001All right. Good evening everybody. I'd like to welcome you to the September South Range Board of Education meeting. I'd like to start the meeting call to order. Mr. Nur, you can call the role please. >> Tyler Bates >> here. >> Elizabeth >> here. >> Terry Len >> here. >> Brian Bagwell >> here. >> Uh Dr. Dawson will be able to make this. Uh first we're going to start with a moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance. >> If you please stand for the pledge. [Applause] >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> The first item on the agenda is the approval of the agenda. Did anybody have any questions
002or changes for tonight? >> If not, we just need a motion to approve the agenda for this evening. >> I'll move. >> Uh Terry moves. >> Second. Elizabeth seconds. All in favor? >> I opposed. That motion carries and we'll start off with the board recognitions uh with Dr. SP. >> Yeah. So, first off, thank you so much everyone in the audience, students for being here. Uh board, we have a special recognition that I'd like to to use. Do I need this? Can you hear me? Okay. >> All right. I got a coaching voice. So, um I'd like to do this annually. And what this recognition is, every month we celebrate called the Raider profile and those are students that are getting better every day. So what we want to start the tradition this year moving
003forward are students who scored a perfect scale score on the test that we took called the Ohio State tests which are every spring for students in grades 3 through 10. Essentially, a scale score. Basically, the test is broken down into sections and there's points per section. All of those points add up to a range. So, those ranges equate to like 800 as students. If you received and parents, if you received the report, it would say something to the factor your students scored an 830. So, all of those subsections basically add up to a standing score. So, the students who we are acknowledging tonight scored a perfect scaled score on one or more of their Ohio State tests, which is an unbelievable outstanding achievement. We had nearly 30 students score perfect on the OST. Round of
004applause. [Applause] Parents, what we'll do is we're going to um I'm going to invite the principles up. They'll read the names. Students, you'll come up. you'll shake my hand and then we're going to go up on the stage. At the end of this, we'll have picture time for families and so forth. And then when we're done with this section, feel free to stay for the rest of the board meeting. If if you'd like to go celebrate dinner or if you have any after school functions or any sports, we definitely understand. Okay. So, with that being said, I'd like to introduce Principal Davis to school. >> Thank you very much again. Welcome everyone and congratulations to all of our last year's third and fourth graders. This year fourth and fifth graders. Uh so boys and girls,
005uh if you're here tonight when I call your name, please come on up to receive your certificate. Uh, first Elias Campbell. [Music] Kina Cors, >> Grayson Lewood, >> Sylvia Bis Taran McPy, Bethany Slagel, Christopher Turner, >> Brody Wilson, >> Elliot Hall, Evelyn Wells, >> Mac Dawson, >> He's a soccer. Okay. I think the bike just gave up on me. So why in Montgomery Kavi Patel >> and if he's not here I'm guessing his sister Kabia >> Patel Brady bridge, Daniel Sranco, Ava Eucus. Congratulations. Now call up [Applause] Okay, so the first person I have to call, she actually scored perfect on two tests, um, which is really exciting. So, Angley Campbell James Barber, Dallas, >> Hannah St. Ryan Nicholson, Weston Ramps and Lucas Win. [Applause] Hey, good evening everybody. I believe it was the Marines
006who had a slogan a few years back, the few, the proud, the Marines. I think it was Marines, but it's literally the few, the proud here at the high school. But we are extremely proud of our two students who scored perfect on there and of course exams. First being Addie Cell. And in an effort to be up here a little bit longer, I'm going to tell you what test she scored perfect. Addy scored perfect on the English language arts team test. So congratulations, Addie. And then we had Cody Eart. Is Cody here tonight? He might be at football practice. Cody, um, he scored perfect on the American government test. So again, congratulations to our high school students. And I'm going to take a little bit of credit for those middle school students as well. [Applause]
007>> All right, students, kind of get a little bit closer. Little bit closer. A little bit closer. [Music] >> One, two, three. One, two, three. Another round of applause for our You should make sure [Music] Congratulations. [Laughter] >> Oh. Oh, okay. Congratulations. >> Yeah, I I saw [Music] clear. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] >> Thank you. Congratulations. [Music] [Laughter] That's all I have. >> All right, we're going to go ahead and move on to item number six, public participation for regular agenda items. Anybody had anything uh now be a chance for agenda items? If there's none, we'll go ahead and move to item number seven, communications with the superintendent. >> Special thank you to all the staff, especially custodians, coach drivers, and teachers for welding welcoming kids for the 2025 26 school year. We had a great
008beginning of the year. Um, also wanted to thank our fans from last weekend. This weekend, we received very positive news from the Baron administration and thank you, uh, Mr. Clarren for sharing it. Um but the AD at Barbering gave us a shout out and gave the fans a shout out as well as the van. Um he stated that our fans stayed cleaned up the stands on the visitor side and had all trash in the in the in the barrels. The locker room was cleaned and he just said like everyone cleaned everything and it was it was really good. They don't always get that at barber. So I wanted to acknowledge the community and those that attended the game. That's a special recognition from another school. So, so thank you guys for for all that. With
009our safety and resources uh uh goal, we have three grants. We received all three of them. Two of them right now. We're still in in inwaiting the third grant, but we received two physical education grants. One with the NFL flag in school and there's kits that they receive for the physical education classes. And the second one is USA lacrosse. So, we're trying to expand what we're offering students in physical education. Um and Mr. Chris did a really great job writing those grants, receiving those grants. So, shout out to him. Um, and we did receive a cyber security grant that we wrote. Mario and myself, uh, indeed, uh, wrote that grant last year, two years ago. Uh, it was a 23 grant that we wrote and we just received it this year. So, it's a little
010late, but we'll take it because of cyber security, which is, uh, crucial. It's a mandate now according to Ohio law. Um, so we're trending in that right direction. We have more grants out there. Um, I I applied for $60,000 in tech cred AI training for teachers. Um, and we we just applied for another tech grant for that. So, speaking of grants and and in and finances and so forth, um, I received information this year about college credit plus. So, currently we have 54 students in college uh, credit plus. um in college credit plus in three years uh we are spending about $163,000 of taxpayer dollars on college credit plus when we originally started it was 88,000 and now it it it exploded to 163,000 that we have to pay for college credit plus so just
011wanted to update the board on that's a general fund expenditure that by law we have to we have to um have to pay for students taking that and speaking of students taking rigorous classes is this week we did release the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce did release um communicate our report card. Um we had a lot of growth on the report card. We're we're excited about 4.5 stars um and we're going to continue to work um to improve. One area that I do want to highlight a hard work at the high school and I know Mrs. from packets here. Um, but the high school worked on the ACT remediation score and we went from 33% of the kids going to college remediation free to 40%. So, we increased 7% on ACT. Um, that college
012workforce we improved. So, we're we're definitely working hard and continuing to deepening um our education and career technical education students. Speaking of career technical education, today we had around 90 students over the last two days. I might be up a little higher. Attend the career CTE, the career uh trades at at the camp fairgrounds. I went over today. I was trying to recruit was trying to recruit some tools. Milwaukee was there. Um and got to meet some masons and it was an awesome experience. Actually, I talked to some some people that we might know in common and she was drilling. Might have been a little crooked the nail she was drilling in the drywall, but she she did it, you know. So, it was an awesome experience. And I I talked to our Mr. Gezy,
013our new construction trades teacher. He is super excited about where what the kids are doing. He actually brought in four different contacted four different people that are going to come to the classroom from electrical to masonry and so forth. So very excited on on where we're headed um with that. I have two more items. Um first, next week I'm going to have my second cup of coffee at Seas Waffle on September 24th, Wednesday at 8:30. I know last year uh Liz attended with me. I think she was planning on attending again. Um, and that's just an opportunity to meet with the community. I plan on educating the community on school funding a little bit more. Um, we just got a report released today that Ohio is 46th out of 50th in the nation in funding
014in schools. Um, at one point it wasn't that low, but Ohio is um relying more on property owners to fund school in in in the state sharing less of that burden. So like to take that opportunity at se just to inform the public um that any changes on that is is from the state as they as they work through legislation. Um and the last item here is Mrs. Pierce. She is in the audience. I think she wanted to take some minutes and share some celebrations and other information. [Music] >> Come on. >> This is like up close personal You're not there yet. >> I don't think you're going to get in there. That's okay. Go ahead. >> All right. Okay. Um, so one thing I wanted to update you guys on was the end of
015last year, I mentioned we received um five awards from um America's, what is that called? Well, the award we just received, we heard last month is America's Healthiest Schools. So that's the whole country. Um, that's a huge accomplishment. was the only school in this area. I think the only other school in Ohio was this school here in Cleveland. Um, so it's a huge accomplishment. I'm really excited. Um, it had to do with the cafeteria, but also I really appreciate everyone in the whole school was super helpful with it. Um, it was about mental health, it was about physical education classes, it was about community. So, it really was America's healthiest schools all around, not just the cafeteria. So, really big accomplishment. They were having um a summit, but they moved it virtually. So, I can
016send everyone the invite if they want to attend this virtual celebration. It's in October. Um and then if you saw by the loading dock on the elementary side, we have raised beds started. So, Mrs. Hollister, this is McMurray, this is Massie, and this is Scott. We each have a raised bed. So, we planted them last week. Um I was a little I know the school's mostly farmers. I'm not. But um I was a little bit skeptical about where I'm going to be planting this late, but I already saw like little tiny buds. I planted kale, arugula, radishes, and lettuce. So, I'm excited about that. And hopefully the kids will get to see their labor. The seed packet said, so I'll keep you posted on that. Thank you. >> Those are all communications. >> Okay. Thank
017you. >> We'll go ahead and move on to item number eight, the consent agenda between the treasur and super I'm sorry if you guys are having a hard time hearing, please feel free to come forward. The microphone died on us. So, um item number eight, the consent agenda. Item A in that I uh in that list is the minutes for the board meeting on August 20th. I didn't see any changes. If anybody else did, now would be the time to bring those up. Item number B, we'll move over to Mr. Nero for the treasury report. Yeah. Uh we provide August financial reports. Something just want to highlight those on this agenda. We're approving the forecast. Um part of the new budget, the updated deadlines for the forecast now at August 31st and February 28th, but
018since the budget was passed later, we have to October 15th. Um So I didn't put the other forecast essentially to a fiveyear forecast what they call a threeyear that's essentially a four-year forecast the current year plus two years forecast that's on your agenda later um that trigger me a couple weeks ago some districts are still probably going to do like a May forecast update so I don't know if that's something you guys want to see I probably plan on still doing that later in the year have more data for computers forecast I worked on now there some changes but um relied a lot onto trend system um and I can go over those habits we'll get to the forecast questions on the on this financial move on item C the personnel this is the extended
019supplemental contracts for the 2526 school year that's negotiated for Patrick Carden. Item D, personnel for classified new staff hires. >> Yeah, these are um substitute nurse to help out uh when when Kim is absent as well as um helping Donnie uh with ticket ticket events, athletic events, $30 per event. Item number E, the list of the individuals are going to attend uh camp and shopping. [Applause] Item F, new hires uh for the 2526 school year. >> Yeah. So, we were down drivers. Now, now we're not. We're excited to to hire Elizabeth and Stephanie as well as a couple a subd driver and a sub a couple sub a and that's just one of the rates that we that we work on. So great job to the principles writing for security. Item G is the approval
020of the transportation handbook for this year. That takes us to the end consent agenda. Anybody have any questions on any of those items? If not, we just need a motion to approve. I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Tyler moves. Terry seconds. All in favor? >> Opposed. And that consent agenda item carries. Um item number nine, we'll go to the treasurer's regular agenda. >> Yeah. The first one's the appropriations. That's the general fund and all our other funds which include the bond classroom facilities set aside student activities. Um the general fund ties to the forecast that on the agenda as wellations and then other funds are based on transit data set based on our questions. >> Motion to approve the 26 appropriations. Terry moves. Elizabeth seconds. All in favor? >> Opposed? My motion carries. Um, item
021B, adoption of the initial fiscal year 26 financial forecast that was provided everybody. Do you want to uh elaborate on anything else or? >> Yeah. So, I'll just the forecast broken down in two sections. Um, revenue and expenditures. Um, revenue the two biggest breakdown is real estate and state funding. Real estate brings in roughly uh 43% state brings in roughly 30% of our funding. So looking at future years those will impact our forecast expenditures larger depending on what your assumption is. So for like real estate a couple months ago I highlighted the county auditor updated our valuations and potential tax rate. So I did update that with this forecast here at the end of May. So real estate they were expecting went down a couple hundred,000 inspected. didn't lose any tax dollars we need to
022get and just what they're investing. So they updated that values and the state funding the state budget was passed for two years. Um they funded the guarantee. So we'll what they did update was the cost of what at the state level currently or the current foundation breakdown on the guarantee of over $600,000. So that's a land we have to pay attention to with the budgets because if they do anything different with that it will obviously drive. So one of the things we maintained in the past has always been enrollment because anytime they ever touched a guarantee in the past because schools were losing enrollment and when they changed the funding model four or five years ago now when they move enrollment into the state funding formula that reset our student count from local to just
023seats. So if we maintain that enrollment forward with future budgets, I don't anticipate losing any money in the guarantee, but never future budget and on the regular side any future. So like you trend that passport desk using stuff like that on the expender side the main the main budget is made of salary benefits 53% of salary 25% benefits so those assumptions will impact what future years look like. So, we just approved a 2-year contract 3% 3% is what's in the forecast in the previous future years for for planning to like 2% set for negotiations mostly for planning purposes. Insurance other item um I forecasted roughly 8% insurance cost that's been average since um the other major item is purchase service. Um biggest one biggest cost there is the ESC invoice and that's been a topic
024of conversation past budget our passports the biggest driver in that increase has been would be our would be the preschool that we talked about that before and our costs per day have remained relatively stable has been the number of days we need to service I know we have preschool here it doesn't m doesn't matter if it was here or somewhere else kids that were required to educate so that cost per day is what drove most of that increase but also over the years try to be cost effective most benefit for the district is certain positions have left that we started to utilize the ESC services so one of the positions that we site we had it in house so the salary and benefits were close to $100,000 using the ESC we reduce that cost to
025roughly 60,000 so there's some savings there uh this past year we had specialist supervisor resign for position district so started utilizing the for this year. Um and I think that cost is roughly 85,000 and we say with the salary benefit roughly around 120. So I know ESA's a lot of talk conversation but for some smaller district it was beneficial obviously we have to talk conversations to meet our needs based on that that's kind of going forward is continue those trends and then future years is maintaining current staff. future reductions instead of not forecast but I did forecast potential retirements in some savings and salary place that's the main those are like the big bullet points that factors for the future years or forecasting like I said forecasted planning tool that's a snapshot time things change
026all the time so we always discuss a treasure even it's a living doc it's a snapshot time right now how things change This time frame kind of made it more difficult snapshot time because the predict or the estimates that you get prior to the previous scheduled budgets, they don't exist yet because they're not coming out for another couple months or months or so. >> Yeah. So, you're kind of just using your best guess from historical data. >> Yeah. So, future years is going to be it's going to be no more data. Like right now, we did get the real estate settlement for the fall on August 29th. So because of the deadlines of next year when I do the fall forecast or the August forecast, we will be getting our tax advances. So we'll be
027relying on more historical data instead of actually don't stay with the May forecast going up in February. You're not going to have a spring settlements. You're relying on more historical transit data before you start seeing public. Um so that's why a lot of schools are doing like a gas. you're relying more on historical data than actual trends of occurrence. >> I mean, I I personally like doing that additional forecast, you know, between the two just kind of catch up and confirm. So, you're asking what we thought. I think I would be in favor of that. >> I'd be in favor of >> Yeah. So, that those would definitely help with the forecast. There shouldn't be as much change from that. something that may shoot closer to what end. >> You know, one other thing we
028talked about before, I don't think a lot of people probably realize, but maybe think of it because I think the Fed's meeting tomorrow, but with interest rates fluctuating, you know, money that we have in money markets that's making money based on those interest rates. When those interest rates drop, even though it's good for us as consumers, be detrimental to us as a school because our money isn't making we're not getting that interest income. Right. >> Correct. So, yeah. So like the interest increase dramatic 22 till now so future years I projected a gradual decrease but I talked to other treasures like what kind of trends they're using all that stuff and most treasures are kind of forecasting 85 to 90% trend like did not say revenue but test that can drop rates dramatically immediately. It's
029just more like understand that might be something and the notes that you have like that see how it's forecast. Were there any other questions on item B? If not, we need a motion to approve the uh fiscal year 26 first fiscal year 26 forecast. >> Uh Elizabeth moves all second. Tyler seconds. All in favor? >> I opposed. That motion carries. Item C, the student activity budget purpose statements. Those are provided in the uh the drive folders. >> These are currently right now. There's still a few remaining but I'll reach out to the approved. Yeah. >> Tyler Terry seconds. All in favor? >> Opposed? That motion carries. Uh item D section 125 flexible fringe benefits. This is part of the negotiated agreement. >> Yeah. So a couple years ago they negotiated account is one of the
030companies that kind of handle that. They do it for free for the district because it's like the staff and but they also get forms that we require for staff to sign off on that allows us to take out their insurance taxes. Second. >> Elizabeth moves. Terry seconds. All in favor? I >> opposed. That motion carries. Item E, inventory removal. The following textbooks um considered obsolete and no longer useful for educational purposes. Have any questions on those? I'll >> Tyler moves and Terry, I'm sorry, Elizabeth seconds. All in favor? I >> opposed. That motion carries. Item F, uh, a couple donations, one to the high school principal and one to just South Ring schools in general. Um, as always, we appreciate those donations. We need a motion to accept those. >> I'll second. >> Tyler moves.
031Terry seconds. All in favor? >> Opposed? Those motions carry or that motion carries for those donations. Uh now we'll move to superintendent regular agenda item number 10. First item is the business advisory council minutes you were included in the drive. Um anybody had any questions or want to volunteer their business? I saw they're looking for places to host. If not, we just need a motion to approve those. >> Terry moves. Elizabeth seconds. All in favor? >> I opposed. The motion carries. The educational service contract. A motion to approve the title 3 English language learner consortium contract this year 26. Yes, we have students um that lately we have to offer um ELLL English language learner services and we receive um some money from the federal government. It's about $600. So we um work with ESC
032because there's a lot of schools that use the ESC for the students who need English language learner services. So this is just a contract to work with that group. There's several schools. This is like a second. >> Second. >> Elizabeth moves. Terry seconds. All in favor? Opposed? >> That motion carries. Uh, that will take us to item number 11, public participation for non-aggenda items. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Um, is it okay if I address Mr. Zapic? It's just kind of a question I think he's going to have the answer to. >> Yeah, he may not have it for you tonight, but >> No, I don't expect that he will. Um, it's kind of a comment, but kind of mixed in with a question. I was um wanted to congratulate the entire school with the four
033and a half stars. Um, that was very exciting. But of course, I had to just delve into it a little bit further. And I noticed that there were two places, and I'm sure you did, too, where we got three stars. One of them didn't really concern me. It was the uh preparedness for workforce. And looking at how they rated that, I I was not concerned by that at all. It seemed like most of our students are going into a four-year program versus like the two-year or right into the military. So, that kind of skewed us down a little bit. So, I wasn't concerned with that. But the one, and I don't want to say it was concerning, but it was interesting to me, is the progress report where we were scored three stars. I couldn't
034help but notice that in the elementary schools and in the middle schools, we seem to be doing very, very well. They um scored as how do they do in the in the giftedness program is what I was looking at. Did you go into this Jared at all? So, the elementary school and the middle school, it seemed like we were scoring really, really high. Um, identifying all of our students very well and then servicing 100% of those students. But when we got to the high school, that dropped drastically. It dropped down to a 71% where they expect us to be at 80%. I wondered if we knew why that was. I have a theory, but I'm wondering if I'm right or if you have any ideas why that would be. if you have an idea. >>
035So I think we talked about >> Yeah, that kudos to you. I mean that's basically the next level work that our team we talked about that today with progress specific when you analysis there were some areas that had a huge drop because students are in CCP. >> I knew that. Okay. I knew that was going to be. So that brings me to the question of does the state not have an exception for that for us having obviously we have this great CCP program. We're 88,000 to $163,000 in the last whatever many years it was. So I would anticipate that the gifted students in our high school are enrolled in CCP. So therefore we at the school don't offer a really extensive gifted program. That would make sense to me. Does the state not recognize that?
036>> No. And I and I welcome Mrs. Wear and Mr. Zoling and Mrs. Wear has a lot of experience with gifted at the high school specifically. Um, it doesn't. So, we are working with high school staff currently who are we encourage them to maybe consider being a gifted intervention specialist just like a an intervention specialist. If the CCP course is taught by a GIS, yes, the course isn't taught by a GIS. We currently have no GIS's K12. So, over the last couple years working with staff and collaborating, several have we we had conversations like, hey, would you consider going back to school, becoming a GIS, meeting with Mrs. Wear, meeting with Mrs. Divio to have these conversations? And I know that just happened recently with Mrs. Fishell. So we also get receive points. Um there's
037a lot of other reasons. If we simply identify and we create some opportunities with that GIS that it's going under this official has some really good ideas. You will see another star. We simply are getting there. Um it's going to take some time but we acknowledge it. Yes. Yeah. >> Yeah. And it made sense to me. It just I was >> I thought how I just thought it was weird. It can't be the only school that's doing that because I understand it is a waste of taxpayers money to be paying a gifted program for students that aren't going to enroll in it because they're in CCD. >> You hit the nail on the head. Um and with specific with progress um we can narrow down to two areas that I know we've already provided a
038lot of support and conversation. Hey, what do we need to do for those two areas? Progress is based on a standard deviation. >> We had one area that that standard deviation went extremely >> and it it's never happened >> and we know why. So now the conversation is hey what if and how about and it's going to get us to be a little creative. So we are getting creative. We'll know we'll see the effects next year um just from the conversations. But yeah, um it it is a challenge when you have 54 kids taking the course because the other 30 are in CCP, that's 30 kids that don't count to that quantifier. And because they don't count, they automatically get a >> Yeah. Yeah. Which is you could have fives all across the board, but
039the second you put a zero in there, all of a sudden it drops drastically. >> So yeah. Okay. All right. That's I thought that's what it was, but I just and I had a feeling you would know that. No, actually we were just because we were talking about was it Monday when we went over the stars and he explained to me and exactly what they explained. But also too, I know this past year we had a couple students who taken CCP and a lot of the classes that they took for college credit didn't transfer to that college that they went to. So, we're wondering why are we wasting the money? I mean, you're taking college classes, but it doesn't transfer. >> What at what age level can they start enrolling in CCP? I've heard somebody
040say eth grade. >> There's a there's a range because >> in the trend CCP is great for students that that it's it's there, you know, it's their niche. Um CCP is so watered down the state of Ohio and it's all factual. There was a white paper last year, January of 2024 or 25. The state of Ohio auditor came out and once you open it, the very first paragraph that says CCP is advantageous for secondary schools, disadvantaged for public schools, K12 basically. Um because like in our case, if I had to take Mrs. Compact, he's going to challenge me or an online class, >> right? So that's been that's been kind of like and and you can't fault the student for that, but that's the system in the colleges. They smartened up and said, "Ah, you
041took biology, but that's not medical biology." So that credit though counts for the transfer doesn't count for overall college graduation. So, the colleges have got really um smart smart enough on how what counts and what doesn't count because theoretically any Ohio college should receive Ohio college credit plus credits. Mrs. Wear, Mrs. Zoy, um I mean, Miss Crumpac, I know we've all had those conversations. It's one of those things where now it's do we encourage more of our staff to be CCP trained or CCP a qualifier because it goes from 370 to >> which we said that also if you are housing your own CCP so we have teachers within the building a the students are staying within the building but in addition to that that would count as services because those teachers get those gifts
042and hours because they have to qualify for so many gifts and hours and then they can write the written education plan. it doesn't work when you're trying to work with university to break that web. And so that was counting as a service, but if it's housed within and so we did have that conversation today of like what does that entail to be able to get more of our teachers that >> and the last part to that is we've even encouraged families in the audience. There are colleges that are, you know, they'll charge $100 versus like a $300. And again, when we get to the root of it, some of these courses that kids are taking simply because they aren't being challenged. So, it's like financial and you can't I I can't say no, you have
043to take start state. >> You mean you can't as a parent or you can't as a >> super as a school district. >> Oh, okay. >> So, parents are like, "No, I want to take YSU or I want to take >> Can I as a parent?" >> Yeah, you can sign up. So, those are all the little nuances and colleges know that. I met with YSU this summer um and and was like really pleading with them to take because our costs are we it's hard to control them. Um please, you know, we're a small rural district and YSU said we're not changing our our costs. So I said, okay, I want to encourage Stark State because they offer the same exact but half the price. So that's kind of like the game that that you
044play, you know, that they they've been playing for for many years. Um, and it's it's a very because you're keeping the kids there like you want to challenge the kiddos, but how can we do it? To your point, that maybe a little innovative, maybe a little >> and I, you know, and part of me really honestly doesn't doesn't care if we if the state is uh hitting us hard for not having that program as long as I know as a parent and a taxpayer that my kid who might be gifted is is is getting the resources and challenges that they need. So, I don't necessarily care, but it would it would be an answer as to why that number was low. And that's all I was really looking for. I had a feeling that was
045it. I thought you have all these gifted students. All of them undoubtedly are going to be tested as gifted and then we're just dropping them off at 9th grade. I just didn't believe that. So, okay. Thank you. >> I knew he'd know the answer to that. Doubting. >> Uh, anybody else for public participation? >> Can I just add something? It's kind of on the agenda. Jared touched on it. The cyber security um we're we coined September cyber security awareness month and I send something out for the teachers because we do get -ate funded and we have to be children's internet protection act compliance. So, I use September as this is our monthly meeting to make make it public and we do uh we send out short videos and encourage the teacher to do more training
046in the classroom because we apply for this federal money every year and like what we just put in our wireless project. It's a h 100,000. These are these are just estimate round numbers, but it's a $100,000 project, but we only pay 40,000 because we can take uh we use the the -ate um free and reduced lunch calculations to calculate that out. So, um that's really what I wanted to say. Let the teachers do it. They conduct roll call on it and they have some videos that train the kids on internet safety, email safety, everything that, you know, we're trying to strive to get better at. So, that's all. Thank you. >> And Brian, I had one more item. I wanted to speak in public about this um to to just inform the board. Um, I
047was recently informed that there is a lawsuit that um there are individuals suing social media sites in video games and it is a um multi-million dollar lawsuit because of teen suicide and what the effects social media especially for the younger kids. When we got rid of cell phones in schools last year, remember we had schools had to this year had to implement it. We did it last year and you know we talked to staff throughout the process and we heard overwhelmingly like kids are interacting with each other and and it's it's gone really really well. So that kind of trend throughout the nation then led to this lawsuit against video games and social Facebook social media sites because of cyber bullying and so forth on how it impacted children. The research is crystal clear how
048it hurts executive functioning and other aspects of the brain. So, I am currently researching what it would take for us to join that lawsuit against the social media sites that do not put age restrictions on certain sites. Um, it's not monitored and how it impacts kids when they get to school. Um, I'm just getting more information now on it. I don't know. I'll probably have our legal look at any information I get, but I do believe um we could receive some financial um restitution from this settlement agreement and if so, I would like to put it into internet safety and put it into what Dean was talking about cyber security and so forth. Again, I don't know. I don't want to get us involved in a contract that would be to disadvantage to the district,
049but I do think it is about time that some of these social media sites are held accountable. Um, and I don't know when the suit, like it could be tomorrow, it could be three months from now. Um, I also wanted to do this in public so you guys can hear where where I'm going to get more information. Um, you know, if you have any questions about that call. >> Okay. Uh, additionally on other matters, the next regularly scheduled board meeting is October 15th at 6 o'clock. Anybody have any conflicts with that? So, for now, that will that will be our next scheduled meeting October 15, 6 o'clock. Um, probably at the back of the library at the same rate. >> Yes. Um, with that, if there's nothing else, we just need a motion for adjournment.
050>> I'll move. >> Uh, Terry moves. >> I'll second. Tyler seconds. All in favor? >> I will adjourn at 6:49. >> Hey, thank you for coming and we will look forward to seeing you next month.