be saying the prayer. So, if you'll bow your heads with me. Dear Lord, thank you for this day. Thank you for all you have given us. Thank you for the many blessings that you blessed us with that we don't need, but you have so graciously given us. Lord, I pray that um you stand by us as a board um and the
leaders of our country and the leaders of our county um to make the right decisions and the decisions um for you, Lord, and for our kids. Um with this I pray in Jesus name. Amen. All right. At this time, I call to order
the June 26 board meeting. Uh, and before we start, I would like the record to reflect Miss Gilhausen will be running um a little late due to reasons. Welcome citizens of Klay County. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time out of
your busy schedule to attend tonight's school board meeting. This meeting is our opportunity as your elected representatives to collaborate openly and make decisions that will decide the future direction of our public schools and the education of our children here in Klay County. If you wish to address
the board on an agenda item, there will be an opportunity to speak for three minutes. Please fill out a card located at the side entry door indicating the specific item number or topic you wish to speak about and turn it in promptly to one of our officers. If you have
items that you would like to present to the school board or superintendent, please hand them to an officer who will distribute them accordingly. Speakers who wish to address the specific agenda items will be heard following the recognition and awards portion of the meeting. Speakers wishing to address
address non-aggenda items will be heard following the adoption of the consent agenda. No additional cards will be accepted once the board moves to the public comment section under presentations from the audience. Your participation is welcomed and appreciated.
Uh at this time, we're going to move on into our recognition and awards. And we have uh Miss Brenda Tropman, assistant superintendent of human resources, recognizing the 2024 2025 retirees. Good evening,
board. It's such an honor every year when we get to recognize those who've put in so much time and dedication to our students in the district. And there are a few we didn't get pictures for, so we put their school
emblem, but we do hope you enjoy it. This is one of the honors that human resources gets to do to put this together. So, I thank my team for putting it together. As you can see, over 2,000 years of dedicated service to
our students. So, sit back and enjoy. Hey. Hey. Hey. D. [Music] Dancer. [Music] Hey,
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Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] All right. How about a big round of applause for all of our retirees? Just in case you were adding out there, it's it was 121 people, 2,379
years of service on on that screen every year. It always surprises me because there's always like somebody I'm like, I didn't know they were retiring, you know, kind of thing. So, it's always very interesting. We always do that because of the length of the video. We usually do it at this meeting here,
which is uh usually less less attended like tonight's is. I'll turn it back over to Miss Skipper. Okay. There is no school showcase tonight. Um and this is the last call for comment cards if you have any. Uh
and seeing none up here that's for a specific agenda item, we'll do the rest or we'll do um after our consent agenda. There is also no human resource actions.
So before we move to the consent agenda, I have to read this statement. Um there has been a necessary revision to a supporting document attached to item C28. Amendment to Klay County agreement
contract number 2024 2025 interlocal agreement between the school board of Klay County, Florida and the board of county commission for funding of school resource officers July 1st 2024 to June 30th 20 um 27.
In accordance with Florida State Statute 120.525, a change may be made for good cause a revised version of exhibit exhibit B delineating the payment schedule for services has been attached to the
agenda. The schedule reflects the breakout of capital funds to be issued to the months of July and August 2025 and adjust the remaining 10 payouts accordingly. the overall amount of funds being paid for services remains the
same. So at this time if I can get um a motion to approve the consent agenda. I move to approve. I have a motion from Miss Clark. Can I get a second? Second. Have a second from Mr.
Albero. Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? Vote carries. 4 Z. And then at this time we will have um
presentations from the audience. Mr. Adam Goodwin, you will be up first. And if you don't mind stating your name and your address when you come up to the microphone, you have three minutes. Um, and then Miss
is it Miss Miss Donna? You'll be you'll be following him. Uh, Adam Goodwin, uh, 4270 Hawk Haven Road, Middle, Florida, 32068. Uh, good evening, Superintendent Brokin, school board members. I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak, and
I'm here tonight to advocate for both teachers and students. Uh, first want to state that the last three weeks have a little been hard on me, both physically and mentally. Um, and as I was one of the teachers that was reassigned, um, I'm a MHS art teacher for 23 years
and I truly love being there. That was something that was important to me. Um, I'm also a former graduate of Middleberg High School, student of Middberg Elementary, student of Wilkinson Junior High. Um, I've lived here in the county for I just turned 50 three days ago, so
let's say about all my life pretty much. Um, I'm here to advocate though for a program. Um, since I was cut as the teacher at Middle High School for the art program, Middberg
High School no longer has an art program. Middle Brook High School is the only school in the county that no longer has an art program. Yes, I said that correctly. Out of 41 schools, Middle High School is the only one that doesn't have art.
For a high school that caters to 1,800 students last year, I had 150 to 160 students pretty much in my class every single year, if not more. My numbers rose one year to 192.
Um, so in calculations about 3,500 students have gone through my classroom since I started in 2002. The biggest discrepancy though where I see this as being the biggest problem is that we have four high schools in this county that have two art teachers a
piece and two other high schools that have one each and now high school has zero. I'm not advocating for my job. I'm advocating for the students that I have that are here tonight. I've had students that have had artwork that have placed nationally in national
contests like three years ago. Um, first place, she had her artwork hang in the Capitol building for a year and it was important. It was something that the district put up on their website. Everybody was doing news things about
it. It was an important thing. This past year, we had somebody that finished the second in the contest and is being her artwork is being hung up hung up in the district office. Again, I'm not advocating for myself.
So, the program that they students deserve needs to be there whether or not I'm the teacher or not. They deserve more than what has happened over the last three weeks. They deserve to know why and what is going to go on next. Thank you.
Thank you, Miss Donna. Is it mool? Okay. I just want to when you write so neat I can't read it when and and when it's not written neat I can't read it. So you got to go in between. My name is Donna Mcool. My address is
4467 Witch Hazel Road Middleberg 32068. Mr. Broski and the board. Thank you for the opportunity to speak at this meeting. My p purpose for being here mirrors what Mr. Goodwin just um expressed. U I didn't know Mr. Good was
going to be here tonight. Actually, my daughter, who is the student, I am actually speaking on behalf of her, was supposed to do this, but she kind of shied out on us. So, I'm speaking for my daughter McKenzie. My daughter Mackenzie has been in um an structured art program her entire school career. She's going to
be entering as a senior next year at Middberg High School. Her plan was to complete a four-year program of art at Middberg High School and has done extremely well with Mr. Goodwin. Some of her artwork has been displayed in the county as well. The impact that the art
program has had on her personally individually um has been immense for her. She's a very shy person. She's very busy with 4 and archery and other things. She swims on the swim team at Middberg High School, but art was a way
for her to express herself without having to get up and talk to someone or speak publicly or whatever what she struggles with. But her art has been something that she has just been passionate about. We have so much of her artwork in our home. So many pencils. I've spent a fortune on art material
over the years. Gladly. The program I realized um I apologize for speaking too loud. the program. I realized you guys had to do what you had to do with the budget. I understand that. I I work at the district so I understand what you struggle with to
find balance in all that you do and we appreciate what you do. Um you're in public office and we appreciate that. I'm just asking on behalf of the students at Middberg and my my student in particular if there is any way
possible for reassessment of the budget and the way the funds were dispersed and the way the cuts impacted Middberg High School's art program if it simply could just be reconsidered for even if it's not this year for the students in the future. There are so many students that
were seniors this year. She had an art class planned. We're not sure where she's going with that elective this year. It's going to impact her her curriculum for next year. So, other students are in the same situation with no option, no other option for that. So,
we're just asking for an opportunity for this to be reassessed if you can find it in your heart and time to do that and reconsider the program at Middberg. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next up, we have Miss Vicky Kidwell with
a CCA update. Good evening. Thank you for these precious minutes. It's an honor to advocate for Klay County educators. Um, I was in Tallahassee for the perk election all day today. That perk election was for the 23 24 school year. They're a year behind. 98% of the
ballots returned affirm the instructional employees of Klay County want CCA to be their professional organization. 98%. They voted yes. They wanted CCA to listen and represent them at the bargaining table. They voted yes. They
wanted to join their colleagues in a collective voice to improve their working conditions and compensation. They voted yes. They wanted to keep the contractual rights in the CCA contract. we've bargained for 50 years. And they voted to have CCA be their advocate when they don't feel heard or seen.
Like the military widow who was subject to riff and offered a position 50 minutes from her medically fragile child. It's my duty and my responsibility when they call me to reach out to you and and do everything I can to have the district listen to their needs. like the RIFF teacher who was
offered a position only to be told after she got that position from the new principal that they're moving her again. Imagine how that makes you feel at the bottom of the barrel. It's my job to advocate over and over again so that the district as big as it is doesn't forget the importance of listening to the
individual employees like the loyal veteran employees who don't understand why they were reduced from 12 months to 11 months or 10 months and need someone to know the hardship that it's going to cause when they're a single parent. The district has hard decisions to make and we get that. Um we've done our best
to try to message that out for you. um to try to get our employees when they call to understand the big picture. And it's your job to look at that big picture, but it's my job to let you see what the little people need. When a need is brought to you, like Mr. Goodwin just
said, that Middberg High School has no art program, it's time maybe to listen, take a step back, reassess, and make a course correction. I know that we've met many times, Mr. Rosski and I and and we've met with Miss
um Miss Troutman and we've talked about how the district has tried so hard to make sure everyone has a position and I applaud you for that. But we're a big district and sometimes people individual people's needs, they get overlooked and
problems like this that that's a problem not to have an art program at Middleberg High School. I think you would all agree that's not the intention of this of this decision, these decisions that have been made. We're trying to balance a budget. I get it. But let's take a step back and
let's really listen. When needs are brought to us, when there's a problem, we have to be able to hear and course correct. It's my responsibility to keep hammering on that and I will and I appreciate the responsibility and am
thankful for that. Thank you. Not seeing Mr. Lonnie out in the audience. So, Superintendent Mr. Broski. Okay. Awesome. I'll make it quick because this is traditionally our shortest meeting of the of the year. Do have several items uh for you if it gets
up there. one uh you know first let me just say you know to the speakers today I heard what you said and of course I'll reassess you know based on what was said uh here today that's that's natural thing to do that's what that's what we would do every time so rest assured
we'll do that in this particular incident while we're while we're working on this I'll have to look towards you because that screen's not working but that one is okay So, quickly, we've got uh student achievement results. We've got assessing a child's score, how to
look that up, the one clay leadership academy, summer reminders, apt toe rooms, as well as upcoming events. Let's talk about student achievement. You know, some of the student achievement scores have come out and some have not. We're kind of in the middle school grades have not been released. However,
enough information has been released for you to give you a little glimpse of it. So when you look at it for ELA, which is, you know, some people would call this reading, that particular category, you could see in Klay County, way above 10th in the state, way above the state
average. Uh many highlights there. Keystone Heights going up 10th grade, uh 10 points. Green Cove went up nine, Lake Asbury Element 24 points. all of that.
Every grade level in ELA went up from the previous year. Okay. So, that's that's a fantastic job in ELA. The things that we're doing for reading are are working and they're doing well, but you're not there unless you reach 100.
And so, we realize there's more work to be done. But overall, ELA very very strong in ELA. So, congratulations to everybody. Of course, the the elementary folks setting that foundation for for reading. So very important. When it
comes to math, we were we were 10th in the 10th in the state. Uh OPA OPE was first in the state. Sixth graders are uh fifth in the state. Our sixth grade group is traditionally very very strong as a grade level because they've had all
of those years with a dedicated intervention block, dedicated minutes towards reading, dedicated minutes towards math, a very structured type of environment. So our sixth grade usually blows it out of the out of the water. Uh Wilkinson Jr. and Oakleaf Jr. first in
the state for eighth for eighth grade math. I thought that they were tied, but uh they represented well there. In the area of science, ninth in the state for overall science, um uh fantastic job. Keystone Heights 15
points up. Spring Park 33 points up. Fleming Island and Oakley each had biology pass rates close to 90%. That's that's pretty that's pretty good. Number one in the state once again in seventh grade civics. I know that civics
is a big deal uh you know for our community. I would just say we do a fantastic job in there. Overall the social studies folks do a fantastic job uh related to student scores uh and assessments. Now the rest of it hasn't been released yet. So that was like the
appetizer. So they're supposed to release it by statute by the 30th is when they have to do it which is Monday. Knowing DOE it'll be 4:00 on Friday. That's usually the way that things roll uh related to that. So, when that gets released, we'll let you know the rest of
the news and the comparisons and all of that. But very promising general information to start off with. Okay, let's for anybody that's listening out there, I don't think that um parents realize the robust system that they have
at their fingertips to look at how their student does on state assessments. If you went into parent view, you can view all of these assessments, how your kid did, even has a standards breakdown, what questions were related to what standard, whether your child actually
was successful on that standard or not. It's a very very uh when I saw this, I thought it was a very robust system that the state has put together for parents to inform parents for that. So, a good question would be, how do I get there? Well, step one, there's a sixdigit family portal
access code. question would be where do you find that? Right? It's not your lunch number. Okay? It's not your lunch number. This is a different code. Okay? On parent view, you log into parent view like you're looking up your child's grades and then you could see over there
where the where the graphic is, it'll have a a number letter combination, six digits. Once you see that, once you have that, you'll also notice that there's a place for you to actually log into the into the parent information center. So, when you go to that screen, you can do
all of that from that one screen. Get in there, you can see your students entire test history, how they've done every test, how they've done on every standard, what questions they got right and wrong, and what that's assessed. That's a powerful tool for parents. I I just think parents don't know. So, we
want to do a better job of of kind of informing parents how to get there and see how their student uh is progressing in there. And a lot of people just simply don't know when I ask. So, you can kind of see where that is. You enter the code in there. You do have to have your child's uh date of birth and your
child's first name on the login process to get in there. So, One Clay Leadership Academy. Last time I talked to you, we were talking about the um the administrator training that happened. was still going on when the last schoolboard meeting had occurred. Now, we're talking about the teacher training
that went on. So, we had about 700 plus teachers that came. It was a 4-day training. Uh two days for secondary, two days for elementary. Lot of great information given. What I like best about is kind of simple. It's the power of people working together.
you know, most schools have um a couple of administrators at the school and so teachers also have to be leaders at the school. So, leadership teams came uh they worked on their school improvement plan goals. We realize, you know, I do a lot of talking about the accolades of
the system, but there's a lot of work that goes behind the scenes to deal with areas that we see that are in need. For example, when I start to analyze the data, uh, third, fourth, and fifth grade math is an area that I would say is an
opportunity for for growth. And so, we work on those all the time. So, it's not like we're cheerleading all the time. We're focused on the things that we need to do in order to improve as a district and each school has their own individualized plan. There you can see
them working working hard on their plans in various locations. Fleming Island. I don't think there was a parking spot to be found around this place during those four days and our teachers coming in during the summertime. It was fantastic. Some reminders about kindergarten registration. Remember we had our big
kindergarten registration blitz. We see sometimes uh parents, please don't wait till the last second to to register your child. You know, now's the time to do it. Uh so please make sure that you do that uh as soon as you possibly can so that we can make sure we have all the
things in place for your child to have a successful start of school. Then you can see our summer food programs. If you remember these are the schools that have those meals, breakfast and lunch at those particular schools. Aptagy rooms. Remember we talked a
little bit at our last workshop about uh family and community engagement and how that's so important. One of the things we tried to do is improve communication through a program called Apigy. We slowly rolled that out. We had the websites came out first and then we came
out and Rooms has been released. In case you're wondering what rooms is, you can see it's a two-way communication system. There's text um there's text messaging capability and all of that is designed to streamline communication. And what parents were saying was sometimes the
school has eight different ways that it communicates. This is the board approved singular way in which communication occurs between um families and the school system. So it's important for you if you're listening out there, it's
important for you to kind of learn a little bit about that. Make sure that you're you're tracking that. It's got some really cool features in that program. Uh, we have August 4th, teachers return. August 11th, students return. I I'm
already getting pumped up for it, getting excited about it. I know parents are going to be excited on August 11th. We're only halfway through the summer, so they're not going to be excited when towards the end of July, they'll be really excited for August 11th to be here. And just thank you so much.
Appreciate the board and your support. Mr. Broski, I don't know a teacher that would have loved to see that reminder. All right. Uh, board attorney comments. None. All right. School board member remarks. Miss Hansen, start on that end.
I really don't have anything. However, u, Miss Watt, is it possible to put on the front page of our website the teacher forum? you know how it says like the calendar part to put it on there so
it's easy for them to see and find. Okay, that'd be great. And just a reminder that um all five board members will be holding a teacher forum on July 24th and it'll be at Orange Park High School. What is the name of the is the
career center? The the room the teacher learning center. Okay. Yeah. and the teacher learning center at Orange Park High School. I'm blessed to work with people who um will show up when it's important and that's this board. So,
thank you all for agreeing to go to that and I hope everyone has a really really great next month and that's it. Miss Dennis, I just have a question before we move on. Did we do the flyer yet for the teachers? Okay. Okay. Well, we'll get with you
after. Okay. I just wanted to Okay, Miss Clark, I'll make it brief. Uh first of all, I heard the sentence earlier that there are little people and in my mind there are no little people. That's not how we
operate. So just so you're aware. Um as far as art goes, that does affect students. So I know Superintendent Broski, you'll work with principal and see what can be done there because it does affect students. And that was the
last thing we had intended. Um, as a J graduate, I'm very upset with what happened there recently and we put a lot into our athletic uh, departments and we certainly don't want to give up music and art, so I know that'll be addressed.
Um, the only thing that I would ask, I know we voted on it tonight, but we've talked about it periodically regarding AMI and the need. If we could possibly look and see if we really have a need to
to have a second facility. I don't know that we can duplicate Mother Maria and her staff, but uh whatever we can do there. If we really do have a need, it would be great to see what we could do to facilitate that. So, and I just hope
everybody has a has a good summer and does take a break. I know work tends to consume us, but it's so important. So, have a good one. Mr. Albero, I just wanted to say thank you to the
ret um retirees, the teachers that retired uh for so many years of service and and commitment to Klay County and to the children. And it's kind of sad to see them go, but I know they're moving to a next, you know, next uh stage of
their lives when they're going to enjoy retirement. Thank you for everything you guys did for for our children. Enjoy your summer. This meeting's a journ.