001I'd like to call our meeting to order. At this time, I'd ask for a motion for the board to reconvene into open session. So, may hands second. Second, Rebecca Meyer. All in favor, please signify by saying I. I. And we are now in open session. Good evening to everyone. We thank you for taking time to join 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 to verbally indicate their presence when I call their name. Mrs. Rome Rosemary Maym, present. Mrs. Recman, present. Mrs. Amy Richards, present. Dr. Daniel Wallace, present. and I am Ralph Allen. Is there a motion to verify that our closed session was conducted
002in accordance with the Code of Virginia section 2.2-3712 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. Okay. Is there a second? Amy Rich second. Okay. Miss Mayan, how do you vote? I, Miss Richards, I. Miss Moner, I. Dr. Wallace, I. The chair votes I. And the close session has been verified. At this time, if there are no objections, uh, I would like to have a prayer. Okay, let's bow our heads. Dear God, we thank you for the completion of another school year and for giving us the opportunity to be a part in the lives of all of our students. We thank you for those students who are graduating. We are
003grateful for the journey they've taken filled with both challenges and successes and for bringing them to this important milestone. Help them put the knowledge, skills, and insights gained through their education for the good of everyone. We ask for your blessings and your guidance as they move forward, filled with your wisdom and strength, and may they always seek to use their gifts to make the world a better place, to serve others with love, to seek ways to help the poor, to help those who are suffering, and to always seek the greater good. inspire them to believe in the goodness of life even when faced with challenges and difficulties. We ask that you will guide their paths, fill them with love, and help them make a positive difference in the world. Also, as we enter the summer
004season, we ask for your protection and guidance as we travel and enjoy our time off. Be with our families and our friends. Keep them safe. Grant us days of rest and times of joy and peace. Help us to grow in faith and appreciation for the beauty of your creation. In Jesus name, amen. Amen. At this time, let's stand and honor our country by reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. As I volunteer to read our statement of vision and our statement of mission. Sure. Our vision is to provide an exemplary learn learning environment that empowers all students to find their voices and make meaningful contributions to
005the world. Our mission working together we provide all students authentic learning experiences, knowledge and skills to become successful global citizens. Thank you Dr. Wallace. Do we have any suggested changes or additions to your agenda? Okay, our agenda is approved by unanimous consent. Next item that we have uh is student and staff attendance recognition for April. Okay, Miss Rice, I'm going to start with student attendance. So for the month of April, Copel Elementary School's average student attendance was 95.42%. Washington District Elementary had average daily attendance of 95.84%. Montros Middle School average daily attendance 94.54% and West Morland High School average daily attendance 93.01%. So, our winner this month, and she looks so surprised, Washington District Elementary School. Thank goodness because I love the trophy at school. So, come on up. With with that one and just
006we can pretend we'll use this. Okay. And then I'm going to take it right back. [Laughter] [Music] worked out really well, Dr. Rep. All right, staff attendance, uh, Copel Elementary, average daily attendance for staff was 93.23%. Washington District Elementary, 90.21%. Montros Middle School 95.24% and West Morland High School 91.86%. So our trophy goes to Montra Middle School [Applause] only slightly used on this this site. Congratulations to both. Okay, next we u have character trait honories. Mr. Comp and this month is for cooperation. Good evening. I'm Collie Angel, principal at Coal. And tonight, I would like to recognize fifth grader Kaden Johnson as our student of the month. His teacher, Miss Jones, said Kaden does a phenomenal job demonstrating cooperation. He is quick to greet his peers or teachers with a smile when asked to work
007together on a task. Kaden enjoys working with others and bringing his own ideas to share while politely listening to others ideas. He is such a team player, whether it's academic or socially. Keep up the great work, [Music] [Applause] Kayen. [Music] Here. Let you keep your [Laughter] own. Good. [Applause] Hi, I'm Michelle, the principal at Washington District. And we also have a fifth grader we want to honor today. Um, her name is Maya Cooper. And um, her teacher says she's polite and shows cooperation with others. She consistently demonstrates excellent cooperation with classmates by actively participating in group projects and contributing valuable insights. She regularly demonstrates that she values people and community. She willingly helps peers and contributes to our classroom community through her weekly leadership roles. Maya Cooper is a valuable member of the class and
008is always there to help those who need it. [Applause] Yay! Because I love pictures. [Music] So, I'm Janet G, the principal at Montrest Middle. It's my pleasure to stand before you today to nominate a student who truly exemplifies spirit of cooperation. That's you, Amari. Amari is someone who doesn't just work well with others, they make working together a joy. Whether it's in group projects, classroom discussions, or everyday interactions, he consistently shows a willingness to listen, help, and contribute in a meaningful way. What sets Amari apart is not just his ability to get along with others, but his natural instinct to include everyone, to resolve conflicts with maturity, and to always lend a hand when needed. He understands that being cooperative means more than just agreeing. It means valuing others ideas and working toward a common
009goal. Congratulations, Amari Thomas. [Applause] One, two, three. Good job. [Applause] Good afternoon. My name is Michael Bad, principal at Westborne High. Our student of the month for April goes out to Brian Garcia. Grade 11 nominated by Mr. Bol. What he had to write was, "Brian continually goes out of his way to help other students and demonstrates full pride in his work and approach. He's also shown good work ethic by buying and restoring his own car. Soon probably be the only Porsche our parking lot he starts driving it. Uh he is always there for other students and is always willing to help. Congrats to Brian for being WHS student of the month for April for cooperation. Way to [Applause] go. Brian's not here today. I couldn't find him today to talk to him. This like one
010of his first days he's been absent. Thanks. Congratulations to all these exceptional students. I know we say this a lot, but I think this is probably our favorite agenda item. Certainly one of them. So, we enjoy doing this. Okay. I think next uh Mrs. Birdsaw, I think we have some exciting uh information that you want to share. Yes. Would you like me to come up here? Can I talk from you? Uh yeah, come on up here, please. And you introduce the young lady next to you as well, I'm sure. Hi. Yes, this is Amama. She is uh one of my seventh grade students. Uh so we came to talk to everyone about STEM flights. It is Oh. Um so I initially found out about this through STEM flights reaching out through um Miss Smith, our
011assistant principal. And I knew right away this was an amazing program that I wanted all of our students to know about. It is a free program for any student who is in middle school and high school. All you need to do is submit the application online. And was that pretty simple, Livia? It was. You want to say anything about your application? Well, to fill out the application, all you had to do was complete a nice homework assignment that taught you about whatever mission that you chose. And then after that, you had to sign some waiverss and talk back and forth between parent and pilot. And then it was magic. Oh yeah. And there are four missions that the students can choose from. Um they have some that focus on flying, which is the one that
012Aman did. They have one that focuses on drones. They have one for aeronautical engineering, and then the other one also had to do with flights, but it also focused more on the weather portion and how pilots need to pay attention to the weather before they go flying. Uh so that was more meteorology based. And I actually did this myself as well. Um I didn't have a lot of students that seemed interested in it and so I asked the pilot, "Mr. Brewbecker, can I please go up and do it and show them, you know, if your teacher can do it, you can do it, too." And I put together a little presentation um with the video. And bonus, he also allowed my own children to go with me. Um and my son, who's going to be
013in sixth grade next year, he plans on doing the program because he just had so much fun. And then my daughter, of course, she said, "I'm almost as tall as a middle schooler. Can I do it, too?" Um, and you have to wait till you're in sixth grade. Um, but it's an amazing program. And I don't know if we want to play the video. Yeah, let's watch the video. Yeah. Dave Brute Baker has an impressive resume. He flew fighter jets before rising to the rank of general and even served in the Pentagon. Now, he's using those decades of experience to give back. With the roar of an engine at the Tapahhenic Essex County Airport, Dave Brewbaker launches 12-year-old Aman Brian a mile into the sky and then hands the controls over to the middle schooler
014and guides her to the Chesapeake Bay. This is a stim flight. You know, I love to fly and so this was a a natural gift back. Rub Baker founded his nonprofit in 2018 after an illustrious career in the Air Force and a lifelong passion for flying. We've flown over a thousand kids in almost every state across the country. I want you to be part of the airplane. Whether it's moving one direction or another, you're causing it. All over the clouds, Brew Baker teaches Ammana about STEM, science, technology, engineering, and math, and how that relates to piloting an aircraft. We're not trying to make everybody that flies with us a pilot. We're trying to inspire them to do more than they may have other otherwise thought they could do. The brave middle schooler shared this advice.
015No matter how much people tell you that they you can do something, it's probably because they see the the fact that you can do it and they see that you have the potential to do it. So, if anybody talks down on you and says certain things about you, it's because they're jealous. And once back on the ground, your first reaction, oh my gosh, I did it. It wasn't scary at all. I did it. Right now, Baker is looking for experienced pilots to volunteer not only their time, but also their airplane. Also, if you want to sign your child up for a trip in the air with Brute Baker or one of his pilot volunteers, go to stimflights.org. In the studio, I'm Brandon King, CBS 6 News. Awesome. Is there anything else that you would like
016to share about the whole experience? We'd love to hear it. Yes. So once you once you actually get to the Tapahhanic airport and you go into the plane and your pilot properly shows you how to enter and exit the aircraft, he shared a piece of information with me that I'll take throughout life. No matter how much that you know you do something over and over again, always check over what you're doing because what that one time that you don't check over it could be the last time that you're doing something. And it's always, no matter how much you feel like you know it, no matter how long you've been doing it, always check over, always have a checklist, always do whatever you are to ensure the safety of you and your equipment. So when I
017got up in the plane, I was actually so nervous. I can't tell if you guys could see it in the video, but I was holding on to that to that gear stick for dear life. Like I was like, "Oh my gosh, what if I like what if like this plane just falls out of the sky with me?" And every single time the plane went up or down, my stomach just dropped. But after I saw like the clouds that we flew through the clouds, we saw the York and Rapahhanic River, the Chesapeake Bay. I just got like so unwinded. Like it just felt I was like, "Oh my gosh, I'm up here literally flying a plane." like I'm 12 flying. So, you got to see a lot of like landscape and a from a perspective that
018you would not normally get to see it from on the ground. And it wasn't only just sightseeing though. You also had to be managing the equipment, making sure that your altitude was not too high, too low, that you weren't going off of course, that you weren't going too right, too left. So all in all, the STEM flights was an amazing experience that if you're a STEM person or if you're just basically want to fly fly planes, it's for you because what it taught what another thing that it taught me is that you never know that if you can do something until you actually try it. So that's all I have to share about the step. I've got one more question for you. Why did you decide to do this in the first place? What motivated
019you? Well, ever since I was younger, I've been like flying inside of a plane, right? So then I was and then I would always get to walk up and see the pilots with like this big dashboard of so many buttons, colors, controls, and I was like, "Wow, how do they do that?" So when Miss Birdsall introduced it and showed the video in class, I was like, "Yes, I want to do that." I was like, "I want to do all I want to do all the controls and the doohickeys that I see in the plane. It It finally gave me that chance to, you know, like get out of the like the passenger part of the plane and actually go and fly it and experience the experience that pilots get. So, I I jumped at the
020opportunity. Awesome. So, tell me what grade you in again. I'm in seventh grade. Yeah. Well, I knew the I knew the answer, but but I'll have to say uh everything that you said shows a lot more maturity than somebody typically in the seventh grade. And that's why I asked a question. Yes. I just want to tell you that my student leadership council ama is on the student leadership group for our whole school. She's in national junior honor society. So, she's naturally she is a leader for our school and she helps to guide us right in a positive way. Okay. And Miss Miss Bird, thank you so much for what you did. Thank you for having us. Oh, we enjoyed it. Thank you. [Applause] That's what you have to do with Yeah. Show Show them that
021video and get her to So, he'll go to Scotland. Oh my goodness. That was that was absolutely awesome. Impressive. So, thank you so much for that. Miss Rice, did we have any written public comments that were submitted prior to our meeting? No, sir. Do we have any public comments from anyone present? Okay, we don't have any. So, our public comment fur is closed. Next, we have our consent agenda uh for personal appointments and resignations. You have copies of board minutes from the March 11 work session, the March 17 regular session, the April 8 work session, and the April 14 regular session. You also have copies of school division bills and school nutrition bills. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? Danny Wallace. So moved. Is there a second? President had a second. Okay.
022Miss Moner, how do you vote? I. Miss Richards, I may I. Dr. Wallace, hi. Chair votes I. And the consent agenda is approved. Okay. Next, we have donations and school guests. Miss Rice. Yes, sir. Thank you. We have a long list of donations to the schools this month. Um to begin, we have Garner's Produce who very generously provided u pints of strawberries for every employee of the school division. Um and that was valued at $1,500. For Copel Elementary School, they received monetary donations for prizes for their spring dance. and they received donations from New Jerusalem Baptist Church, Salem Church, Falls Landscaping, PTOAC Church, Jerusalem Church, Zion Kinsale, Hot Mix Radio, Bevven's Oyster Company, and Garner's Produce, and Greenwalt Electric. Also for Copel Elementary, McDonald's, the Barnes Family McDonald's donated 60 free dessert cards for staff
023appreciation. CNF Bank gave a Visa gift card for staff appreciation week. Greenwald Electric gave a monetary donation for staff appreciation. Ebenezer United Methodist Church gave five Walmart gift cards and Food Lion in Montros provided breakfast for staff appreciation week. At Washington District Elementary, Craig Johnson gave a monetary donation in memory of Vicky Johnson, and that donation was $1,500. Karen Peterson gave three gift cards for staff appreciation. Diana McMongle gave one gift card. An anonymous donor gave 55 gift cards. And those were all for staff appreciation. King George Garden Club gave supplies for seed bombs and Michelle Campbell gave five gift cards for staff appreciation week. Moving to Montrust Middle School, we have a long list of donations. Uh we received two anonymous donations that were monetary donations. And then for teacher incentives for teacher appreciation
024week, the Sherm family gave a donation. Ashley Wilkins, Rebecca Miner, K12 uh tutoring gave a monetary donation to sponsor the breakfast and gave notebooks, pens, and water bottles. Also for teacher incentives for teacher appreciation, Julie Sickle made a donation. Melissa Noaki, Victoria Clark, Tara White, Stephanie Deiroff, Brenda Fontleroy, Tina Pennington, Food Lion gave three breakfast trays. Arlet Williams gave teacher incentives. Garner's Produce provided apples. Teresa, how do I say this? Derovson uh gave teacher incentives and Jamisha Johnson gave teacher incentives and the National Junior Honor Society students also gave a donation for teacher incentives. And then finally at West Morland High School, Food Lion donated a sandwich platter for teacher appreciation week. Dunkin Donuts gave eight dozen donuts and delegate Hillary Pew Kent gave 50 apples for teacher appreciation week. So certainly our staff in
025all of the buildings felt appreciated during staff appreciation week and we're grateful for all of the very generous donations. That's a very impressive list. Yes, absolutely. And I think it it says a lot about what people, individuals and organizations and businesses think about our teachers, our staff and our school system. So we are very very appreciative. In accordance with our policy KH, is there a motion to approve the donations as presented by Miss Rice? So move Rebecca Miner. Okay. Second. All in favor, please signify by saying I. I. Okay. The donations um accepted. So thank you very much, Miss Rice. Thank you. Okay. Next are summer arrows for 12 month employees. Miss Rice. Yes, sir. We are making uh the same request we make annually and that is that during the summer months the offices
026be closed on Fridays beginning May 30th and ending with Friday July 25th and hours of operation be Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Any questions for Miss Rice? Is there a motion to approve her request for summer hours? Rosemary May. Is there a second? Daniel Wallace second. Okay. M. Richards, how do you vote? I. Mrs. Maym, I. Mrs. Miner, I. Dr. Wallace, I. Chair votes I. And the summers for 12 month employees are approved. Thank you. So, thank you. Okay. Next, we have uh revisions uh to our 2025 2026 school board budget. Uh Miss Rice. Thank you. Yes, sir. Um this will be a a brief presentation and a positive presentation. Uh the school received additional uh state revenue because ultimately when the state budget was adopted, it uh paralleled the one
027put forward by the general assembly as opposed to the governor's budget. The governor did accept the amendments that the house and senate had put forward for the budget. And so what that means uh and you all have seen this before, we have a sidebyside comparison of the governor's budget and that's uh what we used. We used the governor's proposed budget when we developed the budget that you all adopted. Um and then the general assembly version of the budget is the one that was ultimately approved. And so you can see the difference in revenue. There are increases in revenue in basic aid. There was a special education add-on and increased revenue in at risk funding. Also, uh there was compensation supplement in both versions of the budget, but it was a little bit uh higher in
028the general assembly version. And then some additional funds for at risk. And finally, uh, for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, there was a slight increase with some additional slots, uh, for Virginia Preschool Initiative in the general assembly budget. So, all in all, uh, we received an additional $342,856 that is now added to the revised budget that you all will be uh, seeing this evening. And as a result, uh, you know that we requested the required local effort and the required local match as the local contribution from West Morland County because the state revenue went up, the required local effort and match went up um, accordingly. And so our local composite index for this bianium remains 05065. So it's almost a 50-50 split between state and local funding. Uh but with the basic aid increase, our uh
029local effort went up in basic aid. There is a local match or local effort, I'm sorry, for the special education add-on. We received additional uh local match for at risk. There is a local match for the compensation supplement, an increase in at risk funding, and then a slight decrease in local funding. And you saw that same figure was over in the state funding for VPI. So all total um the new required local effort and match from West Morland County will increase by $344,012. And I have the note there that this is the minimum required local contribution. If the county school funding formula generated a higher figure, then they would need to give us that. But typically the effort and match figure is the larger of the two. So this brings us to the new uh
030projected total revenue for the 2526 budget. And you can see the adopted budget for 2526 and the new revised budget in the middle column which does show the increases I just spoke about an additional 342,856 in state revenue and an additional 344,12 in local revenue. And that gives us an additional 686,868 to work with. uh in our overall budget. And so uh this is a look at the funding sources for the budget. 51% comes from the state funds and uh 43% from the locality. And then we also receive uh 5% roughly federal funds and we have some miscellaneous revenue and -ate Medicaid accounts for about 1% of our budget. the significant revisions to the new budget for your uh new approval. We did restore one elementary teaching position and that was at Copel Elementary School
031under administration attendance and health. We increased the allocation for legal fees um to match what we're actually using. Um, and we also restored the part-time nurse position uh that we had taken out of the budget for 2425. So, we want to be able to put that back in. In pupil transportation, we increased bus replacement from the one bus that we had in the budget to two buses. And the intent is to purchase diesel uh buses because they can go the distance for field trips and long distance driving that we need. um operation and maintenance. We repurposed a position uh from headcustodian to head custodianmaintenance worker. Uh we increased the allocation for contracted building labor because truthfully that is just a category where we can never have too much. Um so it allows us to get
032some much needed uh maintenance work done. And then we increased the capital uh outlay replacement allocation under operation and maintenance. And then uh the biggest increase came in the contingency fund after we had made those other significant revisions which were things we were waiting to be able to do. Uh we put the remainder in the contingency fund because that as you know that's the one category where we can move money from contingency to anywhere else in the budget where we have the greatest need. So our expenditures um look like this. You have the adopted budget, the revised budget, and the difference. So you can see from the 686,868 we put 136,142 of that into instruction, 31,530 into administration, 104,191 into pupil transportation, 48,000 into operation maintenance, and the remainder 36705 into the contingency fund. question.
033I do have a question. Um, uh, regarding buses, um, you know, there's, you know, range limitations on the propane, but they are much easier to maintain. Um, what's the difference in price on those? Are they about the same whether it's diesel? Okay. Yeah, they are. And and they're not 104. And I know it looks like I budgeted 104. We budgeted 125,000 for the bus, but we had some other savings in pupil transportation. So that's just delta. Okay. Um I guess my other question is um is it possible or practical for that matter to extend the range by like putting larger propane tanks on it or is that is that even a a practical consideration? I'm I'm just curious. I don't know, but I can ask. I think they already have two. So, I don't I
034don't know the answer, but I think they have to propane tanks, I believe. So, I doubt I doubt if it's enough room if it's practical. Okay. I doubt if it's practical. Yeah. And the only reason I ask is just because I I recognize that yes, the maintenance burden on propane is lower than on the diesel. Yeah. Um, a lot of this came from Mr. Payne, the head mechanic. Okay. Um, and it's because we have a number of propane buses, but we are really getting down to very few workable uh working have have long range buses. Yeah. Yeah. So, that's that's why his eye was on the diesel. If we're sending a a sports team over to the Eastern Shore. Yes. One range. Yes. So, okay. And I do think that environmentally that there have been
035substantial improvements in diesel buses. I believe which makes it more attractive. Yeah. So, okay. Um do we have any concern in regards to the federal funding that is budgeted? Uh we have Yes, we we remain concerned. That's part of why we put um a considerable amount in the contingency fund. So, we would have flexibility. We understand that Title One and IDA special education funds are safe at least for the upcoming year. But um it is unknown whether we will receive title 1 C, title two, title three. So that's our migrant funding, our EL program funding and our professional development funding and title four um which is also up in the air and that's for well-rounded and safe and healthy schools. all all remaining federal funds including uh school lunch programs those are all tenative at
036this point the only assurances we've been given are for IDA uh which is our special education funds and title 1A and again that's for the this year right next year for this upcoming year and we don't know after that and we don't know after that and but at least given when you gave your presentation on state and local revenue that was very questionable as well I believe. Yes. So at least from that perspective this is very good news. Yes. From that. Yeah. Other questions before we continue. And this just shows you u a pie chart of where our expenditures go. The largest piece of the pie as it should be is instruction. Um, and then, uh, we have smaller pieces of the pie for administration, attendance, and health. Our second largest is actually transportation, and
037that's partly because we've budgeted for two buses in the upcoming year. We usually hover around 9% for transportation, but we're up to 10. And that's all I have. Any additional questions? No. And then for the food service budget, I didn't do a PowerPoint slide, uh, but we did receive an additional $5,988 in state funding for the school breakfast program, and we put that money into the revised food service budget under materials and supplies. Okay. So, hearing no more questions. Do I hear a motion to approve the revised 2025 2026 school board budget and food service budget? Danny Wallace. So moved second. Okay. Any more discussion? Miss Mayan, how do you vote? I. Mrs. Per I. Mr. Richards. I. Dr. Wallace. Hi. Chair votes I. And the revised school board budget is approved. Thank you. Thank
038you very much. Okay. Next, I think we have some more exciting information. Uh, we're very pleased to welcome representatives from the Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Neck. And um is not here. And if you would like to do introductions, I could do it, but uh if you'd like to do introductions, uh and of course you'll explain why you're here, but I will say this, we are very excited to have you. We're very excited to be here. Um I think the energy we've received out of West Men County has just been amazing. We've been in l we've been in all the counties but what we've received here has just been I think unbelievable. Yeah. So um as mentioned I'm Jackie Emmons I'm the director of marketing and development with boys and girls with the
039northern neck. Philip unfortunately could not be here today. He's got a um band concert with his daughter. So he had a good reason to be here. With me tonight we've got um operations director Will Bridges who y'all mostly all met. Yes. And then a new surprise is IT director. We picked him up on the way here. He was dropping stuff off at the school like come with us. So he is safety and it for us is Tyler Green. So he might be mad at us tomorrow for bringing him. Anyway, so most of y'all know we've been in the area for quite a while. Started in 2008 in many challenges a fire capital campaign we're this huge club up there now. So during that time we also go to Northumberland. We've moved I think two or
040three times up there from a church basement to a above a building and now we're in an old um restaurant that was Taste Eyer and Bambberry I think it was called. So that's kind of before our time that we're here. Um so we've done that. We're in a capital campaign there now. And during that time we also opened in Richmond County which you're sure you're doing or communities Christian church and I think the conversation with West Morland's been going what two years or so. So, um, Matt Ingram and the school board, everybody's been really just so supportive of us coming that it's kind of a no-brainer. We need to be here. So, um, we're just we're happy to be here and, um, we're going to tell you a little bit more about our programs and
041things that we have going on. And I'm gonna turn it over to Will. Hi everybody. Willis, operations director at the Boys and Girls Club. Um, been here for a year, almost two years at this point. Um and we are so excited to come to West Morland. Um little recap about our programming. Um we offer trimester programs during the spring and fall. Um and that cost to club members is $25 a trimester. That provides after school care uh Monday through Friday. Um we provide dinner and a snack each day for those kids. That price goes up a little bit in the uh summertime. We're planning on offering seven weeks of programming starting June 9th. Yeah, June 9th to July 25th, Monday through Friday, uh 7:30 to 5:30 p.m. Offering breakfast, lunch, and a snack for them
042and field trips weekly. Uh total cost for that is $30 per kid. It's a it's per week. Per week. It's a great deal. Uh we've been driving all over West Morland today. We plan on doing um swim lessons at the Glee Harbor Pool this year. went and sell that pool. We're excited to do that. Um that's going to be no additional charge to members. Um doing that Monday through Thursday during the summertime. Um and we've been hard at work getting that building ready. Our teen side is almost done. We're going to have a uh esports gaming room with four or five different uh gaming systems, uh computers, laptops, and then a teen uh lounge with couches and other stuff for them activities. On the youth side, we're gonna have a STEM room, a art room,
043um kindergarten room. Kindergarten room. This is the first year we're actually offering it to five-year-olds. So, they're going to have their own special room for them. Um rooms and like the same STEM, art, lounge, game room, gym. Yes. Uh we walked the first time we walked in there, we got to see the amazing gym, and we're excited to use that. Um and their softball field. We're we're so excited. Special thanks to Matt Ingram. He's been hard at work. Yes. The poor man is barely walking these days. He's worked so hard. But yeah, the teen side's just about ready to go. Matt's got a couple more floors to wax on the youth side. He said he'd have those done this week. Um so then we're really going to start moving stuff in, putting posters on the
044wall, moving furniture in. Um so we're really excited to get started here. And we have an open house. May y 28. doing all the cooking for that, too. So, I've heard pretty good. Yeah. Um, and registration's still open. West Morland is filling up fast. We had 100 spots available for West Morland, and we're at 70 spots filled already. Wow. Just to compare to all our other three counties. Um, I don't think we've reached 70 at combined for all three of those counties. Wow. So, we're excited to be here and it seems like the community is really excited for us to be here, too. Yes. Um Tyler safety man um you want to give us a little update about what we've done to make make West Morland safe? So um right now um we are actually
045this morning we were talking about um getting our ring security camera system moved over there. So we'll have cameras in the classrooms in the hallways. Uh we've been you know looking at the other things we need to look at such as you know wire protectors for tripping hazards because we're going to have paint. Want to make sure that's covered up. Um, kindergarteners are being introduced. We want to have the outlet covers so that way they're not trying to stick anything in the outlets. Um, that is a very common part that kids will try to do. Um, mounting our bookshelves. Anything 3 foot or higher we always want to mount. Um, and of course our safety posters. Um, labeling what areas are staff accessible and member accessible, chemical storage, things along those lines are top priority
046for safety. Um, so been working, you know, biggest one right now has been working with Mr. getting the previous um the fire maps that were there for evacuation routes and the lockdown posters that were left we're going to be able to use and and for our lockdown procedures and testing that we do as well. We always have our trainings um with Boys and Girls Club national safety is our priority. Um we have had our BGCA national um department which what's which was DoD's director organizational development um Miss Robin Perry I think transition now however she came and toured into safety walk through to help give some tips on what she saw as well um and everything's really positive and and and great. So just a really huge shout out to Mr. Matt Ingram and Mr.
047Ronnie Sanders yeah I understand that Mr. Ingram spent over there with a paintbrush painting as well as other things. What What did his wife say? He's been out there at like 11 11 o'clock midnight. Yeah, that was the text message I got that he's there at 12:30, 1:30 in the morning. He had a lot of the kids from the tech center helping him. Yeah, he did. Right. That's changed. What was cool about it though is we had some of our kids there from the club in Lancast that are at this at the tech center. So, they're there working. So, they're giving back a little bit, too. But right now, Matt's there by himself. So, anybody wants to come and grab a paintbrush on Wednesday, we'll be there. So, it's eight eight rooms that you're using.
048Is that correct? Nine rooms total. It's nine. Yeah. Nine. It's nine rooms. Okay. I think it started at around six. And so, so now it's nine. It's Yeah. Nine classrooms, the cafeteria, gym, and then the outdoor space. We're using that front room as you come in as kind of like a board meeting room, but kids use that, too. But it's just somewhere that we can go when we have to have meetings in here. But y'all have been phenomenal and the support too and we just really can't say thank you enough. Well, this is just uh outstanding for this county and and all welcome you with open arms. We presented at um is it Andrews that's next to the school. Yeah, we we presented there um last Thursday night to a lot of church pastors and
049all and just the response was great and a couple of them right then were we want to donate. How do we donate? So, um, they'd already voted to help. And so, you know, we've talked about it. Y'all been in the meetings. Um, we're covered like through the summer, but we don't know what the future holds for us. Y'all don't either. So, yeah. Well, we know what we want. Yeah. So, you know, anything y'all can do to help us stay. We want to We want to be home there. So, um, Right. Yeah. Well, I know what our office Well, with all the effort with all the effort that's gone into it, it would really be a shame not to Exactly. continue this. literally put his heart and soul in this project. So, and the other nice
050thing about this, it's so nice to have a major project that both the board of supervisors and the school board endorsed enthusiastically. I mean, that's I just think that's a real plus. It says a lot for the program. So, I say is it really Matt cooking or is it the culinary students? I think Matt has a smoker. I think that's what he said, right? He has smoker. I think he said he has a smoker making barbecue. Yeah. So, um it's open. He's had 200 people he's good to go with. So, everybody come. I've got some invitations with me if anybody would like one. I think I've sent digital to most everybody, but did you get yours in the mail? We got it. One, we have them here. I've got summer flyers if anybody needs any
051of those. I know everybody's pretty much by now, but the library. So, for those that don't know, our program is about $300 a year per per child and our cost actually is about $4,000. So, um any assistance we can get help is truly appreciate it and help make these kids. Are there any other comments or questions? question. I'm excited. I hope y'all all can come Wednesday night and do our little tour with us and still work in progress, but we're we're just um well, some of our staff is coming from some of our other units with a little bit more experience in there and we've hired a few others to help. Yes. For this summer, uh North umberland is going a renovation are placed there. So, the North umberland uh members and staff are coming
052up to West Morland along with um Richmond County. So, we're kind of bringing those two staff together along with hiring. We've hired three new West Morland staff for this site particularly. Okay. Um, we we've we're staffed up to cover about 200 kids per day right now. And we're at we're at 150 kids registered so far. So, we're getting close to 200. Y'all have to tell seen at Lancaster for y'all. Y'all have any other questions for us? Yeah. Well, again, thank thank you so much for the commitment, the initiative, and I would have to be very optimistic about this being a long-term commitment. So, thank all of you. We'll see y'all tomorrow night at our committee. Yes. At the new building. That's right. That's how we got hooked in this steering committee. Oh. Oh, is that
053what? Yeah. Oh, it's a steering committee meeting. Mr. Conville, Miss Steel and I serve on the steering committee along with Alexis Chadam. Okay. I just want one. Okay. We had Well, we put something in that bowl from the church. I mean, do you did you want all No, no, no. I was just going to take a couple and let me give me one more so I can There's another one. So, you got all you I do. Here's Thank you. Thank you very much. I was the same. Okay. Next uh summer academy. Oh, you didn't have to do that. Thank you. Okay. Good evening. We are excited to present um information to you all about our summer academy for 2025. Thank you. Um, a few new things about summer academy this year. We will be um,
054hosting summer academy at West Morland High School for grades 2 through 12 this year. Um, it will take place June 2nd through June 26. So, we want to thank our um, high school for accommodating us this year. School hours, I'm sorry, student hours are 7:45 to 1:45. Um, they will receive breakfast and lunch and transportation is also provided. For elementary, um, we're serving grades two through five. The focus is reading, math, and PBL for science and social studies. Um, they will have related arts every day. Um the uh format is going to be small group remediation and reteing for reading and math and of course those hands-on and engaging activities still um emphasizing our literacy. Um for our students in kindergarten and first grade, we are offering um tutoring through our partner K12 tutoring which
055does our they were formerly Stride Tutoring. Um they will be providing reading and math parents who want to sign their child up. They can have up to four sessions a week for 30 minutes. Um and that'll take place during the same time as our summer academy. At the middle school level, I want to thank Miss Smith and then APs at the high school for putting it together for this summer. um same times for students and staff. And as Miss Steel said, we will be all be at the high school together, which will be great. Middle school is focusing on English, math, and science, but we also will have pull in and push out. Um as well as our two specialists for math and English will be there to support and help in the classroom. Um
056the high school and middle school both have put out the invitations based on the performance throughout the school year. Um, so a lot of our classes and sizes will be dependent on how many kids accept that invitation um to come to summer school. Um, high school is is the most influx, but they're doing a really good job in planning it. They're going to do a combination of supporting kids who need classes, actual courses, but then also Mr. McBthgate's bringing on some so time as well. So students will come um get remediation for so test and then actually take the test. and we're hoping to really see some gains there in the summertime versus waiting till the fall to retest the students. So, it'll be a combination thereof um at the high school. And these are
057the programs we're looking at. Again, it will be dependent on uh dependent upon how many students actually where they finished this last week of school. The high school is doing a great job of pushing some of our kids across the finish line. So, we may not need all the courses we think we're going to need or SOS, but we'll know that here in the next week or so. And thank you. Y questions. Any questions? Be a busy summer. Exciting summer. Yeah, exciting. And yeah, do love summers. Awesome. Oh, and I failed to me, we will have Mathematica again as well this summer. So, we're gonna have three teachers doing that. Um, and that is June 30th through July, three weeks, 19, something like that. So, they'll get 14 days of student instruction through that this
058summer. And this is the first year that we're all in one building. The first year in a long time. A long time. Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. Very grateful to Mr. back and his staff and then all the elementary teachers in middle willing to go there. I think it's going to be a great thing myself. So, I'm excited. Beautiful facility for it. Very much so. Hey, thank thank both of you very much. Okay, Mr. Bathgate, graduation logistics. Thanks, So, we kind of labeled the different areas. Um, I'll kind of start with A. We're going to have a deputy there kind of closing off that entrance. To parents, the only individuals who will be able to go there are board members and central office personnel. So, if you see where E is, that's where you guys
059are going to be parking. And that's the only position that you guys will have your own special parking. Now, we're going to be giving all central office members and schoolboard members pass. So, they just have to show their pass. But I believe Deputy Molner, who knows all everyone will be stationed at A through. Um, next we'll kind of go to C. What C is u I'm sorry, there's going to be a letter below is B. Um, you just drop it just so B is, we're going to have a deputy park just park the car there. It doesn't have to stay there, but just kind of park the gear beginning at 12:30 to 5:00 just to close off that entrance until we're ready. Um, once we open at 5:00, we'll have we'll have a deputy go
060down to see also with an office personnel and then we're going to do handicap parking for the first hour from 5 to 6 o'lock in D. So, you have to have either a handicap uh sign or license plate to get through for that first hour. So, uh, from 5 to 6 o'clock and after six o'clock is going to be open up to everyone else. So, we want to give first turns to recruit the handicap. Um, our gates will open at 5:30. So, it's going to be from 5:30 until beginning of the ceremony. Um, then you can see where F is. So, we're going to have parking all through there. And then we're going to have um transportation do runs from F from the old school to there and drop off will be in front of
061our building for drop off. That would be the easiest way because we do think D is going to get filled up pretty quick and it'll be kind of hard for our bus to go through there. We figure through F being dropped off there and heading from back and forth. Um, we'll do shuttle runs from 5:00 to 7:15 and they'll go from both the schools. So, if you would drop down to the other high to the other high school, you can see there where F is, you can see they're going to pick up right in front of the building and then they'll come around and drop off to the front entrance of Westbor High. You guys have any questions? You like us to be there? Yeah, you can be there anytime you want. You have your
062own own spots. I mean, I think I think it would be nice. Um I mean, you know, when when the gates kind of open, um maybe a little bit later. Um because it's going to from what I'm hearing, it's going to be packed between 5:30 and 6 maybe. Yeah, it's going to be packed. There's going to be a lot of people there. They say it can be upwards to about a thousand individuals coming to come to this event. Now, in case we have a a rain event, um that that is projected, we might have to move to the gym. Now, if we do make that decision tomorrow, we kind of see because it's it's hit or miss right now. So, if we do, we did say we'd give five. Um we might re go back
063and revisit that just to see how many chairs we have to put in for that. And then we might up it to seven tickets for the chairs. So, Well, right now we're going to keep it as five, but we might add a couple more just to make sure we add to make the parents a little bit more happier than subtract, right? And make a little, you know, upset. Yeah. Um, this this senior class is bigger. Last year there was 10 tickets last year, but I think we had like 93 seniors and we have 131 this year. Wow. Right. So that's why so that's the reason for, you know, smaller size. Yeah. Um, do you guys have any questions? Uh, yeah, just a question. Uh, is there any, uh, parking available down at the athletic fields?
064Um, to the south of the high school. I don't know if there's We didn't look into parking all the way having people park all the way down the athletic fields. Well, I think Okay. Um, but they told me that there should be enough parking here in front of our school and handicap parking. It should be be enough. To my knowledge, there's no parking down there. There's there's a little bit. Not much. Yeah, it would probably just be all the way congested if people tried to park there, right? We're we're going to have six deputies on staff. We're also going to have six other parking personnels for this event. So, so we're going to be we're going to be staffed to say the least. We're going to make sure we do it right. Um, we've had
065probably about five meetings so far on this just to make sure it's responsible. Mr. Bethgate, can you explain uh for the public why you're making the decision tomorrow about whether graduation will continue outside or be moved inside? Sure. Why aren't why aren't you waiting until the morning of? So, tomorrow we have to make the decision because that's when they are going to put on the stage for the event. So, the guys who come in to put the stage up and do the setup can only come in tomorrow. That's the day that they have set up to set up that stage. So, either they're going to set it up on the outside or they're going to set up on the inside. But, we got to let them know by 8 a.m. tomorrow. where they need to
066bring it in and set it up. So, because they do the setup on um Tuesday, then we have to have seniors do the rehearsals, the walks and everything like that on Wednesday and then Thursday is the event. So, that's kind of kind of the reason. Now, we know it's going to be downpouring rain no matter what on Wednesday, but if we can still have it outside, we're still going to have it set have it set up outside. But the original plan was Tuesday setup, Wednesday practice, Thursday game day. So that's that's kind of the why behind of why we have to do it the whole three days. Qu any other questions? Thank you. Good luck. Sir, Miss Mayan, I know you've u been away. Uh but I will ask you uh or maybe the alternate.
067Do you have a any report from the Novan Technical Center? Did you get to go to the graduation was awesome? I really love seeing all the camaraderie between all the students no matter what school division they were coming from. is really great. So, thank you very much for attending. Yeah. Thank you for attending. I was busy elsewhere. Yep. Yep. You you were a little far away to a little bit be able to go, but hopefully you had a great time. I did. Yeah. So, uh Dr. Wallace, do you have any reports? Um yeah, we had our um our senior night. Um, and again it's kind of like a graduation, you know, put it in quotes there. But, um, again, there's, you know, tremendous camaraderie. And it's kind of kind of neat because at Governor's School,
068the relationships that they that they build there are stronger really than the relationships they have with their home schools oftent times. And those are the ones they stay in touch with. you know, my kids, you know, that went through um you know, they they keep in touch with with some of those kids, you know, now it's been, you know, 15 years, you know, so it's it's kind of neat. Um the other thing is, um our technical director um uh Dr. Jason Strong um has uh taken another position um as an assistant superintendent in uh Richmond County. and so left a vacancy. U make long story short, we do have someone selected but can't say who they are yet but um but I have been told that I can say that they have some West Morland
069roots which is kind of fun. So so it's it's kind of neat that we'll be having someone there. Thank you Dr. Wallace. Okay. Okay. Uh Miss Rice, upcoming events. Yes, there are uh three upcoming events. We usually just list uh VSBA things, but we did put uh West Morland High School graduation on May 22nd at 7 o'clock. And then on May 30th, we have the VSBA school law conference and participants can either go to Richmond or participate online. And on July 25th, we have the VSBA conference on education and that is in person only in Richmond. And I think everyone is just about everyone has signed up for the law conference. Yeah. So and that that is one of the things uh we need to talk about uh in terms of yeah who is going
070is everyone going in person if possible or as opposed to online. Yeah, that's my goal plan. Okay. So we we got a little bit of time but it would be nice to kind of have a plan in place in ter that starts is it nine it actually starts? Yes sir. Yeah that's you got that's just week after next I mean up so if uh if we could talk about our travel arrangements uh who we might drive might ride what time we would leave etc. and we could always confirm that or, you know, send out a reminder, but it would be nice to to do that. I don't mind driving if you need. Okay. And Dr. Wallace, I'm on vacation. I'm not going to Okay. What? Okay. Okay. So, Okay. So, uh, and you typically do
071not mind driving. I don't mind driving at all. Yeah. Okay. So, I don't mind lightning. I just drove for two weeks, right? Yeah. on the wrong side of the road. I'm ready to ride. So, uh I'll reserve the van. Yeah, that'd be good. Okay, we'll fit in that. And u suggested time to leave if we're supposed to be there at 9. And this is over there. Short pump. Yes. Yeah. So, that's Yeah. If we leave by seven, we'll be fine. Yeah. It only takes about an hour and 20 minutes. Well, we should leave by at 7. Right at seven. Right at seven. Okay. All right. Okay. So, we got that. Um, should we make a plan for the other person? Uhuh. Is that when we have to do in Richmond? I'm sorry. Say again, please.
07225th and July 25th. Is that the one you're asking about, Rebecca? She was asking about the moving up ceremonies and who who Yeah. And that is something. So, anyway, I sent out an email uh with possibilities. Uh obviously everyone can decide what they would prefer to do, but we do want to make sure I think as a school board that we cover all of the moving up ceremonies. And uh Miss Richards, I believe that you had said that you would do WD. Yes. And uh I'm uh I'm I'm going to do Montros metal. I think that's typically at least what the chair or vice chair or both would do. Uh, and so Miss Mayan, I don't know what you're Wherever you need. Yeah, Headley go. Okay. All right. So, let's see. Bye. I'll go to
073Copel. Okay. So, you go to Copel. So, we got basically we've got everything covered then, I believe. And so, it would be your choice. I get to go to all the rest. All of them. All of them. Okay. Well, you probably can't do all of them. You might be able to do I know. That's the problem. That's why we have to coordinate. Yeah. We might we might be able to do two of them because I believe uh Montros Middle I believe changed their times to 10:30. That will would certainly make it possible for some people to be able to go. Okay. So, uh so anyway, I guess you can decide what you prefer to do. Want to do that? Yeah, that sounds wonderful. Yeah. Okay. Sounds good to me. Uh Miss Mayan, do you have
074anything else? I do not. Miss Richards? No. Thank you. Okay. Mrs. Sman. Yes. Um I unfortunately was unable to attend the um retirement banquet, but that's because like Officer Pitts, we had a joyful day with the middle school band and choir um event um and compet not competition, but their performance and their ratings and everything and going to um Six Flags in Maryland. Um I am one who very much agrees with the um statistics about um those who participate in the arts um do better overall in their um educational experience. And I would like to highlight based on my math, don't judge my math, but I believe that it was literally almost 60% of the middle school population was present at that event. So around 60% of the student population of Montros Middle School participates
075in the music department and I think that's a huge thing for us to recognize and to know that they're getting such valued um education across the board. So um it was this fun time, scary being on a bus again for that kind of a trip, but a great experience and the um it was highlighted at the band concert. And I would like to say for those on the board of supervisors or anybody that argued the need for such a big auditorium um there were two rows of standing in the back at that band concert. Um so but um Mr. Mr. Paser highlighted that they scored 2.5% or 2.5 points I should say um higher than he's ever received in a rating. Um so he's very excited about that. Yeah. Well, the fact that it's so
076many students that participate but they excel. So it's not just the students, it's also their performance. Yeah. So, uh, I mean that combination is truly outstanding and thank you for bringing that up. We appreciate that. Did you have anything else? That was it. All right. So, Dr. Wallace, I don't even remember. Nothing to add. Okay. All right. Okay. Appreciate that. Uh, our next uh, Miss Rice, I need to see if you have anything else. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Our next uh board meeting on Tuesday, June 10th, we have a work session beginning at 5:00 pm. And on Monday, June the 16th, we have our close session beginning at 5:00 p.m. and our open session beginning at 6 pm. Do I hear a motion to adjurnn? And you also moved. Is that second? Secondary. All in
077favor, please signify by saying I. I we are Jared.