001County Board of Education meeting on Yeah. the 6th at 1700 Wallace central office building. I'd like to welcome everyone. All board members are present. How you miss Becky? Good. How are you doing? I need a motion to approve the agenda. Seeing no changes need to be made. I'll make a motion. Mr. Jones. So moves second. Miss Ashley seconds. All in favor? Second by saying I. I. All oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. 50. Public comments. Mr. Kentucky Davis, are you here? Not seeing. Moving on. Miss Becky, board member comments. Oh my. Um, well, I understand it's teacher appreciation week and so I just want to extend my appreciation for what they go through each and every day. Uh, cannot imagine, but I know we've got some outstanding teachers and staff members, administrators, so yeah, it's a
002good week to appreciate them. Mand? Um, no, not at this time. Miss Ashley. Yeah. Mr. Jones, follow up with Becky, too. Are we doing anything as a board to appreciate them? We uh the Educational Excellence Foundation uh is helping sponsor and we're grilling out for the staff every day. We did the upper and the middle school yesterday. Uh Mr. Jury is uh is pretty handy on the grill. Uh we were at the high school today. We'll be at the lower tomorrow. And there will be a transportation on Thursday. So, we're feeding them all this week. So, with uh some good hamburgers, hot dogs, and uh other things. So, all right. Sounds good. Anything else, Mr. Jones? I'll reserve. Moving on to item number five, discussion items. Uh discuss, review board policies and procedures. I'll let
003you go first there, Mr. Arvin. Uh so one uh when we were kind of looking at this uh we did find um and I know there's some policies we want to discuss tonight. There's one that is essentially a duplicate. There was one policy uh about drugree and alcohol-f free schools that the board updated that when we were going through and looking at some there's essentially a duplicate uh but one has an extra paragraph. So policy 03.23251 uh we need to remove uh because it is an old policy. We uh I'm going to we don't need to remove that policy. That policy is still there but we got two policies under the same policy number date and everything. The first policy what was in place the second policy the second page back I think second paragraph
004down. Yeah. Next to last was what the board added to that policy. So it was given the same policy number and date at on the date was updated. We updated on 820 of 24. But when that policy was put in in that paragraph for the marless minute Jake uh post discipline drug testing the other one didn't have it in it. We added this one and somehow both policies got left in there. So, I'm going to start going through all the policies and see if we got any other duplicates that the policy was put in with the other policy and both policies are still in the book. So, the wording is the exact same except for the addition of the paragraph. That is correct. So, we should remove the old one. So, there's no discrepancy of
005That is correct. So, like on the on the KSBA's website where they maintain the master list, they got two. The KSBA's got two 0313251s. I didn't look at KSBA. Uh they was in our policies. Okay. But I mean when you pay cash pay do your you know policies they got the master list on the website. So yes sir I understand that I'm on the website you know I would assume they got the right one. I didn't I don't know that but no happens when you assume. Yeah I know but I mean I would I would find it shocking if they had two 03.13251s. Did you j No this Well and this one actually has for whatever reason does have a different it actually does have a different policy number. Correct. the uh that was 013251
006I think. Well, okay. But the this one's for classified. I mean your 03 2351's for classified. See where it says classified? This is for certified. 0313251's for certified. 03 2351's for classified. Correct, Jake. But when we doing these, we put it under personnel and things and the policy covered certified and classified. Yeah. When we updated that policy, we made it across the board for everyone. So you need to So you need to have the case be added to the classified then. Correct. Okay. Okay. Is is what I'm saying? The policyy's done been written, had the two legal readings on it. Yeah. And approved. I just wanted the board to know Yeah. that we was pulling that one and this is putting the correct policy in there. Yeah. And then no, I did not check on
007KSBA's website to see if that policy Yeah. I mean, when we hire them to do the policy services, they maintain the master list. I understand that. But if we check in that box that gets sent to us every year, if they just check no changes, then KSBA assumes there's no changes. If we didn't send them the updates and stuff, KSBA does not know. I agree with that. I agree with that. Yeah. So yeah, it's just a discussion item. Can we correct? Yeah, we've discussed it. Can we have that checked on by our next meeting and take action? I wish I brought my tablet. Yeah, I mean we log in now. But yeah, I can check on it. We can check on it and see. I mean, I doubt on their end they've got two 03251.
008We can make sure they've got the right 03 251. If they did not add the language to the classified version, which is 032351, we make sure they add it to the classified. And that should solve the problem, I think. Yes. Okay. So Jake, when you say KSBA maintains a master list, do you mean on our website or you mean on their site? It's on their site. Our website links to theirs. When you go onto our website, you know, you click on policies and it takes us to the KSBA website. And so you can I mean regardless whether you go to KSBA's website or you go to ours which links to theirs, you get to the same place. Okay. Either way, the hyperlink. Okay. Yeah. Hyperlink. There you go. Fancy word. Gotcha. Any other discussion on
009that? Hearing no further discussion. Moving on. You're up. You want to introduce yourself? [Music] I'm Nicole Bishop. I'm the new director of special education. So meet you all. Nice to meet you. How's it going for what? Two weeks. Yeah, two weeks in. Really good. I got a board going in my office. Some work. So got um the teachers, um special education teachers and paras and outside people some little donuts this morning for teacher appreciation. So they liked that. So it's going good. Awesome. Well, great. Welcome. How long you been in the education profession? This is my 22nd year. And did you come Boon County? Um I spent 16 years in Jefferson County Public Schools. Um that's where I started out as a young 21year-old in a inner city restorative classroom. Um and then my husband
010took a job at Great American Insurance right before CO. So six years ago, we moved two dogs, two kids, and I worked um the past six years as the autism and behavior orordinator for all of them schools. Did you get to work as Shaunie? I did. And actually when Shaunie wrote the book um with Keith Look, Keith Look and I kind of did that together. Um the last two weeks of school in May, way back when, 10 years ago, I was in charge of um holding down the fork on 16 kids who had been ex suspended more than 15 school days. So, welcome aboard. Thank you. Moving on. Item six on the agenda, recommended action in new business. Item 6A, approve layback funding amendments. Mr. Jury, yeah, we building the lab over there at the
011middle school. There were some things that the layback funding will pay for and some that they won't. So, just offset, we're going to move some things around, pay for some salary, free that salary money up to pay We can't do that without you guys that sending it back to KD for approval. KD's already said this is fine. Also move. Second. Miss Becky moves. Mr. Jones seconds. Any further discussion? I've got a quick question for you, Tony. Yes, sir. The uh you said you want to use part of that for salaries. Yes sir. That's not adding anyone. That's just No, that's just coding. Yes. Okay. Any other discussion? All in favor signify by saying I. I. All oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Item 6B review approve impetent campus license agreement. Also move. Second. Mr. Jones seconds.
012Hearing no further discussion. All in favor? I. All oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. 50. Item 6 C. Review approve emergency certification of upper elementary teacher. This is routine. I'm assuming this is just someone that didn't get their certification in time or whatever. Yes. And it's it's one that you know if their test comes back within the next couple weeks, we will not have to use. This just kind of covers them. Um just in case. Elementary teachers were caught up in something this year. PSP is requiring new practice exams and universities did not do a good job and neither did our teacher candidates realizing they needed to take this to get from provisional certification in the program to full certification. So we've got two or three teacher candidates caught up in this and it takes time
013to schedule practice and to pass. They don't even have to pass it. We just need them to take it and get a result. We can get another year provisional or they can get fully certified. We just so it just cost them money. Cost them money headache. You guys pass the motion. I move to approve. Miss Amanda so moves. Second. Miss Ashley seconds. All in favor signify saying I. I. All post same sign. Motion carries 5. Item 6D, review, approve change for gift and talent allocation from a full-time position to a part-time position and lower elementary RTI allocation from a part-time position to a full-time position. I so move we'll discuss it after we get a second. I'll second. Miss Becky seconds. Open for discussion. who wants to give the explanation on it. So, what what
014we're looking to do is um you know, looking redoing some schedules um at at the lower elementary. Um they have to have all their RTI services done by one:00 uh because that's when if we have a part-time person in there, that's as long uh as as they can be there. Uh what we have kind of found when they're doing their reading instruction, they get the small group reading. Um, you know, normally that's when the teacher pulls, you know, different groups of kids and can work with them. Well, that's when the RTI teacher is having to come in and pull those kids out. Now, the teacher is still working with other kids, but that lowest group's getting pulled out and worked with by somebody else. What this gives us the ability to do is now their
015teacher in the classroom is going to get to work with them. And then later on in the day, they're still going to get an opportunity to be pulled by this individual because they're going to be there the day longer. We're increasing services for those students in our lower elementary that that need more support uh in in reading. Um and uh to offset that uh we're going to we're asking to take our gifted and talented position from a a full-time to a part-time. So, we're essentially looking to swap those. So, not wanting to create anything uh additional, just swapping full-time and a part-time. We don't do much for our gift and talent to start with in my opinion. So what effect is cutting this to a half position going to do to that? So I think
016part of the thing with uh what we're supposed to be doing for a gifted and talented population um is a lot of that is actually on the classroom teacher. Uh, so that's incumbent upon us to make sure we're showing them ways that they can can do some of these things. Also, I know and I can just speak specifically to the middle school because uh we've had well and even I think the lower uh they've been able uh in if we can do this during um some RTI time, this gives the ability to pull some of the higher kids uh out that are above grade level and uh have some of our specialist teachers there that can do some extension activities with them that they're not getting the opportunity to do now. So the middle schools
017kind of carved that out and they're doing that during their morning RTI block. This gives the lower elementary the opportunity to be able to kind of do the same thing for some of those students. of this um that work is not specifically the job of this gifted and talented uh individual that's here throughout the day, but they obviously work with the teachers and help make sure that those students have opportunities throughout the course of the day to get some gifted and talented to get pushed. So the teachers are doing most of the work. the gifted and talented is person is mainly just showing them what they need to do. There's a lot of oversight to that. So Tony, I'll let you speak to that. I've kind of spoken to about my depth on it. So
018coordinator position. So that person I'm sure that go kids that were gifted and talented and they got service through the FA and it was her job to report that to check up with me and find out what I was doing and she did all the reporting for Katie and so that's kind of that's kind of the role of the coordinator over the years uh as with other things we tend to say well that's its own program and it needs its own coordinator and she's going to run and do everything for those GT kids and That's not the appropriate design. So, we need to really and when we had the discussion, you know, when we look at the needs of what's going to help our our district move forward, it's catching the kids K2 that are
019falling behind coming in getting them caught up on second, third grade level before third, fourth, and fifth grade. So, kind of balancing the need. What's what's the greater need? Both of them are big, but but there's some other things too, but that's there's no complaints either with the person that's doing GT work, one of the hardest workers in the district. So, we don't there's no complaints there. We just sometimes got to run it like a business balance. I'm going to call the question. What's pleasure to the board? It makes sense to me. Uh I think during the summer maybe we can have more discussion on what we could do for GT. Um but I think yeah, for the time being we need to focus on RTI. Green Ashley. I mean, I I mean, I definitely
020agree on the RTI focusing on that for sure. Um, you know, and if if they feel like the gifted and talented, if this would work well, then I agree. Um, but if we don't feel like it will work well, if we feel like it would be better to keep them both at full time, then I think we need to have that discussion at some point. That's just my thought. Mr. Jones, I don't disagree with anything either one of you two said. I'll still stand by my statement that I don't think we do much for our GT program and I'll hold very firm on that. Uh so I guess the only thing I would say is I would like to see a review of what was done over the last uh nine calendar months of the
021school year when we possibly do our little retreat or something where we can at least see what was done last year so we can give some type of assessment you'd like. I'll withdraw that motion. No, I think we probably need to we probably need to do our motion. I there isn't anything here that tells me we shouldn't do what we're doing. Okay. But in the process Absolutely. Something. Yeah, I y'all are hesitant. I I agree because um I don't know. I feel like a lot of the time we're focused on catching people up, which is fine. That needs to happen. But a lot of the time I feel like the kids that are trying to reach something else, you know, that are above that are either on or above that level that are really trying
022to hit a different goal are kind of lost. And it's just like there's there's nothing that's given to them to reach, you know. It's like so they're kind of just the one the students that are willing to go the extra mile aren't really given the track to do that, you know. So I I think you're right. I think there needs to be maybe a different approach or something for it, but I downsizing it seems like it could go badly. Well, and just and something else that that we're in planning in the works to do to kind of to your point to make sure we're giving kids opportunities. Uh we're we're looking at the potential right now to be able to add some high school credit courses for eighth graders next year. So, that's something we're
023working on to try and push some things down to go ahead and get them ahead of the curve a little bit so when they get to high school, they've got the opportunity to have more dual credit opportunities because they've already gotten some of those uh those credits taken care of. Um, you know, but at the same time, uh, if you would like us to come up with, uh, you know, a gifted plan or something to ensure in every building that we're, you know, what is the plan of every building? what are we doing to ensure those students are pushed and have me report out about that sometime in you know maybe late June early July I'd be more than happy to do that I'm just coming from once being in a position similar to others
024who are here that usually you got to a certain point of the year where you pulled things out of the hat to justify why we did some type of a program when we really didn't do much of a program u my experience of 27 years in the school district we didn't do a whole a lot. So, if we're just telling it like it is, that that's shame on my group when we were in charge. But I don't think that's a segment of our society and the school that we need to ignore. I think we need to find some way to be able to push them just like Landon said. So, I mean, I I don't disagree with what we're doing here in in D. That's probably what we need to do at the moment. But
025I do think it would be one of those things that this board ought to consider. Maybe we need a full-time position at gifted and talented as well as whatever we're doing here. But I think for the short term, I I would vote yes to be able to move this along. Is that good enough? Yes, sir. Have we called your question? Made the motion. I motion Miss Becky second. And I think we got to take a roll call vote now. I think I think it's uh I just wanted input because he's good. No, it's like John said, you know, these positions here. I agree. We don't have gifted talented I agree horses in this school. Mr. Jury, Mr. Arvin, when we put the agenda together the other day on it, I said I would stay neutral
026in it because id leaning with Mr. Jones heavily on this that we got to do something different for the our gifted and talented in the school district. Yep. And I you know I wanted your all's input on this because is it something that we're going to throw away and not that group of kids away just because well they can pass so let's not reward them or anything. And I'm glad our student school board members spoke up on it because like I said, I'm neutral on this vote. I'm going to there's people in this room that's more qualified to advise on this than I am. So, we'll just put it as a topic on our retreat and talk about the structure because obviously sounds like it needs restructured and what qualifies these kids that are actually
027gifted and talented. So, we can definitely do a deep dive, I think. So, we've got a motion and a second on the floor. All in favor signify by saying I. I. All oppose. Same sign. and uh Tony or Mr. Arvin uh remember that and get us something put together for the retreat. Next item. And Landon, you're more than welcome anytime you to speak on any of these. They didn't have a place for you on the agenda, but anytime you want to speak, anytime you want to tell us something, please speak up. Yeah. Not that's just I've always I when I came up um any level it was available. I was always in that program and it wasn't whoever was in charge of it at any point never did a bad job with what they were
028given, but I felt like the job they were given was either too vague or it wasn't enough. You know, it it was it was more creative thinking, which was good, but it it wasn't the the push that I felt like a lot of us kind of wanted. As you know, if you if you're getting through the curriculum you're given easily, you're wanting something else to push you and then later on you're still on that same track. You know, if you're getting the stuff you're going to get later on, you're just going to be ready to do that again when you get there. So, I think yeah, well spoken from royalty. Nice job. Item 6E. It just says review approved 2526 Ohio Valley Education uh Cooperative. What do we approve? Uh I think there's an agree
029there's supposed to be an agreement there but just our agreement with with you have that document. Yeah. And nothing changed in that. I make a motion we approve Mr. Jones so moves second. Miss Amanda was actually a man on that one. Miss Amanda seconds. All in favor signify saying I. I. All oppose same sign. Item uh 6G we need to enter into executive s one more our nutrition. Oh sorry item 6F review booth KDE school community nutrition program attend participate I so move second Mr. Jones seconds hearing no further discussion all in favor signify by saying I I post same side Mr. Chairman. Oh, sorry. Go ahead, Miss Becky. Um, before we go on, can we give Landon the floor for five minutes? Yes. We haven't really heard a lot from you, and I know
030your time is coming to an end soon. And you were, let's see, prom king, I think, since we've seen you. Tennis champion. Tennis champ. What are we missing? We can talk about all that. Yeah, just tell us what's going on. I think you went to a university, too, didn't you? I I did. Uh, made some decisions. I'm I I think Did I mention the cherry presidential when I was here? No. I did get the cherry presidential at Western. So that's $16,000 a year. That will cover it after I get the rest of the money where it's supposed to go. Um so I'll go to Western. Yes. Prom King. It happened. I was not trying for that one. Um Uh but you didn't turn it down, right? But no, I didn't turn it down. No, I
031I was not going to be the bigger man. Sorry. Um but yeah, no, it's it's getting close. Um we did NCKC the tennis won it fourth time in a row. I think it's the longest um span of titles any team yet. So, uh hopefully next year after the seniors bail, rest of them can keep it up. But, uh it's looking good. um very successful. The regionals for us are next week. So hoping uh hoping to get me the four seed um go to state finally. Taking too long. Um and hopefully a couple other teammates seated actually. It's I've never actually seen us get more than one team seated in uh each bracket. So that would be nice. Um it's it's been different this year. We've like gone into teams that normally you go in and
032it's scary and you're looking at them like really? We killed Oldm County this year. I've never even beat I've never seen us beat Old Holdm County and we beat them 4-1. Um so yeah, that's kind of been the year. Um not tennis, not not me related the uh scholarships, all the local scholarships. um just a thanks to them I feel like is in order because we had I mean I think I applied to about $10,000 worth of scholarships just local that are just our grade level of our school. So um I think everybody was really grateful for that. I know quite a few people that applied for those. Um yeah I think uh the KSA rewards that happened the other day for the state testing last year. a few people um quite a few in
033those pictures for the proficient distinguished obviously more would be the goal but um congrats to those so you'll be with us the next meeting the end of the month right okay yeah I you know I I'll stick with you for a little bit longer come on back I know you'll I know you'll miss me too much if I leave too soon get y'all a replacement before you lose me. Come on. All right. Work on that. Thank you. I got a quick question for you. You're talking to the students out there and things. The uh Have you been emphasizing how important these testing is coming up and stuff is for us? I'm trying. I uh I think you'll know the um seniors don't really care. That is not news. So, uh, but yeah, everybody else, um,
034I I love the, uh, hanging the stuff in the halls that says basically this is bad, be better. I think that's fantastic. That I I think it's great. Um, more even more. I would not complain. I think that's a perfect thing. Um, but, uh, yeah, I hope it turns. Um, I think, yeah, I think effort is the biggest problem, but um, know I've talked to Jerry a little bit about different options to try to mix it up, try to get them a little bit more interested in it, but it's tough. That's takes time. Sometimes you can't teach effort. Hey, we appreciate you and we definitely appre appreciate your input this year. Yes, absolutely. Because without you all, all we hear is one side of the story. Oh, I I appreciate I appreciate the role being
035available. It's It's nice. It's because a lot of the things I mean, when I hear y'all talk about it, you're talking about like how it's going in the school, it's good. But, you know, getting that opinion from somebody like you're talking about the GT, like I've gone through it recently, you know, been through it the whole program. It's good to have it. Anybody got anything else before we go into close session hearing? No further discussion. Item 6G need to enter into executive session regarding KRS 61.810 paragraph 1 subsection F for discussion or hearing which might lead to disciplined dismissal of expulsion of a Gton County student. I'll move to approve the action in executive session. Put both actions in executive session. Thank you, Jake. Second, Miss Amanda seconds. All in favor signify by saying I.
036I. All oppose, same sign. adjourned. Mr. Mr. Jones done had you wrote down John. Mr. Jones so moves. Miss Ashley seconds. All in favor signify by saying I. I post same signs to be two things we're known for. Call the question.