001e e e here you go we now call to order the Madison County Board of Education meeting for March the 11th is now 6 p.m. and we will begin Miss berford do you care to read the mission sure Madison County schools in partnership with the community strives to equip Educators and students with the skills to lead by example develop and speak with a unique voice and explore their academic curiosity to make a positive impact on our community and our world thank you Miss bford next we go to our showcase Mr Ney all right our first student showcase we have Kingston here with us uh this evening uh tonight's uh showcase features the kindergarten students from Kingston Elementary kindergarteners are going to share with us about a unit they are working on called who let the
002dogs out which is a good song I like that one in the unit students are getting Hands-On experiences with multiple guest presenters bringing dogs into the building the unit provides several real world opportunities to see dogs in different roles the students will be creating 3D dogs as well as their homes in Steam class the unit will conclude with students getting to adopt their very own dog looks like some interesting dogs there it just keeps getting better as they come in the door [Music] okay I'm not going to use the microphone I have a biger voice so we are so excited to be here representing kindergarten and this little puppy unit that we've done for the last two weeks our kids have been learning all the things about pets how to take care of them um
003what they need we have had real live dogs at school and if if you don't have a do really sorry theyve probably been begging for one and we've had puppies we've had shelter dogs we've had guests and they're going to tell you all about it we saw Buddy the police dog he is a therapy dog at the Berea Police Department we met Oliver from four Pauls Unleashed they groomed him and brushed his teeth did you know his toothpaste tastes like bacon we learned about vet kale we got to see a real X-Ray can you see the some puppies on the orchard or just sound the madon county animal [Music] shter B Kudos he is available for adoption our F FRC director Miss Daniels read us a book and we sang bingo I love that song
004Who Let The Dog Out we had a fluffy white dog too long wiener dogs and some itty bitty teeny tiny puppies we saw a big dog and a long dog AR ARF we sh all pets from home you can see my dog Bentley and me you can also see my dog Izzy we got Izzy from the shelter we made progress in Steam class we made dog houses this is my dog house we also created dog fores using different materials to show the texture of therefore we made fre D dogs and dogs Clauses here is the dog I made here is my dog it is a poodle we read lots of books about dogs Bella and Rosie are my favorite characters we played math games too we used dog bones to add we adopted pups in
005kindergarten first we picked a puppy to love then we named our puppies on an adoption certificate next we made our puppies a caller our puppies got a house and a book to read at home we just want to give a huge shout out first of all to these kindergarteners how awesome are they they work so hard and then also we had a few sponsors Bria College was so generous and they gave us a grant to provide us with the kids got to adopt small puppies they let us get callars and books and all sorts of things so huge shout out to them also Mike's kids because a lot of the books came from that Grant as well four calls unleash they visited our school um the Bria Police Department the Madison County animal shelter and
006W and W Veterinary Clinic so we are so thankful have all them visit our um school it was an amazing little unit and they work so hard so we're super proud of them awesome job thank you all good job boys and girls parents from Kingston thank you all for coming I did a site visit with Mr mounts just the other day a lot of people have been Kingston Trojans for a long time there are a lot of good things going on at Kingston Elementary and this is just part of it so proud to be a Kingston Trojan that's sure thank you all for coming you thank you all you guys are hear something from that big dog but she got out of here didn't she such good [Laughter] read I need a picture of her
007embarassing you're a sport I was to say that would be oh my God Tammy can we all get up there really good right y want to squeeze in to stand up squeeze that in here yeah get in can you be seing okay they did so good to be able to read that was awesome was this the best part of I like kids just smile I can't look how they can read awesome good good yeah they did a really good [Music] job okay I keep reaching for my phone for a mouse ready oh here they gave me a mouse and I don't next we'll move on into our recognition and Mr NE all right we'll continue with with our recognition tonight we'd like to congratulate the winner of ba children's Champion art contest this year's winner
008is Danielle Martin a fourth grade student at Daniel Boon Elementary her incredible artwork will be displayed throughout the county on billboards spreading the beia Champions message for all to see in recognition of her achievement the Madison County Fiscal Court declared March the 5th 2025 as Daniel Martin day she has also received a $100 check from the Kanas Club of Richmond let's give a big congratulations to Danielle we have our family resource director Amy carmichel we're going to come up and and say a few words well Danielle was part of um J's Champion month contest that we've done for many years with all the F frc's in the district and Danielle's um great artwork will be in Bia and Richmond and for the whole month of March on billboards so when you see that you'll see
009the great artwork that was done by Danielle yeah if you're if you're at the light in front of Kroger's and McDonald's and we all are a lot uh you'll see it i' I've witnessed it a couple times pop up so Danielle it's already out there so you to be really proud yeah I've seen it before yeah congratulations good job good job congratulations exting yeah okay I think you have another one you got another one and Daniel Boon's hot tonight um we would like to also recognize one of our star staff members Daniel Boon Elementary library media specialist Donna Morris was recently selected as one of the 2025 KET Allstar this recognition honors Educators who exemplify excellence in teaching and the impact those Educators make in their classrooms on a regular basis over the next couple
010of years Donna will have the opportunity to share a wide variety of educational content and resources in her school and with her colleagues across the district congratulations Donna on being named the 2025 KET Allstar congratulations conratulations feel like we see her up here a lot she's star she's a star that's right it's awesome we love your vending machine it is awesome can you talk a little about that just nothing like putting you on the spot so off the cuff you know um and of course Mr Neely had written up something and used my m name because like we go way way back that's right but um so Daniel Boone now has a book vending machine that uh was part of the steel Reese grant that I received back uh in the fall and so the
011vending machine uh is wrapped in Daniel Boone colors and the kids are anticipating earning tokens to get free books to start their own libraries at their house um so and we just um Miss um oh go name just left me me every day that's the age we were talking yeah that's the age um Miss Carter had some books here at the uh Board office uh at DLT and she was like I know where those need to go because nobody's claimed them yet so uh we are thankful for another donation of books that'll be filling our um vending machine and the kids are really excited and some little kid as he walked by while we were having our opening he goes oh man I thought there were going to be chips in that but then he
012was like oh there's Diary of a Wimpy Kid so so they're really excited about that so thank thank you thank you very much thank you that's now that's all the exciting stuff that's right okay T Miss Wilson do we have any comments from okay or any uh next on our consent agenda these are items at the board sees on a regular basis and we're very familiar with these items to be approved on the consent agenda are the minutes of the February 13 2025 meeting claims superintendent personel Now actions leaves of absence technology Surplus the following out ofate trips the Madison Southern High School senior trip to Mason Ohio on April 25th 2025 the B Michael cotle middle school 7eventh and eighth grade band trip to Pigeon Forge Tennessee on May 13th through 14th 2025 the
013B Michael cotle Middle School six grade band trip to Pigeon por Tennessee on May 9th 2025 the Madison Central High School track and field trip to Virginia Beach Virginia on March 21st through the 23rd 2025 the Madison Southern High School baseball trip to Cincinnati Ohio on April 11th through the 13th 2025 the Madison Southern High School baseball trip to Knoxville Tennessee on April 4th through 5th 2025 the Madison Southern High School softball trip to Pigeon Forge Tennessee on April 4th and 7th 25 the ignite Academy de DEA trip to Orlando Florida on April the 25th through May the 1st of 25 the ignite Academy South Deca trip to Orlando Florida on April 25th through May 1st 2025 and also two shortened School Day applications are there any questions everybody get a chance to look those
014over okay then I need a motion to approve the consent agenda as has presented so move a motion by Miss berford do we have a second a second second from Miss Brock all in favor say I I opposed motion passed next we have our monthly reports coming up first is our instruction report by James Ray our chief academic [Music] officer how are you all doing good how are you good I'd left some of this up there for you all to kind of look through earlier um while at ksb day some of those sessions they talked about profile a learner profile a graduate and that's something that KD had started kind of pushing out those concept years ago um we' adopted a profile of a graduate in Madison County but I thought it a good time
015to come back and just have a refresher of where we've been and kind of where we may be going with that into the future uh fall 2019 at Clark Moors a strategic plan meeting was held 112 members of the community came to that meeting and it was a chance to give their input um and when we look at that develop a profile of a graduate you have that end kind of hanging out there with the graduate part but really from a learning perspective we want to look through that K through 12 lens what does it take for them to get to that point and you can see here um some of these things up with our profile of a graduate if I look through that lens I think through the lens of a student that
016I think if you take that statement you apply it to these things you're kind of getting on that whole thought process of what that should look like for an Engaged learner so the um student that explores career Pathways to respectful interaction communication to all community service shows empathy and respect uh work toward common goals flexible helpful and it keeps going on and on um so that's what came out from that night's meeting everybody agreed on that would be a part of that profile of a graduate now to build off that Travis Markham with the prer committee uh he' reached out because we have um a accountability system that's out there that's being proposed currently uh and in conversations he would to know kind of my thoughts on that you also want to know where we're
017at with the profile of a graduate and so it was a good opportunity to come and meet and one of the questions posed to me is how do you know that you are making progress towards what your goals are with the profile of a graduate Al think that was a very good question and it may me kind of reflect because the last time we were here we had our ignite academies present and they talked about the certifications the Dual credit opportunities the things that are going on our connections with our community Mr Clark going out there and getting things donated the things that we're doing within communities as far as you know factories getting people opportunities Co-op opport or chances uh that are really going to be important now but also important going forward for
018us but one of the things that he shared and they had actually just released this the day before that uh was their data set on districts so every District in the state of Kentucky had one of these released and as I came to the bottom it it really stuck out to me graduation rate state is 92% average we're at 94 postsecondary Reus uh States 81 we're at 92 college going rate we're at uh States at 53 and districts at 55 and then college degree attainment 38 for the state 45 for Madison County nice that makes me feel good about the work that we've been doing and that we're going to continue to do and to me that's a measure that we could look at to say that we are making a difference when you look
019at all those things kind of bundle together now going forward and kind of looking through that lens I know Mr neilly has talked about next fall 2025 getting together with site based Council and you all to kind of talk about as a school level U where they're at as a school Community things that may may need and then we go to fall of 26 after getting some of the input coming back and having another stakeholder meeting bringing people for our own Community together based off some information from site based meanings that you all have and just getting together and relooking at this profile of a graduate there are things that need to change is it still on track for what we and our community need and what we need to do going forward to support
020our students so just want to bring that uh it's been here again 2020 uh is when that was released and just kind of the plans for what that looks like maybe going forward good deal that's any questions what are our plans to do with this like what are we handing it out are we putting it on social media yeah so I think that the the profile part that was released there we could we've had these brochures for a little bit that's something we could obviously re-release if that's something that you all want to do uh because I think sometimes you know you go through that covid time period some things kind of get pushed back it be a good chance to bring some of this back out um to people get it back out there
021for them to see so that's something we can definitely you know have that conversation and building up towards um that fall of 26 we're going to want people to come out we're going to want more than a you know 112 members of our community to come out and have some voice and input as we try and set goals and direction for the the you know District going forward well these numbers here are so important and it's impressive and we want to show people how proud We Are yeah and it was a great meeting with Mr Markham he's lives here in Masson County and has kids in our district um so that was a great meeting too to be able get some information from him on that I think it's fascinating when you look at this
022this Groundswell profile from third grade Proficiency in reading and math and eighth grade proficiency then the graduation we exceed all the State numbers where we're lower is preschool enrollment and kindergarten Readiness how do we add and I'm getting completely off subject I I think we have to to look at how do we address kindergarten Readiness because we don't have them within our our system yet so how do we address that if those are the areas that we're lagging in so it actually had an interview that i' done part of it and then St Brown preschool director had done the other part of the interview and that something she talked to Mr neilly about as well some ways that we can start working on that perfect and some things that we can kind of start doing
023as far as that goes and in this profile though is is is that kindergarten Readiness is that reflective of just our preschool kids or is it just is it reflective of all of our kids that come into kinderart all of our kids that come into kindergarten okay so there's a lot in that we can't control yes and so if you see a lower rate then that that would make sense on that side so again the question is what can we do is there things that we can offer and and do along the way do that and some of the testing that you know she talked about doesn't necessarily match along the way so um what I do like to see is that once we do have them we're making progress along the way and I
024think that's just a testament to the work K through 12 again I try to look through that you know bigger picture approach what we're doing and that's just our teachers our kids buying in families and everybody else along the way and the foundation our Preschool teachers they're are doing as well they do a fantastic job I try and go over the preschool screenings when they have them it's about once a month sometimes they'll skip months but it's neat to go in and see those kids come in and and you know get ready and get some access and opportunity well it's amazing that you know the early primary grades must be doing I mean we know they're doing an excellent job because when they hit those third grade I mean they already and you look at
025the kindergarteners that were here tonight and how they were reading it's it's mindboggling to me at the pace that kids are learning now yeah talking with Starla just last week about the preschool enrollment it's as high as it's been in the last couple years currently now we would love to have them four days a week you know that's a that's a something we need to look at as far as money um finances into doing that because right now it's you know I talked to a preschool teacher the other day at church you know and it's it's just kind of one of those things where just have them a couple days a week and and with the snow and with the weather it she was like really we're just starting over you know um and and
026it's difficult for them you know preschool a lot of time it's the first time they've even been introduced to anything yeah and schoolers aren't doing anything absolutely kind what kind of percentage do we have that we actually get in our preschool because of all the other places you know the churches and all that have our preschool kids do you have any kind of idea I don't is the preschool is our preschool Department isn't it need based yes not necessarily open right something they looking it something State's looking at something I think one thing Mr NE just hit on there but on this ground sell profile says over 85% of brain development occurs before age five and the return on investment for Early Childhood is $5 for every dollar invested so the sooner we can get
027them in here younger the more advanced they're going to be and and the more they're going to learn as they get older yeah well we talk about kindergarten is really the intervention if you think about a lot of ways because student may have had somebody working with them at home and they come in a little bit more on level prepared and then as they get more exposure they fall a little bit more behind student that has had no exposure at home come in and is there they accelerate and they you know pass that student that has had support at home so kindergarten is just one of those for us ways that you we kind of work through to help support see what we need to do um but it is the intervention a lot of
028ways and that was a big thing when we went to for kindergarten it used to be half day and it it you know I was an administrator at that time of elementary school and time those kids got off the bus and put their stuff up lined up get something to drink it was time to turn around and go home right I mean it was it was a very small window that they were actually learning um so that has you know expanded and we see we're reaping the benefits from that so what do you think our Roi return of investment will be if we can get preschoolers in on day I think it will be incredible and we'll get them used to going to school as well instead of just showing up and going oh Lord
029and one thing this tells me is once we get them we are doing one heck of a job with AB we can't really control what's happening beforehand at this point but once we get them we have got we are on fire we're doing good absolutely kindergarten first and second grade Park our teachers and staff are just knocking it out of the park do a fantastic job y y step def needs to be shared yes we will absolutely put that on the website the data is good you know it's easy it's easily to read it stats are right there facts are facts you know numbers are numbers so absolutely tell on very good thank you Mr thank you thank you moving on into our construction report Johnson Smith with Branson construction will be presenting an update
030on our new Madison Middle School project and the new Wo Elementary school project good evening I want to give you all a update of what's going on Madison midle we got actually work going on at Waco you'll see here just in a minute uh this is Madison Middle first you can see this is that main lobby area uh if uh I know some of y'all been by there in the last few days but it's it's pretty impressive in there and getting a lot of that area starting to see kind of the what the Finish is going to look like in those areas uh this is looking down that main Corridor they're starting to get some color on the walls going down that main Corridor actually the terazzo material that goes in these corridors is going
031to deliver next week and they're going to probably start terazzo in these main areas uh in in next week um this is in the office area looking I'm standing my back as you enter the office but you can see there's color going on the walls in that office area getting paint on there uh be ready to start dropping ceilings in those areas just in a few days uh this is looking down that Corridor you can see again down that Corridor the office areas left and right uh got paint going finish paint going on the wall we'll be getting ceilings in be ready to start putting floors in that office area uh this is a gymnasium I showed yall last time they were getting that duck work stuff painted but now everything around the stage is
032painted U the I'll show you here in a minute you can see kind of the black structure there and this this picture is actually taken Monday but the ball gos are actually hung today so they've knocked those out the last day uh a lot of those are up we've got uh see the scoreboards on the wall you can see there us telling you about the structure but the actual backboards and gos have been hung now so that's uh that's been done pretty much all the painting in the gymnasium is done we should be ready to start gym floor in about three to four weeks uh all the rest of the hvx units should be coming online next week uh for the remainder of the building so probably about 60 to 70% of the building is
033on right now with the rest of it on should be on by next week so they're coming along really good on those uh this is down in the cafeteria you see again going on the walls a lot of those areas we're getting finished paint on uh be ready to start dropping ceilings in those areas too getting a lot of that overhead work done so we can be ready to drop those ceilings this is inside the kitchen the serving area uh they're getting those areas painted there's actually one section of the hood has been put in they'll put the other section in this week but those areas are coming along real nice too the query tile for the kitchen stuff is here it's on site as soon as they get some of this stuff done overhead
034we'll be ready to start L floor in that kitchen area but that material is here uh this is looking down the corridor ceiling and lights are most of the corridors the lights are on now like the last time you just saw the grid was wasn't even up but now the Grid's in got lights installed we got lights on in pretty much all the corridors now in the building this is one of the classrooms uh this is actually they've got floor prep done actually one of the classroom Wings they actually had some floor laid last week when we looked at it it wasn't our standards and we wasn't even going to ask you all if y'all thought it was okay Chris made them tear it out and they're going to put it back down so they're
035uh they're already getting the new floor in and should be installing it towards the end of this week but they had some of those laid we had them take it out and they're going to redo it so that's that's underway right now you can see some of that flooring that was there but that's another one of the main corridors there in one of the classroom rngs uh we got paint on the walls you see ceilings and lights in those areas this is down at the athletic side pretty much all the brick is done now on the athletic building it's got a few of the areas of the sighting to fill in but all the brick pretty much down there is complete weather's cooperating a little bit more so they're being able to do some work
036down at the athletic fields you see we got some of those grade work has been done on those fields now is as weather allows uh getting those in uh this is another one of the fields you can see we're starting to get a lot of it cleaned up and get the get the grade work done on the athletic fields this is the front we're finishing that like I said this picture was taken yesterday but that roof you see the red that's the underlayment that whole section's already roof now and they're working in that lower section and getting the canopies now uh you see a lot of the sight concrete's being completed out front the sidewalks and the walks are going in um Allan comp's back on site doing grade work they mobilized back in this
037week so the weather's cooperating they're getting a lot of their sh work done uh this is down the side of the gymnasium you see that canopy is being hung you see the entrance down there into the gym um this is the loading dock we're starting to get all that area graded out be ready to start filling it in so we there's concrete that pours there they'll start on the next TI conrete in the next couple weeks but you can see the rock there you're going to get that graded in this is overall shot uh this was actually this morning at mtis middle you see looking down the school you can just see the size of it all the athic fields in behind that um see all that side concrete in front being done um this
038is looking straight on at the building from above um you see that front parking lot while that sidewalk as I said it's being complete you can see the sidewalk actually going around left side of the building toward the seawing over there that that being completed this is down at the athletic fields you see looking back and you see where some of those are being graded out um sight's drying up this wind's doing doing us a lot of favors getting it dried up we're a little bit of sunshine it's it's amazing how quick the sight's drying up I talked to Chris today and he said just the last couple days how much the sight's really Dr dried up with all the wind we've had so they're like I said they're they're back on it and we're
039going to knock out these these fields now this is straight on looking at the front of the building you can see there there's a lot of people there today uh working but that's that's the main front of Madison Middle any questions on Madison Middle was great a it was amazing yeah we went by yesterday yeah there were so many people they were working in every wing outside all around it was it's it's impressive do keep a lot of people working over there they were working yes yes they working uh this was earlier in the week ano company was mobilizing uh they're getting their equipment in on site they've got the area in front of our trailer rock kind of the entrance pad there uh to the site uh as you can see that was our
040office trailer got pulled in they got it set up so we have it ready we're going to have a progress meeting next Wednesday and we'll have that progress meeting on S side Allen Company just started Monday and this is what they've got done today uh two days worth so lot of the top so's been stripped uh still a little bit wet but they're able to work with it you can see the dark areas of where so's a little bit wet but again it's when I was there this morning we actually had a preite meeting this afternoon out there with Tony and the contractors and it's amazing how much it dried up from this morning to this afternoon with like I said with all the wind we having so they're getting uh getting a lot of
041work done all that area is being stripped you see the dark spot that's where they're stockpiling their top soil they're getting it all over there last little bit of brush is being burned uh going to be rid of so they we hope to start Footers in the next 30 days uh if the weather cooperate they should have building pad in 30 days and we should uh should be complete so um we're rolling out at wakeo now and getting in underway so any questions on wakeo exciting fantastic awesome thank you thank you thank you now Tony Thomas CLA filter semic car Architects will present our construction report yes good evening um I'll start with the the Phillips building and there was a request last time to maybe look at some before and after so this is
042a shot from from Georgia Street that's not made up we can't Co put any more sugar on that and that's just a metal building but so there's after from that um um and this is just another view from that general direction U that area is not finished but that's before and that's after still some work to go there but you can see just so much better oh yeah what it was what it was like um and some of these are just general shots of overall areas um I believe this one is a uh you can see yeah there was the before looking in that direction and there's the after looking in that direction so and that's the office areas and um the shop to the left um and that's just one of the a oh
043well that's if you're looking in that general direction right there both of these are kind of in that you would be inside the building almost right there so it's amazing the transformation um I think this is one of the pictures that generated the request for before and after so you can a wonderful Courtyard uh the before and afters um and uh this is some work actually they they've even done some more work now this was just from a couple of days ago um but they're filling in the brick and of course that will all be painted and more metal panel to put ac across the top there um this is the front part of the building the latest area that's towards Second Street um where the shops will go and just another picture of that
044uh they're putting fencing in and now again I just came from there a lot of that fencing has the chain link on it now if you all toured the sites you probably saw that in fact there's a wood guard rail there now and front of it that keeps people yeah it's a good looking we don't like the steel guard rails we like those Park type guard rails and uh keeps people would you know Park and try to drive down there if we if we didn't put that there so um just another shot of the concessions area I talked to and merch is here by the way he and I just toured the site this afternoon um and talked about a lot of things and the things that are you know ready to finish but uh
045we're just now getting that good sunny weather where they can do some of that exterior work and Caulking and clean up and Grading and see eting things of that nature a lot of that should happen over the next few weeks and that is it for any questions on the Phillips building it's it's getting close amazing I was so impressed by the planning and the thought that had gone into it as far as the organizational structure you know the big shells for the HVAC and it's just so well done oh well good well and some of that Madison County deserves yeah some of that credit for sure you know it should be in the running for beautification yeah chamber May yeah chamber better come on out and take a look go back one yeah so concessions
046what people you really have to go back to see it where the machine the equipment is back here to the right if you go left of it there's a parking lot of probably 100 spaces back there that's that's perfect for the soccer that you don't know unless you drive back through there right right looks and it's just big enough for a practice band too in case you have a compet because you know we did the band lot of course um but it's just big enough for uh somebody else to practice band on it as well you just don't see it or socer um well I'll I'll remember to get a picture of that uh next time and bring it out and in fact they're going to pave I think in a couple of weeks right
047no I'm sorry you said the beginning of April where's there you go okay so that's that's a about a month away um but they'll pave all that and we'll have some good pictures then looks nice it looks like when you're there on the grounds it looks like a college campus it does it does so it's it's beautiful so well done good well thank you it looks so good that Mr Cash decided to come back well I've been trying to get him back for a long time you mentioned the the wooden um fence there that's kind of is is that was that temporary or no no no that's a that's a permanent guard rail to keep cuz otherwise they would people well one it's it's it's a little bit of a hill ands and then yeah
048they would par there though you're right yeah the canopy where the bus loading will occur um and just a shot of the detail of the the front of the building those are both the offices the the the three windows on the left are the principal's office um and I always like this shot of where the gymnasium is and the canopy um and then the interior he had a good shot actually a better shot of that uh interior Lobby space right there right when you walk in the doors U but everything we l the natural light in the in the it was beautiful it makes a difference and of course we obscured the glass so it's not you know and the only East or it' only be early in the morning anyway but it's obscured um
049and I believe that's all the pictures Waco of course my first trip as Jonathan mentioned was was down there today at least post construction at once they started um and a lot of good progress there already with the tra trailer and the gravel and you saw all the pictures so uh the sunshine helps keeps thing going so so it's off to a good start too sunshine and wind yeah any questions for very good thank you thank you thank you than next we'll move into our monthly Financial reports with Mark Woods our CFO we'll present good evening how are you all right how about you good we'll get started with our bank reconciliation um as of February 28th the district ended with a reconciled balance of 144 m926 95034 um that's down from this time last
050year you know you've seen all the construction going on so um it we were spending out we did receive our bond sell money uh during the month for Waco so that's why it's not down even more that um of the reconciled balance district has 36,24120 in Investments uh those rates on those um range from 4.15 to 4.5 I need to change it's actually down to four the last one I just sold um but um or just got on a t- bill just kind of watching that for cash flow uh bringing some of the money back in for cash flow that's why it's down from where it was last last month so uh we're just monitoring that monitoring rates keep an eye on um where we're at what our cash flow needs are trying to keep
051as much invested at a time um till we need the money to bring it back in in addition um you receed the balance sheet and the revenue and expense report I've been through those we seem to be tracking where we should be at this time uh our tax collections seem to be kind of on point for where they normally are this time of year so everything seems to be tracking well we're heading for that final push for the last few months of school um getting ready for next year so you will see some of the expenditures kind of ramp up um that's usually our two two big times beginning of school towards the end of school um to get ready for the new year sounds so premature for you to say end of school it
052feels like just started that it is it's wrapping up it is we've already started having our meetings for next school year so yeah I'm already thinking about next school year and where we got to go with that right okay any questions for Mark if not then we need to move on to approve our monthly financial report is presented so moved motion by Miss cob second by Mr R Rutherford all in favor say I I motion carried thank you thank you thank you okay here's the good one ready maybe I should take a drink your drinks take a drink moving on to 8B is to approve the 16 change orders for Phillips building renovation the motion is to approve the following change orders for the Philips building renovation project change order 01 1-01 the Allen Company
053Inc in an amount of $3,855 change order number 0201 02-01 juson Construction Incorporated in a credit amount of 130,00 960 change order number 3-1 The Rock LLC in the amount of $584 change of order number 04-01 Dixie rof Incorporated in the amount of $835 39 change order number 05-01 to WR colon Associates Incorporated in the credit amount of $600 change order number 06- 01-01 to CM cim Incorporated in the credit amount of$ 9,86 change order 06- 01 to HD Construction ction LLC in the amount of $1,647 change order 09-02 to Ideal painting LLC in the credit amount of $3,573 67 change order number 12-02 for ohill Site Solutions in the amount of $50,000 change order number 12-01 to ohill Site Solutions in the amount of $ 46,8 and9 cents change order number change order 12-01
054for Twin Lakes fire service LLC in the amount of $923 change order 14-01 to Central Kentucky Sheet Metal incorporated in the amount of $1,467 change order number 15-01 to AE electrical Solutions in the amount of $3,618 change order number 16-1 toight Electric Incorporated in the credit amount of $ 46,8 6019 change order number 17-1 to trace Creek Construction Incorporated in the amount of $77,900 to toad Vine Enterprise Incorporated in the credit amount of $4,240 for for total changes of $3,194 128 as presented so the motion is all of that as present and I know all of us we have a motion by Mr ruford but all of us have had a detailed description of all these and what they what they um mean what they're about and everything and have had the opportunity to ask
055the questions so with Mr rufford making the motion do we have a second I'll second second by Miss Brock all in favor say I I opposed motion Carri okay make a 10 minute break here all that for 3,000 for 3,000 bucks 3,000 bucks that's right I know everybody's waiting for that total one yeah okay moving on HC is to approve the bg4 Madison Central High School hbac renovation so we have a moot motion to approve the bg4 Madison Central High School hbac renovation this is the former Kentucky Tech Vocational Center do we have a motion some Move Motion by Miss Brock do we have a second I'll second second by Mr ruer all in favor say I I opposed motion carries uh 8D approve the bg4 Phillips building renovation and site Improvement this would be
056um for the Philips bu renovation and site Improvement just repeat do we have a motion so much motion by Miss cob do we have a second oh second second by Miss Burford all in favor say I I opposed motion carries 8e approve the bg4 for the Madison kindergarten Academy HVAC renovation project do we have a motion some have motion by Miss Brock do we have a second I'll second second by Mr ruford all in favor say I I I opposed motion carries oppose you ver hold quick I'm going on with it 8f approve the bg1 Bria CTC ignite South Technology Center do we have a motion Move Motion by Mr Rutherford do we have a second a second who said that Miss C second by m C all in favor say I I opposed motion
057carries 8G approve the BG5 Madison County CTC Richmond Career Tech Center Richmond ignite North do we have a motion shall Move Motion by Miss burer do we have a second I'll second second from Miss Brock all in favor say I I opposed motion carries 8h approve the BG5 for the Madison kindergarten Academy HVAC replacement Mo motion by Mr ruford do we have a second second second by miss bford all in favor say I I opposed motion carries 8 I approve the BG5 Madison Southern High School baseball bleachers project these are all Closeouts by the way these are all just projects we've done in the past we just have to do all this get closing going okay do we have a motion some second motion by Miss Brock second by Mr ruford all in favor say
058I I opposed motion carries AJ approve the amendment to classified salary schedule now this is something we had a chance to look at we got that does anybody have anything did you need to add anything no so I entertain a motion so Move Motion by Miss Brock do we have a second second second by Mr ruford all in favor say I I I opposed motion carries 8K approve amended District facilities plan and name a hearing officer um this is where our local planning committee has met a couple times and they've got feedback from the state and now they've approved it to come to us to be approved so we have a motion to approve the minute amended District facilities plan and named Dr Dustin brumal as our hearing officer motion by Mr ruford second by
059Miss Burford all in favor say I I posed motion carries and I don't guess anybody need to say anything about okay 8 L approve the Revis School calendar um I don't think there's much changes but do you want to share with them what the changes are we can Chris you can elaborate Park if you want to there we go I miss that there you all good we're good how are you good actually like to get straight to business we had a two weather days December 5th January 17th we moved the students last day from May the 22nd to May the 23rd and then we had 171 days in the calendar so that's where the other day went to get us down to 170 switch March 21st from a flex PD to a staff PD and
060then the closing day moves to May 27th May 28th and 29th our two PDS shift over one day and then the March 21st PD Flex that we switch to a PD May 30th becomes the flex so basically students are going to be out on May 21 I'm sorry March 21st yes correct and then we moved the last day to May 23rd yes ma'am that's TR perfect thank you all right any other questions with that being done Iain a motion to approve the revised calendar as presented so Move Motion by Miss cob do we have a second I'll second second by miss berford all in favor say I I any opposed motion carries 8m set our graduation dates almost pulled that out of him but I thought there it is down there by itself okay Mr
061do you want to speak on this yes we will um and with the weather days that we had we had 10 ni days in the in the two snow days uh May 23rd is looking pretty darn good so I appreciate everybody being flexible for that but um our calendar will will end on the 23rd and that's when Madison Southern will graduate first and they'll be that night the 23rd on Friday night at 700 p.m. and that will be at EK and then the next day is Saturday May 24th Madison Central will graduate and that will be at at 10 a.m. Saturday morning uh they will graduate at EKU as well so uh everybody's been waiting for those two dayses uh especially those senior parents to uh to get ready to uh send their kids off
062and we all celebrate that weekend because it's a great uh momentum occasion for for all of us and for the families and um we appreciate Eastern U being back open as soon as we finished on the 24th they will close back down because they have another Year's worth of work so the following year may be in flux depends on how their construction goes but uh those are the two pending graduation dates we have perfect I know the project grad moms have been want to know what they've been after us yes okay so the motion is to set the graduation dates of Friday May 23rd 2025 at 7 p.m. as a graduate graduation date for Madison Southern High School and Saturday May 24th 2025 at 10:00 a.m. as a graduation date for Madison Central High School
063do we have a motion so Move Motion by Miss Brock do we have a second a second second from Miss berford all in favor say I I opposed motion carries very good 8 in is approve the Paxton Patterson po 963 for Mo Foley Middle School in the amount of $10,600 for our kids yes and U you know Mr um Mr Ray was talking about um you know exploring career Pathways and things of that nature and what we're hoping to do in the middle schools is just going to expand on that and I I mean there is I'm just super excited about this this is is this the thing that me you and Dr Gillan set in with the lady OT North the little equal the the boxes for yeah it's I anyway you go ahead
064and tell them what we talk about we had great yeah we've been talking about this for a bit um and we had an opportunity for all of our middle schools to apply for it on why they should receive it um and of course we're doing Foley now next will be be Michael CLE but those two schools um applied for it and through telling us what what they were going to do with it it is really for all of our middle schools and these two schools that we'll start with to give them an idea of what is offered at both of Eric Knights exploratory modules um with welding electricity any there's a ton of ton of things that we can pick from and it just allows kids to see what they want to do and there's
065more to it than English and math and social studies and Science and we think that will just create incredible amount of excitement with our ignite North and and ignite South with these kids already getting interested in different types of things that they have probably never heard about or never been around um it's just an introduction it will fit right into a related arts uh rotation um we're looking to hopefully have a teacher and an aid because the classes will be bigger than than a typical classroom um as far as number of students uh but they they will have individual modules that they will work on for 10 days I think is each module and the schools are going to kick in some money uh the district is going it we've had some CTE money that's
066been earmarked for the last couple years with Ignite and what we're hoping is that we're going to get these kids excited and some uh we're going to bring in amilies to show off what we're um presenting to them and what we're offering to sixth seventh and eighth graders I've been in this District 53 years and nothing like this has been around um I couldn't weld it doesn't matter if I learned for who knows I can't do it never be able to do it but heck wouldn't it been great to just being introduced to that yeah to do it and and you know we've got a phenomenal welding program in at knite North and we got people co-oping making good money at 16 17 18 years old and that's what we're supposed to be about if
067you don't want to go to college here are many different routes that you could go to and I just think this exploratory program is just the tip of Iceberg of what we want to do moving forward for our entire District it's it's Fant it's such a great opportunity to introduce these kids to to what's available I mean I'll speak for myself when I was in Middle School the only jobs knew were whatever my grandparents did my aunts and uncles and my parents did that's all I knew about what jobs were available so this is just a great opportunity to introduce these kids to all kinds of different things and it's you know we can even expand on what we offer you can even go beyond what our our ignites are offering just to introduce these
068kids to different I mean the list of what types of modules are available was unre I mean I saw cosmetology I saw health I mean all kinds of stuff and this is handson I I'm just thrilled I think it's and it just I love it you know they take those tours but this is oh yeah this is the tast of it yeah it's just kind of well it's a nice building but yeah it's it's forgotten by the time they get back to the tours will be longer now one of the things that stuck with me when we did the demonstration from the lady that did this was that she's the example of of nursing you know we have nursing at North and South you know a middle school person maybe say I want to be
069a nurse well then when they get ready to draw blood or something they're like NOP I'm out so with this program they've got that box in there and they've got that prosthetic arm that they can draw blood they'll know at eighth grade this isn't for me or this is for me and that's the thing about it just gives them a little introduction course and then that helps them with what they want to apply for and ignite that way they're not going into ignite North and they've wasted a whole semester yeah right to find out that they don't like drawing BL yeah I've seen that happening right now students going and spending this whole semester and this and they're not liking it right but they should be something else and something else we talked about too
070you know Middle School's tough midle school is probably the worst we all go through yeah you know this is an opportunity for these kids to find something they like give them a reason to want to go to class get you know get more familiar with their peers and and be involved inv you know there's more to it than just yeah be interested in school yeah yeah there's there's just a really a lot of really good aspects to and I really believe it's going to help our ignite teachers because these kids are already going to be have an idea of what they're doing they're already going to be interested and they're going to be ready to go when they get to out north or south right I think it's scre I'm all for okay so I'm
071entertaining the most motion Mr ref do we have a second all in favor say I opposed motion carries moving right on into approving the Paxton Paxton Patterson purchase for B Michael CLE Middle School in the amount of [Music] our middle schools and hopefully our other middle schools will hop on board here too that's the end goal it's for all five of our middle schools to to have these this program in there and I think it'll be a good good piece this time next year for uh K and Foley to come and do a little present presentation I think it's going to change the complete learning environment of our middle schools y excellent okay moving on 8 p declare the bus Surplus so we have um entertaining a motion to clear the bus surpluses do we
072need Chuck to speak or anything how many bus I see we got 11 going out we just bought 10 going in so what's it look like 11 there's 11 going out right Clark if you've been by Clark Moors and you see that we're gonna get rid of that c buses anding yes yes okay so the motion would be to declare the buses Surplus as presented so move second motion by Miss bford second by Mr ruford all in favor say I iose motion carries got two okay it's hard I AQ create and ratify a 1.0 LBD MSD homebound teacher this is for the start of next year 25 26 okay do we have a motion any questions let be District W okay again I entertain a motion motion by Mr ruford I second second by Miss
073Brock all in favor say I I I motion carries a r is to create and ratify a 1.0 LBD teacher at Glen Marshall so much motion by Miss c a second by miss bford all in favor say I I oos motion carries we got through that five pages okay uh next is our superintendence report here you go with your third one uh you know as we talked about the the exciting stuff that we've talked about just a couple minutes ago that's why we're here and that that's just something that uh Mr Clark and again Mr ruford had looked into it already and we're just putting that in motion just makes me feel great for the students and what they can um look forward to when they get into middle school and hopefully we'll do that
074districtwide but uh just a couple weeks ago we all got to go to ksba conference and that was a fantastic learning opportunity for all of us uh to get together talk about upcoming projects that we we can do and and may not do uh for the district as we move forward but but uh that was a great time that that we got together and just grow as a team and I appreciate that um standard two for instructional leadership um I have the last week and a half have been uh to 10 schools for my site visits um it's really hectic I uh Tammy keeps me on my toes on uh making sure that I'm there at on time and leave on time because I tend to get talking and I get I run late places
075she text you did she text you and say no she just calls said go on when you're late so she helps me out big time but uh it is a busy time but that's my favorite part just like what we saw here earlier Kingston kindergarteners you see that all over our district and it's great to see kids that are they're smiling they've got into a rhythm now that hopefully the weather has broke um it's it's it's been fantastic to to see our our teachers and kids enjoying each other and just doing what they're supposed to be doing doing school and everybody's busy everybody is working incredibly hard you know because because spring is here that means testing is right around the corner I hate to say that word but Mr Ray make sure that I
076reminds me of KSA testing is right around the corner and we only have 48 days left now that we've set graduation it's 48 School days left that is not many we had acts today today that's right so it is a it's it's been a you hate to say it but it is wrapping up um you know we'll be talking about stuff for for next school year here in about a month but uh great things are going on and teachers feel the pressure of testing uh and the kids you know have a little anxiety about it but they are rocking and rolling doing the best they can um and I've just it's been great to see the schools that I've been to just in the last week and a half just enjoying the whole process of
077doing what they're supposed to be doing so that that's been great um and that is my super rep very good thank any comments from the board think I've said enough okay then I entertain a motion to adjourn motion by Mr ruford second by Miss cob all in favor say I anybody's opposed just stay here bra good work y'all that was a lot good job e for