Clarke County Public Schools School Board Meeting 03/24/2025

001Ely graduating seven this year yeah it's going to hit us hard right and I'll just highlight some of their um individual and team recognitions if I miss anything you can add anything in there as well but like You' mentioned the girl swimming was the region 2B champion and they finished fifth in the state the boys swimming swimming finished sixth as a team and then the boys 200 medal relay they placed third and that um included Ryan hooks Jack Westbrook aan whan and uh Landon Beamer and then the boys 100 backstroke Ryan hooks took third and the boys 200 IM aan whan finished second and then the boys 100 backstroke Ryan hooks finished third and aan whan broke the school record in the 100 fly with a time of 55.6 Brian Hooks broke the okay okay

002I shall fix that he broke he broke aan juday's record okay which was set in 2018 so Ryan hooks broke the school record in the 100 fly with the time of 5516 yes right anything else we missed I think that's it all right thank you thank you very much thank you all all right next we will proceed with wrestling with head coach Logan Withers and Mr Withers we thank you and you can uh introduce um your team member here with you tonight and share anything you'd like to share thank you very much if I knew I was going to be up here giv a little I would have come a little bit more prepared so I apologize I'm a little bit off script here we had a great season um obviously thank you for the

003recognition it was my first year on staff as head coach and you would have we'd had what you would call like a rebuilding type year we had a very young team and Collective you know my lone senior here Mr Vincent was a fantastic example of what I want Clark County wrestling to be going forward and continue that and he did a fantastic job this year but rather having a young team I thought we did very very well for ourselves um we took four kids to the VHS uh vhsl state championships this year you know that was a um I just want to touch on that very briefly just the end of the season here with the snow we had that big delay in our state tournament schedule and you know kids were having a wait

004an extra week you know to go down and participate and having the venue change and that was a huge challenge for all my boys and I thought you know us you know as a winter you know as a winter program across all teams you know I'm sure swimming and basketball had to go through the same things as well it was a huge challenge for us and I thought the kids bounced and responded solid solid representation this year we had four qualifiers for the state tournament we had two Podium finishers so it was fantastic and I would like to kind of point out Colton here and his accomplishments um it was kind of iffy there for about the last 10 years years or so we have had a region Champion every single year and Colton accomplished

005that this year Colton was the 2025 region champion at 120 pounds so I want to give him a big round of applause so I'm looking forward to having a great next season I'm having every single every single wrestler return for me except for my dear Mr Vincent here who's our only senior and unfortunately he's going to graduate and it's going to be a lot different without him next year but overall we had a fantastic year so thank you for giving the opportunity to come up here and give the boys some recognition and shine next time I hope to bring a couple more with me so thank you very much and Sam big colon well done and thank you and correct me if I'm wrong but Colton also entered the century club with a 100th career

006win this year right Colton had 139 career victories and 96 of those being by Fall which means they did not go the distance with Mr Colton so don't tie up with him and that is actually Colton is I believe Seventh Place seventh place all time in Clark County's history in terms of wins so there's only six guys that have come through this high school program that have won more matches than Colton so again again he is a huge example for what I want this program to be going forward and he I mean he was a he was a a shining star on a hill was Mr colon he did a lot for me in terms of not only his effort but his family and his effort that he put in across all my boys did

007a great job but again he's my only senior and he personified that fantastic fantastically and he's got the accolades to go with it so my man it's fun thank you very much I have nothing further thank you all right next we'd like to recognize girls basketball and head coach Regina Downing and Miss Downing thank you you for everything you do and we appreciate you and just like the others I'd let like to let you say a few words and introduce your team with you and then we'll read through some of the uh recognitions for this year all right first of all I'd like to thank you guys for allowing us to come before you today to stand here and and to recognize us in our basketball program um I have four of my Varsity players

008here with us today most of them are the girls are out playing softball um our JB team had an outand outstanding season uh coach McCall coached them they won the district uh Championship um my varsity team they did some great things just an outstanding season this year we had um two what we had two freshmen on a varsity team this year uh three Juniors uh two seniors um just a heck of a group of kids that just work hard day in and day out just an outstanding season and tonight I have with me I have Paige madis she's a freshman I have Kendall Harmon she's a freshman I have Aaron Demco she's a junior and I have Haley folks she's a sophomore it's wonderful and you all won the uh Bull Run District regular season

009the Bull Run Tournament champion region 2B Champions and state semifinalist as a team your overall record this year was 24 to5 the JV girls basketball won the bull r Championship while competing in an undefeated season Elena Mavish was the first team all Bull Run and first team All Region 2B she was also named The Bull Run district and region 2B Player of the Year Elena was also named First Team all state Paige Mavish was the first team all Bull Run and first team All Region 2B she was also named second Team all state Paige stimberger was the first team All Region Tob is there anything else uh Deon McDonald was also a second team um all district and Devon McDonald was second Team all district yes thank you right thank you all right next we

010have a speech with advisor Christine Brewer so in addition to academics vhsl does um in addition to Athletics does a few academic competitions one of them is speech it used to be called forensics nobody knew what that was so they just changed it to speech um so uh students compete in one of 10 categories and we do a region a super region and a state competition so we had our largest team ever going to the uh region competition this year and uh out of those out of those uh speak they top three move on to the next level so we had a group of them move on to the next level and then moving on to state so the five um girls you see here are all advancing to the state competition which will be

011this Saturday in um Salem Virginia um so we have here on the end actually Caroline you should be by Maggie so Caroline and Maggie uh compete in something called humorous Duo interpretation where they do a twers scene together um they've been doing this now for 4 years they're both seniors um they have been winners every year this year they won both the region and the super region and they had the highest score of any of the speakers at the super region competition so that was very exciting it's one of the first times it's gone to a Duo that we know of um then next to them we have Sierra and Lena they are both participating in a category called impromptu which is a very difficult category they are given a topic in the speaking speak

012room and they have 7 minutes to prepare and give the speech um and then they were adjudicated on that so they will both be doing those and then Kelly Thompson on the end will be competing in poetry she'll be reading a selection um her selection are Edgar alen Poe poems and that compet that category is done with a manuscript in front of them so they have the the script in front of them but they are not supposed to look like they are reading from it directly but they are supposed to reference it so they will all be going on to the um the St championship this Saturday and so we're very excited that we're bringing five of them with us this time and uh very excited um four of these ladies are also going to

013be performing in Chicago the musical opening April 4th 5th and 6th in the High School auditorium so please come out and support them in that I have brought a poster if you wouldn't mind putting it up somewhere here in the auditor in the School Board office um so we look forward to seeing you all in the Clark County High School auditorium in two weeks for Chicago Edition yay thank you and um Miss Brewer at the super region Lena loer got third in impromptu Sierra Smith got first in impromptu so we want to congratulate both of them Kelly Thompson got fourth in poetry Siera Smith had like I said got first in impromptu and Caroline Brewer and Maggie Lair got the first humorous Duo and like you said had the highest overall score so best of

014luck as you go to Salem High School and thank you thank you [Applause] our next recognition is um music appreciation month and I would like to give a big shout out and thank you to Mr Harry Holloway for putting this presentation together for us and I understand he'll be singing a selection for us at the end would clear the room um I'll song and dance waiting for the slides to come up I can dance I can't sing good evening we're here tonight to celebrate music in our school's month and to remind ourselves the of the profound impact music has had on students in Clark County let's not just call it an extra it is a vital component to any well education music education teaches students the value of cooperation discipline and practice in the same

015way as any successful sports program next slide our choir programs brings Clark County voices across the community under the leadership of Kristen snarky students are not only not only learn to sing they do all into music theory history and diverse musical styles choir builds confidence creates community and provides performance opportunities that extend beyond the school walls many of the choir students often qualify for programs that include col scholar scholarships and other opportunities I need to add one other note here when I make PowerPoint slides they're white on the back with black lettering the only reason this has any color on it is because of Christal Clark County High School's Band program under the direction of Mark Curry is a Cornerstone of our school spirit and a place where students develop discipline teamwork and a lifelong

016appreciation for music whether it's in the auditorium on the field or marching down the street our high school band stands out loud and we've got a little video from our band that they prepared for you [Music] so as you can see our indoor drum line is a high energy example of the dedication and skill of our students this program provides a unique outlet for creativity and physical expression fostering precision and collaboration we just saw that yes there are quotes on here from several of the band members from the the middle school band about the importance that band has had in their lives both in terms of Social Development in terms of the building the sense of community as well as learning to be good citizens as well as good musicians this speaks volume to the

017impact of their Ed of this education on their lives it's about belonging confidence personal growth not just learning to play an instrument these testimonials highlight how music creates a positive School environment and helps students develop essential life skills director Adam Clark brings them together for a powerful sound and a sense of community that can be found in personal growth next one but any band or music program has to begin early our Elementary programs under Jessica tavner and Derek Boyce introduce our youngest Learners to the joy of music and instrumentation even in elementary school these programs Coster creativity development developing cognitive skills and lay the foundation for a lifelong love of music you can see the enthusiasm in their faces and their passion translate into success in the next subjects next slide please and you can

018always succeed by closing with little kids talking love music and playing the FL because we are banded are the best you should should [Music] be uh my name is Oliver and I like music because we have band and I get to play my favorite instrument and there's a lot of opportunity to be imaginative my name is Harper I play trumpet and I really like music and band because it gives me a new hobby and it's fun my name is AA and I play this trumpet and I love um music because there's so much imagination and also I love um band because you get to play all different types of instruments and um it's really fun you get to play with your friends I like ban because you can play with a lot of different people

019and a lot of different instruments we love music and and also to give a shout out to Mark Curry who um directs the band at coie elementary school as well um his name's not up there but he does direct the band at coie and does a fantastic job at that so in closing we just want to kind of wrap it up by saying that music education in Clark County is not just about performances it's about developing well-rounded individuals and as you've seen tonight we have quite the talent in our community on all aspects um so thank you for supporting all of our students and especially celebrating music and education month this month thank you thank you [Applause] [Music] all I don't think we've ever celebrated music appreciation month and so I just love that we

020did that this year so thank you um finance committee and this too is very important and we appreciate you it's I notic dou I noticed Doug left whenever this she came yeah I just saw him with we let's get him back in here exactly put him on the hot seat good evening the finance committee met on March 12th um the first item they reviewed was a FY 25 year-to date expenditure report and um they looked at the opp operating pull that report up this report is in your consent agenda so I know it's already been approved but I wanted to review uh the items that were talked about during that meeting so this is a year-to-date expense summary report um dated February 28th so it is actually over the halfway mark in the year we

021looked at the operating fund which showed expenditures at 55% to this point during the year through February 28th this is in line with what we expect to see at this time of year and it's actually about 1% as the report says about 1% less than last year so we're in we're expecting to be in pretty good shape it looks like we are um staff is continuing to watch the operating fund really closely and we will continue to do that each month and talk about that during the finance committee uh meetings there's it's still a little early to tell where we might land um at year end but we are watching that to try to make that prediction so I'm hoping that maybe by next month we might have um a little bit more information so

022we can start honing in on that that final expense report um that was for the operating account and then or the operating fund and so the other fund we kind of touched on the other two funds were the Food Service fund which shows expenditures at 651 th000 uh which is about 50% of the budget and there are usually some lags in revenue and getting that Revenue received in books but they're expected to keep Pace with the the reeven V is expected to keep Pace with the expenditures so that fund is doing well as as uh same as the operating fund so the capital projects fund we did look at that and um year-to-date expenditures and encumbrances total a little over a million dollars um between the two within an available balance as you can see

023of $892,000 after the meeting um with administrative staff it was determined that some funds could be shifted from Capital uh to the bus uh the bus project line so we were able to find some funding this year to go ahead and get that bus ordered and worked with Mr traner for that and so that meant that we would only need to request one bus from the FY 26 budget instead of two so that was um definitely a good thing that happened uh for the capital projects fund any questions about that particular report it's not exciting I know so um the committee then turned and looked at the year-to DAT revenue report and what we're seeing right now is we're it's the same report that we typically look at and we're comparing it we're comparing what

024we're seeing change wise to what we have in the revised budget um so right now when we look at local funds we're seeing about 56,000 is what we're expecting to to get in additional local re revenue and most of that is due to dual enrollment um which is actually about $30,000 of that 56,000 is coming from dual enrollment and another 19,000 coming from tuition from private sources like um prek and out of County tuition there are a couple of reductions and some other smaller amounts that we're seeing increases for but that bottom line is the 56,000 in local Revenue compared to um the revised budget so um that's always nice to see that additional Revenue especially coming in localwise and I know that we may have some more changes for next month as well we're

025seeing a little bit more coming in um that didn't make this report uh the state funding for that same thing the revenue for that time frame um is expected to be about $231,000 less than the current budget but most of that is due to that decrease in um average daily membership the ADM that was um budgeted a little bit higher than what we're seeing now so we're seeing a decrease there and um it's 184,000 decrease in ADM and about 24,000 decrease to um the Virginia preschool initiative so those items plus a small change in the calc file ended up with a um reduction of about 62,000 um once again the preschool initiative is about a $66,000 reduction there's the cisna actually had an increase so when we look down the total for the state revenue

026we're expected to see about a $231,000 um reduction to where we where we are right now um um revised budget so when we look at those two well I'll skip over Federal I don't want to skip over Federal we're just not expecting any changes for federal so that is um where it was last time so when we add the increase in the local and and that expected uh reduction in the state revenue we end up with about $174,000 change um a little bit less than what we had anticipated in budget um but overall we still feel like Revenue um is is coming in okay and we think we think we're going to be in pretty good shape questions about Revenue no um item three on the report is a couple of supplemental appropriation requests um

027the finance committee is recommending approval of the that will come later in the agenda the actual approval um action items so I'm going to review both of these there was a supplemental appropr appropriation request that was submitted in November of 2024 for Revenue only appropriation and it was in the amount of $ 43,45 um this was additional Revenue that was received from the Ida Grant and at that particular time we we knew we had expense budgeted for that but we just got the additional Revenue so we didn't ask for expenditure additional expenditure appropriation was it we had already included that in the initial adopted budget but after staff reviewed um the were reviews and we were looking at it again we realized at that time that we could have used the expenditure we could have

028used that expenditure appropriation to match the revenue to cover some other expenses um that weren't in the budget budget um particularly I believe it's inre expenses uh the budget uh fell a little bit short compared to the actual expenditures so this is what I'm bringing to this board now that the finance committee is recommending approval for is um that expenditure appropriation so the revenue appropriation happened in the fall already and and this expenditure appropriation will match that so there's no local there's no additional local funding requested it's just catching up the expens will catch up with that uh Revenue appropriation and so one offsets the other so that's what that particular item is about um the second appropriation is actually for $1,434 that's some reallocated 2023 security equipment Grant funds from the Department of Education

029um there is a required 25% local match they are to be used these funds are to be used for security equipment for boy Elementary School and they'll be used for security battery backups and two-way radios the match is already funded with current security budget and expenditure so there's no additional local funds requested for this either so it's just a total of 1,434 expenditure and revenue appropriation um any questions about the Appropriations or supplemental thank you thank you um the last item was uh at the time the 2025 General 2026 General General Assembly budget update and um at that type there was no new information and Dr Bing may have um additional information to share um I'm not sure but um that's actually all I have for the report yeah during the update at the end

030I'll go ahead and share what we know about the general assembly budget through today so yeah there is some new information available thank you thank you Miss Bennett um literacy update and we have Dr nil and Miss Shelley Spitzer doing this and they do tremendous work and I'm thankful for them so I look forward to their presentation good evening so we are here with some literacy updates we're really proud of the work that's been done this year and we kind of want to just go over all of the items we've been working on so we're going to cover the Virginia Virginia literacy act updates tonight our hqm which is how quality instructional materials our teacher support and our data thus far at this point in the year so for the Virginia literacy update to to

031today um for the kindergarten through grade three vows the midyear assessment has been completed and at the end of this presentation we will go over that dat data as well as the spring dates have been listed for um April 21st through May 16th and then it coming in the 2026 year school year is a Spanish version our grades 4 through eight vows is going to be released next fall and that will be released as soon as the pilot programs have um had their information compiled and reviewed and then guidance documents will be released later this summer the intervention materials that we um went through the process with our committee where we um evaluated several different um companies and their materials that are on the approved list and we chose the Benchmark advance and that will

032be purchased for next school year and currently grades 6 through 8 is approved to be um released at a later time as soon as the Virginia uh Department of Education meets this month so the list for their intervention materials have not been released yet but once they are we will work on the same process to find an intervention for those students our canvas courses are up and running all of our staff has been enrolled and that work needs to be completed by June 10th and the work is in progress and we're receiving updates quarterly from vdoe and so we're just doing a checks and balance to make sure everyone is compliant tag team on two things on that slide so for some of you you may feel the same way that I felt coming into

033this job with all of the acronyms thank you I was going to ask you to do that thank you so so just to back or rewind just a minute um vows is a screener that tells us which kids are at high risk in Reading you know a moderate risk or or which ones are kind of on grade level they're they're they're reading pretty good um so when we look at our data here shortly we'll look closer into that um currently we are screening for K through three uh the Hope from Virginia is that there will be a 4 through eight vows uh screener released at for next school year um and then for the canvas course I just want to point out that's for our uh Educators that it is for our Educators and it

034those are the modules we had talked about at our our last update um depending on the content they teach they could have up to 18 hours of modules that they're doing and this year we were very intentional with our year-long PD plan to work in time for them to be able to complete those uh courses so a lot of our teachers are pretty far along and it's kind of their professional Pace there's no um dictated Pace that they have to uh go by but it does have to be completed by June 10th thank you m and then as far as V Virginia Department of Education updates um again we've already touched on the um grades 6 through eight English materials currently the list is being um reviewed and waited to be approved by the um

035Virginia Department of Education so as soon as that is released we will be reviewing those programs that they have approved of and then um the English standards of learning resources uh the 2024 so um list has been updated and is currently being used in our classrooms and the vdoe has worked really hard to get the standards of learning for English on their websites as well as a ton of instructional resources so we've been sharing those out with our teachers our principals any staff member that might need that but it's also linked in your presentation so if you need to take a look at that please feel free to do that and the number of resources located on the website for VOD vdoe is numerous and just very very helpful to our teachers um the Allin

036Virginia is including the Lexia program that our English students have been receiving this year they we we purchased it for every child along with what was G gifted to us from the vooe for this year and next year they are offering that same um program again at no cost to um identified students and limited seats will be offered but we'll be sure to continue our work with Lexia for core five and power up for our grades kindergarten through um grade8 students and those are two programs that give a quick assessment and reading identify areas where students are really strong or need more help and then it's a um it's actually a really cool program where kids don't have to immediately if if if they have a weakness in one skill they don't have to immediately

037go to that they get to choose so it identifies you know puts up four or five different skills they can work on and they get to kind of create their own path until they have mastered those skills so it is it is um a pretty neat program all right so our our hqm our high quality instructional material update as you know we reviewed and and recommended um Benchmark Advance uh which we implemented this year and we've all been learning as we've gone through that adoption of new curriculum so we've been um getting teacher feedback and working with our administrators and of course Miss Spitzer um to create a step-by-step document of this is how this curriculum is um going to be implemented in in Clark County Public Schools not only so we have a stepbystep

038document for our current teachers but as teachers come in we have some consistency with implementation um throughout this year we've kind of seen areas where we need growth and and teachers have given us that feedback um which has been very helpful in creating this Playbook on Friday we presented The Playbook to the teachers to get their feedback and they're filling out a survey on each section um especially the assessment section um where we really need their feedback because Benchmark has a ton of assessment available um and we need their feedback on this is what students really need this is what is working this is not what is not working so that we can land on a Playbook that we all agree on um this is what we're going to implement consistently um we have we

039have um sent surveys to our teachers this year um for temperature checks on how how the implementation is going um as with any new new curriculum it was rougher at the beginning and now people have have learned how to implement um initially the curriculum was much more rigorous than kids or teachers were were used to um giving and it took some adjustment for for both parties um now teachers are reporting that they're really liking the Benchmark curriculum and that students are liking it as well and one of the teachers on Friday um mentioned she said you know at the beginning of the year the kids really felt like it was so hard and she said the other day one of her students said you know what this really isn't that hard anymore because they're getting

040used to that R level of rigor um and then the Middle School update as soon as we do get the videoe approved list for Middle School um we do have to adopt a an intervention program for our middle school program so that's to be determined because almost every month the state says they're going to have that list out we haven't gotten it yet so we just put a Tob determined on that one so our support throughout the year um we have had teams go through and do instructional walkthroughs um to obtain data on that Fidelity of implementation of our hqm we've had training so all stakeholders receive training and Benchmark um Division and school level have all received um training pertaining to that literacy instruction and then RTI meetings principales teachers um division level staff

041have attended RTI meetings response to intervention meetings where we review data um principles lead those meetings we analyze the data collect it and look at our out ready our vows and then we look at students and say okay do they need to receive intervention are they showing growth what of support do they really need and then we plan for that support and then of course our monthly grade level update meetings um which are attended by division level staff as well and that just ensures that we are answering any questions that teachers have along the way and I just wanted to take a few minutes um during this presentation to highlight our reading Specialists because without our reading Specialists really none of this work could be completed because our reading um Specialists are very very um

042important to our program in Clark County they provide intervention they attend and plan for the RTI meetings and then Mo most importantly is they help create the student reading plans and the student reading plans are part of the vaa that are required to ensure that all students who have been identified as having a weakness in any area of reading is implemented taught and monitored throughout the entire year so I just wanted to kind of highlight some of their um work that they have been doing this year and um more more importantly just because it is the highlight of literacy month they have also been very crucial in fostering a love of reading by supporting literacy nights in both elementary schools so they plan help Implement um I know books have been gifted snacks um fun

043activities parents are involved just to get a feel for community and in those buildings and to highlight how important reading is and as Dr now mentioned the the acronyms are crazy so I did want to go over a few of our assessments that we use to collect all of this data so I ready is the diagnostic that we use for reading for grades 1 through eight and vows which stands for the Virginia language and literacy screening system is what we the screener we currently use for grades kindergarten through 3rd and hopefully that will be extended through grades 4 through 8 for next year and these screeners and Diagnostics just serve as the tools that we use to identify those students with either weakness or if they're on level or if they just need a little

044you know a little help our we like to call them our bubble kids so those are the two areas that Dr nail is going to talk about in our data that we've collected all right so our already reading data grades 1 through 5 so for our elementary school on the left you have our fall data so you can see that 34.4% of our students were two or more grades below grade level so that's the red up there 21.5% of our students were one grade level below um in their placement and then 44.2% of our students were above or on grade level and then on our winter data which was around January you can see that that red is getting smaller um at 12.3% so we went from 34.4 to 12.3% for our students who are

045two or more grade levels below um our yellow grew which is what you want to see right the kids who are um really struggling are moving into that middle range where they're around one grade level below um and that grew to 34.7% and then our our on grade level score went from 44% to 53% so we're really proud Midway through the year to see that level of growth happening um in in our elementary schools can I ask you a quick question yes um do you not that I we need to see it now or um but so this is one through five but I'm assuming within your data you drill down per grade right I did have it per grade um originally in this uh presentation but going through each grade at each school we

046felt like might extend the night right which is like to see those I do have we do have all of that you could just email it to us the only reason I'm curious and um I don't want to take too much time it's just I just wonder if clearly this is an impact from Co right so I was just curious about that yes so we do have this byg grade level in a presentation that we had originally created and we did a practice run with our administrators and it took like and it took it took a really long time it to go through every single grade level so we decided to kind of do an overview of elementary and middle but we certainly can send you that no problem thank you so in grades 6

047through 8 for our our ready diagnostic um it's a similar it's the exact same colors right our two or more grade levels below are our red and they went from 40% in the fall to 30.7% in January our yellow really stayed about the same um at 17% and 18.8% um our green grew to 50.5% in the winter so our students um who were yellow it's really like the kids kind of like are just shifting around so some of our kids that were two grade levels below shifted into that that middle range and then some of our yellow um middle range shifted into the green so we're we're seeing growth in the elementary and the middle levels right now for reading my vs was in a different order in order for me to see these numbers

048I have to have them in front of me so excuse me so vs for our vow screener um it's a little bit different in that the measurement for fall um the criteria for meeting that is a little bit easier than in January so the criteria for students to meet the levels gets a little bit harder um but we did in grades K through 2 Go from 35.5% at low risk um to 55.8% so we did see a lot of growth on the vows assessment our um moderate risk went from 37.8 to 20.3 and then our high-risk students which were 26.6 went from 23.9 you didn't see a lot of change um in in that high-risk band of students um they were the students who needed the most support at the beginning of the year and

049when that criteria got harder they continued to need support throughout the year which means anyone who um is in that range needs a reading plan and uh a plan that is provided um and collaborate with with parents in order to show how we are specifically supporting those students and they have specific objectives uh related to their deficits um as identified by vows and they're being met um five times a week for 30 minutes each day with either an interventionist or um an assistant yes so we wanted to end with this quote because I really think that our teachers are rock stars and it we've been um put in a lot of um areas where we had to pevere through this year with all of our training and all of the new learning that had to

050happen this year but but our teachers are really coming out positive we had um a training on Friday and there were there was no negativity everyone was engaged the entire time with our PD so it says there are no secrets to success it's the result of preparation hard work and learning from failure and that is that kind of like exemplifies what this year has been for our team and the admin team as we've worked through these plans and our implementation and we continue to work through and when we were going over this with the teachers on Friday we showed a little Pixar short um called Piper so if you have time to watch that it's like 4 minutes long it's really cute and it's about a little um bird who lives at the ocean and

051he really wants to eat some of the clams kind of in the sand and he fails and he fails because he's scared and it's too hard and then he realizes it's really not that hard he he goes on under the water and he sees clearly kind of the path and that's really how the teachers have felt this year and and they've come full circle and are now appreciating that this really although the sweat on the brow was hard at the beginning it's getting easier throughout the year because this is a this is a high quality instructional material you know and and we chose it for a reason so I wanted to end with with that uh quote because I do think it exemplifies the hard work that we've we've been through this year and and

052last year honestly with picking the curriculum and all of that Renee there's one more there's just one more and in closing I just wanted to on behalf of Dr nil and I thank you the school board members Dr bowling Dr seal and of course always Dr nail because she's always just like my little cheerleader um for your unwavering support as we embark on this journey and as we continue to implement the VA with with our students to grow to grow our reading and at that time are there any questions any questions yes Mr Wilson thank uh we have had a program visited curriculum visited Upon Us by the state is it effective The Benchmark curriculum that we're using for Virginia literacy act yeah the stuff came well I believe that our data is showing that

053it's effective we've seen a lot of growth this Year yes is it going to need will it be significantly tweaked or reworked as a result of uh feedback from the teachers and school administrations so yes I mean we are and this is what I did tell the teachers um and we told the teachers on Friday this is fluid if we put something in the Playbook we've got a Playbook that we have that's um chapter by chapter here's the purpose of the Virginia literacy act here's how quality instruction materials here's how we're going to assess students and how we're going to implement all of our curriculum if they're given us feedback we're going to um take their feedback and change our Playbook if needed and then if next year they're implementing it and they're like this

054really isn't working the way we thought it would we take feedback from that too we're not we're very much fluid through this learning process okay and uh as a result of this M the implementation you've done uh do you see any future challenges that you hadn't envisioned before coming out of this so I think the whole process has been a challenge just learning the curriculum you purchase a curriculum you get a couple days of training from the company but then you live it every day right and and it doesn't always go the Practical side of it isn't always the same way that the theory works so yes it has been challenging and I think next year we'll be challenging as we put a new assessment plan in place as we work it this what I

055want to hear about yes you you've had a chance to evaluate what's been I want your if you would your prognostication on where you're going to be next year and a year after as a result of this in scores or in implementation implementation M so I think that's a fluid process so we're in the middle of that now we're getting feedback from teachers so we can make shifts in our plan and then at the beginning of next year we're going to teach our teachers essentially what that plan is right so we'll go through and say here's how we're going to implement um Benchmark and I do think along the way if we need to shift we will because we value teacher feedback they're the ones boots on the ground right um and we really want

056at the end of the day to always make sure we're making the best decisions for kids and we're putting putting supports in place to ensure that our kids are improving in their reading skills okay and everything we've discussed tonight everything you presented tonight has been for the grammar schools in the Middle School M what happens with the high school kids who come into this thing with who are behind the curve I don't see anything you presented you just have to go home and use Google so we present it tonight primarily on Elementary because our Virginia literacy act covers K through 8 but um Dana can tell you and I can tell you that we have reading support built into the high school as well and we have students receiving supports in high school uh they

057take different assessments and different Diagnostics but we do have those levels of supports they don't just fall off when they go to the high school we monitor them we collect data and we um look at how they're growing and their reading skills as well when they get to high school are you seeing similar results to be honest we have kids I'll let Dana kind of speak to that maybe she probably saw it she have seen has seen it more recently than I have 10th graders we have what we call response to intervention classes that are smaller and they're very um deliberate in their instruction we have to remember a lot of our high school teachers are are are literary literary teachers not reading teachers um but they've done an excellent job of um working in

058small groups and individual instruction so um we have seen success we've had different models over the last five years we're in a consistent model now and we see our students um moving out of the response uh to intervention and you know the goal is they take an so at the end of the 11th grade for both reading and writing um so again the the groups get smaller and smaller as they progress through the uh through the grade levels so we are seeing results in that m so those classes get smaller as kids go up through high school and I know like um with the VA it was a learn as we go from the very beginning right out of the box it was challenging um talking to teachers watching my son go through it in

059the fifth grade it was it was a challenge for everyone um frustrating for the kids because it was a different level rigorous program than they were used to but I have seen the benefits from it personally so good that's wonderful I mean we've seen it as well with the students so we're excited to hear that absolutely keep up the awesome work thank you thank you does anyone else have questions yeah I have a couple um so should in theory should the projections that that you're sharing you know with um the I ready data as well as um probably not the vowels necessar because it's K K2 but should those projections reflect what we could possibly see what we may see in s testing and then along those lines is so the I ready test is

060being referred to as a diagnostic test so is that the same as a standards of learning test so the I ready test and I may call Harry up here and he's on standby for me over here the I ready test is a diag itics test and it measure it does measure the standards and and Harry did a correlation last year of already versus um our standards of learning tests and found a positive correlation between the two the first question is a diagnostic test and the test are not the same thing right a diagnostic test is a test of skills and understanding on a broader base the sosos are testing very specific targeted issues uh we did a correlation between the I read test for the SS fairly strong correlation where we could use the SS

061as a reasonable predictor of results um we're also looking at other potential predictors for that in the future um that we're looking at also see what's our best way to do long-term predictions and the big thing with the Benchmark was I just had a meeting with third grade math and the third grade math teachers have seen the kids reading improve it was showing up in math class these kids are better readers and have picture years yes and to go back to the diagnostic that uh the so stand standard test test this grade level standards the diagnostic tells you here are the deficits and gaps in if a kid's in sixth grade here they haven't met this third grade standard that Gap needs to be filled before they can be at grade level so it is

062really beneficial in helping to make group you know and see where those deficits are okay thank you MH in your evaluations you you're talking about the feedback is that something that um I mean you're you're collecting all the time or is there the feedback from teachers yes we did one in the fall and we're doing one in the spring and we did a um Fidelity check in the fall and we're doing one in the spring yes and then we're getting feedback right now on the Playbook itself on how we're implementing so there's a survey where can survey any section that they want to out of the Playbook um or none if they don't have any feedback if they like what's there we've kind of tried to capture what they have told us is working in

063the classroom so we want to see we want to make sure there's consistency between the two elementary schools right so if they um look at the assessment plan um Shelly and I went through and highlighted all the areas we feel like may still be in question um and ask them to specifically give us feedback in those areas but we told them you can give us feedback on any part of the plan the Playbook that is there so they're filling out that survey now um we asked for it to be completed by April 4th so that we can compile it make changes to the playback book and send it out to them again MH so you have deadlines coming up but in the past do you feel uh uh pretty good about the the response the

064the teacher response to the for the feedback because that's the like I mean I I'll be honest like we would had hoped for more response uh with feedback on the surveys but I think people you know sometimes you become saturated and and overwhelmed and that's one more thing that you have to do um we we purposefully picked April fourth because it's a um elementary teacher work day so there will be time that day to review dab deep talk to their colleagues if they want about the Playbook and then respond to that Sur well and I'd also just like when we're attending those grade level meetings with the teachers we are spending a lot of time and I am taking a lot of notes so it's not just you know one temperature check in the fall

065and one in the spring it's been really ongoing all year that's a good point and and so as a concern arises then we are addressing it I'm reaching out I would like to say thank you so much because I have been able to go to like and work with Fairfax County they are implementing Benchmark another County um not Prince um oh the school oh Manassa city is also doing Benchmark and so they're division leaders in my role we've all like kind of met together and we're going through this step byep this process together to ensure that like you know oh this is what my my district is doing and so then I'm get taking that information back and sharing that with our teachers like just and that's been that conversation has been going all year

066well and the beauty about that that type of collaboration is not all school systems are in their first year of imp ation some are in their third year so they had adopted the curriculum prior to the Virginia literacy act and they've kind of gone through some of the bumps and learn learned um through the process so we're able to share that information with teachers and get their opinions um and Molly and Max both did do um a session at their grade level meetings uh where they invited us and talked with their teachers through here's where we've been what what challenges are we still seeing and that really helped shape kind of some of our work on the Playbook so you feel satisfied that you're getting the information that you need in order to make a

067a good I feel like we're going through different Avenues and I I feel like we're getting some good feedback in order to make informed decisions in planning for next year yes okay MH and how I realize you have a general framework uh how much creativity are you and particularly the individual teacher is allowed on this how far can do they give you a rigid framework uh from which the teachers cannot deviate or so the teachers have a set they have to follow the program with Fidelity but they can bring their style into teaching so they have that um autonomy to if they if they want to bring their own style like we when we did our Fidelity checks um we went we went purposefully into the same grade level at the same time and we

068saw very different um presentations from the teachers even though they were on the same lesson from the same material so although they have to follow the framework of the lessons they're given autonomy and how that's presented anything else thank you thank you you please pass along to all the teachers too whenever you meet with them again how much we appreciate them we knew that this was going to be um a really heavy heavy lift um it was it was we need it right but um so just please pass that along how much we appreciate and thank you for being mindful about how long this your presentation was going to be but if you could send us if you could send us the drill down um by grade level thank you guys so much thank you

069um sful implementation all right our next uh presentation is the the requested update on the cell phone policy implementation thus far it's actually gone extremely well um at kie um they've had no issues so far to this point and actually one and it's been pretty seamless one thing that I was um most drawn to in their comments and I was thankful was that they're seeing that their staff are more aware of their own practices with using cell phones and things like in front of kids cuz I do believe we need to be the role models in life so that really kind of stood out to me and that part from coie Boyce has also seen almost no things with just a couple incidents too with smart watches not a whole lot of incidents at the

070middle school or the high school either so I think generally it's going good so we I think the whole process is going well as far as implementing the cell phone policy and one thing um there is a bill and we don't I'm we'd have to look at exactly and don't know if it'll pass but there is a bill that would move the cell phone piece from an executive order to Virginia code but I think it's it's a little bit reduced in rigor compared to the executive order as far as what's required but that may pass this uh season but we don't know that yet any questions what about vaping um I will tell you that as far as incidents that have made it to me one of them was not directly but I've heard of

071an incident but I will tell you this that in general vaping is a is a pretty big thing Nationwide and a problem um I was thankful when I first came into administration because back when I was in high school it was dipping or smoking and then it became that that was frowned upon as not being a cool thing and not looking good and almost you know my early part of my administrative career you didn't deal with this stuff at all but now the vaping thing being on every corner has certainly brought it to almost an epidemic level um and districts that had not dealt with it very much at all it's starting to even come into those districts as well but from my experience in the past it's mainly in upper middle schools where it

072becomes prevalent and sometimes not as even as much upper middle but when they become into High School level but I think it's something that we need to have serious penalties for and we need to deal with because we need to make sure that that doesn't continue cuz it not only are we looking at at students and the punitive part of it about it not being allowed by our student code but also we really don't know the long-term effects of that practice yet on the human body which concerns me and then otherwise too um sometimes when they're bought on the street we've had a few incidents in the Commonwealth in Virginia not in districts that I've ever worked where Vapes have been laced with fentanyl and some things of that nature so there's some potential danger

073there as well but um I don't um you know I hate to put anybody spot but I don't deal with the discipline every day unless it comes to our committee you know or discipline committee or something like that so I mean if um miss wearing or Mr White want to share anything they're welcome to but I don't want to put you on the spot I I would agree with you that they is a nationwide idic um we we do our best um administrators are atches liom and they hear about it in health class about the impacts and the effects and um we try our best I can Echo that we are a microcosm of our society so as much as pling our society it is recorded to school with our new uh we have the

074E pass and holding students accountable for the time out of classroom where they're on time stamps when they leave the classroom and coming back in as well as our ad hoc supervision and transition times and all times we I can say it generally we've seen a decrease since I arrived Park County yeah appealing to their health and all that probably do about as much good as it did telling us cigarettes weren't good for us 65 years ago anyway uh one thing as far as penalties go just to update you where we are uh I spoke to delegate oats uh recently on the subject by getting some laws in where I think we discussed this a little bit uh where if the kids get in trouble they can't just have mommy or daddy write a check

075or put it on a credit card something for 25 bucks they're going to have to appear in juvenile court with their parents in toe and the parents have to start appearing with the kids uh I think we might get a little bit more assistance from that corner so that's where we are and until there is a change in the political structure I hate to bring politics in here but until there's a change in the legislature uh not too much is going to happen so well Mr Wilson I thank you for your effort on that I think it is important to our kids so I appreciate you my pleasure um that's all good stuff for cell phone policy because we did struggle with that so I'm happy to hear that that's going well um thanks for

076that update um okay superintendent update before we start I do want to remind the board one of our discussion that we had with the cell phone policy to maybe you know further it and uh and I don't want us to forget that we all kind of agreed on that so but at least we were agreed to have some more discussion on it I'll say that thank you absolutely and we can have that on any time anytime that we want to have it on as a discussion item just let us know at any upcoming meeting and we can put that on all right the uh update from the uh superintendent's report one of the things and we've done a lot with doing the Virginia literacy act presentation tonight but we do need to mention and remember

077that March is what we used to call reading month we now call it literacy month but we are um during the month of March celebrating literacy also we have the fact that National School Social Work week was March 2nd through the 8th and our social workers do a tremendous service for our schools also April is work Workforce Readiness month and our CTE programs are essential in our high schools and in our middle schools so to emphasize the importance of Workforce Development opportunities that prepare students for success in today's economy the vsba has designated April as Workforce Readiness month with April the 16th um so I guess that's an actually we're kind of looking at that one ahead but April 16th and I put that one on there because it's already out there but we'll be

078celebrating that one in April but April 16th will be recognized as Workforce Readiness day in Virginia we also had the fact that March is music in our schools month but we moved that forward to a presentation by our staff um couple one other thing I'll say about the literacy act and I want to give a little update on the budget piece the um we're looking at like the guideline on how to follow the curriculum and I always thought it kind of a line like this you know the framework is kind of like the ingredients to making spaghetti sauce or a dish but kind of how you put it together is what gives it its real appeal and I think that's where you get the individual teacher their tone their presentation their excitement what mode they

079use to present it that's where you get the individual piece to that um one thing that I did not think we'd be able to do tonight was give an update though want on the budget and we actually are at that point today by midnight our governor had to give an update on any um revisions or amendments to the budget but um by five we didn't know what the actual direction of that was but around 5:30 we did find that piece out the additional money for special education funding and the support staff cap add-on was signed by the governor along with a few other things so what that means for FY 26 budget is that we will get a little bit more money for school breakfast correction quite a bit of additional money for support staff

080positions and a little bit of money for additional VPI for Early Childhood funding and a pretty significant amount for special ed additional funding so it's actually what we've already presented in the budget but it's that roughly $292,800 so that 292 is probably a conservative estimate now it's proportional to the amount you know when you're looking at 292,000 over 1,800 150 students it's not that much per student but I can see us Crossing maybe slightly over $300,000 so this is actually really a good step toward our budget and that was kind of fresh off the press this afternoon that those pieces have been signed the other thing um that was signed along with that and agreed to was the well we also you'd have the um the bonus for educators the bonus money got approved as

081well for the one-time bonus um payment now that has to be paid out by June 1st 2025 so we're going to be going quickly through committees and the two different boards to work through that but the vooe projected that we would get about $29,400 roughly gives you $670 to $700 per employee that would you know have to Encompass the faka the goal from the state was to get everybody to a th000 we just have to figure out among finance committee and a board where we're at where we're at on that and what we can afford in the direction we want to go but at any rate I think those are very good news to have at this point related to the Virginia budget and the final thing that I will tell you is that um

082recently we did have the resignation of our state um superintendent Dr Lisa Coons I will miss her tremendously she's been a valuable resource and always been there I think to listen and to give feedback but tomorrow morning at uh 10:00 a.m. I'm excited that we have a meeting with Emily Emily and uh glixon who will be our acting State superintendent so we'll have um all the superintendent's meeting with her tomorrow and if we left off any recognition I think it's always great to recognize people and you want to recognize as much as possible but we've got a lot of recognitions in different months it is not intentional and if we did we'll bring it back to the next one um just about the bonus quickly the bonuses forq positions right yes that's why when you

083divide it out it's like 670 to 7 00 because it's it's $11,000 plus FICA per standards of quality um positions and standards of quality are a Bo like a barebone skeletal framework of what it takes to operate a school system and that's why when you divide it out that we don't have the money directly from the state for a th000 for everybody but ours is actually quite a bit better than some every division has a different ratio of soq versus nons soq so um we're a little bit heavier on the S soq versus nons soq than some divisions so basically the two options would be we figure out how to fund the nons soq positions to be able to give them a th um or we divide this money up um and and kind of

084pay everybody that way so I think I think this decision has been just to divide it up and go that route I think a lot we'll have to do and we can look through the finance committee too first to see how much additional money we have initially I would have thought you know maybe dividing it up would be good but I think we also need to look at what the local government does because we've also got a bonus on that side um which is 1 and a half% so if they go with it you know for everybody then that may make us lean toward the Thousand if we can afford it I think we need to kind of communicate with both both and try to be consistent and look at what we can afford Y

085and that won't get to start unraveling probably till tomorrow and going through it but um it's good news but it's going to make um for a busy couple months for everybody especially Brandon her staff so we're thankful for them um any additional questions for Dr bowling no okay audience comments do we have any Rene no one up okay um all right we have the two Appropriations um that we need to approve so the first one was consideration of supplemental Appropriations for the federal Ida idea funds any questions about that okay may I have a motion please I move that the fy2 school operating fund budgeted expenditure and appropriation be increased by 43,45 55 and that the federal revenue be recognized by the same amount for the purpose of receiving additional Federal Ida title Grant funds

086of $ 43,45 a55 to cover fy2 and expenses second um any further discussion all in favor hi I all opposed um okay so the supplemental appropriation for the 2023 security equipment Grant may have a motion I move that the fy2 school Capital fund budgeted expenditure and appropriation be increased by $1,434 12 and that the revenue budget and appropriation be increased by the same amount for the purpose of receiving reallocated 2023 security equipment Grant funds from the Virginia Department of Education for a school safety Grant there a second second all in favor I I all oppos thank you um considerations of policies for first and second reading policy committee met on March 7th and recommended the following policies for first and second readings um all of these with the exception of I think two are really

087just a um vsba updates we have a new attorney so she just has a different way of of of lingo if you will so they were all minor updates if you um hopefully had a chance to go through them there is a new policy for crowdfunding um that's kh1 ccps and kh1 ccps f um and hopefully you had a minute to look at that but basically that's um like an example I think that we talked about was when teachers or whoever go online ask for money let's say it's for software or something like that they end up buying it but now the division now has to um make sure we sustain it right that we take care of it going forward so it's it's kind of things like that um it seems like I don't

088want to say that it's gotten out of hand but clearly it just needs to be managed better so um that policy is here and we thought it was pretty straightforward which is why we brought it up for first and second so I don't know if anybody has any questions for that one no okay and then um the remediation recovery program ikg that was just a policy that um is getting deleted so if there are no questions may I have a motion I move to approve the policies presented as first and second reading or second second all in favor all oppos thank you can I add just like a couple things from so from the policy meeting um we did talk about policies for future consideration so we we're still continuing to talk about social media

089and you know how that relates to Educators but it's it we like they correct me if I'm wrong Dr bowling but we don't really have um other school systems to kind of lean on to create this policy right um not that I know of any um I'm sure there's private businesses that have it and we need to also look at what we want to accomplish with it are we talking about approving like a social media like a Facebook related to the band doesn't approve Clark County are we talking about you know not posting while you're at work or being online or comments are we talking about you know what might align with our values as Clark County Public Schools and we have to kind of cross that with freedom of speech type stuff too so

090whatever language we develop on it we would definitely want want to get vetted by an attorney before we took it to a motion I think we have maybe three policies that we're still hanging out that we need to work on one of them being social media the other being artificial intelligence and the final one being transfer credits from private schools so those are three that we're continuing to work with but we've made a lot of development on getting that down to being a very minimal piece and since then we have kind of started going through and we may have two minor edits two or three to policies at our next meeting but our three big ones are those three and may take like a year for them to be we'll do as much as we

091can yes um and the artificial intelligence will may come more quickly if BBA does a model policy there are a few divisions that have went down that road already but even really new but there's more models of it than there are the social media piece because um I do know of a couple districts at least that have started to incorporate AI into their schools to look at how that works now one thing that is in our cell pH policy it does mention that staff are not to um post on social media during their working hours so we do have that as well do you want to say anything else about this no I I think like for me where one of the challenges is is our teachers are role models and they tend to at

092some point post inappropriate acts for in which they may be in a position to discipline a child for um whether that's drinking and driving you know or other things but that's something that um to your point we would have to get vetted by an attorney but s for freedom of speech but yeah I do think that you know we do have the thing about [Music] um there's always the um and there's a phrase for it but being a good role model part to contracts and things like that and I do think that anything showing a potential like that cuz it could kill somebody else or take their life you know that would be appalling Behavior we just have to find a way to define it and capture it okay thanks for bringing that up Katie

093um all right vsba 2025 showcasing Innovation award all and this one should be pretty brief but we do have to have a majority vote what it is the Virginia School Board Association does a um each year does a showcasing innovation in school districts award and you can nom Nate up to three programs initially for showing a strong collaboration and being Innovative and then you have to pick one of them to nominate for the award the other just goes into a pamphlet so um Dr nil has worked wonderfully in doing a um write up about our um our collaboration on taking the um containers and making them into office building was shocky um the other one that had kind of crossed my mind and we both were working on at the same time is The Jump

094Start program because Clark County was the first district in the Commonwealth of Virginia to partner for Career and Technical education opportunities outside of the state lines in West Virginia which I think is a very Innovative approach and it probably came to us here first because there's a lot of Virginia counties that border West Virg Virginia but a lot of them the higher ed institutions are more located on the Virginia side than the West Virginia side but here where we're at there is a West Virginia Community College that we've been partnering with with some pretty Innovative um CTE programs and um I was really thankful that I kind of thought this would be a great idea so I asked Shane Coleman to start by putting some ideas together and do a framework and I've got it

095ready to submit and if we approve it I'll turn to it in tonight but what it was is I got to the last page and it said to submit this you have to have a certification letter signed by your superintendent and board chair that a majority vote of the school board agree that it's worthy to be nominated so what we're doing is nominating the um JUMP program I picked it of the two because I thought with all the focus on three e um doing something outside the state I think is not worthy and correct me if I'm wrong but that program developed was it under your leadership Dr seal so like to thank her for her Visionary leadership in um CTE but what I would like to have is just a motion to approve the

096vsba submission um for the 2025 showcasing Innovation award Mr Wilson would you like to do first motion yes uh so moved but let me say something uh I have as somebody who does this stuff has done it all my life I have looked into both of the both what is it Laurel Ridge now still Lord Fair fact to me and Blue Ridge and I think the Blue Ridge facility and programs are vastly superior I think this is a wonderful idea to cross the state line and I think it is uh really get a lot more buying for your buck just uh for instance the welding classes there have to go out in the field and it's a whole different thing when you're set in a little cubicle with a couple pieces of nice clean Steel

097in front of you and Ling on your back in the mud under farmer McGill cut he's broken uh Harrow there or something so uh and this is what they have to do so I I move I will move this uh suggestion and with uh my complete support so it was a wonderful idea and I think it's been well is there a second I second um all in favor all opposed um just to put a face on it I do know that the uh uh very much achieved wrestler Colton Vin is thrilled with the program at at Blue Ridge oh that's great he's very active in that so and I spoke to one of last year's graduates who is now gone from the two-year to the fouryear welding engineering program at pentech and uh she I

098believe is on the honor role and she is a product of Blue Ridge and Clark County high school so uh I think we're on the right track there that can be tough company up there there's some good people up there yep and we have the letter ready um so we'll sign that tonight and I'll try to get it cemented this evening uh one other thing related to the Blue Ridge piece but we'll start back over um Dr Coon's had been willing to come out and stay the day with us and tour and give it you know some consideration and fortunately we'll be kind of starting back over now because one thing about it all the verbiage about money for CTE funding and counting it in the accountability matrix as dual enrollment and getting credit for

099it all that has the common wealth of Virginia in it so we're not getting to get credit for the good work we're doing both on our accountability and we're not getting funding so we'll continue to pursue that but we'll be kind of starting back over now and one other thing if I may uh I think I'd like to point out I one of the reasons I ran for school board was to fix the problems in the CTE program got in here and found out they've been fixed already so uh whoos to Dana wearing to sh and to Sean Coleman um I mentioned earlier about how we've never had National Music month and again I don't I think the whole time I've been on the board we have never done a submission to vsba so I

100really appreciate you for being Forward Thinking and thoughtful about how we can um sort of elevate and and bring more visibility to Clark County um because I do believe we have done some really really solid work work so thank you thank you very much um School Board member comments Mr brombeck I don't have a whole lot to say I certainly looked back and and I think we've got a whole lot of positive stuff going on um I will certainly mention the Education Foundation gala which was a tremendous Su success and a wonderful night you know emotionally with the recognition of of Miss Jackson and just with the outpouring of the of the community and uh saved me from buying anything because I couldn't go that high anyway it was wonderful to see the support and

101uh it was very it was a very nice nice evening it was um Marty grth for those people who don't know um and Mr bubeck showed up with a LSU tie so yeah needed a purple pretty solid yeah Mr Wilson I think I probably said at least enough and probably too much tonight so Mr Kennedy I'm sorry I missed that but I'm pretty sure you needed to dust off some of that money I've bit against you at the fair so now um a lot of great things happening with our Athletic program that was fun to recognize and and the future chefs and everything else that went along with that so and the hard work in the VA appreciate it like I said it's um I've been able to personally kind of watch the growth and

102uh understand the struggles in the beginning that that the teachers were faced and what they're going through and and it seems to be there there might be a light at the end of the tunnel um but it's definitely a a fluid living process that they're going through and and I appreciate all the hard work that's going into it so that's all I have um just quickly so you said Dr bowling that um you know leaving out any recognitions is is never intentional and so um with the passing of Miss Roberts who was a a a key member of um the Clark County public schools for a very long time I felt a lot of regret in the fact that we haven't recognized a lot of teachers who have who have passed since the beginning of

103um 2025 and so I you know I hopefully maybe we can um kind of work on that for some of these spring meetings that we have coming up but um she will absolutely be missed and and there are a lot of other teachers that we've lost along the way um Mr Mr pots Mr Groves and then there's also another one that I'm I anyway I I don't want to list out all these people that we've lost along the way but um I just think that that would be something um nice for us to do and um I appreciate all of the work that you guys have done on the budget and the updates and the literacy act um and the music appreciation it's just tonight this was a great meeting tonight so thankful for all

104of you I've seen it you know but I think maybe at the board meeting may be even better but a lot of Divisions do what they call in memorandum at the um annual convocation and do a slideshow and VI we could do it either at a board meeting or do it there I think either one would be good yeah that would be great I think that's important uh I don't know if you were thinking of but um uh Bill William Bill Bailey who uh just passed away and he was a longtime teacher at boys uh my fourth and fifth grade teacher oh Mr Bailey Mr Bailey yes oh wow and uh so anyway and yeah there were a few few uh other his students at the service and we all talked wonderful that's Carrie Simon

105yes yes yes but and Miss Roberts was you know just not to go off on a tangent but um you know she she somehow got these eighth grade seventh grade boys really interested in whatever she had to say when she was the substitute and that's just impressive that you can you know get these attention you know get the attention of middle school kids um and you know she's she's just really going to be missed so and as are a lot of the other Educators that we've lost so I like I really like that idea thank you um I think every time we have these meetings where we do all these acknowledgements and and and things like that I just you know people always say being a school board member or any type of position like

106this is a thankless job right and so I just I hope you all um Can absorb and see I don't know if absorbs the right word but really you know understand that the decisions we have made right um with this board in the past this is this is it and so um I I don't know I'm just really proud of us so thank you for for all that you all are doing um because this is a testament to all our good work and as well as our Administration and obviously our teachers and um our principles um we couldn't do it without you um what was the other thing I was going to say the Board of Supervisors is having a public hearing on April 7th um you know what our ask was um for for

107for our budget our proposed um proposed ask so in the past we have joined them in this public hearing um because a majority of what they're going to do um with with potential with the possibility of increasing some taxes is specifically for the school division um so I think we stopped doing that um when Co Co came and then we just never went back to it um I talked to Mr wise and we both agreed that that is something that we should um participate in again and so we just don't go and sit in the audience we go and we sit up there with them um and that way if there are questions we are there to be able to speak to it and and why the monies we've asked for are so important so

108if you can please put that on your calendar I think it's 6:30 um but I would definitely want to hopefully you all can make it but um we definitely need to to be there for that um I think that's it as always thank you everybody principes teachers Administration these presentations were amazing um really appreciate it um I promise you spring break is right around the corner um so um I don't think we'll see you before then but I really hope you all have the opportunity to reset and enjoy time with your family um and then when you get back the end of the school year is also right around the corner not really but it will be um so that's it from me um may have a motion for convene to close session please and

109right before we do that we could I need to mention to you all that we did get the financial report from last year that ended on June 30th 2024 and that does need to be made available to Schoolboard members if you would like to see it and read it so if you want it just see Renee it being it's this right here and little light reading for some nights if you want it okay for those inia um may I have a motion please sure I move to to close session uh to discuss Personnel matters including appointments resignations and retirement pursuant pursuant to code of Virginia 2.2 3711 A1 the estimated time required for the Clos session is 20 minutes and action is expected is there a second second all in favor I I'll oppose thank

110you e e e may I have a motion to um reconvene to open session please so moved second second all in favor I I all opposed um certification pursuant to code section 2.23 Virginia how do you certify Mr I Mr Kenedy i m i Smith I Mr Wilson I thank you may have action uh based on Clos session please sure I'm um move to approve items discussed as amended in closed session as identified on the closed session agenda a second it's not close enough to me all in favor all oppose thank you I'll join the meeting