Dayton Board of Education - Review Session - November 11, 2025

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 lost 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

003days and  coming months. I just want to tell you know how   wonderful how excited I I am because I I work as  an interpreter in the community. I know the need [Music]   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

004talking about reaching our  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

005things that they  want because it's not just about what we see,   but also want to see it through their lens as  well. cuz 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 is 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 innovativeies of  the Dayton public

006schools, be sure to 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.   [Music] You don't you [Music] don't you [Music] [Music] Heat. [Music] Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, heat. Hey, heat. [Music] [Music]   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.

007Now  it's like I know exactly why I'm here. I know   what we 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

008with various schools. Who   are the contact points at those partners? What  areas 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  

009those classes. That starts with us. That starts  with us making sure that 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. [Music] I received a grant for $500. It allowed me to  purchase something called Make Do 30 yoga balls   to start a contemporary music program. These kids  have been asking for a dunk tank. I applied for   a chess up 2, which is an electronic chess board  that has multiple settings. It also can actually   explain effectively why this is a wrong move,  why this is a bad move. We have a lot of kids   in chess club. I'm thrilled about that, but I  can't be at every table

010all the time. This at   least gives the kids another opportunity while  they're playing to see, okay, wait, this might   not be the best possible move. Overall, it was  just do the paperwork. I hate to put it like that,   but it's not that complicated. It's just just  do it. I want to thank the DPS Foundation for   providing this. I would not have been able to  have this for the building without that support.   I'm thrilled that our kids get to learn on more  advanced technologies. I applied to get money   to be able to fund a gardening endeavor. Well,  with a lot of the newcomer kids that we have,   they're coming into a country, a state, a school  that has food that is not necessarily something   they're used to eating. I know that a lot of us  in

011the city live in areas that there's stores that   are not close. So coupling the different foods  that they're not used to eating with not having   food in proximity to their houses, it became a  need, you know, with so many kids that are hungry   that want to take food home. I ended up coming up  with the idea that it was something that we could   try to do here and spur from the winter months  into the spring months so that by the end of the   school year they would have plants that they could  take home to transplant in their own homes or on   balconies, yards, whatever to be able to harvest  their own crops. I felt like it was pretty to the   point and simple. I did it in one evening. I kind  of thought about what

012I was going to apply for.   Uh made a list of the things that I would need to  purchase and I plugged in the science standards   that I knew were going to be related to food and  I mean it went fairly smoothly. It was very quick. I think it makes a difference because it  gives our students opportunities outside   the school building. Uh sometimes as principles  we don't always have the funds to be able to do   everything that we'd like our students to  experience. So you know we fund raise do   our own things to try to make that happen but  this particular grant gave us the opportunity   to do something that I wanted to be able to  give my students and it was like a gift like   they thoroughly enjoyed going to the theater  dressing up like

013little princes and princesses   and all the things that you do to have that  experience. So the grants that teachers write,   it makes a difference for them. I've seen several  of our teachers got them as well last year. And   so they had some opportunities to be able to  come into the building and do things for them.   Um various different activities uh that were  afforded to our kids because of the grants. 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 a ballot for the first time. I see  the bands got new outfits on. I see international   making their debut, their dating debut for the  first time. Man, y'all showing

014up 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 is 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

015are. 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 the 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. [Music] I now call to order this November  11th review session. Madam Treasurer,   may we have a roll call? President  Goodwin here. Dr. Bailey, here. Mr. Lacy,   here. Mr. Smith, present. Miss Reiner,  present. Mr. Walker, present. Miss Wick,   present. Miss Woods,

016present. Seven present.  Please stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America  and to the republic for which it stands.   One nation under God, indivisible  with liberty and justice for all. How you doing? Oh, wait. I'm not there. So tight. [Music] Our mission is to inspire, educate,  and empower. Our vision to inspire, educate,   and empower scholars for a lasting  impact. And our purpose is to   cultivate a supportive and engaging  educational experience. Thank you,   Dr. Lawrence. I believe we starting off  with a presentation. Yes, we are. We have   the mighty River's Edge Eagles here today uh  to give a presentation, a co-presentation with   principal Kristen Northcut and Chief of  Elementary Schools, Miss Judith Spurlock. Good evening, President Dr. Goodwine, Vice  President Dr. Bailey, members of the board   of education, Superintendent

017Dr. David Lawrence,  Treasure Arbaha, our colleagues and members of our   school community in attendance and viewing this  broadcast. We thank you for the opportunity to   provide an update on River's Edge Monaster's  building expansion and the exciting progress   that we've made as we grow from a PK6 program to  include our first class of SE seventh graders this   school year and our upcoming edition of 8th grade  next year. This expansion represents much more   than simply adding new grade levels. It's about  deepening our monastery philosophy and extending   the continuum of learning that our students have  experienced since the early years. By growing to   a full PK8 program, we are giving the students the  opportunity to continue developing independence,   curiosity, and leadership in an environment  that honors their developmental stages and   the principle of the Monasuri method. Our  seventh

018graders have really stepped it up   into their new roles as leaders and learners  at REMM and welcomed 10 new students in their   grade level. This year they've undertaken great  academic challenges and worked on inter interdis   disciplinary projects that a few of them will  be able to share their perspective tonight. Many   of them wanted to today when we went behind the  scenes. Our staff at multiple levels have worked   incredibly hard hard transforming classroom  spaces, developing the Monasuri adolescent   plane for ages 12 through 15 and strengthening  family and community partnerships to support   this transition to nurture the whole child. Foster  academic excellence and build a strong foundation   for our lifelong leaders and learners at RM.  I would like to thank you for your continued   support and belief in our vision. At this time,  I'm pleased to inter

019to invite principal Northcut   to the podium to provide an overview and to share  more details. I'd also like to acknowledge our   specialm guest in attendance tonight, staff,  students, and parents. Principal Northcut. Hello everyone. Good evening. Thank you for  the opportunity to share the next steps in   our monastery journey at River's Edge. Um, this  is near and dear to my heart coming from middle   school to elementary. Um, and the importance of  this age group. So, I want to start by letting you   know I'm Kristen Northcut, principal at River's  Edge. My assistant with Miss Dubberry is also   here tonight to speak, as well as Miss Ericson  and several of our seventh graders and their   f and their families. Tonight we are sharing why  we expanded and why we need to continue to expand   to eighth grade. It's

020a natural continuation of  Monasuri pathway and how it benefits our scholars,   families and the district. So the first thing is  that when we ended our grades at sixth grade at   uh River's Edge, we were ending before Maria  Monasur's philosophy had um trans had this   transition of adolescence which is crucial. It's  the in between between high school and elementary.   It's where they're developing their identities  and they're developing from um where they   were of being more dependent on others to being  independent and then also into interdependence and   then being able to contribute to their community  and that's a huge part of um the monastery   philosophy. So the other piece is that we also a  huge part of this is our community stayed and was   able to surround the well we have 10 new but also  surround our

021current kids had been there since   they are about 3 years old. Um and so that family  continues and and extends on by us expanding. So, a couple of things that have made it  successful at River's Edge so far. Um,   and it's sticking with the Monasuri philosophy.  One of the big things is they're seventh graders,   but they still get to go outside. Um, so they  go they don't go outside for recess. They go   outside just for outside time when they they can  talk, socialize, play basketball. But we do it in   the middle of their independent work cycle. And we  do this to divide up the time for um when they're   working independently to reset and then come  back in. Um then we also have intentionally put   um electives in place. Our schedule was made and  created

022so that they could choose what it was that   they wanted to take. Um they were offered art,  music, PE and steam studio. And from that they   selected and so for our first semester we have  kids in gym and then steam studio. Um and so that   was a piece our um unified arts teams presented  to them and then they made their selection. Then   another huge part that's working for us is the  low uh student toteer ratio. It's allowing their   learning to accelerate because of the attention  that is able to be given to each kid. And then   the other piece is early independent scholars um  confidently manage transitions, responsibility and   leadership. So we are teaching them those things.  It's a huge thing in middle school to be able to   manage yourself. And so managing transitions is  part

023of teaching. Our kids actually transition   um not in lines. They transition as if there was  a bell. They have 3 minutes to get to class. They   know if they're not there um then they are not  on time and they are tardy to that space. Um they   also know that they're responsible for during  that time going to the bathroom, going to the   locker and ensuring those things happen. Also, um,  we have a huge piece of our current culture that   has draw drawled families into us, um, into our  our current setup. What I mean by that is coming   from the middle school level down to elementary,  you see a lot more parents. But I can tell you,   I've seen more parents with seventh grade in  our building than I had ever really seen at   the middle school

024level. They're very involved.  And I think a huge piece of that is you go from   having like 150 kids to having a real class  size where you can get to know the kids. So just some um data around what our makeup  is currently. So we have 29 7th graders and   19 of them actually moved up from River's Edge  um sixth grade. Then we have nine students who   transferred from other schools. So, Bell Haven,  Eastmont, Horseman, the International School,   and Westwood. And then we have one student who  came from um out of town from Columbus Public   Schools. Where did the rest of our kids go? We  had a small sixth grade, but looking at where   the rest of them went, 16 of them went to other  DPS schools, um and two moved out of district.   And

025then um we had two that chose to go to a  charter school and the parents expressed that   that was just because of the late transition and  decision that we made for moving to seventh grade. Okay. So I'm going to take a second and turn  this over to my scholars. Um I'm inviting them   up to just share their experience as middle  schoolers and um what it's like for them and   what what new experiences they've had. So,  I'm going to start with Asa Brookshshire. [Applause] You got this. You got it. That's how I feel.  Take a deep breath. You got it. Amen. Uh,   I want to thank everybody who helped me get here  to this specific moment. And I want to thank you   guys for letting me speak and come up here about  my experience and talk

026about the seventh grade at   River's Edge. So, my name is Asa Brookshshire and  today I will be talking about the culture of REM.   So what we do at REM is what we do at REM. Sorry. Look at the room as if like you in a room with  a whole bunch of your friends and family. Like   if you want like we act like we just talking to  each other. Okay. Okay. Act like we just talking   to each other. You just look at her if you  want to. Like just just just ignore everybody.   No. Ignore everybody else in the room and just  talk to me. What is real and what do y'all do? What is it and what do you do? Um what we do  at River's Edge is we don't exclude people.   We actually motivate we

027motivate each other to  do better. We raise each other up. We are very   social, but we can be very independent at times.  We use a lot of teamwork, a lot of a lot a lot   of leadership and teamwork, especially with the  seventh grade. And I like having the seventh grade   experience right now. is actually really good. I  like it. It gives me cuz all the other district,   I mean, not the district, all the other schools  in the district, like the middle schools,   since they're way bigger, they don't have the  learning experience that I have right now. So,   I really do appreciate that. And it gives me a  better chance to really get to know everybody. My   teachers really give me some more time to work  like our independent time. It gives me if I'm   ever

028behind on something, I can ask my teacher  what do I need to do. They help me with that. I   get it done. Move on to the next day. And about  the social part, I am one of those social kids. I'm definitely one of those social kids.  But look, I still get my work done. Playtime is playtime. Work time is work time. But whenever I need some help, I'll ask Mr.  Hayes or Miss Ericson. and they got me. So,   do you feel like it's more bonding time? So,  at River, do you feel like it's more bonding   time than other middle schools? Like I went  to EJ Brown. So, at EJ Brown, yeah, I got the   time to question my teachers and to ask them like,  "Hey, what's this or that time to actually study?"   Do you

029feel like you actually get that time to  understand what you're being taught? Yes, ma'am. Wait, wait. I think I'm like  two years older than you. Wait,   wait. She's legit a high school student.  I'm literally just a singer. Wait,   wait. You want to switch back to  Thank you. You did really good. [Music] So, Asa was one of our scholars who has been  at River's Edge um for his schooling career   and so he extended in um on and continued  on at River's Edge. I'm going to invite up   um Aiden Nichols now. He is actually a  scholar who came from out of district   um and came and started at River's Edge um and  when we first initially we didn't know because of   it being the monastery setting and the experience  but he's done really good at integrating and

030the   supports have been there for him um and he  really wanted to talk today. So you got this. People clapping for you. Before  you even you got it. Again, I'm going to talk about the um I'm going to be  talking about the academic academical changes   compared to my old school and my new school. Um,  before I came here, I went to a school called   Yorktown. It was a school in Columbus, Ohio. It  was, to say the least, not a very good school.   People would fight all the time. People would  just constantly argue. It wasn't a very good   learning space. We didn't get the stuff that  we have here now. We didn't have much freedom.   We were basically dictated, I guess. Um, it  was dirty. Um, sometimes the water didn't work,   sometimes we had exposed wires,

031and honestly,  it wasn't a good school at all. But after once I   moved with my dad and I came to um River's Edge,  I just felt like it was a whole new experience   because um basic it's I I felt like it was a new  experience because the schools overall it's the   teachers care about you. The teachers will help  you get through stuff when you need to. They're   very supportive and if you need help, you just  have to ask them like Mrs. Ericson and Mr. Hayes.   They're very helpful. They not the kind of  teachers to just yell at you out of the blue and   not give you a reason why or they're not the kind  of teachers to just be mean out of despite. So   um they're um they're just um two of  the best teachers

032I've had before. And   um I like to say that the school is way cleaner.  Um this stuff works. There's got to expose wires.   People don't fight. And if there ever are fights  or if there ever is drama, I feel like we can   handle it better. We don't continuously talk about  it, but stopping like on that day. We This is just   like I feel like we handle things way better at  River's Edge Montasaurus. So, you did good. Yeah. [Applause] uh to speak to what he was talking  about. Um we've been really focused with seventh   grade with restorative practices and um we have  had two fights at River's Edge just like any other   middle school. Um and with that being said, it  was how we handled that the follow-up of it. We   did restorative circles and we

033also integrated it  into our lessons. um my uh language arts teacher,   Miss Ericson, integrated in the importance of  the language that we use and what happens. And   so it's allowed us because we know our kids very  well, it's allowed us to be very personal and   um put it in perspective for them versus  being lost in the sea. All right, so next   I have Keelin Lucky that's going to come up. He  is a scholar who came from Bell Haven. [Applause] Hi, my name is Kean Lucky and um my old school  is Bell Haven Elementary School and now I'm at   River's Edge and I'm just going to talk about  like some of the things that I can do now in my   old school. I mean at my new school that I didn't  do on my own. And

034the differences between my new   and old school was that we're more independent  in doing the things we do. Like we can transition   by ourselves, go up the stairs, down the stairs,  and go to our specials and things without having   a teacher to be on right next to us. And we  um we be able to um what was I say? Hold on.   like we have to worry about getting to class  on time and not where manage our time better   instead of just doing what we want to do. And  we also get uh the teachers are more caring.   They help us with our work and stuff instead  of just handing us an assignment and going   about it. We can actually ask for help, get  it, and I feel like I'm learning instead of   just doing the work

035and just taking it in and  not really learning anything. Anything else? Yeah, that's really it. [Applause] So, um I'd like to say all three of those  scholars, I actually ended up with five of   them in my office when they heard people were  speaking and were begging to come speak. Um so,   the these kids back here were just I mean, honor  roll about everything. And um when they realized   though, I showed them a picture of the board,  they were a little bit nervous. Um they're like,   "What are we doing?" Um so, but thank you  for having or for coming up here, guys. It's   um also an experience for them. They do uh  announcements in the morning. I have a couple   of um kids back here that my seventh grade is  in charge of our now announcements

036that are live   streaming and so they are learning to publicly  speak. Um and that is one of the big things. One,   it's taken it off my plate. Um, and it's  contribute to the community. The kids know   the seventh graders because of the announcements.  Um, so next up, I do have Before you move on,   yeah, our student wanted to ask your students  some questions. Oh, and I know she keeps tapping   me about it. So, I want it out. Absolutely. Have  them come back so she can just have some questions   real quick. It's all you. I want to make sure the  student conversation can happen. We got And just   so you guys, she's a senior in high school. She is  old. So like I'm not I'm only 17. The ma'am kind   of threw me off. I'm not

037as old. I'm not as old  as the rest of them. You are not. Let's be clear.   You really got to end your delusion. But um I know  your principal talked about like the restorative   meetings. So how do you guys feel about the  restorative meetings and do you feel like they   really end things? like if you guys have ever been  in one of those mediations and if not I know your   friends have probably been in some. So how do you  feel like they really helped the school? What did   you say? How do you feel like the meetings that  your principal was talking about? How do you feel   like they help the school and actually end the  issues that may rise in the school? Now no the   restorative the restorative justice meetings. I  feel like you guys

038just did that last year. Oh,   we had a uh like a little a little fight  altercation that happened and it was a slur   used in the in the altercation we had and like the  next day the after after that we did an assignment   learning about how they used to call Jewish  people ghetto and stuff and we did a Socratic   assignment on it and had to annotate and think  and learn about how bad the word is and how we   shouldn't call people by that u word and we should  just refer to people with their real name and What have you? That was really  good. That was really good. You   just pushed him in the middle. Now I got to target   you. I I have to. What have you learned  from being a student at your school?

039Um what um from being a student some things  I've learned is how to manage my anger and   um I've actually basically I've just learned  a lot from this school. I I can't really put   it into words as I haven't been here  as long as Asa and some other people,   but I just I can't just change your behavior.  It changed your behavior. Changed my attitude.   Changed my whole demeanor basically. Scary.  That's about it. And then what do you really   enjoy about being at your school? Just one thing  that you really enjoy about being at your school.   I enjoy the uh the spirit weeks. Okay.  Thank you. Thank you guys. Thank you, guys. So, next up, I'm going to have um my middle  school team lead come up. Something that I   don't think I mentioned earlier is

040myself,  Miss Dubberry, and Miss Ericson all have been   at the middle school level actually. And so I  think that's had a huge impact on how this was   implemented and rolled out because we know  the the things in transition that kind of   slipped through the cracks and we've been very  intentional about that. All right, Miss Ericson. Hello everyone. I'm Miss Ericson. I'm the team  lead by Maso, one of the seventh grade teachers at   River's Edge. Those are some of my lovely, lovely  scholars. So, I'm so thankful you had a moment to   speak to all of you today. Um, I am seven months  pregnant, so I'm a little emotional about what   they said, but nonetheless, I'm very, very proud  of them. What we have in our pictures are some   of the things that we made sure to

041highlight and  include some of the best aspects we have in our   classroom. So, the first twoish weeks to month  of school, we put a lot of emphasis on building   community. For example, there are slides you  see string across the room. We did an activity   where students just talked about the things that  they had in common. We looked at commonalities   and when one student found something in common  with another, they took a yarn ball and threw   it to that student. So, what was created in the  middle of the classroom was a web that connected   all of us. And our goal was to make sure everyone  was a part of the connection. Another thing you   can see is just the team building aspect like  the marshmallows and pasta tower challenge we   did the very first day of

042school that got them  kind of out of their comfort zone. It got them   talking when they were kind of shy from being  gone for so long for summer break. And then   directly below that we also did blindfolded puzzle  challenges. So it pushed them as scholars to use   direct language with each other, communicate well  and communicate efficiently when the person doing   the puzzle is not able to see the puzzle. So  right off the bat, we wanted to make sure that   they had a strong relationship with one another in  commitment to each other. And my scholars actually   kind of brought that up that their connection to  one another, their ability to bring each other up,   to hold each other accountable is one of their  what they would say strong suits of our school.   and you can go

043to the next slide for me. So the  academic piece, I am the ELA and math teacher at   River's Edge for seventh grade. I've been  working very hard on making sure that our   curriculum is not just sit and do an assignment,  sit and do an assignment. We've been working   hard on gaining that independence and fostering  those executive functioning skills such as time   management, independence, and self-guidance  or pushing themselves to the next step. So,   what I have on my screen right here is one of  our very first assignments in alignment with   the Amplify 7th grade curriculum. It talks  about personal narrative. So what I did was   use school AI to create a program that guided  them to brainstorm what a pane of stained glass   would look like that would represent a personal  narrative that they created about

044themselves.   So, our scholars made panes of stained glass  out of clear sheets of plastic and Sharpies   that highlighted some of the things they  learned in their personal narrative unit. So,   the words on each slide are the mods that they  learned from their personal narrative. So,   not just what happened to them, but what did  they learn, how did they grow from that? And   these were displayed in the building for  a while for the entire school to enjoy. if you could go. Thank you. And then another  piece, another again long-term independence   building, executive functioning, fostering  project that we did. We spent about two weeks   building haunted houses most recently. So, this  was in line with Carnegiey's unit rates and scale   factor notes. So talking about how to take a  drawing or a picture and scale it up

045or scale   it down. So students were given a grided sheet of  paper and they designed a haunted house which had   a lot of buyin right off the bat as it was around  Halloween time at the moment. Students then were   coached through the SketchUp program on Google  Suites which is an architecture program which   gets them ready for some of those architecture  and design career choices that they may pursue   in the future. And then along with that they had  their rough draft, they had their final, they had   to scale it up appropriately using a scale factor.  So there was that math involved that architecture   piece. And then finally, they had to create a  listing like they were a real litterer trying to   sell their haunted house. So this was a long-term  cumulative project that was cross-disciplinary   that

046allowed students to work as to their level  or above their level that they needed to that   highlighted the things that they are learning  not just in math but in steam studio and ELA etc. Yeah. So, one of the things that um I had  mentioned is we added Steam Studio when we   were considering which unified art to add um  with the number of kids that we had enrolled.   And so in Steam Studio, um this is an example of  what they've been doing in there. It's connected   to the careers. You can see uh Smells um Billy  Gold, uh Bubble Tea, and then also a reporter.   Um we had a lot of those are just a couple  of them. We had a lot of um local community   people come in and talk about their career. Um  a lot

047of entrepreneurs and then our kids were   just developed a product pitch from that um  and they then presented it to their class and   um the principles. So, um they they really  enjoyed and gained a lot the terminology and   the vocabulary that they learned from the um  community partners that were coming in. Um and   it was really neat to see all of the um community  businesses coming in um and working with the kids. All right, I'm going to have um Whitney  Deubberry, RAP, come up and and talk about this. Hello everyone. So, um instead of our middle  schoolers being kind of thrown into that middle   school middle school experience, right, we  kind of guide we guide them with grace. So,   we do that through um guided independence and  check-ins. So the way we do that is

048in we set   our intention to have our rigor really in the  morning and then allow for some independence   and some small group in the afternoon kind of  practicing those skills that they were taught. Um,   our teachers do a phenomenal job  with incorporating SEAL and um,   executive functioning lessons within their  lesson within their lessons that they do,   but then also spending that time within  their day um, connecting with students.   And then we're really intentional in teaching  them organizational skills, them learning how   to plan their projects out and learning that  self-management so that they can be successful.   So our goal is that by 8th grade, our students  should be able to handle true independence   and academic rigor so that they will be have  have that smoother transition to high school. So our middle school um procedures  are

049designed within that monastery   um spirit. So they follow the middle school  routines, right? They have their lockers. We   have a time. They don't have the bell  like a tra traditional middle school,   but they do have timers. They have a three-minute  transition. and the students know that they have   to transition within that time. That's an  opportunity to use um the restroom to get   things out of their locker to be prepared for  their next class. They have class schedules   and they have all of this all of that is designed  within our true monastery style and values that we   have in our spaces. And the the um the purpose of  it really is for them to kind of instead of being   micromanaged, right? We're giving them that  responsibility and balancing it with respect. And then um so our

050staff voice and school  design. So um I came over in in the summer.   I'm from Waggamina. So I come from that middle  school experience as well. And so when we were   kind of designing what is this program  going to look like here at River's Edge,   we really kept the main thing the main thing,  right? So thinking about our scholars and how   what would be the best for them. So we looked at  when we designed that of making sure we kept their   needs first. And so um our instructional  time, our cycles that they're working on,   our advisory periods are all connected to their  needs academically and um social emotionally. And   it really helps to kind of engage our scholars  and keep them aligned to our monastery values.   And then teachers do a fantastic job of really 

051integrating our students feedback and continuously   pivoting in needs like in our small groups  um and and our smaller class sizes as well. So at this time um we have shared everything from  um our perspective and from the scholars. Um,   we do have a couple of parents if anybody  wanted to come up and speak briefly about   their experience of choosing either to stay in  River's Edge Vermont or or transferring them to   um if there's any parents that would  like to come up, they can do that now and stuff. So, I'm Aiden's dad. Uh, I'm all  for River's Edge 8th grade. One of the main   reasons is kids grow up too fast as it is. When  you get to mixing eighth graders with 10, 11,   and 12th graders, they get to growing up fast.  They get to

052be subject to things that they maybe   wouldn't have been subject to if they had stayed  in the middle school setting. Uh, one of the main   things I noticed about River's Edge, it's not just  a school. When you walk into it, it actually feels   like a like a family. It actually it actually has  a presence in it when you walk in the building. Uh   that staff at River's Edge is amazing. Maybe  more so better than it would be if it was uh   800 kids or 600 kids rather than 150. Teachers are  more hands-on. They communicate way more fluently   throughout the day. If your kid is going through  anything, I feel like River's Edge is definitely   uh a better fit as far as structuring the  kid for success moving forward. You know,   uh I'm all for River's

053Edge 8th grade.  That's all. Thank you. Excuse me, sir. Sir,   excuse me. One question. So, your child is  seventh grade? He's in the seventh grade.   Yes. All right. My one question would be, do you  see him staying in Dayton public for high school? So, I want what's best for for him. It just  depends on the structure of the Dayton public   school cuz I have a freshman too. He's in Dayton  public schools and he's doing amazing. Um,   but you know, some some kids are different.  Some kids require different hands-on.   Some kids require different uh approaches  to learning. So, I feel like River's Edge   is good as far as eighth grade. It's  definitely good as far as eighth grade,   but moving forward as far as will I keeping  in Dayton public schools 9th, 10th, 11th,   and 12th

054grade. I mean, that's to be determined.  I can't answer that right now. Appreciate that.   Yeah. Yep. Is that all? Any other questions? I had  to break a sweat up here. That's all. [Applause]   Hello, my name is Alana Brookshshire. Uh, that's  my kid, Asa Brookshshire. He is very right about   him being very social, which is why I do love the  um environment that he's in in River's Edge. Um,   for one, I have experienced the different middle  schools in the district. And before I say what I   say, I will say it's unfortunate that most kids do  not receive the level of care that they do receive   here at River's Edge. Um, I pray that every  student can receive that in the future. Um,   where it can be more uh smaller with less  behaviors that are going on

055and um that they   are uh being more readily um uh teachers are more  readily available um and staff is not overworked   and overwhelmed. I feel that at River's Edge  keeping him there. He's been here since he went   to Head Start. He started in kindergarten  and I love that he um knows his teachers,   they know us. It's a family um rather anybody goes  in and out. Uh we become very close to them very   uh quickly because River's Edge is it  feels like a little in in incubated nest   um with some of the most uh greatest workers I  believe. Um, I think a lot of them come to work   to really show the difference, especially Miss  Hayes, um, and his other teacher. I'm sorry. Um,   she her Can you can you give me the name? Miss  Arison.

056I'm sorry. Um, but I can be a little   intense on my expectations for what I wanted for  him in seventh and eighth grade. And I knew that   it wasn't any of the middle schools that were have  available. Um quite honestly um like the question   you just asked him, we were going to remove him  and and go to private school for middle school if   we didn't have River's Edge as a possibility. Um  so to see that it it made us stay here. If I can   stay in Dayton public, I would love to stay in  Dayton public for as long as Dayton public has   the space for uh my son to be a part of. Um I  feel that uh the restorative justice practice   at River's Edge is quite incredible. Um he's been  involved in maybe two

057for his whole entire years   um of being there and the way that it's handled  uh it allows other students to be a part of not   recreating the problem over and over and over and  over again. where in other middle schools we see   that they are the problems just keep staying  persistent and consistent um because there's I   don't know if there's restorative justice in other  buildings. I can't speak to that. But I will say   that I do enjoy River's Edge. I would love to  have them in eighth grade and um if ninth grade   um I see a school that is showing potential of  growth um with when it comes to academics pushing   him academically and getting him to college  because that's where he's going. Um and one   thing though about River's Edge that I would like 

058to to add is that I wish that he had more options   when it comes to athletics. Um, a lot of them  went to Styver. He's loves art. He loves music,   but that's not that's not a choice that he wanted  to make. Um, but a lot of them I felt were pushed   to make that choice at Styver because they didn't  want to go anywhere else. And if we can get that   to a high school level, I would definitely  stay with DPS. Um, I'm a product of DPS and   uh, you know, I hope that what I said is helpful.  Um, I hope that it does it's not doesn't have a   hindrance and I am very thankful um for even  the thought of it. Didn't even know that it   was going to be I just it just popped

059up and  said seventh grade at River's Edge and I was   very happy to see that to keep him here. Um, so  thank you for letting me speak. I appreciate it. [Applause] Uh my name is Steve Lucky and Keelan  Lucky is my son and this is his first year   uh in seventh grade and uh the monastery came  at the last moment but the school for me for   him I've seen growth I've seen independence you  know he u certain things that he learning and   and he's excited about going you know what I'm  saying we had a teachers conference he was doing   some things that he shouldn't have been done we  addressed it we not attacking you but you know he   got better at it you And that's and I feel like  um you know I I made

060a good choice. I have some   help getting him in there and I appreciate the  help and I and uh and I I I ain't got no good   great things to say about it and I look forward  to him um advancing if eighth grade is available.   I hope he he's able to attend that as well.  All right. Thank you. [Applause] So I'm going   to wrap up our presentation. We went a little bit  longer, but I just want to thank my community, my   uh families and scholars who came out tonight and  staff who came out tonight to share the things   that are going on at River's Edge. Thank you.  Thank you. [Applause] Before we move, do any board   members have comments? Yes. Go ahead, Mr. Walker.  Okay. So my I I was a no vote on River's

061Edge   getting seventh grade. And I mean my reason for it  was because the um response that we got was that   students that are not River's Edge students would  not have the opportunity to go to River's Edge for   seventh grade. So it is good to see that there are  students who were not sixth graders there that now   attend. But I'm curious of how did that happen  when we were told something different. We didn't   say that. Judy Spurlock came to the mic and said  that the last time that we had a meeting we didn't   say that. I'll get you the public record of it.  So yes, we did. They shifted. We're happy that she   did it. So to be clear, if that is going to be the  thing for 8th grade that students outside of River   have

062the opportunity, hopefully that is advertised  to parents to have that opportunity. I do like   the model and everything that is going on. Me  personally, I wish that that was at other middle   schools as well. Um I think a lot of our students  deserve those same opportunities. um because we   have students who struggle with things that may  need those restorative circles. Um a question for   me is classroom space. How will 8th grade function  when I believe it was two classrooms available for   seventh grade? So is there now two available for  eighth grade? So we'll still be going with the   same model of um integrated with the two grade  levels. So currently the class is um we're at   29. So we'll add the additional kit the amount of  kids to that um and it will be split.

063So seventh   and eighth graders will be integrated together  in those two classes. Yeah. Yeah. So we don't   the plan isn't to separate them out. It's it's to  continue with the um philosophy of getting them to   work independently and on what they need to work  on. Okay. Have you had any parents that are still   interested in attending River's Edge for seventh  grade? Um, I think we got pretty much everybody in   that was interested in it. Um, as far as interest  goes, but I will say coming in for seventh grade   this next year, I've had families tell me  that they were relieved and excited um, for   the opportunity to continue on. Um, and I have had  families ask questions specifically about if they   don't go to Styver right now, will they be able to  go to Styver?

064Those are the type of questions that   um, have came up. But the families have a lot  of siblings that are in the building um that   are currently have seventh graders in the building  and they're asking questions about future and it   being built up. Can I ask where did where did the  restorative circles philosophy come from? Um well   it's a practice that's across the district. Um,  but I will say it is near and dear to my heart   because I was a teacher, first year teacher under  Lisa Miner and um I learned from her back in 2009   about restorative practices and um the building  the culture of the building. Um so my training   and where it's been carried out from for me is  um from Lisa minor and then also my assistant   um was a PSC coach.

065So it makes a huge difference  to have those and also being from middle school we   knew the importance of nipping things and moving  forward with them and learning from them. And then   last question for me the current seventh graders  are they integrated in other classes for electives   or are they still separate seventh graders? there  are seventh graders, but next year there'll be   more options. So, we only gave um two options for  each semester. This year, because of the numbers,   it wouldn't be like staff-wise considering what we  need to do. Um so, the goal is for um the eighth   grade to be integrated and them to have like  the next So, if they were in steam studio, it's   not going to be in the same cycle of what they  did this year. It would be something

066different   if they elected for that. Um but we've been uh  throwing around some other things and thinking   about some other things as well to expand. Um one  of the things we know we are going to have to have   is algebra next year as well as um we looking  at health and Spanish possibly um and offering   those as options. But right now with the four we  have kids have only experienced because they're   semester classes they've only experienced two will  experience two this year. Okay. I had another one.   I'm sorry. Wait. You got to give somebody else  a chance. I got three minutes. what you say. No,   I last last question. Last question because I'm  curious. We're adding CTE pathways at every other   middle school. Is there an available at River's  Edge or how does that work?

067So, that was that is   where the intentionality um came in for Steam  Studio. We don't currently have Project Lead   the Way classes. Um so the um business class,  agriculture and all of that is not offered at   River's Edge, but what I can say is we have been  planning intentionally. So um in Monasuri you have   microeconomies and so one of the things that  we are working towards is being able to start   a garden or um it's also a huge philosophy of  Monasuri to work like the land technically and   so we've been talking about for next year how do  we build that microeconomy for through agriculture   specifically but with that being said currently  we do not have project lead the way offered or any   of the other pathways offered they're just getting  exposed to it through the

068typical ical philosophy.   All right. Thank you, Miss Wood. Well, thank you  for this wonderful presentation tonight. Thank you   for your students and everybody that came out. We  have oftentimes said like, look, I'm a monastery   advocate. I had my kids in Monasuri when they were  two years old. And people will say that monastery   is not for everyone. And I disagree with that.  I think the philosophy that monatory education   builds within individuality is so important to  all of us and especially it's 2025 kids aren't   learning the same way anymore. Maria Monasuri knew  a long time ago how kids and humans really learned   and this philosophy of education really works for  everyone if it's implemented well and I applaud   you for the work that you're doing at REMM. Uh  when I came on board at Dayton public schools,  

069we had two monastery schools, Franklin Monasuri  and Horus man, and Franklin became River's Edge.   And I remember when Deborah Bathweight was the  associate superintendent and we did a monastery   uh uh summit at Jackson Center, like really  exposing what that means to parents as we   teach our children in the ways that we want  them to learn today. So, I am like I'm an   outgoing board member, but I would encourage the  district and our parents and what you're hearing   tonight and our our seventh graders who are really  stepping up into this opportunity of education to   uh explore this individ individuality of education  because that's really what it does. it like when   I was a kid growing up in the school, we had SRAs  and that like put us in these individual pods of   how we learn and

070what we do and we cultivate into  these education models that like you know we move   people along in pods and it really is individual.  So I'm so happy to have been a part of this and   the growth that you are exemplifying here and I  encourage the district and our leaders to continue   to go on with it. So uh I'm a fan of monasteries  for everybody. We just have to like put it in the   right places in the right spaces. So, thank you  for the work. Yes. And that's the biggest thing.   It has to be very intentional and people truly  have to embody what the philosophy is. Yes. So,   thank you. I appreciate you. Thank you. Any  other board members? I do. Go ahead. I just have   something really short to say. I just wanted  to

071say that hearing from the students really   did make me feel it made me feel good honestly  because I'm an EJ Brown student. I'm a Charity   Adam student and then a EJ Brown and now opponent  student. Everybody in this room knows all my all   my problems that I had in eighth grade. I was  not picture perfect at all. I wish I had certain   things that you talked about that's at River's  Edge at EJ. I probably wouldn't have gotten into   half the things I got into honestly. But hearing  how other people other children my age can learn   different than I did, it really it really does  make me feel good. and it makes me feel good   to see and hear how our education is changing in  a positive way. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank   you guys

072for coming out. We do appreciate the  update and it was Go ahead, Mr. Smith. All right.   Um I was waiting for everybody to get done with  Principal Northcut cuz mine are more towards Dr.   Lawrence. So, appreciate you. Thank you. You're  good. Um, for me, my thing is when I look at   all of this, the first thing that comes to mind is  everywhere else in the district. So, when we first   had this discussion, my biggest concern was that  we at times focused on some of our bright lights   and we let the lights dim out in other spaces  in our district. I look right here and I love   seeing parents and children come out and speak on  behalf of their schools in this planned format in   this speaking about the great things going on  at River's Edge.

073I can honestly say I've never   seen that happen where we invited EJ Brown to come  out and talk about what's going on with EJ Brown.   We've never had parents come out from Waggamin to  speak about Wagaman. We've never had parents and   students come out to speak about the things at  Wright brothers. That is what I want us to focus   on is how do we move the same things because while  we may say monastery isn't for people and then I   don't want to go down that rabbit hole because  anybody that really wants to look up they can   go find that Miss Monasuri had a lot of racist  beliefs at the same time because that was a lot   of things that was going on then. She also called  her students savages and barbarians because that   is where

074things come from. And that's why I always  want to remind us there is so much that goes on.   While Monasuri may not be the the path at Wright  brothers or at Wagaman or at EJ Brown, you can   have project-based learning. You can promote socio  socioeotional learning. And so I want us to take   the great things that we just heard and see how  do we translate these things to other buildings   because I cannot get away from the fact that part  of us doing this was in also in the presentation   we heard was that parents weren't going to have  their children be in Dayton public if this wasn't   available which screams loud and clear we're  not doing the same things in other buildings   in Dayton public schools. That is bothersome to  me and I think that we

075should all look internally   and think what are we not doing if we can have a  parent say you know what I don't know if I'll have   my kid be in Dayton public schools I am a parent  who had their child at River's Edge when we went   to the meeting because then River's Edge went to  sixth grade in the meeting at River's Edge in the   cafeteria it was stated if your child does not  get into Styver you can go to DECA or the STEM   school. At no point did anyone say River's Edge  to Wagaman, River's Edge to Wright Brothers,   River's Edge to EJ Brown, and we just heard two  different parents say the same thing that if   this wasn't here, they wouldn't be here. And so, I  want us to take these things and while I

076encourage   and love all the things I saw today, I want us to  really reflect on how do we take out these pieces?   How do we make the children at EJ Brown's parents  feel the same way? How do we make the staff feel   the same way? How do we make people feel safer  in these buildings? Because then, if you hear it,   people don't know still if they will go from  River's Edge 8th grade to Dayton public schools.   So, what are we doing to ease that transition?  So, I always think back on what is the crux of   the issue? And the crux of the issue goes to  something that I have said for multiple years   in being here is how are we providing the same  kind of experiences even if they're not the same   walks? How are

077we getting that same return? How  are we getting parents to love being in these   same spaces across the district? Because that is  how we're going to move this whole piece. And I   would love for our buildings to have some of the  same autonomy as you see in some of these other   buildings because right now there's a pathway.  People go to River's Edge and they go to Styvers   and if that pathway gets interrupted, they are  not here. And that is a troubling thing for our   district because it it robs our families of the  great families that are at River's Edge. It robs   our families in our middle schools of the great  students, of the great people, of the experiences   they can have. When you walk into our elementary  schools, the level of diversity of households is  

078so drastically different than when you walk into  a high school, which means at some point we're   losing these families. We're losing them to people  who have the ability to take their child and put   them in a private school because for a lot of our  children that is not a possibility unless they use   a voucher, unless they are lucky enough to get  that. And so that is what I want to hammer home   and that is why I wanted to wait because it had  nothing to do with what's going on over at River's   Edge because I love it. My child went to River's  Edge. I love it and it was needed for them. But   if we do not take that and take what we just heard  and figure out how can we pull from that greatness   and

079put it in each and every building at Dayton  public schools, we will be doing our families and   our children's a disservice. That's all I have.  Madam President, thank you. So now I'll say thank   you guys for coming out. Do appreciate a different  type of presentation than we've seen in a while.   It was very good to see the students and the  parents and to hear some of the feedback that   you've given us on this school. I will echo Mr.  Board Member Smith here. I do think that we now   have this will be our second success story  because Charity Adams was our first of this   group's iteration of us going from K through  8 here and that school is going pretty well.   And now we have we're hearing within the first  quarter of us having a seventh

080grade program at   River's Edge. It is starting off well here. It  doesn't take away from us building up because   we know we still have challenges at our other  middle schools. I mean class size is one thing.   I heard these classes have 39 kids in them.  That's significantly different. 19. I thought   it was 30 something. That's all 19. I don't How  many kids in their school? Kids 29. 29. Sorry.   10 off of me. We was both off. We have 39. So,  but that piece of it. So, to to hear that piece,   I think is really good. And I do think I'm going  to continue to challenge not only Dr. Lawrence,   but the team under Dr. Lawrence with this trend,  how we are moving through it because I believe you   guys are proposing some other schools to

081going up  to the seventh grade for us to see how that works,   which I applaud you guys on testing a concept  first, which is something significantly different   than our district has had a history of doing of  seeing how it works. And that may give some of the   relief that you're speaking of, Mr. if if we are  getting smaller classrooms where we continue to   have families pulled in with us while we continue  to figure out our three standalone schools what   that looks like. I don't know the future of  them. But I do know that you guys are giving us   proposals. So I do hope that actually not hope. I  know that we're going to get to hear at our board   retreat from principles in general of some of the  things that we are seeing and out

082there. But I do   believe we'll get more data. We're only in the  first quarter though. So thank you guys for that   piece of it. Go ahead Dr. Uh Dr. Goodman, thanks  for bringing up Charity Adams because that was the   first iteration for us. I think it's uh I think  it's of note when you look at the MAP assessments   and OST that that seventh and now eighth grade uh  one of the highest highest performing seventh and   eighth grade groups in the in the district. Um,  we also in the fall, excuse me, the spring asked   several schools, many elementaryaries across the  district, um, if their parents were interested in   extending to K8, um, outside of just not just  charity, not just River's Edge. And we got,   uh, resounding feedback 3 to one, that in  fact parents want

083to see their kids stay in   a K8 environment. We will be submitting proposals  to the board that are versions of K8. uh uh four,   five, five, six, seven, eight um and and maybe  um again other conversions around schools and   other consolidations in terms of grades. Um and  so that's our that's our job. Um we're working   through that process. U board member Smith is the  chair of the school programming and curriculum   committee, which is where we bring a lot of these  ideas to discuss them with board members. So we we   believe the same thing. We're working toward  that that goal. Can't get there overnight,   but we're getting there. Thank you. Moving on.  Hearing of the bargaining units. Anyone want   to speak? Can I Can I ask for a copy of the data  that Dr. Walter is

084referencing? Can you get him a   copy of the data? I think I've sent it, but an  update. I wouldn't ask for it if I've seen it,   but I appreciate you sending it. Okay. Appreciate.  Hey, uh, where is Conor here? In any data. One   second. Okay, let me finish this. Right. I'm  sorry. No, you good. You right there. You uh Hey,   Kea, can you have him send that to the all the  map data to the full board? Yep. Yep. All right.   Go ahead. Pull it back to you now. Floor is yours.  Okay. Thank you. Hello. My name is Tara Bentley.   I am the staff rep for ASPIE. I am here because  the HR department is asking for termination of   SRO Bruce Hobs with just without just cause and  meeting any progressive discipline and that should   be

085concerning for everyone. The incident being  used against him was not excessive force. It was   a measured response and the assistant principal  and the principal were there during the incident.   Neither one of them raised any objection or  concerns. Their silence in this moment matters   and it tells a different story than the one HR is  pushing. What we are seeing is a pattern of overly   aggressive action from HR towards the SRO's. This  is not fairness. This is not due process and this   is not progressive discipline and it does not  meet the standard requirement under the collective   bargaining agreement. The termination demands  a clear and compelling evidence. That evidence   simply does not exist here. I'm asking the board  to step back, look at the facts, make sure this   process is free from bias. Do not let a good

086SRO  officer lose his career over an investigation that   has not met the standards. The SRO's play a very  important role in the schools and they are needed.   And today we have SRO's back in the back um  standing in solidarity for um Mr. Hobson and we're   just asking that you look over everything and give  him due process and fairly. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Hearing from the public. Madam  Treasurer, do we have anyone signed up today? Yes.   Okay. Mr. Walker will serve as our timekeeper.  You have three minutes. It is inappropriate   to address any matter involving pending  disputes, grievances under a labor agreement,   disciplinary action involving an employee or a  student, ongoing labor negotiations, concerns, or   matters that have already been settled in slash or  any matter which because of its nature is deemed   appropriate

087to be discussed in executive session.  May we have the first speaker, Tia Loveart. Tier Lart Marqueta Raan. Good evening. Good evening, Dr. Goodwine, uh,  Dr. Lawrence, Superintendent Dr. Lawrence,   and all the board members. So I am here tonight  slightly nervous and hungry but I am here on   behalf of Bruce Hopson. We affectionately  call him Hob. So I had written kind of a   long statement but I understand I have only  three minutes. And so on my ride here once   um I got here I realized let me shorten  it. So I made it very very short. Hopson is a force. He is a really affectionate,  kind, compassionate man. I couldn't quite put   into words what I thought about him as a  coworker. Um, even though he is our SRO,   he is there to protect us. I likened 

088him to my father. And so I wrote, "My father carried weight.  When he stepped into a room,   his presence mattered. People changed  much like children. He carried weight.   He did all things that were right. And  we felt safe. Our building felt safe.   The staff felt safe. We miss him. And the  children, most importantly, they miss him. I pray that all goes well, but  please know that we miss him   and we need him. Thank you. Thank  you. Our next speaker, Daria Raina. [Music] Hello, my name is Daria Rener and  I serve as the school resource officer at   Edwin Joel Brown. I am here to speak on behalf  of Officer Bruce Hobson. Officer Hobson truly   embodies the spirit of the community. He is  one of the most hardworking, compassionate,   and dedicated individual I have ever had  the

089privilege working alongside. Over the   past three years, I have witnessed firsthand  how deeply he cares for our students, staff,   and our community. He constantly goes above  and beyond to ensure the safety and well-being   of everyone around him. Having grown up in the  community, Officer Hopson has built a stronger,   genuine connection with many of our students and  their families. often knowing parents and even   grandparents on a personal level. This connection  allows him to reach our students in ways few   others can. He understands their struggles, their  environment, and their potential because he walked   in their shoes. Since his ab absence, things have  not been the same. The students feel it, the staff   feel it, and overall atmosphere has changed. I'll  close with a quote by Maya Angelo that reminds   me of Officer Hob Hobson's impact. I did

090then  what I knew how to do. Now that I know better,   I do better. Officer Hobson has always strived  to help others do better. And our community is   stronger because of him. Thank you. Thank you. Oh,  I'm supposed to be tired, man. Our next speaker.   That concludes tonight's speakers. Thank you,  Dr. Lords. The first recommendation uh first   recommendation is a invocation of a 48 hour waiver  for so move second moved by Mr. Lacy second by Dr.   Bailey any questions on the motion seeing none  may have a vote go ahead Mr. Smith presidential   one second Mr. Smith go ahead Mr. for the whole  agenda, right? Yes. For all the 48 hour waiver   agenda items B, C, D, E, and F. Thank you, Mr.  Smith. All right. All right. Any other questions?   Go ahead. Madam President, would

091you just  explain to the public why we have so many 48 hour   waiver votes at this time in our meetings this  month, just in case anybody does is not aware.   There is a combination of error from our office of  some items that didn't get put on in time. These   items 48 hour waiver usually means that it was not  put up at least 48 hours before we voted on some   things. Several of these items were missed by our  staff and they're on here. One of these items are   from and contracts under superintendent are from  the federal level of which they didn't get the   notification of it until after we put the agenda  out. And in the treasurer's department, there were   some things that came about after they put this  on that they brought forward for us

092today. So,   and those individuals can explain those better  when we get to those to vote what those new items   are. And um is this also related to we are just  having one meeting this month. Is that correct?   That is maybe I don't know. They may bring other  stuff. So, we may still we hope we have to date.   Okay. It may come back. All right. Thank you.  Did you say something? No, I was going to say   we still would have to prove if we're not going to  meet next week. All right. Any other questions on   the 48 hour waiver? All right. Seeing none, may we  have a vote. President Goodwin? Yes. Dr. Bailey?   Yes. Mr. Lacy? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Miss Reard?  Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Miss Wick? Yes. Miss Woods?   Yes. Seven years. All right,

093Dr. Lawrence, your  next recommendation. My next recommendation is 48   hour waiver for contracts under the superintendent  for vote. You already did that, sir. You did. B,   C, D, D, and so to us accept 48 hour. Yeah,  that's just accepting the waiver. That's not   accepting the vote on uh so yeah, contract send  the superintendent for a vote. 48 hour waiver   under B. So moved. Point of point of information.  Yes. I thought that the 48 hour waiver that we did   A had all of them listed. I'm sorry. Uh boardman  Walker can hear you. Yeah. All of them under A   had all of the 48 hour waiverss listed. So now  we're on your superintendent personnel agenda. No,   the 48 hour waiver is to accept the 48 hour  waiver. After accepting a 48 hour waiver, you   then have to

094accept what the 48 hour waiver was  used to present. That's not correct. That's Yeah,   that's not right. later on in the recommendations.  So this is going to be the contracts are appear.   That is okay. So all of these are then moving  down the line. Correct. Okay. We just did all   of them at once. So we're just on superintendent's  personnel agenda. Correct. We're doing Okay. Bye.   All right. Gotcha. All right. Thank you.  Uh Bo Walker. Uh superintendent personnel   agenda for a vote. Is there a motion?  So moved. Second. Moved by Miss Wick,   second by Dr. Bailey. There is one item I need to  pull to after exact session and that'll be C19. And while you guys are looking, any  questions on the motion? Yes. Go ahead,   Mr. Smith. I would like to pull  B4 for after

095executive session.   I would like to pull C6 until after executive  session. I would like to Can I find it? B4 C6. No, it is. Is B4 C6 like gang and Nah, I don't see it on here anymore. So, I'm good.  And, uh, President Goodwin, that was A through G. Yeah, got you. All right. Any other  questions or pulled items? Go ahead,   Mr. Walker. Uh, for starters, I want to pull  D14. So, after executive, you said D14. Yes.   14. B as in David. B is in D is in David. D is  in David. 14. Okay. One second. Madam Treasur,   you got all these numbers. I just want  to make sure you keep it up with them.   All the ones they stated. C6 D14. B4.  B4. Okay. Is that correct? B4. Yes. Okay. Anything? Go ahead, Mr.

096Walker. Uh there are  a number of items on here with past dates as in   last year and years before. Why are they just now  coming before us? All right. Which team would you   like to come up? HR or the department? There's  or do you know who it's for? I mean they're   they're under like almost everyone has dates  of previous meeting dates. Okay. Um Dr. I mean one supplementals by itself. I mean F33 through  F17 is all one building with the date of October   15th. Certified appointments have previous dates  of August. Oh, I can take that one. Go ahead.   Sorry. Hi. Um, in regards to the items that  have previous dates from previous years, as we   were cleaning up business plus system, there are  several staff members that are still active who   are no longer with

097the district. And in order for  the payroll department and the treasurer's office   to clear them out, they needed them to appear on  the agenda. And so that's why we placed them on   there so we can continue cleaning up the system.  In regards to the supplementals, those were pulled   when they were originally placed due to funding  issues. We have worked with the treasurer's office   to identify the funding for that building and so  that building was now placed back on the agenda.   Okay. And the ones that are dating back this  school year from August to now. Could you give   me an example of which one you're referring to?  Uh under administrative. Oh, that would have been   Yeah. B well B4 is poor but that has a date of  October 1st. We can discuss that one in exec.

098Um,   under C, C1 has a date of August 20th. Uh, then  it's October 16th, October 10th. Under D, uh, October 3rd, and these are the ones that were  clean up from the past years of D1   through D13. Mhm. on E E14 has a date of  August 22nd has a date E2 of August 1st on E what was the first E you had 14 okay thanks  on F F11 uh has dates all the way back to July and   then one doesn't have a date it just says first  quarter I'm sorry five of them say first quarter And then under athletics, there's one  for athletics as well that has a date of   September. All of the resignations that have  the previous dates are the ones that we were   cleaning up. And so, um, we found that we

099were  not notified of some, so we put them on there   as soon as we were notified. And those are the  ones that you see like the October 1st dates and   things like that. For the athletic ones, I'm  not exactly sure either. Um, Chief Jones can   come up and speak to those. And then, um, just  to clean up on G22 and G23, the date says 206. It's G22 and G23. Yeah, it says  February 16th, 206 for both of those. I think it's just it just has that extra zero  in it. Like I said, year 26 just has 206. Uh it was G22 and G23. And then um G Okay. Yeah. G20 and G26 has dates of September.  So with G20, um we had an error with our AD who   um got his coaches mixed up. Once

100payment went  out, um it was brought to my attention. So,   we wanted to make sure we correct it. So,  the coach that actually did the work got   paid and then G26 was the coach that they  thought was supposed to get the payment. So,   that's the confusion with that. Since then,  we have um did the appropriate reprimand to   that athletic director. So, did that coach  still get paid that wasn't supposed to? The   coach that wasn't supposed to get paid did  receive a payment. We have we worked with   um David um with uh the treasures office to  hunt down that payment and we have a resolve   with that and the coach that needs to get paid is  on the board today so she can receive a payment but so oversight on administrator. Okay.  From September to now

101it was caught.   Well, once the payment took place,  because they just got a payment,   that's when it was discovered.  Got it. Okay. Yeah. Another day. I love some I I get that. What I struggle with  is, you know, we've have this practice of people   not starting work until things are boarded or  background checks and stuff on file. And if   this person was coaching and was already  boarded, I don't I don't understand it,   too. That's something we can discuss later. But  I just Yeah. Well, with our volunteer coaches,   they also do the same credentials. The only  difference between a board approved one and a   volunteer is one gets paid, one does not. And  there was a transition with that coach that   she was no longer going to be the coach. And the  message did not get

102to um Miss Toiver to process.   So, we have the chain of emails and it only came  about because a payment took place. Then it was   brought to my attention and we wanted to make sure  that we correct the situation. Okay. Thank you. Anything else? Oh, go ahead, Mr. Smith.  Was keeping a list of what we pulled so I   can make sure I don't say one that's  already been done. Madam Treasur,   Madam Treasur, can you get back the  list of pulled items, please? Okay. B4 B4 C6. I didn't hear that second one, Madam  Chair. C6. B4, C6, D4, D14. D14, and C19. Okay.   C19. C19. Okay. Yep. I think that was the only  other one I was about to have questions about. Yeah, not necessarily a question. Um, I I do want  to thank the individuals

103on here for their service   to Dayton public schools. Um, and happy retirement  to those individuals. I see Coach White is on here   and Mr. Dave Johnson. Um, I went to see him  today and he's excited about his retirement,   but he said he's coming back. Chief,  I don't know how that's going to work,   but he's waiting on you. But appreciate all of  you all for your service um to D public schools   and over the many many years um of you working  through the the interesting parts of education.   Thank you. Boss man. Boss man. All right. No other  questions? Madam Treasure, may we have a vote?   President Goodwin, yes. Dr. Bailey, yes.  Mr. Lacy, yes. Mr. Smith, no. Miss Reard,   yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Miss Wig, yes. Miss Woods,  yes. Seven yeses. Your next recommendation.   Recommendation to

104approve the following after  July 10th resignations. So moved. Second.   Which one of you guys moved it? Mr. Lacy. Mr.  Lacy. Mr. Walker with a second. Any questions   on the motion? Yes. Go ahead. Uh, can we have  information regarding the KQ communications? We're on contracts, right? No, we're on. Oh, that's one I vote yes on. Okay, my  bad. No worries. But since you asked that   was set this morning by Lisa Miner, the KQ  communications. All right. See no questions.   May we have a vote. President Goodwin?  No. Dr. Bailey? No. Mr. Lacy? No. Mr.   Smith? Yes. Miss Reinard? No. Mr. Walker?  Yes. Miss Wick, no. Uh, Miss Woods, no. Five, no. Two yeses. Thank you. Any  questions on budget information? All right,   Dr. Lawrence. Next recommendation for a vote. Next  recommendation for vote is contracts underneath   the

105superintendent. Recommendations. Hey, is there  a motion? So moved. Second. Moved by Mr. Lacy,   second by Dr. Bailey. Mr. Walker, you  have still have a question? I do. Um,   is this possible to get pulled into the  retreat or if we meet next week? I mean,   the information that Miss Miner sent is good and  all, but this doesn't tell me exactly what are   they actually going to be doing for $34,000.  Miss Miner, would you like to speak on it?   which they still can you can ask anybody questions  on a piece of it right now. Yeah, they are a   marketing firm that will help to us to promote  our new innovativeies of the Dayton public schools   communicate mainly through digital marketing in  addition to uh other ways that they're going to   promote it uh when we get close

106to the designation  day to make sure the message is out there. And so   they helped us with uh summer promotion. Um one of  the goals uh we told them is we'd like to promote   it to families to come to the district and to  new teachers to come to the district because we   have a new way of teaching. That's one of the  initiatives with the innovativeies of Dayton   public schools is transforming teaching and  learning and we want to get that message out   there. So any veteran teachers or new teachers  fresh out of college will choose Dayton public   schools to come to work in a team. So they've got  specific instructions on how to promote that. So   how is this contract different than the other ones  that we've approved to do the same thing or the   one

107that we rescended because it was not working?  Well, I know we you did use KQ over the summer   and they were able to bring it was successful  in promoting people to come and apply for the   district. So, we use that data and then what they  presented for the second time to bring them in because their work was successful for us this  summer. So, we wanted to make sure the next   initiative to really make sure we have all  the teachers we need and the messages out   there to come to Dayton public schools. So,  with their work this past summer, how many   teachers did they help bring into the district?  Um, there were there were several it was in June,   so there were several teachers. I'd have to ask  HR exactly how many they hired from there,

108but   as far as the connections and the links and the  activity on social media and through the website,   there was a lot of activity and that's what we  looked at. So, this is based upon social media   marketing for people to apply and come and work  at Dayton public schools. Uh social media and all   the online hits were there going to the website as  well. They also went out and did focus groups. So   they went out and interviewed teachers to ask them  why they stayed in Dayton public schools andor why   they were thinking about leaving. They went out to  interview parents and kids. So they spent a lot of   time out in the field doing baseline information.  Um and board member Walker I think uh it was 14 I   believe in terms of teachers but I

109have to check  from that virtual fair. Uh I have to look at the I   said it said I'll look it up right now. I'll tell  you the the pre-section says 20 certified teachers   registered, 14 uncertified teachers registered  for attending. So, I'm just curious of what with   numbers if you can forward me the data for this  to actually see what took place. I I just I I'm   I'm not supporting it because I don't know what  $34,000 is going to do for us if there's no data   to show like to us what it's actually done so  far. So, but I I appreciate you all bringing   it to us. No problem. Sure. Would you like to  pull that one for a separate vote? Yes. Okay.   All right. Any other questions on contract? Yes.  Go ahead, Mr. Smith. Um

110along the lines of this   and it's more so about what struck me when I saw  the information that was given from this vendor   is that even from their information that they  got back less than 50% 49% to be exact said they   were planning to keep their child at DPS which I  would like to raise that up and say that is a huge   thing. It's half of these people who took this  said that they would plan to keep their children   here. So with this work, I want to also see what  are we going to do to change the outcome because   I think getting people here is one thing. Keeping  them here is another thing. And as we have seen,   we don't always do a great job of keeping people  or letting people felt that they are

111respected in   the roles that they are in or giving people  that ability to do their jobs when we bring   them in or do the jobs that they were given when  they come in. So I think there's one piece while   I do appreciate the need for recruitment, I think  giving people the transparency. on the flip side,   once we get them in is huge. And I would love to  see how can groups like this collaborate with your   groups and the rest of this district to see how  can we talk about that, how can we show that, how   can we promote that because that is an alarming  thing for any data to come back and say that   half of the people that took it almost would say  that they are not sure that they can keep their   children

112here. And I would say from some of the  things we've seen, I would want us to do a better   job at also retaining staff and not just retaining  them and staying in their roles because sometimes   people stay in their roles because they have to  have the job but staying in their roles and being   engaged and waking up every day and saying I work  for someone that values me. That's all. Thank you.   Can I go ahead? So okay, I'm looking at this areas  of concern. 39% teachers top concerns is bullying   discipline concerns. 26 is communication. 25% is  school safety. Families top concerns 7% student   behavior. 58% workload and burnout. Communication  and transparency 37%. How is this being addressed?   Um well, we do analyze the data and our goal is  to improve the culture and to make

113sure we're   using it to improve and uh not only for our  staff, retention of staff and students. And   we've done quite a bit since that information.  We've had specialized training for our clericals   at the building because of their face that  you see. uh and we have different retention   uh strategies that we're using that has been  effective. The complaint calls to central services   where it used to be quite a few from certain  buildings that's gone down substantially and   our goal is to also improve in the relationship  building amongst staff. So they do want to stay   in in Dayton public schools and are appreciated  for our families and our staff. That's very   important. So I appreciate that. Yeah. Matt, jump  in. Absolutely. Uh thank you for your question. I   want to just say it just popped in

114my my head.  I see President Mahoney out there. He sits in   our district leadership team and he is not just  there. He's an active member and he represents   over a thousand members and he gives us all type  of feedback to either cooperate, substantiate or   give us other ideas around how to address that  that the data that you saw. So the 39% that are   saying bullying, discipline or concerns, how is  that being addressed from teachers? Addressed   by from teachers. Yeah. I mean for forward like  this same group said one of the areas of concerns   through their work. Yeah. I think u conversations  addressing it. We go out often and address it with   administrators to see how can we make it better  listening being available to the staff and trying   to work through those problems. We don't

115want  any staff member to feel as if they're bullied   or harassed because we know you're not going to be  a productive worker if you're feeling threatened.   So, that's very important to address. Okay. Uh  that we definitely acknowledge that. I appreciate   it. Thank you. Any other questions? Yes. None.  Go ahead. Not on that one. On the UD one. Um, the graduations, the contract that we signed with  UD is supposed to be $3,000 per graduation. And   the contract for this one, we have seven  graduations, right? That's correct. So,   is this are we being charged per graduation or  per day that this is being utilized? It's up   about 22,000. Uh, I can get the specific, excuse  me, up it's up about a,000 from 22,000. So,   it's at 2352 now. Uh, I can find out if that's  inflation. I

116can find out if we're being charged   more for practice. Um, because we do go there  practice. So, I can find out uh what that $1,000   difference is. Thank you. And then my next part  of that is also in the agreement that we signed   um University of Dayton is supposed to pay  the district um $10,000 per football game   they have. Is that happening? That's a treasurer  question. Chief AD said yes. All right. Thank you. Any other questions, Mr. Wi? Nope. Anybody else?  Any other questions? No, ma'am. Seeing nothing.   Let me have a vote on everything except for the  K12. KQ KQ is K12 and slit. K. [Music] Yes. Okay.   President Goodwin, yes. Dr. Bailey, yes. Mr. Lacy,  yes. Mr. Smith, yes. Miss Rhinard, yes. M Mr.   Walker, yes. Miss Wig, yes. Miss Woods, yes. Seven  yeses.

117May we have a vote on the KQ communication? Okay. President Goodwin. Yes. Dr. Bailey. Yes. Mr.  Lacy. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Miss. Reard? Yes.   Mr. Walker? No. Miss Wick? Yes. Miss Woods. Yes.  Six. Yes. One. No. Your next recommendation. Dr.   Goodwin. I'd like for a vote. Consulting  services item moved. Second. Moved by   Mr. Lacy. Second by Dr. Bailey. Questions  on the on the motion. Is this is Richard   Douglas Stock PhD? Is it an individual or  a company? Uh it's an individual and he's   been he's been doing it for as an external  evaluator for years and and um fund 509 is what grants. grants. Okay. Federal grants.  Grants. Federal. Well, any federal grants.   Okay. That's all I have. Thank you. All right.  Any other questions? Yes. Mr. Smith, how was this   person selected? Dr. Lawrence. So,

118the University  of Dayton is the research umbrella and we work   with them and he's the person that they that  they select. Okay. And then to follow up, what what are we trying to have him look at and what  would be the next steps because no Dr. Stock does   a lot of work around data, compiling data, but  assessing the data that is coming out of this.   What would be that next step? Because having him  evaluate this in what way? Are we evaluating in   are we providing services at a solid level? Are we  seeing a return on the services? Like what would   be the goal after having him look at this data? So  because they're federal grant funded, I mean their   metrics are the same and the and the framework's  the same. And he writes an evaluated

119report at   the end and then we use that report to determine  if we move forward and continue in that space.   In fact, I think by law we have to have that to  substantiate uh the 21st century programming. So   I think you're asking what do we do if it doesn't  work? We don't we don't we we pivot and don't use   it. Oh then. No, what I'm really then asking is  how would we know that he would be the one to   be able to tell us that it does not work? Does he  work? He does not work in the K12 space. Correct.   No, he does. He is not working in the K12 space,  but he's a researcher. Right. So, I'm saying what   he would bring back to us. Who on your team would  be working with him

120to evaluate that? I can have   someone on the outside evaluate data. it does not  give me the ability on the outside to want to say   this is working or not working if I am not someone  experienced in that space. I would feel much more   comfortable having him give his expertise as  someone who compiles and looks at the data at   that evaluation space. I would be more comfortable  if he was working with someone on our side who   can actually come in and say what this data truly  means as it relates to the K12 space that we are   working in. So that's what I'm asking is what is  the plan when we get this? Is it we're just going   to look at it as a yay or nay or are we looking  at this data and evaluated

121it with our side to   actually look into it? Because if we are not then  I would not be comfortable just having someone   from UD compile data and then tell us yay or nay  is it working or not. We the core academic team we   look at it too. through the core academic team.  consists of a chief chief academic officer um   um the chief of elementary which is where the 21st  century programming is associate superintendent   uh accountability assessment myself we all look  at the data and we look at it from a quantitative   and qualitative space then we align it and  look at it look at those kids to see if we   see any growth during the school year with MAP  testing OST testing so we don't yeah we don't   just take that data and um and and

122have a binary  conversation around it. We actually talk about it   comprehensively. Thank you. That's all. No  problem at all. Anything for you, brother.   All right. Any other questions on the motion?  Is this the same? Same one. We said the same   one. We still seeing none. Madam treasure, may we  have a vote? President Goodwin. Yes. Dr. Bailey,   yes. Mr. Lacy, yes. Mr. Smith, yes. Miss Reard,  yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Miss Wig, yes. Miss Woods,   yes. Seven yeses. Mr. Walker has a question.  Um, Miss, uh, Dr. Lawrence or Miss Con? Um,   I I missed this, so it's already approved. I'm  just curious. We paid last year for a website   redesign and everything like that. So, now we're  paying for somebody else to do the same thing   or I can talk a little bit to that. Um, so

123with  the transformation to our academy model and and   Miss Miner can maybe speak more about this if you  have more questions. The really the image of our   district needs to change as well and we've talked  with Ford NGL a lot about that. Um, Akran has done   it. All the other districts who have gone through  this process have sort of rebranded to have a new   face in the community and so they're going to be  doing that work to redesign our brand essentially.   And the goal is to eventually redesign all the  schools as well so that we have a cohesive brand   um recognizable in the community. Right  now, if you look at all our school logos,   you can't really tell they go together. You  can't tell they fit under one umbrella of   Dayton public schools. And so

124that's our ultimate  goal. Um but with the logo redesign for this one,   we're just starting with Dayton Publix. And  we're definitely going to keep many of the   same elements we already have in our brand. color  palette. We're thinking the sun needs to stay,   but it's just going to be a refreshed look to  help with this process. And with it, we're also   going to get a redesigned letterhead template and  newsletter templates. So, okay, Ford and Jail has   given us a lot of stuff that you all are doing,  but at what point does the board actually approve   the stuff that you all are actually doing  because Ford and Jail is saying to do it? What do you mean what we're doing? So like we're  waiting now on the destination to be approved and   I mean the career

125pathways and things like that  are still a part of stuff that the board has to   approve for these buildings, right? So at what  point with with the work that we're doing with   Ford in jail, even with this website design,  because we just went through this process last   year, we paid a lot of money. It's not the website  being redesigned. It's it's like the logo itself.   Okay. So even with the logos being redesigned,  we just paid money for tents and things at all   these buildings. So now we're going to redesign  those and pay money again for a district that's   going to be operating in the red in three years.  Well, for any signage updates, gym floor updates,   all that stuff, we've already had a conversation  about that because obviously we can't just replace   those because they

126need to be replaced because  of the logo. It would be on the same cycle that   anything else would be updated in the building.  So I forget the cycle Mr. Rafford gave us,   but every I don't know 10 12 years the gym floors  get redone. That's how long we're going to wait   to cycle through before you'll see the logos  everywhere because we there is a discussion   about being fiscally responsible here and not just  replacing them because there's an update. Yeah,   we we we definitely want to be fiscally  responsible and want to be uh hopefully   in a retreat setting go over the entire updates  with our next generation learning initiative.   um because we've gotten a lot done, but we  want to make sure the board is clear on all of   the programming and all of the proposals

127that we  have for the schools for the high schools. We're   excited about it, but we really would love to have  time to sit down and present and go through all   of the pathways and the benefits that it's going  to bring not only to our students and families,   but the entire community. Yeah, I I just look  at I mean to do this process is one thing,   but there's a lot of components with each  school that is going to cost more money when   we do these type of things. So, I mean I I just  Yeah, I just was curious about it. Like I said,   it was approved. I'm good with it, but I I just  was curious. But we'd love to walk that through   with you because we're looking at the finances as  well. Now, we know

128that in some cases it's going   to bring certain pathways, bring money to the  district. So, we're looking at that, too. Um,   but a time to come together with the board in a  retreat where we can lay everything out and have   a rich discussion would be greatly appreciated.  And I want to thank you for your question because   Dr. Jones and I have been talking about that  too around uh what is real zerobased budgeting   like how do you really develop a budget that  addresses your core academic criteria and what   do you spend money on right and what you don't  and so I I'm I'm glad you asked the question   because our presentation around the Ford NGL is  is the pathways are important um the branding is   important uh but also the the finances behind it  are extremely

129important as well and we want to be   able to share all that with you in a comprehensive  way so we can have a conversation. I appreciate   it. Can I just ask the board, what's your thoughts  on our logo since we talking about it right now? I   mean, I hate for them to waste money and we don't  even use what y'all do. And and I mean, Miss Conc,   you you just created a new letter head last year  that sent out to the whole district as standards   for the district. The one before that was better.  Yeah. Um, board member Wick might remember we've   been talking about the logo redesign for a long  time now. Um, there are some really great examples   of school districts where you can look at an  elementary school logo, a middle school logo,  

130or a high school logo, and it's the color palette,  the fonts, the style of the graphic, and you   can recognize that they all fit together, even  though they're completely separate identities.   Dayton Public doesn't have that. If I look at  River's Edge logo, and if I look at Dunar's logo,   if I've never seen them before, I can't connect  the two. I can't tell that they fit together   under one umbrella. And so, that's the ultimate  goal. But can I ask, are you from Dayton? Not   originally. No. Okay. A typical Dayton person  would know which logo belongs to which school,   which mascot is which because of the the history  with it. And I think if this is like something   that um we're going to go to down a path on,  I know that Miss Miner um and with

131this jail,   there's different committees. I would like  to see the community input with these before   just typically erasing. ever we would get to  the school redesigns for sure there would be   people coming in from well I mean even even for  the district logo I mean I can look back there   and see the 2024 report card and know that the  O is replaced with the D public school sunshine   logo but that has been DPS and I believe you just  put branding out here on the windows as well with   the logo on and some banners on the street light  poles out there I mean so it it's for me it is   it is actually wasteful spending to go back and  continue to do this same work it may be little   dollars but it's still dollars that this

132district  is going to need in a few years. Can we answer the   question how about the I'm just asking district or  individual building. The district is the only one   we approved a second ago. It's on the district. I  mean I can't go back to the head with the school   book but that was fire. That was the logo. That  was a fire logo. I'm telling you that was fire. I like the one we have now. Yeah. I prefer the  one we have. I mean, I know it's DPS when I see   it. You come with something dope, though. You  might have me. You might have me. You might   have me. But I would say when we talk about the  individual schools, I think it's a bigger thing.   Yeah. For like the high school. Like honestly, I  can't

133even tell you what an elementary school logo   usually looks like. But maybe we could get to a  point where you would know and you would recognize   it. And like from a brand perspective, I'm going  to rock it anyway. I mean, we all the time we   get questions. People don't know Styvers as part  of our district. People don't know River's Edge   is part of our district. People think we're DECA  all the time. We get this confusion, but I don't   think that's a logo issue. We can say that for  nothing. No, they don't think Styvers and Rivers   are branding is an important element. That's a  whole different thing there. Okay. And I I think   even with the logos, right, we have a logo for a  building, but I can go to Roseville now. Roosevelt   is red, but

134their gym bleachers are purple. I  mean, there's colors in these buildings that do   not fit with the actual building. So, I mean,  for me, it is I think there's a lot of pieces   that go in when we look at that side, the district  logo. Yeah. I I I think that I don't know. For me,   I'm fine with the current logo, but I would like  to see what you bring back. It may change my mind,   but I appreciate it. So, just know it's a  possibility. You guys will go through this work.   We won't make a change at all. And that's pretty  much what Mr. Walker is letting you know. So I   don't think a change should be made if majority  doesn't think anything is wrong. I feel like the   high school um the high school um

135logo lo Thank  you. The high school logos are perfect. Especially   Ponent, you know, I'm a little biased, but Ponus'  logo is perfect. Third, perfect. I really like   these new logos. DPS, I don't feel like anything  is wrong with our current logo. I don't want to   get in the situation. What's the the that the  Crackle Barrel got inside where they wasted all   that money and had to go back to go back to what  the logo was and that piece of it. So, I would   I would say like you you've heard some people  up here say something specifically. I've heard   the people who graduated from DPS do that piece.  But before you guys see it, well, you may want to   I just want to say that's why we're bringing on  professionals. We're bringing on an organization   that

136does this professionally. They've designed a  lot of They did Harrison Township. They did they   do Trotwood or Sorry. Harrison Township new ugly  Harrison Township new logo is not good. Yeah. Hey,   it is it is and Harrison Township has actually bad  press right now behind that because the change of   it is really he get they did not get real touchy  when you change the but I think you know Dr.   Lawrence said this um a few weeks ago like a lot  of this with board committees is opportunity to   bring those up before bringing it fully for us  to approve as a board. Um so then it's not just   us being caught off guard when we see things  like that. Um because I think these are actual   like conversations where I think a lot of our  committees now

137as boards we have individuals from   the community on that but you all do put out a lot  of surveys. So that may be a survey to do to see   like what what's the temperature for things but  for me I think it's a it's a lot that goes into   that because there's a lot of money that's been  spent with the current logo on it that we will   have to do all over again with this new one. Yes.  Madam President, if I may go ahead. I would just   like to state that I would like to see a redesign  of the logo. Um, and I think that branding and   um, the elements that go into branding are um,  they're often invisible in if you don't know what   to look for, but it is a very very powerful tool 

138of communication and I would I would welcome a   discussion about this. I would like to know what  the projected enrollment increase you guys are   seeking with this investment because if there  isn't like a new market that's coming from it   I mean I I want to see those projections and what  you're saying the brand new piece will do for us.   It goes in line with the transformation to the  academy model which I think Lisa can speak on   better than I can. I'm not on that part. I don't  want y'all to take me down another path. I want to   know the dollars and cents that you are projecting  that will come to enrollment. Yes, that's what I'm   on. I got the story. I know the narrative. Yeah,  we we expect with new programming, it's definitely   going to

139increase enrollment. We want waiting  list. We want waiting lists for teachers wanting   to come and students wanting to come. Uh we have  seen an increase in the freshman classes at all   of them and we haven't even really you don't touch  on that freshman class, right? Well, but we Yeah,   let's Yeah, we'll be over. Okay. some of our early  data and we got some changes to make, right? Well,   as far as increasing the number of students  coming, that's what what we're seeing. So,   my question for you guys, like my request, similar  to the marketing firm that you have with the other   ones we have there, most individuals give you  projections of what our return if we invested   14,000 on a logo redesign, what is that projected  to bring us or what type of new audience is

140that   gathering for us? Those are my questions. Like  I hear the narrative part. I would like the   business side of the project will come from and  how that would attract that type of person. I   want to know who is the ideal audience that you're  targeting this with. Like Miss Kay stated there is   someone who looks at logos and they see that  that's an elementary, that's a middle school,   that's a high school or something like that. It's  something that attracts them to know something   like that. It's just the cohesion. You just you  recognize they fit together. I have never thought   about that. I'm g tell you that's why I want to  know who is that audience of a subliminal thing   that happen. Who is that audience that makes that  question somebody and I'm telling you it's

141not me.   So that's what I'm asking. No. Okay. So I'm asking  to get it on paper what what this is projected for   us in that piece and not just the narrative.  Can I say that I mean whoever is telling you   this hopefully they are in the community they know  our schools and not just one specific building.   I think we have to like be mindful of who you  are actually talking to and I think we've went   down this before. Even when we're trying to  attract charter school students, we have to   step out of the norm to get those students back to  Dayton public schools. For me, it is what is going   to be our investment in this if we change a logo  now. Are we sponsoring events that now have this   on? Are we putting the

142logo on RTA hubs? Are we  saying that we're going to start advertising all   over the place with this? like what is that actual  investment going to cost outside of this 14,000?   What is that projected investment? But then to  Dr. Goodwin's point, then what is our estimated   return on that investment? Um, and like I said, I  think we have to talk to people who are actually   in the weeds of things in buildings and actually  know what's going on in the city of Dayton,   Dayton public schools to actually benefit from  the work that you all are doing. That's just   my I'm looking at the SRO's jacket like all they  jackets would be old news. Literally, that's what   we have to put a patch over all those. Hey, Chief  Wright already got on us once about trying to  

143get his budget for background check. So, on your  later on, I while I appreciate the conversation,   for the sake of brevity, which is oh, never  mind thing. Um, I would say I think as a parent,   as a graduate, as a Dayton board of education  member, as a long time, as a forever, my whole   life I've lived here. I think the biggest thing  for our brand is just how we do. Like I don't if   you ask most people in Dayton about Dayton public  schools, if they could pick higher scores or a   different logo, none of them care about whatever  logo we're going to get. And that's just real to   me. Like it's a I don't and not saying I don't  care because I I love rocking my Maddale stuff and   some of the old Meale logos

144were trash. But it's  Meadowdale to me was being international balorate,   being a successful school, being a school that  was highly rated. And I think we have way more   bigger fish to fry than to go down the road of  giving too much in into a logo discussion until we   fix some of the other cracks that we have in the  district. So, while I appreciate the conversation,   that is all I have left to say is that the  branding of our district is the output of our   district and how people feel about our district.  Because how I feel about the district, it didn't   matter whether it was the Sun logo, the book logo.  It was what was going on in Dayton public schools.   What are we putting out of Dayton public schools?  How do our teachers feel? How

145do our staff members   feel? How do our SRO's feel? I don't care what's  on their shirt. I care if they care that we care   about them because they're not here today because  of what's on their shirt. They're here for a whole   separate issue. And I think until we deal with  those issues, all that stuff is on the back   burner for me. Mr. Mr. Lacy. Yeah. I just want to  correct a previous statement that was made that   we'll be operating in the red in three years. It's  not No, we're not. Sorry. We're not. Thank you,   Mr. Lacy. Kitty kitty kitty kitties. according  to I mean uh yeah we're not we're not going to   be operating in the red in three years. Thank you.  Go ahead Miss Wood. Thank you and thank you Alex.   We have been

146having this discussion for a long  time around like honoring all the legacy that   exists within our beautiful Dayton public school  community that has existed forever and then kind   of combining that into something that is you know  has continuity and I think that I hear what our   board members are saying the most important things  and where we're spending our money right now will   be in the red in three years. So maybe the work  that you can do right now without like you know   I know like taking a that's a big delicate balance  of taking this brand that has eight high schools   and elementary schools and bringing all those  brands together in a way that represents Dayton   public schools because we are at the end of the  day public schools. So, um, putting a pin in like  

147all of fixing it all all at once right now, what  we might be able to do is like control all of the   different brands that continue to come out. Like  there's no more like every high school has like   the autonomy to go out and create a new t-shirt.  The athletic department has the autonomy to create   new branding. And we have branding everywhere.  I drive by Welcome Stadium all the time and I'm   like, it's still it's Dayton public schools.  we've got we've gone a long way to establish it   as Dayton public schools, but there's still some  other branding around there that is confusing. So,   I think what our PIO team is doing for our  community is really trying to bring our   community together in a really solid branding  way, not these individual ways. So, like I

148know   we can't do all of it. It's both and and I hear  everything everybody's saying, but continue to do   the great work that you do because I do think the  continuity of it is extremely important to selling   and branding our district in the positive ways  that this board, Dr. Lawrence and all of you are   doing and the work that you're doing especially  at the Ford NGLmies and really like taking this   as an opportunity to at least just put a pin in  it to stop any other new branding from coming in   any other school or dis or like program around us  to create a new t-shirt. And when we say brands   don't matter, the main thing is the main thing.  We're walking around with the main thing is the   main thing t-shirts on. People love t-shirts. 

149They love to create new brands and new ideas.   But as Dayton public schools, how are we as a  PIO team? What are you going to do now to like   say every school has a form that they fill out  to say we're creating a new teacher for doing   this and how does that reflect Dayton public  schools the way we are today? So that's how   those are. Amen. Thank you, Dr. B. Yeah.  Again, I want to uh make a correction.   She said that we will be in the red again. And  no, we will not be in the red in 3 years. But   uh what I will say about this is is that something  that I've asked for since I've been on this board   really is that and I agree with what somebody down  there said. Um we

150know what schools in this city,   we know what school belong to what lo whatever  logo. Um, but one of the things that I I've   said time and time and time again is I I watch  television sometimes and I'm looking at these   commercials. We have a brand out in the community  that is a negative brand. And the only way that   it's going to change is by us changing our brand.  And I don't think it's going to be by logos.   I think it's going to be by representing what  we have. And when we're doing the commercials,   I've seen PIOS with the SRO's that have been  absolutely wonderful, but it's only in our   community and not the community of the city. I've  seen commercials with our with our HR person. I've   seen commercials with our teachers, but I

151never  see it in our community. So, we it's like we're   trying to share our commercials with each other,  but we're not telling the narrative of our schools   out in the public. to know that Meadowdale has  all these CTS uh with aerodynamics and and things   like that. So, uh that's what I would like to  see more uh than just a change of a logo. So,   that's all I have. Just to chime in, part of  KQ's work to my understanding is they will be   doing some streaming ads. Okay. Thank you. Do they  work with you since you're like our main go Lisa,   Dr. Lawrence and me kind of? They don't know  nothing about media. They barely watch TV. Yeah,   they'll uh Alex will definitely be on social  media on social med to make sure everything's   aligned and

152the streaming ads and commercials  and things. He not our primary demographic. Y   got some real people looking at Lisa's face. He  don't even watch TV. I'm just saying. He doesn't.   He told us on top he has no social media. So he  doesn't get to see the ad. He like, "Yes, doctor." And the last one, one last thing I want to  share is we overwhelmingly know people choose   DPS because of the way they're treated and because  of the connections they have. And so that's just   really important for everyone to keep in mind.  Every conversation you have, you are marketing   Dayton public schools. So that's what we try to  remind staff all the time. They got real serious   there. Appreciate that. Hey, she tired. I'm going  push this back if I say so. All right. Thank you.  

153Your next recommendation, Dr. Lawrence, Dr.  Goodwan, my next recommendation and my final   one for a vote is a resolution oopsy local 643  for a vote. Just a brief overview. Um, since it   was under 48 hours, we worked with Kenny Jones,  the president of Local 643, Frost Brown Tide,   and myself to uh put this resolution together  to ensure that the pair of professionals who   um were dealing with pending licenses uh  andor certifications that when they finished   um when they finished taking care of their  the technical aspect of the paperwork that   their jobs were waiting for them um in the  space in which they left. So moved. Second.   Did he sing that? He did sing. Mr. Moved by  Mr. Lacy. Second by Mr. Walker. Any questions   on the motion? Yes. Go ahead, Mr. Walker. Is  there a

154Dr. Davis? Is there a time frame for   these individuals or There is no time frame.  Okay. We left that open. Okay. Mhm. Thank you,   Mr. Um, has there been any district  communication to these individuals? Not yet. We were waiting on the vote. What? You  didn't jump the gun? No, I did not. I waited   on wait to see if we got four votes. And so So  then what if if you did not get the four votes,   then what would happen to these individuals?  Would they just lose their jobs? I don't want   to use the word uh lose their jobs. Uh we if you  looked at boards, we initially had them on his as   termination and I want to thank losing their jobs.  Losing their jobs. Well, let let me finish. Let me   finish. Let me finish.

155Terminator. That's Let me  Let me finish. Let me finish. Let me finish. Mr.   Smith. And so after um close consultation with  several board members, I think I think were you   one of them. Mr. Walker, were you I was called  you soon as them people got the email. Yeah. And   and so again, the purpose was to ensure that  um that their jobs were whole when they got   when they finished with um how to ODW. And by the  way, it wasn't a what if. Um, after I talked to   you and Mr. Walker, I wasn't worried about it. I  I appreciate that. Appreciate your team doing the   work to get this done. And I look forward to the  outcomes. Mr. Walker, Mr. Walker hopped in on my   question that I had, you know, cuz I think Joe's  ready

156for us to wrap it up. So, well, I will say   also too, in addition to talking to Dr. North  about these individuals. I reached out to the   state board of education with these individuals  to the ones to see if they could help us get them   through. So, we are actively as only a unit as a  board and our human resource team, we are actively   trying to do whatever we can to get these people  to their lures when possible. Any other questions   or comments? Yes. Dr. Lawrence. Yeah. And I'm  not asking you to figure all this out now,   but how do we improve that communication model  to our staff? How does it go through that chain?   Because these the way we sometimes communicate  creates consternation. And that people may get an   email that just says, "Hey,

157this is your status.  You either resign or you terminate it." That   is troubling. And even though we can do things  like this, unless we change how we communicate,   the culture of communication, it doesn't help  people because then you have people that are like,   "This just happened. I'm going through trauma."  Like, we create trauma sometimes through the   communication that we have with people. And I  really do think that we have to do a better job in   doing this because I got received multiple calls  from people who said, "Hey, I'm at work. I got an   email that says this and it gave me a deadline  of this small window to decide if I'm either   going to be terminated or I'm going to resign.  And while I am glad that you have a board now   that is working

158to be in that space to go let's  catch that. I don't want to lose sight that if   it wasn't for many people being able to make those  calls and say, "Hey, I just got a call about this.   This isn't right." that we were communicating on  this isn't right. Then that could have just gone   by the wayside and these people would have had to  go, okay, I don't know what to do. I'm resigning.   And that happens a lot when we do not have the  communication needed to really work with people.   And I know last year that's one of the things  we've done um last year when we had some issues   with paras and testing that it really took for us  to have real conversations with the principles in   a building or their union leads or or

159people that  can come out to the building and say, "Hey, you   have this issue. You have until this time to get  it straight. How can we help you get it straight?"   And I think we need to embrace that communication  model because sometimes there's emails that go out   and somebody will say, "Hey, well, I sent you this  person an email two months ago or I sent we're in   Dayton, Ohio. You can go from the furthest school  to the furthest school in 15 minutes, 20 minutes."   If there is that big of an issue where we're  going to say you either resign or get terminated,   I do not think that's an email issue. I think  that is coming out and also following up in person   because that is the only way we make people feel  they are valued

160and if we do not make people feel   valued we can't always go back and create anou to  say hey I'm sorry this happened we're going to fix   it this way so that is what I would encourage from  not just you but to everybody who is over people   and make these decisions because that causes a lot  of issues for people I mean that is real traumatic   for people to get just a mess message that says  your career is about to change and you have this   small window to either fix it or make a decision.  People get decisions like that all the time of   either are you going to resign or we're going  to fire you. And that is troubling to me if we   really talk about the branding of this district.  We don't want to be

161a district that does people   like that. So, like I said, you don't even have  to answer anything to it right now. Mr. Smith,   if I if I could, um I appreciate Dr. Davis and  Dr. Lawrence and President Dwine. Theou actually   has notification in here that um HR the union  president union representative will receive   something that individual will receive something  in writing prior to being placed on unpaid leave   or anything like that. So they did add this into  there. Um so I appreciate that. Thank you. Do you   have anything you want to say there? Um, I know  the a Yeah, I just want to be brief and I said   I know the HR team is in buildings a lot. Um, we  have had this conversation, Mr. Smith. Uh, and I   want to thank you for bringing

162it up immediately.  Um, Dr. Goodwine called me and I'm not sure that   I'm going to say this like I'm not sure people  realize that we we actually we're like a team. So,   you all actually call me and say, "Hey, Dr.  Lawrence, have you thought about um and so I go,   hm, no, I hadn't thought of that or I have  thought about it and we're going to do A, B, C,   or D. And so, um, we we work together as a team.  We don't catch every one of those things. You   guys have your ears to the ground. You catch some  things we don't. Um, but I want to say that, and   this is not being defensive, there's a timeline.  And what happens in districts that are trying   to move from dysfunctional to functional, from  unprofessional to

163professional, is that there are   deadlines, there are rules to the game. And what  happens often times, Mr. Smith, is like people   historically in Dayton have thought there were no  rules to the game. And then then when we say, "No,   that's a real deadline." Yeah. That's a that's a  real thing. real things happen when when things   aren't done and we're transitioning through that.  I do agree with you that phone calls can be made   for sure. Yeah, I don't disagree with that at all.  Yeah, even on that when there are deadlines, if we   know that there are deadlines to let people know  these things like it is different to say if we do   not have you under this um this contract or if we  do not have you with this lensure, the district   is at stake. Or

164if we can work these things, sit  down with we work with all these unions, sit down   and really have real discussions. If we're not  doing that, then yes, on our end, we may say yes,   we have deadlines. So if we have deadlines, we  know there's deadlines. So if we know there's a   deadline, then this means we can work earlier  than we do to let staff know about deadlines.   And if we know that there are deadlines, we can  give reminders about deadlines. And if we know   there are deadlines, then we should watch that how  that that's what I mean about the communication.   I'm not saying the actions are all totally wrong.  I'm saying these kind of things should be in the   communication when we talk to people. So people  also know the severity of what we

165are dealing with   when we have to make these decisions. That's all.  Appreciate it. Got it. Just want to note this is   a great time if you have a license in DPS for any  position. Please make sure check it out. And most   licenses you are able to get multiple years on. If  you do not know how to do that, our HR team will   be glad to walk you through that process. I myself  just checked on my legal license and realized I   needed to finish my CLS by December 31st. Please  know every year if you're on a one-year license,   the time to start working on that license is way  before the school year starts. Per our rules,   we can only employ you up to 60 days while your  license is pending. So, if there are any delays  

166within that 60-day period, then we're going  to be in these type of situations, which we   want to do everything we can to prevent this from  happening. So, if you have a license now, you are   on a one-year license in any aspect, whether  it's a student activity, it's a pupil permit,   it's your teaching license, please reach out  to our HR team so they can help you know other   options that are for you because you do not have  to have a one-year license. Usually, I think it's   only your first year. For some licenses, they  require you to stay on a one year, but past that,   you can apply for a multi-year license. Can I  just ask clarifying? It's it's not our rules.   It's the Ohio Revised Code, right? It is the  Ohio Revised Code, which is our

167rule. Thank you,   Milwaukee. That's important. It's a legal piece  that our treasurer cannot pay individuals beyond   60 days, but we can hire you while your license  is pending. So, I know if you heard this and   you are in this room and you know someone with a  license, please tell them to check their status   and get with anyone who can help them just move  forward on that. Just want to use that as a PSA.   All right. Any other questions on the motion?  Seeing none, may we have a vote? President   Goodwin, yes. Dr. Bailey, yes. Mr. Lacy, yes. Mr.  Smith, yes. Miss Reard, yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Miss   Wick, Miss Wick, yes. Miss Woods, yes. Seven  yeses. Thank you, Dr. Lawrence. Madam treasure,   your first recommendation for a vote. Can I put  them together if you'd like

168to? Whatever you feel   is the best. Okay. I recommend the approval of  the following. A to I. So moved. Second. Moved   and second. Are there any questions on the motion?  Not a question, Madam President. I need to pull um   Dragonfly Dragonfly Athletics for a separate vote.  You got that, Madam Treasur? Uh which one is that?   purchase of purchase rights dragonfly. Okay. Any  other questions on the motion? Seeing none, may we   have a vote. [Music] President Goodwin? Yes. Dr.  Bailey? Yes. Mr. Lacy? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Miss   Reinard? Yes. Mr. Walker? Yes. Miss Wick? Yes.  Miss Woods. Yes. Yes. Seven. Seven answers. Thank   you, Dr. Jones. No, we need to vote on dragonfly.  Thank you. But you are next. You are. You can   make your way on up. May we have a vote on the  dragonfly?

169I don't need you. I I just You're next.   You're on deck. Okay. President Goodwin. Yes. Dr.  Bailey. Yes. Mr. Lacy. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Miss   Reinard. Yes. Mr. Walker. Abstain. Miss Wick.  Yes. Miss Woods. Yes. Six. Yeses. One. Abstain. Dr. Jones. Thank you, Madam President. I recommend the ratification of the following  contracts. So moved. Second. Moved by Mr. Lacy,   second by Dr. Bailey. Any questions on the motion?  I do. Go ahead. Thank you, Madam President. Um,   h how many are have we entered intoUS for  athletics for all of the students that play   for Dayton public schools that are enrolled in  nonpublic schools? Is this the last of them? If   not, how many more do we have to to go? There may  be some more that trickle in of course because um   you know students are

170homeschooled and yeah but by  and large we're done. Okay. Thank you. Yes ma'am. All right. We're on contracts though cuz that's  all we say is a. So there you go. Can I Can I   make a motion? I'd like an amendment to the  motion to take all of them together. I'll accept   the accepted the amendment. Any questions on the  motion? Um, so yes, I did want some clarity on the   48 hour waiver one of what is school AI? I think  Mr. Williams knew that. That's why he in the suit. So, school AI is actually an AI tool we use  currently. It's for teachers specifically and   students. Um, it creates chat bots and tutors.  So, this is actually expanding on that and   getting some features that no one else maybe  a handful of schools across the US

171has access   to and expanding the use of those in different  schools, but also adding on not just for teachers,   they have an admin portal now that we will  have access to that allows you to add the   calendars and a few other things. Okay. And  then my other question because I see this   one as well. For the student ID cards,  do every student now have a student ID? I can get you the uh the number, but um  we did complete um in the first quarter   uh the distribution of cards for all students. Of  course, we have students trickling in still. We   have students leaving, but we have the cards on  deck though to distribute for new students. So,   if I can ask for some to be delivered to Styver  because they said they still need like

172400 more   as of today. Okay, we'll do. Thanks. 400?  Yeah, Miss Dilly. Is that the right number?   Is that the right number for how many? For  400 for Cyers for the entire building? No,   they said they had 400 already, but they  needed another 400 cards for students.   Nice. I I just heard that. I'll get that  number for you. I mean, I'll get the the   info. Your direction correct. They have a little  over 800 kids, I believe. So, all right. Any   other questions on the motion? Seeing none, may we  have a vote? President Goodwin, yes. Dr. Bailey,   yes. Mr. Lacy, yes. Mr. Smith, yes. Miss Reinard,  yes. Mr. Walker, yes. Miss Wig, yes. Miss Wig,   yes. Miss Woods, yes. Seven. Yeses. Thank you.  I recommend the approval of the following board   member travel and expenses reimbursement.

173So move.  Second. Moved by Mr. Walker, second by Mr. Lacy.   Any questions on the motion? Seeing none, may  we have a vote. President Goodwin. Yes. Mr. Dr.   Bailey. Yes. Mr. Lacy. Yes, Mr. Smith. Yes, Miss  Reiner. Yes, Mr. Walker. Yes, Miss Wick. Yes, Miss   Woods. Yes. Seven. Yeses. Thank you, Miss Kid. The  policies, the wellness one. All right. Policies   will come after exact session. Closing comments.  Mr. Lacy. Uh the finance committee met 3:00 today   and went over the the financial statements and  they were in good order. And did you have what   did I miss? Was the audit committee shelter? Oh,  and we Oh, yes. And the the audit committee had   its quarterly meeting and it was very productive.  I want to thank the audit committee and we're   looking for new audit committee members. So,  I

174yeah, I think everybody's gotten the email. Okay. Thank you, Miss Rhiner. Um, yes, I have  a couple of items of legislative um updates for   people from the state house. Um, the first is  House Bill 186, which would cap tax growth for   districts on the 20 mil floor to inflation.  It did pass the house, and it is moving. Um,   it has been referred to Senate committee.  um Senate Bill 93 which would would intend   to establish a new school financing system. This  would be very very in-depth. Um uh there's there's   a lot of nuances to it. Um but it would it would  radically change the way that schools are financed   in the state. Um uh I would also like to bring  the board's attention to the Ohio Department   of Education and workforce has formed a student  transportation

175work group um created uh by House   Bill 96 which was voted in early this year. It's  a very very interesting work group of people from   um different different superintendents from across  the state um some non-public schools. Um, this   group wants to give recommendations to the state  about um, uh, how the legislature can address the   transportation issues that schools like Dayton  Public has been experiencing. Um, it says uh,   the the recommendations would be particularly  regarding the feasibility of a school district   transporting students enrolled in a community  school or non-public school. I am very interested   in how this work group will um come to some  recommendations and what their recommendations   will be. So, I will keep the district updated on  that. And that is all I have. Thank you, Mr. Wall.   Um yes, I want to say

176uh happy Veterans Day to our  district staff. Thank you all for your service. I   did um have a chance to go to the inaugural  lunchon today. Um, and a lot of our staff,   uh, uh, those pictures they have, uh, I I have  evidence to use on some things. Just want to put   that out there. Um, and to piggyback on what my  colleague, Miss Randerson said, there is another   House bill out there, um, 545, um, which is it  was introduced as legislation to prioritize public   school education, um, transportation. Um, so we're  interested in that to see where that travels um in   the House and the Senate um to hopefully get that  enacted into law. Um, another piece for me is uh   voting took place last week. Um, congratulations  to those individuals. I look forward to Miss

177um,   Garrison joining the Deis here in January. Um, and  congratulations to those individuals who actually   got out there and ran for public office. It  is not an easy thing. Um, and defeat hurts,   but you can rebound from it and and move  forward in different directions. So, thank you. You good? Yeah. You sure?  Yes. Representative Tims. Oh,   yeah. Shout out to our local repres.  Yes. Representative Tims, Desire Tims,   uh, introduced that legislation of 545. Like I  said, we're tracking that to see where it goes. All right, Mr. Smith. Thank you. Um, I too  was uh given the pleasure of sitting with   many veterans in our district today at our  event over at the service center. First,   I want to say thank you to anyone that helped put  that together. Just the look on people's faces to  

178be honored for their service was amazing. So I I  don't want to go without lifting that up. But I   also want to lift up something that was brought  to that discussion by Mr. Anger from over at   Styver in in lifting up the reality of this day  and that just 6% of our population here in this   country have been military veterans. Um but yet  with such a small percentage of people that have   been veterans, they make up a large percent  of the homeless people in our country. They   make up they the suicide rate for veterans  is nearly twice the rate for non-veterans.   So, not only is it imperative for us to lift up  these veterans that come back and have served for   for us, but to make sure that we give them comfort  and space. Um,

179being in that room wasn't just   about talking about their experience, but being  able to find kinship with people that have been in   some spaces that I could never imagine being in.  And so I just wanted to lift up everybody that put   that together because it is it is really dark for  a lot of our veterans, especially veterans that   come home and are not blessed to be able to find  a good job and a good career and people that care   about them and the mental health resources that  they need. We see fights with the VA all the time.   And so I just wanted to say I see you guys and I  want us to be able to keep doing things like that.   um and really realize what makes up our district.  You know, we talk about

180the 13,000 plus students,   we talk about 200 employees, but really diving in  to see what really makes up our district. So, with   that, I want to say keep loving on each other.  And we'll also echo um Mr. Walker's comments about   those that get out and run for public service.  I salute every single one of you that gets out   there and does it with the best interest in mind  because it is not easy to get out there and have   people walk into a booth and pick if they like  you or not cuz sometimes it comes down to do they   like you or not. And when I say that, not just  always personally, but what you put out there,   but it to open yourself up is a huge thing.  So, a salute to everyone that does that.

181Um,   we're heading into Thanksgiving time. Christmas  time is coming up soon or whatever holiday you   choose to celebrate. I don't get out of that.  But please be mindful that this is also a rough   time. And I would be remissed if I did not just  speak about the mental health of our veterans and   talk about the mental health of people who have  lost loved ones, people who are less fortunate.   We look at what has been going around and we've  see people that are in less fortunate spaces. So,   please give people grace. Please find a way  to help. Call someone, check on someone,   see how they're doing, invite them over to  dinner, take them a plate. Just really love   on each other. And that is all I have for today.  Thank you. Thank you, Miss W. Thank

182you everybody.   Continue to be inspired by all of the work that  I see, the conversations that you all have,   and the advocacy that I see you all representing.  So, thank you. Thank you to the team for your   fantastic work that you continue to do. Thank you,  Dr. Lars. Thank you, board president Goodwine, uh,   and all of my board team members up here and all  the community. So, I appreciate you all. [Music] Miss Wood, I don't really  have much to say today. Um,   I would like to thank all our  veterans for their service. Um,   I would also like to say I've been working  in a spirit shop for about three weeks. Oh,   yes. Let's go, Miss Garen. Three weeks. I I think  about three weeks. You got a check? Yes. Two two   two check. The way

183that Very um school is going  very well, guys. I graduate May 19th at 8:00 p.m. You guys are going to miss me so much. I know  you guys don't have to tell me, but I'm going   to miss you guys, too. And I'll see you guys next  meeting. That's all. Dr. Bailey, nice. I'll take   this back. Uh again, I'd like to echo the same  thing. Uh just uh so proud of our veterans. Uh   thank you all for our ser your service. Uh,  our superintendent is one of them. Um, also,   uh, welcome back to those who won their  elections and going to be back on the   board. That's all I got. Thank you. First,  happy birthday, Dr. Jones. Happy birthday. Second, cuz I want y'all to know how tightknit  we are. Happy belated birthday to Dr. Lor.

184Happy   belated birthday. That's crazy. That's how close  they are. Scorpios right there. So, and Dr. Buddy   said it too. Excited. Happy, you know, we have  a veteran that's sitting up here with us. He's   army. He's not like the Marines that I get to  see cuz they really loud about being a ring. I   don't even see him out of nowhere. They just pop  up. And ever since I see that Bad Boy for movie,   I knew that different than every other branch of  the Army. So, definitely happy Veterans Day to all   the veterans in our district. It is always good to  learn something new about individuals. I was not   able to make it there because I was actually at  the University of Dayton for a law program today.   I do want to take a moment to thank

185people because  oh this was an election. It was an election that   was an election and I want people actually I don't  you don't need to know these type of things but   contrary to popular belief most individuals on  this board are really tightknit and I got to see   that and not even just the board the staff too.  I got to see that myself during this election.   And I want to thank individuals. I am a genius.  Appreciate that. I do want to thank some of you   like Miss Wick. I want to thank you. Even when the  DEA put that vote in no confidence, you were one   of the first people to reach out to me and gave  so many supportive words even though you were in   your own battle yourself with your election. So,  I appreciate you

186on that. Dr. Bailey has always   been rightand or left hand for me right now. Not  only have you been out here, you keep me grounded,   but I also hear about how you make sure that other  people have stories correct. So, I do appreciate   you for that. Mr. Smith, if y'all don't think  that uh if you think we had each other's neck,   Mr. Smith has always been a guiding light on that  piece of it. He was even out there with me all the   way through election day making sure like keep  your head up and keep going. So, I appreciate   you despite how much we bicker up here. When  it comes down to it, as a collective group,   we live by a code and this board is actively  working to make this place better. Mr. Walker,   although

187I would there are a lot of things that  I don't agree with you doing, I've heard of some   things that you've said and I appreciate you for  being an individual who stepped out to go like,   "No, I'm going to defend this board and I'm going  to defend my board members." I just appreciate   you, man. You You be you. I'm I'm still going to  pray for you. There's some things happen here,   but you are truly you. Mr. Lacy, if y'all didn't  see that, I got Mr. Lacy to get in some of my   videos. He was the star. He has been one of the  best delights that I got throughout the selection   process because most people don't know how much  of a sense of humor Mr. Lacy has. He's been he   was very good not only defending

188this board,  defending the narrative of us as a collective,   but just defending the work that has occurred and  I really appreciate that. I will say Dr. Jones,   I appreciate you. Out of nowhere, you always gave  great positive work about the things that were   happening in here. Miss Hamilton, if no one else  can pray, I know you are a prayer warrior and I   appreciate all the word things that you put out in  that piece. Madam Treasure, I appreciate you too   just sending words of encouragement even though  Dr. Lawrence is one of my biggest headaches like   the biggest on that piece of it. I appreciate  him too of coming through and just remind him   like the work that we have been trying to do.  So I definitely appreciate just all the things   there are a ton more

189people but I feel like if I  name everyone Miss Woods was there too y'all. She   was cuz your post your thing is still sitting in  my yard. She did put it in the yard. She made a   video. did all type of stuff. I was right after a  long meeting. I sat there and the it was getting   chilly, too. And I made sure that I put it in my  yard and it stayed there until the end. Until the   end. So, I feel like I was there. It's actually  not in the trash yet. It's sitting on my porch.   I'mma take a picture with it today. I appreciate  you. I do. I appreciate the many individuals like   Chief Jones. Chief Jones and Chief She. Y'all two  actually if you guys got to see first she drones.   I appreciate

190you and all the words that you gave  me throughout the piece and that you didn't like   make me do a lot of work while I was doing that.  So, thank you on that piece. If you saw my Rocky   video, I want you to know that there were two  people who filmed for me when I did that video   and one of those individuals was Chief Shehy and  I couldn't stop running up the steps cuz then she   would clown me for the rest of my life about not  being able to make it up those steps. So despite   the different like the different viewpoints that  we made here, I do appreciate that support and   that help and just having fun and being human with  each other. I say all that to say like this board   I'm excited even

191Miss Garrison who's coming on  to the board definitely appreciate not only she   always guides me back when I go a little bit far  and she brings me back and I'm excited to have   someone in joining this board that is another  DPS alumni which now gives us Maddale Belmont   Colonel White third good and Dunar you know a  person with the Dumbar more than a couple years   you know nothing that's so I'm exced excited that  another DPS alumni is coming to make this district   even stronger. I do also want to thank my brother  for running with me. Although he did not make it,   he did not he was not victorious. He brought a  lot of fun to this campaign as well. And I will   forever appreciate that my family supports 99% of  the things that I do

192with they just go in blind   with me sometimes and go just going to make it  happen. And if you guys if you guys didn't make it   down to the board of election, I think anybody who  came to vote on the last day really enjoyed that   full band out there playing when the Saints go  marching in and you got to see Mr. Glacy up on the   trumpet and he actually hopped in multiple sets.  I I knew three notes, but Mr. Lacy was out there   and I appreciate all that piece and that came  for that. And I will say to the audit committee,   we are looking for two individuals who are  passionate in that piece of it. It is going   really well. That group has met. They are doing  amazing work. If you are interested in it,

193there   is information. I don't know if you have a page on  the website, but I'mma believe that if you don't,   Miss Con will make that happen for you. But there  is a QR code in the application to fill out. So,   thank you all for that. Miss Kidd has told  me that we have stalled long enough for us   to knock out these policies. We do have two to  do at that point. One is for second reading,   which is our wellness policy. Apparently, we only  did it for first reading and we didn't finish that   piece. So, let me knock that out. And then the  rest are for first reading. All right. So, going   with the second reading first. And this policy,  I believe, is needed for the which department is   this? Nutrition. Nutrition services. Thank you.  In

194so much of the board of education is committed   to continuing the updating of his policies,  rules and regulations manual in the committee   which was appointed has been working towards  that goal. The following is brought at this   time for second reading in compliance with board  foul. Now therefore be it resolved that the board   of education of the Dayton City School District,  McGomery County, Ohio hereby accept and adopt the   following policies that have been codified for  inclusion in the handbook of policies, rules,   and regulations EFGA district wellness policy.  I move that we adopt policy EFGA. Is there a   second? Second. Moved by Dr. Goodwin, second by  Miss Wick. Any questions on the motion? Yes. Go   ahead. On this policy, there was um a reference to  a wellness committee. Has that been established? Probably not since we haven't

195approved it  yet. Correct. Yeah. Is there preliminary   work been done to establish it?  Yes. Okay. Yes, sir. All right. All right. Any other questions on the policy?  Don't we have another policy for second reading?   Yeah, because it was it we were going to vote on  it at our last meeting and we sent it back. Oh,   first reading though. Okay. So, is it in the first  reading? I thought we said we're sending it back   to policy. So then you guys actually had that one  incorrect because it was sent back although it was   an OSBA policy. So there was no confusion on it,  right? Which is why we sent it back immediately at   the beginning of the policy meeting. Yeah. So you  do you guys want to do the second reading on that   one too? Could we

196do it after executive session?  Yeah, we can. I mean it's OSBA policy. So first   reading. Yeah. I think our last our last meeting  was first. We were supposed to It was supposed to   go through first and then I sent it back before it  went through first. Oh, okay. Okay. All right. So   then it'll just be on first readings, right? Yeah.  All right. Thank you. No correction. That was a   second reading that we have pulled down to send  back. So then there's no second reading and we'll   do it after positive after that session. Yeah.  So we still get up there. All right. All right.   Any questions on this one? All right. See, Madam  Treasur, may we have a vote? [Music] President   Goodwin, yes. Dr. Bailey, yes. Mr. Lacy, yes.  Mr. Smith, yes. Miss Reard, yes. Mr.

197Walker,   yes. Miss Wig, yes. Miss Woods, yes. Seven  yeses. Okay. Okay. In so much as the board of   education is committed to the continued updating  of its policies, rules and regulations manual,   the committee which was appointed has been working  towards that goal, the following are brought at   this time for first reading in compliance with  the board file BFC policy adoption. Now therefore,   being resolved that the board of education of  Dayton City School District, McGomery County,   Ohio, hereby accepts and adopts the following  policies that have been qualified for inclusion in   the handbook of policies, rules, and regulation.  There are about 15 policies on here. Please check   those out and if you have any comments on them,  bring them forward to us. These policies are   being read for the first time. As such, a motion  or second

198is not required. The policies will be   available in the superintendent's office for the  review and comment period prior to their second   reading and adoption by the board of education.  Furthermore, the policies will be reviewed by   the superintendent's office, the board office,  and the legal department of the Dayton public   schools prior to the second reading. And just for  the foul numbers, it's D B D E D L C E E A E E A C   E A C D E A D E H C I G B I G B E A I G D I G DJ I  K A I K E I K E B I KF J F C K J G J H K A B. And   for those who watch us, these policies have been  updated to align with changes

199in legislation. And   these are policies that have been suggested and  approved by our group from the Ohio Schoolboard   Association. So that is why there are so many  at this time and we have been working on these   for a couple of months. They've gone through the  appropriate committees. Those committee committee   sent them forward and the final committee sent  them to the board. All right. Any comments or   questions? Yes. JG will be removed that the one  you just JG will not be for it. We'll be voting   on that after exact session. Mr. Smith, you only  asked for 3 seconds. JG, is that for exact? Yes,   cuz that's the one you guys was on second reading.  The high school discipline and tardy. No, that's   not the one that we at. We'll figure it out. Miss  kid will get

200it to you. Whatever it was. Go ahead,   Mr. Smith. I was so moved by talk about our  veterans. I totally forgot that we had an   awesome time this Saturday at the success looks  like me event. want to shout out the best athletic   director in the state of Ohio, Miss Victoria  Jones, and everybody else that uh played a part   in that. And I will tell you, if you do not serve  food to teenage boys, they will serve themselves   and they will have some amazing looking plates.  I saw kids walk by with like four burgers by   like just onions and and chicken wings with baked  beans around it. Like young boys can eat, so they   can eat that. Then also because she is never one  to just rest on her laurels. We have an amazing   cheerleading competition

201coming up this weekend.  Please check that out if you get a chance. Um our   cheerleading teams really really work hard on  this. It's really been a hit. It's been well   attended and I just want to thank everybody out  there who made last Saturday's event go great and   everybody who's working to make this Saturday's  event go great. So, please get out there and   attend that cheerleading competition and check  out our cheerleading squads and take pictures of   the decor cuz the way y'all decorate is amazing.  Yeah, I know, man. All right, pursue section 121. There's a ribbon cutting tomorrow.  Go ahead. Ruskin um and East End in   collaboration with City of Dayton and  Dayton public schools is doing a ribbon   cutting tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. Um yeah, right.  Thank you, Miss It's in our emails. Miss Key,  

202can you put that information actually the two  the cheerleading competition and the ribbon   cutting district announcements on the board doc  so if people go to that they can see that please? She did nothing. All right.  Pursuant to section 1212.22G of the Ohio Revised Code, I move that this board  go into executive session. This meeting is being   held consider the employment employment dismissal  of the public employed. So moved. Second. Moved   by Mr. Walker, second by Miss Wick. Any  questions on the motion? No. Seeing none,   may we have a vote? Motion. President  Goodwin. [Music] Dr. Bailey. Yes. Mr.   Lacy. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Miss Reard.  Yes. Mr. Walker. Yes. Miss Wick. Miss   Wick. Yes. Miss Woods. Yes. Seven. Before  you guys go, real quick, just want to say   congratulations to Dr. Dinsmore and Dr. Shehi  for successfully

203defending their disability. Thanks. [Music]