001School District Board of Education regular meeting. Please rise for the pledge of >> allegiance of the United States of America and to the stands for all. Roll call, please. >> Here. >> Jason >> here. >> Christine >> here. >> Nick >> here. >> Bailey >> here. We have a quorum. Adopt amend the agenda. Move to adopt the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? Opposed. Thank you. We have no public comment this evening. Next, we have the superintendent report. >> Well, thank you. Um, first I just want to uh welcome our new uh central office staff members. We've got Dr. Valerie Utech joining us today. We've got Doug Schwin joining us. Um, and Joel Luke was here visiting with us earlier today. So, super excited. they've already made such a great first impression
002and meeting with teams and they spent a lot of personal time um coming into the district getting to know Carney and really um have set the stage for a beautiful transition. So I want to thank them for their efforts. I also want to thank the board for starting with us today at 11:00 a.m. We've covered a lot of ground um during our work session. We toured our renovated spaces at Carne Elementary, Hawthorne and Dogwood. Um, we also heard finance presentations from Linda Quinley from MSBA and Dr. Rumble Evans from Piper Sandler. Um, moving on, July 9th, uh, Governor Kho signed, uh, Senate Bill 68. Um, there are a variety of provisions included in this bill. Um, largely Senator and Security. Um, one component that the board will visit about later this evening is regarding the
003cell phone ban. Um, and this is just a reminder for families. Um, in 2022, uh, Carney School District adopted a cell phone ban, uh, all the way through 9th grade. So, when we think about the implementation of this for this upcoming school year, 10th graders have not experienced having cell phones in the classroom. So, it's really our juniors and seniors that will be most impacted. And, and again, they're only one or two years away from having that same level of restriction in the junior high. So, keep that in perspective. >> I know this will be a change for students and families, but I at least want to acknowledge that. Um, I do believe that the intention is to create a distraction-free learning environment, which we definitely honor and respect, and we've seen the value at
004our middle school and junior highs. The benefit of that, I do want to note Senate Bill 63 was signed um that does give homeschooled, virtual, and family-paced education students the opportunity to participate in school athletics and activities. We've just received some guidelines from Misha and so probably more clarity to come about that shortly later this week. Um I'd like you to look for parents look for back to school registration information. Um also if you'd like to purchase a Carne School District uh back to school shirt for $17 by Saturday, July 26, one will be donated for a student who attends the 2025 back to school resource fair. So again, that's a nice way to give back to your community if you're interested. A couple of student highlights. Uh senior um Whitaker Stewart was recently named
005a national all-American in the 500 free and 200 free. This is his third time that he has earned this honor. Just an an amazing athlete and student. like to add that. Carne High School students, uh, Caleb Stevens, Casey Collins, uh, Jane Martins, Lake and Stub, Carter Brock, Carter Smith, and state champion Bennett Freeman, all qualified for the future business leaders of America, national uh, leadership conference, and four of our students actually went and attended. So, that's my report for this. >> Very good. Thank you, Dr. Miller. Next, we have the consent agenda. Move the consent agenda be approved as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Opposed. >> Thank you. >> Jason, did you did I miss you? You did. Sorry. >> I didn't raise my I didn't vote. I'm sorry. I um I
006meant to vote yes. >> Yes. Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Next, we have information items on project update. So, the board uh toured the facilities this morning uh at the three elementary schools, and for the benefit of those who may be watching at home, uh our additions at each of those buildings um are closing in on completion uh just making the final touches of flooring, paint, and you can see that um in these slides that the the additions will pretty much be done. the uh renovation work inside is a is a bit behind that. They started on it later and uh they will be finishing that up in the next two to two and a half weeks with um carpet, paint, electrical and then finally drop the ceilings and then um in the additions
007we will be having the furniture folks start assembly and placing furniture as early as next Monday. So, uh, pictures, the, uh, first one's just the cabinetry and casework at, uh, the expansion in Hawthorne. Some of the collaborative spaces in the renovated area of Hawthorne. You can see that the twotory edition at K is nearly complete um, outside and um, almost nearly complete inside in the classrooms, renovation work as well. um just kind of the same phase. They needed u some more time to finish those walls, floors and uh ceilings and then Dogwood is in the nearly the same place. So the renovation areas got um another week or two to finish those things and if you look at the library at Dogwood exterior done and the uh interior is ready for furniture on Monday. Any
008questions on those three? Just uh feel like I need to keep you updated. Um haven't touched base in a while about the deferred maintenance items that didn't they were not part of our three additions and renovations at those schools, but just want to report back kind of a a verbal where we're at with some of those uh roofs. Uh we have basically all flat roofs at the middle school and Dogwood are on the on the agenda to be replaced. Dogwood is completely done. Middle school is um lagging behind. It's a full replacement of the the middle school roof. It's a a parts of it are very complicated with the number of um lines, wires, gas pipes, and so on that are on that roof. And um there's a the whole north and west side of
009that roof is a tear off of two layers and they've had some complications with what they found underneath. So it's taken a little bit of w uh to get that part done. They are approaching the end of that run and so then they should be able to make some better time and hopefully catch up. That's not to say that that's not going to drag into August with what they've what they've found and and how long it's taken. So, we'll work with the roofing company to work around this um teachers arrival and then if it's still going to eventual uh start of school, whether that means they they dodge our school day or or just what we we'll work through that depending on where they're at. So, um Carney Elementary, that was a section that leads
010from the front door to the new addition and that just finished up yesterday with that work. and Hawthorne has a section that is if you can picture the front doors and then go south. That section will be completed. They've they've been on the roof prepping um the last couple days and that that work is supposed to start next Monday and go through that first week of August. So, those will be our um four se four roof um projects. HVAC, we had uh five buildings that had HVAC units put on them. They are all set and they are being uh hooked up and set up um this week and next and should be um if everything goes as planned be up and online in the next um four days. So HVAC is in place just need
011to have the setup and and hook up with our control systems. We've got exam ex expansion joint repairs and replacement at uh the junior high and south view. South view is completely done. Junior high is halfway done. So they've probably got five more days and and those are complete. Every expansion joint on the exterior of those buildings is being is taken out and being replaced. So um nearly done with that. epoxy flooring at South View is um started. It is the the kitchen and restrooms are done. They've started on the the hallways and cafeteria and entryway Monday. And so that that job is expected to run into next week as well. Safety glass film is on all of our buildings other than the Carney Elementary School. There was too much uh construction going on for
012their um for their install team to be um installing that with the amount of dust and debris that was going around outside of that school. So, they're coming back in a week and they have about 4 days of work there at Carne Elementary and and they have a few a few places at some of the other schools that ended up with some dust under the film that they'll get replaced as well. Playgrounds, we have um all four elementary schools are are getting playground additions and they have started that work at all four schools and they anticipate uh about a week of work at those. So by the end of next week those should be in place. Middle school facade and sophet that is on the north and the west side that is going to be
013a delayed project. The recommended panels that were going to replace the rock panels on the west and the north side. That was a delayed item in shipping and production. So, what um what we have going is school will be in session, but we'll have new Kirk work to have their installers do that after school hours. And um as our roof gets done, that's the same same work crew and company that's going to do the metal work that then ties into the wall. So, as that roof finishes up, the metal work will get done and then the panels will come in after the fact. carpet, some carpet spaces that were in addition to what the um elementary editions project called for. Um we we put that on a deferred maintenance. So if um one of those
014buildings was getting two kindergarten rooms carpeted and new carpet, we wanted to make sure all four of those kindergarten rooms that they had in the school got carpet. And as the expanded, we we um we worked in the needed areas at those schools. So, that is 95% um complete. There's a few tile um tile areas that are going to be done uh in August as that new tile comes in. Kitchen hood. There was a kitchen hood that we added after the the bids were out for the additions renovations at Hawthorne and that has been installed and should be operational once they flip the power on. You you guys were in the kitchen today and and that was a that was our last hood vent that didn't comply with all of the the codes when it
015was inspected. So, that's a nice addition after the fact. Has not started. The power has been run and basketball goals in the gyms at the elementary schools. The the the adjustable switch style of basketball hoops. It raises and lowers instead of having to crank up manually or not have it all. Those will be delivered uh first week of August and it takes they they said it was a a four-day process and so they should be done by the end of that first week. Exterior paint at Hawthorne and South View. I don't know if you had noticed when we were at Hawthorne the the top layer of tan it's um the fascia that comes off the roof a bunch a lot of that was buckled and bubbled up over the last several years. that has been
016replaced. They did some patchwork under there um with the stucco as well. And then uh the tint the trim, the green trim at South View Elementary has been um replaced and painted over with black to match the front um addition from last year. Support service building. Um you probably saw some work, some excavation work going around the foundation. We had some significant flooding every time it rained hard in the last several years. The we they dug down um discovered that there was a um a joint between two areas of foundation. It was about 3 in wide and then just the top the top foot had caul it and then the other three feet down to the bottom of the footing was just open in mud. And so, um, they sealed that, um, sealed the rest
017of the foundation and then regraded everything out of there to take the water out of there. So, hopefully we can have a a non flooded support services going forward. And then um we we part the last one on here is we have two roof ladders that um are going to be installed at the high school to allow our maintenance people to safely navigate the different layers of um and levels on the roof and they are set to be um delivered in early August and they will be installed as they get on site. just felt like I hadn't touched base with anybody on the deferred maintenance items. Um is it kind of the the the quick once over on that? Any questions? >> It's a lot to keep track of. Thanks for all your work on
018that. >> You bet. >> Getting the most out of it. Appreciate that. >> Welcome. >> Yeah, man. >> Thank you. Thank you, Eric. >> Next, we have financials. Good evening and thank you for this opportunity to be here tonight. I'm very excited about this new position. Um hopefully I have uploaded the reports that you're accustomed to seeing. Um I'm fairly new so I don't know that I can answer all your questions but if you do have any I'll I'll do my best. So um and and I thought we had a great discussion earlier today as far as maybe ways to improve the reports to maybe make them a little simpler to read. So, I'm getting very excited about trying to get some ideas put together hopefully by January um to make things a little easier
019to follow because I know there's a lot of numbers that can kind of get blurry at times. So, any questions? >> Thank you, Doug. >> Thank you. >> Okay, moving on to action items. Adult lunch prices. Move >> to approve the adult lunch prices for the 2025 2026 school year as presented. >> Second. All in favor? Opposed. Thank you. Approval of the bus routes routes for next year. Move to approve the bus routes for the 2025 2026 school year as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor. Thank you. Approval of gre of agreement with Tria Health. >> Move to approve the agreement with Tria Health LLC as presented. second. >> So, TRIA Health, as I put in the board update, is another cost containment strategy for our health insurance program. Uh, it uh targets uh
020chronic conditions and acute conditions where there's multiple medications that a patient may be taking. A lot of times there's some redundancies in those medications or some that don't interact well. And so TRIA will actually intervene and work with the doctors and the pharmacists to make sure that those are those that formulary is is the best for the patient. Uh they guarantee a one to one ROI, meaning for every dollar we give them, they're going to save that in claims. So it's $30,000 expense for the district. So they're saying that they're going to save us 30,000 in our pharmacy formulary. Um or they'll reimburse us that money. So it's I think it's a win-win for the district. It it'll also it'll save the plan money, but it's going to save our a lot of our staff
021money that they're paying for prescriptions they maybe don't ne necessarily need. Also, um it uh provides free of charge uh diabetic testing u materials for our uh staff members or members that have diabetes. So, that'll also be a benefit to our staff. Any questions about TRIA health? >> A onetoone roe ROI guarantee >> guarantee. Why wouldn't we spend a million dollars with them then? >> Well, it's great question. It's per employee per month. So, that's that's the the structure. So, every month per employee, we pay $6 per employee. And so, that's what that's the flat charge. All in favor? Thank you. Approval of revisions to the student handbooks related to personal communication devices. >> Move to approve the revision of student handbooks F265S for the 2025 2026 school year as presented. >> Second. >> So,
022as Dr. Miller uh mentioned earlier in her superintendent report um on uh July 9th, Senate Bill 68 was signed into law by Governor Kho um banning cell phones to being displayed during school hours in in Missouri public schools. So, as she said, we already have this uh practice K9 PreK9 uh in our district and it will only really affect our juniors and seniors but have experiences at the junior high since 2021 or 2022. >> So, the is presented >> matches the language in Senate bill. So, it reflects the exceptions and the criteria that the Senate bill offer um excuse me requires. And there's also the previous policy which was under 265S. And you can see there's a lot of similarities, but it's just more clear how this is outlined now. um that will this will
023be in all of our prek through 12 handbooks and uh the discipline uh guide as you can see the matrix there has changed a bit too and so that's going to be mirrored the exact same consequence for cell phone use prek through 12 as well >> Dr. McMains, do you want to expand on it's listed here, personal communication devices? It probably needs a little bit of clarity. >> Yeah. >> For everybody on that. >> So the definition not limited to these devices as well. So it'll it'll significantly limit um uh student personal electronic devices use during the school day. Um >> yeah, so probably from probably from a realistic perspective, the challenge will be earbuds. You know, determining whether what's on your wrist, is it really a smartwatch? You know, there's a lot of devices
024out there that look like a smartwatch that aren't a smartwatch. So I think I think there's some challenges that will come with this. But as far as cell phones, we have that practice um precedent set with up to grade nine. So, wanted to share that. But elaborate, it's it's more than just cell phones. >> The students are allowed to use the earbuds for their Chromebook. Is that right? So, would they have earbuds for their Chromebook? >> So, generally, um if they're using earbuds for their Chromebook, they're probably not using them for instructional purposes. But if there's a if you look in the exceptions, there are some times when students might have that for a 504 or an IEP. So those exceptions are allowed. >> And so as the nitty-gritty details, I think that the concern
025is that a teacher becomes more of a traffic cop than actual teacher. You know, how to adequately manage that, >> right? >> That that can be difficult in reality in the classroom. >> Consistency will be the key. >> Consistency is that Yeah. And then, you know, >> I have children my own. They can be pretty determined, right? You know, so having that uh stamina to sustain the entire year is they're going to need some support for sure. >> So, do I understand the policy that the So, the kid allegedly could have the phone in their pocket or something like that. Okay. I don't love this policy. Now I we're reacting to what the state did and we're accepting but um many of you received a a copy of the anxious uh generation and if you've
026read it uh you may remember the part yeah exactly you may remember the part about where we talked exactly about cell phones and what it talked about was studies show that the child having the cell phone on them does not actually it it helps to an extent but not the same way that it would if the cell phone were the further away it gets from them the better, right? So whether it's somewhere in the room to whether it's in their locker or whatever. So I understand it probably I could already hear the parent emails coming in. I'm not saying it should go in the locker, but I do think that it would be better to get the teacher out of being the cop and having to worry about policing that situation if we could look
027at a system where maybe they put their phones in the box when they come in or maybe there's there all sorts of things. there's pockets that are there individually. That way, it's still in the classroom. So, in the nightmare situation that every parent worries about, right? The phone is still accessible, but at the same time, it's not on them where you're tempted to check it. I in fact, this meeting is a good example. Earlier today, moments ago, practice football practice got cancelceled and I missed a vote. And so, and so it we're all kind of slaves to our phone when they're on us. And so, I I'm not going to demand changes to this policy. I couldn't even if I wanted to. But from a governance perspective, what I would love is can we agree
028that we'll take a look at it and next year as we come back maybe tell me what the pros and cons of that. Maybe there are some cons that I'm not aware of. >> Well, I think you're actually talking about procedure versus policy. Right. So, uh, procedurally, we already have cell phone caddies in our high school, right? I think that's still some discussion for high school administration to work out with their staff on how to best implement that procedure. >> So they can So I think let me rephrase what you're saying so that I'm I'm following you. You're saying that there there are caddies there that that does happen in some >> in some classes >> but not all. >> I would say that's probably accurate >> which is again the consistency piece, right? >>
029I mean I have a she turned I had one that turned in her cell phone every class. Yep. So, >> and is it is that just due to you you're allowing the building principal or the teacher to decide the policy? >> Yeah. So, when we developed our policy back or our stance on cell phone usage back in 2022, the reason why we allowed more flexibility at the high school level just due to gradual release of responsibility and empower the teacher to make the decisions on when it's appropriate to use in the class or not. Um, so again, uh, Dr. August really tried to support his teachers by putting those cell phone caddies in the classrooms >> and some teachers felt it was helpful, some didn't. >> So now at this point, we've got Senate Bill
03068. We'll just take the next step and we'll have more discussion at the high school level what that looks like. >> If teachers feel that it's helpful for their students to have cell phones, I I can't nor would I want to overrule them. I would disagree with them. Uh but if as long as I guess they have the ability to do that, I guess that's all I'm asking is to make sure that if somebody wanted to have a caddy or a box or whatever, they have that opportunity. So I if you're telling me that we have that covered and it's up to them, then my objection. >> I cannot guarantee it's in every classroom, but I am happy to reach out to Dr. >> Is that also true in the junior high and the middle
031school as well? >> I don't believe so. because I think it's >> they're just not allowed just they're not allowed to be outside their backpack or locker I believe >> right now whether or not I mean we don't have teachers policing whether it's on their person or not >> right >> you know >> okay I had several more comments now I won't get to get to them >> oh shucks are ready to vote all in favor Post. Thank you. Approvement of bill payment. >> Move to approve the bill payment to Darlene Bailey as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? Opposed? Stain. Thank you. Board member comments. Thank you very much for the tour today. That was wonderful to opportunity to see how much progress has been made and looks like there's a lot left
032to do, but it'll all come together, right, Eric? >> Yes. >> No, I it was it was great to see all the progress and >> see it all come together. >> Important dates, August 6th, chamber lunchon. August 7th and 8th, new teacher orientation. resource fair. August 11th, teachers first day back. August 14th, open house. August 19th, first day of school. And our next board meeting will be the second day of school. Miscellaneous >> action for close session to immediately proceed the regular meeting in August, including any record or vote to discuss items and issues allowable under section 610-021 of the Missouri Sunshine Law. >> Second. Roll call, please. >> Matt Baker, >> yes. >> Jason Clint, >> I. >> Jake Smith, >> yes. >> Christina Lindsay, >> yes. >> Reese Whiter, >> yes. >> Nick
033Vasquez, >> yes. >> Charlene Bailey, >> yes. >> We're adjourned.