001e e e about what oh what never heard that good evening I'd like to call the Monday March 10th regularly scheduled board meeting for line City Schools to order please call the role Mr Ferguson here Mrs Washington President Dr Bor here Mrs Nazario here Mr Sturgill here please well tonight can I yeah just introduce uh well tonight we have students from Tony Morrison Elementary here to help lead in the pledge and they'll also be um talking with you about their black history wax museum so Mrs grugle is going to bring the students up and Mrs gr you want to introduce them and then uh lead us in the pledge first um sure so my name is Wy I'm the assistant principal at Tony Morrison um these are our second grade team of teachers so coming
002back and Mrs Right we spent February celebrating Black History Month of Tony Morrison and the second grade team did an amazing job they a living wax museum where they researched on their own um influential black Americans and then gave a presentation to the entire building um we have five students here today one also in the bathroom be here in a second um they research did their own poster board they are dressed as their characters um and then they will give you a little bit of information they are going to introduce themselves as they walk forward after we do the um before we do the pledge I'd like everybody to stand U for a moment of silence and recognition of Scott rules passing uh 33-year teacher in the Rain City schools and you'll be greatly missed
003thank you IED algian 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 okay so do you guys want to spread out in front go get your poster get your poster have your post well they're getting situated just just very very quickly um I just want to thank everybody for coming I'd like to see a packed house at board meetings and I've been asked a lot of questions over the last couple days about staff members and board meetings please come um I know we've got a policy that speaks to that applies to most districts we are not most districts the people at this table work very very well together um if you want to talk to any one of
004us please do especially in a public forum yeah thank you apprciate especially in a public forum my name is Riley Noble my character is Ruby Bridges my name is Ruby Bridges I was supposed to go to an Allway school and I was get fine you're doing great you're good Phoenix my first name my name is Phoenix Jackson my character's name is Michael Jackson um my name is Michael Jackson I was a member of The Jackson 5 I released my first album at 14 years old and I won 13 gramy Awards hi my name is Gabrielle and I'm Ruby Bridges Ruby Bridges was the first black child to a second grade integrate at a southern Elementary School in 1960 Federal Marshals excluded her to school my real name is kale Lumpkin my character name is Bessy
005Comm Betsy Comm was the first africanamerican the whole P Li and she performed and she was AC qu the United [Applause] States my name is Evangel Rosales my name is Rosa Parks I refused to give up my seat to a waitman on December 1st 1955 I was awarded with the presidential medal of freedom for my role in the sil [Applause] movement my name is Ruby Bridges I the first black child to attend an all-white school I was given a presentational citizen metal from Bill [Applause] Clinton smile big Le thank you the board and others can join us parents come on up get picture taken going to have to go to the back of your scle to get everybody come on chea work [Applause] you guys are awesome this is just like grad school teacher sit
006in the [Music] back oh you look like you're armed ready today h I'm always armed plenty of good seats up front now if you want to move [Laughter] up front and center best seat in the house little one person through okay recognition of visitors first hearing of the public good evening um Julie Garcia president luran Education Association and I'm here to speak on behalf of our teachers regarding the proposed time change good evening members of the school board Administration actually Julie I me c you off but um I'm hearing the microphone's not not working on yep you want me to use my teacher voice but also captures it for TV 20 so it's all right let me move over thanks we are here tonight to strongly oppose the proposed time change and to demand answers
007regarding how this decision was made this despite overwhelming opposition from teachers first we ask the administration to publicly share the teaching unions and Community survey results we anticipate the data will clearly reflect that Educators do not support this change yet it has still been proposed we deserve to understand the rationale being pushed behind pushing forward a plan that those working directly with students have already deemed impractical and detrimental next we have serious logistical concerns that have not been adequately addressed current ly Elementary dismissal takes 30 minutes or more to safely and efficiently release students how does the administration plan to condense this into just 15 minutes more importantly when teachers contractual time ends at 3:15 p.m. who will be responsible for students who have not been picked up these are real daily challenges that cannot
008be ignored additionally we see clear and specific clarification regarding the 45 minute planning time at the end of the day which is currently designated for essential staff oblig obl ation such as C3 team meetings and staff meetings if this planning time is eliminated under the new proposal does that mean these me meetings are also being eliminated if not when does the administration expect teachers to meet for these required obligations furthermore if the expectation is for these meetings to occur during weekly planning times we request an explanation for how the district justifies increasing Inu instructional time while simultaneously eliminating dedicated planning time for C D3 and staff meetings please provide the rationale and logistical plan for how these responsibilities will be accommodated without disrup disrupting instructional Effectiveness the district cannot remove dedicated professional time without a
009clear and transparent plan for when and how these essential meetings will take place furthermore we must address an issue that is far more urgent than instructional minutes student Behavior the Lorraine School District cannot and should not be compared to surrounding districts when making scheduling decisions our behavioral challenges far surpass those of neighboring districts and yet we continue to see a lack of real consequences and behavioral support before increasing instructional time Administration must address the serious daily disruptions that are already cutting into instructional time increasing class time will simultaneously lowering behavioral expectations and failing to implement effective discipline measures is neither realistic nor beneficial for the students or staff who experien these challenges every day additionally if the administration insists on making comparison to surrounding districts then it must also acknowledge a critical difference those districts
010have lunch and recess monitors allowing teachers to receive their contractual prep time during the school day in Lorraine teachers and principles are responsible for supervising students during these periods meaning our already limited planning time is further reduced if this proposed time change is truly about maximizing in instruction then why are teachers being given fewer resour resources and less time to effectively plan for it to truly understand the impact of these decisions we strongly encourage an Administration to come into our classroom and observe the current circumstances firsthand we welcome you to stay for an extended period of time because a quick 10 or 30 minute pop in will not suffice you need to witness the full reality of a school day and make informed practical decisions that truly support students and teachers we urge the school
011board to listen to the professionals who are in the classroom daily we we are not opposing change for the sake of opposition we are advocating for solutions that make sense prioritize Student Success and ensure safe productive learning environment I also was asked to mention to you that moving the birthdays back on preschool and kindergarten students put them at five during the year and this is um some students are not emotionally or physically socially ready for tasks um developmentally they are not ready to extend the day on top of this could really affect their performance to stay focused in preschool we have students coming in that are two years old turning three when making the decisions we need to look at what's development Mally appropriate for our students another question was was the survey taking um
012why was the survey taken about adding 15 minutes to the day but the district took the liberty to add 30 minutes when will regular Ed teachers receive the news about these changes and what their workday is going to look like issues will be um raised with dismissal because again the students are not picked up within 15 minutes and at the end of the their contractual times teachers will leave sure one teacher so far has missed 20 of her planning times because there was no their um IEP meetings there's no um Encore for them and another teacher in the same building has missed 19 of their planning times if teachers don't have time at the end of the day but are expected to stay they should then be compensated thank [Applause] youly respond yeah just very
013very briefly first of all a decision has not been made we're still learning um we try to give you uh we try to be transparent give you updates as we get them um as we continue to learn we'll we'll share more but uh as of right now and obviously Julie there's a lot of questions in there um let's sit down and we'll get them all answered for you yeah thanks good evening my name is Britney KAC I'm sure you remember me from our meeting February 21st um my children go to Tony Morrison and I am worried about the school times being extended because of the behavior issues I mean I've addressed it at our meeting I was told that somebody would come in and sit in the classroom observe that was a onetime thing since
014then there's been two other other incidents and that was just since February 21st um my daughter came home and told me an emergency button had to be pressed and the cops never came because the child was chasing them around with scissors if this is happening in one class I'm sure it's happening in many I don't send my kids to school to witness things like this I send them to school to learn unfortunately it's hard for the teachers to teach the kids because they're trying to protect the kids this happened when a substitute was there I this I don't even want to send my kids to school anymore it's ridiculous things need to be put in place to help the teachers help the kids and that's not what's happening that's not what's happening at all because
015there's kids that are being left out who need extra help there's nobody there to put in the extra help there's nobody there to assist the teacher in the extra help they need with the children's behaviors there's nothing being done with the students with these behaviors so where am I left do I send my kids to school or self-defense class I mean I don't know what to do and I have kids in ammer as well so touching on being the same as other school districts my son just got a detention for being late to recess my kindergartner is going to school being chased with scissors my son is 133 my daughter is was five this school district is nowhere near ammer until you get the kids under control and start with that start with the students
016No Child Left Behind they're all being left behind and I'm shaking because you know I've had this talk with you nothing is being done nothing so now I'm here taking time away from my kids to hopefully help my kids and all the kids in the district so the extra 30 minutes I think should be set aside for maybe the higher-ups to implement behavioral things that need to be put in classes and and figure out that instead of making the kids be in class 30 more minutes to be subjected to God knows but it's not learning they can't learn [Applause] I I know it's typical of I don't mean typical that's I don't mean to be disrespectful and I just can't think of the word um for us to address sometimes we do sometimes we don't
017but I know a lot of us have similar concerns I don't um I don't think we're nothing you know we're not doing nothing is not true but sometimes it feels that way that's not enough that that's a that's good it it we're not doing close thank you um and and I agree um especially I'm guessing it has to feel that way if you're a parent if you're a kid if you're a teacher um I don't know if there's something that could be said now or if we could just say something um if there could be some sort of response I don't know to the board to parents to teach is what would be appropriate but what can we do what what is the next step Where Do We Go From Here what can we do
018to make sure that we are seeing that um kiddos are not being um subjected to more trauma because I know that's you know what we like we've talked a lot about a lot of our kids are traumatized and maybe that's the reason for some of these behaviors but I'm afraid in in some of those kiddos whatever it might be that we're harming maybe other kiddos and and teachers and I know I'm going on and on but I think what I'm saying is is probably what we're hearing and what is happening agree I'm sure no and we are and then we're having teachers send the kids to the principales and they're sending them back to the classrooms because this is happening in my girl school and they're saying awful things awful things to other people doing
019awful things and at this point the teachers are just saying we can't do anything about it you know they're they're a troubled student it's just not okay my kids come home every single day and I know we've talked about it but I want them to know we are talking about it and we are I hate to say fighting but we are fighting to make it better I have kids um I talk to a lot of teachers but I do have kids in the school my high schoolers I think it has got a lot better our high school is on the right track um I don't um we are we are we've got a lot better there but since we've done so much better there we've really lacked at the elementary school um my one daughter
020doesn't want to go to school in first grade cuz her class is so bad and it's just my kids have never not wanted to go to school and it's really hard to send them when they're telling me I don't want to go cuz so and so has said this to me or so and so has said this we just we have to do something now sorry sorry yes I I hi I'm Britney Bal I know a lot of you from different parts of my life um today um yes I am also an employee at lorine city schools and I love Lorraine I'm from Lorraine but today I'm a I'm a mom and my heart is breaking and I'm not going to get emotional here I now have my son will be 13 my my middle
021is 10 and then I have a baby who's four and every single one of them has experienced some type of trauma we don't see that in my home I don't come from that everyone here know a lot of you know my family from Lorraine I I've never seen things that I've been seeing in the school my children haven't and I took my older to out of St Anthony's because I believe in Lorraine City Schools my middle daughter I don't want to seem like this is a bash on Lorraine or anything my middle daughter could not read in third grade I I didn't know what I was going to do I I was you know I'm also a teacher and she doesn't want to hear what I say cuz I'm annoying and I don't know what
022I'm talking about and I put her at Tony Morrison and I'm not kidding she took that test the reading guarantee test um the first go in October failed it we were she was crying I was crying everything the teacher promised me by January she'll pass she passed 80 points over my daughter was just accepted into gifted classes she's doing amazing we do offer amazing things here but now my baby who's four is coming home telling me red shoes whoever red shoes is in her class the the little boy red shoes is is throwing things at her her teacher at at the students um knocking down throwing chairs things like this and I'm just like wait what you know cuz she she's only come from my mom she she didn't go anywhere she's a CO baby
023she literally I had her and she's been with my family so for her first experience that's traumatizing and she deserves better and the same thing with my older to and I know that we can't control everything but some of this I just feel like what happened to I'm sorry you know what happened to focusing on the kids that want to be there that want to learn and not subjecting them to every type of behavior or and and I know there's a lot going on in Lorraine and I know that there's a lot of kids that have been exposed to things and as a teacher and we are trying but as a mom I I don't know what to do did I make the every day I'm like did I make the wrong decision my daughter's
024my older daughter's thriving but my baby is seeing terrible things I don't want her seeing that for her first experience and the same like Courtney said that she's they're scared I don't want my baby feeling scared I have to feel safe you know it's a scary world already I have to feel safe dropping her off that she's going to be well taken care of and not you know have to be ducking and diving in class or things like that it just I don't know I really do believe in Lorraine I really do I would not have taken my kids I'm a product of Catholic School up until I went to South vieww I would not have put my kids ripped them from the only school that they've known and put them here if I didn't
025believe that we do offer amazing things but I feel like this particular area I don't I don't know where we and so many words got soft you know I came from Miss Ferguson knows I spent time in his office like he was my My High School principal I probably was down there every day getting a t-shirt out of the bin because my short was too short or you know just little things so but I don't know what happened to you know to it's okay to I don't want to use the word punish but it's okay like because when they turn 15 16 17 18 they're throwing the book at them you you act like that and you destroy property or you just you you physically put your hands on someone it's an assault you cannot
026do that so I don't know where we lost track of that it's okay to cause bodily harm to your classmates or your teachers or even verbally that's just all I wanted to say respond sure um few things and first of all I apologize for what you experienced in class and and we've had a conversation to and and we'll talk again after the meeting if you don't mind um in terms of student behaviors now there are some things things and I'm going to try to keep this brief but I I do want to talk a little bit um for example if you're young if you're third grade or younger we are very limited in what we could do in terms of discipline um there are laws out there that prevent what we can and can't do
027uh but what we tried to do and again I I'll own it um when behaviors coming out of covid were awful um I agree with Courtney I think that in the secondary grades things have gotten a whole lot better uh for a number of reasons but our primary school kids are still struggling you know trauma has been brought up a few times um what we tried to do originally and again tried it it didn't work as well as I would have hoped uh but we way I describe is we overwhelmed people with supports uh we hired assistant principles for all of our schools guidance counselors for all of our elementary schools Behavior coaches Wellness coaches and we provided a whole lot of folks um in doing so I think that we could have provided more
028structure on how best to use those people and that's what we're kind of Shifting to now um right now I I think that in most of our elementary schools guidance counsels are used differently uh based on preferences or sometimes to personalize the approach of that school um but we also have and most folks in the audience will understand um when we have an IEP meeting which is when we identify a child as having a disability there's a team of people that must meet to determine what's best for that child uh and typically what we have done is had our special ed supervisors in those meetings as opposed to our principles and assistant principles um we're going to move toward having a vast majority 95% of those meetings um the real extreme situations we'll have our
029special head supervisors but for most of these we see the teacher and a building admin which frees up our specialed supervisors who are Behavior Specialists to work with our teachers and how to address things and to quote Michael Scott you know kids aren't cars you don't fix them um it takes time to adjust behaviors and our goal moving forward is to use our special ed supervisors our guidance counselors and um our assistant principles I think in a more effective way uh when we looked at accounting for that $10 million that we've been talking about now uh for the entire year um we with intention um made sure we preserved those positions because we recognize these needs uh but we also need to use them in a more structured and systematic way and and again that's
030something that I got to I own but uh um we will get better and again that doesn't mean kids will come to school tomorrow or next week and we'll never see a thrown chair again or behaviors um but we should see things trending in the right direction that's not my meeting yeah just yeah quck beat Julie so to touch on that can wouldn't it be smart to just get more PA Pros in the classrooms to assist with behavior issues you said that there's laws put in place for like um certain disciplines while I'm here to to tell you I work for an attorney and if something happens to my child I'm suing their whole District true so that's also something that should be in your heads that if a child is physically harmed you have
031that lawsuit so I think that again fixing the behavioral issues within the classroom cuz it's not just I mean it also is another student got hit by an eraser today in class um but um it's it's not just little things there there's big things happening that can cause serious harm to another student um and then it was said that well when kids are sent down to the principal's office they're sent back then we need to do something with the principal because that's not how we fix things I'm a parent I have four kids that's absolutely not call the parents say something about it also when the R button was pressed now that I'm sitting there thinking why was I not notified a text an email nothing from the school district an emergency button was pressed
032nobody was notified except from when my 5-year-old came home you're just going to I told you before I I came nice the first couple times I'm no longer being nice these are my kids until the Situation's fixed I'm going to have to keep being present because there's bigger fish to fry and it's the behavior and keeping kids safe so that they can learn and the teachers can do their jobs thank [Applause] you um as I sat listening um you mentioned Behavior coaches we have one Behavior coach for 10 Elementary buildings and one Behavior coach for four uh three middle schools and one high school so obviously that's not enough um and I do um Mrs Washington Mrs nario thank you for speaking up but as members of the board I ask you what are you
033doing I mean we sit here in these meetings you listen to the parents you hear surveys what's happening what's being addressed I mean I know you're not going to answer that question but I do pose that to you um the law does allow for emergency removal of students but unfortunately our staff has been told that is not allowed when in fact it is um teachers don't want students removed I have yet to have one teacher tell me I want this kid out of my class they don't want that they want help they want help dealing with the students they want help for those students so we ask you for that and um sometimes in meetings we hear that um our teachers injuries are being minimized um I don't know if you're aware of the injuries
034broken wrists broken uh broken toes um hurt in the back P punched kicked Hit Bit by small children not adult children big kids little kids so what are the supports that we're going to have for these for the teachers and for the children the students need help and so we're asking for help for our kids because when they go out into the world the first time you punch somebody it's going to be a different [Applause] story anyone else that's not my yeah I would like to respond know Mr Sky what is well go ahead me first yeah okay um I know uh Courtney and I uh speak with teachers and we bring back the information that we learn uh and we um according use the word fight um so I guess I'll use the word
035but um I I think we advocate for um help uh for more I love you guys but I'm going to say so social workers I advocate for um for for different things like that but we can't have no communication between staff um and and not know about issues be cut off um from learning about the issues and and and try to change them so to to say that we're not doing anything I think is untrue um if you would ask uh Ross or Michael Scott or Dr Graham or probably anybody at the table of the amount of time that we take up of theirs um whether it be during the work day or work evening or um yesterday at 8:00 uh while Michael Scott was trying to cook dinner um on the grill in the
036neighborhood dogs was trying to get at his Italian sausages um over a over sharing there just being honest because they try to get at it because because we work right because a lot of people say what are you doing and they they might not see what you're doing and whether it because sometimes we say what what is the board doing or or or what is the administrators doing and everybody doesn't think anybody's doing anything sometimes right and I think we all are um and maybe we're not doing enough like this parent said um and and it feels that way it definitely definitely it is that way it is that way and and I agree um so we are we are we are doing stuff and it isn't just me and Courtney um it's all of
037us and and we are advocating um and sometimes we butt heads and uh and we agree to meet at the table again tomorrow butt heads I think so did you cross butt heads is it okay to go up well of course sorry oh yeah Debbie she um president of oie 120 peras um I don't know how to start this but last year we got together as a group and Jasmine was my um vice president and we try to get PDS together for the Paras tomorrow is a PD day I'm not aware of any PDS for us we have not had any PDS this year so we basically are told to just follow the teacher which doesn't work very well because we don't do a lot of the things they do so a PD for me
038would be classroom management how to help those kids like you said hire more pars well yeah but we can hire more pairs but are we going to be trained and do we know what to do we don't get those trainings we I've asked for CPR several different trainings I came up with a list last year and we had meetings we had meetings so and nothing ever came of it no there wasn't a there wasn't a PD session that involved all the par that was the very first week of class okay I just wanted to you know you made a statement that none and I'm not trying to be argumentative I just wanted to no I'm just saying I I'm trying I've been here 17 years never had any PDS unless I was the one to
039step up and do the PD okay there's there's plenty of things out there when we got the MacBooks we could go to Apple they'll teach us how to use them things to do with them and I brought all these things forward but you know it just doesn't like tomorrow what are what are the pairs doing tomorrow does anybody know buildings did anybody get an email about what we're doing tomorrow so I mean I'm just frustrated because we we're there we're there all day we could be learning something even if it's just how to deal with these kids because you know the parents are in the room I know last year there was quite a bit of violence in some of the rooms they don't know what to do so I'm just pointing that out that
040it would be nice to be included also when the time thing came up we weren't included so the pars didn't get an email saying that their time is going to be changed and so then I got all these emails what's going to happen why is this happening who's doing this and why didn't we get any emails so we're we're left out so I guess I just want to say that we're there too with the kids and trying to educate them it would be nice to get some training for that so thank you [Applause] I'm going to make a request to Dr Graham that that uh we try to get a board work session together around this topic we when you all have a chance and you're just because you have nothing else to do get
041some data together and some facts and maybe we get a couple of these people um from the different unions together to join us and um we can make make some progress on this you know and added to that as I'm sitting here listening to this I'm wondering where the parents are I'm wondering I'm wondering where the parents there go one there go one are they all in this room okay I mean do teachers contact parents when somebody runs around and tries to you got a good number somebody are they contacted are the parents contacted no you're talking about a 5-year-old going around doing this right correct no the the the principal should be doing that or something I that's in my class if you want me to speak on it or I can be quiet
042it's up to you guys I would like to understand no secrets yeah hi I'm Nicole steril I am a parent in preschool and um I just have a concern about the time change um I know it's adding 30 minutes to regular school children from elementary up but for preschool for 34 and 5y olds it's an hour and 15 minutes more that you're putting on these little ones and I understand that they want to involve Encore with them but for the rest of the day that's a long day for babies that's all I'm saying and if that's the truth then they have to be provided a snap back be per the hours that they are in school per rules the State Ohio rules and it has to be provided through the district and not the what
043is it the food Grant and veggie grant that we get because we don't get that every day either so I just want to put that out there as well just so you guys know I I think at this point let's let's consider it a proposed time change nothing's done yet right but I just want to put that out there that that's an hour and 15 minutes for these Littles agreed I have a question it's not even proposed yet which is something I mean on the table however we want to disc but no decisions have been made so you said you don't get your snack every day provided so the veggie grant that is provided through the school sometimes it's we don't have it is it supposed to be every day it's it's a grant so
044I don't know how that works okay but if it's for preschool for so many hours they have to have something to eat thank you thank you hello I tried not to get up here but um please state your name Karen Rossy you um Britney's daughter is in my class and um there's a lot of violence in my classroom and Dr grandma is working on it with me and Mr oie is working on it with me but it did take a parent to bring this to light um and when the panic button gets pushed I I have had conversations that as a parent I would want to know if my class needed evacuated or if the panic button needed pushed but it's not always I'm not that doesn't always happen but in my opinion I would
045want to know if that's happening in my child's classroom if my child is getting hit with scissors I would want to know um and this is happening on a daily basis I do have two students that um have extreme behaviors and they need more help than I can give and if I'm a weak teacher because of that I will own it because sometimes that's what no but I won't feel that way because I know I'm trying my best and I've tried my best for 34 years and I do speak out and I do ask for help and I've asked for um special ed supervisors to come into my room and observe I've asked for Behavior specialist to come into my room she said I'm on the list but she she wasn't able to do it
046last week I have asked and I have asked I have come up with so many Behavior programs positive you I mean the parent today said you really give away those prizes I said yeah I'm retiring I go to garage sales it's my last year I'm trying to do whatever I can so there's not violent in my room and there's not Fus being yelled at I'm trying my best and I do appreciate it's come to light and you're helping um but I I did have to go home I don't even know if you know this a month ago I got hit in the back really really really hard and it took my breath away and I wrote an incident report and I wrote a referral and I had to leave because I was going to break
047down and cry in front of the students and I didn't want to do that so I went home took Tylenol then I went to the doctor and I was prescribed muscle relaxers and a steroid but this is becoming this is happening all the time I'm hearing it from everybody and our little babies are getting traumatized they're coming to school seeing their teacher hit they're coming to school seeing kids hit kids chase with scissors and I try everything I'm old school I believe in positive but I believe there has to be consequences and I believe every kid should come to school to be safe I don't think two kids should be able to disrupt your classroom day in and day out um so I'm sorry that it came to light like this and I don't tell
048her confidential information I don't she can tell you that I do not want to get in trouble because I've been called many times into the office this year for telling the truth um I've had many of your kids I've had your grandkids please we got to do something kids should not come to school and see their teacher get hit or kicked on a daily basis it's going to happen once in a while but this is not right and it's not right for the KD that need the extra help either my heartbreaks for them they're in a classroom with 25 26 kids I have a part-time parah but that's it she gets a lunch break and she gets to take a breather and she works she's tremendous and she works so hard um but anyways yes
049go ahead Barbie you only have a part time correct all with 25 26 kids and with the full inclusion I have many kids that are on the spectrum they are not diagnosed or they aren't being tested so my partner has eight or nine on IEPs I have three on IEPs but maybe three more that need tested or additional help Karen I'm G cut you off right if you can meet me not talk because this is also public and oh kid you're right I am sorry about I am sorry um you have two students that are typically violent every day in your classroom and only have a pair that is part-time in your room every day Julie am I allowed to answer these questions or should I walk away I don't want to get in any
050trouble I have 55 days to retire I have been I have been written up before a lot so I don't want to get in any trouble all right yeah that's true um and I take notes and my parent takes notes every day I have a stack this big but it's still not the right thing and I tried a new Behavior program today like I said with positive like you you get six stars I'll give you a star for anything you get a prize you can pick your prize I don't know I'm really really trying but um it's rough what what are we going to do for her to not do that tomorrow because like we can't know that and let that happen one more day like literally like I'm not we can turn off the
051cameras we can do whatever like we cannot allow that to happen know that and not and allow that to happen one more day what do we do for her for tomorrow and again I think it's inappropriate to talk about individual students in a board meeting um so we could talk after the meeting if you like but I know that she and Bill even met earlier today and they're working on a plan yeah just thank you very much and I'm sorry I love Lorraine City Schools I left for million schools to come here I went down to Columbus when we got taken over by Hardy and and did everything I could meant with Samson but somehow and I know it's covid we've gone back we've gone back though and we we got to get it together
052because we do have wonderful programs here wonderful students wonderful families um we just we got to we just got to get it back thank you [Applause] Karen I'd like to thank you on behalf of the board for putting 34 years in and still having the passion about what you do to show up here tonight and speak on behalf of your [Applause] kids so my name is Paula major and I am up here just to support Karen um and everything else going on because two years ago in my classroom I had eight kids eight of them with behavior issues running around my classroom Mr Scott you were there many times in my classroom to witness firsthand what was going on Mr Jamia was in my classroom um Dr Graham I asked you to step in you
053never did um right when this happened two years ago I knew right away I needed help I needed help I needed support there were eight kids there were kids that would jump up on the tables they were running from table to table um Jumping All Around chairs were being thrown in my room my room was destroyed so many times I cannot begin to tell you how many times that I had to use the word tighten up with my kids when I used that word tighten up we left my classroom there was no learning going on that entire year my classroom we spent time in the cafeteria watching the TVs because we could not go back to my classroom totally destroyed these children these eight children they are still around the district today two of them
054have been placed into special needs classrooms and again if we cannot talk about specific students okay okay um now I lost my train of thought um but this was the worst I mean eight children running around who I felt sorry for was the children that were there who wanted to learn and we could not because we spent our time in the cafeteria these kid and and I'm kindergarten as well I'm kindergarten as well um these children uh the one day we had um a resource officer in his uniform who was into the building okay who happened to be there for something else came into my classroom to calm down a couple of the kids the one k Gardener looked at him in his face and said I don't need to listen to you okay the
055police officer could not do anything to this child Mr code one of our Wellness officers I can't begin to tell you how many times Mr code came into the room he was beat up quite a bit kicked hit punched you know how tall and big he is and he just stood there taking it you talk about um the behavior of um specialist and I've heard just recently as a matter of fact I just forwarded to you a a letter Dr Graham to keep those Behavior Specialists they are needed as Julie mentioned we only have one for Elementary in the district that person was so helpful to me that year with ideas giving me strategies everything else nothing helped with these kids I will say that in the end um you talked about our uh special
056ed supervisor the supervisor was in there was nothing that was done there was nothing done that entire year in this classroom and it went on from January all the way to the end I too um had to take a couple of days off a couple of times because of injuries as well nothing was done for that either so this was two years ago and it's been going on ever since that's all I have to say okay thank Youk [Applause] you we have uh obviously hit on a very important and uh critical need of the district and I promise you that we will get together as a board with Administration and we will we will make progress on this I can't tell you what that will look like because we have to get together and and
057look at some numbers and and brainstorm but it's not acceptable we hear you all of you we hear you those of you that haven't spoken we hear you for coming out tonight and I want to thank you for that it is refreshing to see a full room here uh you know of passionate people and and it really lets us know that the few who spoke spoke for the many and we appreciate that anything else uh like the board to consider approval of the February 24th uh Mee regular meeting minutes the board does reserve the right to not read those discussion roll call oh motion need a motion I'm sorry support roll call Mr Sturgill yes Mrs Washington yes Mr yes Dr Balor yes Mrs Nazario yes any old Business Report and recommendations of the treasurer
058I have items 8.01 through 8.04 for approval discussion um I have a question um 8.02 is that something that is uh needed necessary normal yes thank you mhm I I would like to compliment the the many employees whose names appear weekly or bi-weekly on the approval of donations um again it speaks to how much people care in lank uh need a motion to accept so move support roll call please Mrs nario yes Dr ballor yes Mr Ferguson yes Mrs Washington yes Mr St yes reports and recommendations of the superintendent Personnel matters thank you Mr President I like the board to consider for approval item 9.01 in Personnel matters discussion some move second roll call please Dr Ballard yes Mrs Nazario yes Mr Ferguson yes Mrs Washington yes Mr stur I abstained it seems that I
059have a relative on there as he does on most board meetings I like the board to consider for approval items 9.02 to 9.07 Personnel matters so moved support discussion roll call please Mrs Washington yes Dr Balor yes Mr Ferguson yes Mrs Nazario yes Mr Sturgill like the board to consider for approval items 10.01 to 10.08 operations matters support discussion roll call please Mr stur yes Mrs Washington yes Mr Ferguson yes Dr Balor yes Mrs Nazario yes that's I thank you any new business aside from what we have already brought up which I think is to the to the front of the the list committee reports and requests from board members um I would like to request a committee meeting if that would be okay for uh culture climate safety Mr Ballard OBS I would support
060that yeah okay anything else second hearing of the public oh I would like to say I'm sorry um Saturday we're not going to talk about Saturday yes it's a good idea go yeah Saturday Okay Saturday Saturday the art the Arts Festival okay Mr Ross you're not going to say anything it's not my meeting you got a power for us I'll start I was here about 9:00 I I left about 2 and we were moving and I mean I wasn't moving too fast but uh we were we were there and supporting and it was great seeing all the kids in their own um element I think was really great I mean they they come to life when when you see them doing you know what they like to do and that was that was amazing the
061uh teachers were phenomenal I had my grandson with me I said you can leave you know if you want to so I was there like I said 9 to2 and he uh went to the watercolor station 10 times I'm not kidding you the pictures are on Facebook and he was welcomed with a smile from the teacher every time um he did this they did I have to put pictures on Facebook in my page and look this crazy uh painting um messy they were down cleaning it up off the floor all day and they just with smiles it it was a great time we saw the band and the painting and the drums and go ahead Dancing Yeah it's just I think it was just a beautiful celebration of the Arts we we have such talented
062teachers we've got amazing kids and our Arts Council has been working on this for about a year um and and this is something they talked about with really good enthusiasm their first year and then decided let's wait just a little bit um and so yeah it's I think it was just a beautiful celebration and the partnership we had three different professional groups that came and joined us uh doing clinics performing the one group had our students on stage doing solos with them uh with their instruments they rehearsed for an hour and then they went and they gave their performance um yeah from dance from our earliest Elementary up through our high school groups uh yeah it was just a really uh special special special day so thank you to all of you for coming and
063those that um put it on and all the partners along the way yeah thank you to everybody first grade put together a and they've never practiced it together and you would have never known every school's dance teacher had a part of the story and they each practiced their part and then put it on for the parents and it came together like they had practiced it a ton of times they never messed up first graders it was amazing how these teachers put that time in just to seamlessly put it together five different teachers was amazing I was not going to lie I was didn't think it was going to go smoothly and was so impressed how smooth it came together that was really cool well I I think it speaks to the leadership that you've provided
064and the power of collaboration I think that you've done an amazing job bringing all the stakeholders together for things such as this and what you've done with the arts program really deserves much credit well I appreciate that I am going to take zero credit um I we just okay we have a great no we just have a great group of of uh teachers and uh some building leaders on our Arts Council that um I I think you've done just really really inspiring work to make sure our kids have their voices they can see themselves in the work they have a way to express themselves in a healthy way where a student interest really drives what what they're doing and following their passion so for example at the high school next year we're going to have
065five new instrumental music classes that we're offering because our students have requested it not because um our adults thought it was a good idea but because when we when we surveyed our students and they told us this is what they want um we we can offer it now um which I think is just incredibly exciting and we we have some really exciting developments on the way here too and a meeting or two um love to have some of our high school students come and talk with you about our Partnerships that we're now forming with um Kent State and Cleveland State and Cleveland Institute of the Arts we have two students that are on scholarship at the Cleveland Institute of Arts for their weekend intensive Series right now and they are far beyond any of their
066peers who um go to Bowmont and Laurel and hawen and hathway brown um we had a student chill tell you here in a couple weeks when she comes um who had her portfolio scored the highest at akan University's portfolio day um so really some special special things that are starting to happen here I wanted to add one other thing I didn't mention the building administ rators there were I don't know if they were all there but there were many there and you know to see them walking around and to see the kids running up to them and giving them them hugs um I would like to know um how many hugs Miss Davis uh received and it was a lot of the older kids you know coming and giving her I mean you know she
067has a little not little but you know middle schoolers but the the high schoolers coming and so it it was nice to see a lot of people show up in support y yeah and thank you for your guys Support over the years I'm sorry and I know it's funny outside but thank you to everybody that supported promad Dawn at the concession fan we sold out of the hot dogs so we appreciate everybody that supported super um the next board meeting regularly scheduled board meeting March 24th 2025 at 5:00 pm right here be there or B Square I will entertain a motion to adjourn so did we have a second hearing of the public yes did we okay waiting for a second a second roll call please I didn't hear what Mr Bard said he asked
068if we had second hearing of the public Mr Sergio I'm sorry yes sorry Mrs Nazario yes Mr Ferguson yes Mrs Washington no Dr ballor I don't have a