001Feeling real. [music] Beautiful. You are me. Feeling like it's You are happy. D. ring. Hey You're beautiful. I can't feel You are Heat. Heat. N. Make it rain. >> [music] >> You are bow. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Feel it. You are. You are Heat. Heat. N. I love it. You found me. You fallen ring ring. Get away. You are >> [music] >> We call this meeting of the Nelson County Board of Education to order on December 16th, 2025 at 5:30. Please join our board team as we recite the pledge of allegiance. >> Sorry. [laughter] >> I aliance 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. >> Yeah. Um, just for clarification, we turned around
002because the flag is facing the other direction. So, we weren't turning our back on the audience. [laughter] So, just reading our mission in the Nelson County Schools, we re we unite students and staff and people with place and purpose to thrive and work and life. So tonight, our meeting goals are to learn about Nelson County Schools district growth priorities along with New Haven School, evaluate the 2627 school calendar, discuss next steps for facility planning, and evaluate the parents in the know priorities. So we're going to start this evening with Principal Clark as she celebrates our New Haven school. >> So we're going to start with a quick video. Someone did ask as soon as they came in specifically, [laughter] do you know there's underwear hanging in socks? If we do, so hold on just a
003second. All right. So, um, Miss Jones called me last night and at approximately 910, we had an uninvited visitor enter our building. Um, our kids are a little bit stunned by where he's staying and why he continues to come to the New Haven school. I got to be in it. I'm sorry. They're [snorts] stunned as to why the Grinch continues to show up at New Haven and um make fun, take stuff from classrooms, destroy classroom, hang underwear. Um they believe he's secretly hiding in a room, so they're always looking for him. He does make guest appearances, um which all sets us into a whirlwind for the rest of the day. So teachers really love that. Um, but they always want me to review the camera footage. So, Miss Jones um was here late last night
004and reviewed some camera footage for us to share with the rest of our school to let them know indeed it was the Grinch and it was not me that put underwear all through our school. So, tonight we get to celebrate a lot of things about New Haven. Um, one of the biggest things I think that I want to share is the people that work here and um, the families that support us every day. Some of the pictures that I chose that speak to specifically this school year are um, one of our groups in the left that was before the school year started. One of our um, house games, ours are stables, but stable games getting us started um, for the year and just creating bonds immediately. The other components are all pieces that our teachers
005give back and how we give back and show our love to them as well. Um where we have again top Miss Regina Clark that is her Mustang Matters. She was inducting those girls, welcoming welcoming them back into the school year um at the beginning in August. Again, their love for seeing her and then all of the other festivities and work that goes in to our building to make sure our kids know how special they are so they continuously want to show up. our top three and I'm going to share the mic in just a second around this is absolutely um a huge growth for us this year but we have our empowered classrooms this is our high impact strategies both culturally and academically um speaking to academics one of the things that we really have
006prioritized over the last several months is um common language and using the same strategies kindergarten through fifth grade so that our students don't have to relearn things or what they think relearn. So, one of those um would absolutely be like writing a meal paragraph using that um terminology all the way through so that our students know what the structure is and what is expected um once they get to that level. We also have ascend groups. This has been um a piece that we've been able to really establish because of you all providing additional support with math and literacy interventionist um within our buildings. So, Miss Mary Bagwell and Miss Shelley Newton both lead reading and math in an area. Specifically for fourth and fifth grade, that time of our day is group based on individual
007student needs. So each teacher um or staff member has a small group of students that are really honing on the honing in on the skills that that individual group needs. Um and we're actually relooking at data right now so that we can reform those groups. We do have small groups um kindergarten through third as well. That just looks a little bit different than it does with our specific ascend groups. That is um combined grain levels. Then I have number three, our um Mustang Matters initiative and Miss Katie Brown. So with Mustang Matters at New Haven, um I've been working alongside Melissa Case and other school counselors in the district and we collaborate to kind of align big ideas, topics for Mustang Matters, Car and Connect, those things. Um, just for an example, November we talked
008about compassion, gratitude, empathy, those things. And we are excited. The snow almost messed up a plan. We're we're okay because um we're going on one of our schoolwide field trips Friday to kind of use some of those skills that we've learned. We're going to share our Christmas carols with facilities and assisted living places on Friday. So, we're excited about that. So just taking our kids, letting them see how the skills that they learn kind of align in the community and real world for them. So we get excited when we can do those things. And last, but certainly not least, we want to recognize um I think the growth that we've seen this school year, but honestly over the last two to three years, the structures that we've put in place, the people that continue to
009show up, um the support of our family and community members that still believe in us, show up, support us, give us lots of gratitude. Um and that is absolutely why we saw the growth that we did um this school year. Now, we absolutely recognize that we have more growth um at this point, but we definitely have momentum. We're excited. Um our most recent I Ready data, so we finished today for the most part. We have a couple kiddos who have been ill, but um we've seen growth in those areas, additional growth in those areas, and we're even able to pinpoint now that we were doing a really great job with reducing that novice population. So now our focus is going to continue to be our students who um are considered novice at this time, but
010also looking at students in that 30th percentile range. Really um individualizing some additional learning throughout the day in order for us to continue to grow our proficiency. >> Thank you for sharing, Miss Clark. Any questions from the board? >> Uh no, I just know how hard you guys work. I know how hard your students work and continue to meet every expectation that you guys put in front of them and I love the decorations in the hallways. Maybe you can meet with Miss Casease to figure out how the Grinch keeps getting in. Get one of these SRO's out here and see if we can get that under control. >> Yeah, I don't disagree. [laughter] That would take all the excitement out of it. >> It would definitely. Yes, it would. >> Good job. Thank you. Thank
011you guys. >> Thank you. Are you guys going to post this this Grinch video online for all to see? >> It's really long. We'll have to cut it short, but [laughter] we have several. That was just one. >> I think we should all have pay witness to this so we know what's going on. >> Be awesome. >> Yes. >> All right. So, u we move on to guest comments. Um, thank you for attending our board meeting. Any person wishing to address the board may do so by following these rules. Guest comments are limited to three minutes for individuals and groups. Please step forward and state your name and address. And if you represent a group, state the name of your group you are representing. Fantastic. I say I don't think we had anything online. Um
012so first and only guest tonight is Amy Durban. My com [laughter] >> habit. >> Okay. Okay. Tonight, my comment is about celebrations. First, I'd like to congratulate all schools for showing growth on test scores. Uh, even though I truly believe our kids are more than a test score, I do recognize the importance of growth. Now, let's talk about New Haven. Recent test score results place New Haven in the top 2% for academic growth in the entire state of Kentucky. And that's something worth celebrating. Growth happens because teachers show up every day with high expectations and deep care for their students. It happens because support staff do the often unseen work that keeps a school running. And it happens because student students rise to the challenge when they know adults believe in them. There is a
013sense of pride at New Haven School. Pride in the classrooms, pride in the culture, and pride in the belief that every student can grow. With no votes of support or encouragement from New Haven board member David Norman, the New Haven community has stayed focused on what matters most, students. [clears throat] As we move forward with plans to serve all students, I hope we can continue to lift up successes like this. New Haven is proof that when we honor the work being done and stay focused on students, great things can happen. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Urban. [applause] All right, moving on. We are going to cover the consent agenda. Um, all the board members receive this information prior to the board meeting. Were there any questions or moments of discussion from the board? Could
014you describe just a little bit the pilot agreement with the Barkstown Bourbon? >> Mr. Martin. >> So this pilot agreement is a payment in lie of taxes. Um so really this is an agreement with Barstown Bourbon Company and they're working with the county on some expansion and essentially the county is going to own that property which would make it tax exempt. But the pilot agreement essentially they would pay the taxes that they would owe the school district had they own it themselves like any other taxpayer. So this is just an agreement with that entity. I think it's about a 30-year agreement until that note is finalized and it would transition into more of a traditional uh payment like process that would go through the sheriff's office. So really this is just an agreement between us
015and Bartown Bourbon Company that they would pay that tax each year. Uh, and the PVA is going to assess that just like normal. And whatever the rate, whatever the assessed rate is, that's the tax that you get annually. >> Good deal. Thank you. That's a good thing for the school. >> Yes, >> we worked on some protections in the agreement to continue to be able to update as property values shift over time. So, >> I'm glad I'm glad to see that and that it will be based on the real value of the property. um because I know sometimes these things can get locked in at a low rate for the duration. So this is what's fair for our district and to our other taxpayers. All right, any other discussions? All right, with that we will
016need a motion to approve the consent [clears throat] agenda as presented. >> I'll make the motion. >> Thank you. I need a second. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion passes. All right. And moving on with um our academic update and district and improvement plan with the most important people in the room. [laughter] >> So um the CIB process is unique because we submit it to KDE uh usually December January of each year. At that point it becomes a dead document. So, um, we do, it is really an accountability tool to ensure that districts are focused on specific priorities and goals related to the Kentucky Department of Education's, uh, federal and state accountability system. Um, the doc, this work really for us is the work we're doing all year
017round. Um, but designing the CIP is an ongoing process and this basically the document speaks to the practices that we have been living out for the last six months. uh it's informed by employee survey and academic data, district and school priorities that exist and really lots of time in schools and classrooms. So I share that big picture. It's a it's a uh conglomeration of data that it comes to life over time that informs priorities. So our team is going to share a little bit about different parts of the CIP as it relates to priorities. >> So this is some of the ongoing work that we have within our priorities instructionally in Nelson County Schools. you know, we continue to be focused on working together and as you can see, we do believe it's our superpower
018and these priorities allow us to do that uh more efficiently in a smarter way so that we can have an impact on student success. So, one of the priorities that we're focused on is teacher collaboration systems. So, that's when we're thinking about PLC's or design labs as we call it. We think about teacher priorities driven on impacting student success. We also focus on how we're providing feedback in that one-on-one coaching system for all of our teachers. The second priority that are really driving our instructional focus is shared instructional power practices. So that's our way of saying we're using high lever evidence-based practices in every classroom. And we're really working to have that common language with that. Miss Clark earlier spoke about the meal paragraph. And so that is a scaffold that we use for writing.
019That's an example of a power practice. So not only are we trying to have that in middle school and high school, but elementary so that as students go from elementary to middle to high school, they're hearing the same language. they're able to get better faster. And the third priority that we have is thinking about assessment. Not just that we have strong assessments that but that we're using data to drive our instruction um and being very agile in our response to what we're seeing within our student data. And again, Miss Clark spoke about how she's doing that at New Haven earlier and thinking about I Ready that they just took. Um so speaking of I Ready, Miss Dardy is going to talk a little bit more about what is I Ready and how it's related to
020um KSA. So really we have a lot of assessment measures uh to unit assessments to I ready to KSA. So what we would call KSA it's a lagging assessment which means it's lagging data which means we get it a way after we take it right but it is a good measure to see overall. Our ready is more of a leading assessment where we get that data three times a year and just like Miss Clark's doing now she's able to make real time assessment changes to then act on that data to see exactly what kids need and move on it. What we have learned over the last few years is the what I Ready projects us to be has been between 1 and 3% correct. So when we say I already says we're here, we can
021pretty much take that as in 1 to 3% is right. Um and so what Miss Clark's doing now is very um smart to be able to say how can we fix that now before we take it again in the spring and then what can we do then to then make sure on that KSA that we are ready basically. So that's kind of where we are. Um so >> you clicker right there just letting you know. >> Clicker. >> So just to go over um some KSA projection or where we are in projection projections currently. If you remember last year when we met uh KSA reality was around 36% in reading or was 36%. I already projected us at a 6% growth and we actually got right on that the 6% growth for reading at 42%.
022Um, right now in the winter we're projected and like Miss Clark said some people are finishing up but currently we're projected at 45%. The good thing about that is we have from now until May to even fix that and do those things that we need to do to make that higher. So that's where we are currently. For math we were project we were 32% we were projected um at oh my projection's gone. We were projected 33% and then we actually grew 6% on mass. same thing uh to get to 38%. We're actually projected for math at 45%. The good thing that we're seeing right here is we've leveled up our math and reading. So before, if you knew we were kind of behind on reading, we spent a lot of time on that, then math
023lagged and then we spent some time on that. So now it's kind of figuring out what do we need to do in both systems and get good at both of them so we can continue to see those um increases. So we're projected at a 7% increase in that currently. And again, we have until May to up that number. So that's our goal. So here we have our middle school results. Um again, we see that we increased across the board here. So when we look at reading for middle school, we were projected at 37, ended up at 35, but that's still a 6% increase from the prior year's KSA. So we have some strong growth happening in the middle schools even after that big transition that our middle schoolers went through um last year. And then
024with math, we also see an increase. We were projected at 33. We ended up at 28. And that's a 5% increase from the year prior's KSA. So we are projected to to increase again 2% in reading right now and then 6% in math. Um and again we're taking this data not just in projected NAPD is what we call it, but also looking at those standards mastery. That's kind of how we are able to pinpoint more like this is growth, but we want that higher. So, you know, what is it within the standards that we want to target and pinpoint when we're working with our students so that this increase continues to go up. This is our high school results. Um, we had quite a big jump in reading and math at the high school level.
025So, we grew 9% from the year prior's KSA within reading and we grew 9% within the prior year's math. Um, and then we're projected to increase another 5% within reading. And right now we have a slight dip within math. Uh we did have a new adoption of a new curriculum in the in the high schools right now for math. So we're I think we're still kind of working through some of that. But again, our next layer with this is to look at that standards mastery and figure out is it current learning that we need to continue to focus on or is it prerequisite learning that we need to spiral in to that day's lesson to kind of make up some ground there. So that's our current results um for high school. So, as you all
026know, our high schools have actually been leaders in the post-secary readiness measure. If you look at state accountability over the past three years, so we've been in the top percentage of high schools. But because of that, it's really allowed us to examine deeper what are some practices we need to be doing that can truly help a kid better transition from middle to high school and then from high school to post-secary. So that led to our college and career readiness priorities as we thought about going into this year. And uh we actually have two focus areas, an aligned car and connect and cardinal crew curriculum. So I think Mr. Gillan and Miss Bowling participated in some experiences this summer to get feedback from parents and students on how can we better support college and career advising.
027And the first thing was let's develop a common curriculum within our 6 through 12 caring connects. Then we wanted to strengthen our college and career advising process. So what does it look like to have deeper conversations with students and parents around our post-secary transition plan? So these are things we are focused on this year at looking at our middle and high schools. In regards to our data, both high schools did have increased individual performance in postsecary readiness. So you can see how we rated and again that is an increase from the previous year. and then also our graduation rate. So, we did see an increase in graduation rate at both high schools. So, as we think about diverse learning priorities, something that's really great about diverse learning is when you heard the things that Courtney
028and Hope talked about, diverse learning students, students with IEPs are all GED students first. So, the great thing is they're getting all of those shared power practices, all that our gened teachers have. When we think specifically about diverse learning, what are we really focusing on? And it's making sure that the accountability from both leaders is present in that classroom. Knowing that that gened teacher has that content knowledge, knowing that the diverse learning leader has that disability knowledge, and how are we truly keeping our adults, our leaders in the classroom accountable for that data and growth and progress, but also our students and making sure that they are aligned in what that looks like. As far as shared instructional power practices, we're digging a little bit deeper in diverse learning for those and thinking through specially
029designed instruction power practices. So, making sure that we are individualizing to a deeper level. We talked about I Ready being that universal screener and for diverse learning students, we are utilizing a Renaissance STAR assessment. So, that digs a little bit deeper into individualized skill deficits at a more explicit level for our diverse learners. We are also using that for our bottom 25% students in our elementary schools and our middle schools. So really thinking about how are we using the data to really align to our instruction. Diverse learning uses data every single day, progress monitoring and IEP, but it's only important if we're really analyzing that and using that to inform our instruction. >> So we will have some time for um questions. There's a there's multiple layers to the work. Um and just uh some
030context, all of these team members contribute to the written CIP plan um across these seven areas. Any specific questions as we look at this process? This is both a CIP and an academic update. We weren't able to have I Ready data or KSA data the last board meeting to talk about. So, >> so I have the question I think that would be for Miss Newton or Miss Dori. Um when I think about um our proficiency scores when we're talking about that, one of the first things I did is of course see what our growth rate was over the prior year because that's the most important thing arguably is the proficiency. How many students are reading where they should be or able to do their basic math skills? And that's consistent across time of a measure
031that we want to see how they're doing. And I noticed that Nelson County's growth and improvement was higher than the state averages across most of these. That is substantial because um ideally everybody grows but some at higher rates. And so um my question then is what are some of the intentional efforts or changes that have been made in the district that would have contributed to this growth or improvement at these rates? I think a lot of it's like what Miss Newton just talked about, but you know, we had the common curriculum. We've really brought the schools together to be able to work together our summer pathway work where we've talked about what do we want in a classroom? What does the classroom look like? Uh admin working with teachers on their growth priorities. I think
032we've just really been intentional about what does instruction look like in our classrooms, what's our base level with the curriculum and then how do we make that our own. Um, and we've just done a lot of work around that and just high expectations, the assessment piece, using data. Um, again, we're not where we need to be, but I think that's that's fueled the growth and now it's just like continuing those pieces and getting better at that. >> Very good. Thank you. I appreciate hearing that. And um I truly appreciate our appreciate all of you, our um content leads um our administration and our teachers most of all for all that they've done to um grow and align things and put our students um academic growth um where it is. That's very significant. So thank you.
033>> I do think this graph, you know, continues to level up here for elementary schools. you're going to and I think you'll continue to see that uh leveling up largely because of the work going on with K2 literacy and the common curriculum with uh UFly and some of the other work that is going on through EO. Um and I think our teachers our teachers when I'm in the classrooms there's a stability in most of our classrooms due to the years of training or the years of experience. So, they're not in year one of the curriculum, they're in year two or three of the curriculum. Uh, down the hallway here, we have uh Miss Lacefield, whose kindergarten students were had the highest proficiency rate in the district last year and I think was that two years
034in a row. Um, >> yeah. Um, and that's but she is really a a master teacher of those basic uh UFFL skills and systems. Um, and we continue to build some teacher leaders in that work. So, I share that to say we because of those that work going on in K2 literacy, you'll continue to see along with three, four, and five, you'll continue to see that level up across the board. I think too, if you look at this work going on in middle schools, I think we'll see a a substantive jump this year. Um, we're already seeing that in the practices. Um, and this high school number that went down 3%. This is the same curriculum that the middle schools used last year and jumped 6%. So, it's really not a it's really it's just
035more of a a coincidence, I would say, based on our previous data. Um, and I think mostly we're just trying to unite teachers together. >> A lot of research shows that when you have a new curriculum, you have that implementation dip where that first year people are learning what they're using. Yeah. And um I will say that um I was curious about our curriculum and that this what we've been selecting and using in this district the past two to three years are regarded as the most beneficial by empirical studies for um showing growth among students who are in similar populations. So I think that very very significant for us and I'm also glad that we use already because it has the strongest correlation of any diagnostic to um our Kentucky standards and measures. And I
036think this shows clearly with the numbers that you have. And again, it's not just about kids doing well on a test. It's a reflection of are our kids developing and attaining the skills that they need and um at what rates are they doing that? So, thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you guys. >> All right. So we do have the CDIB document which is a 15-page document that's a more detailed version of what was just stated there. You can see the objective uh and the activities that align to that. You'll see things like UFI star literacy etc. Um that is the essentially uh approval process to forward these priorities and structures on to KD. >> All right. If there's any further discussion, if not, we will need a a motion to approve the C DIP
037as presented. >> I'll make a motion. >> Thank you. A second. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Thanks, [clears throat] guys. All right, moving on to the calendar committee. >> All right, so calendar committee update for 26 27 school calendar. Just just a reminder, this is the process that that we ensued. Um different stakeholders across the county came together to really review current practices and really trying to assess uh where are we getting lots of value and where do we see opportunities to generate more value. Uh and that was really the essential question. Um and so today we do have a recommended calendar that we are going to propose to you guys. Um so just kind of going through like what are some of the consistencies we
038have and also what are some of the changes we talked about. I will say most of our conversation centered around the use of staff backpack days which which are the days that we have available to work while students are not there and again how do we place those most strategically so we are generating the most value and the most bang for our buck per se. So some consistencies continuing to keep the the mid August start and then kind of out of school prior to Memorial Day. Um we have staff backpack days scattered throughout the calendar and then also we have um a good seven days there prior to the first day of school. Fall break is consistent and that's the first full week of October. I know a couple years ago we had some inconsistencies
039with that and one year it was this the next year was something else but that fall break keeping that the first full week of October and then two week of winter break. the two shifts that we're looking at making and I'm going to speak more about the community table days. Um, but essentially we we used to itemize and and it's in this way currently in this year's calendar two specific community table days that are on the calendar. And so those would be staff work days, schools not in session, but students and families are invited into our schools. uh where really the intent was to have that one-on-one connection with your home room teacher, Caring Connect, and trying to build that mentorship and and really getting personalized with um the student families. We identified a number
040of logistical challenges that I'm going to talk about here in a second, but wanting to shift those so that they're not necessarily itemized on the calendar and they're more locally scheduled. It'll still be driven from a from a district initiative and kind of a system standpoint. here are the priorities of this first connect and here are the priorities of the second connect. But it'll be more of a local uh scheduling thing so that they're not all occurring at the same time. So if you're a family that has multiple students across multiple schools, it's not so difficult to attend all those in one setting just as an example. So that'll be more of a locally scheduled. And then spring break, we're looking to shift that week just one week um earlier. The thought process behind that,
041uh, if you notice the calendar, you the end of the school year, if you have it during the April week, you essentially only have six more weeks of school until school is out. And it's kind of a hustle and bustle time frame where you're getting ready for KSA. There's also a couple of days off when you consider election and then the Oaks day that we typically take. Um, so we felt like it was more beneficial if we shifted that week prior. It'll give us kind of more time at the end of the year to Yeah. Yeah, it worked. >> Oh, there we go. >> Okay, >> good job. >> What about the uh video? >> Okay, >> BJ, did you check it? >> Have to be sure to tell the audience. >> So, it was
042just that it was just that plug over there. He's plugging over here. [laughter] that consistency may change um a bit. I think we'll always have and I I did peek ahead to the next few years. I think you'll always be able to have that seven weeks prior to the end of the school year, but whether it's the first full week of April or whether it dips into March, it just depends upon the calendar. We feel like it's a it's better though in terms of the time at the end of the year to finalize things. >> Have um have you verified with other districts what they are doing in that? >> So so on the DPP kind of regional connect folks are putting their calendar up there just what the general calendar structure is. Um and
043I'd say school districts are probably half and half. Some of them are really taking this March to uh April 2nd and some of them are taking that April 6th to the 10th. I think I would be interested in um just making sure that anyone we share students with. >> So that those are that's very important. >> So one of those would be Bargetown. They take two weeks in the spring break and so that would cover one of those. I think it's actually both of those weeks is their spring break. And then we also partner with Laroo at our ATC and and I've communicated that this is the recommendation to use the March 29th through April 2nd. So we've covered those bases as well. >> Thank you. the the community [clears throat] table shift. So to
044be clear, the the 2526 school year that we're doing right now, it does have the two community table days. We had one in August and we have another one scheduled in February. The challenge has been uh really due to snow. I think last year was a bit of an irregularity. Um we utilize some of our days as really instructional makeup days. So that community table day that was in February was taken away. um obviously can't project the the weather for this time and so that itemized day we may need need to pull it for instruction as well. So the second round of community tables haven't occurred for a couple of years due to this issue because it's scheduled it's there on the calendar. Um so we feel like the vision is to shift it again
045to to really allow it to be more flexible. So, we're anticipating a connect day uh before school starts, kind of like more traditional openhouse type of initiative that schools would schedule locally that first full week of August. And then also in second semester, we would anticipate some sort of student showcase opportunity where every student has has a chance to showcase their learning uh to their family, whoever they want to invite to that space throughout semester 2. Uh obviously, it would be a challenge to do all of the students on one day. So again, it' be like a local decision and we'll work with schools on making this happen obviously, but they may do a grade level on a day to where they're kind of opening that up uh and showcasing um really anything that's going
046on with uh what they want to highlight. In some cases, we already have this going on. As you think about some of our our high school programs, there's uh a has been doing this for a number of years is they have aggra science fair. Community members and parents are coming in to observe this. That's the model that we want to implement really K12. Um there will be logistical challenges that occur there obviously but we feel like it's a a step in the right direction to allow more local and kind of flexible conversation to occur. >> So essentially will that mean that school will go on and these would be happening during the school day? >> Correct. Okay. >> Thank you. >> We have some elementary schools doing some innovative work already. Uh we want to
047continue to promote that. Um, most of them are, but I'll just speak to Bloomfield Elementary Schools doing the family flyins this year for the and that's really um something that they're very excited about. New Haven has their own uh main event. Foster Heights does their um what do they call them? Hope they're >> passionate ignite days. So, we want to continue to to move that up into the middle and high schools um because there is a lot of of work that's happening across the district. we want to celebrate. There's two other things that we didn't mention. We have some makeup days potentially in this calendar that we don't always have. If you look at January 4th, February 26, April 5th, those are makeup days along with May 24th, 25th, 26. One of the challenges we
048have faced over the past couple years is we've not had as much flexibility with makeup days. If we have winters like we've had the last few years, we do need those embedded in there because we've been cornered on virtual learning days versus ma versus non-verirtual learning days and we really don't want to incur more than one virtual learning day at a time if it's ideally situated like we've had this year. So this does allow for some makeup days for us to not have to do virtual learning. um we would prefer uh long-term to minimize virtual learning to less than five days whenever possible. So this calendar also adjusts for that. >> So I will say I really commend you guys on coming up with the family engagement days and then being during the school day.
049Um I think that's one of the obstacles that a lot of families don't really feel connected to the schools. They don't get to come in and see the work when it's actually happening. And I think this gives them that opportunity to see what's going on in a school day. Um and again, I know it's not going to be the entire community coming in or the tomorrow, you know, the entire family um group come in, but um I really like the idea of that for sure. And to be honest, I don't think anybody's going to be like beaten down the door because you're taking spring break a week early. So January and February such long months that time spring break gets here, I think people are ready to to take that. So I you guys did
050a really good job at looking at the logistics of this calendar. >> Thank you. >> Looks good. >> If approved, we will be communicating this calendar as early as tomorrow. >> So with that, just a reference. [laughter] >> With that, we will um any discussion about the calendar. >> All right. With that being said, we will need a motion to approve the 2627 school calendar as presented. I'll make a motion to approve the >> I need a second. >> I'll second it. >> All right. Thank you. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> All right. Motion passes. All right. And moving on is the Nelson County High School and New Haven facility plan update. >> So, we'll start out with a broad overview, then hear about New Haven, and then finally uh some
051next steps on Nelson County High School. >> Yes. So, three uh current construction projects that are going on. Uh today we did have our monthly subconnect. Uh most of the focus was on Upcenter. Obviously, it has a lot of activity uh going on there. Um but both the UpCenter and the bus garage are continuing to to shore up their exteriors to um really take the next level on the interior work. There is interior work that is going on. Uh but in order to really get to the finishing side of things, they really need to make sure all the exteriors are closed in, roof is properly uh taken care of, making sure things are cleaned up on the inside so that they can kind of take the the next level to the to the finishing touches.
052Um lots of excavation that has occurred at on the Thomas Nelson campus. If you've been by there, uh the space has been cleared and uh I saw them there today doing some more excavating work. Uh we do hope to have a more in-depth update on those three projects here soon, but we want to spend most of our time today uh talking about New Haven. Um the Nelson County High and the New Haven project are in similar spaces, I'd say, in terms of um collaborative efforts to uh meet with a variety of stakeholders and really think about the needs of the space. Um making sure we're have the right people at the table to then further up the designs. So we do have Mr. pick it here today that's going to kind of talk about some
053of the ideas. Uh the piece that I can really focus on has just been the process. Um so again, lots of different stakeholders, New Haven administration, we've had Nelson County facilities involved, we've had Kodell Construction as we think about really the needs of the space. Um and how do we how do we make sure we're taking care of those things while also working in the confines of the budget and really what opportunities do we see to kind of level up the New Haven space. So Mr. Mr. Picket is going to talk about some of those ideas and discussions. >> Thanks for having me. Um so like Alex mentioned, we've been um revisiting the uh scope of the project and um really trying to fine-tune the priorities, meeting with stakeholders. So we're looking at a plan.
054>> All right. Thank you. Um looking at the updated site plan which um when we revisited the project uh we realized that uh most of the items that or the the scope that we had already pre-planned over the last couple years uh was going to stick. So this is going to be familiar to a lot of you. Um the main uh change to the the site in general is that we are converting the uh the drive lane between the gym and the school to a pedestrianon uh area. So that'll be developed into like a plaza or kind of a park setting uh with a uh a shift in the uh vehicular circulation to a bus drop off or or a rear rear drop off uh behind the gym uh adjacent to uh access to this
055center pedestrian plaza uh and a and the preschool playground. Then uh supporting that as well is uh this front drop off loop that we are still pursuing. Um we're still looking at the numbers on that, but uh that's the major shift in how the site works. So closing that drive lane for safety, uh adding a uh uh exterior open canopy connector from the school to the gym. Um and then these two drop off areas. Uh I mentioned the pre the pre preK playground. It's a major component that we are adding uh to this corner which is adjacent to the uh prek classrooms inside. Um those are being moved around the school to get close to this upper uh in this plan this corner uh which is also adjacent to a dedicated entrance and a ramp
056down to the drop off uh to improve that handtohand uh drop off for the the little ones. And then um this other component here, the courtyard right outside this room, the media center. Uh we are developing that into an outdoor classroom with more windows and doors from this space out to that space. Uh so that will be u outdoor classroom with functions uh that we're working through with our site design. Um, and both this outdoor classroom and the prek will have u like a sunscreen or a sun shade type sail structure for uh creating some shade. Uh this is the overall plan. Um not a lot has changed in terms of the uh the plan makeup over uh this while we've been revisiting this priorities. Uh the major shift to get us in a different
057budget was to minimize uh the exterior improvements to the building and really focus on uh those improvements that uh kind of change the way the the school looks. Focus on uh the entrance area and around the cafeteria. So you'll see some uh renderings of that in a minute. Uh some other u major shifts in the scope, we uh pulled back on the HVAC upgrades and electrical upgrades on the project. Uh so that's going to be uh taken care of later in a different phase. Uh utilizing some other uh metrics with funding uh to get to have that pulled off and still roll that into the project. uh keeping the ceiling grid, replacing ceiling tiles, keeping the lights, all those things really contributed to uh some major reduction in the uh cost. Um this is just
058an enlarged plan showing uh the courtyard uh some of the intense uh design that's going on there and the prek playground uh which again that's being uh fine-tuned right now in design. Uh so this is a view of the front of the building. Uh really a focus on uh the entrance. Currently the entrance is here and when you walk in the building you come to a corridor uh with really no space for a lobby or orienting yourself. Uh so this is a major shift pushing the uh entrance closer to the cafeteria so that when you come in the building you have a space of arrival and a connection to the cafeteria which uh uh the plan is to you know support more community gatherings and really make that uh inviting community space uh right off
059the entrance. Uh so again, not a lot of uh renovation work or exterior work uh on the rest of the exterior. Really focusing uh the energy and the cost for the new work. Uh at this entrance, you also see that just to the left of the cafeteria, there's uh an exterior canopy that connects the cafeteria around to the gym. Uh currently that's a really dangerous situation the way it is now because you come out of the doors onto the drive lane. So converting this to a pedestrian area is really going to help the pedestrian uh focused uh site planning. So just another view of that uh entrance piece. So this is a enlarged plan of that area. Um, so the entrance is currently here now where you enter in kind of really into a really
060tight corridor space. By shifting the entrance, uh, it's really uh, oriented around this intersection. So, you have access uh, more directly to the rest of the building. And then we've opened the corridor up to create a lobby and really tie the cafeteria and the entrance together to uh, just take advantage of those functions. We've also moved the F FRC. It's kind of located uh away from the entrance now. It's now located right at the entrance so that there can be after hours access to that while the building stays secure. It's just a view right inside the door. A secure vestibule with a transaction window. Uh the secure vestibule is more of a waiting space, a little larger than it is now with high visibility for security. And then uh another view um kind of a
061night view, if you will, showing that exterior canopy, how it connects around to the to the gym. So that's that's an overview of what we're doing. uh open for questions or [clears throat] >> if you could explain where you're in the phasing of the just from your from architectural standpoint so the board understands kind of from a decision-making standpoint we want to give a month to talk through uh and what we potentially approve in January >> um potentially approve if you could just give us some context >> right so uh the our work on uh getting to bid documents is broken into roughly three phases which I'm sure you know which is schematic design, design development and construction documents which u you know ultimately are the bid documents. So we've gone through schematic design by
062revisiting the budget and we're now uh developing the details in the design development phase. We're kind of in the middle. We're approaching the end of that and uh the goal is a month from now is to ask for approval of those design development documents will which will give us direction to submit that to KDE for approval and uh give us the direction to continue with bid documents uh leading into the spring. >> Got it. So, as a board, when you're thinking about the conversation today, this is the first time we've we've revisited this in a while. Uh, what might be some uh questions, conversations you were thinking about? >> My main concern is a huge part we have on the west end. >> Yeah. >> Electrical and HVAC system. Is that going to be all
063taken care of? >> No. No. the HVAC and electrical are not a part of the $5 million. That was the $15 million bid or estimate. That was the $15 million plan. So, this the HVAC and electrical is not addressed in this particular plan. Um, Mr. Martin and I have been working with our uh maintenance team to evaluate what we see as a more uh cost-effective approach internally. And we have certain HVAC systems we would we would replace um as a district through our general fund maintenance program just as some context. >> Uh you mentioned the pipe. >> The pipe is in the scope. Um it's currently there's some settling inside the building and uh after many meetings of discussing this with a lot of smart people uh it's been decided to reroute the pipe around
064the building and uh expose the pipe that's under the building and uh finally uh fill that with structured fill so that no settling can happen ever again. Uh so we're taking the pipe around. It's pretty complicated uh endeavor but uh it's the scope is seems to be working out. Now there there is some electrical and HVAC >> as part of the entrance rework and there's a few uh issues that have been identified to that we have to take care of to improve circuits tripping and things like that. Um the [snorts] the major scope that Mr. Bradley's talking >> it's not it was not a full replacement. Correct. >> Is it targeted? >> Right. >> Any other considerations as we look towards so design development again what exactly is that as opposed to construction documents just
065from the sharing with the board and understanding kind of the phases? >> Yeah. Um so schematic design is kind of a broad brush look at identifying the scope design development. we start to really fine-tune where the walls are, the relationship, the size of things, and then the finishes start to come into play. We start talking about colors a bit. Um, and the overall drawings turn into measured drawings. >> Beyond that, into CDs, we start to look at the details and how things really go together. So, we're not there yet. We're in the middle of making sure the rooms are the right size and uh which floors get replaced, which ceilings get replaced. So that's the design development side. >> So that would be potentially what we would approve in January to allow you guys to
066move forward towards construction documents. >> Yes. >> So from a timing standpoint, you know, one of the conversations is, you know, how does this how would this play out over the next six to 12 months? Yeah, we're headed toward late spring to get the construction documents and the bid documents finalized. >> Got it. >> That's good movement. >> All right. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> So, we have a month to continue to have conversations about this or longer, but >> have at least a month. >> Um, also allows us to talk further. I talked to Miss Clark a little bit about the process. There's been some ongoing conversations with Sitebase and some other groups. Um I think the reality is uh when we, you know, my conversation with Jeff was treat this
067like it's your building. Treat this as if it was, you know, your school district and think about where we get the highest return on investment as we look at the next 15 to 20 years in this building. Um, and you know, the integrity of the architect is really key in this process and we feel great about his intentions and their team's intentions. >> Well, I think it that's the beauty of having the people that are in the building being part of this process. You know, they could come up with the design that's not necessarily going to work for the people that are working here. So, I think that's always helpful. >> And I think it's tricky, right? There's team members here. I think they would all say they'd love a brand new building. um if
068you know check the box this one or that one. I think as we know we're we're working to uh prioritize the buildings in the larger context and I do feel like the team already takes great care of the building but this is going to allow us to level up a number of different physical space uh systems across the building in partnership with the $5 million budget to upgrade the building. So the Nelson County High School project uh is really uh in a schematic design phase. So this campus uh is the entire campus. Currently uh Miss Sakolski the principal and the architect lead architect from Studio Kramer Kate Noble Ward uh and I meet weekly. Uh Miss Sakolski has started some teacher teams locally. They had their first meeting today to talk about uh the placement
069of the of the new high school wing. Um again, just as a reminder, that wing would replace all the 1969 wing uh and classrooms uh and would be built around it. The primary work going on right now uh is connecting is how does how does the upcenter and the high school work together physically uh to build an experience uh as a part of a campus. We do expect on January 20th to have renderings and more specific schematic design uh in place. Uh we just met this morning and had further conversations around that work. Uh again teacher teams are just beginning to get at the table. The architects are meeting with teachers at Nelson County High School on January 12th as well. So that's just a bit about where it is. It's not it's not as
070far along as the New Haven project. It's also a larger scaled project. The Nelson County High School project. Um the goal would be construction documents, bid documents coming out October of 2026. So it is a it is it will be the biggest project that the board has taken on um by square footage and by cost. >> All righty. Any further discussion? [clears throat] >> All right. >> So moving on to the parents in the no priorities. >> We had our final uh parents in the no 1.0. So I'll say we had 1.0 and 2.0 meetings. 1.0 0 was a three meeting session with sitebased parents across the district. Um we had approximately at any given point 14 to 15 parents engaging. There were sightbased parents that shared a number of conversations that led us to
071our next step uh which will begin in January where we'll have two different teams working together. Um and those two teams, one of those will be a local team working with the principal at each school uh to talk about building a community partner plan for the following year to transition families. So a big thing that came out of this was community and culture. How do we embed and connect students and families from our elementary schools to in our middle schools to these campuses in 2627 to begin building community and culture. The other thing that came out of this work right away was program building K12. And the second group will be more of a district group of parents that opt in to talk about K12 power programs and how we're thinking about the progression of
072academic and career programs K through 12. Those were the two major system priorities that came out of these three meetings. There was also a conversation uh around accelerated access for eighth graders. So that conversation was might eighth graders transition to the high school sooner. Um the parents in the group there was a mixed feelings about that. Some of them supported that. Some of them u probably it was news to them. They weren't fully aware of all the details of that opportunity. uh most recently I think it was uh determined that in order for us to transition effectively all students and programs and teachers to have a more effective transition we're working with four school four different schools uh that we would be better suited to transition all students in 2027 2028 as a bestase timeline
073that allows us more time to build the programs with teachers in middle and high schools working together uh and that it allows the community and culture to begin forming. Um so those I share that because that is that was also a a conversation we've had the last two months as a uh board and that's really where that that uh conversation ended uh in the parents in the no. Any comment any conversation from the board about that? So students that are going to be eighth graders in 26 27 can continue to apply for the accelerated programs if they choose to. >> Yes. >> Yeah. It will be similar to this year. We're we're still continuing to tighten timelines and offer high value programs and Miss Arnold and the team of counselors continue to tweak different measures.
074I think that the most important thing is to get things right rather than to do it expediently because sometimes when you jump into something and you're not quite ready, you have pitfalls. So, I'm glad that um we are listening to what our teachers and and building folks who will be implementing implementing this are seeing around it. Um when I look at uh the clear feeder patterns in the district lines, that is something I have been hearing for um the past 18 months in depth from families. And I think that it's not always clear in some of our schools that people don't know when they are in elementary where their child will be going to middle school. And I've used the tools that are in our district website. And I but I would like in January
075to potentially see a report that shows us and provides some clarity to us as a board. And I think that um we can see what those look like. What is the current feeder pattern um in terms of if you pull up that map and where your child goes to school because it doesn't clearly reflect middle school in particular. I think that needs to happen um from from I need that and I assume other board members may need that clarity too. >> Um and also thinking about um as as you present that information to us, what how are our student populations impacted by the theater patterns and what are we looking at with travel times with our students? And um you know in terms of also if we look at this accelerated access for eighth graders
076you know where would they be going to get this accelerated access and how do we maximize instructional time so that we don't have students um waiting for shifts in schedules you know mismatches. There hasn't been a conversation with teachers or parents that talked about district lines of feeder patterns. Even even employees within our schools aren't unable to identify where middle schoolers would go to school. And that's a byproduct of really um 50-year districtricting lines that follow magisterial districts. Nelson County is uniquely shaped. There's really no, you know, easy uh method to the madness, but we really haven't changed much. So the high school line is drawn. Uh it's on the district website. The it is uh assumed that that would be also the middle school line, but what we've learned is the elementary parents and
077middle school parents don't know that line. So that's something that allows us to revisit that and and do a better job of thinking about communication and where where it is rational, where it might be irrational. >> I'd like some clarity for that. Um please. So, moving ahead in May of 2026, you'll the board will hear from both high school principles and their community and and culture teams about their plans for 2627, how they would be um building relationships over the course of that year with students and families. And then in June, you would hear from uh Miss Arnold and a team of parents that are working on making recommendations for K12 programs uh that in many cases may already be being built, but would be fully implemented in 2728. So those are two outcomes that
078came out of the parents in the no 1.0. Parents in the no 2.0 is going to be even more actionoriented and we're excited about that. And that's going to be with the principles in the building that are building those with parents that are in their building. >> The community and culture teams. Yeah. This document here, parents in the know plan. So they would present a a parent partnership plan to the to the board of education in June and then the K12 programs and pathways would present a draft recommendation Nelson County Board of Education in May. So, I got the dates wrong, but those are So, we're we'll be seeking parents that are interested in shaping K12 college career programming and graduation requirements to elevate outcomes across the district. >> Thought about including students in on
079that conversation >> there. There's there there'll be a students in the no group at each high school as well. Um, and their their focus is is also on the culture integration. How do we embrace and welcome new students and and that's also a part of the plan. Yeah, >> sounds good. [clears throat] >> So, um next on the agenda is the board calendar and celebrations. Um just make note um starting in January the board will be centralizing where we meet. Um partially because we have empathy for our IT department and the staff in the buildings that have to make sure that they are prepared for us to come in and disrupt their day but also because we um we recognize that you know it's our job to get into these buildings and you know we
080don't want the staff to have to stay late just to you know come to a board meeting. It's our job to come in here and make sure that we're part of your space. Um, and you know, that's going to be an assertive effort on our part to make sure that happens. Um, because it's important to us that we know what's going on in the building. We can't see or hear make decisions if we don't know um the people that we're making those decisions for. So um but most importantly once the UPC center um opens we will be transitioning into that space um so we can get to showcase that off and again we will encourage everyone to always attend these meetings no matter where they are. Um our board is open to making sure that
081our community is welcomed into this space at all times. So no matter where they're located, we want to make sure that you guys are still part of it. Um, but just to be clear, we will be in central office starting in January >> and we can always change locations as needed. One of the challenges that we've talked about as a board is how do we engage schools creatively um while also kind of providing some stability um and we have some work to do in thinking about that. I think too it's like, you know, when there are working sessions when we're really just there to kind of get to celebrate or learn more about what's going on, those are perfect opportunities where we can get more into the building. But I think at this point, this
082is a good start for us to sort of um get back to to centralizing for now. And then again, like when the UPC center opens, that's going to be um a really good opportunity for us to make sure our community gets involved in there as well. And we can modify the calendar at any time, >> correct? >> But this is this basic. >> So, um, we can go ahead and approve the calendar if you guys want to, unless you guys have any input, and then we can do board celebrations. >> I'll make a motion. >> All right. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? All right. The motion passes. So, who would like to start our board celebrations? I'd like to celebrate that
083I'm hearing across our schools a lot of excitement for the end of the semester and that our um teachers and our building leaders recognize that um our students, our people and this Christmas and the holidays can be both an exciting and a stressful time and they're doing the best they can to honor that with with kiddos to create a good environment and a good culture so that it's positive and um especially in a time when we can get tired with all the excitement. So, and everyone in the building seems to be all in. So, my celebration is really about everything that's going on in our district. I feel like there's just an tremendous amount of momentum and um and that it's really a team effort. this isn't just one or two groups of people that
084are getting together and making sure that we're we're all pulling and pushing in the same direction. And I I sense that everywhere I go. I sense that in the people that are in our buildings. Um and I am grateful for that. I think, you know, we we take advantage sometimes of being able to just get in our car and go to work every day and and everything's just moving along. But I I'm grateful that I feel like we're all moving in the same direction. So, um, with that, I think, um, that's what I'm sharing tonight. >> There's been some really exciting district basketball games for both high schools, which, you know, I think it's fun and a lot of momentum for for both schools. So, anyway, >> good job, coaches. >> A lot of spirit,
085>> good students. Yeah. >> I'm I'm going to celebrate Devin O'Brien and the transportation team. Um, you know, I look uh around the region and I see districts that are cancelling five routes, three routes, 10 routes, 15 routes. And uh we uh have been very fortunate while we've had some u I would say uh restructuring of routes and some other other really you know unique creative ways to ensure all kids get to school. We've not had to enter into that world. I'm not saying we won't have to. Uh but I'd say Devon's team has been very creative in sustaining uh transportation routes. Uh and they are the true MVPs in the unsung heroes in the mornings uh and often in the nights that no one knows about. Uh and I also want to applaud Kim
086Hogan, the HR team for working with Devon's team to begin some further recruitment of bus drivers across our area. We have some fantastic bus drivers uh in our in our team. We have some great leaders. At the same time, uh there's a lot of them and to sustain the routings, the routes that we have across our county, there's a lot of transient um there's a lot of transitions that occur. So, uh but I just want to celebrate that that team is uh really special. We've we've been fortunate to maintain stability while being creative. Absolutely. All right. Anyone else? All right. With that, we will move on. Um, we will be going into cone executive session. Recommended motion is to enter into executive session pursuant to KRS61. 8101B and 1F. >> Do I have a motion?
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093Chocolate rain. ring. >> [music] >> You found me. You want me to ring a chicken wing? You are on the ground. I got a chocolate. You feel me? >> [music] >> All right, Mr. Crawford, I have the motions ready. All right. I think he's going to start us. >> Hear me. Uh, the Nelson County Board of Education made an executive session. No final action was taken. Now, we need a motion to return to open session. >> I'll make a motion. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> A second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. >> Now, uh, we'll need a motion to amend the agenda under item 10 to add two things. Uh the first would be superintendent evaluation. The second would be superintendent contract. >>
094I will make a motion. >> I will second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Then under the item of superintendent contract, as you know, the preliminary discussions have to be conducted by state statute in close session, but a summitative evaluation has to be approved in open session. And if you have a summitative a draft of a summitive evaluation, then you'll need a motion discussion vote on the draft summitive evaluation. >> I make a motion to approve the draft of the superintendent summitive evaluation. Call second. >> Discussion. >> Any discussion? Yes. Sorry. Any discussion? >> Vote. >> All right. I second. >> Then take a vote. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. >> Then the next item would be to to discuss and or take action on superintendent
095contract. I would like to make a motion to approve a new 4-year contract effective May 1st, 2026 through April 30th, 2030. >> And before we do that, I just really brief want to make a comment. Um, and and we've discussed uh, you know, our responsibility as board members is to evaluate leadership based on student outcomes. And certainly that's a broad concept that can mean it does mean a lot of things, but I believe one of them and one of the more important ones to me would be academic competency. um and and just evaluating Superintendent Bradley during during his term. Um there were obviously issues with that, which is no secret. We've, you know, we're not going to um hash all of that out here. Um but our proficiency rates still do trail the state average.
096Now, there's growth, which is phenomenal. We're happy to see that. And you know, the the bad thing about bringing up test scores is it you feel like you're beating up on on people that are working hard to get it back. But I guess I'm addressing here today just the fact that it was there, you know, and this was the seven years that you've been there. So, you know, our district has strong dedicated teachers who work hard for our students every day. The growth we're seeing is clearly a reflection of that. Um, but for the reasons stated and with respect for superintendent service and I that's not an easy job. For that reason, I can't support renewing the contract, but that that's all. >> All right. So, we you gave a motion. Is there any more
097discussion? Do we have a second? >> All right. I will second that motion. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Nay. >> All right. We passed three to two. [applause] So, with that, we need a motion to adjourn the meeting, the session of the Nelson County Board of Education. Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion. >> All right. Thank you. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. All in favor? >> I Any opposed? All right. Motion passes.