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Edgewood City Schools - Board of Education Meeting 5/19/25

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YouTube / ECSD Board
Date
2025-05-20
Location
Butler County, OH
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Transcript
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4,517 words · about 26 min
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2026-06-12

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001Good evening. We're going to go ahead and get started. This is a regular scheduled board meeting for Edgewood City Schools. Mrs. Bowers, would you call the role, please? Mr. Barry Gabard here. Mr. Michael Presler, here. Mrs. Amy Ashcott. Hi. Mr. Andrew Presler, here. Mr. Mark Meers here. Would you please stand for the pledge of allegiance and remain standing? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Music] Lord God, we thank you for this opportunity to come together and and meet. God, I thank you for every board member, every teacher, every member of faculty throughout all these schools and all the hours and effort they pour into our students, the future of our

002community. God, let this night be fruitful. Let let all deliberation all discussion be edifying God and let us glorify you in all we do and in the future of this community in your mighty name. Amen. Amen. Thank you. This time I'm going to look for a motion for the approval of the agenda as amended. So Mr. Mr. Master Smith, I have a second. Second. Michael Presley. Mrs. Bower, would you call the role, please? Mr. Mark Meers. Yes. Mr. Michael Presler. Yes. Mr. Gary Gabard. Yes. Mrs. Amy Ashcraft. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presler. Yes. Motion carries 50. Next up, we have presentations. Tonight we are gathering here to honor and recognize some difference makers in our school district. We are going to begin by recognizing our our co-workers who will be retiring this year. During the course

003of of the the teachers we'll be be recognizing tonight. They have gone from blue grade books where you would record all the scores for the kids and get your out and and add add those all up and divide and make sure you had the the correct uh correct percentage to a time where we have at our fingertips all kinds of information with just a click of a button. We also will be recognizing tonight those of us who have worked in food service. In the course of a 30-year career, you will will have served over 2.5 million lunches. Recognizing also our transportation, our people in transportation who are the first and the last representative of the Edgewood City Schools every single day. We want to say thank you to those who have run the marathon. Job

004well done. Good and praise. So, when we call your name, we've got just a we've got a little little gift and a Koopa card. The Koopa card is so important because it will get you into events along with your your spouse for the rest of your life. So anytime you want to come back and enjoy your time here at Edgewood, you can do that. So we'll start with Miss Aaron Allen. Aaron started teaching here in in 1994 and she has been a librarian title title teacher. Aaron, thank you. me. I started here in 1996 and I've done been a teacher, principal, uh, worked at the board office. Thank you. We also have with us tonight Miss Beth Burchwell, district in 1997. Thank you for that. We have Jenny Dent and she started with the district

005in 2007. We have Scott Benecker who could not be with us tonight. He started with a district in 2015 in the curriculum department. We have Mrs. Becky Curts. He has been in the district since 2001 serving our students with disabilities. Becky, thank you. We have and Sandy Johnson. Unfortunately, they could not be with us because they are in Texas with their grandb babies. So, they were uh math and science teachers of the district. We honor Robin Lucas. Robin worked in service. Did you know that you had 2.5 Thank you. We have Mrs. Finelli. She could not be with us here tonight, but she started in the district in 2000 as a teacher of math, science, and we have Mr. Joe Wilds, the best ever doing. Miles, who is a PE teacher and health teacher and

006started in the district in 1994. Thank you, Mr. Wild. We also have an opportunity tonight to recognize uh some of our employees who have perfect attendance. That means you don't miss any days, and exceptional attendance, which would mean you would miss up to two days. So, we want to recognize recognize these friends when we call your name. We have and Mr. Baker told me he couldn't be here tonight. Doug Baker, Chris Barnes, Patricia Bowers, Robin Mr. Scott Lemon, Anthony Daws. You'll notice some of these names have the two asterisks by it. That's because they have had perfect attendance or exceptional attendance two years in a row. So Garrett Gabbert 10 jewel We have we actually this year have two husband and wife teams with with great attendance. Bethany Johnson, Tracy Phillips, Shane Schwarz, Alex, you

007have exceptional attendance. Thank you, Melissa Allen, Jade Benner, Kim Barry, Mark Blair, Jessica Carlson, Lindsay Clemens, Stacy Gamrell, Rob Hawkins. He couldn't be here tonight. Chloe Hitch, Logan Hoskins, Scott Ledger, Overton, Melissa Spec, Shondaanda Rashaw, Stacy Single. She said she couldn't make it tonight. Chris Stratton, Sydney Stump, Alex Sullivan, Scott Van, and Beck. We also have a retirement gift for Joanie McKenzie. Jeremy, we wanted to save the best for last. Thank you, Mrs. Advisor. I'm sorry. Where' that come from? So, congratulations to everybody that come here. We really appreciate you showing up. We definitely want to honor you uh showing up every day. That's priceless here. I mean, it's it's priceless. We appreciate it. We appreciate everybody's hard work. To you retirement people, let's do it. Yes. Don't get any better. Congratulations. Yeah. I want

008to say something about that. a few years ago when we started the leadership and character class. Scott, you were teaching and you asked me to come in and talk at at three during three bells and I spent three bells in the high school talking for three periods. When I left at the end of the day, I'd used all my words. I didn't want to talk anymore. I didn't want to use all the conversation. So, for those of y'all that was recognized up here tonight, I sincerely appreciate the work that you guys put in, everything that y'all do every day. So, thank you. Thank you, Mark. Uh, next up we have public participation and we don't have anybody signed up to speak. So, next we will move on to treasure items. Mrs. Bowers. Uh, the first

009agenda item is the board minutes from April the 28th. Like to ask for a motion to approve those. Look for a motion to approve the board minutes from April the 28th. So moved. Mrs. Ashcraft. Do I have a second? Second. Mr. Michael Presley. Mrs. Powers. Would you call roll please? Mrs. Amy Ashcraft. Yes. Mr. Michael Presler. Yes. Mr. Gary Gabber. Yes. Mr. Mark Measure. Yes. Mr. Andrew Press. Yes. Motion carries 5 Z. Uh, next agenda item is the April 2025 financial reports. I'd like to ask for a motion to approve those. For a motion to approve financial reports for April. Mr. Message. Do I have a second? Second. Michael Presley. Mrs. Bowers, would you call the roll, please? Mr. Mark Measure. Yes. Mr. Michael Presler. Yes. Mr. Erie Gabard. Yes. Mrs. Amy Ashtra. Yes. Mr.

010Andy Presler. Yes. Motion carries 50. Next agenda item is the 5-year forecast. It's a May update. I'd like to ask for a motion to approve that. For a motion to approve the five-year forecast as presented. So moved. Mr. Michael Presler. Do I have a second? Second. Mrs. Amy Ashgra. Mrs. Bowers. Would you call the role, please? Mr. Michael Presley. Yes. Mrs. Nashcraft. Yes. Mr. Gary Gabbert. Yes. Mr. Mark Metroid. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presley. Yes. Motion carries 50. Uh, the next agenda item is the amended certificate of estimated resources and appropriations. I'd like to ask for a motion to approve those. I'll look for a motion to approve the amended certificate of estimated resources and appropriation. So move me. Do I have a second? Second. Mr. Michael Presman. Is there anything that's changed on this since

011the message that you posted last week? Um, not since last week. We have to file again. We get another grant you have to submit to the tax commissioner to be able to We'll do this again next month. just here in we have to do the close out but we want to spend this grant money so we have to file a different county before we can do that. Okay. Reason I ask it says adopted May the 19th. I didn't know if this would change today. Oh, it's just because it's being signed. Mr. Gabbert has to sign it. Thank you. You're welcome. Any more discussion? Mrs. Bower, would you call the role, please? Mr. Mark Meers. Yes. Mr. Michael Presley. Yes. Mr. Gary Gabard. Yes. Mrs. Amy Ashcraft. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presley. Yes. Motion carries 50. Uh,

012next I would like to block items E and F County ESC. It's an Aology MOU and then one for O andM and the teacher have visually impaired services. Looking for a motion to approve E and F for Butler County ESC as presented. Mrs. Ashgra, Mr. Commissioner Smith second. Any discussion? These are the This is standard. This this is any about half of this roughly recoverable from the state. Uh maybe yeah, we would submit for excess cost um cost for some of these students. It's routine interview to service students with hearing impairment. Is there This is just for next year, right? So, it's capped at 51,000 for the vision. I didn't see a cap on the other one. You know how much what the cap on that one is? Says $90 an hour, but it doesn't

013say what dollar amount. I'm trying to There was almost the student names attached to that, but I did not put that out there. Yeah, there is. It's only for the students who have that written into their IEP that would receive that service. I can put you that number. Basically, they look at who has evaluation, do how many hours they project to spend with each student, and that's where the quote comes from. I can pull that. It is state requirement though for an I got to do it no matter what. If you if you wouldn't mind, I would like to know kind of how much we spend on this. Thank you. Maybe about 15 students on there. I could pull it, but it's It doesn't matter what we required to do anyway. Any more discussion? Yes,

014sir. Mrs. Bower, would you call the role, please? Mrs. Amy Ash. Yes. Mr. Mark Schmidt. Yes. Mr. Gary Gard. Yes. Mr. Michael Pressler. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presler. Yes. 50. Uh, next is the Hamilton County ESC agreement for assisted technology. I could have a motion to approve that. Look for a motion to approve the Hamilton County ESC agreement. So move. Mr. Master Schmidt, do I have a second? Second. Mr. Michael Presley. Mrs. Bowers, would you call the role, please? Mr. Smith, yes. Mr. Michael Presler, yes. Mr. Gary Gabbert, yes. Mrs. Amy Ashcraft, yes. Mr. Andrew Presser, yes. Motion carries 5 Z. Uh, next I'd like to ask for a motion to approve the Warren County ESC quote for 26 interpreters and social communication. We'll look for a motion to approve the Warren County ESC service quote.

015Second, Mr. Michael Preser, do I have a second? Second. Mr. Mark Meer Smith. Mrs. Bow, would you call a role, please? Mr. Michael Presler. Yes. Mr. Mark Measure. Yes, Mr. Peter Gabbert. Yes, Mrs. Amy Nashcraft. Yes, Mr. Andrew Creser. Yes. Motion carries 50. Uh, the next agenda, actually, I would like to block items I J. This is a claim home health services and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Services for FY26. Looking for a motion to approve I and J, which would be a claim home service and children's hospital agreement. So move. Mrs. Ashcraft, do I have a second? Second. Mr. Mark, Mr. Smith. Discussion. Mrs. Bowers, you call the RO, please. Mrs. Amy Ashcraftoft. Yes. Mr. Mark Measure. Yes. Mr. Barry Gabard. Yes. Mr. Michael Presler. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presler. Yes. Motion carries 5. Uh the next

016agenda item K is I would like to ask for a motion to resend the contract for NR paving. I'm going to look for a motion to resend the contract for NR paving. So move. Mr. Meman. Do I have a second? Second. Mr. Michael Presman. I think we shed a little bit. Just explain why we're doing this. I I after a little bit of investigation after our last meeting, uh we we just did not feel comfortable moving forward with the quote with this company and uh we're not going to do work with them. So, is there anything you want to add? So to to Gary's point, some of the things that we have found out, we decided that maybe we wanted to look at other options and go a different direction. I think the contract that

017we've been presented that I think we're going to vote on tonight's actually a little bit more money, but it's also a little bit more service and a little bit more a little bit more for our money. So, we're not going with the cheapest bid, but we we are going with the one I think we're going to vote on the one tonight that we think is probably the best for the district. that, you know, we want to be good stewards of the money that we have. And it just made sense to us after some of the things that we found out after we voted on the last one that it would be better to look at other companies. And I think we found a company that's local that's going to give us some better product and

018and do more extensive work than what we were originally quoted. You agree that? Absolutely. Yes. We definitely are going to get a lot more bang for our buck. Mrs. Mrs. Bower, would you call the role, please? Mr. Mark Measure Schmidt, yes. Mr. Michael Presler, yes. Mr. Barry Gabard, yes. Mrs. Amy Ashcraft, yes. Mr. Andrew Presley, yes. Motion carries 50. In the next agenda item, I would like to ask for a motion to approve Normac Company. Look for a motion to approve the paving quote from Normac. Second, Mr. Michael Presler. Second, Mr. Mark Smith, we just feel a lot more comfortable going with this company after going over both quotes and kind of comparing the two and Mark's already kind of we we just want to be good stewards with the money and um we feel

019a lot more comfortable going this direction. So, Mrs. Bowers, would you call the role, please? Mr. Michael Presley. Yes. Mr. Mark Measure. Yes. Mr. Erie Gabard. Yes. Mrs. A Nashcraft. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presler. Yes. Motion carries 50. Uh the next agenda item is the Turner ground maintenance quote for FY26. Looking for a motion to approve the Turner ground maintenance quote as presented. Second. Mr. Michael Preston. Second. This is Amy Ashcr. This pretty much is in line with what we're paying today's rate. Yes. Okay. Any more discussion? Mrs. Bower, would you call the role, please? Mr. Michael Presler, yes. Mrs. Amy Ashcro, yes. Mr. Barry Gabard, yes. Mr. Markers, yes. Mr. Andrew Presler, yes. Motion carries 50. The next agenda item is the resolution for naming of our track. I'm going to look for a motion

020for the resolution of the naming of the track at Kumler Field. So moved. Mrs. Ashra second. Second. Mr. Michael Presley. Before we vote on this, I would like for Scott wrote a really good letter to us about this. And after consideration, that's I'd like for Scott to read this. as I as you type something sometimes it's easier then you get here and you see the person in person and and think about the impact they had on you as a person I didn't I didn't have the body of a track star but had Mr. my own class for 4 years and just the difference he made in me as a person and that life lessons he taught me and you know trust me to do things in life and stuff like that. Sometimes I had as

021far a bunch of us would go out there and work and fish and he just made a incredible impact on me as a person. I know a lot of you guys in the room that had him or ran track for him or was part of you know tracking staff with him through the years know the kind of person he is. So I submit this back to the board says, "I'm Smith this letter in consideration of naming the track the Kumler field the melo track." Mr. Tel was a PE teacher, coach, track, cross country, basketball and football, student council advisory, homecoming parade coordinator, prom coordinator, and servant leader of Edward schools for 50 years. Mr. Melo is known locally and statewide for being high school track and field coach and cross country coach for 50 years.

022During Miss Mr. Melo's tenure as head coach boys track program won a league title 1972 73 747576 and the boys track program was also district champs in 1974 1990 the men's cross country team were league champs in 1980 Mr. Mo retires from his position in 1996 but he continued to coach cross country until 2002 and track and field in 2018 during his time as cross country coach and track coach Mr. Melo has 16 former athletes inducted into the Edgewood Hall of Fame out there on the board. So, Mr. Melo, thank you for your service. Thank you for everything you've taught all of us and it's a pleasure and an honor ser Only thing I'm going to say is I never felt like I went to work. So what's the next step in this? What's this

023going to look like? Are we going to do a ceremony? We gonna Yeah. Paul will have a bigger uh got some good alumni here. Mr. Car reached out to him. He knows a lot of the alum Mark group that group that was a big alumni group Jeff Adams Casey Wells will get a big group together practice and I will be working with the track coming back next week to start the process of of fixing the problems with the track. We'll look at some different options of what we can do as far as where to put that plate or I say it stays like figure out where on the track we could put the bill track. We'll get some different options for you guys to take a look at. What would be the best option or

024listen taught me line dancing. That was a big I don't know about I don't know about anybody else but his dodgeball games on the floor. off the charts. Climbing the bleachers with the girls with spats trying to remember that game never happened. [Laughter] It was a lot of fun. Before we vote on this, I we don't take it lightly when we put it. This this is going to be there forever and we appreciate everything you've done to ed. Thank you so much. So, Mrs. Bowers, would you call role play? Mrs. Amy Ashcraft, yes. Mr. Michael Presler, yes. Mr. Gary Gabber, yes. Mr. Mark Measure, yes. Mr. Andrew Pressler, yes. Motion carries 50. Thank you. Mr. Gabard, I would next like to ask for a motion to approve the walk-in Butler County ESCO. I'm going to

025look for a motion to approve the Butler County that was walked in late. So, Mrs. Asp, do I have a second? Second, Mr. Michael Presman. Mrs. Bowers, would you call roll before we before this guest hosted our line, you'll amend this to reflect what we did? Mrs. Amy Ashkra, yes. Mr. Michael Presler, yes. Mr. Barry Gabard, yes. Mr. Mark Meith, yes. And Mr. Andrew Presler, yes. Motion carries 5. Uh, the last agenda item is treasurerformational items. Just wanted to be updated on that banial budget that we've been watching. Um so Friday was the deadline for the amendments from the Senate um for the FY 2627 state budget. In the coming days, the Senate leaders will begin reviewing the reviewing the proposed changes. Um the Senate's first round of changes is expected to be released on

026June 3. So we're just waiting on that. Uh my next agenda item, this is typically the time of year where we would renew our insurance. Still working on some quotes so far with this that we have still has a 31% increase. Um it's a statewide thing. It's just it's happening, but we are trying to get some more quotes and see if we can do a little better. So that'll be back in June. Uh the last thing I have is uh FY26 breakfast and lunch prices. It's time to start thinking about that. Um, I have on here where we were last year. We increased breakfast from $1.75 to $185. Elementary lunch went from 325 to 335. Middle school high school went from 350 to 360 and milk increased from 50 cents to 60 cents. So, we

027did get some reports back and when you have a negative balance, you are required to go up minimum 10 cents. I just want you to be thinking about that that uh we're well in excess of a half million deficit in that fund. So, just something for you to be thinking about. But we will be coming back hinging with the recommendation to increase lunch prices again, minimum 10 cents. the state caused that, but just said you have that on your radar. That's all I have. Thank you, Mr. Bowers. Who's who's actually going to put that? Who's doing the analysis on that? EPC, Educational Purchasing Council. So, they're going to be the ones to make the recommendation review to us. They came to me and told me, "You don't have a choice but to at least go

028up to 10 cents. You need to go talk to your board and see what they have an appetite for." Well, I don't think 10 cents on a $3 lunch is keeping up with inflation. So, I don't know how much food costs. I don't know what we're spending on. I don't know what the discounted rate is for the quantities that we buy, but I would like to kind of know what their opinion on that is so they present us. I can share that. Yeah, I'd like to see that. We're ready, sir. Okay. Superintendent items. Uh item A is an overnight field trip, the boys basketball camp to attend the Capitol University's team camp um this summer. Believe this something they do every year. Look for a motion to approve the overnight field trip for the boys

029basketball camp. Mr. Mr. Smith second. Mr. Michael Presler. Mrs. Verer, if you call roll, please. Mr. Mark Measure. Yes. Mr. Michael Presler. Yes. Mr. Barry Gabbert. Yes. Mrs. Amy Ashcraft. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presler. Yes. Motion carries 50. Item B are the list of those NEOA policies. At the last board meeting, you were presented for a first read. This is just our quarterly updates from the old to reflect changes in legislation and federal policies. So these would be new policies to reflect those legisl now. Do we have do we know what's different from these from what we used previously? I looked at these, they weren't highlighted. Yeah, if you go in the draft policies, I looked at them today, especially the ones I thought might be, you know, I think it just reflects the maybe the

030change in the political, you know, the White House and just changes from different points of view. So, but they they were all highlighted in graphs. Do you have anything specific? I didn't I didn't see those. So, I must look at it. Any more discussion on these policies? Were they on last week, right? Yes. Last month. So, it was last month. Okay. I wasn't at this. I didn't intend this. This was what Kelly was still in. I didn't realize these were I didn't realize these were the same that they are. If you look at where it says policy recommended for BOE, it has not tells you what changed. They did like it's been revised to reflect the requirements. If you go draft and then head policy updates, it tells me it was all done by the

031old so it's been I looked at it. It's fine. Well, Mrs. Bowers, you call a role, please. Mrs. Emma Ashcraft, yes. Mr. Mark Meers, yes. Mr. Gard, yes. Mr. Michael Presler, yes. Mr. Andrew Presler, yes. Motion carries 5. So item D are the elementary um student handbooks. These are the the Neola recommended student handbooks that just cover all of the parts that are required by law to be in a student handbook. These are the only thing we pass out these online. This is a first read. Hold on. You got the special education. Oh, my bad. I skip I skip C. Yes. So back in March, you approved the model policies. um for the Ohio Department of Education um for special needs children and I think it was kind of rushed and the only has made

032some revisions. These are the revisions based on some of those policies that were approved back in March. If you look at the item you'll see the changes there were just a few changes to those special education model policies. We'll look for a motion to approve the special education model policies and procedures. Second, Mr. Michael Mess. Michael, I shouldn't even be up here. I apologize. And I apologize. Mr. Michael Preston. Yes. Mrs. Sammy Ashcco. Yes. Mr. Barry Gabry. Yes. Mr. Mark Measure. Yes. Mr. Andrew Preston. Yeah. Question carries 5 Z. So back to D item D. That was the elementary student handbook first read just the new updates um to reflect changes in legislation that has to be included in your student handbooks. And again that's a first read. We'll approve those next month. If you

033look at it, you can see the changes. They're highlighted like the same with the secondary. Yep. So item E for we need block order. That's just Yeah. So it's the same deal. That's the middle school and high school. The changes are highlighted. That's what we post online. We give the kids like a little handbook, a little planner book, but it's just like a it's like your little um quick reference guide for the actual code of conduct. And the student handbook is online and it just reflects changes in the legislation and those are also highlighted yellow. So this is the first review. Okay. Item F is a be safe driving education agreement and that was something I think we do here at the high school. Be safe does driver's ed here at the high school for

034kids and um we signed agreement for that service. We'll look for a motion to approve the be safe driving education agreement. So move me. Second. Second, Mr. Michael Presley. How long has B safe been doing this here? This is our second year. Yeah. Their second year. Yeah. Okay. What's it cost the students to to do this program? Uh let me see. It says on there what the cost is. I can see it cost. Are they actually like have a room here? They just Sorry. I talked to them about this. Um, they use room 125 and how it's worked out is they have the driver's ed right after school so that the kids don't have to go home. Otherwise, the class isn't offered till like 5:30, 6:00. Um, and it goes till like 9:30. So, a

035lot of students couldn't couldn't do that class. It was too late. It was in the middle of sports, things like that. So, we started last spring um I believe it was in March we did a session we did a session um for this year we did September we did another one December one in like February March it's two weeks it's right after school till 7 o'lock um so they stay after school and then they get picked up by their parents cost roughly $650 $50. Um, which is a $50 discount than if they take it other places. Okay. So, it is a little bit of a discount. Yeah. Okay. It's not like when we were in school, we took it for $50. Mrs. Bowers, would you call the roll, please? Mr. Mark, yes. Mr. Ashra, yes.

036Mr. Gab, yes. Mr. Andrew Pressler. Yes. Mr. Michael Pressler. Yes. Motion carries 5. Thank you, Mr. Phil. Don't let me kick you guys out over there. Items from board members. We're going to start with Michael Presler. Oh, I don't think so. Mrs. Ashcraft. Well, it's over. The Ashcrafts have all graduated. Lucky for you guys. So, I thought graduation was phenomenal. I know people were upset cuz it got moved inside, but um looking at the weather when we came out, I think that we made the right decision. Um nobody got blown away. But, um the only bad thing I heard was that some people had trouble hearing, but I thought everybody did a great job. And um I just like to thank anybody that touched my children's lives, you know. during this time. I know they're

037butttheads and hard to um deal with. I deal with them on a daily basis, but hopefully they were better here than they were at home. So, um but they did it and it was pretty uneventful. So, you know, like to thank everybody and thank all the hard work that went into graduation and preparing for that. And you know, just sitting there and looking at all those kids that I've known for gosh, ever, just thinking about, you know, all the teachers that have touched our lives. Like, it's a big deal to sit there and then to get to hand them their diplomas. That was it was really an honor for me. So, I appreciated that. That's all I have. Congrats. Thank you. Does that make you feel old? I am old. Thank you, Mrs. Ashgra. Mr.

038Mr. Andrew Presler, Mr. Mr. Smith. So, last week I had the opportunity to go to the middle school and watch the middle school choir perform their spring concert. And as the program was starting, uh, Carmen Fields got up and she talked about a award that the middle school received by the NAM Foundation uh, for the um, support music merit award for 2025. And there's only 87 districts, 8 actually 87 buildings, 87 schools nationwide that get this and Edgewood Middle School was one of those schools that got it for 2025. And I know the amount of time I've been up here on the board, we've talked about Coral Overure, we've talked about the band, we've talked about, you know, spring arts fairs and all the things that take place in these buildings. But for the the

039students that are interested in music and the arts, our programs are are pretty incredible and this is just another testament to that. So for the middle school and for Carmen and all those that's involved in it, just want to congratulate them and for the kids that uh that partaking that what an awesome awesome job they do. So very proud that she was able to announce that and that we were able to celebrate that as the year comes to an end. Thank you, Mr. Mr. Schmidt. I've just got a couple little things I want to add to some of this. Uh, as a lot of you are aware, we get beat up pretty bad on social media, maybe even by some of you all. But, um, Friday night graduation makes it all worth it. I mean,

040it was I thought it went very well, especially having to move it inside. Just seeing the kids and their faces and shaking their hands. It's it's it's very special. I mean, and I regret that I will no longer get to do that. Um, but uh it it's it's touching to to get to do that. I I really enjoy it. That is what this is about for me. So, so I uh I'll miss that. Believe that's it. So, at this time, I'm going to look for a motion to move move to executive session for the following reasons. To consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official move. Mr. Michael Presler. Do I have a second? Second. Mr. Mark Meersmith. Mrs. Bowers, would you call the roll, please? Mr.

041Michael Presler. Yes. Mr. Mark Measure. Yes. Mr. Barry Gabard. Yes. Mrs. Amy Ashcraft. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presler. Yes. Motion carries 50. It is 6:47 p.m. All right, we're back. 901 personnel items. Item A. I'm going to look for a motion for the approval for item A. So move. Mr. Michael Presler. Do I have a second? Second. Mr. Andrew Presler. Mrs. Bowers, would you call the role, please? Mr. Michael Presler. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presler. Yes. Mr. Barry Gabard. Yes, Mrs. Amy Ashcraf. Yes, Mr. Mark Measure. Abstain. Personnel items. Supplemental nomination item B as presented. So moved. Mrs. Ashcraft. Do I have a second? Second. Mr. Michael Presler. Mrs. Bowers, would you call the role, please? Mrs. Amy Ashcraft. Yes. Mr. Michael Pressler. Yes. Mr. Gary Gabbert. Abstain. Mr. Mark measurement. Yes. And Mr. Andrew Presser. Yes.

042Personnel items. Item C, supplemental nomination as presented. So move. Mrs. Ashcraft, do I have a second? Second. Mr. Measure Smith. Mrs. Bowers, would you call the role, please? Mrs. Amy Ashcraft. Yes. Mr. Mark Measure. Yes. Mr. Barry Gabber. Yes. Mr. Michael Pressler, abstain. Mr. Andrew Presler, Personnel items. Item D, administrator contract. So moved. Mrs. Ashcraft, do I have a second? Second. Mr. Measure. Mrs. Bower, would you call the role, please? Mrs. Amy Ashcraft, yes. Mr. Mark Measure, yes. Mr. Gary Gabber, yes. Mr. Michael Presler, yes. Mr. Andrew Presley, yes. Personnel items. Item E, superintendent contract. So move, Mr. Mr. Schmidt, do I have a second? Second. Mr. Michael Presler. Mrs. Bowers, would you call the role, please? Mr. Mark Measure. Yes. Mr. Michael Pressler. Yes. Mr. Gary Gabard. Yes. Mrs. Amy Ashcraft. Yes. Mr. Andrew

043Pressler. Hold on a second. What was this? I thought we just voted on this. The first one was an addendum to change the date on Miss Adams. Oh, okay. Okay. This one's super. Yes. Yes. Yes. Sorry, I thought we just Oh, that's okay. Well, I had my thoughts and second thoughts on it, too. Looking for a motion to three. I'm looking for a motion to adjourn. Mr. Michael Presler. Mrs. Ashcraft. Second. Mrs. Powers, would you call the role, please? Mr. Michael Presler, yes. Mrs. Amy Ashcraft, yes. Mr. Gary Gabard, yes. Mr. Mr. Mark Me. Yes. Mr. Andrew Presley. Yes. That 9006.

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