Jan 04, 2023 Board Meeting

WE WILL NOW TAKE, UH, NOMINATIONS FOR THE VICE CHAIR OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR A NOMINEE OF DR.

PENCE AS CHAIRPERSON.

I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SO NOW WE WILL TAKE A VOTE.

WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL.

[2.B. Election of Vice Chairman of the Warren County School Board]

I OPEN THE FLOOR.

ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. ALDI FOR VICE CHAIR.

THERE'S BEEN A NOMINAT, UH, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO NOMINATE MR. ALDI AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND AND A SECOND.

AT THIS TIME WE WILL ALSO DO A ROW CALL IF THERE ARE NO OTHER NOMINEES OR MOTIONS.

AND MRS. ALLENS? AYE.

UM, NEXT UP IS GONNA BE THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO BUDGET COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES.

WE HAVE A FEW MORE APPOINTMENTS TO GET THROUGH THIS EVENING.

[3.A. Appointment of Two Budget Committee Representatives]

UM, THIS PAST YEAR, DR.

FUNK AND MS. LOWE HAVE SERVED AS OUR, UM, BUDGET COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

IS THERE A MOTION? UH, YES.

YES MA'AM.

CHAIR ROBERT.

UM, MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE AND MS, THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

UP WE HAVE APPOINTMENT TO OUR TWO BUILDING, UM, COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES.

[3.B. Appointment of Two Building Committee Representatives]

THIS PAST YEAR WE'VE HAD MS. SALANS AND MR. VANDI SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE.

IS THERE A MOTION? ? YES.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. AND MRS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

NEXT UP WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL

OPPOSE NAME.

[3.C. Appointment of School Board Representative on the Mountain Vista Governor's School Board]

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BOARD.

IS THERE A MOTION? UH, YES.

MADAM CHAIR.

I WOULD NOMINATE, UM, UH, DR.

PENCE TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL BOARD.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.

[3.D. Appointment of Clerk of the Warren County School Board - Dr. Ballenger]

NEXT UP WE HAVE APPOINTMENT OF THE CLERK OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND MR. TIMOTHY GRANT TO BE THE CLERK OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

IS THERE A MOTION? OH, YES.

MADAM CHAIR.

I MOVE THAT TIM GRANT BE APPOINTED TO AS CLERK OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR A TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

[3.E. Appointment of Deputy Clerk of the Warren County School Board - Dr. Ballenger]

YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY CLERK OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND MR. DOUGLAS TESKE AS THE DEPUTY CLERK OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE, UM, PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

ANY DISCUSSION OR A MOTION ON THAT? I MOVE THAT DOUGLAS STEPH MASKEY BE APPOINTED AS DEPUTY CLERK OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR A TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST.

2023.

ZERO.

SECOND.

OPPOSE? NO THANK YOU.

[3.F. Appointment of Designee to Attend Meetings of the School Board in the Absence of the Division Superintendent - Dr. Ballenger]

APPOINTEE.

APPOINTMENT OF DESIGNEE TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THE ABSENCE OF THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT MR. GEORGE R. BUCK SMITH JR.

BE APPOINTED AS THE DESIGNEE OF THE, OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE ABSENCE OR INABILITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND.

IS THERE A MOTION? UH, YES.

MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT GEORGE R. BUCK SMITH JR.

BE APPOINTED AS THE DESIGNEE DESIGNEE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THE ABSENCE OR THE INABILITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND FOR A PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

[4.A. Accept or Modify Agenda - School Board]

NEXT UP WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THE AGENDA.

MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PULL ITEM NUMBER FIVE C OUT CONSENT AGENDA AND MAKE THAT ITS OWN ITEM.

ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE.

ACTION ITEM.

YES.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSE NOW.

NEXT UP IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. Consent Agenda]

IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS MODIFIED? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IS IN FAVOR.

OPPOSE NOW.

[6.A. Attendance Award Presentation - Dr. Ballenger]

YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.

FIRST, WE HAVE ATTENDANCE AWARD PRESENTATION.

DR.

BELLINGER.

THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IS, IS ESSENTIAL TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MISSING AS LITTLE AS TWO DAYS EVERY MONTH OR 10% OF THE SCHOOL YEAR CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STUDENTS.

AT EACH OF OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, WE HAVE BEEN HANDING OUT ATTENDANCE AWARD.

ONE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT HAD THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE RATE FOR THE MONTH, ONE FOR THE SECONDARY THAT HAD THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE RATE FOR THE MONTH, AND THEN THE SCHOOL THAT IMPROVED THE MOST FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH TO THE CURRENT MONTH.

AND SO FOR THIS MONTH'S ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE AWARD, THE AWARD WINNER GOES TO REI JEFFRIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MS. HELMER AND HER STUDENTS.

ALL RIGHT GUYS, RIGHT HERE.

ACHIEVE WHAT WE DO WITH ATTENDANCE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU AND ACCEPT OUR DECEMBER ATTENDANCE AWARD.

I BROUGHT WITH ME MS. NIKKI BRADLEY, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND KRISTEN FRANKEL, ONE OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHO, UH, REALLY HELP US, UH,

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UM, IN OUR SCHOOL, UH, WE WORK VERY HARD WITH OUR STAFF TO INSTILL THE IMPORTANCE OF COMING TO SCHOOL AND THE EXCITEMENT OF LEARNING.

UH, WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO WANT TO BE AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY LOVE COMING EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH ME.

I'VE BROUGHT A LITTLE SAMPLE OF OUR 300, OF OUR 308 STUDENTS WHO HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE IN DECEMBER.

SO LET ME INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU.

I HAVE EASTON TROBRIDGE, CAMDEN TROBRIDGE, ROWAN TROBRIDGE, TUL, LOU BOWIE, MIRANDA GRAVES, CHARLOTTE, BUD CREW HELMICK.

YES.

LADY ISABELLA K LIL CUP, LILIANA JENKINS, AND ALEX THOMAS.

UM, MS. SPRINKLE, DID YOU WANNA GIVE A, I JUST THOUGHT SHE WOULD TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE INCENTIVES WE DO AT RESI TO GET OUR STUDENTS TO COME EVERY DAY.

SO, YES, WE DO LOTS OF POSITIVE THINGS.

WE HAVE A CLASS COMPETITION CONSTANTLY ONGOING.

UH, WE UPDATE IT EVERY WEEK, AND THEN AT THE END OF EVERY MONTH, THE, UM, GRADE LEVEL WITH THE BEST DAILY AVERAGE ATTENDANCE GETS A REWARD.

ANYTHING COULD BE, UH, PAJAMA DAY TO SOME EXTRA RECESS, ANYTHING KIND OF EXTRA FUN THERE.

WE ALSO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE CHALLENGE 10 AND STUDENTS WHO WERE STILL IN THE CHALLENGE 10 AT THE END OF THE FIRST ADVISORY GOT A HAT DAY, AND I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA DO A PAJAMA DAY FOR KIDS STILL IN THE CHALLENGE 10.

AND THEN WE ALSO PAIR STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS UP WHEN NEEDED TO BE ATTENDANCE BUDDIES TO JUST FURTHER BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND TRY AND ENCOURAGE KIDS TO COME TO SCHOOL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

NO.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THEY'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO COME HELP ME TODAY.

WE'RE OH, MIRANDA MAYOR.

I'M SO SORRY, MIRANDA.

I I GET NERVOUS WHEN I COME UP HERE.

SO I HAVE MIRANDA AND I SAID, AND I SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S DAUGHTER'S LAST NAME, HUH? I APOLOGIZE.

INSTEAD OF WALKING BACK UP, I WILL JUST INTRODUCE THE, UM, SECONDARY WINNER THIS MONTH IS WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NO, IT'S HARD TO COME AFTER ALL THOSE CUTE KIDS, BUT I DO HAVE TWO AMAZING LADIES WITH ME, MRS. CINDY RUTHERFORD AND MRS. JEN DAVIS.

AND YOU'LL BE HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CINDY NEXT, BUT MRS. JEN DAVIS IS OUR WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THEM BOTH WITH US TODAY.

UM, OUR ATTENDANCE GOAL AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS 95% ATTENDANCE EVERY DAY.

I WOULD SAY WE'RE STILL STRIVING TO REACH THAT GOAL, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WHEN DR.

BALLINGER CALLED.

I THINK I YELLED INTO THE PHONE, BUT I WAS VERY EXCITED.

WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING HARD.

WHEN HE CAME PERSONALLY TO TAKE THE BANNER DOWN, SOME OF THE STAFF SAW HIM AND WERE QUITE UPSET THAT HE WAS TAKING IT OFF THE WALL.

SO WE DO TAKE THE COMPETITION VERY SERIOUSLY.

UM, WE DID BOTH INDIVIDUAL INCENTIVES, KIND OF COPYING FROM THE GREAT WORK THAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE DOING AND GROUP INCENTIVES IN DECEMBER, AND THE INDIVIDUAL INCENTIVES.

IF YOU DIDN'T MISS ANY DAYS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WHICH WAS NOT THAT LONG, THEN THEY GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A SNOWBALL FIGHT.

AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

THE TEACHERS THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT MORE OFTEN.

SO, UH, A LOT A GOOD STRESS RELEASE.

AND THEN THE GROUP REWARDS ANY KIDS IN FIRST PERIOD THAT HAD 95% ATTENDANCE FOR THAT CLASS.

THEY HAD, UH, SIGNS ON THEIR WINDOW.

SO WE HAD SOME CLASSES WITH AS MANY AS SEVEN, SOME THAT ONLY HAD ONE, BUT WE WERE LIKE ADVERTISING, SO WE WERE WORKING HARD ON THAT.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING, I KNOW YOU DON'T WANNA TALK, BUT THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL WANT TO ADD.

JUST THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD.

WE WANT OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL TO LEARN.

AND FOR OUR MOST IMPROVED, THEY ACTUALLY, UM, IMPROVED BY OVER ALMOST 6% FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

ALRIGHT.

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AND THAT WOULD BE E WILSON MORRISON.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.

UM, OUR TEACHERS, ALL OF OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS, UH, WORK SO HARD TO BE AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

AND THE DAYS THAT THEY'RE THERE, THEY WORK SO HARD AT AT WHAT THEY DO.

SO IT'S EXCITING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BE TO, TO RECEIVE THIS IN ON THEIR BEHALF.

UM, MS. CAMERON, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, IS GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES THAT WE DID DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR JANUARY.

UM, MR. HOYT, OUR DEAN, JUST GAVE TEACHERS THE DATA THIS AFTERNOON.

SO WE HAVE 176 STUDENTS WHO HAD 95% ATTENDANCE OR BETTER FOR THE SECOND QUARTER.

AND WE HAVE 205 STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL IN THE RUNNING FOR, TO MEET THE CHALLENGE 10 GOALS.

SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE STILL WORKING REALLY HARD EACH EACH MONTH AND EACH QUARTER.

SO FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE DID, UH, TWO DIFFERENT LITTLE INITIATIVES WITH THE KIDS.

THE FIRST WAS, UM, WE DID A CANDY CANE COUNTDOWN.

UM, WE GOT THE KIDS, WE DIDN'T WANNA DO CANDY, SO WE DID, UM, THESE CUTE LITTLE CANDY CANE PENS.

UM, AND THEN EACH DAY WE PICKED A COUPLE HOMEROOMS AND THE, THE KIDS WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LITTLE PEN.

THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN WE, UM, TRACKED ATTENDANCE FROM THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER TO THE, UM, RIGHT BEFORE BREAK.

UM, AND WE DID, UH, WHAT WE CALLED THE WINTER GAMES MM-HMM.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE KIDS TO THE, UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME, HEALTH, THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CENTER.

YES.

WHERE THEY HAVE A, WHERE THEY HAVE A GYM.

UM, SO THE KIDS GOT TO GO OVER THERE AND, UM, OUR SPECIALS TEACHERS PUT TOGETHER GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS, UM, AS WELL AS CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, IN CASE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY SPORTS.

AND THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED TO PLAY BASKETBALL, UH, AT A REAL BASKETBALL HOOPS.

AND THEY REAL GYM GET KNOW THEY DON'T USUALLY GET TO DO THOSE THINGS.

AND SO I THINK WE SENT ABOUT 175 KIDS, UM, ON THAT ADVENTURE.

AND SO THEY ENJOYED THAT.

UH, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE'RE GONNA DO PROP UP PRIZES, WHICH IS JUST SURPRISING THE KIDS THROUGHOUT, UM, THE MONTH OF JANUARY WITH LITTLE, LITTLE, UH, BOOKMARKS AND ERASERS AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE SOME SQUISHY ANIMALS AND, UH, TA TATTOOS.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE A BIG, VERY POPULAR ITEM.

SO MM-HMM.

AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE JUST ANOTHER SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR THIS EVENING IF THE RUSTY, I KNOW ELEMENTARY KIDS ARE GETTING ANTSY OUT THERE.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING.

[6.B. Special Recognition - Dr. Ballenger]

AND MADAM CHAIR, FOR OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MS. GOBLER TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

MRS. RUTHERFORD, WILL YOU COME UP, PLEASE? SO, WE HAD A VERY EXCITING EVENT, UH, PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO EXCITING FOR MS. RUTHERFORD'S CLASS HAPPEN AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 2ND.

AND I WAS VERY TOUCHED BY HER ACTIONS.

SO I SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL STAFF, AND DR.

BALLINGER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE THAT WITH ME.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT TO YOU ALL, AND WE'LL, IT'LL, I THINK IT'LL HELP EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.

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SO, UM, I SENT HIM AN EMAIL OUT AFTER COMING OUT OF MS. RUTHERFORD'S ROOM.

EVERY TEACHER DOES AN ESSENTIAL JOB EVERY DAY AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, WE TEACH THEM CONTENT, PROVIDE LIMITS AND REWARDS, FEED THEM, AND ENCOURAGE THEM EVERY DAY.

SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE RESULTS OF OUR TYLER'S EFFORTS.

BUT ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2022, MRS. CINDY RUTHERFORD'S QUICK ACTION SAVED A STUDENT'S LIFE.

DURING SECOND CHANCE BREAKFAST THAT MORNING, MRS. RUTHFORD WAS STANDING UP WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT A STUDENT NEAR HER WAS CHOKING.

SHE QUICKLY PERFORMED THE ABDOMINAL THRUST AND THE ITEM WAS CLEARED FROM THE STUDENT'S THROAT.

THIS STUDENT WAS THEN CHECKED OUT BY OUR SCHOOL NURSE.

THE PARENT WAS CONTACTED, AND YOU, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS WHOLE EPISODE WAS EXTREMELY SCARY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

THANKS TO MRS. RUTHERFORD'S QUICK ACTIONS, THE STUDENT SAFELY WENT ON WITH THIS DAY.

WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SHARE THE STORY FOR TWO REASONS.

FIRST TO THANK MRS. RUTHERFORD FOR HER AMAZING ACTION INTO THAT MORNING.

ALSO, TO REMIND EACH ONE OF OUR STAFF THAT THAT STORY IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW IMPORTANT EACH STAFF MEMBER IS IN THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND PLEASE DON'T EVER FORGET HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK IS THAT WE DO HERE EVERY DAY.

SO I JUST WOULD HOPE THAT YOU COULD JOIN ME IN THANKING, UH, MRS. RUTHERFORD FOR HER QUICK ACTION, FOR SAVING THIS YOUNG MAN AND HER JUST AMAZING JOB IN OUR SCHOOL.

JUST WANTED TO,

[6.C. Community Participation]

SO NEXT UP WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.

IT IS THE DUTY OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF AS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT THE MEETING IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND TO LIMIT DISCUSSIONS TO TOPIC REL TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

PERSONS ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO THOSE RELEVANT TO THE PENDING ITEMS. NO PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOICE REMARKS EXCEPT AS RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OR THE CLERK OF THE BOARD AFTER AUDIBLY STATING THEIR NAME AND WHOM THEY REPRESENT.

IF APPLICABLE, NO PERSON SHALL BRING INTO THE BOARDROOM ANY SIGNED BANNER OR OTHER SUCH ITEM WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN SEEING, HEARING OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING.

PROVIDED THAT MODELS, PHOTOS, MAPS, CHARTS, DRAWINGS, AND OTHER SUCH DEMONSTRATIVE MATERIALS INTENDED FOR USE IN A PRESENTATION BY A SPECIFIC PERSON SHALL BE PERMITTED UPON RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR OR THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.

THE SPEAKER SHALL ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR CONFINE THEIR COMMENTS TO ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF WARREN COUNTY.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS REFRAIN FROM WORDS OR STATEMENTS, WHICH FROM THEIR USUAL CONSTRUCTION AND COMMON ACCEPTANCE ARE DEFAMATORY TO SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS OR TEND TO VIOLENCE OR BREACH OF THE PEACE.

REFRAIN FROM OBSCENITY AND VULGARITY.

STAY WITHIN ALLOTTED TIME.

STOP SPEAKING.

WHEN DIRECTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE, CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE DETRIMENTAL TO OR DISTURBING, THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING WILL BE ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM SUCH CONDUCT ONCE ANY ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCE AFTER THE WARNING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

AND THE CHAIRPERSON WILL ASK THE COUNTY SHERIFF TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUAL GROUP OR CLEAR THE BOARDROOM SO THAT THE BOARD CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION WHEN RECOGNIZED.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, WHETHER YOU ARE A COUNTY RESIDENT, PARENT OF A WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION.

AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.

DID ANYONE SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME THIS EVENING? UH, YES, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, MR. BRAD P*****K.

I'M, I LIVE IN, UH, EDINBURG, VIRGINIA.

MY NAME'S BRAD P*****K.

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I'M A RESIDENT OF, UH, SHENDO COUNTY.

I SERVE ON THE SHENDO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AND, UM, OF COURSE, I'M INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH SCHOOL BOARD ISSUES BECAUSE WE, OF COURSE, JUST LIKE YOUR, UH, BOARD SUPERVISORS FUNDS, FUNDS YOUR SCHOOLS AT THIS POINT.

UH, I'M EXPLORING A, UH, RACE FOR THE STATE SENATE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO COME IN AND MAKE A, AN OBSERVATION OR TWO.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, I'VE BEEN TOUTING SOME NUMBERS THAT I THOUGHT WERE VERY FAVORABLE, UH, REGARDING WARREN COUNTY SCHOOLS.

UM, AND WHAT IT WAS IN THE PAST BEFORE I JUST CHECKED WAS THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH SHENDO COUNTY WAS SPENDING, UH, 91% MORE THAN THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT, WARREN WAS HAVING WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR FORMER WONDERFUL, UH, I THINK DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS THAT WERE WONDERFUL SCHOOLS WAS DOING THE SAME THING FOR ONLY 62% ABOVE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT.

UM, THOSE NUMBERS ARE NO LONGER ACCURATE.

UH, SO I WON'T BE CRITICIZING MY COUNTY SO MUCH THIS YEAR.

UH, SHENANDOAH IS SOMEHOW DOWN TO, HAS DROPPED FROM 91 TO 60.

I, I'M GONNA GET ANSWERS TO THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD DIRECTION.

AND WARREN IS STILL DOWN LOW.

IT'S 63.6.

I ACTUALLY DROVE HERE THINKING YOU WERE AT ABOUT 62.

YOU WERE AT 63.6.

I THINK THAT'S VERY COMMENDABLE.

AND, AND THIS IS A BIG ISSUE, UH, BECAUSE THIS DISTRICT THAT I'M ONE OF MANY CANDIDATES IN COVERS, WARREN CLARK, FREDERICK WINCHESTER, AND SHENANDOAH, ALL COUNTIES REPRESENTED FROM 1758 TO 1765 IN THE HOUSE OF BURGESS IS BY GEORGE WASHINGTON.

SO, UM, AND, AND FREDERICK IS AN OUTLIER IN TERMS OF SPENDING, UH, UH, UM, ON ITS SCHOOLS.

IT'S AT 132% ABOVE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT, ESSENTIALLY TWICE WHAT THIS EFFICIENT FINE BOARD IS DOING HERE IN, IN, IN FRONT ROYAL AND WARREN COUNTY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE OF FREDERICK COUNTY NEED TO BE AWARE OF.

BUT I WANTED TO START OUT MY CRITICISM BY RECOGNIZING THE LEADERSHIP THAT THIS BOARD HAS, HAS HAD.

AND I, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK A LOT OF IT WAS THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE OUR OWN MELODY SHEPHERD, WHICH WHO WERE VERY PROUD TO HAVE IN, IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ISSUES THAT THIS WILL RAISE IS THE ISSUES THAT'LL BE BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS YEAR, UH, SCHOOL CHOICE CHARTER SCHOOLS.

UM, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THOSE THINGS ARE FRANKLY, CONSTITUTIONAL.

OUR CONSTITUTION WAS AMENDED IN 1870, UH, TO MANDATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT LEGAL IN VIRGINIA? I DON'T KNOW.

DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, CONTINUING 152 YEAR OLD, UH, LAW AND I, I THINK THAT MEANS SOME ALL THE TIME.

MR. THANK YOU.

WELL, THAT'S FINE.

SO, UM, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE THE, THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

DRIVE UP, YOU SEE A BIG OLD FENCE IN FRONT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, BLOCKING EVERYTHING OFF ON IN THAT ONE POD.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY,

[7.A. Superintendent's Report]

NEXT UP WE HAVE REPORTS.

WE'LL START WITH SUPERINTENDENT DR.

BALLINGER.

THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR.

FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

UH, WELCOME BACK.

UH, WE DID, UM, GET SCHOOL STARTED BACK TODAY.

UH, WE DID SPEND, UH, MONDAY AND TUESDAY HAVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

UM, WE OFFERED A LOT OF DIFFERENT SESSIONS AND, UM, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE TEAM PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF SESSIONS AND TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO, TO PICK WHAT SESSIONS THEY WANTED TO ATTEND EITHER MORNING, AFTERNOON, OVER A COUPLE DAYS.

THEY ALSO HAD SOME TRAINING AT THE SCHOOL SITES THEMSELVES.

BUT, UM, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR SESSIONS THAT WERE OFFERED.

UH, ALSO YESTERDAY WE HAD A CONTINUATION OF OUR TRAINING WITH THE, UM, WARREN COUNTY BYRON RESCUE, UH, WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE FRONT ROYAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD A, UM, A SESSION AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL FROM EIGHT O'CLOCK TO 12 O'CLOCK, UH, TO CONTINUE THAT TRAINING THAT WE STARTED THIS SUMMER.

WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER SESSION IN JUNE OR JULY DURING OUR, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE RETREAT TO KIND OF KEEP THAT GOING AND, AND TO KEEP THE, THE CONVERSATION AND MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

UM, ALSO JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT REPORT CARDS WILL BE ISSUED ON JANUARY THE NINTH.

AND THEN FINALLY, I KNOW I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS THAT CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED OVER AT L FK.

SO WHEN YOU

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UH, I WAS ABLE TO GO OVER AND VISIT WITH, UM, WITH MR. SMITH AND WITH MR. LIVA, SAY THE OTHER DAY, AND, AND TOUR THE PODS.

THEY'VE ALREADY GOT 'EM GUTTED, UH, .

IT'S AMAZING HOW QUICK WORK THEY'RE DOING THERE.

SO, UM, I KNOW MR. SMITH, I ASKED HIM TO GET WITH THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE AND HAVE A MONTHLY MEETING, UM, OVER AT LF K SO THAT THAT PROGRESS AND, AND ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AT LF K CAN BE ADDRESSED AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

UH, SO I KNOW HE'S WORKING ON SCHEDULING THAT TO, TO START HAVING THOSE MONTHLY MEETINGS OVER THERE, UM, SO THAT THE, THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE CAN, CAN HAVE AN UPDATE.

AND IF ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER WOULD WOULD LIKE TO, TO VISIT THAT, I, I WOULD SAY REACH OUT TO MR. SMITH SO THAT, UM, HE CAN SCHEDULE THAT WITH THE CONTRACTOR OR WITH MR. LIVA, SAY, BECAUSE, UH, WHEN WE HAVE CONS CONTRACTORS ON SITE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFETY, UM, IS PARAMOUNT.

AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, OR, UH, MAYBE IF IT'S AN EVENING, IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER THERE, THEN WE CAN, WE COULD SCHEDULE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT, UH, REACH OUT TO MR. SMITH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO GO OVER AND YOU'RE NOT ON THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE THAT WOULD, THAT WILL BE GETTING THOSE, UM, REGULAR TOURS, UM, OF L FK THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

SO, AND THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, DR.

[7.B. Board Member Reports]

BALLINGER.

NEXT UP WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER REPORTS.

WE'LL START WITH MS. SALEMS. UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT AS WE'VE BEEN ON BREAK, BUT I, I DID WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE.

I, I LOVE THESE ATTENDANCE AWARDS.

AND ALSO, OF COURSE, THE BIG THANK YOU MRS. RUTHERFORD FOR HER, HER ACTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. RANALDI.

WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR.

UM, HOPEFULLY WE GET OUR BUDGET THINGS SQUARED AWAY, .

SO, UH, I WISH, WISH US ALL A LOT OF LUCK ON THAT ONE AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF US AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MS. LOWE.

UM, YEAH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO REPORT EITHER.

JUST FROM THE BUDGET PERSPECTIVE.

WE, UM, NOT WE, BUT THE STATE HAS NOW RECEIVED THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE START OF THE NEXT BUDGET SEASON.

SO WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES WITH THAT AND WE'LL KEEP YOU ALL APPRAISED OF WHERE WE ARE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.

FUNK.

WELL, CERTAINLY, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID HERE, UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR, UM, UH, PARTICIPANTS THAT WERE HERE THIS EVENING AND RECEIVING, UH, AWARDS AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

AND I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THOUGH, ON MONDAY TO, UH, POP INTO TWO OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE OFFERED.

AND I WAS IN THE, UM, ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITHOUT TECH IS.

AND THEN, UH, ONE THAT WAS ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH TECH.

THAT WASN'T THEIR TECHNICAL NAMES, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY WERE.

SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, THE TEACHERS THAT WERE THERE AND THE STAFF.

UM, THERE WERE SOME SUPPORT COACHES I KNOW THAT WERE PARTICIPATING AND JUST TO THANK THE, UH, THREE PRESENTERS.

I BELIEVE IT WAS HOPE PETTY, UM, LUKE KETER AND KATIE GRIMLEY.

HOPEFULLY I GOT THOSE NAMES CORRECT.

UM, THEY DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING AND IT WAS JUST NICE TO GET AROUND AND SEE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, DURING THOSE WORK DAYS, SO, APPRECIATE THAT.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY TO REPORT THIS, UH, THIS MEETING.

THERE IS ONE THING I WOULD, I FORGOT TO MENTION, YOUR, YOUR GIFT BAGS.

UM, SO EACH MONTH, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, RECOGNIZES, UM, DEPARTMENTS AND GROUPS WITH WITHIN THE COUNTY.

AND SO THIS MONTH THEY ARE RECOGNIZING TRANSPORTATION AND THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

SO THAT IS ON BEHALF OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

NEXT UP WE HAVE THE ACTION AGENDA.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.

UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT COMES TO OUR MEETINGS.

I LOVE THE ATTENDANCE, UM, AWARDS AS WELL, AND APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYONE DOES EVERY DAY.

[5.C. A. Jan. 04, 2023 Personnel Report - Mr. Goodwin]

UM, SO WE HAVE, THE FIRST ITEM IS GONNA BE THE PERSONNEL REPORT, WHICH WE MOVED OUT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT THIS EVENING? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE PERSONNEL REPORT AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE? WELL, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.

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[8.A. Approval of 2023 School Board Meeting Calendar - Dr. Ballenger]

NEXT UP WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE 2023 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING CALENDAR, DR.

BALLINGER.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

SO THIS, THIS IS OUR CALENDAR, UM, FOR THE, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WE, WE'VE HAD THIS AT OUR WORK SESSION.

UH, WE'RE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT, LOOK AT SOME DATES, MODIFY, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A QUARTERLY, UM, RETREAT, BUT THERE'S ONLY ACTUALLY THREE RETREAT DATES ON, ON THERE.

UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS.

UH, SO THIS IS THE, THE CALENDAR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO SUBMIT.

WE DID MAKE THE CHANGES THAT THE BOARD HAD REQUESTED, THAT THE START TIMES FOR THIS NEXT YEAR WILL BE AT SIX 30.

UM, THAT MEANS IF WE HAVE ANY, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT WILL BE AT FIVE 30.

UH, SO THE CHANGES THAT FROM THE WORK SESSION WERE MADE, AND THIS IS OUR FINAL PRODUCT HERE FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

BALLINGER ON THE PROPOSED CALENDAR MEETING CALENDAR? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE PROPOSED 2023 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING CALENDAR BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

THANK YOU VERY

[8.B. Approval of the FY24 Budget Calendar - Dr. Ballenger]

MUCH.

NEXT UP IS THE APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET CALENDAR.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, THIS AGAIN, WE, WE MODIFIED, UM, TO, TO COINCIDE WITH THE START TIMES OF OUR CALENDAR.

I DID WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, WHEN YOU SEE THE ITALICS, UH, THAT IS THE BUDGET COMMITTEE ALONE, AND OR IT WILL SAY, UH, JOINT W C PS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING, THE BOLDED DATES, THOSE WILL BE FOR THE FULL BOARD.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL BOARD'S FIRST WHEN WE, WHEN WE REALLY HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'S WHEN WE, WE WILL, YOU, YOU'RE GETTING READY TO VOTE ON THAT.

BUT THEN AS WE WORK THROUGH WITH THE, UM, AT THE FEBRUARY RETREAT, THAT IS A TIME THAT WE WILL DIVE INTO, UM, THE BUDGET AS A FULL BOARD.

BUT I DID THAT SO THAT IT COULD KIND OF DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHEN IT IS JUST THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VERSUS THE FULL BOARD.

MM-HMM.

, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

BALLINGER ON THIS? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE FY 24 BUDGET CALENDAR BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? PRESS ONE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL IS IN FAVOR? AYE.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE THIRD READING OF THE 2324 SCHOOL CALENDAR.

[8.C. Third Reading of 2023 - 2024 School Calendar - Mr. Smith]

MR. SMITH.

ESPECIALLY FOR NEW HIRES.

OUR POLICY, I C I D REQUIRES A SCHOOL BOARD TO ESTABLISH A DIVISION CALENDAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, REGULATIONS.

UH, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH TWO READINGS OF OUR, UM, CALENDAR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

AND THE ONLY CHANGE, UM, ACTUALLY THERE, THERE'S ONE, THERE'S A CHANGE, AND THEN THERE'S A, UM, A, A, A CORRECTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO ADDRESS IN THIS CALENDAR.

UH, FIRST IS TO START ON THE 2ND OF AUGUST RATHER THAN THE FIRST THIS STEMS TO COME BACK FROM, UH, VS.

AND INSURANCE, UM, SITUATIONS OF WHICH, AS FAR AS, UM, WE HAVE FOR VS.

WE HAVE, WE DO A 10 MONTH, UH, WITH 10 MONTH CONTRACTS.

UM, WE HAVE TWO MONTHS OF WHICH VS.

UM, AS FAR AS AS IT'S PAID FOR, FOR THE, UM, FOR THE EMPLOYEE, BUT IT'S NOT DEDUCTED FROM THEIR, THEIR PAY.

UH, SO THEY GET, UH, TWO MONTHS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THIS BY HAVING, IF, IF IT STARTS ON THE FIRST AND THESE ARE VS.

REGULATIONS THAT PROBABLY EVEN MR. GOODWIN COULD EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT, BUT I THINK I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT, UM, IS THAT IF WE START, UM, ON A FIRST OF OF THAT MONTH, THEN, UM, THAT THE TWO MONTHS THAT WE USE AS OUR OPEN MONTHS FOR 10 MONTH EMPLOYEES ARE JULY AND AUGUST.

SO IF WE START ON THE FIRST, THEN V BY VS THAT AMOUNT, UH, 5% WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF THEIR, UM, THEIR PAY.

SO, UM, IT BECOMES SORT OF DIFFICULT,

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THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO OUR DIVISION WHO'VE RECENTLY JUST FINISHED THEIR COLLEGE, UM, COURSEWORK, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, MOVING POSSIBLY TO A NEW AREA AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND TRY TO MAKE THAT FIRST PAYCHECK ITSELF AS LITTLE OF AN IMPACT FINANCIALLY, UH, FOR THEM ALSO.

UM, THERE IS A, A SECOND REASON IS WITH OUR INSURANCE.

UM, WE, IF WE, WE START ON THAT VERY FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, THE WAY THAT WE DO INSURANCE IS IT IS, UH, THE NEXT, THE NEXT MONTH IS, UH, DEDUCTED FROM THE CURRENT MONTH.

SO IF I'M PAYING FOR MY SEPTEMBER, UM, PREMIUM, THEN THAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF MY AUGUST CHECK.

SO IF WE START ON THE FIRST AND INSURANCE, UH, TRADITIONALLY WE'VE HAD INSURANCE THAT WILL START IN THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, UM, FOR, UH, NEW HIRES IN, IN AUGUST THAT IF WE START ON THAT FIRST, WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THAT MONTH, THE, THE DEDUCTION WOULD BE TIMES TWO BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT FOR THE CURRENT MONTH THAT THEY'RE IN, PLUS THE MONTH OF WHICH THEY'RE GOING INTO PLUS THE 5%.

SO WHEN YOU START TO DO THAT, IF SOMEONE HAS PERHAPS A FAMILY PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT COULD BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S $2,000 PLUS 5%.

SO JUST MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT KIND OF ASSIST IN THAT.

UM, THE OTHER THING, AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE I, I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE AMENDED IN THE, UH, IN THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT REPORT CARDS, IF YOU LOOK ON THE CALENDAR THAT'S PRESENTED, IF YOU GO TO THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT SAYS REPORT CARDS ISSUED, AND THEN IT HAS OCTOBER 18TH, JANUARY 4TH, MARCH 19TH AND MAY 28TH.

THE DATE OF WHICH I NEED TO CHANGE IS THE JANUARY 4TH DATE.

AND THAT'S GONNA GO TO JANUARY THE 10TH.

JANUARY THE 10TH.

AND THEN YOU MAY ASK, WELL, WHY IS THAT? WE WOULD BE GETTING BACK FROM BREAK VERY CLOSE TO THE FOURTH.

SO IN ORDER TO HAVE ALL OF THAT PROCESSED OUT AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS FROM OUR, UH, POWER SCHOOL, UH, FOLKS, UH, IN OUR OFFICE, UM, THEY SAID, WE JUST NEED, UM, ANOTHER WEEK IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

NOW, THAT WOULD ALSO CORRESPOND WITH THIS YEAR'S PUTTING OUT REPORT CARDS.

SO THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHY THAT HAS CHANGED.

SO, UM, THAT'S OUR, OUR THIRD READING WITH JUST THAT, UH, CORRECTION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH ON THE CALENDAR READING AND THE, UM, REQUESTED CHANGE? I HAD A QUESTION.

UM, MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING WORK SESSION, BUT, UM, WHEN I'D ASKED ABOUT CONTINUING THE EARLIER AND EARLIER AND EARLIER START DATE FOR SCHOOL, I THOUGHT THE REASON WAS WE WERE GONNA TRY TO GET REPORT CARDS FINISHED BY WINTER BREAK OR THE GRADING PERIOD WOULD BE ENDING.

DID I, I PROBABLY MISUNDERSTOOD THAT.

NO.

UM, WE WOULD TRY TO GET THE SEMESTER ITSELF, THE GRADING PERIOD, THE END OF THE SEMESTER PREVIOUS TO THE WINTER BREAK, THE COLLECTION AND THOSE THINGS OF GRADES WOULD HAVE TO COME AFTER THAT, THAT TIME.

UM, SO THEY STILL, THERE STILL WOULD BE COLLECTION OF WORK AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS UP UNTIL THE POINT OF THE END OF THAT SEMESTER.

THE, UM, THE DRIVE BEHIND THAT WAS TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THE SEMESTER PREVIOUS TO THE BREAK SO THAT TO COME BACK AND TO HAVE PERHAPS ONE WEEK, TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE RESTARTING A, AN OLD CAR.

MM-HMM.

SO THAT WAS, UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

MONDAY, IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

SO, SO YOU'RE SAYING THOUGH, WE'RE STILL ENDING THE SEMESTER REPORT CARD, BUT THE REPORT CARDS COME AFTER, RIGHT? THEY COME, SO THAT'S LIKE THIS YEAR.

SO, SO TEACHERS WERE ABLE OVER THE TWO PROFESSIONAL DAYS, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE SESSIONS THAT THEY ATTENDED, THEN THEY WERE IN THERE WORKING ON PUTTING GRADES IN, GETTING THINGS FINALIZED.

AND I KNOW OUR, UM, OUR POWER SCHOOL, UM, PEOPLE, THEY, THEY ACTUALLY OPENED UP THE GRADE BOOK SO THAT TEACHERS COULD START GOING IN AND, AND FINALIZING THOSE GRADES.

AND SO THEN WE'LL JUST KIND OF MASSAGE THINGS OVER THE NEXT, ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S MONDAY IS THE NINTH IS

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THE NINTH IS MONDAY AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE REPORT CARDS ARE THROUGH.

SO, WE'LL, WE'LL FINISH UP THIS WEEK, KIND OF JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.

PRINCIPALS REVIEWING, UM, YOU KNOW, IF PARENTS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT GRADES, WE'RE ADDRESSING THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE SECOND SEMESTER.

IT'S JUST WE'RE WE'RE TIDYING UP AT THE END OF LAST SEMESTER AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES THE 20 23 20 24 DIVISION CALENDAR AS PRESENTED WITH THE AMENDMENT OF JANUARY 4TH WILL BE CHANGED TO JANUARY 10TH FOR THE REPORT CARDS? THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? UH, YES, MADAM CHAIR.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSE? NO THANK YOU.

[8.D. Approval of Resolution Authorizing Payment of Bills in Emergency Situations and in Months with Only One School Board Meeting - Mr. Ballentine]

YOU MR. SMITH.

NEXT UP WE HAVE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF BILLS AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND IN MONTHS WITH ONLY ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, MR. VALENTINE.

UM, THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT ONE ON THE AGENDA ARE TWO ITEMS THAT I COME TO YOU EACH, UH, MEETING IN JANUARY OF EACH YEAR AT YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND ASK YOU TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS IN THIS CASE.

THIS IS FOR THE PAYMENT OF BILLS IN THOSE MONTHS, UH, TYPICALLY JULY AND DECEMBER WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING, IT ALLOWS US TO PAY THE BILLS THAT, UH, SECOND WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH, THEN, UM, AND ALLOWS THE SUPERINTENDENT AS YOUR AGENT TO GO AHEAD AND AUTHORIZE THAT PAYMENT.

WE PRESENT THAT TO YOU THEN AT YOUR VERY NEXT MEETING.

BUT IT, IT IS AFTER THE FACT IN THAT CASE, BUT IT IS PRESENTED TO YOU, UM, FOR TRANSPARENCY'S SAKE OF COURSE.

SO, UH, IT ALSO ALLOWS THE SUPERINTENDENT THE AUTHORITY IF THERE'S AN A BILL THAT COMES IN THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID AND IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION TO PAY IT PRIOR TO MEETING WITH YOU.

UM, THAT MIGHT MEAN THAT WE WOULD INCUR CHARGES IF IT WEREN'T PAID PROMPTLY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UTILITY BILLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE ALSO ASK THAT THAT BE INCLUDED IN THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.

THE RESOLUTIONS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU APPROVED FOR, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 2022.

UM, OF COURSE IT'S BEEN UPDATED FOR 2023, SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND, UH, RESPECTFULLY, UH, REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL TO ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. VALENTINE? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF BILLS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND IN MONTHS WITH ONLY ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AND THE SECOND ONE IS FOR, UH, VERY SIMILAR BUT FOR THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION, SOMETHING THAT IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO EVERY EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND, UH, TO PAY THEM PROMPTLY IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR, UH, CONTINUED OPERATION AND TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYMENT, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES HAPPY.

GREAT.

THANK YOU MR. VALENTINE.

[8.E. Approval of Resolution Authorizing Payment of Compensation - Mr. Ballentine/Mr. Goodwin]

UM, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS FOR ANY EMPLOYEE THAT HAS A CONTRACT FOR THEM TO BE PAID IN THEIR, UM, MONTHLY OR BIMONTHLY INSTALLMENT, WHATEVER THE CASE IS.

AND THEN FOR ANY EMPLOYEE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CONTRACT, BUT WHOSE RATE OF PAY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SO YOU'VE ESTABLISHED THE RATE OF PAY AND FOR WHOM A CERTIFIED TIME SHEET INDICATING THAT EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED THE HOURS, UM, REQUESTED, UH, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, ALLOWS US TO PAY THOSE EMPLOYEES ALSO.

SO, AGAIN, WOULD ASK YOUR, UH, UH, APPROVAL OR YOUR ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THAT PRACTICE DURING THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. VALENTINE? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

[8.F. Approval of Resolution Authorizing Superintendent to Issue Contracts--Mr. Goodwin]

NEXT UP IS

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APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ISSUE CONTRACTS.

MR. GOODWIN, GOOD EVENING.

BEFORE I START, I HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR YOU AS WELL, BUT I WANT TO THANK DR.

BALLINGER FOR SAYING WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE GIFTS IN FRONT OF YOU.

I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT SPEND THE ENTIRE YEAR DIVIDING UP EMPLOYEES AND THEN HAND DELIVERING GIFTS.

SO YOU WERE SELECTED THIS MONTH AND I DON'T WANNA MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR WORK WORK, BUT ESPECIALLY YOU FOR YOURS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU MEAN TO OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND FOR THE HARD AND EASY DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE TO MAKE US BETTER.

SO THANKS.

I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, AGAIN WITH AN ANNUAL RESOLUTION TO ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ISSUE CONTRACTS.

IT IS AN OCCASIONAL, UM, NEED, UH, SUCH AS TODAY.

TODAY WAS A FIRST DAY BACK FOR STUDENTS.

I HAVE BRAND NEW TEACHERS IN CLASSROOMS TODAY, THANKS TO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU AS A BOARD HAVE SIGNED IN THE PAST.

WERE IT NOT FOR THIS RESOLUTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO START THE DAY WITH A SUBSTITUTE OR A DIFFERENT TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM PERHAPS, AND THEN LET THEM BEGIN TOMORROW.

THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COURSE, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR, THAT WE COULD OFFER CONTRACTS TO FOLKS.

AND THEN THE MEETING TONIGHT, SUCH AS THIS WOULD BE THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR THOSE TO BE FINAL EMPLOYEES.

BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO START QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS IN EVERY POSITION RATHER THAN HAVE TO WAIT EVERY TWO WEEKS FOR THAT MEETING TO TAKE PLACE.

SO I'M GRATEFUL YOU'VE SIGNED IT IN THE PAST AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ASKING YOU TO SIGN IT AGAIN, PLEASE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GOODWIN? IS THERE A MOTION? UH, YES.

MADAM CHAIR.

I MOVE THAT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ISSUE CONTRACTS BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? NO.

THANK YOU MR. GOODWIN.

[8.G. WCHS Copier Lease Approval - Mr. Grant]

YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL COPIER LEASE APPROVAL.

IS THAT GONNA BE YOU, MR. SMOKY? THAT'S ME, YES.

OKAY, .

SO I REALLY DO WANNA SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AT THE PODIUM, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF KEEPING TRACK, I'M GONNA STAY RIGHT HERE.

SO, UM, WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR THE WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL COPIER LEASE APPROVAL.

SO WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE COPIERS OF THEIR BUILDING AFTER REVIEWING THE AVAILABLE REPLACEMENT OPTIONS, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE ATTACHED DSI COPIERS REPLACED THE EXISTING COPIERS.

UH, THIS CONTRACT WAS COMPETITIVELY BID THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL PURCHASING AGENCIES, WHICH IS A NATIONAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENTS, AND NONPROFITS.

AND IT MEETS VIRGINIA PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.

THE TOTAL COST OF THIS, UH, 36 MONTH LEASE IS $94,000.

$320, I'M SORRY, $94,320 OR 31,444.

LET ME TRY THAT AGAIN.

31,440 PER YEAR.

UM, AND IT WAS BID THROUGH A STATE CONTRACT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $94,320 BE AWARDED TO DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED DSI FOR THE LEASE OF THE COPIERS AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE LEASE AGREEMENT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSE? NO, THANK YOU.

AND NEXT WE HAVE ACCEPTANCE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT AND REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.

[8.H. Acceptance of School Improvement Grant and Request for Additional Appropriation - Ms. Bragg]

MS. BRAGG? GOOD EVENING.

STUDENT OUTCOMES AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO BEFORE YOU IS AN ACCEPTANCE, UH, OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 SKYLINE IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT BECAUSE IT IS IDENTIFIED AS A FEDERAL AT T S I SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, MEANING THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THAT PARTICULAR, UH, GROUP WITH, THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO HELP IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

SO, UH, THE V D O INFORMED US IN DECEMBER THAT OUR, UH, PROPOSAL FOR THE SIG GRANT WAS APPROVED IN THE FULL AMOUNT AND AS INDICATED IN THE, UM, ATTACHMENTS, SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS WORKED, UH, WITH, UH, THE CENTRAL OFFICE TO IDENTIFY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH AIR, UH, AS A CONSULTANT TO SPECIFICALLY HELP SUPPORT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH A COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND, UH, THE SUBSEQUENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR BOTH GENERAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AS WE WORK TO IMPROVE, UH,

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