001This is the next generation language access and basically this program is made for the bilingual and multilingual students at DPS. And what we do really they they would receive a very high quality of interpreting uh services. I mean they're going to learn how to become certified uh interpreters. Most of these students uh they are bilingual as I said multilingual and they are already helping their family members when they go to the hospitals when they have any other needs you know in the community but right now they are becoming professional in doing so and they can make money they can start their own business. I think our goal as educators and as a district is to really really uh use the assets that we have in our hands and right now it's our ELLL students with
002the multiple languages and cultures that they can you know um just contribute to the community. I took the same program training before them. So uh this program have a many benefits. So among them we can tell they they can work as contract interpreters for any any agency and that they can also work for DPS because they are few interpreters out there on the field and our students speak many languages. They know the culture. They have been DPS so they can help us in the community as a out person outreach person for the district. I am called to many schools and I cannot do it by myself. Basically, I was pushing this to have student to do the things I do so they can be able we're going to rely on them in the coming days
003and coming months. I just want to tell you know how wonderful how excited I I am because I worked as an interpreter in the community. I know the need We are now the innovativemies of the Dayton public schools are in phase three of the Ford next generation learning academy program. And what that means is we are actually meeting with eight tactic teams that are writing the master plan. And so that was so important and so valuable that we now can take it back and actually implement it to make sure our students are prepared for college and careers and can really support this workforce. We are equipping our students with the necessary tools that they need to be successful. It's not just about um the data that goes on in high school. We're talking about reaching
004our kids outside of four walls to obtain uh a career for themselves later down the road. Okay. Uh I feel like it was really good to be in this room. I got to meet people that I never been in the room with before, different principles, people behind the scenes that I don't even know about and really like get to see what goes on outside of just what I see inside my classroom. I think overall it was good to collaborate, you know, bring us all together. We got industry partners here. You have teachers, you have directors, our chiefs, principles are all coming together and we're all sharing our different experiences and expertise along with our students. Giving our students a voice to be able to share and speak on their experiences and the things that they
005want because it's not just about what we see, but also want to see it through their lens as well. because sometimes we get so far disconnected, you know, from being a student and I think that's huge to have all parties all on deck to collaborate. So, this was awesome. Well, I first would like to thank the hundreds, literally hundreds of partners that have come now to over 10 meetings with us to put all of this together. And from the bottom of our hearts, we thank them. For any community partners that haven't been engaged, we would like you contact us. We have job shadowing, mentorships, internships, all types of things that they could provide. All of that helps. But the biggest thing is when you hear about the innovativemies of the Dayton public schools, be sure
006to spread the good news that there's plenty of about what it means to support a district that's on the move and making transformations that not only helps our kids, it's helping the entire region. You don't you don't want you Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. I'm a part of share governance and we are talking about a steering committee. We're talking about how to put people into successful roles and how we can all communicate through different teams. So then we're all on the same page for the actual goal. It feels good. It feels really, really good, honestly. And it only feels good because at the beginning, I was confused. Didn't know why I was here. Just know my life coach brought me. Now it's like I know exactly why I'm here. I know what
007we want the end goal to be. And I'm really happy to see that what I'm saying in my opinion, my comments are building into that final presentation. I'm really excited to see how it'll all come out. Honestly, like being here in the process is totally different than seeing the final outcome and not knowing the conversations we had, the different meetings, any of that. So, I'm really excited to see how the work will actually come out and turn out. My group is working on establishing a framework for partners. Work on how do we create a database of all of the partners at all the schools in the district so we can create some standard operating procedures on how partners interact with the district and with various schools. Who are the contact points at those partners? What
008areas or what buckets do they interact with? Is it an attendance situation? Is it an academic situation? Is it college and career readiness? The way we're approaching it at Ruskin, the way we're approaching the innovativeies of Dayton public schools work is through two paths. We have an experiential path. We are getting kids out into the world and we are bringing experts into Ruskin to try to raise kids awareness of what is out in the world, what careers are out there when they graduate, when they're adults. The other path is the academic path. It's one thing to try to create a high school cla high school classes that will help kids once they graduate. It's another thing to be able to prepare kids for those classes. That starts with us. That starts with us making sure
009that our academic program at the elementary level is tight, that we are making sure that kids are meeting benchmarks and are able to work at grade level so they are successful in middle school and in high school. Good morning, DPS. Morning. I can't hear you. Good morning, DPS. Good morning. Welcome to this year's annual team vote march. Y'all look so good here today. Give yourself a round of applause. You're here to cast your ballot for the first time. I see the bands got new outfits on. I see internationals making their debut, their dating debut for the first time. Man, y'all showing up and showing out with pride. That's what it's all about. I want you to know that today, the fact that you are fired up, ready to go, and vote is powerful. Your ballot
010is your access point to democracy, and voting is the entryway to power. I want you to know that today is a moment that you'll never forget. Today is all about you. At this moment, you are making an affirmative decision to take a stance in your way of life. You're going to make decisions that are going to impact your neighborhoods, your schools, your community, and ultimately your way of life. Regardless of how you vote, I want you to vote your community. I want you to vote your neighborhoods. I want you to vote your values. Those are things that make you who you are. If you vote for people and issues that reflect those, you will never go wrong. I want you also to remember that there's an election at least every six months. That means that
011the energy that brought you here has to keep you in the same moment even after you cast your ballot in this election and the one that follows and the one that follows and the one that follows. That energy is what is going to make you become or assist and impact in the very change that you want to see in your community. That's a whole other thing why I'm trying to do this. You all ready? Yep. Yes, sir. Know when? Right now. Call to order. Dayton public school board meeting roll. President Bailey here. Dr. Goodwin present. Mr. Lacy here. Mr. Smith present. Miss Reard present. Mr. Walker present. Miss Garrison. Miss Garrison will be uh a little late. Okay. Miss Woods present. Seven present to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with
012liberty and justice for all. I have to wait because it's so tight up here. We can get a new dance. Our mission is to inspire, educate, and empower. Our vision is to inspire, educate, and empower scholars for a lasting impact. And our purpose is to cultivate a supportive and engaging educational experience. All right. Cops. Uh special presentation uh from Montgomery County ESC. Right. Thank you for having me this evening. And Leslie, are you going to click for me? Are you clicking for me? Perfect. Okay. Um, so thank you for having me this this evening. And if you want to go ahead and go to the next slide. I am Shannon Cox. I'm the superintendent of the McGomery County Educational Service Center, I should say, of your Montgomery County Educational Service Center. Um, and tonight I
013would like to do a quick presentation to make sure that we are all in compliance of a couple of mandates. Um, every year we are required to give an annual update to all of the boards of education who belong to districts that are involved in our McGomery County ESC business advisory council. So, this dinner um is held annually and unfortunately you were not able to attend for prior commitments and so I'm here tonight to make sure we are not only compliant but we are well informed. So, please feel free to stop me if you have any questions. I'll also take some questions at the end as well. Um, our if you go back real quick, I just want to make sure since he's not here tonight that you are aware that we have a new
014workforce director, Mr. Tom Jenkins. Uh, Tom actually did some STEM um, work for us through the Dayton Regional STEM Center back when Dr. Lawrence and I did some work at Third Good Marshall back in the day. So, Tom is uh, actually back home at the ESC and he has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to this type of work for students. So, we welcome him. You can go ahead and All right. So, you should have a folder um in front of you. I just want to make sure you know exactly what you have because one of the documents we will actually be going over. Um there is a copy of the learn to earn annual report. That information ties into the work that we do overall at the business advisory council. You also have
015a copy of the state of the schools. It's the Dayton Business Journals edition, a state of the schools and every year the McGomery County ESC as well as learn to earn Dayton are sponsors of that. So you'll get lots of great information in there. But the thing that we absolutely will be reviewing is this document. It's the 2526 joint statement of work and that is required by law to be um on your website. And so I believe that yours is up to to date already. Um, and then this is due every year in March and so we try to have that dinner dinner as late in February as possible. The last thing that you'll see and we'll just touch on this very very briefly but you can peruse this um in your free time are
016the is a you science quarterly report that we publish based on all of the you science results we have in the business advisory council. Okay. All right. you may or may not know, but there are two unfunded state mandates that we are adhering to that this presentation is about. The first one um we'll go over is the career connections. Uh several years ago, the state department and general assembly agreed to put out career a career connections mandate and that just simply states that there should be career connections kindergarten through 12th grade that are aligned and embedded into the everyday curriculum. And the state department of education at the time, OD, now DEEW, Department of Education and Workforce, tried to put out model curricula that gave examples of what work-based learning or career connections could look
017like. Um, my favorite example is probably the non-example. Um, in fifth grade, there was a math lesson and it said, "In this lesson, use paper clips because people who work in offices use paper clips." And while I believe they were really trying to do a good job, I just thought, you know what, we could all do better. And so we set out on a journey to make certain that all of our students again kindergarten through 12th grade um and beyond had the career connections and the opportunities beyond the schoolhouse doors when they graduate from high school really what their opportunities were and that meant we had to do um several things. So this work started before the next mandate which is the business advisory council mandate came out. Now, I just want to be super
018clear that there's a difference between a business advisory council mandate and the business advisory committees that you're probably used to hearing here at Dayton public schools because any capital CC CTE Perkins funded program requires the use of business advisory committees and you have had those. You have had those for years. But every school district in the state of Ohio has to be part of a business advisory council. Different um and you could do that on your own. You can do it through a consortium run by an ESC or a JVSD. Uh Dayton Public Schools has been a proud member of our business advisory council at McGomery County since the mandate came out. And I would like to say that for the fourth year in a row, we have been awarded a fourstar out of four
019designation. This is the highest award that any business advisory council can get. Um and we believe that we are able to excel in those three badges. There were only four business advisory councils that got four stars and got all three credentials. So technically we are one of the leading most awarded business advisory councils in the state. But we believe that we get the four stars and that we are able to get those three designations because of those five things around um the stars. We work with industry groups like DRMA, like tech first, like like SOI um to make certain that we are are working with as many industry partners as possible. We also very much elevate student voice and we will give you an example of that later on in the presentation. We actually do
020this work kindergarten through 12th grade. A lot of business advisory councils only do the work in junior high through high school because that really is where it quote unquote fits, but we think we need to start early. We utilize tools like you science. Again, you have that report in front of you. And we believe in sharing regional data and using that data to inform the work that gets done. Um, one other thing that I think you just need to be aware of, we also are a partner with what they are now calling the Career Pathway Support Network Grant. Sinclair Community College has held this grant in its former name, Tech Prep. Um, and they've had it for years. We agreed to go ahead and let them um be our lead applicant again this year. And
021we were awarded the West Region Grant. And you'll see those are the counties that basically align to the jobs Ohio region in the west area of the state. Their work is largely folded into the work that we do as a business advisory council. So instead of competing for resources, we are now leveraging resources. Leslie, you can go ahead. All right. Um this is should not be any new data point to any of you because we've talked about this for decades now. Um but we have had a big goal set out by learn to earn Dayton first and then we followed along when we became a talent hub um designated by the Brookings Institute several years ago that 60% of our working age population should be able to have an industry recognized post um secondary credential
022that could be an actual credential, a 15-month credential, a trade, a military um insignia, or uh a two or four year degree. All right. As we again briefly go through this joint statement of work, you can go ahead and go to the next slide. Um, we basically set this up so that there are five subgroups and again those subgroups you can follow along in the booklet that you have in front of you and we'll just start with the first one and give you just the highlights of accomplishment. So the first one is the educator engagement. At the dinner, we went over each of these pretty much um in a much greater detail and we also had a little side presentation for each of these. Um the the big accomplishments here uh you can see in
023this sort of under the star and we like to thank Tommy Renfro and Nicole Will for being our co-chairs, but you can see also in um your document each of the subcommittees has strategies as well as who's responsible. And then you can see those key outcomes and metrics on each page if you flip through that. Um I'm going to go ahead and have you go to the next one. All right. So this slide basically depicts that we have had 90 over 90 career champions and counselors from many many school districts. state and public schools always is a prime participant in this and they go to over um I'm sorry they go to three site visits a year to make sure that they can really see boots on the ground what are entry- level positions for
024their students all the way up to what could be a terminal career progression in that particular um sector as well as that particular industry or employer. We like to make certain that students here in Montgomery County realize that there are viable jobs for them straight out of high school that either help them get to a credential or if they already have a credential, which very much aligns to your Ford NGL work that you debuted um just a few few weeks ago. These are some of the employers that have hosted that group throughout this past year. Go to the next one. Our second one is policy and advocacy. Um those co-chairs are Stephanie Kynth from the chamber, Rick Wegman from Miami Valley Easter Seals, and Dr. Tom Lazley. Uh we do have a threepronged policy focus,
025and we'll show you just a highlight from that in just a second, but we also um attend the Pathways to Prosperity Conference. We are a member of the national network jobs for the future pathways to prosperity where we have not only learned from others across the nation bringing back some of those best practices to implement in the business advisory council but we have also then been asked to present our work and those just show you the states that are involved. You can go to the next slide and these are the highlights of the policy agenda. If anybody has questions we actually have a three-pager um I'd be happy to send that to you. I think Dr. Lawrence has a copy of it, but if you need a refreshed copy, I'm happy to send it to
026you. The next one is industry engagement. It is co-led by Cassie Barlo and Amanda Buyers. Amanda is also out of the chamber. Cassie obviously is the executive director of SOHI. Go ahead. All right. And you can see at the bottom here, again, we work with those trade organizations to make sure that we're really leveraging all of the employers across the region to make sure that young people really do understand what viable job opportunities there are that are in demand here in our region. Um, again, it's really hard to maintain. We have over 600 manufacturers just in Montgomery County. And so, it's really hard to maintain relationships with all of those, but DRMA already does that work. And so we leverage the the power of those trade organizations. We also um have our parent and community
027engagement work uh that is led by Marita Abram. She Dr. Abram is over at Sinclair as well as Lisa Renler. And uh you can go ahead and go to the next one. We incorporate through this one. We really try to incorporate student voice. We have our McGomery County um educational service center student advisory delegation. Unfortunately, that was really bad terminology on my part because it's named mixad, but none of those students are sad at all. Um, and we really, really appreciate the fact that Dayton public schools has representatives from all of their high schools. We have juniors and seniors from every high school in Montgomery County with the exception of Vanelia Butler this year. And we really put this business advisory council work in front of them and let them lift their voice and build
028agency around that. Um we also support through student engagement um the business advisory council supports any type of student engagement days or experiences that any and all of our school districts um put on the calendar. So there are just a a couple of examples of those at the bottom there and you can go to the next slide. U student engagement is our I think one of our last committees that we'll review. It is co-chared by Stephanie Hines and Aubrey and Danick. always have to stop because I always get her name wrong. Um, both of which who have just been really really uh great advocates for making certain that again students don't just hear about it, see a video, but they actually are actively engaged in the um the the career connected learning opportunities. A couple
029of those um just to highlight. We make certain that when you take a look at these youth science reports, we make certain that when we get an invitation to um Craze Days at Sinclair or um the She Build or She Dig event, we take a look at the U science results matching students and very intentionally inviting them to be exposed to experiences. For instance, if they have an aptitude for something but they don't have an interest, it is typically because they have never been exposed to it. So we have found great success in um matching and making certain that kids who have interest but do not have I'm sorry that have aptitudes but do not have interest get a personal invitation using the you science reports. 95% I'm sorry, 96% of our partner school districts
030now administer this assessment to really make certain that they're being intentional about career connected learning experiences, course offerings that they're putting in their high schools and junior highs as well as inviting students to those career learning opportunities. Uh we're also launching defined learning. This is a platform that will track graduation seals. that will track graduation requirements as well as it has um virtual opportunities because we do have school districts like New Lebanon local schools where we have students that do not have transportation. And so sometimes um any learning experience career connected learning experience is better than none. And so in order to get to those students that sometimes have biggest barriers uh we provide those learning opportunities and those career connected learning experiences through defined learning. So anyone within our business advisory council also has
031access to this platform as well. Just a reminder that May is in demand jobs month. You'll get more information from DEEW about that. You can go ahead and skip. Again, we support support those uh school experiences. You saw the slide around Mad River. This is a slide about an um an a career connected learning opportunity that my Emisburg local schools did. But the last one that I'd like to show you, go ahead and see the next slide. Career adventure day. Actually, there's two. Career adventure days is something put on by the Dayton Metro Library. Um, this year, your international school was able to participate, but Dayton public schools has participated every year that we have had career adventure days with the Dayton Metro Library. And then also um go ahead and slip that's a picture
032for you guys but I do I didn't take this slide out um because um like I said before at the actual dinner for each of those subgroups we actually had a presentation. This presentation we saved for last because it was actually the best. Um Carolyn Rice was there, Commissioner Rice was there and she told the story about when she sat down uh for about an hour with Dr. Lawrence and they talked about how the county and Dayton city Dayton public schools could collaborate collaborate and Caroline said you know we're the third largest employer in the region behind the two large hospital networks Montgomery County and they take they take young people in they take all ages but they take folks into jobs and then build careers alongside of them. Um they have anything from vets
033as a terminal degree to prosecuting attorneys to engineers. So there really can be a whole career progression right here in Montgomery County for our residents in our community. And so uh Carolyn said, you know, how can we make certain that the students all over the county, but specifically here at Dayton public schools understand what those jobs are and what that career really could look for look like for them. And so we launched we actually had two of these particular career um days um in 2026 one in the spring but by far we came back from last spring and we said that worked so well let's do it again and uh Commissioner Rice said I think we should also do it in the fall. So Aaron Douly has just been the best partner for this event.
034Um, she was able to make sure that the students had the assessments, that the students were aware of their assessment results. She worked internally to make sure that all of the transportation pieces were taken care of. And I can't tell you, we've got picture after picture after picture, and there isn't one of them where there aren't students just absolutely engaged with smiles on their faces, and they've they're still talking about it. Um, my understanding is so Erin and Carolyn were able to give a quick presentation at the business advisory council that kind of ended our night together and um, as I'm sure you know, Miss Dulie did a bang-up job not only at uh, planning the events but also in representing you the night of the business advisory council. And I think that brings us
035to a very rapid close, but I'm happy to happy to take any questions that you might have. Questions. Thank you for your presentation. You're welcome. Does everybody have a folder? Did I Yes. No. No, I did. I I took somebody. That's all right. We've got an extra. Thank you. You're welcome. I consider yourself fully compliant at this point. Is this your presentation? Uh this is not a presentation. This uh it's actually a billboard um that I will talk about. All right. Got it. All right. Uh Shannon, thank you. Thank you so much. That was a wonderful presentation. And I know that um we could have gotten it at the event, but I'm glad you came out and I'm glad you took me back to Thood. You came to Thood in the late 2000s, walked right
036in there and helped us build professional development in STEM, and you were not afraid to come to the west side and do the work. So, we go way, way back. So, thanks for coming out. All right, we are our next point of business tonight is Meale Career Technology Center High School. uh they have won the momentum award and just to give you a back down background or update on what the momentum award is, it means that your school andor district uh has moved the performance index by 3 percentage points or more. Um that's a significant thing to do. um three percentage free performance index percentage points and um this is a monumental achievement by the students the families the administration uh your nutrition services they're amazing saw them the other day your SRO's the entire
037body counselors has to be involved whenever you move schools that much in one year and so let's bring up um the principal of Meale Career Technology Center the illustrious uh brother uh Eddie Davis. Wrap it up. Like those colors. Mhm. Got color coordinated. Sorry if it was okay. I want to bring my whole team. It's not just it's not just you know Yeah. So I want to bring my whole entire team up here cuz again um with this this award none of this will be able to be done first off you know I'm always going to give you know praise to the one above because again none of this would take place if it wasn't for him putting me in this position. Uh secondly, being able to assemble a team that I have um behind
038me right now uh with this is Knox who now retired but came back to Meale to continue you know doing work in a different capacity you know so that's been my partner for how long five years five years when you know meale was in a very rough spot at that time then from that point you got an addition Thompson that came along as well you know that compimement us over the past few years as well who continue to be right there with me nagging all the time. And then I had my my long terms right here uh Zanzit um he was my social studies teacher you know at Melville we built a great relationship over time and able to help grow mentor him and uh he expresses um expresses that he wanted to become administrator
039and this was a perfect opportunity you know that we were blessed by the board to be given to place him in this position. So again he has been doing very very well. So again, it's a collaborative effort with not only my team, as you stated, from counselors, my clerical staff, all of my teachers, coaches, all of us as one. It takes a village. And um I can honestly say that we do have a village at Meale that works continuously. Even when it don't look like we're working, we are always working. Um so again, so I'm really thankful for um this award that we have been blessed to receive. Come, come back. Anybody got any questions? Questions? Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. Special events. All right. Special events. We have uh community cafes.
040Four of them. Uh, I would like to acknowledge that they'll be at the Dayton Dream Center, which is April 20th. April 25th, uh, Than Marshall STEM High School, April 28th, Shelter State University West, and then May 2nd, Meadowdale CTC. And then another one, actually, Dayton Metro Library on May 9th. So, we will have this on our website. Please come out to our community cafes. Curriculum roundtape. I am really excited about this. April 22nd um from 3 to 6. It will be here in this boardroom where we are today. Um we are inviting um staff members but also the community out to have a community conversation with us about curriculum. Curriculum is a word that's used over and over and over in education. I can assure you many times there aren't two of the same definitions.
041And so we would love to come out and define that for there's a technical definition for it and then have a conversation around what curriculum is in DPS and how we're implementing it and what it looks like and the progress we're making or not and what we're doing if we're not. So I'm I'm really excited about it. It's a curriculum conversation. You don't often get a chance to have those with the community or staff members at large who may not be part of the curriculum department. So, April 22nd, 3 to 6:00, they will be here in the boardroom, 136 South Lo Street. And well, the semi-finals were last week at uh Wright Brothers at 8:00. Uh I called Dr. Goodwine and she was there cheering our teams on. So, we now have the finals for
042this week. Who's in the finals, Dr. She? I got you. Charity Adams is in the finals. Is Charity Adam is Charity Adams in the finals? Uh, who's the coach for Charity Adams? I need to know who the judge is. Who's the coach? Who are the coaches for Charity Adams? Dr. She and we going Dr. Shehi. We going against the legends team. So, you know, I think the I think the coaches for the charity teams are Dr. Benson Taylor and Dr. Goodwine. Those are the coaches for one of the finals teams. And who's the other finalist? Skyers. Okay. So, let me say this. April 18th, 8 to 10 o'clock, uh, the battle will be on. That's middle school. High school will be my middle school. Styver at Styver 8:00 to 10:00. Oh, that's cheating. On 6
043was in. Well, listen. I think they got beat at home last year, I think. Yeah. Is that they didn't? No, they didn't. Was that the year before? That third third grade one year. Yeah, they got beat the third. Yeah. So, uh this this um middle school this Saturday, April 18th, 8 to 10:00. Uh I cannot wait to see that. Uh and then finally, uh our 68th, Wow. 68th annual, uh Lucy May Wyatt speech contest. That's important. 68 how important she was in that legacy. Wednesday, April 15th. Uh that was tomorrow. That will be 6:00 at Wright Brothers Middle School. 6:00. April 15th, uh Wright Brothers Middle School. So that uh concludes our district events and we're going to bring up um Chief Spurlock and lead principal Barara Simmons to give some elementary and secondary updates.
044Uh before you do that, um can you get some insight of what exactly the community cafe is? Yeah, thanks brother Walker. Uh this is an extension of our forward next generation learning work uh to continue to talk about how we do the work in phase 4, the implementation of that of that transformational work. And so that is that is big. We've had lots and lots of meetings about this and and the work wasn't just getting the designation. Thanks so much for asking that. It wasn't just the designation which was in early March, but it's the work after that that really matters. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening board. For the past um month, elementary schools have been very active in preparing for our Ohio state testings because when we came back from spring break,
045it was on. We celebrated with pep rallies, clap-ins, and celebrations, lifting up our students so they will be prepared for success and creating the atmospheres needed for successful testing. We did want to send out a special thanks to our DPS families for encouraging their students, ensuring that our students come to school on testing days and are ready to show what they know. Um, eight student community school gardens are getting started at Cleveland, Edison, Fairview, Kaiser, Louise, Troy, Roosevelt, Ruskin, and Westwood. We actually have two buildings, um, Bell Haven, and Eastmont that are creating sensory gardens for our students as well. Um, Bell Haven is actually working, their students are working with our opponent's construction students um, in the development of their sensory garden. It's a great collaboration. Kaiser actually put on a play called The
046Lion King and was recognized for their work by Disney Stage Connect. So, we're really happy about Styvers and their performance. Rosa Parks will be holding their yearly Royal Ball, which is the equivalent of a prom for preschool on April 30th for the students and their families to celebrate. uh Charity uh Adams sixth grader Danielle Hudson actually won the regionals and is going to be going on to the science fair um for the state competition. So we're really excited about that. On Friday, kindergarten students from Eastmont, Edison, Louise, Troy, Horus man, and Westwood all participated in the kindergarten podcast with our superintendent. And if you have seen any of those, they are certainly amazing. I cannot wait to see the finished products to see what our kindergarteners are going to be talking about because you just
047don't know. Um, Miss Newman, a sixth grade teacher at Cleveland, was highlighted by Dayton Daily News on her approach of making learning come to life for her students. Valerie had two students, Nory Russell and Anthony Hed Art, displayed in the 46th annual Youth Art Month exhibition sponsored by the Ohio Art Education Association. And their work is actually on display at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. And we are very very pleased that after many many years we are holding the first DPS all city art show at the K12 gallery right now through May 1st. Um we are so proud of our young artists and their teachers for nurturing their creativity all year long. And the arts are certainly a safe way for our students to express themselves and share how they are feeling. A special
048shout out to Jodie Watson who has been collaborating with our art teachers um this year and a reception will be held um Saturday April 25th from 11 to 1 at the K12 art gallery for anyone that wants to come and see the students art. Saturday May 2nd is going to be our all city arts festival for all students at Rivercape and we are already going to be beginning to practice um the elementary schools together and of course the high schools as well. Um May 6th is our elementary vehicle day where students get to explore careers that are tied to various vehicles and modes of transportation. We normally have recycling trucks, um construction vehicles, and of course fire, police, ambulance, but the students get to go on there, hear the sirens, and get to see all
049the operation of the machinery. Thursday, um May 5th will be the final elementary inter mural event. It's track and field at Welcome Stadium. Now, if you went to the Chess and Checkers, uh, last month, there was a great debate going in. There was actually a tie for the first time in a lot of years between Valerie and Cleveland. Um, I talked to both coaches. Um, Coach Tria thought that he saw the gold, but coach Bailey said absolutely not. Um, and it ended up being Valerie in first place and Cleveland in second place reluctantly, but it was close all the way going into um, from chess going into checkers. Um, as previously noticed, um, Oliver Elementary has already held their building speech contest. So, each of the winners going to tomorrow night's competition are building winners
050and should be celebrated. Um, I did say last month that I was just going to highlight our arts for guaranteed experiences for every grade level. And I'm going to do it very quickly. Preschool the theme was introduction to storytelling through music. And so the students got to experience programs called the Great Dinosaur Escape, Sky King. Um, kindergarten was movement and expression and they got to experience ballet. First grade was instrumental families and they experienced woodwinds, brass and string quartets and they also did a science called the science of strings. So that's what our our first graders got to experience. Our second graders did the science of sound and movement residencies and they got to dive deeper into physics soundwaves um and had were also out an intensive dance residency which is pretty amazing for our
051second graders. Our third grade was called the magic of opera and they got to experience Hansel and Gretle, a story that they all knew but from an opera perspective. Fourth grade was the symphony and self and they got to have a a residency and actually a field trip to the Shuster Center. Fifth grade was orchestra swing focusing on the influence of jazz and swing in the American Orchestra. And um they actually got to go to the Shuster Center also and head inhouse. And our six was the vocational of arts and they got to look at the human side of the profession of arts. So it's they got to experience who wants to be an opera singer march to the beat or who wants to be a dancer. So those are some things that are happening.
052Great things happening in our elementarymentaries. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions? Doesn't look like there's any. Thank you. Okay. Good evening everybody. At this time, secondary as well is heavily focused on testing. Our principles and staff are working tirelessly to modify schedules and activities to ensure every student has an environment conducive to do their very very best. So with that said, here are some highlights across the district from the secretary. At Wright Brothers, four students have been named finalists for the Ohio Young Scholars program. Seven students have applied for the law and leadership institute through the University of Dayton. At Belmont, two juniors in the Urban Teacher program were selected for summer internships at uh preschool promise. They will gain real world experience in early childhood education through professional coaching and me mentorship. Belmont also
053has 48 students recently inducted into the national honor society. Along with the momentum award at Meadowdale, 17 students qualified for the state health occupation students association competition this year. And Meale also completely swept the surgical tech category at Styver. One student, Chloe Ryan, has been accepted to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Notre Dame, Duke, and John's Hopkins among The Styver Chamber Choir delivered a stellar performance uh at opening day for the Dragons uh during the national anthem for opening day. It's also prom season. Uh Meadow and Thug hosted their prom this past weekend and we look forward to several other celebrations taking place throughout this month. So again, in closing, as always, these achievements reflect the hard work of our students and their dedication and our staff dedication. We are incredibly proud of the momentum building
054across our district, and we look forward to keeping this going throughout the school year. Thank you. Any questions? Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Chloe Ryan is also I just want to put it out there. She's also student senate vice president. Uh do we have any hearing from the bargaining units? You want to talk upstairs or down here? He already was an executive session. Executive session upstairs. All right. Uh hearing from the public, it is uh inappropriate to address I'm sorry limit remarks to three minutes. President has the discretion to extend the time. When your time is up, you are to stop speaking. It isn't inappropriate to address any matter involving pending disputes, grievances under labor agreement. disciplinary action involving an employee or a student, ongoing labor negotiations, concerns or matters that have already been settled
055and or any matter which because of its nature is deemed appropriate to be discussed in executive session. The purpose of this public hearing portion of the meeting is for members of the public to express viewpoints and public concerns. Is there anyone? Yes. Yes, we do. We do. Uh, Dominic Settles. Dominic. Okay. Cynthia Johnson. Cynthia Johnson. Jessica Valentine. Jessica Valentine. She's here. Okay. Hello board um for the renewal of our parent ambassador leader. Um I just wanted to say that she's been an exemplary employee and has made it a significant positive impact within the Dayton community. Her role is a sensual particular in the areas of parent engagement and the NGL initiative which I've been a part of with the NGL initiative since the beginning. She is a highly effective leader for our parent ambassadors and
056all of the Dayton public schools. Her departure is truly concerning and has affected my perspective of DPS. As an involved parent serving as a parent ambassador for Horus man and a family resource coordinator at Ruskin and working with East and Community Services, I can honestly say her presence will be greatly missed. I want to emphasize that she is an outstanding individual and her absence will be deeply felt within the parent engagement community. So that is it. Thank you. You're welcome. That's it. All right. Thank you, Superintendent. Dr. Bailey, I would like to ask the board to take my recommendations B through G with exception any that you'd like to pull for executive session. So move. Second. Dr. B. Yes, ma'am. Can I pull a couple items, please? Yes, ma'am. on B. Can I pull B8?
057Can I pull B? On one second. B8. B8. B8. B8. B is in boy. B is in boy. On B. Can I pull D20? D21 on B. Can I pull the admin placements on? What is that? It's It's just a on B. B. Okay. And on E. Can I pull DSS placements? That'll do it for me. Thank you. Anybody else yet? Mr. Smith, you go. You can go ahead. Mr. Walker, can I pull B3 B4? You already pulled 21. So I pulled 20 D22 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
058B 4 D B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B and D21 is already pulled. So D22 Yes. D is in point to Mr. Smith. Um C8 and I think my colleagues already lifted the other ones I had questions on. Yeah. How was that for me, Anthony? Anyone else? Not to pull, but I had a question. Go ahead. I'm trying to understand D17 and D18. same person in the hold. Yeah, just trying to I I guess I'm confused on exactly what they're requesting. Yeah, they're just just a change of location. That's all. One has cold and the other one has coming up. Dr. Davis, we ain't seen you in a while. While she's coming, let it be noted that um Miss Garrison
059is here. 1813. Hello. D17. Um she is moving currently to the executive secret from the executive secretary position to the financial assistant position which is part of the clerical union because she's in the middle of a contract at the end of the year where this is happening. her salary is on hold. She will be in that same position 71. So the 71 reflects what it will be at the beginning of the 26 27 school year. Got it. Executive secretary is under DSS and the other one is in it. Got it. Yes, sir. Okay. That's what I was confused on. All right. Thank you. And Dr. Davis, just a nod. TM is temporary. CL is classified. Yes, sir. Got it. Okay. All right, call for a vote. President Bailey, yes. Dr. Goodwin, yes. Mr. Lacy, yes.
060Mr. Smith, yes. Miss Reard, yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Miss Garrison, abstain. Miss Woods. Yes. Six yeses, one abstain. Dr. Bailey, I recommend the approval of the after July 10th DEA resignations for vote. So move. Second. Concerns, questions. Can I vote on H2, H1, 2, and five separately? H1, two, and five. Excuse me. Anything else? Anybody else? If I may, Mr. President, I just want to recognize that there's a name on the resignations um of somebody who has made a huge impact in this district and I am so sorry to see them go. Well, they'll be missed. Oh, wow. Sorry. Oh, which one is this? The first one. Everything except for H12 and five. Huh. H125. Okay. President Bailey. Yes. Yes. Okay. Dr. Goodwin. No. Mr. Lacy. No. Mr. Smith. Got another Well, this is H1
061and five, right? No, this is H3, four. It's the teacher, not the long time. Yeah. So, H3, four, and six. Oh, yes. No, mine should have been on. Yes. Yeah. Did he? Yeah. Okay. You can switch, Mr. M. Riner. Yes. Mr. Walker. Yes. Miss Garrison. Yes. Okay. Mr. Miss Woods. No. Okay. One, two, three, four. One more month. Oh, he requested. Yeah. To change this to No. Okay. Okay. One, two. Four yeses, two three no. I got a win. You're so happy. And can we vote all the rest separately or not together? So for those for H1, for H2 and H5. So al together H1, H2 and H5, H5. Okay. President Bailey, no. Dr. Goodwin, yes. Mr. Lacy, no. Mr. Smith, yes. Miss Reinard, yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Miss Garrison, yes. Miss Woods, yes. Five
062yeses and two nos. Dr. Bailey had asked the board to take a look at budget information. They have any questions? Madam Chair will respond or our staff. Any questions? Yes. So the last year we had had a discussion about the process for adjuns and making sure that we did not go over numbers and things like that. So this one says that 55 of them are field adjun visual performing arts and it says position budgeted is 50. So where does the budget for the other five come from? Really this one is we budget but um we don't the budget person doesn't get the request but they are within the budget. As you can see the budget amount is 7375,000 but so far what it's spent is 43356. So in budget we're looking at the dollar amount
063not at the EFT and okay that makes sense. So okay appreciate that then Dr. Lawrence looking at this list. So the district intervention specialists we are short 61 certified intervention specialist or 60 yeah 61 certified intervention specialist certified possibly all together that can't that's not certified possibly they're very different okay all right thank Any other questions? So Dr. Bailey, I'd like the board. All of these are for review. I'd like them to take a look at the Five River Rivers uh Metro Center, Five Rivers Health Center for review. I'm going to go past superintendent contracts. They're all scheduled for review. uh preschool promise. That's an extension of our um reconfiguration in the district. We said we would get that on for that actually is going to be on for a vote for um reimbursement as
064we move to centralized preschools. one on the on the west side Rosa Parks and four four three on the east side and then out of country for styers review high department of youth children and youth that's a review Sinclair CCP is a review but it's a continuation of a contract we always have for 336501 which is CCP for the whole state um and then uh on-site nearsight clinic for review madam treasur and I have been working on that for three Um, and so we're taking bids on having health clinics for our employees internally for D public schools and then travel and reimbursement for the superintendent. Any comments or questions? D is for a vote. Right. Yes. Yep. D is for a vote. Got to get that going. Mr. President. Yes. If I may ask a
065question. Yes. Did didn't we view the bill schedule at our last board meeting? We did. Are you not ready for that for a vote or is it Thank you, Dr. Goodwin. I am ready for that. Did we get any feedback anywhere? We did get some feedback. Uh we got some feedback. Uh we got about six or seven folks. Uh one is I think I love the new bell schedule. The other four or five are are really around which is um this is an inconvenience because of my work schedule or this is an inconvenience because time or why are these students who are small going early versus others. I am so glad you asked that Dr. Goodwin. I would just say to the to the responses that we received that I would ask DPS parents help
066support us in advocating for being able to select our own bell times. U if we were able to do that outside the parameters of charter schools. Uh we you would have a lot more choice as it relates to when our schools start. So we do have lots of restrictions that are a function of um Ohio revised code and um support for charter schools or anti-public school. Thank you. Thank you. If I may, Dr. Bailey, I'd like to make a motion for us to vote on bail schedule and agreement funding for preschool promise. Second. All right. Call for vote. Which ones? So, C and D. Which one are we voting on? Which ones now? C. C and D. C and D. C and D. Okay. Everything else is for review and we have to refresh first
067or something. Mr. President, if I may. Yes, ma'am. Dr. Goodwin, could you repeat your request for the U bell schedule item, please? My motion or my request? Your um the mo my motion is the vote on CN D. Okay. What was the request that you made? My request was uh did we get any feedback cuz we received the bell schedule at our last meeting. Okay. And that's what Dr. Lawrence just gave us. Okay. Thank you. Are we ready to vote towards anyone questions? Can we vote for them separate? You want to vote for them separately? Yes, please. Okay. Sorry. Okay. We'll be voting on the bail schedule first. C. C. Roll calls. Okay. President Bailey, yes. Dr. Goodwine, yes. Mr. Lacy, yes. Mr. Smith, yes. Miss Rhina, yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Miss Garrison, no. Miss
068Woods, yes. Six yeses, one no. and a vote on uh anybody have any questions on D agreement? Mr. Smith does. Yes, Mr. Smith. So, um Dr. Lawrence, just for clarity in here, it says once preschool promise the their payment for their portion that they're going to do for this is up to $235,000. Correct. That is correct. So what contingencies do we have in place or do we have any thought right now of how many families that would be able to provide services for? And then what are we thinking if we get to a place where we go past that that number provided here in this contract? Uh Chief Spurlock is going to come up and give you some feedback. She she manages Rosa Parks the preschool and has really managed that entire process in the
069preschool. So she appreciate it. Hello. I ask that you look at that document. It's 12 pages. If you go down, we have some projections on just based on our current students and what they would qualify for. So we have some scenarios on that they would qualify and how many may or may not. So we worked with Preschool Promise. We worked with um Richard Stock. It looked at our data of students because we do have a lot of students that are already receiving benefits and that that the state would reimburse us 100% for those. Um and so if you look at our scenarios, we have lots of scenarios that we believe would cover. And in working with Preschool Promise, um we believe that there may be some families that do need full tuition. They'll cover part
070for some because the state will cover up the rest. Um and then some may need full tuition. So we believe that with with all of the funds coming in, we'll be able to cover all families um just based on those projections. This is kind of our year where we're going to be looking we worked with um Andrew, our budget director, um and also preschool promise to make sure that we set aside some money just in case we don't have enough. So this is kind of our test year and then we'll know for sure how much money we need to allocate. Do we need to ask for more for preschool promise because they want to walk this journey with us. In addition to these funds, they're also working and training our staff to make sure that
071we are completing all paperwork and that we apply for all funding available. Appreciate that. Thank you, Dr. Lawrence. Yeah, no problem at all. Thank you for the question. Any other questions or concerns? How many how many how many children in preschool do we have right now? Um right now we are just over 700. Thank you. Anyone else? All right. Over vote. President Bailey. Yes. Dr. Good Dwine. Yes. Mr. Lacy. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Miss Reard, yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Miss Garrison, yes. Miss Woods, yes. Seven yeses. Dr. Bailey the same motion with Ryan and Smith. Okay. On a couple questions. One, can you tell me a little bit about item F. I'm going to have more questions after this. Uh, you want to think about that? Like I said, actually that's an appendage to preschool
072promise. I think Mr. PLA's coming back to that. That's that's what I thought it was. That's why I'm like, yes, this is an appendage to preschool promise. This is an agreement what we electronically signed to say that our district wants to be included in the PFCC funding. Also, um the early childhood education grants um and any other funding that our students would qualify for so we can bring additional funding into the district to supplement the cost for our preschool. That's what this agreement is with the Ohio Department of Children and Youth. Is there a timeline on this agreement? Um, we do this on a yearly basis. Okay. Okay. Thank you on that one. Two additional actually three questions. So, I'm done with you, Miss. That's it. That's all I have for you. Yes. Thank you.
073The next question, just a little update on kind of how our CCP programs are going. Now, I know this is an annual agreement. Just if we can get some feedback on how we're looking. Do we have any that are graduating this year with their associates? Are we on target for some? just any of that piece on that one. Second question, why that person's coming up? I know. Okay, she came with she was like I know this program and I believe that's Chief Duly. But while that one's coming up, the next one, a second question I'll have is just some information on the date board education onsite and nearsight clinic. I know I think I know what it is. Kind of cool to hear about. And then finally, just want to know where we are if
074we're participating in the youth works program because I haven't seen that come up yet and we're in April and I want to make sure you get that. So just those three. I got you on all three. CCP um we are progressing. We're going to have more credits. We projected to have more credits than we have year before. So we continue to have more CCP credits, but no, we do not have anyone who is graduating with an associate degree. Um we um how can I say this? Um I would just say that as we go through this process, I think Justin was last year um we have some sophomores who I think will be on track based on how we started the program right now and what we're doing. Can we get the tangible cuz I
075do believe they're good next year has some. But just if we can get some breakdowns of each schools of how the investment in the program is going and how that is fairing out, that would be great. I love generals, but numbers speak a lot better. Um, so no to that. But yes. Um, and then the second one was the clinic, right? Mhm. Yeah. So, Madam Treasure and I started at my first year. We went to Cincinnati to investigate. I sent you. I know. You did? You sure did. My first year. So, it's been a couple years. So, it's been a process as we kind of gone through and and looked at our healthc care spending, our healthcare costs. she and I um have sat down with with Raybrander and asked the question like how can
076we how on the front end, how can we reduce costs on the front end so that we can reinvest that money into the organization so to speak, those resources and so we asked for some bids for on-site uh healthcare vending vendors and operations has helped us by looking for some parcels of property where we may be able to build in that space. Uh, one of them was right outside the Jackson Center, that giant field right there. At least one of them. But our goal is to have on-site clinic work for all staff so that they don't have to go outside. What's the actual ask here for us to vote on next week? Um, cuz this this is the executive summary, but it does list three different vendors. Like, what are you asking us to do?
077Uh, we're asking you to just let us move forward with taking those vendors and moving down these pathways. Can we get this written in a way that says that? Yes. Or something on that. Yes, you can. Yep. Okay. I'll make a note of that. And that next question on the youth works program. Uh youth works. I saw an email that went out and I'm looking at emails going back and forth. So I know we're involved in the youth works pro process in terms of central services. I know operations is involved. So we are heavily involved. Right now, Miss Douly is leading that charge and having youth works back for this year and continue to increase our numbers. I gave them to you all during my um the data that I gave you last month. And
078so, we're um we're looking forward to having even more students than we had the year before. So, we're we're moving in that direction. We're there. That's awesome. Hopefully, we can get just as much participation as we get in the operations and physical labor and we can get that in the office as well so children can see multiple careers and what they can do in that. That's always been my ask for you. I have two final questions. Dr. the Can you tell us a little bit because I know how much you love to talk. What What is the actual Institute for Education Innovation? How's that benefit us? Talk to me about it. I do not I try to say at least amount possible. I want to know what you ask. Tell us how this benefits us.
079Uh it continues to put us on a national stage. I'm in chiefs for change which is on the national stage on the council of great city schools where we present you've seen this national stage. It gives us an opportunity to continue to talk about the great things we're doing. In this case we'll be talking about um how we utilize um services outside of just principal supervision. So part of our board next generation network in terms of how we use pathways to um drive student outcomes and student achievement and how all means all. So, I really do that. Appreciate that. And then my final one, can we just get maybe some pictures or something from cuz I think just about every year we approve some out of country field trip for Styrus, but we never see
080what happens with it. It'd be nice somebody took a picture where they went. I want to know if they win or not. You know what? I uh I see typing over there tapping. So, we will make sure that Yeah, we get some pictures back. That's a great That's a great question. Well, I'm asking for the last ones. I know this was coming up, but just show us what happened and want to know if this really is something that's you say. We'll see if they happen. Yeah. Thank you, Dr. Was that Peru was the last one. Mr. Smith. Uh, yes. Could you give me and I don't need this today. Yeah. But before next week, what are we planning to do with the media arts studio with those upgrades and then how that will better that
081um that program? And then All right, I got you. Additionally, what what are some of the things that we could also utilize those students for to help them along that path knowing that um there's just so many to me there's so many opportunities for them to really really hone in on what they're learning but then also to be a bonus at some of the things that we do in the district. um like um for instance the way we started to utilize our um culinary arts program more and the way that we were able to showcase them at the Ford NGL program. I think that there's there's really a a space for for those media arts students there. Um you know, especially with this superintendent I got, they got a pretty nice podcast, you know, I
082mean just saying. So, but I don't need that today. Some of you can just get out to me by by next week. I appreciate it. Consider that. Gotcha. Thank you. What else? You're welcome. So, for the last three years, I've asked about other buildings to take out of country trips and I've yet to see anyone but Styver. Like, do we give anyone else opportunities? Do we have teachers that are interested in it? what what what barriers may exist that other buildings don't like take advantage of like those opportunities or how do we get more students interested in those opportunities? Again, I've asked for the last three years this same question each time that this comes up. I don't I don't think there are barriers. I I know of a teacher a couple teachers off the
083top of my head outside of Styver. You know who they are too that might be interested. I I think this would be one of the first things that I give to Dr. Larry when she comes. I think it just needs from our end a connection to the central office to help them work through the process itself, fundraising, um, planning, logistics, interest, and so that'll probably probably be one of the first things he'll give to Dr. Lowry. Okay. Thanks. And just as a since we're talking about like, you know, next things, if we could get information about the schools that took college tours. Oh, and and just see what what happened there and things like that. You got you college tours. Yes. Thank you. Absolutely. No doubt about it. Meale was one of them. College tours
084information and then other other schools outside of the country are doing snipers. That's something else. Sure, Mr. Smith. Okay. So question on contracts with the 21st century community learning center grant. There's after school programming at Louise Troy through Grace United Methodist Church. Is this will this be impacted any by the the building in that church being up for sale? Hey, I can answer that because they talked about it in our committee meeting. Okay. you know, maybe so many like school songs about it because we we talked about this, but we also talked about um the buildings that are being reconfigured and if that would like impact their dollars and things like that. Um it will not because uh Mr. Scram if I'm wrong. The the United Methodist Peace component is still like the holder of
085the award and it's like the district is managing the funds but the program will still exist where and this is the last year of that contract or something or is that another building? This is year four for that grant. The grant is actually ours. Yeah. Um, it's the same thing with uh Louise Troy since they're going K through five, then it does not impact their grant either because it's still students that are going to be served under it that's currently in the same grant grade bandwidth. Pay attention a little bit when presented. Good job, Mr. Walker. Listen, you listen to me for a question. It's good one. Thank you. Don't don't sound impatient. This just this review. Can we hear a little bit about what to expect with the retirement celebration as we are honoring
086individuals? We can. I will call Dr. Davis up. She just we just we just picked the award the uh what we're giving out today. It's kind of the trinket that we're going to be giving out. A trinket? Well, it's a little it's a little bit more than that. Brother Rafford said he better not get no brother Rafford. I asked cuz I saw you in here. Talk to us about what we got going on. We got a little something for you. Yes. Um the retirement celebration is scheduled again for um May the 6th and it's going to be at the Rotunda again across the street. Um it's going to be pretty similar to what it was last year except for the decorations and and um we're looking forward. Um we do have something other than clocks
087this year. So, we're um waiting for the final um design on that one and then so have that rolled out for you. Yes, Dr. Dr. Goodwin, I'm afraid you have a conflict that day. You have a policy committee meeting. Oh, we'll take care of that. We took care of that. That's already off the books, Mr. L. Yes, sir. Sorry you didn't get that notification. It's on my calendar. Dang. It's exciting. uh excited to celebrate the individuals who've given their service to this district. I do hope if you are speaking on a retiree that you give them their flowers properly as it is the highlight of the event. So, thank you. You're welcome. Anything else? All right, that concludes my review recommendations. Thank you so much, Dr. Bailey. All right, Madam Treasurer. Okay, all mine are
088for review only. Um the recommendation is the uh permanent interfund transfer. We are transferring from general fund to fund uh 13 which is our welcome stadium $60,000. We'll go to B. B is uh temporary advance. We are advancing from general fund to fund 551 which is title three uh fund uh 5,100. C is monthly financial report for March. Uh yesterday we had our meeting with the finance committee and uh it is reviewed by by the finance committee. D is donations. We have several donations. Thank you donors. And after it's approved, I'm going to send a letter to the donors. E is approval of minutes. The minutes for March 10, March 18. F is purchase requisitions. There we have several purchase requisitions we can review together and if you have any questions, we'll discuss. Questions. Go
089ahead. So, uh, I do have questions. I do want to clarify something we did here in finance that Welcome Stadium itself is not just Welcome Stadium. It is building things as well that make up that budget line item. Dr. B, is that right? Okay. All right. Um, the questions I have are Dr. Florence or Treasury are under purchase requisitions. the juvenile court purchase wreck. the um the educational materials for ponent those are listed under general fund but I'm curious of why it cannot come out for instance ponent if it's educational materials why cannot come out of the CTE CTC budget instead of general fund for juvenile court if it's OEC why can it not come out of OEC budget and not general fund so the juvenile Portland was started off with his general funds and
090I think it's because of the flexibility over there that our partnership with them does not allow that type of grant funding. I just want to say to you too that Miss Miner and I uh had a meeting with the juvenile court around truency and some other issues. We'll be working on trying to understand how we can um how we can have from a curriculum teaching standpoint also cost reduction over there. So that's part of next year's planning. If we if if you come back to cabinet, I think it's going to be a core is going to be on that agenda. And then where are you with opponents? David H. Ponents. Uh you Yeah. My question more so if it's under a pathway but it's it's coming out of general fund, why can it not come
091out of that CTE budget? It's general fund. I totally get that it's general fund. My question more so is we have we get state dollars and things like that for CTE, right? Yeah. So why can it not come out of there instead of general fund? But that one is the portion of general fund. It's not for CTE only. CTE cannot cover. Okay. So what what you know you know what I think we should do because you've been in all the committee meetings really um engaged. We probably should have a CTE versus general fund in terms of how and um CTE Perkins 6B. We should have a we should go over that in finance or school programming. That would be great. Yeah, we got appreciate it. But then my last question which finance finance I just
092was a I just was redirected to finance finance your committee see she didn't want to school program she said get get it out this question go to his committee CT um Perkins 6B we'll do that in finance all right okay at the next finance meeting so the treasur and I work on that and title perfect all right the last question that I have is how effective are TV commercials that we're spending $10,000 online. You know, it's difficult to tell like to disagregate our increases in student enrollment. This one says HR. Call HR up. Oh, well, it's difficult to tell. Let me say this. It's difficult to tell about our recruitment. Um, in terms of recruitment of teachers, that's a from a methodology standpoint, that's a that's a complex ask to say, hey, is the commercial
093responsible for us retaining people or having more third grade teachers apply or more ninth grade algebra one? Not not impossible, but difficult because we do so many things, you know, for here's what we do know. First of all, from a research standpoint, most staff members who are coming here to apply, it's they were directed here, word of mouth. Um, that that's the number one thing. So, to answer your question, we do know that it's not the commercial, it's word of mouth and things that we're doing around Ford, athletics, programming, or someone from 2500 employees we have. That didn't really answer how we spended $10,000 on Hey, let let me say this. You know, part of part of I'll say this. Part of my part of my job is to synthesize the things that the seven
094of you want and I heard a lot about the television commercials in my three years. So, shaking his head. So, here we are. I mean, we have the television commercials and we'll see if they work. Okay. This our first time doing television commercials. Uh, I think this is is this the second doc? Yeah, Dr. Davis did it her first year. Can I Can I just ask Dr. Davis to tell us about it cuz you just tell I'm just tell I'm just saying if we did it one year one first year and go. Okay. Does that help you with the clarification? Mr. W cuz I know he going in circles. Yeah. That's an educator right there. I'm going talk through it. It's almost like a Baptist pastor. Look at baby watch. Would it be possible to
095get back with you with that data? The reason I'm saying it is because the um company that does it, they do give me analytics about the number of hits we get on social media and things like that. It did increase our social media presence, but I haven't received that data recently. So, if you can give me a moment to get that data, I'm happy to share it with you. Yeah, I'm I'm curious on like the increase in the presence is one thing, but people walking in the door and things like that and actually getting jobs based upon them seeing like so I don't know if there's an internal that hey how did you hear about us and like we have not sent out a survey like that but we're happy to do so in terms
096of our new candidates how did they learn about the position and absolutely okay thank you say um I see a lot of times with applications people ask that question can't that be something for the future that you put on there? No, sir. Our applications are standard format through the company that our applications are posted on, but we can gather that information in a different format. Okay. Thank you. Uh-huh. Can you let us know too with the data which markets we're in? Sure. Great. Thank you. Thank you. That's the last time I swear that you got might not be. Don't swear. That's why I said don't swear. Oh, followup question. Are we on any streaming platforms? Yes, we are. Um, we run between the commercials that come on I believe it was Netflix and Hulu. I
097can confirm that. Appreciate if you did. I don't pay for ads, so I mean Hulu. I'm going pay for ads. Yeah, I pay for ads. Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Anything else? Questions, concerns? If not. Oh, you done? I'm done. Okay. Mr. Smith has something. I can just reach out. I'm just I'll reach out. He said he good. All right. New business. Board members travel expense and reimbursement. Some move. Second. Any comments or questions? No. Thank you. Walker. President Bailey. Yes. Dr. Goodwin. Yes. Mr. Lacy. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. M. Reard. Yes. Mr. Walker. Yes. Miss Garrison, yes. Miss Woods, yes. Seven yeses. Thank you. Uh board members comments. I'm going to start at the top. Miss Garrison, just want to thank everybody for bearing with me in my absence. My son had
098senior night tonight. Uh he's a senior. I'm still excited as you guys could tell. So, um, thank you for being patient with me, board member team. I thank everyone who came to do presentations. Although I viewed some of those, I didn't see them in person. And thank you all for being here and bearing with us through all the the jokes, the commentaries, and the steps that you're getting in coming back up to this podium and having a seat. We appreciate you and your patience with us. Thank you board member team for your great questions. And the school year is wrapping up. We're excited about what's to come. So, more with these transitions. Please uh encourage, we have a lot of job openings. Please encourage your colleagues, your peers, your friends, family members to apply. Um
099and let's end this year strong and start next year off hopefully on a great foot. Thank you so much. All right. Uh Dr. Good wine esquire. Appreciate you getting all my titles freaking masters on there next time. First, I want to say congratulations to Miss Lyndon Neil who received the youth and family award. Mr. Sydney Booker who received the public service and civic impact award, Miss Na who received the unsung hero award. And Miss Lisa Miner who received the innovation and visionary award from the CWC honors. Give it up for them. They got some good stuff. It's really good to see and if you didn't see if you go watch the videos that they talk a little bit about their lives. It's always interesting to hear how people talk about themselves versus what we believe
100that they would do. So always give people their flowers while you can because you never know when when's the last time we're going to be able to do that. So congrats to you guys all again. I will say this week none of my committees have met. So I don't have anything for you guys on that. I'll have that at the next meeting. Currently I am reading the book Dune and Great Big Beautiful Life. We're continuing. I think guys you should continue to share if you are reading books as often as you can because the generation that has that comes after millennials and beyond and millennials included need to read and write more. It's it's necessary to be successful in school. Finally, I want to say the reality of our district. We got a lot of
101changes. Actually, we got big changes that are coming. uh we are three years away from ers which if you are watching what's happening with other public institutions finances have changed significantly our finance committee has met to go over them and it's unfortunate that we are at a part a point in time where public education isn't invested in as heavily as it is which means there are going to be positions that we lose there are going to be services that we lose and there are going to be changes that come like any other time in our history. We have to be resilient in those type of things. We're going to rely on community members. We're going to rely on individuals that we can't compensate as much as we would like to. These things happen and I
102hope that if there's anything that I can do to help anyone and as we move forward in this, I'm I'm here for you in that piece of it. But just know that this board does have difficult decisions to make as we move forward. And it has been something that we have held off on as long as we possibly could. But we are now at that time where the finances no longer are as high as they were when we got extra cash. So we got stuff to do. Pray for us. Keep us lifted and hope that we do things that are right and just no matter what decisions we make as a body. Thank you. Thank you. Happy birthday girl, Miss Briner. Thank you, Mr. President. I appreciate it. Um I thank you for the birthday
103note. Um, a couple things for review is last month I attended the Ohio School Board Association Legislation Conference out in Columbus. It was a fantastic day, half day of getting a lot of good information and having an opportunity to interact with our legislators who are connected to education on the House and Senate Education Committees. Um, I had a very good conversation with Senator Brenner about a few things. It was um, interesting. I want to thank him for that. um a few items that I wanted to flag for my board colleagues and for the general public. The first is Senate Bill 19. This is a bill that is attempting to um uh it it's kind of like an omnibus bill um and it includes an interesting aspect. It is trying to attack uh approach um teaching
104math math education um in the same way that the science of reading is. And it's kind of like it there's no equivalent to the science of math as there is a science of reading. Science of reading is very different. But uh what the state is attempting to do is to really dig down into math curriculum and improve math outcomes for K12 students. Um there are uh um I'm not going to get into detail. Um if you have any questions about it, ask me afterwards and I'll and I'll give you a lot of information about it. Um uh for my colleagues again, there's a a House bill that I think you would be interested in hearing about and that is House Bill 473. It's currently pending or was at time of these notes in March in
105the House of Public Insurance and Pensions Committee. Um this will prohibit public employers from paying employee contributions to state retirement system. Um it basically means it will prohibit the pickup on the pickup. Um there is a proposed legislation that will eliminate two methods of employee contributions. the employer paid pickup and employer paid included in contribution pickup on the pickup and only allows salary reductions and would apply to the next contract cycle. So we have to keep our eye on that one. Um there were a few things also from that conference that are of note. Um ODU is hiring retired teachers as literary coaches. If you are a retired teacher and you want to be a a literacy coach, uh applications are open. This is a great opportunity for our retired teachers to if they find
106that retirement um is giving them a little bit too much free time, they can apply through ODO to be a literacy coach. Um and uh I passed some information along to um uh Superintendent Lawrence about the Ohio C program. Um and um if he wants to give any updates about that. Um this is a program that helps students get eyeglasses. Um there are so I just returned from the National School Board Association annual conference in San Antonio. Um attached to my name under new business I have my conference report. There are two things that I thought were really really interesting. If you want to go through the notes and and read my notes about the sessions that I attended they were there. two things that I wanted to bring to um this day is the
107first is the James Madison um memorial fellowship foundation. This is for high school students who teach social studies and history. It is a fantastic fellowship that will pay for 2 years of a master's degree um up to $24,000. It is an incredible incredible program. I would encourage all of our eligible DPS teachers to look at this program and see it if it applies to them. Incredible opportunity for some pretty significant um tuition uh support, great fellowship. Um and a link to that is in the document. Uh the second item that I wanted to bring to the attention is I attended a fantastic session from a district in Texas and I can't recall what district it is right now. Um they talked about uh board superintendent relationships. Um but one of the things that they uh
108talked about was a hub for information for board members. It it's it's kind of like an one-stop shop for board members to have documents and information. Um it is for board members only. It is absolutely um in compliance with Sunshine Laws. So, freedom of information requests and and all relevant um data that can be released upon request is um uh it is subject to the same um laws. It is a fantastic resource for board members to go and have all the information at their fingertips. Um Dr. Lawrence, I'm happy to share some more information about that later. I thought it would be really relevant to, you know, the board members make a lot of requests about documents and sharing them and storing them in one place um where board members can all access the same
109thing and have a lot of information at their fingertips might be really helpful in terms of board organization. Uh the last I will do um Dr. Goodwine. I just finished reading the novel yester year. Uh it got released on my birthday and I had been waiting for it for a few minute few months. Uh I was really excited to read it. recommend it and I am reading for book group this month the correspondent. I love that. That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Smith the third. Thank you, sir. No, man. Go ahead. I had another one. Um, first I want to thank uh Mr. Steven Wright from the Dayton Daily News. They did a wonderful piece on our young ladies and the flag football programs that we have here. They took some amazing
110pictures. I've been able to see families that were just so thrilled to share those pictures and just um put a big spotlight on there. Went out to see a few games. I appreciate just everyone that has come out. Um even was able to see some college coaches out there. Some of our young ladies have been offered scholarships to go on to the next level to play flag football. So, I want to give a big kudos to um Chief Jones and the the work that she did to get our young ladies playing this sport uh years in advance. You know, there's been a big push, especially in some of the H.B.CU, to start adding flag football as a a sport. Um, NCAA actually has listed flag footballs coming in as a title nine sport. So, they'll
111be able to get funding there. And so, our students are at a distinct advantage. Um, and if you went out to see some of the games where they've played some cities that are not as advanced and not have been out there playing flag football as we had been doing, uh, you could really see the difference. You can see how much they love it. and also just seeing how it adds another aspect to our students lives. Um, unfortunately because of funding and programs that we do not have as much in the inner city, a lot of our youth do not get acclimated to being around each other until they get to these kind of spaces. especially for our young ladies. Um it's a it's a unfortunate thing that unless they're really in cheerleading and drill team,
112our young ladies really don't have significant time around their peers until they get into our schools. And so being able to have this, one of the things I saw also was just the camaraderie, just those things that I hope to see extend into the school buildings. So, I just really want to say um thank you to the Dayton Daily News because, you know, I would I would point a finger if they did something bad, but on this one, I give them a few props on that one and they really did appreciate that. And on top of that, I just want to encourage people to get out and also check out our baseball and our softball programs, our boys volleyball and our track. Um, we talk about football and basketball and those things during the year,
113but these these young athletes really love seeing you come out there as well. And I also want to to add on to what Dr. Goodwine said. Um there's just a lot of nervousness that you see around the state. Um if you look up at Cleveland, Cleveland made a decision recently where they're closing 29 buildings next year. Like this is real what we're talking about. What's going on around the state? And for context, they have 88 schools. So they're closing 29 of them and reconsolidating others and they just sent out and laid off over 400 people. Um you're seeing that around other large districts where um in Columbus and Cincinnati where they're looking at trying to cut almost $50 million in some of these spaces. But when we talk about here, I don't want us to
114just be stuck on numbers. Um I want us to understand that that's that's not a headline here. It's not a statistic here. These are real people. Um, sometimes it's very easy to look at those numbers and say, "We need to get to these numbers." But behind every number is a person. Behind every number is a story. Behind every number is a child. Um, so I want us to understand that piece when we get to having to have these tough conversations. We cannot just have tough conversations without looking internally as well. Um, cuz we can't control the funding that comes from the state. We can't control the things that come from government. We can't control a lot of things. But what we can control is how we treat each other during these times. We can control
115how we treat people and making sure that any tough uh conversations, any tough decisions happen with the intent to treat people with dignity and respect. And I want us to really keep that in mind as we go through these things is that at the end of the day, I know we'll get through things, but we have to get through it together. And the only way we get through it together is to understand that we're all in this fight. Um, and so that is why I want us to understand that piece of we're we're we're more than just a cut. We're more than just a funding stream. We're more than just a line item on a budget. These are real people. These are real situations. These are our real fears that people have. And I want
116um the people on the board with me, our leadership to really look at these things and find ways that we can get to the goals that we need to reach and do it in the best way possible to one make sure that we do not slack off on the education that we need to provide for our children because our children are are are they they aren't innocent in all of these things. You know, people make decisions and like Dr. Dr. Goodwine said, "Public education is not cared about, if we going to be frank, it's not cared about to a lot of people, but we have to care about these young children because they've gone through life already and they're they're they're these formative years. They cannot keep seeing not only the people who are up
117here not care about them, but their peers and their neighbors and the people that work with their parents and the people that are around them treat them and cast them off either. And so we have to make sure that for one, we do everything we can to make sure that we provide high quality education. We have to do everything that we can to be professional, to treat people with dignity and respect, and make sure that as we go through, we're doing that. Even in these tough times, we have to put our children first. And so I pledge to do that. And I just appreciate everybody for what they've done. And I just want us to know that we will get through all of these things, but we can only get through it if we do
118it together. Appreciate you, Mr. President. All right. Thank you, Mr. Walker. Oh. Um, all right. So, for me, my colleagues, uh, and thank you, Miss Garren. So last month, um I was actually feeling ill, so I didn't get to talk about it, but I did make sure that the entire board and um our direct reports did get a copy of the council of great city schools and the information that we had covered. Um DC had a tornado warning at the time, so we had meetings scheduled with our congressional representatives, but we did not get to do those. However, we have our fall um legislative breakfast already scheduled and already have confirmations for those individuals. Um what's happening in Washington is unheard of in today's world of education. Um and today's world of politics all the
119way around. Um so just brought back information for you all to review on that. This past weekend attended NSBA. I'll make sure I will not be here next week, so you won't have to hear my questions, but the following month I'll be back. Um, but and I will say I'm excited. You know, Dr. Goodwine and I decided to do a change this year, so I will be speaking at Thug Marshall's graduation this year. Graduated. So, you know, it'll be different. Um, and then a question really like we have um the Senate is in session um for committees. So this week they have a bill um Chief Wright or Mr. Rayford. I'm curious, do buildings currently have an exterior master key? They do. Okay, look at that. All right. So I know that's a bill that's
120pending and has a fourth hearing tomorrow that may come out for a vote. Um, and for lastly for me, you know, man, I'm I'm um sad. The walabe that was loose the other week passed away an hour ago. Like he was keeping up. I was keeping up. Like I was up like a little freedom for a little bit. He got a little freedom. He done passed away. Like I'm I'm sad. But thank you all for all the work that you do and continue to do to provide for um Dayton public schools family and students. Congratulations again to Metadale High School. Um, and yeah, that's all my comments. All right. Thank you, Mr. Lacy. Thank you. Um, yesterday I attended the the district's finance committee meeting and today I attended the the um the post audit
121meeting and both in and in both cases we have we see reports in good order. Um, but as as Dr. W the good wine did alluded to that that they they did indicate some challenges in the future. Um and those challenges for this district can be especially tough because um I mean unlike some a lot of other city districts who are are still declining, we are not we are we're actually increasing in the number of students. So, yeah, we do need to to um consider um the students that that we're serving. So, those are those will be on our our minds as we move forward. Thank you. All right. Uh Dr. Jones, since you're still here, thank you, board president. Um, I want to give a huge shout out to uh our grounds crew and
122it uh and so um it's testing season of course and so we want to thank uh Chief Spurlock uh for communicating uh to us the need to make sure that the environment is conducive to testing. And so during those hours of testing there is no grass being cut. So that's a that's a good thing. And uh we also wanted to thank uh it as well. Um it has figured out how to create a situation where three different programs actually interface and speak with each other and so that the issues with OEC and transportation um I I believe we have a solution. So thank you. I know your daughter is one what? Oh my daughter. Yes. I think I don't think I shared this with you. She won the uh Adidas National Indoor 60 meter hurdle
123uh event. Um she's um I believe the only freshman to run a sub 9 second. Now, she had run an 87 like she did at the state meet, she would have broken the national record for freshman, but she missed it by 10th. She had a bad start. Um she won't do it again. No excuses. What's it wasn't been confidence. I was asking what's Oh, okay. Oh, for so for indoor she ran for Maldale but she attends DECA. Nice. Okay. She just came on over to Male. You know what we talking? We on the way up. Has a great track team. Hey. Hey. And tell us we said happy birthday. I know you're going to have to leave. You know what? Yeah. And it's my daughter's birthday today, so I'll be cutting out early. Uh she
124turns 15 and so daddy is uh either going to cook or we're going to go out to get you chicken. No steak. Steak time. She's a steak head. Mr. Lacy, what size steak was? It will not be a six. All right, let's go back. Yeah, I got forgotten about. But today at the student senate meeting today at the student senate meeting we spoke with uh we spoke with Zakiyia Robinson. It really spoke with Zakia Robinson at Miami Valley Maine. Um she spoke to us about her life journey challenges and how we as students shouldn't be scared to grow but we should be com confident in growing. Um, Friday, April 9th, a couple pathways from opponents attended Tech Prep at Sinclair where multiple groups won first place and runnerup along with my team, Ally Health's group
125first breath, first fight winning best showcase. And then last but not least, I know people are confused with my after high school plans, but I plan to attend the Ohio State University majoring in pre- N nursing with a minor in public health. That's all. Thank you. Oh, I'm going to state Friday for the Martin Luther King oral contest. All right, Miss Hamilton. Uh, good afternoon board members. Uh I just wanted to give a quick uh a shout out to some of the people that have been really moving forward with helping uh our team close out recommendations as far as you know past projects because after a project we usually meet with department heads and leadership and one of the things that I'm really grateful for is that we've been able to coordinate uh especially close
126with recently our associates and the primary you know board of director reports their designates specifically and so uh I want to give a quick shout out to Miss Miner um Dr. B as well as um Mr. Riley because we've been coordinating every couple of weeks for different meetings to make sure that things are wrapping up for projects. So, I just want to give that shout out. And then I also wanted to say that I'm really excited. We've had a couple of projects being kicked off uh over the last couple of weeks since I last gave an update. And so our next couple of projects that we're going to be working forward on or moving forward on includes the EMS data integrity audit as well as the payroll audit and then the inventory audit. So I'm
127excited for those u for the fieldwork and some of the work that will be done through those projects and excited to collaborate. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Braha. Uh today we had a post audit our state auditors and um we got a clean audit. I would like to thank my uh treasury team, the board, the superintendent and the whole district for collaboration with us. So thank you. Thank you. All right. Uh Dr. Lauren, uh for me, Mr. Riner, Dr. Good one. I'm reading systems thinking, moving from blame to accountability. And then we're all of us on the core academic team are reading systems thinking for beginners as we get ready for the summer. I want to thank Rachel Ganon, one of our parents. Uh she sent a wonderful email and she wants
128to thank um Miss Eli at Ruskin, Miss Newman at Ruskin, Miss Wyn in enrollment, Miss Thompson in OEC, Miss Hyatt and Miss Blaine at River's Edge, and Miss Dubberry at River's Edge. She just had a lot of really great things to say about the district. So, thank you Rachel Ganon, O owner of Local Roots Real Realy and Broker. Um I want to say to Dr. Bailey, um, Mount Olive, Reverend Dr. Carlton Williams. He may be able to take you out. I know you are a really great singer, but he is spectacular. So, I'd love to see the battle. He can't do nothing. Can't do nothing. Um, and then, uh, the Trailblazers awards, they were amazing. Special shout out to Miss Neil. Um, nothing but love for you. Been there since the beginning of my teaching
129career. And Victoria and I, you shaking your head. You just can't do anything but love her. She's like a safety blanket. So, a special shout out to her. Um, and then Lisa G. Miner, I mean, it was amazing to see you get that award. Uh, Dr. Goodwin called me on July 9th late about 3 years ago and said, um, are you ready, Mr. Interim Superintendent? And I thought to myself, no. And but I called you the next day and the rest is history. Could not do this work without you. So, thank you. Um, and then, uh, Miss Riner eyeglasses. Jordan Harris has noted that we are a part of that grant and participating. So, thank you so much. He already has his time. He asking for another one. No, we going to do we don't
130do second. 10 seconds. I No, I'm counting. I only thought because of um Dr. Lawrence mentioning the Trailblazer Awards. Hold on. Cuz I don't want to be scared. I do want to think of the fact that we should honor people when we get a chance because one of the people who won a trailblazer award was my family's first pastor, Pastor Leavon Man, who then passed away just a few days later. So, I would be remissed if I didn't send out um something for his church family, my church family, um all the people that care about him. But it really did hit home for me when we talk about making sure that we respect people and give them their flowers and and let them know what we think about them while we're here cuz we never
131know what tomorrow holds. So with that, just want to say I love all of my folk and just keep lifting up each other and understand that when we say hi and by we don't know if it's the last time we're going to be able to say it. So thank you for giving me that. Um Mr. President, you're welcome sir. I was going to mention von man today sir he's a pillar in this community a gentle giant um a great guy mentor to um probably all the pastors um in the community especially on the west side. So uh I send condolences to his family. Um I do want to say I'm thankful for the committees that we do have. Uh, everybody's been putting in some really hard work. Um, this year I've been able to actually
132attend a lot of my committees this year. So, I I'm I'm thankful for that. Uh, I'm also uh giving shout outs to those staff members. I'm not going to mention everybody's names who went back to school getting ready to graduate. That's one of them back there. Uh, he's looking around like he'd be in security right now. Uh but uh I I I think it's great when people go back and uh get their degrees and further education. So kudos to you guys. Um and just thanks for everyone coming out tonight. Uh I know you guys have long days. Uh anything else that I needed to say they've already said. So pursuant to section 121.22G2 22G2 of the Ohio Revised Code. I move that this board go into executive session. This meeting is being held to consider
133the appointment, employment, dismissal, and or compensation of a public employee. Second call for vote. President Bailey, yes. Dr. Goodwin, yes. Mr. Lacy, yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Miss Reinard. Yes. Mr. Walker. Yes. Miss Garrison. Yes. Miss Woods. Yes. Seven. Yeses. I'd be so happy to do that. What were you saying?