--------- Good evening everyone and welcome to the Independence Missouri School District Board of Education's work session December 9, 2025. Thank you for bearing with us and getting out in the cold weather. Uh we have Meline Garrett this evening with us
that will support us in walking through our agenda. Uh so I am calling this meeting to order. Our first order of business is to approve the agenda. I move to approve the agenda. >> Second.
>> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Nace. The motion passes. Thank you. Our second item is new business and it is to review the superintendent job description. And
at this time, I'm going to introduce to some and present to others Maline Garrett. Thank you so much for being here with us this evening. >> Yes, thank you for having me. Um um so uh tonight we have um a job
description of the superintendent's position. Um our office drafted this. Of course, we looked at the current policies. Um you know, there's the super school superintendent policy. So, we made sure all of those duties that are listed in there are included here. We
also looked at other examples and other districts. Um, so we compiled this document for you for your review and I'm here tonight to take any feedback you may have on that um uh before you decide to um adopt it or use it um in the
future, which I believe is going to happen at a subsequent meeting. So, We would like to have copies to review an opportunity for us to see it and review it. I guess I would enter any questions for Meline that we might have
at this time that she could address for us >> as we're just now seeing this. Um, what portions are specific to the ISD versus similar language used elsewhere? So um
specific to the policy school superintendent there it's a summary essentially of the duties of a superintendent. So those are included throughout um I can't say there's just one spot that's specific to ISD necessarily. Um
these are all um duties of the superintendent that we've broken down by certain topics like board relationships, leaderships, that type of thing. So some of the items that that are in currently in policy under the duties we've expanded on and some more details
um in this job description. >> Can you can you advise if this has been revised from maybe the previous description? Um, I at this moment I'm not sure what was in place beforehand.
Um, you may have had something under your previous policy and regulations. I'd have to go back and look. >> I appreciate how you had this broken down into like categories. It makes it a lot easier to kind of look if you're looking for something in particular.
Makes it easier to find. Um, a couple of questions I had. I noticed that at the top it says supervises all district personnel. I didn't know if it would be appropriate maybe to have direct reports um to the superintendent or if that's something that you don't normally see.
>> I believe there's a line about central office staff under personnel administration. The last bullet, it's on page three, right? right to supervise and manage central office. >> But I thought that there were when I
looked at the organizational chart previously, there were >> individuals that directly reported to the superintendent and then some of them have their own, you know, direct reports. And that kind of brings me to another thing, too. Would it be appropriate to have an organizational
chart with the um job description? >> Um that's an option that you could do. Um or we could expand upon in this personnel section about who the direct reports are that you're mentioning, we could include that too.
I think as anybody that would be looking at the superintendent's role, it would be very helpful for them to see kind of how the district's organized, I think that would be a helpful thing to have. And actually, I'm thinking if you did do that, you could probably not worry about the direct force because you're going to
see it on the organizational chart. Well, and I would still think that there's value in adding indirect reports because not everybody is housed at central office. That's correct. I would think if we listed them though within the job description,
um, it would make it a little harder to change. You know, it might be easier to just say see organizational chart or something. Yeah. Maybe say where the location of it is. Yes. One other thing that kind of gave me a little bit of pause was in student
relations. Um, looks like it's the sixth bullet. It says respond to serious student incidents, grievances, or disciplinary appeals as required by policy or law. That that word serious feels kind of nebulous to me. It I mean,
what what qualifies as serious? I don't know that one. I don't know. For some reason, that one just kind of feels a little bit weird to me. >> I'm assuming that would mean like a 180day suspension, but I'm just assuming and that's based on experience here. So,
I agree that we might need to clarify that just to get it. >> Well, I think just removing the serious portion um for your point because it says as required by policy or law. So, it's already kind of defined what they would be looking at >> required by policy. Yeah, follow your law
removing series. >> I had a question and observation on page three. Communication and community relations serve as the official spokesperson for the district unless otherwise designated by the board.
Is that standard for the superintendent to be the spokesperson for the district? >> Yes. And I believe we have that in policy. Similar language >> that is in policy. >> And so that brings me to my next question. I know there have been
occasions where our public relations person would speak on behalf of the district, but I'm not sure if that was appointed by the board or if that was something that the superintendent appointed. So, would the superintendent have the ability with this description
to appoint someone outside of themselves to be spokesperson? I'm just taking a second to look here at the policy, too. So, are you talking about like a situation where communications put something out >> as
>> as it relates to the spokes person or anything that I guess would go out to media? >> Um, I guess I needed some clarity on because I've seen it differently. >> Okay. Yeah. the the policy just talks about the superintendent serving as the
official spokesperson. So, I think it depends on how like if it's a media request versus like an announcement made by the communications person. I don't know this any specific situations where the communications person did that. I'm
not I'm not aware in my role. So, >> spokesperson for the district seems to me very very wide open. So, I may need some clarifying. I think it's a good point because I've seen um the communications director be the the liaison for newspaper articles
and giving official statements for the district. So it seems like that that might be something that should be addressed. >> There is language I know in policy that says superintendent or designate. Could we just work that in there somehow?
>> Right. So in and this description reads serve as official spokesperson for the district unless otherwise designated by by the board. And so I was just trying to clarify if that means for in this situation if Dr. Grant said hey Megan
can speak to this issue is that allowable in this description is basically what I wanted to get clarity on >> andor policy. I mean, if the policy says I can't remember if the policy says in designate or designated by board because
that seems like it's a little bit more closed. >> Can you please remind me what board policy number is for this that we're referring to just so I can pull it up same time? C15P. I don't have any further questions.
Would there be any other additional discussion or questions? Would also like to acknowledge Carrie is virtual. If you have any questions, please feel free at this time to ask Maline while she's with us. >> All right, sounds like we are good to go. Thank you for your time, Meline.
>> Thank you. >> All right, thank you very much. With that being said, I will entertain a motion to adjourn our open se our work session. >> I'll make a motion. >> Second.
>> It has been motioned and seconded. Roll call, please. Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> That motion passes. We are adjourned.
Thank you. Part: 2
Evening and welcome to the Independent Missouri School District Board of Education monthly board meeting. I want to welcome you. My name is Anthony J. Mundane, senior and I am proud to presside this meeting this evening. Thank you all for attending and bearing
with us in the fold. Our first order of business is to approve the agenda. I would like to entertain a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> It has been moved and seconded. Thank you so much. All in favor say I.
>> I. >> If there are nays, please speak now. And it passes. All right. We have no requests from district citizens to speak this evening. So we will move on to our consent
agenda. >> I move to approve the consent agenda. Second. >> All in favor? Uh, >> I do apologize. It has been motioned and seconded. This
is now an opportunity for discussion and I will hand it over to our interim superintendent, Cindy Grant. >> Thank you. Um, we have bills totaling 12 million52,432 as printed. This is up just a bit um
since last year due to we have new security cameras that have been added to buildings were requested. Um we've upgraded technology to monitor controlling and control heating and cooling systems within the district. Furniture purchases um payment for the sycamore sew sycamore sewer line
placement and repair. um final payment for the Fairmat construction manager and for the summer projects and then um finishing up final payments for the cordy and nonin windows that happened over the summer. We will also let bids
um for several items first for substitute services. Substitute fill rates are monitored on a daily basis and when disable to fill sub requests um that burden ends up falling on other staff members. This is a topic that has
been discussed since April of 2024 and and beyond um up to date. And so um we are in hopes uh bringing this request to accept bids for subservices in hopes to increase fill rates um that we monitor
on a continual basis. Um and then we have approval to let bids the following items will be contingent upon bond passing and you'll hear more about that later that request. Um, let bids for a replacement elevator at Bridger Middle
School. Uh, we have let bid for renovation of the counseling suite at Chrisman High School. This is a full mo remodel of the counseling suite and will allow for more office space and removal of temporary walls, temporary and for more permanent walls in that uh space.
We will let bids for renovations for classrooms at Truman High School. Um, this is a full remodel of the rooms 130, 132, and 134. Reconfiguring the setup and removing temporary walls to make classrooms larger with permanent walls.
The classes in those um rooms, German, special education, and freshman academy. Those are what's in those rooms there. Um and then we also have approval to let bids for the renovation of the family school leaison suite at Randall
Elementary School. Uh this is a full renovation of the suite and uh director point you had asked if there would be an additional restroom added and there will be. So they will have not one staff restroom in that building but they will have an additional one. So that is something that uh I know that Mrs. Jones
will be very happy with. Um so and um then a lot bids renovations for the second floor at independence academy. Um this will be a renovation of a portion of the second floor at IIA add more classroom and office space. So those
last one two three four five are contingent upon upon passing. So that is what we have for the consent agenda. >> Thank you Dr. Grant. Um I just had a quick question. We had talked um last week about um number three, the let bids
for substitute services and that you were going to include um quarterly numbers to the board in our weekly update. Did you by chance were you able to pull anything um more recent? Do we have those numbers of what our >> So our fill rates for 2526 thus far. So
for early educ education staff it's right about 54% fill rate. PARA educators 56% teachers right now 87% uh fill rate however that does include when building principles they each building has priority subs that are
already uh hired that does include those numbers there so I feel like that's a little bit inflated for that but it'll continue throughout there and we'll continue to monitor it uh and then I believe director you had asked about what are the highest absence days
>> um so Friday Thursdays and Fridays So those are the highest caps that has shown that way over over time. >> Have we been seeing issues on the Mondays where we do have school? Are there high absent rates on those days? >> Um we actually had that this week and I
would say there are some but I would say no more than what we potentially see on a Friday. Okay, >> great. Yeah. >> So we can we get those numbers as well. All righty. That concludes our discussion. All in favor say I. >> I. >> I.
>> Say n. That motion passes. Thank you. Our next item is the superintendence report. Miscellaneous over in terms superintendent any grants. >> Thank you. So, first of all, huge
congratulations to our Van Horn men's soccer team. Van Horn has officially won their first ever ever Misha team state championship, capturing the 2025 boys soccer title. It was an absolute phenomenal weekend. It was so much fun to be there and to see the excitement on
that Friday and Saturday. We will celebrate tomorrow uh December 10th at the Uptown Market where we will we will host a reception banquet and Mayor Roland will be there to present a proclamation. Um several board members will be able to be there as well as several city council members. So it's
going to be very very exciting. And I do want to say um it was u a huge compliment to the floor and the soccer team, the crowd that was there, several uh superintendents that were there watching their teams. I received text messages from them saying what class our
uh team showed, our um our audience showed just cheering one another on and they were so excited. We even had one of the um teams that took I believe third place in class 3A came over to watch our game and were cheering for our kids. It
was just great to see. So, it was a lot of fun. extremely proud of for of them and happy for them and um for coach as well as Mr. Corey. I think he finally cracked a smile at the end of that game. Um yeah, so that was a lot of fun. Uh we were notified by Mid America Regional
Council or Mark of our Federal Review for Head Start and Early Head Start that is taking place this week. Uh Director Nuin um shared with me that all of the information has been sent in and they have what they need and if they need anything else they will uh ask questions and I will update you all accordingly.
So he does a phenomenal job with that. In relation to policy E 300P, teacher union representation, this policy explains how teachers in the independent school district can choose or change the unions that represent them in collective bargaining through a fair and democratic
secret um ballot process. Um you may recall that this approach was collaboratively agreed to um during negotiations last spring. Um so it falls upon the superintendent um to make sure that we have a clear and consistent procedure that can be applied uh fairly
across the board. And so um I believe director Baird as well as director point had requested and asked if I had had a chance to talk to each of the associations to get their feedback and I did meet with them yesterday share the information with them and take notes of questions that they had or thoughts that
they had there. So I wanted to share that with you. So there might still be some adjustments to this procedure and okay because one of the >> nothing I will say nothing substantial kind of pulling things apart to make it clearer so it's not so big. >> Okay. Can we also see the final version just as anformational thing?
>> Yes, I'll send that in my weekly update too. >> Um one question just because I wanted to ask because one of the things in the collective bargaining um agreement was the superintendent and one representative. So, I'm glad that that happened. From each organization on the ballot shall meet to discuss, develop, and agree to ground rules and procedures for conducting the election. So, that
will be part of that process. Wonderful. Thank you. >> Sounds good. Um, and then we have had two elected officials visit the district in recent weeks. You may or may not have seen the news with Mayor Lucas from Kansas City, and he visited the school district on November 19th. He toured the
academy capstone classes, heard directly from our students and about the great things happening in the ISD. Um we do have just over 400 kiddos um with KCMO addresses and so that attend our schools and so he does have a vested interest in what takes place within our schools. And
so it was a wonderful visit. Um he enjoyed his time thoroughly and every capstone that he left he left with something. Um the kids embraced him with gifts and they were very excited to get to spend time with him and to talk to him. So that was great. And then Representative Mike Steinmeer, a William
Chrisman graduate, visited the district on Wednesday of last week. He toured Chrisman and Van Horn. The focus of the tour was themmies and how they help prepare students for future success. He was also very impressed with our advanced woodworks pathways or project home. Several of us have heard um docu
Mr. Oakman's class and he was so impressed with them he's invited them to Jeff City and to work on a special project with him. So that's really exciting. Um and you know it was an honor to host each of these officials and we appreciate what they do for our community. So it was great.
That's all I have. >> I'd just like to say thank you, Dr. Grant, and whoever coordinated having uh guests come in from different levels of government to visit what we do in ISD. And I particularly want to press down
and exclaim how important it is to demonstrate a positive outlook on things. And I think you did a fabulous job by saying, "Come see what we do." Right. And I I I really appreciated how you handled that. And uh thank you and kudos to you for
any other discussion. Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> We're not voting, are we? >> No. >> Well, let's move on, guys. New business, people. New business. Okay. Alrighty.
All right. And I will hand it back to Dr. Grant. So, first up under new business, we have an APR presentation. Um, I'd like to invite Dr. Pam Boatright um up to the podium to share her presentation. APR
was released in early November. Um, and we shared our overall score, but Dr. Boight is going to give us a deeper dive in what is going well, what's included in APR, and where do we need to grow. And I will say it is important to note that this same process that we're going through here tonight um we've asked our
buildings to do uh with their staff as well and identify their strengths, weaknesses moving forward and those things are incorporated into their scorecard that they then present throughout the year and update to us at central office to continual continually monitor uh for APR purposes. So we
appreciate that and now I'll turn it over to Dr. Right. >> All right. Well, thank you and um good evening. So, and merry Christmas if I don't get to say that before um we leave tonight. But I do want to say that this particular presentation amongst others
does align to our CIP goals one I think it's 1.1 and 1.3. So part of MSIP is one of the requirements is that we are um providing information um on the process and progress of um all aspects of what
we do. And so this will help to um make sure that we are in line with that and not working. There we go. Okay. So um Desie highlighted a few things um that they saw trends as far as over the state um
APR which was released in early November. They saw that 92% of our Missouri public school students were attending schools that met or exceeded state expectations. There were over 310 public schools that
improved their APR score for the 2025 school year. Uh some key performance indicators such as attendance, graduation rate, and in our MAPS map scores of the state continue to move in a positive direction. And they also said that ELA mAP scores showed some slight
gains across most grade levels while math scores also improved overall with the exception um of grades four and five. And that was a state reflection. Okay. Here in the ISD, these results demonstrate just how far we've come over
the past four years under our MSP 6 model. It's important to note that the total number of points possible varies in the um different implementation of MSP 6. So you will see that in 2022 all the way to 2025. Since the districts were in different rotation cycles uh for
their implementation years, even with those shifts, we've seen a steady upward trajectory in our APR growing every single year from 70.1 in 2022 to 80.5 this past year. That is a significant achievement. And this consistent
year-over-year progress in our overall APR is truly remarkable and something that I believe that every staff member, student, and family should be celebrating. Before we take a little bit deeper dive, um it's helpful to understand two terms that you may see throughout the
presentation through um with our MSIP and that is our status and our growth when we're talking about academics. So probably just a real simple analogy is imagine that you're running a marathon and that status the status piece would be like running one mile on a single day
in June and then recording that time. So how you did in one point in time um would be our status similar. So growth would be timing your mile in January and then running again in December. And then the improvement in your time shows how
far you've come. So it's it's looking at um growth over time. So both of these are very important and tell a story about each of those measures and both matter when we're looking at our APR results. So this slide um shows our status and helps to understand our
current ability and our readiness in our in those different levels. This particular slide shows our growth. Um and you're going to notice that there are several areas where the ISD hit the target this year. So we had four areas u
that's ELA science and social studies where we actually went from on target to or excuse me on track to target which I think is a great accomplishment for our staff and what they're doing with in our students. So this one's um might be a little
challenging to read. So I'm going to try to break it down as best I can. So we're going to take a look at the very top part first. And um here this there are two categories. So we're looking at the success ready and continuous improvement. So success ready under the
performance band is going to measure the accuracy of students performance on any given assessment or class that they take. So for example, you're going to see CCR, which stands for college and career readiness. Um again, these assessments are things like ACT, SAT,
Work Keys, ASBAB. Um, you'll also see the advanced credits which are going to include AP, dual credit, IRC's, and PLTW. So, those measure accuracy of the assessment. Um, you'll see success ready down in continuous improvement, which is
a little bit different measure. So, there are points that our students earn for um, MP6 based on their performance in those areas. So, under continuous improvement, we have five areas that were measured. um our improvement plan which is our school our comprehensive
school improvement plan. So ours is on a five-year rotation. So you can see that we've achieved the 30 out of 30 on that particular standard. Um the district response to standards are the narratives that the district submits to DESIE based
upon specific prompts that DESIE um provides for us to respond to our CSIP. So we have the academic achievement side, but the neat thing about this is we get to tell our story about what's happening in our district that you can't necessarily capture in a test score. And
there's a lot of great things that are happening there. The climate culture survey is a is required to be given every two years, but the ISD opts to give this survey every year. It is governed by MU and the results are provided back to us once they are
collected and disseminated. um that we disseminate that data to our buildings. This usually takes place in early November and the results are usually returned in mid December. Success Ready um under the continuous improvement. So now I'm moving down to
that second um green and blue box. Um this is the improvement band and this measures um these measures include assessments given to our youngest learners entering kindergarten reflecting the strong work happening in our ISD and our early education. The continuous improvement also covers
systems that keep our district um operating effectively. Things like accurate documentation, timely submission of our required state data and ISD continues to score very well in those areas as well. Um it also includes our IAP which stands for the individual
career and academic plan. That's is something that all eighth graders complete. Um as well as this category includes attendance. Um attendance is calculated on a student attending 90% of the time. Um and so DESIE has a calculation that they determine that
attendance um for students um that plays into our APR score. And then the CTE expansion piece provides additional points for districts that partner with area career centers, comprehensive high schools or industries to create pathways for students to enroll in high
school-based CTE programs. And then the fifth component of that particular continuous improvement piece is our MSI 6 required documentation. So those would be things like the audit um our annual secretary of the board report and our timely submission of all of our MOSUS
and core data files. You'll see the overall APR comparison and again lots of lots of numbers here um comparison to all of the earlier years. This slide adds a little bit more detail just to show you how the individual indicators have um increased
or remained strong over the past four years. This slide shows our MPI or our MAP performance index. NPI measures how students move across achievement letter uh excuse me levels. So you've heard of below basic basic um proficient and
advanced. So those are the achievement levels that we are talking about. You'll see a slight dip this year in our social studies MPI, but you will see that we've remained on status and our growth. Um, when you take those into account, um, we are on track in social studies, which is
a good place to be. This particular slide, um, again, um, this has about 19 districts. Um, and so it just is a comparison of ISD among other LEAs or local education agencies
and it just shows how the ISD's I um APR compares to other metro area or St. Louis area districts of similar size or proximity and that has a four-year comparison on it. So, as we reflect on the APR, um I think
it's really important that you know kind of the some of the next steps and things that we're looking at both from our strengths and those areas that we know we need to continue to focus on. So, overall, we're incredibly proud of our consistent high marks and improvement in our academic growth. Uh this slide will
highlight the steps that we've taken to build these strengths as well as the areas that we're continuing to focus on. We remain committed to thoughtful strategic growth. so that every student has access to highquality education that they deserve. In an effort to involve,
as Dr. Grant mentioned, um to keep our buildings involved, they will they have and some are still reviewing their APR. They're setting building goals and they are updating their school improvement plans based upon their own data and feedback.
And I can't it can't go without saying that I think our staff and our students um have worked really really hard and want to congratulate them because it takes it takes all of them working together and I don't want to leave out our parents who are supporting our kids
at home through this process as well. >> Thank you. >> I will say just a couple of things. Um kudos to you Dr. your vote right and you leading the charge with all of this and what we do each and every year. Um we are on cycle uh for MSI I will say MSI 6
2.0. Um our submission date is this December and so Dr. Boatright is working through that and so that will be finalized and submitted and then um we did just receive our culture and climate survey data back today. So we're going through all of that information. So I'm looking forward to sharing that with
you. So I had a question um on the slide that was for success ready and continuous improvement. Um you talked about how the attendance is one of the things we're working on. We got zero out of four on
that. Does that mean that we had no students that were over 92%. It is. And it's a little it's it's a complicated formula, Denise, and I um I'm not sure I will do it quite the justice, but yes, there's a point value that is assigned to students as in
different category or bands. Um you know, >> that we had no students hit that criteria. >> It doesn't mean that at all. And so it the number of points we did not hit to achieve the the marks.
>> That's good. >> Yeah. And that again continues to be one of our focal areas um to ensure because remember it's 90% of your students attending 90% of the time. So um it continues to be a challenge and I know buildings are working really hard.
It is a highlight of their SIP um to partner with families to ensure that um they feel welcomed and that it is a partnership within the buildings to um support needs and things that they may need on the way. I appreciate that and I
did notice that that was on the areas of growth that that one and math were both there. So appreciate, you know, being willing to say where are places where we can, you know, improve and I appreciate that. >> Yeah. And we're doing the same thing with math. Um taking a deep dive into
that to ensure that we are um providing the professional development. um looking at things such as is it a resource issue, a curriculum issue? Um is there specific skill sets that we need to teach and provide to our staff to ensure that they understand the conceptual
understanding and foundation of what we need in the math. And so we're looking at that. In fact, we had a day last week um where we pulled our instructional team together and we looked at that um from kindergarten all the way up to 10th grade. >> Do you have Sorry. >> Yeah, go ahead.
>> Sure. >> Okay. So my question for the attendance, I know that whenever I go and uh have to take kiddos to a doctor appointment and have to bring them in late or whatever, there's a reason that we have to put on that document. Is that reason recorded
and does it hold weight to Dusty's metrics at all? Does that matter, I guess? >> So yes, we record why they're gone. So internally we have an excuse or an excuse, but Desi sees it as you're either present or you're not. So, um, it just kind of helped us to know that what
was going on. Parents are aware more than anything. >> So, internal in our internal process when we're reviewing these reasons or if you write in a reason or not, maybe people are writing reasons, but do we uh do we see like this overarching reason
as to what's happening? Is it something that we can help adjust our families with or is it just something >> you mean on like >> so if we're seeing that you know many kids are coming in because they're sick many kids are coming in late because of the snow day whatever is there like this
is the main cause of people not being at school. >> I think I'd have to go back to buildings for that um to see what exactly they're seeing. Um but I think it varies from day to day. you know, we really encourage families that um just because
you got up late, still come in. That matters. It's it the minute matters. And so, we want you there even if you're even if you're going to be late. Don't just say, "Well, I I woke up late and let's stay home um and try again tomorrow." We want you there even if it's 45 minutes late or 2 hours late.
So, we we want to ensure that they get there because those minutes matter. So, and what really makes me think of this is like if if we've got mom going to work and kid is responsible to get to the bus stop at a certain time, can kids leak into the bus stop and that's what's causing that issue and he can't walk,
they can't walk, whatever. Maybe if that's the issue, there could maybe be some kind of mitigation that we can brainstorm about maybe to help in that space. I would say that our family school leaison are very involved in our schools and so they make those connections and and and phone calls and
sometimes women might have to do a a home visit just to say what can we do um to help with the situation but I do know that they along with counselors are very much involved in that process with attendance. So yeah, >> um and to the like recording of
attendance, it does matter at the high school level to document medical reasons because then if they if they get to a point where they're debating whether they have credit for a class, then they can at least say I have this many medical excuses. So So it is
important to have a doctor's note sometimes to differentiate. Um, but my question off the top of your head, do you know what our percentage was for attendance at 90%. Do we have >> Dr. Minger, do you happen to know or remember?
>> I don't off the top of my head. So, >> I think that'd be a great thing to know as well if you get that information like in your weekly. Absolutely. >> And I know that's one thing that we used to break down is like how many are at 89 because those ones you could try to
really push over that to the 90. So, it's just kind of interesting to look at what how many we have at 89% or how many we have at 85. I will say that this same presentation uh will be sent out to families tomorrow um so that they have the same
information regarding APR and our success. >> Thank you Dr. Bry. >> All righty. Thank you again Dr. Boatright. Our second item is the approval of changes to the program of studies for the 2026 2027 school year.
Dr. Grant. >> All right. I will welcome Doc. >> Oh yes. Yes. >> I move to approve the program of studies for 2627 school year. >> Second. It has been motioned and second
seconded. This is now our opportunity to discuss the item. Thank you. >> Yes. All right. I will invite Dr. Mager and I believe you have a few other individuals that are going to come up and help you present uh approval of changes to the program of studies for the 26 27th school year. Uh I am really
excited about some of the things that you're going to see because uh as I've shared with you, I've done some superintendent roundts with students and staff and so some of the changes and proposals that you're going to see have come from that. So it's pretty exciting to see some of those things coming to fruition. So without further ado, Dr.
Magliner. >> Thank you. Uh good evening uh members uh of the board of education. Thank you for this opportunity to share this information tonight. Uh I do have a team of individuals uh behind me here. Um uh we'll start with the students. Uh we have Brandon Kaufman. Uh we also have
Jacob Greg and we also have Levi Smith. Uh they will be presenting some information uh as we go through the slides here. Uh all three students are highly involved at their respective schools and uh they lended their voice uh to this process and we greatly appreciate u uh suggestions that they've
made because uh suggestions they've made have made it to the program of studies. Here we also have uh Dr. Tammy May. Uh she is the MCC vice president of instruction and student services. We also have Dr. Zach Harmon Mclofflin. He
is the assistant vice president of academic affairs at Gracland University and they have uh provided their expertise and um throughout this process their respective institutions have helped us uh collaborate to develop uh
some really good uh programs for kids. So we're excited about uh what you'll see with that. We also have Lori Cadwell. uh she is the AVID district director and academy coordinator and Aaron Smith uh the CTE coordinator. Uh and so this is just a representative
body of all the stakeholders that are involved in this process. And to start us off u much like Dr. Dr. Bightight's presentation. Uh we always like to highlight the SIP CIP goals uh that are going to be represented throughout the presentation here. Uh so
these are the goals and the strategies and the action steps that uh we have pulled from the uh CSIP uh that will be throughout this presentation. So as far as the the process for course changes uh we hear from all our
stakeholders uh each each year and so we hear from students, teachers, departments, ISD partners um and then the district collaborate and propose potential course uh change requests. Teachers and departments uh they submit
their request by November 5th. uh that gives us an opportunity to review uh to develop the the program of studies and then also the uh the the course changes that are going to be on the academy charts here. Um these uh changes are
submitted to the principles for review as well. Uh once it comes to review committee uh you can see the individuals that are involved in that process. A lot are represented in this room tonight. And then the requests are considered uh based on staffing uh college career
readiness and the need and the fit for the pathways and the academy model that we have and then the requests are uh presented uh to the board of education for approval. So new courses uh we have uh several that uh came across and so English
language development or EL we have math A and B uh this would be year-long classes uh the purpose for this these classes would be uh to further develop any missing algebra 1 concepts uh for
ELLL students uh we also had uh EL essential literacy Um, this course is an ELA course where ELELLL students can strengthen foundational literacy skills and earn an additional ELA credit.
Social studies, um, in years past, I've come to you uh, with some special topics classes. Well, this year is no different. Uh, we had two that were proposed, uh, Native American history uh, and cultural human geography. with the Native American history. Uh the
social studies department did a survey of students. Um the students were interested in learning more about Native American history. Current Missouri curriculum limits uh the experience to the Trail of Tears and colonial period which contributes to the idea that
Native Americans are a thing of the past. Uh this course seeks to focus on how Native Americans uh are part of all of the United States history, not just a small segment. And then we also have cultural human geography. Once again,
social studies department did a survey this fall of students interested in elective courses in world and US history. Uh there was overwhelming support for bringing back a cultural geography course. Uh the students have expressed desire for deeper cultural
understanding within the geographic uh component of world history. The next class is fibers. Uh fibers will be an art class. Uh it will explore the artistic potential of textiles and fiberbased materials through both
traditional and contemporary practice. Students will experiment with techniques such as weaving, embroidery, felting, um fabric dying, uh surface design, and mixed media textile sculpture.
Uh agriculture 1 and two. Uh that's why Brandon Kaufman is here. uh he helped suggest this and so uh he will present that here in just a little bit. Uh but we'd like to offer agricultural pathway to meet a growing student interest um uh
that we have received. Video game design. Uh the proposed computer game design course uh would broaden the computer networking and systems pathway by offering students a creative project-based opportunity to apply their computer science knowledge in a different context.
uh Gracland nursing uh information is going to be presented um here shortly and then MCC early college academy uh same we have some slides here uh in a bit uh for more information and then freshman academy at the eighth grade
level we currently have freshman academy uh as freshman uh but with that I'd like to turn it over to Miss Cadwell and Jacob Greg and Levi Good evening. As Dr. Magginger mentioned before that some of our ideas came
directly from students. And so this idea of offering the freshman academy career explode class at the eighth grade level in addition to 9th grade level came from the leadership class at William Chrisman High School. So, I have two students
here with me this evening, Jacob Greg and Levi Smith, both seniors at William Chrisman to explain why they think this would be a good move. >> Yeah. >> Hi everyone, I'm Levi. I think there's two main benefits to moving into eighth
grade. And the first is availability. If we put it in eighth grade, then we give people more time not only to graduate on track and make sure they're getting all their credits, but to make sure that they're actually taking the classes that are available to them in their pathways. Because a lot of times I speak to students both as a student myself and an
ambassador and I find the number one issue is that people just don't have time in their schedules. And so they ultimately don't reach their capstones and they spend three years taking awesome classes, but they don't get the reward at the end. And so they don't really get to see all the resources this
district has provide under the academy model. But beyond that, it also helps students actually understand what they're getting themselves into because when we when they take it in the their eighth grade year, they can plan ahead and take the classes they need to their freshman year. That means for all of the
pathways with capstones where you have to take stuff from your freshman year to your senior year, they can make sure that they're in those classes their freshman year. I know personally me and other students like Jacob have to take the class in our second semester of our freshman year. And when we ask questions
about specific capstones, a lot of times people would defer us to our freshman academy class when we hadn't even had a chance to be in it. And ultimately we would only have those questions answered after we already registered for classes our sophomore year. So, if we move this class up to eighth grade, not only would
it give us more space to take classes that we want to, but we could plan ahead and understand what classes are even available instead of being deferred. >> All right. Hi. Uh, I'm Jacob and I think that I'm a really good example of kind of what Levi was describing with
students who have to take this class their second semester of freshman year. So, I came into high school with the idea that I was going to be an engineer and I was going to love it. And then I realized about my sophomore year that I wasn't creative and I wasn't good at math and I decided that engineering
wasn't for me. So, I switched to the public service academy under the legal pathway. And if I had the opportunity to take more classes under the public service academy during my eighth grade year and I had more opportunity during my freshman year in order to actually explore that academy more, then I could
be in things like our legal communications capstone, which I simply just don't have time for in my schedule right now because I waited until my sophomore year to switch and I now don't have time my senior year. I think that something the academy model is really really good for and I see that a lot as
an ambassador is students who switch between themies and we do a really good job of offering flexibility to those students already and I think that this is a really great step forward in continuing to allow that flexibility uh by giving them the opportunities to explore these career paths further and
get a deeper knowledge of them starting directly in 8th grade. That way they have that much more flexibility like Levi described when they actually come into high school. So, we're proposing adding section to 8th grade, but we're still going to have it offered in 9th grade as well. But if
students are ready for it and they would like to take the class their eighth grade year, then that is is an option for them and then they can get started right away in the themies. Um, I wanted to share with you some of
the um the classes that Dr. Maglinger mentioned and where they would appear on our academy charts. So on the slides I have this year's academy chart and then I'm going to show you the the proposed
changes for next year. So first up we have our arts and education academy. This is our current chart. And then highlighted in red, we put red around the border, is where we're proposing adding the fibers class that Dr. Mager
mentioned. So that would be a semester elective class between um 10th and 11th grades for the business academy chart. This is our current one. And for this one, we
had just a few clerical changes. We noticed in our charts that some of our charts used the and symbol and some spelled out the word and and we wanted it all to be consistent. So the boxes at the very top for our pathways that's
just um changing it to the word and. Um, one of the significant changes on this chart, the Python class that's under data analytics is now being offered for dual credit for next school year. So, we
would um put that one in bold to show dual credit. And then the other boxes were due to the end. For our industrial technology chart, this is our current one. And then our
change for next year is again the clerical change at the top for the pathway title. And then for the um at the under the um drafting and engineering the industrial
um welding classes are offered for dual credit. And so those would have the um bold outline around them for public service for that chart. This is our current one.
And the proposal is to add a special topics class, the cultural um human geography course, and that would be added as an elective under our international studies pathway. We also
had another change under public safety. EMT is no longer being offered at Hearnden and so we remove that from the charts for next school year. And then I'm going to call Aaron Smith up and Brandon to share about the
changes for the STEM academy >> the course. Um, is that a semester course of >> Yes. Okay, that's true. >> Good evening. Thank you again for uh allowing us the opportunity to present before the board tonight.
You've already heard that uh this fine young man standing here beside me was the one who came up with uh an idea and it really highlights this this uh concept that we try to cast the net wide to gather any good idea that we can from
any source in the district andor out of the district. And so we we are moving to add an egg program next year. And I'm going to let Brandon speak to the why. As he said, my name is Brandon Kaufman. I'm a senior at Truman High School and
as a personal antidote for the agricultural program. Uh I'm here with my dad and we come from a line his side of farming and we have a farm up north in uh Dop County for the last 150ish years. Um at the in that county uh right
now my grandfather is the one who owns the farm. He is 85 years old. he is no longer able to farm the several hundred acres that we own up there and it's requiring my father to go up there every so often to keep it at least satisfied
for the condition of the land. Um the proposal of agricultural program helps kids like me who are the generation below to jump above and try and lower the age of farmers in cop county. The average age of farmers is 62 years old.
That puts 550 of them above 65 years old, 500 be between 65 and 35 years old and only 76 farmers below the age of 35. So you can see there's a large gap in the farmers coming up uh in the next couple years that we're going to see the
age rising and rising if something doesn't happen soon. Um which an agricultural program at the high school level would help gather interest for people who don't have that opportunity to see that. Um and I'm not the only person in my high school who has that. I'm among tens of maybe even a hundred
uh who are part of and related to a generational farm that doesn't have any direct descendant who is trying to take it over and ready to take it over. Um beside that I think it's very important for people who live in suburban and urban areas to understand what urban
sprawl and uh zoning laws affect farming and what can be farmed can't be farmed because they do vote for the people who decide those things. Um, it's also just important for them to know where their food comes from as far as cattle and and know that they can have a source of that
close to home. Um, and the last thing on top of that is the opportunity that an agricultural program adds to our district of having an FFA, a future farmers of America Academy. Uh that program has picked up so much excitement over the last couple months that we have
already started discussions with our admin about having a program and it's actually already gotten approved at the admin level. But we can't have that until we have an agricultural program because one of the requirements to be in the FFA is to be enrolled in an agricultural class. So I'm excited to see what you guys can do for this for
the next year. And what am I turning to? Thank you. >> I think I'd rather just let him speak to the rest of this. That was fantastic, Brandon. I I appreciate uh not only your passion but the the manner in which you shared. Um
we were honestly I was shocked when we pulled numbers from um we use Missouri connections a lot um at different levels to gauge career interest. And I I want to say our numbers were well over what he said, probably close to 200 students at Truman High School who had an
interest in a career that related to or was directly involved with the AD Academy. and that was just a Truman High School. So the interest is definitely there. Um so it was kind of a no-brainer for us to then say, "Okay, what do we need to do to to bring this on to make it happen?" So um so not only do we have
the A one and two, obviously we'll roll this out year over year, but a one will be taught next year across the board. So, one of the other courses that his here in the STEM academy that you see highlighted is the um
it's the class in the computer science pathway, the video gaming class, and that was actually the brainchild of one of our teachers. He had taught this at a different district before and and brought that passion here. And so, we're going to try to pilot that in one of the schools and see how it goes and then broaden that. I'm sure it will be a
smashing success. And then um let's see, one of the last things that we have uh that we'd like to discuss is this opportunity we have. Well, actually before I before I go to the last thing,
um our a program is now kind of in conjunction with our vet program. So this has opened the door then to send our students also if they want to continue that vet pathway um to a program at Hearnden Career Center that is actually operated out of the Kansas
City Zoo. So that you'll see that program down as a senior level program um in the A now the vet a pathway. So and last uh we want to talk about our nursing option. We have a current nursing option actually too uh we can send to Summit Tech. they have a a
program where if you're going to plan on going to UCM for nursing, that's really kind of a fast track to do that. Um, H. Hearnden offers a CNA program. And so, Gracand approached us and we have collaborated to create our own that's I
think the best of both worlds. And so, um, I'm going to bring up, uh, Zach Mclofflin, Dr. Zack Mclofflin, Harman Mclofflin, excuse me. Yeah. Yeah. Um and uh we'll we'll talk a little bit about this as we go through it, but really
kind of the overview is that the whole idea here is that um we're going to take three periods of the day. Normally to send a student to Summit Tech or Hearnden, it's four periods because of busing. It adds an extra 20 to 30 minutes down there and back. Um so we can do that in three periods. We're
going to offer a dual credit class medical term as part of this program. So they're al they're also going to get college credit if they choose it. Of course the the CNA will be offered at the end of their year. And then we will be the ones who have the employee
working for the ISD, but the program is actually going to be housed right next door at Gracland University in a unused nursing lab that's sit empty for way too long. And uh so we're very excited about
that opportunity. Um, the nice thing here is again it's going to basically combine the option for a student. If they want to go to college, great. They can choose the the the dual credit. If they want the IRC, they've
got the option as in one program versus you're picking a program, whether it's at Summit Tech or Hearnden to only get one of those options. We also think that because we're offering it in three credits versus four, covering the same content in a shorter amount of time, that we're going to have more students
choose to stay home. Basically, um we think that overall it's going to add a block back into a student's schedule. You already heard from one of the other students about how difficult trying to find time in their schedule to fit classes in. This is going to add back a
class that they can take an upper level math or science or another type of biomed class if they want to. Um the two hours of dual credit, it's medical terminology, so it's kind of an intro level med class that'll transfer to almost any university. And then our
numbers have been really strong in this pathway for years. And because we're only able to send to Hearnden and Summit, we have a limited number of slots available to our students. So for example, last year I think we had over 40 students apply and we have, you know,
eight or nine that that get into one of those two programs. So by having our own, we'll be able to service 30 students in that arena as well as potentially you could still send to Hearn and Summit if they really wanted to go and make that happen. But I'm going to bring in Dr. Mclofflin and he
can uh speak to this. >> Yeah. Uh I just want to emphasize Graceland's uh missional alignment with this. We did approach ISD. We are we're in a renaissance of innovation at Gracland in terms of community partnerships. we've been absent for far
too long uh as a neighbor and we are revisiting that with a lot of community organizations. So this actually originated out of an adult CNA program we're working uh with community services league on. Um so our dean of nursing reached out. It's a wonderful opportunity. We hear consistently from
all of our hospital partners around the metro the need for CNAs. Um instant jobs uh ready to go for anyone and we get it constantly. So, we are developing several new pathways for uh nursing and allied health in general, trying to tear
away barriers to make college more accessible for everyone. Um, and we're working on additional partnerships that will remove some of the bureaucracy from associates degree to a four-year degree. So, we're we're doing our best to make it more accessible, recognizing that
we're in a community that has left some folks out and we want to bring them back to the center and bring them back to the table. So, uh, we're really excited about this and this is just a moment of privilege. Please forgive me. Uh, I am not promoting Graceland here. I just want to affirm this young man in the
agriculture class. Uh, Gracland has a agricultural business degree. I'm not promoting it. I just want to add to the the data is clear. We are getting consistent investment in that program. Um, and Chronicle of Higher Ed has some great data on it. Handover Research has
some great data. So, personal privilege, don't you don't have to go to Gracland. and it's totally fine. Just some data on the agriculture. That's really important. >> One other point that I do want to bring up that is not on this slide and that is one of the wonderful umh carrots so to
speak that Gracland is offering our students is that if they participate in this program with them, they can then apply to their nursing school as a senior in high school. And as long as then they continue their grades in attendance basically over the next two years and whether that's at Gracland or
MCC or wherever they choose to go, they will be automatically admitted into the nursing program that third year at Gracland. So they do not have to compete against outside individuals who are applying that year. So that is a big win for our kiddos. >> With with a tuition discount. Thank you
for bringing that one back up. I forgot about that too. >> Oh, I had one quick question. I know one of the challenges Hi. >> One of the challenges um with Hearnen and elsewhere is that they operate on a five-day week because they're not in the ISD. With this being our program, would
those students be on a the four day week with us? >> 4 day week. Yeah. Which which actually allows them to do their clinicals on the fifth day as opposed to the weekend. >> Okay. We love that. >> That's great. Thanks. >> And we're going to bring up uh Dr. May
here to talk about uh MCC's Early College Academy. >> All right, I'm going to take some privilege to uh thank you this evening for having me here. But we also have programs at MCC in agriculture, AAS
degree in plant science, animal science. Um and and in terms of opportunities, I see anou head. So, uh, but to the point that I'm here to actually discuss the MCC Early College Academy, we're
excited, uh, to partner with the Independent School District. This academy will be open to all students entering their junior and senior year of high school who meet certain qualification standards. Those standards will certainly be uh, attached to or
connected to a minimum GPA that'll be a 2.5. ACT composite score of 18, English and read will be 18 and then math at 22. Uh we also can look at a qualifying uh test
score with MCC if the ACT has not been actually completed. The students who who actually participate and are selected for this opportunity, they'll they'll be attending MCC for half of the day. And so, uh, those students that are engaged
in the academy, they're still considered full-time ISD students and they're eligible for all of the Misha athletics and activities that they may still want to be involved with. Um, one note that I will make is the intention with this
first cohort is to have a size of 25 students and that's by design. We would like to really take this first year um to make sure that we're able to create the best experience, identify any
potential gaps or areas that need maybe addressing, but we do anticipate seeing this program grow. Currently MCC, of course, we have five campuses. We do have othermmies associated to our campuses and we've
used uh one model in particular that started with 25 students. They're now serving over 400 students. So we want to on the we want to on the front side make sure that we're actually looking at this um in a very intentional strategic way
but a way centered around student success and this foundational experience transfers and sets the stage for success when they move beyond MCC and they look at that four-year partner and that experience at the 4-year institution. The students will actually earn
approximately 10 to 12 college hours per semester and their enrollment at MCC will actually not have a cost to the student or their families and that's over $3,000 in value. The courses that are completed through the academy, they
may concurrently count towards high school graduation requirements but also a college credential. And with this first cohort class, we're actually f focusing on the gened certificate. And that certificate is comprised of 42
credit hours, actually 45 to 46, but it captures the core 42 curriculum. That curriculum is transferable to any publicly funded 4-year college or university in in Missouri. I want to add
there are partners at the private level that have opted to also participate in core 42. So those are schools like Central Methodist, Abal University, Rockhurst, Londenwood, Webster University and also Baptist University.
So uh we are very excited in terms of the opportunities for the ISB students and I think you've got some additional information that were was also included um beyond this presentation. So any questions that you might have, I'm happy
to address. But thank you very much. And the additional information is linked in there uh from MCC. And then uh the academy charts, this is the overall academy chart uh from this year. And then next year uh the changes uh have
already been presented. A lot of them are just the clerical. uh the substantial change would be the agricultural pathway. Um and so with that uh we'll be happy to entertain any questions you may have. >> Um I just wanted to mention that I
really appreciate the um collaborative effort on the presentation. It was very um interesting and great to see so many people being involved. I sure do appreciate that. Um a few questions. Um, so I noticed you had a couple of new
classes specifically for ELELLL students. Um, can do you have an idea of what percentage of EL ELELLL students the district has? >> Dr. Jill Stout here. No, I do not have that number off hand,
but we can certainly get that for you. >> Yeah, I'd love to hear that. And then um you mentioned that the EMT class is no longer available at Hearnden. So that is going to go away. Is that something that would be available at MCC? Do you know?
>> We actually do have um curriculum in EMT, EMS, and then an AAS and paramedic. And so the EMT uh is something that we do offer. It's an 8 credit hour course. And so that certainly as we were talking
about it this evening that's something that it is based at the MCC Blue River campus at our public safety institute. So I think there's certainly some opportunity and potential there. That's excellent to hear. Um couple more um on
the eighth grade moving the freshman academy option to eighth grade or ninth grade. Um just curious how many electives do eighth grade students are they able to have? For example, I remember when my kids were in eighth grade, if they did band, they had no other opportunities. And I just was curious how would they be able to do
that if they had bands? >> It it's certainly going to be limited in scope. Unfortunately, uh we we do have to factor in staffing and the electives that the current staff is teaching. Uh so outside of the four cores uh that students are taking, uh the rest of
their schedule, uh there's could be uh up to four other electives that they're taking. Uh and so that's something that um uh we're gonna have to take a look at with staffing model. How many can we actually open this up to uh in the hopes that we can grow it each year. Uh but
much like what we're doing with the MCC early college, uh it's going to be limited in scope like I said with potential growth. >> That sounds great. And then the last thing is the video game um design. I think that's going to be a very highly
um soughtafter. What I couldn't tell from the chart is um does that have any prerequisites to get to that class? Because I'm thinking that that would be a great carrot to get them to take some classes that maybe are a little bit harder to get there. >> Great question. As of right now, um no.
Um that's something that uh we'll explore since uh essentially next year is kind of a pilot year. It's going to be over at Truman High School uh because this is a passion project uh for one of the teachers. But uh um we we do expand
to uh broaden that. But we will certainly take a look at prerites uh in the years to come. >> Um I know you stated that that one is a pilot. Are the others any of them pilots or and are they going to be in every building
>> as far as um like the special topics and all that? Uh the others are not. No. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Great question. like fibers and stuff like that. Those are not >> pilots. >> Okay. Um is there a concern for staffing for any of them?
>> Uh as of right now, no. Um uh no, there's not. What may end up happening uh is some sections may uh get closed down based on enrollment. uh if enrollment numbers fluctuate um say kids gravitate towards
a Pyers class but not towards another elective class that that other elective class may close down uh because there's not um the staffing to cover a a class that has seven that are enrolled. And for the
um early college program, is it specific courses or is there a variety for them to choose from? We actually we actually have uh pathway maps and we do we utilize those with all of our students and so we are using the
gened certificate map and that map does give some flexibility in terms of choices. Of course, you're capturing your discipline areas that are associated to the core 42, but there are some areas where they can choose, of course, time options, but you know,
sociology versus psychology. Those types of variations are present. >> I teach in Liberty and some of my students are doing that with Michael Woods. >> Yep. They're the model actually. They were the first of our earlymies and so
they um they've represented well in terms of the potential and I just wanted to say that I too appreciate the collaboration and that we got to hear from students tonight and from other folks who were involved in the process. Um I love it when students
are able to share their feedback and that we take it to heart and then you're even letting them present it to us. So it's fantastic. Thank you very much. Thank you for that feedback and um that is something this takes place each and every year. Uh I have just failed to
bring the team behind me. Uh and so for future years I'll plan to do >> bringing them. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Absolutely. >> All righty. If that concludes presentation and discussion, all in favor say I.
>> I. >> Any nays? Say nay. And that motion passes. Our third item on our agenda for new business is the approval of changes to the board of education policies first
reading. Dr. I will entertain a motion. >> I move that we um approve changes to the board of education policies on our first reading.
This is now opportunity for discussion. >> All right. I will now introduce uh Maline Garrett from Ed Council uh EGS services to present the proposed changes for the first reading. >> Good evening again. Um yes, I am here
tonight to discuss and for the board to have their first reading of the policy changes. Um if you would like I can go through each of those individually and and then I'm happy to take any feedback um as the
as the board's first reading. Um the first policy is C120P and we added the sent sentence that if a complaint against the superintendent is substantiated the board will be notified.
Um there are also changes to policy C121P um challenge materials in the last paragraph. Um we added added the words or returned um that sentences the board decision shall be final and request for
review of the same media materials under this policy will not be reconsidered or returned for six years following the date of the final decision. The third policy change is in C140P. Um we added clarifying language uh that
the public comments are from resident students andor employees as well as added a line at the end of the policy about where questions may be um directed. >> I did have a question about that. Um >> Okay.
>> Just uh maybe a typo. >> Yeah. >> If a resident >> Yeah, I I knew where you were going with that. I'd mark that um so that it's fixed for your second reading. But thank you. Okay. Anything else on that policy?
Okay. Um from there we go to G 110P school superintendent. Um and in that policy at the end we added the line that the job description will reside with human resources. In G130P
um we added some language there to clarify um that the term of office of not only the secretary or treasur but all board officials will be for two years and any of them um may be removed for cause.
And then the last policy change is in I25P special education in section 504. We made updates to this policy based on the uh recently adopted local compliance
plan that so that policy is consistent with that plan. Um I just had a couple of comments on G130P. I know that we changed um the reason for the change was to make sure that our president was also
included and it wasn't just the secretary and treasurer. Um the line that says board officials shall be for two or the term of office of board officials shall be for two years and until their successors are elected by the board and qualified. But then the next sentence says any of them may be
removed by the board for cause. So even if you are removed from cause, you would still be on in your officer position until your successor has been elected, can we change that language to ensure that if you're removed, you're removed.
It we don't need to wait until someone new comes along to take your place. Um yes. So if you motion for removal, that would take place, but um yeah, I can take notes on that feedback to clarify that.
Yeah, I I think that we could just Shelby for two years. Um, and then I mean obviously I think legal would need to look at it and make sure that it's okay, but and until their successors are elected by the board and qualified or maybe that second sentence just says
something along the lines that may be removed by the board for cause, in which case we would not need to wait for their successor to be elected or something along those lines. I would be a little bit concerned about that change because for example if the president was removed
for cause you need to elect a new president to be able to continue with the meeting. So I would think that that would need to happen at you know relatively like not a meeting later. It would need to happen >> but but then they would be president until that election would happen. Like say if we couldn't meet for a week they
would still be the president could call meetings or whatever. Like I would assume that our vice president or worst case our treasurer would step in if um if that was the case if we needed somebody to sub. >> I guess I'm thinking about um a recent school board close to us that had a
president that was removed for cause and so they actually had that election to choose a new president the same meeting that they removed. So it happened at the exact same meeting. And also like when we at the beginning of our terms when
the president is um you know at the end of their term and then we elect a new one the superintendent runs the meeting for like I don't know like 15 minutes. Yeah. So I mean there's always someone that's in charge. So I guess that would be my concern. >> Well my concern would just be that
they're they're still in office until even if they've been removed. Um, so I think some clarity would be helpful just to ensure that if someone and even if it happens immediately for that hour >> that needs to be >> that we still would need they they're
still president until like with that line in there they are still president until we hold that election or treasurer or vice president or whatever it is. So, I just think some clarity if and I I'm not sure how that should be
handled considering um we don't have the exact language that we would need, but can we just propose it for the second reading? And >> I believe she's noted it and we'll revisit that. All righty. >> And I have one other thing, apologies.
Um this was not included in the changes, but G155P for our board meetings. um how we call our special meetings. Um it currently says special meetings may be called as needed and may may be called by the board president or a quorum of
the board. Um and while I understand that that's what is in our policy, I want to ensure that we have a quorum or a process and just ensure that we know exactly what the procedure is. And so this may not be included in board policy, but I would love for us to have
a discussion at some point, whether that's in a future work session, how we call our special meetings and um how we ensure we're not wasting everybody's time by having a meeting where some folks might not be showing up because they can't make it because of
the scheduling or whatever. >> I agree. um we can't have a meeting unless we have a forum and um so there needs to be a process to deciding when we can meet what time.
>> Even if that's an RSVB process, like it's fine that it's set and it's going to be Friday at 7 a.m. Um can at least four people make it? >> And just for the record, Wendy, could you reference the the call number on that? It's G155P,
the board meeting um polic board meetings policy. >> Thank you. >> All right, Maline, I may have missed this as you were speaking. C140P questions about this policy may be directed to central office by emailing
said email. That was also included in that. >> Correct. >> Okay. I'm sorry. I was taking notes and I may have missed that. >> No, it's okay. >> Thank you. All right. Is there any more discussion? All right.
All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Nays. Please say nay. And that motion passes. Our fourth item this evening is the approval of salary guides for the 2025
2026 school year. I will entertain a motion. >> I move to approve the salary guides for the 2025 2026 school year. >> Second. Now, time for discussion. Dr. Grant.
>> All right. Um, we are seeking approval of six salary guides and then two additional, so eight total. Um, as you may recall, House Bill 567 increase the minimum wage uh to 1375 by August 28th, 2025. So, we taken care of
that. Um but now uh that same um house bill expects us to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by January 1. So we're bringing those to you and those are included in your packet. Um this was something minimum wage requirements
applies also to public sector as well. We were previously exempt. So that is something new and why we're bringing this to you this evening. Um and then we did take a moment to increase um our offduty police officer rate because we
were struggling to get uh police officers to do off duty. So we took a look at that. So we were comparable. As well as we have uh flag football uh that will be a spring sport and we've had that for two years. We needed to make sure that that uh stipen was included and so um that is something that's going
very well and sponsored by the NFL. So it's gone well. So we seek your approval uh for those salary guides. >> Had a question. I understand that the law requires us to make some of those salary guide changes on the new position
or the not new on the increase on the police officer. Is that something that needs to go through the CBA or Okay. They're not a part of the collective bargaining. Good question. >> Is there any further discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. I.
>> Any naysay? Say nay. >> Thank you. That motion passes. Our fifth item is the approval of a special election on April 7th, 2026 for the purpose of a bond issue in the amount of $60,000.
>> $60 million. Gotcha. $60 million, y'all. 60 million. Amen. I'll make that motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion?
>> All right. Um I am excited to bring this to the board. Um over the years, our community has been so supportive uh in passing these bond measures that we've put before them. And I had the opportunity within this new world to sit down uh with several community members.
And um our buildings are a source of pride within this community. And so for this reason, I'm just continuing that pride and looking forward to the updates that we will bring. So as you're aware, oh sorry, um we started the process to develop our five-year comprehensive
school improvement plan last year and as a part of this process, it included facilities walks walkthroughs and this process allowed the district to identify building and maintenance needs. And I think Dr. staff. How many individuals did we have participate in that with the
facilities? Yes, we did. Yes, we did. And so, uh, additional meetings and walkthroughs through first semester also, uh, helped us identify needs within the district. And based upon, um, this information, the administration is asking the board
to schedule special election. Um, on the question of an issuance of a general ed obligation bond for April 7th. Um, you heard several LE bids that we talked about and where those would take place. Um, this would also finance constructing, improving, repairing,
renovating, furnishing, and equipping school sites and facilities to include remodeling and renovating Fairmont Elementary as well as Cordy Elementary and Proctor Elementary. Additional improvements will be made throughout the district through facilities. Um, it
would be a no tax increase due to and due to the issuance of the bonds. So, we are seeking your approval. Yes, >> sorry. RC. >> I was going to mention that I did get the opportunity to participate in the
Saturday walkthrough and it was very um collaborative. It was great to see all of the input by um you know parents, staff, you know, it was just had a broad range of people at at each building and it so it was really great to see that. A lot of great ideas that came out and I
would also just express too my thanks to the community for such a support of the bond issues in the past. Um you know close to 85 if not more percent of support on those bond issues. I think we just come from a community that has a lot of support. really appreciated of
that. And so I'm really looking forward to um going forward with this one, keeping our buildings, you know, a shining example and and keeping our maintenance up to date and and being able to use those buildings as well as possible. I think one of the challenges we have is
um the historical buildings that we that we are blessed with. Um, and so it's a real challenge to decide like what we want to try to maintain and restore and what we can reinvent and still provide some excellent
environments for our students but also respect that history. Um, and what I also appreciated about taking that tour was seeing some other perspectives. Like other Greg McGee would point out things that I wouldn't necessarily notice and
um, and even Wendy did, too. And so it's just really nice to be able to make those goals, but see that from a different lens. Um, and I walk into a school building every day. Um, and there are things that I don't think about when I walk in. So, yeah, it's been really
nice, too. Had superintendent from other districts reach out to say, "Hey, we're thinking about X, Y, or Z and looking at renovating our auditorium. Can we come look at yours?" And so, it is definitely a source of pride. It's wonderful. So, I know that um a fair amount, Cordy,
and Proctor will be the ones seeing a majority of the investment. Can you talk a little bit about what the other buildings might see? I know we've approved some of our LE bids, but um just give us a quick synopsis on what other folks throughout the district. >> So, potentially looking at and
finalizing that list. So, it is potential um looking at new cabinetry that is up to date that needs to be updated, new flooring, items like that. Um so, those would be some of the things throughout the district that we looking at, >> furniture.
>> Yes. Yeah. Yes. Any further discussion? But one of the things agencies competent last we had was 39 million
38 38 million very quickly. One of the reasons was has the ratings following through this And quick question and this was just
brought to my attention because um Blake mentioned the number. Is this the largest that we have ever gone for? No. >> Um in 2009 it was 85 million. >> Okay. Thank you. >> 2009 I graduated y'all. All right.
Anyway, any further discussion? All right. I will entertain. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any naysay say nay. That motion passes. That $60,000 million
motion passes. >> Thank you. >> Our sixth item is the approval of the Hearnen Career Center tuition. I would entertain a motion. >> I move that we approve the H Hearnden Career Center tuition. Second.
>> All right. This is our opportunity for discussion. Dr. Grant. >> All right. H Hearnden Career Center in Raytown School District in partnership with other five surrounding school districts which includes us center Grand View, Hickman Mills and Lee Summit provides and you heard um and a little
bit about what they provide during our presentation previously provides our students with CTE programs. Uh the CNA, auto tech, collision cosmetology, diesel mechanic, HVAC, uh pharmacy tech, police science and
welding. Um, and the cost for the 2526 school year programming for our students to participate would be $419,000 $650. So, we would seek your consideration and approval for that tuition amount.
>> Any questions for Dr. Grant? Any further discussion? Um, is this amount pretty comparable to what we have every year or I'm looking to Marty back there. Where is she? Yes, it is. >> I just had a quick question. Was there
any explanation given as to why the EMT program ended? >> I'm aware of. Are you aware of Dr. Mager? Aaron? >> No instructor. >> Oh, there you go. >> No instructor. That concludes our discussion. All in favor say I.
>> I. >> I. >> Any days say nay. Motion passes. Our seventh item is approval of declaration of surplus items. I will entertain a motion. >> So moved.
>> Discussion. >> All right. This is something uh that we complete quarterly and it's that time again. Uh these items that are provided to you are unlisted on govdees.com. Recycle, sold as scrap or discarded and we would appreciate your approval.
>> Um Dr. Ant, I see a lot of AEDs on here. >> Yes. >> Um so will we be seeing um those coming through as a purchase or have we already gotten them? >> We've already gotten them. And then um this is something I learned. AEDs expire approximately after 10 years. So
>> learned that from Lori. >> All righty. If that concludes our discussion, all in favor? >> I >> I nay say nay. Motion passes. Our eighth
item is to the approval to accept bid and contract for roof replacement at Mil Creek Elementary School. I'll entertain a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Dr. Grant for discussion.
>> All right. And I am actually going to turn this over to Dr. Stout. >> Thank you, Dr. Grant. Good evening, board members. Uh the roof at Mil Creek is out of warranty and has failed a moisture test. We did come to you the board of education in October to put this project out for bid and we had good
participation in the number of bids that we received and that bid tap sheet is uh for your preview. We had four actually that turned in bids. A couple of things that I just want to make note of. Uh this this project's going to take place during schools during the spring semester. Mr. McGee will coordinate with
the roofing company to ensure there are no distractions to the learning environment and things run smoothly. uh failing of the moisture test and the fact that it's kind of an early spring late winter project helped in the pricing of this. Um so that's why we're
going to begin this project sooner than later or that's our intent anyway. Uh the alternate bid is also recommended this evening. This encompasses the early childhood rooms which are out of warranty. Uh when the pricing came back, uh the architects highly recommended we take this project on as well as the
pricing was very good. Uh this is for partial roof replacement at Mil Creek. This will replace roof sections on the northeast side of the building as well as the center roof sections. There's three other sections that are in good shape, so we won't touch those at this time. So this evening, we're asking the
board of education approved the bid from Cornell Roofing in the amount of $283,000. And this does include the alternate bid package as well and assure you that the uh contract was reviewed by our architects and by Mr. and happy to answer any further
questions. >> Oh, you know, I'm going to ask there's about 40 pages of contract with this one with all the codes and such. Who are the personnel that were double-checking that for us? >> Um, our architects uh from Hollison Miller along with Mr. McGee and his team
have gone through that thoroughly and assured us that that's in order. Any further discussion or questions for Dr. Scout >> about how long do they anticipate this will take? >> It's a good question, Witty. Mr. McGee, weather permitting couple months
>> because I don't think there's no interruption. Just minimal interruption. >> I would. >> Thank you. Thank you. That concludes discussion. All in favor say I. >> I. Any nay say nay. That motion passes.
Thank you. Our ninth item is approval to accept -ate bid for the district internet. I will entertain a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Discussion. Dr. Grant. >> All right. And on to Dr. Stout. >> The district's contract for internet
services is currently with Unite. And this contract expires on June 30, 2025. Thus, we put internet services out for bid using e-ate and the winning bid came back from SegRa, which was formerly Unite for an additional three years. And
again, the bid tab sheet is attached and like the previous motion, we had very good response with four vendors responding. Uh I'll remind you -ate dollars allow the ISD substantial savings. The three-year contract with SegRa for 10 gigabyte of internet
services will be 14,400 per year or 1,200 a month. However, since we bid this out through ERATE, the ISD is responsible for 20% of the total price. So, ISD will pay 28.80 80 per year for 3
years or 8,640 then for the entire three years of service versus 43,200 for internet services over three years without the rate funding. So that's that's a nice savings. We would ask that the board of education approve the
three-year contract with Sacred for 10 gigabyte of internet services as presented and we'll assure you that uh the contractor was was reviewed by Todd King and we do that if you don't know this the district does have an consultant that we work closely with. Um
his name is Chris Weber. He's actually out of Tulsa, Oklahoma and he works with a lot of schools throughout the country and he makes sure that contracts are in order. He also makes sure that we're bidding out for things that are irratable, if you will, and uh he keeps us on that narrow path. So, we're
certainly thankful for him as well. >> Sounds like a good position for the district to have. Just want to make clear, did you say that it expired June of 25? >> That makes sense. Thank you. And I just want to say having just switched internet service providers,
this is a really good deal. Like if you think just 30 houses or 35, however many buildings we have, this is a really good deal. >> Any further discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. I. >> I. >> Any nay? Say nay.
Motion passes. Our 10th and final item for new business is the approval of the FY25 audit. I will entertain a motion. >> I move to approve the FY25 audit. Second. >> Opportunity for discussion, Dr. Grant.
>> All right. Thank you. Well, last but certainly not least, approval of the FY25 audit. It is required by law. Our annual audit to be uploaded and submitted to DESIE by December 31st annually. I just want to say a huge congratulations and thank you to Marty
Gardner and her team who she is here and some of her staff. So they work extremely hard uh to make everything happen and they do a phenomenal job. It is extensive and time consuming and they do a great job. Um we did have one significant deficiency and it is the
same one that we have each year and when I shared it with our administrators today they could all tell me which one too. So we train them well they know. Um it is related to the TVA bonds that is a requirement of the donor who provides the funds and these funds pay for
approximately $175,000 of scholarships for our kiddos through the foundation through the foundation. So we will continue to take that finding. Um we also had no material weaknesses which is the worst thing that you would want to see. I will note um
that our previous audit group merged uh with another group and um they did recommend a procedural change um on how we uh reconcile summer payments to ensure everything is reconciled by the end of June 30th. And so um even though
we've done this as a consistent practice over a number of years um we will make that adjustment for them. So we appreciate that. So, it is there for your approval. >> Thank you, Dr. Grant. Any questions or
discussions, feedback? >> Um, I would just make a comment that um I've had the privilege of working in the accounting field for pretty close to 40 years now. Kind of craziness is um and I will say that um audit standards are like broad brush strokes.
Um there's often differences of opinion um on processes or on reporting methods and I really appreciate how our finance team was able to pivot on the payroll entry and get that done so that that way we could continue to have it audit with
no material weaknesses. So I do appreciate that. Um it's kind of frustrating when you've done something for many years and then have somebody say, "Well, I don't think you should do it that way." So, I really appreciate that flexibility and getting that done. And please know that that has nothing to
do with you all. That's just like Dr. Grant said, a merge in the in the team sometimes can have a difference of opinion. So, appreciate everything that you do. >> Absolutely. Thank you, Denise. Any further discussion?
Alrighty. I'd like to say thank you to my peers and administration for allowing me this opportunity uh this evening. Thank you for working with me as I stumble through this. >> Thank you. And I will now uh entertain uh
>> those in favor say I. >> I. Any naysay say nay. >> That motion passes. Thank you. And now I will entertain a motion for closure. All right. I move to adjourn to close
session pursuant to Missouri state statute for personnel issues 610.021 sub paragraph 3, legal matters 610.021 sub paragraph 1 and students paragraph 610.021 1021 sub paragraph 6
second >> yes Yes. >> We are adjourned. Have a good night and thank you.