001i'm here today i'm here today i'm here today i'm here today i'm here today are you are you are you at DPS attendance is important that's why we're challenging all schools to increase and improve their daily attendance so I ask again we're here today are you are you for Black History Month we're talking to DPS principles to talk about how their school represents the people they're named after this episode we have Charity Adams welcome hi hello can you tell me a little bit about yourself hi my name is Carla Goens and as you know I'm the principal at Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls i have been in the district for 30 years and the principal at Charity for seven this is my seventh year at Charity Adams who was Charity Adams and why was
002she important charity Adams was the first African-American female to lead her battalion in World War II that was very rare at that time so she was a phenomenal leader what do students learn about Charity Adams in your building um so my students learned that Charity One as I stated was a leader she fought for um equal rights and she was just a trailblazer so students learn how to lead how to um empower themselves how to speak up for what is wrong and um we are strong believers in sisterhoods at Charity as a principal how do you try to carry on Charity's legacy so um we try to carry on charity's legacy um one by empowering the our young ladies cultivating their unique potential having making sure that they know they have a voice and um
003to speak up when they see that things are not right and they um to be activists how do you celebrate Charity Adams during Black History Month after your building so um this year with the movie Tyler created coming out we're celebrating her by doing a tribute a special tribute to Charity Adams so it's going to be really awesome um so the young ladies will do a skit from the movie so we're really excited it'll be um next Friday February 28th watch the students attend Charity Adams Early Girls Academy students should attend Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls because it's a phenomenal school um it's an all girls school and again as I stated we're about sisterhood empowerment and just creating that environment where our young ladies are thinking about careers that haven't existed yet so
004we're pushing them to be leaders so it's just an exciting and very powerful experience just being at an all girls school what makes your school special um my school is special one because it's a single gender all girls school and it's the only one in the area in the state as a primary middle school all girls school and then also um when you enter our school it's just a very warm welcoming environment it's a community and it's just it's a great it's a great place to be and work [Music] we hear you so much we hear your commitment to learning and we're here to extend the challenge that's why we're asking every student family and staff member to be present and be engaged when we show up we build a foundation here and when we
005show up we build a future i'm here today i'm here today i'm here today i'm here today we are here today we believe in the power of showing up so we're here today are you are you [Music] side here is right next to them db right here next to them hey everybody understand that let's get to work let's get to work hey get a break hey hard work on three hard work for me watch three watch for three heat heat [Music] n heat heat n [Music] [Music] heat heat [Applause] [Music] all right hey get out of here let's get out of here hello my name is Molly and this this school is called H Monasury School and and the show that you are watching is called Ask a Kindergarten accent Kindergartener [Music] okay so what's
006your name what's your name miriam what's your name dot dot yes so what's your favorite animal Lion what's your favorite um animal Miam i like elephants what's your favorite animal a lion what's your What's your favorite cartoon a shot car yes all right let's move on what's your favorite costume um Super Kitties hey Super Kitties super Kitties i like that that's rude what's your favorite spiderman all right what's your favorite comic book what's your favorite comic book spiderman what's your favorite comic book show okay comic book i just got one all right what's your favorite comic book i don't have one what's your favorite com i have and that's perfectly fine m i have that's perfectly fine i have a dinosaur dinosaur i got a copy book i don't like dinosaurs raise your hand oh
007I know how what's your favorite book if you don't have a comic book a comic book no it's a book like those not a comic book okay a Spider-Man one what's your favorite book are you scared no no you're scared is that the one that's right there no that's that one right there with the bunny and the bear that's my favorite that's my favorite okay let's go outside everybody so let's let's move on what's your favorite book uh dinosaurs why does it always have to be dinosaurs because I like dinosaurs what's your favorite food no I'm first no you're not i get the choose who's first i know you ain't about to talk back to me lady oh I will call you old man if you don't stop calling me old lady did you just
008call me old man [Music] so okay let's move on what's your favorite movie um Spider-Man what's your favorite movie dinosaur i already got the dinosaurs wait there's nothing because we turn dinosaurs that's a cartoon because I like dinosaurs dinosaurs is not a movie yes they No it isn't okay I'm going downstairs [Music] thanks for watching as in kindergarten [Music] make sure you subscribe so today we're having an all city arts festival and we have lots of music today we have combined all of our schools together to make music performances all day today we have choirs we have bands we have orchestras and we're all here to celebrate music in Dayton public schools [Music] a lot of these students uh come from schools where maybe their ensemble their band or their choir is really really small
009and so it's scary to come out and perform in front of people anyway and especially when you're used to just a little small group in your classroom but they've been doing a great job i think it's a great experience for them because we all know as adults that we have to go and do some things that maybe aren't in our comfort zones but with this group of people their peers they feel a little bit safer and hopefully after this experience it'll kind of feed a fire and they'll want to do it more and more [Music] really music can tap into that creativity that a lot of kids just naturally have but seems to dissipate often as they get older so we're tapping into that creativity giving them that self-expression so for a lot of our
010kids this is their first opportunity to get up in front of people especially in a venue this big seeing that big smiles in their faces especially at the end when they're coming off the stage excitement and you know this is a good opportunity for them to perform and show off for their families their teachers their uh classmates and greater Dayton community [Music] [Applause] i think Dayton Public Schools has a huge amount of talent in our district and we're happy to be here showing that off [Music] [Applause] today hi everyone today I'm going to talk to you about bus safety every day thousands of day and public school students ride the bus to and from school and it's important to know how to stay safe first things first make sure to get to your bus stop
011at least 10 minutes early and while you're waiting stand in a safe spot away from the road once the bus arrives go straight to your seat so the bus can start moving again and remember while you're on the bus stay seated and keep the aisles and exits clear just like in a classroom listen to the driver and follow their instructions this includes no foul language no sticking your arms or head out the windows and no eating or drinking on the bus lastly make sure you only get off the bus at your assigned stop and be sure to walk home safely let's all work together to follow these rules and keep our bus ride safe for everyone thanks for listening and stay safe DPS oh goodness this is a cynic team oh I love that phone
012case all the things in it i now call this what's today May 13th review session to order madam Treasurer may we have a roll call president Goodwin here dr bailey he has an excused absence mr mr lacy here mr smith present mard present and I need to leave at about 7 710 for my daughter's choir concert and I will come back as soon as that is finished okay mr walker he has an excused absence miss Wick present mr scott present okay six present please stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the standsy for all our mission is to inspire educate and empower our vision is to inspire educate and empower scholars for a lasting impact and our purpose is to c cultivate a supportive and engaging
013educational experience we have two recognitions that we're going to do first Dr lawrence wonderful let's go down to the front board members treasurer business manager Lucy May Wyatt and then debate runners good evening board president Goodwin Vice President Bailey board members First Superintendent Dr david Lawrence Treasure of Braha my name is Brandon Buer and I serve as the academic coordinator for K8 English language arts and I am joined here by my partner Amber Banks academic coordinator for preK3 ELA on Wednesday April 16th we held the 77th annual Lucia May Wyant speech contest this contest has been a part of the district for three quarters of a century i have the pleasure to stand here this evening to congratulate the winners from both divisions of the district competition before bringing the winners up I have to
014say that this year's competition was a tight race and the talent that was showcased is some of the best I have seen yet events like these are a true showcase of what Dayton Public Schools is and what we stand for without further ado I would like to introduce you the winners from division one um so for division one third place we have Bella Leon from Eastmont Elementary and she read the speech The Terrible Thing About Cindy by Barbara Vance [Applause] second place we had Aubrey Barney from River's Edge Monasuri and she read Still I Rise by Maya [Applause] Angelo and our first place winner Jordan Lewis from Valerie Elementary she read Humanity by Jordan Lewis [Applause] good evening all right let's give all of our division one winners and participants a round of applause all
015right moving into division two in third place we have Kian Johnson from Horus Man Elementary who read Our Deepest Fear in second place we have Pearla Mongia from Kaiser Elementary who recited kindness and in first place we have Kiri Barber from Charity Adams Early Girls [Applause] Academy ready you guys ready we wanted to take a moment to say thank you so much for all of your support as we support and inspire educate and empower all of our students to reach their fullest potential good afternoon everybody my name is Jordan Lewis and my speech is called Humanity by Miss Williams a sprinkle here a sprinkle there oh don't mind me i'm just sprinkling a little bit of humanity it sure costs us nothing to spread a little kindness i'm calling on all who can hear let's
016spread some compassion give a little grace share some sympathy that way in the end we all win thank you [Applause] the poem I am reciting for all of you today is Alone by Maya Angelo lying thinking last night how to find my soul a home where water is not thirsty and bread loaf is not stone i came up with one thing and I don't believe I'm wrong that nobody but nobody can make it out here alone alone all alone nobody but nobody can make it out here alone there are some millionaires with money they can't use their wives run around like banshees their children sing the blues they've got expensive doctors to cure their hearts to stone but nobody no nobody can make it out here alone alone all alone nobody but nobody can make
017it out here alone now if you listen closely I'll tell you what I know storm claws are gathering the wind is going to blow the race of a man is suffering and I can hear the moan cuz nobody but nobody can make it out here alone alone all alone nobody but nobody can make it out here alone [Applause] we'll now pass it over to our debaters good evening board president Goodwine Vice President Bailey board members Superintendent Dr lawrence and Treasure Abraa my name is Tiar McGee and I serve as a senior academic coordinator for social studies and credit recovery and I'm Diana Law the 712 academic coordinator for English language arts on April 12th we had the pleasure of hosting the annual Dayton Debate League competition at Styiver School for the Arts this event marked
018the culmination of a year-long season dedicated to civic discourse writing critical thinking and ortorial skill building our students had the opportunity to develop and showcase their talents in both creative writing and public speaking the competition includes both a junior and senior division and we're proud to share that this year's event saw over 75 participants a remarkable increase from just 24 last year this growth is a testament to the hard work and dedication of many individuals we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the coaches families Chief Shehy the teaching and learning team Dr goodwine and most importantly to our incredible students whose commitment and passion brought this program to life before we recognize our student finalists we'd like to take a moment to honor the coaches who have guided and supported their students throughout
019the season coaches when your name is called please stand to be recognized and I know that some of these coaches aren't here but I do want to still uh call the coaches out for all the teams uh Joshua Dean Edwin Joel Brown Middle School coach Cassandra Goodwine for Charity Adams Early Girls Academy daryl Underwood for Wagman Middle School randall Risner for Cyers Middle School jennifer Marchva and Katherine White at Belman Belmont High School mattaline Hayes for Belmont Middle School gianna Rossy at David H [Applause] ponet kevin Linton Thood Good Marshall STEM High School laney Sparks at Paul Lawrence Dumbar High School and Kevin O'Donnell from Meadowdale Career Technology Center thank you all for your dedication at this time we are honored to recognize the finalists of the junior division of the Dayton Debate League students
020as your names are called please come forward to receive your awards and take a photo with our board members coaches please join your teams at the front let's begin with the first place winners of the junior division Styiver School for the Arts Orange Team alana Beans Annayia Beans Ariel Yadell Miracle Oraluna Micah Johnson Elise Jeff Savannah Cardin Coraline Hulquist [Applause] And we have a special guest joining us tonight from the Styiver Black team here supporting her her peers so we're going to invite Jordan for to come up as well [Applause] next we will recognize the finalists from our senior division coaches and students please come forward as your names are called jennifer Marchva [Applause] katherine White Grayson Kriswell Maxwell Landers Liam Greeny Colton Slider and Owen Parton you guys ready [Applause] board members come back
021board members can you come back we have one more person to recognize miss Hamilton come back we have one more um speech participant who was not here when we called division one but is here now and we would like to bring up our second place winner Aubrey Barney from River's Edge Monasuri who recited Still I Rise by Maya Angelou [Applause] that's okay i'll go ahead and get it you got to be It's a real Hey nobody thanks Look at this message all right everyone's back dr lawrence I believe we have some district events yes we do um summer summer school is coming and for the second straight year we have a very very very very robust summer school programming trying to avert what we call an education summer slot making sure that students um and
022districts like ours have summer activities so they continue their academic achievement and continue to move forward so last year we piloted summer bridge which is designed for a transition for freshmen that's our most vulnerable grade in high school in fact that's where you get your senior graduation you get freshman right then you get seniors right so we piloted it last year and took some feedback from the teachers and students and it's back this year new and improved and we're excited July 28th through August 1st uh 8:30 to 3 at all of our high schools and the international school so we look forward to seeing those eighth graders who are transitioning getting an early start at Dumbar all summer for summer school June 2nd through the 26 Apex which means that we're going to give all
023students an opportunity who uh were not successful in some of our major courses an opportunity to be successful this summer as well as there are also enrichment courses offered this summer as well uh such as health Spanish uh you can take classes to move ahead as well and then exploring entering the field of educational inter-p interpreting at Paul Lawrence Dumbar June 2nd through the 18th and that's an exposure for um students who want to be part of an interpretation team and then band camp wow band camp summer rehearsals this is all summer belmont High School July 21st through the 25th july 28th through August 1st paul Orange Dumbar July 21st through the 5th july 28th through August 1st uh the international school at the residence park same dates July 21st through the 25th and the
02428th through August 1st then Marshall band camp July 21st through the 25th same thing for the 28th through the 1st and so we look forward to seeing all of our bands uh practicing this summer again a very robust summer school uh process and then academic advancement at Paul Dumbar uh please see your counselor uh that's for students who want to get prepared for AP courses for the next year so they have AP work over the summer uh and then uh choose your adventure i love that choose your adventure there's lots of adventures here this summer uh Westwood Elementary School Revival Ministries K5 uh Kaiser Elementary uh our partners Abundant Life Christian Center Ministries serving Kaiser and Cleveland roosevelt Roosevelt Elementary School uh McKinley our partners will be serving K through five thood Marshall Omega CDC
025will be partnering for programming this summer and also Cleveland Elementary School and Louise Troy with our partners East End and Grace supporting summer school activities please see the website for all available dates what I don't see here is the Litty program that I know has over 175 applicants uh leaders in training and it will be at Roosevelt i think this is the fourth year uh of the Litty program and it's um yeah one of our most popular programs so we'll make sure we get that on here and on on the website it is on the website there are 19 programs on the website oh you caught that huh 100% just want you to know it's already up together i don't see it on here though all right back to you what actually I believe it
026comes to we are on departmental budgets that is to Dr jones dr jones safety and security chief Right barry lot of summer stuff no summer slide good evening for President Goodwin Superintendent Dr david Lawrence Treasure Abraha and board members as soon as this comes up start this review go change the battery how are you doing i'm doing well sir how about yourself i'm all right what high school did you graduate appreciate you asking the Meadowale High School i thought that's what I liked you i hear some booze in the back but we're not paying any attention that's cuz they're always in the back only people who peaked in high school talk about it so much is that why she loves Colonel White but yet I never mention it but it's always in someone's mouth isn't
027that amazing would you like a computer just to get started actually yeah I have it up back here just go ahead grab it we'll catch up all right we'll follow along with you go ahead all right so budget review as you see my dynamic executive secretary is also on there so I definitely give her credit as well helping me put this presentation together with that said move that back so for the 28 requested budget you'll see the actual full-time uh employees there go up to the 65 um actual staff members within the actual department from 62 fiscal year 2025 which was the approved budget at that time the increase of three is due to allocations for the impending uh location that will be opening for next school year and it shows that total uh non-payroll
028increase of the 52,000 scroll down and go to my next slide there as far as staffing and payroll requests I'm still not up um so fiscal year it shows at the top there again fiscal year 25 that total number fiscal year um 26 of the new 65 which again is that increase of three additional staff members for the um new school at Jackson Center shows the actual job titles of who we have in the department myself chief of safety and security of course again my dynamic executive secretary Kesha Johnson's on there Um safety and security coordinators i have three actual coordinators again dynamic staff members in safety and security school safety uh court leaison have two of those uh the two vacancies that you're showing there currently and school facility monitors two school facility monitors
029with one vacancy in that area already said the school resource officers which will go up to that total of 52 next slide non-payroll requests give explanations of the um fiscal year budget and what the budgeting items are going to pay for or what those payments go towards um so as you see purchase services shows the increase there on the side there and I'll just go through what purchasing services covers as you see district radios our camera maintenance navigate 360 which is our system that we use to document and notate our school safety drills that information actually goes to the state makes it a little bit more simplified for my staff to get that information in by building and send a report to the state that we have to do annually actually um monthly when they
030actually do the drills we put those into the system every time they do an actual drill so student ID maintenance to upkeep the student IDs NASRO training which is our National Association of School Resource Officers that's a training that we go through annually within the department our district physicals for the department background checks that we actually do for the district as a whole our fingerprinting system also which is through the the um attorney general's office um covers that fee johnson Control our access control um grant writing services i will mention we just got approved for a few grants just want to put that out there as well um and the city of Dayton services that we actually use um here across the district as well different supplies that we actually have uh general office supplies
031of course um again navigate 360 the software that we actually have oh now we're up on the big screen i think I like this one better um the materials and licenses um are staff uniforms which they are approved through their um union contract student ID supplies computer supplies and equipment parts so as far as equipment uh the metal detectors upkeep maintenance of our metal detectors uh miscellaneous security equipment as needed and as things arise dues and fees actually specifically is for lensures that um a few of our SRO's have which is a Dayton special certification and in order to hold that Dayton special they have to go over to Dayton Police Department to get that badge and ID and undergo a background check so that's where those um staff renewal licenses come from um so
032the departmental impact as you can see the proposed safety and security budget request is definitely crucial uh to ensuring a safe and secure environment directly impacting our organizational success this investment will not only strengthen partnerships contracted police services and effective background checks processing or ex background check processing which again is through the Ohio Attorney General's office reinforces our collaborative or collaboration with law enforcement and ensures thorough vetting of personnel foster a secure environment by prioritizing safety we create a more conducive learning and working environment leading to improved productivity reduced absenteeism and enforced community trust really letting me know i should have brought my readers here today um enhance prevention and response professional technical services staff training and updated technical equipment which is our cameras access control will bolster our prevention measures and improve our ability
033to respond effectively to incidents across the district other departmental impacts maintain operational readiness maintenance agreements which is a maintenance agreement we didn't have several years ago um it ensures the critical systems remains functional minimizing disruptions and potential security breaches mitigate risk and liability proactive investment in safety and security reduce potential risk minimizing liability and protecting our organization's reputation and assets so in essence of course this budget request is not merely an expenditure but a strategic investment that directly supports our organizational mission and fosters a culture of safety ultimately contributing to our overall success and as you see we are DPS and I'm ready for whatever questions that you all have thank you thank you any questions from Go ahead Mr lacy um the increase in payroll i forget which one it's on uh it's like
034the first slide I guess yeah okay so I I just want to clarify and I'm pretty sure I know the I'll just say my understanding of this i And just to clarify it looks like we're getting three new employees for 1,159,000 but that's not the case it is um because it is because so many uh a lot of our employee payroll in the past year was paid by e ers and that will not be the case next year so it's three employees plus um more of paying for more of our employees out of general fund rather than with esser's grant funding um and you're shaking your head yes that is exact okay clarification appreciate it and then just I'm curious um about the student IDs student ID maintenance comes under you are is there are
035are we still going through with plans to have um more more uses for our student IDs absolutely he's actually directly involved in this one and the good part about the student IDs themselves their actual cost is about 3 cent a ID which is why it's effective programs for us to utilize those but yes to your answer with they are being utilized for the attendance piece correct and on the buses right now and we are exploring to be able to attach them to the the lunchroom system as well okay that's all I have thank you thank you Mr smith yes could you give me a little information on the firearms training that you have listed okay yes the firearms training is more of a uh safety training for um recognition um and to be able to
036disable if something did arrive on campus for some reason or off campus and they're at an event it kind of gives them the ability to know how to make a weapon safe so that's basically what that training is it also continues their certification for those who have the full OPATA training it's a part of the certification to maintain not only the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy certification but it also maintains the private security um training certification as well and then to follow up on that piece with the alpata what is the requirement for us and then if it is different from having a need for alpata could you go into how does that benefit your staff to have that training if we're not requiring it um training is you said if it's not required okay
037um training to me is of the utmost important because we invest in our people so my biggest thing when I first came here was seeing that the department was undertrained and constantly and consistently creating trainings annually to make sure that they were trained so our SRO's are security resource officers where the actual state term or the national term of SRO is school resource officer so your school resource officers are trained in full police tactics and full OPATA in Ohio so they would have that full OPATA certification um our civilian SRO's were not required to have whether it be OPATA nor um private security but the advantage of them getting at least the minimum of private security is it shows again we're invested in our staff and we want our staff to be trained at a
038higher level than just saying they are a security officer um with that being said some made the decision to go through the full OPATA training um which again that's an advantage to us and to continue that training and piggyback on the trainings that they do have that's the reason why annually we go through NASRO which is the National Association of School Resource Officers and not just a private security training so we up the Annie on our training to make sure that they get all statemandated training for Ohio okay and then how many two-part question how many of your staff are currently going through or have gone through their APA training and then if they go like you said if they go for those additional trainings is that something we cover or is that something that
039they cover themselves as a department um I send them through the training the district we pay for the actual training once they actually come on board right now I'm trying to get to my drive here there it is all right our current SRO's we are at we have over yes we're 40 of our current SRO's who have had NASRO and with that 40 we have nine that need NASRO so that NASRO training we have nine that's going to go this year um prior to us coming back to make sure everybody has the same certification so our veteran SRO's who have been here they won't have to go through NASRO this year because it's a continued it the certification doesn't expire now there are components of the certification that we continue to do those trainings i.e
040firearms um um our CPR AED those trainings we have to continue to do some are two-year uh certifications which is our AED CPR appreciate it no worries i won't keep you going i'll give you a buzz i can do this all night i know thank you ma'am thank you any other questions couple that Mr walker sent in for me to ask you because he didn't want you to miss his presence oh trust me so I'm ready one with the actual staff numbers when we made the addition or the change from the coordinators his question was were those his understanding was those the coordinator positions replace their existing positions is that what occurred here or did it not occur here or did you keep both we we kept both we have the three coordinators which were
041new positions and the liaison were the coordinate or I'm sorry the liaison positions were still there for the two liaison that we maintain the two liaison positions that are on there that shows vacant will not be filled moving forward the two police liaison uh yes so if they're going to remain vacant should they be deducted from your budget they can be okay i feel like that was the main one he was supposed to send them to me that's what he sent okay so I'm going to have him follow up with you on anything that I forgot to ask because I truly don't remember all the things he asked i think the other question was um it was about the school safety court leaison and then his second question was um I think that's really what
042it encompassed oh give me one second i have them actually here we go number one court leazison and police hold yeah that was the one can you please explain even though you just said this for Mrs but I'm still going to just give these questions why we are paying for firearms training when none of our staff have firearms it it again is a safety um point of recognition and how to make a weapon safe um one thing that I don't want is someone coming across a firearm and not knowing how to make the firearm safe i know you said I just want to get it again in order oh yeah second question here and if you can just explain again what the if you are removing since you stated you won't be fulfilling the liaison
043positions what the new count like right now we have 65 I believe it's two positions that are vacant right now from that piece of it so we would go down to 63 is that correct correct and his question was why why didn't you do a restructure instead but why did we why did we yeah why didn't you do a restructure instead of of this the increase requested um we actually did a restructure with the addition of the coordinators that's fine i'll accept it it's not my question thank you i'm just putting it on the thing record for him next the difference between Can you give the difference again between the court leaison and the police liaison row where is uh it looks like that's probably just there is no difference it's a school safety court
044liaison is what it's actually called okay and those are the same and just to reiterate the police leazison that's vacant is the one that you're going to be removing correct okay and then finally with the El Potter training reertification can you just explain why we invest in that when SRO's do not have police privileges that's a great question and I'm glad glad you brought that one up so with Thank Mr walker in the distance oh no worries i definitely will um with the Yeah let's let's get this out on the record as well the removal of the certification for their lensure for Dayton special came prior to me per se um what happened was there was a detective with the Dayton Police Department who did their audit and found that if you did not possess
045or have the full OPATA certification you could not become or carry a Dayton special um there were several emails sent in reference to this um finding and those who did not have the full Ohio police officers training academy were relinquished of their um lensure from Dayton Police Department that was a Dayton police thing that they located and found those of us who have the full OPATA still have our um Dayton special certification or Dayton special lensure so everyone that completed the OPATA training the full OPATA training has the Dayton special um those with private security did not meet the um the qualifications for that lensure through Dayton Police Department again however training is training i feel we need to be trained and we need to be trained at a high level period those who don't
046want to be trained in this position should probably leave this position okay and can you just tell explain what the role like what the actual court liaison what they do for the district so the school safety court liaison they are more of a voice for again SRO's they do duties such as um responding to building locations and supporting the actual SRO as well the other position which is the new coordinators they have a more specific role as administrators because they can um do those administrative duties opposed to the duties that they cannot do as a DSS okay that is all the questions I have for you is there anything else go ahead Mr smith yeah so you gave me numbers on Nazero and how many of your staff are going um do you have numbers
047on how many are currently OPATA certified or how many are going through OPATA certification oh current OPATA great great question um that's an easy one so the opata one two three four there's five of us that have full opa okay i retract that there's four of us that have full opa okay the remaining um I want to say 40 plus have uh private security okay so are there in your estimation or thoughts for the future are you planning to have more of your staff go through Apata or is it an either or or kind of looking at it per situation with with some of the advancements that we'd like to move towards within the department or with for safety and security um I would definitely love for all of my staff to get Opata trained
048uh that way again there are some things that I want to move forward with with the department which includes uh a national accreditation i'd like to become an accredited safety and security department which is unheard of for civilian and I think that we would have an advantage of maintaining that accreditation with all of the staff being full OPATA certified opposed to the private security training only okay and then lastly with that the numbers we're looking at are you thinking of having three SRO's over at the alternative school or probably probably quite a conversation for Dr lawrence and Dr jones as well u what are we looking at at coverage for the alternative school currently right now we're still in the planning phase from our I want to call it our focus group that we had
049dr jones was there um Miss Goins we had 30 30 students from our seven seven high schools the success coaches came up repeatedly as adults that they trusted and respected and that they could talk to and relate to so right now we're thinking about some version of those success coaches being there at some point parts of the day uh with um of course SRO as well we haven't quite got there yet we're still working through it appreciate it all right that's all I got thanks Chief thank you Chief our next budget presentation next presentation Joyce Miss Joyce Stokes would you please come up and we have student services how are you today so chief right is a tough act to follow um my presentation is very short um but to the point so good afternoon
050or good evening president Dr goodwine superintendent Dr lawrence and treasure of aa and board members um my name is Joyce Stokes and I am the associate executive director of student enrollment and I would like to I'm just kind of go over my staffing and payroll requests for next year so last year for the 25 um school year I had 12 um FTE and for the upcoming year I also have 12 so that has not changed um there is a decrease of $55,712 for a total payroll non-payroll of $549,589 so um I really have two parts to the increase for this um payroll request um the first one is for purchase services and it's a increase of $52,276 um and then there's also an increase in supplies for $17,313 and then an increase in equipment for
05130,000 and then I'll talk a little bit about both of those um the increase um in the number of students educated through external providers would go up under purchase services as well as continual digitizing of and the upkeep and storage of um student records those two would kind of go under the purchase services and then up under supplies and equipment um I would put the branding of student enrollment as well as upgrading of technology to help to um the enrollment specialists so that they're more efficient um in their duties and it uh yes and so I'm going to talk about that one a little more um as well so I'm gonna I I want to kind of delve into it because I just kind of did an overview but with the increase in the number
052of students educated through external providers that is really um when you look at um our students that I'm very nervous so just please excuse me uh when you look at students that are being educated like through Montgomery County or if we have students that um they may be court ordered to um be educated through a private entity that we have to pay for um their services um that's where that money goes and unfortunately we have more and more students that are being educated outside of the district um for various reasons um and so that number is steadily increasing as well as the amount of money that it costs to educate those students um on average it's about $200 a day per student um and so it ranges anywhere from $200 to $400 an hour i
053mean a day per student and right now we have about 2,000 students that's being educated somewhere else that we're responsible for paying um for their tuition um and then when you look at um the upkeep of records and digitizing um the records that we currently have um right now we're working with AIS um advanced imaging um and they pick up our records currently um they're housing our records and they're digitizing um our records our student records so that we can access those records um currently um and it's an ongoing process um and there's a monthly fee for the storage as well as um digitizing the records um that they're currently picking up and it's an ongoing process um and then when I talk about branding student enrollment um one of the things that um I
054say um to people often is student enrollment is the living room of the district and um when people walk into student enrollment it should reflect what we want our district to say about Dayton public schools and right now it does not give a positive um reflection and so in order for us to reflect what we want our district to say we need to invest in it and we need to put some money into making it look the way that we want um it to look so that it is it is reflecting what we want it to say about our students about our employees um about our district and so um part of it is we're we're already changing the face of student enrollment when we talk about the attitudes of the employees but we also
055need to change the way that we look um in terms of um the furniture um in terms of the aesthetics um in terms of the way that we dress and so I want my staff to look professional and so I want to invest in my staff um I want them to wear um branded um attire with Dayton public schools on it i want them to wear blazers i want them to be I want them to look the part because we're the only department that people see on a regular basis every other department nobody sees them i mean other than you know if they get to go upstairs but people see us people see us and so if they see us I want people to know that we're a part of Dayton public schools and I
056want them to see the professionalism that we have uh and so when I say talk about branding our department part of that is branding my staff as well um because they are professional and I want them to feel professional um when they come into our office um and so that's part of it and then upgrading on technology because I want to make sure that when our technology um breaks down that we can still continue so we need to invest in hotspots we need to invest in um making sure that we have equipment when we go out into the community um that we have um the technology that is going to work um because we're really focusing on getting out there and recruiting um students um our next enrollment fair is May 29 so we're really
057focusing on getting out into the district um and touching students um one of the things that and again we're asking for money to do this and so there's a big push for um one of the events that I have in my head to do and I um created a proposal that I shared with my supervisor today and it's I call it um comeback the comeback recruitment um the recruitment campaign and essentially what it is is I'm looking at the students that have withdrawn from Dayton public schools over the last five years and um reaching out to those families to find out why why they withdrew and figuring out how can we get them to come back and when I look at those numbers over the last five years literally in 2021 we had 2,64 students
058that withdrew in 2022 we had 2589 that withdrew in 2023 we had 2847 that withdrew in 2324 we had 2732 that withdrew and then this year so far we've had 2901 that have withdrawn and we're not finished with this school year so we have to figure out how do we get those babies back and so my thought is we need to create a campaign and that's going to cost money right how do we get those babies back here and so we need to figure out first of all how many do we how many can we house first of all and then start there and and start that recruiting process of how many can we get back um so again just me thinking we understand your passion i hear you i just wanted you to know
059you weren't in the conversation by yourself oh okay we're together on that all right cool okay so that's it really that's what I that's why I want the money because in my mind I'm thinking we need to get out there and start recruiting and getting our babies back and how do we do that i appreciate you got to say that's exactly why I need this money all right thank you are there any questions from the board go ahead Miss Reiner then Mr lacy thank you President Goodwine um just um touching back on something that you mentioned about your desire for the department to have a professional forward-f facing um atmosphere as well as dress code um later on in the agenda we will re be reviewing um the first reading of a policy that went
060through policy committee um and I just think this is relevant to to mention now um it is filed GBCC staff dress and grooming um we are in agreement that we all need to be professional um and think very carefully about the image that we're presenting well you know obviously making sure that um we are providing considerations for um each individual circumstance but that is in the agenda for review first reading so I would love if you would look that over and um give me your thoughts on whether that meets the expectations that you have for your department or not thank you President Goodwin all right Mr lacy um yeah i just I just wanted to point out um um you're the you're I I I may be wrong but you're the first person that that
061came to us with a with a decrease in salary that you're asking for um please oh say it louder um you're the first per you're the first department person that came to us with a a requested decrease in salary a 55,000 dollar decrease in salary oh yeah um so Andrew said that that had to do something with um insurance and Yeah okay yeah that I didn't actually I mean yeah it's just marginal request that it just so happened that Yeah i didn't really need it so if I can move it somewhere else I'll take it okay okay and then Mr lacy I just want you to know Miss Dinsmore also came up with Oh she did i'm sorry Miss Dinsmore i'm um when when you talk about external providers is one example of them like
062juvenile court or is that extern when you talk about external providers I I'm just want looking for an example is it like ESC and juvenile court are they okay yes and then um with regard to the enrollment center um were there were there plans were there any change in plans for their enrollment center like a new place or anything like that or to replace them a new location or is it just you you were just planning on keeping it we have briefly talked about that as part of a welcome center at Jackson Center but that's part of lots of plans we talk about and so that's uh in the wind so to speak we've have had conversations with operations around how to how to brighten up their um student enrollment center and things that we
063can do but I'm glad that Miss Stokes have come has come with a a budget and asked for some additional money and I see the operations people smiling because they they they need the money and then the 12 okay that those out of the 12 the eight the student management system specialists are th those all work in the enrollment center okay correct yeah that's that's that's it thank you thank you for your presentation thank you M mr smith thank you um so Miss Stokes appreciate your presentation do you currently feel that you have everything that you need in your department to be successful at the level that you know you can be um so because I would say yes and no and and here's why um yes as the way we're currently operating okay but
064as we begin to look at things like starting to recruit and doing things differently because as long as we're just sitting and getting per se just enrolling yes but as we begin to move out and do other things we're going to need more right as we begin to recruit and and do those things we're going to need more a bigger staff we're going to need a call center you know people to call volunteers those kinds of things because it's going to become bigger right so we're going to need more because we're going we're doing more yeah and we're expanding because we're no longer going to just sit in enrollment and just enroll students and that would be my thought for as I look even at your payroll request is I want you to feel comfortable
065with that space of going "Hey the way we're doing it works for the way we're doing it now." But I to your point we have almost 3,000 children that leave out at least 2,000 every year if that looks like having a staff member that is tracking that and if we're looking at some of the the other options for education around the uh the area we see other districts where they have people that are that's their role is to go and look at rosters send flyers out so I'm thinking I would like to see you guys kind of almost brainstorm and say what would that look like what that look like creating a new position what that look like um outsourcing what does that look like in that space because I do think that your your
066space has a lot that goes on and even in those those heavy times when you guys have that line coming down the hallway and out the door that's even a different space than when you guys might have three interviews in a day so I think um there's a lot of behind the scenes things that are going on that people aren't aware of as well but you're right we're as we begin to expand and start doing those other things we are going to need more space as well and so what would that look like and we're going to need additional staff and and of course more money to do those things and I don't know what that would look like but it would be nice to be able to you know have the conversations around you
067know what what would that look like yeah and I I would I'll say for for me I would welcome having those conversations because that is directly tied into also funds coming back into the district with those children so um I definitely think that's important then secondly just while you're here I had a second question around you know we made some different decisions about what we're going to do um at some of our buildings coming next year right now have we made any changes to what was going and what was going out have we switched and what does that look like for Belmont with our middle school levels enrollment right as we stand now okay so I don't understand the question are we are we are we getting kids to be in Belmont Middle School for
068next year i know previously parents did not have the option to put their children into Belmont Middle School do they have that option now do parents have the option to choose Belmont yes yes they have the option to choose Belmont okay have we Nobody has chosen it yet okay okay but they do have the option to choose it okay and I'll follow up that with Dr lawrence and seeing like what what are some of the things that we have there because that would be for me I think that part of that reason is because at some point there it wasn't an option because you're talking about seventh grade correct right because I mean it's a school where we haven't had a year where no one chose it and now we come into a year where
069it was not able to be chosen and so now we're looking at it it it just throws things off so I would probably circle that back around Dr lawrence i ain't gonna put you on the spot for that you Yes so yes so I talked to Aaron and Judy and there is the option to choose seventh grade with ROC and banging okay so yes okay but nobody has reached out to student enrollment to choose Belmont 7th grade as of yet okay now I don't know how um the information was relayed right and that's an important point but I know that it has been offered okay yes thank you i don't think I have anything else right now thank you Mr scott do you have any questions you're a person leaving our district and these are
070the people who bring people in seeing if you had anything on the board you've been quiet down there okay thank you you did a good job appreciate you all right all right and finally before we get to our business and we have a couple of insights good evening um we for the uh update we want a special shout out to all of our amazing staff throughout the district uh since we last met we have recognized and appreciated all of those that support our students educational path in Dayton public schools there was National Principal Association I mean National Assistant Principal Week um School Volunteer Week School Bus Driver Appreciation Day National Administrative Professionals Day Occupational Therapist Day uh School Librarian Day Pair Professional Appreciation Day um on May 1st was principal appreciation day May 2nd was
071school lunch hero day for our wonderful nutrition services staff last week was teacher appreciation week and school nurse day coming up we have school communicators day and speech pathologist day we wanted to say on behalf of um our administration that no matter what your role is in DPS we want to thank everyone for what they do every day on behalf of our over 13,000 amazing DPS students we value and appreciate you and there's a special shout out to all of our retirees that we recognized last night um our elementary highlights we just completed spring OST Dibbles and MAP we're still finishing those up uh that provide us with student growth and achievement data to plan for professional development our teacher-based teams our building leadership teams and planning for our students return in August so that's
072all of our data that we're going to be collecting right now um specifically at Charity Adams they held a garden party um to celebrate the arts there was an art show live performances and music what amazing talent in a variety of showcases and use of variety of mediums at all grade levels uh our charity girls really shined fairview Elementary integrated uh financial literacy education into their daily practice um their dedicated staff worked hard to incorporate budgeting savings differentiating between essential and non-essential purchases into their lessons this allowed students to connect financial concepts to real world applications fairview is in the process of implementing class banks and even an entrepreneurship program their team focused on developing their students called legacy creators with a mindset that prepares them for a future where they're not only financially literate
073but also financially free in their future endeavors edison Elementary held an entrepreneurial day last week students created their own businesses made their own products developed marketing strategies used specialized packaging and of course learned about customer service and sales tactics i will tell you that both Mr simmons and I were there we spent a lot of money and I'm just going to share some of the things that our students created here's some of their packaging with special messages and thank yous this is just a small part part of what I purchased because I gave some away as gifts stress balls here is my own pet rock pet i remember this from the 70s but you know don't date myself with specialized packaging special gifts special thank you notes for purchasing also one of my favorites was
074I purchased an apple green body product and individually they came with a special note that the students created um and thanking them for shopping at their glamour sparkle shop i also purchased a plant and when I talk about sales tactics I purchased the plant and then they informed me that the plant was a little wet and they wanted to know if I wanted a bag to take it home and I said absolutely they said that will be a dollar extra um and then I said "What do you mean?" They said "Because the plant's wet it's called supply and demand you have a need to transport your plant home and I have a bag for you to purchase and I purchased that bag and I was very thankful because the plant was wet before I got
075home so they truly learned about sales tactics the event was well attended and so much fun for the students uh who learned about the world of business all profits went to the school council in order to purchase a cotton candy machine for their next PSC event cleveland Elementary student Alyssa Roberts uh sixth grade won first place in the Montgomery County Recycle Arts her amazing art made her family her principal her teachers and the whole school proud vehicle Day was an amazing event uh for DPS elementary students to experience vehicles that are tied to the career fields in and around the city of Dayton vehicles came fire construction channel 7 weather team military ambulance and police field students were able to try on outfits get into vehicles use sirens honk horns and all the other gadgets
076they had a blast exploring career options that are available to them in the Dayton region the last elementary inter mural event was track and field at Welcome Stadium last week this event had the largest participation in spectators crowd even with the cold and the wind shout out to Willie Bailey and Mike Triola who are the co-leads and to all the DPS elementary staff who support inter murals soon we will be having our end of the year programming with field trips field days award programs art musical performances and of course our end of the year recognitions and programs for PK kindergarten sixth grade eighth grade we celebrate all of our elementary students and wish them a wonderful summer i got to take all my goodies with me thank you any questions thank you i will say
077that I also went to Edison and I dealt with the kindergarteners who who dealt in currency that if you didn't ring the sign bookmarks were a dollar even though the sign said two for a dollar but they took straight dollars for one bookmarks and it was a it was a whole little thing there so I understand their supply and demand i bought bookmarks too but they gave me two for a dollar so I don't know they didn't like her i caught them at the end where they were "Come on let's go let's go $1 no change soon as I stepped in the building I was out $60 the first 10 minutes of set." So yeah it was great all right good evening um report for secondary uh Dayton public schools secondary schools are finishing the
078school year strong thank you thank you for the 2020 20 for the 2425 school year I am proud to announce that 114 DPS student scholars earn 25.5% of all the Dayton Montgomery County scholarship program awards a significant achievement and a major increase under Dr lawrence leadership even more impressive the total scholarship award amount grew by $16,000 compared to last year here's a breakdown of the award totals by school belmont 19 awards totaling $72,000 dumbar nine awards totaling $40,000 meale 16 awards totaling $80,000 ponents 29 awards to totaling $132,000 styivers 20 awards totaling $91,000 thood Marshall 21 awards totaling $87,000 in addition DPS students will receive matching fund enhancement awards from the following colleges and universities central State University Miami University Ohio Northern Ohio University Sinclair Community College Tiffen University University of Dayton University of Finley
079UN uh Wolver University Whit Whittenberg Wright State University with these enhancements the total value of scholarships awarded through the Dayton Montgomery County scholarship program exceeds $1 million this year that's up from $864,000 last year now I want to make take a moment to highlight some of the powerful partnerships and programs that focus on increasing college access and support especially for our firstg generation students the bottom line program this yearround mentoring program supports first generation collegebound students with a GPA of 2.3 or higher now in our second year of partnership with the bottom line we have 130 DPS students enrolled 80% of them have committed to attending college and many have already received or are waiting their college award letters last year in 2024 we had 90 students enrolled so that's an increase of 40 students
080this year what makes the bottom line truly special is the mentorship that mentorship continues with students through college graduation and into their college journeys another program is the take flight program this program requires a 3.2 GPA it's a partnership between DPS and Wright State University students participate in weekly programming and mentoring designed to improve college readiness retention and degree completion upon successful completion of the academy students receive full ride scholarships to Wright State University for our second cohort the following DPS schools have 100% fill rate belmont 20 students thood Marshall 20 students another program is our Sinclair enrichment program these programs provide inschool support and afterchool tutoring current DPS enrollment includes upperbound 144 students educational talent search 920 students fast forward re-engagement program 10 students and our AfricanAmerican initiative implemented in all DPS high schools
081ohio State University Young Scholar Program we currently have 40 DPS students enrolled five graduating seniors 18 eighth graders each each accepted student and their families purs part participate in interview in an interview process to explore their commitment goals and post-secary plans actions involving an employee or student ongoing labor negotiations concerns or matters that have already been settled in or any matter which because of its nature is deemed appropriate to be discussed in executive session so with that one I will say madam treasurer our first speaker Jason Balwick hi uh Jason Baldwig 1410R Kraton Dayton um so uh I've lived in Walnut Hills since 2008 um I liked it so much I bought the house next door to the house I was living in in 2012 um and we've lived there for 17 years um never
082wanted to leave i've lived in Dayton for my entire adult life um and then Belmont High School opened um and three years ago they started their marching band we live 150 yards away from where they practice and there's no soundproofing it shoots at us like a death star um the the drum practice is at an enclave on the building that's pointed right at the neighborhood uh we've measured it it's 85 dB that is the sound of a highway and when ODOT builds a highway they build soundproofing um at first I'm a kmagin you know I'm just an old guy who works from home i um at first I thought that it was just me and my my my wife came home one day and was like "Man this really sucks." And then I talked to
083my neighbor and they were like "Yeah this is terrible." And then I talked to my other neighbor and they were like "Yeah this is rough." Um so it's not just me it's it's the neighborhood um and uh so I've talked to the school and they don't return that my calls um I call leave messages they don't return the calls um you know I I don't I don't want the band to stop practicing i just want them to use the space a little better maybe move behind the school move inside the school um also um they started practicing at like 8:30 on Saturday mornings and please tell the band director that the sound resistance of the building you need to close the door he got a call and had the door open and it was real
084loud woke my wife and I up at 8:30 on Saturday um let me get back to my notes so um at this point it feels like nobody cares um and I'm not here as like I'm not here being like I'm a taxpayer uh and I'm not like not here trying to throw my weight around as a voter i'm a resident of Walnut Hills and it's loud and it goes on for like four hours a night sometimes five days a week and it just doesn't stop we need some help um who here remembers 1989 uh in 1989 the the United States invaded Panama to go after Nor Manuel Noriega and Manuel Noriega ran off to uh a monastery and the the government or the the the the US army used loud music projected at him for
085hours and hours and hours and it feels like that's kind of what Belmont's doing to my neighborhood just so if we could work together to kind of make some kind of amicable agreement to where the noise is kept down or the practices are shorter or something that would be awesome because it's unbearable and that's all I got thank you i believe Dr lawrence is actually going to have someone talk to you so we can get more for you so I'm going to let him direct that thank you so much yep soon as you walk through the door you'll see him mr simmons he's waiting on you okay mhm aaron Mullins aaron Merlin nylo Vital nylo Vetel okay david David Alissson wow joe um Belmir Joe Belmmeir i don't know jason Balig no he did write
086it maria Whistnut sherice Grimes greetings my name is Sherice Grimes 4233 Artery Dayton Ohio hi board member Dr goodwine i know you hey Dr lawrence um and board members so I come to you all tonight i am outraged i am outraged outraged and saddened with the efforts that has been put into getting to making sure that one of the best and longest reigning supervisors would not be here next year i am outraged because where was his efforts when he was in the hospital and his work was piling up where was this efforts when he made he was made to cover dispatch pick up children and do other duties while his work was still piling up there are six directors at transportation i don't need that many but to hold one person accountable for department failure
087is insane what is more insane is the lack of support from his colleagues where has this world come to where we are okay with watching people fail and wanting them to fail i don't want to waste my time reflecting on all the wrong other directors have done because we all make mistakes we all have our shortcomings that is why collaboration and communication is necessary the district is supposed to value culture customer service communication collaboration and commitment or was the five C's just for a shirt mr jackson he values all five of those he's been committed to DPS for 33 years and here I am praying that I make it to 10 he stayed committed through constant change of management he's never complained or been bitter because he didn't get picked for a job he came
088every day even yesterday he stayed from 5:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m i've never seen anybody else do that never no other director do the things Mr mr jackson do I'm scared for the beginning of next school year without Mr jackson i'm nervous not just for me but for the community which should really be a six C because the community is important and they will be affected by this change no one has the compassion or commitment that Mr jackson does he leaves without wanting acknowledgement he's not doing it for a photo op he does it because he cares and you don't find this type of dedication overnight he doesn't mind staying late coming early he's full of knowledge and experience and have saved the day in transportation many of time this is a huge piece of
089the puzzle that you all are voting to eliminate tonight he has been too good to this district 33 years that's why this bothers me so much he never quit he never made questionable decisions that would harm the district it doesn't seem like the goal is to improve transportation at this point because with this decision you're taking away an important piece that keeps the department running every day we support Mr jackson we love Mr jackson i'm sorry if I went over my three minutes because I could definitely say more about him 3 minutes is not enough time for 33 years thank you that's it thank you sir thank you that's it that's it okay thank you all thank you everyone who spoke tonight dr lawrence your first recommendation my first recommendation turn your mic on no
090you get me together i'm just going to leave it on my first recommendation recommend approval of the following administrative appointments for a vote explain why what's the name disappeared yes a1 was on your screen a1 was on your screen if you've not refreshed it's missing and I ask uh Miss Kidd and Miss Davis to please remove A1 all right thank you is there a motion so moved is there a second second it's been moved and second are there any questions on the motion yes go ahead all right first could I have A5 would like to have that discussion in executive session then can I have A7 for a separate vote all right any questions anybody else i'm asking anybody else all right seeing none can we vote on a one through 12 minus 5 and
0917 president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Reinard is not here miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses thank you on A7 i like to pull it though for us to discuss an executive as well so it can come back your next recommendation human resources for a vote dea after July 10th so moved second it's moved second any questions who moved it wick or Lacy either way okay i'm actually going to ask if we can pull this one to discuss an executive two thank you all right your next recommendation i recommend approval of the following certified appointments so moved second moved by Mr lacy second by Dr goodwin any questions seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes Miss Wick yes Mr scott
092yes yeses hold on before you go forward I actually need to do a motion to reconsider because we need to wave one of our rules because we voted on items 13 and 14 so we need to wave because it's outside of its time and then revo 13 and 14 see what I'm talking about yes so we need to wave our rules and then vote on it so I'd like to do a motion to reconsider the whole vote on actually just on 13 and 14 in this section a motion to reconsider just second me second move the second okay president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Wick yes mr scott yes okay five yes thank you i like the motion that we wave our ability to do a reconsideration and change our recommendation
093since we are outside the timeline so wave our board rule is there a second second moved by Dr goodwine second by Miss Wick any questions on the motion all right seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses thank you is there a motion to accept Dr lawrence's recommendation on C13 to 14 so moved i'll second it moved by Miss Wick second by Dr goodwin may we have any questions seeing none may we have a vote president Goodway yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes um okay miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses i recommend approval of the following classified appointments is there a motion some moved second moved by Mr lacy second by Miss Wick any questions on
094the motion all right seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes Mr lacy yes Mr smith yes okay Miss Wick yes Mr scott yes five yeses your next recommendation i recommend approval of the following classified exempt appointments so moved is there a second second moved by Mr lacy second by Miss Wick any questions seeing none may we have a vote president Goodway yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses i recommend approval of the following supplementals so moved second moved by Dr goodwin i mean Doc Mr lacy second by Dr goodwin are there any questions on the motion president one second just looking through it real quick i just need to make sure name's not on here all right you good Mr one second i think
095I'm good yeah I don't see yours either all right may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses all right i recommend approval of the following athletic supplementals so moved second seconded second by Mr smith moved by Mr lacy second by Mr smith any questions on the motion seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses right thank you the budget information is there for you dr lawrence I believe you have another recommendation for us for a vote i do i recommend the approval of the following resolution dayton Education Association master agreement actually have two of them for the freshman academy all right is there a motion
096so moved second moved by Mr lacy second by Dr goodwine are there any questions on the motion i I don't have a question but I want to say congratulations on us getting I believe as Dr lawrence has said many times to me in record time that this is a good move that our we were able to get this completed before the school year is over so thank you to everybody who worked on this project and got us to a conclusion all right seeing no questions Madame Treasurer may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes while I give a small applause for Miss Burlock appreciate you Mr miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses all right your next recommendation can we switch B and C yes go ahead yep
097let's do it uh resolution for the freshman academy for a vote all right is there a recommendation a motion second moved by Miss Wick second by Mr lacy are there any questions on the motion oh so Dr lawrence can you give us a brief overview of how this would look like and where all this would be at uh the freshman academy will be at all the schools including Mound Street and um and it's a direct investment in the ninth grade experience i've sent a a message to the board in my weekly update mentioned earlier today that if we don't get freshman right we just can't get the graduation right we currently are eighth among the nine Ohio eight school districts in graduation rate and that's not something that you fix in two years it's something
098that you fix in four so you start now and so at each school we'd have designated freshmanies with designated teachers uh with an additional supplemental because there'll be additional work uh to be put in at the freshman freshman academy um space in order to make sure that we metriculate and have those kids move on to become sophomores and of course then like I said changes the um changes the the graduation rate again currently eighth out of ninth and you got to start with freshman uh we have freshman seminar training team training um also summer bridge i mentioned earlier in the programs we're having the summer these same teachers will be part of the summer bridge program so they will the freshman will meet their teachers early in the summer before they even hit the ground
099in school and that familiarity will also breed um success we think for the freshmen that are incoming next year okay so for me as this being something new as we're also trying to do some other new things in the buildings like for instance at a third good where we're trying to really get the STEM stuff off the ground does this in any way in your mind interfere with that my thinking the way I'm looking at it is I would be much more comfortable finding a space to do the freshman academy in a couple of spaces and see how it's working see how we move it instead of universally putting across it and trying to fix things on the fly but oh for the first part I want to ask you that part i don't I
100don't think it impedes the work at all we can do multiple things at the same time um we have been actually working on this for quite some time we've talked about it in the it's it's a derivative a function of uh what high performing school districts do to focus on freshmen um it is something that um I think for us comes from a curriculum instruction um research standpoint and it's something that actually has been done before and we don't think we have to kind of walk this out we think all the students all freshmen deser mentioned earlier Miss Spurlock and I Miss Spurlock and I working on the contract together we actually talked in a freshman academy at your alma mada together um and so we've seen versions of this and success over the years
101we're saying why not move forward and have it be successful everywhere i was just at Styver this morning uh they've already again made plans i was just in Miss Daniel's room and she was getting ready to move so they can get the freshman wing together uh the same thing at um your alma mada Meadowdale i haven't been out to all the other schools to see where the see where they are in terms of the movement but there have been I can't count the number of team meetings with freshman teachers uh with the principles to have them selected uh Miss Douly has been involved with having the scheduling i mean this has been an allout effort by the entire academic team uh to make sure this rolls out smoothly okay I had a couple more but
102I'll let some other folk go if they had questions i do i kind of want to strike some language in here okay so one this is just to clarify this is for training for the staff who would be serving in this row correct that is correct this is not actually saying Well I want to strike section three because I don't know what the freshman academy is yet i've gotten glimpses and I think we're supposed to find out more next meeting when the Ford NGL team is here and the rest of your curriculum team is to talk to us about it so I don't I don't know if I can say I openly support it yet that's all I'm saying okay and that line says the board deeply appreciation to the freshman academy team for the
103partnership and yeah I I don't know if I appreciate that yet so that piece right there second do we have the staff members identified at each school so we have these actual teachers certified yes they they've been identified at all the schools who are they i don't know them i know I know I know they've been identified uncle my fault i didn't mean to cut you off that was it i just wonder because that was the next thing I was going to say and I'm glad Dr goodwin went to section three my other piece was looking at not only section three but then following into section four not knowing what we're looking at so that commitment bonus I don't know the number of teachers i don't know the number of staff um it's not general
104fund it's coming from No it's titled though i know it's title but I'm thinking and we have to spend those title dollars yeah we got to spend it i know we have to spend it but also looking at how are we spending it and are we spending it in the best way also that um I do also agree with like section three well no I agree with changing the language in section three you strike it like Yeah I'm more so I I have a deep appreciation for the need of the work we have to do which also I like that better i can't tell you that i mean it Okay strike it then well because I think a lot of that my thing is that freshman academy also ties into whatever we're doing in eighth
105grade i think that's going to be a huge thing if we're not doing it in eighth grade it's going to be hard to get he just said something made me think about to do something uh board member Smith in addition do it all the time our academic action plan we've talked about this for two years i've been on tour talking about our focus on eth and nth grade started when I was an interim um so this is this is just the work It is the work so can I can I strike one more thing um because I know I asked you guys this when you got it but I do want to strike out their good Marshall's name in here because I'm I'm still want to know how this helps their stem get off the
106ground more so and I just don't want to name them in there just want you put like Dumbar or somebody else like that's my thing is do we h I'm just is there a need for us to vote on it today if we're going to have Ford NGL next week with seven board members here um like if there's a timing piece attached to it there is a there is a timing piece attached to it i didn't I didn't know three board members wouldn't be here there is a timing piece attached to it uh we have really strict deadlines set by the president of the school board Dr goodwine so we worried about her we and as a former president you know how those deadlines work no man um we're just trying to keep the main
107thing the main thing that's all come on man so with this you're saying this right now is not is it moving the work or is this allowing you guys to move the title funds to do the work uh it's a we need the funds to do the work and so we're continuing to move the work but we need the funds to do the work because we're actually we're already past the May 1st deadline and I've had some conversations with the um the DA president your former baseball coach um he's and actually he's been at the freshman academy meetings and he's really receptive to the process as well so we need we need both to move the work forward well I think I'm also in agreement of I think taking out I don't want it to
108look as if we're looking at because it's naming third good right but I don't think we need to name third good like u we can strike that yeah I just I think our thinking was to just I think it cuffs us when we're doing it like that and then we're putting it like we're going to just do that there and we we might it might look like a different piece at third good with this academy piece alongside of them getting the stem off the ground because I think my thing is looking at it and I get when we say all means all i understand what you guys are saying but I also understand all of our buildings are different and some of the needs are different some of the directions are different and I think
109sometimes that difference is a good thing and so being able to have that whatever we're doing I won't I don't want a blanket thing across the district i would like if we're going to do something letting it be able to be permeable through whatever they're trying to do in that building the work that needs to be done and I think if we name third good in this we can it keeps us in a in a way that I wouldn't want us I wouldn't feel comfortable moving forward with yeah we can gladly remove that and I want to speak to your piece about blanket there is no blanket some buildings have seven periods some have six though is on an AB reverse block every other day they're having some conversations around going back to semester blocks
110but none of that would change the direction of the STEM we're actually adding additional resources um to th good directly focused on that STEM certification itself um and we'll talk you and I will talk about that but also um it does not change the direction of their academy but there ismies everywhere based on different schedules right so it's not so it's not one sizefits-all because you know some crazy folk out there when they say all means all they're basically saying you better treat everybody the same way well you uh uh let's see you you are supportive you and seven other people here that were really supportive that we It would actually be six other people so my math is better than yours but I'm good now all right all right any other questions are we
111So are those things struck out dr i'm actually going to ask whoever made the motion i'd like to amend it to strike section three and strike out third good Marshall from the resolution you accept my amendment i accept the amendment thank you now they are okay all right see another question you got no no section four is fine section four is fine now money I would like your clarification of what you would want to do in section six that was my last piece he's going to take the necessary inappropriate things to effectuate resolution i I know doc Dr lawrence might take that and be like you know what might have to do this now to do it you want to strike i may just come back with another resolution if you get out of pocket
112you want me I can change section I can change section six to just keep the main thing the main thing kids that's what we're going to be working on no no i don't like my words everywhere okay all right all right madam are you I'm good come back if it ever get out of pocket right and madam treasure may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith i'll allow it yes okay miss Wick yes powerful Mr scott yes five yeses thank you before you go on I'm going to jump to the treasur in the event that I lose another board member and we're out of quorum can we go to A for you please your recommendation okay uh I recommend the approval of the following resolution for creation of capital projects
113fund according to uniform school accounting system fund number 070 this will okay this resolution a resolution establishing a capital project fund uniform school accounting system fund number 070 for the purpose of accumulating resources for the accusation construction or investment of fixed assets pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 570513C um by opening this fund this fund is not like the other uh funds restricted if we mo if we accumulate some um resources we can move it back and forth from um to general fund or other funds as needed that is the reason why we are trying to open this fund to accumulate for capital projects oh so moved second moved and second are there any questions good seeing none madam treasure may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes um
114Miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses thank you i'm going to skip again dr jones can we come for B and C which are for a vote thank you Madam President um I recommend ratification of the following uh athletic agreement with uh DPS via the homeschool student so moved second moved a second any questions seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Wick yes mr scott mhm yes five yeses all right your next recommendation i recommend ratification of the following resolution regarding summer wages for eligible transportation bargaining members so moved second moved and second any questions seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses thank you that's appreciate you
115jumping down to new business one more thing to vote on and just make sure i recommend the approval of the following resolution authorizing for internal budget reallocations and position title adjustments within existing department budgets amendment to resolution 25007 is there a motion second move this second any questions seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses thank you Dr lawrence it's back to you b uh instead of a presentation I'd just like uh Excuse me oh I'm going to have Carrie and Gina come up and talk about it yeah just give us a little overview of this math 6 through8 adoption all right um so essentially we've been working this entire school year to find a math curriculum that supports
116algebra readiness we're talking about freshmen tonight we know that um success with algebra 1 is very important for predictor of graduating so we have used um the board recommended adoption process to review materials we had a committee of all stakeholders involved and um we based on um our findings we recommend Carnegie Learning Middle School math solutions as a curriculum resource to use in our sixth seventh seventh grade accelerated in eighth grade classrooms starting next school year is there any questions i can get into more detail question for those are the books out there correct yes so all of the piloted curriculums are out here and then also Carnegie Learning um which I just spoke of is out there as well and they will will those also be sitting over at Lutllo in the hallway yes
117for the Yep we can move them over there um we also we don't have Savis and Vision over there that's what we currently use but we did consider it as materials that we're currently implementing and just use that they don't have an updated curriculum for us to consider that we needed to pilot so just know that that was also consideration with the adoption and with these ones too what will happen to our existing books so as far as like disposal of the materials or getting rid of the materials so that's something that we will work out with um Dr uh Miller who is in charge of um our textbooks but we have not um made a plan for that yet okay all right thank you any questions for anyone else well thank you all right
118thank you all right your next recommendation for review uh consulting services all right are there any questions on consulting services yes go ahead um can you give me a little more information on what the uh students or at Kaiser would be doing Dr lawrence sure so um Brother Robinson who actually every time there's an award ceremony he and his kids are up here uh actually come on up Mr brock you can talk more about in detail i know oh well I mean you know he and I talk about it every night principal Robertson has had this dream of taking the back portion of Kaiser and turning that into a space as an extended learning um opportunity for students um that they can they can do things outside such as gardening um they also have a
119space for um nature exploration um also an area with a nook for reading and just taking the learning that's in sometimes in a classroom and taking it outside so students can be hands-on and so this is a dream that he's had for a number of years and anytime if you go over there he can he can walk you through it with his vision um just by looking at that outdoor space he is so excited um to bring this opportunity for his staff and for his students of Kaiser appreciate it thank you Miss Burlot thank you Miss Burlot um Mr robinson and I started 29 years ago together and he told me on day one that was his dream so I just so you know I I've heard about it for a long time i got
120to hurry up what happens to a dream deferred get it together all right any other questions seeing that none your next recommendation for review uh contracts for review contracts for review all right any questions on the contracts give you guys a second to check them out i'll give you one on the American Driving School just kind of jumping into a threeear seems like a lot just a little bit more detail on what we are expecting to get from this contract is it able to if it does not suffice our needs in year one are we able to get out of this contract and kind of will any have we looked at our transportation professionals to be actually able to perform the services that we're seeing here this is in addition to that it's kind of
121a symbiotic process uh yes we can get out and then also we have looked at the the drivers um I don't know if it's if we can do that or not i think uh Dr jones's people have to speak to that i don't know the schedule of the OBIs and how busy they are or other people who may it doesn't have to be OBI ob Yeah it could be it could be other drivers who have a sparkling record who want to be driving instructors well several of our you know I've been on this kick about Would you like to you know Yeah i get out you got it i've been on this kick about our administrators being able to get into the classroom sometimes we have on the transportation side several of them actually are
122already trainers for class A's motorcycles class B's so I'm sure that they probably could also have the criteria to become driver ed instructors and it would just be a good way to allow if this is something that the department wants to take on to allow them to be a part of the classroom experience in a way that they are true professionals already at on the academic side we would love to see Dr jones and Mr anderson and and Thomas and the whole team out there u as driving instructors that would be wonderful mr gray and maybe even Mr rafford too he looked up like he was texting us so yes just just would like to see some followup if that is even an opportunity that the transportation department is even interested in and if so
123if it's something that we could actually have inhouse versus outsourcing this as well any other questions on contracts all right does that conclude your recommendations that concludes my recommendations for vote and review thank you Madam Treasur we are at B your first recommendation for review yes okay I have a certificate of estimated resources increase um the reason why we are increasing this certificate of estimated resources is uh to transfer to fund 070 for capital improve capital projects uh of 20 million and um fund 13 100,000 that that is the only one uh change we are having on that one do you have any questions for the board okay all right the next one is I have appropriate appropriations for fiscal year 2025 that one is Let me go back the increase on this one is
124is the to appropriate fund 070 for the amount of resources we we discussed on the certificate of estimated resources for 20 million for capital projects under the plan and the other one is increase on fund 13 for that one 100,000 those are the only changes we are having do you have any question on that one any questions from the board no questions is your next recommendation the next one is transfers we are transferring uh from general fund o general fund to 013 which is welcome stadium 100,000 from general fund uh to fund 070 uh for capital projects 20 million okay any questions all right your next recommendation for review next one is advances we are advancing from general fund to the grant funds all the listed grant funds um the reason why we are advancing
125is until we get the money uh to grant funds we are advancing it from general fund and uh when the grant funds receive the money uh they will pay general fund all right any questions all right your next recommendation which I think the next two are placeholders correct the no uh these ones are temporary uh certificate of estimated resources for fiscal year 2026 so on and this one is um these are estimated for next year so what we are estimating for general fund the estimated um unreserved cash balance is 109 uh million what we expect to receive uh from taxes is 75 million from other sources is 155 million to general fund when we say other sources is the state foundation any questions all right next one the next one is temporary appropriations uh for
126fiscal year 20 uh 26 okay it's getting slow so the appropriations for 2026 is for general fund 279.2 million what we are estimating to appropriate and for um special revenue funds 31.9 million okay any questions i didn't finish yet oh go ahead sorry I thought you paused capital project 36 million uh enterprise funds 19.4 million which is the enterprise funds are fund 06 which is the food service fund and uh 09 uniform school supplies and welcome stadium so 19.4 4 million um for uh internal service fund 34.1 million for trust and agency fund 20.8 million total appropriations for fiscal year 2026 is 435 million do you have any question on this one no questions okay we'll go to the next one um H I and J are a placeholder uh we are still working on
127them and u we will have a presentation about the five-year forecast and um approve next week if you don't have any question we'll go to K k is um minutes minutes for March 11 minutes 18 uh March 18 April 8 April 15 April 17 and April 26 i don't think you will have a question on this one we'll go to the next one l is donations we have two donations from Ohio EPA for science department uh material donations worth of $5,000 um another one is for anonymous donor office for exceptional children 40 cases of diapers was 1,200 thank you donors until I send the letter thank you letter thank you for now the next one is M m is uh purchase requisitions they are from uh different departments let's look at them and if you
128have any question we will uh answer them any questions okay all right next one is Zen in now we have two Zen and now from other departments if you have any question as there are three of them not two no questions all right that concludes my recommendation for tonight thank you Dr jones i just want to make sure that this is for review not vote right that's correct okay um I'd like the board to review uh a lease agreement uh for a building located at uh 1516 Stanley Avenue if I may go ahead thank you good evening Dr jones good evening sir um can you tell me what are your plans for this property we have uh an inordinate amount of uh files uh that we need to store and convert uh eventually uh into
129into a digital space um also we have uh grounds equipment that uh becomes damaged uh throughout the year because of uh weatherization and so uh this is a a space where we can store files and store uh equipment uh throughout the district we we have a storage problem storage issue in the district and so this would help alleviate uh some of those issues also um as you know uh I have moved uh my office over to Hyde as well as it uh we had uh an inspection uh performed a couple of weeks ago and uh the files do need to they need to go with me certainly check it out that's all okay appreciate you sir thank you ma'am any other questions all right thank you Dr jones all right so we actually have one
130more thing to vote on do we have a policy for first and second reading this policy did come out of the policy committee we're a little late on getting it done because we did not have a quorum last month for policy so it is there for you guys to check out but in so much is the board of education actually this is for first and second readings and for a vote in so much as the board of education is committed to the continuing updating of its policies rules and regulations manual and the committee which was appointed has been working towards that goal the following is brought at this time for simultaneous first and second reading in compliance with board foul now therefore be it resolved that the board of education of the Dayton City School
131District McGomery County Ohio hereby accept and adopt the following policies which has been codified for inclusion in the handbook of policies rules and regulations j EFB release time for religious instructions i move that we adopt policy JFB is there a second second all right any questions on the motion one sec it just popped up on mine i had to go ahead refresh cool with it all right I'm good all right see no questions uh may we have a vote it was moved by me and second by Miss Wick president Goodway yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Wick yes mr scott yes five yeses all right policies for first reading in so much as the board of education is committed to the continuing updating of its policies rules and regulations manual in the committee
132which has been appointed has been working towards that goal the following are brought at this time for first reading in compliance with board file BFC policy adoption now therefore be it resolved that the board of education of Dayton City School District McGomery County Ohio hereby accepts and adopts the following policies that have been codified for inclusions for the handbook of policies rules and regulations bba school board powers and duties gbcc staff dress and grooming gcba salary placement of contract terms for principles gcba sign on commitment policy gcbg longevity pay professional staff position administrators supervisors and district support staff JFB release actually that one should not be on there JFG interrogatives and searches KBC media relations KBCA news releases these policies are being read for the first time as such a motion or second is not
133required the policies will be available in the superintendent's office for review and comment prior to the 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 Dayton public schools prior to the second reading any questions on any of the policies there go ahead Mr smith yes so the first one BBA what is since it's been revised for district preference what is the change involved in this what is there what is a revision the the change added the business manager to the school board duties to hire and it also added the business manager and kind of what they do to it and most of the revised ones are adding the business manager existence into them And then in media
134release and news release it gave the business manager and the treasurer the ability to also speak on matters that relate to the matters that are under them i thought they already do that they do not it's not in our policy so we added them in but I mean we've had them we violated our own policy i mean we we do that which is why we're updating the policy all right secondly what is the need or what precipitated the dress code changes um just looking at that I don't really see for me it creates more of a constraint than it does positivity so if someone can share like what is the need for changing this and having a dress code that is more restrictive than our surrounding districts for our organization our current dress code is
135one line so to actually add some clarification and give our supervisor some guidance that's the extended one out there and it also incorporates some of the things that they have done there so I would just encourage you to compare the existing one to the current one and then also for our union individuals they have already individual dress codes that are in some of their agreements so it's just a variation to give some guidance right but I mean my thing is is it to me it goes to a level where like if I'm in some of these positions and I'm now saying I have to have this business professional dress code but I could work around this area in other districts and not have that i just it goes against some of the things that we
136talk about of being restrictive to our people and putting ourselves in a good position because I know if I'm a staff member and if it comes down to those things like it it puts us in a position where I don't think you can legislate it i think it's conversations in each in each space of what that looks like i don't think that it should be for us to go and legislate and say these folks should wear business professional at all times then put this unless otherwise yada yada yada and then we'd have to be on this this level of always trying to pick and choose when people can wear these things when I look around the area and I see high performing districts that do not bother with these things I just don't get why
137we would want to hop into that and that doesn't pop up in districts around us that have higher scores than us i'm much more concerned with our output than worrying about what people are wearing every day as long as it isn't just outlandish and I think right now it's like you're swinging that pendulum up to where it's I want my people to wear this every day when it it does not affect the work if they're doing that and I'm looking around my area and I went and looked up other areas i can go to Oakwood not looking at that kettering business casual north business casual vanelia business and then I'm dating public business professional on some of these rails then we have these unless these people say it's okay i just don't I don't know
138i would I just don't think it for us to go that far it's a lot of other things we were worried about that is all all right any other comments all right Mr scott since this is one of your two last meetings I will give you comments before we go into exact session so you know I haven't came to a couple of the past meetings but um I was thinking about what I could say um and you know you want it to kind of be profound or something eloquent in a way and so I'll try to establish that today and so I did want to talk about the uh future of public education in Ohio but also like nationwide um firstly some of you may know that the Ohio Senate is considering many cuts to
139numerous things one of those is the elected number of officials on the state um school board of education as well as um and House Bill 96 proposing a an increase of 226 millions to public schools um which sounds pretty good on the surface level but then you look at how much money we actually need to fully fund all public schools in our state and it's like around $600 million um but then you look at what they're also funding in their budget and they can find $600 million to secure bonds for a new stadium for the Cleveland Browns and they can find a similar number for the voucher programs and I think that the priorities are not being allocated appropriately i think that I don't think I believe and I know it's it's a right for
140public education to exist and people deserve that and so that should always be the main priority and we're allocating upwards to $500 million to private institutions where we have little to no control over what's being taught in the schools meanwhile we're not fully funding our public education system so that's a big one um again going back to the fact that public education is not a service it's a right um and that always hasn't been the case in this nation we can look back to many times in our history um take the guilded age that's about a hundred years ago and for much of that um education was a privilege it was reserved to the wealthy and most working-class families could not afford to give their children an education especially not all the way up to
141the 12 the 12th grade level and so we saw the consequences of that there was widespread illiteracy childwork and families who were in deep inequality and so when we seen free public K through2 education being brought into our country we've seen higher literacy rates and we've seen more equality but there are people today who want to convince you that public schools are broken and that they are beyond repair that they're indoctrinating students with woke ideologies or that they're a waste of taxpayer money but this is a trap people because once public schools are gone those voucher reimbursements will disappear soon enough and what is left is a system where only those who can afford it can send their kids and get an an education but that's exactly what they want they want an uneducated workforce
142that does not question does not think critically and does not have any options so let's be clear when they talk about diversity and inclusion are threats to us it's not in nature we have biodiversity where it keeps our ecosystems alive in society inclusion builds a stronger more empathetic community and equality just means recognizing that not everyone is born at the same starting place and that some people may need more or less support to reach the same finish line and that's not unfair it's a necessity to keep our society functioning yes but there is a path forward because we cannot become complacent and most times the most powerful thing a person has is their voice and the most effective tool of oppression is often silence and so I urge each and every one of you to
143speak out to stay informed and to defend public education not just today not just for today's students but for generations to come and I thank you thank you Mr scott so I'm going to skip down to executive session because we have two personnel things to take care of that require a vote pursuant to section 121.22 G2 of the Ohio Revised Code I move that this board go into executive session this meeting is being held to consider the appointment employment dismissal of a public employee is there a second second any questions seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes mr lacy yes mr smith yes miss Reinard yes miss Wick Mr scott yes six yes all right