001[Music] like to call tonight's meeting to order. If you're able, will you please stand with us as we have a moment of silence and followed by the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Uh we have haven't been no one signed up for patron concern. So we're going to move on to item four presentation of the strategic plan. Dr. Redmond. Thank you, Mrs. Glover. Good evening to everyone tonight. uh for our board of school trustees. This is going to be a bit of a repeat for you because you've been part of the process, but we did want to take the opportunity tonight to present our
002proposed strategic plan for the next two school years. We're going to ask the board take action on that later in the meeting. Um and wanted to just have an opportunity to share with everyone what our priorities are and what our focus areas will be for the next couple of years in Mory County Schools. So, in thinking about why we even need a strategic plan, here's some things to consider. We want to make sure that especially in our school setting when we have so many stakeholders, our board, our teachers, administrators, community, students, families, that we make sure we have a vision that's going to work and be aligned across all of those stakeholder groups. And of course, when we think about all of the things that a school district does, um, somebody made this comment, I
003think during our planning retreat, my goodness, we have a lot going on. There's always a hundred different things in each of the various departments. How do you stay focused? How do you stay intentional? This strategic plan is one way that we do that. It helps organize our time and energy. It helps making sure we stay focused and centered on our students. and it helps guide the work with a community school and district aligned plan that will benefit our students. And one of the things that I like best about it is that it is really a great communication tool. So when people and families come to our website and they click on the strategic plan, they really get a pretty clear understanding quickly about what Warick County School Corporation is about and what we prioritize in
004our district. And anytime I go speak at public engagement events, I always say something about our strategic plan, point out what our four pillars are, and it's a great communication tool in that regard as well. I'm going to go in a little bit of a different order. So, if you remember, uh, we had a plan prior to the one that we're presenting tonight. And we started working on that really, I think, all the way back in, I believe, 2022 because the plan was for the 2023 24 school year and the 2425 school year. We took quite a long time to work with all of those stakeholder groups that I just mentioned to make sure that we um looked at what trends were emerging so that we made sure we were focusing in the areas that
005were important and trending across all of those stakeholder groups. So just as a reminder, these are our four pillars. Student growth and success, student safety and support, staff empowerment and professional learning, and family communication and support. We have not changed those four large pillars for our district. Those are things that were clearly emerged as things that were important to all the stakeholder groups. So those still remain in place. And just a quick review on how we organize our plan. For each of the pillars, you will see pages that look like this. So on the top left, you'll notice that is the this is a the student growth and success pillar. If you look directly under that, you will see the goals. And then on that bottom left, you notice there are various progress indicators. These
006are just all of the different ways we can use data to measure our success in these areas. But when you look on the right, you will actually see the action steps. So when I think about action steps, I think about these are the nuts and the bolts. These are the things that we're going to do to actually meet those goals on the left and more largely make sure we're meeting the four pillars from the previous page. So, when we were looking at what we wanted to do and if we wanted to change things and what were we going to change, we really needed to start with a review of our existing plan. So, we did just that. We reviewed the progress toward our previous goals. um we really were able to check off just about
007every action step in all four of those pillars from the last plan with the exception of just a couple. But then we also explored opportunities for new action steps using the following prompts. So we worked with all the groups, students, parents, teachers, admin and the board and we asked questions like this. What's missing in our plan if what would be a great next step for this action step? where do we have growth opportunities? So maybe we met part of it, but we didn't get it to the level we wanted. Or as you remember, there were some action steps where we actually were quite pleased with the progress we had made and and really felt like we could check it off as an action step, but then we realized, well, we could take it to the
008next level if we did this. Or there were certain action steps where maybe we had done pockets of it in parts of the district. That's what I call fragmented implementation. So, it was working well or pieces of the action steps were working well, but it wasn't as intentional as we wanted. So, we were looking for those kinds of things. We put butcher paper on the walls. We had groups walking around using these questions as prompts and then we collected all of that information from all of the stakeholder groups and then again started looking where was there overlap what did we do well we can check those things off and where are those opportunities for improvement and that's how we landed at our new action steps so I'm not going to read all of this to
009you and this will be posted on our website of course u but I did just want to point out a few things in each of the pillars for some of the action steps. So, under staff empowerment and professional learning, one of the things that we really want to try to focus on this year is continuing those leadership opportunities from some of our work groups who haven't had the opportunity yet. We actually had a great conversation with our building administrators last week about potential groups who might benefit from leadership development. So that could be think think paraprofessionals, think custodial staff, maintenance staff, managers. It really could be any group that we haven't already been working with through teacher leadership, aspiring admin, and those areas of things that we've already done. So we're just again looking for
010gaps and we're going to try to figure out a way to reach out to some of those other leaders that we know we have in those groups, but help develop those skills for them um and hopefully empower them. So, that's one thing that we're looking forward to in that one. Under student safety and support, number two is going to be a big focus for us for this next school year. We feel confident that the vast majority of our students do feel connected in some way to our schools, but we don't want to make assumptions about that. And the reason this one falls in front of student in in student safety and support is because the data tell data will tell us and tells us that students who are connected and supported and involved at school
011feel safe and h are comfortable talking with adults and peers and coaches and sponsors when they do hear about something that is troubling to them. So we're really going to put a great focus on this one for number two. Again, we've already initiated that conversation with our building principles last week about the potential for a survey coming up maybe shortly after school starts. We do want to give students time to get involved with some of those clubs and and athletics and fine arts and all of those opportunities that we already um give our students, but we want to be able to measure that. Another thing in number three that I just want to point out, this actually came from our student group. They're like, "We understand the drills. We've had we've had to do these
012drills our entire lives as we're in school, but they were they had very very strong feelings about drills happening during the same time >> every month. So, they're like, "We all know where to go during home room, but what if something happened during lunch or what if something happened during last period or in passing period?" So, this one was really one that came straight from our students to make sure that we have varied times of the day when we practice those drills with our students, family communication and support. Uh, we're excited. We have a parent series in the works. Um, Dr. Lambert and our new um Mindy Martin who is our new mental health facilitator. She's been working with youth first to come up with a couple of options. I think we're going to try
013starting with two um having a parent series in the evening where we'll have particular topics and I think we're going to try to do one at a middle school and one at a high school, get some feedback, see if we have good attendance and then figure out how we want to build from there. So, that's something that we're excited about that's going to be happening soon. Um, another one on number three. Uh, this also came from our students. We all know and our building administration administrators and teachers will tell you we tell our students these things, but I think when you're in the moment and when you're a high school kiddo in particular, it's not just necessarily on the front of your mind. So, we want to make sure that all of our students know
014who the mental health professionals are in the building, who the guidance counselors are in the building, the social workers, and help them understand the services that each of those people provide and how to access them and what that looks like and whether we need, you know, of course, if we're working with a mental health professional, then we have parental uh permissions embedded in that as well. But we just want to make sure that everybody knows who is at their fingertips for assistance if they need it. And then student growth and success. Um again, some of this has to do more with what I mentioned earlier. We had some uh great things happening but maybe not tracking in the way that we thought we wanted to. Uh number two is a great example of a fragmented
015um implementation. So, we know we're doing some great things with transitions fifth to sixth and se and 8th to 9th in some parts of our district or even some schools in our district, but we don't have a great system across the district. So, we're going to be working really hard on that. And then, of course, number three, continue to expand opportunities for student course options and experiences. And this would run across advanced level coursework, CTE pathways, internships. Of course, we know all of those things are important and we've always tried to offer all of those opportunities and experiences to our students, but with our new diploma that's coming in, it's going to be more important than ever for our students and families to understand what those options are even earlier than they do now. So,
016that's one I wanted to point out for you there. And so then, as I mentioned earlier, if we're able to um if the board chooses to approve this this evening, then we will just continue to use this strategic plan to frame our conversations to plan and guide our work. Um, we're going to monitor our progress and we have calendar dates already set to come back to the board around either just before or just after Christmas break to give a progress update and then we'll do that again at the end of the year. So, we wanted to that's another thing we wanted to be more intentional about is making sure over the course of the year we're giving some progress updates toward these action steps and where we are. And then of course, as with all
017things, we may need to make adjustments um if we see that something isn't going quite like we thought or data comes back and tells us something else or it we find there's some nuanced um result that we need to address, then we will certainly do that and bring that information back to the board as well. Any questions for me? I look forward to the progress reports actually reporting to the board where we're at, where we started, where we're at, and what what are we looking forward to. I appreciate that. >> Agenda item five, consideration of routine business. Dr. Redmond. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was trying to jump ahead, Linda. I'm so sorry. Okay. Sorry. I'm ready. >> Okay. >> My My bad. My bad. >> I had her already like jumping to
018agenda items. My My fault. >> Yes. Thank you, Mrs. Glover. >> Go for it. The routine business this evening includes approving the minutes of the school board meeting held on July 14th, 2025 and approving the claims and signing the docket. I recommend the board approve the routine items as presented. >> So move second. >> Motion by Mr. Mosby, seconded by Mr. France. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> Any opposed? Motion carried. Uh agenda item we vote six or seven. >> Seven. >> Let's go to agenda item 7.1 for consideration of items for board action. Dr. Redmond. >> Thank you, Mrs. Glover. In your board packet, you will find a copy of the 2025 through 2027 Mor County School Corporation proposed strategic plan. It's the what I just presented on. I would recommend the
019board approve this plan as presented. >> So move second. Motion by Mrs. Wilhelm, seconded by Mr. Baker. Do you have any discussion? All in favor say I. >> Any opposed? Motion carried. Agenda item 72, approve policy 6800, internal controls. >> Thank you, Mrs. Glover. Dr. Walter Lambert has brought to the board proposed policy 6800 internal controls. The first reading of this proposed policy was on July 14th, 2025. Tonight is the second reading at which time the board may choose to take action. In summary, 6800 states that under the direction of the superintendent or designate, the school corporation shall be responsible for the proper accounting of all school corporation funds, including ensuring that expenditures are budgeted under and charged against the correct accounts which most accurately describe the purpose for which such monies are to be
020or to have been spent. The superintendent or designate shall be responsible for the implementation of the internal control standards designed to prevent and detect fraud, financial impropriy, or fiscal irregularities within the school corporation. And training shall be provided on the internal control standards and procedures to all school corporation employees and newly hired employees whose duties include receiving, processing, depositing, dispersing, or having access to extracurricular or school funds. I recommend the board approve this new policy as presented. >> Motion to approve policy 6800. >> I have a motion by Mr. France, seconded by Mr. low speed. We have in discussion. >> I I think it's important to point out we already have these internal controls in place. >> Absolutely. >> We're just putting this policy together because we're supposed to. >> Yes. >> But we already
021have the controls. We're going through audits and we're doing the job. >> Yes. Yes. And have for many many years. And um but thank you for pointing that that out. Yes. We're just formalizing our internal control processes into policy. Thank you, Mr. Baker. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carried. >> Agenda item 73, approve course edition. Thank you, Mrs. Glover. Director of learning, Mr. Jason Fischer, is asking the board to approve the addition of the following high school course offering for 2025 2026 American Sign Language. And just for the good of the group, that counts as a world language credit. And uh we're excited about this course. And I hope I recommend and hope the board will approve this course as presented. >> So move. >> Second. Motion
022by Mr. Baker, seconded by Mrs. Wilhelm. Any discussion? >> So this is at Booneville High School only. Right now >> it is. >> And was this brought by a teacher who already has was certified and can do this and how how did this come about? >> So, we had a teacher who resigned who took a position um out of our corporation who was previously teaching Spanish and so when that then when we posted that position we posted it as world I believe we first posted it as Spanish. >> Yes. and then we were unable to get a candidate >> and so we reposted it as world language and so when people started applying we had quite a variety of languages and experiences um and I believe that Mrs. Kimp interviewed I think there was an
023an American sign language teacher. I believe there was a German teacher maybe Korean and something else in terms of the languages that they >> and Latin in terms of the languages that they were able to teach. So after that interview process this was the candidate who was chosen the American Spanish at Boonville High School. >> No, there's still another Spanish teacher there. Okay. Yes. Yes. So we still have Spanish and French and now American Sign Language at Google High School. >> I think that's great. I think it's a great thing. >> Actually, this is something you can use in a courtroom. They need interpreters for deaf and mute. I think it's exciting. >> Any other discussion? >> Excuse me, Mr. Mosby. Motion approved. >> Okay. Uh, all in favor say I. I. >> Any opposed?
024>> Oh, motion carry. >> Uh, next item, approve adult milk price. >> Thank you, Mrs. Glover. Manager of food and nutrition, Mrs. Chennai, has provided you the adult meal prices for the 2025 2026 school year. You will note the breakfast prices are the same. Lunch prices have actually decreased by 95 cents from last year. And again, this is for adult meals. All prices are federally mandated and the prices proposed will ensure compliance with the federal guidelines. I recommend the board approve the 2025 2026 adult meal price as presented, which is now $45. >> So move. >> Motion by Mr. Skinner, seconded by Mr. France. Do we have any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carry. Agenda item 7.5, approve annual vendor agreement. >> Thank you, Mrs. Glover. In your
025board packet, you will find a request for Warick County School Corporation to enter into an annual vendor agreement with Backyard Glass. This agreement will remain in effect until June 30th of 2026. I recommend the board approve the request as presented. >> So move. >> Second. >> Motion by Mrs. Wilhelm, seconded by Mr. Mosby. Any discussion? >> All in favor say I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carried. That takes us to consideration of personnel recommendations. Dr. Gresham. >> Thank you, Mrs. Glover. The human resource office has the following business to bring before the board tonight. Agenda item 8.1, consideration of employment. Certified staff, Markley Strunk, the fourth grade teacher at John H. Castle Elementary. Joshua Watson, guidance counselor at Boonville High School. Lena Harless, art teacher at John H. Castle. Brenda Dunn, special education teacher at
026Chandler Elementary. Melissa McCann, special education teacher at Boonville Middle. And the following non-certified staff, Linda Fischer, secretary treasurer at Tennyson Elementary. Emily de Phillips, ABS program assistant at Castle South. Darlene Fe, multi-responsibility position. Angela Woolseie, multi-responsibility position. Robert Degraphth, program assistant at Boonville High. Ashlin Wagner, program assistant at Oakdale Elementary. Sarah Kroo, program assistant at Boonville High. Tina Garry, Britney Jones, Tyler Chandler, Britney Weman, and Sydney McDow, all program assistants at Newberg Elementary. Sarah Hall, program assistant at Chandler Elementary. Sher West, 3.0 zero hour cafeteria position at Castle North. Larry Trot Better, part-time custodian at Oakdale Elementary. Karina Mills, ABS program assistant at John H. Castle Elementary. Mackenzie Perez and Andrew Fouts, program assistants at Castle High School. >> Motion to approve the personnel as presented. >> Second. >> Motion by Mrs. Wilhelm, seconded by
027Mr. Mosby. We have any discussion? >> All in favor say I. I I >> Any opposed? Motion carried. >> Agenda item 8.2 leaves Beth Bandonson, a program assistant at Castle High School, and Katherine Leah, a social worker at Limbo Middle School. >> Motion approved. >> Second. >> Motion by Mr. Skinner, seconded by Mr. Baker. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carried. >> Thank you very much for agenda item 8.3. This is one that isn't usually on your agenda. A little bit different tonight, but I'm asking for board approval to name an interim treasurer at Oakdale Elementary School, and that would be Jaye Hadley. >> Explain the >> the current treasurer is going to be out on a leave of absence. So, we and we must have a treasurer named
028by the board for bonding purposes. >> Long-term sub basically. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Very good. >> Second. >> Motion by Mr. friends seconded by Mr. Skinner. We have any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carried. >> Thank you very much. Agenda item 8.4 reporter transfers. Craig Parker, computer science teacher at Castle South to computer science teacher at Castle North. Kylie Thornberry, SLP from Wack to SLP at Log Elementary. Brooklyn Brown, SLP from Castle High to SLP at Chandler Elementary. Alita Story, SLP from Chandler Elementary to SLP at Castle High. Lori Miller, SLPA from Log Preschool to SLPA at Wick and Castle South Middle School. Samantha Bass, 3.25 hour cafeteria position at Log Elementary to 6.0 hour cafeteria position at Log Elementary. Agenda 8.5, report of change. The board
029previously approved Melissa McCann as a teacher. She had previously been approved for a leave of absence from a different position. That will no longer be necessary. 8.6 Resignations. Larry Latham, program assistant at Boomville High School. Resignation effective May 23rd, 2025. Naomi Hanks, 3.0 hour cafeteria position at Castle High. Resignation effective May 22nd, 2025. Rianne Zerline, program assistant Newberg Elementary. Resignation effective May 23rd, 2025. Brooklyn Hadley, program assistant Oakdale Elementary, resignation effective May 23rd, 2025. Cayman Meyer, program assistant, Castle High, resignation effective May 23rd, 2025. Elizabeth Joy Harter, program assistant at Boonville High, resignation effective May 23rd, 2025. Lauren Zel, job share program assistant at Newberg Elementary, resignation effective May 23rd, 2025. Brittney Dennis, program assistant at Wick, resignation effective May 23rd, 2025. Kristen Woodall, special education teacher at Boonville Middle, resignation effective May 23rd, 2025.
030Chelsea Bader Thurman, welding teacher at WPCC, resignation effective July 25th, 2025. And Kathy Gford, program assistant, Castle High, resignation effective May 23rd, 2025. >> Thank you, Dr. Gresian. Next agenda item, reports, Dr. Redmond. >> We have one report tonight and that is actually going to be from Dr. Gresham. So you can just stay at the podium. >> Thank you. The personnel food and nutrition and custodial committee met on July 11th, 2025. Uh our main item for discussion was the new cafeteria float position that is being proposed which I went over and Mrs. RA went over in the work session earlier. Um so have some time to consider that before we bring the proposal to be approved by the board at the next board meeting. The other uh item that was mentioned was the new teacher
031orientation which was last Thursday. Uh we had a the Thursday before that actually it was the Thursday after this meeting. Uh we had a great turnout. Uh 39 of our 45 new teachers were able to attend the event. We do a survey for each session at that event and uh fortunately or because we're practiced up and getting better at it and we pay attention to the survey results. We had the best survey results ever for each of the sessions and in total for the event. So it was a really good event. Uh and it could have been the location we held it at high school for the first time due to air conditioning issues where we usually host the event and it was a great setup there in the cafeteria. just a wonderful environment for
032that and all of our presenters did a fantastic job. So much much thanks to our presenters for helping welcome and get our new teachers off on the right foot. >> Thank you. >> You have other board business. >> Next policy meeting will be August 25th at 5:45 here in this building. And tomorrow we will have a student growth and learning committee meeting at 11 o'clock in the admin office. >> And August the 11th, the personnel committee I think will be meeting at 5:00 because we have the work session at 5:30 and that'll be right here in this building. And then the next morning on August the 12th, the construction committee will be meeting at 7:30 at the administration building. Our next board meeting will be August 11th, 7 PM here at the central services. Before
033that, we'll hold a a work session at 5:30 p.m. >> Have anything else for the good of the board? >> Just we are gearing up for a new school year starting next week. teachers coming in, students coming in. And so for everybody out there who uh keeping in in mind the extra traffic, the extra kids walking, the extra kids standing at bus stops, just make sure that we're driving carefully. We're keeping an extra eye out. Pay attention to the bus stop signs. make sure our year starts off right, kids are safe, and probably a few extra thoughts and prayers for the teachers and parents and students who are going to be doing sending their kids off and uh that we we work to make sure that we have a good year. >> Very good. >>
034Thank you. >> That was my only announcement. Not Thank you. That was my only announcement, Linda. >> It's just welcoming back. Schools are open um as of schools are open in terms of offices as of last week and as Mr. Skinner said, "Next week we have uh we're welcoming back all of our students on Wednesday, August 6th. Our teachers are reporting back on Monday, August 4th. But as anyone who has seen who driven by any of our schools, there's a lot of activity at our schools with teachers and staff getting ready and gearing up for the new year. So, we're looking forward to a great start next week." >> Does each school set up like uh meet your teacher? Yes. before uh classes actually start or >> not necessarily. So each of the schools um
035they just work with the communities and the families to know and some grade levels prefer having it before the actual start of schools. Some schools have it that first week back or within that first month or some wait and do a more openhouse style >> type of event. Um but normally everybody's had something by September but most of those are happening those first couple of weeks of August. Good. >> Anything else? Then meetings adjourned. [Music]