001e e e do um public session at 7:01 pm and if we would all stand and salute the flag and a moment of silence I pledge allegiance [Music] toag one nation indivisible liy jce please be seated and shout out to um N I believe what I was told for we love getting gifts if anybody wants to give us more we'll take them that's my highlight of being on the school board okay recommend approving tonight's agenda as submitted first Mrs Pew second second Mr Nichols roll call vote Mrs PE Mr Nichols appr and Miss Ralph approved so approved recommend the approv of the minutes of the Board of Education regular meeting of January 15 2025 first Mrs Pew approve second Mr Nichols roll call Mrs PE approve Mr Nichols approve and Miss Ralph approve so approve
002recognition guest will you join Jo good evening everybody I want to take just a moment to extend our deepest gratitude to our Nela ladies Mrs Puerto and Mrs Henry for their outstanding efforts in making our District's multilingual learner night a huge success with our percentage of multilingual Learners now exceeding 20% of our student po population events like this are more important than ever in fostering inclusion engagement and support for all of our students and families Mrs PTO and Mrs Henry took all the bulk of the work in planning and hosting this event ensuring that our multilingual families felt welcomed valued and informed their dedication and commitment are truly appreciated and we are grateful for their efforts in strengthening our school Community uh could the ladies please come to on behalf of the LA Board of
003Education we are honored to present both of you with a certificate of recognition as a token of our GR itude for your hard work dedication thank you so very much yeah B brother you for recognizing our recent Multicultural nighta for her dedication and support to our ml program always um we share this honor with every family educator and student who contributed to our event and um to thank you for believing in the power of diversity and the strength and Bel St [Applause] thank how about one more round of applause for Mr [Applause] tonight we also want to recognize and celebrate the incredible achievement of our L High School varsity wrestling team for winning the southern division championship not one time not two times not three times but four times in a row how about a
004big round of applause this remarkable accomplishment is a testament to the hard work discipline and determination of our student athletes as well as the outstanding leadership of the coaching sta a special congratulations and recognition goes to coach Z tobine who has been named the anopen conference Coach of the [Applause] Year coach toad dedication to his athletes his commitment to building a winning culture and his ability to develop both Skilling character and his wrestlers has been instrumental in this continued success on behalf of the Board of Education we are honored to present coach toadvine in the Laur wrestling team with certificates of recognition coach toadvine could you come up please thank you guys uh first I'm going to call up my coaches and then I'll call up everybody else individually um couldn't have done this without
005my assistance first off Zachary Wy you can come up budy of course Kyler [Applause] we and then some of the athletes that are here uh Landing Messing K Ry Kenyon Littleton Nathan Moore Ezekiel O'Hara Stanley Pete C Rodriguez Conor Smith and Ty [Applause] jumps I was not prepared to speak tonight but U I'll say a couple words I guess um I was talking to Dr Lore earlier um between two bulldogs we talked about how cool it was to win one and then to go win four was kind of crazy especially um last year when we lost to a team by 30 points and then come back and beat him before the conference uh that was pretty special it's been a special young group um it's been fun to grow with these guys for four years
006and they've never known not win so the division championship which that's pretty cool I just want to say thanks again for recognizing young thank [Applause] you e e our guests are welcome to stay or you can leave it's always a question nobody wants to ask thank you guys and ladies thank you so much what up Rosal Lee I do just a short one all right Communications and announcements first oh super oh hold on uh board participation we're just going to skip over it uh we do we have gotten some nice weather now so even though we're talking about snow for March 6 through the 11th they're talking about it but it's going to skip us here so we don't have for about it um public participa oh no we're skipping that oh no we had
007no one signed up no one signed up to speak so we'll now go to superintendent yeah my remarks I'll try to keep them very free just a community update uh first of all good evening um We are continuing prioritizing school safety within our district we're rolling out two key initiatives the standard response protocol is being fully implemented in Laurel Middle High School and also at our elementary schools and we are uh in addition we have a new weapons detection system that has been rolled out little high school and also accessories to that have been added for Nela and leis that Mrs way is very happy with those new systems we got in you guys will be receiving those soon if you not already academically we've had several key events and initiatives underway past 21 events
008have concluded thank you guys for doing a wonderful job on that I love to read month is in full swing um we're bringing a renewed Focus to literacy Black History Month has been filled with engaging activities and learning opportunities to celebrate the contribution of black Americans throughout his additionally we want to congratulate our gifted and talented students who held a mock trial program I do believe yesterday Mr G attended in my stad uh they demonstrated their critical thinking public speaking and legal reink skills so congratulations to those folks extracurricular is our students continue to shine we are proud to celebrate our Sussex County honors band uh those students will be performing we had one Middle School student and six high school students they'll be performing tomorrow night at K and lope 7M congratulations Mr Rogers
009and those students additionally I'm going to have a surprise or Mr Nole I've only briefly mentioned it but we're going to have a middle school partnership with boys and girls club to after offer after school programming nothing like finding about it out out about it in a meeting but there you go uh they finally got back with us they have not finally it's been a couple weeks but they have several programs are going to be offered after of school high interest programs like DJing sound production um Sports recording um very interesting her cling they have uh they want a grant to pay for that and they will actually pay for some of our students to be peer Leaders with those students so looking forward to Rolling that out with Mr no and LMS on the
010operation side we have received our preliminary reassessment numbers and we are working on getting U our tax rate adjusted for all of that and presenting that in the board meetings to come and meeting with community members um now to some well-deserved recognition congratulations again to Laurel High School wrestling team for four straight sou division title a special shout out to LMS eighth grader Nate Mo short one in front we had him over 22 Bulldogs today he won the hopan conference Championship as an a that's an incredible be an incredible feat and finally we're proud of our oural high school boys of our State basketball team for making state tournament Testament their teamwork perseverance and skill on the court with all these accompl accomplishments and achievements it's clear that great things are happening in this district
011and we need to continue thank you guys for your time next we have the financial report good evening everybody uh some things we've done since last me uh we submitted some reports um academic ex Cal sh the quarterly Bond Bill report and financial position report um we completed our midyear unit count so as of February 1 we have 2554 students as an increase of 10 students since our September 30th unit count some things we have coming up we still have some ongoing audits um and in our finance department we have aell change coming April 1 our our payroll Administrative Assistant M Donna Atkins is retiring from our district U with 20 years of service to us so we are preparing for that transition that the reserve and local funds out to compared to where last
012year they're stilling on PA with that any questions thank you unfinished business uh the second reading recommend second reading the law school district disciplinary Matrix 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 was available for review by the community at the all School District buildings and on the district website first Mrs Pew second second Mr Nichols roll call vot M PE approve Mr Nichols approve and M Ralph approve so approve school choice new business recommend approve of school choice as a br come first Mr Nichols second second Mrs PE roll call vote Mr Nichols appr Mrs Pew and Miss R approved so approved recommend approval of school choice as submitted some first Mr Nicholls second Mrs
013Pew roll call Mr Nichols approve Mrs Pew and Miss Ral approve so approved fundraisers recommend approval of fundraisers as a group s first uh Mrs Pew second second Mr Nichols roll call vote Mrs Pew Mr Nichols approve and M Ralph approve so approved recommended approval of fundraisers as submitted first Mrs Pew second Mr Nichols call Mrs Pew Mr Nichols approve and m r approve so approved rentals recommend to approve request of Daryl DS Laurel School District FFA alumni for use of Laurel High School agriculture room and cafeteria to hold law at the alumini meeting beginning March to July 2025 by weekly I recommend approval use slly speed custodial feed and school C Fe W okay Mrs Pew and second Mr Nichols roll call vote Mrs Pew approve Mr Nichols approved and Miss rout approved so
014approved recommend to approve retroactive request to Zach FB law Middle School assistant principal for use of law middle school classroom to hold Esports online gaming competition beginning February 2025 to May 2025 from 38 A.M 3 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays participation will be through play play verse verse is that it and Delaware Scholastic Sports League I recommend approval use of facility fee codo fee and Cal fee weight okay first one Mrs F do I have a second second Mr Nichols roll call that Mrs Pew Mr Nichols appr and M Ralph appr so approve recommend to approve the request of Elena bets dun Laurel women's C Civic club for use of Laurel High School auditorium to hold Miss and Little Miss Laurel padet in rehearsal on May 9th what I said to myself
015bringing it back yeah good that's what my thoughts 2025 from 5:00 P pm to 900 pm and May 10th 2025 from 1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. equipment requested microphone sound system piano and qu risers certificate of liability insurance is on fire recommend approval with use of facilit and and custodian fee weight and Technology appli okay that's Mrs Pew got a second Mr Nichols roll call vot M Pew Mr Nichols and M Ralph approve so approve professional trips recommend approval of professional trips as a group move first Mr Nichols sh second m Mr Nichols approv Mrs F and M Ralph approved so approved recommend approval of professional trips as submitted first Mr Nicholls second Mrs Pew roll call that Mr Nichols Mrs PE and M Ralph so approved PSAT date March 12 2025 for freshman request
016asynchronous instruction for 10th 11th and 12th grade students for March the 12 12 uh do I have a first so first Mrs Pew second second Mr Nichols roll call vote Mrs Pew Mr Nichols and Miss Ralph approve so approv okay presentation of policy first reading policy gcbd criminal history information as submitted and found on the district website on the board of education policy section and as found at the law school district site this policy is available for review by the community at the law school district buildings and on the district website first reading policy of the law school district propa policy as submitted and found on the district website and the Board of Education policy section and as found the law school district site this policy is available for review by the community at the
017law school district buildings and on the district website possible action on Executive session items recommend Personnel professional recommend to approve the Personnel Report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment a first Mr Nicholls second Mrs Pew roll call vote Mr Nichols Mrs Pew m r approve approve attachment B is support staff recommend to approve the Personnel Report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment feed first m M Pew I believe do I have a second second Mr Nicholls roll call vote Mrs Pew Mr Nichols M Ralph approve Personnel attachment C coaches recommend to approve Personnel Report with recommendations as discussed in executive session as listed in attachment SE first Mr Nicholls second second Mrs Pew roll Mr Nichols Mrs pew and Miss Ralph approve so approved okay
018future uh agenda Board of Education meeting will be Wednesday March the 19th at 700 PM right here at the Law mle High School cafe and do I have a motion we adjourn sure do first Mr Nicholls second second Mrs Pew roll call vote Mr Nichols approve Miss Pew approve and Miss Ralph approve so approve so we adjourn at 7:23 p.m. thank you thanks everybody