001and call this meeting for August the 11th, 2005 to order. Uh at this time, I would ask uh Derek Kaiser with Elizabeth Baptist Church if he would come and give us an invitation, please. >> Thank you'all for the opportunity. I have a wife and a student in Cleveland County Schools. I appreciate what y'all are doing. >> Let's pray. Father God, we thank you for the opportunity to be here this morning to open up this school year in prayer. Lord God, we pray for everyone in this room that makes decisions for the students and teachers that are under their care. I pray for their wisdom, just that you would give them wisdom as they make those decisions. I pray for protection for the students and the the teachers and just a great year of school, Lord.
002Pray for health and protection, Lord. And I just pray for every student that walks through those doors that they feel cared for, Lord. It's in your name we pray. Amen. >> Amen. Thank you. Mr. Sparland, if you would lead us in a >> pledge, >> please stand. >> Salute. Pledge algiance 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. >> All right. At this time, I'll call on Dr. Karen Sumner with the NCCAT Deputy Executive Director for some special recognition. [Applause] >> Well, good evening, Superintendent Fischer and members of the Cleveland County Schools Board of Education. Um, we got Let's see. Betina White, would you go ahead and looking forward to this time. We want you
003to have lots of time in the spotlight here. So, just let us celebrate you for a few minutes. On behalf of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, it is my privilege to announce that Tina White, a health sciences teacher at Kings Mountain High School, has been selected as a finalist for the ENCAT 2026 Burough's Welcome Fund North Carolina Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year Award. The competition does not involve you having to remember that 40word name. For the record, this recognition highlights Miss White's contributions to CTE instruction and her impact on the students and community here in Cleveland County. I would like to recognize Melissa Wilson, principal um her um principal at Kings Mountain High School, and Rhonda Benfield, the CT director here in Cleveland County Schools for their support
004of Miss White as well. It takes a village. The CTE teacher of the year award was established to celebrate the innovation, leadership, and dedication of CTE educators across North Carolina. This award honors teachers who exempl exemplify the highest standards of excellence in preparing students for both college and career pathways and supporting workforce development. Miss White will be attending a week of professional development with her fellow finalist in December where interviews and portfolio review will be conducted by a panel of judges from across the state to determine the next CTE teacher of the year. On December 4th, INCAT will celebrate all finalists and announce the winner at a recognition event at the Corey Convention Center in Greensboro. At INCAT, we are committed to advancing teaching as an art and a profession, and we're thrilled to celebrate
005Miss Dina White as a shining example of this mission. I would like to recognize as well Robert Bowers, you want to come forward from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, CTE Department. We really appreciate you being here to join us as well this evening. If you will please um join me in congratulating Tina White on this outstanding achievement and we are pleased to provide you with this certificate recognizing you as an INCAT 2026 Burough's Welcome Fund North Carolina Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year finalist. And I'd like to read this certificate. Um, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching presents 2026 Burough's Welcome Fund North Carolina Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year finalist, Tina White. Um, Kings Mountain High School, Cleveland County Schools, and it's signed by Dr.
006Brock Wall, the executive director of INCAT. Alfred Maize, um, senior program officer at Burough's Welcome Fund, Superintendent Mo Green, state superintendent of North Carolina public schools, and John Kurtman, the executive director for NCACT. So, Tina, [Applause] Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. Thank you. At this time, uh, next on the agenda is the adoption of the agenda. Do I have a motion uh to adopt the agenda? >> Make a motion to adopt. >> I heard Mr. Humphre. Then I heard Mr. Bridges. All in favor? >> All right. Um, at this time I just uh wanted to share something with the board. Uh, this is for information only. Uh, something I've been thinking about for a long time. Uh, something I wanted to do at the beginning of a school year. Uh, probably come up
007with this idea. I think I mentioned it to somebody back in February or or January, but u this evening I wanted to share about an issue that's been near and dear to my heart for many years. For those of you who know me, I've been in was with law enforcement for over 30 years of experience and many of those which I served as the SRO or led the SRO program. Two issues really stood out to me and began a focus of my career. Cell phone awareness and bullying. As you're aware, we are we were a leader in the state in the introduction of a cell phone policy last year. And now I'd like to propose an anti-bullying campaign. I have done extensive research on both these topics. My research and review of numerous numerous studies
008that demonstrated that a positive environment and peer support is paramount. Proactive intervention where students are taught to speak out and step up to bullying has dramatically reduced future instances often up to 50%. This isn't just another conversation about bullying. It's about continuing to c cultivate a culture of excellence, of empathy, and of kindness. My goal of proposing the Stand Up for Kindness anti-bullying recognition program is to encourage our students to believe in their own problem-solving abilities and to reward students who actively stand up for others, promote respectful conversations, and help create a positive school climate. Nominations will be submitted quarterly by our principles or their days at knee. Those students will be recognized and their nomination application will be reviewed by a panel this spring who will select an outstanding student at the end of
009the year to receive $500 for stand up for kindness award. I am committed to uh putting up the first $500. If any business leader or school board member would like to contribute, please contact the educational foundation to support for your support for this campaign. It is not my intention to create just one more thing for our teachers and administrators to do. This program is designed to provide support and highlight the work that team CCS is doing to foster compassion school environment. With that said, I want our school leaders to know that this participation is voluntary. As a special note, I want to thank Miss Sandy Hammock who's here tonight and Miss Ashley Hooks for their help and support and assist me insisting me assisting me, excuse me, putting this stand up for kindness campaign together.
010Thank you. All right. Next is the approval of the minutes. Uh with no objection, uh we'll take all let's see one, two, three at one time. Make a motion. Motion by Mr. Bridges, >> second by Mr. Grigg. All those in favor? That's 80. That just brought me to this. Um, I forgot to mention it the first, but if you would keep Mr. David Fisher in your thoughts and prayers. Uh, he had some surgery this morning and I'm sure he would appreciate that. >> Dr. Fish, I've not heard. I reached out to him. He >> Thank you. >> We got a Musl employee that got struck by lightning. You You might That would be a good time to go ahead and bring that up and keep him in. >> Do you Yeah. Do you know his
011name? >> Dr. Piser can answer that. >> Taylor Crosby. Taylor Crosby. If uh you would uh That's a county school employee. Did you say got struck by lightning? >> Yeah. Decus. >> Maintenance. Maintenance. Okay. All right. Thank you, Mr. Blandon. Uh, anybody else? I I hope that's I mean I don't mean that in a bad way, but I hope that's all. All right, finance and personnel. Uh, there was Excuse me. >> You made a report. >> Oh, yeah. There is no report. Uh, so we got uh two items that we're going to need to vote on. We will need a motion in a second uh on the attachments from the uh the health department. You should have had those. Uh Dr. Fisher, you got anyone want to say anything about that or they stand stand
012on their own? Okay. All right. >> Two documents there, but there's just one approval. >> Okay. One approval. Okay. I was reading the thing here. It said two attachments. Okay. >> It shows you is there's an invoice and then there's a document that provides the background between the invoice. So it is just the the uh school health invoice for uh 25 26 school. >> Okay. All right. >> Motion to approve. >> Okay. Mr. Sperlin and I hear Mr. Bridges. Uh all those in favor that also is 8 to zero. Thank you. Uh personnel report. Uh y'all have the personnel report. Do I >> I see what did I have any folks on that? >> Mr. Bridges makes a motion. >> Second by Mr. Humphre. Any discussion? You good? >> Yeah. >> All right. All those
013in favor? That will be 8 to zero. All right. Safety and operations. The July 28th safety and operations committee meeting was called to order by committee member Danny Blandon. Ginger Jackson provided a safety update for from technology related to the cameras and summer installation. David Ples shared that Daniel How is attending the state and safety state safety conference this week. Uh David Ples shared that no changes have occurred related to the DMV concerns and and drivers education. Scott Patterson shared safety information with law enforcement agencies. There were no agency reports. Brian McClung shared a list of surplus vehicles that were DWI seizure seizure vehicles. The committee approved the SE surplus list to go to the full board for approval at their August meeting. Jamie Courier shared a list of surplus school nutrition items. All of
014these items are no longer needed due to being broken, not meeting school nutrition guidelines, or being worn out and old. The committee discussed the list and approved it to go to the full board for approval in August. Dr. Fiser shared some property inquiries that have been received. The committee discussed the inquiries. The district is not interested in selling any property at this time. The and the committee agreed. Dr. Fiser shared feedback he has received related to the safety and operation goals for the new strategic plan. The committee discussed the goals and priorities. Dr. Wampler shared the roofing bids for Kings Mountain High Schools are due on August 5th, 2025. As results, the bids will be brought to the full board for review and a recommendation related to the project will be brought to brought by
015maintenance at their August meeting. With no new b business, the meeting was adjourned. Next safety meeting, safety and operations committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 25th, 2025 at 11:45 a.m. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Sperling. Uh, nothing against you, Mr. Sperling, but Mr. Blandon led that meeting as vice chair, and that was probably the fastest meeting. You done excellent. Appreciate the job you did. I mean, that was smooth and fast. Uh but anyway, uh we have two items. Uh the transportation surplus vehicles and the child nutrition surplus. Uh we we'll need a both items, I'm sorry, do come from committee. So is any discussion on that? All right. All those in favor? >> I'll make a motion. >> We don't need we came from committee. >> All right. That's eight to zero. All right. Now
016on the agenda is the Kings Mountain roofing. uh bids. Uh Miss Wampler, Dr. Wampler, good evening. I think you have a copy of the roofing bids. You can see for Kings Mountain High School, there are two sections of the roofing uh bids due to the two different type of roofs on the campus. Part one uh is for the flat deck roof flat deck roofing on the main building and the bit building. You can see the uh bids that we received. Uh it is our recommendation that we go with the lowest bid. In addition to that, we recommend that we go with both addendums. The addendum one adds new metal fascia system to the outside roof perimeter of the main building and addendum two adds a new gutter and downspout system to the bit building. Uh
017you can see our recommendation is to go with NBA construction uh along with adding a 10% contingency. you can see what the contingency would be used for, which would make the total recommended um bid or price for that project $749,912. Then the next section, part two, deals with shingle roofing for the mobile classrooms. There are three of those. And then uh some of the athletic buildings, you can see the lowest price for that one came from CPS Construction. We recommend using um that base bid and adding a 5% contingency for any plywood damage which the addendum was related to. Uh which made that total one 113,557. Putting those two uh together, the total bid for the roofing uh at Kings Mountain High School would be $863,469. >> I got a question. >> Okay. Are you
018>> Yeah. >> Okay. Go ahead. >> I got a question. No, to you. >> Okay. Um, this summer, uh, my grandson worked for one of those companies. Do I need to excuse myself from, uh, voting on that? Because somebody wrote me a great anominous letter and said that I had a good friend. Well, I had a grandson that worked for worked for that, worked for one of those companies and but just for the summer. His last day was Friday and uh he's going back to Kings Mountain High School. Uh do I need uh I might that might be an attorney a question? >> Yeah. Let me ask the attorney. Does he need to recuse himself? >> Was it one of the companies that's receiving the bid? >> Yes. >> Out of abundance of a caution.
019Yes. >> Okay. I'll excuse myself from that because he don't work for him now, but >> Okay. We'll do it just >> just to be safe. How's that? >> Yeah, because there's a gentleman >> or somebody sent me a great letter. >> Okay. >> They probably gonna get to hear me read it. Uh they want me to resign. >> Okay. All right. At this uh at this time, uh I I think I'm to the point where I need a motion. >> All right. All right. Did you get that, Mr. Mr. Rumpre and Mr. Bridges. Okay. All those in >> Both parts. Yes. Yes. All those in favor? That's seven to zero. All right. Thank you. Uh, Educational Programs and Policy. Okay. The July 29th Educational Programs and Policy Committee meeting was called to order by
020committee chairman Ron Umpre. Dr. Steven Fischer reviewed the two policies up for approval in August, which are policy 8240, investments and policy policy 4312, technology responsible use. There were no additional questions or feedback. Dr. Fischer led review of policy 6500, goals and organization of equipment, materials, and suppi and supplies services. 6520 Use of equipment, materials and supplies. 6524 Network security, 6530 resource conservation, 6540 hazardous materials, and 6560 disposal of surplus properties. These policies were reviewed and discussed as part of the committee's ongoing review of board policy manual and are in the 6,000 section, which is support services. No changes were recommended to these policies by the committee. Dr. Brian Hunnel shared an instructional update. We received some good news related to federal funds that were previously frozen and are now being released. Dr. Hunnel also
021shared that this year, due to a state budget not being passed at this point, advanced placement testing will not be covered by the state budget. Due to the late nature of this notice and the importance of the exam, the district is planning to cover the cost of these exams which are required for students taking these courses. The committee discussed the situation and supported paying for AP student exams this year if state funds are not received. Dr. Hunnel gave an update on lead teachers and summer instructional training progress. Paula Peeler shared multiple documents from OSR preschool and head start program. Some were for board information and others for approval. Specifically, the financial reports for the past three months were for approval. Mrs. Peeler shared that a monitoring visit will occur this year related to the president's
022plan for Head Start of Make America Healthy Again. The committee approved all the documents shared for preschool and head start which will go to the full board for approval in August. Rhonda Benfield and Rhonda Brandt shared a CTE update related to proof of learning credentials, performance-based measures, and local assessments during the 2024-25 school year. Mrs. Benfield shared that CCS students have the opportunity to earn over 40 industry recognized credentials as part of our CTE program. The committee discussed the excellent work in CTE and through the workbased internships which is tremendous. Dr. Titus Hopper shared that CCS had received a three-year Gear Up grant for $650,000. Gear Up do for $650,000. Gear Up is a program for improving college and career readiness for students in 8th to 11th grade. Dr. Hopper shared dropout data and ways
023that Gear Up can support our efforts to reduce dropouts and increase student achievement. The committee supported this grant and efforts. Dr. Fiser shared feedback along with the draft goals and action steps related to policy and educational programs for the new strategic plan. The committee discussed goals and priorities. With no additional new business, the meeting was adjourned. The next educational and policy committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. >> Thank you, Miss Sherman. Next on the agenda is two policies for approval. Policy 8240 and excuse me and policies 30 3225 and 4312 and 7320. They do come from committee. Uh any discussion on those policies? All right. All in favor? That's eight to zero. Next also comes from committee is the head start items. Does anyone have any questions on that?
024Does come from committee. All those in favor? It's 8 to zero. Dr. Fiser. Thank you, Mr. chairman, members of the board, just like last month, I got a long time to talk tonight. Y'all did run through the first part of that quick, so I got a while. Um, >> summertime. So, just you can save it all for the fall. >> I definitely will. It has been a busy week. Uh, last week was busy around central services and throughout the county as teachers returned to work. Early college started back to school. We had a great week. Continued that today. Uh, beautiful outside. the sun shining now, but earlier today uh poured down rain as folks attended different trainings and had lots of things going on. Uh you've got the superintendent updates uh in front of you.
025On the back side is some information that I had provided to the star um early today about the start of school just for your information there. Just a reminder in case anybody's missed it, school starts on Wednesday. Uh again, we we're excited about the the 27 remaining schools starting early college started last Monday. We're excited about the first day of school on Wednesday. I will make my annual um jaunt around Cleveland County and hit all 28 schools that day. So um look looking forward to and excited about that. Um you I know you've heard this information and just like you've got a new student or you've got a new information system with diligent community has replaced board docs across our county been a big transition in terms of a new st student information system. Uh
026you will hear that and see the acronym NCCS. Uh and that is the North Carolina student information system. That is where all of our student information is housed. It used to be powers school. Power school is gone. We we no longer have power school. That new program is infinite campus. Um our Peggy Wheeler has done a tremendous job of leading that conversion. uh as head of our student service our uh student information uh team uh Ginger Jackson and our technology uh folks have done a wonderful job of supporting that effort. Uh we're in a good spot where we are uh really lots of good things to report. Still a new system. It's like a new car working out the the the kinks and and all those challenges and there will be some challenges. One of
027the things that we really pushed over years is getting the parent hooked up with powers school and the parent portal there. Uh and now we're that recycling that with Infinite Campus to make sure that our parents get logged into Infinite Campus, get their information there. That way they can check their students grades. There is a lot of communication abilities that we have with Infinite with Infinite Campus with NCCS that that we'll need to do. So you will uh if you visited um our back to school bash, we had other a couple weeks ago an effort to do some of that there in orientations. you've continued to do that to get folks uh hooked up with that NCIS and Infinite campus. So again, if you hear some uh grumblings on that, that's just there are some
028growing pains. Um infinite campus is not something that we chose. It's not a movement, but it is a movement all across the state. So um things are going well there. We do see a couple items uh in the future with board committee meetings. Labor Day board of education meeting. I would like to draw your attention to the outstanding educators banquet that's on Tuesday, September 9th. that is at Turkey Ridge uh that evening. Get more details. I believe those invitations sent to you on Friday on that with more specifics. Uh that's where we recognize our teacher of the year, teacher assistant of the year, principal of the year, bus driver of the year, custodian of the year, all those other year awards. Uh we recognize that night. The CACRO, that may be a new term for
029you. That's Sandy Hammer and Student Services College Fair is Wednesday, September 24th will be a big event for our district. and then that rolls us back around to committee meetings there at the end of September and in into October. Um so no additional information there. Just looking forward to a great start on Wednesday and appreciate all your support. >> All right. Thank you, Dr. Fischer. >> Next on the agenda is public participation. Mr. Bridges, would you read our rules, please? >> I sure will. Uh public comment should not address any specific confidential student or personnel matter. Specific concerns related to uh confidential student or personnel matter should be directed to the superintendent or designate. Uh comments must be relevant to the matters that are within the authority of the board. Speakers shall refrain from personal
030attacks or threats directed towards staff, elected board members or board members or members of the public. Uh speakers shall be courteous in their language and presentation. Insults, profanity, use of vulgar language or gestures or other inappropriate behaviors are not allowed. The board vests in its chair or other presiding officers authority to terminate the remarks of any individual and he or she does not adhere to these rules established above. Any person who willfully interrupts or disrupts a board meeting may be directed to leave the meeting by the presiding officer. Any person who refuses to leave may be prosecuted for disrupting a public meeting. Persons be appearing before the board are reminded as a point of information that the members of the Cleveland County Board of Education are without authority to act independently as individuals in official
031manners matters. Immediate answers are not generally possible and must be deferred pending investigation and consideration by the full board. >> Thank you, Mr. Bridges. I have one person that is signed up, Mr. Rob Pal. Good evening, Mr. Chairman, members of the board, Dr. Fiser. My name is Rod Powell, and I'm a retired high school history teacher with 30 years in the classroom. Now, I'm here tonight speaking on behalf of friends and colleagues who are now teaching in Cleveland County schools right now. Now, I've listened to their hopes and their frustrations, and I want to bring their voices to this room here. First, something positive. The recent zone convocation where Dr. Fisher celebrated each zone success was a bright spot for these people. Several teachers told me they left feeling energized and ready for the year.
032Folks, we need more moments like that. moments that lift morale and remind teachers they matter. But morale also comes from action. Teachers need you to be their advocates beyond these walls. Standing together before county commissioners, state legislatures, and even our US representative from district 14 to demand fair funding. Until that happens, underfunding will continue to erode our high schools and our classrooms. Now, the truth is our schools are underfunded. Teachers shouldn't have to hide wishlist for basic supplies out of fear that it'll make the district look bad. Everyone knows that this funding gap exists. Ignoring it doesn't make it go away. Now, retention is another urgent need. Too many great educators have left CCS Cleveland County Schools not because they wanted an easier job, but because they wanted to be energized, supported, and valued. I've
033heard from teachers who now drive 35 minutes each way to schools and other districts where their voices matter. That shouldn't be happening here. And finally, equity is not optional. You can't say every child matters when remaining silent when immigrant families worry whether their children are truly welcome and safe. That silence breaks trust. We all love Cleveland County Schools. We believe in its potential. But belief alone is not enough. As a retired teacher and as someone speaking for those still in the classroom, I urge you act boldly on funding, retention, equity, and public advocacy. If you show teachers you have their backs, they will give this community everything they have. Thank y'all. >> Thank you, Mr. Pal. At this time on the agenda, we have board comments. I'll start over here. Anybody over here? Oh, go
034ahead. >> I'd like to just say congratulations uh to our uh uh teacher CTE teacher on her nominee. Uh great job. Um CTE's near and dear to my heart as most of you know. Big supporter of our of our skills learning uh in Cleveland County. Uh and um I look forward to and I recommend the rest of the board or ask the rest of the board to join me at the outstanding educator banquet. Uh next month we will recognize our our outstanding teachers and bus drivers and custodians and everybody to be awarded there uh uplifting them. So uh and uh other than that, welcome back to school on uh Wednesday's a big day. Cleveland County for Cleveland County Schools. Uh look forward to seeing you all throughout the next year. >> Thank you, Mr. Sperland.
035>> Yes. Well, last week they had the meeting for all the staff at each one of the zones, uh Burns, Crest, Shelby, and Kings Mountain. I attended all four. Got just about the same speech from Dr. Fischer. He he was a headline speaker. uh and uh but he had a little different you know for each school because each school was a little different. So that was a great uh a great get together. There was a lot of people excited. The next thing is our kids come first in my book. Period. I've been that way for 13 or 14 years. our staff, our teachers is next and ever last taxpayer. I never went on behalf of getting the estimates at Bowling Springs School. I would like for this person that wrote this letter to feel I
036asked him to please give me a call. If he don't want to talk to me by myself, I'll meet him on his grounds and meet him with anyone that he wants to. because I didn't involve the board and the board didn't authorize me and it wasn't about the board. It was about the taxpayers of Cleveland County and Everlast Child. So, person that wrote this letter, feel free to call me at 704-477188 and I'll be glad to talk to you 24 hours a day. I'm always available. If I don't answer, I'll call you right back. Uh I hope we have a great year. Sounds like we are. And I guess it's going to be head on head first uh come Wednesday. Uh our resource officers, I think we've got a good group all the way around
037the way it looks. Um at all of our districts, our safety, our uh cameras uh careful. It's just it's just absolutely we've got your kids safe and we're going to do our best to keep them safe. Uh that's as far as I'm concerned and I I'm sure all the board members is uh is for us having good years and safety all the way across the board, our sports and everything. But please give me a call ever who wrote this letter because you might not know everything you're talking about in it. >> Thank you, Mr. Blandon. >> Just real quickly, it's wishing the entire tool school system a blessed and productive year coming up. And that's it. >> Thank you. >> All right, Mr. Bridge, >> just want to say uh hope that we have a
038good school year this year. I'm looking forward to the success that our team will bring to our students and community and um good luck with this year. I think we're going to have some good results um come back from our um tests and scores from this previous year. So, it looks like things are uh improving and and going to look good. So, I just want to say welcome back and I look forward to a good year. Thank you, >> Mr. Bridges and Mr. Grigg. Well, we ended up with a good 2025 year and I'm hoping that we can start out um with a good year this year. I want it to be a safe year. Hope all the teachers come back and everything is safe for everybody. And I also want to thank everybody that
039reached out and uh said a little prayer for me during the week stay in the hospital. I had a light heart attack and two stances implanted last week and um had a lot of people checking on me and I appreciate those people that did and um hope everybody will be safe this week. >> Thank you, Mr. Greg. I think we all can say we do hope you your health and concern keep you in our thoughts and our prayers, Miss Sherman. >> Okay. Hey, I wanted to congratulate um Tina White and um wish her the very best and hope she brings it home and um knows that I know that she will have um a good chance of winning and congratulations to all the other finalists. That's a big big recognition there. Also, I wanted to
040thank ENAT. Um, I haven't thought about INCAT for a while, but in I I was able to spend a week at ENAT when I was working on my national board in teaching and that was one of the best weeks of my career and um I want to thank um everyone that supports INAT. INCAT um is very important to our teachers and everyone that has the opportunity to to attend INAT. So, thank you. I hope that's something that can continue for many years. And also I want to wish everyone a wonderful beginning to the school year. I want to thank all the people that have worked the entire summer um to shine in those floors and um doing the things in the schools that no one sees unless you're there through the summer and you work
041very hard. So thank you to every department um operations, maintenance, it it takes everyone to get ready for Wednesday. And I want to thank the teachers. I know um you've been working overtime. I'm sure most teachers work this past weekend. Um it's like usually like a school day, the weekend before school starts. So, thank you for what you've done to prepare our administrators and um I wish you the very best beginning and also the hope this school year is our is the best we've had. So, the 2526 school year um is going to be a great one. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Sherman, Mr. just say congratulations to our CTE teacher uh finalist and uh hope that she does bring back the gold. Uh we're looking forward to that. Looking forward to a smooth
042first day beginning Wednesday. And to all teachers and to everyone, we uh wish you the very best. Uh, as I was coming to the meeting today, uh, notice teachers still at Union Elementary School. So, they don't have just a 8 to three or whatever we want to call it. It goes all day. And unless you're married to one, you don't realize how much time these teachers put in. They put in a lot. And uh it is something that we as a board I know uh acknowledge. We are very proud of what they do. Wish they didn't have to work all that much, but we certainly appreciate everything that they do. Uh looking forward to this year. Uh hope that we do have a great year and uh things go well and things are safe. Thank
043you. >> Thank you, Mr. effort. I'll just say ditto to whatever everyone has said and again if you hadn't heard school starts Wednesday. So, uh good luck to all the students. Uh best wishes to teachers, staff. There is a lot of energy going around. So, with that being said, I'll not keep us here and ask Mr. Bridges if he has a motion for close session. >> I've got a motion. uh North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11A3 to consult with our attorney and six for personal uh matter. >> All right, Mr. Bridg has made a motion. Do I have a second? Second. All those in favor? It's 8 to zero. All righty.