001Uh we're going to start off with our prayer and our pledge. And to uh do our prayer tonight, Brother Eddie Gu from New Beginnings Fellowship is going to come and offer our prayer tonight. Would you please stand? Yes. Let us pray. Our gracious heavenly father, Lord, we thank you for the day that you've given to us. And most of all, we give you thanks for the gift of your son, Jesus. Lord, for your word to us to train up a child in the way that they should go, and when they're owed, they will not depart from it. Father, thank you for the board uh for those who uh provide oversight and accountability to our school system here in Jacksonville. And especially, thank you for each parent and for the students and children. And most of
002all, thank you for the gift of your son, Jesus, for the wisdom of your holy spirit as we gather tonight for the best interest of all of the students in our wonderful community. We love you. We praise you Lord Jesus. To you our Lord we pray. Amen. Amen. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic stands one nation indivisible. All right. All right. Uh, call this meeting to order. 601. Roll call, please. Miss Jennifer. Mr. Here. Here. Mr. Candy, here. Miss here. Here. All members present. Uh we need to approve tonight's agenda. So move. A second. Approve. Uh we have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Now we come to the election of board officers. I nominate Miss Teresia Hall as president
003of the board. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Congratulations. [Laughter] And that's how that is done. A vote of confidence. That's right. Thank you. At this time, we're going to move on in our agenda. Vice President. Oh, I'm sorry. Vice President. I nominate Phyis Morrison as vice president. Second. All in favor? I. Okay. Mrs. Morrison is 5. Okay. At this time, we will go to item six, the approval of the minutes. Second. All in favor with the minutes been approved. I moved. The motion has been made and recognitions. So, uh, we have a very special meeting tonight. I'm going to ask Mr. Cosy to come around and start with our recognitions because, uh, there is a choir concert going on, uh, and a band concert,
004a Kitty Stone this evening. And so, we are going to, uh, go ahead and recognize those students from Kitty Stone. Of course, Mr. Cosy, Miss Scottton's here, Miss Green is here, and I know I'm overlooking folks, but Mr. tell us who you're here recognizing today. I appreciate it. Thanks for letting me go go first. Um, so we have, you know what, there are so many talented kids at at at Kitty Stone and sometimes they just kind of fill in with everybody else and you don't even know that you've got these little geniuses walking around just going English class and carrying books and like until something like the tech fair happens, right? So, we have the tech fair and the tech fairs, you know, if if you didn't know how it worked is there's a local
005tech fair that we have to compete with and then there's a regional tech fair and then if you can if you can qualify in both of those then you go to the state tech. Um, I don't think I'd have time to read all the kids that were competitive in the local and regional level, but we're going to recognize everybody that was was uh at the state level tonight. Um, and I I was I was speaking to one of the parents before we got out here and they said maybe next year they can do even better. And I'm going be honest with you, there's a lot of first place awards here. I don't know how much better we can do next year. There is there is room for improvement. Maybe a little bit. So, but I'm
006going to do that. And not everybody's here, but I'm going to read everybody's name. So, you want them to come up when I Yes. Awesome. Guys, come here with me. Okay. I'm going to go through u who they are and what categories they they won at the the state level. So, Chase Penny and Jackson Green won first place level two for group audio. These guys do like podcasts and uh and broadcasting things uh and are fantastic. I have a question. Are these the ones that broadcast about the lost and found? Yes. Yes. They're famous. They do daily announcements at the school and uh they even have a little podcast that they're they've been working on. So, it's it's impressive. Um Anelise Miller got first place in level one individual digital art. London Swain got second
007place in level one individual digital art. Um Vera Prather got first place level two individual video production. Sam Ingorson got first place level one individual website design. Een Singh he's here first place level two individual website design. Josh Spoon got first place level two website design. Ryland Bridgemond got first place level two individual robotics. and Julian McGrath got second place level two individual robotics. Carson Bale and Olly Puit got first place level two group robotics. And these guys competed against state the entire state of Alabama and won first place in almost everything that we competed. I need to recognize Miss Gton over there. She um she would never come up here and do anything like this, which is why I'm up here. Um but we appreciate Miss Sky is one that works with these students
008and uh pulls them out of class when she can and and gathers the extra minutes they have all throughout the day and managed to put together these things. These projects they build take hours and hours. They are very complex. I don't understand half of the things that they do. Um but they are very very good at it. And I hate that we have to send them to the high school, but Mr. Weights, you're you're getting some good ones. But here they are. This is the tech team from Keystone this year. How serious is this? Thanks for all Kitty Stone folks. Uh if you're performing tonight or uh if you'd like to say either way. Uh but Mr. Cosy, thank you so much. Dr. Weights. Thank you so much. I was um just talking with Mr.
009Cy and Mrs. Gen about the transition and you know we're getting all these talented kids and I was sharing with them that this time of year it's melancholy a little bit for us at the high school because we have a senior class that's moving on that we love and have relationships with. But on the other hand there's the excitement of all the new talents and personalities um you know that come with a new class and I love that cycle about what we do. But I'm here tonight to recognize the Soaring Eagles, which you know is our student of the month program at Jacksonville High School. And we have a little catching up to do. We're going to catch up from March if that's okay. And I love to read um the citation that comes from
010the teacher because you get to hear about the students and accomplishment and basically the nomination. So we'll start with the month of March. Our junior high soaring eagle for the month of March is Emerson Weaver. Emerson is a ninth grader who may seem quiet, but makes her personality known through her actions. She is kind, driven, loyal, hardworking, and juggles so many things while making it look easy. Emerson maintains a 4.0 GPA while taking all honors classes. She is a member of the varsity basketball, track, and soccer teams and recently made the Calhoun County girls all tournament soccer team. Emerson is also a member of the association football club's elite club's national league, which is the highest level of youth soccer in Alabama. She participates in the Spanish club and FCA and holds the title of
011junior Miss Golden Eagle runnerup. Emerson sets a really good example for younger students because she is god-fearing, motivated, and high achieving in everything she does. She was nominated by our leader and me student lighthouse team advisor, Miss Chelsea Mai. Our junior high march soaring eagle is Emerson [Applause] Weaver. She couldn't be with us tonight, but I will get her certificate to her. Our senior high soaring eagle for the month of March is Kingston Peeler. Kingston Peeler is a quiet 12th grader who is dedicated, hardworking, and committed to academic excellence, leadership, and community involvement. A member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, MU Alpha Theta, FBLA, and Crocheting for a Cause, Kingston maintains a strong academic record, earning him academic honors and a 4.0 GPA. As a member of the JHS varsity baseball
012and swimming teams, Kingston demonstrates teamwork. Beyond academics and athletics, he exhibits entrepreneurial ambition by running his own barbecue sauce business, if you haven't heard. His work ethic, determination, friendly demeanor, courage, and dedication to self-improvement sets him apart as a leader among his peers. His achievements both in and out of the classroom make him an outstanding candidate for this award. and he was nominated by his 12th grade English teacher Sherry Dearman Kingston Peeler. Fantastic. And now for the month of April. Our junior high soaring eagle for the month of April is Gabriel Canel. Ninth grader Gabriel Canel should receive this award because of of his willingness to learn and his integrity in the classroom and beyond. He has a heart for helping others, including his fellow students and teachers. He helps his classmates when they're struggling
013with concepts and quickly volunteers to assist teachers with tasks. Gabriel will also help direct redirect students who are misbehaving or speaking negatively to one another which helps the teachers and sets an example for those needing a positive role model. Gabriel was nominated by his English teacher, ninth grade English teacher, Elizabeth Green, our April junior high soaring eagle, Gabriel Canel. Our senior high soaring eagle for the month of April is Aaron Watts. Aaron Watts is a 12th grader who goes above and beyond what is expected of her. When given assignments, she takes pride in her work, always making sure it is exemplary, and she always makes sure to complete everything on time. She's kind to everyone, always has a smile on her face, and is always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone she sees
014struggling. Aaron sets goals for herself and is willing to put in the work to achieve those goals. Aaron is an academic honors award recipient and a valued member of HOSA. She was nominated by our 12th grade English teacher, Sher Dearman. The April Senior High Soaring Eagle, Aaron Watts. And now for May, our May junior high soaring eagle is Jamari Kirsy. Ninth grader Jamari Kirxy is an extremely hard-working and respectful young man with a kind smile and positive attitude. He is quick to help others with school work, especially his little sister. Jamari is an academic honors award recipient and a member of the JHS theater department who you might have seen in the sound of music which was a triumph this last weekend who is also featured on the Golden Eagle wall of honor for receiving
015a superior rating at the Trumpower Theater Festival. Jamari is a great example to his peers and deserving of this award. He was nominated by his ninth grade history teacher Stephanie Harris. Jamari Kirsy. And finally, our our May senior high Soaring Eagle is Emma Easterling. 12th grader Emma Easterling has demonstrated leadership that enhances our school outreach and image since 9th grade. She maintains a 4.0 0 GPA while taking multiple AP classes and as a member of the Spanish club, Peer Helpers, Golden Eagle Guides, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Mu Alpha, Theta, National English Honor Society, and she serves as vice president of the HOSA club. Let me breathe for a moment. She is a captain for the JHS cross country team where she made the all sectioned and 5A first team for all state.
016Emma is also captain for the JHS soccer team where she made the all county I mean the Calhoun County all tournament team and first team all county as well as achieving Calhoun County defensive player of the year. In addition, Emma qualified for state in track for three track and field events and currently holds the school record for the 800 meter at 2 minutes and 29 seconds. I believe that her achievements and contributions have been overlooked by most faculty members due to her always being here. She's always available to do so many things above the typical high school mastery level. Emma is a humble, articulate, and caring young lady who is ready to change the world and who is kind and generous to her peers and teachers. Please strongly consider Emma for the Soaring Eagle Award.
017Emma will be graduating with an honors diploma and so far has received a 4-year Army ROC scholarship as well as an athletic scholarship from Don University. She is one who has been and is prepared for a successful life. This was her nomination from her health teacher, David Lee Stanley, and her senior English teacher, AP English teacher, Sher Dearman. Emma Easterling. Yes. It's done. [Laughter] Okay. All right. Y'all ready? Hi. Y'all ready to move on? Mhm. Just uh a few more recognitions. I was looking around. I'm still learning uh names and faces of folks in Jacksonville even after being here a year and a half. But one thing that I realized is that the community uh embraces our school system. Guys, thank y'all so much. And truly uh there's such an investment of the community into
018our school system. And so we had the idea, let's start recognizing some of the people who are helping us along the way. And so I did send out invitations, made some visits to businesses, but there again, as business goes, um sometimes you can let go and and come then you can say, "I'll be there." But then things do happen. Um, but I do want to recognize a few folks and then I have one come up and uh recognize uh Ellen here as well. The first uh group that I want to uh talk about is Mapco. Um the gas station right here um right down from our central office. We know that they do a fundraiser for our school system. And so, uh, what a wonderful thing that is to to have that pump and the,
019uh, money that comes out of that pump, uh, to come to our school system. So, uh, the high school in Kitty Stone participated in that. MAPCO was so gracious, uh, to help us with that. And so, uh, we were able to obtain, uh, over $4,000 just from that work. So, it really came up to about 2,000. And so if Pablo can uh pull up our slide and so I know they will not allow me to have an advancer here. So um and Pablo I know you're listening. So I really just need to go to the slides of the high school first. Keep going Pablo. Okay. There you go. One more Pablo. All right. So this is what the high school used their money for um that was raised at MAPCO. So when you walk into
020the long haul, well I shouldn't say I guess it is the long haul um at the end that goes out to the gym, they were able to do the graphics from the money that uh they earned u from that pump or that they received from that pump and it is beautiful. So whenever you do go by the high school, I encourage you to go by uh Miss Sanford who is the general general manager there at Mapco. Um she's just a treat. Had an opportunity to meet her, invite her uh to our meeting tonight. And so again, she said, "If I can be there, I will be there. I promise." Um, but again, a busy place, but we just wanted to say thank you to them for that. And so, the other group that I wanted
021to talk about, um, is from the Methodist church, um, Miss Brown and the Logans and all the ones. So, when I first got here, um, at Jacksonville, I saw Mr. Loggins. did not know who he was, but he was carrying these trays and carts and things out. And I stopped to help him and he said, and I asked him, I said, "What are you what are you doing?" And he said, "Well, you know, we packed snacks for the kids for the weekend." So, I followed him over to the Methodist church and just saw really what they have going there. They're feeding over a hundred of our kids um on the weekends. And so, it just blessed my heart and I wanted to just publicly say thank you to them again. Um, everyone is doing so
022many different things this time of year, but um, I just wanted to stop and say we appreciate them so much. Many times we don't think about children in our community um, being in need of food and they saw that need. They stepped up and they do that every week and what a blessing, true blessing it is. And our families depend on that. And so, um, if you've never, uh, seen what they have going, I mean, they have a small army over there doing that work. and it just means the world uh to us. And then we have Miss Ellen Hurst here from uh the exchange club. So, let me tell you, a couple of times a month I get the treat to come on up here uh to have a meal with some of the
023most special people on the face of the earth and that's the exchange club and one of the most beautiful settings um in the old depot and I look forward to it. The speakers are wonderful. does a wonderful job lining up folks and uh but one of the most wonderful parts of that meeting is they recognize our kids at every one of the meetings. Um and so we get to brag on them, the families get to come and um and the kids get to come up and it's just a wonderful celebration and so and then they offer scholarships as well. So I wanted to invite uh the exchange club here because this has gone on for and so it just you know again I think uh you know the board again had the idea of hey
024let's reach out to some of the folks and there are more people that we're going to be saying thank you to. My goal um is to do this as we go through the year. Um but I did not want this year to end without us pulling in folks and saying thank you. and we'll be doing uh and making that a part of our board meetings because it is u just important. We'll be inviting the city because the city did scholarships as well. But Miss Helen, would you mention a little bit about the scholarships? Well, club we we usher at the basketball games every very proud that we can they invite the family but they also invite the teachers and so the teachers get to stand up and um read off all the accomplishments of the
025students and blessing and so we're in this blessing the board. Could y'all come around and let me get a picture? I'm disappointed. Um, Madame President, I would like to say that the group that furnishes the snacks for our children is called Snack Packs and they are a nonprofit and they do accept donations, monetary donations if you're interested in donating to the snack pack and they um provide food as as Dr. burger said for over a hundred students both at the elementary and the high school level on Fridays for them to take home so they will have things to eat over the weekend. Did want to mention that. And so the other recognitions that we had tonight, of course, we had invited the Keystone Singers who said we would love to be there and then they
026discovered they had a concert tonight. And so I'm going to I know people watching this on the stream. We may need to get Pablo out here and just introduce Pablo because I'm always talking to either Pablo or Josh. But Pablo, if you would take us back. Um I have the chamber choir from the concert at the high school that they're going to perform for you and then the Kitty Stone Singers who would have been here tonight are going to sing you a song and then we'll we'll carry forward in the meeting. [Music] Don't. [Music] It happens. [Music] My praise God. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Praise to the world. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] And then you have the Kitty Stone uh singers who will perform for you and that they're doing one song for you as well. This
027is the production that's going on tonight. his head. $29. [Music] [Laughter] And that was a folk song from Trinidad with uh some of the high school students coming over and doing percussion. Yes. And that's a wonderful thing as well to to watch them carry over and uh so granddaughter and Kitty Stone Singers. Okay. Well, great. They are phenomenal and uh they did a a wonderful production. Miss White does a wonderful job with the Kitty Stone Singers also. Um of course, Miss Propes and uh all that she's doing. And I did record some more. So, I'll blast that out to y'all as well. So, but uh again, we will have them at one of our board meetings and uh highlight them coming up. So, good stuff. Thank you for sharing. Thank you, sir. Do we have
028any public comments? Comments. At this time, we'll move to our finance report. Okay, you have in your package uh two months worth of financial statements. You have the March package uh which has includes the financial statements exhibits F1A through F3C. You have the combined bank reconciliation at March 31 with a combined reconcile balance of 7,775,37543. And that's the combined reconcile balance of all the accounts for Jacksonville City Schools. You also have the accounts payable check register accountability report for March 2025. The grand total of that is $472,6969. Uh, of those accounts payable checks, 35,98104 was paid from state fund sources, $157,71.84 from federal fund sources, and $279,16.81 from local fund sources. And of those local fund sources, $194,33.88 88 cents uh went towards capital improvement, the current uh construction project that we have going on.
029That's the March financials. And you've also got all the other reports that I do for you each month um showing the um comparisons and the balance and then analysis of uh local revenue, sales tax revenue, utilities, transportation. And then you also received the uh April package which includes the financial statements F1A through F3C for April 2025. The combined bank reconciliation at April 30, 2025 with a combined reconcile balance of 7,393,31665. And again that includes all accounts of Jacksonville City Schools including uh the two schools and CNP. Uh you also have the accounts payable check register accountability report for April 2025. Grand total accounts payable for April was 579,87.50. From that state fund sources paid for $219,44306. Federal fund sources paid $122,940.30 30 and local fund sources was 236,70414. Again, the local fund sources included capital
030improvements of 133,100.80. Have all the supplemental reports there for you. And if you've got any questions on any of those, I'll be glad to answer them. And um call me or email me. Thank you, Miss Sarah. Thank you very much. Recommendation to approve the JCS account payable and payroll for March and April. Can I get a motion, please? So move. Second. It has been properly second that we approve the financial report for March and April 2025. All in favor, let it be known by then A. I. I. I. I. So move. Are there any nos? If not, the motion stand approved as stated. Uh I just want to say uh we almost 6 months reserved. That's awesome. I'm assuming that Ezra has a lot to do with that or not. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean
031that's just right. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Um I know it's early. Have we heard anything from the state yet? Oh, we have. We have. You don't have right good. Wow. What is the state requirement that they don't want you to have too much money, but they do want you to have Right. Great. Thank you. Thank you. You do an excellent job, Miss. Thank you. You know, I appreciate you working with me. Uh I just enjoy working with you, but I I appreciate everything that you do so very very much. Next on the agenda, the superintendence report and new business. Yes. Um before I get into making any recommendations, I just want to just stop and brag. Uh we had our senior awards uh program the other day. Uh all my days are running together. This is
032just it's May. Um I love that y'all work with young people and students and in education or have been in education. You you know May is just one of those times. But uh we have uh passed $3.6 $6 million scholarship offerings so far. And so it it is a wonderful thing. I think that we will uh get past 4 million this year. Wow. Uh so that is a a phenomenal uh number. We have a lot of people investing in our kids who want our students to come and work for them uh come and be students. Also, we have uh young people who signed up to serve our country and and that we had a special recognition for that group and that just touches my heart and uh so different branches of the military that they
033will be going off and serving into. And so I just appreciate all of our teachers, you know, I tell our elementary teachers, I don't prek, you you're a part of this. You know, you can celebrate all, you know, we know that they're entering here, exiting here, but all of our teachers have touched the lives of our students. And I had to do a little bit of recording. You know, once we do the senior program, the senior recognition, the seniors go down to Kitty Stone and those kids line up. You would think that that our seniors are just rock stars and they are rock and but the kids are high-fiving and they're they're just having such a wonderful time. yesterday when we had that. We also had the retired teacher lunchon at Kittystone. And so I
034had an opportunity to meet some of the the heroes who have taught here and worked here and uh this band, the drum line circle back around and performed for them. And it was just one of those special moments where you see older students connecting with younger students, but you see um this group of professionals who have served in our system eating alongside the teachers that are teaching now and they're both celebrating the students that we have now. And I it's just it's special here, y'all. And it truly truly is. And it's not lost on me. And um but I want to just say how proud I am of our students, but how proud I am of our faculty and staff and that's all uh who are just investing in to our students and our community
035as well. But uh I'll get on into the the other, but I just want to take a moment to to brag because it's been such a wonderful just a special year for me and uh I want to thank the board for allowing me to to do this work. So, I'll move on and uh and get out of that. But uh I just had to today, you know, just it's been a wonderful year. So, at this time, I'll make a recommendation to approve the 2025 science textbook adoption and health science textbook adoption uh that aligns with the new Alabama course of study. Can I get a motion? So, move second. It has been moved and properly second that we approve the adoption of the science 2025 science textbook. uh according to the Alabama course of study.
036All in favor, let it be known by saying I. I just have a question. Oh, you have a question. Um are these digital uh paper books? Would you in the past they had been nomination? I didn't know what format these books. That's a great question. I'll try to get you an answer tomorrow. Okay. Okay. I was on that committee and it does depend on what you adopted and I'm not sure I know it comes in both formats but I just need to see kind of what we have moved away from traditional textbooks we are on Chromebooks but I can't tell you that all of this adoption is just pure digital I I would need to look at that so um did not serve on that textbook committee but I did um if I had to
037and if I guess one way or the other it'll be wrong so but I'm sure that depending on what which publisher. Yes. Well, depending on what they have a choice of publishers, I'm assuming, and then they go with the publisher that they choose that lines with the course of study. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. About seven or eight that the state chose the list that we had to really for them to choose. Usually that's how it is with we narrowed it. Thank you. Are there any more questions, discussion? If not, the motion is approved. All right. Next item is the recommendation to approve the extension of bid number 2024-02 CMP for milk and produce with Forestwood Farm Incorporated for the 2526 school year. Uh as per all specifications of bid requirements move second. It has been
038motioned and properly second. Are there any discussion? I am going to abstain in that seeing as how my wife is over that. So, so I'll abstain in that. Yes, sir. Thank you. All in favor, let it be known by I. I. I. One abstain. At this time, Dr. Barbara. Yes. I make a recommendation to approve the surplus of fifth grade textbooks and the removal from inventory. Move. Second. Second. of a discussion. Um, what will they do with that? Do you do you know what they do with those? No, they try to find a new home for them. But we we do try and there are, believe it or not, people who will um seek those out and and want those. But No, that's good. It is somebody used. We will try to make those available
039or we will make them available. Good. Thank you. I got a motion. So move. Second. discussion. Any more discussion or questions? It has been moved and promptly second that the textbooks be removed from inventory. At this time, personnel. Yes. I make a recommendation that the board approve personnel items A through V. Agree. Motion. We make the recommendation. Some move. Second discussion. Can't discuss. Uhuh. Yes, sir. I don't think that we voted. Did we vote? Did we vote for the uh No, we did not vote for what? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. We sure did. I thought we did cuz I restated it. Okay. Okay. Just discussed it. Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. Let's go back to item C, sir. So, can I get a motion? Made second. We had a second. We just need All in
040favor? I. So, move. It has been moved that we remove the the textbook, fifth grade textbooks from the inventory. Okay. Now, personnel. Make a recommendation board approve personnel items A through B. So, move. Second. It has been moved and properly seconded. Can we disc anybody want to discuss? We can't discuss personnel. Discuss person. Okay. It has been moved and properly second that we accept the superintendent's recommendation for the personnel from A through B. All in favor? Let it be known by I. Then I I then opposes. So move that we will accept the superintendent's recommendation for personnel. Now we need to confirm a date of our next meeting and it was suggested June 12th. At what time are we looking at? Well, it's June. We can meet as early as we want to. Yeah. I
041don't know that Miss Hall can do that. Anytime after 3:00. Are you are going to be on summer hours. What time will you close? 4:30. 3:00. 3:30. Yes, ma'am. 3:00. I work for y'all. Uhhuh. You tell me. You want to say 3:30 to be on the safe side? Okay. Yes, ma'am. Is that good for you all? On the 12th of June. Got it. You all That's early. Board members comments. Um, I did want to brag on Miss Pros and the coral department, the drama department from Sound of Music was absolutely fantastic. They've set a baseline. I can't wait to see what's going coming up next next year. I heard something through the grapevine, but we'll just have to see. We'd like to um congratulate them. They did a great job. Uh, also attended the living
042museum that the third graders had. um did the production of that and that was very interesting. They dressed as characters of different books and talked about the characters and that was interesting. Of course, the awards program was um glad to see that you know attended that. We have so many young people that are can't wait to see what life has in store for them. Just really proud of them and I'm proud of our community pulling together and I think we have a wonderful working relationship with the community. You know that saying, it takes more than one person for a billy. It takes a village to raise children. I think we have that here in Jacksonville. A lot of people contributing to help our students. We're all working together. I would like to say thank you
043to the teachers that are retiring. I was fortunate enough to work with those teachers and they have given their lives to this school system and so many children they have impacted along their career and I just want to say a special thank you to them. I also want to wish the graduates well. so exciting where they're headed and the things they're doing and um just wish them a great future. But I'd also like to reflect upon how many of our previous graduates are now graduating college. They're in the workforce. They're in the military. It just makes me so proud of all of them and our school system and our community. Our kids are doing great things as adults. And we've got a new batch coming. We do in a week. We We truly do. So,
044thank you. And it's exciting. Well, and in mentioning that, Balor at uh next Tuesday at Methodist Church, First United at 7:00 and then of course graduation next Thursday at 8:00 um at the stadium. It's at the First United Methodist Church at 7 next Tuesday. I I also wanted to recognize Miss Seta. Thank you, Miss Sitha, for attending today's meeting. Glad to see you. I just wanted to just say to all the teachers, staff, bus drivers, lunchroom workers, thank you all for taking care of our students throughout the year. Yes, hold on. There's only one week left. Please hold on. And on another note, I'd like to say congratulations to Coach Mcomes and the track team. Yes. U came up to me. He said, "I'm going to get there. I'm going to get there. I'm going
045to pass you." I said, "Well, go right ahead. The door's right." But he's doing a wonderful job and the staff, they're doing a wonderful job. Great. Yes. Uh I was just going to I'm going to actually ask a question. Uh banner, the new band room. Yes. Uh when is that going to be completed? Well, we're still looking at uh the end of uh May, but uh that's where we're at right now. And the overhead went uh through that uh time of uh inspection today. I'm sorry, this is May and so I am drawing our word. So, but the overhead inspection went by. um we are uh moving forward as uh as the time frame is and so but uh we are looking at at the end of May and I know that's coming coming up
046and so and we are pushing and uh I'm very proud of that building though. It looks wonderful. Um they are doing the finishing work on the inside and so fantastic. Well, I'm going to make Sarah's head spin because that's what I do best. Okay. after seeing the choirs sing and all that kind of stuff. And I know the band we and I've always wanted one here since I came here. That's right. 100,000 years ago. We need an auditorium. We do. Yes, we do. Badly to show off our kids stuff. Yes. Yeah. Uh I don't know what it's going to take. I don't know how we're going to do it, but we need one badly. We can do it. Uh I there's stories I could tell you about why we don't have one. Uh I don't
047want to get on that high horse. Yes. Set me down, Dad. But uh uh that's that's I think that should be our next project. Uh you know, we we've seem to be the uh the board that has built a lot of stuff and uh uh it that's next. We got to get some we got to do something about them at the school and we got to get an auditory. So that's the vision uh that we we need to have going forward. And with that, I say thank you very much everybody. Everybody's already go going last is always hard to get all this other kind of stuff in. But there you go. And with that, I also want to say this. I'm sorry I'm talking. Uh this past year serving as board president has been fantastic.
048Thank Dr. Barber for uh make making it very easy. Me, too. Uh, and uh, we just appre appreciate you and I appreciate you personally for uh, wrapping all this up and uh, I know the three of us are uh, up for reelection this uh, this summer. So uh, y'all can run things for a while. You'll be back. You guys will all be back. So uh, with that I'll be quiet. I just want to say thanks. Okay. Thank you, sir. I just want to say thanks to MAPCO and and our the exchange club and our community partners, the city of Aniston, city of Jacksonville. I'm sorry, Jacksonville, it's you. Uh I just want to say thanks because it means so much to have a city involved in the school system and you can see that the
049city of Jacksonville, the children are there. Why? That means a lot to give back to the children and these same children will come back and pour back into the community. So, thank you. Thank you, Dr. Barbara. You have just been super. I brag about you everywhere I go. Well, I'm I'm running out of $5 bills, so I'm down to $1 bills. I'm bragging, but I You just keep on going. I you know, but I appreciate that. I do. Thank you, sir. I have enjoyed this year so very very much. Thank you, sir. Uh, it's just been a blessing and thanks to Miss Blunt. You do an excellent job and we appreciate you. Let me just say Miss Curl putting this getting ready to get her neck. Oh, I'm sorry. Well, I I feel like I
050better too because she can, you know, she she's everything uh whenever it comes to getting this together and I appreciate her because she's been thrown many curve balls over the last few days trying to get this agenda um together. So, I'm sorry. I did not mean to catch up. That's all right. I felt like I better rush ahead of you so it didn't look like uh you were finding you. Well, she keeps us on our toes and that mean a lot when you give us reminders and reminders and reminders. We appreciate your service. We appreciate Mr. Gosset. You wanted to say something? Oh, well, I will when you come to the next thing. Okay. I'm going to entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. Okay. Okay, it has been moved and proper second that
051we journ. All in favor, let it be known by I. I. So move we will adjourn. Thank you all.