001good evening everyone we're going to go ahead and get started uh this is a regular scheduled board meeting for Edgewood City Schools Mrs Bowers would you call a rooll Please Mr har gab here Mr Michael presler here Mrs Amy ashra pres Mr Mark mmid here Mr Andrew presler here would you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance the United States of America stands Nation indivisible please remain standing let's pray together L we thank you for our community we thank you you Lord for this school system at Edgewood and we're grateful for this school board Lord for our administrators our superintendent and principles and teachers and staff that are committed to the growth of our children and I thank you also Lord for the public here tonight Lord and for their interest in our school system
002and ask you bless this meeting tonight Lord I ask Lord as this board discusses as it decides as it votes I ask that your holy spirit will lead lead them may their decisions bless our students and all of our soul school system we invite your presence here tonight Lord and Lord I do just pray too that if changes come at a federal level that affect our states and our school systems that you would give our school board and our administrators Lord your wisdom and your guidance and your courage to navigate the changes and finally Lord we pray for our students we thank you for them and I ask that you help them grow grow and learn and develop in character bless their parents and their families as they raise them and so again Lord we
003give you this meeting tonight we invite your presence here and we pray this in Christ's name amen amen thank you it's a little exciting for us to have everybody in here this evening so uh we're going to go ahead and get started with our regular meeting here uh Mrs at this time I'm going to look for a motion to approve the agenda so moved Mr Mei do I have a second second I went first Mr Mr Andrew pres Mrs did you call a ro Please Mr Mark M yes Mr Andrew presler yes Mr Gary gabber yes Mr Michael presler Yes Mrs Amy Ash yes motion carries 5 next up we have president present ation this evening which is probably why most of you are here we're going to start with Mr Tom York Butler Tech
004representative thank you it's always good to see a full place with uh kids right um and I think Andrew you guys should arm wrestle for who got the the first arm wrestle all right uh thanks a lot for the opportunity to talk about Butler Tech uh there's there's been some news uh that's uh important and that is that they have a new superintendent uh John graft uh under his resignation he's going to hang on for a while to help with the building projects there are a lot of building projects going on uh and uh William Dr Williams Frankl is newor superintendent so uh and that's you know significant because um I don't know how you you guys know but John graft has really LED uh but Tech into some tremendous growth and accomplishments and the
005reason that I'm really proud of that is because John is a Edgewood Grant and sat in my social studies class when he was in 10th Grade and I didn't have anything to do with his successive Tech because of that but it's just fun to see uh our Edwood kids uh go out and be very successful in their professional Liv so John's going to be around he's going to see through the U the building projects William sprankles uh comes from the Princeton area um and uh he's done a lot he's got a great relationship with Miami University uh one of the projects that we have going on is together with Miami and Mrs Spivey knows that um I love Miami it's my un mod but they don't always like to work with uh Public Schools so
006they are and they're doing a great job so uh we're thankful for that we have two projects that are going on building projects one is at a bioscience Center basements have been poured the walls are there uh and they're ready to continue that uh we um also have a project going on at the Middletown airport and if you drive by there you see some ground that's being torn up and and excavated it's for our building that's going to be there what's holding us up right now and that project is ODOT has to decide if they want the driveway 26 ft or 24 ft they're having time figuring that one out So eventually they'll get there and we'll be able to continue with that um the other thing uh I want to talk about is the
007program that's going to be at the kns bridge uh facility in Hamilton um it's a part of that a big part of that's going to be a three-year program for students and Mr gag said that they've had Ed has had a lot of interest and he thinks maybe uh interest is is is bigger um this year than ever before but uh those programs will offer a three-year program in uh let me read it here I'm looking at my tiny little screen on my phone but they will have a three-year program in um uh the Health Science Academy Aviation engineering Information Technology Precision Machining and Welding so there will be you can go as sophomores to that program there uh on the uh in Hamilton and finish uh with uh most of the time these kids
008are finishing with associat degrees and in our bi bioscience uh program they will eventually be able to finish with a degree in nursing so it's uh making some great strides uh right now uh the the political gods are smiling on Career Tech education and and that's a good thing and it hasn't always been that way and so um but lot of NE going on any [Music] questions can you help them out with that two feet on the driveway I it seems to me was make the difference 25 and good to go I would like to just say so impressed with Butler Tech all the programs they brought in the Innovation I'm sure Mr Sprinkles will be a do a great job but those are big shoes to build Mr graph has uh really have watched
009and observed butlertech grow under his leadership what just an example Tuesday night uh when we had our board meeting last week uh we had three students present uh two of them were uh committed to going to Ohio State they both had 36 on the act so you know when when we were teaching and in school uh if you wanted to lay U masonry and you wanted to build houses that's where you went to school but today engineering bioscience and both of those kids are going to AIO State full rid uh you know that education when you go with a 36 on your act a perfect score uh that education is probably worth a half a million dollars so parents uh a half a million dollars no no student loans uh and uh it's it's quite
010an accomplishment and we can do that we've got 36 acts uh sitting here uh and I know that for sure I've seen these guys you probably got 36 of years me so thank you this one did not so you had to put SAT and ACT together it might have been 36 thank you Mr y see that's some good map okay our next presentation I have to tell you we have some champions in the room uh this evening looking around and like you said there must be something good going on and and when we win this is how we can pack the house so so uh real pleased to turn this over to Mr Clemens would you like this always worry about your pictures it's like I always say any meeting I get a chance to
011talk about our suits where it's always a great day to be at Edgewood and it's it's these young people here that make that the reason why especially have the two teams that did their competition on the match this year one group with arm bars and and uh small cradles and single legs and double legs and the other group with flip flops and and all kinds of different things on the on the map but it was impressive to watch both groups compete this year so at this time I can to have all the middle school wrestling young men come down here in front of the stage please don't you come on down all the way down that's awesome these young men did a great job this year and brought home a first place Dennis at the
012swd league competition over at Franklin this year for and just great group of young men great coaches coach short back here raise your hand coach Hawkins did a great job at this group and as we all know when you you think about wrestling and some of the sports nowadays it's a very physical hard sport these young men put a lot of time and effort that not just bredwood but as you'll see many of them if you pay attention to social media next couple weeks they'll go on to compete and some other wrestling competitions throughout the year so very excited for them at this point just going to pinpoint some of these young men that that placed at the league championship so we have first place finishers grah Gage scept for E Binger Kyle Cook Bentley
013Gibbs our first place ministers second place second place BR cadell Evan duanan fourth place finishers Corbin sergeant and L toold congratulations on the great to see each young man we look forward to seeing you guys here at the high school next couple years and bringing home a few more League championships for us thank you and parents thank you for allowing us to have the opportunity to coach these young men and once again we look forward to seeing what great things they do in the future forood thank you young [Music] no girls you guys want to come down front another great group put a lot of time and effort in what they do also not just in season but they're all the season time they spend with coaches learn perfecting Tumbl and all those things coach
014Clemens coach damasco thank you guys for your time and effort these young ladies this year I'm just curious SC yes ma' tumbling and all those things is that's all you picked up from your wife over all these years tumbling all those things here's what I've learned is you say out of things you don't know in trouble so that's where I've kept that is I take care of the soft Farm man L things ladies so thank you I I so I Leed that uh this group did a great job this year not only did they become what not only were they the first place the Middle School St they the grand champions of the Middle School other accomplishments this year second the Franklin Rock the gym second at carile cheer classic second at Fairmont cheer challenge
015first at the mon bring the steam second at the Battle of bro at springb and first place and GRE Champions at Beaver Creek holiday challenge that is so very apprecia they're excited we're excited is you always look to advancement of sports and it's exciting day to see the state doesn't still recognize this as an overall ohsa sport there's a principal's group that actually runs it as one but it seemed today that gained a lot of steam over the weekend that schools are saying we need to do this so in the next couple months hopefully that group will get to present to HSA it will become a TR truly sanctioned OHA sport that they'll compete for a state championship moving forward so we're excited that this young group here will probably get to get those opportunities
016to do that moving forward for the state of Ohio and for reg City Schools thank you ladies I'm impressed that's quite a bit of competitions I used to coach I know when he all that stuff good job I said so some of the ladies here Victor Ang bersell Addison and Brooklyn Clemens P kitchen R mes Olivera Richardson Jordan Sportsman L and K Wier again ladies great job this season look forward to some of you guys move to the high school next year and and Contin you are great tradition here now we start a lot of expectations now that right keep working hard keep getting after it and and hit I think I hear you guys say that right see I got something all right thank you guys than you all right thank you parents for
017bringing your students out we appreciate it while we're transitioning I just want to uh let the board now you did receive a last minute walk-in of paperwork on a overnight field trip uh evidently it was turned in late we do want us to add it to the agenda so our kids can compete and I apologize we'll get into that but Gary if we could have a revised agenda when you get to that place but on that note um Mr gagan is here this evening with his administrative team and their challenge was to bring us up to date of where they are our strategic plan is around learning and engagement and let me tell you every time at the high school they are work working working working and very busy and very visible so uh we
018can't wait to see what you have to share with us this evening great uh thank thank you everybody for having the high school present and before I get started I know I couldn't do this by myself I have two talented administrators with me uh Miss Cassidy and Mr vandon andon they've been welcome additions to this team and they're going to present as well this is just not a one person show we have students we have everyone involved um and really I want to thank you as well because reflecting over this year the your positive vote about the cell phone ban has had tremendous impact on the school kids are talking to one another there's more engagement with staff and students and I've been reading more and more about that's the guard trend for all schools
019across the country so I want to thank you for that support uh first of all let's talk a little bit about school culture and that's really kind of what is living and breathing in this building and um we have some pictures by Ali C by Allison um McKenna who is our our um yearbook advisor and there's pictures from White Christmas which is our yearly um pep rally that includes kindergar and it showcases our Arts um we're excited to offer three new courses for next year we're going to offer a 1960s course uh we're going to offer a new English course and the third course is engineering engineering an engineering course um but the the new course this year that has had he's paid a lot of dividends it's this career internship course which is a
020two period course that allows kids to explore careers if if they want to pursue that after high school and we have a lot of kids doing that I think we have a total of 20 kids that participated this year so we're excited by all that um but again this school is just a building it's really a testimony of our of our kids um and we're going to have a couple of students present here um but before that I want to also talk about we have a new teacher from Princeton high school and she's taught for 35 years she was a retire rehire and the best compliment I've ever received this year was like Doug I feel like my career has gone back 10 years I'm just excited the kids are incredible here I just feel
021at home here and the biggest treat she had was for her and then our other teacher from oills Mr Shredder they got to go to the ad room and see the baby goats so if you haven't seen the baby goats yet please see the baby goats so I have Hugh and Michaela who're going to tell us a little bit about their experience last year and what has high school has been like this year come on up guys okay um some positive things I have seen this year is more student recognition with the student in the teacher of the month um there's better Behavior this year with less um like drama in the hallways and then I also see the like principles and administrators more throughout the school especially during lunch periods and during class changes
022now I'm just curious did you get any money for these responses that was really nice that was really nice we appreciate you sharing thank you I do have a question do you feel that the students are more respectful this year than you've seen in the past years yeah um there's like fights and stuff and then plus problems in the hallway and drama are we doing a little better with the PDA in the main area we hear about are we okay that's good that's good okay thank you okay my name is H I'm a sophomore and like she said and like you said there's a lot doing good cracking down on the the hallway um I say there's much better communication in like getting like sports stuff out like the daily or the weekly reports on
023like what games are out like volleyball like all the sports and just knowing things like when we've got a delay it's like the schedule for it it's just a lot better and I know it was there last year but it's just like more frequent to me and then there's more there's like Mr G said there's more socialization without the phones and I think the grades are better based off of mine and some of the people I talk to they a little bit better a focus more and it's like a more positive climate because now that we're off our phones we're actually talking to other people and we're making relationships with our teachers like some of my teachers they're just like they're just my age and just connected very well and then administrators allowing that students
024to actually have a say in like what happens and like how it's changing and stuff like your youth Council that I a part of we talk about stuff that needs like Chang like made better made like taken a little bit Focus off of to put on something else so it's changed very well from last year great that's awesome that's very nice thank you for coming out tonight and sharing your kind words now you know if there's anything else we need to know just let just reach out they have my email too they never email good luck good luck at volleyball thank you Mr V would you like to the next pleas about PBIS thank you I'm Caleb Vanden and I'm one of the two new assistant principles uh this year it's been it's been a
025it's my first year of administration as with uh Miss Cassy so we are are learning a whole lot this year Mr G has been a great principle and mentor to learn from um and we have just really been enjoing our year here at Edgewood and it's been cool to see uh all the change that's going on and changing from teaching to admin can be quite a jump but I think uh we're feel like handing okay but um the support of you guys and the support of Administrators here has been really helpful in us to to do that but um I'll go on my part of this is is talking a little bit about PBIS which is our positive behavior interventions and supports um so this is something we do District wide but we're we're really
026putting extra emphasis on this year at Edward High School um and really what the root of this PBIS system is is to recognize students for the good things that they're doing and help you know to that building culture so we started doing this year positive referrals which you know is not a New Concept by any means it's something you definitely see a lot more in an elementary middle school setting but you know we said why not bring something like that to the high school too so every staff member administrator teacher in our building has the ability to recognize a student and put it into our uh Public School Works which is our discipline and behavior management system um so they can put a positive referral in for any anything good that they catch their student
027doing um and you know it's not just that top tier of students that are always doing the right things but can also recognizing students that are uh improving things and showing growth in in certain areas Behavior or academic Cale I think whatever gets attention is becomes the focus and you guys do a really good job sharing with the staff we have this many discipline referrals we have this many positive referrals I think that frequent communication keeps that idea moving forward so thank you so it's pretty cool for us anytime a student gets a positive referral uh we as principles actually call them down the office uh we give him a little certificate with whatever the messages that that teacher put on there we give him a piece of candy and it's it's really fun for
028us especially as new administrators Miss Cassie and I to to call kids down they got that scared look on their face like oh gosh what did I do and we get to you know tell them about something good that's happening it helps us build relationships with kids too I think it's just a it's been a really great part of of this this building culture and from that any student that receives a positive referral their then their name thrown in the Hat for student of month and we get together as administrators at the end of each month look at all those positive referrals and then recognize one student from each grade Hugh and Michaela were both sophomore students of the month in October and November um and then we we help them up with a little
029swag from State Street Coffee we give them a gift card um and then Nothing But Cakes and liy Township they both donate to that incentive so it's pretty cool to work with some Community businesses as well um we've got some incentives for each quarter this is third quarter our incentive is all based around attendance so at the end of third quarter we're going to pull date on every student with perfect attendance and we'll give them a little ice cream social or something at lunch um and so that's we're we're working to put more incentives in there um to to recognize every area of of student student achievement looks like the staff had little ice cream social to the left that was it these are pictures one was from our first pep rally playing Hungry Hungry
030Hippos and the second was uh White that is from White Christmas the pie in the face that our NHS runs every year it's a big Tradition at that event um moving forward with PBIS you know this really feels like you know with two new admin the first year a lot first this year um we're really looking forward to moving forward we we' love to see some more student input and and uh meet more with our student councel and things like that to get their their ideas of what incentives and kind of things that they're looking for uh we're going to continue with themes for each quarter uh based on kind of the time of year so the third quarter and winter months you know attendance starts to dip we really want to push um students
031to to get to school um and then moving forward we we're really just focus on student recognition and and school experiences so um I hate showing graphs and data because it can be boring but I think it is useful um we we gave School climate survey um at the beginning of the year and in January and um so the dark green our responses from September and it's the same survey we gave in January um it's on a a 4.0 scale from you know students answer these nine questions I like school I successful at school Etc and um I won't go through all this but what really stood out is in September is that question number seven students are frequently recognized for good behavior um that was our lowest scoring question of anything in this survey
032and that was kind of the wakeup call to us like hey we need to do something to make sure students are being recognized for good behavior that's right when we started rolling out these positive referrals and um and it was cool to see that jump uh from from September to January and we'll give this survey one more time in May to kind of collected for the year and then um we'll plan on using the same data moving forward so we can compare next year to this current year and and in hopes that these go up uh and then lastly I's talk a little bit about discipline data um so we have really been hammering home with our teachers to use our Public School Works reporting system for for everything so they have um you the
033cell phone policy is new this year every time a kid's caught with a cell phone it goes into our discipline system we we log it we track it we take the phone um and so you can see throughout the months that blue line is our office referrals per day throughout the year we are as high as in the 20s in August and September it's 20 referrals a day handled by three administrators so we were you could tell our our fall was really off to handling a lot of those referrals but it's we're testing out the newbies that's right that's right and um so it's been cool to see that Decline and and you know cell phones make up a lot of it they probably about a third of the referrals we receive so um you
034know those are probably one more minor infractions that we get on a day-to-day basis but it's been cool to see the cell phone usage go down as well still not perfect but I think it's been a really cool system that that has been in place and like Mr dve said the beginning is add a lot to our culture um and then that pink line is our our positive referral so we started at zero because we weren't doing that much many of the year but it's it's been cool to see those come up to as many as five or six per day from our teachers um and and so the the goal with the rest of the year and next year is that these these keep trending in the right direction our positive peals go up
035and our office peals go down it's been cool to see this trend so far on track the data I think that's a pretty powerful slide any any thoughts on why the positive referrals in December seem to drop from November and then took back off again in January yeah that's a good question I think part of it we came back from Thanksgiving break and we were really focused on exams I think you know think through the teachers perspective too that you know sometimes this can be seen while it's important so what it's seen as one more thing to do right and we want to make sure it's an important thing that we we want to encourage but I know definitely the end of the semester is is hectic for all of us so um so it
036might have dipped a little bit but we'll be uh be curious to see what what we do with that are the are the cell phone issues a portion of your office referral yes so so everything yeah so our and that was one of our new policies that's right so so like of the 20 per day in August we were getting about of those were cell been a pretty major driver here right right thank you all right and then miss Cassidy will be on ntss all right welcome well thank you everyone um I'm Ali Cassidy I'm one of theing p as well and it's been a joy so far this year to get to learn um more about the community to get to learn from all the leaders here I've really been fortunate to land here
037so thank you so much um if you're not very familiar with mtss this this is a system that stands for multi-tiered systems of support so we're primarily looking here to identify kids who might be at risk of not graduating or who just simply aren't meeting with success in our traditional programs so these students who are identified um they do receive a case manager they can have a potential schedule change to build in more time within their day so that they can access those resources um we've utilized check-in and checkouts for students who maybe are having difficulty with emotional regul or need a little bit more social support and then we're also utilizing tutoring during Edge time as well um these students can be referred by anyone in the building um and we've had a couple
038of parents refer as well who have just come in hey I'm concerned about my kiddo what kind of opportunities do we have to support them um our committee looks over the these referrals um and data from all of those teachers that the student has to determine whether or not they're going to students into this program they look at a number of different things to kind of identify what students might need additional supports um and that can be academics or behavior sometimes it's discipline referrals there's a lot that goes into it now Ally before you jump to that this looks a little more detailed than the previous years have you added a little more teeth to the MTS am I just seeing it absolutely so this is a much more structured system than what um my
039understanding is that we have out here um so we currently have three case managers that 27 students and we'll look at that breakdown in so one of the systems that we've implemented to kind of help us catch some of these kiddos especially those who are struggling with academics is our new map screener so this is a universal screener that is normed Across the Nation so our students right now um they have taken the algebra geometry and reading test um and what we're looking at here is primarily looking at their growth so we're going to pull any kiddos out for this that have achievement and low growth but what we're really excited um to see is that we are seeing progress within our students so this is only two samples um we'll test again in May
040to kind of see where our students are and then we'll look at this data from the middle school as well to identify any freshmen that are incoming that might need some academic support so so far this year we've had 46 students that have been referred um 27 of those are currently matched with one of our three case managers um of those those 46 four of them have moved to our Virtual Academy our Traditional School was not effective for them and they and their parents made the decision to um seek other options that most benefited them um nine of our students were not eligible so this could mean that they don't meet our metrics maybe they're only struggling in one class but they have all A's and everything else um so that student wouldn't necessarily need
041additional help from the schoolwide setting but might just need some tutoring sessions with that teacher three of our students have moved out of district and three are being monitored to determine whether or not they need additional system so this could be that we're waiting on referrals from teachers or data from teachers or they didn't qualify but they were right on that edge so we'll check in with them in about a week or two our case managers meet with these students at least once a week sometimes more frequently and they're targeting organizational skills academic skills and some social emotional skills to kind of help students hey when you're feeling X here are some appropriate strategies to utilize this all right lastly here are some more Matrix thank you Miss Cassie and I've said this before I
042think this team that I have is Kind of Perfect compliment our strengths balance each other out and our weaknesses balance each other out and so there are some skill sets that they bring and some things that I bring so that's why we're a good team um last thing is just few little metrics about what we have is and here's some postsecondary data too is seven students are in the early college program at Miami regionals and what we've heard from Miami regionals and and my wife actually works in Miami is they love ed students in this program they're very successful they have some of the highest GPA we started with eight only one student came back but it's been a great program and these seven kids after next year will graduate with Edward high school deploma
043and a Miami Regional diploma and get more funding to continue on at Miami regionals also for AP uh we have n9ine AP courses last year pull in the data we had our highest number of students who scored a four on the AP exam in school history so the scores go five is the best score then four then three three four and five get college credits and then one of you do not get was that a particular subject or across the board across the board so that's really good 15 students in our inaugural internship course and that has fluctuated a little bit so we're getting some more students in there and then also in March miss hopson's taking over for me we have our Cougar College and Career Fair where we'll have 40 businesses here in
044the gym and they'll be willing to get it's either internships work after high school they could go to Spooky no there's all those different experiences for them so trying to create Pathways for kids success and that's what we see as high school as being a really laundry pth for kids like we don't want them just to finish high school and not know what to do we want to funnel them either into a career into the armed services or into college so and then impressive Mr any questions of our administrators I got to I got a com like to make sure when you talk about and it was I thought it was great that you had two students up here kind of talking about their perspective and that kids are more respectful and that think you
045know there's not as much drama and things like that that's in the building and you know you've seen me in the building several times and I get to go in there and that's kind of the vibe that I get right is it it seems like it is a different place this year compared to the first couple years that I was on the board and I actually I've heard from several people who like me are on the outside looking in and they seen or seen behaviors that kind of model what we're what we're talking about here and so what you're doing I think is getting noticed I've I've noticed it other people in the community um have noticed it but I also wanted to comment on the chemistry that the three of you guys um bring
046to the table because you know anytime I've been at an event either at the high school or some sort of a high school event you you guys are very present very engaged I I see you over there and I think a lot of the work that you guys are doing is making a difference and and from my perspective looking at what's going on in the high school it is a significantly better place this year than I think it has been in recent years I really appreciate what you guys are doing and I notice the difference every time I'm in the building thank you big compliment take it I have one other thing if I can just show you so we have we do a senior Hall walk and when a couple times I've not been
047here and um Ally and Caleb have done them but this is one that I got to do and this is the premere of rant Stewart and uh so what I do is I walk the halls with a senior for about a minute and a half ask some three or four simple questions like who's their favorite uh staff member at Edwood High School what are their postsecondary plans what's a highlight of schools and it it's neat to hear what our students say about their staff and their teachers and saying I think it was Trent or maybe another student that I interviewed said all my teachers are approachable that's awesome and to me that's the highest compliment to have so this is about minut I could trouble you with this and I need my glasses I can't
048see got here I had to go the top and also do something so you just set the record what was that record it was a 290 on senior what a great memory and you're still competing what's the next golf match you have where uh my next Bing match is uh District at peview next Thursday okay and you're involved in a lot of different activities your baseball player your golfer bowler your DEA what other things are you involved a student council that's not sh exp you know it's has been a great experience meeting all the teachers different people I interact with every day great experience all that is great and what are your plans next year uh to attend Bowling Green to study robotic engineer that's great and then part of this too we talked earlier
049about this like who's been a favorite teacher or coach what impact have they had on your experience high school I'd probably say the golf coach he's been a great impact just the way he uh taught the program the golf program and way he moved in around and helped us anything we needed if we were struggling in school anything he's just willing to help us out matter that's great it sounds like you've had a lot of great members here high school we so thankful to have you here best of luck in your next bowling match and basball high school have a good day thank you that's awesome can we put that on the website or Market that in any way put it on Facebook and Twitter thank you who's the golf coach very nice that's quite
050the compliment also Mr gagan as we're transitioning I'll take that thank you um something the students talked about and I know we've you and I have talked about it um and so I'm saying it out loud as accountability Partners we talked about how other schools do transitional days and something nice for the high schools to consider taking a day or two where you have certain grade levels come in and really work with a great level on character building and school climate that's something that isn't planned edged in stone yet but it's on the table for discussion so good job great thank you thank Youk you there if you can hit the lights up here that would be great thank you before we move on I'm going to look for an approval to the agenda as
051amended with the walkin so moved Mr M SM do have a second secondry Mr Andrew presford Mrs bers would you call the rooll please Mr Mark mman yes Mr Andrew presler yes Mr G gabber yes Mr Michael presler Yes Mrs Z yes thank you all next up we have public participation Mrs Barnes would you like to start please our name all that please okay Lori Barnes um Ed alumni and just a resident uh first thing I I I really want to say thank you like I know Mr philpot's not here but to him for last month and to the three High School reps today because one of the most frustrating things as a reti well I was a teacher for 35 years one of the most frustrating things as a teacher to see and as
052a parent to hear when your children came home was that the good kid never got recognized if you did what you were supposed to do you just you didn't get recognized and it was the the kids that took that you know that small percentage that took so much of the teachers attention with behaviors and all that so I two those to that I I think that's great and I'm sitting here I kind of giggled because I listen to the high school teachers I'm like oh my God that's what you know the get a certificate and Candy everybody everybody likes that and then I also want to thank m because I did ask her for some qu had some questions for her and she was graciously enough to um send me my questions because um with
053the upcoming ly coming uh about um lots of people lots of people have different in opinions and viewpoints and opinions of the school board members of the treasurer of superintendent of the teachers Etc and I have been have been working my tail off at every event that I have been when people bring it up to really talk positively about the L because it is crucial we we itch a need and um however like I said there were some questions and comments that have been shared with me and I I do not want to spread misinformation so I always tell them I don't know the answer to that but I'll go to the next board meeting and find out for you and so here's just some of them um with one of the questions was um
054with property owners uh funding uh which I do not realize it was 41% but that that is a lot 41% of the District stal budget um many of the individuals that were sitting at our table shared that they still felt like the board wasn't being transparent and um I tried to poke and po about what they meant and you can tell they were getting frustrated I was getting frustrated um so I'm not sure go about changing that perception um I don't know if you would ever get it changed because I think every anytime you're talking about somebody's getting into their pockets they're going to accuse you of not being transparent and we can't have any mus come in here and you know go over everything for us so you know there just has to be
055that trust building and they have to trust but anyway that was one of them another one it was um some of them felt like the levy was trying to snuck through on the vote May because there aren't any signs out they're not a lot you know these are I would say they're well I don't want to say I'm old because I don't think I'm old but they're older than me but there was a lot of people that at that time when we were at that table that did not have children in school didn't have grandchildren in school and they felt like this was trying to be you know just snuck through and I assured them that that's not what it was and that from my understanding from the last board meeting that there were so
056many laws that had to go and I did read some of the all on the high rice code and some of them really it was silly that one and then the big one they wanted to know was um they wanted to clarification about what uh when the support for intervention resources what those resources were and my immediate attention went to um you know in the classroom tier two interventions and I'm thinking is that what they meant or did you know in the what was in the minutes or the notes or was it um more of outside resources coming in having those extra things like the Hope Squad and things like that so that was one thing that I would like to have clarified so I can go back and tell these people and uh then
057the another big one was they were inquiring as to if the levy does not pass um we know that there are going to be significant Cuts do you guys had an idea yet what those cuts might look like so if you could address any of those because um you know I I don't want you to think I'm complaining or passing judgment because I'm not I'm just trying to convince people who have notoriously voted no on levies to change their mind because you know at the end of the day I I'm a teacher I will always be a teacher and I will die on a hill for a teacher and a child um I'm an alumni and this District was getting me I think I was very fortunate that I came through Edgewood I think in
058the best years that was you know the years of Tom York and Terry shanki and Gary Willis and Tom bestley I mean I just can't imagine a child not being able to have teachers like I had and it sounds like we're getting teachers like that so you know I just think I had the Heyday and I want every kid to have that hey day and I have grandchildren that are going to be coming through this school and um I I just don't want just my kid grandkids to have the best I want every kid in this community to have the best so any life that you can share at this time well I'm going to I'm going to stop you with that later on I mean you can reach out to Patty and Kelly both
059here okay um it's something that we're still working on okay as a board so some of them answers are are not even available um kudos to you if you're going to try to get a no voter vote Yes well there's L there's a lot of farmers in by me so we have to do that we just want the yes voters to come out and vote I I I know I know that's what you want I mean I know but I also know that those people that I talked to they do vote no and they do vote so you know I'd just like to offer I know you're on a time constraint first of all you can come in and talk to me anytime would be happy to sit down and give you my perspective of
060course it's always the board approval and and secondly if I would love to come to a meeting um coffee chat whatever I have to be very careful of putting any information out as you can tell from the sheet of paper that I started when you saw it compared to what the attorney took out rules have changed laws have changed we cannot Advance we can put out the message that we're on the ballot we have to be very careful of what we say we have to be careful of the message and that not only just everybody are we officially on the ballot though yes we will be on the ballot on it is okay thank and we'll have a community meeting as well it was scheduled for March 20th and we'll talk about are we revising
061that date only because we want to get legislators there there's a lot more than just the substitute renewal that's needs to be discussed it's possible state cuts and federal cuts that would reorganize what education looks like today I got that I'll just tell everybody now it's it's being discussed all right without without answering her question G if I could could I take this a second to share some insight so well first of all for the the transparency piece I I think anybody on this board would be glad to talk to the community members I've put my personal cell phone under on Tren and talk and said call me I will talk to anybody that wants to have those conversations and I will be as transparent um as I can but the one question that you
062asked that I really want to kind of sh some insight on was if for some reason the levy doesn't pass what what the cuts would be and I just want to kind of share my perspective on that and the last time that a levy failed there was period where we were coming in here to have the meeting and I literally late awake in bed at night just absolutely sick in my stomach about what we were going to have to potentially do and I remember that night that we walked in here to come up on stage and we were going to vote on what got cut and what didn't I literally was sick to my stomach because I knew no matter what we did it was going to have negative impacts on on the district and
063more importantly on the kids so I I literally walked in here and I didn't know what was going to get cut I didn't know what was going to stay and it was really one of those things that we we talked it out and we hashed it out on the stage and I I don't think any of us knew really how the vote was going to was going to turn out and I don't think we were all necessarily on the same page but I do think that really the whole process worked and that collectively with the decisions that we had to make the five of us voted and I think at the end I think we we represented the community very well and I think that we we did the best we could with what we
064had so saying what will get cut right now I don't think anybody up here could even shed any any light into that um I I think it'll be a process just like it was last time um but it is I'll tell you as a as a board member that is a very tough time when you're sitting there and you're thinking I I just don't even know what how am I going to vote on this and you got so many people calling you talking to about different things and you're getting different perspectives it's it's tough It's a hard decision to make no totally respect it and now like I said I just wanted to share with you what what I heard because I know I would not want to be in your guys's position at this
065point and um and I'm sure everybody's anxious and scary times ahead for sure thank you very much thank you Kim is it sh please state your name and address please so I have a thank you um the you know the students were up there and I said yes things are getting better L fights and everything but my son was the victim uh Wednesday but what impressed me the most was I couldn't address it on Thursday school was closed um I arrived at the high school at 7:30 asking to speak with the admin right then and there I had two of uh coming up with create you know creating immediate interventions for the problem uh and I and I looked there I'm like okay okay CU you know history Ed's history was there going to be
066a fight both students get suspended my son is getting ready to sit for his Welling service I can't have him suspended I need him at Butler Tech you know he's on the hybrid program so then we go through the weekend I actually reached out to a Butler County who so graciously and I I I didn't realize he was going to do it he called officer Robinson on a Saturday I come and then I sent word with Chris this morning um to see if officer Robertson would call me immediately umale superb communication within I mean I emailed Kelly on Thursday she emailed me very quickly um she escalated it on Friday I spoke with Mr I met him and then ioke with him one more time on Friday and then today not only did I speak
067with officer Robinson twice he also called me Caleb called me and to tell me that the investigation was completed yes my son's No Angel okay I'm not here I'm not one of those parents okay my son's not an angel he's got a mouth on me um but I knew that he was a victim and I wanted to make sure that if it was you know how the word of mouth is in schools and they run their mouth and blah blah blah that it I came in and I friend but politely said my kids the victim in this one and if something happens you know and they reassured me that uh every situation is looked at individually and then the steps are taken so I did hear the outcome and I'm very pleased with it as
068far as I'm concerned a threat has been removed schools um so I just want to thank you the communication was superb like it was more than I actually thought it would be to be honest well your children are our children I mean I don't know if you remember but you first came yes I do we came yeah um but it was just I just had to feel like I need to tell you thank you thank you I appreciate that um I do have a suggestion this I don't know don't like it that's all right because I just said my son has a mouth and sometimes his filter is not in place um the your male students who like to dress differently are going into the other B friends and my son will put them in
069their place he has he will remind them of their Anatomy there's law I'm just saying I'm just saying it's okay there's laws that say if you recall uh 2016 laws changed saying they could go into restrooms now the law is as of February 26th that should never happen of this year of this year as two days St days as effective Wednesday that not yes ma'am Mr vac can tell you much F I mean he likes to push buttons I'm not that parent I will tell you I do not have a perfect son but I try to keep him on a straight and narrow and get him a good education told it's two days Days happened yeah yeah I Me by law by law so anyway I just this was just majorly a thank you because
070it was far better experience than I really thought it was going to be I promise we haven't paid anyone to come in this evening this is the I took photos every day of the bruising that progressed and now it's in the healing process good good well our attention that there are two people in this room that personally know my son and know that he a pretty good kid you know but he do thank you I'm not speaking for anyone I'm speaking for everyone into my son I did I think so a while oh okay it's been a while okay but I'm not speaking for everyone up here but I mean you don't attend me by telling boys to go to boys bathrooms and girls to go to girl bathroom so I just try to put
071it politely how he actually does it just saying we thank you very much for coming in but yeah just this is the first time ever that anything's happened Chris and he's my third child through the school district and it just happened to be a PR we want it was determined to be horse Play Gone Wrong sounds like a new video yeah thank you again next up we have treasure items Mrs Bowers would you like to start yes sir Mr gabber I would like to start with the blocking of A and B for the last two bu meeting minutes I'm looking for a motion to block a and b which is minutes of January 13th Mrs ashra do I have a second Mr mid Mrs B would you call the r please Mrs Amy as Mr
072Mark M yes Mr Gary gab yes Mr Michael kler yes Mr Andrew kler yes motion carries 5 uh next Mr Gabbert I would like to block items C through e going to look for a motion to Block C through e as presented uh the financial reports the new fund and Frontline Financial software renal so move Mr mersi I have a second second Mr Michael Prest is there any discussion Mrs B you call please I do have a question okay Duke Energy how frequent is this um we bills from them monthly and I can tell you a few months ago they came out and did some work on our meters missread some things and we got a very high bill it exceeded by $262,000 we paid it so that our electric did not get shut off
073we came to you I think last month with a new purchase order but now when we have gone back I have all of these lines separated because I want to be able to if someone comes to me and says how much elect you paying at this building or that building what about gas what about water so when we put the PO in we put lines for every account so it turns out that we needed more line more money on the Middle School line so we've reduced one line on the PO that we have and this is just coming back with the purchase order we think that's what the middle school will cost for the remainder year or the electric this just oh yeah it is yeah just for the Middle School and you guys thought
074your electric bill was high I I do just one thing on here and just would like to kind of talk about it on stage because you know I think we're going to be maybe talking about some of Kelly's comments but right now projected Revenue versus projected expenditures it looks like we're coming in at right about 2.5 million surplus this year but that number as we've talked about will continue to for the next several years and that's part of the reason that we're startings around Levy so even though we've got this Surplus funding this year we will still be negative next year correct yes and that's part of the that's the reason behind this renewal and the discussions that we've been having if that renal that tell us not to call it a renewal substitute if
075it does not pass in the first year we'll lose about a million and a half the second year and thereafter we will lose about $2.9 million um we'll talk a little bit more with the Bal budget and how this is could be astronomical for us and we we don't know we're in the early stages I've shared some resources with today I will have another video supposed to be available to me tomorrow that I will also be sharing out with the board um I don't like I want to share information with our community obviously but I I don't want to I mean it's fearful for all of us I just put it out there but because it is so early we we know that it's going to be bad but I want to wait until they
076start working through this there um is testimony um up at the state on the 26th again on the four so I I do feel like we will make some ground I mean they're calling for us to reach out to our legislators and talk to them um and I've written a letter I've got people trying to write letters we're doing what we can so that they're hearing our voice I I hope that our community members will do the same um are there talking points you can share with us that we can all write letters uh oh yes yeah that is shared in that folder that I I want you guys to take a peek at if you're a school leader you would address it this way so they they want you to tell our personal story
077like Miss B was talking about being being here in this community why it is so important to her and why it's important you know her kids have gone through grand kids I have a very similar story we need to be personal with our legislators and share our story no school district will have the same experience um and I can tell you initially when the first um simulation come out I thought our district would lose about 690,000 in year one and a million1 in the second year then when we started running it through our software oh they didn't account for um all of the property tax increase and they didn't account for the median income they flatlined our enrollment and you have heard us say for one year we dropped 150 kids that is huge so
078when we start plugging those numbers in it's a lot more than this $ 1.7 million could almost double that if it plays out the way that they're saying that it would play out um I I will tell you this is so frustrating as a traditional Public School District treasure because we are being cut millions of dollars um while you're seeing like for example our community and stem schools um jbs's scholarships they're all seeing double digit increases and yet 90% of Ohio students 1.4 million students in the state of Ohio attend traditional schools and they're cutting on money and it it is frustrating it's frustrating so that that's why it's so hard for us to come out here and say because we know that we have that substitute going on the ballot but now with the
079banial budget I mean how in the world I can't figure out a way right now to wrap my mind around cutting the $2 million that we were thinking much less you'd throw another 2.5 million on top of it where could you possibly do that wasn't the substitute was just going to buy us a year or two right so is it even wor going for the substitute they cut the funding I know I understand it's on the ballot but if it doesn't even cover our deficit why even try to pass something that isn't even going to cover our deficit well I don't think we knew this when we started no no no we didn't we didn't I know I think historically renewals have a better chance than new money and if you look at edgewood's history
080we've been on the ballot 36 times and 29 um I take that back 29 of the have passed and several new monies have not okay so we have better luck doing that the other rationale is that within a few years the bond falls off that would be a good time to ask for new money for operating not for bond for operating now that was the plan going into this now this is being thrown at us about federal and state funding loss um which I agree 41% of the community wait until it's 100% um I think that we can't wait we have to triage this as we go the fact that renewals have a better chance to pass than new money let's go with it do do a few more Cuts let's see where the bial
081budget lands it always is worst case scenario uh it won't be best case scenario it'll probably somewhere in between that and then just continue to plan if we constantly push this down the road going to get a greater loss I think we got to stick with I understand that but I'm telling you right now this place is going to be packed with people saying I just passed the ly we just gave them more money I agree but I think this regardless of if it's a renewal or substitute I think this issue is going to be bigger than a renewal or new money this is going to look I if things go the way they're threatening with loss of state and federal dollars this is going to talk about reorganizing public education can we even certify
082our budget with with the even with the even if we passed a u a renewal or a new or you know substitute the B anual budget is supposed to be done by July 1st not everything I'm hearing is that it's going to happen much more quickly than that with uh if the we were able to certify if if they come in it because you're only looking out three years but again and that and it's because we have a positive cash balance we will deficit spend next year and we're going to deficit spend the year after that but we can certify in three years even with the new budget because even with the Bal budget that comes out July 1 because it will cut in 26 okay and it's because we have a little bit of
083cash but you're going to see that that's it's a Band-Aid and I think we need to let folks know it's a Band-Aid and the reason we're doing this is a renewals have a better chance of passing B Bond falls off in a couple years the plan was to ask for new money then just to be fair to our taxpayers C now we're getting a monkey wrench thrown into all this with changes in rules which always happens between state and federal laws so we got to see where that lands before we get to worked up and I didn't mean for this to turn into a fiveyear forecast discussion but based off of the I think it's just learning for constituents to like with Lor BR SP bringing it up here I think this was a good
084opportunity to kind of have these kind of sweat a little bit Mr cuz it's real we're running out of money and we're running out we don't have enough students and and the the decline in attendance is taking money away from the district and we've got really two problems we got to figure out how to get more students and figure out how to get more money and that's that's where this conversation well is coming from and the hard part is is since I've been up here on this stage we've done nothing but cut so you think it was hard last time think about how much harder it would be this time to try cut well and I think that's the whole philosophy we need to hit and I'd say we've got to keep it away from
085the students when you talk about some of the programs offered here today that's what you do in schools and I'd say we have to continue offering what we can cut where we can knowing we're going into a deficit forecast and knowing that we have to use time to ask our legis legislators to fix this this isn't just an Edgewood issue this is a small District issue enrollments declining Across the Nation enrollment declining in Ohio enrollment is declining in Edwood the way the funding faed is we're hurt by it it we have to ask our legislators to fix the funding issue that was deemed unconstitutional 1992 we can't do this on our own in Edgewood City School District period and the time me and Andrew have been sitting on this stage we have lost two grade
086levels in this District we've lost 500 students in the almost four years that's that's a national that's a national thing it's not just Edgewood where are they going well first of all they're saying the Baby Boomers are dying off and and our rment is changing um I just heard that at a meeting last Friday so we're seeing it across the nation it's not just Ohio to have have skyrocketed and that's where the money is going just talk with someone the other day and you some my daughters go to private school I haven't paid anything for two years why not and again that that hurts us it's so frustrating our data is telling our informal data is telling us when people are checking out withdrawing at Edgewood we've just been doing this this year and and
087through the middle of the year it's because of it's mostly rentals not homeowners mostly rentals and it's going to different um less rent territory residential area that's what our informal date is telling us all right thank you all get back on track here a little bit um it's emotional topic thank you it is and it's going to be tough and it's there's none of this is going to be any fun for us we know it's coming so St on her seat Bel is there any more discussion about block F through J Mrs B you call please oh I'm sorry good I'm trying to get through that Mrs B you call rooll please Mr Mark m yes Mr presler yes Mr Gary gabber yes Mrs Amy ashra yes Mr Andrew presler yes that motion carries 5
088uh next I would like to block items F through J yes okay I'm going to look for a motion to block F through J as presented so move Mr measi do I have a second striner pres my understanding is uh f is going to come out of the field renovation fund Stadium renovation project that's all private donations if I'm yes correct right yes hi and J all look like they're going to come out Pi fund which which would be which would be the uh the floors the redoing of the gym floors uh the de kle quote and the Johnson Control quote believe all that come out of the PI right yes so the with the floors though it's my understanding that they're they're all getting refinished in terms of sanded and new varnished but the
089one in the Middle School the new gym is getting stripped repainted but it will look identical to what it is right now correct it's it's not changing it will be exactly the same correct so all of the fors we do like an annual maintenance they get cleaned and another coat all of them are oil based except the intermediate school is waterbased so they just get another coat of sealing on it the new gym at the middle school is getting sanded repainted Rec a total refinish um so that's the difference there that's that one is next up on our rotation um but it the there won't be any change to the design anything they're going to they're going to paint it and it's going to look exactly like it does now it's just going to be
090how many years has it been since the last yeah thank you any discussion well and just to be clear the money that we're using from the permanent Improvement can't be used for salaries or anything else it has to be used thank you for asking that yes there's a certain percentage that has to be devoted strictly for that thank I don't clarifying that well you're welcome isn't all money money it's just different colors and the you you said H through I is all perent movement is G per movement is not g is would be the only one that is not um and I I think it's just because it's just window cleaning it's just general maintenance it's stuff that we haven't you know we've taken some years off on things to try to save money over
091the Summers and it's time to try to catch back up on some general maintenance and upkeep of the buildings any more questions no sir Mrs V would you call R Please Mr Mark me yes Mr Andrew presler yes Mr Michael presler yes Mr Gary gabber yes Mr zy Ash yes motion carries 5 uh next I would like to block K through n looking for motion to block K through n as presented Mrs Ashcraft do I have a second second Mr Michael presler any discussion no Mrs B you call rooll please M Amy ashra yes Mr Michael prestler yes Mr G yes Mr Mark Mei yes Mr Andrew presy yes motion carries 5 uh next agenda items uh o and P if I could block those please looking for a motion to block O and P
092as presented both of them being donations Mr M do I have second second Mrs Ashcraft any discussion just thank uh thank everybody for the donation very very i' like to do a quick shout out to our school PTO because they have done a lot I've asked them if they would start bringing everything that they're doing to the board is a donation because it's thousands of dollars I'll let you know there's less I even have a bigger list they bought conference dinners in the fall uh they're constantly doing things they bought for our custodians um they they just do so much and I just think that we need to recognize them it's some thousands of dollars in so many hours in time to run these events they have another one coming up with the Taylor's twift
093theme uh father daughter dance um they they just do so much good work for K I just think they deserve a shut out that's great thank you uh Mrs Bowers you call the RO Please Mr Mark meid yes Mrs Amy Ashcraft yes Mr G gabard yes Mr Michael presler yes Mr Ander Pressler yes car spy z uh next was just informational items from the treasur and I was going to talk to you a little bit about that Bal regim but seems like pretty much C so um we in conflict is that what we're going to talk about again we're we're just going to pray for our district and move forward thank you Mrs bow thank you Mrs Spivey you are up next yes I would like to this is where the agenda is going to
094be revised item I'd like to propose we block item 6A uh ohsa membership which is an annual task as well as 6B which will be a new B for an overnight field trip for our Deca students and staff and as presented you will see 54 students and six chakar room between March 10th and 12th I a be the one to call anybody out but why did this get walked into to us evidently it was presented to the high school this is a butler Tech program it was presented to the high school and the wrong form was submitted teacher was asked to revise it didn't realize it needed to be to us last Thursday and so um I made the decision since 54 kids were involved we would take it as of tonight because is well
095done though thank you yes it is probably when they're done this well you can you can stand on being pretty detail thank you Mr chest for getting that to us administrator have done not him at all well yes I'm looking for a motion to approve uh the ohsaa membership along with the DECA no yes Deca field trip Mr M by a second second Z Mrs B would you call the r Please Mr Mark yes Mrs Amy Ash yes Mr Gary G yes Mr Michael presler yes Mr Andrew presler yes cares 5 superintendent items I will make this very quick this is public school campaign week in Ohio we submitted I submitted out at 4M to Families Our Edgewood information in regard to what makes Edgewood um makes us proud to be a part of the
096Edgewood District you will see information about our performance as well as the number of students we serve and I just want to say that Although our enrollment is declining and brand reduced is increasing um we are doing a good job with the students um that we get and I would I think an extra little shout out to our highly qualified staff that remain highly qualified through professional development and again just look at the endless programs that we're offering so when you say why Edgewood I don't know about you but I I close my eyes and it's all about what we just saw tonight you know it's not only just our extracurricular it's the things we're doing around Positive Behavior Support It's Our Hope Squad it's having lower class sizes so that we can do flexible
097uh small group intervention um we actually serve students our English language Learners are increasing I think a couple years ago we only had probably 5 to 10 and I heard as much as 73 75 75 today those things come in a cost and they also make us special in what we do so I think we do really well for the amount of money um we we spend so to speak and another note is a special note is that um edwood's noted on the state report card not the state report card the district report card and regard to we're Ed can you help me describe this right we're at the top 20% for spending less we're in the bottom 20% for spending okay so think about we're spending less than 80% of school districts in the
098state of Ohio yet look at the bang our families get for the buck hope you can take that more to to our meeting so we're all about public education and so wanted to get some information out and again um Patty or treasure talked about we are on the ballot in May May 6 to be exact we have to be very careful of what we say um wire renewal it's up and in order to stretch out our funds we are so um desperately and graciously asking that our community continue to support operating dollars and the fact that 80% 80% Ohio spend a lot more matter fact I was in a meeting today the national average in 2022 per pupil for spending was 15,500 think about that Edgewood spends 10,000 100 so I think we're doing a
099lot for less and I just can't say enough and we deserve to have a renewal past and I don't know if I'm allowed to say that but I guess when you're my age I just did you did it thank you Mrs hang on one last thing that's probably more legal than the last is that um we were putting together a video to Market our school district and if I can ask Daren to turn the lights out here it's not finished there's a few more things you want to add to it but I want to show you what we have so far Mark was kind enough to view this for me last week so it's not going to be new for him no [Music] Lori this is the Y for Edgewood right here Edgewood is a
100place to be for me because it feels like home it is home I love the sense of family that is in part of the community and I love how honest and and warm and welcoming the students are they want to get to know you they want you to get to know them I love Ed because it provides so many opportunities whether it's through clubs academic programs or sports teams I love being part of such a dynamic environment my favorite thing about being in community service is going to Edwood primary school and visiting our fer buddies and we also teach them about being respectful responsible and safe I love how my school has so many fun clubs and has just positive and relaxing environment all around so that all the students feel safe and welcome there's
101all kinds of programs you able to get into really fun programs art music a lot of the teachers really fun teachers here some of the district goals for City Schools include be responsible be respectful be safe be together and also be kind hope Squad is helping us do that with all the activities that they promote in District FL I love teaching Edwood students because I like to see them rise I like to bring them to the place where they don't think they can go and I just I've seen their indominable Spirit over and over and over again as they overcome and Rise Above what they thought they could do they have incredible potential I like to see it [Music] realized thank you Daren you turn this back on um we want to add a few
102more pieces to that but that's our why that's our story and uh we hope we do uh better job getting that information out that concludes my items this evening thank you very much Mrs VI next up we have items from board members Mr MMI would you like to start yes sir so I just would kind of like to comment on the student athletes that we had in here tonight and all the amazing accomplishments that they've got but really the thing that has always impressed me more than than winning on the field is the fact that they win the room and there was an email that came out last week Scott sent it out and and all of our all of our teams their average is 3.1 or higher so not only are they doing phenomenal
103things on the court on the field and all those different things but they're they're do they're succeeding in the classroom and they're going to succeed in life you know I listened to what Mr gagan did tonight and there was some really awesome energy that's coming out of the high school and I look at that Senior Walk with the student on the Bowling team who on senior night bold at 290 and then you ask him what he wants to do next and he says he wants to go to college for robotic engineering you you just look at the the opportunities that you know these students have got and it's really pretty awesome you know and then I look at this right here in marketing the district you know it it's it's just a really been a
104really good year for us this year and you know all the things that motivated me to want to sit on this stage was to be a part of providing better opportunities for these kids in this community I had when I was their age and and honestly it looks like those things are happening so it just really good time to be a part of this district and it just feels really positive to see all the things that that's going on so just very thankful for what we're what we're witnessing here in front of us thank you Mr M Smith Mr prestler nothing Mrs Ashcraft Mr PR yes sir I'm just going to kind of piggyback on what mark said I mean we come in here so many times and there's three of you sitting out here
105in an audience you can just feel the buzz when all these kids was in here that's this what it's about that's why we're here um I'm the only one sitting up here that does not have a kid that goes to school right now um but I'm here for kids and I know they are too um I don't want anybody to think that but I don't think it's important to talk about the levy um we probably need to go back and look and see what we can and can't say about the levy um but I do hope everybody gets out and supports it because we've got a good school and we got good people that work here so to finish on that uh you want to look for a motion to move to Executive session for
106some or all of the following reasons to consider the appointment employment dismissal discipline promotion demotion or compensation of a Public Employee or official Mr M I have a second Mr Andrew Prest Mrs Bowers would you call a roll please Mr Mark man yes Mr Andrew presler yes Mr Gary gabber yes Mr Michael presler yes ashra we're back at 9:43 I just he goe go ahead I'll finish it after we've been here all night I'm going to look for a motion to approve the Personnel items item a as presented some why you is that Mr Andrew presler say second by second Mr Michael presler I'm Mrs Bowers would you call rule Please Mr Andrew presler yes Mr Michael presler yes Mr Gary gabber yes Mrs Amy ashra yes Mr Mark M abstain next I'm going to
107look for a motion to approve the substitute pay rates as presented Mrs Ashcraft do I have a second second Mr Michael pres Mrs BS you call Ro please Mrs Amy Ashcraft yes Mr Michael preswood yes Mr Gary gabber yes Mr Mark mm yes Mr Andrew prle yes motion cares by Z next I'm going to ask for a motion to approve the job description index as presented and the resolution we're going to let me rephrase this we're going to look for a motion to approve the resolution for the reimbursement of overpayment as presented Mr do I have a second Mr Mike presler Mrs you call please anything Mr Mark M Schmid yes Mr Michael presler yes Mr G gabber yes Mrs Amy Ash yes Mr Andrew presler yes cares 5 I'm going to look for a
108motion to approve the job description as presented so good Mr Michael presler do I have a second second Mrs Amy ashra Mrs B you call Ro Please Mr Michael presler yes Mrs Amy Ash Mr Gary gabber yes Mr Mark meas yes Mr Andrew presler yes motion car 5 I'm going to look for a motion to approve the organizational chart as presented are we approving this look do we need to approve this we had to add a column on it we don't have to approve I don't I think we had to approve this brought it for approval before I don't remember information remember changes every well it used it used to be a edge sketch drawing usually I've had the board approve in my other job they approve job descriptions can we can we get this
109to be like the bubbles with the lines going to another bubble we work we can were they cross over put okay sub Mr Michael Pressler do I have a second second Mr Mark MMI Mrs B you call roll please Mr Michael presler yes Mr Mark meid yes Mr G gabber yes Mrs Amy Ashcraft yes Mr Andrew presler yes look for a motion to adjourn second Mr Mike PR second second Mr Mark meas Schmid Mrs bow you call R Please Mr Michael presler yes Mr Mark meas Schmid yes Mr G gabber yes Mrs Amy Ashcraft yes Mr Andrew presler yes Mo carries 5 it is 947 P.M