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Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Welcome everyone. We are going to go ahead and call our meeting to order. It is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026, 5:00 p.m. We'll call our regularly scheduled board meeting to order. If you have a a language need, if you
need an interpreter for today's meeting, we do have interpreters available in several languages today um for simultaneous interpretation, please let one of our staff members know and we'll make sure to get an interpreter for you um for tonight's meeting. Um so again, welcome. Good afternoon. Thanks for
joining us. Thank you to all of our language interpreters for joining us at every board meeting to make sure that everyone has access to our meetings if they need an interpreter. Um, as we do at every board meeting, I'll read our board norms and protocols. We agree to
respect differences of opinions in making decisions for the district. To follow best practices in managing the superintendent and the management of the board itself. To stay on task when conducting business for the district, including while at board meetings. To never surprise a superintendent or each other when conducting official business
of the district. To read these norms at the beginning of each board meeting and at board workshops as a reminder of how to conduct our meetings, to continually selfch check to determine if we are following our norms when conducting district business. Again, welcome board colleagues, Dr. Stubblefield to all of our staff, welcome. Good to see you all.
And to any guests that are here with us, both in person or online, welcome. It's great to see you all. It's always great to see when we have scholars and families and parents um in the boardroom um as we celebrate some of you tonight. So, um welcome with that. Um Miss
Downing or I'm sorry, yes, Miss Downing, would you please do a roll call? >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page, present. Yolanda Clark >> Randy Lopez >> Randy Lopez present >> Robert Milin Jr.
>> Robert Milin Jr. present >> Pamela Pinhicks >> Pamela Pin Hicks present >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan Joyce Strickland Eaggan present Dr. Wyn and Yolanda Clark. >> Okay, I heard Dr. Wyn on. Is that right?
Mhm. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, board. Um would entertain a motion to approve tonight's regular agenda. >> So move. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion? >> Hearing and seeing none, Miss Downing.
>> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley. Uh Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Penhicks. >> Pamela Penhicks. Yes. Joyce Strickland Eaggan.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Dr. Wyn. >> Great. Thank you. >> Up. >> Is there a way that we can get Dr. Wyn's audio? We can barely hear. I think she's >> Okay, we're working on it. Dr. Wyn, if
you say something and we can't catch you or we don't hear you, just um >> yell. I'm kidding. I'll we'll keep an eye out on the screen. Um, I see you on the screen, so we'll make sure that we can call on you if you use your raise your hand function if we don't hear you.
Thank you. No, I think it's on our end. It's a little bit better, but I think it's on our end, Dr. W. So, we've got uh the team working on trying to get the audio on, so it's on our end. Thank you. Okay. Uh, so we're going to jump right into our agenda. Item two is
the election of vice president. Um so we will as we have done in the past we will um submit our um votes for vice president. Uh we will do this um up to one time today and if um and if someone gets the four votes four required votes to become vice president then they will
become vice president. If no one gets the four required votes then we will table and have this election at the next board meeting. If you are here in person, you have a slip, please submit your uh vote and Don will pick those up. Dr. Wyn, if you
could either if you could send a text to Miss Downing and we'll get your vote counted. Thank you. She's not here yet. Okay, we have a vote for Wanda Brownley Page from Wanda Brownley Page. We have a vote for Wanda Brownley Page
from Pamela Pin Hicks. There's a vote for Bob Milin Jr. from Randy Lopez. There is a vote for Robert Milin Jr. from Mr. Milin. And there's a vote for Wanda Brownley Page from Joyce Strickland Eans. So,
it's 32. Miss Dr. >> Dr. I'm so so sorry. And Dr. Wyn voted for Wanda Brownley Page. >> So, Miss Brownley Page has the four required votes to become vice president. Congratulations, Miss Brownley Page.
Let's congratulate Miss Brownley Page, who will take on vice president duties uh for the remainder of this school year. Congratulations. Thank you, Miss Brownley Page. All right, we'll continue with our agenda item three. Uh it's uh one of my favorite times of the agenda when we get
to recognize our scholars and staff. Um first on the agenda, we'll invite Dr. Jones to the podium as we celebrate our employees of the month. >> Good evening, board president Lopez, Vice President Paige, and to the esteemed members of the board of
education, Dr. Stubblefield. I'm proud to be able to present to you the employees of the month, our certified and our classified representatives. Representing employee of the month, teacher at Weot High School, Melissa
Loyel. Melissa Loyel, if you'll come on down. nominated by Arasmo Conpion. They said, "I am honored to nominate Melissa for district employee of the month. Her dedication and impact extend
far beyond the expectations of a school counselor. This year, Melissa supported 13 seniors in graduating early and helped students complete or recover 67 courses through SST. When our college and career specialist position was
vacant, she stepped in immediately to support college applications, enrollment, ACUPPLACER testing, and coursework, ensuring our diploma plus work continued seamlessly. Melissa is also an active member of W do's climate
and culture committee, consistently fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment. She supports staff and students in meaningful ways and leads with a true servant leader mindset. Most importantly, she makes everyone feel
valued and supported. She advocates for all which brings people together and strengthens our school community. For these reasons, I proudly nominate Melissa Loyal for district employee of the month. Congratulations, our
certified teacher of the month. Representing our classified employee of the month is Zara Carlos, attendant secretary at Lindberg Elementary, nominated by principal Dustin Wy. Okay. It is my honor to nominate Zara
Carlos, attendance secretary at Lindberg Elementary for district employee of the month. Though new to the to the KCKPS family, she has long served our community and quickly become an invaluable member of our school. Zahara
brings positivity and kindness to every interaction, supporting families, translating for parents, assisting staff, and guiding students with care and optimism. She consistently goes above and beyond to keep daily operations running smoothly and to
ensure families feel welcomed and supported. She has evaluated our attendance culture by recognizing classes with 100% attendance each afternoon, sparking a fun and healthy competition across the building. This simple routine has created a noticeable
shift in student mindset. Just last week, a student encouraged a peer to schedule an after-school appointment so that their class could stay in the running. Powerful evidence of the impact Zara has made future politicians. Zire's
dedication and heart are helping move Lindberg from good to great. She is truly deserving of this recognition. Once again, our classified employee of the month of January, Zara Carlos. Dr. Lucero will uh announce our students
of the month. >> Thank you, Dr. Jones. Welcome, Dr. Lucero. >> Good evening, board president, board members, and Dr. Stubblefield. I'm so excited to represent our shining stars and our very first one. Let's see. We
have Christopher Riddlespring. >> All right. >> He likes to go by Baby Chris, so I told him I would say that. >> I would like for you to notice the badge on his shirt. When he grows up, he would like to be a police officer. All right,
>> good job. >> There you go. >> He was nominated by his teacher, Miss Katie, who is also here. His mom is also in the audience. He is a student at our Bethl Early Childhood Center. And he is known for his remarkable resilience and
growth. Even tonight, mom was talking about she could not believe how much he has grown. He has built his confidence and and strengthened his self-regulation skills and and engages positively in his learning environment. He is known for
his determination. And he said his favorite thing about school is his toys, which also means he gets to play with others and his favorite food is donuts. Let's give it up for Chris. >> Chris, what a name. Hey, for our elementary student, we have
Fabian Williams. >> He is a kindergarten student at West Park Elementary. >> Now, Favian is known for his kindness, his big heart, his service and citizenship. He's known for uplifting others. He is so kind. When I just asked
him what his favorite thing about school is, he said giving his teacher flowers because she gives me hugs. >> A >> So if I were to call this one thing today, we all need to shine bright like Favian. So Fabian also he wants to be a
firefighter when he grows up. He is here with his mom, his brother, and his sister. Let's give it up for Favian. a football. >> I have I got who is an eighth grader at Central Middle School.
>> All right. Even though she was recognized in the category of her athletic achievement, I have a lot to tell you about a she is a leader, but she has ranked number two
out of 187 eighth graders, number two in her class. >> So, and with her athletics on her court, she is a team player and a natural leader. She plays volleyball, basketball, crossc countryery, track,
but her favorite sport of all is soccer. When she grows up, she's going to play for the Casey Currs. >> All right. >> And so she's already training and she knows that exactly is where she's going. So beyond academic and athletics, she is a remarkable person and the way she is
positive and respective and attentive to alls is unlike any other both on and off the court. Her hard work and her leadership is truly deserving of this recognition. Her teacher said, "Miss Ira
Gate, you are nothing short of amazing. Keep striving and there are no limits to what you can achieve. We are so proud. Let's give it up for Ira." All right, for high school, let's give it up for Brian Chavez.
>> And Brian is a senior at Wand Dot High School. >> All right. Bulldogs. Bulldogs. Bulldogs. >> Yes. There. and he's actually his other bulldog sister, a sophomore is in the audience along with his mom and dad.
When he grows up, when which will only be a year from now when he graduates, he would like to be a nurse and 10 KCK KCC's nursing program and then he will be moving on to UMKC. However, he was nominated by a community member. This is a remember or reminder, anyone can
nominate our students. And um Miss Dinkens notice has pride and passion for clubs and volunteering and just wanting to go above and beyond. She is also excited that he is going to be joining 43 other students to Japan for an
opportunity to go see the world is what he said. He's so excited to go see their famous towers. He loves fundraising and this opportunity has taught him some of those skills. His advice for all the other students is push yourself hard and
do not give up. So let's give it up for Brian. >> And that concludes our amazing scholars for this month. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Lucero. And as Mr. Simmons come comes forward, just a reminder, we will take a brief recess after the presentations and take a photo
with our employees of the month and our scholars of the month and their families. So don't go anywhere just yet. We'll be doing that um with the board right after all the presentations. >> Good evening, Mr. Simmons. How are you? >> I am doing good, sir. How are you doing this evening? >> Great, thank you. >> Good evening, Board President Lopez.
Congratulations, newly elected uh Vice President Paige, board member, Superintendent Dr. Stubblefield. It is definitely my pleasure to bring back to you more scholars for us to uh recognize. Uh we have some individual as well as some team um awards to recognize for some of our scholar athletes across
the fall activities. These scholars that we will be recognizing today will either vote it to the all-state team for their respective sports or they made and participated in the all-state event for their particular activity. We will start with our Harmon boys soccer team. Jared
Calderon honorable mention could not be here but we do have uh making the second team and metallark defender of the year Renee Martinez. >> All right. Uhhuh. We have first team and our metallark forward and player of the year Trochez.
>> All right. >> Harmon boy soccer is coached by David Bean. >> All right. >> And then just slide over, gentlemen. Just slide over. From the Schlaggle football team, we had four four young men who made the uh honorable mention team. Josiah Evans, quarterback, could
not be here this evening, but we do have running back wide receiver Sincere Lewis. >> Defensive end and linebacker Bj Price >> and Tony Garrett could not be here. The football team at Schlego High School is coached by CERN Min. >> Them jackets, y'all.
>> Those jackets. >> Like them jackets. >> Young man >> from Sar Academy cross country. We have a young man who participated in the 4A state cross country meet, Lucas Renta, who is coached by head coach Charlies Wesson. From
our Southern Academy boys soccer team, we had two individuals make all state. With us today, we have making honorable mention midfield Jose Castro Garcia. Saul Marino could not wrangle could not make it. He made the second team. Oh, he
did make it. Oh, I Oh, you said he did make it. I apologize. It'd be See, if I would listen the next time, that would be fantastic. I apologize. Saul midfield forward making the second team. Saul Marino wrangle. Sar boy soccer is coached by Brian
White. From Sar Academy football, we had four individuals make the honorable mention team. Senior wide receiver Jackson Davis. >> Defensive lineman junior Jamari Hicks. Quarterback DB senior Michael Knight
and senior offensive lineman Angelo Reese. Sumar Academy football team is coached by Steve Williams Jr. One more. One more. One more group. The last of our scholar athletes for fall sports is the Washington football team. We had several young men make various
levels of the all state team. Starting with junior linebacker, honorable mention Rayon Richardson. Junior honorable mention offensive lineman Preston Portley senior defensive back making the honorable mention team Jaylen Washington
sophomore defensive end making honorable mention but also winning the Simone award uh intercolastic and metalar conference defensive player of the here. Zavon Hllett, >> junior first team, wide receiver, Cameron Fields.
This last young man statistically probably uh had one of the best years in KCKPS football history. He made the first team all state. He won the Simony Awards Intercolastic and Metalar Conference offensive player of the year and will also be participating in Don't
you have an all-star football game coming up? Seabon, fantastic. This young man again is is going to do go on to make do big things and we are extremely proud of all these scholars quarterback athlete senior Savon Stone and the head coach for Washington football is Cam Smith.
Congratulations to all of our scholar athletes for all of their allstate recognition awards. >> That's right. >> Picture now. >> We have made good
looking good. >> We like it when we have a big group like this. It means that our that our athletic teams are well represented across the state. >> That's right. >> Right. They said a whole bunch of ass. >> Thank you, scholar athletes.
>> They did. >> There you go. That's right. >> Good job. >> Thank you, sir. >> All right. >> The last group we are here to recognize actually needs no introduction because this has become a yearly um uh recognition for this group of scholars
from Sumar Academy. The debate team is back again to be recognized this year for placing third in the state debate tournament. >> With us today, we have senior Gabrielle and Andrea, >> senior yard Alvarado,
>> senior Diego Solless. Senior Jonathan Santos and sophomore Zelda Culver. >> They are coached by secondyear coach Zachary Johnson. Thank you so much scholars. >> Congratulations. Uh we are going to go
ahead and take a quick recess so that we can take photos with our scholars and our employees of the month. Uh again congratulations to all of you. So let's take a quick 12 minute 15 minute recess to do that. Thank you. Uh-huh. Hey, hey, hey.
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scholars and employees of the month and their families. It's always great to be able to celebrate with you during board meetings and to highlight the positive things that are happening in KCKPS. So, congratulations. Thank you, board. All right. Next on our agenda, we have a special recognition. Uh would invite Dr.
Dr. Lucto back to the podium as we get to have an update uh from one of our great partners, Caring for Kids, who's here with us to share a bit about the partnership and the work that they are doing with KCKPS. Good evening. >> All right. Good evening again, board president and board members and Dr.
Stubblefield. I'm so excited to share about our caring for kids partnership and I'd like to introduce we have principal Pugsley with us. So, she will also be sharing from a principal's pers perspective what this partnership means. Good evening, board president Lopez,
members of the board, and Dr. Stubblefield. Good evening. >> Uh, my name again is Amamira Pugsley. I'm the current principal at Banaker Elementary School. Just wanted to say yes, thank you for the opportunity to be here this evening to highlight the impact that the caring for kids network has had and the influence on our school
and community. So our caring for kids has four-step process that principal Pugsley will share with you and how she has gone through this process as administrators. The four-step process includes engage, connect, empower, and coach.
The process begins by engaging school leaderships to identify priorities and potential partners. Next, schools and partners are connected through a kickoff event focused on collaboration and shared goals. Once the needs are identified, partners are empowered
through an action plan that leverages resources, support existing programs, and encourage innovation. Finally, the Caring for Kids provides ongoing coaching, feedback, and support to sustain those partnerships, monitor
progress, and ensure long-term impact for students in our schools. And I'm excited to say that it keeps growing every year. So, if you came to the kickoff last year, we're even looking at another venue because there's so many partners that want to be a part
of this. So, we are now in 18 schools and we have over 11,000 students served and it continues to grow. When I first inherited this partnership, I recognized that I was stepping into something deeply meaningful. What I
could not have imagined, however, was just how transformative this collaboration would one day become, not only for our students and families, but also for our staff and our broader community. From the beginning, my goal was to
sustain the strong relationships already in place while welcoming new partners to join our vision for Banaker. Each year, we began by sitting down as a building leadership team to reflect on what was most important for our school, both for
the upcoming school year and for our long-term goals. These conversations were structured around three priorities. Goal area one, enhance school culture for staff. We focused on showing appreciation and
creating a positive environment for the educators and support staff who dedicated themselves every day to our scholars. From monthly staff appreciation snacks to meals because we all know teachers love to eat >> to staff t-shirts refreshing our panther
den and even funding collaborative team experience through attending breakthrough over in Overland Park, Kansas City or Overland Park. Uh we wanted our staff to feel valued, supported, and celebrated. Our second goal was to enhance school
culture for scholars and their families. Our Panther store, a PBIS initiative, remains a cornerstone of our efforts to reward positive behavior. Students earn their Panther bucks for being respectful, responsible, and safe,
ultimately showing their Panther pride. Monthly, they are able to attend the Panther store and earn meaningful incentives, things from snacks all the way to bicycles. We also created a raffle basket for family engagement events and provide at least 20 baskets
for Thanksgiving and holiday seasons for each family. These gestures strengthen relationships and create a welcoming, inclusive school environment for everyone who walks through our doors. Our third priority was academic support for
scholars. Academic remains at the core of our mission and our partners have played a vital role in strengthening this work through staff professional development, mentoring programs, academic incentives connected to student of the month and
attendance goals, and volunteers who support math and literacy and our annual resource fairs. Our partners have helped enhance our student learning. Because of these partnerships, we are able to provide a richer, more well-rounded
educational experience for our students. A shining example of this is the mini soccer pitch donated by Kansas City, Current, Target, Musco Lighting, and the US Soccer Foundation. This gift provided our students with a safe, exciting space
to play and thrive and it reflects the transformative power of a collective action. Another highlight has been the ability to fully staff and support our family engagement nights. These events have become vibrant, welcoming opportunities for families to connect with our school.
Even our teachers lounge, now a cozy and inviting space with a sofa and organized work areas, has been a simple but powerful way to honor and encourage our hardworking staff because our partners represent a wide range of organizations
with different missions. Their availability and resources vary. And to remain and maintain strong connections, we hold monthly virtual meetings and provide detailed minute notes, ensuring every partner has a voice and stays informed.
I wanted to shout out Miss Sandra Fairbanks who is our school social worker. She is also our school liaison for caring for kids and Miss Ali Carol with Strangers Breast Baptist Church who are with me here tonight.
In addition, this past year, we've been intentional about asking our partners how we can support them. >> Whether through volunteering at a food pantry or assisting with community events, this mutual exchange of care has
deepened our relationships and strengthened the trust that makes the partnership so unique. Through my role as principal and throughout this partnership, I've learned that impactful school community partnerships are built on clear and
consistent communication, shared goals, and unwavering commitment to student success. When we intentionally recognize and appreciate our partners' time and contributions, we strengthen their trust. When we lead with flexibility and
inclusivity, we ensure every voice is valued and every need is honored. To me, this work reflects the very heart of the Caring for Kids network. Authentic, reciprocal partnerships that transform schools, empower families, and
uplift entire communities. I am deeply grateful for the way our partners consistently rally around Banaker Elementary School, not just in words, but through meaningful action. Together, we are creating conditions for
lasting change. And I am excited to see this collaboration continue to grow for years to come. >> Very nice. >> And thank you. >> Thank you. Would uh open it up for any questions um from the board if you're
okay with answering any questions. Um >> so any questions or thoughts from board members? >> I have one. Um are you on track to expand that this program to all the elementary schools and middle schools? How are you doing with that? >> Yeah, so Caring for Kids has its own
growing for each step. And so then we identify schools that are ready for the next step. We keep it to three to four schools every year. And so that's why we've had this partnership since 2013 and each year we just add on schools and that's so that caring for kids um the we
have a partner coach Cesley Reeves who comes and can give the school support in that step one first year to make sure they're successful. >> Excellent. So, and I can tag on to that when I um joined the district and sat down and talked to them, the goal is for it to eventually to be at all schools,
but they are intentional about how they own board so that they can structure and support. So, when you have schools like Banicker that are really like um advancing, they can pull back support because the systems will be there and then they bring on other schools. So, eventually it will be all schools. We
are on boarding a couple of schools in a couple of weeks. Um, four new schools will be added to that. Yes. >> Thank you, >> Miss Brownley Page. >> And how do you engage the parents >> to get them to buy into the program? >> Yeah, that's an excellent question.
Parents have actually been one of the greatest community partners that I'm know of in schools. Off the top of my head, I'm thinking about parents who are real estate agents and have access to grants who get involved in this. So, um, and then that's from my perspective. Do
you want to share some about >> So what we are strengthening at Vaner is a PTO. Our uh next meeting is this Thursday at Vaner at five o'clock. Um so a special shout out and that is led by a parent, someone who wanted to make a difference and impact and have a voice
um because that was a piece that was missing. So I have a specific group for our our parents to be involved. Has it helped you build your PTA or I'm not I'm saying PTA. That may not be the right name for it today, but it you're you're
at least getting your parents involved in that. I think the impact that our community partners has had on Banicker has brought attention um to what is being done within the school system that typically people don't get to see and I
think that has uplifted the work that we are trying to do within the building and so parent I've seen parents want to be involved. Um what has also been helpful is the new um liaison that we have that are connected with our parents calling them being able to speak the same
language all of that has been intentional around the work and impactful. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Additional comments or questions? >> Uh thank you so much for the update for the presentation. Keep up the great work and we look forward to hearing about our
partners in new schools. So thank you so much. All right, we'll continue with our agenda. Um, next we have our committee comment section. Um, as a reminder of our comment policy, anyone can sign up. Um, just please do so the Monday by noon
um before the day before the board meeting with our clerk. Um, you'll have three minutes to speak. Make sure you state your name. Your time will start once you begin speaking. I will let you know once you have about 45 seconds or 30 seconds um left and then I'll let you know when you are at time. Please wrap
up your comments and then um we will continue on to the next person who has signed up. As a reminder that these um the comments should be um should not be derogatory of any specific per personnel um and should be addressed to the board.
This is not a back and forth um opportunity. It's a one-way communication to the board. If there are documents you would like to share with the board, um, please send those or hand those to our clerk and we'll make sure to pass them out to our board and leadership. Tonight, we do have a couple of comments. Um, first I would call up
Miss Luis Lynch. Exit. Hi, my name is Louise Lynch. I'm from Kansas City, Kansas area. Um I am not feeling so well today and so my vision is worse than usual. I would like um my
daughter to uh read what I have and um in English and uh Mr. Lopez, if you can read the Spanish part that I prepared for the translation of it, I would greatly appreciate that.
Thank you. >> Miss um Sarah Lynch, you're Miss Lynch, you're asking for Miss Sarah to read your comments for you. Correct. Okay. >> So, we can Miss Downing if you wouldn't mind
putting the clock back, adding some time to the clock so that she can have her time. >> Yes, she'll be next. Yes. Good evening, members of the board. Um, I'm just going to read straight from this. Um, I'm here to formally request
two actions by this board. First, authorization of a forensic audit related to the Kansas City, Kansas School Foundation for Excellence and the revised memorandum of understanding orou. and the second reinstatement and
enforcement of the residency requirements due to ongoing compliance failures by this administration. This request is based on documented governance and compliance risk indicators, not speculation or personal allegations.
First, the foundation was forced to reorganize and the currentou represents a recreation of the relationship under Kansas law. Such a reorganization requires a fresh documented determination by the board that the
arrangement serves a valid public purpose and provides adequate consideration. There is no public record demonstrating that alternatives were considered or that non-competition was formally justified.
Second, the revised commits significant public resources, including a district payroll, employee benefits, facilities, equipment, and staff supervision to a single nonprofit entity designated as
the district's exclusive philanthropic partner. These commitments elevate financial and governance risk and warranted independent forensic review. Third, foundation employees are deemed district employees under theou and are
subject to board adopted personnel and financial policies, including nepotism, ethics, and conflict of interest requirements. Compliance with these policies cannot be independently verified without a forensic audit.
Fourth, the reimbursement structure of theou creates inherent internal control risks. The district advances payroll and benefits and relies on reimbursement. A forensic audit is necessary to confirm that public funds and inind resources
are fully and accurately accounted for. In addition, I am requesting that this board reinstate and enforce residency requirements for senior leadership and covered positions. Residency requirements exist to ensure accountability, community investment,
and compliance with local governance standards. This administration has failed to consistency infor consistently enforce compliance, creating further governance and transparency concerns. For these reasons, I respectfully request that the board authorize a
forensic audit and take immediate action to restore and enforce residency requirements. These actions are preventative, not accusatory, and are necessary to protect public trust, public resources, and the integrity of this board's governance. We're at time.
Thank you. >> And then I have the Spanish version for you here. Um, your turn. >> Okay. So, um, I've been asked to read this in Spanish. Um, so I will read this
in Spanish. K City, Kansas School Foundation for Excellence. No. No. Reorganiz. Contraos incl. Philanthrop. Independit. Auditorios. As
local addition Thank you. Next, Miss Sarah Lynch >> Lopez. >> Yes. >> Can we get a copy of that? >> I will make sure that everyone has a copy of this. Um, and for those board members that aren't here, we'll get a copy to everybody.
>> Thank you, >> Miss Sarah. >> Thank you. Um, for brevity sake, I'm just going to read off my sheet. Um, and I do have a written copy in English and Spanish for the public record and for
the board's viewing. um when I'm done speaking. So, okay. So, this written submission formally documents that USD 500 has been unnoticed for several months regarding the harassment, intimidation, and physical violence
directed at immigrant students within the district. And despite repeated notice, the board of education and district administration have failed to take meaningful corrective action to stop the harm, protect affect affected students, or ensure compliance with
federal and state laws. As a direct and foreseeable result of this failure to act, impacted students and their families now require professional mental and emotional health services, including trauma related traumainformed
therapy. USD500's continued inaction violates federal civil rights protections and Kansas statutory duties and exposes the district to legal liability for both the physical and psychological harm that followed. This
submission, as I said before, is for inclusion the official USD 500 board record. So concerns regarding harassment and physical violence against the migrant students in USD 500 schools were raised with district leadership and views and
the board months ago. And these concerns include physical assault by other students, harassment, intimidation based on national origin, retalatory discipline against victims rather than protection, and failure to intervene properly or effectively. And they still
go on. Despite this notice, the district has failed to stop the abusive conduct, conduct transparent or independent investigations, ensure mandatory reporting requirements were met, and provide meaningful
remedies or protections, and the continued presence of these conditions establishes actual knowledge in ongoing failure to act. of the federal laws that have been violated included the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment that
guarantees all children equal access to public education regardless of migrant status and title six of the civil rights act of 1964 which prohibits discrimination based on race or national origin in fally funded schools. Deliberate indifference to harassment
constitutes a violation. >> 30 seconds. There's also some KSA statutes that have been filed that have been violated because of the harm that's been done to these children. But as a direct and foreseeable consequence of the prolonged exposure to violence, harassments, and
discrimination, intimidation, these affected students and families know have traumatic emotional scars that will stay with them. Some of them have even disassociated from their own cultures because they don't know how to cope with that.
>> We're at time. >> Thank you for your time. Thank you. You may come approach and hand the documents to Miss Downing. Board will make sure that we get the >> documents. We'll make sure that we get the
documents to to all of the board members and our leadership team. Thank you, Miss Lynch. And thank you, Miss Lynch. Well, as always, we will have a member of the administrative leadership team reach out and follow up um concerning any comments, and we'll follow up with
the board. Next on our agenda, board uh would entertain a motion to recess to executive session to discuss matters of non-elected personnel in order to protect the privacy interests of parties involved under KMA to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, Dr. Prim, Dr. Jones, and Mr. Hansford for 5 minutes
going in at 605. >> So move second. >> Moved and seconded. Questions? Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy, yes. >> Robert Milin Jr.
>> Milan Jr. Yes. >> Emily Pen Hicks. >> Emila Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Dr. W. >> And Dr. Wyn, um, I sent you an email with the link for the executive session. So, if you It should be in your email. If it's not, I can resend it. Just send
me a text or an email. Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't get Joyce Strickland Eaggan. I apologize. >> Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> I apologize. Thank you. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Hey,
hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Come on. Come on. Come on. Hey, hey, hey. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. turn to open session, please. >> So move.
>> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions, discussion? >> Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. Randy Lopez. >> Randy, yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes.
>> Joyce Lynn Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Lynn Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. W. Yes. >> Thank you board. Next board is our item six on our agenda. The consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve tonight's consent agenda? >> Have an opportunity to set something
aside? >> Yes. If you would like to set something aside, just let me know what letter number or what letter? Letter number what letter it is. >> Let us letter D. >> Letter D. Okay. Item D. There a motion to approve the consent
agenda minus item D. Just for clarity. I want to make sure it's the right item. The out of district travel. Student travel. Yes. Travel. Okay. Motion to approve consent agenda minus item D. So move. >> Move. Is there a second? Second.
>> Moved and seconded. Any questions, discussion? Miss Downey >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Mil Jr. Yes. >> Emily Penhicks. >> Emily Penhicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. W. Yes. >> Thank you. Okay. On item D, is there a specific question or Miss Pamela Penhick? >> Yes, there is. Um, first I want to say that I am a very strong proponent of professional development and I think it
helps our children to have our teachers and staff to expand their knowledge and support student achievement. But I was asked to um inquire um on
6 through 16 there are 11 people who are going to witchah for the kesa um meeting and I was in the inquiry was did we need to send 11 individuals for
basically what is a rules of regulation update. Um, so I wanted to make sure that as we are also responsible for our fiscal responsibility that we also make sure that we send the most important individuals to get that kind
of information to bring it back to the district and for dissemination throughout that particular uh department. And that was in contrast with the student travel where our students are going junior ROC members
are going to DC. And under their um way to get there was a notation that they were student funded. And so the inquiry was did the children have to go and raise their own funds or were the parents reliable for making sure that
their students were able to get to that program? and was everyone else who wanted to go uh able to make that trip. So, I just wanted us to make sure that we remain fiscally responsible, that we tighten up our belt on certain issues as far as making sure that our staff gets
trained, yes, but that our children also have the opportunity to do the uh things that will enhance them as they move forward in life. That was my concern. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Pen Hicks. So, uh, Miss Penn Hicks did send her
question, um, regarding the staff travel. Dr. Lori did just step out because she had a parent webinar, but she will not be back. We sent it to them. So, that particular training for rules and regulation, those 11 individuals, I believe, are like coordinators um, and such and there are
certain components and things that they're required to hear. um there are different sessions and so um I we sent it to Dr. Larry to get more specifics but in general I know that historically the coordinators um and sped
administration all have attended that because of the rules and regulations and covering all of the different sessions but I can have Dr. Lori to confirm that. Um and then regarding the student travel, the junior um the ROTC takes a
group of um students every year they senior leadership and it's a combination of them raising money. Um no student for any event like that is denied if they don't have the money or they do it through a fundraiser but it's a part of
um their leadership and their investments. So, um I I believe it's um they they do lots of things and so it's a part of the the system that they have, but in general when we do student travel, you'll see it every now and again. Students um have some partner
investments a lot of times unless it's like gear up, which is a partner that typically covers all of the costs. But we also are very intentional about making sure that any students that qualify and the th those things vary by
event that um finances is not a barrier to um preventing from students from participating. >> Thank you for clarifying. >> Thank you. Additional questions for item D. >> Hearing none. Um is there a motion to
approve item D from the consent agenda? So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Further discussion. Miss Downey. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes.
>> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Pamela Penhicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. W. Yes. >> Thank you, board. Next on our agenda
item seven, we have our public library director's report. Uh, good evening. Good evening, board. Thank you for having me tonight. I don't see my presentation on here. >> You forgot it. Oh,
>> should I just go through it for with for you guys? The presentation isn't on. >> Yeah, sure. Yeah. >> Okay, great. >> Board, you have access to the presentation on the agenda. So, it is you do have access. >> Yes, it's um my normal quarterly report with statistics. And so, I wanted to go over just a summary of 2025 for you
quickly. Um so, 2025, our physical and digital circulation were both up. So, our total circulation was 694,458 items. Um, and that's an increase of about 8%. Physical kind of stayed pretty pretty similar throughout the whole
year, but what's really exciting, of course, is our digital checkouts are up 28%. We did increase our digital circulation budget um at the beginning of this fiscal year in July. And so you can see that reflected in a little bit of an increase there toward the end of
the year for 2025. And then also this time I included two different slides for popular items because I didn't want you to miss out. So we had October to December popular items which those were the high circulating items. But then also just overall 2025 through so through all of
2025 you will not be surprised to see James Patterson's on there multiple times. Michael Connelly but perhaps there are a few titles that you have not seen before that you might want to check out. Atomic Habits has been our big non-fiction title for 2025. So that is quite exciting.
And then for our branch visits, um our branch visits are up 18% and I think that continues a trend that a lot of libraries are seeing with people returning into the building. Um October we saw a lot of um visitors for our Halloween programs, our trunk or treat and all that stuff. So we had some great
turnout for that. Our fall is always really popular. And then on the next slide, we've got our website visits. So we're still seeing some weirdness with our website. We're so Google Analytics had a problem last year in October where it had very high uh counts for our web visits and
now in December it shows very low counts for our visits. So we're still working with our IT department and our data specialist to figure out exactly what that issue is. Um so we will see what happens there. We're we're trying to figure it out. We're assuming that our new website is pretty much holding
steady because throughout the rest of the year you can see the trends are a little bit higher but not crazy higher. We even looked at okay we've got higher levels of digital checkouts and it's about a 28% increase in digital checkouts and so a 266% increase in website visits. I mean it I guess it
does kind of correlate but we're trying to figure out if that's real or a problem with the analytics. And then for the next slide, the on-site and off-site programs um pretty much maintaining consistency there with um on-site programs going up about 7%. Off-site programs still reflect lower
for the year and again that's really has been related to weather at the beginning of last year. That kind of threw off our numbers and a little bit lower than than usual in September, but overall maintaining that trend. And then same for attendance. Um, you can see the reason that the attendance
looks lower for 2025 than 2024 was that in 2024 we had that amazing virtual program in April that made our numbers very high. But starting um next quarter, you'll actually see those virtual programs pulled out and so that spike will disappear and it'll be a little bit
more um straightforward and level. And then finally, that last slide is 2025 and photos. So that's just some of the amazing programs we had going on in the last quarter. Um we uh for that ESL class library tour, we got um new 11 11 new library card signups. So there's an ESL class that's taught every week at
the library and they got a tour and they got to learn more about all the resources we offer. Um we had our gingerbread heist at West and that one was um a passive program where you could go in and get case files and like solve a mystery and get a prize. Eagle Days at Schlaggel of course is always very popular. And then Maine had its first
indoor book sale. Um they made more than close to $3,000 in that book sale and had tons of visitors. So very successful. It lasted over the weekend in December. Okay. Any questions for me? >> I have one. >> Mr. Milin,
>> thank you so much for your report. I I do have two, maybe one now because you elaborate and explain. Let me let me talk about that one first. the uh the website increase
>> and you you stated that uh and you report it's a weather issue. >> Oh yeah, for the website. >> Yeah, for the website >> for the website's not a weather issue. It's Google Analytics. We've tied our website which is live through library market to Google Analytics to get our
data and they last year we switched to a new website and the web visits like skyrocketed and then this year it seems like or maybe that's reversed and maybe they decreased. Yeah, 2024 they decreased and then in 2025 they
skyrocketed. And so we're not sure. It's weird that it's the same time of year that it's December. So, we're not sure if it's a Google Analytics problem that something's happening in the behind the scenes or if it's a legitimate increase in visits and perhaps because we have increased our digital budget, people are coming to our website more. So, we're
trying to parse out what is a Google problem and what is a real issue. >> Okay. >> The weather was about the um off-site program. So, we do outreach. Um, and that one was we had a decrease in attendance for that because we canceled several outreach visits in January of
last year when we had that week that we were closed and then we had more snow at the end of the month. Um, so several things got cancelled. >> Okay, you answered my two questions. The reasoning for the decline in on page seven of on offsite programming. >> Yes. >> Thank you so very much.
>> Yes. Thank you. Additional questions for Miss Hunt Pilgro. If not, is there a motion to accept the library director's report as presented? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions,
discussion? >> Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Andy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Hamela Pinhicks. >> Hamela Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. and Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. W. Yes. >> Thank you, board. Um, next board on the agenda. This is an item that we do um every year. Um, it is recommended the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education accept the 2026 funds approved by the
Wok County Library Board as submitted by Miss Hunt Peligrino, direct executive director of libraries and is recommended by Dr. Stubblefield, superintendent. There a motion to do so. So move. It's >> been moved. Is there a second?
>> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion on this item? >> Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr.
>> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. And Dr. W. >> Dr. W. Yes. >> Thank you, board. Next item, item eight on the agenda board. These items have
come before us at least once um and are on the agenda for action if it is the will of the board. Um first tonight, I would invite Mr. Jonathan Nyarker to the podium um as he shares a bit about the audit um board. If uh for those that are online, Dr. Wyn and Miss Clark, we do
have hard copies here for you if you would like. Um the copies that are on the agenda are the same that are on the that we have in hard copies. Um so you should be able to have the same information um about regarding the audit. Dr. Steelfield. >> So just to clarify the audit you have
not received. It's similar to the last item you voted on. It comes annually. You accept it. It's not like a I mean you can ask questions about it, but it's not like a typical new business type item. It's it's just the audit. Yes.
Thank you, Dr. Stfield. Good evening, Mr. Nyarker. Did I say that? Okay, >> that's correct. >> Okay, thank you. >> Good for you. >> Well, thank you for having me. I'm Jonathan Nyarker with AGH and I was the officer in charge of the audit. I'll briefly go through our reports with you
and then answer any questions that you may have. In front of you, you should have um two separate reports, a big finan bound financial statement and then also about a five-page um stapled letter. Um I'll I'll go through the letter first. We consider that the auditor's communication letter to those
charged with governance. And the intent of this letter is to keep you informed about significant matters relating to the audit. I won't go through everything in the letter this evening, but we'll just kind of hit some of the key points. To start out with on the second page, I'm happy to report that we did not
identify any significant unusual items as part of our audit this year. The next part there is management's judgments and accounting estimates. Not every number in the financial statements is easily determinable. Some amounts have to be estimated. Um this significant estimate
that is included in the financial statements is the net pension liability and that is um disclosed in the notes to the district's financial statements. Then there the next piece for audit adjustments and uncorrected misstatements. We did not have any adjustments to the district's financial
statements as part of our audit. However, there was one uncorrected misstatement that is included in the um district's financial statements. We don't consider this um amount to be material. In fact, it's immaterial to the financial statements overall and does not um modify our opinion, but is
related to the acred payroll that the district elected to not record. Then on page four, um, under other matters under the Kansas regulatory basis of accounting, which is the basis that the financial statements are presented on, there are several
different items that are required to be included as disclosures in the financial statements. Um, we include these in our letter to all of you, but they're also items um items in the financial statements under note two in the district's financial statements. The
first relates to um a negative unencumbered cash balance that was in the federal funds at year end. Um and this is typically related to amounts that the district is waiting to receive for federal expenditures that have been spent and then waiting on reimbursement at year end for those amounts.
Additionally, um expenditures in the gifts and grants fund, the federal funds and the bond and interest fund exceeded the budgeted amount for those funds. Moving on from the uh letter into the financial statements. Um pages one
through three in the financial statements which is the big bound um book that you should have in front of you or the auditor's report. The auditor's report includes standards that we use for the audit. And then most importantly what everyone wants to know is what opinion did the auditors um
issue? >> The opinion can be found in the on the first page in the third paragraph. We issued an unmodified opinion under the Kansas regulatory basis of accounting. An unmodified opinion is the highest and best opinion that we're able to issue as auditors. And that always speaks very
highly on the financial management of an entity receiving an unmodified opinion. Then I wanted to skip back towards the um back of the financial statement starting on page 43. Um but really probably page 45 is the best page to look at there that summarizes the
information on um the district's single audit. Since the district expended more than $750,000 in federal awards, the district is required to receive a special audit over those expenditures, often called a single audit. This year, we audited two
different grants, the child nutrition cluster and the special education cluster of grants. And I'm happy to report that we did not have any findings on either of these grants. As you can see, there's a financial statement section and then also a federal award section. Um we did not have any
financial statement findings or findings over our grant specific related uh audits either. Ultimately the goal for our audit is to ensure compliance with laws and regulations. Are the district's financial statements um properly
reflecting the books and records of the entity? And then are internal controls in place and operating effectively? And I'm happy to say that based on our audits, the answer to all of those questions is yes. Um, lastly tonight, I'd also like to thank the district staff for all of their help with the
audit. An audit is a huge undertaking for any organization and we appreciate all their assistance and cooperation in completing the audit. So, thank you for your time this evening and I'm available for any questions you may have for me. >> Thank you, Mr. Na Barker. Um, thank you and the team for um for completing the
audit and I'll also just say thank you to all of the the district team who helped with the audit as well this year. Um, I know it is a big undertaking, so we appreciate you. We'll open the floor for any questions from the board. Um for Mr. Ny Barker, >> Miss Penhicks,
>> I just want to have a clarifying statement for the community that this kind of audit that you performed basically finds that there's no material misstatements in the audit information that you receive from the district and that you're rendering an opinion that that
information provided has shared no red flags. Our opinion is on the financial statements and that the financial statements um are materially correct. >> Thank you. I just want to make sure you put it in lay terms for people. Okay. >> Thank you. Additional questions, Miss uh
Dr. Win. >> Was that >> uh Yes. Thank you. Question for the the gentleman. There are some places where you said that there were policies that you suggested the district develop.
>> Yes. Um could you explain that a little bit further please? >> It's in your the letter right >> in the first letter under other matters um we talked about stewardship compliance and accountability which are um items that are just included in the
financial statements. Um the next would be the electronic fund and wire transfers. Um this isn't necessarily an area that we have an issue with the district's current policy. Um, we've really included this piece in all of our governance letters to every single client. Um, we felt that it's important
that every entity evaluate um, controls over wire transfers. That's an area where we've seen more fraud. We do testing over the um, district's uh, policies and procedures surrounding wire transfers and didn't note any issues. Um, however, we feel that it's important
to just merit attention and keep an eye on that area. um in the age that we live that it's an important um matter to consider >> and and thank you and I understood that to be the intent of your your comments.
My question to you Mr. Lopez then is uh when is our um retreat planned and at the appropriate time I'm willing to make a a motion but I wouldn't think we would
need a motion if this is um something that we should pay attention to. So, I would I would ask that we put this on the agenda for our retreat and we go back through the audit and make sure all of us are um comfortable with the
reports as well as those one or two suggestions we address. >> Yeah, thank you Dr. W. So, I do know that Dr. Stubblefield and Miss Downing were going to reach out to board members. We do have a retreat date. I don't remember what it is that's on the
calendar. One's in May, the first one I think is in May, but we want to make sure that it works for all board members um to be in attendance. Um so we may recirculate that date and time. It should be on board members calendars already. You should have maybe received an invitation. If it's not, we'll send
it um for board members, but we'll make sure that that the date works, the date and time works for folks. And then yeah certainly we can add um discussion and review of the audit and those policy recommendations or those recommendations to the agenda.
>> Okay. If that's the case then may is much too long far away then we may put this on the agenda at the finance committee. So thank you. Great. >> Thank you. >> Additional questions for Mr. Nyburger hearing none.
Thank you, sir. Is there a motion uh to approve the to accept Thank you. Uh is there a motion the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education accept the audited financial financial statements of the fiscal year ending June 30th, 2025?
>> Mr. Lopez, I'm sorry. >> Yes, Miss Brownley Page. where it says other matters. There was a concern about expenditures in the gift and grant fund, federal fund and bond and interest fund exceeded the adopted budget for the year
ending June 30, 2025, which is a violation of KSA79 2935. So, I I just think that's something too. We need to since we're supposed to be fiscally responsible that we make sure
that it nothing exceeds as well as um I can't think of >> Miss Paige just and he mentioned it when he was up here. It's probably it's the timing. Um remember that federal funds were withheld. So, we would had
expenditures that we would have had to take care of and we were waiting to get the monies in and I did I say that right? Uh he's come I that's what I um that's what I >> can correct me or these two different
funds the gifts and grants and the federal funds and I saw the explanation for the federal funds but I did not see a similar explanation for the gifts and grants >> correct. So, um, the first matter is a negative cash balance, and you can probably most easily see that in the
financial statements on page I think it might be five. Um, >> yeah, it I um I guess they're probably front all on one page. Um, so it might be a little hard to to tell, but towards the middle of that page, there's the
ending unencumbered cash balance column, >> and there's the negative $726,615. That's related to that first sentence um and is the negative balance in the federal um funds account. That's typically due to amounts that are waiting on reimbursements and other
things. Separate from that issue are expenditures then in the federal funds but also gifts and grants and the bond and interest um that exceeded the approved budget. And the best page to look at for that is going to be around
page 20. Um not quite there. Page 17. So on page 17 it lists every budgeted fund and then the total budget for comparison. And then there's a variance column. Any of the amounts that exceeded
budget are are going to show as a positive amount in that final column and should be those three funds that are listed. Um that can be for a variety of issues. A budget didn't get amended. Um expenditures exceeded budget for for whatever reason and and would have to
defer to the district to um talk about each fund. >> Okay. Because you grouped them all together, right? I get the federal part. If we didn't get the money, we have to make some adjustments. But I think we need to look at with the gifts and grant
funds to make sure that we're doing what we need to do financially. So when we whenever we meet, I think we need to look at that and make sure we're budgeting in our money correctly and stand within.
>> Yeah. So we can bring the information as to why because um and so I'll get with the finance team and we can tell you specifically why it happened and then um make sure we put in parameters to correct it.
>> Thank you. Additional questions. And then there's the money that we I can't think of the name of the term >> that sometimes we have borrowed from >> to make yeah >> contingency fund to make sure that we
remember what we got and again let's be responsible and take care of business. >> Absolutely. Thank you, Miss Brownley Page. Additional questions on the audit?
not would entertain a motion to accept the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 2025. There a motion to do so. I will move that we accept the financial that we accept the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 2025. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Seconded. Further discussion or questions? Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes.
>> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. Win. Yes. >> Thank you board. And thank you again to all the team who work helped work on the audit um with Mr. Nyber and his team as
well. Next on the agenda board, item B, it is recommended the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education approve the proposed update to the AV equipment at the South Branch Library. >> There a motion to do so. >> So move. >> I'll second.
>> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion on this item? >> No. >> Seeing and hearing none, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy, yes. Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes.
>> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. Win. >> Yes. >> Thank you, board. Next on the agenda, item 9A. Um, this is for information purposes only. Um, but if you have
questions on this item, certainly an opportunity for us to discuss or share those questions now. Um, this may or may not come back before the board for action um at a later date, but tonight it is here for your information only. Um, any questions on item 9A from the
board? Okay. Um, if you do, as you continue to review the documents, please submit your questions to Dr. Stubblefield and we'll make sure that we share them appropriately with the team and bring back any responses to the full board so that we all have the information
necessary um if and when this does come back before the board at a future board meeting. Right. Next on our agenda, item 10, board policy. Um several policies are coming back before us. Mr. Gohane, I will pass this on to you. So, these are
the same policies we had last time that were approved for first read. Um, we have received no comments or suggested changes to those since the first read and would recommend that they be adopted for second read. And I'm happy to answer any questions about any specific ones or if somebody's
got changes they'd like to see, we happy to write that down, too. >> Any questions on any of the policies? board. We can take these up individually or we can group them like last time and adopt for second read policies as presented.
There a motion to adopt um the policies as presented for second read. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion? Hearing none. I'll just remind the full board that if you do as you're reviewing
them, if you do have comments or questions or feedback, please submit those to Dr. Stubblefield and Mr. Gohane. Um these will come back for at least one more read. If you do have suggested changes, those can be um discussed at the next read of these. Um reminder, we do three reads typically of
every board policy. So there is another opportunity to make changes or give feedback. So um won't be the last time you'll see these policies. No other discussion. Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes.
>> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. W. Yes. >> Thank you, board. Thank you, Mr. Gohane.
All right. Next, we will hear from our superintendent of schools, Dr. Stubblefield. >> Um, good evening. I just have a few um announcements to share. Um first, we want to thank want to say thank you to the gen generosity of an anonymous donor. A new drone program at Kansas
City, Kansas public schools is officially taking flight. Um students in the career and technical education program at each high school were provided with unmanned aerial vehicles with your drones. Um the goal is to introduce students to drone technology
and expose them to the wide range of applications across today's industries including engineering, photography, public safety, and more. So we want to thank um say thank you to those donors um and for supporting our students and our staff. And just to note, we did have
drones um at the junior ROTC programs and a couple other places, but this just allowed us to expand it um at all of our high schools. um through the CTE program. Also want to say thank you to police chief uh Carl Oakman who on um
presented Prince Principal Pugsley with a plaque recognizing officer Hunter uh Simmons, sorry if I mispronounced his name. U in dedication to the lead to read KC program and to the students at Banaker Elementary um school. If you all
remember, he volunteered over there and read to his students on a regular basis. Um, so Chief Oakman was joined by the Weock County Sheriff's Office, Kansas City, Kansas, uh, Mayor Christa Watson and others. And we just want to say thank you and they continue to support
Banaker and they have volunteers who are stepping up to be a part of the Lead to Read uh program. We have Lead to Read in a few of our other schools, but he was directly um, connected to that one. And I also am really excited to announce that we have started a district podcast
called KCKPS Spotlight. The promotional campaign for it officially launches later this week. But you all can get a sneak preview. You can find it on all of your favorite podcast platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music,
iHeart Radio, and more. We'll be bringing you um a new episode each month. Again, you can find it by searching KCKPS spotlight on your favorite podcast platform. And if there are topics that you would like to hear um about the district, you can send them
to me or our communications team. And this is just a reminder, our next board meeting on February 10th is a daytime meeting and we will start at 9:00 a.m. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Stubblefield. Um nothing uh much to add. I do just want to say
thank you to um all of our team um especially our team that works to make sure our sidewalks and our um parking lots are cleaned after a snowstorm. Uh they don't get a day off. Um they come in and make sure that our um buildings are ready for kiddos to come back in.
So, thank you to everyone who works um extra hard um to make sure that our buildings are ready for our kiddos and our staff. So, um kudos to all of you. Um so, with that, I'll open the floor for anyone else. Miss Brownley Page. >> Yeah. I apologize. I meant to ask the
question, but we the former chief of police bought drones. Whatever happened to those? >> Those are were donated to um the not donated, we moved them to the ROTC program at like several years ago, like
my first or second year when you all were asking about them. the ones that they don't use cuz they do have some correct chief Whiteman that they actually are using and they use at different times but the other whatever was left at that time went over to Washington's junior RTC program. So
they're all in use now. Yeah. >> I have a question about the drones. Is it possible or do we have anything in development about drone repair because they're becoming more popular as time goes on and that would be a trade issue trade area that I would like to see our >> I can confirm that but I believe with
with the CTE program and also at Washington that is a part of like the stuff that they can do but I'll get with the diploma plus team to confirm and see if we have anything with drone repair. Any
comments? Any additional comments from board members? >> Yes. I just wanted to say that on the 22nd I got to visit uh the early childhood center um with I really visited with the principal. She gave me a tour, Heather Tori. But that was at
the request of the committee that was led by Megan Cook that was here the last time. I'm sorry. Sorry, Dr. Cook. Um, and every staff member was so welcoming and um, just to see the children in their element and the staff in their element. Uh, from the family style
lunch, the indoor playground. I haven't been there in a while, so it was nice to see them um, just happily engaged in the work um, and to let them know that we are supporting them. Uh, students that were you having a good day were allowed to have a good day and students that
were having a bad day were allowed to have a bad day. So, it was just nice to um see them, the staff and the students just have a sense of belonging and pride in their day. So, I was happy that I got to do that. And then um the last meeting
we when we were sworn in, you saw those beautiful ladies in pink. And so, I just wanted to say that um in that community partnership, those are the ladies of my sorority, Alpha Cappa Alpha, Mu Omega, but we do have a partnership with several schools. And so, um, February
the 16th, we served, um, 72 families with chip bags. And that is our program. That's the childhood hunger initiative power packs program. And I just see say I want to say that because they're they were not just here to support me. They actually do support our schools and our
community. Uh, we do that twice a month at Banaker. And we also partner with Lindberg Elementary who we got to see the secretary being honored here today. So, we served over 5,000 bags at Banaker. Um, and we'll do that uh twice a month uh for the this has been a
five-year program for that. So, I just want to shout them out and um let you guys know that we do have sometimes school partnerships that we know about and then some that we don't know about. >> Great. Thank you, Miss Strickland Eaggan for that.
>> Comments from board. If not, would entertain a motion to recess to executive session for teacher negotiations pursuant to the exemption for employer employee negoti negotiations under the Kansas Open Meetings Act to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, Dr. Prim, Dr.
Jones, and Mr. Hansford for >> seven minutes to going in at 6 at 655. Is there a motion to do so? >> So moved. >> There second. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Miss Downing.
>> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes.
>> And Dr. Wyn. Dr. >> W. Yes. >> Thank you. Nah. Come on. Come on. Ah, heat. Heat. Heat. N.
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>> Moved by Mr. Milin. >> Okay. >> Is there a second? Seconded by Miss Brownley Page. >> Awesome. >> Okay. Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes.
>> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Mil Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Penhicks. >> Pamela Penh. Yes. >> Joyce Lynn Strickland Eaggan. Joyce Eaggan. Yes. And >> Dr. W. Dr. >> Win. Yes.
Okay. Thank you. Uh motion to recess to executive session to discuss matters of non-elected personnel in order to protect the privacy interest of the parties involved in Dacoma to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, Dr. Jones, Mr. Hanssford, and Dr. Prim for let's
say for 10 minutes going in at 7:10. Is there a motion? >> Moved by Mr. Milin, is there a second? >> Is there a second? >> Seconded by >> by Miss Strickland Eaggan. Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page.
>> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Clark. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Junior. Yes. >> Pamela Pinhicks. Hicks. Yes.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. Win. >> Dr. Win. Yes. >> Thank you. Heat. Hey. Hey. Come on. Come on. Hey,
Come on. Come on. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Come on. Come on. back. All right. Heat. Heat. Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Come on. Come on. Seconded by Miss Pen Hicks, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes.
>> Wanda Clark. >> Wanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. W. >> Dr. W. >> Thank you. Is there a motion to extend executive session for 10 minutes? >> So move. >> Moved by Miss Brownley Page. Seconded by Mr. Milin. Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page.
>> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. Randy Lopez. Yes. Robert Milin Jr. >> Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pinhick. Yes.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland. Yes. >> Dr. W. >> Dr. Win. Yes. >> Thank you. You know, hey Hey, hey, hey.
Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Come on. Come on. Hey, hey, hey. Hey,
hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, heat. Hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, heat. Hey. Heat. Heat. Return to open session, please. >> Moved by Mr. Milin, seconded by Miss Pen Hicks, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page.
>> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. Yanda Clark. >> Yanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Mil. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. W. >> Dr. Win. Yes. >> All right. >> Um. >> All right. Motion to extend executive session for 10 minutes, please. Is there a motion? >> So move.
>> Moved by Miss Brownley Page. Is there a second? >> Yes. >> Seconded by Miss Pen Hicks. >> Ask questions. >> All right. Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark.
>> Danda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Mil Junior. Yes. Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Dr. Win.
>> Dr. Yes. >> Thank you. Yeah, heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey.
Heat. Heat. Come on. Come on. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Motion to return to open session. >> So move. >> Moved by M. Brownley Page. Seconded by Miss Pen Hicks. Miss Downing.
>> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Mil. Yes. Pamela Pin Hicks.
>> Pamela Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Dr. W. >> Dr. Win. Yes. >> Thank you. Is there a motion to recess to executive session to discuss matters affecting a student in student safety in
order to protect the privacy interests of parties involved under the Can Open Meetings Act to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, Dr. Jones, Mr. Hansford, and Dr. Pgram for 5 minutes going in at 7:51. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved by Miss Brownley Page. Seconded by
Mr. Milin. Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Clark. >> Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Jun. Yes.
>> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Lynn Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland. Yes. >> And Dr. Win. >> Dr. W. >> Thank you. Heat. Heat. Hey,
hey, hey. Come on. Come on. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Nat. Heat. Heat. Heat.
Come on. Come on. Heat. Heat. Come on. Come on. Motion, please. >> Moved by Mr. Milin, seconded by Mr. Brownley Page. Miss Downing.
>> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Clark. Wanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. Robert Mil. Yes. Pamela Oh, do you say yes?
>> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Yes. >> Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. Win. Yes. >> Thank you. Is there a motion to recess to executive session to discuss matters
of non-elected personnel in order to protect the privacy interest of parties involved in Tacoma to include Dr. Stfield, Mr. Gohane, Dr. Jones for five minutes going in at 801. Moved by Miss Brownley Page. Seconded by Miss Pen Hicks. Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page.
>> Wanda Brley Page. Yes. >> Clark. >> Clark. Yes. >> Andy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Lynn Strickland Eaggan.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. And >> Dr. Win. >> Dwin. Yes. >> Thank you. Heat. Heat. Come on. Come on. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey,
hey, hey. Come on. Come on. Hey, hey, hey. Come on. Come on. We good over there. Okay. Motion to return to open session, please. >> So moved.
>> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Miss Downing. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy, yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Strickland Eaggan. >> Strickland Eaggan. Yes, Dr.
>> W. >> Dr. W. Yes. >> Move on to Clark. >> Okay. >> All right. Thank you. Hey everybody, thank you. Stay warm out there. With that, this meeting is adjourned. Have a great night. Hey, hey, hey.