001he shouldn't have had it in the first place. Um, he may not have loved sophomore English and that was okay because when you talk to him about what he was doing at Ignite that year, my school broke that I would sit my podium. He had a solution. Miss Connley, don't worry. I'm gonna take it to Ignite. I'm gonna fix it. That stool still functions to this day. Um that gave him pride, gave him self worth. And to now see that opening doors for it's powerful. So seeing it from that perspective and now getting to see it every day, I try to sneak through that lab every chance I get. They're fingerprinting me in forensics or they're stabilizing somebody um practicing CPR. It's phenomenal to see them at work. So, I'm really excited about Hello Clark
002and I am one of the CTE teachers at Codle. Um Kathy Kumer is our other one, but she couldn't be here tonight. But this is my first year doing this and it has been absolutely amazing getting to see the kids line up get to experience and learn about all the careers. We've actually got 32 different modules. Very fortunate. Um and the kids will rotate through about three or four per nine weeks and they get to um learn about it through um lessons that they do, videos that they do and there's also activities that program very much hands-on activities. Um and the classroom is totally different. If you come in, you might be thinking, what is going on? because um within those different modules, you've got kids working simultaneously and and usually in groups of two
003and they are this group doing an activity this little chaotic but um it's fun and I think that they you know they're not sitting and they're moving and and doing and working learning a lot of life lessons too as far as working together learning how to cooperate. So tonight we thought I want to thank the parents. I want to thank these kiddos for coming out. Um I'm just gonna introduce the students and then they're going to ask if board members would find a group to watch and then they're going to teach you a little bit about one of the activities that they did. Um and then they'll also ask they'll share with you the 10 days the 10 days. So first we have Evan Sterlock here. He is um be doing flight drone. He's going
004to show you how he how great he is at flying a drone. And then we've got Larkin. He's actually our EMT for the day. U she'll show you her activities. We have Reagan who is doing biomedical engineering. Um we've got Riley who is doing design and marketing. Um and then we've got MJ who is going to be showing you a little bit about our culinary. And then we've got Henry who's going to be showing you an activity from our show. So we would ask give them just one second to get with their stuff and um then if you would group and then they will show you and teach you a little bit about it. And then we also have a little something in got something um Miss Tummer made us some protein balls for you
005to try that that is an actual activity that they do and we'll tell you a little bit more about that. So >> did you make those All right. All right. And they're going to teach you about switch up too. expensive. button. Sure. about How's it going? Is that beautiful? You find it. Yes, thank you very much. I love this. There's a song that you single >> do CPR Yeah. I don't play. >> He was good. >> Yeah. and clips and everything. >> Are you going to eat your thing now? He's taking this. Oh. Y'all did a great job. Thank you. >> Thank you all. Appreciate it. >> Only had one accident. >> I just want to say I think exactly what we just experienced. Um I don't want to speak for all of us, but
006I think we probably can. This is exactly what we had in mind when we approved to green these middle schools and we could not be more excited that all the other middle schools are going to have these opportunities. I know we are just thrilled beyond words that we have these opportunities for our kids. Okay, let's move on to our where are we? Um >> audience Jamie to kill me. Dr. Shane, come on up and and Hall, if you'll come up with her. >> Um, and we're going to have the rest of the come up here in just a minute. Uh, in collaboration with Galisano Children's Hospital at the University of Kentucky, all schools of completed training and preparation for a cardiac emergency response plan. This means that each school has trained staff on a team
007that can respond to a cardiac event on campus. Our schools have earned the hearts safe school designation through the Kentucky Project Atom. Project Atom helps put safety first for every student, staff member, and community member. This recognition is a reflection of our commitment to protecting everyone on our campuses. Tonight, we would like to recognize Jenny Winkler, district health coordinator in Carrie Hall, and all of our district nursing staff for their hard work to make this happen in all of our schools. Now the nurses have a big job all day every day and then they have went above and beyond to do um what this is just an incredible thing that I think I remember the gentleman there um a month ago that we're the biggest county that has project plan. So it's a big undertaking
008and it was a total team effort like they do everything with um and I am just extremely excited. The community should be thrilled because of this and for both of y'all's leadership, we thank you for for doing this for us. >> Well, it's they worked really, really hard and every time that the University of Kentucky representatives for Project Adam would come out, she would tell me, she would say, "I can't believe how prepared you all are." So, it's like she already been every school. It was we um we would drill she would look over our plant they there for like there's nothing else because you won't go the ladies work incredibly hard get their staff prepared to get everybody on board in their building. So any in case of emergency of any kind whether it's
009cardiac may what it is everybody knows their role and what to do. We are very very proud of what these ladies have done. They worked extremely well. >> So, we talk about these ladies. So, come on ladies, come on up front here. We're gonna get a picture. We can, you know, can brag on them for what they do daily for helping all of our kids. Yeah. >> But to but to get all this together, it is a is a big deal. And uh I know y'all shy away from getting accolades and and people bragging on you, but we're bragging on you. and we thank you for what you do every day for us. What this could, you know, save a life, hope save somebody uh the time that that you put in. And you know,
010again, I thank Carrie and Cheney um for getting this coordinated and and we thank you so much for being one of the schools that um are leading the way for project. So, thank you so much Yes. >> Want to get one? Perfect. >> Okay. Thank you all. >> Thank you. >> You know, we've come a long way from having a handful of contracted nurses to having this many nurses on our schools with great leadership and are accomplishing great things with sage. We're just so impressed and so thankful for each of you all. >> Well, I've got a couple other things that I'd like to brag about them as well is um we've also partnered with I Care Center and Dr. Reynolds and Dr. Cassie Nature and they have come in and we have done vision
011screens on all third graders district and all six graders. They don't only do a vision but they do a hoodie and they do a color test and they do a test to make sure that all are working together. So we just finished that with all our sixth graders. We did our third graders in the fall and we just completed that with our sixth graders. So they they also worked with that. And a big accomplishment that we had this year was that we trained every one of our bus drivers before school started on emergency meds. So that took a lot of work. You won't know how many bus drivers that we had. And I have to thank Eddie for making that happen. We saw that it was a necessity that we do that to ease the
012drivers mind. Once school starts, these girls are running full force and it's hard to get those drivers and and you know the the drivers, they see those kids before the teachers do and they're the ones that know what looks like at home and what's going. So just having that extra additive working with them and making sure that they're trained and we're comfortable. That was the main thing that they are comfortable on their routes that they how to respond to emergency. So that was that's a big big accomplishment. But even bigger, wait till you all hear these numbers. In 2023 and 24 we saw 1 9,91,398 students 4,32 student were staff total of 95,836 in 2425 we saw 96,39 students 4,232 staff totaling 101,97 5,2 students in home. So far today, 82,97 students, 1,759 4,735 visits,
0134,9 home. So in the past two years that% of our students have sent home of the students that we've seen the past two years 94% of them in school that these girls are working extremely hard to keep in school. I think they're doing a wonderful >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. I'm gonna circle back because I I I gave a big little shout out to you guys last month because you guys have a little special place in my heart. When I came to presentation did and I watched you guys do that demonstration, I was absolutely blown away. I think the parents and the community um can rest assured that your child or your mom or your grandma, whoever works for us, is in capable hands. And these ladies were the champions
014of and I really do appreciate all the work that they do and I mean really I can't say enough about watching them go through what they did and they never missed a beat. Not a beat and it was phenomenal. So thank you all. >> J we kid a lot but it's much more than giving them peppermint a pat on the head. I know you feel about that is oh it's okay and and a lot of these kids you know just want to talk to you know they may feel they may think they feel bad but they just want to talk to you and that's why your loving spirit of being a nurse which is why you're a nurse helps out tremendously they may not be sick but they just want the comfort of somebody to
015talk to them make them feel like they're okay and send them on back to class and that's that's that's really what's wonderful We we so appreciate >> Adults. Yeah. Yeah. That's right. That's right. Yeah. Staff, all staff comes and talks to them as well. Counselor, nurse slash everything. Yeah. Thank you all. >> Moving right along. Do you have any audience comments? None. >> So, next up on our agenda is our consent agenda. Um just a reminder, these these are things we review on a regular basis from month to month. Um, these are things we are very familiar with and we've had time to ask whatever questions are needed. So bear with me. We have a little bit list here for agenda. So our consent agenda items include the minutes of the March 26 meeting special
016meeting claims superintendent personnel actions leaves of absence technology surplus and then a long list of out of state field trips. Um, the Codle Middle School reward trip to Mason, Ohio on May the 20th. Sixth grade band trip to Pigeon Forge on May the 18th. Codle Middle School seventh and eighth grade band trip to Sanduski, Ohio on May 21st through 22nd. Ferristown Middle School band trip to Mason, Ohio, May the 16th. Clarkmore Middle School trip to Mason, Ohio on May the 15th. Silver Creek Elementary School first grade trip to Cincinnati, Ohio on May the 15th. Madison Southern High School track and field trip to Eugene, Oregon. June the 20th through the 27th. Ignite North TSA trip to Washington DC on June 22nd through the 26th. Madison Central land trip to Cincinnati, Ohio on April the 17th.
017and the Madison Central archery trip to Daytona Beach June 17th through the 21st. Do we have any questions on the consent agenda? >> Tell us the end of the year. Hold on. I'm just thinking it's already here. >> All right. Can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented? >> Motion by Mr. Rford. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> And a second by Miss Rock. All those in favor? Next on our agenda is our construction report. Looking for Jonathan Jonathan Smith with Branskim Construction is here. >> Oh, sorry. >> Jonathan do instruction, but I don't know what we're learn. >> What did I What did I tell you earlier? >> Yeah, >> my brain is not clicking. I'm sorry. Sorry, guys. >> Instruction. >> No, you're fine. It's my fault.
018I can speak. >> Yes, it is the it is the construction report. Jonathan Smith Jonathan is here um with construction to tell us about what all we got going on. >> We can swall a quick update on kind of what's going on. Y'all got a lot going on in district. So, uh got to go through where we're at. Uh just a quick update on Madison Middle to get everything punch wrapped up there. The final punch list Tony's been back and repunched the field all that completed completing the final commissioning. It's kind of part of your HVAC electrical getting all that work cleaned up and done. And there are some areas around campus that's got to be received and we're get contract get that wrapped up. So Madison Middle's pretty much coming to a close. We'll
019give you an update on elementary. A lot going on. Waco Elementary. Uh a lot of block being laid, still being set. You see there they were set the joist. That's the gym. See there was completed just a few days ago. has changed a lot pictures about three weeks. This was the last slab pour for building this. The kitchen few days ago they did the last pour on the slab in the kitchen area. That's the last piece of concrete. You can see there just come out the plumbing electrical everything that's kind of you see there's the cap. That's all the geothermal. So that is all complete at this point. This is the front section was considered. This is a small wing of the building. You see blocks about third of the way up. Uh you see
020those in the front that's entry into the building of that. So we're setting that seal and the remaining will actually be on tomorrow. We're going to start setting this deal tomorrow. We'll continue on for the next set over the next three four weeks. Uh and this is a picture we actually had all the progress for these yesterday. This is that same gym. They're halfway on side. So progress meeting yesterday on start about three weeks. So have the ship. So we need to get in that area right there. That's what's going to give you an update on the general welf project consists of poly southern and all the elementary schools that are doing this southern all the wells are complete there loops tied together. There's four circuits. There's a total of 10. There's circuits active actually
021feeding turning all these other but we're actually there's only six circuits to get online and those will be done start wrapping up getting this season so they started atall next HC renovation home there are 48 whales at whiteall There's 10 of them that have been drilled. Of those 10 and late mid of course the summer really good as you see geothermal even when it's dry it's wet because of all the water. It's going really good. They're keeping it nice and neat. Everything's f there issues there. You can see there's two kids. Give you an update on Foley Madison Southern. Uh this is the first area that we're going to turn over next week. This is at Foley Southern area or the southern side. This is the classroom got fired up Monday and we'll be turning
022the area back to that first lady. So we'll start cleaning tomorrow and Saturday pull that come up clean and get back. That's one of the connector areas that goes over that area. We're going to turn that because it is all this is in actually startings in the folding section. This is phase one. We're going to start those ceilings. We got about classrooms there. All the units are set in there hanging there. Get those. So everything's going really good there. We blocked the building yesterday. Principles at Southern kind of got a plan how we're going to get through testing and through the end of school and working with them there. Uh Hall, we had our pre-construction meeting at White Hall a week ago. Uh we will start obviously as soon as school's up because that first
023phase is that first middle part of start have a pre-demo get started at questions. >> Thank you very much. All right. Next I think Tony's not here. Chris, um, are you going to present the Tony's >> report or the full project? >> It's a just a few pictures of the outside. Flip on again. So, this is from the door entering from the Madison Middle Gym. You come in a little vest. There'll be a secretary that will sit there behind that window. All right. Then you got a couple classroom next. So classroom downstairs and there's classroom upstairs. So the good thing is work's coming along really good. They'll be ahead of schedule. Uh, I think within the next couple weeks it'll probably wrap up wind up June 1st there and then continue on with their summer
024program. So, so it's coming along coming along well and Mr. Northern has done a great job. >> Any questions? >> Like you did a good job Tony. Thank you very much Chris for Tony. >> All right, next one on the agenda is the instruction board and we have with us tonight Mr. Phillips Phips from Madison Southern and Mr. Brandon from Madison Central to talk to us >> thank you all for having us principal at Madison Southern. Um what I want to talk about this evening is our intervention programs. So for the past few years, we've really focused on growing our intervention programs specifically in the areas of math and reading. We we had, you know, noticed that both high schools just a need um for underperforming students, at risk students, uh students with disabilities. And
025so at Southern we basically have a three tiered approach. Um tier one is strong classroom instruction. And so we really, you know, we want to support our students and that's kind of our first layer of defense. Um, second, we have at our school what is called academic time. So weekly our teachers have the ability to work with our students in small groups and more individualized instruction wherever they they need. Tier one is our most intensive. That's kind of what I want to talk about tonight is uh that is where we have a group of teachers specifically a shout out to them Mrs. M Clement and Mr. quick have worked tirelessly to build this. And so they are able to pull students that we identify as really needing that tier top tier one um and so
026they've they've done that. They've done a phenomenal job with that. uh we have various assessment tools and that's kind of how we identify what students need and then from there um how to bring them in, who to take them to and go from there. And so just some data I'd like to share with you is um for the reading intervention, 99% of students that have gone that program this year have grown at least one grade level. on level doesn't sound like a lot but I will tell you from a high school English teacher at the high school level moving them in reading can be diffult and so uh kudos to our teachers and our students for their hard work there um 72% of our students have by at least two grade levels and over 10%
027have increased by three or more grade levels showing significant gain we primarily focus on our freshman sophomore course because we want early intervention, get them, you know, caught up where they need to be so that we can produce supports for them and they can self-actate and do everything they need to do on their own as we supports later on. Uh, with math, uh, Mr. Craig has served 48 students consistently. Um, 29% at this point have completely test out the program, meaning they are on grade level. Uh last little statistic I I'll share there that kind of stood out to me. Average increase in grade per math class is 15%. So we're talking that is a letter and a half of for the kids that have gone through. So again very proud of our teachers, very
028proud of our kids for their hard work. So thank you. >> Those are phenomenal numbers. >> All right. I'm Brandon Fritz, principal of Madison Central. I'm going to talk to you about four things that we're doing uh right now in our building. Uh the the gap between Mar really really hard. Now, we had some hard so at Christmas we were sitting down talking. Uh so we created triur uh and we go to classes. It's a playoff starburst. Uh, and we go in the rooms just to create positive energy, insert energy into our school, have fun with the kids. Uh, we might take a KSA question to them. If they get it, they get Starburst. We've done word searches. We did a multiplication test with the English class and teachers. That was fun. Uh, but we
029just try to have fun with the kids for three, five minutes and then we're back out of the class trying to get some energy. Kids have enjoyed that. They they like the starburst. We try to make sure everyone gets one, the winners, get maybe a few more. Uh, so that's just something we've done to just get some energy for our kids. Um, next thing I'll talk about is lining our test with KSA type questions. Um, what that done for us, our test, we get a lot of data from our students that helps us our structures as well as our go. I'll talk about our go in a minute. So from that stuff we have taken and now we've had scrimmage tests. So all of our kids that are getting tested this year have had a
030scrimmage test. Uh so it was eye opening for some of them. Uh so we took the results from that test and starting this week we have sat down with the kids and talked about what their expectation is when they go to these test. Uh I'll give an example. kid got distinguished in all of his and when I looked at his course from last year they were novice and I bought him by name try that so we've been talking our teachers about the lowhanging fruit to motivate our kids to give their best effort our teachers are phenomenal and always I know what they do every day everybody don't get to see that so I'm rewarded when scores come out so they've been working really really hard with that uh So, it's been fun. Uh, it's been
031busy. Uh, so we talked to the seniors day. 36 days to graduation. They think it's an eternity. Don't but they think it's an eternity, but we'll be standing in EKU very soon. So, it's exciting time. The high school go home stretch. >> Thank you. >> Great stuff from both of you, but I have to take this opportunity in case you don't run off. What a phenomenal job y'all did under intense pressure to evacuate massive high school. >> Yeah. >> I heard nothing from teachers, from staff, students of how the school was led, how the students reacted, how it was organized. Kudos that was amazing. and what we had practiced that two years with counselors, administrators, secretaries, we had been in that very room where we were uh and when I got finally EKU take and
032it was really cool to provide because I didn't get to I wasn't part of the transport district people were there. They were phenomenal helping us in that. Uh we look forward to a debrief with the agencies that were there uh because luckily there was no injuries and anything like that. But man, it was a good learning experience. So fine tune some of that stuff uh and work with the agency. So hopefully it never happens again. Try to be better next time. There's already been a few districts reach out to me and want to hear a deep breach that they >> I think it I think it was phenomenal. You you did ex you know number one priority is keeping everybody safe >> and you did that I know I know parents want to know what's
033going on but we got to get everybody safe >> before we weren't perfect right we weren't but also willing to accept that and try to learn it so we're better next time in case does happen hopefully it never happens but >> and I know you've had similar situations just to watch you guys ev everybody um it makes me really >> put some sunscreen in our boxes because that will happen after we get those. >> Thank you very much. >> Next on our reports is Mr. Mark Woods for our finance reports. >> Good evening. >> Money money. a few numbers. All right, we'll get started with our bank reconciliation for the month. Um, as of March 31st, district ended with the reconcile balance of 12,98,8751. You see as as last year, we had gotten all of
034our construction money in. You seen all the pictures of everything we're doing. So, uh, that balance continues to as we spend on our construction funds down and work on our projects. Another recon balance district has $42 million in investments. Those rates range from 3.228 to 3.75. I'm in the process of getting a another account set up with another bank really offer up CDs. I've also talked to the bank currently have sharpen their pencil to keep some as well. So that's play well for us. So I'm I'm looking at what we're going to need for cash flow over the next few months and make sure we try to maximize things. So hedge on that and get better back. In addition, you had your balance sheet, your revenue and expense report in there. I've looked through both.
035We're tracking where we should be at this time as far as the compared to the working budget probably next month budget. Uh so some of the final things that we may not expect were covered and take care of those but overall we're tracking where we should be. >> Anybody have any questions? >> All right. Can I get a um well moving on to our action agenda, can I get a motion to approve the finance reports as presented? >> So move. >> Motion by Miss Coyle. Do we have a second? >> Second by Miss Rutherford. All in favor. >> So the rest of this action agenda everything on this action agenda again things we've seen and ask a lot of questions, you know, gather what I cannot talk tonight. what other information we need to to
036move forward. So, if you guys will bear with me, we've got several change orders here on our construction projects. And I know Jonathan is here, Chris is here if you have any questions, but most of these are are small and very simple and just big deal. So, let's start with the first one. The first one is to approve change order number two at Foley and Southern for their HBAC renovation. and we've had the opportunity to look at those documents. Can I get a motion to approve the change order number two for AE electrical solutions for the Foley Middle School and Madison Southern HBC renovation project in amount of $62? >> So move. >> Motion by Miss Brock. Do we have a second? >> Second by all those in favor. >> Thank you. Next is to
037approve change order number one for Waco Elementary. This is to approve um the project for to Atlas Enterprises for $3,500. >> Can I get a motion? >> Motion by Mr. Rutherford. Do we have a second? >> I'll second by Miss F. All in >> favor. >> Thank you. Next is change order number two for Waco Elementary. And this is to um approve the Allen Company for $6,690. I moved by Miss Coyle. Do we have a second? >> Second by Mr. Rford. All those in favor? >> Next is to approve change order number four for Waco to Branscom Construction for $19157. Can I get a motion? >> So by Mr. Second by Miss Brock. All those in favor. Thank you. Next is to approve change order number four for Madison Middle for Fry, if I'm saying
038that Fry Mechanical for a credit of $5,499. >> Motion by Miss Brook. Can I get a second? Second by Miss Boil. All those in favor motion with the one we just did. We have to approve change order number five to um for Blue Sky Electric for $5,499.83 cents are basically the same contract. >> Motion by Mr. Redford, second by M. Boil. All those in favor. >> Uh that was the last one of the construction construction ones. Okay. Next on the agenda is to approve the Sabbath. Is that how you see the Sabbath math purchase? Do we have any questions on this? This is just >> curriculum and technology. All right. May I get a motion to approve the Savis math purchase in the amount of $180,000 $180,2962 >> by Mr. Rford. Do we have a
039second? >> Second by Miss Frover. >> Thank you. Next on the agenda is to create and ratify a 0.5 or part-time maintenance position. Any questions? This is for mass southern um part. >> So we'd like to create time to create a whole maintenance position. >> Any other questions? >> Can I get a motion to create and ratify a.5 maintenance position at Madison Southern? >> Motion by Miss Coyle. Do we have a second? Second. >> Second by Mr. Ruford. All those in favor? Next is to um approve our finance auditor. We recently um put out our business for our auditing. Um and question stand the whole time. I didn't even see. >> Sorry. Uh so yes, we did put out RFB was out for months and everything. So I knew it was somewhere close. So we
040put it out for bid and um it was advertised. We always do. I sent out to all the firms. asking them to bid. We ended up having two respondents. One of those did not meet the deadline. Packet came in after all required deadline. So, uh you have proposed that is our auditors. I'm extremely thankful for they do a great job. They were former state auditors here in Kentucky. The state auditor's office doing that. they know school farm schools and uh government entities. So that is our proposal to accept their bid. It is um built where we can accept over five years each year will be brought back to you guys. So you have that right the way it was written. >> I would agree on our current firm. They do a great job. Any other
041questions? All right. Can I get a motion to approve and hire Patrick and LLC as our >> move by Miss Brock? Do we have a second? >> Next, we um are going to talk about the sale and lease the option to buy our Belleview property, which is where our current alternative school is located. getting ready to move to >> Madison. >> This has been going on what about five years or something? A long time. We're in the process of survey property. We don't have an exact process. We have an area overview of it and that's sufficient to do the contract on it. So this is lot number two. There's three lots. number one is uh owned by the city that's been leased to us and two is is the 4 acre lot the city has
042for the approach I think $950,000 so and the back part is a little over that contains the soccer field and the area that depresses to I guess north of it and the city will lease that from us with option for the apprais. So that's what's for you today is to uh approve uh the contract to enter into the contract for SE city uh and lease the 10 acres in the back to purchase that. Is there a time on the leaf like there >> how long >> just year to year or for next hundred years or what what is it? >> We're already like five years >> so that they can buy >> any questions. >> All right. Can I get a motion to declare the Belleview property as surplus and enter into a contract with
043the city of Richmond to sell the school building and enter into a lease with the city options? >> Mr. We have a second by all those in favor. >> Thank you. Thank you, Jerry. >> Thank you, Mr. Appreciate it. >> All right. Next on our agenda is we've had a we have a request here to review a student grievance. Um, we've been asked to read and consider a student grievance that was previously presented to the school where it was thoroughly investigated and then appealed to the central office where it was also investigated and denied at both levels. Obviously, due to confidentiality, we can't disclose or talk about any of the details of the situation. Um, we know it takes courage to do these things um and present grievances. So, this isn't anything we take lightly
044by any means and we take it very seriously. We've all had several days to review the grievance, the corresponding investigations and consider this request. You guys can speak confident in saying that we have all thoroughly reviewed before us. So, do any any discussion or comments on the agenda item? >> All right. So we've also consulted legal counsel. >> Yes. >> Correct. >> Any anything else anybody wants to say? >> All right. So I'm going to say after receiving this request to consider reviewing the denial of the student grievance. Can I get a motion that we not consider any further review of this matter? Second by Miss Coyle. All those in favor I. Thank you. >> All right. Next on the agenda is for our superintendence report. >> Okay. We've already recognized them in our meeting,
045but again, I want to re reiterate the importance of our school nurses um to reach our schools and are vital for just the operation every day. And the senior she amount of kids that stay that's that's interest to each of us. Um, and also we've kind of stole my thunder a little bit. >> Uh, no, that's good. That's good. We we want to continue to A big shout out to everyone in the district that were involved and I felt like almost everybody in the district was involved. Um I it was short weeks ago, seems like longer than that, but um the Thursday before spring break at Madison, we evacuated at least 1600 kids from the building to across the street to the soccer field in less than nine minutes, which is unbelievable task. And we
046did it in an instant. Um you know, which is, you know, even if you practice, it's still incredible to do. Um, so all the students were across the street where they were located and eventually were all bus driver at EKU in less than 30 minutes total which is incredible. Uh we learned a lot from the experience and again we're going to debrief from all the parties involved because you know all the police folk were thrilled to death because they felt like it was a we weren't because it's just something we don't practice a lot but it ended up being an incredible experience just to learn and we'll learn more as we gather together how we can do it better from the district all the way down u all the police departments um the administration the
047students and the staff at Madison Central was incredible. With all those kids, you think it was chaos. It was the opposite of that. It was fantastic. Uh they were dynamite in in being calm and organized throughout the entire process. I want to say a huge thank you to the Richmond Police Department chief was just incredible. Kentucky State Police, Madison County Sheriff Department, bomb squad, EKU police, the director of safety, Brian Mcin who was second to none. He helped us tremendously on getting everything organized. President McFaden called me numerous times to what can I do? How can we help you? I told him, Mr. Mackin was in charge. He said, you got the best and we figured it out pretty quick. He is one of the best for the cooperation and coordination of making everything work
048as well as it could be. Um, you know, threats are never taken lightly. And so that's why we all went into action and we did what what happened was we hated to do it but at the end of the day when we got home probably at 7 at night trying to just breathe and think about it it was an exercise that all of us in the entire community will benefit from what that from that practice. So, a huge kudos to to Mass Essential students, staff, administration, my administration up here. They went there. They went here. It was it was incredible. So, um I'm glad. So, that's for sure. Uh and then three days of this week, we've got all of our allocations finished with all of our schools. So, um that's always a tough task.
049Dr. has a a tough seat in front of him the next couple weeks of delivering letters and things of that nature, but we wrapped all of that up today. So, that's >> okay. Do you have any comments from the board? >> Couple things. >> No, you're not. >> We're excited. I know the announcement went out about our new police chief. Uh we're excited. I'm sorry. >> No. Okay. When he brought up applications, um, just today I just today I got two calls of of people looking for jobs. Um, and it's just a reminder. We know that Eastern's graduating. We've got applications. Words out that there's positions and stuff. Um, two calls I got today were from friends and I had to tell them we are not allowed legally as a board to be involved at
050all in any type of personnel decisions, not hiring and not firing. There's only two people and they're both in this room, him and our legal counsel. So don't think we're being rude. I refer everybody sorry right to Dr. But it's it's out of our hands. We are not by law allowed to discuss personnel decisions or job openings or anything of that. So good luck. We welcome all these new teachers. It's exciting time, fresh start. So uh but I I just especially the two people that called me today and think you guys. >> We can't overturn or override it. Okay. >> All right. So, first is I would like to thank and welcome Mr. Wilcox as a chief police. I think uh you know five years ago when the legislature implemented that we could have police
051force I was like absolutely not there there's just no way headache and at the time I don't think but over the last five years we've seen what it takes to have SRO's and over the last few weeks I've inquired and questioned things and talked to people especially about Willox and there everybody says we couldn't have got He was the best person to to get this off the ground and I'm now excited to see what he does and gets us ready for next year and u excited to see where where he takes us and I think it's going to be a great thing for Madison County for the future and especially with the incident at Mass Central. I think having police does great, Minnesota does great, having our own people and having everybody train and he
052can pull SRO's own schools and the collaboration will be I think 10 times smarter than it was kind of back on on our new police force. Um yeah, Mr. Wilcox is it's uh we couldn't have done any better. But but something that uh I just want to make known to the public because I think there might be some misconception out there. We have partnerships and and contracts with the local law enforcement with the city of Berea, the city of Richmond and sheriff's office. They contract officers, their employees to us um to serve as these SRO's and hit the jackpot with them as well. They they are phenomenal. um they are not provided to us as a service. We pay for our SRO's. Um we pay these these agencies for the use of their employees because
053we're pulling those employees off of their job. So and it's not cheap. So I just want to make sure people are aware that um there is there is a cost involved for us to have these SRO that we currently have. So, we're talking about the same for what Mr. Wilcox has said. Those of you who said, "When are my taxes going up?" >> We'll let the chief speak. >> Yeah. Next month. >> Absolutely. I think it's exciting. >> Okay. Okay, I'm going back to you said it was a great practice and it was a great practice provided that it wasn't real. >> Correct. >> And but the thing is is it did put a lot of expense out there for the community for all the courses. A lot of money was spent to make all
054that happen some prank phone call and it really needs to be taken serious and I just hope that you know kids grow up and don't realize that they do realize that it's not just the phone call. It created a a you know a domino effect to all throughout Richmond and you know you seen the traffic signs up already that was very you know trying to let people know there's traffic that was very um you know advantageous had that up there. So I I just thought about you know child wants a lot but it was a lot of money don't know how much money but I'm sure >> putting up with you know but it was whatever word is >> yeah do any public comments Miss Sammy. >> Okay. All right. May I entertain a motion
055to adjourn this meeting? >> Motion by Miss Brock. Do we have a second? >> Second by Mr. Thank you all.