001We are going to get started on our meeting this evening and we're going to jump right into awards and recognitions with Mr. Parker. All right. So, we're always thrilled to use a few minutes of our board meetings to highlight the outstanding efforts and accomplishments of our students. It helps ground us, I believe, as we focus on the work of the board to support students, staff members, and our schools. But, I promise you the recognition portion of this evening will be will be pretty quick. Um and and I mean that more than just in my words, but in haha the people that are coming up here. Um So, once you hear who we are celebrating, you'll understand uh just how fast I mean. Though, you might still not appreciate my dad joke. Um >> [laughter] >>
002Oh, well. >> [laughter] >> Join me in a round of applause for the Great Crossing High School team who recently ran away with the competition [laughter] as they won a gold medal and earned distinction as the state champion KHSAA Class 3A indoor track and field state 4 by 400 BOYS RELAY TEAM. >> [applause] >> ALL RIGHT, NOW I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SAY A COUPLE MORE THINGS. I'm going to say a couple more things about you. >> [laughter] >> Yep, y'all are coming up. They said THEY WERE FAST. >> [laughter] [laughter] >> REAL QUICK, I JUST LET ME FINISH UP. SO, congratulations to these new state title holders. Um So, we have with us, raise your hand when I call your name, JOSHUA POLK SMITH. >> [applause] >> ZION GONZALEZ. >> [applause] >> SENIOR
003DYLAN RUSSELL. >> [applause] >> ALL RIGHT, senior and ANCHOR BRADY INMAN. >> [cheering and applause] >> ALL RIGHT, THEY ARE COACHED BY Brian Russell and Keith Painter and coaches, if you all could join us up here, too. Might not BE AS QUICK. >> [applause] >> ANY COACHES HERE? WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT. COME on up here. Come on up. Coach [clears throat] Amir is our sprint specialist. Okay. Okay. Okay. I remember seeing I remember this guy. He was running. >> [laughter] [laughter] >> You're killing me. >> [laughter] [applause] [laughter] >> All right, I'm out of I'm out of jokes. Oh, okay. I'll just pass this back off to you. Okay. All right. Well, I was going to say congratulations, but they're ALREADY UP THERE. >> [laughter] >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> [laughter] >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP
004agenda approval. I move to approve. Second. All in favor? Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number five, public comment, Mr. Davis. Good evening. I don't need anybody to be ANY TALLER, OKAY? >> [laughter] >> I'M GOOD. I'm good today. I think you understand all of our limitations, our time and >> Well, and we have the Mike Davis shot clock again. Listen at you at I'll see it. I know. >> [laughter] >> Look, y'all got to do a better time. I saw Fayette they have a big one up there at Fayette County now. I think this works for us. Yeah, I know. [laughter] We're happy. We're happy with what we got. Good. You should be. Uh Good evening, board members, superintendent, fellow colleagues. Thank you for allowing me to speak tonight. I stand before you on behalf
005of uh Scott County Education and now it's nearly 550 members with two things in mind, gratitude and urgency. First, let me be clear. We're very thankful for everything that's happened over the past 4 years. This board has made meaningful progress in our eyes. You've invested in the people, strengthened our district, and demonstrated a commitment to moving Scott County forward. That leadership matters and has made a difference. But as tonight as always come and talk to you about I've always talk about the next step. As we finalize the plan for the 26-27 school year, as you all know, I'm continuously asking for a $3 across-the-board raise for our classified employees and a $4 4% raise for our certified employees. That's simply not a request, but it's just what we believe is a need needs to be
006a reality. A recent report just came out this week that in Kentucky that reality is that we're 42nd in the nation in in teacher pay and 49th in classified pay and start as far as starting pay goes in this in this state. Now, that doesn't mean that's where Scott County is, but that's where our state is is being outpaced by Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee. That's not what I believe if you evaluate education where you should be as a state, and we can't control everything that the state legislatures do. I understand that. And when you adjust that for inflation, Kentucky teachers are earning significantly less today than they were in the mid-2000s. Over the past two decades, rising costs in house care or housing, health care, groceries, fuel have steadily outpaced our salary growth. In In
007fact, when adjusted for inflation, Kentucky teachers are making nearly 20% less than they did in 2008. Wages have not kept up. That means when salaries have gone up on paper, in reality many educators and staff are losing ground. This is not about perception, it's about purchasing power. I went past the gas station today and gas is $4.19 a gallon at that gas station, and it's not going to go away anytime soon. It's not about whether the people who serve our students can afford to live in our communities they serve, but but about the impact that it has on those people. Our classified staff is the ones that I believe are the backbone of our daily operations. The bus drivers, the custodians, the instructional aides, the cafeteria staff. All of those people that we preach over
008and over again about how important they are. And yet, they're the most significantly financially strained. Some of them who don't work 8-hour shifts that only get 4 and 6 hours, sometimes are only working just simply just to pay for their health health insurance. And being at 49th in the nation in pay when they start out is just something simply that I don't believe is acceptable in a country where we have such vast resources. A $3 raise right now would put them in that above that 1750 threshold which the state of Kentucky considers a living wage if you have no no children at all. Because when we lose classified staff, we don't just lose position, we lose consistency for our kids. These people are valuable. They are the backbone of our of our neighborhoods and of
009our I mean of our neighborhoods and of our districts all the way around in this school. Our certified teachers, obviously, we continuously add expectations to them as we should. The public demand more and more because we have the most precious clientele that you can imagine anywhere else in the world. We take their children every day and they put the faith in us to take care of them. Yet nationally, our pay has dropped significantly. Almost 25% whenever you include uh inflation. A 4% raise is not excessive. It is is necessary to retain high-quality teachers we already have, attract new talent, and remain competitive in a region where every district is fighting for the same people. And I want to thank you all no matter what with my time left. I want to thank you because there's
010other districts neighboring us right now that are in a real struggle, and I do believe that it's important to make sure that we you all understand that I appreciate the fact that you've all been very good stewards with the taxpayers' money because I am a taxpayer in this district. But I do believe that where where we are right now, we can still continue to grow and move forward. So, I hope with this proposal that I've given you I've already sent it to you many times in emails, and I've talked to you and and over the hot last couple months where where I haven't had as much time to speak, but I want you to make sure it's about equity, it's about sustainability, and it's about leadership. I want to help move forward with you. I
011appreciate everything you've done for us, and I appreciate your leadership and commitment to Scott County schools. Thank you. Thank you, Mike. Thank you, Mike. Now, I'm impressed. >> [applause] >> I heard that. I HEARD THAT. [laughter] I TURNED MY MIC OFF. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SAY THAT. >> [laughter] >> THANK YOU, MIKE. Thank you all. >> [laughter] >> Yes, we did say that. Number six, consent agenda items A through I. >> So moved. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number seven, construction report. Hi, Tony. Hello. Good evening. Hello. Good evening. Good evening, everyone. Um fortunately, uh there's a lot of pictures because there's been a lot of progress. So, like to go Yes. So, I'd like to go over a few with you tonight. Um >> picture of it
012fifth drive staple, is that what it was up until a couple days ago? Well, and that happened to be Yeah, and of course I try to keep the pictures as current as possible. So, the day that I went out there this week was the day that it was pouring rain. Mr. Parker was out there, too. I was Yes. So, I didn't get out on the side a lot, but I was able to to take some pictures, of course, and we were Yeah, we were out there with the drone, too. So, I've got some uh drone shots as well, but here's [clears throat] just a good shot looking down on the site, and you can see it was dry the day before, but of course everyone knows the rain that we had really got the site
013very wet. You can see all of the roof is is covered now, not with roofing, but but nearly dried in. Um and they're working on getting the windows in. Um you can see the pond the retention pond and uh to the upper right uh that was empty practically. Um that rain was so hard it it filled it right up. So, it's it's Yes, it's working. It's doing its job, and it's slowly leaking out. Uh but just a beautiful shot of the countryside there, too. But I uh we were able to kind of do a roundabout with it's a little bit closer and showing now the cafeterians kitchen which have a roof on it um and the beautiful scenery in the background there even with the clouds. It just uh Um so, this is just doing
014a clockwise rotation with the drone around the site. You can see a lot of people still there working. A lot of people in Now, they got a lot of places to work inside, so that's good. Um keep going around. Um the geothermal well fields are pretty much done. They're in the lower right there. You can see the construction trailer up at the upper left. Um but again, a lot of the roof on, and when we get some closer pictures, you can see how much um brick is actually done. And all the yellow, of course, is the foam insulation that'll all be covered up. I've had some questions about a yellow building. No, it's it's it's not a yellow building. It used to be black with the damp proofing on the block and um before the
015brick went up. But no, that will all it will all be solid masonry eventually. Um that's just a little bit more of a close-up um on the shot there. And we'll keep swinging. Now, we've swung all the way around looking at the other end, and if you could see a little bit, there's a there's brick on that end, and that that wing that was further along, of course, has a lot more brick on it now. Um and there's been some cleanup along the fence row in the upper portion of the the pictures there. And there's a shot kind of just right down on the floor plan of the building. You can see a little bit of difference on the roof on the right um because that's the that's the storm shelter area. Um and again,
016they still have the uh cones and the the ribbons around there for the people not fall and there they are. You can You can see the flags and the ribbons that are keeping people from getting close to the edge of the roof. Um so, this is kind of a a frontal shot. You can see the brick going up, and of course, there's a bus canopy that will eventually come out from there as well, but uh a lot of progress there. It's just a little bit more dynamic shot just right there at the front of the entry, and you can see the entry vestibule as you go in. Uh that'll be glass up above, and you can see into the interior space there. Um backed up a little bit and look to the right. You can
017see the brick is all the way down through the and wraps around the other end. So, the brick is all the way along the the front of the the building there, and most of the classroom wings are are completely wrapped now. Um and that's just a detail. You can see the the the white glazing block that we put in the pilasters, the different brick colors, the good job that they're doing on the stone sills and the soldier course above. So, I'm really happy with the job that they're doing. Windows are going in. So, that's that that's a plus. Tuesday? Yes. >> [snorts] >> Yeah, yes. That that's when they pretty much They were doing tracks and seals and preparing, but before I left, they were they were putting them in. So, now they're just they're
018rolling on the windows. So, that's really going to make a difference on the front of the building. Um and you can see a lot of the trim work. Now, if we step inside into the vestibule, you can see all of the the work going on. That's looking through the media center doors um into the things that are going on in the media center above. And I know some people, you know, have made the comment about, you know, being so similar to Creekside, but really a lot of those details um are different. You know, a lot of the the colors, obviously, throughout the exterior and the interior are different. Um a lot of those soffit details are going to be different. Um but that's in the vestibule looking into the um media center. This is if
019you go into the office area, that'll be the general office area. You can see all the blocking where there'll be TVs and things like that mounted on the walls and you can still see the offices through there now. Of course the mechanical and plumbing moving along. They're doing a good job with the studs and blocking work. This is in the storm shelter into the corridor. You can see the accent color will be blue on that one end. Some more soffit work going on and just a lot of the mechanical electrical work already done as you can see in the in the ceiling space there. And of course a lot of block filler and paint on the wall. So in fact in some places there was a little too much. I was like wait wait till
020you get wait till you get the building closed in. We don't we don't want to get moisture on the walls. So I ventured up the now steps into the mechanical room. I should say the mechanical mezzanine and you can see a lot of work has been done up there. And of course this is easy access for the maintenance that they're just going to really appreciate that. And you can see the all the duct work going right down into the classrooms below. Of course there's a wiring closet up there as well. For the for the data center. There's two one on each end of the building. You can see grid going in. This is looking down from above from the mezzanine down into the classroom spaces where a lot of the grid is in. Again you
021can see a lot of the mechanical work done. The rails are up on the mezzanine. Just an interesting shot of the storm shelter. There'll be a door that goes there and you can see how we really have to beef up the structure around that thing and the That steel is. Oh yeah. Yes. Yes. All the steels framework that is going around the penetrations through that what I call it a firewall storm shelter wall all custom. And the doors are nearly custom but of course there's there's manufacturers out there that now make storm shelter doors and they have to meet certain tests and things of that nature. So at the other end of course you can see where the orange walls are. So another shot from the mezzanine. a little more red than than volunteer orange.
022>> [laughter] >> Are you allowed to say that word? >> [laughter] >> I'm just I'm giving her a I'm giving her a hard time too cuz They they beat us in football. I know. That's why I had to say something. We got them in basketball. So now we're in the cafeteria. So you can see I mean so much progress since the last there was no roof I believe the last time last month when I showed you this picture. And of course the wall going into the serving line area. If you look to the left you can see the two-sided stage the opening to the gymnasium and the opening on this side into the cafeteria. That big steel beam that you can see above will be a folding partition which acoustically completely blocks off the cafeteria
023from the other side. So if you wanted to have two events going at once one in the cafeteria and some kind of play or drama or seminar on the other side you can just close the partition and uh and you'll be acoustically separated there. This is looking that the slab you see in the background there will be where the cooler freezer is and that's the kitchen area basically. So again you can see a lot of progress there. This is the serving line area. So you'll see your colored serving line there and that's where the kids will walk through on the right and the kitchen staff will be on the left. Now I'm walking back through to the to the media center. Now that cylinder is typical between the two schools but that is that is
024the circulation area with their office behind it. And the kindergarten rooms are actually behind that area there. There's a reading area to the right there. So a lot of significant progress there. They've got the the back canopy they've they've got on. If you remember that's where the car riders if everybody chooses to keep it as the car riders which I think they will but that's the car rider canopy going out to the to the backside. And here's just I'm standing under that car rider canopy now. This is the backside of the storm shelter wing. So you can see they've come all the way around. So the brick is is really moving. There was a progress meeting this week and we were and I know you've we've both been there throughout the month but this last
025month they have progressed even more than than than we really thought they had. So it's it's been good and people are on the side all the time. They've done some concrete work in the back. There's been dry enough weather to dig holes in the ground and come up out with some form work and some concrete. So this would be the the ramp and that's the the rebar there you see is for the dock. And that's just another picture of of the detail there. I thought I had another picture of the that one might have got out of out of order there but so that's just another shot way back far away. um to kind of the north and east looking back at the site. So like I said there was a progress meeting this week.
026At the next progress meeting you know they told us some some dates that they were kind of shooting for once we decided that you know August was difficult. Once they get it dried in they're going to give us a schedule by the next meeting and it'll all be dried in. So we'll look forward to reporting that to you at the next meeting as well. But progress is good. It's looking good and we're we were real happy with the way things were Tuesday at our progress meeting. You know I I wish I could tell you it's kind of behind some trees there. I like that barn right next to it though. That's barn. That's the barn I had in a picture earlier. It's got a good view of it from the front of the building. But
027honestly I I don't know. I I can check on it and I think it's just I you know I don't know if that's an area that's been a little tilled and then it's gotten really wet really wet. And it does look like there's a a little bit of a slope there. But yeah I see what you're saying. It almost looks contoured down. I don't think it's that steep. Yeah I don't I don't think it's as as steep as it looks. And that's actually off the that yeah that tree yeah that tree line is actually the the edge of your property there. So And that is it for the report unless anyone has any questions on any of the pictures or any of the progress or Okay. Great. Great. Well thank you all. Thank you Tony.
028You're very welcome. Number eight student achievement report. Good evening. Oh we got a big crew. Yes yes. We have something fun in store for you all today. >> [laughter] [laughter] >> All right. Good evening. We are so excited to be here. I love when we can bring our teachers to share some great things that are happening in our schools with you all. Tonight we are going to be talking about the instructional coach program. Just a reminder this program is available to elementary schools and these positions are MTSS instructional coach split. They are part MTSS part instructional coach. In 2024-2025 we started with two elementary schools. Two elementary schools that were interested in the program. So this was our pilot and it was highly successful which led to this school year where we have seven elementary
029schools who are taking part of the program. And one thing to note is that Scott County Middle School and Scott County High School they fund their their own instructional coach positions but those positions are they participate in our PLCs. They're a part of our team. They we do professional learning with them. So they are part of our group as well. So actually it's at Scott County Middle School she's part-time MTSS and then she's part-time instructional coach. And I think a lot of her focus is around I-Ready. But Miss Beckett could speak more to that. If All content areas. Those are Yeah those aren't really district positions. Those are school-based positions. So how they have that organized we don't really have a whole whole lot of input. But I do know Courtney who is here also
030at Scott County High School. She spends a lot of time also with math and English and working with those programs. So that leads into next year where we where we will have all nine elementary schools that will be participating in our instructional coach program. We offer support to our instructional coaches and so this is just a snippet of some of the professional learning that they have had. Um we have partnered with CKEC. They have had asynchronous trainings online, book studies. We've also tapped into some of our experienced teacher leaders for certain trainings around um APL and things like that. This is our official coaching cycle and you've seen this before, but it's just a reminder of what that looks like. There are two options for an official cycle, a full cycle which is 4 to
0315 weeks and a short-term cycle which is 1 to 2 weeks. We have had 50 teachers who have participated in an official cycle. So that could be a 4 to 5 week cycle or or a 1 to 2. Um this does not include all the touch points that we've had with outside of the official cycle because coaches are helping plan, they're helping to look at HQIRs, they're modeling lessons that isn't necessarily reflected in this data. The cycles that we have completed, this shows you what the focus of those have been. Majority of cycles have been on OG um which is Orton-Gillingham, that phonics-based instruction. We have had 25% of our cycles on classroom management and uh 12.5 in small group instruction. That other 25% is just a hodgepodge of other focus areas like engagement and
032elements of an effective lesson, PLC collaboration. Official cycles have instructional goal setting and we use the instructional playbook checklist as a way um to help coaches and teacher partnerships meet their their goals of the cycle. Um and with these checklists, utilizing them, we have been able to see that 100% of teachers who have participated in a coaching cycle have made growth of some sort. So we were very pleased with that um finding. The largest area of impact is reflected on this slide which is culture of trust and confidence, instructional support, collaboration, student outcomes, and classroom management. And you're going to get to hear firsthand tonight about some of these things and how the impact has happened in two of our school buildings. We also did a survey with principals who participate in the program and
033we wanted to know how instructional coaches help support their leadership goals and their vision for their school. And so a couple of findings that we found were that um principals said that coaches have broadened the effect that they can have on classroom instruction because coaches you know, principals are they're spread in all areas. So coaches are able to help them um support their teachers in the classroom. They're also able to give effective feedback to teachers. And I love this quote that one principal said that it it's um feedback they deserve which I thought was pretty impactful. And then also coaches give a non-evaluative support to teachers. So they're able to um be a thought partner and to to help really improve that um instructional practice. So that leads us to the main event and um
034I wanted to introduce our panel. So we have Sam Bonner and Laura Brock from Stamping Ground Elementary. Stamping Ground Elementary was in the first year in the pilot program. And then on this side, we have Blair Combs, Elizabeth Willoughby, and Emily Biggs and they're from Creekside. And so Creekside was new to the program this year. So two different perspectives. Um also Laura has been a first grade teacher for a number of years, so very seasoned, experienced. And I should have said seasoned, I am also seasoned. >> [laughter] >> Uh yeah. And then absolutely. And then me too, girl. Me too. And then on >> [laughter] >> That's what it is. And then on this side, we have Emily has been a teacher for a long time but new to kindergarten and then Blair is new
035to kindergarten as well. So again, two different perspectives of how coaching can help support. So the way this is going to work, I'm going to ask a question and then Stamping Ground will answer and we will awkwardly pass the mic down to Creekside and then they will answer. All right. So ladies, can you briefly describe your roles and how your coaching partnership began? So Laura and I formally started working together in December. Our principal presented to us some newer I ready um tools that we could use specifically in the area of reading fluency. And so since Laura's a first grade teacher, um specifically for them this year, they had some challenges because their class sizes were really large and we just know the importance of preparing our first graders for second grade specifically in that
036area of reading fluency. And so um that's kind of how we got started. Um so I taught kindergarten for almost close to 20 years before taking this position as instructional coach. And so Emily and Blair both came on to kindergarten for the first year. And so it was just kind of a natural partnership. And so we started even before school started to just plan out the year and Emily's been at Creekside several years and she's a respected teacher, so it was really good for me to get in with her so that people could see how the program would work and Blair's now a respected teacher because she's been there um this year and they've just done a great job. Okay. Okay. So if I had bopped that on my head, I might have died. Okay.
037All right. [laughter] So what instructional goal did you focus on together? Um our goal Oh, can you Okay. Our goal was to improve reading fluency for students who scored below the 49th percentile um on the I ready diagnostic. As she had said, we started this in December so we could really see where the kids were. Um but they were not identified as tier three students. So kind of [clears throat] the middle. Um we used repeated reading as our fluency strategy. Can you hear me? Sorry. Um using the I ready fluency um we understood that fluency is not just for um children who need to work on their literacy but also um to deepen their skills. Yeah, go. What goals did you guys focus on? The main one that we focused on was OG in the
038classroom because I'd done it for so many years. Um so we started at the beginning and really with classroom management, just how to set up the kindergarten classroom. And then it kind of you know, turned into that and then while we were in that cycle, we realized, "Oh, we can use OG to practice discourse and questioning strategies." And so it started there but just like when you're a teacher in the classroom, it turned into a million different directions. So. Okay, so what actions did the instructional coach take to support teacher growth? So before we really got into the meat of it, I had to figure out the resources and the tools. Um I organized and analyzed our pre-assessment data. And then after we kind of had that, I let a PLC um several PLCs, got
039teacher feedback, and then we started to dig into the process together. So I helped them create a process for instruction and then we met periodically throughout the process um to review what data we're finding and how we can um refine instruction. And now Creekside. So we just did a whole lot of planning especially at the beginning of the year cuz kindergarteners are curious little creatures and so we um did a ton of planning and then I did a ton of modeling and then we moved to co-teaching and then I would go in and watch them and then we would meet and talk about you know, some different strategies and tools that we could try. So because of this partnership, what changes have you noticed as a result? Um the the plan we implemented as a
040team changed the way that we did instruction in our small groups. We focused more on literacy um and we would we would test them bi-weekly on their fluency. Um as a result of our partnership with Elizabeth um we've seen just meaningful growth in our instructional practices. And on a personal note, I've just been completely more confident in what I'm doing. Um the first few weeks of school, I was scared to death. And being from fourth grade for so many years, going down to kindergarten is a huge change for me. Um, so just having her by my side and to ask all the questions that I didn't want to ask our principals and knowing that she's an experienced kindergarten teacher, it was just magical to have her and to be able to see her um, modeling
041examples for us. Um, and then we also had to take the OG training this summer and so that was a lot of information packed into one week, which was great information, but just to see her doing it for us and then doing it with us and then letting us do it on our own was amazing and it just helped us with our um, strategies and it helped us gain like all of these um, new I guess strategies we could implement in the classroom and um, my confidence is just way higher because of Elizabeth helping me this year. Okay. So, because of the partnership, we want to have impact on student engagement and learning. So, how did your partnership impact that? So, we actually I actually have um, some examples of student data. So, through the
042I-Ready platform, I was able to um, use that for our progress monitoring. So, on this sheet you're going to see four examples of our student data. Started in January with that first initial baseline assessment. And I progress monitored them officially once per month. So, that bottom goal line is based on a typical rate of improvement, which is about two words per month. Um, or actually it's two words per week. Sorry. And then the top goal line shows an above average goal that is specific to each student that would get them to that 50th percentile range on grade one. And so there's four months of data points on most of those. I think one of them only has three, but the blue line is the actual student's performance. And then that shaded in blue is that
04350th percentile range, which was the ultimate goal. So, you can see that there's a lot of of growth just over a short amount of time and Miss Brock is going to talk about a little bit about that. Um, >> [clears throat] >> in my classroom, I had a student who came to me very self-conscious about her reading, felt like she wasn't a very good reader. Um, and so through this, she has grown from 15 words per minute to 40 words per minute in two weeks. Um, now at the end of the year, her I-Ready score has really grown. Um, she is up into the first grade now where she started at emergent K. She it's in it's all confidence. It's all she feels like she can do it now. So, she um, really has grown
044in her reading and her fluency skills. Okay. So, as a result of this partnership, um, I've I've have observed clear um, student engagement and overall learning. So, through Elizabeth's support, I was able to incorporate clear instructional routines. Um, in our OG book, I feel like it's super scripted and it tells you step-by-step what to do and it's really intimidating as going into a first-year kindergarten teacher. Um, current in a new school. So, I feel like watching Elizabeth model in our classroom and show us step-by-step and gradually increase our participation in the lessons with her also teaching was able to help our students become effective learners. Um, they also have um, clear expectations in our classroom. So, every week they know exactly what we're doing. Um, they follow the routines. They're engaged learners. Um, I even
045said in my classroom every Monday I put the letter on my board of what we're going to do and students are so engaged and excited that they'll try to guess the letter before we even learn it. So, it's nice to see that they're encouraged to learn. And then after implementing these practices, students became more actively involved in their learning. They use the hand motions that we teach them when we go through our letters every day. They participate in choral responses and they remain more focused throughout instruction and it increases engagement in our classroom and they're super excited to learn. Okay. So, this is super important, but what part of the coaching process was helpful to you as the teacher? Because that's our goal. We want to be supportive to the teachers. Looking at the research
046with Sam was very helpful to be able to dig in there and really look and see um, what is there that can help us become a better teacher. We looked at the research and the best practices in fluency and word recognition and together um, I developed a better understanding of the strategies that we can use to meet all learners um, in our classrooms. Um, the most helpful part that we noticed in this coaching process was just observing Elizabeth model. Um, Elizabeth was always in and out of our classroom and she was never bothered when we asked questions, no matter how small or big they seemed. Um, seeing effective practices in action allowed me to be better understand on how to implement them and how to apply with confidence to my own teaching. I feel like
047now in our classrooms, our learning needs are so diverse, so it's really nice to see from a veteran teacher how to kind um, support all the needs in our classroom. Um, additionally having a coach I could rely on for advice and guidance was valuable. I felt supported in many ways that felt manageable and encouraging and she helped us take things off our plate rather than add things to our plate. And overall, the experience was extremely positive and impactful and it made a significant difference as our confidence as teachers. So, thank you. So, what made this co- coaching partnership effective? Um, so Laura and I have known each other for a few years, but just the positive relationship that we have together um, has been has made it very effective. And then just um, a shared
048sense of urgency and and knowing that we needed to support our students. >> [laughter] >> All right. Um, the coaching partnership was effective because of Elizabeth's consistency, supportive approach and just her kindness and willingness to help in anything. Um, she was regular regularly present in the classroom, which made her support timely, relevant and direct connection with my students' needs. Um, if she was in there modeling a lesson or co-teaching and she saw that a student was struggling, she was able to target [clears throat] specific needs for that student that maybe myself or Emily wouldn't know how to do. So, it was really nice to have that direct feedback right away. And then she was also extremely patient and always eager to help, which created a positive and trusting environment. Um, being in a new building,
049I was in a different building for six years, it's kind of intimidating to ask for help and Elizabeth always made it super easy and comfortable and I feel like next year it's very simple just to go ask questions cuz she's always willing to help. All right. Last question. What advice would you give to other teachers and coaches beginning a coaching partnership? So, truly this is about student achievement, but my job is to support the teacher in reaching their classroom goals. So, my best advice would just be to truly listen to understand what their goals are and then use the data to develop that strategic plan together. My [clears throat] advice would be that you have to have a really strong connection and you have to trust each other. As a classroom teacher, you have to
050know that the feedback that's given to us is not a critical thing, but it's there to help us be better and for us to get to the common goal, which is to help our children succeed. Um, my advice for this process to anybody that asked me would just be to do it. I know a lot of us were kind of scared at first cuz we didn't know what a coach um, would bring to us and if they added more things for us to do. Um, but just do it. The process was truly so meaningful and she put in probably thousands of more hours into us than she really needed to do. Um, and [snorts] she is there every step of the way. The lesson planning, the co-teaching, um, we really felt like that we had
051her support and um, it just made us grow into a better teacher um, teachers and so I would just suggest that everyone try it and she will help them and they will be thankful no matter what happens. And she's really happy that we're giving her ALL KINDS OF >> [laughter] >> UM, SO IN CONCLUSION, WE REALLY JUST want to thank you for these positions and for the opportunity to have this instructional coach program in Scott County schools. Um, we are just finding it's so valuable. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for sharing. >> [applause] >> Um, while we're transitioning a little bit, um, I you know, I I heard a little bit of different language, but I I heard a little bit about synergize. I heard a little bit about seek first to understand
052then to be understood while they were up there. Um, but I also think this was a situation where we were thinking win-win. Um, you know, me and Mike uh, Mike, you still here back there somewhere? Yeah, okay. We So, we have conversations a lot about um, supporting our staff and sometimes that is in in monetary compensation. But sometimes it's in instructional resources and sometimes it's in instructional support. And um you know, I just I thank you to Stephanie and Paul and Wendy for you know, when we started this again it was Garth and Stampede Ground and in 24-25 it was zero positions that the district was responsible for. They went out on a limb went after it. Then we had a very structured and intentional approach to this um last this current school year. So
0533.33 positions are paid for by the district through this. Next year seven positions will be paid for by the district. The year after that 8.33 and then the 28-29 school year it'll be 9.0. So it it you know, I know for you all it's always like oh gosh like you know, nine positions but the way we've approached this we've been super intentional to make sure that the we're trying to not just throw a position at all our schools but we're it's really structured and and it's what I like. I love natural consequences and I love the fact that everybody's got a little skin in the game to get it started. And we've got them all working together and and participating well. So again, we'll get to that point where it's nine full positions that the
054district's paying for but by dipping our toe in the water a little bit more every single year it doesn't feel like some big humongous ask. So Can I can I say something on I since I I invited this I guess. But I because I'm the president also since this district I've been in so many other counties and it's really neat to listen to some of them talk about being instructional coaches and some of the pushback they get and it's great to talk about the intentional planning that they did here in Scott County and how they planned it out first before they did it and what success we've seen about it. It's really great to see how we approached it at the beginning and how it's paid off the dividends that we're seeing here now tonight.
055So I to me and the people that started it and to the way that they took it and now the way it's grown in the right direction because other counties who have tried it are seeing different results. So I commend all of you. And again again, I go back to the trust that that we have collectively as a board superintendent team that you all are like yeah, let's do this and I mean we're we're seeing we're seeing the impact. Um we're seeing the impact. >> So can I say something before I before they leave because two of the the the young ladies women were my [snorts] cheerleaders back in the day and just I mean it makes my heart warm because I was coaching you and you know, you're coaching and it just makes me
056proud. So thank you all. >> So can I ask can I ask one question then? So does that mean they have to do a toe touch? >> [laughter] >> Uh no. Yeah, yeah. But but they're very capable of doing it. These are my Georgetown Middle School in Scott County um cheerleaders and I'm just very proud. So just want to say you have grown up to be amazing women and thank you all so much for sticking in with staying in as as a teacher cuz it's tough. It's tough. Thank you all. Thank you. presentation Number nine, approve Scott County Schools Technology Plan for years 2026 through 2029. So move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 10, approve contract between the Fayette County Board of Education and Scott County Board of
057Education to provide third-party CDL examinations. So move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 11, approve agreement with ProTeam Food Service Advisors LLC and the Scott County Board of Education. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 12, approve fiscal 2026 financial audit contract. So move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 13, approve dual credit memorandum of agreement between UK Next Generation Scholars and Scott County Board of Education. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 14, approve addendum to current Spectrum fiber contract for Oxford Elementary. >> So move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 15, approve transportation agreement between Scott County Parks and Recreation and Scott County
058Board of Education 626 through 826. So move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 16, approve the 2026-2027 school activity fund budgets. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 17, approve to create ratify the following position 17A through 17M. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 18, approve emergency certification for substitute teachers for the 2026-2027 school year. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 19, renew award bid for fidelity bond on the board treasurer and director of accounting for fiscal year 2026-2027. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 20, renew award bid for Scott for school treasurer bookkeeper bonds for fiscal year 2026-2027. So move. Second.
059Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 21, renew award bid for sanitation service and cleaning supply proposals for fiscal year 2026-2027. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 22, renew award bid for pest management service for fiscal year 2026-2027. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 23, renew award bid for trash and garbage pickup for disposal for fiscal year 2026-2027. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 24, renew award bids of general maintenance supply for fiscal year 2026-2027. Move. Second. All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. I am having a Hold on just a moment. I think I'm missing part of number 25? Yes. I think that's Item 25, renew award bids
060for general maintenance hourly for fiscal year 26-27. >> Yes. Okay, go ahead. Need a motion. Uh move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 26, renew award bid for fiscal year 2025-2026 audit to Barnes Denning and Company. So move. Is that your right? I'm sorry. For fiscal year 2025-2026? Yeah, that's Would it be 2026-2027? It is this current year? Oh, it's for the one we're doing. I thought we just did it. Well, that was the audit contract. Right, but I thought we just had the audit. You had the audit. This is 5-6. Thank you. Let's let's do this again. Um Do I have a motion? Motion. >> So move. >> Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 27, award proposal for diesel and gasoline bid
061for fiscal year 2026-2027. Move. Second. 2026-2027, sorry. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, no my I have a blank screen on the bottom but I'm good now. It's all it's all there. Um any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 28, award general school and instructional instructional supply bid for fiscal year 2026-2027. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 29, approve approval of the 2026 capital funds third request. So move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 30, approve surplus items as submitted. So, move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 31, financial statements. Yes. Thank you, Jennifer. >> all those. >> [laughter] >> I've included in your packet financial statements for March 2026. Our beginning cash balance was
06285.9 million. Receipts of 8 million, expenses of 15.4 million, leaving our ending cash balance at 77 million, uh 172,471.68. Of that, 7.3 million was in investments, and that is our restricted account. Leaving our ending cash balance at 69,778,398. Any questions? No. I just wanted to share with you all, too, um with the legislative that just happened, House Bill 67 was signed into action as an emergency. And in that, uh summary of reporting, it now states that we have to have the tentative budget two weeks prior to board meeting. And with our board meeting being the 14th, this afternoon you will receive the narrative and the documents. Any questions? We can talk We'll talk a little more about it then. All right. Thank you. Okay. Number 32, approve current bills. So, move. Second. Any discussion? >>
063[clears throat] >> All in favor? Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 33, superintendent report. All right. Under strategic leadership, um so, you may recall, or you may not, um Scott County High School's graduation last year, first one on site, a little bit different, parking's a little tighter. Um we had a logistics meeting to go ahead and discuss that. Um so, that I mean, again, we're just we're just trying to get out ahead of it, and then um I'll talk a little bit more about it on under another standard here in a second. Non-renewal and reductions letter delivery. So, I just wanted to point out again, um that that happened earlier than normal. The date that we are required to provide those notices, uh both of those notices, is around May 15th. But, um what we've
064done is, you know, we generally are letting our folks know before spring break. So, then we're waiting five or six weeks. Why do that? So, we went ahead and provided those letters. That's why you saw an abundance of new positions on there all at once. Um I would suspect you won't see quite as many positions the next few months um that are being school paid because we've kind of knocked it all out here in uh here at this April meeting. Um bus garage overhaul revitalization project. So, we've got a new bus garage supervisor. We've got a new mechanic, a new but old. He came back to us from being gone a few years. And we've got another position currently posted. Um you know, they are they're doing great work back there. Um they inspected they
065did they completed 29 inspections this week in four days, which is I mean, that's that's a pace beyond what we're really uh needing them to have. Um we we've got two lifts back there, and one of the lifts does not work, so we ended up getting um four wheel lifts, essentially. And essentially, you dolly the lift underneath of each wheel. They're synchronized. They lift up, and because now we've got enough staff where we can utilize two lifts. Um I've never seen um grown men as as burly as grown men as our mechanics are so close to tears in all my life. They you'd have thought that it was Christmas. I mean, and it and it is pretty neat because they are they're synchronized, they don't let it get within uh like an inch and a
066half off, like if the front's heavier than the back. So, it's it's just really really neat, and they were they had one of our trucks because you we can use it for our trucks and for our um for our vans. In the past, we haven't had any way to do that. We'd have to send them off. So, in some ways we're finding ways that it's more advantageous. Um they're they're you saw on the surplus, uh there were eight items tied to the garage. And again, we're getting things cleaned up, and and it's it's it's just a great we got a great thing going on back there. Um instructional leadership, I I got a chance to go to Scott or to Creekside, excuse me, Creekside today. They had Heritage Day there. Lemons Mill had theirs a
067couple weeks ago, and I think the official World Heritage Day is uh is April 18th. Thank you. Um thank you to my friends from SCA helping me find that earlier today. But anyway, our ESL students shared about their culture. Um and what was really, you know, it it was actually I learned a lot about um the Democratic Republic of Congo, and areas of the world I did not have any awareness of. And again, the struggles that some of our students have been through in their short little lives, and it's just amazing. Um but what I thought was neat is with their projects, many of them had the profile learner little pinwheel on there, and they would they would talk about which areas of the profile of learner they were demonstrating through their presentations, and could
068talk about it. It was it was really neat. Um they did a really great job over there at Creekside today, and just uh I commend uh Principal Patterson for what all they what they had going on over Um another great thing we had going on, and and I think this was right after the last board meeting, we had a secondary Leader in Me event hosted by Scott County Schools secondary schools. We had other schools from uh across the state and other states um that were at that event. The neatest thing for me was uh I walked in, and I was talking to Paul, and Paul said, "Do you see what they're doing over there?" And it was an activity that our teachers do for their students that we got from a cohort at um CKEC.
069So, I was able to reach out to David Young, who's the executive director for CKEC, and say, "Hey, David, just want you know, you know, this is how meaningful it is." Our staff is they're doing these things in front of students, to where students when they were coming up with how they wanted to present, they were like, "Well, hey, you know, what about that one thing we do?" And so, they ended up using it and building it into their presentation. And it was it was just really cool to see um and again, I I I'm really excited about uh Stephanie and her team and how we're making sure that that we're giving our students an opportunity to be leaders in this district, and that's really really what it's about. Um cultural leadership, so, Ava Cragle,
070I believe she came to the board meeting a couple board meetings back. She was the young lady who did the KSBA courthouse picture that was at the KSBA in the um in the in the binder and all the things. Um she was honored at fiscal court, and they're going to take that and hang that in the court in the courthouse. And it was it was just that was pretty cool um to to to see her continuing to be honored for her artwork. I also saw her at the at the Georgetown Community Hospital art show that they had uh that I think I spoke about last month. Um we you know, you all are aware, and and this had happened before the last meeting, that we we did we did lose a student at at Great
071Crossing High School. Um and while, you know, um it's not it's not something that we that we plan on doing, um the size of the of the of the funeral was such that um they had reached out and asked for us to provide a space for that, and we used Great Crossing's auditorium. Um it was I mean, it I couldn't imagine it going any better. Um kudos to DT, um and uh you know, a variety a variety of individuals that that helped us to really kind of get that going. Um but it was um again, that that's that's what we're about. You know, we're we're going to step up when the community needs us, and that was a demonstration of us doing that. And um the family was incredibly incredibly appreciative. Um has not been
072a good um good month for us. We lost Officer Hodapp at Scott County High School. Um I did not know Officer Hodapp super well, and when he came and started working for us as an SRO, I was like, "Who is this?" And everybody was blown away. They're like, "You don't know Officer Hodapp?" Cuz everybody a lot of people, Brent Allen being one, had these just wonderful stories. Um and you talk about somebody that was just um was was where he needed to be, being around young young young adults. And um um his his loss will will certainly uh be felt. Um but the impact that he made was tremendous. Um and I just I just wanted to make sure I I brought that up. Um brought that up tonight. Um human resources leadership, we've had
073we've had several selections, and and we're we're kind of down to the end now. So, unless something that I'm not aware of happens, I think I think I might have some time for some other things now. But, we've we've gotten through it, and um you know, I thank you to uh to Stephanie, and and uh she she's helped me out with the with a few of these, and helped me get through it, and and uh again, kind of speaking to to what Mike Davis had said, you know, the I think we've got such a great thing going here. People want to be here. And we can see it through through the fact that we're getting larger numbers and uh greater experience of of people that are coming to the able wanting to be here. Um
074in preparation for something that didn't end up going my way, I did go to the Mercer County teacher retirement presentation. Jason Booher, superintendent there, um he has been doing for multiple years a teacher retirement presentation that I had heard about through the grapevine from others that was very impactful. I'll probably do some version of that at our PD Palooza. Um and I went there with the hopes of kind of merging that with Senate Bill 124. But, unfortunately, um I I finally know what it's like to try and champion legislation that doesn't make it. Um but it didn't it didn't not pass, it just it just stalled out. It got its two readings, it needed a third reading and a vote, and it didn't get it on the house side. So, um you know, I I
075do think too they added some things to it that had nothing to do with the sick day cash out piece, and I think that that's where we ran into some trouble. Um Matt's planning or Senator Nunn, excuse me, is planning on um bringing that forward again. So, uh we plan on pushing forward with it. You know, we crunched the numbers on it, and I think that it's it's one of those things that it it'll pay for itself, but I think the cost is way less than people would think that it is. Um so, really excited about the potential for that. I hate that it's been going to be pushed back, but gives us time to be more prepared for when it for when it rolls. Um Oxford Elementary progress being site visited. Again, we're just
076things are rolling there. Um as we were getting to to to getting the bus garage situation where it needed to be, uh we did have KDE transportation come back for a follow-up visit, and they were thrilled with what they were seeing in terms of um knowing the challenges that we had in the previous meeting, and knowing what they were seeing uh when they came back. Um again, it was a very it was not a it wasn't a gotcha. It was a it was a very it felt very collaborative. It felt like we were really working together. Um I did want to spend a little bit of time talking about um about WEDCO and beautiful minds. So, um I and I think it would be fair to say this was even prior to uh the pandemic.
077Pri- Yeah, there's no paper really with it, but just prior to the pandemic, beautiful minds, it's a um it's a program that provides mental health services for students. And um several years ago, um the WEDCO director, Crystal Miller, at the time, um she we had talked, and and um there were some changes that happened with the program, and we just kind of felt like it wasn't really uh what we're we're it was doing great things, but it wasn't worth the money that they were putting into it. They were putting into it um a hundred, two hundred thousand dollars into the program, and just didn't feel like we were really getting a bang for our buck in terms of how many kids they were working with. Um it even it got to a point where we
078just about decided, you know, Crystal's asking us questions like, "Do you all really want to do this? Cuz I don't know." And and we got close to to cutting it loose. Well, we've got a new um director at WEDCO, and um one of the things that Crystal had been starting that Rachel Winkle um ended up the new director ended up uh championing championing championing championing I don't know. How How however Yeah. So, was was getting with UK, cuz UK is who the program's through, and really just refining it. And um they've refined it to the point where Brent and his team, cuz I reached out to them and said, "Hey, I need to know, you know, last time we kind of talked about this, this was not a direction we wanted to go." It has
079been a full 180. They do tremendous work for our kids. The number of kids that are getting serviced keeps continuing to grow. They're wanting to WEDCO's wanting to expand it, and it would increase us from having two days a week to three days a week at our at our middle schools, and a half day per week during the summer. Uh and again, that's just for behavioral health counseling services, and then we'd have um a school count a school psychologist support one day a week at the middle school during the school year. So, um they were reaching out to us, cuz again, they're going to put another hundred thousand dollars towards this. Now, again, WEDCO services us, Nicholas, I think part of Bourbon maybe, and then um Harrison counties. So, it's not just us, but they
080were reaching out for feedback, and um um you know, we're not in the middle of a pandemic, so I'm not having to have a whole lot of conversations with Mrs. Winkle, but but or Dr. Winkle, but we um when we do, the the partnership that we have with WEDCO is no different than it was when Crystal Miller was here, and um I I I think that that's just a great thing, and I I just wanted to publicly share and make sure you all had awareness around the fact that the the work WEDCO's doing for us on our behalf. I mean, we're talking again six figures for our kids in our community. It's tremendous, and I just didn't want it to go without um without being recognized. So, >> something that happens during the school day
081or after school? >> Yes, during the school day. >> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And And And Brent, remind me if I'm wrong, but you know, there's, you know, not every student's financial situation's different. And with this, this is a situation that we kind of reserve for students that might not have the situation that they can provide, because we have other offerings too in our district, but this is one that if if they're in a difficult financial situation, this gives them opportunities that they wouldn't get otherwise. The counselors have influence on who is able to get those spots, and so they're able to service those that otherwise could not be able to afford anything. So, like I like I said, I I didn't want to take a whole, you know, too much time, but I but
082I did just want to make sure again, we're not we're not talking about WEDCO all the time. And we're And And other thing too is that's that's the beauty of our community is we've got so many things going on in the background that nobody even has a clue about. And it's not that we're trying to keep it secret or anything, it's just that there's just there's just a lot. And this was an opportunity to just make sure um you know, I mean, that's that's a pretty big commitment, and just wanted to uh publicly thank WEDCO for what they're doing for for our students. >> tell us again which schools that this is in? Um The middle schools. Okay. Just middle schools. Just middle schools. Thank you. >> didn't want to tell you wrong. Um Last
083thing under collaborative leadership is um again, Scott County High School graduation situation. I mean, not only did us and our teams have conversations around that, but then we have reached out to other districts that do similar things. One of the biggest changes that we're planning on implementing this year is last year, it was anybody [clears throat] that can get there can park on site until we're out of parking. Well, then we ran into the problem of people were coming in, and they didn't know that they're driving past where they probably should go, cuz there's no parking on site. So, we are stealing an idea from our friends in Jessamine County, and I don't know if they do it for both of their high schools or one, but each graduate, not only will they get their
084rain out tickets for if it shifts to inside, but they will also get I think what are we calling them? Carpool? I think we're calling them carpool passes. Um so, they get two carpool passes, and that will Encourage >> We hope naturally, because I I mean, I remember getting out yes- the last year, and and just out of curiosity, cuz we tried to encourage it, and I remember seeing, "Okay, one person per car, one person per car." And this will naturally encourage people to to do this. Um we will still have overflow. We're going to do overflow at Anne Mason and Royal Spring. Um and then I can get into all the details later about why that ends up making more sense, but um anyway, it it'll be uh we're really excited, and and again,
085um you know, I wish wish this took place after Well, anyway, I wish it took place a little later in the school year, but um you know, I think we're going to be ready for it, and I'm really hopeful that I'm not saying it'll be perfect this year, but I do think that it if nothing else, it's an effort for us to acknowledge that we it wasn't perfect last year. We know it, and we're going to try to get closer to perfect um so that, you know, so that we can again, I don't know, continuous improvement routine. Um last thing, I talked about Senate Bill 124 update, and then um I've been asked um to take over Matt Thompson. Uh Matt Thompson worked in the district for uh many years here. Um I knew Matt
086Thompson. We both uh started uh as teachers in Franklin County, and I remember battling against him as an academic team coach. Um not a lot of people know about that piece about him, but anyway, he um he is retiring, and he Is he really? >> He is, yep. So, he is retiring. Um they've already I think they've already got his replacement, and as he he has been heading up uh new superintendent a part of the new superintendent training for KASA, and I've been asked to take that part over. So, three times a year I'll be helping out um with new superintendents. So, yeah, we're uh I'm I'm excited, and it's it's given me an opportunity to work more with Matt, and I love doing things with Matt, cuz Matt is a he's just I I
087love being around people that um you know, I just love being around people that that know what they're doing, and I like being around Yeah. Yeah. Sorry, sincerely sorry when he left. Yeah. Yeah. So, anyway, sorry, a little bit long, but that's my superintendent's report. Okay. Busy busy time. >> Yep. That's fun. Okay, number 34 our board our board comments, and I'm sorry I was I was remiss. Um Our Becky Nelson um was had planned some time away, and unfortunately wasn't able to join us. We knew that when we put together our schedule at the beginning of the year, but I did not mention it that at the beginning of the meeting, so please forgive me. Eleanor, we're going to jump in and start with you. Sorry. >> [laughter] >> I thought we'll do a
088little bit, but go right ahead if you have any. Several weeks ago, I was invited our board was invited to uh Great Crossing and their uh horticulture and to the greenhouse. And we toured that, and then we went into a classroom. And it was so the two teachers that presented were wonderful. They did an outstanding job. And last year, we went to Scott County and their horticulture department and their greenhouse. So, I feel that that's it was just both of them were great. And then tomorrow I'm going to, and I think some somebody else may be going going to Camp Ground to a uh Gateway presentation? >> presentation Is it Gateway [clears throat] presentation? >> Yes. presentation Uh their fifth grade presentation. So, I'm going for a few hours tomorrow, and I'm really looking forward
089to that. A lot of things going on this this month coming up. A lot of things going on. That's exciting. All right, thank you, Susan. Glad to be here. All right. Glad to be here, as well. Okay, well, there we go. Number 35, move to close session pursuant to KRS 61.810 1B to discuss property and pursuant to KRS 61.8101C to discuss pending litigation. So, moved. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye. >> Those opposed? Motion carries. Um Thank you, everybody. Have fun this month.