Hey, hey, hey. Good afternoon. Good afternoon everyone. Welcome. We are going to go ahead and call our meeting to order. Today is Tuesday, January 13, 2026. This is our regularly scheduled board meeting. It is 5:02 p.m. We'll call our meeting to
order. Happy New Year, everyone. It's great to see you all. Thank you for being here. Uh Dr. Stubblefield, board colleagues, and to all of our guests and staff that are present both in person and virtual, welcome. Thank you for joining us today. Before I continue, just a reminder, if you need language
interpretation for today's meeting, we do have interpreters available. If you could just raise your hand or let one of our staff members know that that you need an interpreter, we'll make sure to get that for you. So again, good afternoon, welcome. Thank you for being here. As we do at every board meeting, we'll read our board
norms and protocols. We agree to respect differences of opinions and 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 and to continually selfcheck to determine if we're following our norms when conducting district business. Again,
welcome. Great to see you all. Happy New Year and great to have you here. Um as uh the start of the new year, we do have two newly elected board members with us uh this afternoon. So, I'd invite Mr. Michael Abbott, the Weak County Election Commissioner, um, up forward as he will
swear in our new newly elected um, members. So, if you all want to go and meet Mr. Abbott up front, he will swear you in. I doly swear >> I doly swear >> I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of
the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of Kansas >> and the Constitution of the State of Kansas >> and faithfully and honestly >> and faithfully and honestly >> perform the duties of my office >> perform the duties of my office >> as board member of the Unified School
District number five. as board member of a unified school district 500 >> county state of Kansas >> Wanda County state of Kansas >> congratulations to Miss Pamela Penn Hicks and to Miss Joyce Strickland Eaggan. We're going to take a brief
moment, a brief recess so that you all can sign your actual election papers and if you're I know you've got uh a couple of family and friends here uh if you'd like just a few just one or two um we'll take a brief recess if you want to take a couple of photos um and we'll
reconvene in about 5 minutes so that you can take some quick pictures with family and friends. Thank you all so much for being here to support them. It means a lot to see you all here to support your board members um as a community. Um, we are here to work together um to support our students and our staff and to make
sure that we are making the best possible decisions for our scholars and to have a support system like you all um to support Miss Pen Hicks, Miss Joyce, Strickland Eaggan and the rest of the board as we work together in this coming year to do what's best and what's right,
keeping our scholars uh in focus. That's why we're here. So, I'm really excited. We're really excited to have you both here. So, we'll take a brief recess for five minutes so you can take a couple of photos. Thank you, Mr. Abbott for joining us. Um, and he's got a couple of things for you all to sign. So, we'll reconvene about at 511. Thank you.
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congratulations, Miss Pamela Pen Hicks, Miss Joyce, Strickland Eaggan. We are very excited to have you join our team. >> Thank you. >> And we are so excited and it's it's great to see the support that's out here for the two of you um and for our community. So, thank you all for being here. Uh those of you that were in town
and that traveled from afar to be here to support um our two newly elected and uh can board members and our full board. Um thank you for traveling to be here. It's great to see you all. So appreciate the support for the district. All right, with that, Miss Downing, would you
please do a roll call? >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page, present. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark, present. >> Randy Lopez, >> Randy Lopez, present. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. present. >> Pamela Pen Hicks.
>> Pamela Pen Hicks, present. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan, present. >> Dr. Valdinia win. >> Right. Um, is there a motion to approve today's regular agenda as presented? >> So move.
>> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion? Hearing none. Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. 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. >> All right. Thank you. We're going to
continue with our agenda. Next on our agenda board is item three, the organization of the board. Um you'll see item A. Um board we have um because of some vacancies that we've been going through um with and being able to provide an opportunity for our newly elected board members to serve on committees. uh you'll you have in front
of you um the committee assignments that will continue between uh now through our organizational meeting in July. Um hopefully you had a chance to review those committee assignments to make sure you know which committee you were on. Um is there a motion to approve the KCKPS
board committee assignments? >> So moved. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion? Uh, I have a question. I know there were a couple of committees that the new people wanted to be on and
I didn't know if there was a chance for them to have a discussion or make a request that we change because we want to give everybody an opportunity. So, I didn't know if that was reflected in what was put out. >> Yes. Thanks. Thank you, Miss Brownley Page. Um so I did have an opportunity to
chat with both um Miss Pamela Pen Hicks and Joyce M Joyce Strickland Eaggan prior to them joining the board to see which committees they were interested in. Um after making some initial assignments um we did communicate again just to make some changes and adjustments based on their their interests. Again because of coma laws we
can only have three board members just to make sure our audience understands. So um we did make some changes to the initial committee assignments and I feel like everyone's pretty pleased with the committees. they both had opportunity to let me know which committees that they want to serve on and I think worked out
where there was some mutual interest to make sure that we spread it out and then in July we can always reassess and make some changes as necessary but yes to answer question yes >> thank you any other questions or discussion
all right uh Miss Downing would you please do the roll call >> Wanda Brownley Page >> Wanda Brownley Page yes >> Yolanda Clark >> Yolanda Clark yes Randy Lopez Yes. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks.
>> Pamela Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> All right. We're excited to have you serve on the committees. You'll you'll note who the committee chairs are. I believe some of those committees already have some scheduled meetings that they have on the calendar. If not, they will
uh those chairs will communicate and schedule those meetings. Um and uh then you can attend those meetings. Um and then just for your note to please make sure um we also have a uh regular special board a special board meeting every third Friday of the month for our
budget meeting. So hopefully that's on your calendar as well. And that's for the full board, not just a committee. So all right, next on our agenda is with the vacancy of vice presidency, we will have to uh vote to elect a new board vice president. Um we will vote up to
two times today if necessary um for vice president. So, um, Miss Downing has handed everyone a slip. Um, please write down your name. Um, and then on the line where it says vice president, write down who you would like to nominate for vice president or vote for for vice
president. Um, we will and then Miss Downing will count these or read these out loud. Um, and if someone has four votes and that person becomes the vice president. If not, we will vote one more time um to see if we have someone with four votes. Um, and then that person
will become vice president. If we don't have anyone with four votes after two elections, we will pause as we have done in the past and then um move this item to the next board agenda. And Miss Clark is online and she will text Miss Downing her vote so that her vote will also be
read out loud. >> I need to say who voted for. >> Yes, please read aloud uh the board members name and who they voted for. >> Okay. Wanda Page voted for Wanda Page.
Yolanda Clark voted for Mr. Milin. Mr. Milin voted for Mr. Milin. Pamela Hick Pen Hicks voted for Miss Paige. Joyce Strickland Eaggan voted for Miss Paige. Randy Lopez voted for Bob Milin.
Okay. So, no one um earned the four votes. So, we will vote one more time, see if anyone um earns the four votes and then we will if not we will move that to the next board meeting. Okay. Randy Lopez voted for Mr. Milin.
Wanda Paige voted for Wanda Page. Mr. Milin voted for Mr. Milin. Joyce Strickland Eaggan voted for Wanda Page. Delanda Clark voted for Mr. Milin and Pamela Pinhicks voted for Wanda Brownley Page.
>> Great. Thank you. With no one earning the sufficient votes to uh be elected as vice president, we will table, if the board is okay with this, we will table the vice president election until the next regularly scheduled board meeting, which I believe is January 27th. So, we'll have that on the agenda for the
27th. We will move on with our agenda with item number four and I believe this first one I'll pass off to Dr. Stubblefield. >> Yes. Um good evening everyone and happy new year. The first um item under recognition and awards um is to
recognize our student um who won the holiday card competition. So we will ask um the student to come forward along with the art teacher and we are recognizing fifth grader uh Emily Lehey.
Did I say her last name right? >> So, Emily's art and we will hold it up so that everyone can see it was selected as our holiday um card. Um we send it to all of our partners and um um community
members and our uh building principles and she was selected amongst um some tough competition. So, congratulations Emily. I'm sorry. It's Emma. I've been saying Emily. That's probably why she's like, "Who are you talking about?" It is. Her
name is Emma. I apologize. Emma Ley. So, congratulations, Emma. >> Yeah. >> And her art teacher is here with her tonight. And if you want to say anything about Emma or art, you are more than
welcome to have a moment. Yes, she is. It's beautiful. >> Congratulations, Emma. Thank you so much. >> Sam. >> Okay. Next, uh we'll ask Sam uh to please come forward as we recognize our
next uh recipients, award recipients. Uh Mr. Sam Simmons will come forward um to do the honors. Congratulations, Emma. Let's see. Okay. Good evening, Board President Lopez, board members, Vice President,
Dr. Stubfield. Uh it is my pleasure to bring back this amazing group of scholar athletes to be recognized. Earlier this fall, we were able to recognize a lot of these young ladies, our Lady Sabres varsity uh soccer team. They were previous acknowledged for w uh being voted and honored on various state level
um all state teams, but now we are here to recognize them for a team award that they were acknowledged and won back in October. The United uh soccer coaches team pinnacle award. 63 high school teams in 14 programs from across the entire US were named as recipients of
the United Soccer Coaches Team Pinnacle Award for the 2425 academic school year. In its seventh year, the Team Pinnacle Award honors teams that have achieved a high level of fair play, educational excellence, and success on the field. To be considered for this award, teams must
have received either platinum gold, silver, or bronze version of the high school team ethics and sportsmanship award, achieve recognition in the classroom as a recipient of the high school team academic award, and win at least 75% of their games in which these
young ladies in the regular season in which these young ladies went undefeated last year in the regular. And I was told by one of the scholars that we're going to go with their team GPA was nothing less than a 4.0. >> All right.
>> These young scholars exemplify the true essence of what it means to be scholar athletes by achieving academic excellence in the classroom, high level of competitive performance on the field, and demonstrating exceptional character in sportsmanship in a way in the way they approach the game and all phases of life. that is a direct reflection of
their head coach, coach Megan Schmidt, who is here with us today. >> All right. >> And her coaching staff and their just persistent and constant development and pouring into these young ladies. I know I can speak for us all that we are extremely proud of these young ladies for their effort and what they have
accomplished so far and look forward to all their accomplishments they will have this year and beyond. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2425 team pinnacle award recipients, the Sumar Academy ladies varsity soccer team. Go >> sabers.
>> So cute. >> Mhm. >> I tried to get one of the young ladies to present for me today and they all refused by the way. So, >> all right. >> They like to play, not talk. Congratulations team.
>> Congratulations. >> Thank you, Mr. Simmons. Congratulations to the Lady Sabers, to our scholar athletes. Great job. And to your coaching staff, amazing job. Um, next on our agenda, we'll invite Dr. Jones as we celebrate our administrator of the month.
Good evening, President Lopez, and good evening, board of education members and Dr. Stubblefield. I am very pleased and honored to be able to acknowledge the administrators of the month.
And we will start with our very first administrator of the month. Our district leader of the month is Dr. Daenerys Fernandez Flores. >> All right. Come on down. Dr. Fernandez Flores exemplifies the highest standards of professionalism,
kindness, and commitment to our shared goals. We witnessed the demonstration of unwavering focus on advancing district initiatives while maintaining a supportive and positive approach. Her consistent willingness to assist others
by offering guidance, sharing expertise, or stepping into help resolve challenges before they become obstacles sets a strong example. The calm, steady presence fosters trust, collaboration, and a strong sense of teamwork among
colleagues. A growth-minded leader with active focus on seeking solutions, encouraging innovation, and supporting others in reaching their full potential is evident. The ability to balance high expectations with genuine care creates an environment where people feel valued,
motivated, and empowered to do their best work. Through these efforts, Dr. Fernandez Flores continues to quietly elevate the district and deserves this recognition. Congratulations. The elementary administrator of the
month, Dr. Heather Calbertt. Dr. Calvert is the principal of Grant Elementary as nominated by the community members and KCKPS district employees. During a recent FA Day, family advocacy day, Dr. Calbertt stood at the front
door, greeting every student, parent, sibling, and community member by name, knowing not just their names, but their stories. Her genuine rapport was inspiring and reflected in her sta in her staff whose unity and pride were
clearly visible. As one staff member shared, she does this every year, quote unquote. This same in intentional leadership extends beyond school events. During the holidays when sponsor commitments fell through, Dr. Calbertt
immediately stepped in to ensure that no family went without support. Her leadership is present, proactive, and deeply rooted in advocacy for the community. Leadership isn't a position, it's an action, and Dr. Calbertt
exemplifies it daily. Thank you, Dr. Calbertt. And I want to make sure that I note because I did not say it, but Dr. Fernandez Flores is the executive director of diploma plus college and careers instructional programs and she
was nominated by KCKPS district employees. So, I wanted to make sure we didn't pass that by. The middle school administrator of the month, Dr. Yolanda Thompson. Dr. Thompson is the interim principal of Central Middle School as nominated once
again by the district employees. Dr. Yolanda Thompson graciously returned to serve our KCKPS community and we are deeply grateful. Her continued commitment to education speaks volumes about the time, effort, and heart she
pours into inspiring, encouraging, engaging, and empowering students to continue their learning journeys. She greets students daily with high expectations and meaningful challenges, supporting them as they work toward achieving their goals. Dr. Dr. Yolanda
Thompson routinely stays late to collaborate with parents and members of the community, demonstrating her dedication. She is task and datadriven, compassionate in her leadership and clear about expectations. Once again,
Dr. Yolanda Thompson, middle school administrator of the month. Last but certainly not least, Tyler Cisco. >> Miss Cisco is the assistant principal of Washington High School. >> Yes, she is. >> You better believe it.
She has taken on an incredible amount of responsibility. Yes. Yet, she consistently makes time to check in with people throughout the building, whether she works directly with them or not. Tyler is kind, thoughtful, and intentional. She prioritizes checking in
with staff to ensure that they feel supported and have what they need. Her consistency fosters stability for both staff and students, strengthens our school community, and creates an environment where meaningful teaching
and learning can thrive. Because of her ongoing efforts and genuine engagement, our building and the education provided within are better. I present to you Assistant Principal Tyler Cisco.
to life. Thank you, Dr. Jones. And congratulations to all of our to our administrators of the month. They really help create culture in building and really in buildings and really help shift uh the culture and the work that's
happening. So, thank you for your dedication, commitment, and your hard work. Next on our agenda, uh we will um recognize um our board, our school board. Um board, this was the first time this year you'll get thanked and probably the only time in the school year that you'll get thanked. Uh I'm
totally kidding. It's a joke. Um maybe. Uh so, I will pass it along to Dr. Stubblefield. >> Okay. Um we have two things to share. First, um I want to publicly say to everybody it is uh national uh board appreciation month. And while this is
the time that we take to formally recognize them, we do appreciate all the work that they do year round um and their volunteer and their commitment to our students in this community. Um, we do have a procla proclamation from the governor and it says to the people of
Kansas, greetings. Whereas the mission of the uh public schools is to meet the diverse educational needs of all children and prepare them for future success and whereas the Kansas constitution entrusts locally elected boards uh school boards with the mainten
maintenance, development, and operations of Kansas public school systems. And whereas local school board members are accountable to their communities for accomplishing the mission of public education in Kansas. And whereas Kansas public school board members advocate for
their communities, the children, and our public school. And whereas the members of Kansas public school boards of education are committed to providing an excellent education for every child in each community. And whereas locally elected school board members devote
countless hours to the governance of our public education system and success of our Kansas children. Now therefore, I, Laura Kelly, governor of the state of Kansas, do hereby proclaim January 13,
January 2026 as school board recognition month in the state of Kansas. And I urge all citizens to join in this oper observation. So that's from the governor and um thank you. We do also want to take we started this about a year ago um
of reminding our current board members and our uh newly elect board members of the decisions that you made and the impact that it has um on our students. So because of you, we were able to accomplish a lot. Beginning with um this
year we had the highest graduation for KCKPS since the state of Kansas started keeping records. Our graduation rate for the class of 25 was at 81%. Um, also, um, last year our current scholarship total, um, as of today was $326 million
for the class of 2025, and it includes nearly 400,000, class of 26. Oh, that is this year >> already. >> Updated to today. >> It's updated to today. So, we're on track to um, uh, exceed what we did last
year. So nearly $400,000 in music scholarships and over $100,000 in scholarships from our foundation of excellence. Um our um diploma plus graduation rate is at 84%. Um this means that our students are leaving with more
84% of our students are leaving with a diploma plus um other things that will help them boost their um paths to uh successful um choices that they make after high school. Um, W dot High School's culinary program caters district events. Um, Alfred Fairfax
Academy did a client connected project with attend to achieve. And W dot's construction program built a Polar Express holiday experience for our children. Kate brought a digital summit um to our students. Saggel students took
first place at the KC Bisfest. We do construction academy recognized at Kansas State um the capitol and an allgirl culinary group from we do competed at the state chef competition. Five students traveled to Guatemala to
help build a school. The attend to the attend to achieve program is making headway on attendance. um attendance game. Our average daily attendance hit 90.3% and I also have in my um an update
on the chronic absenteeism uh first semester chronic absenteeism we have uh was at 25% that's almost a 10% decrease in chronic absenteeism. We launched a strategic plan process and we're in the midst of that. We have an amazing staff
at um and their work has been noticed by others. Um uh we have several staff who are honored by the Latin X education collaborative. SEGO's Dwanda Dawn was selected as the Blue KC coaches with character and throughout the first pitch at the Royals game. Some meaningful
student experiences in Topeka. Argentine students worked as pages for a day. Frank Washington students gave testimony in favor of Ruby Bridges to walk to school day. And um we have lots of other meaningful um connections, but we did want to um
just take a few moments to recognize that and all of um there are additional ones that are in the um uh document attached to the um board um agenda. But we just wanted to take some moment to
reflect on the decisions you made allowed these things to happen. and we just want to encourage you to make student to continue to make student centered decisions and we appreciate all that you do every day for the district. So, thank you.
>> Thank you, Dr. Stubblefield. And thank you, board. As Dr. Stoublefield mentioned um countless hours I know that you all put into this and so thank you for your commitment, your dedication for the work that you do for our scholars every single day being student centered, student focused, doing the best for our scholars, our families, and our staff.
Um so thank you. I know we have a ways to go. There's still much more work to do that we're doing every single day. Um and we often hear a lot of the negatives um in our community about our district. And yes, we do have challenges and yes, we do have a ways to go. But I also want
to make sure that we continue to spread that positive narrative that there are great things happening in KCKPS. There are great things happening that our staff are doing out in the community in their buildings. We get to see that uh when we're in our buildings, when we're here at board meetings. Um and so Dr. Stofield, I would just ask if you can
make sure that that document that you shared, the PowerPoint is available to all the board members and is available in some form in some capacity on our website so that and social media so that we can share the positive things that are happening um and and share a positive nar narrative um to to push
back on some of the negative that we continue to hear. So, thank you for sharing that. Um we appreciate the hard work that our board members do and that you will continue to do over the years. So, thank you. Continuing with our agenda.
Um, next on our agenda is item five, community comment. As a reminder, everyone is welcome to give comment. Uh, please sign up with our clerk no later than noon on the Monday before a board meeting. Um, and we will add you to the list and then you will have three minutes. Please state your name. You
will have three minutes. I'll let you know when you have about 30 seconds left in your time. Um, and then make sure we have your contact information so that we can reach back out for any followup. Again, a reminder of the policy. Um, please, um, make sure that your comments are directed to the board. It's a one-way communication. We don't go back
and forth in these comments. Um, and please, um, restrain from making any direct comments about staff and especially students um, and families. So, um, I believe we had two community comment uh, who had signed up. Uh, first
would be Miss uh, Lynch. Is Miss Luis Lynch present? Not seeing her. Um, next, Miss Sarah Lynch. Is Miss Sarah Lynch present? >> Okay, Miss Downing, were there any other um comments signed up for today? >> No.
>> Okay, thank you. All right, we'll continue with our agenda. Next on our agenda is item six, our consent agenda board. Is there a motion to approve tonight's consent agenda? >> So move. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion
hearing and seeing none, Miss Downing? >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Thank you, board. Next on our agenda is item seven, board updates and approvals. board. This these items have come to us at least once before um and are up for potential action if it is the will of
the board. Um so we'll start with item A on our agenda. It's recommended that the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education approve the purchase RFID gates for the public library system under SHI government solutions tips state contract 230105
in the amount of $71,587.31 in accordance with board policy DJED submitted by Miss Pelgro, executive director of libraries and recommended by Dr. Stubblefield. >> So moved. >> Second. Moved and seconded. Any
questions or discussion on this item? Seeing and hearing none, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. 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. Thank you board. The right one board. It's recommended. Next agenda item. It's recommended the board of
education accept the low bids for labor totaling 1,851,792 from three contractors as submitted by Mr. Carell, Dr. Pgram, and is recommended by Dr. Stubblefield. >> So move A second.
>> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion? Hearing and seeing none, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Randy Lopez.
>> Randy. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Thank you, board. This next item board, this is an exciting one. It's recommended the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education accept the US Soccer
Foundation grant. Yay for grants. Award in the amount of $125,000 for the installation of a soccer mini pitch at Kurthers Elementary School. What a great opportunity. Uh is there a motion to do so? >> Some moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Questions or
discussion? I >> have a question. President, >> Mr. Milin, then M. we decide and when was the the uh uh predicted start date of that and completion date and I think it's well for our community and the city
as a whole and the district for Kurds that area that'll just enhance a lot of things quite a bit. So when when is that predicted date to >> I see Mr. Clemens coming to the podium. Uh good evening Mr. Clemens great questions Mr. Milin. >> Good evening everybody. >> Good evening. >> I don't actually have a firm date for
you. I know we're going to probably talk to the uh the representative from the US Soccer Foundation uh tomorrow if this passes and we'll get some better uh ideas of completion date. I know they want to have this complete for this
summer when there's FIFA uh here in the area. So I would think here pretty quick. >> Okay. >> Follow up and then we'll go to M >> uh correct me. Did we discuss how it would affect the area congestion there
and that has that smooth and has that been handled in a in a in a good way to to >> you mean traffic wise or >> traffic wise that's it? >> Yeah. Yeah. There's a question last time that was brought up. We did discuss that. We communicated with the building principal. They're all in favor of it. When they have larger events, they don't
do them on site. I don't know if Molly's here tonight. I don't see her. Uh they move to a different location. She is very much in favor of this and believes that they can uh handle uh those events like that. >> Okay. >> And she did we did provide an update um in the end of the week a few weeks ago
and I I could try to pull it up, but the area that was in question the last time about parking. They said where it's going, it won't interfere and it won't take away um any current parking is what um Miss Truso shared back with us. They
they don't currently use it for parking. Miss Brley Page. >> And that was my question. I'm all for it. I think it would be excellent for them, but the concern was the parking and then all the drama with the buses. Yeah. Has that been resolved?
>> So, there was some adjustments. So, uh, Miss Truso said it doesn't they don't lose any parking. It's in where it is where it's going is not that's not used for parking. The um other issue with the buses, the uh UG and the school district are have partnered. There are cameras
there. They're watching it. They're going to look at the traffic flow and then determine if they need to switch it. So, we're just waiting on the update, but I think they made a few adjustments with having people pull over further to the right or left so they're
not in the center of the street. and cars that my uh understanding is cars have been able to pass through, but they're actually catching camera footage to see if that is possible. But so we'll give an update on that after they do the um
>> I know there was some vacant lots. >> Did we drop that and just go with what we're dealing with now? >> I have not been able to make communication with the there's one particular property owner across the street. I can continue to pursue that if the board would like me to do that. But
as for this since it's not really impacting the parking, we can go ahead and move with that, but I can certainly look into that later. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Greg. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any additional additional questions >> on this item? >> Thank you for that followup on those
previous questions. Thank you, Mr. Clemens. Uh Miss Downing, roll call. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. Randy Lopez. >> Randy, yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes.
>> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Thank you, board. Motion is approved. Next item. Board. It's recommended the
Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education approve the purchase of a 2018 Isuzu NQR refrigerated box truck from the used truck center in the amount of $44,162 as submitted by Mr. Carell, uh, Dr.
Pgram and um, Miss Fabro and Dr. Stubblefield. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Questions or discussion on this item? Mr. Branley Page, >> excuse me. Uh, they're purchasing a used
truck. What was the price of a new truck and what's the longevity of these used trucks? It just doesn't seem to make sense. >> Yeah, a new truck's about $120,000. And they made the decision based on their assessment of it. They had a
mechanic look at it and their assessment of it with the hours on the refrigeration unit that it it could it could be a useful truck. It's only got 91,000 miles on it. >> And what's the normal lifespan of these trucks? >> Uh about 200,000 miles is what I get out
of it. >> Thank you. >> Sure. >> Thank you. Additional questions or comments, discussion? Hearing none. Seeing none, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark.
>> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Thank you. Board uh motion is approved.
Um before we go to the next item, I'm out of practice. That break really messed me up. Um was wondering board if we could take if we have and I don't know if they're all still here, but our administrators of the month. Um if we could take a board photo with our administrators of the month. Um for those that are here, I apologize if any of them left. There they come. Thank you
so much. And I apologize for keeping you a few extra minutes. I know you want to go home. Um so we're going to take a brief recess while we do that. We'll take a photo with the administrators of the month and then their teams nominated them. So give us a quick minute. Thank you. And I'll wait.
Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Okay, thank you everyone. Um, all right.
Next on our agenda board, um, is item number eight. This is a new item. Um, this is for information only. Um, no action is being asked of the board tonight. Hopefully, you had a chance to review this. If there are any questions, you can certainly ask tonight. If not,
um, please submit your questions to Dr. Stubblefield. This may or may not come back before the board at a future meeting for potential action, but it is here for information tonight. Are there any questions on item 8A tonight? Seeing and hearing none, we will move on. But again, as you review that, if
the questions do come up, please make sure you submit those to Dr. Stubblefield. Next board, we have a couple of reports that we're going to hear. Uh first, we have an early childhood report from us. Uh good evening. and we hear our first report >> and Dr. Cook was going to tell us all
about it. What are with the team that's here? >> I'm actually going to pass the baton. Yeah. >> Good evening board. Good evening, President Lopez. Good evening, Dr. Stubblefield. Uh we are here tonight to give you an update on a planning committee that we've been um a part of
for the past uh year. So, I'm going to turn it over to Callie and Megan who are here uh to share some information with you and then we will be happy to answer questions if there are any. >> Oops. >> Come from >> All right. Um hello board. Hello.
>> Good evening. >> Uh my name is Cali Baker. This is Megan Cooper. Um we're presenting on behalf of the early childhood planning time committee and the work that uh our department and committee has been doing over the past year. We're going to talk
a little bit about why this came about um why we pushed for this in negotiations last year. Um the changes that we've implemented this year and what our next steps will be. Um so our why early childhood center staff only
get planning time on Wednesdays due to um the fact that there is only 10 minutes before our duty day, 10 minutes after our duty day and we supervise children for the full three and a half hours or full day that they are in our
program. >> Okay, hold on one second. I'm gonna um >> Here we go. >> All right. All
right. Thanks. All right. >> Um, uh, so at with our duty date, our planning time only falling on Wednesdays, one of the major problems we have is on if a snow day falls on a
Wednesday, which is unfortunately historically how it happens in KCK, um, early childhood teachers lose 100% of their plan time. And this is something that we have never had a plan for. And
um additionally um our everinccreasing program expectations and student needs have resulted in a workload that exceeds 225 minutes of weekly plan time. And finally, we um know that an investment
in early childhood learning results in a significant gains for students K through 12. So, um, the better equipped our program and staff are, the better outcomes we have for those students in their future.
Um, I won't read the whole slide, but this is our charge per the 2425 negotiated agreement. Um, so we were directed to during the 2025 calendar year, um, that the board and the association would form a joint committee to study our planning time, um, and make
recommendations for how plan time might be increased for early childhood staff. Um, and the committee was composed of half association members and uh, half administration. knowing that we had a program change um for this school year, that administrative piece did expand,
but it was all for the purpose of collaborating together. So, this is when we met. We met 11 times over the past year to address our planet time needs and the changes uh that we thought were feasible. During these meetings, we discussed our current
duties and responsibility that staff are experiencing uh compensatory strategies that have been used by staff historically to manage uh our case load and our amounts of workload. Um and we looked at potential solutions to maximizing our plan time on our given
Wednesdays um or potentially on other school days. We considered the benefits of and potential barriers to changes regarding our PLC's, our professional learning communities, our professional development schedule, uh adding a specials rotation. Early childhood does
not have a specials rotation, um and I don't think has for a while. Uh we also looked at extra duty pay andor additional work days for early childhood staff and the potential removal uh of certain duties and responsibilities. So our past in the past the early
childhood has experienced the following. Um in the year of the the 23 20 the 23 24 school year um the early childhood teachers miss 305 minutes of their plan time by the end of February. And for us
having it daily that's hard if with it missing that much. um due and this was all due to snow days um and so it's hard for us to miss those minutes. Also in the past um
there has been no formal plan of how to help make up this time for certified teachers at the early childhood level. Um, we do have to commend our administration that during the 2425 school year, they did work together to
find ways in our program calendar to work in some of the missing uh plan time minutes during that school year due to inclement weather. Um, as you can see on the slide presented right now, there has been a program change and our classrooms are
made up a little bit differently than they have in the past. So, um, at this time, we are still working through many of the changes and figuring out what is best suited for our staff to meet
everyone's needs. So with our new departmental structures in place, uh early childhood has been able to successfully implement the following changes. We have made sure that all Wednesday professional development intentionally includes application time. Um so that is we
discuss and engage in the content and then are able to get immediate time to go back and implement that whether it's in our classrooms in our physical space which is huge for early childhood um or in our lesson plans. Uh the current plan for EC is to adjust the PD calendar to
ensure that certified staff are given back a minimum of 200 minutes of missed plan time on any Wednesday where we're closed due to inclement weather to give some degree of that back. Um, we've also
worked hard um on allocating time for some of the duties that maybe didn't exist in this program several years ago, but are things that have been added to plates due to grants, etc. Um, and so that includes completing our DRDP data, uh, completing ILOPS, doing fastbridge
certification, and doing EDCA's emotional assessments. Additionally, something that we want to continue exploring is what some type of specials rotation might look like for our early learners. Um, so we know that would have to be different than elementary given the age level and the
restrictions on supervision and such, but we're trying really hard to continue thinking outside of the box and really consider basic needs like student teacher ratios and budget considerations. Um, we are very proud of our KCKPS early
childhood program and after several hard years are very grateful for the opportunity to collaborate and have positive and necessary changes. We invite you to come out and visit our sites and help support your to help support your understanding of what we do
um and what the needs are of our students. And thank you for your time. And do you have any questions? >> Thank you so much to the team. And I love seeing the sprinkled in yellow shirts of support and the audience as well. Early childhood is definitely something that we love and need to
continue to invest in. So, thank you for all the work that you are doing um every single day. So, Miss Brley Paige and others for >> question specials. Have you found any states where they've been able to do it? We have actually visited some programs
that do incorporate specials and so that's something that we are going to look into. Um where I've seen it done in the past they have um used classified staff because there has to be two adults in the classrooms and um created
curriculum specific to early childhood for PE or for library. They're actually I visited Maize right outside of Witchah and they actually do specials um within their program. The one thing that we are having a difficulty with at this point is that our partday students only come
for three and a half hours a day. And so it's really hard already to fit everything into that three and a half hour time bracket four days a week. So if we add specials in, what does that look like? What what do we have to take out to put it in? And then how do we
make sure that our curriculum and everything else is still we're still meeting those needs for our children. >> Have you ever I know there's a budget problem talked about extending the day instead of having them part-time that they're there the whole time.
>> That is something that we would love to consider it. It a lot of it um is budgetary and also space. So whenever we um take two part day classrooms and make them full day, we have to find another classroom
essentially. So it's something that we definitely look into. And each year around this time, we start to think about next year and what could we do a little bit differently um as far as full day or more classrooms or more space, things like that. >> Thank you.
>> Yeah, you're welcome. >> Thank you. Few additional questions. Seeing none, thank you so much uh for your time tonight. Uh board, as questions do come up as you review the report and other questions come up, please submit those to Dr. Stubblefield. And if you haven't had a chance, um to
get out there to visit and our early childhood sites, um especially for our new board members, um I totally recommend it. Um and they do an amazing job of giving you all the insight. So, thank you so much for being here tonight. >> Thank you. All right. Next on our agenda, we will
hear our an update and a report from special education. I would invite Dr. Lori and Miss Nelson to the podium as they will share an update. Good evening. Good to see you both. >> Good evening. Item you on item you
>> perfect. Thank you. Good evening board president Lopez, board members, Dr. Stubfield, and all stakeholders in our community who are present today. As director of special education programs, now in my fifth year with KCKPS, I'm honored to share our quarter 2
progress update on the KPS KCKPS special education 2025 through 28 action plan. This is indeed our roadmap for enhancing the ways that we serve families, students, and staff across all
areas of special education. Our special education mission statement remains kids first and our vision is to empower all students with exceptionalities um exceptionalities to reach their full potential in school and community. And today we're going to focus on our
quarter 2 updates that are focused around those priorities. You'll notice here that we also make sure that we are in alignment with our board goals as well as KISSA outcomes and also those that we've presented as part of our special education focus.
Speaking of focus, this year our theme is special the special education sped experience. It reflects our focus on students, families, and staff experiences in their daily or routine interactions with the special education department. This theme aligns with our
district focus this year, better every day, laser focus, which emphasizes consistent intentional practices that support students and staff over time. Our first focal area is noted here, which is related to building a shared
vision for strengthening commu communication, which continues to be one of our top priorities this quarter. The sped sped leadership team, including Dr. Lowry, who is here today, our executive director, Dartha Henry, Erica Brown, and myself, completed 44 school site visits
across our elementary, middle, high school, and alternative um programming. These visits were intended to support communication and gather feedback from school teams. We met informally and connected with teachers, pair professionals, administrators to hear
about current practices, successes, and also challenges they may be facing. In addition, communication with district leadership continued through regular updates via our weekly the weekly administrator's desk as well as the superintendent's end of week report.
This is supporting consistent and transparent information sharing. Our second focus area is around collaboration and culture which is central to the sped experience. This quarter the department convened roundtable discussions as well as bed
advisory group meetings where we had subgroups uh meet as you note there to connect about structured opportunities for us to garner feedback and also have opportunities for collaboration. These groups included staff, parents and district partners and served and they
also serve in in an advisory capacity to inform departmental planning, communication and engagement efforts. In addition, sped staff participated or had opportunity to participate in the huddles um that were offered and then we also produce and send out to our staff
the monthly sped newsletters which are shared as ongoing communication tools and help us connect across departments. Another focus area which is the third is recruiting, retaining and then also supporting the development of our special education staff through
collaboration, professional learning and shared solutions seeking. Throughout this quarter two, the special education department worked in partnership with our building leaders, our district teams and staff to identify creative and practical approaches to supporting students and staff across programs.
professional development uh remained a very strong priority and doing so we were able to provide se 16.5 hours of professional learning opportunities to our sped staff across this quarter. These sessions included instructional supports, compliance related training as
well as targeted learning for pair professionals all designed to strengthen daily practice and staff efficacy. These efforts reflect our ongoing commitment to supporting staff with meaningful collaboration and continuous learning and service to our students.
You'll also notice here our sped instructional hub. This is our front-facing resource that's available to stakeholders within our community. Um 247 access is available. It gives you resources related to compliance um instructional tools and also very
user-friendly format for accessing these materials. The hub supports consistency, accessibility and further alignment across schools and programs and reflects our continued commitment to practical systems that support our daily practice as we look to Oops, wrong direction.
There we go. All right. As we look ahead to quarter three, our focus remains on continued implementation of the sped action plan and maintaining consistent communication and collaboration across schools, district teams, and with our community partners and families.
Ultimately, the SPED experience reflects shared accountability, ensuring that every interaction with students and families is thoughtful, respectful, and supportive. We appreciate the continued support of our board and our district leadership as we work toward a stronger
future for special education in KCK. >> At this time, I'd like to welcome any questions or feedback that you may have. >> Randy, I got to thank you, Miss Nelson. Appreciate the information. Thank you, Dr. Lori and team. We'll open up. Mr. Miling, >> thank you for your presentation. All
what you have uh uh put in place here. My question I'd like to ask uh the special ed department uh basically is uh is staffing and the being compatible and is the uh I don't want to say it efficient enough to accomplish your
goals and your focus in the areas that you are numerically I think you know where I'm going to meet to the focus and the areas that you all are focused in and the goals let me say that the goals that you are you have
established and presented for for the sped pardon me. >> So as you can imagine of course staffing sure for special education um and for a lot of of positions within education right now is a challenge across the nation. Um but we have come up with lots
of creative solutions and ideas that we work with other departments as well as with our community partners i.e. programming that allows um pair professionals for instance or classified staff to become certified teachers and we support that process and growth. So
we also are growing our own but we also work with all of our HR partners and building leaders to help build um and strengthen that completion where we want to get to 100%. We'd all love 100% but I will tell you that we've been pretty consistently above the 80 to 85% which
um is pretty good in terms of it's not field but it's much much better than it was uh five years ago and we're really proud of the advancement that we've been able to make um collaboratively as a team to try to fill those gaps. >> Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you friendly page and then Miss Penhick. All right. >> Miss Penhick. >> Okay. Well, thank you for the presentation. I know that we are no longer in a co-op and I wanted to know how that is affecting your service delivery within special education.
>> So I don't know if Dr. So you were about to >> you you I was just going to say we're still a co-op. We we're now in a two school um two district co-op. Um Bonner has um submitted the paperwork. So um we're anticipating for the 26 27 school
year that we'll be a co-op. Um it for us it really won't change much because we were the host district. So once uh Piper and both Bonner um were able to hire their own staff, get programming in place, they are becoming independent. So
for us it it won't have any impact because we provide services that they couldn't necessarily provide because of their size. Um but they've now grown to be able to do majority of it and we'll uh Piper um still continues to contract
for like some specialized classrooms >> um and we anticipate doing the same for Bonner. >> Thank you. >> You miss Brownley Page. >> My question too is is regard to >> staff. How has the state board helped
you guys knowing we don't have enough staff but yet there are guidelines things that are required for you guys to do and you're trying to do the best that you can but how is the state help you in trying to do that?
So I can't speak specifically to the state specific things that they've done, but I do know just the fact that we're able to have lenture that is a little bit more forgiving in terms of our limited apprentice lensure program. It allows those people and staff members
who do have who have interest in being a part of the teaching profession to come in with a bachelor's degree and then we're able to provide the training and support and partner with our universities to offer them lenture while they're in the process of learning and that's been really one of our successful
ways of recruiting teachers from within and also bringing in people that already obviously love the work that they do in schools and love being a part of the Kansas City Kansas public school community. um and we just able to grow our own. So even just them extending that that policy and extending that
opportunity is a huge win because there are other states that do not allow that. So they're consistently trying to figure out ways to get more staff. I know there are also opportunities for us to participate in the evaluation of programs and certification. Um and that's one that's open up and offered to
any staff uh leadership staff as well as teaching staff who want to do program evaluation as volunteers. um that gives an opportunity also to make sure there's alignment with what universities are doing um in terms of preparation for staff and does it align with our current needs. Maybe the model that they have
just doesn't quite exist or meet our needs currently in this context. Sort of like what you heard with EC saying you know there are more demands more things that we have to be able to do. So we want to make sure there's alignment and having real u feedback from people on the ground who are seeing the needs in real time.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Sure. Thank you. Additional questions or discussion? Okay. Uh if things do come up, please email Dr. Stubblefield. We'll make sure to get that information to everyone. Thank you for the report tonight, Miss Nelson and Dr. Lori and team.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. All right. Continuing with our agenda item 10, we have new uh policy updates that came out in December of 2025. Um Mr. Gohane, we'll pass this to you. So, in the uh agenda packet, you'll see
there's a um uh the packet we received from the Kansas Association of School Boards, which does the primary policy update suggestions to the district. Uh for the new board members, they'll do this in December and then they'll do it again in June. And so we have two times
a year that we we tend to look at policies on a large scale as opposed to other points in times of the year where we might look at a specific policy or a couple of policies based upon recommendation from staff, from legal or from uh board member suggestions. In
this case, uh KSB has recommended uh changes to policies. Well, they they've they've identified 12 total policies, I believe. one of which is a new policy and the rest are changes or modifications to current policies. These range from everything to modifications
to the executive session uh language uh all the way down to addressing visitors in the school. Um we've gone through these and of the uh 12 policies there are nine that we are making recommendations that the board adopt for
first read and I can identify those for you so that you can take a look rather than go one by one. Uh that is board policy uh BC BCBK which deals with executive sessions. The additional language that KSB is
recommending be added deals with a um addition to make it um a uh it's already a criminal offense to breach privacy, but they've had some incidents not at our district but at other districts where somebody has attempted to record
an executive session. Um and except in circumstances where uh that is required by statute. For example, if you have a student due process hearing appeal, that's required to be recorded. But otherwise, there are not supposed to be recordings uh that take place in the executive session. And uh they're
recommending that we uh adopt a sentence that indicates that we would prosecute anybody that does uh um record during an executive session. So, that's one recommendation they're making. Um the other policies that are in place here
that uh we're recommending be adopted, the changes be adopted are BG, uh which is uh deals with memberships that deals with uh KSB uh separating a little bit from the National School Board Association.
Um they're still an affiliate member, but they are also looking at other options for national membership. So they are taking that language out or proposing to take that language out. Um I I which is a new policy trying to deal
with artificial intelligence uh and its uses or permitted uses in the school. Uh it leaves the actual determination of the usage to uh recommendations of staff and the development of a plan. But it does include a policy language dealing with
that. uh IKB which is uh modifications to deal with controversial issues. Um some of uh IKB and some of the other ones we're going to look at here in a minute deal with uh religious optouts allow allowable under the new uh Supreme
Court decision. And so those modifications we we suggest you adopt IKCA which is uh again a uh includes some opt out language essentially is moving from the human sexuality education policy language uh reference
specific to AIDS which um was included in the policy years ago when was initially adopted but um no longer is necessary. Uh IKD is uh religion and curricular and uh school sponsored activities. Again,
that's designed to uh deal with changes based on the Supreme Court decision and we recommend you adopt that language change. IKDA is another religious objection to activities policy again dealing with the
change in the Supreme Court decision. And then uh JQI uh deals with adult students and some slight modification of the language. and KM uh which deals with visitors to schools
and adds some language um dealing with uh offduty law enforcement officers and uh prohibiting any requirements that are already prohibited by statute to require certain identifications by those officers in any sort of um admission to
the school district as visitors. Um the other pol there are three policies that we are not recommending that you adopt the changes on. That's IHF which is uh your graduation requirements. Uh the board members who
are already on the board may recall that we spent a significant amount of time about a year ago going through and changing our graduation requirements and and coming up with some specific distinctions. So, our policy is significantly different than what KASB recommends. Because we spent that time
on that, I don't recommend that we undo that time and adopt their more standardized uh policy. Um, JBCC uh deals with enrollment of non-resident students and really just deals with u one sentence dealing with transportation
language. However, um our policy does differ from the JBCC policy that uh is the KSB model policy um based upon some uniqueness to our district. So, um I'll take a look at the transportation language and maybe see if we can modify
our current policy, but I don't recommend that you do adopt the KSB policy at this time. And the last one is uh JCAC, which is interrogation and investigation. And again, we've we've modified our language uh fairly significantly from
what the model policy is. So, I don't recommend you adopt that change at this time. So, our policy recommendations are that you adopt the for first read uh nine of the policies um which we've identified and and have that in a motion
for first read and that you not adopt the other three. >> Thank you, Mr. Gohane. Um are there questions? And just for again for clarity for the full board, um these go through three reads. All policy changes or recommendation or modifications will go through three reads. So this is just the first time that we'll see them,
review them, have an opportunity to ask questions and um if we want to make any adjustments or changes, we can. Um they will come back before the board at a future board meeting. Um and we'll go through this at least a couple of more times. So we'll have more opportunities to make um adjustments or modifications
if necessary. So, >> right. And it's also helpful if you don't have questions or comments this evening. If you do in between the board meetings, if you'll let Dr. Stubblefield or myself know, then we can be prepared to bring back those changes or answer those questions at the next board
meeting during second read. >> Thank you, Mr. Mo Cohen. So, it's uh been recommended um and is there a motion to um approve for first read um review and approve for first read those nine policies that were recommended? And
I'll make sure I have this correct. BCB K, BG, I I E I KB, I KCA, IK D, I KDA, JQI, and KM. >> That's correct. >> Thank you. There a motion to approve for first read.
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion at this time? Seeing and hearing none, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez.
>> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Lynn Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Thank you, board. Thank you, Mr. Gohane.
All right. Next board we will hear from our uh superintendent of schools, Dr. Stubblefield. >> Good evening, everyone. I just have a few announcements and reminders. I will start with um saying that January 9th was law enforcement appreciation day. So
I um I would like to extend um our sincere thanks to the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Police Department and our local law enforcement partners for their dedication to protecting our students, staff, schools, and community. Um your service, commitment, and support do not go unnoticed, and we thank you
for helping keep our um schools and community safe. So thank you. Um, as I shared earlier, we are encouraged to share that the chronic absenteeism has decreased across the district. Um, nearly all of our schools um decrease by
3% or more, which reflects the collective efforts of our students, families, and staff to prioritize regular attendance. We know that in order for our students to achieve academically, they actually first have to be here physically. So, um to our um principles, staff, and um our um team
here at district office, great job um for first semester um um on that accomplishment. Um Kansas City, Kansas Schools is grateful to receive a $25,245 grant from the Firehouse Subs Public
Safety Foundation. This grant will fund the purchase of 17 new ballistic vests and carriers for our police departments. or department, I'm sorry. Um, >> just want to say if you're interested in a rewarding career uh change in becoming
a teacher, our teach fellow pathways are um now um advertising to recruit. The first meeting um will be held on starting Wednesday, January 14th, that's tomorrow, from 5:00 p. p.m. to 6 pm. Um
and then um there are additional dates January 28th, February 11th, and February 25th. We encourage anyone is interested in taking the first step towards becoming a classroom teacher um to attend those sessions. That's one of
many pathways um that we recruit um to um open the door for becoming an educator um through an alternative pathway. Um two former Washington High School students um this started while they were attendant Washington High School created
a plan for an ideal dog park as a part of a classroom project. Um, these two students, um, had the opportunity to see their classroom designs come to life at a ribbon cutting ceremony that was held at November in November at Wellbborne
Dog Park located at 2520 North 55th Street. Um, it was Samantha um, Ozerio M uh, Martisa Hernandez and Daniel Angel Franco. So their park, it started out um as a project and um a
client connected project or a project for them to build something and now it's um actually a park that was designed by um our students who are now former students. And I would like to uh congratulate Seavon Stone, the quarterback at Washington High School,
on being selected to the 2026 Kansas Shrine Bowls. Uh Seavon is one of 88 all-star athletes chosen statewide for this honor. Um he is the first quarterback in Kansas City, Kansas to both rush and pass for more than a
thousand yards in a single season. So congratulations to Seavon and his coach Cameron Smith on an out on this outstanding achievement. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Stubblefield. Um just a few comments uh on my end, then I'll open the floor to the board. Um I again
I I do want to echo Dr. Stubblefield a thank you to our law enforcement team. You guys do a great job. You're more than just law enforcement. you're out there building relationships with our students and their families and I think that's a critical component of what you do every single day. Um and so I think that I just appreciate that being uh at
the forefront of your work every day. So thank you for all the work that all of you do um for our district. Um I do also want to um just say hello and congratulations and welcome Miss Irene Kado who's here today. Um, I think this is your first board meeting with us since being hired on as the new
executive director for the school's foundation of excellence. So, welcome. We're glad to have you. Glad to see you here. Um, and welcome to the team. Thank you, uh, Miss Irene Calo, if you ever need, um, to they've got a great team over there already. Um, and I think the addition of Irene is just excellent. So,
thank you for being here with us today. Um, and then I did I also want to just say thank you to our health services team. Um especially right now with all the different um flu and colds and everything else going around. Um our health services team continues to do an excellent job, our nurses at our schools
um to support our schools and students and making sure that they're healthy and safe and doing everything we can to take precautions against um any of these flu and colds and everything else going around. Um so thank you for your work. Um and then on on a somber note, I do just want to recognize um the passing of
Mr. Wendell Maddox um who was such a staple here in Wok County for a long time. um held several positions of leadership in we do county was a guide and a mentor such a great leader in our community um and for a long time was the president CEO of United Way of we do county and did some great things there
so I know probably everyone in this room had a relationship with Wendell and uh Mr. Maddox and and and uh just a great individual and uh his services will be this Friday. Um and so we just wanted I just wanted to take a moment to lift him up um in his passing and we'll keep him
and his family um in our prayers as well as he was a a great leader in we do county for uh for for many many years. So um with that I'll open up the floor to the board if there are any other comments. >> Uh Mr. Lopez. >> Yes, Miss Brownley P. Miss Clemens, who
runs the future leaders program, she lost her mother and they're having her services at Salem Baptist Church this Saturday. I know that we lost a student and some of our staff have lost some of their children. And I just want to say thank you for your condolences and the
loss of my brother and we do appreciate it. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Miss Brownley Page. Mr. I just like to bring to the attention the uh to the community and us the uh Monday the 19th would be 46 years of celebrating and bringing awareness to
Martin Luther King Day 2026 celebration at Memorial Hall on 7th the Barnett. We know where that is. They have a great speaker for this year, the Reverend Dr. Claybon Lee of the Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfield uh uh uh California.
And the celebration is uh and let me say this, the funding of the celebration goes to our children. That's the highlight of the celebration because it includes the Reverend CE. Taylor and Dr. Martin Luther King scholarships will be
rewarded awarded, excuse me, to uh 25 graduating seniors from the Turner area, Piper area, and of course our area. And uh it's a great celebration and the the the King celebration is going to increase awareness to youth
participation and an art contest is part of that for 2026. It's open to all middle school and high school students and $500 scholarships will be awarded to 25 graduating uh students in those
particular school districts. uh very resounding uh uh uh uh program and I just encourage we can come in and help celebrate that that endeavor. It's been our community for a long time and you know let me say it ain't a Baptist
things, not a meth Methodist thing, not Episcopalian thing uh thing. It's a it's a it's a community thing. >> That's right. >> It's it's it's all of us as we go forward and it's something very very positive. And as for the children, not a lot of but any can help anybody in in
this way whether it's 20 25 or 50 is good to be a part of this endeavor. Thank you. >> Thank you Mr. >> Mile. What was the location again? >> Memorial Hall. Okay. >> 7th in Barnett. We know what that is and and uh you it's a great program and they
will have singing and young people are involved in in doing that uh in doing uh in in doing endeavor in the program. Yeah. And participating. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Milin. Uh Miss Clark. Um and then I also just wanted to say to
Officer Green, we we're thinking about you too, my friend. So, um just wanted to to lift you up and your family as well, Miss Clark. >> All right. Thank you. Good evening. Um, welcome to our new board members. I'm sorry I wasn't able to be there in person tonight to get to see you, but hopefully we'll get to spend lots of
time together soon. Um, I want also want to call out Mickey Wells. Um, Mickey and her husband both worked within this district, graduated within this district, and so we lost Mickey January the 6th. She was she had been at Douglas for years um with faces. And so her
services will be uh January 24th, but I definitely want to give our condolences to the Wells family. >> That's right. >> I should say the Wells and Gwyn family. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Thank you, Miss Clark. Anything else from board members?
>> Oh, one other thing. If you can come on the 15th, which is Thursday, at the state capital at 1:00, they're having a Martin Luther King celebration. So if you want to come and then also come up and meet the representatives who represent you in your districts if you
live in the state of Kansas, you need to come up, introduce yourself. You have concerns. People are more than happy to see you. >> Thank you, Miss Brley Page. Miss Penhicks, >> I just want to thank the board and the
staff for wel welcoming us to our new positions. And I want to thank the community for coming tonight and sharing with us this opportunity to represent you and our children and our community as well as we possibly can. We look
forward to it and we uh need your support and your continued encouragement in the process. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Um with that board, we our next agenda item is 12A. Would entertain a motion to
recess to executive session for teacher negotiations pursuant to the exemption for employer employee negotiations under the Kansas open meetings act to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, Dr. Jones, Mr. Hansford.
>> And that's it. going in >> going in for 10 minutes. Going in at um 645. >> So moved. >> Moved. >> Second >> and seconded. Questions? Miss Downing.
>> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Penhicks. >> Pamela Penhicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Staff, if you're not a part of executive session, you're free to leave. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Hey,
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Come on. to return to open session, please. Some >> moved by Miss Clark, seconded by Miss Pen Hicks. Any questions? >> Right. Uh, Miss Downing.
>> Wanda Brley Page. >> Couldn't hear. I'm sorry. >> Sorry. >> Okay. Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes.
>> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Emily Penh. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, is there a motion to recess to executive session for consultation with the attorney on matters which we deem privilege and the
attorney client relationship under the Kansas Open Meetings Act with potential action to follow to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, and Dr. Jones for for 10 minutes going in at 6:59
at 659. >> Is there a motion? >> So moved. >> Moved by Miss Pen Hicks, seconded by Mr. Milin, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> She said yes. >> Okay. Yolanda Clark. Danda Clark. Yes.
>> Randy Lopez. >> Randy, yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pinhicks. >> Pen Hicks. Yes. >> And Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes.
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Heat. Heat. Come on. Come on. executive or motion to uh go back into open session, please. >> Okay. >> Motion to do so. >> Moved by Mr. Milin, seconded by Miss Pen
Hicks, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brley Page. >> Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. Yanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Jun. Yes.
>> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Okay. >> All right. Motion to extend executive session for five minutes. Moved >> by Miss Pen Hicks. Seconded by Mr.
Milin. Miss Downing. >> Hold on one second for me. I'm sorry. Was Mr. Milin first or second? >> Second. >> Miss Pen Hicks motioned and then Mr. Milin seconded. >> Thank you.
>> No problem. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr.
>> He said yes. Okay. Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Penh. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland. Yes. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. Heat. Heat. Come on. Come on.
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Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Right. Motion to return to open session, please. >> Move. >> Move. Is there a second?
>> A second. >> Moved and seconded. Questions? Miss Downing? >> Yolanda Clark. Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. Yes.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Okay. >> Clark. >> She left. >> Wanda Brley is not here. Okay. >> All right. Uh, thank you, uh, Dr. Stfield. Thank you, board. Congratulations, Miss Strickland Eaggan
and Miss Pen Hicks. survived your first board meeting and we got out before 7:30. Uh please let's make that a regular thing. But uh next time we'll be here till 11:00. So um I'm kidding. >> Uh thank you again. Congratulations to
you both. Welcome to the team. We're glad to have you. With that, this meeting is adjourned. Have a good night. >> Thank you. Heat. Heat.