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meeting to order. Welcome. It is Tuesday, February 10th, 2026, 9:31 a.m. We'll call our regularly scheduled board meeting to order. It's great to see everybody. Um, board colleagues, thanks for being here. Dr. Stubblefield, to all of our staff, um,
and any guests that we have present, welcome. Thank you for being here. To those that are online, welcome. We're glad to have you join us as well. Before I continue, we do have interpreters available today. If you do need an interpreter, um we have them available. Please let one of our staff members know, raise your hand, and we'll make
sure that we have an interpreter support this morning. So, please just flag one of our staff members down and we'll make sure that we have an interpreter available for you today. Again, welcome. Glad to see you all. I can't believe it's February 10th already. Um, so we'll start as we do at
every board meeting. We'll read our board norms and protocols. We agreed 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. 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. continually selfch check to determine if we are following
our norms when conducting district business. Again, welcome. Great to see you all. Just a reminder for those of you that are online, if you could please just mute yourself um until you are going to speak, you can use the raise your hand function or um if we don't see you or call on you, um you can feel free
to interject. Um I believe we have a couple of board members online. So, uh Miss Paige and Dr. when if you need to speak um just make sure that we that that you catch our attention or use that um raise your h hand function online. Good to see you. >> Miss Downing, would you please do a roll
call? >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark, present. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez, present. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. present. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Hamela Pen Hicks present. Joyce
Strickland Eaggan >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan present >> Dr. Wyn >> Wanda Brownley Page >> Wanda Brownley Page present >> Dr. Wyn >> see her yet? Um we'll keep an eye out
for her. I believe she will be joining virtually as well. Okay. Thank you. Um, is there a motion to approve today's regular agenda? >> 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. >> Hamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> I'll say Dr. Wyn. >> Okay. Thank you. Um board will jump right into our agenda. Um and I just
want to quickly shout out and say thank you to the staff who make our morning uh daytime meetings um ready to go. I know it's a little bit extra work on top on top of your daytime duties. So, uh, we appreciate you letting us interrupt your day and, uh, getting everything ready
for our board meeting, um, during the day. So, thank you to all the staff who are, uh, who help with that and thank you to all the staff who are here. Um, we know you have a lot going on, uh, in your busy schedules during the day, but to make time to be here during the board meetings, we appreciate you. Um, first
on our agenda, we will hear from Dr. Jones and his team as we recognize our administrator of the month. Good morning, Dr. Jones. >> Good morning, President Lopez, Vice President Brownley Page, and to all of the board
of education members, and to Dr. Stubblefield. I am very happy to bring to you the admin of the month award for the month of February. These are our leaders. So, I'm going to start first of all with the district um
leader of the month and that is Miss Shemica Brown, assistant director of transportation. >> Shemica Brown is the behind the scenes force who keeps our district moving. Shemica. >> Through tireless co coordination and
unwavering dedication, she ensures students arrive safely and on time for countless activities, creating opportunities for every student every day. I give to you, Miss Shemica Brown,
assistant director of transportation. Elementary administrator of the month. I present to you Miss Heidi Chavez from assistant principal of Silver City Elementary School. Silver City
Chavez is a true champion for Silver City Elementary, supporting teachers, students, and families >> with care and collaboration. >> All righty. >> Now that's a Uhoh.
>> Uh-oh. We ran it off. ran it off. >> Good deal. That's how I would do it. >> Maybe not as quick. >> He got out of there. >> I'll start over again. Head Chavez is a true champion for Silver City Elementary, supporting teachers,
students, and families with care and collaboration. Her commitment strengthens instruction, builds trust, and uplifts the entire school community. I present to you the elementary administrator of the month, Miss Heidi
Chavez. >> All right, Heidi. >> The middle school administrator of the month from Gloria Willis, assistant principal, Ashley Gan. Ashley Gan is a student centered leader
who supports kids and staff with consistency, compassion, and calm leadership. She has built a strong sixth grade community where students feel seen, supported, and empowered to succeed. I present to you the middle
school administrator of the month, Miss Ashley Gan. Y'all notice she had that orange and black on, so I noticed that. Last but not least, the high school administrator of the month. I present to you the principal of Washington High School,
Miss Rebecca Skinner. Rebecca Skinner brings a clear vision, strong leadership, and deep commitment to Washington High School. In a short time, she has made meaningful datadriven improvements that elevate both student
experience and school culture. I present to you the high school administrator of the month, Miss Rebecca Skinner. Thank you, Dr. Jones. Congratulations to our administrators. We're going to take a brief pause so we can take a quick photo with our administrators of the
month and our board and then we will resume our meeting. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, come on. All right, thank you for giving us a quick moment. Again, congratulations to
the administrators of the month. Just a quick note, you know, I know the board and superintendent and leadership team really set our policy and um help set things from top, but at the building really it's our administrators who help shape the culture of those buildings and and really carry out that vision and
implement the mission and vision and the culture and the work within the buildings and with our scholars. So, um kudos and congratulations to all of our administrators um and thank you for your dedicated work um because it really matters at the building level um to carry out the work
of the district. So, thank you. Next on our agenda board, we have our community comment. Um we have no one who has signed up for comment today this morning, but a reminder, everyone is welcome to sign up noon the day before Monday, the day before the board meeting um to give comment. Um, okay. So, we'll
go into agenda item four, executive sessions. Miss uh Brownley Pageige and Dr. Wyn, you should have received an email with a Zoom link to the executive sessions. If you don't have it or don't see it, um, please send myself or Miss Downing a message and we'll make sure to
to help get you in the meeting for the executive sessions. board would entertain a motion to recess to executive session for attorney client um for attorney client matters um on matters which would be deemed privilege in the attorney client relationship under the Kansas Open Meetings Act for
15 minutes to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, uh Dr. Prim, Mr. Hansford, and Dr. Jones. >> Dr. Guest >> and Dr. Guest. Thank you. So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any questions?
Miss Downing. >> Yanda Clark. >> Yanda 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.
>> Dr. W. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Yeah, they may have gone already. >> Okay. and I'll check on I'll check on them. We'll uh for the next three we'll just join from virtually for >> okay >> the next executive sessions. Thank you. >> Got it.
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>> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Jun. Yes. >> Hame. >> I'm sorry. >> Hamela Pin Hicks. >> Hame Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> And Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. Wyn raises her hand. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Um motion to extend executive
session for 10 minutes. >> Moved by Miss Clark, seconded by Mr. Milin. Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez.
>> Randy Lopez. Yes, >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Yes, >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pin Hicks. Yes, >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. Wyn.
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session, please? >> Moved by Miss Pamela Pen Hicks, seconded by Mr. from Milan. Miss Downing >> Wanda Brownley Page >> Wanda Brownley Page >> Blanda Clark >> Randy Lopez
>> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Junior. >> Say yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Lynn Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes.
>> Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. Dr. Wyn is raising her hand as a yes. Thank you. Um, okay. Motion to recess to executive session for consultation with the attorney on matters which would be deemed privileged in the attorney client relationship under coma to include Dr.
Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, Mr. Hansford, Dr. Jones, Dr. Prim, uh, Doug Clemens, and Mr. Miguel Martin for 10 >> for 10 minutes. Uh going in at 10:30 >> moved by uh Miss Clark, seconded by Mr.
Milin, Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr.
>> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Penh. Yes. Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. And >> Dr. Win Dr. Wayne is raising her hand. Yes. Thank you. Heat. Heat. N.
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Clark, Miss Downey. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Wanda Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Wanda Clark. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin, Jr.
>> Jun. Yes. Pamela. Okay. Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland. >> Yes. >> Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. W is raising her hand as a yes.
>> And Miss Clark. I'm sorry. I didn't get Miss Clark. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. Um, is there a motion to recess to executive session for consultation with the attorney on matters which would be deemed privileged
in the attorney client relationship under the Kansas Open Meetings Act to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, Dr. Jones, Mr. Prim, and Dr. Prim, and Mr. Hansford for 10 minutes going in at 10:47. >> Moved by Miss Clark, seconded by Mr.
Milin. Miss Downing. >> Wanda Brownley Page. >> Brownley Page. Yes. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Andy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks.
>> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Lynn Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Eaggan. Yes. >> Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. W is raising her hand as a yes. Thank you. Okay. Hallelujah.
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Heat. Nah. Hey, hey, hey. Can you hear me? >> Yes, I can. >> All right. Motion to return to open session, please. Is there a motion to return to open
session? >> Move. Moved by Miss Pamela Pen Hicks, seconded by Miss Joyce Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Miss Downing. Wanda Brownley Page. >> She dropped off about three minutes ago.
>> Yolanda Clark. >> Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Jun. Yes. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pamela Pandy Hicks. Yes.
>> Strickland Eaggan. >> Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. Wyn. >> Dr. Wyn has raised her hand. Yes. Thank you. Um, sorry. Motion to recess to executive session for consultation with the attorney on matters which would be deemed privilege in the attorney client
relationship under the Kansas Open Meetings Act to include Dr. Stubblefield, Mr. Gohane, Dr. Jones, Mr. Hansford, Dr. Pgram for five minutes going in at 10:59. >> Moved by Miss Clark, seconded by Mr. Milin, Miss Downing,
>> Yolanda Clark. Randy Lopez >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Pamela Pin Hicks. >> Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Lynn Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes.
>> And Dr. Win. >> She's raising her hand as a yes. Thank you. Hey, hey, hey. Stay away. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat.
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Please. >> So move. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Miss Downing. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Mil Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pen Hicks.
>> Pamela Pen Hicks. Yes. Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> And Dr. Wyn. >> Okay. Next on our agenda board, item five is our consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve today's consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Questions or
discussion? >> Okay. Miss Downing. >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Hamela Penhicks. Emily Pen Hicks. Yes. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes.
>> Dr. W. >> Thank you, board. Uh, next on our agenda, item six, board updates and approvals. Uh, we have first item, item A, is an update on our strategic planning process. I see Dr. Selenus Willilick, Mr. Hansford walking to the
podium. Good morning. Um, welcome. As a reminder, um, we have approved a strategic plan process >> um that uh that we'll continue to get updates on. There's an there's a committee, a steering committee that
just recently met um and that will continue to meet to guide the process. Uh Dr. Selenus will Mr. Hansford are helping to lead that. So, good morning and welcome. >> Uh good morning board. Uh glad to be here to to share just an update quickly on strategic planning. So, we had an
opportunity to meet um this past week with our steering committee which is made up of uh community members, students, uh several board members present, uh staff members, and really to talk about and set the direction uh for
our uh next 5 to seven years in in Kansas City, Kansas public schools. Um I'm probably a little bit biased, but uh uh I certainly think in the room we had wonderful conversations. the the uh the the the people that were there were so engaged >> um really in thoughtful conversation
about both what is great about our school district and how to make sure that we maintain that those great things and then also to look at areas where we can improve um and to really talk about some focus areas for us for the next 5 years to make sure that um that that we are uh that they are working towards uh
getting better every day our our road map to the north star. Uh so um our next meeting, we have another meeting coming up February 25th uh with that uh with that with that same group. Um and just so that you know, we will be at that meeting finalizing our mission, vision,
and belief statements. Um we'll be identifying four to six focus areas um that will shape the strategic plan uh moving forward. Um, and we'll also uh look at uh some of the measures of
success or ways uh descriptors that might help us know if we're we're meeting those focus areas. Um, and then we will be starting to get ready for um action teams which will take those focus areas and start building that into a specific plan u moving forward that we will have to share with the board uh for
approval. Um, we thought it would be fun, um, uh, before we go today. The our communications department did, uh, spent the day with us as well, taking pictures and video, and so they put together this video just to highlight, uh, our steering committee today. Hope you enjoy
it. >> The board of education um, embraced on this new journey to make this roadmap for the next 5 years for the district and what's best for kids at the end of the day. This group of about 40 stakeholders that represent the district
in many ways, students, classified staff members, certified staff members, administrators, parents, and those really important community members came together as a group, a representative group, and we are looking at the thought exchange that uh the district had engaged in earlier. We're reviewing the
current mission statement, the vision statements. We're developing belief statements for the district, and then ultimately we're going to do an analysis of the district. We talked about some of the things that are common across the district. Some of the challenges that we have and some of the great stories of
the overcoming challenges and the things that our students are able to do and the passion that we have. >> I feel like there was a lot more discussion over the issues that are present in the current system and I feel like being able to look at it and evaluate it is a huge step in the right direction.
>> I think today was a good introduction to uh some really good work that we have ahead of us. Some of the work might involve some crucial conversations in the future, but again, datainformed work. Nevertheless, >> I like the fact that we talked about our strengths, what our opportunities are,
but we also talked about some threats and some weaknesses so that we can address those issues and be a part of the solution and not just talk about the problem. >> Students are actively living in that system. So we in many ways are able to
evaluate and express discontent or pros and cons of the current system and future systems better than anyone else. >> Actually having people want to hear my opinion and actually having people be like okay well do you want to say something else? Like being eager to
hear. I'm like whoa. Like I never really got that. >> Students um are transparent. They're not afraid to give their opinion. Um and their voice at the table matters. And I think that by doing this and by hearing us out and by putting all of our brains
together, I feel like that will make a huge impact and difference within our community. >> Okay. >> And I will just conclude with saying um while I I I neglected to mention before so this work is uh while while Dr. Dr.
Selenus Willilick and I um have done a lot of work laying the groundwork and preparing some things. A lot of departments preparing um Michelle Hubard from uh Kansas Association of School Boards is helping us to facilitate did a wonderful job I think bringing us into the conversation uh keeping things focused and um as we conclude I'll just
say I was very excited about the day. I thought it was a wonderful day and I really look forward to the 25th. I think some amazing things are coming for us. >> Nice. Yeah, >> I just want to say happy Black History Month and the kids had a blast. They really did. They had a good time. Thank you. >> All right.
>> Thank you both. Any questions from board members? >> As stated, we'll continue to bring updates and there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes. Thank you both very much uh for your leadership in this process. Next board. Um an agenda item. This has
come before us at least once um and is up for potential action if it is the will of the board. It's recommended the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education approve pull up the actual wording. recommended the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Board of Education approve the replacement of the current
nutrition services back of house or BO software and authorize the administration to enter into an agreement with Primro Edge for back of house services beginning in the 2026 2027 school year.
There a motion to do so. >> Some moved. >> Second. >> Been moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion on this item >> hearing and seeing none, Miss Downing? >> Yolanda Clark. >> Yolanda Clark. Yes. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes.
>> Robert Milin Jr. >> Robert Milin Jr. Yes. >> Pamela Pen Hicks. >> Pamela Penhicks. Yes. >> Royce Strickland Eaggan. >> Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Carries. Thank you, board. Board. Next agenda item, item seven. Uh today we get
to hear some updates on our great bond projects that are ongoing. Uh it's exciting time. First on the agenda, we will hear about the new Argentine Middle School um and have our friends from Hollison Miller join us. Good good morning still. Um thank you for being
with us. All right. Uh, good morning board. My name is Basel Patel. Uh, and I'm the lead architect for the new Argentine Middle School. Uh, I'm really excited to share some of the design update for the school. Uh unfortunately today uh part of my team that was going to be here
with us uh do we need a minute? >> No no no tell sorry unfortunately uh part of the team that was going to be here today uh was not able to join uh they got hit with the flu. So I'll be sharing the full update today. Uh so jumping into the timeline for the project uh as we shared on the last
board meeting uh summer is off and running and construction is about to start on that project summer edition project. Uh and we are currently in the works of uh finishing up the construction documents for the Central Middle School. Uh the goal is for that project to uh uh go out and for us to
bring back bids for you uh for your approval sometime in spring. Uh and finally, the Argentine Middle School. We just wrapped up the design development for that project uh and are in works of sending out a combined early side package uh with the new elementary school on the side uh before completing
the construction documents and going out to bid for that project sometime midappril. Um so jumping on to the some of the engagement we have had on the project so far. Um I'm not going to go in all the details. We shared some of those details
last time. uh but just wanted to share that we are really excited to share the final product that came out of this uh extensive uh engagement with the district with the community and our collaborative vision for the new Argentine middle school. Uh so from that
engagement uh two big themes that really uh popped out was uh we wanted the new school to feel safe and inviting for all learners and we wanted this new school to celebrate the proud history of the both Argentine neighborhood and the Argentine middle school. So uh with that
uh the idea that we landed on to bring that uh vision into the school was the idea of nested. So uh the main concept revolves around the commons which is the heart of the school where the community comes together and has that sense of pride around which in the north we have
some of the public spaces of your gym your performance and on the bottom we have on the south side your village which is a cluster of uh one great academic uh classrooms. Uh that nested uh concept also uh carried into the site development. So
you can see the building is anchored into the existing topography. Uh so it just feels like this natural extension of the landscape and its surrounding. Uh and it's intentionally designed to create that sense of belonging for that building. Uh here's a quick bird's eye
view. You can see, you know, the fields to the north of Jim and some of those car and bus loops. Uh how they're great starting to get arranged around the site on the northeast side of of the building. Uh from the site amenities standpoint, we have a car loop coming off of hos drive uh that breaks into
service drive in the main drive that ends up on the east side of the building in car loop as a car parking area in the bus loop that comes off of Lawrence. Uh both of them meet at the uh arrival path at the main entry plaza. Uh that creates this shared entry experience and a
consistent arrival experience for all students. Uh talking about that entry experience uh we have this tall light field warm and welcoming space that invites people in and then creates that sense of safety at the same time that sense of pride in the building. For the
material pallets uh we chose two tones of brick to emphasize this horizontality that is created out of that side design. Uh so uh you can kind of see how it's starting to lay out and metal panel in between those windows to start to break that scale down to a more human scale.
And then you can see how it starts to wrap around that material pallet around the whole building. Here's a view of the building from South Card Loop. Uh you can see the building materials start to shape the rest of the school and that create that sense of school that nest into its surrounding and responds to its
site's natural landscape and natural slope. Uh going back to that entry plaza, a little bit of a zoomed out view. You can see how we are starting to integrate some of that building signage uh that school mer uh school uh branding opportunities. We have a large gym logo.
Uh we have uh you know Argentine signage with Argentine colors uh right at the front entry to bring that pride to that front space. Uh going a little bit beyond uh we have a view from playfields looking back at the school. One of the things that the school and the community was really
excited about to have that exterior outdoor playfield areas and not just uh have that but be very closely connected to the gym. So we worked on uh getting that as closely uh tied together to the gym as possible.
Uh going around to the opposite side uh we have an outdoor learning area. Uh community shared that that was a very uh important aspect that they wanted to integrate into the new school. So what we in response created was this flexible outdoor learning area uh between the two
academic villages that are directly connected to the art uh rooms and maker rooms. So those kids can from those rooms can directly go outside as well as flexible seings to have you know small groups of people or groups of students as well as large groups of students variety of different seating and variety
of different opportunities and learning modes for the students as well. Uh and here's a quick views from down below. You can see some of those different types of seating, different types of variety of furniture, different types of modes of learning that uh the
outdoor seating uh opportunity provides. Uh we're going to jump into a little bit of interior development. Now, uh here's a quick detail plan of our floor plan. So, you can still see that concept, the nested concept still come through. Comments is still that central heart of
the space. Uh and then you have the academic spaces on the south breaking it down into more classrooms and support spaces and collaborations. And at the top you have your public spaces, the gym, performance, locker room, admin areas. >> Uh so we shared a little bit of the
interior concept last time. So just wanted to uh quick refresher. Uh the concept for the interior that uh staff and the community really resonated with was this idea of camaraderie. uh the idea of express expressing this uh shared experience and school pride
through warm neutral tones but then having vibrate pops of color uh creating this welcoming and engaging environment for all students uh and you will see how we translated this theme into the interior spaces today. So what we're going to do next is just walk around
your building just have take a tour of where the design has landed uh and then let's start this tour uh at the front entry the main uh entry. So as you enter uh at the first part of the building, you're greeted with the must signage uh
that allows the students and visitors to have that sense of pride in that sense of belonging in their school. Uh just beyond this vestibule uh is on the top right image you can see this warmed reception that it feels very
welcoming. Uh right uh after that uh you can see in the bottom right image uh is this area where we have on the left uh some opportunities for trophy uh that Argentine Middle School has a rich history of to bring that history in and
on the right side is a student store uh so that a student has those student ownership opportunity as well as student merchandise uh so that the student can experience that their sense of belonging right at the front of the school. Uh finally jumping into that heart of the school that I'm talk we talked about a
lot about. Uh so this is the commons as you just go past that vestibular area. Uh on the left you are seeing the Argentine bell. Uh you can see on the top left image that that's where the current Argentine belt sits. Uh so uh the community was really excited to bring that to the new school. So we're
going to prominently display that as a central part of the school, central part of the space. And on the right you're seeing the Argentine neighborhood map. uh that map uh that celebrates the community's diverse history and culture uh and to create this one cohesive space
that celebrates Argentine neighborhood and Argentine Middle School. Uh as we move forward uh the these are our public spaces. Uh so a public space corridor on the left is gymnasium and on the right is the auditorium. Uh entry to
the auditorium and just wanted to focus on the auditorium for a second here. uh the current Argentine uh auditorium is named after Satino Alvarado and community was really excited to carry that name forward. So in honor of that we are going to carry that name forward but we are going to add to it by adding
the display wall to share his and his family's rich history that is so critical to the part of the uh Argentine history. So on the right you are seeing that wall that represents uh his family's history and his story. Um next
on the left is the gymnasium entry. Right outside that entry we are incorporating some of those display case spaces uh to have that again that pride and bring that Argentine middle school and high school trophies into this new school. Uh so there is that space to bring that history back.
Uh talking a little bit about the performance space itself. Uh we carefully uh designed this with idea that we wanted the performance space to be as flexible as possible. Uh so we have a large operable wall that when opened up you can see in the top image
uh allows for this large event space large gathering space uh that space that can be used for multiple uses uh which allows for multi-use space for the performance as well as comments. Uh here's a quick view of that performance space from inside uh giving
you idea of what it starts to feel like. Uh switching over to the gym. Uh we know gym is one of those uh spaces that community interacts most with. So we wanted to make sure that that was as accessible as possible. It is clear in terms of direction. So gym is directly
uh adjacent to the event entry entry as well as very clearly accessible from the main entry so as to provide that clear direction. Um and going back to that knowing that uh community is going to be engaging students are going to be engaging with gym a lot. We wanted to
create a gym a space that has uh this uh what I call it uh school pride element in this uh in the gym. So that we landed on an experience of a larger graphic uh on when you first enter the this is a
space right after gym. So you are greeted with this large graphic uh which really represents the school the school that that is the home of the Mustangs. Um now we're going to jump into more of the academic space. Uh very quickly here uh you can see the media center. Uh we
carefully wanted to design the media center to make sure that there is an easy access to all the students. So that's why media center is at the center of the uh two academic course and it has different uh range of activities that can happen inside it. Uh we have a classroom area, breakout space, uh a
focus room and uh open book stacks. Uh some of those renderings from those spaces you can see on the right those open book stack spaces with uh more reading spaces on the perimeter for allowed for those quiet reading moments. Uh
uh so here we have learning stere uh the central sphere on this project acts as a learning sphere to provide that connection uh back to the outdoors as well as provide an opportunity for a whole class to go out and have a different learning opportunity. Uh a presenter can come in and have that presentation moment or it could be an
extension of that outdoor learning coming into the inside. Um here's some uh images of selected uh key electives. On the top left, we have art room that has that direct connection to outdoor learning that I talked about earlier. Uh we have on the bottom left
uh tall light field music with pops of those vibrant colors and maker space uh on the right that has this flexible furniture that allows for different variety of hands-on project- based learning. Uh just additional views of different
spaces of uh transition. Uh we on the top left we have a village entry. You can see how vibrant and exciting those spaces are. Uh top right we have some uh specialized education collaboration spaces for teacher to collaborate uh or teacher collaborate with students or students collaborate among themselves.
Uh and then on the bottom we have a typical core classroom as well as a typical specialized education classroom uh for the program. Uh I talked about a village quite a bit. I just wanted to quickly share uh on the academic spaces of the village itself.
So here's a typical village uh uh that is going to be similar. So there's going to be three and all the amenities are going to be similar on all three of those. Uh so what what really we tried to do here was maximize the daylight. So have all the classroom on the perimeter of the building and what created was
this intentional pockets of spaces that can be used for collaboration. Uh what we resulted in was this four distinct collaboration that supports this diverse learning. On the top left, we have the project lab that allows that hands-on messy uh collaborative learning right
outside the classrooms. On the top right, we have uh presentation that uh collaboration that allows for up to two classrooms to come together. So, you can have peer-to-peer presentation. You can have an outside presenter come all the way uh to a presentation collab and
provide that opportunity right outside the classroom. Uh bottom right uh we have breakout spaces uh that allow for those uh more of those small group and one-on-one support spaces for students that need specialized uh separate uh
instructional uh needs. And then finally on the bottom left we have that lounge space uh that has a little bit more muted uh furniture that has more soft seating that allows little bit more quieter space inside the neighborhood itself. So kids have a space to retreat,
a space to just go out and have a read a book essentially. Uh and so which uh with this each phase uh we we try to craft them to support different learning styles and needs uh right outside the core classroom. And uh
this all goes back to that idea of designing a school for all learners. Uh and with that uh that kind of concludes our uh tour for the Argentine Middle School. So I just wanted to finish uh with uh sharing some of the images from
on our evening time when community will be interacting with the images. So you can see how uh during evening hours the cool colors will start to pop out bleed out from those collaboration space. Uh and this is that view from the southside with outer learning area and then
finally the main entry. So with that uh I'd be happy to take any questions or uh feedback. >> Great. Thank you so much for the information, the presentation. Word questions. I >> have a comment. >> Penh, >> if I may. And well, as the daughter of
an architect and civil engineer, I really appreciate the thoughtfulness that you all put into this project. You were able to combine color, space, and light um design, graphic design to make it more of an welcoming environment. And
so I can really appreciate that. In fact, it reminds me more of a college environment than an elementary school to be honest about it. It's open >> um and allows for the flow of education to occur with our students. So, I thank you for the presentation. >> Thank you.
>> I I do appreciate it. Looks beautiful. Um and I appreciate you preserving um the name of the auditorium as well as putting uh why is named after him >> out outside of there. Is there anything else that you're preserving from the
original space? >> Uh so there is Argentine bill that we are preserving. Uh as well as >> uh the trophy uh we they have a large trophy cabinet. Uh so those were the elements. Uh we have to be careful that the school is going to be still there uh after. So wanted to make sure uh we not
tearing down something. >> Yeah. >> Don't take everything. Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much. Appreciate the feedback. And I I do just want to say I think you guys have done a nice job of including community feedback as well which is important. Argentine
community is a very strong community and they have a lot of uh thoughts around how to preserve their culture and and their identity as as the Argentine neighborhood. And so I appreciate that you guys have been thoughtful and making and engaging the community and design of
the build. So thank you for that. >> Thank you so much. Uh thank you so much for the opportunity. Uh we're really grateful and really excited >> forward to hearing future updates. So thank you so much. >> Next we will hear from our friends at
Multistudio uh who will be bringing us an update um this morning. Uh good morning members of the board. >> Good morning. >> Morning. >> Uh thank you for the opportunity to present an update on the new elementary school. Uh this has been a fantastic
project and a great collaboration. We're very happy to be here and present this work. Uh my name is um uh how do I get to the I forget it, didn't I? >> Oh, okay.
Um, >> yeah, here's our team. Uh, my name is Kelly Dreer. I'm principal architect at, uh, Multist Studio and leading the design team. Um, I brought two of my colleagues, uh, with me, Harriet Grenle, who is project manager, uh, for this
project, and Doug Hurt, who is project architect. Um Harry's going to walk you through the project schedule and an update on the engagement effort with students uh faculty, staff, and the broader community uh on the school that's been um that's heavily influenced
the design uh outcomes and and process along the way. So that's been a great uh collaboration as well. And then Doug's going to walk you through updates on the design. Uh we've met with you before, but I know there's some new board members here. So we'll u give a really kind of quick uh introduction to what we
had presented last time and then fold into the updates uh that have happened since then. Thank you. >> So um so excited to be here. Um know we're last so we'll try and be quick uh respectful of your time. You guys have
had a long morning already. Um and so uh just quick update on project timeline. Um, as Hollison Miller identified, we've got a kind of shared site, which Doug will explain a little bit more. So, there's a shared uh site package going out and then um at the end of um by the
end of May, we'll have the full building package out uh with construction uh starting this summer. So, it's really exciting. Um looking forward to that. Um engagement. We know this is something that's been really important. Um and so wanted to highlight some of what we've
done. Um we've done a lot of student engagement even with elementary school kids. So um they have a perspective that we don't have on their communities and their school environment. And so we've made sure that we've reached out to them a couple of times and participated in some fun activities that allow them to
bring their perspective um into the building. Um school faculty and staff, these images are not nearly as exciting as the cute kid pictures, but these are equally as important. Um, and so what you see here is a presentation um that we use where we're actively putting
post-it notes, sticky notes on a digital board to capture their thoughts during those meetings. And so um every time we meet with them um we are doing this in order to make sure that we are in the moment capturing live uh for everyone to see um that. And so we've got different
groups with um you'll see these uh target titled with different um user groups focused on particular aspects of the school. Um and then engagement um community engagement. There was a large shared meeting that we did have bringing both
uh school communities for the uh middle school and the elementary school um into uh the same room uh because we are creating a shared campus with uh JC Harmon. So, it was hosted at JC Harmon High School um and brought all of those communities into an environment that
allowed for the sharing of um kind of thoughts, perspectives, concerns. Um you know, this is uh the elementary school is combining two elementary school communities and so making sure that there's an environment where those concerns can be heard as well as the success and celebrating um the design of
the project. And so with that, I'm going to uh transition to Doug to talk through Thanks, Eric. Good morning, board. Um, super excited to be here. I'm not only a member of this design team, but I'm a member of this community. I've lived in Argentine since 2004. So, my wife and I
have been there since 22 years. So, I'm very excited that, you know, every day on my way home, I get to drive past our job site and really see what we're building here. So, super excited. So, starting with our site, uh, obviously we're just south of the middle school that Vatel just just presented. So directly to the west of JC Harmon High
School, sitting there at the northeast corner of Hos Drive and Steel Road and then moving into our site plan. Again, we've got the benefit of some existing parking lot from JC Harmon there that we're going to be able to utilize to help maximize some value
within our site design. So a dedicated bus loop there to the south, completely separate from the car drop off loop, utilizing some of those existing parking lots. Um you can start to see the shape of our plan for the building. And one key thing I wanted to point out there in addition to the glass grass play areas
to the north soft play playground areas is this courtyard which was really a driving factor in our conceptual design. So I'm going to key on that in just a second. And then moving into just a real quick update on the floor plan. So we have obviously this what we call a two bar
scheme, right? Two bars running north and south. On the right you see the right bar is actually a two-story space. The left bar is just a singlestory space and those are connected by a bridge which is our library multimedia space. So starting with the right lower level
one you have the main entry directly there in the middle to the south of that we have our four kindergarten spaces which we felt made a lot of sense to keep those kids as close to that main entry as possible. They've got the least distance to travel from entry to their classroom. Moving up to the north,
you've got the entire administrative block, the cafeteria. Moving further north, kitchen, and then gymnasium at the very north end. Gymnasium, of course, also acts as a storm shelter. Moving to the left, the second level plan, uh we've got a distribution of
grades one through five. And the key thing I want to point out here, two key things. Each grade level, four classes per grade, uh has their own commons. So that's a space centrally located between each classroom that gives them a place to collaborate, come together with those
four classrooms. And there's a key conceptual idea I'm going to introduce here in a second about the special nature of those common spaces. Second thing I think that I want to point out is just because we really wanted to celebrate the courtyard space, we had started, I think, looking at different iterations of the plan with a
centrallylo kind of traditional double- loaded corridor. So corridor down the middle of the building, you've got classes on both sides. Because we wanted to really celebrate that courtyard space and really bring nature into this school, we rearranged things to push this to a single corridor solution to
put that corridor right on the courtyard. So as you're walking up and down that court that corridor, you're you're seeing into that courtyard. You're really getting some great daylight into the entire school. Then moving in just to a conceptual kind of drivers. Like I said, this all
started with this idea of how do we bring nature into the school? How do we celebrate the courtyard? We've got a beautiful site there, kind of a nice hill that we're working with. And so we really kind of thought about the idea of how can we make this a special place that the kids really want to come to, really excited about coming to
elementary school, right? So we we threw a bunch of different ideas and really came to together with this idea of this would be a village of tree houses. And then when I mentioned the common spaces that each grade level has, the idea is that each of those commons is a treehouse. So those students in grade
say grade level three, they've got their own treehouse that they can come together, collaborate. It supports educational tools. They can own it and they can have this sense of pride as they move up say graduating to the fourth grade, right? They move to the next treehouse that then many of them make their own. The idea is just to
really get these kids to feel a sense of pride, a sense of ownership, and just to get them really excited about coming to school. And then as we expanded, I think the last time we presented to you, I think it was back in October, this was very uh
dominated by green hues on the exterior. And so I I think Kelly came up with this idea of really being inspired by the fall foliage. So the idea here is tree houses are these special moments within each grade level, but then the background to that is kind of inspired by the foliage of the trees. And in this
case, very much a fall themed color palette. And then I'll just walk through some quick updated exterior renderings. So on the left, this is a view from the bus loop kind of looking up towards the main entry. You can see the two bars there on
the left and the variated colors. uh in the middle a view of the main entry. And one thing I should mention is that not only are we celebrating these commons as a special treehouse moment, the music room and the art room also act as a treehouse, there's also a a space off of
the cafeteria that acts as this kind of projected element in similar language. You can see that on the right. A couple views within the courtyard that I spoke of earlier. So on the left we're looking toward the north and there you can see the library bridge. So this is a
multimedia bridge and you can you can kind of start to get a sense of the hill that we're dealing with on our site. So pretty steep hill sloping from the west down to the east. So on the left you see the west bar. That's the singlestory portion of the building and it bridges over to the second level of the twotory
on the right on the east side. uh the right view. We're standing in the north area of the courtyard looking south. And you can see there there's great opportunities within that courtyard where we could start to introduce ideas of outdoor dining for the we have great weather and could celebrate that. But a
lot of uh educational opportunity to really celebrate and use that courtyard as a a portion of the school. Uh and then moving to the inside. So I'm going to start on the bottom left. So, this is as if you just stepped in the main entry. To your left, you'd see a
grand stair leading up to that second floor. Directly ahead, glazing that shows the underside of that bridge and into the courtyard. Excuse me. Top left, standing in that same lobby, but I've turned around and at that point you're looking back up above you can see the
art room, which is one of those kind of special moment tree houses directly above that main entry and then that grand s on the right. uh on the right some views within the administrative space. So um looking at some ideas of how can we incorporate those treehouse
elements, some of those materials throughout the building so that it has that common language. And then all of those images you can start to see how uh we're trying to incorporate graphics into the walls but in a very purposeful strategic way that supports educational tools throughout the school.
And then on the left this is one of the commons that I spoke of earlier. So this is you're standing at the edge of that treehouse structure looking back into your classroom common. So again looking at ideas of bringing elements, playful elements that those kids can really add
to from one year to the next and really vary what goes on those walls. Uh the color of each treehouse relates to the color of the metal panels outside. So it kind of gives them a sense of wayinding. you know, I know where I'm going because I know the color
of that treehouse that I'm headed to. Uh, central image shows a classroom and then on the right, one of the corridors that I spoke of earlier with those views to the courtyard and then a couple views here on the library bridge that we spoke of. As you
can see, this is a very, very well-lit area, really celebrating views to the courtyard both to the south and to the north. Um but again incorporating elements of those treehouse structures throughout. And then on the right view you'll see a view to the cafeteria and
again uh repeating that kind of motif of this treehouse element at the edge of that cafeteria. Kind of setting up a nice special zone of seating. >> Yeah. So um we will just end with kind of upcoming milestones. Um we'll continue to have some engagement as
needed. Um have questions. We have actually have a meeting next week to get some additional feedback from media center. Um on the right you'll see the document um timelines and kind of um we also recognize with two school communities coming together. There's a process for naming and school mascots.
And so some of the graphics on the walls are placeholders right now. um recognizing that there's an opportunity for conversation as we move through that process to make sure that um we a lot of the signage is placeholder um because of the fact that we we don't know the
school name and the mascot and kind of color uh to talk about incorporation. >> Great. Thank you so much for the presentation. Exciting to see the progress we're making. Um so appreciate you all coming back and sharing that board questions, thoughts, feedback. I
have a question. >> So, you have a lot of elevations in this building and you have a lot of outside elevations and I would be interested in seeing the schematics just to see how it's put together. Could you provide some of that for us to look at? >> Yeah, we can provide additional
information for you. Um, we did just issue the design development package. So, all of those drawings are available for reference. >> Okay. I would like to see that. Thank you. Other than that, beautiful. >> Great. I have a question from Milan. Thank you so much. Everything is looking
great on here on paper and uh and how you all are are progressively have this in place. I just have a question and a statement. Uh it's so necessary in the district has been mentioned and deserving uh to replace the schools that
it is in place in that area so prideful and it's going to help our district and our city in a great way. Uh my major question is I'm sure it has been done just for clarity for so I can hear it from you all you all have the uh transportation issues or the buses in
issues uh done done their diligence in the such a way and and I and I know uh when we have buses and it inconvenience people but it has a is it minimal to impede in such a way that traffic won't be kind of
offkilter. >> Yeah. Does that make sense? >> There's a a traffic study that's been completed um as part of the development of the property. Um we've been working with the district and um transportation and and facilities to understand um this
the start times. So I think making sure that the elementary school is associated with the right start time uh to offset traffic between the high school, the middle school and the elementary school appropriately and then making sure that every school on the campus has separate
circulation. so that we're not overlapping high school traffic with elementary school traffic with middle school traffic and parents. And so, um, as part of the project, the the traffic studies been done as well as the communication with facilities and transportation.
>> Sounds good. Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. >> Any additional comments, >> again, I'll say the same thing that I said earlier. Just appreciate the the connection in Argentine as well and working with the community and the students. Um, again, that's an important
piece um that we've shared as a board um throughout this process. So, appreciate the intentionality there um as you guys move forward and you've got a resident there who can who can give you the pulse of the community in Argentine. So, that's that's awesome. Well, thank you
so much. We look forward to your next update uh when you come back to the board. So, we appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, board. as you have as you continue to review and we'll get those updated or those additional schematics for the entire board. Um as you have questions as you're reviewing some of the material as questions come up,
please submit those to Dr. Stubblefield and we'll make sure that we send them out um to get responses if there are additional thoughts or questions. We'll continue with our agenda. Item eight on our agenda is our board policy board. These um policies have come before us a couple of times already. Um
they are up for approval of third read if it is the will of the board. I will pass it along to Mr. Gohane. >> So, um, these are the same policies that we've had for the previous two reads. Uh, there have been no updates or changes to them. Um, and I'm not aware
of any, uh, suggested changes from any board members. So, we would propose that they be adopted for third read >> and approved. I mean, third read for the for board members who are new to the board. Third read. If they're adopted, third read, they become policy of the board at that point.
>> You is there a motion to approve the following KASB policy updates for third read to include BCBK, BG, IIBE, IKB, IKCA, IKD, IKDA, JQI, and KM. >> So move. >> Second.
>> Been moved and seconded. Are there questions or discussion on these policies? Hearing and seeing none, Miss Downing. >> Randy Lopez. >> Randy Lopez. Yes. >> Robert Milin Jr. >> Milin Jr. Yes. >> Hamela Pin Hicks. >> Emma Penna Hicks. Yes.
>> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. >> Joyce Strickland Eaggan. Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you, board. All right. Next, we will hear from our superintendent of schools, Dr. Stubblefield. >> Okay. Good morning. It is still morning, everyone. Um, first want to start out by
saying happy Black History Month. And as we recognize Black History Month, we honor the contributions, resilience, and the leadership of black Americans who have shaped our country and continue to strengthen our community and Kansas City, Kansas public schools. We're committed to ensuring every student
feels seen, valued, and supported that our classrooms are a space where they can thrive. This month is both the celebration and we look forward to the student performance at um the February 24th um board meeting. Also just want to say uh a big thank you to our students,
parents, and staff for their patience and understanding during the remediation and cleanup process inside Wot High School. We're looking forward to the work being completed um by the end of this week. Um we will continue to keep everyone informed of our next steps as
the cleanup process continues. Um thank you for your continued understanding, patience, and partnership. Um we have um made arrangements. We actually have students on this campus right now who are accessing internet and have other needs. Um, and we'll continue um to
reach out to families to make sure um that we can accommodate them. But our goal is for our students to be back in W dot um next week um after the president's day. We want to congratulate Gloria Willis Middle School student D'Angelo um Rosales uh Aguara for
winning the 2026 we do county spelling bee. He took first place at the competition held at Bonner Springs High School. He will compete in the Sunflower State Spelling Bee to be held on March 21st at the Kansas Wesland West University in Salina, Kansas. The winner
of the 2026 Sunflower State Spelling Bee advances to the national level uh which will be held in Washington DC. So again, again, congratulations to D'Angelo. we're proud of you and we're cheering you on and hopefully we'll be saying
we'll see you in DC after um the state spelling be. And then I just want to remind our parents and families um that the FA day um is Wednesday, tomorrow evening, and all day Thursday and
there's no school on Friday and no school on Monday and obser um observation of President's Day. We also want to remind our parents and families to take a few minutes to complete the family school survey. We want to ensure that we're meeting the needs of all students. So tell us what you're what
you think is working well and what we can do better. Um so you can find that on um the website and as you go out to the schools, I'm sure they'll share that information with you. So thank you. >> Thank you Dr. Stubblefield. Just a few things for me as well. I just want to
again also uh say thank you um and as we celebrate Black History Month for all of the um contributions, achievements, and as we think about all the great things that our community has because of um those heroes that came before us. And especially uh just I just I think um
racism is wrong and racism is is wrong on every level. And I I I just want to say that we have a great example in President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama of what class and leadership looks like in our country. And so um just want to call out that racism doesn't belong
here. It doesn't belong KCKPS. Um and we've got great examples of some excellent leaders in our community um as we celebrate Black History Month especially. Um, so thank you to everyone who continues to contribute to our community here in Kansas City, Kansas public schools. Um, a couple of things I
do want to just uh shout out. I I several of us, a few board members uh were able to join Harmon High School for their Hall of Fame game this last Friday um where they inducted five um different individuals and families into the Hall of Fame. It was a great feast. Uh we were fed well. uh one of the families
that was inducted into the Hall of Fame, uh Frank Dominguez and the Dominguez family provided a meal and it was an excellent meal. Um so congratulations to those individuals and thank you to that committee who organizes that entire hall of fame for the past 13 years um to
recognize and celebrate those hall of famers um of Harmon community. This year they honored Steve Salazar, Selino Choa, Philip Koga, Frank Dominguez and his entire family. Was it five sons, six sons, or six children? Uh, one daughter,
two daughters. Um, so three daughters, >> three boys. >> There was a lot. It was a large family. Um, all graduates of Harmon High School as well. Um, played sports. Uh, two of the daughters actually played varsity baseball since there was no softball team at the time. Um, so just an
excellent family. Um and then co coach Doug Balden who was a coach and um an AP there um and um an administrator for this district for many years um before he retired from KCKPS. So it was great to see all of them. Great to see so many people in the stands at the game. Um
Washington played an excellent game. Harmon gave it their all. Um but it was it was a fun time uh to be there. So congratulations to all of them. Congratulations to Dr. Franco and Miss Margie Ramirez who helped organize that. Um, and then just an invitation. I'll
send this to the to the full board as well. Um, Miss Josephine Reno um shared with me that the all city debate for Debate KC is going to be on February 28th. It's a Saturday. It's an all day event. It starts usually around 9:00 a.m. Uh, this year we'll be hosting it
at Gloria Willis. So, that's exciting. Typically, it's uh hosted at UMKC or other locations, but this year Gloria Willis will be the site for the all city debate. Um, so we're excited. if you can make it out to that board, I'll share that with you via email as well. Um, and
I think that's all I wanted to share. Again, just with the steering committee for the um, strategic planning effort, I agree, Mr. Hansford, great conversation was happening at all the individual tables and as a group collectively. There was some great shareouts and I'm excited to see that process move forward. So, um, with that board, I know
there's also been some communication from Miss Downing regarding graduation, regarding our board retreat and a few other items. So, if you have not had a chance to respond yet, um, please do. Or if you have questions around any of those items that she's shared, please reach out to Miss Downing and she'll work with you on any of that. So, with
that, I'll open the floor for any other comments or feedback from board members. Miss Pennix, >> board chair Randy Lopez has really shared with you some of the things that I wanted to share, but I wanted to piggy back just a little bit on the strategic um action planning group that we were
part of. All of the young people that were there were impressive and I want to really congratulate the schools, their district for bringing them to the table to brainstorm with us to expand our knowledge and give us a perspective that
we can only get from our students. So, I wanted to appreciate that. I also want to invite the community to a celebration of black excellence in education. The NAACP is sponsoring at Carl Bruce on February 28th. It will be from uh 10:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. It's free of charge and we would love to have as many community members as possible to attend that. And with that, I turn it over. Thank you, >> Miss Pen Hicks. >> Um I too echo that's exactly what I was
going to say about the strategic planning. I enjoyed also working with um an um Herman uh as part of the aspiring leaders program. And so besides the students being very very articulate and
prepared and willing um I did was very impressed with them but I was also impressed with um the aspiring leaders that we had that were at the table. Um and so I'm grateful for that program and grateful that they were part of the strategic planning also. Um, also we got
to serve with the ladies of AKA of Mu Omega serving chip bags again on February 6th and um just want to continue to uplift our community in that way. We donate chip bags which are
childhood hungry initiative power packs. Um, and we on Dr. King holiday we packed 163 bags to have ready for students at Banaker Elementary. So, I want was glad to be a part of that along with
distributing on um February 4th, we distributed through Metropolitan Leadership Institute school supplies to Lindberg Elementary and Banaker Elementary School. And I just appreciated the principal at Lindberg. Um he's just so upbeat and always so
happy to receive anything, but he even came outside and helped us bring the stuff in that we were donating. So, I appreciate um just all of our principles, but especially when we're there um to help them, they're helping us. So, we appreciate that. And why
can't I think of his name? Wy. >> Mr. Wy. >> Yeah, Mr. Wy. So, I did appreciate that. He didn't mind coming to help us at all. Um, and then I wanted to say that um, happy Black History Month, too. But I'm wearing red today because I want to
remind our staff to take care of themselves and to make sure you get your annual checkup because heart disease is one of the highest um, ranking. It just is the death of so many people, especially people of color. But I just
want to make sure that we shout out American Heart Month and get your annual checkup because you can prevent a lot of those diseases. And then I too want to tell everyone to be strong during family advocacy days. I know our staff has to
stay really long and and then uh talk a lot, but communicating with our parents is vital and that collaboration is essential to engineering our student success. So I I know you will enjoy your break on uh Friday and Monday.
>> Thank you, Miss Strickland Eaggan. Ryland. >> Yeah, thank you. All of what has been said, not to be repetitive, but just to culminate what has already been said. The as we on the precipice of giving uh new schools and new buildings uh so needed and necessary. Um, as we close
out this uh this semester, let us let us continue to have this excitement and the direction and this new and this energy and continue to maintain this energy as all that has been that that's been involved as we've heard today and and
remember it's for the students. Uh they they come first uh as we move ourself out of the way and make sure that we look at them in a great way. Uh nothing's perfect. uh uh everything from from athletics to in the schools. Uh uh
we talk about what's going on from bullying and all that, but children are going to be children and we do the best we can. We cannot parent them because they have parents. But just do the best we can when we confronted with issues to keep the new energy going to uh educate
them uh humble ourselves and just do it in a great professional way. And I just want to commend our district as we go forward doing this and just remember to keep them first and we we going to be okay. Thank you. >> That's great. Thank you, Mr. Milin. Just reminds me uh as uh I'll have to mention
it, right? As bad bunny me shared in the halftime show. Yes. >> Believe in yourself. Um and believe in yourself because you are worth more than what what what you think. So and love is always more powerful than hate. So, um, as we continue on, let's share that message as we celebrate Black History
Month. Um, believe in yourself. This community should believe in ourselves and remember that love is always more powerful than hate. So, um, thank you, Mr. Milin. Um, with that, if there's nothing else um, for today, we're in the afternoon. Everyone can have a great
afternoon. With that, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you everyone. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. I got a baby.