0012025 school board meeting we I think we have an existence of a quorum so I'd like the board to come to order Mr Mason Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under godis with liy and justice for all board members you have a our open minute minute meeting minutes in front of you from the February meeting and I will entertain a motion to approve those minutes I make a motion have a motion by Mr ethd I second second by m Scher or any discussions all favor by saying I I'll opposed they are approved Dr phell are there any changes to the agenda no under consent of the board we will approve the agenda and at this time we will go right into
002miss Cameron Whitley M introduce our inspiring Excellence winners for tonight and we will start with Fairview Heights and Dr Teresa Gardner chairman saterfield frell and board members I'd like to present to you at this time Miss Paris McCrae she is a teacher's assistant at Fairview Heights Miss McCrae come up Miss McCrae is truly ex an exceptional teacher assistant who exemplifies dependability positivity and unwavering work ethic she seamlessly integrates into the classroom working tirelessly to ensure each student receiv receives the support they need whether leading small groups assisting with lesson plans or providing one-on-one help Miss McCrae is as engaged and committed as the teacher creating a productive and encouraging environment for students her positive attitude is is contagious always fostering a sense of enthusiasm and motivation in the classroom her work ethic is unmatched as
003she consistently takes initiative and goes above and beyond to ensure that every task is completed with care and precision I'd like to present to you our inspiring Excellence uh classified um Paris McCrae us four will go next for Academy and now I'd like to present to you our certified staff member Miss Ronda Jenkins she is our AIG teacher Miss Jenkins is a remarkable AIG teacher whose positivity dedication and mentorship leave a lasting impact act on everyone she encounters she has an innate ability to connect with her students creating an environment where they feel valued supported and inspired to reach their full potential her caring nature extends beyond the students she is a true mentor to her colleagues always willing to offer guidance encouragement and a listening ear what sets Miss Jenkins apart is her unwavering
004commitment to both her professional and personal life this I truly value in her she manages to balance the demands of teaching family and life with Grace and Poise setting an incredible example for those around her I present to you Miss Rhonda Jenkins she has a pretty good husband too yes she does pretty good husband next we will have the ninth grade academy and miss Karen Allen thank you our first expiring Excellence Award winner is Renee Renee O'Neal who is our bookkeeper uh Renee exemplifies the head or the brain of our school she keeps everything running so smoothly from Subs to copy machines to the coffee maker to whatever we need she's on it she is so very organized and keeps the rest of us organized mainly me uh teachers know that they can go to
005her and she can answer any questions about the 9th grade academy and take care of what needs to be taken care of so we are so very fortunate to have Miss Rene O'Neal at Ninth Grade Academy sh all right a littleit okay one two three perfect thank you congratulations and our certified Excellence Award winner where where Renee is the brains of our school Miss Anna Odum is our guidance counselor she is definitely the heart of our our school uh not only does she counsel the kids within the building she's also seen counseling staff and keeping everybody cool Under Pressure we appreciate Miss Odum she knows the ins and outs of of scheduling what it takes to be a guidance counselor what it takes to meet all the needs of the children in our school and
006we are so very fortunate to have her as well [Applause] here we go one two three thank you thank you Miss Whitley we are going to move on to Dr Wendy Jordan chairman saterfield Dr frell members of the board um I'm just going to speak briefly and introduce um one person who's then going to introduce some more um Teresa Smith who is the interim director with DSS is going to come and share with you an opportunity that some of our students had she communicated to me earlier um in the year last month I think uh for some students to travel to DC and represent our local drug endangered family task force which you all have heard me talk about many times uh we've had a partnership with them and I've been on their board since
0072017 um and they operate under kadka which is the communi anti-drug coalitions of America and um a lot of the work that goes on with de is under that umbrella and so this year we had some students who were able to travel to a national conference and represent Richmond County and so they're going to speak to that tonight just share a little bit about their experience good evening thank you for allowing me to come today so along with the interim director at dssi also and the chairperson of our drug task force um as Dr Jordan was just saying we've been in existence since 2017 and we've um our main goal is just sharing the message about what's going on in our community with drugs and we have um for several years now had the opportunity
008to receive grant funding through syn in which is co um Community imp North Carolina and the last two years with our grants we have really worked on youth focused messaging um a lot of the opportunities that we've had are talking about locking up your meds or working with older adults or parents about protecting you know their medication and making sure that it's not in the right hands we collect data on substance affected infants and we felt like that the place that we really needed to Target was our youth and getting the message out to our youth about substances and why it's not safe for them and so with the grant funding I had the opportunity to bring on three interns and um two of them are still working with us which is Marcus Henderson and
009Nick pal and Nick is here today and then we also when we had the chance to go to cadca they have what's called a forum so we spent the week Bruce stac went with me me um we've been working with the Teen Court with our drug task force also we had the opportunity to take some youth I've been to kak numerous times and um had the opportunity to attend so it's one of those where you go and there's just tons of classes to choose from um a lot of information that is shared and I've always when I've been there seen all of these youth there there's like thousands of people at this event and probably half of them are a youth and this is the first time that we had funding and were able to
010take youth with us you figure staying in a nice hotel in Washington DC and feeding them was not cheap and so the grant allowed us the opportunity to do that so we took three youth with us which was Marcus Henderson Nick pal and bed Patel and then Bruce and myself and so I wanted to give the guys an opportunity maybe to tell you a little bit about what their experience was like like they had um hopefully they'll tell you if not I'll tell you one or two more things but there's several really good opportunities that they had you wan to come on up Embrace anything you want to add to you go ahead oh go ahead um I basically went as a as a chaperon um they when they were presented with this opportunity and
011she was going to fly and they weren't going to fly fly and so I didn't want them to miss this opportunity to go to this leadership conference and so I volunteered to drive them up to DC for the meeting and and I must say they represented uh they represented us very well they attended all of the workshops I think one of the highlights was uh the legislative day where we had the opportunity to go and speak with our legislators now uh Marcus is not here but he's working tonight but Marcus was uh chosen as one of the persons to to thank the legislator that we went we went to see uh Tillis and Nick will talk about his experience but we went to see um Tillis in his office unfortunately because of meetings he wasn't
012there but his staff was there and so Marcus had the opportunity to introduce the team uh because they picked only out of all the kids that were there they picked only certain kids who could go and meet with the legislature because there of course small space and so he did a very good job represented us very well um and in his presentation and I wish he was here to talk about it because he was this is Nick pow um hello everybody he um so our experience with kadka uh I've never been to anything like this and once we went it was I really enjoyed it I think we went to we had no clue what we were going we knew we were going for the uh drug endangerment family task force and once we went
013there was so much Unity we United it was so many different uh Youth and state from all across the globe or whatever and we learned a lot about drug endangerment and how to prevent substance used uh within the youth Community which I found uh really it was great it was great and also uh I got the chance to talk to Senator Bud staffers about the changes we can bring uh within the state of North Carolina and uh drugs how he um he voted on funding uh for a whole bunch of prevention within drug use and it was great we uh were there with so many different uh coalitions from different states and it was a great time I enjoyed it a lot you don't I mean you said everything I needed to say but yeah
014it was like really fun though we got to meet like like a lot of new people like you know got to know their opinions on drug drug preventions and everything else it was a it was a great experience for me oh yeah I will attend next year if I can so he just got roped into being a part of our drug task force the other two have been working with us almost a year now and B this was his first chance and he just sort of went along not completely sure what he was doing but I think that he had the opportunity to learn a lot while we were there and there's opportunities I'll say that I've been in numerous meetings since then with different people from the state and Richmond County's Youth were well
015represented there and they spoke very well and I have had the most compliments and I know that's what Dr Jordan heard when we came back um sinks representative that does our funding spoke at our last task force about what a great job that the youth did um you know they invited to go but they didn't have to speak and both of ours volunteered to speak um when they went to meet with the staffers and um did a great job both of the adults that were in the meetings um that were sort of in charge of keeping things together completely bragged on them I've heard nothing nothing but good things and so Richmond County's name is out there um in a very good way um across North Carolina and like I said they also this is
016people from all over the United States and other countries that attend this so they had a great chance and um I believe I hope are going to continue working with the drug task force we're really looking at messaging I had a meeting today and have a couple ideas that I want to talk to them about um that maybe they're both they're all three Juniors at the high school and trying to um work on some programs about messaging out at the high school um I found out today I could use some of our funding to buy some candy bars or some pencils that have messaging on them that they can like maybe put out facts of the day and then if they walk up to somebody and they know that fact then they give them something
017or whatever and so we just really need to focus on the messaging to our youth and preventing the problem before we're dealing with it later on so any questions or anything I just on behalf of the board we want to thank you for doing what you do and and for our students um for being part of the task force getting the word out there thank you Bruce for taking your time and driving to DC I know it's not a fun drive when you get into DC so we appreciate you because again where we rank in North Carolina and opor use and all that it's important for these young adults to do what they're doing so thank you guys so much thank you and guys it's way easier to fly I tried to talk them into
018it I get car sick so I could not drive and I was like I want y'all to go but I can't drive you you can find somebody to drive I'll meet you there I told him it would be a good experience cuz it was a short flight that's DC but uh is Bruce a good driver no they got there at back safely I'll say that put you on the plane next they've already asked me there um we they do two catas a year one is Forum which is when it's in the Washington area and we go do what's called Capitol Hill day which is what they were telling you about and then they do another event over the summer and so they've already asked me if we can look at finding funding for them to
019go again they really enjoyed the opportunity well I am so excited that they took the opportunity to speak always speak if you get an opportunity I didn't do that and it's very important you don't have to worry about that they wanted to get out and join some of the marches that was going on in DC can we get a picture absolutely Miss Jordan thank you very much too Dr Jordan anybody go down there down there come on [Music] right one two three perfect thank you so much um no it's good I'm good they have a hard copy it's okay they have a cop good evening Dr Smith good evening they have good evening chairman saterfield Dr frell and members of the board tonight we are just updating you all on um our summer camp plans
020in case you began getting question from the community you all have a hard copy in front of you that has yep just a screenshot yep and so we will um continue to offer our end of grade and our EOC remediation camps uh these camps are just designed for students who are within that one to three point threshold um of taking it one time and then have an opportunity to take it again um a lot of times stress just sort of gets in the way that first time um and so come back and they're fine the second time so we will continue to offer that for all of our eogs and eoc's also we will have our read to achieve Camp um that is known as our summer reading camp we will provide this for second
021and third grade students typically we add first grade to this but because of essr funding going away we will just focus on second and third grade moving forward um and that is to support those students with their reading growth and proficiency coupled with that we started last year the El camp and we will offer that again this summer for students who are what we would call our newcomer status and other selected ml students U by our ml Department to give them some English language development um over the summer so that will run together with the read to aieve camp and those will both be housed at Washington Street Elementary School we will also provide our stem camp for Rising first through fifth grade students uh that will also be at Washington Street last year we
022had about 135 students participate and so this Camp is always a fan favorite um they do everything from robotics to Virtual Reality um engineering problem solving just tons of creativity and fun for students for our middle school students we will have our CTE career Camp just as typical at Richmond um and we will focus on Greg and his team will pull together about 10 different areas um and those range from Automotive robotics VR fire agriculture um Health Science business trade and Industry so all the different Pathways that we offer just to go ahead and expose those students to those um Pathways last year we had about a 100 students participate so we anticipate a good enrollment for that as well and we will also plan to have our much loved kindergarten summer break bridge this
023is typically paid for with Esser and so because we don't have that funding anymore we are hoping to secure a grant uh we will know by May 5th if that Grant is actually approved uh but this is when every um Elementary School invites anywhere from 10 to 15 students to come in Rising kindergarten students and just expose them to the structures and rigors of kindergarten and so again we are hoping to find out in May that we will in fact be able to fund this and then of course we have our typical credit recovery um and we will offer two sessions of that throughout the summer so any questions we tried that and it was so minimally attended that um it didn't make sense to fund that anymore and again um the kindergarten one is
024the one that was so highly attended we didn't have a lot of sixth graders show up what about the ninth and 10th grades going to high yeah they it was not well attended now for as far as the Summer Bridge it was not we are working with um the high school on creating some an orientation like experience for the ninth Raiders going to Richmond this year so they are we are in conversation with them about that it won't be a week long like this Summer Bridge or two weeks um but it'll be more like an orientation we also have that grou nth graders they're going to Richmond yes that's me gr yes okay that's what I me S and Dr Smith just refreshed my memory the credit recovery at the high school those two week
025sessions yes was your did a lot attend last year yes yes and that's for any student 9 10 11 yes yes and so we are actually the Ninth Grade Academy students are going to go to Richmond and do that this year yes else good okay thanks Miss Bendel internet project at the field house yes good evening um chairman saterfield Dr frell and members of the board I'm here to present a proposal for the installation of internet access at the Richmond senior high schools football and field houses this will um ensure reliable connectivity in critical areas of the campus for instruction connecting these spaces and connecting these spaces back to the main building via a fiber run currently the school lacks adequate internet access in these locations which limits the ability to utilize technology for educational
026activities by extending high-speed internet to these areas we will enhance student learning improve and create more connected School environment overall we are composing the installation of the necessary infrastructure including fiber cabling Network switches um cabinet enclosures and wireless access points the winning vendor Encore has been selected based on the competitive bid which offers the best balance of cost quality and experience we anticipate that this project will significantly improve the school's technology capabilities we are seeking approval from the board to proceed with securing a contract with Encore and to begin the installation process so we need a motion to accept the internet access at the Fieldhouse using e yes um no but I can send them to you I can I can pull them up now if you want to see them on the okay I
027can do that I can if you can get copies for us yeah I can go do that you want to continue on I'll come back we'll just continue on if that's okay yeah and then we'll come back when you get to sure so we'll just kind of house that motion right now is that okay Eva sure yeah sure sure sure sure perfect AG gra thank you welcome so Stephen we can go right to you Mr King chairman S field Dr FAL members of the board um starting with fav Heights for the construction updates as you know that build all but complete there's just a few punch list items left um there at that building um it's been up and running for several months now we haven't had any any issues with it so we're we're
028well pleased with our final product um same with mental Springs um the building itself um all but some punch list items um the building's complete and it's been running well uh we do have the service road out outside that um over the winter um just weather temperature a number of things we've got the uh Road graded uh the base course of gravel has been put in and compacted and tested so we're just waiting for the weather to break temperature wise and rainwise so we can get it paved so it won't take but two or three days to to get that knocked out so I hope to get that done in the next week or so any questions on favor or Mineral Springs everything's going well at Mineral Springs with the construction now now we're in
029there for you know about five months now yes sir going well yes sir moving to the high school um so just continuing working on HVAC Electrical Plumbing um sprinklers uh roof roof trim just trim work on the outside of the building all that's still in progress um all the interior metal stud walls uh any partition walls all that's been complete drywalls been hung um primed first coat of paints going on now um the lockers have been installed in the locker rooms um uh the light fixture permanent light fixtures and the gym have been installed um wall tile is starting in the bathrooms and the locker rooms um that's going in now uh all the interior items scoreboards bleachers basketball goals um all the finished stuff cabinets all that stuff is on site in shipping containers
030outside so you know we they've been ordered and they are on site waiting to be installed um so this week starting Wednesday weather permitting the um 6in main water line go into the building feeding the domestic water and the fire line will go in it'll be tied tied in from the courtyard um to the main building it's about 120 130 ft of 6 inch water line that'll go in um and then after that goes in then the bridge or the pre-cast concrete going from the upper part of ebuilding to the upper part of the new gym that little connector that'll be installed after the water line below it goes in um then they'll move into U finishing the courtyard grading it all out uh and then putting the sidewalk in Under The Canopy and just
031kind of cleaning up the front of the new building um the weight room flooring is scheduled to be installed April 17th U then following the weight room equipment will be installed the week of spring break any questions on High School not about that but I had a question for you when I was principal out there there was kind of like a service road that was just made by everybody that goes out there that went behind everything and then actually almost came out at ebuilding is that still going to be back there Stephen yes we are utilizing it uh so from going between e building and F building that is a paved road all the way around building yes yeah all the way around to carpentry and there's a dirt road that will go behind the
032new gym um behind the old gym and then it comes down to the to the weight room area and that had been not used in in years and had kind of grown up but they they have put some gravel on that road and you know we'd like to keep it maintained just just so you have access to the back side of that building any other questions projected completion date still on target so far the the latest schedule that we uh got from from mutter and we actually met today on the site with mutter and actually John mutter the the the owner of mutter construction they have final completion this is co everything's cleaned up moved out you know ready for us to occupy the building is June 27th is what they have the floor new
033gy that W floor yes sir okay so stepen just let's just look down down the road so that now they're saying in June it was April it was May now it's June 27th now as Scotty just said it's that that's getting close so what is it that we're going to start asking for some money from them if they don't get it yeah we there are liquidated damages in the contract um we actually have a meeting in the morning at 9:00 A.M with Rod Malone our attorney to discuss that um I don't really have an answer for you at this time there there's negotiations on both sides with delays that the construction company has incurred um and then we obviously have our liquidated damages claims so that's kind of in the hands of the attorney at
034this time you know our our main focus is to get the building complete as quickly as we can and on budget so you know and right and correct yes sir that's why I'm out there to you know as much as I can putting my eyes on things and calling out things and meeting with the engineers meeting with the Consultants meeting with the the construction company Mr can we can we get an update in our Friday update about that meeting that they're having tomorrow so at least we kind of know what's going on Stephen where are we with contingency fun funds for that project yeah I looked at that right before I walked out out of the office to come here so we started out with $661,000 and I don't I don't have the total number
035I think we have allocated about 287,000 of that to date so that leaves us three something um and you know there are still some outstanding change orders that we're negotiating so again you know our goal or my goal is to get the buildings complete with a good product product as quick as we can and stay within that that $600,000 that 600 plus, contingency is built into the contract so if we don't spend all that we do get that back how much of outstanding bills do we have on that $300,000 we have left I I don't have a total on that either that that's kind of what we've been negotiating with with with with assistance for attorney and meter's attorney um as as a matter of fact I have a 8:00 meeting tomorrow morning with mutter
036ls3p uh we discuss change orders weekly on Tuesday morning so I have that at 8 and then meet with Rod at 9ine our attorney at 9: any other questions all right thank you thank you m Jordan budget amendments good evening chairman saterfield uh Dr far members of the board and the reason I was late is I didn't change my clock and I was in there just working away at my desk thinking it was four o'clock I just got off the phone with DPI so I was working away um you have before you on board dos um budget amendments 14 through 18 budget amendment 14 is an increase in state funds of $2,178 um budget amendment 15 is just inter fund transfer of local funds um budget amendment 16 is for federal funds an increase of
03748,2 2709 um budget amendment 17 for Capital outlay funds that was um an increase of 152,246 [Music] was other local funds and increase of 99,5 257 and if you have any questions I'll be glad to answer them right now if not we're seeking board approval for Budget amendments 14 through 18 I make a motion Mr E make motion to approve uh budget amendments 14 through 18 do I have a second second Mr tman I think I heard first any discussion all in favor by saying I all opposed thank you m Jordan Mr Ingram policies for approval all right good evening chairman saddlefield Dr phell members of the board in board dos you have a list of policies presented last month for review this being the conclusion of the 30-day review period I would like to
038present these policies for adoption 6430 purchasing requirements for equipments materials and supplies 6450 purchase of services 7650 employee travel and other expense reimbursement 8305 Federal grant Administration and 9125 participation by minority businesses looking for a motion to approve the five policies motion by Mr second by discussion all in favor by saying I I oppos they're approved thank you all right in bardocks you have a list of policies that would that we would like for you to review um for a 30-day review period um 3620 extracurricular activities and student organizations 5150 reporting to external agencies this is a new policy 7130 ler and 9 9110 use of selection of Architects Engineers surveyors and construction manager I'm at risk um and um the field trips are also in bardocks do we know that that extracurricular activity policy
039is that just I look over it but update legal references and that kind of thing or does it discuss like homebound students just it includes that um that's in here um but it doesn't change any it doesn't change anything um um it's just um minor changes legal updates thanks sir all right Dr Ferell Surplus um yes sir um in your in board docs you have a list of items that we are requesting to um Surplus and list on gu deals for your please looks like El M cleaned up overhead projectors I make a motion to Surplus the recommended items as presented motion on the table by Mr B when do I have a second second second by Miss Hornsby are there any discussion all in favor by saying I I oppos comments from any board
040members I'll start it U I had the opportunity to go to the college promise information thing at RCC and also the early college and I think about how great the opportunities were because when I got ready to get out of high school we went to college you went to Vietnam and all that opportunity but I also had the uh I suppose I think it was in February I supposed to go to the board of directors first orientation meeting and because of the weather that we had we had to do it zoom and we had to do it for it was a six hour three hours a day type thing but I met a lot of new people there and I think uh I think in May I've got to do a whole week hour a
041day and then in June I finally get to meet some of these people but you know they had different people from ncsba the lawyers and the different people telling you what they do and and that kind of thing which I thought was really interesting thank you Mr anybody else I just want to say great turnout at Middle School soccer jere at Richmond senior Thursday it's really neat to see all the middle schools get out there and and play on The Big Field it I think it it excites those kids to be on the on the pro field if you will okay Mr chairman I just just um uh like to you know recognize the African-American Club I think they had the um program they had in February I thought it was really a good program
042I think it's second third year they've done it I think Arthur Gillum and his team of folks have done a great job with that and uh I think it's plenty others that work behind the scenes but I just want to kind of recognize them on a great job of putting on that event I did have an opportunity to uh participate in read Across America at two schools uh Washington Street and M mental spring school and then lastly I just like to at some point um well acknowledge our fall sports team I know we've had several teams have done fairly well and gone for far in the playoffs on the wrestling team we had several players that went up uh represented us regionally as well as the state um so kudos to them and the participants
043of that also our boys basketball team um went far in the playoffs as well as girls and we had a good showing I thought uh I went to the game in uh Raleigh and I thought we had a good representation Richmond County Rich County showed up for for our teams and so um just wanted to kind of you know recognize them I hopefully we can get them I know we've done in the past hope we can get them maybe to come to a board board meeting and recognize them yes sir we will they were great work by were count they were they were Conference champions well the girls were the boys tied for first didn't they or they tied yeah they would have got it and the girls in that game they were up they
044they that other team went on with 80 run to win the game yeah I mean yeah we we kind of let it slip away kind of mistakes that we made but hey kudos to those girls they play hard through the whole game the coaches like I said in look in the crowd and and see us represent represented that said a lot and I'm sure for those players that meant a lot this see Richmond County it they to go so just thought that was cool thank you Mr anybody else I had a blast reading with kindergarteners at LJ that was a lot of fun I was in two classs there and Kudos again to our winter sports I have enjoyed cheering on the um boys and girls basketball teams as well and um congrats for our
045wrestling team for seon if you're in a bad mood and want to get out of your bad mood just go read with children it's a St it's great it is it's fantastic have a have a ball every Monday morning yeah it's funny chairman I had to do a disclaimer because I told I you anytime I speak to I had to tell I was like now one thing you're GNA notice as you get older you're GNA start losing some of your five senses one of those might be reading you know seeing and stuff I had to tell I said now I wear B focus and so if I fumble across a word I can read but no they thought that was funny told them you you know hearing is another sense that you might or or
046getting down on your knees get your knees can't get app I knew my limitations when I was getting ready to go Friday morning I couldn't find my glasses yeah I'm like I can't G I don't have my glasses so I to go dig another pair spare pair out it was funny that you said they had like a little stool and I said uh what do I supposed to do with that like find minut I can you know get in I need help theair that have been version 2.0 oh my goodness getting those little CH I have to sit in those little chairs every Monday morning they're not fun they're not fun I want to thank uh Cameron that she Cameron did a great really great job putting on Facebook of all the pictures of recross
047America and all that so thank you for that anything else baseball season's going well so y'all bundle Love come out there as C don't don't the athletic fields look great that baseball field is tremendous riding by it on the road so all right Dr frell so a couple of things to follow up on we will be recognizing winter sports at the April board meeting so um just so that you are aware um and the soccer uh Middle School soccer jamere did go well um we had to postpone the uh baseball and softball Middle School uh jamere that will be taking place this Wednesday night which is also um right in the middle of Arts alive um I'm going to send you all the schedule for Arts alive on a text message after this meeting to
048make sure that you have it but we have Arts alive on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday of this week um kind of the highlights of that we have a band concert on uh Tuesday at 6 we have a wax museum on uh Wednesday at 4: and then um the chorus performs on Thursday at um 6:m and if you're already missing winter sports never fear Saturday we were Friday night in Raleigh for a basketball game and Saturday at 3:00 p.m. for a baseball game and out at um out at the schools the high school so plenty more opportunities uh where that came from and just to remind you all that we do have a work session coming up um in a couple of weeks so March uh 25th and that'll also be at 5 o'clock right that
049is at 5:00 P PM yes sir can we go back to Catherine before we go close session since she is here than thank you one we got got is this a different one okay okay thank you and I get the bids on the last page is that correct with the second and last page and some of them um you me the money part yeah um yes so um if you want me to explain to you what they are I'll be glad to so you should have two from Encore okay um as you can see um it has one that says cabling um option for soccer field and then also there's one for Fieldhouse at the football field and the reason why there's two is because um what's happening is the fiber line is going from
050Richmond senior the main building and it's running up the um the main line all the way the main road all the way up to the Fieldhouse and so while it's running up on the side of the soccer field you we can Branch off right there and drop it there while we still go on up to the Fieldhouse and so um er is funding you know all of this as far as um the fiber lines and so while we're going up it's an ample opportunity to go ahead and stop at the cyer field and going up we can take that part off um but it's but there are classes and there is instruction that goes on out there so that we can stop and do that if we'd like or we can just go on up
051to the Fieldhouse and not do it at the soccer field but there are two um it's not two big there's two quotes the quotes would go together when it comes to the actual um doing the project they just broke it out just in case we wanted to take that part off of the socer build um or the soccer area and then the other one is from lockstep bridg Tech and this is their quote for um getting internet out to the Fieldhouse um but they are not doing the fiber line they are just simply doing um a wireless um internet out there and then um Mr saterfield chairman saterfield he has several that companies that chose to not bid on it and so he has the emails to where um those were not um they chose
052not to bid so if you have any questions I'll be glad to answer them so what was the motion that we had Jenny what was one that you asked for the the motion is to allow us to use erate funds to to um provide internet um to the soccer field and to the Fieldhouse at the football stadium using these are the all we have to use all three of these right or no which one are you asking the I'm asking to do Encore both of the on oncore so let make sure what I understand so one of the uncor this is the one um that's $1,855 36 that's for the soccer bill that's the p on right and then the other quote is is that the $95,900 112,000 to do both if you go all
053the way up and you said these funds are coming out of e rate e rate yeah okay so okay Mr chairman I make a motion that we accept the recommendation as presented um for the two um the bid for the um the soccer field at 16,800 5536 and then also the second one for um the field house at Richmond Senior High School for the total amount of 95,00 I mean 95,9 okay so before I asked Bobby Sue had that same motion is that correct because you you made a motion to approve it I did second so we'll do the second on that okay so is there any conversation discussion about this and we don't need a motion on this because that's the other one that's just that's just a different way to do it is
054that correct yes um our um um my team chose to go with Encore because it is a fiber line versus a wireless so you're going to have better connection and you can also Branch off to more things later by using that fiber line your wireless is going to get you to that place and that's it okay right how far under the ground is this how far what is it under the ground right so yes it will it will go underground from the the main High School building all the way up to the two field houses how is it take to do you mean how long is the project yeah um it shouldn't take them but just a couple days to do sure educate me a little bit on eate funds so eate funds are available
055to that that is what uses to pay for your infrastructure with all of your internet your your W services and it is for um use for educational purposes for classrooms anywhere that students ex um exist but if I understand you correctly that money's already there and we're using there there is money there that needs to be spent um by March 26th because if you don't spend it you lose it is that correct so you got to spend it okay yes and and the the other bid the lock step so if you just put that I guess what do you call it the Wireless Port up there yes does that have to feed off of another Port yes so you would still track it back to the main building yes and you're going to have to
056have um yeah it would Bridge all the way from the main building up there to the Fieldhouse yes do they have connectivity up in the Press Box They Do by way of a wireless bridge that connects off of um f building where the fire um and they constantly have issues with that yes I remember I remember when I was up in Press Box two years ago it was not the greatest yes okay all right so we have so this is going to improve that yes you you would have direct you would have a direct line versus doing it wirelessly and it would all be Underground we were also discussing security at the main so I with erate funds cannot provide the security cameras however um we do we will provide internet access up there and
057so if another fund would like to provide cameras then that's yes that's a possibility so that takes care of our problem for for the cameras so we have a motion by Miss Orby a second T any more discussion all all in favor by saying I all opposed thank you got it done thank you thank you for so this time I need a motion to go into Clos session under North County General statute 143 318 11 A3 and six so move have a motion by Mr tman second second by Mr Baldwin all in favor by saying I I all oppos we are in close session e e e Dr dler MERS of is a personel report in I'm asking for approval at this time make a motion to approve the Personnel report as presented have first
058by B and second by Mr Mason any discussion all in favor by saying I all opposed thank you Dr phell is there a way that we can sometime I know it's not real good in some some of these but coaches but be able to meet all the head coaches one time that a board meeting EXC they got it like on informational purpose on this but lot of these we we've never met before we don't know who they are I think I think I understand what like to bring all the head coaches so they canet just like can a board meeting and recognize possibly let me think on it but I'll put it on okay anything for the good of the calls so what we need to do now is we need a motion to adjourn
059the meeting and go into close session can I do all that in one motion Eva well you're not adjourning the meeting we're just taking it back into close session so I need another motion to go back into to close session again we do not any further actions in open right so I I need a motion to go into Clos session under under General statute 143 318 11836 and with no further action to go into close session okay numbers so I have I have one second by Mr Ballwin all in favor by saying I all opposed we are back in close session