001[music] Good evening and welcome to Akran Public Schools. uh monthly meeting for February the 9th, 2026. Roll call, please. Mr. Treasurer. >> Reverend Harrison, >> present. >> Mr. JRose, >> present. [snorts] >> Miss Kelly, >> present. >> Dr. Molinar, >> present. >> Mr. Montgomery, >> present. >> Mrs. Sykes, >> present. >> All present and accounted for. >> Thank you, Mr. Barra. You forgot me. >> Sorry, Miss Hall. [laughter] >> Now you have seven out of seven. [laughter and gasps] >> Thank you, Mr. Treasure. Thank you uh very much. Uh please join me with the members of our board, our school scholar, and the public. Please join me with the as we uh recite our pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which
002it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Approval of the previous meetings minutes. Is there a motion to approve our regular meeting minutes from January 29th? >> Some moved. >> That was a motion by member member Hall. Is there a second? >> Second by member Jerosa. Any discussions? Hearing no discussion and seeing no one that that decides to uh to make any amendments to our amendments minutes um all members are prepared to vote and the treasurer shall call the role. >> Mr. Derose, >> yes. >> Miss Kelly, >> yes. >> Dr. Molar, >> yes. >> Mr. Montgomery, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sykes, >> yes. >> Miss Hall, >> yes. >> Reverend Harrison, >> yes. >> Motion carries 70. >> Thank you. recognitions. >> Thank you, President Sykes.
003January is National Board Member Appreciation Month. Due to the weather, students were not able to give their tokens of appreciation to our board members. We would like to take a moment to do that this evening. Michelle Marcus Karns, our executive director of secondary education, will present on behalf of Nif STEM High School in the absence of principal Dina Popa and her students, Board President Sykes, Vice President Molinar, Superintendent Outley, and board members. Good evening. It is my honor to uh represent Mrs. popa this evening uh to provide you with a small token of their appreciation. The support our school board provides allows us to transform traditional classrooms into vibrant hubs of innovation. What began 5 years ago as a smallcale project with 10gallon aquariums has blossomed into a dedicated lab at NT STEM High School.
004This expansion has allowed our AP environmental science and conservation science students to move beyond textbooks and engage in hands-on learning focused on ecosystems, nutrient cycling, and water quality. Beyond the science credits, this program is fostering a true sense of community. We see it in the teamwork during class and in the dedicated students who stay after school every day to maintain our systems. Our students are not just growing plants. They're taking home harvest to share with their families and exploring future goals like sustainable food production. As a token of our appreciation, we would like to present you with these herb window boxes. This gift is a true collaborative effort across our school. The herbs were grown hydroponically by students in Coach York's aquaponics club, AP environmental science, and conver conversation classes, excuse me. The vinyl sticker
005logos were designed and produced by students and coach Abbee's innovation lab. The assembly was completed by a variety of our student leaders. Thank you for your vision and for providing the space where our students can grow both academically and personally. Mrs. Popa, >> thank you. And we have Thank you very much, Mrs. Marcus Karns. And we have one final presentation by principal uh Sabetta on behalf of Elllet CLC. Good evening um board members, superintendent, thank you so much for having us here this evening. We just want to take a moment from CLC to show our appreciation, small token of appreciation um for all of your service and commitment to Akran public schools and our students. Um, Mr. Mitchell is a a teacher at Elllet and he is in their college and career pathway for Project
006Lead the Way Engineering and one of his students, Mr. Dylan Kersy, is here beside me. He's going to tell you a little bit about his gift that his classmates have created. The students are in community computer integrated manufacturing class. >> Hi, I'm Dylan. Um, I'm a senior and I designed the plaques. Um, I laser engraved them. Yeah, those right there. If you could take, if you could take it out, if you could take it out, you can see the words much better. Um, the way we made them is we, um, used a CO2 laser engraver and we put a damp paper towel on top to absorb the heat shock on the glass so that it makes a more like cloudy opaque look of the text. Um, so I do a lot of laser engraving stuff.
007I laser engrave engraved other plaques for the school. Um, I use a CNC machine and I make a lot of like we're making a lot of aluminum blocks that have they're like little mazes and they have like words on them for our graduation and I also do 3D printing stuff. But yeah, >> thank you. [applause] >> Thank you. It is beautiful. Thank you so so very much. Any comments from any other members of the board? Member Harrison. >> Thank you, Madam President. Um certainly want to thank uh the students at Elllet High School for um thinking about the board. We certainly appreciate it. Um and the students at Nif High School. Um it it really is um special when we get something that is made from the students. I I I I really appreciate that.
008I want to thank you for thinking about us and just your hard work and um hopefully one day we will be um patronizing your business. So, thank you so much. >> Absolutely. [laughter] >> Member Hall. >> Yes. Um I totally agree with member Harrison. I just want to say thank you to STEM because I keep saying I need to grow cilantro. Now I have cilantro. So now I got to keep it going. Um I am a gardener too. So, I do enjoy um plants. And then also, thank you so much for this plaque. I'm always looking for um studentled items that we can purchase instead of going, you know, I still support our local businesses, but I also would like, you know, to our students to do more um things like this, like when we
009have banquetss and let's do let's have the students. We spend so much money on the materials and the products at all of these schools with the printing and the shirts and whatever it is. You know, I would encourage us to purchase more from the school and give back to the kids. Um being asked that you're a senior, if we purchase some items, this would help with their dues, you know. So, how can we help our children um cut down some of the cost so during graduation and things like that we can give back to APS? Thank you. >> Thank you, member Hall. Any other members? Seeing no more members, no more comments from the members. Again, thank you so much. We so much appreciate recognizing us. We so much appreciate that. Moving on. Uh so
010our scholar board members here today, Kenyatta Cooper III, and uh he is a junior at Bookto CLC. and we would appreciate hearing any comments that you would like to share with us today. >> Good evening, Madam President, madam superintendent Ali, honorable members and distinguished guests. My name is Kimat Cooper III and I'm a junior at Book of CLC in Matthew Simpson's construction and masonry pathway. This is my first year serving as a student board member and I'm and I'm honored to be here not only as a student leader but as a voice for students who are often unheard. This year, I was accepted into the Pathway to Purpose cohort with the Black Chamber of Commerce of Summit County. After graduation, I plan to pursue a high-paying career and/or attend college, possibly majoring in architecture or
011entering the trades while minoring in music. I wrestle, play football, and baseball, and I'm still trying to make room for a choir or band. Book is also the first public school I've ever attended. I arrived here in 8th grade, and the 1040 family has helped shape who I am today. Unfortunately, Book is often overlooked or labeled unfairly when compared to other schools. It can feel like we've been given less. But what people don't always see are the diamonds in the rough, the resilience, the creativity, and the teamwork and the determination of our students. I chose to serve on this board because where you come from should never limit where you're going. Book should not be defined only by athletics, disciplined, data, or stereotypes. Our students deserve to be inspired, invested in, and believed in. Our
012pathways, business, marketing, cosmetology, medicine, and construction are powerful opportunities. As a creative and driven student, these programs allow me to build a future and prove that greatness exists inside our building. But students also need support beyond the classroom. We need stronger relationships, more clubs, more enrichment, and more spaces where students feel they belong. Many of our students carry heavy burdens, and for some, school is the safest place they have. Let me be clear. We are not behind a potential. We are behind an opportunity. Our zip code does not define our destiny. With greater investment, exposure, and support, both can continue to produce leaders, professionals, and change makers who are confident and prepared for the world ahead. Thank you to the board and superintendent Ali for listening today and for allowing me to serve. I look
013forward to working with you to ensure that book is not just a school people talk about, but a school people truly believe in. >> Wonderful. Thank you. Any comments from any of the members of the board? member Hall. >> Thank you, Madam President. I just want to say job well done. I know we kind of spoke about you wanting to go into the um construction industry. Um and so if you need help with anything, please let me know. I also want to acknowledge that um his father is the reason why we have Hoop for Coupe um with the guys and gals. >> Um Hoop for Coupe um started off providing health screenings for black men. >> Mhm. Um and now it's for the students where we do health screenings and um uh free athletic uh
014uh screenings so that they can participate in sports. So um you come from a legacy. I know that you will do well. You come from 1040 too of course. But I just want you to keep up the good work and um just keep doing your thing. Thank you. >> Thank you member Hall. So, so remember member Cooper, you said that you came to Akran at what age? Were you born here? >> I was born here. I came I joined BTO in 8th grade. >> Oh, you came to BTO in eighth grade. Yes. >> Okay. And so so uh your experience at BKO has been uh delightful. >> Yeah, it has been has been delightful. Well, you know here we have uh clusters and each one of the members are responsible for the clusters and so
015I am responsible for bookto cluster and I am president of this board so believe me book is not overlooked. It is not overlooked. Bto is not has not and will not be overlooked. And if you were here the last if you had been here was two weeks ago where we passed legislation and there will be some significant improvements and upgrades at Book at the tune of not to exceed $2.5 million [laughter] per member Harrison $2.5 million. And so we are very proud of BTO and all of the fantastic work that comes out of BTO and just as important all of the fantastic people that come out of Bookto. So your superintendent is also a graduate of Bookto as well as the as the me the member next to you there on your right. So you
016you have you have such a legacy at Book uh for education uh athlet athlet athlet athletic uh activities uh the arts the sciences so bookto is a school that we always look towards you are providing leadership and we are very proud and honored and I am particularly honored to say that I am the cluster leader for bookto so uh thank you so much and as I said to you earlier, I hope you can stay around for a bit, listen to some of our of our meeting and I will be back. I will be back just just to get your observations of what you hear as we go through this process. Welcome. Are your parents here? >> No, >> your parents are not here. Is anyone from here from Book Representing Book? >> Brought him. I
017know we all are here representing BTO. That's I see our communications per I know you're all here representing BTO. So show him that he has plenty of representation here from BTO. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. So as we go through this process I think you will feel the love. Feel the love. Thank you. Alrighty. So is there anyone here to speak to the board? Is there anyone from the public that would like to speak to the board? Okay, seeing no one uh to speak to the board, then we will go to the superintendent's report. >> Thank you, President Sykes. I just have a few items I would like to cover with the board and our community this evening. One being APS has declared the 2526 school year as our year of literacy. I'm excited to share
018the winners of the highest number of books read in January for the superintendent's book club with the most books at the elementary level is Barber CLC. At the middle school level, Miller South and at our high school representing strong coming out first place is Firestone CLC. Where is Book Doll? You got to get reading. get reading, get your classmates reading. So, congratulations to those schools for reading the most books for the month of January. Also, last Thursday, I had the honor of attending the Summit Educational Service Center Education Celebration where three of our fabulous APS staff members were celebrated along with other Summit County educators. Ivonne Culver has retired, but she was one of the recipients receiving one of the ESC's lifetime achievement awards. Tracy Robinson from Shoemarker CLC was celebrated as one of their
019teacher educators of the year. And Brooke Bennett from Mason CLC was celebrated as one of their rookies of the year. So, we would like to congratulate our APS staff. I would also like to announce the launch of the superintendent's community conversation, listen and learn tour. I think I have a flyer real quick to showcase. Uh from February through April, I will be hosting evening community conversations in six of our clusters. These sessions are designed to provide families, staff, and community members with an opportunity to meet with me directly, share perspectives, and discuss what's happening in their schools. During each conversation, I will also share district updates, pro provide progress and goals as we continue working together to support student success. Our first meeting will be in collaboration with our board member Phil Montgomery in the
020Elllet cluster where he is hosting a town hall Wednesday, February 19th at 6:00 p.m. So we look forward to seeing everyone, listening to your feedback, and engaging in meaningful dialogue. And the last item I would like to share is the redistricting plan proposal for Leot CLC. Very brief information as an update. Uh the information was originally presented at our instructional policy. There were a few questions that we would just like to address and uh we will be announcing also some community meetings that will be taking place in the near future. So the first question we would like to address is why redistricting is needed. Jennings CLC is currently operating at a 99% capacity and our goal is to design a redistricting plan that relieves Jennings capacity issue. A long-term sustainable solution will help to balance
021enrollment. Our redistricting um proposed phase in transition. We are looking at less than approximately but no more than uh 60 students per year will transition to the proposed middle school over the next three years. Uh we would like to u make sure that families are aware that they will have an opportunity for their siblings to remain together at Jennings or move to the new proposed site. Why is this plan recommended? Again, it is to help reduce the uh enrollment numbers at Jennings CLC. And we did want to share a map very quickly. Very quickly, I'm look I'm looking past you. I'm looking into the Yes. No. to the our technology friends. As we're waiting for that map to come up, just to show uh what the two areas, proposed areas look like, there will be
022a virtual meeting um Tuesday, February 10th at 6:00 p.m. We will be located here in the boardroom. If anyone would like to actually come to the boardroom, that would be okay. But you do not have to leave your home. We have a link that was sent out for you just to go to the website, click on it, and join us virtually. We will also have an in-person meeting Wednesday, February 11th at 6:00 p.m. at Leot CLC and also Thursday, February 12th at um NSLC. Okay. So, uh Madam Superintendent, could you describe if we were seeing the map what we would see? >> [laughter] >> I want you to envision. Yes. >> Uh, a purple. I [laughter] believe we had our colored. Yes. >> I'm sorry. >> That's all right. >> Imagine if you will. >>
023Yes, [laughter] Mr. Johnston. >> Imagine if you will. >> Yes. >> Uh, we have we have the um >> Hello, dear. We would just like to point out using the map what the current boundaries look like for Leot CLC and what the proposed boundary change would look like. It's very brief and also there's a slide just letting you know if you're curious what the current numbers are by grade level at at Jennings. >> Is there someplace online we could go to see this that the public could go to see this? Yes. >> Yes, we will. Um, again, we sent this out via a media release. So, you can go to our website and we are planning to have a popup where you can just click on it and it will show you the information. >>
024Okay. >> So, we certainly do not mind moving on. So, you can continue with the board meeting and given time at the end, we certainly would like the opportunity if available to share the map. Thank you. Was that the last of your presentations? >> That is President Sykes. Thank you for the opportunity. >> All righty. Thank you. Well, she's still working there. So, let me just call on our student representative today. So you did you just hear that we have 99% capacity at a school in Jennings and because of that we have to look at spreading our students out. What do you think about that 99% capacity which means that there's not enough seats anymore or there won't be. >> That's interesting. That is interesting to me. >> Could you turn it? >> That is
025interesting to me. >> Are you surprised to hear that? >> Yes. Why do you think that's happening? >> Um maybe big families in the area and that's just the closest school to them. >> Madam superintendent, why is that happening? >> Well, thank you for the question. Our north cluster is our quickest growing cluster due to students who are transferring actually into the United States and into Ohio and into Akran. This is the cluster where they are being relocated to. And so it is our most diverse cluster of the six. And it is growing very rapidly. >> Correct. And when we say north, you you know we're talking the schools are North High School. >> Correct. The middle school is Jennings. And then at the elementary level we have uh Harris Jackson, Finley, Forest Hill and
026we also have >> Leot. So that is the the the fastest growing group in our so in some of our our schools we have uh at capacity in some of the schools we have less than capacity meaning that there are empty chairs. So when we change this whole process, it's called redistricting, meaning that we're moving children from one school to the other to equalize that because uh we want all children, all of our students to be able to get the proper attention that they deserve and that they need. And so we want to make sure that they are able to get the attention that they deserve and need in order to become the scholars that we want them to. So it is necessary that we redistrict and so there are meetings this week. >> That
027is correct. So tomorrow, Tuesday is our virtual meeting >> and then on Wednesday we will have a meeting actually at >> le >> and on Thursday we will travel to Inis. >> The meetings will all begin at 6:00 p.m. >> 6 p.m. Okay. All righty. So, we're going to move on with the uh Thank you very much. We'll just move on to the treasurer's update. >> Thank you, Madam President, Vice [clears throat] President Molnar, Superintendent Outley, and members of the board. Uh tonight, I'm going to go over our financial forecast. Uh this update is due to the state of Ohio by February 28th. House Bill 96 moved up this submission deadline. In previous years, we'd be submitting this in May. Uh but this means uh this early uh submission date means that we're forecasting based
028on 50% of this year's actual data as opposed to having 75% of our current year's actual data on the books um as we have in the past with other with our May submissions. Um one other major change to this forecast is that we're no longer calling it the five-year forecast. I keep saying this. the the Department of Education and Workforce is now simply referring to it as the financial forecast. Um, structurally, beginning next year, fiscal 27 and forward, the forecast will no longer actually be a five-year forecast, showing one year of actual and five project. It'll starting with next school year. The forecast will contain the current year revenue appropriations and fund balance assumptions contained in the budget adopted by the board for the fiscal year end and projections of revenues, expenditures, and fund balance
029for three succeeding fiscal years. So functionally, it'll be a four-year forecast. Uh this is the second submission for this school year and the final one. Um, however, it's still going to be submitted in the five-year format this year. Our August one will be in that new four-year format. So, here on the first slide, let me get that up there for you. Um, [clears throat] and you guys have I I handed out the PowerPoint and an additional one pager that I'll refer to when we get to one of the slides. I did not I'm not going to throw this one up on the screen, but this might shed a little light on it might tie some things together a little bit easier for us. Um, so here in this current fiscal year, our we are expected
030to receive $378.4 million in revenue and spend 386.5 million, which reflects $8.1 million in deficit spending. At the beginning of this fiscal year, we started with $89.1 million and we're projecting to end the year at $81 million. On the next slide, this is our current year projected revenue. Our forecasted general revenue consists of two primary funding sources, uh, local taxes and then state aid. Um, 204.8 8 or 54% is in state funding and 156.7 is in local tax. And that last 16.7 million or about 4% is received from other revenue sources such as earnings on investments, rentals, and donations. On the next slide, this is a breakdown of our expense expenditures. Uh we're forecasting that about 80% or 309.5 million of our total $486 million in or $386 million in expenditures will come from personnel
031costs. And I apologize. I'm just going to say this right now. I I don't know why all of these uh numbers are Phil. This is probably driving you crazy. I straightened this thing up. So now, so I will I will get and I believe it's straightened up on your handouts, but um I digress. Sorry about that. Um $48 million is uh spent through purchase services, which consists of uh services rendered by personnel not on the district payroll. Um and then the other 28 million is in uh all other expenditures. Here is a um [clears throat] here is where we're going to refer to the other document I handed out. Um this is a good summary of the whole forecast at once. Um based on what we know right now, this page is a summary of
032what our forecast for our next four and a half years looks like. uh financially decisions we make now can and will affect these projections and the sooner we make those decisions, the sooner these numbers change. There's two bar graphs on this page. On the left, we're comparing our revenue in blue to expenditures in orange and on the right in blue is our actual 25 cash balance and projected 2026 through 2030 cash balances. The combination of these two graphs so shows us that the amount by which our expenditures are exceeding revenues could by the start of fiscal year 29 deplete all of our cash balance over the next three years. We forecast that expenses will exceed revenue by 35 million. And here's where you can look to the one pager on line 7.07 [clears throat] 7.02
033102. And you can see there [snorts] that we are in 2029 at 37 million in the red. At the end of fiscal 28, we're 18.6 to the good, but it continues to drop as we keep going. And then at the end of five years, June 3030, we forecast that if we stay on the same path we're on, our expenditures will outpace our revenues by about 75 million. And that outpacing line is 6.01. There you can see 35 million over budget in 28 55 million 29 75 and 30. [snorts] So our cash deficit as a result of that would be 112 million. That's a lot on one slide, I know, but that that's now we're going to go into more detail on some of those things. So on slide six here, the average annual change in
034key revenue on the left hand side is about has been about 1.52%, but we're expecting that to only go up .004% in the next four years. However, that 004% also takes into account a 3.4% increase this year. So I'm actually saying that that is going to decrease over the next four years by about 3.72 total. On the expense side, over the last three years, we've [snorts] increased at a rate of 5.34%, but we're projecting that to be about 2.8% over the next five years. And again, those extra comments at the bottom, I have cleaned all that up. And I I this is driving me crazy. [snorts] our days cash on hand on the next slide. This is just showing what we've already seen on the previous slide, but it what this is doing is calculating
035the number of days cash on hand based on our fiscal year expenses. It takes our total expenses for the year and divides that by 365. So you can see in 2026 at the end of this school year, we we will we project that we'll have 77 days of cash on hand. Now, our board policy 6234 recommends we maintain a minimum cash balance in the general fund of no less than two months, which is about 60 days. You can see that in 28, we're at the end of that school year. So, two years from this coming June 30th, we'll have 17 days on hand. And in, you know, like the first month of that school year, we'll be going into the red on our current pace. Here is our district enrollment. [clears throat] [snorts] It reflects
036an average decline of about 1.1% or 218 students a year. This data is pulled straight from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Electronic Management Information System or EMIS data and represents Akran residents currently enrolled. The fiscal year num 26 number is from the November 7th state foundation settlement report. So this just occurred. These are this is um very timely information. The next slide is our per pupil general fund expenditures. We expect this trend to continue to increase at about the a rate of 5.17 or about $1,000 a year for students. And it's calculated by taking total general fund expense expenditures for the year and dividing it by the number of students enrolled. Moving right along on slide 10 here. [clears throat] [snorts] The daily cost to educate a student and resident share. We are
037projecting that this year it will cost $114 a day to educate one student broken down into revenue sources. State and federal funding, business tax, and other sources make up about 77% of that number or $88. while Akran's residents property tax make up the other 23% or $26. [snorts] If we take the 2026 cost to educate a student of 20,563 divided by 180 day school year, that's how we get the $114. And now here is a comparison of this forecast to the one we just did in August, which seems like we just talked about yesterday. It just goes time went by so fast. But on [clears throat] our revenue side this year, [snorts] we're projecting a slight increase of 477,000, which is about 01% of our revenue. And that's primarily due to tax increment FI financing
038we weren't expecting. on [snorts] the expenditure side in the for some good news. Um we're projecting a 6.5 million overall decrease in expenses and this is attributed to a variety of areas that are still fleshing out as the school year goes on. But we had a decrease in textbook expense, reduced building expenses, reductions in overtime. We've seen reduced legal expense and reductions in supplies expense, all contributing to that. So we're so those those are some good things there. [snorts] That's the end of the forecast. Um [clears throat] but in conclusion on the current path we're on, we'll be facing some serious financial difficulty in the next few years. Um at the beginning of 29, we'll drop below our board cash policy requirement of about 60 days. But the sooner we make some decisions on this,
039the better and it will positively influence this path and we'll be on the right track. Are there any questions? Thank you, M. >> Thank you, Mr. Treasurer. Are there any questions from any of the members? All right, then. Seeing and hear no questions, what about our student uh member? Do you have any questions? >> No. >> All righty then. So, we're going to move on. Uh since seeing in here no questions for the treasurer then we will move to our consent agenda. So there has been a request to move item no I'm sorry we're not moving to our consent agenda. We're going to go to committee reports. Uh so finance and capital management committee. >> Mr. Montgomery. >> Thank you madam president. The finance and capital management committee has not met since the last board
040meeting update, but the next meeting is next Wednesday, February the 18th at 6:30. >> Next Wednesday, February 18th. >> Thank you, Mr. Montgomery. Instructional policies and student achievement committee. >> Thank you, Madame President. Instructional policy and student achievement committee met last Monday, February 2nd. Um right here we had a datafilled conversation uh started by uh Keith Licy Clifford who talked about our early literacy data and explicit instruction and the gains that we are making. Um the uh committee also presented some information about um our um AI integration. Um Karen Septic presented about um uh professional development that was done with a lot of our staff using Gemini and Notebook LM. And I want to point out and brag again about our district because we were one of the first districts to have an AI policy
041starting in 2023. Other districts are just making theirs now. And so it was a win for us as we continue to develop our students and our staff for the future. Um there was also um a conversation about our attendance data and how we have an increase of attendance due to the initiatives of um the Harvard proving ground and a lot of those partnerships and a lot of the work that um administration has done and there's also been a decrease in out of school suspension and um that leads into the conversation for our next instructional policy committee meeting which will be on March 2nd and uh we're going and continue talking about policies 5600, 5610 and there was also uh brought up for uh policy 5120 district assignment and boundaries um where administration brought up uh
042the conversation that's that was in the superintendent report today about um going and discussing with the community the potential to um address some of the crowding ing at Leot. So having a community tour. So there was not a proposal uh for the board. I think um whenever whenever it gets on the website, that'll be the first time we all see it together. Um so the the map may be later today. Um of whatever that uh upcoming recommended plan might be might be brought to the board um in March. We'll be able to see it then. Um but um it's let me see what else here. Um the next instructional policy committee meeting is March 2nd. And I did note when I heard in the superintendence report and uh President Sykes, your comment kind of reminded
043me about the north cluster and about why the community is growing and how the community is growing. And it sounded like that the only next virtual meeting is tomorrow, which is really short notice for a community that might not be getting out very often or wanting to go out and congregate in large groups very often because it is a delicate time to be out and about for some um people in some communities. And so I I look forward to this being presented online and available to our families online. And I would encourage um that when the proposal is brought to the board, a reminder, nothing has been decided yet, but to please watch the instructional policy committee meeting. That might be the first chance a lot of families have to receive this. And so, not
044to slow down the progress, but in the spirit of transparency and and true community engagement, possibly even opening up another virtual meeting after that um so families have a chance to react virtually. Thank you. That concludes my report. >> Thank you, Member Mard. Good suggestions. Is there a report from Legal and Contract Committee? Thank you, Madam President. The Legal and Contract Committee will be meeting on February 18th from 4:30 to 5:30. We have not met since the last board meeting. >> Thank you. Policy Committee. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the policy committee met uh on February 2nd um in this boardroom. Um, we went over the backlog of policies and how we would move those forward together. Um, the policy committee voted six transportation policies out of committee that we will be sending
045to the rules committee um for the next agenda. I um next agenda to be approved by the board at the next agenda. At our next meeting, March 2nd, okay, >> we will have an update on the administrative um administrative leave policy, which will be a new policy um updating the public records policy and we will have an update of the independent contractors policy. Um in our committee we also discussed the um diversity, equity and inclusion policy and um that is on the table for discussion. I um encourage our citizens to come in and lend their voices to this policy. Um the discussion will center around um the red threading of diversity, equity, inclusion in all policies. um we need to have that lens when we're looking at not just having a dedicated person or dedicated
046policy but we need to look at red threading um diversity equity and inclusion in everything we do as a district. So those will be the topics for our next meeting on March 2nd in the Dr. Curtis Dr. Reverend Curtis Walker boardroom um here at 5:30. And that concludes my report. >> Thank you member Harrison. Uh uh rules committee. Yes. Member Kelly. >> Um Madame President, I didn't have anything to say. >> All right. Member Kelly, the rules committee did meet. All right. So, the report is a part of the agenda. So we can uh can take a look at the agenda and uh I will just say uh if All right. Let me let me just say that uh the rules committee did meet and that the rules the rules committee is looking at making
047sure that we have uh uniformity across all of our committees and that we're we're going to make sure that we uh are [snorts] are providing the necessary leadership and rules committees so that the other committees would know the expectation of our various committees and the uh rules committee uh will meet instead of once per month, we will meet twice per month to allow us to make sure that we're able to review those items that the uh committee that the administration is asking to go on the agenda. And so, uh our next committee meeting was scheduled to meet on holiday, which is President's Day. So instead of meeting on President's Day, we will meet on that Tuesday >> which is which is February 17th at 6:30. Student Success Celebration Committee. >> Thank you, Madam President. Um
048we have not met this month as of yet. We will meet on Wednesday, February 18th from 5:30 to 6:30. Thank you. >> Thank you, member Hall. Now to the consent agenda. There has been a request to move item 12.1 from our consent agenda to new business. Uh that's 12.1 is limited supplemental contract. Limited supplemental contract and so we will discuss that under new business. All right. So is there a request to remove any additional items from the consent agenda? a request to remove any additional items from the consent agenda. Seeing and hearing no requests to remove any additional items from the consent agenda, the question is, is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> So moved by member Hall. Is there a second? >> Second by member Montgomery. So the question is, shall
049the consent agenda pass? All members are prepared to vote. The treasurer, would you please call the role? >> Miss Kelly? >> I. >> Dr. Molner? [snorts] >> Yes. >> Mr. Montgomery? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Sykes? >> Yes. >> Miss Hall? >> Yes. >> Reverend Harrison? >> Yes. >> Mr. Derose? >> Yes. >> Motion carries 70. >> Thank you, Mr. Treasure. We'll move to the per personnel recommendation 24.1 employment community resource specialist after school 21st CLC grant. This is an item that was on the consent agenda that was request to be moved back to the regular agenda. Are there any? Is there a motion to approve 24.1 employment community resources specialist Akran after school 21st CLC grant moved >> moved by member Gerro. Is there a second? >> Second by member Harrison. Is there discussion? Member
050Hall. >> Thank you, Madam President. Um regarding 24.1 um my question would be with the community resource specialists um we have family liaison and my thoughts would be to how do we assist the community the family liaison to be um more efficient not saying they're that they're not efficient but to give them more support more opportunity to assist our families. So instead of hiring a community resource specialist, why don't we provide our family liaison with more community support where they can sorry more community resources to support the families that they already um work with on a day-to-day basis. >> Madame President, Madam Superintendent, >> um thank you for the question, Member Hall. My understanding is some of the family resource uh liaison does have this position as well. So we do have Desiree Balden who
051uh originated all of this for us uh with the 21st century grant and she's here to provide a little additional insight if you would like. >> Thank you. Yes, we would like. >> Hi, good evening. >> Good evening. So um we employ um Akran public school employees in the Akran after school program and depending on what they do during the day determines on how we can employ them in the um afterchool space. So we do use family uh liaison. The community resource specialist requires a degree. So we also have non-deree positions which are like a recreation specialist um all different categories. So uh there's plenty of opportunity to find this space in Akran after school. Um does that help >> follow up? Thank you madam president. So the community resource specialists are particularly just for
052the afterchool program. Um, no. Community resource specialist is a job that is in um our HR department that can be used. I know um an example in our vocal arts programs, they use community resource specialist for those who have degrees in teaching vocal. Um, and it's usually in um a space that we don't have a teacher for, but it it's a degreed person that is supporting whatever project. >> Okay. >> Does that make sense? >> No, I guess I'm confused on the two >> the two different um the roles because when I look at I'm sorry [laughter] >> when I look at community resource specialists I look at >> you know someone bringing information to the students to the community and so forth. So that's why I stated like family liaison could, you know, maybe
053take on a little bit more as well as we pay them at least $15 an hour or more um instead of hiring a community resource specialist, but you're stating that they also go to the classrooms when there's not a teacher. >> So um um let me clarify. A community resource specialist is a job code that's used um for the in our particular case the Akran after school space based on what they do during the day. This current individual is a Nepali degreed interpreter that has limited hours as an interpreter is not interpreting and after school is supporting the Nepali community in Forest Hill in the intervention and enrichment space. So that community resource specialist job description fits this person because they're offering support um that is beyond having a te supporting the teacher in the
054classroom in the intervention space. >> Okay, thank you. >> Does that help? >> Any additional questions? Any other questions from board members? Okay, >> just one more. >> Member Hall. >> Thank you, Madam President. So I would ask because I guess this could have been very easily simplified had we known Forest Hill Nepali um representative um that works in the classrooms. When we get it it's it just says community resource specialist. So you know I'm all about you know let's let's um help out our current uh staff to be able to um do the work. And when I think of family liaison, I'm like, okay, that's like firsthand where the families are connecting with um the family liaison and the schools, not just an extra community resource specialist. But since you broke it down, Mrs.
055Bowden, as Forest Hill, Npali, that means so much more because there is a greater need. So, thank you for explaining that. So I I guess going forward if we could sometimes have some of that stuff in the agenda to make it a little easier to understand I wouldn't have so many questions all the time. [laughter] Thank you. >> That's okay. >> Thank you. Thank you member Hall. Any additional questions from any board member? Member Kelly. >> Uh thank you President Sykes. I too want to add to what member Hall is saying. When these positions are brought to us, it would help if we had all of the information, as much information that can be provided that would help us navigate through making these decisions because I I I didn't see anything that gave detail on
056the significance of this position. and we're being asked to make a decision for someone's employment and in addition to space where students would benefit from having someone that speaks Nepali. This is my maybe second time during a school board meeting where I am asking again if there is information that would that would support us making decisions on these positions that is provided to us as a hard copy andor attached to the agenda that is sent to us prior to this prior to the meeting. Thank you. Thank you member Kelly. Uh are there any additional questions or comments from any any board member? I think the superintendent has so noted and we will uh also note that as we bring items to the rules committee that that is another place where we can talk more about
057uh the particulars of the committees as as the particulars of the item as well as all of the other committees. That's the purpose of of of committee meetings to get all of this out and to answer those questions. So, uh we will continue to make sure that we put an effort up to do that uh to make sure that we're doing that. So the question is shall the item pass 24.1 employment community resource specialist act Akran after school 21st CLC grant. Okay, seeing no more questions, all members are prepared to vote and the treasurer will call the row. >> Dr. Molinar, >> yes. >> Mr. Montgomery, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sykes, >> yes. Miss Hall, >> yes. >> Reverend Harrison, >> yes. >> Mr. Jerose, >> yes. >> Miss Kelly, >> yes. >> Motion carries
05870. >> Thank you. Business and affairs recommendation 25.1 leadership and learning LLC service uh contract. Uh this is a contract to enter into a contract for the evaluation of the treasurer CEO for the 2025 2026 school year with Leadership and Learning LLC effective for the 202526 school year with a total cost not to exceed $3,000 plus mileage to be charged to ESC funds. Is there a motion? So moved >> a motion by member Montgomery. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Is there any discussion? >> Seeing and hearing no discussions, all members are prepared to vote. The treasurer should call the role. >> Dr. Molinar, >> yes. >> Mr. Montgomery, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sykes, >> yes. >> Miss Hall, >> yes. >> Reverend Harrison, >> yes. >> Mr. Jerose, >> yes. Miss Kelly. >>
059Yes. >> Motion carries 70. >> Thank you. Thank you. Uh unfinished business. We have uh uh under um no unfinished business. Under new business, we have 12.1. 12.1 would be the item that was referred from the consent agenda. Limited supplemental contract. Is there a motion? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Is there any discussion? Just for your information, the limited supplement contract includes positions such as a student teacher mentor, softball coach, student teacher mentor, assistant cheerleader, supervisor, junior varsity wrestling coach, freshman wrestling coach in various schools. Okay. So all members are prepared to vote. The question is shall the item pass. All members are prepared and the treasurer will call the role. >> Miss Hall. >> Yes. I'm I'm sorry. Abstain. >> Abstain. Yes. >> Reverend Harrison. >> Yes. >>
060Mr. Gerose. >> Yes. >> Miss Kelly. >> Yes. >> Dr. Molinar. Yes, >> Mr. Montgomery. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Sykes. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. 601. >> Thank you. Resolutions 271, resolution honoring Mary Williams Lee 106th birthday. Mary Williams Lee was born on February 18th, 1920 and has been a cherished resident of Si County for nearly 104 years having moved to Akran, Ohio at the age of two. And whereas Mrs. Williams is a proud graduate of Akran West High School, class of 1938, where she remains as a active and beloved alumni, most recently receiving the Miss Congeniality award at her class reunion held at the women's city club. And whereas Mrs. Williams dedicated years of service to Akran public school as a crossing guard and contributed her musical talent as a member of the mother
061singer at Brian Elementary School. Whereas Mary Williams Lee stand as the elegant and respected matriarch of six living generations, including 14 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, 18 great great grandchildren, and one great great great grandchild. An extraordinary and rare legacy worth of recognition and celebration. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Akran Board of Education proudly recognize and honor Mary Williams Lee on the joyful celebration of her 106th birthday, extending its gratitude for her contributions to the Akran community and Akran public schools. and we offer our warmness, congratulation, and best wishes for your continued health and happiness. Be it further resolved that this resolution be presented to Mrs. Mary Williams Lee and entered into the official records of the Akran Board of Education on this ninth day of February 2026. Barbber's vice president and Mary B.
062Oddly, superintendent. This is all. [applause] [laughter] >> Oh yeah. I want to say some words. I hope I can get the words out. >> I'm so excited, heartbeating, and I need my oxygen, but I don't want it right at the moment. [laughter] >> Um, to superintendent, attendant Mary Beth Outly, and to uh, President Board Barbara Sykes, um, Barbara A. Sykes, sorry, and the entire board members and including the former student athlete, um, Mr. Harrison. [laughter] I am Sylvia Baxter, the next youngest uh child of Marielle Lee, and I'm here to represent her and the entire uh Lee family and accepting this oh just beautiful uh beautiful resolution. Um I will share this with her on um February the 20th. Thank you. February the 20th at her birthday celebration and I'm just so I feel so
063I'm I'm so I don't know out of breath but I like to thank everyone and I am also a product of product of the Akran public schools and coach for 35 years with Akran and I just can't I'm just out of breath for now I just thank you all I love you all and a special thanks I'm just looking in my mother's picture now. >> A a special thanks to my wonderful cousin Carla Chapman and my wonderful great nephew uh Eric Fletcher. Thank you all. Love you all and [clears throat] I'll just cherish this and have a bread given to her at a birthday party. Thank you so much. M Miss Baxter, before you go, let us just say thank you. Thank you. As as the daughter, 106 years old, I can't even imagine what
064it's like. Today is my mother's birthday. >> Oh, well, happy birthday to your mom also. [gasps] [snorts] >> I can't even imagine what it's like to have a mother around for 106 years. Yes. >> Thank you for allowing us to present this to you. >> No, thank you. And my mother at 106 thinks he's doing better than all six of her kids put together. [laughter] So, I I just can't believe the the strength and the the dancing and singing and and walking and exercising. [snorts] I just can't believe it. And we need our canes and walkers. You don't need the kid who's the the mother. But I appreciate the board so much. I appreciate being a teacher and coach for the AA public schools for 35 years. Thank you and God bless you. >> Thank
065you so much. And thank you Eric for joining the your grandson. Thank you. We are we are so pleased that we were able to do that. And so are there any comments from any members of the board? Member Hall. Um first I would like to say happy birthday, heavenly birthday to your mom, Mr. Sykes. Um, and this is a um, wonderful occasion for Mrs. Williams to be hunding 106 years old and that is definitely a blessing. I lost my mom at 44 so I know how it feels. Um, you know, so you you make sure you love on your mom and make sure that you know I know we as kids sometime can be a little mildy, right? But um I just appreciate her presence um and just the history that she has given us
066here in Akran. So congratulations to you and know that you are blessed and God has a special um anointing on her heart for her to be here this long. >> Absolutely. >> So thank you most welcome. >> Member Harrison. >> Thank you. Thank you President Sykes. Um it is so good to see you, Miss Baxter. Um it is a pleasure to celebrate your mom and um your mother certainly gifted Akran public schools with you. Um so we thank you for your tireless dedicated service to um us at Garfield. Um and it's not always easy. We understand that. But um for um young people to come in and to have a coach that cares, not not just a coach, but a coach that cares and that we can look at you in the schools and we
067can see the possibilities of what we can be and the grace that you had in not only u coaching but chastising and directing us in the right way. Um, and I think we lose sometimes the fact that you were out there in the rain, in the snow. Um, some of us went away to track meets and maybe didn't have anything to eat, didn't have rides. Um, so, um, when we say coach, we don't really maybe grasp all the time what our coaches, uh, mean [clears throat] to us. Um, but to see a black woman at 15 for me to see a black woman who looked like my mother, who looked like my aunt, who talk like my mother. [laughter] Um um was just something special for me and I always wanted to do better because
068I knew you required that. So, thank you so much. >> Thank you, Paris. Harrison. [snorts] All right. So, get my composure back here. [laughter] So, and that is Mrs. Williams in the purple, right? Correct. That's sitting there. That's her sitting in the chair. Beautiful. She's just just beautiful. Any other comments from the from the committee, from the board members? Uh, >> yes. >> For new business. >> No. No. We We got We got to uh [snorts] We've just gotten all off. You've just got me all off. [laughter] Okay, so we uh the resolution uh did I did I get a motion to pass the resolution? Did I get a second? >> No, I did. But I have a second. Second by by by member uh Hall. All those in favor uh the treasur will will
069take the role. >> Who who was the second? I missed that. [laughter] >> Oh, okay. Jerose >> Jerose has made the motion and Hall second. >> Got it. Okay. >> All right. [clears throat] >> Mrs. Sykes. >> Yes. >> Miss Hall. >> Yes. >> Reverend Harrison. >> Yes. >> Mr. Jerose. >> Yes. >> Miss Kelly? >> Yes. >> Dr. Molinar? >> Yes. >> Mr. Montgomery? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. 70. >> All right. And just one final note. I think madam superintendent we can say if you want to live to be at least 100 you must come to Akran public school. [laughter] It's just that member Harrison. >> Um thank thank you madame chair. Madam Chair, um I want to uh be sure that we recognize this month as Black History Month and um being
070in the Akran public schools, um I would like to just share a uh little something um about um that is very important in black history. >> Okay. >> Um u I would like to share Brown versus the Board of Education and its relevance today. >> Okay. Brown versus Board of Education 1954 is one of the most important Supreme Court decisions affecting public education. In a unanimous ruling, the court held that racial segregation in public schools violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The court rejected long-standing doctrine of separate but equal, concluding that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. what the court decided. The court recognized that segregation harms students not only through unequal buildings and resources, but by sending a damaging message of inferiority, even if facilities appeared similar on paper. Segregation itself
071denied black children equal educational opportunities and undermined their academic and personal development. In short, Brown established that equal treatment under the law requires more formal more is more formal than equality. It requires meaningful equality in opportunities and outcome. Why Brown still matters. Although explicit race-based segregation is illegal today, many of the inequities of Brown that Brown sought to eliminate still exist in different forms. Modern public school systems al often face de facto segregation driven by housing patterns patterns and district boundaries. Unequal school funding tied to local property taxes. Disparity in access to advanced coursework, gifted programs and career pathways. Disproportionate discipline practices affecting students of color and students with disabilities. achievement gaps likely linked to poverty, race, language access, and special education identification. These conditions raise the same constitutional concerns at the heart of Brown
072versus Board of Education. Whether students are truly receiving equal educational opportunities, not just equal outcomes. Implication for today's school boards, for school boards, and district leader. Brown is not just a historical case. It is ongoing. It is an ongoing obligation. It reminds public education leaders that neutral policies can still produce unequal outcomes. Boards have a responsibility to examine data systems and practices for unintended disparities. Equity focused decisionmaking is consistent with constitutional principles not contrary to the to them. Thank you, Madam Chair. >> Thank you, member Harrison. Are there any additional comments that board members would like to make at this time? Let me just say that uh to our uh school scholar that's here today, u school member, student representative Cooper. Uh, I hope that you have en enjoyed this process and I wondered if
073you have any final comments that you would like to make. >> Happy birthday to her mother and to yours too. I can um share. >> Thank you. Actually, my mother has passed but thank you so much. >> And I can and I can share the experience of um of losing a mother too. I'm raised by my grandmother too. So yeah, >> thank you for having me. >> Thank you. I think what it shows is that we have so much more in common than than we could ever imagine. And I guess when we have an opportunity to to represent and to recognize someone who has lived 106 years on this earth and raised such marvelous children and grandchildren that this is indeed a day to celebrate. So even though my mom is not here, I know
074she like let's celebrate this because this is a great time. So thank you so much. And then I think that u with the connect with she didn't give up and so we're going to be able to see that map. All right. All right. You see this is Akran public school at work. We're not giving up. [laughter] >> Thank you, President Sykes. Uh, I do want to point out each board member should have a copy of the proposal at your seat and we're going to ask um if Liry, Mr. Johnson, very briefly, there's just four slides if they could walk us through those. >> Yes. Okay. Uh, good evening. We um our redistricting um plan covers um Jennings is is at 99% capacity as as was stated earlier. the the enrollment is listed above. Our goal
075is to create a plan that is flexible for our families and um organically creates space in Jennings over a period of time. This is the map that we that we referenced. So So as you'll see, Leot is um I think I think that's the Leot is in the purple in the purple area. That's the Jennings cluster and Inis you'll see is in the is in the yellow area and that is the Garfield cluster. Our our proposal [snorts] is to redistrict Leot to the Garfield cluster um making those Leot families uh available to Inennis uh and increasing um Garfield's footprint. Uh as was discussed earlier, we have a virtual meeting uh tomorrow. We had we will have uh in-person meetings at Inis on Wednesday and we'll have an in-person meeting at Leit on Thursday. Uh we
076also held meetings at the schools last week. I'll I'll cover a couple of those questions. I'll share those questions a little bit a little bit later. Um so one of the questions that uh that we are pondering that the families asked was would services follow uh the students from the Jennings cluster to the Inis cluster. Uh and the answer is yes. Uh we will work really hard to make sure that all services related to the students needs regardless of where they're attending those services will follow those students. Uh the biggest question is staffing. At this point uh we are looking at about 48 students. We do not anticipate any staffing changes. Um, but that was one of the questions. We do anticipate changes over the next two to three years, but at this point we
077do not anticipate any changes. >> Okay. Are there any questions from members of the board? I pass Harrison. >> Thank you. Uh, at at if if they're moving to the Garfield cluster, will they return to the north cluster for high school? >> No, sir. They will go to Garfield. They will leave. They will go to the Inis middle school and then they will go to Garfield if they so choose or if they'd like to go to another school given the college career academyy's model they can do so. member Montgomery >> with the move to Inis what does that take their percentage of capacity to >> I believe I I'll get the exact numbers but I think in at once this trans once this full um plan is implemented over the next three years it will
078put in uh I believe 86% >> okay thank you >> member >> thank you madam president with the 48 students moving um I'm going to ask just two questions and then you can answer them far as transportation. Will there be transportation for all those students that will be moving to this other location, other district? And also, will we have transportations for the families to attend open house since they'll no longer be within walking distance of where they live? >> We we are looking at building in some open house opportunities for families both going there and them coming to us. regarding transportation. Students will be transported um from from their legged from their legged community to their NS community. >> Okay. Just one more question. >> Yes. >> Do we still have Lyft? Do we still
079have that um partnership with Lyft? Because I'm thinking like if a student gets sick and that parent lives in the north north side of uh Akran, they need to get to their child and they do not have transportation. Do we still have the partnership with Lyft so that they can get to their child >> or how will we >> Madam attendant you wanted to ask? >> Thank you. So through our uh school safety department we pick up our own students and take them home if necessary. So we do have the partnership still with Lyft but there are some parameters around it that wouldn't allow us to use it quite like that. So, if a student does take ill, we get in touch with um Allan Jones and he'll make arrangements for the student to be
080picked up and delivered home. >> Any additional questions? Member Mullenar. >> Thank you, Madame President. Um uh responding to a question just now. You mentioned a three-year plan. Um, are the details of the scaffolding across those three years, is that what is being presented at the community meetings, what happens in year one versus year two versus year three? >> So, the the three-year plan is as we red once we've redistricted the fifth graders, rising sixth graders in the liicket community to the inis cluster, all fifth grade, rising sixth graders will be redistricted will will follow the inis cluster. So over the next three years, the sixth and seventh grade rising seventh and eighth graders at Jennings will follow their current trajectory, but over the next three years, we won't have those students in Jennings any
081longer. >> One followup, >> member Molina. >> Thank you, Madam President. Um, and my second question is that information, the information you presented here, the slides you have on the screen, um, is that going to be or or how will that be, um, available to the board members and the community? >> Superintendent. So, um, Joey Isaac right now is putting items on the website for us and we will definitely have these items available for families tomorrow. >> Member Molinar. >> So, so as board members, will you let us know when we can access these on the website if that's how you would like us to access these slides? >> Sure. We can for the board members, we'll also just give you direct access. We'll just send it to you before we even leave out of
082the boardroom. Okay, additional questions. Member Harrison. >> Thank you, Madam President. Madam President, u I I would just like to really um have more conversation on uh maybe returning the students back to north cluster after in simply because the north the the the population that we may move all of the services are concentrated >> [snorts] >> uh in North Hill. Um and and so if it's not a um um capacity issue at North High School, I I would just really like to have more open dialogue on um the support systems that that community support systems because when we start transporting um for capacity reasons, once that reason is no longer um necessary to transport. Um I I think it it would be worth the conversation to transport them back into their uh neighborhood school. Thank
083you, >> Superintendent Ali. >> Thank you, member Harrison. One thing I think we should also mention is although North is our most populated diverse um cluster, we do offer our services in each of our clusters. So if a student at Garfield right now, they offer services to students who are English language learners. Uh it's just that the north is our most populated. So, that is something we could discuss even further because families may say, "Yeah, I would like to return to North, but they may say, I'm surprised to hear from a Garfield Ram that he would think they wouldn't want to stay there." So, [laughter] anyway, but it's always nice to have options. >> You walked into that one. You walked into that. [laughter] >> Ram was best, huh? Any additional questions, comments from any
084board members? >> [snorts] >> No. Thank you. We appreciate it. [snorts] Alrighty. So, the question is, Vice President Molinar, is there a reason to go into executive session? >> Madame President, there's no need to uh go into executive session this evening. Seeing no reason to go into executive session, the uh board will adjourn until our next meeting, Monday, February 20 23rd, 2026. Is there a motion to adjourn? >> So moved. >> Moved by me member Hall. Second. >> Second by member Harrison. The treasurer will call the role. [laughter] >> Mr. Gerros. >> Yes. Miss Kelly, >> yes. >> Dr. Molinar, >> yes. >> Mr. Montgomery, >> yes. >> Mrs. [snorts] Sykes, >> yes. >> Miss Hall, >> yes. >> Reverend Harrison, >> yes. >> Motion carries 70. >> Thank you. We are joined at 6:55
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