Let's let our Liberty County School Board special meeting Tuesday, May the 27th, 2005, 8 a.m. come to order. We're going to start with a prayer and the pledge. Prayer by Mr. Petty. Pledge by Mr. Moore. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you Lord for the opportunity to be here
today. We thank you God for allowing us to be in leadership positions, Father, as we oversee the the running of our schools. Father, we just thank you, Lord, for a great year and pray that we'd have a great last week uh culminating with graduation on Friday. Pray you'd bless all of our students, our parents, our staff, God, as they
complete this week. God, we uh pray for those that are struggling with sickness, Lord. We uh lift up Mr. Carl right now, Father. And and Lord, just pray you'd be with him, Miss Father, right now. Touch their bodies, Lord, from top the heads to the soles of the feet. Lord, we love you and we thank you, God, for the
opportunity to serve uh each each other and serve the public. serve our public Lord right now. So God we pray that you give us great wisdom and discernment moving forward in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag United
States of America to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Move right along. Public comment. We didn't have any. Uh item three, addition corrections to the agenda. We didn't
have any. Moving on. Item four. Need a motion to approve the agenda for May the 27th, 2025. Have a motion. Motion. Motion, Mr. Jody. Second. Second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item number five, action
items. Item A, need a motion to approve to create advertise one algebra boot camp position to be paid from title five grant 390-1005B-5 CR1 to be paid at teachers hourly rate 15 hours total three prep hours 12 hours
students instruction have a motion motion motion Mr. Moore second second Mr. Heber singleary single. Sorry about that. Any discussion? Yeah. I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. Okay. Just a just a little bit of So,
the boot camp, when is it going testing hours because that's looking at their data and contacting all the kids. It won't be like sit down for 12 hours straight. It'll be pulling How how do they how do they get into the boot
camp? So, it's based on based on their algebra course. Sorry. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Will be the ones that get Okay, I got you. Okay. I just needed some explanation because that sounds like a great That's a great opportunity. How uh
it So, why is it the last part of July? Is there no way to have it earlier? It's 14. Do we have a number for both schools or how many we're going to have or close? I think there's eight or nine in Hosford
total. I'm not really sure. So what what's happening? Is there anything else happening before that boot camp? So there's 12 hours of instruction that's going to be given pertaining to algebra and that's that's it before they take another like a EOC. Is that what what's happening here?
Yeah. Aren't who's sitting in front of me and they can identify where they're weakest at. So based on the data. So they can look and say this is what this person you know they were really good on fractions but this part of you know
the whatever they can they can work on. Understood. So our our uh boot camp teacher leader, they they'll have they'll already have that information of where they're what they exactly have to work on per different student like that. Once we
hire any more discussion all favor. Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item B. Need a motion app to approve revised salary schedule for 2425. Have a motion. Motion motion M keeper second second M
secretary any discussion I think it's been a long time coming for everybody uh we discussed back when I first started on the board that was the last time that any administration and stuff like that was able to get any pay increases
all in favor say I any opposed motion carries have no emergency items board member concern Mr. even um I I guess the only thing I'd like to mention this morning is I'm grateful that uh everybody's put in the work to to see um individuals get raises. I know that uh
you know with inflation that that was so high for so long, even though it stabilized, those prices are still up, right, to how inflation works. So, I'm glad to see raises. I'm glad to see raises for teachers, um, for administration, and really looking forward to this summer having a good discussion and and I sure hope approval
for the non-instructional staff being able to get raises as well. So, thank you all that that put in the time, crunching the numbers, looking at it. Um, looking forward to being a part of that this summer and really looking forward to being a part of uh budget conversations to see where we can be um
uh pertaining to next fiscal year pertaining to raises and adjustments and things of that nature. So, looking forward to that. Thank you all for your time. Jody, just echoing uh what what Mr. Kever said. Um congratulations to the administration. They've not had a raise,
you know, since 1718 and and rightfully so. It was time now it's time to to go a little dig a little deeper and dig in our pockets and you know, let's help these non-instructional as well. Um also, is there any feedback on when the
budget will be signed? Do we I mean when when the governor has anybody Yeah, I talked to Chris Dulan Friday. Um they they are um they are starting some conversations. It's almost like a who's going who's going to who's going to break first, but they are starting to to
let's uh so the governor um the governor has signed some legislation last week. He signed some of the thing, you know, some of the things they had worked on, not budget stuff, right? But they are starting to at at some point they got to realize that, you know, school districts, municipalities got to have
budgets to work with and state agencies. I mean, I imagine they're standing on their heads as well. So, so they're they're starting that, but it's been a it's been a standoff. It has been a a one that is not beneficial to anybody. How is our budget request looking? So, we're in we're in the in the budget,
both of them. Um, but you know, so here's the big thing. The rural renaissance is the biggest thing. I mean, I I want our things. The rural renaissance things are so good for the panhandle for a couple things. The all the consortiums, the rural consortiums,
which is uh PAC, NEIFAC, and Hartland. There's other two other PAC type consortiums. They get a crapload of money. And I hate to use that expression, but it really is. And so, that's going to help small school districts. Um, now PAC will dole that
out. But guess who the the board of directors are for all these consortiums, the superintendent. So we'll have some say so. We'll have complete say so over that. We we're we're the board for the consortiums. So we meet just like when when I tell y'all I got a PAC meeting. It's a schoolboard meeting for the PAC.
So we serve as I'm I'm I'm back on the board. Um and so we'll get to have some say so on where that money goes, but it will be doled out to the districts. Um, right right now that's it. It's it's it's in both sides, but the House side is a lot less than the Senate side. If
of course you remember Cory Simon's the one that introduced it, but it's really a lot of money for us. Um, so we're we're kind of hoping kind of trying to figure that one out. And um, but there's some they're fighting it on the House side a little bit, but they know they need to do something because there's a
lot of House members on the in the panhandle, too, you know. A and the other thing too is is the South Florida delegation understands that you you want to offer the same opportunities in the you know that's how special facilities got here is that North Florida schools in the panhandle that are poor deserve
same educational buildings as they got in South maybe not as nice maybe not with marble and different things but they need to have adequate uh learning facilities so that that's the main thing but they're start yeah they start they started last week having some conversation with the governor signing some of the legislation they had approved which is a move in the right
direction. Oh, now um I was going to ask something else. Oh, the the buses we had talked about, you were in Washington. You might have been on the phone. We had talked about trying to get together for a workshop to talk about these buses because looking into the new budget when we do get a budget. Um you know, that's
something we need to really start planning for and even probably five years out start planning, you know. Um, is that a possibility of still trying to get together on a workshop for us to talk about these buses? Okay. Because it's still a problem and it it's it's a
sore problem, but it, you know, and and I don't and I personally don't know if we'll ever get to that point where we're, you know, great and everything's good with these buses. But I think if we can just move the just move the buckle just a little bit, you know. Well, that's why I've tried to get it. You
know, this is the second bus we're asking for. You know, the the the the deal that we and we've done this before, uh and and and Kevin brought that up where you get the three bus deal at no interest and that kind of stuff. That is a phenomenal deal that you can pay off over time, but it's still you're paying
for you're making three bus payments every month, right? Um but at no. So, those you still got to be prepared for that. So, once we get a little closer to knowing what uh our numbers are looking like, we can we absolutely can. Yeah. I mean, maybe it's even we start planning for next, you know, fiscal year budget,
you know, if they because again, I'm I'm I'm optimistic, but I'm not also just going to sit here and say we're going to get money every year for a bus from the legislature. In a perfect world, you try to get a bus every year or or at a minimum every other year. Uh, and we've
we've we've come real close to that. Um, and I'm grateful for those walkound buses, but those are those are band-aids. Right. Right. Right. Okay. Um, and the fieldhouse, are we still going to hit our target date of August? I we I thought with uh last week I
thought the Hey, look, they're they're they're claiming they'll have everything ready by July when the kids get in there. Okay. They got a lot to do. All right. Well, go there every day of my life. Sometimes twice a day. Um the electrical I'll give you an update on that. So, I was there uh I came Friday
evening. So, um, all the home runs have been run. They they're in they've got a panel on the inside. All of that's been run. They have not, uh, connected to the outside. So, I mean, we don't have power yet. They got a generator there for power, but we don't have actual power in there. Uh, plywood is in there. They're
ready to do the ceiling. They're finishing up the the big vents that Brian Moore is doing on the outside. So, uh, they're once once they get the ceiling in, uh, they've rubberized some of the showers. Those are done. Um, it should go it should go fast, but you're
going to need a crew a big crew to come in there and whip it out and finish it. I can tell you I had been over there every day, but what I seen the other day there has been there's been a lot of work lot of electrical stuff. Yeah. Lot that has went in there. Yep. It's awesome. You look at it every day. You
really I know. But I when I went over there, it been I like the nudge when I go over there and ask. It just came a lot further than what There is There he is. two things more. Um, congratulations to our softball team. Phenomenal job. You
know, hey, come on now. You know, we're still we're still very young team. Very young team. And congratulations to our 2025 seniors. Looking forward to seeing them um through all their events this week. So, that's it. Thank you, chair.
Wish everybody happy summer. Uh Jason, I'm good. Thank you, D. I'm good as well. I tell you what, we got we got some work to do over this summer. We're just about to get with it. So, everybody be safe this summer and enjoy it. Motion
to journ motion. Jody second. Second. More meeting a journal. Thank y'all.