001To 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. >> And singing the national anthem, we have Robert B. Turner, Titans, led by Monica Drury. microphone aimed that way. So, >> yeah. We're going to also do the other after that. Early what so we hle through the perilous fight we Watch so gall bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star spangle for the land and the free and the home of the brave. All right, we also have a duet and a solo is singing and we have JC and humanitar shiny. He knows. And if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows. All of
002the other reeer used to have to call him names. They never left for Rudolph. Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say, "Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" Then all the reeer loved him as they shouted out, "Hippy, Rudolph the Redeer, you'll go down in history. Good job. >> There you go. They're getting their gifts. I got it. >> Sure. Thank you all. Merry Christmas. Yeah, great. Can I get a motion to adopt the agenda? >> Motion to adopt Steve Carmichael. >> Second. Scott Brown with the first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Scott Brown. >> Yes. >> Steve Carmichael. Yes. >> Jason Collins. Yes. >> Mr. Fentrez. >> Uh, James Sergeant. >> Yes. Uh let the minutes show that all
003members are present. >> Uh approval of minutes. Uh recommend approval of minutes for November 10th uh 2025 regular school board meeting. >> Most approved. Scott Brown. >> Second. Steve Carmichael >> with the first and second. Can I go a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carmichael. >> Yes. >> Mr. Collins. Yes, >> Mr. Fentress. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sergeant. >> Yes. >> Financial report. >> Tonight, Mr. White is un is unable to be here. So, we do have a video with of him recording the financial report. Mr. Jury, is it are we able to connect up here? Could you please come help assist with connection? When them kids come back There it is. >> November should be eliminated. revenue continues to show an increase of approximately 5% expenditures
004for salary benefits. This is reasonable based on previously I do anticipate non expenses are up 1.5% significantly less than previous months are tracked Excuse me. Are there any questions regarding the financial report? >> No questions. Motion approved. Scott Bram. >> Second. Steve Carmichael >> with first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? Yes, sir. Mr. Brown. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carmichael? >> Yes. >> Mr. Collins? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fentrez? >> Yes. >> Mr. Sergeant? >> Yes. >> Orders of the treasurer? >> Are there any questions regarding the orders? >> If no questions, can I get a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. Scott Brown. Second. Steve Carmichael. >> With the first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown. >> Yes. >> Mr.
005Carmichael. >> Mr. Collins. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fentress. >> Mr. Sergeant. >> Yes. superintendent report. >> Thank you. And I'd like to welcome everyone um that is here this evening as well as everyone that is listening online. Um welcome to the December the 8th schoolboard meeting. Um thank you for your support. I'd like to uh thank the Titans, Mr. Alexander. They did a phenomenal job leading the prayer, the pledge, and our national anthem as well as our special music. Is always a treat to have our children here um each month. So, thank you um to Principal Alexander and Mrs. Jury for having the students here this evening. Also, I'd like to take a moment to recognize um some exceptional without stealing Mr. Murphy's thunder because he's going to go into depth and detail about our
006um 2004 2005 KSA assessment results. But um there's a couple little spotlights I would like um to congratulate. First, our Robert B. Turner Titans scored in the top 9% of the highest performing elementary schools in the state. Um did an amazing job representing us as the co- marshalss in our Christmas parade um over the weekend. Um and um they also celebrated if I'm not mistaken their third second or third US national news and world report um best schools second or third second um best schools award which is pretty phenomenal. Um we're very proud um of all the students and staff um as well as appreciate the the families, the community, everybody that comes together to support um our Robert B. Turner Titans. Um, we also have, so thank you, Mr. Alexander, for your leadership and
007all the great things going on at Robert B. Turner. We also have our inner county middle school. Without stealing their their thunder either, Mrs. Rose and some of the staff members from Orange County Middle School um have so so much to be proud of. Um, they're going to give you a lot of details around their performance, but top 13% across the state. Um, again, a significant growth, uh, a lot of praise and accomplishments, um, from our Mustangs. Um, we're super proud of our students, our staff, again, our families, our parents, our community. They've just done a phenomenal job, um, of leading a second year in a row, some significant growth. So, Mrs. Rose, thank you um, and your staff for your leadership and, uh, just so proud of all of the students and staff at
008Anderson County Middle School. We also had Inerson County High School get their second as well. Um, US News and World Report. Um, best schools um, nominee and and recognition again this year. Um, again, I'm not going to spend too much time talking about it because Mr. Murphy's going to um, talk quite in detail around that as well. Um, again, our school um, we have so much to be proud of of our schools, but also across the district. Um, I'd like to thank all of our school principles, our directors, um, every one of the teachers and staff members um, across the district make this place a very special place to to grow and learn and perform. Um, we again fell in top of state, top 22nd in federal, top 26 in state. And uh it is
009because of this unified um group of people, students, staff, parents, amazing teachers and staff and administrators um that we are able to accomplish at this high level. So I'm very proud um of all of our um our student stakeholders um and just really grateful for everybody that chooses Anderson County Schools because this is a pretty special place to be. We've had a lot going on over the course of the last couple of weeks and months. Just a couple things um that um have been going on in the fall and winter activities. I will miss some and I apologize for that, but I can't possibly name everything, but there's a lot of good things that I just wanted to shout out tonight. Just a few of the accomplishments, our Lady Bearcats, our Bearcats had a great
010start in basketball with a couple of big wins out of the gate, which is always nice to see. um wrestling over the weekend had a pretty awesome um start with three first place, one second place, and one third place win, which is so awesome. Um we had three fall productions, one at the high school, and then we had two community productions, which is pretty awesome. Um a lot of students across our district and across the community come together to really do a beautiful job um in those productions. SECCC had such a fun night of learning at their festival of trees. If you saw any of those pictures and the faces and the smiles, wow, it was a lot of fun for all the students and staff and families involved. But how awesome was the cafeteria
011staff and everybody who come together for offering thanks for the many things that we are blessed with across our across our families, across our community, across our school district. Those ladies and gentlemen served 4599 meals across the district. A lot of families come together, a lot of staff come together, a lot of smiles, a lot of just great things to be thankful for. So, Miss BJ um and and staff just do an amazing job. All the principles involved, all the staff involved make that happen. So, I'm grateful for that. And we're so grateful that the parents and the family members come and share all of that together in the schools. We celebrated and thanked our amazing substitutes on November 21st. Thank you, Mr. Murphy and uh Miss Jan for helping us do that. Brought a
012lot of um praise and smiles and thanks to those folks. We could not absolutely not do it without them. Um our cheer team at Anderson County High School won second place in the small varsity co-ed and earned a bid to nationals. So, if you saw that video and those those sweet smiles and uh surprises at their accomplishments, that was pretty awesome. So, we're very proud of our Anderson County High School cheer team. Our Mustangs, I hear over the weekend won first place in quick recall. Is that correct? Mustangs. So, we're very proud of our Mustangs and all the academic accomplishments over the weekend. And um we had 13 Anderson County High School participants accepted into KMEA state allquake all state choir which is pretty phenomenal and awesome. So a lot of great things going on.
013That's just a handful of things. I'm confident I missed a thing or two that um has gone on over the course of the last couple of weeks. Um but as everybody knows, we are nine days from Christmas break. Um everybody's excited about that. There's a lot of activities planned. You'll see a Christmas um party or two and a lot of smiles and um a lot of happy children. But I'd like to say thank you to a lot of people that bring those smiles to our children because of a lot of our community members and a lot of people that are very giving across our community. Our family resource and youth service centers are able to work with our local entities. um our sheriff's department, our Rotarians, our police department. So many people give a b
014so many people donate their time and it is just a true blessing to be able to go with a student and enjoy helping them and being with them as they shop and get Christmas um for their homes. I was blessed to be able to do that this weekend and I was so very grateful for everyone who organized that event and I look forward to going back again on the 20th. Um it will be our last one prior to Christmas break. But a big humble thank you to everybody involved in that that do so many great things for children across our school district. Just a reminder, our Anderson County Athletic Hall of Fame is this Saturday in Anderson County High School at 6 PM. Um, if you haven't gotten a ticket for that, you can see
015Mr. Athletic Director Ser back there. He will help you get um a ticket to that. And we do have a musical performance from all of our um combination of um schools on um December the 18th at 6:00 p.m. at Anderson County High School. Please, you don't want to miss that. It's always such a nice uh evening and a wonderful performance. Christmas break, as everybody knows, is December the 22nd through January the 5th. Um again, I'm confident I miss some things going on. Um, please check your children's calendars and uh make sure that you don't miss the great things going on in our school. But until then, we wish everybody a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. That's all I have this evening. >> Yes, sir. >> Comment. Uh, first of all, I'm very
016proud that the scores they had, but I'm disappointed. >> Turn turn on your mic. >> What I said is First of all, I'm very proud of the in the scores that the schools across our district had, but we have one school that I'm not proud of and I'm disappointed in. And I asked of you one of the things that as board that we've we years ago when I first we had this problem years ago and one of the things that we come up with then was a policy if there's not an improvement that that principal brings an improvement plan in front of us every month. You know, I know we got a new principal there, and I don't want to be hard on them, but I do feel like I do feel like that school
017can shine the same as all the other schools in the district because I remember the day that I made a promise over there. If they shined, I would do something special for them. I had that and you remember I had that uh Saffle Sangers go to the God house and they brought tears to people's eyes over there in front of every school district in the state those kids did and so I know with confidence they can do better and uh I would like for the her principal to be here with the plan and I ask each board member if there's something that they would need to help her with it so she they can improve for us to be willing to give it to them. But, uh, I I would like to see improvement. And
018I'm not trying to be the hard guy, but you know, it's just our community deserves it and the kids deserve it and we we need to do better there. >> Thank you, Mr. Sergeant. I appreciate that, Mrs. Lucas. Um and I will um be ready in January to present a plan um at the board meeting and I can assure you that Mrs. Lucas is working super hard at Sappel and uh so are all the teachers and the students. So thank you sir for your comments. Um that is all I have this evening Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. Uh next up would be comments from the visitors and we had no one sign up for that. So, next up is uh our accountability update. Uh Bobby Murphy That means Thank you. Um, and I want to
019start with saying Anderson County Schools scored in the top quartile of our state, the top 24% of all K12 Kentucky school districts being ranked 41 of 168. And that's a huge praise for all of our stakeholders, all of our students, staff, and families. I really appreciate that. Um, also, um, will like to say as well that we're higher than any contiguous surrounding county as well. We have seven counties around us. Were the highest. Maybe that'll draw a few more people to Anderson County. In addition, uh, our combined uh, elementary scored in the top 26% of all Kentucky school districts were ranked 44 out of 172. And the middle school scored in the top 13% of all Kentucky school districts, ranked 22 of 172. And our high school scored in the top 69% of all school
020districts ranked 116 out of 168. And you you see out of 172 versus 168 here. We'll note that four of our districts in Kentucky do not have high schools. That's the reason you see that difference. RBT scored in the top 9.2% 2% of all Kentucky elementary schools, being ranked 66th out of 717 elementary schools. EBW scored in the top 41% of all Kentucky elementary schools. They were ranked 293 of 717. Sappel Street scored in the top 83% of all Kentucky elementary schools, ranked 593 of 717. ACMS also scored in the top 20% of all Kentucky middle schools, ranked 66th out of 318. And something that you may not know is that when looking at all of our um schools and districts served by our cooperative, our middle school is ranked number one out of all
021of our middle schools served by our education cooperative. So that's something to be super proud of. Uh ACS uh scored in the top 70% of all Kentucky high schools uh ranked 159 out of 228. RBT achieved their overall performance rating of blue color. EBW is green. Sappel Street had an overall performance rating of orange. They were 4.5 points away from that yellow. Next level, ACMS achieved an overall performance of green and they're 1.5 points away from blue. And if they continue on their current trajectory, they will be blue next year. ACS achieved an overall performance rating of yellow. That was 3.2 points away from being green. Uh we also had a blue indicator in reading and math at RBT and ACMS. Green indicator rating in reading and math at EBW. A blue indicator rating in
022science, social studies and writing at RBT and ACMS. Green indicator rating in science, social studies and writing at EBW. Blue indicator rating in the quality of school climate and safety survey at EBW and RBT. Green indicator rating in the QSCs survey at Sappel Street Elementary and ACMS. green indicator rating and post-secondary readiness ACS green indicator rating and graduation rate as well ACS um got 97.4% that rate grew 3.4% from the prior year. No schools in Anderson County were federally classified as CSI, TSI, or ATSI which is comprehensive school improvement or targeted school improvement or additional targeted school and improvement. We don't want to be labeled those things. We don't want to be classified as those. So we that's a good thing. ACS was recognized by US News and World Report. They're ranked 59th out of
023all Kentucky high schools and number two in the Frankfurt, Kentucky metro area high schools. RBT is recognized by US News and World Report. They're ranked 92nd out of all Kentucky elementary schools based on NAPE testing and number 37th for math proficiency. Any questions on that slide before I move on? Captures a lot of highlights. Okay, quick table of contents. You can screen through that. Basically, we're going to hit on the indicators. We're going to look at overall accountability weights. We're going to see what's changed in the Kentucky accountability system for this school year or actually this 2425 school year. Look at color ratings again, federal classification status, briefly hit on that. Uh accountability profile and accountability scores and ratings and post-secondary readiness as well as graduation rate and our focus areas for growth and improvement.
024These are the same accountability indicators. They have not changed from the prior year uh to the 2425 school year. There's both state and federal indicators that you see there. Here are the respective weights at both state and federal levels. Um you can see that elementary schools have a high emphasis on reading results in reading and math as well as science, social studies, and writing with lesser emphasis on uh EL or English learner progress as well as QSCS survey. Middle schools uh follow a similar pattern in that way. reading and math weighted highest followed by social science, social studies and writing and then respective weights the same as elementary for EL and QSCs high schools 45% for uh reading and math 20% in science social and writing same weights five and four respectively for English learner
025and QSCs and post-secondary readiness is a pretty big one 20% of the accountability is based on it and 6% is based on the graduation rate so what's new this year is that Kucky's accountability system actually uh integrated a two distinct calculations. Uh we have a federal and state indicator scores and while they use the same foundational components uh such as status and change, they do differ in how that change is calculated and applied. The new calculation uh indicates that a federal change score is really a three-year average of the change scores using the current and prior year status scores and then it provides a little bit more of a stable view over performance over time. indicator scores are combined into the overall score of course and then you have your state calculations which determine your
026color ratings for schools whereas your federal calculations are used to determine classifications as I alluded to earlier CSI TSI and ATSI color ratings you can see up there there's the spectrum that you see blue down to red federal classifications I mentioned no Anderson County school received that we don't want to receive that that's a good thing and you can start to see uh dig into the weeds a little bit here with uh each uh individual uh indicators uh as well as classifications or ratings. So I'm just going to hit the highlights here and look at the two rows in the charts two top that is and you can see that the overall score for MAB is 70.1 that was down 2.9 uh points from last year. However, they were still uh in the green category.
027And you can see that they have two green uh indicator um as well as one blue one. For Robert B. Turner, you can see their overall score was 88.3 and they were up 5.6 points from last year. You can see all of their indicators are blue with increase or significant increase. Sappel Street was down 3.9 points from last year um which was at 50.5 and their classification rating was orange. You can see they have two orange indicators and they have one green indicator. You can see our middle school was up 4.1 points from last year. If you remember from my first uh slide up there that I looked at the highlights of the district, they're 1.5 points away from being blue. They went up 4.1 points from the prior year to the 2425 school year.
028So, as I said before, if they continue that trajectory, they're going to be well into blue. Indicator details, they have two blue indicators. They have one green. Here's the high school. They were down three points from last year. However, if you look at the cohort of students looking at their performance from 8th grade to the 10th grade, which is when they take the KSA assessment, those students grew. They grew academically specifically in reading and math quite a bit. Their overall rating was yellow and you can see that they have worn orange indicator two yellow and two green. For post-secary readiness you can see on the screen that actually I have um new information for the state for the 2425 it is postcary readiness is at flat 83 83.0. So we scored above the state um
029without her bonus uh with her bonus we got 93.6. So without the bonus our score actually increased from last year in that middle column that you see graduation tra uh rate trend I should say. Um I do have updated data on that as well. High school is 97.4. Our state average uh grad rate is 93.5%. So we're almost 4% above the state and focus areas of growth and improvement. We want to make sure we're maximizing proficiency in each content area um and all the core areas that is and that's going to entail focusing on uh proficiency and increasing it. obviously decreasing the numbers of novice and apprentice, strengthening Saffl Street Elementary's achievement across all content areas, uh strengthening the high school's achievement results in specific content areas, and improve the survey outcomes. As well, we
030want to make sure we're bolstering our core systems such as MTSS, that's multi-tered system of supports, our sped co-eing models, uh etc. to close achievement gaps. We want to maximize and increase performance of lower performing subgroups within all of our schools. We want to proactively integrate highly effective behavioral supports to improve outcomes both academically and socially, emotionally. We want to continue harmonizing congruence between academic targets, instruction, resources, and assessment. We want to focus on enhancing opportunities for all students to actively engage in those authentic, meaningful learning experiences across all content areas. As well, I want to end with another metric that I was able to uh uh put out there. Um, actually tonight I sat through and I said, I want to see how our county stacks up across all counties. We have 120 counties
031in the state of Kentucky. Anderson County is 29 out of 120 counties in Kentucky. So that may be something of note as well. That is taking out all independent school districts and looking straight at county school districts. And again, we're 29th out of 120. And if you want to do the percentage on that, that's top 24%, which also mirrors if you look at where we stack up across all school districts in the state. So, we're a solid 24%. Um, we want to we we know we have some things we're doing with respect to quality control and congruence, working hard streamlining our processes and our systems across schools, and we know that that's been beneficial. Um, so the trajectory is looking good for Anderson County Schools. I'm proud to wear AC uh tonight and every day.
032So, thank you for the opportunity. Any questions? >> Thank you. I do believe that orange. >> I appreciate that. I've um also uh worked with uh the principal as well as Miss Mitchell. She's taken a whole lot of her time as well to make sure that supports are in place. Uh making sure that we're meeting, making sure that we're uh scheduling outside uh support as well to get fresh eyes on what we can do better. Um so I certainly agree with you, Mr. Sergeant. I do believe that Sappel Street has all the potential for greatness and we look forward to them achieving that in the near future. Turn your mic on. >> Make sure your mic's on. >> Sometimes children from a poor home and an environment uh they don't feel like that they got
033any reason to to go above and beyond every day. They come to school and they feel they show they're they're taught with love and they get fed. That's something they don't have at home. They don't get have sometimes they don't get fed as well as they do at school. Sometimes they don't feel loved as they do school. So sometimes there's like why do I want to leave this? I want to stay here. So you know maybe in their mind that they would think well I'll just not pass and stay here because I it's better than what I got out in the world. And you But you got to give those kids hope and dreams that it's it's there for you. You just got to work hard and you you have to reach out to those
034kids that way. Give them the hope and dreams. And a teacher did me, you know, they gave me hope and dreams and uh let me know that I can, you know, I can accomplish something in life. I had a teacher that that's how I got what I got. sir. You're very welcome. Thank you. Good. All right, I'm going to move right into our uh CDIP, which is our comprehensive district improvement plan. Um, this is for this current school year, and it does uh entail board action. So, I encourage and appreciate any consideration of approval following presentation. There's this year, uh, there was a bit of a change. There's only really two goals that were required. Uh, but I felt that the other goals were still significant, so I wanted to make sure they were still
035included. two goals that are required are the first two that you see. The first one is the state assessment result in reading and math and uh these are are lofty goals um but they definitely can be achieved when when the right things are in place and the right people are in front of our kids doing the work. Um, I will say that these numbers that you see before you tonight very much um were derived from a cooperative's analysis on what high performing schools um look like in terms of where they achieve and how they achieve and there are variance to those as well. Sometimes there's hidden issues or gaps and things that maybe are not as easily visible in the data until you dig down into it. But ultimately uh 70% is really that benchmark
036that we're looking for with respect to proficiency um to get us in that highest performing category of schools and districts in the state. So our goal by spring 2028 is that Anderson County schools will increase the percentage of students scoring proficient distinguished in reading to 70% um across all levels um middle elementary middle and high as measured by the state summit of assessment. Likewise, uh, math follows those same percentages. Goal two is the achievement gap goal. Um, it's not as long-term. It's it's more of an annual goal. And, uh, that is that we will reduce the, uh, percentage of students in the special ed gap group scoring novice in reading and math to 20% or less across levels as measured by state summitive assessments. Goal three is our state assessment results in science, social studies,
037and writing. So again looking out to spring 2028 our intention is to increase the percentage of students scoring proficient distinguished in science by uh to 70% social studies to 70% and writing to 70% across all levels. Goal four is postsecary readiness. Uh it's a big one. We want to make sure that all of our students graduate and their life ready as I like to put it. >> It's had several forms over the years. College career ready, postsecondary ready. Really what it boils down to is that they're life ready. they're ready to um either go into the workforce or go into some type of post-secary um education so that they can make sure that they pursue their hopes and dreams and and have a good livelihood by spring 2028. Uh let me go back to this.
038Uh we want to make sure all of those uh students are post-secary ready by spring 2028. Uh, as far as the quality of school climate safety survey goes, we want to make sure that Anderson County schools uh will reach at least high indicator status on the quality of school climate safety indicators measured by that state summitive assessment. We also want to increase that rate um to 100%. We're not too far off from it. Um, but ultimately that's one of our culminating events that the greatest thing we can do is provide an education and a diploma to our students so that they can graduate and uh apply for gainful employment. English learner progress by spring 2028. Uh we also want our English learners, those that may have a u a different language than English at home,
039uh to meet proficiency levels at 70% across all levels with respect to that we to access state assessment which measures English proficiency. How will we continue to grow? We want to make sure we're exploring and implementing our educational best practices, strategies, and processes. As we grow by taking calculated risks and embracing each failure as learning opportunity for our growth and development, we will improve by systematically enhancing processes that elevate efficiency and quality with respect to safety, preparedness, and responsibility. ACS is implementing a solid plan together for the common good of our students and school community. Our unified plan is based on key core work processes that you can see below there. And ultimately, our non-negotiables are listed there. It starts and and ends with relationships. Uh but ultimately that's what you see as number one
040there. Uh beyond that, we want to be encouraging to all students. We want to maximize instructional time. We want to use those high yield strategies and cooperative structures. We want to make sure we're creating and monitoring lessons that are aligned to academic standards that are rigorous and that have high levels of questions. We want to make sure we're using data and being good stewards of it so that it's actionable. We want to make sure we're implementing writing in all content areas. We want to make sure we're providing timely and effective feedback to our students, setting those high expectations and staying on vision vision me message. We also want to work collaboratively with colleagues within schools and among schools. And uh as of recent uh we're learning from fellow districts. We're taking their best practices and
041making our making them our own. Uh and they've come to visit us as well obviously as we are a high performing school district too. We've been privileged to host several districts here in Anderson County. so that they look at our best practices and see what we're doing that works with kids. Um, we want to make sure we're utilizing those data dashboards as well and monitoring for progress and responding for improvement. Lastly, um, I'll end with a quick quote here is that, uh, if it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you. So, uh, if you've ever done anything hard and difficult, you know that not not everybody will do it just because the sheer fact that it's hard and difficult. So, yes, these goals are high. Uh, but ultimately, uh, we're never going to achieve at
042our potential if we don't aim high. And, uh, that's what we're doing here. We know our students are capable of it. We've got great staff, great families, uh, great support across our community. All right. Any questions you have for the CIP, CIP, I mean, sorry. All right. Thank you all. >> Could I just say thank you? I know you have a difficult job. I could not do your job. I would have never applied to do your job. It's tough. Both of those areas are just challenging and I know you you are a tremendous support to the folks who work in this school district. So, we're fortunate to have you in the position that you're in. So, thank you for all that you do to make all of this work for all of us. Thank you.
043>> Appreciate that, Mr. Carmichael. My wife and I are not native to Anderson County. We're transplants, but we have kids that are born and raised here and we're proud of that. >> Same on our end. Motion to approve. Scott Brown. >> Second. Steve Carmichael. >> With the first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carmichael. >> Yes. >> Mr. Collins? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fentress? >> Yes. >> James. Mr. Sergeant. >> Yes. >> Could I just say one more thing since it's on my heart and my mind? You know, testing is a is a great tool to be able to evaluate where young people are, but as teachers and as school administrators, we simply can't control all of the factors that impact our
044scores. It would be great if we could, but it's just not possible to be able to do that across the board. We have outstanding teachers and administrators and support staff and parents and wonderful children, but there are things that we simply cannot control. If there are things that we need to do as a board to support any of our schools, folks need to tell us that because we all want to be successful. It's great when you're on top of the mountain, but staying there is stressful. If you have challenges, that's also stressful and it's 24/7 365 you're thinking about test scores and how to raise those things. But again, if there's something that we need to be doing as a school board to support the superintendent and you and our schools, somebody needs to tell
045us that so that we can be a part of getting everybody where they need to be. Thank you. >> It would help a whole lot too if they quit moving the target. >> Amen. >> Aim the target and then end the year they move the target, you have something else to work for. So that factors a whole lot. Yes. >> Yeah. Can I get a motion to approve? >> Where? Never mind. >> Next. We just kept talking. Uh, next up we have Anderson County Middle School improvement plan, Miss Gina Rose and cohorts >> should have help. >> So, actually I brought the people who do all the work to do the talking this time. It took me 30 years to figure out how to do it right, but I'm going to let them do uh
046the talking. Um they actually gave me the parts that I'm going to share and then they're going to tell the work that they've done because um as you see the tile of our presentation is a road to success. We missed it. The blue status by 1.5. um that wasn't easy to accept, but to be able to maintain and continue to grow from what we did the year before cuz a year ago I got to stand before you and tell you we grew 21 points uh which had not been done before and we continued that growth and built even more. And we're going to show that. But they're going to tell you the road that they've been on, it's not been easy. It's been hard. It's been curvy. Uh it's been stressful. But three of the
047four behind me up here with me have been with it since the beginning. And then a new one has joined the team and has been is able to see what the work that has been done has helped for new teachers to join the team and not miss a beat. So that's that's been good from that side, but also has the side of a perspective of when the team member went through the middle school within the last 12 years of what it was like before and the difference it's made for students from that perspective. So we'll get started. Um, and like I said, they're going to do most of the talking and I'll just I'll do the clicking part. Um, I click maybe I might there. Okay, there we go. I was doing the other thing.
048So, that is when I say the Mustang team, that's all of our staff and our students. So, that's everybody that's in a building. Uh when we're all present, when all the students are present, we have 768 students um in the middle school. And again, they're all tested. I told you that last year. Every student in the middle school takes the state test. Every 768 children will take the reading and the math test. That's a lot of kids. Uh that's more than I think close to it's equal to the rest of the district at least. Um you see our staff members that are certified there that we have. Um and then down at the bottom the support staff, our classified staff. Those people are extremely important as well. um because they also have a role in
049the success of every child in the building. Um so as Mr. Murphy had said earlier, that is our status. Uh we went up 4.1 from last year, 1.5 away from blue, but in a 2-year span, the middle school has gone up 25.1 point. Um that's it. It's it's a huge improvement uh from where we were two years ago. and we're going to continue to move that. But if you look at each indicator, reading and math, and then if you look at the science and social studies, all of the growth that our content indicators have done are in the significantly increased category, which is the highest category of growth in the state rankings. So, we did that and all of our indicators um this year for content. The status in each of those are high. But
050if you look at the proficiency, our reading and our math are both above 50%. For several years, I had to stand here before you and our reading and our math be in the 40s. So we now have reading and math performing in the 50s. Uh it's going to be higher than that next year for performance at the end of this year. But then if you look at our SC our social studies and writing down in the other indicator, they're in the 50% proficiency as well. So we're going in the right direction. We're getting there. our goal is 60 and and they're going to get it. Um special education is one of our um gap groups that we have to focus on a lot and both of those made a significant increase in each of our
051core indicators and they're going to tell you why that occurred. But uh one of the main celebrations I want to stress again that Mr. Murphy indicated is for the districts and our co-op Anderson County Middle School's number one. Uh we were not that two years ago. We were in the 20s. Uh these staff members behind me stuck with it and they moved. Um I went on a school visit to Boy County Middle School 2 years ago and I went there and I watched it's a new building. It's got state-of-the-art everything. Our building's 27 years old. Um and I came back and I said, "We're going to do what they do and we're going to do it better." And we did. We outscored them this year in our in our building with the facilities we have.
052we were able to do what they did in that brand new building and we did it better and we're going to continue to do it better because that's what this staff does. Um, so our first strategy that we're going to talk about is going to be the structure because you have to have the structure, you have to have the plan, you have to have the consistency of what's expected every day in order to get it done. Uh, part of that is to maximize instructional time throughout the whole day. That's not just a schoolwide schedule, but it's also within the classroom. So you have to have a very tight daily schedule. Uh everybody has to know the role where to be what to do and at different times and that includes our weekly schedules for our
053department meetings, our content meetings or just even individual team meetings. They're scheduled um and there is an intentional focus for each one of those. They have the work done before and we come in and we talk about and then they use each other's strengths to um go back and problem solve on what needs to be done. That also goes along with our weekly walkthroughs for administrators or coaches or anyone else to come in and give them feedback on what they're doing. Not to catch them doing bad or anything of that sort. It's really to give them feedback on the work that's being done. So now they're going to start talking about their different points. >> You're up, Miss Case. >> All righty. Um, one other thing we do for structure is we've been giving weekly
054form formatives. Um, and we have changed that recently so that now every core content has their own day for their formatives. That way the kids aren't overloaded and it's able for us as teachers to auto to use our resources to make sure all the kids get what they need to be successful on those formatives. So we now have our own day. So for example, language arts, I do my formatives on Friday. Math does it on Thursdays and social studies and science have their own days. That's nice for the kids. They don't feel like they got five tests going or four tests going on a day and they can focus on that one formative be successful. One of the other option or the other components of our structure is the station teaching. So when it comes
055to smaller groups and intentional support for the kids that are struggling with certain topics and we can look at it, it's all data driven. Um, so those weekly formatives that we use then go into our intentional grouping of those students and the planning on what supports those lessons would need. Um, and then the incident in incidental benefits with having a special ed teacher in maybe one of the stations and or just an interventionist. Um, all students that would struggle with that content would have the opportunity to get that additional support throughout the day. >> Uh, to follow up on that, both with the weekly formative and with the data that we use, we do monthly data monitoring. So that means we take our cumulative data as we go throughout the year and we use that
056to analyze the growth of students. So for instance, we looked at just recently November and we're going to be able to go to December and compare are our students growing or are they not? And we can meet those kids before it gets to the end of the year and it's too late. >> Uh my bullet point got covered up, but I was going to talk about the rewards and recognitions of our students. Um, so we'll look at our weekly assessments and we'll ba get a good gauge of where our students are at. So if they got 80 or above, what we usually do is we'll give them a treat and then like an extension activity based on that unit or that quiz. Um, and if they got an 80 or below, we'll do like a
057retach or a coach day where we go over the most missed standards on that quiz or that assessment and we'll go over it. That way we can make sure that the kids understand the standards that they're missing and not getting. So the next strategy is utilizing resources. And resources comes in various forms. It's not just money. I know we all come to you all to ask for money, but it's really not about money. It's about making use of what you have, whether it's a person, whether it's your building layout, whether I mean, it's just anything. And so our D district staff uh that's not necessarily housed in our school, but from our curriculum, from our technology, from our buildings and grounds, from our student support, all of them that sit in here, they help with
058whatever we need. If we need to rearrange something for the facility to do that, they do that. If they come in and deal with technology, um they they do that at the drop of the hat. They look at us and say, "What's what are you doing next?" But I mean they they tolerate us and that using that our CKC consultants um we have access to them and they come in monthly to help us just it's another set of eyes but also it allows the teachers to bounce ideas off of them. They can actually go out and find resources or examples for us too instead of teachers always leaving the classroom and going somewhere else. We do go somewhere else. Like I said we made a trip to another middle school two years ago to see.
059But it's it's also easier to get a different perspective if somebody goes out and gets us information or resources and brings us back to show us what it looks like because they're still teaching in the classroom every single day and if we take them out of the classroom to go somewhere and look then our kids are losing that instructional time. Um so with that um we also are adding this year um starting in January we were very fortunate to be selected to have the Gear Up Grant. So, that's going to be a 7-year resource. Um, not only for the group that's identified, it will start with our current sixth graders and move all the way through until they're out of the district as 12th graders, but the high school gets benefit of that same gear
060up grant every 10th grade or 11th grade group and 12th grade group. So, in January, it's going to start with sixth grade, and they're going to get all the support every single year, which also gives it to the staff, but the high school's going to always get an 11th grade and a 10th grade group, too. So, that's going to be a college and career ready focus that comes to the district as well. >> I'm going to add to the CK consultants. The consultant we have has been very beneficial, especially for me as we were making changes into station teaching. Um it was nice to have her come in, help me problem solve. I don't know how many times we rearranged my desks in my room to make it work better. Um but she was very
061beneficial and helpful in helping me work through the kinks of doing station teaching over the past few years. So that's been a great resource. Um the other thing we have and we use quite a bit is we have a lot of aligned curriculum resource materials that as core teachers we can pull and use um and make sure that there are various different opportunities for kids to learn in different ways. So I know that a lot of us use different um of resource materials. I really like that we use Study Island. Simple solutions is one we've used. Um Coach Digital is one I rely on a lot. Those things are used to supplement my instruction. They don't drive my instruction, but those resources have been really important and vital. >> One of the largest things that
062we utilize just as a school is our staff, our teachers that we have every day that are the ones that are doing all the the hard work every um single lesson that we come up with. But the largest thing is that we ask of our students is that we use their strengths every day. And our admin does the same thing with us as educators. So, the strength areas that we have, we make sure we utilize those. Um, we're very flexible with staff if certain areas that you see as strengths come out and you need to move and we change up grade level subject areas. Um, it's just kind of the benefit wherever it best meets meets the kids as they go. So, >> another thing we really want to point out is the release state
063assessment materials. So, at the beginning, I think even when I first started teaching, which wasn't too long ago, but anyway, um there was a lot of multiple choice questions, and I think those release test items really helped us realize that there's more than just multiple choice on our test. And so, when we saw those release test items, we were able to understand the wording of the questions and the different question types and better prepare our students for things like that. So, one resource that we use in math class would be a Math Nation. Um, Math Nation is a great resource. It allows us to basically get an underpinninging of what we're going over in class. So, if they're not understanding a certain concept, they can go to sixth grade cuz I teach seventh grade math.
064They can go to sixth grade, right? And then get an underpinninging of what they're not understanding, right? So, we'll use it for um kind of test reviews too as well. Um it's a great resource for us to use and kind of gauge where our students are at and help them based on their own indiv. >> So another strategy we're doing is the collaborative piece. They've talked a lot about this already but the common planning the grade level teams um and how everything can communicate together when they analyze their data when they see a need that a child has. Uh, for example, Miss Creech mentioned if they need to fix something, they're able to fix it right then. They look at their data. We don't wait or we don't move on and not fix it. We
065did that before. Uh, we taught for 60 minutes. We had them in a classroom. We taught it. We moved on. Now, with the stations, you can fix it right then when you see it before you go into the next day. Um, and all of our teachers are providing special education support um, because we pull them out of different classes throughout the day to give them their accommodations and to help. So, every teacher is on board with helping every single child in some way, whether it's intervention, whether it's special education, or whether it is a regular education um, teacher. So, the next part of it is the curriculum and instructional planning. And this is where a lot of the work started four years ago. So we started with the quality core congruence piece where we worked
066very intentionally with uh CKEC to come in and dig into the standards. Um I actually spent the morning talking to Senator Reid who visited the middle school today and he asked, "Do you need an electronic curriculum that the state needs to provide for you?" Um, my comment to him, Miss Mitchell, I didn't tell you this, was no. Because if you get something that's already made, it's made at the national level. It's not made at Kucky's level. It's not made at Anderson County's level. These teachers sat down during their professional development time on that quality core congruence and they aligned their standard, their learning target, their formative assessments, their unit assessments, their lesson, their teaching directly to the standard, not using a pre-made PowerPoint that's already got something on there that may or may not be
067directly aligned to our standard. They've built their own curriculum through the hard work for three years. We're on year four at the middle school with the quality u core congruency work. It's made a difference because they've learned the standards. They've learned how to dig down. I'll let them talk about that just a little bit. One of the things we've been doing is working really hard to be consistent across all classrooms when it comes to teaching reading and writing strategies. So, for example, in language arts, if you go into any language arts room doing an ERQ or short answer, we're going to be teaching kids to use the race strategy to write those. You may also see them using unravel as a strategy to read and and to analyze text. So, those strategies are used in
068language arts. I know that there is a common strategy for social studies with DBQ that's now being passed down to seventh and sixth to get those kids ready for their eighth grade DBQs. And I know that our literacy teachers work really close together to make sure those kids are ready in the writing standards for the on demand and that has shown and I think that's a lot of our growth right there is us working together in being consistent across the board. >> The planning piece again comes from the data, those weekly formatives, the summitives as they come along with each unit um and using that to grow the lessons and what you might have thought that you were going to do that week. If you look at the data and you change it, it's kind
069of on a whim. you you do what you have with what the the students are performing at. Um but even from a special ed standpoint, it allows for um small milestones of growth. If they grew from the week before, you don't have to wait until the end of the unit to celebrate that with them. So they see those small improvements and sometimes that is the the most motivation that they can get. It's just those small celebrations we can we can show them. >> Yes. And I think this work across all grade levels and across all subjects has really provided some consistency for us because it wasn't just a focus of one subject and one grade level where it was like hitting them more. It's more that all of us are putting in the work and
070together we're letting them grow together. We're working together across subjects to make sure everybody's getting the information that they need. For instance, I think our seventh grade ELA teachers are including science in their reading passages so they can help get those concepts taught. And I think that's a great skill and again just the collaboration that all the staff are doing together. >> Um so one strategy that we use is to differ instruction uh based on like a group um or our stations. Um so coming from being a student and not having the stations um seeing this being a teacher is awesome because we can differ our instruction or lesson based off what the student needs. So if a group needs a certain underpinning or content uh we can teach that but if a different group
071is not understanding something or like a different content then we are able to teach that. So it's able to uh kind of get with our stations and make sure our students get what they need. >> A key part of this is having everyone involved. Um something new this year again back to the structure maximizing our time. It's more than that. that is maximizing your personnel too. So we've heard for years since co especially about the social emotional part. Um that plays a role in student success in the classroom. So one of the new things we put in place this year is we've utilized their counselors better. They are actually teachers too. So, they've started a calming room, which is new, that if a student's having a moment and and things happen and they they get
072anxious, we have anxiety, we have just they get nervous when the test is getting ready to start, they can go to this calming room that the counselors have created. Um, and they were given the direction, make a calming room to where students can go, they can regroup in about 10 to 15 minutes and get back in the classroom and they're being more successful rather than having to miss u because they just can't get it together. They're struggling that day and then they go home. So, they've really worked hard at doing that and students are being a whole lot more successful. The counselors are going in the classroom and actually doing lessons, whole classroom lessons for each grade level this year. Um, our youth service center provides support. She um gives supports to our special needs
073students u with accommodations and testing. Our librarian does that. They implement schoolwide activities for the students. So, we've gone beyond just the classroom teacher. Every staff member in the building now has a role. Um, it's been hard. It's been a change in mindset, but everybody's seeing what it's doing for the children u throughout the school day. Um, and another important piece strategy that we're doing it that we focus on is the students and staff. As they mentioned throughout the whole piece, it's using the data. Using the data to see what the students needs, but it's also that's giving us where we need to help instructional support with the teachers, utilizing the strengths of each staff member. As Miss Creech mentioned earlier, we have a wealth of resource on our own team and being able to
074utilize them to go in and help somebody else when they're struggling with getting a station lined out. It's utilizing everybody's strengths because they've grown and they've built each other up. Um, and it's getting every staff member in the right seat in the right role and helping them continue to grow. And then finally, setting goals. these are our goals for this coming year because all that success that road leads to the goals that you set. Um so you can see where we want to be with our novice. You can see where we want to be in each category with our proficiency. But the bottom line overall is our goal if we meet these numbers we'll be sitting at 80.2 this time next year. Uh we're 1.5 away which would give us at 77. This overshoots that
0751.5 because there's no need just settling for the bare minimum. you've got to move forward even more. Um, that gets all of our core groups above 50% proficiency, um, but also getting them um, 20% below novice. And doing those things will also improve our special education along the way. So ultimately, if you look at their sweatshirts, that's the theme for this year is doing all those things, you're going to have every student every day getting the support they need. and the success for them is just unlimited in the middle school with the work that's being done by the teachers. They've done the work. Um I'll pick on Miss Case because her saying is when they see me coming down the hallway going, "I've got an idea." They literally turn and go the other way because
076they know they're going to have to come up with something creative again, but then they come back and they go, "What do you want?" Uh and they do it and they work hard and they don't give up until they they get it done. They use the resources like they said. They'll ask each other. But again, those things uh are going to be our continued focus. And again, we're on year four of the quality control uh the quality core congruency work. It makes a difference because it's it's given some everybody the same thing to start on. Um I'm going to connect it in to what Mr. Sergeant said earlier about one of our elementary schools. We're going to help them because those are our kids, too. And we're on we're on the same team with that
077school. We're going in there to help. We're going in there in there to offer our support on what is it that it takes to get the stations going. Um, and they're going to get there. We were in their seat two years ago. It wasn't easy, but this group has done it in two years. These three ladies did. They've been with it. He was brave enough to join the team. Um, but like I said, they stuck with it. We had some leave, but these three behind us stuck with it and they brought new people on and it's it's made it a lot better. It's made it a lot easier for people to understand, everybody to know what to do for kids. So, it's a long presentation, but they've worked hard to get to share that um
078because it it's been a good road. It's been a hard road, but it's not a road they're giving up on either. So, questions. >> I want to comment you all the reason why passionate guy. >> One of the reasons why I'm so passionate about testing, I work at a company where there's not a position in our company that we have that you don't have to pass a test. There's not. It doesn't matter how hard you work and how how you perform with your job. And there's a promotional job comes open. Unless you can pass a test, you're not going to get it. And they send you off to a testing site, individual company. They put you in a glass room, they strip you, and I'm one that can be the person I'll be the first
079to admit. You get there, you get nervous, you panic, and sometimes you don't pass. I'm one of them that didn't pass a test for a position that I wanted because I panic because you know and that's why I'm so passionate at the younger age. We have to train our kids to be able to get over that fear and to be able because when you get out there in the world of work that's that's how you get and make the top money is you've got to perform. And you know I don't agree with it. I don't agree with the testing. I because some of the most brilliant people in the world don't do well on tests, but in today's world, that's the way it works. And we in order for us to be successful, we have
080to go with what's what's out there. This group has worked hard to do that. They take 768 different personalities and put them together on a test day. Um, so they they get it done and they they've stuck with it. So some days are harder than others, but they still keep coming back. So it's it's a good group. I'll put them up against any staff in the state. M Rose, I just want to commend you and the staff as well, the students, and all of the teachers at Anders County Middle School on the growth. It is to be commended. So thank you all for your hard work. I'm I would love for them to tell their name, their position, and how many years they've served. I know they hate this, but we have to hear this
081from all of them because I love >> trying to get away. >> I know. And I knew that. So, I have to ask them to share that, please. >> You're now aging me. >> It's okay. Me, too. >> I'm Heather Casease. I've taught all three levels of middle school at Anderson County, and this is year 27. >> My name is Caitlyn Creech. I'm a special education or special education teacher. Um, this is actually year 10, but this is year three in Anderson County. So, um, I've done all three grade levels in both content areas. So, >> hi, I'm Jennifer Merchant. I teach seventh grade math and this is my fourth year at Anderson County. >> I am Tyler Case. I teach seventh grade math and this is my first year at Anderson County Middle School.
082>> Can we please just give them a round of applause? >> Thank you all. >> Miss Rose, I'd like to congratulate you and your team. U middle school kids are very special. >> Uh maybe a little difficult at times. It may be harder to improve test scores in middle school than any other school in my opinion. Thank you and appreciate you. >> Miss Rose didn't give her years. >> I said you didn't give your years. >> I believe that was a non-action item. Uh moving forward, we have uh occupational therapist contract uh consideration to approve the attached uh occupational therapist contract to provide services for students. >> Are there any questions regarding this request? >> I make a motion approved. >> Steve Carmichael >> with the first and second. Can I get a roll call
083vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Carmichael, >> yes. >> Mr. Collins, >> yes. >> Mr. Fentre, yes. >> Mr. Sergeant. >> Yes. >> Safety update. Travis Harley. Thank you. appreciate the opportunity to be able to share some updates with you guys in regards to safety of our school district. It's the first word in there in behind you. We are safe. We're always working on being safer. So, it's it's a continuous improvement process and some of the things that we're going to go through are exactly those. Some of these we've been working on for some time and we're able to say that we've got them done and we've got other things listed that we'll we'll we'll be doing moving forward. So, I'll go ahead and and begin with the safety updates.
084If you'll notice on that uh second page there, guardrail. Uh if you've if you've been around campus for a while, there's a guardrail up on this hill right here between Emma Ward and ECC. Um several years back, I don't know exactly how many years back, but Mr. fields had that listed as as an ongoing item that we had for a safety concern to protect any any obstruction or any vehicle from coming over that hill and going into that playground. Um, we were able Miss Mitchell was able to uh complete that work this this past fall. So, that is something that we do have there uh up now. It's it's it's a good thing to have that. And when we were doing our safety walkthroughs, which I'll go back through in just a few minutes ago,
085that was something that was brought up. That has been completed. Traffic light out um front here is something that's always scared the heck out of people. I don't know if you've ever sat and wait for the light to turn green and then make sure that you look both ways about 64 times to make sure that nothing's going to run through that stoplight. Last spring, we had a couple of accidents out there within a few days of one another. Um one was pretty scary. a tractor trailer actually was was removed from its chassis in the process of having an accident out there. It was rearended um and it was all geared around the visibility of being able to see that light change in a manner where vehicles would stop and observe that red light. I worked
086with um the state uh director of maintenance and they actually add have added additional lighting. If you've noticed those, there are now two additional lights uh facing both directions. what makes it a little bit more um visual visual from a further distance away. And thus far hopefully we'll be able to see the results of that as as folks observing that stoplight and actually stopping. In addition to that, uh Lieutenant Lyens has worked with road crews and the sheriff's department to add additional um crews out there or monitoring of that light and that that's working to help us out as well. Next page, vape detector sessation and the data there. Vape detectors that were purchased from opioid abatement funds have been installed and are fully operational at ACS and ACMS. Uh with your approval last spring,
087those were purchased over the course of the summer. The hardwire and the um actual devices have been placed in both of those schools in each of the restrooms that are there. AC schools have partnered with the AC health department to increase access to cessation programs for students have addressed who have been addressed by school administration for vaping or using other tobacco products. In addition, increased adult supervision, vape detectors, and our partnership with the health department and our assessation efforts have all reduced student infractions at schools for vaping and using tobacco products. You'll notice at the bottom of that sheet of paper that you've got there, we actually have a um recorded on nearly half a drop. That's that's a significant drop. You'll notice there in 25 26 thus far there's 24 recorded events as opposed
088to 42 from a year ago. So those those items are having an impact. Safety walkthroughs local and state marshall both of those things I'm going to address. local walkth through uh consists of myself, school administration, SRO, Lieutenant Lyens, and sometime in some cases that will also be a custodian. We have local walkthroughs that essentially are practice rounds for us to make sure that we are observing the uh risk assessments that the state school uh school state marshall puts out in each of those. We've completed one at each of the schools. All visits were conducted in a manner to address all hazards that could be present. These included all aspects of the safety plan and also things that were not on the safety plan such as and these sound crazy but they are they are hazards
089all the same and they are such as wasp nests that are hanging that we've not addressed down fences storage of ladders and other equipment that could lead to hazards or blockages of exits. Narcan dates, AED locations and distances, drop off pickup areas uh for safety, less visible door and window numbering. This is something that we've uh now we are going to work on having matching numbers. All of our doors and windows are numbered for for first responders so they can see those from the outside of the building. Those will also have reciprocal numbers on the inside of the building so that someone that is calling out for an emergency can also have those observed as well. Considerations moving forward. as a part of this walkth through adding an intercom and the new vestibule at ACMS
090was one of the things that was brought up. Um, we are blessed to have a new vestibule there, but you don't what you don't know what you don't know until you get involved in that. And the SRO and the principal at the school essentially told us, you know, once we once we have a visitor inside of the vestibule, we can't communicate with them. There's no intercom there. So, that's something that we'll we'll add to a list of considerations moving forward. Removal of trees and brush at at Robert B. Turner, ACS, also at ACS between the sports field and 127 potentially. uh additional fencing at RBT potentially camera additions at SEC and camera relocations and a gate at the side of EBW to replace the chain. These are a few of the items that were um
091among the list of things that we compiled when we were doing our local walkthroughs. One of the things I didn't add on here um Staff Street Elementary, Emma Ward, Anderson County Middle School last week and also Robert B. Turner have all had their state marshal walkth through um from state the state marshal uh Mac Raburn. All of those were very positive. Um have not received a report back from the middle school yet. Don't have any any doubts that that's going to be a positive report. But the one thing that they that we had missed along the way was a poster. All doors were locked. All rules were followed. All um pieces were implemented. But we were missing a poster in a couple of of instances. We we've provided those posters that that have phone numbers
092for Safe Haven Baby Rescue was the one phone number that we were missing on our posters in each of those walkthroughs. And on the last on the last sheet of this, an ad hoc safety committee, which will come out of our safety committee to include parents, staff, student, and local safety agencies to create surveys for long-term solutions to reduce the entrance of unauthorized items on buses, school campuses, and classrooms. This committee will also or this uh committee will also be used to screen products that may be of benefit to the school district in the future uh in future funding cycles such as school mapping data programs uh ID badges we love you guys foundation selections and and and work to prioritize wants and needs districtwide review analyze and update the school safety training practices. The
093goal behind that ad hoc committee is that there's more voice than just the one that you're hearing right now. Uh so that folks truly have a real voice in the uh in the construction of those things moving forward as they relate to safety. Thank you for listening. I'm happy to answer any questions as it may relate to the safety update this evening. >> I don't have any questions like you all this be my last comment. >> Yeah. Right. First of all, I would like you to take this back to the transportation director and tell her I greatly appreciate what she uh provided me. I was concerned about it being dark and you can't see the children when they're crossing out to get on the bus. She provided uh a special and I a lighting system
094like for the bus goes on like spotlight for the front of the bus that some states not in Kentucky but some states have have passed the law and they're putting on the buses. I've taken that representative and asked him to have his committee or whoever whatever it is down in Frankfurt to look into it maybe Kentucky changes the law here and starts installing you know requiring and have them installed on our buses here I haven't heard back yet I contact back to see what what their thoughts were but I do appreciate her praying I forget what's I don't have my phone I got my phone that was on it. I forget which states across this country is already installed and I do appreciate her providing that to me because I wasn't aware and I just
095want to >> she's probably listening but I will make sure that I pass that along. Thank you. >> And just another quick comment, the design at the middle school is terrific. It really limits access. is a much safer entrance and Miss Abel and her daughter have a real handle on who comes in and out of that building. And the second comment I would make is that at uh Saff Street, the secretary there does a great job. I stopped by to see the principal and she made me hold up my driver's license to the monitor so she could see if it matched. Okay. She's on top of things. Anyway, I appreciate that. Thank you very much. >> I'll pass that along. Thank you very much. Just for just FYI, I asked them to do me the
096same exact way. So, they're they're all very good. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> I thought maybe you look shady. The the only other thing is the only other thing I'd like to add is um I know at Turner in the mornings and the evenings and I I know we've asked for before but um follow up with transportation again to see if we can get a secondary entrance uh just for emergency personnel if nothing else have a gate across it or something. Um, you know what I'm talking about the >> Yeah, absolutely. >> On that far. >> So, and when when we did our walk through, uh, Mr. Crane, SRO, BJ Crane, he had he had a good list of things and I respected every one of those things on there. We were out back talking,
097Mr. Alexander and myself. One of the conversations that we had around that very same thing was is to think beyond today's issues and to really look at 10, 20, even maybe even 40 years >> because the school itself, you know, as it functions right now may not be that way down the road. And we really need to begin to look at um when we start adding a fence or when we start taking down some trees or when we start adding in some parking, we really need to think beyond and this is my opinion. We really need to think down the road like my predecessors did and they thought about today and what we would be doing today 20 years ago. >> So we really kind of need to include some of those. But I agree
098totally. We we had um a minor incident in the front entrance there and done. I went out to help out with that and it was problematic. So, there's definitely some some work to be done there to be able to improve that. >> I appreciate it. Thank you. Uh, next up we have purchases over $10,000. Uh, principal Chris Glass is requesting uh, permission to purchase a Brother uh, PR uh, 1055X uh, 10 needle embroidery machine uh, for the fashion and interior design pathway uh, CTE machine. There it goes. Uh this machine will give uh students hands-on learning experience uh with the same equipment uh used in uh actual apparel and embroidery businesses. Uh the package includes multiple hoop sizes, digitizing and monogramming software, uh had embroidery kit, uh upgraded hoop, uh a standard and hall starter
099supplies. Uh, this package also includes uh uh over $10,000 of added value. Uh the Continental Trading Center located in Lexington is the vendor uh and offers benefits such as an unlimited training um priority same day service uh and an extended 5-year uh full warranty and $249 annual maintenance agreement uh that includes two years labor and 5 years parts. Um the price uh request is $17,279 uh which is a $28,799 value. Um funds to purchase the embroidery machine would come from career and technical education funds. Uh ELVAC uh quotes included Continental Training Center for $17,279. Uh Kramer for $24,54247. Um Thomas Sewing Center uh $20,485.95. >> Are there any questions regarding this uh request? I make a motion we take uh the Continental Training Center uh bid at 17,269 Brown. >> I'll second that motion. >>
100Thank you >> for the first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Carmichael? >> Yes. >> Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Fentress? >> Yes. >> Mr. Sergeant? Yes. grief agency center agreement. Uh Beth Morgan Cook, director of special education, requests consideration to enter into an MOAU with uh the Kentucky Center for Grieving Children and Families. This partnership uh provides grief groups in uh schools and children's youth uh who have experienced loss. The center is currently working with uh on a grant uh that could enable their services to expand to serve Anderson County in addition to their current districts. They are they use a strengthbased sealbased curriculum and provide facilitators, retired counselors, teachers, uh frisky or mental health professionals. >> Second Steve Carmichael >> with
101the first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Carmichael, >> yes. >> Mr. Collins, >> yes. >> Mr. Fentress, >> yes. >> Mr. Sergeant >> uh early graduation approvals. Uh consideration to approve the recommended uh or the recommendation for eight students to graduate early who have completed their coursework. >> Motion to approve. Scott Brown. >> Second. Steve Carmichael. >> With the first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carmichael. >> Yes. >> Mr. Collins? Yes, >> Mr. Fentress. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sergeant. >> Yes. >> Uh, calendar committee members for 2025 2026. Uh, uh, that' be board members Steve Carmichael. Uh, community members uh, Tamara Smith and Chessy Yokum. Uh parents,
102uh Becca Hayes uh representing Sapp Street Elementary, uh Christa Kincade for E ECC be a ward Anderson County Middle School and um ACLA. Um, teachers Julia Casease Wise, uh, Amy Kate Bright, Heather Casease, Laura Lucas, Melissa Maple, uh, and Anissa Davis. Uh, principles, uh, Gina Slusher, and Robin Ratliff. Uh, classified employees, uh, Britney Burke. Um, central office, Travis Harley. Mr. Harley um requests this every year. I want to ask him if he'd like to uh give a little additional information regarding this process. >> Yes, thank you. This committee will be convening to create the 2728 calendar. Um so we're always two years ahead. We we are continuing that momentum that's been going on now for over two years. Uh we'll continue to do that unless we see some need to change that. uh requesting permission
103tonight to have this group be able to begin that meeting cycle in in January. The um meeting dates are listed uh in the request. January 22nd would be meeting one. February the 19th would be meeting two and if needed would be a third meeting on March the 19th. Same process this u has been in previous years. We will work to to survey stakeholders, build momentum with regards to what that calendar looks like, submit that calendar to you for a first reading, take it back to the group, and then re bring that back to you for a second reading before it's approved. Moving forward, we'd like to request that there there are two names. One name that was on the list that you read, Mr. Collins, Melissa Marple representing SECC. That actually will be Bridget Harden.
104>> Okay. >> And there's one other name that did come to me today before I was able to complete the sheet. And that is a classified employee who will be Sherry Diaz that represents Anderson County High School if you so choose to approve that this evening. >> Is that in addition to Mrs. Burke, Mr. Harley? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Thank you. Motion to approve. Scott Brown. Second. Steve Carmichael. The first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown? >> Yes. >> Mr. Carmichael? >> Yes. >> Mr. Collins? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fentress? >> Yes. >> Mr. Sergeant? >> Yes. >> Donations over $1,000. Consideration to approve the following donations over $1,000. uh anonymous donation in the amount of $2,500 to the Anderson County football team to be used for
105helmets and Kentucky FFA Foundation donation in the amount of $2,3567 for the purpose that benefits the Henderson County High School FFA chapter. >> Are there any questions? I make a motion. >> Second. Steve Carmichael with the first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Mr. Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Carmichael, >> yes. >> Mr. Collins, >> yes. >> Mr. Fentress, yes. >> Mr. Sergeant, >> leader in me program grant. Uh, director Bobby Murphy and Allison Williams will present. Just kidding. Before we circle back to the financials, um I was hoping to tell you just a little bit about uh the leader inme program, what we think it can offer for our students, for our school culture, and how it fits with our district's vision um that we've previously presented to
106you with our portrait of a learner. So the basics of the program, it is a whole school prek through 12 transformation model from Franklin CVY education. It's built upon the seven habits of highly effective people obviously adapted for children and teens. So it really um focuses on principles of personal and interpersonal effectiveness. It is a schoolwide system focuses on student leadership, teacher and staff development, family and community engagement, and also systems of ongoing growth. Those seven habits that it focuses on for students are being proactive, beginning with the end in mind. So, goal setting, um prioritizing, putting first things first, thinking win-win, finding solutions for the good of everyone. Um I love habit number five the best. Seek first to understand then to be understood. Um synergizing working together and relying on the strengths of
107each person and sharpening the saw. So finding balance in the students lives. Those are those are the seven habits. Clearly there is a paradigm shift here. Right? So instead of recognizing that one student might be a leader or a few students everyone can be a leader. um focusing on the fact that everyone has their individual genius and I shouldn't wait on others to create the change that I want to see. I need to be the change. Um so personal ownership. Uh it also focuses on educators empowering students to lead their own learning and obviously developing the whole person. Um you may remember that we have I believe Mr. Murphy did presented to you our portrait of a learner that was established with input from all of our sta stakeholders. Um and what I've done here
108is I've taken those five competencies that we landed on with our portrait of a learner and you can see how many of the tenants of leader and me are repeated as you compare the crossover between the two. We really feel like this is a program that aligns with our district vision, our district goals there. Um benefits, it improves school culture. These are from um over a 100 independent research studies, increased climate and relationships. Um it shows reduction in behavioral incidents, improvement in student engagement, better student teacher relationships. It supports academic achievement. Obviously, we all in this room know that when students goal set, they learn time management. They have self-direction. We're going to see that rise in their academic performance. It empowers students and builds confidence. Again, they can all be leaders. Um that's the
109core philosophy. And so leadership opportunities are built into the program and it also engages families and community. So we want them to be leaders not just in the classroom but also outside of the school walls. The next slide um you're going to hear the evidence of impact from a student who attends in a nearby district that has implemented the leader in me program. So hopefully when I click the next slide you will see her we can hear it. Mom and White Yes. All right. Again from the mouths of babes. Uh leader in me obviously it offers a foundation for culture for leadership character life readiness that is integrated throughout the school experience. We obviously want to develop students academically. We also want to develop them as resilient and collaborative leaders. and we truly believe that
110the leader inme program um aligns strongly with our district goals and values. All right, so then we get back to the funding request and that is that Anderson County Schools has been offered a grant of $60 per student with the district match of $9 per student with a five-year contract. The program will cost the district approximately 30 to 35,000 per year depending on enrollment and school implementation. There are a variety of funding sources that will be used to pay for the program. Title one, title two, title 4, school PD funds, school level funds, and then only if needed the general fund. All schools are requesting to participate. After we spoke, we had several meetings about the program and everyone was super excited to participate with ACS implementing in year two. So by year two, we
111will have all of the schools in the district participating in the program. >> Are there any questions? >> No, I would just say that Dr. CVY's seven habits have been around forever and they are great skills. They are terrific for students in school, but they're also just great skills for life, for living life and developing yourself to the best person that you could be in all parts of your life. So, this is a great opportunity for all of our kids. Thank you for bringing this >> and it's so true that everybody can be a leader. So, I want to give a motion to approve. >> Second, Steve Carmichael >> with a first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. U Mr. Brown just stepped out. U Mr. Carmichael. >>
112Yes. >> Mr. Collins. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fentrez. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sergeant. >> Yes. >> School resource officer memorandum of understanding. Um requesting approval for the Anderson County Sheriff's Office uh memorandum of understanding uh for the school resource officer program for 20 26. Uh there is no changes to this agreement. >> We're very blessed to have a partnership with our Anderson County Sheriff's Department. Um they um as you know have amazing um officers um that work very hard for our children and our staff ensuring safety as you heard Mr. uh Harley um talk talk about with the the walkthroughs and just making sure that they provide um in their opinions the the best uh options for school improvement safety that we can provide our children and our staff. So um this uh memorandum of
113understanding is the same as it was last year. As you all know, in the fall, um, Sheriff Milum and I had conversation around salary and we brought that to you, um, and made that, um, change in the fall. This is not suggesting any additional change for the 26 school year at this time. Um, but is a request that we continue this wonderful partnership um, and it's an annual um, yearto-year um, agreement. Are there any questions that I can answer around this agreement? >> I'll make a motion. >> Thank you. >> Second. Steve Carmichael >> with first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. U Mr. Brown is has still stepped out. Mr. Carmichael. >> Yes. >> Mr. Collins. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fentress. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sergeant. board
114meeting calendar for Hold off just a second. See if >> uh board meeting calendar for 2026. >> Yes sir. Typically, we have um met um on the second Monday of the month for the last several years. Um early in my uh tenure, I um had the opportunity to meet with the board on the third Monday. So, I do have two options. Either option is fine. Um they're both good options and there are minimal um changes of the date for either calendar. So um the second calendar which is the current calendar um that we are currently on is the 2nd Monday and those dates would be um January the 12th, February the 9th. Uh we do not have any school February the 9th, March the 9th, April the 13th which is immediately following fall break. Um
115which is fine. uh May the 11th which is before graduation, June the 8th, July 13th, August the 10th which is right before the start of school. Uh September 14th which does follow Labor Day. October the 19th would be the only change there and that would fall to the third Monday. It would not be on the second Monday because of fall break and we don't meet typically during fall break. So, we would change that date from October 12th to October the 19th, November the 9th, uh, obviously, which is before Thanksgiving, and then December 14th, much like we're meeting tonight prior to Christmas break. The other option is, uh, the third Monday, um, which has three different changes. Well, they're not changes, they're just days that were out of session. January 19th, that's Martin Luther King Junior
116observation day. We are not in session that day. February the 16th. We are currently not planned to be in session because that's President's Day. March 16th, April the 20th, again following the spring break. um May 18th. You haven't sent graduation um for that yet, but it would um obviously follow um that June the 15th, July 20th, August 17th with follow which follows um following the start of school, September 21st, October 19th which also avoids fall break, November 16th and December the 21st which there is no school because we will be starting currently in that calendar. um uh Christmas break. Either calendar is fine. Calendar one is the third Monday. Calendar two is the second Monday. I just wanted to give you those options this year. Either one is fine. It's just your preference as a
117board on which date you prefer to meet and schedule those meetings. >> I don't think we have preference. It's up to James what you need. >> What's your choice? >> His time is >> I me personally um I have a meeting tomorrow. So if we switch to the third and I wouldn't have I got three meetings this week. One tonight, one tomorrow and one Thursday. So me personally on my behalf, it would save me from having three meetings in one week if we went to the third Monday. So next week I don't have nothing. So I would just have one school board meeting that but I'm not. >> So you want calendar one? >> That's your recommendation. >> That's all right with everybody else. I'm just going to throw out that my only concern is
118anybody that may be taking uh long weekends uh with no school being uh on the Martin Luther King uh weekend, President's Day weekend, and then um starting Christmas break. >> So, that's that's the only concern that I have there. Um, I'm actually okay either way, but >> we'll help change that. Let's just do one. I'll make a motion we do calendar one. >> Okay. >> Which is the third Monday? >> I'll say >> with first and second. Can I roll a call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Carmichael, >> yes. >> Mr. Collins, >> yes. >> Mr. Fentrez, >> yes. >> Mr. Sergeant, >> yes. uh election of chair and vice chair for 2026. Yeah, >> I made the same comment last year and we know old people repeat themselves,
119so I'm going to repeat myself. Um I think we're blessed. I I know I'm blessed to be able to work with four four folks who could fill either of these positions. I know that I'm blessed in that we serve on a board where everybody has a chance to speak and share and even we respectfully disagree, we get along. So I think what we're doing is working well. So my motion would be that Jason continue as chair and Scott as vice chair. And if neither of you can be here, James is always coming in out of the bullpin. So, uh, that would be my recommendation that the two of you continue in the positions that you're in for 2026. >> I'll second a motion >> with the first and second. Can I go a roll call
120vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Carmichael, yes. >> Mr. Collins, >> yes. >> Mr. Fentre, >> yes. >> Mr. Sergeant. >> Yes. >> Can I get a motion to adjurnn? >> Motion to adjourn. Scott Brown. Second. Steve Carmichael >> with first and second. Can I get a roll call vote, please? >> Yes, sir. Mr. Brown? >> Yes. >> Mr. Carmichael? >> Yes. >> Mr. Collins? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fentrez? >> Yes. >> Mr. Sergeant? >> Yes. >> We are journed. Third person.