00127. [Music] >> Oh, they changed it. >> All right, we're now back in session. All right, Mr. Stokes, the next item is school handles. >> Yes. So faculty and staff has worked on updates to both the elementary handbook as well as in buildup middle school and high school handbook. There should be a memorandum discussing some of the changes and so um we can walk this slowly through each other with elementary handbook changes. Um if the reason we are bringing this to you now is so that we can make sure we have any changes that need to be made and sure that they are printed and ready for distribution come beginning of the school year so that staff so that principal have plenty of time to review this with staff to understand the changing expectations. So,
002we have the elementary handbook change. The memorandum you see um is right before the handbook. Those are the changes. Okay. I guess well, if you have comments or notes that you want to address, I'll I'll start you off with one on the elementary handbook page 18. Uh now this is about cell phones. The discipline part first offense consification of the device and return to parent. Uh >> you said page 18. >> Page 18. >> You know, we've had this conversation back and forth. You're talking about thousand phones. I mean, I understand the confiscate, but at the same time, I think I don't think I know you need to be careful with that because phone gets damaged. Somebody's going to say, "Hey, you tore up my phone. You need to be inburst me, etc., etc." I've
003always had a problem with that. Uh, when I was working, they weren't just prevalent. It was pages back then. And sometime parents would come pick them up, sometimes they wouldn't. But a phone's a little different. And I just want to make sure that principles or teachers, whoever it is, that they're very careful with that when they confiscate a phone because, you know, people would take advantage sometimes say, "You gave me my phone or it's not working or whatever." And the thing that gets me is when you do first offense, second offense, third offense. I know kids going to make mistakes, but you know, how far do you go with that? You know, does it take three offenses for you to do that? And basically, this is the theme you see in here. you going to
004see first, second, and third offense. But that was my concern. One thing about the photos. >> Okay. Anybody else? Miss N also ask about on um page 10, I guess, where I guess on the um summary information that says about the emergency closing delayed opening. They removed the alert now as a method of parent communication. So does that mean that calls won't be going out, you know, saying you know Cas County school can be closed tomorrow or you know that kind of thing because of Clinton weather? No, we still have system in place for that. >> Okay. What? What does that mean? Then it said page 10. What part of >> So what? So give me the point >> right here on this page where it says page on the memo. >> It says emergency
005closing delayed opening. We move alert now as a method of parent. >> So we move we we we took away the term alert now with the system we was using. >> Okay. >> Uh with with we may have uh with the adoption of talking points, we may have other ways to communicate. Alert now me. We will still send phone messages out to families and community but it may be a different system. >> Okay. >> We called it the alert now. We called it alert now was the name of the system. Right. >> Black blackboard or parent connect. So they change the name has changed. >> The name has changed. So we updated to reflect the system that it was because when you said alert now with different staff people not know what that is because
006it's really blackboard connect. >> But we still will be making those. >> Yes ma'am. notifications that be going out on email or phone text message blast pigeon any way we can get out. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Um you Mr. Stokes mentioned when you confiscate return the bones >> you might want to have them sign a receipt that they've gotten and it's returned in the same order or proper working order. That way you have a record at least package accepted. They don't come back later. So, you never gave it to me. >> Right. And and that's a good point because I remember at the end of the year I may have 10 or 12 pages. >> Yes, sir. >> You know, and the kids left. I I don't need that, you know. But the phone's
007a little different now. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Southern and PE, we have a little thing hanging on the wall. We never touch it. The kid walks over and puts it in the pocket and then they come back and get it out. you know, like if you take it out. >> So, you know, it kind of takes it off. >> That's true. >> But, you know, >> but I was looking at the discipline part about it because, you know, you know, that could that could be a nasty thing, a confrontation, you know, hey, you're not supposed to have that. Give me your phone, etc., etc., you know, >> and then something may happen to the phone. Then they going that they're going to try to blame you probably, you know. So >> you know
008part about the elementary changes in the handbook suggestions. >> Now we talked in the pre meeting you said you ask M stat about who's going to print the books. >> So we're looking at we talked about hold something going on there's a there's been some discussions of how we print the books. Um do elementary all get them? uh they're just new students. And so I did some research based off some of the um to cover us and li thesis that is regulation that we um print handbooks for every student so that every parent can say they was notified. I know there's a cost associated with that, but the cost may be greater if there's a liability issue and we the parent can say I was never >> right before >> and so u I did
009reach out to Miss Beavers a little bit talking about some correspondence um since we have um I don't want information in the handbooks is it possible for us to use other funding sources to print it um in addition to with the the new contract with the copy We may be able to do it in different way. I don't have a definitive answer. It's going to be this cost as much because I want to get the books approved. Um, and then I can figure out that kind of places. But we've got some time to do so. I can bring that back to you. No problem. But I know that that was discussion only doing it for sixth grade, only doing for nth graders and new students to cut down the cost and make it available. But
010speaking with some of the um other superintendents, everybody's of course trying to cut money, but you go you you may have that one um parent that says, "Well, I never received this notification. I don't have internet access those pieces and we didn't get to send online." So it it it protects us from some live business kind of thing because the world strangers. >> Okay. Any other questions, concerns about the element you have? I'm sorry. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And we and we we're going to see we can look at which the best way to print them. Print them here or or ship them out. We just want to make sure we've got to do the most economical way to do it. >> Okay. >> But it's hard to print all of them if if it's
011the day before school starts. We got to have time. >> Right. Right. >> Yes. M. >> Yes. I got a question. Um I was trying to find that. the insurance that we usually offer, is that something that can actually be stuck in the handbook to let parents be able to opt in if they want that insurance? Because, you know, I think a lot of parents just think automatically the insurance will cover their kids at school, but we're not letting them know that, you know, it doesn't and giving them the opportunity. Oh, it's not much. I think it's just >> So, you ask us to add then showing information with the handbook. Yes, sir. >> I mean, cuz some people don't know that they there's extra additional insurance they can take out. >> Yeah, I know
012that Brooke isn't here, but I have to just make sure that that that the update information is updated and available because we just can't put last year because the prices may have changed. So, we can we can look into that next week. >> I'd like to do it at all schools if possible, please. >> Anything else? Elementary. >> I'm sorry. Go ahead. with the in with the insurance is that um years ago it used to be where they send like a little pamphlet or something home um with the child. Is that >> It used to be that way. >> Now it's now it's more a piece of paper with a link you go to to look at. >> Oh, okay. Okay. So, that would would that be something that would be in the book? >>
013We can add in the book. we add to the book and we also add a QR code where people can scan. I think I think we just need to make sure we cover ourselves and making it available. We just got to be sure to get that. >> Okay. >> That's that should be no problem. >> Okay. >> Anything else in the elementary? >> Uh not uh move to the next one. >> The next one is uh the great build. You see the cover page? Um there are changes there and so I now have middle school first. Well, just like the school volunteers, it was pretty ind depth in elementary through dates and all that stuff. >> To me, that should be duplicated in the middle because the same halls. >> You get you got to
014the >> You got to You got to tell me a little more what your >> school volunteers level one and two. >> Yeah, page 14. It references positively 15 5015. And I know they're putting it just like a policy, but the elementary schools put the forms must be put out by this date for the superintendent to approve. None will be approved after this date. I think it should mimic exactly what's in elementary. >> It was just very detailed in the elementary. I don't want to see what you talking about. I see what you're saying. And they got they gave a time frame and then we volunteer them. And last year that was a little bit of a problem at the middle school. >> Was that a problem throughout? I remember the conversation. I remember explaining
015how we handled it at the high school. Was that a problem that never got resolved or did it get better as it >> it wasn't resolved? >> It was like kids were being penalized. >> I thought it didn't resolve it. >> We talked about it around and around. We didn't change nothing. >> I the days that I sed over there, >> my whole class was dressed out. the ones that chose not to dress out or they would wear the shirts and not the shorts because they didn't want to change. But I I didn't see it as a problem. >> Well, the problem existed they was taking get taking credit away from them if they didn't dress up in the uniform. >> If y'all would just come over there and say, "Yes, it's a choice on
016some of these kids. They don't want to dress. >> Make sure that that we >> The kids aren't being penalized. That's the whole We talked about it. those kids that I was referring to got a uniform, >> right? >> But not until we brought it up in a board meeting. That was in December. >> But it was handled though. >> I don't say that wasn't >> but not until December, >> right? >> I mean, usually you can tell them. I mean, you can tell a kid they can't if there's money there for it. We just need to make sure we're all over top >> because I think mistakes when you visit that day, it was quite a few kids sitting on the bleachers. >> Yeah, I came a couple of days. So I didn't but
017I didn't know they were out because of that or you know hard for me to have to walk through. >> But usually what we take you know like if you're not dressed out at all you just have to sit like five minutes and if you halfway dressed then you it's a time limit. >> It is a it's a problem some kids not want to dress up. >> I think the problem is some but some kids don't want to change in front of other kids. I mean that's just the bottom line. They don't feel comfortable going in the locker room with all those folks and change and I don't know how you overcome that or what you do about it. >> They got the bathroom stalls they use. I think I think they going to follow
018the teacher have to kind of hand them case by case I don't necessarily think um although these ideas and the discussion is rich it's going to really take on what happens at the school level discussion kind of talk about it so they can build relationship pieces because most of the time a teacher can work through that if they're paying attention to that right >> and is uh do we have to put it in the policy that if um a P student if a teacher recognizes that their student do not financially able to do that. I would suggest that they contact the school counselor and then it you know um that will be a way to start since most schools have school counselors especially at the middle school counselor be contacted and then the problem won't
019continue. So that could be placed in here somewhere with the school council become >> page 43 >> student. >> Yes. >> Okay. I went back to elementary. I'm just trying to make sure 43. >> Oh, need to update night. Got it. Okay. Baby, let's make sure I understand what we're doing here. When I look at the cover page, it tells you what they are suggesting the changes, right? >> Okay. That's what you just said. >> Well, it was a correction. But >> she found an error. >> It was a correction. It was >> I think they just skipped it, >> right? That's what I'm saying. >> It's a correction. >> Once we approve, she's going to go back and take her name off. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Oh, that's what it is. >> That's what
020I'm saying. Well, I thought she would have >> this these the changes have been made already. >> The changes that are indicated in the over page, they already reflected in the document that you have. >> So, this I got >> now. Okay. I've got another one under 3C about the students opting out. I want to make sure we're doing that because I see a lot of stuff on Facebook of kids and I'm assuming that they have opted out. Let me give you an example. Most time when you see on the news it's on I'm on the cover page of them 3C. Most time when you see kids on the news, they uh you'll see from the knee down, their faces will be blotted out. But I see a lot of stuff on Facebook of our
021kids. And I'm my question is, hey, have your kids opted out? >> Have their parents opted out? I don't want us to take for granted, you know, that hey, >> but I do y'all follow what I'm saying? >> When you live, >> right? Do you understand what I'm saying about that? >> But they got to sign if they don't want to be sh >> Right. That's what I'm saying. I want to make sure we're doing that. >> I can speak 100%. I know in the high school, we didn't do a lot of pictures. Um, and we had a list of those that >> But this is mostly elementary, >> right? Elementary. Well, it's got to be K12. And so, because I remember talking to a principal and I said, "Look, you got a lot of
022pictures going on. Um, somebody need to be make sure before you just upload that you you check the opt out lens form." So um I did ask let me see your opt out list so I can see that it exists >> you know and now grant I don't know who I'm looking at when I'm looking at the picture thing but I at least know there's an opt out list that exists >> at each school for Facebook because what happens is sometimes parents sometime >> somebody take a picture and they'll send it to somebody then it's post it >> right >> well the issue is we don't know you know and so for example I give a good example for me when we did the um the arts council I would take a picture with children.
023I didn't know, you know, because we had a partnership with homeschool that kind of thing. But in the in that partnership, they had a form in there that talking about they could release a publication. So, I just think we can definitely check make sure you know staff and can help us do their check to make sure that we review the the opt out list for because teachers supposed to know who it is. Um they they won't be in the yearbook. Um there are just certain things and we also have that for kids who have a have a protective order >> um and that over supersedes things right and so um that's held that's held discreetly as well so they're not posted I'm not aware of a violation where we post a kid let out >>
024got >> would it help Mr. If like if it's a dance at school, something the kids are staying after, anything that the parents have to give permission for, we put it at the bottom each time letting them pick that, you know, like at Dillard when they stay out of school for dances, you know, they have to give permission. >> Could that not be something on there? Also, >> I think that could get confusing because we we we try to get it because once we get it um at a school level, once we get it, that list goes to the teachers. that this goes to if the kids in a club that goes abroad because the problem is it's going to be the upkeeping of that because person A may not have the commission forms to
025everybody and so it has to go through our student information service so we know who's opted out because that's just a process in place and I can help bring that refined process back to the board. Well, yeah, I understand that. But, you know, my thing is if I'm the person at the dance and I'm taking pictures and I don't know about all your students cuz they're not in my classes, >> right? >> How are we making sure that we know that those kids in that we just need to protect ourselves? I guess that's why I was just asking would that help to protect ourselves, right? having on each phone >> and and I can tell you the reason why I don't want it to I mean because what happens people start to inquire why they
026oping out and then that becomes a a privacy issue because they have a certain reason but who was ever aware of a site for example Mrs. Um like at the high school I was some of the Facebook people that posted and I had a list of people that I would look at and I check the pictures. So before we post the pictures we went I went through the list because sometime you may saw the picture while we blotted out the face name of the kids in their group before we post it. So who's ever responsible for that um that account that post pictures kind of things has responsibility and obligation to check the opt out list pieces. What gets us is parents sometimes take a picture and tag the organization that we have no control
027over that >> right >> you know and so what what you'll find is you've seen in school that we will untag oursel in that picture that picture ain't right and so those just that just a change in dynamics with um >> you know the the world we live in >> all right anything else on >> I have one more >> go ahead >> um I hope that we can start the first day of school out with a a good dress strict dress code. Um, not if maybe we need to remind parents before they go shopping dress code is >> you know what I what I hear about that they don't sell that no more you know and >> well they do >> I bought these jeans and I paid $80 for >> the other day
028and they belong to us >> but parents going >> yeah but if we allow them the first week of school continue I agree I agree so we'll talk about first weeks of uh we need headcount and we need kids in school before we get to ADM, >> right? >> And if they ain't there for the first 10 days in 20 days later in we lose money, right? >> And so so there's a balance we must do totally understand the expectations there. That's why at open house and some some orientation we try to communicate that but in order to get a behavior we have to teach it and so the earlier we get the handbooks out and approved the earlier we get things out to our community to talk about ABC and >> I understand that
029too. But then my whole thing I got from parents were last year, well they got to wear it the first uh two weeks of school, >> right? >> So I mean you see one parent let them. It's just a problem especially when you sit here and see you know about the jeans slagging and all that. >> All right. >> Um clarification on the grading scale. >> Which page are you on? Um, so dealer has a 10point grading scale, but the elementary has a 9. Is that the way it was supposed to be? >> It's supposed to be should be 10 point across all >> change to 10. >> Oh, change 10 cuz on the elementary on 27 is 91 to 100. >> Which page? >> 27 elementary. >> It's 91 to 100. But um, Diller
030and the high school. >> I don't want to. >> Yeah, it is. It is 90 >> I thought that's what we >> right okay >> just a suggestion Mr. Folks, in the high school handbook, >> what page on? >> Well, I was just referencing transportation. Okay. >> In the high school handbook, it's a nice little QR code with the school code for here comes the bus. >> Yep. >> It would be it would be nice to mimic that in all the other handbooks >> so parents can't say, "Oh, I didn't know." You know, I know elementary we had to put all four, but um that's just I like it the way it is in the high school. I think definitely do that. Yeah. At the high school, we actually taught kids how to use the
031Here come the bus app. So that that cut down on a lot of like I don't know what the bus is. Did you open the app? And they Oh, because we know they got a phone. And so I mean that that >> you don't want Yeah. Yeah. No, I'm not coming at home. I know. >> Yeah, but but I'm saying that helped us went a double route that P. It totally changed. >> But you know, a lot of our a lot of our complaint calls really went down when we taught students how to use the Here come the bus app. And uh I have to credit that to Mr. Bdine and Dr. Ray. They did a numbers job getting it out there. >> Okay. Anything else on? >> Not let's move to the high school.
032Uh maybe you can help me with this. M Stokes and I talked this about in preme. I'm old school. Explain to me about the hats. So they allow hats and has cars, no sweatb. It is a cost about at the secondary level at the high school. I wouldn't tell you baseball caps is a status thing. Um those pieces um we we have gone back and forth with this because we've had some kids who wouldn't come to school because one that had it a certain way. um they they didn't have those pieces and we also had kids that were um having problems because when they came to school and somebody said something about that had pieces that was either disagreement that was fight disruption school and there's been some research that you know our students are
033extra hyper sensitive regarding the way they are perceived um with their hair and those things. So some of the ladies sometimes would I I can't talk about hair a lot but some of the ladies would would cover it and you know have it down have something covering like a bow in the back that made it as present as possible where the other parts of the state they couldn't do that they they had to have that off for kind of piece on this list for this reason. Um that recommendation isn't one that I kind of saw coming. I I didn't miss caught in them and leadership team worked on. They had a student advisor committee those things because the that was a piece still no sweatbands, bananas, hoodies and skull caps. Um but sunglasses but they
034were actually headscarves to kind of kind of give us something in the middle. I know that there's a wide array of opinion on that on what that teaches those kind of pieces but those pieces actually um when I was a principal I got in trouble with this one. Um I I I just got there been that along with just moving around. I allowed them to have heads heads on in the building but when they got to class take it off but it was it was going smooth as butter but until somebody came over and said they're not supposed to have hats on. And so it was the biggest battle since then and I was like you know they're just a new new guy not realizing those pieces because you know I had somebody come to
035me because I had hat on. They said you can go where I had been you know I mean because it wasn't a relationship there. So I understand um this board and this county's position on that and respect it but I just you know they were they were saying you know you don't know it's a no until you ask and so they wanted to suggest that so they stepped out on face to do that. Before I I turn turn in the loose my my guess what I'm asking is is the administration why are they recommending this? That's that's my whole point. >> Well, it's I would say it is a massive amount of time. >> Okay. um that could be used for academic pieces. I know that you know you know with some of the changes
036those pieces because you know with me when I walk through you know you know before I say good morning I say good morning his office and you just see them coming off but it's a concert mind kind of pieces but I guess what the last point I make is you're looking at different cultures who wears hats. >> If you look over in the vocational building that's where you going to see them basically in the shop areas they working outside even the teachers got them on. They do. Uh, that's just my personal thing. All right, Miss Begley. >> Well, I'm with you, Mr. D, but Mr. Stokes, our thing is if I get up and have a bad hair day, I still got to come to work. So, we got to start with them to let
037them know those rules. So, I'm sorry. I I think we've been got too lingering on my dress code. Um, I get more complaints out of how some of our staff is dressed >> and here we are our students. I mean, I just can't see it. I mean, if you having a bad hair day, you having a bad hair day. That's part of life. I understand, >> but we got to deal with it. I just I'm with Mr. >> Okay, Miss Smith. >> I'm fine with hats and headscarves at the high school. I'd even be fine with it at the middle school. I work in a for an employer that has 2,000 employees and they're allowed to wear hats and you're allowed to wear headscarves. I think for kids sometimes you don't understand the impact it
038has on them. I carried two boys to school, middle school every day. And it was a big deal that when they stepped out, they had to take their hat off because they were really upset trying to figure out what hairstyle they had. One of them about crying saying, "Why did I have hair like this?" You know, you got girls that hair don't do right and they can just put a scarf on and they feel better about themselves throughout the day. I think it just makes for a better school day for them. >> Okay. And uh Mrs. Wait a minute. Miss Black and J. Go ahead. >> Um now, are you saying that the ladies can't wear hats? Cuz I'm a hat person. I'm not a headscarf person. So I'm a hat person. So could ladies
039wear hats as well? Previously, if there was a girl had a hat on, they take it off. >> So, our our rules are not gender specific. So, there's a hat. >> A hat for everyone. >> Everybody, man, the way I read. >> Well, because I'm a hat person, not a song person. So, I I can go along with if it's going to be for everyone. >> All right, let's go. So, >> I'm kind of like Miss Smith. I could go with both schools, but the problem is we've got to change it in our overall policy, right? We either got to go in our overall policy that we have for dress code and say we're only going to let it happen at the high school or we're going to go in our overall policy and say
040we're going to allow hats and scarves, period. And I mean, I'm okay with the period. I just think we're in a different time. And um yeah, >> well the way this reads right here, this is just the high school >> to make a change like you're suggesting has to be for Dylan >> and we but our we got a policy just on this. >> I know that. That's what I'm saying. These are recommendations coming from the individual schools. Yes, m >> I guess for the hat deal. I guess Mr. Clint was a hat person. I never liked hats even as a kid. My mom was making me wear them when I took them off on the bus. But as far as hats, there all kinds of hats out there. >> So is there you talking
041about baseball caps, you know? So then are teachers allowed to wear them? You know, I would I mean personally I wouldn't like to see a teacher walking down the hallway with a hat on or her ponytail sticking through the back of it. That's unprofessional. And I guess you know there have been studies that say that students behave based on the environment they're in and how the person is dressed. So if you let our teachers dress like our students, they don't have anybody to look up to. That's I'm I'm old school. I mean I know times have changed but just because times have changed you don't have to give into all of it. That's just my personal opinion. And if you going to allow them to wear baseball caps in the high school in Dillard, why
042can't they work in the elementary school? Because when I was working at Oakwood and South if I saw a kid with that a cap on or something coming to school, the first time I would say to them that that's you that's not polish. You need to take that off, please. >> Anybody else? >> I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> This is not We're not addressing uh staff. We're just addressing students. This is handbook right now. And we're just addressing high school right now. >> Was that correct? >> This handbook. Yeah. High school. >> This is the group that has asked for it was for the high school. >> Right. >> Is that correct? >> Right, >> Mr. Chairman. If we change it, we cannot change it in the handbook and not change it in our policy.
043>> True. >> So, we've got to decide how we're going to do it because, you know, you can't adopt something in the handbook and leave the policy the same. We got to do it both ways. >> I agree. That's why we're doing it early. >> But in order to do that, you're going to need to bring the policy back for first reading if you're inclined to do that. And you know, people, it goes both ways. It's just like if I was sitting up here and had a hat on, I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that. That's just me. I'm old school. All right? When I was at the high school Lance, no hats. That that was old school. But I didn't have a problem with it because everybody conformed to it. Miss Blackman didn't wear a
044hat at school. She might have wore coming to school, but she took it off. >> So what she But what I'm saying is I know times change and people change. Like you say, I mean that was 20 years ago. But uh I need to know your pleasure because if you're going to change this part, you got to change the policy. And if you make any other change like Miss Smith was saying to include Dillard, then that would come under your the policy that we got. >> Miss I mean I kind of thank the high school board for we would have to put it under, you know, it could be that >> I mean like just keep it at the high school level. I mean now they're mature enough they wear hats and scarves and >>
045Yeah. Yeah. all the time anyway. But I mean, I think if we bring attention to a lot of things, that's when we start to escalate to a lot of problems. >> But um I think that, you know, even if if it was the rule was that you can wear a hat, but if I decided in my classroom what my expectation was to remove hat, I mean that would still be my expectation. But I think we do need to be open to more cultural things. Um, but I mean I don't see a problem with it. >> I mean I agree with what you're saying but you can't have it both ways. >> Mr. Chair, ju just just to give um under the village memo perspective and position is and section to include sweatpants without sunglasses would
046not be worn down. So DI is still standing because we we did review this with staff right about hat's preference was no hat. the high school was. So this is a high school specific request because the the feedback from Dylan has been moment and so I think we got into perspective understand what's been said here but you know the school has tried to has tried to gather what they can to kind of figure out what they want to do. I don't like making all these exceptions in our master policies, right? This school can do this, this school can't do this. I mean, it gets your policies muddied up. I >> mean, if we going to let them wear hats and scarves, just let them wear hats and scarves countywide or either we don't. I mean,
047it just I hate it when we go in there because administration can change next year at any of our schools and then that principal wants something different and we're constantly changing the policy back and forth to meet that. I mean, they just need to me, in my opinion, be black and white. I mean, people want to wear hats and scarves, just let them wear hats and scarves everywhere. And also, you know, I don't I understand what Miss McGee is saying, but you know, we've been into this. We got into this at Dillard year before last where our policy said one thing and a teacher was asking students to do another thing and it got ugly >> because they were overriding what our policy said and so I don't like that either. >> You know I
048understand both sides of it but parents now want to go back to this black and white piece of paper and say this is what that said. >> Okay. >> But I saw your hand back up. >> I just think at the middle school you know it's a little bit different. I mean, I don't know. I, you know, haven't worked in the middle school. It's just a little different if the principal says, you know, I just would not prefer to have hats go because of their um maturity level um for whatever reason. But I understand what you're saying about policy, but when you say, "Hey, let's just let everybody do it." It may not be the same effect at the middle school as it would be in the high school. Like she said, the high school
049they do look at their appearance a little bit more than it is a social emotional thing when your hair is not if if my hair is not I'm not having a good hair day, my day is not a good day. So if I could throw a hat on and keep going, I probably have a pretty good day. But that's just my opinion. But I don't know that every level would the reaction will be the same at every level. >> Okay. I'm looking at this is why I'm looking at what we've been discussing. This is a recommendation from the high school to put it in here, but it goes against the the policy that we have. The correct thing to do if you are of the opinion there's enough folks to do that. We need to
050do the policy change to reflect to add this right here. That's what I see. Is that correct? >> That's correct. >> Y'all agree with that? >> To add it just to the high school. >> I mean, when you look at the policy is what you want to do with it. >> But I'm saying if we decide today just to add it to the high school. Is that >> we can't we can't do the policy just today. >> The policy has to have a first read. >> I'm saying moving forward. >> Okay. If we agree to change the policy, our policy, >> you can put whatever you want to in there. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> We will have to bring it the next meeting. >> At the next meeting. >> But you need approval on
051this handbook so they be printed. >> Well, you can't have both of them. Can't do it. >> So that's why we're in early July. >> What you're saying is you said before you're going against policy, >> correct? >> Say and can't you should not do that. And I understand this and we've been in this before. You know how it is. We print them before they have open house and uh we meet again July 28th. >> So >> you got time. >> We can't vote the policy today because it's not on the agenda. >> Correct. Correct. >> Yep. Can't do that. That'll be my suggestion to you. >> Yes. I'm sorry. >> Okay. >> Go ahead. >> Question. Um, I guess it's pig back on what Miss Smith was saying. So if we change it the
052policy and you say hats and scarves then you're saying for all students >> or that does not necessarily have to be that for the policy because you know I agree uh things have changed maybe a little bit as a teenager but there should be some you know different those standards move up that way. So to say hats and and cars for all students >> is not what we're trying to do for changing the policy. Is that correct? >> That'd be my opinion. But when you put your policy in there, you got to put the caveats in there that you're going to go by. >> You could say high school. >> It could be high school. It could be high school/ middle school, >> right? >> You know, that's what you put in your policy. So
053given the current conversation right now the recommendation the policy change would just reflect high school board could have more discussion about that policy. >> So is a middle school principal aware that the high school wants to change this? >> Yes that was a joint meeting. >> Okay. So she's aware and wants to keep hers the same if it passed. >> Was okay >> firm. Okay. So your agreement to put this on the next meeting policy consent >> everybody. Okay. Anything else on uh the high school handbook? >> I need y'all to turn to page 27. Okay. >> 27. >> Okay. Under grading under the grade under the grade requirements for semester on page 27. Exam exemptions. Notice that only says senior exam exemptions for seniors only. must have had no out of school suspension in
054the semester and earned a F1 average of 92 or eight in order to exempt the class. State exams include the OC that there is no exam exemption for students who are in grades 9 through 11. Okay. >> Let me say mine first. >> Go ahead. >> As a former high school principal, I don't believe in exemptions for the simple reason. Kids are going to be tested somewhere along the line once they need. I don't care whether it's in the workforce, in college, community college, whatever. That's my personal opinion. And what kids were doing, I had kids last and you had them too. At the end of the first semester of their high school senior year, they refused to take upper level courses because they didn't want to mess up their GPA. because they want to
055keep that standard. And I'm trying to tell them, hey, you going to college, you need to be exposed to as much as you can. I don't care if you make a C in the class or B or A. At least you what have been exposed to that. No, Miss Brother, I ain't going to mess with my GPA. And you get all that involved, too. Now, there's pros and cons about exemptions. Oh, I got an A average. I don't need to take no test. But that's just me. So I can share that this discussion began prior to my appointment to this position. Okay. >> Um there was a lot of back and forth regarding you know what are we saying about academics um because there were a lot that disagreed with the amended exam policy that
056we had last year with the attendance and those pieces those places. And so the leadership team even back I would say right before first before fall exams you know they already I said it just need to be eliminated because even we pulled other schools around a lot of schools have gone away from exam exemptions. It also hurts with with with confusion of communication. Now it's got two sides to that sword. You know it cuts both ways. Um, I wasn't in the meeting that the leadership team at the high school had about this, so I can't speak in detail of the way it went, but um, I knew that this was a discussion because what's happening is kids wouldn't take certain classes because the class has a state exam, >> right? >> Um, and so therefore,
057we undermined the integrity of education with our exam because it became this this thing. So um if they were smart enough to earn a throughout the thing we understand that there was a opportunity for them to not have exam but we did that for a b and c because we want to reward good tend those kind of pieces but uh they come up with now no exam grades 9 through 11 >> I I agree with that uh because you're finding that students are for example if they have an A average or they got an 88 or 85 or whatever and they are given the choice. A child can be given the choice that they got a 88. Well, I'm satisfied with that. And they could be an honor student and they're satisfied with the 88
058as opposed to going ahead taking the exam. And maybe perhaps you may make a higher grade. And parents don't always know that the child has decided to not take the exam that could have changed that grade. They could have made higher. uh you know I can speak from a little experience with that that uh so everybody has to take the exam sometimes children you know want to go and say I don't have any I don't I don't have to go to school that week and they think that that's how that's great you may not know what that child's grade is that child may decide to take the C instead of taking the test to make a higher to make a higher grade. Um, as a grandparent, I had some experience with that. They had to
059convince them that you want to take, you know, take it make the highest grade that you can, but what they look at is peer pressure or how many is not going to school. >> So, I I just think that that's that takes the peer pressure away. >> All right. Well, I see everybody's side, but I'm sorry if my kids studied enough to have a A in that class. And that's kind of what I hear like my niece and them talk about, I'm going to pass this test cuz I'm going to exempt my exams cuz I'm going to make a good grade. So, you got something to work forward to. But then you're saying, hey, if you do good, you still got to make the exam. So, what are we not giving? I mean, it's two
060sides to it. One kid may think they have to make a good grade, >> but you have that stigma where sometimes I that's just the way I see it that a child can want to just say, "Oh, you know, they may not have had an A, but they had perfect attendance and they're passing the class and they decide not to take the exam, which could have, you know, you take the better of the two grades." >> So, you know, it's >> okay. Cool. I kind of like the exemption and as a parent, you know, we get a letter sent home that you got to sign before they exempt that's got the grade on there so you know where they're at. Um, but I miss Beverly. It's something to work forward to. And I know for
061my son, you know, he's got up some mornings and I felt great. He said, "Dad, I can't miss I can't miss I got to have my attendance so I can exempt my exam." Where, you know, if there's nothing to work for, you know, I can see him saying, "I don't feel good. I'm sick. You know, I don't want to go to school." Um, you know, I just think it's something for them to work for. Maybe we change the stipulations of it. They got to have a A and that's the only grade they can exempt with attendance. Um, maybe the Bes and C's can't exempt anymore, but you know, I think taking it all the way off the table doesn't give them something to work for because a lot of kids look forward to it. >>
062Well, it's past practice of what you've been exposed to, what you've been used to. Just like the caveat, what difference does it make if I had an out of school suspension? What difference does that make? >> Now, nothing, you know, >> but that's what I'm saying. What difference does it make? But that's what one of the stipulations is. And you know, we can go back and forth this all day long. I'm not there. You are not there. But the board makes decisions based upon recommendations that we get from the schools. Like I said, I'm old school. I never believed in it. And uh I have been days at the high school where half over half of the class was not there because they got exempt. Yes sir. >> Yes. >> And one day someone I
063was having a conversation about this exemption thing to work at another school system. They almost laughed at the school system. They can't do it. My thing these kids are going up to college. They ain't going to get exempt from your exam. Come on now. You setting them up >> and even if they're not going to college there's exams you're going to take for certification and job. you that just don't get opted out of everything. >> You still want to push your kid to do the best they can to make the A's, but you don't say you can make that A because I'm going to be exempt from an exam. >> Okay. So it's a concern the conversation say just have to wear if it's a only I mean I don't know >> but but the
064schools saying no exams at 9 through 11 because it >> I will say I know first semester was tough >> tough >> the communications and the way it happened >> I think everybody learned >> the first semester because second semester was very smooth >> right we knew a little bit in advance as a parent to sign the form to see where the grades were and to know if you wanted your kid to exempt uh and what was going to happen. So, um you know, if I was looking at what happened first first semester, I would say absolutely not. But second semester was very smooth. Um but I do think I mean people could exempt all the way down to a C right before. And so I I'm not sure I like that because to Miss
065Blackwell's point, you know, even though the parents got to sign it, we know some things get signed that don't really come home. But, you know, I don't like to see and I'm not sure I like to be. But I do think if they get I like this criteria that's on here for the seniors, but can that not be all grades? I have I was not in the conversation the last conversation about this at the high school because the leadership team met and discussed this. So it's >> I I'm not I can't speak eloquently on it because I wasn't in that meeting but I knew that conversation this was a heated topic with staff u before even but before the first exam this was a tough one because of the record keeping I liked because it
066it required us to hold off accountable it awarded those kind pieces but um the leadership team has come up with this and I'm not privileged to what all the conversation discussion was because I wasn't Well, I will say and I had this conversation with you first semester. I was not a fan of the attendance part. >> But but after I watched it, >> it made >> I'm a fan of the attendance part. I think that should be part of this too because there's no attendance. There's no attendance thing in here, >> right? >> It's just out of school suspension. >> Yeah. A lot of other a lot of other school districts don't have exam exemption. So, but they did one pause. So if I I know we were looking at some other schools similar to
067our demographics and areas because we try to find comparative schools that was being done prior to me coming and so um I just I can I can I can get some information be it be but this is this is their recommendation what they want to have happen just that's where we are. >> So how do we what do we do? Do we make a motion on that part of what they want or how do we how do we uh do that? I like the no exam exemption. I have one question. >> Well, answer your question. Like I said before, you can make a motion on anything you want to. >> Okay. >> This one right here is the recommendation they're making. I think they've had a lot of feedback. That's what people feel. >> But
068this recommendation >> uh because and I'll ask you and I'll ask y'all what is out of school suspension got to do with >> nothing whatsoever in my opinion. >> Behavior. >> I think it's got a lot to do. >> What it got to do with exam? >> A lot. that's gonna make me behave so I can get >> No, you're putting a stipulation on them. You can't be suspended from school. For example, I have had kids, and y'all have seen it, too, that could make a A on every exam. Don't even come to school. >> You've seen that. That's not going to change. Is that a reward because you can do that? You got some kids that need to take that exam to get to, you know, point A or point B. Uh, let let
069me ask you a question. Does PCC exempt them? >> No, they don't. >> They don't do it. >> Yeah. Then >> I was going to say I like what Mr. Little's saying because and then off what Miss Blackwell said, if I have a A in that class, that exam is not going to matter. It's not going to make my grade any higher than a A. >> Yes, it will. Yes, it will. Because the exam counts 20% of the grade. So what you get um the first quarters of it that's only 80%. I mean just on on the same page you'll see um >> 100% that class >> on you have 100 on that class but that's only 80% of the class. If you look at the um on page 26 >> uh the quarters equal
07080% of the grade and then the exam is 20% of the grade. So they got a a prior to they take the exam and be like I don't care it's going on negative impact but if they truly to earn the A they should do well on the exam. >> Yes. >> You see what I mean? So I I don't I don't want the misconception that >> It's automatic because the numbers got to add. >> Gota. >> Okay. >> Mr. Mr. You think it could be a compromise that we had the the A and the attendance in there? If the attendance is in there, the out of school suspension will take care of itself, right? Because if you get suspended for three days and you got the and if you get one day, I understand >>
071out of school suspension, but three days out of school suspension is back there anyway. >> Okay. All right. We can go back and forth. >> I got a motion. >> Go ahead. I'd like to make a motion that there be no exam exemptions for students who are in grades 9 through 11 >> 9 through 11. >> Well, I was reading what's right here because the seniors must have no out of school suspension. So that's seniors too. >> So yours are 9 through 11. >> There are no exam exemptions for students who are in grades 9 through 11. Second to that motion second discussion. >> So I just guess I don't understand why we going to let seniors do it and nobody else. It's the same thing. I mean all the things we're talking about is
072the same for all kids. So I just don't understand why we would let seniors in not 9 through 11 if they got A's. >> Part of I think part of the rationale behind that is um again a little backstory. One of the reasons we I highlight Bley senior high school is to was to make people work on becoming a senior. You have to understand when first came to Bley High School 76% of our students were graduating on time. So we were trying to do a push to get them to the senior year because if you get them past that 10th that ninth 10th grade year that success rate goes up significantly. But that success rate is attributed to attendance, good grades, not getting in trouble. So the whole piece of this was to support um
073good work ethic, good attendance, good academics as we move forward. So that's why the exam exemption changed as an attendant because attendance at the high school when I first got there. We had a lot of students who are chronically absent but their attendance rate dropout rate things have improved because of some of the practice put in place. So it it's more like a gradual release of getting to raise in the bar for our students so that it there's all so for seniors because you know seniors at some point time is culture of school while that senior year is a year of more activities and events and things of sort because it's your last year to come 13 years you've been in school and so um trying to kind of keep that piece I think that's
074that would be my thinking behind that for seniors because seniors are senior Um but you know I just wanted to add that piece of nugget that this is not about um status. This is about focus on academics and attendance kind of thing and those kinds of things. >> Okay. Yes sir. >> But again all the things we've said here and said all the things Miss Blackwell said about the C and taking it home it applies to seniors too. So I mean we're it's a double thing here. We're using a double standard with any >> just clean up. Make sure I understand. You said grades 9 through 11. >> Correct. >> Okay. All right. The motion is to exempt from 9 through 11. >> No exemptions. Okay. Everybody click. All right. Motion has been made. It's
075been second. Had discussion. All those in favor of that motion raise your hand. All oppose. Motion fails. 43. Sharon, I would like to make a motion. >> All right. >> I would like to make a motion that senior exam that exam exemptions are for all students grade 9 through 12 with this criteria except I would like the absent thing put back in. I think it was Yes, ma'am. >> I got a question. >> Wait a minute. Wait a minute. >> You got to finish your motion first. I would like I mean we can agree on it but I would like the um attendance to be put back in. >> I think it was four days last year for A. Is that correct? >> two days. Okay. >> I think it was four for A. >>
076You had more for an A. >> Okay. >> Perfect tendence for a C somewhere between my eyes. I pull it up because I I can't >> use what it was. >> Whatever the criteria was last year, but only a B and C would not be exempt. >> Okay. Is there a second to that motion? >> I got a question. Second. >> Be a second first, then you can. Is there a second to that motion? >> Anybody? >> I'll second. >> You second. All right. Discussion now. >> Is the reason that um the staff didn't implement the days that the the kids were absent? Was it a big headache for the staff to keep up with that? >> Oh, it's a bunch of work. I mean, it's a bunch of work for the teacher. I it's
077work around. But the hardest part was when we started getting the excused absent unexcused absences. I mean that was that was no I mean it's the work we do but just to make sure we clean it up to really help with attendance and pieces. So um I knew it was a lot of work. That's why I think that first semester fall was a little rougher because it was new but then there were things we put in place for second people kind of understood the white behind and the weather in the fall didn't help us at all because of the days. So, do you feel like we should take that caveat out? I mean, I'm not trying to make it harder on teachers, but I did see it increased attendance even with some of my son's
078friends talking about, you know, during hunting days. I can't miss no day to hunt because I got to I got to be at school. So, I I see both sides of it, but I'm not want to make it crazy hard on teachers. >> It's going to be more work. >> In order to do your take if you want to do that. >> Okay. >> So, can I remember? I got a question. >> Yes, a minute. Question. Go ahead. >> All right. Well, the tenants I mean the tenants got to be taken anyway, right? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. All right. Well, I see both sides of that because if I'm actually in the hospital, the way we're writing it, regardless if I'm in the hospital or whatever it is, which is excuse absent, that's still
079going to stop me from being able to for my exam even if I got a a correct. >> So, previously, if there was a medical hardship, >> we required documentation to be submitted to support that. So if a student was hospitalized, if there was a medical hardship, um we knew about it because most of the time we worked conjunct with the nurses >> and the nurse most of the time when that kind of happened the nurse knew about it. Um and then we just confirmed those pieces. So we had a hardship form that was fill out so that because it's not it's unexcused. No, it's absences and so because composter attendance law say you got to be in school certain amount because the pol because our policy is pretty straightforward on tenants. Um, so that's
080why we put those places in because I I recall with that policy we looked at examining looked at the policy and made align with that. >> So y'all y'all are starting a domino effect. You start this you start because you know that was one of the things that that I got last you know is my kid had unexcused absence because they were sick. But I think parents didn't understand, you know, just because it was an excused absence versus unexcused, right, >> that it still counted against you. >> Okay. I'm sorry, McGee. >> So, are we worried about absences or grades? I mean, you kind of sound like >> Well, no, that have if you put the absence in there, even though I got a A and I missed four days, then you got absence. >>
081Well, you can miss four days and still get an A. Yes, that's what he was saying. That's what I was questioning him. If I had if I was in the hospital, how could you? Well, >> you could not be in the hospital and still >> Well, if I'm in a car right now, >> this past year, if you miss four days, >> if you miss four days, you had to take the exam. >> Yeah, >> unless it was >> excuse that was like a hospital or something, you still had to report and take the exam. >> So, it helped attendance, but I do understand how hard it is for a teacher. So, >> do you want to revise the side? >> So, Mr. Chairman, I would like to amend my motion to read exactly as
082it is here except we would do grades 9 through 11. No attendance. Okay, you read second. Second that, M. Any further discussion on that? All right, Connie, make sure I got it right. That uh I mean motion is 9 through 11. >> Yep. With these terms. >> With these terms in the policy. >> In the policy. >> Yes. No attendance. >> No attendance. All right. It's been properly second. That's the motion. >> What could you could you state what the terms are in the motion, please? >> Just exactly like it read. >> Exactly. >> Except it'll be grades 9 through 12. >> So, A in the class, no school suspension. >> You got it. You clear? >> Yeah, it's got to be. Got to be a All right. No further discussion that all in favor
083that must raise your hand. Opposed? Motion passes five to two. All right. Thank you. Is anything else, Mr. Stokes in there? >> I'm sorry. >> Page 39. Parking. >> All right. >> Very first bulletin. Students must park in. >> Okay. >> Well, you know, last year I think we had on a piece of paper that I seen early, we had 75 people students. you go by there, you wouldn't count the 10 people in their designated number of spots. >> Okay? >> Because kids was parked everywhere, >> right? >> How are we going to correct that this year? >> Uh simple. The school's working on numbering the other parking spaces on other side in front of the gym. >> Um that they're working on stencils to do to do so. Um because the concern with the
084um safety security is if sometime when they park way over there, they got to walk over. It just makes sense to be by my next and so um they're working on numbering the parking spaces already to square a warehouse work make stencils. That's why that changes there. >> All right. >> I like that because that was my next one that that wall was not safe to me. >> Okay. >> Long. >> Yeah. >> Cold anything. >> Anything else? M do you have anything else that you know? Anybody else have anything by >> All right, just to recap, we're going to bring back at the next meeting the 28th the policy about uh that we have address etc. and then we'll make a decision on that. >> Okay. >> And then and once that's decided whatever
085that decision is we go to >> there you go. >> Other question on that. Why could we not go ahead and vote on that? Can we not vote on that? So they can >> we can approve We can approve elementary and D >> approve elementary and D >> and just hold on the high school. >> So not high school. >> I make a motion that we approve the elementary and the middle school handbook. >> Miss Smith second. Any discussion? If not, the motion is to approve the elementary and the middle school handbooks. All in favor of that motion, raise your hand. Opposed? Motion's car 70. Thank you. All right. Uh item I added number six, the civic center. Um question. She want to answer this question. Miss McGee, if you wanted to rent the civic
086center for a function August the 1. >> Could you do it? >> Based on experience of people who have asked me this question, no. >> Okay, everybody aware of that. Okay, that's why I asked it that way. in the policy when school closes in the aftermath of cleaning etc etc you cannot schedule an event until after October one reason I'm bringing this up to you I was hit by this last week an individual was trying to rent the civic center for September the 6th according to the policy answer is no so I got in kind of caught in the middle. I said I need to discuss this with the board. I'm not asking you to change anything. I'm just making you aware. For example, suppose, like I said, Miss McGee, that you want to have
087a function August the 1st. My thing was if it was available and clean and nobody wanted it, school's not back in, what is the problem? This is something I think we may need to take a look at a work session because you got to have some guidelines. You got to have some guidelines because if you don't, you're going to warn yourself in to some trouble. All right? School comes back in in August. All right? Schools are asked to give their dates and you know and I know they may not have all their dates, but they going to have majority of them because I remember when Mr. Folks was there. If you got to Mr. folks and gave them all your dates, you got them. You see, don't have any conflict. And the problem would be,
088hey, the middle school wants to have graduation on June the 1st. No, Stony Creek's got that on that date. You see, we want to make sure we f everybody. And I wanted to bring that to you because that is the policy now. And if you want to go back and read it, it policy is 5031. 5031. And I told the individual I would bring it to the board uh for you to have just input of it, you know, to know about it because you may get hit the same way. You know, why can't I? Why can't I? >> Yes, sir. >> So, you saying that this civic center can't be rented from which day to October 1st? close the school the way the policy raised to October after October. >> So, so and I was
089thinking too, I thought you the policy was changed that the large auditorium wouldn't be used unless it was for fixed seat and >> no once we got everything fixed. We had that discussion back before because we couldn't get the seaside and everything pulling back and forth in that was causing a problem because a lot of people have options now small auditorium they have the PD room that's available now but most people large group they want the large auditorium >> and at the time we were having problem getting the seats backing in but to me that's not a problem now but scheduling in advance is what people want to do you see but I want to make y'all aware of that. So, >> I'm sorry. >> So, by doing that, are we losing revenue? >> You
090could be. >> You definitely would. That's money you're not going to get. >> Yes, M. Black. >> I thought that um I didn't remember that it became policy. I thought that it was bought up last year because we had new uh principles, new staff, and we wanted to give them time to get in from until that October the 1st that that's what I recall. I didn't know that that date went in on the policy because we had some new staff people and they want, you know, wanted to give them a chance to look go back to their schools and see when they were going to be able to use the civic center because they may not have known when we met in July. So, I didn't realize that that date went in on our policy
091state, >> but that was the rationale. That's how we got October the 1st. It was dealing with principles, giving the principles an opportunity to let us know what their schedules were going to be for that year. >> True. But the public doesn't know that. >> Well, that's why I'm saying it is being reported, right? >> Yeah. Okay. >> So, this was done July last revision was July 29th, 2024. what I'm saying but that was the rationale was because we had new principles and we given them that time I didn't know that it became a policy >> and see my thing about it is let's say we do that's what we're doing but let's say nothing is done on that day that the person requested you follow on that >> that was what that yeah how
092that came about >> Joe I mean it's a double-edged sword we're trying to give our schools time to put their stuff on the counter so we decided to freeze it so they can get on the calendar first because we had so many dance companies and things like that written in the spring that we were our people weren't able to get what they needed like graduations and all that. But I also understand you know but if we don't freeze it then folks are going to book it and we're going to be in the same situation. So I don't know what the what the answer is to to >> but couldn't you not freeze in July in the first part of August because no school is in any school's out. So it was like people in the
093summer who wanted to have a little event at the city center couldn't do it because we were froze. >> I think they can book in the summer before we get out of school. They put the September schools back then. It was like we couldn't I was told that you couldn't book before July one. You couldn't book anything to after the start of the year, but if you wanted in July, school isn't even in session in July. Why would you let people rent the city center? >> That's why I said it was only I didn't know it became policy. It was only end of school year to October. That's the whole end of the summer that you could have weddings, receptions, >> whatever. want to bring that's why I want to bring to your attention and
094hopefully in a upcoming work session we can address this because like we said revenue is being lost that you could do >> because schools are probably not going to do much in September you know they're not going to do nothing in August >> July and August got days >> oh I understand that in August we use and and if I'm just saying if the school calendar changes and we start school early in August could be different could be different. I mean I'm just putting so I think it I was in the plan but I think it was put there to kind of just put things at still also not put for the the the small limited staff we have that's operating trying to clean the schools. Then we gota try to get them to to
095work on this that and the other because >> yeah and maint and if we got something we need to fix that that's a good time for us to plan a time fix it was available >> just FYI want to make you aware in case somebody hit you with that all right that's all I had number six all right superintendent update >> so in your packet you guys have the back to school schedule for the fall it it is in draft mode um just wanted to I like that it is a lot going on. It's a busy time. Now, you can read this calendar a little differently. There's the all district, there's the all district events, then it's broken down by middle and high school and there broken down by elementary school. For your purposes, I
096would think you do better looking at elementary, middle, high school because all district events can be very a little more confusing. Okay. So, this is the draft of infinite campus training, a nursing training. This is a lot of the all the training back to school as we prepare for a phenomenal 25 26 school year. Um staff is working very hard to get this together and get this out. We're looking to go ahead and share this out with our with staff so that they know what's happening, what's going on, but I didn't I want to make sure that you had it as well >> so they understand. >> It's about three or four sheets. I have high school. >> You don't go too far. [Music] >> Yeah. the color sheets. Yeah, she ain't got the color
097sheets >> right in front. >> Okay. >> I don't think she got Okay. All right. All right. Anything else? No. So um just want people understand just see look at the dates Monday the 18th convocation um open house is the uh 21st um I had the u pleasure of attending some things this past week um the back to school community giveaway um that we partner with other agencies is going to be scheduled on the 23rd um at the rec center um casual county school we'll partner with that once we get the fly from them we'll um getting information out. So, as far as my other updates, I just want to say that district and school staff are working together to ensure a smooth opening for the 2526 school year. As we prepare for the I
098wanted to share this calendar with you so that we can place on our website and look forward to the fall dates. Faculty and staff return August 18th and we will host competition for all staff on 18th in the civic center. Open house is from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. for all schools. If a family has a scheduling conflict with that open house schedule, I already talked to principles. Please contact the school to see if they can work something out because we understand some of the challenges of having the open house on the one day. Um, Castle County Schools and NCDPI will be hosting a stakeholder meeting July 28th um 2025. Um, this will be facilitated by a team of central office staff. If anyone's interested in attending this stakeholder meeting, please contact Miss Connie Kimmer so
099we can get information to you. I know we have a board meeting that day as well, but this is to kind of help us um kind of be sure that we are in align with all our NCDPI um guidelines as well as federal program and those things. I think it's good information, good opportunity for us to partner with the community. So, they understand the why behind some things that we do. >> When is that? >> That's the July 28th. >> July 28th. uh caval county schools also want to send our heartfelt wishes to those impacted by recent storms locally and across our country. We are seeking opportunity to how we can assist families in the process because we have families that have lost things and so it is a good opportunity for our kids to
100learn about service um and to help those who have lost things. So we'll be looking to partner with some things locally and nationally those in Texas etc. Um, I also want to thank the Stone Creek AM Church for their invitation to that service. It was it was a great event getting so many elected officials together supporting a great way to engage with our community and connect with our citizens. Also, in close, I'd like to recognize all C County employees and students who have a birthday in the month of July. And so this month, I'd like to recognize our chair who has a birthday in the month of July. And so, moving forward each month, the first meeting, we will recognize birthdays um just to show that we care about the entire organization. And nothing wrong
101with saying happy birthday to folk at that time because birthday is our precious gift. Those are all the superintendent updates I have. I go to you. Very nice. Okay. Board member comments back. >> Um I also like to say you know Stony Creek am church thank you for inviting us. Um, also I'm on the Farmers Lake board and I'm hoping Sto you'll get a flyer probably this week that maybe we can share. It's August the 16th if any member would like to come, you know, be there by 8:00 if you like to help out some made some hooks or any organization, churches or any of our school FFA, anybody that needs um our time, they are we are asking them to come. >> What's your date again? August the 16th. >> What's the event? >>
102It's Farmer's Lake Fishing Day. >> Okay. Thanks. >> We provide lunch also and the kids all get a free fishing pole. >> Oh, >> and bait. >> You get to fly. Would you share with us? >> Sure. >> Okay, Miss N. >> Um Oh, the I attended the service at Sun Creek yesterday. I guess thanks to Tasha Miles for the invite and it was well attended by our board. Um the sheriff was there and commissioners and school board people from Miss >> Alam. Yeah. >> And then I guess some and some attorneys from Alamance also. >> I enjoyed going to church with um fellow board members on Sunday. That was a blessing. Also just ask that the board and um the staff remember the family of Tony Dabs. He passed away unexpectedly July 3rd. and
103his family, the dad's family is very instrumental in helping with our special Olympics. >> I attended um church with at the Stony Creek and um it was well attended and it was nice to see um meeting other school board members as well that was so close. So, it goes to show that uh your church can be in Casville County, but your members can be throughout. And so, uh she did, Miss Miles did a great job on bringing the uh elected officials together. I also attended yesterday and they they they did this once I think three three years ago and at that time there was only two people there myself and Pat >> Simpson >> fac Simpson >> Simpson from Alamance and now that has grown and I think that's a good community thing because they
104want to know who their representatives were so good all right being said with that I move that the casual County Board of Public Education going to close session for the purpose of considering a personnel action that involves an officer or employee of this board NC general statute 143 through18.116 and for the purpose of discussing information that is privileged confidential not a public record NC general statute 143 318.11 premises one and to confer with a motion to that Miss Begley Miss Any discussion? If not, the motion is to go into close session.