001like to call our meeting to order. Is there a motion for the board to reconvene into open session? >> Daniel Wallace so moved. >> Is there a second? >> Rich second. >> All in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Good evening to everyone. We thank you for taking time to be with us this evening. During our meeting, I'd like to ask each board member to state his or her name when making or seconding a motion or when speaking. At this time, I'm going to ask each board member and our student representative on the board to verbally indicate their presence when I call their name. Mrs. Amy Richards >> here. >> Mrs. Rosemary Maym, >> I. >> Mrs. Rebecca Miner >> here. >> Dr. Daniel Wallace >> present. >> Miss Bedford >> here.
002>> And I am Ralph Fallon. Is there a motion to verify that our closed session was conducted in accordance with Dakota Virginia section 2.2-3712 2-3712 paragraph D and that only matters exempted from open meeting requirements and only matters identified in the motion to go into close session were discussed. >> Daniel Wallace I move that we so certify. >> Is there a second? >> Second Mayan. >> Okay. Mrs. Richards, how do you vote? >> I. >> Mrs. Maym, >> I. >> Mrs. Miner, >> I. >> Dr. Wallace >> I >> and the chair votes I and that close session has been verified at this time if there are no objections I would like to lead us in prayer. Okay hearing none let us pray. Heavenly Father we thank you for bringing us together this evening. We
003thank you for keeping us safe and for the opportunity to s celebrate successes and to serve our schools and our community. Grant us wisdoms, patience, and understanding as we make decisions that affect our students, our teachers, our staff and community. May every action we take tonight reflect a commitment to the education, safety, and success of all of our students and employees. Help us consider what is best for each of them and to act with fairness, compassion, and integrity. We ask that you bless our schools, all who are committed to the education of our students, and to the families we serve. We ask this in your most precious and holy name. Amen. >> Amen. >> Let us stand and honor our country by reciting the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of
004the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. is our volunteer to read our statement of vision and our statement of mission. >> I'll read it. >> Our vision is to provide an exemplary learning environment that empowers all students to find their voices and make meaningful contributions to the world. Our mission together we nurture the unlimited potential of all students through inclusive authentic learning experiences. Okay. Thank you, Miss Moner. Do we have any suggested changes or additions to our agenda? Okay. Hearing none, our agenda is approved by unanimous consent. Miss Rice, uh, next student and staff attendance recognition. >> Yes. Thank you. I will begin with student attendance recognition. For the month of February, Copel Elementary's average daily attendance was
00595.28%. 28%. Washington District Elementary 94.43%. Montrust Middle School 93.8% and West Morland High School 91.84%. So all strong and the winner is Copel Elementary School. But he get to keep it or not. >> Great job. >> Congratulations. >> And now for our staff attendance at Copel Elementary School. The average staff attendance for the month of February was 92.91%. Washington District Elementary 95.53%. Montra Middle 92.83% and West Morland High School 93.81%. So our winner this month is Washington District Elementary School. sticky note to bring the still sitting at school. I'm sorry. >> It's okay. >> So, Miss Miss Rice, has this happened before? >> Dr. Vass, has this happened before? >> No. Never. >> Never. >> Okay. >> I think I do it more often than not. Congratulations. Okay, next we have some more recognition and
006that's our character trait honores for February with the word of the month being respect. We'll have our principles come forward to share their good evening. Um Koko's character trait nominee um was is Alexander Simpson in kindergarten. He was nominated by his teacher, Miss Hut, who said, "Alex shows respect in the classroom by listening carefully when his teacher is speaking and following directions the first time they are given. He treats his classmates kindly, using polite words, and being patient when others are sharing their ideas." Alex also helps create a positive learning environment by encouraging his friends, and showing good manners every day. His respectful behavior makes the classroom a welcoming place for everyone, and Alex unfortunately couldn't be here. Well, congratulations on the way. >> Are you going to drink that water? >> Sure. Hi, Michelle.
007We passed the forgetful principal, Washington District. Our student of the month for the month of um February is Cassidy McKinn and luckily she's here. Um Cassidy is consistently respectful of both words and actions. She listens attentively when others are speaking and waits her turn to share her ideas. Cassidy is quick to follow directions and treat others with kindness. Her positive attitude encourages others to follow her example. And family too. >> Family too. even said >> good evening. I'm Janet Car, the principal at Launch Hospital and our recipient today is Natalie Owen. I'm proud of you, Natalie, because I see this every day. Every day, Natalie is a shining example of how respect should be portrayed. In class, she always asks questions and interacts with others in a respectful manner. When working in groups, she demonstrates
008how to respectfully listen to everyone's opinions. She was the main group member to help her team from a central idea that combined everyone's thoughts. No matter where you see Natalie in the building, you will always encounter her at her very best. Keep how to be respectful. Good job. Or she's just going to take this donation. When you get the donations, >> you going to do it? >> Okay. Hi, my name is Michael Bathgate, principal at WHS and the WHS student of the month for February goes out to Darnell Pulk, grade 11, nominated by Miss Angus. Darnell has consistently demonstrated genuine respect towards fellow students and teachers throughout the school year. He treats others with kindness and consideration, creating a positive, supportive environment in the classroom. In addition to respecting the people around him, Darnell also
009shows a great care for his tools and materials we use in class as well as the property of others. He understands the importance of maintaining a respectful and responsible learning space because of his positive attitude, strong character, and thoughtful behavior. Darnell serves as an excellent role model for his peers. His actions reflect a high level of maturity and overall good conduct, setting a strong example of how students should be treat others and contribute positively to the school community. The WH student of the month for February for respect goes out to Darnell P. Great job. >> Well, congratulations to all of our recipients. So, and next we have some more recognition I believe. >> Yes. >> Uh, Miss Rice, the VSBA Eastern Region A contest. >> Yes, we are really excited about uh this item on
010the agenda. Uh we had the opportunity for three of our students to enter artwork into the VSBA, which is Virginia Schoolboard Association, uh student art contest for the region. Uh all of the artwork submitted to that particular competition is um just outstanding artwork, very high quality. It is a very tough competition. Um but we are really excited. Mrs. Angel has a piece of artwork she's going to show us that was created by Annalie Isigary. She's a fifth grader at Copel Elementary School and her teacher is Becky Bowen and unfortunately she couldn't be here this evening. Uh but her artwork is here and we have a certificate for her, Mrs. Angel. So we will present it to you. Okay. We'll do the honors. >> This is not my job normally. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. Okay,
011our next artist is Armando Menddees. He is a junior at West Morland High School and he is here uh with Mr. Bathgate and he has his artwork to share with us. And I want to share that Armando out of all the entries for the high school level placed third for the entire region. Good job. >> Right. And next we have our middle school artist and Mrs. Garland. Please help me with the pronunciation. >> Thank you. U She is in grade eight at Montress Middle School. Was she able to come? >> No. >> Okay. Well, we >> and her artwork was also not able to come uh because she placed first in the middle school division for the region. So, we do have a picture of her artwork and uh the artwork was titled Carnival. And
012because she placed first, the VSBA uh held on to her artwork and it will be displayed in the VSBA offices for the next year and then it will be returned. Um she was mailed directly uh her uh first place ribbon uh and we do have a certificate for her. So we'll present that to you, Mrs. Garland. And uh the other exciting news is now her artwork will automatically be entered into the statewide competition. So it's possible um she will receive further recognition as we move along. Each statewide first place winner will be honored with a $1,000 award and a commemorative trophy. So, we will see how she does. And in the meantime, she has been awarded with a $50 gift card, a blue ribbon, and this certificate that way. Thank you. And her art teacher
013is Mrs. Winkler. >> Yes. Miss Rice, we want to u thank all of our students that um have participated and creating this artwork and we want to thank our teachers. Uh, one of the things that we talk quite a bit about is the importance of creativity and I really think that art is one of the most effective ways of stimulating creativity in our students. So, uh, on behalf of the entire board, very appreciative and if any board members would like to make any comments, uh, feel free as always. But, uh, >> I personally thought we had all first place winners. I was very disappointed that they didn't have >> more than we got, but I'm happy with >> Yeah. >> I'm very proud of our students. >> Well, the competition was unbelievable. It really really
014was. So, um, everyone deserves quite a bit of credit. So, thank all of you. >> Okay. Next, Miss Rice, uh, do you have a special, uh, presentation you'd like to make at this time? >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Um, unfortunately, Dr. Cheryl Davis, uh, who is the artistic director for the Chesapeake Corral of the Northern Neck, uh, was not able to be with us this evening because she was on the road going from place to place to place. Um, so she did swing through and tell us she couldn't be here this evening for the meeting, but she wanted to uh, drop off a very generous donation. So, I'm going to share a little bit about the Chesapeake Corral. Um, Dr. Davis shares that we are a non audition community chorus that always welcomes additional singers
015and this is where we got some revenue. 100% of our concert ticket revenues is donated to school music programs. Wow. >> Typically we start our season on the Monday after Labor Day and meet weekly on Mondays 7 to 9 at Grace Episcopal Church in Kilarnic, Virginia. Our season ends with a series of Christmas concerts in early December. And the folks that are in the corral are comprised of residents of the northern neck and middle peninsula of Virginia. There are teachers, doctors, artists, lawyers, homemakers, retirees, students, and others from all walks of life who give generously of their time and talent to enrich the Christmas season with the joy that music brings. Our special performances may be offered at other times of the year, but always at Christmas. Uh, the Chesapeake Corral is a 501c3 organization
016and they gladly accept your donations and she dropped off uh for our school principles. So, we will share with you for Copel Elementary School. She dropped off a check in the amount of $100 for your music program. So, we'll pass that on to you, Mrs. Angel. And then for Dr. Repass at Washington District Elementary, uh she also dropped off a check for $100 for your MU music program. >> Yeah. And then we'll get a group photo with all the cash. >> Thank you. >> At Montrust Middle School, Mrs. Garland. Dr. Davis dropped off two checks. $100 for your chorus program and $100 for your band program. So, come on down. And Mr. Bethgate for West Morland High School. $100 for your chorus program and $100 for your band. >> Thank you. Thank you. bank account.
017>> Cover up the bank account. >> Thank you. YEAH. >> Thank you, Miss Rice. And we certainly appreciate Dr. Davis. >> Wish you could have been here. >> Yes. >> Thank you so much. >> So, Miss Rice, do we have any public comments that were provided prior to that meeting? >> No, sir. >> Okay. Thank you. Do we have any public comments from anyone present? Okay, I don't see any. So, our public comment period is now closed. Next, we have our consent agenda for personal appointments. You have copies of board minutes from the February 10 work session and also the March 2nd regular session. And you have copies of school division bills and school nutrition bills. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? vote. Dr. Miner, >> is there a second? >> Second.
018Daniel Wallace. >> Mrs. Richards, how do you vote? >> I. >> Mrs. Maym, >> I. >> Mrs. Miner, >> I. >> Dr. Wallace, >> I. >> And the chair votes I. And the consent agenda is approved. Next, we uh have donations, school gifts. Miss Rice. >> Yes, sir. So, we begin with the donation from Dr. Cheryl Davis, Chesapeake Corral, and that was a total of $600 in monetary donations for our music programs. Washington District Elementary received several donations. El Toro Restaurant donated two gift cards for Black History Month decorating contest. Paul's Supermarket gave three gift cards for the Black History Month decorating contest. and Crazy Jacks gave one gift card for the Black History Month door decorating contest. Domino's Pizza gave eight certificates for large pizzas for Black History Month door decorating contest. And Brady
019O'Connell donated 18 hatching duck eggs for the prek class at Washington District Elementary. That sounds like so much fun to watch. Um, McDonald's gave 25 free desserts or fries certificates for Black History Month door decorating contest and Crayola gave a donation of art supplies um valued at $1,000. Then at Montros Middle School, Miss Wilkins gave student incentives valued at $100. At West Morland High School, there were a number of donations to support the drone competition that included uh Northern Neck Brewing Company gave a monetary donation for the athletic department of $45. Sandra Via gave a monetary donation for the Skills USA competition and that was $3,000. Frank Moss uh gave a donation of a drone and that was valued at $200. Radio Reconnaissance Technologies Incorporated gave a monetary donation for the Skills USA competition and
020that was $265. Denise Vega donated a drone valued at $135. and Best in Multif Family Contracting LLC donated a drone valued at $1,500. >> Wow. >> So, we are extremely grateful for all of these very generous donations this month. >> Indeed, we are. Any questions? Any questions for Miss Rice? All righty. Is in accordance with our policy KH? Is there a motion to approve the donations as presented by Miss Rice? Andy Wallace. So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Amy Riches second. >> All in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Okay. Thank you again, Miss Rice. And indeed, we are very appreciative. >> Yes. >> It seems like every month. We have a lot to be appreciative of. Okay. Next, um, we have, uh, school division literacy plan update. Miss Steel.
021>> Good evening. I am pleased to share our progress, our quarterly progress um with our literacy plan, our division literacy plan with you all this evening. Just a reminder of our literacy vision um West Mullen students are effective effective communicators who purposely read, write and speak across multi-disiplines. our literacy vision aligns with our division's vision and our strategic plan. So, this is just a reminder. We'll start out um each time with what our vision is so that we're stay focused and understand why we're doing what we're doing. As a reminder, slides are off. As a reminder, these are the high quality instructional materials that we adopted for the division. For our core K5 instruction is hopefully. Our supplemental instruction. Um for elementary, we have you foundations. For grades four and five, we have EPS Megaw.
022And then grade six through eight, our supplemental um instructional materials. We also have ELA, which is a web-based program. For our interventions, we have Lexia um core 5 for K5. We have Lexia Power Up for grades six through eight. And then we also have teachers who are trained in Orton Gillingham in grades K through eight. for our of course in the Virginia literacy act teachers had to go through certain professional development to ensure that their instruction is aligned with the science of reading. Our division started way before the literacy act shared that we had to. So, we have three cohorts that have completed the letters training in addition to the BLP training that's required by um BDOE in the literacy act. And then um all of our elementary principles, our middle school principal and myself
023have completed letters for admin ongoing each year. um we have some professional development that our teachers will participate in and then our new teachers um have to complete the BLP courses. Also, our principles and our reading specialists facilitate professional development through what's called the value series and these are different topics that are addressed. So they are um specific to their grade level, the building, but these are also professional development um sessions that our teachers go through. And this year we had about 10 new teachers who had to complete the VP training. All of our other teachers are completing value series and other PD that our um admin ad building administrators are facilitating. our assessments and progress. Of course, we have the vowels which um dictates what students the vows and so tests dictate what students
024receive reading plans. We have our HMH module assessments that are ongoing. Our growth assessments for grades three through eight that are taken at the beginning of the year and midyear. We have WEDA testing for our Esau students. um Lexia Core 5 and Power Up do an auto placement at the beginning of the year that our students um take and then Megawwords has placement assessments and that's the um intervention for grades four and five and that's completed at the beginning of the year in addition to progress monitoring that is done throughout the year by our teachers for division level as far as monitoring our progress. We do um walkthroughs. Our elementary principles this year um used a CERN student engagement tool as well as we have an HMH walkthrough tool that can be used to just
025monitor and provide teachers with feedback on their instruction. Um our principles and reading specialists facilitate collaborative planning with um lesson plans just read looking over making sure everything's aligned. Um, and then we have collaborative meetings to analyze student data at the building level and our principal meetings. As far as parent and community engagements, our schools do a great job at getting the information out to our families. We have open house and back to school nights, family engagement nights. Um, our parents and guardians participate in reading plan meetings. Um, we just finished the Virginia Reads One book with Charlotte's Web. We had Read Across America at um, both of the schools. Um, and then I think Copel has your street night. Is it next week? >> April 9th. >> April, I'm sorry, next month. April 9th.
026So, still keeping parents engaged. Um, parents and the community engaged and keep the literacy at the forefront. A few things we want to highlight. Um, we had future problem solvers, creative writing competition. There were two um, fifth graders from WD that placed in the top three. I think they'll find out in a couple of weeks exactly which place um, they received. And then three fourth graders, fourth grade students entries were um, from WD were submitted to the Virginia State Literacy Association for the writing extravaganza. And of course, Montros Middle was recognized in the BDOE um region 3 leader board. So we want to congratulate them for their achievements and reading as well. And that is all I have. >> Thank you. >> Questions, comments? >> Yeah, you you'd mentioned several slides back about um you
027know getting together and analyzing the data. Do you have any data results to present yet? So, just so happens we received um Val's data from VOE just yesterday. So, we've shared it with was it yesterday or the day before? Yesterday, >> yesterday. >> So, there there was some um there was a couple of errors that were made so they had to correct it. We just received the corrected report on yesterday. So, at the next um update, I'll be able to share some data. >> Okay. >> Um I can share with you if you'd like how many students are we did, how many reading plans there were per school um or per grade level if you would like that information. And then of course, we'll have so data for you at the end of the year.
028>> Yeah. The thing we're probably most interested in is is the progress piece of of you know, how well are we closing some of those gaps, you know? >> Yes. And that report does show that for K3 it it's it compares 2024 to 2025. So I can definitely share that with you. >> I guess my next one will be July. I can definitely share that with you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Other questions, comments. >> Um I want to thank you for Charlotte's Web. That was >> one of my favorite what your favorite is. So, it was nice to get that back and get the chance to read that again. Thank you. >> And I do want to thank our teachers, pair of professionals um for their hard work. It's never easy
029to to implement a new curriculum and then making sure that we're aligned with what um the BLA has us doing. And then our reading specialists have been phenomenal. um K8 just making sure that our teachers have the support that they need facilitating PD assisting with the reading plan. So um just a very special thank you to our teachers pair professionals and our professionals and our building administrators as well. >> Well, your last slide says quite a bit. >> Yes. >> So u thank you for the excellent presentation and also uh the highlights. Okay. >> Okay. Miss Rice, uh, school nutrition policies. >> Yes, sir. >> So, we have a number of policy updates this evening from the Virginia Schoolboard Association, but then we have two um that are specifically tied to the school nutrition program.
030And I I've separated them out because there's something special about each one of them. So the first one is the student wellness policy. Um and I know you all were anticipating that we would have a presentation from Y Street on the rev your bed initiative. Um they unfortunately couldn't be here this evening but they are coming in April. Uh, but I wanted to go ahead and share the policy update with you for information and then in April it'll come back for action and that will be the same night that the Rev Your Bad uh representatives are here to present the U program. But if you look at um Mr. cases page two of policy JHCF. >> Okay. >> And if you could zoom in, uh there's a paragraph that starts with the word water >>
031is recognized. >> Yes, water is recognized. That particular um paragraph is something that the Rev Your Bev uh organization asks us to incorporate into our student wellness policy. And if we do um and we're emphasizing water as an essential nutrient and making it available at all times to our students, then the Revbe uh organization will in turn provide some instructional resources and some water bottles um things like that to also support good hydration for our students. They will be presenting that to the schools. So policy JHCF happened to be on the list of the VSBA policy updates this month. There weren't any real substantive changes from the VSBA, but this whole paragraph about water and the importance of water um and making sure our students have access to water throughout the school day, that's the
032key addition to the student wellness policy. So stay tuned for uh the rev your bev presentation which will give a lot more information >> and one question about that. So is that paragraph through the VSBA policy services or just we've added that? >> We've added that. >> Okay. Because the copyright that the footer needs to >> we actually get to keep the copyright because this particular policy um template has insert. Oh, good. >> Insert your goals and your strategies. So, we actually didn't have to remove copyright. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So, it worked out really well. >> Stay straight. >> Yes. >> Thank you. And the other uh policy update for school nutrition is actually a brand new regulation for you all to review and consider. Um and that is uh the meal charge policy.
033So, our school nutrition program recently went through federal monitoring, uh, which happens with every program we have every so many years, and it was our turn. Um, Mrs. Hickman and the school nutrition staff did extremely well, um, of course, with the the federal monitoring and got very positive results. But with any monitoring, they always identify a few things, um, that they would like to see you do differently or do better. And one of the things that they did ask us to do was to put in place a more detailed, more explicit meal charge policy. So, they recognized that right now all of our schools are C schools and so our students aren't paying for uh meals and we have a policy EFB um food services that's already in place and it addresses meal charges. But
034in the event in the future that we are not a C school and students are paying again or having to charge meals, um they asked us to have a more detailed, more explicit regulation dealing with meal charges. And they were um generous in providing us with um a template type document that we could glean from uh to get content to put into our own regulation. So the regulation you have in front of you is is aligned to the requirements from the school nutrition program. It's aligned to our current policy EFB and it's aligned to some of the critical content in the template document that we received. And it just more explicitly maps out in the future um how we would handle meal charges and how we would um handle any debt that students might acrewue
035uh through uh charging breakfast and lunch. So that is here for your consideration and you you can look at it for the month and then um we'll present it for action next month. Okay. So, so any deadline associated with that, >> we don't have to actually vote on it until next month. >> Correct. >> Is that correct? >> Correct. We did have a due date. I needed to have it created and Mrs. Hickman had to have it submitted um for the school nutrition program. They have received it. Uh they have approved it. So, they indicate that the regulation is in full compliance and they know that you are receiving it for information this evening and then for action next month, but they've already accepted it as um having met their requirement because it's been received.
036>> Okay, great. Thank you. >> Any additional questions on those two policies? >> Okay, next we have our VSBA policy updates. One or two of them. >> Yes. There there was there was this stack of uh VSBA policy updates. Um the good news is I'm not going to go through all of those, but there were just a few that had some substantive changes and so I'll mention just those um policy GB EB is staff weapons in school. And it's not so much um that the law has changed, but the wording of the policy has been changed to make it more clear. The policy used to say that the superintendent is permitted uh to give authority to possess a firearm on school property in certain situations. And that wording was changed because the superintendent is not
037giving any authority or permitting any authority. It's the law that gives the authority. So they changed the word to just say the superintendent will implement this policy in a manner consistent with state law and shall permit possession of a firearm or other weapon on school property only by persons and in such circumstances as expressly authorized by law. And of course, those situations would be very limited, but they were just trying to clarify that the authority doesn't come from the superintendent. The authority comes from the law itself. Uh the Family Medical Leave Act policy, GCBE, um is worth your read this month because it is completely rewritten uh by the VSBA. So much so that they didn't provide a redline version. They just provided a paragraph to say the redline version was so dramatically different it
038would just be confusing. So they have a clean rewritten family and medical leave policy. The requirements of the FMLA have not changed and the content of the policy is just streamlined. Um, the new attorneys for VSBA felt like much of the wording would belong in a regulation as opposed to the policy itself. So, they rewrote the policy to streamline it from many pages down to the four pages you have now. But the substance is not really different. It's just less. And then we have the option to create a regulation that includes some of the details that used to be included in the policy. Uh we do want to stay tuned because there are some bills in the general assembly um that may change the way uh FMLA is actually implemented and that would be substantive
039change. So we're we're staying tuned for that. And then the next policy is support staff and that's policy GD. And again, not a big substantive change, but what the VSBA did was take three policies and combine them into just one, and they called it support staff. So, we used to have a policy that defined who support staff members are, another policy that defined the probationary period for new support staff employees, and then a third policy that described evaluation of support staff. That's now all combined into policy GD and we are um if we if you all adopt this we would be eliminating policy GDG and GDN uh because those are now combined with policy GD. So no real change to the content just streamlining. And then the next one is policy JFCD, which is weapons
040on school property. And this has essentially the same change that I also already referenced in the other weapons policy. Um, this one is in the student section of the policy, but VSBA pointed out that even though it's in the student section, the law applies to every person um that's on school property. And they did change the title from weapons in school and the content of the policy to say weapons on school property to make it more clear. It's not a change, but they're just trying to add clarity that it's not just within the school um that these rules apply. It's on school buses and on at any school sponsored activity um any place where school functions are taking place. So it it's a broad application and they wanted to make that clear. Almost done. JFCE
041is gang related activity or association. Uh VSBA updated this particular policy because now in the code they actually um have a code that defines what gangs and gang related activities are. So they have incorporated that into the policy and changed the name from gang activity to gang related activity or association. And last but not least, policy KP is parental rights and responsibilities. And there's quite a bit of rewrite to this particular policy. So when you look at the red line version, you'll see there's a lot of um information that's been added. And again, it was added for clarity uh with an emphasis that parents have both rights and responsibilities uh for the students that are in our schools. And those are the only ones I wanted to highlight this evening. >> Okay. >> How many
042is it? >> Oh, I think I think there were close to 40 policy updates. Um, but a lot of them are just for cleanup. >> Okay. Well, thank you very much. And are there any questions for Miss Rice? And we just need to make sure that the ones you highlighted that we review so we can take action at our next meeting. >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Miss Mayan, do you have any report from the Novan Technical Center? >> I do not. >> Okay. Thank you. Dr. Wallace, do you have a report from Chesapeake Bay Governor School? >> I don't this time. >> Okay. Excellent. Thank you so much. Um, and we know we ask every month, but we know we don't get a report every month, but it's just to
043provide the opportunity. Uh, Miss Rice, upcoming events. >> Uh, we have many, uh, upcoming events for schoolboard members. The VSBA hot topic conference is tomorrow and I know several of you are registered for that. Um the topic is artificial intelligence and then we have our next round of uh VSBA fiscal governance cohort training in Charlottesville on March 24th. This one is new on the list. There is a VSBA policy workshop geared specifically to schoolboard members and that's in Charlottesville or virtual on April 28th. We have sessions three and four coming up in April and May for the uh fiscal governance cohort. June 5th is the school law conference in short pump or virtual and I know several are registered for that as well. Um the VSBA conference on education is July 16th in Virginia Beach.
044Registration has not opened for that one yet. And then uh our VSBA master board renewal training. We did select the date and we've confirmed with VSBA that will be September 9th, 2026. So we can put it on our calendars now for way in the future. >> I Good question. Um, I have not gotten anything from BSBA on the hot topic conference for tomorrow. Was I supposed to get a um like a link or something? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I didn't see that. Okay. >> 339. >> Oh, it's sent individually. 3:39 this afternoon. >> Was I registered for it? >> Yeah. Okay. >> Okay. So, you can sort that out before Yeah. >> because that is one I was counting on. >> Yeah. That Yeah, that should be uh >> very informative. I want to get
045credit though. >> That's true. You want the >> Yeah, >> you have to type in your um >> Yeah, >> um not on the list because it's not exclusive to board members, but we did want to share we have set the date for this year's employee recognition banquet and that is Saturday, April 25th at 400 pm at West Morland High School. Saturday, April 25th, 400 pm >> 4 p.m. >> West Morland High School. And we will be sharing a lot more information about the banquet, but we just wanted you to have us save the date for now. >> Yep. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, Miss Richard, do you have any uh comments this evening? >> No, I do not. >> Okay, Mrs. Mayhem, >> no. >> Mrs. Mono, no. >> Dr. Wallace? Um
046yeah, just a question. So um state of the schools will be when do we know? >> We don't know yet. >> We don't know. Okay. I didn't know if that had been rescheduled. Okay. >> Miss Bedford, do you have anything you'd like to add? >> Okay. Thank you for being here. >> We appreciate it. Miss Rice. >> No, sir. >> Okay. Okay. Our next board meeting, we will have a special call meeting on March 26 at 5:00 pm where we'll have a public hearing on the budget. I do want to thank all board members for uh working to get this schedule because we did find out uh we have to do it in March is the bottom line. So uh thanks to everybody for doing that. Uh on Tuesday, April 14, we have a school
047board work session beginning at 5:00 pm. And on Monday, April 20, we have executive close session beginning at 5:00 p.m. and open session beginning at 6 p.m. Do I hear a motion to adjurnn? >> So move for >> Is there a second? >> Second or you almost got it. Thank you. Okay. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. We are journ. Thank you.