001So moved. Second. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I. No awards and recognitions at this time. Public delegations. [Music] I'm sorry. Hello everybody. How y'all doing? I never expected to be happy in this suit. Yeah, we're moving rapidly today. Yes, you guys are. Okay. Well, first I'd like to welcome our new superintendent and I'm looking forward to working with you. Um I have three issues tonight guys and lady ladies. Um the first one is about the school. Um and I'd like to thank you guys for considering um alternate funding and using the school in different ways. Uh but the deadline that you keep talking about should be for the reorganization of the tenants that's there and for getting staff from um the crowded staff into the school. Now I think
002um if I'm not mistaken, Mr. Outlaw spoke about a new carpentry class up at ENTC and I think that class should be able to help us, you know, do some remodeling in that building if that is, you know, um a necessary thing. Um so I think you know we can make this work. Uh the second thing is bus drivers. I was approached about bus drivers not having first responder first rescue training. So I did ask three bus drivers. One knew everything about it. Knew the policy existed two years ago. He's certified and trained. The other two have hazard. Their training is due up for renewal. um and the other one just didn't even know the policy exists. So, if you guys can take a look at the policy and check it out and see um
003how it's being administered, if everybody, all bus drivers are required and are certified for the first responders um training, that would help me a lot. Okay. And my third thing is bullying. I know um there's not parents here to discuss the issue, but we do have an issue. So what I am proposing to the committee is that we set up a committee or whatever you want to call it of parents, the bullied parents and the bullying parents and let them come up with a solution or help you guys find the solution to your problem. Um that is all I have for tonight. I thank you guys for listening to me and have a good day. Thank you for being here. Thank you. May I have a motion to for the consent agenda? So move for
004a second. Second. Any discussion? There are a number of items. Any discussion? [Music] I have one. It's just a question. The VHSL membership application dues, is that a year overyear thing? Yes, sir. Pay them annually and because it requires your signature on it and recommendation of the board, it's got to come before the board for a signature. I I just wasn't aware of it from last year that last year I don't believe it required a signature from the board chair but this year it does require the board chair signature which means the board needs to give the approval to sign that. That makes a difference. Any other questions on the consent agenda? [Music] Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I action items. The second reading of the 2025 school board policy updates.
005Dr. Martin. So before you this evening, you have the updated policies for um that went into effect July 1st. I am asking that you approve all of them except for policy JM because JM involves restraint and seclusion and Ottawa County Public Schools does not have a restraint and seclusion policy and so approving it would be saying that we do have a policy. So I'm asking that you do not approve JM. Um some of the ones that I wanted just to make mention to for you of highlights. um the JECB which was the homeschool one just so that you are aware that we go with option two on that and that homeschooled children it's it's about the part-time attendance and we go with option two that they um we do not allow part-time attendance but as
006required by law they can participate in the NJOTC program at Nawway High School that is a requirement that they have that option to participate And I had looked at that and I I have some questions uh on that subject. Uh why would we not allow them and I'll just use uh say ENTC as an example. Uh, and the way I, if I read that correctly, uh, homeschool students and private school students would be eligible to participate in things like sports. Uh, the junior ROC program. Uh, and the question would be, what about courses at ENTC? So you won't get any funding for their participation in those courses if you allow and offer it. Um past practice has been that we only allow participation in the NJOTC program which is the requirement. Could we if somebody
007from Kinston was interested say in the the carpentry program and Kinston or the parent was willing to pay whatever uh fee for uh their child, could we do that? I think that would be a decision for your joint board to have that if they wanted to allow that opportunity there based on their policies and regulations that they have in place. Um, we do have some other school divisions and Miss Linsky is here so she can correct me if I'm wrong from um, not just Ameilia Nawway that do pay some form of tuition for their students from Cumberland or or those in the past. You have in the past. I don't know if you had them this past year, but you have had them in the past, but that would be a conversation, you know, for
008allowing them if they want to participate there with probably the joint board to take up. Okay. Well, I was just using example, right? Uh but what about some of the other uh you know like can outside students participate in sports now? Not based on the policy that we currently have in place. No, it sounded like and I I don't have all the policies right uh in front of me, but it sounded like that was an option. It is. You can either pick option one and allow it or you can pick option two. And the school division has always what aligns with what our current policy would be and due to the updates and requirements that are listed there. We are we have option two currently in place. I will go ahead and vote to approve
009this with the understanding that we would discuss option one at a later date and possibly uh reversing course on that. Is that something you wanted to like a work session topic? I think that would be ideal. Yes. Thank you. I have one concern and that's with policy JFCM. I will approve it. I will vote uh less JM. However, there needs to be an adjustment to this policy because in one paragraph, it says students are permitted to use and possess cell phones and smart devices on school property before and after the bell. In the very next paragraph, it says from bell to bell, students are restricted from using or possessing cell phones on school property. It can't be both. And one clarification with that one that we'll need to just make sure we update with our
010code of student conduct is um the code policies that came out are much more specific and the exemptions or the exceptions to it. And we probably when when our admin meet the end of the month to do our admin retreat and we look at the code of conduct, we're going to need to make sure we emphasize in the code what those exceptions are more importantly. But other than that, we what's in the code of our student conduct, we aligned with the original executive order that did say bell to bell. I appreciate that we need to align with the law that was codified. You know, that was the executive order. I just want the policy to align with the standard. Uh and and I know that like in the item that Mr. outlaw brought up. We
011can clarify all of that at a future time. And to make sure I'm clear, are we going to have the cell phone policy in the code of student conduct or policies and procedures or both? It it's actually so the policy is the policy and then we will take which is what you will adopt tonight and then staff will take that and make sure that it aligns with our student code of conduct that is presented to you for approval at the August meeting. Um so you will see the final wording on that as well um for approval and then that is what we put out to our parents. Okay. Got it. Thank you. Any other questions or concerns? The first um thing you were saying about the restraint and the seclusion. Okay. What is that? What
012are you talking about? Restraining and secluding any child. Um I just want to make sure I Yes. Typically um you hear it a lot with students with disabilities about restraining and secluding them, putting them in a room by themselves, holding them down. We do not have a policy because we do not allow any restraint and seclusion on school grounds. Yes, sir. May I have a motion to approve the second reading of the policies minus policy JM? So moved. Second. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. The math textbook adoption committee grades K to 12. Dr. Martin. So Mr. Mr. Chairman, members of the board, um the division is required to adopt highquality instructional materials for implementation in the 2627 school year. Um you've been provided the list of
013committee members. Um but any board member, any community member, any parent can come see them. They're on display at the schoolboard office. They can come here in any hours or make arrangements to come and see them. And a message will be sent out and shared to parents. There are not many options to look at that really meet the standards across the board and we typically try to adopt something K through five and at least 6 through 12. It's great if we can find something that's K through 12 so that we have consistency across all grade levels. There's only one textbook that came out that met every grade level K through 12. Um but there's still some gaps in those those elements K through 12. Um there's only one textbook that met what we felt would
014be the requirement for K through five um for review and then there's also three for 6 through 12. The committee may recommend something to you as an adoption. They may not and they may wait to see if something comes out but we do need to start the process of it. We would not implement until the next school year. We would if we decide to bring something forward to you for approval, um we would want to get them in here, do the training, the support, so they could start getting used to them, but we would not do full implementation until next school year. So, I ask that you approve the names presented before you for the textbook um committee to review those textbooks. But again, we'll send out a message. It's open to all parents, community
015members, y'all that want to come and look at them. And because each company only sent us one, normally we get sent multiple copies. They did not send multiple copies. Um, and you actually had to agree to return them and pay for them if you didn't. Um, we had them on display at the school board office for review. So, I asked if you'll approve the textbook committee. May I have a motion to approve the individuals named to serve on grade K through 12 math textbook adoption committee? So moved. Is there a second? Second. Any further discussion hearing? None. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Uh, approval of travel for the superintendent. Dr. Martin, the board members in your packet this evening, you have some up um coming trainings or uh conferences for July, August,
016and September. I tried to go ahead and give you what I knew was coming up. They are all instate travel. One is the VSBA legislative advocacy conference at the Chesterfield Career and Technical Center September the 19th. Um the VAS regional conference in Virginia Beach September 28th through the 30th. I can tell you that I probably will only attend one of those days in there um so that I can be back here in the division the next day, but I want to go on the day that the legislative updates and and those type of things are going on. Um, and then the I I'm asking for permission to attend the region 8 superintendent meetings. They occur monthly on Wednesday in Farmville. And I gave you the August 20th and September 17th date. And there could be
017some additional ones, but I'll add those to the next month agenda for you. I have a motion to approve the travel as listed. So moved. Second. Any additional discussion? Hearing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. information items. Athletic department update. Dr. Martin. Board members. Again, um this evening, uh our athletic directors, Mr. Kofka and Coach Coleman, Mr. Coleman, have asked to provide you with some updates about the athletic department. Um some of the focus areas for 2425 and what their focus areas are for 2526. So, I'm going to turn it over to the two of them. only one of us. You guys want to join us? Good evening, board. Thank you, Dr. Martin, for allowing me to do this. Uh, it is a privilege to stand in front of you as
018the athletic director at Nawway High School, and I want to just share some highlights of this past season and talk about some of our goals for the upcoming year. So, real quick, I want to go over our mission statement. We developed a mission statement with all of our coaches that we are going to trust them to empower our student athletes through an excellence in sportsmanship, fostering a sense of resilience and teamwork and developing and nurturing the skills of leadership and scholarship for skills for success after graduation. Um, that was something we developed this year so that we had an identity. With that being said, we had 165 unique student athletes throughout all of our sports this year. 502 students are enrolled at Nawway High School. That means 33.9% of the students here at Nway High
019School played a sport. I think that's an impressive number. I'd like to see it improve and I'll talk about that a little bit later. Out of those 165, there was 308 total team members through all of the sports. So, we had a lot of student athletes, some of them you saw during the school year being recognized that played multiple sports. In fact, we had about five of them that played four sports this entire school year. And there's only three sports seasons. So, that's pretty incredible. 60 of them were female, 105 of them were male. That is an issue that we're going to try to fix. We did not have any girls on our golf team this year. We did not have any girls on our cross country team. And we also did not we only
020have one girl on our soccer team. So if we can improve those numbers to try to create some equity, that's kind of our goal for next year. Uh we had 15 athletic and academic teams and out of that 165 students, they had an average GPA of 3.4. So they excelled this year academically as well as athletically and two of our student athletes were recognized as your saludiatoran and validictorian this year. Um so that's praising a lot for their accomplishments. At the middle school, since Jay didn't want to join me, I'm not throwing my little uh there was 82 unique student athletes. That does not account for the eighth graders that play JV sports. We did not count those in. Um and I apologize. I did not put those total number and I apologize. 53 of
021them were I'm sorry. How many kids do you have at NA middle school? There was approximately 260. All right. So 260 plus the sixth graders means there's about 360 370 total students that were between 6th and 8th grade. All right. Um 12 athletic and academic teams, 53 students were on the honor role. That is 65% of the total student athletes. So that's a pretty high number for the middle school. All right. So, uh, at the high school, we had 12 state qualifiers. That was golf, cross country, wrestling, and both indoor and outdoor track. We had one all state team member. We had one national qualifier, and we had one all district coach of the year. Uh, new this year, not just myself, but we also started a JV football program that has not been in
022existence for several years. We also had a JV baseball program that has not been in existence. We have created a student athlete handbook so we can do weekly grade checks and behavioral improvements on our student athletes. It's not punishment, it's improvements. Uh thank you to our finance director, Miss Heather, for getting us a field painting robot. It has come in handy. We love it. We want to continue to use it. So, thank you. Uh we I have started working with Blackstone Chamber of Commerce. I've gone to a couple lunchons. I went to a dinner. Um, I'm actually going to be speaking at the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce on September um to promote Nawway athletics in a partnership with the community which is I'm sorry that's good. Thank you. I'm sorry you but I just needed
023that. Thank you. Uh we did our first annual not athletic golf tournament and community day. We had 73 golfers come out for the golf tournament. The community day wasn't as big of a success, but it was the first time we did it. So we're hoping to grow it and bring some more vendors and people out. It was a downtown crew right at Crew Country Club. Better way athletics. This is our third year doing better athletics. We had 57 and this counts our coaches. This is not our parents or student athletes. This is just our coaches. 57 of our coaches joined a better way athletics and they did over 108 hours of professional development. Now, if you don't know anything about a better way athletics, it is building about uh personal self-esteem through our student athletes.
024It's about sportsmanship. is about handling yourself in the locker room and making sure that they're supervised and hazing preventions. Is not about coaching football or basketball or baseball. It is about the student athletes first. So, they did 108 hours of professional development. Financially, we had spent $33,853 on officials. That's a ridiculous number and official fees are only increasing again this year. Um, our game day ticket sales through all of our sports was only $15,794. So, we did not meet our official needs as far as payments. We did raise $2,700. That was from our golf tournament. And we also asked our coaches to help raise some funds as well. Um, and they raised a little over $3,400. Uh, that is a big push next year is to do fundraising not just as the athletic department, but
025as team specific. Uh so for next year, some of the things that we're looking at, we have developed a coaches handbook and we have gotten the human resources to back us up and go through it to make sure that it meets the policies of NA County Public Schools. We have a student athlete handbook that's in the works. It has not been finalized. We still have to meet with uh Jay and I still have to meet with the principles to make sure that it meets their specific school needs. We are developing an emergency action plans. It pains me to say this that there hasn't been an emergency action plan in our athletic department since I have been here since 2018. Um, but we are going to put that in place to make sure our students and
026our coaches are very safe. Uh, we are recognizing our youth night on August the 29th. That is going to be our WCK League, middle school league, uh, for football and cheerleading. We're going to do a military appreciation night on September 11th. We really locked out on that one that it came on September 11th and be able to recognize it. Thank you to our NJOTC program. They have reached out and they are getting us camouflage uniforms. They're going to have a flyover. It's going to be a very special night to recognize our military appreciation. We have started a partnership with GoFan and NFHS Network. We used to be with Hometown ticketing, the online tickets um ticketing platform. We have gone to Goof Fan. Goof Fan. What they have done for us is they have put a
027camera out at the football stadium and a camera in our gym to allow fans that cannot come on site to watch the game to be able to live stream the game. We'll still make revenue on that. Not very much, but the biggest thing with this is we're going to be able to offer the businesses in our local community opportunity to advertise for our sports athletes. Uh we're looking at Neptune Radio. Our big push is to get profanity and inappropriate language out of music. I know this generation likes to listen to that kind of stuff, but it's not appropriate on school grounds. Neptune Radio is a national brand. They play extremely clean music. They vet all of the music to make sure that there's no induendos or anything inappropriate. So, we're hoping to get with them.
028Local business sponsorships like I talked about with the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce, emergency action plans, a BSN Nike uniform agreement. Both Jay and I would like to attend the national athletic uh director's conference in Tampa, Florida, as well as the state conference at Virginia Beach. We did attend the state conference this year that was held in short pump. It is a great opportunity for our own personal professional development. Uh and then some goals. We want to increase our community involvement. We want to increase our student involvement as well. Like I talked about, I want to get some of these more females into our athletic programs. We did not have a JV girls basketball program as well and that's going to hopefully boost our female numbers. Uh I would like to make sure that all sports
029have a 3.0 GPA or higher. I gave you the average throughout all sports, but that was not each individual sport. I want to make sure all of our sports hold our student athletes accountable academically. And I'm hoping personally to get my certification as a certified athletic administrator within the next 12 months. That's it. Thank you all so much. Thank you. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, I would ask that the board consider at a later time that September 11th date is actually a school board meeting night for y'all. That may be something that you want to consider moving the board meeting for military appreciation night. So, just something for you to consider as we move forward. Put it on your radar. Thank you. because September is a long ways away. Now, the energy grant update. This is Meyer.
030[Music] Good evening, Mr. Chair, members of the board. Dr. Martin. Um, this evening I'm providing you an update with on our Renew America School Grant. Um, this grant was made possible through the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was signed into law in 2021. Um we were notified in June 20 June 29th of 23 that we were one of 24 selectes from across the country for this first round of grant awards. Um after many months of working on additional requirements we received our official award of on April 6th 2024. This grant totaled $12,163,600 of which we had to work um a required cost share of $662,900 which we pulled out of um state construction funds that were provided so we didn't have to ask the county for for money to cover this. Um this project was to
031be completed over um two phases or what federal government calls budget periods. Um, we have officially completed budget period one. We completed that on March 31st of this year. Um, and that budget period consisted of replacing exterior doors at Crew Primary and Nawway Intermediate School. Those two schools had old wooden doors that were rotting. Um, so that provided better security for them. Um, we I like lost my We replaced and or retrofitted all of the lights in every school building as well as many of the parking areas um to LEDs which you know we've seen a reduction in the kilowatts that we are using for energy. Um we also sealed up the building envelope of each school. Um, it's amazing, you know, when they took us around pulling ceiling tiles, how many places you could
032see daylight outside of our building envelope. So, they spent time in every single school building, um, replacing insulation, filling those holes and those gaps so that one, we were not heating and air conditioning the outside. We were trying to keep that indoors. Um and then they we also added a boiler at Crew Primary because what was there were geothermal wells which had collapsed and were no longer useful for us. Um so those were capped and we added a boiler instead. Um this year has presented many challenges and uncertainties for our grant. Um this grant was interrupted several times um by the president's executive orders um including just us trying to get reimbursement on what we had spent. And I'd like to thank Congressman Maguire's office. His office was a huge help to us um for
033getting most of our reimbursement pushed through so that we could receive the funds back that we had spent. Um so that was very very blessed for that so it didn't have a negative impact on our budget. Um we're still waiting on word as to whether we will be able to enter budget period 2. This grant is still in limbo even though it was not in the list of grants that were unappropriated um in this in this last budget bill that was passed. Therefore, our money for the grant is still there and is still appropriated. Um we just have not been given the green light to move into budget period 2. My understanding our application to continue into that is sitting on the secretary of the department of energy's desk and hopefully don't know how many
034more are sitting there but we will be able to move forward hopefully soon. But that second phase includes um replacing HVAC units at the crew and Blackstone gyms because those are quickly failing. Um and I mean they're 15 years old. Should have last longer, but they have not they've not performed at the the standard that we need them to. Um the the second budget period is also scheduled to replace the HVAC that's on the flat roof section above us as well as replacing the roof. um in this flat flat section above us because it does have many leaks. Um we also are scheduled to replace many of the VAV boxes and that's var variable air control valve boxes here in the high school. So that one the air handlers that we did just install a
035year and a half ago are being used optimally um as well as the new ones that would be getting placed in this section. And then last but not least, window replacements at Nawway Intermediate School. Um, those windows were replaced back in the '7s. Um, however, they have lost their their seal. They're not very effective anymore. There's a lot of heat loss, air loss through those windows. Um, so this would pay to replace those um so that we can ensure that that building will continue to maintain um for the next several years. So, that is my update. if you have any questions this evening. Any questions? [Music] Okay. Thank you. ENTC report, Mr. Allah. Uh yes, sir. Uh the carpentry class uh lighting had to be replaced and it is almost completed and uh the uh
036we needed a new culinary uh teacher. uh we have that and that person will start in August and uh looking at some really really great things uh from the carpentry class. I think that's been long awaited uh and glad that that's finally a reality. Thank you. Uh the governor's school report, Mrs. Duncan, currently no report. However, the next meeting is scheduled for the 23rd of this month. Okay. The SEAK report, Miss and no report with the exception of um conversations with our superintendent. Um NATO is proactively seeking um parents who sharing on social media and website. 2526 division professional development plan. Dr. Martin. Mr. chairman, members of the board, in your packet, you have our planned uh professional development, professional learning opportunities for this year. Of course, they are scheduled to change based on the
037needs that we find within the division as we go along. Um there's not many things that are are different. We do not have many new focuses. We want to build on what we currently have in place, get really good at what we are currently doing. I will tell you though that within our plan and you will hear more at the work session um the end of July with our special education really making sure that we are providing the strategies and supports that we need. Uh we're working with TTAC, which is out of ECU, the technical assistance center, um to provide us training and IEPs for our teachers to provide an understanding of what goals and objectives need to look like, what's the roles and responsibilities, um and really working on that to ensure that we
038are are meeting the needs of all students across the division. So in your packet, you just have the the plan and course of action for this school year and our focus areas. Again, there's still a big focus on reading and the Virginia Literacy Act across the board. So, there's several sessions um that we'll use with that as well. Thank you. And uh your report, Dr. Martin, superintendent's report. Yes. So, just a couple of highlights this evening. I first um just want to say thank you to Heather for her past work as sitting up here for Charlotte. So, we appreciate what she's done. I think she's glad to be back on the back row, maybe. She said, um, she said it felt different, right? And then I have to welcome Charlotte back. We are excited to
039glad to have her here this evening. Um, I also want to introduce you. I know he came up and introduced himself, but I want to introduce you to Dr. Smith. Um, he's in the back there hiding. I did tell him I was going to put him on the spot, but We are excited to have him here with us. I know he's going to do great things there and so welcome to to Dr. Smith. Um so some other things we had a great training this past Monday I think with the CRG uh group and we really looked at and with our community partners really looking at our emergency response and how do we handle things and where are there gaps and where are there holes and where do we need to build on our community response.
040It really made us um think about things and what we need to maybe do differently and how would we respond in a scenario in a situation. Um some of our school leaders were put on the the spot and they had to walk through what they would do as far as going down to what they would call in and how would they give the dispatcher the information. So I think that was a good training. Um I've had one-on-one meetings with most of you. I have a couple more still to do and with most of our administrators at this point in time. Um, and a couple of them have said they want to kind of do a smallcale training in their building too with their teachers as to, okay, if this happens here, what do we do?
041How do we go about it and things like that? So, we reshared the maps with them to make sure that they have the most current maps of their building. Um, as you know, it's a busy time of year preparing for back to school. I have to already say thank you to our staff that are preparing our schools to get our schools ready for for our students to come back. Um that that's a monumental task over the summer to get everything switched over, ready to go, buildings clean, and they are really rocking and rolling to get things where we need it needed to be. So we'll be ready to open. Uh summer school's currently going on here at the high school. We have approximately 200 students in the K through 12 age levels participating in the
042program and it runs through next week. Um this year we used for K through eight uh intensive STEM program but also focused on reading and math intensely and building those skills in the K through 8. And then of course at the high school level we're prepping for anybody needs to take the SOL test. I know they tested today. I haven't heard the results yet but they tested today. Um and really focusing on making sure we get them up to speed and make sure they graduate on time as a focus. Um, so finally, I also have shared previously, but my goal is to work and build collaborative partnerships with you, with the with the school community, with our parents, with our students, with our families. Um, and just really building our school system and supporting our
043staff. Um, and you will see that pride. That's what we want in Ottawa County Public Schools moving forward with everybody, building pride. And so you'll often see and hear the phrase, we are not away, committed to excellence. So when people hear that we are not a way to excellence, um it should show pride in our school division and that we're in it together, that everyone's valued, that everybody's important part of our family, that we're a division that knows where we come from and a focus and a vision on where we're going to go moving forward. Um and that we're not going to settle for anything less than the best for our students and our community here in Nawway. Um, so it and part of that comes from setting high expectations, holding people accountable for what
044we're doing, holding people accountable at all levels, myself, administrators, our students, our parents, our board, everybody has to be held accountable for our work so that we can move things forward um to grow learning and refine our practices and do what's best for every child. So um those were a couple things I wanted to share this evening as we move forward. So you'll hear we are not away a lot. Um, I know Miss Wood asked you for your shirts so that we can make sure you have your back to school shirts and it says on the front, "We are not away." And Maroon and Gold, we're committed to excellence here. So that's our goal moving forward. Thank you, Dr. Martin. uh matters of schoolboard interest. July 29th, 1:25, there's an internship recognition dinner at the
045high school at 6:00 p.m. Now, the work session June 30th, it will also be a special called meeting, but there is a concern with the start time. One of our members, uh, his employer messed up our start time. Should have got him. Yeah, he did. Yeah, he did. So, if uh if it's okay with the board, I will ask that we schedule this meeting for 7:30. That will should allow all of us to be in attendance. [Music] I'm good. Is everyone okay with that? I'm good. 7:30 then and we will have a a very brief uh special called meeting so we can go into executive session primarily to approve any new hire prior to the start of the school year so that that person uh is gainfully employed uh and not uh delayed until the
046August school board meeting. Mhm. August 11th is the uh back to school parking lot party. Uh it's supposed to start at 5:00, but if you showed up sooner, it probably could start before then. August 15th, uh the 25th is convocation. August 27th and September 24th will be work sessions along with October 22nd. There won't be any in November and December. Uh the annual VSBA conference in Williamsburg is November 19th through the 21st. Now we go to other. Mr. Row, do you have anything for other? No, sir. Mr. Wilson? No. Not at this time. M. Duncan? No. Mr. Outlaw? Uh, yes. I would like to uh recognize one of our third grade teachers uh Gwen Hawks at uh Crew Primary. Uh I know she did a good job because my youngest granddaughter was in her class
047a year before last, but she is also a very active part in the Wreck League in Nawway County. and I have grandkids that play uh sports and she was out there. I mean, I just many hours in really hot conditions uh helping out the wreck league and even to the point of being one of the coaches for our allstar coach pitch team and they play second in this region. So hats off to Miss Hawks. All right. Thank you. That's always good news. Uh for my part, I just want to remind everyone that at our uh work session, please come prepared to discuss goals and objectives. At some point in the not too distant future, we need to dedicate some time in a work session to uh the status of Burkeville primary. We've heard some of
048our citizens mention some of the things that could happen there. We need to get a a solid plan developed in cooperation with what it is that we need to do with that structure. That structure is costing the school division some $70,000 a year to keep it open and the school division doesn't use it. I want to thank Dr. Greor for providing the substitute the substitute teacher data. Uh I would hope that there has been steps taken to those who have not responded in 400 plus calls that they uh may not be on our list to call again. I'd also like to ask the board I will make a motion to move the September meeting to the 3 Thursday September 18th so that we can support the September 11th activity. as a veteran, it means something
049to me. And I'm pretty sure anyone who is a veteran would think the same thing. So, amen. I will move that the meeting for November move to September 18th. September 18th. May I'll I'll make that into a form of a motion. May I have that motion? So moved. Is there a second? Any discussion? I can't get up on you, Damian. We're on the same time table as long as we're together. Uh so we will move September to the 18th and hopefully we'll all be able to support the September 11th activity. Did you vote? You voted on it. You said all in favor signify by saying I. I can't say right now. I can't say. Yeah. Okay. So there's uh I I I I you can vote present. Um yeah, I guess. Yes. Okay. Well, we
050can it's something we can revisit if something comes up. Yeah, we may, you know, if we need to make some adjustments because of other different times. I mean, that's fine. I just like I said, we adjust the time. Uh, may I have the motion to go into close session? [Music] Um, pursuant to section 2.2-3711A of the code of Virginia, I move that the board convene in a closed meeting for the purpose of discussing the following specific matters. A1, the consideration of personnel for a 20 appointments. One, Gear Up Virginia data coordinator. One, temporary egg instructor. Two, math interventionist. one volleyball coach, one special education transition coordinator, one superintendent designate, two assistant principles, one supervising mentor, one social studies teacher, three substitute teachers, one librarian assistant, one English learner, family and language access liaison, one sixth
051grade teacher, one technology temporary instructor, one director of exceptional education and special programs, and one summer lead custodian. B informational five resignations. C one retirement volleyball softball coach, three reclassifications, one 11-month contract, one grants and special project support liaison, and one administrative support liaison, and one salary adjustment, one note intermediate school, Nawway Middle School principal. The motion. May I have a second? Second. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I we are in close session and thank you all for being here. [Music]