Oct 07, 2026 Board Meeting

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

PGI.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND I JUSTICE FOR ALL.

FIRST UP THIS EVENING, WE

[1.B. Instructional Spotlight - Ms. Bragg]

GOOD EVENING.

TONIGHT'S INSTRUCTIONAL SPOTLIGHT WILL FEATURE MRS. LEE AND MRS. WADIS, TWO KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AT AS RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALONGSIDE SEVERAL OF THEIR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.

THEY WILL BE SHARING A MATH LESSON FROM OUR IREADY CUR MATH CURRICULUM THAT WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED AND IMPLEMENTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEY'LL BE USING SOME MANIPULATIVES AND HAVING SOME MATH CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE PRINCIPAL OF AS RHODES, UH, MS. LORI LAYMAN.

THANK YOU, MRS. BRAGG.

UM, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

UM, AS MRS. BRAGG MENTIONED, UM, EACH MONTH, EVERY EACH SCHOOL IS SPOTLIGHTING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FROM OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

AND, UM, I JUST WAS TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT TO FOCUS ON FOR OUR SCHOOL THIS YEAR.

AND MRS. LEASE HAPPENED TO SAY, WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS IN MY CLASSROOM DURING MATH? SO, , SHE FOUND HERSELF THE LUCKY WINNER OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UH, AND REALLY THAT IS THE REASON THAT THEY'RE HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM, THE I-READY MATH TEXTBOOK.

AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THE STUDENTS AND SEEING THE MATH DISCOURSE THAT COMES ALONG WITH THIS PROGRAM.

IT REALLY DOES FOCUS ON HAVING THOSE STUDENTS USE THAT VOCABULARY VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROGRAM AND TALKING ABOUT WHY THEY THINK, UM, THINGS HAPPEN THE WAY THEY DO IN MATH AND REALLY EXPLORING MATH WITH MANIPULATIVES.

AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST WORKSHEETS AND WORKBOOK PAGES.

THERE ARE DEFINITELY ARE MANIPULATIVES EVERY DAY, AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN.

AND WE ALL KNOW IF YOU NEED TO BE CHEERED UP, GO INTO A ROOM OF FIVE YEAR OLDS AND SIX YEAR OLDS, AND THEY WILL DEFINITELY MAKE YOU SMILE.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MRS. LEES AND MRS. WADIS AND OUR LOVELY STUDENTS WHO HAVE GRACIOUSLY COME OUT THIS EVENING TO HELP SHARE WITH YOU SOME MATH FROM THEIR CLASSROOM.

OKAY.

SO OUR KINDERGARTNERS HAVE DONE THIS LESSON BEFORE.

THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT, SO THEY'RE GONNA HELP TEACH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ATTRIBUTES AND HOW WE CAN MEASURE THINGS IN OUR CLASSROOM, .

OKAY? SO, WHILE YOU'RE GETTING READY, I WANT YOU TO OPEN UP YOUR PLAY-DOH AND ROLL IT INTO A BALL, AND YOU CAN HELP WITH YOUR PARTNER TOO.

I, I MADE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO OPEN, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT OUT.

OKAY.

AND I CAN'T SEE YOUR TABLE, SO CAN YOU GIMME A THUMBS UP WHEN YOU HAVE IT IN A BALL? SO I'LL GIVE YOU A, A MINUTE.

YEAH.

OH, THE WHOLE THING.

TAKE YOUR WHOLE PLAY-DOH OUT.

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GOT IT.

GOOD.

THANK YOU.

ANNABEL.

GOOD CHARLIE? GOT IT.

LILY.

READY? PEYTON AND TREVOR.

AWESOME.

OKAY, SO THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PLAY-DOH AND SEE WHAT YOU NOTICE ABOUT YOUR PLAY-DOH.

SO I WANT YOU TO USE THAT SENTENCE, I NOTICE AND TELL YOUR PARTNER, YOUR BIG PERSON, WHAT DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT YOUR BALL OF PLAY-DOH? MAYBE WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE, OR FEELS LIKE, OR LOOKS LIKE.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU READY FOR YOUR NEXT ONE? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN CHANGE ABOUT YOUR PLAY-DOH? SO LOOK AT YOUR PLAY-DOH.

WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN CHANGE ABOUT YOUR PLAY-DOH? AND LET YOUR BIG PERSON KNOW CHANGE, CHANGE AHEAD.

CHANGE THE SHAPE FOR ME.

CHANGE THE SHAPE.

AWESOME.

SO THOSE THINGS WE'RE CHANGING ARE THOSE ATTRIBUTES.

WE CAN CHANGE THE HEIGHT, THE LENGTH, THE SHAPE.

SO I NEED YOU GUYS TO SPLIT IT IN TWO.

SO YOU CAN DO ONE AND YOUR PARTNER CAN DO ONE.

CAN YOU SPLIT IT IN TWO? AND WHEN YOU BOTH HAVE A PIECE, I WANT YOU TO MAKE A TALL TOWER WITH YOUR PLAY-DOH.

HOW COULD YOU MAKE A TALL TOWER WITH YOUR PLAY-DOH? AND AFTER YOU MAKE A TALL TOWER, COMPARE IT WITH YOUR BIG PERSON WHO'S AS TALLER.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW I WANT YOU TO MAKE A SHORT TOWER.

I WANNA MAKE A SHORT TOWER.

I WANT YOU MAKE COMPARE BIG.

SEE IF YOU CAN USE THOSE SENTENCES.

MINE IS TALLER OR MINE IS SHORTER.

OKAY, WE DID TALL AND SHORT.

NOW WE'RE GONNA SWITCH TO OUR OTHER ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE GOING SIDE TO SIDE.

SO I WANT YOU TO MAKE A LONG SNAKE AND SEE WHOSE IS LONGER.

MAKE A LONG SNAKE.

UM, YOURS ARE SHORTER.

CHARLIE, MINE.

YOURS ARE SHORTER, LONGER.

IT'S OKAY.

AND LILY, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.

LILY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR LONGER? ALRIGHT, SO NOW I WANT YOU TO MAKE YOUR, BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR BODY, MAKE IT SHORTER.

THINK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN CHANGE IT.

CAN YOU DO SOMETHING TO YOUR PLAY-DOH TO MAKE IT SHORTER?

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WHOSE IS SHORTER? YOU CAN SAY MINE IS SHORTER THAN YOURS.

OKAY.

NOW, I WANT YOU TO TALK TO YOUR BIG PERSON AGAIN.

AND THIS TIME I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM WHAT THINGS DID YOU CHANGE WITH YOUR PLAY-DOH? WHAT THINGS DID YOU CHANGE TONIGHT WHEN YOU WERE PLAYING WITH IT? ALL RIGHT? SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE ATTRIBUTES THAT YOU COULD CHANGE.

WHAT ATTRIBUTES COULD YOU NOT CHANGE? WHAT COULD, OKAY.

AND WE HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHEN WE WERE BUILDING 'EM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TOWERS AND SNAKES.

SO WHEN WE MADE THE TOWER, DID WE USE THE WORD TALL OR LONG WITH OUR TOWER? TELL YOUR BIG PERSON.

AND WHEN WE DID THE SNAKE, WERE WE TALKING ABOUT IT BEING TALL OR LONG? GOOD JOB.

ONE LAST THING.

DO THIS IN OUR CLASS.

SO TELL, TELL AND YOU CAN GET YOUR PLAY-DOH BACK IN YOUR CUP .

UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU MRS. LEE AND MRS. WADIS.

THEY BOTH TELL ME THAT THEY LOVE TALKING IN FRONT OF LITTLE PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT MUCH OF A FAN TALKING IN FRONT OF BIG PEOPLE.

SO I DID SAY, WELL, REALLY, THERE WILL ONLY BE SIX PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T FIB TOO MUCH.

UM, THE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO MENTION.

SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE ALWAYS, UM, COMPLETE AN ASSESSMENT, VIRGINIA KINDERGARTEN READINESS PROGRAM, AND WE ASSESS MATH READINESS.

AND LAST YEAR, UM, WE HAD ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN AS WE DO THIS YEAR.

AND WE HAD ABOUT 72% OF THE STUDENTS MET THAT CRITERIA FOR THE READINESS ON THAT ASSESSMENT.

AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 92% MEET THAT.

SO I THINK ALREADY JUST THAT EARLY START WITH TALKING ABOUT PROBLEMS AND THINKING ABOUT THEM, LIKE THAT CARPET TIME WHEN THEY'RE REALLY EXPLORING PROBLEMS AND GETTING TO THINK ABOUT THEM, UM, REALLY HELP THEM TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO A PROBLEM, THINK ABOUT IT MATHEMATICALLY AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD APPROACH THAT.

SO, UM, I THINK WE'LL SEE GREAT THINGS FROM THIS PROGRAM.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU PARENTS AND EVERYBODY FOR BRINGING YOU.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CURRICULUM AND FOR THE TEXTBOOK PURCHASE.

AND WE'LL BE BACK DURING BUDGET SEASON .

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS TO A RHODES KINDERGARTNERS AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

AND IF WE WANT OUR KINDERGARTNERS, WE CAN TAKE A MINUTE FOR YOU ALL TO GO HOME.

'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WANNA GET OUT OF HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

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[1.C. Community Participation]

UM, YOU'LL EACH HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

IF YOU COULD JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF, YOUR NAME, WHERE YOU'RE FROM, AND THEN WE'LL START THE TIMER.

AND WE'LL START WITH ANYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP.

MS. STE, CHRIS BERRY.

FIRST I WANNA START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

UM, MY NAME IS CHRIS BERRY.

I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE FRONT ROYAL SOCCER ASSOCIATION AS AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER.

UM, WE'RE A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT.

WE RUN THE LARGEST RECREATIONAL, UM, OR, UM, PROGRAM IN THE COUNTY.

WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST SOCCER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE.

UM, THE REASON I'M HERE IS THE RECENT RENTAL FEES.

UM, WE ARE, UM, WE HAVE A WINTER AL PROGRAM THAT WE RENT THE WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR EVERY WINTER.

UM, LA THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, WE SPENT 27 50 AN HOUR FOR CUSTODIAL FEES, AND THERE WAS NO FEE FOR THE GYM.

THIS YEAR, THAT FEE AS A NONPROFIT IS GOING UP TO $122 AN HOUR.

SO IT'S OVER FOUR TIMES OF WHAT WE'VE PAID PREVIOUSLY.

THAT BREAKS DOWN INTO $48 AN HOUR FOR THE FACILITY.

AND THE CUSTODIAL FEE IS $37, BUT IT'S TIMES TWO.

UM, THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH THE CUSTODIAL FEE, I, I KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO CHARGE A FEE, BUT THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH THE CUSTODIAL FEE IS LAST YEAR THE CUSTODIAN WOULD COME AND SET UP THE GYM, 10 MINUTES, WOULD GIVE US A WALKIE TALKIE AND SAID TO CALL THEM IF THEY NEEDED US.

TYPICALLY, WE DIDN'T SEE THEM IN THE SIX HOURS THAT WE WERE THERE AT THE GYM.

SO I, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY WE NEED TO, WE'RE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THE GYM.

WE CLEAN UP WHEN, WHEN WE'RE FINISHED.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S MARKET RELEVANT.

UM, SHENANDOAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR AN HOUR FOR THE GYM AND A CUSTODIAL FEE, IT'S $60 AN HOUR.

FREDERICK COUNTY, P FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS $80 AN HOUR.

WINCHESTER INDOOR SPORT SPORTSPLEX, WHICH IS A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, CHARGES $70 AN HOUR FOR THE COURT.

SO, YOU KNOW, 45%, YOU KNOW, JUST CHECKING A FEW PLACES.

WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS OVER 45%.

UM, AS A NONPROFIT, WE DO NOT MAKE A DIME OFF OUR PROGRAMS. WE WOULD HAVE TO RAGE REGISTRATION OVER DOUBLE IT TO JUST PAY FOR THE FACILITIES.

WE DON'T OUR LAST 2 9 90 TAX RETURNS, WE HAVEN'T MADE ONE DIME.

OUR PROGRAMS AT JEOPARDY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A REPLACEMENT.

UM, AND I DON'T WANNA LET DOWN OUR KIDS.

IT'S LIKE LAST YEAR WE HAD 120 KIDS.

WE WERE EXPECTING OVER 150 THIS YEAR.

I JUST DON'T WANNA LET DOWN THE KIDS.

IT KEEPS THEM BUSY OVER THE WINTERTIME.

UM, AND MY ASK, I I DON'T EXPECT THE GYM TO BE FREE, BUT MY ASK IS THAT IF YOU COULD PLEASE REVISIT THE CUSTODIAL FEES, UM, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE ONE HOUR VERSUS TWO, THAT'S REALLY WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

AND THEY ASK.

UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

UM, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

AVERY BACK.

UM, HI, I'M AVERY BASS.

I'M FROM SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THAT'S WHO I'M SPEAKING FOR.

UM, I'VE HEARD THAT E WILSON MIGHT BE COMING TO SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THIS CHANGE WOULD AFFECT ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SMS IS A GREAT PLACE THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO MISS OUT ON.

IN THE TIME I'VE HAD AT SKYLINE, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FUN EVENTS AND CLUBS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

I FEEL EXCITED GOING TO SCHOOL AND HAVE MADE CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH FRIENDS AND TEACHERS.

SPORTS ARE A BIG PART OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IT WOULD AFFECT HOW WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THOSE TWO.

THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE IN EIGHTH GRADE NEXT YEAR ARE ALSO THE GROUP THAT DID NOT GET TO FINISH KINDERGARTEN 'CAUSE OF COVID.

AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS STARTED SCHOOL.

ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS STARTED SCHOOL DURING COVID.

SO NONE OF US HAD A NORMAL EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES, AND THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE THAT I WOULDN'T WANT US TO HAVE.

IF E WILSON WERE TO RE REPLACE US IN OUR OWN SCHOOL, STUDENTS WOULD BE SPLIT UP.

STAFF AND ADMIN COULD LOSE THEIR JOBS IN THIS CULTURE WE HAVE WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF YOU CONSIDER HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT US ALL IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

BRIAN MILLER.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M BRIAN MILLER.

I'M FROM SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I'VE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH

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AND I HAVE GROWN SO MUCH, NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY, BUT AS A PERSON.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE AN EIGHTH GRADER AND A LEADER AT MY SCHOOL, AND I WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF MY LAST YEAR.

THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE.

I HAVE MADE SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES HERE, AND I WANT TO FINISH MY EIGHTH GRADE YEAR WITH THE TEACHERS, FRIENDS, AND STAFF WHO HAVE HELPED ME GROW.

I HOPE YOU WILL THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR SCHOOL MEANS TO US.

WE DESERVE THE CHANCE TO FINISH OUR TIME HERE TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, AMANDA.

HELLO, MY NAME IS AMANDA BASS.

I AM THE PARENT OF A SEVENTH GRADER AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS TWO ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR E WILSON MORRISON.

WITH THIS PROPOSED CHANGE, MY CURRENT SEVENTH GRADER MAY MOVE TO HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR, TAKING AWAY HIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HIS EIGHTH GRADE YEAR AT SMS SCHOOL.

HE TRULY LOVES, ALTHOUGH I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY SON, I BELIEVE I'M ALSO SPEAKING FOR MANY OTHER PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN WILL BE IN, WILL BE EIGHTH GRADERS NEXT YEAR AT BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY, WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, SO IT'LL BE FINE.

YES, WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF STUDENTS HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED.

THEIR ELEMENTARY YEARS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DISRUPTED BY COVID.

THEIR KINDERGARTEN YEAR WAS ABRUPTLY CUT SHORT, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE A NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR UNTIL THIRD GRADE.

THESE STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN TREMENDOUS RESILIENCE THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT I FEEL THAT WE ARE NOW ASKING THEM TO UPROOT THEIR LIVES IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.

YET AGAIN.

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOUNGER CHILDREN.

THEY'RE AT AN AGE WHERE STABILITY, RELATIONSHIPS AND A SENSE OF BELONGING ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.

WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THE CURRENT SIXTH GRADERS AT SMS. WITH THIS PROPOSED CHANGE, THEY COULD ATTEND THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN JUST THREE YEARS.

MIDDLE SCHOOL CAN ALREADY BE A DIFFICULT TRANSITION FOR MANY STUDENTS, ASKING THEM TO REPEATEDLY ADJUST TO NEW SCHOOLS, NEW TEACHERS, NEW CLASSMATES, AND NEW ENVIRONMENTS SENDS A MESSAGE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE BEING PUT.

LAST MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A TIME WHEN STUDENTS BEGIN TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE.

THEY BECOME INVOLVED IN SPORTS CLUBS, ACTIVITIES IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

THEY BEGIN TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY BELONG.

CHANGING THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT YET AGAIN, WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THAT EXPERIENCE.

MY SON HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE AT SMS. HE LOVES GOING TO SCHOOL AND IS CLEAR THAT THE TEACHERS ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF PUT STUDENTS FIRST SCHOOL IS NOT SIMPLY A BUILDING.

IT BECOMES A SECOND HOME, A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS BUILD FRIENDSHIPS, CREATE A COMMUNITY, AND FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG.

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIVES STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT.

AND I BELIEVE THAT STABILITY PLAYS A BIG PART IN THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT E WILSON IS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING VERY DIFFICULT, AND I ABSOLUTELY WANT THERE TO BE A SOLUTION THAT ALLOWS THE THOSE STUDENTS AND STAFF TO REMAIN TOGETHER.

WE ALL DO, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT SOLUTION SHOULD COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WE NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS C WILSON WITHOUT DISSOLVING ONE SCHOOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANOTHER.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR NEEDS CONSIDERED JUST AS MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND FOR CONSIDERING THIS IMPACT.

THANK YOU.

NO, THAT WAS IT FOR OUR LIST OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING.

WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK FLYERS? WOULD LIKE ME TO HAND THEM OUT? YES.

I THINK I HAVE ENOUGH.

OKAY.

AM I STARTING ALREADY? OH, GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

UM, SO MY, MY NAME IS, UM, SHAY STEEL C**N.

UM, I AM, UM, I HAVE A CHILD ACTUALLY AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I AM THE UNIQUE, UH, PARENT VOLUNTEER OF SKYLINE MIDDLE.

I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WITH SKYLINE MIDDLE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH, UH, TWO LEADERSHIP CHANGES.

I ACTUALLY GOT TO BE ON THE INTERVIEW FOR CHAD BURKE TO COME IN.

UM, AND I HAVE THAT UNIQUE EXP PERSPECTIVE OF BEING AN OUTSIDER THAT HAS FINALLY BECOME AN INSIDER.

UM, AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA READ OFF OF THIS BECAUSE IF I DO OTHERWISE, I'M GONNA START CRYING.

UM, SO FOUR YEARS AGO, I WALKED IN THE SKYLINE AFTER RECEIVING ALMOST DAILY EMAILS ABOUT STUDENT BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITING TO

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AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE BROKEN JAW INSTANCE INCIDENT.

UM, INSTEAD OF RUNNING THE FACEBOOK TO COMPLAIN, I FILLED OUT THE VOLUNTEER PAPERWORK AND SHOWED UP.

AT THAT TIME, SKYLINE WAS LOOKED DOWN UPON THE PEOPLE PRACTICALLY RECOILED WHEN THEY SAID ITS NAME.

AND THEN LEADERSHIP CHANGED AND THINGS GOT A LOT BETTER.

UM, THROUGH CHAD'S LEADERSHIP AND VISION, COMBINED WITH A STAFF FULL, UH, OR FULL, A STAFF FULL OF SOME OF THE MOST DETERMINED, LOVINGLY STUBBORN PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET, TRANSFORM SKYLINE TO A PLACE THAT TO BE PROUD OF.

AND THIS ISN'T JUST MY OPINION, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DATA TO BACK THAT UP.

AND I REALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE HUMANS THAT MAKE SKYLINE HOME.

OUR SIXTH GRADE TEAM WELCOMES YOUR BABIES INTO A COMPLETELY NEW WORLD AND TEACHES THEM HOW TO BECOME INDEPENDENT MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.

AND I'VE WATCHED THAT TEAM GROW INTO AN INCREDIBLE MACHINE.

SEVENTH GRADE, I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THEY DO IT, BECAUSE IT IS A YEAR THAT HORMONES AND AUDACITY PAIR UP, AND IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE GOING INTO BATTLE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

UM, AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THEY ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND CONTINUE TO LOVE THOSE CHILDREN THROUGH THE HARDEST YEAR OF THEIR LIFE.

UM, EIGHTH GRADE TEAM HAS MY ENTIRE HEART.

IT IS THE YEAR THAT MY CHILD WAS THRIVING.

THE, THE TEACHERS LOVED HIM, CHALLENGED HIM, AND CHERISHED HIM.

AND I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEM.

UM, AND THEY ARE THE TEACHERS THAT PREPARE THOSE KIDS TO WALK INTO A NEW ENVIRONMENT AS INDEPENDENT ADULTS.

OUR PACE ROOM DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THOSE BABIES.

I GET TO WALK IN THERE SOME DAYS AND THEIR FACES JUST LIGHT UP AND THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE DEAR TO MY HEART AS WELL.

OUR ELECTIVE STAFFS BUST THEIR BUTTS TO CREATE FUN ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR, OUR, OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.

OUR LIBRARY STAFF HAS CREATED MORE THAN A PLACE TO CHECK OUT BOOKS.

THEY'VE CREATED A PLACE WHERE KIDS FEEL SAFE, WELCOMED AND EXCITED TO READ, INCLUDING OUR NEW GUESTS.

WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT THEY HAVE BOOKS IN THAT ROOM FOR THE WILSON, THE WILSON KIDS.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE WORKED RELENTLESSLY TO CHANGE SKYLINE, AND IT'S WORKED.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PROPOSAL OR ANY PROPOSAL TO BREAK UP THIS PART OF THE TEAM.

VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AFTER YEARS OF INVESTMENT, NEW LEADERSHIP, REBUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST, CREATING SCHOOL SPIRIT, IMPROVING OUTCOMES, AND FINALLY CHANGING THE NARRATIVE AROUND SKYLINE.

WHY ARE WE TRYING TO DISMANTLE IT NOW? SKYLINE MIDDLE IS A BUILDING FULL OF HUMANS WHO WILLINGLY SHOW UP DURING SCHOOL, SCHOOL DURING SOME OF THE MOST AWKWARD EMOTIONAL HOR HORMONE RAGING YEARS OF A CHILD'S LIFE AND SAY, YEP, THESE ARE MY KIDS, AND THIS IS WHERE I WANNA BE.

THANK YOU.

DARN.

THANK YOU.

YOU GO BACK UP THERE IF THEY WANNA FINISH READING FOR YOU.

OH, .

DO YOU WANT ME TO FINISH IT? I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE PTO STUFF AFTER THAT .

I MEAN, I'M GONNA SAY MY OWN THING TOO, BUT I'LL ALSO FINISH JUST THIS IS THAT LAST PART, BUT THEN I GONNA JUST WHAT THIS TELL YOU? YES, THAT PART.

OKAY.

SHOULD IT BE HER AND THEN ME, OR DO YOU? OKAY.

HOLD, LET ME WRITE MY NAME.

MY NAME IS KELLY WEATHER HOLT.

I AM A FACULTY MEMBER AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I, UM, AM THE ART TEACHER.

I ALSO AM THE ASSISTANT CROSS COUNTRY COACH.

AND I AM THE SPONSOR OF OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT, WHICH WE JUST STARTED THIS YEAR.

AND WE HAVE BIG PLANS FOR, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT LEADERS IN OUR SCHOOL, AND WE WANT THEM TO LEARN NOW, AND THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT ON.

UM, SO LET ME FINISH HER, HER.

UM, SO FOR FOUR YEARS, SHAY'S HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SAYING THE SAME THING AS A VOLUNTEER.

I LOVE SKYLINE MIDDLE.

SHE LOVES ITS STAFF AND ITS STUDENTS.

SHE LOVES WHAT THE SCHOOL HAS BECOME.

PLEASE FIND ANOTHER WAY TO NOT DISMANTLE SOMETHING.

THIS COMMUNITY HAS WORKED HARD FOR.

WHILE SHE'S AT IT, SHE WANTS TO INDOOR, UH, HIGHLIGHT OUR INDOOR TRUNK RETREAT EVENT, UM, WHICH IS ON THE 15TH.

AND IT'S THE FOOD DRIVE.

AND WE FEED 12 TO 15 FAMILIES WITH THAT EVERY YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE A COOKIE FUNDRAISER STARTING OCTOBER 23RD.

OWEN HOLLY WEAN DANCE IS ON THE 28TH.

THAT'S JUST FOR STUDENTS.

OKAY.

UM, WHEN I READ THE PROPOSAL TO MOVE OUR SCHOOL, I CRIED.

I'M A CRIER, BUT I LOVE MY JOB A LOT AND I LOVE MY KIDS AND I LOVE THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH.

AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE SAYS THAT WE WON'T LOSE JOBS AND THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.

BUT THE FACT IS THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TWO ART TEACHERS.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TWO FAX ROOMS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TWO BAND ROOMS AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AN ART ROOM IS A SPECIALIZED ROOM, RIGHT? I HAVE SINKS.

I DON'T HAVE REGULAR DESK.

I HAVE SO MUCH STORAGE AND IT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH.

YOU KNOW, UM, I WORRY ABOUT MY KIDS LIKE THESE KIDS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE TWO OF MY BOYS.

UM, AND I SAY THAT FOR ALL OF THEM.

ALL A HUNDRED KIDS I SEE EVERY DAY.

'CAUSE I'M NOT LIKE

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AND I WORRY ABOUT MY EIGHTH GRADERS GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL.

IT SCARES ME.

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I WORKED HARD TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL CLASSROOM THAT I SPENT LITERALLY WEEKS PAINTING SO THAT MY KIDS CAN COME INTO MY ROOM AND BE CREATIVE AND HAVE A SAFE SPACE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I THINK MY JOB IS.

AS AN ART TEACHER, YES, I, YOU KNOW, I FOLLOW MY STANDARDS TO A T AND I READ ALL MY IEPS IN MY FIVE OH FOURS, AND I DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT IN THE END, SOMETIMES MY ROOM IS WHY THEY COME TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW? AND I, TO LOSE EVEN THAT ROOM, LIKE IT, IT'S PAINFUL.

IT'S PAINFUL TO ME.

UM, AND I THINK IT'LL BE PAINFUL TO THEM.

CHAD'S DONE AN AWESOME JOB.

OUR FACULTY LOVES OUR BUILDING AND WE LOVE OUR KIDS.

AND I DON'T WANT E WILSON TO SUFFER EITHER.

I HAVE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT GO TO LFK.

I WOULD BE DEVASTATED.

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS AT LEAST AMOUNT OF KIDS AS POSSIBLE.

SO, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? MY NAME IS SALLY MEREDITH.

I AM THE LIBRARIAN AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST, WHEN I TOOK MY JOB, I WASN'T SURE ABOUT IT.

FIRST OF ALL, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS BECAUSE THEY'RE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND THERE A LOT.

UM, BUT I WENT THERE THE FIRST YEAR WAS REALLY ROUGH.

I WENT THERE, UM, IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.

AND WITH THE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I THOUGHT, WHAT HAVE I DONE? UM, BUT THEN ADMINISTRATION CHANGED.

CHAD CAME IN, HE CHANGED CULTURE.

HE MADE US ALL PROUD TO BE HAWKS.

I'M A CRIER TOO.

.

UM, AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BUILD A COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO REMAIN A COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE BRACELETS, ONE'S FLOCK ONE HOME, AND WE ALL WANT TO BE TOGETHER.

SO I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER HOW THIS AFFECTS OUR KIDS, HOW THIS AFFECTS OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT ALL THE BEST FOR E WILSON.

I HAVE WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEW STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL HAVE BOOKS BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE THE, AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY, NEXT UP THIS EVENING.

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

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

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NO, THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION ON

[2. Consent Agenda]

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

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NO.

THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE

[3.A. Superintendent]

DR. WRIGHT, STARTING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I HAVE A FEW, UM, COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UH, AS RHODES, MS. LAYMAN, UM, MS. JUDI AND MS. LEASE AND THE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, THE PARENTS THAT WERE HERE, UH, FOR SHARING THEIR MATH LESSON WITH US THIS EVENING.

UH, I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK, UM, INCLUDING OUR TEACHERS, STAFF, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS.

UH, WE APPRECIATE, UM, THE FEEDBACK.

UH, I DO WANNA THANK EVERYONE FROM HERE AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY WHO FILLED OUT THE SURVEY FOR THE FEEDBACK FOR E WILSON CONTINGENCY PLAN A FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

UH, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK, UH, WE'VE WILL BE PRESENTING A PLAN B AT OUR SESSION ON OCTOBER 21ST.

SO IF YOU WANT TO, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK FOR PLAN B AS WELL.

UH, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE FEEDBACK ON PLAN A AT THIS POINT.

I THINK WE'VE GOT THE PICTURE.

UH, PLAN B WILL BE, WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK AS WELL.

FROM A SIMILAR STANDPOINT, UH, WE HAVE USED WHAT WE'VE HEARD, UH, AND, AND I THINK WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT WAS, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HEARD IN THE WRITTEN FEEDBACK, UH, TO HELP SHAPE PLAN B.

SO WE WILL SHARE THAT ON OCTOBER 21ST AT OUR WORK SESSION ON 15TH STREET.

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UM, MS. BRAGG WILL SHARE THE REPORT LATER TONIGHT.

UH, AND I, IT'S GREAT TO SEE, UH, THE PROGRESS FROM ALL OF OUR HARD WORK AND WE'RE DETERMINED TO KEEP, UH, THE CONTINUE THE UPWARD, UH, PROJECTION ON SEP 20.

SEPTEMBER 25TH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, FFA FOOD FOR AMERICA PROGRAM.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHARING WITH THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHO WERE VISITING AND GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SESSIONS.

UH, ON THE SAME EVENING OF THE 25TH, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE IN A WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME WHERE THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 2026 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES.

AND, UH, THAT ALSO INCLUDED THE STATE RUNNER UP BASEBALL TEAM FROM 1978.

AND MS. JONES SOLD ME A VERY NIFTY WORN COW HAT.

SO, THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON.

NO DISCOUNT THOUGH.

UH, THE FALL.

WE'LL BE BUSY WITH, UH, SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY MEETINGS, STARTING GOAL SETTING MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS AND, UH, CABINET MEMBERS, PARTICIPATING IN TANDEM WALKTHROUGHS WITH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, AND PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, AND BEGINNING OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS ON OCTOBER 21ST WITH A JOINT SESSION WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO, MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR THAT.

THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT.

[3.B. School Board]

UH, WELL, AS DR. WRIGHT SAID, I HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING FOR A LOT OF THE VARSITY GAMES TO SELL, UM, STUFF AT THE ATHLETIC TABLE, AND IT IS, UH, FUNDRAISING.

SO NO, YOU DON'T GET A DISCOUNT AND .

UM, SO SOME OF THE, I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REACHED OUT AND EMAILED US AND MYSELF ABOUT THE PLANS FOR E WILSON MORRISON MOVING FORWARD.

UM, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE PLANS IN MORE DETAIL, AND WE, THAT'S WHY WE, WE DON'T WANNA SET ANYTHING IN CONCRETE.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE SOME MORE TIMELINES OF REPAIR.

UM, AND KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO WITH E WILSON BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION.

UM, JUST KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PLAN THAT BEST SUPPORTS BOTH THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS.

AND LET'S SEE, POLICY KK IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

WE KNOW THAT'S BEEN ON PREVIOUS AGENDAS.

UH, WE'VE JUST BEEN TWEAKING A LITTLE BIT.

WE'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM BOARD MEMBERS AND FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM STAFF.

SO WE THINK WE HAVE FINALLY IRONED THOSE OUT.

SO THAT SHOULD BE ON NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA.

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. MCCUEN.

THANK YOU.

UH, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE TWO YOUNG MEN WHO, WHO SPOKE.

IT'S ALWAYS A SCARY THING TO SPEAK.

I'M SCARED RIGHT NOW SPEAKING TO YOU PEOPLE, BUT ANYWAY, HAVING THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TO DO THAT, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT.

AND IT'S GOOD TO GET THAT GOING AT AN EARLY AGE TO DO IT.

AND OF COURSE, THE KINDERGARTENS ARE JUST CUTE.

UM, I'VE TAKEN A COUPLE MORE TRAININGS WITH THE SBMA, UM, ONE CALLED UNDERSTAND THE ANNUAL GIFTED REPORT, WHICH I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.

SO NOW I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT ANOTHER ONE, HOW TO READ THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING.

AND THEN ALSO HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVE POLICY, WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL TOO.

SO THEY, THEY HAVE SOME, UM, TRAININGS THAT ARE ON THERE.

THEY'RE FREE FOR US AS MEMBERS OF THE SPMA.

AND I TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM.

UM, I MET WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, MAYBE THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THIS TOO, TO CREATE A GOVERNANCE HANDBOOK FOR OUR OWN USE.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT SINCE DECEMBER.

WE FINALLY GOT AROUND TO IT, VERY FRUITFUL DISCUSSION.

WE HAD A LOT OF AGREEMENT ON IT.

WE'RE GOING TO, UH, HOPEFULLY TALK ABOUT IT AND APPROVE IT, OR AT LEAST VOTE ON IT AT THE, OUR NEXT MEETING.

AND THEN FINALLY, I ACTUALLY WENT TO, UH, THE BELOVED SKELLY MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS WEEK TO SPEAK TO MR. LOGAN INVITED ME IN TO SPEAK TO SOME OF HIS STUDENTS ABOUT, THEY'RE DOING PROJECTS ON GOING TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

AND I, I GREW UP IN IRELAND, SO I HAVE SOME, UH, HE KNEW THAT FOR SOME REASON, AND HE ASKED ME TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO HIS STUDENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT GOES ON IN IRELAND OR WHATEVER.

BY THE WAY, THE NATIONAL COLOR OF IRELAND IS NOT GREEN.

IT'S BLUE.

DON'T, JUST DOESN'T MATTER.

JUST DON'T START WEARING BLUE ON ST.

PATRICK'S DAY.

THEY'LL KICK YOU OUT.

UM, SO ANYWAY, WANTED TO THANK MR. LOGAN, HIS CLASS FOR THE HOSPITALITY.

AND THAT IS IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. KLEIN.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ALSO THANK THE, UH, STUDENTS, THE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS FOR, UM, THEIR PRESENTATION AND, AND, UH, AND THE PLAYTO.

I LIKE THAT .

IT, UH, REMIND ME OF MY CHILDHOOD, AND IT ALSO REMIND ME HOW OLD I AM .

UM, THE, UH, I ATTENDED THE, WE HAVE THE BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING,

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UM, AS FAR AS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THERE, UM, I WAS AT A FUNDRAISER THIS PAST WEEK, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, TONY IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

UH, I HAD ACTUALLY HAD THREE PEOPLE COME UP TO ME TO TELL ME TO LET TONY KNOW THAT HE'S DOING A SUPERIOR JOB WITH THE CHAOS THAT HE HAS TO DEAL WITH.

UM, I JUST FELT LIKE THAT WAS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT, BROUGHT OUT TONIGHT.

SO, UH, IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB.

I COULDN'T BEGIN TO EVEN IMAGINE WHAT HE GOES THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS.

BUT, UM, AND THEN I ATTENDED THE RETREAT AS WELL FOR THE, THE, UH, THE NEW HANDBOOK FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

UM, ENJOYED THAT THOROUGHLY.

AND THEN, UM, THE, UH, THE WILSON MORRISON SCHOOL WOULD BE OKAY TO GO OVER THIS NOW.

OKAY, OF COURSE.

UM, SO E WILSON'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

SO I SIT DOWN AND I'VE DONE A COUPLE OF SCHEDULES, UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HIT THE, HIT 'EM AS FAST AS I COULD SO I DON'T TAKE A LOT OF TIME UP.

BUT, UM, OUR, OUR FIRST STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS, IS WE HAVE TO GET THE BUILDING ROOF SHORED UP, OR THE BUILDING SHORED.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHICH WAY WE'RE DOING IT YET.

UM, ONCE THAT IS COMPLETE, THEN, THEN THE BUILDING OFFICIAL RIGHT NOW HAS DEEMED THE BUILDING UNSAFE.

SO THAT KEEPS US FROM ENTERING THE SCHOOL THE WAY WE NEED TO, TO GET THE THINGS OUT.

UM, ONCE THE BUILDING IS SHORED UP, HE IS, HE HAS STATED THAT HE WILL TURN THE SCHOOL BACK LOOSE TO US, AND WE CAN GET THE THINGS, GET ALL OUR STUFF OUT BASED OFF, UM, THE TWO, THE PROPOSALS WE'RE WAITING ON, WHICH I HEARD WE RECEIVED ONE TODAY, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON ANOTHER.

BUT IF I, IF I PICK IT UP FROM TODAY, WHICH IS TEN SEVEN, UM, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE NEXT ONE, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THAT PROPOSAL.

UM, THEN ON, IF, IF WE CAN DO THAT, SAY BEFORE 10 20, WHICH IS THE NEXT BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETING, WE CAN ASK FOR THE APPROPRIATION FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO SHORE THE BUILDING UP.

THEN WE CAN PICK THE CONTRACTOR AND RELEASE IT ON 10 21.

UM, DEPENDING ON, I THINK WE DID APPROVE THAT THEY COULD USE THEIR OWN ENGINEER.

WE DID, YEAH, FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA SAVE ABOUT A WEEK THERE.

UM, THEN WE'VE GOTTA SUBMIT THE, UH, PLAN TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE TO REVIEW IT, IT GOES TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE TO REVIEW IT, AND THEN WE WILL WAIT FOR THE, UH, WE SHOULD, THERE SHOULD BE A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS IN BETWEEN THOSE TIMES.

UM, WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT BACK IF WE CAN GET THESE PROPOSALS.

UH, WE'LL GET IT BACK ON 11 NINE, HOPEFULLY.

AND THEN, BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS COMING, WE CAN HOPEFULLY MAYBE START THE SHORING PROCESS AROUND 1130, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US MAYBE SOMETIME AT THE END OF DECEMBER, 1ST OF JANUARY TO GET BACK INTO THE SCHOOL.

THAT'S ALL TENTATIVE.

WE RECEIVED THE NEXT, UM, PROPOSAL.

THEN IN OUR BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAVE APPROVED TO DO, TO MOVE FORWARD THE RFP, UH, FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE BUILDING.

UM, WE WILL REVIEW THE, MAYBE APPROVED THE RFP DOCUMENT TODAY, UH, ON OCTOBER 7TH.

UH, IT NEEDS TO GO TO OUR ATTORNEY AFTERWARDS.

AND THEN WE'LL, UH, SAY AROUND OCTOBER 9TH, THEN THE RFP WILL BE, UH, POSTED TO EVA, HOPEFULLY BY OCTOBER 16TH.

THE TIME ALLOWANCE.

WE, WE WILL GIVE FOR THE, UH, RFP WILL GET US TO ABOUT NOVEMBER 6TH, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE AMBITIOUS.

AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST ROUGH DATES.

UM, WE HAVE TO GIVE 'EM A DEADLINE TO ASK QUESTIONS, WHICH WILL BE FROM THE SIXTH TO THE 13TH.

THEN WE HAVE A WEEK TO ANSWER 'EM, WHICH WILL GET US TO NOVEMBER 20TH, THE SOQ DEADLINE.

AND THE APPROXIMATE COST MAYBE IS AROUND DECEMBER 4TH, UM, OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE ENGINEERING PART.

THIS IS NOT CONSTRUCTION.

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I'M NOT SURE YET.

WE HAVEN'T DECIDED, UH, OUR SELECTION DATE FOR THE, THE FIRM THAT'LL BE DOING THE, THE, UH, FORENSIC INVESTIGATION.

HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE AROUND DECEMBER 18TH.

UM, WE'LL HAVE TO, ONCE WE APPROVE THAT, IT HAS TO GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR APPROVAL OF WHATEVER THAT APPROPRIATION NEEDS TO BE.

THEN ON JANUARY 8TH, WE'RE HOPING BECAUSE OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IN THERE, IT'S, IT'S EXTENDED OUT TO THE EIGHTH, UM, TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT.

THEN THE INVESTIGATION STARTS, UM, THAT, HOPEFULLY THAT INVESTIGATION WILL START AROUND JANUARY 25TH AND GO TO ABOUT FEBRUARY 19TH, 2027.

UH, HOPEFULLY SOMEWHERE AROUND MARCH 12TH, WE'LL RECEIVE THE DRAFT REPORT.

AND THEN MARCH 26TH WILL BE THE FINALIZED REPORT.

AND THEN THE RFP, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION WILL BE APPROVED SOMEWHERE AROUND APRIL 16TH.

UM, I HOPE IT COULD BE A LITTLE AMBITIOUS.

I HOPE NOT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE IT A LITTLE QUICKER, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE TIME.

UM, I WOULDN'T, UM, THINGS DON'T MOVE VERY FAST.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT.

THINGS ARE VERY BUSY.

UM, IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST PROJECT IN THE WORLD, AND CONTRACTORS SOMETIMES LEANED MORE TOWARDS THE BIGGER PROJECTS.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A GOOD, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A GOOD RESPONSE WITH THIS RFP AND, UH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT'S GONNA LAY OUT.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE ANYTHING HAPPEN AT E WILSON CONSTRUCTION WISE TILL APRIL AT LEAST.

SO, BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MS. TAYLOR.

SO I HAVE NO VOICE, AND I THINK THAT GEORGE COVERED IT, SO I'M JUST GONNA SKIP.

THAT'S OKAY.

YEP.

THANK YOU.

SORRY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

UM, I WANTED TO THANK OUR KINDERGARTNERS, UM, EVERYONE FOR COMING AND DOING THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPOTLIGHT THIS EVENING FOR OUR SPEAKERS FROM SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WERE COMING, UM, AS I THINK SEVERAL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. WRIGHT HAVE ALREADY SAID, WE'RE CERTAINLY HEARING WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING AND REVISITING, UM, WHAT OTHER PLANS THERE ARE.

WE JUST ARE ALSO, AS GEORGE JUST SAID, REALLY FAR FROM EVEN BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PLAN AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S MOVING SLOW BUT STEADY, I GUESS.

UM, I ATTENDED THE MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL MEETING.

UM, THE DIRECTOR THERE ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT FOR THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO WE'LL BE STARTING THAT, UM, INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR A NEW DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL.

THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL ALSO CELEBRATED THEIR 20 YEARS THIS YEAR.

UM, AND SO THEY HAD A BIG, UM, RECOGNITION CEREMONY FOR THAT.

THE ENROLLMENT AT THE SCHOOL THIS YEAR IS 207 STUDENTS.

THAT'S 102 STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLETOWN CAMPUS AND 105 AT THE WARRENTON CAMPUS.

SO THEY'RE KICKING OFF THEIR YEAR.

UM, AND EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL SO FAR.

IT'S ALSO, UM, FALL FESTIVAL SEASON AT ALL OF OUR, AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

I ATTENDED THE LFK, UH, FALL FESTIVAL LAST MONTH.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD THE FLYER, WHICH WE'LL MAKE SURE IS POSTED, UM, FOR SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL COMING UP ON OCTOBER 15TH FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM SSI HAS THEIRS, UM, OCTOBER 23RD.

SO JUST, THEY'RE ALL BEING SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S JUST KIND OF LOOKING AND SUPPORTING, BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL FUNDRAISERS, UM, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS.

AND ALSO, LIKE WITH SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY'RE DOING THEIR FOOD DRIVE THERE.

AND SO THERE'S ALSO OTHER WAYS TO JUST HELP TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WHILE, WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING.

SO, UM, I'D BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S JUST KEEPING WATCH FOR OUR OCTOBER 21ST MEETING.

UM, AS I ALREADY MENTIONED, THAT'S OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JOINT BUDGET SEASON SESSION, UM, TO GET READY FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT THEN ALSO HOPEFULLY SOME MORE UPDATES ABOUT, UM, E WILSON AND JUST WHAT THE PLAN WILL BE LONG TERM GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING, AND WE'LL MOVE INTO THE PRESENTATIONS.

[4.A. WCPS Accreditation and Accountability Presentation - Ms. Bragg]

HELLO, HOT OFF THE PRESS THIS MORNING OUT OF RICHMOND, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS RELEASED THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCREDITATION RESULTS FOR THE 26 27 SCHOOL

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SO, UM, I'M HERE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT INTO, AGAIN, HOW THAT PROCESS IS DETERMINED AS BEST I CAN, UM, AND WORK THROUGH SOME OF THAT SHARE WITH YOU OUR RESULTS, UM, AND SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE STILL HAVE YET, YET TO DO.

SO THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR, UH, IN THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FROM THE STATE.

SOME CHANGES JUST FROM THE OUTSET BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.

THERE, UH, WAS A CHANGE IN HOW GROWTH IS CALCULATED AT THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

SO THEY MOVED FROM A PREVIOUS SYSTEM TO A NEW GROWTH SYSTEM FOR, UH, MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROWTH CATEGORIES IN MATH AND ENGLISH READING.

AND UM, ALSO THERE ARE NEW PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES.