001Amen. >> All right, it's five o'clock. Let's all stand. Uh Ben, open us up with a word of prayer. Mickey, if you'll follow with leading us in the pledge. >> Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for yet another beautiful day. Father, we >> we thank you for watching over us with the gift of life each day. Father, we just ask that you would continue to be with us as we serve in this capacity as we gathered here tonight. Father, we just ask you be with our thoughts and our actions. We conduct ourselves in a manner that's pleasing to you. >> Yes. Father, we ask that you continue to be with our county and our school system and all the leadership roles and administrators and our student body. Father, ask you continue to watch over
002each and every one that we may all look to you for leadership and guidance, Father, in all that we do. Most of all, Father, we thank you for your son, for the gift of life he offered us, the eternal life that we may hope that we may have eternal life with you one day. Father, we just ask that you forgive us where we fail you. We love you and we ask all this all of this in your most holy and divine name. Amen. >> I pledge algiance 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. >> Thank you. >> This time I'll ask Mr. Kzer to please call the role. Shane Connor >> here. >> Ben
003Couples >> here. >> Brandy Cherry >> here. >> Becky Hutcherson >> here. >> Norris Frank >> here. >> Kim Scott >> here. >> Jace Alexander >> here. >> All right. >> All present. >> All right. We do have a quarrel present. So we'll officially call our meeting for August to order. And the first item we need to uh consider tonight is a recommendation to accept our board agenda. >> I make a motion to accept board agenda. >> Second. >> All right. It's made and seconded. Any discussion? There is none. All those in favor of accepting it as it is set say I. >> Any opposed? All right. The agenda is set. Uh we mentioned uh we have Jace Alexander with us tonight. We're going to be welcoming him and swearing him in as a student
004member of the board. And Mr. Kzer, I'm going to have you kind of explain how this come about to to add him and and what they're doing in the state of Tennessee. >> Right. Well, in this past legislative cycle, they the uh general legislators decided voted to approve that each district school district that has at least a high school represented within their district, at least one, should have a student board member in attendance. Uh and again since he's not voted in per se by the public, it's an exeicio member, meaning that he can serve in the capacity of that student mindset given his feedback based on his work as a student at Chester County Schools. Uh but uh won't be a voting member. So we're fortunate to have uh Jace to consider it. If you
005remember, and I'm still waiting to hear from the state board of education because Jayce was also uh uh selected by us to serve as a potential state board member. Um I have not had any followup with any of the members of the state board to see what if they've taken any action with that yet. I haven't seen anything about that. But anyway, when Jacece made that willingness to serve in that capacity, I felt like when we had to have a student board member, it was going to be a an easy selection. Uh he's got to be a junior. He or she has to be a junior or senior at the high school. So, he could serve two years unless we run him off. So, >> all right. Well, and to keep it with consistency of
006how board members are added in our community and across the state, we will officially square you in. So, if you'll please stand. J, just raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear that you will faithfully discharge the duties of student representative to the Chester County School Board, uphold the policies and regulations of the board, and advocate for the best interests of your fellow students to the best of your ability? >> I do. >> Well, by the authority vested in me, I administer this oath. Jace, you're officially sworn in as a non- voting student member of the Chester County School Board and welcome to the board. How about a hand for him? >> Look forward to your contributions and bringing the student perspective. That's going to be valuable, I believe, as as we as we move
007forward. >> Uh next is uh uh delegations and celebrations. Uh I don't think we have any >> you had consent agenda. >> Oh, sorry about that. Yes, we that's Alan had a little bit different order this month. So, let's look at the consent agenda. Uh if you've had a chance to look that over, do we have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> Second. >> All right. Made by NAR, seconded by Ben. There is no discussion on that item, but we need to vote to approve that. So, all those in favor say I. >> Any opposed? All right. That consent agenda is approved. Uh next, we're at the delegations and celebration portions. So, we have no delegation scheduled to appear in advance. Uh, but we do have spotlight and celebrations. And Mr. Kilzer, I'll
008have you kind of dig into that. >> Well, and um, as I shared with the agenda at the countywide inservice, I had mentioned um to the uh to our to our district staff that we had had some reference or or comparisons with other uh state, excuse me, with other school districts in the state. looking at it in regards to the success of u student work on the state assessments the TCAP and lower grades and the high school EOCC's and as it reflects there and I share a spreadsheet of the entire district uh making special notice to those uh in particular um again what's uh spurred some of the conversations I had one of the teachers of the US history uh group who had done his own homework and thought well I'm you know our success
009is on up there quite a bit and it was it was top four in the state uh when you look at their success factors so then I decided well we need to celebrate more than just US history at the high school and see how well others uh other grade levels subjects are doing and again as it was reflected in the board agenda we had um 10 specific grades and subjects andor subjects that were within the top 15% in the state comparing to other school districts and four of those were in the top 10. Uh so again as I shared in your agenda those are measures of student success that are worth celebrating. We are uh again celebrating that collectively. I've talked to all the principles about that at this time. Still, we know that even
010though we have some success, like I said, in the top 4% in the state, there's still, as you can see from the success rate percentages, there's still plenty of room for improvement. So, we realize that there's still work to be done, efforts to get better with how we as a collective group of educators live that out of being a lifelong learner and making sure that our practices are doing the best to reach all students to ensure that they're getting the learning necessary to be successful. But we're very proud of that of the work that they've done. And uh, of course, at this time of the school year, you start getting more data reporting out. I'll be sharing with you folks probably in the next month as we learn more with the growth measures. Uh, again,
011these are addressing achievement. Uh, but the growth measures would be what a student was projected to score and what they actually did score at the end of that school year. And we've got some success stories again to celebrate there, but we've got other areas that we need to concern ourselves or or concentrate our efforts on to make sure we keep getting better because growth and achievement are two different things. They can be successful at the both at the same time, though. Some believe that you've either got to have one to sacrifice the other. That's not always true. So you can be successful in both being attented to both and really working to ensure that every student gets gets within their needs gets what quality of instruction, what quality of repetitions they need to practice those
012skills. Um, but we we're on a good path to get there and really feel good about the start of the school year and really feel good about the direction that we're going with our leadership in our schools, not only with our administrative leadership, but also with our teacher leaders that are taking an active role with our PLC's. >> Any comments, questions? No. This is one of those rare months where there's no actual items of of action on the board agenda. Um so therefore the public comment section for actionable agenda items is not applicable. But uh we do have some updates to share a lot of things going on as you said busy time of year and getting the year started and a lot of projects are happening. So I'll start with Mr. Kzer maybe sharing
013some things you want to share and if there's questions on other projects or updates board members feel free to to ask. Well, and and I can speak about the capital projects. I know it's a brief response or a brief update compared to what we've seen in the past, but as it reads in both settings, the a auto facilities as well the multi-purpose, we have the certificate of occupancy. So, we can go in and set the places up u install what equipment we need to install. Of course, again, as we've already talked about the multi-purpose, it's already had um several different teams and groups using it uh already, especially during like I know the football team took advantage of it when it was one of those uh stormy nights when they had practice scheduled and thunder
014clouds were popping. Uh they could just go in and practice there instead. So it's I mean the utility of it is going to have much more than just benefiting the immediate football need. But u in both cases uh we we do have the opportunity to get work toward uh and again as it says there our aiming place for moving into that is going to be sometime after Labor Day. We're giving ourselves again going back to the internet access feeding into both facilities. That was an effort that had to be um set up and that was with the work of Southwest Tennessee Electric along with Anias to get that set up. Um we still have yet to complete the walkthroughs, the final walk through. We've done some preliminary walkthroughs and from those preliminary walkthroughs and pictures
015captured of the areas that needs to have attention though some of those areas or most of those areas have been addressed. So, uh, but but still we're planning a a walk through and it's probably going to be at the earliest sometime next week. U in both cases with the a auto there's an issue with the the flooring in the vestibules and in the main lobby hallway that needs correction. And then for the multi-purpose, there were still some questions and uh trainings yet to come with Astro Turf with how to use the uh along with the purchase of the turf is purchase included of a rake that rates the rubber matting or the rubber uh pellets that is used to cushion the the the turf. And it's it's it doesn't look to be a hard task,
016but they include that as part of their purchase packages to give training for that. So, that's still yet to be done and scheduled, but that'll be coming up probably sometime next week will be the scheduling of those meetings, >> but they look nice. The facilities look nice. I'll say in the lobby space, the last picture you have right before it reads about the football practice field, uh we are utilizing uh a portion of that lobby space, which is uh an open lobby that feeds into the multi-purpose. Um, Rand Randa Hart is serving as our athletic trainer and given her a place since she works not only with the inseason athletic teams, she also serves well, she does that in season. So, it's not just for football team or basketball team. She works in the spring
017with other sport groups and in the fall with soccer. So, we're setting her up with some hardware furniture in that lobby space. uh because even like for other sport teams that are in the fall that may use her uh care and support that gives them a neutral place that's not necessarily uh in the school itself or definitely not in the fieldhouse. So keeps her from having to be uh uh hanging around with a bunch of others that has no anyone needs to have a little separation. >> Okay. >> Yes. question. What's the problem with the flooring and the egg? All of them. >> I believe there was a sealant. Now, again, this is my speculation. It boasts too. >> Okay. >> There was a sealant that was installed or or that was put down in
018some of the um for the either the classroom or the shop space that they used the vestibule to to mix it. And there was a puddle of of it looked to be initially it looked like water. It was just clear. It looked like it possibly because when I saw it, it was following a rain and I thought we were going to have to deal with the water issue. But then once um and Bo did it, I did not, but touched it and felt it. It was a little bit different. It was more of an oily texture. Well, ENT attempted to clean it with what they said was like linseed oil >> and it did not clean it. Uh, what it has is a it's like it's it's like when you have like a a soft
019drink spill that just gets wiped up and it's just a real tackiness. >> And that's the tackiness you have in the lobby in the vestibules. And if you look down the hall from the from the Baptist Avenue side looking back toward the school, you can see footsteps along the way where it where it's been u u uh carried through the the hallways. So, but that's part of our walkthroughs. That's part of the get this correct before we finish everything out. So, >> I have a question that I know. Sorry. I just work in the like automotive industry and I help with like plant setups and stuff for Toyota. So part of the walkthrough at least for the automotive building. Is there anybody that's going through just from like my industry standard stuff and doing like
020OSHA certifications on the equipment the vehicle lifts or anything else that they have going on there? >> Well, you know, James Carter, who is one of our instructors, he's been in there the whole process. Um, as far as somebody outside of the school district, outside of his role, we have not contracted with anybody to do so. >> There's like state and federal level processes that should be adhered to, >> right? Well, you know, again, we and I'm sure it's a night and day different from what you're talking about, but you know, our fire marshall was in there on a weekly basis to be able to um let's give us that occupancy. So, we had to make some things right at the tail end of it and had to replace some uh breakers because of the
021and I don't remember what the details were, but it didn't have enough of the juice that it needed to have, so we had to replace that. >> Sorry. >> Uh what about the lifts? Have they started installing any lift? >> Well, no, there's there's packages that are in the shop space right now. >> Okay. >> I hadn't opened the packages. They're still sitting there. Okay. >> So, I don't think that I know we've got three lifts on the automotive side on James Carter's side that's going to be installed. Um, two of the lifts are quite uh one of them has a front end alignment with it. Okay. >> Um, it was a more costly lift that we bought with uh the Spark grant that we got a few years ago uh through CTE and um
022but we have two other lifts. So, we're going to have three lifts on that side. On the automotive collision side, there's not going to be any lifts installed, but we are in the process of of pricing out for paint booths and getting the hardware equipment that they need for the collision repair side. I had a meeting yesterday with the vice president of TCAT who over who provides the oversight and some of the funding and the instructors. We have, you know, we have instructors for welding. We now have picked up an additional part-time welding instructor. We've got a full-time welding instructor, a part-time welding instructor, and then we have a part-time collision repair instructor >> that's going to be starting or of course their classes start. I think their trimester starts now, too. Um, uh, the
023um, for the welding side, we have, of course, it's not recorded here, but I think we have over 90 kids that have signed up for welding. So, it's a large class justifying that extra half half roll. Uh, but there Cody Bower is the welding instructor from last year continuing this year, but Kai Jones is doing a part-time role and both of those guys went to school together here at Chester County High School and they're both welding instructors. So we're fortunate enough to have that and it's a good program to have >> and they'll be able to adopt the space that is currently a automotive >> automotive and that was part of the conversation even yesterday with uh the vice president is likely to convert once automotive clears out of the AC Jones side the one
024closer to the stadium >> uh and converting that to an additional welding shop. So you would have instead of like 10 to 12 days now you would double it is what we were planning to do which would be within reason with the number of students who are signing up for those courses. >> So is it wired up to >> Oh yeah capacity. >> Oh yeah. >> Okay. >> They may have to do some uh like add a few circuits here and there depending on what all they put in there is MIG TIG whatever they add if they add but I'm assuming if they have more space available they'll want to add. >> Yeah. Well, and that was part of the conversation is what type of commitment are we both going to make? You know, because
025>> if y'all if you remember from serving in the past, the initial welding um um setup was done by TCAT Crump. So, they funded for the welding side. All the welding hardware and and and sites were done by TCAT Crump. We had to do the power. We had to upgrade the existing power for the the uh >> that's something that can be done by our maintenance men as far as running >> the space is available. They just got may have to run the actual plugs or receptacles. Now, TCAT Jackson is also going to be managing the evening class because if y'all remember TCAT Crump when we first started had an evening class that met, I think it was Monday through Thursday using our shop space for anybody coming in, you know, after school hours could
026come in. Some of our kids chose to add to their uh learning and their time on task just to continue to do that in the afternoons. And um uh TCAT Jackson now has picked that program up totally. So they'll be doing that in the future. Probably starting in January is when they're going to be visiting that. But is other than than that one that I want to speak to, is there any other update that you folks want to have a little bit more conversation about or have questions regarding? >> A little quick one is the food services. Is there uh what's going on? Is there >> Well, based on what Stephanie We've been feeding them since we started. So, >> uh as >> they like it. >> Well, as as she shared uh from this
027little Yeah, it's not it's not as extensive as it has been because she doesn't have data yet from meal consumption. That's what she was sharing here that, you know, she's got new manager at Jax Creek, uh Judy Davis. And again, she was informed, reminded, you know, of the decision that the board made last spring that rather than going that path of making sure that we're investing in a better quality food that would cause more students to choose the meals as part of their plan. So, um, you know, she did, of course, well, some of you were able to eat with us at the high school during countywide in service day. >> Uh, the setup in the in the meal presentation area where you actually get your plate, your tray, it's a lot better in the
028look. Uh, so it does provide it more appealing. I don't know the status. Last year, uh, last school year, we had, uh, a second second try at breakfast where at break time or sometime after the first block for kids that get there like right before 8 and don't have time to eat breakfast prior to, you'd have a second chance to eat a breakfast. Uh, so they that did pick up at the high school. Uh, I had a conversation with Stephanie Lawler last week confirmed by Dewan Johnson, the high school football coach, that she was going to secure uh some of those um Uncrustables, you know, those peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. She could get I forgot how many cases, but she can treat that as a snack which comes as part of the students. They
029get two meals and a snack as part of their daily I guess allowance is what's possible. And um what we learn from other schools in our area that do this is to keep the students who are working hard in the heat of the day and maybe not having as much time to eat as often losing weight. Uh that's how these other schools have been able to manage their students to keep their weight their calorie intake up and their weight up. So Dewan Johnson accepted to take that. So she's gonna I don't forgot how many cases. It would be several cases. And the plan would be to after practice give everybody these Incrustables, eat this before you go home. You know, just to again add more calories to the diet and it's something quick and other
030than those that are allergic to it, you know. >> Got it. It does accommodate. >> Any other questions or updates? So we have more students, >> a little bit more. Again, as you know, Dr. Kim, some school districts in the other parts of the country are not starting till around Labor Day. >> So it's hard to really predict if all of our kids are already there, you know, actually in the seats. But I would say the majority of those cuz it's from where we started back at the start of the well at the end of the summer we had about 2750. So we've kind of regressed back a little bit but we're still based on the numbers that I shared with you folks we're still uh about what I say >> 4% >> two 2%
0312.6 Okay. >> Counting for 69 students. >> We had a to my knowledge and again I didn't compare it. Miss Carol could speak to it probably is better much better than I can. We have a lot of people out of county. >> I counted them. >> We have more than last year. >> Yeah. Yeah. We and and this is new folks coming in. Kindergarten folks. We had a ton of kindergarten folks want to come in. So um hopefully >> were we able to accommodate all of them that came or with space available? >> The only we we only had to based on and this was preceding I think the majority of them well we only had one family that we could not honor because of their lack of attendance last year. Um and then maybe
032there was another one that of a new one we we didn't accept. Um but for the most part we had space. >> Yeah. Right. >> I know Bo's not here, but the two uh AC units that are waiting on parks. >> Yeah. >> Is that a classroom setting? >> Well, no. Uh and and I talked to Bo earlier today. Uh actually, if you've noticed as you drove past the middle school, had a crane out there. >> Those are for the gym, correct? >> We had two for the gym, but two also for the campus. So, we had two large or excuse me, four large HVAC units to go out at the middle school. >> And again, but as he shared with his uh he told me the dollar amount, you know, in that last statement
033that he makes, we are purchasing the units and subcontracting out the installation work and crane aspect project. He saved about $40,000 for not doing a turnkey job with it. So, so contracting and correct. Yeah. Uh Clay um uh Carpenter has been active with that, but you know, um Randy Rushing, who's the crane service, uh he's the one that's um contracted with to get the the units on top of the roof line. So, >> very good. Any other questions, updates? Two events to keep on in mind for September. Uh we have the fall regional meeting which will be in Brownsville Haywood High School uh September the 18th. So that'll actually occur before our next board meeting. Uh and that is scheduled for Westchester Elementary rather than here. That will be Tuesday, September 23rd at 5:00 at
034Westchester. Usually we do that in the library uh when we're on location there. So that being the end of the agenda,