001I drink five. You're supposed to drink two of them. You're supposed to drink. My body says now you shouldn't even drink water because your blood's probably to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Any person present who wishes to address the board to raise any question about public school district matters or governoring policies may do so under public participation. No discussion of personnel or individual students has been read at this time. A limit of three minutes is placed on each speaker. Persons who want more time and make arrangements to be placed on future agenda. The public is also reminded that they may provide input on all motions being considered on the board at this meeting.
002Additionally, anyone wishing to make public comment virtually may submit the following virtual public comment form. All received messages that comply with the following criteria will be read at the meeting. No discussion of personal or individual students submitted, including your full name, address, and message a limit of 500 words placed on each person. This is the link you may use to provide input on action agenda items prior to the board voting. Uh there's no public comment, no correspondence. Okay, we're going to go back to it. We're going to review letters of interest for the open board position select name of applicant to be appointed to a one-year term on the board. And I believe both applicants, how do you spell it? Say your last name, Cody. Caliv. Okay. Christy Hartley right there. Okay. We'll start with
003Does anybody have any questions for Cody? Do you have a list of questions? I don't have a list of official questions. No, tell us about yourself. Is that where we started at? That'd be awesome. Well, you know my name. Um I've been to Lockwood you know 16 years now I guess I got a kid that's turned 16 school so this started a auto shop six years ago 10 years away so born and raised in buildings moved out here after school biotech school came back up here like golfing Don't know a whole lot about smoke, but you guys had some trouble spots last year. It looked like Thank you. Um, have you ever been to a meeting before? I have not. Honestly, up until last year, I wasn't sure you guys existed. Happens quite a bit.
004Yeah. What uh drew your interest in wanting to run for school? Just like to get more involved, I guess. Hopefully run for, you know, try to run for office somewhere. I think everyone like this starting point or do you see yourself in a government position? Well, ideally, I mean, obviously all our dream jobs are still different over the years. I think I want to be an astronaut last probably eight or nine years. I've always wanted to be president. I don't know if I had the same thought on that, but I will probably lean, you know, more trying to go my county commission, you know, Senate position, but just state politics. What's that? Just state politics. Just state politics. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. It just seems like something that don't see a lot of
005people involved in. like a lot more people were involved in different. So, any else have any other questions for Cody? I I guess what is what would be a long-term vision for you as a for the school district um as if you were elected as a school board member? You know, I don't know I've g that much thought I guess four or five days ago. Um long term far as where I want to see it go. Um well obviously I think we might only see like to see a little little step back from technology. My kid has problems and stuff like that. I guess I also not 100% sure what was driving. So, you know, like I said, I see what my kid obviously come. I see what he does. It seems like it's they're
006relying a little bit too much on technology nowadays. Step back from that, I guess. Any other questions for Cody? Yeah. Um, what do you think the role of a school board I know you said this is your first time. What what do you think that the role of a school board member is? Well, I think from what I can understand policies outside I think. your time commitment look like? I mean like what do you think this time commitment and what's your view? Well, I mean, obviously this is just a year, so I don't think I can't imagine that I would have too much [Music] effective since probably two or three years and see if I'm a if I'm, you know, if I'm as far as my know, you like to Any other questions? Okay, we're
007going to go to Christie. Want to tell us a little bit about yourself? Um, right. Almost 11 years ago. Um I was a month away from having a baby and so we had got a house here yet. So I told him just to go buy something and he bought something Lockwood. So we ended up the only criteria was all the venoms needed to be on one floor and we have a nice backyard and this is where we ended up. So um but ended up being pleasantly surprised. We started hearing lots of good things about the schools community and have enjoyed watching it grow over the years. we were really involved in um helping on doors to help support him in high school. Um we were really excited when that came and so I guess over
008the years we've been involved in various volunteer activities. My husband helped coach football um I was on a TA back when my oldest home was in kindergarten and went that way and um we've just always been big champions of a school. Um, we, you know, have certainly seen things happen that we've questioned. We seem to get more excited about, but we've always been supportive of the school and wanting to see it kind of the best that it can be. I think VA is a unique opportunity to um for greatness because they're a small community, but they do big things and they have very supportive community. So, um, you know, I have two kids. one was going to be a freshman in high school and then while open fifth grade um work part time during the
009day um and then the rest of time I just spend shopping my kids around to activities um but yeah really were grateful that we landed here um interested in just seeing the school succeed and um really uh even our friends at those districts too they always have positive things to say about so we're just happy to be a part of Thank you. Well, I'm gonna ask you the same question I asked uh Cody. Have you ever attended a lock word school board meeting? I I know you have. I remember you not agreeing with me. Um, you were slated to run before, but then you um removed yourself from the race. Can you tell us your reasoning behind that a little bit? It was just when it kind of became evident kind of involved in an
010election. Um, you know, I wasn't arrogant enough to think that I could like defeat somebody, but I was afraid that I'd be a man, default mode, and kick someone out. But I really and I really like the direction the board's going right now. I didn't want to disrupt what I thought was a good set of board members. And so I did just step back. I thought there would be another time to run that might be better. Um I might um work better for the future of school. So it had nothing to do with you losing interest. No. No. Um it is it is certainly something out of my comfort zone. I am at heart an introvert. Um but I'm very passionate about my kids and their education and so I do step outside of that
011to participate in that. And I we love lots of school. So it's something that I think is important to be a part of and to to um I think the one year things kind of test the ground because the waters and work. So no certainly still passionate about the school still want the school to succeed. There's still that interest there. Thank you Stacy. one of the questions and then um his interest in running for you have interest for Jamie. What about I guess same question as him. Um what is your long-term vision for this finisher? Well, like I said earlier, I just I having opportunity to just demonstrate greatness. I think things going on here. Um, and we we're growing and we're changing and this is a great opportunity, a great time to be involved
012in that because you can lead and develop so many of those things. And I feel like our community so supportive of the school. I mean, again, not the community doesn't love everything the school does. school doesn't like everything the community does, but I think at the base of it, they're really they're just overwhelmingly supportive the school. So, I think just take advantage of that and be able to just move the school forward to just and those people like you graduated from high school that are a great school. That's question. I didn't, but I would love to hear um Lacy's questions. Yeah, I forgot. Well, time what you see a school board member responsibility. Yeah. Influence slash what you think. I agree that you know obviously you guys are procedures and you're addressing the school concerns
013in school um ideas and you guys that career fair. I think you're involved in helping get community involved in the school. there's other little offshoots advisory committee and the community engagement community that you guys are involved in and so I think I think one thing is helping build that bridge between community and school um then I know there's but won't be a learning curve there's obviously um statutes and guidelines you guys have to follow and you're responsible for following those whe it's dealing with student issues or curriculum or how the school is run so I think it's all I think it's all Yeah, that um you know I do I do work part in the day and then um but martial arts and activities like that. So it'll it'll just be something I know there's
014a month and then sometimes there's other things that come up. So, it's just going to be addressing that with my husband. Anybody else have any other questions? Do you have any other followup, Cody, that you'd like us to know? I'll let you talk first. I'll let you talk last. Okay. I would entertain a motion. Um, I would like to make a motion that we add Christie to the board. My reasoning is she's a familiar face around here in board meetings and uh has been on two separate committees that I've also crossed over into. And um so I think that Christie would be uh more likely to kind of hit the ground running and have um that's the advantage to me. Okay. I got a motion to accept Christy Hartley as to the one-year open board
015position. Do I have a second? Second for Jamie. Discussion from the board. Discussion from the public. All those in favor of accepting Christy Hartley to a one-year term on the board say I. I. All those opposed, same sign. Hearing none. Motion passes. I would like to thank Cody for um putting in his uh application to the board. And we do have elections coming up if you want to run again in the future. Cody, I'll reach out to you. I have some other things that that you can take part in that are monthly meetings and stuff that I think might be kind of answer some of the things we're asking about where your point of view can be put in and it guides it's a parent advisory group and it kind of guides everything we do
016is reviewed through that group and we get input from there. So I think that you'll be a good voice to local and business and stuff. You have good insight. It's just one of those things. It's one of those things. And I have to ask, are you related to Mike Cal? Yeah, I thought so. My father is I grew up with So, okay. Yeah. They all ran around. Yeah. Yeah. I would encourage you to go to come to our meetings, check out our budget committee meetings. Everything's open to the public now. Kind of come in that way, too. Yeah. Now we have to have a motion to adjurnn. Okay. Move to adjourn from Shane. Second. Second from Jamie. The board. Discussion to the public. All those in favor of adjournment say I. I. All those post
017same sign. Hearing none. Motion passes. Thank you all. We uh I'm going to send out an email. We do have a setup on the 13th for the art block, too. at the Mexican