* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1.A. Call to Order - Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence - School Board Chair] [00:00:04] IF YOU WILL, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WE STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL I DO. IS THERE [1.B. Accept or Modify the Agenda - School Board] A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? MAD CHAIR, MOVE TO MODIFY THE AGENDA TO MOVE, UH, NUMBER FOUR, A INSTRUCTIONAL SPOTLIGHT TO RIGHT AFTER I SPEAK AFTER TO ONE B RIGHT NOW. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IS IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NEXT UP THIS [4.A. Instruction Spotlight - Ms. Bragg] EVENING, WE HAVE OUR, UM, RECENTLY MOVED ITEM, THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPOTLIGHT. AND I'D LIKE TO CALL IT MS. BRAGG. GOOD EVENING. SO, AS WE STARTED IN JANUARY, THIS IS GONNA BE OUR SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPOTLIGHT AT THE FIRST BOARD MEETING OF THE MONTH. AND TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION FEATURES MRS. CINCO AND SEVERAL OF HER EIGHTH GRADE ENGLISH STUDENTS FROM SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY WILL PRESENT ON WRITEABLE, WHICH IS A RESEARCH BASED ONLINE WRITING PROGRAM. IT HAS AN AI POWERED COMPONENT THAT YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH TONIGHT ALONGSIDE THE STUDENTS, UH, THAT PROVIDES TEACHER GUIDED REVISIONS, PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK, AND WAYS FOR THE STUDENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR WRITING. UM, IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WRITEABLE IS CURRENTLY, UH, IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH PROGRAMS IN GRADE SIX THROUGH EIGHT. SO I'LL ASK, UH, MR. BURKE, THE PRINCIPAL OF SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORKS. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD, DR. WRIGHT. UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD MONTH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. UM, MS. BRAGG REALLY STOLE MY THUNDER DESCRIBING WHAT WE WERE DOING TODAY, . UM, BUT I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT. UH, MS. CINCO GAVE ME SPECIFIC NOTES THAT I HAVE TO FOLLOW. SHE'S A VERY STRUCTURED EDUCATOR, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT WHAT I FIRST HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS TODAY'S LEARNERS WILL GRADUATE WITH AI LITERACY AND TO THEIR ESSENTIAL WORK AS READING, JUST SUCH AS READING AND WRITING. I MEAN, AND IT'S MOVING FAST. AI IS MOVING FAST. UM, SO AS MS. BRAGG MENTIONED, SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, IS IMPLEMENTING WRITEABLE. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT REALLY HELPS STUDENTS, UH, WRITE BETTER AND GET QUICK, TIMELY FEEDBACK, WHICH YOU WILL EXPERIENCE TONIGHT. I CAN'T WAIT TO TO GET YOUR RESPONSES FROM THAT. UM, RATEABLES AI SUPPORTED FEEDBACK AND AND GRADING TOOLS PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH STRUCTURED TIMELY GUIDANCE THAT STRENGTHENS REVISIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND CLARITY IN THEIR WRITING. UM, THE AI PLATFORM ALIGNS WITH EIGHTH GRADE STANDARDS, UM, BY HELPING STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO SEE, UH, TO HOW TO USE ONLINE SOURCES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESPONSIBLY AND APPROPRIATELY. AS PART OF THE WRITING PROCESS, THROUGH REGULAR USE OF WRITEABLE, STUDENTS ARE DEVELOPING DIGITAL LITERACY AND ETHICAL DECISION, UH, MAKING SKILLS ALONGSIDE WITH WRITING COMPETENCIES. IN ADDITION, UM, WITH, UH, EXPAND, WE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT EXPANDING, UM, AND WE'RE PROPOSING THIS, UM, TO MS. BRAGG AND TO SOME OF OUR OTHER CONTENT AREAS, UM, STARTING WITH SCIENCE TO, TO, UH, USE SOME CROSS CURRICULAR, UM, WORK, UM, WHICH SUPPORTS INTERDISCIPLINARY WRITING AND REINFORCE, UM, CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS. SCHOOLWIDE. SO, WITHOUT, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, MS. CINCO AND THE STUDENTS FROM SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I DID FORGET TO ASK THE BOARD IF THEY COMPLETED THEIR HOMEWORK. . YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIG, THAT'S THE BIG THING. WE SENT YOU A PASSAGE. UM, MS. JAMES, WILL YOU HELP THE KIDS GO UP WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD? UM, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT THE BIG SPOTLIGHT IS THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE THEY DO THE HEAVY LIFTING, I GET TO INTERACT WITH THEM, AND WRITEABLE HAS REALLY DONE A LOT WITH THESE CHILDREN. UM, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR WRITING AND THE AI [00:05:01] FEEDBACK THAT WE GET THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT INTERACTING WITH THE KIDS, UM, HAS REALLY OPENED UP COACHING ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE FEEDBACK. UM, IT'S REAL TIME, WHICH HAS REALLY BEEN, UM, A BIG PLUS FOR US. ENGLISH TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY. I DON'T HAVE TO GO HOME WITH A STACK OF A HUNDRED PAPERS AND, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THEM. WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK AUTOMATICALLY WITH THIS PROGRAM, AND I CAN PULL A KID TO MY DESK AND SAY, LET'S LOOK AT IT. AND WRITEABLE IS ALWAYS GONNA TELL US, YOU NEED TO WRITE MORE. YOU KNOW, , YOU NEED TO DO THIS BETTER. YOU NEED TO DO THAT BETTER. BUT WE CAN FOCUS ON IT ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE STUDENT, WHICH IS JUST SO GREAT. AND WE'VE SEEN SO MANY KIDS GO FROM REALLY STRUGGLING TO IMPROVING AND GOING, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON AND TELL ME WHAT I SCORED? WHAT CAN I DO BETTER? . SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A REAL EYE-OPENER FOR ME AND THE KIDS. SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SHOW YOU. YOU CUT OUT THE MIDDLE, AT LEAST. AT LEAST FOR NOW. I'LL SHOW YOU HOW CAN BE USEFUL THING. OKAY. PICKING STYLE, BUT NONE OF THEM ARE. [00:11:05] YEAH. SO WHAT YOU SAYING ABOUT US? YOU HAVE SOME GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, SO [00:15:30] THAT'S FABULOUS. I LOVE IT. WHICH BOARD MEMBERS PUT UP ON THE SCREEN? DR. BRAG. OKAY. I, I'M JUST CURIOUS, HONOR, RESPECT. I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND. MS. BRAGG, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING? WELL, I'LL JUST QUICKLY SAY THANK YOU TO MRS. CINCO AND MR. BURKE, UH, MRS. JAMES, THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, AND THE MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT JOINED YOU UP AT THE DESK TONIGHT. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE DEMONSTRATION OF WRITEABLE AND SEE WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING TO DO WITH THEIR WRITING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE. , THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UM, OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND LEAVE. NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE , THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT UP THIS [1.C. Community Participation] EVENING. WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. IS THERE ANYONE ON OUR LIST THIS EVENING? JOHN CERMAK. OKAY. YEAH. I'M JOHN CERMAK. I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A LIST TO INDICATE THAT I ATTENDED THIS. OH, GOTCHA. GOTCHA. I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. , IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? UH, WE HAVE BRIAN ADAMS SIGNED UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, WHETHER YOU'RE A COUNTY RESIDENT, PARENT OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT, OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION. BRIAN ADAMS, NORTH RIVER DISTRICT. MY DAUGHTER GOES TO SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL. UH, FIRST I WANNA SAY IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH FACT TO FOLLOW THE, UH, AI PRESENTATION , BUT, UH, I WANT US TO NOT FORGET ABOUT OUR HANDS-ON PROGRAMS. UM, THE, THE WORKFORCE IS A BIG THING, UH, WITH OUR UPCOMING GENERATIONS. UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THESE KIDS TRAINED. UM, ONE THING I WANNA PARTICULARLY SPEAK ON TONIGHT, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE FFA STUDENTS CAME TO THE BOARD AND PRESENTED TO ABOUT SOME, UH, FUTURE LAND LABS AND STUFF. AND I REALLY WANT US TO GET BEHIND THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER'S GONNA BE GRADUATING SOON AND SHE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE OR, OR, OR BENEFIT FROM THOSE FACILITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE SPEND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR ON ATHLETICS AND, AND FIELDS AND BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DOWNPLAY THAT, BUT WE GOTTA REALLY LOOK AT THESE KIDS' FUTURES. UM, I SENT A VIDEO TO MR. KLEIN AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF YOU. IT'S GOT SOME STATS IN IT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FFA STUDENTS AND FOUR H STUDENTS AND STUFF, AND THE KIND OF SKILLS AND TRAINING THEY LEARN FROM THESE PROGRAMS. SO, I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. I REALLY HOPE THE BOARD TAKES US VERY SERIOUSLY, AND, AND, AND WE GET THE COMMUNITY BEHIND AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, I, I KNOW MONEY'S AN ISSUE, BUT WE, WE GET THE COMMUNITY BEHIND THIS, THE MONEY WILL COME. UM, I JUST, I JUST WANNA SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE THINGS, AND I JUST WANTED TO THROW MY 2 CENTS OUT ON THAT TONIGHT, SO WE DON'T LET THIS FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY, UP NEXT WE [2. Consent Agenda] HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. THANK YOU. NEXT UP THIS [3.A. Superintendent] EVENING, WE HAVE REPORTS. WE'RE GONNA START WITH DR. WRIGHT, MAD CHAIR. UM, I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS THIS EVENING. UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK, UH, WITH STUDENTS AND HAVE OUR STUDENTS BACK IN SCHOOL AND BACK ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE. SO, UH, I REALLY WANT TO REACH OUT AND THANK A FEW PEOPLE THAT HELPED MAKE [00:20:01] THAT HAPPEN. UH, FIRST OF ALL, OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM FOR, UH, THEIR WORK IN CLEARING OUR LOTS AND OUR SIDEWALKS, UH, WAS, UH, GOT TO GO OUT AND SEE FIRSTHAND THE WORK THEY WERE DOING. AND, UH, I WAS, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK ETHIC AND JUST THE EFFORT, UH, TO, TO GET OUR SCHOOLS WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE SO WE COULD BE BACK IN SCHOOL, UH, OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM FOR BEING OUT AND ABOUT, UM, HAVING OUR BUSES READY TO GO, CONTINUALLY CHECKING OUR ROADS AND BACK ROADS AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SAFE FOR US TO COME TO SCHOOL. THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOTSPOTS AND WORK WITH OUR TOWN, UH, TO GET SOME OF THOSE SPOTS CLEARED. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TEAMWORK THERE. UH, IN ADDITION, UH, I WANT TO THANK OUR FAMILIES, UH, FOR UNDERSTANDING, UH, UH, WHAT GOES INTO THIS. I KNOW IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING WITH, UH, THE TWO HOUR DELAYS AND THE, AND HAVING TO MAKE THOSE, THOSE CHANGES AND THOSE SWITCHES. UH, WE TRY TO GIVE AS MUCH NOTICE AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S STILL DIFFICULT AND, AND I, AND I GET IT. SO I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR UNDERSTANDING THERE. ALSO, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE TOWN AND THE MAYOR WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO HER, AND SHE WORKED WITH US AND WORKED WITH TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND GOT HER FOLKS TO HELP, UH, WITH SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE SPOTS THAT REALLY NEEDED TO BE BUS STOPS AND CROSSWALKS PARTICULARLY. SO I APPRECIATE, UH, THAT TEAMWORK, UH, BE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE FIRST KNEW ABOUT THIS, WE DID HAVE SOME ADVANCED NOTICE OF THE STORM, SO I WANT TO THANK SODEXO FOR THEY WERE ABLE TO PRETTY QUICKLY PUT TOGETHER THREE DAYS WORTH OF FOOD, AND THEN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM FOR PROVIDING, UM, SOME GUIDELINES AND OUR TEACHERS FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN, UH, THAT, UH, TO GET, UH, THREE DAYS WORTH OF LESSONS THAT WILL HELP WITH OUR MAKEUP DAYS. SO WE DID HAVE THREE SUCCESSFUL REMOTE LEARNING DAYS, WHICH TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT, UH, AND I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, AND LASTLY, I, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE OUR PRINCIPALS AND THE LEADERSHIP IN OUR SCHOOLS JUST FOR HANDLING ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE COMING THEIR WAY WITH THE SCHEDULING AND RESCHEDULING OF EVENTS, UH, WHEN WE HAVE CLOSURE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, EFFORT, AND THEN THE ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH DR. KOSNER AND MYSELF REGARDING, UH, SOME OF THOSE EVENTS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, MOVING FORWARD. UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, WHICH IS PRESIDENT'S DAY, WILL NOW BE A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY. YOU CAN ALL GIMME BOOZE NOW IF YOU WANT. UH, I'LL GIVE MYSELF A BOO. SO, UH, BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT'S, UH, THERE WILL BE FOLKS WHO HAVE PLANS, UH, BUT WE REALLY NEED, WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT DAY BECAUSE ONCE IT PASSES BY, WE CAN'T GO BACK AND SAY, OOPS, WE SHOULD HAVE USED THAT DAY. SO, UM, SO THAT WILL HELP US, UH, WITH THE REMOTE LEARNING DAY. WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 34 HOURS. UH, THAT'S ROUGHLY FIVE DAYS. WELL, IT'S, NO, IT'S EXACTLY FIVE DAYS AND FOUR HOURS. AND BY HAVING SCHOOL ON PRESENT DAY, WE WILL HAVE A BALANCE OF 40 HOURS, SO, WHICH IS SIX DAYS AND FOUR HOURS. SO HAVING THAT BALANCE, AGAIN, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA DO THE MINIMUM, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE A CUSHION AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO, UH, I, I HOPE LOOKING AT FORECAST, YOU NEVER KNOW. WE STILL HAVE ALL OF FEBRUARY AND ALL OF MARCH, BUT HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET TO MARCH, WE WILL NOT NEED TO USE THE TWO ADDITIONAL MAKEUP DAYS THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE THOSE JUST IN CASE, BUT WE DON'T MISS ANY MORE DAYS. I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE GOOD AND WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN THE BANK. UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD IS THAT WE WILL BE STARTING OUR SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORIES THIS MONTH. THE TEACHER ADVISORIES WE MADE UP OF THE TWO PREVIOUS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, SO THE CURRENT TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND THEN THE PREVIOUS TEACHER OF THE YEAR FROM EACH SCHOOL. THEY'RE MEETING INVITATIONS WILL GO OUT THIS WEEK. HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THOSE OUT. UH, THEY, I HAVE THE NAMES AND THOSE WILL GO OUT. UM, AND THAT FIRST MEETING WILL BE AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THAT WILL BE FEBRUARY 23RD AT 4:00 PM THE PARENT ADVISORY MADE UP OF TWO PARENTS FROM EACH SCHOOL WILL MEET MARCH 2ND AT FIVE 30. I'M STILL WAITING ON A FEW NAMES FROM A COUPLE SCHOOLS, AND I'LL GET THOSE INVITATIONS OUT PROBABLY NEXT WEEK. AND THEN THE STUDENT ADVISORIES ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 11TH AND 12TH. THOSE WILL BEGIN AT SKYLINE. WELL, ONE AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH, SORRY, SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL AND WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. WE'LL HOPE TO EXPAND THOSE TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, UH, NEXT YEAR, UH, IN THE FALL. UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME TONIGHT. UH, YES. THANK YOU. OH, MR. ADAMS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON THE HANDS-ON PROGRAMS AND YOUR COMMENTS, AND, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LAND LAB. I, UH, HAVE NOT BEEN A PRINCIPAL OR BEEN A PART OF ONE, BUT I WAS ABLE TO TOUR A SCHOOL AND SMITHFIELD AREA THAT HAD A LAND LAB, AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE KIDS. SO I KNOW THE BENEFIT THAT THAT COULD BRING HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT. UP NEXT, THIS EVENING, WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REPORTS, [3.B. School Board] MR. MCFADDEN. SO EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE ANNUALLY IN HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE STATE, LOCAL, OR NATIONAL LEVELS ON [00:25:01] GOVERNANCE, PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 22.1 DASH 2 5 3 13 DASH FIVE. TO THAT END, I'VE DONE MY TWO REQUIRED COURSES ON FOIA AND COIA, WHICH IS WE'VE HAD TO RENEW EVERY TWO YEARS. AND, AND NEW FOLKS HAVE TO DO THE FOIA COST COURSE WAS TAUGHT BY THE VIRGINIA FOIA COUNCIL, AND I COMPLETED THAT TODAY. THE COIA COST, WHICH IS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UM, CLASS WAS TAUGHT BY THE VIRGINIA CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND ETHICS ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND I COMPLETED THAT AT THE END OF JANUARY. I TURNED ALL MY COIA INFORMATION INTO OUR, UH, BOARD CLERK AS WELL, ALONG WITH THOSE REQUIRED TRAININGS. I'VE ALSO TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE MANY OPTIONAL TRAININGS AVAILABLE TO ME AS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ALLIANCE. THE SBMA AND I EARNED CERTIFICATES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OVERSIGHT AND MICROMANAGEMENT. DR. WRIGHT'S HAPPY ABOUT THAT ONE. UH, FOUNDATIONS OF VIRGINIA PUBLIC EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE, LEGAL AUTHORITY, AND GOVERNING POWERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS. THE PURPOSE OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THAT WAS GOOD. UH, THREE TOOLS BOARDS USED TO GOVERN AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCHOOL BUDGET. THEY WERE VERY GOOD SHORT, UM, TRAININGS TO DO. IT WAS, IT WAS, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD TWO YEARS, IT WAS GOOD TO GO BACK AND SORT OF SEE WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING WRONG TO HEAR, HEAR WHAT I, I SHOULD HAVE HAD. SPEAKING OF THE SBMA, UH, WE HAD TWO CONTRACTS WITH THEM IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. ONE WAS FOR POLICY SERVICES, ONE WAS FOR A POLICY AUDIT AGREEMENT. UM, THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T CHARGE US FOR ONE OF 'EM, WHICH IS GREAT. IT'S A $2,900 SAVINGS ON OUR PART. SO WE, WE ONLY RECENTLY FOUND THAT OUT AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR IT. BUT IT WAS KIND OF COOL BECAUSE THEY, THEY SORT OF SAID THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS WE WERE DOING WAS THEY WERE ALREADY DOING BOTH OF 'EM IN THE ONE. AND SO THEY DIDN'T WANNA CHARGE US. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS NICE. EVEN THOUGH WE AGREED, WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR BOTH, WE SAVED $2,900. SO SBMA DID US A GOOD THING. UH, MRS. JONES AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE. WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING ON REVISING SOME OF THE POLICIES. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TWO OF 'EM TONIGHT. BCG AND THE OTHER ONE, BCE. UH, I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE STAY COMPLIANT WITH FOIA AS WE REVIEW THESE IMPORTANT SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES IN THE FUTURE. AGAIN, FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T AWARE OF THIS, THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS NO AUTHORITY OTHER THAN TO SHOOT THE BREEZE ABOUT THESE POLICIES, PUT SOME INPUT TOGETHER, AND THEN BRING THE POLICIES TO THIS FULL BOARD FOR, FOR INPUT. SO THERE'S SOME IN, WE GAVE, MADE SOME COMMENTS ON SOME OF THE THINGS, AND TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA TALK AS A FULL BOARD ABOUT IT. I MET WITH DR. WRIGHT FOR OUR FIRST MONTH, THE ONE-ON-ONE THAT HE, UH, INSTITUTED TO, FOR THE, EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO GO AND TALK ONE-ON-ONE AND TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS. IT WAS VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION. I'M GLAD HE REQUESTED US THAT WE DO IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE MEETINGS. AND, UM, THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. JONES. UM, I TOO, JUST WANNA THANK OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS FOR PREPPING, UH, THOSE, ALL THAT WORK FOR AT HOME, THE DISTANCE LEARNING WORK THAT THEY DID. UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S NEVER EASY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S LAST MINUTE. UM, AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THEM BEING LIKE, SMALL PACKETS SO THAT WE DON'T USE A TON OF PAPER. SO, UM, THAT WAS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT IDEAS THAT THE TEACHERS HAD COME UP WITH, GIVING THE KIDS OPTIONS OF THINGS TO DO EACH DAY. UM, AND IT MADE IT A LITTLE EASIER ON THE PARENTS FOR ME AT LEAST. UM, SO I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THAT EXTRA EFFORT IN THAT. UM, I WANNA THANK FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID THROUGHOUT THE SNOW AND THE ICE. UH, THIS WAS NOT AN EASY CLEANUP BY ANY MEANS. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS HAD AN EASY TIME WITH IT. UM, BUT I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR CLEANUP, AND I WANNA THANK, UM, DR. WRIGHT AND CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF FOR MAKING THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON STUDENT SAFETY. UM, IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF DAYS OFF, BUT WE WANT TO PUT SAFETY AS A PRIORITY. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. KLEIN. I WOULD TOO, LIKE TO, UH, THANK THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS. UM, I SAID IT THE LAST TIME, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. THESE, THOSE KIDS PROBABLY SHOULD BE SETTING UP HERE AND WE SHOULD BE SITTING DOWN THERE . BUT, BUT ANYWAY. AND THEN, UH, MY, UH, SCORE SAID THAT, UH, PROBABLY SHOULD START OVER, BUT . BUT ANYWAY, UM, I WANNA ALSO THANK MR. HELMICK AND HIS STAFF FOR GETTING IT DONE. IT WAS NOT A, NOT AN EASY SNOW, TRUST ME. I KNOW FIRSTHAND OF IT. UH, BUT YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB, UH, WANT TO THANK THE, UH, BUS DRIVERS AS WELL, BECAUSE DRIVING AROUND IN VERY NARROW SPOTS HAS NOT BEEN THE EASIEST EITHER. UH, SO THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. UM, ON JANUARY 14TH, I ATTENDED THE FFA ALUMNI MEETING. AND, UM, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO MARK THEIR CALENDARS FOR APRIL 11TH. IT'LL BE FROM FOUR TO EIGHT FOR THEIR, UH, FUNDRAISER. IT'S A STEAK DINNER AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL. UM, I'M POSITIVE THAT IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD MEAL. UM, TICKETS, WHEN, WHEN DID THEY SAY THE TICKETS WAS COMING? THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE YET. NOT QUITE [00:30:01] YET. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, ON, I HAD MY FIRST ONE-ON-ONE WITH, UH, DR. WRIGHT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS, UH, EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND REALLY LOOKED FORWARD TO THOSE MEETINGS EVERY MONTH. UM, FEBRUARY 25TH, UH, WE HAVE OUR FIRST BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING, AND ASSAILANTS WILL BE ATTENDING THAT. AND, UM, TO MR. ADAMS', UH, LAND LAB. I'M HOPING TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS THERE. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF IDEAS. I'VE NOT SUBMITTED 'EM TO ANYBODY, BUT, UM, I'M HOPING TO, UH, DISCUSS THOSE AND SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE MAKE SOME LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH THAT. AND, UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT WE ARE STARTING TO BUDGET TONIGHT AND, UH, REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS MUCH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE. UM, WE HAVE A JOINT WORK SESSION COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON THE 10TH WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND THEN THE, I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ON THE 18TH, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE EVERY OF THE BIGGEST TURNOUT WE COULD GET. SO, THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. MS. SI TOO ENJOYED THE, UH, THE PRACTICE WITH THE, THE EIGHTH GRADERS AND, AND RIDEABLE. I HAVE NOT USED THAT PROGRAM BEFORE, AND DEFINITELY GOT MY HAND SLAPPED FOR, UM, DOUBLE SPACING AFTER PERIODS. SO SAYS MY AGE, UM, THE, THE LAND LAB, UM, OUR FACILITIES COMMITTEE IN THE FALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE LAND IN MINE. SO YES, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE GET SOMETHING GOING WITH THAT. UM, AND I TOO HAD MY FIRST ONE-ON-ONE WITH DR. WRIGHT, WHICH WAS, WAS VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN I WAS ALSO ABLE TO COMPLETE A COUPLE OF THE SBMA TRAININGS, UM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF BOARD MEETINGS, WORK SESSIONS, AND STANDING COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS THE LEGAL AUTHORITY AND GOVERNING POWERS OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARDS. UM, AND I GUESS I NEED TO GIVE YOU THOSE CERTIFICATES BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN DOING THAT. UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO ECHO MOSTLY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY SAID THIS EVENING. UM, IT'S BEEN FUN HAVING KIDS COME TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS, AND IT'S FUN SEEING WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING AND HOW THEY'RE PUTTING THAT TO USE ON KIND OF EVERY LEVEL. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYONE WENT THROUGH TO GET THE REMOTE LEARNING SESSIONS READY FOR LAST WEEK, AND THEN ALSO TO GET EVERYTHING CLEARED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, UM, TO GET OUR STUDENTS SAFELY BACK IN THE BUILDINGS. UM, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING MR. ADAMS, AND KEEPING IT IN EVERYONE'S MIND. I KNOW YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. OUR COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT LAND LABS. THEY WILL SUPPORT OUR TECH PROGRAMS. SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT IT, AND AS MR. KLEIN SAID, AS WE'RE GOING INTO BUDGET SEASON, THE MORE PEOPLE CAN COME AND SPEAK ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE PROGRAMS. I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE HELPFUL, BECAUSE THE MORE WE HEAR ABOUT IT AND THE MORE WE HEAR ABOUT HOW OUR STUDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM MORE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM LEARNING, UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA REALLY BENEFIT EVERYBODY. SO, UM, I ATTENDED OUR FIRST, UM, MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR SCHOOL GOVERNING BOARD MEETING, UM, LAST MONTH. NOTHING REALLY BIG TO REPORT TO YOU GUYS. I WAS HOPING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME SEAT AVAILABILITY, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM WHAT OUR WAIT LIST LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR STUDENTS YET. SO HOPEFULLY AT THE WORK SESSION BEFORE OUR NEXT ONE, LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL, I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. UM, AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. SO NEXT UP [4.B. Superintendent’s Proposed Budget Presentation] THIS EVENING, WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE THIS EVENING, UH, FOR THIS BUDGET PRESENTATION, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY BEING NEW, BUT AT LEAST PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE ME. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY, THIS IS THE BEGINNING, BUT IT STARTED BACK IN AUGUST, I THINK, WITH DR. MARTIN. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG RUN. SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN IT SINCE AUGUST, THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE. SO WE ARE, WE'RE AT LAST. WE'RE AT LEAST TO THIS POINT WHERE, UH, IT REALLY BEGINS. SO, AND THE HARD WORK BEGINS. SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE PRESENTATION, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THROUGH IT. I KNOW THERE ARE PARTS OF THIS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN BEFORE. WE'LL, PROBABLY AT LEAST, UM, THREE OF YOU HAVE. AND TWO OF YOU, THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS WERE AT THE MEETING IN OCTOBER, WHERE, WHERE WE COVERED A GREAT DEAL OF, OF SOME OF THESE ITEMS. SO WE WILL MAYBE GLOSS OVER SOME OF THAT. BUT IF [00:35:01] WE'RE, IF WE'RE GOING TOO FAST, PLEASE, UH, YOU KNOW, ASK US QUESTIONS AT THE END AND WE CAN GO BACK OVER IT IN MORE DETAIL. SO, UH, JUST FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, A THANK YOU TO, UM, REALLY A DIVISIONWIDE EFFORT THAT'S BEEN PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, UH, FROM BACK IN THE FALL, FROM, UH, SENDING NOTES OUT TO OUR, UH, OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR SCHOOLS TO SEE WHERE OUR NEEDS WERE, AND THEN TAKING THOSE AND TURNING THOSE INTO, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU SAW, UH, IN OCTOBER. AND THEN, UH, THE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UH, STAFF. UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR LEADS, UH, AS WE'VE, UH, NEGOTIATED AND DISCUSSED, UH, ANY CHANGES THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE FROM, FROM THAT PRESENTATION TO GET TO THIS PRE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. UH, SO THE AGENDA AS YOU SEE BEFORE, YOU WILL GO THROUGH, UH, REALLY STARTING WITH CODE AND WHAT'S REQUIRED, UH, TOUCHING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, WILL HIT OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET. WE'LL GET TO NON-LABOR AND, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO A SUMMARY AND REMINDERS AT THE END. TO START OFF, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA SAYS VERY CLEARLY THAT, UM, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT A SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTS THE BUDGET TO, UH, TO THE BOARD. UH, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH I BELIEVE WE SAID WAS ON THE 18TH. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE, AND THAT'LL BE ON FIFTH 15TH STREET DIVERSIFIED MINE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, UH, AFTER TONIGHT'S HEARING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THEN. YOU CAN SEND EMAILS TO US. YOU CAN SEND EMAILS TO THE BOARD. UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT, WE WANT FEEDBACK, AND THE BOARD WANTS FEEDBACK AS THEY, AS THEY LISTEN TO THIS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN WE WILL WORK TO COME UP WITH, UH, AN ADOPTED BUDGET THAT THE BOARD WILL ADOPT AND USE TO PRESENT TO OUR SUPERVISORS. AND I BELIEVE THAT DATE IS MARCH THE FOURTH, THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO THEM, UH, IMPORTANTLY THAT WE ALIGN THIS WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'RE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION, AND WE'RE ON THE TAIL END OF THE OLD PLAN, BUT WE ALREADY KNOW SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING WITH THE CURRENT PLAN. SO THIS WILL, THIS WILL ALIGN WITH BOTH. THERE ARE SOME, UH, SOME THEMES THAT YOU WILL HEAR AND SEE, UH, THAT ARE LISTED. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE STAYING, OH, YOU KNOW, WHY? 'CAUSE I HAVE IT. UH, I'M LIKE, WHY IS THIS THING NOT WORKING? , THERE WE ARE. WE WILL SEE SOME CONSISTENT THEMES THROUGHOUT BOTH STRATEGIC PLANS, SO YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE. UM, SCHOOL SAFETY, BUT WILL BE A THEME THROUGHOUT, RELATED TO MANY THINGS FROM OUR, OUR SCHOOLS AND DISCIPLINE, ALSO TO OUR, OUR, OUR VEHICLES AND BUSES, UH, JUST FROM THE PLANNING AND STANDPOINT OF, OF HOW WE WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS SO THEY'RE NOT REPEATING THE SAME SORT OF OFFENSES AND HOW WE SUPPORT THEM. UH, AND THEN FOR COMMUNICATION IS ONE THAT EVERYONE OWNS, BUT NO ONE, EVERYONE DOES, BUT NO ONE OWNS. AND, AND WARREN COUNTY SCHOOLS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT. AND BECAUSE NO ONE OWNS IT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO IMPROVE UPON. SO I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT SEVERAL TIMES. I THINK THE BOARD HAS, HAS EXPRESSED THE CONCERN THAT WE NEED A CENTRAL FOCUS FROM A COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT, AND WE WILL BENEFIT FROM IT GREATLY. SO, UH, LONG-TERM PLANNING, SUCCESSION PLANNING, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEME RESONATE THROUGHOUT AS WELL, SO THAT IT'S NOT A SURPRISE WHEN WE MEET WITH OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SAY, WE NEED THIS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S EXPECTED. AND, AND SO WE, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE, UH, THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TOMORROW, MS. MEADOWS, TO JUST SORT OF REVIEW SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM TODAY. AND, AND THAT'S A THEME THAT WE WILL IMPRESS UPON HER AS WELL AS OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THAT WE DON'T WANNA BE SHOCKED THAT, YOU KNOW, YEAR AFTER YEAR, THERE'S AN ASK FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BUSES OR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, OF TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. 'CAUSE THOSE ARE ONGOING AND WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED THEM. UM, THE FOCUS ON CURRICULUM, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TEXTBOOKS. MS. BRAGG WILL MENTION THAT LATER TODAY. AND THEN JUST REALLY IMPROVING OUR SYSTEMS SO THAT IT'S NOT, WELL, THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS AT THIS SCHOOL AND THIS SCHOOL, BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A SYSTEMIC APPROACH AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND LASTLY, YOU'LL DEFINITELY SEE THE THEME OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO, WHEN WE GET TO THE END AND YOU SEE THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKE, REALLY? BUT, BUT I PROMISE WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO BE, UH, FRUGAL WITH, WITH THE FUNDS, UH, THAT WE HAVE. SO THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY MOVES INTO, UH, OUR SALARY SCALES. UH, THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT IN OCTOBER. I WAS ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT MEETING WHERE WE WERE GOING TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT BUMP, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BULK OF OUR, OF OUR, OF OUR INCREASE IS COMING FROM. TO ADD A 4% SALARY INCREASE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, PLUS A STEP. [00:40:01] THAT IS A, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG JUMP THAT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT I'M HEARING. OTHER, UH, UH, NOT COUNTING SOME OF THE DIVISIONS, BUT THE, THE ONES CLOSEST TO US. THAT'S A, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT JUMP. WHAT IT DOES IS IT GETS US COMPETITIVE. I THINK IT ADDS, UH, TO WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE COULD HAVE BEEN. UH, BUT IT'S ALSO TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT OF, OF WHERE WE MAYBE HAVE MISSED A FEW YEARS, UH, OVER TIME. SO, UH, BUT I THINK IT IS A REALLY GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND WE, WE KEPT THIS IN THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THERE'S, UH, A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAYING WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE VALUE YOU. WHEN WE APPRECIATE OUR TEACHERS, WE GIVE THEM A GIFT AND WE, WE, WE GIVE 'EM AN ATTABOY, AND, AND WE, WE, WE TELL 'EM WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY'RE DOING. BUT WHEN YOU AWARD THEM FINANCIALLY AND PAY THEM FOR THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, ADEQUATELY, IT SHOWS THAT WE VALUE THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING. SO, UH, I THINK, I THINK WE DO NEED TO DO BOTH. WE NEED TO SHOW APPRECIATION, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE VALUE THEM. AND THAT'S DONE, THAT'S DONE WITH, WITH COMPENSATION AND APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION. SO I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. AND ALSO THE ADDITIONAL, THE ADDITIONAL GROUPS ON THERE THAT CAN, UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE. UH, YES, UH, WE, WE ARE FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT FOR THE REASONS THAT I WILL GET OUT THE WAY. LET, ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS JUST A RECAP FROM WHAT I PRESENTED BACK IN OCTOBER OF THE SALARY SCALES. WE HAVE A THREE YEAR PLAN ON WHAT SCALES WE'RE GONNA BE TOUCHING. THIS IS JUST YEAR ONE. SO YEAR ONE IN FRONT OF YOU. IS IT IN THIS ONE? HMM. OKAY. SO IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE SALARY SCALES, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. AND ON THE ONE SIDE, IT'S GOING TO BE YELLOW, WHICH IS OUR PROPOSAL. AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE IS GREEN, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT. SO THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON ON WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH ARE ON GRADE SIX. AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A CONDENSED SALARY SCALE. AND THIS WILL ADJUST THE REFLEX OF CURRENT COST OF LIVING RAISES AND THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES THAT WE'RE FACING DAY TO DAY. THE PROPOSAL WILL ALSO INTRODUCE THE TWO DISTINCT LEVELS, WHICH ARE LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO. THE SEPARATION WILL RECOGNIZE THE INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES, INTENSIVE TRAINING, AND HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR LEVEL TWO. SO LEVEL ONE TWO WOULD INCLUDE OUR PRE-K STAFF, OUR LEARNING CENTER, AND OUR PATHWAYS CLASSROOMS, WHICH SPECIALIZE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION ROLES THAT PERFORM MORE ADAPTIVE AND BEHAVIORAL DUTIES THAN A INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT THAT WOULD SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN AN INCLUSIVE SETTING. WHILE ALL INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS ARE REQUIRED TO BECOME HIGHLY QUALIFIED, THIS STRUCTURE ALLOWS US TO BETTER ALIGN THE PAY WITH ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS WITH THEIR SKILLSET. SO YOU'LL SEE IN THERE THAT WE ARE BUMPING FROM THE BASE, OUR CURRENT BASE TO OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED. SO THEY AUTOMATICALLY WILL RECEIVE THAT $1,000. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH IS OUR BUS DRIVERS. WE ARE PROPOSING TO MOVE OUR FOUR AND A HALF HOUR BUS DRIVERS TO OUR FIVE HOUR BUS DRIVERS. THIS CHANGE WILL SUPPORT OUR ROUTE COMPLIANCE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE STAGGERED SCHOOL START TIMES. THIS WILL INCREASE THE BASE HOURS TO BETTER REFLECT THE ACTUAL TIME THAT THE DRIVERS ARE DRIVING. AND THEN IT WILL ALSO ELIMINATE THE NEEDS FOR TIME SHEETS TO REFLECT THOSE EXTENDED HOURS THAT THEY ARE WORKING. THIS WILL CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT AND CONSISTENT COMPENSATION MODEL FOR OUR DRIVERS. WE ARE LEAVING THE EIGHT HOUR DRIVERS STILL THERE WITH THE 4% PLUS STEP, BUT THIS IS THE BIG CHANGE FOR THE FOUR AND A HALF TO FIVE. WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH ARE OUR DEAN OF STUDENTS. SO OUR DEAN AND STUDENTS IS GOING TO BE A STANDALONE GRADE 24. THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW SCALE THAT WE ARE CREATING. THEY ARE CURRENTLY ON THE TEACHER SCALE, GRADE ONE THROUGH FIVE, WITH AN ADDITIONAL, UM, SUPPLEMENT ADDED IN. SO THIS WILL MOVE THEM TO THE STEPPING STONE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR'S SCALE. SO GRADE 24 WILL BE NEW, AND IT IS INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED FOR A CAREER STEPPING STONE, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE EDUCATORS TO HAVE A ONE TO TWO YEARS OF LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE FROM THE CLASSROOM AS A DEAN. PROVIDES A CLEAR PATHWAY TOWARDS [00:45:01] THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND THEN WILL INCLUDE THE SUPPLEMENT, WHICH IS A REDUCTION. SO THEY CURRENTLY GET 7,500. WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THAT TO 3000 FOR NEW HIRES. OUR CURRENT DEANS OF STUDENTS ARE GONNA BE GRANDFATHERED IN AND WILL STILL RECEIVE THE 7,500. WE'LL MOVE TO THE NURSE SCALE. THE CURRENT NURSE SCALE ARE RNS, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO SPLIT THE CURRENT RN SCALE IN TWO, LITERALLY DIVIDED IT IN HALF ALMOST. AND WE ADDED LPNS. SO LPNS WOULD GIVE OUR SCHOOLS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR CANDIDATE POOL. WE HAVE BEEN IN, IN NEED OF SCHOOL NURSES FOR MANY YEARS WHERE WE HAVE VACANCIES, STILL VACANCIES. SO IF YOU KNOW ANY RNS, PLEASE HAVE THEM APPLY AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO REVIEW THEIR APPLICATION. BUT, SO WE NEED SUPPORT TO REDUCE THOSE VACANCIES, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN THE LPNS AND TO HAVE THEM A PART OF OUR NURSING STAFF TO GROW THEM. MOVING ON TO THE LAST, WHICH IS THE VHSL HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACHES. WE ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE MODEL, WHICH IS ZERO THROUGH 14 PLUS TO A FLAT RATE STIPEND. THIS WILL PROVIDE A GREATER CONSISTENCY, EASIER BUDGETING, CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR COMPENSATIONS REGARDLESS OF THE TENURE. AND THE SCALES HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN OVER 10 YEARS. THESE PROPOSED SCALES ARE ADJUSTMENTS, ALIGN WITH COMPENSATION WITH OUR CURRENT OPERATION, DEMANDS, QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHILE RE SUPPORTING RECRUITMENT INTENTION AND COMPLIANCE. THE CHANGES WILL PROVIDE A CLEAR CAREER PATHWAY, IMPROVE CONSISTENCIES ACROSS POSITIONS, AND MORE EFFICIENT TO USE OF RESOURCES OVERALL. THE PROPOSAL STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS IN A SUSTAINABLE, RESPONSIBLE WAY. AND THAT WILL BE OUR PLAN ONE PROPOSAL FOR YOU. APOLOGIZE FOR THE SHIFTING AROUND, BUT I APPRECIATE MS. POE FOR THE DETAILED, UH, DESCRIPTION AND ALL THE SALARY SCALES, UH, AND ALL THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE TO, TO REALLY GET INTO THE DETAIL THERE AND, AND EXPLAIN IT SO WELL. SO, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, THE SHIFT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RAISES, BUT ALSO WITH THE, UH, WITH THOSE GROUPS THAT ARE IN HIGH NEED THAT, UH, I THINK THAT IS A VERY GOOD CHANGE THERE. UM, I BELIEVE, DID WE MISS ONE? ARE WE STILL ON? DID WE, WE HAVE, UM, WE DIDN'T MISS ONE. DID THE COST. OKAY. IS THAT, THAT'S NOT IN THERE, IS IT? OKAY. SO JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, WE DO HAVE HANDOUTS THAT THE BOARD HAS, UH, ONCE WE, THIS WEEK, PROBABLY TOMORROW, UH, WE WILL HAVE THE, IF NOT FRIDAY AT THE VERY LATEST, WE WILL HAVE THE HANDOUTS INCLUDED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PRESENTATION, AND THOSE WE POSTED ONLINE AS WELL, AS WELL AS BOMB BOARD DOCS. AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THOSE HANDOUTS SO THAT THEY FOLLOW, UM, THE SAME ORDER SO THAT, THAT WE HAVE. SO, APOLOGIES THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE TO THE, THE COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT SO THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THEM. SO THE NEXT HANDOUT IS, UM, SORT OF THE SUMMARY OF THE, WHAT MS. POE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, WHICH IS THE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT TITLE, THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 2026 STEP PLUS 4% FOR ALL SCALES, PLUS INCREASE FOR BUS DRIVERS TO FIVE HOURS, AND THE NURSES, AND THE COACHES AND THE ASSISTANTS. SO IT HAS THE TOTAL COST ON THAT, AND THAT'S WITH OUR CURRENT STAFF, UH, WITH THOSE ENHANCEMENTS LISTED THERE. UH, AND THE TOTAL BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, WHICH IS WHAT I ALWAYS DO, AND GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM TO SEE, TO SEE THE DAMAGE, UH, IS 71 MILLION 381 944. SO THAT IS OUR TOTAL COST OF PERSONNEL, UH, FOR CURRENT PERSONNEL WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE CHANGES. AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK DOWN OF NOTE UNDER POSITION, YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UM, SUBS LINE, WHICH IS THE BOTTOM, UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THAT IS INCLUDED. UH, THE $1.1 MILLION IS INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER. UH, PLUS, UH, FICA TOTALING ONE POINT, YOU KNOW, SEVEN 1,000,754, [00:50:02] SORRY, I'M OFF MY LINES HERE. ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS 602, UM, IS THE SUBLINE. SO THAT HAS BEEN MOVED, UH, WITH THE RECOMMENDED SHIFT FROM, UM, TAKING ON SUBS, UH, THAT IS INCLUDED NOW IN LABOR. SO THAT, AGAIN, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS NUMBER OF 71 MILLION, UM, 381, 940 $4. SO, UM, THERE'S NO OTHER PROBABLY SAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE END, IF THAT'S OKAY. AND IF YOU WANNA MAKE NOTES, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THOSE QUESTIONS. IF SO, WE'LL MOVE ON TO MS. DRAKE, AND I THINK SHE'S GONNA TALK TO US ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE AND BENEFITS. GOOD EVENING, NOT A NEW CONVERSATION. UM, THIS IS MORE OF A, WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH OUR BENEFITS. SO WE ARE STILL WAITING. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM JANUARY 31ST WITH OUR RENEWAL RATES, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THOSE YET. SO WE DO HAVE TO WAIT ON THOSE FOR OUR RFP PROCESS, WHICH, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WE WILL BE DOING, UM, SO EVERYTHING WITHIN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION TO INCLUDE THE SIDE, THAT SLIDE THAT DR. WRIGHT JUST TALKED ABOUT, WE ARE GOING OFF THE BUDGET WITH A 12% ESTIMATED INCREASE WITH THE CURRENT PLANS THAT WE HAVE. UM, TRYING TO JUST PULL SOMETHING ELSE OUT OF THE SKY JUST DOES NOT SEEM TO MAKE SENSE. SO WE'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL WE GET OUR QUOTE BACK, UM, ON WHAT OUR RENEWAL RATE WILL BE. AND THEN WE WILL START THE RFP PROCESS TO LOOK AT FULLY INSURED, SELF-INSURED, UM, SCENARIOS MOVING FORWARD. SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST, OH, SORRY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE AT THIS TIME. UM, WHICH IS JUST OUT OF OUR CONTROL. UM, ON YOUR HANDOUTS, THERE ARE THE NUMBERS. THESE, AGAIN, HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT BEFORE, JUST THE 12% SPLIT, UM, WITH EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE NOW. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE, REVIEW THOSE, REVAMP THOSE AS WE ARE ABLE, BUT ONCE WE GET THE NUMBERS IN. ALL RIGHT, MOVING TO, UH, SORRY, UM, MOVING OVER TO SUBSTITUTES, DR. WRIGHT. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, SO FOR, UM, THE SUBSTITUTES, AS I, AS I JUST MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, ONE OF THE BIG TRANSITIONS THIS YEAR IS TO BRING SUBSTITUTE STAFFING BACK IN-HOUSE AT WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. UM, I THINK, UH, THE PURPOSE HERE REALLY IS TO THINK THROUGH BRINGING THOSE BACK FOLKS BACK INTO, TO OUR, AS OUR OWN EMPLOYEES, UH, WHICH HAS SOME BENEFITS AND ALSO SOME, SOME DRAWBACKS. THERE'S THE COST OF BRINGING THAT BACK ON, UH, BUT THEN THEY ARE OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND IT PROVIDES MORE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE LONG RUN. UM, I THINK, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, COST OVERVIEW ON THE SLIDE, UH, WHAT WE CURRENTLY BUDGET FOR OUR SUBS IS 888,000, UH, THAT HAS BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND WE KNOW IT, UH, SO THAT THEY ASK WILL BE 1.1, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTED TO SPEND. AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A PRETTY SOLID NUMBER OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED, AND IT HAS BEEN IN, IN RECENT YEARS. SO, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL ADD THAT, UH, TO THE BUDGET OF 1.1 MILLION FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH SUBS. UH, IN ADDITION, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO ELIMINATE THE SICK LEAVE INCENTIVE THAT'S CURRENTLY PAID OUT OF THE SUBSTITUTE BUDGET. UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT $50,000 THAT WE WOULD BE 52, I BELIEVE. 58 58, YEAH, $58,000 THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING OUT WOULD LIKELY GO DOWN BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, FROM OUR SURVEY DATA THAT MS. DRAKE HAS COLLECTED, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS NOT REALLY THE MOTIVATING FACTOR OF WHETHER, UH, AN EMPLOYEE CHOOSES TO TAKE A DAY OR NOT. IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO TAKE DAYS, THEY TAKE THEIR DAYS, AND, UH, AND IF THEY WANT TO COME TO WORK, THEY COME TO WORK. AND THAT'S NOT REALLY THE, THE, THE THING THAT'S MAKING THEM COME TO WORK ON THAT DAY. SO WE ARE GONNA RECOMMEND THAT IT'S NOT A BIG ITEM, UH, AS FAR AS THE BUDGET'S CONCERNED, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAVING AN IMPACT, AND IT WOULD BE A SAVINGS TO THAT, UH, VERY LARGE AND GROWING, UH, SUB UH, EXPENSE. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL, UM, ALIGN OUR SUB PAY FROM, UH, THE ESS MANAGED RATES TO THE WCPS, UH, CONTROLLED RATES, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, A SAVINGS FOR US, BUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY OUR SUBS MORE. SO WE'LL REALIZE SOME SAVINGS BASED ON [00:55:01] THE CUT OF THE MANAGERIAL FEE AND THE OVERAGE, UH, AND BE ABLE TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES A LITTLE BIT MORE IN MOST CASES. AND WE'LL, WE'LL TALK THROUGH, UH, THOSE DETAILS. UM, MS. DRAKE WILL IN A, IN A, UM, HANDOUT, I DID WANNA SAY THAT, UM, WHILE I CAME ON LATE, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF SPEAKING WITH OUR BOARD AND SPEAKING TO SEVERAL EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ESS, THIS IN NO WAY REFLECTS THEM. UH, OR MS. SHANLEY, WHO I KNOW IS HERE TONIGHT, UH, BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HER, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS, THIS PROBABLY WOULD'VE FAILED LARGELY. AND SHE REALLY KIND OF CAME IN, TOOK IT OVER, AND MADE IT A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. SO, AND BY NO MEANS IS THIS, UH, UH, REFLECTION ON ANYONE AT ESS. THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN A VERY SHORT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM. BUT HISTORICALLY, AND LISTENING TO, UH, WHAT OTHERS HAVE SHARED WITH ME, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, A GOOD PARTNERSHIP. HOWEVER, UM, AS NICE AS IT IS THAT THEY DO THE THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR US, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE THAT OVER SO THAT WE CAN REALIZE SOME OF THOSE SAVINGS. SO IT'S REALLY JUST A COST SAVINGS, UH, PIECE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL LET MS. DRAKE SPEAK TO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THIS. UM, SO ON YOUR NEXT SLIDE, UM, I JUST DID A TREND LINE. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE ESS HAS DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB FILLING ALL OF OUR VACANCIES AND NEEDS, WE ARE OVERSPENDING, UM, WITHIN THAT BUDGET. SO ON AVERAGE, WE ARE OVERSPENDING, UM, APPROXIMATELY 73,000 PER YEAR, UH, WHICH IS A 54% SPENDING VARIATION. AND SO WE WILL STILL NEED TO ALLOCATE EVEN TAKING THIS BACK ON MORE MONEY WITHIN THAT BUDGET LINE. UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE EITHER VACANCIES, WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT ON SHORT-TERM DISABILITY, LONG-TERM DISABILITY, FMLA, AND THOSE ARE JUST THE UNCONTROLLABLE THINGS, UM, IN MOST CASES THAT WE HAVE. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, PEOPLE HAVE TIME OFF, UM, PEOPLE GET SICK, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. AND THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE DAYS. AND WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE DIVISION IN ONE DAY AND WHAT A SUBRATE COULD EVEN COST, UM, WE WILL STILL NEED TO INCREASE THAT LINE. SO THAT WAS JUST A VISUAL ON WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED AND WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING. UM, AGAIN, THE REFLECTION ON HERE WAS THE SICK LEAVE INCENTIVE PAYOUT WAS ALSO COMING OUT OF THIS BUDGET LINE. UM, AND THEN ON THE NEXT HANDOUT, IT DOES TALK THROUGH, UH, WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW WITHIN OUR CONTRACT, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PAY RATES. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO CONDENSE THEM TO THREE. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE A HALF DAY SUB, A FULL DAY SUB, AND A LONG-TERM SUB. UM, WHEN I START TALKING ABOUT MY NON-LABOR INCREASE, I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR TIME AND ATTENDANCE SYSTEM THAT WE WILL NEED. UH, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO BRING THE SUBS ON FULL-TIME, AND WE'LL HAVE TO MONITOR, MONITOR THEIR TIME APPROPRIATELY, SO THAT WAY WE ARE NOT, UM, HAVING THEM WORK TOO MANY HOURS WITHOUT OFFERING THEM BENEFITS. SO ON HERE WE HAVE, UH, TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL AID AND CLERICAL THREE CATEGORIES, UM, INCLUDING THE FICA, THE TOTAL RATE, UM, IS IN THE DARK GRAY ON WHAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING. AND THE ORANGE IS THE CURRENT BILLING RATE, UH, FOR DEGREED. 'CAUSE WE HAVE DEGREED AND NON-DEGREE RIGHT NOW BILLING RATES. AND SO WENT WITH THE, THE HIGHER OF THE TWO. AND SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE TO PAY A HALF DAY SUB TEACHER, $67, UH, FOR THAT, THE ES S'S RATE IS $77 AND 53 CENTS, WE WOULD BE SAVING $5 AND 40 CENTS PER SUB, UM, JUST BY SWITCHING IT OVER TO OUR RATES TO MAKE IT MORE, UM, WITHIN OUR CONTROL AND THROUGH THE BUDGET. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW. WE WOULD NOT BE DOING BUILDING BASED SUBS, UM, AS THE BUILDING BASED SUBS RECEIVE THE MOST. AND SO BY TAKING THEM BACK, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE FUNDING FOR THEM. UM, WE DID HEAR FROM SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS, ONCE WE HAVE THEM IN THE BUILDING, WE CAN'T TAKE THEM OUTTA THE BUILDING. WE CAN'T FLOAT THEM ANYWHERE. IF THEY'RE OUR EMPLOYEES, WE CAN ACTUALLY FLOAT PEOPLE IF WE NEED TO. UH, BUT THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT THEY ARE, THEY ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TO THEN BE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ONE PER BUILDING, LET'S JUST EVEN CALL IT 10, THAT WOULD BE 10 FTES THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR, AND THEN IT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE. SO WE WOULD BE REMOVING THOSE. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO NON-LABOR. UH, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UH, IN THIS SLIDE THAT WE WERE LEVEL FUNDED, NON NON LEVEL, UH, SORRY, [01:00:01] LEVEL FUNDED IN OUR NON-LABOR BUDGET LAST YEAR. UH, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THAT JUST CREATES AN ONGOING GAP THAT, UH, WE, SO NEXT, LAST YEAR FOR THIS YEAR, UH, WE'VE HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO TRY TO, UM, MAKE THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE THINGS INCREASE, UH, OUR NEEDS INCREASE. BUT IF WE'RE LEVEL FUNDED THERE, THEN, THEN WE CREATE LARGER GAPS FOR THIS YEAR IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE. SO THAT, THAT IS CERTAINLY A, A CONVERSATION THAT I WILL WANT TO CONTINUE, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ONGOING, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET AS OPPOSED TO A LOT ONE YEAR AND, AND MAYBE VERY LITTLE THE NEXT YEAR, SO THAT WE CAN ALL KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AND BUILD AND BUILD TOWARDS THAT. IN THAT MINDSET. WE LOOKED AT OUR NON-LABOR BUDGET WITH OUR, UH, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WE CAME UP WITH A FIXED RATE, UH, PER STUDENT EXPENDITURE OR PER STUDENT FUNDING, VERY MUCH THE WAY THE STATE DOES US. AND THEN WE SORT OF ARE DOING THE SAME THING. SO THOSE AMOUNTS WERE 1 25, 2 15, AND TWO 40, UH, FOR, FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. AND WE ADDED 3% TO THAT FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. AND THAT'S HOW WE WILL FUND A PER PUPIL, UH, EXPENSES FOR THE STUDENTS. THAT WAY IT'S EQUITABLE ACROSS THE BOARD. UH, AND THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE, THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE MOST STUDENTS WOULD GET MORE FUNDING BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAVE MORE NEEDS. UH, AND THEN, UH, I THINK THAT I THINK THERE WERE SOME INEQUITIES, UH, BASED ON A SYSTEM THAT WE REALLY WEREN'T SURE HOW IT WAS DEVELOPED, BUT SOME SCHOOLS HAD MORE, SOME SCHOOLS HAD LESS. SO THIS, UH, I APPRECIATE STAFF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, AND I THINK THIS WILL WILL GO A LONG WAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT, UH, NON-LABOR BUDGET SCHOOLWIDE. UH, THE NEXT SLIDE LOOKS AT OUR NON-LABOR BY DEPARTMENTS. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, FY 27 PROPOSED BUDGET AND THEN THE INCREASE. SO YOU HAVE A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF THAT. I'M GONNA ASK SOME OF OUR, UM, COST CENTER, UH, HEADS TO SPEAK TO THEIR INCREASES, ESPECIALLY, UH, IF IT'S, IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT, UH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME UP AND SPEAK TO THOSE. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH, UM, UM, I'M JUST GONNA NAME THEM OFF. SO I THINK MR. STEFANSKI IS GONNA GO FIRST WITH TECHNOLOGY. THEN DR. COSTNER WILL FOLLOW AND COVER ALL OF HIS AREAS, FOLLOWED BY MS. DRAKE WILL BE THIRD, UM, FOLLOWED BY MS. BRAGG AND INSTRUCTION. UM, AND THEN I DON'T, I THINK MS. SPERLING WOULD BE THE LAST ONE THAT WOULD NEED TO SPEAK. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM. I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE THIS HANDOUT IN FRONT OF YOU. IF NOT, LET ME KNOW. I, SO I'M REQUESTING A $500,000 INCREASE IN THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET, AND I JUST WANTED TO WALK THROUGH THE, THE, WHAT I WOULD USE THAT MONEY FOR IN THE, IN THE ORDER OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE DO. SO 316,000, UH, WOULD USE THAT ANNUALLY TO HELP DEVELOP, UH, REFRESH FOR OUR CHROMEBOOKS AND PCS. I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE. UH, RIGHT NOW OUR REFRESH, IF WE JUST USE IT TOWARDS CHROMEBOOKS, GETS US AT ABOUT 11%. BUT THAT WOULD MEAN WE WEREN'T USING ANYTHING FOR PCS AT ALL. SO RIGHT NOW, WE KIND OF HAVE TO SHIFT A POOL OF MONEY, KIND OF CHOOSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET THOSE UP TO 20% REFRESH CONSIDERING THAT CHROMEBOOKS HAVE A SHELF LIFE ABOUT FIVE YEARS, THAT WOULD PUT US ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE FOR THAT. UH, THE NEXT CATEGORY IS JUST TALKING ABOUT E-RATE. I PUT IN AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THE $30,500 ANNUALLY FOR CATEGORY TWO E-RATE AND $10,000 ANNUALLY FOR THE DARK FIBER RELEASE THAT WE JUST STARTED THIS YEAR. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T HEARD ME TALK ABOUT E-RATE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, , IT'S REALLY JUST A DISCOUNT PROGRAM THAT'S PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES, UH, THAT HELPS US TO FUND THINGS LIKE THE INTERNET AND INTERNAL CONNECTIONS FOR, FOR THE INTERNET. SO, UH, THEY BREAK IT INTO TWO CATEGORIES. ONE IS FOR THE INTERNET SERVICES, THE OTHER IS FOR THE INTERNAL CONNECTIONS, AND THEY BOTH FUNCTION ON THAT DISCOUNT. WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN THIS POSITION, OUR DISCOUNT AND WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THAT WAS 70%, WHICH IS STILL PRETTY GOOD. AND IT IS NOW UP TO, UH, 85% DISCOUNT. SO WE REALLY CAN GET A GREAT BANG FOR OUR BUCK BY MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE FUNDS IN THERE, UH, THAT I CAN PURCHASE THOSE KIND OF ITEMS. SO ANNUALLY WE PAY FOR THE INTERNET SERVICES AND ACCESS POINT LICENSES, OUR FIREWALL. THESE ARE CRITICAL THINGS THAT WE NEED. UM, AND THEN, UH, IF WE HAVE MONEY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN, IN PAST TIMES, I'VE HAD TO TURN DOWN CERTAIN ITEMS 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MATCH, [01:05:01] UH, THEN IT WOULD ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE AND REFRESH THOSE ITEMS SUCH AS OUR SWITCHES, UM, IN SOME OF OUR KEY SYSTEMS. SO FOR THIS, FOR THIS THING HERE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IT COVERS THE INSTALLATION, THE WARRANTIES, ASSOCIATED LICENSES, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO WE CAN USE THAT TO, TO PURCHASE. UH, RIGHT NOW FOR THE CATEGORY TWO ITEMS, WHICH ARE THE, THE SWITCHES AND INTERNAL THINGS, UH, THEY FUND SCHOOLS ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE, WHICH WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FIVE YEAR CYCLE COMING INTO THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF A GOOD TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THAT. UM, OUR ALLOTTED BUD BUDGET IS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE COULD SPEND ON EQUIPMENT OVER THAT FIVE YEAR SPAN. SO THAT'S WHY I PUT THE ASTERISK IN THERE TO JUST SAY WE COULD SPEND THE 30,000 ANNUALLY, BUT SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A BIGGER EXPENDITURE, LIKE IF I HAVE TO UPGRADE A BIG SYSTEM LIKE OUR CORE SWITCH SYSTEM. SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANNA JUST SAY I ALWAYS WANNA SPEND THIS PARTICULAR AMOUNT. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME FLUIDITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO TAKE CARE OF SOME BUSINESS. UM, SO AFTER THE CHROMEBOOK REFRESH, PC REFRESH AND E-RATE, UH, THE, THE REMAINING AMOUNT THERE OF THE $140,000, $500, SORRY, $143,500, THAT WOULD BE A POOL OF MONEY THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF. OTHER PRIORITIES LIKE SECURITY CAMERAS, UH, SERVERS, DIGITAL DISPLAYS, PERIPHERAL HARDWARE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU. UM, I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT TWO OF OUR, UM, CALL CENTERS. ONE, WE'LL START WITH TRANSPORTATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A $99,000 INCREASE. AND REALLY THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OF OUR COST OF EQUIPMENT AND, UM, THE, UM, PARTS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO WHEN WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE PARTS, THE INCREASED PRICE AND PARTS, AND ALSO THE INCREASE IN THE FUEL COST AND MAINTAINING OUR FLEET. FURTHER. LATER ON IN THE, UM, PRESENTATION, I WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TO KINDA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE INTO WHY THAT INCREASE IS THERE, AND POSSIBLY LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP FIX THAT DOWN THE ROAD. SO, BUT THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN A LATER SLIDE. ALSO UNDER, AS YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ADMINISTRATION, THERE'S OVER A $70,000 INCREASE IN THE PRIMARY FOR THAT IS TWO THINGS. ONE IS OUR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH OUR CUSTODIAL, UM, COMPANY, HES. UM, IT IS A 3% INCREASE. WE, AND THAT IS ANOTHER SLIDE LATER ON THAT WE'LL GO OVER WITH YOU ALL. UM, AND THE OTHER ONE IS A PURCHASE OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM CALLED ARBITER. UM, ARBITER IS A PROGRAM THAT WE USE TO MAINTAIN OUR USE OF FACILITIES TO WHERE IT CAN DOCUMENT, AND IT ALSO HELPS TO ORGANIZE IT AND HELPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FEES ARE SENT OUT CORRECTLY. AND THAT HELPS WITH IF THERE'S ANY CONFLICTS OR ANYTHING. SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE TWO REASONS FOR THE INCREASE THERE FOR WITHIN THAT BUDGET. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO THE HUMAN RESOURCE LINE DIDN'T SOUND TOO BAD UNTIL I STARTED ADDING IT UP AND THEN WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY. UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO MODERNIZE, MODERNIZE OUR SYSTEMS AND APPROVED COMPLIANCE, DATA ACCURACY AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. UM, SO I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR. UM, I THINK I MADE THE COMMENT THAT WE LIVE IN THE FLINTSTONES BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS MANUAL, MANUAL, MANUAL. IT DOES LEAD TO HUMAN ERROR. THAT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN A LOT OF EXCEL SHEETS. AND SO RIGHT NOW I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR INTEGRATION AND REDUCE MANUAL DATA ENTRY BY GOING FROM FIVE SYSTEMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, TO THREE HRIS SYSTEMS AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING. UH, PART OF THAT COST WILL COME FROM OUR TIME AND ATTENDANCE. UM, GOING TO CHANGE HOW WE DO OUR EVALUATIONS, UM, HOW WE ARE TRACKING. UM, IF THE SUBS DO COME BACK OVER TO US, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO STILL MAINTAIN THAT ABSENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS WELL. UH, PART OF THE OTHER ITEM ON HERE IS THAT OUR BACKGROUND CHECKS. SO THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAS ACTUALLY SIGNED A CONTRACT WHERE WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR SYSTEM OUT THIS YEAR. THAT IS A $9,000 COST. IF WE DO NOT DO THAT, THIS, BECAUSE IN MAY IT'S GONE. UM, AND THEN OUR FINGERPRINTS MIGHT NOT GO THROUGH NCIC AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO SEND CANDIDATES OUT. AND SO WE WOULD RATHER MANAGE THAT IN HOUSE. SO WE DO HAVE TO PURCHASE THE NEW SYSTEM THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO PAY. THAT WILL GO UP TO 3000 EVERY YEAR. UM, SO WE JUST, OUR OTHER SYSTEMS THAT WE EVEN CURRENTLY [01:10:01] HAVE, UH, THEY ARE INCREASING. WE'RE NOT GETTING THE SAME RATES AS WE PAID LAST YEAR. THEY ARE ALSO INCREASING THEM. AND SO, UM, AS WE START TO KIND OF REDUCE THEM FROM FIVE TO THREE AND STAY WITH ONE SYSTEM, WE DO GET A DISCOUNTED RATE, UH, FOR HAVING MORE SYSTEMS WITHIN THAT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE USING. UM, THE OTHER ITEM IS THE CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE. UM, I DID TALK ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR. RIGHT NOW WE ARE CHARGING PEOPLE COMING IN TO WORK FOR US. IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE THEIR BACKGROUND, AND YET WE CHARGE THEM. UM, WE DO COVER, UH, THE CPS OR THE, YOU KNOW, CHILD PROTECTIVE SIDE OF IT. WE DO PAY FOR THAT, UM, WHICH IS NICE OF US. HOWEVER, I WOULD HATE TO ASK SOMEBODY TO BRING IN CASH OR A CHECK TO PAY FOR THEIR BACKGROUND IF WE ARE WANTING THEM TO WORK FOR US. UM, SO AGAIN, THE INCREASE OF THAT IS IF WE DO, AND RIGHT NOW OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE FREE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE PAY. AND SO IF WE DO BRING ON SUBSTITUTES BACK IN, THAT WOULD INCREASE THAT COST AS WELL. UM, FOR THERE. SO WOULD AGAIN, REALLY JUST LIKE TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMPLIANCE AND REMO REMOVE AND REDUCE ANY RISKS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WITHIN OUR WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT. UH, FOR THE INSTRUCTION BUDGET, UH, THE $390,198 DOES INCLUDE $125,000 INCREASE TO PURCHASE LEXIA MIDDLE, WHICH IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL READING INTERVENTION PROGRAM, AND CONTINUE TO PURCHASE ELEMENTARY READING CONSUMABLES. AND BOTH OF THOSE PURCHASES ARE PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT THAT WE HAVE INTERVENTION, UH, PROGRAMS AND, UH, CONSUMABLES FOR K THROUGH EIGHT. IT ALSO THAT $125,000 ALSO INCLUDES PURCHASING IREADY, K EIGHT, UH, THE MATH DIAGNOSTIC AND PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAVE, UH, UTILIZED IREADY AND IT PROVIDES AND FILLED SOME GAPS WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE CONSISTENT MATH DATA OUTSIDE OF, UH, OUR BENCHMARKS AND SOL SCORES. SO THIS IS LIKE A DIAGNOSTICS ASSESSMENT THAT THE STUDENTS TAKE THREE TIMES A YEAR, AND THAT'S ALSO RUNS RIGHT NOW, FIRST GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. WE WOULD PROBABLY ADD KINDERGARTEN. UM, AS MUCH AS I LOVE ON THE SLIDE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE I'M SAVING THE DIVISION $30,000, UM, AS THE ONLY PERSON THAT DID THAT , IT IS A MISREPRESENTATION. THERE IS NOT A DEDUCTION OF $30,000, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH ALL IN FUNDING THAT CAME TO US THREE YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR WE CAN SPEND IT. IT WAS INCLUDED IN MY OVERALL BUDGET. THAT MONEY NO LONGER EXISTS. SO THERE'S NOT A $30,000 SAVINGS THERE. I'M SORRY TO REPORT . THANKS, . GOOD EVENING. THE SPECIAL SERVICES NON-LABOR BUDGET INCLUDES AN $80,000 INCREASE, UM, TO SUPPORT THE RISING NEEDS FOR AND THE RISING COSTS OF REQUIRED CONTRACTED SERVICES AS DETERMINED BY STUDENTS' IEPS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO A FREE, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION OR FA AND COMPLIANCE WITH IDEA REGULATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH LOW INCIDENTS, DISABILITY NEEDS. THE DIS THE, THE DIVISION REQUIRES CONTRACTED AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES IN THE AREAS OF VISION. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, WHEN A SUBSTITUTE IS REQUIRED FOR OUR TRANSLATOR, ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SPECIALIZED BEHAVIOR SERVICES. THESE SERVICES ADDRESS REALLY HIGHLY SPECIALIZED NEEDS, UH, FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT CANNOT BE MET THROUGH EXISTING DIVISION STAFF DUE TO THE RARITY OF THE DISABILITY NEEDS BEING SERVED, THE CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE NEEDED TO CONDUCT SUCH SERVICES AND THE TRULY INDIVIDUALIZED NATURE OF THE SUPPORTS REQUIRED FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THANK YOU. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I, I BRIEFLY MENTIONED EARLIER. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A CON, A CONTRACTUAL INCREASES. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DID GO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HES AS OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICES THAT [01:15:01] WE PROVIDE. AND, UM, THE CONTRACTED PRICE WAS $2,000,265 $2,265,288, WHICH IS AROUND A MONTHLY, UH, FEE THAT WE PAY IS, UM, $188,774. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING RIGHT NOW. WITHIN THE CONTRACT, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO AN INCREASE. UM, WE GO THROUGH A RENEWAL BASIS IS FOR FOUR YEARS. THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST RENEWAL WITH THEM. UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE OF A 3% INCREASE. WE WILL HAVE A MEETING LATER WITH HES. WE'LL COME IN AND MEET WITH, UM, MYSELF AND DR. WRIGHT TO GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT THE RENEWAL INCREASE. BUT THE, UM, THE CURRENT INCREASE THEY'RE LOOKING AT WITH A 3% INCREASE, WE'LL CHANGE IT TO, UM, $2,333,246 AND 64 CENTS. THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR MONTHLY AMOUNT WOULD INCREASE TO THE, UM, $194,437 AND 22 CENTS. THAT'S THE CON WITHIN THE CONTRACT. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING THAT. UM, SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR THAT INCREASE THERE. THE OTHER, UM, INCREASE RATE THROUGH OUR, UM, CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH SODEXOS, WITH OUR FOOD AND NUTRITION, AS YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, THROUGH THE YEARS WE'VE EXPERIENCED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREAT, WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. UM, TO EXPLAIN THE INCREASE, UM, I I WILL DO MY BEST. UM, IT'S BASED ON A PER MEAL. AND THE WAY THAT WAY THAT THIS WORKS IS THAT SODEXO CAN, FOR THE RENEWAL, THEY ASK FOR AN INCREASE IN THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AND THEIR MANAGERIAL FEE. AND THE AMOUNT, WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING RIGHT NOW WITHIN OUR BUDGET, THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATOR FEE IS 0.14 CENTS. THE IN THE NEW FEE WILL BE 0.0142, WHICH IS A 0.01 CENTS INCREASE. AND THAT'S UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, THE MANAGEMENT FEE. NOW, THIS IS PER MEAL, OKAY? SO WITH THE MANAGEMENT FEE, UM, IT'S CURRENTLY AT 0.107. THE INCREASE WILL BE AT 0.11. THAT IS A 0.004 INCREASE TO A TOTAL INCREASE PER MEAL IS 1 CENT. THAT INCREASE IS BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OF 4.1. THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES FROM. THAT'S HOW SODEXO CALCULATED TO COME UP WITH IT. AND SO WITH A 1 CENT INCREASE PER MEAL, THAT WILL BE TOWARDS THEIR MANAGERIAL FEE. NOW, THE NEXT QUESTION IS, THAT DOESN'T GO TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS EAT FOR FREE AND BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, BECAUSE WE DO ARE PART OF A CEP PROGRAM. SO IT IS NOT A COST TO THE STUDENTS, BUT IT IS A COST WITHIN OUR BUDGET TO INCREASE THEIR MANAGERIAL FEE AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEE BASED ON THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THEM. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INCREASE IS, UM, $12,542. THANK YOU. I THINK BEFORE WE GO, WHOOPS. OOPS. NOPE. OH, I'M GOING, SORRY. GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE IT ON THAT. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A HANDOUT. THE HANDOUT IS, UM, WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL'S FISCAL YEAR 2027. SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSE A NON-LABOR BUDGET, AND IF YOU HAVE THAT, UH, IT HAS YOUR COST CENTER DESCRIPTIONS ON THE LEFT, AND THEN ALL THE WAY OVER ON THE RIGHT AS I LIKE TO GO TO IS YOUR YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, DIFFERENCES. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE 2027 VERSUS, UH, 2026. SO, UH, AS I LIKE TO DO, I GO DOWN AND LOOK AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE BLACK AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE RED, UH, THE BIG, THE BIG NUMBERS THAT ARE GONNA JUMP OUT AT YOU. AND THE BLACK, THE BIG DIFFERENCE THERE IS TECHNOLOGY. MR. STEFANOS, YOU SEE THE $500,000, UH, DIFFERENCE. YOU SEE, UH, THE RED WITH SUBSTITUTES IN MS. DRAKE, UH, THAT 888,000 SUBLINE, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING OUT OF NON-LABOR. SO JUST EXPLAINING THOSE, UH, THE $80,000, UH, THERE THAT MISS, UH, UM, FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION, UM, THAT WE JUST SPOKE TO, AS WELL AS ON THE, ON THE SECOND PAGE, YOU'LL SEE, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, BIG PIECES, UH, THAT ARE, THAT WE, WE SPOKE TO AS WELL. SO I THINK, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS WITHIN OUR, UM, [01:20:01] WITHIN OUR, UH, OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ONE THAT KIND OF JUMPS OUT. SO, UM, SO THOSE ARE JUST SORT OF A SUMMARY. SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL, UH, AND THEN THE TOTAL DIFFERENCES AT THE END, UH, OF A HUNDRED AND, AND $55,147 TOTAL TO THE, UH, DIFFERENCE TO THE OPERATING FUND FOR NON-LABOR. AS FAR AS INCREASE, AGAIN, THAT'S THROWN OFF A LITTLE BIT BY THAT $888,000 DECREASE, SO THAT, THAT REALLY THROWS OFF THAT INCREASE WOULD BE, WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. NEXT WE'RE GONNA GET INTO OUR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND OUR POSITION ENHANCEMENTS. SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE NEW, UM, FIRST, FIRST BULLET THERE AS WE ARE, UH, REQUESTING, UM, UM, 8.5 NEW ADDITIONAL FTES, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT MEMBERS. SO, UM, THE NEXT BULLET IS WE ARE DISSOLVING OR REMOVED. SO A TOTAL, UH, FTES DISSOLVED AND REMOVED WILL BE FIVE FTES, AND THAT WILL HELP OFFSET THE, THE REQUEST FOR THE 8.5. ADDITIONALLY, THE THIRD BULLET DOWN, UH, WE ARE TRANSITIONING THREE IRT FROM OUR, THAT'S OUR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE TEAM POSITIONS FROM A HUNDRED PERCENT TITLE FUNDED TO 50% LOCAL FUNDING. THAT IS BEING DONE LARGELY AS WE LOOK AT, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS DECREASING TO, UH, TO SORT OF TAKE THOSE ON, UH, FOR A LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY OF, OF COVERING THAT. ADDITIONALLY, UH, TRYING TO TIE UP LESS OF THE SALARIES WITH THOSE EMPLOYEES WITH THOSE FUNDS, AND USE THOSE FUNDS MORE TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS. UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE NEXT BULLET DOWN IS WE HAVE A PART-TIME BOOKKEEPER THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE HOURLY RATE BASED ON THE SPECIFIC NEEDS AT ONE PARTICULAR SCHOOL THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE. AND THEN WE ARE TRANSITIONING THE DIRECTOR, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, UH, BACK, UH, TO ONLY HUMAN RESOURCES. UH, THIS WAS MS. POE WAS DOING A SPLIT POSITION. UH, SHE'LL BE FOCUSED SOLELY ON HR MOVING FORWARD. UH, THE NET FTE IMPACT AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR POSITION REALIGNMENTS REMOVALS AND POSITION ENHANCEMENT IS, UH, 3.5 FTE. ADDITIONAL, THAT TOTAL AMOUNT IS $458,216. FOR THE NET 3.5 FTES, YOU SHOULD HAVE A, UH, A HANDOUT WOULD BE THE VERY NEXT ONE IN YOUR PACKET. IT SHOULD SAY WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 27, PROPOSED ADDITIONAL AND ABSORBED POSITIONS PLUS POSITION ENHANCEMENTS. SO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE COVERS THE NEW POSITIONS. I'M GONNA READ THOSE OUT. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE LINE ALL THE WAY OVER ON THE RIGHT FOR THE TOTAL COST AND THEN THE TOTAL COST. SO THE PUPIL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WHILE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S NOT A NEW POSITION THAT WILL, THAT ACTUALLY IS A NEW POSITION, UH, TO THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000, UH, 27, WE'VE BEEN MANAGING THAT, UH, THROUGH ABSORBED POSITIONS. UM, BUT IT WILL NOW BE A NEW POSITION, UM, THE BCBA OR THE BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST. UH, THIS IS WHAT MS. SPURLING WAS SPEAKING TO EARLIER, THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF BEHAVIORS WITHIN SPECIAL ED. WHAT WE HAVE LOTS OF BEHAVIORS WITHIN THE GENERAL ED. SO THIS IS, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, BUT WE FOCUSED ON GENERAL EDUCATION, UH, WORKING WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, AND REALLY SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM ON MANAGING SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS THAT WE'RE SEEING. UH, JUST REALLY UNIQUE AND INCREASED BEHAVIORS, BOTH WITH SPECIAL ED AND WITH OUR GENERAL ED STUDENTS. SO I THINK THAT IS A GREAT ADDITION, UH, THAT CAN WORK WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. UH, HUMAN, THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS. THIS WILL SUPPORT HR AND RECRUITING AND RETENTION AS WELL AS, UH, AS WELL AS ALL OF US IN OUR COMMUNICATION PIECE. UH, SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN. THIS IS, UH, IN TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS A NEW POSITION THAT WILL SUPPORT REALLY THE, THE NEEDS WITH CYBERSECURITY THAT WE'RE, UM, WE'RE SENSING AND ALL AROUND US IS SENSING THE CYBER ATTACKS AND SCHOOLS HAVE SEEM TO BE EASY TARGETS, UH, FOR PHISHING FOLKS. AND, UH, WE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING REMINDERS ABOUT THOSE THINGS, [01:25:01] UH, SOMEONE HACKING INTO OUR EMAIL AND THOSE THINGS. SO I THINK THAT ALSO IS VERY JUSTIFIED, UH, A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER JUST TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE. UH, I TWO PSYCH, TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS, INTERNS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS REALLY KIND OF NEAT THAT WE WILL PAY, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERNS, THEY'RE IN COURSEWORK AND THEY HAVE TO DO THIS, AND IT'S A PAID POSITION. SO, UH, WE GET THEIR SUPPORT. AND WE ALSO MAY BE ABLE TO ATTRACT THEM TO WARREN COUNTY BY HAVING THEM WORK WITH THIS, UH, FOR, FOR A YEAR. SO, UH, VERY HARD TO GET, UH, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS. SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE TWO COMING IN THE, IN THE CAPACITY OF INTERNS, UH, THE FINANCIAL ANALYSTS, WE TALKED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND LONG-TERM PLANNING. UM, UM, SO THAT OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ROB OVER HERE IS, UH, I'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB FOR YEARS, BUT HE'S, HE'S, HE'S IT. SO WE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE HAS SOME SUPPORT, UH, AND THEN SOME, SOME TRAINING NOT ONLY WITH WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT HERE, BUT ALSO THE FINANCIAL ANALYSTS WOULD WORK WITH OUR BOOKKEEPERS SO THAT WE HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE DIVISION AND HOW WE ARE DOING OUR FINANCES, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IN, UH, THAT WE'VE TALKED THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO TIGHTEN UP ON, UH, AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, UH, DISTRICT WIDE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, HOPEFULLY FINDING A QUALIFIED PERSON TO, TO MOVE INTO THAT FINANCIAL ANALYST ROLE AND THEN SUPPORT THE DIVISION AND OUR SCHOOLS. THEN WE LIST IT. SO THAT TOTAL FOR THE NEW, UH, POSITIONS IS 7 28, 8 33, THE ABSORBED POSITIONS. SO WE, UH, ABSORBED, UH, REMOVED THE RECEPTIONIST AT THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT WORK, UH, USING INTERNAL FOLKS, UH, ROTATING THROUGH THAT POSITION. SO, UH, THE DEAN OF STUDENTS AT THE ALTERNATIVE ED, UH, THAT WAS, UH, POSITION THAT WE'VE REMOVED THE PRINCIPAL, IT WILL BE THERE FULL TIME. AND, UH, WE WILL OPERATE WITHOUT THE NEED OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS. UH, WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, THERE WAS A MATH TEACHER AND A HISTORY TEACHER. THEY WERE ABLE TO ABSORB THOSE BASED ON CLASS SIZE. UH, WE MET WITH THE PRINCIPALS, WE TALKED THROUGH THEM. THEY SAID THEY COULD, UH, EASILY ABSORB THOSE. SO AS, UH, THEY'VE HAD SOME RECENT RESIGNATIONS, WE WILL NOT BE REFILLING THOSE POSITIONS. AND THEN THE READING SPECIALIST AT LFK, WHICH WAS A POSITION THAT WAS ADDED, NEVER FILLED, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE ABSORBED THAT. SO THAT ONE, WE WILL NOT BE TRYING TO REFILL THAT POSITION. SO THAT WILL ROLL BACK INTO THE BUDGET WITH, UH, IF YOU GO BACK OVER TO THE RED AND LOOK DOWN, THAT'S A SAVINGS OF $461,341 BY ABSORBING THOSE POSITIONS. UM, THE REST OF THIS HANDOUT COVERS THE POSITION ENHANCEMENTS, UH, THE TRANSITION, UH, FROM THE A HUNDRED PERCENT GRANT FUNDED TO THE 50% GRANT FUNDED, WHICH COMES TO A COST OF $175,000, $175,115, WHICH BRINGS US, I BELIEVE, BACK TO TEXTBOOKS AND MS. BRAGG. ALRIGHT, SO FOR THE, UH, TEXTBOOK PURCHASES, WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER $400,000 TO FUND NEW TEXTBOOK PURCHASES. THAT WOULD GO PRIMARILY TO, UH, COVER K FIVE MATH. OUR CONTRACT WITH OUR CURRENT TEXTBOOK ENDED IN DECEMBER, SO AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A, UH, ELEMENTARY PRIMARY INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE FOR, UH, ELEMENTARY MATH. UM, JUST A NOTE ON THAT, AS WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, UH, BEING, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, THE WAY THE TEXTBOOK COMPANIES PUBLISH ELEMENTARY TEXTBOOKS IS BY CONSUMABLES. SO THE IDEA THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE OUT OF OUR CONTRACT, BUT THERE'S HARDBACK BOOKS THAT CAN STILL BE ACCESSED, IT DOESN'T EXIST. THEY'RE CONSUMABLE BOOKS. AND SO WHEN THE KIDS MOVE ON AND WE GET THOSE EVERY YEAR, THEN THERE'S NOTHING LEFT THERE TO, TO FALL BACK ON, UM, THE SIX EIGHT MATH THAT WE WERE INITIALLY GOING TO BE ASKING FOR AS WELL. I'M PLEASED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT. UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE RECEIVED NEWS FROM VDOE THAT WARREN COUNTY WILL RECEIVE JUST UNDER $180,000 FOR A MATH INNOVATION GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR. AND WE'LL BE COMING TO THE BOARD WITH MORE INFORMATION AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT GRANT. BUT WRITTEN IN THAT GRANT, UH, WAS THE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES FOR SIX EIGHT MATHS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE THERE. ALSO, LOOKING TO PURCHASE SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOKS. UM, [01:30:01] AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THE DATE MANY, MANY TIMES. WE LAST PURCHASED A SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOK IN 2012, UM, AND THE PRIORITY OF THAT WILL GO TO SOL COURSES. UM, AND, UH, THOSE COURSES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION, UM, TO PURCHASE TEXTBOOKS ON THE HANDOUT THAT YOU HAVE UNDER THE TEXTBOOK FUNDS. UM, THE NEXT THREE FISCAL YEARS, WE WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD TO REQUEST SUBSTANTIAL FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO PURCHASE NEW TEXTBOOKS. MANY OF OUR TEXTBOOK PURCHASES WERE MADE DURING THE COVID ERA UNDER ESSER FUNDING, AND THOSE CONTRACTS ARE RUNNING OUT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WE'RE GONNA SEE THE BIG CORE CLASSES COMING TO US. SO THIS YEAR IT'S, YOU KNOW, MATH, NEXT YEAR IT'S ENGLISH. THE FOLLOWING YEAR IT'S SCIENCE, AND THERE'S A FEW OTHER SOL COURSES AND DE COURSES KIND OF FILTERED IN THERE WITH THOSE. BUT ALSO WE ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH, UM, A THREE YEAR INVESTMENT PROCESS WHERE THE TEXTBOOK FUNDS FROM THE STATE COULD BE PUT INTO THE TEXTBOOK FUND ACCOUNT. AND THAT WAY WE START BUILDING A NEST EGG SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK AROUND FOR, IN SEVEN YEARS FOR MATH, ENGLISH, AND SCIENCE, AGAIN, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A POT OF MONEY AND NOT HAVE TO CONTINUE TO COME TO THE BOARD WITH THESE LARGE REQUESTS FOR TEXTBOOKS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PRACTICING SOME WAY TO BANK SOME TEXTBOOK MONEY THROUGH THE OFF CYCLE YEARS AND ALSO TRY, UH, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD THAT RESERVE OVER THE COURSE, UM, OF TIME. SO, LIKE I SAY, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING TO ASK FOR SUCH LARGE AMOUNTS IN ONE FISCAL YEAR. ON THE BACK OF THE HANDOUT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE THREE YEAR, UH, PLAN OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE COMING TO THE BOARD. LIKE I SAID, FY 27, UM, THERE IS ONE CATCH ON THE LAST BULLET OF FY 27. IT'S A $400,000 ASK, NOT SIX THAT I'VE MISSED IT. UM, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO DO WITH SOME OF THAT GRANT MONEY THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. THANK YOU, UH, WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. ONCE YOU, UM, WITH THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN JUST FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO HAVE WITHIN YOUR HANDOUT, YOU HAVE A ROOF CAPITAL SUMMARY. UM, I KNOW YOU'VE RECEIVED IT BEFORE. UM, AND IT'S, UM, IT GOES INTO DETAILS ABOUT HOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ROOF SYSTEMS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE, UM, WITH HILL TO J SKYLINE, THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN ONES THAT WE FEEL THAT NEED TO BE BASED ON THE ROOF CAPITAL, UM, PLAN, UM, THAT NEED TO BE WORKED ON AND TAKEN CARE OF. THE NEXT THING THAT YOU DO SEE IS OUR MAT CONTROLS. THAT'S OUR MONITORING, OUR HEATING AND AIR. AND, UM, THIS IS A SYSTEM, BASICALLY, IT HELPS US TO MONITOR THE HEATING AND AIR, AND IT WILL ALSO HELP US TO CONTROL IT TO SAVE SOME MONEY DOWN THE ROAD. IT ALSO HELPS TO NOTIFY IF SOMETHING STARTS TO GO DOWN. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING IS THAT WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY IMPLEMENTING THIS THROUGH, UM, FUNDS WHEN WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE. THE PROBLEM IS THE, UM, SYSTEM THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED NEEDS TO BE UPDATED ALSO. SO WE'RE UPDATING THE UPDATES AND TRYING TO GET ALL THE SCHOOLS UPDATED AND ON THE SYSTEM. SO THAT'S WHY YOU DO SEE THE REQUESTS THERE, UM, FOR THAT, FOR THE, UM, CONTROLS. AND NOW FOR ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE KIND OF A, WHAT I TRIED TO DO IS INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING YOU EVERYTHING THAT WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT FLEETS AND EVERYTHING, TRIED TO SUMMARIZE IT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THREE SCHOOL BUSES. THE, THE REASON AND THE COST OF THOSE IS AROUND $130,000 EACH. THE REASON THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 40 BUSES OUT OF OUR 40 BUSES, 15 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DUE TO BE REPLACED. UM, AND ONE OF THOSE 40 WILL ALSO BE DUE TO BE REPLACED NEXT YEAR. WE'RE WANTING TO REPLACE THOSE. NOW WE DO HAVE 71 OTHER VEHICLES WHERE WE, WE DO TRANSPORT, UM, OTHER STUDENTS WITH ONE-ON-ONE VEHICLES. UM, AND THEN ALSO WE UTILIZE THEM THROUGHOUT OUR, UM, DIVISION. BUT WE ARE, UM, WE, WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR BUSES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED THEM TO DO, UM, WE HAVE A GREAT, UM, AUTO TECH GUY WITH THE CREW DOWN THERE THAT THEY WORK AND TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSES AND HELP TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND WHEN I SAY COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT, UM, [01:35:02] VEHICLES, UM, AND THEY DO A, A WONDERFUL JOB AND THEY KEEP A, THEY KEEP OUTSTANDING RECORDS. UM, SO WE DID A COMPARISON OF LAST YEAR OF JUST PARTS FROM JULY 1ST, 2024 TO JUNE 29TH, 2025 BUS ONE. IT COST US AROUND $952 FOR PARTS BUS 2, 370 $5 FOR PARTS BUS 3 569, BUS 2020 $9,904 AND 19 CENTS. UM, THAT KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE. ONE, TWO AND THREE ARE FAIRLY NEW. BUS 20 IS NOT. AND SO WITH THAT, THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE ASKING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO WOULD BE TO THIS TO BE A CONTINUING ONGOING THING THAT EACH YEAR IT'S THREE BUSES WE'RE ASKING UNTIL WE GET OUR FLEET WHERE IT'S NO LONGER HOUSING, UH, BUSES THAT ARE SO OLD THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WISHING THAT WE COULD DO CONTINUOUSLY KNOWING THAT THIS IS GONNA BE AN ASK GOING FORWARD. UM, ALSO THOUGH, TWO THAT'S NOT LISTED UP HERE, I DID INCLUDE IN YOUR HANDOUTS THE 2025 TO 2031 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. AND THIS IS KIND OF FLUID BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT FUNDED, WE DO PUSH THINGS UP TO THE NEXT YEAR. SO, UM, I DID WANT YOU TO ALSO HAVE THAT, UM, THE, UM, WERE THEY ABLE TO GET THE MS. DRAKE? DID THEY GET THE, IT'S A, ON A GIANT SHEET, SO, UM, BUT THAT'S, UM, BUT OH, IT WAS SMALLER. OKAY. I, I APOLOGIZE. I, I HAVE IT ON AN EXTREMELY LARGE SHEET SO I CAN READ IT. UM, BUT IT'S THE 2025 2031, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THAT SHOULD BE ON ONE OF YOUR, ONE OF YOUR HANDOUTS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE . SO, AND, UH, WE WE'RE NEAR THE END. SO OUR AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, UH, OUR FUNDING, ONE OF OUR LARGEST FUNDING SOURCES FROM OUR STATE MONEY IS BASED, THEY DO A FALL, A FALL CHECK, AND THEN THEY DO IT AGAIN IN THE SPRING. AND, UH, AND THEN THEY RELEASE MONEY TO US, UH, BASED ON THEIR AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP. AND WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS JUST INCLUDED, UH, SIMILAR TO SLIDE THAT I SAW IN, IN OCTOBER, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU HAD THE PRESENTATION. UH, BUT I, I JUST NARROWED IT DOWN FROM FISCAL YEAR 2020, WHICH IS REALLY THE, THE PEAK OF, OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS 5,242 STUDENTS TO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH WILL BE, AND THIS IS OUR ESTIMATE AS A TEAM. WE SAT DOWN AS A, AS A CABINET, AND WE MET AND LOOKED AT, UH, THE TREND DATA, LOOKED AT KNOWN DATA FROM OUR, FROM OUR CLASSES, AND WE MADE THE ESTIMATE OF 4,692 STUDENTS. SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE, THE BUDGET YOU SEE IS BUILT OFF OF THAT NUMBER, AND I WISH IT WAS HIGHER, BUT IF IT'S HIGHER AND IT'S WRONG, WE'RE IN THE SAME PICKLE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS, WE, WE WERE A LITTLE HIGH ON THE BUDGET WE BUILT, AND WE'RE SCRAMBLING TO, TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR SO THAT WE BALANCE THE BUDGET, WHICH FORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN, AND WE, WE WILL BE BALANCING OUR BUDGET, AND I WILL NOT BE WEARING ORANGE AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. UM, SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. THE BAD NEWS IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, AND IT'S ROUGHLY, AND SPEAKING WITH MR. BURKE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $6,000 PER STUDENT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE. SO OVER EIGHT YEARS, THAT'S $3.3 MILLION THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE NEXT SLIDE, THEN YOU MIGHT SAY, OR I WOULD SAY IF I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE, SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE FEWER STUDENTS, SO IT'S, SO YOU DON'T NEED, YOU DON'T NEED THE EXTRA $3.3 MILLION. AND TO SOME OF THAT, THE ANSWER I WOULD SAY IS YES, I THINK YOU, YOU CAN, UH, IN SITUATIONS REDUCE, UH, WITHOUT IMPACTING CLASS SIZE, YOU CAN REDUCE TEACHERS HERE AND THERE. AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, IT'S A LOT EASIER BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS WITH LOTS OF ENGLISH TEACHERS. AND IF YOU'RE, YOU CAN, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. BUT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU HAVE ONE TEACHER AND THEY TEACH SECOND GRADE, UH, A CHANGE HERE AND A CHANGE THERE. YOU REALLY CAN'T JUST START PULLING AWAY TEACHERS. IT'S GONNA SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT YOUR CLASS SIZE. SO, UH, REST ASSURED THAT WHEN THERE IS A RESIGNATION OR A RETIREMENT, WE ARE LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY TO SEE, IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN HOLD ONTO AND WAIT AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN ABSORB IT. IF IT'S A PRINCIPAL'S JOB, WE CAN'T HOLD ONTO THAT. WE KNOW WE NEED A PRINCIPAL, WE'RE GONNA ADVERTISE THAT, [01:40:01] AND WE'RE GONNA GET THAT OUT THERE, AND WE'RE GONNA HIRE THE BEST CANDIDATE THAT WE CAN GET. IF IT'S A, AN, AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA DO THE SAME BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM IN OUR ELEMENTARY CLASS SIZE. IF IT IS A SECONDARY POSITION, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HOLD WEIGHT AND SEE IF THERE'S A CHANCE TO ABSORB. SO, UH, WE CERTAINLY ARE, ARE, ARE GOING INTO THIS WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE LOSING, UH, STUDENTS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE RESPONSIBLE THING AND, AND ANY CUTS WE MAKE, BUT NOT AT THE, BUT NOT AT THE COST OF, UH, HAVING A CLASS SIZE WHERE IT'S IMPACTING STUDENTS. SO, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT AS THE STATE, WELL, WE ALREADY COVERED AS STATE FUNDING DECREASES, UH, OR A DM DECREASES THOSE TWO WORK TOGETHER. UH, STATE REQUIREMENTS AND REPORTS, HOWEVER, REMAIN THE SAME. SO THE, THE WORK DOESN'T CHANGE WHETHER YOU HAVE A THOUSAND STUDENTS OR 5,000 STUDENTS. ALL OF THE REPORTS, ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE AND MORE OVER THE YEARS, UH, WITH JUST WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES US TO DO. UH, SO THOSE REMAIN THE SAME. THOSE ACTUALLY ARE INCREASING. OUR STUDENT NEEDS ARE INCREASING. YOU'VE HEARD MS. SPERLING TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION. I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GENERAL EDUCATION NEEDS. UM, WE HAVE CREATIVE POSITIONS TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, UH, STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE LITERALLY CRYING OUT, WE NEED HELP AT OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE'S, THE, THE BEHAVIORS ARE, ARE OFF THE CHARTS, AND WE NEED SOMEONE TO COME AND SUPPORT US. SO THOSE ARE REAL NEEDS, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS. UM, OUR NON-LABOR COSTS, THOSE ARE NOT GONNA GO DOWN. THOSE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO CLIMB. WE STILL HAVE OUR BUSES, WE STILL NEED TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS. CAN WE LOOK CAREFULLY AT MAYBE OUR ROUTES AND CHANGING? WE CERTAINLY CAN. AND THAT WOULD BE A STRATEGY IF WE COULD COMBINE OR IN SOME WAYS, BUT WE'RE A LARGE COUNTY, WE'RE SPREAD OUT, AND WE STILL GOTTA GO PICK THOSE KIDS UP. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING YOU COULD DO, BUT IT'S VERY TRICKY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT. AND THIS LAST BULLET IS JUST, THIS IS NOT WARREN COUNTY, THIS IS, THIS IS THE USA, UH, THIS IS THE NATURE OF, OF, OF WHAT SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME, WHERE WE USED TO BE THE MOST TRUSTED RESOURCE, AND YOU SENT YOUR KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. NOW THERE IS, UH, INCREASE OF WE WANNA KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE WANNA UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT TO OUR CHILDREN, AND THERE IS A LACK OF TRUST. SO I THINK FROM OUR STANDPOINT AND WORKING WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION AND MYSELF AND IN OUR, OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR PRINCIPALS, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP RESTORE THAT TRUST BACK IN THE SCHOOLS THAT I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP HERE. AND I KNOW I HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP HERE. AND OUR PRINCIPALS, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE JUST VERY STRONG LEADERS. AND THEN, UM, I'M REALLY GETTING TO KNOW THEM AND DEVELOP THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. SO I THINK AS WE CONTINUE WITH THAT AND, AND WE ALL ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY IN THE COMMUNITY, HOPEFULLY THIS, UH, THIS TREND OF, OF FOIA REQUESTS THREE, THREE OR SO A WEEK, AND, AND, UH, LAWSUITS COMING ON A REGULAR BASIS, WILL TREND, WILL TREND THE OTHER DIRECTION. UH, SO THAT'S THE PLAN. UM, BUT AT THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN AN INCREASE. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT, UH, NOT ONLY STATEWIDE, BUT I THINK THROUGHOUT, UM, OUR, OUR, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE. UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE IS A HANDOUT THAT MR. BURKE IS GONNA GO OVER. YEAH. WITH, UM, REVENUES. SO, MR. VALENTINE? YEAH. WHO'S MR. BERG? OH, I SAID THAT TWICE. SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. I APOLOGIZE MR. VALENTINE. THANK YOU. UM, WELL, WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE LAST FEW PAGES, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS, I'M SURE. UM, BUT WHEN YOU GET A WELL PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU ALWAYS FLIP TO THE BACK TO SEE WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, AND THEN YOU GO BACK AND DO IT. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE REAL BRIEFLY HERE. UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, THE FIRST PAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE, UM, PROPOSED REVENUE SIDE OF THE BUDGET, WHICH HAS TO BALANCE WITH THE EXPENDITURE SIDE BY LAW. AND, UM, WHAT WE'VE USED HERE IS NUMBERS FROM THE STATE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT'S THE STATE REVENUE. AND THOSE ARE BASED ON GOVERNOR YOUNGIN'S PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WAS INTRODUCED BACK IN DECEMBER. NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW GOVERNOR AND WE HAVE A GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT'S MEETING. SO OUR EXPECTATION IS THIS PROBABLY WON'T BE EXACTLY AS IT IS HERE. IT'LL BE DIFFERENT. UM, LATER THIS MONTH, THE BILLS FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WILL CROSS OVER AND WE'LL GET AN IDEA THEN WHAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN [01:45:01] THEM, AND IF IT'S ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE. BUT THIS IS ALL WE HAVE AT THIS POINT. SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THIS AS THE BEST INFORMATION WE HAVE. UM, AND OF COURSE, DRIVING FACTORS BEHIND OUR STATE BUDGET. ONE OF THEM IS THE AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP THAT DR. WRIGHT TALKED ABOUT A DM, AND THAT WE HAVE PROJECTED IT NEXT YEAR AT 4,692 STUDENTS THAT MATCHES THE CHART THAT HE SHOWED YOU A LITTLE EARLIER AND TALKED ABOUT. IF THAT IS OUR NUMBER, WE COULD EXPECT A TOTAL OF $44,377,207 FROM THE STATE, WHICH IS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SHEET. THAT'S JUST UNDER A $1.5 MILLION INCREASE FROM WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR FROM THE STATE. SO THAT'S HELPFUL, UM, IN THAT THE LEFT HAND OR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE, UH, PAGE THEN STARTS OFF WITH FEDERAL REVENUE. AND WE WILL NOT KNOW WHAT THESE DIFFERENT TITLE GRANTS ARE, HOW MUCH THEY EXACTLY ARE PROBABLY TILL JULY OR AUGUST. IT'S TYPICALLY WELL INTO LIKE OCTOBER, OCTOBER MAYBE EVEN SOMETIMES. UH, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE JUST PROJECTING THOSE FORWARD NEXT YEAR BASED ON WHAT WE FEEL THE ALLOCATION FOR THIS YEAR IS. UM, THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO WITH THAT. UM, THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE OR FEES FOR SERVICES, WHETHER IT BE MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY VEHICLES OR USE OF FACILITIES AND SOME OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THOSE TOTAL $385,618, WHICH IS $8,000 LESS THAN THIS YEAR. AND YOU'LL REMEMBER MRS. DRAKE TALKED ABOUT NOT CHARGING OUR POTENTIAL, UH, NEW, UH, EMPLOYEES FOR HAVING TO PAY FOR THEIR BACKGROUND CHECK IN, IN ORDER TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING FOR US. UM, WE ANTICIPATED THAT'D BE ABOUT $8,000 THIS YEAR. SO WE TOOK THAT OUT. UM, AT THIS POINT, THE NEXT ITEM, UM, IS EITHER TRANSFERS INTO THE OPERATING, AND LET ME SAY THIS, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS JUST THE OPERATING FUND. UM, YOU HEARD TALK ABOUT THE CAFETERIA FUND AND THE SODEXO CONTRACT. THAT IS A SEPARATE FUND. NONE OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE INCLUDED HERE. UM, AND FORTUNATELY THAT FUND IS A SELF-SUSTAINING FUND, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE ANY LOCAL DOLLARS TO IT ALL, ALL IT'S SUPPORTED EITHER BY, UM, SALES FOR A LA CARTE ITEMS OR BY THE MEALS THAT ARE SERVED THAT EITHER THE WELL, THAT THE COMBINATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE REIMBURSES FOR. AND THAT SUSTAINS THAT FUND. UM, THE TEXTBOOK FUND, UM, WHICH MS. BRAGG TALKED ABOUT THAT IS NOT SELF-SUSTAINING UNFORTUNATELY. BUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO TO TRY TO BUILD SOME TYPE OF, UM, SUSTAINABILITY INTO IT IS UNDER TRANSFERS IN AND OUT. UM, IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE STATE REVENUE, THE 1, 2, 3 THIRD ITEM DOWN THERE ON THE, UH, STATE REVENUE SIDE IS TEXTBOOKS. THE STATE GIVES US MONEY EACH YEAR. NEXT YEAR THEY'RE PROJECTED TO GIVE US 400, TWO $412,720. WE ARE NOT TYPICALLY, OR WE'RE NOT USING THAT TO PURCHASE TEXTBOOKS NOW, WE ARE USING IT FOR OTHER ALLOWABLE USES THAT WE CAN USE BASED ON THE STATE REQUIREMENT. UM, SO WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE THERE, BUT IT'S MORE FOR CONSUMABLE TYPE THINGS. AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, AND WE TRIED THIS LAST YEAR, AND OF COURSE IT DIDN'T WORK OUT WHEN WE GOT OUR FUNDING, UM, IS TO TRANSFER THAT MONEY OVER TO THE TEXTBOOK FUND. SO IT'S A SUSTAINABLE, AND I THINK IF WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER $400,000 A YEAR AT SOME POINT, WE'D PROBABLY GET CAUGHT UP OR CLOSE TO CAUGHT UP. UM, AND CERTAINLY IF NOT CAUGHT UP, BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE LOCAL, UM, INFUSION INTO IT TO HELP SUSTAIN IT AS WE GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS. UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE COUNTY APPROPRIATION. AND THAT I'VE JUST FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES SHOWN HERE AS LEVEL FUNDED. SO WHEN WE ROLL THIS TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE OF $76,831,156, WHEN WE ROLL THAT FORWARD AND THEN COMPARE OUR EXPECTED EXPENDITURES AGAINST IT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, WHICH WILL BE A DEFICIT, UM, WOULD BE THE AMOUNT WE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE THE LOCAL FUNDING BY TO BALANCE [01:50:01] OUR BUDGET, WHICH AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO, OR ELSE SOME OF US WILL BE YELLOW WEARING THOSE YELLOW OR ORANGE RATHER OUTFITS THAT DR. WRIGHT TALKED ABOUT THAT PROBABLY AREN'T VERY BECOMING ON ANY OF US. UM, THE NEXT PAGE THEN IS, OKAY, WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE? SO COMING DOWN, UM, AND THIS AGAIN, IS FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET ONLY, UM, IS UNDER THE REVENUE IS THE $76,831,156 THAT I JUST MENTIONED MADE UP OF THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS SHOWN THERE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS, WHAT THE COST OF GIVING THE INCREASES IN ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR EXISTING POSITIONS IS THE PROPOSED NEW ONES, THE ONES THAT WOULD BE ABSORBED, THE POSITION ENHANCEMENT WE TALKED ABOUT. AND THEN ALSO THE TRANSITION OF THREE POSITIONS TO PARTIALLY LOCAL FUNDED. THAT COMES UP TO $71,840,160. THE NON-LABOR BUDGET THAT WE HAD, THE DETAIL ONE AND THE SUMMARY ON ALSO CAME IN AT 10 MILLION 784, 7 0 2. THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE NUMBER YOU'RE SEEING. THERE WAS A LAST MINUTE EDITION, UM, OF ABOUT $1,200 TO IT, AND IT WAS AFTER PRESS TIME, SO IT DIDN'T GET REFLECTED. WE'LL HAVE IT THERE FOR YOU NEXT WEEK, UH, WHEN WE MEET. UM, BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT CAME UP WITH A PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET OF 82 MILLION 6 24 862 THAT WOULD REQUIRE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE DIFFERENCE IN AN INCREASE IN COUNTY APPROPRIATION OF THE 5,000,793. UM, 7 0 6. OKAY. SO THANK YOU MR. VALENTINE. AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THE NUMBERS AND THE INTENT, INTENTIONS OF DETAIL. UH, AND WE'RE GONNA WRAP, WRAP IT UP. SO JUST A SUMMARY, THIS IS WHAT OUR, UH, OPERATING BUDGET IS THERE THAT MR. VALENTINE JUST MENTIONED, THE $82 MILLION PLUS, UH, WHAT OUR FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET IS FOR THIS YEAR, UH, 26, WHICH IS $76,000,831, $831,156. AND THEN, UM, THE BUDGET INCREASE FOR FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR IS 5.7, ALMOST $5.8 MILLION. SO IT'S A LARGE NUMBER. IT'S A LARGER THAN I EXPECTED, BUT THAT'S WITH A FEW THINGS. THAT'S LEVEL FUNDING. UH, AND THAT IS, UH, NOT KNOWING WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET FROM THE STATE. SO I CERTAINLY ANTICIPATE AND HOPE THAT, UH, WE WON'T BE LEVEL FUNDED, THAT WE'LL SEE SOME INCREASES. AND I CERTAINLY HOPE AND ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, THAT WE'LL SEE, UH, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM THE STATE THIS YEAR THAT WILL HELP BRING THAT ASK DOWN FROM, FROM THE COUNTY. SO, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE LANDED. AND AT SOME POINT WE HAD TO, TO BRING IT TO YOU SO YOU COULD SEE WHERE WE ARE. I'M SURE WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO FROM HERE. BUT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE THAT'S HERE, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME. UH, I KNOW WE HAVE A WORK SESSION SCHEDULED. OH, SORRY, I DON'T THINK I WAS QUITE DONE. THOSE ARE THE REMINDERS. WE DO HAVE A WORK SESSION SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TUESDAY. SO WE HAVE, UH, MORE WORK TO DO, UH, WITH OUR SUPERVISORS. UH, AS I SAID, WE'LL BE MEETING WITH MS. MEADOWS TOMORROW JUST TO GIVE HER A HEADS UP SO SHE GETS A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS AND, AND ALSO WITH THEIR FINANCE PERSON AS WELL TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR ASKS AND, AND, AND, AND RECOMMENDATIONS. WE DO HAVE A, UH, AN ADDITIONAL WORK SESSION WITH JUST OUR BOARD AND STAFF ON THE 18TH AT THE DIVERSIFIED MINES. UH, THAT WILL ALSO BE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN THAT IS SCHEDULED AS THE, UH, NIGHT THAT WE WOULD ADOPT THE BUDGET. UM, AND THEN WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE ADOPTED BUDGET ON MARCH 4TH, UH, AT THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE. SO THIS IS A BIG JUMP FOR THIS YEAR. $5,793,706. A LOT OF THE, THIS IS OF COURSE MAKE UP. WE HAVEN'T BEEN, WE HAVEN'T REALLY GAINED MUCH MONEY OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TALK TODAY ABOUT SORT OF MAKING UP OR DEFICIENCIES. HAS ANYONE HAD ANY PROJECTIONS OF, WELL, IF WE DID THIS THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR'S INCREASE, ASK MIGHT ONLY BE $2 MILLION, ONLY 2 MILLION, WHATEVER, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE, WELL, NEXT YEAR'S GONNA BE THE SAME AND THEN ACTUALLY GONNA BE THE SAME. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING SOMEONE WOULD BE INTERESTED KNOWING, MYSELF INCLUDED. MM-HMM. NO, THAT'S A GOOD NOTE. AND, AND [01:55:01] THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MENTIONED, BUT THE 5 MILLION REALLY IS THE, THE INITIAL RAISE. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AMOUNT, I KNOW IT WAS ON ONE OF THE HANDOUTS, BUT IT CAME RIGHT TO 5 MILLION. SO THAT BULK OF THAT IS IN THE 4% PLUS THE STEP. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU ADD THE 4% PLUS THE STEP PLUS ALL THE OTHER BENEFITS AND, AND FICA AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT CAME OUT TO, TO OVER 5 MILLION. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MOST OF THAT IS. OKAY. SO NOT ALL OF IT, BUT IF, IF FOR THE NEXT YEAR, I MEAN WE, WE BUMPED 'EM UP TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, WE WOULD, WE, IT'S, 'CAUSE IT COULD SOUND LIKE, WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT 5 MILLION NEXT YEAR AS WELL. I DON'T THINK SO. NO, I THINK WE HAVE, WE HAD, UM, SOME BIG CHUNKS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GAIN. SO THEN ONCE WE MAKE THAT JUMP, THEN IT'S JUST SUSTAINING AND THEN YOU CAN DO YOUR TYPICAL, I THINK 3% IS A TYPICAL, YEAH, I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR ONE OF OUR NEXT MEETINGS AT ONE OF THESE OTHER MEETINGS JUST TO RUN SOME NUMBERS ON THAT. JUST TO, JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE SOME IDEA OF WHAT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, WE DON'T, THERE'S FUNDING IT, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, BUT JUST BASED ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY KNOW, WHAT IT COULD LOOK, WHAT THE NEXT TWO YEARS COULD LOOK LIKE. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. NO, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THAT FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL. SO WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE GETTING INTO? SO IF WE, YEAH. IF WE FUND SOME OF THIS OR MOST OF THIS, WHAT DOES IT GONNA LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU COME BACK TO THE TABLE? YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION. I THINK MS. DRAKE IS TAKING A NOTE OF THAT, SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? UM, THIS IS NOT A QUESTION THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER, BUT MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION THAT WE COULD GET THE COUNTY TO ANSWER BEFORE OUR WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD SIGNIFICANT, UM, VALUE RAISES, PROPERTY VALUE RAISES LAST YEAR, UM, WHICH SHOULD BE BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL INCOME FOR THE COUNTY. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, UM, HOW MUCH IS THE COUNTY'S INCREASED REVENUE AFTER THE, THE NEW TAX ASSESSED VALUES SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT HOW MUCH EXTRA MONEY WE KNOW IS DEFINITELY COMING IN. UM, THAT COULD HELP PAY FOR THE 5.7 MILLION. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY ASK TOMORROW IN OUR MEETING WITH MS. MEADOWS AND, AND TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE IN LOOKING AT THOSE, UH, EXPECTED REVENUES. SO CERTAINLY ASK IT. UH, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THIS, THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN IN THE FALL BY DR. MARTIN AND WHERE HE, SO LIKE, UM, E WILSON NEEDED A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER AS ROADS, THE THIRD GRADE TEACHER, SKYLINE MIDDLE, A SEVENTH GRADE TEACHER, UM, SPED TEACHERS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. ARE THOSE NOT BEING ADDED NOW? UH, SO I THINK WE INCLUDED AT LEAST ONE SPED TEACHER. I KNOW THE E WILSON FIFTH GRADE TEACHER, UH, IS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A, I SPOKE TO, UM, MS. KNOX TODAY, SO SHE KNOWS, UH, WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN, BUT WE'RE GONNA MAKE A, A MOVE WHERE WE CAN. SO THERE, THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE, ALL THE PARTIES TO OTHER THAN MS. KNOX. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED BASED ON, UH, CLASS SIZES FROM OTHER, OTHER SCHOOLS. SO WE HAVE, UH, ONE SCHOOL THAT HAS A CLASS SIZE THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE 15 TO ONE, 16 TO ONE. WE CAN MAKE THAT MOVE VERY EASILY WITHOUT HURTING THAT CLASS SIZE. AND THAT WILL PROVIDE RELIEF FOR E WILSON. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S NOT DONE IN WARREN COUNTY. WE DON'T MOVE FOLKS FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER. UM, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT IS, IT'S WHAT I'M USED TO. UH, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES WORK FOR, FOR THE DIVISION AND WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA REALLY START LOOKING AT THINGS FROM THE DIVISION PERSPECTIVE AND NOT THIS SCHOOL AND THAT SCHOOL. 'CAUSE WE ARE ALL PART OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND, UH, AND AS A DELICATE PIECE, I KNOW IF I WAS AT A SCHOOL FOR A LONG TIME AND SOMEONE SAID, I NEED YOU TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A NEED, I WOULD FEEL A CERTAIN WAY. UM, BUT I THINK, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND IT AS A DELICATE MATTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU INVESTED SOME TIME AND SO FORTH INTO, INTO A DIVISION. SO I THINK WE'LL WORK WITH THE PRINCIPALS, BE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT WHO WE ASK TO DO THAT, BUT WE KNOW THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT, AND WE KNOW THERE'S A SCHOOL THAT NEEDS A TEACHER, SO THAT MAKES, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO DO THAT THAN GOING OUT AND HIRING A NEW TEACHER AND ALL THE, ALL THE, THE EXPENSE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE BRAND NEW STAFF MEMBER WHEN WE CAN RESOLVE THE MATTER OURSELVES. SO, AND THEN IN THE PAST, QUITE OFTEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT THROUGH ATTRITION. IF, IF THE, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THERE'S TURNOVER AT THE SCHOOL LEVELS AND WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT FILL THE POSITION AT THE SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE TRANSFERRING FROM AND THEN HIRE THAT PERSON THEN AT THE NEW SCHOOL. SO THAT, THAT OFTEN WORKS TO ADVANTAGE THAT [02:00:01] MIGHT BE CASE BECAUSE IT IS EARLY IN THE GAME, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO SEE, OR WE MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY HAVE TO MOVE THAT PERSON. SO CERTAINLY SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THAT'S A GOOD POINT, THANK YOU. WE HAD, WE HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF A, OF A SECOND DEAN OF STUDENTS AT, AT LFK AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE IN HERE. IS THAT SO, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A REMOVAL. I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BIT OF A MISCOMMUNICATION, BUT I KNOW, OKAY. UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT DR. MARTIN PUT IN AS A TEMPORARY MANEUVER. I THINK WE MOVED A, A DEAN OVER FROM, UM, E WILSON TO GO OVER TO ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WAS HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY MANAGING THE DISCIPLINE. UH, AND THAT WORKED OUT VERY WELL. THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCED DEAN, UH, THAT PERSON WENT BACK TO E WILSON AND THEN, UM, DR. MARTIN AND STAFF MOVED ANOTHER PERSON IN THAT SPOT, UH, WHO WAS ALSO A FULL-TIME SPECIAL ED TEACHER. SO THAT, THE DEAL WAS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT THAT PERSON WOULD CONTINUE TO DO ALL THE IEPS, SO DOUBLE WORK AND THEN ALSO FILL THE ROLE OF, OF THE DEAN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS TEMPORARY AND IF IT WAS ABLE TO BE PUT INTO THE BUDGET AS A NEW POSITION FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, WE WOULD DO THAT AND SHE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE POSITION. AND, AND IF SHE GOT IT, THEN GREAT, BUT IT WOULD BE OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE AN OPEN POSITION THAT ANYONE COULD APPLY TO. SO IT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. I HAVE SPOKEN TO, UH, SOME FOLKS AT THAT BUILDING AND ASSURED THEM THAT WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE THE DEAN OR AT THIS POINT THAT THAT POSITION WE DON'T HAVE, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER DEANS. WE COULD HAVE DEANS THAT WE MIGHT MOVE, WE COULD POSSIBLY SHARE FOLKS. AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT WE COULD PUT IN THAT SCHOOL TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS AND NOT NECESSARILY A DEAN. WE COULD PUT, UH, A COACH VOLUNTEERING ONE OF MS. IN, IN THERE, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, TO HELP SUPPORT THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE STRUGGLING. WE COULD ALSO BRING IN A DEAN TO HELP WITH THE PAPERWORK AND DISCIPLINE IN MANAGING THAT. SO, BUT I THINK WE HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US TO SUPPORT OUR, OUR SCHOOLS WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THERE'S, WHEN THERE'S ISSUES. I WOULD WANT TO TRY TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY FIRST BEFORE GOING OUTSIDE TO TRY TO HIRE A NEW POSITION. SO I STILL HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT REMOVING THAT DEAN. UM, I JUST, I KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR BEHAVIOR SITUATIONS ARE INCREASING EVERY YEAR. WE'RE LOSING TEACHERS BECAUSE OF IT, BECAUSE OF IT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT, UM, I HEARD ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I THINK GEORGE HEARD THAT AS WELL, IS THAT BEHAVIORS ARE A HUGE ISSUE, A HUGE CONCERN FOR OUR PARENTS AND SOMETIMES WHY PARENTS ARE CHOOSING TO HOMESCHOOL. UNDERSTOOD. UM, THE ON HERE ALSO, THERE WAS THREE SPED TEACHERS, ONE FOR LFK, ONE FOR AS RHODES AND ONE FOR RUSSY JEFFRIES. UM, ARE WE NOT ADDING ONE TO EACH OF THOSE SCHOOLS? I THINK WE ONLY NEEDED ONE, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, WE WERE, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WHAT WE NEEDED WITH ONLY ONE AND MS. SPURLING STUDENT NEED, WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE STUDENT NEEDS. OKAY. SO AS THEY SHIFT, WE HAVE TO SHIFT ACCORDINGLY WITH OUR STAFFING. UM, AND IF NEEDS SHIFT AGAIN, YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME AGAIN. UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, A, A VERY SYSTEMATIC WAY OF SCHEDULING STAFF, UM, OF APPLYING CASE MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. MM-HMM . FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE THREE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING INTENSIVE SUPPORT. YES. SO I REALLY, I WANNA SEE A PLAN FOR WHAT THAT INTENSIVE SUPPORT'S GONNA BE. IF IT'S NOT PERSONNEL, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE INTENSIVE SUPPORT GONNA BE? WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA PEOPLE, AND WE LOST 20 INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS LAST YEAR. UM, AND SO YEAH, I JUST, I, I HEAR FROM OUR TEACHERS AND OUR, OUR STAFF AND OUR PARENTS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY, EVERYBODY NEEDS HELP. I THINK AFTER OUR ONE-ON-ONE, I SPOKE TO MS. BRAGG AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A PRESENTATION TO TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS AND WHAT THOSE ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE, UH, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION. MS. BURLING AND MS. BRAT CAN BRING TO THE, TO, UH, AN UPCOMING BOARD MEETING JUST TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WITH THOSE GRANTS TO HELP SCHOOLS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND PLANNING. UH, THERE'S STILL WRITING THE GRANT, SO THEY'LL BE BRINGING, BRINGING THAT SAME GRANT RIGHT HERE IN DECEMBER. YEAH. SO THAT'S COMING SHORTLY . SO, AND, AND THEN MY LAST THING FOR TONIGHT, IT JUST, UM, IN THIS PRESENTATION, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THOSE NEW POSITIONS ARE HIGHER UP POSITIONS, AND THEY ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO WORK HANDS ON WITH CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE DAY. THAT'S A POINT THAT I NOTICED AS WELL. [02:05:01] SO, UM, DEFINITELY NOTE TAKEN. UH, I THINK, UH, SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING ALSO VERY CLOSELY AT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AS WE RECEIVE RESIGNATIONS, UM, FROM, FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND HOW WE, HOW WE REPLACE THOSE. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T POINTED OUT TO CABINET. IT'S SOMETHING WE CERTAINLY NOTICED THAT I SAID THAT THIS, THIS DOESN'T LOOK THE BEST AND IS NOT, NOT THE WAY I WOULD LIKE IT TO LOOK, BUT IT'S JUST SORT OF THE WAY, THE WAY IT LANDED BASED ON WHERE OUR NEEDS ARE CURRENTLY. I WILL SAY IN TERMS OF DISCIPLINE, UH, I MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO, IF THERE ARE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS IN OUR SCHOOL, THIS MAY NOT BE POPULAR FOR THE PRINCIPALS IN THE ROOM, BUT IF THERE'S A DISCIPLINE PROBLEM, THERE'S USUALLY AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROBLEM. IF THERE'S AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROBLEM, THROWING A DISCIPLINARIAN INTO THE MIX IS NOT GONNA FIX IT. IT WILL HELP TO FRAY, UH, THE, SO THAT THE TEACHERS CAN TEACH AND, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO IT'S A SHORT TERM SOLUTION. YOU CAN COME IN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAMMER THE KIDS AND SEND SOME HOME AND, AND, AND SCARE 'EM OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, BUT IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME. SO WHAT'S SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME IS WORKING WITH OUR COACHES, WORKING WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM, PUTTING THOSE FOLKS IN THE CLASSROOM IN A STRATEGIC PLACE TO PARTNER WITH TEACHERS, PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WORK THROUGH, YOU'RE GONNA WORK WITH THIS TEACHER, YOU'RE GONNA WORK WITH THIS DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE GONNA WORK WITH THEM ON THEIR, ON THEIR INSTRUCTION UNTIL, AS A RESULT, THE DISCIPLINE STARTS TO RE LESSEN, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT WING OR THE NEXT SCHOOL WHERE THERE'S A NEED. SO I THINK WE NEED BOTH. THERE'S A BALANCE. SOMETIMES YOU DO NEED THAT DEAN OR THAT DISCIPLINARIAN TO COME IN AND CRACK THE HAMMER, BUT YOU REALLY, FOR LONG TERM IMPACT, YOU NEED THE INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS. SO, UH, I, I RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I THINK WE NEED BOTH. UH, BUT ONE IS A STOP GAP. THE OTHER IS A LONG TERM FIX. SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE BUILD OUR INSTRUCTIONAL, UM, INSTRUCTIONAL, UH, UH, CAPACITY AT OUR SCHOOLS. SO, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? I'D LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE, THE INNOVATIVE IDEAS OF BRINGING IN THE, THE SUBSTITUTES BACK INTO, TO UNDER OUR, OUR DIRECTION. AND THEN ALSO THE, THE FACT THAT WE SAW ON THE, ON THE PRESENTATION, THERE WERE WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE NOT, WERE NOT RE REDOING THESE POSITIONS AND WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY, BUT HERE'S THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY. SO IT WAS JUST, IT'S GOOD TO SEE AT THE END RESULT, IF WE'RE UP 5.8, OVER 5 MILLION OF THAT IS, GOES DIRECTLY TO THE TEACHERS. SO WHEN THERE'S A CONCEPT OF SAYING, WE'RE GONNA ADD PEOPLE OR WHATEVER, THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO THE TEACHERS, THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND TO BE ABLE TO HELP, HELP OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT LAID OUT, THAT IT'S NOT JUST LOTS OF OTHER THINGS. IT'S MAINLY FOR THE TEACHERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE, MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR ACTION [5.A. Acceptance of New Scholarship - Ms. Bragg] AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF A NEW SCHOLARSHIP. MS. BRAGG, THE FOLLOWING NEW SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CLASS OF 2026 IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THE WARREN PAGE, BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, THE NAACP WILL AWARD A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL. ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE PARTICIPATION IN LEADERSHIP, VOLUNTEERING, OR FAITH OR SOCIAL BASED ACTIVITIES. UH, ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES MUST ALSO SUBMIT A BRIEF NARRATIVE AND TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, AS WELL AS AN ESSAY ON THE THEME. THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE CONTINUES. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE NAACP FOR THEIR KIND CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT OF OUR GRADUATES. UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP CHAPTER, MR. KILBY, IS HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT SPONSORING THE SCHOLARSHIP. GOOD AFTERNOON. WELL, MAYBE I SHOULD SAY NIGHT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM, I WAS FALLING ASLEEP BACK THERE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT BROUGHT BACK SOME BAD MEMORIES FROM MY BUDGET DAYS WITH DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS, , . BUT, UM, I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. UM, WE AT THE N-A-A-C-P, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT BRANDING NOW. IT'S N-A-A-C-P, AND WE ARE THE WARREN PAGE BRANCH. AND WE FEEL THAT IT'S A OUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE. SO I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT OUR EDUCATION COMMITTEE COLLABORATED WITH, [02:10:01] UM, WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, MS. BRAGG. I REALLY THANK HER FOR ALL OF HER SUPPORT. AND I ALSO THANK THE EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TOWER TIRELESS, UH, EFFORTS TO MAKE, TO BRING THIS, UH, SCHOLARSHIP TO FRUITION. SO ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT I HAVE, WELL, HOPEFULLY I HAVE SOME MEMBERS LEFT , IF JUST STAND UP, I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE THEM A HAND FOR THEIR WORK MEMBERS, MEMBERS, . SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND MAYBE THE SCHOLARSHIP NEXT YEAR WILL BE LARGER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. KELBY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE WARREN PAGE BRANCH NAACP SCHOLARSHIP BE ACCEPTED WITH GRATITUDE? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING. NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE HAVE [5.B. Approval of the School Improvement Grant Application and Associated School Plans - Ms. Bragg] APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION AND ASSOCIATED SCHOOL PLANS. MS. BRAGG. SO I JUST PASSED OUT THE HOT OFF THE PRESS CURRENT DRAFT VERSION OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR OUR THREE FEDERALLY IDENTIFIED SCHOOLS, E WILSON MORRISON, LESLIE FOX, KAISER, AND RUSTY JEFFRIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT, UH, PROVIDES STU SCHOOLS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS, UH, IT NEEDS, IT NEEDS INTENSIVE SUPPORT, APPROXIMATELY $45,000 THAT THEY CAN ASK THE STATE FOR. THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SIG THAT INCLUDE SELECTING SPECIFIC, UM, EVIDENCE-BASED INITIATIVES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE SHORTCOMINGS AND TRY TO MOVE OUR SCHOOLS FORWARD. AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, ALL THREE OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE SUBGROUP OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE TEAM, ALONGSIDE THE SPECIAL SERVICE TEAM, HAS BEEN TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALSO OUR STUDENTS WITH, WITH, UH, SPECIAL SERVICES. OUR INCLUSIVE MODEL HERE IN WARREN COUNTY THAT INTEGRATES OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES INTO OUR MAINSTREAM CLASSROOM, ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE OUR TIER ONE INSTRUCTION. AND SPEAKING TO WHAT DR. WRIGHT WAS DISCUSSING THERE, AT THE END OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR TIER ONE INSTRUCTION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, AND THEN ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORTS AVAILABLE TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR, UM, SPED STUDENTS. SO YOU HAVE A NICE HEFTY PACKET. I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS TONIGHT. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M APOLO THAT I APOLOGIZE, I COULDN'T POST IT SOONER. THE S GRANT THIS YEAR HAS AN EXTREMELY SHORT TIME PERIOD, UM, ABOUT ROUGHLY THREE WEEKS TO TURN THIS PRODUCT AROUND. SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS OUR APPLICATION. THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE OF IT. IT, IT ADDRESSES SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DIVISION'S RESPONSIBILITIES THERE, BUT AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THAT, I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, IT'S ABOUT THE FIFTH PAGE. IT'S THE SIGNATURE, IT'S THE SIGNATURE PAGE. UM, AND THAT THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE HAS THE APPROXIMATE FUNDING THAT EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE REQUESTING. UH, E WILSON MORRISON, APPROXIMATELY $30,000 LFK 40,000 AND RUSSIE, JEFF, $35,000. UM, THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE FINALIZED BY FRIDAY. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A FEW, UH, FINAL QUOTES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN IT GOES TO THE STATE BEHIND THE APPLICATION. AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THE LAST SEVERAL PAGES OF THE APPLICATION ARE REPETITIVE INTO THE SCHOOL PLAN DOCUMENTS. SO YOU HAVE THREE OF THESE, ONE FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS. AND THIS IS THE UPDATED SCHOOL PLAN BASED ON THE NEW TEMPLATES FROM THE STATE THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, LAST MONTH. SO ADDRESSING READING AND MATH, WORKING OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. IT'S A MULTI-YEAR PLAN TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE SOL SCORES, NOT ONLY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT SPECIFICALLY TARGETING OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. AND THEN ON THE FRONT PAGE, AND I KNOW THE PRINT IS TINY, BUT TO GET IT ALL ON ONE PAGE AND NOT MESS ALL THE COLUMNS UP BELOW IT, [02:15:01] , UM, THE EVIDENCE-BASED INITIATIVES THAT EACH SCHOOL ARE SELECTING IS KIND OF IN THAT NEXT BOX. THE MAJORITY, THE COMMON PIECE OF THE, UM, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES IS ABOUT STRONG EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION FOR OUR STUDENTS, UH, OR FOR OUR TEACHERS TO RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON. SO FOR EXAMPLE, SIE JEFFRIES ELEMENTARY WOULD HA HAVE A PROPOSAL TO WORK, UH, WITH DR. NEWTON, WHO IS AN EXPERT IN RUNNING MATH WORKSHOP, WHICH IS SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, UH, FOR OUR STUDENTS AT SSI JEFFRIES. UM, AT E WILSON MORRISON, THEY HAVE AN ENGLISH, UH, EVIDENCE-BASED INITIATIVE BUILT AROUND DECODING. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ALL THREE OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE SELECTED THE DECODING PIECE FOR OUR K UH, THREE STUDENTS, BECAUSE OUR VOWS DATA SHOWS THAT THAT'S WHERE THERE IS A DEFICIT. IF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT SUCCEEDING AT DECODING AND ENCODING, THEN IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEIR READING CONTINUE TO FALL BEHIND. AND THAT'S HOW WE END UP WITH SO MANY READING PLANS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE, UM, GAPS IN THOSE BASIC SKILLS GOING FORWARD. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIFICS AND ONE OF THE BIG PARTS OF THE, UH, S GRANT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE VERY DETAILED ACTION STEPS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU KIND OF FIND IN THE NEXT PAGES. MM-HMM . IT'S ACROSS, AGAIN, A MULTI-YEAR PLAN. UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS ALREADY IN PROGRESS THAT WERE STARTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE CONTINUE THOSE THINGS, UM, ACROSS THIS YEAR. BUT WHAT THE MAJORITY THAT WE'RE SEEING IS AN ABILITY WITH THIS POT OF MONEY TO DO DETAILED, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH NATIONAL CONSULTANTS LIKE DR. NEWTON FOR MATH. UH, DR. MCKNIGHT, WHO YOU HEARD FROM LAST YEAR, WHO WORKED WITH OUR ENGLISH, UH, AT MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN THEY WERE UNDER THE SIG, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE SIG GIVES US. IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET PD AND SOME RESOURCES IN OUR CLASSROOMS THAT OTHERWISE THE LOCAL BUDGET IS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL HERE. UM, UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE TURNAROUND TIME, I AM GONNA ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING THE APPLICATION AND THE THREE SCHOOL PLANS SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT IT TO THE STATE BY THEIR FRIDAY DEADLINE. UM, LARGE THINGS WILL NOT CHANGE. WE'LL FIRM UP THE NUMBERS BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY. THE ACTION STEPS OF THE SCHOOLS WILL STAY THE SAME. THE EBIS, THE, SORRY, EVIDENCE-BASED INITIATIVES WILL STAY THE SAME. UM, WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO FIRM UP SOME NUMBERS AND GET A FEW MORE BOXES FILLED OUT ON, UM, OUR CONTRACTS WITH, UH, CONSULTANTS AND OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE SOURCES. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WHAT DID YOU SAY AGAIN? NO, JUST JOKING. . I KNOW. I'M SORRY. , MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR PRETTY MUCH TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS. , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO IT'S, IT'S A LOT. RIGHT? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BROWN? I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION THEN. SO THIS IS IT. THIS IS WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER. THIS IS, THIS IS OUR SOLUTION. I SEE THAT THE STATISTICS WE'RE GOING TOWARDS FROM 77, 70% TO 85. I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A, IF, IF WE ACHIEVE THIS, IT'S GREAT NEWS. WE'RE GONNA BE THERE. OKAY. AND, AND WE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT SETTING, YOU KNOW, THE INCREMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE THOSE GOALS ACHIEVABLE. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO FROM, YOU KNOW, 40 TO 90 IN A YEAR. YEAH. THE STATE DOESN'T EVEN EXPECT THAT. UM, SO WE TRIED TO MAKE IT REASONABLE, BUT ALSO PUSH US WITH THAT STRONG INSTRUCTION. AND I JUST CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT THE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS, THE HIGH QUALITY ROUTINES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO START GETTING A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO INSTRUCTION IN OUR CLASSROOMS. I LOVE THAT WE HAVE SOME FREEDOM. I'M NOT TELLING TEACHERS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO X, Y, AND Z ALL DAY LONG. YOU CAN DEFINITELY PUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR SPIN ON THINGS. BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED ROUTINE, AND THAT'S THE ROUTINE THAT WE NEED TO DO. AND THAT'S NOT THE TIME THAT WE PUT OUR FLARE ON IT. BUT THERE'S OTHER PLACES WHERE THAT AUTONOMY CAN STILL BE ACHIEVED, BUT IT MAY NOT BE ALL DAY LONG IN EVERY SUBJECT. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE IN YOU . I MOVE THAT THE 20 25, 20 26 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION IN SCHOOL PLANS FOR E WILSON, MORRISON ELEMENTARY, LESLIE FOX, KAISER ELEMENTARY, AND RUSTY JEFFRIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. THANK YOU, MS. CRAIG. NO PRESSURE. RIGHT. [02:20:01] GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . NEXT [5.C. Second Reading of updated Policy BCE School Board Committees and Policy BCG School Attorney - Dr. Costner] UP WE HAVE THE SECOND READING OF THE UPDATED POLICY, BCE SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES AND POLICY BCG SCHOOL ATTORNEY DR. COSTNER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SECOND READING, UM, UH, THEY BELIEVE MR. MCFADDEN ALLUDED TO THAT, THAT OUR, UM, POLICY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THESE TWO POLICIES WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS. UH, THIS IS A SECOND READING. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED, DELETED, OR NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT OR SENT BACK TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE FOR THEM TO FURTHER REVIEW? I'D LIKE TO SAY AS SOMEONE ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE, SO MRS. JONES AND I LOOKED AT, LOOKED AT THESE TWO THINGS AND HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH ON IT, AND THEN, AND KIND OF ENDED IT WHERE WE WERE AND SAID, WE'RE READY TO SEND THESE FORWARD TO BE PUT ON THE THING. I, I THINK DO THINK THERE'S STILL SOME, SOME AREAS IN THERE, UH, FOR BCG, I THINK BCE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY. THERE WAS NO, UH, I THINK THAT'S THE ONE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. THERE'S NO COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW? NO, I DON'T THINK ANYONE, I MEAN, MAYBE SOMEONE HERE HAS AN OPINION THAT WE'D LIKE TO HEAR IT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THERE ON THE BCG. THERE WAS ONE ASPECT OF IT THAT I, I THOUGHT THAT THE WHOLE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. AND THAT WAS ABOUT THE, UH, SORT OF THE INDIVIDUAL USE OF A, OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE ATTORNEY DIRECTLY. THE CURRENT WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN, IT DOES ALLOW FOR THAT. IT DOES SAY THAT IN THERE, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME, I, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE, UH, EASY TO UNDERSTAND FOR FUTURE BOARDS, WHAT WAS MEANT BY THAT. 'CAUSE CURRENTLY, AS IT'S BEEN REDLINED AND HOW IT'S UP THERE, IT DOES SAY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE FREE ACCESS TO TO IT, AND THEN IT, AND THEN IT'S SORT OF LIKE, WELL, THE QUESTION IS, WELL, HOW, HOW DO I DO IT? WHEN DO I DO IT? SO I, I MADE, I MADE SOME, UH, OTHER RED LINES TO IT THAT YOU CAN PASS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN BE, THIS IS THE SECOND READING. I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A HORSE IN THE RACE. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, THIS IS THE PART THAT, TRYING TO GET TO SOME CONCLUSION TO SAY, WELL, IF WE ALL AGREE THAT THE, THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS MAY CONTACT THE SCHOOL BOARD'S ATTORNEY, WHICH IS WHAT IT CURRENTLY SAYS RIGHT NOW, THE QUESTION WOULD BE TO GIVE SOMEONE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THEY WOULD DO IT OR HOW IT'S ALLUDED TO. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WAS MADE IN THE EDITS THAT'S ON THERE IS THAT IT SHOULD ALL GO THROUGH THE BOARD CHAIR, WHICH I, I AGREE WITH, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES THE BOARD CHAIR MIGHT BE ON VACATION OR THE, MAYBE IT'S A POLICY COMMITTEE AND WE JUST NEED TO SAY, HEY, WHAT DOES OUR ATTORNEY SAY ABOUT, IS THIS IN LINE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, VIRGINIA POLICY OR SOMETHING? MAYBE, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST ASK THAT QUESTION. SO ONE OF THE WAYS AROUND THAT, OR TO ADD TO THAT WAS TO BE ABLE TO ADD THIS LITTLE SECTION ABOUT REQUEST FOR LEGAL SERVICES EXPECTED TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAWYER'S CHARGE IS. OBVIOUSLY THEY CHARGE A LOT OF MONEY. SO IF IT'S A SMALL TYPE THING, IF IT'S LIKE, WELL, CAN YOU JUST CHECK THIS? IS THIS IN LINE WITH CODE? IS THIS, WHATEVER. SO THE NORMAL WAY WOULD BE TO GO THROUGH THE CHAIR AS IT SHOULD BE. BUT THERE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO IT BECAUSE OF JUST THINGS THAT HAPPEN. SO THE LEGAL TERM FOR THAT IS ABOUT REASONABLE, REASONABLY EXPECTED FOR THINGS THAT THROUGH A REASONABLY EXPECTED OO OPPORTUNITY. UM, SO IT SAYS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS MAY CONTACT SCHOOL BOARD'S ATTORNEY DIRECTLY WHEN LEGAL ADVICE IS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES. AND AGAIN, THEY, THEY DON'T REASONABLY, THAT'S A, A LEGAL TERM THAT JUST SAYS A, A RIGHT-MINDED PERSON BELIEVES IT TO BE THE CASE. AND THEY, AND THEY DO IT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY EVIDENCE IN, IN THE, AT LEAST IN THE PAST TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN ON IT, THAT THERE'S BEEN ANY, UH, INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS OR EVEN BOARD AS A WHOLE OF SUCKING DOWN THE, THE, THE LAWYERS OF MONEY FOR THE WHOLE THING. I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE USED IT FOR VARIOUS REASONS, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THAT, BUT FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, WE'VE BEEN VERY DILIGENT TO SAY, LET'S CUT BACK ON THE USE OF THE ATTORNEYS BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA KILL OUR BUDGET. SO I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S TRYING TO SAY, LET'S DO IT. BUT I DO THINK FOR ALL OF US INVOLVED, IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE, IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL MEMBERS TO CONTACT IT, I THINK IT SHOULD BE EITHER, EITHER A, UH, A REGULATION GETS WRITTEN BY THE, BY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BE ADDED TO IT. THAT HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT, AS WELL AS HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT FOR THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL THAT WE ALLOW SUPER, YOU KNOW, HOW TO DO IT. CURRENTLY, IT CURRENTLY SAYS INDIVIDUAL WARS CAN DO IT. AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY FUZZY LANGUAGE OF, WELL, WHEN COULD YOU DO IT? SO THIS, I TRIED TO REWRITE IT TO SAY, THIS EXPLAINS A LITTLE MORE. MAYBE IT DOESN'T DO THAT, MAYBE IT DOES, BUT THAT'S, I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE, THE NEW UNDERLINED RED STUFF IS. THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM. I WON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. UM, I DO THINK WE NEED SOME, LIKE, REGULATIONS OF STEP ONE, YOU KNOW, CONTACT THE CHAIR AND IF THE CHAIR IS UNAVAILABLE, MAYBE CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT OR, UM, HIS DESIGNEE. JUST, I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY WOULD ABUSE THE USE OF OUR ATTORNEY, BUT IT'S CLEAR WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO BE ASKING RANDOM [02:25:01] QUESTIONS TO THE ATTORNEY. UM, AND WE HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S BEEN IN VIRGINIA FOR A LONG TIME, AND SO HE MAY HAVE AN ANSWER, UM, TO WHATEVER THAT QUESTION COULD BE. UM, AND AGAIN, FOR FUTURE BOARDS, SOMEONE MAY GET ON HERE AND BE LIKE, OH, I CAN CALL A LAWYER WHENEVER I WANT. RIGHT. UM, SO I THINK HAVING STEPS OF WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IS, I MEAN, HAS IT BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST ABOUT WE'VE GOT AN EMERGENCY AND WE HAVE TO TALK TO THE LAWYER RIGHT NOW? I DON'T THINK THAT, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANY ISSUES WITH, WITH EITHER THING LIKE THAT. IT HAS TO BE RIGHT THAT SECOND. BUT ALSO, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE HAD ANY ISSUES, AS MR. MCFADDEN ALREADY SAID, WITH BOARD MEMBERS TAKING ADVANTAGE AND CALLING JUST AT WILL OVER ANY LITTLE THING. UM, WHEN YOU JUST SAID THAT, LIKE, WHAT IF THE CHAIR ISN'T HERE, MAYBE, UM, AND YOU SAID THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE, LIKE MAYBE IT GOES TO THE VICE CHAIR. I THINK THE VICE CHAIR, THAT SITUATION, I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. 'CAUSE IF IT'S A BOARD MATTER MM-HMM . THE BOARD WANTS TO KNOW, THEN WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ASKING DR. WRIGHT ABOUT IT. SO MAYBE THAT'S LIKE YOUR SECOND PERSON THAT YOU ASKED HISTORICALLY. UM, I'VE NOT CALLED OUR ATTORNEY EXCEPT WHEN LIKE I'VE HEARD A BOARD QUESTION. UM, AND SOMETIMES EVEN IF THAT'S ONE OTHER BOARD MEMBER, LIKE, I'VE NOT STOOD IN THE WAY OF GETTING THAT QUESTION, UM, ANSWERED. AND I THINK NOBODY'S TAKEN, I, I DON'T THINK, I MEAN, WE COULD LOOK AT ALL OF OUR THINGS, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TIME, ATTORNEY TIME DOING THAT. UM, BUT I AGREE. I JUST WOULD WANT IT LIKE IN WRITING, LIKE I SAID, IF IN THE FUTURE SURE. WE HAVE TO, IF IT'S REALLY LOOSE THE WAY THAT WE WORD IT IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD HAVE A BOARD MEMBER WHO SAYS, I CAN CONTACT A LAWYER WHENEVER I WANT TO. AND YEAH, WE MIGHT NOT WANT THAT. WELL, THE STATE OF VIRGINIA FROM I UNDERSTOOD, DOESN'T HAVE ANY POLICIES ON IT. THEY JUST SAY, YOU HAVE A SCHOOL ATTORNEY AND IT'S UP TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO, TO UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW AND WHEN IT ALL HAPPENED. SO IT IS UP TO US TO DO THAT. AGAIN, GOING, GOING BACK TO WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS POLICY USED TO LOOK LIKE. IT WAS ONE LINE, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM . WE HAVE A SCHOOL ATTORNEY, FREDERICK COUNTY'S JUST ONE LINE THAT YES, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS ALLOWED TO SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL. YEAH. AND THAT, AND THAT, THAT ORIGINALLY COMES FROM THE VS. BA IS THEIR SUGGESTED POLICIES. AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S FINE, BUT WE FLESHING IT OUT AS TO IT. SO I THINK IF, IF WE'RE ON THE SECOND READING NOW AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, THIS WOULD BE A CASE TO SAY, AS YOU GO TOWARDS THE THIRD READING WHAT EXACT WORDS OR WHAT, WHAT, WHERE DO, WHERE DO WE, WHERE DO WE HAVE TO EDIT IT WITH WHAT WORD TO MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE, EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OVER SOMETHING THAT HASN'T, IT HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THE FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK OUR, I, OUR BOARD HAS NEVER TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, NOR HAVE WE BEEN THE CAUSE OF, OF DRIVING THAT UP. UM, AND SO TO, TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE IF, IF A IF A FUTURE BOARD HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT, THEN THE FUTURE BOARD NEEDS TO BE THE ONES TO TRY TO REIGN THAT IN AND, AND, AND GET THAT INTO THE, TO THE NITTY GRITTY. BUT ULTIMATELY WE WANT OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE A 15 MINUTE, WHAT IS IT? $60? 62 50. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, AT THE RECEIPTS I HAVE QUESTION RATHER THAN MAKE THE ERROR AND HAVE IT RESULT IN A A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LAWSUIT BILL. AND I KNOW, I, I, I CERTAINLY REACH OUT IF THERE'S EVER A QUESTION, I CAN COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES ON ONE HAND. UM, AND JUST BOGGING DOWN SOME OF THOSE THINGS. LIKE, UH, WHAT POPPED UP WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT POLICY COMMITTEE WITH HAVING SOMETHING IS, I, I KNOW IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAVE DONE, UM, WITH THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE, UM, TALKING ABOUT DOING LIKE THE AUCTIONS OR GETTING RID OF THE SEATS AT, AT E WILSON MM-HMM . YES. THAT, THAT COULD BE A, A 15 MINUTE CALL. AND IT'S RESOLVED AND IT'S RESOLVED VERY QUICKLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MISSTEP WITH, WITH, UM, THE WAY WE'VE ACCEPTED BIDS WITH, UM, WITH DIFFERENCES IN BIDS. WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ONE TIME. I REMEMBER. UM, IT WASN'T ME THAT ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT TO BE ABLE TO, AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE WHEN IT COMES TO, TO LEGAL ADVICE. AND I THINK WE'RE KIND OF GETTING INTO THE WEEDS WITH TRYING TO OVERLY RESTRICT THE USE OF THIS ATTORNEY. LIKE WE GET THE POINT, LIKE WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ASK, WE SHOULD GIVE THAT COURTESY. THE OTHER THING THAT HAD BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST WAS, UM, WHAT I CALL TELEPHONE GAME LEGAL ADVICE. LIKE WE MIGHT ASK A QUESTION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HOW, HOW IT'S PHRASED. EVERYBODY PHRASES THINGS DIFFERENTLY. SO THEN WHEN THE QUESTION OR WHEN THE ANSWER COMES BACK THE WAY IT'S, IT'S HEARD CAN [02:30:01] ALSO BE DIFFERENT. SO IT IS HELPFUL CERTAINLY TO HAVE WHERE THE FULL BOARD IS GETTING THE SAME ADVICE. WE CAN SEE HOW THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, HOW IT WAS ANSWERED. ALL OF THAT STUFF IS, IS GREAT TO HAVE HERE. BUT, UM, I I, I LIKE WHAT I'M READING RIGHT HERE ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER. UM, YEAH, IT, IT SHOULD GO THROUGH BOARD CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT, OR LIKE THE ORIGINAL WORDS I SEE ARE CROSSED OUT OR WHEN, WHEN PRACTICAL. YEAH. I MEAN MAYBE WE, MAYBE, MAYBE WE FORGET ABOUT THE NEW THING AND JUST WHERE THE PART THAT'S UP THERE ON THE INTERNET RIGHT NOW, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, BUT THE NEED, UH, MAN ACCORDINGLY, AND THE PART THAT WAS THERE BEFORE SAYS WHEN PRACTICAL INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD ROUTE REQUESTS FOR LEGAL ADVICE THROUGH THE BOARD CHAIR OR THE SUPERINTENDENT. I, I DON'T KNOW. THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD MEAN THERE WERE TIMES IT WOULDN'T BE PRACTICAL, WHICH MEANS IT WOULDN'T GO THROUGH THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. BUT IN GENERAL, THE REGULAR PRACTICE WOULD BE FOR DOING THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU MADE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRICT WAS THE 15 MINUTE THING. RIGHT. ON YOUR NEW PIECE OF PAPER HERE, UM, INCLUDE IT'S, WELL, IT'S JUST MORE SAYING THE REASONS A, AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON WOULD, MIGHT GO TO THE BOARD. SO THE FIRST ONE JUST SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, HAS, THERE'S LEGAL ADVICE, MINIMIZE LEGAL LIABILITY AND NECESSARY EXPENSE. INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS STILL HAVE THE FAIR AND EQUAL ACCESS TO THE SCOREBOARD. THIS ONE LAYS OUT A LITTLE BIT SAYING WHAT THEY MIGHT BE TO CARRY OUT THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES, INCLUDING MATTERS INVOLVING LEGAL COMPLIANCE, ETHICS, CONFIDENTIALITY, GOVERNANCE PROCEDURES. SO IT JUST SORT OF LAYS OUT, SO IT ISN'T WILLY-NILLY, IT TELLS YOU HERE'S ACTUALLY THE THINGS THAT IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL SCORE MEMBER MEMBER, YOU WANNA GO DIRECTLY TO THE, TO THE ATTORNEY. THESE ARE THE TOPICS THAT IT WOULD BE SURE. NOT JUST ANYTHING ELSE. I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S THINGS THAT IT SHOULD BE. YEAH. AND THAT COULD BE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER, I MEAN IT COULD BE, YEAH, I MEAN, I'M GOOD WITH IT IF WE LEAVE IT WITH THIS PAPER COPY WHERE IT'S ALL SPELLED OUT. I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY FAIR. MM-HMM . I THINK THE ONLY OTHER, AND THIS IS JUST A QUESTION, IT'S NOT REALLY ASKING TO CHANGE IT, BUT THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, NOT LIMITING THE PAYMENT OF ASSOCIATED COSTS AND ALL THAT BY VIRGINIA CODE, OF COURSE. UM, WE HAVE OUR OWN SEPARATE, LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY, IT WOULDN'T BE SAMS ANDERSON. LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS IN THIS CASE. LIKE IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST US AS BOARD MEMBERS, THAT WOULD BE GOING THEN THROUGH OUR INSURANCE AND WE'D BE ASSIGNED A DIFFERENT ATTORNEY. SO I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PARAGRAPH REALLY APPLIES THE WAY WE THINK IT DOES. I'M NOT SURE. 'CAUSE IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULD NOT BE OUR SAN ANDERSON ATTORNEY THAT WE WOULD JUST BE PAYING IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. IT WOULD BE GOING THROUGH OUR INSURANCE AND WHOEVER THEY ASSIGN US. SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A QUESTION ACTUALLY FOR OUR ATTORNEY, LIKE IF SHE'S LOOKED AT THIS POLICY TO SEE IF THIS IS 14 MINUTES ONLY. YES. 14 MINUTES. LIKE IF WE CAN SEE, LIKE, ONCE WE AGREE ON THIS, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE MEAN IT TO SAY? ARE WE, ARE WE SOMEHOW ASSUMING THAT WE ARE GOING TO NOW PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT RIGHT. WE SHOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR. I DUNNO. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE, WHEN WE'VE SORT OF CREATED OUR OWN VERSION OF THE THING. WE'VE SENT IT TO THE SANS ANDERSON TO REVIEW TO MAKE SURE IT'S UP TO SNUFF. I DID THAT WITH THE, WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, GAVE HER 2 CENTS IN THE END AND WHAT WE PAID FOR THAT, BUT IT WASN'T 2 CENTS. RIGHT. BUT, UH, BUT I WOULDN'T THINK THIS WOULD COST VERY MUCH. NO. TO AGREE. THIS IS FAIRLY SHORT JUST TO LOOK AT, JUST TO LOOK IT OVER. YEAH. RIGHT. AND IT'S WORTH THAT. IT IS WORTH IT TO MAKE SURE THAT RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN MAYBE, MAYBE JUST WITH IT RIGHT NOW WE SAY, HOW DOES THIS LINE UP AND DOES THIS SAY WHAT WE THINK IT SAYS RATHER THAN IF THE, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD MM-HMM . UM, IF THE POLICY COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT ME A, A CLEAN VERSION OR I CAN CLEAN IT UP EITHER WHICH WAY MM-HMM . OF EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, STRAIGHTFORWARD. I CAN REACH OUT TO OUR ATTORNEY AND, UM, HAVE THEM REVIEW IT AND GET BACK. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE HAVE THE THIRD, UM, READING. OKAY. I DON'T THINK ANY, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANY OF US ARE ASKING FOR ANY BIG CHANGES ON IT. JUST A HEY, DO YOU GUYS THINK THIS IS GOOD? YEAH, I MEAN FOR OUR ATTORNEY, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF, IF ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTIES HAVE A ONE-LINER, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T SEEN A LONGER ONE, ONE BEFORE, AND MAYBE THIS IS NEW, THEY CAN PUT ON THEIR RESUME AND SAY, WE KNOW ABOUT THIS NOW, YOU KNOW, WELL, AND MS. MS SALE SAID, I DON'T WANT US TO LIKE OVERWRITE OURSELVES INTO SOME KIND OF YEAH. WEIRD CORNER THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO GO INTO. I LIKE THAT. WE'RE, WE'RE KEEP, WE'RE GETTING THE FOIA FEE NOW FOR THE ATTORNEY. SO THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY OFFSET THAT, UH, WHAT WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT IN THE, THE BUDGET FOR HOW MUCH THE FOIA ARE COSTING. RIGHT. I'LL BE GLAD TO DO SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, AND, UH, THE BCE, NOT TO SHIFT GEARS, IF THAT'S OKAY. THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS ON THIS, UM, [02:35:01] I JUST HAD ONE VERY, VERY, VERY MINOR TWEAK, UM, WITH THE, UH, BUILDING AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE. IT HAD LISTED THE, UM, OH, WHERE IS IT? THE OTHER PARTICIPANT, THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS AS THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, FACILITY STAFF, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. UM, USUALLY IT'S OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAS BEEN ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO ADD ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. OF COURSE THERE ARE TIMES SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL. CHARLES, I WAS TRYING TO GET OUT THIS, HE READ THAT HE KNEW HE DID. I'M SORRY, MY PAPER'S BLURRY. I CANNOT READ THAT AT THIS TIME. YOU LEFT IT OUT ON PURPOSE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE . SO YOU GONNA UPDATE THAT IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO WRITING YOURSELF OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS, I'LL BE GLAD. I'LL BE GLAD, BE GLAD TO GO BACK AND ADD IT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? SO THE TWO OF YOU WILL GET HIM YES. CLEANED UP VERSION. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU [5.E. Policy Review and Update - Third Reading of School Board Member Alliance (SBMA) Policy Updates. - Dr. Costner] NEXT OF THIS EVENING WE HAVE, UM, THE POLICY REVIEW AND UPDATE THE THIRD READING OF THE, UM, MO THE MOST RECENT SBMA POLICY UPDATES. YES. MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS THE, THE THIRD READING OF THE POLICIES THAT YOU DO SEE LISTED. UM, AGAIN, THE FIRST READING WAS JANUARY 7TH, THE SECOND READING WAS JANUARY THE 21ST. WE DO BRING THIS FORWARD TO, UM, AFTER THE SCHOOL BOARD TO APPROVE THE SBMA UPDATED POLICIES AS PRESENTED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. KOSNER? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES THE SBMA UPDATES, UPDATED POLICIES AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. A AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR. COSTNER. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR [5.D. Second Reading of SBMA Updated Policies - Dr. Costner] SECOND READING OF THE FINAL SET OF SBMA POLICIES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. THAT IS CORRECT, YES, MA'AM. WE DID HAVE THE FIRST READING ON JANUARY THE 21ST. THIS IS THE SECOND READING. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE ENCOUNTERED WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO ANY OF THE POLICIES? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CHANGES? NO. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THESE AT OUR WORK SESSION. YES, MA'AM. FOR THE THIRD READING FOR APPROVAL. THAT SOUNDS PERFECT. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING INTO [6.A. Board Member Requests] BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS. MR. MCFADDEN, UM, MY AGE OLD REQUEST THAT WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GET THE LINK ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. I WILL KEEP SAYING THAT UNTIL I COME ACROSS IT AND FIND IT SOMEDAY. SO, OKAY. A HONOR NEW INTERIM CAN TAKE CARE OF IT. UM, SECOND THING IS WE, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE SAID ABOUT, BUT, UM, SO WE APPROVE THE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY. NOW WE NEED A REGULATION OF SOME SORT ABOUT THE STUDENT TRIP GUIDELINES TO MAKE SURE THAT IT INCLUDES SOMETHING ABOUT COMMUNICATION METHODS FOR HOW THE, HOW THE CHAPERONES ARE GONNA COMMUNICATE WITH THE, WITH THE STUDENTS AND THAT HOW THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE TEXT OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEN ALSO ON THE, I GUESS THERE'S SOME SORT OF AUTHORIZATION FORM THAT A PARENT SIGNS TO SAY, MY KID CAN GO ON THIS THING. THAT, ON THAT FORM IT WOULD SAY, HERE'S MY, YOU, I AUTHORIZED THE CHAPERONE TO COMMUNICATE VIA TEXT OR EMAIL, WHATEVER IT IS, SO MY KID CAN GO. SO I, I KNOW HE MENTIONED THAT TO SOME, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT HAPPENED OR WHAT WE HAVE. AND I, IT BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN WHEN I SAW THAT WE WERE PROVING SOMEONE TO DO AN OVERNIGHT TRIP. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, DID, DID WE DO THAT OR NOT? THE PERMISSION FORM. SO THE PERMISSION FORM AND ALSO THE, THE, THE, I WANT ICA DASH R IS THE STUDENT TRIP GUIDELINE, UH, POLICY THAT THERE COULD BE SOMEPLACE IN THERE THAT ALSO STATES IT. I WOULD, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED. I THINK THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT. DR. WRIGHT, WAS THAT HAPPENING? I THOUGHT, YES. WE, WE HAD A DRAFT. UH, I KNOW DR. KOSNER WAS WORKING ON A DRAFT FORM. I THINK HE, HE RAN IT THROUGH PRINCIPALS AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT LANDED. IS IT COMPLETED OR? WELL, RIGHT NOW WHAT THE, THE PRO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE PRESENTED THE DRAFT FORM TO THE PRINCIPALS ALSO ASKED THE PRINCIPALS TO SHARE YOU FIELD TRIP INFORMATION. THEY HAVE TO TRY TO CONSOLIDATE IT INTO ONE FORM THAT WE USE FOR WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL. UM, BE GLAD TO BRING THAT TO THE, UM, WORK SESSION, WHICH YOU JUST ADDED FOR INFORMATION TO LET YOU ALL SEE IT AND REVIEW TO, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE SAME THINGS THAT THE PARENTS SHOULD SEE WHEN IT GOES HOME. THEY ASK FOR PERMISSION TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE CHAPERONE MAY USE TEXT, COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR CHILD, UM, THE NUMBER. PLEASE INCLUDE THE NUM THE PHONE NUMBER FOR WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE PHONE NUMBER, THE PARENT, WE WANT THE TEXT NUMBER TO GO TO. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT KIND [02:40:01] OF, I'LL CLEANED IT UP SO IT DOESN'T WRITE THE WAY I SAID IT. SO, UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M JUST GONNA REPEAT THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE AT HOME. 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF THEY CAN HEAR YOU, UM, WITHOUT THE MICROPHONE, BUT BASICALLY, OH, I, I'M SORRY. BUT WE'LL, WE'LL JUST SEE AT OUR WORK SESSION WHAT THE COUNTYWIDE PERMISSIONS LOOK LOOKS LIKE AT OUR WORK SESSION. AND THAT WAY WE'LL ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT GOING FORWARD. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO BRING IT UP TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL TO PARENTS SO THEY'RE AWARE OF IT. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, NO. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, MS. JONES? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, MR. KLE. UM, YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE. UM, WHEN YOU GUYS GIVE US THIS KIND OF PAPERWORK, I'D LIKE SOME TUMS WITH IT. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SUGGEST THAT OR NOT, BUT I HAVE SOME, I HAVE SOME IN MY PURSE, . I, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME WITH THAT KIND OF PAPERWORK, BUT, UM, NO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, I WANTED TO, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING AND, AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO, UH, ABOUT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ABOUT, UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS A TERRIBLE TIME TO BRING IT UP WITH OUR BUDGET AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UM, I'D LIKE FOR US TO MAYBE LOOK INTO A FULL-TIME GRANT WRITER POSITION. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE, UM, WE'RE MISSING OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES, UM, JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE. AND I KNOW MS. BRAGG, YOU, YOU WROTE THAT GRANT PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE YOU HEARD OF IT OR SOMEBODY TOLD YOU ABOUT IT. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO US THAT IF WE HAD SOMEBODY CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR 'EM, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WOULD HELP US WITH OUR, THE IN SCHOOL STUFF, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE EXTRA, LIKE THE LA LAND LABS, YOU KNOW, THE TECH CENTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE THAT COULD BE. AND, AND SOMETHING ELSE I DIDN'T KNOW. I KNOW THE COUNTY HAD, UH, MS. ROSSER FOR YEARS THAT DID IT, AND I THOUGHT SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB. UM, IN FACT, I, I THOUGHT THE COUNTY WAS VERY PROSPEROUS WHEN SHE WAS DOING GRANTS. UM, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF MAYBE, UH, A SHARED POSITION WITH THE COUNTY MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY ON THE COST. I, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE'D WANT TO DO THAT. UM, BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING I'D BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT A, UH, I WOULD ALMOST BET THAT THE GRANT WRITER POSITION WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF OVER A YEAR. UM, BUT THAT'S MY REQUEST JUST TO LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU, MS. SANDS. UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS, BUT I THINK MR. KLINE, DID YOU LISTEN IN ON MY MEETING WITH DR. WRIGHT? WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME IDEAS, . SO, UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY REQUESTS EXCEPT JUST, UM, AFTER HEARING THE BUDGET PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND LISTENING, I KNOW MS. JONES WAS BRINGING UP LIKE WHERE ARE SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE, THE TEACHING POSITIONS. I HOPE THAT OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, IF THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED, THEY TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EMAIL US TO REACH OUT, TO COME TO OUR JOINT SESSION, UM, NEXT WEEK WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, EVEN IF JUST TO LISTEN. UM, AND THEN CERTAINLY TO SPEAK AT OUR PUBLIC HEARING OR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION, UM, ON FEBRUARY 18TH, SO THAT WE CAN HEAR WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT, WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED. BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE TOO LATE WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT IT IN MARCH, APRIL AND MAY. SO, UM, I'D JUST ENCOURAGE, I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH GETTING THOSE DATES BLASTED OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND IF WE COULD JUST LIKE KEEP THAT GOING, UM, AND CIRCULATING SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT, THAT IT'S HAPPENING, UM, THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD ASK. AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA [7. Closed Meeting] ASK MS. SALE, WILL YOU PLEASE READ US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? THIS MOTION IS MADE AT THIS OPEN PUBLIC MEETING OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. BECOME A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1. THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTER IN A CLOSED MEETING SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A ONE, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OR INTERVIEWS OF PERSPEC PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING, OR RESIGNATION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, SPECIFICALLY THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION, THE PERSONNEL REPORT AND THE PERSONNEL REPORT ADDENDUM AS WELL AS MATTER NUMBER 2 0 2 6 DASH ZERO TWO DASH ZERO FOUR DASH ZERO ONE. IS THERE A SECOND? MAY 2ND IT. MR. MS. SALLE, COULD YOU PLEASE DO ROLL CALL [02:45:01] MS. SALANS? AYE. MR. MCFADDEN? AYE. MS. JONES. R MR. KLEIN AYE. DR. PENCE AYE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ACCORDING TO THE VOTES RECORDED BY THE CLERK, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF WARREN COUNTY DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION APPLIES. AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT. MS. SEL, COULD YOU DO ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. SALANS? AYE. MR. MCFADDEN? AYE. MS. JONES? AYE. MR. KLEIN AYE. DR. PENCE? AYE. IS THERE A [8. Approval of Closed Meeting Item(s)] MOTION ON THE PERSONNEL REPORT AND PERSONNEL REPORT? ADDENDUM, I MOVE THAT THE PERSONNEL REPORT, UH, JANUARY 4TH, 2026, PERSONNEL REPORT AND PERSONNEL REPORT, ADDENDUM BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING? WE'LL MEET NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH. WE ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.