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? Rosemary may second. All in favor, please signify by saying I. I. I. Okay, we're now in open session. Good evening to those of you that are here and also that maybe those that are at home watching us. At this time, I would like to ask each board member to indicate their presence when I call their name. Miss Rosemary Maym, present. Mrs. Rebecca Miner, present. Miss Amy Richards, present. Dr. Daniel Wallace, present. And I am Ralph Fallon. During our meeting, I would like to ask our board members to state his or her name when making or seconding a motion or when speaking. At this time is our motion to
002verify that our close session was conducted in accordance with the Code of 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. Is that such a motion? So move back. Is there a second? Daniel Wallace second. Okay. Miss Mayan, how do you vote? I. Mrs. Richards I. Mrs. Miner I. Dr. Wallace. I. The chair votes I. And our close session has been verified. If there are no objections, I would like to ask Dr. Wallace to lead us in prayer. Okay, Dr. Wallace, let's bow. Our dear Father God, we first of all just want to say thank you for the opportunity to participate in in this important um endeavor. We know that you have promised that if
003we need wisdom, all we have to do is ask you for it and that you will give it to us. So we now are asking for wisdom as we um make decisions, as we discuss things, guide our discussions, guide our decisions, and we just pray that it all be done in accordance with your will and your glory. We ask all of this in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Dr. Wallace. At this time, let's stand and honor our country by reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. It's our volunteer to read our statement of vision and our statement of mission. I'll read that.
004Our 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, working together, we provide all students authentic learning experiences, knowledge, and skills to become successful global citizens. Thank you, Miss Monor. Do we have any suggested changes or additions to our agenda? Okay. Hearing none, our agenda is approved by unanimous consent. Miss Rice, our student and staff attendance recognition for May. Yes, sir. We'll start with uh student attendance. And our student attendance for May was really strong. At Copel Elementary School, average daily attendance was 92.95% of students. at Washington District Elementary 94.58%. Montros Middle School 91.22% and West Morland High School 86.94%. So our winner is Washington District Elementary where the thing is I haven't been to school though. I've been
005at the high school. Do we need to do a picture? Yes, we'll do a picture with this trophy. I'm sorry. I last month now. We'll just We'll just do it with a very strategically placed congratulations. Teacher attendance. It'll look suspiciously. Yes, it will. All right. For our staff attendance for the month of May at Copel Elementary School, average daily staff attendance was 92.70%. Washington District Elementary 90.46%. Montros Middle School 95.66% and West Morland High School 90.57%. So this trophy goes to Montros Middle School. [Applause] Congratulations. [Applause] Okay, next we have character trait honores for May, Mr. McConville. And for this month, it's dependability. I'll invite the principal forward to share the character award and I'm going to fill in for Mr. B. [Music] Good evening. I'm Holly Angel, principal at Copel and our character honore
006is Rianne Hris in first grade. Miss Aruser said Rianne showed dependability throughout the year. Her work was done on time. She had her materials ready and she was able to follow directions. if she took something home and came back to school. She knew the classroom rules and routines and followed them every day. I could trust that if I needed a reminder or something done, she would do what was asked. [Applause] Hi, I'm Michelle Reass, the principal of Washington District. Our student of the month for May was Jarica Shepard in the Sharp's first grade class. And I'd like you to know that Miss Sharp also came in addition to um Jerica's family, which is awesome during the summer. Um but Jerica is such a dedicated and dependable student. She is always jumping in to help out
007her teacher or her classmates if they need help with something. In class, you can always count on her to be actively involved in discussions and doing her work. If you have a job that needs to be done, she can always be counted on to do it and to do it to the best of her ability. [Applause] Oh, what a wonderful spot. Oh my goodness. Okay, all you have to match her smile. That's great. That's [Applause] My name is Janet G. I'm the principal at Mont Trust Middle. In every classroom, team, or group project, there's always that one person you know who you can count on, no matter what. That person shows up on time, follows through with their commitments, and supports others without needing to be asked twice. Sky Barnes, you're that kind of person.
008Whether it's completing assignments on time, helping classmates when they need a hand, or taking responsibility without excuses, she shows what it means to be reliable. Dependable students like Sky don't just make life easier for teachers and peers. They set the standard for others to follow. Being dependable might always make headlines, but it's a quiet strength that builds trust and earns respect. So, thank you, Sky, for being someone we can all count on. Keep it up. You're making a difference. [Music] [Applause] Good job. [Applause] I'm Cory McConnell. actually subbing in for Mr. Bathgate for the high school. Um, and it's William Townsen, his student. I don't believe he's here. Um, but what his teacher said, William was nominated by his teacher, Miss Nester, who wrote, "William is a respectful, hardworking, and trustworthy. You can always count
009on him to handle any task with a positive attitude and timely response. He's also an excellent listener who responsibility for his actions. If he makes a mistake, he's quick to correct it. William is both smart, kind, making him a valued member of King of West Morland High School. Glenn wasn't here for that. Old. [Laughter] Is that better? [Laughter] Well, congratulations to all of us students being honored. And uh also we thank each of you that had something to do with that. So that includes parents and teachers and u probably other people in their lives. So congratulations to all of you. Okay. Next we have an audit report. I'll let you introduce yourself. How about that? No, that's the he's trying to makes it better. The anticipation. Good evening everyone. Thank you for having me here
010tonight to present the financial statements for the County West Morland schoolboard for the year end of June 30, 2024. My name is Mike Moran. I'm a partner at RSC out of Freddersburg office. This is my favorite schoolboard presentation to every year. So I'm happy to be out here. Um, for tonight's presentation, I'm going to keep it a bit brief at a higher level. Uh, feel free to ask me any questions as we go or prefer to wait till the end, uh, that works as well. If you think of a question after I leave, um, you know, please don't hesitate to reach out and ask me or, um, you know, reach out to Alexis and she can have that sent over to me. So, I don't mind. either way. Uh so for this evening's presentation, I'm
011going to go over the engagement summary, the audit results, the two communication items that go along with the audit itself, and just a few highle financial highlights for starting with the engagement summary. Uh we were engaged to perform a financial statement audit for the year of June 30th, 2024. It's us RC's responsibility to express opinions on that financial statements based on our audit. that audit was subject to the auditing standards are generally accepted in the US specifications um issued by the APA of Virginia and the standards for financial audits um and the government auditing standards issued by the controller general. Moving on to the audit results um within the audit report itself there are three auditor type opinions. Uh the first one's in the front, the other two are in the back. The first one
012is the independent auditor's report. So this is our report on the numbers itself within the report. I'm happy to let you know for the end of June 30th, 2024, we express an unmodified opinion, which is a good clean opinion and that's exactly what you're looking for. The second auditor type report is our report on internal control over financial reporting and on compliance. I'm happy to let you know for the end of June 30th, 2024, we did not identify any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. So again, that's a good clean opinion exactly what you're looking for. Um that was for the school board. And then the third auditor type report is our report on compliance for each major program and on internal control over compliance um on those major programs. So this is our single audit
013testing that we did. And again I'm happy to let you know that um we did not identify any material weaknesses for certificate deficiencies. So again um it's a good clean opinion exactly what you're looking for. Um along with the audit report itself there's two other items. The first is um if we have any management comments and recommendations. So these are minor items that don't rise to a level of material weakness or significant deficiencies. Uh for the year end of June 30, 2024, I did not have any for the school board. So that is also just a good clean sweep across the board. And then the second um report that goes along with the actual financial statements is our governance letter. And this letter is required communication from us, the auditors to the board supervisors. And
014in that letter we'll put importance that um is required to be communicated to them. And so if there's any new accounting changes, any new estimates, any difficulties with management, uh any corrected or uncorrected misstatements, if other CPAs had to be consulted, anything along those lines would be in that letter itself. Um for the end of June 3rd, 2024, it's very standard letter, nothing out ordinary. So there's nothing uh necessarily to kind of bring to your attention at this time. And then moving on to the financial highlights, starting with the governmentwide financials. So this is going to be your balance sheet and income statement on a full cruel basis, meaning it has your capital assets and long-term debt, which the school boards, for example, acred leave. And so your net position at year end um at
015June 30, 2024 was about 10.2 million, which was an increase from the prior year about 2.3 and that's on a full quote basis. And then moving on to your your fund financial statement. So this is your modified equipment basis. Uh so you no longer have those long-term assets such as fixed assets. The uh acred leaves is not on there. Um so starting with the balance sheet, the total fund balance at year end for June 30, 2024 for the school operating fund was about 1.5 million. School cafeteria was about 251,000. school activity funds about 170,000 for a total fund balance of about 2 million as of June 30, 2024 of which about 1.4 was unassigned fund balance for the school board and that's in the operating fund and then on your income statement side on a
016modified acral basis. So again no depreciation expense for example uh the total decrease for the school operating fund is about 2.7 in fund balance school cafeteria is about 365,000 and school activity fund increased by about 25,000 so the total change in fund balance for the school board as of June 30 2024 was about 3 million and just a few other items um you know these reports are pretty pretty big they seem to get bigger every year um so just a few items terms of note if you get a chance to kind of go through it in detail. Uh the notes of the financial statements on pages 25 or 23 to 105 those are there to really enhance your understanding of the financials. So if you're looking for a little more detail on something you see
017on the income statement or balance sheet of course you could ask me but there's also the notes that might help you kind of understand what makes up that balance or or how that balance we came up with it. Um and then on schedule one and two you'll find your your your budget versus actuals for your revenue and expenditure. So those are might be something that be interested in looking at. That's all I got for you tonight. I know this is a bit brief. Um probably doesn't do it quite justice on how much really goes in to these audits for the school board. Um so if you have any questions for me, I'm happy to answer. I don't have a question, but I have to make a comment. It's nice to get such good news. And
018uh I would say that that uh has a lot to do with our financial department. And uh Alexis, thank you so much. We are a team. Well, many. Well, I will say that I uh fortunately I get to go to central office quite a bit and I don't think you'll find a team that works any better together and supports one another. And you probably need to take some credit for that too, Miss Rice. But we we are a team. But uh but it makes it makes all the difference in the world. Yeah. And u I'm sure that you've gotten all the information that you needed from the school in terms of doing the reports. So u any other questions or comments from from board members at all? Said exactly what I was thinking. Oh, okay.
019So, uh, but yeah, it it it feels good to get such a good report. It does. And we appreciate you taking time to come and present this to us. No problem at all. Looking forward to uh wrapping up FY25 this year back before you know it. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. all over again. I I would like to echo the appreciation though for uh Alexis Chadam because even though we are a team, she is leading uh that team in all things finance and she certainly is the reason our audit looks as good as it does. So I want to give credit where credit is due. Yeah. And I know that it takes it takes competence, but you also have to be responsive. Uh and I know that you do both. You do both
020very well. So we are very appreciative for what you do and the entire team. Yes, I appreciate the team. Yeah. Well, that does honestly that does make a huge difference too because u when you have a team that support one another. Yeah. I think if you look back at the last few years, you really could see the difference. Yeah. That makes Yeah. Okay. So, thank you again, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have any uh Miss Rice, do we have any written public comments that were submitted prior to our meeting? No, sir. Okay. 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 personnel appointments and resignations. You have a copy of board
021minutes from the May 19 regular session and you also have copies of school division bills and school nutrition bills. Do I hear a motion to approve the consent agenda? Daniel Wallace so moved. Okay. Is there a second? Richard second. Okay. Mrs. Maym, how do you vote? I. Mrs. Miner, I. Mrs. Richards, I. Dr. Wallace, I. Chair votes I. And the consent agenda is approved. Next, uh we have donations, school gifts. Miss Rice. Yes, sir. Thank you. We had uh two schools who received donations uh during this past month. Washington District Elementary had a long list of donations and that included uh from Shelby Holden prek graduation tassels from the Warsaw Rotary Club books for prek. Sarah Tucker donated a gift card for staff appreciation. The Gruski, thank you. Guski family also gave gift cards for
022staff appreciation. McDonald's donated 70 dessert cards. Delegate Hillary Kent donated 100 apples. Fischer Roadhouse gave 70 vouchers for a free small ice cream cone. Sheets donated muffins for the teachers and cookies and water for students. Food Lion of Colonial Beach donated five cases of water. Crazy Jacks gave brownies for staff appreciation. Domino's gave 15 pizzas for staff appreciation and Mary Dobs donated money for students as needed. And then at Montros Middle School, Donna Newman gave spiritware for teachers and staff. So we present all of these donations uh to the board for acceptance. Okay. Thank you, Miss Rice. We're always appreciative of the support we get. from our businesses and individuals and community organizations in accordance with policy KH. Is there a motion to approve the donations as presented by Miss Rice? Daniel Wallace. So moved.
023Okay. Is there a second? Second. Rebecca Meyer. Okay. All in favor, please signify by saying I. I. I. So, Miss Rice, uh, the donations have been gratefully accepted. So, thank you so much. Thank you. Okay. I think next we have another exciting item. uh called retention bonus for employees. Yes, Miss Rice. Yes. Uh we are pleased. I know the board is well aware that uh the state department of education um did allocate funds for an employee uh retention bonus and school divisions have flexibility on whether to give that bonus at the end of this fiscal year or the start of the next fiscal year. So we wanted to share with you uh what we received from the state and what our recommendation is uh to the board so that you all can make a decision
024on what you want to do. So uh first uh let me share the amount we receive from the state. So the state funding is based on a $1,000 bonus for SOQ standards of quality funded instructional and support positions. And then as I said, school divisions have flexibility to determine the amount of the bonuses paid per employee um and to maximize uh the state use of or the use of the state funds. So divisions could decide to give a figure different than $1,000 as long as all of the state revenue went toward a retention bonus. And divisions could also decide which employees get a bonus and which ones do not so long as the SOQ funded positions were covered. And divisions could decide when to give that bonus. Uh West Morland County Public Schools received from
025the state $178,699 specifically earmarked for this bonus. And the way the state arrived at that figure that is based on 166 SOQ funded positions which is what our division has plus the FICA to go with that which is 7.65%. And because our board uh habitually uh historically gives bonuses to all employees when bonuses are given to some, we did calculate the cost to fund a bonus for all employees and the number of because this is a retention bonus. We looked at employees who are returning for the upcoming year, meaning they have signed the contract for the upcoming year uh with every intention of working here next year. Um and they are contracted. So this does not include any substitutes, but all contracted full-time and part-time employees. And there are 307 returning contracted full-time and part-time
026employees as compared to uh the 166 SOQ funded position or Yeah. Um the cost of $1,000 bonus for all 307 employees plus FICA is $330,485.50. And that means there is a difference between what we're receiving from the state and what it would cost to give all employees a bonus of $151,786.50. So, our recommendation on the next slide um is for the school board uh to approve doing exactly that to provide a $1,000 bonus to all, not just the SOQ funded, but to all of our returning, contracted, full-time, and part-time employees. And we are recommending that that bonus be included in the June 2025 payroll. And the reason for that um is because we do have the funds available in the current fiscal year to cover the 151,78650. So we'd like to go ahead with the
027bonus rather than um carrying the funds forward and doing it next fiscal year u especially with so many unknowns on the horizon for the next fiscal year. So, um, that's our recommendation to you is $1,000 bonus for all, uh, contracted returning full-time and part-time employees paid in June of 2025. Before I ask a motion for a motion, I would like to see if any board members would like to make any comments. Um, if you would like to, I I'll I'll make one and that's just that I I think it it would be a good, you know, morale booster. I mean, it's it's something, you know, also going into the summer, it's like, hey, you know, there always those little things that you could treat themselves to something, you know, a theme park or something. You
028never know. And it just would help. So, yeah, I'm all all for it. I would just say that, you know, it's it's welld deserved and we want to show show them that. Yeah. And and I hope this uh we haven't voted yet, of course, but I hope this is something that will send a message that we value all of their employees because all of our employees contribute to education of our students regardless of what their role is. And uh that certainly is one of the things that we want to accomplish as a school division. So okay, do I hear a motion? Mayor Mayan, I make a motion that we do as recommended. Okay. Is that second? Daniel Wallace. Second. Any more discussion? Mrs. Maym, how do you vote? I. Mrs. Miner I. Mrs. Richards. I.
029Dr. Wallace. I. And the chair votes I. and the retention bonuses as presented are approved. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay. Next, uh we have uh federal 2025 federal applications, Miss Steel and Mr. Panville. Good evening. We are here to present our applications for the 2025 2026 school year. And before um we begin, we just want to share that these are based on level funding. So whatever we receive this year, that's what we base that application on for next year. All right. So starting with title one part A which is improving basic um basic programs. The funding from this application goes to support our salaries for our reading specialists, math specialists, um two of our reading specialists at each elementary school. Um both math specialists and one pair professional at Copel Elementary School. We
030also use it for the stipens for all of our specialists, um, our parent and family engagement nights. The funding comes from here and also our instructional materials and supplies for reading and math. The title one part C is for the migratory uh, children. Uh, we get to use this. This pays for half of one of our amazing EL teachers, MAP teachers. Um, as well as the participate learning fee. we pay for that uh employee as well. MEP coordinator stipen and then mathematical what's about to start here in a little bit this summer. You can see it covers all of the positions we have for that plus our family night and then instructional materials and supplies for the classroom. Um and you'll see the parenta family engagement night a couple of the categories I'll talk about
031and that's one of the things we think is really important to bring in the evenings and many of you guys have attended those as well for both our e and our migrant students. So we did one in the fall and one in the spring this past school year. And then we also as part of title 1 C we get the SIG grant. Um this again helps us with instructional supplies and also another parent uh family engagement. Right. And then for title two part A supporting effective instruction, these funds go to um provide a stipen for our lead teachers at all four schools. Also um for participation in professional development outside of contract hours. This funding also supports passage prep, which is um to provide teachers with support for um their endorsements and licenses and things
032like that. And then I teach Virginia um we provide the funding for that. Uh tuition assistance for any teachers or pair professionals and then reimbursement for their assessments um when they take their ETSs assessments and all of that, the practice and all of that. And then of course the private schools set aside. Title 3 is for our English uh EL students. Uh you'll see site license in addition to the family night we had our previous ones as well as our professional development. This would be our Vessa conference and things tailored specifically to our title three and our EL students as well as again another parent and engagement and classroom instructional support. And then title four part a um student support and academic enrichment. This is where we bring in the stipens for um the chairs
033and committee members for our all bands program, our PBL leadership team members. Um we also have a technology professional development stipen, musical instruments um to support well-rounded students that comes from here and again the private school set aside as well. And then title five part B, we did not qualify for this last year. This is the um rural low income um but we have qualified for it again this year. So this is where we will um fund our sign on bonuses for new teachers and also um professional text to support our new teachers and that is all we have for our fellow programs. Say any any questions? Yeah. So what is professional text? So those are um any type of books or materials that are going to support textbooks. Okay. Yes. All right. Gotcha. Any
034other questions? Anyone? Do I hear a motion to approve the 2025 federal applications as presented? Daniel Wallace so moved. Is there a second? Second. Professor Miner. Mrs. Mayan. How do you vote? I. Mrs. Miner. I. Mrs. Richards. I. Dr. Wallace. I. The chair votes I. And the 2025 federal applications as presented are approved. Thank you. Thank you very much both of you. We will share with you that the Virginia Department of Education has communicated to us that uh our coordinators should prepare and submit approved applications for all of the federal programs. However, uh at this point only the title 1A application will receive uh state level approval because that's the only one we are certain is going to be funded for the upcoming school year. So all of the other federal applications that were just
035presented are still required to be completed and submitted, but the VDOE will not act on them until they receive grant award notifications from USD, which they have not yet received. Okay. So that's just it's still kind of up in the air. I think you may have mentioned that during the budget presentation as well. So yes, so nothing has changed in that respect. Nothing has changed from the USD side as in it's still up in the air. Uh it was new information for us that VDOE will not approve applications until they receive the grant award notification. Wait. Yes. Okay. Do your part and get them in here but then wait. So hurry up and wait. Yes. Okay. Next we have division literacy plan. So um as you all know we implemented our literacy plan last year.
036So this year we're required to update um so the major update or the main component with our updates is we're including grades four through eight in the bow testing. So um I'm just going to go through and just um review a couple of things and then highlight the updates for the plan. So these are the components of the plan um that I'll cover and share the updates as well. Um, for K5, we're going to continue with our core instruction, which is um, HMH into reading. Our supplemental programs for K5, K5 and 6 through 8. We have EPS megaw fourth and fifth grade. Um, and update is you live Foundations for elementary that'll be used by our reading specialists and our special education teachers. and then ELA um the 2024 version will be used for grades
037six through eight. For intervention, we're continuing with Lexia core 5 reading for K5, Lexia Power Up for 6 through 8, and we have Orton Gillingham K5 again. um for our training. Um first I want to thank our um building administrators and teachers. They did a lot of work last year on getting the required um BLP training in. Um just about all of our teachers finished that training and our building administrators. So I do want to thank them for that. In addition to the Canvas courses, we have value series which this is what building administrators and sometimes our grade level reading specialists um choose a topic and then they cover that during faculty meetings or during planning meetings. So that will continue. And then BLP training um all of our administrators have gone through that. So
038this will be for any new administrators that we have. And then training on any newly newly adopted um curriculum materials will take place in the fall. Um student assessments, vowels testing will continue for preK um through eight. Again, grades four through eight are now included in that vowels testing. Um all other assessments will continue. That's with our um core curriculum um progress monitoring and all of that. And then as far as division level and how we will assess our progress, we have class walkthroughs, collaborative planning sessions, collaborative team meetings, and also our principal meetings for um engaging parents, caregivers, and the community. Um we're going to ensure parents and guardians invol are involved in the development of the student reading plans. Again, this now includes 4 through 8 as well as K3. And then during
039our open houses um from 2025 to 2027, we're going to make sure we provide our parents and community um with information about the Virginia Literacy Act and how we support literacy in West Point County. That's all I have. Okay. Any questions from anyone? Um Dr. Walls. Yes. Um, you're mentioning the valves testing. You're going to expanding that. Um, I don't know a whole lot about valves. Um, are we feeling that it's giving us the insight and diagnosticity that we need? Um, or do we need to also look at other options? Um, to a certain extent it does. Um this is what we use to um identify those students who need a reading um plan, right? And then provide the um reading specialists also provide that tier three instruction um based on how they perform on
040that screener. Okay. But but is it giving us enough? Do we feel um you can be blunt? I think our reading specialists and Miss um Dr. Repz and um Miss Angel, you all can chime in, but I think our reading specialists would appreciate um having um a something that would provide like reading levels, maybe more um a more explicit way to determine reading levels. Um but they've been working with with what they have. That makes sense. Would you all Yeah. Yeah. I was just wondering if there was something more that we that we need though to because because I I see that as being so critical and it's so foundational, you know, to get the get the reading down and it's like I I see a lot of, you know, instruments out there, but I'm
041not I haven't seen a whole lot of evidence of good diagnosticity. So, that's what we've been trying to kind of balance. Like, we have so much going on right now. So, it's kind of trying to get a handle on what we do have with the new curriculum, the training that we have for teachers and all of that. So, it's kind of trying to get a handle on that and then um moving forward with anything else if that makes sense. Was PAL better at that than PAL is now vows. So, there's no differentiation with change. They uh give a more definite reading. Okay. That's what I was thinking. That's what I was asking. Okay. and and vowels gives more diagnostic information. Yes. So VAS gives more of what you need to provide the intervention if that
042makes sense. Um a more specific area for where the students need the intervention because it has a lot of subtests. Um, so that's kind of well ju just and and I'm speaking for myself, not for the board here, but you know, just if you feel like you need more tools though, don't hesitate to to come to us and say, "Hey, look, we could really use this because, you know, the evidence and and you know, I'm always about, you know, evidence based, you know, just something that's um give you the the tools that you need because again, this is so so foundational." And like I said, I feel like last year was so much with the new content standards and all of that and just trying to get a handle on all of that. And so
043now we can kind of look more look into that. Okay. But it sounds like now might not be an ideal time to have another tool like another. Don't you want another one? I think there may be a little anarchy. If we add one more thing, well, it is that it is that balance. So, yes. And I can't say enough about our reading specialists and how hard they've worked to um implement the new curriculum and provide the new standards and provide support to our teachers. Um, and our teachers are hanging in there. So, yeah, we ask we ask quite a bit. I don't mean necessarily the board. Yeah, we do. But a lot is asked. That was a lot. But I do. Yeah. But I do agree with what Dr. Wallace said. If there are needs
044Yes. You know, make sure that they get into a budget or something or they come to the board if necessary. And that's the thing about our specialists. They don't mind asking. I'm not advocating. Well, that's a good thing. I'm glad they don't mind. Uh but we do h we always have to think about it the workload. Yes. And the learning process and all of that but uh if the needs there and the time is right then it should get in the budget. So I will the principles are here. So so any any other questions or comments at this point? I want to say thank you to Miss Steele and Mr. Conville and the principles, all of the principles uh who all contributed uh to the development of the original literacy plan and then also contributed
045to these updates to include grades four through eight. It's a lot of work um that they all go through in order to get this uh before you. So, thank you. And Dr. Wallace, that's why I was hesitant about one more thing. Well, yeah. Yeah. Um, and also, you know, obviously it all goes through Kathy. I mean, we're not trying to get get in in in the process here, but just realize that, you know, we do support it as a board and individually, and we appreciate that. Yeah. Yes. Okay. Do I hear a motion? Danny Wallace. So moved. Is there a second? Richard second. Okay. Any more discussion? Mhan, how do you vote? I Okay. Mrs. Miner. I. Mrs. Richards. I Dr. Wallace I the chair votes I and the division literacy plan as presented is
046approved. So thank you very much. Okay I believe uh we have our most exciting agenda item up next. Everybody's favorite policies the SBA policy updates. Yes. Um, so there are, you know, sometimes I get to tell you all that there's just a handful and it's mostly um updates to uh the statute or the cross reference. That is not the case ever in May. Um, in May we have a lot of policy updates and they have substantive uh changes because uh they are generated based on changes in the code of Virginia. So uh we have 40 uh policy updates and each and every one of them has uh revisions and updates to the content of the policy not just to cross references or cleanup. Um there are substantive changes to many of these policies. I'm going
047to mention several of them. I'm not going to dwell on them because you have them. Um you can read over them. You have the redline version and the clean version for West Morland. And many of these were touched on at the law conference um that most of us were able to attend, but I do want to mention several because there are quite a few that will impact our practices here in West Morland County. And a lot of the changes that are coming out this time, a lot of the policy changes have to do with changes to the code of Virginia and their medical. They are based in health of students. So there's a lot of uh detail. The first one I want to mention is policy EB which is the school crisis emergency management and
048medical response plan. Uh what I wanted to mention there is that each school division, each school board now is required to have an athletic emergency action plan or a cardiac emergency response plan. Uh and that is there are some detailed requirements for what must be in that plan, but it it ultimately comes down to the school division needs to be able to respond quickly in the event of a cardiac emergency. So AEDs need to be in place and easily accessible. Folks need to be trained on how to use them. uh we need a cardiac response team to be identified and that includes not just during the school day in the school buildings but when we have athletic events and we're out on the fields. Um the other part that's new to that policy is a
049bleeding control program. Stop the bleed. We need to have a bleeding control kit in each school. And as you heard at the law conference, the code actually says um something along the lines of if the funds are there from uh the general assembly. Well, it wasn't funded, but uh the the code is still out there and we still would like to proceed as if the funds were there um because we think it's an important initiative to um have a bleeding control kit in each building. And then that too comes with making sure we train folks on where is it, how do we use it. And then um when we do drills, we're supposed to do just as we do fire drills and lockdown drills and tornado drills, we're supposed to do drills for a cardiac
050emergency. And when we do a drill, we're supposed to take our uh bleeding control kit with us. And that should be part of the drill. So, um there's a lot in this policy policy EB, a lot of new code changes. Um a lot of work uh for us as a division to to get where we need to be. And then the next one I wanted to mention is policy EBB, which is threat assessment teams. And what's new about this uh policy is we already principles already notify parents if we um have a threat assessment that involves their child. Parents are already notified. Now as the notification is made um we're supposed to provide some resources, some resource materials to families. So, we'll still tell them we did a threat assessment today involving your child, but
051we will provide resources that address uh recognition of and strategies for responding to behavior indicating a student poses a threat of violence or physical harm to themsel or others. We have to include information uh on legal requirements relating to safe storage of firearms in the presence of minors. and we may include guidance on best practices for limiting access to lethal means such as firearms and medications. So, as we make contact with parents now, we will also be providing them with some resources they can use at home. The next policy is emergency first aid, CPR, and AED certified personnel. Uh, no, I'm skipping that one. That is the next policy, but I'm not talking about it. Um, the next policy, which is also a brand new policy, is one on opioid antagonist, and that's policy EBBC.
052Um this entire policy is new and it essentially um the code of Virginia indicates that if we have an overdose or suspected overdose at school um or at a school sponsored activity, we are required to provide notice to all parents that that occurred. So there are specific things that need to be shared when we give notice and we can use the same notice method we normally use like our um instant alert but we need to share uh the name of the opioid or its characteristics if we're not sure exactly what it was. Um and we need to share whether uh the overdose or suspected overdose occurred during school hours or at a school sponsored event. um we need to indicate whether or not um something like Narcan was administered uh to the individual that had
053the overdose. And in the midst of all that notification, we also have to be very careful to protect the privacy of the individual involved and make sure we're still following Furpa. So, it's a general notification so parents are aware that this incident occurred, but of course, we don't identify who who was involved. Um the next policy is safety drills. Um and that's policy EBCB. And what's new about that one is we will need to do the cardiac emergency drill. The next policy is substitute teachers. This one's not medical. Um and this is a good news policy. uh we had temporary permission from the state to allow a long-term substitute. If we couldn't find a fully licensed teacher, we could have a long-term substitute in place uh for up to 90 days. And with COVID, we
054got temporary permission to have a 180day placement, which covers the entire school year. So now it's in policy um that at least for now we are able and permitted to have a long-term sub in place for 180 days. But we do have um some requirements now that if a if we're filling a vacancy with a a substitute for more than 90 90 teaching days, that substitute needs to have a bachelor's degree and they need to be um not able to meet the qualifications for a provisional license. And the idea there is if they are able to get a provisional license, they want us to go ahead and get the provisional license. But um so we have the 180 days uh allowed which is great and then we have some requirements to make sure that long-term
055sub has a bachelor's and not eligible for a license at the moment. We also are required to make sure that that long-term sub has mentoring or coaching and that if they are interested in obtaining a license, we're helping them with a path to do that. Next policy I will mention is um professional development and this is the one we talked about quite a bit after the law conference. Um there are some new uh restrictions on professional development. Um and the restrictions uh include that the total frequency and duration of nonacademic training activities which would be things like stop the bleed and CPR and cardiac emergency all those requirements uh that we need to meet. Um the restriction is that uh each public elementary and secondary school teacher is required to participate uh pursuant to law
056or regulation or of of the state or of the school board uh not to exceed 25 hours every five years. So if um if a teacher uh participates voluntarily it doesn't count toward their 25 hours in five years but if um we require it we need to count it toward that 25hour max. And the other restriction is that no elementary or secondary school teacher is required to participate more frequently than once within six months of employment and once every five years thereafter in any nonacademic uh professional development. So but we still have the requirements. exceptions are um if it's required by federal law or regulation, it doesn't count toward the 25 hours, but if it's a state requirement or a division requirement and it's nonacademic, it counts toward that frequency and toward that cap. So,
057we've got some things to figure out like how do we make sure we do all of the state required training without forcing quickly. Yeah. without without. So that's just that's a challenge for us uh that that we will need to figure out. Fortunately, there is no restriction still on curriculum and instruction and pedigogy best practices. It must have taken a lot of effort to come up with that. It must have. Yes. Teacher, yeah. Yeah. Um GCPD, professional staff discipline. Um, this goes back to the opioid antagonist policy and it essentially says if we have an employee of the school board who administers an opioid antagonist um, they can't be disciplined for that um because it's their obligation, their duty. Uh the next policy is IG AG and that's uh teaching about drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
058And again um it goes back to the opioid overdose prevention and reversal. And this policy based on code says the schoolboard provides a program of instruction on opioid overdose prevention and reversal in each secondary school with grades 9 through 12, which includes instruction in identifying the signs of possible opioid overdose and training in the administration of an opioid antagonist for the reversal of a potentially life-threatening opioid overdose. and the school board will determine the appropriate grade level to provide the program in grades 9 through 12. So, we need to train our staff, but we also need to train our high school students in how to recognize it and how to administer the medication. And then we have um programs for students with disabilities policy ICBA, sorry, IGBA. And this just adds three uh additional requirements
059for IEP teams to follow. And one is uh postsecary transition and support services. The IEP team needs to address that for secondary students. IEP teams need to address whether a student requires any accommodations during um emergency situations and or drills like if loud noises bother. um what accommodation are you going to provide? And then parent notification. Um parents need to be notified of dual enrollment opportunities and accommodations that would be available for their student with a disability to participate in a dual enrollment class. I'm getting there. Okay, next policy. Um this is a new policy uh IGBJ. Um and the policy is advanced or accelerated mathematics. And essentially the code says if students score in the upper quartortile on their st standards of learning assessments in math, they'll automatically be placed in advanced math for
060the next grade level in grades 5 through eight. Parents do have the right to opt out of that automatic placement in advanced math. Uh and then we need to make sure parents are aware of all of the math classes that are available. Um if a student doesn't score in that upper cortile on their so they can still be in the advanced math classes and that can be through parent recommendation or staff member recommendation something other than the so assessment. So, it's not like you're limited, but there is going to be an automatic placement unless parents opt out based on so results. Um, the next policy is school attendance areas. Um, and I'm bringing this one up because there's an optional section in this policy, and I opted in in my draft, but it's really up
061to the school board whether you want to opt in or not. And that's the um entire section that you see there. Second paragraph, any student who doesn't reside within the division but is a dependent of a full-time active duty member of the uniform services is permitted to enroll in the division upon request of the parent provided that and then you see the list of requirements. So, um, I anticipated that the school board would want to allow the enrollment of children of full-time active duty members who maybe are being deployed and so their child is going to live here with a family member while they're gone. But that entire section is optional. So, it is up to the board whether you want to permit that enrollment or not if those conditions are met. Are you looking
062for comments if you'd like or you can just think on it and before we take action next month? Um, you can let me know if you'd like that to be removed. I would think my personal opinion is I would think we would want to include that. I agree. Board members, no, I think I would agree. I don't know. Would anyone think of any reason why we wouldn't? The bottom line is we want to make sure our students are being educated. I think you have the answer. Okay. Thank you. I was guessing which way you would go. I thought I got it. Good job. All right. The next one I'll mention is student health services and that's policy JHC. And this also has an optional section. And I went the other way with this one. Um,
063could you scroll down to the red line part? Thank you. Um, so the option here for school boards is you could include uh these next paragraphs about teleaalth services and mental health taotherapy services. Um this says the school board can provide these services and or permit students to participate in these services um through their own provider basically during school hours. So we had some internal conversation among administrators uh and we opted not to include the this at this point one because we we currently don't have teleaalth services available that we can provide and then our concern with having students participate in their own appointments with their own provider during school hours is that we have to provide space for that. we have to ensure that um it's private. And so for us that would mean
064both finding space because space is at a premium right now and then having a staff member who would be available to uh oversee but not listen in like provide you know a safe uh space. We thought logistically we might not want to take this on right now. So, uh, I have not included it, but again, it is entirely up to the school board whether you want this optional. Um, the advantage of course is a student could have a a counseling session and not have to leave the school building. But disadvantages, like I say, are we wouldn't control when the appointment was scheduled, how often, we would have to find space, we would have to ensure privacy, we would have to provide staff to provide supervision. Yes. Now what one question by omitting this though we
065are not precluding the school from allowing this this you know this on a case-byase basis. We're just saying that we're not making a blanket approval but we're not making a blanket exclusion either. Right. Okay. That's right. Okay. I think it's fine. But it doesn't seem to be very practical at this time. Right. Currently, we don't have students um I'm not aware of any who are participating in a counseling session through teleaalth services at this moment provided by their own provider. Typically, our parents pick them up and take them to set appointment and bring them back. It's just that given all the other things we have to do and as you pointed out not currently having space the privacy issues etc. It seems like it and manpower to and man it seems like it would be
066asking a lot of us right now. Yeah. So, it was our thought as administrators that we might want to uh not engage in this at this moment, but knowing at any time the board could opt to change policy and put it in. Well, my question I guess is um is this something that we are going to be expected to do down the road? Who decided that this was should even be an option? uh the general assembly decided um decided that it could be an option but it is not mandated I guess is the best yet I don't know if it's coming um and probably they were considering some of the things we're considering when they made it optional um I mean so I don't know if it's coming as a mandate down it's optional right
067I mean the very fact that they're bringing it up throws a red flag up to me that they're thinking about mandating it in the future. It could be. So, this is something definitely I would say we'd want to keep an eye on because you're absolutely right for all the reasons. While yes, we have students who desperately probably need this and could use this to put the onus on the school system for this. It's um Well, it's one reason a little overbearing. So, yeah, I think so, too. Maybe on the county, but not on, you know, the county needed to provide it, then there needs to be some other issues. So, I was just wondering where this was coming from. Miss Richards, do you have an opinion? No, there's not um a need for it that
068we know of and it's not taking place now. And like Mr. Wallace said, if it comes up, it's not saying that we won't entertain providing that and it is one reason that we go to law conferences is to find out they a bigger fear I would have is then all of a sudden every because it's any teleaalth service it's not even just mental health it's right any teleaalth service so say you know the child needs to go or they schedule a teleaalth service for a annual checkup or whatever in the middle of their class they get to go. I'm not sure we want to get that unless we have I think we should have a little more say in when that happen. So I'll be I just I want to find my wording. Um I
069think that we just need to be mindful that there is discussion when there are children that are getting teleaalth services and for instance that the child is doing it at earliest time frame of the day that's possible and so is going to be late on a regular basis not like you know weekly by week you know twice a month or whatever that that is being clearly discussed with administration or whoever need be. So it's not throwing a wrench when that's taking place that there's any question about absent too many attorneys all that stuff and yeah I have reasoning for saying all that. Yeah that makes sense. Yeah. No that's kind of where I was coming from. Yeah. Open up that Pandora's box. So I think we just need to be very very careful in watching
070this where this goes and where it's coming from. So you have the answer. Okay. So we keep the optional out for now for now. Right now but we keep an eye on it. Right. And we will continue to provide um we do have mental health services in place in person where we have folks coming into the schools to work with our children and we schedule all of that. So we will continue to provide that just not the teleaalth at this moment. Okay. Um, was there a reason you skipped over JFCM? Uh, just that I wasn't doing all of them. Was JFCM one I need to talk about the new cell phone. Oh, yes. I'm coming back to that. We'll come back. Save the best for last. Okay. Okay. That is exactly right. That was one
071of the ones I was like, wait a minute, that's one of the more important ones. Yes. Yes. Um, policy JHCD, administering medicines to students. There's an optional section in this one as well. And uh in the draft I opted in uh because I think that's what you will want to do on page two of the redline version right there. Um seizure rescue medications were not previously in this policy. Uh but now it is optional that boards can include uh seizure rescue medications and it basically says secondary students who have a diagnosis of something that causes seizures would be permitted to possess seizure rescue medications uh during the school day and at school sponsored events and on the bus and other school property. um if parents um have submitted a management and action plan and we
072have written consent of the parent and written approval from the primary care provider and the school nurse has been notified that they're possessing it. So with all of those uh conditions in place, it was kind of like well why wouldn't we allow a student who needs that? Yeah. Um and the second paragraph is also optional and you can adopt with both paragraphs or just one or neither. Um but the second paragraph says um if there's a written order or standing protocol from the pro prescriber um that an employee could administer the medication if need be. So I kept that one in as well because we do that for other medications. Sure. um it's not seizures, but it's a similar thing is if someone um needs to carry an ep some reason, where does that fall?
073Is that is that currently permitted for a Yes. If if you scroll up this, it's right right above um the new section on seizure. Uh there's a whole section on epipens. Yeah. Okay. All right. as so that is a lot of that. Yeah, they're already permitted again with lots of conditions. Okay, great. Thank you. You're welcome. I should know all the policy. It's only one or two. You learn them all. You can teach me. All right. Yeah, only one or two. Um I'm almost done with these updates. Request for public records. Um policy KBA. Uh there is a change to FOYA officer training. So each division um as you know each board identifies a FOYA officer or officers and they're required to be trained. It used to be training at least annually. Now it's changed
074to every two years. Um so when you're a new FOYA officer trained uh it says within a reasonable time period which is not uh identified what that's what's reasonable. um when they're first designated as a FOYA officer and then once every two years um and then you keep documentation of that which is that's aligned now with what board members do with the every two-year requirement and then notification of school connected student overdose uh KG. Uh this is uh going back to the it's a lot of the same information that I've already shared. So I won't share it again. Um and then uh two policies that I have uploaded only the redline version, not the West Morland draft version yet because uh I feel like more work needs to be done before I even present you
075with a draft version. One is the student cell phone and smart device possession policy that uh Dr. Wallace mentioned. So, looking at the redline version, JFCM, um, this is a new policy for VSBA. The entire policy is new, but it's not new to West Morland County Public Schools because you all already wrote and approved a regulation. So, um, I want to do a little more work with the administrators and then bring you all a draft, but we have a choice to either basically integrate the regulation that you've already developed into this policy. So kind of a merge and just have a policy. Or the other option is to adopt the policy and say the school board has a regulation and keep our regulations separate um to accompany this policy and then we would want to
076change the name of our regulation because we put it under student conduct and we would just change it to be be a regulation that goes with this policy. So, uh, essentially the board has this covered. It's just how do we want to present it in the policy manual. Do you want the reggg to become integrated into this policy and just have a policy or do you want to adopt a policy and have the regulation that's already developed to go with it? So, we wanted to um play around with that one a little bit and bring you a draft. And one thing at the law conf conference we saw is that they they did put some weasel room in the um in the law so that yes as long as it's a restriction of any sort
077we're compliant. Yes. Okay. So you know what we've currently got if the you know building administrators think it's working I'd say no reason to upset that apple cart. Oh great. Okay. Yeah. A lot of work went into that. So, oh yeah, it still works. So, so we'll come back to you with that one. That's why tonight you have only redline version because I wanted you to see that BSBA has now developed a policy and then we'll be adopting it. It's just how we integrate our current red. Yeah, it's good we got a head start on that because Yeah, it's been we had something. We're pioneers. Yeah. Exactly. Well, I think we had something working before a lot of school divisions actually addressed it, I believe. So, and there's one last policy I'm going to mention,
078uh, and that is student athlete extreme heat safety and protection. And you heard about this at the law conference. The only thing, uh, I have in is the red line version. It's a brand new policy. And uh if Chris scrolls down, you'll see where it says insert tiered procedures here. Um sorry, J A J A. It's probably the last one in board. Sorry, they're all cross over here. I'm sure there's so many. Um scroll back up, please. right there where the bold print was. Go down a little bit more. Right there. Insert tiered procedures. Um, so each school board uh needs, this is another health related one. Every board needs to have uh procedures in place for dealing with extreme heat and how we're going to handle that. And that includes tiered interventions um where
079we define explicitly any required equipment modifications, work to rest ratios, modification of water break requirements and use of shaded areas. So, um, at this point I have used Google and I have found the wet bulb globe temperature uh levels that are out there because we don't yet have uh the board of ed guidelines. So, the board of ed has to, as you heard at the law conference, they have to create guidelines. We don't have those yet, but as we wait for those, the information is out there. Um so I did find tiered interventions, tiered procedures um for wet bulb globe temperature and I will um insert those into this policy and bring it to you for action. Um but there uh it's really all about safety of primarily athletes who are out in the heat
080and subjected to both heat and humidity. Humidity is a factor in this. So, we'll we'll follow the guidelines that are out there uh while we await board of ed guidelines. That's all I have uh in terms I think that was plenty. That's all I have in terms of policy updates. I did not cover all 40. I did about half of them. Um but the other half, the ones I did not cover also do have substantive changes and not just changes to code. So, they're worth a look. Thank you. I feel the same way, Miss Me. I was up till 3 o'clock. Oh, bless your heart. Are there any additional questions or comments from Miss Rice? Okay, then next um we're going to have uh update on the Westb High School Stadium Plaza. Okay, this one's
081quick and fun. So this is all pictures we are working the work has begun on the stadium plaza. So I wanted to show you some pictures. Um this is right as you appro approach the main uh entrance in the gate at the football stadium. And we have uh started this is where they started pouring the concrete on either side. So to the left of the sidewalk you see the concrete where the new ticket booth will sit and to the right of the sidewalk you see where the eagle will sit along with the flag pole. So just a couple of pictures. This was early on when they had poured the slab for the ticket booth and they were running the electric around it and then poured the slab where the eagle and the flag pole will
082be and they were working on the electric for the lighting of those things. So, right there in the center of the concrete, you can see where uh there will be a light. And then if you see the white circles out in the dirt, those are also lights uh to light the eagle in the flag pole. And I'm sorry, that box right there is covering up the hole where the flag pole will be in installed. So, I think you may remember we we have an 80 foot uh flag pole. It is the same size and will have the same size flag as what you see at Northern Neck Chevrolet. So, we haven't had a flag, but when we get it, it's going to be a good one. So, um and this will all the idea is
083that this work will be done uh close to the end of June, early July. An an interesting thing about where the flag pole goes. Uh the hole is about 6 foot by six foot in dimensions and 8 ft deep and it took almost a load of concrete to fill it up. So it's pretty substantial, but I guess it has to be Yeah. with what we put in there, right? That's a lot of concrete you don't see, right? Um, and the these are some later pictures. This is after the rest of the concrete was poured. So, you still see the slab to the left where the ticket booth is going to go. It's a 10 by 10 foot ticket booth. It'll be big enough to hold two people. It'll also hold our walkth through scanners when
084they're not in use. So, right now they have to be wheeled from a great distance. Uh, they'll be right there to wheel them out for the walkthrough uh metal detection. And then on the right uh you see where a pedestal has been poured also for the eagle to stand on. Uh the original plan was to move the pedestal and the eagle from WNL to the new high school. U but when they went to move it, they discovered it has feet that go way into the ground and the pedestal was not in good enough shape that it wasn't going to crumble apart if they tried to move it. So they poured a new one. And there you can see the light fixture is in place in the center of the concrete along with the two lights
085outside. And then the hole uh the very deep hole where the flag pole is going to go. The flag pole is here. It's been here for months. We've just been waiting for the right time. That's just a closer up view. And there's our eagle. He's currently uh without a home. See, he's waiting uh to be placed on the pedestal. So, um because of the flag pole, honestly, because of the depth, uh we're waiting about 30 days for the concrete to cure. Sure. If that's the right one. Is that the right one? Sure. Okay. We're waiting for that. Um so that when the flag pole is installed uh we have every confidence it's going to stay put and that's when the eagle will be put in place on the pedestal as well. The um ticket booth
086is being built currently and it'll be brought in already assembled and put in place. Okay, if you go back one slide. Um okay, so this is the point of entry for all the events. Okay. But it's a little bit of a hike to the stands on either side, right? Yes. Okay. So, they'll come in and immediately walk on the asphalt to the left or right depending on whether they're home or away. Yes. Is this also where the teams will come through? because we had we talked about how do we protect the the track when they come running out in their cleats, you know, is there going to be some mechanism for that? Yes. Uh presently we use two different entrances. So the home team comes in through this main gate and the visiting team comes
087in through the gate uh off to the left and uh both of for both of them we have mats that we lay out across the track that protect the track from the cleats. Okay. So um and that has worked. We didn't have any damage during our first season to the track. The the mats that we got and rolled out worked really well to protect the track. Okay. Um, just a little divergent from this topic, but it's here with the field, so I might as well ask. What's the status of the um concession stand? I'm so glad you asked. Uh, it is fully signed over to us now. We have, um, finally been able to make that. Those are people who will be very happy about. Yes. Yes. We were waiting for the final asbuilts to
088be provided from the contractor to our architectural firm. Okay. Um so that we could make the final payment and have the property turned over to us. And that has all occurred now. So uh we are now able to inhabit the entire building, not just the bathrooms, but also the concession stand and uh the wait room part of the fieldhouse. It's ours now. Okay. Good. Y thank you. Thank you for asking that because that was big news. Yes, it was. I was like, she didn't say anything that that was kind of scaring me there for a minute. I was afraid to ask. Yep. Okay. Any additional questions or comments? Okay. Thank you very much, Miss Rice. Miss Mayan, do you have any updates from the Nova Technical Center? I do not at this time. Okay. Thank
089you. Dr. Wallace, do you have anything from the Chesapeake Bay Governor School? Yeah, we have um we can officially name our new director now, uh Rob Wright. Many of you know Rob. He is the director of the Chesapeake Bay Governor School and he's already hit the ground running and in the transition with the outgoing director. So, it's looking good. Okay. Anything else? That'll be it. Okay. Is Rice upcoming events? Uh there are four VSBA upcoming events. So the first one is July 25th and that's the VSBA conference on education. That'll be held in person in Richmond. And then September 11th was the date selected by our board and confirmed by VSBA for master board uh continuing training in Charlottesville in person. September 19th is the VSBA legislative advocacy conference and then the annual convention is
090November 19 through 21. Okay. Thank you very much, M. Rice. Miss Mayan, do you have any additional comments? No, sir. Mrs. Richards, anything? Thanks. Okay. Mrs. Miner? No. Dr. Wallace? No. Miss Rice? No, sir. And I don't have any. So our next meeting Oh, did you have something? I was supposed to ask about Cosmo, wasn't I? Oh, that's all done. Oh, okay. Thank you. All right. I wasn't sure. Absolutely. Yeah. No. U and also um July 1st. Yeah. You going to announce that? I am. Okay. So, okay. Yeah. Yeah. I was Yeah, but I talked uh Miss Rice and I talked. Okay. Everything's good. All right. Um anyway, uh next board meeting, we have a school board work session on July 1 beginning at 5:00 p.m. And then our next regular meeting is on July
091the 21st. Uh executive close session beginning at 5:00 p.m. and open session beginning at 6:00 p.m. Do I hear a motion to adjurnn? So move back. Is there a second? Second, Rosemary. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. We are joured. Thank you.