001[Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Oh yeah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] 25 Reno County School Board work session to order. Madame clerk, will you please call the role? Mr. Greenway. Yes, ma'am. Mr. London. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Johnny. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Hudson. Yes, ma'am. Item 2.01, campaign for excellence update. Mr. Jason Sir and Mr. Carl York. Thank you, Madam Chairman, members of the board. Uh, excited to bring an update to you about the progress we've made and um, of course u I think yeah, the slides up now. Uh, looking at the progress being made on the hill over there. um every day it seems to get a little bit more little more advanced and um you can start seeing more and more from Peters Creek Road. But as part
002of that, you know, we're doing a campaign uh campaign for excellence is what we're calling it. And um we just wanted to bring an update to you today and and get your feedback about uh the process moving forward. So, um, yeah, the the front of the school should look just like this and and, um, once it's finished and grown out, but, uh, we're excited about the contacts we've been able to make, uh, with industry up to this point and, um, uh, the conversations that we're continuing to have moving forward. So, yeah, it's been a while since we've been in front of you and, uh, rest assured, we've been continuing to talk to all these different companies. it takes time to develop those those kinds of conversations and those kind of commitments. So, uh but we're
003excited about where we are right now. We continue to get good feedback and uh we're very positive on on how we're moving forward. So, uh results to date, uh we're just a little north of half a million dollars on our goal, which is about 10% and our goal is 5.5 million. Uh and we really haven't got into the the meat of asking yet. So that's really a pretty good pretty good number there. Um we're continuing our meetings, continuing to make asks with the companies and uh developing those relationships. And again, you know, we don't want to do it just once. We don't want to do it just for the opening of the school. We want to develop relationships in the in the long term so we can continue to work with these guys moving forward.
004Uh official campaign launch uh September uh of 25. So here coming up is when we we'd like to do the official launch. Um, and there's going to be a topping off ceremony that we're looking forward to that we can invite the media to. So, as we get into that, you know, the media will be more and more involved and uh they're they're champing at the bit to uh obviously to see what's going on up there and uh they're also very excited about the project. We like saying, you know, obviously a lot of people are involved with this. Uh you all have uh talked with Mr. York, met with him, met with companies. I've been on visits uh with uh various companies around the the valley, but uh one of our teachers, uh Mr. Overfelt, as
005you know, made a really secured a good chunk of money, uh $200,000 from uh one of our business partners, uh we were super excited about that. So, this is a group effort and and uh everybody working together. I think this uh this goal is ambitious. I I think it's going to be a stretch goal for us, but I think it's achievable and it's something that's uh uh probably not uh common place around the Commonwealth. Uh we we we're trying to do something different here and uh set our students up and our graduates up for success um when they leave us. Um so really appreciate Chris's work. He really worked hard on that and continues to work hard. So any anytime a teachers can jump in and and use their relationships to help us and and
006work with us, that's fantastic. This slide I put up here because uh I like to show the diversity of who we're talking to. These companies don't necessarily have to be tied to a CTE program for us to be asking them. We see this as an economic development program. So it's going to affect a lot of different uh companies in the area. And we're talking to all of them and and we're getting around and and making sure that we're giving them an opportunity to be a part of this. So, um, some of them, uh, make perfect sense because of our programs over at Burton and what will be at the RCCTC, but some of them, uh, don't have any connection at all, but they're still very interested in helping our young people and, uh, you know,
007helping the economy in the area. So, we just throw that up there. That's just a saying. I think that's about 135 companies that we're that we're, you know, working on and talking with. Some may come to the table, some may not, but we're giving them the opportunity to be a part of it. And you can see the ones at the bottom there, a bunch of dental offices. We're already engaged with the programs that we don't currently offer. We're planning to add new programs uh at the new center, the dental assisting program being one of those. And that has been a very engaged advisory group. So, uh that that type of involvement is what we're looking for, especially setting up new programs where we don't have an instructor and uh you know, industry already engaged with
008us. we've we've worked to spin these up so that we have the right counsel uh on equipment uh and I've told those advisories I said we are going to lean on you to find the right person to help us uh with the teaching of the kids right we need the right person in there so all that engagement um you know we're not just asking them for money we're asking for their input their support their advice um and and they're very engaged this next slide shows our our campaign for excellence levels of giving We have nine levels that we've identified. Uh starting at Pinnacle Society, which is a million dollars and up. Um and and companies can get to these numbers different ways. They can uh certainly do it by cash or capital. They can also
009do it by equipment. They can do it by supplies. We have a lot of different needs and it all cost us money. So, we count all that towards their contribution. So, but it starts at Pinnacle Society and then it goes down in different tiers all the way down to skilled supporters which is 5,000 to 9,999 and then friends of RCCTC which is $500 to $4,999. again at the bottom there. Um the opportunity may be for uh we're going to do uh the bricks and the blocks where you know like in a lot of new buildings you'll see where uh you can have your name or your company's name etched into a brick or a block and we'll have an area at this school where uh different people at different levels. It could be a you
010know an individual or a family or anybody can can be a part of this and can and can you know etch their name in the in the new schools area up there. So, uh, we're excited about, you know, as we go more public, offering something for individuals and families in the area. This chart right here actually shows how we're breaking out what they actually get uh, for their contribution. So, uh, the million-doll uh, plus on the left, they they obviously they get everything that we're offering and then it works to the right all the way down to the friends of RCCTC. So, um the three uh first three levels there, the the pinnacle, the visionary, and the uh innovators, we see those as big enough contributions that they're permanent. Uh they're giving us quite a
011bit of money or quite a a bit of capital, and we want to make them a part of the center forever. But again, um we're building a program that that we want to grow with us. We don't want to do it one time. We want to make sure that we're offering something to these companies that they'll want to come back again and again and we can continue to raise money for the new things that we need uh the equipment the the technology what whatever we need going forward. So uh this is just a way to differentiate how and what they get uh when they when they are a part of this and then we get to our media plan. So our primary goals around the media plan really four primary goals. It's fundraising. Uh again,
012which can be equipment, it also can be supplies, materials. And number two, student recruitment. We can't forget that we need to make sure that the students are plugged in and they want to do what we're offering. And uh we've gotten good feedback. The kids are excited about this. Uh there's a lot of different uh students out there that that are looking forward to this new building. Number three is community engagement. We can't forget about the community and their part in this and and the pride that they take in a building like this uh for what you guys have put together. And then political support. We don't want to overlook that either. You know, if you can get the politicians on your side, a lot of good things can happen. So, uh those are four things
013we're going to uh make sure we keep uh top of mind as we move forward. We're going to do a lot of media tours at least every two or three months. We're going to have a different group of media come up there. Uh again, we'll we'll do a little bit of the story at a time. We want to keep uh the media coming up there and we'll feed them exactly um the different parts of the school and how it's going to uh affect the area. And so we're really trying to build um you know uh the thinking around uh what makes for a good story, you know, how can we keep top of mind in the public. So August through December um it's really public attention is high around education. They're looking for education stories.
014So, you know, it's good timing for us as we start. Families, students, and educators are re-engaging. They're coming back to school. They're getting excited about the new school year. Um, local media is looking for education stories again. Uh, this is a good time to gain broad awareness. Uh, because there will be a lot of stories out there. I think a lot of people are going to hear about it, uh, when it's in the media. And then aligning with public funding and legislative efforts, we want to keep our eyes on that. If there's something that we can be a part of and we can bring some funding, some additional funding to what we're doing, we want to we want to jump on that. January, March, February is National CTE month. It's a perfect time when there's
015a lot of attention around CTE. Uh and there's a lot of attention around it anyways right now. And then schools and governments and and a lot of businesses and industry are reviewing budgets then. So again, a lot of this is timing when we ask or when we uh have meetings with these different companies. Are they in a position where uh they're ready to spend or they're ready to look for partners. So we're keeping our eyes on that. And then April through August, you know, you got the end of the year celebrations with graduations uh and then recognitions uh in June. May is CTE apprenticeship signing event, which is an event we do. again, that's getting more and more attention. Uh, and we want to take advantage of the things that we're doing uh to also
016highlight the new school. Um, and then milestone events, we'll do that as we as we move along. As we hit milestone, we'll we'll make sure that the media is aware and the public's aware. And again, the the idea is to keep the temperature up on attention on this school. Uh, September through December, you know, donor recognitions. Again, as we as supporters give us money, we want to make sure that we're recognizing them in the way they want to be recognized. Uh, a lot of these are are big donations from these different companies and they're very important to them. Uh, and then we do want to avoid major holidays. A lot of times they're around major holidays. You know, you got a lot of other stories going on. Uh, if they want to talk about CTE
017and we can get them to talk about CTE and the new school, then we'll certainly do that. But, uh, a lot of times you stay away from the major holidays because there's a lot of other stories breaking. And then we'll have a countdown to the ribbon cutting and then continuing to recognize business partners. And then pre-opening events as the school comes up uh, as we get contributors um, giving us money, you know, we may do pre uh, tours where we get them in and show off the building. Everybody wants to see it before, you know, it actually opens up. So again, we're trying to think of ideas to keep the excitement going and keep the awareness on the new school. Uh so we're we're we're happy with where we are right now in our plans.
018Of course, you know, working with Mr. Limeberger, making sure we're aligning with uh you know, everything that needs to be kept in mind as far as the schools go. But uh he's been a big help with uh setting out this uh timeline for media. So um last slide here. Um you know, the goal is five and a half million. um uh that was recommended to us. We feel like like I said a stretch goal but achievable like we we we want to get there and we think we can set set ourselves up well with with that amount right. Um the uh launch would be in September and that's a general month. Uh we're looking for that topping out ceremony. Uh branch has already mentioned it. I think they mentioned it in our one of our
019last meetings. Um but that that's imminent uh sometime in September and we'd really like to coordinate it up there on the hill. Uh but but wanted to get your feedback um and get your blessing to proceed with this. Uh this is kind of what we've been uh building up to and look forward to the launch. Chair U. I'd like to thank you guys for the hard work that you've done. Obviously it's a very impressive business list. Um have we been working with our teachers? I I'd like to bring to the attention of the media, if they'll report on it. Uh, you know, one of our teachers, Mr. Overfelt, secured a $200,000 budget himself. Uh, and that is from him having the great relationships he has in the industry. And I mean, obviously that does two
020things. One, obviously, it helps our program with things like this, but it also helps connect students with jobs. I know we have our apprentichip program and things like that, but these connections in the business and obviously he's a great example of what he's done. I mean, we have a kid working, I believe, is it Joe Gibbs or Hendrick, one of the big NASCAR. I mean, and that's just one. I mean, we have multiple multiple kids over the generations, probably generations of kids that he has connected with great jobs. Uh, I would love to see our other teachers, and I know every industry is different, but I would love to see all of our teachers, you know, make these connections within the valley. It keeps you up on obviously the industry itself, making sure that the
021programs are in line with what we're teaching the students to basically walk right into a job. And I know you guys are working on that with certifications, right? Because I I've attended some of those meetings. We're making sure that our kids are getting the proper certifications so when they walk away with a graduate certificate, they also have these different certifications, they can walk right into a job. Um, and that may help as well with industry connecting with businesses. I hope other teachers are doing the same thing. I think it's great that uh and I and I'll bring it up. It's Aro Steel is who made that donation. I believe they also made a $40,000 donation in terms of steel in steel for them to build their benches and welding platforms and things like that. So,
022um, it's wonderful that he secured that donation. Of course, all of that funding goes towards his program, which is great. It's going to do wonders for welders and all the different types of machinery that he uses. But I would love to see our teachers directly involved with you guys as this process moves forward to hopefully be able to have those same kind of connections and relationships in the community. And I think that's something that our teachers can do through their advisories. Um, you know, we have each of those programs at Burton Center currently have advisories that they have connections there in industry. Now, a $200,000 donation, that's a big one. That's a big one and it's a big ask. Um, that was wonderful news. Uh, but yeah, every little bit helps and and like I
023said, I mean, it's a group effort and uh if our instructors can can work with our uh local industry. I think industry wants to be involved. We we can find that. Yep. Appreciate that. Thank you. Thanks. Any other questions or comments? One of the things I would just I think I know the answer to these questions, but I think it'd be useful to review. So, uh, you know, $5.5 million goal. U, that's not something you guys pulled out of a hat. That's correct. Right. That's a result of the the consultation we did with Kinetic in terms of sort of assessing what, you know, the the availability seems to be in the valley in terms of donors, that kind of stuff. So, that was a a goal that's was calculated in terms of being re as
024you said, a stretch goal, but but reachable. Yes. Yeah. With a lot of work. Um, as you're talking to companies, can you just remind us, you know, what what these funds are for? Because we're not talking about, um, you know, funds needed to, you know, finish construction or initial equipment. What what is exactly that we're telling folks this is what it's for? Yes. So, uh, when we're communicating with the businesses, we ensure them that, you know, the school board, board of supervisor, everybody came together to make this happen. and the building and the the the initial get up and the build, everything's funded uh to get us off the ground. Um we know though and our message constantly is, we know the day we open, we're going to be looking at running behind of what
025the most the latest tech technology is, the latest equipment, etc. And we don't want to start behind the curve. We want to get ahead of the curve and be ready for those changes that we need to make. As you know, we built flex space into the uh facility. Um there there are programs that we could look at and and will be looking at to probably put in those areas. Those weren't funded as part of the build. So, we'll need money to uh be able to grow those areas and and expand with the equipment. Um those are those are some of the big things. The other piece, and I'll just throw this out there, is an endowment concept. Um and and that is not just for equipment but thinking long term setting us up for success
026and and in perpetuity. We call it we like using the word forever money you know forever funds. Um this is a a fund that could start building a corpus that will help us be able to launch students into careers. Fund some scholarships of of not necessarily tuition for college. There's a lot of those already out there. Uh that's one of the things that we were counseledled on by Kinetic is there's a lot of money out there for scholarships and things like that for tuition. We need to concentrate more on launching students with the proper personal protective equipment that they need if they're work going straight into industry. Maybe the uh uh certification they haven't been able to take. Maybe we need to get them over the edge there. Um some equipment. Uh we just had
027a really cool picture sent to us by um Williams Automotive over there off of I think it's Holland Plantation. Um and and their young apprentice bought his first toolbox, Matt Co toolbox. I mean, he was proud as a dickens of that thing. Could we help them and our students and our our our uh soon to be graduates launch into those careers a little bit quicker uh getting those types of equipment? So that's what the endowment concept is um there. So, we're talking with companies about a a variety of things that money can go towards. Of course, the first of mind to companies is equipment. What can we do? What can we provide? And we've talked with some that, you know, if and and we want to work with them. If they have equipment that's specific
028to their industry and we can fit it in our shop, that's got to be top of mind. But if we can, you know, run electric and it's not going to disrupt the floor plan, can we have our students working on that specific uh equipment that that industry needs? our students coming out with so they're willing to donate some of that equipment that's inind that's just as important as cash. So it's all those things we're trying to wrap into and we are wrapping into our our dialogue with the companies. So I hope that helps. Yeah. Another thing that I think would be useful to say out loud. I know um uh you know through different connections I've had you know we've had some really good conversations with folks who are already plugged into for example maybe
029the community colleges education foundations they're already used to you know helping them with those efforts to raise funds and so we've tried to reach out to folks to say hey help us understand give us some advice in terms of what we could do and one of the things that we learned in those conversations was that there's some sensitivity out there as far far as what this is intended to do versus the mission of the community college. Can you can you speak to that for a moment in terms of what we want folks to understand about that? Yeah, I I think there is a little bit of a worry that you know we're uh we're at odds with each other. We're not we're downstream from them. We see them as you know when our kids come
030in uh first of all when they come into our programs uh it doesn't cost them anything and they can kind of a try before they buy. You know, do I want to be a welder? do I want to work in the automotive industry or whatever? Uh we encourage the kids and we hope that you know if they want to go to college, great. If they want to go to community college, fantastic. If they want to go right out and go to work, that's fine, too. So, um we're more downstream as we see it and helping these kids try to figure out their career and give them a chance to sort of try before they buy, before they commit a lot of money and a lot of time into something and then maybe they make the
031wrong decision. you know, that's the beauty of this program and this school is the kids get to try a lot of different things and see what they want to do. So, um, yeah, that's a great point and we're able to work together with the community college as far as dual enrollment goes. Uh, you mentioned certifications. Uh, you know, dual enrollment is a great collaboration and and gets our kids in in certain programs. Not every program can do that, but those that can gets our students down the road and and a reassurance to industry that we're not competing. we're working together uh to get our students down the line a little bit more streamlined, a little quicker. People have been encouraged and and relieved to hear that. Yeah. Right. And they and they understand better which
032will hopefully get a lot more engagement and uh participation. So yes. So I do have a question. Um there are other CTE centers that we know have bounced come up in the state across the US. In fact, have you reached out to any of those recently? Because if Publix is working with the organization up wherever, maybe they're more interested and enticed to work with us down here or another organization be tapped into that stream like reaching out seeing who they're working with to see if maybe it's a regional thing or Yeah. Because if they had a good experience like Mass for example, if they had a fantastic experience and hey, we love that, we love what we're seeing. It was, you know, over the just overwhelmingly positive. It was wonderful. Why don't we do that
033in Ron Oak and maybe we know Publix is coming and there's another organization here and things like that. So, because we're we're living in a global economy now, aren't we? Yeah, sure. Yeah, it's a good idea to reinvent the wheel. Yeah, sure. Just a thought. Yeah. Will donors have an opportunity to determine how their donations are allocated? Yes, absolutely. And most of them want to, you know, they want to guide it where they want to guide it. But we we encourage them also you know the endowment sort of opens it up to all you know so we want them to take a portion of it or some of it so that it can help all the programs and you know some are very willing some want it specifically in their in their industry which is
034understandable as well. So yeah, thank you for your work on this and for presenting to us today. We're not looking for a formal vote, but um you know, just affirmation that, you know, the school board is definitely behind, you know, that goal and uh ready to move forward with it. I like your plan. I look forward to the topping off ceremony. Is that what we're calling it? Very good. We'll let you know when Thank you. Item 2.02, minor capital updates. Dr. Jamie Sulttus. Madam Chair, members of the board, thank you for allowing me to update you guys on the minor capital projects. Uh, Mr. Kaggel sends his regards. He's We let him actually take a vacation. So, that's where he is right now. He He does deserve it. He does a great job. I am
035I saw you for a second. [Music] All right. Sorry. So, if you guys have any questions that I can't answer, I'll make sure I get them the answers back to you guys after I talk to Todd. Okay. Um, so I gave you guys all printed out list because I know sometimes it's hard to see, but just going through the updates real quick. Bonsack Elementary. Uh we were going to replace worn carpet in various uh locations. We're waiting on a third quote. Uh and we're also working with school staff to determine what sections get fixed when and where so that there's a plan and the plan is to get it all done throughout the school year, but working with the administration to make sure it's done in a in a manner that doesn't disrupt instruction. Herman
036Horn uh replace worn carpet in various locations. That carpet has been installed and is completed. Uh, North Side High School converting the science classrooms to the family consumer science nutrition classroom. Demo and destru and destruction demo and construction has already started. Uh, our carpenters, electricians, and plumbers are doing all the labor. The approximate completion is early September. Um, Hidden Valley Middle School, you guys remember, we're going to replace all the ceilings in the public areas and install LED lighting. Coordination meeting with the schools taking place. They're working to get bids from contractors. Uh, they're hoping to work on small sections throughout the school year since it's such a big task, but he did want me to let you know that this project may need may need to be delayed until next summer. They're trying to
037figure out a plan with the principal on how to make progress throughout the year. um elementary media centers. We uh you guys have approved a improvement aotment of 2500 each school. The school decides the usage. The allotment is available to the school and the principal has been notified. Fort Lewis Elementary School extending the height of the of the wall around the cooling tower. They're getting bids from multiple contractors. Apparently, the footers on the rear wall have failed and it's starting to collapse. Uh so, their plan is to reconstruct the rear footers. the rear wall and extend the height of the brick work all the way around the chiller. He's waiting on a third quote. He was hopeful he was going to get that by the end of the week. Uh construction is tentatively planned to
038begin in September. North Side High School renovate the building at the softball fields, the restrooms, and the roof. The roof work is completed. Uh restroom demo work has started. Approximate completion date is early October. And once again, it's our carpenters, plumbers, and electricians providing all the labor. Kpring Middle School regrading your your softball field, the fence, the irrigation and and the drainage. Initial discussion with the engineering firm has taken place. The scope of the professional services has been determined. The proposal for engineering fee has been received and the engine engineering firm is now under contract with the expected completion of documents in about eight weeks. Preliminary goal is to have the field ready to play by 2027 middle school softball season. Okay. Spring High School. The risers for the music program have been ordered. Uh
039projected delivery date is August 14th. Hidden Valley High School. Um you guys approved to to do an engineering study to hope hopefully help with a grant. I'm sorry. To hopefully help with a grant um that we could potentially get. Uh preliminary discussion has been held with the engineering firm. It's basically in the same spot that the Kspring softball field is. The scope of the professional services has been identified. Proposal for engineering services has been received. The engineering firm is now under contract. They're looking for the documents in about week uh eight weeks. I had to ask him what CDs meant. It meant construction documents and they should be provided they should provide the necessary paperwork for the grant application. North Side High School replacing the stadium lights. The decision was made to not make those
040changes until after football season. Uh and that was in conjunction with the coaching staffs and the principal. Uh the goal is to have the new LED system functional prior to the start of spring sports. Uh the goal is to have that exact same system that we installed at Williamird High School. And so our next step is to receive a proposal from the contractor, I mean from the contractor and finalize the agreement. Hidden Valley High School installing uh artificial turf at Bruce Mayfield. Uh they've had multiple site meetings with contractors. The contractor has been selected. Contract details are being negotiated. The scope of the work has been identifi I'm sorry, has been defined and coordinated with the school. They've spoken with the soccer and lacrosse coaches to get their input. Next step include finalizing the contract
041and scheduling construction. He said from the date the contract is finalized, you can uh expect approximately 30 days for engineering and permitting 120 days of good working weather. Uh the goal is to have the field completed and ready for spring sports. So that's a pretty good goal. North Side Middle School replacing the carpet in the band room demolition and installation has commenced. Uh I'll go ahead and tell you there's an update to this one that that was finished. So they were able to get the carpet down. Um Kring High School renovate the snack bar. So initial discussions have been held and the scope of the work has been defined. stakeholders requested that construction start after football season was concluded. Uh the goal is to have the snack bar renovations completed by the start of spring
042sports. And once again, our carpenters, electricians, and plumbers are doing all the labor. Um Glenver Middle School, your 250 forum chairs that were being replaced, they have been ordered. Uh the shipping date is August 18th. We were hoping to get those in prior to school starting. Uh, but the delivery date will be determined once the once the uh chairs are shipped. And then Todd said it's a really easy we come in one day, take the old ones out, put the new ones in because they're not bolted to anything. Um, Glenn Elementary School replacing the office suite. Uh, in the process of of obtaining quotes, working with the school to determine what can be done during the school year because apparently that's a pretty invasive um, uh, renovation is what he was saying, and they're trying
043to figure out where to actually put put the thing. Glen Elementary School. Oh, I'm sorry. I was talking about the staff restroom. The staff restroom edition is where they're really trying to figure out where it goes and work with all that. And that's the one that would be loud and could be disruptive in nature. So, trying to figure out the timing to get that done in the right manner. Todd and his guys are awesome. Uh, I don't know if you guys you probably haven't have ever sat through one of the meetings Todd does on Mondays and goes through Monday's minutes with all the projects and where we are and what's the next step, who's responsible for what, but he he does an amazing job and I can't can't say enough about how how good Todd
044is and we're blessed to have him. I would agree with that. And also his people are wonderful. Like I've met some of his guys and I've watched them work and looked at their projects from start to finish and it's just ab I'm just amazed. Well, and and I don't know if this is the right form to say it, but I apologize and I always do this to you. Say I apologize if I say this, but one of the things when we were making our decisions on staffing, we eliminated one of his carpenter positions because he had one unfilled. We have three carpenters and truly I learn this a carpenter doesn't just do wood framing and stuff anymore. They're basically like most general contractors. So, I want to work with Dr. a nice way to figure
045out is there a way we can add a carpenter back because that would speed up some of these projects as well. So, so there we got a lot of carpenters doing a lot of things. So, they do great work. They do do great work. They're amazing. So, any questions? And if you guys have anything you want me to ask Todd about specific to your areas, I'm happy to ask them for you or you guys can ask them directly in the room. You don't need my permission. Any questions? No. Thank you. Item 2.03, policy updates. Dr. Jamie Sulttus. Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a few policy updates. The VSBA um came up with a couple new ones and then we had a couple of our own that we needed to come u address due to legal
046changes or or whatever. The first one, 3.06. This one's easy. I gave you guys the organizational chart that Dr. nicely created. Just a couple changes due to personnel changes that had happened where Edy is the board clerk and the um assistant to the superintendent. Then policy 3.16 bullying and harassment. There was a change to Virginia code. There's a new code 22.1-276.01 and it really deals a lot with cyber bullying. We had cyber bullying in our admin rag but the state now has defined their definition of cyber bullying. So, we wanted to match the state's definition. So, we made a change uh addressing that. And then also uh making sure that we had um protections in place for anybody that was to report cyber bullying or was the victim victim of cyber bullying. And then lastly,
047the VDOE is creating materials that we could give parents and kids who are experiencing cyber bullying. So, the admin reggg was updated to match the changes in the bullying harassment policy. um purchasing procedures. This was just one where the the state passed two bills, the House and the Senate, and then they had to figure out which which one was going to get the right number. So, it basically just was a number change, and they couldn't do it until they determined what the law was going to be between 22.2-43113 and 2.2-4311.4. So, they had to wait for that to do the legal update. request for public records in the May update from the VSBA. The there was a paragraph that was inadvertently deleted by the VSBA that should have stayed in. So, we brought it back
048into that. Uh, and the other update was that you can now get your FOYA training and Miss Nukem is our FOYA officer. She can get it through an online course that is um approved by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act Council. and that if our attorney acts as our FOYA person, then the attorney has to be trained in FOYA as well. And then lastly, and this is one that Beth was trying to get in earlier in the year, and that was my fault on missing this. This is just an admin rag for your information, but basically we had a we had a an admin rag that kind of restricted people observing the classroom and such, but we now have some community partners and Beth, you can help me out if you want, but for example,
049what used to be Brack, which is now Vaia, uh they won't accept a kid unless they observe the kid in their class environment. So, we had to make a changes to our admin regow that to happen with parent permission in order to see if the kid would qualify for the program or not because otherwise they wouldn't accept them. And that's all I had. Okay. The shortest I've ever been. Thank you. That was just wonderful. Thank you. No need to go on consent for the regular meeting. I make a recommendation move. Yeah, we're good. Sorry for me. I was excited. I got done fast. No, that was for them, not you. Item 2.04, surplus request for retired technology equipment. Mr. Jeff Terry. Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the board. Dr. Nicely. Uh, each year we
050request the retirement of aging technology equipment. This year we have approximately 9,000 devices that consist of laptops, desktops, monitors, printers, mobile devices, computer accessories, and door access hardware. Some of this equipment was previously assigned to administrators, students, and teachers. As part of the surplus process, the state contract vendor, Powerhouse Recycling, will ensure proper data removal and allow for environmentally friendly destruction of all equipment. They will also pay us the remaining residual value for the surplus of this equipment. All surplus proceeds have been included in the FY26 budget as a funding source for the technology replacement plan. Staff recommends to surplus the approximately 9,000 retired technology devices and prepare prepare them for sale. Powerhouse recycling will provide a proof of destruction document for all computer equipment. Uh this includes erasing all data using the Department of
051Defense standards. The card access equipment will be prepared for sale under the normal warehouse surplus procedures. With your permission, we'd like to move this to consent and be happy to answer any questions. Any questions? Thank you. Thanks. Thank you. All right. If there's nothing else, is anybody All right. Meeting adjourned. [Music]