001[Music] Hello. Oh. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Good evening. Madam Chair, welcome to our June 9th, 2025 board of education meeting. The public may view the board meeting with YouTube C Edgecom County Public Schools. And we will declare and call this meeting to order. Would everyone stand as we do our pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance 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. You may be seated. [Music] Yes. If I may please. Yes. For us to uh uh stand again for a moment of silence in the loss of Mr. Hayes's father, Luis Pass. Stand with a moment of silence for Mr.
002Hayes's father, Luis Pass. Yes. [Music] Amen. pledge to remind us started here. Okay, we'll move down to approval of our agenda. Dr. Bryant, do you have anything that we ought to add? [Music] Okay, I need the motion to approve the agenda as printed. Madam, Madam Chair, I move for the approval of the agenda as printed. Second. Has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve our agenda as printed. Any other discussion on the motion? I'll fail the motion, let it be known by saying I. I. Those that do not approve same sign. [Music] All right, motion carries. So, we will follow this agenda as printed. Item number three, recognitions. Uh, Miss Hoke. Thank you, Madam Bo, Mr. I am excited to recognize our employee of the month for June. Miss Stephanie Wilkins is the
003dedicated bookkeeper at Parkville Middle School. She consistently demonstrates reliability, professionalism, and attention to detail, making her an essential asset to the daily operations of the school. According to Principal Saunders, she is known for her patience, kindness, and collaborative spirit. She supports staff and administration alike with a calm demeanor and strong calm consoliding to foster a stable and trusting school environment. Her dedication to Parker Middle School and to the district's mission is truly commendable and we are grateful for her outstanding contribution. Congratulations to Miss Wilkins, our junior employee of life. [Applause] He's also presented with a gift card from Greg Ces. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Next item on our agenda is a public comment section. I have received the sign sheet and do not have anyone signed up uh to speak. So we will con continue with
004our agenda. Item number five, our approval of our open session minutes. First set that we will look at is our May 12th, 2025 regular business meeting. I hope that each of you have had an opportunity to read through the minutes and if you have any corrections, we'll address it right [Music] now. Hearing none, I assume we've all approved the uh minutes. Could I have a motion for approval of our May 12th, 2025 open session? uh minutes. Madam Chair, I make a motion to approve our May 12th, 2025 regular business meeting open session minutes. Second has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve our May 12th, 2025 uh open session business meeting minutes. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I oppose
005the same sign. Hearing none, the minutes the May 12th minutes are approved. We will move to the next set of minutes for May 28th. Those are our personnel meeting minutes. Does anyone have any corrections? Any comments? hearing. No, I need to a motion. Madam Chair, I make a motion that we approve the personnel meeting session minutes of May 28th. Has been moved and properly second that we will approve our May 28th personnel meeting open session minutes. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion? Let it be known by saying I oppose the same sign [Music] that we'll move to our item six on the agenda, items for information. Item 6.1, school updates. Dr. Brian, uh, I just want to remind everyone about the, uh, summer feeding program. Uh, county public schools
006offer free summer meals to all children and teens ages 18 and under. No idea registration required. Onsite meals, uh, eat select schools available Monday through Thursday from June 9 to August 20. Dates by site at non school locations. to the mobile grab and go every Monday from June 9 to August 4th with five days and lunch is provided. Mobile stops include mobile home estates square pine valley and Wednesday complete list of all participating schools is available on the ECPS website and district Facebook page. Just want to remind everyone also the redistricting community meetings. Es County Public Schools is hosting a series of community meetings to gather input on those redistricting map options as we work to draw electoral board districts following the addition of 40 schools in the recent merger. The meeting schedule all begin
007all the meetings begin at 6:00 p.m. June 10th at North Edge High School, June 12 at Paul High School, June 24 at Diaz Johnson Elementary School, and June 30 at Southwest Edge High School. Uh also uh as part of the retirement celebration, we're proud to honor the dedicated service of our ECPS retirees with a special reception on uh Thursday, June 26 at 5:30 p.m. in Taro High School Media Center. Um make sure you let that 26th of uh of June. It's 29th on Monday. Yes, ma'am. That's why I want to make sure that's straight. Oh, you want me what? sweet six [Music] and we'll send you obviously reminder with that because following that will be a board of education meeting at 6:30 for the end of the year um for the fiscal year 14. Finally,
008I just want to congratulate all of our schools and um and staff for all the hard work and so many end of year um celebrations at our schools uh transitions for students with grade level to grade level and graduations uh for all of our high school graduations were great ceremonies where we're to celebrate our graduates and honor their great accomplishments and uh honor their parents and families in the community. So great events and appreciate everybody and all the hard work they put into that. Now chair that concludes my report. I turn it back over to you. You have question. Yes sir. Um the meetings the retirement celebration and the meeting will be in the media center at high school 5:30 and 6:30. Madam Chair, just a comment note to Mrs. Macd. We were jokingly we
009were in feeding our lunch the other day and asked that uh I get a copy of the feeding sites and times and dates and I want her to know that her person did send me one and I took several copies to church yesterday so that uh not that my people will be eating but uh I want you to know that Miss Bway did send it. Okay. There he is. Okay. Anyone else have a question on this report? All right. Thank you, Dr. Brown. Okay. Next. 6.2. Our maintenance update. Good evening. Good evening, sir. Chair, vice chair, board member. I'll be giving maintain. This is cocoa welding. The paint is spilling on the wall. made them with a strong body. He went in the whole water. We're going to change that out. Get some more side.
010[Music] Thank you. Are you you all are going to be real busy this summer? Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. All right. Okay. Well, happy to see you. I had to say something because I've been worrying about Dr. Austin team is back in the building. Yes, ma'am. That's right. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you, sir. And I what you have before you are fuel trims that were approved prior to the board meeting high school two trips and some overnight trips north high school southwest and tarp high school. If I may, Madam Chair, um you also have consent um consensus board approved the way to facilitate these fees the Dickens family using High School Cafeteria to host a supply party questions from the board. Thank you. [Music] Okay. Oh my god. [Music] I have at this time.
011Thank you. 81A, our consent items for this meeting. Dr. Brian, Madam Chair, board members, we have a field trips for Tor High School in Southwest and Southwest and Southwest again on 209 trips. been a fundraiser from J Parker Middle School, which I anticipated would be very popular. Does anyone have it? If not for consent has been moved down properly second that we will approve our consent item as printed. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I. I oppose the same sign. Motion carries. All right. Thank you very much. Now we're on the next page starting with our AB items and that's all of our action items. So order to move this. We have about 18 action items. So we'll call for if you have
012a question or a concern about this taxation. Madam chair, this is approval of the board of education business and conference meeting schedule for 2526. You have the dates and times in your packet very similar as past year with corresponding dates as as best as we could schedule it. Does anyone have any questions? I did not have an end of the board. Okay. Need a motion to approve our conference meeting schedule. Madam Chair, I made a motion that we approve the board meeting schedule for 2526. It's been moved and properly second that we will approve our board meeting conferences meetings and the schedule for 252. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I oppose the same sign. [Music] 2 High School football field and parking
013lot July 4 celebrations and then July 5th for the cleanup. The request exceeds a single use in the secular limit for community facilities policy 1530 requesting your approval and making the recommendation that we approve it. Does anyone have question or comment on this item? If not, I need to hear for July 4th from 10 to [Music] 12 display has been moved and proper that we will approve uh the use of town of T the town of Tber using the Tara High School football field and parking lot on July 4th, 2025 from 10 to 12 and our annual July 4th fireworks display and July the 5th for clean cleaning up the And this policy is 5030 that we using for this policy. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion let it
014be known by saying I I same fine motion car. Thank you very much. [Music] 8.3 Dr. This is evaluation timeline for me superintendent. We get that starting tonight schedule of our evaluation self assessment in June [Music] 22 concerns question on the um item I mean the listing of the meetings we in reference to Dr. Brian's collaboration. I need to hear a motion to approve. [Music] or schedule annual evaluation schedule by Dr. Brian. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of virt 8.4. Madam chair, board members, uh, disapproval of the agreement. Request approval for agreement school board association and county board of education $6,900. assistant board providing professional services to draft advisory update policy. Um this is the typical you all signed up on terms. I have a question. Uh do we pay them
015all at one sum or How is it for me? Are you aware of Okay. [Music] Madam Chair, I make a motion for the approval of an agreement between the Ed County Board of Education and North Carolina School Boards Association for policy services for district and it's been moved and proper second that we will uh approve the agreement between County Board of Education and North Carolina School Board Association for school year 2526 for the total total of $6,900. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I oppose the same sign. Madam chair, board members, this is a lease agreement between Boys and Girls Club River region county board of education continue services at Stocks Elementary School. It's an ongoing program that provides a positive impact on
016the community and our students would recommend approval. Did anyone have any concerns or questions in reference to this action item? If not, I need to have a motion for approval. Madam Chair, I move for the approval of a lease agreement between the Boys and Girls Club of the Tar River region and the Edgecom County Board of Ed for the fiscal year 2526 at Stocks Elementary. Second. has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve the lease agreement between the Boys and Girls Club of Car River region and Edgecom County Board of Education uh for the f school year of 2025 2026 at Stock Elementary School. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thank you very kindly.
0178.6B second. [Music] Good evening, Madam Chair, vice chair, other members of the board, and superintendent Dr. Brian. Um I'm here to seek approval for our related service contracts for 202526 school year. The first one is for speak freely. Um that is a speech interview [Music] contract. Does anyone have any questions or concern on Pete? If not, we need a motion for approval. Madam chair, I make a motion that we approve the contract between Edgecom County Board of Education and Speak Freely for Speech Language Pathology Service for the 2526 school year. possession. It has been moved and second that we will approve the agreement between HCO County Board of Education and Speed Freely LC for school year 25. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying
018I oppose the same sign. Motion carries. Thank you. 8.7. All right. This one is to request approval for our physical therapy contract with um creative mobility. Does anyone have any questions or concerns about this item? If not, I need the emotion. Menitarian recommending we approve the approve approvement of contract between county board of education and creative mobility lcing and physical therapy executives for 2025 2015. Sir has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve the contract between Edgecom County Board of Education and Creative Mobility LLC. We're not mentioning the uh price. Do do we need to include that in our motion? As long as everyone's clear on the documents in front of you and you see that it's in the contract. It's it's okay not to have it in the Okay, good. Okay. All
019in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thank you very kindly. Next one is to request approval um between ECPS and progressive care services. This is for our day treatment services mental health um contract with progressive. Does anyone have any questions or concerns on the date treatment? If not, I need a motion for approval. To approve the contract between Hitchcom County Board of Education and Progressive Care Services to provide day treatment services in the estimated amount of $125,000. Second. It's been moved and properly seconded that we will approve the contract between Edgecom County Board of Education and Progressive Care Services Incorporated for our day treatment in the amount of $125,000 for school year 2526. Any other discussions on the motion? All in favor of the
020motion, let it be known by saying I. I. oppose the same sign. The motion carries 8.9. All right. This is to request approval um with a contract between ECPS and KidSpeak for speech therapy [Music] services between Edgecom County Board of Education and Kid Speak to provide speech language technology services $230,000. It's been moved and properly second that we will approve the contract between Edgecom County Board of Education and Kids Speech Incorporated to provide a speech language pathology services in the amount of $230,000 for school year 2526. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. Oppose the same sign. Motion carries. 8.10B is this is to request approval of the contract between ECPS and Kinetic um Pediatric Therapy Incorporated for occupational therapy services. Do we
021have any questions or concerns? If not, I need a motion. Madam chair, I move I move for the approval of the contract between Essome County Board of Ed and Kinetic Pediatric Therapy Incorporated uh to provide occupational therapy services as planned for fiscal year 2526. Second. Has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve the contract between Exon County Board of Education and Kinetic Pediatric Therapy Incorporated to provide occupational therapy services in the amount of $280,000 for school year 2025 26. All in favor of the motion, let me be known by saying I. I oppose sign motion carried 8.1 11p. This is to request approval um of the contract between ECPS and Kinetic Pediatrics for the remaining of our speech therapy services. And we have three different contracts for speech therapy because kinetic isn't able
022to fully staff us. So we contract with other therapists um to staff and some of them specialize in prek. The majority of these specialize in K12 [Music] very concerns um item 8.11 hearing none. And I need to hear a motion. Madam Chair, I make a motion that we approve the contract county board of education and kinetic pediatric therapy for speech therapy service for the 256 school. Second. has been moved and properly second that we will approve the contract between Edgecom County Board of Education and Connect Pediatric Therapy and cooperated providing speech therapy services in the estimated amount of $525,000 for school year 256. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I I oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thank you. Appreciate it. Drag about a
023million dollars out of here tonight. Yes, sir. That's beautiful. Okay. Next. 8.12B. Okay. Captain, good evening. Good evening, Madame Chair, vice chair, other board members, and Dr. Brian. [Music] I stand before you tonight seeking approval of our 2526 budget for career and technical education. And as most of you know, our um vision is to allow students to have relevant work-based learning experiences. postsecary college to prepare them for post-secary college and careers. We offer several different credentials. The highlighted ones are the ones that were new this school year. Beef quality for animal science too. CIW social media strategist and that's for marketing and the NPI credential that will be new next school year. and that is for JROTC. And you'll see here um JOTC and CTE will join for voices beginning next school year. And there's
024their pathway um JOTC1, JOTC 2, and JOTC 3. The purpose of this is to allow JOTC students to be able to credential in knocking and that's the name of their credential. So that'll better prepare them for the military and give them a step up if they in fact go into the military. And these are our pathways at North Edgecom. Next year we won't be adding anything. Um unfortunately we actually will be um getting rid of two pathways. They're not showing any longer, but it was food and nutrition and hospitality and tourism because of the budget cuts um with more um charter schools. All CTE programs were cut several positions and we were cut three positions for next school year. Southwest will have the maintain all of the same pathways they had this school year and
025they will add um sport and event marketing next school year. We actually had it in the past but due to different lensure um and turnover in staff. We were unable to maintain that. But we've acquired a teacher this year that won't be able to teach sport and event marketing next year. Well, I was uh I was just going to ask you what about foods and nutrition. I noticed it's listed. It was listed for Southwest. Correct. So they have a Correct. They do. Everybody will next year except for um the North Edge cone. Oh, no. And then Taro High School will not be Oh, they are actually um adding computer science one and two. Our ECPS CTE. At a glance, if you look, you'll see we had growth in every area over the past couple years.
026um our middle school participant numbers have increased, our high school participant numbers have increased. It looks as if concentrators has not um if you look at the 2024 2025 estimate. It's not that they have not increased. It's that 22 23 I'm sorry 23 and 24 there was such a large increase. It covered so many of the students. So the 490 is really um just your ninth and some 10th graders are now becoming concentrators where 11th and 12th graders already were. Some of them are, and this is unduplicated numbers because some of our students are um concentrators in several different pathways. And as you see, credentials has um tremendously increased from 234 in 2122 to,288. Excuse me. Here you have our ECPS um program area proficiency. So if you look for each school the different programs
027that were 70 earned 70% of their students were either proficient in the state test credential or performance-based measurement that's agriculture at North Edgecomb business finance and marketing north edge and that business finance and marketing is a new pathway at um North Edgecom and she's a dynamic teacher um computer science IT and technology technology. Southwest Antarbor High School were proficient. Career development, meaning our internships and advanced studies, all of our traditional high schools were proficient. Family and consumer science, Southwest and Taro. And as you see, Dr. Wilson, North Edgecom wasn't proficient in family and consumer science. So, oh, so that not necessarily. Um but that family consumer science includes more than just food and nutrition because absolutely we are trained to teach seven subjects. Did you want to say something? No, I didn't. I don't know
028if I'm privile before she said it. I was going to ask are the cuts at North in that area because of uh lack of staff or lack of students? Well, as I stated before, it was um we lost three positions for next school year. So it was actually at Southwest they lost one position. She resigned to go to law school. Um North Edgecom lost two positions because of lure issues. So one position from Carbo High will move to um North Edgecom so that they didn't lose two total. And then trade and industrial industrial education. North um edgecomb and southwest were proficient and we don't offer that at Tarbor High. That includes our public safety for North and Southwest when you say traded industry and as you see here the numbers or the percentage behind our
029credentiing data as I said we've grown tremendously. So, youth for quality care of animals, that's covered in um animal science 1, 88% proficient. North Carolina beef quality assurance, that's animal science 2 at North only 94%. Adobe Photoshop 78%. Pre-professional and family community services that is covered in counseling and mental health 86%. First aid is covered in early childhood one. American hotel lodging that's covered in hospitality and tourism and we offer that at um Southwest and Tarboro. PMI project management ready is 76% and that's a very difficult most of these are very difficult but I took PMI that's a very difficult um credential. minimums. Those three are covered at um in public safety. And as you can see, all of those are 70% or higher. Community emergency, that's um public safety. So 911 operators. So we
030have students that can go out and become 911 operators. Venture entrepreneurial experience is entrepreneurship one. And entrepreneurship and small business is entrepreneurship two. That's also a very difficult test. These are the faces behind those numbers. You see on the left um we have students that were certified in Adobe Inesign. That's another um part of the Adobe suite. Prepack is counseling and mental health um certification and then Compia IT fundamentals. and those students at um were actually at the steam um experience at Southwest presenting that evening. So that's how I got their picture. And as you all probably know, we have a career development continuum and it actually starts at fifth grade, but I just gave you the brief overview from 9th through 12th to lead you into our workbased learning. As you see, beginning with
03111th and 12th grade, we start doing internships, apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships. And here are some examples of the different um certifications that the students were offering um earning CPR BLS training and the partnership there is with Edgecom EMS. Here you see examples of the students practicing their employability skills in class um outside of class at curriculum night different curriculums. In the middle there's early childhood on the left that's marketing and on the right that is uh our actually our FFA um Future Farmers of America. Here's an example of job shadowing. This young lady, she's done several different types of job shadowing. This year it was with ECU Health in different departments and she will be attending Pit Community College to pursue respiratory therapy or radiology. And he on the right is an example of our three apprentice.
032that family comm family life center I'm sorry family life center and he has this summer he'll be working full-time um and that pre-apprenticeship was paid and therefore it ran into he was able to earn a job because of his work ethic the two on the left are examples of the students in agriculture going out to family life practicing what they learn in class another example of our internships and partnerships. A Steemo, these young, this young lady, young male, they had an internship with Esteeo and they'll both attend um North Carolina ENT to major in engineering and they've been offered a paid um internship as every summer that they come home from school with Athena. ECU Health. Once again, the two on the outside, they did an internship with ECU Health where the young lady in
033the middle, as I said before, she did job shadowing, but she was also doing um advanced studies to broaden her research to solidify what she wanted to go to school for. An example of our National Technical Honor Society and our superintendent, Dr. Mrick and Dr. bats were there in attendance and that was held at ECC Tarborough campus and this that's those are um our inductees from Southwest this school year and here's examples of what our middle schools do when they go to ECU Health Hospital and they h have complete hands-on tours and interactive experience And our fifth graders also get to experience all of the different community partners and businesses. And this is an example of our um career rodeo. This was the second one this school year. We had one in the fall and
034one in the spring and it's always hosted by DS Johnson. Currently we are running our CT career accelerator and we began today. This is um a picture of the student and Mr. Barnes in the back with the goats and this is Southwest on the left. They are building EP core um robots and the young man on the right is using um artificial intelligence virtual reality. I believe that ECP SCT district administration. Thank you very much. All right. Thank you. You're welcome. has grown, has changed. It is growing, it is moving, it is working. Thank you. Did you have any students who were interested in attending North Carolina Central University? Not to my knowledge. All right. I'm sure there's some out there. I just don't know of any right now. I asked that question because of
035Raymond talk about his lady going into radiology who's the saludiatorum at North. Uh her I met her mother last week at the cleaners and she asked me to talk to her cuz she wanted her to go into a 4year program and I told her she could get all of the money that she needed to get. But this young lady is really uh she is sold and hooked on radiology. That's what she did her project on. That's what she did at the hospital. Dr. Marrick, you were out there with her. She told me about it when I talked to her at North. She is uh she sold on that. So I let her alone. She has a plan. I just want her to be able to have some alternative because a young lady like that. I
036said with being as a ludatorum and coming from our area, she could get a full ride wherever she wanted to go, but she is sold on radiology and I'm not taking her away from that. Well, when she comes out, she always already has been offered two positions at ECU Health. That's why I told her I will leave you alone. You'll have going to leave. That's where she was headed. Does anybody else on the board have any questions for Miss H? [Music] It's just so good to see you. You covered a lot of information and so often people put us down and it looks there was so many accomplishments on the things that you shared. You know, I just I was just amazed at the number of things that we are doing in the district and
037thank you. Put that on TV. People need to see that. That That's That's what seeing you traveling show. Come visit us. [Music] Okay. Um have we finished asking questions and comments? Um we need a motion for approval. Madam chair, I make a motion that we approve the application for career and technical education state federal funding for the 2526 school year. Second. It's been moved and properly second that we will approve the application for career and technical education CTE state federal funding for 2526. Any discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I oppose. Same sign. The motion is carried. Thank you very kind. Thank you. Thank you. 8.13 be Miss been smacked out. Good evening. Good evening, Madame Chair, vice chair, board members, and Dr. Bryan.
038I'm before you tonight uh to request approval of our bids and contracts uh of foods, chemicals, milk, uh beverages, and produce for the school year 2526. And the following vendors are attached. Uh Cisco, it was a rollover bid. They did not increase cost this year. Now, that is only on my delivery fee because food costs went. So, that's just on the fee that we pay for them to deliver to us. Uh, our Riverside Paper Supply, that is also a rollover bid. And Mayola Dairy, that is a rollover bid. They went up a half a cent. So, um, I could roll over with them instead of rebidding. So, that's what I did because I'm thinking if I rebid, then it would be more than a half cent increase. Uh our ice cream was with uh Hershey's.
039They are the only company uh that will bid on us. Uh we did send it to um Pet and uh we also sent it to Mayolin. They do not do school ice cream. They do it uh in the market in the store. Correction Enterprises is our chemical u bid company. We also rolled over with them. Uh Pepsi, you can see their tally sheet where they outbid Coca-Cola for their their products. Yeah. And if you look, I mean that that was a big increase by co and I asked them at our bid opening. I said, "Why did you increase so much? How are you going to win bids from school increasing so much?" And they said it's was the cost of everything their ingredients that they put in product. But to me, so it cost for
040Pepsi, too. But Pepsi likes to school business. Uh our our produce is with RNH Produce. That was also a rollover bid. Uh we received before this year, we got five bids from five different companies, and RNH Produce won that bid. I really like looking at competition, but RNH won that. We rolled over with them because we really get a lot get good service from them. So, we decided to stick with them. our selection machines, which we only have at Southwest High School. Uh that was also a rollover bid. A new company took them over, but they are not increasing cost, so we decided to stay. So those are our vendors for school year. Anybody have any questions? No. I need a motion for approval. Madam Chair, I recommend we approve the child nutrition program bid
041for two 2025 26. Second. It's been moved and properly second that we will approve the child nutrition program bids for 2526 school year. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let me be known by saying I. I. oppose the same sign. Motion carries. Thank you very much, M. Oh, you you up again 8.14. Okay. Um the next item uh is to request approval for our procurement plan. We have not presented one and been approved since before CO. So, I feel like it was time to just come and get another approval because of some of the changes that we've gone through since CO. Thank you. Anyone have any questions on the uh procurement plan? I hear none. I need to hear a motion for approval. A114B. Move motion to approve the
042child nutrition program plan. Second. It has been moved and second that we will approve the child nutrition program securement plan. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I. I opposed same sign. Motion carries. Thank you very kindly. Thank you. 8.15B. Oh, Mr. B. Good evening, Madam Chair, Mr. Vice Chair, members of the board, Superintendent Dr. Brian. Um, I stand before you this evening requesting approval for our grade six and grade 10 ELA curriculum uh that will provide resources and um and instructional support to the teaching and learning process at the middle and high school levels. Uh this current school year um marks the end of our three-year contract with study center through McGro Hill. Um so we found it necessary to continue um offering
043a uh ELA uh curriculum resource to our teachers. Uh so we went through the bidding process um and uh we had about six uh companies that bid for ELA. Uh we brought the top three in um to present to a team of uh central office staff, principles, assistant principles, the lead ELA teachers. Um HMH Savas um Savis, that's how you pronounce it, and Amplify. There were our top three and you can see their amounts. Um but after the presentation and looking at all the rubrics, um HMH uh won out. Um, and though they're about $20,000 higher than um, SAVIDS, that is uh, probably because their PD is included in that base price. Uh, Sabbath uh, price is not inclusive of PD. So if you add that PD in, it's going to be well over the
044$328,000. Uh, so we we will be using PRC 131, which is the textbook and digital resources fund. Um though the uh the price of $328,537 is for our three-year contract. Um and um all of that money will not be due at uh one time. So year one we will have to pay $139,546 and year two and year three will be $94,496 each. Uh so again, I'm requesting board approval uh for the purchase of H&H as our six grade six through grade 10 ELA uh curriculum for resources and instructional support for our ELA programs. All right. Does anybody have any questions for Mr. If not I need to have a motion for approval. Madam Chair, Madam Chair, I move for the approval of the purchase of inter literature 610 ELA curriculum and award the B to
045H limp hard court in the amount of $328,537 and specified by Dr. Bats and printed here coming from PRC131. [Music] It has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve the purchase of the literature for the 6 through10 ELA curriculum and award the bid to HMH in the amount of $328,000 and537. No, that's not I'm gonna say it again. I think I can read the number and Rose will have to write something else down. Uh, okay. The amount is [Music] $328,537. And that uh m monies are coming from PRC 131 for school two year. It's three-year contract. Any other discussion on that motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I oppose the same sign. Motion car. Thank you very much. Okay. 8.16D. Good evening, madam board chair, vice
046chair, board of education, superintendent. Um, I'm here to present the next three items. First of three is the second budget amendment for fiscal year 2425 and it's specifically the state school public funds as updated through revision number 95 with um department of revenue. So, what you'll find included will be the actual revised budget with the updated dollar amount to um balance to what they have provided for those state funded PRC's. And the second page is the actual amendment showing the changes. And one of the things I just want to draw your attention to so that way you know if you have any questions about it but to explain you'll notice on that first line where it appear to be a large negative that's actually recouped and spread out between other line items. So it really
047isn't a large negative. It's just on that regular instructional services but the increase is out throughout the other one. So you'll just see where it is balanced out. most of the the changes on this and of course you know I always welcome um you know to go through it in more detail but how it's broken out is by um what is it service so sometimes depending on how the funding is actually used it just gets moved around from where it might have been intent initially budgeted to where we may need it but all within the description and proper use by PRC Okay. So, the total revenue increase for this budget amendment is $469,14. And again, this is just for the state public fund. Um, when I come at the next board meeting, it will include
048all funds and update to the state public fund as well. So, at this time, I would ask for any questions for us. I don't have any red marks on this one. You like that? Yes. Anybody have any questions from this hour? If not, I need to hear a motion for approval of the amendment two. Madam Chair, I make a motion to approve budget amendment number two for fiscal year 2024 2025. Second. has been moved and properly second that we will approve our budget amendment number two for 24 25 school period. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion let be known by saying I oppose same sign. Motion the motion carried. Thank you. Okay. The next one uh 817B is high. Thank you. This one is to cover request approval of
049continuation of insurance programs for Edon County Public Schools. Um we participate in various insurance programs and the renewal fees for the period starting July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026. The attached spreadsheet goes over the different products and what they cover and what the pricing has been for the past six years. You'll see as you even look at this over the past six years, the only ones that have really increased and the biggest increase of course started last year with the addition of our new family members, our new schools. But other than that, they basically have stayed kind of the same. But if you'll notice, um, of course it has to do the biggest increase had to do with Department of Public Instruction, property and fire, and that's really the safety of the buildings and
050all of those things attached to it and covering that. And then there were some increases to the marine midwing and that has to do with just the adding on of more um what is it mobile property you know things items that move. So I'm requesting that again a lot of these are also um estimates and then the apartment building will come in during the course of the year once we actually provide them with um projected ADM for the schools but with actual ADM one. some requests on that court uh 17 hearing. None. I need to hear a motion for approval. Madam Chair, I move for the approval of the continuation of the Edgecom County Public Schools participation in insurance programs as listed for fiscal year 2526 as presented. That has been moved and properly second
051that we will approve the continuation of the Edgeon County Public School participation in the insurance programs as listed for 2526 school year. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I. Oppose. Same sign. The motion carries. Thank you very much. Thank you. Oh, we got one more one. This is still on the calendar of continuation. This one has to do with um having an operating budget for beginning July 1st, 2025 until the formal budget is presented for adoption. And this is um when we go and do the operating budget, this is just to not exceed anything but pass our current budget in place for the current year 2425, but it's be um to allow us to keep the bills committed flight. [Music] So I'm
052asking for approval of the internal budget resolution 4256. Does anyone have any questions? If not, we need a motion. Approve resolution [Music] for second. It's been moved and properly second that we will approve the interim budget resolution for 2526 school year. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion let be known by saying I I oppose the same sign. The motion carries. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. would you please take I sure will ma'am. Madam Chair, I make a motion under the North Carolina Open Meetings Law Section 143-318.11, A1, A3, and A6 to go into close session to consider personnel matters to consult with the attorney to preserve attorney client privilege information and to present the disclosure of student records rendered confidential under the Family Educational Rights
053and Privacy Act 20 USC 1232G. G and the disclosure of personnel records rendered confidential under GS115C-319 through 321. Second has been moved and properly second that we will go into close session. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion let be known by saying I. I oppose the same sign. Motion carries five minutes. [Music] Introducing the brand new app for Edgecom County Schools. It's everything ECPS in your pocket. This is the home screen. Tap the three horizontal lines in the bottom left to see all the menu items. To turn on push notifications, tap settings, select notification preferences, and allow notifications. Tap subscriptions to subscribe to your school. The event section shows a list of events throughout the school. You can use this button to add an event to your calendar or
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059will amend our agenda to add 10.3 to our agenda. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I oppose the same sign. So, we've got to have it. All right, we'll go back up to the top part 10.1 personnel management. Chair move for the approval of the uh personel management as discussed in closure. Second. It's been uh it has been moved and properly second that we will approve our personnel management as discussed in close session. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion that be none by saying I. I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Okay. One, two, teacher contract. Um, chairman motion to approve the teachers contract nonrenewal. Second that we approve that properly second that we will approve
060our teacher contract nonrenewals. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying just for realize it says non-renewals. There were not any non-renewals. It was just contract renewals. That review so we don't No, we should. It's just listed incorrectly on the agenda. It says nonrenewals. It's renewals. Renewals. Okay. I make a motion to um Okay. Right. I make a motion to accept the contract renewals for the teachers teachers contract. It has been moved and properly second that we will approve our teacher contracts renewals. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I oppose the same sign. Two eyes. Two. Three. Mhm. The motion is right. Okay. It's It's 34. So, the motion carried. Motion carried.
061Dr. Wilson, could I want to make sure Rose caught who the neighbor votes were? That's for the non-renewal committ with the exception. It's actually for one change. Would it be better if we approved the as a whole? We can't do that. Can we? So the we would have had to to separate it out. You're just approving if you're objecting or you only want to to separate the motion out for one opposed to but but I'm okay. I mean I was just asking there's four names. Three. changeable only thing and what happened. I'm not going to say an abstension abstension count if you don't actively vote. It counts as a yes. 43 and it pass 10.13 extracurricular activiv activities agenda 10.13 chair I move for the approval of 10.13 extracurricular Children's agenda agenda. Second. Has been
062moved and properly seconded that we will approve our extracurricular activities addendum false uh sports. Any other discussion on the motion? All in favor let it be known by saying I. I oppose the same sign. Y'all have a question? Okay. I don't want to talk while you talking cuz I want to hear what you're saying. I was just saying in the point when you were saying that uh the contract renewals and basically I did not I thought I had raised my hand that was just you know I was against it you know but you were dreaming I was dreaming point chair carry it on that's a move point move it on there 10 uh two I Close session minutes. We have two sets. Madam chair, I make a motion that we approve the May 12th uh
063regular business meeting close session minutes. Second has been moved and properly second that we will approve our May 12th, 2025 regular business meeting close session minutes. Any discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I. Oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Thank. Now we need a motion for the other. Madam chair, I move for the approval of the May 28, 2025 personal uh personnel meeting close session minutes. Second. has been moved and properly second that we will approve our close session minutes 28 20 25 our personnel uh session minutes. 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. 10.3. Madam Chair, I make a motion to
064approve the M&A between Edgecom County Public Schools and Edgecom County. Has been moved and properly second that we would uh approve the M uh M. What's has what's the acronym? L O. So, do we do Ken or Ellis? Her vote. All right. Uh, it has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve the M O A, you say? Edgecom County and Edgecom County. uh board of education. All in favor of the motion, let be known by saying I. Oppose the same sign. Motion carries. Thank you very board correspondence. We will not have any correspondence at this time. Item number 12 items brought by board members. Oh, you got the very quick um just to sort of get a direction on this Dr. Brian and and I guess Patricia most of us have met individually
065with NCE and they talked about a policy. I think that's correct when I met with them last week. She's given us they've given us a policy that they want us to consider. I don't even know what you do past the point of them giving it to me. I know it has to go to the policy committee. I don't even know if it's legal. Dr. Brian, have you seen it? No, but we can we can review it then. Well, here you go. I haven't heard it either. Oh, okay. Well, she said she she said she met with everybody but Jewel. But you didn't give me a policy. Oh, yeah. I'm the only one she gave the policy to because I was the chair of the policy committee. I don't know what it is. If you send
066it to me, Miss Kent, or Dr. Bryson, I'll be happy. That's my only copy and I gave it to him. Okay. I don't I don't even know what you want to do with it, but I said I would take it to the board and I would find out what we needed to do from this point forward. This is in reference to this is in reference to the NCA requesting a committee that meets and I said I think he's already doing this with the NCA people eight times in 6 months and I said well you know it was like between October and March or something and I said well you know he's meeting with community groups and and the president is in the community group I know um the teacher adviser group the teacher adviser But
067um I I don't know. I really don't know. I do know that there I said who else who else has this policy on their books? She said Durham County. And I know there's that's a difficult situation there. Asheville is looking at it, but it's not on their books yet. It did not come through the North Carolina School Boards Association. It came through the NCA. And that's why I didn't want to do anything until I took it to people to look at. And I all I suggested that I would do is I would was given to me and I would pass it up. You know, Durham did approve it. And just as a reminder, I I believe I emailed you all about this when NC started reaching out is that we we need to be careful
068in the policy that it has to be open to all groups. All groups. There's a statute that prohibits school boards from giving preference to any one group. So we have to be open to any similar I thought the teacher advisory group because she said blank percentage of employees and I said well you know we have a teacher advisory group that I thought would be very similar to that. Anyway, it could go no further than this. I just did what I said I would do. Share it with Patricia. Okay. So, we could take care of that at our next meeting. We can just look at it and decide what to do with it. Yeah. My my recommendation would be that board members can all see a copy of it and then it would be appropriate for
069the policy committee to discuss and decide whether any recommendations to be legal too. And I see most of our policies come from the North Carolina School Boards Association and it's across the entire state. Um and and if we have if we have a policy that is not in their grouping, if there ever changes in the general assembly to things like this, then it's not going to be addressed, which is going to put a burden on us trying to keep up with stuff like that. I mean, I'm trying to look down the road on 10 10 years. I'll be happy to review it and discuss with Dr. Brian and we'll make sure all the board members get a copy. Okay. Thank you. And if anything else needs to come before All right. I need a motion.
070Item 13. So move, madam. Chair. Second. It's been moved and properly seconded that we will adjourn this meeting. Any other discussion? All in favor of the motion, let it be known by saying I. I. oppose the same sign motion car. Thank you all.