May 06, 2026 Board Meeting

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[1.A. Call to Order - Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence - School Board Chair]

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT

[1.B. Accept or Modify the Agenda - School Board]

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NO.

THANK YOU.

NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.

IS THERE ANYONE FROM OUR AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? MS. STETL, IS ANYONE SIGNED UP? THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP THIS EVENING,

[1.D. Instruction Spotlight - Ms. Bragg]

MS. BRAGG.

GOOD EVENING.

THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT FEATURES MRS. ERT AND HER SECOND GRADE STUDENTS FROM E WILSON MORRISON SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCE, LEARNING ABOUT, AND WITNESSING FIRSTHAND THE LIFECYCLE OF CHICKS.

WCPS PARTNERED WITH THE LOCAL VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF THE FOUR H TO PROVIDE ALL SECOND GRADE CLASSROOMS WITH AN ENGAGING HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION TO EMBRYOLOGY.

STUDENTS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE LIFECYCLE OF A CHICK AND EXPLORED HOW AND WHY CHANGES OCCUR AS THE EMBRYO DEVELOPS, THE STUDENTS FOLLOWED THE EMBRYO'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE FINAL HATCHING OF THE EGGS AND THE FIRST WEEKS OF THE CHICK'S LIFE.

AND AS OF TODAY, THERE WERE 45 45 SECOND GRADERS.

SO WE'VE, WE HAVE HATCHED 45 EGGS ACROSS THE SECOND GRADE HERE IN WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND WE HAVE FIVE OF OUR FRIENDS JOINING US TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO OUR SECOND GRADERS.

AND MRS. ERNST AND MRS. KNOX WILL, UH, COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE PROJECT IN THE CLASSROOM AT E WILSON.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MRS. ERNST AND HER STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE AN EXCITING AND HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE FROM THEIR CLASSROOM.

MRS. ER'S CLASS RECENTLY ENGAGED IN A STUDY OF CHICKEN EMBRYOLOGY WHERE STUDENTS EXPLORED THE LIFECYCLE THROUGH DIRECT OBSERVATION AND INQUIRY.

THEY BEGAN BY CAREFULLY INCUBATING FERTILIZED CHICKEN EGGS, AND OVER TIME MONITORED AND DOCUMENTED THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS.

THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO WITNESS FIRSTHAND HOW THE EGGS DEVELOPED INTO BABY CHICKS.

THIS PROJECT PROVIDED A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO CONNECT SCIENCE CONCEPTS TO REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES WHILE BUILDING CURIOSITY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE SCIENCE.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MRS. ERNST AND HER STUDENTS TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THEIR LEARNING.

HELLO.

UM, SO WE ARE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT EMBRYOLOGY IN THE EMBRYO.

AND THEN EMBRYOLOGY IS JUST A BRANCH OF BIOLOGY THAT FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMBRYO.

AND AN EMBRYO IS THE VERY BEGINNING OF AN ANIMAL, LOST PART OF THE MOTHER OR THE EGG.

ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA INTRODUCE CHASE TO GO AHEAD AND START US OFF.

WE PUT OUR INCUBATOR ON A TABLE NEAR A WINDOW.

THE BLINDS WERE CLOSED.

WE KEPT THE TEMPERATURE 100 DEGREES AND THE HUMIDITY AT 55%.

WE'LL PASS IT ON TO CADE.

THE EGGS ROTATED ALL BY THEMSELF IN THE INCUBATOR.

WE TOOK THEM DOWN ON 18 SO THEY COULD ACT SAFELY.

AND NOW KIMBER, THE FIRST PART OF THE CHICKEN LIFECYCLE, IT'S THE EGG AND THE EMBRYO.

THE SECOND PART OF A CHICKEN'S LIFECYCLE IS WHEN THE CHICKENS HATCH.

AND NEXT TAYLOR, WHEN THEY HATCH, THEY

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A BROODER BOX IS WHERE CHICKS STAY TO STAY SAFE.

IT PROVIDES HEAT WHILE THE CHICKS GROW THEIR FEATHERS.

AND NEXT WE HAVE MEREDITH.

THE CHICKENS WILL THEN BECOME ADULTS.

A FEMALE CHICKEN IS A HE AND A MALE CHICKEN IS A ROOSTER.

ACTUALLY, THE BACK PART, LET'S SHOW.

ALRIGHT.

THEY'RE GONNA COME UP AND SHOW YOU.

THEY DID A SEQUENCING EVENT.

YOU CAN WALK.

SURE.

ABSOLUTELY.

WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO SEE THE CHICKENS UP CLOSE? WANNA SHOW THEM WHAT YOU DID? TURN TO THE BACK PAGE.

TELL ABOUT WHAT YOU DID.

YEP.

DOWN.

THOSE PEOPLE ARE WALKING DOWN AND THE TWO OF YOU CAN HAVE IT TURN.

DO YOU WANNA SHOW THEM WHAT YOU DID? AND CHOCOLATE.

SEE IF THEY CAN PUT 'EM.

YOU WANT DO HAND.

YOU WANNA CHICKEN? THAT'S GOOD CATCH.

WHAT'S HIS NAME? UH, THIS ONE IS CHOCOLATE.

CHOCOLATE.

OKAY.

DOES HE BUY? NO.

OKAY.

HE JUST LIKES TO FLY.

HE LIKES TO FLY? YEAH.

HE LIKES TO.

CAN HE ACTUALLY FLY? YEAH, HE JUMPS TOO.

OH, HE JUMPED.

ALRIGHT.

OH, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN AN EXCITING PROJECT, HUH? DID YOU GUYS GET TO SEE THEM HATCH OR DID THEY CATCH AT NIGHT? WAS MONDAY MORNING TO A SURPRISE? LEMME GO GRAB HAND SANITIZER FOR EVERYONE.

WHAT'S THIS ONE'S NAME? I THINK THAT'S COOKIE COOKIED DOUGH.

OKAY.

YOU ANOTHER NICE.

THAT ONE.

DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU THAT VANILLA LOOKS LIKE VANILLA? YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT ONE HAS BEEN THE LITTLE MIS ONE.

IS THAT RIGHT? ONE I TRYING TO ESCAPE.

I THINK IT, YEAH, BUT I DON'T WANNA BREAK IT.

.

I THINK YOU WILL.

VANILLA.

OH, VANILLA.

HOW YOU DOING? YOUR NAME TAYLOR.

YOU,

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THANK YOU.

WHERE ARE YOU TAKING THEM? OH, LATER.

AMBER HAD, UH, A TEACHER AT U WILSON WAS GONNA TAKE THEM, BUT EMILY FROM BRIDGE CENTER.

SHE REHOME.

WE'LL, REHOME, WE HAVE FIVE OF THEM.

I DIDN'T THANK Y'ALL.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

THANK YOU TO THE SECOND GRADERS, TO MRS. ER, UH, CLASSROOM AND TO MRS. KNOX, AND OF COURSE OUR PARENTS.

AND THEN OUR SPECIAL, OUR SPECIAL GUESTS, OUR FIVE LITTLE FIVE LITTLE CHICKS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT CUTENESS TO OUR BOARD MEETING THIS EVENING.

AND WE'LL GIVE A COUPLE MINUTES.

IF, UM, PARENTS AND SECOND GRADERS WANNA LEAVE, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAD OUT AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY.

I DON'T .

ABSOLUTELY.

IS THERE A MOTION THIS

[2. Consent Agenda]

IS THERE A SECOND? YES.

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

AYE.

OPPOSED? NO.

THANK YOU.

MOVING INTO

[3.A. Superintendent]

FIRST UP IS DR. WRIGHT OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OUR AUDIENCE THIS EVENING.

UM, MY FIRST COMMENT IS THIS, TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK AND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOLS.

AND JUST A, A SINCERE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND WHAT THEY DO.

ALSO, A SHOUT OUT TO OUR SCHOOL NURSES.

UH, TODAY IS SCHOOL NURSES DAY.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WONDERFUL JOB THAT OUR SCHOOL NURSES DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.

UH, KEEPING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR, AND OUR STAFF, UH, SAFE AND, AND HEALTHY.

UM, UH, I KNOW THEY ALL JUST LEFT, BUT I WANNA, UH, THANK MRS. ERNST, MS. MS ERNST AND HER SECOND GRADE STUDENTS FROM E WILSON.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE MS. MILLER, UH, SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT.

UM, AND THIS PROJECT, UM, FROM OUR RE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE TEAM.

SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS QUITE THE ENGAGING ACTIVITY.

YOU COULD SEE OUR STUDENTS WERE, UH, VERY INVOLVED AND ENGAGED WITH THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE THEM GIVING US A GLIMPSE OF THAT ACTIVITY.

UH, I WAS RECENTLY ABLE TO WITNESS, UH, A WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT THEIR AWARDS NIGHT.

TEGAN MILISH, TEGAN MILIT, I HOPE I GOT THAT RIGHT.

RECEIVE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TEACHING FELLOW SCHOLARSHIP AND RETURN FOR TEACHING FOR TWO YEARS BACK AT HER HOMETOWN IN WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONCE SHE GRADUATES FROM JAMES MONROE UNIVERSITY.

THIS IS A PROGRAM WE NOW HAVE TWO STUDENTS ENROLLED TO THAT.

ONE IS A SOPHOMORE, AND THEN TEGAN IS A, UH, WILL BE A FRESHMAN, UM, AT JMU.

AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS, THIS PIPELINE AND THIS, UH, PROGRAM WITH, UH, WITH JMU.

BUT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO TEGAN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING, WELCOMING, WELCOMING HER BACK, UH, WHEN SHE GRADUATES AS A COLLEAGUE.

UM, UH, RECENTLY SAW, I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO MR. BRETT MI, WHO IS A PE TEACHER AT RUSTY JEFFRIES.

UH, HE WAS RECOGNIZED, UH, BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, UH, FOR RECENTLY COMPLETING THEIR FIRST MILESTONE, MILESTONE TOWARD AMERICAN HEART.

SO, UH, THE AMERICAN HEART US GAME.

SO I APPRECIATE, UH, MR. METCALF AND, UH, HIS PARTNERSHIP.

UH, AND JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZING HIM FOR THAT, UH, CELEBRATION.

UH, I WANNA THANK OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

I KNOW, UH, CHAIRPERSON, UH, MS. CALLERS IS HERE THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DR. MARTIN, UH, FOR THEIR SUPPORT DURING

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UH, AS WE WERE ABLE TO COVER, UH, THE HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE AND STILL PROVIDE A RAISE AND STEP FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

I KNOW WHEN WE SAW THE HEALTH INSURANCE COME IN, I THINK WE ALL PANICKED AND, UH, UH, WE JUST APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION OF OUR, OF OUR SUPERVISORS, UH, AND WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

UH, AND I THINK WE CAME OUT VERY IN A VERY GOOD, IN VERY GOOD SHAPE FOR OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.

UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, ENGLISH LANGUAGE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT NIGHT COMING UP TOMORROW EVENING, MAY 7TH AT ELEMENT AT HILDE J UH, THIS IS AT 5:30 PM AND IT'S FOR ELEMENTARY ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

IT WILL BE A CAMPING THEME, UH, WHERE EACH FAMILY GETS A, A BLUEY BOOK.

SO BRING YOUR, BRING YOUR FAMILY AND THEY'LL BE MAKING SOME MORE FOR EVERYONE.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN.

SO THAT'S TOMORROW EVENING, FIVE 30 AT HILDA.

AND LASTLY IS REALLY, UM, A COMMENT FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION.

UH, AS WE, UH, AS DR.

COSTNER WILL PRESENT OUR RECENT POLICY UPDATES THIS EVENING, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE IS A NUMBERING SYSTEM.

UM, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE, UM, POLICY SERVICES BEING PROVIDED BY SBA, UM, BY THE SBA PROGRAM, UM, AND ALSO BY SBA ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ALLIANCE.

AND THEN WE HAVE VSBA POLICIES, UH, CURRENTLY FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR HANDBOOK.

AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING THOSE REFRESHED OR RENEWED, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW BY SBMA.

HOWEVER, SBMA HAS CHANGED THEIR NUMBERING SYSTEM, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'VE DONE THAT.

BUT THAT HAS CREATED A SITUATION THAT WILL, UM, MAKE OUR POLICY HANDBOOK HALF LETTERS.

AND THE OTHER HALF THE NEW ONES WILL BE NUMBERS, WHICH IS GONNA BE A COMPLEX SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO REFERRING AND REFERENCING OUR POLICY MANUAL, WHICH WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I KNOW A BOARD DOES AS WELL, AND I PROBABLY REFERENCE A POLICY MANUAL, UH, 20 TIMES A DAY EASILY.

SO I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND CONSIDER.

MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE AT A FUTURE MEETING THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER RETURNING TO VSBA FOR POLICY SERVICES ONLY, UH, AND CONTINUING TO KEEP S-B-A-S-B-M-A INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS FOR BOARD MEMBERS WHO WANT TO HAVE THAT, THAT WOULD OPEN UP, UM, CONSISTENCY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE POLICY MANUAL PROCESS.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE THAT COMING UP.

I TALKED TO MR. VALENTINE.

HE SAID THAT THE BILL FOR POLICY SERVICES, UH, IS EXPIRING AT THE END OF MAY.

DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BEFORE THE END OF MAY, BUT WE PROBABLY WANT TO VISIT THAT AND, AND SOMETIME IN A JUNE MEETING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTS TO DO.

SO THAT'S MY FINAL COMMENT FOR THE EVENING.

AND I KNOW IT'S SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE CONTROVERSIAL.

IT'S JUST MEANT TO BE WHAT'S PRACTICAL RIGHT NOW.

AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO DISCUSS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MOVING INTO BOARD

[3.B. School Board]

UM, I ATTENDED THE TEACHER AND SUPPORT STAFF AT THE YEAR BANQUET AS ALL OF US DID.

ALSO ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT DINNER.

AND WE HAD THE, UM, BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL SINCE OUR LAST, UH, PUBLIC MEETING.

UM, AND ADDRESSED THE, THE ONGOING ISSUE WITH OUR ROOFS AND THE, UM, CONTINUING TO BE IN LIMBO WITH THE MEALS TAX MONEY, UM, THAT WE ARE IN ARREARS MULTIPLE YEARS FOR, I I ESTIMATE WE, WE'VE LOST PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT TO $10 MILLION FROM NON-PAYMENT OF THE MEALS TAX MONEY, WHICH IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF BOTH COUNTY ORDINANCE AND THE REFERENDUM VOTE OF 2003.

UM, MY, I'M, I'M TRYING TO BE PATIENT WAITING FOR THE SUPERVISORS TO AGREE TO PUT THAT ON AN AGENDA SO THAT THEY WILL VOTE ON IT.

MY PATIENCE IS RUNNING THIN.

UM, THE, AS FOR, I WOULD'VE PUT THIS IN THE REQUESTS SECTION, UH, FROM THE BOARD, BUT MY REQUEST WAS GOING TO BE THAT WE RENEW OUR POLICY SERVICES WITH THE SVMA BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR POLICY WRITING ABILITIES ARE SO MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH THE VIEWPOINTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER.

UM, THE LETTERING NUMBERING SYSTEM IS, IS REALLY IRRELEVANT.

UM, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS JUST CONTINUING TO STAY ON A LETTERED SYSTEM.

WE HAVE NO REASON TO SWITCH OVER TO NUMBERS.

I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE GONNA TAKE OUR POLICY SERVICES TO OUR

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UM, QUITE FRANKLY, NUMBERING WOULD BE EASIER, BUT I UNDERSTAND WE ALSO HAVE AN ENTIRE POLICY BOOK THAT'S ALREADY IN LETTERS.

WE CAN EASILY JUST KEEP THE LETTERS AND CONTINUE TO GET THE NEW POLICIES WRITTEN AND CONTINUE TO USE THE LETTERING SYSTEM THERE.

THERE'S, THAT'S REALLY, IT SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE, BUT I DO AGREE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ON AN AGENDA SOON SO THAT WE COULD RENEW THOSE SERVICES AT A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNT WITH THE SDMA.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, MR. MCFADDEN.

UH, ON THE, I I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE POLICY STUFF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHEN IT'S THE FIRST READING ON HERE, BUT I HAVE SOME, A COUPLE MORE INSIGHTS INTO THAT AS WELL.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M THANKFUL TO MAYOR LORI COCKWELL IN THE TOWN OF FRONT WORLD FOR HOSTING THE KING AND QUEEN LAST WEEK.

THAT WAS PRETTY COOL, AND INVITING US SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO GO TO IT.

WE HAD SOME NICE, NICE AREAS TO BE WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY MEET THE, MEET HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS.

SO I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THAT.

IT AS A GREAT JOB.

UM, I'VE BEEN DOING SOME TRAININGS WITH THE SBMA AS WELL OVER THE PAST MONTH.

I EARNED, UH, THREE MICRO-CREDENTIALS.

ONE WAS FOR FOCUSING ON STANDARD SEVEN, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SCHOOL BOARDS DO.

DON'T YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT THAT IS NOW? NO.

UM, FORENSIC AUDITS, WHAT BOARDS NEED TO KNOW.

AND THEN I JUST WATCHED THIS ONE TODAY CALLED HOW EFFECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS PERSUADE WITHOUT EMOTION JILL.

ANYWAY, SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE SPMA PROVIDES SOME GREAT SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO GO DO 30 MINUTE, 45 MINUTE, UH, TRAININGS.

UM, I MENTIONED THIS BRIEFLY IN OUR LAST SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING, BUT SINCE IT'S, UH, THE OFFICIAL REPORT TIME, I JUST WANT TO UPDATE ON THE APRIL 27TH BOARD MEETING BETWEEN OR NON-BOARD MEETING, BUT A MEETING BETWEEN DR.

PENCE AND MYSELF AND THEN THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THEIR, AND THEIR, UH, VICE CHAIR.

IT WAS TALK TO TALK ABOUT THE THREE MOUS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET VOTED ON.

WE VOTED ON AND APPROVE THEM ALL.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONE THAT SEEMS TO BE CAUSING THE BIGGEST TROUBLE IS THE MEALS TAX.

THE OTHER TWO, EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE ON BOARD WITH THAT.

UH, PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE MEALS TAX IS WE WERE TOLD THAT, UH, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MEALS TAXES VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS IN 2003.

AND FOR THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, I THINK WE LEARNED, WE HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING ANY OF IT, ZERO OF IT.

SO NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT GETTING 70% OR 30%, WE'RE GETTING ZERO.

SO ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO TRY TO GET BACK TO A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE'S A, SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL.

THE TOWN IS LOOKING TO ASK FOR 50% INSTEAD OF THEIR NORMAL 30%.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS OUT THERE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE THEN WE THEN GET ANOTHER EMAIL FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SAYING, NO, NO, YOU'RE GETTING THE A HUNDRED PERCENT.

SO RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, AS MS. SALEM MENTIONED, WE'RE IN LIMBO ON THE WHOLE THING, BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT WOULD VERY MUCH HELP US IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE GOAL OF IT, TO BE PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTES ON THIS SOON.

UM, I ALSO ATTENDED A TEACHER OF THE YEAR DINNER LAST WEEK AND THE RETIREMENT DINNER LAST NIGHT.

IT'S REALLY A GREAT PLACE TO SEE, SEE THE, UH, THE WORDS OF, I MEAN, I DON'T, AS YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE TEACHERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE, IN THIS DIVISION, BUT IT'S JUST SO GREAT TO SEE IT THROUGH THE EYES OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO'VE WORKED WITH ALL THESE FOLKS AND THE DEDICATION THAT THEY HAVE AND THE COMMITMENT LEVELS.

I THINK LORI COCKRELL WAS RETIRING LAST NIGHT WITH, I THINK SHE SAID 37 OR 39 YEARS.

THAT'S A LOT OF YEARS .

SO, AND SHE'S, ANYWAY, THAT'S, IT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING.

UM, AS A TEACHER MYSELF, UH, AND A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AND FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, I WANT TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS IN WARREN COUNTY.

AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ INTO THE RECORD A LETTER OF, TO THE EDITOR I WROTE FOR THE ROYAL EXAMINER.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONG, BUT, YOU KNOW, I TOOK SOME TIME WRITING IT.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE HEARS ABOUT IT.

UM, IT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.

I ACTUALLY, I TEACH ALL THE STUDENTS AT CHRISTENING COLLEGE EVERY YEAR, SO I'M STILL A TEACHER IN WHAT I DO.

AND I WAS A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR, FOR A COUPLE YEARS, OR FOR ONE YEAR, AND A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR FULL TIME FOR THREE YEARS.

SO I, I'VE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES WITH THAT.

UM, THIS WEEK IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK ACROSS THE NATION WITH TUESDAY MAY 5TH, RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY.

AS VICE CHAIR OF THE WARRING COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO SERVE AS TEACHERS IN OUR COUNTY, PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND HOMESCHOOL TEACHERS AND TUTORS ALIKE.

THE CHILDREN OF THIS GREAT NATION ARE OUR FUTURE.

AND WITHOUT COMMITTED, CARING AND SELF-GIVING TEACHERS, THAT FUTURE WOULD BE FAR LESS BRIGHT.

AS THE FATHER OF 11 HOMESCHOOL CHILDREN, I SEE FIRSTHAND THE SACRIFICE MY WIFE MAKES EACH DAY AS SHE WORKS TO PREPARE OUR CHILDREN INTELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY, MORALLY, RELIGIOUSLY, AND CULTURALLY.

I EXTEND MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO HER AND TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN HOMESCHOOLING AS THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATH TO THE MANY TEACHERS SERVING IN OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUES AT CHRIST COLLEGE.

THANK YOU FOR THE DAILY SACRIFICES YOU MAKE TO ENSURE THE STUDENTS IN YOUR CARE ARE WELL EDUCATED.

AND AS A MEMBER OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, I'VE SEEN THE IMPACT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

I ADMIRE WHAT YOU DO AND THE CARE YOU BRING TO YOUR VOCATION.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, I'VE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT YOUR WORK, ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS.

AND EACH TIME I SPEAK WITH THE TEACHER OR GAIN A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR WORK, I COME UP WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF RESPECT.

SO, THANK YOU, ONE AND ALL.

ALL TEACHERS IN WARREN COUNTY CARRY A RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS BOTH DEMANDING

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DAY AFTER DAY, YOU INVEST YOUR TIME, ENERGY, AND CARE INTO SHAPING THE MINDS AND CHARACTER OF THE STUDENTS ENTRUSTED TO YOU.

YOUR WORK EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM THROUGH PREPARATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND COUNTLESS QUIET ACTS OF DEDICATION THAT MAY GO UNSEEN, BUT NEVER WITHOUT IMPACT.

FOR ALL OF THIS, YOU DESERVE OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE.

THE CONSISTENCY AND HEART YOU BRING TO YOUR VOCATION MAKE A LASTING DIFFERENCE IN WAYS THAT CANNOT ALWAYS BE MEASURED IN THE MOMENT.

AT TIMES, THE CHALLENGES OF EDUCATION CAN FEEL OVERWHELMING, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE GREATER PURPOSE BEHIND YOUR EFFORTS.

EACH LESSON TAUGHT, EACH STUDENT ENCOURAGED, AND EACH MOMENT OF PATIENCE CONTRIBUTES TO SOMETHING FAR GREATER THAN A SINGLE SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU ARE HELPING TO FORM INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL GO ON TO SHAPE FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES IN THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION.

KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THAT PRIZE CAN HELP SUSTAIN YOU THROUGH DIFFICULT DAYS.

THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR WORK IS BUILDING A FOUNDATION THAT WILL ENDURE FOR GENERATIONS.

AND EXCELLENT EDUCATION IS AN ESTI, AN ESTIMABLE GIFT.

IT OPENS DOORS, CULTIVATES VIRTUE, SHARPENS JUDGMENT, AND EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE TO PURSUE LIVES OF PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITY.

WHAT YOU PROVIDE IS NOT MERELY INFORMATION, BUT FORMATION, GUIDING STUDENTS TOWARD TRUTH, DISCIPLINE IN A SENSE OF POSSIBILITY.

THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF YOUR COMMITMENT WILL EXTEND FAR BEYOND WARREN COUNTY INFLUENCING SOCIETY IN WAYS BOTH SEEN AND UNSEEN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VITAL ROLE YOU PLAY IN THE MISSION AND FOR THAT STEADY, MEANINGFUL WORK YOU DO EACH DAY.

THANK YOU.

AND FINALLY, I PLAN ON ATTENDING BOTH THE WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND SCOTLAND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.

IN A COUPLE WEEKS, IT'LL BE MY FIRST TIME GOING, SO I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE, WHERE THE FIELDS ARE.

BUT I'LL GET THERE AND IT'LL BE GREAT.

AND I'M EXCITED TO BE THERE.

SO THANKS FOR THE INVITE.

THANK YOU, MS. JONES.

UH, LAST MONTH I ATTENDED BOTH THE WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND CONCERTS.

UM, THEY WERE BOTH GREAT EVENTS, SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF THOSE BAND DIRECTORS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO, UM, EVERY DAY TO TEACH THESE STUDENTS, UM, ABOUT MUSIC.

AND, UM, THOSE, THOSE PROGRAMS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME.

UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR DINNER AND THE RETIREMENT DINNER, UM, AND GOING ALONG WITH TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR TEACHERS FOR COMING IN EVERY DAY, SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, AND DOING A JOB THAT CANNOT BE MEASURED.

UH, YOUR DEDICATION, UH, TO THE STUDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, UM, IS COMPLETELY SOMETHING THAT I SEE.

AND I APPRECIATE SO MUCH FROM EACH AND EVERY TEACHER.

UH, I KNOW YOUR JOB IS NOT EASY, , AND WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO SUPPORT ALL THE TEACHERS IN THE BEST WAYS THAT WE CAN.

UH, BUT JUST KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF DO EACH AND EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT THE KIDS.

AND THEN I ALSO WANNA THANK, UM, OUR SCHOOL NURSES FOR NURSE APPRECIATION DAY AS WELL.

I KNOW THAT THEY BRING A LOT OF CARE AND COMPASSION TO OUR STUDENTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY BOYS HAVE HAD BOTH BIG INCIDENCES WHERE WE REALLY NEEDED THE NURSE AND SMALLER IN INCIDENCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, NO ONE WAS BLEEDING, BUT A BANDAID WAS STILL NEEDED.

.

AND I THANK THEM EVERY DAY.

I KNOW THEIR CLINICS ARE VERY CROWDED, UM, BUT THE KIDS REALLY LOVE THEM AND APPRECIATE THEM FOR TAKING CARE OF THEM AT SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. KLEIN.

UH, YES.

UM, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FOLLOW MR. MCFADDEN AFTER THAT, BUT WE'LL TRY.

BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE, UH, BEING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

UM, THANK THE TEACHERS FOR, FOR CERTAINLY ALL THEY DO AND EVERYTHING THAT, UH, FOR THE, THE SUPPORT THEY GIVE OUR, OUR STUDENTS AND THE, UH, COMMUNITY.

AND, AND WITH THAT, SAME AS THE, UH, NURSES, UM, BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD EVEN IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF JOB THAT IS.

BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM.

I ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR DINNER AND THE RETIREMENT DINNER WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SECOND GRADE CLASS, UH, FOR THEIR PRESENTATION JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO.

UH, I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE, UH, KING AND QUEEN AND, UM, I DID ATTEND OUR BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, WITH MS. ALAN.

AND, UH, JUST TO KIND OF, I JUST THINK IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT.

I, I ALWAYS HEAR, WELL, WHERE'S THE MONEY GO? SO, UH, JUST TO, TO RUN OVER A FEW THINGS.

UM, FOR OUR SUMMER PROJECTS, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME PAINTING COMING UP, SOME FLOOR CARE, UM, IN, SOME, IN, IN THE SCHOOLS.

UH, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING A NEW WALK-IN FREEZER AT, UH, SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH,

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AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SOME ROOFING OPTIONS.

THE TENNIS COURTS HAVE BEEN ALL REPAIRED.

AND THE, UH, WE HAVE STARTED A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LAND LAB, FIRST LAND LAB AT THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, THERE'LL BE SOME MORE INFORMATION COMING AT A LATER DATE, BUT THE CONVERSATION HAS STARTED.

AND, UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO, I LAST TO SAY HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

UM, I'VE ENJOYED SEEING ALL THE CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON ACROSS OUR COUNTY, UM, NOT JUST FOR THIS WEEK, BUT HOPEFULLY EVERY DAY BECAUSE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE CERTAINLY MAKING A TRUE DIFFERENCE IN ALL OF OUR STUDENTS' LIVES.

I, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ATTENDED THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR DINNER AND THE RETIREMENT DINNER, UM, IN THESE PAST TWO WEEKS.

AND THEY WERE BOTH, UM, REALLY AMAZING WAYS THAT WE COULD RECOGNIZE, AGAIN, EVERYONE, UM, EVERYONE'S ACHIEVEMENTS.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, EVERYONE IN CENTRAL OFFICE THAT PUT THOSE EVENTS ON.

THEY WERE REALLY NICE.

AND I THINK EVERYONE THAT CAME HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME.

UM, TOGETHER.

I ATTENDED THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL IN WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, FFA AWARDS BANQUET LAST WEEK.

SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THOSE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME MORE AWARDS, UM, BANQUETS COMING UP TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE FFA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN THE BLUE RIDGE TECH AWARDS AS WELL.

SO, UM, JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE STUDENTS.

UM, I ALSO, UM, THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP NIGHTS, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ALL THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE GET, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY EVIDENT IN OUR SCHOLARSHIP NIGHTS WITH ALL OF, ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WAS HANDED OUT TO OUR GRADUATING SENIORS.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS AND TO WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING NEXT.

UM, MY COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET SEASON THIS YEAR, I THOUGHT IT WAS MUCH BETTER THAN OUR MOST RECENT YEARS.

I THINK WE MADE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD STRIDES WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS LEADING UP TO, UM, KIND OF OUR FINAL, OUR FINAL STEPS.

I REALLY ENJOYED THE, THE JOINT SESSIONS THAT WE DID WITH THE SUPERVISORS LEADING UP TO THAT.

I THINK MAYBE WE COULD DO A COUPLE OF TWEAKS THERE AT THE END, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR.

BUT JUST ALL IN ALL, I THINK OUR BOARD REALLY WORKED TOGETHER.

AND THEN LAST, LAST WEEK WHEN WE MET AGAIN TO DO, UM, OUR, OUR NEXT FINAL ADOPTION.

STILL HOPING THAT ALL THE STATE MONEY COMES THROUGH, LIKE WE HOPE.

BUT, UM, I THINK THAT EVERYONE REALLY PUT TOGETHER NUMBERS THAT, UM, YES, WE DIDN'T GET, WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH AS WE WANTED, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

UM, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND EITHER GRADUATION, IT HAPPENS THIS YEAR WHILE WE'RE ON VACATION.

SO I JUST WANNA GO AHEAD AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF OUR SENIORS FROM BOTH SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL AND WARREN COUNTY.

I'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN INSIDE LOOK THIS YEAR.

UM, MY FAMILY'S BEEN HOSTING, UM, A SENIOR EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM THE NETHERLANDS, AND SO SHE'S AT SKYLINE.

AND SO I'VE GOTTEN, UM, AN INSIDE LOOK AT SOME OF THE SENIOR PRANKS THAT HAVE GONE ON AND SOME OF DIFFERENT SEASON, SEASON SENIOR ACTIVITIES.

SO THAT'S BEEN, UM, REALLY FUN SEEING KIND OF THE INSIDES OF JUST HOW MUCH SUPPORT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GET AS WELL, UM, JUST KIND OF IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE, UM, THE PIKE KIDS FOUNDATION WILL BE DOING THEIR SECOND ANNUAL DUELING DISCOS EVENT ON JUNE 27TH.

AND FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, UM, HI KIDS DOES A LOT TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS.

THEY SUPPORT OUR MCKINNEY-VENTO STUDENTS.

THEY DO CLOTHE THE KIDS.

THEY FILL IN A LOT OF GAPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE IN NEED.

BUT WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS EVENING IS BECAUSE DR. WRIGHT HAS AGREED TO BE ONE OF THE DUELING DISCO COMPETITORS, .

SO WHAT THAT MEANS, IS HE'S GONNA BE RAISING MONEY FOR HI KIDS FOUNDATION.

SO PART OF HOW YOU WIN IS HOW MUCH MONEY YOU CAN RAISE.

SO HE DOESN'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO I WILL BE POSTING, UM, LOTS OF THINGS OUT.

HIS WIFE WILL BE POSTING LOTS OF THINGS OUT THIS EVENING.

I'M GONNA PRESENT HIM WITH JUST THIS LITTLE BABY TROPHY SO HE CAN KEEP HIS EYE ON THE PRIZE TO SUPPORT WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM, AND HOPEFULLY BE THE CHAMPION.

AND THEN A BIG TROPHY COMES TO CENTRAL OFFICE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

THANK YOU.

SO, THERE YOU GO.

LET'S SEE IT.

.

ALRIGHT, MY BACKUP DANCERS ARE IN THE

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WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO LOTS OF, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, GOOD VIDEOS.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE'RE

[4.A. Acceptance of Donation - Dr. Costner]

AND THAT FIRST ITEM IS GONNA BE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION.

DR.

COSTNER, MADAM CHAIR OF BOARD MEMBERS, UH, I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT A DONATION THAT IS FROM MY ROTARY CLUB OF WARREN COUNTY.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE WAS HERE FROM ROTARY.

I WAS LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF THEY WERE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZED THEM.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE ROTARY CLUB, THEY ACTUALLY DONATED A THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS THE DISC GOLF COURSE AT A S RHODES ELEMENTARY.

SO, UM, THE COURSE BEING PUT TOGETHER TO HELP OUR STUDENTS, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT GO IN WITH TEAMWORK AND, YOU KNOW, FIND MOTOR SKILLS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER THROWN A PLATE OF THIS FRIS FRISBEE GOLF, BASICALLY.

UM, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS.

SO I CHALLENGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO FIND SOME TIME TO COME OUT THERE AND GIVE IT A SHOT AND SEE HOW YOU DO.

BUT, UM, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE, UM, SUCH AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S WILLING TO MAKE THE DONATION, TO MAKE THE, SOME OF THESE SPECIAL THINGS POSSIBLE FOR OUR CHILDREN WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE DE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ACCEPTS THE DONATION AS PRESENTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF WARREN COUNTY OF VIRGINIA WITH GRATITUDE.

IS THERE A MOTION, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT IT FIRST BEFORE WE SURE.

MM-HMM .

UM, DOES IT COST MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR, I MEAN, DO WE ALREADY, IS THIS SOMETHING ALREADY BEEN IN THE MOVEMENT OF BUILDING THIS THING? UH, THE WAY THE COURSE IS DESIGNED, WHAT IT IS, IS THE COURSE IS LAID OUT, UM, IN THE BACK OF AS ROADS ELEMENTARY.

AND WHAT IT BASICALLY IS, IS THE TEACHER THERE IS, UM, SET IT UP TO WHERE IT'S JUST THE COST OF THE POST.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE A BASKET THAT'S A CHAIN.

OKAY.

AND IT'S PUT IT INTO THE GROUND IN CERTAIN AREAS.

AND SO THAT, UM, THAT WILL COVER THE COST OF IT.

YES, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT DOES COVER THE COST THERE.

THERE'S NO TURF MANAGEMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ACCEPT THE DONATION AS PRESENTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF WARREN COUNTY WITH GRATITUDE? IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NO.

THANK YOU, DR.

COSTNER.

THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE UPDATE

[4.B. Update Serving lines at SMS - Dr. Costner]

UH, YES, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, THE, UM, THE SERVING LINES IN THE CAFETERIA, THE KITCHEN SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED AND PATHS ARE USEFUL LIFE AND ARE NOT SET UP FOR EFFICIENT SERVING OF STUDENT LUNCHES AS, UM, WE DO SO NOW REPLACEMENT OF THE THREE SERVING LINES WILL ALLOW BETTER FLOW AND FASTER SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS.

SO THE, UM, NEW EQUIPMENT WILL ALLOW CLEAR VISIBILITY OF FOOD ITEMS TO GIVE MORE SPACE FOR OPTIONS.

AND THE PROJECTED COST OF THE PROJECT WILL COVER THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF THE OLD EQUIPMENT, AND INCLUDES THE DELIVERY SET UP AND CUSTOM STEELWORK THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS INSULATION.

NOW THE COST OF THIS IS AROUND, UM, WITH THE QUOTES THAT CAME IN $96,804 AND 84 CENTS.

THE FUNDING FOR THIS WILL COME OUT OF OUR FOOD SERVICE FUND, SO IT WILL NOT COME OUT OF ANY OF THE, OUR CURRENT BUDGET ITEMS. IT WILL COME OUTTA THE FOOD SERVICE FUND.

SO WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL, UM, OF THIS FROM THE MTS QUOTE OF $96,804 AND 84 CENTS TO, TO REPLACE THE THREE SERVING LINES AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL KITCHEN.

AND THIS WILL BE A SUMMER PROJECT IF APPROVED.

QUESTIONS FOR DR.

KOSNER? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO APPROVE THE MTS QUOTE FOR $96,804 AND 84 CENTS TO REPLACE THE THREE SERVING LINES AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL KITCHEN? IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.

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

AYE.

OPPOSED? NO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN NEXT UP WE

[4.C. First Reading of SBMA Updated Policies - Dr. Costner]

UH, YES MA'AM.

MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THE, UM, SCHOOL BOARD, UM, POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE DID SUBMIT THE POLICIES THAT JUST CAME IN THROUGH, UM, SBMA WITH SOME UPDATES.

UM, WE HAVE ALSO, UM, TAKEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE UPDATES FROM THE COMMITTEE ALSO, ANYTIME WE DO GET POLICIES, THE CABINET DOES REVIEW THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE UNDERSTAND AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, AND THAT THE

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THEY, UM, WE DID, UM, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED, UH, THERE IS NO MOTION THAT IS NEEDED.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE FROM THE, UM, BOARD HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICIES.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN CABINET THAT I'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THE POLICIES.

AND THEN, UM, MR. MCFADDEN WAS ABLE TO ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP, UM, CONCERNING THE POLICY.

AND, AND JUST TO, TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION WAS, IS, ONE, IF THERE IS A NEW POLICY THAT WAS WRITTEN, AND THE QUESTION WAS, IS WHAT PROMPTED THAT, UH, FOR THE NEW POLICY TO BE WRITTEN, MOST OF THE TIME THAT YOU'LL SEE NEW POLICIES COME OUT AROUND JULY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE VIRGINIA CODES ARE UPDATED.

SO ONCE THE VIRGINIA CODES ARE UPDATED, SOME POLICIES HAVE TO BE TWEAKED, CHANGED, DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.

SO MR. MCFADDEN WAS ABLE TO GET THE ANSWER TO THAT FOR US.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, SBMA I'M GLAD WAS ABLE TO DO THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CONTACT THEM.

UM, AND SO THAT DOES, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO HAVE BOTHERED YOU, MR. MCFADDEN.

I, I KNOW YOU DON'T MIND.

UM, BUT A AS AS YOU ARE AND SAY EVERYONE ON THE BOARD, A LOT OF TIMES YOU WANNA FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF AND YOU WANT THE ANSWER IMMEDIATELY.

AND SO WE GET A LITTLE ANXIOUS.

IT JUST, JUST, I KNOW EVERYBODY DOES.

BUT, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE DID HAVE WITH SBMA.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO SHARE FIRST WHAT CABINET LOOKED AT AND WE CAN CAN KIND OF DISCUSS THAT, THAT EACH POLICY AS MR. MCFADDEN OR MS. JONES, I KNOW YOU WERE ON THE, UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

WELL, LEMME, CAN I GIVE LIKE A KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, YES SIR, PLEASE.

SO, SBMA HA HAS A, A, A NEW PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE POLICY.

HER NAME IS JILL, AND SHE IS, UH, SHE'S, SHE'S SORT OF PRE PREEMPTING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN JULY 1ST.

AND SHE'S, THEY'RE RIGHT GOING THROUGH ALL THESE POLICIES THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE.

THEY'RE NOT LEGAL YET.

THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT IN CODE YET BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, COME JULY 1ST, THEY'LL BE IN CODE, BUT THEY, THEY DON'T WANNA WAIT TILL JULY 1ST TO DO IT.

SO THEY'RE WORKING OUT NOW AND THEY CREATE THIS PORTAL THAT IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, I, I, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW SOMEONE AT THE SCHOOL BOARD AT, AT THE SCHOOL OFFICE COULD, I GUESS BECOME A MEMBER.

BUT THEY HAVE A PORTAL WHERE THEY'RE GONNA UPLOAD ALL THESE THINGS UP THERE.

AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO START, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EMAIL 'EM OUT TO US LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN.

THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE.

YOU JUST GO AND DOWNLOAD ALL THE, ALL THE UPDATES AND YOU CAN CHECK 'EM BY DATE IS WHEN THEY WERE UPDATED.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING 'EM ALL UP IN THIS PLACE.

AND AS FAR AS THE NUMBERING GOES, THEY EX THEY SAID THAT, WELL, THOSE, THE LETTERING IS FROM THE VSBA.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE'RE NOT THE VSBA, WE'RE THE SBMA.

SO THEY DECIDE TO DO THAT.

I OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S A NEW CODE OF A POLICY 10 50, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE ON OUR STAFF COULD SAY, WELL, WE, WE, IS THAT, WHERE DOES THAT FIT UNDER IN OUR WORLD? AND JUST GIVE IT A LETTER IF WE WANT TO GIVE IT THREE LETTERS IF WE WANT TO.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE DOWNFALL OF THE WHOLE THING.

I DO THINK THAT I NEVER WORKED WITH THE VSBA, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM.

BUT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SBMA SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON HERE.

AND THEY'RE VERY QUICK TO RE REPLY MAYBE.

'CAUSE THEY'RE A SMALLER ORGANIZATION, THEY'RE VERY QUICK TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

THEY, THEY DO HAVE THE TRAININGS IN THERE.

THEY'RE DIRT CHIEF COMPARED TO THE VSBA, BUT THEY SEEM TO DELIVER ON THEIR PRODUCT.

SO I, IF IT'S, IF IT'S SORT OF MAINLY THE LETTERING PROBLEM, THAT'S AN EASY ENOUGH THING TO GET AROUND BY JUST CREATING, LOOKING IN THE POLICY AND SAY, WHERE DOES IT, WHERE DOES IT FIT IN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE? WHAT'S IT RELATED TO? AND GIVE IT A NEW THREE LETTER NUMBER.

BUT MOST OF THE ONES THEY'RE DOING ARE GONNA BE SOME, SOME RELATION TO THE, THE LETTERS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

SO BASICALLY THE MANY OF THESE POLICIES THAT THEY SENT TO US ARE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BECOME ACTIVE AND, AND LEGAL COME JULY 1ST.

SO THEY'RE PREEMPTING IT IN A SENSE.

UM, SO I, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE SBA EVER WORKED OR HOW THEY DID IF THEY DID IT THIS QUICKLY OR HOW IT CAME TOGETHER.

BUT I, I THOUGHT I WATCHED THE VID, THEY SENT A VIDEO AND SAY, HERE'S HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO USE IT AND HERE'S WHERE THE PORTAL IS AND HERE'S HOW YOU CLICK ON HERE AND HERE'S HOW YOU DOWNLOAD IT.

IT WAS ALL VERY INFORMATIVE.

IT WAS NICE AND VERY, IT WAS VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHETHER WE LIKE THEIR VERSIONS OF THE POLICIES.

THAT'S, THAT'S A SECONDARILY THING, BUT THAT'S AT LEAST THE KIND OF CONCEPT BEHIND, OH, IT'S GONNA BE EASY TO FIND WHAT POLICIES AND WHERE THEY UPDATED BECAUSE IT'S JUST ON A PORTAL AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD 'EM WHENEVER YOU WANT TO.

AND IT WAS VERY EASY TO DO THAT.

SO I KIND OF, I LIKED THEIR NEW TWIST ON HOW THEY DO IT RATHER THAN JUST EMAILING.

'CAUSE ALL FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, THEY'VE BEEN EMAILING AND SOMETIMES THEY FORGET TO EMAIL 'EM AND THEY GET LOST IN TRANSLATION OR WHATEVER.

SO THIS IS, IT'S UP TO US TO JUST GO AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? AND THEY'RE GONNA SEND AN EMAIL ONCE A MONTH SAYING, HEY, THE NEW ONES ARE UP.

GO DOWNLOAD 'EM, TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT FROM 'EM.

AND THERE IT IS.

SO IT'S KINDA VERY CONVENIENT IN THAT SENSE.

AND AGAIN, VERY EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL AS WELL.

SO THAT'S SORT OF THE BACKGROUND ON IT.

MM-HMM.

THANK YOU.

I'M CURIOUS, WHAT QUESTIONS CAME UP WHEN YOU WERE MEETING? I, WELL, WHAT I WOULD, WHEN, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING OVER THESE, ONE OF THE, UM, LET'S, AND LET'S SEE HERE, IF I CAN START WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S GO TO 7 3 4 0, WHICH IS, UM, IGBA.

THAT'S, UH, PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

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UM, WHEN WE GO TO PARAGRAPH TWO, UH, THIRD SENTENCE, WELL THIRD LINE DOWN, IT SAYS CHILD'S TEACHERS.

AND WE, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE CODE, WHICH IS EIGHT VAC DASH 20 DASH 81 DASH 10, THAT, UM, INSTEAD OF USING CHILD'S TEACHERS, IT GIVES A BETTER, UM, EXPLANATION OR FOR WHAT'S WRITTEN IN CODE.

UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS.

THE OTHER THING, IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE PARAGRAPH THAT'S UNDER THE IEP, UM, INCLUDES AREAS SPECIFIED BY THE STATE, FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT, THAT PARAGRAPH THAT'S BENEATH IT, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, DISABLED STUDENTS, WE'D PREFER IT TO BE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, IS HOW WE, HOW IT SHOULD BE REFERRED TO INSTEAD OF SAYING DISABLED STUDENTS.