We'll call this meeting to order. If you would please rise as we do the invocation of the pledge. Our father in heaven, be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation. Deliver us from evil. Thom glory forever. Amen.
Pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Thank you very much.
>> All right, Mr. Superintendent. Looks like we have a recognition this evening. >> We do have a We do have a recognition, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much. Um these recognitions are not uh ever fun or easy, but yet we do uh we do these to honor the great work that um some of the
folks that have been with us for a very very long time and touch lives of countless folks uh and students. Um uh Mr. Summers is ill this evening. Um but Mr. Rendoni, I believe, is going to come forward. And so if you want to come up and say a few words, you gohead go ahead
and bring up Mr. win. >> Mr. Gwen, uh, you know, for the last 5 years, I had the privilege to be working alongside you at High School. Um, what I'm going to definitely miss most about Mr. Gwyn is every morning for the last 5 years sitting there working with metal detectors, the conversations that
started off our day. So, Mr. Gwen, I am going to miss that. I will I'm sure you will too. Um, you know, congratulations on the service you have done 20 plus years, 16 years at CMS, 5 years at Cleon High School. You know, I'm sure you're looking forward to the new future and I
wish you nothing but the best. But thank God I've got two versions. One's a cursory short version, one's a long version is 30 minutes. So, I know that y'all don't want to get out 30 minutes late, so I'll do a short one. Basically, all I want to say is just a couple of days. It's a great place to
work. Uh it really is. The people make the difference. But I think that the biggest reward for a teacher is when you see one of your students that you had and they're doing really well. For example, last night. Um I saw one of my students, Mario. I don't remember his
last name. He was an ELLL. He was in the ELLL program and he just got his private pilots license. So that that's exciting. >> That is that's awesome. That's awesome. You do better than me. I don't remember Mario anymore. I'm like, see you again. So, so from our
standpoint, we want to make sure that we know that that it's the relationships that matter with Mario and the other students um and across all the schools and and everybody knows the fact that you know, you touch lives that you really never know, but it is good to see those students. Um Mr. Gwyn's uh
infectious energy when you see him, you know, on campus, he'll be walking fast and going. He always shook my hand and said, "Hello, how you doing?" you know, and and so we know that when we have people that really truly care about what they're doing and the students, it just makes it that much more special and a little bit harder for us to lose. But nonetheless, um we hope that you have a
great retirement. Enjoy. So, on behalf of the Henry County School Board, um this is a certificate of recognition to Mr. Steven Gwyn. In recognition for 21 years of exemplary service, we extend our deepest appreciation. Your knowledge and unwavering commitment to excellence
have made a meaningful difference in the lives of many and will be cherished for the years ahead ahead. Best wishes, health, joy, and ongoing success in your retirement. [applause] All that you do. Okay. Thanks again. Yes, sir.
>> Yeah. I'm going to miss it. Let's get a quick picture. Quick picture. Sure. Launch the future pretend. And it looks like we have a few presentations this evening. >> We do. Um, Mr. Sanchez and Miss Duncan,
if y'all want to start making your way forward. Um, board, y'all. Over the last uh last year, if you'll recall, we had uh the highest and best academic growth year that we have ever had in the history of
of Hendry County Schools. This year, um, y'all have been to the schools. You have seen the things that are going on. you'll have heard us say that the data still looks good. The data looks like it's doing better. Um and and it looks like, you know, we're doing really well. Um and so this evening, we've asked Miss
Duncan and Mr. Sanchez to give you kind of a an overview of where we are as a district, where we are in the district, as a state, and then they're going to talk to you about each individual school. I'll do my best to contain myself. I can't make any promises. Um,
if you'll notice, we're sitting here looking there and looking back at us are a whole bunch of school leaders. And the the results of what you're fixing to see is because of the work that those folks did with their boots on the ground. The tip of the spear, the front line, call
it what you want. Every single step, every motion, every conversation, every day is very delineated, very important, and the work that these folks have done is second to none. I'll say a few remarks at the end to wrap it all up, but I wanted them here on purpose to see
this information as it was. They've seen it, but I wanted them to see be here when you see it. So, and when it's explained because I want you to make sure that you see their faces and they see your faces and that that they know that we love them and the work that they have done. I I'll I'll be quiet for as
long as I can and let Miss Duncan and Mr. Sanchez speak and uh and then I'll wrap it up with a few things at the end. All right. Well, thank you board superintendent everybody for being here tonight. We are thrilled to talk about the data of Hendry County School District 2526.
I would gladly say that when when given a challenge, folks in this room certainly um step up to that challenge as you will see by the data we're presenting this evening. As we go through, we're going to talk about the following items. We're going to talk about some school grade band changes because who doesn't love change, right?
The state of Florida loves to give us change. Um we're going to look at our district data overall. We're going to look at our specific school data. We'll highlight some trends for you guys. Then we'll talk about our focus areas for this upcoming school year. And then we'll be glad to answer any questions y'all may have as well. [snorts]
All right. So, as we start out when we talk about um school grades and school data, you will see that prior to the 26 school year, a 62 was an A and a 54 was a B. We have really set our sights on having every school become a B or higher
in our district. And that was that 54. Um, and you can see by looking at, you know, our data above, we are well on that trajectory of our schools maintaining that B or achieving that B, like I said, with changes for this state, anytime, um, what is that phrase, no good deed goes unpunished, right? We
have done great strides and now the state is increasing that leverage point for from 62 to 65 for next school year. So, it's just something to keep in mind. We actually embrace the challenge and we'll talk to you a little bit more about why when you see the um progression of where we've been over the
last few years. This group is certainly not afraid of a challenge and um we're going to take it right on. Yeah, it I'll just say that it's an incredible honor to be able to talk to our board tonight and to our folks
watching us on on the live stream just about the tremendous work that this group collective group of educational leaders has done this past year because to sit up here and talk about the numbers, right? People don't get to see the the thousands of hours that go into
like the sacrifices that people put to get to this to these results, right? And we don't the numbers don't tell the big picture in terms of the lives that are being transformed and improved because of the impact that the learning outcomes are driving. All right. So in middle
school you see kind of similar similar trend lines in terms of the the state's continued uh elevation of the minimum for A and B and C school grades. Uh, prior to 2022, uh, middle schools were were pretty much on the same page with
elementaryaries, right? A 54 was a B, a 62 was an A. Then in 204, school year 24, they rose that minimum [clears throat] of 54 to make a B to a 57. And that is a very historical year because we at Clon Middle School very
clearly remember that year because that was the year that Cla Middle School made it to a 54% of school points. And that was the year that even though 54 >> should have been >> should have been uh B prior to that, it was a 57 that year. So we we missed out
on that. So so close to that. Um um and and so for for the following school year, you see how the state of Florida has elevated that to a to a 60 now uh to make a B for middle schools and a 65 to make an A. And we like Miss Duncan said, we fully embrace that change. That is
what we strive for every single year is to grow and to continue to climb because that's what our kids deserve. And so at the high school level, the high school level even has gone through more changes. Uh and it mirrors what the district grades. So the high school in the district and DAOF, which is a
combination school, they all have the same uh sort of percentage breakdowns. And so again, prior to 2022, same same across the board. 2425 it it rose up to a 57 and a 64. Then in 26 uh this past
year for one year only um it it went up to a 60. And that 60 is important because when we talk about high school we'll talk about that 60 and then 65 for an A and then next year it's a 65 to make a B and a 70 uh to make an A at the
high school level. >> So we're already aware that next year's bar is way higher than it is this year. We'll talk we'll talk some more about that. >> Yeah. >> All right. So, >> all right. So, when you look at this slide, you will see all the grading categories that we have. And you'll see
the blue is 2024, orange is 25, and gray is 26. And so, you're really looking at um does our data year-over-year continue to grow in each of the categories in which we are graded on. And overall, you will see a continuous growth in every
category. And again, that comes back to the leaders in this room really drilling down in their data, analyzing their data, and figuring out like how are we going to target that? How are we going to continue that climb in all of those areas of um scoring?
>> Sure. Okay. >> Anything you want to add on to that? >> Okay. And and there you see the numerical breakdown, right? >> Yes. So, what we're really proud of is, you know, and I think the last school board meeting, we even had a conversation around our overall like third grade, our overall ELA scores in general, our reading proficiency. And if
if I could tell you how hard it is to move the needle, even 1%, but much less, you know, 9%. Like, they have really moved that needle. We went from 44 to 55 um over the last two years in our ELA growth, which is just phenomenal that
they've been able to, you know, put in that much work and really continue that stride. Uh and then our math growth as well from 47 to 58. And that's K12 component. It's grouping all that information together. But they are just really continuing to improve over every
year that they um >> yeah, >> put in the work. And and these 12 components make up our district school grade, right? We get graded out of out of a scale of 1,200 points. Each component being 100 points maximum value. And uh so you can see that
overall we when when we increase 50 uh 36 uh points this year, that's still strong growth um in comparison to the rest of the state. And you can see proficiency wise when you look at third grade ELA, uh, ELA and math proficiency. You know, we're it's science
proficiency, uh, pretty pretty strong impressive growth there. But we what our are areas of struggle, what we're going to really focus on this this upcoming school year is learning gains. Making sure that not only the kids hit proficiency, but they continue to make that year's worth of gains every single year because we're we're kind of
stagnant in some areas. And even on the math learning gains, we kind of regress one percentage point as a district. There's there's two important points for that, that I'd like to make on the slide. Number one is that we are using real- time data to make adjustments in how these folks that are sitting in front of us work with their staffs and
work with their teachers to make the adjustments necessary to do things like, okay, how do we improve on learning needs and what do we have to do to make that happen while also continuing to grow in the other other areas? Does that make sense? And then the very bottom row, if you look where it says total 24,
666, 25, 718, and then this year 754. The trajectory of our state, of our county of Hendry County School Board's points earned is in an incredible upward trajectory. Please keep that in mind. Okay? So look at how the county and as a
district, we're growing year over year over year and the academic attainment that we are doing numerically. >> Okay. Thank you. And I think it's good to point out like, you know, some of the looking at the grading categories. We really dug into what gets us additional points. I know middle school and high schools have been really looking into
those acceleration points. Elementary's really been digging more into science and targeting like what can we do to push our science scores along. So, I really love seeing the science growth there as well. >> Yeah. Y >> All right. So, you can see again the um
state minimum for the B is the blue line. The reason it is not all in one direction is kind of like we talked about before, the actual criteria of the grade changes year over year. But you will also see that for Hendry that orange line is consistently going up. So
we are on that positive trajectory no matter what the state decides to do with the the actual grading score that they go up, they go down. Our trajectory is continuing climbing towards that B, which is getting us much closer to that A in general. And yes, that's a great um
everybody [applause] >> and that you're going to see a pattern in 2023. That was theformational baseline years. That was the first year that the state came out with the fast assessment. And so that that year they changed the grading bands a little wonky
and so it's kind of a little aster you're going to see that every year. But it is just to point out that you know the orange line originally Hendry uh was below the blue line right like just the work that he's done. >> Yeah. And we are now above the blue line. And so again that comes back to the work that's been put in and that
positive trajectory. We are now above and beyond um what's expected of that. So this is just kind of a summary of the slide before really kind of telling you how the points have changed over time and how Hendry has addressed those scores.
Um here is each individual school looking at again 25 to 26. You will see one or two small anomalies. You know every year schools have great success and great strikes. Every now and then you have some unexpected barriers that
come your way. And so we did have a school or two that had some unexpected barriers that came their way and they still thrived in the end. So, we're still very very proud of every one of our schools for continuing the growth no matter what barriers came their way this year. Um, some things specifically to point out is Digital Academy of Florida,
who is our online program, um, did make great strides. You will see their orange made a a pretty big jump. Um, and not to toot our own horn in elementary, but you know, we do have UES and Country Oaks who have accomplished the me for the first time. and um and
they they made a great jump from that C to a B and so super proud of of their accomplishments with that alongside those that continue to grow in elementary and also maintaining the AAA like that's really hard. >> But the school that made the largest
percentage point gain, >> which one was it? Was it none of those in middle school? from a C to a C to an A. Their goal was a B. They all this B and they still didn't make it.
>> I don't think it's a championship. >> Then the state of Florida started uh giving school grades in 1999, right? And in 1999 from that time until today, Lewon Middle School, the highest school they've ever earned was C. They were at
multiple years. They repeat multiple years, right? And uh and still to this day, they have never earned a beat. >> Still never see 112 point growth in just one quick year. Uh, and so that represents a 12
percentage point increase for so kudos to Miss Kelly, Miss Johnson, all the team back up just one slide. I want to make sure and and also what's really really important to note is uh we we do have an online school through digital academy in Florida and we've been working with them and we've been given some turnaround
status but their hard work also earned them a really high C as well. So, we're really really proud of the growth that every single school, brick and mortar, as well as um our digital academy school did. So, we're just very very proud. DUFF uh came in at 123 points. Now, you
say, well, they're more than 112. But the thing is percentage-wise they're on a larger scale, right? So, they're on a 1200 point scale. And so, that represents a 10 percentage point increase from one year. So, in one quick year, DY went from 43% to 53% of school
points. you know, narrow the gap there. You'll see that in the crowd. So, kudos to Miss Bar. I think she's here and Dr. Sty too. And also kudos to uh Miss Sanchez and Miss Massie because they were tremendous team a lot of professional development
provided in Westside support academy of Florida because we saw the success that they also provided that professional learning to the rest of our Hendrick County team and so we do thank them for all they've been able to contribute being really team players and helping all of us grow. >> Yeah. Yeah. 100%.
>> All right. So we we're going to go just individually uh school by school and you can see it'll all these slides have come up follow exact same pattern. The school will be the orange line. The B line will represent the minimum state requirements for a B school grade. All right. And so
as you can see there in 2022 CHS was significantly below uh the B school grade. Um coming in right at 43. They're actually 10 points away. 43 to 53 uh uh 54 points. And so they narrowed the gap
in 2024 real close. In 2025 they met the minimum requirement for a physical grade which is at 57. This past year they actually grew three raw points. They went from 571 points to 574 right which still accounts to 57% of
total school points. But because the state of Florida elevated the minimum score for a B for high schools to a 60, they actually even though they maintain or even had a slight increase in their school grade points, dropped the letter
grade. All right? So when we're not growing and we're not climbing, we're not elevating, we're falling behind because we're going to fall behind the state's expectations in terms of their model for school grades. All right? So that's why we have to prioritize the growth. Okay. [clears throat] Um at LHS
um again you see similar trends um in in 2024 um what's the last school year that they were a uh C a C school grade 25 26 two what's significant about this is that when you look at all the 27 years
of school grade um history right um there was one other time where LHS was a beat back to back but it wasn't in consecutive years right and it was it was in 2019 19 and 2021 because we had a gap year of code, right? So this year will be the first time that LHS will in
consecutively two years, right? And both years count with higher testing requirements that Lab High School will be a backtoback school. And so, uh, when you look at Lavel Middle School, uh, Lavel Middle School,
uh, back in 20122 was, uh, significantly below a double digit, uh, there was a double digit gap between their school grade and, um, and the the B school grade. As you can see, uh, the state of Florida has has risen the the requirement there for that one year. But
even in that one year, that baseline year, there was tremendous gains there in 2023. You see how the the gap narrowed until uh Mr. Harris and his amazing team there were able to accomplish that. They met the requirement last year at 57 and this
year they earned 58 percentage of points. That's why you see a little gap there between the blue and orange line. So that actually went up one percentage point. All right. And that is not reflected in the official school grade uh data that has come out because they
have us at Lav Middle at 33%. But I just want to briefly explain what happened. So Henry Success Academy is colllocated with Lavll Middle School. And so there's a rule that when you're colllocated, the state combines schools uh schools data
together. And so because of that rule, um, Label Middle Schools was included, part of their school grade included the graduation data of the Hendry Success Academy, which is a school that I'm the principal of. We have work to do when it
comes to our graduation rate. We have work to do. All right? And unfortunately, Mr. Harris, that brought Mr. Harris's and middle school's percentage of school points from a 58 to a 53. >> All right? But our district team has already been in contact with our
department of education. We have filed an appeal. I think our appeal was was very um I think it was very we we have a solid foundation, right, Mr. We have a solid foundation, strong foundation, right? And we hope that come August or
September when they get back to us, we will have some good news back to report to make official. >> The fact is Lavell Middle School earned a B. They are a B school. >> [applause] >> And then uh we go to Clison Middle School. >> Good lord, look at that line.
>> Just the phenomenal the phenomenal the phenomenal decline. And uh and so you see there um to from from literally 5 uh 2% of school points all the way up to 64% of school points. uh a 12 percentage
point increase in one year. Um and uh that just speaks to the tremendous amount of work that has gone in collectively, everybody everybody buying in. Uh uh I I remember having the conversation because Miss Kelly was really beat up about this last year cuz
you know, you know, and I remember they came to Henry Huddle up with their with their uh green arrows up. Do you remember that? Their green arrows up. All right. And I [clears throat] said, "Don't worry. Don't worry, Miss Kelly. We got this this year. All right. You guys are going to be a B school. All
right. But >> you're lying. >> Bye. It wasn't It was an A school. So, I'm really proud of work. >> Yeah. So, >> yeah. Absolutely. So, what a what a what
a remarkable remarkable achievement, right? And that's something that just like we said before, it changes lives, changes the community, and we we're nothing but proud of what she's doing. So in these jobs, all right, so kudos to them.
Um when looking at the we're going to go elementary school data now. So looking at Westside data, um you will see the trajectory as well. Um they were on a continuous climb with the orange. However, there were some, like I said earlier, um unplanned changes and things
that happened at Westside this year that were a little bit of a struggle and we've identified some of those sources and one of those is our um lowest 25 and learning gains and so we really have um Miss Sanchez and Miss Massie are targeting that and we are still super proud of their data. It's still a super
strong B and they have a great solid plan for growth this year and everything across the board is above the blue line. >> [applause] >> Make no mistake about when can you go back to Westside a second? >> Make no mistake about Westside
Elementary. Westell Elementary is a solid school with solid learning and teaching happening there. Miss Sanchez and Miss Massiey's work that they've done throughout the district through standardsbased planning and what they have done to have their massive growth there is what led to a lot of the climb
and the academics we've had throughout the rest of the district. They are two of the best leaders in this district and and a lot of great things are happening at that school. So I don't want that I don't want that to underscore that line for one category that it cost them some points. That's just how this goofy
numeric system works. But nonetheless, I don't want anybody to think that uh there's anything there's not not problematic there. Those are two of the best leaders we've got. And uh we're very very proud of the things that they're doing there. >> And I would add on to that and say that you know when you have greatness,
greatness is really hard to maintain. Uh and students who are very successful getting those learning gates and getting them to move when you're already really towards the top is that much more challenging. And so that's one of the barriers that they do have. And so yes, we're very proud of them. All
right. You will see with east side they are our first exact [applause] be in the dust. >> Yes, they are. >> The very first in a triple A. So they've been a
[applause] >> in the history of grading. When was the last time we had a triple A school? I don't think ever >> I mean way not before my time >> all right >> I don't know so yes we're very proud of them and again I go back to when you have high performance in every category
keeping that or pushing the needle to get even further is just that much more challenging and so they continue to rise to that challenge to push their kids further um and we're so proud of them and I love that you know our three elementary schools in Louis are really performing excellence that allow allows,
you know, the middle school to not even have a greater battle to fight, right? Like it builds the excellence for for elementary to middle and then on to high. And so I look forward to, you know, that trajectory continuing to um elevate all of our schools along the way as we continue greatness.
When you look at Central Elementary School, they are this year a double A. So you will see from, you know, 23 was our base base line here, which really doesn't count. They're really above the blue line across the board as well. And while they were an A school last year,
they also continue to demonstrate additional growth this year and well on the trajectory um to to the new goal for next year. >> Awesome. >> Label Elementary School, I must say again, has made great strides. Label Elementary School historically has been
a school with a C-grade or below. um they were in school of improvement at one point about two years ago. Um it had the schooly of a D. We learned a lot through that process and are grateful for that process even though it was very very painful at the time. And you know we still have a few tears every now and
then reliving some of the trauma. Um but we learned a lot from that process. Miss Howard has really been a great leader in transitioning that school to some new processes and structures and just really taking them to the next level. And you can see she has risen above that blue line for the B. This year she was two
points away from the A. Um and so while our heart broke that she didn't get it, she was actually kind of grateful because she's just got a little bit more and and the line continues to grow. So very proud of the ALS. [applause] I do want to make a small comment. Miss
Howard and I had a sweet conversation this morning and I won't give too much detail but she just made a comment about um somebody in the community who had acknowledged that you know how great things are going at and they're the poor school or you know there's just been some some assumptions made about Level Elementary School in the past and um
even in the community and just to hear our community members um see the change and believe in the change. It really takes great leaders to believe in our students no matter where they come from. Um and those changes are even being evident in the community and noticed. So successful for our students.
Country Oaks Elementary, same trajectory. You can see they were oftent times below the blue line. Um since Mr. brand that has come into play. They have definitely put in a lot of changes at the school level, a lot of um updated
procedures and just structures and systems in place and changing the expectation and and you know they have grown and grown and grown and for the first time this year they are above the blue line and [applause] they they actually uh get the bronze uh
medal because they They had the third highest growth in the district. [applause] >> One thing I will say about Country O2, it's one thing when you have four teachers on a team, right? It's a different thing when you have eight and nine teachers on a team like they do. When they have 900 and some kids, like
it it is a massive undertaking. It's like walking into a middle school, right? And so >> they're close to high school. >> Yeah, that's true. the the things that they undertake on a daily basis to keep that ship running and then still continue to excel in academics is really a true feat to watch and I'm so thankful to be part of their journey as well. So
great job Mr. Pantha up the girl elementary again this was a firstear principal at Up the Grove Elementary I'm sorry how long has that principal been there? Well, the first year that first year principal >> um and a first year change in assistant
principal. So, it was like a you know a new team. >> So, you can see again the up the grove was under the blue line for many years in our past. You know, we gave her a challenge this year and not only did she um embrace that challenge but did so willingly, graciously, and mostly
joyfully. Most mostly joyfully um and you can see that you know through it all they they accomplished the goal. So they did make that be this year for the first time. >> [applause] >> It's been very fun to watch their school um just watch their teachers belief in
themselves change and belief in the systems because I think you know there was a period of time where I wouldn't say content but we just you know sometimes we don't know that we need change until we change and then we realize the change actually produces different outcomes and it took a lot for
the leadership team there to um believe in that and to keep that belief the whole here and I'm so thankful that um it paid off in the end and so now I think we're seeing our teachers you know really jump on board and and believe a little more also. It's a great job of up the growth.
>> And then >> the digital academy in Florida. This is what we had talked about you uh earlier that there was a significant gap between um the performance there. And look how much it narrowed even with the state
raising the bar, right? You can see they're they're raising the bar there with the with the minimum B-grade. The the gap continues to to narrow, right? And that's really embracing the the systems, right? Being very open to ideas, being very collaborative, right?
Tightening up on some accountability measures in terms of student attendance and student participation in the class really has paid off. So, we're extremely proud of the work our our colleagues at DAFF have done and kudos to them as well, you know, for that.
they are by far a team effort of a lot of people in this room. So, >> yeah. Okay. So, a lot of this we we've kind of gone over, right? Uh sustained our our acceleration our our middle school uh middle school had had a social
studies uh percentage of passing rate of 86 which is well beyond the state average. Right. They're just like ele math is approaching 70% proficiency across the board on on average. Phenomenal. Our ELA math proficiency
like we said earlier continue to trend upward which is always good to see. Uh our high school graduation rate combined at 89% uh both schools are 89% right is the highest that it's been ever. Um and then we got some work to do when it
comes to our learning gains as we mentioned before. uh science we have seven out of our 11 schools are below the 16% proficiency mark in science. So that's something >> but we are growing >> but we are growing we we're growing but that's something that we can still continue to push uh forward and um and get to see more schools above 60%
proficiency in science which is a very reasonable goal that we believe. All right. [snorts] And so, uh, this next slide just, uh, gives us our focus like the things that we're going to continue to focus on. Our principles and our, uh, APs will hear a lot about this in the
next, uh, in the next this this week, right? We're going to continue to talk about this. Some of this stuff we we've done. So, it's no longer about like the what. Does that make sense? Like, we know what to do, right? The question now becomes is to to to what degree. It's the how we do it, how well we implement
it, right? to the degree the fidelity, right? The the quality of execution really becomes the question now. And so we're going to continue to strengthen the the the systems of standards based planning and professional learning, right? When we talk about the collective uh combined effort, like everybody has a
has a has a part to play in this. Uh our board was very supportive of the professional learning days, giving our teachers and our leaders more time to plan, more time to look at the data, more time to talk and and engage in conversation about instruction, which
builds that instructional IQ between our administrators and our teachers. And you see the results there, right? Uh of that investment and in that in that approach. So um so we're going to continue to enhance our systems for monitoring, support, feedback. We're going to continue to build uh and use data to
inform instruction. We're going to leverage high yield instructional strategies with a focus on the science of learning. And there are four very powerful teaching practices that we're going to hear a lot about this year when it comes to the science of learning, right? Which is retrieval, interle, elaboration, and spacing. I hope you
memorize those four um things there. And then we will never forget about relationships, right? Because the science of learning proves to us that in order for kids to learn and for the preffrontal cortex part of the brain to
really be robust and active, right, the amygdala has to be suppressed. And how do you suppress the amygdala? Through having wonderful rapport with your kids and having a positive environment, positive relations with each other, right? Because you're no longer fearful of, oh my god, am I going to be
embarrassed or am I going to be stressed? So, we'll talk about that, right? and we're going to continue to camp on about the importance of relationships because at the end of the day that's what matters and that's the the strong foundation that everything else is built upon is relationships. >> And last yeah lastly I would add on to that that not only the relationship with
our students and families but the relationships amongst the people in this room and the way that the collaboration in this room amongst our leaders has grown over the last several years has been nothing short of amazing to watch and to be a part of. I know that we just every day are so thankful for the
journey, for you guys sharing with each other, for coaching each other, for supporting each other. I hear all the time, you know, so so and so principal call me just to check in and, you know, say good job on this or to ask me a strategy and people are really sharing that and I just it's so great to see
that we're really all one family, one one district, one team on a mission together. It really has been remarkable to see the transformation from a competitive culture, right, where we were hiding things from each other because we didn't want one person to get the leg up on another person to a really
true open-source collaborative environment where I want my colleague to do just as good as anybody else is doing, right? And we're all happy for each other's success. So, that's been really good. It's remarkable and it's really speaks to the quality of
leadership that we have in this room here today with us. And this, like I said, it's it's an honor. It's an absolute honor to be able to share this uh progress and this growth with you guys. >> Thank you, Mr. Ch and M. It was definitely funner talking about the great spot we are rather than the
turnaround program we used to have. Right. So, and so board, my comments and wrap up is going to be this. And they said a lot of what I was going to say, but I'll just say it a little bit different way. Six years ago, many of the schools, almost all the schools, it
was like a kid with their hand around their toys said, "You don't even look at my toys and no, you can't play with them. Don't even look over here." To the point to where the culture began to change and it began to change for the better so that as a district, we could get better. It has changed so much. And over that period of time, if y'all
remember, we, you know, early on, you know, I was I as as a superintendent, I knew that we had to make some changes if we were ever going to get better. If if [clears throat] you if you don't want to make changes, then you need to be happy with what you've got. And I was not happy with where we were. I come to y'all right off the bat says we need
director of education, director of secondary. We need people that can work directly with this team that can help them with their needs, that can help drive decisions, that can help with the vision, and then help make sure it happens on our behalf. That's why those two are here. That's probably been one of the best investments that you guys
have made, and I appreciate that. come back to you shortly after that and says, you know, if we if we could do a half day PDS, you know, per nine weeks and man, that would really give us more time. There's a lot of research surrounding giving the like kind teachers and peers time to work together and share their ideas and information.
Man, what a difference that has made. I know that was outside of the box when we scratched our heads and thought about it, but the results have been unmeasurable with regard to the huge impact that has had for our students. And then as we brought the culture of the of the group of this of these beautiful people
sitting in front of us and listen I'm not talking about just the teachers this and and the staff look at the school leaders and the district leaders getting everyone to work together for the main focus of making Hendrick County schools a better place. That has absolutely
worked. Now we've got teachers like and and principles like Sarah Sanchez and Miss Massie. They are doing lessons to the other principles about standardsbased planning. They are allowing other leaders to come to their school so they can model it for them. They are going to other schools and
modeling and coaching them. They are doing extra work online for the digital academy of Florida so that as a district we can get better. That's a culture of of spirit of family of relationships that that we love. If I had a choice and I had a magic
wand, I would make the grade part of this go away. Because when you think about A's and B's and we were an A and now we're B and we're that close to an A, that creates a lot of anxiety and stress and and and although we do celebrate that, I don't want to get caught up in that. Pay attention. And you guys have known for so for years
we've talked about our schools were here but the state moved the bar and then the next year they moved the bar. And so what you have to think about is the upward trajectory of what the state expects. Our goal as a district, we know that as every individual school, we all
have to grow and we have to continue the pace of growth up year over year. Don't pay attention to A this year, A next year, B this year, A next year, B doesn't that really doesn't matter to me as much as we have to have equal or better growth than what the state expectation is. Does that matter? And
that's my goal and we have done that. this group of beautiful humans in front of us has met and exceeded the growth expectations that the state has put out there for us as a district. Now, let me make now make sure that sinks in a little bit. What's different about the
students today with regard to their ability to learn what they were 10 years ago and 15 years ago? Not a gosh darn thing. Has the Has it has it gotten more challenging? Absolutely. And if you don't believe that, step into any one of these schools and sub for a date. We have more issues now. We've got a black
cloud around us about this horrible thing that public schools are doing. And across the state, students are hemorrhaging away from public schools. And public schools are just doing a terrible job. But in Henry County Schools, we have found a way to not only challenge that
and meet it, but grow and beat and outgrow the state's expectation of our students. I am so dang proud of the work that this group of humans in front of us has done. I'm so proud to be a part of a board. Do y'all know how many collective years of wisdom y'all have on this
board? 86 years of wisdom. Reverend Brown was most of those. But it was a lot. But I still and out of the 86 years of school board that you guys have had, have you ever seen the growth and the academic containment that you see this year and last year? The
answer is no. You have not. Here's the true impact. And here's where it really makes sense. And here's what really drives home in my mind, in my soul, what's happening. We can talk about grades. We can talk about points. We can talk about arrows and up and all that. What's happening
with the students in the classrooms that we're responsible for? We are doing a better job than we've ever done before. We are changing the trajectory of their lives for the better. It doesn't matter that we have poverty, we have ELLs, that we have students with special needs or
where they come from or how poor they are. None of that matters. The fact is every student has been raised to a better level and we're not going to stop. We still have areas that we've got to get better in. There's areas we still need to grow in. This group of humans has proved to us that they are good at
that and they're up for the challenge. I don't care how much the state raises the bar. We are going to meet it. We're going to work ourselves to the bone to make it happen. And so I want to thank you for what you've done as a board to help me remove barriers and obstacles
and make their jobs doable and more better. Right? There's been some wonky things that brought to y'all and y'all talk to me and pulled me off to the side and say, "I think you're a little crazy." But but we still were able to make it happen. And the things that we did collectively have enabled these folks to do things in a rural district
with as many things stacked against them as you can find anywhere in this country. and they still have high achieving schools and have made Henry County Schools a high achieving school district. And for that, I give all of you a round of applause.
[applause] The board has any comments, please feel free to ask questions or make any comments. >> I feel like I was just a hill of Henry. >> It'll be much louder there. It will be I told the superintendent last week I called we were chatting and I said you know I'd really like to send an email
out to all the leaders and just to congratulate you and he told me that he was inviting you all to come to the meeting. So everything that was said here is what I wanted to include in my email just thank you my heart for loving our kids. though I'd like to say [laughter]
goes without saying I always say something um I was back there in the '9s I was there I saw and when did we we said we we got so many new English kids that we it's hard to
work with what about the educational level of their parents it's less than high school for most of the kids on our county what about social economic status we're one if we're not the poorest. We were the second poorest county in the state. We had all these things against
us and for years. So, what would you expect from a school grade? We're doing okay. And and there's been such a mindset as you see here. It's just completely changed. And in the last four or five years, it's just moved up. It's
phenomenal. I really got to thank the principles, the teachers who work so hard. I go into the schools, it's unbelievable. The kids seem to love to be there. The teachers are loving the kids. There's so many great things going on in our schools. It's unbelievable.
Makes me just so proud to visit. You guys are doing an outstanding job. And you really came from that mindset way back when, well, what would you expect? Dude, look at our kids. Outstanding. And those and where are the kids going?
They're only going up. So, thank you so much. You guys did great. From preK through high school, you guys do an outstanding job. Thank you. How can I say this?
I appreciate your ability to to hang in >> sometimes when you're working and and you're working in at great stage there Clark Middle School cuz a lot of years ago he was here for a long time >> and put your army in there and and I I appreciate I appreciate that. The next
thing is be able to work together when everybody want a a when you don't get a a one that has a a doesn't look down the one that didn't get it and that go that goes a long way. So I applaud you and looking for greater things in the future. Thank you for being so thank you.
>> Well, I I want to say I I believe that wisdom comes from the very top. You know, it's his vision and you guys all put it into play. I mean, without the vision, you know, we'd be lost, right? So, I got to give Mr. Swindle a little bit of
credit over here. until he does feel crazy sometime but without his guidance and wisdom and crazy and the way these two have got everybody to work together is absolutely amazing. I thought early on in the board I had
mentioned one time about schools together and I thought they were going to hang me. I never mentioned it again. Scared me. So, you know, now everybody's sharing information like what Mr. SW was saying my daughters over here. You know, it's
it's not that way anymore. So, thank you and thank you for holding true to the half days. You know, I was never a fan of the half days. >> Uh and and you guys are are taking those half days and doing something with them
that's very obvious. So, thank you. >> All right. Now, we have about a 3-hour meeting. If y'all want to stay, you're welcome to stay. Heat. Heat. Maybe another Many more boys. What are you talking about? I've always
husband baseball team. [clears throat] I'm working really hard. I'm working hard to lobby for Glory. Sh. Okay, so pushing the envelope is our
district marketing company. Just to give you a refresher, um we've had PPE for about 2 years now. So on the last board meeting, we you all decided to table it to because you needed more information. So, I'm here to provide more information
as to why um the district leadership team feels that PD is uh necessary for our district. So, I also forgot to say I did print out this presentation for you. It should be in front of all of you somewhere,
probably underneath your iPads. I put it there early. Sorry. Um, also, uh, Alexis, um, added the annual report link to board docs if you want to pull that up just so you have it in front of you as well.
Um, so this presentation I made so that I don't forget anything and I I'm sorry that I didn't send it to you all ahead of time. Um, but I did print it out for you and I'm happy to answer any questions that you have after. So
today's reality is that public schools are competing for student enrollment, employee recruitment, community trust, public perception, and legislative support. Parents now have a lot of choices as to where they're placing
their kids. So they're putting them in charter schools. They're putting them in private schools, virtual schools, and for this district, homeschooling is a big one. Um so a district can provide an excellent education right which we do you clearly saw but if families don't
hear about us then someone else will control the narrative. So that's why marketing matters making us look good um investing in our future. So what exactly does pushing the envelope do? So it's more than just a
social media company. I think that um many people think that they just manage to manage our Facebook page. they do a lot more for us, for the district leadership team, um, for principles, for anyone at the school that needs any marketing guidance, and I'll get into
that more. Um, but they do provide website management and analytics, which I'll get into at the end on our district website. So, that's in addition to our Facebook page. They also provide Facebook management and analytics. Um,
social media marketing. They create various posts. They do graphic design. Anything that we could think of that relates to marketing, we can ask them to create it and they will. And they have um any branding that we want to push out
to the community. Um they will create for us or give us ideas and we'll they'll send it to us for approval and then we will send it out to the community. um maybe help with community engagement, strategic communication planning,
anything that we want to send out to the community that we want our marketing team to review as far as sending out just large communication on various topics. They can provide letters for us. Um they can provide guidance on how to
communicate, what time we should be sending out the communications, how often we should be sending out the communications. So there's a lot of guidance surrounding that. And then reputation of our district management. Go to the next slide. There we go.
District branding. So a lot of you have probably seen our post where we have acronyms like climb and belong. Um that's a lot of a lot of that has been pushed out uh through Facebook and a lot of that has been created by PTE on our behalf. Um they create
professional district marketing materials, designing signs across the district. Any sign that you see, PT probably designed it and we uh principled with them. Um promotional graphics. They helped create the new Henry Technical College logo. Um
maintaining consistent district branding and themes, which I talked about. So there was also a big initiative by the FADS. I think that's the superintendent. I can't ever remember the acronym, but the Florida Superintendent Association, they created this initiative for public
schools across the state, Florida's future powered by public schools. And it was a statewide campaign campaign um to just help promote us and um they came up with monthly themes to promote public schools on social media and then PTE
created posts based on these themes. Um professional branding creates credibility and community confidence. website management. So I did say that DTE manages our district website but also um Facebook. So they monitor
visitor behavior. They track popular pages on our website. They identify where where visitors leave the sites. Um it they improve navigation. So they tell us like how many clicks um people make on every part of our district website.
um they tell us which parts are not being visited. So maybe we can look at that and then move them to different places on our website. So there's a lot of analytics that we can uh look into and to make our website more user friendly
um social media management. So they create engaging content, they schedule post strategically. So they look at the data on Facebook. They look at when the most traffic that we get on our pages and they decide what's the
best time to post um certain Facebook posts, when's the best time to post videos, how often, how frequent. Um so that is something that they do on our behalf. They also we use advertising campaigns. So all the advertisements that we run that they post goes through
Facebook. anything Meta related and also third party mobile apps that Meta also is involved with. So you may see ads on Google that are pertaining to our district or just random ads on social media. Um I was on Instagram the other day because Instagram and Facebook are
meta and you see Henry Henry County School District website just popping up. Um, so that is all of the different uh networking that um gets our ads.
Um, let's see where I'm at. So, support for our schools. So, PTE has direct support for school administrators, directors, um various people on my team because we do manage
uh the main district Facebook page and also our main um website. Also, we have school and department website managers and school and department social media managers. So, they do have direct contact with them. They can provide
guidance, website assistance, um graphic design support. Anything that the schools need, they can request PTE to help create for them. Um yeah, that's all of that
data analytics. So, PT in that annual report that you all have received, um, they provided insights on how visitors find Hendry County Schools. Anytime somebody types
in Henry County Schools in Google, it tells us and it shows us all the various pages on where to find where people look for Henry County Schools. So, that's really interesting data to take a look at. um which pages receive the most traffic, which content performs the
best, website engagement trends, how many clicks per pages, how long someone visits a web page for? So that allows the district to make informed communication decisions rather than just guessing. So why continue to invest in
PTE? They strengthen our public image. They increase community engagement, improve communication, support student enrollment, recruit employees. They get our district out there when we're having to compete with other
districts. We're having to compete with private schools, charter schools, home schools. Um, they help us to promote our district accomplishments, help us to get the word out there, and lastly, they do save the district staff valuable time. I
do want to point out that if we did not have this marketing team, a lot of this would not happen because we don't have a position for this. We don't have district staff that are dedicated to marketing. So, investing in PTE is investing in the
future success and growth of Henry County School District. So, the last part I have, I'm going to pull up the annual performance report. I won't go through the whole thing because it's going to take forever if I do that. But
we can take a look at the annual report. >> Okay, I think that's the top. Yeah. So, website analytics. So, this is our district website. It kind of compares from the previous year to this year. We did have PTE last year um but also this year as well. So
these are all the different places where our district let me see if I can >> what is the M okay and good things can explain to us what the 172.9K represents. >> So these are all the different places where people can find or have looked for
Henry County schools our website. So, these are all the different places that they've shown up >> and there's been 172,000 about 173,000 people search for Henry in what what amount of time?
>> Yeah. Um, just I believe just this year. This is just an annual performance report. >> Okay. >> Could be could be the same people a whole bunch of times. Now, let me go back and look. Oh, I forgot what day it was. Let me go back and look. But it's got 173,000.
That's incredible. >> What was the cost again for this? >> 36,000. >> 3,000 a month. >> How about I think, am I correcting that? I think it's 3,000. >> 36,000. That would be 36.
>> Yes. >> Okay. So this is how many views that our our district website has had >> 300 probably 340,000 >> y >> times people have gotten on the website you know and look at it
>> yesterday you so I was staggered when I looked at the numbers it blew my mind that there was that many people you know I would never have on people looking at our website >> or just with the website.
>> So no matter how they get there, it directs them for wherever they're at to our website. >> Yep. >> What about the Facebook piece itself? >> We're getting there. Okay. >> So, but before I want before I get there, I did want to talk a little bit about these are the different categories
on our website. So, like I said before, there's certain ones that are in the red that don't have as much engagement. So, that could be because they can't users can't find it. So, like for the calendar, we may need to move it or need to add it in multiple different places.
So, it's easier for people to find the calendar. But without these analytics, I >> I know that. Yeah. >> But you're you're in the process of updating or getting a different website to >> Yes. Um so we bundled our communication platform with apttoy. So aptto is a
website company as well as a communication platform. So we are going to spend this year moving from this website which is final site to apt which I think will be a lot more user friendly um and simpler compared to our website that we have now.
>> Good not user friendly >> and I agree it is not >> I'm one of the ones that like clicks on the calendar. >> You're right never find it. Yeah, it would be nice to have that like right on the front page. A lot of >> people what's happening like well let's look at
the calendar here. >> Okay, so this is Facebook social media data. So um if you take a look at our total posts for this year 295. So these are also including the posts that have been created by um anyone who was posted
on our district leadership or our district page. So not just PCA's data. It does have that little disclaimer here, too. Um, Facebook post engagement, we're up 28%. >> How many How many views? How many How many engagements has it had?
>> I'm sorry. >> No, you're good. It's 118,000 >> in one year. 118,000 views on Facebook in 8 years time. >> And it went up 25,000 >> this year as it was compared to last year. >> And that's huge. And if you think in in my mind at least Emily correct me and
Jason if I'm wrong any team the Facebook piece is a public messaging out outreach the website is anformational resource >> and so if you can kind of think about it from two two different ways like that but you know in a day and age where we used to have a newspaper that everybody
got once a week at least you know now we've got a really nice billboard and it that's been one heck of a good good investment I believe and that's about it >> that's about it >> you know radio is there fuel but you know but it's not distill doesn't have the if you look at who our target
audience is I don't think the radio serves all of that right and so this is the the broadest stroke for the money I believe that that we possibly can do >> engagement >> so is Facebook separate totally separate
>> then our district website >> yes >> yes sir y so our district website would the when I when I say district website, I'm talking about this one >> that all the time >> and then the the social media would be Facebook. So yeah, there's two two
different um sets of data that we're looking at here, but this one is just Facebook. So, do we have an idea of how many people we may have hired or how many students we may have had come to us
because of our advertising? >> Well, I think that we can have some kind of survey that we can send out to find out. >> I think you're I think answer your question today. >> We don't have a matrix for calculating that, but we don't have a way to gather or capture that. That's what we want to
do. We have a way to figure that out. >> How did you hear about this? >> Yeah. Yeah, exactly. I mean, we could always add that to the intake form or something like that. >> I think and that's huge. It's not that that's not huge, but >> there'll beund how many
17,000 views. >> I mean, that's that much that beyond that people would not have heard about us. I even have uh rule colleagues in the pan way out in the panhandle and they're like tell us how you're doing your Facebook and and your social media stuff looks incredible. We're doing
nothing like that. They said in fact this you copying your stuff you know. Well and that's part of why I'm asking is so the next part of that is where are we targeting that? Are we targeting around college areas where hey you know
we know these these colleges are putting teachers out. this is what we're looking for or how are they targeting where this goes or can they target that? >> I can find out. I don't know if they can target specifically. >> I know the answer. >> Okay. >> So, yes, they can target. They do
target. It's called boosting. It's on the on the business side of the Facebook management platform, the management platform and they can choose a group graphics. they could draw a circle around the map that they wanted to go to and then all of those users that log into Facebook or another boosted ad will
be in that's how that's managed. >> Okay? Cuz I mean to me that's if we're going to spend the money for advertising I think that's something we need to make sure we're doing is targeting where we can bring teachers in, you know, so that
we don't have to have permanent subs or bring them in from out of the country and things of that nature. Not that they're not doing us a good job, but we would much rather have a certified teacher in that classroom. So if we can target those areas, be able to bring them in by utilizing what we're spending
money on is I think we need to do >> and I say to you that the experience that we have and what we are seeing now, you know, the best and best of that is >> you calling you
the Henry County schools and so by creating the public and what we're doing here and one of the things that Miss God said was we are controlling this narrative by putting the incredible things we're doing out there. If we don't do that, >> then we allow, you know, the black cloud
to grow and people to continue to swell up about how horrible things are when it's not the truth. And so, the one of the things, the biggest thing I think I love about it is this constant look at the great things that's happening. Look at the growth that's happening. But then that's where, you know, the people local, you know, the local students that
we have at Wilson Hall High School, we're getting the best wins from them, you know, and getting them through school, getting them back. And when they become employed with us, they're from here, they got family here, they're likely to stay here, >> right? >> And so, not that it's not important to advertise in other areas because should
we do, but creating a positive order here is the best bang for our buck in my opinion. >> Right. Makes >> sense. mouth and home drone. I mean, I agree with that. You know, >> Mr. J, >> my name is Mr. Adams question.
>> So, with the $3,300 a month that we pay for this contract, if they boost the post, is that an additional fee or is that >> it's all advertising portion of that? And then so we set a budget for that and
it comes from the overall not this is a this is also an increase from these results. So I have requested that they increase their activity and and marketing which so this this proposal
that you see is an increase in activity and some a variation of some different advertising metrics uh just just due to the fact that we are trying to um we live in school choice is very real and really I feel like it's non-negotiable
for for county schools heading to this to continue to market and move in that direction if We want to stay in the game. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, Mr. Rights. I'm always impressed with your knowledge back. >> Really? I mean, >> back pain tonight.
>> Well, okay. I guess they kept two things. I >> I can't argue with that. >> I mean, that's still to me more financially responsible than hiring and creating a position. Like you're saying, you have to pay for another employees salary plus their benefit
package. And that's just one advertising on top of it. >> Yeah, that's one person whereas this I mean you have a team behind you. So that it makes a lot more sense to me now. Thank you. >> So are you going to make a recommendation? >> Um later on the agenda there's a spot
for that 4.0. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> Good job. Thank you. >> Okay. Now my time's hard. Oh, [clears throat] no.
>> Mr. H just eat it up. >> Yeah. Sorry. >> You did good. >> Mr. B, there's a a little competition cuz I got us out so early the last meeting. >> She did. She did. That's a little
earlier. We did tell her to just let you know that if this goes real long, she is coming in. Just hey, listen. All right. [laughter] We're not keeping our superintendent. >> Presentation was phenomenal.
>> That was a good one. That's what I said. >> That's right. So, >> but you can run like that and get those results. We'll >> take it. >> We'll stay here all night if that's what it takes. >> But just bring the to >> All right. Well, we will move forward to
uh citizen comment, Mr. Superintendent. Do we have any citizen comment this evening? >> We have none at this time. >> No citizen comment. We'll move right on to the consent agenda. Does any board member or anybody have anything they would like to pull from the consent agenda? We
>> We're going to pull item two. Anyone else? >> We will bring it back at a later date. >> It wasn't there. >> That's correct. Yes, sir. >> Okay. So, the only question I do have one question
on item L, the lease building. >> Yes, sir. >> Uh at $50,000 a year. Have we looked at what it would cost to purchase that building and will they sell it? um they at at I have I'm not sure. I do not know. Um we can ask those questions
and find out. And I think that Miss Goff was trying to grow, you know, those programs and make sure they were sustainable. So it made sense to rent one or two years, you know, rather than start things that we couldn't sustain or have have, you know, students engaged in. >> Last year was a really good year and so
we'll see what our enrollment does this year and it will give us >> thinking 50 grand a year, you know, in in six or seven years we can pay for a building. Y sense and continue to throw money at it. >> I don't disagree, but I do want to make the distinction that this is coming from his costs, revenue that she earns based
on certifications and technical things, not out of our general our general budget anymore. >> Yeah, I agree with that cuz that means she can expand that money in another direction. >> That's right. >> Wasting all, you know, but no, I mean, >> it's not a bad idea. I just wonder if
anybody had checked into that to see what we would be looking at um if they would even be willing to sell. >> I don't believe we have and bear in mind too that in somewhere between two and the next 25 years we're going to vacate Label Elementary School and that would
give us um two T. >> It's okay. So, >> so that that'll give us more options. And so, we were kind of dragging our feet a little bit before we made any two major decisions cuz we will have possibly some sight there to see what we
can morph into >> that is a that is >> destroying this man. >> That's a good idea as well. >> Okay. >> So, all right. Uh, so Mr. Superintendent, we have your recommendation for the consent. >> Recommend approval of the consent agenda
as presented minus item Q. So move >> second. >> Motion by Mr. Sam, seconded by Miss Nelson. Any further discussion? Hearing no discussion. All in favor say I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> Thank you.
>> All right. Move on to action item 5A. >> This is uh Mr. Chairman and board. This is the action item over the presentation you just received from Miss Connor. um pushing the envelope has been an incredible partner and helped us um create and maintain an incredible um
community and regional presence for Henry County Schools. And so therefore, I recommend approval of action on 5A as presented. >> So moved. Second, Mr. Brown. >> All right. Motion by Mr. Sam, second by Re Brown. Do we have any discussion?
Hearing no discussion, all in favor say I. >> I. I. Motion carries. >> We will move on to old business. Well, we do have a 5B. >> Oh, we do. >> It's not printed on the physical agendies. We sent it out earlier today. >> Oh, that's right.
>> And it is on the one online. Um I'm I'm very much sorry for the late. I know we we do not I do not like doing walk-on items, but this is a standard one that we do every year. This is the 5-year work plan that we have to turn into the Department of Education. And um I made a mistake and got past the deadline, but
they need it turned in quickly. So, if you don't mind, um, it is as presented. It's a very standard one. It talks about the work over the next 5 years. Um, it's already been submitted. Mr. Abus and his crew has already gone through it and and it's good to go. So, >> is that the one that comes under
facilities for the school board have to approve an adopted districtwide school building and facilities? >> That would be the one. Yes, sir. >> Is that that one? Yes, sir. Because I was trying to find this. I only got it this afternoon. >> I'm sorry. Yeah. Okay. As long as I know what it is, >> right? Yes, sir.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Motion by Mr. Slack, seconded by Miss Nelson. Do we have any discussion? >> Hearing no discussion, all in favor say I. I. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you very much.
>> Move on now to old business. >> Old business. Uh only thing that we have at this point in time, uh well, really, we will give two real quick ones. One of them is a very obvious one, but distribution, if you want to give them a shot over the battle for what's going on on the LHS site. on site right now. The central utility building is uh we're
playing is we have a roof on it. The steel's on it. All the insulation's on it. It's all closed in. We're waiting for doors right now. That's where our children and everything's going to be. Naughty is working still working strong every day with laying the underground piping for our electric. Naughty has
been on site since day one. They're so they've been doing a great job. um our lay down for our till walls. They have made a couple lay down pads where we're going to till put our till walls down and then we're going to set them up. Uh at last last time I was there which was
a week and a half ago they had two done. I was gone last week. So I leave there today. Great. The u the other thing that I would add uh with regard to facilities, I know you all as you drove in uh seen the status of the twotory white building and so moving forward
with with that and so hopefully within another week or so that'll be a flat surface and additional parking for uh for our air building. >> Yes, that'll be the open air open air con. >> My office was on the second floor. >> Really? >> Yes. >> Yeah,
>> it's gone. >> Classroom is gone. All right. So, uh, you got no further updates on the the schools? >> No, sir. That's it. >> That's it. All right. Well, then, uh,
we'll move on to board member business, long-term technology planning. We'll do attorney. >> Is there any? >> No, I do not. >> Attorney. >> Oh, I forget. I'm sorry. I apologize. All right. probably more driven
business. >> Yep. Um this is just an FYI. Um we are all very familiar with Board Docs and how we transfer information. Um Board Docs is an online electric platform. Um they will be going away. They have been bought out. I'm sorry, Alexis. What's
the new company? >> Diligent Community. >> Okay. And so we'll be switching over sometime over the next 12 months. Alexis is already going to go ahead and start the training for herself and then she'll be able to train the rest of us on how to use it. We expect it to be some
similarities to it. Um and but just giving you a heads up, you don't have to do anything. It's not a item. Um it wasn't we don't have an option that's going away type thing, but we just wanted you to know that uh it could be as soon as a couple months or a couple, you know, several months, but we will be leaving. Um
>> it'll be after probably 2017. Okay. Yeah. cuz we're renewing our license for 26 27. >> Okay. Okay. >> All right. Just just a heads up for the future there. And we'll make sure everyone gets trained in the information they need for that.
>> All right. Very good. We have some feeding data. >> Yep. That information is in front of you. If you have any questions about that, um let us know. You know that we had some snafoos um at the last moment that caused some hiccups with that. Um, however, we've already uh um we have
hired a new assistant director for food service that is absolutely doing an incredible job getting the training, getting the license certifications um that is needed so that next year we won't um won't have to experience the same thing again. So, Oscar Oaken,
>> we just hired you. >> Okay. I was going to say I don't recognize >> he's been three 3 weeks now maybe. >> Oscar Oaken. O L G I N >> U I N U I >> his H his fiance is a lady name y'all probably never heard Sarah Cox
>> you know we'll make him come here and say hi to y'all at some point >> that' be great >> okay >> 19 minutes that was 19 minutes >> we're close still in the meeting.
>> All right. Do you have anything? >> Appreciate everyone's uh appreciate everyone's um uh patience tonight and going through these presentations. I think it's very important, you know, that you hear and see and understand what's going on academically in our schools. That's what matters. You know,
out of all the other things that we do, they should be supporting that work. So, thank you for that. Thank you for being patient with us tonight. Hubble up Hendry is July 31st at Kston High School and so love to have you all there. Y'all know that's an incredible event that has
grown in popularity and and uh it's it's an incredible way for us to start the school year off. We will have another board meeting July 28th I believe is our first round of uh >> the tenative budget stuff. Correct. That'll be the Jason Adams show that night.
>> All right. Forward. So yeah. So, we're really excited about that. Um, >> Lel, right? It'll be y. >> So, other than that, unless you have any questions of me, I hope you all have a good restful summer. We're all looking
forward to a, you know, another exciting and productive school year and things are just looking phenomenal now. We're very happy with where we are and the team and everyone around it. So, otherwise, other than that, call me if you need anything and look forward to seeing you in two weeks. I know your
media director is getting ready to get busted because Miss Houston sent hers in her questions in with M. Yeah. >> So between the two of them here. >> All right. >> 30 minutes would be short. >> Yeah. >> That's what I was saying. I I have
nothing. Uh Mr. Samurai, >> our academic performance review that we just had was outstanding. I am so proud of our company. >> Yes. >> And everybody that's winning it. But I don't want to stay any longer. Moving on. All right, Miss Nelson. >> Okay. I think both of my questions I are
probably for the sheriff's department, but I'll I'll briefly ask if you know, do we have an update on the school speed zones that mention striking? >> I know they're working on it. Yes, Mr. Clay is working with the county with the plan to get that done as soon as possible. >> I'm getting they are on it. Yes, they
have not forgotten. They're working on I've seen a lot of rumblings on social media about people getting tickets like after hours of day at the school starts to that. Do you know? >> I I've not heard anything myself about that. >> Me I just was reading >> right I mean in my mind I think you know
that they told us right off the bat you know that they're going to work during non-school hours right but just during school hours they are enforced at a lower you know speed to to us. I mean, if people I don't know. I don't know what to tell them other than don't speed. You know, that's one way to not
get a ticket, I guess. >> Well, hopefully with the new signage, it'll be clear. And I think we do need to do a little bit better job next year about summer school because it did catch some people off guard. They, you know, think about their kids out of school, >> their kids not going to summer school. So, maybe next year
>> need to advertise what school the summer school is at cuz it's not always at the same school. >> Exactly. Uh because I did have somebody call me about speeding. They're like, "It's summer." I said, "Yeah, we do have summer school." Yeah. >> We did put something out there, but it was I think summer school had already
started and so personally got ticket and she was >> and I believe Mr. Clay is looking for the the lights, you know, so that they'll flash and stuff like that around to slow down or whatever. >> The other one was the new um what is it
called? The new mag 360 or Yes. Yes. >> I noticed that they have to be charged. Is there going to be like a reminder to make sure cuz I am terrible. I have all these devices. >> I'm a little nervous. >> It'll be a pull just like your phone. >> Yeah, I saw I looked at the pictures,
but I mean I have my ring, I have my watch, I have my phone, I have my tablet, I have my laptop. >> You all right? So, but like for teachers, will they will they just leave them in the classroom on Friday while they're there or honey period or something? I suspect we've not they've
not even been rolled out trained, you know, showing us how long it lasts or whatever. >> It's monthly. >> Curtis said today it was No, he said today it was possible. Is it once a week? >> Once a month and you only have to charge it for 30 minutes.
>> Well, what's what was sent to us says once a week. Look on the It's the graphic somewhere. I read once a week. >> But anyhow, just >> Okay, I'll trust I'll trust you and Barbara cuz I probably saw week and
thought, "Holy >> If it says week, then the graphic." >> But even month might be worse because I really forget. I was I don't know what the answer is. >> Well, I know that we will get alerts when they're dead. >> That was my question. Reach out. Well, Clay and his guardian team will reach
out um if they do die. 30 minutes. >> Yep. >> Yeah. To be fully charged. >> Why can't Apple get that technology? >> Okay. That was really That was Thank you. >> You still
I heard something. I just I didn't know the cool detail, but heard people talking about somebody went off on vacation in the mountain just showing pictures and stuff and had a good time and all that. >> I don't know who that was. >> I don't know. It was somewhere. I was trying to ease up. I didn't hear the
whole story. It was out of the country. Oh boy. >> I gained six pounds. >> All right. All right. My kind of man. >> All that great food. >> Great lasagna. >> All right. >> You enjoyed the >> I did. Thank you.
>> All right. Well, this meeting is way short.