001[Music] he [Music] good evening everyone chair I EX it that we have a lot of work to do and each and every person that's in here needs to stay until the very end of our tonight 7:00 tonight with us we welcome you we delighted and we're going to try to stay on schedule at this moment I I will declare our March 10th business meeting of edcom County Public Schools come to order and at this time I would ask each one to stand as we do our Pledge of Allegiance I pled ALG to the of the United States of America and to the rep stand one God indivisible far off thank you you may be seated and we will try to follow the agenda item number two approval of our agenda M Brian do you have
002any changes mam chair I have a couple of changes uh like to amend the agenda to remove one of certifications that was incorrectly put on there Bronze award for m Kent and recognitions um we'll make that adjustment to take that off there and also uh because of the previous work session and decisions that the board board made uh to remove under action item 8.1b next up the posting in public feedback on draft districting under TI of action take that off the agenda and then um also for your consideration for the board um I'm not sure if it's right Comm menion at this point but at least Comm menion for the board because there's a number of individuals signed up for public comments tonight uh for the board to make sure wave your your com on
003that so that everyone will have an opportunity to [Music] speak thank you to share those updates on would motion to approve the agenda Madam chair make a motion to to approve the agenda as amended second has been moved and properly second that we will approve our agenda as amended any of discussion on the motion all in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I I oppose the same sign motion is carried and we'll move forward item three on agenda Miss po good evening Madame board Fair Mr Vice chair good the other board members superintendent M Brian it is my pleasure to recognize several of our board members this evening a major goal of the North Carolina boards Association is to provide growth opportunities for school board members through the North Carolina School
004Board Academy for school board mhip Schoolboard members are provided high quality programs to help them efficiently that effectively fulfill their responsibilities as Leaders of Public public education in Carolina recognition is awarded to individuals who have participated in a minimum of 30 hours of training during the current Academic Year tonight we'd like to recognize four of our board members for the training they have completed Dr Evelyn Wilson has achieved the scholars Circle level which is the highest level and represents over 900 hours of training [Applause] thank you want me to joh Dr Evelyn Johnson re receives the Gold Award representing between 800 and N 900 hours of training [Applause] [Music] Reverend Raymond privet receives an Award of Excellence representing between 300 and 400 hours of training than you m Lily Worley receives a certificate of advanced
005achievement for between 200 and 300 hours of training [Applause] work [Music] I'll thank thank you to all of our board members for your dedication and commitment to the students of edcom County next is our employee of the month we are thrilled to recognize Tara little an exceptional children's teacher at Fair bew elementary school as our emplo of the month she is more than just an educator she's a beacon of compassion patience and unwavering dedication affectionately known as fairview's child Whisperer she has an extraordinary gift for soothing even the most unsettled students and inspiring reluctant Learners to reach their full potential her impact extends Beyond her EC classroom she's always willing to support all students whether in EC services or general education embodying a spirit of kindness and encouragement her warmth and commitment make a lasting
006difference in the lives of her students and colleagues alike please join us in celebrating Parsha little the ecps employee of the month for March [Applause] conratulations thank and I also have a gift card to present to miss little from Greg sesum State Farm agent thank you [Applause] [Music] i' now like to invite de more butter from car River United Way United Way River Region and Sheriff Cay ainson to the [Music] podium good evening Madam chair and Dr Brian and the rest of the board members good evening I'm C Aon Sheriff of edcon County United Way Board director and Community campaign co-chair it is indeed a pleasure again for me along with Jenny M tell you she's outstanding she's our executive director and she keeps us pumping uh to join you this evening on behalf of
007all the board directors and the Thousand we serve throughout the twin County region we would like to thank edcom County public schools for a great 2024 campaign and we look forward for recognizing schools and departments that have displayed support for United Way United Way are proud is proud to be a part of the hom County Public School System United Way Works in all towns and communities across the twin counties through United Way donations we are able to fund 35 local Health and Human Services programs in partnership with 24 nonprofit agencies as well as assist with hundreds of yearly information referral and volunteer inquiries this support helps thousands of our local citizens each year improving quality of life for our children adults and Families we thank you Dr Brian for your leadership I normally talk to
008him at least four times a week Madam chair we thank you board members we thank you uh because without you guys we couldn't do what we needed to do at United Way so we we we really appreciate that we also like to thank the local school coordinators and the new of employee uh employees across the district who gave to United Way uh we are excited to appreciate the employees of edcom County public schools for a total contribution of 10,14 $2 this year thank you guys so much over the past 17 years the school district has contributed over $164,000 that's a lot of money thank you guys so much and at the time we would like to recognize our awardwinning schools and departments we ask that the campaign leader please come forward as we call your
009school or Department special recognition Awards go to the three schools attaining the highest total contribution within the district first fabie Elementary School I like that interiew back there Campo to make your auto fa Elementary School race $247 thank you second is baseto in elementary school H basille elementary school raised $1,747 and next was W Patilla Middle School Champa Bobby [Applause] har they raised 1,000 there you go $1,213 let's give them all [Applause] around do a quick fight Shar sure put his glasses down [Music] there congratulations [Applause] we would like to recognize other schools and departments for the support of United Way as well Central Services campaign leader Susan Hulk and I'm going move SC so you guys can get get get on with your meeting okay Martin Millennium Academy campaign leader Brandy do is a
010chapel chapel yeah I want to make sure I said that right no High School campaign Le Latoya pil JW Park midle School campaign W Misha McKenry [Applause] [Music] Braxton C wmy Elementary School campaign leader NAIA Dickens High School campaign leader Felicia Danza this early college high campaign leader Gerald Williams DS Johnson Elementary campaign leader sha Wiggins Johnson okay I'm going keep pushing South Middle School campaign leader Dr janada [Applause] fauler G Carver Elementary campaign leader Teresa [Applause] web car yes I'm sorry prinville Elementary School campaign leader Britney [Applause] stocks Elementary School campaign leader Ed Pitman and Phils Middle School campaign leader Natasha joner [Applause] let's give everybody a round of applause outstanding picture okay I'm stay tall like I'm taller over here yeah I'm tall 63 he's still tall than I [Music] am okay don't
011move don't move okay outstanding guys [Applause] finally guys we'll be getting out of the way we want to thank you again Dr Andy Bryant superintendent I appreciate you sir I say that publicly and I say it loud I appreciate you a whole lot United Way appreciate you on a bigger note that was kind of proo on it didn't so we appreciate you Board of Board of Education members we appreciate all of you guys for allowing us to come before you and allowing your staff to participate so we're really appreciate it Miss Susan hul uh we push a lot of lot through yeah let's give a round of applause she catches a lot from us so we really appreciate you okay all school and Department campaign coordinator we thank you guys so much all School principal
012and departmental head Department of leers we thank you guys so much and all the employees that donated to United Way thank you guys for your time and support this evening and we hope you guys have a safe and a good night okay thank you guys for if I if I may just for a second mam chair as you're throwing that ACC AG to everyone else um I don't think everybody understand quite what you do with fundraising effort throughout the community now need to meet your goal go beyond the goal um both you do so much for the community uh both both in fundraising for United Way but also in deeds and I think you all deserve a you guys thank thank [Laughter] [Music] you are we okay to leave Dr Shaw you heard my announcement
013[Laughter] all the fun is [Music] over that okay we're at item number four on our agenda at this time yes Dr Wilson just as a reminder I think if if it's the board's desire to vote to W policy 23 10 which limits public comment to seven speakers to permit all nine speakers to speak tonight that is in the board's discussion could I hear a motion to Madam shair I'll make a motion that we wave the policy and allow all non speakers to speak tonight has been moved and seconded that we will wave our policy on number of speakers to speak we have our policy allows seven and we have nine signed up and that's why we have to do this motion all in favor the motion let me know I say I oppose same sign
014motions carried okay all right we'll get started and our time limit is 3 [Music] minutes Teresa Austin Stokes is listed [Music] first good evening everyone good evening thank you for this opportunity um we've heard many options concerning the registering Maps but I'm here uh this evening to ask that you consider option C um option C emphasizing U we've met with the community members um on several occasions and option C of is a favorite for our communities of all the anex area Rocky Mount um the districts will be up for election in 2026 no small town are split and most communities or interest are kept together uh small towns as well as the communities of mebrook and South Rocky Mount and I must emphasize I am a Community member of mebrook we want to make sure
015that our precincts are kept together and that we make as less U changes as possible so that it will not um cause confusion um this is a big change for every in the community and we want to keep things as normal as possible and we want the residents of Rocky Mount to have fair treatment and we request that option C which also will keep the precincts together and we're U vouching for that as well and for all the students and the representatives who will be impacted again avoid as much confusion as possible during this transition as we embrace the new changes keep municipalities precincts and districts home make as few changes as possible and again I'm here to request along with the community that you choose option C thank you okay Susan Harry Cole good
016evening members of the school board and Mr superintendent my name is Susan Perry Cole I'm a resident of the edgeone county side of Rocky Mount I'd like to make a few brief remarks about the redistricting Maps you considered in your work session first of all I'd like to thank the board for the transparency it has demonstrated throughout the redistricting process along these same lines I'd like to thank the board for consideration of community ities of interest in edcom county and I'd like to encourage the board to respect these communities of Interest going forward and I'd like to express strong community support for map C which prioritizes respect for communities of Interest map C has the best distribution of black voting age population across all districts of all of the maps and it avoids the problem
017that is shown in maps A and B with reveal a high concentration of black voting age population in some districts map C is easy to describe to the community due to the number of whole or mostly whole precincts that are preserved and the distinct and familiar B boundaries which are included in the map I'd like to also encourage that option C encourage the board to keep option C on the table for future consideration so that community members can review and respond to this math going forward I'd like the board to conduct inperson public information meetings in Rocky Mount and Tabo and Etc so residents have a better opportunity let their voices be heard thank [Music] you Jackie King good evening board members and superintendent as for St my name is Jackie King I reside in
018the valber community which is part of the city of Rocky M currently we are in District One the changes what I like about option C is it will not split the precincts cuz B we Leed we got a tight connection and in the option C that keeps all of us together it's not hard to to explain to the people who they need to vote for I know it'll be a different with the commissioner seats it'll make a little different but to me option C is the best option for Edge K County um to D what was already said I won't go back to what they said I just move forward but in my opinion option C is best because it brings together all the redition principles um and in auction SE all incumbents have a
019SE separate District I just want to add to that and it's a favor among the community so in my opinion we should use option C thank [Music] you tiisha [Music] Patterson good evening everyone it's a great pleasure to be here thank you for taking the time to listen to speak I am Tanisha Patterson and president of the southeast Rocky Mount Community organization in southeast Rocky Mount as a leader um we support option C as well option C keeps all the communities in southeast rcking now together this will be helpful during our voting period it keeps voters interested and engaged in voting m c also um keeps the largest precinct which is metal Brook 121 together um option C is a favorite of the community and needs to be included and the options for the community
020to review and respond to thank [Music] you next camilus [Music] dance good evening good evening I am Comm Dan Regional director of Eastern nor Civ group comprised of 23 counties a life fully pay M of the NAACP rocking M Branch Democratic party pre C CH 111 and a product of GW car Elementary School in South ED middle and Southwest High School what is equity question for Ellis and Ken uh face it rocking lck is predominantly 90 plus% black keeping the community together should be the main thing I'm quite sure you want to be reelected but as I stated the last time I spoke it ain't all about you you should keep the community's best interest in mind commissioner districts all of them do not touch Rock him M I don't see how you going to
021do whatever you're trying to do uh it is no way that all precincts will be in the same school district as it stand now might be in District One School Board District uh uh three or four County Commissioners and you name it and and and and if people a got used to it by now um um you don't need to add more confusion to what you're trying to do um option C put me in Ellis District but I vote in level one where I'm the precin sherff now uh privet is my um uh School Board remember p precin is in 101 are you scared you going to get voted out that shouldn't be the issue the issue should be what's best for Ed count at the end of the day it is about what is
022in the best interest of edgeone County and not just about you option C as it stands is the answer natal o [Music] re good afternoon my name is nain O and I would really really like to thank the board for the trans Arcy and all the hard work that you're pouring into this redistricting process and I know that our participation encourages you to work a little harder to get things done and we are greatly thankful um for that process I do live in mebrook and I am thankful that map C did a lot of put a lot of effort in keeping us together and I'm also a former employee of the rocky m city school system system and Rocky Mount used to be its own school system and um keeping that balanced is very important
023you know to our citizens so that they won't get you know totally confused about how we have transitioned from being a our own school system to be the comine over on the Nash side now to the escom side so we appreciate your sensitivity to our needs um we are looking forward to more um inperson public information meetings and hearings in Rocky Mount Tor pint Toops and North edcom area to help everybody to um embrace the changes that are coming and we are thankful for your close look at this redistricting process and the redistricting principles that were discussed today we very vital and we we thank you for considering you know more options going forward so that at the end of the process everybody can have had some input thank you so [Music] much Angela [Music]
024BR good evening board members Angela BR from Rocky Mountain North Carolina I just want to commend you for having the courage to have this conversation and discussion about race and the racial makeup of our communities that you've been having and to know that what you are discussing is at the heart of almost all the political decisions in our twin County area and it to the extent you grapple with it and come up with a solution that is um uh fair in our community uh you will have been solving a some of an issue of the ages you'll be moving us forward for an issue that has faced the ages on with the issue of the county commissioner districts I just wanted to make one point um that with the number of adjustments you will have
025to make to the county commissioner districts because of where you all are located as incumbents it will be a new map just as the maps similar to the maps a b and c that you already have he's going to have to reconstruct districts to account for you uh and a part of the issue is that three of your residences as you know are in in Tor so Tor will by definition be split three ways as a starting point and then you have to go out out from there um it is also the case that uh whole precincts let me just say this of the three districts we got Maps we had option C provided a more fair percentage of distribution of Black voen age population avoiding the high numbers of 82% in option A and
02692% in B having whole precincts and mostly whole precincts make it easy to vote and run I have run for offices when you can tell people uh this Precinct uh is the is is the precinct I represent then they can relate when you have good and familiar boundaries for people that also helps to describe the districts option C did provide that option for us please remember all the redistricting princip principles that you agreed to when you got started and option C are brought together all those principles and I hope whatever map we do next to consider will bring it together or bring together those principles and finally I wanted to say [Music] got that um also consider the communities of Interest that we provided along with the principles if you look at any adjustments to
027the maps please keep options see on the table along with any other Maps or adjustments that you make thank you he Alicia Johnson [Music] good evening evening Alia Johnson I am the chair of the board of directors of the historic Edgmont Community Association I am here to put forth that we all like options see we had all met together and we decided that this was a better option for us I am going on past experience when I lived in Nash County and we redistrict one of my sons went to Northern the other one had to go to Central I'm trying to make sure that that does not happen in our community we want to keep our communities together and cold because it does make sense and not only that it makes it easier to explain
028when I go to Association meetings what we're looking forward to what is going to happen and how it will affect you we want to have from you you've been so Cooperative to this point that we need to have consideration to have of proposed timeline so I can explain to them when this is when this is going going to happen how it's going to happen and we also would like to have a public forum in the communities that are affected Rocky M towero Pine tops and nor edcom our children are being shifted all over the place and parents don't understand why and it's easier to explain to them if we keep it as far as communities each Community we got Edgemont we have metal Brook we have Southeast Raleigh all these communities we can explain it
029to them a little bit better I thank you for your time you happy to [Music] okay Mr James [Music] R good evening everybody thanks for having us um this open discussion my name is James Ren 704 NC 97 East in Le I come today to to um Express support for option C is the best option given you want incumbents in separate districts and then given we the incoming population Rocky Mount is not all put together but it's the spur between three districts uh we like option C because for from my perspective from our community perspective keeping B wher's Red Hill Leed in the same district AS appli Plus for us we all and we do hope you have public hearings in Rocky Mount tarbor H tops and Leed when these masks come out for discussion
030thank you than thank they heard my announcement they kept that speeches to three minutes so include everyone thank you [Music] okay now we are move to item number five [Music] I would have stay but I got take care of my early dad and I used to stay with y'all 12:00 at night take thank you thank you for coming we at our regular business minutes well February 10th 2021 do we have any corrections changes to this set of minutes [Music] have any correction to the I need a motion for Madam chair I make a motion to approve the February 10th 2025 regular business open session second has been moved and properly second that we will approve our February 10th 2025 Open Session minutes all in favor the motion let be known by saying I oppose the
031same sign the Motions carried thank you very kindly we are move to item six for information Dr Brian thank you mam chair uh several updates tonight uh we last week had our elementary bid books and uh Elementary School uh reading show uh to show all they learned about the books they've been reading had competition Edge com Community College and uh lots of great teamwork uh Illustrated a great knowledge of a number of different books third place in the competition was GW Carver Elementary second place was Martin Millennium Academy and first place stocks Elementary School taking home uh also uh coming up this week we have uh uh two uh big events the M schol B books um that are taking place at Southwest Ed High School 9:00 a.m. and then City stem challenge be at
032Rocky M 9:00 a.m. and the uh F books for Middle Schools is on Thursday so uh two great competitions if you want to see uh great competition students uh at their very best come on out love to see you there a couple of announcements also from last week our curriculum Council was doing some incredible work last week Educators making the most of the workday on Thursday uh working across the district collaborate with each other analyzing data plan upcoming lessons and uh just a lot of hard work being put in there for that sort of final final stretch run as we go into the spring to conclude the year also just for everybody's information a summer launch for 2025 uh CC construction teams been putting together different opportunities for students during the summer uh summer program
033programing and students can take advantage some very unique and different opportunities want to make sure students have great learning experiences even during the summer and uh these will be posted uh for folks as we move forward but just give everybody a few um ideas of what will be out there there be some uh inter of course and mediation retesting will be happening in the beginning of June uh re Chief Camp from uh June 16 to July um also have Sr Camp which be Bridgers building and Basketville Elementary June 16th to the 20th and June 23rd to 26 7th MVP Camp uh June 16th through July 15 at M ambad sever CP camps going on with drones with agriculture cyber security and agriculture as well different spots and uh we'll be doing our Freshman Academy for
034students in August of25 part talking about summer activities and what next year so up way past so as usual lots of great things going on and uh I'll turn back over you now thank you we'll continue with 6.2 our maintenance update Mr Perkin [Music] good evening Vice chair four members superintendent Dr Brian I'll be this is the connection Learning Academy old s pipes continue work this is where we had to run a new [Music] line we brought a new Li station out there to help it flow easier this is no Ed called Deb buildings old doors we had problems trying to secure the the door these are the new door that we put up this is Southwest Air and this is the m Place check it out thank you thank you sir [Music] 6.3 Dr
035Brian uh under 6.3 field trip change a date was changed for Coco wiberly Elementary School um 335 411 2025 part at 6:30 a.m. return at 6:30 p.m. and mam chair if I may go on to 6.4 and 6.5 since these are since these are informational yes um field trips um that we have uh approved prior to the board meeting and also fundraisers that were approved as uh well for uh previously and Q um coming up soon any questions about the informational items for uh fundraisers more [Music] beautiful that [Music] question let see [Music] like me gr committee reports mam chair yes uh board policy uh this is second reading on uh policy 5150 in relation to uh reporting to exteral agencies as most everybody knows this was always already reported to the board the first
036reading at the last regular meeting so um up for adoption tonight the any one have any questions about this policy if you do not we need to hear a motion for approval M chair excuse me Madam chair m a motion that we approve policy 5150 reporting to external agencies for the second reading second has been moved and properly second that we will approve our new policy that we have read and for Action tonight policy [Music] 5150 it has been moved and proper second that we will app approve this policy any other discussion on the motion all in favor of the motion let me know by say I oppose the same sign motion is carried thank you 8.8 acent items M chair excuse me m chair for conss tonight U I'm just going to go down
037the list very quickly over different field trips extended day opportunities again fundraisers and um also uh summer programming um remediation and testing some of which I covered the last uh update uh for the for the board uh some manyi Arts music Grant donations uh $5,000 from aachi to support uh taror High School in high school and the mon monetary donation of Philips Middle School uh Philips Brooks Alumni Association design designated support initiatives programs activities possible positive support environment for students and staff also monetary uh donation for Philips from St Mark am church designa support Arts and Music education and then a Grant application to North Carolina department public construction for the 21st century Community Learning Center cohort 18 Grant competition for $250,000 uh 3 years total 750,000 thank [Music] agenda any questions or comments board
038member do we have any questions your reference to consent if not I need be a motion for approval mam chair move for the approval of consent I just presented has been moved and properly second that we will approve our consent items as presented any other discussion on the motion all in favor the motion let me known by saying I I oppose same sign the motion is carried thank you very kindly okay [Music] okay we took off the agenda item 8 B so we'll move to Tob with again I'm here to ask for approval of the calendar foral schools for next school year um Rose provided with a slightly updated uh version of the the calendar before the meeting and I just want to make sure you understood that the only changes there were just a
039few changes to report C and private report stes don't changes on that we need to tweak those a little bit after we submitted that um the calendar was initially created by our calendar committee that consisted the various central office employees as well as our teacher of the year and our um principal of the year uh once we create the calendar the draft calendar we did send it out to our staff members and family members and Community for their input we received a lot of responses um the large majority of the responses were in favor of the calendar as it was however we did have you a lot maybe almost 100 comments on different things we try to take those into consideration before we presented the final um version of the calendar you'll notice it's very
040much like this year's calendar with the addition of several uh early release days that have been scattered throughout um and that was based on feedback we received from um staff that wanted some time to do things like parent conferences and different meetings they want have some time during school day to do those things we ined those for these days now happy to entertain any questions um that you may have about [Music] gal we know that this is not an easy thing to do to create for to yeah and I would know that you would get a lot of comments discussion which was good yeah we're happy to hear their feedback any other comment about the tradition of calendar I just know always a lot of work a lot of work make everybody happy yes yes
041and we thank you all for working on like we do hearing no comments I need to hear a motion to approve our c our 25 26 Calendar for our Traditional School Madam chair I make a motion that we move the um 2025 2026 calendar for ecps second has been moved and properly second that we will approve our calendar for our ecps traditional schools any other discussion on the motion all in favor the motion let it be known by saying I I oppose same sign motion is carried thank you very thank you 83 good evening chair Vice chair board members superintendent I come before you tonight to request approval for soul Source Services um by opportunity culture um you have a copy of the proposed uh services that they will be providing as part of the
042Soul Source um back in 201617 we were approved by the Department of Public Instruction to implement Advanced teaching roles um in our approved application use um the opportunity culture model provided by public impact um and so the new services that we are requesting Soul Source approval for um would be for them to provided additional guidance and support as we're looking at evaluating um implementation and providing uh Direction um and support to schools as they continue to implement to ensure that we're getting the maximum impact of that work um in our schools um and because uh public impact does provide opportunity culture or own opportunity culture um they're highly specialized Professional Service um which is why we are requesting the S Source approval is there anyone answer question or concerns to Miss Pierce if not I
043need for a motion to approve excuse me mam chair I make a motion for the approval of the services provided by opportunity culture as a sole source for the services for technical assistance and professional learning to design Implement opportunity cult with Staffing models and the total amount not to exceed 20557 using PRC of 22 Advanced teaching roles ATF state fundation has been new and properly second that we would approve the service provided by opportunity culture as a sole source of the services for our technical assistance and professional learning to design and implement the opportuni uh model in the total amount of [Music] $2,557 and we will be using the PRC 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
044motion is car thank you very kindly [Music] 8.4 good evening good evening I'm here tonight to um to bring forward an item for Action to request board approval to obligate a purchase order in the following amounts for replacement school buses $3,594 for one new freight liner School Bus authorized by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that will replace one old currently running School Bus for edcom County Schools the second is in the amount of $4,365 for one new international school bus authorized by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that will replace an additional old school bus that has met the mileage or age requirement for replacement and that requirement is um buses can be replaced after they reach 20 years of service or 250,000 Mi and both of these buses that are being replaced
045have met that requirement um the North Count Department of Public construction will be making payments on behalf of edcom County public schools for these new school buses each School Bus has a 66 passenger capacity it is my recommendation for board approval of the obligation for purchase orders payable to Carolina Thomas in the amount of [Music] $153,500 $ sounds like a they do for years how long or 250,000 mil how long did you say those buses should last at least 20 years or 250,000 miles oh okay a lot longer than our cars right oh and they carry a lot more students than our cars oh yeah I right any any specific question or conc concerned about this [Music] request we know that school buses are not cheap and this is the proof to the pudding in
046your request very expensive they're not cheap to purchase and they're not cheap to maintain I'm sure of that that maintenance part any other comment all question M I make a motion that we approve the purchase of one new school bu in Carolina Thomas in the amount of [Music] 1,594 and one new school bus from whites International in the amount of $154,300 for a total 30796 has been moved and properly seconded that we purchased one school bus from the Thompson LLC in the amount of $3,597 and another from whes international company for $154 $367 in the total amount of $ 37,9 61 all in favor the motion let it be known by saying I I oppos the same sign the motion carried okay thank you thank thank you have a good evening all [Music] right thank
047you mam chair uh item 8.5 B uh at the last meeting you approved uh us moving forward with the elementary basketball league we've been the process of working through theou uh that you I believe have in front of you tonight and uh also have uh Kelvin Jones who's here tonight director of our Parks and Rec for Edom county S Murphy who's also here is going to help us with the program they've done a great job and working with us and putting all this together uh I think it's a great opportunity for for our young people and uh both Kelvin and and have done a great job with putting that forth that's a way not only to uh let let students have some fun but build community ac across the community and and and uh get
048a lot of ownership and investment and we see that as a a way to make even more games to bring everybody together so appreciate your hard work J um I would recommend tonight that in um if you decide to approve this that you to approve this pending School Board attorney with you uh so we have a couple more details just to work out and we want to make sure our opportunity to as well so but we're really close so what have question that was mine that's the attorney looked at this and she had she has looked at it and and uh she and her team were a part of uh putting this all together but we just have a couple more things to just make sure we're all in the same page together and we'll
049move forward as fast as we Canin would you like to come up and say a few words the addition just the addition good evening boarding so this Elementary School basketball league sitting here today it kind of helps Sue intentions from a couple different areas uh the initial introduction of it was because of the Dem merger uh before my position at ashcom County Parks and Recreation I taught I was a teacher at in Nash County Public School System I taught at Edwards the last graduated class Edward I actually taught and this basketball league know they've been doing in n county for a couple years now but initially started in this round as a fundra that's how we see it for ascom County Parks and W um the particulars we won't touch right now but the way
050we view it is it could be a great fundraising opportunity for the schools involved ecps as a whole but also the social aspect it will be for to get those kids that were part of that new merger back something that they lost by coming know you that's the ability to participate in sport their school as early as thir and just to add it's huge on the parental involvement aspect and getting parents involved and we can actually actually leverage these events to get information that we need to parents so it's a great opportunity for uh killing two birds and one sto it gives the parents and the students an opportunity to engage with their Administration for their school outside of their school I just got a question the it says the turnament is it just one
051tournament yes it will just over several days over uh we will be about 6 weeks so every satday thank you so much okay we need a motion 8.5 M chair I'm recommend approval of the M between edcom County Board of Education and edcom County Parks and Recreation and for the edcom County's Public School elementary basketball league depending uponor appr attorney approval yes second it's been moved and properly second we will approve the approval of the M between ecboe and edcom County ecps elementary basketball league uh with the approval of the attorney any other discussion on the [Music] motion all in favor the motion let me know by say it I I oppos the same sign motions car thank you I didn't sign that Madam chair before we go to the clst session if we could
052revisit 84b in those totals um the amount of 53,5 197 versus 1 94 which [Music] is thank you did everybody catch that correction in the [Music] addition thank you bring to [Music] m l will you take [Music] a Madam chair I make a motion under the North Carolina open meeting law SE section 143 D3 18 11 a18 3 and A6 to go into close session to consider the Personnel matter to consult with the attorney to preserve attorney client privilege information and 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 General statute 115 c-39 through 321 second has been moved in proper second that we will go now into close session any other discussion on the motion
053I'll in favor the motion let it be known by saying I I oppose the same sign the motion [Music] carries introducing the brand new app for edcom 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 tap here to share the event with friends and family the feed is where you'll find updates from Administration about what's going on throughout the school whether that's celebrating a Student Success or reminding you about an upcoming deadline search
054edcom County public schools in the app store or Play Store to to explore the app for yourself it's everything ecps in your pocket [Music] o [Music] oh [Music] he [Music] [Laughter] [Music] our personnel management could we hear a motion for approval of our personnel management Madam chair I move for the approval of personnel management discussed in close session second it's been moved and properly second that we will approve our personnel management discussed and close session any other discussion on the motion all in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I oppose same sign motion is cast one I I know I heard somebody okay did you catch it Rose oh you caught it good all right we'll move to 10.12 I extracurricular activities our spring Sports can we hear a motion to
055approve mam chair move for the approval of the extracurricular activities addendum for spring Sports second it has been moved and properly seconded that we will approve our extra curricular activities addendum for our spring Sports any other discussion on the motion all in favor of the motion Let It Be know by sayingst the same you something to eat doing the break didn't you I did not doing the break that's the problem God did anybody say no no motion car okay 10.2 our close session minutes I just need a motion for approval of them because we didn't have any discussion on car the approve clo fish minutes second J it has been moved and properly second that we will approve our February 10 2025 regular business closed session minutes any other discussion all in favor the motion
056let it be known by say I all oppose the same sign motion carries board correspondence [Music] about [Music] two let's see oh [Music] God this not Dr Brian what do you do you have anything for us to consider no m k okay I need to be a motion and you need to do it right for our journey I need to he a motion for our journey Madam chair I make a motion to adjourn this March meeting second it has been moved and properly second that we will adjourn this meeting our March meeting March the 10th any other discussion on the Motions all in favor let it be known by saying I oppose the same sign I'm hearing none we have adjourned the