001will stand for 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. Our heavenly father, we thank you for this day you've given us. We thank you for another school year before us. Pray that you'll keep uh all those involved uh safe and in your care. Uh we ask for sound, you know, be with each of us this night and make sound decisions. Uh that we will honor you and always say and do. We pray your blessing in Jesus name. Amen. >> Amen. mission statement, excellence in education, preparation for life. No at all are in attendance. We have public comment section. Now, if we have any they want to bring up before we get started with the
002business items. Okay, we'll go ahead and move on to consent items. Approval of minutes. Everybody got a copy of those? Any additions or corrections to minutes from previous meeting? Okay. Item B, approval of July 25th and August 8th 2025 payroll and C, August claims. Anybody any questions for Mr. Reed or Christine on that? So far so good. >> Okay, Mr. Reed, personnel. >> Okay. I'd like to recommend that following new hires. Mark Summers, Corporation bus driver. Wade McCrae, varsity football assistant coach. Kaylin House, co-ed cross country assistant coach as a volunteer. Jenny Pitt, sixth grade volleyball coach. Jill Winkl, seventh grade volleyball coach. Sam Zolman, middle school, middle school soccer assistant coach as a volunteer. Marge Herendine, middle school ed professional. Janelle Mertin, high school culinary capstone student for the cafeteria. Kaylin Mclofflin, culinary capstone
003high school student for the cafeteria. and Kaden Tuttle high school work-based learning for the cafeteria. Couple of reassignments. We have Christian Granados, some varsity soccer assistant coach as a volunteer to a paid position along with Sam Hartman. Uh same thing, volunteer assistant coach to varsity soccer assistant coach. Both of those are going to split that stipen there. And then no resignations or retirements. Okay. Any questions for Mr. Reed concerning personnel? If not, do I have a motion to approve consent items? >> So move. >> Jess, is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Heather. >> All those in favor? Motion carries 5 to zero. So action items. First one is recommendation to approve the advertisement of the budget hearing. >> Christine, you want to talk about that? >> Sure. Yeah. Uh last week I sent
004you guys an email that had the uh notice to taxpayers with it. Um so this we're just asking for permission to advertise that the requirement by the Department of Local Government Finance has to be posted on their website um 10 days prior to the public hearing. >> Our budget hearings in September, right? >> September 18th. >> We got questions there. Motion to approve. Action. >> Second. >> Jamie and Aaron. All those in favor. Motion carries 5 to zero. Item B, recommendation to approve the building PCA risk reports. >> Yeah. So, the building treasures um completed those and actually reviewed them and everything's pretty consistent with the prior years and you guys can look at those if you would like. I have them here. >> You want to see them now? I wouldn't mind looking at
005them after the meeting. >> Okay. >> No issues though. >> No, not any questions. We have a motion to approve to approve Heather. Second, >> Aaron. All those in favor? Motion carries. Five to zero. >> Recommendation to approve the resolution to reduce appropriations. >> Yep. And one more. So, this we do this every year. This just allows us to reduce appropriations during the budget process as needed. Uh because we're kind of on a tight timeline with that approval from the DGF. I don't anticipate that one dead this year, but just in case there >> second. All those in favor motion carries five to zero. Item D, recommendation to approve the contract with Garmin Young and Associates for the architectural services. >> So, in your packets, you have a copy of that contract. It's a pretty
006basic contract. Talked to Brandon about it. He's uh he skipped the contract. Has no issues with it. It's done a lot of work with Garmin and Miller. Um, you did see the price in there. Right now, they're proposing their fees based off $3 million of work. Um, and that can change based off what we decide to do, how we prioritize things. But right now, they want to have a contract signed so we can get going and start planning phases with them. So, so that can all change. Their overall fee based on that 3 million is about 5%, a little over 5%. So, so yeah, really good rate, especially compared to what we originally had from different. So pleased with that. So, so I'd recommend just go ahead and sign the contract tonight so we can
007move forward. um start getting designing phases with them and more talks of specifically what we're going to be doing and how we're going to prioritize that. >> Any questions for Mr. Reed? >> We have a motion to approve. >> So Aaron, >> a second. >> Jamie. All those in favor? Motion carries. Five to zero. Any other action items? >> Not an action item. I just want to note that um I met with Christina Blasy from the Moment Center a couple weeks ago and I went ahead and signed the the contract to renew with them for another year. So it's required by law that we contract with the mental health service agency and we've had a good partnership with Bowen for the last several years. Um that also includes their student assistance program. Um we pay
008about $3,500 a year for that. And again that's two free sessions for any student that would be referred to over there and our staff as well. So um money well worth spent to me and uh we've asked pretty good numbers from last year the students who participated in that and then went on beyond those two sessions. So very well worth worth it. Y >> my question about us good. >> Yeah it was good it was a good year last year. Um other than that >> right elementary >> um new school year stuff. So we got a handful of new staff who I feel like are getting really acclimated. Um, and then we also have Mr. Reed who's been joining up in office. He's been doing a great job as well. Um, we will be getting
009or we will have beginning year testing that's about to get started so that we can start with intervention and things, but we've been pretty proactive last school year and collected a lot of end of year data. So, we're already hitting the ground running with new groups. So, that's pretty exciting. Um, we have a lot of new technology that's going on throughout the building right now in addition to like the boards and parent square, but we also have a new system from the state for special education. Um, so that's been a challenge in some ways, but we're working around it. So that's been good to find solutions. Um, we have color days that are going on. We do them every year. So our kindergarteners are learning their colors by everybody wearing those colors. So that's pretty
010fun, too. Um, and then we have our fundraiser kickoff that's getting ready to start, and that is on the 25th of August. and our PTO is actually trying to run the whole thing themselves this year separate from the company that we've used in the past but trying to replicate it in way about 91% I read >> yes >> naturally so congratulations on that and your staff it's awesome >> yeah I can see about 2018 on the GPS and it's the highest score that we've had since then so pretty proud of our staff >> yeah good deal >> and Brian is this the first year there's no NWA testing >> we yes yes and no so we still have NWA K2, but because of the I learn checkpoints, we decided to not use it in three
011and four. And the I learn checkpoints will be used in its place. >> Okay. High school year's off to a good start. We'll uh keep it going and before we know it, it'll be Christmas. Some kind of question. >> It's been a great start to the year. Um, they've been on weekend, but kids have been great. Um, you know, we talked about parking lot, but a lot of I guess aesthetically, if I'm saying that right, looking stuff. Um, they painted all throughout the building, classrooms with the projectors. Working on the gym, gym floor is getting sanded. So, I think when all said and done, high school looks really good. So, >> been a good start. Um, we do have three new sped teachers. Um, and they're being mentored by Becca. Rasler's done a phenomenal job
012working with them. She really has. Um, they already mentioned about the technology, but those screens are nice. Um, and just really good tools. Um, you know, just got to work out the kinks and, you know, fine tune it. But, um, definitely an upgrade from what we had from the projectors and the screens. Uh, Wednesday we do feed my starving children. uh teach the kid kids on philanthropy and pack food boxes. That'll be fun. Um we have fifth to sixth grade going in the morning and seventh and eighth grade go in the afternoon. Um elementary fundraisers next week. We start ours uh this week. Um and then we go through Labor Day weekend on that. And then the last thing we have uh next week is uh we have our safety week where we do all
013of our drills throughout the week. Uh bus event included uh shelter in place, fire drill, whole nine. And then we also are uh NWA testing next week for reading and math. That's what we're going to be doing before Labor Day. So that's what we got going on. It's been a good start to the year. Okay. We'll see on the high school gym floor. The sanding is done. Uh now we're just waiting for the painting crew to come in. So still a few weeks out, but pretty excited how that's going to turn out. So it's all ahead. It's all >> board member comments. You want anything? Okay. Second announcements there either. >> Nope. >> Well, we'll journ at 6:15. >> Thanks for coming. >> Jeremy, I will be needing an acron, you know, a recommendation for
014her festival, you know, student. Yeah. Thanks. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Lord.