001Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Down. [Music] Down. [Music] That's mighty week. Good evening everyone. >> Good evening. >> That sounds better. Welcome to our October 13th meeting. The public can view this entire meeting at YouTube uh com Edgecom County Public School. So we just know when you stand up and talk you want to speak very clearly because we want the public to hear. All right. We will now declare and call this meeting to come to order. And we would ask everyone to stand as we recite our pledge of allegiance. I 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. >> Thank you. You may be seated. I hope everyone has had an opportunity to pick
002up an agenda. We will try to follow it to the best of our ability. It's the long agenda. Okay. We're at item number two, approval of our agenda. Does anybody have anything to add? Madam Chair, Madam Chair, I'd like to add an action item 8.5B approvement of payment for invoices and $27,000 architecture for design school. [Music] >> Okay. Could we hear a motion to approve the agenda as amended? >> Madame Chair, I move for the approval of the agenda as amended. Second has been moved and properly second that we will approve our agenda as amended. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I >> oppose the same sign. The motion carries. Thank you very kindly. Item three, recognitions. Miss Hulair, good evening, Mr.
003Vice Chair, other members of the board. Dr. Brian, I'm pleased to introduce our employee of the month for October. Stephanie Griffin is an accounting specialist in our finance department. According to finance director Dana How, Miss Griffin has been an invaluable member of the ECPS finance department, known for her unwavering can do and good attitude and her collaborative spirit that keeps everything running smoothly. Her deep knowledge and steady leadership have truly made her the glue that holds together both the Centrama's finance team and our ECPS bookkeepers. Stephanie approaches every task with humility, grace, and a genuine commitment to excellence. Qualities that have made her an irreplaceable member of our ECPS family. This recognition is especially meaningful as Stephanie prepares to retire at the end of this month. After many years of dedicated service to our school,
004schools, staff, and students. Thank you, Stephanie, for your extraordinary contributions. We all wish you the joy and relaxation that you so richly deserve in your retirement. I also have a gift card for Deb from Greg State. I just have set up. This is hard. You guys look at me. [Music] [Applause] This might change your mind really. All right, we are moving to our public comments. Okay, first person listed is Regina D. Harris. >> Uh, good afternoon. >> Good afternoon. First, I want to thank Madam Chair and board members for allowing me the opportunity to speak today. I would like to address the incident that occurred at Southwest High School football game on Friday, September the 12th, 2025. That evening, the safety and the students, staff, and families were se severely compromised. I know this firsthand
005because I received a phone call from my daughter crying, frightened, and unsure of what was happening. As I rushed from Wilson on Highway 264, her older sister fortunately arrived before I needed. When I spoke to my daughter afterward, she she shared concerning details, including an unattended gate and a heel where people entered without oversight. As a parent, this immediately made me to question how security was planned and how the safety measures were enforced as such a major rivalry game or any game. Adding to my concern, I did not receive any communication from the school or district leaders that night or even the next day. The first outreach came on Sunday, September the 14th, 2025 from the principal who explained that counselors would be available and from what my daughter told me brought students in and
006apologized to them. Why were parents and community not addressed given that this was a community event? That leads me to six question I believe district leaders must answer. One, why did parents have to wait until Sunday, September the 14th, 2025 for a phone call with no direct outreach the night or the day after? Number two, why apologize only to students and not to the community and parents? Three, why were only nine deputies assigned to a rivalry game with over 400 tickets sold before kickoff? Were deputies assigned to act actively monitor the parking lot and surrounding areas? How? Number five, how are students who should not be admitted to game screened and prevented from entering? And number six, most importantly, how will Edge County Schools ensure the students, staff, and families are safe at further athletic
007events? As a parent, I'm asking for answers for a stronger, clearer plan to protect our children and the community. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Harry. Marcia Williams is next. And Caleb Good evening, Madame Chair, vice chair, board, and superintendent. My name is Marcia Moy Williams, and I currently serve as the president for Edgecom County Association of Educators. I'm here tonight to speak to you not just on behalf of the organization, but on behalf of more than 500 dedicated educator, supporters, staff, and school employees across Edgecom County who have chosen to come together for one reason. They want a voice. Last year, we started in August with 130 members. By May, we had grown to over 500 members. That kind of growth doesn't happen by accident. It's clear signs that employees across our schools are
008hungry to be heard. They want to be involved in the decisions that affect the students that they serve every day. [Music] And that's where the meet and confer comes in. Meet Meet and Confer is not about confrontation. It's about collaboration. It's a structured way for educators and school staff to regularly engage with district leadership on the issues that matter. Students learning conditions, employee working conditions, and the policies that connect them. We all want the same thing. Successful students, safe and thriving schools, as the parent stated, and districts where educators want to stay and they want to grow. But without a system in place for consistent respectful dialogue, we risk making decisions in silos. The educators of Edgeon County are not asking for power. >> They're asking for a partnership. We believe a meet and confer
009policy would strengthen trust between staff and leadership, improve morale and retention, and ultimately lead to better outcomes for our students. Kayla, it's okay. Our students benefit most when the adults in their schools feel seen, heard, valued. Let's create a process together that honors this truth. Thank you for your time tonight and we hope that the board will agree to meet with us so that we can further discuss and build a stronger, more collaborative Edgecomb County schools. Thank you. >> Anything else you want to say? >> You got to love me. heard it. >> Okay, next person Stacy Smith just >> Good evening esteemed board members. My name is Stacy Smith Pigman. I am a proud fifth grade science teacher at Stocks Elementary and a proud member of NCA. I am here to urge you to
010pass meet and confirm. My concern is limited autonomy. It is easier to address the needs of individual students when the professional is trusted to make decisions and select resources to address individual student needs. We need meet and confer so that we can have more voice in district decisions. Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. Next speaker, Brianna Baker. [Music] >> Good evening, board. Good evening, board chair, vice chair, members of the board, Superintendent Brian. It's me, Briana Stormhaker. I recently joined the Edgecomb United redistricting working group and I will be speaking on behalf of them tonight in support of a proposal to pilot a community advisory committee for this school year 2025 2026. The reason we want to do this, we want to capitalize on community engagement and the momentum that we experienced during the redistricting
011process to support ECPS educators and students. And we um wanted to recommend that uh Superintendent Brian, members of the board to approve this fifth advisory committee in addition to the policy recommendations that's already under consideration from the ECPS policy committee and the fifth committee would be called the ECPS commit community advisory committee to support community parent and youth engagement. We believe that active community engagement will enhance parent, family and community engagement with the schools and this committee would be one way to seize such a momentum and this committee the community advisory committee would address the following one. It would include Edgecomb community residents actively involved and connected to community and civic organizations, business networks and faith-based organizations who can enhance community parent and youth engagement. It would um the commu the committee community advisory committee
012members they could be recommended to the superintendent for appointment from each school and from each board member from their new from their new districts and the superintendent should also have several atlarge appointments as well. There should also be some mechanism for community residents and organizations and the other advisory groups to recommend community advisory members for consideration as well. And the community advisory members should become proficient at one the school government's process, two the written and unwritten rules about how to get things done at ECPS for students, parents, faculty, staff, and community like who to contact for what issues. the budget and budget process and school accountability and performance data and improvement improvement goals and what's most important what the community residents can do to make ECPS everybody within successful and where we'll surely have more
013input as um the as um you formally adopt this idea and more details are needed. I myself would like to be a part of this committee as um >> as a candidate. So, thank you for your time and consideration. >> All right. Thank you. Next person, Mr. James Ren. Good evening, board members. Glad to be here. My name is James Ren 704 NC97 East in Leed with the Common Li night and also the U 150. First I want to say thank you for coming out to our event on September 3rd at Thorns Chapel to celebrate the uh the movement for map C and the education discussion we had in that setting. Very great turn over 100 people came and thank you all for coming. Thank you. is very important. I'm standing here today um to
014say number one uh in support of NCA meet and confer policy requests. Ask you to meet with them and and come to that conclusion. We also ask you to support the community advisory committee that you just heard about a minute ago. And I also want to beyond that again ask like I did last month. The public and the community, parents, teachers need a transparent discussion of the future North Edgecomb project because we need to know what's what's going on with that. It's been and um want you to address that. Um, beyond that, on behalf of the Phoenix Historical Society, I want to announce that on November the 8th, 11:00 at the Carmen Auditorium, we'll be having a a program entitled the Patillo Legacy in North Carolina dealing with four generations of Walter Batillos. And since
015we have a patilla school here, people who graduates or attended Patillo very interested in that program, we have a speaker, Dr. Omar Ali from UNCC Greensboro who'll be speaking on the subject of the four generations of Walter Patillo, including the two that serve as principal at the school here in Tarbor. That's November the 8th at 11:00 a.m. at Carmen auditorium. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. That ends our public comment. [Music] Okay, we are on item five. We have a very very long open session. Does anyone have any corrections to those minutes? Hearing none, I need to hear a motion for approval of our open session minutes for September 8th, 2025. >> Madam Chair, make a motion to approve our September, 2025 regular business board meeting open session minutes. Second >> has been moved
016and properly second that we will approve our open session minutes September 8th 2025. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I. I >> oppose the same sign. The motion carries. Thank you very kindly. We are moving to items for information. Dr. Bryant 6.1. Thank you, Madam Chair. Congratulations to the 2025 ECPS principal of the year, Mr. Billy Strruther. He is at South Edge Middle School. Mr. Shrugged received a big surprise last week when the announcement was made at the start of a school pep rally at South Edge Middle School. Uh his leadership, dedication, and commitment to excellence continue to make a lasting impact on the South Edge Middle School community and across Edge County Public Schools. So congratulations to Billy and he will represent
017ECPS very well. Also announcing about community access lab open houses. The uh ECPS family resource center will host open houses in November to introduce families to our new community access labs. These labs provide access technology assistance with student information systems and tools to support employment readiness, including resume building and online applications. Open houses will be held on Tuesday, November 4 at the ECPS Family Resource Center in Torpy and Tuesday, November 18 at the ECPS Teacher Resource Center in Rocky Mount. Both sessions will take place between 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 6 and 7:30 p.m. Families will have the opportunity during those meetings to be uh ECPS staff, explore available technology, and learn how these labs help them stay connected and supported. Also I'd like to announce a financial aid night in Spanish in partnership with
018Kaza Azul de Wilson as early college high school hosting financial aid night entitle in Spanish on Tuesday October 28th at 6 p.m. This event will begin with presentation and then move in breakout session to help students and families complete their residency determination increase federal student aid accounts and complete FAFSA. They have resources and space available to help 35 families across the district and doors for new language and trust barriers and financial aid open doors for more of our students to go to college. [Music] This also on ourformational item agenda, but our community health and wellness fair update. The community health and wellness fair is scheduled for Saturday, November 8th from 12:00 p.m. to 400 p.m. at RCF Center located at 600 Davis Drive in Tarboro. The event sponsored by Espan County Public Schools in partnership
019with St. Steven MBC will offer a range of free screenings information including blood pressure and diabetes checks, information substance abuse prevention, um fire and gun safety education, guidance on nutrition, health and exercise, community resource uh tables and food trucks. For additional details, please see Shrimp King at 252 3262393. [Music] And finally, uh, the ECBS Elementary Basketball League is in its organizational stage right now and, uh, basketball league is being launched for students in grades 3 through 5. Registration is now open with a deadline November 14. To be eligible, students must maintain good behavior, satisfactory grades, and a good attendance record. Practice for the league is scheduled to begin on December in December of 2025. Competing is taking place on Saturdays from February 21st, 2026 to March 28th, 2026. Spots are limited, so please make sure
020that you register. And um just to let everybody know, our Dodger groups are in full swing. We just got a three or four left uh before we are first round. And uh feedback and input's been great. And uh Madam Chair, I'll turn it back over to you. Thank you. Does anyone have any comments in reference to our updates? I have a request, Madam Chair. >> Yes, >> Dr. Brun, the community access lab open house, will that ever will we ever do something like that in Spanish? Also, >> uh it's a great idea. uh the uh the college uh night that we're talking about in Spanish have been um in the making I think for a while and it'd be great to expand it. >> Any other Thank you for the report. Our next item for
021information comes from maintenance updates from Mr. Perkins. Good evening, sir, >> board chair, vice chair, board members, superintendent Brian. I'll be giving a few maintenance updates. Okay. I got you. Thank you so much. Uh, this is teacher resource center. Um, got a new exit unit there. This is cargo water line and this is the same repair. Uh you see on the left the pipe is really rusty. We're going to have to address it. Uh we put the silver clamp on the first time and the second time you see the blue clamp and this is Daniel down there. We're trying to get it fixed, but we going to have to address this. The pipes are very very old. >> Replacing the whole pipe is the goal. >> Yes. Yes, ma'am. This is quarter floor. Um the
022mothers had to uh take it out part of it. This is what it looks like now. This southwest concession stand water heater. On the left is the old one. The right the brand new one. And this is another water heater that we have replaced at Southwest. This is Parker cafeteria. Uh, they didn't even paint bad as you can see. This is what it look like. Thank you. Thank you. I'm here, sir. Hey, Miss Shere King. >> Madam Chair, I think uh I think I've already provided that report tonight. >> Community health and wellness, but it it never hurts to mention it again. >> And Miss Miss King offered for me to go ahead and take care of that. >> Okay. >> Would you like to add anything to our discussion? >> Um no. I think
023you covered everything. I just would like everyone to come out on the day and your co-workers and everybody come out and take advantage of this opportunity. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. >> It really really is a great community opportunity and uh we have a lot of people take advantage of it. >> That's right. Yes, sir. Yes. So tell tell your friends Okay, we're moving to 6.4 comprehensive plan submission by Miss Pierce. >> So, uh, as Miss Pierce makes her way up to the mic. U, as you know, the state has designates low performing schools based on the formula for, uh, 80% proficiency, 20% growth. And uh as I've noted publicly several times since our last meeting uh we have 12 of our schools fall in that category. Uh all of our schools have
024to do school equipment plans and uh these uh are required in sort of a different way in reference to being approved by the board and then are set on a 30-day timeline once presented to the board then approved again at the next board meeting. uh also will be uh placed on the website for public uh viewing and also for public and uh we will make sure everybody has ideas on what we're working on. As we've said so many times before, school improvement plans are living breathing documents and they are always in flux. Even what's been presented to you tonight, which will be on our website um tomorrow um is something that changes uh uh periodically and as we see fit and uh we'll try to pursue a process that is continuous improvement and uh dedicated
025to get following the research and getting input and feedback from all of our stakeholders. >> So um thank you Dr. Brown for setting that up. Um like Dr. Brian said um he shared the information about the plan um in Edcom County Public Schools um 100% of our schools use what we call the NC Star platform um which is actually a requirement by the state for schools with certain designations. Um so instead of separating a different platforms 100% of our schools use that platform. Um though that platform is accessible by anyone. Um there is a guest login that's available at every school's website. So anyone in the public um can view those plans as well as can view any school improvement meeting minutes as well. Um it's available on that platform. Um what we provided for
026you tonight is specifically um the comprehensive plans for the school year. Um instead of having multiple plans, our comprehensive plans um includes their plans for exiting low performing school status. It also includes their plans if they are a title one school and how they're going to utilize title one funds for school improvement efforts as well as if they have the federal designation of uh TSI or CSI. So we use that one plan to cover all of the designations um and programs. So um we have printed tonight for you the copy of each school's goals as well as um their focused in what we call indicators for this school year. Um they're also going to be publicly uh posted on the website tomorrow in PDF format for public view. Um schools during this time period. The
027feedback time period will be through October 30th. Um we'll close we'll have a um link so that the public views can give feedback by school as well if they like. Um and it will also be shared with school staff for them to give feedback. Um, and then between November 1st and November 3rd, school improvement teams will be able to make any adjustments based on feedback. And then we will print the final plans to submit for you um for the board meeting in November where you will approve the final plan that will be submitted to the state uh for review and the low performing school plans will actually go to the state school board as part of the state policy for approval. We're happy to answer any questions you may have. questions on the document that's
028included in our packet. >> Yes. >> This isn't about the document, but is there a narrative that goes along with this that explains I mean I know in this it says low performing schools are met or not met to explain to the public why you can still be low performing. I mean, we've discussed it, but but for people in the community when they see it, I think it's it's often difficult to understand how they can meet expected growth and still be low performing. Is there a section that explains how all that fits together for the public? >> Um, we could definitely u and that's a great recommendation. I can Matt has our web page that will be posted with everything for view. We can add a section to that that kind of puts out like
029you're considered low performing by the state if XYZ. We can definitely add that to the website so when the public goes to that website they can see why specific designations are there. >> I mean I I just think it's it's important you know when we give the public information to give them information that people understand. It's right. >> I mean, I remember when I was a parent before I was on the board and it, you know, they talked about stay nines and percentiles, but they'll never explain what all that meant. And you bring the parents in and in our mind, we're thinking, well, we've done a great job. We've shared information with people, but if we don't give them information in a way people can understand it, we've really not not done our our job.
030>> Agreed. And and you know I gave a a public presentation a couple weeks ago. I talked about the number of low performing schools but then on on the other side of that we talked about 14 of 18 schools met growth >> and and graduation rate increasing in the last couple years five nearly 5%. So it really has it's two portraits between and I think your uh your suggestion about doing that is is important to report. >> And there's also a letter that the state provides as the template that we actually send home by school. They'll be going home this week to parents and it explains it but it's a lot of information. It explains what a low performing school is and how a school is designated low performing. Um, but again, the it's a
031full one-page letter with a lot of technical information in it to read through. Um, so we'll definitely kind of break it up on the website. Um, and then we'll follow up CSI and TSI federal designation. It's about three pages in the accountability book for the state about how a school enters and can potentially exit. Um, but we could look at how we can create something that's more public friendly facing about how we get receive those designations as well. That's great. >> I think we I think our goal is the same. We want people to understand. We don't want to just give them information. We want them to be able to understand it and so they can even question it. >> Right. Right. >> Thank you. >> Any other question? In conjunction with that, could the
032board have a work session where we see the disagregation of the data so we know where we are, how we're getting there, which subgroups need some work, and what we're doing to do that. It doesn't come out of a package. We need to break it down cuz all everybody's not doing poorly, >> right? >> But we need to see that so that we can see where we are, how we're going to move, where we're going to move. We don't need to wait till May to do that now so that we can see where we are. Good subgroups need some help and what we're doing to help those subgroups uh to get where they are because uh we know that uh all the groups have to pull together. >> Sorry. I was uh Mr. Holl and
033I already talked about doing that and getting back together. >> All right. Also in that same uh lane, um Reverend Puit, um the state actually in terms of CSI and ATSI designation, we'll talk more about this. This was what we call a redesation year. It's every three years that was in the packet. Um last week at the federal program state meeting that I was in um that division within federal programs actually just released the new approach to how they're handling that at the state and it's changing significantly. Um, and so we have a it is now as a district plan and not individual school plans. And so we talked about that today and we'll working on now because it's really new. We just got the information Thursday about what their expectations are. So we'll be
034processing and creating a team that actually has a district full. I mean, we've always supported the schools, but now it's a full district approach and a district plan to exiting those statuses. And we'll make sure we share those updates and that information with you. Thank you very much. But this needs to happen yesterday. >> So, we expect to get to work on that real fast. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Thank you. >> 7.1 Thomas. Thomas, Miss Kent, I'm turn that over to Dr. Brian. We we did meet I will say we did meet and uh kind of when they were two different kind of uh groups of policies some with major changes some with minor changes um and I will let explain really >> um madam chair what you have thank you miss Ken what
035you have in front of you are some uh first reading for policy changes and then some updates with minor changes recommended for approval uh of course the ones with more substantial changes this first reading. They'll be come back for a second reading at the next board meeting and also the ones for minor changes we're approving now. Please don't say that right. >> Actually, Dr. R, I looked at it under your policy if it's revisions to an existing policy. You all don't have to go through first and second reading. It's just new policy. So you all could go, you know, but you all have the ability tonight to just approve these since they're existing policies that are just being changed. >> Thank you. >> Sorry. >> Let me ask a question. Did the board while reading
036through the policies see any that they would like to question or work on um before we vote on them and put them into um our policy. Well, they are our policies, but but have them uh so we can use them at this point since nothing's new. >> So, you could just have one vote for both groups then, correct? I >> I think the way they're structured, the first one are more substantive changes and the second are just sort of clerical minor changes like to reference a statute. All of these were through the board's work with the school boards association. So updates to law, a lot of it's cross references. Um these are are pretty standard changes. So I would recommend two different votes. The one that are the substantive changes and the second vote for
037the the minor changes. [Music] >> Specific question on policy 3020. We have a lot of highlighted area there that we'll have to delete certain parts of it. But this is not a new policy. 3620. So that that section is about homeschool students and their ability to participate in athletics. So the district just needs to delete the text that doesn't apply to the option that's selected. And I believe the committee discussed option two. I had the great opportunity to read every single policy that's presented and we're talking about 181 pages of policies and I actually see it in two sections as being discussed. And I believed I did not have to change any or have a red mark on a single page and I read all of them. Every single one. Um, as a matter of
038fact, I was telling that to an employee and the employee said two times. I said that's right. I I read my book twice before I come to the meeting. Now, I'm thinking that we could make a simple motion to approve 7.1 and 7 and the second motion is to approve 7.12. [Applause] Is everyone ready for? >> Yes. Uh um I want to check with everyone. We our vote. >> Are we ready? >> Uh do that again, Madam Chair. Say that again. >> Yes. The first 7.1 is the first section of policy. And when you turn to the section that says 7.12, we that's a separate se separate set >> minor changes. >> Yes, you very minor minor changes in that. And when I read it, I didn't see I didn't have any changes on it.
039And that's what I'm asking. Did any board member in reading these policies find anything that you question? And if you did not find anything you question, it's time to take a vote. I I had some I I didn't have any questions, but [Music] 3620 as Libby was talking about, I have some >> concerned about the options, the options to that. >> Are we to choose an option? >> That's correct. >> What option? >> And one option is to choke it. >> That's correct. What option is >> the pol the policy committee? I'm sorry that wasn't clear. The policy committee selected recommends option two. >> Okay, we need to talk about that and hope that we need to talk about that. >> Option two. Let me find >> before I may have something else. >> Could
040I make a suggestion on that? >> Yes, sir. Since there's going to be discussion and to make sure the board is fully up to date that policy, I would suggest pulling that policy and approving. >> Good idea, sir. >> That's listed in 7.12, right? >> 7.1. So the motion could approve the listed policies in 7.1.1 with the exception of 3620. >> Yes. >> Madam Chair, I make a motion that we approve all policies in 7.1.1 with the exception of policy 3620 >> as presented. >> A second. has been moved and second that we will approve all policies in 7.1 except 3620 for approval. Any other discussion? Do we need to mention I just thought about this mad chair. Uh that 3620 would be for further discussion. Not that we didn't approve it, that we we
041just were pulling it out for further >> that we won't think we just didn't approve it. >> Yeah, >> I'd like to add that to the motion, please. That was in the house. >> Add it. >> I'd like >> or re restate your motion. I'd like to make a motion that we approve all of the policies in uh section 7.1.1 with the exception of 3620 which we will table until the board has u an opportunity to study it on the wall the full board second. Okay. It has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve all policy in 7.1 except 20 we will pay until the full board has an opportunity to discuss. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I opposed the
042same song. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you very much. Let's move to 7.12. That's set of policies. Before we move into 7.142, does anyone have any item in particular that they're uncomfortable with or want to discuss? >> I didn't change. >> Did y'all see anything? >> I didn't. I just I don't see it any other changes. >> Okay. M chair make a motion that we approve all the policies in section 7.1.2 as presented. >> Second. has been moved and properly second that we will approve all policies listed under 7.1.2 section as presented. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor let it be known by saying I. I oppose the same sign. The motion carries. Thank you. Okay. [Music] Concentrate items. Next, >> Madam Chair, what you have in front
043of your field trips extensive list and also fundraisers 8.1A and 8.2A. [Music] I did not have any on those two items. >> Dr. Brown have we have not received any pull back on any holding on to any I remember once we had to hold some trips and stuff. We haven't received any holding of funds for these kinds of things, have we? But I think what's happening with these beer trips that uh I've looked at um I think that the school that's doing the trip I think they are using their phone that's designated for the for the trip. Now I have not seen any of the fundraisers that talks about planning the trip. They the fundraisers are things that they are selling to try to help the students or the school in general. Did anybody see
044anything different from them? >> I didn't. I was just wondering sometimes you receive a mandate to hold on to the old stuff. >> Yes. >> Should we move? We need a motion. We have one motion for 8.1A. They're all uh consent items. 8.2A, they are all consent items. I make a motion to approve the consent items as presented. Second >> has been moved and properly second that we will approve the consent items as presented. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I >> oppose the very same sign. The motion carries. Thank you. Southwest has some well represented in parades and stuff. >> Okay, we're moving items for action. [Music] >> Good evening, Madam Chair, vice chair, board members, superintendent Dr. Brian. Tonight I
045have two items for action before you and I will start out with 8.1B. Um the technology department requests board approval um to purchase GoG Guardian as a sole source for North Carolina Department of Instruction for the fiscal year 2526 in the amount of $44,800 um using PRC015 state technology funds. I provided you a chart. It's a breakdown of what um DPI will cover and what um ECPS will cover in that cost. So on that chart you will see that the total was $44,800. Um PPI is going to cover $24,87.97 leaving the remaining $19,992.3 for ECPS to cover. Um the purpose of this purchase is to help um schools and educators create a safe, focused and productive digital learning environment environment by providing tools for classroom management, content filtering and student engagement. [Music] I don't know.
046[Music] the bottom there. [Music] Heat. Heat. Is this pretty popular? >> Yes sir. Um we use this as we have two filters. We actually run one on top of the other. So MCNC provides our main filtering through the district and then GoG Guardian is run on top of that and this is for district and classroom teacher filtering. So every classroom teacher can filter their own content, additional content in their classroom um and can manage what students are doing at any given time in their classroom and then the district on top of that will um will filter things like YouTube for example where only educational videos are allowed in the district versus um having an open YouTube channel. Things like that we do to make sure students are on task. I follow up with >> Thank
047you. [Music] Other than Raymond's question, does anybody else have a question for Mr. President? >> If not, I need a motion for it. Madam Chair, I make a motion to approve the purchase GOG Guardian as a sole source for fiscal year 202526 in the amount of $44,800 using DRC5 state technology funding. Second has been moved and properly second that we have approved to purchase Go Guardian as a soul source for FY2526 in the amount of $44,800 using PRC15 state technology funds. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I >> oppose the same sign. The motion carries. Thank you. 8.2B. >> So for 8.2B, to be um requesting board approval to purchase equipment and services from USA category 2 - program from um applied network
048consulting ANC in the amount of 322,414.36. This includes switches and accessories and the schools that it includes these switches and accessories for are um Tor High School, Stocks, South Middle and Principal. Um funds were awarded through the universal service administration company USA for equipment and services um for category 2 - program. 85% of the cost will be covered by the - program in the amount of 202 $274,5220 and the remaining 15% of cost will be paid from state technology fund 015 in the amount of $48,362.15. Um this was um formerly bid and rubric was used to reward and I put down the um bids received vendors and bids there for you to um to look over and compare. Um and so we are requesting um approval to make this purchase. [Music] >> I'm not done.
049make it hard for you. >> Anybody have any questions for Miss H? I need a motion. Move chair make a motion to approve the purchase including the USA category 2 rate program from applied network consult in the amount of $322,414.36 and 85% of the cost covered by program in the amount of $274,82 and the remaining 15% of the cost will be paid for state technology funds in 38,000 $62. has been moved and properly second that we recommend the purchase of equipment and services eligible for the US AC category 2 - program for applied network consultant in the total amount of $322,414.36 16. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. >> Oppose the same sign. The motion carries. Thank you. [Music] Good evening, madam
050chair, vice chair, board superintendent. I'm back again. Um, this time I'm here uh for two. Um, the first one, 8.3 is for the approval for the district to submit our 2526. Um, every student succeeds at consolidated application to the department of public instruction. Um this our consolidated application actually includes the application um of multiple titled programs that are listed in the item for information for you. Those include our title one uh part A and title one part C um title two, title three and title 4 programming. Um, as part of that application, within your item for information packet, um, we share with you information for title one, how we identified schools this year, which schools were identified, um, the different set aides for those programs, as well as um our carryover and our requests for
051funies. I'm open to any questions you may have. um board member. >> So I just hope we get >> they they are actually guaranteed funds as long as we submit an approved plan before the due date and our due date is October 31st. So our plan will be submitted. So >> do we have a motion? Madam Chair, I make a motion for the approval of submitting the 202526 Every Student Succeed Act consolidated application to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. >> Second. has been moved and properly second that we will approve the submitting of the 2526 every student succeeds act in parentheses ESSA consolidated application to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I. >>
052Opposed. The same sign. >> And one thing I did forget to share with you with with the federal government shutdown right now, um the school funds are not affected because they were actually allocated in fiscal year 25 funds. So this year's funds we should receive. We don't have to worry about if years prior or after this year. So I started thinking when you said that would we actually receive it? those funds have been allocated uh school funds are actually done from the federal fund in 25 for this year. So we are good >> unless something majorly changes and they come back and amend some of those federal laws. So um the second >> the second one will be [Music] >> we didn't catch who seconded the motion. Thank you. >> Our second uh item for
053action, I come to you u for West Edgeco Middle School who um is requesting the board to approve approve the sole source um use of funds um to provide math um professional development and coaching. Um that uh contracted service will include five days of intensive on-site professional development and then virtual professional development for the following six months working with the math department and instructional leaders at the school to um improve math instruction um and instructional classes at instructional practices at the school. Um we're coming for the approval per uh guidance on use of fund um if a cost exceeds $10,000 required for competitive bidding or the soul source approval. Um and the request for this is for two purposes. Um they've used this approach to math instruction for various years so that they can continue
054um continuity of services in their approach as well as um it is a very specialized approach to instruction that is only now provided by two vendors and one of the vendors you saw in the packet said that they were not able to provide those services this year. They their case load is full and so we switched to the other vendor instead. So that's on that West Edge. >> Yes ma'am. Um part of West Edge's plan in their school improvement plan, they do have a goal and strategy used for focusing on math instruction and this approach. So they decided to use their title funds to support that. >> So I'll be able to find that in their >> Yes, it should it should be documented in their plan as an action step that they are doing
055to address student improvement. Yes. Okay. Anybody else here? If not, we need to move. I need a motion. Madam Chair, I'll make a motion that we approve the services provided by Raidex and Reason Math Learning LLC as a sole source to provide professional development mathematics and core instruction services for West Edge Middle School using funds provided by PRC of 50 Title One Part A in the amount of $1,900. >> Second. has been moved and properly second that we will approve for the board to provide the Rex and Reason Math Learning LLC as a sole source to provide professional development for mathematics and core instruction services for West Edge Middle School using funds provided by PRC. C 050 title one part A in the amount of $12,900. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor
056of the motion is is correct. Here the two different the two different amounts here. >> The amount is the amount the 12,000 or the 9,000. >> The 12,000 >> 12,000. There's actually two agreements. One was for the intensive and the other was for the coaching. It was originally submitted, but because it's one vendor for the same service, we made them put it in one contract require approval. >> So, will that be corrected in the contract? >> Is it not in the contract that >> it says 9,300? >> That that will need to be corrected. I'll go back and look at that contract. It should say it should have the two services listed. The one for 9,000 and then the one for 3,000 >> for a total. No, it should be one contract. Is it showing?
057>> It should be in the recommendation. It's 12,900. >> But we want to make sure the contract's correct, too. So, I will go back and review the contract and make sure. I know there was an original contract submitted and then we revised it. It was two separate services, but we said this is actually one service that needs to be combined in one. So, I'll double check and ensure that the contract we have on file with the purchase order request is the correct amount. I'll follow up on that tomorrow morning. >> Thank y'all for that. We want to make sure our should say that or just >> I think the or you okay with it? His motion was for 12,900. >> Okay. >> Right. >> So I think the note that you all are authorizing 12,900
058source. >> I'll double check the contract on our purchase. >> It says 9,300. >> Okay. I'll double check. I could have went the wrong one when I made the work. >> Okay. Do we have that clear or is it still money? >> Got the motion for the 12,900. >> Yes. >> And the note in the minutes that the contract will be corrected. >> Yes. All right. That's right. 8.5. >> Yeah. >> Y'all talking so much. All in favor of the motion. Let it be known by saying I >> oppose the same sign. Motion carry. Everybody talk. Doc agenda item approval of payment for invoices in the amount of $27,000 by architecture for continued design north and uh we will um you know as always seek reimbursements from the brand for that. Um but to for
059a timely manner we might take that at capital funds and reimburse fee grant. We've done that previously with you all's approval. We did that previously. [Music] Y'all got a chance to read that thoroughly. Read it to approve it. [Music] >> Okay, >> we need the emotion. >> Go ahead. agreement with approval for payment of invoices in the amount of $217,000 to Vines architect or design of North Edge home school generation payment can be made from capital funds until a reimbursement can be provided from the need based uh grant by the North North Carolina Department of >> Second. has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve the payment for the invoices in the amount of 217,000 to Vines architect for the design of North Edge High School Innovations. Payment can be made from capital
060funds until reimbursement can be provided from the needsbased grant of the North Carolina public schools of instruction. Any other discussion on that motion? M madam chair. Um no problem with anything but there's a >> we need to add 500. At least we need to add $500 to that amount because one invoice is 105 and the other one's 112500. >> You are correct. >> We can uh amend the >> motion to add 500. Yes, ma'am. Miss Lily, you need to >> take she need to go back and do that or we just need to carry it as it is. I think we need to do it correct. >> Yeah. >> Probably go go back >> and add $500. >> All right. uh revenue approval of the uh payment for the revoices in the amount of 200
061>> what's $17,500 to buy approve uh architect for the design of North Carolina approvement of innovation that can be made from capital funds and the reimbursement be provided from the needsbased grant by the North Carolina Department of Public Construction. has been moved and properly second that we will pay the invoices in the amount of $217,500 to the Vines architect design for the North Edge High School Innovation. Payment can be made from capital funds until reimbursement can be provided from the needsbased grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Any other discussion on that motion? All in favor be known by saying I. I oppose the same signs. The motion's car. Thank you. All right. We're at page six. I'll make a motion under the North Carolina open meeting all section 143- NA6 to go
062into close session mail matters to consult with the attorney to preserve attorney attorney client privilege information and to prevent the disclosure of student records rendered confidential under the family educational rights and privacy act 20 USC 1232G and the disclosure of personnel records rendered confidential under GS 115C-319 through 321 >> has been moved and properly second that we will go into close session any other discussion on that motion all in favor by saying I I >> oppose the same sign. The motion carries. We'll take a 10m minute break. [Music] Baby, [Music] baby. [Music] Baby [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey. [Music] Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. [Music] Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music]
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066been moved and properly second that we will approve our personnel management uh 10.1.1 listed personnel. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I >> oppose the same sign. The motion carried 10.12 Extracurricular fall sports. Madam chair, I make a motion that we approve the extracurricular activities fall sports. Second. Has been moved and properly second that we will approve 10.12 the extracurricular activities our fall sports. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. 10.2. Close session minutes. >> Move for approval. Close session minutes. >> Second. >> Have been moved and properly second that we will approve our close session minutes for September 8th. Any other discussion on the
067motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Same sign. The motion carries. Board correspondence. I do not have uh item number 12, items brought by board members or the superintendent for consideration. I know Raymond raised a question about policy 6 3620 about the um extracurricular >> yes >> passport I was just wondering if do you want to discuss that now >> no I thought >> I mean we tabled it I didn't know you just want to refer back to committee >> well there were three options and I until we get some feedback from the board I I don't think >> okay what was number two you said that >> number two is they have to be uh en dual enrollment with the system to be
068able to play a sport. One is they couldn't play a sport at all. >> One is they had to be a dying a dual enrollment. The third was you could just play. >> We just they just they can just play. Yeah, >> I I agree with the dual enrollment. >> Okay. Well, that's what we have. >> That's what we had talked about when we first came about this during the co >> we just wanted to make sure that they had a foot in the door because it's not fair. I don't want them to just play. I Well, none of us did. >> None of us did. So, we could just bring that back in next month and vote on it again. Is that is it we y'all comfortable with that? >> I just wanted to
069know I just wanted to know where we stood before. >> But maybe we'll we'll make it more clear and just kind of include option two language >> so that it's >> sure >> and we can read it out. I mean, I'm I'm okay reading it out so everybody hears it. I just >> um >> I'm on the page. >> Okay. Oh, I just wanted to make sure everybody was happy before we brought it back up. >> I didn't know what I didn't know. >> Okay, I'm on that page. >> Well, you know, we're not going to let just anybody come play and take our our students places. >> You got to be sure. >> We're not going to have mama upset with us. >> Okay. I need to hear a motion for adjournment. >> Motion
070to second. He has removed.