichols. >> Approve. >> Zizzler. >> Approve. >> And Miss Ralph >> approved. >> So approved. >> Okay. Recommend to approve personnel report with recommendations as discussed. Executive session as listed attachment K. >> Second. >> First, Mr. Nichols. >> Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> M. Rout >> approved. >> And Mrs. Islam, >> approved.
050>> So approved. >> Recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment L. >> First, uh, Mrs. Pew. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> Mr. Nichols >> approved. >> Miss Ralph >> approved >> and Mrs. >> approved. >> So approve recommend to approve. By the way, this is the month of December. No, what month are we? November. >> November. And this is when contracts come up. So this is I'm almost done. >> Okay. Attachment M. I recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed. Attachment M. >> First, Mrs. Pew. >> Second, Mr. Nichols. [snorts] Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Miss Rout, >> approve. >> And Mrs. Isel,
051>> approve. >> So, approve. >> Personnel attachment N. >> Uh, recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed. Attachment N. >> So move. >> First, Mrs. Sizzler. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mr. Sizzler. >> Approved. >> Mr. Nichols. >> Approved. >> Mrs. Pew. >> Approved. >> And Miss Rout >> approved. >> So approved. O recommend approval of the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed attachment O >> first Mrs. Pew >> second Mr. Nichols roll call vote Mrs. Pew >> approve >> Mr. Nichols >> approved >> Mrs. Fizzler >> approved. >> Miss Ralph >> approved. >> So approved. Last one. Personnel attachment P. Cafeteria recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed. Attachment P. >> So
052move. >> First, Mrs. Isler. >> Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, >> approve. >> Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> And Miss Ralph, >> approve. >> So approved. Okay. The regular board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December the 10th, 2025 at 700 p.m. right here in the cafeteria. Do I have a motion? We adjourn. Second. >> First, Mrs. Ller. >> Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, >> approve. >> Mr. Nichols, >> approve. >> Mrs. Pew, >> approve. >> And Miss Ralph, >> approve. >> Ajourn at 8:10 p.m. Remote it.