001Okay, we are ready to call this meeting to order at 6:00. So, welcome everyone. We're going to stand for a moment of silence and the pledge of allegiance. I would like to dedicate the moment of silence to a our police officer, our therapy. [Applause] And the pledge. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you all very much. Okay, our first agenda item is to review the agenda. Um, so we need to adopt the agenda. Is there any changes that we need to make to the agenda? Yes. I'll make a motion that we change under F number three the change order 0201. We need to pull it out and vote on
002it separately from the rest of those. We'll do. Then I second that motion. Okay. Thank you, Paula. Definitely change that. I want to add just a brief under um internal board business. Just a quick update on after for number three just the a quick update on the um equity coalition meeting I attended um that just to update you guys a little bit about the awesome work that they do. Anyone else have any changes? Do I have a motion to adopt the agenda? I so move. Okay. Do I have a second? I'll second. All right. All those in favor say I. I. I. None opposed. Motion carries three to zero. Okay. Our next agenda item is consider approval of minutes from regular board meeting on February the 25th, 2025. We've had a chance to review those.
003Do we Is there anything that needs to be changed or do I have a motion? You have a motion. Okay. I I'll second. All those in favor say I for approval. I motion passes 3 to zero. And then um we need to consider approval from the special virtual board meeting on March 10th, 2025. Do we have any changes or do I have a motion to approve? I'll make a motion to approve. Okay, I'll second. All right. All those in favor say I. I. Motion carries three to zero. I would now like to call up, I'm assuming, Mrs. Bush for our public school recognitions. There she comes. Good evening. We will start by recognizing a few great great athletes. If Mr. Howard would like to come up. This is the perseverance award recognizing individuals or groups
004who have demonstrated exceptional resilience, strength, and unwavering determination in pursuing their goals, significant challenges. These recipients often serve as an inspiration to us all. We're going to start with our cheerleaders this evening with Tori Andreas. Alexis Chamberlain, Weston Dalton, Ethan Hack, Ariana Hampton, Smith. Oh, yeah. Okay, we ready? Let's get a picture, guys. We going to do a cheer, too. Oh, let's get Mr. Praise God. Okay. You guys stand up for a picture. [Music] [Applause] And for our exceptional basketball team tonight, we have representing us Kathleen Harley and Arnold Hayden Arnold. [Music] They ready to smile away. Yeah. If we could take just a moment before Mrs. Alner, Mrs. Connley, Mrs. Whitaker, and Mrs. Wagner to please come up front. Absolutely. If it was not for this talented, inspirational bunch of ladies to take care
005of our program. Thank you. They're there. Thank you. to take care of these kids very well. Thank you, sir. During the week of February the 24th through the 28th, students at Baker and RDC competed in the amazing shape competition, a competition designed to pro to provide authentic experiences for students to grow in competencies of the Clark County Portrait of a Learner. Students were placed in a variety of scenarios to evaluate their ability to stay calm under pressure, maintain professionalism in unfamiliar situations, and communicate effectively with diverse audiences. This evening, we would like our four winners to come up and congratulate and recognize them. We have Miss Ashton Walters, Miss Avery, Miss Emily, and Miss Howard. Congratulations, sir. Our students will travel. Great handshakes, by the way. Fantastic right there. Y'all look familiar. Our students will
006travel to Georgia for the national competition. And if we can take a moment for Miss Amber, she went around the door. Miss Amber Murphy. There's a lot of there's a lot of strategic planning that goes on and pieces that have to make this puzzle work. And thanks to her, our four free students get to go to Georgia. And all that got to participate were how many total? Um it was like 130 that would not have had that experience. Thank you so much. Now, we may have our next legislator or our next superintendent, maybe, not sure, but she is a go-getter. Miss Josie Ward is receiving the student leadership and advocacy award. Josie has participated in Bloom Kentucky campaign, sharing positive childhood experiences, joining monthly virtual calls and peers, and attending two overnight retreats aimed to
007help youth connect with others across the state and learn more about advocacy and connection. This event kicked off on March the 3rd where she attended and led the opening remarks for the whole entire virtual kickoff. So, please let us recognize our very young this morning. Congratulations. Thank you. [Music] Okay. So, if anyone you're welcome to stay through the rest of the meeting, but if you're ready to go, we will give you a minute to to leave. Thank you all. Bye, Ethan. Goodbye, Ethan. See you, buddy. As they're making their way out, I'll have Miss Kelly Fifth come up for our next agenda item. Comments next. Oh, I'm sorry. I missed the public comments. Are there any public comments? Sorry, Kelly. Thank you, Mr. Kaiser. [Applause] Okay, there we go. Okay. Um, we have two and
008I'll ask Mr. Is it Stephen Francis? Would you like to come and speak for I was definitely second on there. It's fine though. I'm going take my uh my hoodie off if you don't mind. Appreciate. Okay. So, I'm here on behalf of the community itself. Give me a second. Get my hair out my face. uh see that we had a proposal on the last meeting about the usage of the field behind concrete. Uh first of all, most of you may not know me, but I am a resident of this community. How long I got? Just keep talking. You're good. So, I'm start with a little introduction. Okay. So, I'm Steven Francis. I'm a member of this community. Um come from the area known as Pointville. Um, I am the student that grew up through the
009CCPS. I was kicked out twice before I graduated. Once in middle school, once in high school. By the time Superintendent Howard or Coach Howard got here, I was on suspension my entire senior year. We'll tell you about that and get back to it. Some of the problems that we have surrounding this field usage is one, it's a tradition in the community. Uh, it's always been there. Uh, two, we only have one middle school now and that leaves less children to be a part of different athletic programs and any programs in general. There's only so many spots on the team. Just like on a basketball team, normally there's about 12 to 15 players. You have two teams, you have 30 students as opposed to just having 15 on one on one team. Uh, football's the same
010way. Only 11 people can play at the same time. Most foot most high school football teams that are 6A programs have about 60 to 70 students on the team. And on 60 or 70 of those players, only so many of them get to play at a certain time. Normally, they have three tiers, which is freshman, junior, varsity, and varsity. But still, regardless, only 11 players play at one time. However, you need players who don't play to help the players who do play. So, you have to have at least 22 players. So, if the field is not used, which it has always been used, um you have less players in the athletic program. And honestly, football is the one who gravitates the most players to it because you have to have the most players on the
011field at the time. Um, so like I said, the problem with that is that you have less kids that are involved in activities and take up time outside of school and like myself, uh, kids at that age tend to get in trouble more times than not if they don't have some other way to have an outlet. Um, another problem that I see just in the community in general is that whether you board members want to be or not, you are leaders in the community. And it's incumbent upon you to help service the community. The community wants to play on the field. The community should be able to play on the field. They've been doing it since I was young. I'm 37 years old now. So, they've been doing it for a long time. I didn't
012start playing football until I was in middle school. And when I was in middle school, Clark Middle was a thing. And I ain't start playing till I was in eighth grade. And so we we have a problem with school pride here. Part of that problem is I think there was a correction in that in hiring Christian Rock to come and play at the middle or come and coach at the middle school because we have enough talent here that we shouldn't have to search outside of our walls. Like Lexon's ice isn't colder than ours and so there's no reason for us to look outside of our city in order to fix the problems that we have. Um our football program is not actually a program. When speaking about education, we understand that when kids I'm mathematically
013inclined, so I'mma use math. Um, when kids go through school and they go through the stages from elementary up to middle school to learn addition and subtraction first, they do not forget what they learned in addition and subtraction in order to learn multiplication and division. When we play football, we may all line up in the same place. For instance, in Civotan, they call it CCY now CCYA. If a running back has the ball and he's lined up in the position, whether you know football or not is irrelevant. But if he's lined up in the position behind the quarterback in Civotan, he may be called a running back. He gets to middle school, he's called a tailback. He gets to high school, he's called a Aback. And so instead of developing knowledge about football, he's just
014trying to learn where he's supposed to be at on the field even though we standing in the same spot. That's not good because there's a certain thing that like when you go into a math class in high school, they expect you to nerve certain things already. Same thing when you get to high school, when you've been playing football since you were in third grade, when you get to ninth grade, they expect you to know certain things already. And if you haven't been in the same system the entire time, then it's going to be difficult for you to pick up on that. Other kids do know that. The problem with that is it's hard for people to be competitive in something that they that they're not accustomed to. So the solutions because nobody likes to hear
015anybody complain all the time. But the solutions would be one allowing CCYA to keep the field. Competition breeds success. Nobody ever got better by not having any competition. If the middle school team has a better offering than what CCIA has, the middle school will have the better players. If they don't, they won't. At the end of the day, there is no CCYA for football for for high school. So when everybody gets to high school, whether they want to be in CCA or they want to stay with the middle school team, there's not an option. You have to go to high school. Sometimes we have to be a little bit more realistic. Um, for the parents that's a part of the CCYA or just in the community in general, I would advise that you shouldn't be
016the antithesis to the program. For football specifically, the only way for you to advance in football is to play through school. So, another solution that I have is we probably don't need CCA. We probably just need to start doing our youth foot our youth programs in general, all of them, through the schools. The reasons why is because of the cost structure. We're leaving the parents with the cost of providing an activity for their children. They already pay taxes to the schools. The schools can do that for them. The schools have the facilities. The schools know what it costs in order to do the helmets and buy jerseys and do all the financing. The schools have boosters. If the schools need more money, that's where the community needs to get involved. If you go to the
017games, they'll have more money for sports. It's really that simple. They're they're your kids, so you should want to go and see them play. They shouldn't have to advertise. We have one high school in the 6A uh district or 6A uh region and Winchester is full of people and Walmart and everything. When you go to other places like Danville, I understand Danville is not a a 6A school, but when you go to Danville, Danville and they play, it's probably like a sundown town cuz everybody's at the football games. And in order to do that, you got to establish school pride. And the best way to do that is to start early on. If the kids are going to the school and they're playing sports at the school, just like when it was Clark Middle versus
018Concrite, we had school pride. And at the time, Clark Middle was far better at athletics than Concrite was. It's been like that the entire time Clark Middle was in existence. Nobody complained about that, though. So, in order to develop school pride, it's best to start it early because what they do early, they'll take with them for the rest of the time. Uh, so that's the competition and consolidation. The reason why this is important to me, like I said when I started, I was basically I've sat in front of this board before. When I got kicked out of school, when I was a junior in high school, I sat in front of this board and not the same people, but I sat in front of this board. I was with my mother and they was telling
019me about cuz I had been uh suspended from school like 10 times uh my my sophomore year. my head football coach was the principal who was suspended me. So, we had a difficult relationship. Um, but they sat in front of me and they told me about how I could be better and I was a leader in the community and it seems like every time something went happened at the school that I was in the middle of it, I was leading the charge or whatever. Our school colors are red and black and it got to the point of where they actually told us that we couldn't wear red and black t-shirts when we went to school. Um, y'all may not think it was that bad, but that's actually something that they put in the school dress
020codes that we couldn't just wear plain red and black t-shirts when we went to school. Um, but a year later when I graduated, I had won the uh state powerlifting championship and I had graduated from school. Without football, I wouldn't be standing here in front of you because it was only through football that I wanted to try in school. I graduated high school with a 2.3 GPA even after being suspended and being on probation my entire senior year. Now I stand to you as a man who has four college degrees, two bachelors and two masters. But the only reason why I went to college was so I could play football. So do not take this away from the children because I promise you that there will be a child like me who wants to play
021football and it's the only thing that they want to do. And most of these kids who go to school, yeah, you guys may say education helps you in the long run, but all they can see is what's directly in front of them. And for some of them, sports is all they got. Sports is the only reason why they show up to class, the only reason why they listen to the teachers, the only reason why they try. Otherwise, they would be doing other things. So, if it's up to you, I would say allow them to do what they've always been doing. But honestly, in order for the community to be one, I think it'd be best if we just put the youth programs in the schools, let the schools control the cost culture, the uh cost
022structure so that we can help the parents. So the ones who don't feel like they have enough money can just send their kids to school and their kids can decide whether or not they want to be a part of that. And I understand that that means that coaches from CCYA would need to be involved in schools and everything. I'll let y'all work out the logistics on that, but do not take all of this away from the kids because I promise you I am the kid that they are talking about. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right, Mr. James Day. I think mine's more of a question on the memorandum of understanding of exactly what was it. I was excluded from a lot of the meetings and and don't know and some of the people
023that came back asked about the memorandum of understanding exactly what that entails that we can use the field for. I know as of now the beginning it was that we weren't able to use the field at all if we did a fifth and sixth grade travel team. I think now it's been revised to where it is we can, but we the only kids that cannot play on that field is the fifth and sixth grade travel team. We will have a fifth and sixth grade travel team. This has been a huge fight or however you all want to look at it. Um, and it was a hard decision for us. We don't like doing this. I want to coach football. That's all I want to do. I want to be in kids' lives, be a positive
024role model for gentlemen like that. But because of how this was structured, how people want to say that we were all upset because we didn't get hired. We weren't upset. We were just the ones in the ditch that's been doing this for a long time. And a lot of us was excluded from as being asked on how can we merge the two together. And I mean completely excluded. Um, some of the guys that were that were allowed to have interviews that had the appropriate people come in were put into positions at the high school. Five of our associate coaches have been asked to be coaches on the middle school team, but because of the excuse me, but making it weird, the whole thing about not having good conversations. So, we sat down and we talked
025just because we don't like people, we don't like their live videos and we don't like the way that they present themselves. We didn't have those comm that communication and it's made it weird. And there will be kids that will have to and I wish the I wish the middle school the best of luck because there's kids involved in this. But there are also parents that have said to us, "We just want to do what we did last year. Will you all do it?" And we're like, "Yes, but we will have all away games unless we find someone that will have a a field for us that we can use." And they're like, "We're cool with that." So there is dwindling numbers in in the middle school and this is not a fight. I don't this
026is about what kids want to do. And whenever you have had them since they're in kindergarten and they're prek and they come up and they're used to you and when they think about football they think about you. It would have been really easy, a lot easier if there had been some communication and there had been some really we not just me and then us and them and I that's where it's come. It's been us and them and that's not it's that's not we not me and for me you know I understand the memorandum of understanding as far as if that is what it is fifth and sixth grade travel can't play. Okay, we got that. We're going to continue to have our season. My thing is is that there's a lot of eyes on this
027and then I I'm going to I'm going to try to to phrase this the way that it was phrased me in a meeting from one of my uh assistant coaches that come back to me. There are a lot of eyes on this. This fifth and six has to be a success. And if it's not, my job may depend on it. I'll leave it at that on how that was said. I just say, "Hey, everybody keep an eye on the fifth and sixth." And everybody know that this could have been different. The guys in the ditches that you just didn't like could have been included. I told them when I interviewed, I'll work with anybody cuz I'm about the kids. I'm still here. I don't want to be here. I want to be out here worrying
028about my flag season that I've got 250 kids signed up to play in. That's what I want to be worried about. Not being here trying to argue a point about, "Oh, please give us the field for all of our kids." We're still Clark County kids. Everybody keeps saying, "Oh, it's free. The middle school's free." No, it's not. Nothing's free in this world. Taxpayer pay that. Every taxpayer pays for those fields. My kids that are on this fifth and sixth grade team have families that are taxpayers. And they said, "We want to do what's known with you because it's pretty good." I mean, we were second plot. I mean, like, do the research. I'm not going to sit up here and prank, but do the research on our travel programs getting there. Our our wreck struggles
029because we need more people to be volunteers. But this could have been different. We could have not been set. We This didn't have to happen. This was made. this the people behind this whole hire. It was made weird. Okay. Well, thank you for coming and [Music] Okay, we'll move on to our next agenda item, our um student learning and instructional services. Mrs. Kelly, good evening. Our instructional spotlight tonight is on Baker Intermediate and our English language learner program. So, I'm going to ask that Mr. Mounts come up and he will start speaking on Baker Intermediate. All right. But I just have to ask you all what's the over under on my time here. I just want to know. You are good. Mr. I know you've been warned. Mr. Howard told me he warned you all.
030Oh, I'm sorry. This bail's on me right here. But really, I want to hear what you have to say, Mr. Holmes. Oh, yeah. I'm just I'm just messing with you. Um, well, I want to introduce my my crew. I have tonight, if that's okay. I have our wonderful assistant principles, Mrs. Renee Wear. She's our fifth grade principal. Mr. Robert Hammonds, he is our sixth grade principal. And I have our fantastic MSD teacher, Miss Lindseay Wagner. She's going to talk to you a little bit later about our um about our spotlight tonight. She's going to be the one talking. Um, so back in August, Mr. I'm touching this mic. you were on me. Um, Miss Pippen and Mr. Howard back in August, they started talking about something called big rocks. Uh, you know, what's foundational to
031your school? What are you working on? What are you chipping away at? I said, I like that. I like big rocks. I like that way that sounds. So, I go back and I'm thinking about our big rocks as a school. And I'm getting ready to talk to our teacher leaders. And all day long I'm thinking, what am I going to talk about? You know, these big rocks. What are we talking about here? So I start thinking about it and I call Miss Fifth and I said, I'm about to give the greatest speech ever about Big Rocks. I said, I want you to come. She said, I can't come. I said, okay, I'm going to tell you about it later. So I go and I they're my teacher. I've got team leaders, counselors, core content leaders,
032the assistant principles are in there. And I give a 20 minute speech about Big Rocks and I the whole time I'm thinking I got him right where I want. I I felt like Bear Bryant. I felt like Nick Sabin, Rick Batino, you name the coach. I They were I thought I had them eaten out of the palm of my hand. I said, "We're going to write down our big rocks now." And I said, "Before we do, do you have any questions?" And one of our teacher leaders raised her hand. And I said, "Yes, ma'am." She said, "Big rocks." I said, "Yes, ma'am. Big rocks." She looked at me and her eyes got big. She said, "I don't get it." I said, "Just write some goals down." So, tonight we're going to talk to you a
033little bit about uh a couple of our big rocks. And we differentiate our goals by department. But as a school, two things that we hang our hat on are congruence. How do we align our systems, our programs to meet um our needs as a school, but also to align um to our district vision? And then connections. How are we connecting kids? How are we connecting our our colleagues? And how are we connecting our families and our community? So, I'm going to turn it over to Mrs. Wear. She's going to talk to you about congruence. Good evening. Um we've done a few things this year to tighten up on our congruence. One of the things that we did is we took our PLC protocol. We meet, our teachers meet every Tuesday afternoon in professional learning communities
034or PLC's and we gave them a protocol that would help them to tighten up their congruence in a couple of different ways. One thing that they've been doing is they have been sharing their Kagan strategies each week, their engagement strategies. So they're taking turns as departments sharing what they've done well, how they've differentiated the structure depending on um the classroom and and the needs in that classroom. Another thing that we've done is they've really um taken that protocol and used it to guide them when they're mentoring their new teachers. So the teachers that are new to the department, these are the structures that we've got in place. These are the things that we teach. Do you all need help with those things? and they share all of their resources together, which is so important. So
035that no no man's an island at Baker is is what we like to say. Um and then another thing that we do is throughout the year we monitor as an admin team, us and Miss Hill, the um structures that have been adopted in the classroom. So, we've done something. It's called a Kagan walkthrough. And we've done three rounds of those Kagan walkthroughs. And the teachers sign up for when they would like us or the other Kagan coaches in the building to come watch them teach the lesson. And then we give them immediate feedback on, okay, so this is what you did well and this is um what you could do to make it an even better structure. So, we've done that as well as our walkthroughs that we do just periodically to check for learning
036standards because one of the things that we really ask our teachers to dive into whenever they're doing their meetings each week each week would be the standards. What standards do we need to teach? And they pull that up faithfully every week. This is where we're at. We've covered these well. The kids have got it. Still struggling with these standards. And they kind of highlight as they go the ones throughout the year that they feel really good about. and then they don't highlight them until they feel great about them. If they're not highlighted, we've still got to we've still got to cover those. So, those are some things that Oh, and the resources I need to talk about. I Ready. Our teachers all use I Ready. They've learned through Miss Hill's been so valuable in helping
037us to really dive into all the reports that the teachers can do. And when they do those reports, they can see what grade level the kids are on. And then they can use something called a teacher toolbox to tell, okay, this is what grade level the kids on and these are the foundational skills if they're below grade level that they really need so that they can differentiate those lessons in small groups on Tuesdays and Thursdays or they can pull the kids aside in a small group in the whole group setting um or even just develop a whole lesson plan for a whole group if the whole class is has has a um a need a foundational need. So, those are some of the ways that we ensure that we have congruence in our departments and
038in our whole building. And now it's Mr. Hannah's turn for connections. Well, they put me on that because I'm the fund principal. That's true. That is a lot. It's an inside joke if you know that one. But, um, a couple things. They do a lot of great things at Baker and and some of the things I just want to mention about our kids. 36% of our kids are involved after school clubs, which is is is huge. Also, 38% of our kids are involved in the performing arts, which if you know anything about our sixth grade band today was distinguished when they came back today. And I think we've been distinguished across the board all year and orchestra, band, chorus, everything, which is great. Couple things that we do with the teachers and stuff. We do
039some Friday focus meetings. We meet with the teams. Some housekeeping things just to see what's going on in the school. Get a pulse temperature of what's going on. We've got collaborative meetings that we do. Also, some of our EC teachers meet with the teachers. We make sure that we're hitting all the all the IEPs, all the everything else for our kids to make sure we're getting all our data collected. We got staff traditions. If you've ever been to the chili cookoff, some of y'all were judges. Chili cook off. Yeah, it's always good. We got potato bars. We got and we have all Harve Harve is a staff tradition comes you know Santa Claus comes to town. Um we celebrate a lot of things. We celebrate our kids. We celebrate our staff. We celebrate our school.
040And I think that's one of the great things about it. A couple things that we do also the mentors. Uh Miss Davis does a super job with Frisk. You know band mentors come in. We have people in our buildings all the time eating lunch with kids who I think is just awesome. Um social media. I don't know who does our social media, but man, I mean, if you've never seen our Facebook page, it is something to see. Um, but you know, our PTO is great, too. It's probably getting all over our PTO. They do some of the, you know, coming from higher levels down, coming down to this level. I've never seen a PTO do so many things for staff, and it's it's really cool. They do it for the kids, too. Uh, we do
041some things like we send our kids on trips, recipes for life. We do a dollars and cents program tomorrow. I think some of you all are volunteering and will be there also for the sixth grade which is really cool for them to learn about some money and buying some things. We do things like no one eats alone day digital citizenship. We're we're trying to attack cyber bullying of course future bulldog night. We've got some attendance meetings but we try to include everybody. We try to include the students, the staff and the community. And um honestly breaker is a really good place to be. Most of y'all know that though. And for our academic instructional spotlight, um, we want to highlight the great work that goes on in our MSD classroom. And so, Miss Lindseay Wagner
042is going to talk to us about our community-based instruction. She's going to talk to you about our coffee cart, and she's going to talk to you about Special Olympics. Hi. Uh so CBI stands for community based instruction and involves teaching functional skills to students in a naturally occurring or a real world environment. And CBI helps just bridge the gap between skills that students are in the classroom into a real world environment. CBI helps to promote independence. It helps prepare students for adult living and it just provides a motivating opportunity and a really meaningful practice opportunity. Some examples that our class has done recently include grocery shopping. So, they help prepare lists of things that we need. They locate items with with aisle numbers. They load items onto conveyor belts. They interact with cashiers and they
043help to pay. Uh we've also practiced eating meals at restaurants. So, students practice ordering. They pay for their items. And students learning to count money or change uh generalize that skill from the classroom at restaurants. Some other things we've done is go to movie theaters, public parks, libraries, pumpkin patch, hardware stores, animal shelters. We've seen plays, uh, Dollar Tree, Kroger, and Walmart. And most of these CBIS are funded through our Baker Brew House, which is the weekly coffee cart. Students prepare pre-ordered coffees, lattes, baked goods, and they develop their communication skills when they go and deliver coffees to their teachers. And they further generalize those money skills when they take payments and provide change back to their teachers. Uh the money earned allows them to do CBI activities like pay for their meals or pay
044for their movie tickets or we go shopping and buy classroom supplies so we can do hands-on activities like cooking in the classroom. And then another opportunity our students with disabilities have here in Clark County is a Special Olympics program, which you met some of those athletes earlier tonight. So, right now we have bowling, basketball, and cheerleading. And in the past, we've done swimming, track, soccer. Um, we have this open to athletes from fifth grade all the way through graduation. And recently, our basketball team has been successful. We've made an appearance at the state tournament last year. This year we moved up a division in competition and then we also were able to host our first tournament here in Clark County, the Cardinal Classic. We hosted eight teams from neighboring districts came and played. It was
045a huge success. Uh the Special Olympics program allows the athletes to develop their physical fitness, engage with their friends, um be competitive in sports, and our district has been so supportive with this program. Um they make sure that all of our students feel like an integral part of the school community and they feel just as important as all the other athletes from compet competitive sports here in Clark County. So thank you very much for that. Thank you. Who who won the cars class? We did. You [Music] ding everybody. Um I'm K Google and I work with our English learners and also the migrant education program. So I just wanted to talk a little bit give you a little overview of um our English learners program and talk about in particular the finish line English learners
046uh curriculum that we've started this year. We have currently we have right at 250 English learners across the district. And so those are students that have been identified as English learners by completing the home language survey that all students complete when they come into the district. So if they answer anything other than English on that home language survey then that um then we continue a process to identify them as English learners and get them in the program um to exit the program students take an access what's called the access test and that's administered every January. The access test has four domains. So students are tested in listening and reading, writing and speaking. It's all done online and uh one of the one of the difficult parts of that test is it's given one time during
047the year and it's something that is kind of unfamiliar for the kids. They're they're put they're given a headset and a microphone and if you can imagine a second grader of any any second grader being told you have one opportunity to record your answer to this speaking response. Make sure you hit start and stop. Good luck. So that's what they're kind of presented with every January when they take the access test. Um, of those 250 English learners, we have 96 that are identified as finish line students. So, to exit the finish line, exit the EL program, you need to um have a proficiency of 4.5 on that access test. So, these are kids that have reached 3.5 and so they're they're kind of uh functioning in the classroom and able to participate, but really just
048need that extra support to um to go ahead and complete and exit the program. Uh once they exit the program, they're monitored for four years. They're reexit redesated fluent English proficient. So, we check in on them. But, um but to kind of help them get over that last little hump, we have initiated this finish line English learners curriculum. It's um it's something we got from Continental Press. It's an online curriculum, so it not only mirrors what what those four domains of the test look like, it it aligns with what they need to do in the classroom to perform in the classroom. And so they're given uh writing prompts. They have speak opportunities to speak and they can hear their responses. Um they can record and then listen to their own responses. Um and then obviously
049the listening and reading exercises will transfer over to the classroom as well. So, uh, we've we've really been working with with all of the students that are at 3.5 or higher to, um, to help them get that extra support they need to, um, exit the exit the program. Um, we have currently we have 10 EL staff that work across this district. We have six EL teachers and four interpreters that are Spanish language interpreters. Obviously, we have other languages represented in our Yale population, but our Spanish speakers are the overwhelming population. So, anyway, we're really excited to see that access test has completed and um we don't have the results back yet, but I think regardless, this is a a program that's going to benefit um our our students moving forward. So, that's about all we
050got. Any questions? Okay. Thanks. Did you all have any questions? Did you all have any questions for Mr. Mounts or his team or Mr. Cougall? I'm good. No, it's all wonderful. Okay, thank you all. All right, I'm moving on to our next agenda item. We're going to acknowledge and approve the CCPS Academy handbook for the 2425 school year. Miss Allison Nelson. Good evening. Um, so I'm here to simply present this year's version of our Rise Academy handbook. Um, I've spoken in front of the board before about Rise Academy. Um, that is our program where we are partnering with local mental health agencies to provide intensive supports um to elementary age students. Um, so this handbook is structured in the same way that all of our other school handbooks are. So it should look fairly familiar
051to board members as well as um parents and staff. And it simply lays out um the requirements, the expectations, and the programming that is involved um at Rise Academy. Um so this should be pretty short and sweet. Hopefully you guys have had a chance to review it. Um, if you guys have any questions, I would be happy to to answer those. But it goes over the referral process. Um, it goes over the programming, um, enrollment criteria, um, and talks about transitioning as well for students. Um, so yeah, so that's pretty much it. You'all have any questions? Any questions? No, I thought it I thought it was good. Good. Good. Um, and the hope is moving forward is that this handbook will be uh it'll accompany all the other handbooks as we revise those annually. So,
052yes. Okay. Yeah. All right. So, I just need a motion to approve. I'll make a motion to approve. Okay. Then I'll say good. Okay. All those in favor say I. I. Motion passes three to zero. Thank you guys very much. Thank you all. Thank you. Okay. I'll ask Mr. Darren Snail to come up to discuss um consider approval for renewal of student accident insurance for the 2526 school year. And I would like to thank Mr. Roberts, Mr. Navy for their work on the student accident insurance. It's an identical policy as what we had last year and the premiums have not increased at all. Oh, that's best news I heard. Does anyone have any questions for Mr. Snail? Okay. Okay. I'll make a motion to approve. I'll second. All those in favor say I. I. Motion
053passes three to zero. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Thanks. Appreciate you guys. If you ever need anything, my cell phone got like said, they're great partners with us and I like I said, I appreciate you both. Thank you all for coming. Okay. Okay. Um, so I'll The next agenda item is consider approval for change order. I'm going to go ahead and say um, uh, 02.01. We're going to separate them out. Um, this is for the new Clark County preschool project with no added cost to the project. Um, hello Mr. Walk. Hello. We you might not have kn we are pulling out the first one. um separately. One of one of us has a conflict and so 021. Yeah. 0201. Okay. And then the then we'll do the rest. So I know it's kind
054of it's O201 is the babies. Yes. Uh this is a no cost change order. Uh due to the unexpected uh plant shutdown, uh the contractor had to obtain asphalt material from another source in order to complete the work ahead of inclement weather. Um moving the remaining balance of the purchase order back to the contractor. It is a net zero cost to the owner. Okay. Okay. Um I will make a motion to approve change order 0201 and I'll second. Okay. Thank you. All those in favor say I. I. Iain. Okay. All right. Motion passes. Two to zero. It'll be three to zero. Okay. Three to zero. Okay. Okay. M. And then we're going to do the rest of them all together. Uh 01 and 02 were both uh uh kind of paired together as one to
055uh with the asphalt taking money from one direct purchase to the other. The other two change orders were uh with masonry and uh it shifted money from the masonry to central Kentucky glass uh as they were doing some work around uh windows, door jambs and caulking. And so again, zero cost. It was just moving the the money allocated in the the bid documents from one contractor to another. Okay. Do we have any questions for Mr. Watkins. Okay, I'll make a motion to approve. Okay. Motion by Mr. Kaiser. Then I'll second. Second by Miss Thomas. All those in favor say I. I. Motion passes three to zero. Great. Um, our next agenda item, I'll ask Mr. Jamie King to come in. We will consider approval of the 2425 25 modified school calendar. Good evening. Good evening.
056Uh this uh will take into account all of our non-traditional instruction days and then uh we had two regular uh snow days non- instruction that was January 6 and 7. Um so the request on the amended calendar would just leave the closing day the same. Uh would move to a 170day calendar. Okay. And that would still we added teacher work days in at the end to make sure we get their contract in. Okay. And that dates the 22nd or is the 23rd? Uh closing day for students will be the 22nd. Okay. Yeah. Last day for students. All right. Does anyone have any questions for Mr. King? No, I think it's great. Okay. All right. Um, do I have a motion to approve um the modified school calendar to um excuse um the two snow days
057in January and keep the last day for students May 22nd? I'll make that motion. All right, Miss Thomas. Second. Second, Mr. Kaiser. All those in favor say I. I. Motion passes 30 to zero. All right. This one is going to I guess we're going to have to set um consider approval of Jer's high school graduation on May 23rd. That's can't do it. Can't do it. Mr. Keane. Um whenever you are ready to have graduation from now. Yeah. Yeah. So, having approved uh that the amended calendar, uh just a request to go ahead and set the graduation date for Friday, May 23rd at 7. Yes. Okay. Anyone have any questions for Mr. King? No, I think it's great. That'd be a Friday night and project graduation. A lot of people Yeah. parents and staff won't have
058to work. So, time plenty of time to order invitations. If you had a se um inclement weather, Mr. Howard, are we going to have alternate dates? So, we are working with the high school on a plan to possibly even have an in the gymnasium alternate plan so we wouldn't have to move it. Um, so Miss Sur and the high school staff are working on that. Uh, we've looked at logistics even with if we would have to limit tickets. Um, but I think we've got it to a number based on the current high school senior class that each family would still get about 10 tickets. Oh, that's great. And so again, that's not official official, but that would be our plan for an alternate. So that one, we're not graduating in the rain if we miss
059the prediction on when the rain's going to come in. So much you know, it's memorable. Uh we've tried that. I lost a suit on that. Um but uh this will ensure too that we're not pushing it to where some families then can't be there on a Saturday or Sunday and then at that point someone is missing out on our high school graduation. So, that is going to be our plan moving forward is we would just move it inside. Um, and I'll get you guys the details when we have that hammered out. It's a great question, though. Okay. And project graduation would go on no matter what. No matter what, that night. Yeah, that is a fun community to be on. So, um, so I'm I guess I'm going to make the motion to approve GRC
060graduation for May 23rd, 2025 at 7 p.m. No, I'll second. Thank you. All those in favor say I. I. Motion passes three to zero. Thank you, Mr. King. Okay, I'm going to ask Miss Alicia Ellis up to give us our um monthly financial update. Good evening. Good evening. So, um good news. We are on track. We are 60% last year and 60% the same time. Um a collection on revenues. We're we were 45% last year, 47% on expenditures, which is to be expected with inflation over this last year. So, we're tracking exactly um what we would expect for this time in the budget season and compared to the same time last year. Um our taxes um overall, we were 91% last year. We're 91% again at the same time. You can see there's a little
061bit of fluctuation between the different categories, but we're over on our property taxes for what we had budgeted. So, that's fantastic news. Um, again, we always try to be very conservative on that budget for the intention of collecting more than what we budgeted because we don't want to spend out more than we bring in for the year. So, that's an intentionality. Um, and then if you factor in what we have already collected in March, but is not reflected on the um, February reporting we're talking about tonight, motor vehicle is up to 58%. Um, our property taxes are up another percent to 102 and the franchise is at 65%. So, very good news. Any questions on anything? Anyone have any questions? No. Okay. All right. Our ne our um action is to authorize payment of salaries
062and accounts payable. Do have a motion to pay the bills. I make a motion. Second. All right. Motion by Miss Thomas, second by Mr. Kaiser. All those in favor say I. I. Motion passes three to zero. Our next agenda item is consider approval to renew primary depository services. So, we are asking to extend our banking services with traditional bank, which is who we are with currently. Um, we have that set up on a one-year agreement that we both um mutually agree to either renew or we may rebid services if that is the choice from either party. So, um, currently we have Fed funds minus 15 basis points, which puts us at a 4.35% interest rate, which has been fantastic for us this last year. Again, there's limited ways for us to have um revenue sources
063and we try to maximize that as best as we can and interest is one of those ways that we can do that to get some extra dollars to help with our instruction of our children. Um so they have they are actually losing money on us right now. Um so they will continue to lose money on us until June 30th. So they have asked to revise their agreement to fed funds minus 50 basis points. So that's 35 difference from what we're making now. So we would go to 4% starting July one if Fed funds stayed exactly the same as it is right now, which that's you're seeing trending down with all the interest rates going on. So deposits are trending down, loans are trending up, so they're losing money on us. So they they're trying to
064they want to keep our business. Obviously, they're a great um bank to work with and we'd like to stay with them, but they also are a business and need to make an adjustment with the agreement we have with them. Have you compared them to any other banks? We did not do a bid this time. We did a bid um two years ago and went with them because they gave us the best rate at the time. But is that something we should check into before we That is the board's choice. Um with the trend of how things are, I'm kind of scared, I'm just going to be honest, to put it out there for bid because I feel like we won't even get fed funds minus.5. But, you know, that's still a really good rate. It's
065the board's decision. What did you say was last year? Fed funds minus 15 basis points. I think we should put it out there, but I don't know what you know that would be my vote. Okay. Um I will um I'm kind of like her. I'm I'm scared to put it out there because I just see what's happening with everything with inflation and Yeah. The fear would be that if if we did put it out, we may not get the same offer and so then by bidding it out, we would actually get a worse deal. Correct. Um, but so they've offered us this. I will tell you the cash management officer that I work with, she said it would not it would be more like fed funds minus one if we um or 100 basis points
066essentially um is what they would do if we did a bid. So with that being said, like they gave us the absolute best deal that they could give give us to keep our business without having to bid it. But if we do bid it, it won't be that good of a rate. So that's why we are presenting to just renew. But again, board's choice. Can you just talk to other banks without actually putting out a bid? We can, but we can't go with anybody's business or accept an official offer without a request for a bid. For a bid. Do you have to vote tonight? We don't have to. No, ma'am. I just I got to think I'd like to see what maybe what others might there might be somebody else out there that would do
067a little better. You never know if you don't check and see. Um Miss McCoy, when it comes to cuz we're usually have five. If we vote two to one, does it would not pass. It would not pass. Or you could vote to table it. Okay. Um I I um I I make a motion. When do you have to have an answer, Miss Ellis, to that? Uh we have to start new services July one with whatever bank and so it's a little bit of a moving process. So if we switch I would like next month to be determined what we're going to do. Unfortunately, um Miss Richie Roland and Mr. Dorsy were unable to be here due to sickness. So that that's the reason why they're not here. Um I would like to table this particular
068um item until our next board meeting or regular meeting is how that works. So okay. All right. Well, I guess we need to vote on that though. Do I we have to vote on that to table? I think so. Yes. Okay. So I make a motion to table um the renew primary depository services. Do I have a second to table the motion? No. I only way I'll table is if she's going to checks with some other banks. I can put the bid up there. Just kind of talk to some other I'm making a motion to table it till next month. If she'll talk to some other banks, but otherwise we just vote on it now. I'm I'm I am asking. So So let me let me try to clarify. So the only thing that all
069she's doing is saying let's table this till next month for Ashley and Ben to be here before we make any decisions on whether we use them or send it out for a bid. Well, that's what I'm saying. She's not going to talk to anybody else and Well, she she'll do whatever I tell her to cuz she's my employee. But whatever you guys direct us to do, then then that's what we would look at. that there is no motion to put it out for bid. That's what we would have to vote on. Yeah. I wouldn't I wouldn't want it actually go out for bid. I just want to see if she could just talk to some of the other banks to see if there's something else. Okay. That then I will have a conversation with her
070about that. Absolutely. Then we'll take it then. I signature table motion. Thank you. All those in favor say I. I. I. What is your vote, Miss Thomas? I s motion passes three to zero. Our next item is consider approval to renew audit services. Michellis, so we are asking to extend our audit contract with the auditors that we just um contracted this last year, Patrick and Associates um to have them also do the audit next year for the current fiscal year we are in. We've had developed a good relationship over the last two years and they were the only bidder when we did put it out for bid two years ago. Um, so again, we would like to extend that because it's hard to develop a relationship with an auditor. So to switch again after just
071two years would be difficult to just start all over again with someone else. So we'd like to continue that business relationship. Do we bid that every two years? Is that what we do? It's upon the board's choice either to renew or to bid after several years. they they do uh recommend that you look at other folks just to to give variety and you're you're doing it the right way, but we've only had them for one year. Um they gave a presentation to the board, I think in January. Um we're just now understanding kind of what they're asking for us. So it would be a big switch to move for this month or for this next year. Um and they've given us a lot of things to work on and improve on. So I'd really like
072to continue that process um at least for another year or so. So that would be my recommendation and most of the contracts that's not like a money maker for us. We have to have an audit. We have to have an auditor. Uh they've actually done much in my opinion a much more thorough job uh than previous companies we've worked with. Okay. Okay. I'll make a motion to approve. Then I'll second. Okay. All those so all those in favor say I. Motion passes three to zero. Okay. Um, our next agenda item is consider approval of BG5 closeout. So, similar to last month, we've got another project that we're on the paperwork trail to get closed out. There's about $3,800 in residuals on this project. Not a whole lot, but just another just finalizing some things and
073working through that list that we have open projects. Is it any specific project or is it this is the renovation that we did at um where's the title Clark Middle which would be Baker when so there was a so it's back from 2013 so it's been quite some time ago has ever been closed now uh there is a quite a long paper trail and there was some which um previous boards would know we've been back and forth a little bit on this project with the roof at Baker. So, this is part of um the project that did that roof and there's been some back and forth and we finally have finalized all that back and forth with that company and have gotten to the point we can close the paperwork out and that completely closes
074it out. This completely closes this project out. Yes, sir. Get it off the books. This is the oldest one to get on that. Yes. We're not supposed to keep things open for 12 years. Yes. It's been quite some time. I'll make a motion to approve. I'll second. Okay. A motion Mr. Kaiser and second by Miss Thomas. All those in favor say I. I. Motion passes three to zero. Um, our next agenda item is consider approval of second K's offer for fiscal year 2025. So, um, this school facilities construction commission F SFCC will offer with KZ, which is our technology u monies that Mr. Kase is over and this is his grant basically his kids grant that helps us with a lot of technology in our district. So part of the agreement is they give you
075a dollar amount and the board has to match it to get it. Um so this is the second offer and we always say we're going to put it in escrow and it becomes his grant for the next school year that we budget. So, I was reading I didn't understand the It looks like we're escrowing it for up to three years or Yes. So, you have the option to escrow up to three and we always just take the full threeyear available um depending on how our budget falls out because he is operating in kind of two years worth of grants. So, sometimes he we can do that if budget so calls for it. But the monies that he gets from the grant, we have to match those monies to be able to use. Yeah. So they're
076giving us 4630 and we have to put up that exact same dollar amount to create the grant. Otherwise, we forfeit that and they keep it. Most of the principles department though is in a catch match. Like even when they're putting forth their projects, a lot of our clear touch screens, we're using the catch match for their responsibility for that when we bought those last year too. So it's a good question though. That's really a good thing and needed. Yes, ma'am. It basically doubles our money that we just spent. Yeah, it's great. All right, I'll make a motion to approve kit. Then I'll second. All right, a motion by Mr. Kiser and second by Miss Thomas. All those in favor say I. I. I. Motion passes three to zero. Thank you, Miss Ellis. Thank you. Call
077up Dr. parish um to consider approval of job description assistant director of early learning. So over the next few months, I plan to bring to you a ton of job descriptions. Um Clark County is really blessed. We have over 441 pages of job descriptions. The majority of the districts around us have 10 to 20. So if that tells you that we've got some work to do, uh we sure do. So um this month I'm bringing before you three and this one in particular is a restructure of our early learning programs. So, we've taken the assistant principal's position and we've just retitled it and given some new responsibilities to cover the daycare, the preschool, and the afterare program. So, this is the first one that I bring to you tonight. Okay. Does anyone have any questions
078for Dr. Parish? Okay. I make a motion to approve job description, assistant director of early learning. I'll second. Second, Mr. Kaiser. All those in favor say I. I. I. Motion passes three to zero. Right, Dr. Parish. The next one is consider approval of job description. IEC, preschool teacher. Is there like another way to say that or is it just IEC? It's the IEC and we just put preschool beside it. So to to clear up any confusion because it does get long. So yeah, it's the certification that they required to work at preschool. Okay. Yes. So preschool teachers are actually uh required to carry dual certification in regular education and special education. So they are dy certified and that's where the interdisciplinary part comes in of the IEC. So we are uh about a decade old
079in this job description. So we really wanted to revolutionize the responsibilities of the job role as it is today. So that's what this new job description for IEC represents. Does anyone have any questions for Dr. Parish? How many job descriptions did you say we have? We have 441 pages of job descriptions. It's overwhelming. to translate that way too many. So, we're going through and looking at certain ones. So, we're not creating new jobs. Let me say that very clearly. We're just actually using and putting this beautiful heading. It says growing greatness uh on all the ones that we're actually using in the district. So, that's why there'll be several coming. So, there's going to be several of these coming that might be like two or three jobs combined into one job or changing language or
080I didn't mean to speak for you, Dr. Yes. Yes. Well, that's the next one coming up is actually three job descriptions that we've put in one. Okay. So, the next one definitely encompass. Did we make a motion on this? We have not. No, I'll make a motion. Okay. Motion by Mr. Kaiser for approval. I'll second. All those in favor say I. I. Motion passes three to zero. And the next one is consider approval of job description teacher. Teacher. So, right now we have three versions. We've got 2040, 2050, and 2060 teachers. So, we're like, well, let's put them all in one. So, this is our new and improved one job description for teacher. Okay. So, these are all general ed positions in the district. Gotcha. All right. Any questions for Dr. Parish? Okay. Do I
081have a motion? I'll make a motion. Okay. Motion, Miss Thomas. I'll second. All those in favor say I. I. Motion passes three zero. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Parish. Okay. All right. We move on to internal board business. So, I will call up my favorite Chief Mulligan to consider approval of agreement between Kentucky Office of Homeland Security and Clark County Board of Education for a Law Enforcement Protection Program grant. Yes, this is something we we go through every every once in a while like to buy our vest and different pieces of equipment. That way, the the board uh doesn't have to pay for the equipment stuff out of their pocket. This is a way for us to uh get the equipment we need and this works with the Homeland Security of Kentucky side by side
082with it. And what they do is we have to put the money up front first to buy the equipment and then after after we get the cancel check and stuff, we are able to uh turn that back into them and they refund us the money that we spent on the equipment. So kind of like it's kind of like borrowing the money and then paying it back basically. But uh this is this resolution is designed for to give permission with the superintendent to enter into a contract with them saying that this is what we'll do and this is what we're the particular equipment we're going to buy and stuff like that. It's like a vest and things like that that we go for. Okay. Does anyone have any questions for Chief Mullin? You can use it
083for any kind of enforcement. No, you got to particularly you got you got to each time you do one of these grants here, you have to tell them exactly what you're buying with it and you have to stick with it that cuz if you change it or anything, they will not pay you the money back. So, so you got to go by their strict rules and stuff. And this particular one is just our equipment for tasers. They're about 9 years old and they're getting obsolete. And so we we we part I partner with Jeannie Gwyn at the Winchester Police Department and she's really good about helping me find these grants and stuff. And this is one that's going to save us quite a bit of money. So I noticed there's no dollar amount. So it's
084pretty much uh No, what it is is once once we get if you approve it, superintendent signs it, then we turn in we turn we now we have to give them the application and then they will approve uh how much we can spend. They might take something away because I'm actually ask since we're going to new equipment, I'm asking for a little bit more and they might not give me everything we want. But, uh, whatever thing I can get free, I'm going to take it if I can. Okay. So, from my end, whatever they approve to reimburse is what I'll approve. Okay. Um, so that's basically what the contract saying. But it's it's pretty good because it's it's getting where we we're finding out there's there's more equipment like uh maybe down the road. We
085haven't been able to do it yet, but we're trying to look at into the radios that we're having issues with and stuff like that. But the but they have stipulations to them too, like you can only do certain radios and stuff like that. And uh there might be a way we can do the radios and add something to it after we buy the radios, stuff like that. That's what I've been looking into. All right. Okay. Any other questions from Chief? I make a motion to approve this agreement between the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security and our Board of Education for a law enforcement protection program grant. Do I have a second? I'll second. Second, Mr. Kaiser. All those in favor say I. I. Motion passes three to zero. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Can we
086have a little break? Just a moment. A break? Yes. Okay. We'll call a um 5 minutes where 5 minutes. Let's go ahead and Is it 7:12 up there? We'll come back at 7:22. Thank you. call this meeting back to order. At 7:23 p.m., I'll ask Mr. Brandon Watkins to come and um we're going to talk about consider approval of between CCPS and CCYA for the use of the field beside Justice Elementary School. And we're pulling this back out from the last regular board meeting. So, couple of their Yes, we tabled last time um to get some more information. Couple of our board members, sat down with a couple of their board representatives and uh some of the I guess differences. Uh we changed the wording to allow all ages for recre the wreck league and
087flag. Uh basically the only thing um it does not allow a 56 travel team as RDC is offering football there for free and keeping all the kids that come out. So we felt like that's a really good option for that. Anyone have any questions or any I do. Uh I thought that we were going to have it where five six could do flag or whatever it is. That's still on there. They can use it for anything except for the travel business team. They can use it for any other all the way up to 18. The flag football 18 and just not tackle or whatever you say. No, it's a travel team. So, it's the same thing as like our fifth and sixth grade team except it's a travel team. They travel different and they had
088played here in the past. So, but all the flag football, all the regular wreck league in the fall, that's grades. I'm not for sure the grades from third all the way first and second all the way up to 56. 56 program is actually prek pro game is prek all the way up to 18. 18 and then the regular wreck league in the fall is first through the league. No, the recck league is third. We have a third and fourth grade league. We have a fifth and sixth grade league. Okay. So, all that still would play there. All that still would play. It's just the travel team. And then the travel, we do a first and second, third, fourth, and a fifth and sixth. So, they're saying no travel teams, just the fifth and sixth grade
089travel team is the only one that's not using the field. And my understanding, Mr. Hawkins, is that you you had several meetings with I mean, it was like a sit down. We did. Uh Miss uh Ashley and Mr. Kaiser uh met with a couple of their board representatives and kind of worked through the kinks, you know, that we felt like uh to to come to an agre, you know, a deal that was um better for everybody. It may not be perfect, but it was better for everybody. Right. Um, Mr. Howard, I'm going to ask her you where how you feel where it's at now. Is that's what is best for Clark County Public Schools and our students? It's on the agenda because that that's my recommendation. Does anyone have any other questions? Okay. So, they
090can still go and they can have a travel team. Yes. But if they don't practice on that field? Yes. That's basically it. They can't practice and just use flag or what? No, listen. I'm not real up to good on football, so they can't just practice and then do flag when they practice and then travel and do tackle or whatever. That's two total different teams. It's different teams. Yeah. I have not been involved in any of the the negotiations. It's that's a different team. A flag football team and the travel tackle team is two different teams. So, no, the the fifth and sixth grade wouldn't come out there and play flag football and then turn around and go and do the and do the travel ball. I and I think the board's perspective on it was,
091you know, we don't allow like AAU basketball travel teams to practice at the same time that they're like RDC's eighth grade team, if it's a eighth grade travel basketball team to be in the same time, you know, uh, competing for the same kids. Um, outside of that, and we discussed this, outside of that fifth and sixth grade RDC football season, we're not opposed to doing a facility uh request and accommodating some additional Yes. uh, needs that they might have if it's outside of that season window. Okay. Does anyone else have any questions? I'll make a motion to approve. Okay. Motion by Mr. Kaiser. I'll second. All those in favor say I. I. I. Okay. I. Motion passes three to zero. Okay. Um, our third agenda item is just a quick update on the equity coalition.
092Um, I am honored to be on I'll give them a second to um I'm honored to serve or to represent our board on that equity coalition. We met LA see it was last Friday and they've got lots of really great things coming up and they're going to have um like a gayla to raise funds in August. It's going to be something fun. we don't get to do a lot of fun things anymore. So, um, all the great work that they do, they go into the schools and mentor our black and brown achievers, um, it's just a really great group. It's a diverse group and, um, they definitely have the interest of our students in mind. So, um, like I said, I'm honored to serve on that. It's a once a month meeting. Um, it's great.
093So, just wanted to give that update. All right. No, and I will be they are very eager to give you guys an update at the end of the year. all the great things that they've accomplished and done and then even lay out some goals for next year. So they'll Miss Hall will be a part of putting that together. But I told them to shoot for, you know, May, June, probably June. That way they can put a bow on all their programming and then again we'll they'll celebrate the heck out of kids. Yep. They're that's wonderful. So So now we it is time for the superintendent report, Mr. Howard. Okay. So just a few things I want to highlight. Um lots lots lots going on um around the district. Um, I encourage you guys as board
094members, but also our community. Um, check our social media, check our school social media there. If you want to be involved, there is literally something you can do every single night. Um, I think a couple of you guys are trying to prove that by all the events I've seen you at. So, I appreciate that very much. Even starting tomorrow night, we have an art gala showcase at the library. It's a great collaboration with the entirety of Clark County. Our arts department, I would put our arts department. When I'm talking arts, I'm talking performing arts, fine arts, um, against anybody in the country because our kids and our staff are that talented. Uh, it will be on display, so you can come by the library tomorrow between 5:00 and 7:00. Um, we are currently in the
095window for spring I Ready screenings. Um, so a lot of our schools are finishing up. Um, that is our second to third screening for reading and math. I know you guys have seen some of those screening reports before. I'm working with Miss Fifth and our principles. They're doing a magnificent job. Uh, and we're seeing growth in our students. Again, hay's not tomorrow. We're going to work real hard, and I've challenged our principles to not only screen them, but we're making action plans for the next three weeks on some of our kids that are close to being on grade level um to making sure that they get there. Uh, we're also putting a heavy emphasis for next year. We're in a weird part of the year, so we're finishing out this year, but we're very, very
096much planning for next year. Um, working with our staff on professional development offerings. All of them have been pulled because we wanted to be important. We wanted to align with their needs. And um we even did it a second time because we felt like not enough people answered. So we want to make sure they answer so we can again design intentionally because one of our five pillars is professional development, continual professional development. um with special uh education or exceptional children program. We've had the boardroom booked for days uh with different schools coming in and intentionally scheduling individual kids. Uh but when I mean individual, I mean they're talking about who they should be with next year, what supports they need, how do we meet their specially designed instruction, SDI, how do we meet their goals
097so that we're not waiting for student to not be successful and then change it. we're going to get it right the first time and especially with our students who need the most support. Um, so I've been super pleased with Miss Vallejo. I'll give her a big shout out. Miss McCormick, our principles, when I say the staff are coming in, the entire special education exceptional training staff are in here touching names working on making sure they're in the right place. So, that has been a huge success. I know Baker is planning on coming in um once we get through uh I think testing. Is it May? Yeah. um because they're still working on their master schedule. So, you can't schedule kids unless that's finalized. They'll work with their staff on that. Um there's this thing called
098spring break. I don't know if you guys have heard about it. Um I think it's supposed to be supposed to be next week. I've decided to cancel it. I'm just kidding. I was just kidding. I saw a lot I saw a lot of cry. Somebody's crying back there. Come on, man. Come on, man. Don't be crying back there. I'm just joking. So, we will go on spring break uh next week and we will return Monday the 7th. Uh we'll send a reminder out on that u just to make sure everybody understands we are coming back on that Monday. Um from there again we're kind of in the home stretch. Can thank you guys for setting graduation although some of some of us are now crying over graduation again on Friday the 23rd. Uh the great
099thing is our kids will finish up on the 22nd. Of course the high school will do a fantastic job getting our kids ready to walk across stage. Uh but we won't have kids in the building on the 23rd which will be nice this year. That did not happen last year. So, we won't have issues of students leaving as we're trying to get all those wonderful smiling moms and dads and papas and aunts and uncles and and and um we will have shuttles. Uh we are working on a shuttle system. Um Mr. Watkins, Mr. Snail, transportation always do a great job with that. I would encourage folks to take a shuttle. Uh we do a really good job of getting people there and getting people gone way before other folks are still stuck in the parking
100lot. Uh we will have thousands and thousands and thousands of people there that night. So let me say that do not be surprised when traffic is heavy. All right. I would stick around and hug people. All right. Not in a bad weird way. Just uh congratulate the journey from a lot of our kids we've had from preschool. Um, you know, I encourage our staff to stay, high five people, celebrate. Is one of my favorite days of the year because it is the culmination of their hard work, our parents' hard work, grandparents hard work, and our staff's hard work. Uh, to get them to not only get a diploma, but now to have a diploma that means something, right? It's a Clark County diploma. We know that they have skill sets that will make them competitive
101in our in our global economy and environment and make them workforce ready. And I'm excited about that. So, um before we graduate, we do have to do this thing called state testing. It doesn't define us. We're going to do our very best. Uh it'll start on May the 2nd now that we've set the calendar. It'll be the last 14 days and and we'll get our principal specific uh days because every grade level is a little bit different. But that's uh that's my summary. Um, in closing, go-karts. Thank you, Mr. Howard. Great. Our last um um motion or mo action we need to take is to approve the consent agenda items. Um I'll make a motion. Make a motion, Mr. To approve all consent agenda items. Oh, do you do them all at once? Yes. Yeah.
102What if you had what if there was one of them that you didn't approve of? Is there something that I'm not saying I do. I'm just saying what No, that's a great question. Yes, absolutely. Okay. And do you have any questions before I make a No, I don't I do not. I'm just seeing what happens. Um I will um second or make a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. Motion carries three to zero. I now need to um consider we need to make a consider approval to adjourn to executive session per KRS61.810 1F discussions or hearings which might lead to the appointment discipline or dismissal of an individual employee member or student without restricting that employees members or students rights to a public hearing if requested. I need a motion to adjurnn
103to close session. I'll move second. All right. Second, Miss Thomas. All those in favor say I. I. I. We go into close session at 7:37 p.m.