001Welcome to our May Richmond County Board of Education meeting. The board chair declares a quorum is present for this May 13, 2025 Richmond County Board of Education meeting. Will the board please come to order? Probably some of y'all already know this, but we had a retired staff member, Miss K. Smith, 39 and a half years in Richmond County Schools passed away last week. had unbelievable opportunity to work with Kay while I was a PE teacher at LJ Bell and Bobby Missby was the assistant principal principal at those times and just had a wonderful opportunity to work with Kay knew her family and dedicated her life to Richmond County schools. So, I just wanted to recognize Kay tonight. Nicole's here because Nicole and I kind of started at LJ Bell the same time and uh just
002had a wonderful opportunity to work with Kay and get to know Kay throughout the years and be missed terribly. So just wanted to make make sure I recognized her. Mr. Baldwin, if you all will please stand and join me for a moment of silence. Thank you. Address the flag, please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. That young lady did a fantastic job there. She really did. Board members, you have the open minute meetings minutes from our April 8th and April 29th meetings. I need a motion to approve those minutes. I'll make a motion. Motion by Mr. Ethridge, a second by Mr. Mason. Any uh conversation? All in favor by saying I.
003All opposed. They are approved. Mr. Superintendent, the agenda set for tonight? Yes, sir. We are all good. Okay. So, our first order of business will be Miss Whitley. Moving right along. Mr. Re told me I needed to move along. It's my honor to share with you two of schools finest as they represent middle school's inspiring excellent city. Selecting only two people extreme is extremely difficult when there are so many people who are deserving of this recognition. The beginning of the school year was launched with the theme, be a champion. Staff were challenged to be a champion to their colleagues and our students, one person in one moment at a time. As they navigated the school year, these two people represented our model of supporting others as they rose to the challenge. First recipient is Miss
004Crystal Williams. Miss Crystal Williams serves as a CMS She is not just a person who records the accounts and transactions of our school business. Miss Williams is a quiet, softspoken genius who helps maintain all things operational. Her forward thinking and creativity are the source of treats for our teachers on their hardest days. Miss Williams is solution finder who um when it comes to stretching a dollar and pinching a penny um she is certainly that person that we are looking to to guide us. She is always willing to support teachers when it comes to finding a substitute at the last minute for when they are handling a crisis and need to be out. Our school events run smoothly as she prepares details from the simplest to the most complex. Her guidance is trustworthy. She helps us
005all see um that there's different sides whenever we need to make those difficult decisions. Certainly appreciate that. She is funny and her sense of humor is right on time. These efforts do not go unnoticed as our teachers express their their gratitude when they pass by her office. Miss Williams, thank you for sharing your excellence with us so that we can continue to strive to be the best champions that we can possib [Applause] One, two, three. [Applause] Congratulations. Okay, our second recipient is Miss Kim Walker, our precious instructional coach. She is the master of wearing many hats. She does it with style and grace. Miss Walker is approachable and honest when with our teachers as they seek her out for guidance. She is strategic when assisting them so that they are empowered to be the champion
006their students need them to be. She is often the soft place where teachers can reflect and reset. She encourages them to take risk and extend the bar of what going for the gold is. Miss Walker has not only been the model of a champion within our building, she has also been that for other instructional coaches within within the district. As a member of the CMS admin leadership team, her perseverance and team mindset are the foundation of the rest for the rest of us to excel at our own responsibilities. She asked hard questions that make that makes one think right here. Um it makes me see other um that there's other various viewpoints that I need to take into consideration. And um as the the lead educator at CMS, working with Miss Walker has been a
007seamless experience. She has been um receptive to the vision of creating a learning environment that teachers and students want to learn and grow in. Thanks for being that champion that we all need. Congratulations. [Applause] One, [Applause] two, Tonight I would like to recognize I'm going to start with Miss Anna and I am proud to recognize Miss Anna for inspiring excellence as a prek teacher. Anna brings unmatched school spirit and a heart full of dedication to everything that she does. She is a champion for school improvement, always eager to be involved even when the work is unfamiliar. She is known for saying, "Um, I don't understand what that is, but just tell me what to do." And she jumped in wholeheartedly. Um, because the prek world, if you don't know, they they don't function quite like
008we do um in the K-pop world. Um, she is a fierce advocate for Mineral Springs School. She reaches out into into the community to build partnerships, seek support, and uplift our school in every way she can. Whether it's making a survey, painting a poster, tracking down donations, Anna is always the first to raise her hand. Her passion extends deeply into her classroom as well. She is constantly looking for creative ways to enrich her students experiences. When she can't take them out into the world, she brings the world to them, creating creating meaningful imaginative and inspiring learning moments. Anna's spirit, advocacy, and tireless efforts make her a shining example of what it means to inspire excellence. And her people are at Rockingham Middleionship games right now. So, we're we're doing this thing without them. So, son
009and daughter both I'm sorry. Now she can run. All right. Next up, I would like to recognize I'm sorry agenda. She's loving me right now. It is my honor to recognize Miss Shelby Nance for inspiring excellence in our school community. Shelby is the face that welcomes everyone who walks through our doors. And more often than not, she's the first voice you hear when you call the school. She is the go-to person for information about our students and has built lasting, meaningful relationships with our staff and family. Over time, she consistently seeks out solutions to help our school more efficiently and is always ready to step in whenever help is needed. Her dedication goes far beyond her job description. She supports not only our teachers and staff, but also provides guidance and assistance to other data
010managers across the district. Shel's commitment, reliability, and genuine care for others make her an invaluable part of our team. She truly embodies what it means to inspire excellence every single day. [Applause] She's got a lot of personality. The whole crowd. 2. Congratulations. We will now call on Miss Haley Gordon to talk about our introduce our spelling bee winner. I am so pleased like he's a fifth grader at school. This time his first year this is his second year with us representing our history. He did win the district for this is the second consecutive year. It's an impressive feat that demonstrates not only his exceptional spelling abilities which I'm extremely jealous of but also his dedication to academic excellence. This year's competition that we held at Rock Middle was particularly exciting as Ryan faced off against
011an eighth grade student in the final round. And after multiple head-to-head rounds, Ryan emerged victorious, showcasing his knowledge that is well beyond his years. So following this district win, which is exciting enough, we brought back something this year that we haven't done in a while. And Ryan represented our school at the state script spelling be held at America Stadium. His participation at the state level reflects positively on our district's commitment to academic excellence. So, we would like to recognize Ryan's achievement and we're just proud that he could be here tonight to represent or to to um to recognize his natural talent and um hard work and determination. So, thank you for letting us celebrate. [Applause] One, two, three. Congratulations. Congratulations. Good evening, Dr. Smith. Good evening. Tonight, we are so proud to recognize a student
012whose drive, leadership, and academic success have led to an incredible honor. Mia Green is a senior at Richmond Senior High School. Uh known for her hard work, her dedication, and her commitment to everything that she does. I remember Mia um as a young elementary school student at Mineral Springs as her former principal. And even then, Mia was exceptional. She was far beyond her years with maturity, her respectful behavior, and her responsibility in everything that she did. Mr. Ingram and I always let everybody know that every time Mia wins an award, you know she's from Ellerby, right? As if we had something to do with that, right? But we do, Mia. We always claim you. Okay. Um at at Richmond, Mia served as a chief junior marshal. Um she is currently the president of the HOSA
013club and has been an officer in the Beta Club for all four years. Currently, she is the vice president. She's also a member of both the National Honor Society and the National Technical Honor Society. She is very actively involved. Mia has already earned her CNA certification and she will graduate not only with her high school diploma but with an associates degree as well. She was a Morehead Kain scholarship nominee and a top 10 finalist for the national Beta Club scholarship. Now she has been selected as a Lavine scholar at UNC Charlotte, the university's most prestigious merit-based scholarship. Out of more than 3,000 nominees nationwide, only 20 students were chosen for this opportunity and it includes full tuition, housing, and extensive leadership and service experiences. Please join me in congratulating Mia Mia Green on this Lavine
014class of 2029. [Applause] Mr. Ingram in the Purple Star recognition. Uh, greetings chairman Satderfield, Dr. Frell, members of the board. We are proud to honor five exceptional schools that have earned the prestigious Purple Star Award designation for their outstanding support of Military Connected students during the 24 2024 2025 school year. These schools were recognized at the at the 2025 Purple Star Awards ceremony held at North Carolina National Guard joint force headquarters on March May 9th, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Um, this year we are thrilled to welcome two new schools to the Purple Star family joining the three of schools previously designated. Our goal for next year is to have all schools in our district achieve this honor. Special thanks to Dr. Dr. Isler and Dr. Pharaoh for their unwavering efforts toward making Richmond County
015schools a purple star district. Congratulations to the following schools. Um first year designation um LJ Bell Elementary. Um if the principal will come for you Rockingham Middle School and the next three schools, this is their second year designation. Fair View Heights Elementary, Hamlet Middle, and Richmond Senior High School. [Applause] There you go. there. Very good. Okay. One, two, three. One, two, three. Thank you. [Applause] Chairman Satderfield, Dr. Frell, members of the board, it's my pleasure tonight to uh be able to recognize Cordova Middle School's Skills USA and their accomplishments at their state conference a few weeks ago. So, I'd like to call skills advisor Anthony Mayor. I think he's got a few students here with him. Some of them had other commitments. Come on. I'm gonna let him since I butchered the names last year,
016I'm gonna let him do it. Thank you very much. Greetings. Um, thank you all for having us here. Um, I would like to say thank you'all very much. Um, this year is our second year um, having um, Skills USA at Cordova Middle School. It's a CTSO, a career technical student organization. Um it is a student parent industry teacher partnership that helps young people get um what you call get um what you call that get information um skills learning about different trades and the different industries that we have here in the county and nationwide. Um, this past year, Cordova Skills USA chapter completed competed in the NC Skills USA state leadership conference at Greensboro, North Carolina from April 9th and 11th. Through hard work and dedication, Cordova Middle School was able to showcase our students and
017that's in many different career competitions. We were also able to bring home seven state championships. Also, for the second year in a row, Cordova Middle School competitors will represent Richmond County Schools on a national stage as they will attend and compete against other middle schoolers around the nation in the Skills USA National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. those stu oh those students um listing off Kenya Mcccluren first um she has first place in job skill demonstration cosmetology Germaine Dawkins Dawkins uh first place in action skills that's a big thing this year that we did we collaborated with um the EC department and what they um cultivate bringing in kind of the EC department and Skills USA because a lot of our young people that get to with the OCS and and that range, they are
018able to go through and do certain job skills that these young people able to do. That was the first year collaboration um doing that. Um there's one of our students right here with mobile robotics, Miss um MJ and her partner Drayden Wall. They got first place in mobile robotics. Uh we have three young men. Maurice Lemons, Julian Ingram, um Brandon Reyes, they got first place in team engineering challenge. Addison Chapel, Kylie McCormack, Lillian Quit got third place in the skill showcase and healthcare. Um Kevron Mcwing, he got fifth place in job skill demonstration open. He was healthcare. and Madison Patterson, she got third place in job skill demonstration. A that was healthcare demonstration. And then Lillian Quick placed in job skill demonstration. She did culinary. And then we had two other students. They didn't place
019um but they um competed in um her name was Nyla Magical for t-shirt design and then Wlayia Russell and pin design. and our seven that will be going be all our first place um winners u will be going we'll be going for our second year in a row to go to Atlanta and compete and learned and be a sponge [Applause] Crash party. [Music] I'm sorry. [Music] Okay. One. No. No. You're good. You stay. Yeah. There we go. Okay. One, two, three. Perfect. Thank you guys. Congratulations. Thank you all for all the recognitions. I think that's fantastic to see that many students at Cordova participating. Fantastic. Okay. Good evening, Miss Haywood. How are you? Good morning. Good evening. Look, it's been a long day. That's a hard act to follow. I'm just saying like I don't
020know if I'll ever meet the expectations of all the wonderful things that just happened. So, I'll try, but I'm not gonna meet them. Sorry. Um, my name is Miss Katie Haywood. I work with NC State University and NC university to implement grant-f funded projects with North Carolina 4. Hence my beautiful Raider and sort of Raider and 4H green that I'm wearing tonight. Um I work currently in Hamlet Middle School. I was looking for her. She's back there miss Pearson. um with a grant titled robots engineering and aggra science um and the goal of this grant is to advance equity and STEM growth mindset in rural ed STEM education. So as you guys know teamwork makes the dream work, right? An example is sitting right here on this board. Um, this federally funded grant program uh
021works with NCT University, NC State University, as well as Sapphire, which is a really long acronym like normal education acronyms are. And it stands for Children with Youth and Families at Risk Grants. Um we have an executive team of approximately 10 people that work together uh to implement this programming. We work handinand with Richmond County 4 with Paige um Burns and Aaron Barnes the 4 agent here and then of course Hamlet Middle School has allowed us to come and do some really cool programming and we're so thankful for that as well. Um, this is my name and my email in case you have any questions after this. Um, there was a lovely picture, but I don't know where it went. Okay. I am considered the STEM and healthy living program associate for North Carolina 4,
022which is a really fancy way of saying I'm the program manager and uh, coordinator to be the in between person between all of these lovely parties that are involved. So again, the goals of this grant are to increase STEM coursework during high school, increase positive attitudes about science, increase science content knowledge, increase self-efficacy and teaching STEM education and the implementation of the experiential learning model, and then of course sustainability, which is in red, because it's always the hardest part of this whole uh grant process. We are currently in four counties. So we are in Ants and Richmond and then Harnett and Bladen and then we do program as well in Wake County and then also in Guilford County where the universities are based. So each fall we do a training with teachers first. Um this
023was one of our first trainings that we did. Uh this is a grant that's implemented in sixth through 8th grade. And these are just some of the curricula that we've implemented. This is power of wind um which is a electricitybased curriculum. Um robotics and the lady here in the blue shirt is Dr. Misty Blue Terry who's our robotics specialist. So all of these training sessions are led by subject subject matter experts. Um these robotics specifically are the Lego education uh robotic spike prime kits that um was provided to Hamlet Middle School and the other schools to use within after school program and in school programming. Another example of a curriculum is shoot for the stars which is an astronomy curriculum implemented in sixth grade. All of these curricula are aligned to the North Carolina standard
024course of study. Uh specifically with the changing of science standards this year, uh we had to kind of pivot things a little bit and uh pull some additional grant uh funded uh curricula. One of those being bofuels which was implemented in 8th grade so that we could better align with the the new standards there. So, some of our accomplishments that we've made um at Hamlet Middle School, but also broadly across the state. Uh first of all, we have hired uh about three coordinators that work across uh the state. One is myself serving in that role and then we have another coordinator that serves Harnett and Bladen. Um, we also have uh an evaluation specialist that uh supports us in our research. We have a communication and digital media art specialist that helps create lots of
025cool things that looks like she just like waved a magic wand and it was beautiful. Um we also have two co- um two principal investigators, both of which are subject matter experts from NC State University and then NC&T University. And then I also serve as the program manager and co-principal investigator uh to help support all of those things. So we have lots and lots of people that work for this grant-f funed project. Um implementation has been really fun and interesting. Uh we initially started this grant for sixth grade and then we added seventh and now we've added eighth and I told them like let's just keep rolling. Um we meet with teachers on a monthly basis. So the Hamlet Middle School teachers, Miss Haver, um Miss Sullivan, um several of those teachers met with uh
026other teachers across the state to collaborate on these similar curriculum and these similar ideas. We collected data um as a result of the evaluations that we implemented and we've involved families. So in just a second you'll see uh some robotics competition opportunities that are going to happen at Hamlet Middle School in the next few weeks. And so a big part of our grant is to involve the families in the community. Reasons why I'm coming to talk to you guys. So, I'm not going to go through all of the lovely statistics that are on this slide set. Um, but what we have learned as a result of our implementation of programming is um that students do in fact increase their interest in science. Um, especially that students increase their interest in the experiential learning process. So,
027experiential learning is that hands-on learning working with the robots doing the thing. So what we learned is that as a result of the implementation of those experiential learning experiences, our students um were more interested in science and better understood the content area itself. So, SCPFAR um as a national uh grant project has common measures data that we collect and that's this portion of the evaluation data. Um we offered this program to over 1100 youth across the four partnering counties and we actually were got asented and completed evaluations for 849 students. Um, if you've ever met a middle schooler, the fact that they personally asented to filling out an additional non required evaluation says a lot, I feel about the program by itself. Um, we uh our biggest amount of our our population was mostly from
028seventh grade. Um, and if you look at oh my if you look at Richmond County, uh, we were we were sitting kind of in the middle. So we we were easily represented there. Um we had lots of representation within our evaluations and those are listed here. What are we doing for sustainability? So first of all I'm coming to talk to people like you. um talking to leadership, talking to community um in community events, um training teachers and county staff. So when the grant is over in two years, the county and school uh maintains ownership of all property that has been provided through the grant. So um we initially had a grant that was similar to this at Mun Avenue Elementary. And so up until at least a couple years, I don't think there is one
029in here, but they were still using some of those robotics things that we had provided. So those materials themselves stay in Richmond County. Um the other thing we do for sustainability is provide opportunities. So there will be scholarships available for students for Hamlet Middle School specifically that are um involved in 4 to attend the North Carolina 4 Congress event which is a huge um sort of like professional development event for kids. Uh there's over 400 youth that attend that event every year and so there's some scholarships there that are going to be made available for Richmond County youth specifically. And then the last of course is building relationships. Um we're going to do our robotics competition which Miss Pearson will market broadly so that uh Hamlet Middle School is seen doing the amazing things that
030they're doing. And this is our robotics competition. So it will be May 22nd uh 4 to 6 pm. Um Miss Haber, Miss Gayy, and Miss Newton have been working really hard with the kids to prepare for this competition. So this is a very uh interesting version of this competition because uh it is not a statewide competition yet, but it will be next year. So, the goal is to prepare the students here in county this year so that whenever they reach the statewide competition, they're more prepared and capable of winning. Thank you guys so much. I appreciate it. I'm not sure how to turn this thing off, but Katie, thank you so much for for coming to see us. Thank you. Thank you for what you do for H Middle School. Miss Taylor and the alternative
031schools modified accountability system model. Good evening, Chairman Satderfield, Dr. Frell, and members of the board. Uh the state requires that each district have an alternative learning setting to meet the needs of at risk students. And each year we meet with our Ashley Chapel school administrator, Monica Robinson, to discuss the alternative schools modified accountability system. And then we bring our recommendations to you. So tonight we will propose our recommendation for the alternative schools modified accountability model for the coming 2526 school year and speak to what this model includes and why it is appropriate for Ashley Chapel. Option A is appropriate for schools with standard learning settings to evaluate levels of academic achievement and growth, but it may not account for the other needs of the most at risk students in our alternative school. So this is
032uh the option A would be a regular school performance, grade and accountability model that all the other traditional schools use. model option B measures not only achievement and growth but it also measures other um u data such as persistence. Can we keep students in school through the end of the school year or how well is the school keeping students in school all year? We consider option B as the most appropriate alternative school accountability model for Ashley Chapel because it is more aligned to their school performance goals and evaluating their school effectiveness and that is model option B and it consists of 20% persistence 20% achievement and 60% of their school performance is their growth measure model opt Option C requires that the school make up their own modifications in the accountability system. The you they
033take the existing accountability system and come up with their own modifications. So what do the other alternative schools throughout the state do? This is the most recent data from the 23 24 school year. And here we can see that 77 alternative schools across the state use model option B which constitutes 81% of all of the alternative schools in North Carolina. Only 18% of alternative schools mod um proposed modifications to the accountability model and only one um uses option A which is the regular accountability model. So our request for the 2526 academic year is the alternate accountability model option B. And since they are a small school and may not return sufficient data in every one of the indicator areas, we're requesting to use the three years of data um to calculate their performance. So for
034the 2526 school year, our team recommends the alternative schools modified accountability model for many reasons, mainly because the students who go there already show that they need program support beyond achievement and growth. Option B measures growth and achievement like all the other schools, but it also throws in a measure of how well the school is keeping students in school and graduating them. Option B is appropriate and aligned to measure our alternative school's progress and evaluate its performance. Additionally, because the school membership is small, as we've said, we're requesting to use three years of data for performance calculations. So, at this time, I would like to take any questions you might have and um request your approval for our recommendation to use option B with three years of data for Ashley Chapel alternative. I'll make a
035motion. Mr. Eth makes a motion to accept option B with three years data. We have a second. Second by Mr. Mason. Any discussion? All in favor by saying I. All opposed. Option B it is. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Taylor. Construction updates by Mr. Steven King. Chairman Satfield, Dr. Ferals, and members of the board. That would be good. Um, just a quick update. this past month or last week, last Monday on the 5th, we went to Menel Springs and February Heights with the engineers and meter construction and did our final punch list walkth through. Uh so they just down to just a few items on those those two projects that so we can close those out. And last time we were together, we were all at the high school. So we got to
036tour the gym out there. So you kind of know what progress that that's in. uh the HVAC, electrical, plumbing, um sprinkler system, all that. Uh they're trimming that out and and completing that. The roof trim and downspouts, all that's complete. Uh you saw the polished concrete on the first floor. They've moved up to the second floor, polishing that concrete. The Raider R logo in the lobby floor has been stained since you were there. I'll show you a picture of that in just a minute. Uh all the ceiling tiles, about 80% of the ceiling tiles have been installed. um the gym divider in the middle of the gym that'll come down to divide that space into two separate places. So, two different classes can use that's being installed. The wrestling mat lifts on either end of
037the gym are being installed. Um all the cabinets and countertops are being installed. Um and the front sidewalk out front of this um the new gym is scheduled for uh the 26th of this month to start that week. Um start with a couple photos. Um this one is um they were lowering the connector in between the upper part of EB building where it connects to the new gym. Um that's it in place there. They installed four new columns and then that little bridge section there. The railing will go on uh after that. And next, um, so at at the high school, and this is in our old gym, we've recently had the floor redone in the gym. Uh, this is where they had they came in with some sanders and sanded all the paint, uh,
038sanded the wood back down to its original. And then this is where they're starting to lay out the court. Make that bigger. Uh this is uh they stained some of it um painted some of it. They're laying out the lines and then this is the finished finish product. So it's got the county symbol in the middle, the Richmond and all all new paint and finish as you know notice the walls. We've repainted the walls. So all the colors are are are you coordinated together and um we finally picked out the the two colors I think everybody can live with after some time. All right. Um one other project I wanted to share with you is uh Rockingham Middle School. The roofing project we're doing there. Um this is just the underllayment. All the roofing synthetic
039synthetic slate shingles have been removed. This is the new underllayment. They're doing everything except the auditorium and and the old gym. And yes, that was me on the roof taking those pictures. That's a pretty high roof. That's the standing seam metal roof being installed. So, they're about uh I'd say 50% complete. These photos were taken early last week. How long should that roof last? If the finish lasts, as the manufacturer says it will, at least 50 years. And then finally at the high school and the stadium, we've got all the handrails in the stadium installed. Um, so that's that's something that's been a long time in the works and um it's very sturdy. I think it's going to make a big difference in people having access out there. Lots of comments about that. All people
040are excited about. Yes, ma'am. All right. Any questions on the construction projects. Stephen, I I know I shared with you uh when we did the tour of the gym. I just want to say thank you again publicly to um to all our citizens of the work that you you and your team has done with these projects. Um, you know, for me v I'm a visual person and so for us to have had that opportunity to go out there and see the work that was done. I know every meeting most of our meetings you be bringing us updates and giving us pictures, but that was really really big for me. I mean to be able to visually see it um and put put it all together. So, I I just want to personally thank you publicly
041and and your team of folks that's doing this work um and keeping us updated on on the progress of all our projects that we have. I really Thank you. And you're welcome. And I forgot to show you this photo. That's the stained uh Raider logo in the in the lobby. So, that'll be in the main part of the lobby when you're walking into the new gym. All right. Any questions on the Is the water a problem out there with all the rain we've had last couple days? No, surprisingly not. I was out there yesterday and I mean they're managing the water very well. We had two inches of rain on Monday, four inches over the weekend. So we we've had a lot of rain. Yeah. Um so next I just want to mention our preliminary
042design of new elementary school working with Mosley Architect Firm. So, we've selected uh May uh Tuesday, May 20th for Mosley to come down with their team and myself and we're going to go to LJ Bell and Feb Heights, walk through the school and we'll look at all the systems, the roof, the HVAC, plumbing. I mean, just, you know, we've got a checklist of a number of things we'll look at and and evaluate and at both locations and then Mosley will go back and put it all together into a package um that they'll present to you sometime before we'll do a site visit. With that being said, um they've we've proposed a work session for Monday, June 23rd. I know there's already a couple of meetings in June, but if we don't do it in June,
043I don't think we meet in July. And we really need to have a decision on what school we're going with uh before August because the the application comes out uh in July sometime is due in September. So um now we have to have a board meeting prior are we going to do that again this year prior to July 1? Yes, we already have that scheduled. I believe that's June 30th. 30th, right? For the budget close out for the year. We have our regular meeting on June 10th. So, we just thought we'd like to see you all every week this in the month of June. Did you tell me again when that uh work session? Uh we're proposing a work session for Monday, June 23rd. Did you say what would be happening during that work? Yeah,
044we we would go uh myself and Mosley Architect and some of their team members and the board, we would go to Fabia Heights and LJ Bell and and walk through there. You'll be given some information right before that that walk through. Uh but we'll just go through it, give you an opportunity to to look and and and see the things that we've seen and that they pointed out the good and the bad of both both sites and then to help you make a decision on which school you want to select to replace and probably need to allow a good 45 minutes at each location and then travel time. So that's why we were thinking it probably needed to be a separate session. You know, we hate you hate to tack it on to another meeting
045and have you really late and worn out. So So what time would this what time would you want this to be? I mean, we typically start at five. You guys okay with June 23rd? Yeah, because that's going to be the B that's going to be the big one. That's be basis on what we do our next step. June 23rd. Yeah. Can we call it tenative until we just call it tenative and then we'll be back? Yeah. What get home? I'll just reach out to all of you tomorrow and see if we can do that and then I'll confirm that. I'll just ask if we do it. I mean five works better for me and beyond rather than early. Okay, sounds good. Anything else? Thank you, Steve. tomorrow. I will. I'll text you tonight or tomorrow.
046Great. Mr. Jordan, good evening. Good evening, Chairman Satderfield, Dr. Frell, members of the board. On board docs, you have before you um budget amendments 23 through 26. Um, budget amendment 23 is an increase in state funds of $95,328. Budget amendment 24 is an inner funds transfer with local funds. Budget amendment 25 is a decrease of 2,99386 in federal funds. And budget amendment 26 is an increase in fund 8 which is 40,34955. At this time if you have any questions and we are seeking board approval for budget amendment request 23 through 26. Make a motion to approve the budget amendments as presented. Have a motion by Mr. Bowwin to approve budget amendments 23 through 26. I have a second. Second. Second by Miss Orangeby. Any discussion? All in favor by saying I. All opposed. Thank you.
047Thank you. Back to you, Mr. Ingram. Good evening, sir. Again, good evening, Chairman Satderfield, Dr. Fair members of the board and board docs, you have a list of policies that I would like to present for 30-day review. 1700 governing principles, removal of barriers. 17 1710 4020 7230 discrimination and harassment prohibited by federal law. 1720 4030 7235 Title 9 Non-discrimination on the basis of sex. 1725 4035 7236 Title 9 sexual harassment prohibited conduct and reporting process 1726 4036 and 7237 um title 9 sexual harassment agreement process 1742 5060 responding to complaints in 43 297311 bullying and harassing behavior prohibited And we'll sit there for 30 days. Yes. Yes, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Comments from any board member. Let me start. Uh had the opportunity to go to middle spring stem night and I think it
048was the last time I had my butt skin outfit on. cut my beard and cut my hair and you know I look different without it for sure. Then I had the the privilege to go to LJ Bell Chorus and they had a STEM night and then one afternoon I'm not sure when Mr. Kauf did that but they had a chess night and I don't know how many students they're playing chess with but that was interesting to see all all that. Then I had the opportunity to go to the the Monroe Avenue chorus, also to the C Cordova middle chorus and band. And I'm by playing a uh instrument. I played a French horn in concert uh a cornet and a high school band. I'm amazed how talented the students are at Cordova Middle School and
049playing and the singing. Then I also had the opportunity to go to uh Richmond Senior High School's drama club. I think there's about 20 students. They met over at Kate Finley Auditorium. I think it was it was Friday and they did the drama. Who will get get into college? It was really interesting. Anyone else? Uh just a a thank you to everyone involved in the Hall of Fame banquet last night. I think that that went off great. Uh Ronald and your crew, thank you for everything you guys did. Uh Coach Johnson, Miss McCree, everybody. It was it was wonderful. Really enjoyed that time. Great to showcase our athletes and our products in Richmond County. Anyone else? Just want to thank uh Miss McCrae and Richmond Senior High School for the Hall of Fame banquet last
050night. It was it was fantastic seeing all those former Richmond Senior High student athletes and coaches and seeing Bunny Lee Wall's family there and it was really good and uh just a really great opportunity for for our school system to do that. So, I want to thank the school system for continuing to do our Hall of Fame uh banquet. And we had what 15 12 11 went in, which is great. Anybody else? Dr. Pharaoh. Um so, I just wanted to um mention a couple of things, a few things real quickly. Um first, it was so nice tonight to see such a wide variety of recognitions. You know, we hear um we spent a lot of time talking about celebrating our athletics um lately um as seasons ended, but it was really nice to um talk
051about spelling bee winners and of course Mia's um outstanding scholarship and all of the other recognitions. So, I just um just wanted to point out how great that is. Uh the last few weeks of the school year of course are passing very quickly. We have proms going on, awards programs, concerts, and other events. We are looking forward to uh three graduations. Reach on May 22nd, Ashley Chapel on June 5th, and Richmond Senior High School on June 6th. And the last thing is if you are planning as a board member, you are planning to attend the senior walk at elementary schools on Friday. Um we sent out a message that said the buses would leave at either 9 or 9:30 from Richmond Senior High School. they will actually leave at 10:00 a.m. So, don't um in
052case you can get are planning to come to that, it'll be a little after 10 a.m. before those students arrive. And if you haven't attended that event, you have time to do it. It's a really cool one. So, that's all I have. So, uh, we need a motion to enter close session pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 143318 11 A1A and six to prevent the disclosure of confidential personal records and discuss personnel matters. Make a motion. Make a motion by Mr. Eth, second by Mr. Bowwin. Any discussion? All in favor by saying I. We are now in Close. Miss Ler, it's on. Dr. Isler, it's on you. Dr. Members of the board is a personnel report in addendum. I'm asking for approval at this time. Need approval of the personnel report for this month. I'll
053make a motion to approve the personnel report as presented. Motion by Mr. Baldwin. Second. Second by Miss Orangeby. Any discussion? All in favor by saying I. All oppose. It is approved. Thank you. Thank you. Anything else for the good of the cause? Dr. Fair. Okay, Eva. Thank you so much for doing that. I know there's a lot going on with that construction. You've come in the middle of that and I appreciate what you do and keeping us a breast of what's going on. So, that's right. Need a motion. Motion by Mr. Bowwin, second by Mr. Ethridge. Any discussion? All in favor by saying I. I.