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002of Allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Our mission as a board is to work and to work in life ready students. Um our um agenda goals tonight are to evaluate annual policy and procedure updates, review facility progress and bid updates and evaluate alignment of 612 CA campus leadership roles. And we are going to start off with the transportation hub celebration which is where we are. And thank you all for coming out. I know it's very humid in here, but it's a beautiful place to be in right now. So, please introduce you yourselves and tell us a little bit about what's going on. So, I'm Devon O'Brien.
003I'm the transportation director and I've got uh my fleet maintenance team here or our fleet maintenance team. Uh it's Buddy, Justin, and Cotton. And then on the end here is our safety and training coordinator, Casey. So, um really tonight we just want to talk to you all, share some gratitude, um give you an idea of where we've been and where we've come uh and where we plan to go in the future. So, uh first up really just uh to give you an insight into what we do every day. Um every single bus comes in every 28 days to be uh maintained and on a regular cycle to have any repairs done. uh across the O district we travel 424 square miles which equates to about 67,000 a day depending on what we're doing with athletic
004trips um about 700 725,000 miles annually. So uh that's just a brief overview. So uh the team will talk to you a little bit today about some bus ride technology uh this facility and how it's enabling us to be more efficient and then our office and training space uh straight across the way here. So back in about 2019 2020 um shortly before I was hired the board invested in putting tablets and technology onto buses. uh the initial system we planned on using didn't work out for us. So we really had a little bit of stabilization time before we found a system that worked uh which is bus right. So really what that's enabled us to do is go from guessing to knowing what's really going on in the operation. So we had an idea of
005where buses were going every day but we didn't really have um actual time or actual locations of where buses may be. If a parent called we couldn't get them an exact time when the bus may be there. Uh we did a lot of paper map planning. Didn't know which kids were really on buses, off of buses. So uh that's what bus right has allowed us to do is have a full view into what's actually occurring on our school buses each and every day. So with that there's uh impact to several different groups uh parents, drivers, and our operations. So really for parents there's a parent app. uh every parent in the district can log in, see what time the bus is supposed to arrive at their house, and then uh once the bus actually comes
006online, it'll give them true ETAs. So, if the bus is supposed to be there at 7:30, but it's not arriving to 7:35, it's going to let that parent know that. We expect families to have their kids ready for the bus when it arrives. And so, that gives them uh a way to know where the bus actually is, especially in the elements. Um, additionally, it's able to give them notifications. Uh, bus is 5, 10, 15 minutes out, whatever they set out. So, we've had really great, uh, feedback from that. Parents really like it, and it's also helped to reduce the number of calls that we're getting in the office. I spend a lot of my time on the bus, uh, along with this team every day. So, when we're not in the office, that gives them
007a tool to use uh, when they can't get a hold of us. Additionally, drivers, uh, prior to that, GPS's were not allowed on the bus. You can't use your phone as a GPS, anything like that. So, uh, on field trips, you had to really pre-plan if something happened, pull over, stop, and find a new route. Uh, with bus, right, it's a GPS just like you would have on your phone. Uh, it's pre-planned. They press start, and it takes them right where they need to go every time. Uh, and then last is in operations. Uh again, we're able to quickly see what's going on, communicate any delays with families. If we notice the bus is running 10, 15 minutes behind for whatever reason that morning, we can send out that notification and let them know, hey,
008you can keep your kids in the house uh off that roadway and just continue to evaluate what routes are actually happening, what students are on those routes, and just continually improve and be more efficient with uh our operation here. So, I'll turn it over to the uh fleet maintenance team and they'll talk to you a little bit about this facility and some of the impact that it's had on their daily operation. >> I'm Buddy Lamin. Um I want to first off I want to thank y'all for investing in this beautiful facility. Uh this is um we this was uh the old shop we had out outlasted its usefulness. I I'll just say that it it was uh it was uh you know the bathrooms and stuff had done got in bad shape and the uh
009just just wore down pretty bad. Uh this place here will make a you know a um it will make a the productivity of us me and these guys just so much better. We have the parts in order. you know, we can find up the old shop. You had to go dig for whatever you needed and look and search and try to find it. Or this one here, once we get it all completely done, and it's not completely done yet, but once we get all the parts on the shelves and labeled, it'll just make everything so much better. And I want to thank you all so much for for this facility. My name is Colton Todd. I'm one of the mechanics here. I just want to say thank y'all. We love it. We've really enjoyed the
010time we've spent already working in this facility. Tying into what Buddy said, it has improved a lot of our efficiency in the shop. Having three lifts has been a really big thing for us. We're no longer waiting on each other or feeling rushed that I can't leave a bus in here tonight cuz Buddy's going to need that lift tomorrow for his inspections. It has significantly improved downtime as we're taking and where we would have to schedule something out if we needed to do breaks for on one we would have to schedule that maybe a week in advance get a day to actually put brakes on a bus I can leave mine on the lift come back the next morning put brakes on it it's only been down for maybe two routes it's back on the
011road ready to go um another big thing has been the parts being easy to find quick we can walk right in that room, know exactly where everything's at, grab it, go. And then it has allowed us to move to that 28 day inspection cycle, which just helped with federal compliant or state compliance there, making sure that we're always on top of their rules, their regulations. But anyway, thank y'all. >> Hi, I'm Justin Vincent. I'm the lead mechanic here at the bus garage. um like them. I want to thank the board members. I want to thank Wes and I want to thank Devin. Um they've really modernized everything that we are doing here at the transportation facility. Um with Fleio, Busright, um all of those programs actually help us so much. You know, before being a
012substitute bus driver a lot, um they would give you a sheet of paper and say, "Here you go. Go do this route." And you know, me being from Jefferson County originally, I wasn't familiar with the county like Jeff was or Buddy is, you know, things like that. So, um, all of these modernizations have really helped us out. Um, as far as our PM inspections go, you know, it's all digital now. Um, there's no more file cabinet for the life of the bus, which could be 15, 20 years. um searching through those trying to find out past records, things like that. Um so I just want to thank all you all. We really enjoy this place. It's it's very nice, state-of-the-art. Um and it's really helped all of us. It really has. So thank you. >>
013Hello, my name is Casey. I'm the safety and training coordinator for the transportation team. The dedicated training space that we have now has allowed us to do so much more with our drivers, whether that's new or um old. Um it helps us with student management and equipping drivers with behavioral strategies for a safe environment. Um it also allows us to do training for emergency preparedness, um with ongoing instruction for crisis response and safety protocols. So that's really important. And then uh customer service as well. So just elevating the daily interactions between our staff, students, and families. Uh something new that's going to be coming this year is the Saturday school initiative. Um the old model, we would have an incident on the bus. We would suspend the student from the bus. We would have the
014the burden placed on the parents on how they're going to get to school. Um and then they just return with the same behavior. It didn't really make a difference in their day. They thought it was a vacation. Um, so now we'll have an incident on the bus that depends on the severity. Um, and some incidents may take up to three times before we introduce a Saturday school. Um, where we will have in my designated trading space, students will come in on Saturday, so they've got to give up a weekend day for at least four hours. Um, and it will be targeted to bus safety. Um, what we expect, why it's important, because I think a lot of kids don't get that. they don't get the why, they just hear don't do that. Um, so it's
015really important to give them the why. Um, and then hopefully that will curate a safer bus environment because they will get the why on why their behavior is impacting the way that a driver can drive. Um, so uh place uh people purpose place I'm going to go bottom to top. So we have the design designated uh dedicated training space. It helps to foster a culture of excellence, development and behavioral support. Purpose giving mechanics the tools to keep fleets flawlessly safe and then place connecting people with pinpoint accuracy and operational transparency. So we just want to thank you all very much for investing in us, investing in the future of the transportation team and just believing in our mission going forward forward. >> That's really all we I'm really loud. That's really all we have tonight.
016Um, just wanted to again express our appreciation um for allowing us to continue to move into the future uh and support our students in the best way that we can. Um, I mean KC uh the maintenance team and all of our drivers here uh I've got a top tier transportation team. Uh we've never canceled a bus route. Uh not many people can ever say that. Uh, so these guys are always on the bus almost daily, sometimes covering routes when needed. Um, super proud of that. And this facility enables us to just continue to to push and be more efficient every day in doing things because we're able to get in and out quicker um and do the things we need to do. So, anybody have any questions? >> I don't really have a question, but
017I appreciate you shouting out the fact a few weeks ago I came over here just to see the bus garage and learned about how much these guys are on the bus. Um, and I think that just it proves a couple things. It proves that when we work together, we can make sure that every kid gets to our schools and home safely. And secondly, it proves how, you know, we're not all confined to our responsibility in a box. Um, as much as we just like to go to work and do our job and leave and not have to cover, um, they go above and beyond. And I think it's such a representation of what public education and the things that we do for students. You guys represent that because you know it's about the kids and
018you guys go out of your way to make sure that our kids get on the bus, get off the bus safely and you don't have to do that. You are mechanics. You are the guys that are here working on the bus. To actually be part of the routes, I think is pretty impressive. And again, it's just I'm extremely grateful for what you guys do. And this to me was the least that we could do. So, thank you. Thank you so much for um the focus on student safety and I really appreciate the efforts that you've made and it occurs to me the bus ride app that you were talking about. Um I don't understand why every district would not have this. We constantly hear things on the news about students being misplaced or parents cannot
019find them. And I'm so glad to see that Nelson County has this system secured and I hope that every parent would take the time to download it and and use it. So, and thank you for all that you do. We appreciate you all truly and all of our best drivers. >> I'm excited to see the Saturday of school conversation. I think uh long overdue. We've been using that for other behaviors for a long time. Uh and I I'm full support of that and want to make sure we have high integrity in that process. also uh just that we're allocating towards safety and behavior management systems with with your role. Uh obviously you're driving, but you're also coaching and supporting people in that. That's huge. Um and you know, for the mechanics, I mean, you guys
020uh you guys, you know, it was obvious you were you doing great work in the other place, making it work. Uh you look a little too clean in this garage. I'm concerned about that. Uh Jeff and I were talking a few weeks back, just in conversation. He's also worried about the push buttons and the remote controls that that could lead to some uh just general softness coming and emerging. Uh but u I feel like we're going to be fine and you guys are ready for this transition. That's kind of the exciting part. You know, you've been thinking about it for two years, three years. So, it's exciting and we're we're happy that you're here to take care of this place. We feel great about the opportunity for all of us. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. >> Yeah.
021Thank you all. Uh, I've got a question. Does Ever Buzz have a camera on it now? I hear a lot about safety and that's that's good. >> They do and they have for years. Um, >> yeah, >> luckily we had a grant, I think two years ago that enabled us to upgrade all of our cameras. Uh, every system's the same. They're all HD. We're able to see pretty much everything. They're very wide angle view. >> Good. Thank you all. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you guys. >> Thank you. All right. So, moving on. Guest comments. Um, I don't believe anyone signed up, so I'm assuming no one else wants to speak. All right. So, we're going to move on. Um, consent agenda. Um, board got this in advance. Are there any questions or um
022areas of discussion for the consent agenda? I wanted to take a moment to celebrate the mental health MOAS and I saw Miss Holderman back there earlier and um that represents a significant um achievement for any districts to have partnerships to address mental health of students and that that relates so much to challenges that students have and behavioral issues. and we are blessed to have that program in our district and her leadership to reach out and have so many partners who want to invest in and work with our students. And I'm glad to see that that program is building towards sustainability and expanding. All right. Any further discussion? All right. With that, we need a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> I'll make a motion. >> Thank you. Do I have a second?
023>> I'll second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? All right, motion passes. Moving on to policy and procedure update. Um, I did >> do I do want to warn the audience on this one. >> Well, I just just in case, let me say this before your warning. I spoke with Tim Crawford or I texted him. >> We do not have to read those one by one. We can approve those as a group. >> Okay. Well, that's going to make my part really easy. So, we we do want to talk through uh policies of interest to the board. I know there's a few conversations we've been having. Obviously, many of these are legal updates. Um and uh we don't necessarily have a choice in some of the matter to a degree. Others
024the there are some small changes recommended by uh KDE or the district. So policies uh of interest that we want to acknowledge from the board first and foremost. >> Um this this is my wheelhouse. So um to say the least for those who may not know, board policy is updated partly in response to federal and state statutes that have been passed. And so we had a number of education bills that came out of the general assembly this past year that were signed into law by the the governor. And um that's where we see a lot of this policy. And there were some I thought was very important for us. And um when when I think about categories, I think so much of it if if if a person reads through these, it talks about how
025we change our governance and so that people understand why we do some of the things that we do. And so a lot of it speaks to transparency and accountability this year, financial stewardship. And we saw what was known as SB3 come forward. And a lot of this talks about posting of things to the district website. And I want to note that comes into law July 1st, but Nelson County has already been posting most of this financial information since last year, July of 2025, monthly reports. And so it provides an opportunity for the community to see information and they it talks about financial disclosure website. Ours is our website under the community tab and it's easy to find. It also talks a lot about like timelines for budget adoption and and superintendent sharing that information. This
026board of education has to as far back as I know has always shared that the tenative budget a lot of districts don't even share that out in public meetings and that's done in Nelson County in January or February of every year. That's just a a few examples. Um, also when I think about student safety, as I mentioned earlier, something that came out last year was the um House or the Senate Bill 67 that spoke about um student or parent, sorry, teachers and traceable communications with students. Those are sign there's significant changes that simplify that. So there was a representative Rep. campaign who um really championed it this year because he's a principal in a school and he said, "Hey, this has really made life complicated for people who work in school districts." And so some
027of this policy is really worth checking out because it cleans that up and makes it easier for teachers to be able to communicate with students in certain circumstances. Um, also something new on here. We we as a board see a lot about student expulsion and and student safety. And there's a new law in Kentucky that any 6 through 12 student who intentionally assaults a teacher is expelled for a year. And um there there people both sides of the fence. It does not apply to special needs students or students with a certain disability that may cause them to do something. But that's a move toward what we often hear from parents about violent outburst in schools and we as a board have talked about that sometimes and that's now law. Um the last category I think
028about when I see this is around workforce readiness and literacy. So there's actually a law out there this year that um banned the three queuing as it's known which we called reading recovery and I want to point out Nelson County had moved away from that and into the science of reading model which is now required um several years ago um I think 22 23 in there. So um Miss Dot is that correct? >> Okay thank you. So kudos on that. Um we have to have the policy because it's required by law. There's um finally I want to talk about something that I'm a little excited about here. Um House Bill 555 talks about student um run enterprises. And so we have a policy about that. And so I've been talking with Mr. Helard since during
029um the school year. What this does is it opens up an opportunity for our students to expand like what you may have seen student stores and they're already doing it in some areas in the state where they are starting things that serve nutritionally equivalent products like still of the high nutritional value like you get in your cafeteria um in school-based enterprises and I know he's been talking with some community partners already about exploring that and it's a great way for students to get involved in real enterprise. I know Kroger has been somebody he's talked with. I think Garage Coffee um trying to expand things and the reports we've been hearing are that when they open these up in schools, their school lunch participation actually increases because students at at those high school levels in particular.
030And you sell the products and the money goes back in off into a scholarship fund for students, which is pretty neat. And there's also a policy on here now that reflects state and federal statute that will benefit our a programs where we had the hydroponics. Years ago, we got a farm to school grant and started out growing things that they could put in the cafeteria and there were all these regulations that said you couldn't really buy local. Now our cafes can buy local products including from what our kids grow and raise and serve them in our cafeterias. So, those are some highlights, but um I loved seeing policy because it it opens up opportunity for students and it's also nice to me to see things reinforced that um that we are doing that we're doing
031it well and it's Nelson sometimes is ahead of the game and now they're asking other districts to do it too. So, kudos to our teams who have had enough um foresight to do that. Any other policy conversations from the board knowing some of these are legal mandates? Uh actually almost all of them are. Any other questions related to policy updates? We'll be revisiting this in July. >> No, but don't we love having someone here that is working on this stuff at the state level that can really break it down for our community? I love it. So, um no, I think I think we're good. Any other questions or discussions? >> So, as a reminder, this is the first reading and then in July, we'll revisit it again on the consent agenda for the second reading
032and then they'll be sealed and sent to the state. >> All right. So, with that and Mr. Crawford's blessing, >> yes, >> we will save your voice and that's right. >> Uh, we need a recommended motion for to approve the first reading of the annual policy and procedure update. >> I'd like to make that motion. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? I'll second. That'll take you guys off the spot. All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. We'll see you next month. >> All right. And that saves us time from sitting in the warm air. All right, moving on to grant applications. Good evening. >> Good morning. >> So, tonight I'm asking for approval that we can apply for the commercial motor vehicle operator safety training grant. Um the amount uh we
033originally anticipated asking for 90,000 but in expanding the scope of this project, we are now going to ask for 198,000. Um and that c that will pay the cost of tuition for our adult education students in the um pathways up CDL programming to go and transition to um ECTC and complete the actual certification. So we do like the theory work with them and then they will transition to ECTC to get the hands-on training and certification. And this will cover their cost, >> the entire cost of it. Yes. >> Incredible. >> This training, is it currently occurring at Bloomfield Middle School or is it occurring at the >> It's through the Pathways Up program, the adult education programming. >> But this particular CDL training is happening at Bloomfield. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Um and that will
034um we're looking at targeting 44 uh adults that get them through this program in the next year and uh 25 of which would be veterans which is the big focus of this grant. >> And would this make some of those eligible to be bus drivers in our system assuming they pass bus driver you know appropriate safety trainings? >> Yes. >> Yep. So, just to re reiterate that we are going to ask for 198, not the 90 that stated. We just recently changed that today as we expanded the scope of the project and I didn't want to change things on your list. I thought I would just announce it right now. >> You said this would um also be opened up to veterans, correct? >> Yes. Uh a big part of a component of this grant
035funding is that you target and recruit veterans. >> Okay. >> Great. And to my question a minute ago, because the audience could not hear today, um, Mr. O'Brien did affirm. Yes. Okay. So, because our audience couldn't see it. Thank you. >> All right. Any discussion? All right. With that, we need a a motion to approve the grant application as presented. >> I'll make a motion. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion passes. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you, Dr. Sheer Horn. >> All right. is moving on to facility updates with Mr. Martin. All >> right. So, it'll be three discussions today. One, we're starting with uh really the facility overview discussion that we do each month uh as we look
036at each of the current projects and ones that are coming up and just kind of update you guys on uh where we are and where we're headed. So, we'll start with this project. Obviously, um Devin and his team have been in the bus garage probably for a month or a bit longer. There still are some punch list items to take care of such as seating uh grass seating out here along with few of the equipment pieces they're working through owner training on some of the equipment uh and then project closeout but obviously nearing the end of ofly talking about this project uh up center continues to be focused the the major focus on pushing towards completion. We are still targeting July 10th is our date uh for final completion. Really the the major hurdle at
037the moment is finalizing flooring which involves grinding, epoxy, polishing. It's an extensive process, but once we're once we're able to move past that hurdle, then you can move in with uh equipment installation. And obviously the plan is is as they move through the facility, when one space is done, they can then tend to that such as the health science wing will probably be one of the earlier parts that is completed. Uh equipment will be installed there. Um, but when you go in the facility, there's approximately 30 to 35 people working in there every day. Uh, if if not including even on the weekends. So, that's the update there. And then on Thomas Nelson, uh, footers have started. Footers and foundations have begun uh, in areas B and C. Um, there's also an area A that
038they're working to move on. But major major discussions really around utilizing the summertime as they think about utility uh work because there's going to be some transition of utilities and obviously it's more advantageous to do that now while school's not in session. Uh so really capitalizing lots of that work in the summer. Future work includes vertical wall construction and then I talked about the summer utility. The Nelson project one you know the phase zero per se that we've talked about softball currently we're going through the rebidding phase. Um, and so the the bid opening date is going to be on June 16th. And really the the major focus is continuing to work with potential contractors and answering their questions and getting them interested in the job to get them to bid and have as many
039biders as possible. So that process is very competitive and that ensures that we get a good price on our product. Um, so that's where we are with the softball. As far as the school design goes, uh, DD stands for design development. Uh currently that the team is working on those documents and the deadline to to have that shipped uh and I say team the architects obviously are working to have design development done by July 1st for the New Haven project. I've been talking about meeting the 90% construction documents. 90% documents have been completed uh and that's architect Pickicket and Pacifume. Uh currently the process is now that they've really clarified this is what the designs look like. uh then working closely with Kodell Construction on pricing and making sure that the scope and the pricing
040and the budget, those three elements ultimately need to be in alignment. Uh so it's it's really they they've done that previously, but now that the designs are much more intentional, they're able to have deeper conversations to say this number is more like this as opposed to a ballpark figure in the past. Uh and this the goal would be to move to 100% construction documents are the next steps with that project. So, any questions on the overview? >> Mr. Martin, I want to thank you for preparing this monthly and keeping us up to date and it's very nice to see in clear language exactly what's happening so we're aware of it because sometimes we speak in the form terminology and that's not always abundantly clear. So, these I really appreciate these slides. Thank you. So in
041terms of action, uh I guess one action around the softball softball bid opening. So the intent really the the goal is to have that facility ready for February 27 2027 practice and the major hurdle there would be seating of the uh of the outfield really the fac surrounding facility. Um so really you'd want to do that in the fall of this year. So to make to to ensure that that project is remains on timeline, the goal would be to have bid opening on the 16th. The bids are in great shape. Then we would have a board meeting possibly on the 17th especial to review those. Uh and then if the re recommendation from the architects makes sense and and Codell recommends moving forward, we would move forward on that project and construction could start after
042that. So an action could be potentially be special called meeting on the 17th. >> We discussed uh different scenarios. It appears based on previous bids, we we're not in a place to have certainty on how the bids could play out on that particular project enough to schedule a meeting. The board has two options at the end of the meeting today. You could schedule a meeting tentatively and then cancel it if you felt the need to cancel it. Or you could schedule no meeting and schedule a special called meeting as you deem fit. I feel like it would be much easier to do a special called meeting um instead of having one already on the agenda and then having to cancel it, make sure that it gets out um personally just because it I don't want
043to put extra stress on the bidding process so that we so that when we're ready, we're ready to actually make a decision. >> I think that's perfectly fine. So, the June 16th, the bid opening is at 100 p.m. Uh, it won't take the Kodell and the architects long to really assess those bids to then make a recommendation. They'd be able to have that within an hour or two. >> Um, >> and what's what's your thoughts? I mean, you guys >> I agree. >> Agree. So a week from today at this time we would have some sense of opportunity to explore this further to determine how the board wants to approach it at that time and also how uh Alex and uh the coell team want to approach it. >> Okay, sounds good. >> The you
044can go back to the other main presentation. The other conversation there's no action on this item today but I'm making just making you aware u of a possible request that we'll have on Coxus Creek of BG1. This is a smaller project in nature. Really it's focuses on two things would be security upgrade in terms of uh door locks. So we have had previous projects related to this. It's upgrading to the salto locking system which essentially removes away from a keybound system to a badging system much like it's on this facility. I think from a long-term standpoint uh eliminating the key and you know increases your security because a badge could easily be turned off and a key cannot. Um so the goal there would be to upgrade the interior locks at that school to a
045salto system. And then also the second piece to that would be uh creating a flex learning space where you're taking two classrooms and essentially working to join them together through a um garage door structure that allows the space to be open and together or allows it to be closed if you so choose. So we've also pursued this project at Foster Heights. So, the request would be uh for around $170,000 to uh forego that project. We would need to approve the BG1 at a later board meeting. >> This is a new conversation that emerged as a byproduct of two things. Uh Oxis Creek has decided to to create a program there that does demand some flexibility similar to dig deep at Foster Heights. And then uh secondly, the security upgrades were really partly on recommendation of
046the tech team. And we we have we're facing a bit of a crossroads with some of the door hardware there where it's no longer as functional as we would as we feel like it needs to be uh to be consistent in safety. So that's part of that. >> Any facility questions? All right, >> you're good. >> All right, we got Miss Arnold and Miss Hogan. Good evening. Uh, I visited with you last month. We had visitors from our parents in the no group. So starting in January, we brought in a group of parents that really spent time focusing on our 6 through 12 campus transition and really asking parents, what's important to you from a parent perspective. And as we got into that work, we spent time focused on graduation requirements, which we updated you
047on last month. And then that led into conversations around college and career programming. And in this conversation, we started with what are the minimum requirements that the state of Kentucky says our students have to have to graduate. Then that led into deeper conversations around students having an opportunity to learn about a true program of study that goes beyond 12th grade. So students can start thinking about what do I need beyond that high school diploma, which led into a conversation of students picking uh program houses and majors, which then led into a conversation around the future graduation requirements, which we will continue to be working on through our 12 transition as we continue our work um this school year. And with the board, one of your big focuses obviously is thinking about the future of facilities
048and opportunities as we think about how they align to the future of our facility design. But what we know is the root and the foundation of all of our work in the bottom layer of this graphic is really around the experiences that we want to provide students. And we started exploration as early as 2021 when we started talking about facilities and possibilities. And then as we grew into the work with our micro school design teams, which has really helped push some of our work forward as we think about program design and teams of teachers working together to create opportunities for kids. And through this process, we have had hours and hours of conversation with teachers, counselors, assistant principles, and parents asking what benefits would you like uh us to provide your students and opportunities within
049the district. And really the idea is you think about those benefits, then how do we structure our staff and opportunities to provide those benefits. So that's allowed us to have conversation with our assistant principles, principles, and school counselors to start thinking about how do we think about roles within our 612 campuses and as students move to program majors, how do we continue to work with smaller groups of students in very focused areas to help them think about their future and advising, which has really led to um the conversation that Kim will be leading us into that's going to introduce us to some roles really where our campus leaders move from generalist where they're looking at a bunch of things with a bunch of students to more specialization and we spent some time last month talking
050about that like how do we group students so counselors can have smaller groups of around 150 students that they're supporting advising versus 300 students. So tonight, uh, Kim's going to take it over from this point to really start conversation around the future of leadership roles on our 612 campuses. Thank you. So, as Miss Arnold shared, um we as we anticipate moving to 6 through 12 campuses, we've been meeting with um counselors, teachers, uh parents, assistant principles, and been we've been discussing what do rows need to look like and how do those rows best support our students. Um, as she also shared, currently many of our rows are very generalized rows and we know to dig deeper into the work. They need to be more specialized rows. They need to be specialized so they take ownership
051in those rows and are working with a team that um does work related to the row that they're in. So, as we think about that, um, what I'm talking to you tonight about is how we're transitioning some of our roles as we move to a 6 through 12 campus. So, um, currently we have principles and assistant principles at each of our schools. Those rows will be transitioning to a campus principal who is over each campus. And then um the assistant principal Rose will be moving to a dean of work and life readiness and a dean of community health. And we'll also have a student, family and alumni life coordinator row. So um the campus principal will be uh the person who is over communication the story and vision and values of that particular campus. They'll
052be working on program building and what do resources need to look like across that campus. Um they'll be working very closely with the dean of work and life readiness. That person will be focusing on academics and program building. Uh currently our assistant principal rose and the rows we have inside our schools, no one's that's their specific row to focus on those things. So that's very intentional. So we have someone who's looking at that. The dean of community health will be working with the team of people to focus on uh behavior uh overall student wellness and safety. Down at the bottom in the smaller boxes, you see the teams of the different rows they'll be focusing on. The blue and the yellow rows are rows that a person who moves into those rows would need to
053have a an approved certification that falls under KDE, EPSB, that kind of thing. So, they would have a true certification much like a principal and assistant principal have currently. And then the row that is in the green does not require a certification, although it is still a very big row. It would require a certification, just not a principal certification. >> Correct. Sorry. Um not a principal or assistant principal certification, but they would have to have a certification of some type to be in that role. Um so, um that role would be student, family, and alumni life coordinator, and they would be working with uh parents and students on engagement and belonging within the schools. Does anybody have any questions? >> Some some context. This is a big conversation. You know, uh we've been engaging in
054it for the past few years, but really this conversation emerged over the last six months that was more intentionally framed out uh with administrators where we started a conversation about what is your what do you currently do and who do you work with? What teams do you work with? What programs do you work with? uh and that led us to a a really useful conversation around what are our goals for students and how does our time align to that. Um and I think traditionally in education roles have existed based on generalist terms. A principal in one school doesn't look like a g doesn't look like a principal in another school. Every principal is different. And I can tell you, Cheryl Wood's job at Bloomfield Elementary School looks different in some ways, the roles that she
055plays than Jeremy Hill's job at Foster Heights. While they're still called a principal, Jeremy Hill's team around him looks different and the roles they take on is different. I use that to translate to this conversation. Uh I would say that the opportunity that we we're really moving towards in our 612 campuses is deepening the experience. We're not trying to recreate the experience that that already exists. We're not trying to just duplicate the current model. We're trying to create a model that's deeper and more substantive. And the themes that came out first and foremost were on the right side, student safety and behavior. We know that the last three years, four years, five years, the conversation around student behavior and safety was a primary priority and having a team of people that are oriented around that
056is a key lever. Uh and that team, while we have people that that navigate student safety and behavior currently at our schools, that team uh is really not an official organized unit currently, and there's not anyone with that specific ownership or title. We have assistant principles that may lead that work, but they don't necessarily own that work in the way this does. In the same way on the left side, while we have people that touch community and culture building, lots of people touch it, no one necessarily owns that work in the current model. And this shift uh towards student, family, and alumni life is a bigger shift really around the seven-year experience. When a kid's in fifth, fourth, fifth grade and they know they're moving into this campus, what's the experience that and the communication
057that family's incurring as a part of moving into that world? It's a massive undertaking and it can't be done haphazardly and it can't be done peripherally. It has to be done directly. when I met with the parents, the two outer uh columns, community health and student and family life were the two po really points of excitement for families. Uh they felt those two areas were most essential for their kids as they transition into these campuses. And in the same way, when I asked the parents, tell me what you think an assistant principal does, they weren't able to talk about that naturally because they don't know exactly what assistant principal does. They said things like, "Well, they call when your kid's in trouble, right?" And we know that's they do much more than that. But that's
058generally the the experience that those parents uh had. Uh and we know too that part of building an identity around something that matters is allocating resources towards something that matters. I share that uh as we think about the middle piece there that encapsulates the larger work, the massive work that we do as a school system. And the parents that we were navigating and parents to know had pretty much spent their entire time on the blue and they felt confident and comfortable in that world understanding the direction. Uh but really the reason we're presenting this tonight uh is because over the last few months in my conversations uh most recently with counselors they said that's great but until we start working towards these teams we're not really going to fully begin to invest in this model.
059So uh beginning to build these teams mean we also need to begin to have people that are thinking about pursuing these roles and these roles uh are part of that is having the conversation and understanding the intention behind those more formally. So uh for me this is a very exciting opportunity as we build and deepen from this conversation where people are doing lots of things but not as as deep as they would like to towards more of a a proactive targeted role. So I share that with some more context. I know that's a lot, but you wouldn't think it would be controversial to change a title from assistant principal to, you know, something that's more targeted and specialized, but anytime you kind of move against the tradition of of something like a title, you know,
060it can be perceived as a a transition. Also, I think for from an administrative standpoint, this does overall reduce the number of administrators in the district in our 612 campuses. That's not the point. That's just a part of the process that we knew was going to happen long term. Uh currently we have 11 assist 11 principles and assistant principles. This long-term moves us to eight. Uh we expect over the coming years to move closer to nine and then long term as we move into two buildings to have eight. Uh and I share that because that's what we've been talking about with all the assistant principles and principles for the last year. uh and that is uh a part of really just the way campus design would occur. What this levels up in in these new
061roles is the number of student adviserss and counselors in those programs uh that allow for more targeted college and career advising and family advising structures. And we're not talking about counselor roles today. We're really just talking about the overarching conversation. Uh but what we are asking really is for is for us to be able to move forward in pursuing these uh these roles and beginning more formal conversations with assistant principles, principles in this process. >> What is the timeline by which we would begin operating under this model with these specific roles? >> We would like to let's just say unofficially move into this world as soon as possible based on the feedback we've taken from counselors. And I say unofficially in that we won't have all the pieces on the on the board. All those
062people don't exist because we haven't consolidated. But we would like to begin as just in the same way we're doing with teachers where they're we're asking their program interest and we're pursuing asking them to pursue roles uh in programs. We want the same thing here. Uh so we would like to be able to do that really effective immediately in pursuing people to pursue to uh pursue these roles. Is there possibility for when we talk about reduction of personnel and the counts of administrators? I think that can be a healthy thing if it's organized properly of course, but is there opportunity for those individuals to apply for other positions or be assigned to other positions in the district? >> Sorry, I got a gnat flying around me. Uh so yes, the uh I think we've been
063in conversations one-on-one uh and small groups with principles and assistant principles for some time. Uh everyone that's currently employed will continue their employment for the coming year. Uh but everyone is aware of the potential transitions that they would explore in 2728. So a lot of this really they've they have looked at this and they've evaluated where they may be best fit for and other roles that they would pursue within this model. Uh and I think any administrator that's doing their role currently would have opportunities to pursue any of these roles opportunities in any of these uh administrative roles and opportunities in roles uh that may exist as a part of these teams. So in effect the the overall full implementation of this model comes with the opening of the unified campuses the 6 through 12
064campuses. That's correct. >> I'm very glad to see us planning ahead because I think you have both excitement and anxiety when you look at the type of transition that we're speaking about where we're moving into a 612 model in those unification of some of the campus buildings. And so I think the planning is vital so that our staff are now making that experience and transition as smooth as possible for our students and families. It gives our staff time to be thinking about what they want to do and to plan and also for our community and and to recognize what's happening in in terms of the jobs and the positions so that people are ready to roll. >> I agree. I think, you know, especially I agree with the counselors, you know, if you're going to
065implement this change um and get away from the traditional um look of it. And honestly, when I see this, it makes sense to me. Makes sense because you're right, when you get the call from the assistant principal, you know your kids's in trouble. Um, but it would be nice to know that if the assistant principal called, I knew that we were going to be talking about something specific related to how it was going to help my student, not just that they were in trouble. Um, but also, I think in in general terms of how this would be beneficial for staff to say, I know what team I'm part of. I know that I'm going to be working with students that are aligned to a program that I'm passionate about or that my subject matter matters
066to. And it's not just a traditional um math class. You know, your math class is now aligned to a program that you love as a student. So it to me any change that we can get away from a traditional model is exciting for me and I believe will be exciting for um the people in our buildings once they know that the change is happening. Um I think Dr. Lee brought up a good point. There's anxiety around change and there's excitement around change. And if we get a head start on that, like the counselors have recommended, I think the anxiet the anxiety turns to just excitement and um a willingness to move it forward and be prepared for these kids when they hit these campuses. Um so I appreciate the work that you all have put
067into it. I know that it's been timeconsuming because we've been talking about it for several months of what you all are looking at and um I know it's been a work in progress. I've listened to the parents talk about they're ready for a change. They're ready for a traditional structure to going to be broken apart and refigured to actually be better for their students experience in these buildings. So, I think um I appreciate the work you all have put into it and I appreciate the teams that have gotten together, the principles, the staff that have all spent time looking at this model and um really putting in input and a desire to change what they're currently doing because it is it's a it's a tough place to be in. So, um I think it I
068think it looks great. So, are there other areas of discussion? I like that on day one of that school year, the f because we plan so far ahead that our students and our staff can focus on the excitement and business of the first day of school and hopefully a lot of that organizational structure is done and ready to go. >> Yes. So, tonight I'm asking for your approval of these job descriptions and they're attached on your board slides. >> All right. If there's no further discussion, we will need a motion to approve the job description as presented. >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Motion passes. >> All right. So, moving on, we have um Mr. Martin and Mr. Mike Ford. We met Mr.
069Ford a few months back. um he is back to sort of give us a little feedback over what he has discovered. >> All right. So, yeah, this is our population uh density and uh really population throughout the county. So, I just want to kind of reset the the stage here. Uh we've talked about this a couple of times and really um these is kind of why you would engage in that. Really, it's about utilizing your resources very effectively. As you know, population changes throughout the county. I think it makes sense, like you mentioned this, Miss Bowling, to have this as an integral part of the LPC process or maybe a prelude to that in future years, but it will be something I think it is valuable to continue to explore into the future. Uh, and
070really just continue to find logistical solutions uh that make sense for students and families to engage in all these great programs that we do have to offer. uh throughout this process, your all's priorities that you've made very clear is that we want to continue to allow parental choice in terms of uh assuming you can provide transportation, you know, and go through the process that parents are allowed to uh apply to attend different schools and also continuing to engage in local and having commun local community schools in our communities. Um and then also continually just look at this data from a long-term standpoint. So, as a reminder, Mike Ford from KASA uh has engaged in this process a number of times uh during his tenure at Boone County as DPP uh and he and I have
071had lots of conversations uh since we've last talked and and he's here to share what he's found. >> Thank you, Alex. Uh I'm I'm just going to reiterate this initial board conversation just so everyone's clear because I know anytime you talk about population, it can be also controversial. The board's initial conversation was maintaining parent choice in any scenario that ever occurs whether any changes are made or not as well as ensuring local community schools. So to be clear, Bloomfield, Boston, and New Haven are maintained. I'm just being more explicit about that because, you know, local community schools, those are the three schools that really we're talking about in terms of those are in local communities outside of the central centralized population of Nelson County. Uh before I forget, before I begin, excuse me. I do
072want to congratulate the school district on all of the work and the facilities that y'all have done. Just since the time I was here last time to now, uh I got to walk through some of the buildings with Alex and being in this facility. I want to congratulate y'all on the work that you've done. It's amazing. I was telling Alex, I worked as a diesel mechanic going through college and never worked in a facility this nice. I congratulate y'all and uh very proud for the school district. I just wanted to share that off the record or on the side note. So, congratulations. Okay, let's talk about a lot of what y'all have already said tonight and how that's going to go into what Alex and I have been working on for the last several months.
073Alex and I have had several meetings. Uh, I have learned a great deal of history uh, in regards to Nelson County and Nelson County Public Schools. I'm going to draw on some of that history uh, and it, if you'll bear with me, it will come together to a point. I'm not going to go back all the way to the 1780s when Nelson County became uh, a a governmental uh, county within the state as the fourth in the state. But I am going to go back to 1969 and I'm going to start there. And like I said, if you'll just bear with me, all this is going to come together. All the work that Alex and I have done over the last several months. In 1969, there was one high school in this county, Nelson County
074High School. That was it. Any elementary school that was in the area, those children went to Nelson County High School. That was it. That was a very consistent obviously uh movement for those children throughout their school career. In 2012, Thomas Nelson High School opened. And now you've got two high schools. And you see it right there. Thomas Nelson and Nelson County High School. And you see the division line for the two schools. And um since 2012 to the present, there's your high school plan. Actually in 2014, Thomas Nelson High School graduated its first student, but it opened up as a 9 through11 school in 2012. Okay. This pattern reflects the two high school model. If you go go ahead on up, these are all the residences in Nelson County. It doesn't mean that there are
075children in every one of these areas or every one of these geo codes they're called. But as you look at the numbers 9,381 versus 12,374, you see a very clear division line in the county. And so that fits your high school pattern. One side Thomas Nelson, one side Nelson County. No problems yet. Nothing. However, when we start going down and putting overlays of especially your elementary schools on top of and I'm going to walk over here if I may. I don't want to block anybody's view, but I want to be able to see it. As you look at the L, as you look at this overlay of your elementary schools between the two high schools, you start to see some gaps. And those gaps are primarily the two of your elementary schools, Cox's Creek and
076Foster Heights. Bloomfield. Um, my name I got my go back my notes here. I got all your I've got every one of your school names. Come here, Alex. Bloom Bloomfield, uh, Boston and New Haven. Um, are in areas within your county that allows them to follow a consistent pattern. Cox's Creek and Foster Heights are both split. Now, the reason I draw attention to that is because of something, Miss Lee, that you said just a few minutes ago. Two words, excitement and anxiety. You've got three elementary schools. Those children when they walk into school this year as kindergarteners, they know where they're going to go for elementary and then 6 through 12. They know. Two of your schools, however, that's not the case. You've got children who are going to form networking patterns with families and
077friends and over time they're going to reach a situation where there's going to be division in this current design. You see this box down here in the lower right corner. Cox's Creek is split almost in half. 55% going to Thomas Nelson High School, 45% Nelson County High School. Foster Heights is not as significant, but it's still significant. 24 almost a quarter of the children are going to be split away from children, the other three quarters that they were going that they're going to go to school with for six years, K through five, maybe more if they're in preschool programs. I go back to the word anxiety. I just heard a tremendously exciting presentation from two ladies with ac designing academic programs for the older children. And that creates a great deal of excitement. But it
078won't create a great deal of excitement for those children and families who are going to raise the question, where am I going to school? I'm going early grades with these children, but then I'm going to be split apart from them as we get older. And those are the parents from my experience. And I did this type of work nine times in my career at Boone County with the uh construction and opening of nine new schools from 2004 till my retirement in 2023. Those are the parents you're going to hear from. And that's why my board when I was working in Boone County, they always challenged this work to maintain consistency for the children to alleviate that anxiety as much as possible for children and families. But that's what you're getting ready to see in this
079design. And you're going to see with Coxus Creek and Foster Heist uh misalignment at the middle school high school which is going to be confusion. And you're also going to see this was a great lead in today being in this garage and talking with your transportation personnel and your transportation director. Your costs are going to go significantly up under this design because you're going to have children under the current design that you're going to be moving a great distance just elementary children across the county and then having to move them back at the end of the school day. And I don't know about y'all, unless I don't see fuel charges coming down in the near future. So, you know, that's just something to consider when you look at the current alignment. It's not just about
080students and family. It's also about logistical uh operations for your district. So, from studying the county historically as I have uh since Al Alex and I started this project to now and and Alex has been amazing helping me to get a very thorough grasp of the current situation of Nelson County Public Schools and the direction that you're moving to uh with the 6 through 12 campuses which are exciting But you're going to run into a situation with families in two school district areas at the elementary level who I'm going to say this in layman's terms. you're going to have to answer to because they're going to come in and say, "Well, you gave me the opportunity for parent choice, but now you're telling me this school is full and you're declining my application for parent
081choice because that may happen." I'm just giving you a scenario that could happen. And I say that because I lived it. We had that opportunity when the state law was passed for open enrollment. We developed a policy just like y'all reviewed tonight. Your your board policies coming out of the general assembly and legislation. We had that policy for open enrollment and parents thought that it was automatic. But when a school is full and there's not resources to meet the demand for any more students, there is the potential to have to tell those families no. And if this situation is dealt with, then you could alleviate those possible uh anxious families, anxious children, anxious moments that you may have to deal with. I'm not telling you that you're going to. I'm simply sharing with you what
082I saw in my years at Boone County doing this nine times. And I want to be here for y'all, working through your superintendent and working through Alex to help you alleviate those potential scenarios and make this a very seamless 2027 2028 school year when those children are going to walk into your schools with the new uh 6 through 12 design and be be able to have the opportunity to participate and be part of the great programs that were just designed and approved uh that was presented by uh those two ladies. So um did we did we >> No, this is it. >> Okay. So that's what I wanted to show you from the work that um we didn't want to take up a lot of your time. We wanted to make this as pointed as
083possible uh and share with you that I fully hope that you will allow me and expect to be back with Alex uh in July with some possible answers to this scenario for the board to take into consideration that will do what I just said and alleviate those uh potential uh anxious moments. So, any questions? Well, I know this is perfect timing really. The Kentucky just released their population data for the NE I think till and Nelson County is on the list to have growth and um because we're so close to Louisville, we have Bargetown City there. So, we know that there's going to be growth. How often school should school districts I know we talked about, you know, the LPC's meet every four years by law. How often should this type of data be reviewed
084um when there is growth? I mean, again, there are I know there are several areas where there's getting ready to be some subdivisions built. Um how often should we be looking at this data? >> You answered your own question. Believe it or not, the state has issued its report for population zone increases and Nelson County is part of that. I came into Bargetown today on 31E and I'm seeing beautiful brand new subdivisions. When I say brand new, I mean less than 5 10 years old. it came right past Cox's Creek Elementary School. And that whole area of 31E is a targeted area as part of the study uh by the state for growth because of the ease to get into Louisville from Nelson County uh as a suburb. I equate, and I saw this personally
085uh growing up, I equate Nelson County to the next OldM County. And Oldm County exploded. They went from Oldm County High School to now three high schools in that uh county school district simply because people moved up to Oldm County, but they were working in downtown Louisville. And with the jobs that are moving into downtown Louisville, I equate Nelson County based on that same study. I read that study with you. So, the reason I say you answered your own question annually, you should be watching with your developers in the county, uh your community developers, um home builders. uh you should be looking uh working with them to look at where they're developing property, look at the number of homes that they're planning on in development with these properties. Um we if you go back to
086that one uh that one right there, all these dots, like I said, these are called geocodes and they're points of residence in the county and these pocket areas that are open right now, they're going to start filling in. So should be done annually to see where your growth is anticipated so that you can plan for those school assignments for those children. now. >> Well, and I think something the superintendent I think you guys even put on the one of the slides is currently we follow the magisterial lines >> which probably isn't as healthy as it looks >> when you're looking at the school the school zones >> is that following the magisterial lines in districts with two to three high schools I'm not talking large ones with 10 high schools in districts you know similar
087in size to our structure Is it arbitrary common practice to follow the magisterial lines or are districts and I'm thinking like bullet and harden are near us. Do they set up feeder patterns that are K12 where student like goes to certain elementary those students feed to a specific school? >> Yes, they do. Um the historical process of utilizing magisterial um governmental districts is starting to go away because of all the reasons as these school districts grow that you're wanting to create equitable schools for all children across the entire county. And that includes Billy gets up and goes on the bus and he's on the bus for 20 minutes. And over here, um, little Cindy is on the bus for 20 minutes. I mean, every type of scenario, um, is what's taking the place of magisterial,
088uh, school districting to where it's now, think of it like a piece of pie or a puzzle. The county is a puzzle and you've got in this county you've got five pieces that are your elementary schools and basically you're going to redesign each of those pieces and then put them back into the puzzle and they'll they'll fit 100% into the puzzle. So that's the current trend as these districts are starting to expand and grow, especially all of them that are on the fringe of Jefferson County. And again, I'm speaking from experience and I think it's important we also remind ourselves Nelson County is unlike any other county. You know, it is a it is a complex issue. In particular, if we look at the west side, you've got highly populated Coxus Creek, but you've also
089got essentially land that is completely vacant and unbuildable uh in a few areas. Uh and I'm not sure exactly how that's designated, you know, on the coding, but it's essentially unbuildable land in certain areas of Boston as you head down that direction. And there's a few areas that currently are flood plane in those areas that are not also uh buildable along the parkway and and also as a part of uh certain elements in New Haven. Uh with that, there's been massive growth in this central thoroughfare. 65 to 70% of our kids come right out of this uh 245 all the way to Springfield Thoroughare, which is unique, makes us also unique. That's generally where our population is. There's also been major growth on the east side and west side centralized continues and our transportation team
090sees that happen over here on this uh side. There's no easy fix uh in terms of the logic of this and I don't think the goal is not to balance these numbers out. The goal is to use better logic, right? So I don't think anybody's trying to say well there should be 12,100 over here and 11,400 over here. It's just how do we do how do we evaluate logic? We also know that if a if a kid's currently in a school, they chose to go to that school and that really any decisions long term that the board would ever make would really impact future kindergarteners. It's not something that would necessarily impact any um any current students because logically they're already in the school, right? >> Well, that honors the parent choice piece too that
091the families if if any shift is made, those families should choose to remain where they are if they wish. This really has been kind of an issue I would say probably going back 30 years and growth on the west side and the north side of the county has exacerbated the challenges and the conversation and really our LPC and the facility plan pointed at some of the tensions and now we're just continuing to have that study. So as you think about that as a board, what is the any ask or need from data and process for Mike uh and the team as they go through this process because we're in the very introductory stages of the conversation. I'm interested in knowing you've identified some gap areas and things for consideration, but I think as we move
092forward, what are the points of consideration we need to be thinking about and how do we involve um families in this conversation? >> I can you want me to go ahead? I can give >> Yes. Yes, I can put together we can put together more information for you on that um and be more than happy to bring it back to you and and give you very detailed um information material uh that had to deal with at some point in time that that is relevant to your question and happy to do it. >> So basically what would the puzzle look like? >> What would the puzzle look like? Yes. and how do we involve families in, you know, in their consideration and their needs and and feedback throughout this to honor them? >> Sounds good. >>
093Any other questions or discussion? >> I said previously in a meeting when when you were here before, we have the data. How do we look at it? You know, how do we use it? And that's what I continue to think about, you know, and this this is a good move toward that and thinking about some generalized need establishing the gaps. All right. Thank you, Mike. We appreciate it. Thank you, Alex. >> Very welcome, and I look forward to seeing you in the future. >> All right. We'll see you >> next time. will be in air condition >> and on dry floor. >> All right. So, moving on to the board calendar. As we stated, there's a possibility that there will be a special called meeting um sometime after the board receives their bid packages on
094the softball. Um we do have the board retreat that is scheduled next Thursday and Friday. Um and that will be at the airport. And then on July 21st, if everything goes as planned and as promised, Mr. Cardell, if you're listening, um we will be in the UPC center on um July 21st. So we will be able to celebrate that space. >> We do have two uh we do have two decisions to make. So we the last board meeting, we did not know the location of the board retreat. >> Yes. And two, we need to list the time that those days the start time. So on Thursday, June 18th, the start time. >> So originally I think we had talked about um Yeah. >> 12 p.m. >> Yeah. And then I think it was 8 I
095believe on Friday. >> Yep. So these would need these would require approval >> that they >> there's a quorum of the board participating in the retreat. >> I think we had said originally 8:30 or 9 on Friday. I think 9ine is what we had said. Yeah. >> Um he'll work with whatever time we want to fit on there. So >> if we change the time or location, it would be a special called meeting. Just >> Okay. >> Let's let's stick with 12 and 9. >> Um and then 12 and it'll work with that. So at the Bargetown airport. >> Yes. >> All right. So we will need to approve the revised calendar as discussed. >> Need a motion. >> I'll make the motion. >> All right. Thank you. Do I have a second? >> A
096second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> All right. So, um, ending on board celebration. Uh definitely Devin, you guys and your space, congratulations and um we're excited for what you guys can do in here. Um thank you for letting us be here tonight and share in that as well. We appreciate all you guys do. Um we also had two great graduating classes um go out a few weeks ago. Um it was a beautiful night for it. if you all remember, not so much. Um, but it was still a great celebration of students walking across the stage and um, seeing another group of adults walk out of our schools ready to thrive in work and life. >> What happened in the buildings was beautiful. Yes. So, um, I want to
097give a shout out to our 21st century community learning center programs. Um we don't always give them a lot of press, but um they are our afterchool and summer programs that are operational in the district and they're going on right now providing some excellent extended learning and fun opportunities for students including at our two high schools and very few high schools in the state are fortunate enough to have those programs and make that commitment to their students. >> Anything else? I just want to wish all our students that's u that's in election today and this week uh good luck uh their FFA uh competitions. They did did really well last year. If you haven't been to one, especially in Annapolis, it's amazing see that many 7 over 70,000 kids walking around with those jackets. >>
098Oh wow. And uh just want to say thank you to all the uh staff and teachers that oversee that FFA project and get those kids in the competitions and do a great job. Thank you. >> There are a lot of kids that are in doing summer things like FFA and um the FBLA. There's a lot of things moving even in the summer for these students. >> Oh, definitely. All right. With that, we need a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll make a motion. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> All right. All in favor? I >> Meetings journed. Thanks, guys. Have a good evening.