001public session at 7:01. And if we could stand and salute the flag and have a moment of silence, please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Recommend approving tonight's agenda as submitted. So move first Mrs. Isler second second Mrs. Pew I believe roll call vote Mrs. Isler approve Mrs. Pew approve Mr. Nichols approve and Miss Rout approved so approved recommending the approval of the minutes of the board of education regular meeting of April the 9th 2025 so move first Mr. Nichols second Mrs. Pew roll call vote Mr. Nichols approve Mrs. Pew approve Mrs. Isler approve and Miss Ralph approved. So approved. Recommend the approval of the
002minutes of the board of education special meeting of April 14th, 2025. First, Mr. Nichols. Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols, approved. Mrs. Pew, approve. Mrs. Isler, approve. And Miss Route, approved. So approved. Recognition of guest memory paper. Good evening everybody. How's everybody doing? You going to do it better than that? How's everybody doing? Good. Good. That's what I like to hear. We got several honores here tonight which makes me very happy. Miss Handy out there? Miss Hyy's not here? She's not here. Okay. Well, I'm just going to talk about you then. How about that, Ellie? First up, um I want to introduce Miss Ellie Cooper from Laurel High School, who has spent the year in the K12 Teachers Academy and also doing an internship at Laurel Elementary School. Why don't you give Ellie
003a hand as she comes on? [Applause] you stand here for me. So, um I promise I'm going to get to the point. My favorite uncle um who has since passed was a Mason. Not the kind of brick layer, you know, Masonic Lodge Mason, that kind of guy. He used to always tell me that when I would see someone else, I would know within minutes if that guy was a Mason. He said, "You just knew. You just knew." And often times he was 100% on the money. I get the same way when I talk to Ellie Cooper and see what she does. I feel like she's not a Mason, but I feel she has a heart of a teacher. And on behalf of the Laurel School District board of education, uh we don't want to let
004her get out of town. Okay? We don't want to let her get out of town. So on behalf of the Laurel School District and Laurel Board of H the Laurel Board of Education, we would like to offer you a promise of employment the seventh day of May 2025 to come back here to Laurel and be a teacher. If you are certified and we have a job opening for which you are qualified, we are going to fast track you not even through an interview. We're going to hire you right on the spot right now. That's looking at be with the school year of 30, 2030. Right. Right now on FY25, you would make 49,330. It'll probably double by FY30, won't it? What do you guys think? Let's hope so. Let's hope so. Let's hope so. Would
005you please accept this on behalf of the board of education? [Applause] Morgan Morgan. [Applause] [Music] Last month we had the pleasure of joining Laurel High School and I would like um Mrs. Jos to come up now. If you would just join me up here. How about a hand for Mr. John? We had the pleasure of joining uh Laurel High School's Secretary of Scholars dinner. Our scholars from Laurel. They usually choose about two to three scholars to make a secretary of scholars winners. And we are very proud to have two of our own be recognized. When I call your name, I'm do it uh separately. I'd like you to come up here, uh, introduce yourself, and then share where you're going, what your scholarship was, and what you intend on majoring in. Okay. We would just
006like to honor first up, let's do ladies first. Diana Angel Gabriel [Applause] Good evening everyone. My name is Diana Angel Gabriel. Thank you. My name is Diana Angel Gabriel. I am a senior at Laurel High School and I have the pleasure of being a Secretary of Education scholar. Um I will say the banquet was quite nice and to be joined by Gian, it was such a pleasure. Uh to give a quick update about me. Um I have committed to the University of Pennsylvania. I will be attending their school of nursing this fall to major um as a nurse and to eventually be a certified nurse midwife. I have won the Horatio Alger National Scholarship and I have also been provided full financial need assistance by the University of Pennsylvania, so I will be paying absolutely
007zero dollars for my education. Yeah, good job. [Applause] Thank you. [Applause] And next up, one of my favorite seniors uh that I've ever experienced, Gian Perez. [Applause] Good evening everyone. I'm GM Perez. Thank you. And um I was also at the Secretary of Education Scholars Banquo with Diane over here. It was a great time getting to see students from across the state. Um celebrating their achievement, celebrating their hard work. Um it's quite an honor to be there with them. I will be attending the University of Delaware this fall semester, their college of engineering. And I received the B. Bradford Arms scholarship from the Delaware Higher Education Office earlier in April, right around there. And I am excited to go there. I'm excited for the experiences with UD and I am proud to be a Bluehead.
008Thank you [Applause] everyone. It is right. church. Three, two, one. How about one more round of applause, please, for Ellie Diana. At this time, one of my good friends, Dave King, Coach Dave King, head coach of the back-to back Southern Division track and field champion. [Applause] I'm gonna start this off. We certainly want to honor you guys and girls. Um I tell you to do something once is extraordinary, but to do it twice, that's when you start to leave a legacy, man. And I'm so very proud of all of you. I really am. You know, this is the kind of thing that keeps our community galvanized. It keeps kids wanting to stay here. It keeps you guys want to do better in school and have a great career and a great life. This is what
009we need. And I'm telling you, it's all because of this man right here and the heart that you guys have. So, give it up to Coach Dave. Thank you all very much. Um, these young men have worked so hard in the past several years. Um, they've gone undefeated the last two years uh in the division and uh it's a direct reflection of their hard work and dedication on the track. Um, I'm going to go ahead and start off. I got several assistants that have uh other jobs. So, they're at work right now. We also have uh some of our student athletes that that are working as well. So, I'll just call all the names out and those that are here, come on up and receive your uh certificates. Ashton Lucas Sky McCrae, Skyler Elie, Derek
010[Applause] Sneed, Antoine Trey [Applause] Ross, Jamaran Cannon, [Applause] Shakai [Applause] Parker, Angelo [Applause] Pierre, Jack Smith, [Applause] Jeremiah [Applause] Hopkins, Elias [Applause] Elie, Cord Rodriguez, Chris Smith, [Applause] Kenyan [Applause] Littleton, Logan [Applause] Wilkins, Kimari Hkins, [Applause] E vote [Applause] Charles K Money come on up. [Applause] Kayen Gatis and my assistant at Landing [Applause] Trip. Thanks for the board support, my administration's uh support and uh Dr. Larore and all board members. Thank you all very much. Three, two, one. [Applause] Coach King, I want to ask you one question. Are you going to fill up a third school bus this year? [Laughter] Very good. What What's it been like 20 years since we had track and field? Yeah. And now two two buses. Says a lot for you. Not for the kids. They wanted to come out
011and do this. Very good. Awesome. Be great. Awesome. Very good. Thank you. Okay. Um, communications and announcements. I believe we've had that already. Um, I have no one signed up for public participation. Superintendent remarks. going to pass tonight. Going to pass tonight. Board participation. I'm not going to go down each one, but if anybody wants to say anything from the board, feel free. Oh, Mrs. Giles, the prom was absolutely wonderful. I thought the decorations were fantastic and I thought the behavior of the students was absolutely amazing. The food was pretty good, too. Yeah, I like to say something too. Uh, I went to a dissertation for Miss Nibblet, Dr. Tyson Nibblet the other night. So, now we got another doctor. So, if anybody's got any medical problems, just go step to them and they they
012can they can pick it. Dr. Nibblet is shaking her head. She knows what doctor she's going to send you to. As long as you're not a proctologist. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. [Applause] Okay. So, okay. Monthly financial report. Good evening everybody. Good evening. Um update since our last meeting. Uh I turned in the financial position report to DOE uh that was approved at the last meeting. Uh we completed the estimated unit count for next year for FY26. Um DOE approved us for 193 units. We are currently at 189.97. So we are guaranteed the 98% which is 189.14. Um things we have coming up uh be the FY26 tax warrant and our preliminary budget. Um and we're also going to be working on closing out fisc fiscal year 25. And we have uh some audits still ongoing. Um,
013we have a new one, a local audit, local funds audit for FY24. And there is a snapshot of our reserve and local balances um by the month. So, we're still keeping trends with our prior year. Any questions? No, everybody's good. Yep. Okay. Thank you. We have no unfinished business. New business. Recommend approval of funds raisers as a group. So move. First, Mr. Nichols. Second. Mrs. Isler. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols approved. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mrs. Pew, approved. And Miss Ralph, approved. So approved. Recommend approval of fundraiser as submitted. Motion. Uh, first, Mrs. Pew. Second, Mrs. Isler. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew. Mrs. Dizzler approved. Mr. Nichols approve and Miss Ralph approved. So approved. Rentals recommend to approve request of Susan Whley, Laurel School District for the use of Laurel Middle High School classroom and media
014center to hold Empowering Young Men for Success program, a joint partnership with our project, Laurel Police Department, and the Laurel School District beginning 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday from June 2025 to August 2025. I recommend approval of use of facility fee, custodial fees and constable fee to be waved. All right. First by Mrs. Isler. Recommend approval of the use of facility fee con custodial fees and constable fees waved. Second by Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler approved. Mr. Nichols approve. Um Mrs. Pew approved. And Miss Ralph approved. So approved. Professional trip recommend approval of professional trip as submitted. Second. First, uh, Mrs. Pew. Second. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew approved. Mr. Nichols. Approved. Miss Ller, approved. And Miss Ralph, approved. So approved. The 2029 Mall School District Board
015of Education meeting schedule. Recommend to approve that. So move. First, Mrs. Isler. Second. Second. Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mrs. Pew, approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. And Miss Ralph, approved. So approved. Recommend to approve the 2025 Laur School District summer hours schedule as submitted. So move. First, Mrs. Isler. Second. Second. Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mrs. Pew, approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. And Miss Ralph, approved. So approved. recommend to approve the law school district repair and maintenance plan as submitted. So moved. First, Mrs. Pew. Second. Second. Mrs. Isler. Roll call that Mrs. Pew approved. Mrs. Isler approved. Mr. Nichols approved. And Miss Ralph, approve. So approved. Laurel School Discipline. Um recommend to approve the Laurel Elementary School Discipline improvement plan as submitted. So move. First, Mr. Mr. Nicholls. Second. Second. Mrs.
016Pew. Roll call vote. Mr. Nichols approve. Mrs. Pew, approve. Mrs. Isler, approve. And Miss Ralph, approve. So approve. Recommend to approve the Laurel Middle School discipline improvement plan as submitted. First, Mrs. Pew. Second, Mrs. Isler. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew, approve. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. And Miss Ralph, approved. So approved. Recommend to approve the Laurel High School discipline improvement plan as submitted. First, Mrs. Isler. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. Mrs. Pew, approve. And Miss Ralph, approve. So approved. Uh, the first reading policy JNDC, Internet Safety, and acceptable use of technology 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
017school district buildings and on the district red website. Next, possible action on executive session items. Resolutions, recommendations for personnel action for the May 7th, 2025 board of education meeting. Number one, be it reside that the law school district board of education approve recommended personnel actions identified on attachment A in executive session. Number two, be it reside that the law school district board of education authorized that notice of termination of services at the end of the current school year be sent to affected professional employees who are on temporary contracts identified on attachment B in executive session. Number three, be it reside that the law school district board of education approved notice of termination of services of support staff due to temporary employment be sent to affected employee employees identified on attachment C in executive session. Number
018four, be it resolved that the Laurel School District Board of Education approve recommended personnel actions identified on attachment D in executive session. Number five, be it resolved that the Laurel School District Board of Education approve recommended personnel actions as identified on attachment E in executive session. Number six, be it resolved that the Laurel School District Board of Education approve recommended personnel actions identified on attachment F in executive session. Number seven, be it resolved that the Laurel School District Board of Education approve recommended personnel actions identified on attachment G in executive session. Number eight. Be it resolved that the Laurel School District Board of Education authorized that notice of intent to terminate services at the end of the current school year will be sent to the affected professional employee due to neglect of duty to obtain
019standard teaching certificate identified on attachment H in executive session. A recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed attachment A. So moved. First, Mrs. Isler. Second. Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mrs. Ller, approve. Mrs. Pew, approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. And Miss Ralph, approved. So approved. Recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment B. So move. First, Mrs. Isler. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Ller. Approve. Mr. Nichols approved. Mrs. Pew approve. And Miss Ralph approved. And this is that was for teacher temporary contract non-re renewals. Now this is support staff temporary positions non-renewals. Recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment C. So move. First, Mrs. Isler. Second.
020Second. Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mrs. Pew, approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. and Miss Ralph approved. So approved. Personnel attachment D. Support staff recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment D. To move. First, Mr. Nichols, second. Second, Miss Pew. Mrs. Pew, roll call vote. Mr. Nichols, approve. Mrs. Pew, approved. Mrs. Isler, approve. And Miss Ralph, approved. So approved. Personnel attachment E. Cafeteria recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment E. First, Mrs. Pew. Second, Mrs. Isler. Roll call vote. Mrs. Pew, approve. Mrs. Isler, approved. Mr. Nichols, approve. And Miss Ralph, approve. So approved. Personnel attachment F, teacher non-renewal. Recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed. Attachment
021F. So move. First, Mrs. Ller. Second. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. Mrs. Pew, approve. And Miss Ralph, approved. So approved. Personnel attachment G. Support staff non-renewal. Recommend to approve the personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment G. So move. First, Mrs. Isler. Second. Second, Mrs. Pew. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mrs. Pew, approve. Mr. Nichols approve and Miss Ralph approved. So approved. Personnel attachment H professional neglective duty to obtain standard teaching certificate. Recommend to approve the P personnel report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment H. So move. First, Mrs. Isler. Second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, approved. Mr. Nichols, approved. Mrs. Pew, approve. And Miss Ralph, approved. So approved. Future agenda items. Regular board
022meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18th, 700 p.m. Uh, right here in the cafeteria and motion to adjurnn. So move. Second. First, Miss Isler, second, Mr. Nichols. Roll call vote. Mrs. Isler, approve. Mr. Nichols, approve. Mrs. Ralph, approve. And Mrs. Pew, approve. So approved at 7:28 p.m. Thank you. Have a good evening everyone.