001meeting to order. Um Mr. Parker, would you like to jump in to awards and recognitions? >> Um we are um we had indoor track that was coming, but they have pushed back to April. They had a scheduling conflict, so. Okay. Number four, agenda approval. So moved. Second? All in favor? Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number five is public comments. I'd like to get started. We have about 11, I believe, on the list to speak this evening. Um because of the number of people that we have speaking, we're going to give everybody 2 minutes and 30 seconds. We do ask that you do keep in mind that this is an educational environment. We please refrain to you ask you to refrain from profanity, and we welcome you to express your views, your opinions. Please keep in
002mind that this point the board will not be conversing back and forth, but we're allowing you to give your opinion or your message. Okay? We're also going to be putting a clock here up on the board that shows your timing, and when your timing is [clears throat] up, you're going to be asked to leave the table. Okay? You should be able to see it sitting here at the table, so please keep that in mind. All right, and please forgive me if I'm I'm reading signatures here, so bear with me. The number of let's see, the first person is Rico. That's me. I would like to yield my time to the Okay. All right. Uh Clarissa Wells? If it's okay, can I go after this person? I'll go first. I have to I mean But can
003I speak first? Okay. Um just trying to go in order. I still have other people. Patty Parker? I think everyone's okay with Yeah. Okay. Well, I need to ask that specific person. Thank you. Okay. I Are we also allowed to give her our time? Yeah, we all signed up to give her our time. Okay. So, all 10 people No, I'm speaking. I'm I'm just going to talk first. Okay, this is getting confusing. Let's stop right here. Here's what we're going to do. I am going to ask the person, let that person speak out, instead of as a group, and we'll note it as that. Okay? I've got people saying, "Yes, we're going to give all of our time." and people saying, "No, I want to speak." So, Tasha, you are next. Yes. Um I think
004what we'll do about 5 minutes for Tasha. I don't know how to calculate this. There's people after her speaking. But you the the total time is 10. They can't go past 10. >> Each individual has 5 minutes. I would suggest they have 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Well, they do as of now. I would suggest you start at the top. If that person chooses not to speak, that's time for Tasha. And the next person wants to speak, let >> Well, that's where we are. We are on number four. >> Well, it's right now it's Tasha. Right now she's got 5 minutes. Okay. And then if the next person wants to yield their time after She can come back up. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. [snorts and clears throat] >> [clears throat] [snorts] >> You just tell
005me when to start. >> going to put the Oh, there it is. Once you start talking. Okay. You may go ahead. Okay. I'm here tonight as a parent, but more importantly as someone who's who has reviewed the actual records. And what those records show is not what this community was told. This is not about one allegation. This is about what was known and what was done with that information. Because on November 18th, two students came forward. The very next day, a staff member reported the same concerns. And also on November 19th, there was an additional report documented in your own records related to sexual harassment from this adult. That's not one claim, that is a pattern. And within 72 hours, leadership knew all of it. But here's where this becomes unacceptable. The district's own investigation
006found partially substantiated misconduct. Not nothing, not unproven, partially substantiated. Which according to your own report included students confirming that sexual topics, drinking, and inappropriate conversations were happening in the classroom and that the teacher participated in them. And yet, on December 4th, after this investigation was closed, the superintendent, Billy Parker, communicated to the board that there were no witnesses that corroborated the statement. And on December 12th, he released a false public statement to the Georgetown News-Graphic saying no witnesses corroborated the claim. And it was a student. So, I need to ask you this clearly. Oh, sorry. How do you have multiple student reports, a staff report the very next day, a known additional harassment related report, and still tell the board and the public there were no witnesses that could corroborate? That is not a misunderstanding.
007That is a misrepresentation. And I want to be very clear about something else. This wasn't just delayed, this wasn't just incomplete, this is information that was known and still not fully represented. Because by December 4th, the investigation was closed. And yet, the message that went out was that there were no witnesses that could corroborate. That is not consistent with the records. And when leadership communicates something that does not match the facts, that doesn't just impact the case, it impacts trust in this entire system. And let's talk about what didn't happen. That November 19th report, the one involving sexual harassment concerns from one of your staff members, was not included in the findings anywhere. It was not addressed in the conclusions, and it was not communicated to parents. So, I'm asking this board, how can an
008investigation be considered complete when known information was left out? Because when you remove a piece of the truth, you don't get clarity. You get a controlled narrative. And while all this was happening, parents were emailing, calling, asking for answers, and getting no response. But the media did. So, let me say this plainly. The process worked for the district. It did not work for families. And finally, I want to talk about accountability because in another case, the superintendent said "Unfathomable Unfathomably, it took three conversations for the truth to be shared." But, here it took months. And even then, the full truth didn't come from leadership. So, I'll leave you with this. If multiple reports can be made, if additional concerns can be known, if misconduct can be confirmed and still information is withheld, minimized, or misrepresented,
009this is not just a failure in judgment, it is a failure in the integrity of the investigation and the integrity of pure leadership. And that's all I have to say. THANK YOU. >> [applause] [applause] >> OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO THE LADY. What is your name? That said that you wanted to speak. Amanda Spicer. Okay. If you'd like to go ahead and come on up. And then to be clear, there's nobody else going to be speaking besides Mike Davis. I just want to make sure that Tasha had enough time, but you start calling the names maybe that first meeting was that first time. Yeah, that's fine. I'm sorry. I hadn't got that far yet, Jeremy. You're still down the line. You're okay. Thank you. Hello. Hi. Um having had my own personal um experience
010with Mr. Parker and having litigation counsel involved even, um what I want to talk about today about the whole Woods matter is how Billy Parker has put our school district at risk for grave legal consequences. >> [clears throat] >> The parents of the victims have already expressed their intentions of pursuing civil litigation against this district for failing to protect their children from Woods and for the permanent trauma inflicted upon their kids for not taking them seriously and subjecting them to continued fear and embarrassment by allowing Woods to remain an employee at the school following the allegations. Parker has placed this district at risk for sexual harassment retaliation claims by the victims due to the rigid itineraries for going to and from classes and forcing these two girls to use segregated hallways and routes around the
011school that no other students were required to use. Speaking of which, one of the victims is on a 504 plan because she has a prosthetic leg. You can imagine how not having full physical access to the hallways and the school facilities might impact her 504 plan and make the school day a little bit harder every day. Further, the mother of this child, her parents, they were not afforded the procedural safeguards that are afforded on children who are on 504 plans, which requires prior written notice to the parents, an opportunity for parents to review records, an opportunity to be heard, an opportunity to be to be represented by counsel, as well as a review procedure. At no point were they notified. These parents would be well justified if they proceed with the with filing a formal
012civil rights complaint with the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights against the school. Parker also breached his his statutory duty based on the records that I've reviewed from the open records request, his statutory duty to report the allegations against Woods to the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board. Under the statute, he's required to report any allegations that Woods may have engaged in actions or conduct while employed in the school district that might reasonably be expected to warrant consideration for action against any certificates or licenses in which Woods may hold. The statute goes on to say "Such duty exists without regard to any disciplinary action or lack thereof by the superintendent." And the required report must be submitted within >> Excuse me. I'm sorry to interrupt you, but time is up. Anybody want to give
013me their time? I have my time. Laura Wills called them. Thank you. And the required report must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the event giving rise to the duty to report. The allegations were reported and Mr. Parker became aware of them on 11/18. Today's March 26th. Mr. Parker, we're coming up on 150 days and you have yet to fulfill your statutory duty to report Woods to the EPSB. Your Your annual compensation is a matter of public record and accessible on the KDE website. Your annual base salary is $227,808 a year. You don't deserve that. Whether it's Whether it's stupidity, narcissism, or just being a member of the good old boys club that's influenced your actions and decision in the Woods matter, you've proven yourself to be woefully inadequate in the areas of integrity,
014honesty, and respect for the students and their parents of the Scott County Schools District that are needed to successfully perform and uphold the duties and requirements of our superintendent. We deserve better. Our kids deserve much better. Your conduct has deemed you deemed you exponentially undeserving of an annual salary of nearly quarter of a million dollars, which by the way is funded by my tax dollars. This board, by KRS 160.350, has the power by 4/5 vote along with approval by Dr. Fletcher in Frankfort to remove Billy Parker from his superintendent position. With that being said, I respectfully request this board to hold Billy Parker accountable for his conduct and actions brought to your attention today. He has ignited a metaphorical dumpster fire within our school district and it's up to this board to extinguish that fire.
015Hold a vote. Vote favorably for Parker's removal. And finally, for once, stand up for our kids. Show every single person in this room that our votes that put that have put all five of you in these chairs today that your vote that our votes for you were worth it. THANK YOU. >> [applause] [applause] >> SAMANTHA. GOOD EVENING. CAN I GO ahead and yield my time to Samantha, please? What's your name? >> is Amanda Spicer. S P Y C E R. Okay. Thank you all for letting me speak again. Um if you recall, I spoke at at another board meeting and um I'm not as eloquent as Tasha is and I get emotional very easily. Unfortunately, I feel like I need to be here um one more time. I want to remind you of the last
016time that I was here and me pleading to you and crying to you to please look into this further and come up with a policy. What I did not have access to at that time was the open records. I would assume that Mr. Parker had access to those records while I sat here and cried in front of the board. I received those records the next day. At least part of them. I was told very simply, not by Mr. Parker cuz he's never spoken to me nor made eye contact with me ever, that these claims were unsubstantiated. That there were no students that came forward with any claim resembling what my daughter had said, ever. It was reported to the Georgetown News-Graphic that there was one student, it was unsubstantiated, and life went on. Except for
017it did not go on for me. When I got the open records, that was a very confusing. You gave me these records. You These records went against what you said. I want to read you some of the records that not my daughter said, but other students in that class. I've heard them talk about some really serious stuff. They talk about drinking. In my opinion, they are uncomfortably close, like right up on each other. SW will tell them that the partying stuff and drinking is okay. He likes to see blank and blank. Let's Let's see them more. This class is ineffective and undisciplined. Students have talked to him about how they got drunk. Sometimes it was a little weird because Woods would whisper in their ears and rest his hands on their shoulders. It seemed weird
018to me. That wasn't necessary. He would talk to us about parties. Woods was talking with us and said "Mother effers, stop this nonsense. Go eff some bitches." That was a quote from another student, not my daughter. While he did not say this to the girls, I do believe they overheard him say that. He sometimes whispered in their ear. He called them to his table every day. During these conversations, he has touched blank and blank on their shoulder and hips. He does touch students about 70% of the time. Sometimes it would be weird. One day he pulled her hair up and whispered in her ear. He did not need to do that. Describes the class as having mixed vibes. Sometimes the switch flips. He seems awkward with girls. He treats guys as players on a team.
019These are episodes of There are episodes of crazy talk. He refers to girls as pretty, cute, and beautiful. There's lots of party talk. The students do talk about parties, getting drunk, and making poor choices. That does not sound like a student that did not come forward. This was multiple students that said these things happened and I was told there was nothing not one thing said. In his own admission he acknowledges prior warning to stop kissing staff admits unfamiliarity with explicit boundaries for high school discourse does not recognize boundaries. This is in your report suggest others the football staff and coach Helton may be targeting him. That was in your report. None of that was mentioned when I sat here and cried to you during that other meeting. You sat here and let me cry like
020a little and didn't say a word and that's not okay. That's not okay. I want to read I want to read this to you. I want to bring up the fact that my daughter has a 504 plan. I don't really know that anybody knew that actually whenever I talked to Mr. Allen about it he got white as a ghost. This map here that apparently we're not allowed to put on the the internet for some reason we're not allowed to put it on Facebook which I didn't Tasha did actually. This is the map if you all want to see it that that she was given without me being present and she had to sign it. A 16-year-old girl had to sign this map say this is what she would do. I want you to look at
021this map. She's allowed to be where the green she's allowed to be where the green is and because he's where the pink is. She can't go there. There's a stair this is the center staircase. She can't go down the up and down the center staircase. She can go to the furthest staircase up the stairs to that class back down again down the staircase all the way to the end and back up again. She's missing her right leg above the knee. That requires 60% more energy than you and I. I want to read you this and this is the last thing I'm going to say. Intentionally forcing a person with a disability to walk extra distances or endure physical strain to avoid someone can be considered psychological abuse emotional abuse or a form of disability discrimination.
022This behavior uses the person's disability as a tool for control humiliation or discomfort. That's what you did to my child and you would not answer not one email from me not one phone call from me. I could have met with you at any time and we could have resolved this. I asked for him to be suspended with pay with pay and Mr. Allen said the only person that could do that was you and I said okay I want to talk to him and to this day you have not spoken to me. >> [applause] [applause] >> Excuse me in the back row please refrain from hitting the walls. Please. You've got a TV screen right behind you that could fall on you. Okay. Please please let us continue and let us talk please. And when people
023are speaking let them speak. Lindsay Lewis >> [clears throat] >> Good evening. Good evening. Thank you all for allowing me to speak. >> [clears throat] >> I am speaking tonight as a parent of four children in this school system. Three of them are girls and one of them cannot reliably communicate if something is wrong. What happened in this situation is not just concerning it is unacceptable. Two students came forward. They did exactly what I tell my children to do. They spoke up and yet the system initially failed to protect them. Possibly has just completely failed to protect them. That alone should alarm every single person in this room. But what makes this even more troubling is the broader pattern of decision-making that allowed this situation to exist in the first place. We're not talking about
024a completely unknown risk. We're talking about an adult who had already been removed from a prior coaching position following allegations of physically assaulting players. That is not a minor detail. That is a serious red flag. So the question is not just what went wrong here. The question is why were safeguards not in place from the beginning because when prior conduct raises concerns about judgment boundaries or safety it is the responsibility of a school system to act with heightened caution not reduced scrutiny. And this is where my own fear becomes very real. Three of my children are girls. One of my daughters cannot tell me if something inappropriate happens to her. She may not have the words. She may not even understand what is happening. She may not even know that she should report it. So
025if a child who can clearly speak up is not immediately protected what happens to children like mine? Who's watching out for them? Because safety cannot depend on a child's ability to report harm after it happens and a parent's persistence in getting justice. Safety must come from the adults in this school system making better decisions before harm occurs and then even better decisions after it occurs. Right now I do not have confidence that that is happening and until there's clear accountability not just for what happened after the report was made but for the decisions that led up to it you are asking parents like myself to trust the system that has not demonstrated that it will protect our most vulnerable children. That's not a reasonable expectation. Do better. Not just in how you respond after harm
026is reported but in the choices you make about who you hire and put in the positions of authority over our children in the first place. Our children depend on those decisions being right. THANK YOU. >> [applause] [applause] >> JEREMY GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING CURRENT superintendent Parker duly elected members of the board. I was going to talk about the false information that was reported on the 2024-2025 Scott County High School Title 9 report. I was going to talk about the uh red book and the failures at Scott County to abide by. >> [clears throat] >> But after hearing all this I'm confused that uh I guess that report that found that the findings were substantiated that there was abuse and neglect against the child at Scott County High School by the coach was on children yes
027I apologize. More than one. It uh that was March the 17th. Your policy here for speaking says that you all may ask questions or engage in discussion. Now the discussion is when did you all find out about it and why is he still the superintendent of SCOTT COUNTY SCHOOLS? >> [applause] >> ANYBODY? I'M WILLING TO DISCUSS IT. >> WE WON'T BE DISCUSSING. May not shall. It's a difference. Okay. So Mr. Parker are you willing to resign sir? May not shall. We won't we won't respond. Sorry. It's your it's your time to speak but we won't respond. >> Well the last thing I want to say is the only two options are you should resign or he should be fired. It uh And I think elections coming up if you all resign then that would have
028be plenty of time for every district to have a writing candidate I do believe. So please do your jobs. For the sake of our children. Your jobs are to protect our children. Ever since the government has made us put our kids in school legally made us put our kids in school it's been your all's primary duty to protect our children while they're in your care and you haven't done that. I mean it's a finding by another state agency that you haven't done that. So please resign or fire him so that we have faith in this school system. THANK YOU. >> [applause] [applause] >> EILEEN HOOVER GOOD EVENING. HELLO. MY NAME is Eileen Hoover. I didn't like prepare anything so I'm just going to wing it. I only learned about this situation and these allegations recently.
029I don't [snorts] think you have to be a parent for this to be absolutely upsetting but I am a parent. I'm a parent of four children three of whom who have special needs all a part of the Scott County schools. We feed into Scott County High School. So color me surprised when that map showed up on my social media page and how quickly the board or somebody from this sort of area came up and said to take it down for the safety of the students to show that the map was out there for the public to see even though Scott County schools have put it out there as well but we don't mind that we're going to look at what this parent did. And what kills me is how the message that was not just
030sent to those two young girls or to that one teacher or whoever that gentleman is, I I'm just going to call him a predator in my opinion. You sent a message to every girl at that school that their voices do not matter. They are you are not there to protect them that when they do speak up that their their voices fall on silent ears that you did not take him and put him off administration that you did not make him leave that you said to every male in that school that whatever sports ball team is up is more important than their education, than the women's safety inside of that school, than their well-being. Oh my lordy, you've got to be kidding me. Like that is insane to me and even if all of this isn't
031true which we kind of know it is. Even if we gave you the benefit of the doubt, let's look at it as you now have not just rumors running wild but there's been no statement. There's been no we understand, we take your safety concerns seriously. None of that. It's been well, it's technically it's been a No. If you guys were going to be clear and transparent then you would stand up and say there was a concern. We are going to take this seriously. These are the steps we're going to take. We're going to ensure that when I think about sending my kids into the high school I'm not going to be scared whether or not my daughter is going to have to figure out which hallway she has to go through. If it's not something
032that we would ever accept for ourselves as adults, why would we accept it for our children? That is insane. I find that absolutely it just makes me feel crazy. Like I said, I didn't have anything prepared but I do think it's funny that you guys asked for us to have civil decorum and not use swear words when in fact that was the same thing that was happening to our children inside OF THIS SCHOOL. >> [applause] [applause] >> MIKE DAVIS. >> [clears throat] >> GOOD EVENING, MIKE. GOOD EVENING. I didn't prepare a 2-minute or 3-minute speech. >> [laughter] >> I'm saying that. You have to talk fast. Mr. James I have prepared a two and a three and a five. >> [laughter] >> We'll just we'll just go with the fastest one I got, I guess.
033You know. Can you pause the time? I don't need the time. I'm good. I don't want my time going up. Are you already going? Yeah, we're going. You got it. Then you don't get it. >> [cough] >> I'll adjust my time. Okay, can we restart the clock? >> [clears throat] >> Okay. Um sorry I'm not talking about none of this other stuff, so apologize that that's Uh good evening, board members, superintendent and fellow colleagues. Um Thank you for the opportunity to speak. Tonight I'll be as brief as I can possibly be. I come to you tonight you know on behalf of Scott County Education Association to talk about something that's not that's both practical and deeply personal. And it's about how we value our people that make up our school work every day. As we
034plan the 2026-2027 school year, we respect respectfully ask to consider what we talked to you about in January which was a $3 across the board raise for all classified employees and a 4% raise for all of our certified employees. This is about more than compensation. It's about as who we are as a district. Our hidden workforce which is our classified people are essential, the people who drive the buses, feed our students and support our classrooms and run our buildings. Uh yet often are the hidden people that nobody sees. Many are working very hard each and every day and with the struggles we are seeing today as far as gas prices, inflation and things of that nature, cost of all went up and they are struggling to to make ends meet. A $3 raise would be
035a step toward dignity. It tells them that we see you, we value you and we support you. And when we support them, we strengthen our schools. Investing in our educators, we also uh must continue to invest and we know that the investments y'all made over the last 4 years, we appreciate that and we want to continue that progress that has been made. But we also understand that more work continues continues to more work is needs to be continued to be made on that. A 4% raise makes helps us remain competitive, retain teachers and attract new ones. If you want the best then you have to continue to invest like we want to be the best. In closing, we want to make sure that we become a a destination district where people choose to choose to
036want to come here to work because they feel valued because at the end of the day the success of the school will never exceed the level of support we provide our people. We are ready to work with you continually to always make this a reality. Thank you for your leadership and your commitment to making our school system the best possible place to live, learn and work. I got 19 seconds to spare. Lord mercy. There you go. >> [applause] >> I do thank y'all for everything you do. I appreciate I appreciate y'all very much and I do value our relationship that we have together. So, thank you. That concludes our public comment for this evening. If anybody wishes to leave at this time, you're welcome to. Um otherwise, we'll continue with our meeting. Okay, number six.
037Consent agenda items A through I. Move to approve. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. I'm going to stop for a moment while people are leaving. Uh you may I don't think Tony's in here. I can go grab him. Okay. talk now, can you answer some of the questions? Not at this time. We're in the middle of our our board meeting. But that doesn't matter. Please. Yes. Yes, it does. This is what you're saying to two 17-year-old girls. Don't respond. This is not the place for it. This is not the time or place. We are in the middle of our board meeting. Thanks, Tony. Thank you. Good to see you tonight. Tony. Oh, you're good. You're good. No, that's my candy get you. No, you're fine. No worries. No worries. You're
038up you're up and uh they're good they're sure. Yeah, there's PowerPoint. Sir, you're welcome to send us emails if you so choose. When is Tony going to be ready? All right, just let let Tony go. I'm going to Let Tony go. I'm moving on with our meeting. Go ahead, Tony. Okay. All right. Construction update. It's a matter it's a wonder what a few good days of weather will do. All right. This is Oxford as of this morning with some Tony. Uh yes, yes. Uh Did Keep going? Just Just a moment. So, we're Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. Okay. Sorry. Okay, go ahead. All right. Uh I was saying it's a wonder what a few good weather days will do for you because um even with the snow and ugly weather we had a couple of weeks
039ago, they've been able to get some great progress going. Um you can see in this picture we were able to get some drone shots this morning. Um they've got some roofing on, some of the metal decking on. The only area that doesn't is back there in the cafeteria. Um we've talked about that being the uh the slowest place so far. You can see on the left-hand side there, they've got brick wrapped around that end of the building which is of course is the furthest along. Um and we got some shots inside there and there's another shot just uh straight up. You can see insulation on the on the right side, brick on the left side. So, they're continuing to move the brick on around. And uh it's a good picture of the whole site. Oh,
040do you What's with the little Both places show it. What's what's the little flags and the shapes in the roof? What are they marking off? Um those are uh protection barriers to keep people from when they're working in that area, they have to stay behind those barriers. Yes, yes. That's exactly what it is. Kind of an OSHA uh thing. Yep. Yep. Uh very observant. And uh there's another shot from straight down. Um gym to the upper left and of course the administration right in the front bottom. Um and just flying around, this is uh from the back looking kind of towards the southeast. Um I'm sorry, the northeast. Uh you can see the gym uh to the right and the kitchen cafeteria and the classroom wings. The storm shelter's there all the way on the
041left. Um and we're swinging on around now looking more northeast. Um you can see they've got the insulation on the gym um and they've got the scaffolding up on that end where they're putting up brick. So, it's great to be see all that uh work going on. So, a lot of progress um since we last met. Uh yeah, if we get down on the ground, this is now you're looking at insulation there and of course there'll be a canopy that's built out over top of your head there. Um but that's the the front entry. Um and like I showed you before, uh the left end of the building or the uh east end of the building has uh clo been closed in. They've got ceiling grid in. They've got light fixtures in. They've got paint
042on the wall. Um so, it's cleaning up very well and it's still temporarily temporary heat at this point. Um but again, you can see some drywall ceilings in. This is in the quarters, kind of the commons areas outside the restrooms. Um this is inside the restrooms. You can see the ceiling tile there and paint accent paint on the walls. Um this is if we step back to the entry area, that's the administration area on the right. Um and like and as you walk in, of course, you remember like kind of like Creekside, you walk in and you'll media center's right there in the middle. Um and that's the gymnasium. I think that's just water running through that other door over there, but uh it's all just about dried in and they'll be able to start
043getting some paint on the walls there. Um and of course, this is the area we talked about that's probably the furthest behind, the cafeteria kitchen. Uh that's the platform on the left, which would be the the double-sided stage platform, and of course, the cafeteria opening on the right. So, good progress to this point. Um there's just another shot back in back out and uh looking at the side of a hole. Um so, since last month we talked, good progress. Um there's a progress meeting next week. Um and then they'll of course there will be one the next month, but they're doing everything they can to get the complete building dried in and that's everybody's goal right now. And that's it for the construction report, unless there are any questions. Any questions? All right. Thank you.
044Thank you, Tony. Number eight, student achievement reports. Hello, Paul. Hello, two months in a row. >> [laughter] >> No sidekick this time, though. Um real quickly, I'm going to share with you um some of the things that have been going on in our Leader in Me journey, which I'm very excited about. Um I'm very happy to share with you. Uh let's see how this one works. Um so, events this spring. So, we had a couple of really cool events. We've had a couple of community learning days, which is where um teachers and staff and administrators from other districts come who are Leader in Me schools already come and visit our schools and we do some learning and sharing. Uh Georgetown Middle School had theirs on March 17th. You might remember that was a little tricky
045that morning. They still had seven people getting there this and to see it and um it was a good morning of learning for everybody. Uh at uh Lemons Mill on March 23rd, which was just this Monday. Um seems like forever ago now. They had their community learning day. That was a really exciting one as well. We had a lot of people come and visit. Um and then I'm really excited about this one. Tomorrow we are having our secondary summit. Um and I'm going to tell you a little bit more about each one of these as we kind of go through it, but it's been a very busy March for us. Um so, this was Georgetown Middle School's community learning day and you see students and students and students, which is what it's all about. Um
046so, they were able to they hosted a student panel. Um talked a lot about shared about their house system that they have there and how and all their leadership opportunities and how they all connect together. Um They talked a lot about the Georgetown Leadership Academy, which is a huge highlight. Um at the middle school level, they've been doing amazing things with some of our elementary schools. It's just been fantastic. Um and like I said, you know, despite the struggles of people getting there, they were able to have seven people come and it was a really great uh day for them. At Lemons Mill, um very same thing. Student led, right? Students gave tours. Students talked about They also have the house system, the same one that uh Georgetown Middle School does and they talked about
047how those are connected. One of the really cool things that they got to do there was start off with the Monday morning meeting, which if you haven't ever haven't ever seen it, the entire school every Monday gets together in the gym and they celebrate people, they talk about whose birthday it is, they talk about uh they recognize staff, they recognize um students and it's just a really fun way to start off the day. And um so, they got to see that. This >> students. And it's completely run by students, yeah. Yeah, you don't have No adults ever talk during the entire time and it is such it's like runs like clockwork. It's fantastic. Um students gave tours. There was a student panel. And I will say Amy Cordray, who is our district coordinator for our
048district coach for Leader in Me, said that it was the largest community learning day that she's ever been a part of and she covers most of Kentucky um and some of a little bit more, but 34 people were in attendance that day. So, we filled up the community room at Lemons Mill that that morning. >> [snorts] >> So, that was a great experience. Um so, now we're looking forward to tomorrow, our Scott County Secondary Summit. You probably remember when we had Muriel come and visit, we did the book tour and how big of a deal that was. I feel like this is just as big a deal. I told Stephanie today, I said, "I will be just as happy when this one's over so that I know it's gone well. I know it will." Um
049but these two pictures are actually we've had three planning days with all of with lighthouse team members from all of our secondary schools and they completely planned it out. Amy helped coordinate a little bit, but she was really just a facilitator and they came up with this completely on their own. And what it is is it is bringing in people who are either beginning their journey or already in their journey with Leader in Me and they're bringing students and adults and it's really geared toward students. Um their theme this year is that everyone is a leader and you can see we're going to do registration, we'll have a welcome. Ukari Figgs is going to be our keynote speaker, so we're very excited about that and having her. And then every team from our district plus
050five other dis five other schools are doing a presentation on what their lighthouse team is has been doing. And then uh we have lunch for them um partially funded through our our architects here um and a couple of other ones that Dwayne helped get us. Um and then they do student breakout sessions, too. So, three of our schools, Georgetown um Middle School, you can see Alcorn Crossing and Scott County High School are doing breakout sessions as well. So, it's really like a little conference for students and so, it's going to be really cool. Um we're expecting over 100 people to be there. So, um if you're out and about and want to stop by and see what's going on, we would certainly welcome you to do that. So, we're very excited about things going on
051with Leader in Me. That's great. That's great. Thank you. Thank you. >> [laughter] >> Did you want to add something? No, it's fine. It was just about training that's going on this summer. So, we're doing core three with everybody, lighthouse training. Training's going on as well, so it's going to be a full summer as well, but That's exciting. Glad to hear. Thank you. Thanks for sharing. Number nine, approve 2026 graduation dates and times for Phoenix Horizon Community, Scott County High School and Great Crossing High School. Move to approve the graduation dates. And second. Any discussion? Uh I just wanted to point out with regard to Phoenix's graduation, they uh we know it'll be at Scott Middle. We're not sure if we'll use the gym or if we'll use the auditorium again. So, just I'm acknowledging
052that's not on there. That's uh that's a decision that we uh we haven't completely [snorts] made yet. Okay. All those in favor? I. I. Those who oppose? Motion carries. Number 10, approve fiscal year 2026-2027 section six allocations. Move. Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 11, approve section seven funding for the fiscal year 2026-2027. Move to approve. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 12, approve to abolish one assistant principal position at Alcorn Crossing School. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 13. I'm happy with these two. It seems like we've done I feel like we've done this several times now. It's It's a shame we can't they couldn't just be like a arching, you know, like [laughter]
053we've we've switched this around. I understand why, it's smart. >> Absolutely. >> It's just funny. Maybe means I've been here too long. It's been a few years, Susan. >> [laughter] >> Number 13, approve to create one guidance counselor position at Alcorn Crossing School. So move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 14, approve to abolish one grant-funded position of community schools district director. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 15, approve to create one assistant director of student services position. I second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 16, approve to create one readiness coach position at Great Crossing High School. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 17, approve to create 11 temporary
054summer work positions for maintenance and technology for 2026. >> So move. Second. Any discussion? I just think this is excellent. I remember when I taught in the Scott County school system, uh the summer help and it sometimes college students, high school students and I just think it is wonderful. I just it gives them an opportunity when they need to work in the summer and I just really I like that idea. I worked for two summers. I was summer help two summers. Didn't you? Summer after we graduated and then summer after our freshman year at Georgetown I worked for Paul Raines doing the public relations department when I [laughter] I wrote actually wrote the news. Remember Paul Raines? >> Do you guys what is it when you write and you submit? Thank you. >> [laughter] >>
055Peter's laughing at you. I sent them to the paper. All right, back to business. All in favor? Those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you for cheering ladies. >> [laughter] >> Thank you. Number 18, approve district-wide EBD position at Garth Elementary School. >> So moved. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 19, approve MOU between JAG Kentucky and Scott County Schools for the 2026-2027 school year. So moved. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 20, approve agreement between University Club of Kentucky [snorts] and Scott [clears throat] County Board of Education. Move to approve. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. >> Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 21, approve 2027 capital funds second request. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. >> Those opposed? Motion carries. Number
05622, approve pledge of collateral agreement for fiscal year 2026-2027. Move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. >> I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 23, approve surplus items as submitted. >> [snorts] >> Move to approve. Second. Any discussion? Poor buses. >> I know, that's what I was Bus graveyard. I thought the same thing with all the buses. >> All the buses. Yes, [snorts] they've served us well. Yes. All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 24, financial statements. Hello Gina. >> Hello. Um I shared with you in your uh hands-on activity summary of financial activity, our beginning balance was 87 million, we had 8.7 million in receipts, 9.7 million in expenses, giving our ending cash balance of 85.1 million. We had 7.3 invested in our construction projects, giving our ending cash balance of 7.8
057million, 58847. Thank you, Gina. Number 25, approve current bills. Move to approve. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Number 26, [snorts] superintendent's report. So under standard one, we had the chamber presentation early March. We've done a lot of work with addressing the Oxford Elementary delay and making sure that um while we were communicating [snorts] the delay was going to happen, we were also trying to simultaneously communicate to our community what what impact that would have on anyone in terms of switching back to um to Eastern's um Eastern's area as well as Creekside and um and Northern. Uh we had PD day under instructional leadership on March 16th and uh Miss Simmons was able to report to me that we we got a lot of our cohorts together and a lot
058of work was done on that day. Uh standard three, cultural leadership. Um we provided coverage for um for our staff at Great Crossing High School on that Friday that we had um that Sweet 16 game and then we had the fourth annual Georgetown Community Hospital now Center Point art show um that is uh you know, several of the students that we saw participate in our um in our KSBA artistry for the banner also participated there um as well. Um human resource leadership, we hired district-wide services coordinator. Um we hired our ECS principal, uh bus garage supervisor and Scott County Middle School principal. So a lot of leadership positions uh have changed hands and we've still got a few more of those to to complete. We are we're back on track allocation meeting wise. If you'll
059recall, we got a little bit behind with allocation meetings and and that happened as a result of the delay with Oxford. Um so as a result, we got a little bit off, but we are back up to kind of where we where we should be. We've got our final allocation meetings next week and that puts us right back on track >> [clears throat] >> um to where every school has an understanding of the positions that they will be getting. Um we met with our not all of them because we had a few things come up, but we met with most departments in terms of their allocation meetings [snorts] as well or or as terms of their allocations as well. So um we got a lot of that done as well and just uh making sure
060everybody is in uh good shape and a good understanding of where we're headed for next school year. Collaborative leadership, um the extension of Toyota's Driving Possibility Grant was announced on Monday. Toyota had a 40th year celebration in which they uh they shared that. Our portion of that second piece is 1.2 million. So um that that's a good thing for sure. We'll be able to continue our work through our Driving Possibilities feeder pattern. And last but not least, uh presented Senate Bill 124 with Matt Nunn at uh the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee um as Senate Bill 124 um continues to roll through. It it I believe it needs one more one more reading and then a vote on the House side before it um before it would potentially uh uh be finished. So we're
061hopeful for that. And that concludes my report. Okay, thank you. All right, we're going to move on to board comments. Um Eleanor, would you like to start with us? Sure. I have a question for Superintendent Parker. Um what is the latest on the ROTC class? Um ROTC is it's scheduled to roll. Kids have been having an opportunity to um to select that if they so wish and um yeah, it's uh I don't know if Stephanie, somebody in here. Yeah, I mean we we're in yeah, we we've got a a healthy number of students that signed up. That is that's good. It's turned out to already showed popularity and we haven't even hired the teacher yet. So Yeah. That's That's great. One positive I received [clears throat] uh information about the amazing shape coming up. >>
062Oh, yeah. So I think um Lemons Mill did it last year, which I'm [snorts] going to go back to that and I think there was another Creekside maybe. Yeah, Creekside. I haven't heard their date yet. I'll make sure we'll make sure you we get it to you. Okay, May was uh Can you send that to all of us, Stephanie? Because you must be on the list. I uh and it's Mrs. >> [clears throat] >> Floyd. Mrs. Floyd. Okay. So anyway, I'm very [clears throat] very excited about that. It was just to see those little kids in action Excuse me, students in action. It's just wonderful. So anyway, [clears throat] I'm very happy about that. >> [snorts] >> All right, thank you, Susan. Just happy to be here. All right, thank you. Ms. Wendy Young. Yes.
063I just um with everything that's going on in the legislation, I feel like as a board member and as a teacher, I need to speak on Senate Bill 4. So I wrote up a little something. So I'm going to look this way, okay? I'll take my glasses off so I can see better. So good evening, fellow board member, Superintendent Parker, Scott County community. I stand before you tonight to speak on a matter of governance that affects the very heart of how we lead. The current um discussion in Frankfort regarding Senate Bill 4, as many of you all know, recent um a recent version of this bill um seeks to prohibit educators from serving on the school board on their home district. While the latest amendment has targeted this policy toward our neighbors in Fayette and
064Jefferson counties, the principle remains a dangerous one for us all. As someone who has served elementary teachers since 1998, I have known firsthand that educators are the first responders in the classroom. We understand the ins and outs of daily operations, student needs, and the real-world impact of board policy. >> [snorts] >> A law should not be crafted to target individuals or specific districts. Rather, it should empower those with the most expertise at hand. I am asking you to talk with your legislators and basically voice that professionals who know our districts best only weaken the democratic process. Thank you. Amen. >> [laughter] >> I'd have to ask you to leave. Okay, I'm going. Thank you so much. And I do want to add one more thing. I didn't want to say this, but I felt like
065I should have I should say this. Um, as we go into our hiring season, I ask that we diversify our our district. That and I don't want to add any more because I think we got enough going on. But I just felt like I I needed to speak that. All done? Thank you. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. Mhm. Okay, yes, just a couple of quick things. I would just like to start out for um thanking Mr. Parker for the way he represents us at the Chamber of Commerce. Um, he was the keynote speaker there at the last Chamber of Commerce luncheon and it was such an interesting, well-informed, and well-presented talk and I know everybody in the audience got a lot out of it and really appreciated it and I really felt proud that he
066was representing us in that way. So, thank you. Um, secondly, some of you know that I am a retired school library media specialist and my heart is in school libraries that serve all of the children in our district and all of the faculty in our district. And I was um privileged to go to their half-day PD day for a little bit. Maria was there, too, and I appreciate her um help with this group of librarians and I just want to say that I'm really proud of our school library media programs. We have an outstanding group of school library media specialists and um just wanted to give a shout-out to them and and say how much I do appreciate them. I do a little volunteer work in a couple of our school libraries and so I
067can see these people in action and um appreciate them. So. I'd like to just [snorts] extend um I can speak for the board our thoughts and prayers for the family who lost their son this week in an unfortunate accident. Um, for Case Wilson and um our thoughts and prayers are with the family. At this point, on another note, we are going to move to close session pursuant to KRS 61.810.1F to discuss student discipline disciplinary matters. Excuse me. Do you need a motion? Mhm. Yet move. Second. All in favor? Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. At this time, I'm going to ask that everybody leave this room and actually leave the hallways as well due to the sensitive nature of our conversation. Thank you so much. >> Mhm. >> I. Those opposed. I move to ex- I
068move to expel the students discussed in closed session for one calendar year from the date of the infraction with educational services to be determined by the superintendent. In accordance with policy, the board will review the student's status within 30 days prior to the expiration of their expulsion. Second. All in favor. I. >> I. Those opposed. Motion carries. Move to adjourn. Second. All those in favor. All in favor. I. Those opposed. Motion carries. Meeting is adjourned.