001Good evening. I call to order the York County regular school board meeting for March 24th, 2025. Uh before we begin, board members, I have a consideration of a motion to amend the agenda as posted to remove matters by board members for this meeting. Uh, do I have a motion and a second for this item? I move to I'm here. I move to amend the agenda as posted for the board's March 24th 25th 2025 regular meeting to remove matters by board members for this meeting. I second. Okay. Discussion. Is there any discussion? Okay, we can move forward with vote. A motion was made by Mr. Schaefer and seconded by Mr. Richardson to remove matters by board members from the agenda for this meeting. Mrs. Fairman, no. Mr. Richardson, yes. Mr. Schaefer, yes. Mr. Pyovich, yes. And
002Mrs. Goodwin, yes. The motion passed 4 to one. Thank you, Miss Howard. So, good evening. We are thrilled to welcome you tonight to tonight's school board meeting. We have a full house of amazing athletes with us and we couldn't be more excited to recognize their hard work, dedication, and achievements. Our students continue to make us proud both in the classroom and on the field. I'd like to take a moment to remind everyone that the board does not have a work session in April and our next work session will be May 12th. I also want to make the community aware that Dr. Shandoor has shared Dr. Carol's document of information regarding McGrder Elementary and the history involved with the name of the school with the board. I plan to add this topic to the May 12th
003work session agenda for the board to discuss. I would now like to share with you the mission the YCSD mission statement. The mission of York County division school division is to ensure every student is valued, supported, and challenged through learning experiences which prepare them for a successful future. Will you now please join me in a moment of silence? Now I will share some information about our pledge leader, Zachary Barber, a fifth grader at Grafton Bethl Elementary School. Grafton Bethl Elementary would like to recognize Zachary Barber as tonight's pledge leader. Zachary is a responsible and driven student who has consistently demonstrated outstanding achievement both academically and in extracurricular activities. Known for his strong work ethic, Zachary excels in every subject, maintaining top grades while managing a variety of commitments. He is not only a natural leader
004in the classroom, but also a positive influence on his peers, always willing to lend a hand or offer guidance to those in need. Zachary is currently a black belt at World Martial Arts where two days a week he participates as a member of the leadership team teaching lower belts and helps with belt testing each month. Beyond his academic success, Zachary is deeply involved in the school community. For the past two years, he has been an active member of the Battle of the Book Clubs or Battle of Books Club. Zachary led our our team to win first place at the division battle and third place at the regional battle in Williamsburg. Zachary is also an anchor on the Grizzly morning news show. His teachers and classmates admire him for his reliability, maturity, and his ability to
005balance his responsibilities with ease. Zachary consistently exhibits the characteristics of a positive Grizzly and always comes to school ready to learn. Congratulations to Zachary Barber for being recognized as the pledge leader for this evening. Please please stand as Zachary leads us in our pledge. 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. We are excited to recognize Brutin's high school girls swim team and boys track team state champions. Dr. Shandor, would you like to say a few words? If Mr. Schaefer will permit me. Yes. Um, thank you, Miss Goodwin. Uh, tonight we're recognizing the outstanding achievements of Brutin High School's winter sports teams. Um, this season both the girls swimming and diving
006team and the boys indoor track and field team at Brutin High School captured the class 2 state championships, making this an incredible accomplishment for our student athletes, the school, and the Brutin community. The girls swimming and diving team led by coaches Ted Lynch and Evan Lynch secured their fourth consecutive. Next year we'll be saying fifth consecutive. All right. um their fourth consecutive state title with standout performances from Alyssa White in the 200 free, Payton Clearary in the 50 free, um Isabella Czech in the 100 breast, and multiple relay teams including a state record setting 400 relay. Let's give them another big round of applause. And then we move on to track. The boys indoor track and field team guided by coaches Shawn Bowman, uh Jade Kungl, Sherrod Curry, and Hannah Falls earned their second straight
007championship. All right, let's give him a round of applause for that with individual victories by Johnny Ascu in the 55 meter dash. Quinn Marcine, I hope I said that right. Did I say that right? Quinn Marcenk, thank you. uh and Jaden Curry in the 1600 meter run and high jump. Uh we also celebrate two individual female event winners. Uh congratulations to Kayn Willis for her win in the girls 55 meter dash. Let's give her a round of applause. And the girls 4x2 meter relay team, Kayn Willis, Reagan Plameumber, Lauren Curry, and Angie Smith for their championship performance. I am so proud of all of you and I know the board is extremely proud of all of you. Um being a student athlete is extremely extremely tough and um so proud of all the work that
008you've done up there representing Brutin High School. At this point I wanted to give Mr. Aaron McQuillin your principal the opportunity if Mr. McQuillin if you'll please come forward. Also if Dr. Bowman would please come forward and Ted Lynch you guys could just go right to the microphone. There you go. I know that they all wanted to share a few words about the seasons that they had and how proud they are of their kids. Yeah, come on up. Uh, I just want to take a moment and say thank you, Madame Chair, uh, District 1 representative, Mr. Schaefer, and, uh, our superintendent, Vic Shandor, for, um, making this a reality tonight. Um, thanking, you know, our coaches, our students, our parents who unsung heroes of student athletes. Um, you know, it's really impressive the accomplishment that
009that you all brought home to Brutin. Um, it really represents the school well. You all are student leaders within the school. Um, and just thank you. Um, and congratulations. Yeah. So, I'll uh also thank you for this opportunity and uh I also want to take a moment to recognize all the hard work these girls do. The vote the the um in addition to the practices that we have at Brutin, most of these girls are swimming six days a week uh with the club team doing weights um for very little in the world in the way of extrinsic reward. Right? this is something they do because they love the sport and they've passed that love of the sport on to teammates um who haven't had as much experience swimming and and I've just been so lucky
010to have that kind of enthusiasm and love of the sport on the team that I really have to do very little. I just let them I just write down an entry card and let them swim. Thank you. Wow. I don't know how I can uh go after those two great speeches there. But thank you. Thank you for uh this opportunity to um let these kids get some recognition for all their hard work and dedication to I mean some of the efforts that they put in to win this particular state championship are for the record books. We came in at 1/ 1,000th of a second fast enough to become state champions. That's big. And that was via diving across the finish line. That's on Milestat, by the way, if you want to take a look at
011that race, that 4x4 race. So, anyways, but you know, I can't I can't say enough about the hard work that these kids do. It's really my pleasure and has been honestly the best coaching job that I've ever had is working with every one of these kids that come through our program over the last few years. A lot of them have gone on and done some great things in college. You know, I love these guys. So, coaches, thank you so much. I know that um being a former coach myself, it takes a lot of time. Um and you you certainly don't do it for the the coaching supplements or stipens that you get. You do it because you love the sport and you do it because you love working with young people and encouraging them to
012set goals and go after them. So coaches, thank all of you. There's assistant coaches in here, too. Thank you so much for everything that you do. Parents, again, thank you for supporting your kids. I know that you've probably driven them. They I'm sure they can drive now, but I'm sure there were many years that you were driving them to and from practices and meets on weekends and all those types of things. Um, I did want to say one more thing before I pass it back to Miss Goodwin. Um, there is an athletic director at uh Brutin High School. His name is Brian Weaver. I don't see him this evening. We have a a banquet tonight for athletics actually. So, he is there. Fantastic. And Brian's a big fella, so you you know, if he was
013here, we'd be able to see him. Um, but I do want, you know, please pass on to, um, Mr. Weaver my appreciation for all of he does for athletics. I know he is there 12, 13 hours a day setting things up, preparing um, for athletics and and our athletic directors do a great job, but I just want to make sure we um, you know, recognize Mr. Weaver this evening as well. So, Miss Goodwin, I'll turn it back to you. Thank you. All right. So, we're what we're going to do is take a short break to get some pictures with the teams and coaches. So, first we'd like to invite the girls swim team and coaches up to the front to get pictures with the board and Dr. Shandor. After that, we will invite the boys
014track team to do the same. And then finally, we will ask both boys and girls individual state champs to come up for a picture. Okay. So, girls and coaches, please come on up. Take a break and take a break All right, we will now recognize our seniors of the month for each school. When your name is announced, please stand along with your family members while we hear about your accomplishments. We will first start with Brutin High School. All right, Sophia Truck and Road, go ahead and stand up. Yeah, everyone stand up. You can even stand up, Aaron. There you go. All right. Brutin High School was proud to name Sophia Truck and Road as our senior of the month. As a president of the environmental club, Sophia has spearheaded numerous initiatives that have last left
015a lasting impact on our school environment. Her projects like organizing trash pickups and establishing an outdoor classroom and garden reflect her commitment to sustainability and community engagement. These endeavors have not only enhanced the physical landscape of our school, but have also nurtured a spirit of collective responsibility among her peers. Additionally, Sophia's leadership style is characterized by inclusivity and encouragement. As captain of the varsity tennis team, she has fostered a welcoming atmosphere that motivates new players to embrace the sport. She organized practices and team events that bridged the gap between seasoned players and noviceses, ensuring that everyone felt valued and supported. Her ability to inspire and unite her teammates is a testament to her own natural natural charisma and dedication to fostering community spirit. Congratulations. Okay. Okay, we'll next hear about our senior of the month,
016Grafton High School. Yes, I would like to invite invite Kmari Brownley and her parents and I believe siblings to come and stand up. Welcome, guys. We are proud to recognize Carmi Brownley as our senior of the month. Kmari has consistently demonstrated excellence throughout her time at Grafton High School. A dedicated student, she challenges herself with multiple AP and dual enrollment courses, always striving for academic success. Kermari's commitment to her education is evident, balancing rigorous uh coursework with a busy extracurricular schedule. In addition to her academics, Carmara has been an active participant in both the valuable and basketball programs, showing leadership, teamwork, and dedication to Grafton High athletics. She has been a key figure in our sports comm community representing the school with pride and passion. Kmar is also committed to giving back, volunteering at Riverside
017Hospital and shown a deep desire to help others. Her interest in the medical field is clear as she plans to pursue a degree in biology premed with offers from UVA, UNCC, and Howard. With a kind heart and constant smile, Kmari is a wonderful representative of Graphen High. We are incredibly proud of her accomplishments and can't wait to see all she achieves in the future. Congratulations. Okay, we will next hear from uh about our senior of the month for Tab High School. Thank you. If uh if we could have Joshua Namkun and his family stand, please. Tab High School is pleased to announce Joshua Namkun as our senior of the month for March. Joshua exemplifies academic excellence, leadership, community service, and innovation in every aspect of his high school journey. A dedicated scholar, Joshua has excelled
018in a rigorous course load while pursuing his passion for space science, engineering, and environmental advocacy. His passion for renewable energy and environmental science is evident through his research and competitions. He earned first place in energy science at the Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair and the Virginia State NASA Langley Earth System Science Award. As Kid President and team captain, he led his team to first place at the 2024 World Championship, showcasing his engineering and problem solving skills. Joshua's leadership extends beyond STEM. As a state leadership team member for Y Street, he successfully advocated for countywide environmental policies. He is also a dedicated volunteer using his talents to serve the community through various organizations. Joshua's outstanding achievements have recently earned him the distinct recognition of validictorian of Tab High School's class of 2025. With an acceptance to
019Brinston University, Joshua plans to further his studies in the interdisciplinary field of space science and environmental science. Whether advocating for environmental policy, competing at the highest levels in engineering, or mentoring future scientists, Joshua exemplifies the very best of TAB High School. His academic achievements, leadership, and dedication to service make him a deserving recipient of this month's recognition. Congratulations, Joshua. And now I have the pleasure of telling you about York High School Senior of the Month. We are thrilled to announce Alexandra Heckle as York High Senior of the Month. Please stand. Sorry. An exceptional leader and dedicated member of our school community. As the captain of the field hockey team, she has demonstrated remarkable leadership, leading her team to numerous victories and inspiring her teammates with her passion and commitment. In addition to her athletic achievements,
020she was a member of the NJOC where she served as the athletics operations and community officer. Her involvement in NJOTC showcases her dedication to discipline, leadership, and community service. Her outstanding contributions have not gone unnoticed. She as she was recognized with the Thomas Jefferson Award for Outstanding Leadership and the VFW Post 824's Hog Tate Community Service Award. She also participates in multiple honor societies including National Honor Society where her academic excellence truly shines. Moreover, her involvement in the youth volunteer corps further exemplifies her dedication to making a positive impact in the community. Nominated by her teachers, Alexandra plays displays the qualities of an outstanding student balancing academics, leadership, and community service. We are proud to recognize her as our senior of the month. Okay. All right. Oh, so Dr. Shando's already there, so I saves
021me a step. I will ask Miss Jennifer Humble, Grafton Elementary principal, to step forward while information is shared about the student service award recipient for Grafton Bethl Elementary. The student service award recipient for Grafton Bethl Elementary is Dne Hill. Mr. Richardson, will you please tell us about Dne as he comes up front? Come on up, Dane. What is our pleasure to present the student service award to an exceptional individual, Dne Hill. His dedication and dependability shine through his outstanding performance on all subjects with math being his favorite. Dne's ability to assist classmates with academic challenges is commendable. He breaks down complex concepts into relatable examples, often using humor and creativity, like translating problems into memes, making learning enjoyable for his peers. Beyond academics, Dne is a compassionate listener and a steadfast friend, always ready to
022lend an ear or a helping hand. His inclusive nature ensures everyone in his diverse class feels welcome and valued. As a member of the Sharks travel soccer team and the anchored for life team, Dne's commitment to teamwork and community service is evident. Dne led our service project at the Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter where he spent time playing with the animals and donated pet supplies. Currently, he's working with the uh anchored for life team to host a breakfast for the York Posen Sheriff's Office and planning to visit a nursing home this spring. He helps our new students feel welcome by giving them a tour of the school, ensuring they feel comfortable and included from day one. Dne Hill is a role model, a leader, and a joy to have at Grafton Bethl. His dedication to helping
023others and his positive impact on our school community make him a deserving recipient of this award. So, please join me in congratulating Dane Hill as our student service award winner. So, our volunteer of the month, Margie Reese, couldn't make it this evening, so we'll be reading her right up at the next month's meeting. Thank you. Okay. Now, I will ask uh Mr. Dr. Aaron McQuillin, Brutin High School principal, to step forward and remain upfront while information is shared for both the student service award recipient and the volunteer of the month for Brutin High School. The student service award recipient this month for Brutin High is Abigail Sheldon. Mr. Schaefer, do you want to share some information about Thank you. Abigail Sheldon is a stellar volunteer and student at Brutin. She is a key club president
024doing a wonderful job serving uh Brutin High School and her and our community. To help her get a better feel for where her energy should be focused this year, Abigail scheduled a meeting with the principal during first quarter and grilled him with questions for 20 minutes while recording notes. All in an effort to make Brutin High School the best it can be. Brutin's principal, Mr. McQuillin, proudly nominates Abigail Sheldon for the student service award. What makes Abigail special is that she is building capacity in her classmates. She talks with firsttime volunteers, making them feel confident in their abilities, and she always leads by example. Her Key Club sponsor, Mrs. Raing, thinks that she is a big part of the reason the club has more members this year. Key Club has worked football game parking, helped
025custodians after games, helped to maintain a food pantry at Brutin High School, worked on beautifification pro projects, and volunteer work in the community. Abigail also serves on the York County Youth Commission, has a servant's heart to give back to the her school and her community, and is a wonderful student according to her teachers and is a great examples for others while at BHS. Congratulations. The volunteer of the month for Brutin High School is Dr. Jennifer Henman. Dr. Henman, would you please join Dr. Shandor and then Mr. McQuillin up front while Mr. Schaper shares some information about you. Can That's what I thought. Okay. All right. Dr. Jennifer Heimman has been an exceptional PTSA president, dedicating countless hours to help foster a strong school community. She has worked tirelessly to raise awareness on campus for PTSA,
026engage students and parents in timely content such as social media and vaping issues, and supports school-based initiatives that address chronic absenteeism. Her commitment to staff appreciation shines through uh heartfelt notes, gifts, and thoughtful treats boosting morale among teachers. Dr. Dr. Hyman's leadership, passion, and unwavering support have made a lasting impact on Brutin High School, strengthening the connection between family, staff, and students. Thank you, Dr. Heman. Congratulations to all our award recipients. At this time, Mr. Schaefer will uh give you some information about the York Foundation for Public Education presentation. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Like to invite Miss Kathy Murphy, York Foundation for Public Education member, to step forward and assist Dr. Shandor as he presents gifts to each of our award recipients. Please come up front when you hear your name called. Congratulations to Zachary
027Barber, a fifth grader from Grafton Bethl Elementary School, for reciting the pledge of allegiance. Anybody have any idea what the foundation is? Oh, I was gonna tell them. I was Go ahead. Go ahead. You got it. Okay. All right. Uh, that's Zachary and he recited the Pledge of Allegiance at tonight's school board meeting. Dane. We would also like to recognize tonight's student service award recipients. Dne Hill from Grafton Bethl Elementary School and Abigail Sheldon from Breeden High School. We also congratulate our seniors of the month for this month. Sophia Trucken from Brutin High School. Kamar Brownley from Grafton High School, Joshua Nam from Tab High School, and Alec Alexandra Heckle from York High School. Special gifts from Cookie Text and Edible Tweet are being presented on behalf of the York Foundation for Public Education in
028partnership with their donor Gene Fioa of Cookie of Cookie Text and Edible Tweet. A Sweet Frog gift card is also being donated by Derek Mahan from Sweet Frog. Join me in congratulating all our award recipients. And yes, we talk about York Foundation for Public Education and I say it every month at the schoolboard meeting and I I implore the public to become part of YFPE because they do great work. They have thousands upon thousands of dollars of scholarships that are awarded each year. There are grants that they have to give teachers for doing uh special projects in their class and filling the things that they need. so that uh these teachings can be done. Uh they sponsor all kinds of events. We have a a golf outing. We are participating in in uh numerous fundraising
029activities. And the whole idea is to give back to York County School District. And you don't have to be a retired teacher or a principal or assistant principal to join. Yeah. You can be a parent, you can be anybody. Uh there it's a small group of people and they do some great work and I thank them all for it. Thank you. So instruction All right, we're going to move into our AC accent on academics and Dr. Shandor is going to tell us a little bit about who's presenting this evening. Yes, thank you Miss Goodwin. Tonight we have the pleasure of having students from McGrder Elementary and Mount Vernon Elementary to tell us a little bit about our new computer science resource class. I will turn it over to Miss Courtney Gonzalez Vega. Hello. Good evening,
030Madame Chair, members of the board, and Dr. Shandor. Tonight, I have the pleasure of showcasing our new elementary computer science resource. This 45minute weekly class is focused on teaching the new 2024 computer science standards of learning to students K through fifth grade. This additional class supports the York County School Division strategic plan priority of future ready graduates as computer science is one of Virginia's largest and fastest growing industries. This class you will hear about tonight includes high quality instruction, engaging educational experiences, which are two of our future ready graduates areas of focus. The course is also part of a computer science pathway that continues with courses such as computer science discoveries, an introduction to programming and game design at the middle school, and cyber security and data science at the high school. In fact, in
031November, the board approved a new programming course for next school year. Now, I would like to introduce Mr. Will Bennett from McGreder Elementary School and Mrs. Kim Kinder from Mount Vernon Elementary School to share their perspective on teaching this class. Good evening board. I am Will Bennett. I teach the computer science resource class at McGrder Elementary. In the YCSD elementary computer science classes, our st students learn coding, logical reasoning, and digital literacy, laying a strong foundation for critical thinking. More importantly, this class isn't just about technology. It's about learning how to think and working through challenges. Hi, I'm Kim Kinder, the computer science teacher at Mount Vernon Elementary. As you know, one of the core values of the YCSD strategic plan is innovation. It is defined as fostering creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving by
032allowing new ideas and solutions that advance progress. This definition aligns with all of the elements that we get to bring together in the new computer science resource classroom. Students work together to learn a variety of tools and concepts that will spark students as they grow as digital citizens in this evolving digital world. One of the things that I love about teaching this course is introducing students to the love of problem solving. Computational thinking is an important problem-solving life skill for students to develop. Breaking challenges down into smaller parts, slowing down to recognize patterns, and developing step-by-step solutions. One element of this class is pres is providing students the opportunity for authentic learning experiences that go along with relevant issues. This new resource class provides those authentic learning experiences by creating connection between computer science and
033their grade level curriculum in their classroom. I'm delighted to introduce our students who will be sharing their experiences in computer science resource classes from both of our schools. Uh the first two students will be from McGrder Elementary to tell you about their hands-on activities from this class. Hi, my name is Malia Andrews and I'm a fifth grader. In computer science class, we learned how to code better using code.org. Code.org is a site that has lessons to help you learn coding and is a fun learning experience. Some of the early lessons were pretty easy, but then they got increasingly complicated. If you got stuck trying to complete the challenge, you could get a hint from the program or from Mr. Bennett. At the beginning, they would only show you coding blocks you were going to need
034to complete the task, like opening a chest or building a fortress to pro to protect a treasure. Then it got harder. As we went through the levels, we learned to find ways to include loops and conditional statements like if then statements as you see on the slide. And our coding skills got better and better. The challenges really made you think. We also wrote block code for Dash robots and even had a Dash dance competition where we coded the robot to dance and our team learned the same dance and we danced with the robot. My group did not win. In order to get better working with robots, we have to get better at coding. And now here's Core to tell you some more. Hi, my name is Core and I'm fourth grade at McGrder. In computer
035science class, one of the projects I really liked was the Lego Spike Essentials. We learned how to program conditional statements so the color sensor could sense color and make things move or work and make if then statements so that tilting the hub could make it stop or go. We learned how to program the motor so they could spin at different speeds and turn left or right. And we pro we learned how to program the lights to light up in different patterns different patterns or colors. Then we had a challenge. Our challenge was to create a useful tool. One class we was used for planning our design and the next class we built and programmed it. My partner and I built a tool for watering flowers. Students built a lot of different things like tools to
036get you out of the bed in the morning, vehicles with sensor to detect things in his bath, automatic safety doors, and a ball launcher. I like that it was a partner activity and we got to program it however we wanted to. Now, three students from Mount Vernon Elementary will tell you some will tell you about some other hands-on activities from this class. Hello, my name is Will and I'm a fifth grader at Mount Vernon. My favorite challenge in computer science has been save the ducks. First, we learned how to use blocky coding system to carefully code dash robots. One day when we came into class, there was a large theoretical paper iceberg on the floor with hundreds of plastic ducks. You see that on the picture here on the left. Miss Kinder gave us the
037problem, but winter came early and those poor ducks were stranded. It was our job to design and create an attachment to place on the Dash robot. then coded Dash to use the new attachment to save those poor little stranded ducks. There was a line of tape around the ice that Dash could not pass because, you know, robots don't do very well in freezing ocean water. I worked with my team. We created an attachment. We tested it. We made change and we made changes. Then we had to correctly code Dash to move forward, make the right head movements to use our creation to pull as many ducks to safety as possible. I really like this activity because you can let your mind fly freely and explore all the options to try and save the ducks. Computer
038science is important to our school because there are so many jobs that require problem solving, computer knowledge, and coding. This class will help students prepare for future careers. Hello, my name is Wait. Hello, my name is Susanna and I'm a third grader at Mount Vernon. One of my favorite activities was learning to code the Lego Spike essential kits. Second and third grade students used Lego Spike kits to create tools that showcase our understanding of our science units and coding. The kits allow us to create Lego builds and code them to come to life. Second graders learn about severe weather storms like tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and blizzards. They built encoded tools to help keep people safe during one of the four major storms. Third graders learn about soil conservation through planting, mulching, composting, and keeping soil
039healthy. We built encoded tools to help conserve soil. Now, Tucker is going to explain his soil conservation project. Hello, my name is Tucker and I am a third grader at Mount Vernon. My group created a machine that would pick up soil and spread it to areas that need healthy soil for their plants to grow. I am going to explain how my goo how how we coded it to complete the task while Hosanna shows it to you on the document camera. My code starts with a start block. This is how the car This is how the soil car This is how it knows when to run the specific code. First, the code tells the soil car to move forward to the area where the nutritious soil is located. The code tells the arm to pick up
040the soil car and dump it into the soil and dump it into the soil car. Next, the soil car drives to an area that needs healthy soil. The arm then is coded to take the soil from the soil car and picks it up to place it on the ground where it is needed. This concludes our showcase of the elementary computer science resource. We would like to open it up for questions. Okay. I got I I got to know will how many ducks were saved for my group? Not that many, but many of the other groups saved 30 ducks. So for the kids, what what is your favorite class at at your schools besides PE and recess and lunch? I like science the most. Okay. So you still like other other topics? That's good. That's a
041good thing. Well, you did a great job. Everybody did a great job on on presentation. Thank you. So quick question guys. You've been bringing some solutions like real scientists and actually you have been scientists doing this. Uh do you guys enjoy more solving problems or making things work? I enjoy solving problems can because I can figure out and use my mind when I do it. Very nice. Uh, I like both equally, but I think I like solving problems maybe. Very good. I like solving problems because if you make sometimes you don't do something right the first time and then you can let your then you can change it to make to fix the mistake that you made. Absolutely. Very good. We like se saving ducks. Thank you. I just want to say great job. I'm
042really impressed and I think that if I could have had some kind of coding lesson that young in school, I might have not been so afraid of it when I got to college. Good job. Okay. Now, the students are going to give each of um Dr. Dr. Shandor and the board members a little um token so you can have some computer science fun. Thank you. Okay. At this time, the board is going to take a short recess to meet with the award recipients and their families. Okay. All right. We will now reconvene the meeting. Uh we don't have any unfinished business this evening, so we'll move into our committee updates by board members. Um we'll go ahead and I'll start with uh Mr. Richardson. Yes. Um, I did have the I I attended the outstanding
043youth uh selection with the youth commission and Mr. Ran. Um, I did that meeting a couple weeks ago, so that information will become forthcoming when they're announced. Um, also attended the WHO meeting Wednesday, uh, March 19th. The meeting really focused on workforce development initiative in the maritime industry and the healthc care sector um to address significant shortages of workers in those fields. uh upcoming in the future. Uh but the official meeting summary will be posted on board docs. That hasn't uh come down from the phr yet. The minutes once that comes on, I'll put it on board doc. So that's all I have. All right, Mr. Schaefer. Yes, I'm hunting for my stuff. Okay, it's next month. uh York Foundation for for Public Education, as you as you heard earlier, this is their busy time
044of the year. This is when there's going to be prize patrols. This is when there's going to be uh delivering um grants to schools and also we're having the uh the awards ceremony which is at the I believe it's at the Waterman's Museum here coming soon. Yes, the 17th. and uh and it's going to be a lot of fun uh like as it always is. But uh YFP has uh done some great things and has a golf tournament coming up. So all you golfers out there, go ahead and get in contact with Bonnie Gray and they will get you all taken care of. Yes. Uh so that we can totally fund all the things that the YFP does. Okay, Mr. Pio. Yes, I'm going to give you a update on a C uh CTE uh
045committee that we had. Um we were actually uh focusing on some of the uh revisions of the programs of the studies for uh 2526. We had two study groups that were advisory groups that would uh focusing on u BIT which is the business and and technology uh courses and also in community partnerships that would uh help our students develop uh programs uh and degrees and certifications that would actually help them quite a bit in the future. Uh we got updated on um 2526 Perkins grant application that's due by the end of April. I think we're going to discuss it tonight. Uh also we got update on the new career cluster framework from the Virginia and from national that uh in Virginia we have 17 uh cluster frameworks. You know nationally there's 14. So there's a
046more advanced um clusters in our system. Um, as far as the New Horizons, we did not have any meetings last month. We have actually one coming up tomorrow. So, I'll have that update next week. Next meeting actually. Thank you. Okay. So, um, I went to the special education advisory committee otherwise known as SEAK. Uh, we met last week and it was a very informative meeting. We had a presentation by uh the department of adult rehab the department of adult rehabilitative services known as DARS um and they partner with our schools to offer job readiness skills placement and co and coaching to our students with disabilities. Um and I also found out at that meeting that March is actually designated disability awareness month. Our next meeting is scheduled for May 7th and I will have more
047information for you at that meeting. Um, unfortunately, uh, Gak, which is our gifted education advisory committee, we haven't been able to meet. We've had two meetings that were cancelled and rescheduled due to inclement weather. So, I don't have any updates for you, but our next meeting is scheduled for April 2nd and April 30th. Uh, I don't anticipate any issues with the weather, but this is Virginia, so who knows? I'll have more updates for you um at our next um opportunity for committee um updates. Okay. Okay. All right. At this time, um we're going to move into comments of our citizens. Before I open for public comment, I want to share just some remarks. The school board provides public comment periods for the public to comment on matters rel related to the b business or duties
048of the school board and the school division. Schoolboard policy KD/Bddh governs these public comment periods. I would encourage citizens to review this policy prior to speaking before the board. Briefly, the school board expects speakers to refrain from any speech or conduct that is a clear violation of the law, such as abusive or threatening language or that incites criminal behavior or that creates an actual disruption to the meeting. We ask that speakers direct their comments to the schoolboard and not to members of the audience. Violations of schoolboard policy KD/BDDH may result in a warning or termination of a speaker's time by the chair. This sanction is immediately appealable to the whole board at the speaker's option. Each speaker may speak for up to three minutes. Speakers will present their comments at the podium. A timer is
049visible to speakers from the podium and speakers should conclude their remarks when the red light comes on. The timer will begin after you state your name and district or area of residence. The school board members present may extend this time frame. Otherwise, oh, excuse me. We don't need to read that because we don't have more than 10 people. So, we'll go on. Okay. I now open the public participation for comments of citizens. And our first person is Miss Pam Pusho. At the last regular meeting, Miss Fairman said there was a difference between equality and equity. There is. Equality means treating everyone the same. In education, equality guarantees all students will be provided with a school building, classrooms with desks, textbooks, technology, teachers, cafeteria, gym, and extracurricular activities. Equity offers those in need the resources and
050support to succeed. Equity guarantees disabled students will be provided needed assistance. A student's civil rights will be upheld and low-income students are provided free or reduced meals. It seems Miss Fairman does not believe in equity. Until Trump's election, DEI stood for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Today, it stands for discrimination, exclusion, and inequity. Now, a student must be white, no disabilities, heterosexual, preferably Christian nationalist male, and born in this country of American parents in order to be exempt from discrimination. Our history books will shortly be revised due to Trump's executive orders to erase any mention of the successes of females, blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and LGBTQ human beings. Trump has said he wants the states to determine curriculum, not the Department of Education. The feds have never done so. That is a function of the states.
051Trump is threatening the removal of federal funding at Columbia University if his administration is not allowed to control what is taught in their department of Middle Eastern Studies. Trump's edicts are spreading throughout schools of higher education. Federal grants are frozen. Students at William and Mary who study to be research scientists are concerned that they will have no employment when they graduate or have access to masters and PhD programs in their fields. Pell grants and students loans have been turned over to the Small Business Administration, which has had its workforce decimated and are not trained in how to administer these programs. Gilman scholarships for study abroad are frozen. Locally, Head Start funding was frozen, then unfrozen. Legally, if that really matters to Trump, the Department of Education's demise must be voted upon in Congress. But nothing
052is stopping Trump from making it unable to function by his mass firings. If your child wants a federal loan or grant, is disabled, economically disadvantaged, or in need of some equity, you're out of luck. If you are fortunate enough not to fit into these categories, you should have some empathy and fight for those in need. Congressman Rob Whitman is not opposed to the Department of Education's demise. He has only said it should be done with more compassion. I suppose that means giving a two-eek notice of termination instead of entering their offices and telling them to get out now or be arrested. Tyrants quash knowledge, stifle innovation, ban books, and close educational institutions to make an ignorant docel soci citizenry. I will not s silently stand by and watch America turn into a dictatorship with an
053uneducated and subjugated population. Silence is consent. Thank you. Thank you. All right. All right. Our next speaker is uh Sam Ray. Good evening. My name is Samuel Ray. I'm a resident of District 3 and I am the co-chair of the education committee for the York James City Williamsburg NAACP. I'm here tonight to urge you to rename McGrder Elementary School. There are two undeniable reasons why this change must happen. First, naming the school after John Benia McGrder, a Confederate general who fought to uphold slavery is deeply discourteous to black children and families in this community. Schools should be places where all children feel welcomed, valued, and inspired. Yes. For generations, black students have been forced to learn under the name of a man who fought to keep their ancestors enslaved. That is unacceptable. Second, I believe
054that the research that has been provided to you and the research that you have performed proves that the name violates policy FFA which clearly states no school shall be named after a person living or deceased. This policy exists for a reason. It is to ensure that schools reflect values that unite us, not those that divide us. Allowing this name to remain in place undermines the integrity of the board's policy. I understand that changing the name will not be popular with everyone, but leadership is not about doing what is easy. It is about doing what is right. Future generations will look back on this decision and the question you must ask yourselves is this. Will they will they see the will they see a board that stood on the side of progress and fairness or will
055they see a board that ignored history and upheld injustice? I urge you to take this necessary step forward. Policy FFA also also states the school board may rename a school or school facility upon it upon determination that it is appropriate to do so. I submit to you tonight that it is appropriate to do so at this time. Rename McGruda Elementary and show this community, especially its children, that York County stands for equality, respect, and integrity. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Our next speaker is um Dr. Ellen Kennedy. Thank you uh Madame Chair, members of the board. Uh my name is Alan Kennedy and I'm a proud uh resident of District 1. Uh and uh I I would echo that sentiment uh that that leadership is about doing what is right, not what is easy.
056Uh, and I hope I I as well hope that you will do what is right and strip the name of a Confederate general off of a school in our uh uh in our county. Um, it uh it would send a a great message to our community uh that we stand for equality um uh that we stand uh for progress. Um, I also applaud the board uh for taking steps at the work session and tonight um in order to begin to hold Miss Fairman accountable for her actions and her misbehavior on this board um and and her disrespect for our our community. I would again ask her, why have you not signed the code of conduct that every other member of this board has signed? I recognize that you did not have an opportunity to speak
057earlier in in matters uh presented by the board members, but under our policy, you do have the right to respond if you choose. I have already responded to that at a previous meeting. Thank you. Thank you. But I hope you will reconsider because it is very important for us to have shared norms and shared values. Um and those norms include doing what is right. Those norms include respect for each other. Those norms include equality and yes even equity uh um where it is needed. And I hope that you will join the rest of the board in moving forward. um in a and show that we in your county can be a beacon of hope and a beacon of progress. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Our next speaker is Ivonne Johnson. Good evening. I am
058Yvon Lynette Johnson and I in district 2. I was a student at Frederick Douglas School when I was in the third grade. Um, prior to that, my father was in the army, so we traveled. And when I came, I did not know that McGrder was a general, a Confederate general. And neither did any of the students that you probably saw in the newspaper article recently holding the sign, McGrder Annex. When McGrder Annex when Frederick Douglas was Frederick Douglas was changed to McGrder Annex when I was in the sixth grade that's when the schools integrated the white parents did not want their children to go to a school named after a black man. However, the parents bec because they had freedom of choice. Some of the students that left Frederick Douglas did go to McGrder. I'm
059positive that they did not know at the time that McGrder was named after the Confederate general. Children there today don't know that that school was named after a traitor. when President Woodro Wilson took the reservation, 11,000 acres of land to claim um by independent domain to claim to turn it into a Navy depot for naval weapons. Well, it's now Naval Weapon Station, but it was a Navy DVO for World War I. There was not many places black families could go. So they resettled in that community of McGrder already there named McGrder not named in honor of them and some of them were displaced twice. So for and a lot of people did not talk about it at that time because it was a painful time. People lost a lot. They started from scratch. to bring
060themselves back up. These were people who were business people, ormen, um seamstresses, brick layers. They all had businesses before they were displaced and they had to start from scratch. I read of um some of the comments and and some of the comments where we should pay for them. We have paid for it over and over again and we will gladly continue to pay, but thank you for putting it on the agenda. Thank you. All right. All right. Next is um Mary Ler. Good evening, Mary Lasser Brutin District. Um, thank you very much for putting it on the agenda and I hope that you all will get on the fast track because I feel like I'm thankful that that you have put it there, but I feel like it's way overdue. We presented our information or
061our proof that the school was named after McGrder in September of 2024. That's been eight months ago. I will read um as much of my brother's letter as I can and his name is Carl Lasser Jr. and he lives in Wisconsin and he was born in Williamsburg and he's witnessed the uh segregation and the fact that we could not attend or even go on McGruda uh grounds when there was segregation. For the past six years, I have been told that McGruda Elementary School located on Pentaman Road in York County, Virginia, was named in commemoration of the lost village located in the Brutin District of York County. I find this rationalization laughable. According to Donald Smith, an independent researcher and other scholars, the Lost Village was named in honor of John Bankhead McGrder, a Confederate general.
062McGruda is a general who ordered the city of Hampton to be burned down and is responsible for the killing or capture of many runaway slaves at the beginning of the Civil War. After the Civil War, the unincorporated community of McGrder was primarily populated by former slaves and their dependent and whites who settled there before the war. I have not found any literature or documentation indicating that the blacks who res resided in what came to be known as McGruda and unincorporated community petitioned to name their community McGruda. And part of that evidence that we presented to you was that Thomas Newman, the treasur of York County, named that uh area McGruda when he named the post office. And McGruda school was named um McGruda for white students in 19 in 1920. So that name has been
063around a long time. No one in their right mind would believe that former slaves would name their community in honor of a Confederate general who fought to keep them enslaved, committed treason against the United States, and not only committed sedition against the United States, but shed American blood. And I just want to reiterate, um, you all are have been going against your own policy. And to me, in my opinion, that's a form of discrimination when you will name one school that is a white school after an individual, but none of the other schools can be named after black individuals. So, let's put it on the fast track and get it changed. Thank you. All right. Uh, next presentation is Miss Yvon Johnson. Did I I thought I'm sorry. Maybe I had you in here twice.
064Oh, sorry. No, I must have put you ahead beforeh. Sorry. My apologies. All right. Uh, that concludes I believe. Did anyone Let's see. That's it. Okay. So I now close the public participation for comments of citizens. Okay, we're going to move into now financial matters. I'll now ask Mr. Pyovich to uh lead that discussion. Yes, I would like to uh present uh consideration approval claims certified for payment. We have claims certified for payment for February 2025. uh significant expenditures for February instructional related expenditures total approximately 535,315 and includes payments to Alli Healthcare, Beautiful Mind Speech, Care Staff Partners, Core Medical Group, G2 Performance, Hatchet Vision Services, Maximum Healthcare Services, New Horizons, ODU Research Foundation, Plan B Academy Project, Lead the Way, Riverside Insights, SHI Varsity, The Faison Center, Stepping Stone Group. Uh the next one
065is payment related to administration total approximately 15,660 and were made to Virginia Risk Sharing Association. Payments for technology related items total approximately $137,045 and include payments to active internet technologies, 34 ED LLC, Cox Communications, Depth Book, Virginia Business Systems, payments for operations and maintenance totaling $444,765 and include payments to Cintas, Dominion Energy, Ferguson Enterprises, Granger Grinder, Hubs and Associate, Mid-Atlantic Installers, Republic Services, uh, Riverside Physician, Riverside Paper Treasury York County and Virginia Natural Gas. Payments related to transportation total 219,220 and include payments to Hall Auto Automotive and Newport News AVA Automotive. Payments for school nutrition services totaling $565,269 and include payments to Alto Hartley, Sedesco, and the Metuse Group. Payments related to capital projects totaling $352,000 360 and include payments to air conditioning equipment sales, AP acquisitions, Harbor Mechanical, Mobile Lease, Simpson Unlimited, Thompson Consulting,
066Waterproofing Technologies. Consideration of approval of financial reports for February 2025 includes significant changes relating to the operating budgets and theirs followed for February revenues state revenues is approximately 6.4 million higher in February FI25 when compared to February FI24. The change is due to the increase in student enrollment at risk funding and the state's portion of the 5.5% compensation increase for FI25. Federal revenue is approximately 4.1 million less in FI25 due to the expiration of one-time ESRE stimulus grants in FI25. For expenditures, expenditures for instructions are approximately 4.5 million higher in February 25 when compared to February 24 due to the 5.5 increase in salaries, increase in employer health premiums, and additional positions added for FI25. Expenditures for transportation is approximately 1.1 million higher and expenditures for operations are about 912,000 higher in FY25 due to
067the increase in salaries and increase in employer health premiums. Expenditure for technology have increased about $1.1 million due to the increase in salaries and benefits and treasur uh and transfer out of 700,000 to the technology reserve fund. significant changes relating to the school nutrition budget for revenues and expenditures. School nutrition revenues approximately $383,000 higher in February FI25 due to the increase in meals served for FY25. Okay. And uh I'm moving actually considering for approval resolution 2513 requires the board approval authorization procurements of more than $100,000 and change orders greater than $50,000. There are eight items of the resolution totaling $1.32 million the details of which can be viewed on the board docs. Madame chair I now move to approve financial matters as listed. I'll second discussion. I would just like to um to thank the
068board chair and Dr. Shandor. I had some questions uh about some of these documents on Friday morning. I turned them in and this afternoon I got um some of the answers and I appreciate those and I'll be letting my constituents know. Thank you. Howard, a motion was made by Mr. Pyovich and seconded by Mr. Richardson to approve financial matters as listed. Mr. Richardson, yes. Mr. Schaefer, yes. Mrs. Fairman, yes. Mr. Pyovich, yes. And Mrs. Goodwin, yes. The motion passed 5 to zero. Okay. All right. So, I will go over our consent calendar. Uh, we have approval of personnel actions, approval of minutes from a regular meeting on February 24th, 2025, a special meeting on February 26, 2025, a work session on March 10th, 2025. A special meeting on March 10th, 2025, and a special meeting
069on March 19th, 2025. Approval of the Carl Perkins grant application for FY26. Approval to changes to program of studies. Approval of instructional materials adopted for selected elementary and secondary courses, English grades six through eight, music theory, AP music theory, AP African-American studies, AP pre-calculus, AP psychology, and AP World History, approval of Virginia Board Association Policy Services, approval of a student activity and overnight field trip for the Mount Vernon Elementary School First Lego League, and approval of consent calendar as listed. I'd like to have a motion and a second to approve the consent calendar as listed. I would like to make a motion to approve the consent calendar as listed. I'll second discussion. I just have one little thing of discussion in the personnel actions. Uh I have two retirements in in the Brutin zone. uh
070uh one of which is Don Florence that has been around gosh what is it 30 years something like that as a first grade teacher and uh coach Harrod from Brutin who's a a big man in more ways than one and is a is just a a wonderful person at Brutin and I hate to see them both go deserve it but I hate to see them It's always hard to lose good people. All right, Miss Howard. Uh, actually, sorry. Uh, just had a comment on E for the consideration of approval of instructional materials. I was checking with some teachers that I know uh around the country if any of them were familiar with any of these. And I just wanted to let you know there was one that I had gotten some comments on the English
071grades six through eight my perspectives. The information I was getting from some other teachers in other divisions actually, you know, in other states that have used this, they said it's light on structured grammar and writing practice. So they have had to supplement with outside resources. I just wanted to put that information out there. Um, and they said other than that it it was fine, but there were just some areas along that line with the structure, grammar, and the writing practice. And on F, uh, I would like to, uh, request that that be pulled out of the consent calendar and voted on separately. For that, I would need to have a motion and a second in order to pull that and separate that. I move that we pull um F the consideration of approval of the
072SVS VSBA association policy services to vote on that separately than the uh rest of them. I don't hear a second. So we will not pull those out since we don't have a second to move forward. Okay, Miss Howard, a motion was made by Mr. Pyovich and seconded by Mr. Richardson to approve the consent calendar as listed. Mrs. Fairman. Unfortunately, the only one that I am against on here is F. And because it's not pulled out as separate, um I am not going to support that. So, unfortunately, even though I support all of the other ones, I will have to be no. Mr. Richardson, yes. Mr. Schaefer, yes. Mr. Pyovich, yes. And Mrs. Goodwin, yes. Motion passed 4 to one. Okay. All right. Next, we have consideration of approval of a proclamation for the month of
073the military child, April 2025. Dr. Shandor, do you have any? Yes. Thank you, Miss Goodwin. April is the month of the military child. It's a special month to recognize and pay tribute to military families and their children for the daily sacrifices made in their commitment, courage, and unconditional support of our armed forces. And Wednesday, April 16th is designated as National Purple Up Day for all school personnel and students to wear purple in honor of our military children. In particular, the students of the York County School Division, which has the highest concentration of military children in Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia is proud to be home to more than 77,000 children whose parents serve in the military and are stationed in Virginia. Thank you. Can I have a motion and a second to approve April, month
074of the military child? I'd like to uh actually I move uh that April would be consideration of the approval of the proclamation for uh the month of the military child. Do I have a second? Second. Second. Second. Okay. Miss Howard, a motion was made by Mrs. Fairman and seconded by Mr. Pyovich to approve a proclamation for the month of the military child, April 2025. Mrs. Fairman, yes. Mr. Schaefer, yes. Mr. Pyovich, yes. Mr. Richardson, yes. And Mrs. Goodwin, yes. Motion passes 5 to zero. Next, I have consideration of approval of resolution 25-14, a resolution approving the proposed fiscal year 2026 operating budget and the fiscal year 2025 expected budget. Dr. Shander, would you like to say a few words about that? Yes, thank you, Miss Goodwin. Um we just reminding the board that we began
075the process the budget process back in October with staff analyzing information and identifying cost reduction efforts as well as uh receiving community feedback. A preliminary budget outlook was presented in December and we updated the board with state and federal funding outlooks in January. On October February 10th um the superintendent's proposed operating budget was presented. Uh the focus of the FY26 budget is pretty simple. what's best for students, what's best for our staff, and what's best for our community, which aligns to our mission, vision, core values, and priorities. So, some of the major initiatives of this needs-based budget include supportive culture, total of $275,325, which includes our summer academy and um some increases in our county services, which are video uh video grounds and deputies. For collective commitment, a total is $20,000 for translation services. For
076highly effective talent, it is proposed that all full-time staff receive a 4% raise for eligible staff. Total cost is $6,265,000. The compensation increase comes in the form of a step increase and a cost of living adjustment. For future ready graduates, the total number under this priority is $1,851,450. We added um one EL teacher, 12 teachers based on enrollment increase, two speech language pathologists which were converted. Bless you. Uh.5 hearing impaired support teacher.5 EL position um from title three to our local budget. All of these positions are required. At our board work session on March 10th, Mr. Bowen updated the board regarding the differences between the governor's proposed budget and the general assembly's version as well as sharing that we have a 3,573,269 budget gap. This evening, the school board will be considering approving their recommended
077proposed budget uh for FY26 which will be transmitted to the board of supervisors for their consideration. Final budget actions necessary to present a balanced operating budget will be presented to the school board once the state and county have completed their budget process. Finally, I want to thank all the staff members and community members who have shared their feedback uh with myself and our board members. Thank you. All right. Can I have a motion and a second to approve resolution 25-14? I'd like to make a motion for the approval of proclamation uh or of resolution 25-14 uh approving the proposed fiscal year budget for 2026 and the uh year end 2025. Second, any questions, discussion? Okay, I guess I'm sorry. The the one comment that I have on this is that I understand the board of
078supervisors is planning a meeting on Thursday and has requested I guess schoolboard admin to attend to go over some of the gap issues. um because of that and we know there are gaps possibly with the governor's thing with the information that we just got this afternoon that I I don't believe that we can really put forth um voting for an expected budget realizing that there is a good possibility that we will be making some major cuts and without the board knowing that where the cuts would come from ahead of time um you know taking a look at the proposed budget as I had said before if there was a possibility of having the proposed budget and then if we're down 10% what that proposed budget would be and if we're down 25% you know what
079that budget would be just throwing out general percentages but so that we would have a better idea of where any of the cuts would come from before we're under major deadlines. So, as I understand this right now, this is just a proposed budget that goes to the county. Uh, all of the numbers, they're not final. So, in uh whenever we receive it back from the governor and from the county, we're going to reconvene for the approval of the final budget. Yeah, the key word here is proposed. It's it's a proposed budget and I believe we did discuss that. There's always that possibility at which time we would reconvene and uh we would revote. Right. Right now we're voting not proposed and I understand that. It's just that I I would prefer that the proposed budget
080was backed off a little bit knowing that what the gaps are going to be as well as, you know, our citizens are already, you know, struggling with with economics and things, you know, with their personal budgets that we need to be looking at that and being mindful for that as well as making sure what our students need in the classroom and what our teachers in the I understand and we will note that I mean it has been noted. Um okay, Miss Howard, a motion was made by Mr. Schaefer and seconded by Mr. Pyovich to approve resolution 2514 approving the proposed fiscal year 2026 operating budget and the fiscal year 2025 expected budget. Mr. Richardson, yes. Mr. Schaefer, yes. Mr. Pyich, yes. Mrs. Fairman, no. And Mrs. Goodwin, yes. Motion passed 4 to one. Thank you,
081Miss Howard. Uh, we do not have any policy discussion. However, we do have policy first read. I'm going to turn that over to Miss Barry to talk about that. Madame Chair, school board members, Dr. Shandor, tonight is uh first reading of your B policies. Based on the board's discussion at the last meeting, uh the following changes have been made. Uh policy BDB, special score meetings, there was a suggestion for the use of their being inappropriate grammatically. However, upon review of the use of their in this policy, it is being used as a singular possessive pronoun and therefore appropriate since the gender of the chair cannot can change depending on who is elected. Policy BDDC, agenda preparation dissemination. The typographical error was corrected from form to from. Policy BDDH, public participation at schoolboard meetings, has been
082updated as approved by the board in February with KD. Policy BDDHa, public participation at schoolboard public advisory meetings, has been added as approved by the board in February along with KDA. Uh and there was one slight change as indicated where the uh policy KDBDH is referenced in that update. Uh policy BDDZ agenda format matters by board members has been removed from the board's uh agenda. Uh and policy BFC policy adoption. There was a suggestion that a reference be added back in as to digital notification. Um the policy has been updated to add language referencing referencing the SOPs that the division has in place um that govern notification of changes to the uh regulations. Thank you. Uh we do not have uh a policy second reading tonight. So with that, we'll move into the report of
083the superintendent. I'll turn that over to Dr. Shandor. Thank you, Miss Goodwin. Just two really quick announcements this evening. Um I just wanted to congratulate the Brutin High School girls swim team and the boys indoor track team and our other state champions from Brutin High School. Um it was wonderful having them all here with their families and their parents and just it's wonderful for that school. Um I also want to um let the community know that we will be having our Grafton High School athletes here next month so that we can celebrate them as well. we couldn't fit everyone in the room in one evening. So, we're looking forward to having them here. Um, I also want to just briefly thank all of our staff in um the school division. Um, please keep plugging away
084every day. Um, spring break is almost here and um we're really um appreciative of all the work that you do every day. Thank you. Uh be before I thank everyone, I want to let some of you I think may have come in after I made this announcement. Um but the the report uh regarding the McGrder Elementary that Dr. Carol has worked on with his team has been posted on board docs and if you uh didn't already hear we will be discussing that at our uh May work session. Okay, with that, I want to thank everybody tonight for your input and for being here this evening. We'll see you back here at your call on April 28th. Um, I wish you all a wonderful spring break. And, uh, we do have a close session this evening.
085So, can I please have a board member make a motion to take us into close session. I move that the York County School Board meet in close session pursuant to Virginia Code section 2.2-3711A8 2-3711A88 of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for consultation with legal counsel employed by the County School Board of York County, Virginia, regarding the approval of a home school request that requires the provision of legal advice by such counsel. As a matters addressed in closed session or confidential, no minutes or recordings are permitted. Second. Okay, Howard. A motion was made by Mr. Schaefer and seconded by Mr. Pyovich to approve the York County School Board to meet in close session as stated. Mr. Pyovich, yes. Mr. Schaefer, yes. Mrs. Fairman, yes. Mr. Richardson, yes. And Mrs. Goodwin, yes. Motion pass five to
086zero. You're in close session. Thank you.