001I mean this opportunity arm. And so on behalf of We want to get a picture with all. Um, so that better. Okay. Um, and next we have Chloe Dean. She received a silver key award for science fiction and fantasy for the Kern King. Next we have Silver Key to Olivia Woodward for her short story um titled The Legend of the Wishing Well. Um, we do have some students who weren't able to be here tonight. Um, let me make Yes. Um, we have Micaia Wigan. She received an honorable mention and personal essay and memoir um for her um it was titled Pain. And then we also had a silver key award for Meline Penny, science fiction and fantasy for the lighthouse rumor and she's at a tennis match. And then we had an honorable mention to
002Haley Hardy for her personal essay and memoir titled Born with a Gift. And so I hope you know that you literally are prestigious um for these awards. And it also um I should recognize all of the teachers who played a part in you being here today. And so we just thank them as well and thank y'all for your support. Miss, we'd love to get your picture with the board as well. So y'all come around and then we'll let you get a picture with them without the board. I know. Will you? Let me let me get my spot. [Music] Grab one right here. Don't Don't leave. Don't leave front of that. So it's not there. Ready. Okay. [Laughter] Oh, I'm grabbing promise you we'll start the meeting right back in just a moment after the uh
003after the picture. Sorry about that. So before we get into um the personnel items or the action items, what I would like to do though is u just have uh one of our tech guys, I think Pablo is doing our tech tonight and just show a few things that are going on around the system if that's okay. Absolutely. I know sometimes I write y'all on Fridays on Friday talks and and this is not an exhaustive anything. Um, we had one student at the high school who had composed a beautiful piece of music and I wanted to bring it. I could not get it to work. So, next meeting, I promise. Um, and we have more recognitions and we have community recognitions lined up for the May meeting um to recognize people who've helped us all
004year long. So, um, they did tell me to cut my mic on. So, Pablo, if you would kind of start up there. Um, all right. So last night, u we had Sarah Sloppy and Drake Loggins representing us at the Bryant Jordan Student Athlete Program. There are over 190,000 student athletes in Alabama. Get your mind around that. And so to have two students in one region recognized and um they had already received a $3,000 scholarship for being uh recognized in a finalist there. And guys, thank y'all for being here. I fully understand. And again, congratulations to all. So, um Sarah and Drake, they were already finalists um again for our region. We were down at the Sheraton uh last night in the ballroom and thousand plus people. I mean, it was it was just this huge
005I've never been to that because I've never had an opportunity to go to that. So, to have two students, one for achievement, one for academics, and that's why they were recognized. And uh so they went through the interview process. We got there at 4:00. They had to get there at 2:30 for their interviews. And so we were sitting there um and names were being called out and Drake won first. And we just spilled. We were cheering and going, "Oh my word, we we have two kids here. here. They're already been recognized. And what that did was that bumped up their scholarship by another I think 3,500. And so, um, so we were we were just on cloud9. And and then, uh, Sarah's category came up and they announced Sarah. Now, let me just say to
006have two students there is a big deal. To have two students there to win state. Yeah. I'm sure maybe it's happened, but I haven't found where that has ever happened. And so I just wanted to congratulate them, uh, their parents, their their family. Uh, it was just a night of celebration. Again, we got there at 4:00. We had to be there at 4:00. They had to be there earlier. And I think we walked out of there about 9:30. So, wow. It was a full night. And I'm I know I was texting y'all late, but I was just too excited not to tell you. So, um, but we were just thrilled with that. All right, Pablo. This does not do justice to this p to this structure. The picture doesn't. Um this is the indoor um
007batting or the covered batting for softball. There's a game going on there right now. Um if the gate is open, which it normally is right now, please feel free to pull in take a look at it. We will be putting sides up on it, but it's at that place now where it has to be inspected structurally before we can start enclosing. Uh again, this is a project that has um been put on by um our boosters and I appreciate them very much. They have been there with us right from the very beginning and so our only expense has really been to uh bring the architect in uh and help us just get it approved through the state. Go ahead, Pablo. And it it really is amazing. All right, so the sound of music is coming
008on. Before you click that, Pablo, hang on. Well, never mind. they they will not entrust a clicker to me. So, uh the Sound of Music uh the uh High School Theater is uh going to put that on and so we'll be more than happy to uh if you have a time that you would like to attend, we will of course get you some tickets for it. But in true Jacksonville style, when you think that they can't go any uh more above what they've done because it's going to be wonderful, go ahead and click on it, Pablo. Hi, I'm Angela Cartwright and I play Brigittita in the original Sound of Music film. I am thrilled to welcome you to Jacksonville High School's production running from May 9th through the 11th, 2025. I'm wishing the cast and
009crew an incredible show. Break a leg, everyone. Wow. That's so when I clicked on that I mean because being a Sound of Music um you know I one of my favorites but to bring an original cast member I think from 65 um to bring an original cast member on there that's what we do in Jacksonville. We we do great things and then the teachers just take it to a whole different level that you can't even get your mind around. Now will she be president? She will not. But she uh is just on there promoting um for them. So now if she wants to come, she'll definitely recognize an original cat, but to to personalize it to that degree. Oh, absolutely. Is that not just, you know, go ahead, Pablo? Course that takes me back to
010my Lost in Space days. Well, I know. And she was in Lost in Space. Very good tribute. Very good. So, uh, so today, uh, we were at the College of Education, Professional Studies at the invitation of JSU. Uh, Miss Marie Manning came by our office. uh wanted to wish you well and said uh she wish she uh could stay for our board meeting, but we had a a full day there. She picked me up about 10:30 and I think delivered me back here by about 2:30. Um but they were uh doing the ribbon cutting for the school of education um and family consumer science and so uh donor came and uh has provided uh just a wonderful kitchen area uh food prep area, learning lab and so Miss Mason. And so we were just uh
011thrilled to be invited to be a part of that. And so a great day of celebration with all of the faculty, staff, community, um board of trustees, with JSU and um I think just even our partnerships are just becoming uh stronger each and every day and I love that. Um they you know just uh have been so gracious to us for being there as well. So what have they renamed the building? Does it just go by college? It goes by the college of education professional studies. I did not know that Kitty Stone here's my trivia that I did not know that the Kittystone site was the original college site. And so that just kind of so that was kind of neat to bring it back because uh it's a school of education started out as
012a college for teachers. Now it has made its way back there. And uh so that was I I thought just a great thing there. Um, I did some practicum work at Kittystone back when I was in school and just to get to go through and see the pods refigured and restructured and all of that. I know Miss Jennifer has more of a history there than I do. So, all right, Pablo. So, uh, Friday we have an inservice day and so we have ASV coming in and doing their poverty simulation. And so, um, if you are out and about on Friday and would like to volunteer, uh, we are taking volunteers to to come and help. I know may or may not be able to do that, but you're always welcome or to come by and
013take a look. U, we'll be shooting some, uh, maybe some video from that. I've traveled the state and helped conduct this piece of of training. And let me just say um it is uh something that will make an impact on you to see what people go through to try to finish out the month uh on uh just a lack of funds. And it hopefully we did a poverty study all this uh this year. That's been kind of our theme. And so Miss Clark did a book study. I know at the high school they've continued with that. So that being said, uh that will be taking place for both faculties, high school in the morning and then um Kitty Stone in the afternoon. And so we'll flip the trainings that are going on for um our
014inservice day on Friday. And and I know Okay. Marita and I did poverty simulation already. I have not. It's very, you know, it's um eye opening and uh it really helps our teachers and those working with our kids to understand what our families are going through many times. And uh so I'm uh looking forward to that, looking forward to the discussion that we'll have after that. And so uh the 100 uh you know I just try to find different things to to put up but both of our lunchrooms u just uh received 100s on their and again you know you just everyone makes up the system and so I just like to find different things that are going on and uh and share those things and celebrate those things. So um Pablo I think that
015probably is it though. Oh no wait I forgot you had two good-looking guys to finish this thing up. All right. So, uh, Chief Wood, uh, and I, uh, he is working on a safety grant for us. I wish I'd seen that picture a little bit before. I would have stepped back and let Chief Wood take a a better, uh, piece of that picture. But anyway, um, Chief Wood has been so gracious. He is working on a safety grant for us with us. And so, um, I appreciate them so much. We meet monthly, um, with Chief Wood, but then we do our walkthroughs monthly as well of the schools. And uh we're blessed, y'all. I mean, we're so blessed to have the people taking care of us that we have. And I just can't brag on
016him enough. So, while he was here this morning while we were meeting, um I said, "I just got to get your picture and let the board know that uh you're working on a safety grant for us." And so, it's a 5-year grant and um you know, we uh are going to take a a trip to Oxford. It's a piece of equipment that they put in. don't talk a lot about the safety stuff that we're doing um obviously but um we'll be working closely together as we always do. So and I think I don't know how it can get any better than to have us on there too. I really believe that. So um and at this time I can whenever you Dr. Barb you said you had never had a chance to attend that ceremony
017before. I have not. Welcome to Jacksonville. I know. I know. I mean I'm telling you we we just screamed and squealled and I and then I thought I don't care. you know that we were just beyond um just amazed amazed and and to have we have wonderful students and there were great uh students there um and their families and the coaches um but u Antonio Langum spoke and that was a neat experience uh for the kids to get to hear him and some of his uh history and uh very encouraging messages uh from all of those who were participating. So, yeah. And I appreciate that. I really felt special. Yeah. I walked out of there and I did bump into a couple of other superintendents. I said a couple of things to them, but you
018know, but it was a sweep. I mean, we swept it. So, we were walking out kind of like we It is what it is. So, that's what we do here. It is what we do here. So, all right. Uh, we are to item eight, which is personnel. I recommend the board uh approve personnel items A through E as uh as posted. A recommendation has been made. Do we hear a motion? So move. Second. Have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Want to thank those uh teachers that are retiring. Yes. and uh wish them well on their journey and appreciate all the time that they spent with us here and uh really appreciate everything they've done for our our students and our our time here. Okay.
019Confirm the date of our next board meeting. May 15. Right. Um yeah, if something Yeah. If something comes up that we need to Everybody good with 15th? What What time do you think? Earlier. I'm Let me see kind of what where we are on some some things. And so we may um have a a special, but um right now I'm not sure. So, I'll just kind of keep you posted and if I can, you know, if we run into that and I can get three people to drive by, um that we can we can handle that. And and let me just say I I appreciate Miss Curl very very much every day. But, um we've had things just so that we could keep things moving along. Um sometimes things squeal in here kind of last
020minute that we were working on and and she's been gracious enough to make sure that they wind up on board. So, what time did we say? Six. Six. Family. I'm still tutoring, so that'll be good. Six. Six o'clock. Then Okay. All right. Board member comments. I don't have a comment, but um I don't know if you had heard about Coach Russell's father passing him. Yes. Volleyball coach. Mr. Lipkcom's mother. And so, um, we're sending out condolences to them and reaching out to to them. I just want to reiterate how proud we are of our students across the board, all of them. You know, um, Jacksonville is a great place to live, but it's an very nice place to raise children. No doubt. No doubt it's special. Okay. Anything else? I will entertain a motion to
021adjurnn. So move. Second. Motion a second. All those in favor say I. I. We are