001Okay. Would like to call July on Monday, July? No. on Wednesday, Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 in the L Middle High School cafeteria, the board of education reorganization meeting at 5:33 p.m. Recommend approving tonight's agenda as submitted. First, Mrs. Pew. Second. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. Mrs. Isler, approve. and Miss Brown approved. So approved. Board of Education election results. Jan Pew is the only candidate for the open seat. Therefore, an election was not held. Uh executive secretary Dr. Sha Laramore will induct Janip to the Laurel School Board by reciting the following oath. You want to do it right here or you want to go right up there? She said right here. She said right here. and raise your right. We're going to lay the left and raise the right.
002Now, I'm going to raise it with a piece of paper. I understand. See, I got to poke it up so you can read it. Um, Mrs. Pew, if you would please repeat after me. I do solemnly swear I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America the Constitution of the State of Delaware the Constitution of the State of Delaware and the laws of Delaware governing public education and the laws of Delaware governing public education and that I will faithfully discharge and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of school board member the duties of the office of school board member according to the best of my ability according to the best of my
003ability. And I do further solemnly swear And I do further solemnly swear that I have not directly or indirectly that I have not directly or indirectly paid, offered, or promised to pay paid, offered, or promised to pay contributed or offered to contributed or offered to or promised to contribute or promised to contribute. any money or other valuable thing any money or other valuable thing as consideration or reward as consideration or reward for the giving or withholding of vote for the giving or withholding of a vote at the election at which I was elected to set office at the election at which I was elected to set office. So help me God. So help me God. Congratulations. This is your certificate of election. Be remembered that in the election held Tuesday the 13th of May in
004the year of our lower 2025 Laurel School District according to the laws and stated that Janet Pew was declared a duly elected member of the board of education school district. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. Welcome aboard. Yes. Thank you. I am going to open the nominations for school board presidents. I second. [Music] Are there any further nominations? Right. I'm going to request a motion to close the nominations for the president of Laurel School Board for the 2025 2026 school year. So moved. First, Miss Isler. Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mrs. um is you. Me, Mrs. Ralph, roll call vote. Approved. Approved. Uh Mrs. Pew. Um Mr. Nichols, approve. And Mrs. approve. And Mrs. Hitchens. Oh. approved. There you go. There was only one nominee, so we have closed the nominations. Congratulations, Mrs. Hitchens. You have
005been approved as a president for the 2025 2026 school year. Now it's your show. Okay. Okay. Uh the election of vice president. So I nominate open the nominations. Brent, Mr. Nichols nominates You don't mind? Yes. Reena nominates Mrs. Dizzler. Are there any other further nominations? I request a motion to close the nominations for vice president of the Laurel School Board for the 2025 2026 school year. Seven. First, Mrs. Pew. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew. Mr. Nichols. Approved. Mrs. Isler. Approve. And Miss Ralph. Approved. So approved. There's only one nominee after the motion to close the nominations. The board has approved closing the nominations for vice president of the law school board for the 2025 2026 school year with Mrs. Sabrina Isler declared vice president. Thank you. I'm glad. Congratulations. Okay. The 2025
006selection of board officials. Uh last year, board officials that volunteered as teacher of the year representative were Janna Pew and Sabrina Isler. Who would like? Oh, yeah. Janna. Janna. And who would like to be um alternate? I will. Kim. Kim. Okay. The academic awards ceremony representative was Sabrina Isler and Kim Ralph. We were very busy with that. But you Yeah, we worked so hard on that, didn't we, Kim? Yes, we did. Do they even do that? They do not. They do not. So, maybe if we ever get any money, they would like to do it again. What um what because we we discussed this where I always thought this meant like the past 21 academic awards. No, this is the one. This was the end of the year. The one that the board did each
007year for the academic achievement dinner for the children. I was going to say all I know is since I've always had that thing, I've never done it, right? Let's put it that way. Do we know who within the staff, the building staff is in charge of that? Or I I never done it. I was never here when there was like Michael was at the bad end of that deal. You were here for this. How long have you been here? 26 years. How do you really? Wow. And yet you're only 32. You do you're doing all right. So what was that? I mean what? So if I remember correctly basically had to have a 3.25 done by the market. So anybody or dinner? Yes, it was very nice. Seventh grade. It was seventh. And I think
008I remember handing out certificates or medals when Lisa King was the principal. Yeah. And the teacher of the year, the current teacher of the year always spoke. Yes. So is this something you guys want to do? So what happened was it was I thought it was the GPA. I didn't know it had I didn't think it had to be all A's and B's. I thought as long as your GPA met it. Like say if you had all A's and You're correct, Sabrina. Yeah. It it wasn't necessarily all A's and B's, you had to have a 3.25. So she had an A and it was offset by a C. Um you know definitely remember and because we had issue because at that time we had some um certain years we had pass fail classes and that
009I remember that. Yep. Right. Through a how did um wrench and things how did they um place it? I mean because after the I mean the fourth quarter grades come in it's graduation it's it was basically based off the first three marks first three got and it was just for seventh and eighth grade. No seventh through 12. Seventh through 12. Okay. Cuz it was on the committee to do it is the year they stopped doing it. Like when it was my turn to be a part of it that's the year they didn't do it and haven't done it like every time. The parents had to pay, but the students were paid for by the district. We can resurrect it. Well, didn't we even have one one time where it was just cookies and stuff? There
010was no dinner. Oh, I know. I' I've always I always went to the ones where there were the cafeteria. It was the cafeteria that actually did the meal each year. We had it in the gym of the old school, but isn't anymore, right? Yeah, it was. I think that that it it was a um it was with the it was either cake or cookies. It wasn't a real that was something maybe that was something else. Yeah. Okay. And that was held in here because this it was literally all the academic achievements was still the old building. I always thought when you guys were doing that like who's going to attend past 21 and stuff like that. No. Um, we can we can resurrect it, but I think when we resurrect it, we need to look
011at it and kind of spruce it up a little bit and have Mike brought into it as far as how to be able to calculate the grades, what needs to be counted in that um whether it's all grades or if it's your core courses. Good. Great. And that was another thing. And it was like your ele like your seventh and eighth grade it was just um language arts, math, science and social studies that were calculated but I think for high school it was your entire schedule of classes I believe might help make that. Yes. And my Yes. Yes. So if they do that then it just sounds like so it's even it should maybe it's a 9 through 12 thing then. Well I like including the middle school too because we want to keep them
012here. Is that ninth grade middle school? What's our middle school? Seventh grade seventh grade. Where am I? It's been a long day. But that is that's a good idea. I think we should. Um Morgan, would you please write in? Yeah, that's what I meant. I meant middle high. That's just send me a little message u email just academic achievement dinner. That's all you have. Middle. Okay. So my question Sabrina Yes. Are you Oh yes, I would love to. I would to come back again. Sabrina and Kim, put you both. You both can just do it instead of one. And like if she can't do it, you but you both. Oh, no. It's a It's definitely a a person when it comes time. Need it. Right. Right. Okay. We have no one signed up for public
013participation. Are you sure? So, I don't think so. No, they're good. All right. The next regular board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August the 20th, 2025 at 700 p.m. right here. And do I have a motion? We adjourn. So move. First, Mrs. Isler Ller. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. Mrs. Pew, approve. And Miss Ralph, we're adjourning at 45. 5:45. All right. Then Sweet. Don't we have another something? Uh, no. Right.