001Normally I print these up, then there's a now there's a glare. >> That's all right. Let's turn it up. >> Good. All right. We're good to go. Good morning. I would like to call to order the special board of education meeting at 7:30 a.m. on February 19th, 2026 at the board office. Uh roll call, please. >> Merleti here. Moyer >> here. >> Sheen >> here. >> Sula Donick >> here. Whitaker >> here. Everyone could please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. All right, back down. We're good. Everything we do is designed to provide a future ready student- centered learning experience for every single child.
002Our strategic plan for 2021 through 26 will help us accomplish this goal by considering every facet of a student's learning experience from curriculum to infrastructure to wellness diversity and everything in between. As members of the board of education, we serve as trustees. Therefore, this is a business meeting being conducted in public, not a public meeting. We are grateful to serve an engaged community and therefore encourage and respect input from from citizens. We expect that everyone present will behave in a manner consistent with the behavior that we expect of our students. We reserve the right to have those who not who do not comply removed from our meeting. We have a short agenda this morning. I'll entertain a motion to adopt that agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. >> And roll call, please. >> Merletti I.
003>> Moyer. >> I. Sheen. >> Hi, >> Suladonic. >> Hi, >> Whitaker. >> Hi. >> And I will now turn the agenda over to Dr. Gold uh for our one agenda item, that extended field trip. >> Good morning. I'm asking the board to approve this field trip before our regular scheduled meeting of February 23rd because it's taking place this weekend. Uh it's our high school cheerleading uh participating in states from February 21st through the 22nd, 2026. Do I have a motion to approve that recommendation? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> I just think it's fantastic that they've made it to this point and I would never dream of denying them the chance to go. >> Right. Congratulations to them and look forward to hearing about about that. So >> yeah, say congratulations
004to both our middle school and our high school because they both uh have done very well uh this school year and to the coaches. Yes, they worked they they clearly have worked very hard. Yeah. So, we appreciate that and they're a good reflection of our community. >> All right, a roll call, please. >> Merlatti, >> I. >> Moyer, >> I. >> Sheen, >> I. >> Sulaonic. >> Abstain. >> Whitaker. >> I. >> All right. I will entertain a motion to adjourn our special meeting. >> So moved. >> Second. Uh, roll call, please. >> Merletti, >> I. >> Moyer, >> I. >> Sheen, >> I. >> Suladonic. Hi. >> Whitaker. I. >> We are adjourned at 7:33. >> Thank you.