001e e e uh uh if everyone would please stand for our prayer and our pledge Miss Marson dear Lord we just come to you today and ask you for your prayers for safety your prayers for mercy and your prayers for guidance for this board and making decisions for our school system and Lord we just pray for our students our families our faculty and staff at both schools and our Administration Lord us wisdom may you give us Grace and may may you give us such a caring heart for each other Lord ask these things in your name amen I pledge alce to the plag 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 all right thank you very much now
002call this meeting to order may we have roll call please here here here here Watson is a little under the weather we have a quarum so we're going to move along okay uh we need to approve the agenda so mooves a second motion and a second all those in favor say I I motion passes all right Dr Barb recognitions we have [Music] Fant accomplish that that is a major major accomplishment uh we love to recognize them we also have a new cohort starting um with the JSU inservice Center so I look forward to to more of our people uh becoming uh national board certified yes I did cut it on thank you I know the technology comes by and gives me that look so we also have Mr Skinner here and he is going to
003recognize our Soaring Eagles um for December and January yes all right good afternoon everybody uh first of all thank you to our board members and thank you Dr Barbara our superintendent for just giving us this time to to recognize some special students um and uh we're going to recognize the Soaring Eagles of the month for December as well as January and just the Soaring Eagles that were selected by their teachers but it's it's not just about academics you know it's a little combination of everything about just being a good human being you know being a bright light in our school um helping others so just it's the epitome of just inops and the whole child so um we're excited to recognize first of all our December Soaring Eagles of the month the first one we're
004going to recognize is Ree Rollins so this is something uh her former AP biology teacher uh Miss Hillary Howard had to say about Reese so Reese Rollins is an 11th grader who really has had a turnaround in her life and attitude the past year a year ago she was at a Crossroads where she could have gone in a completely different direction but she chose to go the right path even though it was the harder one and it has paid off greatly for her she is a member of the golden eagle media mu alaa Key Club National Junior Honor Society student council and the varsity volleyball basketball teams Reese is also a JHS Diamond Doll and an ambassador Reese maintains a 3.9 GPA while taking JSU dual enrollment classes volunteering weekly at local nursing home and
005serving on the Junior League andison coun County teen board Reese embodies what it means to be a golden eagle and she is a great example of what a Soaring Eagle is so ree come on mhm all right next up um our uh junior Soaring Eagle for the month of December we have Aaliyah armor and this is what coach Owens our Civics and geography teacher had to say 7th grader Aaliyah armor is always helping her classmates with assignments and leaves me encouraging notes and passages of scripture to brighten my day Aaliyah school activities include choir theater junior varsity soccer and student council she also takes honors and accelerated classes in the community Aaliyah is a troop Scout a member of the Legacy club and a member in her church youth's club youth's club when her schedule
006allows you may find her helping out on a farm or babysitting Aaliyah sets a great example for her peers and is truly deserving of this award Aaliyah come on all right next up we're going to recognize our January Soaring Eagles of the month so Senior High uh Ramsey hindle uh officer Joseph Buckland uh our school one of our school resource officers has to say this so Ramsey is a bright shining star in the halls of this school he can always be found with a huge smile on his face giving high fives fist bumps and hugs to anyone who needs it Ramsey can also be seen every morning helping the lunchroom staff collect the breakfast bags he is an example of how a smile love and a good attitude can be infectious is Ram come on
007Ramsey all right and last our Junior Soaring Eagle of the month for the month of January we have Elise bonds so seventh grader Elise is a straight A student who always gives her best effort in anything she does she goes out of her way to help others in class she is honest positive and a joy to have in the classroom elely is a JHS student council representative and an academic honors award recipient she also takes honors classes and is involved with the JHS gifted program outside of school elely assist in the nursery at her church and is active in her Church's youth group additionally she is a level four competitive gymnast Elise truly deserves this war and that's what coach Darren Mitchell her math grade her math teacher had to say and Mr Skinner we
008would love to have all the Soaring Eagles come up and get their picture made with the board so if you would sh all right so our next recognition um is from TCI and so we have there we go and they will be uh recognizing our vocational student of the month always board members you to team yes that's what I was going to say the board knows kind of the routine of how it works we say how many times we can get them to get up and move around and uh play uh kind of Jack in the Box so now would youall like to get a picture together oh that's so precious of there but also the superintendent student where I came from all the years Super so I was stred I was stred and so
009we had students that was participating I think were um and so I don't know if was nervous all of [Music] Champion what did you win on okay you can do it you go to Washington was cool as a cucumber I mean the whole way through just jumped up and and got it done and so just so proud of all of our students now I'm going to board I may if it's all right while um you're still here um if I can take a little bit of Freedom here and just kind of I have some pictures I would like to show y'all and before uh everyone leaves and you are more than welcome to stay for this wonderful exciting meeting um where you get to hear numbers and all that and we we welcome that but
010in case you are about to leave um and don't want to stay for the entire meeting um I would love to show um and maybe talk a little bit about what you're going to see um I just and it's nothing major major just a few points uh on our building and uh some of the the projects that we're looking at doing and doing right now so I know Josh they will not allow me to have an advancer of my own anymore and so I I think they're watching so they're supposed to start that up so um Josh if y'all could go ahead and start there we go and so you may not know what you're looking at here but this is um out at the girls softball uh field and so we have the boosters
011out and they are working on uh putting up the batting enclosure and so off to the side there are beams there that are going up and so all of this has been kind of laid out cleaned up um we have material on site and it will not take long to be able to finish that again our boosters we appreciate them so much and we will recognize them but this is uh something that is no cost to um the school system and so that's what happens when folks kind of come come together and start working together and really all that we will have are the architectural fees involved in that and so I'm excited about that I I like projects I like seeing things being built I don't care if they're big things small things it's
012okay um but that's progress all right Josh right so this is the fanciest band Tower I've ever seen in my life um I mean it's it is uh something else so um I know Mr Gossett has some fond memories of that let's St talking about of that so uh today we actually did get back the um from the building commission the approval um from the state and so this will be a partnership in replacing this tower out of the practice field and so um we will partner with the schools um with band boosters and of course the board and uh we'll start building on that and have that ready um for uh time to get out on the practice field and and work on that as well so um but I be excited about that
013I you know again I don't know that I would do a lot of climbing up on that right now um no and Mr gossip we are putting steps and not a ladder up there so I know that was your request yeah lad all right Josh the next two are videos and so this is the inside of the uh Performing Arts Center and uh it's just a short video but I wanted to show the board too the mechanical work that's going on and the sheetrock that's going on it was a little cold to try to do any sheetrock mud today and um we had some kindergarteners that uh kind of sent me mail saying it was too cold for school and that it was glowing and want to know if I noticed that too so um
014I did so this is [Music] I love having PRS brings them out to the Rotonda and they practice there and so just a few things that uh I know everyone can't be I you know everyone has their work and and that's great I just want to highlight a few little things for you than so if you want to stay um we're about to get into the meeting um you're more than welcome to but at this time if y'all uh decide to leave you're more than welcome to do that as well how about that and so um and and we don't take it personally I promise oh trust me no yeah we we don't I appreciate y'all let me go first on that oh yeah thank thank y'all so much really appreciate it and that was
015just a a portion of the choir they I just happened up on them practicing and just thought well that would be nice to be a part of it's nice to see the choir and it has grown doing well so very very much it uh last time I mean we had a competitive fire I think is when I took them my third year at Jacksonville wow next year that somebody else took a bye byee bye bye yes please [Laughter] too all right she's a good one that's awesome okay uh item number six we need to approve the minutes of the January 23rd 2025 Jacksonville city school board meeting they'll move second have a motion and second any discussion all those in favor say I I any oppos motion carries public comments on agenda items no one
016sign no one signed in all right Miss Sarah financial report now for the really fun stuff fun stuff all right in your package tonight you've got the um monthly package for January you have the monthly financial statements which are exhibits f1a through f3c for January 2025 you also have the combined bank reconciliation at January 31 with a combined reconciled balance of 7,818 4677 and this is the reconciled balance for all operating accounts of Jacksonville city schools including the two local schools and the Child Nutrition program it does not include the funds held in escrow for payment of debt and for construction we also have the accounts payable check register accountability report for January 2025 this report gives you a check by check listing of all accounts payable checks written during the month of January the
017grand total was $497,000 16.80 and from that total 8,620 197 uh was paid from State eight fund sources $66,872 from federal fund sources and check number vendor name and includes a brief description based on the accounting code manual object code these reports um have been submitted to the state department of Ed and posted on our JCS website and if anybody's got any questions I'll be glad to those and you also have in your package all of the other reports that I do every month and if you got any questions on any of those also just let me know right thank you very much I recommend the board approve Jacksonville city schools accounts payable and payroll for January 2025 accept the January 2025 financial statements so Mo second I didn't ask for that but okay we're
018rushing it sorry sorry any discussion all right all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion car very nice all right M thank you for all that you do and getting all that ready we appreciate you very much very nice all right superintendent report and do business yes uh recommend the board approve uh action items uh listed 9 a through C recommendation has been made so move second motion I second any discussion all right all those in favor say I I I any oppos motion carries so we have a calendar ready to go and we do and I want to thank the calendar committee we got together we had um a parent uh we had of course teacher representation Administration um and so everyone uh had an opportunity to take a look at
019that calendar out in the schools and uh respond back one thing that in developing the calendar for next year is when you look at Memorial Day where it falls on the calendar and so when we develop the calendar next year for the next year um you'll notice the Memorial Day is further into the month of May and that will help so very much we've been squeezed um because there are certain things that um there almost sacred in in developing a calendar and that is July we want to retain July and we want to get out you know and we don't want to come back after Memorial day because that's what and so working and trying to to fit all of that in and so I appreciate um everyone their patience out in the schools knowing
020that this been a little bit of a challenge over the last couple of years um but we will have a little bit more flexibility as we go forward and I'm excited about actually having um Memorial Day a little bit later and and not having to try to uh put a size 12T and an 8 and 1 half shoe about that's kind of the way it's felt um but it will be be much better so but thank you it's very similar to our calendar of our work I was to mine too it's it's it's funny how it all just you know yeah all right uh item 10 Personnel recommend board approve um item uh 10A and um that's a recommendation to approve certain teachers on an as needed basis for the after school tutoring based on
021the time sheet of total hours work at $50 an hour 3 hours per week um February 25th 2025 through the remainder of the 20242 school year okay recommendation has been made do I have a motion move a second have a motion and a second we cannot discuss it since this person but so all those in favor say I I any oppos motion carries confirmation of our next board meeting I start uh after school tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays I'll get done at um Georgia time 5:00 what's the date for the next six that good for everybody yes good for me MH fantastic that's what still do W all right board member comments I just want to start off by thanking the um the schools The Faculty staff uh Dr Barbara for such an awesome book
022gift to us and the meal was just awesome at kitty Stan so we appreciate you all just even thinking of us because we render this service from our heart do we need to vote on that it was fantastic I always look forward to board appreciation fun they always go above and beyond absolutely and the cards uh from the first grade yeah thank so much for that so uh we got sure Miss Watson gets hers so wish her a speedy recovery she's just a little under the weather so right we'd also like to express our condolences to Dr weits yes and the loss of his mom yeah okay anything else B I have just a few handouts for you from ASB uh it's that time of year where they kind of just share information uh the
023financial rankings of the school systems so uh just for your information good thank you fantastic all right is anyone else going to the winter conference I am just me I'll miss you miss you know I'm sorry it's all right y'all y'all all got to do the the Christmas one and I was great my favorite thing so spring conference uh spring is it no is it Call it spring yes it's March okay all right I will entertain a motion to adjourn all those in favor say I I motion carries we are